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Arts & Entertainment The Tail Gators Zoo Bar attracts nationally-known musicians during semester break By Mick Dyer Senior Editor Here’s a brief rundown of some of the national acts that will be perform ing in Lincoln between now and the start of the second semester. Have a fun semester break. Wednesday, Buddy Miles will play at the Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th Sl Buddy Miles, an Omaha native, may be one of the most distinguished drummer/vocalists in rock ‘n’ roll history. Few musicians’ careers even compare to his. Over the past 25 years he has played with many of the great est names in rock music -- The Del phonics, The Ink Spots, Wilson Pick ett, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Stevie Wonder and David Bowie. Miles also achieved fame as the vocalist for the popular California Raisins television commercial. Friday and Saturday, Ida McBcth will play at the Zoo Bar. Ida McBcth is a perennial favorite at the Zoo. Audiences respond enthu siastically to her uptown Kansas City, Mo., rhythm and blues, jazz and soul performances. She’s a class act. December 28 and 29, The Tail Gators return to the Zoo Bar. According tosingcr/guilarisl, Don Leady, The Tail Gators play “swamp rock.’’ “Mostly what it is is traditional riffs, any thing from accordion riffs to fiddle riffs, with a heavy rock beat in a thrcc-piccc format,” Leady said. “Back in the ’50s they called Louisi ana rock ‘n’ roll ‘swamp pop,’ so 1 just decided we were gonna come out with ‘swamp rock.”’ January 4,5 and 6, lan Moore and Moments Notice wiH play at the Zoo Bar. Ian Moore is a young guitar wizard from Texas along the same lines as Stevie Ray Vaughn or Jimi Hendrix. He can make his guitar wail and rattle and croon like you’ve never heard before. And he’s got a great set of pipes on him, too. When he and Moments Notice play, look out, be cause they work audiences into a beautiful joyous bacchic frenzy with their exhilarating brand of electric blues. January 11, 12 and 13, Lucky Pe terson will be at the Zoo Bar. Lucky Peterson played at the Zoo this fall, and he was all over the pk. e. He played on the bar. He played on the sidewalk outside the bar. He leaped on and off stage, punctuating the music by hitting wild chords on the organ, never missing a beat. Needless to say, he is a sensational performer and an outstanding musi cian. m.R. Ducks takes a quack at bar scene ily Rosenbaum cportcr c’s a new duck ‘mingling’ at t . Ducks opened its doors for sNov. 18 in the same building ce housed Mingles. The new fers classic rock ‘n’ roll and lesomc fun,” according to co Tom Mortcnsen. Mortenscn said the bar received a uor license sooner than was ex -- consequently, no one was ncly prepared to open, c didn’t even have a sign out ” he said. ‘‘We just turned the on and opened the d(x>r, and we cr 3(X) people here.” rienscn said he considers M.R. a dancc/entertainmcnt bar and everyone to “relax and have a lime while they’re here.” modeling plans are in the works c bar, he said, but for now the hasn’t changed much since les inhabited the building. c have more things to do,” ensen said, “but we jusi wanted 1 open first.” ther plans include theme nights, ly giveaways and drink specials, tually the bar probably will offer y” foods like nachos, popcorn tacos. I think we’re trying lor afford entertainment,” he said, o far the bar hasn’t been charging See DUCKS on 13 '---~ * joe Heinzle/Daily Nebraskan Tom Mortensen, co-manager of M. R. Ducks, outside the new establishment. --—- i door ice-skating rink to open — . • a •_ . ____iL _ Ikiretchen Boehr |or Reporter Indoor skaters will hit the ice for [first time in almost 10 years when Ink opens Friday in the Exhibition Dl at the Nebraska Slate Fair funds. The rink will attract University of Ibraska-L.incoln students who like lligurc skate and play hockey, ac ting to the president of the Lin ln Ice Skaung Association. David Ellis said he thinks the rink ill be popular with students because door ice skating is new to Lincoln id groups can rent the rink lor pri ite use. The rink is coordinated by LISA, c Nebraska Stale Board of Agricul re and the city parks and recreation :partmcnt. It offers 200 feet by 65 ct of smooth ice and a heated rest ea and concession stand at the north Skate rental will be available, as ell as lessons for children and adults. Indoor ice skating has been miss ing from Lincoln throughout the 1980s, after the Pershing Municipal Auditorium rink closed. Ellis said skating came loan end at Pershing because the ice-making system began to deteriorate. As a result, LISA was formed in February 1988, Ellis said, by a group of people frustrated with skating on rough ice over frozen lakes. “This group is dedicated to trying to develop a refrigerated ice skating rink year-round,’’ Ellis said. The rink at the fairgrounds is not refrigerated, but air-cooled, he said, and windows in the building can be opened to allow more cool air to keep the ice solid. . . Ellis said the rink is somewhat experimental,and LISA will deter mine if enough interest exists in the Lincoln community for a refrigerated rmRink Operator Maryann Morgen stem said the city has purchased a wampum iimuimc iu »nuuui i^v. The machine costs about $5,000, she said, and LISA will eventually buy it from the city. Morpcnstcm said construction began Nov. 1. The ice will be laid sometime this week. “With the warm temperatures lately, we thought the rink’s opening day might be pushed back,’ ’ Morgen stem said. But with this week’s cold, ihc ice will be ready and waiting Friday. Hours for skating will be 7:30 to 9:30p.m. Monday through Thursday, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, and noon to 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 to9:30 p.m. Satur day and Sunday. Skate rental is 50 cents a pair. Admission is $1.50 for adults and $1 for children. Morgenstern said hockey will be offered from 10 to 11:30 p.m. Sunday and 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday. “We hope to bring out all the closet hockey players,” she said. ‘Blow’ lyrics dark, juvenile By Matt Burton Staff Reporter Red Lorry Yellow Lorry “Blow” RCA Nobody knows why industrial, punko, tcchno-pop bands like Red Lorry Yellow Lorry plague the music world with their noisc-from hell sound. The band’s new album “Blow” has all the tecth-grinding ingredi ents — no rhythm, no soul, lots of depression and a ton o’ synthesiz ers. The album cover is a bright explosion of colors, resembling thousands of those multi-colored stringy rubber balls. The songs afe your basic girl trouble themes. Girl happy to see guy, girl can’t sec guy, guy pleads for girl to see him, etc. The liner notes arc filled with juvenile lyrics, twisted artwork and pictures of the band donning sunglasses. They’re so cool - it’s like they’re artists or something. Let the music speak for itself. The songs arc extremely dark and boring, addressing the same boy girl problems in nine different ways. The opening track to “Blow” is titled “Happy to See Me.” The song is repetitious and sounds exactly like the next tunc, ‘ ‘Temp tation.’’ Each plastic guitar solo sounds like they recorded one and layered it on each track. The highlight of the album is the last song, titled “Blow." Overall, “Blow” sounds emo tionless. The band takes itself too seriously. The songs may give new meaning to the lives of junior high school kids and a pet rock. \