Thursday, February 8,1990
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By KEVIN THOMAS
A COMMITTEE HAS CONCLUDED
THAT A + M NEEDS CONDOM MACHINES
TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF
DISEASES-BUT WHERE SHOULD^
THEY BE LOCATED..?
ONE MACHINE SHOULD BE PUT
OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE...
WANNA PLAY
ANOTHER NINE?y
OKAY, BUT
LET'S MAKE IT
ANOTHER SPOT IS THE 50 YARD
LINE AT KYLE FIELD. (AS LONG
AS THEY DON'T FIX THE HOLE
IN THE FENCE...)
AND FOR THOSE AGGIES WHO
KNOW WHERE THE OPENING TO
THE ROOF IS, THERE'S THE TOP
OF THE ACADEMIC BUILDING...
Fantastic ski scenes fail to redeem
pathetically predictable 6 Ski Patrol’
By TODD STONE
Of The Battalion Staff
“Ski Patrol” is the movie of the
’90s.
The worst movie of the ’90s, that
is. It may take a decade before lousy
filmmakers around the world equal
the stench emanating from this film.
How bad is this film that comes
from the producers of “Police Aca
demy”? Compared to “Ski Patrol,”
“Police Academy” deserves an Os
car.
Actually, “Ski Patrol” is only bad if
you go to a movie expecting good
acting, an interesting story and
clever directing. However, despite
the dumb story and lame dialogue, I
still was completely attentive while
Club Fahrenheit changes deal
Benefit shows rescheduled
By JOHN RIGHTER
Of The Battalion Staff
KANM music director Tim Davis
didn’t anticipate any problems when
he was scheduling the student-run
radio station’s spring benefit for this
weekend.
Davis had an agreement with
Randy Hermes, part owner and
manager of Club Fahrenheit, to
stage the two-night, six-band benefit
in the club.
The agreement, although not in
writing, was made weeks in advance
at Hermes’ suggestion that it be held
at Club Fahrenheit, and already in
cluded advertising listing the club as
the show’s venue.
Davis claims the problem began
when Hermes’ partner and previous
Parthenon owner Fariborz (Fari) Es-
takhri stepped in.
“We had originally gone into an
agreement with Randy Hermes, the
manager of Club Fahrenheit,” Davis
says. “He had given us his word and
agreement that Fari had absolutely
nothing to do with the club any
more.
“For whatever reason, Fari still
has financial ties to ... and owns the
club. He decided to step in and due
to some of his ideas, when we al
ready had a full-fledged agreement
with everything but writing, which
was supposed to take place the day
of their backing out, he came in to
say that we could not have his club
for two nights of live music ... He
pretty much decided to leave
(KANM) out in the cold.”
Davis says that since Estakhri told
KANM only eight days in advance
that the shows could not take place
at Club Fahrenheit this weekend, it
was impossible to move the benefit
to another club.
“We already had a commitment
with Club Fahrenheit to support our
t-shirts,” Davis says. “We were going
to print their logo on it. They said
they would help with a lot of the ad
vertising. We had six bands booked
on Friday and Saturday night to play
there ... everything was scheduled
around them.”
After much deliberation, Hermes
and Estakhri finally agreed to let the
benefit stay at Club Fahrenheit, with
a few changes. The Friday show is
still scheduled with bands playing
from 9 p.m. until “whenever.” Satur
day night’s performance, however, is
moved to Saturday afternoon. The
three bands can play only from 5-9
p.m., and Davis claims that Estakhri
is insisting that all personnel leave
and that all equipment and booths be
removed from his club by 9:30 p.m.
Estakhri also has refused to allow
discounts for students wearing
KANM t-shirts (a benefit tradition)
and is enforcing a dress code.
But the biggest blow, Davis claims,
is that Estakhri is taking a cut from
the cover charges.
“(Estakhri) decided he changed
his mind about how the money
would be split. So Fari, by sponsor
ing this benefit for us, will actually
be making quite a nice profit out of
the deal, which I think is pretty un-
just.
“Taking a cut from the door is not
normal for a benefit. All the bands
are playing for free and as it is he
gets the bar money and a nice per
centage from our door.”
The revenue from these benefits,
which KANM runs every semester,
is imperative for the FM-cable sta
tion’s survival. Davis says that al
though the station receives a one
time grant each semester from the
University, it still desperately needs
the funds from its benefits, t-shirt
and bumper sticker sales, and disc
jockey dues to keep the station self-
sufficient and on the air.
Davis also hopes to take KANM
off FM-cable, and with permission
from the FCC, transfer it to FM. A
poor take this weekend might delay
that transfer another year.
The unfortunate part of Club
Fahrenheit’s reneging is that it
shortchanges three quality bands
playing the benefit for free on Satur
day.
Waco’s The Spin, new wave
popsters with two albums under
their belts; Dallas’ Trio of One, an
alternative Christian rock group;
and local favorites For Cryin’ Out
Loud, which released its second cas
sette last semester, ate now playing
shortened sets Saturday afternoon.
Friday’s show also features a trio
of good bands. If Saturday is for al
ternative rockers, Friday night is for
industrial popsters.
Dallas’ International Thief Thief
is an industrial rap band in the style
of Tackhead. Houston’s The Hun
ger, a synthesized pop group along
the lines of Front 242 is scheduled to
follow ITT.
