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Patriot Supply Invites You To:
Page 6 • The Battalion
Friday • December 1, 1995
A Holiday Gun Show! I Brother Cane stops at Dixie Theatre P
The Best Bryan/College Show - Ever!
By Amy Collier
The Battalion
December 2nd, 9:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m.
December 3rd, 9:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m.
V.F.W. Hall - 1447 S. F.M. 2818 Bryan, Tx.
Admission $4.00
- Kids under 13 Free -
$1.00 off for Students
Plenty of stocking stuffers & gifts for the
Sportsman, Hunter, or Santa
For More Information Call:
409-779-8103
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days prior to the event to enable
us to assist you to the best of
our abilities.
D amon Johnson, lead vocal
ist and guitarist of Broth
er Cane, says that before
he joined the band, the prospect
of being the lead singer of a band
had never crossed his mind.
“It was never a goal for me to
be the guy up front,” he said. “It
was sort of a last-ditch effort.
Once I started doing it, we start
ed developing a sound, so I’m
one for one as a singer.”
Brother Cane is bringing its
unbeaten sound to the Dixie
Theatre Sunday night. The
sound Johnson helped Brother
Cane develop has helped the
rock band establish a name for
itself in the music industry.
The band made its TV debut
in August on Late Night with
Conan O’Brien.
“That was really cool,” John
son said. “I wasn’t near as ner
vous as I would have been a
couple of years ago. It made us
look good.”
After releasing its self-titled
debut album that sold 250,000
copies, the band released Seeds
in July. The first single released
from the album, “And Fools
Shine On,” was No. 1 at Rock
Radio for six weeks.
“It gives us reinforcement
that we’re making some strides
and people are noticing us,” he
said. “We’re very proud.”
Johnson said the band has
learned to pay special attention to
its position on the radio charts.
“I used to kind of blow those
charts off,” Johnson said. “It will
never affect our songwriting. But
those charts are now important
to us because the radio charts
are all we have. We’re not on
MTV, so the only way people
know us is through the radio.”
Johnson said the band’s goal
was to make a more mature al
bum with Seeds.
“It was a big growth record
for us,” Johnson said. '“We just
felt like this was a chance for us
to show more colors that we’re
capable of painting.”
The lyrics on the album are
about people and things that
are closer to Johnson, and he
said he wants them to offer
hope to listeners.
“I was a little more confident
to write about things that were
closer to me,” Johnson said. “I’m
getting better at looking inside
myself and expressing things.”
The band is also establishing
a following for itself through
live performances. It just fin
ished a European tour and is
starting off a United States
club tour.
Johnson said fans in Europe
are different than American
concert-goers.
“The fans there are like su
per-sensitive listeners,” he said.
“They stand, and they watch
everything. They’re so hungry
for live music.”
Traveling across the world
and rarely getting to go home
can be tiresome, but Johnson
said he does not mind it.
He said that when he is on
the road, he gets to read and lis
ten to music more than when he
is home.
“There are so many aspects
about being on the road that I do
enjoy,” Johnson said. “I really
enjoy traveling. It’s always been
in my blood.”
Spending time with his fellow
band members is something else
Johnson said he enjoys.
“I’m really lucky to play in a
good band,” he said. “The mem
bers are all great guys.
“There’s no way that we could
tour and not kill each other if we
didn’t have a great relationship.
It’s a really great thing that we
have in Brother Cane. All of the
camaraderie is great.”
The camaraderie the band
members have is something
Johnson said he wants his audi
ences to see.
He said he wants people to
know what Brother Cane is
about when they leave the
band’s concerts.
“If they just stand up close and
in front of my guitar amp, they’ll
get a lot of volume,” he said. “We
want people’s ears to be ringing
hours after our concerts.”
Johnson said people who like
Brother Cane’s music but have
never seen the band live need to
branch out and go to the concert.
“I think it’s really important
that they come live to get the
whole picture,” he said. “We
like to think that we’re a
live band.”
