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2 A Thursday, November 19,1961 Daily Nexus Voodoo, Lau/ns: Too Many Yawns By SUSAN DILORETO to remedy the situation a bit. Last Wednesday, Nov. 11, Standard Ridgway, the Santa Barbara got another singer keyboardist, was taste of the L.A. music more energetic than usual, scene. Two popular Los waving his arms and jump Angeles bands, Suburban ing around the stage. It was Lawns and Wall of Voodoo, hilarious seeing kids try to played at the old gym in a slam to Wall of Voodoo’s high school dance style. type of music. Although both bands are ex Although the intentions citing and talented in their tion, and as a result, showed Billingsgate and Frank En were admirable, I wouldn’t usual nightclub habitat, the less enthusiasm than the nui made up for Su’s gym’s high ceiling and norm. Su Tussue, who is lethargic attitude and did feedback-prone sound usually squirming and con what they could to liven up system didn’t do either band vulsing at the mircophone, the audience. justice. took a seat behind the Wall of Voodoo also seem The Suburban Lawns, who keyboards, and remained ed to realize the under-par came first, seemed to realize there all night (except for a sound system, but put forth the limitations of the situa brief song on the bass). Vex more effort than the Lawns Photos by William Duke
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Walkton succeeds, except in a household where the husband is deti theater can be not only edifying but also few instances where too much meekness with his scientific studies than his wif entertaining, and the Alhecama Produc blurs the credibility of More as a real with her futile hombody existence ai tions staging of Robert Bolt’s A Man For All human endowed with a conscience and con and two blonde children who contint 3 DIVISIONS Seasons is just the show to prove that. The trary thoughts. the stage is set for Potter’s marital t play, which will play tomorrow and Satur Thomas Cromwell and Richard Rich, Thirty-five year old Johanna is ti 18 HOLE PAR 3 COURSE day, has a lively script and has been well played by Robert Pickett and David everything else. What does Potter hi PRIZES adapted to a suggestive, rather than Chrisman, respectively, team up as about every middle-aged woman $1.00 ENTRY FEE realistic, set design. Though there are times members of the King’s retinue as the casseroles; she goes back to school. N. when the acting unintionally calls attention primary schemers of More’s undoing. There lifeless subjects that interest her spac Pre-register in front of to itself, the production is usually steady. was a certain lack of insidiousness to the enrolls in a poetry class. Here, she a the UCen, 11-2 pm, Nov. 16-20 The drama centers around Sir Thomas characterizations which the script seems to ings” and, at the same time, she bet sponsored by: A.S. Prog. Board, Frisbee Club, More who served as Chancellor during part call for; instead, they were left simply Sebastian. You can guess the rest. Intramurals & Stud. Alumni Assoc. of Henry VIII’s reign. More was a devout “bad,” but not despicable. Richard Rich’s The entire play rocks on Johanna’s 1 ftAA-B-P.ttXa B.BJ-fl.iLll.lLiUlAAAAAAAAAJLiLJJULBJLfl-iLfl-B. Catholic with unbending spiritual allegiance ambiguity is almost understandable since her relationship with her loyal but dti to the pope who, because of this position, he was a disgustingly opportunistic worm. having an affair with sly, debonair Sel refused to condone the divorce of Henry and Cromwell, on the other hand, was that nasty opera that should have been turned o SIGNUP Catherine [which the King sought so he sort whose very language reeks of misan you won’t flinch from the couch. N< FOR THE 2nd ANNUAL could beget legitimate sons by another thropy. Sullivan cleverly conveys the commoi woman.] Henry and More were obviously in Bringing more life to the play was refreshing new manner. conflict, but the rub was this: More was one Kathleen Kornich as properly plump and Catherine Pickayance’s characteri COLLEGE BOWL of the men the King respected most and wifely Lady Alice More. Her exasperation trolled, but more importantly, believ More’s obdurateness on the divorce ques with such an uncompromising husband was all; her anguish that originates out ol 'TH E VARSITY SPORT tion remained a spiritually distressing bun- demonstrative, though there seemed some tionship is easy to identify with. We hi OF THE MIND" under the King saddle as he attempted to affection lacking. That affection was stored, ride off into the protestant sunset. More it seems, in the warm filial relationship bet believed he could protect himself from legal ween More and his daughter, Lady INDIVIDUALS indictment for treason of countering the Mragaret, played by Barbara Carter. OR TEAM S King by remaining silent about his real posi Louis Dula gives an interesting portrayal S IG N U P N O V . 