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Show Reviews Secondary Bands Steal The Show at Lollapalooza 92 Dreams come true on stage in City of Angels MASH episodes of the ries. by Dawn Kennally Forum staff writer enough of a show by the stage alone. It was adorned with movie screens, towers of equipment, and motley arranged bones in the form of some unidentified skeleton. by Mike Weaver Forum staff writer When Ministry began playing, there was nothing held and no looking back. They were so exciting and loud (50 decibels over former member of Janes the 90 decibel limit, according to Ice Cube) Perry Farrel, have seems to created a musical that the crowd in general-admissio- n Addiction, seating monster and financial winner with the Lolwas lighting bonfires and dancing around lapalooza Festival. The first tour over the them. Ministry stole the spotlight from the summer of 91 was one of the only tours headliners, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, who that year to turn a profit. The second tour, paled in comparison and gave an anticlimac-ti- c end to the y festival. Lollapalooza 92, looks to be heading for the same success as they headed to Phoenix The music was die main draw but there were enough other events going on for the on Sept. 8. The all -- day event was an interesting and sometimes exciting blend of fans to, see. There were booths set up by music and art activist organizations such as the NRA and The festival was started by British popGreenpeace. There were local and underhard-rock sters Lush. They had an almost ground bands playing on a secondary stage. sound that seemed to never really get going. There were art tents, international foods, and Seattle grunge rockers Pearl Jam fola man who was selling goggles that supposlowed. They played hard and energetically edly gave the same effect as an LSD trip clamfrontman Eddie Vedder without having to take the drug. to as managed ber over all parts of the stage, including the The biggest secondary draw was The lights above. They put a fitting end on their Jim Rose Circus Sideshow. It was a raw and disgusting look at the P.T. Bamum days set by concluding with The Whos Teenof freak entertainment and freaks who took age Wasteland. p After Pearl Jam, the Scottish band the body to extreme limits were the show. The Jesus and Mary Chain took the stage. It included Mr. Lifto, who hung cinder sound blocks mellow a from his pierced nipples and other that They played pop unmentionable parts of his anatomy. seemed a little out of place sandwiched The Torture King pierced his body with between the hard rock of Pearl Jam and fellow Seattle hard rockers Soundgarden. s hot pokers, including one straight through alboth cheeks. His performance got the most Soundgardens set contained songs three' people fainted during his most exclusively from their latest album, response act. with a lot of guitars and plenty of screamMatt The Tube Crowley swallowed were Cornell. Chris They ing by lead singer not as energetic as some of the other bands. beer, ketchup, and Maalox through a tube One surprise of their set was when they in his nose, then sent it back up through the showed what they thought of censorship by same hose for the other performers to drink. show had enough of a The ten-hoplaying Ice Ts controversial song Cop Killer. variety of bands and activities that almost Ice Cube took the stage and played one anyone could find something to entertain of the more powerful sets of the evening, them for a little while. This tour was an topped only by Ministry. Ice Cubes rap improvement on the last one in the fact that set got the crowds moving and other bands there were more secondary performances besides the music. Can Lollapalooza bewatching from the side of the stage. come how Perry Farrel envisioned it with a When it came to power and noise. Mine, better balance between music and art istry led the pack with a musical blitzkrieg. The crowd got booths? Well probably see next summer. Los Angeles in the 1940s glamorAll dreams ous, mysterious; and romantic. do come true; the guy gets the girl; night clubs are the center of elite social life; and movies have good guys and bad guys and the good guys always win. This is the stage production of City of Angels. Enter, if you will, into detective-write- r Stines life. While Stine is writing his first glamorous detective novel, he cant help but character he has drift into the Bogart-lik- e created. As Stine drifts back and forth between his real life and his alter ego Detective Stone, the stage changes from Technicolor to black-and-whit- This production is classic Broadway. Were very lucky to have it here. This limited engagement starts Tuesday, Sept. 22, and runs through Sunday, Sept. 27. Tickets went on sale Aug. 21, but plenty of seats are still available. Show times are 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and tickets range in price from $19 to $37 depending on show time and seat (sorry, no student discounts). Tickets and further information can be obtained at the Capitol Theatre box office, or charge by phone at . e. se- Detective Stone is played by Barry Williams, ctar of the popular 70s TV sitcom The Brady Bunch. Although Williams is better known as Greg Brady, musical theater is his greatest love. He has also appeared in the title role in Pippin on Broadway and in its first touring production, and in the Broadway musical RomanceRomance at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Bruce Granath, spokesperson for Space Agency Concerts and Theatricals, says, set-u- p all-da- television City of Angels is Broadways newest smash hit musical comedy. It has won six Tony Awards, including best musical, best book; best score, and scene design. It was written by Larry Gelbart, whose notable work includes writing the first hundred 355-ART- S. T C 4 Pn r art-po- - v-- - ?r j tr v A 7-V ur phL . rs r.w ..r a full-forc- Follow-uprP.S.- I. Continued from pg. 2 tor, Liz Peterson, if I worked for the paper. When she replied that I did he hung up on her. Finally, Officer Park from the Sandy City Police Department called me on Sept. 15, concerning a complaint Zitting made against me. Zitting complained to Officer Park that I had broken a sprinkler head after the meeting I was invited to leave on Sept 4. The reason Zitting gave for my breaking the sprinkler head was because I was angry with him. In last weeks Forum I said that I immediately began pursuing a story after the meeting. I was on my way to get a copy of the Call Guide, which had been confiscated from me and which gives the details on Zittings operation. 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