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Ani DiFranco gives ‘brilliant’ show
By Khaiersta Flowers
lor the Emerald
The Righteous Babe Records
symbol glowed in the back
ground while the stage was
cleared for the arrival of Ani
DiFranco. Cartoon music and
echoing screams filled the air as
the concert hall was drenched in
darkness. DiFranco appeared
with her back to the crowd.
DiFranco exuded powerful
charisma — and she knew it.
“We are a polished, precise folk
music force,” she said.
That charisma radiated from
the Hult Center’s Silva Concert
Hall stage Monday night during
the last stop on her nationwide
tour. The concert was sponsored
by the University’s Cultural Fo
rum.
“It’s like the music pours from
her soul,” said audience member
Lila Stratford.
DiFranco appeared on stage
with an eclectic band, part of her
ever-evolving musical style. With
instruments ranging from drums
to the cello to a funky accordion,
the sounds were as complex as
DiFranco herself.
“She is a songwriter, a produc
er and a singer, but her personali
ty comes out more than any
thing,” said concert-goer Liz
Anderson. “She has a very inti
mate connection with her audi
ence.”
Since the debut of DiFranco’s
label Righteous Babe Records in
1990, she has produced 11 al
bums. She gleaned most of her
concert selections from her
newest album, “Little Plastic Cas
tle," and her 1995 release “Not a
Pretty Girl.” Her energetic con
cert flavor took a spin from the
harsh, bitter lyrics of her 1996 al
bum “Dilate.”
From the quiet melody of “Not
a Pretty Girl” to the random beat
of “Fuel,” her concert music car
ried a compelling social message.
Addressing topics such as bisex
uality, racial tolerance and self
discovery, the folkstress turned
her music into a political art
form.
Her most powerful selection
condemned racial intolerance:
“They caught the last poor man /
On a poor man’s vacation / And
drove his black ass down to the
Amanda Cowan /Emerald
Singer Ani DiFranco energetically performs for a Hult Center audience Monday night.
station / We might as well turn
off the sun / We’ll never live long
enough to undo / Everything
they’ve done to you.”
As DiFranco continued to
build up steam, her band played
“Little Plastic Castle,” prompting
several women to show their in
dependence by dancing topless
in the front row.
The lights dimmed and the
stage fell to darkness as DiFranco
energetically wrapped up the
last halt or the concert. The
crowd responded with an earth
quake of stomping feet, violent
screams and rhythmic clapping.
DiFranco reciprocated with
two encores, one of which in
cluded fiery accordion playing.
“I do it for the joy,” DiFranco
said of her enthusiasm for the
night’s performance.
One thing is certain: the joy
could be felt at this brilliant per
formance.
Casey Neill hopes to woo Eugene
By Michael Burnham
Oregon Daily Emerald
Singer/songwriter Casey Neill
said he does not believe his three
headed brand of Celtic-folk-punk
music will ever earn mass com
mercial and public appeal. But
don’t tell his fans that.
One night, his trio was wooing
baby boomers at a packed coffee
house.
The next night he was thrilling
thirtysomethings at a Celtic music
festival.
A third night he was rocking
Generation Xers at an Earth Day
concert.
But whether Neill is just modest
or turning a blind eye to success,
one thing is certain: his sound sells.
The Appleseed recording artist
will try to sell his trio’s unique
Celtic sound to the Eugene crowd
tonight at a performance at Sam
Bond’s Garage. The concert comes
to town as the 27-year-old musi
cian promotes his self-titled al
bum, released in April.
The ten-track compact disc in
cludes Celtic/folk tunes of such po
lar variety that it is hard to find any
one song on the album that captures
the feeling of the whole. But one
certainty about Neill on his new re
lease is his storytelling — be it an
Casey Neill
Casey Neill
TYPE: Celtic folk
PUBLISHED BY:
Appleseed Records
RATING:
American tale or an Irish narrative.
He injects a social message into tra
ditional Celtic folk rhythms. Celtic
music combines ballads with hard
thumping drums and acoustic
string and wind instruments.
