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Label promotes local musicians Schapendoes Records aims to expose Eugene musicians that the public may not otherwise hear By Helen Schumacher Pulse Columnist About two years ago, three friends — Halle Williams, levon Cutler and Adam Newton — founded Schapendoes Records as a means to release music by local artists they felt deserved more attention. Everything began when mem bers of the label were watching a show at basement venue The Alamo. They were inspired to release an album featuring two local bands playing that night — Chevron, which Cutler is part of, and Mine Thirty Seven. "A label seemed like the best way to do that," Newton said. All were avid fans of the local music scene and wanted to help expose themselves and others to the music theyliked so much. "We thought our friends were making a lot of good music that we wanted to put out," Williams said. "There's a lot of good bands in Eugene that would get more coverage in a bigger city where there is a more established music scene and a bigger chance of a label being interested and wanting to help out a band. But in a small city like Eugene, there is not the same opportunity." Most recently, the label has been working on a compilation album entitled "The Last Thing We Ever Did," featuring tracks from 20 dif ferent bands in Eugene, Portland and Chicago. Among the bands included are: Intima, The Planet The, Chin lip Chin Up, Black Darts, Mood Area 52, Little Twos, The Love of Everything, Dutch Flat and Kickball. "We don't have a lot of money," Williams said. "So we can't put out an album by every band we like. This compilation was a way to release stuff by all those bands." The album will cover a wide spectrum of musical genres, from singer-songwriter to electronic and tango. However, on the whole, listeners can expect an earnest post-rock sound brim ming with precocious harmonies and complex rhythms. Both Williams and Cutler described much of the album as "subtle, awkward pop." "I think there's some of the best bands from the Northwest on the compilation," Williams said. "It's a lot of underexposed stuff that's more original and authentic." On Saturday, seven of the bands from the compilation will be per forming for an album release show at Indigo District, located on the corner of Oak Street and East 13th Avenue. The night's lineup will include Mine Thirty Seven, Chevron, Wet Confetti, Dutch Flat, Animal Beard, Testface and Mikah Sykes of the Little Twos. "It should be a crazy show with lots of music and good bands," Cutler said. "There will be some rare stuff too because Mikah and Testface rarely play shows." According to show posters, the event will "start early and end late," but organizers say that people can expect bands to begin playing at 7 p.m. and not finish until well past midnight. The cover is $2 or free with the purchase of "The Last Thing We Ever Did." The album will cost $10 and can be purchased at Face the Music, House of Records, the Museum of Unfine Art and Record Store, or on the label's Web site, www.schapen doesrecords.com. Contact the Pulse columnistat helenschumacher@dailyemerald.com. HOUSE continued from page 6 artists who don't have much money or a record label to perform. "I'm more interested in what my neighbor has to say than what Sony Pictures Classics has to say," he said. Orange, whose stage name is Thanksgiving, played in Moscato's basement during the "My House" days. He said independent artists de serve just as much attention as big la bel artists. "Musicians with more money aren't necessarily better," he said. "Musicians should be able to play if they want to and if they're good at it." Orange, who will be opening Thursday's show, has performed solo and with bands since he was 11 years old. He has released two albums un der the name Thanksgiving — "We Could Be Each Other's Evidence" and "Nothing"— which are both for sale in Portland record stores and at Orange's shows. He said he incorpo rates spontaneity into every show. "Sometimes I bring people from the audience on stage if they play an instrument," he said. UO Cultural Forum Regional Mu sic Coordinator Timothy Cooke said he is happy to sponsor "Not My House" because it is a good part of i*il!ISi Hov.16 2 m mmmmmnm mat* Met fMMWtKtlll r.rr..vW<.vyWvy.v.