2A Thursday. October 17.1966 Daily Nexus NEW ■Both Sides o f Sanity DISCOUNT a proper dose of attitude and plentiful reflective smoke billowing from the stage made the perfect pop concert KODAK FILM Cure complete. By 9:45 the first dozen rows were 135m m O ur K odak properly intoxicated by the slow ether am bience. color print price suggested The band shed their previous gloom and seemed to 100 A S A enjoy playing up to the audience anticipation. The resulting pandemonium pushed hundreds of people into 12exp. $1.90 $2.81 single rows, body atop body. The audience, from neon- 100 A S A paisley teeny-boppers to leather-clad skinheads, 24 exp. 2.57 3.81 reflected the band’s progressive diversity. That The 100 A S A Cure is headed toward commercial stardom is no sur­ 36 exp. 3.23 4.83 prise since their recent tone change. Their stage 200 A S A presence reflected this change; it seemed they played more for the audience enjoyment than the sake of 12exp. 2 . 1 2 3.16 20G AS A catharsis. The result was a polished, charismatic per­ formance that lacked the destructively raw gutsiness of 24 exp. 2.80 4.28 their earlier mood. 200 A S A The show was comparatively relaxed; the Cure 36 exp. 3.63 5.42 concentrated more on playing music than on being 400 A S A entertaining. As a result, they did both quite suc­ 12 exp. 2.37 3.53 cessfully. 400 A S A When they exited the stage in threat of finale, the 24 exp. 4.80 crow d rose to the occasion with whistles and scream s for 3.21 more. After a momentary absence, the band burst back 400 A S A on stage for three rousing encores including the Cure 36 exp. 4.05 6.05 Last Thursday night at the Arlington Theatre hun­ classic “ 10:15 on a Saturday Night.” 1000 A S A dreds of throbbing Santa Barbara bodies crowded The acoustics were impressive and Smith’s voice was 12exp. 2.71 4.03 toward the stage, high-heels crushing soft velvet seats in typically prime form. With shut eyes, he sighed, 1000 A S A fé and sweat dripping from every brow, all moving in time cried, roared and sang the gripping Cure lyrics. But the ! PRODUCTS BY to the m anically m elancholy rhythms of The Cure. sense was that instead of being heard as a politically 24 exp. 3.67 5.47 7 = = Kodak Opening in black and blue with his Matissian powerful voice, the new Cure is heard more to dance to mouth, Robert Smith poured through the air his in­ in the post-punk-techno-pop-used-to-be-disco-clubs. Not fectious moans and kitten cries. Smith’s childlike that this is negative, rather it is part of the process of 1 TH mischieviousness was complimented by his slender growth many previously heavy post-punk bands undergo form and bushy black string locks; the new post-punk for the sake of survival (X and The Clash are two " ALTERNATIVE guru. He sang with a knowing grin, danced a little, and examples). Robert Smith in a recent interview in the LA M C O P Y S H O P even smiled through the thick shadowed air. He had the Times even admitted, “ It was a descending spiral... in crowd eating from his hand; playing most of the band’s that the songs forced us into being morbid.... We got to 6540 PARDALL ISLA VISTA 968-1055 more recent and accessible songs, like those off the the point of psychosis with Pornography, really. It was latest Head On The Door LP including “ Close to Me,’’ pretty deadly stuff.” “Inbetween Days,” “The Blood” and “Six Different The new Cure has gathered the best from both sides of Ways,” Smith confidently knew he could do no wrong. sanity, creating a pleasant, listenable, danceable Their magnetism flourished under the spotlights collection that has saved them from the bowels of like a greenhouse garden in the thick humid air of the m adness. small theatre. Silhouettes and backlighting coupled with — Marjorie Extract and Susanne Van Cleave race is a game” ), rap politics of the .ttiMMiM Red Hot Pepperc&*&K£fmiddle east, and get sleazy with What do you think you’d get if bearing his testicles so the audience James Bond in New Orleans you took a zany Hispanic drummer could make its personal assessment (“Blackeyed Blond” ). Once they wearing Converse hightops, a of lead singer Anthony Kiedis’ claim start, these boys get down and just skinhead bassist who bounces that they were the “ biggest, reddest don’t let up — like most rappers, around stage making faces, a balls west of the Mississippi.” Kiedis thinks he’s the baddest and guitarist who’s into paisley and tries to prove it, as his fellow band- oversized overalls, and