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Ht'BZlO All NIGHTS are SPECIAL at Doc’s! THURSDAYS $3 Appetizers M-F 4 til 7 683-8101 on the comer of W. 11 th & Chamelton FRIDAYS SATURDAYS DJ Techneek In Your Face DJ Ty (Hip Hop) Fridays! (Top 25. House and Bring your quarters' <Llve Alternative Bands) 70 j 80 s. 90 s Dance) Cocktail Research School of MUSIC MARCH CONCERTS Clip and Save this Calendar For more information on School of Music events, call 346-5678, or call Guardline at 485-2000, ext. 2533 for a taped message. Fri. THE JAZZ CAFE 3/1 UO Jazz Combos 8 p.m., Room 186 Music $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens Sat. DANCE, DANCE, DANCE! 3/2 Children’s Concert Series 10:30 a.m., Beall Hall $3 adults, $2 children & students, or $5 for a family Sat. UNIVERSITY SINGERS & CHAMBER CHOIR 3/2 UO Choral Ensembles 8 p.m., Beall Hall $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens Sun. UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY: Concerto Concert 3/3 UO Ensemble & Soloists 3 p.m., Beall Hall $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens Mon. OREGON PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE 3/4 UO Ensemble 8 p.m., Beall Hall $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens Tue. OREGON COMPOSERS FORUM 3/5 New music by UO students 8 p.m., Beall Hall FREE Admission Wed. MEN’S CHORUS, WOMEN’S CHORUS, LAB CHOIR 3/6 UO Choral Ensembles 8 p.m., Beall Hall FREE Admission Sat. FUTURE MUSIC OREGON 3/9 UO Music Technology Program 8 p.m., Room 198 Music $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens Sun. CHAMBER MUSICALE 3/10 UO Chamber Ensembles 2 p.m., Beall Hall $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens Mon. 100th MONKEY ENSEMBLE 3/11 UO Contemporary Music Ensemble 8 p.m., Beall Hall FREE Admission Tue. ARDITTI STRING QUARTET 3/12 Chamber Music Series 8 p.m., Beall Hall Reserved seats $10, $20, $25, available at the Hult Center (682-5000) or EMU (346-4363) Wed. DANCE QUARTERLY 3/13 Department of Dance 7 p.m., Dougherty Dance Theater FREE Admission Wed. CAMPUS BAND, CAMPUS ORCHESTRA 3/13 UO Ensembles 8 p.m., Beall Hall FREE Admission Fri. OREGON JAZZ ENSEMBLE & LAB BANDS 3/15 UO Jazz Ensembles 8 p.m., Beall Hall $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens Sun. PERCUSSION MUSIC OF WILLIAM KRAFT 3/17 Vanguard Series 2 p.m., Beall Hall $7 General Admission, $4 students & senior citizens Sun. GOSPEL ENSEMBLE, GOSPEL CHOIR 3/17 UO Ensembles 6 p.m., Beall Hall $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens For our complete calendar, check: music.uoregon.edu Advertise. Gat Besults. Oregon Daily Emerald 346-3712 ‘Torn’by my secret pop desire I must make a contession. I have lived with a dark secret for much too long. My closest friends have known about it for some time, but I still feel like I’m mostly in the closet about it, and if I’m ever going to be able to look at myself in the mirror again, I need to face my problem. Here it is: I used to like Natalie Imbruglia. There. I’ve said it. Remember “Tom?” Yeah, that Natalie Im bruglia, she of the pixie-like hairdo, prancing around in a dragon-embla zoned tank top in the music video for her one and only hit single. Before today, I hadn’t thought about Ms. Imbruglia in quite some time. Here at the Emerald, we re ceive tons of free copies of albums from record companies in the hopes that we’ll write positive re views about them. This morning, I strolled into the office wondering what to write about, when I saw that RCA had sent us a copy of Na talie’s newest album, “White Lilies Island.” And it all came flooding back. How I’ve fought to keep this in ner demon under control. Way back when, during my senior year of high school, I remember hearing “Tom” for the first time. I saw the video on VHl (watching VHl could be the