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friday, march 4, 1977
Back to basics '
is column's intent
By I'Adizzl Zsugsri
According to the Mcrriam-Webster Dictionary (the
latter day bible of the hack author), Feedback is the
return to the input of a part of the output of a machine,
process or system.
You say "feedback" to rock musicians and theyll
shake their heads knowingly and point to Jimmi Hcnd
fix: to politicians, and they 11 point to their nearest yes
man: to me, and 111 point you to your nearest mirror.'
As an eld and disgruntled Fleetwood Mac once said,
"Dont ask me what I think of you 'cause I might not give
the answer that you want me to
Be that as it may, feedback is also the name of this
column, and it basically means that it's Friday, and that
you are about to be assaulted by another in a long line of
self-indulgent articles.
Charles Bukowski (rhymes with puke" as he once
said in a film about himself) has a train of thought
running through most of what he writes.
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It is this: There are men that are frozen, that have sone
through so much that all emotion is drained out of them.
As a result, life is simply a series of reactions and events,
some good and some bad .
For instance, someone consistently picks on you,
harasses you at every conceivable time until it is intoler
able. You deck them. Not because you are angry or hurt,
but because it seems like the logical thing to do.
Bukowski rates a place in this introduction but not
because I believe in what he says entirely. I think his con
cept is incomplete, but it is interesting.
As a sometimes journalist, (woe to the day someone
pinned that label on me), I am expected to react to a
series of events in a similar way and then turn them cold
turkey over to you.
I am often wrong. Sometimes I am right. Most of the
time I am somewhere in between.
Feedback, the return to the input by the output, then,
is an effort to get back to basics. I officially cast the label
journalist" to the four winds.
If you read a critical review in this column, it's not
because I know more than you, it's because somewhere
along the line I thought something was missing. Ill try
to explain why I feel that way.
I hope avoiding the pretense of objectivity in this
manner will allow me the freedom to stretch out a bit and
open up an entertainment forum.
It will give you the freedom of responding. Although
I'm not setting out to annoy anyone, I hope I get mall.
If I do, 111 return it to this column and take it seriously.
If not, IH take it as a stamp of approval and take over the
world.
With that in mind, I bid a fond farewell. HI be back
next week with a review of the classified page of the
Daily Nebraskan. Specifically, the personals.
Movies
Cinema 1 : Fun with
Dick and Jane (PC) -7:30
and 9:25 p.m.
Cinema 2: A Star Is
Bom (R)-7:05 and 9:40
p.m.
State: The Cassandra
Crossing (R)-7 and 9:30
p.m.
Stuart: Silver Streak
(PG)-1:15, 3:15, 5:15,
730 and 9:30 pn.'
Douglas 1: Network
(R)-S30 7:40 and 9:50
pjn.
Douglas 2: The Town
that Dreaded Sundown
(R)-5:35, 7:35 and 9:35
pjn.
Douglas 3: Rocky
(PG)-5:15, 7:20 and
9:25 p.m.
Plaza 1: Freaky Fri
day (G)-l, 3, 5, 7:10
and 9:20 p.m.
Plaza 2: Freaky Fri
day (G)-2, 4,6 aH 8:15
pjn.
Plaza 3: Thieves
(PG)-1:25, 3:25, 5:25,
7:25 and 9:25 pjn.
Plaza 4: Cousin
Cousine (Ry2:05,3S5,
5:45, 7:40 and 9 35 pjn.
CooperLincoln: The
Last Tycoon (FG-1:40,
4:10, 6:40 and 9:15 pja.
Joyo: MjcKmtosh
and TJ. (G)-7:20
uitarlst Harris
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n concsri
Fclk-tlues guitarist Woody Harris wl play in the
Terraces room of the Nebraska East Carpus Union to
c!itat7:30. For the past five years, Harris his endeavored to
establish the steel-string guitar as a concert instrument,
along with Rich noted figures as Leo KoUke, Peter Lang
and John Faliey.
II-rris is noted for his classical training and LI onstery
ci" the firmer-picking blues-rage style. He has appeared at
many universities in the United States and has recorded
for Arhoolie, Takoraa and Vanguard labels.
The concert is free.
'Red Ryder' probes hero shortage
leader t
Photo by Kwin Hfctoy
Jack Honor rehxes and takes a load off" his feet la a
New f.fsxko dsier in the Ihtwtl production of
When You Comin Back, Red Ryder?
Tull, madman
The wit, eccentricity, and folk-rock melodies of Jethro
Tull and its madman leader, flutist Ian Anderson win be
at Omaha Civic Auditorium March 9 at 8 pjn.
Jethro Tull has been producing music since 1968 after
retervhg considerable praise is Great Britain for the
release of its debut album This Is. In those early years
Jethro Tull was more of a blues band but quickly changed
after then band co-leader, RSck Abrahams, left to form his
own band, Blodwyn Pig.
Under Anderson's leadership the group modified its
musical approach and continued to enjoy success in Great
Britain with its second album Stand Up, which some think
is its best album.
