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i Page 12 The Battalion Thursday, September 19,1991 Tour and Taste at Messina Hof Wine Cellars "The Wine of Aggieland" only 15 minutes from campus. Free tours daily - Sun 12:30, 2:30 M-F 1:00 Sat 10:30, 12:30, 2:30 Retail wine and gift shop, gourmet deli and picnic area. Call 778-WINE (9463) for information and directions. PROFESSIONAL COMPUTING 506 Church St. College Station 846-5332 Stop by our booth at the Microcomputer Fair m the MSC and register to win your choice of: B3f HP 42$ Scientific Calculator HP 17611 Business Calculator car HP Infrared Printer Plus see Demonstrations of the HP 48SX Scientific Calculator, the HP DeskJet 500 Printer and the HP LaserJet HIP Printer. Business Hours Mon-Fri 8:00-5:30 Sat 10:00-3:00 That HEWLETT mLliM PACKARD Authorized Dealer Nerd House by Tom A. Madison Buck Owens plays last concert at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth NASHVILLE (AP) — Country music star Buck Owens says he's performed his last concert. Owens, 62, former co-host of the "Hee Haw" TV show, made his farewell ap pearance at Billy Bob's Texas nightclub in Fort Worth. The concert was taped for broadcast Oct. 9 on cable television. 'Tonight is what I call my last concert, and I've played it for you here in Texas," he told the audience. "So I ended it like I started it, right here, and thank you for being so kind to me." When he was about 7 or 8 years old, his family packed up in an old car and left Garland, Texas, for a better life in Califor nia, he said. Owens' hit records included "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail," "Act Naturally" and "The Streets of Bakersfield." He enjoyed a resurgence in 1988 with his album "Hot Dog." 'Sou mtu something, ktm, l don'tmuT mm BEING A NEED. It '5 THE STITCHES I HATE. WSKRD OH AY/ GOD, WVE ^ TELE-fWTE-P SISKEL AWP EBEJCT To TWfL STATION, C/1H. SO* X CovLVN'T HBLT ff/ A LOT OF THIS SHir£ EQUIPMENT looks alike, 5UT does different TMH&S. by WE- STOLE THEM RIGHT DOT OF TtfElK SHO'fil. 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TOLL Continued from page 5 growling voice is an almost con stant presence on every song. He rarely pauses for more than a few seconds to let his band get in a mu sical riff, but he does use his voice like an instrument, testing the lim its of his vocal range. TheToll's sound can best be de scribed as a blend of driving beats and occasional hard guitar licks, Circone's moaning voice on top of the instrumentals completes the package. It is a sound that won't make you get up and shout, but won't put you to sleep either. The Toll is not afraid to add a new twist to the guitar rock formu la. Brett B. of the rap group 7A3 appears on two songs, "War is Re lease" and "American Mess". Both songs are attacks on the American government's policies overseas and at home. They want to know why thousands of troops are sent to the other side of the world to defend Saudi Arabia when we have people being killed in the streets of our cities every day. The best song on the album is the last one, "Sweet Misery". Itisa bizarre song that begins slow and thoughtful, poetically describing inner feelings about the night, From there it builds up to a fast and maniacal end with Circone screaming obscenities about the "Sweet Misery" of a nonstop party lifestyle. At the opposite end of the mu sic quality scale is "One Last Wish". It has a joyful, happy beat and a sickening, sugar-coated cho rus that sounas like it was stolen from an old Partridge Family al bum. "Boys are Bustin' Bricks" and "Standing on the Ledge" are songs that almost beg to be played live. Bassist Greg Bartram and drum mer Brett Mayo lay down strong rhythm tracks on tnese songs ana Circone howls at his fiercest. In concert, Circone would almost cer tainly use his improvisational tal ents to spice up these songs even more. On Sticks and Stones and Broken Bones, The Toll has made a move into issue-oriented rock 'n' roll. However, there are still a few songs that have no deep sociologi cal meaning. It is good to hear that The Toll has not gone completely serious and can still play a song just for fun. Livoria Voi. 9i r Texas ed the Pe site of th Building, The s and the deemed approved Penbe cause of student £ into the ! A& to i boi pol Plan: bonfire f Duncan east of c; take plac "The come up cause th the Texa and eva Continued from pages the other hand, despite there being an overload of such ambient alter native bands overseas, the group manages to bring an American fla vor to a genre that has been almost exclusively British and European. With their first album, Llvonit, songwriter Warren Defever com pletes a project that's been ongoing since high school. Accompanied by vocalists Karin Oliver and Ang ie Corozzo, the band has been working on tracks for the debut for the last several years. Like many first albums, most of the tracks are songs that have been worked and revamped over and over. The change in songs over time can be seen in "E. Nicoli" and "Fossil" both of which are given in two completely different forms. The time spent on the album shows, Livonia's tracks are deceptively simple on the first play, but reveal a rich, lush texture upon closer lis tening.. Although often compared with label-mates The Cocteau Twins, His Name Is Alive is an entirely different animal. While the Cocteaus and most other bands of this genre keep an airy, ethereal tone to their work. His Name Is Alive draws from the basics. The ethereal is deeply entwined with heavy bass lines and layers of dis torted guitars rather than the typi cal British synth and strings. The spirit of Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth are felt as much in Livonia's songs as Tangerine Dream. This isn't to say that the album is straight rock. "Darkest Dreams" is an instrumental track that sounds a lot like something avant- garde composer Brian Eno might nave done in his "Another Green World " days. Multiple layers of fuzzy guitar melodies are put down on top of one another to cre ate a unique combination of sound .The same idea is put into the vo cals. Oliver's and Corrozzo's voic es are less sweeping and operatic than , say, Liz Frazier's from the Cocteau Twins. Actually, they most closely resemble Gregorian chants, giving the vocal section an earthy feeling that brings the lyrics a stark reality. The combination of two worlds, British ambient goth music and American alternative guitar rock, gives His Name Is Alive a sound that keeps them unique from either genre. Rather than following ex pectations with their first album, the band has started on a style all their own, something that should be interesting to watch progress on their next album. said Bill of Stude sor for 1 negative that unc ditions : ception could pc "It v\ mend at conside proximi bier saic Ano the plar future j ation G lar faci swimm racquet door rei said. 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