10
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Flesh
      of
      my
      Flesh,
      Blood
      of
     
     
      my
      Blood
     
    

    
     
      DMX
     
    

    
     
      (Def
      Jam)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What
      does
      out-of-no-
     
     
      where
      superstar
      rapper
      DMX
     
     
      do
      after
      releasing
      a
      highly
      suc-
     
     
      cessful
      debut
      album,
      touring
     
     
      on
      Def
      Jam’s
      Survival
      of
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Arts
      &
      Entertainment
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Illesttour
      and
      guest
      appearing
     
     
      on
      countless
      artists’
      songs.
     
     
      Release
      a
      sophmore
      album.
     
     
      The
      reason
      for
      the
      quick
      re-
     
     
      lease
      of
      the
      second
      CD
      is
      be-
     
     
      cause
      Russel
      Simmons,
      the
     
     
      owner
      of
      Def
      Jam
      is
      selling
      the
     
     
      label.
      The
      fans
      are
      blessed
     
     
      with
      "Flesh
      of
      my
      Flesh,"
     
     
      "Blood
      of
      my
      Blood."
      ThisCD
     
    
   
   
    
     
      does
      not
      reach
      X’s
      first
      effort
     
     
      but
      that
      would
      have
      almost
     
     
      been
      impossible.
      However,
      it
     
     
      is
      still
      a
      good
      disc.
      Some
      may
     
     
      feel
      that
      DMX
      has
      been
      com-
     
     
      pared
      to
      Tupac
      Shakur
      (R.I.P)
     
     
      because
      if
      the
      tattoos,
      bald
     
     
      head,
      rape
      charges,
      or
      ban-
     
     
      danas,
      but
      the
      real
      reasons
      are
     
     
      apparent
      on
      this
      CD
      as
      they
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Cadre
     
    
   
   
    
     
      were
      on
      the
      first.
      On
      songs
     
     
      like
      "Slippin,
      Coming
      From,"
     
     
      featuring
      Mary
      J.
      Blige,
      X
      raps
     
     
      about
      love,
      respect
      and
      life.
     
     
      On"Omen,"
      which
      is
      reminis-
     
     
      cent
      of
      Snoop’s
      "Murder
      Was
     
     
      the
      Case,"
      DMX
      raps
      back
     
     
      and
      forth
      with
      the
      Devil
      and
      it
     
     
      appropriately
      features
      Marylin
     
     
      Manson.
      On
      the
      final
      track,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ¢
      19January
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "Ready
      to
      Meet
      Him"
      where
     
     
      he
      raps
      about
      and
      to
      God,
      X
     
     
      exhibits
      even
      more
      similarities
     
     
      between
      him
      and
      Tupac
      by
     
     
      this
      and
      by
      reciting
      poetry.
     
     
      Much
      of
      Pac’s
      poetry
      did
      not
     
     
      surface
      until
      after
      his
      death
      by
     
     
      DMxX
      had
      included
      his
      poetry
     
     
      on
      his
      CDs.
     
    

    
     
      -
      Marc
      MacDonald
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Einstiirzende
      Neubauten
      |
     
     
      Ende
      Neu
      |
     
     
      (Nothing/Interscope
      Records)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Although
      German
      industrial/dance
      group
     
     
      Einstiirzende
      Neubauten’s
      most
      recent
      album,
     
     
      Ende
      Neu
      was
      released
      in
      Europe
      in
      1996,
      Ende
     
     
      Neu
      only
      made
      it
      to
      North
      America
      last
      year.
      It’s
     
     
      apity,
      since
      inmany
      ways
      Einstiirzende
      Neubauten
     
     
      can
      be
      thought
      of
      as
      a
      post-modern
      equivalent
      of
     
     
      Pink
      Floyd.
      Well-known
      in
      Europe
      for
      their
      use
      of
     
     
      a
      wide
      variety
      of
      sounds
      in
      their
      music
      ranging
     
     
      from
      drills
      and
      saws
      to
      the
      scratches
      of
      pens
      upon
     
     
      paper,
      Ende
      Neu
      is
      a
      fairly
      coherent
      album.
      “The
     
     
      Garden”
      —
      the
      only
      English-language
      track
      on
      the
     
     
      entire
      album—with
      its
      hypnotic
      chorus,
      is
      probably
     
     
      the
      most
      accessible
      track
      on
      the
      album,
      but
      “Stella
     
     
      Maris”
      and
      “Bili
      Rubin”
      are
      also
      oddly
      attractive.
     
