New releases help
revive vintage rock
By Jill O’Brien
Staff Reporter
The Blues Brothers Band is back
with El wood’s blessings. Their latest
release “Red, White & Blues” (Turn
Style/Atlantic label) won’tdisappoint
any surviving fans who first witnessed
the Blues Brothers — comics John
Belushi and Dan Aykroyd — on Sat
urday Night Live.
While original Blues Brother
Elwood Blues (Aykroyd) raps about
IRS on the title song, beneath the
lyrics flows a current of serious rockin’
R&B.
The blues ensemble is backed by
“Mr. Fabulous” Rubin’s trumpet,
“Blue Lou” Marini’s saxophone,
“Slide” Johnson’s trombone plus,
guitarists Matt “Guitar” Murphy,
Donald “Duck” Dunn and Steve Crop
per.
• Roger Daltry’s “Rocks in the
Head” (Atlantic) is evidence that old
musicians never die, they just blast
away.
You can’t listen to Daltry without
hearing phantom strains of The Who.
Old-time Who fans and first-time
listeners will either be impressed at
how Daltry carries off his firsiauempt
at solo rock or they’ll tire of too
much-the-same sound throughout the
album.
However, the strength of Daltry’s
grinding vocals, which still dominate
Who songs on classic radio, remains
ageless and unchallenged.
“Who’s Gonna Walk on Water,” a
stab at politicians, rocks hard and
heavy, yet, “Mirror, Mirror” is agentle
song about relationships. Both songs
were written by Gerard McMahon,
who supplies Dal try with background
vocals, guitar and keyboards.
• On “Family Groove” (A&M
Records), the Neville Brothers issue a
strong pro-family statement, with a
message for everyone.
Yet this release is a smorgasbord
of rhythm and blues, a bit of soul,
African (“Moraori Chant” with gos
pel overtones), rock (“Fly like an
Eagle” accompanied by Steve Miller
on guitar) and even a few lines of rap.
“Let Mv PeooleGo”isoneof those
songs worth listening to more than
once — a song about crime and the
victimization of children being
summed up in the last verse.
Although the Neville Brothers have
harmonized for more than three de
cades, because of the music’s diver
sity, “Family Groove” is perhaps, one
of the Brothers’ best.
• On their debut album, “What
Goes On,” (Charisma) The Sighs de
liver what their name implies — a
relief from hard rock, rap and heavy
metal.
Four guys from Massachusetts
prove not all bands have to age 30
years to produce a good vintage record.
If you enjoy Tears for Fears, you’ll
like the sound of The Sighs.
Bobby LaRochc’s lead vocals score
big on every song, particularly on
“Think About Soul” and the tender
“Heroes are Made for Falling.”
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Annabella Sciorra stars as Dr. Ann Hecker, a New York City psychiatrist who finds herself
caught in the shocking aftermath of a patient’s murder; and John Leguizamo stars as a
young painter known as “Fast Johnny C,” Hecker’s patient who becomes the prime
suspect in “Whispers in the Dark.”
Whispers speak loudly
“Whispers In The Dark”
By Ingrid Youngquist
Staff Reporter
While psychological thrillers
arc definitely the thrill-seekers’
genre of the ’90s, “Whispers In
The Dark” (Stuart, 13th and P
streets) is perhaps the most mind
wreaking film in that category so
far.
This erotic mystery-thriller be
gins by discomforting the viewer
and setting them up for one whale
of a rollercoaster ride that twists
and turns almost uneontThllably
until seconds before the closing
credits roll.
At the beginning of the film,
viewers are introduced to Dr. Ann
Hecker (Annabel la Sciorra), a New
York City psychiatrist who deals
with patients who share with her
their sexual fantasies, frustrations
and experimentations.
These often explicit sessions
• successfully create the tension nec
essary to discomfort the viewer
while simultaneously drawing
them in for the ride.
Hecker is also adversely af
fected by the sessions, especially
those involving Eve Abergray
(Deborah Unger). Abergray shares
with Heckcr her sexual fantasies in
volving bondage.
After hearing about Abcrgray’s
often violent sexual encounters with
her alleged lover, Heckcr is plagued
by a recurring sexual dream based on
the encounters.
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A flattering comment directed at
Heckcr by an unknown man in an
elevator turns into a relationship,
which turns into a passionate love
affair with Doug McDowell (Jamey
Sheridan).
Then the viewer discovers
McDowell is Abcrgray’s lover.
This is just the beginning of the
switches that whip the viewer into a
frenzy.
Later in the film, Hecker discovers
Abergray’s nude, dead body hanging
in the woman’s entry-way.
Caught in the confusion after the
death, Hecker is tom to discover that
McDowell, the man who she has fallen
in love with, is the leading murder
suspect.
Also suspected in the murder is
another one of Hecker’s patients. Fast
Johnny C (John Leguizamo), an
cx-con turned painter whose dark
obsessions are reflected in his work.
Wreaked by her experiences,
Hcckcr turns to long time friends
Dr. Leo Green (Alan Alda) and his
wife Dr. Sarah Green (Jill
Clayburgh) for consultation.
While these two seem to be the
only people Hcckcr can trust, they
too come to betray her in an effort
to protect her from potential dan
ger.
Sciorra, who also starred as the
wife and mother turned victim in
“The Hand That Rocks The
Cradle,” once again puts forth an
outstanding performance as the
bright yet naive female who falls
victim to circumstances beyond
her control.
Also presenting praiseworthy
performances are Sheridan and
Alda.
But perhaps the most praise
worthy contribution to the film
was that of Christopher Crowe who
wrote the screenplay and directed
the film.
This film is definitely not for
the weak stomached or the weak
hearted, but is meant for individu
als seekinga blood-curdling, mind
wreaking two-hour ride.
Danielle Steele novel becomes a Jewel
By Stacie Hakel
Staff Reporter
Danielle Steele returns to glimmer
in the spotlight with her 29th work of
fiction titled “Jewels.”
Steele, the international ly best sell -
ing author wilhsuch books as, “No
Greater Love," “Heartbeat” and “ Mes
sage from Nam,” has brought another
of her heart-felt stories to readers.
The story begins on the eve of
Sarah Thompson’s 75th birthday as
she reminisces through the past, re
membering all the obstacles she had
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to overcome in her life.
Her memories track back to the
’30s when she lived in New York,
being raised in South Hampton and
Manhattan.
Sarah marries, but the marriage
ends in a disastrous divorce. She then
becomes ashamed and goes into hid
ing.
After a year, her parents persuade
the heroine into going to Europe with
them.
She grudgingly accompanies them
and meets various young men with
whom her parents have arranged in
iroduclions.
But Sarah becomes angry and dis
gusted until she meets William. Wil
liam is the Duke of Whitfield and
older than her, yet everything she
always wanted.
They fall in love immediately and
get married.
The couple finds a crumbling yet
quaint chateau that they start to refur
bish. But as the Nazi’s come closer,
William is shipped off to war the
momihg after Sarah gives birth to
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