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About What's happening. (Eugene, OR) 1982-1993 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1983)
The Whiskey Creek Band, clockwise from bottom left: Johnny Schiller, George Fillgate, “Coyote” Bill Terry, Sue Hunnel and Tom Hunnel. Creek Band Final Performance The foot-stomping sounds of the Whiskey Creek Band will soon be a thing of the past. The band, together for eight years, is splitting up and will play for the last time this Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23, at the Black Forest Tavern. The Skinner City Cloggers have pro mised to perform on Saturday night. According to fiddler Sue Hunnel, alias Big Sue, “it’ll be a good one.” Three of the band members—Sue, Tom Hunnel, and Johnny Schil ler—will head to Wall, South Dakota, where they’ve been hired by the Badlands Musical Production Company to play in a summer show en titled “Dakota Roads.” While still calling Eugene their home base, the three hope to move into more theater work, and are willing to go to wherever the work is. Big Sue Hunnel, happily humming “On the Road Again,” appears excited about the prospect of working in musical productions. “We had a whole lot of fun doing ‘Diamond Studs’ with the Oregon Reper tory Theater last September,” she said. “Before that, we’d never even thought of working in theater. It opened up a brand new field for us.” The Creek Band, a five-member group after they added a drummer recently, decided to split up due to lack of work. “Clubs just aren’t hiring bands like ours,” Sue explained, “so Tom and I want to cut back, travel light, and see what happens.” We wish them luck and hope to see them in Eugene again soon. —Maggie Plummer mmpprynppyprppypimypmpornympoypopoypmqs—yyrpiM i । । i BENNY GLEZER CONSTRUCTION Residential • Commercial Property Maintenance LICENSED 345-5677 A Complete Home Repair Service The Dead Kennedys and U.S. Punk Subculture The Dead Kennedys are a “hard core” punk rock band, loyal to the original style of loud, fast, abrasive music which marked the emergence of punk. Lyrically their recorded music spans a variety of themes, from sharp political satire to extreme nihilism. They have been a part of the San Francisco new music scene from its beginning . . . and they remain very popular today, drawing a few thousand people to their Bay Area concerts. In the recent past they've toured nationally and in Europe, and their first album, “Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables” has sold quite well in England. (Their sec ond album is “In God We Trust.” The heart of their music is terrifying parody; something be tween the late '60’s Mick Jagger, Sally Bowles (the main character of the movie “Cabaret” set in pre-fascist Germany), and the Wicked Witch of the West. The key to this parody is the lead singer, Jello Biafra, who alter nately takes up the roles of: (1) fiendish ruling class manipula tor, (b) anti-authoritarian rebel, (c) ultra-alienated youth, and (d) murderer-madman. . . . The contradiction of the music is that it starts with a horror at the modern world, but often ends up submerged in that horror, drowned in it. However, the fact remains that their musical characteriza tions are true to life. It takes a live performance by the DK’s to fill out this description. Not only is Biafra’s singing evocative, but he also creates a total mood through gestures and theatrics which can drive the audience into a frenzy. In a live concert late last year, Biafra paced the stage repeatedly be TEETH Ignore them and they will go away Teeth Cleaning, Exam and X-Rays as needed $25 Will Morningsun, O.D.S. Thomas R. Huhn, D.D.S. Sarah Hollander, D.M.D. call for appointment 746-6517 528 Mill St. tween songs, berating the crowd for its drug induced apathy, en couraging people to think about the coming conflicts (in some what apocalyptic terms), refer ring to recent events in local city politics. Not exactly your nor mal between-songs rap. This is very important, given that concert-goers can usually decipher very little of the lyrics, and are often in such a frenzy of slam-dancing or drug-induced stupor, that very little of a discerning process is possi ble. . . . As for the common complaint about the narrowness of the hard-core style represented by the DK’s, I would say: (a) this music is definitely not for every one, (b) that there are indeed a fair number of hard core bands who are