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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
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3/2 UO Choral Ensembles 8 p.m., Beall Hall
$5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens
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Mon. OREGON PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
3/4 UO Ensemble 8 p.m., Beall Hall
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3/6 UO Choral Ensembles 8 p.m., Beall Hall
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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
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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
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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
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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
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