PULSE BRIEF
Joan Baez to visit Eugene
Baez, who became popular in the
1960s and has continued to make
music ever since, is appearing at the
venue for the first time in eight years.
However, Oregon Festival of Ameri
can Music Executive Director Jim
Ralph said tickets for the Baez show
were gone instantaneously.
"She is a legend," Ralph said. "We
put out two advertisements for the
show and it completely sold out."
Baez first appeared at the Newport
Folk Festival in 1959, and she went on
to release her first album, "Joan Baez," a
year later. Throughout the 1960s and
1970s, she combined her music-mak
ing with political activism by participat
ing in events and singing about current
issues. She co-founded the Institute For
the Study of Nonviolence in Carmel
Valley, Calif, released her first Spanish
album in honor of Chilean residents
living under the rule of Augusto
Pinochet, and marched with the Irish
Courtesy
Legendary folk artist Joan Baez will appear
at The Shedd Concert Hall on March 3.
Peace People in North Ireland during a
period of violence.
She continued her activism in the
1980s by promoting the nuclear
freeze movement and condemning
California's Proposition 6, which
would have prevented openly gay
teachers from working in public
schools. Her music intertwines soft
ballads, bluesy beats, lullabies, coun
try influences and ethnic folk.
During her career, Baez has re
leased more than 60 domestic and
international albums and per
formed worldwide. Her most recent
release, "Dark Chords On a Big Gui
tar," came out in 2003.
Ralph said Baez is known for her
talent and perseverance.
"She has a phenomenal voice," he
said. "She not only captured the spirit
of the 1960s folk music age, she's also
just a brilliant musician. She's contin
ued to make rock-solid music."
The Shedd Concert Hall is located
at 868 High St.
— Natasha Chilingerian
The Sonics give music fans
taste of original punk sounds
The first two albums by
the Sonics remain popular
among garage-rock and
punk music aficionados
By Ryan Nyburg
Senior Pulse Reporter
It's hard to remember a time when
one could turn on Top 40 radio ex
pecting to hear something good. It
_ seems like
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ALBUIV1S what used
_ to be a vi
tal medi
um. Dominated by a few large com
panies and using play lists that reflect
national preferences rather than the
tastes of a region, radio no longer
seems interested in catering to indi
viduals. The herd dominates. If you
don't like what's popular, you can
shell out $ 15 for an album or maybe
catch a show at some local dive.
But those local dives are all closing
Turn to SONICS, page 11
The Jungle helps Eugene club
scene by being ‘new and fresh’
I he owner of The Jungle says having areas
that separate the underage and 21-and-over
customers helps the bar to bring in crowds
By Ryan Nyburg
Senior Pulse Reporter
The decor in The Jungle certainly tries to fit the name.
Eugene's newest night spot is filled to the brim with fake
palm trees, ferns and even a small waterfall. Everything is
bathed in ultra-violet light, casting an eerie glow over the
scattered tables and mock vegetation.
The stage has a dance floor that can't help but be packed.
When there is no room left for dancers, customers dance in
any open space they can find. Even the flames of small can
dles strewn about the bar move with the beat of the music,
flickering from the change in air pressure caused by pound
ing bass drums of the band onstage.
But this is just one of the venue's many faces over the years.
Until last November, the club was known as the Annex, a
popular underage venue. But while the club pulled in the
crowds, it wasn't enough.
"We did well, but we were just making money from the
charge at the door," said Alexandra Sianis, the club's manager.
"We tried to get a liquor license, but it took some time."
When the club finally did become licensed to sell alcohol,
other problems arose
'The Annex had become strongly branded as an underage
club," The Jungle owner Doug Renner said. "We put up flyers
and advertisements, but nobody seemed to realize that we
now served alcohol."
So the owners and managers of the club decided to make a
change. In November of last year they closed the club and be
gan remodeling. Filling what was once an empty space with
tropical paraphernalia, an expanded stage and a revamped
sound system, the owners brought the club back as The Jun
gle at the beginning of the new year. According to Renner, the
change has been a successful one.
"We've had about 700 people a night every Friday and Sat
urday since we reopened," Renner said. "I think we're show
ing people in Eugene something new, giving them a place
that's clean, safe and comfortable."
The owners believe one of the reasons for the popularity
is the venue hasn't been completely closed off to minors since
reopening. On select nights it allows anyone 18 and older to
enter, while splitting the club up so that alcohol is only avail
able to the 21-and-over crowd.
Sianis believes the success also had to do with the Eugene
club scene as a whole
"This town needed something new and fresh," said Sianis.
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The Jungle has undergone extensive remodeling, including
the addition of an expanded stage and a revamped sound system.
"Timing-wise, we've been incredibly successful."
According to the club's employees, the success ofThe Jungle
boils down to atmosphere
"It's just a great place to hang out," bartender Jamie who
prefers to go by one name said. "The musie the people; it's
just a great environment Of all the dance clubs I've been to in
Eugene it's the best."
The Jungle is located at 23 West Sixth Ave
Contact the senior Pulse reporter
at ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com.
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