Monday, October 21, 1985
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By Jonathan Taylor
Senior Editor
It was a reviewer's blessing that the
complimentary tickets the Daily Ne
braskan was given for Gallagher's sold
out debut at Pershing Auditorium Sat
urday night weren't for the first nine
rows.
Concert Review
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Cards & Letters
Criticism of criticism of critic 'mindless
stew Matmuson's "mindless critics"
iptterfDailv Nebraskan, Oct. 18) about
Jeff Runnings' criticism on Chris
McCubbin's review of the new "Gene
Loves Jezebel" album is as mindless a
criticism as I have seen in a long time.
First, he complains about For Against
being "the second most bland" band
on stage last Tuesday night, but admits
earlier that he did not even buy a
ticket. What did he do, sneak in the
back door?
If you're not going to see or hear
Review the
Scott Harrah's review. "Gene Loves
Jezebel more than the punk band
audience presumed (Daily Nebraskan,
Oct. 17), was listed as a concert review.
It was anything but a concert review.
Only three paragraphs dealt with the
group's music; the rest of his "review"
showed how closed-minded he is to
new music and new fashions.
I am not sure what you'd call a
punker and I certainly don't wear
department store "punk" fashions,
jeither. I didn't even see anyone else
swearing department store "punk"
clothes Tuesday night. I also am not a
teeny-bopper. I am a UNL student who
happens to hate the song "Louie, Louie."
Harrah review unfair to fans
This letter is in response to the Oct.
17 concert review of "Gene Loves
Jezebel." It seems odd that Scott Har
jrah, who instead of writing more about
I a band he obviously liked, would spend
jinore than a third of the article cutting
down the crowd the same crowd he
I tried so desperately to be a part of.
J we are continually reminded in his
articles of all the rebellious things he
,does (i.e. wearing leopard print trous
ers ana spiked hair to conservative
bars on football Saturdays). Yet, the
jself-appointed king of fashion uses
iwords such as "sophomoric" and "teeny
jbopper" to describe "them" "them"
jbeing everyone at the concert.
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sledged food on them until Thursday.
There was absolutely no amount of
plastic covers that could keep them
safe.
But no matter where you sat, it was
obvious that Gallagher remains the
undisputed "king of prop comedy."
The comedian, sporting his tradi
tional shoulder-length hair and black
cap, made his intentions clear from the
very start of his show, daring the
audience to attempt to avoid his bar
rage of squirting props.
"It's a competition between you and
the comedian," he taunted, arming
himself with a water pump which he
fiercly fired into the audience farther
things for yourself, then I think it is
best to keep your mouth shut on an
issue.
I think Runnings was trying to say
that McCubbin's reviews tend to be
somewhat slanted toward his personal
likes or dislikes in music. Not that that
in itself is wrong, but I think too many
people who otherwise do not take the
time to listen to the "avant garde" in
new music tend to believe much of
what he says.
I think McCubbin doesn't spend
music, not the audience
Harrah must not have been watching
the crowd very closely because most of
the thrash dancing was done while For
Against, the opening band, was play
ing. I only noticed people thrashing to
one of Gene Loves Jezebel's songs.
Since I was standing in the front, I
heard many of the people who thrashed
to For Against complaining that they
wanted to thrash to Gene Loves Jezebel,
but nobody would let them. Harrah
made it sound as though the whole
audience was thrash dancing, when in
reality there were about 15 to 20,
unless there was more than one group
thrashing.
Harrah did give some well-deserved
compliments to the band. Anyone who
I would like to commend Harrah for
being the only true individual at the
concert. I even feel kind of sorry for
him. He is surrounded by a bunch of
conformists who do all of their shop-
ping at J. C. Penney and listen to
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than-anticipated by anyone.
"How many thought you'd be out of
range?" he teased.
Although many in the audience,
probably weaned on Gallagher's
numerous cable television performan
ces, expected to use their plastic cov
ers only at the end of the show, that was
not the case Saturday. Gallagher con
stantly tested the audiences plastic
reaction time, such as stomping on
Capri Sun drink bags placed on the
edge of the stage whenever people
made the mistake of letting their guard
down.
"Good plastic work," he would
respond when people were quick enough
enough time researching new music
(new wave, punk, mod ska, syntho-pop
or whatever you want to call it) to be
considered an expert on the issue.
As for Magnuson's slam on For
Against, I would like him to know that
the band he called "bland" has gained
rave reviews in a reputable European
music magazine, Zig Zag, and is consi
dered by many to be the best music
band to ever come out of Lincoln.
Stephen Schultz
UNL alumnus
missed this concert probably missed
one of the better "small" groups around,
and I doubt if they stay a small band for
long.
Next time, Harrah, give us a concert
review, not what you think of the
audience. Just because you don't under
stand something or someone or don't
like the way people dress and dance
doesn't mean that you should put them
down. I hope the next time Gene Loves
Jezebel or another band of their kind
comes to Lincoln, the Daily Nebraskan
assigns someone who reviews the music,
not the audience.
Lisa Dominy
freshman
journalism
"Louie, Louie" because we think it is
punk trash music. More power to you,
Scott.
Marty Amsler
sophomore
undeclared
INNOCENT FAD, OR
ORTHODONTIST-PLOT?
with their cover not to get hit.
Most, but not all, of his props squirted
water, such as the foam rubber grap
pling hook, the electric tap-dancing
watermelon, a "Rambo" knife and "guts
on a stick."
However, Gallagher's biggest laughs
didn't come from his visual stunts, but
from his unique perspectives on a var
iety of topics that ranged from sex to
male and female attitudes to those
things in life that nobody thinks of.
Jokes such as "If smokers like smoke
so much, why do they blow it out?"
involved no props but were funniest.
Other Gallagherisms included small
discussions on things like why we park
in driveways and drive on parkways and
why homes have a utility called a hot
Christian metal band
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water heater.
"It should be called a cold water
heater, shouldn't it," he reasoned.
The finale, of course, involved Gal
lagher's brutal culinary assault with
the "Sledge-O-Matic." So many grocery
products never met such an untimely,
sudden and violent end. After the cus
tomary apples and lettuce, Gallagher
started smashing stuff so fast I couldn't
keep track of the mayhem. He did slow
down long enough to set up for the
"Scope bottle-top distance record,"
which appeared to beat the reported
nine-row record.
To end the food fiasco, Gallagher,
true to form, destroyed about five or six
watermelons to the delight of a hyster
ical but soggy crowd.
band: "We're for real...(people) hear
about us without having seen us, and
conjure up this choir-boy image.
"But we rock, we put 100 percent
into our music. We're just singing
words of life instead of words of death."
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