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■ Thursday, Jan. 24
12:15 p.m. — Eugene Youth Ballet,
presented by SHO, Hult Center
Lobby, free.
8 p.m. — Eugene Symphony
Orchestra: Stravinsky Showcase,
Silva Concert Hall, Hult Center, tickets
$14 to $38.
7:30 p.m.—Tsunami and the Lane
Community College Book Group host
the first open discussion of Ken Kesey's
“Sometimes a Great Notion,” free,
Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St.
8p.m. — “The Comedy Workout for
How to Prevent Irregularity,” Actors
Cabaret of Eugene, 996 Willamette St.,
tickets are $7 and may be purchased
in advance by calling 683-4368.
8 p.m. — An Evening with The
California Guitar Trio (instrumental
acoustic), WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth
Ave., $15 in advance, $17 at the door.
8:30 p.m. — College Night Pre-party
Warm Up: $1 beers, food specials and
admission discounts with student ID.
This weeks musical guest: Atilla and
Dave Project, Cafe Paradiso, 115 W.
Broadway St., $4 cover.
9 p.m. — Sam Hahn (folk jazz), The
Buzz Coffeehouse, EMU, free.
9:30 p.m. — Jazz Collective (swingin
quartet), Luna, 30 E. Broadway St., free.
■ Friday, Jan. 25
5 p.m. —Tickets go on sale for ’N
Sync concert taking place Sunday,
March 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Rose
Garden Arena in Portland. Tickets are
available at all Ticketmaster locations,
including G.l. Joes, Fred Meyer and
the Rose Quarter Ticket Office as well
as on-line at ticketmaster.com and
cc.com. Charge by phone by calling
(503) 224-4400. Ticket prices range
from $39.50 to $110.
7 p.m. — Lovelight Productions
Presents: Geoff Muidar with Paul
Delay, tickets $12.50, available at
Cafe Paradiso.
7:30 p.m,—Andy Martin with Swing
Shift, Soreng Theater, Hult Center,
tickets $15 to $17, conducted by
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, features works
of Igor Stravinsky.
9 p.m. — Open Poetry Mic: Hosted
by Nathan Langston, The Buzz
Coffeehouse, EMU.
9:30 p.m. — Northwest Reggae
Showcase featuring Jahkuumba,
Vibe Nation (reggae) with Ichele and
the Circle of Light, Broadfunk, Wild
Duck Music Hall, 21 and over, doors
open at 9 p.m., tickets on sale in
advance on eugene.com only, tickets
day of show cost $6.
9:30 p.m. — Love, Death and
Agriculture (funky dance originals),
Luna.
■ Saturday, Jan. 26
10:30 a.m. — Eugene Symphony
Orchestra: Tots to Ten, Soreng Theater,
$8 general admission, $5 for kids.
7 p.m. — Waldorf School Benefit, Eric
Foxman provides dramatic readings of
4 0. Henry stories, with special musical
guests Paul Safarand TR Kelley
following the stories, $5 admission,
tickets on sale at Cafe Paradiso.
9 p.m. — Porterhouse Carmizin (jam
funk), WOW Hall, $10 in advance, $12
at the door.
9 p.m. — Papa’s Soul Kitchen with
greyhounds (funk), Taylor’s Bar and
Grill, 894 E, 13th Ave., $5.
9 p.m.—Allette Brooks: Modem
Folk, The Buzz Coffeehouse, EMU.
9:30 p.m. — Barbara Dzuro (jazz
quartet), Luna.
■ Sunday, Jan. 27
1:30 p.m. — Impact! Theatre, Family
Fun Film Festival, “Singin’ in the Rain,”
special guest: Marc Seigel, DTO,
Musical Feet Tap Dance Company,
McDonald Theatre, $6 general
admission, kids 3 and under are free.
4 p.m. — Don Latarski Trio with guest
artist Marilyn Keller will perform
selections of instrumental and vocal
jazz, gospel, blues and Americana, First
United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St.
9 p.m.—John’s Organic Jam (open
mic), Taylor’s Bar and Grill, free.
■ Monday, Jan. 28
8 p.m. — Kathryn Lucktenberg
(viola), Steven Pologe (cello), faculty
artist series, with music by Mozart,
Faure, also featuring Kevin Lefohn
(violin) and Terence Dennis (piano),
Beall Hall, $7 general admission, $4
students/seniors.
8 p.m. — Concrete Blonde (rock),
WOW Hall, $20 in advance, $22 at
the door.
8 p.m. — Gaelic Storm and Elise
Coakley, Wild Duck Music Hall, all
ages, $12 in advance.
