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hite Bread works
toward new format
decisii
By JOHN RICHTER
Local bands are becoming fevvei
md fewer in Bryan-College Station.
Original local bands are even rarer,
vhich is why White Bread is com-
nitted to its own material
“We do three or f ont obscure cov
rs,” guitarist and singer Fri< Flab
:rty explains Bin out emphasis is
|o play original music. The whole
lore of this group is to be as original
|nd creative as possible, which we
feel is a format not explored enough
hn had| ) y 0,herlocal S rou P s "
ufdie J Flahert V aiK ^ drummer James
"'ammitt resurrected White Bread
ite Stage 0
nuance. E'
hat the du
igh, I still'
an audie
ast spring after a six-month layoff,
he bancf originally was formed in
lie fall of ’88 with guitarist John
jary and bassist Steve' Harrington
j oining them under the name of
ind un ®hallow White Bread Society.
Flaherty describes Shallow White
ng to sav
iss Daisy
ices on Tin
day at
ed by
J287.
uestheiry g rea( i Society as having been “four
n
ipper-middle class white guys trying
oplay black revolutionary music.”
The group’s name was shortened
,o White Bread for simplicity, and at
the same time the band broadened
ts musical direction to allow' for a
pore progressive and blues influ
ence in its reggae sound.
After the spring of’89, Gary grad
ated and left, causing the band to
eparate for several months. The
Following spring White Bread re-
ormed with Harrington moving to
uitar and the band adding bassist
Kenny McAllister and singer Nancy
att.
Several weeks later Harrington
left, and the remaining c|uintet
ay,
worked to refine their sound, plac
ing a greater emphasis on McAllis
ter’s bass and Pratt’s vocals.
Being female and the band’s focal
point has been difficult, Pratt says.
It stresses me out sometimes,”
Pratt says. But 1 go to a psychologist
so it’s OK. No, really it’s all right
though I m still nervous. I’m slowly
getting used to the attention.”
“Nancy is really our catalyst,”
McAllister says. “We finally came to
gether when she joined us. Her arri
val flushed out the sound w r e were
looking for.”
With Pratt and Flaherty sharing
vocals, Flaherty, the group’s main
songwriter, has focused on what he
terms “the tension between the sex
es."
“One song we do called ‘Kiss,’”
Flaherty explains, “is about this guy
drinking in a bar who has his eye on
this girl, but is afraid to approach
her. The girl realizes this and says,
‘If you got the balls then come talk to
me.’ But the guy gives up and
leaves.”
The group disagrees with the neg
ative attitude local bands have to
ward B-CS.
“The people are really nice and
the crowds are getting bigger and
bigger,” Flaherty says. “I’ve heard a
lot of bad things from other bands
about the fans, but I think that’s
more their fault. There are good
music fans here, but it’s our job to
get their attention.”
White Bread is scheduled to play
next at Kay’s Cabaret at Post Oak
Mall on Saturday, Sept. 29.
AfjX/ideo
\fSpotlight
By CAROL GLENN
If you thought Rob Lowe’s
dappling with sex videotaping
was just a passing fancy, think
again. In the recent video release
“Bad Influence” Lowe imple
ments the videotaping skills that
he acquired about a year ago in a
scandal with a 16 year-old girl.
“Bad Influence,” written by
David Koepp and directed by
Curtis Hanson, is based on mind
manipulation and head games.
Lowe (“About Last Night”)
portrays the character Alex, and
James Spader (“Less Than Zero”
and “Sex, Lies and Videotapes”)
portrays the character Michael.
The movie opens with a nude
woman in bed and Alex packing a
suitcase of clothes. It appears
Alex has found his relationship
with the woman mundane and
longs for the wild and crazy esca
pades of his bachelor days.
After Finding a place to stay,
Alex goes out for a drink at a lo
cal bar. Entering the hat, he sees
Michael (who is a stranger to him)
engaged in a Fight, and Michael is
obviously losing.
Either feeling like a good sa
maritan or marking his prey,
Alex defends Michael and then
leaves before giving Michael an
opportunity to say “Thanks.”
Later that evening, Michael
runs into Alex again while he is
jogging. Alex is apparently bor
rowing money from a female
friend. After the woman leaves,
Michael approaches Alex and
says “Thank you. Later they go
to a bar. Little does Michael
know, that at this point he has just
doomed his fate.
After a few nights of wild par
tying at private clubs where Alex
knows the pass words to be ad
mitted, Alex asks Michael what he
really wants out of life.
Michael replies that he wants
the senior analyst’s job at his Firm
that he and another man are up
for and that he doesn’t want to
marry his Fiance.
Alex makes a gesture that it
will be taken care of, but sublimi-
nally he wants Michael to under
stand that Alex will always be in
control. The question posed here
is, ‘How far will Michael go to get
what he wants?’
After several acts of vengeance
against Michael, Alex makes Mi
chael’s life a living hell. Michael
grows irritated with Alex and tells
Alex to leave him alone. But Alex
cannot stop until he receives satis
faction for Michael’s ingratitude,
and knows that he is again in
complete power.
This film is fascinating. The
thought of one person having so
much control over another per
son’s mind is baffling and in the
same sense scary.
Lowe does a fantastic job of
creating the ultimate mind ma
nipulation character.
This is clearly an ‘R’ rated flick.
There are several sexually expli
cit scenes, profanity and some vi
olence.
It takes a mature viewing audi
ence that can look beyond the nu
dity and explore the deranged el
ements of this fascinating and
thrilling plot to be able to enjoy
this movie.
Video release courtesy of 2
Day Video
Photo by Scott D. Weaver
Eric Flaherty and Nancy Louise Pratt of White Bread perform an
enthusiastic set at the Flying Tomato over the weekend.
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