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Page 4 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 1975 Sue AuKema Dena’s Hair Fashion specializes in layer cutting frosting & Men’s & Women’s Hair Styling. 106 Carson 822-6034 779-0676 AGGIELAND ’76 is looking for a staff artist. This person is to supply india ink sketches to the book concern ing specific themes. One of thej primary jobs of the artist will be to draw QUALITY CARICA-, TURES of key administrators using supplied photos and re ference material from past AGGIELANDS. ALL IN TERESTED PERSONS SHOULD COME BY STU DENT PUBLICATIONS OF FICE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8-5 pm AND PICK UP THE NECESSARY EXAMPLE PHOTOS. THE SKETCHES WILL BE THE SOLE HIRING FACTOR. THE FINAL DATE FOR TURNING IN EXAMPLES OF WORK IS NOVEMBER 10, 1975. IF ANY QUESTIONS CALL GARY BALDASARI 845- 2611. Texas Gold’follows swing stylep[;%g. By SCOTT SHERMAN Contributor Bob Wills was a crazy man who made albums and cavorted on stage. He never quit cavorting oil stage. Wills, and his Country Playboys, made popular a type of music called Country Swing. Swing started out after World War II. Wills had started playing before then, but Swing soon became his thing. Well, Swing is back and I’m sorry Bob Wills isn’t here to hear it. A bunch of the “younger generation decided to start playing and record ing some of Wills’ old swing tunes. The group’s name is Asleep at the Wheel, the album is called “Texas Gold and it is not their first at tempt. “Texas Gold” starts out with the “Letter that Johnny Walker Read ”, a sad tale of a Dear John note, a certain alcoholic derivative and the entire honkv-tonk shmonk. The song is good, funny in places and is receiving a very universal audience all the way from WBAP, the clear channel country giant in Fort Worth, to KLOL, the progressive FM leader in Houston. Musically, Johnny Walker and most of the other songs on the album are superb. Steel guitar and stand-up bass work are excellent throughout. The background vocals are beautiful harmony and the lyrics will never settle a war but you can listen (and drink) to them all night long. Following Johnny Walker on the RAY BOMNSKIE BODY SHOP 409 Burnett Bryan 823-7219 FREE ESTIMATES! WE DO INSURANCE WORK TOO. Tracing Southern history first side are “Fat Boy Rag”, a good instrumental that borders on Dixie due to the excited brass work, and “Runnin’ After Foo.s ”, a good Ag song if one exists. Runnin possesses the lyrics that make country - “Run nin’ after fools, till there’s one as big as you, runnin after fools, when you could be mine”. Alto sax and fiddle compliment the lyrics. Side one is completed by “Let Me Go Home Whiskey” and “Nothin’ Takes the Place of You”, the first, an out-and-out honky-tonker; the sec ond a soft female-writing-letters- while-it’s-raining song with just the best shades of a mellow steel guitar. Side two starts out with an inter polation of “Rebecca” and “Roll ’em Pete” that Asleep at the Wheel labels “Roll ’em Floyd” for pianist Floyd Domino, who plays beauti fully. “Tonight the Bartender is on the Wrong Side of the Bar is good for crying in your drink. It is followed by “Bump Bounce Boogie , a good beat song with good female vocals by Chris O’Connell. The album finishes off with “Where No One Stands Alone and “Trouble in Mind . "Where No one has good pleading steel guitars with a brief trip into mellower Spanish-like guitar work. “Trouble is an insane song that starts off like a blues-ballad with.our hero deciding that if he lies down on the railroad tracks, the 2:19 will solve his prol lems. Notable Point. The End of “Trouble in Mind may just be clas sic. I’ve already mentioned the fine brass work elsewhere but in the closing of “Trouble ”, it comes out as nothing else but home-bred, down South Dixieland. The album, all-in-all, is enjoy able. You won t be prepared to solve the world’s problems afterwards, but you can face them with a smile and the knowledge that “Bob Wills \ is still the king . Asleep at the Wheel will perform with Johnny Rodriguez as part of the Town Hall presentation at 8 p.m. Friday in the coliseum. u By DON MIDDLETON Battalion Staff Writer THE SOUTHWEST: SOUTH OR WEST?; by Frank E. Vandiver, drawings