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DAILY NEXUS 2A Thursday, May 14,1992 ore Tom Ball Kenny Sultan Collaboration of Musicians Creates Downhome Blues some reason or another, go through a slow period, and de Bv Jeanine Natale cide to give up music altogether,” Ball said. “It’s a loss for the art world that so many good musicians are stuck being y | ^ om Ball and Kenny Sultan have made music — real estate agents. The key is just don’t ever plan to do any downhome, old-fashioned, good-time blues, to be thing else.” exact — their lives. Both having taken up guitar Sultan agreed with Ball, recalling how he was consider before the age of 12, Ball and Sultan began a rela ing a career in environmental science, but wasn’t really tionship with the blues that has taken diem around the happy with it. “Here I was, having played guitar since I was world, and has seen them play with hundreds of fellow mu seven, and I really hadn’t even played in front of anyone at sicians ranging from Willie Dixon to Bonnie Raitt. HILLARY KAPLOWITZ/Dúly Nema 19. I was terrified,” he said. Becoming a team in 1979, Sultan and Ball say that UCSB Our men Tom Ball (left) and Kenny Sultan. has been a big part of their lives. Their first “big gigs” were Although he went on to graduate as a music major, he playing on the air at KCSB, and with Randy Newman at Stevie Ray Vaughn. “didn’t really know what (he) was going to do for sure, and Campbell Hall a year later. Both also taught through the “Not only was he a true musician, but he was a hell of a just knocked around for a few years, playing and traveling.” Living Arts Program at different times during the nice guy,” Ball said. “I have a lot of respect for him.” Sultan added that getting paid for local gigs was the first mid-1980s. Sultan is himself an UCSB alum, graduating— “He was a musician’s musician,” Sultan added. “When step in realizing that playing music for a living was the way and teaching blues guitar at one point—through the Black we do shows, and the main act is on, I usually leave and to go. Studies Department take a break. But with Stevie, I would sit 10 feet from the Prom there, the key to getting their names known around stage, and eveiy night, he would just knock ’em dead with Becoming partners with Ball also taught Sultan that be town—and elsewhere—was putting out an album of their everything he had.” ing a professional musician is a lot of hard work. “It’s like a songs, 1981’s Confusion. “People might know you locally Although Sultan didn’t make the jump to professional business—you really have to work hard at what you do to and that’s it,” Ball said. “But if you have an album out, and music until he was close to graduating, Ball says he knew keep it going. But if you do, it really pays off.” can get it distributed, people get to know you all over the early on that music was the key to his future. “1 was playing world. It’s like a calling card; it legitimizes your work.” (harmonica) professionally back in high school, and didn’t Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan, who perform every Sun Both musicians cite original blues masters such as Light- really have anything else to fell back on,” he explained. day at the Cold Springs Tavern, will be appearing tonight nin’ Hopkins, Reverend Gary Davis and harpist Sonny Despite his parents’ desire to see him “do something” at 8 p.m. in The Pub with Los Guys. Tickets are Teny as major influences, and say it has been a privilege to with his life, Ball says that by not leaving any back doors $3/general admission, $2/students. Also, look for their play with some true blues giants. But they agree that the open, he forced himself to become a great musician. “It’s a new album, tentatively titled Filthy Rich, to be released in most inspirational musician they’ve ever played with was real crime to see a lot of really talented musicians who, for the coming months. I MUSIC REVIEWS Dead: On the Mary Chain Express Honey’s Dead drives like a runaway Santa Fe Express. pin curves. Unstoppable, but never out of Jesus and Mary Chain On their long-awaited fourth album, the control, the band is quite aware of the Warner Records boys from Britain once again prove they danger of being too reckless: “I gotta taste You’re riding in a freight train through are the masters of their own creation, for it, and now I gotta leave ... die sun’s a winding Rocky Mountain pass. It’s one characteristically combining driving me going down on me,” sings one brother in of those old masterpieces of a train, pow lodies with guitar as grungy as the face of the poignant “Save A Prayer for Me,” a erful and