European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Aug Midnight Oil a Blue sky mining Oil Slick not exactly. But Midnight oils Blue sky mining is the australian Punk alumnus outfits least out rightly aggressive album to Date with most tracks settling into a Seething mannered mid Tempo. In actuality the oilers have produced an album with As much rage As anything this Side of an record _ probably More a but it is suppressed under a Mineral Rich wellspring of pop instincts in which slash a no bum a no croak figures less and less. Not that it s easy. The Structure of a. Ii. A the opening Salvo Blue sky mine is Vav m a almost impossible to follow the first time through. You be heard what seems to be the chorus twice when the song kicks into an altogether different second chorus so which one is the Hook its the kind of Joyful wonderful hit to soot say a bit that you love a that has a shelf life a precisely because it does take a few listens to get. Some of the other songs an american 1 could listen to All year and still not comprehend a lyrically Oil dares to be provincial. Last album it was aboriginal land rights this year its the rape of the environment that dominates Singer Politico Peter Garrett a concerns. Seems that Down under there Are a lot of mountains with great gaping ugly holes left in them by those who a strangled and wrestled the ground a but they never put anything Back a aided by Quot a government with axes in its eyes a. Despite All the anger the apocalyptic Strain of bed sails in the Sunset still the bands masterpiece has been usurped by a messianic one Here which May help explain some of the musical evolution As Well. Color Garrett a hopeful Crank who a in insisting on recycled album packaging among other things a puts his Money where his Mouth is. A Chris Willman up Bobby Ross Avila a music Man on first glance Bobby Ross Avila might seem an Escapee from men Udo. This 13-year-old, however displays More Talent on his debut album music Man than those latin teenybopper. But what a going on Here he is Only 13, another babe in music land. He makes Debbie Gibson and new kids on the Block look Well adult. At least he a got some years on old Skull whose three members Are around age 10. Avila got into the music Biz through his father Bobby Avila sr., a Veteran of top 40 and rhythm and blues bands. Unlike new kids and Tiffany Avila writes his own music plays keyboards and programs drum synthesizers. His album is an upbeat collection of dance tracks freshened with hip hopping beats and rap. None of the songs break any new musical ground but they wont break any sensitive ears either. Avila s voice sounds something like the Young Michael Jackson. It also sounds like a 13-year-old�?Ts. He a a kid to win the hearts of not Only Young girls but also their mothers. He makes several references to god in his liner notes and lyrics and does an anti drug song drugs Ain t my thang. Avila who co wrote the songs with his father and James Felix also offers a few ballads. They re pretty Sappy a about what one might expect from a 13-year-old. A Giselle Price a the highwaymen a highwaymen ii the first album released by the to q highwaymen in 1985 went Platinum. The o group composed of Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson is now out with a followup. And this time the four country veterans will tour to Back the Bombeck View the music on this Effort is disappointing vol i i at q k i it Overall. Two stories High penned by Vav la a i o in a i Nelson is an exception. It s a Superior Quality tune about life being too Long to worry about and too Short to cry about. Angels love bad men co written by Jennings and Roger Murrah is another better than average song. It s hard to see what the highwaymen Are getting at with this non distinctive music. But then the first album Wasny to very Good either and it went Platinum. A Jim Lewis up Hugh Harris a words for our years lets Hope Hugh Harris does t mind comparisons because he s being bombarded with them. Prince Terence Trent d Arby Roland gift of Fine Young cannibals and Marvin Gaye will All come to mind when one listens to words for our years but the comparisons Are All complimentary. This recording debut for Harris 25, the British born son of jamaican immigrants is stunning in its maturity. Harris who Only took up music in the mid-1980s, co produced it wrote All 10 songs except for Robert Palmer s woke up laughing and plays Many of the instruments. The sound generally is understated but sometimes eerie and spacy synth pop that lifts the nuances and quivers of Harris sensual voice like a Cool night Breeze. The album s highlights Are Alice which Harris gives a Rock in Roll sense of urgency love kicks a breathy Moody tune or. Woman loves mrs. Man an Odd look at a contemporary relationship and rhythm of life in which he ranges from a soul sound to something straight out of Church. The Quirky poetic Quality of the lyrics makes them interesting although like do Arby and Prince you can count on Harris to Drift out of orbit occasionally. A Case in Point is Home Sweet Home a outwardly agile reptile done to let he come turn your love into Money terminal a William c. Trott up some will say this is a Story about a Bunch of kids at Thome school in Rock Falls Iii. Others will remember the kids teacher and his creativity. Still others will recall the creation of a doll like character called its a Story about dreams. Dreams Are hard to instill in children. You can t lick them unwrap them buy them or put them on a shelf for your Mother to dust every week. Dreams live in your mind and sometimes no one knows they re there. Doug hand wanted his sixth graders to know about dreams and How important they Are in growing up. But How do you Tell kids they can be anything they want to be go anyplace they want to go and turn fantasies into realities enter Elwood p. Dowd the fictional name of Jimmy Stewart in a Harvey a who travelled with a 6-foot invisible Rabbit. Elwood is a 4-foot, 4-Inch duplicate of a Little boy. Complete with Tennis shoes and hat. Maybe the entire sixth Grade class pick up and go in search of dreams but Elwood could go and the kids could live vicariously through his travels. The children made a list of people they wanted to meet and places they wanted to visit. A couple of weeks ago i got a letter from a member of the class Rachel Blackert asking if Elwood could visit with me. No sooner had Elwood returned from his stay with Malcolm Forbes than it was Back in the Box and on to Arizona to see what a humorist does when she in t hum Oring. A note came with him a when i first started to travel seven years ago a lot of people did t think i was real. That s because or. Hand said those people Don t believe in a lot of things cause they lost their imagination. He says people believe in me now because i believed in myself and i did no to give up. Every person i meet that believes in me makes me All the More human the governor of Illinois in 1986 thought he was human enough to Christen him a Republican. De Bradley and the staff of 60 minutes posed with him for a picture. Sen Paul Simon of Illinois took Elwood to a staff meeting in Washington d.c., and the Lone Ranger treated him to a commercial shoot. And that s Only a Small number of the people Elwood has met. The stuffed boy has his sights on Johnny Carson and the White House although he acknowledges that Quot Johnny might be the or. Hand whose ultimate dream is to have Elwood visit with Jimmy Stewart says Quot there s nothing wrong with dreaming. Kids learn to take a Chance. They learn to try and not to give up if they fail the first time. That s a valuable lesson in life for a child to i would Hope that one Day Elwood would arrive at the White House or Abc in Burbank in his Box. You Don t have to fiddle with him much. Just sign his autograph Book pose for a picture or two and maybe Send a note saying How he spent his Day. The kids provide the excitement and the imagination. After Allisn t that How we All started out with a dream c 1990 Eima Jombock stars and stripes bookstores stars and stripes bookstores$25 super Saver rolling Stone the photographs is a stars and stripes super Saver selection for March. You la save $25 off the original cover Price of $50.00 for this collection of the Best photography from the Magazine s 22-year history. The visual record of a generation this Book s unforgettable images present an extraordinary chronicle of our times As seen through the eyes of some of the most Brilliant photographers at work today. The discounted Price for rolling Stone the photographs is Only s24.95 at a stars and stripes shopping Center Bookstore near you. And you can save 25% off or More on this month s selection of other super Saver hardcover titles. These include a . Military almanac an encyclopedia of aviation children s fairy tales photography Art cooking embroidery and More. You la find stars and stripes bookstores Well stocked with paperbacks magazines and hardcover titles All discounted for you. Customer savings already total More than $740,000 in fiscal 1990. 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