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- /y By Ann Stack Senior Reporter In the 1960s, an age in which nearly one in four teen-age males bought guitars and formed rock bands, a lot of music was made. Several one-hit wonder groups materialized during this period, and there were even more bands that were never recognized. But one Iowa City band is still making that kind of mu sic. The Bent Scepters, will bring its brand of garage rock to the Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St., Thursday at 9 p.m. There is a $3 cover charge. Garage rock is a term coined to ' describe the music produced in America right after The Beatles and the Rolling Stones hit it big. This was an era in which a whole wave of teen-age males famed rock bands in their suburban garages in hopes of becomingdie next big thing. Doug Robeson, lead guitarist for the Bent Scepters, said it was the spirit of that era that fuels his band. “That inspiration is what drives the band, that whacked-out, over-the-top, crazy high energy vibe has boat an iiiftiridon for a lot of bands,” he said. mm In the garage-rock cult world, we sound overproduced. We’re low-fi junkie — we get dissed from zines because we don’t sound crappy enough.” . k \ Doug Roberson lead guitarist “There were thousands of bands in the ’60s. There’s such a great slew to choose from — these garage-band punk guys who didn’t know what they were doing, they didn’t know how to play,'they just knew they had to do it.” The Bent Scepters originally formed in 1986, when a “bunch of college buddies wanted to be just like the Fleshtones,” Roberson said. After a year of gigging at clubs and campus parties, college came to an end, and so did the Bent Scepters. circa-l960s farfisa electric organ, the kind favored by the Daws ’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek, came into their lives. They picked up a few new members, and now the band is comprised of Roberson, his brother Dan on lead vocals, tambourine and harmonica, Pat White on guitar and farfisa, drum mer Bill Neff and bassist Scott Stecklein. Last year, the band signed with Bizarre/Planet Records out of Los Angeles, the label that managed Frank Zappa and Jefferson Airplane. “In the garage-rock cult world, we sound overproduced," Roberson said. “We’re low-fi junkie—we get dissed from zines because we don’t sound crappy enough.” T' t ' y. ' ..... i. ■ ~ .. , • By Gerry Beltz Film Critic In what is actually the fourth in stallment of Jackie^ Chan’s infamous “Police Story" series, “Jackie Chan’s First Strike" fells a little short of his twomost recent American- releases, “Rumble In The Bronx" and “Super cop" (also known as “Police Story 3"). Granted* these two flicks didn’t :■ exact ly^snb«li^‘‘plot development’1 41 and “great characters," hut they did b^ter than‘*Rrst Strike" - - Hong Kong police officer Jackie ;(Chan) beads off on an intended va cation but ends up working with both : : American and Russian intelligence 1 agencies to recapture a stolen nuclear / , warhead, lie Ik also framed fbr mur der. c?:CIbomany subplotstspoHihe fun? Nah* it would never fit on the bumper sticker.) Chan-action fens need not worry, our hero finds himself hip-deep'in freestyle snowboarding, underwater thumb-sucking martial arts, and de fending himself with whatever is handy, including brooms, stepladders and life preservers. < - The continuation of Chan’s seem ingly-suicidal stuntwork continues with “First Strike.” He does a snowboard jump onto a helicopter skid, hits second-story back kicks while rambling around on stilts ond goes nose-to-snout with a shark. Fortunately for Chan fans. New Line Cinema has acquired distribution rights to many Chan films r-r bothoh video and on the big screen —so American audiences won’t be having . a shortage of Chan anytime soon. ^ For “First Strike,” Chan once again teamed witli direclor/stunt co ordinator Stanley Tong (“Rumble In The ftronx”), but thisjChan flick is misring a little of die action and com edy of the most recent Chan releases because of the time spent on plot de vddpment. -Also, there’s never one “figure- > m Rim: “Jackie Chan’s First Strike” Stars: Jackie Chan, Bill Tting Director: Stanley Ibng Rating: PG (mild violence, a bare be hind or two) ' Grade: B Rve Words: Jackie does4he impos sible ... again! head” bad gay for Chan to takedown daring the movie, so Chan jitst fights a bunch of bumbling idiots instead of a big tight near the end. Thftfs like the StornUroopers without Darth Vader, the pirates without Captain Hook, or Congress without Newt. (Hmmnm On second thought..^) : Still, “First Strike” does its part to satisfy the ravenous appetite of any martial arts or action movie fan. Check it out. Photo courtesy of Atlantic Records . ABAM SCHLESN6ER (left) and Chris Gollingwood, better knowa as Fountains of Wayne, will fulfill opening act duties for the Smashing Pumpkins in tonight's sold-out show at Omaha* Civic Auditorium. Fountains nf Wayne (self-titled) Atlantic Records Grade: A The two most recent prophets of pop, Adam Schlesingcr and Chris Collingwood, have reunited after nearly 10 years ofso-closc side projects and musical wanderings. Originally from Boston, pop re naissance duo Fountains of Wayne created a stir up and down New En gland, and their self-titled release is hailed as the harbinger of a new wave of clever, insightful and yet rather mundane tingly pop tunes. Their first single is “Radiation Vibe,*’ a tongue-in-cheek, seir mocking song that sheds rock cli ches (shine on; baby, baby...) like Beck distributes dandruff has re ceived extensive air time on the Edge. A hit odd considering The Fountains of Wayne, are disgusted by the grunge bands and variety of rip-offsso feverishly propagated by such radio stations. r f 7 ; £r Thcr^oflhcMbum follows and always th^^^^Wt simple lyrics. Never will you find politi cal preachings, rabidT drug habits or opaque Bono analogies, but rather touching and meaningful microcosmic stories of Trustration and giddiness. “Sink to the Bottom*' expresses the uncertainty of getting trappcd in a failing relationsliip and want ing to salvage it and bail out simul taneously. Using common lan guage with frightening precision, Fountains of Wayne bring new meaning to experiences shared by all—guys who treat their girls bad (“You Curse at Girls”), envying the fat redneck with the babe (“Leave the Biker”) and tedious cubicle jobs (“Sick Day"). But perhaps the best song on an album of jewels is the quirky “Please Don’t Rock Me Tonight” which pleads “I didn’t mean to make the trendy guy mad” and goes on smirking dead-pan lyrics like “I’m not in the mood” (enter re frain here). The Fountains of Wayne repre sent a new movement of pop intel ligentsia following in the footsteps Of Pavement and The Replace ments. While their sound is slightly ’60s retro-pop, they occa sionally indulge in the light, hazy distort ion attributed' to Matthew 'Sweet. %&- ■ A: • >: -T / Embodying the ditenurias of: thinking young white guys every- , T wherejhia release contains enough musical angst, twist and pop to ' • . appeal to just about anyone—even if they’ve nover lusted for a biker • babe. v ■ V-~ BretSchulte : $3.25 per day for 15 words on individual student and student organization ads. $4.50 per day for 15 words on non-student ads. $.15 each additional word. $.75 billing charge. Personal ads must be prepaid. Found ads may be submitted free of charge. DEADLINE: 2 p.m. weekday prior. The Daily Nebraskan will not print any adver tisement which discriminates against any person on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, race, reli gion, age, disability, marital status or national origin. 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