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D8 The Sentinel, Carlisle, Sunday, March 22, 1998 hear hero Its Big Time for Brian Transeau Set the trends Whether It's body glitter or metallic hair sticks, beaded room dividers or macrame chokers, you know what you like, right? And Claire's wants you to tell 'em. "Your opinion does count," says Mar lene Cota, director of marketing at Claire's Stores the fashion accessories chain 1998 Knight RkMwTribum 1 By Matt Peiken Knight Ridder Newspapers It's a race to see which magazine will be the first to flash Brian Transeau on the cov er: Rolling Stone or Tiger Beat. Don't bet on Transeau's beachcomber-blond looks. The guy who calls himself "BT is scoring big time with his music. But even Transeau admits he'd make a pretty good poster boy for electronica.

Teople are still learning how to respond to this music, especially the way Fm doing it," he says. "My whole show is about engaging the crowd. It's mayhem and insanity." That's high talk from a 27-year-old who essentially stages one-man shows. Then again, all Transeau has ever done is break the independence barrier. calendar In'sictescoop that's chockful of all things wild and wonderful, tough and trendy.

"Your feedback helps us determine what to order." Although the Claire's staff consults with professional style forecasters, the best trend-spotters are teens who hang at their stores. The easiest way to become an official Claire's spotter Is to hop on the com Stuff Ml II IUI ILII II II I i )i I Visitor 'Avail' ft i KZi 9 ft I 1111 11 i 1 I II r-i 1 II 1 -1 w1 I i i I 1 1 I i ii ii i i i i fflllllfilLJH i mm mw I i I pany's Web site: www.claires.com. Click on "Reality Check," where Cota posts pictures of new products and asks you to "Kiss It" or "DIs It." Check out the Web site's "Inside Click" for fashion previews, "Calendar" for celebrity tidbits or "Stuff" for a hodge-podge of what's new at Claire's stores. Or steer your mouse to the site's e-mail. Cota receives 200 e-mail letters a week, but she and her staff promise to respond to questions within 36 hours.

Knight Ridder I Tribune News Service Ii tiLUlL lll LiiU 11 ULLILQ 1 By Matt Peiken Knight Ridder Newspapers the bodsquad here's no way Jim Carrey's winning an Academy Award. First of all, he isn't nominated. And the day they honor dumb and dumber acting, Oscar will fall off his pedestal. SutnmerviUe High School, Tuolumne, Calif. Who will win: Matt Damon "He just seemed really into the role.

He didn't seem like he was acting. Not me or my friends really, but Fm sure a lot of other teens can relate to his character." Teresa fleep, 17, a junior at Cypress Creek Hi School, Orlando, Flo. i Best actress Reai nominees: Helena Bon-U ham Carter, "The Wings of the 1 Julie Christie, "After (lit: Judi Dench, "Mrs. Helen Hunt, "As Good as It Kate Winslet, Titanic." Who should have been nominated: Jodie Fos ter, "Contact," and Salma Hayek, "Fools Rush "Jodie conveyed herself well. It seemed like Then again, if her vote meant anything, 15-year-old TNai Parker would give Carrey the nod over Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and everyone else up for the best actor award.

Actually, if it were up to some teens, the members of the Academy'of Motion Picture Arte and Sciences, which announced its Academy Award nominations last month, would go back into a room and think the whole thing over. Take, for example, the omission of Mr. Carrey. liar, Liar" is the best role Fve seen him in," Parker says of the wild and crazy comedian. Parker is a sophomore film buff from North High School in Omaha.

"I was wondering about him because The Cable Guy was kinda out there, but this was one of his most mainstream movies, even funnier than 'Ace Ventura, she says. Td definitely give him the Oscar." Of course, high-schoolers and academy voters have different views on what's fresh, freaky, game and lame. So, we asked some of you to give us your teen-screen take on the best of 1997. Here are some winners you're sure not to see on Oscar night, March 23: Best actor Real nominees: Matt Damon, "Good Will Robert Duvall, The I Peter Fonda, "Ulee's Dustin Hoffman, "Wag the Jack Nicholson, "As Good As it Jim when she was going off to space, you could see the fear and the anticipation. She just really drew me into her experience." Chad Phares, (W.Va.) High School.

