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Theater Continued from Page 9 this season will offer seven. The first show of the theater’s season will be “Play On,” a play within a play directed by theater veteran Jan Edwards. Schmeling said the follow ing six shows will cover many theat rical genres. Lincoln Ensemble Theatre mem berships, auditions and technical positions are open to the public. Vol unteers make up the administrative positions, which are rotated every year. Fifteen volunteer members also comprise the board of directors. “When it’s asmall group,” Harvey said, “you’re inclined to wear a lot of hats.” Harvey himself wears many hats. In addition to serving as the president of the theater, he also writes and designs programs and has organized fundrais ers. Finley Continued from Page 9 being raped.” At a slideshow presentation and discussion of her work on Friday night, Finley said she was drawn to per formance art because she wanted to do something that almost anyone could afford. “Our priorities are messed up,” she said, speaking of government spending. “We have no-fault car in surance, but we don’t have no-fault health insurance. Why? Because we care more about cars then people.” Finley’s scope of criticism is massive and potentially overwhelm ing. The lasting power of her Sunday night performance comes not in its analysis but in its emotive content: anger at a society that she sees as continually dehumanizing and abu sive. NATIONAL GARAGES INC. West of 1033 M0" ST. Memorial Suite 120 Stadium 474-2274 l PARKING SERVICES | Hm i i j—* i i i i i i i » j i ■ ■ ■ ■* k I ■^ LITTLE I Baking |aJ H|K£aS5S!||i|— ■IS3&&3SB3uB3uM9 The Computing Resource Center is offering free microcom puters seminars to UNL students. The seminars will feature an introduction to Microsoft Word for the Macintosh and WordPerfect for IBM machines. Lab Location Dates Times Advanced Microsoft Word for Macintosh Bancroft 238 Tuesday, November 19 2:30 to 4:00 Advanced WordPerfect 5.1 on IBM Sandoz(IBM) Tuesday, November 19 3:00 to 4:30 We Are More than a Bike Shop! Closest Bike Shop to Campus! p mm mm n ^ coupon [ 4^ >4W ^ ^ * Bike Trainers A <* A app ! * Repair All Makes * S 11| IJ »■ fH J ' Stationary Bikes ▼ I w I I _ j Merrell & Adidas j i WinterShoes j B)4144mimi coupon | — riwur 'mm'mmtM J 427 South 13th Hours: Mon - Frl 9:30-6pm Sot9:30-Spm, Sun 12-4pm M.wd,^.,,iWi KCi/yiCM/'f : . • ; Vaughan’s album best “The Sky is Crying” Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Epic Records Stevie Ray Vaughan cut just Five solo albums during his brief career, but that was enough to earn him his rightful place among thfe blues greats. While last year’s “Family Style” showed Vaughan’s more progressive guitar interests, “The Sky is Crying” gives us Stevie at his bluesy best. Lovingly arranged by Vaughan’s older brother Jimmie, “Sky” also serves as Stevie’s posthumous tribute to the artists that went before him. Blues men Lonnie Mack and Willie Dixon, jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell and the man Vaughan was most closely asso ciated to, Jimi Hendrix, all are re membered on “Sky.” In fact, only two of the LP’s 10 tunes were written by Vaughan. That isn’t a huge drawback be cause “Sky” proves once again that Vaughan did some of his best work as an interpreter of other artists. The best of the lot is his bold treatment of Hendrix’s “Little Wing.” A rambling, seven minute-plus in strumental, the tunc allows Vaughan the freedom to experiment with Jimi’s riffs. As he would later do with Hen drix ’s “Voodoo Chile,” Stevie is able to rework a classic and let it stand on its own merit. I he three other instrumentals, especially Burrell’s “Chitlins Con Com” are in the same vein as Vaughan’s final solo album, “In Step.” The title track, recorded in 1985 during the “Soul to Soul” sessions, finds Vaughan stretching Albert King’s original licks with a fire equaled only by his work on “Texas Rood.” The most amazing thing about the songs on “Sky” is the fact that they were never released. According to the liner notes (written by author Dan Forte, who is working on a Stevie Ray Vaughan biography), Vaughan felt that the songs never^juite fit in to any of his albums. Together, they work fine. Though the LP is a compilation