The Gift of Art: Past and Presents, on display until Aug. 11 at the University Art Museum, catalogs important donations to the campus collection. The exhibit is quite illuminating, and I mean that literally. The movable walls that had divided the gallery into constricting subsections in the past have been moved aside. This open space lets in more natural light from the side window, and also allows the viewers to feel as if they are in a single room. Suitable for a sweltering summer season, the museum’s show emphasizes this idea of light and space in both the presentation of objects and the selection of shown works. The central space contains one architectural construction, one side room contains etchings and drawings and the other contains architectural drawings. One work symbolic of the idea of open space and illuminated areas seems rather strange and unorthodox. Printed on a ¿ass disc 2 feet in diameter are the words, “Ber- nie Boylan Den.” Another disc, entitled Wendell Phelps Kitchen, is placed in another part of the museum. This particular project was part of an eight-piece original work called The Lighting Specialists. The artists, Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler, interviewed eight lighting specialists who worked for General Electric, among them Bemie Boylan and Wendell Phelps. The ar­ tists then asked the specialists about specific light bulbs they used in their homes. The discs were manufactured and illuminated by the same type of light fajulbs as those used by the specialists. Thus, the light bulb shining on the “Bemie Boylan Den” disc is the same type of light bulb used by Bemie Boylan in his den. DJAMEL RAMOUIVDulj N n u i “In this case,” said Elizabeth Brown, University Art Museum curator, “there’s a ha-

P p + P y q q Sam Garchik Discusses the University Art Museum's Exhibition I I I I v J I I t ? I I I I I U O O of its Permanent Collection, The Gift ofA i t Pist and Presents. logen bulb of specific specs that is in our track illuminating this disc.” Indeed, the bulb This is a hard thing to try to describe in a piece of writing, but the next tíme you feel is different from the others used in the show—but Ido not recommend looking for it. It like drawing something, try drawing two separate scenes on both sides of a piece of will make you temporarily blind, and will effect how you view the rest of the art. tracing paper and you’ll Know what I mean. Light affects many of the paper drawings as well. One drawing, by the 18th-century The exhibit highlights two remarkable individuals who passed away recently. His­ Italian master Giambattista Tiepolo, has separate scenes on each side of the paper, and tory of art and architecture Professor David Gebhard and Ruth Schaffner took steps to because of the dual illumination, the work can be seen from both sides. The scenes ensure that the University Art Museum was a valuable resource to our community and were not intended to be part of the same work of art; rather they were intended to be to art collecting in general. studies for larger, separate pieces. Because of the cost and rarity of paper at the time, Gebhard’s influence can best be seen in a section of the exhibit that examines ar­ necessity dictated maximum use. The two works compliment each other well, and chitectural drawing. One strength of this exhibit is a set of drawings by two European while they seem to counter each other with a crossing fluidity, the transparency of the immigrants to Los Angeles. Kem Weber and R. M. Schindler worked in the Los Angeles paper makes the pieces more complex. area in what many consider to be the region’s Golden Age, the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s. One of Weber’s drawings, of a penthouse for the early Walt Disney Co., is brightly colored and shockingly simple, perhaps reminiscent of a scene described in a Ray­ mond Chandler novel. It portrays a simple elegance associated with the America of the post-Depression, pre-war era, in which Los Angeles County was more of a collection of stylish small locales than a vast megalopolis of smog-infested freeways. In addition, these prints reflect a time when an avant-garde Los Angeles culture was emerging as a dominant force in American artistic ideologies. “People like Schindler and Weber were Eastern Europeans who came to Southern California and set the trend,” said Sharon Major, public relations director for the Uni­ versity Art Museum. While modem architects were busy creating a new Eden in the coastal California de­ sert, orange growers were working on an inland empire. Orange crates have tradition­ ally been praised and collected for their unique slice of California optimism. One artist included in the show, Ben Sakoguchi, challenges the glorification of modem society and