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A UO CAMPUS ALTERNATIVE
SINCE 1974
a proud member of Unique Eugene
Dylan concert performance
predictable but enjoyable
Ryan Bornheimer
and Aaron Shakra
Staff Writers
Concert review
Standing atop a black-and-white
checkered stage, wearing a jazzy
white suit (no tie) and flanked by a
pair of guitarists almost as unique in
appearance as the man himself, Bob
Dylan strutted his immortal stuff
Saturday at McArthur Court.
The 150-minute, 18-song set
started at 8 p.m. and consisted of a
few standards and songs from his
latest release, “Love and Theft.”
There were also a fair number of
covers in what amounted to a com
fortably subdued and surprise-free
performance.
The arena was nearly full. The au
dience swayed mildly, with a few en
ergetic anomalies on the fringes of
the crowd. The stage was raised on
the basketball court and was deco
rated minimally — an off-white cur
tain backdrop and colored lights.
The “and his band” on the bill
comprised four other musicians.
Throughout the set, Larry Campbell
switched between acoustic, electric
and steel guitars, mandolin and vio
lin. Tony Gamier played both
acoustic and electric bass guitars, as
well as a stand-up bass. George Re
celi sat behind the drum set and
Charlie Sexton played a variety of
electric guitars during the show, sup
planted by the occasional acoustic.
Campbell’s musicianship was espe
cially noteworthy.
The show opened with acoustic
versions of “Maggie’s Farm” and
“Just Like a Woman,” to the obvious
delight of the diverse crowd.
Dylan did time on keyboard and
acoustic and electric guitars
throughout the show and picked up
a harmonica for a somewhat creaky
version of “Baby Blue.”
Among the covers, Dylan’s rendi
tion of “Brown Sugar” was a notable
jam and “Friend of the Devil” was a
perfect fit for Dead-friendly Eugene.
The most timely of the covers
were three Warren Zevon songs —
“Accidentally Like a Martyr,”
“Lawyers, Guns and Money” (both
off his 1978 release “Excitable
Boy”) and “Mutineer.” The signifi
cant number of Zevon covers indi
cates a likely connection to Zevon’s
recent announcement that he has
terminal cancer and less than two
months to live.
The band returned for an obligato
ry encore — a three-song set con
sisting of some of Dylan’s most popu
lar, enduring tunes — “Like A
Rolling Stone,” “Knockin' On Heav
en's Door” and “All Along The
Watchtower” before being whisked
away in a black tour bus.
Ultimately, the show was not
amazing, but let’s face it—it’s Dylan,
and that’s enough.
Contact the Pulse reporters
at aaronshakra@dailyemerald.com and
ryanbornheimer@dailyemerald.com.
Soda
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options — that locked up the Uni
versity’s tastebuds, at a minimum,
through the academic year.
But what Pepsi didn’t know is that
it outbid Coke by a long shot.
During blind negotiations, Coke
offered the University about 40 per
cent of vending machine revenues
plus about $3,500 a year in contri
butions, Food Service Director John
Costello said.
Pepsi presented a more lucrative
deal, offering the University a 48-per
cent take of its sales and donations of
about $35,000 a year, he said.
If demand is equivalent, simple
math shows Pepsi outbid Coke by
more than $30,000 per year. De
spite that, though, the University
still lost.
“Neither bid was as favorable as
(the one) we had with Coca-Cola,”
Costello said.
From August 1997 until August
2002, Coke paid the University 62
percent of its vending sales and
gave another $100,000 per year to
various University funds.
While the University earned about
Si25,000 in sales revenues from
Coke last year, Costello said the
arrangement often put the beverage
company in the red. Meanwhile, the
University’s vending machine agree
ment grossed the school almost a
quarter of a million dollars last year.
Historically, soft drink producers
have shelled out large sums of mon
ey to buy their way onto campuses.
Strangely enough, though, coffee
sells better than any other food or
beverage at the University. In fact,
Costello estimated only about 25
percent of sales are soda-related.
“We really took a chance,”
Larkin said of Pepsi’s decision to
purchase the University’s vending
machine rights.
So why do it?
“I think (distributors) see it as a
healthy and growing market,”
Costello said.
Literally.
Not only does the University’s en
rollment continue to grow, but so to
do its students.
“Typically,” Larkin said, “I think
brand loyalty starts to form at a
younger age.”
But when students want soda,
they want soda. Enter Pepsi — bet
ter late than never.
“We think (loyalty is) really im
portant,” Larkin said. “I think it’s
the lifeblood of any big brand.”
So far, opinions on Pepsi’s domi
nation have varied. Pepsi drinkers
love it, Coke drinkers hate it.
At Erb Essentials, where Pepsi’s
bottling agreement will expire in
2003, Assistant Food Service Direc
tor Victoria Varble-Goss said she
sometimes hears complaints about
the one-sided selection.
Varble-Goss won’t say what
she’ll stock when the store’s agree
ment expires, but she does say it
will have variety.
And that sits just fine with soph
omore Kate Workman, who’s forced
to bring her Coke from home.
“Normally,” she said, “if I’m
going to buy or order a drink, I
order Coke.
“You like what you like.”
Contact the senior news reporter
at bradschmidt@dailyemerald.com.
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