BROWN, STATIONERS ~ .STl)JdeNt WE'RE BETTER Thursday. November 3. 1988 • 20p IFILM 'The Fruit Machine, Edinburgh On Shortlist · For Vouchers Scheme
EUSA Picsident Malcolm byCnte.meWilson Mcleod strongly attacked the proposals,Hc said: '" I am very . EDINBURGH Univc,-ity unh11ppy about the idea of stu would one of th e fi rst institu dents paying ror Higher Educ."1· tions in the country to adopt .:r tion. ... recently leaked Government .. II goes back 10 the pre-war proposals for the funding of situation where universit y educa tion was only open to those who Higher Education by a vou could afford it and lhen a small cher system. number of bursaries were given 10 Sources in the Dcpanmcnt of bright grammar school boys. Educa1ion and Science rc,·calcd " It will exaggerate 1hc injustii:c that Mr Rohen Jackson, Minister al ready inhcren1 in our system for Higher Education. has drawn under which those who can afford • up a provisional list of univer 10 attend fee-paying schools arc sities. including Edinburgh, which already srntistically more likely 10 would pilot the proposals. achieve excellence at 'A" lcvcU The disclosures have embarras Higher. sed Mr Kenneth Baker. Educa tion Sccrctry who is thought to "Under 1hesc proposals those apprO\'C in principle of this kind of students from wc:1lthy solution for the problem of 1hc backgrounds will receive more fundin.2of Hi.2hcr Education. and money than disadvantaged <; tu· who has now temporarily shelved dents. which makes no sense at thcplnns. all. Jacbon's proposals arc for a ..,n my opinion 1hc ·Robbins three leve l voucher system under principle' of free educatio.n ror all which the amoun1 of money going qualified students must be to individual studcnis ror fees adhered to ... 1would depend on his or her pcr The papcroonccdcs for the firsl formaocc :i1 ·A· levels or in High 1ime that lheGovcrnmer;u·s policy ers and would require students 10 for education spending is causing oon1ributc £500 pa towards their a .. progressive degradation" o r rw;. un~;sit~~·vcmment wanis Mtmorial St~kc for Stanza Bopape., a South Arrican adhist vd'° is pnsunwd lo han bttn murdtred by The 1op 100.000 s1udents. those 10 ~ith the higher 'A' lcveVHighcr reslrict education spreading, 1he IM police. Jo"ull rtpor1 on pagt 5, Edilorial pa~ 5. grades reportedly could exp«1 10 Treasury in particular is arguing receive vouchers worth t:7 ,500 that lhc DES hould rela te slale each pa. provisio n of education to the Administration blocks 'bizarre' fund raiser Those who perform less well. requirements or industry and bus conccnlrnte o n his newest projcc1 "Finally. hC simply put 1hc iness for sk illed staff nationwide. by Cathy MIiton the bonom 750,IXX>. could expect - a nigh1club 10 be called The phone down on me. What sort of Mr Jackson is known 10 be per O.SOOpa. Starshi p En1erprisc. an example is that 10 set some As the cost of the cheapest sonally agains1 a radical oVcrhaul A PROPOSAL to play rustic · Speaking toSwdem, T1Z.Cr~id: one? It's a fun idea and would course currently s1ands at 0.950 ofthcsystcmof HigherEducation roulette. with s tudents to be HMr Anderson call ed the project have made a lot of money for a pa the majori1y o r students would worthy cause. be rorccd to make-up the di ffer ru~i~n~~oposals arc for the gov- offered odds on which part or ·bizarre and dislastcJul'. bul I ence 1hemsclves or 10 borrow ernmen1 10 fund 3 pcrceniage or Bristo Square a cow would think that's exactly what Edin " He didn't gh·c any reason ro r burgh needs. from their parents o r banks. University places. through the cra p first , was b locked by the withholding permission apart This would mean 1hat less well voucher sys1em of paying recs. University on the grounds "To be met by lhis sort of from his personal dis1as1e fo r the qualified students who arc finan which the Government would that the idea is "bizarre and apathy. the one time students ge1 project. I don't think