24 Coming across as an alternative rock hybrid of ZZ Top and the blues dementia of New York scenesters the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Toronto‘s Big Sugar may finally be on to something with the roarâ€" ing Hemiâ€"Vision. At the core is Gordie Johnson‘s fireâ€" breathing guitar heroics. His bag of tricks runs deep, as does his feel for everything from bluesâ€"rock and Zeppelinâ€"like metal to pop and reggae. wealthier competition on the Billboard Knock Me Out, a duet with a more { tamous Bay Area singer, Grace Slick. Perry uses her husky pipes to full effect, working in judicious amounts of restraint and unbridled passion while avoiding the iÂ¥ t histrionics that plague much of her Chris i This is Perry‘s first solo flight since leavâ€" ing 4 Nonâ€"Blondes, a San Francisco band best known for its 1993 hit, What‘s Up. She spreads her wings considerably, moving effortiessly from simmering torch songs to fullâ€"steamâ€"ahead workouts like Perry‘s in Flight ~MC 450 KING STREET NORTH ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS AT 886â€"8388 450 KING ST. N. THE WORLD‘S LA RGEST EASTâ€" SIDE MARIO‘S l EAST SIDE MARIO‘S, WATERLOO NORTH I Isaak can take a sad song and make it _ or MmmMmmMmmMmm? Sure you better. Fact is, this melancholy crooner has have. pretty much made a career out of singing While A Worm‘s Life doesn‘t have anyâ€" haunting, twangy laments. Think of him _ thing quite as instantly memorable as as Roy Orbison for the Xâ€"Files set. those hits, it may be the band‘s most Baja Sessions is a typically sadâ€"eyed colâ€" _ musically accomplished album to date. lection of originals and covers. Among Overlook the sometimes silly lyrics and the latter is Only The Lonely, the Orbison _ discover some beautiful melodies and standard that would seem to be a fitting _ stellar musicianship. Particularly outstandâ€" anthem for the romance and isolation ing again is Ellen Reid‘s elegant and that the California locale of the title underrated keyboard work. brings to mind. ww + The mood may be just a little too Ross MacDonald is a Cambridge freeâ€" breezy and laid back for some but there‘s _ lance writer. All in all a focused, raucous effort that _ no denying that Isaak has a way of seduc could be the band‘s first hit. ing the listener. Crash Test Dummies o ooo A Worm‘s Life WE INCLUDE OUR FAMOUS UNLIMITED SOUP OR SALAD, HOMELOAF, COFFEE OR POP, AND DESSERT. THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS PACKAGE FOR YOUR GROUP OF 10â€"100. CALL TODAY TO BOOK YOUR CHRISTMAS PARTY. WANTS YOU TO GET PASTAFIED THIS CHRISTMAS WITH ALL YOU CAN EAT PASTA ONLY $9.99 WATERLOO There remains something at once frivo lous and macabre about this Winnipeg quintet. It‘s in the deepâ€"voiced Brad Roberts and in the lyrics which here deal with everything from worms in tequila bottles to a kid who likes to pull his own mommpmmemnsnmenuninmnmmemensin enmmer msticnsious s ntaati aimin ialstcaiaibee ts Innarcul inniddide® i6 adihitdsascvidloe aecuacosd Ne snn Music from Luily to Howells, Dodge to de Falln The Beckett School Teachers can "Handel® it alll SCHOOL & The Pros Perform J Come and enjoy solos and ensembies feats Admission is free. Donations to the Beckett School Scholarship Fund are gratefully accepted. Sunday, November 24 at 4100 PM StL John‘s Anglican Churceh Beckett School Teachers Water St at Duke Downtoun Hitchener they‘d braid gree ritics tell us that If he were : if he could doned. I wish Me and My H rected by Noel E ar, he appeared ench, who last In the starring Tickets are $25, c office, 578â€"157 iing up to start me that I‘m do Tanya L‘ Adonis at the have been in great to me. ‘ve been so