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Open Mon.-Sat 8 a.in.-9 p.m. Mastercard Visa Expires Oct. 31, 1988 Associated Reading Centers Congratulates our September Graduates This Class Averaged A 66% Reduction in Reading Time Improved Comprehension 25% Crystal Titlow Shannon Reed Diana Sensano Dina Sensano Guerry Bowen Don Fronning Tim Rogers Wendy Hinkle Laurette Veres Craig Wilhelm Zane Dunman Mina Miller Daniel Mark Jess Fulmer Charles Warlick ThoucDang Nick Bumtass Brad Carlow Andy Fruhling You are now prepared for the information age. Taught by trained & qualified instructors who care about your success & get results. Call 696-9324 or (713)690-5343 or attend a preview class this week. wood! sonm;?: THE AMOiNCfR, rfAH, BUTlftl THAT CWM to % exi hal ha ma ces tor we sail Siouxsie and the Banshees 70s British punk survivors By Chuck Lovejoy Staff Writer In the late 1970s. England’s punk movement caused a musical revolution. The movement called attention to many artists who otherwise would have been ignored or dismissed as hooligans. Review QoStS 0 $> $> r Help us celebrate our 11th birthday this weekend at Messina Hof Wine Cellars Tours: Saturday, October 22 Sunday, October 23 By Reservation Retail Hours: Mon-Fri 8-4:30 Saturday 10-5 Sunday 12-4 778-9463 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ + Directions to Winery J jf 1) Exit Hwy 6 at Hwy 21 *- £ 2) Travel east 2ml. to Wallis Rd. * ^ 3) Follow Signs to Winery J Punk groups such as the Sex Pistols and Siouxsie and the Banshees blasted a hole in the music industry on both sides of the Atlantic. The excessive attention lavished on these underground groups, with their anti-social songs and unusual looks, eventually helped lead to the de mise of disco. If bands such as these hadn’t surfaced, the Bee Gees still might be topping the charts today. The only notable punk band left is Siouxsie and the Banshees. After more than a decade of albums, “Peepshow,’’ their latest Geffen Records release, again proves them to be survivors, if not more. On the surface, “Peepshow” appears to signal Siouxsie and the Banshees’ move into mainstream music. One gets the feeling the band has the turn signal on, but hasn’t yet changed lanes. This is especially true after hearing the album’s first single, “Peek-a-Boo,” their most Top-40 single to date. A closer look at the album reveals this to be mainly untrue. A big clue that the band still has a cyn ical outlook is the album’s cover. On it. Siouxsie Sioux, vocalist for the band, appears to glow as though she has been irradiated by nuclear fallout. Another indication is the band’s musi cal subject matter. “Peepshow” contains songs ranging from the melancholy to the macabre. This proves the band hasn't yet stepped over the pop-punk bor derline. The album also marks a level of song writing the band never reached in their previous works. The tracks on “Peepshow” arc the most coherent songs they have recorded, although for the most part they still can not be deciphered into one complete story. The band deals mainly with larger concepts, giving the listener genera) de scriptions rather than detailed ones. Despite their cryptic descriptions, the songs capture and hold emotions bril liantly. The hand creates a mood with a song's lyrics and effectively conveys that feeling with music. “Carousel” is a perfect example of this mood conveyance. The song describes the horrors of a carnival through a child’s eyes. Especially scary to th© song-child are the house of mirrors and the merry- go-round: “A hen that’s fierce/And painted bluc/With red eyes/Wants to swallow you.” Computer sampled ca rousel music and infant cries in the song’s background complete the effect. Two other songs, “Scarecrow" and “Ornaments of Gold.’’ tell stories of de spair and misfortune. These tracks have an “epic” feel reminiscent of Iron Maid en's "Flight of Icarus." Driving guitar rhythms and wailing vocals conjure up images of flying over (he country side un der a cloudy sky. The most bizarre song on the album, both in mood and name, is “Rawhead and Bloodybones.” The track’s sparse synthesizer accompaniment to Sioux’s crackling voice sounds like the music used along with nightmare scenes in low- budget horror movies. In addition to the mood-making songs, the band also addresses Soviet oppres sion in “Rhapsody," written by Banshee bassist Steve Severin. the only remaining original Banshee other than Sioux. T he song’s lyrics express hope. Severin writes, “And if we can never see the sun- /There’s still light with you.” The song ends with the lament. "Wea wc want to.” dot off the tha ver aln cle: nar iy: / cus Still wa tho The album’s somber mood si shown by such titles as ■Hi:l Jar. fum to Stone." andT Beat of My Heart." Not ever)’ song on the iIm pressing, though. TbealbuBii; come at the besinnws first side. The first track. “Peek-ai slick, upbeat study of sado: sex. Sioux