Would You Let This Plan Push You on Stage?
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inmenT Would You Let This Plan Push You on Stage? Chic Street Plan's School of Performance helps Performers and normal people overcome T h e P e a r. By Jennifer Prost Chic Street man, the founder of the succeeded to engage the audience’s school of performance .by the same participation in “Shower the People’’, name, perceived that the casual at yet maintained control over the flow mosphere at the Good Shepherd of the song. In the next piece, for restaurant in Santa Barbara was which she preferred to sing a solo, she ideal for a group of entertainment discouraged the audience from hopefuls to gain exposure and ex joining her by altering her attitude perience. Last Friday night the and style. This diversity of method students from Chic Street Man’s New and approach was refreshing. School Of Performance presented, at Why are these students of varying the Good Shepherd, musical pieces abilities performing together in Santa that ranged widely in style. Barbara? Chic Street Man’s New Several of these pieces were written School of Performance, established and composed by the artists, and all five months ago, offers month long were accompanied by guitar. A few of courses which are divided into two the presentations welcomed the parts, workshop énd performance. audience to sing along, though most Generally, the Friday night per did not. The quality in the en formance sessions, though open to the tertainment varied as drastically as public, take place in a small studio. the styles. Several of the musicians However,, periodically the per seemed petrified to have an audience, formances are staged in a public while others appeared genuinely at establishment, such as the Good ease, even professional in their ap Shepherd restaurhnt. The students proach to performance. provide entertainment of their One of these more professional en choosing, which is followed by tertainers even ventured to test dif critique and evaluation. ferent styles with each piece. She continued page 4 PAGE 2A DAILY NEXUS THURSDAY. NOVEMBER20. 1980 m m m The mor-e-thematically- honestly retain any of the unified Hawks and Doves anti-establishment stance is divided into two distinct that was punk’s hallmark. sides. The first is par But there are a few, and ticularly “quiet” and foremost among them is the acoustic in keeping with its English band Gang of Four. careful emulation of Combining a harsh yet traditional folk styles, at superbly rhythmic sound times calling to mind 1978’s with cerebral, leftist Gomes a Time LP as well as political attacks on the in Barbra Streisand much earlier Young com justice and insanity of. our Guilty Neil Young positions. Worthy of mention culture, Gang of Four comes Jim Carroll Band (Colbumia) Hawks and Doves on this folkish Side One are closest to achieving Catholic Boy “The Old Homestead,” in revolution in art. Perhaps byjonathan alburger (Warner Bros.) which Young more-or-Iess best of all, they do it without (Atco) successfully fits a dream resorting to the outdated Ex-slum kid author and The unique feature of Barbra Streisand’s new album, Throughout his career, like narrative into a folk- dyed-hair, Pretenders-butt- smack addict Jim Carroll “Guilty”, is her collaboration with pop singer/songwriter Canadian-born Neil Young ballad format, and “Captain on pseudo-rebelliousness has now become a rock star Barry Gibb of “Saturday Night Fever” and Bee Gee fame. has here and there made a Kennedy,” which ends the chic that is still popular with an album filled with The first impression would be something like, “How number of musical com side with the tale of “a young .among many UCSB fresh sexual and violent images simpy!” Well, the verdict is in: Not guilty. Their artistic mentaries upon these United mariner headed to war,” men coeds. that will at least make you marriage may not have produced a milestone achievement, States (e.g., “Southern though somewhat hesitantly, This 4-track EP contains sit up and take notice. While but it is definitely not a millstone to their careers; it’s a Man” ). Well, finally Young it might be added (hence, the nothing new to import there’s nothing new about very good album. has devoted an entire LP to “Doves” portion of the buyers: all four songs have Catholic Boy, Carroll is able The union resulted from last year’s Bee Gee concert the subject of Americana, album). been part of previously to- take the best factors of which Babs attended. She liked what she saw and, following Past and Present. On Side Two Young released singles. But for rock (two parts Iggy Pop, suit of her past two chart-topping duet records with Neil On the current work, abandons the calmer tones domestic buyers only one part Tom Petty on Diamond and Donna Summer, the album was conceived. Young shies away from the of the “good old days” to familiar with Gang of Four’s vocals, equal amounts of Lou With nearly 40 albums (if you include her musical often self-pitying in make some reflections upon brilliant debut JLP En Reed and Patti Smith with soundtracks) to her credit, Streisand has cultivated her trospection of many past what he considers to be their tertainment this EP is a lyrics and Stones rock riffs), enormous vocal talents to become one of — if not the — efforts to present various opposite: the contemporary good buy. Its best track is and combine them into an preeminent songstress of her generation. With Gibb scenarios, not unlike the social and political climate. the new single “Outside the impressive, if ragged, debut. producing, writing, and singing with her the love and style of certain songs off last Against a moderate C/W Trains Don’t Run on Time,” Radio play will be a continued page 5 year’s Bust Never Sleeps. background and through the arguably the group’s best problem mainly because the eyes of a blue-collar and single effort. Its chaotic track.from Catholic Boy that alternatingly beer-drinking- noisiness seems symbolic is getting played, “People redneck viewpoint, Young of G ang of F o u r ’s Who Died,” is inferior to the attempts some commentary revolutionary orientation, rest of the album. Despite with a locomotive cadence continued page 5 lines like “Cathy was 11 clashing with Andy Gill’s when she pulled the plug/ On metallic, staccato guitar 26 reds and a bottle of wine," ¡SCRUB (Including Postage) slashes. 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