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Lincoln offers
various ‘stuff’
this weekend
There’s stuff to do this weekend.
Lots of stuff. Good stuff, wild stuff,
fun stuff. So go out and do stuff! ^
What kind of stuff? This kind of
stuff!
This weekend may be the best
Lincoln has to offer for a while and
we owe it all to Knickerbockers.
Tonight Omaha has loaned us the
three-piece-power trio. Sawdust
Devil. Lincoln’s own Chronic Bliss
will headline the local rock show
case. It will be fun, but Saturday will
be special.
Forget about the football game
because the Swales have swept into
town. The Swales, from Manhattan,
sound as New York as Lou Reed but
within a relaxed Dylan-esque rock
format which is rather pleasant in
this day of industrial divas and
screaming feedback. Swales will be
opening for the Lincoln band,
Lullaby for the Working Class,
whose sound is easily comparable,
if a little lighter. Both shows are at
10:15 p.m. and have a.$3 cover
charge. ..s"'''
If Knickerbocker’s doesn’t
sound like your scene this weekend
the Zoo has some salsa to spice up
your weekend. Caribe from
Lawrence, Kan., will entertain to
night and Saturday night with their
blend of “island” music, reggae and
calypso. Show starts at 9 pm., cover
is $5. 'V:- V-;
Duffy’s Tavern has dedicated
Saturday evening to the NU-ASU
game. Sunday, however, has been
reserved for Wormhole X from San
Francisco and Owl from Oklahoma.
Show starts at 10:30 p.m. with a $3
cover.
If the blues are your thing, check
out Duggan’s tonight and Satur
day night for local group, The
Travis Wagner Band. Show starts
at 9 pun., but arrive before 8 pm.
and pay only $1. However, arriv
als between 8 pm. and 9 p.m. will
pay $2 and after 9 pm. the price
raises to $3.
Two new movies will be open
ing this weekend. “First Wives
Club,” will be playing at the Dou
glas Three, 1300 P. St. The film
stars Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler
and Diane Keaton.
Last Man standing, starring
Bruce Willis will be playing at the
Lincoln, 12th and P streets, and
Edgewood Theaters, 56th Street
and U.S. Highway 2. The story is
based on a Japanese novel about a
stranger who intervenes between
two warring factions.
And if you want a blending of
ingup a Pearl Jam laser light "show
tonight and Saturday, with shows at
8,9:30 and 11 pm And if you’re a
country buff, Sunday’s 3:30 pjn.
showing is to the music of Garth
Brooks.
So, yes, there is stuff to do this
weekend! Lots of stuff! Music,
movies... and oh yeah, the football
team’s playing.
Compiled by staff reporters
Cliff flicks aad Bret Schulte.
Lullaby plans to arouse music fans
By Ann Stack
Senior Reporter
Abel Hall, well known for fire drills
in the middle of the night, hasn’t been
famous for producing a lot of art over
the years.
However, it can take credit for one
of the most innovative bands to come
out of Lincoln in awhile.
Lullaby for the- Working Class
formed in 1993, when singer Ted
Stevens and banjo/guitar/mandolin
player Mike Mogis met in Abel as
freshmen at UNL. Mogis is a senior
business management major and
Stevens is now a senior English and
philosophy major at UNO.
Later they hooked up with Mogis’
brother, A.J., upright bass player and
senior electrical engineer major, drum
mer Shane Aapegren, a-senfer univer
sity studies majgr, ar^mandolm player
Todd Baephle, a senior musicmajor at
Creighton. ;£
\ Tuesday—nearly three yearsiater
their first album, “Blanket Warm,”
comes out on the BapNone record la*
bel out of New Jersey.
Tiying to put a label on Lullaby’s
music is like attempting to zip up but
ton-fly jeans. For (me thing, it’s all
acoustic. They use eccentric instru
ments you don’t usually find in a bar
band, like the upright bass and man
dolin.
Even the members don’t quite
know what to make of their sound.
“I’ve listened to hard music my
: whole life, but by no means could I see
myself pl^g anyfemg dfe Vwd^feis
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TODD BAECHLE, a student at Creighton, and UNL senior Shane Aspegren practice with Lullady for the
Working Gass Sunday night. ' - * v ;
the five of us and listened to every
record we’ve ever listened to, it still
wouldn’t make any sense.”
The band’s music is melodic and
light, mellow and refreshing. The lyr
ics are about things everyone can re
late to, like relationships gone bad.
“A lot of it evolved from sour rela
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fore. It’s melancholy but uplifting.”
Lullaby for the Working Class,
which got its name from a Leo Tolstoy
essay on religion, plans on making
some trans-Atlantic waves as well. Its
album is being released in Europe on
the Rikodisc International label.- The
band plans to tour there next summer,
along with a touring trekitefoss the
umtea Mates.
