"W" The Battalion
Lif
riday* August 29, 1997
ECADE
OF DECADENCE
HLR’s latest music radio show takes listeners back to the ‘80s
‘Blue Suede Shoes’
dances into Aggieland
By Rhonda Reinhart
Staff writer
ig hair was in style, MTV had just found its
place on television airwaves and Molly Ring-
wald movies were the rage. It was the ’80s,
1 although the decade has passed (along with
achute pants and big earrings), at least one as-
tofthe era lives on — the music.
In an effort to preserve the music of the ’80s,
1.9 KHLR has started an all ’80s radio show
led “Decade.” The show, hosted by Rob Clark,
airs every Sunday from 9 p.m. to midnight. The two
week-old show is the only all ’80s radio program in
Bryan-College Station.
Clark, who is also editor of Spotlight, The Bryan-
College Station Eagle’s weekly entertainment
guide, said the first week of “Decade” received a
good reaction from listeners.
“I was surprised to see how many requests I got
the first night,” he said. “The ’80s show is some
thing I think this area has been starving for.”
Amanda Clark, an ’80s music fan and no rela
tion to the show’s host, said “Decade” is a good idea
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for a radio show.
“The ’80s rocked,” she said. “Musically, it was
awesome. When I think of the ’80s, I think of bad
hair, bad clothes and good music.”
She said she thinks ’80s music is popular be
cause of its appeal.
“I think people like ’80s music because it is good
music,” she said. “It’s somebody actually singing
instead of screaming. It’s rock you can dance to
without slamming into somebody.”
The main focus of “Decade” is well known
pop/rock, including early hits by Cyndi Lauper,
Michael Jackson and Madonna. There is also a
sprinkling of tunes by groups like Bananarama,
who never made it onto the '90s music scene.
Rob Clark said he tries not to repeat songs from
show to show.
“I’m trying to play a good variety of music,” he
said. “We’re playing a lot of songs that haven’t been
played since they were released.”
Mike Fitch, program director for KHLR, said the
future of “Decade” looks promising.
“I think it will take off because it’s not the same
old thing,” he said. “We’re only in the fledgling
stages, and it will only get better from here. It’s go
ing to grow, and we’re going to keep working on
building a library for the show.”
Rob Clark said the main attraction to ’80s mu
sic is the nostalgia factor.
“When most of us were growing up, this was the
music we chose to listen to,” he said. “It’s not what
our parents made us listen to in the car. It’s fun to
remember where you were and what grade you
were in when you were listening to this music.”
He said the influence of the ’80s should not
be overlooked.
Please see Decade on Page 4.
Lifestyles
Editor
April Towery
Junior journalism major
Vloore: Acting at ease as Navy SEAL
G.I. jane
Starring Demi Moore
Directed by Ridley Scott
Rated R
Playing at Hollywood 16
**★1/2 (stars out of five)
By Aaron Meier
Staff writer
ovie watchers have grown
accustomed to Demi
Moore’s sweaty, toned
ody being flashed across the
reen. Admittedly, G.I. Jane does
have its fair share of flesh, but it is
complemented by the hard work
necessary to acquire her physique,
such as one-armed push-ups and
upside down sit-ups.
Stomach crunches and dead lifts
aside, G.I. Jane rivets the viewers to
their seats with some of the best ac
tion scenes of the summer.
G.I. Jane centers on the character
of Lt. Jordan O’Neil, the first woman
to enroll in the elite Navy SEAL
training program. Lt. O’Neil must
fight to finish her training and at
tempt to prove the potential of
women in the military.
The role of Lt. O’Neil fits Moore
perfectly. She does not need to act
at all. Moore seems to have finally
realized audiences do not like her in
dumbed-down versions of classic
novels {The Scarlet Letter).
To be fair though, Moore does
command the film with a powerful
physical presence few women in
Hollywood possess.
Ridley Scott, director of G.I. Jane,
utilizes this presence expertly. Pain
coupled with rugged strength pour
through the screen as Moore battles
to complete her SEAL training.
The plot and writing of G.I. Jane
are not ground breaking by any
means, but surprisingly the film
does not turn into a soapbox for the
women in combat movement. Ac
tion is G.I. Jane’s meal ticket, and it
does not try to entangle itself in the
politics and ideology of women in
the military.
Scott has created this summer’s
first and only non-stop action film.
From the opening scenes to the
closing credits, fists fly, bones break,
blood is spilt and tears fall.
Demi Moore stars in G.I. Jane.
W5 : "
mentary
school, my
mother
dragged me to
see “The Nut
cracker.” Since
that experi
ence, I have
never been a
big fan of bal
let. It’s always
good for a nap, but nothing else.
This July, I changed my mind.
I had the privilege of seeing
“Blue Suede Shoes,” performed
by the Cleveland Ballet, at the
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in
Los Angeles, Calif., and I
never knew ballet could
be so fun.
OPAS is bringing
“Blue Suede
Shoes” to College
Station March 31-
April 5, 1998.
Tickets are now
available in the
OPAS office.
David Oakland, pro
ducer of “Blue
Suede Shoes”
and Cleve
land Ballet
president,
said even
Texas A&M
students,
many of
whom were born
the year of Elvis’
death, will enjoy the
production.
“The sound
bite for the
college kids
is that
we’re tak
ing some
thing bor
ing and
shaking it
up,” Oak
land said.
And
that is exactly what they did. If it
is possible to jitterbug on toe
shoes, that is what these dancers
did. This is not tights-wearing
men arabesquing to “Swan Lake”
— this is real music, real clothing
and modern dance.
Elvis songs filled the air. I
know this might be more exciting
for my parents’ generation, those
who grew up with those songs.
But I promise, college students
will be surprised when they real
ize they know every word to “Ted
dy Bear” and “Jailhouse Rock.”
Okay, so it’s not Tripping
Daisy, and it’s not Marilyn Man-
son, but good music is good mu
sic that lasts generations. Chore
ographer Dennis Nahat said the
ballet has a unique appeal to mu
sic fans of all ages.
“What I believe is important is to
show our heritage and continue to
develop new things that relate to
the dancers today and the people
today,” he said.
The ballet features several differ
ent sets including “High School,”
“Hot Dog Drive-In,” “In The Army,”
“Highways and Lonely Streets,”
“Saturday Night,” “Jailhouse
Rock” and “Rockin’ Gold
en Goodies”
As I looked at the audience
members at the ballet, I came to
the conclusion that I was proba
bly the only one wearing my high
school prom dress. But seeing
“Blue Suede Shoes” is even more
captivating for audiences of col
lege students who may have nev
er had the chance to experience
the music of the era.
Please see OPAS on Page 4.
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