%-»yvyA<ftW.v.V(W,»V'8WWrtVSVVvVAV.Ny.y.v/>v/WV.l<.V the Eugene community. " There are plenty of mainstream bands who play in bars in Eugene and shows that the University puts together, but "Not My House" is dif ferent," Cooke said. Moscato, who has also created his own an and film projects, organized independent an shows for five years before founding "My House" He host ed a total of 45 "My House" events, in cluding an art show against the war in Iraq inside a Eugene art gallery. The event drew about 500 people The clos ing event for "My House" was July's "A Super Happy Fun Day in the Park," a 25-act film and music show in the Washington-Jefferson Park. included in other plans for "Not My House" is a show called "The Se cret History of Eugene," which will tell stories about lost people and places in Eugene through multimedia exhibits. Moscato plans to create a Web site where people can submit material for the show. He said he hopes to take "Not My House" to other cities and to continue organiz ing shows that are free from institu tional support. "1 love the spirit of do-it-yourself cul ture," he said. "It's self-empowering." Thursday's show is open to all ages with a $3-5 suggested donation. Free soup will be provided. Contact the Pulse reporter at natashachilingerian@dailyemerald.com. 017566 off everything LAZAR’S BAZAR 6(7-0139 57 W Broadway DOWNTOWN MALL IOGENI *Purchases over $10.00 Expires 11/11/03 ^.XOU CAHfy SPA6HETTI *3“ Every Tuesday PIZZA 25Q6 Willakenzie 344-0998 (lade P/a 7a 2673 Willamette 484-0996 27th and Willamette Check out these fall workshops! * • Preparing for the MCAT Wednesday, Nov. 5, 3:30 p.m. 360 Oregon Hall • Applying to Law School Thursday, Nov. 6, 3:30 p.m. 360 Oregon Hall • Master's Degree in Social Work Wednesday, Nov. 12,1:00 p.m., 253 PLC sponsored by the Office of Academic Advising 364 Oregon Hall, 346-3211 ‘Two Nuns Laughing’ is a photo that will be displayed at photographer Brian Harris’s 'Himalayan Visions & Tibetan Voices' show. "If you look at the pictures I take, you get this impression of the cultural traditions, but it’s very hard to get those images today," Harris said. Brian Harris Courtesy TIBET continued from page 6 organization for many years." Harris said his goals for the travel ing show are to increase awareness about Tibetan culture and give people a different level of interaction than a gallery showing could provide. "ITiere's a certain kind of level of per sonal interaction that you get in the show that you don't get from just pho tographs," he said. After two years off to raise funds and develop concepts, 11 arris took the show on the road. 1 le said Tibet has garnered a lot of media attention in recent years, and he noted the unremitting push of moder nity into the lives of the Tibetans. Ac cording to Harris, it was culture that ex isted for hundreds of years without very little external influence, and as a result of exposure to other cultures, most of that society's traditions are now vanishing. "In some ways, it's a kind of cultural death. Every year 1 go back, it gets hard er to document that culture because it's disappearing, but you can't be negative about it," he said. "People in this part of the world are just like the people in our part of the world — they change. But I'm not a romantic; I don't think that we should try to stop it, and I don't think that we could stop it." The oral tradition, once an integral part of the Tibetan culture, is also dis appearing, leaving many stories lost forever. Although photography takes center stage, Harris said he enjoys working to preserve these oral histories. "lust working on the collecting of memoirs, getting to travel around and collect the stories of these men and women who are in their 60s and 70s, who were farmers and nomads, that is really fulfilling to me," he said. Harris didn't credit any particular photographer as influencing him, but rather a school of writers he called "the traditionalists," including American au thor I louston Smithand Marco Pallis. "If you look at the pictures 1 take, you get this impression of the cultural traditions, but it's very hard to get those images today," he said. Tickets for the show are $10, and available at the McDonald Theatre box office and RLI, located at 306 Lawrence St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. Steven Neuman is a freelance reporter for the Emerald. October Contest Win her!! Photograph by Karen Baldwin Jones. 0175981 November's theme is "Fall Color." Enter an unframed 5x7 by November 21. 2003 from digital, slide, or negative to win a matted 8x12 enlargement. All winners are eligible for a grand prize of $100 of "Oregon's Finest Photofinishing" to be chosen at the end of the school year. Three entries per month allowed and the decision of the judges is final. Entries will be displayed during the following month at Campus Gerlachs and the winner's photo Will be printed in the Oregon Daily Emerald on December 1st and ~nd. \Vnue every effort will be made to protect vour print Gerlachs/Dotsons cannot be responsible for loss or damage. Contest rules are available at the Campus Gerlachs store at 849 E. 13th aerjacfrB- freon's IMAOiPY IXPSMS FO# OVt* 70 YSASti
