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The current projectionists' dispute is centered against
Rose Enterprises Inc., but owner Martin Rose said he
doesn't think the projectionists have much basis for
protest. v
Rose, a former president of the projectionists union,
currently is subcontracted to. the downtown theatres to
provide projection, cleaning and janitorial services.
Rose said he left the union two years ago because he
disagreed with the strike.
"I've never been for strikes," he said. 'The dispute
could have been settled without a strike. The problem
could have been negotiated."
Yet Rose said he did participate in the strike on the
first day.
Rose also said he was puzzled as to why the pro
jectionists waited this long to protest his subcontract.
"Why have they waited two years to protest?" he said.
"I haven't talked to those people since the day of the
original strike. The work I do for the theatres cow isn't
even the same since it involves cleaning the theatres."
Rose added that he had helped Install the automated
equipment in the downtown projection booths two years
ago, but had received no protest from the union then.
Rose said he felt automation was inevitable.
"Practically every theatre in the country will be auto
mated in 20 years -or less," he said. "Every major film
chain in the country is installing automation. Many of the
theatres in Omaha, Sioux City, Des Moines, Kansas City
and Denver are automated. If it weren't for the automa
tion, the ticket prices for movies would probably be over
tS3." .
Rose also thinks the new automation systems have not
effected the quality of the films' presentation in Lincoln.
'There were problems when there were projectionists
in every booth," he said. "1 knew of a case .where a
projectionist refused to get glasses, and as a result the
picture was always out of focus."
According to Rose, the claims the projectionists are
making contain only one accurate statement-that he is
a former president of the union.
'I merely submitted an offer and gat the contract,"
he said. "If it weren't for the strike, I think the projec
tionists would have been able to. obtain work. I'm just
trying to make a living."
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Photo by Kevin Hi&y
Dar Harrigan of Earthworks
German dire
dor's film to be: shown
A film by German director Raker Werner Fassbinder,
a leader in the resurgence of the German cinema, highlight
this week's offerings at the Sheldon Film Theatre.",
Fox end His Friends ox Fist-Right of Freedom, a
1975 Fassbinder film wCl be shown today through Satur
day. Screenings are 7 and 9:15 pin. with Friday and
Saturday matinees at 3 pjn. Admission is $2.
The FILns on the Arts series will consist of five f2nss
this week. Rolando Polonsky -Sculptor, GiacomettU
Henry Moore at the Tate Gallery; Barbara Hepworth at
the Tete and Picasso, the Sculpture will be shown in one
program Thursday and Sunday afternoons at 3 pjn..
Admission is SI. .
Au Hazard Bdthzzsr, French film released in 1966
and directed by Robert Bresson, will be shown for the
film studies classes today. Screenings are 10 am. and
1 :30 pxa. There is no admission charge.
They're not exactly Peter, Paul and Mary recording at
Warner Eros. Studio's, but Dar Horrigan and Steve Hesh
of the folk group Earthworks said it is about time to take
the band elsewhere.
They have been playing in 'Lincoln for about a year.
Earthworks enjoy performing locally, but said they think
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according to Horrigan and Hesh.
The band has played at the Zoo Ear, 136 N. 14th,
.Oscar's 245 N. 13th, Godfather's 240 N. 12th and in
Omaha at the Howard Street Tavern and Pur cello's and
they are ready for a change of scenery, said Hesh, who
plays guitar, mandolin and sings occasional back up
vocds.
Earthworks began about a year ago when Hesh and Lis
Lewis, vocalists for the band, were singing at a jam session
at the Zoo Ear. Horrigan played a solo the same night and
the three liked each others' style and formed the band,
they said. ; - ' , :
Horrigan and Hesh said Earthworks will record in May
-in Kansas City for Philo records,. a country and folk music
record label, in the future.
The band plays folk music, but Hesh said he began
playing electric guitar in a rock V roll band in high
- school, then bought an acoustic guitar. He said he liked
the sound of the guitar so much he began to play folk
music and left rock V roll. -
Horrigan has worked as a special education teacher in
Lincoln but said he thought he was splitting his time be
tween teaching or music while doing both so he quit
. teaching and put all of his energies into music.
"It's hd playing music for a living," Hesh said. "You
work at night wkrii your friends aren't." " 1
" He said since they play in many different kinds of
places the crowds vary in their receptiveness. -
Although Hesh and Horrigan played as a duo Monday
night at Oscar's, Earthworks will be playing with Lewis
Wednesday and Thursday night at Godfather's and Friday
and Saturday again at Oscar's.
Next week they will play at the Red Lion Lounge in
. Eroken Bow. Sunday they will play at Centennial Mall
in' an outdoor concert for the Lincoln Academy of Arts.
Even in
its quietest moments,
the album is a failure
by Dcciss VL Weil : .
ssaFtrrSai c? the Qzktsstl2ofmi$fA&2&
A yssr r;o I could lave fooled- rryscif into belirfia
thit slbum. Even vi the Q?dsttst Moments; byScper
trsrap was a good, if not sensstiossl album. ,
You see, Supertramp is a persons! favorite. Everyone
hss a favorite bind or artist and isuaHy they are Misded '
to the fact that the band is made up of musicians thsi are
after s3t only human. ,
A year ago Sapertramp, at least Li my mind, could do
no wrong. For cr.ee I wasn't alone in my conviction.
Much cf the national rock press was enthused with the
band's effort, Otis! What Crisis? Crisis was an excellently
conceived folly charactered foUow-cp to the band's 1974
release Crsxe of the Century.
