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Take a thrift-store jump suit and dive into the reflectin, pool/lagoon for that fresh “slimed’ feeling.

Grab some Saran Wrap and go as Saran Wrap Man and ’lastic Boy.

Failed to keep up on your blonde highlights? How 'bout masquerading as a pre-dyejob Gwen Stefani and No D oubt? Completely broke? No worries, just go out in your nor­ mal gear and if anyone asks, just say you are a washed-up Santa Barbara band.

Really short on dough? Don a baseball cap, draw in Of course, you could always go as the Spice Girls. I some fake facial fuzz and throw up the West side. Sinbad.

t’s two years ago tonight. As a build­ style, their flared trousers, fisherman caps up to their hire radio broadcast sche- and Vegas-frilly lounge shuts. They were I ■ doled to start in about an. hour, Man*' jealous of their chest hair. But most of all sun, from Chester, dm Northern English Hard Rock Life they were hated for being different— for city famous for its* Roman nuns, has being a rock band. woxk»i diligently over the last finyjttaati» Artsweek's Jolie I. Lash warms up with the Stove “Rock is quite a dirty word in England to release ¿heir first two singles on their indie musicscene was leftwith a misunder-' frontman and* main songwriter' Fatal really * begins the boyishly dfranning own Sci-hi-fi records: die Twisted faster- stood blur record and a bunch of boys in Stove, bassist for the (now) four piece. “Ifs on-add-like "Take I t Easy Chadba^* and -skinny ties and pigeon-toed boots who Chad, bassist the disco Stove King and re­ uncool to bein a rock band ...you've got to die sardonic look at the pop-star, groupie* crooned and fbpped around abittoo much. cent addition drummer Andie Kafhbone, h e ld * (drifiaxantf category. filled life, "Skin-Up Pin-Up * ; - And then, like a spitin the eye, there was Mansun has held strong over the last two “Th e press just slagged tut off They Tonight the unsigned band is headlin­ years playing music in the direction Oasis hated tire singles. They gave us bad re­ ing the national radio station’s "Camden by The Verve (a song about a man and a should lave gone after that band's brilliant views. Live reviews were awful and all the liv e; *9S" a weeldong series o f five con­ sun}, their attitude and thriving beats set to first effort^ Definitely Maybe. But those two hands that were given good reviews, some certs from London featuring die current guitars with the energy (bat not the horn* years were pretty rough- hype-able groups Cast, Whale, {’wiotever ble distortions) of (dare 1 say it) a metal The press hared them. The other bands ing... {and] six, seven months later (those] happened to) Mcnswear, Drugstore and the band came at you from left field. Led by hated them- They hated ¿hour retro dresfrj other hands just died.” , (terrifically lovely) Longpigs, Mansun has come out ahead Site the j AfWu an cvemng of sitting in what has to long-distance runners in a marathon ¿Bed be the coldest L-snaped box of a room, the with sprinters. Thrive weathered the tide land of accommodation (if you could call it that) that would make a tripled-up Santa bizarre ’80s Duran Duran gender-bending Barbara dorm room look like die penth­ “romo” phase that garnered the attention ouse suite at the Hilton, in die middle of of die British press for all of two months-1 hicksville England (yes, it really docs exist), Although still surviving, despite waves a loud bunch of Northerners burst onto the o f make-up, spandex and Spandau Ballet, radio and proceed to break die sound bar­ they have made some changes. Thejfte j rier. Brimming with attitude and sneering changed their dress sense a bit Theyvu in ways only working-class Northern Britt changed the way the craft songs somewhat, can, Mansun, in a mere five songs, takes but their more recent stateside five shows, over the coigns of UK Rock'n* which were previewed over die airwaves After Oasis lost th a t working-class and in tiny English hole-in-the-wall clubs roots and opted fbt a washed-out upper- filled with only 12 people in early Novera- crust rock (AKA a pop record) sound on 1 * ' ; See MANSUN, p^A Whafs the Story? Morning Glory the British 2A Thursday, October 30,1997 Daily Nexus

