Wednesday, August 24, 1988/The Battalion/Page 3B
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By Had Binion
Reporter
I When is the last time you saw a
|i\eband in this town?
You don’t like heavy metal or
ouie Louie”?
Boy has it been a while since
ju’ve been to a live music club if
|iatsall you think there is.
Sure, .most Bryan-College Station
usidans may just be doing it for
[in, but you just might be surprised
what you see.
The range of live music in Bryan-
llege Station is diverse, stretching
om country and western to rock ’n’
to blues and even punk rock.
A lot of people who prefer live
juntry and western music go to the
exas Hall of Fame.
Todd Davis, a junior accounting
ajor, has been going to the Texas
fell of Fame since he was a fresh-
He especially enjoys two local
ountry and western bands, The De-
lonaires and The Hall of Fame
ang.
‘1 used to always see The Debo-
aires on Thursday nights and The
lall of Fame Gang on Tuesday
ghts,” Davis said.
Terry Ray, a local musician, feels
hat top 40 music is also popular in
liyan-College Station.
Ray is a member of a new top 40
land called The Change. Originally
rom Bay City, Texas, he has played
several bands based in Bay City
md Austin.
The Change is concentrating on
jlaying the most current dance mu-
“Fve been in bands that played for
2,000 people every weekend, and it
was a big change to come to Bryan-
College Station and play for 20 peo
ple,” Ray said.
Ray said the music scene is much
more competitive in Austin and
Houston.
It is much harder to get a band
going in Austin because of the com
petition, he said.
“There really isn’t very much tal
ent in the Bryan-College Station live
music scene as opposed to other
towns, and good musicians are hard
to come by,” Ray said.
John Hamilton, an employee at
Lippman Music Co. in College Sta
tion and drummer for The Change,
also feels that top 40 is what most
people want to hear.
“People in Bryan-College Station
have been waiting for a good top 40
band to surface and the trend is
starting to turn back in that direc
tion,” Hamilton said.
“Last year was characterized by
many blues bands around town in
cluding The Crawl and Thunderin’
T and The Storm (of which Hamil
ton was drummer).
A punk rock movement started
last year when a band called Street
Pizza started their own brand of
punk.
“Street Pizza started out as four
guys who got together to be wild and
have some fun, now they are one of
the most popular bands in Bryan-
College Station,” Hamilton said.
There is a great way to meet musi
cians thanks to the Lippman Jam, an
informal jam session with an open
stage for all musicians.
The Lippman Jam was started
three years ago by Brian Lippman,
owner of Lippman music. Lippman
is a musician as well as a music store
owner and could relate to the prob
lems of musicians trying to meet one
another to play.
“The Jam is one of the most popu
lar attractions in town because there
isn’t a cover charge to get in and
idents will have a choice between a
27-channel Family Pac and a new
five-station package from Cooke Ca-
blevision Inc. this year.
The new package is comprised of
KBTX-TV, the local CBS affiliate;
KAMU-TV, the local PBS station;
KXXV-TV, the Waco ABC affilate;
KCEN-TV, the Waco NBC affiliate;
and KTVT-TV, a Dallas indepen
dent station, according to Tom Rose,
plant supervisor.
This package will be offered at
$4.70 a month, rather than the
$17.95 fee for the 27-channel Family
Pac.
people can hear many different
kinds of music,” Lippman said.
“A lot of bands have formed from
people meeting and playing at the
jam including my own band, The
Kerouacs.”
The Kerouacs are a local original
three piece rock ’n’ roll band that has
been playing in Bryan-College Sta
tion and Houston for about eight
months.
It’s members pride themselves on
playing almost 100 percent original
music.
There is an installation fee for ca
ble service.
College Station City Council au
thorized the new package on June 9.
The availabilty of the service be
came active 60 days after the council
approval.
Some students feel this less expen
sive package will be to the definite
advantage of their pocketbooks.
“Sure I’ll sign up for it,” graduate
student James Henson said. “I
haven’t been able to afford basic ca
ble in the past. I wouldn’t even watch
half of those channels. But this way.
Five channels would be to my, and
most student’s benefit, financially.”
Cable company
offers new choice
Food service offers
different services
By Denise Thompson
Reporter
If throwing a TV dinner in the
oven is your idea of serious cook
ing, a day in the kitchen of a Uni
versity dining hall could foil that
image.
Last year, Texas A&M cafete
rias and snack bars served
enough potatoes, frozen fruits,
vegetables and juices to Fill 10
railroad cars.
Napkins alone filled three rail
road cars.
In fact, J.W. Maynard and
James Moore, assistant directors
of food services, say local busi
nesses can not provide a fraction
of the food and materials needed
to feed people eating on campus.
“During the peak times, like in
the fall, we serve around 50,000
meals a day,” Maynard said. “No
University or state funds are used
for food services because it is im
possible for the- University to
furnish us with quantities like the
10,000 pounds of beef we can
serve in a day.”
Besides providing food for
dining halls and snack bars, the
department sponsors several spe
cial services for students and fac
ulty.
Weekly festivals are held in
Sbisa Dining Hall and the Com
mons to offer a change from day-
to-day meals.
Moore said food services will
sponsor the First weekly festival of
the semester with a ‘Welcome
Back-to-School Barbecue’ Sept. 2.
“We’re going to have the bar
becue in front of the Sul Ross
Statue,” he said. “We’ll have food
and entertainment of some kind.
Students on meal plan will get it
as part of the meal plan, but other
students will have to pay.”
A birthday cake service for stu
dents is the newest proposal the
department is considering.
“What we want to do is send
announcements to student’s par
ents about the service and have
the parents call and order the ca
ke,” he said. “That way, the stu
dent could just come to the MSC
and pick up a birthday cake his
parents ordered.”
A wedding and special occa
sion cake service is already avail
able in the MSC. People inter
ested in ordering a cake should
call 845-1118.
Catering is another specialty
the food services department of
fers.
The MSC and the Commons
cater on-campus activities. How
ever, no off-campus catering
services are available.
Although not completed, a
convenience store is being built in
the Underground Snack Bar,
Maynard said.
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