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Try Slingshot $25 Located close to campus! 3 1/2 miles west on University Dr. (Hwy. 60) Just past Easterwood Airport Page 4 The Battalion Thursday, April2,|i| Thursday, In Advance Weekend full of rock'n'roll planned at area music venues By Kevin Robinson The Battalion After the onslaught of enter tainment last weekend, most of us are probably just now recover ing. Once again. College Station has a weekend of wall to wall lo cal music shows to choose from. Wait. Is this really College Station? The town that's been musically starved since I arrived here four years ago? In any case, there's some good shows coming up. Skip classes Thursday and Friday and get some sleep. You'll need it. Thursday has Omar and the Howlers playing at the Stafford Opera House. Six bucks will get you in the door and the show starts at 9 p.m. The Howlers and their own unique brand of mu tant blues have been a Texas sta ple for the past decade or so, and this set should satisfy anybody that's been needing a good dose of mean and cold Southern boo gie. These guys were featured in one of those rock'n'roll Miller Lite commercials a few years back, and turned on quite a few people when they toured exten sively with the Fabulous Thun- derbirds. You can expect Texas rock at it's best. Local radio god KANM hosts its annual benefit concert Friday night, also at the Stafford, and al though this is probably the one benefit show that Peter Gabriel and Sting won'f be appearing in, it should be a hell of a lot of fun anyway. What else could you expect when Toxic Karma, Cos mic Chimp, Manhole, and Spunk are ready to vomit mayhem on the heads of unsuspecting Col lege Station audiences? After seeing the slam pit at a Spunk show in Houston, I know I'll be wearing my old clothes. This one will set you back $5 and lasts from 9 p.m. until the cows come home. Remember, this all goes to a good cause. Saturday is going to be a night of decisions. On the one hand, old favorites X's for Eyes will be playing their second to last show at Equinox for $3. X's for Eyes have been a College Sta tion favorite since they won the Battle of the Bands last summer at the AnNam Teahouse. It'll be sad to see this band go. Where else are we going to get ska cov ers of Steve Miller and Led Zep pelin songs? Hopefully, the group will get their second tape ©ntinued as a teach and then c; uate stuch earning his cepted a pc cilitator foi tional Cooi University tutored f; abroad. After a on as a le< languages spent time inHuntsvil Austin’s Shoulders round off a weekend packed full of live with a show at the Stafford Opera House on Saturday night. release out before the breakup. If not, try to find (or steal from a friend) a copy of their first self-ti tled debut. It's ska/reggae/ punk/funk at it's best. On the other hand, Austin's Shoulders play the Stafford Sat urday, too. I haven't personally seen Shoulders, but they've been described as "Tom Waits meets Captain Beefheart in a circus." Sounds like a must see show on that remark alone. From what I hear, this group is as much of a traveling carnival as a band, and their first release, "Hungry Man's Dance," was a permanent fixture on many alternative newspaper's Best-Of lists. Tk| band lists trombones, a huge; rade drum, and a cello arnonj their many instruments, ani songs about "midget lovers,! tales about psychotic trashthei ...and stories you can dance! The show starts at 9p.m., anti admission will be $5. There you have it. Play yoiil cards right, and you can navi your own personal South bl Southwest. Just be sure toreii up for next Thursday. Of courstl with the way bands have heel rolling into College Station! ly, it might be a good idea toqul school altogether. These week!; ends are getting too strenuous. "At on regulai members a mates," he Mus Informal individu subject 1 Latest from Houston band King's X maintains integrity In the Ci 801 E. L ages 21 Call 693 mation. Friday, f Trio. Ja; cover. By Chris Eklof The Battalion King's X "King's X' Atlantic Cities like Austin or Seattle are nationally recognized as hotbeds for original music, but Houston is usually not seen that way. It is big news when a band from Houston like King's X makes it big. Heralded locally as "Houston's own King's X," the band receives its share of local airplay, but still strives for the same suc cess on a national scale. With the release of "King's X," the band's third alburn,,King's X looks to attain that success. Religion has always played a big role in King's X's music, but they avoid the trap that many Christian bands fall into. They are able to deliver their message without shoving it down your throat and making you vomit. The music of King's X is a slightly psychedelic blend of grinding rock, powered by hard-edged chords that oftentimes change rhythm in the middle of a song. This uneven beat and the grinding guitars give King's X their unique sound. The best example of this is "Silent Wind." Its inconsistent speed is initial ly annoying, but then starts to grow on the lis tener, becoming strangely interesting. King's X also uses an unusual backing vo cal style. The choruses often drag, sounding like an animal dying somewhere. It is certainly not a