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Unfine Art continued from page 7 Sasquatches by Area Artists,” which runs through May 14. The opening reception and lecture will be Friday, beginning promptly at 7:32 p.m.. Mediaclast decided to put on a Bigfoot show because of his long term interest in the creature. “I’ve been obsessed about Big foot since I was 8 years old,” Medi aclast said. He believes that there is a parallel between the Bigfoot phenomenon and truly independent music. “Bigfoot researchers are willing to undergo non-acceptance for what they are doing, just like independent artists following their own creativity and influence,” Mediaclast said. The opening reception will also feature three prominent Bigfoot re searchers. Autumn Williams will dis cuss her studies of Bigfoot in Lane County. Her Web site, www.ore gonbigfoot.com, compiles Bigfoot sightings in the area and the rest of Oregon. It is a central clearinghouse for Bigfoot sightings. Her site lists 35 reports in the Lane County section and more than 400 in Oregon. “I compiled a list from reports and books,” Williams said. “I’d like people to know that there are Big foot reports around here.” Ray Crowe, director of the Inter national Bigfoot Society, and Henry Franzoni will also speak. Local bands Honey Vizer, Cate and Con way Titty will play Bigfoot-themed songs, and MC Big Balou, the Sasquatch, will spit out lyrics. Amid the Bigfoot decor, some pieces from Mediaclast’s old collec tions remain on the walls and have appeared since the store opened in the middle of January. Mediaclast said the store has been doing well, de spite the downturn in the economy. “I’m not a hotel, an oil company or a department store,” Mediaclast said. “I think what I’m doing is so far outside the economy that I won’t be affected.” The concept of the store has changed and evolved over time, but Mediaclast will always carry the collection of independent records. For him, the word “independent” signifies music that is “wild and in dependent and that defies industry categories.” Keith Robinson’s art is currently on the walls of the store, but he is taking it down to make room for the Bigfoot art. “These boxes are filled with stuff I found along the Amazon River,” Robinson said, pointing to DVD cases stuffed with wrappers and ribbons. “I had been doing some different things, but I wanted to put up art here. ” Robinson moved to Eugene in January and has been doing odd jobs and playing music while he fig ures out what he wants to do next. He said Mediaclast’s store has given him a perfect place for his art. The next group show at the Muse um of Unfine Art will center around Mediaclast’s dog Prudence. The show starts Aug. 1, but Mediaclast said it has nothing to do with the cel ebration of a certain famous artist. “It’s going to be on Andy Warhol’s birthday, and the focus will be on Prudence, not him,” Mediaclast said. The Museum of Unfine Art is lo cated at 537 Willamette St. For more information about the store or “Find the Hidden Bigfoot,” call 683-7357. E-mail reporter Alix Kerl at alixkerl@dailyemerald.com. 2002 UO Summer Session Registration Starts May 6. v A Register for Summer Classes. Book Your Summer in Oregon Summer session starts June 24. Pick up your free summer catalog today in the Summer Session office, 333 Oregon Hall, or at the UO Bookstore. You can speed your way toward graduation by taking required courses during summer. University of Oregon Summer Session http://uosummer.uoregon.edu/ I T tl H11T11 » tl t SATURDAY/ MAY 4™ • 8 PM Largest tequila bar in Eugene n—, Break the $ 100 pinata and win cash! • Prizes and contests all nisht Ions'.! Eat the worm contest Rock ‘n Rodeo 44 E. 7th 683-5160 3/ltlO FINAL NIGHT BLOWOUT FRIDAY, MAY JRD THE NE<ROILuf\ |||/|priN PASS <^JT KINGS \JUvlFER theA/isible \aen ™e/0URTE1Y <LERK$ THE WRISTRCXKETS 16 EAST
