Billy And Respectable People
World according to Barp
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George
George's life began at a very early age. He skinned
both knees and a forehead in a bicycle mishap at age
eleven. At age sixteen he lost his virginity and the
keys to the station wagon. At nineteen, George
entered a technical institute, the one you see in the
commercials. When George was 25 he started his
own TV and stereo repair shop, "George's TV and
Stereo Repair." At 31, George had a wife, three kids,
a garage door opener, and a Ford Bronco to wash in
the driveway on the weekends.
When he was 42, George had a sprinkler system, a
home computer, lower back pains and two kids that
smoked pot.
At age 50, George bought a satellite dish, some
rental property and opened a second shop, "George's
TV and Stereo Repair II."
George is 55 now. He is a very happy man.
Hey-ho.
Moving
Moving takes boxes, large vehicles, damage dep
osit money and friends who will work for beer. Car
toonist Robert Crumb's father used to tell him "life is
mostly hard work." He was actually talking about
moving.
A few sickening people think that a new locale is
exciting, stimulating even. The hell, I say. Give me a
steady environment or give me death. New kitchens
just mean new roaches'. New neighbors just mean
new, unfamiliar noises. Then there's keys, change-of-address
cards and utility installation charges.
Musical chairs is only fun if you're a grabby little kid
and you win. Why don't we all just find a place we
like and stay put? I will if you will. By the way, my
phone number's still the same.
Hey-ho.
Love
"Love stinks."
J. Geils Band
"Love is like a tractor."
Sunworm,
Seattle new music band
"Love will tear us apart."
Joy Division,
English new music band
"Love is a hoopshot with a fancy title."
The Hoopshots,
Lincoln backup band
Nuffsaid.
Hey-ho.
Artificial Intelligence
In case you haven't heard, computer scientists are
developing machines that have the ability to reason.
Already many computers have the capability of
"randomness." Forget about Big Brother and 1984. If
(when) someone teams up the randomness aspects
with artificial intelligence talents, watch out. "Hal"
in "2001" was pretty smart but these things with
their automatic brains are gonna be able to put even
abstract artists out of work. Move over, Jackson
Pollock, that plotter's gaining on you.
Only time will tell if the machines will compose
and create works that only other machines will
comprehend or "appreciate," but the ramifications
of artificial intelligence should be scrutinized as
closely as the current advances in genetic enginer
injr. Given its own impetus and a nuclear power
source, a computer with false smarts could become
another Frankenstein's monster. But take heart,
humans. They still haven't figured out a program to
make computers break dance.
Hey-ho.
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Split Enz album reflects past
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Review by Stephanie Zink
It has been two years since the New
Zealand group Split Enz has released
an album. Maybe they were afraid of
what they might produce after the
unforgetable classic Time of Tide."
Split Enz really never needed to
worry. "Conflicting Emotions" (A & M)
will be a nice complement to its pre
dessesors although it will probably
never be as popular as "Waiata" or
"Time and Tide."
The reason it won't be popular is
probably the same reason the album
works. "Conflicting Emotions" is a lot
like the previous LPs, and yet so differ
ent. Their philosophies on this album
aren't much different than before, but
they are done in perhaps a much
stronger manner one which some
people might not like. .
"Split Enz' " lyrics always blend ad
venture and fun with horrible images
and have an attitude of "Isn't life
strange?" The most obvious example is
from "Bullet Brain" and "Cactus Head,"
a kind of "Dirty Creature" with a more
human element. "Send a message to
the brain-two men climbing down op
Dosite colesone with hairazpon his
face sprouting like the weeds on his
ulthe other is a b'.v unto hi
brain is like a lump of steelThey'd
love to break each other up into tiny
pieces."
And then there are songs like the
title cut "Conflicting Emotions" which
takes on an almost supernatural qual
ity and then quickly changes to an
accapello rocker-almost sickeningly sim
ilar to that Mick and Michael duet
"State of Shock" but this stuff is a lot
better. The song actually sounds like
it's title confused and jumbled.
There are also songs like "The Devil
You Know" and a rhythmic anthem to
todays life in the big city. "Live for the
day we throw caution to the wind all
we need is the courage to beginWe
might .get hurt but never be scared
again at once to feel the pleasure ofthe
pain."
"Conflicting Emotions" is basically a
hodge-podge of different sounds and
ideas, possibly helped out a lot by pro
ducers Eddie Rayner (ex-Split Enz
member) and Hugh Padgham, who
produced "Synchronicity" for the Police
and "Time and Tide." Some of the
former ideas from past Enz sessions
. arid even a little bit ofthe "Synchronic
ity" ideas are on this disc. All of this
contributes to make "Conflicting Emo
tions" an interesting reflection on Split
Enz past and future.
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