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, Page 3 Monday • September 30, 1996 Entertainment Briefs Rogers, Thh B; )r petroleum nishes his third Is Antonio Sunday Highs & Lows Yesterday's High 79°F Yesterday's Im 52°F rodav's Expected 82°F ■no at peace (ith ex-manager J NEW YORK (AP) — Jay Leno |$|ys he’s at peace with how and former manager Helen [Kiishnick parted. Kushnick, lio built Leno’s career as his janager for 17 years and then lopardized it, died of cancer [August. “It was a bad breakup,” Leno [says in the new issue of TV Hjide. Their split came after (oblems that included Kush- Ick alienating lests amid a ^rce booking ar with rival ilk show psts Arsen io and David fetterman. "It had een coming Dr a long Ime. I was ed of pretending there wasn’t problem ... Helen was the pewhen she broke something that was that,” Leno said. When both of his parents led Leno said he heard noth- igfrom Kushnick, who knew m both. “Not even a note,” esaid. “If she had written, I puld have picked up the tone. After that I thought — rat's it.” Marie pays ribute to father LONDON (AP) — The latest is impersonator is a chip off lie old block. There’s the same shoeshine- Leno dav’sExpectedLe llack cowlick, the same lippy smile, the same long, el egant nose — but this time they're at tached to a young woman’s body. Lisa Marie Presley sports her dad’s famous ucktail hairstyle in photos plashed across an English ewspaper on Sunday, wearing 1950s-style bikini. Ten months after her divorce cm pop icon Michael Jackson, he told The Sunday Express ie is modeling for Gianni Ver- ace and reconciling with first Psband, drummer Danny eough, the father of her son nd daughter. The tribute to her father does- textend to some of his excess- s. She keeps to a minimalist let and describes her late fa ir's fashion tastes as “gaudy.” I mean ... the fur coat when was 4!” exclaims Presley, now “In the heat of Memphis!” 1993 4s )ct. 7 j Heaton Hall) lick up : room for -93 Texas er Oct. 11 or ad up, ifl/lUSSEN, ClTVEotf ■oris Editor de, Opinion Edho« . Web Editor <vn, Radio Editor ■’hoto Editor ier, Cartoon Edit* aria Marsh, Melissa^ 15 fjohn LeBas, Aaron ny Furtick, Colby G# oldt, Bryan GoodwinT on Jackson, Sean I# ie Rodgers ngton & Ryan Rogers: I Goodwin, Dave i#' Division of Student W*!! Newsroom phone: Slj'’ 1 du. .alion. For campus,IrU'j sing offices are in 015 1 " nrge by Visa, Masted 1 d spring semesters s.^ ) at Texas A&M Uniret 1 ,, oThe Battalion, 015“' lother Madonna urvives stress NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna ad nightmares that endless ancing during the making of Evita” was going to hurt her iborn baby. The singer-actress sum- ■oned a doctor to have the fe- il heartbeat checked in the liddle of an arduous dance se- uence that she had repeated least 15 times in 36 hours, lie says in the October issue f Vogue. "OK, I didn’t kill it,” she re- alled thinking after the test. “I an go back to the set now.” Pregnancy took its toll, ladonna complained of feel- exhausted iroughout ie produc- ion and had [o use furs, urses and ther props to amouflage 5!#er swelling uihmy. She also |old Vogue he thought ex-husband Sean enn got married last spring is “some sort of knee-jerk re- a single copy oiitiei^ iponse to me, if you must Madonna mow, when it was revealed I was pregnant. My reac- was, this is Sean trying to ie dramatic." Burning it up Kerosene 454 Washington, D.C. band ignites onstage with a fiery passion for post-punk rock music. By April Towery The Battalion J awbox and Kerosene 454 created the Washington, D.C., punk style of music in the same way that Nirvana and Pearl Jam cre ated the Seattle grunge rock. Kerosene 454 released their second album, Came By to Kill Me, two weeks ago on the Discord/Slow Dime label. The quartet is touring the U.S. and Canada and is stopping in College Station tonight at Vertigo. Bassist John Wall, 28, a medical and clinical psychology gradu ate student at the University of Maryland, said the style of the band is different from the mainstream definition of punk rock. “Our music is very aggressive, post-punk rock,” Wall said. “It’s not the alternative radio music, more like fun-loving camp ground music." The band members of Kerosene 454 said their music is influ enced by Minute Men and Meat Puppets. The name of the band symbolizes the effects of their music. “Our music is aggressive, but not like Pantera or anything,” Wall said. "We think it’s abrasive and flammable — like kerosene.” The close-knit quartet has been making music together for two- and-a-half years, although Wall and his