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Now, the music and the voice coincide, giving the Junkies a more crisp and all-together pleasant sound. Nowhere is this change more apparent than on “just want to see,” an ode to the death of a friend. Timmons’ hauntingly beautiful voice falls faintly into the pattern of a howling guitar and tapping drums as she cries out on her own death, “1 just want to see what kills me.” Album Review Cowboy Junkies Lay It Down Gefffen Records On a more positivet note, “an gel mine” is one of the more up beat, romantic songs the Junkies have ever written. It is a song about two not-so-perfect people who see each other and their re- Cowboy lationship as perfection. The songwriting here is near-perfect, and the combination of a twangy steel guitar and the constant strumming of an ID acoustic guitar give ft’ l Timmins perfect ac- companiment. ■1 * This album is not so much a departure for the Junkies as it is a Junkies positive sign of growth. Any dif ferences heard on this album take nothing away from the Junkies’ sound of its last five al bums, but rather, add a new di mension of depth and instru mentation to the band. All the songs on Lay it Down are good, but some songs tend to blend into others as the band falls into a sound rut. Neverthe less, Lay it Down is great to lis ten to from beginning to end. Now in its 10th year as a signed band producing records, the Cowboy Junkies are still one of the best-kept secrets in mod ern music. Although its delicate sounds are rarely heard on popu lar radio, if sticking to an origi nal, uncompromising style of music and songwriting is what is holding them back from main stream acceptance, then I say keep it up. Lost Children confuses mind, stimulates eyes By Wes Swift The Battalion Movie Review Watching City of Lost Children is a lot like watching Pink Floyd’s The Wall: no one can tell exactly what’s going on, but they’re pretty sure it’s cool. This little piece of ab surd film from France reeks of Tim Burton cinematography, complete with intricate sets and lush hues reminiscent of Batman Forever. Unfortunately, the film makers don’t have Burton’s talent for screenwriting, throwing to gether a plot as complex and frus trating as a Rubik’s Cube. The plot revolves around the Strong One (Ron Perlman), a carnival thug whose young brother, Denree, is kidnapped City of Lost Children Starting Ron Perlman and Daniel Elimork Rated R Playing at Hollywood 16 *★ (out of five) by The Chosen Ones, a reli gious cult bent on destroying all humanity. The Chosen Ones sell kid napped children to a group of ge netically engineered clones who use the children to find a soul for their leader, Krank. Meanwhile, the Strong One teams up with a street urchin named Miette to track down his missing brother. What he finds is a confusing realm of crimi nals, mad scientists and freaks who all want him, Miette and Denree dead. And if the events are confus ing to the characters, just think how the audience feels. Halfway through the movie, I was scratching my head, thinking, “What in the world is going on?’ The plot is so scatterbrained that viewers are perplexedly every turn and twist. The film seems like a slew of random im ages that don’t mesh. Even in the end, not everything is clear and audiences have to guess just what is going on. The only bright spot for the film is its dazzling imagery.lt assaults the eyes and sparkles with vivid colors and mind-bog gling sets. Someone, though, should have reminded the director that he should have included as many morsels for the mind as he did for the eyes. 'Phis film gave me a headache, and that’s not a go omen for a film. Class of '96 '96 General Class Meeting Wednesday, March 6, 8:30 p.m. Rudder 410 Come hear Class Gift Ideas!!!!! Door Prizes from Wings n' More will be given away along with FREE FOOD '96 CJ Jf J . 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