Jane's Addiction - December 15, 1988 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC

Date: December 15, 1988
Location: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
Recorded: Audio
Status: Confirmed
Type: Concert
Lineup: Perry Farrell
Dave Navarro
Stephen Perkins
Eric Avery
Artwork:
 

Setlist:

Kettle Whistle
Obvious
Whores
1%
Idiots Rule
Ain't No Right
Ted, Just Admit It...
Standing In The Shower... Thinking
Pigs In Zen

Show Information:

Washington Post
December 11, 1988
Column: CRITICS' PICKS

ART You might start with his name. Threatening yet weightless, it's like some death beam from Buck Rogers shot out of the '20s and pointed at the future. It is, one must admit, not entirely believable. But its aura is just right. Its cockiness, its menace, its intentional elusiveness shines around Man Ray's art. His objects gave material form to a dozen unforgettable visual ideas. "Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray" -- which includes 268 pieces of all kinds -- is the best modernist exhibit the National Museum of American Art has offered us in years

With dada once again pumping through the veins of contemporary art, and with the line that used to separate photography and painting utterly erased, its timing is impeccable. Intimate, enormous, nimble and mysterious, it is as sexy (and as sexist) as was Man Ray himself.

CLASSICAL MUSIC There are two noteworthy performances of Handel's "Messiah" this week, one by the National Symphony Orchestra Thursday through Sunday at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, and the other by the McLean Orchestra Saturday and next Sunday at the Alden Center in McLean.

Other seasonal choral presentations include the world premiere of Russell Woolen's "The Hound of Heaven," along with a selection of early Christmas works, by the Oratorio Society of Washington Friday and Saturday evenings at the National Shrine, and Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" performed along with other works by the McLean Symphony this afternoon at McLean High School.

Early music fans will enjoy a Renaissance Christmas Concert by Musikanten Tuesday night at the Strathmore Hall Arts Center in Rockville, and Christopher Hogwood's lecture-recital titled "In Praise of the Clavichord" Wednesday evening at the Library of Congress.

Chamber Artists of Washington will be joined by guest cellist Evelyn Elsing in a program of romantic and contemporary works, including George Crumb's "Voice of the Whale," Friday night at Gaston Hall, Georgetown University.

DANCE The prevalent attraction this week is -- three guesses -- the eternally beguiling "The Nutcracker." Of special note are the versions by the Washington Ballet, finishing up its Baltimore performances at the Mechanic Theatre this afternoon and commencing a two-week run (ending Jan. 30) at Washington's Lisner Auditorium Friday evening, and the sparkling new production by the Joffrey Ballet, winding up its visit to the Kennedy Center Opera House with performances today and Tuesday through Sunday.

Also of unusual interest is the most recent program by Sharon Wyrrick and the Full Circle Dance Company, which can be seen a final time at Dance Place this afternoon.

FILM Sexy and intelligent is an irresistible combination, and "Tequila Sunrise" is the sexiest, most intelligent Hollywood movie in a long time. Written and directed by Robert Towne, it's a formulaic setup about the world of drug-dealing, starring Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer, but by working within the formulas, Towne has struck a fresh vein. He doesn't attempt to subvert the drug movie conventions in his material, or even to disguise them. Instead, he uses them to intensify the human relationships, to give them an added edge. He takes the formulas and redeems them.

POP MUSIC Rod Stewart at Capital Centre and John Denver at the Patriot Center -- disparate musical approaches but a common concern on Sunday: Both concerts are benefits for Toys for Tots, so if you're going, bring a new unwrapped toy.

Great name, great band, great new record: Sonic Youth at the 9:30 on Sunday.

Brazililan superstar Gilberto Gil, at Kilimanjaro's on Sunday.

Ice T may not be your cup of T, but he's co-billed Monday at the Nayou with Shinehead, who brings an intriguing reggae edge to the modern rap.

Tuesday night is a good night to have Georgia on your mind as the reconstituted Pylon celebrates the rock democracy of Athens at the 9:30 (with special guest Sam Phillips opening), while retrograde rockers the Georgia Satellites share a Bayou bill with those nervy Del Lords.

This week's Christmas show: Chip Davis' Mannheim Steamroller at the Warner Thursday through Sunday.

Great album cover, intriguing band: Jane's Addiction at the 9:30 on Thursday.

Bob Carlin, champion folk and old-time banjo players, teams up with fiddler Bruce Molsky at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church on Saturday for a program of old-time banjo-fiddle duets.

THEATER Playwright Mustapha Matura has transferred the Irish classic "The Playboy of the Western World" to Trinidad in 1950. It's now called "The Playboy of the West Indies" (at Arena Stage's Kreeger Theater). Without doing great damage to the original, it manages to come up with its own brand of sweet poetry and antic charm.