8:30 p.m.—Jim Hershey's
Songwriter Showcase! $1 to 3
suggested donation, Cafe Paradiso.
9 p.m. — Open Poetry Mic: Hosted
by Nathan Langston, The Buzz
Coffeehouse, EMU.
■ Tuesday, Jan. 29
8 p.m.— Lovelight Productions
Presents: Chris Smither with Louise
Taylor, tickets $12.50, available at
Cafe Paradiso.
8 p.m. — RX Bandits, Easy Target
and No Exit, Wild Duck Music Hall, all
ages, $7 in advance.
9:30 p.m. — Erik Muiderman
(eclectic acoustic), Luna.
10 p.m. —The Greyhounds (funk),
Taylor’s Bar and Grill, $4.
■ Wednesday, Jan. 30
8:30 p.m.—Justin King, every
Wednesday, masterful acoustic guitar
wizardry and dreamy vocals, Cafe
Paradiso, $5 cover.
9:30 p.m. — Pavlak/Abbott
Quartet, Luna.
10 p.m.—An Evening with Monte
Montgomery, Wishing Well Tour, with
Leftover Salmon, McDonald Theatre,
tickets $10 in advance, $12 on the day
of the show, 21 and over.
Corporate bigwigs can't ruin
the excitement of new releases
h, the stress of writing a
music column. Each
week I am faced with the
jever-difficult question of
what to write about.
The fact that there’s a new Baha
Men album?
That Master P and his son are
going to be the stars of a new sit
com on Nickelodeon?
That the classic 1980s album
“Too-Rye-Ah” by Dexy’s Mid
night Runners will be re-released
in February?
All of these stories are nail-bit
ingly newsworthy. I know that
much. But some things need to
take precedence.
Like the fact that Chris Kirk-.
patrick of ‘N Sync is now a cloth
ing designer. And he’s not design
ing hip urban styles for the legions
of teen pop fans, people. The fa
cially hirsute, formerly dread
locked star is designing women’s
sportswear. Yes, you read that
right. Kirkpatrick’s FuMan Skeeto
line of women’s sportswear will
even have its runway debut with a
show during New York’s Fashion
Week next month.
A pet peeve that I probably
share with the majority of the
world is when I am misled by
bloodsucking corporate bigwigs.
Case in point: Last month I got
wind of the fact that U2 would
be releasing a “rarities” disc on
Jan. 22 exclusively at Target
stores. Since B-side/rarities al
bums and U2 are two of my fa
vorite things in the world, I was
filled with a rush of anticipation
I had not felt since Paula Abdul
released “Spellbound.”
Alas, the Target connection
should have tipped me off to the
inevitable disappointment. “U2
7” contains
three remixes
of songs from
the band’s lat
est release,
“All That You
Can’t Leave
Behind” and
an acoustic
version of re
cent single
“Stuck In A
Moment.”
Also included
are “Summer
Rain,” which
was available
on the first pressings of “All That
You Can’t Leave Behind,” and
“Always,” which is the original
version of the comeback single
“Beautiful Day.”
Which leaves us with the one
true rarity, “Big Girls Are Best,”
and judging from the title, I’m not
expecting much more than a re
hash of Queen’s “Fat Bottomed
Girls.” Thank you Target.
However, just this morning I re
ceived news that warmed me to
the very core of my soul. One of
the greatest bands of all time,
KMFDM, have apparently forgot
ten the fact that they broke up a
Depper
In Stereo
few years ago and will be releas
ing a new album this spring! For
those who aren’t quite up to speed
on bombastic German industrial
music, after disbanding in 1998,
leader Sascha immediately
formed a new band called...
MDFMK. Sadly, the MDFMK al
bum kind of sucked. Personally, I
think that the whole MDFMK idea
was kind of backwards. Get it?
Sometimes I just kill myself with
this stuff!
Anyway, “ Attak” comes out
April 19, but even more exciting
than that is yet another new re
lease on the horizon: “Plastic
Fang” by the Jon Spencer Blues
Explosion. Also coming out in
April, the album features Dr. John
(of the Cajun voodoo vibe), Bernie
Worrell (of the P-Funk mother
ship) and Elliott Smith (perhaps
the most spectacularly intriguing
guest appearance of the last seven
years). I await “Plastic Fang” with
bated breath.
This upcoming work of art
might usher in a strange new era
of music in which Smith is a
country-fried extroverted blues
belter, and Jon Spencer has finally
learned that it’s okay for a man to
cry in public. The last time I was
this excited was when Kris Kross
released “Da Bomb” back in 1993.
Jump, jump, y’all!
E-mail columnist Dave Depper
at davedepper@dailyemerald.com. His
opinions do not necessarily represent
those of the Emerald.