Saturday, February 14, 2015 ENTERTAINMENT East Oregonian Page 3C FILM REVIEWS Q&A WITH J.D. KINDLE Ghosts and on the ‘Rain Plans’ n his recordings, Israel a producer can be – a taskmaster, Nash produces a wall of somebody who’s really controlling. Oghostly, psychedelic country For me it was about making rock that is cut through by his sure the right people were there Universal Pictures high, sweet voice. The easiest having the right sonic vision and comparison to make would be sharing that vision. It’s about the Fifty shades of likening his music to early 1970s environment and the people and disappointing Neil Young — contemplative, the situation — artistic realm of twangy, and at times rocking, trusting. We don’t have any rules. Curious? The posters for but he’s not a throwback artist. There’s not a lot of tension. It’s “Fifty Shades of Grey” coyly His ’s atmospheric sound about environment and people. ask. owes as much to sonically dense Whether or not you’re underground rock acts like Sonic “Rain Plans” was released in one of the 100 million who Youth as it does Laurel Canyon Europe nearly a year before it was bought, and presumably read, hippie rock. in the United States. Why? E L James’ kinky book, the I spoke with him on the phone We had a team in Europe buzz alone surrounding this from Dripping Springs, Texas, the that we didn’t have in states. It ³7ZLOLJKW´IDQ¿FWLRQWXUQHG “gateway to Texas hill country,” developed at a different speed in international phenomenon is where he now lives and self Europe. I wanted to wait until we enough to pique the interest of a produced his latest “Rain Photo contributed by Israel Nash had it right. Fortunately, from our rock. “Fifty Shades of Grey” is 3ODQV´+HKDGMXVW¿QLVKHGXS Israel Nash plays “music soaked in rural American lore,” according success in Europe we were able to inherently spectacle. to his website, and will play at the Great Pacific in Pendleton on ¿QGWKHULJKWSHRSOHWRPDNHLWD rehearsal with his band — they Monday. With all that irresistible are preparing to go on their latest success at home. anticipation, how could a movie North American tour. That tour about BDSM be so run of the The name was an issue with that before for SXSW. I was looking :KDW·VWKHVLJQLÀFDQW ZLOOVWRSDWWKH*UHDW3DFL¿FLQ band too. for a new way of life and enjoyed mill? The short answer: fear Pendleton on Monday, Feb. 16, difference between touring Europe and money. It’s one thing to Eventually I felt I needed to in down here. It’s 30 miles west of versus the United States? sandwiched between shows in be somewhere else so I went Austin so it’s close enough to the read about the bondage-enabled Spokane and Boise. Greater access to hamburgers sexual awakening of a virgin. to New York City. I lived there city but it allowed me to get some and french fries! There is great It’s quite another to see it How did you start playing IRU¿YH\HDUV7KDW¶VZKHUHP\ land and live in the country. It felt reward to being a musician and depicted on screen. music? career really started. I made my more like a home. A lot of artists touring anywhere in the world. Director Sam Taylor-Johnson I come from a musical family. ¿UVWUHFRUGDWWKH0DJLF6KRSLQ live out here. A lot of bluegrass 2QHRIWKHJUHDWEHQH¿WVRIWRXULQJ had an impossible mission on My grandpa and grandma had a Manhattan. David Bowie recorded guys and painters. It’s only 1,700 the United State is that it feels like her hands to meld the tawdry radio church program in the 50s. there. Sonic Youth recorded there people, not a suburban place home to me. You don’t have to with the conventional. It’s I grew up around music. I started too. though someday it may be. wonder if a pharmacy is going to like trying to mash up the playing when I was really When I started my second It sounds a lot like Marfa [a be open at 10 on Saturday morning. sensibilities of Lars von Trier young then got into through album that’s where I met guys I’m small west Texas town that is well You don’t have to worry about that with Nancy Meyers to create my uncle. He had an electric guitar. playing with now. Steve Shelley known for its abundance of artists]. in the U.S. an end product that will be From there I started writing my [the drummer] from Sonic Youth Texas has a rap for being a very Ultimately it’s about having fans appealing on a mass scale. own songs. produced my second album. We red state but it has all these small to appreciate the music. We’re just In trying to please everyone, made the record in an old barn in pockets of artistic communities. ready to play these songs. They though, “Fifty Shades of