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FLYING TOMATO
At Northgate at 303 University
Drive. All ages admitted. For more
information, call 846-1016.
Thursday — The Vincents. Rock.
Starts at 9 p.m. No cover.
Wednesday — Sneaky Pete. Sing-
along. Starts at 8:30 p.m. $2 cover.
GALLERY BAR
In the College Station Hilton at
1 E. University Drive. Only ages
21 and older admitted. Call 693-
7500 for more information.
Thursday — Karen Chavez. Vocal.
Starts at 5:30. No cover.
Friday, Saturday — Mark Bendik-
sen. Jazz pianist. Starts at 5:30 p.m.
on Friday, 7 p.m. on Saturday. No
cover.
KAY’S CABARET
At Post Oak Mall. Ages 18 and
older admitted. Alcohol served. For
more information, call 696-9191.
Thursday — Don Overby and Scott
Eddy. Folk. Starts at 9:30 p.m. No
cover.
Friday — Tommy and the Toma
hawks. Blues rock. Starts at 9:30
p.m. $2 cover.
Saturday — Whitebread. Rock.
Starts at 9:30 p.m. $2 cover.
MAMA’S PIZZA
At 1601 S. Texas Ave. in College
Station. All ages admitted. For more
information, call 696-0032.
Thursday — Texas Twisters. Classic
rock. Starts at 9:30 p.m. No cover.
Sunday — Mama’s Boys. Rock.
Starts at 9 p.m. No cover.
Wednesday — Lippman Jam. Open
stage. Starts at 8:30 p.m. No cover.
TEXAS HALL OF FAME
On FM 2818 in Bryan. Alcohol
served. For more information, call
-2222.
Thursday — Special F/X. Country.
Starts at 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m.
$3cover($l off with A&M ID).
Friday — Full House. Country.
Starts at 9 p.m., doors open at 8 p.m.
$5 cover.
Saturday— Tim Ryan with Jay Eric
and Bleeder’s Creek. Country.
Starts at 9:00 p.m., doors open at 8
p.m. $7 cover.
FRONT PORCH CAFE
COMEDY
GARFIELD’S
Located at 1503 S. Texas Ave.
Reservations recommended. Ages
21 and older admitted. Alcohol
served. Call 693-1736 for more in
formation.
Thursday — Opening Jason Porter
SUNDANCE CLUB
Located at 801 E. University Dr.
in the Hilton. Ages 19 and older ad
mitted. Alcohol served. Call 693-
7500 for more information.
Thursday — Comedians to be an
nounced. Show starts at 8:00 p.m. $4
in advance, $5 at door.
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Alt ages admitted. Alcohol served.
For more information, call 846-
L1VE.
Thursday — Funk Fest: House in
Orbit, Joe Rockhead, and Beat
Temple. Starts at 8:00 p.m. $6 cover.
Friday — Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Texas folk. Starts at 8 p.m. $7 cover.
Saturday — Austin Lounge Lizards.
Satirical bluegrass. Starts at 9 p.m.
$5 cover.
Tuesday — Acoustic Stage. Starts at
* )0 p.m. f 1 cover.
TIPPY’S
At 1803 Greenfield Plaza in
Bryan. Ages 21 and older admitted.
For more information, call 846-
7203.
Thursday — Road Kings. Rocka-
Ty. Starts at 9:00 p.m. No cover.
Friday, Saturday — Starvin’ Marvin
and the Dexatrims. Rock. Starts at 9
p.m. $2 cover.
MOVIES
CINEMA THREE
Located at 315 College Ave. Call
693-2796 for more information
about showtimes. Matinee shows Sat
urday and Sunday only.
Air America. Rated R. Showtimes
are 2, 4, 7 and 9.
Hardware. Rated R. Beginning Fri
day, showtimes are 2:15, 4:15, 7:15
and 9:15.
Post Cards From the Edge. Rated R.
Showtimes are 2:30, 4:30, 7:30 and
9:30.
POST OAK THREE
Located in Post Oak Mall. Call
693-2796 for more information
about showtimes. Matinee shows Sat
urday and Sunday only.
Good Fellas. Rated R. Beginning
Friday, showtimes are 2, 5 and 8.
Dark Man. Rated R. Showtimes are
2:05,4:25,7:05 and 9:25.
Ghost. Rated PG-13. Showtimes are
2:10,4:30, 7:10and9:30.
SCHULMAN SIX
In Bryan at 2000 E. 29th Street.
Call 775-2463 for more information
about showtimes.
