Take a Walk Through Flagstaff's Art Scene P a G E 2 ♦ a P R I L 25- M a Y 1, 2001 ♦ the Lum Berjack Art Is Life, the Rest Is Just Details

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Left: Students from Flagstaff Arts and leadership Academy have their work on display at La Bellavia Restaurant. This painting is by I lth-grader Heather Woodrich. Right: This piece was drawn by 9th-grader Matt Peru.

Eat the crossword: it tastes good Page 7 Take a walk through Flagstaff's art scene P a g e 2 ♦ A p r i l 25- M a y 1, 2001 ♦ The Lum berjack Art is life, the rest is just details

N ic k W o o d and archaeological displays. The museum also fea The Lumberjack tures special exhibits such as Arizona Highways photo collections, on a seasonal basis. Admission is $5 lagstaff has an abundance of opportunities togeneral, and $3 with a student I.D. enjoy the labors of artisans. In fact, there are The Arizona Historical Society Museum, 2340 N. too many galleries to mention in Flagstaff,Fort Valley Road, houses historical photos and art andF if the list was to include Sedona, it could take up from the Flagstaff area. an entire publication, so the following is just a sam There also are a number of informative displays pling of the many places to view works of art. about pioneer life, featuring historical artifacts. Most of the galleries mentioned are businesses Admission is free, but donations are welcome. where sometimes even a student's budget can accom Without leaving campus, fine art can be seen at the modate a work of art. Old Main Art Gallery, occupying space on two floors The Artists Gallery, 17 N. San Francisco, is a co-op of Old Main on North Campus. gallery featuring the works of more than 40 members, Upstairs, the Marguerite Hettel Weiss collection each selected to be displayed by the other artists. features sculpture and paintings, while the down It has works in just about every medium, from tex stairs currently features a large display of ceramics . tiles to photography. Of note is the impressive array If nothing about galleries and museums appeals to of ceramics, which encompasses objects d'art as wellyou, perhaps art appreciation can accompany break as functional dinnerware. fast. A number of local cafes feature rotating art dis Almost next door, at 13 N. San Francisco, is the plays to liven up the walls. Arizona Handmade Gallery. A jointly owned gallery Cafe Express, Macy's, La Bellavia, Brandy's and of jewelers Roger Rowland and Pamela Raskob, alsoMountain Oasis all feature paintings and photos in features works by 55 artists, all from Arizona. the dining rooms to add ambience. The diverse selection ranges from relatively inex From Bangladeshi paintings to photos of the Grand pensive jewelry to enormous photographs costing Canyon, all are a viable way to absorb art at the same hundreds of dollars. time as enjoying a hot drink. Around the corner are two other galleries of note: West of the Moon, 111 E. Aspen, and Fourth World Gallery, 108 E. Aspen. _ West of the Moon occupies a closet-size space, but is worth visiting for the photos alone, currently by John Running and David Edwards, both of consider able fame. Fourth World features traditional and contempo rary Hopi art, as well as art from a few other tribes. Hopi-owned and operated, Fourth World usually fea tures one artist prominently. But it is not limited in any way. "We do a lot of educating," said Manager Arvin Bain, adding that '"we can tell tourists pretty much anything about anything." Bain described how tourists or students looking for information about art or the reservation can find the information they're looking for at-fourth World. All of the galleries above and more can be toured on the downtown First Friday Art Walk, when gal leries open their doors from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. of each month on the first Friday evening. If the fear of sales pressure is a deterrent from vis iting galleries, there are other options. The Museum of Northern Arizona, the Historical Society and the NAU Old Main Art Museum all have art for public enjoyment P h oto s i t Jason R ossi/T he L um berjack The Museum of NorthernArizona, 3101 N. Fort Top: The artwork reflected in the mirror is by local 12th-grader Ashley Davidson. Her work is on display at La Valley Road, features jewelry and fine art collectionsBellavia. The mirror was created by Rebecca Taylor, also a Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy student. in addition to the impressive geological, historical Bottom: Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy student Joseph Jay created this work on display at La Bellavia. T he L um berja ck ♦ A pril 25 - M ay 1, 2001 ♦ P age 3 What a concept (album that is)