"Salma just really Already a smash at England's club and rave scenes, BT is nudging Americans to embrace his odd marriage of man and machine with a new tour and new disc, "E.S.C.M." (Reprise Records). He's on the road with the Crystal Method through mid-1 March. "I don't compose music with the live show in mind, but it's exciting to translate something I've intended for listening purposes into something totally exciting and in-your-face," Transeau says, "it usually involves stripping the music down to its bare essence and rebuilding it for maximum impact." Growing up in Rockville, with a love for English beat bands, Transeau started ghetto-styled sampling with salvaged echoplexes and answering machines. A guitarist, drummer and keyboardist by this point, Transeau later attended and then dropped out of the prestigious Berklee College of Music so he could try his luck in Los Angeles. Unable to sell record companies there on his home-spun tapes, he found better luck in Europe.

Reared on European synth-pop bands like New Order, Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk, England's clubbers and ravers quickly embraced BTs transcendental head rush pumped by the heart of a Borg. Tve been doing the same kind of music ever since I was a little kid, these crazy 10-and 15-minute pieces, recording sounds in tunnels, experimenting with different elements to get sounds I couldn't afford to make otherwise," Transeau says. "When I started making records five years ago, people were used to these linear beats. But my music was moving and undulating, and people didn't understand it," he says of American audiences. "Critics said you couldn't dance to it.

But people are seeing now where it can be beautiful, and they're learning where the breaks and rises and falls are. It just engages people a lot more than just pounding them over the head with a rhythm." After touring alone or with an entire backing band, Transeau is only bringing a percussionist with him this time around, content to play guitar and handle all the sequencing himself from the front of the stage. Tve been doing it on my own for a while because it's really cool on an energy level to connect with the crowd as one person," he says. Teople don't know how intense and moving that can be until they see it for themselves. There's a lot going on, but if very raw and very intimate." got into her part.

She and Matthew Parry had this DANIEL LIPPITTDETROIT FREE PRESS Chewing tobacco won't help your swing. Chew on this: Tobacco stinks By Eileen Nechas and Denise Foley Knight Kidder I Tribune News Service Fve started using chew tobacco along 'with my friends. They say baseball players use it because it helps them perform better on the field, and besides it's harmless. Is it? Chew on this spit tobacco is dangerous and addictive. It gives you bad breath, stained teeth, mouth sores and a disfigured face.

Nice image. And that bit about the baseball players is pure fabrication. A study of 178 major league baseball players found that they do not hit, pitch or field better when using smokeless tobacco. What they do get is an increased risk for oral cancer, loss of tooth structure, tooth decay, receding gums and gum disease. Here are a few more facts to digest about smokeless tobacco: An average dip provides as much nicotine as four cigarettes if left in the mouth for 30 minutes.

It can be as addictive as cigarettes. All brands are harmful. It can diminish your ability to taste food. Source: University of Washington at Seattle. Eileen Nechas and Denise Foley are health columnists and authors of four health books.

You can e-mail your health questions to them at BodsquadQaol.com or write Bodsquad, P.O. Box 132, Oreland, PA 19075. tdful Girls' was maybe the best movie I saw all year. It has Uma Thurman and Lauren Holly. I have it on video, and I love it.

It's just a great movie, funny, hilarious. (Timothy Hutton) plays a musician going back to his 10th high school reunion, and he's trying to decide whether to marry his girlfriend. Rosie ODonnell has a great scene in it. It's just really funny." JNai Parker, 15, a sophomore at North High School, Omaha What will win: "Good Will Hunting." The plot was so different from a lot of things coming out. It was original.

