For the week of Oct 15-21 The Lumberjack Happenings; Page 2 covePjsroKY Turning O •'in O out the Harkins Flagstaff Luxury 11 Seven Years In Tibet tl Woodlands Village Bvld 774-4700 Brad Pitt is very selective in the roles he Devil’s Advocate (R) chooses to play. He could get roles his entire Pimps 12:30, 1:10, 3:40,4:20,6:50,7:35,10 life as a “teen heart thresh." Yet, he is discrimi­ Out of Europe comes the nating in his choices and the public respects him Sneaker Pimps, 80s pop music & (10:40, 12:45 a.m. Fri. & Sat. only) for it. He’s been heralded as an up and coming with a pimp-hot twist. Playing God (R) male star since “Thelma & Louise,” and that (11:35 Sat & Sun. only),1:40, 4:45, was 10 years ago. It's time for Brad Pitt to break I met up with Sneaker Pimps • Dylan Simmons out with an Oscar-worthy effort if he’s going to at the soundeheck prior to the 7:45, 10:30 & (12:35 a m. Fri. & Sat. be remembered. I thought he did it with “Leg­ bands show Monday at Happenings reporter only) ends of the Fail,” but I was in the minority. Don’t Gibson’s in Tempe. The band, Seven Years in Tibet (R) forget that he’s on the business side of 30 and full of English Class walked he’s not getting any younger. “Seven Years in around Gibson’s flaunting its the Pixies, the Cramps, to Nick (11:10 Sat. & Sun. only),12:55, 1:55, Tibet” is not his blockbuster role. brilliant English accents, was Drake and Afrika Bambaata the 4:10,5:10,7:10, 8:10 & (10;20 Hie movie is a true account of Austrian excited to see the line of glitter Pimps sure have made it work. & 12:10 a.m. Fri. & SaL only) mountain climber Heinrich Harrer’s adventure punks and go-go girls that were The band has also recorded Kiss the Girls in the closed city of Lhasa in libet-the home eagerly waiting for the doors to songs for three different movie (R) of the Dalai Lama. Along the way he finds a open. soundtracks including The (11:25 Sat & Sun. only),1:25, 1:55, humility that he lost before his journey and rec­ The five piece, , Saint, Life Less Ordinary, and 4:30,5:10,7:20,8:10, 10:10 & onciles the loss of his wife and new bom son to keyboardist; Kelli Dayton, vo­ they collaborated with Marilyn (12:10, 12:40 a.m, Fri. & Sat. only) divorce. This difficult journey is accomplished cals; Chris Comer, guitarist; Joe Manson for the soundtrack to LA Confidential in part through the spiritual guidance of the Wilson, bass and Dave Westlake Spawn. (R) youthful Dalai Lama himself, who remains on drums, have had a rapid rise “I feel that there is no reason 12:20,3:20,6:30,9:30 & (12:15 a.m. friends with Harrer to this day. to the top, so the lines already to go into a collaboration where Fri. & Sat. only) This movie is set in the late ‘30s and early forming at Gibson’s was no sur­ the music is completely even. The Edge (R) ‘40s during the Chinese conversion of all of prise to the band, The Sneaker We thought working with mainland China to communism under MaoTse Pimps started out as a two piece would be a 12:10,3, 6:40, 9:50 & (12:30 a.m. Fri. Tung. The story follows the same premise of with Howe and Comer, who nice twist. It was his song, & Sat. only) “The Last Emperor,” from the view of the grew up in the backstreets of “Long Road Out Of Hell.” It The Peacemaker (R) people of Tibet, and the deposition of the Lama. Hartlepool, England. was all quite healthy, and the 1, 3:50,7, 9:40 & (12:25 Fri. & SaL Of all the things he does well, accents are not “It started out with me and three days in the studio were 011 Brad Pin’s short list. He BUTCHERED an Liam in a bedroom making up fun. We met cool people except only) Irish accent in “The Devil’s Own,” and he does the beats. A little Pimps secret for him (Marilyn Manson). We The Game (R) an even worse job with an Austrian accent in is that the lyrics and the music had to leave before the mixing 12:40,6:20 & (midnight Fri. & Sat. this movie. Swarzenegger does a more convinc­ were written before Kelli came was done and by the time it went only). ing American than Pitt does an Austrian. along. And from there we put out, we barely were presented Still, he has a charm that makes him easy to out a demo and things blew up, on the song. It was not very rep­ The Full Monty (R) like and he has some good scenes with David we evolved to a five piece and resentative of the Sneaker 3:30 & 9:15 Thewlis in the picturesque Himalayas. The signed with Virgin Records, in Pimps. He really is a pain in the movie is not engaging enough for the two and less than a year after forming,” ass, he is so serious about him­ Prochm >\\ I lu a t.er a half hours that it rates, but taken for* hat it is, Comer said. self. At the end of it all we it’s worth seeing. Their debut album Becoming wanted our names off the NAU North Union 523-6904 Anthony del Rosso/Happenings X is a world-wide sensation that project, but by that time three Closed for the weekend has been compared to quarters of a million copies had Morcheeba. Massive Attack and already gone out before they Portishead. could get our names off of it,” “People kepi comparing us to Comer said. all these trip-hop bands that For now the Sneaker Pimps have female singers. But I do are looking forward to going not think it was like that we home for a break, and then com­ rizona's Art were interested in male singers ing back to the United States as much as female singers it just around Christmas for a possible happened to feel more natural tour with Beck. Museum V Vri/Mtnt this way. Kelli is really English, “He wants to play with him Highway 180 774-5211 17 N . San Fransisco St. 773-0958 the way she sounds. We were again in January, and that is a not about the soul thing like very nice compliment. But I Portishead we were into the 80s doubt if we want to play with ______PhocriK Art Mihi tnn Exhibits: “Quilting From the October artists of the month: pop music. We wanted to be him again. It is nothing to do honest about the rout we took, with him, his music or crowds. 1625 N Central Ave. 257-1222 Hopi Nation” through October. George Avetbeck and Stewart we were not going to force the We just sort of felt like we were Wolf. soul thing and pretend like we the wrong band to play with Exhibit: “32nd Annual listened to James Brown,” Cor- him. I do not think we suit him, Cowboy Artists of America we do not sort of suit anyone,” Sale and Exhibition.” With influences ranging from Comer said. If you wotUd like U>satunit informationHappenings to the contact Jeff Bell P.O. Box 6000 Flagstaff. Az. 86011