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After uninspiring sales of Steel Wheels" and an abortive nod at the symphonic medium, the Rolling Stones tried to revive the old rhythms for their latest album, "Voodoo Lounge." The album's release just preceded the Stones' tour of the same name, launched last week at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington...
...first look at "Voodoo" comes, of course, from the jacket. The cover shows a primitive, zombie-like figure in the midst of a Mick Jagger-like shake of the hips. Inside are red-tinted, run-of-the-mill candid shots of Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood, looking about as old as the Moody Blues. Then again, Keith has looked like that for the last twenty years...
...BRAND NEW CAR IS probably the most promising new song on "Voodoo Lounge." All the same, it begins with a too-standard blues bass line. The funky horns are a nice addition, but the song doesn't bring blues as far as the easy rumble of "Honky Tonk Women" or the casual calypso flavor of "Crackin...
...poor. Once a member of Haiti's mission to the U.N., he makes much of his degrees from Canada in physics, math and engineering. Of course, he still packs a .357 Magnum in the city. "The weapon is for psychological impact only", he says. "I have the power of voodoo with...
Constant understands the political power of Haiti's peasant religion. He often treats journalists to late-night voodoo rituals and trips to the sacred waterfall at Saut d'Eau as he calls for help from his loa, the warrior god who represents St. George. This Sunday, Constant is intent on communing with his loa at a temple in the valley north of Gonaives. By the time he arrives at the site -- a concrete hovel -- darkness has fallen. Inside is an altar topped with white lace, a cross and a merry christmas sign. At its base are rum bottles and skulls...