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To understand why the Third YorM
concert Thursday nht ws3 such a
success, ail you had to do was look
away from the stae and toward the
audience.
Although half cf Fershin Audioti
rum was empty, the scattered patrons
in the seats or at one cf the G2 tables cn
the main floor were cither dancir.3 or
responding to the beat in some head
shaking or toe-tapping manner.
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It was hard to get a fix on the actual
number of fans there, since a vast
majority spent most cf the concert
packed against the stage. That major
ity bobbed from the second song on in
one jubilant mass. It was as lead guita
rist Stephan "Cat" Core said, just a
simple celebration.
It was no surprise that the infec
tious energy the six-man band from
Kingston, Jamaica, generated could
reach a reggae-starved Lincoln crowd.
Most of Third World's music seems
somewhat restrained on record, but in
concert it came across as an all-out
funk assault. When mixed with the
rcas rhythms built from 10 years on
the ro;id, Third World xnsnsed to
.produce a combination simply unat
tainalls in these parts; and the crowd,
all too ready for this chana of pace,
ate it up according.
After opening with "Rock and Rave"
from their latest album, All Via Way
Strong the group started the migra
tion to the stee with!; 3 degrees in the
shade," a. minor hit from the days
before refuse became chic in America
From that point on, it was clear that
no one in the building was c!n to
have more fun than Third World itsei
The sons started with a scries of mock
explosion sounds from keyboardist
Michael "Ibo" Cooper's synthesizers,
accompanied with Cashing lights and
a drum rcll that ended with Core doing
a soldier's march, with his guitar sub
stituting for a gun.
That wa3 the last such gimmick the
group used, or needed, since the music
had begun to sell itself
Dcfore the show ended, each member
got a chance to solo twice around their
consistently strong backup of Core,
Cooper and Williams Clarke, w ho divid
ed the lead vocals. .
The whole show was so strong and
steady that there really wasnt a high
point, unless it came during the encore
of "Lagos Jump," when percussionist
Irvin Jarrott got a chance to show
some Michael Jackson-like dance steps.
Third World's high level of energy
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Williams Clark cf Third World. The band performed ia PerslMni Asdlto
rinm Thiirsd y niht ...
wasn't surprising since thb was the
first stop of their 1083 world tour, and
most likely was a testing ground for
future shows in bigger cities. They
were definitely not prepared to do a
whole show by themselves (Hiroshima,
a Japanese jazz group, canceled their
half of the performance less than a
week before the concert), since their
set consisted of only 14 songs (includ-
ing five from All the Way Strong) and
1 lasted less than two hours. '
There were no big first-date techni
cal problems to get in the way, and at
least 2,000 Ncbraskans were grateful
for a taste cf the Third World.
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Walker, Treadmill- picked up April May June's
. overnight bag and started toward the door. .
"Where do we go first?" he allied, recipisd to
the fact that he would have to help her find
dallKitler.
- "The elevator," April said m perly respense,
excited at last that she was going to find EanddL
.And what an adventure it would btt Uo m".tter ,
4 where he might be in this exotic Isnd, she we-tldf
keep looking until she found him, and b2 1 in
his arms forever, even if she had to crc"3 C :r;rt!,
, climb mountains or brave riversfu3 cf dl!-tar 1
anything to be with Er.ndall cgdn. Ch tizzi
about it for another second, and silently hepei :
that he was in town scrr.c.vhcre.
"On the elf chance th.t he's nctwr.it !r.,", Lr us in -the
elavator, where do yoix v.snt to ticit l 'x 'z
'torllr. ILtlirTWiilkcrcaid. as pcZXCifrt rc-:;L,;v
r- r.t the doer. I r.xzi Lr.cr th::t rc".
romantic if there were some perils before we
finally found each other. You dont suppose
anybody will try to Mil me or something, do you?"
. "Only if you keep talking like that Look, let's get
out of here and sort things out on the way."
They slipped out the door, and just as Walker
put the key in the lock he heard an explosion
from inside the hotel room. He locked the door.
Wha-wha-wha-what was thai?" squeaked April
in her best artificial stutter. .
"Just a bomb. Dont worry, the maid will ckan it
up."
Two steps down the halL Walker heard a room
door open quickly behind them. He shoved April
to the floor then drove himself; split-seconds later
a knife whizzed over their heads, sticking in one of
the elevator doors.
- Walker stood sad faced the now-closed room,-
"Nyah, nyah, nyah, ya' csd ud" he yelled, stick
ing his tongue out at the door as he helped April '
to her feet. "Llusta been Nick the Nifa," he whis
pered. "Hasnt had a hit in two years."
, . They dashed to the elevator and Walker pushed
the service button. April was beginning to. have
second thought; even a few third thoughts were .
. sneaking into her previously unoccupied head.
One set of elevator, doors opened," and April
started to step in, but found herself jilted out f
1 the way by Walker. A round of mrxhine gun fire
rang through the hallway o April and 7aII:er
.watched from one side. The doers to the second
' eisvatcr opened, and they slipped in only to find
: themilrcs surrounded by three , iniddls aged
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Eita wsmg rea ri;xs. .
Toa better hsps i!r. IEilar loves you o ouch
as you act like you love him,"-Walker whispered
between deep breaths.
' Oh l just know he dscs." ' . -
. He has a great way cf showing it YouH been in
South Africa for three dzjs, and havent seen him
for two." , ' - - ; - ' '
- IIell make up fcr it when we get to Nebraska."
Suddenly one cf the rr,en in red suits spoke up.
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Mulligan's stew:
fans eat it up
and ask for more
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. ' . Gerry Mulligan is known hi and outside the world
of jazz for two reasons: his abiHty to tease a myriad
of delightfully light and dancey sounds out cf the
baritone saxophone and his compositions and ar
rangements lor otner greats Lice Dizzy GZ
Charge Parker, Stan Kenton and lilies Davh. Th
abilitiss make, him one of the most fcnriiiLtla inCu
ences in the development of the musical form called
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fcrned as part cf the fn si r-- !
Arts Ssriss. The concert wrj? a -'?. 75--"
t:cdj2 audience: "Old foils over 24 " o I lzl '
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