thal's very ciall y disudvantagcd would be control. distasteful". their fingers o u1 o r their arscs. is professional." depressing. unable 10 take up their uni vtrsity Bursaries would then be made Speaking 10 St11dmt. Mr available 10 needy but qualified Harry Tizcr, who. las1 )'Car ran "I even suggc.,;ted tha1 some or places while less well qualified Anderson said: '" Ifs the most uudents from relatively IA-'Callhy s1udcnts and richer students The Hip Operatio n. says he has the moneY could go 10 ESCA and fami lie would be able effectively would be allowed to ~buy" their no plans to challenge Mr Andcr h~ ¥1id 1hat , J wa, lowering the 10 buy their places. placcs. · son's decision and will instead lone-of 1hcconversa tion. Continued on P. J 2 Thursday, November 3, 1988 Treasurer Flouts GM Mandate SJ-IONA EASON GIBSON. issue , effectively blocked Man EUSA Treasurer. last night dela"s chances as the motion can flouted a General Meeting not now be considered at next motion o rdering her to press weck"s General Meeting and no Nelson Ma ndela's nomina- policy ca n be formed either way. tion for tl}e Honorary Presi- c:~;~~n~;:t~n~~~Yth':y i:;:,~a\~ : dcncy o f the Students' 1wo-third majority in 1heir ravour Association - an act which from the SRC. ·could lead to her eventual At last night's meeting votes recall from office. were cast 25 in favour and 14 The General Meeting is the against. Had Gibson voted in supcreme decision-making body accordance with her mandate vot ofthe Association and Sabbaticals ing would have been 26 in favour nll&St ac1 on its mandates. fail ure and 13 against with the chair"s At Alphie's in Flesh market Close last wednesday was Garry Dobson, 1st year Malhs and Psychology stu to do so is usual ly held on grou nds casti ng vote carrying the motion . dent who had his head shoed for charity. Garry is the you nger brother of Ken Dobson who is the General for their reca ll from office. Gibson defended her action. Convener of ESCA. The event raised .£230. ' A campaign 10 promote Man- calling the issue a mauer for "indi C~~ry was persuaded to do lhis by h.is father, who dislikes long hair, and his brother, Ken, who thinks dcla's nomination was launched vidu al choice .. and argui ng that chant1 es get lots or dosh. this week by EUSA Secretary the mandate applies 10 the Sab------~ Mark Wheatley. baticals as a whole. Gibson·s vote at last night"s mce1- She maintained that Wheatle)'·s ing of the students" Reprcsc nta- satifics the General Meeting Man tive Council held 10 discu~ the da le. Campus to Campus Aids Research WH ILE Oxford University's rhinoce r0s in South Africa and Broadcasting Freedom. fund-raiser has been grab- whilst studying the primatol-, travelled from England to address A TEAM of AIDS resear Life and Health , see their first bi ng the imagination of the ogy of baboons. the conference. He spoke on the task as 10 establish the fac1s of the · I She was shadowing the rcce~t . Hurd ban on Sinn Fein chers fro m Edinburgh U ni nattona press over the past baboons accompanied by a lee- tel~v1s1on _ap~ar~nccs. and versity will be going to Zaire present situation, as no proper survey has yet been carried out. week , Cambridge had just turcr from the University of Natal ~mtcd out 1t~ s1gmficance, par with a £190,CXX> grant from Research will be hampered by revealed a much lower-key when the rhin0 was upset and 11 cul~rly at a time wh~n t~e.der~ the Medical Research Coun the difficulty in diagnosing the effort to fund the university charged. striking the 23-year-old gulat1on of broadcasting 1s 1mm1- cil. virus in children in Africa. The into the year 2000. student with its horn. nent. · They will be 100king at the inci virus shares its symptoms with a In the spring of next year. it is Although Queen's Student dence of HIV (the AIDS virus) in number of other condilions com hoped a Cambridge Foundation, Union is unable to directly fund African mothers living in rural mon in