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Intro to E-Mail Friday, September 29 10:00 - 1 1:30 a.m. Bancroft Hall, 239 Friday, September 29 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Bancroft Hall, 239 Advanced E-Mail Wednesday, September 27 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Bancroft Hall, 239 Electronic News Thursday, September 28 lO:00 - 11:30 a.m. Bancroft Hall, 239 Havelock BusInessAssociation: Presents the 3rd Annual STREET DANCE & BEER GARDEN Friday, September 29 62nd & Havelock Featuring the UNL Pep Band & Cheerleaders. Herbie Husker and: ; __________________ * Music 9pm-12:30pm Beer Garden opens at 7pm Admission $5 per person must be 21 years old and have a valid I.D. for admission Music Reviews “Set Your Goals" CIV Lava Records Grade: A Hardcore. That focused, in-your face descendent of punk, with that snazzy sense of style. CIV is ex actly what hardcore is supposed to be on their debut album “Set Your Goals.” From the opening rip roaring title track to the final seconds of “Don’t Got To Prove It,” CIV knows that it doesn’t have to be metal or speed, because they are modem punk. The screaming vocals, the harsh guitar, it’s enough to make you mosh. The sleek single “Can’t Wait One Minute More” is perhaps the most polite track on the album, but definitely the sharpest with the thumping drums, the bobbing bass line, the supersonic guitar and the likeable charm of the singer, Civ. The album is thoughtful punk done with skill along the lines of Bad Religion, but not really. Harsh, textured guitars come and go, but the bass line always thumps. Civ’s voice always penetrates through all sound to cut to the ear. Many of the songs are catchy, with well set hooks and catchy cho ruses. “I don’t need you to make my choices/I can speak and you can hear my voices sound” Civ calls on “Choices Made” about halfway through the album. A casual lead guitar swings in at the end that gives a complete feeling to the song. Others are aggresive songs that stand up, push you down and chal lenge you to listen to them, like “United Kids” about the children of America and the problems they will have to face as they get older. “Soundtrack for Violence” is the same way, a square off against ag gression. If anything, they are po lite and friendly punks, for the most part, but at times, like “Et Tu Brute’?” they lose all politeness and go for the throat. The album closes off with “Don’t Got To Prove It” which sets aside the screaming punk element for a chorus that has to make you smile, as a vision of Civ with his arms around the rest of CIV comes to mind. It’s just a fun way to close the album. CIV puts out a great album of mainly hardcore punk. It’s worth listening to. — Cliff A. Hicks “500 Pounds” Big Sugar Silvertone Records Grade: A Although the group may not like the term, Big Sugar is definitly blues and blues done proper, as it proves with “500 Pounds,” a walk through where blues rock has been, where it is and where it’s going. Granted, they aren’t just blues, but that’s where they focus. “500 Pounds” isn’t just blues because it hops around into rock elements, touching slightly on pop and country, with a strong dosage of jazz thrown into the mix to keep things interesting. When the guitar wails on the opening lick of “Ride Like Hell” the feel of a blues/jazz/rock fusion starts to wash over you. Gorgie Johnson, singer/guitarist for Big Sugar, has a voice reminiscent of any other blues singer, but some thing about the mix draws you in. The second track is an interest ing, if not a touch irreverent, cover of A1 Green’s classic blues song “I’m a Ram.” There’s something a touch beatnik about it, that hip-hop feel imbuing the song with a slow jazz sway. ' Other tracks like “Wil Ox Moan,” “Standing Around Crying,” “How Many Times,” and “Sugar In My Coffee” are straight-up blues tracks, clean and cut true. The soul ful mourn of a guitar humming with a simmering vocal is enough togive these boys a marvelous feel to them. Plus, as an added bonus, they experiment. “Still Waiting” could be a late ’50s track, with a slow, non-buzzing guitar and a soft, crooning voice. The harmonica slips in and you can start to make out the coffee shop, the boys on stage and a poet waiting to go on next. “AAA Ardvark Motel” is a jazzy ditty that slips in for good measure. No vocals, just a couple of minutes of classic noodling. Then there are the rock songs “Deliver Me” and “All Over Now” that are an even mixture of blues and rock, though the lap steel guitar adds a polite amount of jazz-feel to the mix. The only song that seems strangely out of place is “Dear Mr. Fantasy,” which is a great track. It’s a modem rock with a blend of jazz/ blues influence, but in the backround this time, instead of the foreground. It’s a catchy tune with that heavy rock feel to it. If blues is your dish, and you’d like rock and jazz as a side course, give “500 Pounds” a shot. Even if you’re not big into blues, this de serves a listen before you pass it by. You might catch yourself moving t0 iu — Cliff A. Hicks Video picks spice up the week By Gerry Bettz Film Critic It’s another week or eelebrating the spices of variety on the new release shelves: a lame comedy, a heartwarm ing romant ic-comedy and a very power ful drama. The pick-of-the-week is a hot piece of action-drama from 1991. “The Jerky Boys” (R)—Johnny B and Kamal do their prank phone call schtick with a camera pointed at them. Oh joy. They repeat a lot of stuff from their own albums, and they do it as part of an overly-weak excuse for a plot. The only good points of this movie come from the music, courtesy of Green Day and House of Pain, among others. Buy the comedy albums rather than renting this clunker. “The Basketball Diaries” (R) — Don't Fight For Parking Enter at 8th & S Streets, 1 Block West of Memorial Stadium _Contact: 1033 "O" Street, Suite 120, 474-2274 Leonardo DiCaprio continues to im press with his performance in “The Basketball Diaries,” based on the true life story of poet Jim Carroll. Carroll (DiCaprio) endures chal lenge after challenge, facing accep tance, punishment and heroin addic tion as his life goes on, and DiCaprio’s performance in this youth-gone-awry flick is incredible. The film is a true journey, very well made, and is definitely worth the price of a rental. “Don Juan DeMarco” (PG-13) — Turn your lights down low, but leave on your love lights to watch “Don Juan Demarco.” Johnny Depp plays a young man who sincerely believes he is Don Juan, the legendary swashbuckler and se ducer. He attempts suicide after his true love rejects him, and eventually falls under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Jack Mickler (Marlon Brando), who is having amorous problems of his own. The film is absolutely heartwarm ing, from beginning to end, and both Depp and Brando are just wonderful. Get it. PICK-OF-THE-WEEK — Ron Howard, who has brought us such wonderful films as “Splash” and (this summer) “Apollo 13,” brought out an incredible piece of work with “Backdraft.” The film follows the lives of two firefighter brothers (Kurt Russell and Billy Baldwin). The younger brother Brian (Baldwin) is still competing with older brother Steven (Russell), and Steven is still competing with the fire that killed their father. Incredible performances abound in this fine piece of cinema, with particu lar note to Robert DeNiro as the fire inspector, and Donald Sutherland as Ronald, a spooky pyromaniac. It’s hot, but it’s so cool.