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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
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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.
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Latest from Houston band
King's X maintains integrity
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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
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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.
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