ju ly 22 - ju ly 28 the arts and entertainment section o f the daily nexus « f \ | Lollapalooza) d iMry a first-hand account of one of tjhe biggest events fflWdk and roll history ^ s4.ty. (fadeLxn«C Lollapalooza— something or som eone very striking oM | exceptional Lollapalooza II kicked off this weekend in the bay area’s (Shoreline Amphitheatre. The weather was hot and so ’ The show. We missed Lush. (Anthony Keidis was apparently pissed^ because women were not represented on this tour and saic tie wouldn’t have done it had he known it would be domi­ nated by male rockers. He wanted to talk to organizer Per ®Farrell about it but apparently “they” wouldn’t give hir Perry’s number.) Lush— a band which doesn’t completely represent what women today are doing with music — was! added late, an apparent token addition to the tour. Thanks! But we could hear Lush’s dreamy songs as we walked ar-| 'Man Trouble' ound checking out the festival itself. A large second stage ■ SSL took up one grass area where Cypress Hill, Boo Yaa Tribe ■ ,.jL land other acts were scheduled to play later. We did catch a Shame Sharkbait’s performance-art assault, with fire breathing page 4A drum beats, women dressed in chain link skirts swallowing** torches, a cage of yet more people beating up drums and trash cans and very loud fierce faces screaming in our own] A whole slew of informative booths were occupied by groups such as ACT UP, CARAL, the ACLU, PETA, Am-< nesty International, Rock the Vote and much more. Theirg SYLLABUS: ¡people were friendly and eager to talk to anyone whog would listen and offered tons of literature on animal rights,! Wednesday, July 22 (abortion rights, AIDS, the L.A. riots, gun control, etef •Wolfgang Press will play We headed to our seats just in time for Pearl Jam. We the Anaconda with local asked the swaying girl next to us what the order was and she gloomers This Ascension; swooned, “Well, Lush just played and next is P ea rl Ja m , tickets available at which is why I ’m here and,” blah, blah, blah.... She pro­ Warehouse or Rockhouse ceeded to throw up five times after Pearl Jam’s set Ladies and Gentlemen — Lollapalooza’s alcohol mentality. Thursday, July 23 Pearl Jam hit the stage and everyone was on their feet! • Let Him Have It, a film dancing, mouthing every word. But singer Eddie VedderL- just stood there, unmoving, the whole time— the antithesisP about a brain-damaged |of the man who usually thrashes around the stage, crawls® 19-year-old caught up in an out into the crowd and climbs up on the nearest water pipe?" explosive 1950's murder or rafter. The band sounded as good as ever, but somethingjl trial; UCSB Campbell Hall, 8 was awry. Perhaps it was the large MTV crowd— tire multi-| p.m. tudes who wait to pay attention to music until the video! moguls brand it legitimate and all the Top 40 radio stations! Friday, July 24 start spewing it over the airwaves. This, apparently, is the reason that Vedder just stoodJ •The premiere of Boy's iFame was never his want, never his reason, obvious by his[ Life, a studentdirected ■ c r y for help at the last Pearl Jam show at Ventura Theatre.) comedy put on by the ^¡¡Fame can be ugly — once you have it, it may always be ’ SBCC Theatre Arts \with you. Department; Studio The Jesus and Mary Chain were phenomenal. T h ey flf] Theatre on the SBCC could not have put on a better show under such circum-Mkf West Campus, 800 block stances: As if the harsh sunlight wasn’t bad enough, most of p f j Cliff Drive, 8 p.m., runs the place was sittin g during their set Unreal. The JAMC is 1 through August 1 the most punk rock thing these kids are ever going to see P® 1 •Ska band Dave Wakeling and they were sitting on their asses. Each band had a huge * j backdrop and the JAMC used the image from the “Blues fc and the Free Radicals at from a Gun” video of a Jesus on the cross reaching down ? l the Anaconda with a gigantic gun as if to say, “This is us, this represents 11 us.” They are so beautifully blasphemous. j 1 Saturday, July 25 They didn’t play a song off their latest release, H on ey ’s • "An evening of Chamber Dead, until about five songs into the set, which was nice, Music and Art Song," a although most of the material came off of the last