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• Conc~rn over new Chaplain's appointment a1n' en1es'

by Cathy Milton Speaking to Student, the Rev. tied to their views regarding Anderson first laughed when homosexuals and AIDS. tackled with his views on "However, when someone is "HOMOSEXUALITY is .homosexuality and then declined appointed to a job which involves evil and AIDS is the wrath of to comment. He denied making administering pastoral care to a God." So the newly the remarks. group of young, sexually active appointed Chaplain of Edin­ Sources within the Chaplaincy ·students, many of whom are burgh University is alleged to Centre report that Anderson 's homosexual, then one has to have said. appointment has caused consider­ question whether or not that appointment is entirely approp­ The Rev. Alexander Anderson able alarm within the moderate riate." is said to have made the remarks Christian student movement who in November 1986 during a tele­ feel that his fundamental beliefs Alex Currie (University Secret­ vised discussion on the issue of will drive potential converts away ary) said that he was "satished" AIDS chaired by the Bishop of from Christianity. with the appointment, which had Edinburgh, Richard Holloway. The Christian Union is said to been vetted "with great care" by · The discussion followed a ser­ be pleased with the appointment. the selection comm ittee "which mon on the virus delivered by the Malcolm Macleod (EUSA includes a student representa­ Ri!!ht Reverend. President) said: "Anyone is enti- tive".

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EUSA Secretary Mark Wheatley got more than he had bargained for last Friday when he stood up to remind a Potterrow lunchtime crowd about the Loans "Week of Action". He was first shouted down and viciously accused of being Rick Astley, which slander he hotly denied - only to find himself accosted by a strangely hermaphroditic figure singing something about a name competition and sexual favours. Rumour has it that the young man(?) in question was an AEC plant named, coincidentally, Mark, though the Alternative Entertainments Company have since denied this. · 2 Thursday, February 1~, 1989 NEWS STUDENT abbaticals censured at

A MOTION of censure on all The meeting was mquorate, ratified by the SRC. four sabbaticals was passed at with only 228 students through the Criticism of the sabbaticals last Thursday's General doors of McEwan Hall, so that centred on their alleged failure to none of the motions passed are carry out their mandate to cam­ Meeting. binding on the Association unless paign against the poll tax.

ANTI-LOANS ACTION

THE motion on loans prop­ not without provoking fierce motion argued that such an occu­ Alex Salmond addresses last Thursday's General Meeting in osed that "a massive turnout" opposition. pation would attract attention to McEwan Hall. The Socialist Workers' Student Society, among "what the Tories are doing", but others, objected to Salmond's presence because of his support for the be built for the Week of "the amendment was carried. Action, and an occupation Macleod argued that the resolu­ Alton Bill. The objections were overruled by the chair and Mr Salmond agreed to face what proved to be fierce questioning after .take place in the University tion to occupy part of the During debate on the motion, administration block would, if Macleod was sil((nced by angry speaking on student loans and the poll tax. administration block. Mal­ realised, be "one of the most colm Macleod successfully hecklers joining him in opposi- ' mindless and crass things to do". tion. The motion was passed as .,..------, amended the motion, though A speaker for the original amended. THE GM ELECTION OF HONORARY PRESIDENTS

THERE were three elections means in their freedom strug­ by Peter MacCormick of the Tory for the post of EUSA Honor- gle until the Sharpville mas­ Club, who said that he supported IN ary President, all nominated sacre had highlighted the neither apartheid nor the "Mar­ xist totalitarian regime" the ANC by the SRC. Nelson Mandela futility of these means. · struggled for. He urged the GM BRIEF was supported by John Ross, Only after this massacre had not to support Mandela, and to President of the Anti-Apar- violence been adopted by the work instead towards Archbishop 1, 2; 3: ELECTION OF HONORARY PRESIDENTS theid Group, who said that AN~. Forty-four years after the Tutu's peaceful regime. The GM , All three candidates for the post were elected inquorately. Only Mandela symbolised free- ~azt de_feat, Ross st.ated, we co~ld however, supported Mandela Nelson Mandela was opposed. d f 11 · h' S h dtscredtt the notiOn of ractal 132:9. o~ or a Wit m o~t 'superiority by electing Nelson The other two nominations, 4: MOTION ON RITUAL SLAUGHTER Afnca. The blacks, _he _satd, Mandela to the post. Alex Lain and Sergei Migachov, The motion was criticised as intolerant and defended as against had used only constitutiOnal The nomination was opposed were passed unopposed. specism. It was defeated 64:53 with 52 abstentions.

RITUAL SLAUGHTER 5: MOTION ON BABY MILK Passed unopposed. THE GM refused to sanction lighted the problem of "specism", all those who carried it out. 6: MOTION ON SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXISM condemnation of the ritual which he saw as "worse than Andy Gray, of the Revolution­ The motion was criticised for implying that rape is linked with slaughter of animals during racism or sexism". ary Communist Party, confessed' sexuality distorted by capitalism rather than violence. It was Mr Catto argued that Jews and that he is not a "religious chap" defeated 99:26. the preparation of Halal and Moslems elsewhere allow animals and said that the motion should Kosher meat. to be stunned before slaughter have condemned all meat-eating. The motion provoked a storm and that failing this many became As it stood, he said, it reinfor­ 7: MOTION ON ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION . of protest from opponents who vegetarians. ced prejudices about the Passed unopposed. claimed that it was racist. lain The opposition claimed that "superior nature of British cul­ Catto, speaking for the motion, ritual slaughter is often kinder ture". The motion was defeated 8: MOTION ON LOANS refuted this allegation and said _than other types of killing and that by 64 votes to 53, with 52 abstain­ An amendment put forward by Malcolm Macleod was carried after that cruel animal slaughter high- rigid training was undertaken by_ ing. heated debate 89:6 against with 9 abstentions.

SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXISM . 9: MOTION ON POLL TAX (Sabbatical Censure) The motion was passed 54:35 against with 11 abstentions after the sabbaticals were roundly criticised by EUCAPT, SWSS and others A MOTION dealing with proposed that rape and the also dissent over the proposition for allegedly failing to campaign against the Poll Tax. sexual assault and sexism oppression of women stem­ that higher sentences for rapists med purely from the material would be of no use, and that an 10. MOTION ON IRISH RESISTANCE increase police presence on cam­ Passed. relations of production pus was not the answer. NI GEL GRIFFITHS, MP rather than from any fault in the rapists and oppressors. Opposition was voiced also to 11: MOTION ON VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN ISSUES Kirsty Reid's assertion that most Passed unopposed. Whilst there was consensus on rapes took place within the work­ the need for action on rape, the ing class. The debate ended on a 12: MOTION ON NUS AFFILIATION motion was opposed on the call for ideological differences to The motion was passed 55:39 with 5 abstentions despite Andrew grounds that rape was violence. be put aside for the moment and Gray's opposition on the ground that EUSA's independence is rather than the product of a sexu-· something done to ensure the valn~hlf> ality distorted by capitalist rela-· safety of women in the University. GM report compiled by Katka Krosnar, Aileen McColgan, tions of production. There was The tnotion was defeated 99:26. Ewen Ferguson and Cathy Milton.

i HELP AND ADVICE FREE TICKETS FROM UNION SHOPS & EUSA OFFICES (WITH MATRIC CARD) Every Friday & Every Monday from 9am-10am at 93 Causewayside ADd Third Saturday of Every Mooth 9 am Burdiebouse/Southhouse Community Centre, Burdiehouse Street 10.15 am Libertoo High School, Gilmerton Road 11.30 am James Gillespie's High School, Lauderdale Street ~~CENTENARY UNION PALAIS Or contact the Labour Party HQ 93 Causewayside (Tel: 662 4520). Labour-Sernng Our Community H-FRIDAY lOth MARCH- FRIDAY lOth MARCH-FRIDAY lOth MARCH- F (STUDENT NEWS NEWS Playgroup IN to open

by Cathy Milton to the local community, but stu­ BRIEF dents will be given priority and will pay a reduced rate of 50p per A NEW playgroup that will hour. "This is much cheaper than existing alternatives and should Centenary give priority and financial Photo: Malcolm Mac/eod concessions to student­ provide student-parents with Debate some financial relief," said parents is to open on Feb­ The King'"s Buildings Union celebrated its golden anniversary in fine TO mark the centenary of the Melanie Gilbey of EU Friends of ruary 27 and the organisers style. The ball was attended by the KBU committee, Rector Muriel University Unions, there will the Playgroup. are looking for volunteers to The playgroup will be open Gray and the Dean of the Faculty of Science, Professor Ebsworth. be a debate next Friday lun­ help out. chtime (24th). The motion will from 9 to 5 every working day and EU Friends of the Playgroup be "This House would give the will not close for lunch. Pai:ents have announced that after "a year people the press they deserve", who wish to take advantage of the of effort", during which the com­ and among those taking part playgroup should call 667 0214 mittee "overcame numerous obs­ will be two speakers from The during working hours or 228 6361 tacles including lack of adequate Scotsman. The Heineken­ in the evening. EU Vets to funding", they are now in a posi­ Children will be supervised by sponsored event will be filmed tion to "provide the student­ by STY. The debate takes fully qualified nursery leaders but parents of this university with place at 1 pm in the Debating the playgroup is relying on the Chamber at Teviot Row some adequare child care". support of student volunteers for The playgroup will run along .Union, and there will be free even one hour a week . aid farmers beer. lines similar to the one that was ' "The work is easy, rewarding forced to close last year. It aims to and great fun. Basically it involves provide child care for two to five­ "'playing with the children," said Loans year-olds on a very flexible basis. ·Ms Gilbey. Volunteers should (. l protest It will be open to parents contact her on 228 6361 in the in 3rd World involved with Wilkie House and evening. A GROUP which describes leagues, Nick Short 3nd Eric A GROUP of students from Feron, are all postgraduate stu­ Edinburgh staged an anti-loans itself as an "Oxfam for ani­ mals" and aims to help far­ dents at the University's Centre demonstration in the Bank of for Tropical Veterinary Medicine. Scotland branch on the EU wins mers in developing countries Mr Feron previously worked Mound. h~s been set up by Edinburgh for a similar group in France Around 50 students turned ·University students. which has been very successful. up for the peaceful demonstra­ The group, which is a non-gov­ The three emphasise that they tion which was organised by £15 million ernmental organisation with are keen for other students to get •Moray House College last charitable status, aims to provide involved and that the group is not Wednesday. veterinary assistance to the exclusive to vets. poorest farmers at an individual The group has completed a grant or community level. · feasibility study in Mozambique which "went well", according to It will also provide training in Sympathy Mr Thirlwell. basic· veterinary techniques and human disease, but also in the It is currently submitting pro­ by Aileen McColgan hopes to establish farmers as self­ eventual elimination of certain ject proposals to the EEC and the sufficient. BILL Spence, typesetter for animal diseases. Sir David said Government and all the signs are Student, Midweek and many that he hoped such work would Says organiser Graeme that they should receive funding. J other University publications, EDINBURGH University is help remove the spectre of sal­ Thirlwell: "We hope to make our­ Students interested in getting collapsed last week and was to receive a grant worth £15 monella infection in livestock, selves unnecessary." involved should contact Graeme rushed to hospital. million over the next ten and Professor McConnell, of the Mr Thirlwell and his col- Thirlwell on 668 3004. The staff of Student wish him years. The money is to be Department of Veterinary Lives­ a speedy recovery and look for­ used to fund a centre for tock, said that gene manipulation ward to seeing him back at genetic research into ani­ could help build up the resistance EUSA launches work soon. of animal stock to disease. It is mals, and it is hoped that the unclear how far the salmonella understanding of many problem in hens is the result of ''Take Care'' human diseases will also be reduced resistance to disease. Allsop furthered by the project. Edinburgh has already proven The news was welcomed by Sir itself in the field of animal _Campaign Memorial David Smith, the University's research, having developed sheep Principal, who said that it was "a whose milk contains a human pro­ by Mandy Goddard to basic information about the dis­ fine tribute to the work of our sci­ tein which causes blood to clot. ease. Lecture ence staff ... and to the research This is to be marketed for the "Take Care" co-ordinator THE editor of The Scotsman achievements of the Unviersity treatment of haemophiliacs. THE Students' Association Jimmy Quinn emphasised that the will deliver next Wednes­ generally". Sir David pointed out, how­ campaign's main message is that The centre will create 40 new ever, that grants such as this do has launched a "Take Care" "AIDS concerns us all". day's (22nd) Kenneth Allsop jobs at the University and is not contribute to the overall run­ campaign to coincide with "It is aimed at all students, not Memorial Lecture, spon- expected to become an interna­ ning of the University. He stres­ National AIDS Awareness at any specific section." He ' sored this year by the Bank of tionally recognised centre for sed on Reporting Scotland that the Week. expressed concern that many stu­ Scotland. equipment and training in prime purposes of the University The Welfare Committee is dents remain ignorant of the Magnus Linklater will address research into the genetic structure are the teaching of its students, using posters, leaflets and display whole issue and at the prevailing all-corners on "The Press We of animals. and excellence in the traditional boards throughout campus to pro­ attitude of complacency which he Deserve" at 7 pm in DHT Lecture Such research is expected to subjects. Such aims had become . mote awaren<:

