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ANDREW
KERR
Nice smile,
ain't it? But would it have done him any good if he'd made it
passed the semi-final casting round for the CBS "Survivor III"
show in Africa last summer? Doubt it. I bet he would've been
eaten by pygmies. However, that impish grin does blend
nicely with the mix of folk and rock and comedy he plays in
a special storytelling style. Nice pygmie. Down. Monday,
Sam Bond's Garage. -BF
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GOOD
RIDDANCE
You gotta love any band that includes hidden
tracks on their CDs. How cool is it when you forget the music,
head to the bathroom, and when you're halfway through reading
the label on your Head 'n Shoulders you realize the music's
been off but now a new song's popping up, like "In My Head,"
a hidden Psychedelic Furs cover that appears on Riddance's newest
release, Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit. You flush, light
a match, and start boogying to their catchy, aggressive punk
rock with a melodic edge. Thursday, WOW Hall. -BF
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SYRIUS
JONES
Heralded as "Eugene's favorite home-grown band",
Syrius employs a "y" where most people would just use an "e."
And they drop an "o." Does this speak to the inner tinkerings
of their diabolical minds, the darkness that rests deeply within
their souls, the quality of their rock 'n roll? To find out,
tune in on Saturday when Shane, Jesse, Gabe and Greg answer
these questions and more in a Big Head Todd-meets-the-Black
Crowes kind of way. Saturday, Wild Duck. -BF
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ANNAVOX
I hear
that in the name of safety, our government's been hoarding tons
of the Annavox vaccine. I'm putting in a special call for large
doses to be delivered, 'cause the virus is comin' to town. Featuring
a cello wedged between two guitars, the Anna trio has three
voices - one throaty female, a syrupy male falsetto and a soulful
baritone. With their creative sound and charismatic construction,
they'ze on the way up. With worth-seeing Abandon Ship, and Carsie
Bean Blue. Friday, Cozmic Pizza. -BF
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Barnes
with Beans
Plus, Mood's romantic tangoes round out the
week.
BY
VANESSA SALVIA
I like Danny Barnes. Once you
see him perform live, you'll like him,
too. It seems that no matter who Barnes chooses to play with, the
results are fabulous, whether the group is The Bad Livers, Thee Old
Codgers, local bluegrass outfit Honey Buckit or just by himself.
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GREASY
BEANS PERFORMS WITH DANNY BARNES AT SAM BOND'S ON SATURDAY.
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Barnes began infiltrating the unsuspecting bluegrass
world years ago as a member of Austin's The Bad Livers. The Livers
injected a bit of punk adrenaline into their music, doing lightning
fast covers of popular punk songs, among their own originals. When
Barnes comes to town Saturday, he'll be at Sam Bond's along with North
Carolina's Greasy Beans.
Barnes and the Beans have known each other for years,
since Barnes's Bad Liver days, so it was only a matter of time before
their schedules would wind themselves together. Barnes speaks very
highly of the Beans. He doesn't care much for what many new acoustic
artists are doing these days. He says the new approaches to bluegrass
and acoustic music seem "separate from the earth, and so you don't
hear the earth in their music. Poor people, and people of the earth
have a connection to the older vibrations. One doesn't develop soul
from a book called How to Play the Mandolin and a metronome.
You have to have it in your blood."
And the Beans do, he asserts, while at the same time
acknowledging that most music fans haven't heard of the Bean boys.
Barnes waxes further, "These are mule-riding, fish-eating country
boys" who appreciate a big pile of grits.
The Beans' CD Real Live Music resonates with
an old-timey sound. There's no gimmick here, and it doesn't feel forced
one bit. Originally they were a five-piece and recorded their CD as
a four-piece. Nowadays, they're a trio, but they include friend and
fiddler Cailen Campbell as much as possible. At this show, Barnes
and the Beans will play their own stuff as well as playing each other's
stuff together.
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DAMO
SUZUKI PLAYS WOW HALL ON TUESDAY.
