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Friday, January 27,1995 Page 7
Eagles fly
little high
for some
By Joel Strauch
Senior Reporter
Birds of a feather flock together ...
even after 20 years.
The original Eagles have reunited,
cut a new album and are currently in the
middle of their “Hell Freezes Over” tour.
The band will play at the Devaney
Center Saturday night at 7:30. Tickets
are $90, $65 and $50.
For many students, those prices are
far too high. Some said they would like to
attend the performance, but the expen
sive tickets have frightened them away.
Brandi Bachus, a junior exercise sci
ence major, said she would like to go to
the concert, but the entry fee was too
much.
“Good music costs good money,”
Bachus said. “That’s why I can’t go.”
Jodi Kroeker, a junior psychology
major, has been a fan of the Eagles for
quite a while but will not be able to make
it to the expensive concert.
“I’ve listened to them since I was a
sophomore in high school,” Kroeker said.
“My friends listened to them, so they got
me hooked on them.”
Dawn Owens, a UNL graduate, said
she was going to the concert because she
had a free ticket.
“This really jerky guy asked me to go
and I said ‘Yes’ since it was the Eagles,”
Owens said.
“If I would have had to buy a ticket on
my own,” she said, “I wouldn’t have been
able to afford it.”
Owens said she really liked the band’s
music but wasn’t a die-hard fan.
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Show tonight
will kick off
Millions tour
By Dawn Brunke
Staff Reporter
Millions of bands will play in Lincoln
tonight. Er — make that the band the
Millions will play in Lincoln tonight.
The local favorites will play at the
Hurricane, 1118 O St., tonight at 9:30
with opening act and label mates the
Drovers. This will be the Millions’ only
Lincoln show until later this spring.
The band is kicking off their regional
tour to support their American release,
“Raquel,” now available on Thermom
eter records. Entry is $4 with a can of
food and $5 without.
Millions’ guitarist Benjamin Kushner
said the band edited, re-recorded and
resequenced the German release of
“Raquel” in October for its American
release. They have spent the past few
months writing new songs that they plan
to record in February and March, Kushner
said.
“These are the first group of songs
that Mike (Keeling, the band’s new bass
ist) and I have been in on from the ground
up,” Kushner said.
Kushner and Keeling are the newest
part of the band. Kushner was added as a
second guitarist, and Keeling replaced
bassist Marty Amsler. Founding mem
ber and vocalist Lori Allison said the
new line-up sounded solid.
Kushner said Amsler was still in con
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Photos by Travis Heying/DN
Marge Klein and her friend Paul Wismer, both of Lincoln, take a break at Holiday Skate World’s adult night.
Below, the two hit the floor. f
Love on wheels for
the young at heart
By Joel Strauch
Senior Reporter
For most people, roller-rink romances
end in junior nigh. They forget the magic of
making eye contact by the shoe lockers, the
intoxicating smell of popcorn and pretzels
and the thrill of sharing a sweaty-handed
couple skate.
But one Lincoln couple has nurtured
their romance at Holiday Skate World, 300
N. 48 St. Marge Klein and her friend Paul
Wismer come to the rink’s adult night every
Thursday.
Klein is no newcomer to a roller rink.
She said the skates she wore every week
were over 40 years old.
once in a while.
“Before I met her, it had been 30 years
since I had skates on,” Wismer said.
Wismer didn’t have a broken-in pair of
skates, so he had to purchase a new, fancier
pair.
“Putting on these skates is like getting
out of a Chevy and into a Cadillac,” he said.
Wismer has only been coming for adult
night the last couple of months, and said the
skates have been hard to get used to.
The couple said there had been a lot of
changes in skating since they were kids.
Klein said, “When they do couple skat
ing, they don’t danee or hold each other,
they just hold hands.
“We used to two-step,” she said.
Wismer remembered having races when
he skated as a boy growing up in Aurora.
“We used to race town versus town,” he
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“I’ve skated off and on through the years,
but not steady until a few years ago,” Klein
said.
Klein began skating again for the exer
cise.
“My doctor says that it’s one of the best,”
she said. “You move your arms a lot for a
long steady time.”
Klein skates for two hours without stop
ping, but Wismer still has to take a break
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Film shows life of young in France
»y EiizaDetn Gamboa
Film Critic
Don’t go see “Cafe au Lait” expecting a
typical artsy, subtitled French film. The
film provides an enlightening look into the
culture of French youth. It could also serve
as a great source for learning bad words in
French.
“Cafe au Lait” is the first feature film for
27-year-old director Mathieu Kassovitz. He
also wrote the screenplay and stars in die
film. The movie is a good effort for a first
film, and Kassovitz’s use of lighting is very
impressive.
But Kassovitz fails to develop a unique
directing style with this film. Instead, he
draws heavily on American directors. To
Spike Lee fans, the story may seem very
similar to “She’s Gotta Have It.”
Also known by the title “Metisse,” “Cafe
au Lait” seems to refer to the skin coloring
of Lola, played by Julie Mauduech
(Kassovitz’s ex-girlfriend). Mauduech is
radiantly pretty and seems just blase enough
to be convincing in this role.
Lola is a university student from
Martinique who has been carrying on af
fairs with two very different men, Jamal and
Felix. When Lola becomes pregnant, Jamal
and Felix must struggle to get along for
Lola’s sake and the sake of the unborn child.
Jamal, played by Hubert Kounde, is a
wealthy Muslim law student who is more
than willing to take on the responsibility of
a family. Felix, played by Mathieu Kassovitz,
is a Jewish wanna-be rapper who doesn’t
want to be left out of the picture.
Movie: “Cafe au Lait”
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Stars: Julie Mauduech, Mathieu
Kassovitz and Hubert Kounde
Grade: B
Five Words: Cool French film about
relationships.
in this context, Kassovitz examines ra
cial relations. The film may be offensive to
some because of its prolific racial slurs and
stereotypes. However, the language is real
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