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the question, “What is a poem?”
“I deal with impact and don’t put
things into a category. I don’t know
what a poem is, I don’t worry about
it,’’ Magorian said.
“Hideout” includes a comic 40
page story called, “Karl Marx and
the Development of International
Capitalism.”
Magorian refers to it as a poem.
“It is my way of saying that those
who break everything into genres are
wasting time,” he said.
One poem is a schedule titled,
“Special Problems Faced by Farm
Youth: A Symposium,” with such
talks as “Tractor Fetishism,” “Goat
Orgy,” “HorseTrough Narcissism”
and “4-H Club Sadism.”
There is a self-describing piece
called “Four Footnotes,” which
consists of the same. Some poems
consist of Boolean algebra diagrams;
others are charts like the “Beethoven
Eye Examination Chart.”
Also included Ls “The Confessions
of Saint Doug of Omaha,” a farcical
romp through the journal of a mis
guided neophyte who must pray over
time for inserting puns into encycli
cals.
The highlight of the collection is
“The Emily Dickinson Jogging
Book,” complete with the travails of
jogging in 19th-century Amherst:
Stepping on sleeping cats, men who
“bray at the moon” at the flash of her
ankles, and the knowledge that “No
spinster ever had thighs like mine. ”
Dickinson’s conclusion: “I’m in
better shape than other Transcenden
tal ists. Emerson and Thorcau lag miles
behind me, stretching their jockstraps
in vain.”
Magorian’s poetry is not all in the
surreal, slapstick style. “Mountain
Man” is a long, narrative poem which
serves as a biography of legendary
pioneer Jim Bridger.
The poem, a “humanistic West
ern,” was written in a much more
traditional style while Magorian lived
in Montana. It flows through the
consciousness of Bridger as he recalls
scattered events in his life.
Magorian said the portrait of Br
idger is “not particularly favorable.
These people are not heroes. They
were amoral and killed everything in
sight.”
It is full of vivid images, such as:
“After the storm the upturned tree
paws the air like adying dog, the root
daggered dirt dangling in the wind. ”
Such writing shows another side
of the versatile Magorian. With his
completed but unpublished novels,
Magorian says he hopes to lind better
distribution for all his writings.
He spent five years working on his
previous novel and claims it is “bet
ter than the rest of my literature put
together.”
Although he writes everyday,
Magorian had not planned to be a
writer all his life.1T just fell into it, I
had no training or childhood hopes,”
he said.
Magorian once thought he would
be a history professor and received a
bachelors’ degree fn history from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Since
then he has earned two masters’ de
grees (history and English) and spent
a summer at Oxfoi J.
“The degrees themselves arc not y
important. There is no relation be- ft
tween them and writing,” Magorian ]
said, adding that knowledge and
experience are more important.
'Ski Patrol entertaining despite downhill humor
By Troy Falk
Staff Reporter
Gee, thanks, makers of “Police
Squad.”
Thanks for your new one -- “Ski
Patrol.”
“Ski Patrol” is a slapstick com
edy centered on a ski resort, Snowy
Peaks. Look out, Academy Awards.
Snowy Peaks is owned by Pops,
(Ray Walston), and is celebrating its
40th year in business. Maris, (Martin
Mull) wants to celebrate in his own
way by buying Snowy Peaks so he
can build Maris Town, an expensive,
luxurious resort.
The only way Maris can own Snowy
Peaks is to get Pops to default on his
lease.
So, Maris decides to hire some ski
instructors to sabotage the resort. They
are paid to sabotage Pops’ ski patrol,
a bunch of people they dislike, so
they will flunk inspection and Pops
will have to default on the lease.
The manager in charge of getting
the ski patrol certified again is Murry
(Leslie Jordcn). Murry is the brunt of
many jokes about his lack of height --
one prank makes him believe he has
grown to four times his normal size.
The hero of the story is Jerry, (Roger
Rose). Jerry is the real leader of ihe
ski patrol. He also is the best skier on
the mountain and he, of course, gets
the girl (Yvette Nipar).
She is an instructor who has little
moyip 1
influence in the movie, except to be
rescued, spectacularly, by Jerry.
Jerry’s friend and fellow ski patrol
member Iceman, (T.K. Carter) is the
token minority for the movie. He sings,
dances, and docs some stereotypical
black sayings and mannerisms.
The instructors are so pathetically
played and developed, one doesn t
know who lo blame - the writer or the
actors. The practical jokes they cre
ate could have been done better by
any junior high student. For example,
they get the ski patrol's pet mice and
put them on the cake to be served at a
big formal dinner opening the club
for its 40th season.
With hints as big as this one, the
audience wonders why neither Pops
nor the ski patrol suspect Maris for
these accidents. It takes until the re
sort is closed down before anyone
realizes who is behind the “acci
dents.”
Once the ski patrol discovers who
is behind their problems, they take
matters into their own hands.
One good point is the filming of
the ski scenes. The thrill of flying
down a slope is captured beautifully,
often from the viewpoint of the skier.
You may even get some of the adre
naline back from that last ski trip.
“Ski Patrol” is not going to win
any movie awards, but all in all it was
a pleasant, entertaining, if silly, es
cape film.
