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Maniacs captivate audience
The Daily Tar HeelMonday, September 11, 19895
Saturday night at the Raleieh Civic
Center, both 10,000 Maniacs and open
ing act Camper Van Beethoven did
justice to their reputations as strong
live acts. Despite some fans' complaints
over high ticket prices and a lack of
publicity due to the presence of more
famous acts on this summer's concert
bill, the show was a triumph.
Camper Van Beethoven started
punctually, to a half-filled hall. The
first few songs received a lukewarm
response, but, as the audience contin
ued to grow, so did the energy. The
Campers, as always, gave a tight per
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Concert
attention for political and social issues
than for the music. Saturday, the band
gave a straight-ahead rock show, with
tight, faithful renditions of all its best
songs. Lead singer Natalie Merchant
did take a minute to give information
about the CROP Walk, though, during
a break.
All of the band members gave strong
formance, with their quirky meters and performances, but a few were excep
amalgam of musical style intact. tional. Jerry Augustyniak drummed like
Especially noteworthy was violinist a man possessed. Whether pounding
Morgan Fichter, the focal point of much
,of the set. Although perhaps underap
preciated, the band's excellent 45-
out Hey Jack Kerouac or Don t
Talk," Augustyniak was relentless as
he drove the band along. Bassist Steven
.minute performance succeeded well in Gustafsong, in order to keep up, was
priming the audience for the headliner.
10,000 Maniacs hit the stage 10
minutes later with the powerful one
two punch of "What's the Matter Here"
and "Eat for Two." The band seemed
restrained at first; all of the members
displayed a Bill Wyman-ish perform-
left with no choice but to give a great
performance.
Of course, Merchant stole the show.
On the first songs, she just stood in
front of the mike, but, after a bit, she
was soon doing the whirls, turns and
odd steps for which she is well known.
ance style. By "Cherry Tree," though, Her voice was amazingly strong live.
all of the members were more ani
mated.
As to be expected, the best response
came on material from Blind Man's
Zoo, notably 'Trouble Me" and "The
Lion's Share." But songs from 1987's
Onstage, she was dramatic and charis
matic, giving each song the personality
and voice that come across so well on
record.
Merchant gave a very intimate per
formance. This was helped, of course,
In My Tribe dominated, with all but one by the small size of the Raleigh Civic
Center. She touched hands and spoke
with those in front, acting quite so
ciable throughout. When, during the
second encore, Merchant flubbed the
piano on "Verdi Cries," she related a
of the songs from that album included.
"Like the Weather," "Hey Jack Ker
ouac" and "Gun Shy" were among the
standouts.
1 0,000 Maniacs often receives more
personal story in order to explain her
sense of awkwardness. She also good
naturedly laughed off her subsequent
mistakes.
Merchant took time during the show
to introduce theband'sTexan bus driver,
"Hoot." As a side note, my friends and
I felt compelled to meet Hoot after the
show. He turned out to be friendly,
briefly relating his impressions as a
man behind the scenes. Like the band
itself, he seemed accessible and per
sonal. In larger venues, that feeling
cannot help but be lost. At the present
time, the band is successful enough to
be famous, but not so much as to forget
the fans.
But music was, without a doubt, the
number one priority. The only back
drops were two small banners, one
depicting the moon and stars from In
My Tribe and the other showing the
elephant from Blind Man's Zoo. The
lighting was not spectacular in the least,
but it was used effectively, as with the
reddish glow during "The Painted
Desert."
This made the band itself create the
excitement. Merchant's plain garb, a
shirt and shorts, made her seem on the
same plane as the audience. At all times,
attention was on the songs, not on
gimmicks or grandiose statements.
It is a surprise and a shame that this
concert did not sell out. 10,000 Mani
acs and Camper Van Beethoven were
both great, not falling victim to the self
indulgence of many other bands.
Commercial success doesn't always
mean the end of the magic, as 10,000
Maniacs proved Saturday night.
