Sky Cries Mary
“This Timeless Turning”
World Domination Music Group
Grade: B+
“This Timeless Turning” couples East
ern nihilism with Generation X angst. Sky
Cries Mary, a Seattle-based band, transcends
current standards with sounds that seem to
come from another world. That world sounds
like an acid-house interpretation of Eastern
r
raga music.
Sky Cries Mary’s music evenly blends
chiming guitars, poppy rhythms and dark
orchestral samples. The band spends equal
time in the divergent realms of danceable
pop and inaccessible experimentation. But
the album’s central trippiness is its constant
merging of the Eastern and Western worlds.
The song “Vuh” begins with an atmo
spheric dirge that gives way to driving rock
and roll. Not since George Harrison’s
“Wondenvall” has an album so dramati
cally mixed foreign sounds and well-worn
4/4 rock.
A powerful transition occurs when the
slow gothic invocation of “Old Bones”
evolves into the wall-of-noise coda of
“Stretched.”
Sky Cries Mary’s lyrics mirror the band’s
musical duality. The lyrics are strings of
transcendental imagery adorned by pearls
of nonsense and wordplay — like Kurt
Cobain spouting Moonie dogma.
The lyrics on “Eveiy Iceberg is Afire”
seem to spell out the band’s world view:
“The whole world is moonshine/
Everything’s a pipe dream/Eveiyone’s a
shadow/Religions are smoke screens.”
“This Timeless Turning” can be both
deep and meaningless. At times it sounds
like every other pretentious band riding the
alternative wave. Other times, it sounds like
nothing else. The album is an intriguing
departure from the norm and is well worth
listening to.
— Jason Gildow
THE STAFF OF
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TEAM & COACHES
ON WINNING THE
NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
Playhouse to hold auditions for Southern comedy
From Staff Reports
The Lincoln Community Playhouse will
hold open auditions today and Tuesday for
“The Miss Firecracker Contest.”
Roles are available for four women and two
men, from 20 to 30 years old. All roles require
a Southern accent.
Auditioners will be asked to read from the
script and list all rehearsal conflicts. Rehears
als are held Monday through Friday evenings,
with some weekend rehearsals. The 1984 com
edy by Beth Henley will run at the playhouse
Feb. 15 through March 5.
Auditions will be held at the playhouse,
2500 South St. All auditioners must make an
Houseguest
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fellow isn’t just a dentist, but also a master
linguist, a wine-taster and a strict vegetarian.
Randall shows off his finely-honed skills of
redirection and fast-talking to the audience’s
hypothetical delight. That is, they would be
delighted. If it were funny.
Naturally, Randall ends up helping this
uptight family cope with their problems and
come together in sappy Rockwellian fashion.
If only he could solve his own financial woes
and maybe grow as a person in the process. Can
we all say “predictable?”
Director Randall Miller (“House Party”)
brings yet another comedy to the screen full of
bizarre situations and equally-bizarre charac
ters.
“Houseguest” is a dog, but with the success
that brainless movies such as “Ace Ventura”
have enjoyed, this movie should please those
amused by obtuse humor.
Kids will enjoy the film. And there isn’t
anything offensive in the film itself, aside from
its existence. All performers involved didn’t
give full effort and for good reason.
As capable as Sinbad is a comedian, one
hopes that “Houseguest” isn’t be the last we
hear from him.
Joslyn
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In addition to small track-lighting, sky
lights add a subtle, not glaring, touch to the
warm atmosphere.
It is an atmosphere that is distinguished, yet
informal. Most importantly, it welcomes view
ers instead of intimidating them.
The original museum will remain an artistic
^sUandmark because of its traditional beauty. But
the modem style of the new Scott Pavilion
keeps the museum in touch with a changing
society.
Redesigning and adding to the 20th century
exhibits enhance this change. From cubism to
pop art, from George Segal to David Nash, the
wide array of 20th century art is displayed on
the side walls and hung from above.
One of the most impressive works housed in
the new addition is Segal’s 1970 “Times Square
at Night.” The piece features two plaster, life
sized men in front of lighted marquees.
The work seems to analyze how people
relate to their modem environment. The men
react with lifeless expressions,
Moving from the artificial to the natural,
Nash offers his 1992 sculpture “Three Forms
— Three Cuts.”
He carves a cone, a sphere and a cube using
condenmed trees, trees that were to be cut down
for construction purposes. Charcoal drawings
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ally change their appearance by cracking and
warping.
The new addition should help the museum
change the 20th century exhibit more often
than before. Unlike other exhibits such as
Medieval and Renaissance, the 20th century
exhibit can continue to acquire new works.
The addition and exhibits are capped off by
a glass atrium that connects the original struc
ture to the new building and allows the sun to
shine on the 120-seat cafe below.
Selective Service Registration.
It's Quick. It's Easy. And It's The Law.
with special guests
the jim rose circus
and
tickets on sale now
at the pershing box office and all
ticketmaster locations
charge at 475.1212 - lincoln
or 422.1212 - omaha
■ at eve IHmon production
pop
will eat itself
thursday
binary 2 8pm
auditorium
lincoln
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