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THE BOSTON GLOBE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1996 Still hot, Peppers show more depth The Controversial New Film from Julianna Lavin By Jim Sullivan GLOBE STAFF RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS At: the FleetCenter with Silverchair and tlie Rentals, last night (at Worcester" Centrum Feb. 12) Wondrous and magical!" lohn Pr Irakis, OIK AGO TWBUNfc "Unforgettable!" Peter SlJik. SAN KAN (I SCO CHRONIC IE MHIttiHMIIMIIBHB Daily 12 rulouAoKTrt WEST NEWTON I Daily 3'406 HARVARD SQ. iimmmiwimii 12:40 a.wi.o.w iBmicmi umuoi tout! 16 49:15 I 864-4580 1 1 964-6060 I 0.35 i rt' iLiveNudeQris that includes their thirtysomething peers original "funkateers" from the early, nasty days and a broad audience that glommed onto sex symbolsensitive soul Kiedis when the Peppers scored big in 1992 with the junkie lament "Under the Bridge." Last night's show at the sold-out FleetCenter was more streamlined and hit-oriented than some past shows less monkeying about on jams and more punch and focus. There were some deviations from recorded form, not all of them rave-ups; some of them were came in "Give It Away," a workout between Flea and new guitarist Dave Navarro that had a satisfying, mellow character.

"Warped" possessed a spine-tingling, shimmering quality: a feeling of real need and dependency from Kiedis in the line "Hold me, please, I'm feeling cold." In a recent interview, Flea discussed the band's attempt at merging warmth and aggression. It would seem, if the first two-thirds of last night's show is any example, they're well on the way to that goal. Why just two-thirds? Only because the projected 90-minute show a triple bill with the Rentals and Silverchair started late and deadline beckoned long before the Peppers were ready to cede the stage. (The band was joined sporadically by two backup singers, a guy and a gal, marking a first in the boys' club, a female semi-Pepper.) Our consort, left on site, reported an audience-participation rendition of "Under the Bridge," a sing-along and sway-along song if there ever was one, and, later, some GBArc Volunteers needed to visit and accompany adults with mild mental retardation on community outings in and around Boston. Call Joanne Spector at the Greater Boston Association for Retarded Citizens Inc.

at 783-3900. Greater Boston Food Bank. Needs group or individual volunteers to repack food for the hungry. Flexible hours; days, evenings and Saturdays. Call 427-5200, ext.

167. JRI Health. Volunteers needed to provide companionship, shop, drive and help with daily tasks for the Home Care Project, an alternative AIDS program of JRI Health. Call May Baldwin at 457-8148, ext. 325.

American Red Cross. Needs volunteers to teach English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. A 10-week commitment begins mid-March. Classes are taught in the evening and on Saturdays in downtown Boston and in Somerville. Call Vida at 375-0700, ext.

280. Thyroid Foundation of Ameriea. Volunteers needed to assist with mailings, answering telephones and other office activities; flexible hours. Call Sarah Chervin at 726-8500. RESOLVE.

Seeks volunteers for office work or peer counseling on the national HelpLine. Three-hour, flexible shifts available; training provided: Call Karen Cox at 623-1156. Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. Volunteers needed to read, write letters, drive and shop with people who are blind and visually impaired. Call Elaina Smoody at 727-5550, or (800) ext.

4227. Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the new mature Red Hot Chili Peppers: It took them just one song, Miicir the suggestive IUH funk-stomper ReVieW "Suck My Kiss," before they echoed Spinal Tap Boston's "not a good college town," opined bassist Flea -and launched into a boastful chant about the four band members having the largest of appendages. It took a few more songs before singer Anthony Kiedis and Flea discussed an afternoon tryst they'd had with Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Punching Bag). That wasn't the only homosexual reference these sly heteros made.

Flea also sang the poigant mid-set solo number, "Pea," in which he went after the macho and homophobic among those who populate Pepper-land. Oh, those Peppers. Truth be told, they are more mature these days. More progressive, too, as they've grown beyond white-boy funkpunk and into pop and psychedelia. They write sensitive ballads and hard-edged rockers about lives led as misfits.

