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Thursday, September 2, 1993
ENTERTAINMENT
AFRICAN ADORNED
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SUNY AOMA ACTIVITY
SUA FILMS
• EL MARIACHI
Tues., Aug. 31, 9:30 PM
Wed., Sept. 1, 7:00 PM
Thurs., Sept. 2, 9:30 PM
• ROADSIDE PROPHETS
Wed., Sept. 1, 9:30 PM
Thurs., Sept. 2, 7:00 PM
All shows in Woodruff Auditorium.
All seats $2.50
Free admission with SUA Movie Card.
For information, call 864-SHOW.
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Movies
Friday through Sunday only
31st and Iowa Streets
31st and Iowa Streets
Made In America (PG-13), 7:20, 9:30 p.m.
Snow White (G), 5 p.m.
Dennis The Menace (PG), 5, 7:30, 9:30 p.m.
Hillcrest Theater Ninth and Iowa streets
Heart and Souls (PG-13), 7:15, 9:30 p.m.
Son of the Pink Panther (PG), 5:15 p.m.
In the Line of Fire (R), 5, 7:20 and 9:40 p.m.
Sleepless in Seattle (PG), 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
A Thing Called Love (PG-13), 5, 7:20, 9:45 p.m.
Rookie of The Year (PG), 5 p.m.
Fortress (R), 5:15, 7:30, 9:30 p.m.
Varsity Theatre
Dickinson Theaters
1015 massachusetts Needful Things (R), 5, 7:20, 9:45 p.m.
2339 Iowa St.
Rising Sun (R), 4:15, 7:10 and 9:50 p.m., with a
1:20 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday
Hard Target (R), 4:30, 7:20 and 9:45 p.m., with a 2 p.
m. on Saturday, Sunday
Jurassic Park (PG-13), 9:30 p.m., with a 1:20 p.m.
on Saturday, Sunday
The Fugitive (PG-13), 4:10, 7:05 and 9:55 p.m., with a 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday
Man Without a Face (PG-13), 4:20, 7 and 9:30 n.m.
Fatherhood (PG-13), 4:35, 7:15, 9:35 p.m., with a
2:10 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday
The Secret Garden (G), 4:30, 7 p.m., with a 2:05
p.m. on Saturday, Sunday
Liberty Hall Cinema
642 Massachusetts St.
The Firm (R), 5, 8:30 p.m., with a 1:45, 9:30 p.m.
on Saturday, Sunday
Much Abo Adop About Nothing (PG-13), 4:45, 7:15, 9:30 p.m. with a 4:45, 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday
SUA movie
'Fifth Beatle'on Broadway
Casabanca, 7; 9:30 p.m. Friday in Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union
LONDON — For years, he was the "fifth Beatle," the man responsible for making the Beatles sing.
The Associated Press
These days, the Beatles are merely a photograph above George Martin's desk, and he is touting a new tune as producer of the hottest Broadway cast recording of the year, "The Who's Tommy."
Twenty-five years ago, Pete Townshend's sustained howl about a deaf, dumb and blind boy turned pinball wizard seemed to address the frustrations and the fiery passions of an age.
Now, as Broadway's rock 'n' roll smash hit, it nightly is bringing audiences to their feet with its emotionally tempered, visually extravagant tale of the self-exiled Tommy learning at last to embrace his family.
To borrow a song title from the show, it's been an "amazing journey," indeed: Who would have thought an angry artifact from the '60s could make sense in the kinder, gentler '90s?
"It would have been beyond anyone's comprehension," said Martin, 67, a polite, even patrirician, silver-haired figure more suggestive of an English country aristocrat than a rock legend. "Mostly, you didn't have any higher flown ideas in those days.
"You mostly thought, 'Well, it's great for now; it'll be great this year,' Martin said. "I never thought I'd be talking about it 25 years later; that would have been too pretentious for words."
When "Tommy" came out, Martin was at the peak of his eight-year association with the Beatles, having produced "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" a year earlier.
After the Beatles disbanded in 1970, Martin kept busy, working with Paul McCartney on two solo albums as well as with Neil Sedaka, Jimmy Webb, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and America, among many others.
In a long career embracing comedy albums, composition and his own past as a professional oboist, Martin never tried Broadway — and admitted that it took some arm-twisting to take on "Tommy."
"Pete (Townshend) rang me up in January and said, 'We've got this show coming up on Broadway and would you like to record it,'" Martin recalled.
"I was so astonished and said, 'Thank you, but why ask me? Why not do it yourself?'"
Wait, the quote is actually "Why not do it yourself?".
The word after "why" is "ask".
The word after "you" is "but".
The word after "this" is "really".
The word after "not" is "do".
The word after "it" is "yourself".
According to Martin, Townshend wanted some distance from the material — a professional, outside eye, as it were.
The challenge during the May 9-11 session at the Hit Factory recording studios in Manhattan was a fresh one.
"With a group like the Beatles, you're starting from scratch," Martin said. "You're forming the talent and actually arranging it or shaping it.
"You can't do that with Broadway shows; the shape is already there. All you can do is do it as quickly, efficiently, and painlessly as possible — and hopefully give it some extra dimension."
'Fire' adds sparks to singer's music
The Associated Press Writer
SEATTLE — From the wild ride of Lone Justice to the easing streets of Ireland, singer-songwriter Maria McKeen has come to rely on “fire” as the motivating force behind her music.
"I guess I'm not overly ambitious," she says. "I get ideas musically. Certain things set fire beneath me. I get a certain notion and I have to follow it through."
On "You Gotta sin to Get Saved," the singer-songwriter's second solo album, McKee finds her fire in the music on which she was raised. She calls it "rootsy, American rock'n roll."
Although she's never had formal vocal training, at 28, McKee seems to have taken control of an untamed and powerful voice and expresses
The album shows she's done some growing — vocally and emotionally — since her days as the wildly careening lead vocalist for Lone Justice and since the heart-wrenching solo effort that followed the band's demise.
herself more deeply and clearly than ever before
The changes show on stage. too.
"I'm never really completely peaceful, but I'm managing in those situations," McKee said in an interview. "I've discovered a certain poise and reserves that I dredge up."
"You Gotta Sin to Get Saved" was released in June with only a fraction of the hoopla that promised to make her a household name in the mid-1980s.
Aside from two songs by her hero, Van Morriens, most of the material on "You Gotta Sin to Get Saved" is original. Like her solo debut, the new album is tinged with gospel, rock 'n' roll, folk and country.
Three former members of Lone Justice — bassist Marvin Eziioni, drummer Don Heffington and keyboardist Bruce Brody — recorded with her, along with members of the Jayhawks and the Posies.
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