Few attend Lincoln’s
By Bret Schulte
Staff Reporter
It was absolutely gorgeous,
something kids in the ’90s rarely get
to see. Six middle-aged people be
hind the instrument of their choice,
amid buzzing bees and burning in
cense, singing to an open park.
An extremely open park. Atten
dance was so sparse at Sunday’s
first-ever Peacestock that three rows
of benches separated the half dozen
spectators. This meager showing
failed to slow down the pace of the
local blues and rock band, Peace
ful Conspiracy.
Peacestock was organized by
Scott Colbom, front man of Peace
ful Conspiracy, and Tim Rinne,
Nebraskans For Peace state coor
dinator. The event was intended to
raise food and organize support for
Lincoln’s poor and underprivileged.
“Doing activities like this are a
way to get peace and justice back
into fashion,” Rinne said.
Peaceful Conspiracy got started
promptly at 1 pjn. and broke into a
blues set, liberally flavored with
Garcia and Santana. The show be
gan with a blues/rock set, which was
followed by an acoustic set and fin
ished with more blues.
Playing with startling energy and
composure, Peaceful Conspiracy
ripped out electric blue ribbons of
guitar and harmonica into the park.
The sound was intentionally remi
niscent of the prevalent blues and
mood rock of the late '60s and ’70s.
Rinne seemed disappointed in
the low attendance of the concert
but not particularly surprised or dis
heartened. He said in the recent
wave of conservatism, altruism has
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SCOTT COLBORD jams Sunday afternoon at Peacestock in
Antelope Park. Cdbord, a member of the band Peaceful Conspiracy,
hopes to continue Peacestock annually.
been left in the wake.
“You can accuse people tram tne
’60s and '70s of being liberals and
do-gooders. I’m guilty as charged.
Notice you never hear the phrase
'conservative do-gooders,’” he said.
Rinne said the low attendance
reflected general public apathy and
that a lot of people now harbor a
general cynicism toward the poor.
Although attendance was low,
Colbom aid, the band plans to spon
sor Peacestock again next year.
“We hope to make it an annual,
lull-day event, but this year people
are stuck with us,” he said.
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5 Blocks South of UNL Campus
Classy style of‘Hrst Wyes’
packs an impressive punch
By Ann Stack
Film Critic
You’ve heard it before — don't get mad,
get even. You * ve also heard “hell hath no fury
like a woman scorned ”
Make that three women scorned—women
like Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane
Keaton, and you’ve got yourself some serious
business in die form of “The First Wives Qub.”
The plot surrounding this powerhouse com
edy is pretty basic. Three friends from college,
reunited after more than 20 years by a fourth
friend’s (Stockard Channing in a delightful but
too-brief appearance) suicide, find over a
boozy lunch they have something in common.
They’ve all been dumped by their low-life
husbands for younger, more gravitationally-en
hanced trophy-women.
Midler (“Beadles”) is Brenda, whose elec
tronics-salesman husband leaves her for nu
bile Sarah Jessica Parker. Keaton (“Mother of
the BrideO is Annie, an Upper East Side house
wife and Hawn (“Death Becomes Her") [days
Elise, an alcoholic actress on the downslide of
her career.
They vow to make their sleaze-bag exes
pay for dumping them for silicone floozies in
spandex, aid hence form their own psychotic,
psychoactive-therapy club. Ah, sweet revenge.
The acting by all three women is superb.
Midler shines as the comic relief, dropping
one-Uneralike nobody’s business. Hawn plays
the struggling artist going through a mid-life
crisis role to a hilt, and Keaton is excellent as
the wimpy doormat who just wants everyone
to get along.
Although the plot gets a little sidetracked
in the middle, it holds together nicely, coining
together in a totally fun, get-out-of-my-way
dance finale. Cameos by Gloria Steinhem,
Kathie Lee Gifford and Ivanna TYump do a lot
to spice up this already charming film.
It doesn’t portray young women in the best
of light, however, making them all lode like
spoiled, gauche, anorexic little brats. It’s the
older women who’ve got all the class. They’ve
lived life and have experienced dealing with
grief—and with revenge. They’re intelligent,
witty and absolutely delightful in their devi
ousness.
This isn’t a movie about feminism, despite
the premise of revenge. It’s about women get
ting mad, getting even and then taking that
anger and channeling it towards something
positive.
Film: The First Wives Club
Director: Hugh Wilson
Cast: Bette Midler, Goldie
Hawn, Diane Keaton
Rating: PG
Grade: B+
Five Words: Three women find
revenge sweet
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