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FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1978
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Repetition mars Jethro Tull
By BOB ASHFIELD
Ian Anderson just has not been up
to par lately. Jethro Tull’s albums
have not been selling well in the
past two years, and on their last
tour, singer, songwriter Anderson
reminded the audience at points
that they did have an album out
called “Songs from tbe Woods.”
Even with this subtle and frustrated
advertising Jethro Tull has had no
luck with their last releases.
This includes their newest efiFort
“Heavy Horses,” which sounds just
like the previous “Songs from the
Woods.” There is nothing new.
exhilarating or earthshaking on this
album at all. It reeks of regurgitated
Jethro Tull already used to its
maximum on “Songs . . .
The difference that sets these last
two albums apart from the rest of
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the excellent Tull catalogue ranges
from lousy instrumentation to the
redundancy of Anderson’s voice
amplified more than ever. He sets a
heavier tone with more breathing
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Aggie Bar Assoc,
honors ’38 grad
Associate Justice Edward D.
Coulson of Houston was honored
by the Texas Aggie Bar Associa
tion Saturday as the 1978 Out
standing Attorney and Coun
selor.
Judge Coulson, a 1938 Texas
A&M University graduate,
serves on the 14th District Court
of Civil Appeals in Houston. His
term expires in January, 1983.
Coulson received his law de
gree from the University of Texas
Law School. He is active in
numerous Houston civic pro
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Rodenberger takes
national JETS post
Dr. Charles A. Rodenberger
ofTexas A&M University has be
come national president of the
Junior Engineering Technical
Society (JETS).
He took office at the recent
JETS national meeting.
JETS provides extracurricular
activity and special event oppor
tunities for high school youths to
gain a better understanding of
engineering and technology. In
its 27 years, the society has aided
more than one million students.
Rodenberger has also served
as state director of the Texas So
ciety of Profession Engineers and
national director of NSPE. The
registered professional engineer
has taught aerospace, civil and
systems engineering at Texas
A&M.
Nine grad students
recognized for work
Nine Texas A&M University
graduate students were honored
Tuesday by the Association of
Former Students for distin
guished academic, research and
teaching assistant work.
Dr. George W. Kunze, dean
of the Graduate College pres
ented each recipient a Distin-
imanit) V Kuished Graduate Student
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ing by
home
plaque and the cash awards to
taled $1,500.
Kunze noted the alumni as
sociation contributed more than
$30,000 this year to assist the col
lege in recruiting and supporting
graduate students.
“I sincerely feel that strong
graduate programs, and the re
search that necessarily accom
panies and supports these pro
grams, are what makes a univer
sity worthy of the name, ” Kunze
said.
Receiving $200 awards for doc
toral excellence were Bernie
Boyd Bernard of Bryan,
oceanography; Dean Winston
Hughes of College Station, ag- .
ricultural economics; and Steve
Leroy Patterson of Waco,
oceanography.
Graduate teaching assistant
awards, also $200 to each recipi
ent, were presented to John
David Abeln of Bryan, industrial
engineering; Cleo Dean Gilli
land of Sherman, microbiology,
and Joseph Daryl Tatum of
Bryan, animal science.
Awarded $100 for achieve
ment at the master’s level were
Murray Evan Fulton of Saska
toon, Saskatchewan, agricultural
economics; Elston Kent
Grubaugh of Clovis, N.M., ag
ricultural engineering and U.S.
Air Force Lt. Stephen Blake
Talley of San Angelo, physics.
Fulton has also been selected
for a Rhodes Scholarship begin
ning this summer.
Marathon oil grant
awarded to senior
Gene R. Clark of College Sta
tion has been awarded a $350
Marathon Oil Scholarship at
Texas A&M University.
A senior ocean engineering
major, Clark was chosen for the
award by a faculty committee in
his degree field. Clark’s scholas
tic achievements earned him the
award.
Clark is a distinguished Stu
dent and member of Tau Beta Pi.
He is also a member of the
Marine Technology Society and
Marine Biology Club at Texas
A&M. He is the son of Gerald J.
Clark of College Station.
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make it worse, this occurs in every
song as Anderson simply overin
dulges in what could be a good tune.
The question rolls along, “Just
how much more of Ian Anderson
can Tull fans stand any longer?”
Sure, he’s what the fans want, but
not at such an oversaturated point.
Tull needs to be wrung dry and
given a clean place to start again.
Gone are the pulsating moments of
“Aqualung” and “Locomotive
Breath.” The spirit that penned
“Baker St. Muse” is drunk and the
wit that sparked the inside cover of
“Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too
Young to Die” has done just that —
died from too much rock and roll.
Anderson has run the whole thing
into the ground using a repetitious
sound with decent lyrics blown over
a well-worn format. The songs
are worthless. “The Rover” is a
throwback to “The Whistler” off
“Songs . . .” and the rest sound like
combinations. “Acres Wild” makes
you want to prance off to Never-
never Land. The prominent guitar
on “No Lullabye” is indeed nothing
great, while “Moths” sports a too
bland and boring acoustic accompan
iment. Anderson overdubs his voice
too much on the title cut as he does
on “Weathercock.” Both songs flog
the Old English image to death.
It’s a shame that the world’s
foremost innovator of the spoken
word in song has fallen and let such
a bomb loose on the market. Maybe
a startling comeback could salvage
the Tull reputation, but after two
slipshod albums it almost seems
time to nail the coffin shut. “Heavy
Horses” may drag Tull to its grave.
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Hansen’s lawyer, John Taussig
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“Basically, what we are doing is
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