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Western Carolinian Volume 65 (66) Number 23

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  • Western Carolinian Features Art Acquired for the Non-Existent Center By Melissa Dills Staff Writer Progress towards the construction of Western Carolina University's new Fine and Performing Arts Center Museum has been the topic of conversation for many individuals on campus. With plans for a groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for March 8, it is sure to be an event that brings interest and curiosity to reporters, students, and faculty alike. But another recent announcement makes note of the recent acquisition of five new collections for the center's permanent art collection. The newly obtained major works have been collected from artists: Sister Corita Kent, Larry Day, Herman Goustin, William Kelly, and Esteban Vicente. These works, acquired through One of several new pieces in newly-acquired collection. artist, collector, or estate donations, bring the number of objects registered for the center's museum collection to more than 800 pieces. Seventeen original serigraphs by Sister Corita Kent were received through a private collector and will be placed in the WCU's Women's Study Collection. Sister Corita Kent was born in Iowa and was educated in an elementary school by the nuns of the Immaculate Heart Order. She also studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and continued her art education by enrolling in a master's degree program at the University of Southern California. Sister Corita, who died in 1986, was named the Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year in 1966. Robert Godfrey, head of the WCU art department, said, "Sister Corita's subject matter conveys strong social and photo courtesy of OPI see ART SHOW, page 12 Quirky Tunes to Grace Music Zone on St. Patrick's a.\ • 1 _ r i_ ■ r- . ■ By Eric Newsom Staff Writer In the rebirth of the Northeastern power-pop scene of the late 70s, one funny voice shone through the rest to become a near cult figure in the world of singer-songwriters. With songs like "I'm A Little Dinosaur," "Hey, Little Insect," and "Abominable Snowman in the Market," Boston native Jonathan Richman and his band, the Modern Lovers, made people scratch their heads in curiosity and tap their feet in enjoyment simultaneously. Riding high on the success of "Roadrunner" (covered by the Sex Pistols), the single from his first album, 1975's The Modern Lovers (produced by Velvet Underground veteran John Cale), Richman set out to "reinvent the modern rock n' roll," as the Nerf Herder tribute song goes. With The Lovers, containing future members of The Cars and The Talking Heads, he mixed up acoustic and electric grooves with bizarrely poetic and surprisingly catchy lyrics, setting the standard for geeky singer-songwriters from Elvis Costello to Rivers Cuomo of Weezer. Richman has a penchant for taking mundane daily life (and an unexplainable obsession with supermarkets, it seems), and turning it on it's ear by introducing nonsensical characters or unusual viewpoints. After only four albums of top-of-the-notch power-pop, The Modern Lovers went their separate ways. After years as a solo artist, Richman recently enjoyed a semi-return to fame with a cameo role in the Farrelly Brothers' "There's Something About Mary," playing himself in a kind of a Greek chorus minstrel/ narrator role. He also contributed three songs to the hit-selling soundtrack, including the title theme. Richman's music, as evidenced by the songs on the Mary soundtrack, is simple, accessible, and usually humorous. Sometimes he could even be mistaken for a Raffi-esque writer of children's music, with lyrics like these from Here Come the Martian Martians from 1976's Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers: "Well, here come the Martians/ Baking up a Martian cake/ We better find out right now/ What kind of flavor do these Martians make." But the insanity of Jonathan Richman is that he wasn't Raffi. Instead, he turned out to be a great influence on performers of the punk and early new wave scenes, as well as 90s alterna-pop bands like the Violent Femmes and the Talking Heads. Even the Pixies, fellow Bostonites who have gone on to cult-followings of mass proportions, cite Richman as an influence. Richman will be bringing his music to the Asheville Music Zone on Saturday, March 17. Richman will presumably be performing the way he likes best, with just he and drummer Tommy Larkins. Simple songs, simple musical arrangement, great music ...all of it should add up to make a great show.
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