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39808@ ' 0 8 0. ~ ~-1 DECEMBER 198+ 0®~®®~ ®debr~t0~®® ® ®®®®®® ®®®®®® J, @ :) ®® '~®® 0 ,, ®®®~M@ WTUL-THE 11 What'~ r vk1n-g in the Country Kitchen By Kathy Harr . 1 959 the statiOn has grown and cnanged With (Bnd By Gma Forsvth Since WTUL's conception tn I th.• the ftnal installment of a three Part Vox Humana senessomettmes. on the ahead htstory of) theof TUL. ttmesh t . e nmSJO ts,r happenings and lnnovattons of the past seven E.1r::h Silturd,Jy ,Jfternoon from I to 4 p rn WTUL features t he best of country an bluegrass mus1c The show offers .1 W1t1,, rdnge of the rnus1c; 1h01 has heen fabeft~ years are chrontcled. d tlng twenty-four hours a day The next vear tho "cotJntry" played on coun11y Stilt IOns .r1ul has stronnly Influenced • or has nee In 1977 WTUL began broa cas 1500wattsandthestauonbegantowork strongly tnfluencecJ by- 1 ounrry mus1c ovor :he lclSI Sixty years On any gtven countr transmltttng power was tncreaser~~ouctton factlttleS Because lhts Created a nee show. one m,1y he,H h11s lr om ony Qtven r>errod tn country mus1c ll1story from the 1 920, upgradtng ItS equipment andt ltve muSIC at the spnng fund raiSing R to the present as well nc:; t•hH'Jif<~Ss western swrng caJtJn progn•ss1ve country I rom th!• money, the staff decided to eatteresented three days of fun and mustc On 1n oo·s and 70's and proqresstve country of the 80's. ·new wnve country" yroup ch ilS .J 1son oJncl tht• St.ort hPrs and R.tnk and File Survival Marathon In 1979 TU ,t stat! sold beer and t·shtrts to the crowd University Center Quadrangle a~ e 10 000 people on Saturday alone The Sta Tht> fare v lrtflS I rom show to show StP.vp Tucker (who rs presently tet~ch1ng a course following sprtng. the Marnthon ~ew eekend and netted ovor $20 Ooo Profit Selling t Tulaop Jt>out country mus1c) pu:s Jrl emph,JSIS on w••srern sw1ng and proqress1ve staff sold 350 kegs of beer durtng t lOWs to the !Iuong that camo to see Gatemouth he tntlyor hn• .rl h.Jnd.onn Wl!h emph,JStZtl .rrtiSIS 11om hluegr TexJs ass hiS home State V1J•1V Barnd On lhfJ CJrcluous lilSk nf t.:Omptltng dll llphabetiCc'll iiS tlllfl of olli the Maratpa~rs honof feet of thiSBecause proportiOn of thiS agam a f o rc1ng some bands at subsequent Marathons to .!I hums 1111 he C01mtry slwfvos The pur pose o f thrs 1:; ro make records easrf'r ro locdte rrl order to hf' Jhle ro play '''quests more acJslly play 1n local clubs h 0 1 the ftfteenth annual Marathon so be sure to phone In the spr1ng of 1985 TULwdl d suo rt progress1ve radto 1n New Orleans WTUI ·s COI.ntry records .1lso cover il Wtcie r.mge ol mus1c many are excluSIVP.ly lolk­ from< lfUII to e.trly srrmq bands. to lrtsh ntus1c. from comtemporilry folk country ro tn requests. come see the musiC. an~nrn ~hanges 10 WTUL Just last year the stat•on 9 blttAS. to hymns 01 • r 1 I • c ltnterestmq that comes ro mrn<11s Ted H.twk1ns, who rn The 1980's brought many program 4 7 P m slot to a late mght POS11ton. but as of 115 10 an album fHllltlt'rl Watch Your Step 110I'S Simple acousttc !lllltnr cJccompanlrnCnts to moved the weekday 1azz show from 11 turn to an evenmg ume slot from 6 to 8 P m or1gtnals Ill .:1 Sam ~ ~ January 1 19B5. the World of Jazz w; 1;eReggae show on Monduy ntghts. the corn 1ng Recent ye~rs have seen the creallon ° d e he development of Tuesday n ght's Techno In corn•no monrns Vox Humana w II •IIC'Iude tho short " TUL Country ser]nlf'llls, and gorng of the New Wave Show. an t wh1 h w1Jf lc,ttur,, ,Jiburn lt'VIPWs hl!:t .. rrr 1I111S1 Jhts and thoughts regard ll!lt wre:r11 tr!l{'l Is Jh 11 t~lfer:r country musa <~~. w, II as rock nnct most or her qenrPs ror country as 2000 11 power are currently 10 the wo(lcs. Plans for expandtng WTUL's transml '"gn IS workmg to 1mprove tiS sound. tutfl..