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Stereograms are taking America b
storm and are now featured in an exhib
called "Brain Teasers" at the South Cai
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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was a cool name for a
band.
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the Butthole Surfers,
Alice Donut and Neon
I Pussyfish (or Hootie
& the Blowfish, even)
are at the top of the
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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."
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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Ross said. "We just sat down with a
four-track in the Virgin Islands and
recorded us with all these people
let walking by."
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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."
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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."
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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
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