The Michigan Daily - Thursday, July 28, 1983 - 11 Page
Bars and Clubs
The Blind Pig (208 S. first; 996-8555)
Blues guitarist Spencer Bohren, hot
off the streets of New Orleans, per-
forms this Friday and Saturday.
Joe's Star Lounge (109 N. Main; 665-
JOES)
Rocker Steve Nardella plays
everything from classic Elvis to
Chuck Berry this Friday and Satur-
day. Don't miss the 2 p.m. matinee
Friday while the Roosters rock you
Saturday at Rick's.
The Big Beat (215 N. Main Street; 761-
6348)
Don't miss the Whiz Kid for
tonight's wild dance party at the Beat.
Three-time winner of the title 'Best
D.J.' at the annual new music
seminars, The Whiz Kid is a D.J. as
well as a performer not to be missed.
Theater
Ann Arbor Civic Theatre
The Apple Tree, a trilogy of
musicals about love, will close this
weekend at the Civic Theatre's Main
Street Building (338 S. Main). The
major roles for each musical are
played by members of an ensemble of
13. The three plays include, "The
Diary of Adam and Eve," "The Lady
or the Tiger," and "Passionella."
Showings are on Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday. Call 662-7282 for
showtimes and ticket prices.
Student Theatre Arts Complex
The Summer Dinner Theatre
presents The Real Inspector Hound,
which opens this weekend in the
Michigan Union Ballroom. A buffet
style dinner will be served with a cash
bar available during dinner and in-
termission. Showings are this Thur-
sday, Friday, and Saturday. Call 764-
5234 for showtimes and ticket prices.
The Performance Network
The award-winning musical
Cabaret is performed this Friday and
Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 6:30
this Sunday with Suicidal Tendencies,
Flesh Columns, and Sudden Death.
Mr. Flood's Party (120 W. Liberty;
995-2132)
The Jimmie Stagger Band hits the
stage with authentic Grand Rapids
blues this Friday and Saturday.
Second Chance (516 E. Liberty; 994-
5350)
Mariner blasts off tonight through
Sunday with their popular brand of
rock.
Rick's American Cafe (611 Church;
996-2747)
The Buzztones offer a variety of
danceable rock and soul tonight and
The Buzztones bring their classic Moto
to Rick's Thursday and Friday nights.
p.m. The Network staff will attend to
the tiniest details in presenting a
historically accurate production as
they turn the theater space into a
cabaret with tables and dancing girls.
With seating for only 150 people, no
audience member is far from the ac-
tion. At the Performance Network
(408 West Washington). Call 663-0681
for ticket information.
Exhibits
University Museum of Art
"Tiffany Glass from the Permanent
Collection" continues this week
)wn, soul covers and rockin' originals
through August 14. A small exhibition
of tiffany art glass, mainly vases and
bowls, from the UMMA permanent
collection will be on exhibition. Hours
are Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
Call 763-1231. Free.
University Exhibit Museum
"Summer's Fare," the summer
planetarium theater show that helps
you to identify the currently visible
stars, constellations, and planets,
closes this Sunday. Showtimes are at
11:30, 2, and 3 on Saturdays and 2 and
3 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $1 and
children under 5 years are not admit-
ted to the theater. Call 764-0478.
Records -
'XL1 - Pete Shelley (Arista)
In a recent interview, Pete Shelley
said that he had forgotten what XL1
the title of his new album, referred to.
By the sound of XL1, the meaning isn't
all Shelley has forgotten.
Homosapien, Shelley's first solo LP
after leaving the Buzzcocks, was a
pleasant surprise; hook-laden, tuneful,
and melodic are just a few words that
come to mind to describe the music. In
retrospect, XL1 is cold and dull; most of
the songs sound like throw-aways from
the Homosapien sessions, and melodies
are almost not to be found.
Shelley and go-producer Martin
Rushent are again at the helm for XL1,
but instead of Shelley playing all the in-
struments himself, as before, they are
joined by drummer Jim Russell and
bassist Barry Adamson. Russell's con-
tribution to XL1 is quite noticeable, but
Adamson - who used to play in
Magazine, former Buzzcock Howard
Devoto's avant-pop ensemble - is
wasted, buried deep in the mix. It
almost makes you wonder why they
bothered using such a fine bassist.
The late days of the Buzzcocks found
Shelley waxing philosophical on the
ways of the world. Songs like
"Everybody's Happy Nowadays" and
"I Believe" showed his true strengths
were in the lyric department (but the
music wasn't no slouch, either!) On
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are now at
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668-9329
opposite Jacobsons
Homosapien, his bent continued in
"Qu'est-Ce Que C'est Que Ca," "I Don't
Know What It Is," and "Witness the
Change." On XL1, about the farthest
Shelley gets is Telephone
Operator/You're my oral
stimulator/Telephone Operator!
Why can't I see you later? Well, Pete,
it's because you're being a bore.
Sarcasm aside, Shelley's recent work
isn't too good. Only two or three songs
on XL1 display the same strengths that
made Homosapien - "You Know Bet-
ter Than I Know," "(Millions of
People) No One Like You," and
"Twilight." The rest of the tunes either
aren't strong enough to stick in your
mind for too long, or are just plain bad.
It's argued that sometimes it's poor
to rely on past efforts for comparison.
Agreed. But while Homosapien stepped
forward, XL1 steps back.
In the self-same interview, Shelley
mentioned that a lot of songs he recor-
ded with the Buzzcocks and in his solo
career came from a time when he was
in a group called Jets of Air; some of
those songs appear on XL1, including
the danceable-but-dumb "Telephone
Operator." XL1 suffers from second-
album jitters, and from the dreaded
"second-choice" syndrome: after using
all his good tunes, Shelley had to opt
out for some...mediocre ones. Once he
gets writing with inspired verve again,
we should see some grand pop from one
of rock's most quirky yet versatile
lyricists. In the meantime, there's XL1.
- Larry Dean
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