two re-1 presentation of the UCSB £ cords. The highlight of the set was “Sidewalkin’", which ( Summer Sessions Young J they drew out into a seemingly final chord as everybody be- i Artists Vocal Institute, will [gan applauding, and then ... they’d go back into the riff' take place in Geiringer I See LOLLA. p.3A Hall at 8 p.m. KJ Sunday, July 26 •Mississippi Masala, a film starring Denzel Washington; UCSB Campbell Hall, 8 p.m. 2 A Wednesday, July 22,1992 Daily Nexus A p a c o p d a ALBUM ' le v t e t a 935 Embarcadero Del Norte 685-3112 è KCSB Present New Sonic Youth Pulls Punk Screaming into ’90s 7/22 WEDNESDAY D irty original spirit of what rock interesting and viscerally W O LFG A N G PRESS Sonic Youth ’n’ roll was about; it set out stimulating song on the al­ THIS ASCENSION Geffen Records to get that ball rolling bum. Featuring veteran ★ ★ ★ ★ again. punker Ian Mackaye on 7/23 THURSDAY The Stooges started the additional guitar, “Youth CYPRESS HILL It's been said that most ball rolling, the Ramones Against Fascism” is so dis­ 7/24 FRIDAY bands only put out one or increased its momentum, sonant the NEW Flipper DAVE WAKELING & two decent albums, and from which point bands might want to take note— THE FREE RADICALS it’s usually the first two. like Black Flag, Minor nary a band (except maybe For the most part, I've Threat and the Dead Ken- the Melvins) could deliver THE UPBEAT found this to be all too nedys took over and gave anything which would k7/25 SATURDAY true. Black Sabbath, Me- the ball an added kick in outdo this earfuck. Lyrics BLAST) tallica and the Dead Ken- the ’80s. Now it's 1992 like, “Your president Lagwagon/Leodhead nedys are all instances of (and those bands are old sucks! He’s a warpig 7/29 WEDNESDAY great bands that became news to rock 'n' roll), and fuck!” and “You seig- annoying after their first with the release of D irty, heiling squirt! You’re an TOOTS & couple of albums. Sonic Youth has proven infinite jerk!” and “A black THE MAYTALS Sonic Youth, on the that they are the band to robe and swill! I believe : 7/30 THURSDAY other hand, is one band keep the ball rolling. Anita Hill!”, are what MIGHTY MIGHTY which has definitely es­ D irty begins with the make this song so delight­ BOSSTONES caped the road to medio­ Flipper-esque song, ful. These are honest — crity that other bands usu­ “100%.” It’s sloppy, it’s not preachy — lyrics Pimple faced peeping Tom 7/31 FRIDAY ally stumble down. Every noisy and it’s definitely which confront America’s STRUNZ & FARRAH album they have put out one of the best singles to racist and sexist leaders. Youth’s D irty a whirl, then Sonic Youth LP is loud, 3/1 SATURDAY has been as good as — or be released this year. The And for all of you die­ the album sleeve definitely and obnoxious, and vio­ IC E -T better than— the last. And following track, “Swim­ hard, stubborn punks who will. Pictured on the front lent, and dirty. And, like a w/Body Count their latest effort, D irty, suit Issue,” is just as im­ crave the one-two, one- and within the gatefold are sneeze, it feels good after keeps up their tradition of pressive, if not more so be­ two, short and sweaty what appear to be Salva­ it’s all over with. And also 8/3 M O N D A Y e x ce lle n ce and cause of its controversial song, the track “Nic-fit” tion Army stuffed animals like a sneeze it’s one of MAHLATHINI and the consistency. and creative commentary will do more than fill your and a random picture of those private joys we really MAHOTELLA QUEENS Sonic Youth proves that on the sexual harassment craving. “Nic-Fit” is defi­ your pimple-faced neigh­ want everyone to hear and 8/16 SUNDAY punk’s not dead, but only women must put up with nitely one-two, one-two, borhood peeping tom that enjoy. So go out and buy GREENDAY a different animal. Punk on a daily basis in the work and fills a whole 59 sec­ they found in the bottom D irty (or tape a friend’s started out as a reaction to place. onds of the album. of the bag. It’s all so stupid copy) — I guarantee it’ll be 8/25 TUESDAY the god-awful “rock” of T h e song “Youth If the music I’ve de­ a n d twisted, it’s the best gob of snot that TOREY AMOS the ’60s and '70s. Punk Against Fascism,” how­ scribed isn’t enough to wonderful.