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Page 6, The Retriever, November 26, 1980 Rodeo draws large happy hour crowd by Paul Minehart The . ;:0.... _---.:. hour clock starts ticking at 4 in the afternoon If you have been keeping up with the and doesn't stop until 9. Secondly, from 5-7 cultural changes in America, you probably the rodeo lays out a buffet with Texas-style know that the cowboy look is in. This style, generosity. It's all you· can eat and it's free! originating in the state of Texas, has people On Thursdays, in place of the buffet, they all over dressed in cowboy boots shirts and serve up hamburgers and french fries, with hats. Fancy belt buckles complete the o}ltfits all the extras. That too is free. It won't take of many. too long for many people to realize that free Marylanders hasn't felt the full impact of food and dollar drinks make the Rodeo a this ever popular style, which has become pretty good deal. more than just a fad, yet there are several Naturally, The Rodeo hopes everyone will bars nearby that cater to those into the stick around after the happy hour when the western scene. drinks are more expensive. That's when they There are bars that look western, where make big bucks. After nine o'clock the the people act western; you know, country drinks are considerably more expensive. A and western music, beer brawls and draft beer that was no larger than the mechanical bronco rides at $3 a throw average 10 oz. glass runs $1.75, steep by (literally). Then, there are places that merely anyone's standards. I didn't even ask the capitalize on the new western genre because price of a mixed drink. In this kind of place if there is a certain amount of class that comes you have to ask, you can't afford it! In all from "looking" like a cowboy. fairness, though, considering the five.hour The bar that a group of us visited last happy hour, the free food, the excellent week, located in the Ramada Inn, isjust such music and no coyer charge, one can hardly a bar. The people dress the part and dance complain about the prices. and drink in a country and western The Rodeo has class and style, and atmosphere, but the manag.ement falls accordingly you'll find classy people with a under the latter group. The name of the lot of style among its patrons. You're likely place is The Rodeo. to see quite a few people from UMBC there. Right across the street from the Security Gail, a friend from the group I joined last Square Mall, The Rodeo is a kind of bar, week, claims that Friday is the best night to disco and lounge in one. The bar is designed hit The Rodeo because so many people from on two levels, with the bar and band area on UMBC are usually there. the lower level and the dance floor and The night we chose last week was a lounge on the upper. The lounge has tables, Wednesday. The music, that evening, was a booths and chest-high mini-bars where mixture of 60's and 70's with a sprinkling of several people were engaged in disco hits to keep people in unusual clothes backgammon duels. The hardwood dance happy. It was refreshing to hear some of the floor is raised, surrounded by railings and old favorites again. sports a pillar right in the center. Hardly a If you have not tried The Rodeo yet, then I place for a pillar, if you ask me. suggest you do. Go early for the great deal The atmosphere is fashionable, yet on food and drinks. But, take plenty of cash comfortable. The only signs of a western in case you get lassoed into staying past nine. • enviornment, however, are large pots They do that at "Rodeos," you know! constaining lorig, cylindrical pieces of white After a recent article I wrote on the "most fabric made to resemble cactus plants, a famous of all beverages" and the "humblest neon sign forming the outline of Texas of drinks", beer, I received a recipe, among (appropriately framed in a lasso) and, of other things, from a reader. The recipe (you course, all the waitresses wear cowboy hats. might guess) was for beer. Home brewed The atmosph~re is pleasant, but the beer. It was entitled Brew It Yourself. Mr. Rodeo gives several damn good reasons why Wallace Shugg, of the English Department, you want to go there in the first place. First, sent it to me. I'll see that you get a copy of happy hour is a special time at the Rodeo; all this home brew recipe too. Just write me at the drinks are just one dollar. The happy The Retriever. cd Dire Straits surface; Prince is no poet by Jay Grubb Also worth mention is "Les Boys", the my f~vorite Bu~t Bacharach-Hal Da~id Dire Straits-Making Movies Warner most un us ual cut. Imagine a modified ~ng, l/!ust Don t Know What To Do With Bros. polka/ cabaret beat. Alright, add Knopfler ~se.. This is such a pleasant surprise. Instead of .. t'l "Les boys come on Prmce-Dlrty Mmd Warner Bros. digging themselves one step deeper into the smgmg Jaun I y, H ' h " again/ For the high class whores/ And the ow. ~any tImes can you ear a duty J.oke rut that Communique' started, Dire Straits . / Who drl've I' n their Mercedes before It s not funny anymore? What Prmce has discoverd change. b usmessmen d . f k d ' " Benz/ To a disco bar in old Munchen." oes IS un y . ance mU~lc with lyncs ~s Now, Dire Straits fanatics, don't go D 1· h'tf I fllt~ ~ as Msslble. He SlOgS of gays 10 running into the sea. Mark Knopfler's e Ig U. "U t " d' . "S' " Two factors contributed greatly to the p ow~ an I~cest 10 Ister. distinctive guitar and. voice are still the album's success. The first is the appearance Tire"~t: type of Issues can be covered well, central focus of the band, but this time the of Roy Brittan, keyboardist for Bruce but Pnnce only uses them for shock v~lue. In other instruments are used to interplay S . t 'E St t B nd He adds a lot the latter song he screams an expletive that more. As a result the band's sound has a pnngs een s . ree a. h" h"" " I . of de p th and s ark to the tunes and is a starts Wit ~ot er. ... , ,se.vera times. Well, punch and drive it often lacked before. IP that gets bonng pretty qUickly. super b group payer. " Th . In fact, next ' to Communique', the The other help comes from the tight e worst part IS that :hey are trymg to momentum and cohesion of Making Movies production of Jimmy Iovine. His experience ·... I11Y off as a socially relevant street is startling. These songs all run instead of with Tom Petty, Meatloaf, Patti Smith, ,Well Tom Waits he ain't, and this being dr.ag~ed by. Graham Parker, and the like, makes himjust isn't'relevant poetry, it's rank pornography, the right man to spice up Dire Strait's . production without over doing it. (and poorly done at that). The Photos-Self titled Epic In "Look At The Band" lead singer Only one cut comes close to being Wendy Wu sings, "I'm not very bright/ But I memorable. The song "Head" (Yeah, you think there's a spark/Of creativity in guessed it) is so stupid it makes it as comedy. When Prince sings to a girl about to get Pick Withers mel Alone in the dark." And that's just the problem, it stays mostly in the dark married, Lisa Coleman (the group's 18 year throughout the album. old keyboardist) whispers sweetly, "I'm just If anyone had told me that I would like a It wouldn't bother me if the Photos were a virgin/On my way to be wed/ But you're song about a girl with rollerskates I totally rotten, I'd simply forget them. The such a hunk/ So full of spunk/ I'll give you probably would have gotten sick, but head." , ~ problem is that every song on this record "Skateaway" is irresistible. With a strong could be great, but they all come off flat. To Tell me, where is the "Moral" Majority throbbing. beat giving it a sense of motion, be very blunt, half-assed. when you need them? Knopfler sings whimsically, "She tortures taxi drivers just for fun/ She likes to read Come on you guys, I know you can 'do their lips/ Says toro toro taxi see ya better. You almost have it. "Irene" is Rice tomorrow my son/ I swear she let a big truck with its, "When she doesn't get her way she graze her hip." cries/ When she's got nothing to say she It works, and so do the other six cuts. lies/ You talk too much I'm afraid to say Even the over-eight-miilUte "Tunnel Of Irene/Yes of course I love your new Love", which goes from churning rhythm at lipstick/ Irene." I think we all know that girl. Mark Knopfer the start to subtle musing at the end. The Photos also get a. gold star for doing .

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