Peter Utsey Emerald
Corgan still ‘smashing’in Zwan
By Dave Depper
Oregon Daily Emerald
Last week, you may have no
ticed that my column didn’t
grace the actual printed ver
sion of the Emerald. This is
because mere ink and paper alone
could not contain the whirlwind of
emotions I felt about the new
Michael Jackson album (plus, the
economy sucks and space in the pa
per is limited). So it fomid its way to
our Web site — it’s located under
“Features” for all my dear readers.
But lucky for all of you, I’m back this
week with another 15 inches of
- pure, unadulterated genius.
Many thought it would never
happen, but it did: Michael Jack
, son’s newest album, “Invincible,”
managed to top the Billboard
charts this week, selling a healthy
but definitely not “Thriller”-ish
366,272 copies. This comes after an
avalanche of hype, rumors and just
plain weirdness surrounding the
album’s release.
In related news: The cover of this
week’s “TV Guide” features a photo
of Jackson that is so u nbelievably
horrible that it’s been giving me
nightmares all week long. The guy’s
face is freaking melting off, people.
In fact, in the accompanying sto
ry, it’s revealed that Jackson
showed up for the interview with
his face swathed in bandages. Jack
son claimed that the bandages were
for his allergies. Uh-huh. I’m just
excited for the day that Michael fi
nally cracks and is found naked at
an airport or something. That
would be cool.
Exciting news for Red Hot Chili
Peppers fans: The band will be re
leasing a DVD of an entire live
concert on Dec. 4. It’s called “Off
the Map,” and get this: The con
cert was filmed entirely at Port
Dave
Depper
In Stereo
land s Memor
ial Coliseum!
- The set will in
clude such
Chili Peppers
favorites as
“Under the
Bridge” and
“Give it
Away.” If you
buy the DVD,
take note of an
idiot in the
front row,
wearing a T
shirt that says
“DORK,” who
is desperately trying to get himself
into every camera shot. That idiot
is me.
Are you a fan of the Smashing
Pumpkins? Does their breakup last
year still cause you acute depres
sion? Does your black mascara and
eyeliner run because of the tears
that you weep daily over the loss of
your favorite alternative rock jug
gernaut?
If so, take heart, little gothster.
Billy Corgan has a new band.
They’re called Zwan and they have
the Pumpkins’ old drummer, Jim
my Chamberlain, playing the skins
once again. Zwan also features gui
tarist Matthew Sweeny and gui
tarist Skullfisher. If you’re really on
the ball, you can catch Zwan’s de
but next week in Pomona, Calif.
Personally, I’m a bit frightened of
the whole deal.
And finally, in a rare example of
a record company actually doing
something other than ripping off
young artists, charging way too
much for CDs and ruining lives in
general, the “big five” of record la
bels (including Sony, Warner Bros.,
and Universal) will be working to
gether to release a two-CD set, DVD
and VHS ofthe “America: A Trib
ute to Heroes” concert from Sept.
21. To further cause disbelief, all
proceeds from the sales will be put
toward the September 11th
Telethon Fund.
The concert featured a massively
diverse array of performers, from
U2 to Stevie Wonder to Eddie Ved
der to Willie Nelson, and all three
formats will be released on Dec. 4.
What a cool idea. How nice that
five examples of greedy capitalism
gone wrong have actually come to
gether to do something positive. In
fact, I have nothing cynical or
bitchy to say about it. Have a nice
week, everybody.
Dave Depper is the webmaster for the Oregon
Daily Emerald. He can be reached at
davedepper@dailyemerald.com.
John Henry’s
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located to the city from the federal
government, and the money comes
with “a few strings.”
Murray said because the housing
project will displace tenants, a cer
tain amount of the money must be
provided to relocate the businesses.
The business owners will submit
proposals for how much money they
need for relocation, which can in
clude costs such as physical moving
and site alteration, Murray said.
However, thfr process hasn’t begun
yet because the groundbreaking isn’t
until June 2002, Saul said.
Tracey was skeptical about how
much these funds would help, but
he said he is staying relaxed during
the process.
“Most of the old beasts like this
one have been torn down already,”
he said. "It seems to be the natural
order of things.”
Donald Burdette, co-owner of
Wild Thyme, is not so accepting. He
said he was unaware of the possibil
ity that the building would be de
molished when his wife chose the
space for the business last January.
“I don’t think there is a need in the
community for low-income housing
downtown,” he said. “This is a busi
ness area and should remain so.”
Burdette said he and his wife were
invited to a party held to celebrate the
renovation but decided not to attend.
“It’s like attending your own fu
neral,” he said.
Saul said St. Vincent thinks there
should be low-income housing
downtown. Since the project’s pro
posal, two new housing develop
ments have been built downtown
that cater to wealthier tenants.
For Tracey, “part of life is moving
on.” But he’s trying to make the
most of a bad situation; students
should be.on the lookout for the
John Henry’s farewell bash.
“I’m sure once we get everything
nailed down, we’ll let ’errip,”he said.
Mason West is the senior Pulse reporter for
the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached
at masonwest@dailyemerald.com.
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