2.23.90 MACWEEKLY page 11 ARTS Be* ns & Gneissmaker soil 7th St. Entry photos by Lacey Eckl Sewer would l/keto your pistil too- Mac bands Monkey Bean Oswalds and Gneissmaker played at 7th St. Entry last Tuesday. The manic floor- show involved hedonistic canned vegetable tossing and exotic male dancers sporting little more than jockstraps and sausages. indecent quite as male dancer y another's dano/ ARMOUR. SKINLESS White Boots Don't Help Black Uhuru FORK SAUSAGE v LINKS By Christopher Edmonds received by the crowded wear white cowboy boots. I were finishing up with an Reggae has long been danced floor, but I also suppose the excuse is that amazingly respectable cover an oddity in the United noticed that the only non- it makes American of "Hey Joe." States, rising to national at- Jamaican member of the audiences more receptive I decided to leave, a ARMOUR. tention with occasional one- band, the lead guitarist, was (the guitar, not the boots), reasonable decision since SKINLESS wearing white cowboy but in this case all it did the show was over, and so PORK SAUSAGE off hits, but confined for the v LINKS most part to small night- boots. I soon forgot about was mar an otherwise great I struggled across the room clubs and college radio. this though, as they moved performance. to get my coat. On the way, Hopefully, then, the right into another new tune, The last thing I wanted I ran into at least ten near-capacity crowd that The Heathen." to hear was a distorted friends who all shared si- came out to First Avenue After several more new guitar attacking the sweet milar feelings about the songs, they finally stopped rub-a-dub that was oozing evening's event, but overall Monday night to see the it was a good show, and -A\ ARMOUR. harmony trio Black Uhuru is to take a breath and say from the PA, and so r felt a SKINLESS besides, it was free. rORK SAUSAGE an indication of changing hello. At this point it was little billiards was called for. i LINKS times. time for another expensive Actually, the acoustics Of special note was the Like many others, I beer. of the pool area only allow- earlier performance by arrived expecting hard-core, As I returned to the ed the bass and vocals to Inertia, a reggae combo heavy-duty, drum-and-bass floor, they started up again. seep through, allowing me with an upbeat dancehall style reggae, along with the Lead vocalist Don Carlos to enjoy their final set a lit- sound and a fantastic lead tle more. They dove into singer by the name of "Possibly the most important wailing minor-key vocals was now fully warmed up, Lynval Jackson. They that have become the and his audience was more their famous "Guess Who's film pr^Juced by black Africa Coming To Dinner" right as opened the show with a group's trademark. With one than ready for him as he killer set and managed to to datej_ by Sembene, the major exception, I got what engulfed them in a 45 I sunk the efght-ball and won the game. get everyone quite sweaty jpest known fllmaker of ^ his V I wanted. minute tour of early Black long before B.U. came on. The backing band Uhuru material, including By the time we had "continent." played another game, with They play around town a began at around 11:15, such classics as "Shine Eye lot, even at Mac, and they launching into an in- me sinking the eight ball Gal," "Plastic Smile" and come highly recommended. r •^••i _ • •_ - • strumental medley of Black "General Penitentiary." and losing this time, they Uhuru's more popular The rock hard rhythm songs. It was then joined section accompanying by the dread triumvirate Carlos and harmonizing AND 12MID1 themselves. dreads Garth Dennis and Sporting red, gold and Ducky Simpson was doing green wireless mikes and quite a job at keeping the long leather trench coats, crowd moving, so why then the three members of Black did I retire to the pool "An exciting political thriller as Uhuru skanked right onto tables? The man in the the stage and into "Peace white boots. ambitious as it Is remarkable." and Love," a track taken Why reggae bands from their brand new album, today have to play with Now. mediocre wanna-be metal "CEDDO" From my backstage guitarists is beyond me, and AT viewpoint (heh, heh, heh), I besides, no self-respecting could see that this was well West Indian would ever MAC CINEMA Vdoi oiaw -m*vog.