of material that was left on the cutting room floor (most of the songs arc from the mid-1980s), no part of “Sky" sounds dated. That alone makes this a remarkable album, given the, poor quality of so many studio outlake LPs. Courtesy of Epic Records The late Stevie Ray Vaughan is remembered with the compi lation LP “The Sky is Crying.” crew cuts, sideburns, hound’s tooth pants, boots and pop art T-shirts. For the gals, it wa$ the bob, miniskirt and go-go boots. This second mod movement should have been a sign that it would be back again someday. Courtesy of Atco Records Well, apparently, the time has come if Five-Thirty is any indication. This London three piece has just released their debut album, and man is it mod. Actually, make that MOD. Without a doubt, these guys have got the look, but more importantly, they’ve got the sound. Their debut LP, “Bed” definitely has its roots in English middle-class modernism — not necessarily a bad thing, mind you. What separates this one from the hordes of British pop wanna-beesarcsomcdownrighigood songs, good lyrics and good playing. The first track, “Supernova,” sets the tone for the album with grungy power chords from guitarist Paul Basset, clean effective drumming, and a bass line that’s all over the place. Songs like “Strange Kind of Ur gency,^’’and “You” epitomize a theme of domination that runs throughout the work — domination of one’s self by one’s desires. In “You,” Basset sings, “Well, Someone gave me a photograph/And someone cut my chains/It’s fruitless to enjoy my free dom/Whcn all I want is you.” The album closes out with three of its strongest tunes. “Abstain” follows the same formula as “Supernova” with equal effectiveness. The last track, “Mistress Day dream,” gets back to a more sixties sound with an emphasis on electric lead guitar and silky smooth vocals. It’s really hard to say how much of a neo-modemislalbum this is, since it doesn’t compare easily to many of its contemporaries, but maybe it will be a new musical standard for mods in the ’90s. Even if it doesn’t, these guys will surely be remembered for having some really cool haircuts. — Carter Van Pell The fact that “Sky” offers Vaughan’s only acoustic recording, “Life By the Drop,” is reason enough to make it a must for SRV collection. For hard-core blues fans, it will be Stevie’s most satisfying work since “Texas Flood.” Maybe no one can bring Vaughan back, but if there is more unreleased material left for compilation, keep it coming. —John Payne “Bed” Five Thirty Atco Records Who would have thought that a teenage subculture movement from the early sixties in England could have active band members in 1991? Well, not too many people, proba bly, but when mod-gods The Who released the film “Quadrophenia" in 1979 it started a mod revival of sorts. Post-punk guys went and got French Breaking Continued from Page 9 who don’t catch French, I hope, feel something in the movement of the performance.” But Rist said that even audi ences in his native country might have trouble understanding the complexities of Molierc. I nc idea that Kist wants to get across to audiences is the story of a man who is trying to find truth. He falls in love with a woman and wants her to believe in the same ideals that he believes. Rist brings a perspective to ‘‘Le Misanthrope” that he says is unique. He got involved in acting at age 17 and now as a director he wants to teach others his craft. “I would not say I am first a director,” Rist said. “I would try to be first, horn me dc theatre — man of the theater. I’m being an actor, a director, a teacher. Theater is what is important, not us." And what Rist wants is simplic ity. He wants his actors and ac tresses to work together. "The difficulty is not to under stand his (Molicrc) ideas, it’s to embody them,” Risl said. ‘‘Give body to something. Put 10 or 11 bodies in coordination. Make people do something together. That’s he roic, nobody wants to.” With Rist’s combination of simple teamwork, the outcome can be different every lime. That, he says, is the beauty of theater. “Le Misanthrope” will be per formed at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. today at Howell Theatre, 12th and R streets. Tickets are $7 for students and $ 15 for adults and are still avail able.
