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‘The Night’ brings a new dawn for Morphine By Sean McCarthy Staff Writer J Mark Sandman knew how to open a concert. For most shows, as the lights dimmed, he uttered one phrase that could electrify the crowd: “Ladies and gentlemen, we are Morphine, at your semce^’ And, as for their brand of “low rock,” there wasn’t anyone who could do it better. “Low rock” is a term defining Morphine’s sound, but it hardly does the band justice. Defining “low rock” is about as easy as defining “alterna tive.” It was just a term that stuck with the band. Last summer, lead singer Mark Sandman died after he suffered a heart attack onstage in Italy. It-was a terrible loss for an industry sorely lacking in mainstream originality. Morphine had a truly original sound. A novice listener could listen to one or two tracks olf of any of the group’s albums and not mistake Morphine for another artist or band. The group could sing about reveling in a barfly-type of existence one minute and sing about paying for the consequences of such a life in the next song. Though the band only had three members, the rhythm section was so tight, no other members were needed. Saxaphonist Dana Colley and drum mer Billy Conway perfectly compli mented Sandman’s unique, two string bass guitar. And “The Night,” Morphine’s last studio release, shows how far the band was willing to take its sound to another level. Lyrically, Morphine was able to burn images into listeners unlike many of its peers. “Automatic taxi stops,” “a head with wings” and “french fries with pepper,” were ran dom phrases that could loom in your head long after the song ended. “The Night” has many such mem orable moments. On “So Many Ways,Y Sandman’s delivery of the line, Vis this what you had in mind/ Whejl you called above to the angels/ For the six hundred and sixty-sixth time,” manages to be both playful and menacing. Morphine’s lack of instrument variety was criticized. True, a band consisting of solely a two-string slide bass guitar, a baritone sax and drums may be a tad restrictive. However, each of its albums had a very distinct sound that varied from previous efforts. “The Night” is Morphine’s most varied yet. A viola, tri-tar, organ and female backup singers are some of the additional instruments adding an extra degree of fullness to Morphine’s patented sound. The new additions also make Stolen Picasso works worth $40 million found ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - Seven paintings by Pablo Picasso have been recovered more than five years after they were stolen, Swiss authorities said Tuesday. The paintings were stolen by thieves who burrowed into the base ment of a Zurich art gallery in October 1994. Gallery owner Max K. Bollag then VI ■ ^d w m JrZ ■ estimated the loss at $44 million. Two of the paintings accounted for $40 mil lion. Other experts disputed the figure. Police and prosecutors said the Picasso paintings had been recovered with the help of an unnamed intermedi ary, who was rewarded by being allowed to keep two of the paintings. The police did not elaborate. A Swiss man and two Italians were jailed in 1996 for the theft, but the paint ings were not recovered at the time. The stolen paintings included Picasso’s “Seated Wbman,” a gouache on canvas painted in 1903, and “Christ of Montmartre,” a watercolor painted shortly afterward. The two pictures had been stolen from the gallery once before, in 1991. Parking Problems? Need a Place to Park? Guaranteed Parking Park by Day $2.00 Park by * Month $25 Don’t Fight for Parking Enter at 8th & S Streets, 1 block west of Memorial Stadium National Garages, Gold’s Galleria, Suite 120 • 474-2274 Attention SOS Participants The Student Opportunities and Services Advisory Board invites you to an evening of FUN & GAMES! What: NU v Kansas - Women’s Basketball Spaghetti Dinner - at Spaghetti Works When: February 13, 2000, 1:30 p.m. Where: Devaney Sports Center - meet inside the first set of doors. Cost: Basketball game is free with student ID; dinner at your own expense. Meet other SOS students, cheer on the team, have fun! See you there! “The Night” Morphine’s mpst chal lenging listen yet. “Cure for Pain” and “Yes” could hook you in one lis ten because the band’s lethal rhythm arrangement lured you to nod your head just like a Parliament Funkadelic jam. But many of the rhythms are hid den in “The Night.” Colley’s typically dominant sax skills show far more restraint on this effort than any other Morphine album. Sandman wanted to stretch Morphine’s sound as far as it could go. And tragically, “The Night” was the beginning of a new sound for the band. This was supposed to be Morphine’s “Achtung Baby,” a defin itive division between the old-school Morphine sound and the new-school sound. “The Night” is an excellent coda to a stellar career. The remaining members have arranged to tour for this album, using all the musicians’ sitting in on “The Night” and using W/wswr ms, m. 4 R0.MXMO1 IMHv.NftoM WIM: MMiautim /MHW miL mmaMDim “The Night” ARTIST: Morphine LABEL: Dreamworks Records GRADE: A FIVE WORDS: Fitting tribute to Sandman’s legacy. different vocalists for Sandman. Though the tour could never com pare to seeing Morphine with Sandman, it keeps his memory alive. “The Night” is another great reminder of Sandman’s desire to never be complacent, even if you had a damn-near perfect sound to be com placent with. 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