strange in the thin-aired wilder the guy who shovels the coal into the song about the inevitability of death. The ness. The pistons crank out an eternal steaming engine-room furnace. And of album crashes to a close with the track rhythm as the black beast snakes through course there’s feedback, the sound of “Frequency,” a mangled piece of distor hills and valleys. Ta-ka-ta-ka-ta-ka-ta- wailing brakes, unable to stop the driving tion which brings back the haunting lyr ka. beat. ics, “I want to die just like Jesus Christ...” Or maybe you’re just listening to the More melodic than the band’s last al in a screeching, feedback-filled finale. Jesus and Maty Chain. bum Automatic (1989), tracks like the Whew. Honey’s Dead, the latest effort by the tender “Almost Gold” slow down just influential and eccentric Reid brothers, enough to prevent disaster on those hauv —Bonnie Bills Nice cover? William Clarke’s Blues Intentions Are All Right Serious Intentions perfect blues voice, Clarke’s second Alli ing horn section. music. Clarke, who had spent 20 years as William Clarke gator album fits perfectly. If there is a real drawback here, it stems Alligator Records a blue-collar working parent prior to There are no tracks that leap out and from the fact that the majority of the heading out in the music world, tells the Blues are blues. Either they are played grab you, but that is more a testament to songs are told from one perspective. right, or they are played wrong. There is tales of those who are a little less fortu the album’s consistency than inferiority. Toward the end of the album, the tracks nate than the listener. Despite the little very little middle ground. The leadoff track, “Pawnshop Bound,” start to sound alike. William Clarke is on the right side. bit of repetitiveness, he makes you glad sets the tone for the album quite well, Nonetheless, Serious Intentions com that he quit his day job. Armed with his harmonica and a nearly from the opening guitar riff to the back- municates the meaning behind the —Ross French
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lowing into town L’Eau Rouge Album of the sample-oriented. Why did 1 » I Z Z A this week from the Year in its annual wrap-up you use samples for the remote wilds of issue wall-of-guitar sound ex Is la V ista Extravaganza 92 Grand Prize Raffle- B Switzerland are The recently released plored on T. V. Sky and not Two Bungee jumps for two provided by Santa Barbara Bungee the Young Gods, a criti T.V. Sky is a departure for the real thing? First Prize- Three month membership at G oleta Valley Athletic Club cally acclaimed trio com the Young Gods. While re Reise: If you have the real SPECIAL THANKS TO: Chums. Bullfrogs. A.S. Finance Board, and UCen CHnlng Services posed of vocalist Franz taining the vast array of thing, it’s less dynamic. I Reise, keyboardist Al samples arid the abrasive can’t play guitar anyway. Mono and drummer Use wall-of-guitar assault of We could have (formed) a Drums. previous albums, the group regular lineup (basic drum Currently in the midst of takes a side-trip into ’70s mer, guitar, organ, etc.) but PONTIAC ALL-STAR a rare U.S. tour in support cock rock territory. Ima the way it is now is good for of their most recent album gine Deep Purple’s arena- us. The edge is there be TONIGHT ! T.V. Sky, the group has friendly guitar sound cause of the use of samples. been around since the mid- mixed with a little bit of the It’s also a part of our sound. eighties. Originally part of Doors’ swagger (especially We used (guitar) on a few of COMEDY the burgeoning European on the 20-minute-long the songs, like for example TOM BALL industrial scene that “Summer Eyes”) and you’U “Gasoline Man,” but we spawned acts like Cabaret have some idea as to what could not have achieved our Voltaire, Front 242 and T.V. Sky is all about It’s a sound without samples. Einsturzende Neubauten, guitar rock album for the ENCORE: I think it’s really TOUR the Young Gods drifted ’90s — all samples, very unique... it sounds like gui away from the tradition little guitar and some stun tars, but the fact that you KENNY FEATURING ally caustic industrial ning vocal work by Reise, aren’t really using them is sound to pursue a more who recently spoke to EN kind of a fresh approach. melodic crossbreed of CORE during a break from Reise: I think so too. You Heavy Metal white guitar the East Coast leg of the know, this rock business is riffs and classical samples. T.V. Sky World Tour. very conservative. SULTAN On albums like their ENCORE: T V. Sky is obvi ENCORE: Especially in self-titled 1986 debut and ously a more straightfor America. its 1988 