14 The Dally Collegian Friday, July 25,1997
Bryce Jordan Center
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra: Jim
Miller brings big band sounds and
dancing to the masses Saturday at 7
p.m. Tickets are available at the
center, Eisenhower Auditorium South
Box Office, and selected Uni-Mart
ticket outlets or by calling 865-5555.
Tlcketrs are $19.50 and $17.50
Palmer Museum of Art
Making History: Historical
Narratives in Pennsylvania Prints:
See what the keystone state looked
like before it got paved. Yes, Virginia,
there was a day when State College
was a field with just a cow in it. Gallery
open Tuesday through Saturday, 10
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, 12 p.m. to 4
p.m. Continues through August 31
Our Town: A Selection of Town
Views from the Pennsylvania
Prints: Gallery open Tuesday
through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Sunday, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. On
display until September 28, in the
Special Exhibition Gallery I
School of Visual Arts Faculty
Exhibition: Gallery open Tuesday
through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Sunday, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. On
display until September 14, Special
Exhibition Gallery II
down Park Avenue, Shortlidge
Road, College Avenue to Atherton
Road, and back up Park Avenue.
Pack the kids and a picnic dinner
for some Harley Davidson
Misalliance: Pennsylvania Centre entertainment.
Pavilion Theatre
Allen Street Grill
Today: Ben Filer
Tomorrow: Ben Filer
Brewery
Today: Blue Suede Groove
Tomorrow: Screaming Ducks
Cafe 210
Today: John Cunningham
Rupadupa
Tomorrow: W.N.O.C.
The Wood
Crowbar
Today: Velveeta
Tomorrow: Sideshow Bob
Dark Horse
Today: Erin & Jeff
Smuggling Grapes
Tomorrow: JR & Sharon
Hi-Way Pizza West
Tomorrow: Donnie Bums and
Friends
Last Cowboy
Today: DJ
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Stage brings George Bernard Shaw
brings the “Seinfeld”-esque play to
life. Performs at 8 p.m. today, 2 p.m
and 8 p.m. tomorrow; continues
through July 26. Call 863-0255 for
information.
The Playhouse
A Chorus Line: Pennsylvania
Centre Stage kicks up its heels with
the modern classic that is
Broadway's second longest running
show in history. Michael Bennet’s
singular sensation will be performed
8 p.m. today through Friday,
continues through August 2. Call
863-0255 for tickets and
information.
Zoller Gallery
Crafts National 31: Monday
through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Sunday noon to 4 p.m. On display
until July 20
Odds and Oddities
Hog Parade: Bikes, not pigs,
silly. The motorcycle parade of fun
starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The
route begins at the Penn State
Conference Center and winds
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Tomorrow: Hired Guns
Lion’s Den
Today: DJ Rob
Tomorrow: DJ Scott
Phyrst
Today: Eclipse
Tomorrow: Phyrst Phamily
Players
Today: Retro Trash Jam
Tomorrow: Weekend Dance Jam
The Rathskeller
Today: The Wood
Tomorrow: Blue Suede Groover
Saloon
Today: The Earthtones
Stoney’s
Today: Ivory Debris
Tomorrow: Steve Summerhill
Zeno’s
Today: AAA Blues Band
GSA
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
A whimsically harrowing journey into
one man’s schizophrenic mind. Does
he exist in our world (whatever that
may mean)? Or does he live in the
world inhabited by so-called “tunes”?
A voyeuristic look at one of
mankind’s most pressing
metaphysical dilemmas. Plus, there
are bowling balls falling on people's
heads. Showing at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday in 112 Kern. Free
admission.
STARLITE DRIVE-IN
Batman & Robin
Director Joel Schumacher is a much
maligned genius! Or so the French
believe. With Arnold
Schwarzenegger, George Clooney,
Alicia Silverstone and Uma Thurman.
Bat’s Incredible!
The box office opens at 7:30 p.m.,
and the show starts at dusk.
Followed by...
Addicted to Love
Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick
get mad and even at the same time.
It’s dark, it’s funny, it’s off-beat it’s
a date movie!
STATE TWIN
Contact
From the director of Forrest Gump
and the author of, well, Contact.
