By John Futwider 7 '-7.
Staff Reporter
Poetry is just a side interest for
Stephen Behrendt.
Yet Behrendt, a professor of
English at die University of Ne
braska-Lincoln, recently received
a $2,000 Nebraska Arts Council
Artist Fellowship for his poetry.
Maybe it’s more than a side in
terest.
Behrendt already had one 1990
Nebraska Arts Council fellowship
under his belt, as well as “Instru
ments of the Bones,” a book of his
poetry.
He called his latest award “a
feather in the cap” and said the
money would allow him more free
time to write.
It was great to be chosen from
the more than 300 contestants,
Behrendt said.
“To place in that kind of competi
tion is really very flattering,” he said.
Behrendt said he started writing
poetry in high school but didn’t get
serious about it until college. While
trying to get his poetry published,
he was driven by his interest in how
language operates, he said.
He said his poem, “Coyote,” part
of the portfolio ofpoems entered in
the competition, was a meditation
on death, life and beauty. Many of
his poems deal with death, Behrendt
said, but in a positive manner.
“It better be (positive)” he said.
“Because if it isn’t, it’s depress
ing.”
The Nebraska Arts Council
awards several Individual Artists
Fellowships each year to Nebraska
artists and writers.
Contestants must be Nebraska
residents for two years or more,
must not be students and must be a
serious practitioners of their art
forms.
Suzanne Wise, Nebraska Arts
Council spokesperson, said the
award was a way to thank talented
people for staying in Nebraska.
Artists don’t need to live on the
coasts to be successful, she said.
“There’s an advantage to living
in Nebraska,” she said. “If you’re
really serious about what you do,
you may receive an award.”
Coyote ~
It’s mid-aftemoon, and a coyote, tan
as the dust of fallen aspen leaves,
is crossing the west pasture, eyeing me
as he runs, head curled back:
over the right shoulder, trusting
the way is dear and Straightahead.
The dry brome strokes his^sldes,
* his underbelly, his upcurved muzzle:
I watch it bend, wave and wakeij
as his slender body parts the shafts.
Later this same coyote (we wilt know him
by his ragged ear> tivill cross thC wrong field,
unwary. strike a fresh diagonal Stross
a neighbor's backlot filled with wildflowers,
with sage an4 mullein, spidetwprt.
The first Shot downs him, tearing
through l|ft flank, soft ivory undercoat,
shattersthe pelvis so he^annot stand.
Hatf-&ubr|srged amid the flowers,
pupils bihind the grey lids that will not rise
again. The second shot hangs in the air,
brooding over the sharp cry it cannot
wholly silence.pj ~[
Elastica
“Elastica”
Geffen Records
Grade: A
Elastica is a band that shares the
Beatles’ talent for writing poppy,
witty songs. Replacing the Lennon/
McCartney team are two female
singers who can both harmonize
sweetly and belt out rockers.
Their self-titled album is solid
all the way through in the style of
entire-album masterpieces like ‘ ‘Re
volver.”
“Car Song” is a catchy ditty that
one-ups the innuendoofthe Beatles’
“Drive My Car.” This time the ag
gressive come-on is on the part of
the female, putting a spin on this
popular theme of machismo.
In a similar vein, “Hold Me
Now” puts a modem perspective
op die sexuafrepression oCTWanna
Hold Your Hand,” reversing the
roles to show a female point of
view.
Elastica evokes Sgt. Pepper
memories on “Indian Song.” This
track is a reworking of “Within
You and Without You” with mock
Indian tones and distorted guitars.
“Never Here” is a song about a
lover who slowly fades away and is
lost in dreams of stardom. It calls to
mind the condemning message of
the Beatles’ “I’m Looking Through
You” with its imagery of a transpar
ent boyfriend. It also mirrors the
sentiment of John Lennon’s “Yer
Blues” at the end when the narrator
realizes that music has tom the
couple apart, and she begins to hate
her rock n’ roll.
As poppy as Elastica may seem
at times, it adheres closely to the
alternative standards of its time.
Punk pretenses and grungy guitar
abound, but they often seem out of
place.
In true neo-punk form, Jhe songs
are short bursts of adrenalin that do
not overstay their welcome. The
production quality is kept
minimalistic to meet the alternative
genre’srequirements for demo-like
recording.
Elastica even closes its album
with a song called “Vaseline.” An
other alternative song about
Vaseline.
“Elastica” is a great album, con
sistentin its rockingpoppiness. The
songs are tight and memorable and «■
are bound to burrow their way into
your subconscious.
/: _ —Jason Gildow
Courtesy of 20th Century Fox
Nicolas Cage and David Caruso star in “Kiss of Death,” which
openstoday.
Vast array or movies
arrives in theaters
By Gerry Beltz
Senior Reporter
Springtime. A time when a person’s
mind turns to love, to life, to the cin
ema. A cornucopia of flicks, both new
and old, makes its way to movie screens
today.
“The Cure” is a comedy/drama,
telling the tale of Erik (Brad Renfro,
“The Client”), a rebellious kid who
befriends Dexter (Joseph Mazzello,
“Jurassic Park”), a lonely boy who has
coa»#0ietl AIDS through a bfood
transfusion.
Although the entire neighborhood
ignores and isolates Dexter because
of his illness, Erik takes Dexter out on
a quest to find a cure, and they end up
discovering friendship and love.
“Jefferson In Paris” comes from
Merchant-Ivory Productions, the same
people that gave us great films like
“Howard’s Bid” and “A Room With
A View.”
Detailing the life of Thomas
Jefferson while he was the American
ambassador to France, “Jefferson In
Paris” stars NickNolte in the titlerole
ami Greta Scacchi (“The Player”).
“Kiss of Death” shares only its
name with the 1947 Richard Widmark
film of the same name. This “Kiss of
Death” features an all-star cast, in
cluding David Caruso, Nicolas Cage,
and Oscar-nominee Samuel L. Jack
son.
“While You Were Sleeping” has
shown upjust in time for anyone whose
heartstrings haven’t been tugged in a
long time.
Lucy (Sandra Bullock) is lonely
and in love with Peter (Peter
Gallagher), who’s in a coma, and his
family thinks the two of them are en
gaged. To further complicate things,
Lucy soon finds herself falling in love
with Peter’s brother Jack (Bill Pull
man).
A few movies are making a second
appearance in Lincoln today. “Clerks,”
which had a successful run at the Mary
Riepma Ross Film Theater, will open
at the StarShip 9. Also coming back
via the StarShip are “Boys on the
Side” with Whoopi Goldberg and
Drew Barrymore and “Little Women”
with Susan Sarandon and Winona
Ryder.
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