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Show The Salt Lake Tribune ENTERTAINMENT Eric Idle Brings Overdue Celebration ofPython Lunacy to AbravanelHall the highlightofthe show. Entering with an acoustic guitar, simply as himself, Idle spent the second act paying homage to his Python mates, regaling the fans with tales about John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Eric Idle’s musical revue of Monty Python material at Abravanel Hall Sunday nightcould easily have become fodderforcriticism for hard-core Pythonloonies. After all, how can one member of the revered British comedy troupe possibly capture the inspired stupidity created by the six Pythons? Is Idle simply trying to cash in on more than 30 years of Python lore, or is hefittingly delivering what —have been clamoring for for his singers and band, the Rutland Sympathy Orchestra, through a Las Vegas-style revue of Python’s greatest hits: “The Meaning of Life,” “Every Sperm Is Sacred,” “Penis Song” and “The Bruces’ Philosophers Song” all elicited _sing-alongs and cheers. Between songs, Idle and his ac_tors interspersed sketches from Python’s heyday. “The Spanish Inquisition” made its required ap- Drum-Driven Slipknot Keeps Fairpark Audience In Its Grip, Sets Stage Aflame to Close Show BY DEBBIE HUMMEL Terry Jones and Graham Chap- man. Idle described the various thon films and gave each member his due when Idle played songs written by the other Pythons. The secondact also held more songs — “Eric The Half A Bee,”“I Like Chinese,” “Medical Love Song” and “The Galaxy Song” among them — and Idle introduced his supportingplayers,all of whom performed gallantly, know- ing they would be compared to the Pythons originally in their roles. Idle’s band was vital to successfully fulfilling his vision for the show anek were led by longtime label debut including “Sic,” “Eyeless” and “Wait and Bleed” with the audience intheir grip from beginning THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE writing partnerships within Py- thon,talked about making the Pyin a sparkling tuxedo jacket, Idle welcomed the near-capacity crowd to “a very stupid evening” andled BY DAN NAILEN C7 Tuesday, May 9, 2000 Fairpark’s Promontory Building on Sunday night. The Des Moines, Iowa, nine-piece have taken the The r for the cussionist Crahan saturated his coverall sleeves with the 1997 Ozzfest Tour, word of mouth and music’s new love-hate medium,the Internet. core.” “The Lumberjack Song”fit- “It wasn’t radio, it wasn’t MTV, it was you!” Taylor the “Spot The Loony”contest winner’s liver — the procedure shown on a screen hanging above the tingly closed the two-hour show with another massivesing-along. stage. Another new character, Dolly Taylor — the “world’s great- est transvestite country and western singer — fared better, thanks mainly to a rousing versionof Python’s “Sit on My Face.” After a first act of frantic costume changes and ever-growing musical productions,Idle returned to the stage for what would become ; acter as emcee KennyLustin gi- * ant can of Spam as nine Vikings, whowould later becomehis band, > back-up singers and sketchactors, : performed “Spam Song.” Dressed REVIEW for their style. The group has sold 500,000 albums, and they can thank inclusion on Foothill Drive; chee $12; $10 seniors; $5 students. “The Secret Garden’ Hale Center Theater, 225 W.400 North, Le tas sidering the original Pythons have not worked together in nearly 20 years, that celebration has been long overdue. NOW PLAYING ‘CARMI 12 SOUTH REDWOODCanaamE RD..SOTH 562-5760 (EBAPLEX 1946 EAST 4200 SOUTH #20_ 6400 SOUTH STATE17 “SANDY 229140 mances;$7 seniors for all matinees; no babies; 266-7600. (115) 876 E. 900 S GHOSTDg, wo ewe5. FELCKSJOUMEY 0.202% : = WHERE IS IT? ‘Test your knowledge LEGWORK of Utah’s Outdoors every Tuesday in the Outdoors section. 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Con- 12 andunder; $7 students at 9:30 perfor- Pioneer Theatre Company at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East; 7:30 p.m.; $17to $39; 581-6961. avoided the customary show oflighters held over head. Openers MudvayneandOneMinuteSilence had the “Eric Idle Exploits Monty Py- Desert Star Playhouse; 4861 S. State, Murray;7 p.m.; $8 to $12;$6 for children Orem;7:30 p.m.; $9, Bextea Preserved seats; (801) 226-8600 smelling of lighter fluid — thank heavens the crowd said to the Salt Lake City audience. thon,” but in the end,Idle’s show was much morea celebrationofall ‘42nd Street” Grand Theatre; South City Campus of Salt Lake Community College; 1575 S. State; 7:30 p.m.$8 to $16; $2 discount for Saturday matinees; 957-8322. 3 — Boos and fund-raiser featuring Joseph Silverstein; All Saints Episcopal Church; 1710 lighter fluid andlit his arms and drumkit onfire, apparently without any injury. The evening ended with satisfied fans and an arena The bandis not only in the spotlight HAPPENING TODAY NOVA Chamber Concert Series riled-up kidstosit on the floor mid-concert andwait for middle of the stage, after which clown-masked per- vaged by the backstage removal of ments, that allows the audience to appreciate the naughty genius be« hindIdle andhis partners’ work. Idle appeared on stage inchar- telling but they were able ofseveral hundred sweaty 8, said to the audience. hards and selling a packed with classic Python mo- audience Slipknota gold album,”lead singer Corey Taylor, aka few t-shirts, books and CDs in the Skeptics could find plenty of reasons to scream “sellout” at the and refer. to themselves in a Bob Dole-style third person. “Slipknot wants to thank Salt Lake City, you gave screen abovethe stage let the audience know they were only“three minutes to the spontaneous en- constructed a grab bag of bawdy, vaudeville-style skits and songs, to orders to rise. The band members haveclaimedin previous interviewsnot to focus their attacks specifi cally on religion or politics, but there were several anti-Mormon commentsduring the show. Theband ended their showbylightinga fire in the Court” was a hit. Someof Idle’s non-Python skits were labored at best, particularly the “Liverdance” performance, which wasonlysal- process. At the sametime,Idle has Sid Wilson(0). The group preaches personal freedom — their fansto be true to themselves the focus, not personalities. In keeping with their status as a unit they use numbers (0-8) instead of names ence, and “What Judges Do After the show’s close. Of course, the bassist Paul Gray(2), sampler Craig Jones(5) and DJ wantto be seen as a cohesive group,for the music to be eae if you’ve enjoyed yourselves half as much as we have, then we enjoyed ourselves twice as much as you,”Idle said at Python-related and new. ‘The answer?A little bit of both. With his tour of “Eric Idle Exploits ‘Monty Python,” Idle is clearly grabbing little automatic adoration REVIEW from Python die- guitarist James Root(4), guitarist Mic Thompson(7), . They Spanish Fork reference: “Albatross-flavored albatross” was sold among an appreciative audi- anything, side of the stage. Roundingout Slipknot’s sound are live show fueled by their look. The band dresses in coveralls (which a handful offans were willing to shell out $125 for replicas of) and garish masks ranging from the lead singer’s rasta-zombie look to a gregarious nae poe musical cohort John Du something, kept a more rhythmic beat on drumsset up on either genre by storm with a percussion-driven sound and a pearance, “Nudge, Nudge” was funny as ever, even including a — toend. The songs were screamed more than sung. 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