Rockin' the Proletariat
PAGE 6, RETRIEVER, 23 FEBRUARY 1976 ROCKIN' THE PROLETARIAT Professor of Economics, EvEhrlich, Was Born' To Rock By Elias Lieberman ~---------------------------------------- "Live at the Panacea Hilton" - Red economists who suffer from acute cases of crescendo as "Rise" fades away gives way Shadow (The , Economics Rock N' Roll ivory towerism. "Movement Lovers" is to "Hurricane," a forceful rocker by Band) (Physical Records) like something out of Doonesbury, the Ehrlich. '''Hurricane'' is a call to power, a lament of love lost 'twixt two radicals. forecast that the Weather Underground Tucked away among the maze of office With memories of "smoking reefers by the might issue, a warning of the rage and cubicles on the sixth floor of the Ad mimeo machine, ' writing leaflets saying strength locked inside eachof us who has ministration Building is the office of a that the government's obscene," the song ever been shafted by the system. professor of Economics. Now of course we is bound to bring at least one cynical tear Ev Ehrlich has some very definite ideas all know that Econ. teachers are drab, to the'eye of every true child of the sixties, about the role of music in his life as a bespectacled little creatures who tell us Side two opens with "Understanding Marxist economist. People aren't taught, why we are spending more to get less. But Marx," a parody on a Ray_Charles tune. he asserts, they must be forced to learn in here's the rub ..... sitting in this particular According to Ehrlich it is also intended as a personal, often painful process.
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