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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1995)
A Game oi Musical (hairs The Stones, REM, Green Day, Pearl Jam and Nirvana had the best seats coumtSY photo Tori Amos released Surrender the Pink, which was as suc cessful as har previous release Little Earthquakes. Chris M«tz Oregon t v»a> inter eta 'The more Ihirsgs change the more things stay the same' seems tike an appropriate motto tor the 1994 year in music Familiar faces, as wet! as a healthy dose ot tresh ones Hashed onto the muse scene for their run at glory The Rolling Stones moved along, launching one of the yea's most extravagant tours in support ot their most inspired work in more than a decade with Voodoo Lounge Speaking of the oldies, the Eagles |Otned Jimmy Page and Robed Plant as two ot the biggest comebacks of 1994 Both acts released albums thal were met with great review*; from thirsty fans Rock and roll got back to basics as new faces like Green Day dusted off anarchy with its refreshing Sex Pistois-meets Ramones style of pop/punk Hitting the road con; nued j0 be poplar as loi.ipnioo.'a tu'"ed four, and Generation X padied ''ke the ' ancestors did as Wixwistoc* celebrated its 25th birthday in grand style Age and treachery met youth and skill with trie luSion of veteran rocker Neti Young, and tfiose Seattle poets Pearl Jan burned on occasions and acts like Urge Overkill paid homage to the pits! as they ripped up the chads with 1970s and 80s inspired ditties Pearl Jam solidified itsoH as tho most important band gcxng with its December release Vitatogy. while the Beast e Boy*, sabotaged the chads with their best effort yet But 1994 was a 'r xed :> e ■ tor Nirvana s success had yet to peak when lead singer Kud Coba shot and killed himseil m his Seattle home »r» April A haunting acoustic release of the band's muse shot to the top of the charts later .n the year Cobain't widow Courtney Love and tier band H> e < aimed thee own spot on the chads with an inspired Live Through This It was another new band. Counting Crows, that breathed new life into the pop chads with the extremely successful August arid Every thing After Surf-grunge took shape as the movement's poster boys. Offspring, caught the attention of many with their release Smash REM rediscovered its rock tendencies on Monster and made plans to hit the road for the first time since Green was released ' ujuftrfS’r t»Moto The Cranberries No N*od To Arguo matte Its mark with "Zombie " Stone Iempte Pilots and Smashing Pumpkins had monster years of their own with both bands moving up and down the charts for most of the year A lot can no said about the past year in the music industry, but one thing is for Sure with a punk kid like Beck hitting it big Irom his bedroom and a familiar legend. Johnny Cash, being mote hip than ever. 1994 truly was a year for acts of all ages and sees to take a stab at the muse-thirsty generation that is the 1990s CHRIS METZ TOP FIVE OF 1994 IHgsker Du — The Living End. While Grant Hart and Bob Mould continue to swim m the cesspool of mediocrity on their own, this live compilation of Husker greats was released as a reward for fans of the Mmeapolis trio and as a reminder of their undeniable enefgy 2Nirvana — Unplugged in New York Rarely has there been a release that carried with it such baggage What would normally be considered a somber disc, it turned even darker as it will be forever known as Cobam's goodbye 3 Beck — Mellow GokJ What do you get when you give an iron-on T-shirt wearing loser a tour-track? The third best release ot 1994, that's what 4Grew Day — Dookie This band drdn't even need to pot out a release to make the top five in 1994 But Dookie proved to be one ol the best pore-energy releases in quite sometime Hail Dookiel 5Beastie Boys — III Communication Remember when it wasn't in vogue to like the Boys? Well I do. And I'm the first one to admit that I've been on this goofy band wagon seemingly forever and it's never been this much fun. Everybody needs a little fluff sometimes I have a philosophy on hie and it goes hke this There are certain things in hie that everyone has 10 experience at least once l have noticed that rnost people have expe nenced many o! the same calamities that I have For example, running out ol gas Everyone will probably run Out ot gas at leas! once in their lifetime Person any, l have made three tnps to the gas station begging to borrow a gas can Maybe l should just make an investment m my own personal gas can There are other similar situations we are all doomed to experience Like bouncmg a check (luckily l have check guarantee to cover me), being a victim of crime (Ive had a bike and a car stolen, so far), and losing someone you really love (my dad died of cancer 10 years ago) But there are even more thai I am busy preparing I've been boihenng everyone to teach me how to change TRISTA NOEL a life, m case I have a fiat Some day i except to be in a ear accident We'-:. once my tfsefxJ drove her car into a tence with me as her pas senger. but I don t thinK that realty counts I also envt mm&mmmmm s»on my future to include spending a! toast one night m a hospital and losing something down the dram Once I dropped an eyeliner down the dfam. but it only cost a couple bucks so I didn't worry about retrieving it As tor the latest problem I've had Losing something m the mail Because I wasn't returning to Eugene until Jan 2, l decided to mail my rent check before I left for winter vacation That was around Dec 20 I toft for vacation assured that my rent would already be paid for the month ol January when I returned No such luck One day this week l returned to my apartment after school to find a ietter taped to my door I opened it and was informed that my rent was past due. it it wasn't paid in 72 hours. I would be evicted Need ess io say that was a bit upsetting But I called the bank, had a stop pay ment put on my check and paid the rental company the next morning The reason I'm writing about all ot this is because I often hear that entertainment sections are full ot 'fluff' (In other words, soft stones that don't have too much intrinsic value to them) I'm not going to argue thatthey aren't Entertainment sec tions were created to entertain read ers And i think we all need a littte of this fluff, and a lot of entertainment, as a buffer to the common, unenjoy able things we face everyday Tnsta Noel <$ the entertainment editor t«: me'a d at the University law School will sponsor a showing of the clocu memary Peyote Road Tuesday evening at ? 30 in Room 125 Law School The film explores the religious use ot peyote in Native American ceremonies The film w it as! about one hour Following the film will be a discussion ot the top*c Ai Smith will attend the event Smith lost a case to the Supreme Court about the use of pey ote He is a minor celebrity among Native American rights circles Since Smith tost his case, a federal law was passed, which permits the use ol peyote for certain circumstances The film and discussion are open to everyone
