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frlday, may 4, 1979 dally nebraskan Nacho nacho By Rave Odd-dick Mindless boogie was the order of the Mght, and the concert crowd fell to the occasion. They were mindless. ' The occasion was the first Lincoln ap pearance of the Village Idiots, the hottest disco band in the land. And hot they were, playing their hits, "Nacho Cheese" and "NAACP," As soon as the band took the stage, they launched .into the now-famous lyrics to "Nacho Cheese:" "Nacho, Nacho Cheese, . I wanna be a nacho cheese. . ." The crowd went into a dancing frenzy. And the band, dressed in their familiar re galia of idiots' costumes from Vound the world, gave them more. The crowd had barely settled down when they launched into "NAACP," their anthem to brotherhood. During the chorus, the dancers formed the letters N-A-A-C-P above their heads. The kids on American Bandstand would've been proud of them. Mindlessness at its best. Homos in the outhouse But that wasn't all. The Village Idiots even graced us with their latest hit, "In the Outhouse." Rumor has it that there are homosexual connotations in this song, but all I heard was a tribute to the human pos terior. And the kids on TV got nothing on our hometown dancers when it comes to mindlessness. During "Outhouse," I believe they invented a dance you won't see on TV. The Idiots also gave the lucky audience a preview of hits to come when they played several of their new songs. The most promising was "Back Door Man " not the blues classic but yet another song about brotherhood. i Overall, ;the concert was via .strong mixture of hit singles and newf material. The crowd obviously preferred the current hits,' though it was hard to tell-no matter what the band did, they never stopped dancing or changed their rhythm. Corpse hit the spot The opening act was a new band called the Fishing Reels, a progressive, heo-punk-bluegrass-classical-folk outfit that put the crowd in a perfect mood for the Idiots. cheese, you're just a spot on my buck seat Amid exhortations to the crowd to "have t jolly good f. . . Jng time," lead singer Jimmy Corpse did just that, accept ing drinks of kerosene from crowd mem bers. After breaking both legs by falling off the stage and attempting to slash his wrists twice, the singer was carried off the stage in a pine box. What a showman! But before he left, Corpse gave the crowd some memorable moments-check these lyrics from their hit "You're Just a Spot on my Backseat:" "You're just a spot on my back seat, Once upon a time I thought you were a star But now I only remember you When Tm cleaning out my car." . The political implications of . that song are awesome, and it had a catchy, two-chord arrangement to boot. Yessir, it was a great concert-as soon as I get out of the hospital, I'm gonna grab my new boyfriend and sashay down to the next mindless boogie concert. . - j , if 'S , . . . jl ,v . 1. ' I III! - j X J. . . lyA V, , ..j . r NV'- V yvA, . .. . . . ... . 9 J Photo by Mook Driveminnickcrazy Brahms' little-known masterpiece, 'The Grand Movement," will be performed by the Harvard City Symphony Orchestra at 8 pm. tonight. dreary Senator says lirty movies3 stftnoi dsnvo alfassitab: sex-related OOPS -48-24-36 Editor and chef: Meat Mayhem. Mang ling editor: Gorgeous Left. Gnus editor: Elquimp Ballsalot. Associate Gnus editors: Busty Almonds, Ima Scapcat. Assistant Gnus editor: Sundy Holysomolianese. Knight Gnus Editor: Magrat Staffinfection. Assistant knight gnus editor: A.CD.C. Ca rouser. East campus meadow muffin: .Kinky Feel. Layin editor: Big Phil Mince meat. Entertaining editor: Jelly Dumpling.. . Spurts editor: Wreck Holes, Pornography sheik:; Toad Smirk. Art detractor: Jock Ragmop. 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Malph Kill-em and Omaha Sen: Pat Vendetta have promised to introduce legislation next year to raise the age at which one may attend R and X rated movies to 21. ; .The proposed bill would stiffen laws re garding admission to PG rated movies to 17. KiU-em explained that the number of . sex-related traffic deaths has increased , since movies became more explicit. -. He explained that the influence of what he called "dirty movies" on 18 and 19 year ; folds has a trickle-down effect, and even tually erodes the morals and values of 13 l and 14 year olds." . , Kill-em offered statistics showing-that VD, pregnancy and sex. in general have each increased among teens in the last 10 years.' ' This is directly attributable to permis sive policies ' toward entrance to ; these movies," he said. Kill -cm added that the bill will address a much larger problem, that being increasing population. Opponents of the biU argue that passage of the measure would have no effect on the population growth, but KiU-em said if a fire has been caused by a ps leak, the gas supply must be shut off before the fire can be put out "His analogy doesn't work" quipped Grieve Fowlup, an opponent of this and , other KUl-em bills aimed at taking privi- . lecs away from your 3 people. "I'm just tired of aa this csmans," Kn-erasaid.., Pres. Farter plans to halt record, Preparation H prices By Dub Enema Washington (SOB)-In response to spiraling costs of records, President Farter unveiled his plan to control the price of all albums and singles today. "Between wars in the east and wars in the west and the mouse that ran up Rosalynn's dress, people need a cheap source of entertainment other than JV&ftf Moves and Rollin in Their Sweet Baby's Arms, "he said. To save dwindling supplies, all FM stations have been temporarily closed, he said. He also ordered that AM radio stations implement programs where more commercials, and disc jockey chatter dominates the airwaves than music. Farter ordered the closing of discos on Sunday's and standby rationing plan for records in case the situation gets critical. He encouraged people to find substi- , tutes for the household uses of records and for people to slow their stereos to 16 revolutions ajninute. " Ease demand This will lessen the demand .for . records Entil the situation eases, he said. For those who still can find good rock V roll records to listen too, Farter . said, they should rock less and roll more until the prices of records start climbing down. j World demand for records have shot up since 1978 when Sid Vicious and punk rock assaulted theEast Coast in a new wave. . The vicious attack was labeled a de volution since it hit as people were still t trying to recover from an attack by disco. In response to the assault, people be gan to find a variety of uses for albums ranging from lining bird cages to an ef fective substitute for diaphragms. As more uses for albums were found, the demand for records rose as the supply -fell dangerously low because records are produced in only a few select cities in the United States. Ordered surcharge In order to conserve dwindling sup- ; plies, mayors of the cities ordered a sur charge placed on each record. k "We must conserve our ordyi resource the mayors said adding that! high record sales are the only way to keep the record, moguls from returning to their premuTionaire status as charter members of Hell's Angels. 1 Last week, Farter announced that, the Justice Department would take ac-H tion against windfall profits the record distributors received from sales. " s Farter charged that the record dis tributors doubled their delivery costs to . take advantage of the lucrative record profits. . ; . -. ..v :.- . ", . f ' Since, then, the record distributers' have responded: Hey anan; don't buj me, we have cncui trouble being HI thy rich.", y; j: . ; Because records are necessary for a good time, the spiraling prices liavc been a factor in the nation's annual inflation rate of 640 percent, Farter wid. toui gst fpir.z? he qulppd t.:j1: . boardiig a plzne to Cur.a.. '