Narrow Margin. Rated R. Show-
times are 2:15, 4:45, 7:25 and 9:50.
Flatliners. Rated R. Showtimes are
2:20, 4:30, 7:10 and 9:30.
Pretty Woman. Rated R. Showtimes
are 2, 4:25, 7 and 9:35.
Young Guns II. Rated PG-13. “Dol
lar movie”. Showtimes are 2:15,
4:40, 7:15 and 9:40.
Die Harder. “Dollar movie”. Rated
R. Showtimes are 2:05, 4:35. 7:05
and 9:45.
Gremlins II. “Dollar movie”. Rated
PG-13. Showtimes are 2, 4:35, 7:10
and 9:30.
MANOR EAST THREE
In Bryan in Manor East Mall. Call
823-8300 for more information
about showtimes.
Funny About Love. Rated PG-13.
Showtimes are 2:20, 4:50, 7:20 and
9:50.
Pacific Heights. Rated R. Beginning
Friday showtimes are 2:10, 4:40,
7:10 and 9:40.
I Come in Peace. Rated R. Begin
ning Friday showtimes are 2:15,
4:45, 7:15 and 9:30.
AGGIE CINEMA
For more information, call the
MSC Box Office at 845-1234.
Driving Miss Daisy. Rated PG.
The Battalion
Robert Earl Keen Jr.
Pages
A&M graduate Keen
returns to B-CS area
for Front Porch show
By JOHN RIGHTER
Country-folk artist and Texas
A&M graduate Robert Earl Keen Jr.
will perform at the Front Porch Cafe
Friday night. Keen, the former
roommate of country artist Lyle
Lovett, collaborated with Lovett on
“This Old Porch,” a song the two
have both independently recorded.
In recent years, Keen has begun
to emerge from the shadow of
Lovett as a writer/performer of his
own merit. His Nancy Griffith-re-
corded song, “I Would Change My
Life,” received great critical acclaim,
as did his recent release, West Tex
tures.
Keen debuted his recording ca
reer in 1984 with the Rounder-re
leased No Kinda Dancer. His debut
was followed by The Live Album, his
first release for Sugar Hill Records,
an elite indepedent label based in
North Carolina. The critical praise
of Live set the stage for West Tex
tures, an album that inspired critic
Jack Purdy to coin Karl Shapiro’s
phrase: “Hats off! Everybody should
send him money and other fine
things,” in proclaiming West Tex
tures “a flat-out country classic.”
Keen’s critical praise arises from
his ability to capture the essence of
the “Texas life,” as well as appeal on
a larger level with his sentimental,
sometimes satirical, delivery of more
universal themes like love, everyday
life and a “Five Pound Bass.” While
his delivery has been subject to quiet
criticism, his ability to relate his
songs in a storyteller-ish fashion has
positioned him with Lovett and Grif
fith as Texas’ new age of great song
writers.
Another factor in Keen’s success is
his ability, like Lovett, to slip
through conventional country cat
egories. Sophia Dembling of The
Dallas Morning News wrote of
Keen: “Imagine Johnny Cash meets
Bruce Springsteen meets John Cou
gar Mellencamp meets Marty Rob
bins and you’d still have it wrong.”
Even without a nice succinct cat
egory, Keen is an up-and-coming
artist, who may not be too far behind
another hard to categorize A&M
graduate. Anyway, Keen’s strength
is his lyrics and even if we can’t get
that other favorite son to return,
Bryan-College Station can at least
gloat over Keen.
Keen is scheduled to perform at 9
Friday night. For more information,
contact the Front Porch Cafe at 846-
LIVE.
Connick tickets on sale for hot jazz in Houston
After five albums, including one motion pic
ture soundtrack and one Grammy Award, Harry
Connick Jr. has finally made it.
At 22, Connick is the hottest thing to hit the
jazz circuit in the last quarter century, combining
smooth-as-silk vocals with a devilishly distinctive
piano style.
While his current tour does not include any
stops in the Bryan-College Station area, Texas
A&M students and faculty can enjoy Connick’s
sound Oct. 3 when he plays in Houston’s Jones
Hall. He will also be playing the University of
Fexas Bass Concert Hall Oct.4.
Recently featured in everything from Rolling
Stone to Time, Connick is best known for his
soundtrack to Rob Reiner’s film, “When Harry
Met Sally.”
Reiner heard Connick’s album 20 and decided
to use the young singer for the song book favor
ites picked for his film’s music.
Connick not only crooned his way through the
standard hits but also contributed original com
positions recorded with big band orchestration.