African children. :~:fis~:;b7~~l~~~t':~i~i:i~: BELF~ST -:-La~t weekend, ·~:!t~~~~~t~;o~h areas. the pattern or transmission ··whether in Europe or 1 ~:! ";!C:e~ todian of funds Cambridge hope Queens University, Belfast, mcnt and provided facilities for from mothers 10 children , the Africa," he said. '"our ultimate progress of the disease and the purpose mus! be to identify effec 10 raise, and then la rgct appropi- played host to a Students the weekend free of charge. effects of standard immunisations tive methods of prevention and. if rately. Against Oppression Confer- on infected and controlled groups possible. cure. These need to be ··ours will be a series of linked ence, which was run by a !Jf children. sociall y acceptable. scientifically campaignswithspecificobjcctivcs campaigning body I of the DUNDEE - The Principal The team, led by Dr William sound and reasonably economi in mind,M declared a spokesman same name~ of Dundee University, Cutting, se11ior lecturer in the cal. I hope our basic study will be for the present Cambridge A generalised student cam- Michael Hawkin , is reported Uni~_ersity's Department of Child a small step towards this." ::r~eil~t~~nt~is~:~;, i~hcct~~~~ hi~t:u:~;~\~~ri~;~~:i;1:J to want to expel David Shay- tank currently formulating the ror, and an anti-extradition march ter, the editor of A1111asach, objectives for 1he FQundation. was attended by the dele.1ates. the students' newspaper, Alternatively. the Oxford cam- Grave concern was voiced, too. over the re porting of a riot paign. according to its director Dr about the absolute Jack of release ot.Js medics' party which was Tax Relief Henry Drucker. is "one large cap- dates for any prisoners serving life reported in several national ital project with emphasis on the se·ntenccs in Northern Ireland, tabloids. by Ewen Ferguson sities raise extra money from pri entire institu tion·· This explains par1icularly those who were corn- ===~-~--- vate sources. its fixed five-year plan of raising , mined 10 detention as minors . Campus to Campus compiled by One such priority is to increase £220 million. Mike Jensen, from the National Aileen McColgan and LAST Friday the Govern the present percentage ceiling on The Oxford campaign. which · Cg_unci l of Campaign for Press Catherine May ment took another step in "'one-ofr gi ft s by companies to has already raised £51 million easing controls that prevent inst itutions of higher education. from charitable foundations and industry and individuals from Another reform sought is the privale companies, is modelled alon1 American lines and has ~ 1\MODICAS donating money to univer extension to individuals of the principle of tax-deductible annual fund -raising repulations world PIZZERIA · RESTAURANT sities. wide. 11AFREDEIOCKSTP.EET. EOIN8UI\GH0ll,US ~91 The Committee of Vice-Chan one-off gif1s. This proposal. if cellors and Princi pals (CVCP) sa nctioned by the Government, In America. the prestigious Sample the sof.t surrou,idi,igs and friendiy atmosphere noted in a press statcmenl that might lead to an inCTcascd univer Yale University Development of Modica"s and ,mjoy the superb food and sity bureaucracy that believes i,uried menu fll affordable prices. ''donations to universities for Office is entering its 99th year. In . it proper for graduates to supply fiscal year 1988 more than Chairs or other posts to be named 60,000 lump sums annually to their old individuals. foundations. corpo STEAKS· VEAL· CHICKEN· SEA FOODS after the sponsor arc not 10 be university. . rations and private agencies pre cha rgcll VAT'. ITALIAN SPECIALITIES However. in currently review However, there arc fears that if sented gifts or gran ts to the uni MOUTHWATERING SWEETS ing the future or national univer such proposals are successfully versity totalling $121 .2 million . Similarly, a Ya le Alumni Fund ' si1y £unding. the ever is still coupled with public fund-raising determined to press for a number by universities, that the Govern in 1988 fiscal year. which graduates of Yale contribute 10 'of ot her tax changes which in its ment will decrease its block grant view. are needed to help univer- to the university by the increase in world wide, has raised $35.4 mi ll- the annual su m raised. ion. IWIPEOUTI Ne,ys Thursday, November 3, 1988 3 Pollock to be Science Revamped Closures
