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Thursd The Texas A&M Emergency Care Team is offering EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN CLASS FOR Summer '92 An Informational meeting will be held at 7:00 pm on April 23 in Rm 407 and April 24 in Rm 507 Rudder. If unable to make meeting, call 845-4321 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and ask for Pat. 1600 Texas Ave. S. 693-2627 College Station 1219 Texas Ave. 822-1042 Bryan This Week’s Specials Cuervo Gold $ 1199 750 ml 80 proof Michelob Dry :sn/Vi $K49 12 pack 12 oz. NR Seagram’s T $^759 Keystone, Keystone Light and Keystone Dry $Q99 750 ml 80 proof 24 pack 12 oz. cans 693-2627 We accept cash, check or debit cards on sale items Specials good thru Sat., April 25th, 1992 12IMAN FOU N DATION Annual Football Roadtrip A&M vs. L.S.U. September 4, 5, & 6 Price Includes: <B> 2 nights in Downtown New Orleans <bb> 1 ticket to Sept. 5 game <■> Charter bus to and from New Orleans <SB> Refreshments on the bus *OnIy 40 spaces remain, so reserve your place on the bus as soon as possible! For more information, call Stephen Archer 12th Man phone: 846-8193 Janis Stout Associate Dean of Liberal Arts Texas A&M University Has Just Published Home Truth A Hovel About Families, Love, and Disability Autograph signing in the MSC Bookstore Friday, April 24 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Page 8 The Battalion Below 7 s eclectic musical talent wasted on latest solo effort, "Inner Revolution 7 By Kevin Robinson The Battalion Adrian Belew "Inner Revolution' Atlantic. Over the years, Adrian Belew has had one of the most eclectic ca reers in modern music. Beginning with his work with Frank Zappa in 1979 on "Sheik Yerbouti," Belew made a name for himself as a guitarist in high demand. After the tenure with Zappa, Belew was exposed to thousands of fans on David Bowie's 1979 world tour. That exposure gave Belew just the push he needed. Later artists that requested his work included Talk ing Heads, Herbie Hancock, Jean- Michael Jarre, Laurie Anderson, Paul Simon and Mike Oldfield. Session work isn't Belew's only claim to fame, however. In 1981, he was selected by guitarist Robert Fripp to sing lead and play guitar in the reformed version of art rock group King Crimson. After the second demise of Crimson in the mid-eighties, Belew founded his own avante-pop group, the Bears. The band put out two albums be fore retiring. Lately, Belew has concentrated on his solo career, venturing out only to accompany David Bowie on his monumental "Sound+Vision" tour. All of this history is necessary to help explain how disappointing "Inner Revolution" actually is. Af ter Belew's relative success with the single, "Pretty Pink Rose" off of "Young Lions," it seemed that the new solo album might be the one to finally bring Belew into the mainstream of guitar superstar dom. Not a chance. "Inner Revolu tion" has a few tracks that pull through on their sheer instrumen tal ability (Belew can be a stunning guitarist when he's at his best), but most of the material here is banal when it's playing, and instantly forgettable when it's over. The first track, "Inner Revolu tion," is interesting only for the fuzz guitar that Belew opens the track with. The rest sounds like one of those awful Elton John Diet Coke commercials. Most of the lyrics on this album are so awful that they shouldn't even be con sidered when listening to the song. All of these tracks either succeed or fail on their instrumental mer its. "This Is What I Believe In" is one of the two really good songs on the album. It uses the kind of interlocking guitar style that Belew and Fripp perfected during their King Crimson days. It's in tentional return on this song shows how good Belew can be when he wants to be. For those that find this track even marginal ly interesting. King Crimson's 1981 album "Discipline" is a must. "Big Blue Sun" manages to combine some ridiculous imagery and trite love song lyrics with a string quartet. Belew is definitely showing his Beatles influence on this one. Likewise, "Birds," the other decent song on the album, features a '50s style falsetto from Belew with a catchy tune. The whole thing is fairly enjoyable and reminiscent of Brian Eno before he turned ambient. The obligatory heartbreak song of the set is titled, "War In the Gulf Between Us." Does any thing more really need to be said? "Only a Dream" concentrates on environmental messages. You know, the singer sees streams turning to poison, trees being cut Adrian Belew fails to live up to the expectations set byhised rock history on his latest solo album, “Inner Revolution.” down, etc. Yawn. How about do nating proceeds from this album to Greenpeace, Adrian? I didn't think so. I hate to be too harsh on Belew. In the past, he has created some of the most interesting music that the eighties produced. Yet, it's de pressing to see a great arfe going through the motions spite his reputation asaguitai end, Belew doesn't produce! thing close to his potential on ; ner Revolution." Maybe j time, Belew will be able tom an album worthier of his talent TASP H needed questioi 243 Bio Call Ver BAPTIJ English 203 Col tion. In Advance Jazz band performs at Downtown benefit show The Brew, a contemporary jazz group will be playing to benefit the Downtown Resident Association at 7:30 Sunday night at the Stafford Opera House. The Brew features local talent Karan Chavis in its six- member lineup. Proceeds from the benefit will help fund