J im Bodde n Here, then, are my favorite rock concept albums: band is introduced on the title track, transitioning into The Lumberjack The Who “Quadrophenia": The Who's second rock Billv Shear's (Ringo Starr) "A Little Help from nn opera is the story of a young man growing up in the Friends," and brought back for the reprise into "A Dav When the phrase "concept album" is mentioned, it England of the late '60s. He is a mod, a member of the in the Lite." usually brings to mind overblown, overproduced, pre scooter-riding subculture which thrived on R & B Radiohead "OK Computer": Radiohead takes a tentious rock music. Too many mediocre bands like music and street fights. The double LP tells of his dis look at the modern, technology-based world and it is Styx have used the concept album as a vehicle for illusionment with society and authority and contains scary. Feelings of desolation, isolation and ennui are ridiculous, annoying music which serves little but the classics like "Love Reign O'er Me" and "The Real Me.” given exquisite musical expression b\ this incredibly artists' egos. Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon”: This psyche talented band. The emotions put on record here are But since the "invention" of the concept album, a delic masterpiece d e a ls with madness in songs like some of the most evocative ever recorded in rock few other groups have created some classic works of “Money" and "Breathe." Highly experimental in its music. "Exit Music (For a Film)", "Paranoid Android" rock n' roll art, without compromising entertainment use of electronic synthesizers. Pink Floyd created a and "Karma Police" are the best of the bunch. value and quality. For those who are not aware of whatstark, moody album with simplistic but iconic cover REFUSED "Shape of Punk to Come": Genre-bend a concept album is, allow me to explain. art to boot. ing like there's no tomorrow (for the group there was Usually a band will go into the studio with a partic The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club n't a tomorrow: they broke up following the release of ular (duh!) concept which holds all the songs together Band": This is the one that started it all. Often referred this album), this socio-political manifesto covers tech and allows the entire album to be taken as a cohesiveto as the first concept album, the Beatles imagined no, hardcore punk, metal and even a bit of jazz. unit, rather than just a collection of unrelated songs. themselves as recording songs like they thought their The rhythms are inventive yet danceable, and the Often, over the course of the album, a story is told; Lonely Hearts Club alter egos would play Hence, lyrics are pretentious but sincere. "New Noise'' and although sometimes concept albums simply link songs tunes like "When I'm 04" and "She's Leaving Home" "Liberation Frequency" are amazing exercises in ten- together through similar musical and lyrical ideas. have an early 1900s feel to them. Also, the fictionalsion-and-release.

M ic a h A l p a u g h Eventually The Lumberjack joined by guitarist R eview Steve Hinkle, the The White Album? From a coun newly christened try/punk band? With a pig on the Chicken hit the cover? From a band named Chicken? studio for the recording of the Leaving few bases unturned and few* "White Album" a year later. different or strange angles unexplored, Due to a shoestring budget and Tempe-based Chicken creates an the lack of backing from a major impressive collection of sound on its record label, the band had to have debut disk, "The Other White Album." the arrangements close to perfection Describing their music as "hard- by the time it hit the studio. edged trailer-park twang," and "By the time we went in to record, "Johnny Cash meets Motorhead skro- we knew every note backward and nk," the music possesses an edge rarely forward," Jones said. seen in the field of country, and a sub The lack of studio sophistication tlety rarely found in metal and its like. allowed the band to take a more rus There is a slightly debauched vet tic and technologically retro angle purist tone of the music, reflected well with its music, which combines well on the "White Album," in songs such as with what Klinger finds to be the "Nine Holes of Pleasure,"' "Ned's group's emotional strong points. P h o to c o u r t e s y or Chickcn Revenge" and "Troy's Got Sack." "The most important thing for Chicken, featuring former members of Pig Iron, describes itself as trailer twang. The band's origins go back to the me," he told the Phoenix New Times, (Left to Right): Matt Jones, Kurt Klinger, John White, and Scott Hinkle are the band. now-defunct Pig Iron, of which singer "is that I respect people who can Kurt Klinger and bassist John White write and sing in a way that captures were members, and which disbanded a real specific feeling, whatever that haven't found anybody that writes like White said, referring to the long-run in part due to Klinger's drug problems. feeling may be. Whether it's a sad (Klinger), ever. You want to be part of ning television ads for pork, "we're not Klinger said he became addicted to country number, or something heavy something like that." comparing ourselves to the Beatles." crack, and following what he called anlike Tool, it doesn't matter as long as White, meanwhile, denies that the The band known for its "musical unsuccessful yearlong attempt at rehait's got that thing." band was intentionally comparing gear shifting" continues its touring in bilitation in the Portland area, returned In the same interview, Jones itself to the more famous "White Arizona, including a stop at the Monte to Phoenix to find White and drummer expressed a similar musical ideology. Album ." Vista Lounge, 100 N. San Francisco St., Matt Jones ready to start another band. "It's the songs, man," he said. "I "It's just a joke on the commercial," on June 16. P age 4 ♦ A p r i l 25 - M a y 1, 2001 ♦The Lumberjack Eastside Mexican restaurant lacks flavor, porch-like decor & cheap salsa don't help

