Friday, April 1, 1988/The Battalion/Page 3
State and Local
udy’s concert offers tight mix
f different styles to A&M fans
Review
By Staci Finch
Reviewer
| .■“Where did it come from/ he
I ^Bdn’t care/ he’s a teenage million-
1 aire.” If that quote is unfamiliar, you
l-StuBren’t part of the 800-plus crowd
' VHat attended the Judy’s concert last
iatfiiglu, and you missed out.
5 ^Bl’he band members look more
He business executives than musi-
reilHms. They play a style of music that
isoifl is a mixture of
nrl,HT dance rock and
x i^b new wave, and
entertained the
fans for two
i hours at DeWare Field House.
pHlt was a better concert than the
I^Ht time the Judy’s visited Texas
“HcM, and that was partly due to the
,ort Heup changes. David Bean re
turned on lead vocals, but the addi-
lecHn of Barbara Dondro, keyboardist
for the Dishes, was an excellent
r ichoice. Her vocals blended perfectly
,SI1 -with Bean’s, and the result was a
? tighily packed show.
Hlhe technical problems that
Hgued the band at last year’s per-
fotmance were eliminated. The only
Hblem was a slight echo of the
: Hums off the back wall, but what
Hi you expect from a building con
structed of concrete and bricks?
HAs far as the music was con-
jCerned, the crowd had different
Hferences for songs, but seemed to
think the performance was a success.
In addition to the tight vocals and
music, the Judy’s came across with
■ energy that made up for the late
start and long intermission.
■All comments about the band
overheard in the crowd were posi
tive. And if the vocal adulation
wasn’t enough, the visual reinforce-
David Bean of the Judy’s sings “Watching My TV’
Photo by Jay fanner
during a show at DeWare Field House Thursday.
ment should have been. The fans
danced to all the songs, some with
more abandon than others, but all
with enthusiasm.
The band’s range of chords and
vocals wouldn’t make it into the New
York Metropolitan Opera, and if
you were expecting wild laser shows
and screaming guitar solos, you
should have been at another concert.
But those in attendence at the Judy’s
knew' what they were in for and ap
peared to like it. The Judy’s music
was made to bop to, with the solid
bass and drums keeping the beat
and the keyboards and guitar invit
ing participation from the hips and
shoulders.
Vandals strike shack
despite guards posted
by SAA group, police
By Karen Kroesche
Senior Staff Writer
The anti-apartheid shack on
campus was struck by vandals for
the third time early Thursday
morning, despite surveillance ef
forts by both the police and stu
dents.
University Police Director Bob
Wiatt said someone knocked
down one wall of the shanty
about 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Both
the UPD and members of Stu
dents Against Apartheid have
been guarding the shack, but
Wiatt said a vandal or vandals ap
parently struck in between shifts.
“It appears as if a person or
persons ran by, slapped it and
knocked down one of the side
boards,” Wiatt said.
Jeff Dyess, programs director
for Students Against Apartheid,
said the shack looked like some
one had just pushed it over. He
said the shack was rebuilt and
standing again shortly after 4
a.m. Wednesday.
Dyess said the incident did not
come as a big surprise, but still
was upsetting for members. He
said he does not know who is re
sponsible for the vandalism or
w'hat the motives are.
“I don’t know if it has anything
to do with racism or not,” he said.
SAA President Susan Vint said
her theory is that the vandals are
people who are not politically op
posed to the shanty, but just don’t
realize what it stands for and
don’t like the way it looks.
“My personal feeling on this is
'‘My personal feeling on
this is that it’s people
who really just don’t
know any better. ”
— SAA President Susan
Vint
that it’s people w'ho really just
don’t know any better,” Vint said.
“They are the ones that are igno
rant on the subject.”
Wiatt said the UPD has been
increasing its patrols in the area
around the shack, which stands
between the Academic and Har
rington buildings, as a response
to the repeated incidents of van
dalism.
“We are trying to be very active
in the area both with uniformed
and plainclothes officers,” Wiatt
said. “If we do catch someone,
weil tile all the appropriate
charges . . . We’re not taking this
lightly.”
The permit fm the shanty ex
pires Monday, Dyess said, but the
group may try to get an exten
sion. Vint said the group origi
nally planned to take the shack
down by Monday, but that now it
might try to get an extension on
the principle of the matter since
people keep knocking it down.
Vint asked that anyone who
has information about any of the
incidents of vandalism contact the
University Police Department.