16-20 tion on the matter; he stated his position of King Henry VIII which seems to truly neither at home nor in court, whether free or capture the 16th century English aristocrat: W IT H D E N IS E A T T H E in jail. bright yet ignorant, demanding in his PROGRAM BOARD OFFICE Pope Freeman directed the episodic pleasures but easily satisfied, and daring 3rd FLOOR OF THE UCEN script securely, though a bit too conser- while dogmatic. They are paradoxes which vatively, for there should be more tension Dula conveys in only a short while on stage. sponsored by A.S. Prog. Board punctuating the two acts. On the other hand, Finishing out the cast are Larry the numerous scenes played well into each Mansbach as the Spanish Ambassador UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA PRESENTS other; the character who frequently coupled [whose French scented English was distrac the scenes together was The Common Man, ting], Ed Marques as the Ambassador’s at PEOPLES REP played by Keith Alayre. tendant, Ronn L. Iverson as Thgomas The Common Man, that horse-sensed, Cranmer, Remi Sandri as the moralistic unoriginal Sort of fellow who is the grease William Roper, Suitor of Lady Margaret, in the wheel of history [to make him sound and Candice Neustadt as Catherine Anger. profounder than he is!]; he is at times a Though the set design was relatively sim WORLD CHAMPION boatsman, an attendant to Sir Thomas ple, if it is any sign of the clarity of approach More, a foreman of the jury, and a gaolor. which we can expect in the ’80s, then we can A He also serves as a sometime narrator of also expect strong productions both in CHiNESE the play, though still remaining The Com general and from Alhecama Productions mon Man who is warmly ingratiating, specifically. The tri-level set with a few fly covertly survivalistic, and maddeningly pieces was designed by Mark Allen, who the fi I perfunctory and unpurposeful. The part program tells us, modeled it after a design challenging, Alayre’s performance was by Motley. Allen also did the lighting for well-enjoyed. the show. In contrast to the simple sets, I J a Sir Thomas More’s character, played by Mary Anderson’s costumes were colorful. *2. N o v e m b e r 2 1 Robert Walton, is a complex one that must A Man For All Seasons is certainly a wor o’ UCSB be human and idealistic, but idealistic thwhile production to see and though it is fo] EVENTS CENTER without a sense that the idealism is divinely quite different in style from Shakespeare, 7*30 rti bestowed and cannot be assailed. He is a who we are paying tribute to this year, it man whose “conscience is his own ,” yet is does communicate something of the way life in the employ of the state and consequently was in the half century before Shakespeare. Camelof
bodied by our mothers or friends. Joh Crumbles itial idealistic beliefs of marriage be TICKET OUTLETS U C 8 B A T H LET IC D EP T. By EVE DUTTON .part, her performance is a delight to w ALL AMERICAN 8PORTING GOODS An unforgetable legend of college actress trying to emerse hers! THE HELD HOUSE * TICKETS: PREPAID AT DOOR TOPSIDE ADULT 16.00 96.00 romance and chivalry, character Johanna, a restless human G O LET A S P O R T S CEN TER STUDENT M.00 96.00 Camelot has long been a from life. Pickavance demonstrates t LTD GYMNASTICS INSTITUTE 12S Unctor «2.00 $3.00 favorite of theater-goers T H E H EA D O FT H E W OLF merely glimmer. RESTAURANT FOR INFO CA LL 961-3292 everywhere, but unfor advertised, professional production. Gary Matanky is the borish Alex wh tunately even the powers of company. In addition to-Blakeslee’s Johanna around the house. “Why wouli King Arthur and his round Adding to the poor sound musical talent, the produc na’s rather brash, cosmopolitan frien table could not save Lemer system was a confusing tion was saved by Michael we can see plainly why Johanna would and Lowe’s production from mess of accents used by each Siegal’s wonderful perfor mechanical as his space projects, total disaster last Saturday actor. Arthur, Guenevere, mance as Merlin, the automatically empathize with Johanru afternoon at the Arlington. and Pellinore all had distinc wizard. Although given only in that we become as frustrated with Direct from Washington tly different pronunciations, a small part in the original Matanky is such a bore, it’s difficult t< D.C., the 27-member cast as though each was brought rendition of Camelot, Siegal does Johanna remain with blatantly uij held little resemblance to the in a different region and demonstrated a wonderful saying something disillusioning aboi ^ ^ y c u i I c ^ * majestic