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Nathan Smith and human microphone Lori Jo Schmucker at the auditions for the Showcase's
new Cabaret.
Showcase 'displays' talent
By Billy Shaffer
"We want to do everything that hasn't been
done before," said David Chin, owner of the
Showcase, formerly Larry's Showcase.
The most exciting opportunity in years is
beginning to blossom for Lincoln's arts
community at 1316 N St.
Chin is offering Lincoln a changing format of
daily events that span the arts. The current
schedule: Mondays, art show openings; Tuesdays,
fashion shows; Wednesdays, dinner theater and
cabaret-type entertainment; Thursday, the
Comedy Shoppe; Fridays and Saturdays: jazz and
music of all kinds. A busy joint, to say the least
The new Showcase depends on the very active
participation of Lincoln's creative community,
Chin said. An artistic hard-charger, Chin seems
sincerely concerned with nurturing the Star
City's creative juices.
"Artists would be fools not to take advantage of
this opportunity," he said, stressing the emphasis
on local talent.
The Showcase will operate on a membership
basis, at $50 per year for the first 300 members.
Members will be entitled to a 10 percent discount
on all food and drink, free wine and cheese
tastings, discounted or free admissions to local
and national acts, guaranteed reservations to
some, free parking and a monthly newsletter.
Anti-communist story
won't 'pay the rent'
In his nonair-conditioned living
room, with green shades over his eyes
and a Falstaff in hand, Harley
Davidson III sat typing.
"Russians Reveal Truth About
Korean Plane Shooting," he read from
his half-finished script The National
Intruder has learned that the Soviet
pilots who blew a Korean jetliner out
of the sky last week actually thought
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they were shooting at an English spy
plane.
The pilots, who asked not to be
named, said before they spotted the
plane, they spent their on-duty hours
drinking vodka and watching old
James Bond movies.
Then we saw the spy himself one
pilot said. We knew it had to be Bond
because of the number on the plane
007."
Harley took a swig of beer, removed
his glasses, and surveyed his
handiwork. The front door opened,
and Celeste, a roommate of more than
the usual size and years, entered.
"God, my feet hurt!" she said.
"Whatcha working on, Harley boy?
Some financially remunerative pro
ject, I hope."
Harley handed her the paper. She
stared at it blankly.
Celeste put down the article in
amazement
. Tou think this is going to pay the
rent?" she asked. "Besides, how do you
know this stuff is true?"
Harley shrugged, "tent this as good
an explanation 2s any? It's sure more
logical than the things some people
have come up with. And I guarantee
you, my readership is going to eat this
stuff up. Anti-communist sentiment's
running hih, you know."
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Import records satisfy
habits of 'vinyl junkies'
By Stephsnle Zink
Are you tired of the limited selection of domestic
albums? Are you sick of listening to what everyone
else is? Do you need a musical change? Try buying
imports. '
Imports provide an alternative to domestic albums
said Larry Lorenz, manager of Trade-A-Tape Inc.,
227 No. 1 1th St. The people who buy imports at the
store tend to range in age from 25 years old, because
that age group is "more experimental" in its musical
tastes than older customers.
Lorenz has been selling imports for about two
years. He said he determines which music to order
by reading magazines from overseas, taking advice
from other music listeners and listening to his own
musical tapes. Trade-A-Tape doesn't make a profit
on imports, but Lorenz still sells them because, he
said, "I think it's worthwhile music."
Most of Trade-A-Tape's imports are new wave
releases. Lorenz said some of the better selling and
most requested groups are Chrome, Bauhaus, The
Jam and Cabaret Voltaire.
Chris Patteson, manager of The Record Shop in
the Centrum, 1 1th & O Streets, said the store carries
imports only from the Jam Records catalog. The
store carries some older records and keeps in stock
one or two copies of each import
There's a lot of little companies that no one's ever
heard of and they (groups) come out with their first
albums on that," she said. She said the first Stray
Cats album is through Jem The store carries that
album but doesnt carry many other imports, she
said.
The Record Shop accepts special orders, but not
many are for imports. Patteson said most orders are
for jazz and classical recordings.
Pickles Records and Tapes has been selling im
ports for about eight months, said Cindy Holmes,
manager of the shop at 230 S. 70th St Of the nearly
1,000 imports that each of the two stores stocks,
quite a few of them are new wave.
Pickles also accepts special orders and Holmes,
said the store gets about 10 special orders a week.
They're usually brand new things that we haven't
gotten in yet," she said.
Terry Moore, the manager of Dirt Cheap at 217 N."
1 1th St, said the store sells imports because there's
a lot of stuff that's not available American." Most of
the imports are from the United Kingdom but Dirt
Cheap also carries some Japanese pressings be
cause, Moore said, "they are the highest quality
import"
Dirt Cheap has several hundred imports in stock
and does make some profit on them, Moore said. He
said the store management determines which im
ports to order by "reading the magazines, and we
listen to the customers."
"Most of the time it's hit and miss," she said, and
the store may lose money on the imports it dcesnt
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Dirt Cheap has sold imports for 13 years. Moore
said that a couple of years eo, import sales in
creased and became a significant part of Dirt
Cheap's record sales. Some of the best sellers in the
past few years have been the Joy Division and the
Japanese rock group Bow Wow Wow. He said about
25 percent of the imports sold are rock, while the
other 75 percent are new wave.
Customers make from 50 to 200 special orders a
week, Moore said. He said most orders are "off-the-wall
. . . stuff that only one or two people in Lincoln
have ever heard of or care about" Moore said he gets
orders mostly for heavy metal and new wave re
leases. Moore said the 15 to 25 ae group buys the most
imports because they buy the most records. "Vinyl
junkies " as he calls them, keep up on the newest
releases. They are always looking for groups that
other people dont have or listen to," he said.
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