unimaginative and tech nically sloppy subsisting in a milieu which emphasizes ama teur performance, but (c) I think there is a real basis for this “awful, weird, abrasive music” gaining a wider following, at least among white youth (middle and working class) because it re flects, more accurately than most contemporary music, ele ments of the real conditions of urban life. . . . Most im portantly, the Dead Kennedys maintain a dynamic relation with their audience; firing them up, responding to the audience’s initiatives, and carrying on a positive dialogue with people, rather than “giving the (dumb) public what it wants.” —Excerpted from an article by Jeff Goldthorpe Cat's Meow Jazz & Blues _ Corner Jazz & Blues, REGAE & Gospel ReCOrds Books, T*pes & CollecTOR’s Accessories In The Fifrhpeanl Building Fifri & PearI • EUGENE 686-8742 "AT LAST, A STORE FOR THE TRUE COLLECTOR." Saturday Radio KWAX 91.1 FM presents: Featured Work, Bach’s Suite No. 4 in D, 10 am; The Empire Strikes Back, 6 pm; and Nightfall, tales to chill your inner sanc tuary, 6:30; Studs Terkel's Almanac, 7 pm. Also, the first program of the seventh season of the Beatric Foods/Lyne Opera of Chicago presents Puccini’s “Tosca,” 10:30 am. Live from Gilley’s Country Music Show with Boxcar Willie. KEED 1450 AM, 11:03 pm. Film Films at 11 of O tonight are: Shampoo, 177 Lawrence, 7 & 9:15 pm; Who’s Life is It Anyway?, 150 Geology, 7 & 9:30 pm; An American Werewolf in London, 180 PLC, 7 & 9 pm. All films $1.50/51. Undercurrent Art is the subject of 1 Woman’s Eye View, a festival of films by and about women, this weekend. The French filmmaker Agnes Varda’s Murs, Murs, a portrayal of L.A. seen through its many outdoor murals, is featured. At the Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, 221-1156, today at 8 pm or 4/24 at 7 pm. S3 general, $2 seniors and children. Etc. Greenpeace Eugene Whale Watch to observe the migrating gray whales. Today and April 30, leaving from Newport Sportfishing or carpool from Eugene. Cost $15. 687*8121. A Used Book Sale Benefit is sponsored by the Friends of the Springfield Library, 10 am-4 pm today and 10 am-2 pm, 4/25 in the Library Meeting Room, 225 N 5th St., Springfield. Dr. Debrah Martin, naturopathic physi cian, will be offering a free Women's Health Clinic today. Call the Naturo pathic Health Clinic, 683-4404, for appt. WalkAmerica, the Annual 30K Walk Against Birth Defects benefiting March of Dimes projects locally and regionally in birth defect research, medical service and education, begins at 8 am at the Lane County Fairgrounds. It has been called the largest walking event in history. For more information listen to KUGN-AM 59/KUGN FM 98 or call March of Dimes, 686-2170. Used book sale sponsored by Friends of Eugene Public Library features over 33,000 books displayed in 36 different categories. 10 am-4 pm today and 4/24 at the Agricultural Bldg., Lane Co. Fair grounds. No admission charge. Wheel chair accessible. The Eugene Folklore Society announces a Country Dance at the Coast, $25 for food, lodging, and workshops, 282-6004. A day trip to Horse Thief Lake to study rock art, petroglyphs and pictographs of Columbia River native peoples will be guided by U of O professor of English Bill Strange. Free. Call 686-3024 for info. The Second Annual Beaux Arts Ball, benefitting the Eugene Opera, Eugene Symphony, Eugene Ballet, and Oregon Repertory Theatre, tonight at 6 pm. See Highlights column, this issue. Starflower's Natural Foods Spring Clear ance, opening their warehouse to the public for the below-wholesale-price sale of high quality cheese, herbs, coffees, spices, body care products and more. (Sorry, no foodstamps.) No minimum order. Go see this famous local business. Sale runs from noon to 4 pm, 885 McKinley, 4 blocks west of Chambers on W Broadway. Whale Watching, a 2-hr boat ride from Newport Harbor. Fee: $17 includes trans portation, boat ride and leadership. Con tact Willamalane Park District. Hobby Show through Willamalane Park District, 746-1669. Sunday Fairs / Festivals The Festival of East European History continues at the U of O, sponosred by the East European Folk Life Center, U of O Russian & East European Studies Center, the Oregon Committee for the Humani ties, and others. Today’s presentation is a slide-lecture: “Rite of Passage: Wedding Customs of the Russian Old Believers in Woodbum, Oregon,” an examination of how rituals embody fundamental beliefs which preserve this community’s cultural identity. It is free. The ongoing exhibits Macedonian Bridal Costumes and Croa tian Folk Costumes continue at the UPO Museum of Natural History and the Springfield Museum. The public is en couraged to participate in this festival which will continue through May 1. Watch listings of future events in What's Happening. Speakers Lawrence Beilenson, a Soviet expert and Reagan advisor, will speak on the Soviet threat and nuclear arms control He is the author of The Treaty Trap and Power Through Subversion. 