Word: cd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...100s from your aunt on your birthday. Once you get one, you either hold onto it or you deposit it. You use the $20 all the time. A month or so ago, you would go to the music store and plop down a $20-bill to pay for a CD. Now, you must fear the clerk will say, "Mister, we don't accept Monopoly money...
Starfire soccer is a welcome change from the usual testosterone-charged kicking, punching, punting video sports games. Not surprisingly, it's from Purple Moon, purveyor of CD-ROMS designed for 8-to-12-year-old girls. Starfire players spend a lot of time grappling with such emotionally charged issues as how to deal with ball hogs and feuding friends. Players eventually get to practice heading and dribbling. The one thing they don't do is play much soccer...
Throughout the CD, one is reminded again and again of the amazing quality and ability of Crow's voice. Her vocal cords get quite a work-out, as she sings in multiple "voices" ranging from a throaty cry ("It Don't Hurt") to a light country twang ("Riverwide") to a low, seductive plea ("Anything But Down"), all the time maintaining an intriguing audibility. Once in a while, though, that unpleasant and annoying wail of hers manages to sneak its way in, but it is once in a great while on this CD...
...Members Only" is the best track on the CD, maybe because it goes back to what Crow does best: fun lyrics incorporated into a driving, though not overly heavy, rock melody. "All the rich kids shake their asses, looking for the two and four," she sings. We like it when Crow pokes fun at society, in this case dancing rich kids who can't quite find the beat, which makes her music as much about lyrical content and storytelling as it is about sound and instrumentation. Even though Sessions includes a nice melange of styles, it could use more songs...
...really make a name for himself. Joshua Redman '91 graduated summa cum laude and phi beta kappa and yet is still able to maintain his status as one of the top saxophonists in the world. Check out the Joshua Redman Quartet as they celebrate the release of their new CD, Timeless Tales. 8 p.m., Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave., Boston, 876-7777. $29.50 to $24.50, $5 student discount...