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Music
Friday, October 30
Jambay (rock) al the f MU Beer Garden *>pm
Tha Daddtea (rock) al Good 7 imes 9 30pm
Stevie Zee (blues) al T aylors 9 30pm
International Anl hem/Jamba y/G T Noah .rock)
at John Henry s 10pm
Hitting BlrtMMy Name/Three Day Stubble/DJ
Lebowtti (ad rock) al the WOW Hal 9pm
Saturday, October 31
Etouftee/Art Grooveaux (cajurvlunk) at Good
Times 9 30pm
Stevie Zee (blues) al Taylors 9 30pm
Two Minutes Hata/Nervioue
Chrlstlana/Susptrla/Factor Red (all root) al
John Henry's 10pm
Simpson’s Reef/Scallywags (al rock) al Nee
Mans 10pm
The Nlghtcrawlera w/ Henry Vesllne (blues) al
Rick's Down Under 9 30pm
Little Women/Renegade Saints/Aquarium
Rescue Unit (rock) at the WOW Hall 7 30pm
Curtis Salgado and the Stllettoe/No decay
Band (bkievrock>at the E ugene HU on costume
contest 8pm
Monday, November 2
RootUr's Blu#t Jam at Good Timas 9 3(*>m
MudwimmtrVA Dick Did (&n rock) al John
tienry's 10pm
Yanfra (al rock) at New Max s 10pm
Tuesday, November 3
Unrest/Oswald FlveO
(al rock) al John Henry s 10pm
Cardiff Reefers (rock) al Good Times 9 30pm
Intensity (al rock) al New Max s 10pm
local Hero (acoustic) al Taylors 9pm
Wednesday, November 4
Heather Perkins (acoustic) at OetiertS 8 30pm
Jet Harris (rock) al Good Troes 9 3C*>m
Greenhouse (rock) at John Henry's 10pm
Perfect Alibl/Acidophytlus lalt rock) at New
Mass 1 Cpm
The Strangers (acousbc) al Taylors 9 30pm
Thursday, November 5
Pels Ju)u (reggae funk) from Sara Crur.
8-woman band at the WOW Hak 8 30pm
The Pat Travers Band (blues) at Good Tunes
9 30pm
More Time (work! beat) al John Henry's 10pm
Renegade Saints (rock) at Taylors 9 3t*>m
The Undertakers (alt rock) al New Max s K}pm
Visual Arts
The Museum of Natural History exlitils 'Death
and Fiesta Day of the Dead in Oaxaca.
Mexico'(Ihiu Dec 23) Noon ■ 5 pm Wed ■ Sun
1680 E IMhAve
The laVerne Krause Retrospective shows Oct
36-Jan 3 al the DO Museum ol Art 1430 Johnson
Lane
Maude Kerns Art Center’s 'Oregon Made lor
Interiors' Fourth Biennial exist* features the art
work ol 10 UnMersity students, among others
Furmure as art Is the theme Also. Club Mod ties
ceramics on display
Jam bay la harm from Saattla to /am tha
houaa with jazzy prograaalva rock at
tha Baar Gordan tonight In tha EMU.
r'huto by t *rt**on
One participant In Saturday's ritualistic festivities cut himself with a razor blade
Piercing Rituals
Story by
Carrie Fenelon
People who squirm at the sight of
blood, of feel pain wall long their ring gut
a shot, were not among the partic ipants
at Saturday's Industrial break Show
The ‘‘freak show,” which took place at
John Henry's, was part of a bill that
included headliners Sow Belly, a Eugene
band, Bill, from Seattle, and Rhythm
Collision, from Los Angeles Sow Belly
performed their regular set, then provid
ed background music for the show that
followed.
The show involved ritual self-mutila
tion, whippings and piercings
Participant Marcus Dravius said he'd
rather not he known as a freak. "breaks
are a weird abnormality of nature."
Dravius said. "It was called that heduuse
it had to be added to the poster at the last
minute.''
Shayno Dunbar, who was responsible
for pulling the group together, said the
show should be called an Industrial
Strength Ritual.