Feast tonight on Pop Will Eat Itself
By CARRIE McLAREN
Staff Writer
Pop Will Eat Itself. Why? I dunno.
But then I'm not the one responsible for
revealing this sentiment to the music
world at large.
Who, then, is?
Four self-professed kings of grebo, a
; nasty flavor of Brit-rock, predicted the
demise of Britain's music spine as they
; discovered the art of bedlam. The
' Poppies' early Buzzcock-inspired pop
' yielded to the post-modern Industrial
' Age. 1 987 's effort, Box Frenzy, welded
lAdam Mole's vicious guitars with a
I new thirst for technology. Bits of sam
i pling reached into the far corners of pop
! culture and snatched everything from
Rod Serling to Sid Vicious, from
; Wham! to Nat King Cole.
; The band drove beyond the barriers
; of good taste when they covered one
; hit-wonder Sigue Sigue Sputnik's
;"Love Missile Fl-11." The vacuous
; hype behind the original underlines the
; Poppies' anti-strategy. The band sim-
ply exploits the self-exploited.
"I can see the appeal of The House of
Love, The Wedding Present and Mor-
rissey," vocalist Clint Mansell told the
New Musical Express. "I can see what
they're up to, too, and they're old
enough to know better." Mansell claims
PWEI speaks to the radio ear in a manner
untapped by the self-indulgent likes of
Morrissey and pals.
Pop survivors throughout the United
Kingdom have swarmed PWEI's new
album on RCA, This Is the Day, This Is
the Hour, This Is This. The group was
the first independent British rock band
invited to play the USSR. How does
pop eat itself this time around? First it
bites a chunk off every music genre the
'80s have trod. No style is sacred. Next,
they chew up rap, rhythm, disco, techno
pop and acid house and finally spit 'em
out in clumps of pop culture commen
tary. While reducing global tension to
nuclear fear, "Def Con 1" chants "Big
Mac, fries to go." Pieces of "The Twi
light Zone" and "Funky Town" tie the
whole montage together.
Without bogging themselves down
with cumbersome, piss-off messages,
PWEI dances with the enemy. "Can U
Dig It" proudly boasts "We dig TVWe
did remote control" and begs "Dirty
Harry, make my day." Yet, for self
proclaimed techno-culture critics, the
band certainly attends to the media.
These guys must have watched a lot (as
in, years on end) of television to find
such appropriate quips. "We like zee
muzeecWe like zee deezgo sound"
finds a perfect home in "Can U Dig It."
Pop Will Eat Itself purports to be the
decade's answer to the Sex Pistols.
They, too, were banned from English
radio. (The former earned the notoriety
for blatant sexism on "Beaver Patrol,"
off Box Frenzy.) Like the Pistols, the
Poppies prove "you don't have to have
ability." Sampling has merely replaced
the unschooled guitar. Why bother with
Tupperware when you've got all these
Mazola tubs just begging for use? The
attitude keeps the music alive, and as
"Radio P.W.E.L" affirms, "always on
the front-page news." The modern smut
kings revel in controversy. Even before
they broke the U.K. Top 40 with "Can
U Dig It," they fancied themselves the
saviors of radio.
What is Pop Will Eat Itself? "It's
finger-lickin', bite-size nice and beat
box shakin'." "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove"
suggests the band may also be "Here
today and gone tomorrow." But, for
now, anyway, the Poppies dwell in the
safety of the college radio charts and a
U.S. tour. And, if the media holds true,
Pop Will Eat Itself will play tonight at
the Brewery. Don't bother to bring sil
verware. Pop Will Eat Itself performs tonight
at the Brewery at 3009 Hillsorough St.,
Raleigh. Call 834-70 18 for more information.
Sports
Buffi n uses head in soccer -win
By JAMIE ROSENBERG
Assistant Sports Editor
Everyone at Finley Field for the
men's soccer matchup with Clemson
Sunday afternoon was so busy watch
ing striker Derek Missimo that nobody
seemed to notice defenseman Marc
Buffin sneaking into the action.