Grey” Did you play in any bands upstate New York. mean a lot to us. It’s not some job has stripped away the fun and growing up? What’s the experience of or game. settled on palatable. There have I had a band when I was 14 – What prompted your move to producing an album by yourself? Ŷ been perfume commercials with Skirmish. The name was an issue Dripping Springs, Texas? I always think that the word James Dean Kindle is a sing- more depth and story arc. within the band. Later I was with When I met the band in New “producer” means many different er-songwriter, musician and Pend- “Fifty Shades of Grey,” The Unknowns. We played locally York they were originally from things to many different people. leton resident. You can contact him had an opportunity here to do in the Ozarks where I was raised. Texas. I had been in the Austin area There are all these different things at [email protected]. something different — to give a mass audience something worthy of all the hype. We may have all been WHAT TO DO curious going in, but by the Constructed Ultimate Elvis Night vice showcasing three inspired “Altar Egos” time the credits roll, there’s Festivals •Monday-Fridays, noon-4 •Saturday, Feb. 14, 6 p.m. creations: Scarlet Kiss, Straw- •Feb. 13-14, 20-21; 7:30 another question that springs to Eastern Oregon p.m. •Wildhorse Resort & Casino, berry Bellini and Chocolate Mar- p.m. •Nightingale Gallery, Eastern off Highway 331, Mission. tini. Reservations recommend- •Princess Theatre, 1226 Me- mind: Is that all there is? Bridal Show Oregon University, La Grande $85/couple for show and din- ed (541-966-1610). ade Ave., Prosser, Wash. “Fifty Shades of Grey,” •Sunday, Feb. 22; noon-4 Free. An invitational exhi- ner or $20/person, show only (at $10-$12. A recently engaged p.m. Wednesday Night Live! is rated R “for strong sexual bition featuring the work of 11 8 p.m.) Comedy couple wants a “simple wed- •Hermiston Conference sculptors whose methods of ding.” Then their families get content including dialogue, Center, 415 S. Highway 395 Shaniko Band •Wednesdays, 8 p.m. construction underscore the var- •Saturday, Feb. 14 9 p.m. No ‡)HE  5\DQ :LQJ¿HOG involved. The Valentine’s Day some unusual behavior $7/at the door. Discounts of- ied properties of clay to imbue performance includes a dinner fered if purchased in advance. cover Aaron Woodall and graphic nudity, and for their work with meaning. Contin- •The Pheasant, 149 E. Main •Feb. 25: Benjie Wright, option. One-stop shopping for photog- ues through Feb. 27. language.” 125 minutes. UDSKHUV PXVLF RI¿FLDQWV ÀRZ- St., Hermiston. Lang Parker “American Winter” ers, cakes, catering and more. ArtWORKz Whisky Barrel Rocker •Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild- •Monday, Feb. 23; 6 p.m. Wedding style show at 2 p.m. •Monday - Saturdays, 9 •Saturday, Feb. 14; 9 p.m. to horse Resort & Casino, off High- •Bob Clapp Theatre, BMCC, a.m.-5 p.m. 2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pend- Tri-Cities Great Outdoors midnight. No cover way 331, Mission. •Tamástslikt Cultural Insti- •Hamley Saloon, 8 S.E. Digital Karaoke leton Expo tute, near Wildhorse Resort & Court Ave., Pendleton •Thursdays and Saturdays, Free. The award-winning •Feb. 28, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Casino. 8 p.m. documentary examines the -March 1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. www.tamastslikt.org The Wild Reeds middle class through the lives of & Israel Nash •The Pheasant, 149 E. Main •TRAC Center, 6600 Burden $10/adults, $9/senior citi- St., Hermiston eight Oregon families. Following Blvd., Pasco zens, $6/youths, free/5 and un- •Monday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m. All the screening, a panel will dis- $5/adults, $3/juniors, se- der or $25/family of four. In its ages. No cover. Mac’s Trivia Night cuss the issues raised by the niors, military, free/5 & under. fourth year, the youth art show ‡*UHDW3DFL¿F:LQH &RIIHH •Thursdays, 8 p.m. No cover ¿OP LQFOXGLQJ SRYHUW\ KRPH- Admission good for both days. highlights area youth artists. Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton •Mac’s Bar & Grill, 1400 lessness and steps to grow and Features products, services S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton 20th Century Fox Awards reception is Saturday, New West Guitar Group strengthen the middle class. and information for the outdoor Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. Runs through •Thursday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m. 21 and older. Teams of 2-8 compete in trivia contest with “Theatresports” enthusiast. Back by popular de- Feb. 28. •Pendleton Center for the •Friday, March 13; 7:30 p.m. mand, A Walk on the Wild Side, Arts, 214 N. Main St. other teams. Live host and priz- ‘Kingsman’ shakes “All Things Bright es. •Power House Theatre, 111 featuring exotic animals. $10. Former Pendleton res- N. Sixth Ave., Walla Walla spy thriller genre and Beautiful” ident John Storie returns with Wine tasting $25/general admission. Rec- •Monday-Thursdays, 11 his band to perform an innova- •Fridays, 4-8 p.m. ommended for ages 18 and up. In his earlier “Kick- Art a.m.-2 p.m. tive musical style that highlights •Sno Road Winery, 111 W. Relying on years of experience, •Betty Feves Memorial Gal- rhythm, beauty and virtuosity Main St., Echo. wicked-sharp wit and lightning Ass,” British writer-director lery, BMCC, 2411 N.W. Carden Matthew Vaughn famously First Draft Writers’ Series with the acoustic and electric Open Mic UHÀH[HV WZR WHDPV IDFH RII •Wednesday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m. Ave., Pendleton. guitar. For more about the band, •First/third Friday each for competitive improvisational cast an 11-year-old Chloe •Pendleton Center for the Free. Gallery also open by visit www.newwestguitar.com month, 8 p.m. to midnight theater. Using audience sug- Grace Moretz as a young Arts, 214 N. Main St. appointment by calling 541-278- The Big Wow Band •The Packard Tavern, 118 gestions, they create scenes killing machine in the stylishly Free. Features Walla Wal- 5952. Runs through Feb. 19. •Friday, Feb. 20; Saturday, S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton and situations on the spot with la writers Jennifer Boyden and Heritage Station Museum Feb. 21, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. No cover Karaoke a panel of local judges deciding EUXWDOVXSHUKHUR¿OP,Q Scott Elliott. Boyden is the au- •Tuesday-Saturdays, 10 •Wildhorse Sports Bar at •Fridays 8 p.m. (9 p.m. if the winner. Beer and wine avail- his latest, “Kingsman: The thor of two books of poetry and a.m. to 4 p.m. Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off game on) able for purchase. Secret Service,” Vaughn has teaches at Eastern Oregon •108 S.W. Frazer Ave., Highway 331, Mission. •Riverside Sports Bar, 1501 again married innocence and University and Whitman Col- Pendleton Sixth St., Umatilla lege. Elliott has penned a pair of $5/adults, $2/student, $4/se- Hot tickets mayhem, this time updating novels and teaches at Whitman DJ and dancing niors, $10/family. Night life •Fridays, 8 p.m. the tame, traditional spy movie College. Also, short open mic •Harlem Globetrotters. Sun- •The Pheasant, 149 E. Main day, Feb. 22, Toyota Center, with his particular brand of readings from the audience. Adam Kessler St., Hermiston Reflection of the Music Kennewick. Reserved seats contemporary moviemaking, Comedy Show ($80-$102) via www.ticketmas- Columbia Plateau which is to say, crassness. James Dean Kindle •Saturday, Feb. 14, 7 p.m. ter.com. •Tuesday-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 •Sub Zero Restaurant & Theater, stage & •”Mama Mia.” Thursday, “Kingsman: The Secret p.m. & Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. •Saturday, Feb. 14; 6-9 p.m. No cover Lounge, 100 W. Highway 730, March 19, Toyota Center, Kenne- Service” is a blithe James Bond •Pendleton Center for the Irrigon wick. Reserved seats ($59.50- Arts, 214 N. Main St. •Mac’s Bar & Grill, 1400 film rip-off that gleefully celebrates, S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton $10. Doors open at 5 p.m., $82) via www.ticketmaster.com. •Tuesday-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 comedy at 7 p.m., live DJ at 9 •So You Think You Can parodies and self-consciously p.m. Love is in the air as Mac’s is “Twelve Angry Jurors dimming the lights and creating SP 5DIÀH DQG SUL]HV 'LQQHU •Feb. 12-14, 19-21; 7:30 Dance-Live Season 11 Tour. modernizes the mossy spy thriller. •Crow’s Shadow Institute specials ($5 off/couple with p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, Toyo- of the Arts, 48004 St. Andrews a fun intimate evening with live And with Colin Firth in tow, as music and candle-lit tables for comedy ticket). For reserva- •Feb. 15, 22; 2 p.m. ta Center, Kennewick. Reserved Road, Mission tions, call 541-922-4374. •Bob Clapp Theatre, BMCC, seats ($50-$65) via www.ticket- well as the winning newcomer Free. Both galleries are ex- Valentine’s Day. Dinner specials starts at 4 p.m. Martini Night 2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pend- master.com. Taron Egerton, “Kingsman” hibiting a collection of mono- •Wednesday, Feb. 18, 5:30- leton ——— prints, monotypes and block Design 7:30 p.m. $10/adults, $5/student. Want to get your event occasionally manages to prints created during annual do all three of these things •Saturday, Feb. 14, 9 p.m.