Starring Jodie Foster, Angela
Bassett, Matthew McConaughey and
James Woods. Not a darn thing like
“The Great Space Coaster,” though
there is an appearance by Gary Gnu.
Showing daily at 7 and 9:55 p.m.
and on Saturday and Sunday at 1,4,
7 and 9:55 p.m.
Face/Off
Nicolas Cage and John Travolta get
their identities mixed up in the latest
from action maestro John Woo. It’s
like Freaky Friday, except it’s really,
really violent. Showing daily at 7:15
and 10:00 p.m and on Saturday and
Sunday at 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 and
10:00.
CINEMA 5
Batman & Robin
It’s more than a mere cinematic
experience ... it's a franchise!
Showing Saturday and Sunday at
1:15 and 4:10 p.m.
Men In Black
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones
battle intergalactic scum. Also with
Rip Torn, who is not be confused
with the multi-talented Rip Taylor.
And Taylor, of course should not be
confused with the fabulous Taylor
Dane. Showing daily at 12:45, 1,3,
3:30, 5, 5:30, 7, 7:30, 9 and 9:30
p.m.
My Best Friend’s Wedding
It's Julia Roberts, back in all her
Pretty Woman-ness. Showing daily at
1,4, 7:15 and 9:15 p.m.
Nothing to Lose
Call it You So Crazy Man Walking. On
second thought, please don’t. Martin
Lawrence and Tim Robbins star in
this wacky buddy picture. From the
director of Ace Ventura: When Nature
Calls (or as it’s known to film fans,
Citizen Kane 2). Showing daily at 1,
1:20, 4, 7 and 9:20 p.m.
Out to Sea
Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon
hang out with Rue McClanahan (from
“The Golden Girls”). Unfortunately,
Estelle Getty, Betty White and Bea
Arthur are nowhere to be seen.
Showing Friday and Monday through
Thursday at 1:15, 4:10, 7:10 and
9:20 p.m. No shows Saturday and
Sunday.
THE MOVIES
Operation Condor
Jackie Chan kick-boxes his way
against the bad guys and into our
hearts Formerly a 1990 movie called
Armour of God 11. Showing daily at 1,
4, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
CINEMA 6
Air Force One
Harrison Ford is. THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA. Say it loud, in all caps.
Not to be confused with the French
comedy Air Farce One, starring
Benny Hill. Showing daily at 1, 1:30,
3:30, 4, 6:30, 7, 9 and 9:30 p.m.
George of the Jungle
We’re been hearing the words
“Oscar” and Brendan Fraser in the
same sentence quite a bit lately.
Showing daily at 1:10, 3:20, 5:30,
7:35 and 9:40 p.m.
Good Burger
A feel-good family comedy directed
by that guy from “Head of the
Class.” You know, the sensitive,
angry poet fella who pined for
Simone. A Nickelodeon-produced
film. Showing daily at 1, 3:10, 5:15,
7:20 and 9:35 p.m.
Hercules
Another historically accurate Disney
adaptation, no doubt. With the
voices of James Woods, Danny
Devito and Tate Donovan as Here
himself. Tate Donovan?.Showing
daily at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30,
6,7, 8 and 9 p.m.
Men in Black
Showing daily at 1:10, 3:15, 5:20,
7:30 and 9:45 p.m.
A Simple Wish
Martin Short and Kathleen Turner
star in this family comedy. Showing
daily 9 p.m.
High sdiooC: Paint it BfacfL
As a high schooler, I clad
myself in black and dyed my
hair colors varying from dan
delion to black. My friends played
Vampire role-playing games while
I tucked myself up in my bedroom
to write “death" poetry.
I was miserable. My friends
were miserable. The music was
miserable. And we liked it that
way.
Ah, the days of angst and goth
music. The times when a bit of
Ministry, mid-school Depeche
Mode, The Cure, or Sisters of
Mercy was always taken with a
dose of at least black eyeliner or
black boots.
Shopping expeditions with my
mother turned into a battle of the
roses.
It was no longer the endless
search for the blue shoes that did
n’t exist. After I was literally
dragged through the stores, I
would pick up a black shirt or
pants and my mother would go off
on why she thought it was abnor
mal to dress as a widow at age 14.
