N-Da-Mixx supports hip-hop scene
By Bret Schulte
Staff Reporter
Kenneth Johnson is determined to
mix things up in his recently re
claimed hometown of Lincoln.
While already operating businesses
in Colorado, Johnson has returned to
Nebraska to open his new store, N
Da-Mixx, primarily dedicated to hip
hop, R&B, mixes and a variety of lo
cal sounds.
Since its official opening Feb. 8,
the store has received a tremendous
welcome, Johnson said — largely be
cause of the overdue discovery of trip
hop and house music.
“People are coming here for
techno, trip-hop, mixes, whatever,”
Johnson said. “I’m able to get things
on vinyl and tap into that kind of mar
ket”
N-Da-Mixx targets individuals
with a desire to hear music that is not
frequently heard through the usual
avenues. Although the store carries I
many popular titles, and there are j
plans to expand into such genres as
gospel and alternative rock, N-Da
Mixx is unique because of its devo
tion to mixed tapes and samples.
“I know a lot of DJs who have
music that regular chains won’t carry,”
he said, “and I’ve been doing very well
with that music.”
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Womanstock
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feminist talent
By Ann Stack
Senior Reporter
There are going to be a lot of X
chromosomes downtown tonight, but
don’t expect to hear any “chick” rock.
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first, fulfilling TIFFANY MULLISON
a pledge lead Womanstock
singer Katie coordinator
Boner made V,
before leaving ——
for Georgia earlier this year. She has
performed at Womanstock every year
since it began in 1993.
Kitten ’97, featuring Lori Allsion,
the former singer for The Millions,
win play second. And Omaha's Echo
Farm will play third. These bands are
all female-fronted and support femi
nist issues, Womanstock coordinator
Tiffany Mullison said.
Womanstock began with the intent
of supporting Lincoln’s NOW, which
was rechartered in 1992. The benefit
helps with costs of operation, the
monthly newsletter, the NOW Action
Line and a scholarship fund, Mullison
said.
A membership drive will also be
held, she said, to increase participa
tion in the national NOW, which be
gan in 1966. The organization focuses
on affirmative action, reproduction
rights, violence against women and
equality in the workplace, to name a
„ few issues.
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‘Hype!’ captures tm scene
By Ann Stack
Film Critic
“Hype!” is anice eulogy to the grunge scene,
and the citizens of Seattle couldn’t be happier
that the spotlight that’s been on them the past
few years has blown out.
This movie is perfect for people who were
repulsed by the Northwest’s grunge scene in
the early 1990s—this critic was one of them.
But die-hard fans of the music may want to
pass. It’s kind of designed as an introductory
course to the scene; call it Grunge 101.
Making this movie in 1992 — during the
height of the hype—had to have been hard for
director Doug Pray and producer Steven Helvey.
They were just two other guys with cameras,
added to the media fray, making a documen
tary about what was then the most talked-about
place in the country.
Filmed over a three-year period, Pray and
Helvey chronicle the ascent of a local sound
turned mainstream, and this sound’s capture
of not Only the music charts, but virtually all
aspects of pop culture.
Sure, there are all the bands you’d expect
-The Facts—
Rim: 'Hype!'
Stars: A host of Seattle bands and other
industry types
Director: Doug Pray
Rating: NR
Grade: B
Five Words: Smells like Seattle music scene
to be there: Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Scream
ing Trees and Nirvana. One of the highlights
of the film is, in fact, concert footage of
Nirvava’s first-ever live performance of “Smells
Like Teen Spirit.”
The saddest part of the documentary is that
Soundgarden was a featured band, and they
recently broke up. Kim Thayil and Matt
Cameron were interviewed extensively for the
film.
Thayil compared what happened in Seattle
to a lemonade stand: He had a lemonade stand
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