topic for a whole different confessional) and instantly fell in love with the Australian beauty. Being smitten with a cute pop singer is fine, I suppose — I mean, approximately 80 percent of Amer ican males have a thing for Britney Spears, and that seems to be social ly acceptable, more or less. My problem was, I actually liked “Torn.” A lot. This is where I crossed the line that divides the realms of sanity and delusion. Af ter all, how many people actually like Spears’ music? I know a lot of guys that would have no problem frolicking around on a secluded beach with Britney, but damned if they’d be caught dead listening to “Baby One More Time” or “I’m a Slave 4 U.” I became a “Torn” junkie. I’d watch MTV and VHl con stantly in hopes of seeing the wondrous video (al though I would grow fiercely jealous during the part where she kissed that lame dude with the blonde hair). When I drove, I’d change the radio station from clas sic rock to the top 40 station, yearn ing to hear those opening rings of acoustic guitar. All of this, of course, was kept top secret. Dave Depper In Stereo During this period of my life, I was working at a record store in Bend (that’s where I’m from), and I was able to buy compact discs at an extremely reduced cost. Ordinari ly, it’s against every moral fiber that I have to buy an album for one song. But I was hooked. And during a moment of extreme weakness, I bought Imbruglia’s debut album, “Left of the Middle.” Anyone who has heard “Left of the Middle” knows that, “Torn” aside, the album sucks. It’s a bunch art on death row work by artists on death row and by artists on the topic of the death penalty opening: Saturday, march 2nd, 4:30pm exhibit dates: march 1st - aprii 3rd, 2002 brought to you by the UO Cultural Forum and the Wayne Morse Center Adell McMillan Gallery - EMU, 2nd floor, UO of whiny, overproduced songs that showcase a singer who is desper ately searching to find a style or any shred of sincerity. But none of that mattered to me. I had my fix. No longer did I have to scan the airwaves to hear my fa vorite song. Gone were the days of going to mtv.com and playing the video in a pop-up window that was four inches in diameter. Natalie was mine, all mine, and “Torn” quickly became the most common ly played song on my stereo. One would think that this ob session ended with high school, but I am ashamed to say that it did n’t. I carried it with me as a lowly dorm rat during my freshman year here. My best friend from high school was my roommate, and he knew about my “problem. ” But this didn’t prepare him for living with a guy who needed to hear “Torn” more often than he went to the bathroom. Poor Max. That’s all I have to say about my roommate. Gradually, my obsession sub sided. Maybe this had to do with the fact that I was growing up, or that I was starting to actually date real-life girls who didn’t smile at me from a television screen. Whatever the case, I’ve been clean and sober for about three years now. Until today. “White Lilies Island” is in my CD player right now. And yes, it sucks. But I know that “Left of the Middle” is waiting for me at home, and I really like the first song on it. Oh, Lord. What am I going to tell my parents? E-mail columnist Dave Depperat davedepper@dailyemerald.com. His opinions do not necessarily represent those of the Emerald. ■ Saturday ■ Ofar, Compact 56, Blockhead, MonkeeTorture Punk Rock $7 door, 9:00 pm ■ Tuesday ■ Modest Mouse wHb Staler Lee Rock. advance, $15 door, 8:00 pm ■ Wednesday ■ Celtic Fiddle Festival: Kevin Burke, Johnny Cunningham, Christian LeMaitre with Sol? Siberil Celtic | $21.50 advance, $2; door, 7:30 pm All Ayes Welcome • 687-2746 Advertise in ODE Ciassifleils! 346-4343 Black & white and READ Oregon Daily Emerald 111: j ri'j I'j e j -* Yi all over campus. i • i*j 1 fciij'OtO •:»:TKDio i:> v»:i