Concrete Blonde A new album, a new outlook, a new life Rv MONA B1ABI R liiiih lltim. I of Illinois Pam makes Ini gieat .111 Bur as < a>m letc Blonde s |nhncttc Nap ilil.mi > knows, 11 niakt-s life a hung lull It was emotional tin nun I that spin ted ( mu i etc Blonde\ hicaklhfnugh multi platinum allium. liliuniUthng, and its lie.ut-mem lung liit^. "Joey" and ( aniline But while even mote piohleiii' hale Iwsct hand mem het s Mine recording that album, tin outlook on then iipommg rcleav , Walkingin I omlon. «nm to have brightened a hit. ' 1 hat was a veil had year lot me," said Napilitaiio the Kitiuu's sm^et. bassist and piiman songwriter ot the time s|M*tit recording HtnmiLilnif "I tealll wanted to hide .diet that teiotd was made I lelt like. (>od. I vt leallv i til imvlt open here It s so noun that it did well, ho atise tl there was am tei ord that I wc mid haw tailiei lc h ked ill a 11c iset. it wtmid haw lx ell ( But mote ptoblems weie to follow While on tout to suptMiti the album. Napoht.uio s bai k (used liom the . i instant weight cd bet bass Ihcu, while in Mexico ( its, she (initial led salmonella, but wouldn't seek licatmcut lire ,nise she doesn t like doctors W hen she I malls went to a hospital, phvsii lans couldn't find a pulse f )nr elm tot told bet mother that johnetle was 1*0 minutes twav liom thing Utiiough that e\p< iieiur will keep the band Iroin touting while slit ret U|x iates. |ohnette slid it moU\uted hei to stick h het t leatisr limits ' 1 htse neat -death ex (Hi lent es ai e really gt eat lot wiut priorities," she s.utl "I laid there and said, you know. I ni 11 seals old and il I go. I don't neatly haw the w4uiuc c t| work tx-lund me that I should haw *vi she set out to t ie.lie B diking iti / ■ nulnn While the .illmm showiases unit It ot the tin deep-seeded angst that math' "Joey" anti ~< at tdint- hits tut the last album, it alst i expands into a tew mote upbeat themes I tti pu tts pleased with the ptogtess that I hast made, and 1 applet iatr a lot ot things molt I in able to be stimulated and mspiied by ititlerenl tilings mote than |usi liemg miserable and 1 dunk it slums Ik spilt tbev setbai ks Napthlano lias also eanetl a nit lie as a tolc model loi tans died ot seeing Women in tot k pollened solely as sex symbols I ikt wnalisls Natalie Welt bant ol lO.OtNi Waniai s and Ktlte Bnt ki ll Nap tin.int t takes pride that she doesn I base tic "ware iin tils m to nit ol the i .titlei a \ud cyt n il B ulkirti; in I t dut in slot ex Mart h 101 doesni et lipse the mipiessise sales and lex lews ol /» 'xllfttirig. N.ipolitauo knows she s walking in tilt light duet lion Ihc woman some tall the lies! lein.de 'ot ahvl in lot k ii loll now t an eii|oy het ability 1 think d you tan do ait that enables someone to lot get about then das to-tlas exisletite and take them soinewbeit else, then you sc done a sets uupoitant tiling loi |>ettplt . she wild "1 m a lot happier now with ms ability to do that. I think it N a gilt COURTESY Of IR S RECORDS Napolttano: the best female vocalist In rock and roll? RR AA DD l l i i 00 Can college DJs bite the hand that feeds them? IU LU K \ M 11 MID I ( • Sf*. .! • < iml>i.i I \\ hr !i Nn\,ili,i ' •!.«-<• 4!« ' ,1 . 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