years later, but nothing re­ ally interesting happened in She's (Not So) Unusual Devil in a Black Dress that whole chunk of time in between. Elvira was a heavy- If another filmmaker forces us to listen to mildly masquerading as a love story. As Do the names Maila the dark, Vampira hosted metal hessian’s wet dream, Cameron Diaz sing karaoke one more time O’Reilly, Hunter and her heaven-sent part­ Nurmi and Cassandra her own late-night show, and yet she possessed the I’m going to shoot someone. ner Jackson (Delroy Lindo) make ill-fated Peterson produce any ex­ tantalizing viewers with same mass appeal and for­ Robert, attempts to attract the young slackers to each citement, any sudden spark cheesy horror flicks and her mula for success that Vam­ other through a series of staged catastrophes. in your heart? If so, then you slinky yet scary outfit. Even­ pira had years earlier. Kidnapping. Blackmail. After all, there is a new incentive program are one of the lucky (and tually, the same lucid erotic­ Beginning in 1981, she Extortion. for angels in the place above the clouds: Do morbid) individuals who ism that provoked Id-driven was hosting “Movie Maca­ Karaoke. your job or be stuck “down there, forever,” as know these aliases are more viewing led Vampira into fi­ bre,” a late-night show not Did I leave anything out? the angel Gabriel (Dan Hedaya) so elo­ commonly referred to as nancial peril, and into ap­ much unlike Vampira’s. — Celine quently puts it. Vampira and Elvira, pearing in Ed Wood Only now, boobs, rather Yeah. Hunter drives the film’s strong moments respectively. masterpieces such as “Plan 9 than the actual horror films, Done. as a holy Bob DeNiro-ish, “Cape Fear'’ cru­ History lesson #1: Who From Outer Space.” were the focal point of the Done before. sader, climbing onto moving vehicles, get­ would have thought that the program. A 1992 episode, Done better. ting mauled by shovels, slugged by Ewan combination of sex and showing “The Mad Magi­ Done a hell of a lot better. McGregor (Robert) and Cameron Diaz death would have become so cian” was Elvira’s big break. (Celine), all the while struggling to force the popular in 1950s TV Land? The entire episode was If you’ve seen “Trainspotting,” “Shallow two generationally embarrassing losers into During the day, nuclear shown in 3-D, and if you are Grave” or “My Best Friend's Wedding,” recognizing their need for one another. families immersed their familiar with the size of El­ well, then there is almost no reason to see Director Boyle is damn lucky that moving brains in the candy-coated vira’s assets, you’ll have no Danny Boyle’s “A Life Less Ordinary,” un­ less of course you go simply to see the to big Hollywood-studio financing allowed sludge of “Leave It to problem understanding why angelic, sexually charged (viz. “The Piano”) him to court an actress like Holly Hunter, for Beaver,” but when mom and a reported 2.7 million 3-D Holly Hunter get all charged up. without her the pitch “A love story from the Billy went night-night, dad Just when late-night au­ glasses were sold that week. In fact, it is Ms. Hunter who saves the filmmakers of Trainspotting,” would be a stayed awake, cracked open diences thought they had “Elvira, Mistress of the drama from being a completely unho- total disgrace instead of a just a big reputa­ a beer, and made obeisance seen the last of Dracula sans Dark” was her only feature mogenic sequence of music videos, only tion stain. — The ordinary Jolie I. Lash to Vampira. a penis, Elvira popped onto film, and once again, if As the original mistress of the scene. OK, it was 30 you’ve seen it, youll know why. There was even a per­ fume aptly named Evil by Keenin' It Neil Elvira introduced 1990, but the company went bankrupt “A Year in the Horse,” lacldes set up his gear, see and for all exactly how "Marriage is not a basic « the next year. Hmmm. In a Neil Young and Crazy Neil get really drunk, see trashed you can be and still fact o f nature, it's an * rather sad ending, Elvira Horse on the road —- swe­ Neil and his band of fellow play to a crowd of thousands. ® plastered her booby ... uh, aty, bumed-out old farts burn-outs keep rocking your At least one positive thing invention. It's like the body on beer advertisements playing guitars; what more lame ass! that must be added here is infield fly rule. It exists 8 and remains a Halloween really needs to be said? If you “A Year in the Horse” the gesture of genuine good­ only because women say so, fixture at Knott’s. didn’t like Neil Young be­ drags through a series of will from Mr. Young him­ and like idiots we just go 6 While stealing a character fore this movie, you prob­ anecdotal interviews with self for sparing everyone’s following along." 0 may be commonplace on ably won’t like him after this the band, some extremely ears and not including television — circa now, ev­ movie, either. long-winded live clips, and a another 10-minute version —Jack Lemmon 5 ery avid viewer must ask Here is a movie where you few comical flashbacks of “Rocking in the Free themselves if Halloween know precisely what will caught on Super-8 video. World.” If you don’t already HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE * would ever be the same transpire long before the The flashbacks of Neil and dig on Neil Young, save your without Cassandra Peterson lights in the theater even be­ the boys during the late 70s cash and go find some other to put the “Oh!” back in gin to dim. Here it is in a and ’80s are probably the way to waste two hours of jack-o-lantem. nutshell: see Neil get off the only seducing elements of your life. UX.DXO — Tony Boo-gdanovski tour bus, see Neil’s little this movie, shovtiiig once — Robert Hanson 99.9 K1YD 99.9 K1YD Listen to Win K TYD ’S trip for 2 to Hawaii & tickets to see the Rolling Stones with Jonny Lang January 23,1998 at Aloha Stadium 9 . 9

