Tuesday, July 19, 1988TThe Battalion/Page 7
©view: Kerouacs rock local club
Review
By Staci Finch
Reviewer
ing to see a local band play in a
jlege Station nightclub often
^ns hearing the same old band
ay the same old songs. With few lo-
places offering live music and
so many good bands, you figure
’ve heard it all before, right?
/rong. Those at Eastgate Live
jrsday night got a dose of a dif-
nt medicine.
College Station’s newest band,
Kerouacs, played at Eastgate
rsday night and gave a show
[t proved the band has stretched
‘ grown in the few months it has
n around.
Ithough only about 100 people
e present to see the perfor-
4nce, the band went through three
ts with style and a few surprises for
audience.
jklthough it started off a little
ow, and more tunes in the first set
ragged than didn’t, the band
yed a different show,
juitarist/vocalist Dru Wilson, bas-
Brian Lippman and drummer
f Zwolinski put a twist to some fa-
liar tunes and introduced some
:ets in the performance.
With Lippman assisting on some
harmonizing vocals, old songs sud
denly got a facelift for the better.
Songs like “Boomtown” had a depth
thht really sounded good.
[The band also has added some
cover tunes to its repertoire. From
tht Smithereens “Only a Memory,”
which was passable, to Warren Ze-
von’s “Detox Mansion,” which was
^)d, to Jimmi Hendrix’s “Let Me
tad Next To Your Fire,” which
really cooked with some especially
itttitgire work from Wilson’s guitar, the
Hnd showed a versatility that re-
«ercplcts its talent.
dm-HThe boys from College Station
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Photo by Scott D. Weaver
Dru Wilson and Brian Lippman of the Kerouacs perform at Eastgate Live.
Zwolinski’s work on drums was
memorable.
There were a few forgettable
tunes throughout the show, where
the vocals were a little off and the
timing was a little wrong. But the au
dience easily forgave that and the
few technical problems that arose.
The overall effect was polished
and professional.
Additional work on vocals will
help the band grow even more, but
the performance was tight and
strong and well worth seeing.
also performed some new originals
which, judging from the crowd’s re
action, will become as favored as the
old ones. The song “Chains Around
My Heart,” when compared to some
older originals, really reflected the
growth of the band, both in vocal
and musical style.
And speaking of new styles, the
song “Quite Like You” had a defi
nite pop country feel, with strong
vocals adding a lot to the tune.
Aside from hearing your favorite
songs, however, one of the best rea
sons to hear your favorite musicians
play is for the solos.
And The Kerouacs didn’t disap
point anyone.
Actually, they came through with
an instrumental piece, “Dorothy,”
that really showed off the talent in
the band. Wilson’s solo simply
cooked.
And Lippman and Zwolinski were
right there with solos on Jeff Beck
sofig “Jeffs Boogie.” Lippman’s bass
mixed some old and new licks for a
class-A solo performance, and
Researchers say forgetting problems
scan help people come up with answers
By Kelly S. Brown
Reporter
ot a problem? Forget it and chances are it will
solve itself.
■Such a method of problem-solving is being re
searched by Dr. Steven Smith, a Texas A&M cog
nitive psychologist.
■“When people have a problem where they
somehow get stuck, for example, trying to re
member a name, a student trying to do a math
problem or a doctor trying to find a cure, they
shouldn’t bang their head against the wall trying
to remember or figure out what is being blocked.
Smith said.
Stop thinking about it and return to it later
cause chances are the solution will pop into the
lead when least expected.”
When thinking about the problem is stopped,
astest Smith calls this period of time “incubation.”
mm “Incubation in human memory is like incuba-
>t too tion for a chick in an egg,” he said. “Something is
going on in there but you don’t see it.”
Smith, along with doctoral student Steven
Blankenship, conducted four experiments deal
ing with problem-solving where the participants
were shown picture-word problems called re
buses.
Examples of a rebus include “you just me”
(just between you and me) and “at the ... of
no” (at the point of no return).
Some of the rebuses had a misleading clue
given in order to frustrate the problem-solving
process. Before being retested some were given
simple tasks to perform, while others were re
tested immediately.
Those who were interrupted with a task forgot
more misleading clues than those without a time
between testing.
Smith explained that often problem-solving
continues at some unconscious level when atten
tion is diverted from the problem.
“Oliver North did a good job of this during the
hearings last summer,” Smith said. “He diverted
the process of the investigation by throwing at
tention elsewhere and people failed to come up
with the right solution.”
Overcoming the frustration, Smith said, con
sists of forgetting inappropriate information so
that correct information will surface.
“To do this you might have to go for a walk, go
on a vacation or whatever it takes for each indi
vidual,” he said.
Smith’s research includes experiments done
with Dr. David Jansson and Garett Mauldin in
the mechanical engineering department, where
engineering students were asked to design a bicy
cle rack for a car.
One group was given an example of how to do
it, while the other was not. The group shown the
example designed racks similar to the one they
saw, whereas the group that did not see any ex
ample had a wider variety of ideas.
Smith said, “Your memory suggests less crea
tive solutions because the tendency is to go with
solutions that have already been tried before.
Creativity is blocked by too much memory of the
way things have already been done.”
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“equal rights for the Israeli peo
ple and the Palestinian people,”
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