Simultaneously releasing his fourth and fifth
albums, Connick is turning mainstream attention
to jazz. As a vocalist he has brought nostalgia
back in style with traditional ballads and show
tunes. As a pianist he combines be-bop, swing
and just a dash of his Louisiana roots.
We Are In Love is filled with old-fashioned
love songs backed by his big band style orchestra.
Lofty’s Roach Souffle is an instrumental show
case of Connick on keys playing all original com
positions.
Connick’s Houston concert is scheduled foi 8
p.m. Wednesday. Tickets are $28 and can be
purchased through the MSC Box Office I'icke-
tron outlet. For more information call 845-1234.
Connick’s Austin concert is scheduled for 8
.m. Thursday. Tickets are $15-$18 and can o>4>
e purchased by calling (512) 477-6060.
• Performing Arts News
Readers react
Get up and dance Ags Reviewer receives heat
Editor:
As an Aggie and an Austinite, I was both offended and
amused by the level of audience participation at the Twang
Twang Shock-A-Boom concert Saturday night. As one of the
“frenzy up front,” I had a great time at the show — the music
was exuberant, humorous and eminently danceable. It was a
hip-n-happening break in a town that can lean toward confor
mist, conservative “fun.”
For you Ags that left early and those of you that remained
seated during the entire performance, you ought to be
ashamed. At a university that espouses and rewards enthu
siasm and involvement, you folks sure looked like two-per
centers. Why didn’t you get up and have a good time? Too
tired from standing at the game? Did you leave your collec
tive spirit at Kyle Field?
The next time an out-of-town band plays here (or any
other non-traditional event occurs), show them what being
an Aggie can be. Don’t reinforce the stereotype that this town
is full of shit-kicking Ags whose idea of fun is driving around
on a Saturday night and getting drunk. Get up and dance!
Georgia McNamara
Graduate Student
Editor:
In his review of Coffeehouse, John Mabry felt it appropri
ate to refer to two adult women (one of whom is a graduate
student and very likely his senior) as “girls.” Unfortunately,
this was not the only part of his review which revealed his
condescending attitude toward women.
Mabry characterized statements made by Jeff Newberry
during his performance as an “extremely funny and acute at
tack against female corps and sorority members.” I didn’t
see Newberry’s comments as such an attack; I spoke with
others who were at the show after reading Mabry’s review,
and they didn’t either. If he was attacking anyone, it was him
self and his role as performer. I asked Newberry if Mabry had
caught something that the rest of us had missed. Apparently,
he didn’t realize that he had made any attack against these
two groups of women either.
Not that Mabry even got concrete factual information
right. Asif Siddiqi’s “Hippie Johnny” is not Siddiqi’s at all, but
Jonathan Richman’s. Siddiqi, whose name was misspelled,
did not present it as his own.
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Reggae/Funk band, House In Orbit from Austin will be preforming at the Front Porch Cafe tonight.
HIGHLIGHTS
BVSO opens season tonight
The Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra will treat
ticket holders to the first of five package concerts to
night at 8 in Rudder Auditorium.
The symphony, conducted by Franz Krager, will
perform Finlandia by Sibelius, Piano Concerto in A
Minor by Grieg with guest pianist Liu Ning, and
Symphony No. 2 in E minor by Rachmaninoff.
Season tickets are $65 for adults, $50 for students
and senior citizens, $32 for children under 12. To
order call 846-0287. Individual tickets are $7 for
adults, $6 for students, $5 for senior citizens and
$3.50 for children 12 and under.
Front Porch gets funky tonight
As part of its monthly “Funk Fest,” the Front
Porch Cafe is featuring an “urban-funk thump” to
night. The three regional funk/reggae bands —
House In Orbit, Joe Rockhead and Beat Temple —
will each perform for approximately an hour, with
Beat Temple playing first at 9 p.m.
A portion of the proceeds from tonight’s show will
benefit KANM, Texas A&M’s student-run, cable ra
dio station.
For more information, call the Front Porch Cafe
at 846-LIVE.
Groups promote acts at Marooned
Robert Earl Keen Jr. and the Austin Lounge Liz
ards will be at Marooned Records Friday and Satur
day evening, respectively, to promote their appear
ances at the Front Porch Cafe this weekend.
Keen will be signing autographs on Friday at 5,
and the Austin Lounge Lizards will perform two,
short acoustic sets on Saturday, beginning at 5.
Marooned will serve alcohol on Saturday, so bring
your I.D.s.
Marooned Records is located at 110 College Main
N. For more information, contact Marooned at 846-
0017.