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Review by Petty Pryor
Capitol Punishment has accomplished
what it set out to do, says its creator,
and now it's time to move on to other
things.
The Star City fanzine, honed out of
the undergroundgarage band scene
three years ago by local visionary Jim
Jones and his brother Bill, is on its way
out with the release of the 1 2th edition
and a second tape.
The tape, Pioneer Songs and Hymns,
presents a diverse smattering of local
and regional bands, only one of which
appeared on the first CP tape. This
growing diversity is a contributing fac
tor to CP's demise, Jones said.
The scene is becoming so large and
splintered, and there's been a lot of
little bickering going on between the
different groups the hardcores, the
synthpop groups or whoever," he said.
"And that's really discouraging. I can't
really aim my magazine at the whole
large group. It's beyond that point"
The fact that CP has grown beyond
its reach, however, is at the same time
indicative of its influence, Jones said.
"I thought it was just going to be a
fad," he said. "I'm surprised it's lasted
so long."
Jones said there really wasnt enough
local music on which to base the publi
caton at first.
"We were kind of stretching things
with the first couple issues, making it
sound like there was more going on
than there actually was," he said. "But
we just wanted to let people know that
it was OK to do something different
and that it was OK to play music
whether or not you kr.sw how to."
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Ey Lauri Hoppls
Although it performed competently
Friday night, the Nebraska Dance En
semble didn't stir up its Kimball Hall
audience until its series of Russian folk
dances, the last of the show.
Maybe it was the bright red peasant
skirts and boots of the women, or the
ribbons and flowers in their hair. Maybe
it was the blousy white shirts or the
ballooning black knickers that the men
wore. . .
More likely, it was the way the skirts
whirled as the women twirled around
their partners and the way the men's
figures bobbed or circled as they did
traditional Russian kicks and pepper
grinders.
The dancers' energy and excitement
zapped the audience in the last series
which had four parts: an all-female
dance, an all-male dance, two duets
and a type of grande finale. The all-'
male dance and the last of the duets
particularly provoked audience res
ponse. The men showed outstanding strength
with stunts like two-man cartwheels
across the strga. In another across-the-stag3
trick, one dancer walked
with two other men hecked'to-his
stomach and back at right armies. .
TrevaLenoreTegtmcir played a domi
neering Russian woman in a duct with
Sam Harris, who is from the Deborah
Carr Theatre Dance Ensemble and in'
residency at UNL. Harris, a former
UNL student, played a pillow-fat
scaredy-cat peasant ' who galumphed
around as he tried to win his lady. He
dropped her in pain. when he finally
managed to pick her up in a ez.va
baUstic pose. Choreographer Marie Can
wick, a UNL professor of dance, suc
ceeded wonderfully with thess dancers.
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The magazine was more outrageous
and shocking in its beginnings, Jones
said Its controversial bent attracted a
good share of irate parents and very
nearly a libel suit about the second
issue, which sported a "creatively de
faced yearbook photo of a local high
school bully.
The publication came out about every
other month, Jones said, or "whenever
we had the money."
He and other CP devotees tried to
raise the necessary funds through a
series of benefits with local bands, only
the lest of which Jones termed success
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One possible exception to the en
semble's ability to enliven the audience
came with the night's third piece, called
"The Mattress." Choreographed by Shir
ley Ririe, it opened to the sound of
slow, twangy Southern banjos and four
. sets of feet sticking out from under a
blanket. The piece followed the Tum
blings of four patchwork countrified
hicks as they tried to wake up. The
audience looked up and laughed at its
"Three Stooges" antics. "Loud mime,"
instead of dance, was what my culture
cohort called it. Indeed, four UNL
theater majors, not dancers, performed
it.
"The Mattress," however, seemed to
last too long. Length also detracted
from other dances, including the two
that the ensemble picked to haw judged
at its upcoming Regional Conference
of American College Dance Festival
Association in Stevens Point, Wise,
from March 8 to 11.
"Movaldi Vivaldi," choreographed by
UNL senior dance major Teresa Field,
and "Even Sevens," choreographed by
Robin Johnson, were performed well,
but had the audience members squirm
ing in their seats. "Even Sevens" had
the best effect on the crowd, since the
dancers hit their steps with more con
fidence and precision. The dancers'
skirts spun into bells as the dancers
themselves spinned, creating a wond
erful visual effect to go with the bell
' filed music. '
Costumes for Marianne Ariyanto's
"Kaleidoscope"'-also created a visual
effect that completed the piece. This -dance
got the short end of the deal
when the, ensemble picked its dances
for competition. Although it, too, seemed
to lull in the middle, "Kaleidoscope":
outshone the rest of the dances with
its fast-paced precision. The dancers'
leg extensions and their ability to held
, those extensions was impressive. Hie
piece matched its name perfectly at
the end, when arms and legs blurred
into bits and pieces of seething, jerk
mg, twirling colors.
The first two shows were broken up
by police, some say too violently, at a
fairly early hour.
Ironically enough, Jones said the
best place they've found for benefits,
the Brickyard, is right across from
UNL Police headquarters at 17th and
Holdrege streets. The last benefit took
place there.
The turnout at the shows surprised
Jones.
"People really crawl out of the wood
work for those," he said, "and there are
some strange people out there. You
never see them out on the street or
anywhere else."
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FBS long-running The Shakespeare '
Plays series, is noteworthy not only
. because of the presence of distinguish
ed British actress Dame Wendy Hiiier
but also by the presence of Roger Dal
tiy. paltry has done some acting the
motion picture Tbr'-fer exarrn'1' '
but is btzt known Z3 lead sh:r Tor Th" " '
Yho. The program will air at 8 p.m. cn
Channel 12.
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The benefits raised j.bout $350, Jones
said, SI CD short of the cost of putting
out the last tape. Jones himself paid
the remainder out of hh pocket, but
plans to make it up in sales.
"I've never lost any money, but I've
never made any either," he said. "And
some people think I'm a real capitalist,
exploiting these bands. If I didn't laugh
about it, I'd g:t real upset about it."
He's always received good responses
from bands appearing on the tapes, he
said. If nothing else, the recordings
provide the bands with demo tapes to
use in pursuing bookings.
The overall quality of the tape is bet
ter thb time, because of clearer repro
duction and a wider variety of styles.
Among the gems to the opener from
French Leave, "The Tilings You Have to
Do." Nothing terribly outstanding jumps
out of this cut just simple, basic
melodies and unassuming lyrics pro
viding a straightforward, danceable
sound.
Highlighting the tape to the Sacred
Cows, who hail from Kearney. By far
the most interesting group, the Cows
display quite a bit of versatility in their
four cuts.
. The first of these, "Problems in the
Sack," is reminiscent of Tom Waits'
rambling lament, "In the Neighborhood,"
and Andy Summer's maniacal "Mother"
on the Police's Synchronicity.
LeadvwalistPeteVandcnberg'ssarcas
tic sneer is effective and engaging, par
. ticularly when he vows, "I should try to
focus in on what's important to my
fellow man" in the song "Abandoned by
History."
The tape also includes some worth
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t2 czzt ct Comedy Errors. Other
Liang-Lin on tonight's edition of the
New York Philharmonic (8 p.m., KUCV,
00.9 FM). Selections include Mercure's
"Triptych," Sibelius' "Violin Concerto in
D," and Nelson's Symphony 5.
I'cgwtil resume its run in the Stu
dio The-tre of the Ternpla . Building,
12th and 11 streets. The play will be
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ions may be obtained by calling the box
cir.ee, 472-2073, between noon and 5
p.m. A revisw cf the play v; ill eppenr in
tomorrow's Daily Nctrackan.