Felix Issue 0888, 1991

3 May 1991 Issue Number 902

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At the Board of Studies meeting this On Saturday 27th March an estimated week the decision to lengthen the College fifteen thousand people gathered in Hyde Day was deferred. Professor Alan Park for the largest anti-vivisection march Swanson, Chairman of the working party ever seen in Britain. Russian to look into the extension gave his The route, south along Park Lane, report, and although he made no official along Piccadilly and finally into Trafalgar recommendations, commented that he Square caused congestion for over an personally was in favour of the college hour. The head of the march arrived at Boycott day being lengthened. around half past three with people still Professor David Blow, despite being in comin through over half an hour later. It favour of a longer College day, spoke was estimated that over 20,000 people The Jewish Society is taking part in a against the decision being taken at the were present filling the entire square. national campaign to stop the British meeting on the grounds that further At a quarter to four representatives of Government taking part in a Human discussion was needed. The Rector, Sir various anti-vivisection and animal rights Rights conference in Moscow. According Eric Ash, suggested that the extended day groups spoke on subjects such as the to the society, the government had should be tried for a test period, but this uselessness and unreliability of animal previously stated that the visit would not too was rejected. tests and violations of regulations go ahead unless improvement were seen The Rector then asked if he could put covering vivisection. According to in six Human Rights areas. As of now, his point of view to the students, so that representatives from the National Anti- the condition have only been met in two their view on the matter could be taken Vivisection Society (NAVS) over 3.5million of these. into consideration. Deputy President, Ben aninals are killed in the UK every year The Jewish society is therefore Turner, said that the Rector would be and over 100 million world wide. petitioning the Home Secretary, Douglas allowed to speak at an Extraordinary After the rally people were invited to Hurd, to boycott the conference. Those General Meeting (EGM) which would soon attend an exhibition in Central Halls, wishing to sign the petition, or write a be called to express the student view Storey's Gate (just off Parliament Square) letter can meet the Jewish Society in the before the next Board of Studies Meeting where there were stalls and films JCR on Thursday. on the 19th June. provided by local and national organisations. The march passed off peacefully with IC Goes Abroad no reports of trouble. Theft Bit

The mail, taken from the Imperial College postvan stolen during the Easter vacation, was found last Wednesday. It was located in a used garage on a run down Peckham Estate. All the mail sacks, apart from six registered packets, are thought to have & mmwmmmgmbeen recovered although there is no way of verifying this. Other news from the Seedy Underworld of Crime this week includes three bikes being stolen this week from around College. None had D locks (Still on sale from Security at £20.50).

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The Queen's Tower Lawn was torn up yesterday in an attempt to revitalise the Professor David Phillips, demonstrating the magic of science dying grass. The contractors chose the day due to 'ideal conditions', but had not Imperial College was the star attraction at demonstrative teaching methods. The contacted Valorie Straw, Facilities the opening of the largest science external liason team gave lectures to rapt Manager, as previously arranged. museum in Hong Kong last week. The audiences of school children, followed by Valorie said that, had she been centre uses new hand-on technology to workshops to show teachers how to use consulted, she would have deferred the explain modern scientific discoveries. the imaginative demonstration techniques process until Monday, after the RCS May Professor David Phillips, Dr Bob Spears, in their classrooms. The event was Ball. Louise Rafferty, organiser of the Dr Tim Seller and Melanie Thody (School sponsored by Shell Hong Kong and is May Ball, said 'It would have been nice to Liason Officer) represented IC in expected to bring money, as well as new have been informed', but added that promoting the use of exciting students, to the college. there was little she could have done. 2 Reagan visits IC?

The Spitting Image puppet of Ronald Reagan occupied the foyer of the Union Building last Saturday for the 'To Boldly Go' conference against censorship. The conference was opened by Barbara Ehrenreich pictured on the cover with her agent, Briar Silich and Ronnie. Barbara is an award-winning american journalist and author of 'The Worst Years of our Lives', a critical commentry on the Reagan years. Also attending the conference were nineteen other speakers including novelists, poets, filmmakers and a solicitor specialising in freedom of artistic expression. The guests spoke on the various aspects of censorship from the nationwide use of secrecy as a government policy to the self-censorship which we experience in day to day life. Peter Sylveira: Criminal? The manager of the 'Young Unknowns' Nicholas Walter, Director of the has been banned under the blasphemy gallery near Waterloo, Peter Sylveira, Rationalist Press Association, talked of the laws and cannot legally be bought, sold spoke of a piece of art containing two censorship which we impose and which is or broadcast. Michael Newman, freeze-dried foetuses obtained from St imposed on us from childhood onwards. conference organiser, commented that the Mary's Hospital Medical School. He was Two banned films, 'Dick' and 'Visions of showing of the film might have been successfully prosecuted for outraging Ecstasy', were shown at the event. 'Dick' 'slightly illegal'. A second event is being public decency and was fined £850 and is a comic film showing the naked truth planned for next year. now has a criminal record. He of man's inadequacy ie one thousand The Late Dr L Beverly Halstead, who condemned the establishment and art flaccid penis's with a commentary spoke at the conference, was tragically community for their failure to support produced soley by women. It has been killed this week in a car accident. He will him and the principle of freedom of banned from public broadcasting by the be remembered for his sense of fun and expression. ITC. The second film, 'Visions of Ecstasy' caring.

