daily nebraskan
thursday, march 12, 1981
New wave rock rising against American shores
By Bob Crisler
Most anthologies are victims of the
Billboard plague before they are ever
conceived. If a song hasn't made that
magazine's Top 40, then it isn't even in
the running.
In recent years, labels that specialize
in new wave rock; Stiff, Beggar's Banq
uet, and Sire, have released showcase
anthologies of their talent in an attempt
tn break new bands in America.
ment, proving that some freshness and
vitality still exists in popular music in
England, as well as the American underground.
I.R.S. Creates! Hits Vols. 2&3 continues
in this vein with a four-sided chronicle
of upbeat, highly danceable rock for the
the new decade.
The International Record Syndicate's
collection dissected here contains nothing
ever heard on banal American airwaves.
Some of the bands, however, are top sellers
in eminently more dynamic English mark
et. Britain is the breeding ground that
produced the Beatles, Rolling Stones and
the Who, and this is an encouraging docu-
Forceful R&B
The Fleshtones open the album with
"Cold, Cold Shoes," a superb R&B boogie
number accompanied by a cascading
phalanx of a saxaphone to drive the rhy
thm along. Brian James, a former member
of The Damned, continues with the mes
merizing ballad "Ain't That a Shame."
' punctuated by the crisp drumming of
Police -man Stewart Copeland. The Police
PAfflAIM a,re wmniPrescnt on the sct- contributing
I vUlv5wJ tneir hrst English release, two solo efforts
by Copeland, and general behind-the-scenes
assistance by their old labalmates.
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Unknowns abound, and "Baby Sign
Here With Me" by Henri Badowski, gives
a clear impression of the pitfalls of mar
riage in its Ray Davies-style of wit.
The father of new wave, punck rock,
enters the scene on Alternative TV's
"Action Time Vision." It is a steamroller
of a song, with fiercely enunciated lyrics
and lowest-common denominator heavy
metal guitar. Squeeze follows with "Back
track," a houserocker in the Jerry Lee
Lewis tradition of piano hammering.
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Photo courtesy of International Record Syndicate
The I.R.S. Greatest flits series provides a collage of new wave artists who have had a
difficult time breaking American radio station play lists.
ON STAGE
Armadillo: Young Country, Thursday through Satur
day, $1 cover weekdays, S2 cover weekend.
B.J.'s Hideaway: Marty Young and the Outlaws, Thurs
day through Saturday, no cover.
Boar's Head: Willie Knight, Thursday through Satur
day, no cover.
Bob's Tavern: Paddywhack, Friday and Saturday.
The Downstairs: Enianon, Thursday through Saturday,
no cover.
Drumstick: The Ripchords. Thursday through Satur
day, $2 cover.
Forum: The Constellations. Thursday through Satur
day. Green Frog: Highway Call, Thursday through Satur
day, no cover.
Gunny's Pub: Pruckler and Ritter Duo, Friday and Sat
urday, no cover.
Hidden Valley: Celebrity, Friday and Saturday; Flat
lands Jam Band, Sunday.
Kraus' Korner: Celebrity Boys, Thursday; Jump Sing
ers, Friday through Sunday; Lido. Sunday afternoon.
The Mountains: Shine Diamond Band, Friday and Sat
urday, no cover.
0. G. Kelly's: Chris Griffith, Thursday, no cover; Steve
Cormier, Friday and Saturday, no cover.
Scoreboard: Spike and the Sputniks. Thursday through
Saturday, $1 cover.
Sidetrack: Joyce Durand and Friends, Thursday
through Saturday. SI cover Friday and Saturday night.
Supersaladalley: Jim Howerton, Friday 5-7 p.m., no
cover.
Tucker Inn: Free Ride. Thursday through Saturday, $2
cover with first drink free.
Westside Inn: Pride of the Plains, Thursday through
Saturday, no cover.
