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Tuesday, November 6, 1834 Page 10 Daily Nebraskan It5 bye Iby Mdwrells a alegiM diissiiw By Steve Noble Daily Nebruk&n SUIT Reporter After tonight, Lincoln will have lost one of its foremost and widely accepted bands. After three and a half years, The Moreils, frequent performers at the Zoo Bar, are terminating their band and read justing their careers. Lou Whitney, eldest member of the group, spoke for the other members. He said, "We just took it as far as we could." Joe Terry, who plays keyboards, explained how things just sort of fizzled out for the band. "Everybody felt that it was just time. Things started to stagnate and slow down," Terry said Whitney, who plays bass and guitar, described the reasons for the group's popularity. "We gained a kind of accep tance up here. We started doing a kind of thing that wasn't being done." After playing in Lincoln during the early days of the band they became more widely accepted. "We played a weekend and did pretty good, weVe been doing well ever since. We made Lincoln a regular stop," Lou said. A highlight for the band was the recording of their first and last album, Shake and Push in the spring of 1083. The album sold relatively well and was well received by the critics (four stars from Rolling Stone magazine). The success of the album helped ex pand their market throughout the Midwest As a dance band known for their originality, Lou described their music as "basically sarcastic rock and roll, irreverent, and often a novelty." But the band's members are not yet willing to give up their musical careers. Lou will return to Springfield, Missouri, with his wife, where he will return to work full time at a recording studio. The three remaining members, Ron Gremp, D. Clayton Thomp son, and Joe Terry, will be form ing a new band, The Cousins. The Cousins will be similar to The Moreils in style and will be pursu ing the same market. The Moreils last performance in Lincoln will be tonight at the Zoo Bar, cover charge is $3. 1 1 -,'' W ..... - " Xv -.. ,A ; i " ' V " V' ' If . v r If .-. ,:- 1 '';.v -"jV J Cark DaviaOsy NobrssSitn The Moreils together ca the n!ht before their lxst psrfonaamce at the Zco Ear. Clip-and-save verses provide inspiration during TV crises Mark Holt I am afraid I have no criticism television begins to rub thin, times purse. Tape them to your spouse. And he guideth my way to the presence of the Nielsens. Yea, thy this week, only inspiration. when even "Wheel of Fortune" Tattoo them on a part of your restroom with the light sned from pilots iaii once more 10 me colics seems drab and "Eight is Enough Doay you icok ac cixen. nis noiy lest patiern. pen. xe aiccn wc- "The TV is my shepherd, I shall Yea, tnough I view wan skeptic s nowetn wren oaa issie. not want. eyes at "Thine Love Boat" and But surely thy reruns and syn- He niaketh me lie motionless "Thy Facts of Life," I touch not the dications shall show themselves on the couch with lidless eyes. off switch, for thou art company, at all hours of the day, especially He broadcasts thy commercials Thy sex and violence, they com- on channel 8. that I may visit the refirigerator fort me. And I shall lie on the couch by to replenish my spirit with food Thou preparest a new fall the television, yea, to the close of and drink. season before me and in the the age." becomes too profound to digest. But like everything else, a viewing crises always passes and leaves a sense of restored faith in its wake. This knowledge doesn't make the difficult period any easier, There are times in everyone's but the following verses might. life when the thrill of watching Carry them in your wallet or 16 111 MflF?lI !fS.M 1 ' fcl e DLCOM COUNTY t t i tin , 3 u u u CP Barber Styling SaSon 124 North 12th l.tft -TH ft NERVOUS mi... MOmCR BABY P!PPlP OH MY TIB IN FRONT OF 7HC MPlfl M9beOR( WILL RZFCRR.W TO MB AS AN 03S6QW0(S UBBRAL P60N. 1 Unix rvuiHrnu . mmhfOR YOUR RUHHIN6 MATE JUST RAN OFF 10 CULTI5T. maxim. . ... B ComeForTheCutTakeHomeTheCare. WaSk in or for appointments . 474-4455 J f AMiLY HAH CENTEX PC : 1l3 l4I hi! " " mm pa (i'.rj fcj.j "-,.; P ill nil f'4 ! i,, Hi. Bring Your Dancing Shoes! 11:1 Famous musicians to play Thursday Yo-Yo Ma, cellist, and Emanuel Ax, pianist, will perform in con cert at Kimball Hall as part of the UNL Performing Arts Series at 8 p.m. Thursday. Ax has won some of the most coveted prizes in the music world and performed with virtually every major orechestra in Amer ica, a3 well as those of Eastern and Western Europe, Latin America and the Orient. The Pol ish born pianist has won the Arthur Rubenstein International Piano Competition and the Avery Fisher Prize. Yo-Yo Ma gave his first public recital at the age of five. By the time he was 18, critics were com paring him to such masters as Rostropovich and Casrls. Ma won the Avery Fisher Prize in 1 978. The Kimball Box Office is tak ing names for a waiting list in case any tickets are returned. ."