Crime of the Century, even though it was the btsd's
third album, it was in a sense a debut for the bind in thst
it t'oraed the head of even the mcst-diUkult-tcvpks of
the rock press esbli&ment
A3 cf this feype ever Supsrtrnp wss net wi&out
jciilcalioa. Ovne cf the Cenmry, a locseh'Crgnlzed
ccscept tlbtna, displayed a very tppesling drsmatk,
Wltsi CrMst, wis &st tlx bsnd net depend upon the
tedi2!qics snd atrcschei that tszSjs Cr&ie cf the
Cairywidhilz$mt&xgzzs.
ATtdSrrt
la short, what Capntrsnrp hd dsns wss avcU ptlas
czzpt ia a rut Hss so easy fcssis fhn fiaslly attda a
z vl c success Ci &t wiyv rtxzirt'p SixJ ftnS lclr
Ircshnta and titiUty. iluA cf &s credit for this went to
the ii's
it Kci Scott. S sett's list cf credits
include Dzsil tovis Rlx e$d Fdl cfZ'zzf Stzrdust
czd the Sfitcrt from I'zt ar.i Zlzrlsy Ckrke's Journey
to Love.
Yes, i think a ycr I cc-li kns cors'incci nrIf
to 1113 Even it the QMctat Moments. Cut siter a year cf
t1Jt3 sura mirws I thbk (cr at kast I hope) thrt I
Irm tztn able to elhsLiite cnthrisa Iiisd a
f .-ncr, J favorite ti order to present a fsir and cntlntcd
X.I .iJi VjZy trins m to a dircsroa cf the new
ilost notkeable about the alburn is the departiae of
proiacer Scott, not pzst cn the dibm's list cf credits but
mors fopoitistly on the album's sound. .
Grsr-tcd, the presence or absence cf this cr that" pro- ',
-feesr can be easily overemphas2ed. The departure cf
Scott proves to be the mcjor factor in this album's failure. .
On Even it the Quietest Moments Supertramp has
taken on the production chores and the results are just
this side cf horrifying. Oddly, it's not a matter of the
band tossing aside the influence of Scott,' but rather'
pounding the same eld tricks into ground. Scott's
importance was not related to any particular approach,
rather the skillful manner that he juggled the band's
character and identity, in the process creating a freshness
and continually innovative sound. -Even
in the Quietest Moments is reliable, recycled,
reincarnations cf past Supertramp formulas. In a word
this album is boring t n ,
This boredom can be evidenced on the album's cpen
w. selection, "Give a Little Clt". Although "Give a Little
tX is not much cf a song, it illustrates well the perils of
pkyfcg in esse cf those "loud, rscuous rock n roll bands".
It cat be en that intensive exposure to 100-plus decibels
does affect tstd23s hearing. I'm certain that if only one
cf the fcanda members hearing was stUl iatact, they would .
realise what s disaster this tosg rth is.
Dcca,t tzi k ' '
"Lover Boy fx a catchy mix cf melancholic pep and
tL'es ttrains: Cut poor cid Lcvcr C6y" doesnl even
Kike it to first fcnse. The ccrnhiaatioa cf aconsOs and
dectrk uitan 'psl doesn't mesh here and the tack-up
rccsls are a tedious allcnrpt to copy Sectt's techniques
frcsn CrtU ViisS Ctlzis?
The album! title track, Even in the Quietest Moments
cccs till a rj-n-iidc tint is h a szr.zs the bend's trade- -
smzk-sc-jnd ejects. This tfce it s the chirping cf birds.
y birds r.eeC-3 epen 'a q-iet rr.r.voverei
ii- w vv
wet f-t "
Thovt a dc'Jet it's the birds thst turn in the cdy
crfcrrtriee ca- tils one cf the album.
Side two is scrniihis cf an improvement. H5ajit
a t'cU-dcne love tor 3 is pesscble tut hsrdly d:sJnctive.
Trorn ile- Cn U a t:!.J 1z:t. It cont-ins some -
rice keyboards and a fantastic back-up vocal fadeoutthat
..resembles a grade school boys choir; - .
... in5 tr.nl -song Tool s overture is an srcsic&ry
-appropriate ending to an-imbearabk oslbction-cf aonss.
Focl's Overture'
se'rely sateresrg".
sjratheazer .hooks but its running time cf 10:51 ils about
eight minutes too losg. : ;.
Still, Supertramp remains on my list bf favorite bands.
Even cn In the Quietest Moments there are a few spots
where I an probably fool myself into liking the album at
least a little. But 1 wouldn't recommend it to anyone that
wasn't a Supertramp fanatic. If your interested in picking
sip on Supertramp's better days try Crime of the Century
or Crisis! Mutt Crisis? But stay away from this one.
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Hearts end Minds, a Om studv of the Vietnam war. is
an exploration of the American psyche. It looks at Ameri-
csn iu
li conflict with reality.
The winner of the Academy Award for Best Docu
mentary testsre cf 1974 will be shown at Sheldon Film
Theetrc at 1 1 am. and 2 p xi. Thursday.
- Hearts end Minds digs into the past to illustrate the
trends cf thought that kd to the Southeast Asian war.
Wilt Hostow, Chirk Clifford, Gen. William Westmore
land and ether United States policy makers are inter
viewed along with Vietnamese kaders.
Vktnam - veterans disouss how the war has affected
their lives and famZks. Friends of wounded or killed
soldiers also give their thoyshts on the conflict. '
Although Hosts ad Minds deals particularly with
America'! iivoh'escent in Vietnam, it is a complex study
of politics, i&ala, human nature and the war's results
Hearts end Minds, filmed in color runs 112 minutes
No dn::on viii be charged. The film is sponsored by
the UNX' International Conflict class. The screenin of the
r.r.s cn t!.e Arts series scheduled for 3 pm Thursday
has been canceled, but the films will be shown at 3 rsL
Sunday as cr-gmally scheduled.
