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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1981
‘Nuclear polka’ blasts A&M
By KATHLEEN McELROY
Battalion Staff
Boy, it was real neat. Every
body was outside in the Grove
pogo-ing their punk sunglasses
off, bebopping in their skinny
ties to the electric sounds of
“The Beer Barrel Polka.”
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would only two-step under life-
threatening conditions — had
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Carl Finch, lead vocalist for the Brave Combo, changes the
nuclear structure of a polka in the Grove Friday night.
never considered dancing a pol
ka. That was until I experienced
Brave Combo — the world’s
only nuclear polka band.
The Denton-based band
plays legitimate polka, tango
and rumba music. But Tim
Hendrix’s saxophone adds a
bizarre twist — behind those
sunglasses and candy-striped
jacket, lives a man who could
turn “Home on the Range” into
a punk polka. Don’t believe it?
Would you believe “The T
Can See For Miles’ Polka,” a
mutation of the classic Who
number which became one of
the evening’s big songs?
Who knows. Maybe one day
“The ‘Hey Jude’ Waltz.”
Sure, any good nuclear polka
band can play polka, tango,
waltz and rumba music. But
what have they done for rock
music lately — can they play
New Wave?
The Combo had the Grove
bouncing to “Shopping at the
K-Mart,” one of the best num
bers of the entire evening.
But Brave Combo was only
the opening act for Friday’s
doubleheader — after all,
everyone was really punked out
to see The Skunks, an Austin
New Wave band that sold-out
two performances last semester
at Texas A&M University.
Luckily, after the Combo’s
strenuous jam session, every
one in the packed Grove had
time to rest and enjoy the night
breezes because the Skunks
didn’t appear for another 30 or
40 minutes.
But when they got started, it
was exercise time for New Wav
ers once more.
The Skunks play pure New
Wave music — they’re not as
accessible as the Cars or as com
mercial as Blondie. In fact, all
their songs basically sound alike
— but all sound good. The
three-man group plays with as
much energy as their fans use
dancing.
And thanks to the MSC Base
ment’s good wisdom, there was
enough room for everyone to
dance. The benches — where
sat the calm and unsweaty or
the totally pooped — were far
from the stage leaving a large
open space. The Basement,
which sponsored this concert
and Brave Combo’s solo show
on Thursday, was blessed with a
beautiful night filled with music
until the midnight.
So the evening was a success
— with Brave Combo providing
the fun of nuclear polka, and the
Skunks jamming on the funk of
New Wave.
Apathy closes conference
The Women’s Leadership Conference scheduled for
today was cancelled Friday, due to a lack of student
participation, said Tricia Barber, the Student Activi
ties Office adviser who organized the program.
Barber said there were not enough student parti
cipants signed up for the all-day conference on career
planning and women’s issues to go ahead with the
program.
She said a student task force will be organized to
determine how a fall conference should be set up, as
an all-day affair or as two morning programs.
“We hope to schedule something for fall, but we’d
like to find out what the students would be most
reactive to,” Barber said.
The cancelled program would have been the
fourth annual Women’s Leadership Conference.
Those persons who had pre-registered may pick up
their fee refunds in the Student Activities Office, 221
MSC.
Runners of all ages
stride in marathon
By NANCY FLOECK
Battalion Reporter
The restlessness was almost as
jiigh as the humidity Saturday as
J13 runners gathered under
iloudy skies for Texas A&M’s
’ifth Annual Marathon.
Two hours, 40 minutes, 28
econds and 26.22 miles after he
took off, Tinker Murray sailed
across the finish line, to make run
ning a marathon look as easy as
crossing the street.
Murray, a 29-year-old doctoral
itudent, said winning Texas
A&M’s full marathon was no big
deal —he’s done it three times.
Without even having to catch his
hreath, Murray said Saturday’s
cool weather made the run
leasant.
The run also appeared easy as
22-year-old Christopher Dean
finished. Smiling broadly and
ng up his arms in victory,
Dean finished 16 minutes after
Murray.
Butperhaps most impressive of
was 61-year-old John J. Cal-
varese, who ran the 26.22 miles in
(four hours and 23 minutes. This
was his 82nd marathon.
“I’ve been doing it since 1966, ”
fie said. “It keeps me out of mis
chief.”
Although most of the runners
were college students, several
kids under 14 entered, as well as
i | e [ j many men old enough to be their
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Yelling and laughing as they
started the race, the runners
waved and grinned for a small
group of spectators, most of whom
toted cameras.
And running furiously those
last few yards, the runners
finished amidst cheering and
bursts of applause from spectators
and other runners who had
finished but lingered to cheer on
their slower comrades.
Bits of conversation repre
sented the moods at the marathon:
“Pace yourself, pace yourself—
don’t bum out.”
“I’m going to be stiff for weeks.’’
“And I said, ‘By golly. I’m not
going to let him pass me by!”’
“Why was my time so bad?”
Gallons of water and many
showers later, the runners met at
the Texas Hall of Fame where
they ate barbecue, compared
times and honored the winners.
The best times were:
— '/i, male: 0:36:51, Kirk Baird,
20.
— l A, female: 0:47:37, Peggy
Glikin, 26.
— Vz, male: 1:21:00, Bruce Gli
kin, 32.
— Vz, female: 1:39:24, Julie
Currey, 22
— full, male: 2:40:28, Tinker
Murray, 29.
— full, female: 3:26:50, Frances
Torres, 26.
Medals were given to the top
three male and female runners in
each age group — under 14, 15-
20, 21-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and
over 60.
About 175 runners finished the
Vi marathon (6.55 miles), about
150 the Vz marathon (13.10 miles)
and about 40 the full 26.22 miles.
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