This weekend
in Lincoln:
Anything goes
The weather outside is changing,
but don’t get left out in the frost.
Stay warm and check out the many
hot sounds at the bars this weekend.
At Duggans, The Rockin’ Fos
sils will rock the night away with
their classic rock and blues cover
tunes. Showtime is 9 p.m. today and
Saturday with a $3 cover charge.
In the mood for a little heavier
rock? Head over to Knickerbockers.
Tonight Owl, an Oklahoma band,
will join Cadium for some fierce al
ternative sounds.
Saturday night will jam with an
other double feature from Stanley
and Red Max at Knickerbockers.
Show starts at 10:30 p.m. with a $3
cover.
Tonight at Wallaby’s, Lincoln’s
own Janglebox will play their own
crazy versions of everyone’s favor
ite tunes. Showtime is at 9 p.m. and
the cover is only $2.
Saturday night will be sizzling
with the fiery sound of the interna
tional reggae band Jah Levi and The
Higher Reasonings. These guys are
just coming back from a European
tour and will be in Lincoln for only
one night. For those who like
reggae, don’t miss this show.
Showtime is at 9 p.m. with a $4
cover.
At the Zoo tonight, Not All
There will take the stage. The band
will start at 9 p.m., with a $4 cover.
Saturday night, The Billy’s will rock
the night with a little of everything
for everybody. Showtime is at 9
p.m. and the cover is $4.
At the movie theaters, two
much-anticipated movies will begin
this weekend. “Two Days In The
Valley” will open at the Plaza Four.
“Extreme Measures,” starring Hugh
Grant and Liz Hurley will open at
East Park Plaza Theaters and the
Cinema Twin. “Multiplicity,” star
ring former Batman Michael
Keaton, and “Kazam” starring
Shaquille O’Neal will open at
Starship 9.
If you’d rather just hang out with
some friends or maybe that special
someone, try one of the new Videos
out this week. For a good laugh,
“A Thin Line Between Love and
Hate,” starring Martin Lawrence is
a great choice. When a club owner
(Lawrence) meets a beautiful girl,
she appears to be the one night stand
of his dreams. However, when she
finds out that he’s not after a rela
tionship, she goes after revenge.
Other new choices out this week
include “Oliver and Company,”
“Before and After,” “Too Much,”
and “Beautiful Girls.”
There’s a variety of activities out
_■ there for just about anyone in Lin
coln. So I recommend that you put
on your long underwear, Husker
gear and head for the bright lights
of Lincoln.
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Sender is a"sophomore news
editorial major and a Daily Ne
braskan staff reporter.
Country tour in town
By David Wilson
Staff Reporter
The “Spontaneous Combustion”
tour, featuring country singers Tim
McGraw and Faith Hill, will bring one
of the hottest tours in country music to
the Pershing Auditorium Saturday
night.
The couple, who have declined to
comment on their relationship, have
not been shy in displaying their feel
ings for each other on stage.
Since their tour began in March,
Hill and McGraw have pleased audi
ences across the country with a slow
dance at the end of their concert fol
lowed by a slow kiss.
McGraw, who performed at
Pershing in October 1994, is touring
in support of his third album “All I
Want.”
His first single released off the al
bum, “I Like It, I Love It,” reached the
No. 1 spot of the Billboard country
Album charts in just six weeks and re
mained at the top for a record-tying five
weeks. The second single, “Can’t Be
Really Gone,” also spent time at No.
1.
McGraw, who appeared enthusias
tic the last time he was on stage in Lin
coln, said he wanted to continue to
please his audiences.
“I don’t want anybody to get bored
with me,” McGraw said in a recent
press release.
Hill, who released her second al
bum, “It Matters To Me,” last Septem
ber, will make her Lincoln debut Sat
urday.
Since her debut single, “Wild One,”
spent a month at No. 1 in 1993, Hill
has continued to impress her fans.
Hill, who was chosen as one of
People Magazine’s Top 50 Most Beau
tiful People in 1995, said she enjoyed
testing new material in front of audi
ences.
“It amazes me when I play a new
song in one of my shows, that people
really do listen to the words,” Hill said
in a recent press release.
Derek Anderston, Pershing Audi
torium director of marketing, said he
was impressed with McGraw’s last
Pershing performance and couldn’t go
wrong booking a tour combining
McGraw with Hill.
“He did very well last time he
played,” Anderson said. “He’s very
popular.”
Photo couirrESY or Warner Bros. Records
FAITH HILL will perform this weekend with Tim McGraw at Pershing
Auditorium.
Courtesy Photo
WALLACE AND GROMIT star in the movie of the same name, running now at the Mary Riepma Ross
Theater.
By Fred Poyner
Film Critic
Several short animated features are
combined in “Wallace and Gromit: The
Best of Aardman Animation ” ranging
from inventive and detailed to simple
and hHaqpus.
Hie shorts use the animation of
plasticine characters and sets to create
miniature worlds that are part cartoon,
part shot story, and in the case of the
Electric Held shorts, part advertising.
Airplane and motorcycle chases,
the animation of machinery in motion,
and the actions performed by the fig
ures of Wallace and Gromit attest to
how “A Close Shave” earned the 1996
Academy Award for Best Animated
Short.
Two other shorts titled “Early Bird”
and “My Baby Just Cares For Me,”
while not quite as refined in their ani
mation, are also witty and enjoyable
as they poke fun at talk show hosts and
characterize the music of Nina Simone.
The Aardman animation show will
be at the Mary Riepma Ross Film The
ater until Oct. 5. Call the theater for
show times.
The Fa( is
Film: Wallace and Gromit: The
Best of Aardman Animation
Directors: Peter Lord, Nick Park
Rating: Unrated
Grade: B+
Five Words: Plasticine can really
do that? _
Cather, texts
help originate
commentary
By Liza Holtmeier
Staff Reporter
Students with a taste fa- the avant
garde might try the American premiere
of “The Politics of Quiet.” The
Meredith Monk Ensemble will perform
this piece at 8 tonight at Kimball Re
cital Hall. <
“The Politics of Quiet” is a com
mentary (»i the death of community and
explores discovery and creativity in a
universal setting, according to a press
release from Monk on the production.
The piece is a multi-media opera inte
grating music and movement. Monk
based the piece on “The Song of The
Lark” by Willa Cather, Buddhist texts
and meditations on technology and the
approaching millennium.
The cast of the 90-minute work
consists of lO singers and dancers, two
instrumentalists and two children, all
from varying ethnic backgrounds.
Meredith Monk, a graduate of Sa
rah Lawrence College,works as a
singer, composer, director, choreogra
pher and filmmaker.
Tickets for tonight's performance
are available at the Lied Center box
office from 11 am. to 5:30 pm. and
up to an hour before the show. Student
ticket prices are $14 and $12, and all
other tickets are $28 and $24.
The premiere of “The Politics of
Quiet” is sponsored in part by the Coo
per Foundation.