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Show Nickelcade: House of Culture by BRENT OLSON ince the dawn of mankind people have sought for ways to express and entertain themselves. For centuries music, literature, and painting have dominated the cultural scene for all of the social classes. However, in recent decades new forms of culturally uplifting entertainment have appeared that have appealed to most of the United States more than Opera, Faulkner, and Picasso. Examples of these innovative new art forms include the comic book, video games, music videos. Cheaper than tickets to the ballet, symphony, or even rock concerts, video games have truly become the opiate of the masses. While there are many video game choices in the Union building they often cost more than a quarter SYMPHONY continued from page R? continued from page which she played hugely. Nolan and Michael John Mcgann also had chemistry as Sandor Turai the playwright and Alex Gal the edis tor. Mcgann had the best such as "He can write a bit, but unfortunately, he writes a lot." While vaudevillian in style and spirit, Stoppard gives the skits an artful turn. For example, before we know who they are, Gal is telling Turai his play takes too long to identify the characters. Gal suggests a policemen named Murphy enter and introduce everyone. Just as Turai protests that Gal's suggestion is unrealistic, the waiter and introduces everyone. "Can we call you Murphy?" asks Gal. Things get pretty convoluted in the first act; Turai comes with a resolution, and the second act tortures the audience as everything from Turai's ego to stormy seas delay the happy conclusion. However, there is an enormous payoff near the end that nearly stops the show with laughter. There are also some vaudevillian dances and period songs by Andre Previn that add to the flavor of the piece. Rough Crossing will be playing at the Pioneer Memorial Theatre until 1 for tickets and April 3. Call more details. It was more concentrated on the piano soloist, whereas the first movemen't had been an intermediate balance of the piano and the orchestra. The Rondo, the final movement, began with a bombastic orchestra announcing its pres- one-liner- dollars VT4 A away. Nickelcades are the next cultural "thing." to play. Additionally, they typically only feature the very latest games neglecting such time tested classics as Arkanoid and Mortal Kombat. Now imagine a place where there are more than 300 video game and pinball machines and each one is through old photo albums. Playing Arkanoid brought back memories of eighth grade Christmas Vacation and the airport in which I first played the game. . In addition to old classics such as Gauntlet, Nickelcade also features new hits such as Gauntlet Legends. Playing both of the games in a row gives insights similar to comparing Joan Miro's early works with his later Constellation series. While many artistic purists might cite studies that video games are sensory depravation devices, today's nihilistic youth might argue, if they cared enough to, that only a nickel. Such a Shangri La does exist here in Utah, in the form of Nickelcade. Unfortunately, there is always a catch to such wondrous places in order to enter you must have your right arm cut off! Just kidding, the real catch is each customer must pay $1.75 to enter the building. But after playing just nine games customers break even. There is something therapeutic about playing the original Street Fighter game. Playing games like Super Mario Bros, that are nearly as old as your average U student, can be almost as nostalgic as looking such mind-numbin- g brain-cel- l destroying forms of entertainment are the ultimate symbolic derivative of modern culture's lack of moral absolutes. That said, while video games undoubtably lack the profound cultural relevance of Mozart, Matisse and Michelangelo, most of this generation has found it much easier to relieve their tensions by shooting evil zombies than by attending the symphony or art exhibits. Though a beautiful video game may not cause art lovers to cry tears of fire like a exquisitely performed symphony, there is a certain sweet resonance in the beeping ringing cacophony of sound found in arcades. There are two Nickelcades in Salt Lake Valley, located 798 E. 9400 South, and at 1725 W. 4160 South. Both locations are open seven days a week, 10 a.m. to midnight. R8 Student Tickets $7! Osbourne was amusing himself with the extensive cadenzas and runs that were prevalent throughout the final movement. "I can't quite bring myself to improvise a cadenza," he said. "Beethoven keeps telling the same jokes, so I throw in some of my own jokes." The symphony performed with a chamber orchestra, which is a reduced orchestra with considerably fewer strings and usually only one of each of the winds instruments. Osbourne was in Salt Lake city for only that performance, but he stayed long enough to discover that "J.B.'s has a really good breakfast." Heading and following up Osbourne's concerto, were Excerpts from the Ballet The Creatures of Prometheus, and Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, respectively. Cool Lookin' Ken Says, "Chronicle Phoco Is Cool, Like Me! jA. Justpv 4 f First place S I - j V Contest t another in the prison. The moment when the freed prisoners walk slowly into the light J was also moving. "Fidelio's" final scene foreshadows the final movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. In a rousing chorus, the entire cast rejoices in love and freedom. It's Beethoven's soul translated onto the Operatic stage. 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