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Gotta Lovett
Katy Moeller
Emerald Contributor
Lyle Lovett has done it again, loshua Judges Ruth
is his latest album and he is currently on pro
motional tour that will bring him to the Hull Center
Monday. Nov t>.
His latest album is the fourth in a series of very
successful albums that include the 1989 Grammy
Award winning Lyle Lovett and his Larne Rand Lov
ett's music and lyrics have Ix-en described by music
critics and fans as “quirky" and “bent,” but he has
been lauded for his originality. And he is original.
Although he hails from Houston and recorded his
first three albums in Nashville, Lovett does not pro
duce strictly "country" music Joshua Judyrs Ruth
highlights his talent for gosjiel music: with the song
"The Church " It is a humorous song about his
desire to go eat dinner during a long sermon at a
church In this song, as well as many others. Lovett
combines music style, lyrical wit and his experi
ence growing up in the South to create a piece that
seems to transport the listener through time and
space
Lovett is unique not only for playing music that
combines country, gospel, be-bop. blues, folk, blues
and big band, but also for his very original sense of
humor In loshua Judges Rath, the song “Since the
Last Tone" is written from the perspective of a dead
man at his funeral. The dead man is happy because
he gets to see all the people he hasn't seen since the
las! time somebody died.
Although there is always a strong element of
Lovett's unique brand of humor, in his latest album
Lovett has a definite preoccupation with death, reli
gion and broken hearts Lovett is a storyteller of sorts
and he is very adept at bringing the people in his
songs to life
Renegades in the Beer Garden
Eugenians will be delighted to hear that
The Renegade Saints will he appearing- at
two University hot spots. They will play at
the EMU Beer Gardens tonight and then
open for The Strangers at Good Times on
Thursday. Nov. 12.
A lot;al group that is loss than a year old.
The Renegade Saints are quickly moving up
and out and has jusl finished a tour of the
western slates. Their music is danceable.
ranges from high to low energy and includes
deeply felt improvisational grooves.
At the Beer Gardens tonighf, the Renegade
Saints will be playing what bass player Dave
Coey calls "Bohemian Boogie Grind." In per
formance they portray a blues-rock attitude
that weaves coherent threads of style and
identity, but the arrangements themselves
defy the bounds of genre.
The hand has produced more than 100
original songs and was chosen to open for
Bob Dylan at the Hull Center.
The Beer Gardens opens at 4:30 p m., and
the band starts at 5 p m
Letting loose with dance
By Freya Horn
Entertainment Editor
When Linda A Howells lived in the S.in Krancisio
Bay Area, she discovered a different approach to the
dance club scene at an event called Barefoot Boogie
Since then it has been her "dream project" to do
something similar, yet belter
Now. after nearly a year of brainstorming and orga
nizing. Howells has made her dream a reality with
"Dancejam'"
"It's the only thing of its kind happening in Eugene
right now." she said
Not a bar and not an aerobics class. "Dancejam1"
takes the best qualities of lioth to create a unique
place to play, sweat, socialize and boogie The lights
are low and the music is loud, so it offers an environ
ment where people can feel uninhibited without
drugs or alcohol, Howells said
"Most of the time we let the mind determine how
the body moves." she said "The purpose of
'Dancejam'’ is to shut the mind off to allow freedom
of expression and freedom of movement " She said
people can gain a sense of well-being through this
spontaneous, unguarded movement
Li addition, it is a great way to get a weekly work
out Howells said. She draws from a collection of at
least 300 compact disks to create a musical mixture
that ranges from ItHiOs psychedelic to the latest funk
She also draws upon her background as a certified
aerobics instructor to arrange the tnusii in a way that
resembles an exercise format The musu begins
melodic and slow to allow a warm-up lime to stretch
Then it rocks hard for about two hours, and finally a
cool-down period brings it to a close
Howells moved to Eugene in June and began balk
ing for possible locations for “Dancelam!” I be Cate
Auditorium where 1Hth Avenue dead-ends into
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Linda A Howell* created "DanceJamr to bring the
beet component* of bar dancing and aerobic* togeth
er tor a tun and healthy atmoaphere.
A gut i‘ Street offered the best option Ht'r proposal
iv.is an epted by the University's puhlit .ilf.urs office.
