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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 . .
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Starring . . .
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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
