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THURSDAY Consign Equipment 9 A.M. - 9 p.m. FRIDAY Consign Equipment 9 A.M. - 5 p.m. SALE Friday 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday 9 A.M. - 6 p.m. Presented by Willamette Pass, Willamette Backcountry Patrol and Hoodoo Ski Patrol FALL ING PRICES SAVE 20% on 2003 SAVE 40% ON DEMOS Gunnar Roadla Framas High •nd Tnkt and riihwn in •xcallant condition. TREK NAVIGATOR 300 Rag $309 sala $339 01 KONA SCAB list $599 sala $389 25% Off 2002 modals In stock PAUL'S 2480 Aldar & 152 W 5th & Oasis Plaza Local band will perform score to vampire classic Mood Area 52, sporting an eclectic mix of sounds, has composed original music to accompany ‘Nosferatu’ By Ryan Nyburg Senior Pulse Reporter Local band Mood Area 52 will resurrect a vampire Friday at Tsuna mi Books, rhe group, which dubs its style "nuevo tango," will be per forming a score it has created for the classic 1922 silent film "Nosferatu." Mood Area 52 has been together for nearly five years and is com prised of accordionist Michael Rod erick, cellist Amy Danziger, bassist Dan Schmid, violinist Anthony Dyer, guitarist Adam Wendt and sax ophonist Kee Zublin. The group was recently chosen as the third best band in Eugene by the Eugene Weekly, while Schmid, who is also a member of the Cherry Poppin' Dad dies and the Visible Men, was cho sen as best male musician. For the Tsunami performance they will be joined by drummer Jim West. "Nosferatu" was directed by F.W. Murnau and is considered one of the classics of German expressionist style. It was loosely based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker and was remade in 1979 by Werner Her zog. In 2000 it inspired the Film "Shadow of the Vampire," which was a take on the mysteriousness that surrounded the original film's star, Max Schreck. Mood Area 52 has performed the score once before, last April at Sam Bond's Garage. They had previously performed their own score for the 1962 French short film "La Jetee," which was written and directed by Chris Mark er. The band has also released a self titled album of original material. Roderick, the band's primary composer, said that he chose to score "Nosferatu" because of its graphic beauty and also because it is one of his favorite films. The band resurrected the score for this per formance due to its popularity and because it seemed like an appropri ate choice this close to Halloween. "We're thinking of recording the score, but we want to see how it plays," Roderick said. "The majority of our music is based, at least stylis tically, in the tango tradition, which has a lot of tense overtones and can be pretty spooky. For this score we've taken that element and ex plored the possibilities of exaggerat ing those qualities." Roderick said that the score utilizes a degree of jazz improvisational the ory as well as fixed themes for each character and certain plot elements. Other members of the band also think that the film is a good choice for a musical score. "They broke the mold when they made this one," guitarist Wendt said. "I've never seen anything like it, the way it touches on so many issues, like money, plague, greed. Our mu sic fits because it has a kind of ethe real, cinematic quality, like some thing out of a spaghetti western." Tsunami Books is located at 2585 Willamette St. The all-ages perform ance begins at 8 p.m. and tickets will be $5 at the door. Contact the senior Pulse reporter at ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com. POETRY continued from page 6 The book's design itself comes across as a play for the MTV demo graphic and is an obvious point of cri tique. It should come as no surprise that the publisher is MTV Books/Pock et Books. But lest you think Williams is unaware of potential hypocrisy, one section of the poem addresses this cri tique. In a dialogue between a journal ist and a "Maned Character," he seems to be stressing the importance of just having the words get out into the world (and uncensored, at that). The black and white page reversals also complement the words. One ex ample can be found on pages 106-107, which make dualistic statements on male and female gender. On the left side, a black page with white lettering reads: "God has hair / on her pussy / and waits / burning with desire / for you." The right side of the page is white with black text, and responds: "this is no blasphemy / you have erected / an cient penises / in your capitols / and prayed / in the name / of a father / a male child / and a ghost." The overall character of the poem is one of intoxication and rapture — with revolution, freedom and new forms of consciousness. Williams' nar rative has this kiss-bearer walking the streets to spread the knowledge that has been imparted to him" If America needs strong voices of dissent and conscience, Saul Williams is one of the louder speakers these days. It might take academics 20 years to include his poems in their Anglofied canons, but his message is one of im mediacy. He is spreading words of change, and revolution, with an aware ness that embraces all that civilization has tamed. Contact the Pulse editor at aaronshakra@dailyemerald.com. Advertise mtke ODE classifieds _Call 346-4343 or place your ad online Every Thursday only in the Oregon Daily Emerald