follow-up, L’Eau ward rock sound for the Reise: America is the land of Rouge, the Gods explored Young Gods. the guitar. If you don’t have fiP this unique form of indust Reise: Yes, that was our a guitar in your hand, you rial cabaret European cri choice. It’s what we wanted can’t be in a rock band. I’m tics enthusiastically to hear, actually — a good not saying (our way) is the lapped it up — England’s rock LP with no samples of way it has to be. I’m just RICH HALL NME called the group’s violins for a change. thinking it’s a fresher sound "Wagner & Vietnam ENCORE: You don’t use approach. OF "SNIGLET FAME exploding together,” while real guitars on the new al WITH Melody Maker nam ed bum. Instead, it’s more See GODS, p.6A ■MUSIC REVIEW Blur Beats the Cliche LOSeilYS Leisure from “Wear Me Down” Blur seems to epitomize cliche SBK Records (“You, you wear me down, et’s just call ’em my defenses are gone now, TONY EDWARDS BRUCE FINE shaggable. and I can’t fight you”) —but Damon’s execution makes L Blur, one out of these silly words sound THU MAY 14 TUE MAY 19 a slew of Manches sublime. ter pop bands, has been Leisure has been de 8 PM THE PUB 8 PM THE PUB dubbed the year’s most scribed as an album of highly “shaggable” band by "doubt, despair and worry.” $2/$3 $3/$5 British teenage enthusiasts duced by Steven Street, who Though a bitter (and rather — but it hasn’t hurt them also produces the majority common) message, Blur’s yet. of the “gloomy but brilliant” happy melodies—as well as Blur’s debut album, Lei Morrissey tracks. their patented Manchester sure, released in 1991, is Damon’s deep whisper beat — make it all the more vocals are distinct, yet remi easy to stomach. ACOUSTICS filled with danceable cuts, niscent of The La’s Jack Blur will perform at the including their hit single WEDNESDAY 5/20 - 4 PM -THE PUB - ALWAYS FREEl “She’s So High.” The album Grisham. Although the lyr Anaconda tonight with is primarily written by voc ics appear to be oversimpli Senseless Things. Word is, alist Damon Albam, who fied and obvious, as is the the show’s a real crowd insistently sings about his case with most pop bands, pleaser. For more informa FOR MORE INFO CALL 893-3536 misfortunes. This would his voice is able to overcome tion call 685-5901. come as no surprise, since this. Por example, a line —Pat Stull the record wasTafgely "pro 4A Thursday, May 14,1992
“When you listen to really great m usic... you come away with a new respect for the crea tor and. a feeling that you've seen how high human creativity can reach." — Alain Johannes (left)
Coming Into Their Own After Touring With the Likes of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, Funk-Pop Rockers Eleven Are on Top Interview by Aaron Cappocchi
leven was bom in others. ENCORE spoke was Jack who introduced our set but I don’t know if fects people’s thought pat the heart of Los with singer/songwriter/ (Pearl Jam singer) Eddie that counts. It’s kind of like terns to see violence on the Angeles in 1990. guitarist/visionary Johan Vedder to Pearl Jam. Jack covering ourselves. screen — they begin to be E Singer/guitarist nes this week about music, and Eddie were friends be ENCORE: What music are desensitized and think vio Alain Johannes and his politics and culture fore, and it was through him you into now? What new al lence is an acceptable friends Jack Irons (drums) ENCORE: You guys are that they got together. bums have you just bought? answer. and Natasha Shneider coming up here this ENCORE: You’ve just re Johannes: Well, the Sound- (vocals, bass and fust ab weekend to play Extrava leased Vowel Movement. garden thing goes way back ENCORE: What kind of out everything else) found ganza. Have you ever been What’s it like? Is it just a — I love them and they like stuff did you listen to when that together, their musical to Santa Barbara before? between-albums kind of us too. Actually, Soundgar you were growing up? Who skills and interests made a Alain Johannes: Yeah. Ac thing or will there be singles den really liked What Is This influenced you file most? complete and beautiful tually, we were just talking or videos from it? and was heavily influenced thing. Their sound is about what a great word Johannes: It’s been out for a by them. energy — positive Jumping Johannes: Well, at the very “extravaganza” is. little while now. It’s just I just got the new They beginning there was the We’ve been to Santa Bar some remixes from the al Might Be Giants album. It’s Beatles — when I was three XTRAVAGANZl bara a few times. We played bum. They’ve got a rougher, got some good stuff on there or four years old. I really FACT h the Anaconda with Mary’s raw sound quality to them. but I haven’t listened to the liked Led Zeppelin, Stevie Danish a few months ago. It comes from playing on the whole thing. I got the new Wonder, and I was into Eleven becomes H That was a cool place. We the first trio to I I road so much in file last XTC — I don’t think it’s as Queen because of Brian headline the show.