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Depeche
Sometimes smooth, sometimes
harsh, always powerful
by Eric Kesseiring
Collegian .Viaff
Dcpcchc Mode - Songs of
Faith and Devotion.
There is a basic conflict here.
Let me explain. Once upon a
time I heard a song called
"Blasphemous Rumor". It's
about a miserable girl who
attempts suicide. Hcr attempt
fails and her life turns around.
Two years later she is hit and
killed by a car. I was blown
away. I fell in love.
The new album represents a
slight shift. These songs all
possess sincere religious themes.
Mode addicts arc not the most
pious of folks.
The saving grace is that no one
can do religion like Dcpcchc
Mode. This album reeks of
faith. I mean that in the truest,
best sense. For starts, though
the imagery can hardly be
ignored, every tune succeeds as a
love song. The album follows
the course set by Mode's biggest
hit, "Personal Jesus".
The real soul catching quality
relics completely on Depeche
Mode's unique sound. They play
in a minor, not a major chord.
The result are dark, forceful,
throbbing, charismatic songs.
Songs of Faith and Devotion is
rough music even for them. The
first track opens with an car
curdling screech of glorious
feedback. Once the blood is
flowing, the fun can start.
Dcpcchc Mode's music has
always been a sand-stinging
wave: sometimes smooth,
Film
A big,
by Sarah Melchoirre
Coßatio', Skiff
Most people have experienced
the loss of a loved one.
Likewise, all college students
experience the loss of very close
friends at the end of every
semester.
Everyone needs to mourn
losses, and in the movie Jack
the Bear, John Leary and his
two sons must grieve and accept
his wife's death.
John Leary (Danny DeVito) is
the host of a late night horror
movie show. All the kids on
the block adore Mr. Leary, he
has a way with everyone he
meets. The only problem he
has is that he choose:; to numb
his despair with alcohol.
Dark forces arc at hand in
John's neighborhood. His
neighbor Norman Stick (Gary
Sinise) takes a shining to him
sometimes harsh, always
powerful.
"I Feel You", the first single,
swims in the cutting severity that
is Mode's biting attitude. Two
other tracks, "One Caress" and
"Judas", embrace with a flowing
smoothness. These songs in
particular arc welcome to those
who have the perfect romance of
"Somebody" and have begged
Depeche Mode to slow some
songs down.
I don't think this album
matches some of their earlier
Review:
warm, fuzzy
and reveals that he is a Nazi.
Norman invites him to join his
"organization" to "clean up" the
neighborhood. Ncvcr before did
John's line to his children ring
so true - "There arc no
monsters. The only monsters
arc withir the deepest chambers
of our hearts.'
Jack the dear, set in North
Carolina in 1972, touches the
audience's inner soul. The
character's feelings flow off the
screen and into your heart. The
movie is never predictable and
mixes very intense emotional
scales, palm-sweating suspense,
and stomach-hurting laughter.
John's sons Dylan and Jack
arc amazing. Jack is in junior
high and is forced to act as a
resixmsible adult. lle is wise
beyond his years. Though
John is a loving father, he is
often drunk and Jack is left in
control. While the father
drowns his sorrows, the son
Entertainment
Mode
music. Not much does.
However, such a comparison is
dangerous. This music is more
aggressive and even more
passionate.
Mode fans: If you can stand
Violator, go out now and buy the
album. Kill if you must. A hot
shower never felt so good.
Everyone else: Have you heard
I Feel You? Do you find it
annoying but you kind of like it?
Congratulations, you understand
Depeche Mode. You just don't
understand why. Yet.
These guys have, like Rcn
and Stimpy a year and a half
ago, become two very unlikely
icons of popular culture. Why?
It can't be because they appeal
to thc intellectual set - these
two long-haired teen wearing'
AC/DC and Mctallica shirts and
continually laughing in
monotone laughter for no
particular reason, aren't out to
win the Nobel Prize.
Typical teens? You won't
think so whcn you scc Beavis
and Butthcad scll thcir blood for
moncy or play baseball using a
frog for the ball.
Jack the
bear hug of a
Beavis
and
Butthead
MTV at its most
intellectual
by Vince Smith
Collegian Staff
Imagine if Rcn and Stimpy
mct Wayne and Garth and you'll
have a pretty clear idea of what
MTV's original cartoon "Bcavis
and Butthead" is all about.
Originally airing as two
separate cartoons on MTV's
"Liquid Television" potpourri
animated extravaganza, this
cartoon is about two typical
heavy metal-loving teens;
Beavis and Buuhcad.
Thursday, April 8, 1993
Maybe, according to "B & B"
creator Mike Judge, the audience
"sees them as icons for the
MTV generation. They sit and
watch MTV for hours on end for
hours on end, making rude
comments about music videos.
Maybe our audience can see a
little bit of themselves in
Eicavis and Bullhead."
A scary thought, when you
consider Butthead's favorite
hobbies aside from MTV; "I
like when stuff blows up and
knocks people over: Huh, Huh,
Huh."
One thing's for sure - the
lowest common denominator
theory of television certainly
can't get much lower. Rumors
arc even in the works for a
"Bemis and Butthcad" movie.
As Bcavis and Butthead would
say, "That's really cool."
In the meantime, I'm scared
to wonder what's next. An
updated Rocky and Sul'winkle
on acid maybe? The mind
reels...
Bear
movie
closes off his emotions
When Dylan, the younger
son, is kidnapped by the Nazi
neighbor, John and Jack must
yet again face tragedy. When
Jack begins to have trouble in
school, he remarks that he can't
"get back into the school thing,
it's a mental institution" (He
doesn't like his hippic teacher or
his bean bag chair.)
Danny DcVito plays his role
to a um. He tends to pick parts
that are made for him. This part
marks another fine, venture for
DeVito, as well as for the rest
of the cast.
People are faced with evil
around every comer and how
they choose to respond that
makes all the difference. John
believes that he and his boys
"bring love wherever they go."
The world would be a much
better place if John Leary really
lived in it. But for now we can
only meet him in the movies.