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irector Andrew “Gattaca” has all the ear­ Niccol’s film “Gat- marks of being a great film. D Hawke holds the picture taca” is both a fasci­ S'nilledl nating film that lingers on together, and shows flashes the mind, and a generic re­ of greatness. Thurman tread which ultimately shines as Irene, perfectly . __ _ Ö : ^ 0 O makes it forgettable. seeping emotion out of her > < b T O D A Y ! In “the not-too-distant- cold exterior. Also notewor­ ^ 52 f l u í I 2 § 7S S ** future” of “Gattaca,” people thy is a hypnotic score by = 12 § are genetically engineered to Michael Nyman, and JS C3 be perfect. Those who are understated sets by Jan I e 2 & S t a r k e made the good-ol’ fashioned Roelf. way (“de-gene-erates,” “in­ O f course, the whole pro­ valids”) now make up the duction screams “Brave New lower class. One such “in­ World,” but the difference

Isla Vista may not be the scariest place to spend this Hallo­ ween, as terror takes over theme parks throughout Southern California. Although the three main theme parks prohibit patrons from dressing in costumes, they still provide those too-old- to-trick-or-treaters with some freaky fun. At Knott’s Scary Farm in Buena Park, revelers can enjoy the 25 th Anniversary Halloween Haunt, The Shiver An­ niversary of the what the park publicity people claim is “the biggest, scariest and most famous Halloween party in the world.” For $31.95 in advance ($36.95 the day of the event), s T o m you can amuse yourself wtith their 11 walk-through mazes and re-themed rides, two theme “scare zones,” seven live shows and more than 1,000 monsters. PLAZA For a frightening $32 one can head off to Halloween So L.A. Horror Nights at Universal Studios, in Universal City. There you can experience “a night of pure terror... things you Not up for the cruising Tues. N wish only happened in the movies,” or so they say. DP drunk, puking on a cop’s Bugs Bunny’s Magic Mountain in Valencia is hosting shoes, getting hauled off to Flightiest for a mere $35, which will feature the Chainsaw jail thing this year? Then 12:00 NOON Juggler, Roadkill Kitchen, the High Sierra Hypnotist and perhaps a trip south, as far Debbie the Demon Destroyer. dowrn south as the good old food aod drink specials ai Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster outlets or seedy bowels of California, C hi lit«* at the parks’ box offices. namely Los Angeles, will —-Alexis “I’m going camping” Klippini give you a Halloween presented by weekend to remember. 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Open Space,” Mansun has gone through FREE ADMISSION WITH THIS U n iv e r s ity MANSUN some changes over the past few years. These ^EXCLUDING SPECIAL EVENTS C e n te r ■ Continued from p.lA changes are reflected on the record. Begin­ ber ’95, are still as solid as ever. It is their live ning with an epic orchestral number, Man­ Immediate stamina and strength that has kept this band sun tacks on tracks of desperation and loath­ looking forward instead of returning singer/ ing, along with the older, more sarcastic tales Openings songwriter/guitarist Paul Draper and Stove of life in shitsville. Yet they are all beautifully Several part-time held together by the threads of rock ‘n’ roll. to their jobs as Mac programmers at a design positions company, or returning guitarist Dominic Orchestras and rock ‘n’ roll? Sounds like a available for Chad to his former occupation as a bar GNR overproduced epic doesn’t it? In