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On Tuesday, local phenoms Mood Area 52 will perform
at WOW Hall, opening for Damo Suzuki's Network. Mood Area 52 have
experienced some changes in the past few months: Percussionist Derek
Trost migrated to Portland and saxophonist David Roderick has returned
to school and so has cut down his playing with the band. The new Mood-sters
are violinist Anthony Dyer and Kee Zublin, a regular sax player with
local brass band Wheel of Meat, has signed on.
Dustin Lanker, one half of Visible Men, will be joining
the band on piano, but only at venues that already have a piano in
place, which means Sam Bonds! I recently received a CD of some new
music from the band and it's just as enjoyable as their other material.
If anything, the new material seems even more sensuous
than before, with less of a jumpy accordion and more smoothly flowing
melodies, aided in part by the beautiful violin. If you're a fan of
Mood Area 52's romantic tangos, you won't be disappointed. If you
have yet to hear them, don't delay.
Damo Suzuki's name is well known to any fans of prog-rock
or krautrock. He's sung on four albums by the legendary Germans known
as Can. With the Network, a collective of musicians from all over
the world, Suzuki has been continuing to realize his unique vision
of improvisational compositions. He records his music live at concerts,
choosing now to avoid studios altogether. His latest release, Metaphysical
Transfer, is a two-CD set of tracks recorded live from shows in
Seattle, Vancouver and Los Angeles, including two tracks recorded
in Eugene at Sam Bond's Oct. 6, 2000. No matter what Suzuki is working
on, he always brings an inspirational experimentation to his work.
As he says, "I'm not interested to see passed landscapes again. I
feel like I'm in a train traveling down the track. I'm anxious to
get to the next station, and if this stop is not on the map, it will
be much more fun."
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Raucous
and Real
Koozies,
Kerr release new discs.
BY
GLENN SHIRES
On Saturday the 24th, The Wetlands
Brew Pub will play host to the boisterous,
stomp-worthy country music of The Koozies. Yes, the band is named
after those foam containers that you use to keep your beer cold on
a hot day. The band even sells Koozies imprinted with their logo and
the slogan "Keep It Cool," which happens to be the title of their
new CD.
The 12-song disc was recorded during a two-week period
at Pro Arts Studio in Eugene. Last year, the band recorded an album's
worth of material at another studio, but various obstacles prevented
them from finishing the mixing process. As time dragged on, The Koozies
grew restless and decided they would be better off recording the whole
thing over again.
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"Six months went by and we had evolved into a harder,
edgier group," says band member Tuan Bui. "We went into Pro Arts with
a 'let's just do it' attitude, and the next thing we knew, we had
the CD in our hands."
According to Bui, The Koozies' songs are mostly about
"drinking a lot of whiskey and beer, kicking ass and walking away
with smiles on our faces."
Songwriting duties are split between guitarist/vocalist
Jacob Pruzinsky and Bui, who plays guitar, mandolin and banjo. Bui
says that The Koozies draw upon a mixture of classic and alternative
country sounds — everything from Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams,
Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson to the newer stylings of The Gourds,
Bad Livers and Hayseed Dixie.
"I have no idea what's coming out of Nashville these
days," he adds. "I don't listen to pop country radio. The stuff we
listen to is a lot more original-sounding and underground."
The Koozies' new CD does a fine job of reflecting
their energy, but the band has a reputation for turning things up
a notch when they play live. Songs tempos speed up and band members
lay into their instruments with a vengeance, resulting in a more raw
yet no less entertaining performance. Given that, Saturday's show
at The Wetlands promises to be one of the most raucous events in Eugene
this weekend. Portland roots rock combo Dizzy Elmer will open the
show.
Anyone looking for a less rambunctious evening might
want to check out folk-rock musician/storyteller Andrew Kerr at Sam
Bond's Garage on Monday the 26th. Kerr began his performing career
10 years ago as a stand-up comic, and it shows. He applies a healthy
dose of witticism to his music, to satisfying effect.
