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) Aggielife ^a£eJ^Tuesda^Junej^^)9^ Jkl rs on wife lething ij • Patients 1 five daj a showei shaving | tientsfc he Hall; alien RAVtNti Fun Am. W«0«6 C < , * Jordan Knight Jordan Knight CD Courtesy of Interscope Records ■When the entire bubble-gum X)j > phenomenon resurfaced last /ear with the Backstreet Boys/’N )ync/98 Degrees clones, flashbacks :o the New Kids on the Block were nevitable. ■Many thought that after the Dbligatory two albums, these new ‘musicians” would fade away. ■Then some idiot decided to res- Bect the New Kids members and tience Jordan Knight was thawed from his cryogenic freeze and handed two big-name producers to make an album. ■ Surprisingly, the album isn’t half-bad, but that doesn’t make it half-good either. ■ The current single from the al- bu n, “Give it to You,” is a fun piece of pop drivel that is appreci ated and forgotten in the same breath. H Knight’s limited talent works \best in the ballads that pepper the album such as “1 Could Never Take the Place of Your Man,” a track penned by Prince. B A semi-precious gem is “Close My Eyes,” which samples Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind” and satisfacto rily uses Knight’s breathy delivery. (Grade: C) — Aaron Meier Red Hot Chili Peppers Cali fornication CD Courtesy of Warner Bros. In the early days of alternative music, the funk-rock of Red Hot Chili Peppers sold multi-platinum albums. Now the aging rock stars have to keep up with a different market dominated by pop groups such as Matchbox 20, The Back- street Boys and the Spice Girls. The Chili Peppers deal with modern pop trends by going back to their original and creative style. Their new album, Califomica- tion, is every bit as good as their 1994 hit album Blood Sugar Sex Magik, maybe because old guitarist John Frusciante is back on board after battling his heroin addiction. The difference in style between this album and the last is evident. One Hot Minute was a dark and somber album that departed from the usual Chili Peppers’ style, while Califomication is more like earlier Chili Peppers albums. While singer Anthony Kiedis does an excellent job vocally, his writing needs a lot of work. Most songs follow a California theme similar to that of Hole’s recent al bum, Celebrity Skin. Califomication shows age has only ripened the Chili Pepper’s style. (Grade: A-) —Kyle Whitacre Roger Creager Having Fun All Wrong Roger Creager might be having fun all wrong with his latest re lease, but he is making music in the right way. This album might be just what Creager needs to propel his music career into high gear. Whether it is his songs about loving and drinking or his mellow singing voice, his musical style can be compared to Texas song writer Robert Earl Keen. Creager’s songs “1 Can Too,” “Until The Thought of You” and “Feel Again” display his songwrit ing abilities, but by far the best track on the album is “Fun All Wrong.” This song is what all songwrit ers dream about. It has everything a great song about Texas needs — lyrics listen ers can identify with, catchy mu sic and enjoyable vocals. • This song has the ability to be come the summer anthem for many beer-drinking Texans who like watching the sun set and en joying the simple things in life. This album is a welcome mat for anybody who loves to say they were listening to an artist before they hit it big. (Grade: B) —Scott Harris Russian poet’s birthday celebrated NEW YORK (AP) — Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko paid tribute to his country’s greatest poet, Alexan der Pushkin, on his 200th birthday, calling him a model for Russia in the 21st century. “Pushkin gave us two centuries ago an example of how you can be brought up on Russian culture and be a lover of the best of Western cul ture,” Yevtushenko said Sunday. “He was a model for the 21st century’s Russian man.” Yevtushenko appeared at the New York preview of “The Feast During the Plague,” Pushkin’s tragedy set to music by Russian composer Sergei Dresnin. “This is a masterpiece,” Yev tushenko said after the show. Governors trade jibes at conference ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Jesse Ventura and North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer engaged in a lighthearted border war Monday over who might best whom in a physical matchup. Ventura started it when he told Schafer he appreciated his courage in coming to an agriculture confer- PEOPLE IN THE NEWS ence in Minnesota despite the preva lence of bumper stickers boasting about the former wrestler’s ability to beat up other governors. “Don’t worry, I’m not going to beat you up today,” Ventura said. “It only means I could if I wanted to.” Schafer, a runner, noted that his marathon time comes in very re spectably under three hours. “If you’re going to get me in the ring, it will be after a good long run,” Schafer told Ventura. Kasparov to play Internet match SEATTLE (AP) — World chess champion Garry Kasparov is taking on the Internet. Kasparov has cut a deal with Mi crosoft to play a match this summer against a “world team” made up of anyone who comes to a Microsoft In ternet site and votes for suggested moves against the Russian grand master. The world team will be guided by five young chess experts, who will suggest possible moves and tactics. Kasparov will make the opening move, and visitors to the site will be given 24 hours to vote for a coun termove. Kasparov will reply with a move 24 hours later, and so on. Judge overturns Lewinsky ruling LEWINSKY MIAMI (AP) — As George R. Berry figured it, Monica Lewinsky owed him more than $40 million for the tax money spent to investi gate the former White House in tern’s liaison with President Clinton. But Chief U.S. District Judge Ed ward B. Davis ruled Monday that Lewinsky does n’t owe Berry a dime. Berry, 59, sued Lewinsky last year on grounds that she used sex to extort the president to get a good job and become famous. He sought $100,000 for his personal tax dollars spent on the investigation into Clinton’s con duct and $40 million in punitive damages. In his ruling, the judge said Berry couldn’t sue the former in tern in Florida since she had no dealings in the state. Lewinsky’s local lawyer, Walter J. Tache, had asked for the decision. “This was not legally valid,” he said. Smell Continued from Paged The next day, they are subjected to breath and lung tests, spit measurements via “the drooling method” and armpit-scraping cultures. Other scientists at Monell have aimed their re search at everything from perfume-preference test ing to how cigarette smoking affects mother’s milk. In a recent study, scientist Julie Mennella moni tored infants after they had been exposed to alcohol in their mothers’ milk. She found that babies who drink alcohol-flavored milk might fall asleep faster but sleep for a shorter length of time. For pediatricians and their patients, findings like these are enlightening. “Folklore often captures much that is true and good, but observations such as this remind us that it is important to put these verities to the test,” Ronald G. Barr of the Child Development Programme at the Montreal Children’s Hospital said. Even students at the nearby University of Pennsyl vania have unknowingly become part of Monell’s ex periments. To test attitudes toward novel foods, scientists al tered the cafeteria menu one afternoon by noting that two kinds of milk were being served: cow’s milk and marsupial milk. Students preferred what they thought was the cow’s milk, even though the “marsupial” milk was actually cow’s milk as well. More than 50 companies in the fragrance, food, pharmaceutical and household product industries, in cluding Colgate-Palmolive and Campbell Soup, provide funding to the center and benefit from the research. Their projects test, for example, which fragrance people like best in deodorants and which food flavors are popular. Scientist Charles Wysocki said that after 20 years of doing smell experiments, he has even come to like odors that most people find offensive. “I actually like the smell of skunk now,” Wysocki said. 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