beautiful sound and may turn some peo ple away from the music, but it does add to their rough-edged sound. The backing vocals are normally topped by howling lead vocals. On "The Big Picture," the band takes a new angle on vocalization. They mechanize their voices by blending them with the guitars, re sulting in a robot-like sound. This technique is also briefly heard on "Chariot Song." The band's psychedelic feel comes from their occasional use of foreign instruments. "Not Just For The Dead" has a mystical Indian sound, the result of guitarist Ty Tabor's choice of the sitar, an Indiaij six-string instrument. The two songs that have the best shots at breaking through are "Black Flag" and "Pris oner." "Black Flag" was the first release off of the album, containing many of the grinding chords and distinctive vocals that have become King's X's signature style. "Prisoner" has a catchy rhythm with alternating light and heavy electric guitars that gives the song its own mu sical hook that could spell commercial success. "King's X" falls right in line behind the band's earlier albums. King's X have contin ued to produce their own kind of music, with out changing their ways. They have a familiar sound because it sounds a whole lot like their earlier efforts. They stuck to their guns and did not move from their style, but this also At Post and old served, call 696- Thursda country No cove Friday - sic rock $3 cover Saturday Starts at Wednes Acoustii 9:30 p.m The latest self-titled release from King’s follows up their first two withthesar integrity and sound. seems to have kept them from progressii very far. Simply put, if you have liked wl you have heard before from King's X, thenj will like this album. Te> On FM 2 served, call 822- Thursda Country Doors of ($2 off w Friday -: Starts at 8 p.m. $ Latest attempt to exploit JFK theories should have been left for television By Timm Doolen The Battalion "Ruby" Starring Danny Aiello and Sherilyn Fenn Directed by John Mackenzie Rated R Playing at Schulman 6 This film about the high points of Jack Ruby's life is billed as "a facet of the JFK story that has not been told." It should have stayed that way. "Ruby" has "made-for-TV" written all over it; it just happened to make it to the big screen. We see in great detail the events prior to President Kennedy's assassina tion, and the subsequent murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Ruby. But who cares? We've seen it all before a dozen times - this time it just happens to be told from the point of view of a minor player in the JFK conspiracy theories. The film develops, from a dis tance, the theory that JFK's assas sination was a plot coordinated by the CIA and the mafia. Ruby's role is on the perimeter of the proposed conspiracy - he's a former gangster from Chicago who went to Dallas to start over as a nightclub owner. Along the course of the movie, he makes a showgirl, named Can dy Cane, a bit of a star. She be comes an important figure in the plot, although the credits reveal she isn't a real person - she's a fic tional representation of other char acters in Ruby's life. Ruby, driven by a sense of na tional pride, catches on to the plot to assassinate Kennedy, but real izes it too late. He takes it upon himself to expose the conspiracy, which is why he kills Oswald. But this doesn't make sense, since Os wald could have revealed the con spiracy better than anybody. By doing that, he lands himself in jail, ensuring he will never get to tell his side of the story. Although the performances are all better than adequate, the story is too long and brooding for the big screen. Only the last 30 minutes are really interesting, with the preceding hour and a half being an elaborate setup to the his torical moment of Kennedy's! sassination. Like I said, who cares? can't empathize with Ruby, background is boring and irri vant and the good part, Kenned) assassination, has been done be® At least the makers of thefi had the guts to admit this mi' incidents were fictional andfc main character was totallyM trived. But it makes the point® pseudo-documentary mootifsi 1 part of it is fictionalized. The producers of this mo' probably could have saved aM money by being honest themselves and making this historical entry for television which is where it's destined to 01 up soon anyway. TUTO'RrNg Time Mon. 4/6 Tues. 4/7 Wed. 4/8 Thur.4/9 6-8 Bitt's Ch<??ri 102 Chap 21 Bill's Chem 102 Ch. 23 & 24 Bill’s • Chem102 Chap. 31 Bill's Chem 102 tost 4 Review 8-11 BiU's Phys218 Ch, 12,13,14 Bill's Phys 218 Ch.15/16/17 • . Bill's Phys 218 Pratlce ’Exam Bills Phys. 218 Pratice Exam U . 7-9 Art's Acct. 229 KeVit'w l Arf's Acct 229 Review U Art's Atct 229 Review Rl Art's Acct 229 Practice Kristen Ikon 203 Dave Math 141 Sat. 4/4 Review f Ch. 7 1-7,4 . 1 5-8 pm I Boon 202 I (Dr. Alan) L For More Info, c: ill 260-2660 • All Classes |3.50/Hr KANM 99.9 Cable FM BENEFIT Friday, April 3 at the Stafford Opera House with TOXIC KARMA COSMIC CHIMPS SCPLE^ and MANHOLE Starts at 9:00 pm sharp. $5.00 cover - Lea< Dr. f High Non KANM will be giving away free CD's , tapes, and records between bands. Proceeds to benefit the college radio station for Texas A&M. For band or other information, call KANM at 845-5923 Bon Esth