    

    
     
      Ende
      Neu
      is
      worth
      a
      listen.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Randy
      McDonald
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dada
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      Dada
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (MCA
      Music)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      1998,
      Dada
      released
      its
      self-titled
      fourth
     
     
      album.
      Though
      they
      apparently
      had
      a
      US
      hit
      in
      1992
     
     
      with
      the
      oddly-named
      “Dizz
      Knee
      Band”,
      this
      is
      the
     
     
      first
      that
      I’d
      heard
      of
      them.
      Perhaps
      unsurprisingly,
     
     
      Dada
      is
      an
      excellent
      album.
      The
      Dada
      “Sound”
      is
     
     
      jaded
      California
      pop-rock
      music,
      inthe
      vein
      of
      The
     
     
      Eagles,
      Fleetwood
      Mac,
      perhaps
      even
      Hole.
      The
     
     
      opening
      track
      “Information
      Undertow”
      —
      a
      sunny,
     
     
      ironic
      take
      on
      the
      mass
      media
      —
      set
      the
      tone
      for
      the
     
     
      rest
      of
      the
      album.
      Tracks
      like
      “California
      Gold”,
     
     
      “Beautiful
      Turnback
      Time
      Machine”,
      “Spinning
     
     
      My
      Wheels”,
      and
      “The
      Ballad
      of
      Early
      Grey
      and
     
     
      Chamomile”
      all
      could
      be
      Top
      40
      singles.
      The
     
     
      closing
      track
      “Agent’s
      Got
      No
      Secret”
      is
      disap-
     
     
      pointing,
      but
      it
      is
      also
      a
      happy
      exception.
     
    

    
     
      I
      highly
      recommend
      Dada
      to
      anyone
      inter-
     
     
      ested
      in
      melodic,
      ironic,
      pop-rock
      music.
     
     
      -
      Randy
      McDonald
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      IC
      The
      Smugglers
     
    

    
     
      2C
      Screaming
      Beavers
      Awanpp....
     
    

    
     
      3
      Soul
      Coughing
      Circles
     
    

    
     
      4C
      The
      Immigrants
      AKwardly
      Mobile
      Re
      a
      Bh
      Mae
     
    

    
     
      5C
      Volume
      All
      Star
      Close
      Encounters
      of
      the
      Bump
      Students,
      Faculty
      and
      Alumni
      are
      -
     
     
      and
      Grind
      ___
      invited
      to
      submit
      nominations
      for
      the
     
    

    
     
      6C
      Various
      Thirty
      Hour
      Famine
      _
      UPEI
      Faculty
      Association
      Awards
      for
     
    

    
     
      7C
      Jamie
      Sparks
      The
      Time
      |
      Excellence
      in
      Teaching.
      The
     
    

    
     
      8C
      Noise
      Therapy
      Myton
      Lowrider
      )
      awards
      are
      open
      to
      ail
      Laney
     
    

    
     
      9
      Monster
      Magnite
      Power
      Trip
      :
      faculty
      ‘members.
     
    

    
     
      10C
      Various
      (Sonic
      Unyon)
      Now
      we
      are
      5
      .
      eee
     
    

    
     
      11
      The
      Delgados
      Peloton
      |
     
    

    
     
      12
      System
      of
      a
      Down
      System
      of
      a
      Down
      :
      The
      deadline
      for
      nominations
      is
      is
     
    

    
     
      13C
      Kaffeine
      Fish
      Eating
      Grin
      .
      noon,
      Thursday,
      January
      21,
      1999.
     
    

    
     
      14C
      Strawberry
      Brokeheart
      Audio
      |
      Information
      about
      the
      awards
      and
     
    

    
     
      15
      Korn
      Follow
      the
      Leader
      |
      Se
      forms
      are
      available
      at
     
    

    
     
      16
      MIC
      MIC
      the
      Faculty
      ET
      (Main
     
    

    
     
      17
      Placebo
      Without
      You
      I’m
      Nothin
      Bidg,
      Room
      Bae
      es
     
    

    
     
      18
      Xzibit
      40
      Daja
      and
      Nights
      25
      ee
      Office.
     
    

    
     
      20C
      Punchbuggy
      My
      Norwegian
      Cousin
      —
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Top
      20
      at
      CIMN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Growing
      up
      Smuggler
     
     
      |
     
     
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Church
     
     
      Hologram
      of
      Baal
     
     
      (True
      North
      Records)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Church
      is
      that
      rarity,
      an
      Australian
      band
     
     
      with
      a
      million-selling
      album
      that
      actually
      is
      musically
     
     
      competent.
      The
      Church’s
      1998
      release
      Hologram
     
     
      of
      Baal
      isaslow-burning
      guitar-popalbum.
      Though~
     
     
      the
      production
      is
      at
      times
      too
      extensive,
      sometimes
     
     
      muffling
      Steve
      Kilbey’s
      delivery,
      the
      overall
      mood
     
     
      of
      the
      album
      is
      dramatically
      pensive.
     
    

    
     
      “Louisiana”
      and
      “The
      Great
      Machine”
      are
     
     
      probably
      the
      two
      best
      tracks
      on
      this
      album,
      with
      their
     
     
      highly
      atmospheric
      sheen.
      |
      found,
      though,
      that
      this
     
     
      album
      is
      better
      listened
      to
      in
      one
      sitting.
      Just
      take
      a
     
     
      cup
      of
      coffee,
      a
      good
      book,
      a
      comfortable
      chair,
      and
     
     
      relax.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Randy
      McDonald