Musical fare served
on Saturday nights
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Late one Saturday evening while
shambling along 13th Avenue in
search of somewhere to go, the muf
fled sounds of a live rock band float
to you through the cold fog.
In the distance, you see light
pouring from windows you know
should be dark. It’s well past closing
time.
The song is hauntingly familiar.
Above the furious drums and elec
trie guitars, a passionate yell carries
the phrase "I will follow.”
You follow.
Inside, silhouettes move on a
dance floor carved out of the tables
and chairs, and people are sipping
hot drinks. Under bright lights, a
band is belting out U2.
Mysteriously, a transformation has
taken place tonight at that bastion of
wholesomeness, the Campus
Glenwood.
Though well-known for its simple
fare served in a relaxing environ
ment, the Campus Glenwood isn’t
open for just breakfast and lunch
anymore.
Since July, the restaurant has been
bringing in live music Saturday
nights, playing for a crowd that has
averaged 30 a night, and filling the
place “to the max” a couple times,
according to Mike Langley, Campus
Glenwood general manager.
But Langley, who is also volunteer
manager of the weekly event, says
he is not trying to make it just
another nightclub.
“The point is not to pack the
place out or make a lot of money,”
he says.
Instead, he would like it to be
something that “promotes tolerance
and understanding in an atmosphere
of hope.”
For Langley, a Christian, one bar
rier of misunderstanding is between
Christians and those who are not
Christians. The two groups often cut
themselves off from each other and
rely on stereotypes, he says.
“I’d like to have a place where
both Christians and non-Christians
can feel comfortable ancl see past the
stereotypes,” he says.
He tries to maintain this at
mosphere by “taking the focus off
alcohol” (two varieties of non
alcoholic beer are served) and asking
the musicians to “be sensitive and
not play anything that might offend
their audience.”
Another fragmentation takes place
over styles of music. Langley wants
to “mix it up,” bringing in jazz,
folk, rock, or blues musicians, play
ing music that is original, contem
porary or ancient.
Langley is also aware of the dif
ficulty amateur musicians can have
getting started in the local music
scene, especially if they would
rather not play "top 40” music in
the bars.
So Langley says he is “open to
any musician that comes in and will
try to understand what they’re trying
to do musically, whether amateur or
experienced, as long as there’s quali
Photo by Michael Clapp
Ransom Dance is one of the bands featured at the Campus Glenwood restaurant
on Saturday nights.
ty there and a feeling there that
they’re expressing in their music.”
These criteria, quality and feeling,
are a recurring theme for both this
weekly event and the house band.
Ransom Dance, which Langley is a
member of.
So far, Langley says, hours of
agonizing effort have yet to produce
a name for the weekly concerts, but
a striking symbol has come to repre
sent it: a heart pierced by the lines
of a music staff.
Dan Berggren, a “regular” at the
Campus Glenwood concerts and oc
casional performer, says the place is
“schizophrenic. Sometimes it’s a
rock ’n’ roll club and sometimes its
a ’50s coffeehouse.”
Although the acoustics could be
better, Berggren says he finds the at
mosphere “exciting and vibrant,
where people are trying to com
municate something. Everyone is
hopeful and new."
Langley says the four-man Ransom
Dance plays "U2, Bruce Cockbum,
Covers and a lot of original music.”
Their own songs are "real melodic,
but simple,” with definite U2 and
Big Country influences, he says.
"We enjoy playing music with a
lot of energy, both lyrically and
compositionally. We want the music
to make people feel like we feel
when we play," Langley says.
He was "knocked out by U2,” he
says, because he realized “you can
really express yourself, and people
will probably listen to you.”
Ransom Dance began a year ago,
with Langley on guitar, Colin Long
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