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April 21,1 8 » T he C lackamas P rint 'Good News' for Modest fan adorn the bulk of the music, he tones it down when it’s appropri ate. This makes for a strong set of Fans of Modest Mouse will be songs with more variety within the surprised but not disappointed at álbum That variety is evident right the maturity shown in the band’s latest release, “Good News For“ away. After a 10-second track apdy- titied, “Horn Intro,” played by the People Who Love Bad News.” Modest Mouse, behind Dirty Dozen Brass Band, comes singer / songwriter/guitarist I saac the slow, string-laced, “The World Brock, has amassed quite a follow at Large.” This is followed by the ing for its off-kilter arrangements, album’s first single, “Float On.,” creative lyrics and very unorthodox and it is-immediately obvious why vocal styling. Since its first release the bouncy track was chosen as a in 1996, the four-piece from single. The catchy melody demands Issaquah, Wash., has continued to humming along by the second mature and refine its style, steadily verse and expects full-fledged adding to its fan base along the singing along by the next chorus. If “Float On” is the group’s way. “Good News” is the largest first single, the aggressive “Bury evolutionary leap that; Modest Me with it,” perhaps the strongest Mouse’s sound has taken to date. song of them all, should definitely In past albums, the lyrics seemed be the second. The middle of the album is its to be mosdy fragmented thoughts from Brock’s head put to music— only weakness. Track seven, an unusual formula that worked “Dance Hall,” makes for good quite well. In this album, though, Zumiez background music, but is the ideas feel more complete, and boring and drones on too long. On the contrary, track nine, Brock’s vocals vary more from his usual style of singing unapologeti- “The Devil’s Work Day,” has at cally like a six-year-old (the descrip least the makings of a great song. It tion sounds bad, but it’s a good starts with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band repeating the (ZD’s intro and thing—really). At times. Brock sounds almost, then accompanying Brock with a well, normal. D>yal fan> should not banjo and sans the rest of the be put off by this, though. While band, with a New Orleans feel. his , familiar stylistic tendencies The lyrics, however, sound like a Joel Gaynor T he C lackamas P rint Affò cotillo A free fiction reading by a celebrated Latina writer Thursday, April 22, 2004 * 7 p.m. * Gregory Forum Ana Castillo, celebrated poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist, received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation for her first novel. Now, after multiple pub lishings, including novels and poetry collections, she is presenting a reading here at Clackamas Community College this Thursday. 1 Washington’s own Modest Mouse doesn’t mess around when it comes to the roc sloppy afterthought and do not work at all. The next track, however, picks up the slack. By employing the two-and-four dance drumbeat fans have come to know well, “The View” makes the previous few tracks all but forgotten. From there, the disc coasts seamlessly through to the finale, “The Good Times arc Killing Me,” which includes instrumentation and mix ing by the F’laming Lips. While “Good News for People Who Dive Bad News” marks a large stylistic maturing, the album docs not suffer for it. All tl ments that fans have lovcc beats, the vocals, the attitude all still there; some are just subtle than they were befo others more prevalent. Evoh sound, Modest Mouse is on ting better. Ninja Gaiden back for revengt Isaiah Creel Ü ber N erd Tccmo’s redux of the classic “Ninja Gaiden” game leaves fans with a sweet taste in their face, so grab your katana and throw on your tabbi boots, ‘cause the origi nal ninja is back in town. It has been approximately 13 years since Tecmo released a game starring Ryu Hayabusa (that’s the Ninja Gaidcn’s name) and the seething underground of Gaidenitcs has been foaming at the mouth over the ■ release of the and latest greatest in the r Ninja Saga. Hayabusa has come a long way from his humble beginnings in the late ‘80s. He’s acquired a third dimension, some -new weapons and even a few cinemat ics. His arsenal still includes such staples as the popular shuriken, windmill shuriken, the ever-pres ent Dragon Sword and ninpo-likc “fire wheel.” Those geniuses at Tccmo finally provided young Hayabusa a bow and a variety of arrows, nunchaku and even a boken! The improvements don’t stop there, however, thanks to the rev olutionary fighting sequences made popular by the Matrix and immortalized in the videogame world by “Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time,” Hayabusa has gained the ability to run along walls, jump off enemies and roll ’ out of the way to avoid the myri ad of enemies he is forced into conflict with. There arc even some puzzle elements thrown into the otherwise straightfor ward fast, action and platform jumping craziness. ' The hordes of enemies have become the subject m u c ridicule critics fans alike. The abundance foes throughout the game has put || off some of the less adventuresome gamers, shunning the garni impossible. While there are enemies with many varying i strategics and combination niques, the skeptics have fail take into account the sco| Hayabusa’s abilities-—the button for instance?' The game in general is enjoyable, and promises to replay value ... that is, if or complete the game on the n difficulty setting. 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