UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, October 1, 1996
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Cake mixes up own new sound
By Ashlee Roll
The word cake conjures up thoughts of sweet birthday food. But that's the last thing the band Cake wants to hear.
"The name just had a nice ring to it," said Victor Damiani, bass player for the band. "It's more like when you eat a bag of Doritos, and when you're done, you're coated with cheese; it's like a verb."
The California band, which plays at the Botleneck tonight, just released its second album, Fashion Nugget. Fans of the band probably will remember Cake's first album, Motorcade of Generosity, and the college-rock song Rock and Roll Lifestyle.
By Ashee Roll
Kansan staff writer
"The last time they were in town, not a lot of people showed up," said Jackie Becker, promotions director for Pipeline Productions. "But this time we have them playing on a Tuesday night, and we are expecting a packed house."
Fashion Nugget emerged as an album that exposed the band's country and '70s influences. "When we arrange a song, we just want to groove," Damiani said.
The band's country and R&B influences inspired it to cover two Willie Nelson songs, and the Gloria Gaynor disco anthem I Will Survive.
"They are just songs we like," Damiani said. "It's fun to play someone else's song and see what you can do with it."
The members of Cake spent nine months in the studio making Fashion Nugget, and the finished product was quite a bit different than Motorcade of Generosity.
Becker said that everyone at the Bottleneck was looking forward to the show.
"We can't wait to hear their beatnik, cynical groove-rock," Becker said.
Damiani said Motorcade of Generosity was a quicker project, and at the time all the band members had been working day jobs.
"For this one, we didn't have as many limitations," he said.
Although limitations were not an obstacle, spending nine months together in the studio posed some difficulties.
"This was a self-produced album, and it can be difficult working with so many different opinions." Damani said.
In fact, there was one unidentified song on
the album that the band could not decide on an arrangement. So to settle the argument, the members flipped a coin to decide which version would appear on the new CD.
"We probably made a decision that will make or break our careers with the flip of a coin," Damiani said.
The band has been on tour since September and will tour on and off for the remainder of the year.
"We have a pretty high-energy show," Damiani said. "With the last album, people usually came to see us and then bought the album."
Since the band has recently enjoyed extensive radio play and MTV exposure, Damani expects fans who have already purchased the CD to come see the band play live, he said.
Damiani said that playing live had encouraged maturity in the band and in the last recording.
"When you're on the road playing 180 to 200 shows, people can't help but mature," Damani said. "You don't realize it when it's happening. It's a slow process, but you get better."
Cake survives with new elementary quality
By Erin Rooney
Kansan staff writer
First I was afraid. I was petrified. I kept thinking I could never live without Cake by my side.
But then I spent many nights thinking about how Cake has remade songs. I was wrong. I learned how to get along.
Cake's first album, Motorcade of Generosity, asked how do I afford my rock and roll lifestyle. Their latest album answered this question. In the '80s, my father bought me three of the 14 songs on Fashion Nuget.
Gloria Gaynor's I Wilt Survive and Willie Nelson's Peraps, Peraps, Peraps, Peraps and Sad Songs and Waltzes are covered in the funk, metal, country, odd style known only to Cake.
Half a cup of Herb Alpert's Tiaquana Brass mixed with a quarter cup of Bob's beginning basics to banjo and guitar, combined to create
The song Italian Leather Sofa is about an upper-middle-class couple in a end- relationship based on materialistic values. Instead of using boring, socially acceptable language, Cake really punctuated the issue: "She's got a silk dress and healthy breasts that bounce on his Italian leather sofa."
the overall musical sentiment of the new album. It runs a little less than 50 minutes and made me smile when I really listened to the lyrics.
The Distance, has received airplay on KLZR, and the video is on MTV. The song is about a race car driver who keeps driving the track after a race. The Distance is a misleading representation of the overall Cake sound. For a second I thought I grabbed a skA CD by mistake.
ANALYSIS
into quality music. The Sacramento-based band has an elementary quality that separates it from bands like They Might Be Giants and the Ramones. Cover songs included, the band makes a good second effort into the alternative music scene. They will survive
The two songs,however,put my faith back
Victor Damiani of Cake
Beaux Arts Trio to treat Lied audience with classical tones
The Lied Center opens its Swarthout Chamber Music Series at 8tonight with a performance by The Beaux Arts Trio, a renowned classical piano triumvirate.
Kansan staff writer
By Jeff Ruby
years.
For classical music fans, three will be the magic number tonight.
The trio, composed of pianist Menaheim Pressler, violinist Ida Kavafian and cellist Peter Wiley, has been playing together for four
"In this country they are the premiere piano, cello and violin classical trio," said Dan Politoski, professor of music history. "Pressler is one of the most gifted pianists in the country and the world. The other two are outstanding, or else they wouldn't be playing with Pressler."
piano trio performance around the world. Jacqueline Davis, director of the Lied Center, said the threesome would play compositions by Haydn, Staskalovich and Beethoven.
The Beaux Arts Trio, which has undergone several lineup changes since Pressler founded it in 1955, has been recognized for more than 40 years as the standard-setter for
"Lawrence is at a peak in terms of cultural events," he said. "I say this keeping in mind that it could still rise. The Lied Center has done very well in bringing in solo and ensemble artists. It's one of the aspects of Lawrence and KU that makes it more interesting for those with broad tastes in music."
"Their personnel has changed; the magic of their performance has not," Davis said. "They're wonderful. They're the most important and famous piano trio in the world."
Politoske said the concert was an example of Lawrence's growing cultural richness.
Tickets for the concert, which are on sale at the Lied Center and Murphy Hall box offices, are $21 and $17 for students.
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