sings, “She hasrx She’ll do what you want la dead and sweet submiiaoti w hip deadpan on cue." Thes: cieved some Top 40 airplay is number one on Rolling Suti single chan for the past four•*: reg len bio cla fan I har i bet ] F Ian pie Te; tau cor boc tea gra plic "Bum-Up,” at theendofte is a deviation from style for The song has a country-westei progresses steadily in tempo jitterbug to a slow polka. Tk scorcher. If the band were It under a pseudonym, say "k and the Boys,” and send itloffl | tions, it would almost surelyi if not even become a bighil Granted, that probably#® but wouldn't it be funnyiiilW One of the band’s moil: songs isn’t even on thefc walk” is a peppy number or ft purrs and meows. The sokss the B-side of the “Peek-a-Boo single. Overall, "Peepshow"ism* Hthr arul cii|oyable album. Ever:, f tra the most pan it doesn’t makryj get up and dance in yourunte 1 Tom Cruise in "Risky Buss doesn’t put you to sleep,eife ft dei Besides, considering the;''.* sai ject matter, even if you ] asleep, it certainly w'ouldn'is* trip ful one. ft Ah tak has |Stu 1 soc chi MSG VISUAL ARTS# £P ze.i.a.nts. l4JiLUcvm> CL, net Reception Thursday October 20, 1988 8 p.m. MSC Gallery Wiliam Herring is a former student and mem ber of company E2. An American Impression ist, he paints with no message in mind-, prac ticing the use of open color and economy of line. Jan Herring is a nationally known artist and author. She works in oils, water colors, and enamels, using a variety of subjects. Making living as ‘freak of natuif doesn’t bother Lobster Manatal vie Cc DALLAS (AP) — On the midway, one door down from Pork Chops the fat man, sits Grady Stiles the Lobster Man, who calls himself “one of the last legiti mate freaks of nature on the road” worth paying a dollar to see. And that is how Stiles makes a living, sitting under a tent and allowing people to look at him for a dollar in Dallas, a little more in New England, where the economy is better. Stiles, 51, is working the State Fair of Texas, sitting on a pillow under a tent and explaining his body to an audience of eight or 10 people. “I am known as the Lobster Man be cause my hands were born shaped as that of a lobster, as you can see,’’ he says for the umpteenth time at sundown on a slow Monday. He doesn’t get to keep all of that dollar — many times less than half of it. The rest goes to the fair or someone responsi ble for contracting the midway opera tors, Stiles said. “I make a living,’’ he said. “But I’ve never been able to make enough money to quit. I’ve told myself I woul-j eral times but never have.' But Stiles said he's notaujl He does not feel as ifM taken advantage of becaus] “freak of nature,” he' i that hisM missing any notion cruel one, where show mi take unjust profits from they know the actors coi' money any other way. Stiles said if he wanted t find another living, “My great-grandfather, my great-aunt and my dad were born like this before me. Instead of feet, I was born with flip pers like a lobster,” he said. “I am mar ried and have four children. I have two that are perfectly normal and two born like I am. We are the only family on medical record to be born like this inher ently. Any questions? 1 will be glad to answer.” Record number of exhibit turn out for Texas oilsho ODESSA (AP) — An all-time high number of 602 exhibitors at the Permian Basin Oil Show is proof that the oil and gas service industry is still alive and kicking, said industry representatives on the show’s opening day Wednesday. sucker rods, all touted i technology and service. In addition to standardo®*' No questions from this group, just long stares. The sign out front guarantees $10,000 if his hands really don’t look like lobster claws, and no one is asking for money. The biannual show on the grounds of the Ector County Coliseum is expected to draw 200,000 visitors from across the United States and several foreign coun tries, according to the event's organiz ers. range of auxiliary service Lafayette, La., company ! - drug and psychological and gas company employ T ton’s famed Boots & Coo'j [ fighters and well blowout^ Both hands are deformed, each with a very large thumb and finger that meet at a point. Of the many doctors who have studied him, none have been able to ex plain the hands, Stiles said. Billed as the world's largest inland oil show, the event showcases manufactur ing, supply and service companies from about 50 Texas cities and a dozen other states. The service and su|,. , the domestic energy weathered the oil price col ficulty, and companies^ they feel lucky. But he can pick up a plastic cup and a cigarette during his display to the on lookers. He can also give a firm hand shake. On display were items from transport trucks to working pumpjacks to solar- powered flow computers to drill bits to Oil prices dropped to a*-I barrel in late summer. West Texas Intermedia 8 benchmark crude, have A ] $15.