MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2001
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MUSIC REVIEWS
Go figure, this reminds me of Styx
for some odd reason. Yes, even the
music, but with more power and
bite. It's that early to mid-eighties
style "classic" rock with hair band
vintage ballad-rock overtones,
excellent vocal harmonies and
classic style guitar riffs. No
orchestrations, no grunge, no pop,
just plain, fun hard rock with good
Not too bad, this one starts very
operatic with decent vocals,
accompanying orchestrations and
mixed backing vocals both male
and female, then blossoms into
full-face fast-paced rock. The gui
tar is rockin' and the melody is
definitely constructed for the epic
feel. The lead singer reminds me of
very early Dio with a better control
of higher, clearer and more sus-
the
CAPITAL TIMES
viewed By:
Mitchman
tist/Group: Balance
bum Title:
More Tales of Grand
Illusion
Nightmare
Records
!lease Date: 1999
:nre: Classic Metal
verall Rating:*****
Stupendous
solid harmonies. If you don't hear
this on the radio, main-stream ain't
payin' attention. Clean, solid, tight,
very professional. The cover is
slick and not overdone either; sim
ple and artistic.
For Fans of: Styx, Scorpions,
Journey, Whitesnake
Reviewed By:
Artist/Group:
Turilli
Album Title: King of
the Nordic Twilight
Label: Limb Music
Release Date: 1999
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Metal
Overall Rating:****
I Would Probably
Buy It
tained noteage. This is where
Kansas might have gone had they
not sold out to commercialism.
The cover is overdone and too
illustrative for my taste, very
D&D-esque.
For Fans of: Savatage, Trans-
Siberian Orchestra, Kansas,
Dio/Rainbow
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Fihn Reviews
Memento
It's a film that's almost impossible to
classify. Like Mike Figgis' Time Code and
Peter Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief
His Wife, Her Lover, Memento is so
brazenly original and groundbreaking that
any attempt to categorize it would do the
film a disservice. I mean, it's a film told
backward. Yes, that's right, scene by
scene the film flows from the final scene
to the beginning scene. It's one of those
films like Pulp Fiction that you want to
re-edit at home to see if everything works
when put in the right order.
Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential,
Ravenous), in his best performance to
date, is Leonard Shelby, a man with no
short-term memory on a mission to find
his wife's killer.
Because of his debilitating illness,
Shelby becomes the victim of sinister
plots created by his not-so-reputable
acquaintances; mainly fellow Matrix stars
Carrie-Ann Moss (Natalie) and Joe
Pantoliano (Teddy). What's left after
this? Who knows? It's up to the viewer to
decide for his/her self. Is there a killer?
REVIEWS • 11
Bg Matt Mosley
Did his wife really die? Is this real or is it
all in Shelby's head? Memento is a film
that requires you to THINK! Yes, can you
believe that? The mind-blowing concept
of thought used in an enjoyable way, I
never thought the day would come.
I'm sorry if that disappoints the fans
of Big Daddy and Hannibal, but Memento
is not for the lazy. The film was written
and directed by Christopher Nolan, a
young British talent with only one other
film to his credit, a slick, stylish film-noir
piece called The Following. In both of his
films, Nolan shows a love for quirky and
highly original characters who are thrown
into worlds that are slightly off-center and
obscure. The writing in Memento is
stacked to the brim with ingenious layer
ing of structure and story. Nolan has cre
ated a film that consists of simultaneous
linear story lines that move in opposite
directions. It takes both confidence and
mastery to take on such a risky form and
pull it off with the beauty and subtlety that
Nolan does. Memento is an engaging
study on human nature and interaction
that will leave you with feelings of won
derment and surprise.