Monday, October 8, 1884
Daily Nebraskan
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By Use Obcn
DIly Nebraskan Staff Ceportrr
Like to have fun and party? Maybe
even discover that 'right kind" of friend?
But you're not old enough to go to the
bars? Johnny's "Underage Night Club"
might be just the place for you.
Although Johnny's Lounge, 2604 Park
Blvd., has featured teen dances for
several years, Manager John Erenson
has changed his format to appeal to
the 18 and over group rather than the
"high school crowd."
For a $2 cover charge, Johnny's
patrons can enjoy the facilities, which
include a dance floor, light show and
big screen television as well as video
and pool gimes. Erenson also claims
to have one of the best sound systems
in Lincoln. Scott McArdle, formerly of
KFRX, will do most of the disc jockey
work, Erenson said.
Although response to opening week
end (Sept. 28 and 29) was "mild,"
Erenson hopes his business will build
byword of mouth. Continuation of the
underage nightclub will depend on the
amount of business it draws, he said.
Eventually live bands, non-alcoholic
mixed drinks, and a wider variety of
food may be offered, he said.
Although no alcohol will be allowed
at Johnny's, it will be difficult to prevent
people from drinking before they arrive,
Erenson said.
"We can't give them a breath test or
check purses," he said.
Johnny's Underage Night Club will
tentatively be featured this weekend
from 7:30 p.m. until 1 a.m. although
closing may be earlier depending on
the size of the crowd.
Lincoln has had several underage
night clubs, including Stooges' teen
nights and The Point After, both of
which were discontinued. Erenson said
he hopes the drinking age hike will
help his business to fare better than its
predecessors.
"I know people want a place like this
but they Just haven't heard about it
yet," he said. "There's really no other
place for them (minors) to go."
. UNL students' responses to flyers
advertising the clubs were mixed.
Carolyn Heintz, a sophomore ele
mentary education major, liked the
idea.
There's no place to dance besides
frat houses," she said. However, she
also said a location closer to campus
would be better.
Anna Kurtz, an architecture major
said she liked the idea of age limits to
keep the crowd from being "a bunch of
13-year-olds."
Rich Runnels, a 22-year-old chemi
cal engineering major, said it would be
a good way for minors to not feel pres
sured into drinking or finding a way to
sneak into bars.
Trey Goltl, an 18-year-old business
major, and Rick Christy, a 19-year-old
recreation major, also said it was a
good idea, but agreed that they proba
bly wouldn't go.
Goltl (whose I.D. says he's 22) com
pared it to Omaha's "Sprite Night" at
Peony Park.
If you're old enough or have an I.D.,
you wouldn't want to go you really
can't have fun without drinking," he
said.
Newest U2 reveals 'group of wimps'
Review by Randy Wyinore
Dally Nebraskan Staff Reporter
A band that stood in prime position to
become one of the decade's most impor
tant acts becomes the victim of a felony
with its latest release The Unforgettable
Fire.
As co-producer, Brian Eno rapes U2
and turns them from a hard rocking,
guitar-oriented Irish band with a cause
into just another synthesized group of
wimps. Along with his Canadian sidekick
Daniel Lanois, the two hold U2 in check
throughout the band's fourth studio of
fering and, alas their worst.
The attempt to steer emphasis away
from the Edge's guitar runs becomes
immediately evident in the opening track,
"A Sort of Homecoming." Electronic pad
ding greets Bono's vocals as we again pick
up the gauntlet to save the world.
The wind will crack in wintertime
A bomb blast lightning waltz
No spoken words, Just a scream
Already slow and melodic, the softer
yet violin treatment of the Edge's guitar
turns thb number into a dirge. Fortu
nately it works.
When the vinyl explodes with the next
cut and the first single from the record,
"Pride (in the name of love)," a promise is
made but soon to be broken.
A signature U2 song with the feeling of
a rally or march, "Pride" is the first of two
songs on the album that pays homage to
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Early morning April 4
A shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last they took your life
But they could not take your pride
Bono's voice shows more power, more
strength here driving the sense of urgency
home.
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"Wire" and the title track open the
same, but only on The Unforgettable
Fire" does anything worthwhile come
about. Beginning with a light picking with
synthesized undertones, it's Larry Mullen's
drums that breaks things open a little.
With a very cold and lonely feeling, this
cut hits a little harder with each listen.
Side two of the album provides more of
the same lost-with-no-direction rambling
found on the initial side.
"Indian Summer Sky" and "Elvis Presley
and America" are almost unbearable.
One of only two highlights here is "Bad," a
rousing, stinging anthem complete with
the Edge's scratchy guitar undertones
and Adam Clayton's pronounced and
droning bass line.
The album winds up with "MLK" the
second piece about King. Almost a lulla
bye, Bono's voice is coupled with the hum
of a string section in the background. It is
also here that we find two of the most
hard hitting lines on the album, and
probably-anywhere since War.
Sleep sleep tonight
And my your dreams be realized
The Unforgettable Fire ends with the
listener saying "Huh? Is that it?" "MLK"
builds tovard the middle and aches, even
-threatens to be unleashed but that never
happens.
Too bad the whole album is the way it
is.
This band entered 1984 at the very
edge of perfection. After War and Under
A Blood Red Sky, U2 had the music world
holding its collective breath in excite
ment awaiting the band's next step.
Well, the world can now let that breath
go in a sigh of unfulfilled anticipation.
Bring back Steve Lillywhite and Jimmy
Iovine to pick up where they left off in the
producer's chair with U2.
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The United States Marine Band
will make a stop at Lincoln's Persh
ing Auditorium Wednesday as
part of its yearly tour. The per
formance, part of Union College's
Family Entertainment Series, will
include marches, light classical
and popular music. The show will
begin at 8 p.m.
Directed by Col. John R. Bour
geois, the band averages more
than 600 musical commitments
each year while logging anywhere
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from 9,000. V 12,000 miles. Its
mission is to provide music and
perform other functions, as
directed by the President and the
Commandant of the Marine Corps.
The band's nationwide tours
began in 1891 under the leader
ship of John Phillip Sousa, who
led the Marine Band from 1880 to
1892.
The Marine Band tours are
designed to showcase the con
cert band and its soloists.
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Library to host
novel reading
Nebraska author William Hol
land will present a reading and
talk about his newly published
novel, "Let a Soldier Die," at 7:30
p.m., in the Heritage Roomthird
floor of the Bennett Martin Public
Library, 14th and N streets. The
event is free and open to the
public.
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