ARTS Monday, November 23, 1987 , ' The Michigan Daily Milkme By Chuck Skarsaune What can be said about a band that calls themselves the Dead SMilkmen? At first glance, it is obvious that this band doesn't take anything seri- ously. Their albums only reinforce this initial impression. In songs like "The Thing That Only Eats Hip- pies," "Beach Party Vietnam," and "Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance To Anything)," the Milkmen display a sense of humor quite uncommon among most other punk/hardcore bands. It's this irreverence that separated them from the Philadelphia hardcore scene where they began, and has lifted them to their present popular- ity. With their first two albums, Big Page 1 Tigers, cows? W Lizard In My Backyard and Eat Your Paisley, and the new one, Bucky Fellini, the band provide more hilarity and some music, too. The band's music is straight-for- ward and reveals their hardcore roots. Bare-bones guitars and bass over a steady snare drum/hi-hat beat provide the foundation for their wise-crack- ing lyrics. The Milkmen cynically, poke fun at hippies, dance club pa- trons, suburban rich kids, and any- thing else that comes to their (slightly) deranged minds. The Dead Milkmen received some bonus publicity in our area this summer when Tigers player Jim Walewander named them his favorite group and invited them to a Tiger game. The press had a field day talk- ing about the band, and their record company was surely pleased. Enigma Records has put on some other strange publicity stunts for this band, mostly involving cows. The Milkmen use a cow for their logo, so someone thought it would be cute to have a real cow accom- pany them to an in-store promotion. There was also a cow milking con- test, and a cow that went to one of their gigs. Whoever the marketing genius is that perpetrated these events, let's hope that he/she doesn't have any bovine appearances planned for tonight's show. THE DEAD MILKMEN will be at the Nectarine Ballroom tonight at 9 p.m. Tic' 'ts are $8.50 and can be bought at ti. 'oor or all TicketMas- ter outlets. K The Dead Milkmen gained the Detroit media's attention when Tiger infielder Jim Walewander invited his favorite band to a baligame this summer. The Philadelphia foursome will provide a guitar edge with a sense of humor tonight at the Nectarine Ballroom. Epique Scribbl By Beth Serlin What do xeroxed poems, short stories, photography, drawings, spray painted covers, and the word "raw" have in common? Epique Scribble, the nearly year-old independent publication of non-traditional writing style focusing on the "epique quality of life." The magazine's contributing editors - Stephanie Fody, Julie Jurrjens, Graham Lee, Chris Helbig, and Sue Fleming - along with other student and non-student contributors, will give a reading of the tri- annual's third issue at Guild House tonight. The impetus for Epique Scribble's collaboration was the co-editors' timely meeting as Ken Mikolowski's poetry tutorial students in the Residential College. Since the beginning, the editors have .welcomed all submissions, although they do have some guidelines. "In certain University classes you see the same sort of literature all the time. We want to see new 9" emrovides aite, Cor anthigs that aren't flat and boring - something that makes you think," says Fleming. "We want to stir people up." Helbig agrees: "We don't want to offend, but sometimes if you don't offend people, they're not really thinking." To accomplish this the publication offers a gamut of styles - from the work of Hopwood winners to the imaginative sayings of four-year-olds. . But even with this wide range of contributors, the call for submissions remains continuous. "The hardest thing to do, putting.out the magazine, is to get stuff worth publishing," says Helbig. To any interested creative writers and artists, Fleming hints, "No limb is too small." Any material that can be photocopied can be sent to Epique Scribble, 128 Tyler East Quad, A2, 48109. The publishers are aiming for distribution at Borders Bookstore and Community Newscenter, but it is now stocked at Village Corner. The current issue costs $1.50. Epique Scribble's reading tonight is part of the Guild House Writers Series. The series, started over 20 years ago, was originally only poetry but has since expanded to its present state. According to Don Coleman, co-director of the ecumenical campus ministry, the Guild House ati v outlets "attempts to provide a place for students and faculty as well as others to read and share their own creative works." The range of readers is comprehensive; some are well published such as Laurence Goldstein and Charles Baxter while others are just starting out. Aside from these readings, seminars, study groups, and noon lunches dealing with social justice, moral, and ethical issues are also part of the ministry's programming. Epique Scribble will read tonight at 8 p.m. at Guild House, 802 Monroe. Admission is free. The Guild House office is open daily from .9 a.m. through S p.m. for more information concerning upcoming readings. The University of Michigan SCHOOL OF MUSIC 'Florette' By Marc Carrel Jean de Florette is a French film that comes across with remarkable clarity. The first half of a two-part adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's novel, L'Eau des Collines ("The Water of the Hills"), Florette follows the pattern of other tragedies with a conflict between good and evil. Yves Montand plays Cesar Soubeyran, a shrewd landowner, and Daniel Auteuil is his simple minded nephew Ugolin. They seek their neighbor's land for the spring it contains so they plug it up, making the land difficult-to farm. That does not dissuade Jean de Florette (Gerard Depardieu), ' a :0 A small gem from France T ' i t, , .{ {t hunchback from the city who knows nothing about being a farmer, but seeks to become closer to nature. So he moves onto the neighbor's land with his wife (Elisabeth Depardieu), his daughter (Ernestine Mazurowna), and his how-to manuals on farming. Jean starts off well, but later when the situation becomes desper- ate and when the rains needed to keep crops alive refuse to come, he is forever hopeful that things will turn out well. Director Claude Berri's direction is splendid. He brings forth a clear feeling of empathy for Jean, as well as an understanding of the positions that Cesar and Ugolin are in. Ugolin plays friendly to Jean and in the end seems confused as to whether he was indeed Jean's friend. And all of this is clearly expressed by Berri, who shows vast landscapes of the French countryside as a symbol of the power of nature and inability of it to be tamed by man. But Jean does try to conquer it, and Depardieu brings a great depth to his character who is reminiscent of other tragic heroes. The audience feels for Jean and the great burdens he carries, because Depardieu gives Jean a combination of pride and naivete. The others, including Mazurowna as Jean's seven-year old daughter, are more than believable as 1920s Frenchmen, both as city peo- ple and rural peasants. The film is very candid about showing blatant greed, and the depths people will go to' achieve their aims. But it is only a prelude to the second film dealing with re- venge. The audience is teased to a preview of the second part at the end of Jean de Florette, whetting their appetite for a film that they'll have to wait for in earnest. 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