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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 5 . Keaton is featured iii series The greatest deadpan of the cinema, Buster Keaton, is featured in this weekend's film series special. Two shorts, One Week and The Playhouse, and one full length feature, The General, will be shown in the Union's small auditorium. Keaton has been called one of the three greatest silent screen comedians (along with (along with Charlie Chaplin a Lloyd.) Keaton, along with wrote and directed productions. In thl. All three features special were written and directed by the great cinema funny man. Their hilarious sampling of the foibles of life can be seen Friday and Saturday at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. on this campus. Sunday the films can be viewed at the East Campus Union at 7:30 p.m. Admission is 50 cents. Genesis I collection scheduled for Sheldon by Dave Landis Entertainment Editor Genesis I, a collection of underground films by young film-makers, will be presented at Sheldon Art Gallery Tuesday at 8 p.m. and Wed. at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. One short subject, "Orange" by Karen Johnson runs three minutes. Its close-up view of the peeling of an orange takes on a bizarre sexual overtone. Pat O'Neil, director of "7362," must have seen "2001;" many of the special film techniques used in this nine minute short were seen in the Stausly Kubrich feature, color separation, manipulation and stamps SPECIAL SHOWING NEXT WEEK A PROGRAM OK AWARD WINNING NEW EXPERIMENTAL FILMS " HIM ft 5ir Jut SHELDON ART GAIXKllY Turdy Dcmbr 0 8'00 p.m. WrdnrMlay Dowmlx-r 10 7iOO p.m. AJmlulon $1.00 SlMiiimrrd by Slwklon Art Cullrry and Tl Nrhrka I'ulon Film Commltt v rmPBm ' v " tflfll v -y till s Ml -1.1 ft Blood, Sweat negative-positive montages combine to create unusual ef fects. "Now that the Buffalo Is Ag singers will present concert The Ag. Choristers- Choral iers from the University of Ne braska East Campus will present a public Christmas Concert Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the East Campus Activities Building. The choral group, directed by Mrs. Adelaide Spurgin, is composed of 152 students pri marily from the East Campus. Concert selections will Include "Welcome, Gay Kolyada," a Russian carol; "He Is Born," French origin; "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," an English carol; "Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head," an Appalachian carol; and "We Wish You The Merriest," Read Nebraska! Wanl-Ads BOMB ID .ft tfh and Tears Gone" is another award winner in the series. Don't miss the subtle allusion to Viet Nam near the end. 'Chris Munger" has another short that uses x-ray photography of human func tions in an eerie and disturbing way. There are lighter pieces as well. "Son of Heat Wave" is a funny patisch of commercials and campus life. Certainly less professional than the deeper features, its comic relief is ap preciated. There are 10 more short subjects. The Sheldon Gallery and the Nebraska Union have expanded the spectrum of films that the students can see with this offering. Your film education is In complete if you have just ex posed yourself to Hollywood and the foreign film series. Underground films are worth your while. There's no place better to begin than Genesis I. RANGER II Hert'i th baby for family fun I Up to 12 HP gives you all the power you need to keep the family cheering. We've doubled the fuel ca pacity to keep you going longer without refueling. The Ranger II is easy to handle, too. Weighs only 286 lbs. Skims along on on endless 12" molded rubber track with sno-grip tread. S tie SF0JIT51 ftRfmtliyf Sounding more like the aftermath of a three ring rassling match, Blood Sweat and Tears will be at Lincoln's Pershing Auditorium tonight. Blood, Sweat and Tears is a new kind of rock group. It is the first major group to be spawned on the East rather than the West Coast. With its five-man horn section, the nine man group combines jazz flavored bass, classic al diss onance, blues-oriented vocals with rock guitar and rhythm. The group's sound varies, depending on the song that they're playing but, nonetheless, it is creative and exciting. Much of the excitement comes from the lead-vocalist David Clay ton-Thomas. Formerly the leader of his own band in Canada, Clayton Thomas writes the songs and keeps things moving for the group. After a recent concert at the Oakland Coliseum where BS&T received two standing ovations, Clayton-Thomas discussed the music and functions of the group. "We want to bring to our au diences an awareness of music as an intellectual stimulation, not just a groin stimulation. Rock has degenerated to the point where you're supposed to come to a concert and become an animal. Our thing is to come to a rock concert to listen to some good music and be cool and dig It." Already this year two singles, "You Made Me So Very Hap py" and "Spinning Wheel;" and the album from which the songs came have gained more than a million dollars in sales. Though their debut album won a Grammy nomination, the group had difficulties getting their sound and themselves together. The founder and former leader of BS&T, Al Kooper, left the group after the first album to perform as a single artist. "One of the reasons we parted from Kooper's original con ception of the group is that he wanted to use big orchestras to back us," said Clayton Thomas. "Soon as that we lost our Identity as a group and we became the Al Kooper Ex perience." "When we started, it was the age of three-piece groups, such as. the Cream, the Who, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. All you needed was three guys, huge amplifiers, and a lot of show. Everyone thought the concept of a nine-piece brass band was crazy. 