A G l i m p s e T h r z o u g h T 2A Thursday, February 20,1988 Daily Nexus Join us Thursdays at 5:30 PM for : paI o o o o o o o o ooooooooooooooo G 9 Id $ 5 No Golden Ponies Here Who on earth are The Golden Palominos? The core of bites. the band is drummer and producer Anton Fier and bass Apart from these three songs, the rest of Visions of guitarist Bill Laswell. Visions o f Excess also boasts a Excess shows little promise. “ B oy(G o)” has a full, lengthy list of guest appearances, including Richard heavy sound — a wall of percussion. If it contained more Thompson, John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten), Benue melody, it would sound more like R.E.M. Stipe’s voice is Worrel of Talking Heads fame and R.E.M.’s Michael unmistakable but this stuff is just not of the same Stipe. I have never heard of Syd Straw before but she has caliber. The different vocal levels may prevent a sense a unique voice — a lot like Chrissie Hynde, Exene of complete repetitiveness but the song is overly in- 2/20 The New Male-Female Cervenka and Stevie Nicks all in one. cantatory in places. “ Clustering Train” is similar, with Relationship Despite the impressive name-dropping, the album is, too much guitar accompanying Stipe’s drawn-out whine Janice and John Baldwin, Ph.D. as a whole, a bit mediocre. A few songs, however, to be true R.E.M. and it’s a tad monotonous. Professor, Sociology manage to stand out. “ Omaha” — a remake of an old Even though the vocals on “ (Kind of)True” have an Moby Grape song — relies on synthesizer effects, but at UCjSB interesting country sensuality, it’s not an exceptional the same time there is something m song — boring, heavyhanded, •enter eliding door facing Perking Lot 25) j S E R V IC E honest, folkish and direct about it. r&ja passionless. It is sweet and slow and STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE* This it a free community service sponsored by the Student CONFERENCE ROOMOM ^«1913 1913 Health Service in conjunction w ith Sociology 191 C O D “Silver Bullet” features Cream sappy. With Syd on the vocal throne For more information call 961-2630 legend Jack Bruce — it’s too bad he k ‘ of this tune, I am reminded of Linda doesn’t contribute more. The vocals Ronstadt, only she appears to be remind me slightly of Pete Town- drowning her beautiful voice in shend, but this piece is also in­ three-month-old honey. “ Only One credibly X-like in its guitar work, Party” brings to mind only one word with the churning insistent bent via — failure. A combination of J. Geils- the gut. like vocals and cat screams plus a My initial reaction to “ The Animal little oral tradition make this one Speaks” was “ noise — pure noise.” inaccessible. 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DINNER SPM Served Monday-Friday W ITH COUPON • OFFER EROS MARCH IS , I M I Not Valid On Take Out Kuerti’s piano concerts make audiences and CALENDAR OF EVENTS UCSB ARTS & LECTURES WINTER EVENTS 1986 critics talk about “being transfixed" and use words like “fabulous" and “exquisite” and other slightly PASSING THROUGH film embarrassing terms of rapturous enjoyment. A Ger­ With an introduction by filmmaker man newswriter gushed, “One feels that an intellect Larry Clark. Tonight at 7 PM in Bucha­ is at work here of the highest technical and spiritual nan Hall 1940. Free. order." CRISIS AND CHALLENGE During his residency at UCSB (March 4-5), conference Beethoven specialist Anton Kuerti will perform Beethoven’s Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major; "Central America and South Africa at Schumann's Grand Sonata in F-sharp minor; Eight the Crossroads.” Monday, February Pieces by Brahms; and Schubert’s “Wanderer 24, 9 AM to 10 PM in the UCen and Fantasy." other campus locations. Free. W. S. MERWIN reading national Film Festival. In the upcoming production Tuesday, February 25 at 8 PM in the of Measure for Measure, a special full-length, five- UCen Pavilion. Free. actor version in which the actors share multiple PAUL WHITWORTH lecture roles, she will play First Gentleman, Froth, Isabella, Of Actors from the London Stage, “On and Juliet. Playing Hamlet.” Thursday, February Tickets for all four Actors from the London 27 at 2 PM in the Studio Theatre. Free. Stage performances are selling rapidly. Don't miss ACTORS FROM THE these talented actors: buy your tickets as soon as LONDON STAGE dram a possible. Larry Clark Measure for Measure on Friday, THE GENE KELLY OF PIANISTS? February 28 at 8 PM and Saturday, JAZZ IN THE U.S., March 8 at 2 PM and 8 PM in “Listening to Kuerti play made one think of JAZZ IN THE U.S.S.R. Campbell Hall. Beckett This Evening Gene Kelly dancing. You forget the technique. You Arts & Lectures presents two films about jazz on Tuesday, March 4 at 8 PM in just sit back, marvel, relax and enjoy,” wrote critic Lisa Harrow music and musicians— Passing Through, a fiction Campbell Hall. John Donologue about pianist Anton Kuerti. film about a young contemporary musician and his ANTON KUERTI piano STAR OF “NANCY ASTOR” IN mentor (tonight), and Jazzman, a humorous por­ In a free master class on Tuesday, “MEASURE FOR MEASURE” trayal of a Soviet quartet in the 1920s (Mar. 9). March 4 at 2 PM in Music 1145. In Lisa Harrow, the star of Masterpiece Theater's Filmmaker Larry Clark will introduce and dis­ a concert of works by Beethoven The Life and Times o f Nancy Astor, will be at UCSB cuss his award-winning film Passing Through, Schumann, Brahms and Schubert on with the Actors from the London Stage from February which captures the spirit of black music with star­ Wednesday, March 5 at 8 PM in 24 to March 8. A native of New Zealand, Harrow tling imagery that matches the rhythm and power Campbell Hall. will join the ensemble in Shakespeare’s Measure of jazz. for Measure (Feb. 28 evening, and Mar. 8 matinee Jazzman will be the final event in the New JOSEPH MARCELL lecture and evening) and in Beckett This Evening, an anthol­ Directions in Film series. The film chronicles the Of Actors from the London Stage, “On ogy program (Mar. 4). fictional and funny battles of a jazz ensemble to Playing Othello.” Wednesday, March In addition to her work with the Royal Shakes­ overcome censorship and disapproval in the Soviet 5 at noon in the Main Theatre. Free. peare Company, where she starred in Twelfth Night, Union — under a regime that once tried to ban JAZZMAN film Major Barbara, and other plays, Harrow stars in the saxophone. Music from the Soviet Union that’s Other Halves, a new film from New Zealand that For more information about any Arts & Lec­ both Red and redhot. Sunday, March will be featured in this month’s Santa Barbara Inter- • Anton Kuerti tures event, call 961-3535. 9 at 7:30 PM in Campbell Hall. Daily Naxus Thursday, February 20,1986 3A strongpoints, but his days of psychotic wonderland are far from over as the title track gallops forth from my speakers. Aside from his vocals, Stan takes on more of a creative edge by handling a vast RELAX majority of the keyboards as well as IN OUR his haunting harmonica interludes. They bring the spirit of the west NEWLY FURNISHED ROOMS back to life, particularly on “The Big Heat.” It’s during this song that the wicked harmonics bear a HOLLISTER striking resemblance to the eerie whistling reminiscent of the young Charles Bronson’s-in the spaghetti classic Once Upon A Time In The West.