Washinaton State Senate passes explicit lyrics law
jSome claim it protects youth; oth
ers charge that it infringes upon the
freedom of expression
Ol.YMI'IA Wash ! A!’) - The consiituti nul right to
l-ee expression has Inn; abused I■ '. Miiiii! returdmg
,,,-lists. -..IV bwni.ikrivwlm pushed through tin- Sen
.iti’ oil Tuesday .1 measure habiting I hi; sab- of .sexual
ly explicit tapes .Iiuj CUlx'tO tumors
i; S rolls : e. .dent lh.it wti have j». rm 111< .I tin? l ust
Aini-t. drneiit on 1 x|>r• .ston to lx- carried to mi i-x
u, nil- s.ml S.-11.111’ Judiciary Chairman Cary Nelson.
K i.dinunds in debato ori tin; bill 'll having anega
IK 1 »-f11 ■> t on tin young people lit tin -•'■it*' of .1 si 1 ■
IllgUlli
lit. measure. I i I! J A VI. Was inspir'd by lit*' 1 olli ■
p|,nuts [ 1 f .hi Kvereti niotlu-r whose yi ting sun demon
strati-,! a prvi ocious grasp of obscene language I In’
lull s sponsor. Hr11 Du i King. D hverell, said tin- boy
learned tin; bail luilguuge from a sound recording of
lit,- rap i.r. ai j 1 J. Live (,o.s ili.it i.. 11.1 it bo tig lit a! a lo
cal record store
I in Si-i:.;tr approved tin tnu.isiirv »f* 0. two weeks
.liter it 1 nr, ,1 nr.,r an.101 mous p issage in tin- Mouse
i , „ .. Booth nardner tor fm.ii upprov
■i i
i hi bill vv u.. iij ma» • |ni!ih.isrs su< h as those by
tf„. !»u> illegal In expanding lh«' existing -mil male
mils I.nv In r over soutul rr< urdmgx
Ni Null s.lii| syi.ll recordings are vi-TI harmful So
mir m» mi) In-i ,ium' tli< \ lb-si nl"' m lions, and ••• as
saults .Igemst Women
But Sen i’lul I almiidgr, I) Seattb « r 111 !/••<) the bill
.is silly
M\ ■ ■ - t v.itiv 1 1 i.lie.'igues an. ulw a\ s saving lh.il
,■ ;; should getoil I hi* bin ks ut the i.uuinirr
. ,.jI s tor. T.umadge s.ml Bui here we hnvi) gov
eminent being the parent
i.il:ii.. lg- s.u.| jirusi 1 ulo:■■ would !»■ pressed into
if.. ;i.:e ,.i p.,Hi. ni'i he wundei 1 d d the
!, ,. s b; ..id it Bunion w .aid apply to !<* ding Stones
.in 1 Isdimn Mathis re< ords
I iiis is the .Miuth anniversary of the Bill of
Kights. i .ilmadge s„,d And the Legislature in many
p,. 1 . ol n K.sl.,!.,.ii 1 hips away .it tin I*itst Amend
llienl
Si n Leo Thotsnrss |< Seattle, countered that
Kights .Hi import.lilt, fit vve have had a system.liii
degradation of our nation, morally and etbir ally
This is the 200th anniversary of
the Bill of Rights, and the
Legislature in many pieces of
legislation chips away at the
First Amendment
Sen Phil Talmadge,
D-Seattie
Quoting the l.nglish historian Arnold Toynbee,
i'huism-ss said. (ireat nations commit suicide they
dii! from interna! excess"
Ri .ismi.ihli’iti's' is needed from *i 11 sides,
Thorsness Mild
( urrriil law li,ins sali's to minors of etolu printed
.. rials, photographs, pn lures or motion pictures
tillolii. material is presently defined as material
whose dominant theme "appeals to the prurient inter
est of minors m sex and is utterly without redeem
ing social value "
‘Humungous’ offers oversimplification, pathetic lyrics
Fungo Mungo
Humungous
Island Records
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i In lovor nl Hunwngou■>. a
/.my ili'pictum t>l a rampaging,
purpli ski tinud apf ruldun by a
busty blonde. should ellui live
ly si n-i-n oul most M'lfnspii t
ing mush Ians
I or those who Iri l roinpulli d
to venture past thr luvur, hovs
c\i-r. a last wasteland awaits
I ungo Mungo manages to
hi lt out some excellent bass
lllli's, hut these ati' ipili h! y
overshadowed by pathetic Isr
iis iind an utterly uninteresting
attitudr
Most . il tin' songs aru loaded
w illi tlun-iv lilt'd soi ia 1 i om
mi'iitarii's Thu painfully obvi
ous message in Sex Si lls and
tilt' fillllu orir in "Hype is Stu
pid show not only a lilt k ol
originality but a tendency to
oversimplify thu already sun
I)i«
' 1 )u You Believe In (Jnd.