by Jo Alys Downs, (Texas A&M University Press), $4.00. Postal Service suggests overseas mailing dates liaM s'M Hl-f (irtgijjo*) turQUoiSe cV^okti’ A perfe brilliant IF YOU’VE GOT THE TIME, WE’VE GOT THE BEER. GIG ’EM! BRAZOS BEVERAGES 1804 Pinfeather 822-3623 Come To Diamond Country Sankey Park Diamond Salon If you have a few extra dollars to spend and an hour or so to spare, you just may want to pick up Frank Vandiver’s new book, The South west: South or West? The “book” is really an essay which is “must reading for those who claim to be rooted in the rolling plains of Texas, Oklahoma and as far as the Rockies. Vandiver traces the development of the Southwest culture as the Old South spread across the Mississippi to the area known as the “Great American Desert.” In 48 well-written and delight fully illustrated pages, the author shows the orderly progression from genteel plantation life to the rugged existence on the hostile rangeland of the Southwest. 2 1 3 S MAIN DOWNTOWN BRYAN \ ■ i // ^ Engagement Rings The volume is a miniature work of printing art, designed to comple ment a cattleman’s den or a city- slicker’s skyscraper office. At four dollars, it will make the perfect gift from, as well as to, the person who calls the Southwest home. Local residents are encouraged to begin mailing holiday parcels and greetings as early as possible. E. C. 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Nov. 20 - Space Available Mail to Armed Forces in Belgium, De nmark, England, Finland, Fr ance Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain; Space Available Mail to Armed Forces in Antarctica, 1976 AGGIELAND Class Picture Schedule SENIORS & GRADUATES Oct 20-0ct 24 Oct 27-Oct 31 Nov 3-Nov 7 Nov 10-Nov 14 G-K L-0 P-S T-Z Nov 17-Dec 19 MAKEUPS FOR SENIORS AND GRADUATES Dress: Civilians — Coat and Tie Coeds — Optional Corps (Fish & Soph) — Class A Winter Corps (Jrs. & Srs.) — Midnights ALL STUDENTS SHOULD BRING THEIR FALL SEMESTER FEE SLIPS. Photographs are taken on a drop-in basis, 8-5 weekdays and 8-12 Sat. For further information contact University Studio. 115 college main* 846-8019* p.o. box 2*college station, texas 77840 Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Okinawa, Philippines, Taiwan, and Thai land. Nov. 25 - Surface Mail and Space Available Mail to Armed Forces in Canada, Greenland, Lab rador, Newfoundland, and the Azores. Nov. 27 - Parcel Airlift to Armed Forces in Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Nor way, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain; Parcel Airlift to Armed Forces in Antarctica, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Okinawa, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. Nov. 30 - All surface parcels to Alaska and Hawaii. Dec. 1 - Parcel Airlift to Armed Forces in Azores, Canada, Greenland, Labrador, and New foundland. Dec. 2 - International surface par cels to Canada and Mexico. Airmail greeting cards to Armed Forces in South and Central America, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey Antarctica, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Okinawa, Philippines, Taiwan and Thai land. Dec. 8 - International surface greet ing cards to Canada and Mexico. Dec. 9 - Airmail greeting cards to Armed Forces in Canada, Greenland, Labrador, New foundland, Azores, Congo and Liberia. International air parcels to Africa, the Near East and the Far East. Dec. 10 - Surface parcels within the United States (except Alaska and Hawaii). Dec. 11 - Airmail greeting cards to Armed Forces in Belgium, De nmark, England, Finland, Fr ance, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Spain; International air par cels to Europe, South and Cent ral America. Dec. 14 - International .air greeting cards to Africa, Near East and the Far East. Dec. 15 - International air parcels to Canada and Mexico. Surface greeting cards within the United States, including Alaska and H awai i. Dec. 16 - International air greeting cards to Europe, South and Central America. Dec. 19 - International air greeting cards to Canada and Mexico. Dec. 20 - Air parcels to Alaska and Hawaii. Dec. 21 - Air parcels within the Un ited States, (except Alaska and Hawaii). 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