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Organizations bring comedian Joe Torry to campus
By Libe Goad
The Battalion
T his year, some students may try
something different after the big
game. Instead of following the herd to
Northgate to celebrate a certain Aggie vic
tory, they will head to Rudder Auditorium
for a post-game celebration.
Alpha Phi Alpha and MSC Town Hall
have teamed up to host the annual Def Lip
Sync Jam with guest comedian Joe Torry.
His name may sound unfamiliar, but his
face may be more easily recognized. He has
appeared in the television shows Roc and
Amen, and in Michael Jackson’s “Remember
the Time” video. Recently, he starred in
Spike Lee’s Tales from the Hood.
He also starred in John Singleton’s Poetic
Justice, Strictly Business with Halle Berry
and is the host of Def Comedy Jam on HBO.
“It will be the, icing on a cake after the
game,” Steven Traylor, Alpha Phi Alpha
president and a senior finance major, said.
Traylor said they wanted the event to fall
on the day of the biggest Aggie football event
of the season.
However, the fraternity faced opposition
against the lip sync event because of the tim
ing and had to convince others that people
would come.
“After we beat t.u., people will be in a
good mood and want to keep laughing,”
Traylor said. “What better way to do that
than with a professional comedian?”
"It will be the icing on a cake
after the game."
— Steven Traylor
president of Alpha Phi Alpha
The night will be kicked off by the Def Lip
Sync Jam, a lip sync contest open to stu
dents and the surrounding community. The
audience can watch their peers lip sync to
popular music for cash prizes.
A group named These Boys are Men won
the $400 first-place prize last year, lip syncing
to Boyz II Men. Other competitors performed
skits from TV sitcoms like The Brady Bunch.
Traylor said the show offers a different va
riety of talent than other musical shows.
“Lip sync gives a little different twist,’
Traylor said, “and Joe Torry is an added fea
ture to give people more incentive to come.”
This marks the third year MSC Town Hall
and Alpha Phi Alpha have paired to bring a
comedian like Torry to campus. The past two
years, the organizations brought Chris Rock
and Bill Bellamy.
Last year, Bellamy hung out with several
students. He went to the after-show party,
dinner and played basketball with Traylor
and a few of his fraternity brothers.
The professional comedian proved to be a
regular guy with a down-to-earth attitude.
“He was real cool,” Traylor said. “When we
were giggling and laughing, he was right
there giggling and laughing with us.”
Alpha Phi Alpha is waiting to see how well
the show can play with the most-anticipated
Aggie event of the year.
“This is not something the campus can get
every day,” Traylor said. “We encourage every
one to come.”
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BIG EVENT - MARCH 30, 1996
Student Participation Forms are due
March 8, 1996. All participants (stu
dent organizations, group of friends, or
individuals) must pick up one!!! They
will be available in the Student
Government Office in Feb.
Staff Assistant Positions -NEW
this year!!! Staff Assistants will help the Big
vent Committee the day of the Big Event
Applications will be out in Feb. in the
Student Government Office.
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What’s Up
REPLANT ‘»<i
Replant will be held on February 10,1996.
Sign-ups for dorms and organizations are
due December 8th. Come out and
support this growing tradion!
GOOD LUCK, AGGIES!!! BEAT TEXAS!!!!
B.T.H.O.B.
RECYCLE THE HELL
0TTA THE t.u. CAME!!!
Environmental Issues
Committee
THE UNITED WAY PACK
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
WHERE: KYLE FIELD
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VI/HAT: RECYLCE!! ^
*ticket stubs at entrance gates
EIC will be promoting the donation of unwanted clothing,
food, and any other items of necessity during the
Christmas Move-Out, December 6-15.
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tailgate party cans, glass, etc. at the
Allumni and Olsen parking lots.
Sponsored By:
HELP KEEP A66IELAND CLEAN!!!
SPONSORED BY:
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Now Accepting
Aggie Bucks:
Fundraiser
SANTA pictures with
STUDENT LEADERS
$2 a pic
Dec. 4 12-3 p.m.
Dec. 5 10:30-2:30 p.m.
MSC FLAGROOM
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The Student Government Association
would like to wish
everyone luck on their finals.
Have a safe and jolly holiday season!!!
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