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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, July 15, 1998
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The Urge shares anger, plays to young crowd
By Sindv Greenfield
Special to the Kansan
Even though the band, The Urge, says that its music is maturing, its audience is not.
Friday at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Mo., the St. Louisbased band, The Urge, shared lyrics of pain and experience with a mostly adolescent audience.
While The Urge's first self-titled album displayed more anger than their recently released Master of Styles, guitarist Jerry Jost claims said secluding themselves in Washington, Mo., helped the band to concentrate more on its melodies and, as a result, the band's music matured.
"We thought about writing songs," Jost said. "Maturity of music is a natural evolution."
Though the band and their unique ska, funk, punk style have matured, they still display anger in their music.
Steve Ewing, lead singer and writer, said that his lyrics on Master of Styles were a display of his soul.
"I feel like my whole self is laid out on plastic." Ewing said on the biography press release from The Urge's label, Epic Records. "There's nothing on there that isn't real, that doesn't mean something to me."
While Ewing revealed his pain in his melancholy lyrics, the hard core funk drives teens to listen.
"I know the lyrics," says 16-year-old Rachael Griffith of Dallas, who attended the half-full venue Friday. "It's the music I pay attention to. That's why I like them."
Steven Nardi, professor of psychology, said that the question of whether life imitated art or art imitated life came up when looking at whether music would influence adolescents.
"Artists give negative messages. It's a plausible hypothesis that some kids imitate it," Ilardi said. "There's already delusion and anger out there, so rather than shaping, they're expressing."
Therefore, the Urge's melancholic anger is only one style of expression, according to Ilardi's interpretation.
'Prelude to a Kiss' opens
Romantic comedy explores love story
By Mariana Paiva
Kansan staff writer
The ability to look at the world though another person's eyes and to prove that you deeply know who you love are two themes the play "Prelude to a Kiss" will depict this weekend.
This romantic comedy, written by Craig Lucas, will be performed tomorrow, Saturday and July 24 and 25 in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The play opens with Rita and Peter falling in love at the first sight. Shortly after getting married, their promises of eternal love are tested.
After the wedding, an old man asks to kiss the bride, changing the life of the couple. Ultimately, the
audience is taken on a mystical ride of exchanged identities and the pure connection of souls.
"Prelude to a Kiss" premiered on Broadway in 1988 and was released as a film in 1992. John Staniunas, assistant professor of theater and film, directs this production as part of the University of Kansas Summer Theatre program.
Stanianas said issues like the fear of death, fear of life and relationships are important themes of the performance, as well as loving someone for more than his or her external appearance.
"This version reminds more the film than the Broadway show, but unlike the movie, Peter steps out and talks as a narrator," Stanianus said. "He helps us understand this fantastic story that would be hard to believe otherwise."
The main couple, Rita and Peter,
is played by Lauren Stanford, Stillwell senior, and Trey Hohman, a
1998 KU graduate.
"Peter stays the entire time on stage, so I had lots of lines to memorize," Hohman said. "It has been hard physically and psychologically, but I know I will be glad at the end for having interpreted him."
Dennis Christilles, scenic and costume designer, said he tried to create a subjective scenario to emphasize the fantastic meaning of the play. He used several walls with windows painted to reveal pieces of furniture as the characters moved from one scene to another.
"The windows are great metaphors. When you are looking through the window, you are never a part of what is going on in the other side," Christies said. "You are wishing to be part of the other."
Tickets for the Kansas Summer Production are available at KU box offices. All the performances are at 8 p.m. in Murphy Hall's Crafton-Preyer Theatre.
Norwegian fiddler to perform
By Darrin Poschka
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence will experience a bit of Norway culture when the Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 New Hampshire St., presents a concert of Norwegian traditional music at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow.
The concert will feature Leif Rygg from the Voss region in Western Norway. Rygg is famous throughout Norway as an accomplished player of the Hardanger fiddle.
He has won the Norwegian National Competition three times and also has released several albums.
Lawrence resident Byron Wiley, who is president of the Hardanger Fiddle Association of America, will accompany Rygg on his trip through Kansas.
Wiley, in his first year as president of the association, became interested in the fiddle in 1991 after reading an article about the fiddle.
He learned to play the Hardanger fiddle in 1983, after attending a Scandinavian dance and music camp.
"I would eventually like to become more competent on the fiddle." Wiley said. "Maybe somebody I will think about releasing a CD."
Wiley will travel with Rygg to
each concert to help describe and answer questions about the Hardanger fiddle.
Known in Norway as the harding-
kfele, the Hardanger fiddle is different from a normal fiddle in that it has eight strings, four of which are strung under the fingerboard and cannot be touched by the bow.
The four understrings resonate as the top four are played. The bowing style is very fluid, so as not to disturb the vibrations of the understrings. The player uses trills and sudden bow lifts as accents in the music.
Leif Rygg plays the Hardanger fiddle.
Contributed photo.
Wiley said that the Hardanger fiddle was named for the region in Norway where it originated. It is considered Norway's national instrument.
"Leif's music is a West Coast style," Wiley said. "His music is very refined."
Norwegian music styles vary from province to province. The reason for this, Wiley said, was that when the music style was born, travel between provinces was difficult, so each province created their own style of music.
Kelley said that the fiddle was
In an article in Fiddler Magazine, Loretta Kelley, former president of the fiddle association, described the folklore behind the Hardanger fiddle.
Fiddlers were often said to use their powers to cause a whiskey glass to dance across the table to them or to break the strings of an opponent in a fiddling contest, she said.
often connected to underworld forces, trolls and magic.
Anyone interested in learning more about the Hardanger fiddle is encouraged to attend Thursday's concert, Wiley said. The concert is free, and donations will be taken at the door.