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Arts ©Entertainment Tuesday, February 27, 1996 Page 9 Cliff A. Hicks Religious web sites give insight Last week, a dear friend of mine passed away ffomAIDS-related pneu monia. It was, to say the very least, upsetting. There’s been quite a bit of pain, a great many tears and several rounds of talking to friends for longer than usual. Even still, I wonder why. I have to. For that answer. I’ve been looking for a little guidance from above. I’ve done some searching through the Internet, among other places. It’s been a lot to think about. Death. I m agnostic, sort of. I was confirmed Methodist and am an agnostic only because there has not been a religion that feels right to me. The person who confirmed me, his name is lost in the sands of time, told me there was nothing wrong with seeking my own path. That’s been almost eight years ago, and since then, I’ve looked at many different religions, traveled many paths, read a lot, listened to many dif ferent people of many faiths, and I still ddri’t Tiave an answer.'! doubt fever will. What I feel after having looked as long as I have is that there’s some thing out there, but whether he/shc/it watches over us I don’t know. Seek your own answers. There are many places to look; here are a few. The Pope has his own page (http:// www.pope.pfmc.net/) where one can find out about the Pope’s visits and duties, along with what it means to be Pope. Don’t stop with Christianity, though. There are many other religions out there, some older, some younger. There isn’t one “right” religion, merely different opinions. The extremely old religion of Wicca is explained at (http:// www.voicenet.com/~reinhart/rw) and at (http://www.cog.org), which houses the Covenant of the Goddess, a large organization of Wiccans across the United States. Despite popular opinion, witchcraft doesn’t involve placing hexes or riding broomsticks. In fact, the Wiccan Rede states “An it harm none, do what ye will.” Druidism, another commonly misperceived religion, has a very nice homepage at (http:// www.newageinfo.com/res/druidJitm/ ). There one can look through the an cient religion of Ireland and Britain. Perhaps the best place to look, how ever, is (http://marvin.biologie.uni freiburg.de/~amueller/religion/ ), which houses the World Wide Web Virtual Library, a very good overview of all the various religions of the world. There are a great many places to look for answers. I may never be able to say why people die, where they go when they do and why some people die sooner than others, but I have to keep looking. It isn’t easy losing a friend; I know now. You can find friends on the Internet too. Trust me. I’ve made a few that way, and they are to be treasured like any other friend. Value each mo ment as if it were your last, and pray that it isn’t to whatever God you be lieve in. Hicks is a freshman news-editorial and English major aad a Daily Nebraska! staff reporter. Rock gods Photo by Mott-ly Tisdale Jason Gildow (left) and Patrick Hambrecht strut their rock-god stuff Sunday night at the Wagon Train Project, 512 S. Seventh St. Five quick and easy tips for saining rock stardom By Patrick Hambrecht Senior Reporter There’s nothing easier than playing a mu sic show in Lincoln. Everyone who either has a guitar, knows someone who has guitar, or just enjoys screaming alone should try it at least once. I played with my band, American Goy, at the Lincoln Youth Coalition concert on Sun day using the following simple method. Fol low it carefully, and you too can follow the road of the dubiously talented toward rock star dom. 1. Have an enormous ego. As soon as I began contemplating playing a show, I thought, “Why should people want to listen to a jerk like me? Aren’t there enough mediocre college bands in this world?” But then I realized that I am really, really cool. Even if every interesting type of rock song already has been written, I haven’t played them yet. Just like Devo, Kiss or Elvis Presley, we have the stuff of ROCK GODS! 2. Form a band, write some songs. Just do it, and the less time you spend the better. No one wants to hear some pretentious, overwrought crap. 3. Sign yourself up for a rock show, with no collateral or money down! It’s even easier to play a show than to watch one in Lincoln — you don’t have to be 21 or pay a cover. Knickerbockers, Mudslide