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Arts & Entertainment Thursday, September 24, 1992 The Battalion Page 3 rd .s of nob i. name tli invest^;. :ently tot or theinc- ■ are otlv: indudit nstmcii;; 'V the® it look 1 are (jus maybe i: left "Hi ment sj:: hard wd she said iust read edsforh ? comisi letter ti advance usticejr ) settle til ral laws promote ies wife underfe treatae:; lese n» to resign' ■view fe in ted b 91, he to!: be able* in Febu of a job,' een outo ek duriri and "if ■ Hale"; String quartet opens Fall chamber series The St. Lawrence String Quartet (L-R: Geoff Nuttall, Barry Shiftman, Marina Hoover and Lesley Robertson) perform Monday. tJxnz By ANAS BEN-MUSA Staff Writer for THE BATTALION The University Chamber Se ries starts its fall season with the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Monday at 8 p.m. in Rudder The ater. The quartet features violinists, Geoff Nuttall and Barry Shiff- man, violist Lesley Robertson, and cellist Marina Hoover. The quartet will play Franz Joseph Hayden's Quartet in C Major, Opus 76 No. 3 ("Emper or"); Alban Berg's Quartet, Opus 3 (1910); and Antonin Dvorak's Quartet in C Major, Opus 61. "It's a Balance of classical and modern music for the audience," Nutall said. Nuttall said he was looking forward to playing in College Station, especially since College Station is his hometown. "I was eight when I left," Nut tall said, "it will be interesting to play at A&M." The concert is presented by the Department of Philosophy and Humanities Music Program, the Gilbert and Thyra Plass Arts Foundation and the University Honors Program. Recently, the quartet was named the Juilliard School's String Quartet in Residence for 1992-93. They are currently fin ishing a residency with Emerson String Quartet sponsored by the Hartt School of music in Con necticut. This year St. Lawerence won first prize in the 1992 Banff Inter national String Quartet Competi tion and the Young Artists Inter national Auditions. Winning the Young Concert Artists award gave the quartet the ability to play in professional engagements. Young Concert Artists Inc. provides free man agement services, concert en gagements, and two recitals in New York and the Kennedy Cen ter in Washington D.C. "It's quite political to get a booking in such large concert halls," Nuttall said. It is difficult to be booked by large concert halls when some one is not well known Nuttall said. Although having such recitals help a musicians career, Nuttall said each concert is important, whether in New York or Texas A&M. ryer sai in was The return of Trout Fishing In America By ANDREW S. IVERSON Special to THE BATTALION It's Friday night, and the fish are jumping. Well, at least they will be at the Bryan Civic Center when Trout Fishing in America makes its musical return to the Bryan/College Station area. The duo consists of Keith Grimwood on stand-up and electric bass and Ezra Idlet on acoustic guitar. Grimwood is the self-described "shortest member of the band," standing a solid five-foot five and a half inches tall "on a humid day." During live shows, the bass player with the bushy red hair produces everything from gritty vocals to the sounds of a di nosaur. Idlet stands a dangerous six feet nine inches tall in his Birkenstock sandals and plays an aggressive style of acoustic guitar and vocals. But don't let this Mutt and Jeff appearance fool you. When the two come to gether on stage, the sound they produce is nothing less than awesome. One of the best things about the show is the feel good energy they generate. These guys love being in front of a crowd and it shows. Their stage presence is unlike any other musician or band. Karl Caillouet, the group's producer and engineer, said, "You have to see them live. They are so power ful, you'll wonder how these guys can get all that sound out of just a guitar and a bass." For example. Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" has been transformed into a seven-minute jam ses sion that really lets the two show off their true musi cal talent. "I play the acoustic guitar radically different from other guitarists," Idlet said. "I play my guitar through two amplifiers —loud." On the lighter side, "Dueling Morons" features the two musicians playing a segment from "The Bat tle of New Orleans" while balancing pitchers of beer on their heads. But Trout Fishing in America is not just a joking band. "You have to have both sides; a stage show and good music," Idlet said. Grimwood said, "You can write funny songs, but sometimes you have to get down and play real music and really work your instrument. That's what we're really all about." The two are from Houston but live in Fayet teville, Ark. Last year, they performed over 250 gigs all over the southern U.S. and Canada and have put Trout Fishing In America perform at the Bryan Civic Center Friday Night. over 335,000 miles on their faithful red truck. So, who's coming out to see them? "Troutheads," the name for the faithful fans who are everything from hippies to yuppies. "Trout fans are people looking for an alternative. They're not just accepting whatever is shoveled down their throats by the 'media', or whatever. They are looking for something different and something fun," Grimwood said. Though Grimwood and Idlet have been playing together for 15 years they still have a hard time defining their music. Through the years they have received many sug gestions on how to describe their music. "Acid- vaudeville" is one. Idlet said, "I like the term acid-vaudeville because it is so nebulous. When you think of acid-rock, you think of hard-core rock, and when you think of vaudeville you think of entertainment, so you have this hard-core entertainment.. . " Grimwood said, "It's in-your-face type of enter tainment, where we play right to the audience and work with them." Trout Fishing recently appeared at the Georgian Bay Folk Festival in Ontario and opened for Bob Dy lan in Little Rock, Arkansas. Trout Fishing's third album, "Over the Limit," is due out in mid-October. A ' "n The Micro Computer Center Presents The Microcomputer Fair Rudder Exhibit Hall 24-25 September National and Local computer vendors will be showing the best of their products and services. Hardware and Software exhibits will be located on the main floor; Presentations will be given in Rudder Theatre. Thursday (9am-5pm) 10- 10:30 NeXT 10:30-11 Apple 11- 11:30 Grid 11:30-12 AutoCad 1- 1:30 WordPerfect 1:30-2 Apple 2- 2:30 Claris 2:30-3 Microsoft 3- 3:30 IBM Friday (9am-3pm) 10- 10:30 NeXT 10:30-11 Apple 11- 11:30 Grid 11:30-12 AutoCad 1 -1:30 WordPerf ect 1:30-2 Microsoft 2-2:30 IBM Drawings for prizes will be 2:30 Friday. Don't miss your chance to win a computer. J