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"... j I .... ,. J ... arts Cheap tricks'' xln Color one of purest in years - be the album to open up any party whether re- R. Weil Getting back to the band's appearance, it is safe to perfect By Douglas ui The first thing one notices about rock band Cheap say they won't be confused with anyone else in music iresnmenis urgamv inuiwv. include-eve- Trick is their very eccentric appearance. Of course today. Lead vocalist Robin Zander and bass player Tom Besides the forementioned, other highlights ry standing out in a business such! as music is indeed an Petersson are your typical aspiring rock stars-to-b- e from other song on the album. That's right there isn't accomplishment. More important than their physical their Mick Jagger-styl- e dress to their raw and punkish a klunker in this ten song bunch. is Trick's looks. their drummer Bun E. Carlos appearance tre fact that (Cheap new album, good However, Trick has managed to accomplish what several In Color is one of the and most vital rock n right Bun E. Carlos) and lead guitarist Rick NeU-se-n Cheap purest (that's other bands (Boston and Foreigner, just to name two) roll albums in a few , look like characters from one of television's quite years. runaway have that is, combine flashy power chords with lots In 1977 rock n roll is about as common as newest situation comedies. done, pure good and harmony. The difference between Cheap will between countries in the Mideast. Bands like Jethro Not at all it is largely Carlos and Nielsen, of melody ironically, Trick and these other bands is that Cheap Trick under- Tull, Yes, Pink and even the have stretched that provide Cheap Trick with their unadorned feel for Floyd Eagles stands exactly what rock V roll is. the boundaries of rock music to such, extreme and dis- simple rock n roll. The band's influences are many, most album the parate fashion that the term rock V roll has become but their major inspiration seems to come from the Beat- In Cobr is this year's intelligent by les at their most rock n rollish. future's most intelligent band. Dancing bass line For instance "I Want You to Want Me'1 is typical of a late 1960s rock arrangements complete with a dancing bass line, chorus-lin- e handclaps and shrill, power-fu- l vocals utilizing echo box fadeaways. ti i I'm .r I.

music review ' t v' ,v J i ! mi The sassy "You're All Talk" includes the incredible rhythm guitar of Zander intertwined with the lead picking ( four-hande- d of Nielsen to create the sensation of a ' single ! A . guitarist. The vocals are arrrogant and taunting. X' "Oh Caroline" is another song so typical of Cheap - Trick's sophisticated use of time-teste- d rock 'n roll. V ' 4 Zander's vocals are a cross between an enraged Paul McCartney and a slightly subdued Robert Plant. Zander, though, is easily more melodic than either. v. The words to Cheap Trick's music are unimportant M , in tehs same way that Ted Nugent's are unimportant. Everthing here adds up to allow Cheap Trick to have as much fun with their music as possible. Photos courtesy of Epic Records Bun E. Carlos and Rick Nielsen provide Cheap ' Perfect album Robin Zander and Tom Petersson look like your Trick with their feeling for simple rock V roll. Fun is in fact the watchword here. In Cobr would typical aspiring rock stars-to-b- e. UNL School of Music sponsors organ conference The UNL School of Music is sponsoring "The Organ ture and style," 1 pjn., U4 Westbrook Music building; master classes, he said. and German Romanticism" conference Thursday through "Problems of registration," 6:30 p.m., 16 Westbrook Faulkner said tickets to the recitals will cost $1.50 Saturday. Music building; and a recital by Leupold at 8 p.m. in for UNL students and $3 for the public. All sales will be George Ritchie and Quentin Faulkner are the organ in- Kimball Recital Hall. ' at Kimball on the nights of the recitals. structors in the School of Music and, according to Ritchie Friday"Romantic performance practices," 9 a.m, Leupold's concert will include "Prelude in B Minor they "are the, organ dept." Union Small Auditorium; "The German romantic school," (op. 19, no 2)" by John Paine, "Sonate in G moll Ritchie said they developed the conference for several 2 p.m. Union Small Auditorium; "The German post-romant- ic (op, 29)" by Edgar Tinel, "Cantilena in G (op 71, no. 1)" reasons. schools " 6 p.m. Union Small Auditorium; and. by Arthur Foote, "Elf Choralvorspiele (op. 122)" by Jo- "The conference deals with romantic performance prac- a recital by Schuneman at 8 pjn. in Kimball Recital Hall, hannes Brahms and "Symphonie VI (op. 42, no 2)" by tices and in many ways we are less in touch with those Saturday-mas- ter classes at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and av Charles-Mari- e Widor. practices than with 18th century performance practices," panel discussion at 3:15 pjn., all in Kimball Recital Hall. . - Schuncman's selections will be five pieces from the he said. Registration fees for the entire