.1 n< t Dance lam' was launched three weeks ago
Howells said she is "fortunate" to be able to rent
the space It has a spaceous dance floor that is one of
the few remaining flouted wood floors m Eugene, and
these floors are ideal, she said, because they were
designed for dancing Cate Auditorium also feels
roomy with its high ceilings and has a good sound
system, dimming lights and comfortable seats
Howells said her vision of "Dancelam!" is a ''com
munity of people who love to move, dance and play
freely to music," and she hopes people make it a part
of their weekly schedule
"Dancojam1" is every Wednesday night from 7:30
to to and costs S3 to cover the space rental Look for
the purple banners at Cate Auditorium m Agate Hall
at 18th and Agate
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her boyfriend — beginning with “Dear
Johnny" and ending, appropriately, with
"Dear John" — from a racy journal of glob
al beddings in the Henry Miller-D.H
Lawrence vain: from the Ritz in Cannes to
the American Hamptons Dita does some
pretty classy spots. The remainder of the
text — mouthy side-scribbles (vaguely
akin to bathroom graffiti) and short essays
(why girls should read Playboy; lips on
better phone-sex) are cheesy fun, chock
full of catchy Madonnaisms like,
"liveryone is a sucker for garter lielts "
But again, the scrap book style splits our
attention; words and pix |ust don't align
A better layout might have lieen separate
sections, first text and then photos liven
Penthouse is savvy enough to run
"Forum" in front and photospreads near
the back.
The one merit badge Sex does deserve
hinges on the author's celebrity status the
fad is, she is the most known person on
this planet, and she's laying out her own
fantasies, right in your face. So maybe she
is lad worthy of her self appointed title as
Goddess of Free Thought. (While well
intentioned. Madonna would probably
find the "Love Sees No Color" slogan-T's
as somewhat restrictive; Srv sees no color,
no gender, no city ordinance.)
Madonna has called the trunk the "long
awaited child" of her fledgling Maverick
Company. Sex should have been two pro
jects. two children. It is Siamese twins,
joined at the back, bound facing two dif
ferent directions And with split sight,
there’s no clear vision, no erotic accom
plishment.
Hack at otir lunch table. I rrmemlrer our
group couldn’t find much merit after
breaking the mylar We weren’t getting it
Maybe we nets! a few more credits of art
history. Maybe we need another term or
two of 400-pius English Or maybe we just
need a good spanking.
Hippies, rockers and ravers boogied to Idaho’s Black Happy
Carrie Fenelon
Emerald Contiibutor
Forget everything you know about Idaho. Forget pota
toes. forget Sun Valley. If someone questions your knowl
edge on Oregon’s neighboring state, reply emphatically,
"Yeah, that’s where that killer hand Black Happy is
from!"
Black Happy played at John Henry's Thursday with
Now William from Eugene, and Motorgoat from Portland.
Those few hearty souls who closed their hooks and
decided to forget alniul that Friday final wen- rewarded
with a fast-paced energetic show that blew their socks
off literally
Black Happy used to lie a speed metal band but then
decided to add horns to their ensemble. This brought
them up to a hefty eight members. The band includes a
saxophone and two trombones, along with two guitars, a
bass and two drummers. Mix it all together and you get
Fishbone, plus Kandy Travis, plus Metallica.
Don’t let the combination scare you Thursday’s con
cert goers certainly weren't After the second song people
began to move around the edges of the dance floor and
boogie down. The hippies, rockers and ravers were all
out there.
The band has been touring for almost two years It is
difficult for them to go everywhere lie cause of the size of
the band. They have played in San Francisco, Seattle,
Portland and other Northwest cities. The farthest they
have gone to play is Anchorage, Alaska.
Although most bands shy away from comparisons,
Paul Hemenway, singer ami guitarist for Black Happy, is
proud to have the band likened to Fishbone. "They are
my idols. 1 met Angeloflead singer for Fishbone), He was
really nice and remembered when we played with them
before." The band has also played with Mr Bungle.
Hammerbox and Mudhoney Hemenway said they like
playing with smaller, less well-known groups.
Black Happy doesn’t know what is in their future.
They say they are religious and “put it in God's hands."
They are planning to record but haven’t chosen a studio
yet. They do have one (X) out already railed Friendly Dog
Salad.
Opening for Black Happy was an exciting new band
called Motorgoat. Bass player for Motorgoat, Brad
Pedinoff, used to be in a successful San Francisco hand
called Harm Farm, which played in Kugene two years ago
at the WOW Hall
Pedinoff was on tour with Harm Farm in Virginia when
he called up Motorgoat members |anet Coomes and Sam
Coomes and told them he wanted to start a new band It
was time to end." Pedinoff said.
Motorgoat has been playing together for about four
months They just recently moved to Portland from San
Francisco Although they like Portland. Pedinoff says he
misses the excitement of the bigger city
The band has plans to record, so be on the lookout for
their stuff The band combines hard-hitting rhythms with
an equally rhythmic guitar and heavy bass Pedifluffs
vocals lean toward whines, but the entire sound is full
and energetic.
Con Brio, a now faculty chamber enaambla, will give It* Inaugural performance Nov. t at
4 p m In Beall Concert Hall. Ticketa are available at the door.
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