PAGE 10 The News Argus May 1990
Entertainment
s.
SECCA
Opens New
Show
’’Sticks”, on display at the
Southeastern Center for Con
temporary Art (SECCA) from
April 7 through June 17, docu
ments the traditions of walk
ing stick production in Ken
tucky. Curated by Larry Hack-
ley and Albert Sperath of the
Kentucky providing a defini
tive documentation of their
canes from the past to pres
ent. This exhibit is sponsored
by the Humana Foundation
with support in part by a grant
from the Kentucky Arts Coun
cil with funds from the Na
tional Endowment for the Arts.
The walking stick is
probably one of the oldest
utilitarian objects in man’s
history. It has served as an
aid to walking, a weapon, a
status symbol, a commemora
tive item, an advertising gim
mick, a means to express an
idea and, for the whittler, a
way to pass the time.
Included in the show are
Ben Miller’s elaborate snake/
fish canes from dogwood tree
trunks with roots still attached
and Denzil Goodpaster’s trib
ute to Dolly Parton. Elvis is
commemorated by Elisha
Baker and Donny
Tolson’s coral snake is
deadly.
The fifty-six page exhibi
tion catalog includes thirty-
two color reproductions as
well as, an essay and descrip
tions of the 135 pieces in the
show. It examines the social
aspects of “Sticks” and the
p>eople who use them, as well
as the role they play as an out
let of expressicMi for the people
who created them. We have
drawn from private and pub
lic collections for the pieces
of the show.
SECCA is located at 750
Marguerite Drive (off Reynolda
Road). Houri »re Tuesday-Sat-
urday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Sunday, 2-5 p.m.
For further information,
please contact Dennis Szakacs,
Director of Communications.
Urban
Dance
Squad: A
Review
It’s a sound that touches the
pulse of the street. URBAN
DANCE SQUAD is at the hard
core of the new dance under
ground. Five rebels with a
noise, delivering a sonic attack
that’s adventurous, uncompro
mising and sharp as a knife.
Formed in 1987, the Am
sterdam-based crew almost im
mediately started to create a
buzz all over Holland. With
wild and powerful stage shows,
URBAN DANCE SQUAD
earned a name as a band to
watch; challenging, hard to de
fine, or as one critic put it:
“...like a musical guerilla, with
machine-gun rhythms, whiplash
raps, crushing guitar riffs,
scratches, cuts and other tonal
booby-traps”.
The blast of noise was so
loud that the Dutch radio
couldn’t fail to notice. The
group made it’s debut on
VPRO-radio with a 15 minute
live special, that captured the
raw power and creative energy
of five musicians. Unlike most
rap crews, URBAN DANCE
SQUAD doesn’t use electronic
rhythms, samples or pre-re-
corded scratches. The SQUAD,
Magic Stick, DNA, Rude Boy,
Silly Sil and Tres Manos,
formed instead a flesh-and-
blood rhythm section, that sets
a strong and dynamic backdrop
for guitar, turntables and the
raps of Rude Boy Remington.
Their ground breaking new
style is the sound of cultures
colliding. A sizzling fusion .
music, from Beefheart and
Hendrix to state-of-the-art hip
hop, mental, noise and heavy
funk await the most avid of
music affecionados. The de
but album of URBAN DANCE
SQUAD is entitled MENTAL
FLOSS FOR THE GLOBE .
Time Out
of Mind: A
Review
A truly creative artist isn’t
content resting on past accom
plishments nor can he endure
remaining still. His greatest
satisfaction is derived from for
ward movement; traveling
and exploring new avenues
and diverse paths. Such is
the case with Grover
Washington,Jr., who takes
another major step forward
with his third album for Co
lumbia Records, Time Out of
Mind.
The music heard in Time
Out of Mind defies designa
tion to just one category.
Instead, it offers the listener
an opportunity to travel on a
variety of musical excur
sions, from the funky party
sounds of Ronnie Foster’s
“Jamaica” to a melodic, soul
ful groove in “Gramercy
Park,” and the intimate, ro
mantic styling of “Sacred
Kind of Love,” which ex
udes a warm glow as it
See Washington on page 15
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