The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - October 29,1992 - Page 5 A spoonful of by Bryce Kass helped Groove Sr Lansing's soon-to-be infamous land their first m Groove Spoon is perhaps one of the Lansing at the B Detroit area'smostunique bands. De- which led to gigs scribing themselves as "heavy dates with Bop ( groovin' funk," the band combines seems to be taki dramatic bass-lines with unbelievably realizing his band] rockin' horns, very loud drums and ever-so-steamy female backing vo-: cals. With influences ranging from "James Brown to TedNugent to Frank Zappa," according to lead vocalist Eric Signs, Groove Spoon's sound remains eclectic, but not in a distract- ing way. This is toe-tappin', get-up- ine to offer. "It to and-dance music like you've never break into Detroi heard before. one big show, it j Playing together for the last two ing for us," he ex years, Groove Spoon has created a got something go steadfastly loyal following in an amaz- noticed." ingly short period of time. Signs at- While Signs tributes the positive response to the Groove Spoon's band's charismatic stage presence. the Detroit area,l "We've got a great live show, we're lack of a closely-I layii' down some good jams," he munity. "You sen said. "I think it's easy for an audience tion between ban to come in and feel comfortable with know, it's like 'we us because we're comfortable up there guys, you have to on stage. Besides that, Norm's got a just not into thatf great goatee and wig." Instead, let's all g Thiskindof easy-going confidence create a scene an groo, poon persevere and najor show outside Lind Pig - a show at the Majestic and harvey). Yet Signs .ng it all in stride, has something gene- ok us a long time to it, but once we got just started happen- .plained. "If you've od, it's going to get seems happy with present success in he also laments the knit local rock com- nse a lot of competi- ids," he noted. "You e won'topen for you open for us.' We're pretentious bullshit. et together here and d stop being stupid vinf 'funk about it. Creating a scene definitely helps all the bands involved." Signs does, however, remain opti- mistic about the possibility of Detroit evolving into a more happening mu- sic town. "I've been reading a lot lately about the cloud-cover in Seattle being really similar to the cloud-cover in Michigan, and how Michigan is supposed to be the next hotbed of new music," he said. Atpresent, Groove Spoon isoutof the Detroit area, recording some songs in New York. "We're recording four tunes to press to a CD-single to shop around to radio stations and record companies across the U.S.," Signs explained. "Also, we're going to con- tinue recording back in Michigan, probably fourteen songs for a full- length album to come out in the spring." Groove Spoon has achieved a lot lately, and Signs hasn't forgotten the one thing that has allowed their mes- sage to reach so many people. "We've got a big-ass yellow school bus," he said. "We're definitely not bragging, we're just really proud of our bus." GROOVE SPOON appear tomorrow night at the Blind Pig. Eddie Murphy knocks the socks (and shirt, and coat...) off the terminally disheveled Grant Shaud. From Brown to Murphy *:by Aaron Hamburger In this election year, the last thing Grant Shaud (Miles Silverberg on "Murphy Brown") was looking for was a little publicity. "This whole Quayle thing isjust noise, it's hype," Shaud said. "It doesn't have anything to do with what I'm there to do." Shaud, whose hit show "Murphy Brown" is one of the top-rated shows on TV and was recently the center of controversy, would rather just stay out of politics. "I don't feel justified in laying out my political views as any more valid than anyone else's," he said. With regard to politics, "The more that is said, the less I know. I don't think we know half of what goes on up there." It wasn't politics, buta good script that drew Shaud to his first film role, in the upcoming Eddie Murphy political satire "The Distinguished Gentleman," a comedy about a con artist who gets elected to Congress (so what else is new?) Shaud, who was looking for something to do while on hiatus from "Murphy Brown," was the first person considered for the role of Reinhardt, Eddie Murphy's political manager. Shaud enjoyed working with Eddie Murphy. "He's so quick," said Shaud admiringly of his co-star's known penchant for improvisation. For his own part, "I stayed pretty true to the script. I was trained in New York in the theater where I was told the writer wrote words for a reason." Before "Murphy Brown," Shaud's only experience in front of the camera was a few commercials. He felt doing "Murphy Brown"was similar to live theater since "it's still done in front of an audience so you get that immediate gratification which kind of feeds you." Shaud remarked that he missed that interaction while working on the "The Distinguished Gentleman." Another difference between film and television Shaud cited was that "I didn'thave to worry about being liked. On "Murphy Brown" when you're coming into people's homes once a week you have to be likable." Even characters like the ingratiating, nervous Miles Silverberg have what Shaud called, "a core of likability." Shaud'srole in "The Distinguished Gentleman," that of an uptight yuppie manager, is quite similar to the one he plays on "Murphy Brown." Though afraid of being type- cast, "I think it's a reality ... people look for hooks.... Whatever gets me work now is fine." Fornow, Shaud is happy with the folks at F.Y.I. He says the chemistry between the fictional characters exists also between the actors who play them. "I don't think that's something you can fake." 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