Kerr's new disc Rock Star is chock full of
smooth, mellow, soulful tunes and off-the-wall humor. For example,
in "Saturday Night" he begins by describing a place that he goes once
a week, "where everyone knows my name. I come here to work through
my pain ... It's a quarter to one and I'm feeling alright, I pull
up a chair 'cause I'll be here all night." Is he singing about his
favorite watering hole? Meeting his pals at the neighborhood bar?
Nope. By the end of the song, the listener realizes that Kerr is actually
describing an all-night session at Kinko's, where he copies flyers
for his concerts until dawn and his "friends" give him a deal on computer
time.
"I do it for the screaming groupies," he jests in
the CD's title track, a satiric yet hopeful portrayal of a coast-to-coast
tour, during which he finds himself seeking fame and glory in the
decidedly non-glamorous confines of book stores, coffee houses and
mall food courts.
Kerr's songs touch on a variety of bizarre topics
— applying to be on the TV show "Survivor," accidentally receiving
a fan letter intended for Britney Spears, and teaching coal miners
how to plan for retirement in eastern Kentucky. "The real men had
about 25 guns, and the sensitive New Age guys only had 10." He takes
a jab at assorted peculiarities of modern life, yet he manages to
deliver his message without coming across as malicious or snide. If
nothing else, Kerr is a true musical diplomat.
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Power
to the Peaceful
An
interview with Michael Franti.
BY BEN FOGELSON
Eugene favorite and socially
conscious funk, reggae, punk-rock and
hip-hop sensation Michael Franti returns with Spearhead to the McDonald
Theatre. I'd get your tickets early.
In recent Mother Jones and Wiretap interviews,
Franti touched on issues such as the Patriot Act and its implications
on human rights; Howard Zinn and the role musicians and artists have
in transcending the propaganda of our times; the death penalty, flag
waving and the very concept of "staying human." Those interviews are
available at www.motherjones.com/interview/franti.html
and www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12053
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MICHAEL
FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD PERFORM AT THE MCDONALD THEATRE ON WEDNESDAY.
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For EW readers, Franti also addressed several
newer inquiries:
What's your real name?
Michael Jacob Franti. That's the name given to me
by my adoptive parents, but my mother named me Hugh. I'm glad I haven't
lived my whole life as Hugh. I don't think it would've worked as Hugh
and Spearhead.
Here's a heavy question. 9-11. If you had known
who was to be responsible for the big BANG, and if you'd had the opportunity,
would you have locked the naked perpetrators in a vat of pissed-off
electric eels?
Um - no. I don't agree with what happened, but I don't
think things are that black and white or as simplistic to say that
if we'd locked the people up that someone else wouldn't have done
it anyway. We need to look at things on a more holistic approach as
to why there's violence in the world, why there's militarism and corporate
interests that are always taking precedent over the human and the
natural interests in the world.
You're a poet. Please give any message to our readers
in exactly 12 words, no more or less. On my mark - go!
Power to the peaceful. That's four. So repeat it two
more times.
What would you do if you had a million dollars?
I've had a million dollars, just not all at once.
I think if I was ridiculously wealthy I'd create a space for young
people to be creative. That's what's missing from schools today; that's
why kids are dropping out; that's why kids are losing the path. I
was one of those kids, and for a long time I grew up feeling like
just fuck the system and fuck schools and fuck everybody, and really
what I wanted was just to paint a picture or learn an instrument,
or -
Go surfing. Animal rights, are you into that?
I'm into respecting life, whether it's animal rights
or micro-organisms or human life. There's enough forces in the world
that are doing the best they can to profit off of death and destruction
that I think life needs a little life support.
Mind telling me what your song "Hole in the Bucket"
is about?
