Rukeyser talk
on economics
set for tonight
Financial and world affairs analyst
Louis Rukeyser will speak on “The
World and Your Money” today at 8
p.m. in room 601 of the Rudder
Tower.
Ruckeyser will be presented free
to the public by Great Issues in its
American Economy series.
Rukeyser helped start the weekly
PBS nationwide telecast, “Wall
Street Week.” A former news
paperman, he has received numer
ous awards, including one for “his
achievements in making economic
news lucid and lively.
THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1975
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Music review
Blue Oyster Cult — heavy music
By JOHN VANORE
Staff Writer
If you’re not into heavy metal
music, just turn the page, cuz that’s
what this is all about today. There’s
a new live double on the market,
but it really comes across, making
“David Live” sound like dog-plop in
the process. The album is “On Your
Feet or On Your Knees” by the king
of heavy metal gruel, Blue Oyster
Cult (BOG).
By now you’re probably saying,
“Blue Oyster who?!? Didn’t they
serve that at Sbisa last night?” So let
me tell you that they’re way too
heavy for the AM radio syndrome.
And they re just about the best
band to come out of New York since
the Velvets. Rolling Stone heaped
the praises on their first album like
they never did before or since, to
my knowledge. Not a single bad cut,
they said. And how right they were!
What makes Blue Oyster Cult so
great, you ask? First of all, they can
play their instruments, and play
them well, which is more than you
can say for many other groups in
that category, like Black Sabbath.
Second, they’re imaginative — the
songs on their albums don’t all
sound alike, which is a problem
we re having to face with many per
formers nowadays, regardless of
their type of music. And third,
they’re so tight as musicians that
they don’t need glitter and cheap
theatrics for their image or stage act.
I’m not talking through my hat —
I saw them in concert on New Year’s
Eve 1973-74, after three warm-up
bands (Kiss, Teenage Lust, and Iggy
and the Stooges). Their musical ex
cellence stood out by comparison
alone. Their only “hype” is to play
two encores, and use five guitars up
front for part of the first one, and
wrapping it all up with “Born to be
Wild.” It’s an exciting show, to say
the least. They didn’t stop once to
greet the audience, or even to say
drop dead. Just solid music from
start to finish. And to top it off, they
left my hearing impaired for about
four days. Hard? You betcha!
So back to the album already. It’s
four sides of vinyl with three good
enduring cuts per side, mostly in
the six to eight minute range. The
instrumentals are well-meshed
throughout, and the vocals sound
like an integral part of the song,
rather than doing the Bowie routine
of using the instrumentals as a
back-up for the vocals.
You probably wouldn’t recognize
the titles of any of the BOG origi
nals, which represent a fair samp
ling of the material from their other
three albums currently on the re
cord racks. Songs like “Cities on
Flame (With Rock and Roll) ”, “Hot
Rails to Hell ”, or “ME 262”, the
five-guitar monster. But I’m sure
that even John Kay would feel
touched at their treatment of “Bom
to be Wild. ” It’s fairly faithful to the
original, but it has that distinct BOG
flair added to it. The rest of the
selections range from moderately
slow (“Last Days of May”) with Buck
Dharma’s flowing lead guitar strains
to frantic-paced rockers like “Before
the Kiss.”
I can’t remember the last time I
got so worked up over an album. It
was either Blue Oyster Cult s first
album or “American Graffiti. ’ But
one thing is for sure — this one now
leads the list of albums I won’t let
out of my room.
So, since I’ve already saved you
vast amounts of precious green, take
my word for it and splurge a few
bucks on this gem. If heavy metal is
your thing, this will be, to say the
least, an important addition to your
record library.
Ag dies in crash
Robert W. Reinke, 25, a senior in
the Coips, was killed Sunday in a
car accident.
Graveside services are scheduled
for 2 p.m. today. They will be in the
Memorial Oaks Cemetery directed
by Waltrip Funeral Home of Hous
ton.
Reinke was an Air Force ROTC
student serving in Squadron 9. He
was killed in Piney Point, a suburb
of Houston.
A zoology major, Reinke was the
son of Dr. Tom Reinke, 11026 Tyne
Court, Houston.
J Board suggests
two-board system
A subcommittee of the Student
Government Judicial Board met
Monday, to discuss proposals to
amend Article 4 of the Constitution.
The members decided to suggest
that the present judicial system be
restructured and two judicial
bodies be created. The primary jud
icial panel would deal with election
regulations, eligibility of elected of
ficials and other constitutional ques
tions. It would also have the power
to issue a writ of mandamus and writ
of injunction.
The J-Board as it now exists
would be a court of appeals. In addi
tion, it would deal with all questions
not specifically given to the Primary
Appeals Panel.
A new post of Attorney General
would be created if the suggestions
are adopted.
This will take the politics out of
constitutional interpretation, said
Jerri Ward, judicial board chair
man.
The attorney general would be an
elected official who would give
non-binding opinions on the con
stitutionality of student government
actions. He would be a member of
the Student body executive com
mittee and would represent student
government in legal matters.
These suggestions will be pre
sented to the student rules and reg
ulations committee at their meeting
today. The suggestions from the
student rules and regulations com
mittee will be passed on to the stu
dent senate who will, in turn, pass
their decision on to the University
Rules and Regulations Committee.
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