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Sound Affects
The Jam
Polydor PD-1-6315
The dichotomy between Bri
tish and American musical
tastes has rarely been illustrat
ed more clearly than in the case
of the Jam. In England, Jam
records are frequently at or near
the top of the charts, and for the
past couple of years guitarist
Paul Weller, bassist Bruce Fox
ton and drummer Rick Buckler
have swept the “Best Band"
and “Best Album” categories in
many English rock polls.
America's a different story.
Occasionally a Jam song will
make it onto an adventurous FM
station’s turntable, but most of
the time the band might as well
not exist for all the attention it
gets. Sound Affects is the Jam’s
fifth album; when Setting Sons,
the fourth effort, was released,
at least one area record store
advertised it as the Jam’s debut.
The Jam is caught in a classic
circle: the public won’t buy the
records because radio stations
won’t play them, and radio sta
tions won’t play the records
because no one’s buying them.
Sadly, there’s no reason to
believe that Sound Affects will
break the pattern.
On the surface, Sound Affects
shows the Jam in a holding pat
tern. A closer look, however,
indicates some subtle shifts in
direction, and some interesting
sources of inspiration.
Weller's speech (“It is called
indoctrination, and it happens
at all levels, but it has nothing to
do with equality. . . ”) illustrates
the influence of a more recent
group of politically oriented ar
tists, England’s Gang of Four
(GOF), who use a similar tech
nique on their own “Anthrax"
(on Entertainment!!). Weller’s
obviously been listening to the
Gang of Four quite a bit, and his
feedback-ridden guitar (not to
mention Foxton’s martial bass)
on “Pretty Green” wouldn’t
sound out of place on a GOF
recording.
Weller’s also been listening to
his Beatle collection. The cen
tral riff of “Start!” is a direct cop
from the Fab Four’s “Taxman.”
And then there’s the backwards
guitar. . . it was a real innova
tion when John Lennon
recorded a guitar part and then
fed it backwards into the mix,
but that was more than fifteen
years ago. It appears that
Weller's just recently figured out
how to do it (you can almost
hear him yelling, “Hey, guys,
listen to this!’’) — backwards
guitar plays a prominent part in
four songs, and it gets a bit
irritating after a while.
That's a minor complaint,
though. While Sound Affects
isn’t quite up to the standard set
by Setting Sons, it's still a Jam
album, which means that it’s
head and shoulders above most
of the polyvinyl chloride cur
rently occupying the bins at
your local record store.
The Jam deserve to be heard.
If you’re listening for the group
on American Top Forty, though,
you’ve got a while to wait.
By Phil Bernstein
Nuke-less sound with Cris, Jackson, Floyd, John
Yeah, I know you know
Jackson Browne's coming,
but have you been listening
closely? Like, did you know
there are other performers
sharing the stage with that
sweet man of autobiogra
phical love-worn sorrow and
that it's a No Nukes affair?
Appearing on Feb. 23 with
Browne are Cris Williamson,
Floyd Westerman and John
Trudell.
Singer Williamson returns to
Eugene for this event. An
Olivia Records recording ar
tist, she, like the rest of the
group, is cause-oriented. In
the past, she has been iden
tified with the women’s
movement. . . you’ll soon see
that everyone here has his or
her own cause.
Westerman sings and
dances wherever an Indian
community in Canada or the
United States needs him and
he is able to go. Through his
songs he shares the Indian
problems, needs, hopes and
dreams.
Trudell will share a few brief
Indian-cause-related com
ments before Browne takes
over the stage with his band
(made up of Russ Kunkel, Bob
Glaub, Bill Payne, Craig
Doerge and Danny Kortch
mar).
“The musicians and tech
nicians donating their time
and energy for this benefit
concert are doing so because
they want to see an end to all
forms of nuclear madness,” so
says the press-release.
This is a "Water for Life
concert — the poster is a
Georgia “O’Keeffed” version
of Taurus over water. The idea
is to stop Trojan, stop Trident
and stop Teledyne.
If I sound somewhat cynical
it’s probably because I know a
lot of the folks who slept under
the EMU breezeway Monday
night aren't all that cause
oriented, and as has been
noted earlier, many didn’t
even know who was sponsor
ing the event, or what the
cause is.
Needless to say the show
will go on, and, for a cause.
Don’t smoke in Mac Court,
carpool, bike or walk to the
show, and know that there will
be lots of No Nukes informa
tion available. — Erzsi De’ak
Tonight
PARTY KINGS
NO COVER • Rhythm n Blues
Friday & Saturday
TANGIERS
Latin Jazz
Sunday's Country Night
SMOKEY
VALLEY
NO COVER • Country Rock
In Tire Eugene Quality Inn
222 East Broadway
COVERUP
Ten years have passed since four
Kent State University students
were killed and nine wounded at
the hands of the Ohio National
Guard.
There have been other books—
some good, some bad. Not one
has told the complete story of
both the shootings and the mis
carriage of justice.