Even a light song like "Aeroplane," the second number, features the knowing line "I like pleasure spiked with pain." It's a complex world out there, suggest the Peps. It's a ribald show, still a bare-chested carnival of hyperactive loons but it's not the frat party or brat bash of yore. Also, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are playing to an audience Day, whsdda ya ssy I get scmecns else to wcfdi the sheep tonight?" If ft i Son's suicide almost made her follow NOW cdPIJYPLicE KM PLAYING I'-Sgtlbrll 9Ao I GINflll CINIMit I I CIMflU 1 I SOKT tHIMtfS BRAINTREE 10 BU8UNGT0N 10 FRESH POND Kttta iu hi tin ia nwMiu m-1070 I 239-9300 I 1 661-2900 Sltfflil OWMM 1 ISHOWCiU CINIMAtl I WtOWt FtAMiNOHAM 14 DEDHAM WOBURN ftn U) WO ITI. 1 ft 1 HIT HA lit Ill HIT 11 1 ITI.M 1 508 621 1-4404 1 1 326-4955 1 933-5330 CINIMAI "SOUY 1 10MT THMTIII REVERE SOMERVILLE DANVERS 6 I Muiti N. ii uiiMii' til.

tl in. hit it 286 1660 62( 7000 777 ISJi HI HOC kHMilHHMHHHBH 1 1 arena-shaking bass feedback. You gotta love these guys for the way they pull out the quick-hit pbp quotes: the guitar riff from Nirvana's "Come as You Are" into the start of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," a Buddy Holly "Not Fade Away" lick, a medley'of David Bowie's "Sound Visioii" and Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground," climaxing with a a speedy, hard-core punk flourish. Downside? Still a rough, boomy sound in he cavernous arena. Silverchair the three Australian teens schooled and steeped in Pearl Jam preceded the Peppers with a clamorous hard rock set.

They displayed chops well beyond their years, and had a convincing stage presence. Scary to say, they're a perfect arena-rock band for the '90s. There's angst on parade singer-guitarist Daniel Johns drops words like "massacre" and "execution" and bemoans human indifference but also big rumbling bass riffs, drum rolls and Nirvana-esque guitar squalls. They still haven't won the battle for originality, but their brand of heavy metal thunder connected'. The Rentals, new wavesynth-pop revivalists led by Weezer bassist Matt Sharp, sounded, once again, like the children of the Cars use a prior pun, Rental Cars.

Bouncy and bubbly. "like it or lump it." Joe smells like his stinking cigarettes all the time. This odor is repulsive to me and a real turn-off. 1 can hardly stand for him to touch me. He has chosen to give up closeness and intimacy rather than give up smoking.

I don't want to hurt my children and grandkids, so we continue to live together, and I try to make the best of it. I keep reading that smoking kills over 420,000 people every year, but there are no statistics on how many marriages it ruins. I'll bet the nutti-ber is staggering. Any suggestions? TRYING TO COPE IN SALEM, ORE. I am sure you realize that Joe is hooked.

The addiction to nicotine they say, is more difficult to kick than heroin. Joe is not going to get off the weed without professional help. If he should suddenly become sane on this subject and decide to do something about his addiction, a good physician will help him. He cannot win this battle alone. I wish him luck.

I Dear Ann Landers: If you think it's hard to get a job with a law degree, try with a A in history. Especially if you can't type. Advise college students to major in something useful. Or better yet, go to a vocational school. SMART TOO LATE You may be right.

Thanks. To receive "Alcoholism: How to Recognize It. How to Deal With It, How to Conquer It," send a sell-addressed, long, business-size envelope and a check or money order tor $3.76 (this includes postage and handling) to: Alcohol, co Ann Landers, Box 1 1562. Chicago. IL 6061 1-0562.

on sex abuse Why should a smart girl learn to 'f censor herself and talk down to her companions? As "the Brainiac" irj many of my classes, it took me years to learn that I was not a showofr.w weirdo. I was intelligent, and showed it, just as a girl with a good voice likes to sing. "Can Y'ou Help's" message should have been: "Why does someone using a word you don't knowlpr reading a book you never heard make you feel put down? Would Jou like her to stop talking about whtft she's thinking about just so you Can feel better? We must help all young people be more accepting of differences, whether physical or mental. An intelligent girl who feels secure and accepted will not show off, and her friends who also have good self-esteem won't feel inferior when she uses an unusual word or concept YOURS FOR HAPPIER ITJDS I like your point of view. ThePe is too much emphasis on conformit J.

Kids from different countries or different racial backgrounds know this onlv too well. Send Vj1ers id Ash Bet. The Boston Globe. Boston. M4) 02107 As Bet InlttM.tffilHNtlmk ifth, 3 fSIft S'- STARTS TODAV7 rV-R 290 Harvard SMrootcline 617-734-2500 FOR MORE INFO 617-734-2501 1.