The band was. practically unknown in the US. until
the release of its fourth album, Aqualung. The follow-up
to Aqualung. Thick a A Brick, solidified its growing
United States following. Thick as a Brick was one of the
band's most unique records ever produced because the
out on the weekend
Sddon Art Gallery continuing cxLwits
Photcgraphs by David Melby
Sculpture by William Snow (Art Shop)
Woodcuts from the Permanent Collection
F2naaadTV
Avenues of the Americas, 3, 7 and 9 pja. Friday
Film cn the Arts, 3 pjn. Sunday
Union Program Council Foreign FZzsJ-'cdcs, 7 asd 9
pjn. Sunday
KTien you CorrJn aek. Red Ryder? 8 p J3. Friday sad
M J
Maureen Forrester concert, 8 pja. Friiry
Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 4 pja. Sundry
Fclk-tlucs guitarct Woody Hirris, 7:33 Friday,
Terraces Room, East Campus Union
Seals and Crcft concert, 8 pja. Saturday, Pershing
Auditorium
CicrETcrta
. Muscular Dystrophy Dance Marathon, Friday 6 pjn
Saturday midnight, Union.
ft was Paul Simon who once said. "Where have vnn
gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to
you..."
In other words, where have all the heroes gone? This is
one of the main questions examined in the Howell
Theatre production of When You Comin Back, Red
Ryder? which runs March 4, S and 7-1 2 at 8 pjn.
Director Tice Miller said he saw Mark Medoffs off
Broadway play in 1974. At the time, it captured the
mood of the country overwhelmed with Vietnam and
'" Watergate, Miller said.
"Medoff speaks directly to that generation of post-war
Americans who were f shorn of their beliefs and their
heroes "he said.
He added that Vietnam blew away most beliefs Ameri
cans had about themselves being right and good.
The play is not an anti-war play, Miller said, but the
war acts as a catalyst. . :
W)en You Comin Back, Red Ryder? takes place in a
small New Mexico border town on June 15, 1969. The
outside world of rioting on campuses, drug arrests, kill
ings in Vietnam and the new Nixon administration scv.z
far away, Miller said.
"Into a small roadside diner come two hippies named
Teddy and Cheryl in their V.W. van. Teddy wears an army
fatigue jacket as evidence of his most recent activities. He
is out of money and his van needs repair," he added.
In the diner he finds Richard Etheridge, a business
man and his wife Qarisse, a violinist. They are traveling
from San Diego to New Orleans where darisse will play
with the New Orleans Philharmonic.
"Teddy also finds Red, Angel and Lyle -locals who
run the diner and neighboring filling station.
Teddy terrorizes this group in a suspense story of
great impact," Miller said.
Playwright, Medoff is an Associate Professor of Eng
lish at New Mexico State University at Las Graces. For
this play he received the Obie and Outer Critics' Circle
Awards in 1974.
The cast includes: George Hansen-Lincoln, Jack Honor
New York City, Loreda Shuster-Lincoln, Cliff Radcliff
Waynesburgh, Ohio, Eric Sorensen-Omaha, Stephanie
Kallos-Lincoln, Randall Parker-Kearney and Susie Troyer
Omaha. Set design is by Bob Mond, costumes by Julie Hage-
meier, lights by Jerry Lewis, sound by Art Winter, Stage
manager is Crystal Craft and Assistant director is Paula
Langdon.
Tickets are available at the Temple box office .
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entire album was one continuous song.
Following Thick As A Brick came A Passion Play,
another concept album which flopped miserably. The
ensuing unfavorable reviews resulted in Ian Anderson and
critics becoming eternal enemies. Following this setback,
the group settled into a period of semi-retirement.
Since A Passion Play Jethro Tull has been scaling the
line between scattered praise and general apathy. Its best
work in this period is widely thought to be Minstrel in
the Gallery.
Despite the recent lukewarm reaction to Jethro Tull
albums, the band's concerts continue to sell out and
Anderson's reputation as possibly the best on-stage show
man seems to grow with each subsequent concert tour.
Tickets for the Omaha show, the first local appear
ance by the band since early 1974, went on sale
Wednesday and cost $6.50. In Lincoln, tickets are avail
able only at Brandeis.
Seals and Croft
headline concert
Seals and Goft, Heart sfields and wooden folding chairs
all wm be in Pershing Municipal Auditorium at 8 pjn.
Saturday.
Seals and Croft, the headline act, have been in the spoi
lt since tiey gained attention with their hit single
oummcr Breeze.' -
Since that time, the acoustic-based duo have had
several other hits including "Diamond Girl " 11 riav
for You" and "Unborn Child."
HeartsSeld, an acoustic band combining country, blue
fjass tad rock, if relatively unknown m the iiscob urea,
pe group recently released its tmst&Zvm,CWects
Item.
The band has had a number of minor hits izcLiilrz
"'5 wun-CT CI U AU V-Sne On" tni Oii sin' the
Sun
The folding chairs win make their f-perr.ee in res
ponse to the problems of past concerts reported to in
cl unconcealed weapons, drugs and violence.
The placement of the chairs is a compromise of initial
suested measures that included elimination of concerts
ar.d screening out all groups known to have rowdy acts.
. e tten Kiting, all tickets are general admis
sion and are $6 today and 57 Saturday.
Tkets are available at Din Cheap, Miller and Faine,
Ecn Simons, The Daisy and Pershing box office. -
