Tis the season to be ... grouchy
By Dave Depper
Oregon Daily Emerald
I think that I’ve finally digested
that last bit of Tofurkey from
Thanksgiving. This can only
mean one thing: The holidays
are upon us.
Time for Christmas carols, rein
deer, Hanukkah menorahs and
lots of fruitcake. Whoop-de-do,
eh?
I’m kind of in a grinchy mood
today, so you know what? This is
n’t going to be my normal, happy
go-lucky humorous music col
umn. Oh no. I don’t care if
“America needs to laugh.” I think
that I’m going to try and fill this
space with as much bad news as I
can. Are you ready?
First off, Nickelback sucks.
They suck bad. Just what we
needed — another hard rock band
showing their sensitive side on a
bland slab of riff rock. I am of
course speaking of their single,
the deplorable “How You Remind
Me.” Have you seen the video for
this chunk of garbage? Their lead
singer looks like the offspring of
Ted Nugent and Dave Mustaine.
Not pleasant.
The artist currently known as
Prince just released his new al
bum, “The Rainbow Children.”
This new Prince album, normal
ly a cause for celebration for this
humble writer, is instead a horri
ble disappointment: It’s a “con
cept album” dealing with the
newly religious beliefs of The
Purple One. Good vs. evil. God
vs. the Devil. Me vs. puking.
When I listen to Prince, I want
“Pussy Con
trol!” I want
“Erotic City!”
I don’t want a
song about
how holy and
righteous
Prince is.
Eager fans
of gangsta-rap
pioneers
N.W.A. will
be disappoint
ed to find out
that their
long-prom
ised reunion album, which sup
posedly was going to be released
sometime in the near future, has
been pushed back indefinitely.
Why? Those slackers haven’t
recorded anything yet! Rapmeis
ter Ice Cube explains that the de
lay iabecause group members
are busy with movies and solo
projects, but seriously. Those
guys must smoke so much weed,
I swear, I bet they’re not even
getting out of bed more than
twice a week.
Depper
In Stereo
Speaking of reunions, do you
love La Bouche? Are you drooling
over the prospect of a reunion of
the mid-1990s dance duo? If yes,
you’d best be mopping up the pud
dles on your floor, because there
ain’t gonna be one. Singer Melanie
Thornton died in a Swiss plane
crash this last weekend. Tragically,
Thornton was just launching a
new solo album and was traveling
to Zurich to promote it.
What other bad news is there?
Pearl Jam’s long-promised B-sides
album didn’t come out this season
as promised. The Spice Girls are
planning to reunite for a reunion
tour. The top two spots on the
Billboard album charts are held
by Garth Brooks and Britney
Spears. John Lennon is still dead.
And although this doesn’t techni
cally have anything to do with
music, it has a lot to do with my
mood: The weather blows.
If there’s any bright spot to this
misery, it is the fact that what four
out of five dentists call the “best
rock band in Eugene,” Wallace, is
playing a free show tonight at the
Buzz Coffeehouse. The experi
ence starts at 9 p.m. Happy holi
days, everybody!
Emerald webmaster Dave Depper can be
reached at davedepper@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily represent
those of the Emerald.
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will perform with the band,
adding his accordion talents to
the mix.
Publicist Trevor Rasmussen from
Big Wheel Productions said Furta
do often invites special guests to
play with the band.
“He likes to mix it up a lot,” Ras
mussen said. “The last album had a
ton of different players. It will be re
ally fun to see what happens with
this lineup.”
Jessica Lurie, a saxophone play
er for the Living Daylights, will also
join the Tony Furtado Band for a
few songs, according to Bjorn Es
tlund, concert promoter for Bear
Productions.
Furtado said even though the
Living Daylights’s music has more
of an avant-garde jazz style, he
thought the two bands comple
mented each other.
The Tony Furtado Band has re
leased six albums and will be go
ing back into the studio with
Grammy-award winning produc
er Cookie Morenco this winter to
begin recording for its next al
bum, due for release early next
spring.
Furtado said the band was still
testing out new material on live au
diences.
Matthews said he remembers en
joying past performances in Eugene
and is eager to play at the Wild
Duck.
“I’m really excited about the
rhythm section,” he said. “People
really enjoy it, (and it. has) a lot of
energy.”
Tickets are $10 at the Wild Duck,
and the show starts at 9:30 p.m.
Emerald Pulse reporter Jen West can be
reached at jenwest@dailyemerald.com.
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