the imperial agriculture domains created through the domination of the fruit industry. Four of his orange crate oil paintings were given by Don Trevey, as an addition to last year’s Ken Trevey bequest. The Ken Trevey collection of American prints is highly fea­ tured in the print portion of the exhibit, but nothing approaches the wit of the Sakogu­ chi works. Sakoguchi, an American of Japanese descent, spent seven years working on the topic of post-colonial orange crate labels. One of the four depicted here is entitled “Stone Age Brand,” and shows a squadron of B-52s. Another fruit crate label entitled “Chile Today,” hints at United States imperialism. Other titles shown are “Oakie Brand,” which shows a migrant family on their way to California, and “General DeWitt Brand,” which shows a military officer in the foreground and a prison camp in the background. Many of the works shown appear for the first time at UCSB. The opportunity to view DJAMEL RAMOUL/Daily Nexus these valuable university possessions should not be passed up. —Sam Garchik 2A Wednesday, July 3,1996 Daily Nexus

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* My Mend's mom has a problem. She listens to Cypress Hill all the fuckin’ time. That wouldn’t be a problem, ex­ cept she won’t have a conversation with you without quoting from the album. It's really cute at first, but it gets really annoying sometimes. Like the other day, I was calling my Mend — let’s call her NildrfEinstein—from a gas station. She lives in LA., so I had. to pay $1 for two minutes and her mom starts go­ ing off about how the cops are trying to take her crops. I dofft think she understands that crops refer to mari­ juana,, she just knows that kids like Cypress HOI. “Mre. Einstein, could I speak with Nikki? I’m on a pay phone.” “I know how it is, the pigs are frying to blow your house down.” “OK; thanks Mrs. Einstein, could I please speak to Nikki?” I think she told me to maintain, and then a few sec­ onds later Nikki picked up die phone. “HeUo?” “Yoirknow, I’m a member of the Columbia House re­ For many people, the home computer is just a $2,000 deck of cards. But the modem cord club. Ifyour mom joins, she can get a bunch of new home computer can do way more than take care of the shuffling and dealing in a pleas­ CDs, and I’U get two for free. I’ll give her one of the free ant game of solitaire. Doom, from ID Software, introduced millions to the three- ones, too.” dimensional, first-person shooting game. In the years that followed, ID released Doom In ¿he background I heard a chant of "Duke, Duke, II, Heretic and, just this last week, Final Doom. Duke of....” Nikki told her Mom to shut up and then told Many other software companies followed with imitations ranging from the ultra- me, "You know that Columbia House is not really a club. violent Rise of Triad, from Apogee, to LucasArts’ innovative Star Wars-related Dark That membership thing is a big fucking lie. They pretend Forces. they care about you, but I won’t join any club that forces It seemed as though ID had been beaten at their own game with the release of 3D me to choose one category of music I plan on listening to Realms’ Duke Nukem 3-D in June. The graphics have a higher resolution than any for the next few years.” other shooter to date, and the various backgrounds keep the game from becoming “Yoj* sound like you’re in a good mood.” monotonous, the main problem with Doom. “I just quit my job.” Unlike Doom II, the player can duck and aim up and down as in Dark Forces. This “Serious?” is in addition to a glance feature, which allows a quick look without wasting the time to “Yeah.” A pause. “I got fired.” move. “Why?” With the press of a button, Duke Nukem 3-D players can turn 180 degrees, and “Because my boss is a fucking idiot who stared at my there is a chase view that enables you to see your character in action. Built into the chest all of the time.” game are speech taunts such as, “Damn, I’m good,” and my favorite, “Your face, your “Like how?” ass, what’s the difference?” These taunts are all accessible when you network the game ' “like,' it was dbvious. like, people wouldpoint it out' With up to eight'players. to me.” With the exception of the glance feature, none of these new features are available in “Did you say something?” ID Software’s latest release, Quake. However, Quake is still far superior. “No. I just tapped him on die shoulder. I knew he’d be Quake uses three-dimensional polygon graphics that provide a more realistic per­ looking down when he turned around, so I uppercut spective. You can look 180 degrees up and down, and you don’t hit the edges of the him.” view with the more explosive weapons, as you do in Duke Nukem 3-D and Doom. The “You didn’t ” first time you look at it, it may seem as