Slim’s, The Coffee House, The Purple Moon, The Q and many other venues are always ready for new talent, as long as you don’t suck. If you think you might suck, refer to rule one. Then make a tape of your songs, give it to the manager and call them constantly until they let you play a gig. The Purple Moon signed American Goy for two performances on March 12 and March 29 (at 9 p.m. both nights) instantly, without having heard us (which may have been a mistake). The Wagon Train Project can be booked for any performance at a $25 cost of member ship, plus $7.50 an hour. Anyone interested should call company manager Stephanie Beerling at 435-5592. The Lincoln Youth Coalition is another good resource for finding a place to play. Call Shane Critel at 438-4491 for more information. 4. Avoid personality conflicts. Artists all seem to quickly develop the ner vous, high-strung personalities of poodles, es pecially as the performance date nears. 5. Show up and play. We showed up at at the Wagon Train Project at 7 p.m., then waited another 30 minutes for an audience to show up. After people began to arrive for Suckface and Mercy Rule, we played 15 minutes worth of music. I jumped up and down and screamed, “I knew in this great big world there was some thing just for me, so I almost finished high school, and I got my GED!” The guitars were really loud. We became rock gods. It was a lot of fim. White Zombie's ghoulish rock hits Pershing By Patrick Hambrecht Senior Reporter White Zombie will pound and hammer out its own distinctive style of ghoulish metal music to night at the Pershing Auditorium, 226 Centen nial Mall South. - Filter will open the show. Concert Wicker Man, origina ly slated pr Aifipuif to open, has canceled. r I vVicw a veteran of the New York hardcore metal scene, White Zombie draws from the vio lent, showbiz mysticism of ’80s metal bands such as Slayer, Alice Cooper and Ven geance Rising. But its super natural theme is thoroughly modernized, infused with a mix of ’90s funk and industrial rhythms. White Zombie bassist Sean Yseult’s aggres sive instrument tactics have made her one of the most prominent women in hard rock today — a stomping, angry-faced fury whose colored hair constantly whips around. No less visual is frontman Rob Zombie. With a thick, gnarled beard of black, the singer goes to great lengths to appear possessed. Even if White Zombie’s precision assault of quick, thick peals of thunder leaves some cold, its energized stage presence has to be admired. Emerging in an age of self-defeating grunge and mature alternative rock, this band hs tried hard to bring back the youthful Roman-styled arenas of Van Halen and Black Sabteath. With mesmerizing light shows, large stage props and a strong rapport with the crowd. White Zombie ushers in a new level of rock entertain ment for the combat-boot set. But White Zombie still will have to work hard to reverse the somber, no-fun ethos of its open ing band, a terse, sulky one with no sense of hu mor whatsoever. Filter, which sings despairingly about the death of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, will begin at 7:30 pun. Tickets arc $22. The doors will open at 6 p.m. ‘Rumble’ tops blockbusters at box office LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Rumble in the Bronx,” the martial arts film starring Hong Kong star Jackie Chan, knocked “Broken Arrow” from the top of the box office by grossing $ 10 million in its weekend debut. “Broken Arrow,” a military thriller starring John Travolta, fell to second place in its third week with estimated ticket sales of $8.3 million, in dustry sources said Sunday. Two other debuts made the Top 10: “Before and After,” starring Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson as parents whose son is charged with murder, placed seventh, followed by “Mary Reilly,” a Jekyll-Hyde tale with Julia Roberts. The top movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters are based on estimated ticket sales Friday through Sunday. Final figures are due out today. Weekend money A makers j 1. Rnmblelo theBroax I. lit million 2. Broken Arrow $8.3 million '. 3. Moppet Treasure Island m.’.$&£ million 4. Happy Gilmore $6.4 million ic wm $5.3 minion 6. City Hall $4.4 million MRj mkmt million 8. Mary Reilly $3 million ''JttilMI' Wm 1 s S $2.9 million 10. Sense and Sensibility $2.3 million wmmmmmmmm*'< tzsmm