FREE TICKETS FROM UNION SHOPS & EUSA OFFICES (WITH MATRIC CARD) ~~,~~c,FREE FOR ALL ~d$t~· centenary H-FRIDAY lOth MARCH-FRIDAY lOth MARCH-FRIDAY lOth MARCH-F I 4 Thursday, February 16: 1989 NEWS STUDENT A UT bacR.s .Treasury climb-down EUSA Week ff . . of Action .over EU sta poltcy . get us out of the ·deficit". by Aileen McColgan would attract fewer students, as a by Aileen McColgan particularly Nigel Griffiths. The four-year course would entail a Treasury has agreed to supply the The backdown, however, does larg r debt than the more stan­ £1 million necessary to fund the not extend to the future operation THE Week of Action against dard three-year degree. This had THE Treasury has sus­ redundancy payments of staff who of the scheme. A further£1.2 mill­ student loans reaches its peak not been considered by the White pended a ruling which have been selected for endow­ ion will have to be found to cover today with the march at 12.30 Paper. · penalised Edinburgh Univer­ ment fellowship schemes, sus­ remaining redundancy payments. and cram-ins in King's Build­ Mention was made also of the sity for one of its debt-reduc­ pending its previous retroactive. Sir David's annual report states. ings and George Square. extent of bank opposition to the ing strategies. ruling on the subject. Without the that: "This is money we do not (See front page for details.) scheme. The clearing banks could scheme, Sir David Smith, the have, since our freely disposable Principal, has said there was "no The President of AUT Edin­ not be forced to operate a scheme The backdown came in reserves were exhausted last year, · prospect of us achieving the burgh confirmed the union's firm which, as it stood, was the worst response to sustained efforts by and we will have to raise · the position on the loans scheme. "It possible version of the loans­ the Scottish Office and local MPs, reduction in numbers of staff to money by the sale of assets." would do nothing," said Peter· based system. International Vandome, "but damage access to experience had, in any case, universities", and the A UT proven loans schemes to be further believed that "students unworkable. On Tuesday the University Principal·slates should be free of significant finan­ cial worries". Court accepted EUSA's submis­ At a press conference hosted by sion to the Government on the the sabbaticals on Tuesday, Edin­ top-up loans. The statement burgh MPs Nigel Griffiths details EUSA's rejection of the state of the Uni (Labour) and Alisdair Darling Government's proposals as con­ (Labour), as well as Andrew tained in the White Paper. EDINBURGH University's sities have been placed. land of 30 per cent of the Smith, Labour's front bench EUSA 'states that the loan Principal has strongly Sir David declared himself resources currently devoted to 'spokesm·an on higher education, scheme will lead to reduced access against charging students for their veterinary education towards "vet all spoke against the Govern­ attacked the current state of to higher education, and that it higher education in a wide­ ·tuition, which would "seriously schools which came at or near th~ menfs loan proposals. will place severe restriction on the· restrict access to universities". bottom of the league table o. /7 . It was pointed out that women choice of course open to students. · ranging speech to the Gen­ research income". especially would be deterred by eral Council. He acknowledged and thanked Graduates will be increasingly the graduate body for its financial Sir David further warned that the scheme. The threat of loan drawn into high-salaried jobs, During the address, Sir David support and presaged a wider any moves towards allocation of repayments might prove incom­ rather than the public sector, Smith pointed to the continuing fund-raising campaign. resources for higher education patible with the desire to have a teaching or social work. The gen­ "overwhelming and overriding" based on geography rather than family. eral effect of the proposals on stu­ Drawing attention to the indi­ financial problem. merit,. would damage the Scottish Those from poorer dent income is strongly criticised cations of Edinburgh as an "out­ economy, industry and employ­ backgrounds, and mature stu­ in the report as are the "un­ He referred to the current AUT stand international university", ment, as well as the University dents, would be particularly doubted administrative difficul­ dispute over pay as a "scandalous he expressed concern about the who are presently net importers of affected. Scottish universities· ties" involvep in the scheme. situation" in which the univer- proposed withdrawal from Scot- students and research contracts.

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Australia a lot of it is concen­ tive cheapness (as compared to dangerous as it allows the owners trated in the hands of a few. other forms of media) of produc­ of these networks access to the There are minimal checks on ing a magazine. whole of Australia. the media power brokers. There is no law limiting the con­ The government's equalisation Alternatives like the student trol of newspapers in Australia programme will exacerbate this. press, ethnic press, community beyond those that relate to cross­ In the next few years the regional radio and now also public televi­ media ownership. Rupert Mur­ areas of New South Wales, sion , keeps the mainstream media doch owns more than half the Queensland and Victoria will get on its toes. Journalists, editors, metropolitan newspapers in programmes of all three net­ managers, producers and announ­ Australia. Warwick Fairfax, through works. Each of the networks will cers keep an eye on news content. his control of Fairfax in Sydney be broadcasting to over 90 per and David Syme in Melbourne, cent of Australia. Apart from this there are only. a takes up most of the rest with The law limits any one owner to few government controls on the Holmes a Court's Bell Group a total maximum reach of 60 per media. Certain rules regulate how holding on to a few dailies in cent of the Australian population much media can fall into a single Perth. for all his stations combined, as pair of hands. In 1987 national Almost all suburban newspap­ well as a limit of one station in radio limits and television owner­ ers are owned by the same people each metropolitan area. But many ship laws were changed and cross­ who own the major dailies in that of the smaller stations in each net­ media ownership laws were intro­ city. work are owned by smaller duced. Part of the reason for this is that players, who affiliate to a network The cross-media ownership newspapers are so expensive to in order to improve the quality of laws state that a person who owns set up and maintain. They require the programmes they can show. 3: television station in any area a large staff and huge infrastruc- For example, Alan Bond ·owns cannot own a newspaper in that ture. On top of this they often run channel nine in Sydney, Mel­ same area, nor can they have a .lit a loss, and are guaranteed to do bourne and Brisbane; but not in monopoly over radio broadcasts to that area. There are similar so for their first few years. For Perth, or Adelaide. Yet all are example, The Australian was part of the nine network. cross-media laws relating to direc- established 20 years ago and last The television limit was origi­ ~ torship of companies. year recorded its first ever profit. nally to have been 75 per cent. But this has had only limited The situation with television is The Liberal Party forced it down success and in each area, apart more . alarming. At least in to 60 per cent in order for the Bill from radio, a few big players dominate. the field of newspapers there is a to get through the Senate. good range of "alternative" press. Community television recently { Although there is no law reg- However, the field of television is began broadcasting in Melbourne ulating magazine ownership it is totally dominated by the three and in October Metro will start in the most open of the mainstream ·networks: Scase's seven network, Sydney. This · will provide some media forms . The magazine mar- Bond's nine and Lowy's ten. alternative to the present ket in Australia has two major Networking means that stations mainstream domination. In the players: Kerry Packers' Australia in different regions link together US a further alternative is cable tions that may be owned nation- in1986-7.Perhapsthisiswhythey Consolidated Press and South- to broadcast the same material. It (pay) TV, but the present govern­ ally was raised from eight to 16 have not been such an attraction down Press, owned by Rupert means that more money can be ment has put a moratorium on any last year, and only one station in In Australia, as in many other Murdoch. spent on production and is par- development of pay television in .each "designated area" (e.g. Syd- countries, the -majority of the Many magazines are one-off ticularly good for smaller stations Australia until 1990. ney). media is controlled by a w.ry small productions or from a (i.e. those outside of Sydney and There· is no · one player who Stations in Australia often run number of people. Everybody small publishing house which does Melbourne) who get access to owns a really large share of . at a loss, ~ith abo~t 20 per cent of should be aware of how keen they only a couple of magazines. A programmes which are otherwise Australia's radio stations. The metropolitan stations and 30 per are to impress their opinions on major reason for this is the rela- out of their price range. -But it is maximum number of radio sta- cent of rural stations posting a loss society. Suspect Politics students at a SaraJevo meeting . we can only guess," commented REPORTS from a recent who had been accused by the one of the Sarajevo delegates. Political Science Faculty police of "conducting suspicious Despite a serious lack of funds, conference held in Belgrade . talks". another conference is being show an increasing interest in Since then, police interest in planned for April this year. open discussion and study of university faculties of political Proposed topics include "Political political concepts which science has increased. Although Pluralism in Yugoslavia", "The relate particularly to professors considered the Crisis of Yugoslavia as a Multi­ Belgrade conference to be national State" and "Human Yugoslavia. "constructively academic" and Rights l:tnd Freedom in a Socialist students enjoyed the social life, State". However, there are still the police viewed . it more The future for political difficulties arising for student and cautiously. scientists in Yugoslavia, however, faculty members· taking part in Delegates were allegedly depends largely on the benevolent even such purely academic subjected to up to ten hours of attitudes of the "organs of state conferences. The most important police interrogation. "The aim of security" towards opening topic discussed in Belgrade was the police was psychological and academic discussion on these· one concerning the _rolitics physical intimidation for reasons . issues.

A CLOSE former associate of South Africa, said that the focus Martin Luther King Jr., the should ~e s~ifted from his birth­ assassinated black civil rights day, which IS "uncomfortable at No divesttnent leader has suggested that the w~rst", t.o his death day, .which is . ' . . "d1stressmg at best". This would holiday hono~rm~ h1m be contribute to the struggle against AMID huge student pro­ committee asked trustees "not to express their views on the matter moved from h1s birthday to King's "congenital enemies": tests, the Board of Trustees balance the harmony of the and hear his justifications. · the day that King was killed. racism, poverty and war. of Cornell University, campus with our judiciary But in a letter to the Cornell Rev. Walker concluded by say- responsibility", but to "try to Daily Sun, the students said they lthaca, NY, has voted not to improve the lives of the majority felt he had evaded questions, and The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker was· ing that King should be remem­ fully "divest" (disinvest) of addressing students in St Paul's bered as a revolutionary, not a of the population in South Africa that "based upon the expressed Chapel, New York. He said that . reformer. He praised him, assert­ its financial holdings in South within our overriding sentiments of African-Americans the present holiday was used for ing that, "Martin Luther King is Africa . . responsibility as trustees of the on campus, the trustees have no "artifical get-togethers between the only authentic spiritual genius "The value of Cornell's university's endowment". other course but for total white and black Americans, hold- Western religion has ever pro­ divestment as a symbolic action is The vote has come at the climax ·divestment". ing hands and singing We Shall duced". an empty one," said the of student demonstrations The faculty of the college also Overcome, and then getting back At present, students in the US University President Frank demanding full divestment. A expressed its disapproval in a to business in white racist are experiencing a "Black History Rhodes at last Friday's trustees' joint coalition of Black Students letter signed by 32 black faculty America". Month" which concentrates on meeting. United and other anti-apartheid members, calling on the trustees Walker, who has been active in student concerns and education Cornell has up to $42 million groups invited Rhodes to a to "unequivocably reject a system the struggle against apartheid in issues. holdings in South Africa. The meeting shortly before the vote of white state racism against report of an investigative was taken. They wanted to blacks". I. 6 Thursday, February 16;-.1989 FOCUS -STUDENT .f

ITH accusations of involvement in the abduc- The most unfortunate element in the whole affair, tion of four Sowetan youths being levelled at however, is the ammunition that it provides for the w her, former comrades and supporters distancing South African regime. For years they have been themselves from her, and a high-level police STUDENT searching for a way to discredit not only Winnie investigation hanging over her, it is generally accepted EstabUshed In 1887 Mandela, but her whole entourage, and the anti­ that Winnie Mandela is in a lot of trouble. apartheid movement to go with it. Whether or not any of But wait a minute. Winnie Mandela is the "real-life 4lJ Pleas_ance, Edinburgh EH8 9TJ. Tel. 558 11 i 718 the accusations against her are true, it matters very little heroine of immortal stature", the "mother of the nation" to Pretoria. The appointment of Major-General J . D . who is still revered by many, both in and out of South Joubert to look into the allegations is perhaps just the Africa. She is the wife of the jailed ANC leader, Nelson final step in a "we told you so" operation. Mandela, and is erself heavily portrayed in the media what has led to Mrs Mandela's notorious slips and errors Mrs Mandela's work in the struggle for freedom in as a towering symbol of liberation. of judgement. South Africa has not been negligible, but it does not · However, perhaps the "media image" is not entirely Two years ago, she made a statement implying compare with someone like Albertina Sisulu, a working accurate. support of "necklacing" - a method of killing by nurse and a eo-president of the United Democratic Granted that Mrs Mandela has suffered what amounts burning which did a lot of harm to the image of the anti­ Front. However, her drive, loyalty and unflagging to a lifetime's separation from her husband, and that she apartheid movement between 1984 and 1987. Soon after commitment in the face of oppression should not be has been continually harassed by both the media and the she was reputed to have had a "palatial new home" built denied. police. She has experienced repeated bashings since with money from foreign royalties and awards. Once a social worker, apartheid has forced her to 1964 and has borne an impossible way of life with Whatever the real story behind the "Nelson Mandela consider resorting to violence herself, if necessary: courage and strength. Football Team" and their alleged abduction of four "That is the bitterness they create in us .. . And if need But it appears as though the partial release of such Sowetan youths, Mrs Mandela's position was already be, you will use their own method ~ because that is the pressure - the lifting of restrictions on her in 1986- is precarious. language they understand."

