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By Amy Uptmor
The Battalion
C omparisons between new
comers The Nixons and the
established Pearl Jam have
abounded from critics and fans
alike. But The Nixons’ lead
singer Zac Maloy just doesn’t see
the connection.
“I personally don’t hear it,”
Maloy said. “They’re a rock band
with a singer that sings roughly
in the same register as me, but
that’s it.”
As far as comparisons go, Maloy
said his band, which is performing
tonight at the Dixie Theatre,
should not be categorized at all,
much less with Pearl Jam.
“People ask me what kind of a
band we are and I tell them, ‘You
make that decision; you tell me,”’
he said. “I think at times, we
sound way different from a band
like Pearl Jam.”
The Nixons’ road to stardom be
gan about four years ago in the
unexpected town of Oklahoma
City. Maloy, then a political sci
ence and communications double
major in college who hoped to go to
law school, was in a band with fel
low Nixon Jesse Davis.
“We knew Ricky (Brooks, The
Nixons’ bassist) and John
(Humphrey, The Nixons’ drum
mer) were in another band in Ok
lahoma City, so we just kind of
came together,” Maloy said.
As for starting a band in Okla
homa City, Maloy said the music
scene wasn’t bad, especially con
sidering its proximity to Dallas.
“Dallas is only three hours
south, so we played Dallas more,”
he said.
“Our first show was on a Tues
day night at Trees (a club in Dal
las), and it was free. We practical
ly had to pay people to get them
there. We played around Texas a
lot. We played in College Station
to two or three people, and it’s just
grown since then.”
Despite the success of The
Nixons' first two indie recordings,
it took a knock on the door from
MCA records for Maloy to realize
he might not be going to law
school after all.
“The college band was just for
fun,” he said. “We decided to give
it a shot and went out and just
started playing.
“When we got signed to MCA, it
was a point when we saw this was
for real.”
Foma, The Nixons’ first album
on MCA records, was released in
1995, shortly after the band was
signed to the label. Despite its
quick release, Maloy said Foma rep
resents the best of The Nixons.
“We recorded basically every
thing that we thought was conceiv
able,” he said. “We had about 20
songs, and we picked the 12 best.”
Even though the album and
song title, Foma, is taken from
the works of Kurt Vonnegut,
Maloy said there is no story be
hind the band’s name. Neverthe
less, Maloy said many artists and
writers have influenced his mu
sic, including some rather unex
pected performers.
“The Toadies are a great new
band with a good sound,” he said,
“but, honestly, I listen to Lyle
Lovett and Dwight Yoakum more
than anyone else.”
Several of the songs on Foma
appeared on the band’s 1994 indie
LP album, Halo, including “Sis
ter,” whose success on the radio
was not only a factor in the band’s
signing, but also in Foriia’s latest
blast of stardom.
See Nixons, Page 4
The Wheel World
fewer cars would make world a better place Life without a car is hectic, inconvenient
M
Jeremy
Hubble
Columnist
D espite constant
dieting, the
American pub
ic continues to get fat-
Oui-physical con
dition is despicable.
The environment, is
king destroyed by
pollution. And, to top
’, nobody can find
aparking place on campus.
There is one simple solution.
Ban cars.
What started out as a great in
novation has now transformed it
self into a nightmare and an ex
cuse for laziness. People jump in
car and drive 50 feet for a
pack of gum.
And we wonder why we’re
faining weight.
Take care of a few problems
and College Station will
iethe perfect bike
;own. We already have
like lanes, sidewalks
md public transporta-
Aon to facilitate car-
tee transportation.
'Mortunately, step
m campus, and this
feat planning gives
fay to mayhem.
Drivers just can’t
ieera to understand
tie meaning of “Bi-
tyclesOnly.” Bike
bes are often in-
caded for passen
[erdrop off, free
larking and
ffiergency pass-
ng. With cars
ing up the
liSf
■'TvO
bicycle lanes,
bicyclists are
forced to the
sidewalks,
creating a
chaotic tur
moil as they
try to dodge
pedestrians.
Even after
having their lane stolen, biking
still remains the fastest way to
get to class. Driving, it takes
five minutes to get to campus,
then up to an hour or more nav
igating campus traffic, search
ing for a parking place and
walking to class.
A biker simply whizzes by the
traffic, arriving directly to class in
10 to 20 minutes. In the driver’s
best-case scenario, he might ar
rive right before the cyclist.