* * really like Santa Barbara. year. I think we’re a lot strong as some of their older May. Natasha always liked It's beautiful. We like to harder, more aggressive on stuff but it’s pretty good. Stevie Wonder and Led poppy pure energy. Their drive further north some stage than we are on record. ENCORE: Are there any Zeppelin, too. Jack was re debut album Awake In A times, too — like up to ENCORE: Are you writing issues or political ideas that ally into Kiss when he was Dream and the recently re Morro Bay. any new material? the band supports? growing up. In junior high leased EP Vowel Move ENCORE: What is the band Johannes: Yeah, we’re kind Johannes: One thing we re Jack and Hillel from the ment are chock full of hon doing this week, before you of in that transitional period ally stand for is the environ Chili Peppers used to dress est, soulful songs with come up here? Aren’t you between albums. We’ve got mental movement. We also up like Kiss — I think Jack killer hooks — it’s music playing some club dates in three new songs that we’ve believe in the interconnec was Gene Simmons. that sticks to your ribs. L.A.? worked out well enough to tedness of all things and try The history of Eleven is Johannes: We’re playing play on stage. We’ll prob to educate people about ENCORE: What would be multifaceted. Irons and Jo Blak & Bloo on Wednesday ably play them this that. We haven’t done any the one thing you would hannes met in Junior high and we just played last night weekend. benefit shows or festivals want someone to come and formed a band with (Saturday, May 9) at Raji’s. ENCORE: Do you do any yet, though. away with from listening to Flea and Hillel Slovak That was a good show. I cover songs? ENCORE: What do you Eleven? What is your goal (who would both later play Love You played with us, Johannes: Not really. We do think about the situation in or your message, or is there with the Red Hot Chili too. an old What Is This song in Los Angeles the last couple one? Peppers) called Anthem. ENCORE: What’s next? of weeks? Anthem eventually was re Johannes: We’re heading to Johannes: I think it’s amaz Johannes: It’s less of a com named What Is This and the U.K. soon with Pearl ing how thin the veil really municable message than a made a couple albums in Jam. We already supported is. People don’t realize how feeling. When you listen to the 1980s. When What Is them on their U.S. tour. quickly it can all break really great music or see This disbanded, Slovak ENCORE: You’ve toured down. We like to try to find something wonderful you and Irons Joined the Chili with an impressive list of our personal happiness but come away with a new re Peppers (Flea had done the strong and popular bands— we can’t ignore what’s hap spect for the creator and a same earlier). Johannes Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, pening to the people around feeling that you’ve seen how formed Walk the Moon Oingo Boingo, Mary’s Dan us. high human creativity can with Natasha Shneider. ish. What are your impress We try to believe what reach. After Walk the Moon had a ions? Did you get along we’re told—that we live in a successful album and with any of them well? peaceful democracy with a Everyone expresses that Interviev song, the group broke up. Whom did you like best or benevolent government — feeling in different ways at a Irons left the Chili Peppers worst? but that’s not true. There’s show. Some clap, some A nalysis after Slovak’s death and Johannes: We got along an unbelievable amount of dance, and some get into Review. Eleven was bom. well with all of them — unrest and greed through swirling mosh pit action. All Eleven will play this that’s why we tour together. out our society. When those things are beautiful ri It’s the Last W year’s Extravaganza on the Pearl Jam and Soundgarden graphic violence is glorified tualistic ways of expressing Faculty Club Green this especially like us and sup in movies and popular cul yourself while listening to UCSB’s Annua Saturday with Fungo port us and we completely ture it has an effect on our music and it gives me a real Mungo, Evil Farmer and reciprocate that In fact, it nation’s subconscious. It af rush to see it happen. M usic. Thursday, May 14,1992 5 A Scheduling Conflicts As Major Acts Avoid Campuses, Promoters