February 10 2003

Steal This Album! -
American 2002

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>> Covenant
Northern Light
Metropolis 2002

Covenant’s album
“Northern Light” seems
reminiscent of the days of
Depeche Mode and New
Order. Disappointingly this
album lacks the originality
and diversity of it’s 80’s pre-
decessors. The vocals are
extremely monotone and
uninspiring. Most of the
tracks are hard to differenti-
ate from one another due to
the monotonous rhythms
and vocals. I find the songs
to be very cold and uninvit-
ing. This is definitely not
music of which to dance to. I
did enjoy some of the songs
which incorporated some
strings into the mix, but that
hardly makes up for the lack
of originality on the whole.

KK
Philip Lowry

>> Robin Williams
Live on Broadway
Sony 2002

For some goofy reason,
Sony saw, fit to send us a
recording of Robin Williams
saying funny things. Now
I’m breaking ground, as the
first member of Over the
Edge to review a non-music
CD for StN. This is cause for
celebration, no? We should
call up Jean Chretien and set
up a national holiday or
something, like I did with
my birthday.

As far as comedy goes,
Robin Williams is God. I
mean, seriously - the man is
funny. Despite my high
opinion of the man, howev-

’ er, this CD was a bit of a dis-

appointment. It’s like
instead of going for the
funny, clever commentary,
Williams just got louder. If I

could be funny like that, my ©

life would be so easy! “I had
sex. WITH YOUR MOM!!!”
See? I made this Retarded
line funny, just like Live on
Broadway!

Sure, I sometimes found
myself laughing while I lis-
tened to this, but not nearly
as often as the audience on
the CD did. I guess I just
didn’t get it. I think the visu-
al humour component,
which plays heavily in Robin
Williams’ comedy, is sorely
lacking on this CD.

And, worst of all, the show
was cut and edited, so that
the CD misses most of
Williams’ transitions from
joke to joke. In a show
where each joke runs into the
next like maple syrup into a
copious bosom, the transi-
tions are really bloody
important. Without, a come-
dy act can turn from a mas-
ter work into a series of
goofy, unrelated snippets.
Maybe if I could see the
video. Maybe I'll just go
watch “Death to Smoochy”
instead.

kK
Josh

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>> Decoded
Feedback

Shockwave
Metropolis 2003

Decoded Feedback is a
two-person show from
Europe that has been in exis-
tence since 1993. Their origi-
nal goal was to “combine the
spirit of punk with the cold
perfection of electronic
music”, which is kind of an
interesting idea. That goal
was never exactly realized,
as Decoded Feedback
evolved an industrial sound
instead. Now, Decoded
Feedback has released their
latest album, Shockwave,
which is a decent example of
what industrial can be.

This CD is dark, angsty,
and, at times, a bit preten-
tious and grandiose. The
music features a whole lot of
synthesizer, interesting
drumbeats, and vocals that
make my own throat sore in
sympathy with the vocalist.
There are also vocals that
remind one of the sort of
thing that New World Order

Edge Ratings

* Oh dear God! What Crap
** Stockwell Day-esque
**k* Average, now with less ass

*kkx*k* Pretty fawking good.
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