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"We don't need to do that because at least three-fourths of this band are studio musicians. "We're recording our sound the way Duke Ellington or Count Bassie record their big bands, without engineer gim micks, or chorus background. That's one of the reasons we can duplicate or exceed our songs in concert." Putting an album together becomes a nine-man battle. Each member of the group brings two or three songs that they like to the recording studio and each has a choice of one song that goes on the album. "We've fallen into our one ninth roles. We're trying to en compass every type of music that each of us knows and loves," said Clayton-Thomas. "It's hard at first for some of us knows to adjust to our backgrounds in music. I had never played in an all white band before. I feel we're a combination working between an anarchy and a democracy." Though they have the music charts written when they enter the studio to record, BS&T are open to change and improvise any song they desire. The group holds periodic meetings to discuss music and business. Nothing is done, however, unless all nine members agree on the decision. With the exception of two songs sung by Steve Katz, Clayton-Thomas does all the vocals. "Lyrics are at least 50 percent of the singer's tool. marc 333 8553 86th t W. Dodga OMAHA FRI. AT 8 P.M. SAT. and SUN. 2 & 8 P.M. Your wagon .LS'W'liRa-. 70mm KSAVI5IOV k I Mil TECHNICOLOR A mmhJ PRlKXNT PICTURE Snin& Lincoln Sine 1905 1129 "0" STREET UGltfEMO JIWtURS AMfRICAN GEM WCttTY EXPLORER II This Is the way to gol Twenty-eight romping horses pow ering a full 20" wide track. Choice of sno-grip tread or steel cleats. Big fuel capacity for long treks. Big storage space and big comfort. Carry all the gear you need for a full day of fun on snow cov ered peaks. You're boss with the Homelite Explorer II. MTED it on You're singing words and words make people think. Regardless of your musical ability, you're not making it as a singer unless you're putting that lyrical message across to people." Proclaiming that the group is I XSN ! A TV 434-7421 NCnS 54th & O Street Tn ,-ip ?M!(Oith WEEK! ,j feiwCfc'P SENDS S00N! lgM-ujfH U BUTCH CASSIDVANO VT-r J ' J ic daccpt ?ETcADr uctruaatNP BAtc . . I JmiwpuMiiiiiii. l W 4 Tfbxpnn rx r-crp CONTINUOUS SHOW DAILY FROM 1 P.M. HtSOTImT held over for 2nd WEEK! XHy i vhi'i Admission FrU $1.00 till 6 P.M. then $1.50 13th &P Street Undw 14, 50c Anytime , , 20 CENTUUY-FOX NE5CNTS l1 f John . Rock " v;y fi;V Wfeyne Hudson fW, -the JFJ Undefeated f4 ' V C of savage Us 'V' .'w5fii. wasteland... " SlSyV' they livred a -TT "S.VSV thundering Bdventure Jf They feared no one-Juarista rebels, cut-throat Banditos, the armies of Maximilian... as they challenged an angry land-and each other! Mm coMfcaoAWCOfucuOM HUGO MONTtNLGRO PANAVISION COLOR BY DtlUXE r FREE PARKING tor 13th NEBRASKA 432 3126 12th &P Street mm ''Dazzling... Devastating... Brilliant Must be seen by anyone who cares about 'the development of modern movies!" -Ntwiweelc "Staggering... Illuminating... Magnificent! It is the stuff a! now! Young people... should be required to see 'Medium Cool' I -Holiday "Stunning! One of the best pictures cf 1969!"-Coimopo!iten sued fobert forstervmj bloompeter bonerz marianna . harold blaricenship lullv hwdma I kails! wtdat WctH waxlar at Pershing its own musical form and will expand ana make that form more meaningful, Clayton Thomas shrugs off their musical commercial success and popularity. "Can you imagine a jazz artist who as been playing East IT'S AS GREAT SAYS! TONIGHT CONTINUOUS SAT. I HE Stimrt ind Nrbratk ttr 6 D.m. at: Ranipark. 12th & P Auto 4 Q Stat Secuntiei Self Park. 1330 N at 1 P.M. - I. $1 till 4 f NOW RATED (X) - NO col is dvnamii.c 7 l -V'4AMivJM bS? H MM I -j. Ha I I I f t Picturfl medium cool Side New York City night clubs for 12 years suddenly having teeny bopper girls screaming at him?," he said. "We're just musicians who use humor on and off stage as a means of releasing the pressure put on us as a group." AS EVERYONE AT 7:15 & 9:20 SUN. FROM 1 P.M. St(e)tflej tf CCtKAAL AeJelteJvKQt i Park. A tM. M Car Park Garaga, 13th 3:0S - 5tl5 - 7:29 - 30 1 -M etar 4 P.M. $1.$0 1 SHOWING! ONI UNDER 17 ADMITTED As impassioned and impressive a Rim as any released so far this year! Signals perhaps a new bold ness In American cinema! Extraordinary!' -Tlmt "Powerful! The first entirely serious, commercially spon sored, basically fictional film to be born out of the time of political and social troubles through which this nation has been passing!"-Llft bra itaiiiiiiiairaMrwaTTir rtm.eMn mui awn ni'r'Ji.J V- I' t ','! ft '9, X ft- ft" r.'v . lb 3 1 I 4 I Ht'L'ffli(; i?'ef