Lang
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day slot is frequently filled with a
rerun of “The Real World” or “Un
dressed.” Now, Mr. Lang is quite re
alistic and realizes his favorite
bands will never rule the airwaves.
But two late-night hours a week
seem enough to give him the “I” he
so desperately craves.
As for good ol’ TRL, the show is
hardly a mini-democracy. Al
though viewers do “control” the
countdown, MTV doesn’t give the
viewers choices. So rarely does a
non TRL-video air on the station,
and with so little variety, it’s no
wonder that the same small group
of artists rules the countdown.
The show also gives a percent of
the votes, but it never reveals the
number of votes, which are only
tallied by phone during the hour
before the show. The No. 10 video
may get only 10 votes and, if Mr.
Lang knew that, he’d round up
nine of his friends to call and vote
for Radiohead’s amazing new
video for “Knives Out.” Then Ra
diohead would be a TRL band, and
wouldn’t that be something.
It’s as though MTV has created a
presidential election where every
one gets to vote for four candidates,
but MTV only tells the voters about
two of them and only gives them
one hour to cast a ballot.
As a final side note, station pro
grammers seriously need to make up
their minds about Weezer’s “Hash
Pipe” video. First, they titled it
“H* * * Pipe,” bleeped out “hash” in
the song, and had the VJs call it
“Pipe.” Then the VJs started calling
it “HalfPipe.” But MTV let the word
stay when the band performed in
June at the Movie Awards. But on
Sunday night, MTV showed a five
song concert set by the band and
bleeped it out again.
MTV has given Mr. Lang a num
ber of fond memories, 99 percent of
them based on great videos and live
performances, but a deadbeat dad
can’t secure his son’s love with fan
cy toys alone. MTV needs to be
around the house more often and
provide for its family.
Jeremy Lang is an associate editor of the
Emerald. He can be reached at jlang@dailye
rnerald.com.
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corner, some as cheap as $2.99,
pay attention to the customers as
they leave the restaurant to ensure
your stomach will be able to take
the brunt of digesting large quan
tities of lobster, shrimp and prime
rib before noon.
Tip three:
As you make your way to any of
the casinos, locate the nickel slots
to make your dollar last. Cocktail
waitresses will bring you free
drinks while you gamble away,
but be patient trying to flag one
down. It’s cheaper than blowing
money on $10 minimum black
jack tables. When the money runs
out, roam the casino looking for
credits on slot machines and fall
en $5 chips. It may seem pathetic,
but it works.
Tip Four:
Go to a show to take a break from
gambling away your life savings.
Despite my unexplained sick desire
to see Siegfried & Roy’s “Masters of
The Impossible,” I stuck to our plan
and joined the mass of hippies at
the Aladdin Theater for Karl Den
son’s Tiny Universe and The String
Cheese Incident. Minus the few Ve
gas freaks, it was almost like I never
left Eugene — patchouli-scented air
and all.
Up Five:
Find drink specials. I can't stress
this enough. At the MGM Grand,
Vegas’ largest casino, indulge in a
yardstick-long margarita. For $13,
its one hell of a way to get a buzz
and start your day fresh. Apparent
ly, the price of these suckers has
gone up $4 in the last year, but
blame that on the guava plant.
Tip Six:
The best thing to do on a budget
in Vegas, by far, is sightseeing
along The Strip Walk in New
York-New York, my personal fa
vorite casino. You actually feel
like you’re in the Big Apple, com
plete with a replica skyline, Grand
Central Station and the New York
Stock Exchange.
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sons learned, I realized that Vegas
could be a weekend made from
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crowd and a smaller space.”
Vintage rockers King Crimson will
open for the band during August’s
mini-tour. Tool’s tour comes on the
heels of the release of their fourth full
length album, “Lateralus.” The band
was formed in 1991 in Los Angeles
and quickly achieved stardom when
they released “Undertow” in 1993.
Dark, angry music coupled with
mind-blowing claymation videos
earned them legions of fans.
After a huge first album, they seem
to be on a three-year cycle for new
material and tours, although lead
singer Maynard James Keenan
stopped in Portland twice last year
with his side project, A Perfect Circle.
“A Perfect Circle was great, but
Tool is the real deal. I’ve waited a
long time for this,” Tsiboukis said.
According to Brubaker, the Hult Cen
ter holds an equally optimistic view.
“Tool could do well in a large ven
ue, and I think it’s great that they
chose us. It’s nice for the fans to get to
be up close and personal. They made
a lot of happy people,” she said.
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