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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
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Bryan
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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