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Due to the cracked skull of their singer, The Shakin’ Pyramids had to cancel their show.
Forum has its share of woes
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Echoes fill the empty EMU Ballroom. Cone are
the nights of crowds skanking and bashing in a
pack before the brightly lit stage when acts like
The (English) BEAT, Bow wow wow, T.S.O.L. or the
peerless Iggy Pop played. A dusty breeze weaves
through swaying cobwebs.
Well...it's not really like that, but this year
has been a definite lull-in-the-action.
The EMU Cultural Forum has been having
more than its share of woes trying to book music
acts. First, the Shakin' Pyramids cancelled — the
lead singer fell off stage and cracked his skull.
Then, Stevie Ray Vaughan was available, but the
ballroom was booked that night by the Chinese
Cultural Union. And then Gang of Four decided
against playing Eugene because of a tight travel
ing schedule.
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Tim Schafbuch, popular music director with
the Cultural Forum, says it's "a variety of
things. . .number one: space available."
When the Violent Femmes were willing to
play, Schafbush couldn't find a place to put them.
"We didn't have the ballroom open, the dining
room open, not even Carson Hall was open,"
Schafbuch says.
But rest assured music-lovers, Schafbuch says
they have some very big concerts planned for Mac
Arthur Court. He hints at the possiblity of Duran
Duran Duran (or is that Duran Duran?) playing
there.
And the ballroom may be renovated from
desolation row when Billy Rancher (who recently
signed with Arista Records) plays there Nov. 5.
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your nose. You don't like it, but
you can't do a whole lot about it."
When the magazine goes to a
larger format, Babbs hopes to
clean up its look. He does con
cede that, in spite of slender
means, attention must be payed
to clean, simple presentation.
Ideally, he says, form should
match content.
"You wouldn't want to take
your pigs to the market in a
Cadillac, nor would you want to
go to the opening of the Hult in an
old beat-up truck full of garbage. I
want the form to work."
Whatever the future presenta
tion, Babbs contends that his
publication does speak to a
specific audience who is concern
ed with what he refers to as the
"American Experience," and a
search for something other thap
the "quick hit."
"The people who'll read 'The
Bugle’ are people who're in
terested in what's going on, in
good writing, in unusual angles,"
Babbs said.
Babbs has yet to meet produc
tion costs on his first issue and
none of his staff or freelancers has
been payed. Money, he says, is
now his biggest problem. '
hopes to lure more advertiser4!
sell more subscriptions and pedal
more ROOB (Royal Order of the
Bugle) charter memberships.
One thing Babbs is certain
about is the name of his publica
tion. He calls it "The Bugle"
because it "blows the horn on the
things that it sees." More impor
tantly, it seeks to do what bop ar
tists and Beat heroes did so well.
"It’s a concept connected with
jazz and improv," Babbs explain
ed. "You don't have to have
prepared anything. You just blow
from the tip of your tongue and
the top of your mind."
Many of Babbs's colleagues and
cohorts say he is a master at that,
aside from being a charismatic
and idealistic person—and a
talented writer. BuT such traits do
not necessarily a magazine make.
"Babbs and The Bugle' are one
in the same," Perry said. "Babbs's
enthusiasm is genuine, but so is
his naivete."
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The Friday Edition is the Emerald
arts and entertainment supple
ment. It's published weekly
throughout the school year.
idilor.Angela Allen Morgan
Assistant Editor.Kim Carlson
Copy Editor.Mary Bac ken
Production.Victoria Koch. Dan
Menlow, Mark Pynes, Kathi Rinks
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