Floater comes home to play acoustic set
The Eugene-hand returns to WOW Hall on Friday
to play a set inspired by life and each other
BYTREVOR DAVIS
PULSE REPORTER
Rock group Floater will return to its
old stomping grounds this weekend.
The band, which consists of lead
singer and bassist Robert Wynia,
drummer Peter Cornett, and guitarist
Dave Amador, will perform an
acoustic show at the WOW Hall
on Friday.
"The history we have (at the
WOW Hall) is long and intense, and
it's hard not to associate Eugene
almost entirely with playing at the
WOW Hall," Wynia wrote in an
e-mail. "Many highs and lows
have happened within those hal
lowed walls."
The members of Floater met in the
early '90s when they started playing
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together at garage parties and at
the University.
Wynia explained the group's be
ginnings: "I put up some posters at
local haunts saying that I was look
ing for people to play some songs."
Floater released its first album in
1994, and now has eight albums in its
catalogue. In 1998, the band moved
to Portland, where the members
currently reside.
"We just had so much more going
on up here (in Portland). We were
mixing our records here, and we
hung out with a number of musicians
in this area," Wynia said.
Floater will be playing two sets of
acoustic music — its first all
acoustic show in Eugene in more
than a year.
Wynia describes the acoustic
shows as "much more low key, in
some ways more intimate and per
sonal and a lot less exhausting" than
the electric shows.
The band started performing
acoustic shows after a manager's
encouragement. "She would over
hear us playing songs acoustically
and she kept saying, 'You guys have
gotta record that/ and finally we just
put our energy into the acoustic mu
sic for a while," Wynia said.
Fans have displayed positive re
actions to the shows.
"(Fans reacted) much better than
we expected — very alarmingly
well," Wynia said.
The band is finding new artistic in
spirations as it grows. Once influ
enced by other bands and sounds,
members of Floater are now trying to
find inspiration within themselves.
"We're primarily influenced by life
itself, and we've found a mechanism
for using each other to produce mu
sic that we all enjoy and are fulfilled
by," Wynia said.
The band is playing with loud,
fierce energy because of its focus
on playing acoustically, Wynia said.
Meanwhile, the band is
brainstorming and writing for its next
electric record, set to come out in
spring 2006.
"We just can't sit together in a
room and not start writing material,"
Wynia said.
Tickets for the upcoming acoustic
show are $10 in advance and $12 at
the door. Ticket outlets include CD
World at 3215 W. 11th, House of
Records at 258 E. 13th Ave., Taco
Loco at 900 W. Seventh Ave., the
University ticket office on campus
and the WOW Hall, all in Eugene.
Doors for the show open at
8 p.m., and the show starts at 9 p.m.
on Friday.
The WOW Hall is located at 291 W.
Eighth Ave. and is open for all ages.
Ages 6 to 11 are half price atthe
door when accompanied by a par
ent, ages 5 and under get in free.
Those interested can call the WOW
Hall at (541) 687-2746.
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customers are looking for," manager
Mary Kolego said.
Staffers only buy back what's in
style. They look for what people are
wearing on the street, what's sold at
the mall and what is featured on tel
evision and in magazines.
Kolego said designer denim and
velvet are currently selling well.
What else is in? "Good, yummy fall
colors: rich brown, burgundy, yel
lows," she said.
Most who sell clothes to the
store are just looking to clean out
their closet.
"We buy directly from the public.
The majority of our merchandise
comes from the public," said Kolego.
The Buffalo Exchange started in
1974 in Arizona, and has expanded to
11 states, with three stores in the
Willamette Valley.
The Eugene location offers a fresh
selection. "Even for me, every day I
come in here there's a certain level
of excitement. That's definitely not
something you're going to find at the
mall. We have new stuff everyday,"
said Kolego, who has worked at the
store since its opening in 1999.
The store has clothes for reason
able prices — Kolego estimates the
average price range for clothes is
$10 to $25.
"The initial sticker shock is gone and
people can get fashionable items for a
reasonable price," she said.
The store has plenty of acces
sories including belts, shoes, jewel
ry, scarves, backpacks and hats,
along with a
huge variety
of clothing
articles.
"We have
some of
everything. We have the brands that
you can find atthe mall, but we
have that fun and unexpected item
you can't find anywhere else,"
Kolego said.
Many of these unexpected items
can be found on the Halloween
rack. "We just got in a killer tutu,"
Kolego said.
The Buffalo Exchange has a rack
full of themed outfits including 70s,
Little Red Riding Hood, farmer,
French maid, cheerleader, prom king
and queen and many more.
Value Village, at 555 W. Centennial
Blvd. in Springfield, is another good
spot to find Halloween outfits for a
modest price. Although Value Village
has a wide selection of outfits and
clothing items, finding fashionable
pieces is hit-or-miss. Most used
items start at $1 while new items
start at $15. The selection provides
an opportunity to mix and match.
The warehouse store has a wide
"We just got in a killer tutu."
Mary Kolego | Manager of Buffalo Exchange
array of Hal
loween acces
sories includ
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Other thrift
stores intheEu
gene area that offer more adventure
and surprise include Goodwill stores.
The thrift store operates three Eu
gene-Springfield Goodwill stores, in
cluding one at 15 Coburg»Road in Eu
gene. The local stores are at 1015
River Road, 855 Seneca Road and
102 30th St. in Springfield.
Those searching for an inexpensive
alternative may want to check out The
Salvation Army at 2065 W. 7th Ave. in
Eugene or St Vincent De Paul, with
locations throughout Eugene.
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