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Slaughterhouse. 1 “Mono” is melancholy, slow and I ponderous to the point of decay. That this German group's album is com l polling at all is meritable. A couple of songs on the album are nearly hummable,! ike “Every Gener ation Got Its Own Disease” and “Ra dio Orchid.” The former, in particu lar, has an inviting anthem quality. It is so infectious that you may find yourself singing “diseases come, dis eases go, welcome to the final show." Or maybe you won't. “Mono” is so pessimistic that it’s hard to keep from snickering while listening to it. There’s something morbidly funny aboutasonglike”Dead Before I Was Born.” The song’s lyrics say: “The first thing that I saw was white, the nurse came with scissors and said: it’s a boy/ The doctor hit my ass, said come on cry/ and then I started to scream and I was alive/ ooh. ooh. I was dead before I was born.” Try to avoid catching “Mono” if you can. — Patrick Hambrecht “Mellow Gold" Beck Ceffen ms> Singer-songwrilcr-guitarist-mani ac Beck was in no way a “well-adjust cd young man.” In facl. Beck has an obsession with ihe bizarre and has used it to his advantage in his first major release, “Mellow Gold.” This punky, psychedelic, astro weird collection of musings on sad ness and things that go splat in the night make Beck the poster child for the North American domestic slacker. With its almost “Teen Spirif’-ish aura. Beck’s greatest rage, “Loser,” drones on and on and on. it leaves an intense desire to find those scholar shipapplicationsand actually fill them out this lime. The whole compilation has that sickening sugar-sweet gore to it. nut, hey, that’s cool. Everybody needs to know that somebody out there is hav ing a more cynically dorky life than they are. One part in “Steal My Body Home” sounds like a bunch of dying cats in the back of a Buick on a hot, summer day in Arizona. This, complimented by Beck’s deathbed mutterings, is a sharp look into the reality of being stuck in a hole, where the only thing left to do is make friends with the earthweyms. Beck seems to be sitting on a cloud, laughing at those who think every thing is so self-important that you can’t make fun of it. This is the last compact disc to give to someone whoeither (a) was recent ly dumpcd/cvicted/shot/hit by a mov ing semi or (b) likes Bobby McFcrrin. You can almost hear the smirk on Beck’s face as he sings anthems to everything ugly and inane. He uses lyrics 1 ike “tofu the size of Texas” and “time is a piece of wax falling on a termite who’s choking on the splin ters.” Beck looks around the room for something to write a song about — from cat litter to coffee pots, manure and morgues. This occurs all the way to the surprise “Space Invaders” end ing of whirling noises and beeps. Life in hell playing Scrabble and eating S’mores show up on Beck’s high point album “Mellow Gold.” He mocks everything under the sun that seeps through the ozone and fries everyone to little crispies. — Paula Lavigne “The V ery Crystal Speed Machine” Thee Hypnotics American Recordings jm The mesmerizing sound ol Thee Hypnotics encourages the listener lo. sway back and forth like a gold watch on a chain. Since this British band made Ms American debut in 1990, it has strug gled to match the success it found in England. Its latest effort may be just what it needs to break into the U.S. music scene. On its latest album. “The Very Crystal Speed Machine.” the band uses a lot of intense instrumentation that is tightly held together by the diverse vocals of lead singer James Jones. The stylistic changes on the album demonstrate the strengths of this band. Ranging from the bluesy elements of “If the Good l ord Loves Ya” to the darker side of "Down in the Hole." the band’s almost-live sound fluctuates splendidly. The danceable percussion oP'Kcep Rollin’ On”and“Phij’s Drum Acrop olis” contrasts well with the heavier. Zeppelinesque sounds of “Heavy Liq uid” and “Look What You’ve Du^e.” The band also shows its mellow side with the piano-based tunes "Caroline Inside Out” and “Peasant Song.” And just to throw everybody off, it tosses in a marvelously eccentric song. “Ray’s Baudelaire.” “The VeryC'rystal Speed Machine" is a wondrous cacophony of songs that gives any music lover a variety of sounds. Just a suggestion: Check out Thee Hypnotics. — Joel Strauch -Annual Jewelry Sale Entire Stock 20% to 50% off Avant Card 1323 € street