if the graphics were compromised for realism and “No. But, I went off on him. I lifted his chin up and the visibility compromised for mood. But when you turn the video mode up to 10 and asked him if his mother had breast-fed him long turn up the brightness in the options window, the graphics are incomparable! (To turn enough.” up the resolution, type “""for the prompt, then type ]“vid-mode(l-10)”. Resolution 10 “So he fired you?” — will only work on the best systems, i.e. a Pentium 100 with 16 MB of RAM.) "No. He thought I was coming on to him.” In Quake, the character actually reacts to firing a weapon. Running, jumping and ‘What a fucking idiot. Was there anyone you could swimming differ from walking, as they never have in any shooter before.. complain to?” Anyone can get the first level of Quake for free, as shareware, on the Web by typing “I did, and they told me to dress differendy.” QUAKE on any search engine. However, if you buy the retail shareware on CD, you “Did you?” can call and get the access code for the full version, which is already on the CD. You “No. I wasn’t the one who had the problem.” can pay for the access code, over the modem, with your credit card. Nikki has principles. I asked, “So did you quit or did The frill version of Quake will feature, as promised, a soundtrack written and per­ you get fired?” formed by Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nails. This is in conjunction with the game’s new "I jyst left. So, what are you doing?” nail gun, the ammo of which is labeled with the familiar Nine Inch Nails logo. The full “I’m at a gas station.” version will be available in less than a month. “And?” Note: Diablo, from Blizzard Software, of War craft fame, is also coming in July and ‘I had an idea and I wanted to ask someone about it— promises to fill the void that can only be filled by computer role-playing games. are you busy?” Special note: Anyone who is anticipating the coming of Nintendo’s N64 on Sept 30, “I have a few minutes.” should be aware that it will be difficult to get one here in Santa Barbara, with only “OK, hold on. I have about 20 seconds, I need to go get 500,000 to be released in the first U.S. delivery. Your best chance is to prepurchase one some change.” I got about $2 in change. “You still as soon as possible. there?” Next time, we will focus on Saturn and PlayStation games: Sony’s Pennant Race “Yeah.” has been delayed another month, but if it is as good as NBA Shoot-Out, that’s just fine. “All right. My idea is about changing the world I live Get the multi-tap adaptors for up to eight players a game, imagine playing as the Bulls in.” with four of your Mends. This should keep you busy for a while.... “Good for you.” —Snoop Larsen “No, really; I’m going to help lower gas prices.” “Good, because they suck.” “OK, listen. I was figuring that when most people complain about gas prices, nobody really listens, be­ cause when a housewife complains about something, it’s just ldnda sad. But, when a poet complains about some­ thing, then it’s tragic.” “So, you’re going to hire a poet to complain about gas prices.” “No. Eveiy time I get gas, I’m going to leave a protest poem on the pump I used. I’m never going to leave the same poem twice or use the same pump.” “Let me hear a poem.” “i. haven’t done one, y et” “Then why are you at a gas station?” I was going to let her convince me some more, but I wanted to save some change. “OK, this one is called ‘Enemies.’ It’s subtitled ‘On Companies, MTV, Radio Stations and Specific People I’ve Known.’ It goes, We’re enemies / to the system / toe listen to every day, / for what I say, / what I play, / what I hear when I walk away./IfswhatIsay./WhafdIsay?/WhafdIsayto make you stay / feeling the same way?” Nikki said, “I don’t know, I’d have to see it written down, but it doesn’t seem like it’s really about gas prices.” * — asterisk Daily Nexus Wednesday, July 3 ,1996 3 A

Super Special! Hawaii *1 7 9 Roundtrip air Sure Shots For travel Aug. 26-Dec 13 Example only — Call us! GastrDelSol/ Upgrade# Afterlife great musical breakthrough on any timately serve as the background for / Drag City ofthe album’s 13 tracks, but there in­ the credits to a new children’s show 2211 UCen 8 stead exists the homey ring of an old on Nickelodeon called Keenan and Open All Summer! M-F 9-5 Gastr Del Sol’s two members, Jim friend returned. Raise the Pressure Kel. The whole time I was there, I O N CAM PUS O’Rourke and David Grubbs, are is music to relive the carefree days of wanted nothing more than to go up, UCSB 968-5151 composers. The experimental “art- youth and a happy interlude not to shake Coolio and say, “Don’t go out Z z rock” that they produce is precisely be overlooked. like this!!! Be proud of your beauti­ mapped-out atmospheric sound that —Jolie Lash ful gangsta self!!” I felt that he must meshes the chaotic and the beauti­ not be veiy happy for whatever rea­ ful. Two duelling acoustic guitars do son or he wouldn’t be there trying to • 1,000s of New & Used CDs most of the damage on Upgrade & cheer himself up with all that wack- Afterlife, Gastr Del Sol’s second CooIIo / “Keenan and Kel” ness. I wanted to be the one to save > New Releases ON SALE full-length effort. On “rebecca him. ■ • N EX T D A Y Special Orders Sylvester,” after tinny, metallic chim­ If you haven’t heard of Jonathan Because my friend worked for ing, the guitars melt into the most Taylor Thomas, you should have. Nickelodeon, we got to go backs­ somberly epic strumming. Voices He’s one of the three cute little bas­ tage. I went up to Coolio several Sell Us Your Used CPs! muse, “Why did those sharks watch tards who play the young Taylor times to offer my help, but every time him drown?” Piano also enters the brothers on TV’s Home Improve­ I did, I’ll be damned if I could say Get up to $4.50 in cash or mix to produce a surprisingly Neil ment and, to be perfectly frank, the anything but, “Hi, Coolio.” $6.00 in credit for each CD! Young-like sound (see “the relay”). only one of the trio who has a shot at I’m not even sure why I was re­ John McEntire of Tortoise and an acting career after the sitcom goes minded of this story, but the fact that Thé Sea & Cake fame lends drum­ off the air. The reason for this is I was is indeed relevant. At least I’m ming and recording help. There is simple: Taylor has stayed ahead of staying true to myself by not denying morninglory also a cover of John Fahey’s (a guitar the pack (or at least his stage parents that this is what I’m thinking. Sell­ experimentalist who influenced have) and has already starred in two outs, sellouts, sellouts — I hate ’em Sonic Youth) song “Dry Bones In films (god-awful as they were), Man in all shapes and sizes. That's the Isla Vista Santa Barbara Lompoc the Valley (I Saw the Light Come of the House and Tom and Huck, point, I guess. 1910 Emb.del Norte 1014 State St. 1512 North H. St Shining ’round and ’round).” Gastr while the other two TV Taylors ha­ —Eric Steuer 968-4665 966-0266 736-7676 Del Sol can be incredibly creepy and ven’t starred (or even co-starred) in moving at the same time. As long as shit. They better realize something you prepare for lyrics like “cooked that Hammer once said: “If you’re com in formaldehyde,” you should gonna capitalize on your fame, do it ARTS & LECTURES SUMMER FILMS be alright. While some “experimen­ while you’re still famous.” Fucking Mystik Journeymen / 4001 theE P/ tal” rock groups just pee on a micro­ brilliant, no? Outhouse phone for 45 minutes and call it But one thing I’ll give the less- l x *s t s u r ^ \ j ^ \ e f v . music, these guys let you know that famous Home Improvement kids is Mystik Journeymen is an under­ I N T H 6 H X M F T O N i they know what they're doing. I love that unlike Thomas, they're not ground rap crew from the Bay Area. that. smarmy little jerks. Whenever you They’re extremely easy to relate to —Noah Blumberg see Thomas on a talk show, the because they’re about keeping phrase “charming young man” is things at a grass roots level. Lyrics Electronic / Raise the Pressure / used repeatedly by the hosts, and like, “the only one making money is Warner Bros. that’s disgusting. I mean, I admire the label/ I’m staying underground the kid for having a witty anecdote ’cause the underground is stable,” Seven years ago, Johnny “The for eveiy occasion and all, but by the which criticize the major-label way Smiths” Marr and Bernard “New same token, I hate to feel bad about of doing business, are present Order” Sumner, as Electronic myself because some little brat has throughout There is also glorifica­ together, released their debut album, better social skills than me. Direc- tion of the four-track recorder, a achieved fame and massive success , tionless as .they, may be, at least his. piece of very affordable equipment ' in Britain and did pretty dam good TV bros seem like regular guys —the' These sentiments are encouraging to in the U.S., too. Since that trium­ type of fellas I would have liked to poor kids like myself who want to phant release, Sumner has con­ have played Atari with when I was near that they can make it them­ tinued to work with New Order younger. selves if they just try hard enough. while Marr has gone into the studio But my main beef with Jonathan Probably the best song on 4001 is with former Echo and the Bunny- Taylor Thomas is that1 he’s a big old “Sammy’s Song,” a song of rhymes men frontman Ian McCullough sellout, plain and simple. For ciyin’ exclusively from the same emcee ab­ “A work of mature, wry wiL.Jaglomi best film yd!" LA. TIMES (though the fruits of their efforts out loud, his real name is Jonathan out his abusive experiences living Sunday, July 7 / 7 pjn. / Campbell HaO were stolen), inspired and encour­ Weiss, but he changed it for profes­ with his mother. 