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ENTERTAINMENT
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The Battalion
Thursday, June 8,1989
Fleetwood Mac’s Nicks flies solo again;
songbird’s new album strong, confident
By Chuck Lovejoy
ENTERTAINMENT WRITER
After stepping out on a musical
limb with her 1986 Rock a Little al
bum, Stevie Nicks returns to the
trunk of her musical prowess with
her fourth solo album , The Other
Side of the Mirror.
But the compilation of songs,
most of which the Fleetwood Mac
lead vocalist penned with friends
during the past two years, is not a re
treat from the ground she con
quered with Rock a Little's vast ex
perimentation with synthesizers.
The music contained in Mirror is
not the standard Stevie Nicks: day
dreams and wishes and fairytales set
to wispy, soft musical passages. In
stead, it is her most straightforward
and headstrong effort to date.
It’s the album’s title that is some
what confusing. When most people
think of the other side of the mirror,
they think of Alice’s adventures in
Wonderland with the Queen of
Hearts and the Mad Hatter.
Instead, as is revealed in the song
“Alice,” the other side of the mirror
is now the real world, at least for
Nicks.
As “Alice” progresses the album’s
reality theme is revealed with the
lines: “ ‘Run for your life,’ said the
Mad Hatter/'Alright,’ said Alice, T’m
going back to the other side of the
mirror.’ ”
And it’s really somewhat of a let
down to hear Nicks singing only
about reality. Part of her appeal is
her mystery, but no song on The
Other Side of the Mirror (except for
“Alice”) deals with the dreamland
her fans have come to know and
love.
On the contrary, most of the
songs tell stories in that cryptic, im
personal way only Nicks seems to be
able to do, but no names are named,
and no conclusions about the occur
rences are made.
Despite the fact that the songs de
scribe others’ experiences, they are
easy to identify with because they tell
tales of tribulations stemming from
basic emotions: anger (“Whole Lotta
Trouble), disappointment (“Ghosts),
frustration (“Doing the Best That I
Can”) and even happiness (the hit
“Rooms on Fire”).
Stevie Nicks
And Nicks’ lyrics, although cryp
tic, are some of her best yet.
In “Ghosts,” she describes her
cure for a disappointing love life
with the lines, “To fill the empty
spaces she’s feeling/She depends on
her music like a husband.”
She compares a friend to Romeo’s
lover on “Juliet,” singing, “It was
way too hard, it was way too
tough/On this she had not bargain-
ed/But she was like some missionary
dancing to the beat of some man’s
ancient drum.”
But the strongest bevel of Mirror
is the music providing the canvas for
Nicks’ lyrics. Put simply, it is her
strongest yet.
Each of her previous albums have
had a general musical theme, from
Bella Donna's country feel, to The
Wild Heart’s piano and tambourine
rock, and even to Rock a Little’s syn-
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mixed drinks are served. For more
information, call 846-3497.
Thursday — The Red Bean Guys.
Rock. $3 cover.
Friday —Jr. Medlow 8c The Bad
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Saturday — The Argument
Clinic. Rock. $4 cover.
sity Drive. All ages are admitted.
Beer, wine and liquor are served to
legal drinkers. Call 846-5388 for
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Saturday — Karen Shavis. Vocal
jazz. $3 cover.
Cow Hop Annex
Next to the restaurant at Northgate.
Those 18 and older admitted. Alco
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Thursday — Borrowed Tym.
Rock. $2 cover.
Friday — Street Pizza. Thrash
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are admitted. Beer, wine and liquor
served to legal drinkers. For more
information, call 696-9191.
Thursday — Acoustic guitarist to
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Saturday — Big A! 8c the Saints.
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wine and set-ups served. Call 775-
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Friday — DJ Frank. Rap and Top
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Sunday — Pio Trevino 8c Magic.
Spanish and Variety. $6 cover.
The Mercury Bar
At 313 S. College in the Skaggs
shopping center. Those 18 and over
are admitted, and beer, liquor and
wine are served to legal drinkers.
For more information, call 846-
MERC (846-6372).
Thursday — China Blue. Pro
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In College Station at 503 E. Univer-
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thesizer-heavy pop.
The Other Side of the Mirror
showcases Nicks in a stronger rock
mood.
The prime example of the al
bum’s confident nature is “Whole
Lotta Trouble,” the set’s best song
(and likely next single). Screaming
horns and a booming beat swirl
around Nicks’ patent growl as she
chants, “This could be a whole lotta
trouble/Whole lotta trouble/Whole
lotta trouble for you.”