~~ c nn of the roars of rock llloli,md oiS .1 snn.trare mus1c from 11 tiS both a punulrla c; Put> ATONY Lo Bo•ts Temps Roule Bar

VOX HUMANA WANTS YOU!! trr • ' " It n tf "tl; md I.Jll notto rnen:1on comet1y1o to wrrte us a letter We're tnterested Ill r Nl ws Th.1t So.nd 1y 111o1 nmq e' penenc1 ~ 1 soon your comments. cnttCISm, Ideas. and Vox Huma " st of Frerer • •lh Mark M 11 t•11 r uwnsuncl The Best of Freret wo~s a philosophieS of life. as well as c/o WTUL: >II >\\ J>, !•w • ll Che 'Z Mus1c rnd lh11 t'SOIAr 1c rnus1 f Bizzare possibilities for Vox cover art Keep Tulane Un1 tv "nter I ht• l111t.up nl B1zza e Rt~d1o , Best of Freret, o!nd Cheez Mus1c IS letters brref and to the POint type If you New Orlear. ~11 8 can. If not. wnte legibly Send letters or 11;11 s tilt ? 1 n 1 ' I 1 1 1 I) tturc1<~v 111ghr ~ nd " mor n 1 ~lot art or both to: •(It Techno 2000 111 Ttt•'Scl 1y l'Ve11tn!1s The Best of Freret ' nw 11t1.,s, I II 1, 11 Ht!SthClht•strncfP.t,lrnntl must, <;, ult Sn111hund

·• page Imported Cheez fr~rn prevrous page H.Prqr r I Revrew psyc o., . t E·' u,.,, v , ee byline above) nlternately host Cheez Mus1c verythtng "Bu yours tru IY ,s db K 0 Th N h Sh f suc.cessful •n : the Gtrl has been Quite The Essential MUSIC Series. ongtnote Y en n e 19 t ' t IS rooularly featured Vtrtually guarant~ dhomeland. and IS d mnhts yours truly (see byline above) presents a Sunday editiOn th ' and develop e to gam notoriety on F11 av l' • th It c d • " ( of Frtday night as the cause anr1 Sunda'/ mormng as e e ec1 onsl crlng that a number \ , thlnQ But the Girl through e a devoted followmg of key ftqures rnus1 m1gh t otherw1se be excluded from th Essential Music .xposure 0 111 c: By Kathy Harr rad1o( 1 e. WTUL) h n a 1ternat 1v e Series(due 10 term1n-tl mellowness) a Sunduy morntng ed1t10n featuring I '"lese art back. relax and en ere '" the States. Sit ThiS •s as pastel as mus1c gets seems cJppropldle Girl's •debut alb JOY Everything But long-awa1ted Amencan release of All wh•ch llrtngs us t>.JCk to the 1, 1 mOtive for Sunday morn1ng Vtdeo um With everythmg but 0 1 tho debut album by thts azz. nflue WTUL suh,ect1voly ' 11 Jnslated 'unto everythtn!J 1hore IS a s ason means the d 1 1 ncel1 pop uo should appeal to any mustc should r111110 mood of the day On Sundayrnormngs wouldn t you rather be awn er Beauttfully relax ng vocals gently· l 1 haunting melod1es and 1ns1ghtful lyric~ charactertZo th1s well-balanced LP The Humsna Sralf tor Decombor rracks are ll perfect mixture of or K•m Gele' . accesstble pop and soh ballads Jazz Jumping ial Assistant Imported from Austtn thiS one of the rnost ltstenabl ISty MOOIP records of 1984 e -·~ .. '''"'"" 111 Htstory Kathy Ha1r ,Jnc1 Annn Tracie Thorn and '"h to Evenings B · •• o are Evervthmg ut tho Gnl rece1ved therr f1rst b1g break •n 1 D83 