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Tuesday, October! Tuesday, October i 7, 2000 News in Brief Iziarski speak intercollegiai leconference ie key to handling a crisis )n is no secret. It car d in any Boy Scout Ha Be prepared. Thisu emphasized during an giate teleconference, / the University of Verm discussed how to mai s at universities, re “Preparing for Crisisl pus" teleconference *^ Y J ASON Bennyhoff I Eugene Zdziarski, ]mThe Battalion Rita Abent and A^wrihere are on ly six songs about drinking on Rev- - four speakers who* I erenc j Horton Heat’s new album Spend a Night in i ©rent aspects during! ^ ^ g ox ^ L11 as an y 0ne who spent last night at the ty crisis situations. .. .. Vc , u i f. Iziarski, associate dire- ^as Hall of Fame knows, the band plays a lot more A&M refe - han six drinking songs live. AGC life, Page 3 THE BATTALION Preach on, Brotha! The Reverend Horton Heat brings ockabilly and swing to B-CS jdent Life at iM's crisis team during 1 Bonfire collapse asar a of preparedness Crowd members danced, bobbed their heads and drank heavily as Reverend Horton Heat rocked the Hall. The music ranged from a collection of the band’s communication betwiolder hits to tracks from its newest album. Throughout risis team and ad minis: the show, the Texas band was cheered enthusiastically by Bryan-College Station fans. Heat’s music is a com- /as key to handling the he said, ott, vice president for affairs at the Universit) a, said the role of acr nasto fit in with the collei ie team needs to reflect: . of the campus," hesai ? speakers interacted r s by testing how qu ould contact high-leveli / officials. ORY Continued from iervative, and parents! ;y felt comfortable sen lildren to school Ir and said. ite the calmness of Ai ife in the ’60s,A&Mdii inges. ^ the bination of rockabilly, country, blues and swing char acterize^ by its metal guitar and and stand-up bass. Needless to say, this show was a success. Today. Reverend Horton Heat has been together for I0 years and has produced seven albums. Jim Heath, guitarist and vocalist for the band, has made appear ances on ‘The Drew Carey Show” and Love and a .45, an independent film. Not bad for an orphan and one-time inmate at the East Texas Juvenile Cor rectional Facility. But with all the questions these events inspire, Heath said, the question he is asked most often is where the moniker comes from. “There used to be this guy who ran this place in Deep Ellum,” Heath said. “He used to call me Horton my last name is Heath. Any way, this guy hired me and right before the show he goes, ‘Your stage name should be Reverend Horton this phrase may mean absolutely nothing, but Heat is definitely a Texas band. Jimbo Wallace, bass player for Reverend Hor ton Heat, said the band’s latest album is named af ter the classic chain-gang film Cool Hand Luke. “Cool Hand Luke is one of those movies the guys have watched about a million times on the bus,” Wallace said. “Sometimes we just feel like we are trapped inside a box, working and sweating to achieve something —just like those guys on the chain gang. Except we have a lot more fun.” PHOTOS COURTESY OF REVEREND HORTON HEAT M did not see a lot of the. ests of the day,” he said lid A&M’s peacefulcje 60s encouraged pare! ir children to the univer VI kids got a reputationfa Heat! Your music is like gospel.’ I thought it was pret ty ridiculous. So I’m up there playing and after the first few songs, people are saying. Yeah, Reverend!’ ” Reverend Horton Heat has [ | been called the “irrefutable out- Agriculture and MechsJ| ' aw P or >hh of punkabilly’ ty officially became kj A&M UniversiVj vp,i /ears. women began toKOT ■ University sawchaif 1 ent leadership. Theft ) be elected to a student^ position look office in! 1964. nerican tragedy touched] y in the fall of 1963. id not burn, forthefirst! try of President after his assassinati r of that year, ame November, a a i The Battalion aski liId ever be another Boi I mean as much?” ih all of this, the central place for sip tgether for friendship Spend a Night in the Box Reverend Horton Heat CD Courtesy of Time Bomb Recordings The words “Texas band” im mediately conjure images of cow boy hats, chewing tobacco and du eling banjos. However, Spend a Night in the Box sounds like Bri an Setzer, not Garth Brooks. The title track in particular be gins with chords that sound exact ly like a song from a Stray Cats al bum. As the album progresses, the sound begins to meld with older country tunes. “Sleeper Coach Driver”-sounds like a combination of "King of the Road” and “Stray Cat Strut.” This is an eclectic mix of styles, but it is a catchy combi nation. This song also adds piano riffs reminiscent of early Jerry Lee Lewis. Overall, the album is up tempo and upbeat. Even people too young to re member the Stray Cats or Johnny Cash should enjoy the sound, and those who remember both will be ecstatic. Unfortunately, the album becomes rather repetitive. The nostalgic sound is enjoyable for a while, but after five or six songs, the listener needs a rest. Not to mention that the lyrics are silly. Who can listen to the words, “I’m gonna sue Jack Daniels for hittin’ me with the trunk of a big old live oak tree” more than twice? Still, the rhythms are happy and the songs are catchy. So, at the end of the day, this album will make a good addition to any record collection. 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