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BY VANESSA SALVIA Rocket From The Crypt mellows out before playing WOW Hall, Thursday, April 10. UO Cultural Forum Presents FRENCH FILM Rockets Blast Eugene Hard punk at WOW Hall. O n Thursday, April 10, get ready for a powerful blast of rock and roll as Rocket From The Crypt in- vades the WOW Hall. Along with The Spits and The Bronx, this punk rock show will rock your socks off as only RFTC can. As soon as the six-piece, two horn RFTC takes the stage, the musicians command at- tention, from their slick matching outfits to their choreographed moves. It’s never been said that RFTC doesn’t have energy and stage presence. Vagrant Records has just released the band’s latest CD, Live From Camp X-Ray. Live is in fact, not live, but comprises10 songs executed in only 26 minutes that will permanently sear into your brain. From the opening strains of “I’m Not Invisible” to the final notes of “Too Many Balls,” the CD is awash in powerful, raw sex- uality and bombast. “Bring Us Bullets” and “Bucket of Piss” rock as hard as anything RFTC’s done in the past. This CD proves to all naysayers that they are still vigorous, pompous as ever, and not sacrificing sub- stance for style after more than 10 years to- gether as a band. Attention, Zony Mash fans! Luna will host Seattle duo Guitar Monks Saturday, April 12. Timothy Young, guitarist for Zony Mash, and Andrei Otraskin became friends in 1994 while Young was attending Cornish College of the Arts. Their professional col- laboration grew out of this friendship and they have been playing music together ever since. Young has performed with many jazz masters outside of his work with Zony Mash, including Julian Preister, Michael White, Bill Frissell, Sam Rivers and Stan Getz. Otraskin, from Russia, has recorded in his native coun- try and toured the U.S. with his band, The Jungle. As soon as the six-piece, two horn takes the stage, the musicians command attention , from their slick matching outfits to their choreographed moves. RFTC The acoustic duo took five years to pro- duce Songs For Oblivion. Young and Otraskin say the creative process cannot be rushed, and they seek to imbue their music with a deeper meaning — “music as a cre- ation of Spirit and a language for all people.” Their philosophy is “global village guitar music,” which desires to unify many different musical ideas, including ragtime, Brazilian “choro,” classical, jazz and minimalism. This assessment by Guitar Player maga- zine reveals the complexity of their intent, “The pieces often suggest a meeting of three worlds: the classically informed jazz of Bill Evans, the crunchy harmonies and virile rhythms of early-20th-century Russian com- posers such as Stravinsky and Prokofiev, and the open-ended virtuosity of such Brazilian nylon-stringers as the late Raphael Rabello.” Acoustic guitar fans, fingerstyle fans, or those who just want to experience guitar music a whole new way should enjoy this show. ew Individual films $3 student • $4 general Film Pass $15 student • $20 general All films shown in WILLAMETTE 100 http://culturalforum.uoregon.edu 4.17 7:00pm • ADVENTURES OF FELIX Oliver Ducastel + Jacques Martineau 9:00pm • CODE UNKNOWN Mickael Haneke 4.18 7:00pm • UNDER THE SAND Francois Ozon 9:00pm • MURDEROUS MAIDS Jean-Pierre Denis 4.19 7:00pm • FAT GIRL Catherine Breillat 9:00 • THE PIANO TEACHER Mickael Haneke 4.20 7:00pm • HAPPENSTANCE Laurent Firode 9:00pm • AMELIE Jean-Pierre Jeunet Presented by the UO Cultural Forum with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in Washington D.C. and the Society for French American Cultural Services and Educational Aid (FACSEA) in New York City. Also supported in part by the Departments of Romance Languages, English, Oregon Humanities Center, College of Arts and Sciences, Arts and Administration, and Office of International Programs. APRIL 10, 2003 23