But what did she know?
She wasn’t one of us. We had
problems with anyone who wasn’t
us and we knew she had no idea
what we were all about.
We were in junior high school
and just wanted our driver’s licens
es. We were in high school and
were just too old for their little
reindeer games. Either way, we
wanted out. And music became the
way.
One of my obsessive friends
would write out the lyrics to such
drear as Depeche Mode’s “Little
15” while we exchanged notes
about our hatred our hatred of
people who were in love, our
hatred of school, our hatred of our
classmates and, well, just about
anything else that was preceded by
hatred.
We found solace in music that
was as hate-filled and depressed as
we were.
In an odd way, it was therapeu
tic. No more am I the hate
obsessed, pallid little depressed
form I was. No, I swear. And my
friend, well, she’s probably in a
bathrobe somewhere popping
Prozac and listening to the chirping
birds. But let’s just ignore that tan
gent for the sake of this column.
The music filled the void in our
confused, depressed lives.
When the hell of the “No one
understands me and I just want to
die” mentality set in, we had some
thing to turn to. But what can mal
adjusted kids do with their angst
now? Bands such as Depeche Mode
which only vaguely counted as
goth have turned to little more
than techno-splashed music.
Sisters of Mercy, where are you?
Skinny Puppy, Ultra Vivid Scene,
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult...
. all of them are now just memories
stashed inside my yearbook.
The music scene has shifted.
Spice Girls and Hanson have added
a little too much sugar for us black
coffee drinkers. And while The
Cure and Ministry are still record
ing, their new cuts are coated with
Nutra-Sweet. Might as well go all
natural with those Spice Girls.
Years back, I thought we might
be saved by a new, stringy-black
haired guy from Mercer, Pa., but
Trent Reznor merely poked at the
goth scene with Nine Inch Nails.
He put the joke back in Bazooka
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when we thought the hard gum was
enough.
Pretty Hate Machine took me by
surprise. Yes, I admit, I liked it.
But then Trent just couldn’t keep
up. The follow-ups can only be
described as the average schlop of
the “We’re so pissed off, but don’t
know what to say” category. Which
is great if you like that kind of
crap. But Reznor fell into the joke
of the genre.
Problem was, he wasn’t getting
it. Or maybe he was laughing all
the way to the bank. At least Spice
Girls know they are a joke and
embrace it rather than pretend to
state something profound (but
what could be more profound than
five women screaming “Girl
Power” and zig-a-zig aahhh?).
Yeah, some of NIN songs are
decent, and yeah, I actually would
still belt out a few while washing
dishes “Get Down Make Love,”
“Head Like a Hole,” “Down in It”
but Reznor is not the Second
Coming.
No, no, don’t let your mascara
smear with those tears, let me get
through with this column before
you break down and tell me how
much I am wrong.
It’s not the kids’ fault. They need
music and pissed-off pied pipers
just like I did while growing up in
the hell of suburbia.
So, many young gothlings have
turned to the likes of Marilyn Man
son, a group so ugly there is no way
your parents would like them. OK.
I admit it. They creep me out. But I
can respect what the band is trying
to achieve, which I’ll be damned if
I can define.
I kept my mind open and listened
to Smells Like Children. Some
songs weirded me out, some were
decent, but all in all, it kind of
sucked.
So what’s an angst-ridden girl or
boy to do?
Well, for starters, don’t listen to
the radio. That will make your
sugar levels rise and just fill you
with more angst. Hit the used CD
bins and stock up on the classic
doom-gloom artists.
Go home. Dress up like Siouxsie
Sioux and invite over all your fel
low commiserators and crank out
some mad-ass goth.
Come on, did you actually expect
some profound alternative from
me? This is the same writer who
for fun last Friday sat around with
friends and bruleed her legs.
But at least I still have my beat
up, clunky black shoes and black
velvet jacket tucked away in my
closet.
T.R. Deckman (trdll2@psu.edu) is
a senior majoring in fashion design
and playground safety manage
ment and the Collegian’s arts edi
tor who would much rather listen to
Enya with her mother any day.