a singer members introduce some new whose long straight hair rem inds m e variations of their own to the music, ever so much of high school adding to their visual originality. “stoners” that wears ... well, just Given the line-up of the band, one about anything — Put it all together would think anything was possible, and what does it spell? “Trouble” , especially when bassist Flea you might say. Have you ever heard Balzary, besides having a funny the expressions “You can’t judge a name, sports a tattoo of Jimi Hen­ bode from its cover” or “Looks can drix on his arm, while wearing a be deceiving” ? Well, to quip another Whether you pop or you lock, or John Denver guest pass. Well, if one, this band takes the cake. They just like to groove with a beat, the you’re expecting just anything from may cause a little fuss, but its all in Chili Peppers set the blood flowing these guys, that’s certainly what you fun, and it’s time to party down, and the body moving as they rap to get. Who else can pass off Dr. Seuss’ ’cause the Red Hot Chili Peppers you about soul roots in Yertle the Turtle as a hip-hop dance have got soul with a capital “ S” and “Jungleman”, give a tribute to tune? Now that’s art. If old Grand­ are ready to rap your socks off and Indians in “ American Ghost Dance” master Flash tunes are going bland m aybe a little m ore. (“Oh give me a home/Where the for you, spice up your evenings with A legend of wild club gigs behind buffalo roam/And the death of a this, ’cause these Peppers are hot. them, word has spread that they — Karl Irving used to doff all their clothes, jam “au naturel” and the lead singer would jump on his head when he got bored. But they’ve cleaned up their act to promote their debut album, Freaky Sty ley, and to get called out for encores while opening for X on that group’s recent tour. Indeed, the worst we got at the San Diego concert was guitarist Hillal Slovak PHI SIGMA KAPPA INVITES THE UCSB COMMUNITY TO THE 1 9 8 5 ISLA VISTA PUSHCART RELAYS SATURDAY OCTOBER 19th EMBARCADERO 10 AM to 4 PM DEL H0RTE RD. GET NEW CD’S AT WHOLESALE PRICES WHEN DON’T MISS THE ACTION! YOU TRADE IN YOUR USED LP’S FOR CREDIT Daily Nexus Thursday, October 17,1985 3 A -An Alliance of Dancers The annual Choreographers Fall Although this piece is a perfect I.V. Hairstylists Showcase Concert at the Lobero example of variation of a theme, Theater, presented by the Santa there were three major problems. & Detail Center For Men and Women Barbara Dance Alliance, opened the The poem accompanying the work dance season last Friday night with describes a time “ when words were For Appointments and Free Consultation Call an introspective look at im­ like magic” which did not carry provisation and experimentation. over. Second, the dance is not an WE USE AND RECOMMEND THE Nolan Dennett, the Artistic Director, illustration of the landscape, but and member of the UCSB dance rather a magnification of one small PF1U L MITCHELL SYSTEM faculty explained that the concert prairie in a large valley. Fur­ was a result of a long judication thermore, the glittered costumes PROFESSIONAL SALON PRODUCTS process, whereby only seven works conflicted with the wilderness exhausted and drained. The of the auditioned seventeen were setting of the piece creating a unemotional and insensitive society chosen fo r the perform ance. contradicting message. sent cold shivers through the The concert began with “An­ The second piece, “When two audience. cestral Landscape,” by Robin Bislo. people confess without saying a Other pieces included, “Loving 9 6 8 -4 4 1 5 word,” choreographed by Margaret you has made me bananas” by Julie Tedesco and Laurie Burnaby was so McLeod, “Winter Count” by UCSB 955-C EM5ADCADERO DEL MAD. l.V Gail well performed that I questioned dance faculty member Delila Nunan why it did not precede “Ancestral Moseley, “Hollow Bamboo” by Landscape.” The uplifting mood, Riccardo Morrison, and “Slide” by Kennedy costumes and energetic per­ Candace Bertino. STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: formance quality aided both dancers As a whole, the Choreographers in experimenting comically with the Fall Showcase opened my eyes to Leading Effectively common ways we communicate the levels of dance choreography in A Conference for Members & Leaders through gestures, exercising pan­ Santa Barbara. I was disappointed tomime to demonstrate the song that in a small theater, such as the Saturday, October 19 ly rics effectively.