Headlining Friday night is Dallas’
Lesson Seven, an industrial-dance
band on Oak Lawn records, that has
performed with Skinny Puppy, Re
volting Cocks and Ministry.
Both benefit shows are $3. Tickets
will be available at the door.
Unfortunately, Davis and KANM
will lose out some on this semester’s
benefit, a fact that he won’t soon for
get.
“Had we known it was going to be
anywhere near this difficult to work
with (Estakhri) — we’ve never had
these problems with other clubs to
this degree — we would have never
gone to Club Fahrenheit and will
never go again,” Davis says.
“THE 12th JAM”
KANM SPRING BENEFIT CONCERT
THE BIGGEST EVENT OF ITS KIND EVER TO HIT B/CS
2 DAYS • 6 BANDS • S3/NIGHT
FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 9 P.M.-?
SPEND THE NIGHT WITH
INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF
THE HUNGER • LESSON SEVEN
SATURDAY, FEB. 10, 5p.m.-9p.m.
START YOUR EVENING WITH
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD
TRIO OF ONE • THE SPIN
Only KANM could be responsible for something like this.
KANM 99.9 FM Cable - the ONLY alternative for Bryan/College Station
(oh yea...it’s at Club Fahrenheit-815 Harvey Rd.)
SKI PATROL
Starring Martin Mull and Ray
Walston
Rated PG
watching this movie.
Fortunately, fantastic skiing was
given more screen time than acting
and plot tlevelopment. A small token
of relief from the gods of film. If
you enjoy skiing, it would be worth a
few dollars'to see this movie.
Since I was the only one in the
theater watching this film, I suspect
it won’t be a long wait before “Ski Pa
trol” achieves dollar pricing. As a
matter of fact, the audience should
be paid to sit through it.
This film is bad enough to be boy
cotted, but it’s rated PG instead of X,
so it doesn’t qualify.
A nice old man (Ray Walston) who
owns a ski lodge has his lease up for
renewal with the Parks and Recre
ation Department. A merry band of
guys in charge of safety — the Ski
Patrol — try to help the lodge pass
inspection.
However, a greedy, corporate,
money-sucking had guy (Martin
Mull) wants to sabotage the inspec
tion so he can take over and start his
own development.
What happens in the film is not a
mystery. The only question you
might have is how dumb it can get.
I entertained myself by playing a
little game called “guess the next sce
ne,” and I had a near-perfect score.
The characters are so underdevel
oped that the director could have
taken cardboard cut-outs of each ac
tor, placed them in front of the cam
era and played pre-recorded dia
logue. The audience never would
have noticed.
The actors (that’s a kind word to
describe them) do nothing to save
the mundane script, but in fairness,
they were subject to the whims of the
bonehead filmmakers.
By far the best acting perfor
mance was by the bulldog, who occa
sionally would belch and break wind.
Sure, uncouth dogs are tacky, but
compared to the quality of the rest of
the film, the bulldog was creative
movie-making genius.
There was one funny scene with a
couple of guys performing as Ike
and Tina Turner. Still, one good
laugh won’t catapult this film to the
level of Oscar consideration, unless
there is a category for “Best Inane
Film.”
Are there worse movies than “Ski
Patrol”? “Caddyshack 2,” “Short Cir
cuit 2” and “Transylvania 6-500”
were just as bad, but “Ski Patrol” is
shorter, a mere hour and 25 min
utes, which is its one saving grace.
If you are an avid skiing fan, or
believe in the Aggie Cinema boycott,
this brain-dead movie may be for
you. Otherwise, your money would
be better spent playing video games.
Of course, watching “Ski Patrol”
takes less mental effort.
My roommate, who refused to see
“Ski Patrol” with me, was watching
“Parenthood” in the theater next
door. When “Ski Patrol” ended, one
of the employees sympathized with
me for having to endure that dribble
and allowed me to see the end of
“Parenthood” with my roommate.
My sanity was saved.
Don’t Miss The Deadline!
The 1990 LITMUS will be taking
submissions until 5pm February 9,1990.
Publish or Perish! Submit your poetry, prose, and
graphics to the 1990 Literary Journal. Guidelines
available in the Student Programs Office of the
MSC.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
MSC Literary Arts
MSC SCONA XXXV PRESENTS
"United States Foreign Aid:
Purpose, Players & Politics"
Paul Coverdell, U.S. Peace Corps Director
Friday, February 9:10:30-11:30 a.m.
Rudder Theater
What is America's role
in today's sweeping international events?
Bring the world into
sharper focus
SPEAKER SCHEDULE
All Events Held in Rudder Theater
Free Admission to the Public
Thursday, February 8:10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Panel Discussion
"Formulation of U.S. Foreign Aid"
Dr. James T. Goodwin -
Coordinator,
International Agricultural Programs
Texas A&M University
Patrick Breslin -
Office of Learning and Dissemination,
Inter-American Foundation
Col. Charles Rex Weaver -
Former U.S. Army Chief,
Office of Military Cooperation,
Beirut, Lebanon
Thursday, February 8: 7:30-9 p.m.
Address
"Execution of Foreign Aid"
David Black - Representative,
In ter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture
Friday, February 9:10:30-11:30 a.m.
Address
"Evaluation of Foreign Aid"
Paul Coverdell - Director, U.S. Peace Corps
Saturday, February 10:10-11 a.m.
Closing Address: ’The Future of Foreign Aid"
Dr. Betty Unterberger - Professor of History,
Texas A&M University
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