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Tuesday. October 6, 1993 Akts®Entertainment Alternative band becoming ‘smashing’ success. * t By Dionne Searcey \ Senior Reporter_ ( ~ - - — { On the alternative scene, Smash- ] ing Pumpkins is big. And the Chica- j Nebraskan lays claim to Reuben Lincoln boasts some great origi nals: Dick Cavett, skinny talk show host. Charles Starkweather, child prod igy of mayhem, and... The Reuben. You know, the sandwich? A little corned beef, a little sauerkraut on rye bread and voila! The Reuben. But, not according to Reinhold Rebenseorf. “Ninety percent of them, they’re not made right,” the 80-year-old chef said. And he should know. Rebenseorf claims to be the creator of the sand w ich heard ‘ round the world: the hum ble Reuben. “Well, let’s say I popularized it,” said Rebenseorf, who gave his nick name to the popular saindwich. The correct way to make a Reuben? According to the master, too many people make it with peppered corned Rebenseorf said a real Reuben is made with “genuine brisket.” Then of course there’s the sauerkraut, the thousand island dress ing and Swiss cheese on dark rye. The dressing is “mixed in with the sauerkraut,” Rebenseorf said. The resulting sandwich can be eat en straight or grilled, he said. “Sometimes we’d put sliced chick en in it,” he said. The sandwich wasn’t created un der laboratory conditions — unless that lab might be the discriminating palates of fellow hotel workers. “I was a chef for the Comhusker (Hotel) there from ’32,” Rebenseorf “I’d make something up and feed it to the help." From there the sandwich spread— no pun intended—until almost every dive from New York to Honolulu offers one version or another. And what does the fatter of the Reuben have to say about his prodi gy? “It’s been a pretty popular sand wich.” —Mar* Baldridge ;o-bascd band is about to get bigger. The up-and-coming rock stars will >lay Thursday night at the Peony Park ballroom in Omaha. Smashing Pumpkins is a band on he verge of going mainstream. The land’s guitar-full melodies have aused a commotion on the music cene nationwide. The group’s popu arity has even merited a feature story n the latest edition of Roiling Stone. The band’s success stems from its latest release, “Siamese Dream.” The CD expresses the peaks and valleys of human relationships. The tracks on “Siamese Dream” shed light on the post-grunge, baby-band boom. Co-produceroftheCD,Butch Vig, explains the CD this way: “I was trying to get the sound of things, like coughing angels, the king and queen of the prom setting themselves on fire, losers getting laid, high hopes being ripped down and fizzing out.” The riff-heayy songs Smashing Pumpkins is known for make a seri ous attempt at accomplishing those sounds. But Smashing Pumpkins’ success story started back with its 1991 re lease, “Gish.” The band members — Billy Corgan, vocals; D’Arcy, bass guitar, Jimmy Chamberlin,drums; and James Iha, guitar — pulled together to put out a CD that broke through the un derground music scene and scored the band a spot on the Primus tour two years ago. On this year’s tour, local fans have the chance to see whether Smashing Pumpkins members can hold their own as headliners. Shudder to Think will open for the show, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Tick ets are $12.50. 1 i ^ Courtesy of Universal In order to get financing for his dream hotel, Doug (Michael J. Fox) agrees to entertain Andy (Gabrielle Anwar) In the movie “For Love or Money.” ‘For Love or Money’ worth neither “For Love or Money” While it rates less than two reels on the Daily Nebraskan movie scale, “For Love or Money” hits a 9.5 on the Velveeta cheesiness scale. Michael J. Fox plays Doug Ire land, the “concierge” of the Bradbury, a very posh hotel. Doug can get box seats for Broadway shows and reservations at exclusive restaurants. He can even save a marriage or two while he’s at it. “I’m a genie in a suit. Just rub me and malce a wish,” Doug says. But while he is busy fulfilling everyone else’sdreams, Doug real izes he has his own. He wants to build a luxury hotel, a project he has envisioned “down to the mar ble in the bathrooms.” Unfortunately, since Doug doesn’t have S3 million