Argue the Causes. Is the Big Name Show Dead at UCSB? By Dylan Callaghan a s amps are warmed f \ and the lagoon is day’s annuals, when looked dusted off for Sa- back on, will feature far **■ turday’s seventh fewer famous faces. annual Extravaganza, there Geiger, who worked for a are questions in the air ab program board while he was out foe future of rock and m college, insists that foe roll at UCSB. shrinking number of college While this year’s show shows across foe state are will be headlined by foe ac not due to a lack of willing claimed but relatively un bands. Instead, Geiger said, known band Eleven, at many of today’s college or tempts to book high- ganizers lack foe skiO and powered groups like Pearl taste of past organizers. “There aren’t enough good people training foe XTRAVAGANZI new college buyers,” he FACT h said. “It’s a bad cycle.” The Faculty Club M Geiger also recom Green hosts the I ft mended that campus radio third straight year.B ™ stations work more closely with program boards to en Jam proved fruitless. Even sure foe good bands get Ugly Kid Joe — I.V. keg- booked. band turned national pop KCSB Promotions Direc icons—declined to play foe tor Dave Brooks agrees. show, citing scheduling Some money problems conflicts. could be avoided by book Expecting a repeat of numerous explanations for frequently makes college shows due to ever- ing bands people will pay to shows like Extravaganza foe alleged disappearance shows foe most difficult for increasing campus security hear, Brooks said. “It comes ’89, when a diaper-clad of hot acts, few agree on a band to play. demands. down to a lack of know Perry Ferrell and his baby- which one is correct. Soar “The inexperience of col In addition, Voltmer ledge of which bands would band Jane’s Addiction ing talent fees ($20,000 and lege buyers (show oiganiz- blamed lack of student in make good money,” he said. rocked thousands into up for major acts), swelling ers) and their lack of terest in live shows. “It However Brooks did not adulthood, music fans sense security costs, administra decision-making ability ... might be that people would place all foe blame at foe a downturn in foe quality of tive red tape and allegations often causes problems,’’ rather stay home and watch feet of Program Board, ad campus shows. Members of of poor management at Geiger said, explaining that ‘Beverly Hills 90210,’” than ding that campus red tape A.S. Program Board are Program Board are at foe eveiy change in a college see live music, he said, ad and security makes booking quick to point out that foe top of foe list. These facts show must be run through ding that many shows in top acts virtually impossi ’89 show was an anomaly have led some local music numerous campus depart The Pub this year were ble. “I think (Program and a financial disaster. enthusiasts and experts to ments for approval, making sparsely attended. Board) is often just over However, problems conclude that foe big-name the process impossibly In foe past, especially powered by foe bureaucracy booking big-name groups to rock show is all but dead at slow. of foe campus,” he said. campus venues are not iso during foe ’60s and '70s, UCSB. Board Concert Director UCSB students enjoyed a In addition to existing lated to Extravaganza. Mark Geiger, a former Andy Voltmer admits foe spectacular array of live problems, UCSB’s rock Many feel this year marked Triad Artists booking agent ’60s and ’70s saw more scene is not likely to im an all-time low in big cam shows from nearly eveiy hot who brought Jane’s Addic “massive” shows, he blames artist of foe day. Between prove with foe loss of The pus concerts, with the tion to UCSB in ’89, blames present booking difficulties Pub — foe home of weekly laigest concert of foe year— 1968 and 1971 alone, forex- college program managers on soaring costs and cam ample, UCSB was visited by live rock concerts — during Soundgarden at Rob Gym for what he sees as an in pus bureaucracy. Jimi Hendrix, Cream, The foe University Center ex — drawing only slightly creasing unwillingness in “We have a lot of money, Jefferson Airplane, The pansion project over a thousand, and no foe industry to book college but we spend most of it on Doors and Janis Joplin. But Meanwhile, Voltmer rock shows at all held in foe shows. Now a record com free shows,” Voltmer said, while old yearbooks are promises that Saturday’s 5,000-seat Event Center. pany executive, Geiger said adding that “it’s gotten filled with photos of rock show will prove “consis Though experts offer that simple incompetence harder” to get approval for superstars, many fear to tent” with past shows.