IT_J~E~ 'I,ri;]~ RS WHAT WlLL \HE AMER\C.AN PSYCHt EUCAPT DO W\1\-\0UT A R~D THREA1 ? GM Slaughter reply Dear Student, flict of interests. All we ask is that Dear Student, Re Thursday's General Meet­ we should be allowed to practice Last week's edition of Midweek ing, McEwan Hall, 7 pm; Motion our tradition as we have done for carried the most radical statement No. 4: ban on ritually slaughtered 3,000 years. yet by the Students' Association on the poll tax. Quote: "The Stu­ meat. I find it offensive that our I would like to apologise for any uents' Assaciati6n would urge beliefs should be examined in you to consider in depth whether misunderst~nding that may have such a degrading fashion - par­ occurred between lain Catto, or not you wish to participate in ticularly when members of Thurs­ the poll tax." Cath Evans and myself. day's audience should misrepre­ I am afraid that my opening line Unfortunately, this statement sent our tradition and then criti­ was placed directly beneath and -which concerned the context of cise it for being archaic. this motion and not the individu­ advert placed by the University als who had conceived it - was The "stunning" ot' animals is Registry regarding students' cer­ misinterpreted. not a new phenomenon. The chief tificates for rebates. This has been I am well acquainted with both rabbis were aware of this practice misinterpreted by many students the proposers and am aware that and chose not to implement it but to signify opposition on the part of their intentions are far from · rather use a quicker and less pain­ EUSA and/or EUCAPT to stu­ racist. It is unfortunate that such ful method. dents picking up their certificates. misunderstanding should occur as We at EUCAPT would like to Judaism does not disregard state that we have no opposition a consequence of my defence of modern technology, but uses it in "Scheita", i.e. ritually whatsoever to students picking up conjunction with the concepts their certificates. The fact of the slaughtered meat according to the that sustain the tradition. It is in Jewish ~ietary laws. matter is that picking up and hold­ . this sense a progressive and not an ing on to your certificate will in no I still maintain that this motion, archaic religion. way affect your ability to fight the - regardless of the proposers' inten- · This motion infringed more poll tax. If, as we would hope, you tions, was racist. It totally disre­ upon human rights than animal are going for non-payment and garded the Jewish laws, which rights. In order to be truly tolerant were not to claim the rebate, at pertain specifically to animal · of our, or for that matter any, the point which the Region takes cruelty, and asked that we com­ religion, it is necessary to examine action, you would be liable for the promise our tradition. it in its own light. What is right for whole of the poll tax up to that one culture may not be right for Many Jews; including myself, date.lt is therefore important that another. consider the law to be sacred; we students hold on to these certifi- do not ask other people to submit • 'yours sincerely' cates. to our beliefs when there _is a con- D. Donahue, . A_dam Blitz. Chair, EUCAPT. Paper recycling De~rl!:~:re~!~recentlybeenpub- lished in The Independent from an -Dear Student, have the same aims as the working Aberdeen student suggesting a party and it is the intention of the very nifty and effective tactic to The Science Students' Council combat the adverse effects of stu­ have decided to set up a Paper working party to bring together dent loans. All students should this· range of activities in order Recycling Working Party to that a more coherent and effective write to their bank managers with actively promote the use of recy­ \ threats to withdraw their account cled paper and paper recycling campaign may be run. Anyone who is interested if the bank s~pports th~ present facilities. should contact me c/o EUSA . proposals. Wit~ the ~aJor banks Initially, attention will be Offices, Bristo Squa're, or on 668 already _wavenng, this measure L..!:~----.:::::::ii:iil"""":ttt.::lle::...._"""'~::;Ml~-~~iii2:;....;::!iiiii::;;,_~iiii.o,-~ focused on three specific areas: , 3775 (evenings). 1 would like to ma~ dect_de these powerful beas~s individual students, the Students' - hear your ideas and opinions. ~o s~de with the stud~nts: Mayb: It Association and the University. Yours sincerely ts time to . try the fidehty of A We are aware that there are Callum M~cLellan, Friend for Life" .. Typeset by EUSPB." Printed b~ Johnston's of Falkirk. Published many groups and individuals who Science Convener. Yours. smcerely' H by Edinburgh Student News paper. STAFF LIST hbt11111MI IIUIIGtlijl MUSiC: Craig McLean FASHION: Briony Sergeant MUSIC: Wednesday, I.ISpm. James Haliburton CAREERS: Katka Krosnar Student ·MANAGER: Harriet- Wilson EDITOR: GiUian Drummond ARTS: Alison Brown FEATURES: Wednesday, 1 pm, ADVERTISING : Colin Howman DEPUTY EDITOR: James Haliburton SungKhang Student Jane Sowerby NEWS: CatbyMilton F100a Gonion CAREERS: Friday, 1.30 pm, Katka Krosnar FEATURES: PaulaCollins Student STUDENTS NEWS Aileen M'olgan Maxton Walker FASHION: Friday, 1.30 pm, SERVICE: RodMcLean EwenFe son FILM: Bill Dale NEWS : "''''""Thursday, I pm, Student Student 'PROMOTIONS ; INTERNATIONAL: Ben Carver TobyScott Eel lliffe INTERNATIONAL: Wednesday, I. IS pm. ARTS: 'Thursday, I pm, Nicola Mitcbley LaraBurns WHATSON: JaneMoir Manfred Stede Sarah Chalmers Student Chaplaincy Centre DISTRIBUTION: Michael CampbeU 'SPORT: MikeSewell Julie McCunly SPORT: Monday, 1.45pm, FILM: Wednesday, 1.40pm, Robert Lamden TomHartley AvriiMair Student Student STUDENT SPORT Thursday, February 16, 1989 7· I·· Pride in defeat ~--c- Ediiiburgh • · • - -! survive the lion's den gan, who made a very impressive MEN'S HOCKEY debut, marking the BUSF centre forward out of the game. IT WAS an early start last The game was marred by some Wednesday morning for the of Durham's more dubious tactics and the weak refereeing hardly two quickly thrown together helped matters. teams who were brave enough to travel to the lion's EUMHC 0; Durham Univ 0 · den- England. The opposi­ Despite having more shots on tion were to be two very well­ goal, Edinburgh failed to take the spoken Durham sides on lead and were lucky to find what seemed from a distance another debutee, Brian Spencer, to be two well-kept grass clearing one shot off the line. The pitches but which on closer drama continued until the very inspection left a little to be end when, the 'keeper beaten, desired. Brian Tenner seemed to confirm his potential as a rugby loose head From the outset it was obvious prop by bringing down the that Durham were keen to reverse Durham centre forward, two Edinburgh's winning trend over yards from the · open goal. The the past ten years, and this weak umpire wavered and thank­ Colin McFarlane (left) is challenged by an Oban Celtic opponent. Photo: Hugh Pinney resulted in a hard-fought and fully pointed to the short corner sometimes dirty game. On the spot. The game finished as a draw, wind and after good play by Ian shot of the half, the Uni kept plug­ balance of play, both sides were but Edinburgh can take satisfac­ ea 't SHINTY Watt, the ball reached David Rus­ ging away and certainly deserved . evenly matched although Durham tion in a point away from home sell who unleashed a tremendous at least one more goal for their managed to inflict two separate and for playing calm, strong hoc­ FOR the first time since last drive that left the Oban keeper efforts. blood wounds on the head of one key while under enemy fire. season, the shinty team took helpless. · Tim O'Tay Edinb~rgh player, Steven M or- Brian Tenner to the field confident of get­ After an inspired half-time talk ting a result. the teams turned round and The pattern for the day seemed immediately the ball was down in · THIS '-VEEK'S RESULTS to be set right from the call of the the Oban half, where it remained toss, which the Uni won but to fQr virtually the rest of the game. Football Men's Basketball Despite the pressure, the Uni everyone's amazement the choice 1st XI v. Easthouses W 1-0 1st XI v. Dunfermline W 99-52 was given to Oban. Playing into a forwards had hardly touched the 2nd XI v. Muirhouse L 0-3 howling gale for the first half, the ball in a game before and they Colts v. Civil Service L 2-5 Curling Uni played some brilliant shinty obviously did not really know SUCC League L 6-4 under pressure and were holding what to do when they actually had Judo Edinburgh v. Glasgow W 7-5 out well with their rearranged a chance to shoot on goal, and SUSF: defence playing superbly. many chances went begging. In a Men 1st Place Fencing Then, disaster struck. A drive desperate attempt to get a goal, Women's A 3rd Place SUSF Beginners event: from long range was carried goal­ John MacKenzie was substituted U86 Men W Sweatman 1st Emily Cobelo 2nd Ladies' Foil wards by the wind, where Douglas and Victor Clements was switched U78 Men P. Armstrong 2nd Keith Smith 2nd Men's Foil Ross pulled off an amazing save, to full forward. There was no U66 Women S. Deane 1st; L. MacConne112nd but could only knock the ball into improvement in luck up front and Men's Open Y. Murati 1st; W. Sweatman 2nd Women's Hockey the path of an onrushing Oban coming up to half-time the ' uni 1st XI v. Dalziel L 2-3 forward who tapped the ball over were still holding out well but then Trampolining 1st XI v. Moray House W 5-4 the line. This was followed by Davie Russell, feeling after his Scottish Univ Championships: 2nd XI v. Edin Ladies L 1-0 more Oban pressure and, after a goal he could do anything, tried to Novice Class: 3rd Kate Hayman 3rd XI v. Tranent Ladies 1-1 goalmouth scramble, the ball was catch the ball in his mouth. Unfor­ Intermediate Class: 1st David Murphy; 3rd XI v. Moray House 0-0 flicked from close range into the tunately he came off second best 2nd Lynn Hendry goaL and needed some time to recover. Advanced Ladies: 2nd Carole Shanks Netball The referee took this to be blatant Advanced Men: 2nd Craig Morrison; 1st Team v. St Andrews L 50-54 Edin 1; Oban Celtic 5 · time-wasting and, as in the Scot­ 3rd Giles Wadsworth land-Cyprus game, decided to add Team Competition: 1st Edinburgh B; Intra-Mural Football Premier Division At this point in a game the on extra time at the end of the 2nd Edinburgh A Lawsoc 2; Billy Fish 2 Uni's heads normally fall as half. This allowed two goals to be Scottish Open Elite: 1st John Hansen (Denmark) KBTRR 5; Strollers 5 . another embarrassing scoreline scored, but unfortunately they 2nd Anders Christiansen (Denmark) Fudge 1; So tripe I beckons, but their new-found were both for the wrong team and 3rd Alistair Fogg (Dundee) GFC 1; CIA 1 confidence was rewarded when despite Oban scoring a breakaway · 9th Craig Morrison (Edinburgh) they· battled upfield against the goal near the end with their only '------1

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TRAMPOLINE CLUB Privett and Vicky Hughes were RUGBY coxed to win by Dawn Moodie THIS weekend in Edinburgh and beat seven other crews in the the University Trampoline IN YET another match to be process. Club were the hosts of the played in atrocious condi­ biggest student trampoline tions., the University CANOE CLUB competition in Britain, the belatedly recorded their first Scottish Student Open Tram­ win of 1989. ON Saturday, EU Canoe Club took part in SUSF poline Championships. EURFC6; Two competitions were integ­ Canoe Polo Championships rated into the weekend, the Scot- Cartha Queen's Park 3 at Glasgow University. . tish Universities Trampoline After Cart ha had taken an early The ladies' 'A' team qualified Championships and an open com­ lead through a penalty, it took the for the final but lost to St Andrews petition which attracts English, University until the last quarter to by only 2-4. Kirsty Jessop and Irish, Welsh and European com­ strike back. A cross-kick by Rona Wolfe were noted for their petitors. centre Garth McAlpine was sup- fast sprinting and everyone for In total there were over 200 . erbly caught one handed by Mark their passing and scoring. competitors for the individual and Stewart, modestly described by The men's 'A' team played very team competitions which were himself as the new Jerry Rice, well and won a place in the semi­ run on the Saturday. Amongst who set up excellent ruck ball. final but were beaten by Glasgow them were the Scottish national · This was then spun out by the 'A' who won the final against champion, Alistair Fogg, the cur­ backs, full back Johnny Russell Heriot-Watt. rent Danish national champion, taking advantage of a two-man John Hansen, and the past Danish overlap to score under the posts. SHOTOKAN KARATE Admi~ing gazes for a somersaulting Photo: Hugh Pinney McAlpine added the conversion. . trampolinist. ON Saturday, Strathclyde MOUNTAIN national champion, Anders Chris­ with two bronzes, four silvers and BOAT CLUB University Sports Centre was tiansen. Also competing were two golds. Saturday was therefore SATURDAY proved to be a . the venue for the first league BIKES members of the German student a very successful day for us, and match of this term for Edin­ national teams, both men and we also had a good result in the successful day for the Boat FOR HIRE AND SALE women, and this made up an Club at the Charities Regatta burgh's Shotokan fighters. synchronised pairs competition A male team of five competed excellent standard for the elite which was held on the Sunday. held on the Clyde by Glas­ TRY . open competition. in the three matches, with Edin­ Taken less seriously, Sunday pro­ gow University. · burgh beating Strathclyde 3-2, In the Scottish Universities BEFORE duced various spectacles, provid­ The men's novice title was being defeated 4-1 by St Andrews, Championships Edinburgh Uni­ ing us all with welcome entertain­ taken for the fifth year running. YOU BUY . versity did extremely well, gaining and losing only 2-1 to the other ment. This year's crew, Simon Edgar, Edinburgh University karate eight medals out of a possible 15, Isabel Fleck Scott Ferguson, Greg O'Neil and club, Shukokai. BIKES FROM £125-£500 _ __...a...:.___....;.___ ...~

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Nitzer Ebb have at long last achieved success in their own country with their second album Belief. Their particular brand of hard dance music has finally meant their politics and image have taken more·of a _ back seat, while the music itself has come to the fore. Douglas and Bon talked to James Haliburton.

