Ultraviolet

The International Conference “Ultraviolet Properties of Evolved Stellar P- ulations” held in Puerto Vallarta, M´ exico on April 16-20, 2007, is the s- ond ”New Quests in Stellar Astrophysics” event, sponsored by the Instituto ´ Nacional de Astrof´ ?sica, Optica y Electr´ onica (INAOE) and the University of Guadalajara(U.deG.).

Ultraviolet opener ‘Dancing on Broken Glass’ is driven by a pulsating keyboard motif and deals squarely with past, present and future relationships, a theme echoed in the next track ‘My Dark Disquiet’, which if possible goes at even faster pace, again heavily keyboard driven and backed with an orchestral sweep and some more suitable background guitar work. ‘False Kings’ has the grandiose scale of an attempt at a Bond theme whilst ‘Fool’s Paradise’ which follows, has the urgency attack of a race car driven by a simple piano triplet and brought back vague memories of an A-Ha chorus. The repeat guitar motif of ‘Standstill’ has been lifted wholesale from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers ‘Under The Bridge’, perhaps deliberately, perhaps not and deals with not taking your chances when they’re presented to you. A lesson we can all learn. ‘The Sweet Escape’ starts with an 80’s synth drum machine and simple guitar picked out through the drum pattern and a building choral background.