1 pm, 150 Geology, U of O. Free, sponsored through SNUFF’s Ground Zero Week 1983: What About the Russians? Films A Woman’s Eye View continues at the Portland Art Museum with Murs, Murs today. See 4/23 for details. THX 1138 will be shown in 180 PLC, U of O, at 8 pm, $1.50/51. The National Dance Week Celebration begins today with a showing of Fred Astaire’s 1935 film Top Hat at 7 and 9 pm in Room 150, Geology Bldg, U of O, $1.50. Meetings Eugene Storytellers Story Swap and Potluck Dinner, 7 pm, 155 E 34th Ave. Free. Wheelchair accessible. Workshops/ Classes Color photography printing taught by Eugene artist Carol Westlake begins tonight, 6-9 pm, and continues through May 22. EMU Craft Center, U of O, 686-4361. Wheelchair accessible. PPOrtB/ MeereenOn The Second Annual Spring Fling Fun Run is presented by Dr. Zoltan’s international Running Team with prizes and drawings. Register at 8 am at the race site, the KASH/KSND studio, 1600 Day Island Road, or at local running stores; race begins at 9:30 am. The Monster Cookie Metric Century Bicy. cie Ride, 100 kilometers, Salem to Champeog State Park, begins at 9 am at the Oregon State Capitol. $6 includes a catered lunch at the park by a April 22 preregistration only; $4 without lunch or registration on the day of the ride. Salem Bicycle Club, 364-8701. Etc. An evening of modern, experimental and tribal poetics will be presented by Solala Trowler, J.T. Gillett, and Rodger Moody, 8 pm at Blair Island Restaurant, 325 Blair Ave. Contribution. Used book sale—over 33,000 books, con tinues as a benefit for the Eugene Public Library. See 4/23 for details. Vipassana (Buddhist Insight) Meditation, instruction group sitting and discussion, 7:30 pm at 2441 Emerald St, 683-6280. Free. Picadilly Flea Market, with hundreds of garage sales under one roof, 10 am-4 pm, Lane Co. Fairgrounds, 796 W 13th. 683-5589. Admission: 50-75c. The Last Breakfast at the Homefried Truckstop, celebrating the end of a decade and a community institution, pre sents music by O'Carolan's Consort and Friends. 9 am till the last egg gets fried, 790 E 14th. 344-9988. Musical Happenings At the request and suggestion of many readers, What’s Happening has begun listing dance, club and concert music in this column. Send your Musical Happenings c/o What's Happening, P.O. Box 259, Eugene, OR 97440. Thursday West Coast Players at the Factory, 4740 Main St., Springfield. 9-2. No cover. Gary Lewis and the Playboys through Saturday at Shilo International, 3350 Gateway, Springfield. No cover. J. Wood and the Blues Commandos are at Max's Tavern, 9:30-1:30 am. $1.50. Friday Creek Band (formerly Whiskey Creek Band) play their last performances tonight and tomorrow at the Black Forest, 2657 Willamette. 8 pm, $2. Evolutionary Dance and CryCries play old new and original rock music at the WOW Hall, 8th & Lincoln. 9:30 pm. $2.50. Gary Lewis and the Playboys at the Shilo International. See Thursday. Saturday Strictly Roots play reggae at the WOW Hall, 8th & Lincoln. 9:30 pm, $3. Whiskey Creek Band's last perofrmance. Tonight the Skinner City doggers join them. See Friday. The Breakers are at the Factory, 4740 Main St., Springfield. 9-2 am. No cover. Also tomorrow. Gary Lewis and the Playboys, at Shilo In ternational. See Thursday. Lee Richards plays country/country rock at Joey’s Pizza, 1498 “A” St., Spring field, 6-11 pm. No cover. J. Wood & The Blues Commandos are at Max’s Tavern with special guest Curtis Salgado. 