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/ %'j^r \ !|jp / ' " , v ||i l| ?f& & ,; 1:-' [PEOPLE PLA Where wolf? Stereograms are taking America b storm and are now featured in an exhib called "Brain Teasers" at the South Cai oiina State Museum. Amazing fun, stereograms' image at first glance appear to be a series c flat splashes of brilliantly colored pal terns. Yet incredibly, with a few minute of practiced instruction, the viewer e> periences sensationally colored 3-D lane 'Grass' is gree SOUNDAPVICE STEPHANIE SONNENFELD Asst. Features Editor TOMORROW THE GREEN GRASS The Jayhawks kkk (out of four stars) Straight from the land of 10,00 Lakes, Prince and Paul Westerberg the Jayhawks, carry on the legacy c good sound and basic musical element that the Minnesota music scene is n spected for. Taking advantage of heav harmonizing and quality instrumer tation, the Jayhawk's latest releas< Tomorrow the Green Grass, is exacl ly indicative of their expert mus: cianship and vastly superior grasp c good music. From the beginning of this coir pact disc, it is entirely evident tha there is not one song that is exactl bad - so bad that you want to skip ove it every time the CD is played. Th combination of, as Jayhawk Ton Glover says on the back of the CE "free flowing ambiguity, kicking lick and flipping phrases" produced 1 songs that rarely, if ever, disappoin even a novice Jayhawk listener. The most enchanting aspect of Tc morrow the Green Grass are the lyric: Glover writes that they "tell storie from the inside out... tales mor sensed that sensical." So, with tha 9Q.5 8. I CO 33 4. I TOP lO ETHAN MYERSON The Gam CES WHATNOT] y scapes, populated with people, objects it and shapes. r" The 21 puzzles in the exhibit range from intriguing rope tricks to giant jigsaw ? puzzles to a clever nail balancing riddle. t_ The exhibit will run through March 5. The s museum is open 10 am. to 5 p.m. Monc day through Saturday and 1 -5 p.m. SunJ day. Call 737-4921 for more information. in tor JaynawKS philosophy in mind, the Jayhawks attack a mass of subjects such as love (see: a rendition of Grand Funk Railroad's "Bad Time,""Blue,"and Td Run Away") to homelessness ("Nothing Left to Borrow"). Frontman Mark 01q son wrote a ballad, "Miss Williams' T Guitar" in honor of his wife, Victoria ? Williams, who made news last year with her tribute album, "Sweet Rej. lief." ' Yet, albums cannot succeed on lyrics alone, and it seems the Jayhawks know this. With Olson and Gary Louris responsible for vocals and guitars, I. Marc Perlman covering bass and Karen Grotberg on the piano and Wurlitzer, the Jayhawks use their own talents to combine with others to create a distinct, natural sound. To create this y sound, the Jayhawks enlisted the help !r of Greg Leese on pedal steel guitar e ("Ten Little Kids"), Victoria Williams y on backup vocals ("Ten Little Kids"), )( Lili Haydn on violin and viola ("I'd s Run Away and "Nothing Left to Bor3 row") and George Drakoulias on bariLt tone guitar ("Two Hearts"). These combinations aid in establishing the "couny try-tinged" rock and roll sound that 3. makes this CD unique and different s from the masses of "AliceandPearlo norrtpn" crrnima milliner nhnilt. in to ~ ********.?, ~ it day's music world i sw [ Tampa's del A n 1983, deloris telescope was a cool name for a band. | Figuring now that the Butthole Surfers, Alice Donut and Neon I Pussyfish (or Hootie & the Blowfish, even) are at the top of the I Weird And Obnox| ious Moniker list, the Florida trio has learned to settle for | making their music stand out more than their name. After a three-year hiatus from reI lentless touring, guitarist/lead singer Kacy Ross, bassist Stevie Grandmaison and drummer Ricky Wilcox I are back on the road and hitting Co| lumbia for the first time. With a catalog of over 150 songs, deloris teleI scope will be bringing their hefty, 10I vear-old has of tunes to Annie's tonieht I with Columbia's own Jigsaw Planet at 10 p.m. "We still play music from every era," said Wilcox. "We like to keep moving on. Our thing is we don't want to become our own nostalgia | act." I I An affaj Staff Reports The second annual USC | Dance Company Gala, "Springtime Affair with the Arts," will be from 7-10 tonight in the Vista Room of the State Mu seum. The Gala will feature an exhibition of artwork, music, food and dance performances by USC Dance Company students. Proceeds will help provide scholarships for USC dance students, as well as sup l T Trtri i port, uou aance program acI tivities. