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6 Arts & Entertainment Wednesday, January 18,1989
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Electronic violinist and band to rock. Duffy v
By Lane Van Ham
Staff Reporter
Most people don’t usually think
of the violin as an integral part of a
rock ‘n’ roll band. But Lincoln
audiences will be able to witness
just such an act tonight, when Ann
De Jamctt appears at Duffy’s Tav
ern.
Dc Jamett, who plays an elec
tric violin on stage and also has
played in an orchestra, has been
playing in rock bands periodically
since 1980, she said.
In 1985, she started the group
Mnemonic Devices, the musicians
of which eventually became her
back-up band, the Falcons.
De Jarnett and the Falcons have
two releases to date: a self-titled
e.p. and an album of last year,
“Possessions,” she said.
De Jarnett said her earlier ef
forts were definitely learning ex
periences.
“One of the first things 1
learned was when you’re in a rock
band, you’re not just playing mu
sic -- you're an entertainer. And
that was hard to get used to. 1 was
very shy, and I’m still learning
how to expand my role into that ol
an entertainer.’' she said.
Being an entertainer on stage is
not easy, she said. The performing
image must be larger than life if ii
is to succeed, and De Jarnett indi
cated that it is not necessary tc
have a big stage show to do this.
“If you want to have an image,
you have to take it and magnify it
about 20 times,’ ’ she said. “People
want something outrageous, re
ally.”
De Jarnett will appear tonight at
9 p.m. at Duffy’s Tavern, 1412 0
St.
-^ Courlesy of Or. Dream Records
Ann DeJarnett and band
Courtesy ot MCA Records
Tiffany tries again with newest album;
maturing voice diversifies her talent
By Micki Haller
Senior Editor
Tiffany
Hold an Old Friend's Hand
MCA Records
Tiffany’s back, and the good news
is that her voice has matured
The bad news is that she alternates
between her younger, irritating
whine, and a disconcerting Stevie
Nicks growl, often within the same
song.
Our Miss Tiff’s first single, “All
This Time,’’ is already climbing up
the charts, and from the first note, it’s
obvious that something is different.
Tiffany sports a deep, sexy, love
lorn growl, which can mean two
things. She’s decided she wants a
grown-up sound, or she’s been over
singing and destroying her voice.
In any case, it’s a wonderf ul sound
for the moment, but she’ll pay for it
down the road when she needs sur
gery for her vocal chords.
In the album. Tiffany combines
lush orchestration, pop hip-hop, a
country twang and the new Nicks
imitation.
In the title track, especially, the
sound is haunting. Tiffany almost
oul-Nicks Stevie Nicks.
“While the leaves still dance on
the wind,” she sings, then Tiffany’s
background vocals chant, “Hold an
old friend’s, hold an old friend’s
hand.” It’s an eerie throwback to the
scary 1970s.
“Radio Romance,” however, is a
return to some of the ’60s covers on
Tiffany’s first album. The song is a
pop tunc to a “Locomotion” beat.
and Tiffany goes back to her non
descript pop voice.
The sad thing is that Tiffany actu
ally has a quite nice, lovely voice
without stretching it to the extreme
squeals and growls.
In “It’s the Lover (Not the
Love),” Tiffany is stripped of her
vocal devices, by and large. She has a
very nice pleasing voice, but she's
going to lose that if she keeps abusing
her instrument.
“Hearts Never Lie,” a duel with
Chris Farren, also gives a glimpse
into Tiffany’s true vocal qualities,
but she soon gels buried in her own
bad vocal habits and the keyboard
crescendos.
Will Tiffany ever become a sig
nificant and memorable singer? Only
lime can tell, but for now, wait until
her songs come out on radio.
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‘Mississippi Burning’stirs feelings of guilt, anger
By Jim Hanna
Staff Reporter
"Anyone’s guilty who watches
this happen and pretends it's not.
Every governor or senator who
allows the hale to fester to gather a
few voles. Every college kid who
ever laughed at a racist joke. A,v
guilty as the lunatics who pull the
triggers. Maybe we all are."
Agent Ward,
“Mississippi Burning"
Guilt is only one of the feelings
stirred up by Alan Parker’s latest
film, “Mississippi Burning." Also
included are frustration, sadness,
anger, disgust and triumph.
The movie is a devastating fic
tional account of an FBI investiga
tion into the murder of three civil
rights workers in Jessup County,
Miss., in 1964. The murders, com
mitted by several locals including
the county sheriff and his deputy,
were in response to the workers’
efforts to register black voters in
ihe county.
The FBI investigation is headed
by Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe), a
young agent who strictly follows
all bureau procedures.
His partner is Rupert Anderson
(Gene Hackman), an agent from
the old school who, of course,
strays from bureau procedures to
get his job done.
The primary struggle of the
film, beyond solving the murders,
involves the battle between Ward
and his “by the btx>k“ ways and
Anderson and his less-than-offi
cial dirty tactics. One can imagine
which method succeeds in the end.
Ihe agents are hampered in
their efforts by the understandably
uncooperative Sheriff Stuckey
(Gailard Sartam) and his trusty
deputy, Pell (Brad Dounf).
I he people of Jessup County
arc also not much help since most
of the while locals don’t care to see
the murders solved and the blacks
arc afraid to speak. This fear is
often reinforced by brutal beatings
inflicted on those who might talk.
Agent Anderson imally finds a
break in the case when he be
friends Deputy Pell’s wife, only
referred to as Mrs. Pell (Frances
Me Dorm and). The deputy’s alibi
depends on his wile and Anderson
begins to wear her down to gel the
truth.
The movie is filled with re
markable performances. Most no
table among them is Gene Hack
man as Anderson. His perform
ance all but ensures him an Oscar
nomination in a movie that is
bound to get several.
Dafoe is also effective, but
sometimes seems a little flat next
to Hackman. His flatness, how
ever, may be more directly related
to script problems than actor prob
lems.
The best acting support in the
movies comes from Sartain and
Dourif as the sheriff and the dep
uty. The hate til the period is em
bodied in the two “lawmen” who
lead the group of murderers.
The only Haw of any nolo in the
movie was the endless siring ol
brutalities inflicted upon blacks in
the county. Although the period
was very violent and this brutality
was a common occurrence, the
repealed acts of violence in the
movie began to overstate the point
and detract from the story.
“Mississippi Burning” is an
important historical movie that is
bound to stir up many powerful
feelings in its viewers. Let’s hope
guilt is not the only one.
