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Generation S.L.U.T.
by Marty Beckerman
Pocket Books and MTV Books
A merica today is confronted with sex more
than ever before — in news, TV, movies,
you name it, sex is there. In “Generation
S.L.U.T.” (Sexually Liberated Urban Teens). Many
Beckerman takes an honest, disturbing and dark look
at the sexual behaviors of teenagers in today’s socie
ty. Although interesting, it’s sometimes hard to fol
low the book, as it takes the reader on a rollercoast
er ride of statistics, personal experiences and news
paper articles dealing with incidents involving
teenagers and a story that follows the lives of a group
of sexually risky high schoolers.
Although the story in the book is fictional, read
ers will find themselves recalling similar stories that
happened to them or that they have heard about in
real life. Beckerman touches on many controversial
topics'in this story, including rape, abortion, suicide
and sex parties. The fact that all of these events are
compacted into short excerpts will tempt one to write
it off as an exaggeration. However, combined with
quotes from real-life teenagers, news articles and sta- •
tistics scattered throughout the txx)k. it’s apparent
that the story is pretty close to reality.
Brett, one of the characters in the story, is the
quintessential high school jock who goes to lots of
parties, drinks, does drugs and really likes sex. Rude
to basically everyone he knows. Brett is an initially
unlikeable character, but he redeems himself a little
by the conclusion of the story. Max. Brett’s unlikely
best friend, is a polar opposite of Brett. Max is awk
ward. inexperienced and dorky. The reader gets to
experience Max’s first time to have sex, first experi
ence with marijuana and his first love. These are just
a couple of the colorful characters included in this
story, which helps maintain the book’s fast pace.
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Elektra
Technically, Damageplan’s debut CD “New
Found Power” is quite good. Filled with impres
sive guitar riffs, solos and a pulse-pounding beat
courtesy of former Pantera band members
Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul, “New Found
Power” is a headbanger’s nitro-fueled wonderland,
if you like that kind of thing. Damageplan's breed
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on TRL or the top 1(X). Harder than any nu-metal
and rawer than alternative grudge, Damageplan’s
debut album was made for and by a select audience
whose demands are not shared by the majority of
A&M's student body. For fans of heavy metal, this
album is an impressive debut and a worthy legacy
for Pantera. For those listeners who prefer a little
variance in their music however, listening to “New
Found Power” will be one of the dullest experi
ences of a lifetime.
Such songs as “Wake Up" and “F*** You” con
tain the requisite amount of anger and brutality that,
when cranked up, will shatter souls and rock socks
off. On the first track, “Wake Up,” lead singer Pat
Lachman growls in a voice that sounds as if it’s
been through a rough battle with throat cancer.
“Do you still think that you're better than
me/You better wake up ‘cause you know it's a lie,”
he croons while Paul cranks out a fast-paced,
throbbing beat that will have walls reverberating
and neighbors complaining about the racket.
After the eighth song, though, non-heavy
fans will swear they have their CD player on
repeat, as every song sounds a little too!
the casual fan’s ears. Most of the songs (A
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used to. The songs that are touched upbythef
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range, allowing everything from angry scream to
angry murmur. Damageplan’s music would otm
ously lead to a great concert, but for those wbol
to listen to CDs in the comfort of their living
rooms while reading the daily paper, “NewFotiit
Power" is wrong, wrong, wrong. Everything ate
this CD screams “Pantera Light,’’but that’s
expected from a band with half of the memben
imported from said metal legend. Minus the#
ent vocal talent, “New Found Power” couldhav
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appeal that would help bring in new fans
metal fans, however, will find a great new ad# that
to their collection w ith “New Found Power."
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tarist Zach Wylde also make appearances on it
CD. Damageplan also contains enhanced
that can be played on computers.
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