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SONDRA N. ROBBINS/The Battalion
Lead vocalist Blade Mann is one of the newest members of the local rock’n'soul band Rock-A-Fellas.
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Local music act develops following
By Yvonne Salce
In this intimate club, with its
dim lights and tropical sounds,
people sip on flavorful daiquiries
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garmished with colorful little
umbrella's and plastic sea horse's.
The Equinox, with all its sounds
and tastes of the Caribbean, is a
club that pulsates when Bob Ma rley
or the Killer Bees whale off the
sounds of reggae.
But on Friday night, the dai
quiri-factory took on a different
persona. Tunes from Eddie Rab
bit, the Rolling Stones, Jimmy Buf
fet and George Strait filled the air
and reactions to the Rock-A-Fellas,
a group with a love for rock and
soul, varied as much as the selec
tion of songs.
Early in the evening, the four-
man band, based out of Bryan-
College Station, already had a
coupleofstrikes against them. That
annoying, screeching feedback,
often heard during warm-ups,
didn't go over to well with the
regulars. And at times the music
may have been a little too loud for
the small club, where everyone is
accustomed to sitting back, soak
ing up frozen drinks and playing
pool.
But as the evening wore on,
the music picked up and so did the
crowd. Sing-along-songs like the
Righteous Brothers' "You Lost That
Lovin'Feeling" and Tommy James’
"Mony Mony" manged to shake
up heads.
The band's energy, especially
lead singer Blade Mann's, eventu
ally rubbed off and almost every
one couldn't help but join in to
songs like 'Twist and Shout" and
"Wooly Bully." Mann, the only
band member born outside of
Bryan (he was bom in New York),
kept the band's entourage of fol
lowers on the edge to their seats. It
didn't take this local group, formed
last August, long to develop a
faithful following. The band's
unpattemed moves from rock to
country to easy listening didn't
seem to bother them.
Chemistry between the mem
bers was a never a question
throughout the evening. Formerly
known as the Blue Gravel Rock
Band from 1968, the three original
members Donnie Angonia (key
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Cellist Varga, pianist
Rose complete Texas
Music Festival series
By Margaret Coltman
The Texas Music Festival
concluded Monday night with
memorable performances by
cellist Laszlo Varga, members
of the University of Houston
School of Music faculty, and
A&M music coordinator and
pianist Werner Rose.
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The musicians lived up to
their reputations in Anton
Kraft's (1749-1820) "Sonata for
Two Celli, Op. 2, II", Brahms'
(1833-1897) "Sonata for G Ma
jor for Violin and Piano, Op.
78," and Antonin Dvorak's
(1841-1904) "Quintet in A Ma
jor for Piano and Strings, Op.
81."
Kraft was both a composer
and cellist, and his exploita
tion of the cello is clearly evi
dent in the Sonata. It is a light
hearted piece, characterized by
virtuosic passages in the often
hazardous upperregions of the
fingerboard.
The influence of Haydn
was obvious, which is hardly
surprising considering that the
two worked for Prince
Esterh^zy, and Haydn com
posed many pieces for Kraft,
the court cemst. Kraft sacri
ficed music for the vogue vir
tuosity of the time, and the
music was so busy it was al
most overwhelming.
Varga and David Tomatz
presented a sprightly perfor
mance of the Sonata. Some
times the bowing and finger
ing were not in sync with each
other, and balance between
the two cellists was not the
best - Tomatz could have of
fered more support.
Phrase endings were not
always together, but the spirit
of the piece was too joyful to
let these problems affect the
piece, and overall the duo pre
sented a most enjoyable per
formance.
Varga was joined by Ruth
Tomfohrde for the Brahms.
Originally for violin and pi
ano, the Sonata was tran
scribed (and transposed) by
Varga. It is a standard tran
scription, and the Sonata is fast
becoming part of every cellist's
repertoire.
The Sonata is indescrib
ably beautiful, with a soaring
opening melody that returns
in different forms throughout
the piece. Varga and
Tomfohrde's performance was
very moving.
Tomfornde could have
played out a little more in the
opening, but Varga projected
well. His accompanying
pizzicato were distressingly
See MUSIC FEST/Page4
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'Judgment Day' for new Schwarzenegger action flick
By Julia E.S. Spencer
"Terminator 2: Judgement
Day" is a truly astounding movie,
sent to us from the future, and
programmed to entertain twice as
much as the first one, which it does.
Something of an anomaly in an
arena full of dumb-dumb action
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pictures, this film has wit and in
telligence to spare, and even a
healthy social conscience. Despite
its extremely high-tech nature, it
actually makes a good case against
sophisticated artificial intelligence
technology, and presents some
chilling, or rather, vaporizing pic
tures of the effects of nuclear weap
ons proliferation. Although Arnold
Sch wartzenegger is back as another
T-800 series Terminator, like he
promised, a pumped-up Linda
Hamilton is also back, and equally
impressive, as Sarah Connor, su
per-tough mother of future hero
John Connor (newcomer Edward
Furlong).
"T2" also accounts for its enor
mous budget by putting it up there
on the screen for all to see. Not only
are there the requisite stunts, ve
hicle crashes, explosions and gen
eral mayhem, but also the most
incredibly mind-boggling special
effects you have ever seen. A cha
meleon-like machine made of liq
uid meta l, capable of assuming any
form and of transforming its ap-
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The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), and her son John (Edward Furlong), join forces to fight a deadly new
Terminator sent from the future, in "Terminator 2: Judgement Day."
pendages into lethal spikes, be- logue, relentlessly paced direc- dreamin'. She has seen the future,
comes utterly believable in this tion, and some fine acting from all and knows the exact date of the
movie, making Edward involved. nuclear holocaust which will kill 3
Scissorhands look like kid stuff. Set 10 years after the first "Ter- billion people, started by a HAL-
Somehow, a 11 this effort seems jus- minator" movie, we now find Sarah like defense computer with a mind
tified, due to an ingenious script in a state mental hospital, commit- of its own. She has a Cassandra
(written by William Wisher and ted because she has oeen blowing complex; although she's right, no
director James Cameron) full of up computer factories and doing a
twists and turns and clever dia- different kind of California See TERMINATOR/Page 4
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