Elizabeth Elmore stakes her
‘Reputation’ on a new band
■The UO Cultural Forum will
present the first in a series of
rock shows today in the EMU
Fir Room with The Reputation
By Alix Kerl
Oregon Daily Emerald
She has a reputation for trouble
and fame, and she’s heading to the
University.
Elizabeth Elmore’s new band, The
Reputation, will be at the center of a
musical showcase 9 p.m. Wednes
day. The show, also featuring Port
land band Captain vs. Crew and San
Francisco natives Velvet Teen, will
take place in the EMU Fir Room.
The show is presented by the UO
Cultural Forum and is the first in a
series of local music showcases to
begin next term.
The Reputation’s rock goddess
Elmore plays guitar, keyboards and
piano while she lays down sweet
but fiery vocals.
“I used to sound like a 12-year
old virgin,” Elmore said. “I’ve got a
girlie voice, though I’d like to think
that it has matured.”
The rest of the band is filled in by
Joel Root on bass, Matt Esby on
drums and Sean Hulet on guitar. The
band’s music runs from popish pow
er punk to stirring piano driven epics.
When Elmore croons her lyrics,
she shows that she is in control. In
“Misery by Design,” she sings, “I
can’t feel that sorry for any guy who’d
call me a slut/and you’ve learned to
play the victim brilliantly.”
Like every rock star, she also
sings about drugs, pain and being
cheated on.
“Won’t waste my mind on things
that can’t remain same/latent flaw
keeps coursing through my
veins/go on get it done it doesn’t
matter and there’s nobody left to
blame,” she sings on “Wasted.”
“The best way I can explain it is
that as far as I can tell, I am too bru
tally honest and opinionated for
most people,” said Elmore when
asked about her lyrics. “Generally, I
think people wish I would shut up.”
This doesn’t seem to be the case as
Elmore’s former band, Sarge, made a
huge impact on the indie scene of
the 1990s. Sarge received a barrage
of press coverage in magazines from
Rolling Stone (named “Hot Band” in
1998) to Playboy (“... guys might
learn something from these rocking,
* well-crafted times...”).
The Reputation wanted to play at
the University because bass player
Root grew up in Eugene and wanted
to visit his family. Elmore called the
Cultural Forum to set up a show and
talked to Nathan Hazard, the region
al music coordinator for the Cultural
Forum. They discovered that they
had met each other when Sarge
played a show in Tucson, Ariz.
“I must have met him four or five
years ago when he was 16,” Elmore
said.
When Hazard first saw Sarge in
high school, he said he was en
tranced by Elmore. “I just fell in
love with Elizabeth Elmore. She is
so charismatic.
“Sarge was just amazingly suc
cessful,” he said. “Elizabeth was
the angry women in a man’s scene.”
He said that Elmore’s angry femi
Who: The Reputation, Captain
vs. Crew and the Velvet Teen
When: Today, 9 p.m.
Where: EMU Fir Room
Price: $3 University students,
$4 general public
nist lyrics inspired more women to
become involved in the 90s indie
scene which was dominated with
sappy, emotional boy rock.
Cat Cole, a University junior,
heard about Sarge when she was in
high school. “When I started listen
ing to girl rock, the selection was re
ally minimal. (Elizabeth) stood out
because she had feminist lyrics.”
Sarge disbanded in 1999. Elmore
has spent the last two years in law
school studying litigation.
In March 2001, after a bit of play
ing solo, Elmore grabbed three guys
and started touring. It was meant to
be a temporary band, but they got
along well and though they’ve trad
ed drummers, the main group has
stayed together. They spent just un
der five weeks recording their self
titled debut album.
“It’s a full-time job,” Elmore said.
“I book the tours and do all of the
accounting. I’ll probably run out of
money in about two months and
have to get another job.”
Captain vs. Crew is a straight-A
Portland collective that plays rock
with an indie influence. Velvet
Teen plays art-pop with melodic
riffs and soaring harmonies.
E-mail reporter Alix Kerl
at alixkerl@dailyemerald.com
Leon Tovey Emerald
Director of student advocacy Hilary Berkman said some problems might be avoided if departments made better efforts to inform students.
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some of the proposed fees.
Hilary Berkman, director of stu
dent advocacy, raised objections to
the bicycle registration fee as well
as a proposal to increase the fine for
cyclists and skaters who failed to
dismount and walk in designated
areas. She also objected to the pro
posed creation of an education
practicum fee. Berkman said com
plaints like Rice’s might be avoided
if departments made more of an in
dividual effort to inform students
about their proposed fees.
“The problem is that people don’t
know about the process, they don't
know about the proposals and they
don’t know about us,” she said.
Like Rice, Berkman took particu
lar issue with the bicycle registra
tion fee. She called the proposed
fee a tax and expressed concern
that it might discourage people
from riding their bikes to campus.
But Rand Stamm, parking and
transportation manager for DPS, de
fended the fee, saying the estimat
ed $10,000 to $12,000 per year the
fee would bring in would help off
set the cost of the bicycle registra
tion program currently in place.
Under the current system, stu
dents are required to register their
bikes when they first come to cam
pus. The system helps DPS keep
track of bicycles on campus, and in
the event a bike is stolen, the regis
tration might help DPS find the
bike, Stamm said.
E-mail higher education editor Leon Tovey
at leontovey@dailyemerald.com.
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generating higher tax revenues once
the economy turns for the better.
Rooney said Oregon qualifies for
the extra 13 weeks of unemploy
ment insurance because its 8 per
cent unemployment rate is one of
the highest in the nation.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Eu
gene, said Oregonians desperately
need the relief the stimulus pack
age provides.
“It’s about time we sent real as
sistance to Oregonians and all
American families,” he said.
E-mail reporter Brook Reinhard
atbrookreinhard@daiiyemerald.com.
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