doilu 1 otf &Uffu Qfu m&fwal(mm J -- -p , I 'Pussy Cats' purrs : r with ex-Beatl- es' help Record review by Chuck Strinz Pussy Cats by Harry Nilsson. Harry Nilsson has come out with yet another good album. This time it's Pussy Cats, produced by John Lennon and featuring the likes of Keith Moon (from The Who), Jim Keltner and Sneeky Pete (both of Joe Cocker's Mad and Jim Horn ft " Dogs Englishmen), (Layla i it and others), Ringo Starr, Klaus Voorman, and of course, John Lennon. Lennon first became acquainted (and obsessed) with Harry back in '68 when they met in Surrey, England. Nilsson .had just finished recording his first album which included a collection of Beatle songs melted together into a musical collage. Several of Nilsson's LPs have featured performances of ex-Beatl- es and seeniinalv thousands of other artists and arouos have recorded Nilsson tunes (Yardbirds, Monkees, Bad-finge- r, The Herb Sweat and . Turtles, Alpert, Blood, i s Tears and on and on and on). A The voice of Harry Nilsson is often heard crossing the boundaries of rock, country-wester- n, easy listening, and jazz, as well as three octaves. He is the King of Overdub and has been known to record a Nilsson choir Judy Zimmerman and Roger Johnson " In a School For Wives" playing of some ninety voices (all his own). Lennon says Harry tonight, Wednesday and Saturday at Howell Memorial Theatre. Nilsson is his favorite group. Lennon's influence is evident on Pussy Cats, especially on the cut, "Subterranean Homesick Blues." a 1965 Dylan song. Several other cuts are remakes of Theatre oldies. "Loop de Loop" contains a goodly amount of the Nebraska Repertory Chubby Checker spirit, "Save the Last Dance for Me" includes a great parody of the old voice over music heart-to-hea- rt lyric recitation, and the final cut, "Rock to close its seventh season Around the Clock," (about the 846th version) ends appropriately. This week the Nebraska Repertory The Nebraska Repertory off ict.al'y Nilssorj's inability to take himself seriously makes its Theatre closes its seventh season. begins with the acceptance of applica- appearance on "B'lack Sails," a song about a girl with Today through Saturday, Lincoln aud- tions in March. Highly competitive so many veins in her leqs they look like maps ("You're iences will have their last chances to see auditions in the beginning of the so veinyYou probably think this map is about either Moliere's The School For Wives, summer get the bal more visabiy you"(.The album also features a performance by the Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party, or roiling. Each of the four productions is Masked Alberts Orchestra, whatever that is. On an David Bell's Cohan is a Grand Old in rehearsai for about six weeks and it is album by a man who is know to have listed Harrison Name. The fourth production in the the challenge for the company to brinq ' " s and Starr on the Dredits as George Harrysong and'' year's repeftoryr-Rick-Besoyan- 's Llttlo' it aft together by the tiffie WTr'sTow'-open- i r ,!.-- Richie Snsyra, well, which former Be&ttr-- cotltf oh Mary Sunshine, closed. Saturday. in the last week in June,.r . ,- Masked Albert? It's of course, but pure speculation, The of why not? Every other ex-Bea- tle has popped up on one The Nebraska Theatre unique problems repertory Repertory of theatre is, a different show Nilsson Album or another; why not McCartney? Company draws both local and national style (that talent to Lincoln for the summer. The every night) must also be reckoned with. Sets for all the shows must be able to be is funded Dy the UNL, cultural events professional company as as the scedule city University, the Nebraska Arts Council, changed quickly National Endowment for the Arts demands and must be easily and listed in booklet the stored while other shows are 'lively' and box office receipts. compactly The "Lively Arts at UNL," a listing of cultural events playing. to this In Lincoln is available free students again year. Lis Lewis, a technician with the This summer the Nebraska Repertory The booklet includes a chronological listing and who has been associated with art company' Theatre was scheduled for 51 perfor- pynianatinns of music, theater, dance, film, and the theatre company for several years, 28 academic mances from June through August events and guest speakers during the year, noted that "every year it gets better," 31. general editor Dennis Ellermeier said. She suggested that it is exciting for both It centers on campus events, he said, but includes the actors and regular audiences to see Following its last performance in major community activities such as those by the how the individual actors respond to the Lincoln, The School For Wives will Community Playhouse, Community Concerts and different and varied roles they piay tour Nebraska for a week. Dunng this Lincoln Symphony, he said. during the summer. fourth annual tour the company will visit The booklet Is much like its predecessor last year, four or five Nebraska communities and Ellermeier said, but the events it reports have Lewis also indicated that the concen- perform in gymnasiums, outdoor arenas of 14 several or suitable facilities. Improved. tration hour work days and other ' The booklets are distributed free in dormitories, in repeated performances of the same School For Wives will piay tonight. booths and at the program office in the Nebraska Union show not only produces excellent Wednesday and Saturday. Cchan is a and at Kimball Recital Hall. productions but also a core of exper- Grand Old Name will play Tues-ja- and, It is complied by the University of Nebraska-Lincol- n ienced people who continue with the Friday. And Birthday Party wdl pi.i on Cultural Affairs Committee. University during the school year and Thursday. All shows begin at B pm at It is subsidized by the University' Alumni Associa- help maintain the excellence of the Howell Memorial Theatre. Ail reserved tion, event sponsors and miscellaneous sources, University Theatre productions. seats are $2.50. Ellermeier said. Anima! Crackers, the 1930 Marx films whose showings are attem'p- - But the fact remains trat to' movie has 4CU iihCut the benefit cf a new ad . Brother's (men second) " e ,w t t ... Animai been around a long time but its angle or pandering publicity. But funnier movies than the M.irx ? recent re-relea- se (after years of that's another story. Brothers. The direct Marx af frontal legal, distribution hassles) has sent on dignified social norms - Crackers' hordes of slavering Marx fanatics and, somehow, hs fitting and countless others back into the a commentary on our own tr1'. : as theaters. The Marx's cult is huge, ukow t was in their depression and sometimes it's difficult to greg Vrs. revives belive that one of the Brothers, (According to Groucho, marriage, is still around. He is was an institution "put over or irm Groucho, i American when cw arx-ist- s perhaps the wittiest senile old man people toys in the world. were over there.") Who kntvr., seven-ccr- .t 1 Groucho's Eight of the first 1 Marx films perhaps have been shown at some or nickei is the answer to aM cif place m'lation another in Lincoln during the past problems. to Animal Crackers is not the best few years. They have proven be Marx film. It is a bit too movies" that consis- stagey (like the only "old their first, Cocoanuts, it was taken The Sheldon Film Theatre lo- draw in a broad of 1974-7- 5 tently spectrum from their successful Broadway gins its season Tuesuay, moviegoers to downtown theaters. the wierd sets Wednesday and Thursday with the of never-endin- g production: (note , This speaks well the and fake thunder and first in itj semester-lon- g serif-- of that Groucho, Chico, lightning) appeal and some of their comedy scenes documentary films. Shown this Harpo and Sometimes Zeppo (but suffer from lack of week is Sunseed, a film uy never still command. But together the Gummo) camera, editing and sound flexibil- Frederick Cohn. Also scheduled is in another sense it points out the common to the sound a short feature, Evolution of a meets thr? few other old ity early fate that films. Yogi. J 13 monday, august 28, 1974 daily nebraskan pago.