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Well, here it is kids, but when did groovy music. The film is out to make effort. The film's strength does not really old father Hype last deliver all he myths; myth being hype, being dollars. lie in the storyline (which seems to be promised, I hear you ask? In fact the first half of the film leaves stitched up from a lot of anecdotes about The film is directed by Oliver Stone the impression that Morrison was a real Morrison's life) nor the depth of the (Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, etc) asshole—the film is riddled with Morrison character, but instead in the and stars Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison, Hollywood cliches about sensitive 'concert footage'—the film is full of 'live' with Meg Ryan as Jim's 'girl', Pamela intellectual (ish) artists who find fame, performances, where the four actors Curson, and Kyle MacLachlan (currently fortune and glory too hot to handle. come together very well. Watching Val starring in a crappy serial on the box) as What fascinates most is Morrison's self- Kilmer on stage in his leather pants you the Door's keyboardist, Ray Manzarek. destructiveness, his alcohol abuse, drug can almost understand why Morrison was After having seen the film you realise experimentation and womanising. The the symbol of sex. that the film is mistitled—it should have film also tries to bring out his mysticism There's a great take-off of Andy Warhol been called something along the lines of (which was of course very fashionable at and his entourage here. Poor Andy's left Jim, the Demi-God. The film isn't so much the time)—the film has the idea that Jim looking like a slobbering wimp opposite about the band as it is about a 'legend'; thought that he always danced with a Morrison. the film-makers obviously realised that it Red Indian onstage, as if the music is In full, the film fails to capture the spirit would be much easier for audiences to somewhere in his 'being', in touch with of the man, but succeeds with the music. orgasm at the sight of Morrison than the the universe. Anyone who likes The Doors' music idea of four guys making some fucking Cynicism aside though, this isn't a bad probably needs to see this film. I.H. Quick Change Ju Dou

Rarely do you see a film with such an interesting story behind it. A Chinese production financed and post-produced by the Japanese, banned for no obvious reasons in China, who even tried to supress this very first Chinese film to be nominated for an Oscar. The film's American distributor even organised a petition signed by Woody Allen, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese among many other famous Hollywood directors, actors and musicians urging China to lift the ban. As for the story of the film, it may sound too traditional: Ju Dou is the name Before launching into a review of million of someone else's money. To help of the girl who is bought by Jin-Shan, the this movie I feel it is only right to him in this aim he recruits his naive but employer of a dyeing workshop, as his inform you that it has been on the personable girlfriend, Geena Davis and third wife. Jin-Shan has driven his two distribution lists for so long that it has the loveable (but, alas, very thick) Randy wives to early graves already by sexually assumed an almost mythological Quaid, an old school pal. abusing them. Not standing his torture, Ju significance. As such, when the time After a fairly humorous opening Dou seizes protection from Jin-Shan's finally came for its release I had built up sequence (in which Murray rips off the humble nephew Tian-Qing, who works for my expectations to a mixture of awe and bank dressed as a clown and calls up a him and fancies her like crazy already, despair. variety of exciting devices to distract and becomes pregnant. A son is born, Quick Change is one of those films attention while he makes his getaway) and the family tragedy begins. However, which is based entirely around a single the film really breaks into its stride when director Zhang Yimou has approached the premise - in this case, that trying to the unfortunate Loomis (Quaid) manages film in a different angle and has thus escape from New York is more difficult to foul up the whole operation with a retained freshness. The film's strongest than the original bank heist. In some simple arm movement (no, you'll have to point is its stunning photography. Scenes cases this works admirably (Fatal , watch the film). After this our heroes are making full use of the contrasting colours Attraction et al) and in others (The plunged into a world where the taxi of the dyed cloths under the sun as well Towering Inferno, Jaws IV etc) it has all drivers speak only Spanish, the bus as the depressing views of the primitive the charm of a burning penguin. drivers only accept exact change and no- and lifeless Chinese village won't be Thankfully, this film has Bill Murray in. one will accept their cries for a kingdom easily forgotten. Mr Murray is possibly the single most for a horse at all. Suspense claws with By the way, if the deadpan acting in straight-faced comedian in the history of comedy for top billing as Murray is forced The Last Emperor put you off from any motion pictures. He is more poker faced to wrangle with the Mafia, elude a police other films about the Chinese, this is the than a poker which has lost its entire cordon in his desperate efforts to procure film that shows that there exists some family in a tragic air crash. His delivery exact change and avoid Spanish knights good Chinese actors. varies from the merely deadpan to the jousting with bicycles and broomsticks. There will be one more week's simply dead. He plays an urban planner Everyone plays their part very well; the screening only at the ICA, by the time who is so distraught at the giant script is top-notch and a few wonderful this article is printed. This wonderful carcinogen New York has become that he lines pop up now and again. A good film. melodrama is essential viewing. elects to leave for tropical climes with a The Flying Gerbil DJ S. Su. 4 Predator 2

