ARTS The Michigan Daily Friday, February 23, 1990 Page 8 Ministry preaches to senses BY MIKE MOLITOR W ILL the Nectarine be able to handle the wrath of Ministry? I have a feeling they'll leave the place in ruins. Although they never were the type of guys you'd want to bring home to dinner with Mom and Dad, on their current tour, supporting The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste, Ministry takes abrasiveness a step further. Expect an all-out, multi-me- dia attack on the senses Saturday. With three video screens, cauldrons of fire, and a chain link fence, (all of which will probably have to be scaled down to fit the Nectarine's dimensions), and an eight-member tour lineup, Ministry promises to deliver more than your typical con- cert. They may just overwhelm you. Founded in 1981 by Alain Jour- gensen (around the time of the birth of Chicago's Wax Trax Records), Ministry became the core of a group of uncompromising musicians that were known simply as "The Tribe." Along with Ministry, groups such as The Revolting Cocks and Pail- head mixed and matched members, creating a huge body of work and in- venting "industrial" music. This in- novative sound collage of guitars, synths, drum machines, and, above all, samplers was a hybrid of dance music, heavy metal and punk. Truly original stuff. Over the years, Jour- gensen and fellow Ministry member Paul Barker have also collaborated with several artists, including Cabaret Voltaire and ex-Dead Kennedy Jello Biafra. Regardless of their Wax Trax roots, Ministry signed to Artista Records in 1981 and released the in- Black Filmmakers Series winds up A self-styled "filmmaker of alternative vision," Michelle Parkerson arrives tonight to end the Black Filmmakers Series with a flourish. Known especially for her documentaries on Black women, Parkerson will introduce Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box and But Then, She's Betty Carter. Betty Carter represents an effort to document the work of a great, contemporary Black woman jazz artist, but what stands out in the documentary itself is its depiction of the complete woman. Betty Carter climbed within the world of Bebop while raising her two sons alone. She founded her own record label, BetCar, because she wasn't satisfied with the commercial record companies and their (non) support of her art. The film incorporates interviews, still photos of Carter's early days,. and recent concert footage. The Jewel Box Review traveled the Black theatre circuit in the '50s and '60s, performing as America's first integrated female impersonation show. Parkerson became interested in the only male impersonator in the Jewel Box Review, Storme DeLarverie, because of the power shift involved in cross- dressing as a man. Although we are accustomed to seeing men parody women (e.g. La Cage aux Folles), many are somehow threatened by women posing as men. Parkerson has been said to feel especially close to this film because of its strong roots in lesbian sexuality. But Then, She's Betty Carter and Storme: The Lady in the Jewel Box will be playing tonight at 7 p.m. at Lorch Hall. Michelle Parkerson will introduce her films. -Jen Bilik Rubright and Michael Parent. The ,N THE SPOTLIGH T storytellers come from all over the country and from different traditions; it should be highly entertaining. Skip lunch today and watch sand More culture at the museum: become art at the Museum of Art. Saturday at 2 p.m., John Patterson It's not a demonstration of castle leads a song-and-dance journey building, or magic windows, but the through Black history via the poetry construction of an intricate, multi- of Langston Hughes. Tickets are colored Sand Mandala by eight free, available at the gift shop. This may be the closest you'll get to the faces of Alain Jourgensen and Paul Barker of Ministry. For their Satur- day night show they'll be somewhat inaccessible, as they 'II be performing behind a chain-link fence. credibly wimpy sell-out With Sym- pathy. (Don't expect to hear any of this material at the show -they say the record was purely designed to get a record deal and they hated it). After the non-success of this effort, the band moved to Sire Records in 1984 and was told to record their second work "without constraints." Al- though the result, Twitch, restored the band's credibility, it was not un- til 1988's The Land of Rape and Honey and its monster single "Stigmata," that Ministry's current direction became clear. Rape and Honey's potent combi- nation of hardcore metal guitars, screaming, violent vocals and inno- vative sampling is continued on their latest record and should prove to be intense material for a live per- formance. Don't expect to leave the show unaffected. How could you with eight angry men releasing their collective agression at you from be- hind a chain link fence? The eight member tour line-up includes, in addition to core mem- bers Jourgensen and Barker, Revolt- ing Cocks vocalist Chris Connolly and Skinny Puppy's Nikev Ogre. This opens up the possibility of the band playing non-Ministry stuff. Whatever the material, though, ex- pect a spectacle. Opening the show will be West Berlin's KMFDM (no typo). An- other Wax Trax act, the band should prove to be interesting. Danceable songs like "Disgust" and "Killing (For Your Sampling Kit)" will get the evening off to a good start. MINISTRY plays at the Nectarine Ballroom Saturday. The show is sold out. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tibetan monks. This painstaking process started Wednesday, and after they finish today they'll toss it into the Huron. So catch this while you can, today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Ark, 637 1/2 S. Main, is holding its annual Storytelling Festival' tonight, tomorrow and Sunday at 8 p.m. Tonight's show features the quadruple bill of Arlene Leitch, Owen McBride, Lynn Correction Yesterday the Daily printed erro- neous information about the Robert Hayden festival. The performance of Angle of Ascent will take place to- morrow at 8 p.m at the Power Cen- ter. Gwendolyn Brooks and Rita Dove will read from Hayden's works at 8 p.m. tonight and 4 p.m., respec- tively, at Rackham. r r , ' - tt . s Te Sat Un. .. is the great sun . Knowledge, in truth, Attend Wayne State University in the Spring and/or Summer as a "guest" student and transfer your credits back to your homeinstitution. Obtain an Application for Guest Admission from your school or request one from WSU (there is a $20 non-refundable guest application processing fee at WSU). 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