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Daily Nebraskan
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Review by Randy Wymore
Dally Nebraskan Staff Reporter
Not even an injury to Fbcx
frontman Cy Curnin could
prevent the five-man English
group from putting on a
flawless Omaha debut
Wednesday night in the nearly
packed Music Hall.
Curnin injured his right knee
during a fall while doing an
encore in Denver on Sunday
night. The brace he wore on the
knee Wednesday in Omaha did
only a minimal job of keeping
him from moving about the
stage during the 75-minute set.
Curnin limped and sometimes
almost hobbled up the set of
stairs behind the band to
appear directly in front of or
behind one of three large
rectangular screens that were
used as backdrops for a small
but stunningly effective light
show.
Focusing mostly on naterial
from the band's third and latest
release Phantoms, The Fixx slid
through one of the best-paced
and tightest shows of any band
to perform in this area this year,
To experience face to face the
dependable, ever-present
drumming of Adam Woods, or
the rangy, snaopy riffs born to
the guitar of Jamie West-Oram
not to mention Rupert
Greenall's keyboard precision
leads one to believe that this
band is a producer's dream in
the studio.
The Fixx never loses
momentum in the visual sense
with the dramatic movements
and gestures by Curnin.
Although Curnin holds the
sometimes dubious honor of
being in front, the eye of the
audience ft ds it hard to rest
for very long on any one
member in the band.
Cumin's vocals seemed
effortless yet powerful and on
target throughout the show,
which featured songs like
"Stand or Fall,n "Woman On a
Train," "Deeper and Deeper,"
"One Thing Leads to Another"
and "Are We Ourselves."
The Fixx is one of those rare
breeds that not only will
perform for an audience, but
will also communicate with the
audience. It would have been
hard not to make some
reference to Tuesday's elections,
but instead of going into a long
and boring social commentary
between songs, Curnin simply
summed things up by advising
the mostly college-aged crowd
to "stay aware."
Originally slated for the Civic
Auditorium, the show was
moved to the more intimate
surroundings of the music hall
because of the small number of
ticket sales. While it is too bad
that more people didn't turn
out, the change of venue added
yet another dimension to an
already very nearly perfect
show.
Photos by
Brad StamartDally Nebraskan
Below: The Fixx's Cy Cumin
crosses his eyes for the crowd.
Eight: Cumin lectures on the
attributes of the trapezoid or
is it a rhombus?
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South African film, 'City Lovers, '
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A series of stories by South
African Nadine Gordimer is the
basis for three films to be shown
Sunday and Monday at the Shel
don Film Theatre as part of the
University Program Council's
Foreign Film Series.
The films are "City Lovers," "Six
Feet of the Country," and an inter
view with Gordimer.
"City Lovers" is the story of a
German geologist and a black
woman who fall in love in South
Africa amid apartheid legal en
tanglements. "Six Feet of the Country' tells
the tale of a white business man
and his wife, who buy a farm and
run into trouble along with their
black farm employees.
Screenings are at 3, 7 and 9:15
p.m. on Sunday and 7 and 9:15
p.m. on Monday.
Setting it
Straight
Nadine Gordimer
There is no cover ch&rge at Daily Nebraskan
Chesterfield, Bottomsley and
Potts this weekend, contrary to
the information in Thursday's
"The Fox" will be staged at the
Temple Building's Studio Theatre.
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