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"We didn’t want to be just another
electric guitar band,’’ Smith said.
Ginsbach said the mandolin is not used
in all songs. Some heav ier songs are played
during live shows to get the crowd going.
“The sound [on the album] just hap
pened; it wasn’t a conscious effort. We
didn't say ‘Oh, let’s go for a mellow
sound.’ We all just played our instru
ments and recorded it, and that's the way
it came out. It came out pretty well so
we’re just trying to take it as we go. The
heavier songs w ill be on the next album,”
McDavid said with a smile.
The CD was mixed and mastered by
Bob Boyd, Caedmon’s Call producer,
giving The Sly Letter’s efforts an
acoustic influence. It is easy to see the
band members are close as e\ ideneed by
their playful picking and smart remarks
aimed at one another.
"We all pick on each other,” McDavid
said. "It works well because it keeps
everybody’s head small, not that we have
any real reason to get big heads, and a lot
of the time w e do it for no reason.
"It’s a lot more comfortable to play
for people you're familiar wit"
"1 played drums in highs
Ginsbach said. "1 didn’t thinkl'i
here and be in a hand, and the®
the CD. I never thought we’d
w e had the opportunity at
it was great. We just liketomi
and if I can make a living do®
that’s great.”
As for the future and thek
reer track, McDavid said, “We
ally have any defined goalsritk
We j ust w ant to take it as fares
The Sly Letter’s CD release
he held Saturdav at ShadowCar;:
lay. April 28. 2000
'oCcCVPte
The Sly Letter
T)\ese Autumn Skies
CD Courtesy of Slv l etter
The Sly Letter’s new album These Autumn Skies,
has a sound close to Cowboy Mouth (perhaps even bet
ter) and vocals that sound like the band kidnapped
Sponge’s lead singer.
The lyrics are heart felt and full of emotion, making
them the album’s strong characteristics. The sound
the lyrics are tilled with a feeling of hesitant hope.
A collage of sound from the variety of instrument
mixed with the soothing voice of Sean Smith is ca|
putting almost anyone at ease, but those listeners wilt
sleepy, drooping eyes should beware because the bar;
tucks m two upbeat tracks, “So Many Times" and“ki
Thereabouts," with happy guitar and percussionsotm
Many of the songs sound alike but still hold a set?
my sticism listen closely to the lyrics.
I his Cl) is capable of growing on listeners if Ik;
give it a chance.
For a debut album without any excitable songs an:
mellow sound, it is worthy of a thumb’s up. (Grade
f idA5 Pt 6c
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(AP) — Only four
days — and two all-
nighters — alter the
Elian Gonzalez raid.
Comedy Central’s
“South Park” aired a
parody that depicted
Attorney C ieneral
Janet Reno in an
Easter bunny outfit capturing Romanian
contortionists.
The cartoon was completed only
hours before it was telecast on the cable
network Wednesday night, a Comedy
Central executive said Thursday.
In the episode, a rifle-toting cartoon
Reno drops from a helicopter with a team
of commandos to grab Romanian quintu
plets from a c loset, disabling their new fam
ily with tear gas hidden in an Piaster egg.
The girls had escaped from a circus,
but Reno ordered them returned to their
home country after their father with a
gun to his head — begs for them to come
back. As they leave for Romania, the
girls have harsh w ords for protesters w ho
w anted them to stay in America — "get
a life” and lor the “South Park" kids
who harbored them.
”You know nothing about Romania,
and yet you assume that it is so much bet
ter than America," one girl said.
With that, they lefl for a book tour
and appearance on "Oprah."
In a perfect world, "South Park" cre
ators Trey Parker and Matt Stone give
Comedy Central their episodes three
weeks in adv ance. They often push those
deadlines, but never as dramatically as
this week, said Debbie Liebling, a net
work senior vice president.
Last Thursday, Parker and Stone told
Liebling they were writing an episode
that paralleled the Elian Gonzalez ease.
But it required some furious rewriting
alter Saturday’s real-life raid. For in
stance, the rough draft had Reno in a bun
ny suit, but she wasn’t commanding a raid
until alter Saturdav’s events, she said.
With the help of computer®
and an extensive "South Park" ■
of images used during their te |
on the air. Parker and Stone wr;.
to quickly make the episodeJtto [
full nights of work, Lieblingsaii
“This is the lirst time they've:
such an immediate advantageofa
ing news story,’’ she said. It's
amazing to he able to take animaK
be that timely. I don't thinkanyke
ever done that.”
Like students who don'tcradi
a book until the night before the a
Parker and Stone seem to workte
deadline, she said.
They cut it so close that Liebfe
n’t even able to see the finalprodeel
fore it aired.
"It’s been that way more
like.” she said, "but in this case it act
ly worked out very well.”
Parker and Stone weren’tiMM
about their handiwork on Thi
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