course in chemistry has been with by Lindsay McLintock by Graeme Wilson drawn. Al Dundee the option of and Katka Krosnar studying chemist ry combined with RADlCAL new proposals subjecl.s such as pharmacology or A THIRD of Britain 's uni biochemistry for a joint Honours for a £5 million refurbish versity chemistry depart degree, re mai ns, bu1 at Sti rling ment and construction prog me nts and two-fifths of 1hc subjecl will no longer be ramme for Pollock Halls will physics departments could be ta ught at all . The academic ~rnff be put be fore the University under threat fo llowing a there have been drastically cut to only fo ur, with most staff having Court in the next few weeks. UGC (University Grants The chie f architccl of these been transferred to Heriot-Watt plans is Terry Cole, the newly Committee) review pub and S1 Andrews. itself under pos appointed senior warden at Pol lished last week. sible threal. lock, and he revealed that previ 'Inc review ca lls for the close of According to rece nt slalistiCi ous discussions about refurbishing departments which do not satisfy the Physics Department of Aber the halls. which now are nearly all certain criteria , based solely on deen, 1ogethcr with those of Dun 20 years old, had been limited to a size. To be fully plausible a dee and Stirling. all fail to meet basic replacement of furniture. dcpai'1mcnt o f e ither subject the numbers required. ·· My plans may be ambitious in wou ld have to have at least 200 Professor Harding, Vice- Prin comparison," he said, "but they full -1imc s1ode n1 s and 20 full-time cipal of Edinburgh University, are at least realistic in that they s1aff. Those universities within to ld St1ulem he was ··d isturbed at will involve the revamping of the Scotland which do not meet the the mechanical application of Terry Cole, Senior Warden at Pollock Photo: Hugh Pinney conditions are Aberdeen. Dun such rationalisation" but admiued dee, St Andrews and Stirling. he saw .. some benefi t in the con t :~:i~!1~a!~~oo:n1f~~~l'~:;;;~; could be possible to have con- University, with its annual deficit well as replacing the furniture in Edinburgh Uni vcrsi1y is centration of resources in order 10 the rooms." ~~-t_i,o n compleled by October ~ £!x:~it~~· c: nn~~;~~s1;:1~ un likely to be affected by the strengthen some centres.. . 1 proposals. The Physics Depart The second half of his propos While the refurbishment pro- plans. Instead it is hoped that sup Even though it is unlikely that ment . with a total of 648 under Edinburgh University will be al s, which at present arc being wou ld obviously be much port may be forthcoming from the ccss graduates in all years and 29 full finalised , concern the construc slower, Mr Cole stated tha1 action Di strict and Regional Councils, forced to implemenl restruc1 uring time academic staff, and the of its own Physics and Chemistry tion of new accommodation near should no1 be delayed "or else the Scottish Development Salisbury Green. While the type Chemistry Department with 494 Depar1 ments. long-term difficul Pollock Halls may become a white Agency, and even the European undergraduates and 37 academic of accommodation has not as yet elephant". Commission. ties could arise when it is faced been decided, Mr Cole hopes ''we staff. are both considerably above with accepting undergraduates In his view failure to corn- Additional funds may come the specified minimum size. The won ·t build another house like prehensively upgrade the -stan- from the Residential Dcvclop and research projects from other Chemistry Department