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DOLLAR VALUE of CONTACT IMPROVISATION 10/4 Department of Dance 8 p.m., Dougherty Dance Theatre $10 General Admission, $5 students & senior citizens Sun. GYPSY FOLK MUSIC & DANCE * 10/6 UO World Music Series 8 p.m., Beall Hall $10 General Admission, $8 students & senior citizens Thur. OSIRIS PIANO TRIO 10/10 Chamber Music Series 8 p.m., Beall Hall Reserved seats $12, $22, $27, available at the Hult Center (682-5000) or EMU (346-4363) Tue. FACULTY PRELUDE 10/15 Chamber Music by UO Faculty 8 p.m., Beall Hall $7 General Admission, $4 students & senior citizens Sun. MADELEINE FORTE, Piano 10/20 Guest Artist; Music of Chopin 4 p.m., Beall Hall $7 General Admission, $4 students & senior citizens Tue. STEVEN POLOGE, Cello 10/22 VICTOR STEINHARDT, Piano UO Faculty Artist Series 8 p.m., Beall Hall $7 General Admission, $4 students & senior citizens Fri. HOMECOMING CONCERT 10/25 University Singers, University Symphony, Jazz Ensemble, and Wind Ensemble 7:30 p.m., Beall Hall FREE Admission Sun. UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY 10/27 UO Ensemble 3 p.m., Beall Hall $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens Tue. OCTUBAFEST 10/29 UO Ensemble & Guests 8 p.m., Beall Hall $5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens For our complete calendar, check: music.uoregon.edu Student Groups Advertise your events in the Oregon Daily Emerald. We have special university rates. Call 346-3712; Drums & Tuba showcase ‘tight-knit’ arrangements CD review Aaron Shakra Pulse Reporter “I think the goal is to get people to say ‘I’ve never seen anything like that before in my life, and it fucking rocked.'” —Brian Wolff, on the mak ing of “Mostly Ape.” Instrumental music can be de scribed in a near infinite variety of ways. It’s more malleable; listeners are allowed to interpret and reshape the music for a variety of their own life situations, as opposed to those that a singer or lyricist might explic itly discuss. And then there’s the ad vantage of being able to focus solely on the music — notes, rhythm, et cetera, which often allows instru mental groups to become more tech nically proficient. “Drums & Tuba” is actually a mis nomer. The band’s name implies a duo, but the group comprises three musicians: Tony Nozero on drums, Brian Wolff on tuba and trumpet and Neal McKeeby on guitar. “Mostly Ape” is the band’s fifth album over all, their second released on Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records label. DiFranco co-produced “Vinyl Killer,” the band’s first release on her label. No producer credit is as signed for “Mostly Ape,” however. The songs on “Mostly Ape” are composed, tight-knit musical arrangements. This means that the band isn’t improvising or sim ply jamming off a few chords and then recording the results. Re views of the band’s past work have attempted to describe it as “jazz/funk” or “post-rock/experi mental marching-band funk.” Based on the supplied press mate rial, band members seem comfort able referring to their sound as “rock ’n’ roll.” The album has a narrative struc ture and often comes across like mu sic for a movie that’s never been made. There are song breaks be tween each of the 12 tracks. Listen ing to the segue between “Superbee” and “Breakfast with Miletus,” for ex ample, shows that the band carefully considered the track order. The jacket notes that “Mostly Ape” was largely recorded live in the ' studio, meaning there were minimal , overdubs or additions to the band’s . original recording sessions. It’s sur prising that a trio could create dense pieces in such a manner. Interesting ' sounds pop up on every track, but i who knows if they come from instru- , ments or other sources (Nozero is also given credit for “electronics”). Tuba-plaver Wolff is at an advan tage — despite all the interesting things happening on some of the songs, they might otherwise come across as standard funk exercises (“The Metrics,” for example) with out the anachronistic instrument ac centuating the groove. “Mostly Ape” is too strange to come to any final