royal characters level of society rather than acting ability and stage maybe it’s like the old cliche, “we can which Arthur and his court living among the highly presence, making the part of definitely hard to understand the final represent. Wiliam Howe, respected English upper- Merlin most believable. The actor who plays Sebastian mus h slapstick tragedy playing Lancelot, the class. Most notable and sweep Johanna off her feet. Whereas hi I ennessee Williams direct ini hi Paul Murena character usually known for disturbing was the lower come out of our world, Timothy Byer’s his flawless physique, looked class, cockney accent used Sets and costumes we too cute to be mysteriously intriguing closer to an aging pot-bellied by Suzanne unfortunately dull and u who has had numerous affairs and ope construction worker than a Glakeslee (Guenevere) in creative. Wearing rath “feelings,” we begin to wonder why he g I handsome young knight in dialogue. Playing the role of shabby costumes that clos that masks all facial expression. a new play t shining armor. And Don the queen of Camelot, it ly resembled grandmothei There are memorable moments in I by Patricia Loughrey Wisell, as King Arthur, the seems that more effort old curtains, Arthur and i review our own lives. One highlight & directed by Leigh Anne Huckaby strength of all Camelot, gave should have been taken to court were subject to pt reflects her mental distress. This sci the sad impression his master the correct voice in form in' a far too simplist stage of characters rotate around a \ kingdom had collapsed tonations. set, lacking any colorful balance any of her thoughts. In contras before it was even created. artistic flare. after a fiery dispute when Johanna an< ' VV EEEEEEEE RRRRRRR TTTTTTTT EEEEEEEE XX XX As the first words of the In contrast to Blakeslee’s The images of shinii their own lives have improved through ' VV EEEEEEEE RRRRRRRR TTTTTTTT EEEEEEEE XXX XXX ' W EE RR RR TT EE XX XX afternoon’s performance improper voice inflections in 'V VV EEEEE RRRRRRRR TT EEEEE XXXX knights and magic, These parts of the production are an h 'V W EEEEE RRRRRRR TT EEEEE XXXX were spoken, problems were W VV EE RR RR TT EE XX • XX dialogue, however, was her moments which usual Johanna Out of Wedlock is a play th VVVV EEEEEEEE RR RR VV EEEEEEEE RR RRR obviously present as the outstanding musical talent. come to mind when the san blem - marriage. The characters tha sound system crackled and Accompanied by a full or Camelot is spoken, wei next door neighbor, a friend or even m every step taken on stage chestra, her performance on clearly absent in last-Satu Johanna and Alex are familiar to us al was heard. Wired with Nov. 20,21,&22 — 8 pm (no late seating) such unforgetable tunes as day’s performance. If th in our minds. Although the play captu microphones, the actors’ “The Simple Joys of Maiden production was any indie what Potter is getting a t.. Old Little Theatre, UCSB voices were projected in Hood” and “Camelot” was tion of the future, Camel All the same, despite the disappoint forced, high pitched tones excellent. Smoothly carry will soom be erased froi characters entertaining; it’s above par Presented by the UCSB Department of Dramatic Art giving one the feeling he was' ing- throughout the theater, musical lovers minds as oi the nationwide American College The: Tickets: $1.50 Arts & Lectures Office (961-3535) watching a poor college pro her voice added a quality lost battle never to be a for the Norman Lear Award. The prod duction rather than a highly lacking from the rest of the tempted again. Studio Theater, Nov. 18-21.______Daily Nexus Thursday, November 19,1981 5A V ‘Johanna’ T H E LAST BARBARA ALLEN DETAIL tor’s play Johanna Out of Wedlock deals with f marriage. Potter starts with an American SUNDAY, is detached and unfeeling, more concerned NOV. 22 his wife. His wife, on the other hand, is fed up ;nce and is developing an interest in poetry, 6, 8, 10 $1.50 continually harrass each other and wah-lah, irital turmoil. CHEM 1179 ta is tired of kids, cleaning and just about Sponsored by Veterans Assoc. ►tter have her do. Well, Johanna does what ______and Funded by US.