ITZER Ebb seems to be far tnore than atmosphere of punk has a lot to do with how we are. Ebb fan, but because he was known as a Nazi in the merely a band that produces the odd One early philosophy of ours was to cross disco music town. You've got to draw the line somewhere and record. There seems to be a whole "with punk. Some of the dance records we used to listen separate yourself from it. If he was goose!stepping to were really hard. Punk just started going over the _around the streets he deserved something. Whatever his N philosophy behind the band - that of edge, getting faster and faster and more abrasive. That's beliefs, they would have been the same without our independence. Bon, one half of Nitzer Ebb, fine sometimes but I certainly couldn't sit down and influence." tends to agree with me: "Independence from listen to it for an hour." The latest aspect of the band to be picked up on is the other people, belief in yourself, basically.lt's sex and in particular their sexuality on stage and on down to not doing something just because The idea of fusing punk and disco is not unique to records. How does being heralded as the pin-ups for Nitzer Ebb. Duran Duran had the idea of mutating The 1989 feel? people want you to do it, whether that's friends Sex Pistols with Chic. However, Douglas sees the or the state." Douglas: "It's slightly more gratifying they want to similarities ending there: "I think if you say something take that angle with us rather than making out we're He also sees this as the.main reason the band have like that you've got to. mean it-and we do mean it. Our Nazis." carried on for the best part of this decade: "Basically, we sound is quite rough, but it is disco. When I listen to Bon: "When we started we were trying so hard to be both feel the same way. We've grown older so perhaps some of the awful songs we did, the only reasons we got 'funky', really threw ourselves into it. Now we've we're a bit more realistic. The more musical ideas have away with it was somehow we captured some of that become a little more relaxed and we've got a different attitude." · ' · taken over the band. Before, we were more interested persona on stage. Some of the sexuality is coming out." in experimenting and ways.of portraying the band." { Douglas: "It's weird. A lot of European teeny-bop magazines do colour spreads of us as just another pop The strength the band have is undoubtedly a result of he Nitzer Ebb image is very recognisable and in the strength of Douglas and Bon's enduring friendship. band. In Scandinavia, there's a lot of. pent-up IS-year­ some quarters more important than the music old boys with us on their walls." Bon admits there have been problems growing up within itself. Bon understands how this happened and the band: "The new album, Belief, reflects our personal the dangers involved: "It can be a straitjacket. changes and our friendship really. When you're in a T Whereas other bands deconi.te their videos with lots When we were into it being recognised as an image it band and you're mates, inevitably one will suffer. I would have been great. At that time though people of female flesh to perk up their videos, you obviously think our friendship did suffer a lot. Within the last year didn't recognise it as an image- they just saw it as don't have to. we redressed all that by streamlining the band. A lot of something dodgy." Douglas: "I think we've got more capabilities for problems weren't between us , it was the pressures we being sexual ourselves than some of those bands. Maybe That experimentation with image has confused a lot .were getting from the band." 20 years ago they did as well. That's the nicest way of of people. The political context is far from clear. looking at it-as something they have to fall back on Douglas claims they're more interested, as a band, in Did the band begin, in the early eighties, as a reaction rather than looking at it from the sexist, stereotype personal rather than political parties: "On the band point of view of strutting girls." against the guitar bands that were so prolific at that level the whole idea was just to bastardise whatever we time? choose. To get up a lot of people's noses was our basic Douglas: "It was a backlash. Things were being philosophy." trotted out again and again, virtually the same ideas. nyone witnessing Nitzer Ebb live a couple of Every couple of years there seems to be a wave of that Surely, you'd agree that there is a certain amount of weeks ago can't ave failed to notice not only sort of band." danger in the presentation of ambiguous imagery, this intense sexuality, but the sheer theatrical Bon: "At the time most of the alternative music, for leaving people, who may not be as well balanced as nature of it all. Three young men putting want of a better word, was hard but getting hard for its yourselves, to interpret what you have to say? A everything into three-quarters of an hour's own sake. We did our first gigs at hardcore punk clubs. Bon: "You have to be fairly stoic about that sort of performance. There was sex, sweat and drama, but That kind of music is extreme in the way that pop is thing. There's not much you can do about it. People are Douglas points out that a lot of their presence and public extreme in the other direction. Our approach is right up always going to have their own perceptions. We can't be image has little to do with th~ir actual intentions: the centre- a hard edge but still with something accountable for the bad apples." tangible you can listen to." Douglas explains, in real terms, how much of a reality "When we first played the Marquee last week there was a Given their penchant for "attitude", surely punk was this has become: "It depends on how guilty you want to bit of a fuck-up. As a distraction I started swinging the influential on them. Bon sees that to a certain extent this feel. After a gig in Gothenburg some people got beaten microphone but I'm so clumsy I ended up clobbering all is true: "It's difficult for us to talk about punk. We were up-one bloke was beaten to death. From press reports these people. In the context of the press it was a violent t aware of it, but were so young. What we perceive as the it seems he was beaten to death, not for being a Nitzer · action but in reality it's me being a clumsy git." 10 Thursday, February 16, 1989 FEATURES REVIEWS This

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Smith describes himself as an unusual candidate for the left: "I was brought up in, I suppose, a political atmosphere, not that my parents were political activi~t~, ' ' I think I had a Scottish CalviniStic the very opposite, my father was a schoolmaster and 1 John Smith, the Shadow obsession with work and a belief that was very much a product of a highland village," he said. leisure was intrinsically sinful and if "But despite this there was a very strong radical Chancellor, admits that excess led one was not working full pelt in tradition, a labour tradition, in the highlands, sol had a to his heart attack last October. some useful way, you were. a layabout. I've sort of predisposition to thinking that politics was a modified my view a little bit on that." worthwhile activity." Restored to health and to Last October a serious heart attack forced John Smith became involved in politic"s at Glasgow Smith, QC, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, off University, where he studied law and established a Labour's front bench, his more Labour's front bench after a long and distinguished reputation in debating, winning the Observer Mace in moderate lifestyle perhaps reflects career in politics and put his political future in doubt. As 1962. He fought his first by-election aged 23, but after Secretary for State in the last Labour government, failing to win the seat became a solicitor instead and the vote-catching measures Smith was the youngest Cabinet member and is now one then joined the bar, a decision that he has never adopted recently by his party. He of the few existing Labour leaders to have had regretted. He was elected into the North Lanarkshire experience of high office. In opposition he has been seat in 1970 and has been there ever since. spoke to Caroline Grove Smith principal spokesperson for Trade and Industry, Energy, Why did he choose politics o¥er law? "Well, I think all Employment and, most recently, Treasury and politicians have a mixture of a certain amount of about policy review, election Economic Affairs. egotism, a sense of wanting to use power and to achieve pacts and principles. But now the canny Scots frontbencher has bounced power and I think also they've got to have a certain ·back into Parliament. After three months' recuperation idealism, some concept of what you want the power and a holiday in The Gambia, he has fully recovered and for." He continued: "And I had the notion of public lost almost three stone in weight, but he's not giving service, a v~ry strong belief in democratic socialism as a away any of his dieting secrets except to say that he has civilised philosophy and method of government. I've become more calorie conscious and is drinking less. alw~ys seen the need for social justice as one of the most REVIEWS FEATURES Thursday, February 16, 1989 11

important political priorities and I think that is what led electorate to rule under a government they did not vote of what ought to be the objective of an economic policy me into it." for? "To reach that conclusion you would have to say - I believe it should be sustained and balanced that the Labour Party could never win. If you reach the economic growth. Sustained in the sense that it is kept view that the Labour Party could never win then you up regularly, rather than have spurts of growth caused might well have an almost inescapable moral by excessive demands which have to be slammed into responsibility to create the circumstances in which we reverse. Balanced in the sense that it has got to benefit s mith modestly attributes his suocess in politi

gow's latest offspring con­ Primitives-cum-Buds type preten­ TEXAS fined to a few miserable sions here. While the latter are all The Venue square feet. about icing on the cake and "let's THIS isn't just Texas but Judging by the heckling from finish off the band with a nice sweet girlie singer", Sharleen's T-E-X-A-S. In other words, the audience, the band had trans­ ported friends and relatives over voice is the backbone of Texas. we're talking big - big for support. They needn't have Then there's the lead guitar, or rtame, big music and, with worried; the audience, from casu­ should I say the boy (he looks all any luck, a big future. Funny, als to 30-year-old couples, rubbed of 17) behind it, plucking and then, that music which pro­ shoulders, sweated and enjoyed. twanging and loving every minute fesses to conjure up images of It is all too easy to make com­ of the attention, boy and gee.tar "wide-open space" should parisons with the music of Texas both. This is Friends Again again. Take away these two and find itself here. We all know to that of Hipsway, Love and Money etc. But this band deserves you've got the stuff that standard that the Venue is one wee more than to be labelled along L&M singles are made of, but and shitty place, but there with these. For a start there's the with them you've got something was something wonderfully singer - female, and someone that's a whole lot better. perverse about seeing Glas- with a voice. No gushing blonde Gillian Druinmond Photo: Jeni Baker