"Hole in the Bucket" is about people asking me for
change, and I felt I don't want to give this guy my change 'cause
he's going to buy booze or whatever, and then I'd end up sitting down
on my couch and it would shake with change underneath it, and I realized
that all this time I was stressing out. The change didn't really change
my life, but to someone else it might mean making it to the
next day.
Franti on flag waving, in his song "Bomb the World."
"Please tell us the reasons behind the colors that you fly,
please tell us the reasons you want us to unify.
You say you're sorry, you say
there is no other choice.
But how can you feel sorry
when you're killing people with no voice?
You can chase down all your
enemies, you can bring them to their knees.
You can bomb the world to pieces, but you can't bomb
it into peace."
Michael Franti and Spearhead spread the word Aug.
28 at the McDonald Theatre.
BAGEL BAKERY AA
760 Blair Ave. - 342-4390
Sat 8/24: Jim Hershey--11 am
Su 8/25: Three Rivers Showcase--10; Acoustic
BLACK FOREST
50 E. 11th - 344-0816
Su 8/25: Open Mic--9:30
Mo 8/26: Emerald City Sessions--9:30
Tu 8/27: Jessica & Shadow--9:30
We 8/28: Motherfunction--9:30; R&B
THE BRICKHOUSE
4136 4th St. Spfd. - 988-1612
Thu 8/22: Karaoke--10Sat
8/24: Daddy Buck, Ailment, Conception--10
CAFE PARADISO AA
NS
115 W. Broadway - 484-9933
Fri 8/23: Del Ray, Steve James--9; hillbilly, smart ass country blues
Mo 8/26: Hershey's Showcase w/ Larissa Rudeen, Lori Kelley--8:30
Tu 8/27: Open Mic--8
We 8/28:Mark Alan--8:30
CHANTERELLE'S
5th & Pearl - 484-4065
Thu 8/22: Skip Jones & Friends--9:30; Blues
Fri 8/23: Skip Jones & Friends--9:30; Blues
Sat 8/24: Eagle Park Slim--9:30; Blues
Tu 8/27: Blues Jam w/Byron Case--9:30
We 8/28: Nicolette Helm/friends--9:30
CORNUCOPIA
295 W. 17th St. - 485-2300
Fri 8/23: Sweet Papa Low Down--6; Swing
COZMIC PIZZA
1432 Willamette - 338-9333
Thu 8/22: Poetry Lives w/Erik Muller, David Laing--8
Fri 8/23: Annavox, Abandon Ship, Carsie Bean Blue--7; Cello, pop
Sat 8/24: Rob Tobias & Friends--7
DIABLO'S
959 Pearl - 683-3855
Thu 8/22: Ladies '80s Night--9
Fri 8/23: Yummie Bootie Night w/Jon Smith, Tremor--9; Hip hop, dance
classics, requests
Sat 8/24: Big Pimpin w/ Howie, Steve, Anmar--9; Hip house, disco
Su 8/25: Fetish Night w/Goddess Severina, DJs Perfida, Heath--9
We 8/28: Darkside Wednesdays w/DJs Hanif, Ceez--9; Underground hip
hop, old school soul, R&B
DOC'S PAD
165 W. 11th - 683-8101
