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Everything sounds better in a dance club coming through eight-foot speakers and $50,000 sound systems. Mind Set Out's techno/rave likewise probably sounds great in its intended natural environment. Especially after you've downed a couple of "smart drinks." Once you try these booming, sterile sounds on your home-entertainment system, it all seems a trifle silly. "Better" boasts a guy singing "I look down at your shoes and I can tell that I'm bettah than you! Bettah than you! Bettah than you! Bettah than you!" Who needs that kind of berating? Lily Tomlin once had a line about pairing up all the crazy people who talk to themselves so it would look like they were carrying on a conversation. While we're at it, maybe we should pair up all the one-man synth bands so they'd be forced to write songs someone else on the planet could enjoy listening to or playing along with. Call 437-9359.