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Rock for a reason Midnight Oil spreads environmental, social Messages as well as music Tom M \im i i i Week’s end brings culture, chance, country Why don’t we have two days off every two weeks? A chance to unwind, catch up on some home work, maybe have a little fun or experience a little culture. You missed the culture part? No, the football game doesn't count. If you are looking to experi ence something a little different, check (Hit today’s free show at Broyhill Fountain at 10:30 am The group “Runa Pacha” — —1 People of the Earth — will perform until noon, Cristina Herencia said. Herencia, a Acuity member in the new Latino and Latin Ameri can Studies Department, said die group would perform traditional folk songs and classics from its native Equador. “Their music reflects the life of peasants in their communities,” she said. “It tells about their work, their festivals, their ' families.” It also talks about the past, she said. The six band members are from die village of Otavalo, which means Indian country community. The people of Otavalo are descendants of the Incas. The band uses many tradi tional instruments in its perfor mances, she said. Those instru ments include the Indian flute and the chanuigo — a small, guitar like instrument from Latin America. Students should try to catch the show because UNL is very lucky to have the group perform ing, Herencia said. lney arc very popular m Europe, and they also perform on the West Coast,” she said. “They were just passing through, and we managed to get them.” The group also will perform at the Nebraska State Fair Saturday and Sunday, Herencia said. Sunday wraps up this year's fair, but before everybody packs up for another year, there is more ftin to be had. Like the Beef Bingo that runs all day in the Beef Pit. Wow. Also, tonight the Sandy Creek Band helps kick off die Nebraska State Lottery with a Devaney Center show at 10 p.m. Lottery tickets go on sale at midnight. Saturday's main attraction is those little bad-asses Kriss Kross, who See WEEKEND on 13 By Jill O'Brten Senior Reporter The adventures of Midnight Oil's “Outbreak ofLove” tour takes the band from die footpaths of the Australian scrub all the way to Lincoln’s Pershing Auditorium for a Monday night show with guest band Hothouse Flowers. New Zealand-born bass player Bones Hillman said fans could ex pect the unexpected at the concert. “As Midnight Oil, we do pecu liar things. We’re not an MTV band,’* Hillman said. The band, with Australian roots and a 15-year, nine-album history, features guitarist Jim Moginie, who also plays keyboards; guitarist Mar tin Rotsey; drummer Rob Hirst; and singer Peter Garrett. uarren s gnpping vocals cut straight to the hearts of listeners on 1 “Truganini,” a song off the new ft album, “Earth and Sun and Moon.” The album is about the subjugation of Australia’s Aborigines. That’s right — Aborigines. The music ofMidnight Oil isjampacked with potent messages relating to endangered lands and peoples. ] “The most recent thing we’ve done was up in Canada, up in (Brit ish Columbia), in Clayoquot Sound, where they're sort of clear-cutting parts of the last remaining temper ate rain forests,” he said. “We went up there in support of the blockade at 5:30 in the morning with a whole lot of protesters and Greenpeace people and we did an I acoustic gig. That was the last ac tion we undertook.” Hillman said he experienced an adrenaline rush from the adven ture. “It was the first time we came face to face with people who were opposed against us. Primarily log gers, loggers’ wives, loggers’ chil dren, loggers* grandmothers, gen erations of people who have made money from cutting down trees. That was a frightening experience,” he said. MI was in a different vehicle, but Pete, Rob and our manager were all in one vehicle, and the loggers were sort of like shaking it and yelling, ‘Tip the car over!* It was an inter esting one,” he said. “AH these things add up to make a special career.” Prior to becoming the band’s bassist, Hillman said he had never been active in the causes Midnight Oil promoted. “At first, in 1987,1 thought I just came along to fill the role as a bass player and backup singer," he said. “I let everything else develop around me and slowly absorb it in. See OIL on 14 • Brian Shetlita/DN