Matt Damon plays this really stressed-out guy with lots of problems, and he doesn't know what he wants to do with his life. Then he kind of settles down and lets Robin Williams' character show him the way, but then he also is kind of a an example to Robin Williams. If just a great story." Andrew Ciapelli, a senior at Vanden High School, Travis Air Force Base, Calif. one-night stand, she comes back three months later and says she's pregnant. She did a real good job being funny and serious, and she had a good look going for her." Kanna Robinson, at Libertyville (III.) High School Who will win: Kate Winslet Titanic' was excellent and so was Kate Winslet Not to sound like a pervert or anything, but I liked her body figure.

She wasn't all twiggy, like everybody else you see." Nona Ovre, 16, a sophomore at North St. Paul High School, St. Paul, Minn. i Best movie 7 Real nominees: "As Good as It Gets," The Full Monty," "Good Will Hunting," "LA Con-I fidential," Titanic." What should have been nominated: "Wag the Dog," "Contact" and "Beautiful Girls." "I know a lot of people didn't see it, but "Beau- ft A- Gets." Who should have been nominated: Leonardo DiCaprio, "Titanic." "He made it a really good love story. He's such a great actor because he brings a lot of feeling to it.

He's still young, but he has a lot of maturity." Rona Bienenfeld, 17, a junior at gameboy reality rhenk Career cares A survey of 15- to 17-year-olds Indicates many teens are strongly jt West, who starred as Batman in the '60s action TV show. "Hellflre" (C): Sierra's PC title finds you as a clone, the only person who can stop an evil demon's attempts at domination of the underworld. You dip into hideous levels and battle 29 foes while searching for 30 items and seven spells. The action scenes are well rendered and the game takes place in real time, but the plot just kept me thinking about "Spawn" and there's already a "Spawn" game available for PSX. which include downhill skiing and speed skating, allows much one-on-one or two-on-two competition.

Worse, the events can get quite long while you wait for everyone to finish. There are 16 countries represented and some new extreme sports, like half-pipe snowboarding. "Golden Nugget" (C): Ever wanted to go to Las Vegas or Atlantic City but couldn't afford it? Well, Virgin Interactive delivers 16 classic casino games, from craps to video poker, on this PSX title. This is realistic, Vegas-style gam bound to career aspirations believe they need at least four years of college to reach their your way through five well-rendered 3-D worlds. During your chase through the mazes you can perish because of a trap door or a falling platform, but this is about the only flaw here.

The game play does slow down at times, but this shooter is so intense that the slow moments seem much slower than they really are. Overall, if you like shooters, there's only "ONE" way to play 'em. "Nagano Winter Olympics" (B-): This is available for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 for Konami. We got only the Nintendo 64 version, and if you play it alone, youU marvel at the bright graphics and how real everything seems. But if you play with a group of friends as you should be able to do with an Olympics title you may get bored.

Unlike Konami's Summer Olympics effort in 1996, none of the 12 events, Don't miss this 'ONE' By Langston Wertz Jr. Knight Ridder Newspapers You've seen PlayStation games like "ONE" (B) before. You know, you point and shoot at everything that moves. But Tve rarely played one that I enjoyed so much. Maybe it was an innovation from ASC Games that I liked something called a rage meter.

It increases your power and abilities depending on how fast and active you are. This is also a deep game. You ride on top of trains aiming your weapon at the bad guys wearing Bandicoot-like jet packs. You flip, climb, slide and blast say career goals should be by age 16 or younger S33 bling, down to odds, payoffs and rules (meaning you won't win much here, either). A nice 3-D graphics machine takes you inside the glitzy casino RATINGS: the best available, must have; excellent; average; Di below average; forget it Langston Wertz Jr.

reviews video games for The Charlotte Observer. Write himatP O.IInx Charlntit NC have held at least one job SOURCE: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. survey of 801 15- to 31-year olds.November to December 1996 ana mere more man minutes of live-action video, i 28230 or e-mail him at PAUL TRAP KRT januarycharlotte.wfi.net C3I CT3.