Courtesy of EMI Records
EMF’s latest release is “Stigma.”
Believe it: EMF fails
to please on release
Billboard single’s
mass appeal falls
flat on 2nd try
EMI Records Group
Track one on “Stigma” starts off
with a bang, but each spin of EMF’s
latest release leads to mediocrity.
EMF (Epson Mad Funkers) jumped
in 1991 from the UK to the USA with
“Unbelievable,” from their debut al
bum, “Schubert Dip.”
Remember this song?
It streamed from the car radio at
almost every change of a traffic light.
But it sounded good enough to
skyrocket to No. 1 on Billboard
magazine’s Hot 1(H) Singles chart.
Simply pul, EMF is a mass appeal
success story.
The voice of lead singer James
Atkin is the biggest cog in that appeal.
His British twang makes pronun
ciations catchy.
Americans must find it fun to sing
along with EMF, kind of like toying
with a southern drawl — but on the
opposite end of a quirky linguistic
spectrum.
The rest of the EMF crew is still
putting out the hard driving sounds on
“Stigma.” But there’s been little pro
gression or experimentation since
“Schubert Dip.”
EMF grew out of rural England’s
small town pubs in 1989. Since then,
they’ve been pegged as leaders in the
fourth British Invasion.
“Stigma” is EMF — full-steam
ahead. They are progressing, writing
more songs. The youthful group’s
frenzied rock ‘n’ roll sound is as per
manent as ever.
Disappointing, though, arc the
release’s song-writing efforts.
“Stigma,” with its 10 tracks, is far
from noteworthy.
Each song has drive and sounds
pretty good, but most songs give noth
ing creative enough to stick it to the
brain bombarded with pop/rock/hip
hop music.
It will take a good dose of repeti
tion before the listener will become
intrigued.
— Stacey McKenzie
Military drama filled
with exceptional acting
Powerhouse cast,
intense dialogue
makes film great
“A Few Good Men”
By Anne Steyer
Staff Reporter
“A Few Good Men” (Plaza 4,
Edgewood 3) has more than just a few
good performances.
The powerhouse cast of director
Rob Reiner’s film adaptation of Aaron
Sorkin’s stage play, packs a wallopof
screen presence into a two and one
half hour show.
Tom Cruise headlines as Daniel
Kaffec, an attorney in the Navy who
has a reputation for plea bargaining.
Sharing top-billing is Demi Moore as
Jo Galloway, an earnest Internal Af
fairs officer determined to sec justice
done.
Kaffec is assigned to defend two
Marines accused of murdering a mem
ber of their unit in Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba. Galloway worms her way into
the case to make sure it doesn’t get
Kaffee a set of steak knives for an
other successful plea bargain.
Jack Nicholson is Nt n Jessup,
Courtesy ot Columbia Pictures
Tom Cruise (left) and Kiefer
Sutherland.
the commanding officer at the Cuba
base, who may or may not be the
source of all the trouble. Nicholson’s
screen time is limited, but he squeezes
the most out of every second.
Cruise is much more relaxed on
screen than he has been m some lime.
Surprisingly, he handles Kaffcc with
apparent case. Moore’s Galloway is
earnest to a fault and a bit bumbling,
true to how the character is written.
The supporting cast is outstanding,
especially Kevin Poliak as Kaffcc’s
assistant, Kevin Bacon as the pros
ecuting attorney and K iefer Sutherland
as a bible-bcaling marine.
Reiner and Sorkindoagrcaljobof
capturing the feel and attitudes of the
military.
Sorkin adapted his stage play to the
screen with some minor changes —
and they only improved the already
stunning dialogue. Verbal sparring
between all the characters, with espe
cially off-the-cuff remarksfor Cruise’s
character definitely make for an en
tertaining night at the movies.
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