The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1998 Page: 8 of 16
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Former engineer and rising pop singer Rebekah discusses her unique music.
Marisa Lew
THRESHER EDITORIAL STATE
She studied engineering at
Vanderbilt and clothing design in
l.os Angeles and was given a record
deal by Baby face himself. A self-
proclaimed accidental success story.
Rein kali has remained down to
earth and amazingly friendly. She is
honest, intelligent and absolutely
enchanting. She is one of those rare
individuals who has actually found
her place in lile. Rebekah talked to
me over her dinner before her April
I show at she Aerial I heater.
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'Thresher 1 low do you describe your
music?
Rebekah; 1 don't describe it. I am so
bad at describing it because, to me,
it is such a mix of everything. [1 am
usually] like, "Well, it's a little bit of
rock, it's kind of punk, it's kind of
funky, it's kind of something for ev-
eryone."
• I fool like I am retarded when 1
am talking about it, so I always try
and make my manager or some-
body in the band describe it, you
know, because 1 don't know what it
is like. People say it's like Jewel, and
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I'm like, "No, it's not, it's not like
that at all." I don t really think it is
like anybody (else's music), but kind
of like a mix of everybody.
Thresher: Who are your influences?
Rebekah: You know, I don't know
who my influences are. 1 really love
Radiohead. They can do no wrong.
It they just made a record of the
"AHCs," I would be like, "Oh, that's
cool," I like Third Eye Blind a lot,
actually.
I really like James Taylor, which
is really corny, but it is because of
my dad. My dad always played Dan
l-'t>gelberg and the Eagles, so I grew
up listening to thai kind Of stuff.
1'ben 1 discovered the Pixies and
the Cocteau Twins once 1 got in.
like, eighth grade or something,
[l| try and keep really open. 1
don't like to limit it — 1 don't like to
listen to only one thing because I
think it is boring. Beinga songwriter,
I'm just like, if 1 only hear one thing
I am only going to write one thing.
So that means the next record is all
polka [laughs]. That is the way of
the future, and you guys heard it
first here. No, just kidding.
Thresher: Are you still close to your
parents?
Rebekah Yes, sometimes annoy
ingly so. It's good now because 1
[live farther away from them]. |l
used to be] Jike, "I can't stand them,
I have to get away from my dad, I'm
moving away to'Ohio, (and] I'm
going to goto college." [Then, once
I was away at college I would] call
and be like, "Daddy, 1 miss you!"
So, ever since I have been out of
the house I have had the best rela-
tionship with my parents. It was
When I was in the house that it was
hard. When you're out of the house,
it's great* [Because my schedule is
so hectic now,J my parents stalk
me, They get my itinerary, and they
leave me messages before I even
arrive.
Thresher: Did you always want to be
in the music industry?
Rebekah: NO. ! aeutalJy never
[wanted to be in the music indus-
try]. That's what is hysterical. The
only people who ever knew that I
could sing were my family and
people at church. I was kind of shy
and [never showed off the fact that]
I could sing. So, I didn't really pur-
sue it.
success to me is
this. I mean, just
being able to do
what you want to
do on your own
terms. Just be
happy and
fulfilled, and
travel and meet
new people.
I went to Vanderbilt [and] I was
studying engineering, and then I
was like, "Okay, no, [this is not for
me]."
Then I went to an art school in
Los Angeles, and then I went to a
design school because I wanted to
be, like, a designer. I [began] acting
[and] I was a waitress (that's what
that really means), [and] I had a
million horrible jobs. I [had] always
played piano. Since I was six, I had
taken lessons and I played. My morn
played [too], I knew how to sing, but
everyone in my family sings, so I
Was like, whatever.
But when I wasin [LosAngelesi,
like a loser, and I couldn't afford to
pay my rent, I was like, "What if I just
start singing? I'll just go sing, I mean,
I can carry a tune." I wrote poems
and stuff all the time. I just thought
they were stupid. When I let some-
one hear my stuff, they were like,
'TTlat'sgood, that's not stupid." [So],
I was like, "I may go do a demo or
something."
Then (I actually] did my demo
and someone from the [La Face|
label happened to be in the studio
and asked who [1 was] and if he
could take [the demo tape). I The
man from La Face] wanted to play it
See REBEKAH, Page 10.
Walken delights as dark mob boss in 'Suicide Kings'
Jett McAlister
THRESHER EDITORIAL SI Aid-
When all else (ails, there's al-
ways the Mafia. After all, it's every-
where. and, as an organization, it is
immensely powerful. It'* a group
you should probably keep on your
good side. Kidnapping a major mob
figure would not usually be a very
intelligent idea, but in the brilliant
psychological thriller and black com-
edy Suicide Kings, a group of young
men do just that to save the life of
one of their friends.
The convoluted plot of Suicide
Kings starts when someone kidnaps
Lisa Chasten tLiura Harris) and at-
tempts to extort $2 million from her
New York industrialist family.
Rather than let their father pay the
ransom, Lisa's brother, Avery
(1 h'liry Thomas), gathers a group of
wealthy friends to kidnap Mafia don
Charlie Barrett (Christopher
Walken) so they can use his in flu-
• • th <• as a Mafioso to find I .isa's kid
nappers and rescue
her.
To convince Barret
to help them, the men
tell him that whatever
Lisa's kidnappers do to
her, they willdoiohim.
As a sedated Barrett
notices blood dripping
to the floor, the men
show him a box con-
taining -OH*M f bist fin-
Angered and convinced of the
group's intentions, Barrett goes
along with the plan and contacts one
of his top henchmen, the footwear-
obsessed 1 x)iio Vecchio (a fabulously
foul-mouthed Denis U*ary) and sets
him on I he trail of Lisa's kidnappers.
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gets, neatly severed
and still wearing a ring.
What the friends don't expect is
that Barrett, an expert poker player,
isade.pt at reading and manipulating
people. Even though he sits bound
and partially maimed, he begins to
take control of the situation. While
his kidnappers push him in hischair
from room to room of the fabulously
decorated mansion, he pits them
against each other by dropping
subtle hints that one of the friends
may have been involved in Lisa's
kidnapping.
Each man has his own ambitions
and secrets. Sean Patrick Flattery
(Powder) plays Max, Lisa's boyfriend
aiuLthe only witness to her kidnap-
ping. Jay Mohr (Jerry Maguire) is
Brett. Avery's closest friend and the
engineer of Barrett's kidnapping.
Also in the ring is T,K. (Jeremy
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Thomas (left) and fellow Kidnappers in the new thriller Suicide Kings.
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Stoler, Brian. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1998, newspaper, April 24, 1998; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth246622/m1/8/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.