THE WOLFHOUNDS THESHAMEN Potterrow The Venue times almost to Zappa ance; the elements within the "****off yourseif. ELEPHANT NOISE extremes) or break out into band tended to stay separate . (l 'Come and**** on my face, Teviot the odd frenzied guitar solo. rather than conglomerate to pro­ HEY, matey, are _you on? you ****." . duce anything exciting. The voc­ Psychedelia is just so groovy ELEPHANT Noise, at least In fact, the conflicts prevalent SUCH was the sparkling alist was a very good singer but like wow! Look at those originality-wise, seemed very in the sound of this band can had a voice without much charac­ exhibition of ready banter promising. The most perhaps be summed up in the ter and was somewhat yawn spaced-out slide projections, and quick-witted repartee immediate comparison to appearance of the guitarist. View­ inducing after a while. There were pass the magic mushrooms. with which the lead Wol­ spring to mind was The ing his longish, unkept hair and one or two good moments where a This ain't retrospective, it's fhound comprehensively Smiths as the lead singer bottle-bottom glasses, one spark was almost produced, most got a drum machine and the routed both a big Goth heck­ twisted, contorted and voc­ thought immediately of a Metal­ notably In My Room, but kids acid dance. A Shamen lica fan. To complement this, Elephant Noise's performance gig is where it's at. It's now ler and any notions of C86 alised in Morrisey-like fash­ though, he was clothed in a very cuteness that might have was largely unimpressive. Despite and happening. Any adoles­ ion. ·The guitarist, however, trendy waistcoat, shirt, and with the enthusiasm of the guitarist and been held by ignorant or seemed intent on creating a trousers his mother would be solid professionalism of the whole cent, would-be rebel should uninformed persons present; somewhat heavier sound proud of! sound, the result tended to remain see tham as kindred spirits. well, alright, me. than old Mozzlr would a mere novelty, inspiring little Unfortunately, the sound The Shamen are controversial, Anyway, they don't even look approve of; he wasn't afraid movement. Hardly Elephant their "Jesus is a Lie" tour had the like a C86 band. Two fringes, a seemed to hang together even less Noise. to use the tremolo arm (at well than the guitarist's appear- tabloid press worked up into a Housemartin and a Question of Neil Finnie lather. Tory rent-a-quote MPs Sport panellist; scarcely a square were falling over themselves to inch of black or a single pointy cry "Disgrace!" and "Bring back boot to be seen, and certainly no National Service and the birch". anoraks, teddy bears, scale mod­ Dylan, but mildly diverting they're big in Norway. With a .buld-up like that anyontf els of Windy Miller etc. ANTI-POLL TAX BENEFIT for half an hour. File under I know it was a benefit gig, and would be ready for teenage riot or What, you expect me to The Venue "Mostly Harmless". I shouldn't really be too critical participate in mind-bending describe what they sounded like because it was "right on" and a designer hallucinogenics. as well? I have it on good evidence Next up was Edinburgh's own Political Asylum, with a singer good cause and all that, but that they were a lot like The THAT can't be his real Would they cocoa! The Sha­ who looks like he's just escaped Thatcher On Acid were terrible. Nightingales, with a touch of early name, surely? Danbert men played with no energy or from one. Their curious hybrid of Imagine The Shamen on a bad Smiths and that the singer wasn't aggression. Each song merged Nobacon peddles a mixture bouncy US style hardcore and trip, or The Butthole Surfers after unlike Sky Saxon of the Seeds. into one another, each filled with of fairly traditional northern Brit-metal, sung in a Scottish a particular vicious curry. This Much of this was news to me, but echoey guitar psychedelia with a folky songs ("This one's accent, sounds a bit like the Gor­ was noise being sick through the they were jolly good anyway. cynical sampled beat to give it that about me mum"; "This one's dons played at 78 rpm. You've speakers. I also have it on good evidence acid feel. that I was in the toilet during the about the trees" etc.) with never heard of the Gordons? I admit to leaving early, along two best songs, but this was more the requisite anti-Thatcher­ Never mind, then. They didn't with many more who were driven They are just publicity seekers than compensated for by my Poll Tax-Brits Out N. Ireland really spark until halfway through out by the hideos squalling in the same vein as Sigue Sigue encounter with the scrawled type protest songs, some the set, but after that they pro­ cacophony. If there was a choice Sputnik but at least they wore legend; "I Am Kurious Oranj" vided us with the most enjoyable between listening to Thatcher On high heels, so they must at least amusing lyrics and entertain­ moments of the evening, and even Acid or paying the poll tax, I'd have had a sense of humour. Gor­ plus the witty riposte, "F-- off ingly unprofessional guitar you orange bastard". Next week I some solo stage diving. Definitely flee the country. bachev loves The Shamen but I will review Teviot cloakroom playing. 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I EL VIS COSTELLO Spike Warner Bros LP treatment of Edge of Your Life. Slap this on the car stereo and you AMONG the many altered could easily imagine David images which Declan Macmanus THERE is no denying the musical Coverdale's bidie-in draped over has hidden behind, Spike the pedigree of House of Lords. The ~our b?nnet. Only rawer tracks beloved entertainer is one of the line-up boasts, amongst others, bke S~t~ of the Tongue and most puzzling and one of the most Greg Guiffra of Angel and Lookm for Strange show any disturbing. Declan, alias Elvis, Guiffra fame , plus Chuck Wright, ro~gh edges. A wh,ole album of alias Napoleon Dynamite, alias formerly of Quiet Riot. With this ~h1s standard and I d be far more one of the Brothers Coward, has . . mterested. always delighted in the cryptic background 1t's no surpnse to . find that House of Lords are To be fa1r, House of Lords are lyric and the throwaway polished, proficient and precise da~n good at what they do. They metaphor. _everything an AOR band don t over-elaborat~ a~d are Spike, grinning insanely from should be, and, as it happens, ca~chy enough to stick m the the cover, is no less multi­ everything I feel a hard rock band mm d. If your tastes lean towards dimensional. As his garish two­ shouldn't be. This lot look like AOR then I ca_n strongly tone stage make-up suggests, he . recommend th1s album. If not, is the classic court jester, t h ey b reak. more haudryers. than th en, l'k1 e me, you 'll pro b a bl y juxtaposing black and white t h ey d o gu1tar stnngs. f d. b. bl d Sfll h The influences are obvious- m It a 11 a . lt an · ' , w en humour but never letting on witness the Bon Jovi-style "woah- has a fresh 1dea eve~ come out of which he prefers. Like the Fool between partners mutually political, he gets pretty close wi woah" choruses of I Wanna Be the House of Lords. performing to the King, he repugnant he reserves his Any King's Shilling, a pukka Irish lampoons (often savagely) but Loved and the Whitesnake ballad Stuart Allan sympathy. His women hardly folksong complete with Uileann rarely criticises. Subtle verse and ever seem to escape the role of pipes and fiddle. The coin in barbed compliment merge to either exploiter or exploited in question is that given to his form the black humour which is at the bitter "vignettes" which he grandfather who seemingly the heart of tragedy. creates, prompting charges of collaborated with the British And tragedy abounds on Spike. misogyny. Whether inadequate defence forces. Tramp the Dirt Veronica, the about-to-be­ yet ferocious spinsters like Miss Down is even more direct. A SIMPLE MINDS Yes, Mandela released single (eo-written with Macbeth (a song redolent of The brutal expose of the English The Ballad of the Streets Day can only really be described Paul McCartney and the only Beatles' Eleanor Rigby) or malaise in the eighties, it is Virgin 12" EP as intensely annoying but it was a consciously upbeat number on fornicating feline tormentors instantly memorable for the lines, song for a particular occasion and the album) tells of an ageing (Pads, Paws and Claws), she is "When England was the whore of THE name of Simple Minds is we are reminded that it served its English rose whose senility either plain squalid or else the world/ And Margaret was surely more widely acknowledged purpose well. For that, and the occasionally abates to.reveal a vaguely horrific. madamffhe future look as bright than ever before. Consequently, quality ~f t~e r_est of_the EP, we longing for the "amour" who But then his men are worse. and clear/As the black as their first release of new can forg1ve 1ts mcluswn here. sailed away 65 years before. "Mr Getgood" ( ... This tarmacadam." Billy Bragg eat material in three and a half years, Beflfast Child is a jukebox classic, Let Him Dangle, grim and Town . . .) money grabbing your heart out. this EP is extremely important no less. The song reaches out _to deep-throated, recalls the cybernaut, bought the American God's Comic (God is comic or and has been receiving much succ~ssfully ~ouch the heartstn_ngs dubious conviction (and Dream but sold his few scruples God's Comic, i.e. Declan himse attention- and my god, have a~d IS not Wishy-wa~hy about It subsequent execution) of murder on the way. Never failing to spot is the singer self-portrait; even they done the biz! An epic folk e1ther; t_he mood bmlds_up to one accomplice Derek Bentley- a the ironies of capitalist though, like the rest oft he album, tune with whistles and everything, of froth_mg, gu~-wrenchmg notorious affair which partially contradiction, Elvis casts him in it is written in the third person. building up to a rockist crescendo! aggressiOn as J ''? Kerr. ploughs motivated the abolition of the the role of anti-hero- "the Just who is responsible for airport And what else? Their Mandela through what will be looked back death penalty. Baritone sax, corporation thief is the new Jesse novelettes and Andrew Lloyd Day song specially written for upon as a seminal moment in snare-drum and an ominous James". If he gets desperate to Webber's Requiem? You may that conc~nt last year_ woo, Simple Minds' career. (often double) bass feature satisfy his many sexual well ask. Perhaps he should have extensively, ironically presaging aren't we lucky?- especially . _ _ . peccadilloes, he can always get given the world to the monkeys. with such classic lyrics as "Woh, S!mpl_e_l\:fmds w1ll come m for the funereal ship's bell which himself a mail-order bride Often vaudeville, occasionally ho, ho, Mandela Day". Finally, a s~me cntlclsm, but, as always . Elvis himself plays on the final (Chewing Gum). One wonders gothic-more tongue-in-cheek very special treat: a cover of the wit_h great r~ck band~: the music track, Last Boat Leaving, a title whether the NME will take that cynicism from, er, whatever he classic Biko to pay a nice little ultimately tnumphs. And the which scarcely needs any advert for prospective Filipino thinks his name is. Serious tribute to Mr Kerr's childhood eyes of the world are explanation. girl emigrants after this. listening under serious moonlight. hero, Mr Gabriel- how VERY watching ... , Upon matters of the heart Never noted for being blatantly Paul Rogerson touching. -Neil Finnie FRAZIER CHORUS Sue FINE YOUNG Despite such criticisms there is a modicum of fine new material. Virgin LP CANNIBALS She Drives Me Crazy, their I'M on a sugar high. Syrup drips The Raw and the Cooked biggest single to date, and I'm 'Not Satisfied display a vibrant, intravenously into my ear. Mr Benn's changing room in the London LP catchy simplicity which sees Sweetness and light course fancy dress shop (you remember), Roland Gift displaying his through my veins. My teeth rattle this is the sound that comes across LURCHING uncontrollably considerable vocal versatility in their sockets, spots rumble the shop speakers. . But that's not to say Sue is from excellence to mediocrity, while providing an excellent foil below the surface of my skin. Is muzak. The singles Fine Young Cannibals' second for Andy Cox's precise guitar this heaven or is this hell? Dream album fails to capture the depth riffs. It is this that is at the Well, probably the former. Kitchen and Sloppy Heart are, at This is a thoroughly "nice" little and emotion exhibited in their I Cannibals' heart, but sadly The base, subtle, innocuous songs previous release. With the Raw and the Cooked provides too LP called Sue. Such a sweet name that creep up behind you dubious inclusion of their age-old little new supporting evidence. as well. This is by a thoroughly· unawares, melting the ironest of cover version of The Buzzcocks' Magnus WiUis nice band called Frazier Chorus. wills. "My squashy heart" indeed. Ever Fallen in Love, this album And is that all: nice, nicety, Sitting Room "I've nad a jar of fails to find any semblance of . niceness? Not all all. Tim. coffee and you can't stop me direction. Freeman's hypnotic voice comes sleeping all weekend ... You There can be little doubting from nowhere and transports us made a cup of tea but made their talents as songwriters but in to far-off cartoon lands, escorted nothing for me"; Typical "On the this case the songs' diversity has by walking, talking, heavenly window sill, my elbow's numb ... left this album largely incoherent. oboes, clarinets and strings. In Sodding off, and I can't hear you Throughout, one is aware of the go"; Forty Winks "Take 40 winks haphazardness of this LP's on a lumpy couch". Throughout assembly. Three tracks stem from Sue, domestic cosiness is the the Cannibals' involvement in' watchword. Whenever we're film projects, one of which, the transported away from reality it's gangster-cum-darts scandal Good from the warmth of your bed or Thing features a virtuoso piano the softness of the armchair. performance from Mr Jools Which is exactly what you Holland. Further works seem to hedonistic slobs want, right? Sue have "games on a beatbox" at is comfort and joy. their core, embodied in the Craig McLean soulless Don't Let It Get You Down. 1•4 Thursday, :February 16, 1989 ARTS REVIEW., THE VISIT- FRIED RICH PARADISE LOST, DURRENMATT THANK GOD St Bride's Centre ------Bedlam Theatre JUST VISITING Untilll February 8 February VERSATILITY was the key ------~------PARADISE Lost, Thank to this production of Diirren- God, written and directed by matt's The Visit. The actors EUTC/Pooka McPhellemy ~ and set interchanged to regular: Roddy McDevitt, create an anarchic world of provided a packed-out Bed-·_ moral dilemmas and human lam theatre with_a fine comic flaws. re-reading o{Milton's classic The play was set in the small work. town of Gtillen, where human temptation and guilt reigned sup- . For_instance , who wo~l~ have _ reme. The townsfolk, massively in v1suahsed G~d as cons1stm~. of debt, face a moral dilemma when two personas. A st~ndard VISIOn offered a billion pounds by their . of the large, boommg old -~an former inhabitant Clara (played by the ever-d1vme Zachanassian on con,dition that Mitchel Benn) has its foil in the they kill their friend Alfred Schill shape of a wily female alter ego Clara's former lover and father of (Ciaire Stephans providing much her illegitimate child. As the play a_m_using contradiction a~d progresses many social issues are nd1cule of her ~ther half). raised as gradually both the Together they contnve to expel townspeople and Alfred become the lecherous Lucifer . from aware that he must die. Faced heaven by means of a cunnmg set­ with insurmountable temptation, · u~ invol_ving an apple a~d a cer­ even the most honourable charac- tam mmd-bogghngly mnocent ters change and Alfred's final co~ple called Adam and Eve. death, after the mounting of In the midst of all the hilarity, almost unbearable tension, comes the play did have a few interest­ as a relief to both the characters ing/serious points to put across, and audience. especially towards the end. The Dtirrenmatt's lack of judge- strobe-lit imagery of passionate ment allowed the audience to love and domestic disharmony relate to the human predicament from an Adam and Eve clearly the characters faced and the corn- relieved to have lost their pany's performance was" both a "paradise" was both well handled moving and thought-provoking and thought provoking. Also one. Using mime and sound worth mulling over was the fact effects as_ well as words, they that a greasy-mac Sunday Sport created many comic moments to reporter witnessing God's whole lighten the tragic plot and yet set-up can be completely disre­ could suddenly transform a farci- garded because the public never cal scene into one of bitter believes what the paper says any- recrimination and guilt. way. It was this versatility and the .company's dedication and discip­ All in all, it was good to see a line which made this play both full Bedlam audience rolling in memorable and relevant to the aisles to a completely new and everyone in the audience. home-written production. Fiona Gordon Nick Funnell

It was not only the outstanding_ ing set, a stark backdrop of con­ DIE PHYSIKER SOUMAKRUGS A VIEW FROM THE individual performances which verging alleyways which inten- . BRIDGE were impressive, most notably Adam House Theatre Galerie Mirages sified the mood of darkness and Royal Lyceum Theatre Kenny Ireland's powerful, sym­ threat. 8-10 February 46a Raeburn Place pathetic portrayal of Eddie incit­ 26 Jan-11 Mar 10 Feb-4 March ing both humour and pathos, but Altogether the production had . DIE PHYSIKER, a produc­ an immediacy which kept the SHELTERING at the end of SET in downtown fifties also the way. the cast worked as a tion of absurdist theatre company, forming alliances and audience gripped. I can only · played in German, presents a narrow alley in the heart of Brooklyn, Arthur Miller's A :counter-alliances with disturbing describe it as a compelling even- · the often debated question of Stockbridge's main shopping View from the Bridge xmvictwn, one must also spare a ing's entertainment. scientific responsibility in an street is the definitive ethnic examines the social pressures ~nention for K~nny Miller's strik- Gillian Smith unlikely setting - a German gallery-cum-bazaar. within Miller's own society, insane asylum. This month's exhibition affords most prominently the obses­ one a privileged view of several sive pursuit of the "American Friedrich Dtirrenmatt's beautiful hand-crafted Persian dream". thought-provoking work by-pas- carpets; the public preview of sed boredom and comically pre- which gave a unique chance to see sented a potentially stodgy · and the technique of soumak weaving In Ian Wooldridge's production . depressing subject with amusing demonstrated by Mr Jeremy the emphasis was firmly centred style. Scientific responsibility for Hooker, head of weaving at Edin­ on the process of degeneration new and deadly weapons was the burgh College of Art. and impending doom. Even the focal point of this piece, which This is a highly labour-intensive superficial comedy became ceaselessly tormented the three skill, each rug involving literally undercut by a sense of antagonism main characters, all brilliant years of work. The weft is not sim­ and tension. Robert Carr's omni­ physicists. They retreat from a ply run across the loom as in the cient narrator figure, continually world of political manipulation by. making of normal cloth, but is poised at the edge of the action, assuming the personalities of Sir twisted around the threads to give Jrovided a grim, ominous pre­ Isaac Newton and Albert Eins- a three-dimensional effect. Some ;ence throughout. tein, in order to pursue "pure sci- craftsmen employ two or three ence", while declaring themselves different techniques, thus produc­ The action takes place within insane. Sound depressing? Actu- ing individual landscapes with an the family of Eddie Carbonne, a ally, the message was a little embroidered appearance. comfortable, working-class heavy-handed, but the delivery . The other half ofthis emporium household until life-becomes vio­ was absurd and ironic enough to is devoted to the shop, selling any­ lently ruptured by the arrival of make they show enjoyable. thing from Javan banana bags at his wife's cousins, illegal immig­ The German Department £12.50 to rucksacks from Rajas- rants from Italy, who have come creates a suitably stark, depres- than at £10.50 each. There is also to seek wealth and success in sing- set for the sanitorium while an interesting selection of wood America. Things come to a head doing a first-rate job with tne carvings and furniture as well as when Eddie's respectable niece foreign text. As Chief Inspector hats, puppets, jewellery and door becomes involved with the Voss, investigating a string of hangings. smooth-talking Rodolpho Pirello, bizarre "accidental deaths", All in all this is an unusual and whilst Eddie's own idealism Richard Jamieson ·creates a sehr enriching experience, though makes him determined to break charmant and suitably befuddled perhaps more for the connoisseur the relationship. It's a play which character. Jonathan Clark as Dr than the browser, although if not explores the whole gamut of Beutler, alias Newton, is very flip, living on a student budget one human emotions: love, hate, . possessing a good command C!f the could tind exotic gifts from Thai­ ambition, obsessive idealism and, language and a fine sens~of comic land, India, Burma, Turkey, ultimately, the act of betrayal with · '------:-:---~-=---=---::::-:~------­ timing. Jen Beer Eth.iopia. . . . · Helen Joh~ston its fatal consequences. Thursaay~ February 16, 1989 15