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by calling 782-3653 or 738-9318. The Gala is advertised as "an evening of dance, music, art and floral extravagances." Participating painters and I sculptors include Blue Sky, Harry and Dee Hanson, Sharon Collings, Jack Blake, I Suzanne Spiesman, Anna K. | Singley, Guy Lipscomb, Margaret Carter, Suzy Ferrell, Francis Nelson, Heidi Darr| Hope, Donna Lynn Gore, Ann Hightower Patterson, Stephen Chesley, Catherine High, Beth Littlejohn, Lynne Burgess, Ed L Schmunes, Frances Perkins, Betty Hardin, Laura Spong, Betty Anglin Smith, Mike Sto| ry, Hord Stubblefield, Toni t Elkins and Bill Stroud. i' The Gala is sponsored by ^ Capital City Insurance, Na- ^ I iWeru yet ck .oris telescope sets its s bv apeaopv a. oerez desii ? t/ vr v ** r ? They are notorious as one of the most CD started getting ] entertaining, if not eccentric, live acts realized it was pop in the Tampa Bay area. tain market. We figi "Xenolith," the band's sixth album and focus for once a and first compact disc release, is a songs." Twilight Zone of musical taste: it's dt's true elemenl an odd, sometimes irritating mix of into the studio. Li1 off-the-cuff humor and primary-col- filled with hopping i ored pop hooks. Primus- cum-Beat- and a plethora of sor les, if you will. silly funk and arty i There's a definite lurch involved ally, really bad regg in dt's new material, a little on the sh," Wilcox said), heavy side since their first 1990 cas- "We still play m sette "Milk The Glory." Songs such era," Wilcox said* " as the testy rock opener "Oliver moving on." Brown" and "Driving on the Left" Itfe all pretb chug with a sinister tongue- ^ ty intens in-cheek intensity that that n captures just a por- tics i tion of what dt has stuc to offer. jS on ura uroro a S ( ^ shopping around th ; I '**&. \ Mm" I wJMI l? 1 <- 1 ir to remember '/T & Hi^Si* I B Jr |fl I fC, ^ B JSp JWB H y?L ** ^^ 1 Hi-9s / ^H 1H lim\ / jp* JP H I I * Mif w % ionsBank and Weisz Graph- Black tie or casual dress is cs and is presented by the appropriate, loard of Directors of the USC For more information, call )ance Company. Susan Anderson at 777-7264. sed writers si lis ights on Columbia gn editor MMMmbmet??| as people think." i TM \ T# nran I urn? rm rr i i n m ijL^^agpr ~img: ine virgin isiana sessions idWfcw** is the closest thing to a raw sound dt lescooe ^as ^ "That's probably my favorite one," Ross said. "We just sat down with a four-track in the Virgin Islands and recorded us with all these people let walking by." The Tampa Bay area has literalmmmmmmmmmmmmm ly wrapped its legs around the bulk of the trio's recorded material and doing what we live performances, and the number /hen part of the 0f faithful "Delorians" is growing exlocal airplay, we ponentially with the release of "Xenoular with a cer- lith." ired we'd just try "We're getting a lot of positive rend do some rock sponse," Ross said. "But we're also getting a lot of negative response t isn't crammed fr0m people who are familiar with /e dt shows are Us. They're telling us This isn't repnad stage antics resentative of what you guys are or lgs ranging from what we think is your best face fornetal rock to re- ward.' We're in a can't win situation. ;ae. ("We're Irie- "I have a feeling our next record will be really raw and crude and usic from every wimpy," Ross said. "We like to be We like to keep wimpy, occasionally." f nutty. And pretr e. But capturing iriftiw intensity, anntact, is still dt's tin miaoinn 1 Svmnhnnv. tfiipst ?7 7 pianist present : Tchaikovsky LUCY ARNOLD Staff Writer - I Tchaikovsky fans will be thrilled by an allTchaikovsky evening of music tonight at the Koger Center. The USC Symphony, conducted by Donald Port-' noy, will accompany Italian pianist Benedetto Lupo as he performs some of the Russian composer's rarest and most beautiful pieces. "I'm excited about working with young people," j Lupo said. "I think sometimes this is more interest-! ing than working with a professional orchestra." Lupo lives in Italy where he teaches at the Rccinni, Conservatory. Lupo won a bronze medal in the 1989 Van Cliburn Piano Competition. He is now touring * the United States as a concert pianist and chamber' music player. "He's a very talented musician," said senior Ben' Merritt, a cello player in the USC Symphony, "He came in and told us exactly what he wanted. Everything has really come together." Tchaikovsky's Concert Fantasy in G Major will highlight the evening. This will be this first time the L piece has been performed in Columbia. "It is nice to play something unusual," Lupo said.: The piece contains a 10 minute cadenza, or solo, for the piano that will show off Lupo's technical skill.: "It reminds me of [Tchaikovsky's] ballets," Portnoy said. "It's a very exhilarating piece." rtll av L axtoLvf f Vi am a unll Ua fVvo nit/iuucu in uiic cur i uiaiivu vsitjr biicinc; rv ill uc wiic? [ Capriccio Italian and the Fourth Symphony. "The music has been exceptionally difficult this semester," Merritt said. "We've really been putting a 3 lot of work into it. It's probably one of the best con-1 certs we've done since I've been here." The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. tonight. Tickets are $6 for students, $9 for USC faculty and staff and $12 for the general public. etc. is looking for writers of all shapes, sizes, temperaments, makes, models, tastes and flavors. 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