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      JUDGEMENT
      NIGHT
     
     
      Music
      From
      the
      Motion
      Picture
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (Sony)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      grand
      gesture
      and
      one
      of
      the
      most
      im-
     
     
      A
      pressive
      collections
      of
      names
      ever
      to
     
    

    
     
      appear
      ona
      soundtrack,
      Judgement
      Night
     
     
      is
      simply
      one
      the
      greatest
      soundtracks
      ever
     
     
      released.
      The
      rap/rock
      hybrid
      has
      been
      infre-
     
     
      quently
      played
      with,
      but
      surprisingly
      it’s
      never
     
     
      really
      caught
      on.
      As
      Judgment
      Night
      demon-
     
     
      strates,
      the
      combo
      can
      be
      incredibly
      exciting.
     
     
      The
      lack
      of
      melody
      that
      mars
      rap
      is
      still
      appar-
     
     
      ent,
      but
      at
      its
      best
      the
      form
      gets
      by
      on
      gut-level
     
     
      impact
      and
      these
      guitars
      and
      flesh
      and
      blood
     
     
      drummers
      up
      the
      ante.
      A
      revelation...
      they
      don’t
     
     
      come
      often,
      y’know.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Rw
      KIL
     
    
   
   
    
     
      COME
      ON
      FEEL
      THE
      LEMONHEADS
     
     
      The
      Lemonheads
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (Warner)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ndearingly
      tuneful,
      happy
      vibes
      and
     
     
      =
      general
      senselessness
      --
      call
      ‘em
      the
     
    

    
     
      Ramones
      of
      slacker
      rock.
      Evan
      Dando
     
     
      is
      a
      total
      bozo,
      though
      ‘‘Big
      Gay
      Heart’’
      is
      a
     
     
      nice
      answer
      to
      ‘‘Achy
      Breaky.’’
      Worst
      line
     
     
      (I’ve
      ever
      heard):
      ‘‘If
      1
      was
      a
      booger
      would
      you
     
     
      biow
      your
      nose
      /
      Where
      would
      you
      keep
      it
      /
     
     
      Would
      you
      eat
      it.’
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      RATINGS
     
     
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      GOOD
     
     
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      FAIR
     
     
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      POOR
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      BELIEVE
      IN
      ME
     
     
      Duff
      McKagan
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (MCA)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ay,
      more
      G’n’R
      by-product.
      Duff
     
     
      Yy
      McKagan’s
      first
      solo
      venture,
      Believe
     
    

    
     
      in
      Me,
      is
      constantly
      teetering
      on
      the
     
     
      brink
      of
      banality
      --
      I
      guess
      imagination
      isn’t
      the
     
     
      stock
      in
      trade
      of
      someone
      who’
      d
      title
      songs
      *‘I
     
     
      Love
      You’’
      or,
      better
      yet,
      ‘“Fuck
      You’’
      --
      but
      an
     
     
      interesting
      collection
      of
      cameos
      (Slash,
      Jeff
     
     
      Beck,
      Lenny
      Kravitz),
      some
      fine
      moments
      (the
     
     
      title
      track)
      and
      a
      superficial
      resemblance
      to
     
     
      Guns’n’Roses
      will
      undoubtedly
      satisfy
      the
     
     
      band’s
      billion
      fans.
      I’ve
      heard
      rumors
      that
     
     
      Guns’n’
      Roses’
      collection
      of
      punk
      covers
      could
     
     
      be
      released
      by
      year’s
      end.
      Deducted
      a
      halfa
      star
     
     
      for
      featuring
      Skid
      Row’s
      Sebastian
      Bach.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      AMERICAN
      CAESAR
     
     
      Iggy
      Pop
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (Virgin)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      or
      such
      an
      off-beat
      guy,
      Iggy
      Pop’s
     
     
      —
      recent
      music
      has
      been
      awful
      normal.
     
