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Monday, September 28, 1987/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local About Nine Times offers array of musical elements in concert * * mm V offered by the ; movie stand there is just t it’s pretty n accurate it governmem less. Terror 50 hand in as we call it in ight factor,’ n g-” *t calling it the :hat.” on’t remember v. You’re nou Dallas band combines styles for local show By Tom Reinarts Music Reviewer About Nine Times brought its brand of music — which com bines elements of jazz, pop mu sic and the avant-garde — to Brazos Landing, a local club and restaurant, and found a recep tive audience Friday night. The Dallas-area band played several songs from its albums “There is No . . and “Play Jacks,” both released on the S ’s own Dancing Manne- ibel. The vocals are done by Wendy Broadstone, who also plays the flute during selected songs. Her brother, Review Chris Broadston- e, is the drummer and percussionist. Jim Cocke plays the key boards and supplies some backup vocals. The group started about three years ago af ter the breakup of the five-piece band that the Broadstones and Cocke were in. The three felt going to college was not their destiny and de cided to form About Nine Times, which gets its name from Chris Broadstone’s affinity for the number nine. The band’s major influences do not come from any group or performer in particular, but rather from the musical genres of pop and jazz. Chris Broadstone writes most of the lyrics, Cocke writes the music and Wendy Broadstone develops the flute contributions. The band played three sets of Photo by Jay Janner Flutist Wendy Broadstone plays for About Nine Times, which appeared Friday at the Brazos Landing. about 45 minutes each during the concert. The music incorporated a wide variety of percussion in struments and several synthesiz ers interwoven with the vocals. The resulting sound was enjoya ble. The vocals of Wendy Broadstone complemented the music well. On the avant-garde songs, she sounded like a cross between Martha Davis and Lene Lovich, while on other songs she showed influences from a wide variety of jazz singers. The addi tions made by the flute on songs such as “Oil and Sweat” and “Human Thing” were magnifi cent. It was disappointing that the flute and vocals could not be heard at the same time. Diverse and talented percus sion work by Chris Broadstone developed some nice rhythms. He displayed a lot of energy and intensity that usually added to the music, but was excessive and distracting on “Oil and Sweat” and “I Love You, Goodbye.” Cocke used the keyboards ef fectively to create layers of sound that provided the conti nuity in the songs. It was largely due to his efforts that the guitar, which the band does not use, was not missed. “Some is So” was the best song of the evening. It displayed strong vocals and percussion work that seemed to be influenced by Oingo Boingo. The three recently recorded songs, “Big Game,” “Human Touch” and “Rainbow Martian” also were good. The band currently is looking to sign a contract with a major la bel or a major independent com pany. Based on the band’s perfor mance Friday, the members should be successful in their quest if talent means anything in the recording industry. Expert says chemical could combat effects of other carcinogens By Teree Thompson Reporter Although it is usually thought of as a cancer-causing agent, the chemical group called polychlori nated biphenyl, or PCB, may be used to fight the harmful effects of more potent carcinogens. Ongoing experiments and ex periments conducted within the past year have produced evidence that PCBs may be used to protect humans against the harms caused by cancer-causing impurities called dioxins that are found in some her bicides. A Texas A&M professor of toxi cology, Dr. Stephen Safe, said al though PCBs are the worst type of pollutant for the environment, they can be used to combat the harmful effects of dioxins on the human body. PCBs act as antagonists to the di oxins at the receptor sites of nerves. If the PCBs already occupy the re ceptor sites, there isn’t any space for the dioxins and they cannot at tach themselves. “PCBs and dioxins cause the same toxic effects,” Safe said. “The only difference is the potency.” Dioxins are thousands of times more potent than PCBs, he said. The effectiveness of PCB protec tion of the body from dioxins de pends on the ratio of PCBs to diox ins and the absolute amounts of each. Too large a dose of PCBs will act with the dioxin instead of blocking it. “Too high a dose is rare in a practical situation,” Safe said. PCBs are administered in a low, non-toxic dose. When a larger, more toxic dose of dioxins is ad ministered, the receptor sites are occupied and the dioxins are un able to inhabit the site. For the process to be effective, PCB products similar to the dioxins are used. PCBs are a group of synthetic or ganic compounds once widely used by the electrical equipment indus try. When released into the environ ment, they become harmful pollut ants because they are so difficult to break down. High concentrations of the toxin have been found in fish and other animals. “PCBs and dioxins cause the same toxic effects. The only difference is the potency. ” — Dr. Stephen Safe, A&M professor of toxicology Human bodies absorb and store the chemicals from foods con sumed.This buildup can cause can cer and birth defects. Dioxins also have been found to cause cancer and birth defects. Additionally, they have been found to alter enzymes and cause skin problems, liver damage, im munity problems, endocrine prob lems and problems with the repro ductive sytem. Dioxins are a byproduct of the manufacture of some weedkillers, and have contaminated soil and wa ter. The most effective way to dis pose of these harmful substances is to disintegrate them at high tem peratures. Not recognized as a major health hazard until the middle of the 1970s, dioxins are now considered by some scientists to be the most toxic synthetically-produced chemi cal. If the process of using PCBs as protection against dioxin contami nation proves successful, some day PCBs may be administered any time a person thinks he may have come in contact with any source of dioxin. it.” i remember jromoters of ering all over amercial?" t says, Tve and its name hat one?” n the future t this movie redict that this stores within he uncut s.” o thumbs iment.’ itical science r The eathed / ewecwh m FROMM -5 ILLUMfW VM5UIT 75ue, \ reathd ^ m ybp e OIRL *cn?s im yr m 1 The Texas A&M Micro Computer Fair 00 ^l Tuesday Sept 29 Wednesday Sept 30 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Rooms 212 - 231 Memorial Student Center Booths and Demonstrations by the following Vendors: ABE Systems Apple Computer AT&T Information Systems Computer Access Computer-Mate ComputerLand CTWP CTWP-Apple Delta Computers Executive Business System: Hewlett-Packard IBM Microsoft Corporation PCPC Radio Shack/Tandy SuperMac Technology WordPerfect Zenith Data Systems Special Product Demonstrations by Apple Computer and Zenith Data Systems. 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