actuall y Cowan House'' but instead dard of accommodation in Pol- ment Fund, which is I per cent of universities. Similar subject accepted more st udents this year reviews have already resulted n perhaps opt for ,.i flat sys1em along 10Ck would not only leave the halls 1he fees a st udent at Pollock is than the previous year. the 1ransfer of St Andrews Music the lines of Blackel Avenue. too shabby fo r the- st udents. but charged, and also private sources At Dundee and S1irling such Departme nt and Aberdeen's However, in his view. "Speed is also make it harder fo r the corn- - ··We'll argue o ur case to any the essence as we fear 1hat .stu proposals have already come into Scandinavian Studies Depart plex to compete for the summer o ne who listens.'' effect. The re. the single Hono urs dents may soon be excluded from market of tourists and business Whe1 he r 1he plans wi ll be ment to Edinburgh. housing benefit systems which delegations. Financiall y lhe ina- accepted or not should become wo uld create an enormous bility to attract the summe r cus- apparent around Christmas, but demand for cheaper, University tom would be a disaster, as it Mr Cole is confident that the Prin accommodation. brings in at least £1 million each cipal al}d the Court share his views year. that such act ion is vi 1al for Pol- , , th ~-~~~~:f:t~!~ki~~ ; : ccc~~r:~: Mr Cole acknowledges that the lock's future . Youth Radio
ming" will be pleasantly sur by Mark Campanile prised. Poll Tax Campaign Bite the Wax is a magazine-style BBC RADIO Scotland programme incorporating AN EDINBURG H Univer- will include advice on hoW to personall y and hopes that by shakes off its dated image Cooper's previous stab at a prog~ sity " no n-payment of the Poll register and pay the Community Christmas he will have been ramme for the youth audience. when new youth programme the successful what's on show. 1 joined by a1 least 100 other Edin Bite the Wax hits the airwaves Tax" campa ign will be ~:::s~~ig~~:i;:!1a~~~~~:,'t:t!~~- bur~h Universi1 y stude nts. Night Life. It is followed by Beat launched next Thursday However, Macleod stated that from Thursday I 7 Patrol, an al1ernmivc music show th evening by Malcolm Mac- m~~;;v:iil : wt!1eo ;~~::d ~~= there is still some confusion sur November. geared towards the indie scene rounding the 10 per cent sur Quen1in Cooper, producer and but playing a wide range or music ler.\; hoped iha1the r,,,1ofabou l chance 10 jo;n lhc non-paymcnl charge which will be imposed on former Swdem wriler, says tha1 - anything from acid house to 100 non-paye rs wiU register with campaign, though EUSA Presi those who fail to pay the charge as students arc a1 the ··dc Continued from P. I ludicrous and bizarre suggestion I've ever heard. "I objected strongly to his attitude; he said I couldn't refuse him because they'd already put out notices. "He 1hen asked me if I'd change -my mind if some of 1he money went to ESCA. ·• Mr Anderson ' ·said that he vi ewed 1he sugges1ion asan attempt :\I bribery. Mr Anderson went on to say th .1 1 he objected to an animal bei ng subjected lO such an ordeal for ''som~ pecul iar reason". 4 Thursday. November 3. 1988 News Call for Rent Female Registration Student and ooukf be d1\'1dcd between rent 1hc landlord h:b no ng.ht 10 Assaulted b} Ian Rotltrts,o,a them and 1hcrdorc halved e,-.ct tht tenant and can bt la.ken FactM Ylhteh arc talcn 1n10 10 coun for dotn& so. Tht tenant he is about 24 )Cars old anJ fi\c ST UDENTS IN private Oats, a«ount include the number and has 1he nl,ht to continue 1he ka-.e foot ~" ,~ 1aJI He •~ dean shaven. has short brown hair al'ld especial!) chose ._-. ho share wrc or the: rooms, 1hc qu.1h1y or 111dc:fin11cly "'llh no rcvicVr of1ht' A FIRST YEAR female slU· rent pc,-1,,blc for then )Can.. "'Carl an camng. On I· nd.iy mgbl rooms or put up wilh lo\\-· the decoraoon, 1hc k\'cl or fur dent was indcccn1ly assaulccd he •as •canna,eans and a Jacl.cc quali1y accommodation. msh,~&. vind ihc prc~ncc or unkss !here arc subsl:m11al 1mpMvcmcnts. ~ond and lhird in 1hc early hours of last Ills name ,s Simon and he L\ s1and 10 save a,ns1dcrablc ~~::!or::~ral :.11:;!