“Ski Patrol’ ’ is playing at the State
Theater, 1415 O St., and East Park 3
in East Park Plaza Mall.
Important figures to highlight Lincoln music
By Mick Dyer
Senior Reporter
A couple of important figures in
recent music history, a couple of
acclaimed national acts and a couple
of local bands all will perform in
Lincoln this week.
Alternative:
The Wild I.Q.’s will play Wednes
day at Duffy’s, 1412 O St
Country:
The Cheating Snakes will play at
the Mountains, 311 S. 11th St., to
night and Saturday.
Jazz/Blues:
Tonight, Abb Locke will play at
Bourbon Street, 200 N. 70th St.
In the ’50s and ’60s, Abb Locke
blew his horn on stage and in the
studio with some of the greatest names
during one of the greatest periods in
blues history - Howling Wolf - Muddy
Waters -- Chuck Berry. He’s a vet
eran. Today, after performing in the
United States, Japan and*Australia,
Locke is considered one of the best
blues saxophone players in the world
in hi* own right.
And Locke has all the tricks down.
He plays two horns at once, stuffing
the mouthpieces of an alto and a tenor
sax in his mouth at the same time. He
brings the show off stage and into the
audience. He leaps up on the bar.
Needless to say, after more than 25
years of performing, Locke hasn’t
slowed down a bit
Saturday, James Cotton will play
at Bourbon Street.
With more than 40 years of harp
playing behind him, with the likes of
Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf,
James Cotton is considered by many
to be a grand master of the blues.
Tonight and Saturday, The Nace
Brothers will play at the Zoo Bar, 136
N. 14th St.
Sunday, The Monks will play fin
ger-snapping, toe-tapping, good
lounge-lizard jazz at Chesterfield’s,
Lower Level 245 N. 13th St.
Monday, Terrance Simien and the
Mallet Playboys will play at the Zoo
Bar.
Taking its name from Simien’s
hometown of Mallet in Louisiana's
bayou country, Terrance Simien and
the Mallet Playboys is one of the
newest and hottest zydeco bands to
break out of the crayfish circuit. Al
though this is the band’s first Lincoln
performance, many locals have un
knowingly heard their music before.
The band was featured in the movie
“The Big Easy’’ that helped popular
ize cajun music and culture a couple
of years ago.
Tuesday, Lonnie Mack will play
at Bourbon Street.
An Indianabom Texas bluesman,
Lonnie Mack combines elements of
country, blues, rock and gospel thun
der and lightning that simultaneously
whispers in your ear and punches you
in the gut. Blues guitarist Stevie Ray
Vaughan cites Lonnie Mack asoneof
the major influences on him as a
guitar player. \
Tuesday, The Tablerockers, fea
turing Annette Murrell, will play at
the Zoo Bar,
Wednesday, the Confidentials, an
Omaha R&B band that played at the
Flaiwater festival last summer, will
play at Bourbon Street.
Wednesday, The Mighty Jailbreak
crs will play at the Zoo Bar.
Thursday, Preston Love will play
popular jazz standards from the ’40s
to the present at Julio’s, 132 S. 13th
St
Thursday,Too Smooth, voted best
Lincoln R&B band in 1989 by Omaha’s
Fastlanc magazine, will play at Bour
bon Street.
Thursday, Big Twist and the Mel
low Fellows will play at the Zoo Bar.
Rock:
Today and Saturday, Bobby Curi
ous will play at Chesterfield’s.
Bobby Curious, Lincoln’s irrever
ent party-rocker, has recently added
several original tunes to its cover
playlist.
Today and Saturday, Redline will
play at The Royal Grove, 340 W.
Comhusker.
Today and Saturday, Sirius will
play at Sweep Left, 815 O St.
Saturday, Too Smooth will play at
9th St. Blues, 421 S. 9lh St.
Tonight through Sunday, the Cor
sairs will play ’60s rock at Oscars,
800 O St.
Tonight through Sunday, Power
play will play at The Prospector, 640
W. Van Dorn.
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3 Bicycles 76 Travel
4 Books 78 Tutoring
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14 Photo Equipment 120 Greek AHair*
6 Sporting Goods 130 Student Government
8 Stereos/TVs 135 Meeting Others
10 Ticket Exchange 140 Personals
20 Vehicle* 145 Lott 4 Found
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30 Bridal 162 Work Study Job*
32 Counseling 164 Summer Jobs
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38 Insurance
40 Instruction 170 Roommates
42 Job Placement 175 Rooms For Rent
44 Legal 180 House* For Rent
60 Misc. Servoes 229 Por R«nt
62 Preonancv m Hom»* For Sale
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3 Bicycles
1990 Muddy Fox and Ratlex ATB bikes now arriving.
Flatlands Cyclary, 1101 Arapahoe. 423-1993.
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almost brand new. $160. 477-0365
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18 Stereos/TVs
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20 Vehicles For Sale
75 Dodge Dart, $500 o.b.o., rune greet, 470-3631.
67 Suzuki Samurai "Deluxe" w*h bfcim top. Great al
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86 Dodge Daytona. 5-speeo. ac. sunroof, arrvlm cas
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84 Monte, clean, great condition $3000 OBO. Call
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1985 Mazda RX7. Loaded, perfect condition. S5400, will
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