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8 p.m. Tickets $10. A full week's lusting of activities, events and suggestions for leisure appears in Thursday's Calendar magazine. HOYTS MILFORD 3 CINEMAS (5081473-2141 BLACK SHEEP (PG13) 30 WHITE SQUALL (PG13) JUMANJI (PG) GRUMPIER OLD MEN (PG13) 4 45-9 40 WEST Nf T0N CINEMA 1J96 Aasrmgtori Si Route 16 964-6060 DEAD MAN WALKING 30 RESTORATION 1 2:00 2: 1 5-4 30 7 00 9 30 LEAVING LAS VEGAS 1 09 30 LES MISERABLES 3 00-8 45 PERSUASION 2 20-4 35 6 40-8 50 SHANGHAI TRIAD (Final Days') 8 50 only THE POSTMAN 12 40-6 35 TOY STORY 1 00-3 004 TOM4HUCK12 20 NORWOOD THEATRE Ample Pantnio. Whitney WAITING TO EXHALE GRUMPIER OLD MEN 7 Romance SABRINA 9 00 SALEM FUCK Museum Place Mat-1 India Sq.

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After cancer surgery, "Joe" promised to quit. For six weeks while recovering, he didn't smoke, but as soon as he got out of my sight, he started again and lied about it. He swore he wasn't smoking until I caught him. Joe has promised to quit many times, but he's never made an honest effort. I am sick of this filthy habit and his lies.

It has caused many fights. He has high blood pressure and bleeding ulcers but insists he is healthy and that smoking doesn't hurt him. He says that smoking is not a problem for him and that I'm the one with the problem. He intends to continue to smoke and I can teen bordered MM Dear Beth: I just read the letter from "Totally Embarrassed," who has a problem with sweating. I had to write you to tell you about products that help this problem.

We use one called "Certain Dri." It is easily available over the counter. I have been using it for three years, and it has totally cured my underarm sweating problem. If I had known about it in high school, it would have saved me a lot of pain. NO SWEAT IN WESTWOOD Thank you and the many others who wrote in with this tip. And thanks also to those who wrote in with the same plug for Drysol.

Kids should try both, and then use the one that works best for them. Shaking deodorant powder on top of these products can add even more protection. Dear Beth: I have a lot of respect for your culumn, but you gave poor answers to "Can You Help." Why is it such a bail thing for a girl to be smart? Dear Ann Landers: I am the mother of nine children seven boys and two girls. I am 55 and look pretty good, all things considered. In September 1994, one of my sons hanged himself.

I became deeply depressed and couldn't get over the idea that somehow I had failed him. My doctor gave me pills to help me sleep and tranquilizers to get me through the day. Suicide was always at the back of my mind. Instead of taking the sleeping pills, I saved them up. My goal was to accumulate 200.

1 figured that would surely do it. Then, I read your column in the Hartford Courant the day you ran the article "Before You Kill Yourself from Reader's Digest. I took a long look at those pills and flushed them down the drain. Thank you, Ann, for saving my life. With my luck, I would have ended up a vegetable had I taken those pills.

I still have a long way to go, but believe me, I am going to give it my best. I am planning to get some counseling, shape up and be equal to whatever comes my way. Thank you for my life. That was some gift. "KATE" IN CONNECTICUT I am thrilled that you are still among us, but you should thank the Hartford Courant and Reader's Digest I was merely the one who put you together.

And now, I hope the counseling Spanking of Dear Beth: Your response to a letter from a 14-year-old girl who was upset because her stepfather punished her by making her take down her pants and spanking her missed the most important point No 14-year-old girl should be forced to pull down her pants in front of anyone, let alone an adult male. At 14, she is very mature and entitled to her privacy. Therefore, what her stepfather is doing is way out of line! In fact, it borders on sexual abuse. AN OFFICE IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS Y'ou are absolutely right. However, I don't agree with those who think this stepfather Ls a pedophile.

Rather, he believes a so-called good old-fashioned spanking is the proper way for parents to teach kids. It is not There is tio much violence in our world and it is important to try to stop it especially in homes where there's physical abuse of kids. Sexual abuse would, of course, be etjually despicable, and proliably more damaging. I thank all who wrute me to point out the threat of physical abuse here. WHEN IN FLORIDA VISIT UlaftgjisneylBorU.

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