The man who made this film is the unfortunate ornaments are mostly same creative powerhouse composed of hoods and the odd hapless I responsible for Tina Turner videos policeman. and Coke adverts. This is extraordinary Inevitably enough a third group has to since this film bears absolutely no traces enter the scene, the Well-Meaning But of this heritage, perhaps due to the work Misguided team of Feds. Having served to of the cinematographer and editor. For establish a link with the first movie they example, at no point does the Predator proceed to wander in and out of the announce that it is the future of the script now and again, holding Danny world, although now and again it does back as only the FBI can. flash its fishnet clad legs at the camera. That's about all there is to the plot save Danny Glover covers for Arnie (now for a comprehensive A to Z of stereotype that the big man has gone on to ethnic bad guys. However, what seems producing cute kiddy films) with a screen like a never-ending series of cliches in performance almost, but not quite, the print is in fact fairly lucid and smooth on same as his role in Lethal Weapon. The screen; the interest in this film lies in the main difference being that he has no self-consistency it presents and more moustache. Also he is harder than a bull importantly in the stunning visuals. with BSE and romps impressively from Special effects are not too far to the fore, one pitched battle to another. Said battles taking second place to pace and slick are initially between various warring drug editing (particularly in a brilliant subway barons (again) until a third party (oddly sequence shot entirely in strobing light). enough, not Cap'n Birdseye) begins to More action than its predecessor but a steadily fraction any faction who happens little less suspense; a good film even if to be around, and draws the wrath of the Predator's spaceship does look like a Glover upon its scaly head. This doesn't operation on a gnat at 200 yards). Given set from a high budget episode of Doctor worry it too much since it is played by this enviable mandibular largesse it's not Who (fluorescent painted walls); and Kevin Peter Hall who is seven feet two surprising that he quickly racks up a there's more than a hint of a possible inches tall and it has four jaws to boot body count most easily measured in Predator 3. (not mentioning an arsenal of hi-tech doo- Standard Index Form, and since he's The Amazing Flying Gerbil Machine dahs that could perform a certain Jewish already picked Danny for his prize his

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Highlander II , The Quickening Quicker than what ? A monoped tortoise on Mogadon ? This sad little sequel has more holes than a Swiss Predator 2 Odeon West End cheese caught in Robo-Cop III. Connor McCloud (Christopher Lambert) is back The Doors Odeon Marble after having won 'the prize' (Brucey Arch Bonus) giving him the power to guide mankind and be mortal. His guidance Highlander II : High St. leads to the erection of an amazing laser Kensington, shield to replace the ozone layer (honest). UCI Whiteleys Great idea at the time (1999); twenty-five years later it's a real bummer as it keeps Quick Change : Cannon Fulham in the smog and allows no rain . Now Road, Connor is effectively 75 years old and UCI Whiteleys suddenly remembers that he and all the Ju Dou Premiere other eternals were from the purple and an overall plot that Hanna Barbera planet Zeist and were exiled by the would think twice about. wicked dictator for trying to rebel. Added On the plus side the special effects are Recommended: Predator 2, to this is a magic bond between Ramirez stunning and the sets (at times) are Quick Change, (Sean Connery) and McCloud which is a breathtaking. Some scenes are very good, Jean De bit like Jiminy Cricket's 'Give a little especially a slow motion piece where the Florette/ Manon whistle' if you need a friend . I guess big two Rebels without a Zeist are Des Sources they just forgot to tell us this in the first machine gunned, although other parts , (Electric, one . the majority could easily turn up in the Portobello Road: Having left the Highlander in exile for A-Team . Sunday) over 500 years and now on the verge of This film sits happily on the wrong side death by old age the evil General Katana of average . No Queen sound track , (Michael Ironside) decides this is a prime awful plot , terrible accents and it doesn't opportunity to send two flying porcupine fit in with the first film . Sean's good men to assassinate him. This leads to though. —Film rejuvenation, ecological commando raids The aMcMazing McHine 5 It must not be overlong and the head movements must not be too vigorous 0m. To Boldly Go-The Story Continues Banning the Banned—An Interview Over the past three weeks, starting on must not be overlong, and the head Kim hoped that their season would '...There is no constitutionally significant Ethiopia, the likelyhood is that they are 8th April, Channel 4 broadcast a unique movements must not be too vigorous. become a landmark in broadcasting that protection of freedom of expression or of Oromo. Why have we never heard of season of programmes and films, that Due to censored clips from Michael would encourage or empower other information. Any protection there is them? Why do we not campaign on their made television history in this country. Winner's film 'Death Wish 2' and the broadcasters and journalists to fight and depends upon conventions of restraint on rights to their own