N ic k W o od likely a store was the only standout, as the flavor was Finally, I tried the enchilada, which The Lumberjack brand. not bad or good, just nonexistent. wasn't bad. Of course, it's hard to pro W a s h in g Review Moving past the tamale, I started induce a truly vile cheese enchilada, so it There are some decent Mexican out the pre on the barbacoa (meat cooked until itdoesn't really speak well for La restaurants in Flagstaff, but La Pasadita,se r v at i v e falls apart) burro. I have had flavorful,Pasadita. is not one of them. taste of the spicy barbacoa in Texas, and hoped for a I had moved through everything on Located at 5200 E. Court land Blvd., it salsa with the iced tea, I opened the similar experience. the plate, and was preparing to pay the likely derives much of its business from menu of the "Mexican-American" 1 was very disappointed when 1 bit bill when I saw the sopapilla languish eastern retirees and travelers who sim restaurant, only to find 1 had to flip past into the burro, and discovered a com ing across the table. Dusted in cinnamon ply don't know any better. three pages of sandwiches and Salisbury plete lack of flavor once again. and sugar, and fried to perfection, it was Monday night it was almost empty, steak to get to the "Mexican" section. If there was any herb or spice used in one of the finest I have ever had. which was no surprise. The lack of cus I ordered a combination of one cheese the meat, it was not apparent. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to tomers meant personalized attention enchilada, a tamale, and a barbacoaThe only semblance of taste came the rescue the meal, and I left La from the waitress, which was unexpect burro enchilada style ($7.45). The meal from the doughy supermarket-style Pasadita full, but unsatisfied. ed, but nice. also came with the obligatory beans andflour tortilla. I then turned my attention I would like to report the restaurant I was immediately seated in the rice as well as a sopapilla. to the beans and rice, both of which had some redeeming qualities, but there expansive dining room, which featured It arrived quickly, and I dug into the failed to impress. were none. a decor not unlike an enclosed porch. tamale to start. The masa was doughy, If the beans weren't from a can, I It ever on the east side of town, and Ordering an iced tea ($.95), I dug into and the meat inside was stringy and fladon't know where they came from, and hungry for Mexican food, the best the chips and salsa. This was the first vorless. the rice, while red like Spanish rice, had advice is to take a detour over to Second inauspicious moment, as I realized that All three entrees were smothered in a none of the flavor. I suspect it was store- Street to visit La Fonda, or even better, the salsa was of the supermarket variety,bright red enchilada sauce, but the color made with red food coloring. head back across town to El Metate.

