ARTS Tuesday, January 27, 1987 The Michigan Daily Page 5 Dreams So Real comes alive By Brian Bonet At first glance, one might assume that Dreams So Real is simply an R.E.M. clone. Like R.E.M., Dreams So Real hail from that infamous rock 'n' roll playground, Athens, Georgia and interweaves smooth, harmonious vocals with melodious Rickenbacker guitar riffs. In addition, Dreams So Real is produced by none other than R.E.M. guitarist, Peter Buck. This is where the similarities between the two bands end, though. Dreams So Real has a distinctive style of its own that eludes all attempted labels, leaving music critics (astonishingly enough) at a loss for adjectives. "There's a definite understated momentum running through the music," explains, vocalist and guitarist, Barry Marler, who describes the trio's debut LP, Father's House (on Twin Tone Records), as "upbeat, powerful stuff. We like to think we have an individuality that sets us away from the bulk of American pop." Prior to the release of Father's House, the band enjoyed the success of their first single, "Everywhere Girl," which climbed to tenth on the College Music Journal's playlist. "We knew it was good, but we never thought it would do what it did for us," explains Marler. In early 1984, Dreams So Real performed at an Oh-Ok record release party at Athens' 40 Watt Club after only two weeks of rehearsal. The audience was overwhelmed and called the band back for two encores. It was then that Marler knew the band had something special. "People were reacting vigorously to what we were doing." Making people react vigorously to their music is something Dreams So Real strives for. "We try to grab'em by the brainstem and shake'em," said Marler. "We like them to think, feel, and wake up." In light of Dreams So Real's current success and future goals, Marler has not overlooked the opportunity Athens offers to aspiring, new bands. "Athens encourages people to get involved in rock 'n' roll. A lot of people start immaturely and find out, 'heh, I really can write songs' or 'heh, I really can play bass." But Marler doesn't want Dreams So Real to be known as just another band from Athens. "A lot of bands get caught up in the Athens scene," comments Marler. "We're trying to go beyond that." Dreams So Real is playing at Rick's American Cafe tonight. Fellow Twin Tone recording artists The Figures will open the show at 9p.m. in support of their new album, THE GATEWAY. Books Daily Photo by LESLIE BOORSTEIN Ceramics is one of the most popular Artspace classes offered. Leave space for art By Pamela Franklin If you passed through the Union last Wednesday, you probably were surprised to see an almost nude man hanging around outside the MUG. Don't get the wrong impression, though. Wearing only shorts, the man was modeling for a figure sculptor to promote Artspace, a 12-year-old program of classes created for non- art school students. "Students who take these classes are the people who have thought, gee, I'd really like to take photography, but I don't want to take it as a credit course," according to Artspace director Judith Corkan Katch of the Michigan Guild of Artists and Artisans. The art classes are located in the basement of the Michigan Union, and include photography, painting, drawing, printmaking, jewelry design, and ceramics. "Photography and ceramics have been the classes known to fill up first," warned Katch. Artspace works in conjunction with the Michigan Union, the Union providing the space and the Guild providing teachers, equipment, advertisements and scheduling. "The Union wants to have people come in and use their profit- making facilities, and we need a place to run our classes," Katch explained, "so it's a very workable situation." Artspace is an opportunity to explore artistic ambitions without the intimidation of an art school. The classes provide an outlet from academic pressures, and a useful learning experience for their lifetime enjoyment. "If you have an inkling and you want to test it, you come here. If something develops and you get inspired, you go on to the art school," said Katch. Many of the students taking the classes are in the law and business schools and in need of a release from academic pressures. Many undergrads who have taken an Artspace course have gone onto the art school to further their artistic studies'. The teachers are geared to teach beginning and intermediate students, yet they also take individual talents and abilities into account, going beyond the basics with the students who are capable. The goal of the classes is for each student to leave with one or two projects. Students are given a key to the studios and encouraged to work on their art projects when classes are not in session. To register, contact the Union Box office, or mail in the brochure (available at the Union information desk) to the Michigan Guild's office at 118 North Fourth Avenue, and by calling 662-3382. Deadline is January 30; classes begin February 2, and are held on weekday evenings and weekend afternoons. Early Novels and Stories By Willa Cather Edited by Sharon O'Brien Literary Classics of the United States $27.50 Willa Cather's lifestyle ranks up there with Ernest Hemingway's, in the same kind of macho, confused way. For example, she cropped her hair, insisted she was a boy and called herself William Cather M.D. from the age of fifteen to nineteen, making her debut on the literary scene around the same time as Pa - pa. A brilliant, and prolific writer, Cather suffered throughout her life from illness and a gradually worsen - ing hand condition that slowed her writing considerably in her later years. Cather turned literary critic and journalist at the University of Nebraska, which started her on her life-long commitment to writing. As the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1923, Cather had received hon - orary degrees from Michigan, Yale, Columbia and Princeton, and was commemorated with other major American authors in a postage stamp series. "Early Novels and Stories" is a collection of Cather's best works, including The Troll Garden, 0 Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, One of Ours and My Antonia, which contains the original illustrations by W.T. Benda. The volume is one of a series from the Library of America, which includes other American authors such as Henry Adams, Stephen Crane, Emerson, Faulkner, Hawthorne, and many others. The series gives a great overview of major American authors and is a welcome addition to any library. 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