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The band was playful and seemed to genuinely enjoy perform ing for people. No ego, no pretense, just good old-fashioned rock n' roll the way it is meant to be. This remained true the next time I saw the Soldiers, which was at a rather disastrous show in October where the set crumbled into chaos. The band held out as long as it could, especially lead singer Marty Larson-Xu, who ranted and yelped like the bastard son of Mick J agger, essentially expressing the fact that he was the coolest S.O.B. in his zip code. Eventually everything sort of fell apart. Near the end they were inviting up audience members to take over the instruments. The Soldiers are just part of a grand tradition in this part of the country. There seems to be an inclination in the Pacific Northwest for the low down-and-dirty as far as rock is con cerned, from the whole garage rock trend in the '60s to the grunge rock farce of the early '90s. From the wail ing and distortion of the Sonics right up through the powerhouse riffs of Mudhoney, it all boils down to the same noisy, loud, abrasive sound. It makes for great rock just like great rock was meant to be made. And one of its key benefits is a complete lack of artistic pretense. Pretension is not something that fits in well with rock 'n' roll, especially when performed live. And yet, I see it day after day in almost every per former I read about, from the indie Turn to NYBURG, page 10 Double Dash!! fun The GameCube version of Nintendo's classic racer lives up to its hallowed title By Travis Willse Editorial Editor If any party game series defined the late 1990s, it's certainly Mario Kart. With fast action, intuitive controls and a sharp learning curve, the origi nal 1992 Super Mario Kart was a solid racer, and it left its mark as one of Su per Nintendo's most memorable re leases. Its sequel, Mario Kart 64, lifted the series from solid to sublime. Play ers could duel up to three friends, hurling turtle shells and banana peels with negligence or malice in true 3-D environments that offered nearly flawless gameplay, indisputably grant ing the tide classic status in its own right. (Also in the Mario Kart family is the Cousin Oliver of the series, 2001 's Mario Kart: Super Circuit, a Game Boy Advance release.) Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the GameCube sequel to the series, looks to uphold the franchise's fine legacy of player-friendliness, intense grab you-by-the-seat-of-your-overalls ac tion and all-around racing fun. For the uninformed video game afi cionado (in this case, someone who has appreciated video games for the last decade, but lived deep enough in a castle teeming with pits of lava not to know the Kart series), playing a round of Mario Kart starts with pick ing a driver from a selection of char acters from Nintendo lore. Once the race starts, metal-frame go-carts ca reen around a race track littered with five-foot-wide pipes, jumping moles, monkeys that throw coconuts at unas suming driversby, and other vehicular non sequiturs. Moreover, drivers can contribute to the mayhem by collecting items from Courtesy 'Mario Kart: Double Dash!!' is due out for Nintendo GameCube on Nov. 17. prize boxes clustered around each course, and use some of them to pump their own kart's performance, or to throw objects at opponents' ve hicles in an attempt to impede their progress. For someone steeped in the tradition of the Mario franchise and who enjoys multiplayer action, Mario Kart is the very manifestation of fun. Double Dash!! is a variation on most of the above themes. The most obvious change is the increase from one to two drivers per cart. While the ingenious new system leaves the learning curve a little more arduous, and there's much more to keep track of than in previous incarnations of the game, Dash more than compen sates by adding considerable depth to the gameplay. Players select two characters — one driver and one gunner, who can swap roles on the fly — and a go cart. Characters include the om nipresent Mario, Luigi and (Princess) Peach to relative newcomers like Waluigi and Daisy to throwbacks to earlier Mario adventures like Donkey Turn to MARIO KART, page 10 *%*£&***•** I All nlghf mm SO 'i ngKP milji|i|i dance party! Live Flamenco and Salsa dance performances and instruction. Live performance with guitarist Jessie Marquez and Late Night OJ Sat. Mae. 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