Three weekend gigs
Shows offer professionalism
By STEVEN D. SMITH
Of the Emerald
If you lived in the Bay area, or were from L.A.,
the big rock and roll extravaganza Eugene ex
perienced over the Memorial Day weekend
wouldn’t phase you a bit. But in this barren
wilderness where rock and roll is almost as dry as
dope, the three shows available offered professional
competence and tasteful showmanship.
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Review
Butterfly Productions, in its maiden gig at Mac
Court Friday night, presented It’s A beautiful Day
with Big Mama Thornton seconding the bill. Big
Mama brought some funky blues into the
auditorium, but swung best with the classic rock
and roll “Hound Dog” and the gutsy standard
“Rock Me Baby.”
David LaFlamme and his group, It’s A
Beautiful Day, originated in San Francisco four
years ago. TTiey've learned quite a few of their rock
and roll licks from the mystic masters of that fabled
“San Francisco sound,” and the evidence of that
strange magic, that San Francisco brand of im
provisation which always dissolves within the
structured frame of a musically direct statement,
was in the music Friday night.
Standing among nearly 7,000 other stoned
freaks, I exulted in the joy of the music, which truly
offered a workable alternative for leisure which has
been sadly lagging of late. And their ability to
totally remove you from your seat and transport
you somewhere else with that everpresent, and yes,
loud music impressed me. The last four or five
songs It’s A Beautiful Day did were really getting
trippy and I felt it hard to actually concentrate on
the stage without drifting away into the imagery
coming through the lyrics and melodies.
Friday night was truly a triumphant concert for
Butterfly, who hopefully will be able to continue this
success and present quality concerts at Mac Court.
It seems that everybody who has ignored the no
smoking regulation inside Mac Court could at least
help the situation there by bringing an ashtray
which would eliminate a lot of the danger, if not the
fears of the local fire marshal’s office. It wouldn’t
be much of a hassle, and it might help matters
besides.
Saturday night I slipped into the Odyssey Coffee
House where Cat Mother and the All Night
Newsboys were playing their second set of their
second night. Expecting something mentioned in
Friday’s Emerald as countrified music, I soon
found the group’s influences today seem to be a
distillation of blues with acid rock (if that still
exists) as the filter. I had dropped David off after
his show the night before, so I imagine a few minds
were bent by his possessed violin wanderings.
Sunday brought Canned Heat to the Lane
Community College gym, with EJD Productions of
Salem sponsoring the show, along with the
assistance of Lane’s program board. After the two
previous nights of music, I could hardly get into it,
but Canned Heat did what it is famous for, and
boogied for two and a half hours to a full house of
about 3000.
As for upcoming months, Poco is set for the
Portland Sports Arena June 17, and Steve Stills will
be at the Coliseum July 2.
Local OSPIRG board
picks representatives
For the first time in recent ASUO elections, students voted for
representatives to positions on the local board of the Oregon Student
Public Interest Group.
Following the elections the local board met Friday to select of
ficers and lo elect representatives from the University to sit on
OSPIKG’s state board.
Chosen as representatives to the thirty-member board was Peter
Glazer, freshman in political science, Ben Merrill, first year law
student, and Janet Metcalf, second year law student. First year law
student Richard Rasmussen was chosen as an alternate.
The three representatives from the University will meet with
other state representatives for the first time on June 12.
Herb Pierson, a sophomore in CSPA, was elected chairman of the
local board. Jim McKenzie, a first year law student was elected vice
chairman and Mike Dotten, a freshman in poltical science, was
selected to serve as secretary *nd historian. Elected as treasurer of
the local board was Shelly Smith, a first year law student.
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Wednesday vote to recommend a
motion to eliminate distinctions
in faculty titles.
Several senators said they had
had “second thoughts” about the
proposal which would get rid of
the titles of “assistant professor”
and “associate professor” and
make everyone simply a
“professor.”
Friday, the senate voted 19 to 7
(with three abstaining) to
recommend that the motion be
referred to the Faculty Advisory
Council. If the faculty rejects
their substitute proposal, the
senate voted 12 to 14 (with three
abstaining) against recom
mending approval.
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