Jim Morrison and Robby Krieger (left) and Jefferson Airplane were performers at at UC8B in the ’60s ’70s. Two Sides of Los Guys The Locals’ Demo Features the Political and Lighthearted
Silly America Looming in foe fore oing, has downplayed his foe two aspects of foe Los Guys ground of foe mix is foe role on foe album, keeping band’s personality di Self-produced demo foe fretwork to a minimum inally, foe ram vided. The best songs, and contributing in more however, incorporate bunctious local subtle ways. His occa duo Los Guys has both impulses by getting sional use of distortion political points across F released a demo provides a welcome tape. within a lighthearted con change in color in foe text, such as in “Billy for otherwise acoustic tone of Silly America features President” and “The End foe album, as do his occa of foe World, Part II.” The nine original songs and voice of Jeremy Donald sional vocal harmonies. presents a never-before- son, which is kept mellow prolonged seriousness of foe “America” side could seen side to foe group — and melodious. Lead gui The songs are categor The guys realty like foe music, which consists tarist Harold Lee, re have used a little humor to ized into foe “Silly” side keep things flowing. to lounge pleasantly. of two guitars and a voice, nowned for his on-stage and the more serious is clean and polished^ antics and impromptu sol “America” side, keeping —Alex Maclnnis 6A Thursday, May 14,1992 ¡rent I tBview
front their heritage and de awareness and appreciation cide whether or not to leave of them among Chicanos their family. Maria tries to and non-Chicanos alike. unearth her identity as both “We feel we’re working tow a woman and a Mexican- ard what we see as the ‘new American. America,”’ she said, a more How Else Am I Sup diversified nation which posed To Know I’m Still promotes a healthy respect Alive, written by Evelina of cultures among each Fernandez, is the stoiy of other. Angie, a 48-year-old mother “Teaching is the basic of nine who thinks she’s philosophy of theater,” Es pregnant after having a ro calante said of the El Teatro mantic interlude. The play Campesino view. The com focuses on how Angie and pany was founded during her friend Nellie confront the Great Delano Grape the situation and deal with Strike of 1965 to bring the their own menopausal plight of the Chicano farm crises. How Else takes a workers into the limelight comic look at the situation, El Teatro originally per and Nellie is in for a surprise formed actos, or short skits, when she finds out who the to dramatize the cause of father is. the farmworkers and enter “In a lot of ways we tend tain the workers during the to ignore older people,” Es strike. In 1968, El Teatro ex calante said, referring to the panded its focus to include idea that issues concerning the concerns of urban Chi Maria (Dena Martinez, center) is pulled by her alter egos (Linda Lopez, left, and Wilma older people are often B onet) in Simply Maria. Though the process appears painful, she holds a strange smile. canos as well, and a year la placed on tfie back burner ter the company took the and ignored. How Else ad actos on tour throughout dresses the fact that older the country. El Teatro Cam people still have the same pesino has toured the Un hopes, aspirations and de ited States, Mexico and ta Playing With Culture sires for love as young peo ken six major tours to Eur ple, she said. “Its breaking ope, and continues to tour down some ideas that these and spread their message. El Teatro Campesino’s Performances Preach Diversity women only talk about cooking,” Escalante added. “We are still out here edu CSB will get a taste limelight and raise aware Manager Rosa Maria Esca Josefina Lopez when she The main goals of El cating Chicanos, being of Chicano culture ness of multicultural lante, the plays should ap was only 17 years old, is the Teatro Campesino are to proud of who we are,” Esca when El Teatro diversity. peal to a broad audience, stoiy of a young girl trying to educate people about cul lante said. U Campesino brings El Teatro Campesino will not merely those in the Chi reconcile her family's tradi tural diversity and to en two comic and insightful present two one-act plays, cano community. "Al tional Mexican values with courage young people to Tickets for Saturday’s El plays to UCSB Saturday. written by contemporary though our themes are Chi the American lifestyle she continue their education. Teatro Campesino perfor Founded by writer/ Chicana writers, in Camp cano specifically, (the plays) has grown up with. While it Escalante said that El mance are available director Luis Valdez (Zoot bell Hall, Simply Maria and get past the specificity. ... is the coming-of-age tale of a Teatro aims to educate peo through the Arts and Lec Suit, La Bamba), El Teatro How Else A m i Supposed We feel they have more uni young Chicana, the issues ple about the wide range of tures Ticket Office, or by Campesino is a theater To Know I’m Still Alive. versal themes,” she said. addressed in the play are cultures in our society that