In the worst-case scenario,
he’d arrive just in time to
hear the professor an
nounce the next day’s
assignment.
The biggest problem
facing bicyclists is bad
weather. Riding a 1
bike suddenly gets a
lot harder when
freezing rain is pour
ing down. A&M tried
to provide an option
by providing commuter
bus service.
Unfortunately, with
slow service, long stops
and campus traffic, you
can just about make it
to campus faster walk
ing. And don’t even try
to pay the bus fare on the spot.
Now, it’s either plead a ride or
have fun in the cold. Luckily, cold
weather is not a common occur
rence in College Station. Hopeful
ly, in the future we’ll see bike ac
cessories such as a lightweight
plastic roof, a CD player and a so
lar generator.
With advancements in alterna
tive transportation, cars can be
eliminated along with a host of
other social problems.
Obesity would be curbed, and
physical conditions would im
prove as people propel them
selves. Even leisure time would
increase as people combine trans
portation and exercise in one.
In addition, crime would take a
nose dive. There’d be no DWIs. A
drunk roller-blader will fall on his
face before causing a death. In
creased physical activity
also contributes to in
creased emotional stabili
ty and less propensity to
ward crime.
Without cars’ heavy
loads, highway mainte
nance costs will be re
duced, cutting the gov
ernment debt. Persona] fi
nancial conditions will im
prove because money spent
on car loans could be freely
spent elsewhere.
The world would be a better
place to live.
And it all starts with riding
our bikes to school.
Jeremy Hubble is a ju
nior civil engineering major.
Jonathan
Faber
Columnist
-any students
drive to class
_every day.
lougn sometimes
convenient, parking
on campus usually
entails paying for a
parking tag, an
hourly rate in a
garage or pay lot, or
if you don’t use either of those,
the occasional yellow PTTS enve
lope under your wiper blade.
Luckily, I don’t have to worry
about any of those things. No, I
don’t have some wonderful sys
tem of eluding the parking au
thorities — my parents wouldn’t
let me bring a car to college.
My freshman year was easy.
I met everyone on my floor,
found out where everyone was
from, what major they were
and whether or not
\ they had a car. If they
said yes to the last
‘ '• s - criterion, we became
good friends quickly.
“Hey Steve, feel
like going to the
mall?” Or, “Mary,
didn’t you say you
needed to get some
food at Wal-Mart?
Oh, really . . . want
some company?”
If I was really
lucky, someone
might say some
thing like, “Well,
Jonathan, I don’t
• reall y nee< 1
\ go, but here
are my keys.”
These situa
tions were
great. I would
run my errand,
or any others
that I thought
may come up
that week, stop
at a gas station
on the way
back and put $2 or S3 of gas into
the tank to express my gratitude.
I found that a little politeness
went a long way.
My sophomore year was a little
different. It was my first semester
as a resident adviser, and my new
residents were eager to kiss up to
me in return for some special con
sideration if they were, to say,
have a party in their room at
some later date. I always had a
ride wherever I needed to go.
This year, however, things
are different. I now live
in Bryan, far from the
festivities of the
bustling College Sta
tion nightlife. Friends
are reluctant to drive
“all the"way” out here
(it’s only about two
miles) to pick me up or
drop me off after a
night of partying.
Getting to and
from school
usually isn’t a
problem, since
a shuttle bus
picks up a load
of students
every 15 min
utes from early
morning until about 5 p.m. The
problem usually occurs when I
try to get home after a fine after
noon of studying in the library
and I walk to the bus stop to find
the last bus left 10 minutes ago.
This exact situation happened
two Fridays ago, and I was
forced to walk home from cam
pus. It took me 46 minutes walk
ing at a brisk pace through the
freezing cold. Crazy drivers al
most hit me at times, and anoth
er bus passed me midway
through my cross-town jaunt.
But at least I’m not bitter.
Actually, I had a good time on
my walk. I had time to think
about the day’s lectures, what I
had read while studying, what I
was going to do about a girl I had
wanted to go out with who would
n’t call me back and what the
cafeteria would be serving for din
ner when I got home.
I think I found some an-
\ swers, but I’m still looking for
suggestions about the girl.
I guess living without a
car isn’t so bad. I would
probably Hnrve many more
expenses than I have now,
like gas, repairs and the
occasional yellow enve
lope. I also would have
to put up with peo
ple asking for a
ride all the time.
Man, that
would be a pain.
Jonathan
Faber is a junior
finance major.
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