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Show Wednesday, August 17, 1988 Chronicle - Page Nine Sharon Deckert fin I - 4 r Initiatives threaten art 1 i More money on my paycheck has always been a great motivator for me. And looking only on the surface of things, the proposed tax initiatives would probably provide exactly that But to be perfectly honest, most of the time I make so little money rd probably end up with an extra $3.50 on my pay-check. It's pretty hard to feel passionate about an amount of money that wouldn't buy a decent bag of dog food. But I do feel passionate about this issue. Ingrained deep in the minds of young schoolchildren is the idea that this country was founded partially to rid ourselves of the insane taxation of the British. Fighting taxation is almost glorified by our history and beliefs. It's also a great way to ally yourself to the great American names of the past. Become an articulate ' - fit- n - '" I tfv ! i ii anti-taxati- on spokesperson and your name will ring out with the names of those who signed the Declaration of Independence. But our forefathers were motivated by more than the money they could spend if they could dump British taxation. They, also, were passionate about the issue issues of the of freedom of expression. And it's that same freedom that's being threatened by this imtiative-t- he freedom J day-particu- ! 1 Aaron Chronicle naacaa pwxoDy "I wasn't ready for this-n- ot on a Monday." fnr whpn a nnnnrl Alan Hartman 9R ant mnrp" than Iip haroainprl nf npatlvJ o i wrapped ground beef plopped out of the Coke machine in the Joseph Merrill engineering nuiunng. ! First suspecting foul play, Hart said, '1 thought there would be a candid camera." 1 Not quite what you'd call "the real thing," but a good deal for 45 cents. r ..... , : - larly of artistic expression on our campus. We all know, somewhere in the dark recesses of our minds, that it takes money to produce plays, to run museums, to support dance troupes and to host concerts. But many of us are subject to the type of logic that convinces us the other guy will always pay for it and we can just go along for the ride. A quick look at the budget of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts orlhe Utah Museum of Natural History-the- se two are fairly representative of how the arts fare on this campus-- is enough to convince anyone that the public is depending on the nebulous idea that someone else will support the arts. Only about 25 percent of these museums' budgets come from the state. The balance comes from ticket sales, grants and private donations. The Utah Museum of Natural History's curator, Frank DeCourten, has a positive way of looking at his museum's budget: He views the state's input as an investment. For every dollar the state gives the museum, it can generate another $3 in ticket sales, grant money and private funds, DeCourten said. Since much of the grant money comes from sources outside the state, the museum is actually generating money for the state's economy, he said. Because of recent cutbacks, the art community on campus is already operating on shoestring budgets. It's ridiculous to think they can survive any more cuts. But maybe freedom of artistic expression is not one of your great passions. If not, for the sake of something I passionately believe in, I'd like to offer you' the angle. If you cut the investment you cut the return-sim- ple mathematics. So let's get serious about this initiative. It may provide the immediate satisfaction of a little money on the old paycheck, but that won't improve the investment potential already active in the budgets of the arts groups on campus. Sharon Deckert, a senior majoring in communication, is the assistant feature editor of the Chronicle. money-is-a-great-motiva- .. Distortion dominates new disc By John Pecorelli Chronicle staif writer I The Human Jukebox Scientists Karbon Records I don't care what anyone says, the Scientists are the ultimate garage band. his Australian quartet has been churning ut glorious, grungy guitar slop for about 0 years now. In that time, they ve pol- shed their craft to become the most hard-press- npolished yet still listenable band iround. No mean feat these days. If you're not a believer yet, just listen to Veird Love, the band's 1986 Bigtime Records release. It's by far their most com- mercial release, yet the only song on it With any shred of hope for even college airplay is Swampland. Not to say it s overtly weird music or any-- hine-f- or the most part Weird Love is - . The The band's latest album, The Human Jukebox, is raunchier, noisier and generally more confused than anything the band's done since the Demolition Derby EP in the early '80s. In fact, the album's liner notes say there is a recording of an overhead train derailment on one of the songs. But with all the crunch and distortion on this album, I'm to find the train wreck. And speaking of distortion, every song on this record reeks of it, with the exception of the Lou ReedTom WaitsAtomic Rooster blues nightmare "Shine." tune In fact, on the aptly-title- d "Distortion," Kim Salmon tells us amid screaming megaphone feedback and sloppy bluesy dirge noise that "distortion is the only truth." The message decays, ' along with the music, into, "With all this distortion, who needs truth?" g But for all my spiel, there's really no way to adequately describe the sound of this new Scientists disc. Perhaps the best way to sum it up is with a lyric from "A Place Called Bad," the track which opens side two: "How much pain is there here? This whole world, there's so much bad. It's beautiful." Utah State Fair is udderlv ed The Fair presents some; of ' ; Utah's finest high-falutin- rock music, simple and It's just so damned grungy, crammed pirect With feedback, intentionally shoddy pro- puction and so much ingeniously sloppy overlapping guitar work that Kim Salmon's vocals are nearly lost m the mix. That s the commercial stun. Straight-ahea- d cool! bands:' Big Idea September 8th Stratus Blue Box September 9th Car Kids September l Oth (lamina ftays September 16th Runway September 12th 85ft ir frozen yogurt & Hawaiian. Shave ?: ' : .jr'v Cy?" V Ice: -- . rich 6 todous : 1326 East' 2QO South : . ' frozen5 " CtDteJlefd free 6 verg low in cabnei. fl utolexare atemalive o a fas! 'cod . ;; Bachelors i 'Ou deceptively , 562-2D- ? bi) September 15th Irie Heights . September Hth September 17th , These outdoor, concerts 'start at 9:00 pm $4 for admission to the Utah. State Fair includes the price to dance to these cool bands! . Eat, ctrlnfc and be merry at the Utah State fair ! LL I |
