■TAP DANCE WORKSHOP
Tap virtuoso Brenda Bufalino wilt
leach a workshop this weekend at
Musical Feet. She will preform at
Condon School on Monday Oct
25. Call 485-2938 tor information
Oregon Daily Emerald
October 22, I 9P3
TTTTTT»»
SEATTLE SCENE RATING GUIDE
**** !V«H J»m
*★* Nirvana. Souml*«rdrn
Si! Mi* V lot
* llrart
By Jake Barg
Oregon Dtty ErntnU
PORTLAND — The Smashing
Pumpkins put on the "Billy Corgnn
Show" last week at l-a l.una.
(.'-organ, lend singer and lead gui
tarist. is also the load genius behind
one of today's best bands — or what
Corgnn presents as a band, (.organ,
after all. penned or help pen all of
the lyrics to the songs on the group's
latest album, Sianwsn Drmiin, wrote
much of the music itself and actually
Jake’s
Corner
LOCAL SHOWS
played many oi
the bass, rhythm
and lead guitar
purts on the
album.
In concert Oct.
13, (’organ was
certainly no less
impressive.
Although it
wouici chj pnysi*
tally impossible for Corsan to tarry
the load of playing all of the instru
ments, his impressive lead — backed
up by bassist D'Arcy and rhythm gui
tarist lames Iha — moved the young,
energetic crowd to his tales of life's
woes.
The crowd was especially respon
sive to such songs as "Today," which
elicited a response similar to what
the Red Hot Chill Peppers would get
during "Under the Bridge" at
mam
Lollapalooza — a crowd chorus
However, "Today” is nowhore near
ns cheeseballish us "Under the
Bridge." so the choruses will likely
continue.
Unfortunately. Corgan was without
his ice cream man’s uniform that he
wears in the "Today" video, and fha
was not wearing the dress that he
does in the video. Too had It would
have added a nice touch.
Corgan was wearing a fine, fully
buttoned, long-sleeve, disco-type
shirt that he may have found in a
Portland used-clothes store, though
The shirt makes sense if you
understand Corgan and his intelli
gent lyrics, but it was almost com
pletely contradictory to the sounds
coming out of his guitar, which
resemble a mix between the grind
ings of Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi
and constant distortions of Kurt
Cobain.
Songs such as "Hummer,”
"Silverfuck" and the closer. "Cherub
Rock,” sent feet, fists and flannels
flying in a fury of freaky ... some
thing. (Somewhere in the big mess,
my watch was floating around, too. I
was in so much of a hurry to get in
the show in the first place that 1
neglected to leave my prized valu
ables back in the car Bad move with
this crowd.)
Throughout the show, Corgan, who
Billy Corgan playad music as Una as the shirt on his back last weak at La Luna
with tha Smashing Pumpkins.
looked anything but as energetic us
the crowd he was playing for.
jumped around, bringing down his
guitar in guitar god-like fashion at
the close of oat h of the heavier tunes
His playing skills particularly
stood out on the "Cherub Rock” solo,
which started with a firework-like
launch and ended when the chorus
came screaming hack in.
The band’s encore was as unique
as the band itself After Gorgon's
announcement that "this is the sec
ond set” (which elicited this answer
from the otherwise still and quint
D'Art.y: "Tho short onn”). thu group
playnd "Drown."
This was once again upstaged by
Corgan — left alone on tho stage hy
tho other rnemt>ers — who, with
microphone in hand and guitar dis
carded. finished the chorus and even
threw in some lyrics from
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
Appropriate, considering it was the
crowd that had found the gem at the
end of tho rainbow . .. in the form of
Smashing Pumpkins.
Eugene
SCENE
■ KWVA CONCERT ON LAWN
. "The Screw1' is KWVA's first
V'j event It starts at 3:30 and ends at
V- 9 30 . If weather permits it will be
% held on the east lawn of the EMU, if
it's rainy the concert will move into
the ballroom
Friday, Oct. 22
Hitting Birth, Buckhorn and New
Bad Things
WOW Hall, 9 pm.
Tickets a/e $6. $7
Drum Workshop
Eugene Jazz Studio. 8 p m.
Cost is $10
Call 683-2024 tor more into
West Atncan Dance Workshop
Room 350 Gertinger Annex
6:30 p m
$10 donation requested
Call 344-3872 tor more informa
tion
Peter Wilde
Buffalo Gals Gallery & Gathering
Grounds. 8pm
$2 cover charge
Cal' 344-0972 for more info
Glorias Dei Cantores
First Christian Church, 8 p.m
Tickets are S12, 58
The T rip to Bountiful
Pentacle Theatre. 8:15 p.m
Tickets are 59
Norton Buffalo
Good Times Cate and Bar, 9:30
p.m.
Cost is 56
Saturday, Oct. 23
Debbie Seymour
Hiiyard Street Beanery. 10 a m.
Downtown Beanery. 8 p m
Glenn Spearman Double Tno
WOW Hall, 8 p m.
Tickets are S6, $1
Film Festival
Buffalo Gals Gallery and Gath
ering Ground, 8 p m.
S2 cover charge
Sunday, Oct. 24
Angela Hewitt with the Oregon
Symphony
Arlene Schmt/er Concert Hall
Call 288 1353 lot more mlo
Tuesday, Oct. 26
High Street
Good Times Cafe and Bar
9.30 p m.
Cost is S2
Cbns Smither
John Henry's. 8 p m
Cost is $5
^TrrJVs i
*$■
A BRONX TALE
★ ★★
STARRING: Robert OeNiro. RATING: R
Cban Palmmttm RUNNING TIME: 1 ?0 min
OIRECTOR: Robert OeNiro PLAYING AT: Movieiand
By Charles Riedl
for r» Crogor Dufy frrxxaxi
At first glance. A liron.x Tali' did not look
incredibly original or promising. All the talk and
various gossip surrounding the film gave the
appearance that this was just another standard
ized "Godfatherish" Italian-American-Mafin type
flick.
Yet surprises seem to he abundant in this fall
season of cinema.
The story unfolds in n 19fi0s New York setting,
and involves a !>oy who is uiught in the midtile
of two opposing father figures.
Turn to TALE. Page 10