Cult of the Dead Cow 298

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  ...presents...                The Pope Review 
                                                         by Curtis Yarvin 

                      >>> a cDc publication.......1994 <<< 
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Contents: 

        Sixtus VI: Pope 4 tha Nineties 
        Pope Joan: Xcommunication 
        Def Urban: Humanae Vitae 

 
Sixtus VI: Pope 4 tha Nineties 
Black Bull Press 

1  6730   In Terra Libera 
2  4200   Ecclesia Mundi 
3  8120   Semper Vitae 
4  2210   Non Fidelis 
5  10330  Animalia 
6  8900   Salvia Divinorum 
7  2890   Non Fidelis (Il Purgatorio Remix) 
8  5340   Ecclesia Mundi (Papal States Remix) 

Comments: Hot young Pope Sixtus VI is already cutting sharp waves in British 
chapels, and his second anthology "Pope 4 tha Nineties" shows us why.  Sixtus 
VI's Latin is fluent, fluid, and melodic, and his rhetoric harder than anyone's 
since John XXIII.  "In Terra Libera" rips straight off with a hard-hitting, 
preachable case for freedom of worship; "Semper Vitae" is a smooth ambient 
piece on medical technology; and "Salvia Divinorum" rocks the house down on 
false prophets.  Topping the volume off are the hardcover-bonus remixes of "Non 
Fidelis" and "Ecclesia Mundi," by German ultramontanist firebreather Luther 
Zero, which by themselves would make "Pope 4 tha Nineties" well worth the 
import price. 

Summary: 10/10.  Sixtus VI brings the Bull home again. 

 
Pope Joan: Xcommunication 
Horns of the Cow 

1  3440   Ex Communica  (Zwingli Is Dead Mix) 
2  11890  Ex Communica  (Ras Tafari Mix) 
3  1300   Ex Communica  (Fra Sahagun Mix) 

Comments: This is Pope Joan's first release and if it's anything to go by we 
have a lot to look forward to.  The angry young Dutchwoman takes a choppy 
feminist rant and mixes it in with a healthy dose of expertly-applied samples, 
everything from medieval Innocent IV bulls to 1930s Jamaican theology and 
period reports on Aztec myth.  The mix is a little grungy in places but flows 
thick and fast, and if you don't like one sentence you'll probably find 
something in the next.  And the theology just plain burns.  This is one that'll 
get the crowd lighting torches. 

Summary: 9/10.  If it weren't for Horns of the Cow's lousy illumination and 
layout this'd be a 10 too.  Imported and hard to find - but grab it if you see 
it. 

 
Def Urban: Humanae Vitae 
Wurds of Wisdum 

1  2790   Humanae Vitae (Trojan Reix) 
3  7830   Humanae Vitae (Granada Remix) 
4  18060  Humanae Vitae (Treaty of Tordesillas Remix) 

Comments: Even at $4.99 domestic this Def Urban maxi-single is the absolute 
worst waste of paper I've ever seen in my life.  If you've ever seen John 
XXIII's original "Humanae Vitae," or think you might, in this life or any 
other, DON'T under any circumstances come within spitting distance of Def 
Urban's version.  Even with a million two-bit "Humanae Vitae" remixes floating 
around, Def Urban stands out.  Abominable.  Sludgy, blurry printing, execrable 
Latin, and lots and lots of stupid condom jokes.  Cardinal Ximenez himself 
wouldn't have stooped to more than the first two thousand words of the 
dragged-out awful pseudo-tribal "Treaty of Tordesillas Remix."  Def Urban are 
neo-Inquisition at its worst. 

Summary: 1/10.  The auto-da-fe's too good for them. 
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\_______/|All Rights Reserved.                               12/01/1994-#298| 

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