Campus preacher offers hope for future
PEOPLE
By Mark Baldridge
Senior Reporter___
Curt Brandon has a special call
ing.
Although he makes his living
working nights on the docks at Mcad
owgold Dairies, he recently has been
called to evangelize to University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln students.
Monday he preached — for the
first time ever— near Broyhill Foun
tain. He was back again on Wednes
day, and I got a chance to talk with
him on Thursday morning.
Curt is a highly intelligent person.
With his clear eyes and sincere man
ner, he seems like a person at peace
with himself.
He was a little nervous, however,
as we began to talk.
He wanted to make it clear that all
the good things in his life come from
God, and that he takes no credit for
anything.
“Seven years ago I didn’t really
have a faith in Jesus,” he said. “It was
in January 1986 that I was bom again.
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him to join another band was the
respect Rolic and Chalfant had for
each other.
“He didn’t really know me, but he
opened up the door and let me do
what I do and actually pulled out of
“I was in the Air Force ROTC. I
had a pilot slot. After 1 was sworn in
I was asked, ‘What would you do if
you were given orders that would
mean killing 6 million people in
China?’”
Curt said that’s when he started to
question himself.
He had been struggling to come to
terms with right and wrong.
“I went out and bought a Bible. 1
read the Koran. I read some books
about Buddha and other religions,”
he said.
‘‘I asked God to lead me. I felt I
was lead by the spirit to the Bible.
The truth of the Bible really came
alive to me.”
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And he believes in miracles, he
said.
“The same power that was avail
able to Jesus is available to anyone
who ccmcs to God,” he said.
Once he was instructed by the spirit
of God to visit his neighbor, an eld
erly woman. When he got there, he
found she needed his help.
me more than anybody else ever has,” ate a sense of depth in their songs by get older, you realize that falling into
Chalfant said. putting a lot of punch into their music a bucket and coming out smelling
Both lead singers said they were and a lot of passion into their singing, like a rose is not all that easy.”
concerned about the quality of their “I guess you would call it passion Selling bumper stickers, buttons
songs. with punch,” he said. and boxes of T-shirts imprinted with
Rolie is in charge of quality con- The combination of Chalfant’s Bryan Adams and The Storm logos
trol, Chalfant said. passion and Rolic’s quality control during the 60-somc city lour, David
“If they’re not good songs,” Rolie seems to be working for The Storm. Bason of Kent, Ohio, summed up The
said, “this band won’t do it.” The Storm’s success, Rolie said, Storm in two words.
Chalfant said they wanted to ere- was “one of those things that as you “High energy,” he said.
Curl is careful 10 distinguish be
tween the voice of God and his own
thoughts, and one cannot help but
believchim when he tells of his expe
riences.
He admits he is subject to tempta
tions. But, he said, “I’ve recognized
my enemy and I know how to fight
him.”
Recently Curt was given messages
about the future, which he told to me
in hopes that the truth of the word of
God would lead people to Jesus.
“God’s people need to turn and
hear the voice of the Holy Spirit.”
He said this was an important part
of what he was told, but there is more:
“Within the amount of years you can
count on the fingers of one hand,
there will come a four-year drought.
“And the heavens will be shut upon
the breadbasket of this nation be
cause the people have not heeded the
voice of the Holy Spirit.”
When he told me this, I have to
admit it made me feel strange. I sud
denly felt hot.
But Curl also wanted people to
know, especially now with the stress
of finals and graduation, that we can
all have hope, that wcshouldn’tdwcll
on our problems.
We don’t have to live in fear of the
future.
Because, as he said, “With God all
things arc possible.”
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Well-written pop, influence of Atlanta
anchor Uncle Green’s big-label release
Uncle Green
“Book of Bad Thoughts”
Atlantic
Question: What the opposite of
Pink Floyd?
Answer: Uncle Green.
At least according to frontman Mall
Brown, that’s what the members of
the Atlanta-based band were thinking
when they originally conceived “Uncle
Green.” It eventually became the name
of the band, which has just released
its fifth album, and its first on a major
label — Atlantic Records.
In case you don ’ t remember, Unc le
Green is the group that delivered a
killer set at Duffy s Tavern last Au
gust as an opening act for its dB label
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“I didn’t expect restrictions on the
record company and radio station slots.
... (I) expected things to be a lot freer
here.”
Americans must be aware of con
trolling industries like the music in
dustry, Robb said, calling it “the beast.”
Robb became aware of the “beasts”
in South Africa at a young age, he
said. He was angry because nc wasn’t
allowed to have long hair or take
poetry classes. He was forced to weqr
a school uniform, compete in sports
and join the army.
“All this bullshit was pissing me
off long before I knew what wasgoing
on with the black people. And then,
when I found out what was going on
with the black people, I was even
more determined and more pissed
off.”
Along with its diverse history. Tribe
After Tribe has diverse influences,
from Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and
males, The Reivers.
Sometime last fall, an Atlantic
representative saw Uncle Green and
(wisely) signed the band immediately.
The current product is called “Book
of Bad Thoughts” and, as usual for
Uncle Green, it’s an album of good
songs.
The Atlanta influence has left its
mark on these non-Atlanta natives.
Particularly evident on this album is a
touch of REM. Two songs written by
vocalist Jeff Jensen provide the evi
dence. “Wake Up Now” displays the
exact harmonic vocal techniques that
arc REM’s trademark. “In GoodTime”
follows a similar course.
Another obvious influence on this
album is Elvis Costello. Brown ad
mits being intoCoslclloand thcCIash
as a teen-ager. “She’s Storing It Up,”
and “You’reGetting Into It” have the
formula Elvis vocal dorkincss and
pop progression (good dorkincss, that
is — no thick glasses).
Perhaps the most blatant blast from
the past on “Book" is the Iasi song, “I
Always Knew You’d Come To Me.”
This song sounds exactly like Uncle
Green. That’s because it is. The song
makes its second appearance on a UG
album after being included on the
successful dB release from last year,
“What An Experiment His Head Was.”
Apparently, Atlantic liked the pop
hook so much (and it is a good one),
that it wanted to promote the song on
its own label.
All and all, Uncle Green is a song
band. No killing slasher guitar solos
or jack-bool drum solos will be found
in the band’s work, just well-written
pop. The music survives on its own,
despite the lack of glitz.
After the band’s show at Duffy’s
last August, Brown said he was im
pressed with the crowd and wanted to
come back for another show. With
the backing of a major label, it should
only be a matter of lime before Lin
coln gets another taste of Uncle Green.
— Carter Van Pell
The Who to the tribal drumming of
Swaziland.
"We thought, ‘If there’s some way
we can blend rock with those drums,
we would have a very magical kind of
music.”’
“I like to say to the people, ‘We arc
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chance of dropping everything they
have brought with them.”
Tribe After Tribe plays at 8 p.m.
Pearl Jam starts at 9 p.m. The concert
is sold out.
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