THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1978
Page 9
Slides hidden menace (By Bob Ashfield
even to state of Texas
111 OH
JWhen the topic of landslides
comes up, somehow Texas doesn’t
ootne to mind.
|A Texas A&M University
geologist contends, however, that
they are a significant problem for
tjie Lone Star State.
1 ‘I don't have a precise cost figure,
hut I’m sure it is in the millions,
said Dr. Christopher Mathewson.
jffhe problem is that people can
[trceive the effect of floods or hur
ricanes much more easily than a
landslide. The erratic falling of a
rock or the slow movement of a
slope here in Texas removes the
sfense of urgency.’
a Landslides are not always caused
by some earthy movement in na
ture, he said. More often, the case is
the result of manmade changes in
the land.
“Many urban area landslides are
jiggered because of the action of
Ian,’ said Mathewson. “What may
ppear a very simple modification,
i widening a road, can cause a se
rious problem further down the
line.
■“It’s often a question of the rate
that the slide occurs,” he said.
iThey may occur quickly, as rock
falling on the roadway in West
Texas, or it may be a creeping kind
lat causes foundations to buckle
ami heave, as has been the case in
pst Texas.”
Fortunately, Texas topography is
flatter and its landslides are some
what less spectacular than in Col-
'oradoor California, he said, but it is
iStill a hazard to be dealt with in
■ban growth. A fallen rock may just
■ be a maintenance problem, but
jabilizing a slope may cost more
an $250,000, not counting any
losses due to damaged buildings.
The lucky thing is that landslides
are not like the weather, Mathew
son said. There are definite warning
signals, especially if you are the one
changing the land. Anytime you
change the slope or grade, the risk
of landslide is increased.
Most landslide control is common
sense. If in doubt, investigate, he
said. Risk can be reduced by any
number of means, including a re
taining wall, flattening the slope or
making sure there is proper drain
age of excess water.
Jackson Browne ‘live’: different
To follow up his popular “The
Pretender ”, Jackson Browne
could have released anything and
it would have sold. Longtime
devotees could have probably
expected the usual collection of
tender ballads woven by his
heartfelt words. Browne went a
stretch of highway better and cut
“Running on Empty” an assem
blage of all new material rec
orded live.
This is not your typical live
album though. Aside from the
music being new, only a handful
of the songs are actually recorded
onstage. Instead, Browne takes
the listener on a tour of the
goings-on of an average concert
expedition as songs are cut in
hotel rooms, backstage and even
on a Continental Silver Eagle
bus.
The album was first intended
to be a double album with some
old songs and scattered
peripheral conversation. How
ever, Russel Kunkel, the band’s
drummer, suggested that it just
be a single album with no old
songs. Browne agreed and made
the right decision.
Browne shares the unity and
companionship and lets the lis
tener ride along with him to ex
perience the life of a traveling
minstrel whose only wish is to be
playing, singing and never sleep
ing. With this in mind Browne
has forged a living record from
beginning to end that encapsules
the “on the road” aura.
The title cut is marvelous... the
sound of busting at the seams but
laid back rock and roll. “Running
on Empty” was the perfect single
to release after the radio was
saturated with his ballads from
the previous album. The idea for
the song came from the way
Browne used to drive to and
from the studio with his gas
gauge virtually on zero.
Browne adds his incredible
lust for life to every song on the
album. “The Road,” sung with a
twinge of Don McClean, is a
beautiful and dramatic soliloquy
about how rough traveling the
road can be. In the same vein,
Browne renders a touching
“Love Needs a Heart,” along
with a stirring “You Love the
Thunder” as his lyrics lament
and rejoice with a nameless love.
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