12 The Tar HeelThursday, June 2, 1988
Music
Veldt, Pixies bring
Because not much was happening
in Chapel Hill last Thursday, I headed
to Raleigh's Brewery to see the Veldt
open for Boston's Pixies.
The Veldt has carved itself a sturdy
niche in the local club circuit in a
relatively short period of time,
culminating in the band's recent Cat's
Cradle performance as part of a
showcase of local bands put on for
visiting label representatives.
Although the showcase afforded the
group some excellent exposure, the
move may have come a little prema
turely, as the band needs more time
to develop a larger following.
Thursday was just another night
for the Veldt, which had the usual
share of problems that spring up for
bands playing live. One technical
problem was with the mix, which first
distorted Daniel Chavis' vocals and
then played them too low. The band
was also getting used to a new line
up, which may have been why many
of the songs suffered from a certain
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Helpingstine's countersuit charges
the University with violating the
Umstead Act by engaging in the
licensing program.
According to the N.C. Statute 66
58, known as the Umstead Act, it is
unlawful for any unit, department or
agency to engage directly or indirectly
in competition with citizens of the
state, Bennett said.
Representatives for the University
were unavailable for comment.
With the licensing program, the
University interferes with free enter
prise by denying licensing rights to
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sameness. That was regrettable since
the songs themselves are original and
well-crafted.
But the band's biggest problem was
in relating itself to the audience. The
attitude onstage was one of having
to play, complete with the band's
expression of a collective grimace.
But the members lightened up after
a few numbers, playing the rest of
the set with new life.
Chavis fronted the band energet
ically, delivering the songs in a full,
rich voice that complemented pas
sionate lyrics. He also proved to be
entertaining visually, throwing in
good dance moves before the one
vocals mike, although he was best
with his guitar strapped on, swaying
manufacturers for their products and
by making money that's not going to
educational purposes in the form of
scholarships, Helpingstine said.
"The burden of proof for us is to
show that their business is in com
petition with us," he said.
"It (the licensing program) was
never needed before so why now?"
Helpingstine said.
"(The University officials) can try
and claim that they are trying to
protect their reputation, but are they
really concerned about their reputa
tion or making money?" he said.
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exciting
cooly to his guitar's engaging rhythm.
In contrast, the lead guitarist
Danny Chavis (Daniel's twin brother)
and bassist Joseph Boyle played
almost motionless beside him. The
guitar was consistently interesting,
skirting the feedback line with solid
phasing, making for the group's
greatest source of variety in sound,
especially when mixed against the
rhythm guitar on the song "The
Laughing Man." The bass proved a
sturdy backing, but it took the stage
on "Heather" with a strong, driven
line.
New drummer Steve Hill has had
the difficult task of replacing a
talented predecessor, but Hill played
gamely, backing the band with fine
technical precision, although little
individual flair.
Overall, the Veldt has an exciting
sound which should get more exciting
as the band develops.
Ending the evening was a friendly
Boston band, the Pixies, which has
"Our claim is that (the registered
letters and logos) are not trade
marks," Helpingstine said. "You can't
take something that belongs to
everyone and patent it and say it's
yours."
"A company uses trademarks as an
identifying source of goods, and I
believe that people buy the shirts
(with the UNC trademarks on them)
because they want to express alle
giance to the University, not because
they think that the University is
sponsoring it," Bennett said.
Tom Shetley, director of auxiliary
services for UNC, said many licenses
were denied. "People are out there
trying to make money off the exploi
tation of this university," he said.
"And they (University officials) have
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a much harder, less accessible sound.
Fresh from a tour of Europe spon
sored by Rough Trade's 4AD label,
the band launched its set with a two
word obscenity to open "Nimrod's
Son," a western-tinged song from its
first EP Come on, Pilgrim. This song
was humorous, but as singer guitarist
Black Francis dished out more and
more "shocking" lyrics, coupled with
Joey Santiago's rather annoying lead
style, the overall effect became
somewhat predictable, with the lyrics
seeming superfluous and contrived
and the guitar more redundant than
innovative.
The Pixies' experimental studio
efforts were reproduced too exactly
on stage, becoming anything but
experimental when rehashed live. The
band is, however, a hard-working one
with a professionally self-conscious
attitude.
Its sound embraces various Amer
ican underground club influences,
from hard-core to Tex-Mex, from
a right to protect themselves, and they
have a right to recover the cost of
this (protection).
"You could ask over 100 different
universities why they have a licensing
program, and I'm sure their reasons
would be the same," Shetley said,
noting that all ACC schools are
licensed. "The fact that we have to
reject items (for licensing) is reason
enough for having a licensing
program."
"We don't even know if they're
actually using it (the money collected
from the licensing program) for
scholarships," Bennett said. "All we
know is that 50 percent of it is being
accumulated in a fund that is sup
posed to be used later for
scholarships."
Collegiate Concepts, Inc., which
handles about 70 major universities,
gets about 40 percent of the money
for collecting licensing fees, Bennett
said.
But Shetley said the University gets
an average of 80 percent of the
royalties.
"We have a sliding scale, so under
certain conditions, they (Collegiate
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Lou Reed to later Dream Syndicate
or Green On Red, but the live posings
fail in trying to emulate the same.
The Pixies played all eight songs
from its EP, but also featured many
more cuts from the recent Surfer
Rosa album than the band had
debuted on its Raleigh visit last
February. The best performance
came with the excellent "Where is my
Mind," in which the difficult harmo
nies and the lead guitar came together
perfectly.
This number revealed that the band .
may not be so well off with producer
Steve Albani's demand for more of
a noise-oriented Big Black mix, or
with 4AD's penchant for moodiness
and murkiness. 4AD, however, has
been open to the band's ideas, so the
next move ultimately rests with the
band and whether it will choose to
develop one cohesive sound or
continue to flounder in experimen
tation that has produced only
glimmers of its true talent.
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Concepts) could get 40 percent, but
most of the time they only get about
18 percent," he said.
Only about 30 percent of the
money UNC gets goes into a schol
arship fund, Bennett said, while the
rest is used for endowments.
"An endowment fund is an account
to be used for expenditures by
holding the principal and spending
the income.'' said Carolyn Sturgess,
trust fund accountant. "The income
earned from the endowment principal
account is unrestricted.
"The Board of Trustees has annu
ally voted to distribute the funds, and
they have voted to split the funds
(evenly) for the athletics department
and the endowment fund."
Money in the endowment fund has
not yet funded scholarships, accu
mulating instead in an account to be
spent at the chancellor's discretion,
she said.
Sturgess said she originally thought
the athletics department was not
granting scholarships with the
money, but has since seen documen
tation that it did.
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