when the Style By Dolly daPonte Council asl;~dy known lor her of January 1 th~~ Beglnnrng the week Frankifl Goes to the Reviewer appearance on the ' program Will. I 19hly acclaimed Jazz compilation P11/ows and Prayers On that M atr rom 6 QQ 8 QQ By Ken Rayes release. she dtrl ,J solo verston •pfaln h~:~~Y through Fr,day ..wu~ we e~e~d 01 p rema1n1ng uncha Not smce the days ol the Beatles has f f"l gland taken to a pop band like 11 has Fran Sa ri•ndg d onehof ltve softer songs 001 p mUSIC Wlfl ftfl the n1g1 eQdQ Goes To Hollywood (FGTH) The list of thetr AChtevements .s 1mprcss1ve the secon anc 1u o on t e American edition of the r~g:;~ve Br 1u::.'1 band ev~r to get to No 1 w1th both of the1r ftrst two Slllgles the largest sellu;:g LP but avatlablo on an Import World of aJ m t•me slot vacated by the Eden 111 1ed azz. and the 7 QQ.JJ OQ s1ngle m Bn!lsh history ("Relax"). so'd-out concert tours With scream1 g fills. weeknight sh · (espec1allv 111 the11 hometown L1verpoo ). dnd a fash1on tre•1d Wtth the1r oversze s~>paratP. the mama from the mlJSIG ~ tne 0 ne A mldtempo tune With a :h~~~~~~~e~a~;~g~hu"';.~:~~~a:~~ results, on Welcome to the Pleasure Dome a•e dec1dedly m1xed beat The second cur "Te d sh1ft P m dnve t1me" • h n er F1rs11y the do•1ble alb 1rn runs only 65 m1nutes and a large number of the .oog:.have 1'Simi 1ar tot e Style Coun I' LP lorma~xp,anded from tiS traditiOnal Jazz o accommodate a b d been prev1ously rel~ased . S1de one IS essent1ally one song stretched to It! teen nutes, n of "The Pnns Mmch." onc~~~ch s1de two collects thetr two hll s1ngles and a 'B' s•de, Side ttuce contams "Fr:.,..., .., •• zAn sung Tho most lrliP.restlng cur on vers1ons o: !hree claSSIC old1es ~~~~~~~~ ~~~aus~~~ ~~~~;~:::~,:~~Po~ad~~ ...... u,"n IS ~crabwalk ~. a mtdtempo Jazz lime hours 1 d nme Secondly, there seems to be a lot ollyncaltrtteness 111 FGTH s attem;1t to ental whtch l'!nds Side one The obJectrve. th~ a; Q~. ;oQ~actl;rate this of sex and war In ··war"(a vers1on or the Edwtn Starr oldte). FGTH od res electnc outtar ancJ horns formatted · sot was With as a progressive music show desp1se/Because 1t means destruction/Of tnnocenr lives Overall tn 1 mporary bop/modern Jazz FGTH s1ngs of war and (most of all) sex. both 1mplted ("Kr1sco K1sses ) Jazz moving to late night ("Ballad ol 32." featunng the sottnds of a woman havmg an extremely good th:oth staff and listener response over fast Eand catc hy. "A not h er •ne same t1me lectunng agamst soc1etv. "We're ltv1ng 111 a land whe I 1•es verythrng But tho Gtrl's esse~~a~!v. Y~~~ '::r~~tnd~~~: ed w~~at the roC'N gods ' 1 er ml Side ltke the Other ~~asnge for the better The only concerna There is good stuff from Frank1e. however The s1de-one so no on the Amencan version 2 OQ :::e. nagging feelmq that 11 QQ. combme the elements of thetr h11 sound '" an 1nteres11no ka~s pe ol on the Import. this cur IS I h IQIH •1u '"e tl c he"l time slot for synthes1zers. 111 quotes from Kuhla Khan. and wrth a good c beat 1111 USI•c 9Utlar, features an e World of Jazz ThiS . probabfy the1r best song and always an upl1fttng expenence the s1xty- eventh m and sounds a bit hke restructurmg IS a classic cas. ,f :aev~~ s t1me you hear 1t And t hetr surpr1s1ngly tough vers10n of Born to wh1le not tValtn!J : iHl llldiCBIIOn that the your