The dearth ofpromoters for Scottish Jazi musicians has resulted in less venues prepared to put on live performers and a general lack ofsupport for professional seeking to appear in pubs and clubs around Edinburgh. Sophie Bancroft, herself a jazz vocalist, writes about the non-profit-making mazz club she has set up in an effort to alleviate the situation. . y name is Sophie · influences of jazz which these Bancroft. I am a musicians have grown up with. jazz vocalist After a year's existence of the based in band~ the Collective have already , At the moment recorded a session on Radio Two's Sounds of Jazz, appeared are worrying times for ·at the Edinburgh and Glasgow professional jazz Jazz Festivals, and been the · ·an. With the support band on Andy Sheppard's Jazz Society Scottish tour. At the moment a ••""'"·"'"' last year, and an ·major record company is asing amount of expressing interest in recording available, there is no the band, and the Collective are due to record for a BBC .U .... t-,·· ~ organisation documentary on the Scottish Scottish jazz saxophone player Tommy Smith ...... , .. ~."""·This is a very This band is going to be a top situation as the name in European jazz. of talented jazz ' u"'""'"."' particularly of the younger Mon20Feb The John Rae Collective generation, to be found in £2.50/£1.50 Edinburgh is stag~ering.' Mon27Feb Until recently, many pubs to-the non-existent promotion for publicity' considering the tight .. I hope you will be interested in Brian Kellock Trio plus around Edinburgh had live jazz :Scottish jazz musicians as budget it is being produced in. coming and hearing these local Jimmy Wood several nights a week, but the mentioned before. bands. They are all of a very high £2.50/£1.50 It is always difficult to get standard and well worth hearing. number of those doing so has As a result of this situation, I Mon6Mar u.,,,ulll

on canvas, they aJso do so in a larly startling in its fine use of col­ Jarvi prepared all his tempi PICTURES FROM A our. Included in the collection are SNO: NEEMI JARVI before walking onto the rostrum, highly imaginative, vital, and starting immediately. Unfortu­ CITY: ROB McCARTHY masterful fashion. This is · several scenes of Edinburgh, of Usher Hall ·PAINTINGS: which "Red November Alone" is nately , such was his enthusiasm simply not the dreary "cul­ 10 February that he was too quick off the mark - ANNE MORRISON particularly noteworthy. tural" affair one dreaded as a Anne Morrison, a student of at the beginning of the third 369 Gallery IT cannot be denied that the movement, catching the second child, but rather the exciting the Royal College of Art, concen­ departure of Jarvi as princi­ experience one always knew trates on opposites in her works, violins napping, yet who can 4-25 February pal conductor of the SNO is a blame them when faced with such lurked somewhere in the art and focuses on apparent obstacles IF it is an unabashedly exotic in life. For example, "Barrier" is a most unfortunate loss to an exhausting work. world. Scotland's musical scene. Fri­ The other two works in the and romantic escape, or an On. the ground floor, Rob breathtaking study of duality and exploration of life's duality inner conflicts. "Divide" employs day's concert must have been programme that preceded the McCarthy's collection of land­ Shostakovich were Mozart's and spiritual conflicts you scapes and city scenes, from massive, faceless men and women one of the finest to have been in a contest of strength set against Overture to the Magic Flute and seek, this exciting new show Orkney to Barcelona, uses pastel housed in the Usher Hall. Dvorak's Symphonic Variations a brooding seascape .. The second half was taken up at the 369 is right up your and acrylic to create vibrant, sen­ in which Jarvi and the orchestra Breezy contemporary land­ by Shostakovich 's C minor 8th timental works. The mesmerising took a more relaxed stance, ~ith alley. Not only do the two scapes or semi-feminist art with a Symphony into which .Jarvi featured artists, McCarthy piece "The Pool" throws one the former virtually achieving beside a muted, sparkling sea, splash of psychological turmoil injected his Estonian blood, and Morrison, elegantly con­ your scene? Then make tracks for audience participation when he while "Under Van Gogh's Tree'\ creating the terrifying intensity occasionally turned to face us . vey their respective themes the 369 Gallery Jen Beer appropriate to this score · · · a scene of sunlit Spain, is particu- Benedict Warren

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/an Hughes, portraitist of pain and former artist-in-residence at the Scottish National Gallery of Art, is holding an exhibition of his work there until 19th M arch. Michael Burgermeister spoke to the artist and investigates further irito the art. ·

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IAN HUGHES is not an artist who tries to delight or surprise An exhausted skeletal Christ lies flat beneath and behind veils of by juxtaposing colours, images and textures. On the contrary, diaphanous pinks and blues whose sensitivity of ha~dling and . his prime concern is to both irritate and shock. There is serenity of mood enhance the impact ?f the recumbent ~1gure. The nothing cerebral or detached about his art and his images are tormenting spirits are, for the time ~emg anyway, exorcised. inextricably linked to the emotions he is trying to convey. Nor Not all the works are as successful as the above-mentioned. Some is there anything playful about his choice of colours or are just content to shock, while others fail even in that capacity. The · materials. They have been irresistibly thrust onto the canvas force of too many is dissipated and lost in splinterings and and board not by his own will but by some inner compulsion. splutterings of variegated colour and the resultant dissonance of these kaleidoscopic hues. All too often, which is true I feel of many of the boxes, the works At his best he does not simply create images but actually brands lack a central focus and suffer from fragmentation. The large hands. suffering itself onto the walls. Anguish has seldom failed to create are only half-realised, lack the clarity of conviction, while the self­ powerful art when mastered by a skilled artist and lan Hughes is no portraits are on the whole of a poor quality. exception. He is the Portraitist of Pain. No one who sees this exhibition of his work, completed while he "Everything had happened very quickly. I had sacrificed was artist-in-residence at the Modern Art Gallery, whether moved my rational mind to the instincts of the animal, the or repelled, can deny its power. :rhe feelings it most strongly madman, the psychopath." provokes, initially at least, are those of horror and revulsion. Once one comes to terms with the works one becomes aware of their The root of the art qf Ian Hughes is his passionate temperament subtleties and inner power as they set out to deal with difficult and down to earth sincerity. His by-words are honesty and intensity. subjects such as suffering and illness, suicide and death_. He belongs very much to the northern tradition of realism/ expressionism, partly as a result of the influence of John Bellany, "In my creative/destructive rage I felt like a wounded and is as a consequence a neo-expressionist. Of considerable animal, tearing to shreds the pale flesh of my intended importance are his experiences of working-in psychiatric hospitals victims." both in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Like in a Pirandello play, rude reality forced its way onto his canvas pushing off "belle peinteur" as These works are the physical traces left by an exorcism of the it did so. ".Working in psychiatric hospitals showed me so much in · damned from a very personal hell, not imaginary ghosts but real life the raw ... that it wasn't possible for me to complete a day's work nightmares. A one-eyed ghoul stares out in terror as worm-like there and then come home and paint a still life. It would have been tentacles cling to his face. A woman watched, despite the crimson totally facetious .... , swathes which have failed to obliterate her image, with unnervingly dead eyes which having seen too ml,lch refuse to see more. Another "Painting when it works is a very instinctjve, aggressive looks out in a detached fashion, her eyes behind a veil of cobalt · thing, and out of that comes something that is very honest blue, while scarlet strokes seek her half-mocking mouth. These are and hopefully very very beautiful ..." the images of those he wants to let out of the asylums and back into society "in all their beauty". His fascination and preoccupation with the mentally ill is now bound up with his conception of himself as an artist. When he paints The adjacent room, filled with mainly religious icons of suffering he tries by exhausting himself physically to "loosen the iron grip of and anguish, is as suffocating as a sanctuary. Medicine cabinets with the rational mind" so that he is no longer thinki!lg in words or carved frames inscribed with gothic legend, sometimes in English cliches. For him, painting is a very "instinctive, aggressive thing". sometimes in German, house crucifixes, jarring with their odd Indeed he likens the state of creative ecstasy reached to that of the angles, razor blades (references to his own experien~es of dealing madman and psychopath. with attempted suicides) and photographs of men, women and What he is trying to do is to use the "visual alphabet" to children who once illustrated medical textbooks. communicate emotions he can't communicate satisfactorily in The largest room is comparatively relaxed and contains most of words in order to shock people out oftheir safe, cliche-ridden habits the best work. Through a use of large blocks of crimson which hold of thinking and feeling. He seeks to challenge and irritate, forcing and control-as well as set the tone of the chief works in this room people to experience emotions which aren't necessarily pleasant. these pictures impart a strong emotional charge. Between the The artist, he believes, plays a vital role by nourishing our mental dripping curtain of paint a medley of gho.st-like figures, their spines and spiritual functions with powerful rather than beautiful works. and ribs phosphorescent dance in a voodoo-like ritual of death.