>hing )Car Mu knO ....'"llUMm KoNains-•hlC'h story or the Presidential Elec· S1offcl 801ha. who de,.:ribcd means 'Conqueror of K ings' - is lions. NcverthelCss he gave a International in Brief SOtlght by the army as one of the it as a threat to the "safety or rousing speech 10 students al predominant act1\11sts 1n \ IOlcnt the public.·· rtmmc o( reforms- for , freer. Georgetown Univcrsny last anlJ-~rnmcnt dcmons1.-.11ons. Thrs part1CUlar ptett or «MOr· more dtmocra1ic Sou1h Arnca but has so far eluded all 1hcir week. ELECTION )Cl dunn, the run-up 10 votmg, ship 11 pan or a wider government 111cmp1s 10 eapcurc him. cracl.down on the radic.al pre-.s in thousands •ere u1II m dctcnuon. He ridkulcd 1hosc ..., ho accuse RESULTS M,n Ko Na1n1 'iCes himself as a Mr Ouli..aki.s of being passt0nks) Sou1h Africa ...,ho are willing IO ncarty all oppo5111on or,:anisa Bum1C1C 'Scarlet Pimpernel' and tions vl'ere banned, Jnd calhng for Jack. K ennedy and Lyndon CJCJ)O'C lflJUStK'CS Two s.im,lar ONLY 10 per ccn1 of Sou1h as cha1mmn of the All Runna Johnson did not have passion, he ncwspapcn. New N:mon and Afnca·s seven million eligi • boycott of the dttttOn~ was Fcdc.-.1,on of S1udcn1 llnton,; madc1lkgal saKl... It IS the ptop&c ...,tw, ha\C South have rcecntly bct'n ble clam\S 10 ha,e O\C~r 30,M sup rffirictcd for 1hrce monlh\ black voters turned out at Titus Mafolo of the virtually• rhc pa~Mon. - and 11 •as men hl.e the poll111g booths in the porters, Some or Mm Ko Namg·s Kennedy. Johnson and Dukaki, HO\t,C\Cr !he Weekly Moil K Nn~d United Ocmocnuk ,onov.·ers have adopccd his name recen1 mumc,pal c:lec11ons. I-ron1, ~.1l.1ng on behalf of the who understood 1hat pa»wn only ban ned until No,cmbcr 28. 10 conf'*' pu™lc~. a110'4ing him I n indi,,"IIK>O perhaps ch.11 e,cn dc,pitc the government's UDF"s unrcstnctcd affih.:ues. tocropups,mutmnelusl) md1,;pa 1 widespread and 005.tly prop dew:ribcd the proceedings as a ra1c parts of 1he rouniry ..,unpotnl c~ l~t faik..'d 10 ::i:~~~,~~c" r~:!:~i~~c~!:c°!~~ I aganda campa1in urging 'The sl1rs,cry student scrongly RADICAL ahroaJ 1.,:,crc:cour pcop&c 10 JJ"cpohcical them to do \0. ~ the Burmese army"s The )10\f!rnmcn1 ac-hie,cd a ,up1l0n 10 :1ra11he1d ,;tnic-turc~•. brutal mcthod$O( retainmgpowtr PAPER A ,pokes~rl'oon from 1~ nahon• We f'ltll t,. .1round 2:'i per and lil.c 1hc maJOrily of hrs sym• WcHly M.til !old Stu CHILE There have been many victims of Pinochet's brutal regim e. A teenage student was one of them. •-Pinochet's Reign of Fire WHEN a Chi lean radio secret police. Jn spite of \hat kids until they wCre half conscious announced, early in th e after experience she wa nted to return and lhen sprayed them wit h an to Chile. innammable liquid. Then - they noon of July 2, that a couple The capital, Santiago, is surTOUndcd set them on fire . of kids. had been found out by slums and shanty-towns _ The soldiers wrapped both kids that morning half burnt to , areas that have been repeatedly in a blanket and went 10 dump death in Q uili cura, a small invaded by soldiers on search and them four miles away o n the o ther 'town on the northern frin ge arrest missions _ breaking into side of San tiago. Rodrigo :md of Santi ago, I did not houses, tear-gassing churches, Carmen managed to crawl out o f immediately register thei r detaining all males between the the ditch and, with their charred names. Horror has become a ages o f 12 and 65 . To show their ncsh falling from their bodies. solidarity, university stude nts they began !o w.al.k. Men on the part of everyday no rmality in organise soup kilchens. and Rod- governmcnl s Mm1mum Employ Chile. rigo had gone one in the b:frrio , ment Pia~-:- 25 ~ollars a month By nine or ten o'clock that bol of a society that funct ioned, 