“It really felt like a songwriter's
album, and it felt really personal,”
Neill said. “But I’m not writing
only within the genre. They’re
contemporary songs.”
Neil said the contemporary feel
is a combination of the trio’s mu
sical staple — traditional Irish mu
sic — with bluegrass, folk and a
pinch of punk. Neill grouped his
trio’s playing with a wave of Cana
dians and Americans who per
form music with Irish overtones.
“Young people are playing Irish
music that is not a museum
piece,” he said. “You want to
maintain tradition but keep it
alive. It’s a balance."
Nary a tune on this album be
longs in a museum.
The album’s first track jumps off
a springboard of hard-picking
acoustic guitar and conga drums in
the narrative song "Double Dutch.”
But Neill’s trio excels most in its
performances of ballads.
The song “Another Point of
View” has an intimate, campfire
quality that is backed by Anna
Schaad on viola and violin and
Hans Araki on flute and whistle.
A fine aspect of this album is
Neill’s tasteful infusion of histori
cal, literary and artistic references
into his songs. The album’s sev
enth track, “Whole Cloth,” was in
spired by Alice Walker’s collection
of essays, “Living by the Wind. ”
The Celtic influence in Neill’s
music shines through the most in
the album’s ninth track, “Breathe
Life.” The song — a social message
about post-industrial Midwest
America — weaves Neill’s heavy
handed acoustic guitar with trio
member Zak Borden’s octave man
dolin. This song, which can be
compared with material from the
Irish folk combo The Chieftains, is
sure to induce plenty o' foot-tapping
and dancing with a live audience.
The trio’s performance at Sam
Bond’s Garage begins at 9 p.m.
Tickets are $5 at the door.
Beloved
Continued from Page 7 A
up in Sethe’s front yard. She at
tempts to become part of the fami
ly, but her haunting and childlike
manner causes distress in the
household.
Don’t be fooled: “Beloved” is not
a silly ghost story with unbeliev
able characters and plot. It is an in
sightful film about the chilling re
ality of slavery in America and the
haunting memories it left behind.
“Beloved” strikes a chord with
the audience because of its story,
subject matter and intensity. It is
impossible to leave the film with
out contemplating the horrors of
slave life in the 19th century.
But the story could not be exe
cuted without a good cast, which
the movie has—a great cast, in fact.
Winfrey, who was nominated for
an Academy Award for her role in
“The Color Purple,” seems made
for the role of Sethe. She has com
mand over the character and in
serts passion into her performance.
The same goes for Elise, who
brings fire and fury to the charac
ter of Denver.
But it is Newton who deserves
special recognition for her por
trayal of the character Beloved.
Her every motion is dead-on, mak
ing this potentially unbelievable
character real. Expect to see an
Academy Award nomination for
this performance.
The cinematography in
"Beloved” contributes heavily to
the mood of the film. Like the
book on which it was based, the
film is laden with earthy colors,
imagery and symbolism. The ex
pert filming captures every cru
cial facial expression and ges
ture, helping to focus attention
on the human side of each scene.
Tones of brown and gray com
pose virtually the entire film, with
speckles of color only occasional
ly appearing when the mood lifts.
The screenplay stays fairly true to
the Morrison novel, with necessary
adaptations made for the big screen.
Like the book, though, holes exist in
some areas of the plot, occasionally
making it difficult to follow.
Constant flashbacks keep the
audience attuned to the thought
process of each character, show
ing the story from many angles.
This technique is also a down
fall of the fdm. At times, it is diffi
cult to decipher whether what the
characters see is reality or illusion,
past or present.
Regardless of its few flaws,
“Beloved” is a remarkable film. It
has received much hype, which it
deserves. And it is sure to receive
numerous award nominations,
most of which are merited.
Just be warned: this is not an
easy movie to watch, but it’s worth
it in the long run.
Amy Boytz covers entertainment for
the Emerald. She can he reached ina
e-mail at aboytz@gladstone.uore
gon.edu.
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from
the 1998
University
of Oregon
Health
Center
Survey.
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University
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