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Bye, Hole
—get lost,
Strokes
Just to get it out of the way, here’s a
quasi-fond farewell to Hole. After
11 years and three albums, Hole
founders Courtney Love and Eric
Erlandson officially announced the
split May 23. Love, in a statement: “I
will always treasure the time we played
together. Eric has been an important
part of my family for over 10 years, and
he’ll continue to be a part of my life.”
Love apparently wanted to focus full
time on her side projects, which in
clude being the Yoko Ono of our gener
ation and suing
everyone in the
music business,
which has led
everyone in the
music business to
sue her.
Two years ago,
Love announced
that she was leav
ing Geffen and
would release Hole
songs on the Inter
net. Geffen’s parent
company, Univer
sal Music Group,
filed a breach of
contract suit, alleging that the band
owes the label five more albums.
Love is currently working on a solo
album with Hole-r Patty Schemel and
former 4 Non Blondes singer Linda Per
ry. No word yet who will write the new
album for Love.
Speaking of Kurt Cobain, Rolling
Stone’s cover story on the battle over
the Nirvana catalogue is a great round
up on all the legal maneuverings. It has
solid insight on how things got so con
voluted so quickly — and more imbal
anced Love rambling, which Mr. Lang
always appreciates.
In other news, Korn has struck a deal
with United Artists to broadcast its
June 10 NYC concert live into movie
theaters. The show to celebrate the re
lease of their fifth album, “Untouch
ables,” will be digitally simulcast in
forty UA theaters in thirty U.S. cities.
The broadcast will include a 30-minute
segment on the making of the new al
bum. Tickets for the screening are avail
able at participating theaters and
through Moviefone. Unsurprisingly,
the show is not coming to Eugene.
Nothing hurts more than to see a ma
cho poser cry. Baby Korn Fred Durst an
nounced on the Limp Bizkit Web site
that he wants departed guitarist Wes
Borland back in the band. Durst, still
learning to master the spell-checker:
“We are hoping Wes will come back
and suprise [sic] us one day soon. We
really miss him.” Durst even posted
Borland’s e-mail address, begging fans
to pressure Borland back into the
group, then admitted he doesn’t even
know if the e-mail address still works.
From TV Land: Recently, Saturday
Night Live has become the premier ven
ue for musical acts to make personal
statements in T-shirt form. A couple
weeks ago, Moby wore an “I Heart Em
inem” shirt (yes, with “heart” spelled
out) as a response to the rapper’s, “No
body listens to techno,” jab on his
“Without Me” single. Last weekend, the
Strokes took their turn. Mr. Lang has
never liked the Strokes, to put it bluntly.
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Nao Horota, left, and Taylor Morden beat and toot, respectively, for the power-pop band ‘Pocket Face’ soon emerging out of the Eugene scene onto a tour in Asia.
THE IMPORT
MARKET
Local band Pocket Face offers audiences a blend of Japan and America—in band members and musical styles
By Jen West
Oregon Daily Emerald
Blending Japanese and American cul
tures and musical styles, four Ameri
cans, one Japanese-American and one
newly transplanted Japanese youth
came together to form a new kind of ska
funk band called Pocket Face.
Pocket Face is composed of lead
vocalist/guitarist Munch, bassist/vocalist Rei
Mastrogiovanni, trumpeter Taylor Morden,
trombonist/keyboardist Tony Case, saxo
phonist Dave Myrick and Japanese drummer
Nao “The Samurai” Horota. All are students
at the University except Munch, who will
graduate from high school in the next few
weeks. Horota plans to attend Lane Commu
nity College in the fall.
Squeezing into the small rehearsal and
recording studio built in Munch’s garage,
the band rips out deafening power chords
and lyrics. Once the members of Pocket Face
begin playing, their feet refuse to stay
grounded. They bounce in time to the music
with inexhaustible energy.
“We like jumping,” Morden said.
Pocket Face will jump over the Pacific
Ocean for a month and a half-long tour in
Japan this summer. Mastrogiovanni said they
will perform with other Japanese bands at fes
tivals of up to 3,000 people and smaller club
venues of 200 people.
“You never hear of an American band in
Japan for a month and a half,” Mastrogiovanni
translates for Horota. “Usually they only stay
for three or four days, then they go home,” be
cause there are only four major cities in Japan.
He said indie groups have the option to
play smaller venues in more cities.
Mastrogiovanni said their tour will in
clude Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kyoto, Ku
magaya, Nagoya and Hiroshima. He hopes
the band will at least “break even” on the
tour, but even if they don’t, he said it will be
a great vacation.
In January 2002, the sextet each jumped
from their own bands to play in the newly
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Spring fashions show tinges of 1960s, 1970s
Adam Amato Emerald
Junior Alicia Robustelli and sophomore Kim Miller fashionably hang out in their newest spring
’ attite'. ROblistelli believes peasant topsare tbe hit of spring fashion.
■ Clothing merchants say this year’s trends mimic some
of Eugene’s classic ‘peasant’ and vintage styles
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Forget Milan, Paris and New York City. Ignore Naomi
Campbell, Kate Moss — and even the famed Derek Zoolan
der. Local clothing merchants and avid shoppers think Uni
versity students are “in style” and up to date on the latest
fashion trends.
For men, this spring holds little surprise — merchants say
they aren’t into fashion trends. But the same fashion mavens
say women have taken to lacy and feminine, bloused peasant
tops, whisker-washed denim skirts and ruffles on sleeves of
shirts. Style is heading back to the 1960s and ’70s.
Men’s fashion
Store owners said women tend to go along with changing
styles whereas men don’t have as many clothing options —
men’s fashion often revolves around jeans and T-shirts. Al
though West Moon Trading Company doesn’t target men,
owner Jamie Thomas said she has noticed there are some men
on campus who stay in fashion. But she said men’s fashion is
harder to keep up with, and men who are fashion-conscious
tend to buy labels.
Mary Kolego, store manager of Buffalo Exchange Ltd, said
vintage western shirts are hot sellers among her male
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