10 eve ning we had goi the hospital for the most part, wi thout fear At ho me, that d:1y;-in Sant iago, ofGenen\,l Velasgueson the even- for beaut1 fymg highways - saw the names simply did n.ot ring a ing of July I to take pictures. :~~c~~~r~ ,~::·thbc~~ a7:.rt~~ :~~~fe; ;~~~e!ci~u: ~ns~~:. To sec La Moncda go up in 111 0 9 bell. I heard the news, thought to When his aunt Amanda 1old · intervene, the government keeps Rodrigo, she was informed by a ~:::a~;h';~~:i;:~~ :fi w~:~ myself a new technique in terror, him not to stay for the night , he on poun'ding into people - ,w te now they're burning adolescents, ~~ ~; ~! :s~r ; ~;t ::i/~~t w: · wou ld happen to anyone who answered that thcrC seemed to be mems. Mind your own business. and went back tosoningou1 some moved. i::~ ~;t~!: t~c3 ~~~~.ry~~~rt~:~ papers for my coming return trip no~~nger. sal~~~t;;n ~i~o:, st~~~f~~~ei: n:~ The next mo rning, the police grownandenvclopcdsomanyvic to the US scheduled for 4 Jul y. TI1e next day was the first of become active - otherwise officially said the boy was not tims si nce then, reached the body two days of nat ional strike. Since anguish and guilt will twist the · Afew hours later someone cal ~r:~~~era;;~\u~nu:d ~~t~h: ; of Rodrigo Rojas. led and informed me that one o f bus drivers were also protesting, soul. I was fort unate - I could i ~~~ the vic tims was a friend. Rodrigo • 1he o nly way of leaving the slum turn the rage and the sorrow into nitely complex, red tape affair, As opposition to General Rojas De Negri, the 19 year old that morning was on foot: accord- usefulness. With Sergio Bitan and fraught with medical and burcauc- Pinochet mounts . he has no alter son of Veronica De Negri , a fe\. ing to ten witnesses, some of some other friends who knew ratic rivalries which continued fo r native but 10 escalate his terror low ex ile fro m the five years I whose accounts I heard on 1ape Rodrigo, we set about two tasks. hours and hoUrs , whi le Rodrigo or be overthrown . lived in Washington DC. Six ty· before I le ft , Rodrigo was w.a lk- The first , thanks to the Catho li c · slowly died. His tactic thus fa r has been suc- two percent of his body was burnt ing. twocameras hanging from his Church and the US Embassy, we cessful. Millions or Chileans are and the doctors hardly gave him a neck, wit h some friends, when a accomplished -getting Veronica General Pi nochet is no strange r extremely discontct1ed but basi-. chance 10 survive. bl ue pick-up truck fu ll of soldiers, permission to return . Her eldest to fire. He inaugurated his reign call y still bystanders. There arc,, their faces painted over with son had to be burnt ali ve before of terror with an act or fire, 13 however. many thousands or dis Rodrigo had just come Qack in camounage grease, roared into Pinochet would allow her even a years ago, when he over1hrew sidents who have 1101 been imimi May 1986after nine years of exile. view, shooting al them. The kids temporary visit to the land where Chile's constitutional govern- da ted and will not back down. His mother had been forced to dispersed. When 18 year old Car- she had been born. The second mcnt: the bombing of La To remain in power. General abandon the country in 1977, after men Quintana stumbled , Rodrigo task, however, turned out to be Moneda, Chile's Presidenti al Pinochet will have to burn a whoJe having been held in a detention wcnl back to help her. More sol- im possible-we tried .and fai led, r:~a~~tT::\t~u~:~i;~y ~err~~~~ coun~ry o( Rodrigos. down .* ce ntre for long months and sav diers descended from a second to get Rodrigo moved to a bc ue r agely tortured and raJJ:Cd by the truck. They began to beat the two .