• .. • • .. ._ ... "' - • i ~ • ... Stimulated, nourished or repelled, you won't fail to react. REVIEW FILM PASCALI'S ISLAND THE NAKED GUN Cameo Cannon Dir: J ames Dearden Dir: David Zucker "I HAVE a suspicious mind." And for this, frustrated FANS of the cult TV series Turkish informer Basil Pascali can hardly be faulted, as the Police _Squad will need no whole premise of this curiously told but exquisitely shot film introduction to the zany centres around deceit, petty espionage and corruption. antics of hardboiled LA cop In the appropriate setting of the confused instability of the crumbling Frank Drebin and his Turkish Ottoman Empire, nothing is quite as it should be and no one is intJepid band of stunningly who he or she seems. The central plot is concerned with the interaction between a paranoid small-time spy, Pascali (Ben Kingsley), the inept law enforcers. "smooth", enigmatic Anthony Bowles (Charles Dance) who, newly Yes, we're back in Airplan.e ter­ arrived on the island, is archetypically "English" and who may or may ritory again: The Naked Gun. is the same hit-and-miss mixture of n.ot be either a dedicated archaeologist or accomplished confidence trickster, and the equally mysterious artist, Lydia (Helen Mirren), sight-gags, playful parody and crude humour, with the three­ desired from afar by Kingsley and from rather "closer" quarters by Dance. man production team of Jerry Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley star in the outrageous Naked Gun. Zucker, Jim Abrahams and David Zucker at the helm once more. Not surprisingly, it all gets very Nielsen's performance is a The plot - not that it matters silly and the script loses both _delight. Despite the mayhem that -concerns a sinister murder con­ impetus ana inspiration towards explodes around him, he manages spiracy plotted by suave but ruth­ the ridiculous climax. Priscilla. to keep a straight face throughout less villain Vincent Ludwig Presley is insipid as the obligatory (quite a mean feat), and delivers ·(Ricardo Montalban, who makes "femme fatale", while George some brilliant deadpan lines, for a living playing suave and ruthless Kennedy is wasted as Drebin's example, when he discovers that villians). His target is none other trusty sidekick. Ms Presley is no longer on the side than Queen Elizabeth, imperso­ But none of this stops The of the angels, he tells her curtly: nated here by Jeanette Charles Naked Gun. being 85 minutes of "By the way, I faked every (probably because the real Liz's harmless, undemanding enter­ orgasm." fee was too high). Only the daring tainment from a team who can The Naked Gun is just what Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) can put make this kind of comedy you'd expect from the Airplane Ben Kingsley in Island, wary of everything and everyone. an end to his dastardly scheme, blindfold. team: goo~, dirty fun. The only major criticism that can be levelled at the film is that which he does with predictably There's enough laughs to keep perhaps it leaves rather too many loose ends untied-we never actually comic and chaotic results. boredom at bay, while Leslie Neil Smith discover the true motivations of the Anthony Bowles character, and Helen Mirren is simply denied any opportunity to develop her role. SALAAM BOMBAY! Yet the film still succeeds as a whole, and this can largely be attributed to Ben Kingsley's perfectly neurotic performance in the title Filmhouse role. He convincingly exudes the anguish of a man whom life perpetually Dir: Mira N air seems to either ignore or maltreat, and Charles Dance lends him more than competent support as the esoteric villain (or victim, depending on your own interpretation of the convoluted storyline). SALAAM Bombay! is that Beautifully encapsulated as all this is within Roger Deakins' rare thing - an original and sumptuous cinematographyand some splendid art-direction, Pascali's an impressive film. Original Island more than compensates in visual quality for any slight in that the majority of its cast irregularities in characterisation or dialogue. The overall product is a ·are orphaned children from curious but nevertheless compelling story, which should herald the beginning of what promises to be an extremely eminent directorial the streets of Bombay; career for James DeardeR. impressive because of its pro­ Bill Dale duction values - everything is real - there are no sets. Charles Dance: Pin-up or Performer? For all this and the fact that it Safiq Syed and Chanda Sharma, impressive in Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay. is a moving, well-told story and more desperate acts, cause impossible to show kids smoking WITH his status as a film "star" of international fame all from a debut feature, it is a the collapse of their low level sta- . in a graveyard etc. ad infinitum. .developing with every new role, Charles Dance is eager to be miracle. bility and the disintegration of the "That in the end it was all possible Ten-year-old Krishna is aban­ .regarded as a serious actor rather than as just another shallow group they live with and work for. is testimony to the common deter­ doned by the travelling circus he Mira Nair, whose credits mination, passion and stamina of matinee idol - a point he was keen to emphasise when he works for and travels to Bombay include controversial and award­ the crew . , . I believe the authen­ visited Edinburgh last week for a special presentation of in hope of earning 500 rupees to winning documentaries, spent ticity and constant incorporation Pascali's Island at the Cameo cinema. give to his mother back home. He two months studying and working of reality helped the children In a post-film "discussion" with self-styled media mogul Sheena becomes a teaboy but his inno­ with children from reform bring a remarkable ease of MacDonald, Dance lamented the fact that too many producers cence is soon shattered when he institutions , jails and Bombay's naturalism to the screen." pigeon!1ole him as some sort of blonde bimbo and refuse to consider becomes mixed up with Chillum, streets to research the film's Krishna, the lead child, is him for the comedy and classical roles he would so dearly like to play. ·a drug seller and pusher. Baba, script. 130 children were chosen remarkable and convincing as is However, it was an indication of the "odds" he is up against that not Chillum's boss, in turn is the hus­ and eventually narrowed down to Salaam Bombay! overall - its only the majority of the (mainly female) audience but also the band to Rheka, a working prosti­ "19 spirited and expressive actors only fault is being a trifle too long, redoubtable Ms MacDonald seemed to be primarily concerned with tute into whose brothel arrives in an environment _ .. unparal­ but nevertheless an inspiration to what lay underneath his shirt. ·Sweet Sixteen, a beautiful leled in the Indian context ... ". film-makers everywhere that they Nevertheless, Mr Dance did occasionally manage to evade all this Nepalese girl brought forcibly to Mira Nair found that the word can accomplish anything. banality and inverse sexism and give the impression that beyond his Bombay to be sold as a virgin "impossible" was used too liber­ Salaam Bombay! " ... celeb­ - statuesque exterior there is a dedicated professional struggling to be prostitute. ally to describe the feasibility of rates children's spirit of survival, allowed to emerge. He talked with feeling and wit about his own career Chillum, although degenerat­ the film. Mixing professional their humour, dignity and courage ·and the films he has appeared in, and also about the cinema industry in ing to suicidal tendences, actors with street kids would not in a world that denies them the general. becomes Krishna's soulmate and work, filming in a real brothel luxury of childhood." Honest enough to admit that often the size of the cheque dictated his together, through a series of more would not be allowed, it would be Dylan Matthew choice of films, Charles Dan.ce still comes across as an actor who genuinely cares about the quality of his work. He accepts that some of his recent films (namely The Golden Child and White Mischief) were OI:>EON __ "disappointments", but he feels that Pascali's Island, despite being "a CLERK STREET 031-667--- 7331/2------bit too wordy", was altogether a much more worthwhile and o . ***MAKE YOUR CHOICE FROM OUR TOP MOVIES*** "entertaining" piece of work. From the makers of AI RPLANE Don't miss this non·stop, thrill-packed drama of a tough New York cop who explodes into action In this, as in many other of his sentiments, it is not difficult to agree THE NAKED GUN (15) against a ruthless terrorist gang. BRUCE WILLIS in with him, and there can have been few present at the discussion who did DIE HARD (18) Sep. perfs. 1.15, 3.30, 5.50, 8.35 Complete programmes al 2.m (except Sun). 5.10. 8.U5. Fri/Sat: 2.1MI (except Sat). 5.JO. 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CAMEO BEULAM THURSDAY 16th FEB 2284141 • Forrest Road; 225 9893 £/.20 1st perf; £2for 2nd and 3rd perf; £2.90 for last perf EQUUS THE BROTHERS Sat 18-Sat 25 Feb Preservation Hall, Victoria St; 226 3816 PASCALI'S ISLAND (15) 7.30 pm; £2.50,£2 cone, £1.50 EUTC members 2.15 pm (not Sun), 4.30 pm, 6.45 pm. 9 pm . EUTC presents Peter Shaffer's play about a relationship DAN BLOCKER EXPERIENCE Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance (the mature woman's bit between a psychiatrist and a boy obsessed with horses. Negociants, Lothian St; 225 6313 of crumpet), Helen Mirren. Weekly experience. Downstairs. Free. MED EA A HANDFUL OF DUST (PG) Wed 18 Feb; 1.30 pm (Sun only) 2 pm SHARLOT AND THE ROGUES and £1 EUTC members, £1.50 non-members MYSTERY TRAIN One-woman play. Venue, Calton Rd; 557 3073 TAXI DRIVER (18) and GLORIA (15) Late bar and disco; 8 pm. 11.15 pm Sat 18 KING'S THEATRE £2.50. £2 with a leaflet from Ripping Records. Robert De Niro, Cybill Sheperd, Jodie Foster. 2 Leven Street; 229 1201 Rockaiblly. - CANNON Box Office Mon-Sat 10 am-8 pm 229 3030 THE SASH £3, £2.80 (Cinema 1) £2.80 (Cinemas 2 and 3). Mon 20-Sat 25 Feb; 7.30 pm Sat mat 2.30 pm 1. NAKED GUN (15) · £3-£5; concessions half-price BON TON ROULEZ 1.15 pm, 3.30 pm, 5.50 pm, 8.35 pm Fri 17-Thu 23 Tues-Thurs all seats half-price Preservation Hall, Victoria St; 226 3816 Priscilla Presley. - Mon and Sat mat. Le Prese Hall va en France! £1 apres 9 pm. 7:84 present Hector MacMillan's comedy. Des oignon will be provided. 2. GORILLAS IN THE MIST (15) .. 1.50 pm, 4.50 pm, 7.50 pm; Fri 17-Thu 23 TRAVERSE One for gorill~ lovers everywhere. THE CRASH 112 West Bow, Grassmarket; 226 2633 Negociants, Lothian St; 225 6313 3. ARTHUR 11: ON THE ROCKS (PG) Box Office Tue-Sat 10 am-8 pm; Sun 6-10 pm 2.05 pm, ?.05 P"_l·. 8.05 pm; Fri 17-Thu 23 PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG DOG CLUSONE QUARTET DOMINION Tues 21-Sun 26 Feb 1 Queen's Hall. Clerk St; 668 2019 7.30 pm; £3.50 (£2.50) A blend of jazz, funk, tristano(yes, OK, I read this from 4472600 Solo show celebrating Dylan Thomas's 75th El. 70 student concession all perfs except evening perfs in a leaflet!), pop tunes with a splash o fhumour. 8.30 pm. anniversary. Tickets from £5. Cmema 3. • REVOLTING RHYMES I. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? (PG) Tues 21-Sun 26 Feb; 2.30 pm SATURDAY 18th FEB 2.20 pm, 5.20 pm, 8.20 pm; Fri 17-Thu 23 £3.50 (£2.50). Sunday all tickets £2.50. If suitably impressed with the film then buy the tie. JOHNNYSUNBEAM Solo show based on Roald Dahl's children's stories. Preservation Hall, Victoria St; 226 3816 2. A FISH CALLED WANDA (15) THE AMBER SHORE For just£! after9 pm, he'll spread a little sunshine your 2.15 pm, 5.15 pm, 8.15 pm; Fri 17-Thu 23 way! Thur Feb 16, 7 pm; £1 (SOp) 3. THE LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE Office M on-Sat 10 am-6 pm 7 (15) f BOWEEV1L 2 pm, 5 pm, 8 pm; Fri 17-Thu 23 LYCEUM Negociants, Lothian St; 225 6313 Bob Hoskins stars again. This time as a bit of a Downstairs. Grindlay Street; 229 9697 Casanova. Box Office Mon-Sat 10 am-6 pm PICCOLO PACK ODEON A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Queen's Hall, Clerk St; 668 2019 667 7331 Until 4 March 7.45 pm; £2.50-£7 February Frolics! They say it's for kids, but I think that's £~ · 75 perfs up to 6. 15 pm, £2 after 6 pm, £2.80 Fri and Sat just a cover. 11 am-12 noon. Tickets available from box rught. Arthur Miller weepie. office- only 75p if you still have your Piccolo Pack 1. DIE HARD (18) Theatresaver concession cards cost £1, last a year, and badge! Fri-Sun 2 pm, 5.30 pm, 8.25 pm give £1 off the price each time you and a friend go to the Lyceum. Mon-Thu_ ~ pm, 5.10 pm, 8.05 pm SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Queen's Hall, Clerk St; 668 2019 2. SHORT CIRCUIT II (PG) ADAMHOUSE Haydn, CPE. Conducted by Gerald Schwartz. 1.25 pm, 3.45 pm, 6 pm, 8.30 pm; Thu 16-Thu 23 Chambers Street 7.45pm Endearing children's movie. BODAS DE SANG RE ("Blood Wedding") Concessions available to all students and Young Scot Until17 Feb cardholders £2.20 from box office on night of concert. 3. COCKTAIL (15) 7.30pm 1.40 pm, 3.55 pm, 6 pm, 8.30 pm; Thu 16-Thu 23 EU Spanish Dept present Lorca's passionate play. CRONS and ARIZONA and ROCK CAFE Tickets from the Spanish Dept in advance. FILMHOUSE Venue, Calton Rd; 557 3073 228 2688 Matinees £1.20 (cone 75p); early evenings £2 (cone SUNDAY 19th FEB £1 .50); main evenings and double bills £2.50. No cones on Sat. BLACK MARKET Preservation hall, Victoria St; 226 3816 I. BAG DAD CAFE (PG) exhibs Free! 3 pm, Fri 6._30pm & 8.30 pm Fri 17 & Sat 18 I?, THE SCOTTISH GALLERY YEELEN (PG) !QUATAN 94 George Street; 225 5955 Negociants, Lothian St; 225 6313 2.30 P"_l· 6P,_m, 8: :~ pm; _ ~ri 17 & Sat 18 Mon-Fri 10 am-6 pm; Sat 10 am-1 pm D. Y. CAMERON (1865-1945) · Rearrange the above letters into a well-known phrase or THE KING AND MR BIRD (U) Until1 Feb saying. 2 pm, Sat 18

THOUSAND VIOLINS SALAAM BOM!JA Y (15) ALANDAVIE Venue, Calton Rd; 557 3073 2.30 pm, Wed 22; 6.15 pm, Mon 20, Wed 22, Thu 23; 4 Feb-1 Mar 8.30 pm, Sun 19-Thu 23 Phone for details. GALLERY ARTISTS AND STUART DUFFIN KONTRA QUARTET MONSIEUR HULOT'S HOLIDAy (PG) d ETCHINGS JOUR DE FETE (U) an 4 Feb-1 Mar The Danish Cultural institute; 225 7189 7pm, Mon 20 Denamrk's top string quartet, 12 noon; followed by OPEN EYE GALLERY Danish sandwich lunch. £4.50 inclusive of lunch. TESS (PG) 75 Cumberland Place; 557 1020 Schoenberg, Rued, Langaard (you remember Rued!) 2 pm Mon 20 and Tue 21; 5.15 pm Tue 21 Mon-Fri 10 am-6 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm and Beethoven. CULLODEN (15) DOROTHY STIRLING- CONSTRUCTIONS 3 pm, 5 pm M on 20 & Tues 21· Unti116 Feb Jeremy's mum, who creates carvings anq_paints on MONDAY 20 FEB 7 pm, 9 pm Tues 21 ' board. JOHNNY SUNBEAM L'A VENTURE (15) RICHARD DEMARCO GALLERY Negociants, Lothian St; 225 6313 3 pm Wed 22 Blackfriars Church, Blackfriars St; 557 0607 Downstairs bar. Free! ;, tl ( WARNER'S WACKYLAND (U) Mon-Sat 10.30 am-6 pm 7pm,9pm ROMA PUNTO UNO SOUTHBOUND Until 6 March Preservation hall, Victoria St; 226 3816 DIARY OF ANN FRANK (PG) Work of 72 Italian artists, celebrating the city of Rome. 2pmThu 22 TUESDAY 21st FEB TUCKER(PG) FRUITMARKE1' GALLERY 2.30 pm, 6 pm, 8.15 pm 29 Market Street; 225 2383 THE ROOTS lE TOOTS lE BLUES BAND Tue-Sat 10 am-5.30 pm; Sun 1.30-5.30 pm Preservation Hall, Victoria St; 226 3816 FILMSOC SIX DUTCH ARTISTS Kinda cute, don't you think? No? Well, it's free, 6671011 28Jan-12Mar Young artists, new to Scotland. If you walk along North anyway. THX 1138 (18) Bridge or near the Waverley Market/Princes Street, you 6.45 pm Sun ]C) can see an item of the exhibition- a large cube with TEX FILLET FIVE George Square Theatre Negociants, Lothian St; 225 6313 ????? )leon lights. I'll bet that's satisfied your curisoity, or total confusion. · SAR RAOUNIA (15) WEDNESDAY 22nd FEB 8.35 pm Sun 19 369GALLERY George Square Theatre 209 Cowgate; 225 3013 CHARLIE McNAIR Mon-Sat 10.30 am-5.30 pm Preservation Hall, Vi.ctoria St; 226 3816 ROB McCARTHY: Letters from a City HEAYEN'S GATE (18) Charlie takes time off from baking cakes to sing a few 7.30 pm Wed 22 Until25 Feb blues. · Paintings of cityscapes. George Square Theatre •Membership £I 1 available at all showings. Tickets may DAVEROBB PAINTINGS BY ANr lE MORRISO'N' be purchased in advance at Union Shops. Negociants, Lothian St; 225 6313 Until25 Feb Supported The Proclaimers. Yt;s. that's what I thought! New painter. Thursday, February 16, 1989 19