Thu 8/22: Ladies' '80s & Retro Night--9
Fri 8/23: DJ Alpyne--9; Hip hop
Mo 8/26: Roosters Blues Jam--8
DON JUAN'S #2
33100 Van Duyn Rd. - 684-8695
Thu 8/22: DJ Music--8; Country, rock
Fri 8/23: Karaoke--9
Sat 8/24: DJ Music--9
Su 8/25: DJ Music--9; '50s to present
Mo 8/26: Karaoke--9Tu 8/27: DJ Music--9;
'50's to present
We 8/28: DJ Music--9; '70s-'80s
DOWNTOWN LOUNGE
959 Pearl - 343-2346
Sat 8/24: Everybody Uh-Oh--9Su 8/25: Soul Food Night--9
Mo 8/26: Blue Monday--8
Tu: Ouija Tuesday--8
We 8/28: Down Low at the D Lo--9
EMBERS SUPPER CLUB
1811 Hwy. 99 N. - 688-6564
Thu 8/22: Billy McCoy--9; Country
Fri 8/23: Michael Anderson Trio--9; Variety,
country
Sat 8/24: Michael Anderson Trio--9; Variety, country
Su 8/25: Michael Anderson Trio--9; Variety, country
We 8/28: Billy McCoy--9; Country
FOXFIRE
4740 Main, Spfd - 747-7900
Thu 8/22: Ampt--9:15; Rock
Fri 8/23: Mr. Underhill, Northwest Royale--9:15; Rock
Sat 8/24: Blue Face, Wish--9:15; Rock
Su 8/25: Karaoke--7:30
Mo 8/26: Karaoke--7:30Tu 8/27: Jam with Anton--9:15
We 8/28: The Johnny Wild Band--9:15
GOOD TIMES TAVERN
375 E. 7th - 484-7181
Sat 8/24: Pond Rock--9:30; Southern rock
HOLLYWOOD TAXI
535 Main, Spfd - 747-0307
Fri 8/23: Grynch, Prodd--9
Sat 8/24: Ozone Baby--9
Mo 8/26: PELT--9
We 8/28: PELT--9
HUMBLE BAGEL AA
2435 Hilyard - 521-3389
Thu 8/22: Charlie Parker--6:30; Jazz
Fri 8/23: Thomas Mackay--6:30; Jazz
Sat 8/24: Charlie Parker--6:30; Jazz
JOE'S BAR AND GRILL
21 Wst 6th Ave.
Fri 8/23: Tamaras--10; Acoustic guitar
JO FEDERIGO'S
259 E. 5th - 343-8488
Thu 8/22: Jo Fed's All Star Jazz Jam--9:30
Fri 8/23: Tim Wilcox Quartet--9:30; Jazz
Sat 8/24: Noah Petersen Quartet--9:30; Jazz
Su 8/25: Mark Allan--9
Mo 8/26: Chestnut Open Mic--10
Tu 8/27: Barbara Dzuro--8:30; Jazz
We: Paul Paydos Trio--9:30; Latin
LAVELLE WINE BAR
5th St. Mkt - 338-9875
Fri 8/23: Greg Goebel--5:30; Jazz
Sat 8/24: Barbara Dzuro--5:30; Jazz
LONE STAR BAR & GRILL
33140 Van Duyn Rd. - 686-8686
Thu 8/22: John Michaels--9; Country DJ
Sat 8/24: John Michaels--9; Country DJ
We 8/28: Coyote Ugly Night w/John Michaels--9; Country
LUNA
30 E. Broadway - 434-5862
Thu 8/22: Olem Alves Quartet--9;
Fri 8/23: Roger Wendover, Ian Smith--7 Don
Latarski's Rue de Blues w/Marilyn Keller--9; Blues, R&B
Sat 8/24: Roy Brewer--7 Ritmo
de la Noche--9; Latin jazz
We 8/28: Hollis Ann Vipond--9
MCDONALD THEATRE
1010 Willamette St.
Fri 8/23: Morrissey--8We 8/28: Michael Franti and Spearhead--8; Funk,
Reggae
OREGON ELECTRIC STA.
