LOCAL Mindslam Album: Mayday Label: missing music First CD from the punkish, poppish Stanford trio. Some decent songs here, fairly tight playing and decent vox. The best cut is (12) "Knock", which seems to be the most ambitious, a call to action: "You have a mind, why don't you use it?/You have a fist why don't you knock?" I also like (14) "Distortion", which starts with a very cool sound: lighter vocals and solo bass singing "Distortion, it's what I need..." and it's what you get by the middle of the cut. Other good stuff: (4) "Wasting Away" - basic, but solid. Faster. (8) "Matter" - an odd spacey anthemic/ballad feel. (7) "Waiting" - Ska touches on the refrain. (9) "Still a kid" - a nice slacker/loser cut. (1) "Jennifer" - kind of poppy (I understand this has gotten played on 105 once) (6) "Much More" - the poppiest. A love gone wrong song. Contact info: slim@ccrma.stanford.edu 236 Stanford s/c suite 323 Palo Alto, Ca 94304-1412 (415)328-9069