To cure stress, go crazy on campus
By Jeff Randall
Staff Reporter
The University Program Council,
radio station KKNB, 104.1 FM (The
Planet) and Recycled Sounds are spon
soring Campus Gone Crazy to pro
vide a little stress relief for students as
finals week approaches.
The event will be held Friday be
tween 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. in front
of the Nebraska Union at Broyhill
Fountain.
It will feature pseudo-sumo wres
tling, a velcro wall, free food for stu
dents (courtesy ofV alentino’s), prizes
and a concert featuring local acts He
roes and Villains, Mousetrap, No Left
Stone and Ritual Device.
UPC event director Tina Cool
coordinated the event. Cool, a se
nior broadcasting and advertising
major, said Campus Gone Crazy was
an attempt to bring back university
sponsored end-of-the-year events
similar to Comstock, an annual con
cert that used to be held on East
Campus.
“What we really wanted to do was
give the students something to do as a
group at the end of the semester,” she
said.
Although other UPC events have
taken place throughout the year, Cool
said, Campus Gone Crazy is one of the
organization’s biggest projects.
“It’s sort of a wrap-up,” she said.
“We’re hoping that a lot of students
and people from the general public
will attend and make this worth the
effort.”
The event is open to anyone who
wants to attend, Cool said, but most
activities are geared toward a college
aged audience.
“We tried to bring in a lot of activi
ties, including the tends, that would
appeal to students at UNL,” she said.
“Hopefully, everyone will have heard
of at least one of the bands.”
One of the event’s weak points,
Cool said, is a lack of indoor space in
case of rain. But, she said, it will take
a considerable storm to force a can
cellation.
“There’s just too much going on to
allow us to move it indoors,” Cool
said. “But a few showers won’t stop
us. It’ll have to really pour in order for
us to give up.”
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Frontier Trust
“Three Mississippi**
Faye Records
Grade: A+
The third release by Frontier
Trust proves once again that die
Omaha-based band is one of
Nebraska’s best musical talents.
This collection of three songs,
available on 7-inch vinyl only,
makes for a lively and emotion
ally charged musical experience.
Lead singer Gary Dean Davis
lets his country-tinged voice burst
over the music with a confidence
and dri ve that is all too often lack
ing in most punk rock.
Davis’ voice and lyrics brim
with a continual pride in Nebraska
and the much-maligned Midwest
ern lifestyle that is all too often
denied by bands from this area.
He’s not afraid to admit that he is
a Nebraskan. In fact, he revels in
it with fierce energy.
William Thornton lets his
rockabilly/punk guitar stylings
tear through and wrap around ev
ery song, alternating between dis
tortion explosions and free-flow
ing, country-western riffs.
The rhythm section is equally
powerful, as drummer Joe
Kobjerowski and bassist Brian
Swanson set up a solid foundation
that allows Davis and Thornton to
cut loose with emotional aban
don.
Each and every song on this
record is a fast-paced celebration
of Midwestern life.
“Noodle (Psalm of the Reck
less)” is a chaotic tune that lives
up to its name.
me traditional ideal ot the
tough and hard-edged Midwest
ern male is given backing with
“Patsy,” a song that runs down the
modern acceptance of the sensi
tive male, and instead glorifies
the traditional Marlboro Man.
“Nashville” is an upbeat la
ment over out-of-reach stardom
and unfathomable success, in
which Davis openly admits that
no matter how hard he and his
bandmates may try, they’11 “never
get to Nashville.”
But that may not be such a bad
thing. Frontier Trust is a band that
should stick around Nebraska for
as long as it possibly can. We’re
not ready to let go of this prize for
quite a while.
—Jeff Randall
Helium
“The Dirt of Luck”
Matador Records
Grade: B+
The full-length debut by He
lium is a welcome alternative for
the musically-inclined feminist
who thinks the typical Riot Grrrl
fare is a bit too unlistenable and
hard-edged.
Mary Timony, who is the defi
nite leader of this low-fi pack, has
compiled 12 tunes on “The Dirt of
Luck” that ring with clashing tones
of beauty and rage.
Her voice seems to slide itself
into most of the songs, creating a
ghost-like presence, signaled by
the screech of a distorted guitar or
the thud of a subdued bass.
The overall feel of the album is
nothing less than spooky.
Timony’s voice is never sweet,
but always compelling. The gui
tar and bass are never harmonious
in the traditional sense, but they
still manage to create an intricate
musical web which traps the lis
tener.
Ambiance may take the aural
center stage on the album, but the
lyrical content is equally attrac
tive. Timony writes from the view
point of a little girl with a vicious
heart, angry at the world and will
ing to say so.
Her sights are set not only on
the dominant male faction of soci
ety, but also on the females who
are all too apathetic or eager to
accept the established patriarchal
order.
In “Skeleton,” Timony rasps
in a near-whisper “the only good
man is a dead man” and “you can’t
get to heaven in high-heeled
Sioes.”
The opening song, “Pat’s
Trick,” is a multi-layered track
that provides an insight into nearly
everything Helium has to offer.
The snarling and drugged-down
bass, the grinding and piercing
guitar, and the equally soft and
fierce vocals are like warning shots
that alert listeners to what lies
ahead, but dares them to go on
anyway.
The cynicism and self-empow
erment of the feminist character is
personified in Timony, and she’s
only looking to spread her ideas
further. Be afraid, fellas. Be very
afraid.
■Jeff Randall
Various Artists • <. • ....
“Friday - Original Motion Pic
ture Soundtrack”
Priority Records *
Grade: B
“Friday” is for anyone looking
for a bomb new soundtrack.
“Friday” is the new comedy
movie written by Ice Cube and DJ
Pooh, and of course you would
expect a Cube project to have a
terrific sound setting.
The soundtrack is a combina
tion of two-thirds hip hop tracks
and one-third funk R&B tracks.
The hip hop is abouthalfbignames
and half new jacks, with the same
combination of the R&B.
Of the big names, Dr. Dre has
the first single, “Keep Their Heads
Ringin’.” For the first time in a
while, we find a track with no
Snoop and no Cube, just pure Dre.
The song has a good hook and die
signature Dre style, but does not
drown in G-funk.
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ice Cube s rriday and
Scarface’s “Friday Night” are
solid new tracks, while a surpris
ing2 Live Crew delivers “Hoochie
Man” with a lot of what made the
crew famous.
Cyprus Hill also takes a turn
with a blunt-flavored track, “Roll
It Up, Light It Up, Smoke It Up.”
Not a big surprise from producer
Muggs. *
Of the newer rappers, Mack 10
and Threat blow up with phat pro
duction by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh.
The Alkaholiks and E-A-Ski hold
their own to keep the tempo go
ing.
If this were not enough, we get
a taste of the 1970s flavor with
songs by the Isley Brothers and
Rick James. An even funkier track ..
comes from Bootsy Collins and
Bemie Worrell with “You Got
Me Wide Open.”
Ice Cube might have come up
with the best soundtrack album of
the year, because the quality
climbs with each song.
—Greg Schick