conclusions about. People who buy the album will prob ably end up listening to it many times before deciding whether they like it. This translates to “interest ing” — although the question arises as to whether it’s possible for listen ers to dance to this stuff. Contact the pulse reporter at aaronshakra@dailyemerald.com. “Read My Lips” balances between complex, simple Movie review Ryan Bornhemier Senior Pulse Reporter The French film “Read My Lips” has been described as “Hitchcockian” by critics. The word is one of those catch-all slogans advertisers love to blast across posters and trailers. But from the start, “Read My Lips” fights that unfairly evocative and misleading header, emerging as its own unique beast — emotionally complicated on the surface but rather simple in the end. And that’s a good thing. The movie, directed by Jacques Audiard from a script by Audiard and Tonino Benacquista, does owe its more obvious cinematic elements to Hitchcock — the voyeurism of “Rear Window” and the lush score of “Vertigo.” But that’s about it. “Read My Lips” tells the story of Carla Bhem (Emmanuelle Devos), an alienated secretary with an odd disposition and a hearing aid in each ear. After Carla faints from exhaus tion at work one day, her boss lets her hire an assistant, who arrives in the form of Paul Angeli (Vincent Cassel), a former thief fresh out of jail. Perhaps recognizing a kindred spirit, Carla continually covers for Paul despite his somewhat obvious ineptitude in the office. Ultimately, Carla ends up drifting into Paul’s world of dance clubs and shady characters. The ex-con uses her talent for lip-reading in a scheme to rip off a crooked club owner, and intrigue ensues. The opening moments of “Read My Lips” move along nicely. Bhem and Cassel have an odd anti-chem istry. One might think by these scenes that a quirky love story would follow, if it weren’t for the ominous at mosphere that lingers. Audiard leaves their eyes in shadow much of the time and often shoves the camera in their faces, revealing every crevice. It’s this visual scheme that dis tances “Read My Lips” from anything easily described as Hitchcockian. Audiard’s camera doesn’t float over the story7 but keeps a frenetic vision throughout. The camera is often in the mix or darting all over to catch bits of action. The style works for about three-quarters of the movie. When the story starts to shift from a 003834 Serving our patrons for 20 years Fine Italian & Northwest Cuisine Live Jazz Nightly Kitchen open 'til bar closes jofeds.com Lunch Tues-Fri V 259 E. 5th Ave. • 343-8488 Dinner 7 Nights character study to a low-key heist film, the action needs a boost of rhythm and style that never comes. The lagging mid-section, however, gives way to a simple yet satisfying payoff. Some welcome suspense kicks in, and the true nature of Carla reveals itself. In the beginning, Carla appears to be simply a bored, lonely woman seeking a little excite ment and a “special someone” — the kind of sexually repressed odd ball who spends Friday nights dress ing up for dates that never happen, just to see how she’d look if she were going out. But by the end, we see that we weren’t giving her enough credit. One could argue, perhaps, that Carla ventures to the dark side for the intimacy Paul offers or the ex citement his lifestyle offers . But by the end, her true motivations seem less cerebral and more carnal. She doesn’t play along for love or money or even the rush — only the prospect of good, old-fashioned sex. “Read My Lips” is now playing at the Bijou. Contact the senior pulse reporter at ryanbornheimer@dailyemerald.com. The Princess and the Warrior . _ A rum by Tom Tykwer Thursday, October 3 TOO Willamette, 8p m. $2 students, $3 general (tickets available- at the door) Bob Dylan ' The folk and rock legend In concert Saturday, October 5 MacArthur Court, 8p.m. $37.50 students, $50 general llkkru uwxfaMe at ihk CMU 17<*M Officer The Oregon Grind Seven band rock festival Sunday, October 13 Quad in front of Knight Library FREE cufoirattoruni.uoregon.edu ERB MEMORIAL UNION, SUITE 2, 346-4374
