No hurry
Acorns thrive on tension, not money
By Robert Richardson
Senior Reporter
Alex McManus said that 8 a.m.
would be a good time for a phone
interview; it was the only time to
catch him and Jeanette Morgan
together. Morgan thought that 8
a.m. was way too early — she said
she usually doesn’t start to think
until 10 a.m.
McManus and Morgan are the
vocalists and mainstays for the
interestingly obscure, but up-and
coming Omaha band Acorns. Sun
day night, Acorns, along with Pio
neer Disaster, will take the stage at
Duffy’s Tavern, 1412 O St.
Both vocalists play guitar and,
along with the four other members
of their band, work in pleasant,
unique harmonies.
“It’s not necessarily that we really
have great voices, it’s just kind of
that we use them differently than
other people might,” McManus said.
McManus and Morgan know
what they want to do and where
they want to be. To the young and
hungry musicians, the road looks
long, but neither seems to be in a
big hurry.
“It’s not trouble,” McManus said
“I mean it’s not painful. I mean it’s
painful sometimes, but it’s not
something that you go to your dumb
office job and say, ‘Why am I
here?’ I love it I love playing music.”
Both hold other jobs when they’re
not touring. They are not quite full
time musicians and money for the
band is often tight. McManus and
Morgan have said they would trade
a performance for free room and
board in Omaha.
“All we’re concerned with right
now is that we don ’ t want to run out
of gas while we’re on tour,”
McManus said.
He is speaking literally, about
the kind of gas that goes in a car —
not energy. But according to
McManus and Morgan, Acorns’
initial steam may have already been
used. The band needed to draw on
that energy in 1987, its first year, to
get off the ground. v
“We don’t really have thatnew
band fire that a lot of bands work
off of,” Morgan said. “We’ve
worked off that in the past but I
think we’ve spent a lot of that learn
ing how to play and now it’s gone
beyond that into almost a chemis
try of... there’s a tension almost.”
That tension is what fuels the
Acorns’ creative process. McManus
feels that without the fire, his band
would stagnate.
“It’s like a surface tension,”
McManus said. “If there wasn’t
any tension I would be worried.”
But now the band’s worries center
on its shows, which tend to be a
mix of musical styles.
Originally, the music was what
ever McManus played best. Now
he can play almost anything.
“I don’t feel comfortable stick
ing labels on very many things at
all,” McManus said. “But some of
it’s rock ‘n’ roll, some of it’s pop,
some of it’s folk. You know, who
cares? Some of it’s country, it
bounces around.”
The Acoms/Pioneer Disasters
show will begin at 10 p.m. There is
no cover charge.
Basketball Band
Auditions
Wind Players: September 24
and September 26
Rhythm Section: October 1
Cedi the Band Office at 472-2505 for more
information and to set up an audition time.
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Addams, and Raul Julia (“Presumed
Innocent”) is her husband Gomez.
Huston would seem to be the per
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the same time. Julia, always good and
often wasted, is an interesting choice
for Gomez.
The cast is rounded out by kooky
Christopher Lloyd (“Back to the Fu
ture”) as Uncle Fester.
Look for an unusual performance
by Thing, and a humorous but omi
nous performance by Carel Struycken
as Lurch.
Barry Sonnenfeld is making his
directorial debut with “The Addams
Family.” Sonnenfeld, as a cinema
tographer, gave us all the interesting
camera shots in “Raising Arizona, ’
“Throw Momma from the Train” and
“Misery.” His track record shows
promise, at least in the visual depart
ment.
“Article 99”: Ray Liotta (“Goo
dfellas”) is reason enough to look
forward to this film. He should have
come into fame after “Goodfellas,”
but all the attention went to Oscar
winner Joe Pesci.
Kiefer Sutherland (“Flatliners”) and
Forest Whitaker (“Bird,” “A Rage in
Harlem”) co-star as young doctors
fighting red tape in a Veterans Ad
ministration hospital.
Sutherland hasn’t done much of
note lately and he needs a strong
performance. Whitaker is always worth
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