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THE PIONEER LOG

APRIL 19, 2013

K LC S H OW O F T H E W E E K
BY KATHERINE JERNIGAN
STAFF WRITER PHOTO BY KATHERINE JERNIGAN

Oxford 100

Anderson is tuned in on Fridays from 9 to 10 p.m. and is frequently joined by special guests. Piolog: What makes your show special? Oxford 100 is DOPE! We do all original material for an hour each show, which I think is unprecedented in the history of KLC. I play a bunch of stuff that Ive recorded over the course of the week as well as my guests music and live performances that we create right in the studio. So, if you have something no one else has ever heard before, come on the show! What do you do? Fool around and make great music. We basically have a good time and try and bring everyone in to show off what they do well. We sing, freestyle, tell stories, read poetry and innovate the way we use language! What artists are featured? Zwill is a personal favorite of mine. Hes a local rapper on campus that I play all the time for these three reasons: I like his good vibes, he makes original stuff each week and hes me. I love rapas long as its not talking about bitches and guns all the timeand I play instruments as well and sing a cappella. So, basically any music that has had a lot of love put into it, Im sold! Thats what I like to play on the show. Who are your special guests and how do you choose them? I have special guests all the

time. In fact, the 100 in Oxford 100s name comes from my goal of having 100 guests on the show before the end of our run. We love to have anyone who wants to stop by, even if I havent met you yet. So far, weve had 23 guests in our four-show run, so I think were pretty well on our way. And of course, the 100th guest is going to be President Obama. Do you have any recurring themes/things that happen every week? We keep it real fresh every week, considering that we play all original material. But we have two constants: the first is I Take Requests, a project Im doing where anyone (that means you) sends me a song and I have to rap over it. I write it, record it and play it during the show. So far, Ive done student-produced

beats, Saudi Arabian jams, Build Me Up Buttercup and the theme song from Beverly Hillbillies, among others. The second constant is the Oxford English Dictionary segment, where we take a word and ask people, in six words or less, to define what that word means to them. We all have different definitions for the important words in life, but we never really stop to think about what they are, so the goal of this segment is to get you thinkingwhat does thinking mean to you? Six words or less! Where did you get the inspiration for your show? If theres one thing I value in the music-making process, its collaboration. I wanted a place where all my musical friends could hang out and jam together each Friday cause I know thats what I love to do on the weekends.

ALBUM COVER FROM BROOKLYNVEGAN.COM

Cyclops Recap straddles line between future and past in country and rock
BY CJ MACLEOD
STAFF WRITER

Embodying the mantra of Fuck nostalgia. Live the truth. Truth is feeling. Truth is sound. Truth is motion. I am believing. I am seeing. I am moving. TRUTH IS FOREVER is San Franciscos Tim Presley. In a town full of prolific songwriters, Presleyand his project White Fencemay be the hardest working. Releasing four White Fence LPs, one split LP and countless singles and cassettes over the past three years, it seems Presley need only sneeze for a song to come out. Originally meant to tie up loose ends from his three 2012 releases, White Fences newest release, Cyclops Reap, feels simultaneously familiar and foreign, offering a glimpse into the ever-shifting psych-pop of Presley. Coming from the garage-psych haven of SF, Cyclops Reap at times radiates the psych energy of SF

contemporaries like Ty Segall or Thee Oh Sees, but it most often stands on its own, packed with an almost countrylike tinge. Fuzzed-out guitars, airy vocals and tape-hiss make the record play like Brian Jones wet dream. Tracks like Live On Genevieve swirl about with a Jones-ian beauty while Presley relays sweet, simple sentiments with his feathery vocal delivery. Not all tracks contain the same mawkish vibe as Live On Genevieve, however. Pink Gorilla is a lesson in fuzz. Slathered in a heaping dose of feedback, the piece runs in a mid-90s Brian Jonestown Massacre vein, a compliment of the highest caliber. Other songs, like Run By The Same, with its slide guitar and harmonica, cast a Byrds-like shadow, that inhabites the no mans land between straight counADVERTISEMENT

Sunday, April 21 Cappella Nova and Womens Chorus Spring Concert Admission is free for LC students with ID for this show featuring North African dance rhythms. See it in Evans Hall at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 Senior Fiction Readings Senior English majors will present readings of original fiction works in the Frank Manor House at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 24 Is Anyone Listening? An Investigation into Contemporary Theatre Sound Nick Erickson (13) presents his thesis work on the role of sound in theatre. From the presence of sound in production to its uses and influences, Ericksons project highlights the many effects of sound in contemporary theatre. The presentation will be free in Fir Acres Theatre at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 25 Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus: A Theoretical Design Presented by A. Ian Mannix (13), this senior theatre project explores a potential design concept for the tragedy Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus. See it for free in Fir Acres Theatre at 5 p.m. Friday, April 26 No Strings Attached Senior Taylor Finchs contribution to the Theatre Thesis Festival compares aspects of contemporary puppetry with traditional puppetry and includes the use of puppets to demonstrate concepts. It will be free in Fir Acres Theatre at 5 p.m. Friday, April 26 Portland Art Museum Admission is free the fourth Friday of every month from 5-8 p.m. See exhibits such as this months Ceramics of the Islamic World and the work of Folkert de Jong. 1219 S.W. Park Ave. Friday, April 26 Stumptown Comics Festival Kickoff Party Put on by Things From Another World, the party will feature guests from the comics festival along with music by Switch from Dangerous Kids and Bobby Roberts from Welcome To That Whole Thing. Free food and admission, beginning at 7 p.m. 2916 N.E. Broadway Ave. Saturday, April 27 The Waiting Room Senior Brian Cutlers original play explores the shaping role of a persons past and its ability to continually influence someone over time. It will be free in Fir Acres Theatre at 2 p.m.

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try and rock. While the above comparisons may make it seem like Cyclops Reap is stuck in the past and completely derivative of artists that came before, thats simply not true. Each song builds from its predecessors and somehow creates something entirely new that is weirder and stranger than what came before. The charm of the album lies in its idiosyncrasies. Guitar lines that start and go nowhere, random seconds of feedback and abrupt stops and starts, rather than being annoying, lend a sense of endearing honesty to the record and ultimately help Presley fulfill the mantra with which he operates.

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Saturday, April 27 Lets Talk About Our Feelings This original play written by Corey OHara (13) explores the existential struggles of a former narwhal adjusting to his new life. See it for free at 4:30 p.m. in Fir Acres Theatre. Grayson Arango & Becca Lill