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CD Reviews
Michelle
Solberg
Floating
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ater. For:: Mexico native Michelle Solberg may
nation Sta - equent breaks from her busy touring
but she somehow found the time
031. her third album. Floating, one for
cs.
Oti'stingly enough, “floating” is also an
ription for both Solberg’s voice and
Jaz2 3.aic iwritipg. Based in folk, Solberg deftly
mainstream to * ier soun h that prevents any
from 9 p r* to completely pin it down.
Coffee S;-' 5 hkej“Everything” recall the expected
>p influences of artists such as Sheryl
Crow, but the album takes unexpected musi
cal twists halfway through with the hip-hop feel
of tracks like “Crazy Blue.”
In Solberg’s case the lack of consistency
works in her favor by keeping things interesting.
The album manages to hold your attention long
after most other folk singers would have been
placed on the shelf.
Solberg is performing at a CD release party for
Floating this Saturday at Sweet Eugene’s. (B)
— Riley LaGrone
Terri Hendrix
Wilory Farm
CD Courtesy of
Tycoon
Cowgirl
Records
While it is true that female country-folk singer
market may be pretty close to flooded, it will be
the optimism and honesty of Terri Hendrix that
keeps her from getting lost in the shuffle.
At the end of the day, Hendrix does just what
her audiences want. She gets up on stage with
out a front, picks up her guitar and sings. It is a
strategy that is as groundbreaking as it is sim
ple, and it is the reason why Hendrix has be
come one of the most popular performers in the
San Antonio area.
Wilory Farm is an album with the same
characteristics. The first album released on
Hendrix’s own Tycoon Cowgirl Records, her
simple do-it-yourself attitude shines
through in every song.
Do not think she cannot throw an occasional
curveball, however. “Gravity” has the Native
American flavor that is so popular nowadays
and even the “let’s all join in” sing-along of
“Wind Me Up, ” a gimmick that would normal
ly cause any respectable listener to turn off the
stereo, redeems itself. (B)
— Riley LaGrone
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tilling no punches
ting Bull displays excellent performances by DeNiro, Pesci
Kelly Roe Bi ging Bull’s accolades
tive-rockta >eak for themselves. The
^ow Hope’ -m was named best pic-
the 1980s by Gene Siskel,
'he Art Co '-bert, USA Today, the
lallery is 6' an Film Institute and Pre-
;o Art frorc Magazine,
he exhibit DeNiro’s performance
let. 30. -f Jake LaMotta won
his second Oscar,
he MSC Vi ; Performance ranks with
, • i Brando’s Stanley Kowals-
, " treetcar Named Desire) as
, the most impressive dis-
,)l runs if tortured angst.
icidentally, DeNiro recites
ie Brazos ^ iUS jj ne f rom ano ther
atural His., j fjj m Q n Waterfront,
om beginning of Raging Bull.
t. 15, arc rong proponent of method
s Valley ly DeNiro took boxing
ough Oct.
lessons from LaMotta himself
and became so good that he
could reportedly beat LaMotta.
DeNiro also packed on 40
pounds in order to portray LaMot
ta near the end of LaMotta’s life.
Raging Bull is perhaps direc
tor Martin Scorsese’s crowning
achievement.
Scorsese (named the greatest
living director in a 1996 issue of
Entertainment Weekly) digs
deep into his own experiences as
a sickly child in Little Italy to di
rect the troubled boxer.
Scorsese likes to dwell on
tortured characters who have to
battle their own inner demons
to survive.
Because it is a biopic, Raging
Bull’s plot follows LaMotta, a
one-time middleweight champi
on, through his battles in the
ring and at the home.
LaMotta falls in love with
young Vicki (played by Cathy Mo-
riarty), but when he is unsure of
her fidelity, he beats her.
LaMotta has the same kind of
relationship with his brother
Joey (Joe Pesci).
He “demonstrates” his love
by forcing Joey to hit him in
the face.
LaMotta also savagely attacks
Joey when he suspects Joey is
having the affair with Vicki.
There is no defining line be
tween boxing and love. LaMotta
treats his closest friends and
family members like his fights
with Sugar Ray Robinson.
He would rather strike first
than show any vulnerability. He
truly acts like a man-child.
Raging Bull is the antithesis of
Rocky. Whereas Rocky Balboa
becomes a hero, LaMotta sinks
into degradation.
Director of photography
Michael Chapman shoots the
boxing scenes with such a fury,
however fake they may be, that
the viewer feels pummeled
watching the violence.
However, this film is not the
easiest to sit through due to its
extreme violence and language.
Watching a human being de
stroy himself is difficult to
watch, at best.
— Jeff Schmidt
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