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On Wednesday, November 22, the Douglas College New Music Ensemble will be performing. Unlike the other evening
concerts of the semester, this one is free.

The ensemble consists of flautist Kathryn Cernauskas, guitarist Michael Strutt and percussionist Robert Caldwell. All
three musicians teach in the music department. Making a special appearance with the ensemble will be vocalist Owen
Duggan.

The ensemble will be performing pieces by Stephen Chatman, Leo Brouwer, Daniele Zanettovich, Hans Werner Henze,
and Robert Caldwell.

This last piece, entitled The Attic, .is a composition written for solo percussionist on electronics, and was originally
scored as an accompaniment for a dance. The dance tells the story of a woman who is trapped in a time loop, experiencing
the same segment of time over and over. The tones are all sampled, and include sounds such as a gamalang, finger
cymbals, and sonic washes or “landscapes.”

If you have had opportunity to see any of these performers live, you know you won’t want to miss this evening of
experimental “new” music.

THE CONCERT GETS UNDERWAY AT 8 PM, NOVEMBER 22.
IN THE PERFORMANCE ART THEATRE. ADMISSION IS FREE.

Blinker The Star

Guitar solos have a bad reputation these days, and © A&M records followed, and the rest is in the future.
deservedly so. They conjure up images of bad ’80s hair Blinker The Star, the band, won’t be putting out an
bands endlessly showing off their technical skill so they | album until next summer, so we’ll have to make do with
can impress the chicks. They often seem emotionless, bland, the album made by Blinker The Star, the man. And what a
and interminable stroking sessions. Well, the 90s remarkable record it is. Although a little lacking
came and destroyed those bands. Now, in the sound-quality department, it’s a
proficiency is almost a dirty word, but diverse and impressive debut. The
Blinker The Star’s Jordon Zadorozny is first single, ‘Nectarina’, has a
here to change give solos new life. Smashing Pumpkins-inspired riff
His solos, usually in a song’s outro, at the core of it. “You Wouldn’t
are searing and heavy on the Call It That At All,’ is my
pedal effects. These are solos personal favourite. It was
of the stare-at-the-sky variety, conceived when
that one feels instead of Zadorozny heard The
hears. Anyone who saw Cure’s Plainsong and he
them at the Town Pump in wanted to write a song
October would agree. like it, “only louder,”

Blinker The Star “Hunting At The Zoo’
is a band. It all started is a messy jam with
as singer/songwriter/ absurd improvised
guitarist Zadorozny’s lyrics about, well,
solo project. Playing all hunting at the zoo: A
of the instruments on wolf in French,
BTS’s self-titled debut, that’s loup/gonna
the songs were recorded get him too. Most
on an 8-track over a of the songs are
period of three in his distinctively
hometown of Pembroke, Blinker The Star, a
Ontario. Meanwhile, he sound that’ll define
played in Tinker, the itself when the band
Green River of the becomes more well-
Montreal scene. Tinker known.
spawned BTS, Hole’s However, the band
bassist Melissa Auf Der truly expands when they
Maur, as well as a new, play live. This is where
, improved version of Tinker. their solos become fully
3 While in Tinker, developed, and are the most

Zadorozny raised the money to impressive and uplifting. At
release his debut CD on his own the Town Pump, BTS opened
Vibra Cobra label and put together a with Nectarina and just kept on
full band, First he hooked up with Colin rolling. Midway through, they played
Wylie, an old friend from Pembroke and a ‘Marigold,’ a Nirvana B-side, and turned it
drummer with extensive jazz training. Shortly after, into more of a Nirvana song than it originally was,
they met bass player Peder Jakobsen through Ottawa’s _—_ going from really quiet to really loud. ‘Nary Aloha’ was
“convoluted grapevine.” Finding the Ottawa musical scene _ second-last, a total blast of ecstasy that was dampened a
pretty much dead, they moved to Montreal, where they _ bit by an unnamed anti-climax ofacloser. Everyone walked
found instant support from local bands such as Stellar away a believer. This is one of those bands that can’t not
Dwellar and the Goldfish. A North American contract with break big. The only question remains how long.

  
 
  
   
  
  
 
 
  
   
 
  
 
  
   
  
 
   
 
 
 
 
   
   
 
 
 

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