‘‘It wasn't a performance, it was a life
changing ritual That is why we chose
|[u* wo Dunbar said
The ritual began with .1 procession ted
hy Dravius. who carried an incense burn
er filled with frankun ense and myrrh A
robed woman carried a five-tiered cande
labra. She was followed by men covered
only by loincloths and tight cloth around
their waists Darbies* fish hooks pierced
the men's skin and oranges were
attached to fishline Once Sow Holly
began playing, the men danced until the
oranges fell off. The purpose of this
dance is to reach an ecstatii slate
through pain It is called a ball dance and
there are many other forms it can take,
including sewing silver halls lightly to
the skin or using weights
When the dance ended. Dravius spread
a cloth on the stage and liegan doing cut
tings on his side with a ra/nr blade
While he cut his skin, a cross was erect
ed and another participant was chained
to the cross After Dravius finished the
cuttings, Dunbar began whipping the
man til’d to the cross
The whippings were not done in order
to hurt the man, hut instead to use pain
to help him reach another state of mind
Dunbar caressed the man's back and con
tinued to rub his back and talk to him
I
Photo f •rwrtof'
Krlaten Trowbridge waa handcuffed to a chair
and pierced with long needtea
(luring thu whipping-.
Thu fin.il event of Ihn night w.is the rit
ual piercings Kristen Trowbridge was
handcuffed in a chair with her hands at
her sides Dunbar brought mil n lung,
thin stainless stm*I needles and began
piercing her eyes, chest and the side of
her neck
The needles were left ill fur only a few
minutes and then were quickly drawn
out Trowbridge showed some signs of
I min. but when she was released from the
cuffs she and Dunbar embraced and
kissed All of the participants then came
together backstage to embrace and con
gratulate each other
"It was a bonding, strong moment."
Trowbridge said. "It involves tons of
trust and giving "
Although pain was involved in the
show, Dravius explained that should not
D- seen as the only purpose of the ritual
"It's more than what we're doing. It's
what we re producing In my eyes I’m
trying to pul myself in a different place
and reality But I'm not an escapist. I'm
not escaping reality, just trying to see
what's out there."
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Taking in the Latest -
Night and tha City
TwantMth Century fot
Rated R
e u>
At the end of \'i%ht and the
City . screen credit is given to
Jules Dassin. the director of
the 1950 version of this film
But the dedication should
have been to Martin Scorsese,
director of King of Comedy,
the film that really inspired
this movie.
Robert DeNiro plays Harry
Fabian, a shyster lawyer who
can’t ever win. His clientele ts
made up of bookers, degener
ates and innocent people he
meets simply in order to han
dle law suits that shouldn't
even be filed. He’s not even
an ambulance chaser. He con
vinces someone that an acci
dent occurred and leaves his
card.
MOVIES
He likes to brag about the
number of cases he's handled
The truth is, he either loses or
wins in settlements defen
dants suggest in order to get
Fabian off their hack
His latest scheme is to go
head-to-head with a ruthless
boxing promoter and make
tons of money letting fighters
who never get to fight step
into the ring.
A completely gratuitous
subplot involves Harry's tor
rid affair with his friend's
wife, played by (essica Lange
in a meatless role.
Much has been said by crit
ics recently decrying DeNiro's
performance as derivative of
his other work Specifically.
Rupert Pupkin in The King of
Review by
Lucas J. Gutman
Comedy. That's not the real
fault of M/g/if unit the City.
The problem is that the entire
film is a rip-off of that vastly
superior version of basically
the same story
The last line in The king of
Comedy is Pupkin saying. "I
figure it's better to be king for
a night than schmuck for a
lifetime," This entire film is
concerned with chronicling
Fabian’s escape from
schrnuck-dom
The problem is, we don’t
care much at all whether he
succeeds or not It's obvious
he's going to fail and we don’t
root for him to win Wo don't
won havo a clear understand
ing as to why ho suddenly
wants to make something of
himself
The I’upkin/Fnbian compar
isons run deep. When Pabian
is pitching .in idea, it's remi
niscent of I’upkin. as is his
manic behavior Ho even has
the same sort of star-struck
quality as I’upkin. which is in
evidence when he meets
Regis I’hilbin in a restaurant
Well, nothing kills the atmos
phere of a noir film faster
than Kogis I’hilbin
What really upset me in
this movie was Fabian's rela
tionship with his friend's
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