Summer Festival Tours Showcase Latest Trend

Musical acts who lack the punch to draw big crowds on their own are finding that multiple-band lineups are drawing fans.

by Chris ~omanno perspectives editor

What is the idea? Hot fun in the summer time is what it is all about.

Music festivals, which have been popularized in the '90s by Perry Farrell's brainchild, Lollapalooza, have taken this summer's music scene by storm and helped to change people's expectations of what a concert event really is.

Take a look at what is going on this season. Music lovers of every genre have had their hands full.

At one end of the spectrum, you have the trippy, hippy sounds of the Further Festi,val and at the other end you will notice the hemp-hop style embodied in the Smokin' Grooves Tour.

With those being the extremes, the mainstreamers out there also have needs that must be met.

For them, right in the middle of the road, there were events like the WDRE Fest and the Summerland Tour, each one boasting one hit wonder lineups.

To avoid confusion, here are the headliners of the festivals that have made their way through the area.

The Summerland Tour featured Everclear, Spacehog, Tracy Bonham and 7 Year Bitch. The

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WDRE Fest was headlined by Spin Doctors, Cracker, Filter and Fish bone.

Later in the summer, deadheads were pacified by the Further Festival, which featured music from Rat Dog, Mickey Hart's Mystery Box, Bruce Hornsby, Los Lobos and Hot Tuna, among others. Both Rat Dog and Mickey Hart's Mystery Box featured former members of the Grateful Dead.

August turned out to be the busiest month for festival fans. The skate punk crowd was entertained by The Warped Tour featuring Far, Guttermouth, Fluff, Down by Law, Civ, Fishbone and many others.

ENIT is Farrell's latest ven-

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The Voice oF Cabrini College

Sunday Monday Wednetday Friday country 7a.m.-6p.m. rock rock rock local show 6-7p.m. Sport Sound-off/ Cavalier Source Cabrini Watch Wrap-up sound- 7-0p.m. Dance Dance Dance tracks talk 8-IOp.m. Alternative Alternative Alternative R&B 10p.m.-12a.m. '80s rock classic rock current rock jazz& 12-2a.m. metal metal metal blues soft rock ture since selling off the rights to Lollapalooza. His band, Pomo for Pyros, was the main attraction, along with the mind melting sounds favored by all the rave babies created by The Orb.

There will be a new members meeting in the communications classroom on Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 12:30 p.m. All are welcome.

For more traditional rock fans, H.O.R.D.E. offered a tasty line-up including Blues Traveler, Rusted Root and Lenny Kravitz, while the less traditional Smokin' Grooves Tour appealed to the hip-hop-hemp loving types with performers like Cypress Hill, The Fugees, Ziggy Marley and Busta Rhymes.

Finally, The Barn Burner Tour rumbled through town giving blues fans their full with acts like The Radiators, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Joe Cocker and blues legend Buddy Guy. Modem music festivals are events, not just concerts. For example, the Warped Tour had skateboard competitions, Sony Playstations, drum circles and a rock climbing wall, reflective of the interests of those who would be attending.

Also, political action groups such as NORML (The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) and Rock the Vote have had success in rounding up support at these gatherings.

Rest assured, concert fans, due to the success of this year's entertainment festivals, more will be coming your way next summer.

Alternative to Lollapalooza:

ENIT Festival Goes Underground in summer '96

by Jeanne Lombardo arts and entertainment/features editor •

Metallica are the headliners of Lollapalooza? That's like a nun attending a Kiss concert. Or is it?

"Until it Sleeps," Metallica's first single from their current release, debuted at No. 29 on Billboard's modern rock charts. It also debuted at No. 10 on the hot 100 singles chart, just below Alanis Morrisette's "Ironic." How's that for your average heavy metal band?

In addition to the testosteroneinspired line up of Metallica, Soundgarden and eternal punk gods, the Ramones, Lollapaloooza '96 had a second stage where undergroundbands performed.

However, it seems as though the up and coming ENIT festival, which was created by none other than Perry Farrell, former Lollapalooza organizer and lead vocalist of Pomo for Pyros, is more like what Lollapalooza used to be.

In recent MTV interviews, Farrell descnbed ENIT as some type of intergalacticcelebrationthat takes place everywhere in the universe except for earth.