The Kent State Coverup by
New York trial lawyer Joseph
Kelner, chief trial counsel to the
13 victims, and writer James
Munves, is the only book that
really tells the complete story—
with no punches pulled—of the
campus massacre and the subse
quent “whitewash" trial. In fact,
it’s the only book about the trial.
Originally published in hard
cover at $15, this new $6.95 high
quality 306-page documented
paperback names names and
shows photographic evidence.
“Will haunt our memories for a
long time to come. The facts,
grippingly reconstructed as in a
good detective story, are unfolded
before an uncaring American
courtroom ... the reader is caught
up, involved, outraged,” says
New York Supreme Court Justice
Edward J Greenfield.
You too, will be outraged at
this flagrant coverup. No TV
show, no other book tells the
complete chilling story! At your
bookstore, or send check or
money order today for $6.95 plus
$1 postage and handling to:
KAYEM BOOKS
225 Broadway, New York 10007
The SBC- TV' special "Kent State" is partially based on this hook.
Watch for it in early February.
Theater, song, dance
and — entertainment!
Whether in the Valley or on
the Coast, you might be able to
find something to do in the
coming week.
• Checkout Aunt Lucy Devine's
(1340 Alder St.) throughout the
week for music. Tonight
Gregory Fields plays from 9 to
11 p.m. jigs-n-jazz; tomorrow
night from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30
a m. you can hear Kent and Alan
do traditional folk numbers;
Saturday night Home Cooking
(country folk) plays from 9:30 to
12; Sunday Peter Thomas on
classical guitar does a matinee
performance from noon to 3
p.m.; Monday Robin and Kent
perform a bit of folk and
bluegrass from 9 to 11 p.m.;
Tuesday Cecelia Ostrow and
Barney Barbour do “Silvery
Originals’’ from 9 to 11 p.m and
on Wednesday Small Change
bring in some English/Irish folk
music from 9 to 11 p.m. Aunt
Lucy’s serves food and drink
too.
• If you like dance, you might
want to look into the informal
studio concert sponsored by the
department of dance. Entitled
Informal Studio Concert I, the
lights shine on Monday night at
7 p.m. in the Dougherty Dance
Theatre.
• On Friday night at 9:30 p.m.
the Xplorers in their four-piece
fashion play good ol’ rock-n
roll, rhythm and Blues share the
stage with the fifties-style a
capella do wop specialist group
the Whitetones. Admission is $3
at the door and $2.50 for Com
munity Center for the Perform
ing Arts (CCPA) members. Call
the center for information at
687-2746.
• Saturday at 9 p.m. Vashimba
marimba music returns to the
WOW Hall (also known as the
CCPA). You should be able to
dance, dance, dance (etc.).
Tickets are $3 in advance and
$3.50 at the door.
• In Corvallis the theater
department of Oregon State
University presents Tennessee
Williams’ drama A Streetcar
Named Desire tonight, tomor
row night and Saturday night at
the Mitchell Playhouse. Curtain
is 8:15 p.m. Tickets are available
at the Playhouse box office; re
servations can be made by
calling 754-2784. Tickets are $4
for the main floor and $3 for
balcony seating.
• Now, to the beautiful Oregon
coast if you get to Cannon
Beach you'll be able to buy
saltwater taffy and eat it while
watching the Northwest Theatre
Ballet on stage at the Coaster
Theater. Tickets are $4 for
adults and $2 for students and
seniors. Call 436-1242 for more
information.
• Back in Eugene, Percy Hilo
returns to the stage for a per
formance of songs about the
West. The concert is free, and
will be held at the Lane County
Museum (740 W. 13th Ave.)
Sunday at 2 p.m. There’ll be
refreshments provided by the
Lane County Historical Society.
"The people want music, we give 'em music" — that's what the man said. Did
you get your tickets? ,...
Back to the bench here we go again I know you always hear that, but it s
true Every single time Kirk and I try to get this entertainment stuff into the papwa>>
hell breaks loose. Kirk's been screwed over numerous times by the ever-lovin VDTs.
So now we're all just raggin' - and then, to boot! Hah! You thought you knew pain
then the ad-side says toodles to a real big ad and leaves us with a hour Lies tough,
you know Then, I know you don't want to hear all this, but it makes us feel better,
then big S hangs up on me because the Emerald bitch haunts my voice so, we
just want you to know that we actually do try, here at the Thursday Revue, but we
are tired - tired of machines that go beep and consume your masterpiece of
journalistic prose without a smidgin of guilt such is the life up here. For those of
you who remember, THURSDAY a week before publication is still the deadline for all
entertainment stuff to be in the calendar and the entire section.
Would like to thank Kirk Knighton for rewriting his God piece, Harris tor the
photo and would just like to get Gaib to go to bed (alone) for once and 9et some
rest so he can finish all the stories he's promised me. Oh, one more note. THANK
YOU SANDY FOR NOT SCOWLING AT ME!!
I know you're tired of my moanings, but now we've reached the end of this
hazardous sequence of words. Good night, good day and keep warm. Erzsi.
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