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If you would like to find out more about this study, call VIP Research. A monetary incentive will be paid to qualified volunteers who enroll and complete this study. CALL VOLUNTEERS IN PHARMACEUTICAL 776-1417 Page 6 In the ef sites, lawy( 'eally clean ^ Twelve ] law empowert Protection Jazz, Jazz, Jazz NANCY SWETLICK/The Battalion Last weekend’s Jazz Festival in Central Park featured Karan Chavis and an Austin band, the James Polk Quartet. Karan, a graduate from Texas A&M, has been singing with jazz musicians for si» years. She normally performs with another Austin band, the Brew. of cleaning lorn the b pollution, new study percent o paid by Superfunc gone to lil Imstead of c Latest KISS release will hopefully be band's last By Chris Eklof The Battalion KISS "Revenge' Mercury Over the past twenty years, KISS has ridden the peaks and the valleys of success. The upcom- May release of their 2 ‘ ing May release ot tneir 24th album, "Revenge/' will hopefully be the band's last. The album proves that it is time to put this dinosaur band out to pasture. KISS founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stan ley are the only remaining members from the '70s makeup and thrill show glory days. Since then KISS has undergone extensive lineup changes, going through four guitarists and three drum mers. Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Vinnie Vincent, Mark St. John and Bruce Kulick have all spent time as part of the KISS army. Eric Singer is the band's newest member, replacing Eric Carr after his death in 1991 of complications from stomach cancer. KISS was a massive juggernaut in the '70s, selling out stadium shows across the world. Their popularity waned, but they started a come back to establish themselves as more than just a glam band when they wiped off the makeup and started anew. Success returned in the late '80s, but once again it has slipped away in the last cou ple of years. "Revenge" brings to mind all of the ancient, dying heavy metal band stories that have ever been told. KISS even sinks so far as to use lyrics from Spinal Tap, the parodical symbol of dying rock bands. On the tender love song, "Spit," they borrow from Spinal Tap's "Big Bottom" with their lyrics about "more cushion for the pushin'" and "I need a whole lotta woman." These tired, old lyrics mirror the tired, old band members' lack of originality. KISS falls prey to almost every cliche in the book on "Revenge." Their idea of a stimulating song is "I Just Wanna." The chorus repeats "I just wanna f-, I wanna f-, I just wanna forget you." They must think that it is really exciting when they almost say a dirty word. "Take It Off" and "Domino" are two more songs on the record whose chief purpose is to tit illate the minds of adolescent boys with their sex ual lyrics. "Revenge" includes "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II, which has already appeared on the "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey" soundtrack al bum. Evidently writing another song to put in place of this lame one was too much effort. The only song that bears merit on "Revenge" is "Carr Jam 1981." The instrumental features an extensive Eric Carr drum solo. The solo itself is not too spectacular; after all, if you have heard one drum solo you have heard them all. It just seems like a fitting way for the surviving mem bers of KISS to give a tangible, lasting tribute to their deceased friend. The other interesting thing about the album was the partial return of Gene Simmons to vocal forefront. Early in KISS's career, Simmons screamed and growled on most of the songs, but eventually Stanley took over the lead vocals with his more musical vocal chords. Simmons steps forward on a few songs on "Revenge" and chants his way through them as lead vocalist. In 1988, the word in the music industry was that KISS was history. Their greatest hits pack age, "Smashes, Thrashes and Hits," was released to test the waters of the public and see if KISS could still sell records. The success of that album encouraged them to continue on as a band. After this album though, there should not be much rea son to stay together. It is about time for Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley to let KISS die off. The band made histo ry in its time and has had a lot of success along the way. KISS turned Simmons and Stanley into rich men and they should be thankful for that, but should let it go before they embarrass them selves any further. Variety Show lives up to nm Continued from page 5 Superfur to extend 1 Jason Williams provided ic relief during the songs. Riscain, a modern dance diio, did an interpretation of Stinji "Mad About You," expressing!