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Thursday, October 10, 1985 - uaiiy NeorasKan Page9 Everyone dance! Here come the Finnsters By Deb Pederson Senior Reporter Tension stretched through the room like a rubber band. People wriggled impatiently at the bars and tables. Then the lights dimmed." The lead singer and bass guitar player Rick Cowling was hit with the spotlight. "AH right! I want everybody out on this floor dancing now!" he called. The soundman, Tim Kechely, added electronic echo to his words. Local Band The rubberband snapped and the crowd at Chesterfield, Bottomsley and Potts rushed to the dance floor to the rousing '60s beat. The band is the Finnsters and this scene is typical for their performances. Terry Olson, who plays guitar and sings, said the band usually plays about three weekends a month. "I think the reason we're successful in town is because there really hasn't been a '60s music band around that you can really dance to," Terry said. "I love '60s music. I think '60s music is the best music there is." Judging from the enthusiastic reac tion of their audiences, he is not alone in his love of '60s music. The third member in the band, drummer T. K. Olson, who is Terry's , '"'1 hi tf In ' ' v i 'i I m I ' VSt V t Dan DulaneyDaily Nebraskan Cowling brother, said the band has played at local bars. Drivate narti h,h cwi and at Howard Street Tavern in Omaha. 1 . K. said he hopes to play at other bars m Omaha and Lincoln. The band sometimes works through a booking agency but they do most of their own scheduling, T. K. said. The band likes dividing the responsibility among themselves, he said. cowling and the Olsons started play ing together in seventh grade, Terry said. "We played in the Irving Junior High auditorium for our first gig," Terry said. The Finnsters started in June 1984. T. K. said. "I think the first place we played was a place called Wanda's Last Chance Saloon (by Louisville)," he said. T. K. and Cowling had been in another band but that group broke up, so the three friends decided to see if they could do it themselves. It worked. The Finnsters play a mixture of '60s, contemporary, new wave and their nine originals, T.K. said. The band pulls its songs off records and the radio for its shows, he said. They have a 45-rpm record on the market with their songs "On The Way" and "Roxine Rude", Terry said. The record is available at Dirt Cheap Records and Tapes and Pickles Records and Tapes. "It's sold about 150 copies in the city which we are very pie ased with," T. K. said. "Selling local music in Lincoln is hard. "We're going to hopefully be back in the studio soon recording some more stuff." But the band members aren't look ing at a career with their band. All three members are students Cowling is a UNL computer science major, T. K. is a pre-law student at UNL and Terry is attending Southeast Com munity College so class schedules limit practice time, T. K. said. . "This year will show a lot of things as to whether or not the band will con tinue," T. K. said. "I'm going to law school next year, hopefully." The study load will affect whether he continues in the band, he said. "You can't really say next year eve rybody's going to quit school and we're going to travel around and play bars," Terry said. "There's no way of knowing. Right now we're just doing it part-time. It's a lot of fun, it's making money and it's getting us all through school. We're not sitting around thinking 'well, in nve years we want to sell a million albums' because it's just not realistic. . 1 ) o r ' 1 , v - . ' i ' : I1' o-X. J f - y rA i ) .... f -J - n n - ,11 --ran-f i -in iti ii in u. -j- I, . - .1 , The Finnsters band members So we're just having fun and seeing what happens. If something happens, fine. We're not counting on it at all." T. K. agreed and said the chances for a local band making it big are remote. Terry said the band is different from other local bands because the Finns ters take a lighter approach and don't try to send deep messages to the crowd through the songs. "Sometimes it seems like some of the other bands are trying too hard to send some kind of deep message to the crowd," Terry said. "...We want people to dance and have fun. "We want to have fun. too. We don't want to get up there and have to worry about 'oh, I wonder if these people are taking our message the way we're meaning it!' " "We get as much out of it as the people who come hear us get out of it," TK.said. "We come off the stage sweat ing as much as the people who have been dancing." For now the band plans to keep play ing for the bars and parties. "It's more of a hobby and the fringe benefit is getting paid for it," T. K. said. The Finnsters are playing at the Drumstick Friday and Saturday night. The cover charge is $3. Dan DulaneyDally Nebraskan Terry and T. K. Olson, Rick Cowling and soundman Tim Kechely. 30 Brunswick Pool Tables a Jg Deli Sandwiches Spirits Jytm.r'A, FREE POOL with minimum purchase Tues. 12:00-2:00 Thurs. 