- •Plateau, Wildhorse Resort Courtroom drama escalates listed in our calendar? Send printmaking retreats through a.m. No cover & Casino, off Highway 331, Mis- as jurors decide the fate of a information to tmalgesini@eas- simultaneously with a genuine 3DFL¿F1RUWKZHVW&ROOHJHRI$UW •Wildhorse Sports Bar at sion. 19-year-old charged with the toregonian.com, or c/o Tammy and Crow’s Shadow. Continues Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off $18. Plateau Manager Jeff stabbing death of his father. Malgesini, 333 E. Main Street, zest for the genre trappings: the through Feb. 27. gadgets, the megalomaniacal Highway 331, Mission. Hammond offers tableside ser- Hermiston, OR, 97838. villains, the sardonic wit. But if ever there was a semi- entertaining movie that sabotages itself with tastelessness and misogyny, this is it. *XLWDUJURXSÀLHVVRORIRU3HQGOHWRQVKRZ Where might “Kingsman” lose you? You may get eturning to Pendleton to perform live is the Luckily for Pendleton, the upcoming New twinges of doubt when debris New West Guitar Group. West Guitar Group show will be what they do from a missile explosion (set R The group has expanded their musical best, three guitars tearing it up on stage. VSHFL¿FDOO\LQ³WKH0LGGOH palate since the last time through town. Their Among their new instrumental tracks are East”) bounces off the ground latest album, “Send One Your Love,” is a series of awesome interpretations of two classic songs. to form the opening credits. The collaborations with several jazz Fans of Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo a la concern may grow as bodies vocalists such as Sara Gazarek, Turk” will be blown away by the fresh take on accumulate with the scantest Gretchen Parlato and Peter the classic jazz track. This song has literally been QRWLFHRUUHÀHFWLRQRUZKHQ Eldridge. covered hundreds of times; never has it sounded the African American villain While every artist has the like this. Excellent interpretation! Dave would be (Samuel L. Jackson) serves right and creative freedom to very proud. McDonalds at an opulent pursue their musical muse, The Jimmy Webb classic “Wichita Lineman,” dinner. And you will, possibly, but they can’t expect listeners made a universal favorite by Glen Campbell lose any remaining faith by the to always agree with their Johnny in 1968, also gets a makeover. In the hands of time Firth’s agent slaughters a decisions. Vinyl the New West Guitar Group, the song is simply congregation full of frenzied New West’s “Send One beautiful. Given the health condition of Mr. Comment churchgoers to the tune of Your Love” will likely divide Contributed photo Campbell, one hopes that he gets a chance to hear Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird.” their fans distinctly. This New West Guitar Group, featuring Pend- this cover before he passes. It is that beautiful, %\WKHWLPHWKH¿OPVHWWOHV collaboration may have looked good on paper, leton High School graduate John Storie, folks. RQRQHRILWV¿QDOLPDJHVDQ\ but in execution, all those involved prove once will perform Thursday, Feb. 19 at Pendleton The New West Guitar Group will perform spryness in “Kingsman” has again why it takes an entire band (and sometimes Center for the Arts. Tickets are $10 each. Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at Pendleton Center emphatically left the building, a complete orchestra) to back jazz vocalists. singers known to the music world. They have for the Arts. Tickets are $10 at the door. To reserve leaving a sexist stink behind it. They could have selected any other genre of to often compete on the same stage with world- a seat, call 541-278-9201. More about the group is “Kingsman: The Secret vocalists and competed. Here, with each of the renowned instrumentalists. They tend to have available at www.newwestguitar.com Service,” is rated R for “sequences individual vocal guests, the vocalist takes total powerful, trained voices. While what the guitarists Ŷ of strong violence, language control of the song, leaving the trio often barely perform is quite well done, it largely goes Johnny Vinyl is a music connoisseur. His col- and some sexual content.” 129 discernible. unnoticed next to the vocalists. Three guitars umn, Ride the vibe, focuses on entertainment. Con- minutes. Jazz vocalists are among the most powerful simply can’t keep up. tact him in c/o [email protected]