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UtZ£* • THEY’RE ALL GOING TO LAUGH AT YOU ★ ★ ARTIST Adam Sandw LABEL Wamr Bros • his one has he on out for a | while, but bet atise of ils I timeliness, this is as good of n time as ever to review the album In* Adam Sandler, the up and-t oming < omit: that does his thing weekly on Saturday Sight lavr They'rv All Going To Ijiugh At Yon is filled with < omit skits and several songs by Sandler and his buddies The most recognizable piet e t>n the alhtim is the hilari ous 'Thanksgiving Song Sandler first sang this song on SSI. last season, one of the high lights of the season In the song. Sandler ties in his love of turkey with rhymes that have nothing to do with Thanksgiving — "I love to eat the turkey and the (.ranlrerry/I tain't (relieve the Mots traded Daryl Strawlwrry." It’s a funny little song that will lie entertaining to play for granny during the upcoming holiday weekend. Hut the rest of the album may not la1 too appropri ate for granny, or grandpa, for that matter It's kind of awkward at first to hear that Sandler's skits are so loaded with vulgarities and sex ual connotations Hut once you're able to separate the SSL Sandler from Sandler on this album, it s very funny. Another song. “At a Medium Pace," harkens I sick to the work of the late Sam Kinison Sandler turns what sounds like a Bryan Adams song at the start into a song about what he wants Ins "lover" to do to him during a sex ual encounter This tale of dom ination and humiliation will protsihly offend some people, hut if you're a feeble-minded, sick, twisted individual, it will make you laugh The skits are really nothing comically original. Sandler tips his hat to Cheech and Chong when he plays the role of "Baf foon" and puts a new twist to the two-guvs-sitting-nround-doing drugs rouimi' Some of ii is not quite as furtrn. like the four skits titled "The Heating ofn . There's no doubt that Sandler's a verv hinny man He has devel oped into one of the [rest talents on the SSI. crew Sadly. some of his best skits on the show — "Opera Man" and the "Red Sweater Song' — don't appear on the album Sandler is not fl inn lit genius, but his simple, and at times vulgar, comedy is good for some un-PC laughs - Dove Chorbonneou Oepon Deny f meroto PAINFUL GROUP Vo La Tengo LABEL Matador Atlantic istening to this album is like the first time you played fewwith Silly Putty. At first, it seems simple, generic, contrived and barely better than (wiring. Then, you realize that sim plicity may just be brilliance dis guised. Vo I-i Tango's Painful is a sneaky, likable album. Vo I.a Ten go is a New York Iwised band that has enjoyed «:rit a s darling status but is bardlv well-known. They have record ed on independent labels like Matador and Twin/Tone, they aren't asked questions about grunge, and they defy easy description or categorization. That may or may not make them an alternative band, depending on local definitions of "alterna tive" and "band." Painful leaves behind most of the country-rock leanings May I Sing With Mr for a sound that bears a distinct Velvet Under ground influence Singer-guitarist Ira Kaplan's dissonant guitar work and organ playing may require some adjustment. At first, openings to songs like "From a Motel 6” and and the second ver sion of "Big Day Coming" sound like some nightclub hack doing his imitation of U2's the Kdge. Eventually, some of the sub tleties sink in The songs grow on the listener. The lyrics and melodies are earnest, straight forward and achingly good. They are buried in the rnix and i nn be hard to hear, but are arresting chs coveries. On "From a Motel <>." the gui tar sounds like Butch Vig's ele< - trie hedge trimmer, and the guitar solo sounds like a broken Cuisi nnrt. But the melody sounds like a lullaby and the song is terrif ic Kaplan sings. "Oh no. your heart is broken/Don't you think that's a little trite?" "Nowhere Near" is tender and confused, a plaintive ballad that ends w ith two minutes of little more than feedback. Most of the album is unobtrusive listening, the type of thing that works groat as background music while you're studying or washing dish es. Some of it is moody and sounds good when all the lights are turned off. There isn't much sex und drugs, and one can argue about how much of Painful is rock 'n' roll. Instead of noise, there is atmosphere; instead of passion and attitude, there is quiet emo tion. But these are excellent songs, and this is a fine band. - Scott Simonson CVeooo Deny f me/ota NO ALTERNATIVE ★ ★'/2 GROUP: Various Artists LABEL: Ansta orget the superlatives: No ■' Alternative isn't the compi i lation of the year. (That would Ih) Sweet Relief: A Bene fit for Victoria Williams.) It's not had. but listeners have come to expect better than not bad from high-profile artists like Soul Asy lum. Smashing Pumpkins. Soundgarden and Nirvana. The roster of this album, which benefits AIDS research, is replete with loud bands. But No Alter native. mostly a collection of b sides and covers, is surprisingly quiet. Some of its best moments come with the amps turned down. Turn to REVIEWS. Page 9A Sherrie Barr and Mary Seereiter in TwoDance Friday. November 19 and Saturday, November 20 8:00pm Dougherty Dance Theatre Gerlinger Annex , University of Oregon General-$6 Students and Scnior»-$3 Sponsored fry the UO Department of Dance 346-3386