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...Maniacs to the list. The problem with this CD, like most of the other MTV Unplugged performances, is that it is pretty good: As much as a self-respecting music lover would like to scorn this new trend, it's hard with the music that's coming out of the MTV studios. These 14 songs hold up well in an acoustic format, and it's nice to get some of the intimacy that comes from a live recording, especially with Natalie Merchant. Her attraction has always been the ethereal realness she emanates, not her vocal range, and this sense...
However, while the CD is good, there's nothing too new or exciting here. Half the tracks on Unplugged are from the Maniacs' last album, Our Time in Eden, which was primarily acoustic anyway, so for the most part, we don't get any unusual approaches to their songs. While there are some rougher edges on Eden, if you aren't listening carefully, you probably won't be able to tell if you were hearing the unplugged version or the album version...
...taking advantage of NT's powerful features--or just making its performance acceptable--calls for something like a 486DX2 microprocessor (i.e., the "double-clocked" type), 16 MB of RAM, and as big a hard drive as you can lay your hands on. A CD-ROM drive, albeit not yet a necessity, will certainly make your life under NT more enjoyable, as will a large color monitor that supports Super VGA video...
CHRIS KNOX Meat CD (Communion) The reissues just don't let up: this week, Chris Knox, who's spent the last decadeplus in his native New Zealand as half of Tall Dwarfs, the cruelest-minded, most inventive, funniest, and possibly the most interesting duo on the 80s-90s global rockscape. (Before that, Knox fronted NZ's premier punk bands, the Enemy and Toy Love.) Meat contains most of his two solo albums, Seizure and Croaker--solo records in the literal sense, since there's no backing band and no studio musicians. Instead, it's Chris Knox singing, playing his loud...
...funds could flood back out, transforming an otherwise modest correction into a rout. "The money that's in there is nervous money," frets Rubin Bergay, a retired Anaheim, California, engineer who is heavily invested in funds. "There's no doubt the interest in funds is governed by the low CD rates, and I'm very concerned that investors will take the first opportunity to get out when interest rates rise or the market turns down...