9:30-1:30 am, $1.50. Sunday Radio KWAX 91.1 FM presents: Ears of Old, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, 11 am; Chamber Music, Spohr and Stravinsky, 11:30 am; The San Francisco Symphony, 8 pm. Concert Music The Gunther Schuller/New England Con servatory Ragtime Ensemble performs ragtime favorites at 8 pm in Silva Hall, HPAC. Monday 25 Concert Music The Eugene Symphonic Band will present its final concert of the season Mon, April 25 at 8 pm, Springfield High School Audi torium, free. Robert Vagner, Director Emeritus, U of O Bands, will conduct, trumpet soloist John Abrahamson will perform “Carnival of Venice" by Herbert Clarke and the Andante movement of the Haydn “Trumpet Concerto." Speakers Arthur Macy Cox, former consultant for the first test ban treaty and Salt II, will speak on the Soviet Treaty and prospects for arms control, he is the author of Rus sian Roulette: The Superpower Game. Free. 8 pm, ISO Geology, U of O. SNUFF’s Ground Zero Week, sponsor. 485-9556. Central America: The Widening War, the topic of a panel including HEP director Manual Pacheco, U of O political science professor Dan Goldrich, and Richardo Stein, director of the Center for Docu mentation and Information at U of Cen tral America. Free, 7:30 pm, Dad’s Room, U of O, 485-5682. Radio The Ralph Emory Show, Reba McEntire featured on Radio KEED 1450 at 11:03 pm nightly. Through 4/29. Sunday The Breakers at the Factory. (See Satur day.) Spencer Barton and Gary Johnson play standards, Latin, straight ahead, in Sun day Night Jazz Series, 8:30-10:30, High Street Coffee Gallery, 1243 High St. Monday West Coast Players are at the Factory, 4740 Main St., Springfield. 9-2 am. No cover through Saturday. J. Wood and the Blues Commandos play at B.J. Kelly’s, 9:30-1:30 am. $1.50. Shumba, Eugene's Marimba Band, plays at the Truckslop, 790 E. 13th, for their “raise the rent” party. Beer, wine, snacks S2-3/sliding scale. 7-10 pm. Tuesday West Coast Players are at The Factory. See Monday. Joe Archer is at Joey’s Pizza, 1498 S. “A" St., Springfield. 6-11 pm. No cover. Wrangler Country Showdown is a music talent contest sponsored by KEED Radio at the Lonestar Cafe, 160 Park. 9 pm, $1. Wednesday West Coast Players are at The Factory. See Monday. Bow Wow Wow plays in the EMU Ball room, UO campus at 8 pm. Opening will be the Visible Targets from Seattle. $7/ advance, $8/day of show, UO students. $8/advance, S9/day of show, general public. Peter Shirley plays at Joey's Pizza, 1498 S. “A” St., Springfield. No cover. 6-11 Monday Etc. Peace Corps information table at U of O. EMU main lobby from 9 am to 3 pm. 686-3235. Used Book Sale Springfield Public Library. See 4/23 listing. TV /Video Science Clips Returns to KOZY-TV,Ar chaeology, biomechanics and gemometric patterns are among the topics U of O re searchers will discuss during a series of 5-minute segments. This 2nd series will be aired between 10:30 pm and midnight, after the movie. Guests this week include antrhopologist Rich Pettigrew. Cable 11 (Community Access) presents: Mickey Black, a creative expert on stitch less sewing, mends jeans and hems them, 6 pm; Nuclear Questions, 7 pm; Don on the Fly, everything of interest for the fly fisherman, 7:30; Musk Notes, 8:00; Fri day Night in Ducktown, repeat of the Best of Ducktown, featuring Fred Arts; Ham Wade, Private Eye; Lizard Life Saving and more, 8:30; Paul Burnett Show, 9:30 Workshops / Classes Matting and Framing workshop, if you have photos and art you’d like to frame, this workshop is for you. 7-9 pm, EMU Craft Center, U of O. 686-4361. Afro-Haitian dance master class, Gerl inger Annex 353. 4:30 pm. Flm Village Life in Romania, slides/lecture by professor Joel Marrant. 7:30 pm, 107 Lawrence Hall, UO. Modernization and industrialization effects village life. Also with Prof. James Patterson. Concert Musie UO Symphony Orchestra will give a 45-minute open dress rehearsal at noon in Beall Hall. Performance at 8 pm, Beall Hall, UO. Free. Folksinger Judy Gorman-Jacobs will perform traditional and original music* of the labor, peace, environmental and women’s movements, Tuesday, April 26, at 7:30 pm, in Gerlinger Lounge, on the U of O campus. Tickets will be sold at the door. $2.50 students, $3 others. Dance of the Deer Foundation presents: Don Jose Matsuwa 105 yr. old. Huichol Shaman from Mexico with Brant Secunda Sharing Ceremonial Traditions including the 90_ Deer Dance Ritual M F in benefit for the Huichol People J1 JUS THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 7:00 PM W at the Wesley Center, 1236 Kincaid $6-$10 donation We are Open til 9:00 Friday Nights for burgers, omelettes, soups, salads and sandwiches. Open Mon-Thurs 7-6. Fri til 9, Sat 8-6. Sun 9:5 HHambuger more than just burgers* &r omele downstairs at the 5th St Public Market 6d ne P.O. BOX 11085 EUGENE. 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