23 - Wednesday, March 7, 1990 - North Shore News THE KING And Eye, the songs of Elvis from the Weird Zone, is The Residents’ latest release. Live, the music is part of CUBE-E, The His- tory of American Music in 3 £-Z Pieces. The Residents are touring CUBE-E, an exploration of Amer- music Presley pap gets psychotic interpretation HE RESIDENTS revise and revisit Presley; Young fig- ures freedom; The Beautiful South eye northern pop charts. The Residents — The King And Eye, Enigma Records 1989 Heroes: We build them, we bank on them and then we break them into easily digestible bite-size pieces. But the cult of Our Church of The Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Love MICHAEL ' BECKER record review seems to be bucking the sorry cy- cle. Years after the mortal phase of Elvis Presley’s bombastic existence ran its legendary course, the man grows evermore omnipresent, equalled only by Ronald McDonald in terms of mass- cultural recognition and popular appeal. Enter The Residents, a faceless, formless, fearless Californian bunch responsible for some of the most unsetiling music and video pumped out on the fringe over the past 20 or so years. The 16 Presley tunes covered here offer brilliantly dark inter- pretations of many of The King’s biggies. The Residents’ brooding arrangements of songs, including Love Me Tender and Teddy Bear, are revelations. What once could be written off as inconsequential pap at worst, slithers forth as a series of howling psychotic episodes with a malevolent, misogynist twist. Sprinkled be- tween are five snippets of story presented in the form of a fable told to children. The fable furthers an interpretation of The King’s reason for being who The Resi- dents believe he was — The King Of Need. The King And Eye is required listening for Elvis fan and foe alike. Neil Young -- Freedom, WEA 1989 The timing of the unleashing of Young’s musical freedom missive Busker auditions set B.C. TRANSIT’S fourth annual entertainers’ auditions will be held Wednesday, March 21. Ten to 15 individual or duo acts will be selected by a panel of judges, and will receive a licence to perform in designated areas at Skytrain stations and at the two SeaBus terminals. Licences, at $50 each, are valid for one year beginning April 1. Application forms and details of B.C. Transit’s street musician/ busker program may be obtained between & a.m. and 4 p.m., Mon- day to Friday, from B.C. Transit, Corporate Communications, Suite 1100-1200 W. 73rd Ave., Van- couver, or by phoning 264-5000, local 5129. Applicants must be 19 years of age or older. Application deadline is noon on Friday, March 9. LIAR TTONG BANYAN DB Z2I/XY 1 UI ON e © BURNABY WHERE DINING AND ATMOSPHERE IS 100 CENTENNIAL WAY, BURNABY FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 299-1155 DINNER ‘@ LUNCH Please join us for our spectacular Sunday Brunch * MOUNTAIN ——— —. WVQWy, |b 2s or is impeccable given the historical context of its release. As we witness the unfolding repercus- sions of the shaking off of totalitar- ian yokes in Europe and Mandela's new-found freedom in South Africa, a questioning of the mean- ing and nature of freedom is col- ored by a sense of urgency. An instant Young classic, Rockin’ In The Free World, sets the parameters by opening the collection acoustically and closing it with a blistering electric version. We hear the best of both sides of ican Photo submitted the artist. The gentle, wistful one duets with Linda Ronstadt for two exquisite heart-squeezers — Hangin’ On A Limb and The Ways of Love. The raucous rebel rules on the fierce Rockin’ in The Free World and on a fiendish interpretation of On Broadway, the Leiber-Stoller chestnut. Welcome To The Beautiful South, Go! Disc, 1989 Moans were heard in some cir- cles the day England’s The Housemartins disbanded. Housemartin’s half Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway resurface ethnic America and the USSR this year. music, through with their distinctive voices intact and exploring the possibilities at forded by a sound with more space and nuance than the trademark power pop played as Housemartins. Already smasheroo in the U.K., with Beautiful South hits Song For Whoever and the percolating cu- rative You Keep It All in, this debut is an assured step forward. aera BLUEGRASS FANS have a last chance to witness Colorado-based Hot Rize live and picking March 12 at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver. The four-man band excels in precisely-delivered quick-time old-timey music. Over the past five years Hot Rize lead singer, tiddler and mandolin player Tim O’Brien and the boys also specialized in country swingtime as Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers. Will it be two bands for one on Monday? The family-oriented, alcohol-free concert is set to begin at 8:30 p.m. Tickets, with dis- counted prices fo: kids age five to 12 (children under five are admit- ted free), are available at Calder Music in North Vancouver and Black Swan Records and Highlife Records in Vancouver. For a recorded sampling of Hot Rize, check out their 1985 release. Traditional Ties, on Sugar Hill Re- cords. Our bar is stocked with the finest. Luscious watermelon. Crisp cantaloupe. Fresh vegetables. Hot pasta and soup bar. Naturally, it’s Sizzler's All-You-Can-Eat Fresh Fruit & Salad Bar. And gill means large and lean 7-ounce Sizzler Sirloin Steak cut fresh daily. Then broiled to order. So bring your family to Sizzler, where bar and grill takes on a fresh new flavor. Sizzler. A fresh experience. C )C ( Offer extended to March 18th, 1990. 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