Also, hints of John Cougar Mel-
lencamp’s southern rock style can be
heard on “Fire Burning,” and guitar
rhythms reminiscent of her 1981 hit
“Edge of Seventeen” are featured on
“Long Way to Go.”
Several slower songs are also fea
tured on Mirror, but they don’t have
anywhere near the bite of the up
tempo ones. In fact, the album’s
worst song is the sluggish ballad
“Two Kinds of Love,” which Nicks
sings with Bruce Hornsby. The
song’s weak production is inexcusa
ble: Nicks’ vocals are horribly
strained, and Hornsby’s voice is
muddy and sounds as if he had a
cold.
But three slow numbers hold their
own against the challenge of the fas
ter ones.
“Doing the Best That I Can” con
tains Nicks semi-apology to the lis-
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teners for the album’s faults, whilt
“Alice” explains why they migfc
have occurred: “Like Alice throug:
the looking glass/She used to kn»
who she was.”
One reason “Alice” is so appeal^
is guest Kenny C’s flowing soprani
sax solo and the way it fights fci
dominance over Nicks’ sweet vod
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lad “I Still Miss Someone (Bint
Eyes),” a thoughtful reflection om
former love written by Johnny Cask
The song works well for Nick
though, as she croons, “No I never
got over those blue eyes/I see them
everywhere/And I miss those arnii
that held me/Baby when allthelovt
was there.”
The Other Side of the Mirrorm
not be Nicks’ best album — that die
most likely belongs to Rock a h'ttlt
but it certainly isn’t a bad one. Insai
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problems. Nicks’ music may noil
solve your problems for you, buuj
certainly might help you solve them
Road Trips
Jazz festivals to showcase big-name stars
Jazz festivals being held this
weekend in two Texas cities will
feature performances by some of
the biggest stars in the jazz world.
Trumpet great Miles Davis,
along with Spyro Cyra, Larry
Carlton, and the Yellowjackets,
will perform at the JVC Jazz Fes
tival in Houston on Friday night,
and at the Texas Jazz Fest ’89 in
Dallas on Saturday night.
The Houston show will be held
in the Summit at 7:30 p.m.
Ticket prices for this show
ranee from $17 to $24. They are
available at all Ticketron outlets,
including the Box Office in Rud
der Tower. Call 845-1234 for
more information.
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Dallas will be held at the Starplex
Amphitheatre. The concert is
scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.,
somewhat earlier than most con
certs start.
Tickets are available through
all Ticketmaster outlets and at the
Starplex Box Office. Prices range
from $ 17 to $24.
Round Top music festival opens this weekend
The nineteenth season of the
Festival-Institute at Round Top
will open this weekend with classi
cal music concerts by several
Texas performers.
In celebration of the festival’s
French theme, works by French
composers will be performed.
On Saturday afternoon at 3,
the Mesquite Civic Chorus will
perform.
Saturday evening at 8 will be
the premier performance of the
Texas Festival Orchestra.
The Youth Orchestra of
Greater Fort Worth will perform
Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
The festival will continue each
weekend through July 15. The
concerts will take place in the air-
conditioned Festival Concert
Hall.
Tickets to the events may be
purchased at the door at prices of
$7.50 for adults and $4 for stu
dents.
Round Top is located halfway
between Houston and Austin on
Texas Hwy. 237. For more infor
mation, call (409) 249-3129.
Kerrville Folk Festival concludes with conceits
The final weekend of the 18th
annual Kerrville Folk Festival will
feature three six-hour concerts.
The concerts will begin Friday,
Saturday and Sunday at 6 p.m.
The festival takes place at
Quiet Vally Ranch, which is lo
cated nine miles south of Ker
rville on Hwy. 16.
Friday’s concert will feature
performers such as Alaska’s
Hobo Jim, Rosie Flores, Steve Gil
lette and Mary Chapin Car
penter, who records for Colum
bia Records.
On Saturday, featured per
formers will be Hal Michael Ket-
chum, Tom Chapin, John Stew
art, Darden Smith and Windham
Hill Records’ the Montreaux
Band.
Sunday’s concert will indude
David Rea, Evan Marshall, Allen
Damron, and Jimmie Dale Gil
more.
No pets are permitted on the
festival grounds, and concert-
goers are urged to bring lawn
chairs for the evening perfor
mances.
Tickets for the event are on
sale 24 hours a day at the Quiet
Valley Ranch gates at prices rang
ing from $8 to $12 for adults.
For more information call
(512) 257-3600 during regular
business hours.
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