He also writes the album re
views which appear in the At
Ease section of The Battalion.
Although he has no formal mu
sic training, he says his varied
interests in music, as well as his
collection of 1,191 albums,
more than qualifies him to do
the reviews.
Pallmeyer enjoys almost ev-
eiy type of music, from old rock
to blues to old countiy. He
doesn’t like what he calls “MC 2 ”
music, featuring electronic
snares and indecipherable ly
rics.
Pallmeyer plays the guitar
himself, and sings well enough
to have performed at amateur
night at the old Dr. G’s.
“I did it twice,” he says. “The
first time was incredible. The
guy who went on before me
was incredibly bad and I was
laughably bad. It was a great
boost to my ego.”
His second appearance at the
show wasn’t quite as success
ful.
“I realized it just wasn’t my
night,” he says.
Pallmeyer is also something
of an entrepreneur. He has cap
italized on his own unpopular
ity and gone into the “Beat the
Hell Outta Karl Pallmeyer” t-
shirt business. The shirts, sold
by a member of the Corps of
Cadets who wishes to remain
anonymous, cost $7 each. Pal
lmeyer says he receives $1 for
each shirt sold, about 20 so far.
Pallmeyer says being in col
lege has been a good learning
experience, both in classes and
outside them. Academically, he
has learned how to think be
cause his professors ask the
classes’ views on material, in
stead of interpreting it for
them.
Aesthetically, he says he has
learned to appreciate art, litera
ture and classical music. Socia
lly, be bas overcome the preju
dices he brought with him from
his small (population 1,330)
hometown.
“I was prejudiced against
blacks and Hispanics and most
non-whites,” he says. “But after
meeting more blacks and His
panics and Orientals than I’d
ever had the chance to in Me
ridian, I realized they’re just
like everybody else.”
Pallmeyer, 21, was born in
the small West Texas town of
Matador and spent his child
hood years there climbing out
of the footsteps of an older
brother and sister. Before his
sophomore year in high school,
the family moved to Meridian
where he says he was able to be
Karl Pallmeyer for the first time
and not Will and Paula’s little
brother.
He entered the journalism
department with a broadcast
concentration in the fall of
1982. Tben, be wanted to go
into film production but says
that, thanks to Steven Spielberg,
the field is now a little too pop
ular. '
Pallmeyer is president of the
Student Art Film Society which
keeps him busy doing “club
things.” Pallmeyer was also so
cial chairman for Aston Hall his
junior year.
“It was a good experience,”
he says, “because I was able to
deal with people on campus. I
learned how to sneak by the
rules for having parties.”
Pallmeyer plans to graduate
in December 1986 and his ca
reer options are open. He says
he’s thought about enrolling in
the film school at the University
of Texas, continuing his educa
tion at A&>M in English or his
tory or even joining the Peace
Corps.
“If all else fails, I’ll find a
job,” he says.
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