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Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails By Jake Berg Otgon D*<fy £/n0rj»*3 POR 11 -ANI) — On Nino Inc h Nails albums, iho fint> print always has something like "Trent Re/nor is Nine Inch Nails " In Nine Inch Nails concerts, no fine print is needed: possible ego trips aside, Trent Roznor is Nine Inch Nails. After all. that is why NIN is more often referred to as a "project” than a "band Roznor does much of the mixing but does all of the songwrit ing and is the show. Reznor showed this off April 21 at La Lima, a date that sold out within a couple of hours after tickets went on sale in March And the crowd showed why the concert sold out so fast Those lucky enough to be 21 years old (not many, by the looks of the high school-dominated ticketholders) sought refuge in the bar area from the physical, moshing fans, who took the entire floor to wreak havoc in the small venue. Hut this was the magic of the show. No matter where you won*. NIN was in plain s»«ht. Iho music wm loud and clear and the effw t was per fed Keznor. typically portrayed as a gloomy, depressed musician, looked anything but. destroying several mu rophones and nearly doing the same to keyboards and his band-mates, whom hi* attacked during several more energetn moments The ad renal i red performer even took time to compliment the audience, saying ones that Seattle, where NIN had played the night before, had nothing on Portland "You gu\s are all right.' he said In the fans' eyes. Keznor was OK. too NIN belt ed out must of its popular material from its first album. Pretty Hate Machine, delighting those who may have been turned off by the loss-catchy Downward Spiral and heavier Broken But those were there, too. as NIN played new favorite "Mr Self Instruct" and the head-banger "Wish." ENTERTAINMENT UPDATE BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Don Henley and the Eagles found they could split. They just couldn't stay apart. After going their own ways 14 years ago, Henley, Glenn Frey and other Eagles alumni are reuniting for a concert tour start ing May 27. "We have grown up some,” Henley said T uesday at the tap ing of an MTV special. "Doing the solo thing was nice, but there is something about being in a band that is magic." For the show, they sang "Hotel California," "Life in the Fast Lane" and other 1970s Eagles hits. "Band morale is high," Frey said "Everybody is upbeat We are having a good time I couldn't be happier." > EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Giddy young girls by the hun dreds stood m line lor hours to meet Candace Cameron — a teen idol (or the clean-cut set The 18-year-old actress who plays D J Tanner in the sitcom "Full House" came to a down town mall Wednesday Adoring fans ate up her fresh-scrubbed image With autographs clutched tightly, many walked away out of breath. “I think D J is really cool," said Shannon Loutitt, 9. who traveled lour hours to see her "She's smart, she's a good girl and she's not really wild " Connna Crockett, 13, likes "Full House" because it pro motes family values 'They don't send out bad ideas lor drinking and sex," she said Unlike earlier appearances in Canada. Wednesday's visit was calm The actress drew more than 10,000 Ians at a Winnipeg mall last month One girl sul lered a seizure and others col lapsed A crowd ol ?,000 teen agers rushed the stage at a mall in Nova Scotia the same weekend BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS WITH FIELD TRIP PRODUCTIONS AND DOUBLE TEE PROMOTIONS GRATEFUL with special guest JUNE 17, 18 & 19 AUTZEN STADIUM • 2PM TICKETS AvAXABLE AT AU FRED UTTER FASTIXIOUTIETS. UMVERSTTY Of OREGON BO* OFFICE TCKETMASTER, AND HU.T CENTER BOX OFFICE TO CHARGE BY PHONE CALL M? WOO 22i-UOO. OR IBOOMC TIXX. -w SlI TICKET UUTT PER PERSON PER SHOW NATCH OUT FOR COUNTERFEIT TicM*fi£ZSrmm TICKETS' BUY Only FROM AUTHORED OUTLETS mDMttkm*. An«*K GRATEFUL DEAD HOTLINE: 415/457-6388 Study Abroad program features: • French language stud> at various levels of ability • l iberal arts courses taught in Hnglish that focus on Provence and French life and culture • Homcstays with French families • Study tours to enhance the classes • Study during fall or spring terms • UO resident credit • I'se of UO financial aid \iudi \brxtaj in \vignan h tpnnvnrrd hv the 1 nOrrUI) ^ Urrtiin, the Northwrvt ImmnutUMkeial (nunctl un Mud} Ahniad iNICSAi, and the Inwrlfin Heritage A wr lalkm ( AltAC tnc inner Information, contact the Office i>f International K duration A Ktchange, .VI# Oregon Mali I U4> IJ#"11, LATE NIGHT with Track Town Pizza Medium Pizzas • DISCOUNTED • Medium 1 Item $7.95 Additional toppings available for $1.05 TRACK TOWN PIZZA 484-2799 ['wo convenient locutions to serve you: CAMPUS 1809 Franklin Blvd. WEST 2511 W. Ilth & Wilson RIGHT ON TARGET V . ^..Emerald f CALL OUR ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT: M6-3712