    

    
     
      Since
      deciding
      he
      wants
      to
      be
      a
      social
     
     
      commentator,
      Iggy’s
      music
      has
      ranged
      from
     
     
      moderately
      entertaining
      to
      much
      less
      so.
      He
     
     
      still
      thinks
      he’s
      a
      smart
      guy,
      but
      American
     
     
      Caesar
      is
      his
      oddest
      and
      most
      rocking
      release
      in
     
     
      many
      moons.
      His
      new
      band
      really
      rocks
      on
      cuts
     
     
      like
      ‘‘Wild
      America,’’
      ‘‘Sickness’’
      and
      ‘‘Per-
     
     
      foration
      Problems’’
      and
      his
      version
      of
      ‘‘Louie
     
     
      Louie’’
      is
      one
      of
      the
      best
      ever.
      And
      I
      mean
      that.
     
     
      His
      balladry
      is
      as
      dull
      as
      ever,
      his
      voice
      doesn’t
     
     
      match
      the
      energy
      of
      his
      band
      and
      ‘‘Caesar’’
      is
     
     
      a
      seven-minute
      art-wank.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Film
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      AGE
      OF
      INNOCENCE
     
     
      Starring
      Daniel
      Day-Lewis,
      Michelle
      Pfeiffer,
      Winona
      Ryder
     
     
      Directed
      by
      Martin
      Scorcese
     
    
   
   
    
     
      artin
      Scorcese
      is
      not
      known
      for
      his
     
     
      restraint.
      Generally
      depicting
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      squalid
      lives
      of
      society’s
      underbelly
     
     
      in
      films
      like
      Mean
      Streets,
      Taxi
      Driver
      and
     
     
      Good
      Fellas,
      Scorcese
      has
      managed
      to
      find
     
     
      many
      of
      the
      same
      themes
      in
      the
      most
      unlikely
     
     
      of
      places:
      Edith
      Wharton’s
      Nineteenth
      cen-
     
     
      tury
      novel,
      The
      Age
      of
      Innocence.
     
    

    
     
      _
      Inthe
      film,
      Newland
      Archer
      (Daniel
      Day-
     
     
      ROR
      om
      Co
      meee
      ie
      Lcoe
      Ot
      Con)
     
     
      Olenka
      (Michelle
      Pfeiffer),
      his
      gateway
      to
      a
     
     
      life
      without
      illusions.
      Instead,
      Newland
      mar-
     
     
      ries
      the
      loveable
      but
      vacant
      May
      Welland,
     
     
      (Winona
      Ryder),
      while
      still
      lusting
      after
      Ellen.
     
     
      Without
      gratuitous
      sex
      and
      violence,
      Scorcese
     
     
      portrays
      both
      intense
      sensuality
      (the
      film
     
    
   
   
    
     
      features
      one
      of
      the
      steamiest
      glove-removing
     
     
      scenes
      I’ve
      ever
      seen)
      and
      the
      overpowering
     
     
      corruption
      of
      his
      other
      films.
      The
      perform-
     
     
      ances
      are
      superior:
      Daniel
      Day-Lewis
      is
      a
     
     
      truly
      magnetic
      screen
      presence,
      fully
      captur-
     
     
      ing
      the
      intense
      inner
      turmoil
      of
      the
      charac-
     
     
      ter;
      Michelle
      Pfeiffer
      gives
      the
      performance
     
     
      Mao
      me
      eco
      LORNA
      IED
      AQ
      ome
      Tico
      moti
     
     
      miscast
      in
      Francis
      Ford
      Coppolla’s
      Dracula
     
     
      and
      Night
      on
      Earth,
      easily
      conveys
      the
      inno-
     
     
      cence
      of
      her
      character.
      Scorcese’s
      direction
     
     
      is
      lusciously
      artful
      and
      the
      cinematography
     
     
      and
      production
      design
      are
      immaculate.
      You
     
     
      can
      skip
      the
      Oscars
      this
      year,
      this
      is
      Best
     
     
      (autos
     
    
   
   
    
     
      KIRBY
      FERGUSON