____ »man who is sick of dishpan hands and toot Naturally, Johanna doesn’t attempt dry, Jr space scientist husband, Alex; instead, she , she attempts to “get in touch with her feel- she becomes heart-dizzy over her professor, ■est. anna’s mental confusion: does she still want but dull husband, or can she free herself by lair Sebastian. Sound like an afternoon soap imed off, but you’re so wrapped up in it that ii. Not quite. Fortunately, director Shauna Uplifting Stoop to Conquer ommon conflicts of an everyday situation in a By DAVID GIESEN the situation is Marlow riche pretensions. But none racterization of Johanna is refined and con- The Ensemble Theater himself, smooth around the of this is to be disdained; in- believable. Pickavance’s emotions reach us Project’s season-and- barmaids but “impotent” stead, it is comic to see such THE UCSB FACULTY CLUB i out of the confining walls of her futile rela- redone-theater opening pro- and stuttering in the aplomb go plummetting FRESH FRUIT AND CHEESE i. We have all seen Johanna’s frustration em- duction of She Stoops to Con- presence of ladies of his own when match-making p lan s PLATTER with a 1 2 LITER OF quer is no compromise in station. What follows is a go awry and son Tony mocks value from their past pro- comedy of deception. her. Egan’s portrayal is HOUSE WINE $4.25 BRING IN THIS AD ductions at the Trinity Dominating the show on ridiclous just as it should AND RECEIVE A FREE CUP OF COFFEE Episcopal Church. Produced opening night was the portly, be! WITH YOUR LUNCH PURCHASE! at the Project’s new home at well-to-do Mr. Hardcastle, Miss H astings, played by the Old Alhecama Theatre, unsuspecting inn-host as per Kathleen Hoffman, is a prac- THE FACULTY CLUB theOliver Goldsmith comedy Tony’s practical joking, tical flirt who stoops to IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC is fully entertaining. played by Ed Romine. Mr. housemaid in order to land In this appointed year of Hardcastle is that the apron-chasing Marlow 1 1:30-2:00, MON. THRU FRI. Shakespeare (thank you Dr. wholesome, honest, though She is the self-liberated FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 961-3548 Swander), it is a boon to proud, sort of country woman using stock feminine BANQUET ROOMS AVAILABLE have at hand a play that gentleman who .is past wor- tricks in scheming the cap- GUESTS WHO ARE NOT FACULTY CLUB MEMBERS commemorates the ries and the need to please ture of her man WILL BE CHARGED AN ADDITIONAL 15% dramatic accomplishments society. He desires due Mrs. Hardcastle intends of the bard. Following the respect, not assumed airs, for her son Tony to m a rry Elizabethan and Jacobean Romine seems organic to the Niss Neville even though theater of the 17th century part, wonderfully disposed Tony detests her and Miss FOAM FOLDING BEDS and the period of no theater to the good-naturedness and Neville loves Hastings which lasted during the earthiness of his character, (though unknown to the ORIENTAL BEDDING. Puritan primacy, there grew Though a step-son, Tony matron). Jeri Lee Young FURNITURE & ACCESSORIES up an increasingly flimsy Lumpkin has the same fresh plays the cruelly coquettish theater of aristocratic com- country blood as Mr. Hard- Miss Neville who pretends edy. castle. He is a fun luvin’ bad affection for Tony only to COTTON FUTON& Goldsmith endeavored in boy spoilt by his mother, torment him. Young outdoes 1773 “to bring back into Michael Gough, a graduate the part, SM 1 B U T O N 6 dramatic favor plain speech, student at UCSB, plays the Eric Spahr plays the elder n a tu ra l b ehavior, and part reminiscently of-Puck Charles Morrow who arrives COMFORTERS characters from all walks of in A Midsummer’s Night just in time for the fifth act life with their robust Dream: he is a meddlesome, and a bit of buffonery. Bar- PILLO W S & vitality,” as Conquer Direc- devizing, but still likable, b a ra Sanchez plays a tor Michael Wise described mischieviant. demure house maid, and the it in a recent interview. In contrast to the robust rest of the cast are a lively These constituents of a vitality of the gentleman and smattering of nincompoop broadly-enjoyed th eate r step-son are the characters drinking fellows and ser- were all to be found in of Marlow, played by vants, played by Rey Dob- 964-0677 Shakespeare and there is lit- Charles de 1’arbre, and son, Christopher Coulter, tie doubt that Shakespeare’s Hastings, played by Mat- Flynt Keller and Phillip success with these qualities, thew Mark Morgan. Marlow Morel, together with an averment to is a high-bred, low brow The show relates well with the too-refined comedy then bright-lighter who de l’arbre the audience, though the Photo by Patrick Siefe p re v alen t, prom pted brings off well as a willful, asides are at times confus- Is. Johanna wants a change because her in- Goldsmith to pen his script, slightly pompous fellow, ing; sometimes it is difficult age become shattered. Pickavance fits the As interpreted by Wise, Hastings is the traveling to distinguish between an [ht to watch, for what we see and feel is not a the play is “a Hogarth et- chum of Marlow and hotly in aside and what would e herslef in a middleage role, but we see the ching w ith a flow ery pursuit of Miss Neville, who amount to an effrontery. The unrue sleeper:» human isolated from what she truly wants border,” passing from just happens to be visiting technical crew did well in rates talent, shining while the other actors moments of hyperbole to the Hardcastles. Morgan this change of venue though episodes —..where the plays the most affected some of the intimateness of 5915 CALLE REAL • GOLETA dex who faithfully does the dishes and helps characters are “fleshed character, consistently ex- intimate theater was lost in (BY THE ORCHID BOWL) OPEN TUE&-MT y would any woman complain” harks Johan- out.” aggerating the body moving from the versatile n friend, Marly.