“I think after that we’ll have a bet
ter idea of where we stand,” Mike
Mogis said.
Lullaby for the Working Class is
bringing its unique blend of folk, coun
try and whatever else the listener
chooses to Knickerbocker’s, 901 OSt,
Saturday. New York City band The
Swales will open for Lullaby at 10:15
p.m. The cover charge is $3. -
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By Emily Wray
Staff Reporter
Karen Becker, assistant professor
of cello, and David C. Neely* assistant
professor of violin/viola, will bring
their unique blend to Kimball Recital
Hall on Sunday.
“It’s not real common to havea re
cital of violin and cello duos ” Becker
said. >
A piano accompanies most per
formers during a recital, but not for
these two UNL School of Music fac
ulty members.
“It puts more responsibility on each
of us,” cellist Becker said. “The pia
nist can play multiple notes, while at
most we can play four,”
“Those are double stops which give
tiie impression of two dr mo#e instru
ments,” violinist Neely said.
Becker added that 1his makes the
music less dense than it would be with
piano.
i he pieces are set up so different
sounds aremiM^yggiiir Neely said.
*i^^^vS^todb^^^There are
many good pieces for cello and vio
lin.”
Norwegian violinist Johan
Halvorsen adapted George Frideric
Handel’s “Passacaglia pour vidon et
violoncelle” into a theme and varia
tions with different rhythms, Becker
said.
In the second composition,
“Sonatine” by Darious Milhaud, the
second of three movements contrasts
the others by being softer ^and intro
spective. Neely said that the third piece,
“Eight Duets, Opus 39” by Russian
composer Reinhold Gilere, contains
many contrasting duetsi
“Those will be appealing to the au
dience, while Halvorsen and the other
two will be more cote and harmo
nies,” Becker said.
The fourth piece featured is “Senate
pour Violon et Violoncelle” by
Maurice Ravel.
“The last piece is a mixture of col
ors,” Neely said. “It’s like looking at a
French Impressionist painting.”
The two musicians worked indi
vidually before they could practice to
gether. They collaborated to select the
music last spring, but they did not prac
tice together until just before school
started.
“I enjoy rehearsing with David,”
Becker said. “We both love chandler
music the most.”
The recital offers them both a one
time chance to perform at their best.
' “All the work culminates into one
and a half hours and it’s over,” Neely
concert.
“I personally have an understand
ing of the music,” Becker said. “I want
to convey my interpretation to the au
dience for them to enjoy and to enjoy
makingmusic myself.”
“It would be great ifwe could have
a couple of people leave the audito
rium thinking, ‘I'd like to hear it
again.’”
Sunday’s free^concert at Kimball
Recital Hall will begin at 3 pm.
By JohnBoe
Film Critic
This film is a charming yet twisted
film starring everyone’s friend, Jenni
fer Aniston, director/actor Edward
Bums, Cameron Diaz, Mike McGlove
and Maxine Bahns.
This film could also be titled, “A
Tale of TWo Brothers.” First, there is
Micky (Edward Bums), who recklessly
marries a girl named Hope (Maxine
Bahns) just 24 hours after meeting her.
Next is younger brother Francis (Mike
McGlove). He’s married to Renee,his
sexually frustrated wife, played very
convincingly by Jennifer Aniston.
As it turns (Hit, the two brothers are
complete opposites. Francis is the ar
rogant, wealthy, Wall Street Journal
type and Micky isan honest, loyal and
moral cab driver.
Kegaraiess oi me oovious unier
ences between them, the two brothers
and their father go on frequent fishing
trips. On these trips, their father never
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trays a strikingly old, aggressive and
outspoken character that has a dryly
haphazard sense of humor. This humor
mostly lies in the childish way he treats
his 20-something sons. Like many
dysfunctional families this one bickers,
throws insults casually and generally
acts like a group of children.
The mold of the film begins to take
some interesting shape when Heather
(Cameron Diaz) enters the story.
I Heather happens to have a past with
Film: “She’s The One”
Director: Edward Bums
Cost: Jennifer Aniston, Edward Bums,
Cameron Diaz, John Mahony, Mike
McGlove, and Maxine Bahns.
Grade: C+
Rating: R (adult language, adult con
tent.)
Five words: Dysfunctional family’s
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Micky-—she was Miry’s fiancee be
fore he walked in and found her in bed
with another man, whom Micky bit
terly refers to as the “Hairy Man.”
When Heather enters the picture
once again, she seems to have no res
ervations in turning the brothers into
adolescent rogues, which creates a con
fusing mess. Soon the two brothers find
themselves bickering and unable to
keep their marriages stable.
a As a wnoie, tne plot seems 10 weave
itself into a web that makes the movie
hard to understand. However, the film
has those genuine elements of sex, love
part of all of the actors and actresses.
One thing that would have made die
film more amusing is if it had a dis
tinctive focus and a stronger ending.
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