photo by mark pynes
The show must go on
Jools Holland A His Millionaires
EMU Ballroom
Aprils
Jools Holland and His Millionaires took the
EMU Ballroom by surprise Friday night with their
bopping up-tempo rock and roll, and quickly
made everyone forget about XTC, the scheduled
headliners who cancelled.
Due to the cancellation of XTC. many ticket
holders cashed in their ducats before the show
and didn't opt for the greatly reduced cost ($1 per
ticket) to see the most lively rock show to hit
Eugene this year Hence the ballroom was only
filled to half its capacity, but completely filled with
enthusiasm once Holland and company spun
their magic onstage.
Jools Holland, formerly the keyboardist for
Squeeze, demonstrated why he became the
onstage “spokesman" for that popular British
quartet with his witty dialogue and a comical
master-of-ceremonies type of rapport with the
audience His new group has given him the elbow
room to really develop this to the point where his
performances have a vaudevillian quality.
He started the show with a tongue-in-cheek
"thank you" to XTC that got the crowd rolling in
the aisles Then he got the band rolling into "Cars
and Trucks" with his uninhibited thumping piano
style that roars over the uncluttered bass-sax
drum backing of the Millionaires
In this age of guitar-dominated pop music, it
is refreshing to hear bassist Taif and drummer
Martin Deegan get the point across that this is a
rocking band despite the lack of a guitarist.
The real show-stoppers in the band, how
ever, are the "Wealthy Tarts." two female backing
vocalists who stand right up to the best of the
Tamala/Motown black female vocal groups of the
'60s. Not only do they have a funky charm,
dressed in bright red skin-tight dresses with fur
collars and fishnet stockings, but they sing and
make sultry little dance steps as if possessed.
Jools frequently made trips to center stage,
mike in hand, using that irreverant British humor
that brings out the absurdity in everything. The
end result is like having the dry wit of Monty
Python combined with Johnny Carson’s ability to
lead the audience through hoops. The audience
didn't mind one bit.
After the show, Jools admitted he liked
American audiences best. “It's possible they're a
bit more ready for fun," he said, and fun is what
his band is all about.
Jools Holland and His Millionaires have been
thrust into the role of wandering minstrels in
search of an audience since XTC’s tour has been
cancelled, booking gigs just ahead of their en
tourage as they move up the West Coast. Through
this misfortune they seem to have captured a
freshness in their performances by hanging in
with a “the show must go on" attitude. They seem
to enjoy the challenge of winning over audiences
without the help of a headline act.
It’s obvious after Friday night’s show that
they've made quite a few new converts here in
Eugene.
by John navazio
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A Step Towards the
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The other day when I announced to a friend that I waa running for a
eeat on the Incidental Fee Committee, I received a look of total
bewilderment. Sensing that my friend waa confused, I explained to him
that the IFC ia the branch of the etndent government that ia primarily
reeponaible for the diatribution of money among the etudent
organization* presently on the U.O. campus,
and that I’d like to be a member.
'But why?* responded my friend ia a tone that suggested I had lost my
mind.
Why? I’ll tell yon why. I believe that the present administration has
foiled to asset the needs of all the students on campus. Budgets for student
organizations are often decided on the basis of a set of figures presented to
the IFC without proper ezpianations of how those figures were arrived at
and with little actual factfinding by IFC members. I believe each
organization should be allowed to come before the committee and present
their budgets in person. In this way, each organization would be allowed
to present their aims for the current budget period and members of the
IFC could make an informed, intelligent decision. I believe it is the
responsibility of the IFC to aee that the student body’s money ia spent
wisely and fairly. Deciding the fate of a group on the basis of a sheet of
paper srrms to me to be an impersonal and capricious way to sssrss the
impact of an organization budget request on University life.
With this fat mind, Ido not fed! it la necessary to raise Incidental Fees,
but rather to take a closer look at how allocated money ia being spent. For
example, I believe the Athletic Department should be accountable to the
University President for Its expenditures. Since the Athletic Department
receives U% of all Incidental Fees, I don’t believe I’m making an
Efforts need to be made to ensure all groups receive equal treatment.
Minority groups deserve to be subject to the same considerations as any
other group on campus. Discriminatory practices have no place on
campus. My criteria for fending will be simple. Is the money going to be
need to benefit the minority student and the rest of the student body?
1 believe that a member of the IFC should be trilling to put in as much
time as needed to see that no hasty or unwise decisions are made.
Obviously this may mean long hours, but It is a small price to pay for
being entrusted with the responsibility of seeing that student money is not
squandered.
by James McMurray
Paid: McMurray
Less politics,
more communication,
better results.
Experience
Senior in Management and Communications
Current ASUO position: University and Academic Affairs
Residence Housing Governance Board
Successfully passed SUAB proposals to University Senate.
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your money goes
More state level representation
Maximize the quality of your education
Create better rapport between students and
administration
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