Pulliam Journalism Fellowships
Graduating college seniors are invited to apply for the 25th
annual Pulliam Journalism Fellowships. Ten-week summer
internships will be awarded to 20 journalism or liberal arts
majors in the August 1997-June 1998 graduating classes.
Winners will receive a $5,000 stipend and will work at either
The Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News or The
Arizona Republic. Application postmark deadline is March 1,
1998.
For complete information, write: Russell B. Pulliam
Pulliam Fellowship Dir.
The Indianapolis News
P.O. Box 145
Indianapolis, IN 46206-0145
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“Exile on Coldharbour Lane”
Geffen
Grade: A
A new religion has sprung up
around the recent revival of electronic
music, and one group of techno artists
has even built a church founded on the
principles that built the temple of rock
‘n’ roll: love, music, soul - Elvis.
The First Presleyterian Church of
Elvis The Divine is the newest rock
cult in a history of less-formal forms
of musical worship and adorable
Christian blasphemy. Founded by
gospel-techno ensemble, Alabama 3
is the priest, congregation and choir
.. to this religion of soul, club techno
and the immortality of the King.
Spawned only two years ago,
Alabama 3 (christened after the
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holy land) is a London partheno
genesis of American Southern
gospel and European club dance
music. Its leader is the Very
Reverend Dr. D. Wayne Love, the
First Minister of the First
Presleyterian Church of Elvis the
Divine. Other members are vocalist
Larry Love, percussionist Sir Real
“Congaman” Love, guitarist
Mississippi Guitar Love, drummer
Little Boy Dope, and keyboardist
The Spirit. ^
The gfOfap^s firsta!bo|aaJf‘P*ile?
; on Oold Harbor Lane,” is a densely
structured and thought-pnftoking
platter of electronically charged
vittles. Providing something to
chew on with each new track,
“Exile” canvasses American music
with universal themes like civil
rights, social class and religion.
But the group refuses to turn its
art into political posters. Rather the
songs are typically bassy and butt
moving pieces. Occasionally a track
will bare its teeth, but usually it just
sticks its tongue in its cheek, while the
bass and drums continue to bounce.
Actually just a few skinny white
boys from a poor, urban back
ground, Alabama 3 has created a
. fable from their riddled pasts of
drug abuse, disenfranchisement
and a potentially brilliant future
from their love of African
American gospel choir music.
But the mixes are strictly
European. Drawing on heavy bass,
drums and house/club beats, the
group’s music is kept perfectly sim
ple and precise, and is used to punc
tuate the driven, granular vocals.
The group’s gorgeous gospel ballads
and brilliant mixes deserve every
accolade that can be heaved on an
untried band, but its true legacy will
be something far less complex.
Lyrics. A techno group with
lyrics.
Although British bands frequent
ly get themselves in trouble when
they write (the numbers of Oasis fans
thin with every lyrical self-refer
ence), Alabama 3 has forged itself a
unique mold as a politically potent
and irreverent musical group.
The album’s most potent track,
“Mao Tse Tung Said,” begins with a
seaming anacK on me general
love” believed in by the great
American pacifist, Martin Luther
King, Jr. The painful vocals seeth
with disbelief as Larry Love rants
about racial inequality Mid popular
illusions embraced by so many.
“Exile on Coldharbour Lane”
pounds with the bass and drums inK
tiated by house music and jreamed
by jungle techno, while simultane
ously celebrating and questioning
the land that gave birth to the recog
nized king of rock ‘n’ roll. Thanks
to groups like Alabama 3, we can be
assured that Elvis will never die.
- Bret Schulte
American Lesion
“American Lesion”
Atlantic
Grade: B
In essence a solo
album,“American Lesion” is the
product of Greg Graffin, the lead
singer of Bad Religion.
“American Lesion” is more sedat
ed than Bad Religion’s thunderous
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attack. The album is neither self
indulgent nor pompous like other so lo
releases from lead singers.
Although listed as the work of a
group called American Lesion, the
self-titled album is completely per
formed and produced by Griffin,
making it essentially a solo album.
The acoustic arrangement of most
of “American Lesion” brings compar
isons to Bob Mould’s solo works.
While the volume is turned down a
couple notches, the political fire still
is intact throughout much of
“American Lesion.”
The album’s lyrical attacks are
more metaphorical than on most of
Bad Religion’s releases. The charac
ters Graffin talks about are beaten
down, but the songs rarely address
who the perpetrator is.
“Too many decisions/Too much
responsibility/And no one is there to
hold me/When I fail” is a good repre
sentation of lyrics from the album.
Though the words tend to be slightly
general, Graffin’s voice conveys
enough emotion to make them sound
urgent
Personal, moody and often reflec
tive, “American Lesion” definitely is
not an album for rocking out Graffin
produced, mixed and. more amazing
ly, played each instrument on the
album. Aside from the traditional per
cussion and guitars, Graffin also
played piano on a few tracks.
Most of “American Lesion” is a
quiet, reflective listen, but some of
Graffm’s vocal work could use a jolt.
Lacking the diamond-cutting soul
searching vocals of Bob Mould or the
anger of some of his peers, Graffin
comes off as a passive observer in
songs like “Predicament”
Graffin does get funky, however,
in “Maybe She Will,” where a tight
snare beat is combined with horns and
piano. Imagine an edgy Steeley Dan
foran idea of the song’s sound. l\
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th^musical arrangements and make ■ !
hitftyries more eoncret©,Americafr
Lesion (the one-man group) will bea ^
force equally on par with Bad
Religion. With its self-titled release,
however, American Lesion comes off
as an admirable side project
You may like what you hear, but
you want Graffin to get back into the
studio and pump out another Bad
Religion album.
- Sean McCarthy
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Female non-smoker to share 3 bedroom apartment
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Responsible, female non-smoker to share two bedroom
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