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clubs· WEDNESDAY.... ' 22 FEB • I • 10.30 pm-3 am; The Mission, Victoria St THURSDAY 16 FEB £2 Now, come on, I warned you that they play acid here, REVOLUTION didn't I? So ha! ha! if you didn't read What's On and 11 pm-3 am; Wilkie House, Cowgate expected to enjoy an evening of deep, spiritually and £2 and Can't Be Sure single, I know where cosmically plains of stimulating music. Tee hee hee! Profits going to the EU Nicaraguan Society. I'll be going. THE WHIRPOOL •~l:au•-1\Jilt:•:u lad, this refrain was particu- The latest Tennent's Live!, gig takes. SHAG 10 pm-3 am; Shady Ladies, Cowgate popular with my contemporaries place at the Venue on Saturday when THE 11 pm-3 am; The Mission , Victoria St £I I. And never was this more true than CROWS entice yet more sweat out of a 22S 6S69; £I. SO . . . Psychedelia/early punk. Gawdunbennit! Give this club Friday night at the Venue when some- sure-to-be-packed crowd. If your nerves Thanks for the free t1cket , but I still thmk the prats and a prize, boys and girls! plebs that tend to frequent the dancefloor sp01l the dropped a whopper of a trouser- or eardrums are in any way sensitive, Shag. Yes? No? Entry from the Cowgate, too. . It fair stank the place out. avoid this; but then again, if your nerves Let's hope there's none of these goings- are sensitive, why are you reading a hard­ THE SOULAR SYSTEM at the Playhouse tonight when BIG cored publication like Student? 10 pm-3 am ; Shady Ladies, Cowgate returns for an extra date. Or Simply Red at the Playhouse on Mon­ £I. SO ltPJrn~•tiv·pJv I Guess what music they play here? (This could add new you could pop up the road to day is sold out (thank Christ didn't buy dimensions to a Mensa test .. . ) events St James Oyster Bar in Calton Road a ticket), but miles more enticing is 1000 DA VE ROBB will undoubtedly be VIOLINS at the Venue on Sunday. ROCK NIGHT AT CHAMBERS STREET ll'nnvoortiino a few more to his cause - as THURSDAY 16 FEB Then,· finally on Wednesday at dear 8 pm-1 am; Chambers St Union List" says, he's going places. SOp Teviot, BIG BLUE 72 and THE EU FOLKSONG SOCIETY Friday, and you've a choice between the ELEVATORS hopefully will revitalise Phoar! Hippy-haired skinny bikers! Well- actually 8 pm;Teviot Park Room delight of THROWING only a few Bon Jovi fans with tight jeans. Charity concert in aid of the School of Scottish Studies EUSA's "Big Bands" policy (snigger). See and THE SUNDAYS at Glas- this gig if only as the first steps to more Appeal Fund. Performers include Ray Fisher and Mary QMU, or at the Playhouse THE THE AMPHITHEATRE Anne Kennedy. bands; but at that, Big Blue 72 know their 10 pm-3 am ; 31 Lothian Road; 229 7670 TOPS, still cranking up the stuff, and will probably blow your socks £2 EU HOMEBREW SOCIETY magic 34 years later. On the (and underpants) completely off. Wide selection of stilletoes, white canvas boots, 8pm; Bow Bar lstJrenlrth of the excellent Hunkpapa LP handbags and chat-ups from Garys, Trevs, Steves and Wild West Night. Craig McLean Delroys, with the occasional dance song. D-O-Disco wisco! fashion is Design (Thursday, C4), EU CHAPLAINCY featuring the work of 1.10 pm; 6th Level Common Room, JCMB FRIDAY 17 FEB V GUIDE "prestigious"- and hideously Lunchtime talk AFfER the drunken excesses of expensive- designer Karl · THE ADVENTURES OF TIN-TIN ROCK NIGHT "Trash" on Tuesday night, this Lagerfeld. · 10 pm-4 am; The Mission, Victoria St Evening; Chambers St Union week would appear to be Much more enjoyable, £2 SOp necessarily spent recovering however, will be the wealth of "Snowy the dog" and the "Thompson Twins•· (soothing aching heads, films being screened this week. made redhead Tin-Tin runs a club?! SCOTTISH COUNTRY & FOLK DANCE CLASS consuming large quantities of Tonight (ITV, 12.30 am) Joan Scandalous. Music's supposed to be OK, playing 7.00-8.30 pm: PE Dept, 46 Pleasance. Alka Seltzer, etc.). An ideal requests. All welcome. Collins does her stuff in Our Girl opportunity perhaps to watch Friday, an appalling but THE RENAISSANCE some television. (unintentionally) funny. desert. 10 pm-3 am; Bermuda Triangle, Coasters, FRIDAY 17 FEB Starting on a serious note, if island story. Also on thts evenmg 3 West Tollcross; £1.50 you only watch one programme. is The Belly of an Architect (C4, Indie spectacular with lots and lots of "Acid is shite" GREEN BANANA CLUB this week then be sure to make tt members. Lots of black clad vegans too. 9.30 pm), set in Rome and as Evening; Potterrow Union Focal Point (Thursday, BBC 1). "ravishing visually as it is SPAN ISH HARLEM Goth gathering. Entitled A City Prepares, this stimulating artistically". (Who 10 pm-3 am; Wilkie House, Cowgate CATHOLIC STUDENTS UNION investigates the extent of the makes up these press releases?) AIDS problem in Edinburgh £2 12.30-2 pm; Common Room, 23 George Square .Hest of the lot this week though Mind-numbing soul, acid, funk, house. Not so popular p 70 Also worth a is undoubtedly Carrie these days, but there'sstill enough trendies and Wendys Bread and cheese lunch. look is a new political series from (?). (Wednesday, ITV 10.40 pm), Channe14, Next Left­ Stephen King's nightmarish tale SATURDAY 18FEB ROAD RUNNER Redesigning Socialism (Friday, 8 of revenge, which should be 10 pm-3 am; Calton Studios, 26 Calton Road pm), examining how left-wing enough to persuade anyone that .£2 CHAMBERS ST DISCO parties throughout Europe are Evening; Chambers St Union tormenting those quieter than Running on hard funk, house and soul. Saunter along if facing a future eroded by you're a hard funking soul. Not very busy at all these days. I'll have you know, I yourself is not a good idea. As it think. profound social changes. But has been sai9, if you miss this, you enough of this intellectual stuff. BUSTER BROWN'S will suffer horribly. EUTC- WORKSHOP .30 am; 2S-27 Market Street A must for all those interested in· 1-4 pm; Pleasance half-price entry and drinks before midnight "Stage Combat" it up/boogie on down.Chart and dance and Rick Astley. Yeh! CATHOLIC STUDENTS UNION FAST· FORWARD VIDEO - Annual Lenten walk. SATURDAY 18 FEB - ~ SUNDAY 19 FEB THE SPRAWL 10 pm-3 am; Madison's, Greenside Place METHSOC CLASS FILMS AlW !\ YS IN STOCK - £2 (£1.50 cone) 6.15 pm; Evening Service New club, similar to the Renaissance. None of that 8 pm: Dave Innes namby-pamby you-know-what music. CHECK US OUTJ Nicolson Sq Methodist Church Branches at: NEUTRON CATHOLIC STUDENTS UNION 10.30 pm-3 am; Shady Ladies, Cowgate 136 Marchmont Road 19 Henderson Row 7.15 pm; Student Mass £2 Another new club, with electro and new beat vibes. MONDAY 20 FEB KANGAROO CLUB EU DANCERS- "LET'S DANCE" 10.30 pm-3 am; The Mission , Victoria Street £2 7.30 pm; Pleasance Theatre £2 Fellow Kangaroos bop to dance and requests, I think. Contemporary, highland, tap etc. Either that or just the same as the Mission on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. CATHOLIC STUDENTS UNION 6 pm; Cafe of 23 George Square · BIG BIRD £1 10 pm-4 am; Wilkie House, Cowgate £2 .50 To survive in TUESDAY 21 FEB Let's start a competition- find the naffest name for a a world at war, club. So far we've had Tin-Tin, Shag, the Kangaroo .... EU DANCERS- "LET'S DANCE" he must find Club, Roadrunner, Soular System etc. I think they all 7.30 pm; Pleasance Theatre watch far too rriuch TV, you know. This place plays £2 a strength greater funk, acid and whatnot by the way. than all the events EUCND OUTER LIMITS 7 pm; Chaplaincy Centre SR2 that surround him. 10.30 pm-4 am; Coasters, 3 West Tollcross Regular meeting. £2 before 11 pm; £3.50 after High energy and woogie-boogieee. . SUNDAY 19 FEB WEDNESDAY 22 FEB . A STEVEN SPIELBERG Film THE AMPHITHEATRE BREATHLESS 10 pm-3 am; 31 Lothian Road Evening; Potterrow Union £2 (half-price before 11 pm) SOp For those who are dead radical and alternative and go Cor! Yummy-scrummy Richard Gere! No- actually, EMPIRE out on a Sunday night. Phooo. an OK disco with cheapish booze. Shame ... TUESDAY COMSOC- VISIT TO "THE SCOTSMAN" REVOLUTION Meet 1 pm; WRB rf1fSUNro · 10 pm-3 am; Shady ladies, Cowgate ; £1 .50 CATHOLIC STUDENTS UNION Unless you·re completely sick to death of acid, house, 4.45 pm; Common Room funk etc., you '11 probably really enjoy dancing to it on a Prayer Group 20 Thursday, February 16, 1989 FASHION STUDENT

A borrowed ballgrown used to be like a good gossip -strictly between friends- but now clothes-for-hire is considered an_acceptable chic. Briony Sergeant questions tf:le yalue and choice of Edinburgh's latest expanding market.

THEY say one of the joys of Business is booming for university is the plethora of them. A huge variety of cus­ • balls and formal occasions on tomers find it easier to hire offer, whether society or rather than buy, and can otherwise. This may be true, sometimes have styles made but how many places in Edin­ up especially. This is the ser­ burgh actually offer the vice that Two's Company appropriate gear beyond the (Barclay Place) mainly go in usual Christmas time for. In a tiny shop space they bonanza in the Top Shops do dressmaking and altera­ and Chelsea Girls of the city? tions. Dresses start at £65, · And where can you find a but what choice there was in decent suit that doesn't sav­ the shop didn't seem to be a age your entire gran~? particularly impressive indi­ cation of what could be The secondhand shops are made, and I found it slightly always an option, although confusing that one woman the men's dinner jackets are seemed eager to please, often unbelievably small, and whilst the other practically dresses may tend to go over­ greeted me with a knife. board on the peach chiffon. (You'll probably find a So where else? Beyond friendlier reception at The Laura Ashley, Droopy and Ivy League if you want either Brown and the traditional a dress or suit made for about men's "outfitters", there's the same price as Two's Com­ very little choice. pany.) Edinburgh has, however The only other place for been latching on to the idea ballgowns within imaginable of hiring evening wear in distance of the University is recent years. Although there Dormie, which has recently are probably fewer outlets started up its own range for than you would imagine, the hire. Prices are competitive, range is quite good, and from about £35 to £55, and expanding all the time. dresses are more sophisti­ cated than I expected, with a For the men, there are good variety of styles and col­ three main possibilities in the ours. centre of town. Austin Reed It may seem a crass idea to (Princes Street) is one, with many people even to think of paying for the privilege of wearing a dress or suit that isn't yours and never will be, even when you're wearing it. But it obviously isn't that dis­ FRIENDS OF THE PLAYGROUP tasteful to enough of a dis­ cerning market. In almost need student volunteers to help run the new playgroup in probably as much of a range Surprisingly, th~r.e are e~ery place ~ visit.ed, expa~­ Wilkie House. on the dinner suit as you'd very few ballgown hmng ser- sion was bemg discussed m want. Cost of hire is roughly vices in Edinburgh. The most very real terms, as prop­ £20.00 up to £30.00. The established is Flamingo (11a rietors and managers in Edin­ Spending even only an hour or two a week with children can same goes for Moss Bros Gloucester Square), which burgh are coming to realise prove to be a most rewarding experience. (George Street) which has a moves to Dundas Street next how lucrative the hiring busi­ smaller stock b~t about the month. Started up by ness has become in recent If you feel you have something to offer and wish to meet new same hiring cost. Dormie in par~ners Elly Findlay and years. Frederick Street has a good Suzie Paterson only _two and . friends, young and not quite so young, range and charges slightly a half years ago, It offers And as Flanungo moves to more than the other two, quite a good range of dresses Dundas Street, a cent~e ~f although there is a 10 per cent from sh<;>~t and se.xy to long st~dent. ballgo~n potential, It PLEASE CONTACT student discount and the ser- and tradit~onal. Pnces start.at Will be mterestm~ to see ho.w vice is less patronising than £36.00 (with a 10 per cent dis- many yeople sk.Ip the mam MELANIE GILBEY, 228 6361 somewhere like Austin count for students), and shoppn;tg malls m favou~ of or Reed, which has got rather a !here are also a.ccessories like the dehghts of the one-mght po-faced attitude to students. Jewellery for hue as well. stand. TOM PHILLIPSON 667 4262

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