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New Pink Floyd album beams in at laser show By Paula Lavigne Senior Reporter iercing prisms of light p M J exploded on the starry dome as waves of psy — chedelic sound stunned the audience and entranced them for the rest of the evening for a preview of one of the longest-awaited albums of all time. From the legendary band who pio neered laser light spectacular con certs, Pink Floyd brings yet another musical landmark to light. Before the band’s new album, “The Division Bell,” hits the stores April 5, it can be heard and seen during Mueller Planetarium’s special laser fantasy shows this weekend. Francesco Tarclli, a longtime fan of Pink Floyd, said he liked the way the band used music and technology to produce their art. “It’s always a surprise. It’s very good for the eyes and the mind at the same time,” he said. “It’s a trip, a real journey into the dimensions of the mind.” “With a laser show, you can see it from all perspectives,” Cades said. “This is the closest to a concert I can be right now, so I’m here.” Unless fans heard the two-hour satellite hookup preview of the album on K.IBZ. The Blaze. Wednesday night, the special Thursday night la ser show was the first time they’d ever experienced the album. The Blaze is sponsoring the show. Heath Koinzan, a junior etymolo gy major, said people who liked older Pink Floyd would like the new album. He said he liked the chance to preview the new album through the laser show. “It was interesting because I’ve never seen this before,” he said. “It was neat because it followed along with the music.” After seeing the show. Sky Schrocdcr said the new album lacked the “bite” that former band member Roger Waters provided. He said this first chance to “sec” the album with lasers was a unique experience. Rainbow twirls and incandescent clouds swirled above the slicing blue beams. With a limited, but wise, use of graphics and a maniacal myriadic beam effect and strawberry-scented fog, the laser technicians put on a spectacular psychedelic experience, complementing the legendary laser band’s new album. “The Division Bell” rings loud with aspects of all of Pink Floyd’s past albums with a definite twist towards the future. Pink Floyd is providing the answers instead of throwing out the questions. Future showings of “The Division Bell” will be Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and midnight. Admission is $4. Laser technician Mike Dunn said he expected quite a variety of people to come to the shows since Pink Floyd’s music spanned almost four decades. “They have such a musical draw ing. Their music is universal and ev erybody likes it,” he said. Because Pink Floyd has such a psychedelic “space” quality, its music lends itself to laser technology, Dunn said. A lot of people associate Pink Floyd with laser shows, he said, because they have been known in the past to use lasers at several of their concerts. -Hugh Hudson's "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of The Apes" opened. -"Romancing the Stone," starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas played at East Park 1. -Terms of Endearment," starring Debra Winger and Shirley MacLaine played at the Douglas 3. Fifteen years ago tills waste Movies -"John Carpenter's "The Fog" opened. _ -Francis Ford Coppola's "The Black Stallion" was playing at the Stuart. Twenty years ago this week: Albums -Opera singer Maria Callas' eleventh album came out, titled "Un Ballo in Maschera," in wake of her U.S. tour. Twenty-five years ago tMs week: -"The Great White Hope" starring James Earl Jones Mat the Nebraska >r. Concerts -Blood, Sweat and Tears played live at Pershing Auditorium Saturday. S \ |< \ 11 |)l I N Future filmmakers flood Riepma Ross Theater You’ve heard all about them and may even have seen them. They’re the best, the Academy Award winners. Schindler’s List. Rocky. Ghandi. Unforgiven. Over a week ago the Oscars were given out. But they’re not over yet. A differ ent genre of films has yet to be judged by the Academy. These films are not made by the Hollywood big shots; they’re made by students. This year marks the 21st Student Academy Awards. Members of the Academy, the ones who picked Schindler’s List this year, will select student winners this June. But to get their films to Hollywood, students must first win in their own regions. This weekend is the perfect oppor tunity to check out some work of fu ture Spielbergs and Altmans. These student creations can be previewed for last about 10 minutes.” Starting Friday night, screening of the documentaries, animations, experimental and dramatics will be shown at the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater. A panel of film experts will select winners from region two. “It should be a lot of fun,” Ladely said. “The quality of the films is all over the place. There are more good ones than bad ones, though.” Screenings are free and open to the public and synopses of films are avail able at screenings. The entries will be shown beginning to end by category starting Friday at 7 p.m. and continu ing on Saturday at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Duey ii a senior news-editorial major and the Art and Entertainment editor. free this weekend at the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater. Dan Ladely, re gion two coordi nator of the 21st Student Academy Awards, said he thought about 100 films would be entered in region two, which compris es about 40 states. “The films can’t last more than 60 minutes,” Ladely said. “They usually James Mehsling/DN