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La Pasadita. is in the Continental Plaza near the Flagstaff Country Club. The restaurant has good service but that can’t save the food dished out by the cooks. T h e L u m b e r j a c k ♦ A p r i l 25 - May 1, 2001 ♦ P a g e 5 Hogan’s newfilm a‘croc’

gy seems a quick and the Earth." M ic a h A l p a u g h easy payday for It makes one wonder why he resurfaced for this The Lumberjack those involved. train-wreck. While the $360 “Los Angeles" features the former crocodile There are some films where you can just smell the million the original hunter (the part being kept politically correct for the formaldehyde in a performance, whether it is A1 collected, and the 21st century, of course) leading his 8-year-old son Pacino stumbling through his portrayal of an aging$250 million the sec (Serge Cockburn) on a series of adventures in and III" Michael Corleone in "The Godfather Part or ond made were clear around Los Angeles. Sylvester Stallone's decline as the "Rocky" quintet ly out of reach for Unlike the first two films, w'hich made Hogan the staggered forward. this spring low- average man trying to deal with the intricacies of Now, Paul Hogan joins the unfortunate lot, bring budget comedic life in the American big city, “Dundee" simply ing the venerable role of “Crocodile Dundee" out of quickie, the cheap shows the character of Dundee as an anomaly, deal mothballs after 13 years for one excruciatingly ness emanating out ing with all of the cliched City of Angels plotlines, mediocre spin around the block in "Crocodile of this vehicle simply from Hollywood to Venice Beach to earthquakes to Dundee in Los A ngeles." mirrors the smaller West Hollywood gay bars. The entire enterprise of this third film of the trilo scale of a film on the tail-end of a series that was Not that the previous films did not pick on many once significant. similar targets, but Dundee never has a humorous Undoubtedly, 1986's "Crocodile Dundee" and response in his repertoire this time around. 1988's “Crocodile Dundee II" were largely creatures The 60-vear-old Hogan seems to act his age, react of the Reagan era, sporting the “that's not a knife,ing to the action around him in a nearly senile fash this is a knife," mentality suitable for the waningion, and a largely forgettable supporting cast pro years of the Cold War, and the alleged rising menacevides no comic relief. of gang muggings and warfare. The film also succumbs to the need for an easy Even in its more schmaltzy moments, the original villain, creating an instantly forgettable plotline of exuded persona, the wild man pursuing the girl, Eastern European art smugglers bringing priceless and few aficionados will forget the subway stationworks of art from Belgrade under the guise of them ending of the original. being stage props for a “B" action film. As one episode of "The Simpsons" memorably "Dundee" seems almost juvenile at many of its portrayed, however, the fad of Australian flicks moments, its PG-rating having dumbed it down to si>on ended, and "Dundee" became little more than the point of near mindlessness. a relic. Also subpar is the return performance of Linda Yet Hogan, who first gained fame in America Kozlowski as Dundee's romantic interest. There is an playing a Dundee-esque character for the Australianamazing lack of chemistry between Hogan and his Tourism Bureau in the early '80s, was never able toreal-life wife, and her role as a "Newsday" journalist get beyond the character in his career, as allinvestigating the evil film company seems border who saw- 1994's "Lightening Jack" remember. line absurd, and seemed a sideshow lacking a main "Dundee" seems one last gasp for an actor whoattraction. already describes himself as semi-retired. The film does have a few enjoyable moments, "I work if I see something really interesting," he such as when Mike Tyson, in a cameo, teaches the told the Los Angeles Times last week, "and then I dis two Dundee men meditation with mixed results. appear. I will after this movie. You won't see me at Overall, however, if you enjoyed the first two P h o t o cour tesy of P aram o unt P ictures openings or premieres or you won't read my golf films, enjoy their moments and don't allow this film Hogan stars in the rehash o f “Crocodile Dundee.” score in the paper. I will just vanish off the face of to cheapen them. Give this film the finger

