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Monday, April 16, 1C34 Pago 10 Daily Ncbrcsk&n r 4 ( i,b p J I 1 J 0 P,On lip"3 fTl ii'liHiLLQ.00 lilvikj LLWP "We wanted something that had a nice 'ring' to it, and that i3 why we chose to call ourselves The Phones," said Jeff Cerise, a member of the Min-napolis-based Phones. "It's common and easy Jo remember everybody has a phone," Cerise said. However, he said, "We try not to abuse the name in promotion because it can get to be real cheesy." , In describing their music, Cerise said, There fa really no way to compare us." The synthetic drums give them a modern sound end an electronic feel. However, he said, they try to stay true to their roots which lis in the old school of rock 'n' roll. The Phones includes Jeff Cerise, vocals, saxo phone, and percussion; Steve Brar.tseg, vocals, lead and acoustic guitars; Jim Riley, bass and vocals; and Rick Taves, guitar and vocals. The band members started practicing together while they were in college and, after about two quar ters, they quit school to form The Phones. They have been together five and a half years, Cerbe said. : They play only originals, written mostly by Riley, Cerise said.. There is a lot of taste and contrast in their music, Cerise said. For instance, the saxophone and per cussion help to add extra sounds not always heard in rock 'n' roll music, he said. Much of their appeal lies more in the musical structure because The Phones dent have a trendy, modern sound, Cerise said. "It's dance-oriented music with lyrics not just mindless bop stuff," he said. - Cerise said they have been influenced by anything and everything, but lately are listening to a lot of Credence Clearwater Revival and Little Richard. The Phones' performance on stage is high energy at times, Cerise said. It's not totally raw energy, but it's not completely polished "we dont hold back," he said. "We have fun and it's contagious," Cerise said. "It's not necessarily happy music, but it's delivered in an attractively contagious way," he said. s ' : , j. " ; ' ' j ' : '.-7 i - V. i ' . ' r -" P - - P ' - ''" -I , :'- ' j ! " ' ' . - , J ) ) '! I'n T.'n Tcna record ThsPhcnes The Phones have recorded two singles and one Their next album, Blind Impulse, should be album, Changing Hinds. The album features a lot of 1 released next month, Cerise said, vocal harmonizing answered by various bending The Phones will appear tonight at the Drumstick, guitar licks. It is at times reminiscent of late 1950s 547 N. 48th St. Lincoln's own Model Citizens Club, psychedlia and at other times, the instrumentation who have been touring with The Phones, will open and vocals blend in a manner suggestive of R.E.M. the show. Lb 1 ivsrsemeata & fmssmes. m-wamm s mr o. 7, .-; Vr p V J if , -P to "" "hi ! Art in many media mads by Lincoln women will be shown in the second annual Women's Art Show in the Neb raska Union Main Lounge today through next week. The exhibit is spon sored by the UNL Women's Resource Center, the UPC Visual Arts' Commit tee and the Dear Madames. a Lincoln women's art group as part of UNL Women's Week. A price list will also be available. Rebecca Ross and Cecile Broz, two of the artists represented in the show and its chief organizers, said most of the works are by current and former students. Broz said some of the art which impressed her most was made by recent graduates. The hanging and display of the pieces is done by the artists themselves. About 35 partici pants are expected. The show includes clay pieces, oils, collages, textiles, fine prints, drawings, acrylics, a papier mache mask, pho tographs, pastels, water colors and one work made by a photo process called PMT. Broz said she hopes the show will get more attention since it coincides with Women's Week, and that people inter ested in the other workshops and seminars will be drawn to the art show, though she noted that most of the works ere net directly polemical Ross said part cf the reason for the Women's Art Show is to allow women to identify with thsir work and with ether women. "People tend to think cf men when they're thinking of artists," she said. Ross noted that a central issue in discussions of feminist art is whether art has gender whether the art men and women created is in nately different. "Can one tell by look ing?" Ross asked. "N0...I don't think art has gender as such. However, art is a way of viewing our reality. I, as a woman, have a different way of looking at things than I would as a man in my position." Ross pointed out that the different, value systems prevalent among the people who generally control the means of displaying art (males) ha3 made it difficult for women to find ways to get their art before the public. The discre pancy between traditional male eva luations of art and what women find important in their artistic values is what has created a problem. "For those to hook together can be next to impos- S'V listens AtAi ibUUJ 0JLi For Broz, the most important thing in artistic value systems is still the art itself. "I don't think it's a lesser work because a woman made it, and I dont think it's a better work because a woman made it," she said. 1 Dsve TroubaDi!y Nsiresksfi Mary Albert's Ms. E's Tool Protector, currently on display in the main lounge of the Nebraska Union as part cf the second asutial Women's Art Show. ..... ... ... - It s My Turn, a 1980 film about a woman trying to balance her life between career and family, will show tonight at 8 p.m. on Channel 7. The film, directed by Claudia Weill, stars Jill Clayburgh and Michael Douglas. In the Midnight Hours (12:30 a.m., KZUM, 89.5 and 99.3 FM) wih feature new music from R.E.M.'s new album, Redwning, as well as new music by the Neats, Sacred Cows and Teddy Boys. Joe Janecek is the host. At lite Sheldon Rainer Werner Fassbinder's last film, Querrcll, will wind up a five day engagement in the Film Theatre today. Screenings are at 7 and 9 p.m. Admission fa $3.