Emerald
Your entertainment, dining and arts guide to the UO community
February 7,1997
Volume 98, Issue 91
from ‘Loser’ to
national star
Alternative musician Beck
will sing to a full house next
week in the EMU Ballroom
By Les Zaczek
Freelance Reporter
The road to success has taken Beck
from his years of obscurity to inter
national stardom. On Feb. 10, it
will bring him to Eugene for a con
cert in the EMU Ballroom. Tickets for
the show are sold out.
“Tickets went on sale Monday, a cou
ple of weeks after school started, and
they were sold out by noon Tuesday,”
INSIDE
■ Beck's latest
release, Odelay, is a
masterpiece that is
full of surprises and
successfully experi
mental songs/10
said Benjamin
Samrick, national
music coordinator
for the EMU Cul
tural Forum.
It’s not often that
Eugene gets a visit
from a performer
as important and
acclaimed as Beck.
He recently man
aged to grab the spotlight as Spin’s Artist
of the Year, and his latest album has
been ranked as Album of the Year in var
ious magazines, including Rolling
Stone's Readers’ Poll.
“[Beck] is probably one of the hottest
artists on tour right now,” Samrick said.
“His is one of the most requested tours
in the country.”
Beck has been selling out 4,000-ticket
venues across the country, so it’s no sur
prise the EMU Cultural Forum’s 1,000
tickets went so quickly.
"I think it’s really cool that people get
to see him in a smaller venue,” Samrick
said
Beck hails from Los Angeles where he
was born. As a teenager, he played the
acoustic guitar and was influenced by
traditional folk and blues legends such
as Woody Gutherie and Fred McDowell.
Turn to BECK, Page 10
Tuvan throat singers to sing at Beall Hall
Huun-Huur-Tu, a group of
throat-singers, will perform at
Beall Hall Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Throat-singing, also known
as khobmei, is an art in which
each vocalist sings two or
three distinct notes simultane
ously. The vocals often imitate
animal cries or the sound of
wind.
The members of Huun
Huur-Tu are from Tuva, a
small, former Soviet Republic
located between outer Mongo
lia and Siberia.
‘Grease!’ revival to visit Hult
This popular Broadway musical
has been touting the country since
its revival opened in 1994
By Nicole Krueger
Entertainment Editor
Leather jackets, bobby socks and skin
tight pedal-pushers will dominate the
stage at the Hult Center this weekend
when one of Broadway’s longest-running
musicals visits Eugene.
The sounds of the 1950s will echo
through the theater when "Grease!” is per
~ Turnto MUSICAL, Page 8
COURTESY PHOTO
A-trahtfOrmed Sandy Dumbrowski leaves
Cianny Zuko “All Choked Up” In “Grease!”
Luscious
Jackson
Luscious Jack
son will perform
at 8 p.m. Feb. 11
at WOW Hall.
Tickets are $15
in advance.
The band is on
tour in support of
their current
release, Fever In
Fever Out, which
was recorded in
New Oreleans.
The album has
sold 140,000
copies since its
release Oct. 29.
Joe Goode
Group
The Joe Goode
Performance
Group, which
weaves dance,
theater, music
and text into their
performance, will j
visit the Hult
Center Feb. 7 and
8 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $16,
and student dis
counts are avail
able.
The group will
also sponsor
several work
shops at the Uni
versity. Call
682-5000 for
more informa
tion.
Eels
The Eels will
open for Lus
cious Jackson at
WOW Hall Feb.
11.
The Eels
released their
debut album,
Beautiful Freak,
last summer.
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