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Band developed sound in East Village scene From page 36 esting, Fthink pop sangs are a way at getting al subjects that are atten very difficult to talk about. possibly unpleasant, “Howe were talking very seriously about things like that it could get very glooniy, So to conibine subject matter that is dark with very melodic songwriting. the combination to us is very appealing.” Music Now: Your music tells me that you guys would have been very comfortable sharing the stage with the Dada dad- dies at Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich in 1916, J.L.: "*hdon’t know. Ina way! think I find that stuff appealing, but f think there's something very different going on in our music, | don't think we have this agenda of trying to shake up the bourgeoisie.” Music. Now: So you’re not coming from some basic posi- tion of disgruntiement and turning that inte glee? J.L. 2 “Well I'd say that we mayhe are, but in our case it’s a personal thing. We're not dec- trinaire. We don’t have a - manifesto. We're not making a point of being subversive.”’ Music Now: | would-say your . music is subversive given the context of the conservative pop. messages dominating the scens.. . J.L. : “I'm not trying to sound | de. . tiberately naive about this. Everybody has a lot of anger, par- ticularly after watching the Republican convention. It's.an - unpleasant situation, but !don't -- think that Jesse Helms particularly: cares about people who hate him. I don’t think that it bothers him’ »: ‘that someone thinks he’s a jerk, so,” : +I don’t think it'sour job to target something like that. “ “In other words you can get : distracted by trying to make a big* NORTH SHORE Chorus is on the’: lookout for sopranos, altos,.tenors and basses for an ambitious new season beginning ‘Sept..9. deal about your first amendment rights, The real job is to say sume- thing that you think is real.” Music Now: I’ve read some- where that you and the other fohn cut your teeth on the Lower East Side in New York City during the 1980s working with avant-garde and perfor- mance artists, Can you describe the scene a bit? J.L.: “l guess the main thing about it was that it was a place where u lot of different things could come together, “Part of the reason | moved to. New York was that | was attracted to the punk scene. | was this really young kid, and it seemed that there was this world of exciting © stuff going on, but it wasn’t really a scene, “New York is just a big place with a lot of different musicians. When we started playing the East: Village it was quickly obvious that -. it was even more the case there. It was all very personal, anda lot of « very different people were per-? forming. The main thing that con- - nected it was that it was. stuff you: couldn't get elsewhere, and it was not mainstream, It was pertor- _ mance art or r inspired by perio mance art. “A lot ot. it was. conserv: ai “There. was ais th - mance group calle and we performed “move than Briybody ‘just so “LN “We welcome people’ who’ like” o to ‘sing interesting music that’s . both fun’ and challenging,” said Terry Duncombe, North. Shore Chorus’ membership secretary. “We're a friendly’ group | of -peo-~ ple -who enjoy singing _and> socializing.” The .50-member ‘choir: ig made “up-of Iecals who-strive for” ex: cellence . while having . fun. -The’. a Christmas’ concer wit _ orchestra -and ou group sings a variety. of music, -.C pee "6 from Brahms: to the Beatles. From page 37 fill of seaside landscapes and floral og watercolors. After all, innovation is the fife- blood of art and when its flow is diminished so too is art’s value and vitality. “In general, the art presented in - the shop windows seemed more adventuresome if sometimes less _ polished, and in some cases the artistry of the window dressing “was equal or superior to the art on display. Clearly, though, the capstone of ‘the entire festival was the grand auction in Ambleside Park which brought it to a close. Here the works produced by local artists diligently painting in the park throughout the week were offered to the public in silent _ auction. (My favorite was a Kan- _ dinsky-like watercolor by Sharon Christian.) at poate low Starting bik A signed-serigraph: by Gosc Smith, fully museum-framed,was~*. snapped up for under $450! One... can readily envision art collectors : arriving en masse and fighting “: tooth and-nail to be admitted to. “a a ersonal opi-.: nions aside, there is no question” . that the Harmony Arts Festival is © one of the major events of the North Shore. ° There is nothing here to rival it, and it is now difficult to imagine | a: summer without it. . As it grows and prospers it will become ‘an uncontested fi igure- — head of civic pride and ac- complishments. : Ta allfwho make it possible we —- cannot be grateful enough. :