culture and dignity? For the first time a broadcasting station extremely violent 'New York Ripper', the struggle against unfair censorship. In the part of the law- making and law- Like the Kurds and Turkey's failure to examined the issues of censorship within former showing rape, the latter a breast referring to the process of censorship she enforcing authorities. Restraint does exist recognise them and their culture, until broadcasting. The season called 'Banned' cut in half, being shown as part of 'Sex explained that much of it was due to a but has become increasingly superficial. the recent tragedy, the Oromo are not was a brave and wide-ranging look at the and the Censors' at 9:00pm the ITC was complex compilation of small decisions This has been amply demonstrated in recognised by the military dictatorship in problems of who censors, why and how infuriated. This may have affected their building up to the ultimate consequence recent years as former Prime Minister Ethiopia. The Kurdish plight of fleeing we should respond. They showed the attitude to the rest of the season, of banning. This portrayal of the greyness Margaret Thatcher sought to re-assert millions from Saddam gains the attention 'An Enemy of the People' is presently films, previously prevented from public including their continued opposition to of why decisions were taken, and by secrecy as a central principle of of the press and Jeffrey Archer, along on, in a new adaptation, at the Lyric, broadcasting, including 'Life of Brian', 'Dick'. whom, was a part of creating a forum in government...' with international music stars. Who will Hammersmith (Box Office 081-741 2311) 'Brimstone and Treacle', 'Freaks' and There is a whole page on 'Satanic sing for the Oromo? until Saturday 11th May, 7:45pm evenings 'Cabinet' from Duncan Campbell's 'Secret Verses' and the blasphemy law, also How long and what disaster will we and 4:00pm Saturday matinee. If you Society' Series. As the BBC were referring to the banned film 'Visions of have to wait for? have not seen it then go, it will set you unwilling to allow Channel 4 to broadcast Ecstasy', the first ever censored for thinking, a rare activity in this soap opera 'Cabinet', they had to remake it blasphemy. ARTICLE 19, an international age. themselves. pressure group for freedom of This was a minor problem for the information and expression, chairs and producers of 'Banned', who were co-ordinates the International Committee negotiating with ITC - the committee that for the Defence of Salman Rushdie and Thanks judges what should or should not be his Publishers. The Huxley Society, organiser of these shown - before and throughout the . An old student from IC receives a events, is grateful to its new committee season, hoping to persuade them to allow whole paragraph (p334). Past Felix Editor, for their help, to Felix, to the current the most controversial programmes to be Bill Goodwin, as a trainnee journalist on sabbaticals, the Union Office Staff, to shown. It was ITC who insisted that 'Life 'The Engineer' was fined £5000 for London Student, the speakers at its of Brian' could only be :hown after refusing to name a source. ARTICLE 19 conference, C4 and to Spitting Image. 10:30pm. Even so Mary Whitehouse campaigned in his defence. The reason why a Humanist society is wrote to complain and over 250 phone Among the aspects of information which the simplicity of the too common On page 15, about Ethiopia, the book organising these events is in celebration calls were received before the film went control examined were thepressure put dogmaticism of debates on censorship refers to a journalist 'Martha Kumsa, was of, and to campaign for, the Open Society out. on television by advertisers. The episode would be challenged. Kim concluded that held' without trial for over eight years as defined and defended by such eminent Up until the last moment Kim Peat, of 'Thirty Something', that showed two the season was about creating 'awareness until September 1989, on apparent Humanists as Dr Jacob Bronowski (Ascent from Channel 4's current affairs, was men in bed, produced a withdrawal of about the various different types of suspicion of having links with another of Man), Prof Karl Popper, Carl Sagan and hoping that they would receive advertising from eight companies when it censorship, how it works, who is ethnic oppostion group, the Oromo Public Enemy Peter Ustinov, among many others. Look permission to broadcast 'Dick', a fifteen was shown in America. When asked responsible and what we as citizens can Liberation Front'. The Oromo, as well as 'An Enemy of the People' by Henrik out for our magazine, 'Experiment', to be minute film showing 1000 flaccid penises about the response to 'Banned' Kim do about it'. ARTICLE 19 were represented at the Ibsen and adapted by Arthur Miller, published soon. in black and white with 100 women's explained that only one programme I wish to thank Kim Peat, Editorial conference 'To Boldly Go' last Saturday at portrays a doctor who discovers the hilarious comments. The flaccid penis is received no advertising, 'The Animal's Administrator for Factual Programmes, IC. But who are the Oromo? water is being poisoned by the local not banned from television, but the Film', as advertising executives at C4 C4, for allowing us to interview her and Information about ARTICLE 19 can be factory. His attempts to warn the local regulations recommend limitations on thought there would be no market for the for the invaluable assistance she gave to found at the 'To Boldly Go' Fair, their people are thwarted by censorship and exposure time, fifteen minutes was space. She went on to stress that they are the Huxley Society's event 'To Boldly Go'. books and reports will be on sale at the ultimately hatred. considered excessive. A decision Kim, one step