brother, guitarist James Wall, 26, have been jamming together since their high school days. “Our parents were not excited about the band at first,” John Wall said. “They wanted everyone to go to school and get a real job, but now they are very supportive of us.” Kerosene 454 originated in California and moved to D.C. to get serious about the music. Six months after the move, the band put out its first album, Sit uation at Hand with Art Monk Construction Records. John Wall said everything quickly fell into place for the band. “It was a litde overwhelming, but we enjoyed it,” he said. “We got to be really good friends. We lived to gether and practiced in our basement.” The band members’ neighbors be long to another D.C. punk band, Crown Hate Ruin. John Wall said the band decided to play in College Station after Crown Hate Ruin played at Vertigo this summer. The Kerosene 454 tour with Blue Tip also includes other Texas stops at Austin, Dallas, Denton and San Antonio. John Wall said the hand enjoys good response from audience members. “It’s kind of embarrassing when people sing aldng to' our Songs, but it’s really motivating,” he said. John Wall said touring is one of the better aspects of being a musician. “Traveling and meeting people is a lot of fun, and you don’t re ally have to work for anybody,” he said. For now, the Wall brothers and the other band members plan to continue touring through late November and pursuing their musical dreams. “Our music is aggressive ... We think it’s abrasive and flammable — like kerosene.” John Wall Kerosene 454 bassist Strike a match Biue Tip band members promise a rocking show despite lack of pyrotechnics By April Towery The Battalion T wo seventh-graders became friends because of their common interest in music. Today, 15 years later, they are the lead singer and guitarist of Washington, D.C., punk band Blue Tip. Guitarist and “backup screaming vocalist,” Dave Stern, said he had played with lead vocalist Jason Ferrel for several years before Blue Tip originated in mid-1995. “We’d been in and out of bands together for years, then we met our bass player through a friend,” Stern said. “We got a new drummer two months ago who played in the Garden Variety of Long Island.” Blue Tip’s first release was a 7-inch compilation al bum on which they had recorded two songs with Jawbox’s Jay Robbins. The band released its debut full-length album on June 3 with Discord Records. The catalog number is Discord 101, so the band members decided to use that as the title of the album. “We’ve gotten a pretty good response to Discord 101,” Stern said. “It’s got- “Is that where the University of Texas is? Dave Stern Blue Tip guitarist in response to how he feels about playing in College Station ten good reviews, but we’re just glad to know that people are looking into the depth of the lyrics and taking it seri ously.” Stern said he wants the crowd to enjoy their show with Kerosene 454 at Vertigo tonight. “There are no fireworks, but [the show] is energetic,” he said. Stern said he wants the band’s stage performance to attract people to their shows. “We try to entertain to a certain point,” he said. “We want to sound different live than recorded. People should have some inspi ration to see us live, instead of just wanting to sit at home and listen to the CD.” Stern said although he is unfamiliar with College Station, he is looking forward to the show here. “Is that where the University of Texas is?” he asked. “I feel the same way about playing in College Station as I do about playing in Little Rock — I’ve never been there, but I look for ward to it and hope it’s cool.” Blue Tip Stern said Blue Tip, named after a box of matches, has a personal appeal to its listeners. “OK, here’s the stereotypical thing to say, we write about every day stuff,” he said. “We write a lot of stuff just feeding off each other. We’re still getting to know (drummer) Joe and discovering his sense of humor.” Blue Tip has a particular song, “Nickelback,” one of their fa vorites to play live, Stern said. “It’s really fast and has good lyrics,” Stern said. “It’s personal to Jason because it’s about his living environment — a basement with very little sunlight. He sings it from the heart.” Blue Tip will close out the tour with Kerosene 454 in November and head back to Washington, D.C., where they will begin work ing on new material. Stern said being on the road has been worthwhile because of his love for music. “Making music gives you an overall feeling of accomplish ment,” Stern said. “You get out of it what you put into it. We do it for the kids.”