European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Entertainment 7 injects Cool in Rock vein by Deedee Arrington Doke staff writer Orphine has the Low Cool of a basement dub beat poetry and an ail Black wardrobe. It s music for hipsters. You might Call it Low Rock a As bassist Singer Mark Sandman refers to morphine s sultry mix of vocals set to Bass sax and Drums. Quot it began As kind of an Experiment then it just gradually took control of our lives Quot said Sandman of the Boston based morphine. Its members were playing in Quot four or five other projects Quot at the same time Sandman said. Quot but people seemed to like it morphine the Sandman s Low vocals the Low pitched instrument arid one of the most original mesh of sounds around can be heard on morphine s current album cure for pain and at the Pink pop festival in the Netherlands on monday. It s hard to imagine morphine playing outdoors under Happy Blue skies to massive audiences because forgive me it s just a late night kind of band. At the Sachtleben club in Frankfurt Germany Sandman injected into the set a dose of poetry Quot a Little poetry never Hurt anyone Quot Sandman intoned bit of banter with drunks and an Quot infomercial Quot to sell morphine to shirts. He s a lot like the ultimate wee hours disc jockey Clint Eastwood played in play misty for me Only cooler and wittier. Up close it s obvious that Sandman s Bass guitar is unusual because it has Only two strings instead of four. The sound he rests from the modified instrument with help from a slide is deep Chunky sardonic and forceful with More strings Sandman said Quot it s too easy to hit a wrong note. I. Don t have As Many octaves but you have All the Dana Colley on the other hand doubled his chances of wrong notes onstage and miraculously missed none when he played two saxophones at one time on super sex which Sandman described As Quot our lowest is amps Dave Casey sax player Dana Colley of morphine does double duty during a show in Frankfurt Germany. Quot i still Don t know How that Guy played two saxes at once Quot marvelled spec. Brian Jennings of Hanau Germany. Quot / a Quot i be never seen a band with just a Bass a sax and Drums a it s an interesting concept Quot Jennings said. Quot they re awesome Quot added his. A buddy spec. Stanley Westbrook in parts of Europe morphine s music is distributed through rough Trade but the Label is Ryk disc which made a. Name for itself with its Catalon of David Bowie albums. After morphine s first album Good recorded on a Quot really tiny Label out of Cambridge mass Quot Ryk disc offered to sign the band. What sold morphine on the idea was the recent addition to the Label of sex Husker do frontman Bob Mould and his current band sugar. Quot that encouraged us to believe hey could handle something bigger than a Back Catalon Quot Sandman said. Partial to Rice and Beans the color purple and Quot big big endings Quot for songs Sandman joked that morphine was slated to become the National band after americans voted sax play Rig Bill Clinton to the presidency. Straight faced he added Quot we re still waiting for the official Satram t gaga Easaya concert listings a see pages 22 amp 23 the guitar god plays a series of dates with deep decides Quot whodunit Quot in Naples production what do you do when the theater audience watching your murder mystery play stages a mini riot and insists that the Only guaranteed innocent character on stage is guilty the Naples playhouse s cast of the dinner theater comedy whodunit Knock Mem dead almost found out the hard Way recently in r Naples Italy. A Quot the play is about a nightclub which is holding the finals of a Talent search contest a said Denise Leach foe play s co producer and co director. Quot there s a murder while they foe contestants Are All backstage. Quot we have worked up six different endings depending on what foe audience decides. They get to question each cast member and then vote on whom is guilty Quot that a the ending that foe actors and actresses have to go unfortunately the audience took a dislike to the Only definitely innocent actor a police inspector Hal Brown Greg Martin a and insisted on adding his name to the list of a suspects. A a he ended up in third place behind two other characters. V Quot i be never thought out what would happen if i was chosen Quot Martin said. But he in t worried. Quot first of All As the. Inspector i get to see the results first so i can just pick the next name on the list Quot he said. Quot i can also yell out to the director or the Crew and get them to confirm that i m innocent. Quot if worst comes to worst 111 just insult the hell out of the audience and Tell them they better not give up their Day and if Alt that does no to work hell think of something. Quot it May have to be an onstage suicide Quot he said Quot but i la get through it Knock pm dead was written by Tom Oldendick and will Roberson. This 60-member group composed of military and civilian members of both the american and nato military communities has been in existence since August. Audience reaction has been enthusiastic if a Little confused. Some did no to seem to realize that their vote determined the identity of foe murderer others voted More than once. Matt be buried voted for foe inspector. Quot i naturally suspect Law enforcement people a he said. A a / a a Larry Zieff voted for fellow lawyer Robb Hyde who plays the role of Ian but added with a laugh Quot lord done to you hate the cop by the end of the play Quot. A David Messick got so caught up that he voted twice. He called the Quot i be been Here 3vs years and it seems like i finally found a Little bit of Messick said. Martin had one final word for prospective audience members to the pg-13 rated production. Quot there a something Here to offend everyone he said. Quot anyone who in t offended by something in this play in t old enough to have been a Marian Hamilton Mediterranean Bureau it peril i club on Aptos nato base. Dead saturday night at the Flamingo i tickets Cost 30,000 italian lire or about 120, per person and include dinner. Friday May 20, 1994 the stars and stripes t