calling 893-3535. group organized to bring According to ensemble Simply Maria, an auto universal to young people are ignored and ste Chicano issues into the member and Company biographical play written by eveiywhere who must con- reotyped, and increase —Karen Skanderson ■ * 5? S F when a lot of the critics were using it But we are a rock A p aco p d a On Campus This Week GODS band. 935 Embarcadero Del Norte 685-3112 Continued from p.3A ENCORE: Let’s talk a bit ENCORE: You did a tribute about Europe. All these to Kurt Weill recently. He’s boundaries are supposedly 5/14 THURSDAY obviously a big influence. coming down over there; BLUR Reise: Yes. I like the fact how do you think this will SENSELESS THINGS that in the ’20s he was some affect rock music? kind of pop figure. He was Reise: Well, it’s going to be 5/17 SUNDAY avant garde and pop at the possible to travel around ; THE MENTORS same time. People can still with drugs, (laughs) That’s w/REVEREND relate to that. going to affect the whole BUD GREEN ENCORE: Do you guys music world! But it’s scary have any affiliation with the —you have all these people 5/18 MONDAY industrial scene? Isn’t that who want to get together Y O U N G G O D S kind of where you started and forget about borders. w /O L D out? On the other hand, all these Reise: Yeah, at the veiy little countries want their OTTUSDAY start. But in Europe, indust independence. Nobody ^ S G U Y S t rial bands are different ... knows what’s really hap N AM ED M O more like Neubauten or pening. As a Swiss person, I THE SEXTANTS Throbbing Gristle. Here (in like it, because normally GRACEFUL PUNKS America) you have this label when I want to go and play ‘industrial’ that is put on in countries like England or 5/20 WEDNESDAY Good Costume bands like Nine Inch Nails France, I need a work per CORROSION (From left) Genevieve Anderson, Scott Lawrence and Lauraliisa or KMFDM who, for me, are mit to do it OF O'Connor tackle funny hats and fur in On th e Verge, at the Studio just dance bands. I don’t ENCORE: The British Theatre beginning Friday. Call 893-3535 for more information. mind the industrial tag — music press has always sup CONFORMITY especially in the beginning ported the Young Gods; do 5/22ÍR1DAY you have a loyal following DEFIANCE there because of all the at flN D IC A ( tention they give you? ¿ C r Reise: Melody Maker has INTRINSIC: THE always supported us. They C c jltu b j AW 5/26 TUESDAY £ t sáBr> almost hyped us. But I think it’s a mistake to try and ac RIDE N i i P commodate the press. Actu w /s lo w d tv e Ó o TIME ally the press is just trying; to 5/29 FRIDAY v?VJ ^ J follow what’s happening. r (My attitude is) do what you 2 NICE GIRLS * IX ¿ ¡£ B s = > 4 « jm ^ OF like; have fun with it 5/30 SATURDAY < D t X. ) € —— ENCORE: What do you GWAR t à d !«■■» £ think tiie Young Gods will THE MELVINS % YOUR be doing in 10 years? Reise: I really don’t know. SURGERY v < »*C—» Maybe we’ll exist or not, but e cji r f X I guess I’ll be involved in TESTAMENT PT T f 'L: LIFE music anyway. 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Guy named Joe Hoth or Mot or something else At the time of his death, his following pathetically monosyllabic because “the consisted of middle-aged housewives computer cross-referenced the names.” PAID! from the Midwest As the story goes, he So, let me get this straight. This cop is split his rhinestone-studded jumpsuit one night while in doing some major James Bond work for the FBI—and the the middle of a concert FBI is going to take the time to get this federal agent’s pseu These are the final words from this great man: donym and notity the DMV so they can put the two names Video Underlings, I have something to tell you about together in the mainframe and then hope and pray that foe those news writers at the Nexus. It may shock you, so I will We pay ——y cash for used CD's and tapes. group file agent is dealing with—a national gang with Ma Plus, you'll get an extra 10% discount if you use the do the film review first. fia tie-ins — won’t attempt a check up? cash to buy new CD's and tapes. Recycle your music! I have seen the future and it is Brian Bosworth. I guess that makes sense. After playing in theaters for about five minutes, the Boz’s On the Beer-o-meter, Stone Cold gets a stone 11. A must Stone Cold has come out on video. see. It is your standard “Cop goes undercover to bust Biker/ And about the Nexus. You see, it all started in Azerbaijan morningjory Drug Dealers” scenario. But what makes this film truly ... HEY! What are you doing here? Hey, that’s a gun. OK, great is this: In most bad action films, the viewer can be I'll give Stone Cold a 12. Don’t point that at Trout! Hey! • Open 7 days a week • amused for about 20 minutes, laughing at the bad acting Why am I writing all this down instead of getting the hell and guessing what will happen next. In Stone Cold the out of here? HEY! ... Santa Barbara • 1218 State Street • 966-0266 viewer can be amused by laughing at the bad acting and Isla Vista • 910 Embarcadero del Norte • 968-4665 guessing what will happen