to spare, he ends up running favors for Chris tian Hanover (Anthony Higgins, “Young Sherlock Holmes”), a very demanding investor who asks Doug to “baby-sit” his mistress for him. The mistress turns out to be Andy Hart (Gabrielle Anwar, “Scent of a Woman”), a woman Doug has been trying to get a date with for some time. < Gosh, what will happen? What will Doug choose, love or money? Will Doug and Andy end up to dreams fulfilled? Probably. While Fox insists he is trying to ' break free of his childlike roles, this is the same kind of bumbling fenius role that he played in “The ecret of My Success/’ Hey, why sugar coat it? The en tire cast here is wry mediocre, even the usually good Bob Balaban (“Altered States’5). Balaban appears as an Internal Revenue Service agent set on bringing Doug down for all of the $100 tips he has re ceived—but has failed to disclose. Director Barry Sonnenfcld (“The Addams Family”) should hope this film gets buried somewhere and forgotten. If you’re heading towards “For Love or Money,” go looking for low and saw your money. —Gerry Beitz Lincoln band maintains low profile despite new label _ By Gteftn Antonuccl S&f RwptIw_9 Ten years on the Lincoln music scene are starting to pay off for the band For Against. The band began recording its first album for its new label, Dutch East Records, yesterday. In December the trio will play the College Music Journal seminar in New York City as one of 400 international bands. “We’re rolling,” drummer Paul Engelhard said. Vocalist and bassist Jeffrey Runnings said the new album, which follows the release of the CD “Aperture” on Independent Project Records two months ago, will be a more timely repre sentation of the band. “This album is the one we want to make,” he said. Runnings said For Against’s sound has got ten heavier, like a “big anvil on the side of my head.” Guitarist Steve Hindrichs, who has played with Lincoln bands Playground and The Gladstones, said the sound has become “dark er ” All three members attribute the band's evo lution to straightforward, more collaborative songwriting. Since they have known each other for so long, Engelhard said they could be comfortable with each other. Runnings is the last of the original For Against lineup, which played its first show in 1984 at Lincoln’s legendary club The Drum stick. The trio put out two critically acclaimed albums under the Independent Project Records label: “Echelons” in 1986 and “December” in 1988, both recorded at Black Sea Studios in Lincoln with Randy Watson. Watson, in addition to playing with local band The Return and teaching English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, still serves as For Against’s “mentor,” Runnings said. In 1989, drummer Greg Hill and guitarist Harry Dingam III left and later joined The Millions. After a year of “drugs and depression.” Runnings joined up with Hindrichs and Engelhard, who had played with the bands Holiday and A1 House of Fun. The reformed For Against, together for four years, has released two singles, one for Inde pendent Project and one for New York’s Part Trance Records. The singles caught the ear of a New York attorney, who helped the band land a deal with Dutch East. But the band continues to keep a low profile here at home, playing about once a month. Runnings said the light schedule is the result of a change in the band’s priorities. “We do play a lot, practicing three nights a week,” he said. “We just don’t play a lot in front of people.” Engelhard cited the plight of bands whose fan base drops off because they play too many shows with the same songs. -M Our Interest Is In new mate riel and getting It on tape. — Engelhard drummer, For Against -99 — “Our interest is in new material and getting it on tape,” he said. As far as long-term goals, For Against is happy to be on an independent label and living in “relaxed, complacent” Lincoln. “We just want to record our music, get it heard and continue playing because we enjoy it,” Engelhard said. But according to Runnings, if the opportuni ty arose to relocate, ‘Td go in a second with these two handcuffed to me.” For Against will perform with The Spinanes on Oct. 20 at Duffy’s. Cover charge is $3. See BAND PHOTO on 10 ■ - . ' • r