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1166 South A * Springfield » 726-6969 • Open 24-7 (Almost) School of MUSIC & Department of DANCE OCTOBER CONCERTS Clip and Save this Calendar! For more information on School of Music events, call 346-5678, or call Guardline at 485-2000, ext. 2533 for a taped message. ’ For complete calendar listings, check the UO Music web site: http://music1 .uoregon.edu Sat. BE A MARCHING DUCK! 9/30 Children’s Concert Series 9 a.m., Autzen Stadium $2 General Admission, $5 for a family ticket Sun. MARK BEUDERT, Tenor 10/1 Faculty Artist Series 4 p.m., Beall Hall Music by Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams $7 General Admission, $4 students & senior citizens Thu. VALERIE ZAMORA, Piano 10/5 Deaf classical pianist performs at Student Forum. FREE Admission 1 p.m., Beall Hall Thu. KATHRYN LUCKTENBERG, Violin 10/12 MARY ELIZABETH PARKER, Piano Faculty Artist Series 8 p.m., Beall Hall Music by Stravinsky, Bartok, Marsalis, O’Connor $7 General Admission, $4 students & senior citizens Fri. HOMECOMING CONCERT 10/20 UO’s top ensembles perform 8 p.m., Beall Hall FREE Admission Sun. UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY 10/22 UO Ensemble 3 p.m., Beall Hall $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens Tue. OCTUBAFEST 10/24 UO Ensembles & Guests 8 p.m., Beall Hall $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens Wed. JOSEPH BROOKS, Saxophone 10/25 Guest Artist Recital 8 p.m., Beall Hall $7 General Admission, $4 students & senior citizens Thu. EMERSON STRING QUARTET 10/26 Chamber Music Series 8 p.m., Beall Hall Reserved seats $15, $25, $30, available at the Hult Center (682-5000) or EMU (346-4363). Fri. THE JAZZ CAFE 10/27 UO Jazz Combos 8 p.m., Room 186 Music $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens Sat. SONGFEST 10/28 Children's Concert Series 10:30 a.m., Beall Hall $3 adults, $2 children & students, or $5 for a family Mon. JAZZ ARRANGERS CONCERT 10/30 Oregon Jazz Ensemble & Guest Artist 8 p.m., Beall Hall $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens Pick up an Emerald at 93 campus & community locations. Bead It! a ® G Beginning & Advanced Beading Classes Stop by & check out our class list or visit our website: harlequinbeads.com arlequin Beads & Jewelry 1016 Willamette ♦ 683-5903 485-SARA (7272) ART SOUP LESSONS: Ages 4 - Adult Sara D. Glater former Director of the San Fransisco Children's Art Center Unique project presented weekly Call NOW tor Fall brochure EllCENE SYMPHONY Music of passion, power, exuberance, romance. Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Beethoven Triple Rachmani noff Third Brahms, Liszt, Schumann Students $10 682-5000 or EMU Ticket Office www.eugenesymphony.org ODE Classifieds 346-4343 Comedy Central experiments with cyber-'South Park’ By Jeffrey Bair The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Snippets of the foul-mouthed video antics of Cart man, Stan and the rest of the zany “South Park” gang have been trad ed freely on the Internet for years. Now the show’s network, Come dy Central, wants to know whether fans will pay a few bucks for digi tal, commercial-free episodes of the animated show to view on their computers. With the network, SightSound.com of suburban Pitts burgh announced Monday it has purchased a license to sell via the Internet six episodes each of “South Park” and “Dr. Katz: Profes sional Therapist.” The entertainment industry has been reluctant to offer its content for download on the World Wide Web. It is worried about copy pro tection software being hacked and bootleg copies of TV shows and movies circulating freely on the In ternet — as music has via Napster and other file-sharing applications. Ken Locker, Comedy Central’s senior vice president of enterprise and new media, considers the “South Park” release an experi ment. “Video for download is in its very early days,” he said. “For us, this is a great opportunity to under stand the level of user acceptance on the other end.” A strange and silly saga of preco cious Colorado school kids laced with biting social commentary, “South Park” is the network’s biggest hit, Locker said. The “South Park” audience, main ly 18- to 24-year-olds and slightly more males than females, is the de mographic group with the fastest computer connections, he said. And there are 12 million college students who have free high-speed Internet access through their uni versities — and don’t necessarily have televisions, said Scott Sander, SightSound’s chief executive. The episodes, in Microsoft Win dows Media format with copy pro tection software, will each will take up 110 megabytes of storage space. Sander estimated a five- to 20 minute download time per episode on computers with high-speed ca ble modem or DSL connections. Downloading via regular modem connection would take hours. The per-episode price is $2.50 for a download that expires after two days and $4.95 for permanent copy. Dr. Ruth continued from page 2B Dr. Ruth, on the other hand, recom mends making excuses for not suc cumbing to peer pressure to smoke marijuana: “You could say you have a cold ... Or, since nobody is going to be closely watching you, you could just fake inhaling.” But what about being an adult? She says in order to be treated like an adult, you have to take responsibil ity for your actions. Certainly, ex cuses are not responsible. Regardless, when it comes to re lationships, she knows what she’s talking about. After all, besides sex, relationships are the matter she deals with most in her career. Her biggest piece of advice, which she mentions repeatedly, is to think of yourself as a turtle, “who needs to stick his head out sometimes.” With all that in mind, remember that this book is not for everyone. Dr. Ruth does a good job of target ing high school seniors and college freshman, those who are starting out in a new world. But for those of you who already have a couple of years of college behind you, leave this book on the shelf. ‘Princess Bride’ continued from page 2B quiet humor to his role as Inigo Montoya, the Spanish swordsman. Deceased WWF legend Andre the Giant is sweetly funny, though at times unintelligible, as Fezzik the giant. Billy Crystal, Peter Falk (of “Columbo” fame), Fred Savage and Christopher Guest (“This is Spinal Tap”) all make cameo appearances, but their performances are not the strongest part of the film. The script by William Goldman, who also wrote the novel, is filled with su perb lines and excellent biting wit. Combined with Reiner’s steady hand directing the film, Goldman’s characters are not merely actors playing characters, but heroes and villains that could quite possibly have come straight from any child’s storybook. All in all, “The Princess Bride,” much like “The Goonies” or “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” is a kind of movie that appealed to children of the ’80s yet retains its fun and magic today. Not going to the video store and seeing it again would be, well, inconceivable! Music scene continued from page 5B needs. It offers new and used mu sic, along with CD players, video game systems, DVDs and just about everything else related to playing music. The catalog changes rapidly here, so if you don’t find what you’re looking for, you can always check back next week. One record shop that doesn’t get nearly enough attention around Eu gene is the Record Garden Annex. This place has hands-down the most incredible selection of posters in Eugene. All I’m saying is stop by this place — you won’t be disap pointed. It also carries used music, vinyl and videos. Lastly, for the electronic music people out there, there’s one place that directly caters to your craving. Stylus Grooves is a very small, highly independent offering from a local DJ entrepreneur. In terms of floor space, it can’t compete with other stores, or even with the aver age-size bedroom. But Stylus Grooves makes up for all that with the simple love of electronic music. You won’t find another place in town that is so dedicated to the sound from the underground. If you’re down with the electro beats or have a thirst for the brain dance, this should be your first stop. There are countless other places to see live music in Eugene and people dedicated to their muse. However, these are a few good places to start if you’re looking to cover the basics on your record col lection and live performances. Eric Pfeiffer is a columnist for the Emer ald. He can be reached at