conference are $25 for Eleven Chorale Preludes, Opus 122 of "Prelude and Fugue "In this way we can see how interpretations are dif- general public, $12.50 for students or $10 per day for in G Minor" by Johannes Brahms, two pieces from "Med- ferent from interpretations we're likely to hear today," general public and $S per day for students. itations, Opus 167," by Josef Rheinberger, three pieces he added. Ritchie said all UNL students can attend the work- from "Chorales Preludes, Opus 67" by Max Reger and Ritchie said the national promotion for the conference shops at no charge by showing their UNL ID cards at the "Prelude and Fugue on the Theme by Franz is "certainly good publicity for the School of Music" and door. But only certain students will be admitted to the Liszt. particularly for students who might be looking for a good school. . The conference format includes appearances by two guest organists of national reputation. Wayne Leupold of New York and Robert Schuneman of Boston will host Haymarket Gallery's exhibit theme workshops, give lectures, direct master classes and perform recitals during the clinic. "There's an interest in the kind of workshop where varied two or three performers interact because there's some: encourages interpretations thing more to be gained than from just one performance," Review Jim Williams Ritchie said. by as a medium without being too cute, and McCuIlough About 30 Nebraska artists arc their inter- doesn't meet the "We chose the people who seemed to be the leading displaying quite challenge. of the theme "Windows at the current Four artists the show's authorities but it's also significant that one organist has pretations provide intriguing subjects. exhibit at the 1 19 S. 9th. Prilla some of music Ritchie Haymarket Gallery, Brackett's "Out of the Frying Pan" is gross but recordings early performances," Chairman of UNL's art and a host at the said. dept. fun. It's a large pencil depiction of The Chicken That exhibit's opening reception, Dan Howard said artists Ate The Bronx. Faulkner said the recordings would include perform- have been interested in windows since the Renaissance Leland Sherwood an ances of piano, voice and organ in the 19th century style. plays interesting title game in because windows let them combine indoor and out- Cain Back k The workshop schedule is: Chair', showing yes, a cane-bac- chair. But door subjects. the window behind it Thursday-"Ninetee- nth German struc- - explodes in lurid orange, like a century organ This characteristic is shown in Tom prints by Bartck quiet afternoon the day they The One. who combines table dropped Big of Omaha, settings with farmyard Sleeper in color scenes. Maxine Yost's "Window of Dreams' shows a Bartek is one the few artists in the show sleeper of easily in color surrounded by material in Blue His flat and sat- objects shadowy Dolphins jam recognizable, outlines, perspectives black and white. It is heavy-hande- d, but an urated colors his decorative interesting highlight pleasant, prints. technique. Yost's "Go Away World," clean-cu- t tech- unfortunately, Another exhibitor, Bcrnice Abbot has a is heavy-hande- d without being interesting. at nique which makes her paintings bland subject matter tonight Gaslight "Sunday Afternoon," by Carol Pettit, is a painting in forgivable. comic-boo- k The. Lincoln Jazz Society will sponsor a jazz group Hat, bright style, showing an old fat Sharply-etche- d details mark "Attic Room" by woman a Bible. at the Gaslight, 322 S. 9th St., according to the reading It's aggressively, humorously tonight Marilyn Smith. Her painting has little sense of depth, obnoxious and Dave Luebbert. il must have taken some nerve to slip it society's acting president, relying on controlled monotones to carry the eye to into the Blue Dolphin, a group of Lincoln musicians, will play Haymarkct's warm, mellow homcyncss. the small, but dominating orange and black cat that is The rest of the show from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in the Gaslight theatre. 'Ilie didn't strike me well. the painting's focus. gut&hcd macrame, members are Tom Larson, piano; Brian McCune, pioneer sidhouscs,o!d churches and group Plays with space barns, horse faced Scott Best, bass; and Jeffery Johnson, drums. girls staring sensitively out of win- trumpet; "Cat in Window Julie McCul-loug- h, a nude Another cat work, by dows, on a triie-and-tru- Luebbert said there will be a $1 cover charge but Lin- stepladder and other such e doesn't come off as well. McCuIlough plays subjects were other coln Jazz members can get in for 75 cents. among paintings. The techni- Society with the of hei work having the cat's from "oh said imfoimaticn about the will space yarn by ques range my, good" to "oh, my God" and Luebbert joining society frame - a Do Not the tail hang down out of the sign reading prices average $45 to $150. Be show will run Pet the Cat restrains viewers. But it's hard to use yarn through Oct. 24. the lincnln Jazz Society, 217 N. 1 1th St., Lincoln, Neb. 6S503.