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Daily Nebraskan
Friday, December 6, 1985
Small Lincoln crowd hears
newer Rank and File sound
By Tom Mockler
Staff Reporter
Probably the most noteworthy
event of Rank and File's Wednesday
night appearance at the Drumstick
was the lack of appearance by an
audience.
Concert Review
Nobody (not literally, mind you)
showed up.
At its height, there were perhaps
50 people there, out of a capacity of
450. I guess Rank and File never
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Chip Kinman
quite caught on In Lincoln. Maybe
people were waiting for the Del
Fuegos last night.
This isn't all bad, because it lets
you walk in at 9 p.m. and get a
front-row seat and excellent bar
service, not to mention being able
to use the bathroom. Still, it was
somewhat of a surprise. When Rank
and File played in Iowa City a year
ago, 500 people showed up.
Lincoln's own Reno Brothers
opened the show, warming up the
crowd of 20 with a rousing set of
cowpunk. The Renos sound a bit
like Jason and the Scorchers. They
don't have quite the energy or the
flair, but they're definitely one of
the more exciting bands on the
local scene. Some of their material
spread into the REMLet's Active
world of rural mysticism, but the
high point of their act was a rewed
up version of "King of the Road."
That, and the lead guitarist's con
federate war coat.
Rank and File took the stage at
1 1:15 p.m. and broke into their near
classic "The Conductor Wore
Black." This was truly a time for
dancing. The audience knew how
small they were, as did the band,
and seemed to say "Ah, what the
heck," and had a good time anyway.
Rank and File is on a three-week
tour, apparently working out new
material in front of a live audience
before they head into the recording
studio for their next album. As a
result, there was a generous amount
of new material.
It is hard to evaluate what direc
tion Rank and File is taking. Their
new guitarist, Jeff Ross, is definitely
talented. He played the riffs on their
new material, while Chip Kinman
handled the leads on their older
songs. They seem to be aiming more
for the mainstream.
Their new material runs the
spectrum from country to rock, and
although I had one opportunity to
get acquainted with it, my reaction
is to prefer the original, "classic"
formula. While Rank and File works
as a pretty fair rock band, they
simply lack the character of their
original post-punk minimalistic
country and western sound.
It's hard to say how things will
sound once they've thoroughly work
ed through their new material.
After running through a set that
had a new-to-old material ratio of
60-to-40, they came on for an encore,
prompted by as much noise as 50
people at the Drumstick can make.
Unfortunately, the weak turnout
might scuttle future trips to Lin
coln. Then again, maybe the band
will view it as unconquered territory.
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December 7 & 8
11 AM till Closing
Gateway Shopping Center
6414 0 Street, Lincoln
464-7774
Join the festivities and go home
a winner!
Drawings for an abundance
of prizes.
Free Pizza Hut magnets
and Cornhusker Mugs to first
500 adults.
Free Goodie Boxes to first
200 children.
Free balloons.
Visit with one of the Care Bears
Saturday, 11 AM-3 PM and
6 PM-8 PM.
KFRX Radio remote, Saturday,
12 Noon-2:30 PM.
Northeast High Swing Choir
will perform Saturday, 4:45
5:30 PM.
Santa Claus will be on hand
Sunday, 12 Noon-3 PM.
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East chorus performs
UNL's University Chorus-East will
present a Christmas program Sunday at
2:30 p.m. in the Great Plains Room of
the East Unioa
The chorus will present a number of
traditional Latin, French and German
Christmas carols and a medley of popu
lar seasonal favorites. A performance of
"Twas the Night Before Christmas" set
to music by Ken Darby and arranged by
Harry Simeone also will be performed.
Soloists for the performance include
Corrine Brown of Leigh, Jody Knapp of
Ord and Pam Johnson of Virginia.
Vena Genuchi Alesio will be accom
panying the 60-voice chorus on piano
and also will perform as a vocal soloist.
Also on Sunday, the Sheldon Art
Gallery will have a tree trimming party
from 2 to 5 p.m. Admission to the party
is one ornament for the gallery Christ
mas tree.
Music of the holiday season will be
featured in lunch-time concerts in
December at the state Capitol, where
choral groups will perform in the
rotunda Wednesdays at noon.
Wednesday's performance features
the Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir
under the direction of William Wynian.
Music by Poulenc, Herzogenberg, Hun
ter, Cockshott, Sargent and Bruckner
will be included.
The Southeast High School concert
choir will present a recital on Dec. 18.
A variety of holiday music will be per
formed by the 75 juniors and seniors,
directed by Tim Sharer.
The lunchtime concerts are free and
open to the public.
Plot is pure Heinlein
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The plot is pure Heinlein. Two inor
dinately charming, skilled and lethal
people get married and someone im
mediately begins to try to kill them.
This leaves our heroes with the prob
lems of finding out who's after them
and staying alive while doing it. Once
they figure that out, things get compli
cated. There are pirates on the moon,
assassins on a space station, secret
pasts, disguises and a dimension-hopping
kitten named Pixel.
People who read "The Number Of
The books you've always meant to read.
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Bell Star Helmet, full face, size 7 14, good condition.
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Man's gold wedding band with 3diamonds. worth $395
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what was going on in that book.
But "The Cat Who Walks Through
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But this is a fun book to read. Get it if
there's a S.F. fan on your Christmas list
or if you're looking for something light
to read during vacation.
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All with laundry and parking. For more information,
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Only $365 per month plus $200 deposit.
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Are most of your classes on East Campus? Convenient,
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New large 2-bedroom units with balconies. Less than
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Newer 2-bedroom, nice. CA. washerdryer hookups,
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Large 2-bedroom at 3517 Baldwin to sublease; fireplace,
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Sublease til July with option to rent longer 2-bedroom,
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