The Observer • Augustana College • Rock Island, IL • Friday, April 3, 1992 8 ARTS

State of the Atts

March 1 - May 17 - John Steuart Curry, art ex- hibit. Davenport Museum of Art. 1737 W. 12th St. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. T - Sat. 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Sun. March 18 - April 18 - Mary Koenen. mixed media collage. Quad City ArtsCenter. 1715 2nd Ave., Rock Island. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. M - Sat. March 29 - May 3 - photo éxhibit. Amy Lilienfeld. "Trees of Praire Towns." Muscatine Art Center. for more information call 319/263-8282. April 4 - student recital. Marta Larson, soprano. 7 p.m. Wallenberg Hall. April 5 - May 3-16th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition. Augustana Art Gallery. 12-4 Spinal Tap's ruthless Heavy p.m. T - Sun (closed 4/19). opening reception, April 5, 11:30 - 1:15 p.m. awards announced at Metal satire strikes again 12:30 p.m. April 5 - Quad City Symphony concert. 2 p.m. By Lon J. Werhle rancid/ And the stockings are in on a stranger's hand." The song Centennial Hall. call 319/322-0931 forticket Staff Repórter flames") to raw scorchers like builds from a slow, mysterious "Bitch School" and "Cash On opening to a "battle of the axes" information. Delivery." For rebellious fist- "...when the daemon dances... finale where Tufnel trades solos April 5 - film. "Around the World in 80 Days." ...when the Kraaken wakes... pumpers, there's "The Sun Never with near-equals Jeff Beck, , ...when hill and glen swarm with Sweats" and the anti-season Joe Satriani and . Open Cities Film Society. Mary Nighswander doomlocusis... "Springtime" ("Smell the roses/ Theater, Davenport. 7:30 p.m. $3.50/$3. ...and ali else is emptiness... Smell the grass/ Old man winter "Life is a meai and ...we have returned..." (from can kiss my ass"). you never say April 8 - book discussion. "This Boy's Life" by álbum s inner sleeve) "Just Begin Again" is a moving ^ 1 ff "^ Tobias Wolff. Bettendorf Public Library. 7:30 anthem of hope and pride with when. p.m. free. Cher contributing some lead vo- Fortunately, the soundequals the JL es, legendary British metal cais (imagine what she might wear music in quality. The álbum was masters Spinal Tap have returned in a Tap video!). Even psyche- recorded with the breakthrough so crank it up to 11 and get ready delic-pop appears in "Rainy Day Crosley Phase Linear Ionic Induc- Two blocks south of Erickson for some serious head banging! Sun" and "Ciam Caravan," which tion Voice Processor System for a After an eight-year hiatus, the band sound like classic late 1960s Tap. clean heavy metal sound. Anum- which brought you heavy metal And as a special treat, they've in- ber of producers were used on the 1 classics like "Sex Farm," cluded the very first Tufnel/ álbum, as several were fired dur- "Hellhole" and "Stonehenge" have Hubbins collaboration, "Ali The ILCHER made a triumphant comeback with Way Home." It's amazing to see ing the recording process - the PRINT SHOP "Break Like the Wind." The origi- how much the band has progressed band says dismissals were caused nal members, on lead in 25 years from love tunes like by personality differences, petty , David St. Hubbins on vo- this to present rockers like "Bitch theft andoveruse of cologne. Ali cais and DerekSmallsonbass, are School." the producers did a great job, mak- joined by keyboardist Caucasian ing the álbum rough and loud Lightning Fast/User Friendly/Deadly Accurate Jeffrey Vanston and (brave) new enough to blow speakers while drummer Ric Shrimpton. They Álbum smooth and polished enough to 3115 14th Avenue Rock Island, IL may have aged a bit but they still Review play on mainstream radio. kick as hard as any band out there! With dignity, grace and matu- (309) 786-1621 And they still believe, as David Spinal Tap rity, Spinal Tap has entered its sings on one track, "Life is a meai "Break Like the Wind" fourthdecadeofballs-to-the-wall, and you never say when." lust- and drug-promoting rock and "Break Like the Wind" is a killer But the best cut on the álbum roll. "Break Like the Wind" is es- MIDWEST ADVENTCRE GAMES álbum, filled with howling vocais, has to be the epic title track - an sential metal for ali headbangers. 1603 WEST FIRST AVENUE thundering drumming and awesome heavy metal anthem. As lead singer David St. Hubbins RT. 6, COAL VALLEY IL. 61240 bonecrushing guitar solos. This Again, Spinal Tap has caught the says, "Its a great steaming slab of (109) 799-~_'O0 one's got it ali, from blood-cur- feeling of an era; this is the 1990s rock 'n' roll." dling shockers like "Christmas version of "(Listen To) The Flower With The Devil" ("The eives are People." Check out the band's Sources:ThislsSpinalTap (mo- dressed in leather/ And the angels deep lyrics: "We are the footprints lion piclure). Metal Edge (maga- are in chains...The sugar plums are acrossthesands/Wearethethumb zine- Julv issue) Applications are available for the 3727-23RD AVENUE MOLINE, IL 61265 position of PHONE 764-5888 editor-in- chief of the Coop appriciates your business, so bring in your school ID and receive $2 off the purchase of your Rockety-Iin favorite tapes and CDs the English Excludes sale items and items prlced undar $9.68. Not valid with otharcoupons. office. This is a paid position.