several commu nity service projects in the His toric District of downtown Bryan. One of the main projects, according to Downtown Resi dent Association president Alan La Fon is improving the image of downtown. "We want the community to realize the downtown area has tremendous potential to become a neighborhood as well as a com mercial district," said La Fon. Tickets are available from Marooned Records at Northgate and the Stafford Opera House on Main Street in downtown Bryan. For more information call 846-0017 or 775-4082. Aggie Players present 'P.S. Your Cat is Dead' The Aggie Players will pre miere "P.S. Your Cat is Dead" by James Kirkwood tonight in the Fallout Theater in the Block er Building. In the play, an actor is star tled by a burglar and knocks him unconcscious. The actor then ties the burglar to the kichen sink and keeps him pris oner the night of New Year's Eve. "Cat" runs tonight through Sunday and Tuesday through May 2 at 8 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinee performances on Satur day, Sunday and May 2. Tickets are still available for all performances, and can be ob tained at the Aggie Player box office, Blocker 152, or by calling 862-2052. ^ J * % % % % % % % % % % X & Impetigo Study Individuals of any age with symptoms of impetigo (bacterial infection of the skin) to partidpate in an investigational drug research study using a cream with drug in it. $150 for those chosen and completing the study. Tension Headache? Individuals with moderate to severe Tension Headaches wanted to partidpate in a 4-hour headache relief research study with an investigational medication in tablet form. Flexible hours. $75 incentive for individuals who are chosen and complete the study. Daily, till 6:30 776-0400. Skin Infection Study Individuals age 13 and older wanted to participate in a research study for bacterial skin infections such as: infected wounds,infected burns, boils, infected hair follicles, impetigo, infected ingrown toenails and others. Investigational oral antibiotic in capsule form. $100 incentive for those chosen who complete the study. For more information call: BIOPHARMA, INC. T'76-0400 3 % * * % ^ 4 % v. 4 A / Babe / doesn't tell whole story of baseball hero By Timm Doolen The Battalion "The Babe" Starring John Goodman Directed by Arthur Hiller Rated PG-13 Playing at Post Oak 3 "The Babe" is the kind of movie that will fool you. You wall out of the theater smiling and happy, and thinking what a won derful life baseball legend Babe Ruth lived. But you're unaware until later that the story was only half-told. We see the highlights of Babe's life, and some low points,but we never really get to see Babe the person. We're left unawareof who he really was or what his real aspirations were (besides wanting to be a manager, which he was never allowed to do). The movie clips off his early and late years, focusing mostly on the days he played in the big leagues. We see him discovered as a great baseball player in a boys home, abandoned by his par ents. But soon he is adopted by Major League Baseball. We see his career with the Red Sox and the Yankees, how he changed the game by hitting home runs, how he led the Yankees to a World Series sweep, how he boozed and ate his way to ruin. Like many biography films, we are led on a roller coaster ride through his life. But unlike the better ones, this ride never slows down for even a second. We are subjected to high after high, with an occasional low added in. And even the lows turn into highs sometimes. For instance, the manager reprimands his all-night carousing, but then we are shown that it didn't really affect his game. In real life, however, he often showed up too drunk or tired to perform well on the baseball field. Which points out another problem with the movie - a few historical inaccuracies, such as a fairy tale farewell game. In fact the whole movie presents itself as a fairy tale, very similar to another baseball fairy tale, "The Natural." But whereas "The Natural" could take liberties with reality and the storyline, "The Babe" isn't allowed that freedom, because it's about a real person. When trying to recount the events of a historic figure, even one as magnanimous as Ruth, the creators should have stuck toa stricter retelling. They should have portrayed Babe as a human, not a cartoon character, as he comes off in the film. Credit has to be given to John Goodman, who really gave the performance of his career. But even the best sailors fall under the weight of a sinking ship. It would have been hard for director Arthur Hiller and the writers to give us an unappealing account of Ruth's life, which is very rich and lends itself towards humor. And on the surface we get a very, amusing film, but not one you can really sink your teeth into. It's been more than 40 years since the first telling of the life of George Herman Ruth, and that version is even worse than this. Let's hope it's not 40 more before we see something better than "The Babe." Parents Weekend Pictures With Say "cheese" with A&M's First Lady Friday & Saturday, April 24 & 25 10-4 p.m. in the MSG Flagroom Presented by Company E-2 PAN HE rum for go throi Student ADULT cussion more inf GAY Al open fo Non-Gc welcome Call the AGGIE da of th< for more CUBAN Mario & formatio ALCOH 12:30 p for mon OFFICE tance of School- quired. ' Agnita a TAMU F 10K, 5K on the fi ficer ele 764-744 CLASS committ the cla: position; PR and p m. Ce CAMP J your co- G 2t mens $ i perm Tip Ov< Caps Fill-Ins
