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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1987)
Monday Night Football up close! — c TJ JLJL E S T E R F All Imports only $1.25 pi 8:00 pm to close. " Bass Ale Guiness " Heineken Beck’s D Corona Molson s plus many more. & The Best Selection at the Best Price. Chesterfield's... 13th&Que THIS OFFER IS SO GOOD AND THIS OFFER IS SO FINE A COMPLETE WELL BALANCED SPAGHETTI LUNCH - FOR ONLY PRICE INCLUDES SALAD. GARLIC BREAD. BASIC SAUCE AND ALL THE SPAGHETTI YOU CAN EAT SPECIAL SERVED DAILY FROM 11:30 A M TO 2:00 PM 228 N iPth Lincoln • 11th & Howard—Old Market • 84th & Park Drive—Ralston Guadalcanal Diary's two albums j evoke landscapes, poetry, beauty By Geoff McMurtry Staf f Reporter It was just a couple of springs ago. Anticipation was in the air. There was a going to be a free concert on the beach. Everyone was looking forward to seeing Modem English, and hearing ‘‘I Melt With You,” that popular and upbeat hit single from the movie, ‘‘Valley Girl.” The opening band was going to be somebody by a name that nobody, save immediate family, had ever heard of. The beach is really a beautiful place to be. During a concert, there is probably no better place to be. Concert Preview There’s just nothing quite like the feeling of looking out at the crash ing waves, alternately beneath and above the surfers and sailboats bobbing in the distance, then watching them roll over each other on their way to shattering on the beach. When all this is accompa nied by thought-provoking music, played by a band that actually cares about what they’re doing, it docsn' t even have to be on a beach. Modern English was terrible that day. Listening to their shame less, blatant album commercials between every song, along with watching their self-conscious at tempts at rock-star posing, liber ally inierspcrscd with every crowd-pleasing cliche in the book, made a mesmerizing performance by the opening band seem that much more impressive. Perhaps even faith-healing. The crowd, of course, consist ing entirely of college students who’d journeyed to Daytona Beach determined to spend a he donistic, carefree, alcohol-soaked week away from home in the sun and the sand, was baffled by the opening band’s artistry, and spent the duration of Modern English’s show alternately waiting patiently or danc i ng pol i tel y, as i f t h ey k n e w it was expected of them. They clapped, cheered, and stood up whenever the lead singer, with audacious show-biz patter, told them to. When, at long last, the band leaped into their hit single of a lew years back, and the wail was over, the crowd roared excitedly, the way they do for touchdowns. They danced happily; the way they do for cover bands who always play their favorite ten songs at private parties. Then, with the show half over, they left. Luckily, an inspired, captivating perform ance by the unknown opening band was enough to make up for all that. The opening band that day was Guadalcanal Diary. Taking their name from the infamous WWII memoirs found on an anonymous dead soldier which later, in mutated form, gave the world ihc plot to several John Wayne movies, Guadalcanal Db ary was one of the first bands to be called “R.E.M.-influenced ” The band emerged from the obscurity of their native North Carolina’s picturesque, pine-forested swamplands in 1985 with the criti cally acclaimed, “Walking In The Shadow Of the Big Man.” The evocative beauty of the album’s bit single, “Trail Of Tears,” made it a staple of col legc-radio airplay, and gave the band name recognition around the country. Combining driving, hard edged guitars and poetic lyrical land scapes with the kind of melodic pop hooks that just won’t go away, Guadalcanal Diary has,injustovcr two years, become one of the lead ers on the innovative American alternative music scene. Their rendition of the old Boy Scout campfire classic, “Kumbayah," transforms what’s usually thought of as an ode to juvenile homilies into a moment of transcendence. The band’s third album. “2 x 4," just out, from which the current single, “Litany,” is from, repre sents a further step for the band’s trademark sound and thoughtful, introspective lyrics. Guadalcanal Diary w ill be at Omaha’s Ranch Bowl, 1616 S. 72nd, tonight,along with Omaha’s Perry Mason cover band, The Front. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., and admission isS3.(K). Minors are welcome. Career Corner Twenty companies have decided to pre-select candidates for inter viewing through the Career Planning and Placement Center. Students who want to be consid ered by a company must deposit data forms by the deadline date. The Ca reer Planning and Placement Center will mail the forms to the companies. Students can get information on requirements and deadlines for inter views from Career Planning and Placement in Nebraska Union 225. Apple Computer and the University Bookstore proudly present . . APPLEFEST Starring . . . The Macintosh Computer When: Wednesday, November 18 9:30 - 3:30 PM Where: Nebraska Student Union Main Floor What: A Macintosh Festival featuring . . . Word Processing Demonstrations Graphics Demonstrations Business Application Demonstrations Desk-Top Publishing Demonstrations Gifts and Prizes Available Experts on hand to answer questions