tries to .itlai k teles iston e\ all
gellsls with •) p/eaihei like
.. living. Y<> keep your
money 10 (.ud h li.Hlk i luldreii.
hoi .iii'.:1 no one rolls or steals m
heaven ll in almost amusing
hut sounds Ion in) and i' liitl
m.tlelv uninteresting
l o tlie bands i redii, lungo
Mungo NUiieeils III est aping
definition Then mt orpurate
tap .is huh ll us they do metal
and the horn set lion on some
ot the ti.u ks is rather novel
.Mtlu ugh tin y lit very hard
rung.. Mnog.. ■ • • -p.inI.■ n in
l fed ltd V little
Blur
Leisure
SBK Records
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\ ti.mil Ui.it 11Vi's by thi’ hook
<>Itimi (iti's l>v tin1 hook Blur
lines iiutii
Blur relies un danreable
in-ills and standard pup furmu
i.is t: i. • 11 d ri! W i III a del nil'll! v
Kngltsh flav i>r lor thf first half
ol bersurv this works wrll ! he
mm ontl hull however, shows
Ihr iimil.ilions ol this formal
fhf energelir llinru's No
iMhi-t U.iy is Blur at Its test It
is simple .iful only ut tasionally
inventive hut completely irtf
sislible
Bang a whimsical !■•>»>k. >it
I .ssivity mil tin- daily grind,
w : i : tin same w i \ Win'll
, I is * -11,11 a t a I all IS dune W hat
was said was ncviir done,
sings Damon Alburn in his
nearly emutnmless volt e
()n iiiany of the Iroi ks his vo
i ,i!s, w ith their delivery bonier
mg mi deadpan, i untrast nit eh
with the luioyant musit This
and tie i ati by hooks can only
hold interest for tile first less
songs though
The m'i ond half of lhr album
proves ihe fallibility of formula
pop and the dangers of relying
on refrains lo i arrv entire
songs I he steady diet of risk
free Sillies IS like empty i .dories
and 111 the end I! Is dull
/.ensure leaves no doubt that
Blur (.in write some great
songs Hopefully, next time
tliev will lake a lew more
i ham es
E
A Man Called (E)
Polydor Records
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Ac is sue h .is Sling. I’rince
and Madonna gel by with a sin
glr II.mil !. takes tin- icicM .1 lilt
further Autographs will be
easy, hr might hr thinking, and
no imr is likely to misspell It
t. sounds like ii veteran of the
smoke filled i offer house ( ir
i uii Although this is Ins firsi
album, the Introspeilive and oi
ler. i (impelling lyrics make him
sound almost weathered
The opening truck and first
single. Hello Cruel World.'
gels A Man CulU’il ffcV oil to a
pleasant start The sense ol
(aim resignation in the fate oi
I ,: 111v is refreshing Norman
Rockwell ( olocs fade All my fa
vonle things have i.hungrd/liul
what the hell, hello cruel
world,' lv sings
Mu-.: ul tit*: lyric s are strange
ly optimistic The: pain that in
spires mans ul the songs be
i unit's nearly transparent .is t.
stsirt:ln‘s for value: in agony In
' I' ll! ir.u U i|ii (In' Misfit'
hi: seems happy to have at least
found someplace where he
Its'Is at ccpted
It is unfortunate that mans ul
the trat ks sullt-r under heass
Most of the lyrics
are strangely
optimistic. The
pain that inspires
many of the songs
becomes nearly
transparent as E
searches for value
in agony.
studio work I he keyboards
sometimes slip into an annoy*
inn organ like sound, and ou a
sionallv tin- via ills are t onspu •
uously layered This album
lai ks the energy that would
(onie hum a bit ol spontaneity,
but it does i apture the potential
of f£
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