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Pearl Jam's
the album to reverse
the trend
by Scott Moore
Collegian Staff
My first reaction to the new
Pearl Jam album, entitled "VS".
(the first pressing is missing the
title), was that its appeal was
much more subtle and
subversive than that of their
debut, 1991 ’s Ten.
It’s definitely more
challenging to the listener, and
there is a distinct possibility of a
few being alienated.
A lot of little boys and girls
who thought Jeremy was keen
might not like VS - but who
cares? Pearl Jam clearly doesn’t.
That’s not to say that the
album isn’t catchy, because it is.
“Glorified G” is one of many
new tunes with a distinctly
funky feel to it, thanks to
drummer Dave Abbruzzesc and
bassist Jeff Ament.
“Rearviewmirror” is one
especially vibrant song, even
though its subject matter is
obviously moody.
Singer Eddie Vedder’s voice
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practically drips with emotion
on all twelve selections, and it’s
apparent that Pearl Jam has
‘gelled’ as a band; they are
tighter than ever.
However, as good as VS is,
it’s not quite as spectacular as
Ten. It doesn’t have to be. It’s
different, energetic, sincere, and
NEW. I, for one, am glad that
they resisted the tendency to
remain stagnant and give us Ten
11.
There’s a disturbing tendency
today to denounce fresh ideas,
and to blindly give mounds of
credibility to things that have
been around for a while.
This is why we arc overrun
with classic rock radio, but you
can hardly find one station that
plays new, cutting edge music.
I hope that people don’t put
down the new Pearl Jam album
just because it’s not identical to
Ten.
The new myths have to be
made, the new songs have to be
heard, and VS might as well be
the album to reverse the trend.
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by Portia Kelly
Collegian Staff
If you’re in the mood for a tear
jerking, inspirational experience,
then you have to see “Joy Luck
Club."
The movie focuses on four
beautiful Chinese women, all at
turning points in their lives, and
their mothers who influence
them in the strong ways.
The traditional Chinese ways
of mothers conflict with the
American ways of daughters,
which gives a rich flavor to the
plot and shows the reality of the
Chinese idea of family life.
One of the main characters,
June, has no mother, yet her
friends' lives have a great effect
on her and her mother's past.
The setting starts with a going
away party for June, who is
moving to China to live with
her long lost twin sisters who
her mother left behind.
All these family members and
friends trigger histories of these
four young women and the
struggling, suffering past their
mothers faced back in China.
Lena is another one of the
women who is struggling
through a marriage, but finds the
courage to lift her mother's weak
spirit. Her mother's spirit is
dampened because of a past
marriage and the death of her
first child.
Her innocence, heart, and love
is restored, by turning her life
around and finding someone to
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Rose is an independent woman
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whose family does not accept
her.
She has no self-worth and puts
too much pressure on herself.
She even has a baby just to keep
her marriage from falling apart.
With the help of her mother,
An-Mci, shows Rose that she is
somebody and she must forget
the pain inside of her. Rose
becomes a new woman, strong
and sure of herself, which makes
her marriage work and her life
blossom.
Finally, there is Wcavcrly, the
superficial, materialistic,
successful one of the group, and
the one who everyone admires.
Yet in her own glory,
Wcavcrly finds gloom and pain
because her mother does not
believe in her and that is what
she needs most. What she finds
out is that her mother is her
greatest admirer even though she
doen’t show it.
This story gives a new
meaning to the word
inspirational.
This moving drama has its eye
on an Academy Award because
of its triumph and tragedy
storyline. What you expect is
what never happens and that’s
what this movie is all about.
“Joy Luck Club” is an
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see it immediately or you will
be missing out on one of the
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