removed from the pressure of ICU Bookstore as well as the fair. The enemy of the people are the and the American film-maker Jo Menell, advertisers and would not have heard of people, who do not wish to hear the could not understand considering how any complaints even if they had been Oromo—The problems that face them, they feel secure inoffensive the film is compared to other received. World Report in their ignorance. For the factory is the items broadcast during the season. Jo, One complainer, amongst many, was a major source of employment in the town. speaking at Imperial in Saturday's woman in a wheelchair, who visited the ARTICLE 19 published their 'World Unheard He is threatened for being a disrupter, a conference on censorship, expressed his television studios to comment on the Report 1991' on 'Information Freedom You've heard of the American Indians - threat to society, and is forced to leave surprise at the banning as Jeremy Isaacs, showing of the film 'Freaks'. She spent and Censorship' last month. It covers 77 wiped out, lands stolen, reduce to state the town. the first chief executive of Channel 4, had over half an hour with Kim Peat countries, describing cases of dependence. You've heard of the Where is justice at Imperial? Many told him that he would definitely have discussing the implications of the infringement of the human right, as Aborigines. You may have even heard of students will see this as an irrelevant allowed the film to be shown if he had portrayal of handicapped people in the stated in the UN Declaration, of freedom the Tasmanians - who were completely question. What has justice to do with IC? still been in charge. film. The major reason why the season of expression, speech and belief. wiped out, as extinct as the Dodo. Yet What kind of community do we live and One of the prompts for the idea of a was conceived, and broadcast, was to In all there are eleven pages on the who are the Oromo? work in here? Does it support the season on censorship came from a series create debate. It forced discussion of the United Kingdom, which starts with the In their own land their language is concepts of truth or are we public of three films, 'The Truth About Lies', issues within C4, especially within the following sobering paragraph: 'effectively banned from public use', their enemies? To Come commissioned by Channel 4 some time ITC, and has created argument in culture and religious institutions have The 'Index on Censorship', whose editor ago. These were produced by Michael newspaper leaders, letter pages, on radio been nearly destroyed through Andrew Graham-Yooll spoke at 'To Next Week: Jones and his team at Panoptic, an and on the streets. IC's event 'To Boldly colonization and slavery, they are now Boldly Go', carries articles that examine Interviews independent film company. Michael, as a Go' was a major part of encouraging a persecuted for being Muslims and censorship throughout the world. Their Banned playwright guest speaker at IC's conference, showed response from students. It will be Protestant Christians. Over 400,000 have issue on the environment, including an Barbara Ehrenreich clips from his documentary, 'Sex and the followed up over this term with an become refugees and 3-4 million are article by Arthur Miller on Ibsen's play, Science Censorship Censors', a history of sexual censorship in exhibition accompanied by a book and displaced within their own homeland. can be obtained free of charge as part of Starving in Silence Britain. He explained the rules of information fair in the JCR, along with The Oromo are the largest ethnic group an information pack to be given out in ARTICLE 19 censorship; if fellatio is shown it must be speaker meetings within college. Look out in NE Africa, numbering over 20 million. the JCR during the 'To Boldly Go' Fair, Spitting Image Rubber Works 40p off. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE AGAINST CENSORSHIP a position that allows for imitation, it for the posters. When you see pictures of the starving in See posters and Felix for announcements. Details next week. have shedded two of their number and are now a super tight, take no prisoners, James Chance & throbbing monster of a four-piece band. That The Fall have one of the tightest The Contortions rhythm sections in the land is often overlooked and Craig Scanlon's snaking —Soul Exorcism LP guitar lines are all over the album. Mark E's big gob is still spouting vitriol and wickedly funny lyrics at every turn. 'Fall Advance! Fall Advance!'. Idiot Joy Showland sees Mark E steaming into the Manchester 'idiot groups with no shape or form, out of The Fall their heads on a quid of blow.' Hello there Happy Mondays, maybe? 'From -Shiftwork LP New York to Skegness' croons MES on the nightmare-in-hell travelogue epic Pittsville Direkt resplendent with wired female backing vox. Edinburgh Man, undoubtedly the star of all stars on this album, is a slow, thoughtful tune that takes one back to Bill is Dead. The War Against Intelligence has MES complaining about intelligence suppression in society with mumbles about haircuts and dudes. The title track, with its incessant backing vocals chanting 'Shiftwork, Shiftwork', plunders on and on, almost drone like, reflecting the inherant boredom in shiftwork. You Haven't Found it Yet sees the band almost funking-out and I swear 1 can hear Mark Smith laughing. Though not as raw and in yer face as their early work (Bingomasters Breakout anyone?) this album sees The Fall going beyond excellence to somewhere most bands only dream of. 'And I still haven't found what I'm 'Fall Advance! Fall Advance!' are the The Fall are fucking cool and you're an looking for...' so sang God's mouthpiece, opening shouts on this year's Fall LP. idiot if you don't agree. 