European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                11th dream Day shades new cd by Deedee Doke staff writer t tragedy and crisis characterized much of the last year for Janet Beveridge bean and her husband Rick Rizzo of 11 the dream Day. Quot several friends lost their minds that year. Our Nanny who went with us to Europe went schizophrenic at the end of the tour and manic depressive As Well. Everywhere around. Us people were sort of falling apart so we had a sort of hard Winter Quot said bean drummer and occasional Singer for the Chicago based band. That was t All. A close Friend died. The band and die major Label record company to which it was signed parted company. And for bean and Rizzo a family crisis demanded considerable attention to Deal with the hurts and distress. Bean and Rizzo turned to their music. The result was Ursa major a spare Moody album heavy on a two Lead guitar approach that Only hints at melancholy. In Europe the album has just been released. Quot Rick and i tend to have a lot of tension around the House. You Deal with it the Way any other person deals with tragedy but we have the outlet of writing songs bean said during a four Way conversation in a bustling restaurant in Cologne Germany. Quot it s either that or drink Quot Rizzo added. Quot and i Don t like to drink a whole lot. I tend to go inward. Janet expressed it by going out a lot. So it worked  now recording for atavistic distributed overseas by City slang11th dream Day previously was signed to Atlantic records in the states. That relationship of which one product was the album Al Omodio ultimately did t work out Quot we could t even find our record at Tower records across from a club we played at last year Rizzo said. Quot to me that was a big problem. They told us they actually said we Don t know what to do with you. Do you have any ideas it s like no we Don t have any ideas. That s your Job Quot a. A a a a a a a a a a a. Courtesy photo 11th dream Day is based in Chicago. From left Rick Rizzo Janet Beveridge bean and Doug Mccombs. In spite of atavistic s Small size bean is optimistic about the new partnership. Quot what they Tell us they can do is probably what they can do she said. Of Ursa major s 44 minutes of music Bea n s flutter a a song for her son Matthew a is the most purely pretty track. Sweet and Polkish in spirit the song offers the reassurance of a Lullaby. But it s not a song bean is eager to  Quot i never know whether i really want to talk about it or not Quot she said speaking quickly. Quot our son has this sort of rare form of epilepsy. He takes medication every Day and he sees therapists and this Type of epilepsy causes him to have hallucinations.,basically it affects his balance and his coordination. Quot i studied a whole lot about that Type Bob Geldof of illness and some really amazing people have had it. Van Gogh had it Dostoevski had it Lewis Carroll had it i mean there have been hundreds of very creative people that have had this epilepsy because it causes you to have this sort of vision. Quot but it can also cause you to be very violent and you lose your sense of How to behave properly so i think the song was just trying to convey to a Man that everything would be All right Quot in Germany recently for a pop music convention 11 the dream Day will Likely tour Europe late this year. As to european appreciation for their music bean said Quot tragedy s tragedy whether you live in the appalachian mountains or the Black Forest i  take musical pranksters take aim on new album by Deedee Doke staff writer two fingers is a Brand of tequila. Its also the code name for an impudent Salute favored by the English to mock their enemies. Mix the hispanic influence with the Devil May care Sauci Ness and you have Dos Dedos mis Amigos pop will eat itself s eighth album. Quot we sort of developed this philosophy a two fingers my friends As sort of a derogatory remarks to our detractors a said Clint Mansell who sings and plays guitar in the unconventional eight year old band from Stout Ridge England which is touring Europe this month and next. Quot two fingers can mean a v for Victory love and peace a there Are a number of connections. It s  Wacky humorists As Well As brazenly experimental the poppies thumbed their noses at fascists and took pot shots at Britain s Royal family respectively on recent singles Ich bin Ein Auslander and Famius Horr Bilus which Are included on Dos Dedos. The Chan like Ich bin Ein Auslender German for Quot i am a foreigner quo which bears a passing resemblance to led Zeppelin s Kashmir resulted from a collaboration Between Wei and prop Gandhi and Blacka a of fun a mental the group nicknamed the asian Public enemy. A. Quot a lot of people have related to it Quot Mansell said of the paean against anti foreigner a sentiment. A the Rise of right Wing politics has been Europe wide with the recession and All. People Are looking for somebody to  Famius Horr Bilus which hit no. 1 on Britain a indie charts As a single last year is a play on Queen Elizabeth a declaration that 1992 had been Quot annus Horr Bilus Quot or horrible year for her family. Quot we re not particularly big fans of the Royal family Quot Mansell confided. A we re venting our spleen on that they re like soap stars we re annoyed at the Money they be  in the last year Wei signed a stateside Deal with Trent Reznor a nothing records and launched a sort of european lollapalooza tour under the name amalgamation with fellow britons Senser and credit to the nation. The Deal with nothing offers a Quot possibility Quot of collaboration with Reznor the computer techno wizard who also answers to the name nine Inch nails a it could be Good Quot Mansell said., it a a a / concert songs a see pages 16, 17 amp 18 he s a musician he s a humanitarian and he does t like mondays. He also fours Europe this foil. Pop win eat itself Friday october 21, 1994 the stars and stripes 15