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American Heart Association, Fighting Heart Disease and Stroke Start to Finish Heart Disease Dance Contest Every Tuesday <):oo pin ltaD' Street • HO (OVER ‘Peacemaker’ preview becomes sleep-maker i XTTTnT 1? An £_o uvmjnii 11 um page u able to pull off a perfect rifle shot to save the day. Sadly, the performances from Kidman and Clooney are not enough to save the roles given to them. Julia is always playing catch-up to the gung-ho Davoe, and except for the inevitable “white-knuckle” climax, her character is given very little strength or depth. “The Peacemaker” isn’t a bomb, but it isn’t anything to save the day, either. ^ A The Facts Title: “The Peacemaker" Stars: George Clooney, Nicole Kidman Director: Mimi Leder Rating: R (violence, language) Grade: C+ Five Words: Nuclear bomb to detonate ... somewhere I THE MOOSE’S TOOTH slide shows* events OUMfalW sports* travel Oct2Thursday North Face sponsored slide show 7:30 pm Lincoln store Oct 3 Friday l North Face sponsored slide show 7:00 pm Omaha store , Oct 4 Saturday Grand Opening of New Location 10:00 am Omaha store Oct 13 Monday . 50 Classic Climbs slide show 7:30 pm Omaha store I I Oct 14 Tuesday l .- 50 Classic Climb slide show I Bring 1 can of food for entry. 7:30 pm Lincoln store | We’RE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER WITH UNEQUALED OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT. If you’re majoring in computer science, data processing, accounting, auditing, math or law, contact your Placement Director for more information, or write to: Assistant Director, Corporate Human Resources, Three State Farm Plaza-Kl, Bloomington. Illinois 61791-0001. State Farm Insurance Companies ♦ Home Offices: Bloomington* Illinois ♦ An Equal Opportunity Employer www.statefarm.com Techno darkside pulses in album Bjork “Homogenic” Eiektra Records Grade: A The little pixie’s whacked. For those who thought Lilith Fair represented the cutting edge in female artists, Bjork’s new album, “Homogenic,” will sound like a soundtrack for a nuclear winter. Bjork has never been content with making happy dance-club songs, but she’s never sounded as dark as she does on “Homogenic.” Just when you think she begins to soothe your edgy nerves with “I’ll heal you ...” she growls, “With a razor blade/I’ll cut a slit open and the luminous beam feeds you, honey” in the song “All Neon Like.” With groups like The Prodigy and The Orb taking the spotlight for the techno-music craze, “Homogenic” would seem to fit in perfectly this year. Surprisingly, “Homogenic” doesn’t fall into the techno category. Unlike Bjork’s unnecessary “Telegram” album last year, most of the songs on “Homogenic” strive for a balance of different styles. Elaborate orchestral arrangements are used as often as drum machines on the album. Musically, “Homogenic” is immensely dense. While some choruses and beats on previous Bjork albums “Debut” and “Post” seem to jump out and grab hold of you, “Homogenic” takes a great deal of exploring. That’s not saying some songs don’t have immediate appeal. “Bachelorette” sounds as though it should be the theme song for the next James Bond movie. “Alarm Call” is another song with catchy hooks that appear and fade just as quickly. If you’ve listened to any of Bjork’s past albums, “Alarm Call” will shock you when she lets loose with her most explicit lyric ever - “I’m no f—ing Buddhist but this is enlightenment.” Other songs will take further exploring. Bjork’s work with RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan is evident on “Homogenic.” Tracks like “Unravel” and “Hunter” are men acing without being overbearing. The only time Bjork’s experiments go unlistenable is in the song “Pluto,” where Bjork gives her trademark shrieks for almost an entire minute over a headache inducing bass line. One unfortunate aspect of Bjork’s music is that it can only be listened to on a decent car- or home-stereo system. A $20 RCA cassette player just won’t do it for “Homogenic.” However, that’s usually the case when you make an ambitious album. Few people will jump on Bjork’s tripped-out “Homogenic” bandwagon. It’s as much a fan’s album as Tori Amos’ “Boys for Pele.” Give “Homogenic” some time to set in and you may be sur prised: This may become your favorite soundtrack for the winter. -----I Web page highlights selective accidents uArvwim irom page v dows of a downtown Toronto sky scraper. He crashed through a pane with his shoulder and plunged 24 floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry Hoy, 39, fell into the courtyard of the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower. He was demonstrating the strength of the building’s windows to visit ing law students. Not all stories on the Darwin Awards page have to end in death. In some instances, the misfortunate may just lose their ability to repro duce. One story tells of two Arkansas men who were seriously injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree. The story came from a July 25, 1996, article in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.. Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, Ark., and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock, Ark., were listed in serious condition at Baptist Medical Center following the incident. The accident occurred as the [--—--1 men were returning to ues Arc alter a frog-gigging trip when Poole’s headlights malfunctioned. Poole and Wallis concluded that the head light fuse on the older-model truck had burned out. Though a replace ment fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his pistol could fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet, the headlights began operating properly and the two men proceeded on their way. After traveling about 20 miles, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in the right testicle. The vehicle swerved sharply to the right, striking a tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident but needed extensive surgery to repair the really important wound. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released. “Thank God we weren’t on that bridge when Thurston shot his nuts off or we might both be dead,” Wallis said of the misfortune. -- j MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR LICENSE I Howard G. Nichols I 8381 Center Ave. ^Tr I mmw» Unlicensed riders account for 80% of the fatalities in some states. So get your motorcycle operator license today. And prove that you are a better rider. Nebraska Motorcycle Safety Program 1-800-553-1906