[Cheryl -Ann Wilson.] Still Basically, the play is language for successful com- church space to a pro- i would complain: Alex is so unemotional, as realistic in its plot, but it ic effect. scenium stage. The nicely »jects. He is dry and annoying, so we slips sometimes into type As for the women, they are redone interior of the ohanna. Matanky’s performance is realistic characterizations; this is all a pact of beau cons trie- Alhecama Theatre (in- d with Alex as Johanna; however, because as Goldsmith intended. The tors, as George Bernard eluding a raked stage) pro _ p e p p € P S ficult to understand Potter’s final note; Why sto ry concerns a city Shaw put it. Mrs. Hardcas- vided but a new challenge ntly unexciting husband. Perhaps Potter is gentleman, Mr. Marlow, tie, played by Marlene Egan, scenic designer Leland g about how people depend on others or who journies to a friend of is out to reduce her son to a Strasburg and lighting we can work it out.” Whatever the case, it is his father’s in the country to worthless representative of designer Steve Hummer, The Only New Wave te finale. interview a daughter about social ascendancy. She is a Costume coordination for and Modem Rock in town in must be enchanting enough to be able to the possibility of marrying country wife aspiring to the this colorful piece was ac- Whereas Matanky and Pickavance seem to him. Complicating this plan glamour and pomp of the ci- com plished by J a n e t Byer’s characterization of Sebastian seems is Tony Lumpkin, step-son of ty and to that end, sports a Hanreddy. Your host, Mike Zeppetello iguing or sexually desirable. As a character the country gentleman, who wig that outdoes Dolly Par- The Alhecama Theatre is nd-openly talks about relationships, sex and passes fije house off as an inn ton’s coiffure. She also has a located at 914 Santa Barbara why he is hiding behind a dark, bushy beard to Marlow and his friend, haughty spirit that dresses Street, between Canon Per- Every Thursday Night i. Another item sure to confuse itself in the worst in nouveau dido and Carrillo Streets. nts in the play that lead us to question and blight is when Johanna has a dream that ($1.00 off d o o r co v er Tris scene is beautifully choreographed: a w ith th is ad) ind a veiled Johanna, who cannot seem to Drama Dept. Bears Fruitlands ¡ontrast, a tempo change in the acting comes ina and Alex are to give a speech about how The problem in producing noon of dancing, cartwheel only the mouths of children, irough a “Marriage Enrichment Program.” a play for a “young au ing and pure fun. 1 but from parents as well. re an honest success. dience” is a tricky balancing The stage is filled with Magic Journal is a sheer play that touches upon a major societal pro- act; how to make it in never-ending motion,, yet delight, and perhaps what it ;rs that Potter has created could easily be a teresting enough to hold the this constant action never inspires is the youth in all bf even more alarming, ourselves. The lives of attention of young theater dizzies us. The side-line us. Laura Soible has directed to us all, but their problems are wrapped-up goers and at the same time musicians, Gregory John a frolicking play, not only for i captures unique moments, we still wonder not bore their parents. and Dan Slosberg, accen children, but for us all, to sit Magic Journal reflects tuate all the characters and back and enjoy. A trip to this 27 WEST CANON PERDCO. (805) 965-7733 appointing ending, the play is enjoyable, the Loqisa May Alcott’s ex-/ emotions-with a variety of in theatrical Fruitlands is a ►ve par theatre. Johanna has been entered in perience in die New England struments, contributing to * “must see,” and runs twice \e Theatre Festival and is being considered countryside of Fruitlands. the gay, lively atmosphere of Saturday, Nov. 21, in the HAPPY HOUR 5-7 le production is currently in premiere at the Out of this simplistic story the Alcott farm. Main Theatre. stems an entertaining after- Giggles are many from not -Barbara Allen MONDAY-FWDAY 6A Thursday, November 19,1981 Daily Nexus B acktalk Jim Lull on KTYD BLASTERS By MITCH COHEN Broadcasting from the top floor of the