Missimo, besides being 6-foot-5 and
hard to miss, has been the Tar Heels'
leading scorer over the past two sea
sons and showed up for Sunday's game
; having registered two straight hat tricks
; and needing just one more goal to stand
; alone as UNC's all-time scoring king.
So, naturally, not the least of those
intent on Missimo were the Clemson
defenders. And, naturally, not the least
I of those in shock at the end of the game
' were those same defenders, who took
their eyes off Missimo just long enough
to watch Buffin chalk up two header
goals late in the second half, bringing
UNC (3-1,1-0) from a 1 -0 deficit to a 2
1 victory.
"They were double-teaming me the
. whole game," Missimo said afterward.
, "So Marc came up, and it shows you
' that it doesn't have to be me that scores.
It can be the other guys."
"They're going to have two goons
on him (Missimo) every game," Buffin
said. "So that gives the rest of us a
chance to get in there and do some
damage."
Buffin teamed on both goals with
senior midfielder Chad Ashton, who
lofted the ball perfectly into the goal
mouth each time. While Missimo will
have to wait a little longer to get into the
record books, Ashton's wait is over.
His two assists Sunday propelled him
out of a tie with former Tar Heel Dino
Megaloudis for the all-time career lead
at 36 and counting. Afterward, Ashton
received a congratulatory "noogie"
from Megaloudis, who was on hand for
the game.
The Tigers (2-2, 0-1) scored first at
the 26: 1 7 mark when a blunder by UNC
starting goalie Herb Sherry left a wide
open net for Clemson forward Pearse
Tormey, who booted the ball in for a 1
0 lead. Sherry went up among several
players from both teams to try to snag a
looping pass into the goal mouth, but
when he failed to come down with the
ball, it bounced unattended to Tormey,
Football
who knocked it in while Sherry was
still out of position.
That was enough for Tar Heels head
coach Elmar Bolowich, who yanked
Sherry immediately, replacing him with
freshman Watson Jennison.
"(Sherry) was a little bit inconsis
tent," Bolowich said. "And I felt that
with that kind of goal based on his
mistake, he would just get more con
fused as the game went on."
The Tar Heels' offensive unit sput
tered for the rest of the first half and
didn't get on the board until Bolowich
decided to move Buffin up to midfield
for the second period. Finally, at the
73:40 mark, a corner kick by Ashton
found Buffin's head and then the goal.
Less than six minutes later, at 79:23,
Ashton lofted a free kick in front of the
goal which Buffin put past goalie
Roberto Marinaro for the clincher.
"I had him (Buffin) in back in the
first half, but with a 1-0 deficit, we had
to act," Bolowich said. "So I put him up
to midfield to give our attack another
weapon.
"In the second half we put more
pressure on the goal and they struggled.
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a four-yard touchdown plunge by
junior fullback Michael Benefield, who
bucked and bulled his way through
three tackles and into the end zone to
give the Tar Heels a 14-0 advantage
late in the first quarter.
Two possessions later, it took Hall
and Co. only five plays to go 56 yards
for a third score with 1 1 minutes re
maining in the half. Blount, who gained
1 02 yards on 1 0 carries, took it over this
time from 11 yards out on a simple
sweep around left end.
VMI threatened once in the first half,
after Keydet quarterback Tony Douglas
hit halfback Scott Council with a 48
yard bomb down to the UNC 16 yard
line. But three running plays out of the
VMI wishbone netted only one yard,
, and kicker Wade Hawkins was wide
' left on a 32-yard field goal attempt.
The Tar Heels promptly marched 80
yards on eight plays for the final tally of
the half, with Hall hitting back-up full
back Mike Faulkerson across the middle
for a 38-yard touchdown strike. UNC
kicker Clint Gwaltney 's conversion was
perfect again, and the teams headed for
their locker rooms with UNC holding a
comfortable 28-0 lead. -
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