fact, manager. “The Chad Who Loved Me” is a song eleg­ 221 MONTECITO ST. Operations “The live thing is the best thing we can of­ ant enough to put on a thoroughly redeem­ SANTABARBARA Assistant fer,” Stove said. ing epic tear-jerker or, as the boys of Man­ 568-1620 Between the hours of: “Last year in England we played over 200 sun, and especially Stove would like, a James Fraternity Party Accommodations 6:00am-ll:00pm gigs. W hen we weren’t recording in the stu­ Bond film. M-F • Nude Table Dancers dio we were gigging. W e did about four sup­ “We had a rock track and we recorded it in Applications port tours. Four of our own tours. ... W e the studio and we were messing about and • Topless Couch Dances available in started playing to like I’m a big James Bond Afternoons & Evenings Daily UCen Administration 10 people and now fan, and we were • Open from Noon until 3am Office • Friday & Saturday Evenings we’re playing to 3,000 throwing around the (main level -- room 2264) • 12 noon-2am All Other Days people and we just names of all the James gigged and gigged Bond [films] and [I] • Wednesday: $500.00 Exotic Amateur Contest and gigged. So many threw in Chad. The people have seen us. Chad That Loved N O W HIRING DANCERS We’ve toured with Me,’ ‘Man With the Sleeper... the Charla­ Golden Chad,’ ‘Live tans .. Cast, and the and Let Chad.’ people that go and see “We liked ‘The those bands see Chad That Loved there’s a band Man- Me’ and we thought, sun that’s supporting. ‘Let’s try and get this “People remember into a James Bond- C o ß O * U S us ’cos we’re a great type tune,’ so the next band live ... and I thing was to get an or­ F oSTeb ffoTS think that worked ’cos chestra. ... That’s my when the album came Mansun: like a spit in the eye favorite track,” Stove out [in Britain in smiles. SFecU l t y Sj o t S March] it went straight to No. 1.” Mansun is expected to return stateside la­ And what an album. Since the band’s first ter on this fall, which in record-company EP “Take It Easy Chicken,” which starts speech means early next year. Surprise, sur­ Feom 9-11 Fm with Speak and Spell beeps that explode into a bombastic guitar fury, to the bands more prise, they’ll be playing live, and that’s the recent introspective, the soft-spoken “Wide best way to hear ’em. Contest! Contest! Contest! We’ve got goodie bags of know: tell us: stuff to give away for the old Who is the president of Under what tower is Arts- but young art heart. Associated Students? B week located? 2. For a really cool M an* E nter'to win by simply ■ Good hick. answering as many ques­ sun gas-stadon-attendaat- The Treat part of this tions as you like. Then e- like shirt answer' the contest is open to all readers mail ([email protected]), following: of Artsweek dead and alive. fax (893-3905) or drop your What is Stove’s real Contest is also open to em­ answers at the Daily Nexus name? ployees and family members under Storke Tower. But 3. Win tickets to the Roll­ of the Daily Nexus. Rolling beware, this is a Trick or ing Stones in Prussia if you Stones contest - is not,'not, Treat contest. know: not, not open to readers or 1. A&M cassette samp­ - What is leather made out family members of readers lers featuring Dubstar and of? of the Daily Nexus. Thank Tonic are available if you 4. “A Life Less Ordinary” poster can be yours if you can you for your patronage. THE MOST INVIGORATING, DEEPLY ENTERTAINING AMERICAN MOVIE THIS YEAR SO FAR!” David Ansen, NEWSWEEK

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