Granada building on State Street, KTYD was'once known for the diversity of it’s music, playing everything from new wave rock ‘n roll to classical music and contemporary jazz. Today, under the guidance of Program Director James Lull, the station is now programming only rock ‘n’ roll. Lull has worked many years in the broadcasting in dustry. His popular Saturday night show on KYTD, and his Ü n ew ideas, led to his directorship at KTYD. In addition, he ■ is an associate professor in the Speech Department here at UCSB, teaching mass media-related courses. ORCHID BOWL The following interview with James Lull was conducted in response to an interview with KTYD’s former Program • Bowling - Open 24 Hours Director Jim Trapp, which-was published in the Daily Nexus Nov. 5. Lull expressed his concern over the validity * Billiards of the criticisms of KTYD by Trapp. Nexus: What is your idea of progressive 7 * Game Machines Lull: Well, to me a good station in the ’80s is a rock-based station that provides an avenue for the airing of a variety of Album Analysis • CoffeeJShop textures within a rock ‘n’ roll context. Nexus:Is that your programming philosophy 7 COUNTRY IV/IUSICat the Galleon Rooifi Lull: Yes, KTYD is finally a rock station. It is Santa Bar bara’s only live rock station, and therefore I think it polays Blasters Take Off! WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY NIGHTS an important role in the community as one. I think people really want rock ’n’ roll in Santa Barbara. We have a heavy By SUSAN DiLORETTO ORCHID BOWL - GALLEON ROOM concentration of 18-24-year old people in this town, partly Whenever anyone asks me that typically teenage ques 5925 C alle Real - G oleta •• »rph. 967-0128 due to the number of students that are here, but also due to tion, “ Who’s your favorite band 7,” my answer is always the number of young people who just live in Santa Barbara given without a second thought or hesitation: the Blasters! and work in town. The reaction to the station has been real This band’s “American” style of rock and roll has more ex ly good. m * t a e m citement and energy than any live act around, and their Nexus:You are targeting KTYDs music towards a par huge following in Los Angeles is living proof. feed ticular audience. What happens when that audience gets After signing with Slash Records of X and the Germs older 7 Are you going to have to change your philosophy fame, the Blasters made their second album, which is un storeK ila u ia n t with the times 7 questionably different than the first (much more profes Lull:I’m targeting the station to somebody 15-35 years old. sional and packed with talent). But, both albuiqs are great. A full serving of Hot Entertainment. We include music that will appeal to people throughout that All the cuts on the new L.P. are arranged quite differently [Please turn to p.7, col.5] . than how they are performed live, giving the band a more BOTTOM DOLLAR BAND versatile sound. The album opens with “Marie, Marie,” a Nov. 19 thru Nov. 21 favorite original, which was recorded by Shakin’ Stevens and made the British top' 40. Another Dave Alvin original, Dishing-Out the best “Border Radio,” captures the slightly country vein in the Food & Dance in Santa Barbara. Blasters’ material. Dinner served from 5pm nightly. , Phil Alvin, who covers the vocals, rhythm guitar and har Sunday, Monday & Tuesday no cover charge. monica, overflows with musical talent. On songs like “I’m Wednesday is ladies night with Vi price well drinks and no cover charge. Shakin’” and “I Love You So” his voice bursts out and 1 1 0 ianM B utin U nci rumbles like thunder while his brother Dave unleashes the best guitar licks since Steve Jones of the Pistols. Pianist Gene Taylor, a recent addition to the Blasters, shows his atte ivories experience with a honky-tonk style. Some of the best drumming on vinyl this year is found on this album. Bill Bateman, who has had drumsticks in his hands for 16 years, keeps the beat going strong on tunes like RESTAURANT “Hollywood Bed.” The bass player, Johnny Bazz, keeps the H music tight with his deceptive laid-back style. The special attraction of this album is two of the best saxaphone players in the business: Lee Allen, who backed up greats FAMILY STYLE like Little Richard, and Steve Berlin, the most respected and widely-used sax player in Los Angeles. BREAKFAST & LUNCH ii To a dedicated fan who will always be extra critical of something new, this L.P. satisfies all my expectations and Omelettes & Homemade Salsa then some. The Blasters’ music is captivating, emotional, - Fresh Biscuits & Country Gravy and most of all, fun. It would be impossible for anyone who appreciates good music to sit still while listening to this Daily Specials For Breakfast & Lunch Album Analysis album. If you like to dance and sing and have a good time in Open 7 days 6:30 AM to 2:00 PM By JIM REEVES as Faithful became a na general, die magic of the Blasters’ is for you, It’s hard to compare the tional gossip piece. Turning comeback of Marianne to drugs as Jagger lost in (Next to Cofnmuntty Center) Faithfull to any other in rock terest in her, Faithful went career. With a potent hand, albums ever made. Less bit ; 5725 HOLLISTER AVE., GOLETA 683-1202 ¥ history. Whisked up by the into acting, and later into including Steve Winwood, ter than Broken English, baic=9iies9ne=aae9iieaiiB a Rolling Stone’s manager in seclusion as drugs took over. Faithfull’s new wave- Dangerous Acquaintances is 1964 at the age of 17, Faithful Her 1979 album Broken influenced music took a not accessible bn the first became the darling of English broke the fall. Earn gothic direction on songs like listening due to Faithfull’s British pop with her first hit, ing a Grammy nomination, “Why D’Ya Do It 7”, a con grating voice. But subse the Jagger-Richard- (me platinum and five gold troversial track of sexual quent examinations reveal composed “As Tears Go record awards world-wide, jealousy. the depth of Faithfull’s lyrics By.” After a few other pop Broken English showed a On Dangerous Acquain and the band’s skill? WE'LL GIVE YOU HAIR THAT'S hits, she became Mick Jag- deterioration of Faithfull’s tances, Marianne Faithfull Opening with the reggae- ger’s girlfriend, a relation voice, but also showed the continues her artistic growth influenced “Sweetheart,” EASY TO LIVE WITH ship with disastrous results most personal lyrics of her with one of the most personal side one of the album shows the lightness of the band’s music. With Winwood and You want a trouble free style the nucleus of the same band that won’t slow down your that made Broken English, active pace. 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Faithfull’s best work is on the entire second side, “For Beauties Sake,” a song REDKEN about vanity, bites hard into society’s preoccupation with beauty: “You stand astride the city, takin’ it all in, Lyin’ FOR APPOINTMENT: 9 6 7 -0 6 2 6 before the fire admiring your own skin— Beautiful and dumb-avarice and then some.” Using part of 6825 C A LLE R EA L M o n.-Sat. 9:00-5:00 William Blake’s poem “The Goleta (Near Orchid Bow l) Evenings by Appointment Tyger” in “Eye Com munication” might be a little out of place, but Faithfull’s [Please turn to p.7, col.l] I
Daily Nexus Thursday. November 19,1961 7A *******»EVENTUAL 1T 1ES*>******* KTYD Con’t... [Continued from p.61 Diane Hause is currently exhibiting her artwork of age range. landscapes interpretations of nudes and architectural It’s not new wave, it’s new music...What we are trying to designs at the UCen Art Gallery. do is program what we think are the best new music bands, Hause explained, “I try to work with moods and col many imports and many domestics, and integrate those in or at different times of day,.” She is a graduate student to tjie more familiar rock that everybody likes to hear: The and is working on her MFA in painting at UCSB, Huase Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, The Beatles, even likes to paint quickly and spontaneously. She was born Journey and Foreigner and bands like that that are ’70s in New York and received her undergraduate school bands but are rock ’n’ roll bands, that are quality rock ’n’ education in North Carolina. Her landscapes are filled roll bands. with color and she uses Santa Barbara as a source of Nexus:What is the mixture of music th&t the KTYD disc her artwork; she finds the naturally versatile land jockeys are playing. ? scape of the area perfect. The UCen Art Galllery is Lull-.We have to achieve overall image where the rock ’n’ open and Diane’s show may be viewed until Nov. 25, m m g m m m ■ m .. roll context is maintained, the textures are there, but the The film version of Richard III, starring Laurence daily froni 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Olivier, John Geilgud and Ralph Richardson, will be announcers are able to use the music and the energies in screened Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in Campbell Hall. different forms of rock ’n’roll, and it’s up to them to be able to integrate those well. It’s a creative experience for the an nouncer. It’s a creative experience for the listener. Warren Miller’s Ski in the Sun will screen Nov. 23 in Nexus :Doesn’t KTYD program have a rotation 7 UCSB Campbell Hall at 7 and 9 p.m. to benefit UCSB LulLSome songs are in a rotation. The best of new music, Athletics. for instance, is in a rotation. When the new Stones album comes out we don’t just stick that in the library somewhere. That