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Monday, September 10,1990 The Battalion All You Can Eat! Bl T TTERMILK PANCAKES ! or BISCUITS & GRAVY only $2.99 Please have T.A.M.U. ID. vbn PROFESSIONAL TESTING CENTERS GMAT <?<? review The Difference Between Admission To The MBA Program of Your Choice... And Not Being Admitted At All! □ Enclosed is $95. Enroll me at the TAMU student early enroll ment discount tuition of $295 (Reg. tuition is $495) □ I would like more information about your course. plan to take the nMay □November GMAT Exam 19. 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. 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