cake and eating II too Retamlng rh~ Spnngsteen's ortg1nal. shows a d1flerent facet of thetr sound M:On1;"·t-.,.n~ 1eaded toward a more lot mar until 6 00 Ovcrallth1s IS a d1sappomttng P.ffort cons1denng the h1gh ex cesstble sound for the ireserves the goal of flll~ome dtmensron to the mustc, and tho performance Itself Let Them Est Jellybeans (Ait rwtse ec ecttc record collectton one of the bost t1CiHd on vtnyl all year ds that started hard core punk o~r~~~trve Tentacl~s Records) Thts o ne has all the Kendra Smtth. David Roback Ke1th Mitchell, Fell From the Sun (Serpent/Entgrn r~~r~co r e Wtth songs from Fltpper D'6e;,t ~toas t ·Stde o ne •s the vrrtual M t. Olympus As a group caller! Clay Alltson. thts lrtO releilserl tht: 12111Ch s•nglo 'Tell From th e erks. Feederl, and the Subhu~a . ack Flag. Bad Brarns. Dead Ken ned s Sun" /"Grams or Sanci" last summer Now tht~y · re bnck wtth c1n EP whrch features thos ~o r; d • lack o f control over one's lt f en~eThe lydncs deal w rth subjects the Sex Pr s t ~l~ so ngs Ur ne and chrnw:> Thts tS be,wtdul mustc Bo ts.ts Boston Not L.A. (Modern Met hod ~nt to sound - energettc and fast ,.....htch unfortunately scerns cloorned tc m, om,ll radto ,wplay botnq too expenmental s:on s hardcore scene used t b ecords) lor commerctal stAtrons and too me lov-. t r 'lOSt t..ollege st.ltt0'1S ;~:t ;~ ;~~best cuts here are De~adee~~Z.sv·~~\~nt..~~d thiS record was made dunng The Trypes. The Explorers Hold (CO\Ote) s reen Beret" (from the John W m. t e Freeze's "Broken Bones" and h Th1s EP. ltke Fell From the Sun cons•sts of beitutllul haunttn J moor:l mustG But while c crus) ayne movre complete Wilh a h 4 fltpsiae Vinyl Fanzine Vol ummrng Smtth,Roback.ond Mrtcht~ll explore th•• datkt•r (Velvet Underqround) Stde of the _gen~e. Thts fanzrne has (' (Firpsrde Records) the Trypes have a ltghrer loss moody sot• 1d more of, Bob Dy r~n/mrd·pertod Bentfes '~all!ornra bau~e tnfluence wtth a drfontw 80s feel The vo Is nrc rhe key h re ther ar ge•1tlo. toreW•l War" and Adrenalrn 0 0 has anm~~~': all over TSOL scoreswtth .. What If They Gave a The 'comptlatiOns

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The Classic Album Hour has been The Essentral MuStc Sene£ •• moved' The new t1me to catch all the the N1te Shrft Frrdays at latest 1n oldres 15 Wednesday nrghts at features up to an hour o; u 10 The Classic Album Hour IS musrc from sponsored by Metronome. at 1 0 1 7 December 7 -Procol Haru Pleasant Street Thrs month's honorees December 14 NRBQ December 5 - Elvrs Presley. Elvis Presley December 21 Rock'n'Rol' (ongrnally released m 1 956) December 28 - Tune m at December. 1 2- Capta1n Beefheart. Clear WTUL's frfth annual Yt>ar Spot (1972) Review Show 1984 wrth K December 19 Dyke and the Blazers. So Sh1 ft From Aztec Cam Sharp ( 1966) Fleshtones. from R.E M. December 26 -Beach Boys. Surf's Up Mode. you'll hear the b&!st '3 ( 1971) you heard all year long fr exclus1vely from WTUL. Also JOII'' The Cheez Essentral Music Series with the fun as we blow uo the Jay Ma1n every other Sundayatl Oa m. overplayed songs of the/ year features up to an hour of unrnterrupted watch out) and count do(:ln the musrc from albums of the year as ~lected December 2 - Nick Drake staff of WTUL Lrsten a 1 EnJOY December 16 Jom Mitchell December 30 AI Stewart