J im Bodden charm that marks his unbalanced 28-year-old slacker who stillswings it by the umbilical cord, manually The Lumberjack television work. In * lives in his parent's basement. Gord trav stimulates a horse and prances around in addition to starring in els to California to pursue his dream the skin of some fresh road kill. Gord also Like Andy Kaufman before him, Tom "Freddy Got out of career in animation, but soon returns falsely accuses his father of molesting his Green's style of confrontational humor Fingered," Green also home after a big-shot cartoon producer younger brother Freddy (hence the title), isn't for everybody But his cable TV directed and co-wrote Review rejects his half-baked ideas. When he which causes his wife to leave him and 25- shows in the U.S. and Canada have wonthe movie, so any arrives back at his parents' house, his year old Freddy to be sent to a home for him legions of fans with real-life con blame for its lack of equally unbalanced father is turious with molested children. frontations with his parents, friends, the quality rests squarely him, and the two begin a ridiculous feud, law and various live and dead mammals.on Green's shoulders. And there is a trying to ruin each other's lives. See New, page 6 But his first foray into a starring feature whole lot of blame to pass around. Along the way Gord scores a fetishistic film role has very little of the obnoxious Green plays Gord Brody, a mentally paraplegic girlfriend, delivers a baby and Page 6 ♦ A pril 25- May 1, 2001 ♦ The Lum berjack New Freddy flick a waste of film, time for anyone

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While it is obvious that Green's intention with the "Freddy" script was to shock the audience with more and more disgusting routines, he simply forgot to make them funny. Some of the film's many gross-out scenes could have been funny, but the gags are given little if any set-up. Also, ev ery single character uses "the f-word" in every scene in even' possible instance until its use is run into the ground and becomes increasingly irritating. Green's directorial skills don't help much, either. The MOVIE h a s a very choppy feel to it, as if a lot of important, plot-defining material was left on the cut ting room floor. It seems like every scene was tacked onto the previous one with little regard to continuity or sense. The performances sucked out of the talented sup porting cast, including Rip Torn, Harland Williams and Julie Hagerty give little indication of their abilities. While Green had to fight the MPAA to secure an "R" rating, instead of the recommended "NC-17", it seems doubtful that crowds will be flocking to this movie in the first place. Hopefully Green's career in Hollywood is not over after creating this monstrosity, but that seems like a Photo courtesy o f 20th Certurt Fox likely possibility. Green is going to have a lot of Tom Green plays Brody, a looney man who is bemoaning his careerin a cheese factory. O r maybe he realized explaining to do for this one. just how lame his movie turnedout to be. Breathe deep, Digital Undergroundi comes to Flag

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S a lly Ardizzone Hip-hop pioneering group. Digital The Lumberjack Underground is bringing its rhymes and beats to The Alley, 22 East Route 66, Monday. With all the stress from Finals Week soon The group was formed in 1987 in Oakland, approaching, it's a good idea to learn about a few Calif. Largely a testament to the funkyso u n d s tricks on how to meditate properly. of P-Funk, the group has as many costumes as Pirya Drews will present a talk Monday about meditation, including what it is, what it's not and how alter egos. They are known for sampling meditation can benefit your life. George Clinton along with their old-school Drews currently sits on the Board of Directors for raps. the American Meditation Association, as well as the Shock G, frontman, along with Chopmaster Regional Coordinator for the Southwest AMA. J, formed the group, which released its first sin "Meditation is the best thing that has ever hap gle "Underwater Rimes," that became a No. 1 pened to me," she said. hit in the Netherlands. Two years later, the duo At the program Monday, she will discuss how signed with Tommy Boy Records and expand meditation brings an overall awareness to the individ ed their lineup, adding DJ Fuse, Money-B and ual. and Schmoovy-Schmoov. She said it is a simple and easy process, whether it Its first album, "Sex Packets/' went platini- is breathing or walking differently, lighting a candle or paying attention to thoughts. * u m and spawned the single "TheH u m p ty A common misconception is that meditation is Dance. '' The release, "This is an EP Release," hypnosis. H ypnosis is completely different because was its first recording to feature the late 2PAC you turn your will to someone else; meditation is self- Shakur. Digital Underground played at reflective she said. Prochnow Auditorium in 2000, after reforming The free program begins at 7:30 p.m. at the in 19%. Community Room at the Flagstaff Public Library, 300 The Flagstaff show starts at 9 p.m. Monday W. Aspen. P h oto c our tesy of D igital U n d er gr oun d at The Alley. Tickets an* $10 and are available at G o p h e r Sounds and will be sold atthe door Shock-G (a.k.a. Humpty) and the gang will be in town. T h e L u m b erjack ♦A p r il 25 - May 1,2001 ♦ Page 7

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