7:00-9:00 Required Age 19 & Older HOURS: M-F 10:30 to 1:00 a.m. Sat. Noon to 1 :00 a.m. Sun. Noon to 11:00 p.m. HAPPY HOUR Mon. Fri. 5:00-7:00 p.m. 60 oz. pitchers for $2.50 399 SunValley Blvd. 474-3545 Greek lingerie fund-raiser a drag; writer prefers mags iiiiiiggmiiM CS450, Systems Programming, will be offered in Spring 1986 (and possibly summer).- Students who plan to graduate in May or this summer should enroll in CS450. CS451, Systems Programming, can be taken hv students who will not graduate until the fall of 1986 or later. CS451 will be offered each semester and possibly in the summer, ims is a required course. CS455, Operating Systems, will be offered in the fall semester. CS455 is an elective course. i' r-'V -. ; - I despise parties. Last Saturday evening I attended a glitzy charity bash for the Greek Lingerie Fund. It was a most sleazy soiree indeed. The social ites were so cheap and devoid of morals that they looked like they had been in more hotel rooms than the Gideon Bible. And the "activities," like dips in hot tubs full of Perrier, and caviar rub downs given by a magenta-haired mas seuse named Bambi La Bamba, were hardly worth the $150 admission price. But the money was going to a good cause. Scott Harrah An 89-year-old sexual psychologist named Dr. Granny Gertie gave a speech n why fraternity members need their own lingerie. "It's imperative that we give gener ously so these boys can have their own set of bras and undies," the doctor said, "Otherwise, they'll steal them jom girls, and that's not very nice! nat these boys wish to do with ladies' "ndies, Veg-O-Matic, onion rings or anything else in private is none of our bee s wax!" After enduring a half hour of booze, I'h u?k debauchery and decadence, ia had enough. So I performed my infamous "This Party's a Drag" routine I sat down on the sofa, oozed preten sions and perused through every maga zine I could find. Some people prefer books to people. Well, I prefer magazines to parties. The following is a list of the best and worst mags to pick up when the party's a total drag. Interview: Andy Warhol publishes this monthly who's who about the "cocaine and glamor for breakfast" set. Besides in-depth features on Hollywood stars, pop artists, fashionable freaks and the decadent denizens of Manhat tan nightclubs, the magazine also has a high quota of avant-garde ads. There are perhaps too many ads in these pages, but all are arty eye candy that will make you feel as "hip" as the mod els in the ads look. The Village Voice: This weekly tabloid covers a hodgepodge of hap penings and personalities present in New York's trendsetting Bohemian center, Greenwich Village. It's got something for everyone: gossip columns, art and theater reviews, sports, gay news, politics, fashion and more. This all makes perfect party reading, des pite a somewhat sloppy layout. Rolling Stone: A better name for this one is "Rolling Drone." They've got great writers and album reviewers, but this purported "music magazine" reads a lot like People magazine. I wonder whatever happened to stories about drugs, sex, and rock Y roll. People: This magazine takes a lot of unnecessary flack from its many crit ics. Granted, it always has its share of tripe about Liz Taylors breathing patterns. But probe beneath all of the publication's pretensions and you'll find some interesting stories, excellent writing and photography. US: How do you make a totally trashy magazine better? Sell it to another trashy magazine. Rolling Stone recently purchased US, cleaned up its abysmal typography and fired almost the entire staff. The new US is all color, all gloss and no news. But it does occa sionally contain some well-written and informative interviews. Spin: Bob Guccione, Jr., publishes this pathetic Rolling Stone clone, thanks to a little help from Daddy. The layout is bland and insipid, and the writers all suffer from a bad case of pseudo irrev erence. They have, however, printed some enterprising interviews, like an exclusive chat with Ike Turner and punk poet Lydia Lunch's subjective scorcher on Pat Benatar. The Weekly World News: This one's the epit ome of bad journalism at its exaggerated and embellished best. This supermarket tabloid tops even the Enquirer with blockbuster stories like "I Had a Space Alien's Baby," "Dead Mom Gives Birth in Coffin," and "Strange Amazonian Children Who Cry Rocks." All this and Ed Anger's column, too. This is the kind of trash to read as you curl up on your zebra-striped sofa with friends, take vodka shots and listen to Nina Hagen on the stereo. It's a must for kitsch fans who know the thrill that only delicious bad taste can deliver. Computer Science Majors must complete 40 hours of computer science if in the College of Arts and Sciences and 43 hours if in the College of Engineering. ?JZZ Magical . . . judical . . . ffletal . . . " . Til- . " . ... thkrcck. wiu DRirags you me medieval ages complete with WELCOMES gacrri Heart Sour 19B5 f i'Re-bReatbi'ng d&agon, laseR-daeling km'gbts and even a cnystal ball.. pat the Hacrea Beart Sour special fjKt starts I ctljtx I OCT. 147:30 PM OMAHA CIVIC AUDITORIUM Tickets at Auditorium Box Office. TIX. All Brandeis Ticket Outlets. All Pickles Records, and Uncle John's in Sioux City, or Charge by Phone: 402342-7107 with VisaMasterCard A JAMFEYLINE PRODUCTION :