* pain of lost love. Finally, Flying High, anil member acrobatic group tumbled across the stage and vaulted ii the air. Keeping things moving was master of ceremonies Greg Raj and the two guest acts, the Agg< Wranglers and Miss TAMUJC McClure. Surprisingly, the Wrangle didn't do the traditional countn and-western style type of dam ing, but instead tried somethiaj different. The group used their countn moves in the setting of a r i dance, similar to something outot "Grease." Overall, the night delivered the promise inherent in the name of the program - variety - within two groups having the same type of act. That's fun for the audience, but it must have made things tough for the judges - whichim eluded Frank Cox, author of'l Bleed Maroon" and Muster speak er, and parents of the year Barbara and Ted Coughran. It's difficult because it's hard to judge the quality of a singing act against that of a dance act, for instance. When it came time to ballot, the judges probably had to go with some sort of gut feeling as to what they thought entertained them the most. And the last act of Frida)' night. Night 'n' Day obvious!) captured the attention of the audi ence and the votes of the judges. individual [that contrit a dumpii polluted sit was desigm polluters tc p dangerc an use go Howeve llaces blam lability ba ill be in vo sites cost a clean up, o are practic lawsuits bei polluters, ii are incredifc enormous a ecessary t span decad e suits, co in the procc jetween sta The extr aanpower A wea who’s ii me Was! o Editor's m Filippov in number belt By Timm Doolen The Battalion "White Sands" Starring Willem Dafoe and Mickey Rourke Directed by Roger Donaldson Rated R Playing at Cinema Three One wonders if good actors can sense they are in the midst of a bad movie. I'd have to guess they can't, maybe because the scenes are shout out of sequence, or a lot of footage is shot that's never used in the actual movie. Otherwise, why would Willem Dafoe, Mickey Rourke and Mary Elizabeth Mastranto- nio agree to do something like "White Sands?" It must be the "Heaven's Gate" syndrome - good actors and good performances let down by a bad storyline, bad direction or bad edit ing. At any rate, "White Sands" is one of those curious movies that tries to come off as a great movie - big budget, big stars, big motives - but miserably fails. sheriff in New Mexico who is investigating a strange suicide in the middle of the desert. Or is it a murder? He finds a few clues which eventually lead him to Santa Fe, and then assumes the identity of the murdered man to try to find his killer. He slowly comes to realize he has become part of an FBI sting to catch an arms dealer, played by Mickey Rourke. Or has he? Rourke's accomplice is Lane (Mastranto- nio), who believes in noble causes and tries to seduce any man she can, including the married “White Sands” is one of those curious movies that tries to come off as a great movie - big budget, big stars, big motives - but miserably fails. After the first 20 minutes it looked like a definite Hitchcock homage, but after that part, it didn't resemble anything Hitchcock would have put his name on. Willem Dafoe plays Ray Dolezal, a deputy deputy. Or does she? Through an endless series of plot twists and turns, and a half-dozen insane murders, we finally come to realize what's really going on. Or do we? No. This movie is obviously confusing - not so much because what's on the screen is that in comprehensible, but more so because you're constantly thinking, "there has to be a reason for all this, and they'll tell us at the end." they forgot to tell us at the end. To the credit of the actors, they all didafai job, especially Dafoe in his first major roleto quite awhile. But they were let down by Daniel Pyne's script and Roger Donaldson's direction It's acceptable for a movie not to male sense for awhile, especially an action-sus - pense-thriller like this one. But there has to be some sort of meaningful undercurren 1 throughout a film to make it something mote than a pure action movie. In that sense, this film is more akin I 0 Sylvester Stallone's "Cobra" than anythingb) the master of suspense, Hitchcock. We seeaW of guns, money and murders, and even chang ing characters (wow). But sadly, the parts oft® 1 add up to more than the movie as a whole. On top of this there are so many impla# ble events in the first half of the movie, thatth f whole time we can't really believe whafsg 0 ' ing on. After all, would a deputy sheriff leav* his post to go undercover without telling0f body, save his wife and one friend. He nev® notifies any other officials, including the shat iff, and we are led to believe he has the skill 10 outmaneuver the FBI, CIA and several arm* dealers. Come on. Save your money; leave "White Sands'^ the buzzards. bicyc Watch c or cash, way from lecided nc reek I got ny bicycle. 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