Five out of the seven dates that were scheduled,went all night long. Unfortunately,when ENIT stonned through the Philadelphia area this past August, the festival lasted only eight hours at the Blockbuster/Sony Entertainment Center.

As for Lollapalooza, forget about it. The fest dido't even make an attempt to come anywhere near Pennsylvania. Metallica will be heading out on their own in the fall, so they chose to visit Philadelphia at a later date.

The line up for ENIT is chock full of such underground acts as: Rebirth Brass Band, Meat Beat Manifesto, Lady Miss Kier, Om, Buju Banton, Black Grape, Love and Rockets and of course, Pomo for Pyros.

The cost of ENIT is $20 for lawn seating and $30 for general admission seats. Consideringthat Melissa Etheridge is charging $35 and $47.50 a pop, ENIT is definitely the better deal.

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Friday, August 30, 1996

WttAr's HAPPENING FOR THE WEEK OF AUG. 30-SEPT.5

Saturday

D PHILLIES GAME

Go see the fightin' Phils take on Mike Piazza and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, August 31. Gametime is 7:05 p.m. Tickets cost $5.00 and are available in Student Activities.

Sunday

D SEE CEZANNE

Take a trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to catch a final look at the popular Cezanne exhibit. The trip is on Sunday, September 1 at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $12.50 each and they are limited. Sign up m Student Activities.

Monday

D OASIS IN CONCERT

Oasis will be bringing their modern rock jams to the new CoreStates Center on Monday, September 2 at 8 p.m. This will be the first concert to take place at the new arena! Call Ticketmaster at (215) 366-200 for ticket availability and prices.

Thursday

O"AS IS" AUDITIONS

Auditions for the fall production of William Hoffman's "As Is," a story about a gay couple and their struggle with AIDS in 1980's New York, will take place on Thursday, September 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Red Cloud Coffeehouse located in Grace Hall. Call the theatre department at 902-8510 for more information. Scripts are available in the faculty secretaries office.

O WYBF FEST

89.1 WYBF, The voice of Cabrini College, will be giving away prizes and holding contests in the gathering area on Thursday, Sept. 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

D 8/27 Karpov defeats world in chess.

Russian chess champion Anatoly Karpov defeated a global audience that had logged in via the Internet for a worldwide game of chess. The game was played by democratic rule: whichever move was selected by the majority of participants was the move selected by a computer that counted the votes. The match ended four and one-half hours later after 64 moves when the majority of Karpov's opponents, which were made up of 200 players from all over the world, elected to quit.

D 8/27

Citadel's female cadets begin training.

Four women cadets began "hell week" at the Citadel on Monday, Aug. 26. In June, after a three and one-half year legal battle, the Citadel decided to end its 153-year-old, men-only policy and admit women. The move came two days after the Supreme Court declared the allmale admissions policy at Virginia Military Institute unconstitutional. It was the nation's only other all-male public college. On the first day of training, haircuts given to the new cadets left the women with a little bit more hair than the men.

D 8/27

Judge upholds seal on warrant in Willard case.

A Montgomery County Court judge decided to keep sealed for 30 more days a warrant that law enforcement authorities used to search Andrew Kobak's family residence, impound two cars, and force him to give tissue and blood samples. Kobak is a suspect in the Aimee Willard case. Willard, 22, of Brookhaven, was abducted from the Exit 3 off-ramp of the southbound Blue Route at about 2 a.m. on June 20, and found dead about 4 p.m. the same day in a North Philadelphia lot. Kobak, through his lawyers, has denied his involvement.

D 8/22

Clinton attacks teen smoking. The Clinton administration declared nicotine an addictive drug and announced restrictions intended to keep teenagers from smoking. The move would give explicit authority to the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco sales and advertising to minors. The FDA a year ago declared tobacco to be a drug and sent its specific regulatory plan to the White House last week. There are no accompanying plans from Congress to raise taxes on cigarettes or mount a broad attack against

D Congratulations to Resident Life Director Cathy Caulfield on the arrival of her son Tunothy Edwin on July 23. He weighed in at eight pounds, eight ounces.

D Junior Paul Monte resigned his position as Resident Assistant on Friday, August 23, • citing personal reasons. As of this printing no replacement has been made.

D Professor of religion Dr. Leonard Primiano was honored with the distinction of being the only American to be invited to the Religious Conference in Portugal.

D A memorial service for Alan Bunch will be held Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bruckman Chapel.