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5/Monday, April 22, 1985 A REMINDER | HOW TO GET BETTER FROM THE VA MILEAGE FROM YOUR English Professor Opens Juan s Restaurant DENNIS the MENACE by Hank Keteham CAR... By Erin ODonnell Obey the 55 mph speed Juan Hernandez is in the same frame of limit. \AiHEM I GROW UP I'M mind a.s many seniors this time < if year It's GOMNA BE A V£T£ZAN! time to graduate So that's fust what Her- f nandez said he did Wednesday, April 10, BVBR60Dy TAKES GOOD by celebrating the grand opening of his CARE OF 7HO$£6UYS' own restaurant, Juan's Restaurant. After an eight-year reign as the well known entertainer of Joe T. Garcia s Res- taurant, the English professor at TCI said. It was just time to graduate." Hernandez' "commencement has turned out to be the beginning of a true family affair His mother Mimi Hernandez, who is graduating with a hachelc ir's degree in art from TCI' this May. works in the kitchen where her recipes from Mexico are prepared from scratch. She is also cre- dited with the paintings that decorate the establishment, located in the former Peo- ple's Restaurant building at 6471 Camp H( >wie Juan Hernandez entertains his customers atJuan'sRestaurant Hernandez wasakmgtime Francisco Hernandez, an attorney and entertaineratJoeT. Garcia'sbefore opening bisown restaurant The whole familyis getting Hernandez' father, is joining his son in into the act (PHOTO BY DONNA LEMONS I putting their professions on pause in Spending large amounts of time l.iun real. In imemade Mexican food that hasn't order to pursue the restaurant business ching this venture will cause 1 lernandcv t< > He greets patrons at the restaurant while made it up here yet' Lunches are priced place his teaching profession on the hack under JS, while the average cost for dinner Know your rights & privileges? Don't let the engine'idle Francisco I lernandez.lr., a 20-year-old pre burner He said that be probably would more than 30 seconds. is >(i~S law student at TCI', and Daniel 1 lernandcv. not teach for another year until the busi- CALL THE VA OFFICE TODAY IS. have their fingers in the pot as waiters ness i-. off and running, explaining that. I m still very interested in the entertain- ristela Hernandez, wife of the owner, ment and in writing, but somehow this just holds her position behind the cash regis seemed to be the right thing at the right TOLL FREE ter, but may eventually move into the time, he said Administrators have left kitchen to assist in food preparation doors open for Hernandez to continue And when buying, don't teaching in the future, he said. forget the fuel economy label is part of the price In addition to being the restaurants Slowing down is more than Hernandez said he sees the business as a tag, too. ..-^ £{_,' namesake and owner, Hernandez serves just a safer way to drive. It's also chance to work for himself in his own as the primary entertainment during hi ith a great way to save gas and place "Ever)' time I was on television or lunch and dinner hours. "I'm very in money. You'll get about 20 more radio. I always told everyone that that was terested in the entertainment business, so miles from every tank of gas if the best place in town And now 1 tbink I've you slow down from 70 to 55 mph For a free booklet with more easy got the best place in town " energy saving tips, write "Energy." on the highway. that's what I'll be emphasizing," he said Box 62, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hernandez said he has plans to expand ENERGY. The restaurant and bar's IK )Urs are from ENERGY. the restaurant's entertainment from poetry 11 am until 2 p m. for lunch and from S Page 2 Story We can't afford to waste it. US Department of Energy We can't afford readings to flamenco dancers on stage until 10p.m. for dinner, sewn days a week. TbreeOnA ///// to waste it. "We want to be a parry place," the singer The menu consists of one Tex-Mex dish, Music for another generation U S Department ot Energy explained. and six dishes that Hernandez considers Monday, April 22, 1985 Monday, April 22, 1985 Page 2 Three On A Hill Makes It Feel Like Fire By Rob Thomas the studio "I don't mind telling some people that we're Took. I got as many orders as were written a punk band, because they know what it means. Studio time is expensive. down, he says. It's just playing with no limitations, no barriers," It ciists SI Js an hour at Summit-Bernett Re- The french fry debate becomes moot as says Schmidt. cording Studio in Dallas. Robert Miller finally decides he is satisfied with Each band member has been playing more The members of Three On A Mill, a Dallas the way his drums have been miked Its time t< >r than seven years. Breaking musical barriers is rock hand composed of a 1~ vearold. an IS the band to go to work. easier with a lot of talent. year-old and a I1) year old. are spending their Three ()n A 1 lill is recording a single, "feels After Three On A Hills first live show at the studio time arguing about french tries. Like Fire' backed with "Train, that they plan on Twilite Room in Dallas, the live music coordina- "No. I'm serious Mark I ordered tries, says releasing in I )allas, Morris has set up the light tor, 1 lank Tolliver, told the band, "You'regonna lead singer guitarist Peter Schmidt to bass play ing the band normally uses on stage in the he the biggest thing in Dallas. er Mark Fischer, who is polishing off a large studio to keep the band's adrenalin flowing. I le still maintains that. order of Burger King fries. Schmidt begins wanning up by playing I 2 s "In the vein of music they're doing, they're "If you didn't get your tries talk to Stan, be- "Party Girl." He then moves on to I Will Fol- the best I've heard. They've got a lot of energy. cause I told htm right before he left that I low." Miller follows him on drums. After a few Some of the older bands haw lost that.'' says wanted fries." answers Fischer. measures they quit. Tol liver. Stan Morris, the band's 21-year-old financial I like that one." says Miller. "Why don't we "You would think that with how fast things backer, roadie, light-man and gofer, walks into record it?" are happening for them, they would get big Three On A Hill has been playing the Dallas heads, but they are still really polite." "new music" club circuit for less than two An important step in making it as a band for months. The clubs feature mainly punk, but Three On A Hill is developing a following that they also include reggae and other forms of attends most of their shows. It keeps club own- Innovative music. ers happy and attracts the attention of promo- Punk is still conceived by most of society as a ters. nihilistic, violent youth movement leel by musi- "They've done a good job of that. They're cians with no morals and less talent. That con- really starting to get a following-not only of the notation has made the clubs and Three On A younger kids, but with the older crowd as well. Hill leery of describing themselves with the People who haven't seen them before come up term. When the punk movement began, the to me after their shows and say, 'Man, they are music mirrored the fury of the crowd. Some of really great,'" says Tolliver. the style of punk has remained the same. The music and the attitude have changed. The descendants of punk can be musically 'I don't mind telling some people we're talented and still play with aggression. Songs a punk band, because they know what it don't have to be spiteful. They don't have to be means ... no limitations, no barriers.' played at the speed of light. The people Three Peter Schmidt On A Hill plays to are the new romantics-opti- mistic, pacifistic and setting and living up to While the unmixed version of "Feels Like their own set of morals. Lire" fills the studio, Schmidt is speaking above It's a culture the band members fit into, and his recorded voice He pretends he is doing a their music complements. David Frost interview, His hair is long and red Three On A Hill's music is aggressive with a and usually stands up. But, he hasn't given it "Sometimes I gel angry on stage," says three On A Hill living, beating, breathing spirit. The songs ex- singer Peter Schmidt "Hut it's a good Mnd of angry." proper attention tonight and it's falling down Listen for Three On A Hill's release "Feels Like Fire" on press doubts, but are ultimately resurgent. Most into his eyes. He wears an Echo and the Bunny- 'The Difficult Listening Hour" tomorrow night. importantly, they are honest. men T-shirt. Schmidt is a legal citizen of Eng- land, because his mother was born there. Switching from upper-class British accent to Cocknev he discusses the history of Three On A Hill.

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