Entertainment Editor:
Jeremy Ling
jlang@gladstone.uoregon.edu
Two weeks in a row...
Measly amounts of space have banished
the Promo Photo of the Week to the Web
page again, but check it out anyway.
Oh cherry,
Diamond
to hit town
Ladies, start separating your un
derwear into “wearable” and
“throwable” piles, because Neil
Diamond himself will hit the
Rose Garden on Dec. 2 to warm up
your cold winter night. Diamond, tout
ed as “America’s Greatest Live Per
former" by a true expert, (Diamond
Marketing Manager) Stan Sittser, has
promised to roll
out both the clas
sics and material
from “Three Chord
Opera," which hits
stores Tuesday.
Along with Dia
mond, the full line
up of Seattle’s
penultimate,
The Be-In
Lang
packed-witn-peopie
annual extravagan
za, Bumbershoot,
was also announced
this week. Past years
have been packed
with local indie
acts. Last year the likes of Modest Mouse.
Quasi, The Giraffes, Sleater-Kinney. El
liott Smith, Death Cab For Cutie and
Murder City Devils all stopped by. Al
though none of those bands will make it
two in a row, organizers have compiled
an impressive list of acts for this year, in
cluding Built to Spill, David Lee Roth
(actually doing Van Halen tunes),
Stephen Malkmus, The Red Elvises,
MxPx, Jon Auer, 5 Fingers of Funk, The
Black Crowes and Ween. Bumbershoot
runs throughout Labor Day weekend at
the Seattle Center.
R.E.M. fans will have to wait just a
little longer to see the band’s second
MTV Unplugged performance. MTV2
will premiere the concert at 8 p.m.
Aug. 9.
The Backstreet Boys camp has been
quiet since the sudden announcement
of “band” mate A.J. McLean’s alcohol
problem, and now pop tart Britney
Spears has announced equally de
pressing, disappointing news. Spears
said she will cover Joan Jett’s “I Love
Rock and Roll” on her upcoming, cur
rently untitled album slated for a Nov.
6 release. Spears also covered The
Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction” on her
last album and sang some of the song
during her now-infamous MTV Video
Music Awards striptease performance.
Seriously, stop snickering at this news.
“Satisfaction” was, at least, excusable.
But Jett’s classic track represented an
innovative sound, a clearly defined
powerful female personality and, of
course, rock ‘n’ roll (i.e. guitar-driven).
Britney doesn’t embody anything the
song represents at all.
The silver lining? Bob Dylan told
USA Today he will release a new, full
length album in September, titled
“Love and Theft,” which will include
“Mississippi” recorded with Sheryl
Crow and “Things Have Changed,” his
Oscar-winning title song to the movie
“Wonder Boys.”
If you’re getting tired of new, hardly
established acts waging feuds and rival
ries against each other, hope is on the
way. FOX News reported last weekend
that Michael Jackson turns green with
jealous rage every time Madonna scores
a success. This may explain why Jack
son suddenly announced a massive
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Paul Bustrin
(above) is large
and in charge as
he stands
outside Club
Olympus
checking IDs
and keeping
the peace.
Josh Ford (right)
hangs up a
poster in a new
display at
the Castle
Superstore.
Jessie SwimeleyEmerald
AFTER
■ For four different men, sunset is
no longer time to clock out as
moonlight ushers in just another
‘day’ on the job
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
At one time, midnight was known as
“the witching hour,” and most busi
nesses closed long before then.
But the world is changing. Most bars
stay open until 2:30 a.m, and many
stores are open 24 hours a day.
Four unique people work in four of
these places — four men with very dif
ferent jobs, but one thing in common:
They are all up late.
When Home Depot began offering
home improvement supplies around
the clock last April, Matt Thom said he
volunteered to work the new all-night
shift from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Just don’t ask him why.
“1 have my reasons, but I can’t talk
about them,” he said.
Thom works 40 hours a week at
Home Depot as well as being a full
time student — he is a senior psychol
ogy major at the University.
He said many people actually stop
by for lumber, hardware and the like in
the wee morning hours. Sometimes
they come in search of a needed tool
after a plumbing or other household
emergency. Other customers are regu
lars who do their shopping late be
cause employees are more readily
available to offer assistance at night
when there are fewer people in the
store.
But Thom admits his work schedule
is “just not normal.”
“The sun is going down when I’m
driving to work,” he said. “And the
sun’s coming up when I’m driving
home.”
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Conde out of jail and ready for 4th Hemp Fest
■ Bill Conde hosts the World Hemp
Festival this weekend, where
celebrants can learn all about the
benefits of hemp
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
Amid the jam bands, vendors and
camp-outs at the World Hemp Festival, a
sense of politics has always blown
through the Conde Redwoods from in
formation tables about how hemp can
help the planet and conservation efforts.
But as the 4th annual festival gets ready
to start this weekend, the politics are a lit
tle more prevalent because Bill Conde,
the founder and owner of the property on
which the Hemp Festival is held, is also
preparing a run for Oregon governor.
People who come for the festival’s
standbys won’t be disappointed. Co
median Tommy Chong and Oregon au
thor Ken Kesey will both be stopping
by, along with almost 20 bands includ
ing Zen Tricksters.
Festival promoter Trevor Rasmussen
said all the acts have been confirmed
and added that between 8,000 and
13,000 people are expected to come
and camp for the three days on the 60
acre plot of land 15 miles north of Eu
gene outside Harrisburg.
Rasmussen said that as he helped or
ganize this year’s event, he noticed
more established and credible speakers
on a national level showing interest in
the festival.
“People are becoming more aware,”
he said.
Patrons will also be able to check out
products ranging from hemp micro
brews to hemp clothing.
Along with information about
Conde’s run for the state Capitol and his
stance to legalize marijuana, Ras
mussen said this year’s festival will fea
ture information about how hemp can
solve the current energy crunch.
As if organizing a major, three-day
event isn’t enough, Conde, 58, also had
the setback of spending two weeks in
Linn County Jail for abetting delivery
of a controlled substance and hinder
ing prosecution. The charges stemmed
from allegations of open drug use and
sales during the 1999 festival, accord
ing to county court records.
Conde did not return phone alls re
questing an interview.
Linn County commissioners did
grant Conde the necessary permits to
host the event again, but with stipula
tions regarding finance, insurance and
parking spaces provided for the Linn
County Sheriff's officers.
Sheriff Dave Burright said he and
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“It’s a cool
chance for
people to
learn about
stuffthey
don’t
necessarily
come
across.”
Trevor
Rasmussen
festival
promoter