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After a three-day ordeal of moving, during which I discovered I had more shit than I Nickelodeon, the net­ ever thought a human being could have, I decided to go to the movies, mostly because work that brought you theaters are cold. The only thing I knew about Stealing Beauty was that it was directed Ren and Stimpy, You by Bernardo Bertolucci, die same guy who did The Last Emperor, which I really liked. Can’t Do That on Televi­ This film turned out to be incredibly beautiful and a welcome remedy for my frazzled sion, Clarissa Explains It nerves. All and Rugrats, to name A major part of the allure is the setting: Tuscany is not only a backdrop but a player in but a few, has gone out on the film. Bertolucci dwells on the pure ripeness of the land, capturing the hills, viney­ a limb, joining with Para­ ards, villas and long dusty roads that lead to more endlessly breathtaking land. It seems mount Pictures to produce like the perfect place for Lucy, played by Liv Tyler, to complete her mission: to lose her its first motion picture, the virginity. This girl is on a quest. She’s 19, she’s rather tired of her relatives discussing much-loved childhood her sexual history with disbelief and masturbation is not cutting it for her. The movie is classic Harriet the Spy. so sexually charged that the temperature in the movie theater went up about 15 degrees The risk undertaken by and my escaping-the-heat plan was thwarted. those at Nick was well Lucy and the rest of the cast, including Jeremy Irons as a dying writer, don’t do all worth it, for Harriet proves to be a thoroughly enjoyable film„destined to be a hit. Starring Michelle Trachtenberg as Harriet and Rosie O’Donnell as her mentor, Golly, Harriet the Spy is a reality-based spy thriller, kid-style. Peeping through win­ dow cracks, squinting through mail slots and peering between the lattice on a dumbwaiter, Harriet writes down all she sees in a little notebook labeled, “Private, do not touch, this means you!” The thor­ oughly outfitted Harriet Welsch, equipped with a mirror, several small tools and thea­ ter binoculars, finds herself in a predicament when class snob and popularity queen Marion Hawthorne (Charlotte Sulivan) swipes Harriet’s journal. that much talking. Much more is communicated through looks and actions more pow­ After a public reading from the book where Harriet’s blatantly truthful entries about erful than words, particularly with the emphasis on the physical. The villa is actually a her classmates and friends are revealed, 11-year-old Harriet finds herself ostracized haven for writers and artists, and feel, sound and texture take precedence over talk in from her peers, and to make matters worse, her self-absorbed parents take away her be­ all the interactions in the film, giving it an opiate-like feeling of sensuality. loved notebook. Then, as if things weren’t already bad enough, Harriet’s classmates I thought this was a really effective tactic and on-target for what the film was explor­ build the “Spy Catchers Club” to foil all of Harriet’s attempts to continue on with her ing. Stealing Beauty uncovers deeper layers of desire and of what people can give each work. Despite loneliness, Harriet trudges on as a collector of secrets. other, and the texture that all different kinds of relationships, from fathers to friends to The rest of the film finds Harriet working to dodge the spy catchers while making lovers, give our lives. Beyond the sexual element, Bertolucci shows the richness of the amends with her friends and getting a little advice from Golly. human soul's connection to others and the strange pulls between people that are as un­ Excellent cinematography with quirky, spying camera angles only adds to the al­ explainable as the beauty of Tuscany. Considering the difficulty of dwelling on such an ready excellent storyline. Enjoyable for all ages, this debut motion picture is a treat. difficult subjects, the actors (especially Tyler, who clearly has more potential than her Disney and its rewriting of classics better beware, because Nickelodeon looks to offer previous movies afforded her) and Bertolucci weave together a film that takes you in stiff competition if Harriet the Spy is any indication of the type of films “the only net­ and gives you what we all need sometimes: a heavy dose, of fantasy and the universal work for kids” will produce. hunger for connection. —Nicole Milne —Jolie I. Lash This Is a Birthday Bax

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