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Daily Nebraskan Thursday, November 4,1993 Callahan tradition continues at new bar, Mary’s Place Spider Robinson “The Callahan Touch” Ace Science Fiction Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon, the Irish Bar that was the setting for five previous books, was destroyed by a tactical nuke in 1986. The regulars — among them a talking dog, a vam pire, and other assorted characters of various repute—fled with their lives. But owner Mike Callahan fled in a time machine. Two years later, Callahan’s assis tant bartender opens his own saloon, Mary’s Place. It’s not a copy of Callahan’s, since that would be im possible and a desecration to the memory, but it has the same regu lars. On the first night, the bar con James Mehsling/DN tinues the Callahan tradition of weird, improbable occurrences. The first visitor enters by flying through the door, minus pants. The next guest threatens to commit sui cide, because he believes he is the scientist who gave humanity the AIDS virus. Next comes a cluricaunc, a leprechaun-like creature that con sumes all the alcohol in a particular spot, and grants those who can catch it three wishes. Veteran science fiction writer Spi der Robinson creates an incredibly homey atmosphere at Mary’s Place. One doesn’t have to be an Irishman steeped in the legend and lore of the old sod, but it certainly helps you to appreciate the work. One warning, though: If you’re averse to puns — really horrible ones — then I suggest you skip this book because Robinson continues another Callahan tradition. —Sam Kepfield 1994 BSN STUDENTS. ie Air Force after gradua tion — without waiting for the results of your State Boards. You can earn great benefits as an Air Force nurse officer. And if selected during your senior year, you may qualify for a five-month internship at a major Air Force medical facili ty. To apply, you’ll need an overall 2.50 GPA. 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Of course, the hard-core funk shows up — this is still the West Coast — in two songs by E-Dawg g —EBunmwmm — and Filthy Rich. “Drop Top” is the total, top-down cruising jam, while “Little Locs” kicks flavor of grow ing up in Seatown. Next, the R&B section boasts 3rd Level in two songs — “Show You” and “Don’t Play Me.” This Washington-state chorus croons as well as any other group out these days. Probably the most moving track is Jazz Lee Alston’s “Love... Nev er That.” Alston reads poetry based on her sister’s brutal death by an abusive lover over chilling back grounds. The effect is powerful. Here, Sir Mix-A-Lot puts to gether a first-class compilation without compromising anyone’s style or wasting any talent. We’ve all seen the grunge, but this is Se attle’s dark side. —Greg Schick Altapalooza “Alapalooza” “Weird AT Yankovic Scotti Bros. “Weird Al” Yankovic is back, and he’s on the attack. The king of rock-n-roll parody is back with his 11th release, “Alapalooza.” Yankovic started his career 14 years ago with his revamped ver sion of the Knack’s “My Sharona,” titled “My Bologna.” After an on-air performance of his Queen parody, “Another One Rides The Bus,” on the “Dr. Demento Radio Show,” he became solidly embedded in musical his tory. His name would become syn onymous with musical parodies. Yankovic’s fans should be pleased with his latest work, which includes songs parodying popular musical icons Billy Ray Cyrus, Queen and Aerosmith. He also does parodies of the Flintstones, talk shows and Steven Spielberg’s megahit, “Jurassic Park.” Other hilarious tracks include “Talk Soup,” a theme song about the E! Television series, “Young, Dumb & Ugly,” which describes how to be a quiet rebel in today’s society, and “Harvey The Wonder Hamster,” a 21 -second parade-like tune praising a hamster. Unfortunately, some of Yankovic’s other original tracks, such as “Waffle King” and “She Never Told Me She Was A Mime,” fall flat and do nothing for the listener. Still, his better songs are spread throughout the disc — culminat ing with “Bohemian Polka”— making the entire work enjoyable. — Gerry Bettz UPC Continued from Page 9 • and effort into something, and then not have concerts go over as well as we would like.” In the case of Midnight Oil, Doyle said he thought the lack of ticket sales was partly due to students “roadtripping” to see the band per form in Kansas City. That’s counter productive to booking bands in Lin coln, he said. “If you want them here at home, you have to go to them here,” he said. Doyle said next time around UPC might create a “road-trip map” that people could follow but still end up in Lincoln. Despifc poor dck^ sales. Doyle said the concert showed Lincoln was an actual market for music and that the city had potential to become a major concert market. “We have to show promoters that UNL is a viable place to bring con certs.” But the only way to do that, he said, is to do well with the next con certs that come to campus. Doyle said the next big project for UPC was the Rod Stewart concert. Stewart is scheduled to perform at the Bob Devaney Center Dec. 1. Tick ets are on sale now. While getting Midnight Oil to per form in Lincoln was a big step ahead for UNL, the Rod Stewart show was a major coup, Doyle said. People heed to take advantage of the opportunity. The Stewart concert needs to be a sell-out show if UPC is going to con tinue to bring major acts, he said. As of Tuesday, ticket sales were ap proaching the half-way mark. “If this goes well, you’ll be seeing a lot more, Doyle said. “This is the one that puts us back on the map.” And if students continue this am bivalence about rock concert events? “Well,” Doyle said, “we’ll still get country.” I- 178 Pregnancy 1 I :sssrxCw"< 02 AppKances ]J» Mei.g.ous 05 Bicycles jj® ?#nT* 10 Books « Tanning 13 Clothing 90 TMtooing 16 Comouters 193 Travel 20 Furniture 195 Typing 4 Resume. 30 jewelry t t 40 Garage Sales 1ti IW &fS8llljK-I;rl 10 MlSC. 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