'Fall Advance! Bono. Now if he'd listened to the self- And advance they do. Advancing beyond Fall Advance!' confessed Dictator of Disco Sophistico, the last year's superb Extricate LP, The Fall Dominic. King of Ultra Soul, Mr James Chance, then Bono may have found that crock at the end of the rainbow, because that's how I feel now (and me and Bono don't Wench have a lot in common). —A Tidy Sized Chunk LP This is music for the mentally deranged, Psycho Funk, the likes of which haven't been heard in Britain since the demise of Circushead the Pop Group. Ably supported by the Contortions, who lay down a wicked slab —The Jeremy Days LP of back beat, chance takes songs (such as Michael Jackson's Don't Stop till you get Green and red press releases from this Enough) rips out the warm fleshy bits, German band who describe this as devours and then regurgitates. "Psychedelic beat music with memorable James Chance plays saxophone like pop melodies". Quickly referring to Roland Kirk meeting Billy Whizz. Dominic's Psychedelia article in last James Chance has an organ that is week's Felix, 1 discover that this is the 100% meat (no weedy wet hammond German branch of Psychedelia as it, vibrato here thank you ladies). luckily, has no resemblance to any of the James Chance has a voice that could bands mentioned within. Beat is easier, it make glass contaminated baby food a certainly has a great toe-tapping, finger- marketable commodity. licking beat. Memorable pop melodies, James Chance is probably dead and well it's nothing like Kylie, but the Imagine calling an all female band there lies the problem. melodies are memorable, in particular Wench. This lack of taste is indicative of The accompanying biography certainly Give It A Name, When The Wind's crapulous dodgy metal. reads more like an epitaph and the Blowin' Round and the soft, subtle Room The band pales in comparison with concert (for it is a live recording) was To Revolution. I'd say they had more other bands of the same ilk, cliched played ten years ago and released I resemblance to Hothouse Flowers and stylised metal riffs and generally shite suspect on the strength of the new The Adventures (apart from not being lyrics abound. This really is a poor happening Acid Jazz scene (and does he Irish) than to Jefferson Airplane. 150,000 excuse for a record—don't be deceived by make the current exponents look like Germans could easily be wrong, but in the metal-core label there is no core Tina Charles or wot!!!). this case, they're not. about it. James Chance may (or may not be) Lise Yates Buy it if you are into insipid metal but dead but I have this sneaking suspicion beware those with any self-respect. that somewhere there's a party going on PS. This record really does suck. If you to which Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison don't believe it you can have it. probably aren't invited. 8 Seb. Davros Crippledick. Gary Clail —Emotional Hooligan LP The Blessing Despite chart success, Gary Clail has not abandoned his roots; Emotional Hooligan —Highway 5 LP MLSIC is an LP of light reggae/dance (not of the bastardized Maxi Priest variety). Try as I The cover is truly one of the most may to listen to this record, however, I terrible I have every seen. Why the road find my attention slipping away like a disappears into the girl's eye and just why soapy eel on ice. While the songs are fine all this American road imagery of striking nothing particularly differentiates them mountains, windswept plains and blue sky from each other (apart from the singles should be on the cover of this crap song, Beef and Human Nature) and a few god only knows. Maybe if they were interesting samples (a dog's bark on the some hard rockin' motha's like ZZ Top or title track and a small child on Magic Steppenwolf then, yeah OK. But this band Penny). The lyrics are uniformly well- is not rockin'. It's not even swaying. It is intentioned but rubbish. vapid-soul-pop aimed at the 27-year-old Pay It Ail Back Vol. 3 is a compilation accountant who likes to dream about of the On-U Sound collective's various being an easy rider whilst driving home individual efforts, all of which are based on a moped from a Network South-East around reggae. In some cases it's pure train station in Kent, before getting home and unadulterated (You Thought I Was and having a cup of tea with his wife and Dead by Lee Perry) while in others it's her mother. Truly nightmarish. danced up or souled out (Disconnection Dominic. and / Think Of You by The Strange Parcels and Little Annie respectively). Gary Clail makes another appearance as does a track unashamedly called 'Stoned Bad Manners Carnival 26.4.91 Immaculate'. Two cuts from The Barmy Army: a busy techno effort and bizarrely, To go through this in order of bury them. Hands up who can remember a football crowd singing Blue Moon.. appearance, the Cuckoos seem to be any Bad Manners hit apart from the Can Stone deserving of all their press coverage, as Can. You can? And when was that a hit? they played an impressive professional 1981? Exactly, when we had Bucks Fizz set. Now this poor reviewer trots all the and The Nolans (in the charts). Meanwhile way up the stairs, only to find yet in other universities and poly's over the another band intent on rehashing the country a quick glance towards NME past. They and their tunes should be left reveals, amongst others, dance chart- to fester in their flares and their flowers. toppers N-Joi, Hull's rising stars Back down the stairs. Jazz music. It's Kingmaker, Neds' partners-in- crime Mega annoying, isn't it? The Tommy Chase City 4 and the innovative Shamen. Oh, Quartet play jazz. They don't play it and Julian Cope too. Now I realise that IC particularly badly, not when compared to Union building has various restrictions Southside's Monday night torture, but and should have been condemned years they played enough to