next for the full hour-and-a- At this point handwritten text says the following half this film takes to finish. But you see, the producers had no idea what a gold mine “Oh, that was a joke! I am OK now. This is the end of this they had on their hands. In a fit of insecurity, they threw in a column! Goodbye! lot of pointless nudity. Bare female flesh is injected into this f \ ¡ / “DubberMeMers movie in every way imaginable. There are topless wagging So there you have it What really happened that night? \ J . I \ - l * reCyCje tj,js go-go dancers and random shots of biker babes taking We may never know. But then again, do we want to showers. There is even the crazy-’60s-nudie-movie shot of know? I FILM REVIEW It's Animated... And Interesting MCE at Spike’ Despite the severe lack of films created outside the U.S., Canada and Western Europe, this year’s Spike and Mike's M p ll^ rL o s Guys Night $*12 pm: Festival of Animation proves to be unusually entertaining. After years of watching these fests, they start to blur Pine 9*12 pm 1 together; pieces are constantly repeated. And if that’s not Sâfëgjsill FernSär0ß^pmi the case, they are 15-minute opuses that, while technically A scene from Manipulation. masterful, are about as interesting as deep-fried cows. This Sun-Mon— Late Night Happy Hour time is an exception. Other notable entries include the Academy Award The only film in the collection that might be considered winningManipulation, about a cartoonist who torments Tue—Second Sons S ¡fi pm overplayed is Nick Parks’ Creature Comforts, a claymation his creation, and Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase, from piece that takes place in an English zoo where the animals the U.S. Wèct-John Lyle 9-1 ¿pm ¡1 ;.v- are given an opportunity to air their grievances. Fortu In Mona Lisa, animator Joan Gratz has taken works by nately, this film is so full of detail and clever improvisa- every artist from Van Gogh and Picasso to DaU and War tionai dialogue that it warrants eight or nine viewings. hol. Using a medium called “clay painting,” she blends There are two films in the opus department. Today’s ani them together in a continuous stream ofabout200 pieces of 964-5211 mators seem to be figuring out that in order for anyone to 20th centuiy art. It really has to be seen. enjoy any spot over nine minutes, it has to have a plot. Bal While there are no mind-blowing “How did they do 6030 Hollister loon, using puppet and cell animation, tells the stoiy of a that?" entries in this year’s Spike and Mike’s Festival, it is small girl battling the forces of evil to save her balloon (it exceptionally structured. Strong all the way through, it Goleta, CA 93117 sounds stupid, but it works). Strings is the weirdly sym emerges as one of the first fests in a while that won’t have bolic tale of the relationship between an old landlord and the viewer sleeping by the end. one of his tenants. This film is done with what appears to be Spike and Mike’s Festival of Animation will screen at sand and, strangely enough, string. It is interesting to watch the Victoria Street Theater from May 15 through May 28. how the narrative is tied with file means of production. Call 965-1886 for more information. One of the best films in the festival is the only non- —Denis Faye Westem entiy, Darkness, Light Darkness, by that oh-so- amazing Czech animator, Jan Svankmajer (Dimensions of weekend connection - in Friday's daily nexus Dialogue). Done with clay and body parts, the narrative consists of a strange clay creature building itself into a man. E Svanlonajer, like file bulk of his Eastern European contem UCSB ARTS & LECTURES poraries, manages to make stinging commentaiy on file plight of his people and, in the process, create weirdness, HEY UCSB! thus entertaining those with little knowledge of the strife in his part of the world. El Teatro Campesino ENCORE cover designed by Denis Faye Luis Valdez transformed musical theater with Zoot Suit ROCK and was the creative force behind the film La Bomba. Now his company bring? two award-winning plays about Qiicano life to Santa Barbara: Simply Maria and H ow Else Am l Supposed to Know I’m Still Alive. IU1 Saturday, May 16 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall Reserved Seats: Students: SUISlO/fif Free Performances: B # t V L El Bade de los Gig antes 5/12 Santa Barbara High School EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT 1P M 5/13 Franklin School, Santa Barbara 9:30 pm • Midnight 1P M • All you can Bowl $10/person 5/14 Anisq’ Oyo Park, Isla Vista 12:30 PM • KTYD DJ Plays the Latest Hits 5 /1 5 C alden O verlook, SBCC • Prizes from t^ cqmi»ct 12 N oon . 9 9 , Soldado Raw • Beer tseer B B«.tape S store S 5/14 Garvin Theatre, SBCC Co-sponsored by SBCC's • Domino's Pizza Specials 8 PM Chiamo Theatre Project. AFETY BEETS PROVIDE For information call: 893-3535 ORCH/D BOWL % REASONS TO GIVE THANKS 5926 Calle Real • Hwy 101 at Fairview in Goleta • 967-0128 & A Thursday, May 14,1992 lx t r a v a g a n z NOTES, 1
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