Zoo Bar: The Excessives, Thursday, $1 .50 cover; Aron
Burton and his Chicago Blues Band, Friday and Saturday,
S2.50 cover.
THEATER
Glass Onion: el Grande de Coca Cob, Thursday
through Saturday. S p.m., tickets $3 adults, S2 students
(S4-S3 at door).
Lincoln Community Playhouse: lAst of the Red Hot
Lovers, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Orpheum Theater (Omaha): Jesus Christ Superstar,
Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 p.m., 8 p.m.. tickets S9.50,
$10.50, $11.50.
Orpheum Theater (Omaha): Beatleinania, Sunday, 3
p.m., 7 p.m., tickets $9.75, $10.75.
Wesley Stage: The Mound Builders, Thursday through
Saturday, 8 p.m., tickets $2 adults, $1 students ($3-$2 at
door ).
CONCERTS
Civic Auditorium (Omaha): Kansas, Friday, 8 p.m.
Kimball Hall: Nebraska Dance Ensemble, Friday and
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Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox
Tatsuya K Nadaki stars as a petty thief who im
personates a powerful warlord in Akira Kurosa
wa's epic drama Kagemusfia, now showing at the
Cinema 1 Theater.
Saturday, 8 p.m., tickets $3 adults. $2.50 students.
Kimball Hall: Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig. Sun
day and Monday. 8 p.m.. tickets $10 adults, $5 students.
Milo Bail Center (Omaha): l,eo Kotlkc, Saturday, 8
p.m., tickets $5.50 general admission, $4.50 students.
$6.50 day of show.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mueller Planetarium: Lord of the Rings, 2 30 Satui
day; 2:30, 3:45 Sunday; $1.25 adults. 50 cents students.
Sheldon Gallery: Audobon's Animals and Birds, Thurs
day through Sunday; Sandra Kraskin: Paintings, Thursday
through Sunday.
ON SCREEN
Cinema 1: Kagemusha, 8 p.m. Thursday and Frida. 2
p.m.. 5 p.m., 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (PC ).
Cinema 2: Back Woods, Friday 7:40. 9 40. Saturday
and Sunday I 40, 3:40. 5 40. 7 40. 9:40 (R)
Cooper: Raging Bull, 7 10. 9 .45 (R).
Douglas 1: Altered States, 5:30. 7 30. ':.() (R)
Douglas 2: Ordinary People, 5 25, 7 35. 9 45 (PG)
Douglas 3: Sine to l ive, 5:20, 7:20, ) 20 ((, ).
hast Union: Cat Ballon. 7 30; Start the Revolution
Without Me, 9 45; The Birds, 1 1 30; The Bridge on the
River Kwai, 7:30. 10:45.
Embassy: Sex Boat. Beach u::, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Thursday. 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. I ruJay and Saturday ()
Joyo: I'opcvc. 7 30 (PG)
Pla.a I : Stir ( razy. 7 4 . 9 50 ( R )
Plaza 2: Tribute. 7 1 5. 9 :35 (PG )
Plaj 3: lort Apache. Vu Bronx, 7 p in.. 9 20 (R).
Plaza 4: Windwalker, 7 p.m.. 9 20 (R).
Plaza 1-4: Midnight movies Halloween (R) Kentucky
irud Movie (R). Andy Warhol s Irankenstetn (R Jhc
Rocky Horror Picture Show (R )
State: Hanger IS, 30.9 30 I rulav. I Mi T, M) M)
7 30,9;30 Saturday and Sunday
Stuart: The Competition, 2 p.m.. 4 30. 7 10. 9 ?0
(PG ). Midnight m tvie Serial ( R ).
Sheldon: It's a Hard Lije. Thursdav 7 pm 9 pm
George Segal, Friday and Saturdav. 1 30 p.m The Wmn
Move. Sunday 3 Pjn.. 7 pm.. 9 pm.. Women, short
films. Friday 7 p.m.. 9 p.m.. Saturday pm 7 Pm l'
p.m. '