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Rhythm SBriEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 1998 Emerald Richard III’ Lord Leebrick Theatre continues the recent trend of‘Richard HI ’productions PAGE 10 CD release party Rubberneck will celebrate its most recent release, 'El Nino, ’ at the Wild Duck this weekend PAGE 12 Volume 99, Issue 122 ■ The Zookeep ers, a setf-pro daimed folkadelic ! party rock'band, will bring its fun sound and posi tive message to Taylor's (894 E, 13th Ave.) tonight, j The concert be gins at 10. For more information, j call 344-6174. ■ WOW Hall will I present the four piece punk rock band A.F.I. at 8 p.m.onApril5. Special guests at the show will include fellow punk rockers Cigar and the hardcore group Shortround. Admission is $6 at the door. Call 687-2746 for more information, i ■ The Oregon Wind Ensemble will be joined by horn soloists Ellen and Dou glas Campbell for a world premiere performance of “Sea Dreams” by ! David Maslanka on April 7. The Beall Concert Hall j performance be gins at 8 p.m., and i tickets are $5 gen eral admission, $3 for students. ■ University Cre ative Writing In structor Robert Hill Long will read from his latest book of poetry, “The Effigies," on April 7 at 7:30 p.m. He is the au thor of two other books of poetry, and his poems, prose poems and flash fiction pieces have ap peared in numer ous anthologies. ■ The Eugene Symphony will perform a “great est hits” program at 8 p.m. on April 9. Call 682-5000 for more Information. By Shannon Sneed Entertainment Reporter Ah, Jell-O. Who among us can deny its rightful place as a true cultural icon, a staple ingredient in the recipe for Ameri can cuisine, a unique and colorful (albeit mysterious) substance that has integrated itself into our collec tive consciousness? Well, it’s not just for dessert any more. Amazingly enough, the folks at the Maude Kerns Art Center have managed to take Jell-O even further — into the realm of artistic expres sion. Tonight from 6 to 9:30 p.m., the art center will host “Jell-O Air Waves,” its 10th annual Jell-O art show. The featured pieces will all be made of Jell-O in both its jelled and dried forms and used for sculptures, asterpieces Maude Kerns Art Center will host its 10th annual Jell-O art show sand art and even paint. Some pieces will also integrate other props and substances, such as mold, whipped cream and toys. “It’s amazing to see what some people come up with,” said Carla Zimmerman, the main organizer of the event. “Last year, someone made a Zen garden out of dried Jell-O, which I thought was pretty cre ative.” Anyone is welcome to bring their own Jell-O creation to the show. There will also be an "interactive sand painting,” where people can create their own designs on a plat form of dried gelatin. "This is a chance for people who are not necessarily artists to make truly elaborate creations,” Zimmer man said. The art show, which is primarily designed as a fund raiser for the art center, will be presented by the Radar Angels, an eclectic group of performers who have been staging wacky satirical sketches and musi cal numbers at various local events since 1979. The Radar Angels have been per forming at this particular fundrais er for the past eight or nine years, said Indi Stern, one of the 20 mem bers of the group, which usually gets together for monthly perfor mances. “Our motto is, ‘We take really bad songs and make them worse,’" she said. Turn to JELL-0, Page 12 What’s up at Doc’s MICHAEL CRISP/Emerald Local bar Doc’s Pad (165 W. 11 tb Ave.) has joinedforces with KNRQ and Horizon Satellite Systems to bring Comedy Cen tral’s juggernaut ‘South Park ’ to Eugene. Each week, Doc ’s Pad will present the crass cartoon at 7p.m. via satellite, circumventing TCI cable's fail ure to offer the show. Doc's is also raffling off a Horizon satellite dish each week. Former frontman for STP releases his first solo album CO REVIEW 12 Bar Blues Scott Weiland ■ STYLE: Alternative rock ■ RATING: ★★★★★ By Rob Moseley Oregon Daily Emerald Don’t let the title of Scott Weiland’s ini tial solo effort, “12 Bar Blues,” fool you. The complexities of this album are numerous, from the frenetic song structures to the di verse instrumentation, including perfor mances by the former Stone Temple Pilots’ frontman himself on vibraphone, a theramin, and a performance by Sheryl Crow on accordion. And once the listener gets past Weiland’s obsessions with masturbation and his bat tles with drug addiction, a quality product emerges. His experimentations with sound are a welcome distraction from the main stream pop sounds of bands such as Tonic, Matchbox 20 and The Wallflowers that dominate radio and television today. After the opening song, a noise-driven in troduction titled “Desperation #5,” Weiland immediately gives the best performance of the album, “Barbarella." This ode to his for mer days as a heroin junkie features Peter DiStefano and Martyn LeNoble of Porno for Pyros, as well as producer Daniel Lanois on guitar. “This must be boring by now,” Weiland sings. “Grab a scale and guess the weight of it all, the pain I’ve given with my name. I’m a selfish piece of shit.” A stirring realization for a man who single handedly destroyed Turn to WEILAND, Page 11 COURTESY PHOTO The cover art for ‘12 Bar Blues’ ispictured.