drive me upstairs ago, but surely we could have someone to the cocktails. Coincidentally, upstairs is on the up. Do you get my drift? BJ writes where I found Bad Manners. BJ, the ents that Bad Manners were back at IC after a chairman went to great lengths to praise two year break. Let's hope they don't them in last week's Felix, and they did have to be exhumed again. play a set which got the crowd going. But Lise Yates I come not to praise Bad Manners, but to Synergy featuring the Shamen -T&C 27.4.91 Since this evening consisted of acts was really Woman A and Dancers E and crowd had happily settled into automatic merging seamlessly into one another we F (A,B,C,D accompanying Irresistible trance mode and the fact that Band E shall refer to the bands as A, B, C etc. Force). MC Kinky took the mike with her were in fact the Shamen provoked no Band A sounded crap through six own esoteric blend of ragga toasting and response at all. Well, not much, anyway. inches of brick which may or may not Gregorian chant. Reviewer X felt that she The Shamen played a short but very give an insight into their particular wasn't to his taste but Y thought it was lively set, composed primarily of greatest musical forte. At this point we were still quite groovy. The audience (regardless of hits. Anyone there for the music could struggling with an illiterate T&C bouncer. opinion and oblivious to the change in just forget it because tunes were low We don't expect an outcry over this. We acts) continued their dazed capering. At priority and rhythm as uppermost. Added just want you to feel sorry for us. some point there may or may not have to the massed whistles of the crowd the Band B (aka The Irresistible Force (we been Guest DJ D who didn't really affect only real way to identify songs was the think)) consisted 'of one gentlemen who proceedings, unlike the eight-foot tall vocals, ably provided by Shamen C and D shared a chemical passion with much of spaceman (Personality A, we kid you not) when Shaman A was occupied with his the audience and another who spent most on stilts who popped up in the crowd and bleep machine and Shaman B twanged of his time tending to a small and gyrated his way from one side of the hall his guitar. plaintive keyboard. This peculiar to the other, closely followed by a lady After this point Reviewer X pleaded combination nevertheless pounded the juggling with fluorescent bats (as in exhaustion and Reviewer Y felt roughly crowd into a kind of blissed-out frenzy. baseball, not as in rodent). Never say the equivalent and they left the audience to The Force retired amidst much repetition Shamen don't treat their fans right. continue their pharmaceutical of their name (in case anyone missed it, a After a little more of this kind of thing extravaganza.. wise precaution) and faded into.. (we are now some four hours into the Stone and Anna B Until Band C arrived, although Band C evening) Band E arrived. By now the Enough of Bastards, now it's time for...

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9. Sit-fast; stay, and stir up soil. (10) 9 II. Repetitive pulse. (4) 13. Being strict on board a ship. (5) 15. Force into, moving away. (4) 16. The peak of cartoon merchandise. (4) 17. Entertainment given. (5) 19. Crazy goat partying in ancient dress. (4) 21. Meticulous, steal away inside. (10) 24. Bring forth young lamb or kid. (4) 26. Leader measuring up to the job? (5) 27. Small oriental boat. (6)

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The carefree days of Easter are over, it's wasnot. The Careers Advisors Committee Credits: term-time again, and the sun is no longer estimated that the library was currently Typesetting and Printing: Rose and shining in Happy Bunny Land. only at 10% of the level of typical stand- Andy (Translation: It's Summer term, and thus alone services. Of course, the plan could News Editor: Stef exam time, so things are looking a bit be to send people to Gordon Square, and Arts Editor: Matt and Sumit grim). Just under a third of the current not update our library, but that rather Books Editor: Michael undergraduates will be taking their finals, begs the question of why are we Music Editor: John and looking to other things. Whether the disaffiliating in the first place, if we are to Clubs Editor: Khurrum careers service continues to be as helpful continue to use ULCAS facilities? Photo Editor: Dick and useful in the future for the next Especially when the students themselves The Team: Ian, Adam, Jonty and all the generations of survivors of the Imperial may have to pay. reviewers. College experience, well... When discussing the Association of The Collators: Steve and god knows Graduate Careers Advisory Services Mr who else. More nonsense, Mr Mee? Mee claims that '...our links are likely to Special People of the Week: Kate (who In the Easter Special (issue 900) I wrote be stronger'. He again neglects to say stayed up all night for us last week. about the College plan to disaffiliate from that the main reason for this is the policy Fnarr), Louise and Frank and Sid, not ULCAS (the University of London Careers paper mentioned above, which was forgetting Steven (ditto), and Michael (just Advisory Service). A couple of hours after drawn up solely due to student pressure, to keep him happy) the issue was distributed the Rector rang and that without this our links to AGCAS Jammy Git of the Week: Chris. Nuff me, concerned about some of the points I could well have been severely weakened. said. And don't mention Backgammon. Or had made. We agreed that he would At no point did I conclude that there else. write an article presenting his views on was a '...conspiracy to damage the the subject, to be printed this term. careers service.' I was merely pointing However, in the meantime, P E Mee, the out that while His Rectorness