27 E. 5th - 485-4444
Sat 8/24: Don Latarski Trio--8
OVERTIME TAVERN
770 S. Bertelsen - 342-5028
Thu 8/22: West Side Blues Jam--9
Sat 8/24: Dabbledooya--8; Classic rock
PLANET GOLOKA
679 Lincoln St. - 683-7155Su 8/25:
DJ Viran, DJ Kalia--6; New sounds of India
QUACKERS
2105 W. 7th - 485-5925
We 8/28: Blues Jam--8
RAMADA INN
225 Coburg Rd. - 342-5181
Fri 8/23: Vaness Express--9:15; Rock
Sat 8/24: Vaness Express--9:15; Rock
ROADHOUSE
3018 Gateway - 746-6000
Mo 8/26: Family Karaoke--5
RUMBA ROOM
100 E. Broadway - 484-1747
Thu 8/22: Cuban Wheel w/Mike & Simona--8
Fri 8/23: Fiesta Mexicana--10; Banda, cumbia, salsa
Sat 8/24: Sin Sentimientos--10
We 8/28: Beg. salsa w/Emilio Menendez--7
SAM BOND'S GARAGE
407 Blair - 431-6603
Thu 8/22: The Asylum Street Spankers--9
Fri 8/23: Hanuman--9:30
Sat 8/24: Old Time Jam--5
Danny Barnes, the Greasy Beans--9
Su 8/25: Bingo w/Jivan and Tom--8:30
Mo 8/26: Andrew Kerr--9
Tu 8/27: Bluegrass Jam--9; Jam rock
We: 7th Day Buskers--9; Acoustic
SAMURAI DUCK
980 Oak - 345-6577
Thu 8/22: Ashbury Park, Amblin & Morgan--10; Acid folk rock
Fri 8/23: Contusion, Nail Mary, Eve's 2nd Sin, more--10; Metal, hardcore
Sat 8/24: Susan and the Surftones, The Brainwashers--10; Surf tunes
Mo 8/26: DJ C4's Explosion--9Tu 8/27: The Action Figures--10
We 8/28: Carmenzito, Grazing the Days to Come--9;
Hardcore
SENOR FROG'S
444 E. 3rd - 484-2927
Thu 8/22: DJ Karaoke--6:30
Fri 8/23: DJ Mario--9; Cumbia, Banda, Merengue
Sat 8/24: Salsa, Merengue--10
SWEETWATER'S
Valley River Inn - 687-0123
Fri 8/23: Gus Russell, Lyn Berg Quartet--8
Sat 8/24: Mary Kadderly Trio--8
TACO LOCO
7th and Blair - 431-3871
Mo 8/26: Fuzz--7; Funk, jazz
TAYLOR'S
894 E. 13th - 344-6174
Mo 8/26: DJ Tekneek--10
TINO'S RESTAURANT
15th and Willamette - 342-8111
Sat 8/24: Olem Alves, Mike Hanns Duo--6; Jazz
TINY TAVERN
394 Blair - 687-8383
Fri 8/23: Benefit for Cascadia Forest Defenders
w/Danny Dolinger--10
WETLANDS BREW PUB
922 Garfield - 345-3606
Sat 8/24: The Koozies, Dizzy Elmer--10; Alternative
country, rock
WILD DUCK MUSIC HALL
169 W. 6th - 485-3825
Sat 8/24: Syrius Jones--9:30; Rock
Mo 8/26: Hatebreed, Glass Jaw, 2 Bucks Short--8
WOW HALL AA
291 W. 8th - 687-2746
Thu 8/22: Good Riddance, Choke, Go For the Throat, Paint by Numbers--9;
Punk rock
Fri 8/23: Floater all-acoustic evening--9; Acoustic rock
Sat 8/24: Monsterama! films w/Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster,
The Flesh Eaters--9; Film
Tu 8/27: Damo Suzuki's Network, Mood Area 52--9:30; Experimental rock,
tango
CORVALLIS
CLUBS
THE BEANERY CORV.
500 SW 2nd St. - 753-7442
Fri 8/23: Madison & McCoy--8
Sat 8/24: Jessica Plotkin--8
BORDERS CORVALLIS
777 NW 9th St. - 738-0580
Fri 8/23: Gary Reed--8
FOX & FIRKIN
202 SW 1st. - 753-8533
Thu 8/22: Idiot Savants--9
Fri 8/23: Blues Jam--9Sat 8/24: Canon Lion of Judah--9--9
NEW MORNING BAKERY
2nd St. - 754-0181|
Sat 8/24: Foshaug & Rose--7:30; Folk, rock
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