goes into the new music rotation and you will hear a A futuristic Benefit Dance featuring Santa Barbara’s track from the new Stones album probably every 9-12 hours popular GENERICS band will be held Sunday, Nov. 22, on KTYD. Same thing with Foreigner, Pat Benatar, Stevie at the Coral Casino on Channel Drive in Santa Barbara. Nicks. Same thing with the new Devo. The modern music The 6-10 p.m. party is a fund-raiser for the Interna also. tional Holiday Project, a non-profit organization that Nexus: How would you describe an average hour’s music on delivers gifts to confined persons in hospitals, rest KTYD 7 homes and prisons on Christmas Day. Lull: Rock ’n’ roll that mixes the best in KTYD’s past, Tickets will be available at the door or by calling because that would be the main file material, with the best Toby Hildebrand, 1981 Holiday Project Chairperson, at of the new music, so thafthe rotation of the new music is in 969-0546. sured, and then the rest is filled in from the KTYD rock' library. We try to achieve a balance between the modern t - music, so-called new-wave music, but I just think of it as modern rock ’n’ roll, some ’60s music or ^ Motown, and just A much overlooked film, Pixote is now playing at the the main staples like the Zeppelin from the ’70s. And there’s Magic Lantern theater in I.V. More than 50 percent of room for Kenny Loggins, Jackson Browne, and those artists the population of Brazil is under 21 including more than too. If we play some of those more mellow artists, they’ll three million homeless children. Children who wander see that you can listen to Jackson Browne and Kenny Log- the teeming slums of principal cities like Rio de gins, but you can also listen to Journey and Foreigner, and Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Children who are the prey of you can also listen to Devo and Gary MyriCk or any of the older criminals and each other because Brazilian laws other interesting new bands around. prevent anyone under 18 from being prosecuted for ^ Nexus:KTYD plays many new cuts in repetition. Do you criminal acts. Hector Babenco’s Pixote is about them. consider programming many new cuts in repetition to be like top-40 programming ? Why or why not 7 Lull:No. First, we have hundreds of cuts that are in our rotation, not forty. Secondly, top-40s stations play forty records plus oldies. We’re playing thousands o f records. Its Deptartment of Dramatic Art will feature student- “Loose Bruce Kerr” will bring his “hysterectomy of an album orientated rock station that,like any AOR station, directed one-acts Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Old Little rock ‘n’ roll” to UCen H Tuesday from 8:30-10:30 p.m. insures a certain degree of repetition of the best new pro Theatre. Admission is $1.50. For more information call 962-2966. duct until it starts to grow old and then it goes into the main file and comes bock only when the announcers want it to. Nexus:How has the news department at KTYD changed 7 murder of someone Faithfull had a shattering' affect on LulLWe’re not doing less news, we’ve just shortened the Faithfull Con’t... knows well: “They said he her. newscasts and created more of them. We run four 6-minute was so high and pure They In any case, Dangerous newscasts a day, and we run these news features “Dirty also said he was cruel Acquaintances obviously Linen in the Days Wash,” plus “The State of the Art.” I [Continued from p.6] seven and a half minutes They killed him, did you takes a lot of changes. The think we run about six of those a day. So we’re news all the own lyrics clarify her point; long, “Truth, Bitter Truth” see They knew he couldn’t album is not for mass con time, except at night. “How can I say what I mean, begins with Faithfull take.” Though I find most sumption ; without careful Nexus:How would you describe the KTYD disc jockeys 7 mean what I say.. No eye lamenting what seems to be rock lyrics trite, these are an consideration, it might be Lull: I want professionals on the air. KTYD used to be like a communication always hap her past: “Where did it go to, exception. Faithfull is pro dismissed as drivel. college station. People were brought in and it was a, I pens that way.” my youth Where did it slip bably talking about the Dangerous Acquaintances wouldn’t stay it was unprofessional, but an amateurish But it’s the last track of away..” Her bitterness is death of Rolling Stone’s continues the pace Faithful sounding station. Now its more disciplined. Dangerous Acquaintances aimed at someone who br guitarist Brian Jones, whose set in Broken English in an that’s most personal. Almost ings her news about the mysterious passing away equally compelling effort.
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