et al claim College Registrar, wrote a letter, which they are '...trying to build a stronger, Felix is produced for and on behalf of the Imperial was printed last week. The Rector, when better careers service...', almost College Union Publications Board and is printed at asked, was of the opinion that his article the Imperial College Union Print Unit, Prince Consort everybody else that was consulted by Road, London SW7 2BB (Tel 071-225 8672). would thus be unnecessary. Thus I Benjamin Turner disagreed, and most of Editor. Andrew Butcher, Manager: Chris Stapleton, assume that Mr Mee's letter covers the them were professional graduate careers Business Manager: Jeremy Burnell. Copyright Felix points he was concerned with. advisors, or prominent members of 1991 ISSN 1040-0711. Mr Mee claims that the editorial was various graduate careers services. '...peppered...' with '...misunderstandings So why do the Rector and gang think and misconceptions...'. This is interesting, they know better? What do they know considering the number in his own reply. that the experts don't? That's what ACCOMMODATION He states that 'There is no question of a immediately sprang to my mind. Nobody direct labour policy' (a situation where seemed to know the answer to that one. FOR OCTOBER 1991 the careers service would try to push So maybe, just maybe, there were other students into careers related to their reasons for their decision. This is what I NO SUMMER CHARGE degree, and thus reduce the level of was attempting to point out to the people individual choice of career. Very bad. See who will actually be using the service, NO FEES issue 900's editorial for more). He fails to and will actually be looking for jobs after say that the only reason we can rely on their degree. I was not trying to suggest Variety of houses, flats, single this is due to the student pressure that they were deliberately conspiring to bedsits and double bedsits. brought upon them, which has resulted in damage the careers service, just that a policy paper on careers advice being there may be other reasons for the Areas: South Kensington, Earl's drawn up, which will ensure that this disaffiliation, but as a by product the Court and Fulham. does not happen. service would, in the opinions of those far He also attempts to imply that few IC more qualified than myself, and maybe Flats 3,4,5,6,7,8 shares students use ULCAS's Gordon Square even than His Rectorness and gang, suffer Houses 8,9,10 facilities, by saying that only '...70 IC from the move. students used the Gordon Square milk- Prices from £47 per week per round this year'. He neglects to say that person. far more than this used the libraries and other facilities. Neither has there been Single bedsits from £40 per week any guarantee that the new IC careers per person service will cover the individual costs of Double bedsits from £36 per week students using these facilities, which could mean that students will have to pay per person themselves (estimated to be £5 for a day of research next year). Small Ads For further information and The statement that 'There are no 'start- appointments phone: up' investment costs of which Angus FOR SALE 071-731 0292 anytime Fraser is unaware' is interesting, to say LT 700 Cycle Helmet. Unwanted present. 081-546 8159 anytime the least. Benjamin Turner asked Mr Unword, boxed. £45 new, weill sell for £35 ask for Silvana Fraser whether he was aware that the ono. J Young, Maths 1, or phone 071-589 0110 costs proposed by Mr Mee did not include int 3613. ACCOMMODATION FOR those necessary to upgrade the current NAD AMPLIFIER, KEF speakers and dual SUMMER AVAILABLE careers library, and he replied that he turntable £100 ext 98 210. Scribblers' Corner College Day, Will The Rector Ever Listen to Reason?

Felix, a proposal will make to the working of if all concerned agree and the Rector's I have just sat through a Board of IC, even though it has been written down badgering pays off, any proposals started Studies (BoS) meeting at which the in black and white by Professor Swanson. Spring-term '92. In the meantime Working Party on the College Day The students need to be shown the for hopefully ICU will undertake a submitted a report. The report seems and against, have the implications referendum of opinions, (once all students very well-balanced and appears to put explained (ie no extra lecture time, just are clued up) to aid Professor Swanson. forward admirably the pros and cons of mere prospective slots for the lecturers to This must be done in a fool-proof manner the day length extension. Professor sit in) but also technician and lecturer so that it is not disregarded as biased Swanson has done the job he was asked trade unions must be consulted as far as rubbish. Therefore standby for another to do and did it well. I sat there and contracts and hours of working are questionnaire or the like and make sure watched the Chairmen of BoS (The involved. you know the facts and how they may or Rector Sir Eric Ash) in action, this The Rector wanted this to start as from may not affect you. Listen to the proposal is his baby as you can tell. He is October ie next term but this will not arguments from both sides with equal definitely looking at the matter through happen as all the above have to be attention, weigh them up, and make your rose-coloured glasses; he will not hear consulted and their positions taken into opinion known. After all it will affect anything detrimental about his ideas. He account. At the present Professor everyone. seems determined to bulldozer this Swanson has to be told to tout for Shades, RCSU AAO. through as soon as possible. He does not responses from those already mentioned seem to appreciate the implications such and to report back to the June BoS with,

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