6 - The Michigan Daily Summer Weekly - Wednesday, June 17, 1992 M 1-rds Cowboy Junkies Tickets are $17 Black Eyed Man TicketMaster (p.c RCA ganTheaterboxo: After the band responsible for the for more informal aural classic Trinity Sessions put us to sleep with the follow-up, The Caution Horses, some were skeptical about the The Meters future of the Cowboy Junkies. Their The Meters Jai latest disc should lay to rest all such Rounder doubts. No one witha Though the songs still have that dionforgroovin'f Hank-Williams-jamming-with-Velvet- the sweet, slam Underground mood, both the music Meters. From th( and the lyrics give the materialmore of mid-'60s to their an edge than the earlier recordings. It's later, Neville, No not that they have a new attitude, but Modeliste mixed that they have an attitude. "Oregon NewOrleanswith Hill" and "Townes Blues" are very 'n' roll rhythms.7 similar to the non-covers from Trinity cal gumbo that la Sessions,butaremoretwang thantorch. the funk explosic "Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park" though this CD shows that Margot Timmins is still straightforward h Nanci Griffith's dark side, but this time ity of their scorch the drum beat is much stronger. Look-a-py-py, th MargotandherbrotherMichaelare oftenmakesthese developing into one the greatest he even more iuresis writes, she sings, brother/sister teams "Rubber Ban ever. With the exception of two tracks, hottest track, op allofthemwerewrittenbyMichael.On syncopatedguitar paper, they are all excellent pieces of heavily bass drivc poetry whichtell twistedstories, estab- with Arts' sugg lishinterestingsceneriosandcreatefas- Reminiscent of cinatingcharacters.Whentheyaresung, adelicment Th however, they are brought to another Funkadelicmigh level by Margot's voice, for you as- George Clinton, sume theuneswereallcomposed from had grown up in awoman'spointofview.Thepowerful Their light,r irony of a strong female lead mocking "Bo Diddley" male love behaviour in "If You Were Nocentelli's strin the Woman andI Was the Man" shows los retaining the f how talented Michael Timmins is. of their earlier so One word of advice for all you andNocentellital sensitive guys; if you become so im- title track, "Met mersed in this disc while taking a nap, HammondB3ke and you dream of Margot singing to off each other. T you, it's perfectly normal. aptly closes out t The Cowboy Junkies play at the Michigan Theater tomorrow at 8 n.m. S 01 .SO in auvance at e.s.c.) and the Michi- ffice.Call763-TKTS tion. -Andrew J Cahn m any soul or apprecia- funkshouldoverlook nin' grooves of the eir emergence in the dissolution a decade centelli, Porter, and J the cajun spice of hrichR&B androck They created amusi- id the foundation for on of the 1970s. Al- lacks much of the onesty and simplic- ing instrumentals on e slicker production butt-shakin' grooves tible. d" is the undeniably ening with a tomly rlickthatburstsintoa en riff trucking along estive interjections. some Parliafunk- angs, this is what thave soundedlikeif and Benie Worrell New Orleans. ollicking version of is punctuated by g snapping guitar so- reedomandopenness ngs. Both Art Neville ke the forefrontonthe er's Jam," bouncing yboardand guitarriffs his extended steamer he cd. ee RECORDS, Page 8 John Reneaud, Fredrick Kinch, and Carol Shepherd in the Serpent's Tooth Theatre's House Fire Crayon drawings and a House on Fire in an A world drama premiere Serpent's Tooth Theatre stages 'U' graduate's Hopwood winning play by Jason Carroll What is a family? Everyone seems to have their own idea. Serpent's Tooth Theatre tries to create it's own defini- tion in it's world premiere presentation of House Fire. House Fire follows an odd, middle- class family, the Peasters, whosehouse has just been devastated by a fire. The family begins to shuffle through the remains to discover that their "necessi- ties,"suchastelevisionsetsandphotos, are gone forever. The events strike the adolescent daughter, Lida (Kate Peckham), im- mensely. We see the events, as they occur, through her eyes. Interestingly, "Lida's family becomes a reflection of her crayon drawings," remarked Kenn Pierson, composer/playwright at the theatre. In the play, the family "looks at the stereotypes of family and contrasts that with the actualities to try to figure out what a family is," stated Frederick Kinch, House Fire'splaywright.Kinch also commented, "in this family's search,theyactout,rememberandrelni- nisce, and spiraldown theevolutionary chain in a frenzied fit of primal dysfunctionality!" Lida's only confidant is her PBS addicted brother, Stephen (Chuck O'Connor). Her mother, Gloria (Carol Shepherd) is seen as an "'80s mom locked in the '50s," said Kinch. Gloria is fairly submissive to her dominant husband, Philip (John Reneaud). Kinch graduated from the Univer- sity in 1991 and he received the Hopwood award that same year. He explained how the procedure, of turn- ing his scriptintoan actual play, was an educationaliprocess for the cast. Kinch added, "it's rare for a playwright to be will feature the cast, playwright, and with the cast atalmostevery rehearsal." sociologists in the field of family dis- In the spirit of Lida's drawings the cussing topics brought up in the play. director and designer, Michael Geiger, used actual crayon drawings from area youths as the basis for his construction HOUSE FIRE will be performed at the of the burned house. Pierson com- Performance Network June 19-21 and mented, "social relevance is important June 24-28 at 8 pAn. with a Sunday [to Serpent's Tooth Theatre]." With matinee at 2 p.m. A family symposium that in mind, the theatre has decided to follows the June 21 matinee. Tickets hold asymposium onJune 21st, follow- are $8-$10. Call437-3264 or663-0681 ;n the. ,;,i- nernn,- nwhich for information The Cowboy Junkies (Alan Anton, Margo, Michael and Peter Timmins) CAMPUS APARTMENTS-FALL 1992 Efficiencies Studios 1.2.3 Bedroom Apts. Various Locations and Amenities 8 and 12 Month Leases Furnished + Unfurnished Apartments Available Listings available at U-M Off-Campus Housing or Call: WILSON WHITE CO. INC. 995-9200 Mon-Fri 8:30-5 Sat 9-2 EHO Kate.Peckham (in Housetare) shows oWf her brand new crayons.