2008 Woodie Awards
Spoken-groove duo visits WU
By: Lanz Christian Bañes Contributing Writer
Issue date: 5/5/05 Section: Culture
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Peter Nevland, 29, and Paul Finley, 35, not only performed their unique duo routine April 30, but also slept in the dorm rooms of two fourth floor Loretto Hall residents.
"We slept in the lounge," said freshman Ana Plage, an international relations major who, along with her roommate, freshman Lauren Kirkwood, a film production major, relinquished her room to Nevland and Finley.
The two musicians, who currently hail from Austin, Texas, brought to the UC Sunnen Lounge a new genre of music that Nevland terms "spoken groove."
It is composed of many elements from across the musical field, Finley said, including Nevland's style of rap, slam poetry and rock. Finley's own "hot rod acoustic guitar" style, where he relentlessly plays his electric acoustic guitar at near-impossible speeds was also present.
"It has the aggression of rock, but with the seriousness of Peter's poetry," Finley said. "It's hard to describe, but once you see what we do, you get it."
The concert featured solo poetry by Nevland, guitar solos by Finley and duo pieces in which Nevland either rapped or performed slam poetry while Finley played his guitar in the background.
Although there was only a turnout of about a dozen students at the show, certain numbers called for audience participation, most notably a whimsical song titled "The Flobgob," about an imaginary creature. With the song itself full of nonsensical words, Nevland asked the crowd to shout back the phrase "wussle boom boom" during certain parts of the song.
Many of the 14 different pieces reflected the duo's Christian background.
Much of Nevland's poetry and lyrics were deeply personal, including expressing disgust with Americans' obsession with sex. He proudly proclaimed his virginal status, saying that sex should never be an empty
action.
Finley's compositions were also extremely personal at times, particularly his "Never a Lake of Fire," which wordlessly captures the struggle between God, Finley and the Devil for almost 10 minutes. This song, Nevland said, is "the most awesome rock 'n' roll song ever."
"We slept in the lounge," said freshman Ana Plage, an international relations major who, along with her roommate, freshman Lauren Kirkwood, a film production major, relinquished her room to Nevland and Finley.
The two musicians, who currently hail from Austin, Texas, brought to the UC Sunnen Lounge a new genre of music that Nevland terms "spoken groove."
It is composed of many elements from across the musical field, Finley said, including Nevland's style of rap, slam poetry and rock. Finley's own "hot rod acoustic guitar" style, where he relentlessly plays his electric acoustic guitar at near-impossible speeds was also present.
"It has the aggression of rock, but with the seriousness of Peter's poetry," Finley said. "It's hard to describe, but once you see what we do, you get it."
The concert featured solo poetry by Nevland, guitar solos by Finley and duo pieces in which Nevland either rapped or performed slam poetry while Finley played his guitar in the background.
Although there was only a turnout of about a dozen students at the show, certain numbers called for audience participation, most notably a whimsical song titled "The Flobgob," about an imaginary creature. With the song itself full of nonsensical words, Nevland asked the crowd to shout back the phrase "wussle boom boom" during certain parts of the song.
Many of the 14 different pieces reflected the duo's Christian background.
Much of Nevland's poetry and lyrics were deeply personal, including expressing disgust with Americans' obsession with sex. He proudly proclaimed his virginal status, saying that sex should never be an empty
action.
Finley's compositions were also extremely personal at times, particularly his "Never a Lake of Fire," which wordlessly captures the struggle between God, Finley and the Devil for almost 10 minutes. This song, Nevland said, is "the most awesome rock 'n' roll song ever."