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Unfortunately, it lacks the ogy to simple portrait^ mass appeal that might be prevalent in a One of her most s' ig pieces, ‘The Stieglitz or Weston retrospective. Al ¡Young Endymion,’| iicts a young though her subject matter sometimes be­ [Greek prince sleep:' le forest. This comes repetitive, Cameron’s reputation [piece incorporates in’s soft-focus as one of the finest photographers of her [approach as well experimental era is well deserved. i techniques, render!! ierious diffuse Annals of My Glass House will run [forms above the sleep through June 1. For more information call I highlights include “The Da the SBMA at 963-4364. - scene uf embracing sistewy^ ".............. Hanson abstract train slices dia­ In celebration of the Emiliano Zapata, a man of centenary birth of artist gonally through the pic­ action and a peasant Get up to $4.50 in cash or and political activist Da­ ture, cutting across the vid Alfaro Siqueiros, the whole frame. A black en­ leader who is poignantly $6.00 in credit for each CD! Santa Barbara Museum of gine pulls a long caravan of portrayed between walls. Art presents Portrait of a cars so rapidly that it ap­ His huge moustache and Decade: David Alfaro Si­ pears as one blurred stripe face dominate the tableau, queiros 1930-1940. This of fierce red. And on these and the color of the floor art exhibition is the most flatbed cars stand scores of matches his reddish- extensive collection of Si­ soldiers in formation and brôwn skin tone. morninglory queiros to be shown state­ at attention while moving side, featuring 75 of his through the darkness. Portrait of a Decade: paintings, watercolors, They appear ready to jump David Alfaro Siqueiros, woodcuts and litho­ into combat at any 1930-1940 runs through usic May 11 at the SBMA. Also, graphs, and is well worth moment. the trip downtown. Each shape is reduced for those interested in The work shown in this to its most minimal form, learning more about the .. _ Isla Vista collection is made up of re­ and here the dark palette history pf Siqueiros, the flections on the visions of imposes a feeling of vola­ museum will host a panel |y 5 j§ | % 910 Emb. del Norte his lifetime. “Tren militar,” tility upon the image. The discussion featuring scho­ (Troop Train), from 1930, spectre of death and fight­ lars and curators April 27 968-4665 43885 is one of these reflections. ing could come down un­ from 1-5 p.m. For more in­ It addresses the theme of formation call the SBMA expectedly at any time. at 963-4364. His 1931 “Zapata” is —Todd A. Hovanec just that —■ a portrait of PRIZES:0””CBs *“ HOW TO GET YOUR TICKETS: Other SJEE Swag • At Reggae Tuesday at Calypso - 514 s t a t e St. • Spring Fever at SBCC • By Listening A ll Day Long!! Daily Nexus Thursday, April 24,1997 3 A Battery Acid Blues Re t u r n in g t o . rder Stadium j u m p a m Good day, folks. was silent. They craned to hear his wis­ This is a rock ’n’ roll column, and I dom. “Yeah, there was a heart attack, but thought I’d inaugurate it with an excerpt so what? With all the smack that gets in­ from a documentaiy video release from jected around here, she was lucky to get the summer 1996 tour of a band called away with just a heart attack!” The Clap, quite possibly one of the great­ The congregation was stupefied. est blues bands to ever rock the world. “Yeah, uh, yeah,” he continued, but that Unfortunately, the band is no longer with was as far as he got before collapsing into us; the death of their lead singer in the in­ a coughing fit that during its course depo­ cident described below relegated the re­ sited at his feet his left lung, which, as maining members of the band to playing soon as its nicotine-darkened sliminess backup gigs on the oldies circuit. Still, hit the floor, slid down the ramp, gaining The Clap was a phenomenal band during velocity until it sped along the tile and out its two-month heyday, and the following the door before screeching to a halt and is but a slice of its meteoric career. disintegrating from exhaustion, nearly 183 feet from its gasping owner. “Yeah, yeah it’s like that!” The bass All along its path the black lung had player looked up at the crowd after the caused silent, open-mouthed stares from band took the bottom out of the last song the entire press corps. As the lung guigled of the set. “The last song, dammit,” he its last piece of oxygen it was beheld with thought to himself. intense curiosity by all, none of whom “There, you dupes,” he thought. “You thought for a second about the man from wanted your stupid hit song, didn’t you? whence it spewed — including himself, Well, tough shit. We wanted to play some until he realized he could not hold his other stuff first, songs that you didn’t like breath any longer. The loud gagging of the and didn’t want to hear, even though it’s singer brought eveiyone backfrom their on the same album as that hit song, ever own personal surreal universes, but not though it’s been on all of our last five re­ quickly enough for anyone to save him cords that none of you bought, so youi from his own excess. sorry selves had to sit through the whole The guitarplayerspoke first. “Well, evi­ TICKETS ON SALE two-hour show and six encores before dently we’ll be needing a new vocalist, you got to hear that song. Happy now?! preferably a nonsmoker. 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Gradually the reporters our asses and all, but it’s a song, for cryin’ went back to their previous buzzing activ­ out loud, just a song, and we get to be im­ ity, and as the body was removed, the mortal musicians of the world? God, we questions came again, and the room now Acoustic can’t even read music.” regained the decibel level of the dull roar In the dressing room he looked in the it had achieved prior to the incident. mirror and tried hard to avoid the image While the other two band members and in th e Hub in the comer of his eye of the drummer on their legal and managerial cronies began the floor behind him being smothered by spin control in earnest, the bass player three groupiés at once. “Well,” quipped quietly slipped out. the bassist to his reflection, “if we are im­ “Wow”, he thought. “This is what we mortal musicians of the world, we should get for opening a tour in Las Vegas.” He The Giirl & I at least get our own dressing rooms.” recalled the maniacal antics of the prom­ Outside, his brother the guitarist was oter. Sure, they could fill Sam Boyd Sta­ W ednesday April 3D 4!3D-fi3D pm tfl signing his extended name onto the left dium on the strength of one hit song, a Great Food & Drink Specials at C h ilit@ S . cheek of a female fan. The fact that she fluke b-side from a neglected single, sure. Presented hy ASPB. UCen Dining Services. & Coca Cola was screaming with ecstasy while he was It’ll happen when Hootie flies. trying to do it severely hampered his That evening they were all baffled to penmanship. see the members of Hootie on TV fly and When the deed was done she promptly subsequently crash and burn in quite pos­ fainted in his lap.