~ospital. elected authorities. was the sym- 6 Thursday, November 3, 1988 Focus Th~ efforts came to nothing ill the municipal ily has bttn exercised. elections, as most l*>P~ seemed lo assume that they Not only was Mr Anderson quite unnecessarily rude, ,would. The Government's ad,ertising campaign was dismissh·e and aggressive towards the students con lndicalive or the atmosphere or the event as a whole. They cerned but he also, distressingly refosed to give any chose two squirrels (to indicate equality) who chatted reason for his decision apai-t from his personal dislike for STUDENT away along the lines or: " Have you heard about the the project. municipal elections? They really are a chance ror you to This is indeed an unprorcssiona l approach to his have a say In how your country Is run" etc., etc. responsibilities which makes both him and the University No one is taken in by this sort orthing. In ract no one is look foolish and despotic. laken In as a whole by the Government's rttble attempts The most maddening element in this whole sorry tale is to create a semblance or real democralisalion. that ii is a completely need less foss. ESTABLISHED IN 1887 What Is so sad is thal South Africa's economy has . Instead or politely making lhe many valid \:riticisms or Ix-gun to reel the nrs1 serious eJTeds or white the project that are available, Mr Anderson chose lo intransigence. No one doubts that an Afrikaner focus 011 the rac1 lhat he's-never-hcard-or-such-a-thing government with the "mlk'' rallied around could hold in-all-his-million-years-or-servlce-10-the-University etc. Missing Presumed Murdered 01110 power for a long time yee, but ir others do not soon thereby laying hi111seJr open to accusations that he has rollow !he example or Dr Danie Craven and others in abused hisauthorily by allo~ing his personal prereren«s 8 8 0 3 focing up to reality and negotiating wilh black leaders, to colour his decision. l~~·~~~~!h~ ~ :~~=r::~~:~~i~;eo~ ~:ii!~; t! : then the economy will continue its downward spiral and Universities are popularly perctived on enlightened, lal:K!lled missing. It is clear lhat S1linza Bopape is dead, foture Soulh Africans - or all races - will have to open-minded, Rexible, even democratic institutions but his rl"lath'es hu ·e no body to bury. · sl.ruggle much _harder 10 find bolh pros1,erity and peace. wh ich are rundamentally about students. It is sad that Bopape's family have bttn asked lo believe the most ' none or thl many more important issues at Actio.n Campaign was initiated. of the letter admits, staff in these money (although personally I'd fas1 food chains do work in bad ra1hcr be skint than treated like LETTERS !~~kd:~r;.;~:~~;;r::ta:~/~~',:a~ lin!hi~~s:::: ~:~;~~~~~: !f:c~e:~ conditions for bad pay. Those at dirt}. All I can say about !his is these profiteers have no rescrva- opened. The ~raid " o n Friday the the top don't care abou1 their thal if they rip you 'off, why not Dear S1lldent, tions about exploiting and 14th was merely an attempt to workers as long as they're making tum the tables a bil and rip them TH IS is a reply to 1he letter in destroying people. animals and._ bring the issue out into the open. money. However. we do iealisc off. Yours s·m&rely, your lasl issue concerning the day the world itself si mply 10 make · We know we are turning some !hat. some people do need the _Dan Watson of accion against McDonald's. more money. You can't change a people away from fast food chains The campaign is not lrying to gel situation like this by sining and even turning some vcgela at the actual staff who work in around and moaning about it. rian,asshownbythelctterswhich STAFF LIST such fast rood chains. as !here arc which is why the McDonald's we have received. This in itself makes the campaign worthwhile. i1M1dMIMI As lor the stmkbombing incident, MANAGER, James Bethell CROSSWORD this was an action taken by indi ADVERTISING, Colin Howman viduals which other members of the campaign may not have IM0lilitfl11 agreed with. It is true that the EDITOR, Tom Bradby humiliation of cleaning up the DEPUTY EDITOR, EmmaSimP.5011 mess falls on the actual worker in NEWS, Graeme Wilson the cafe, which is one o f the Cathy Milton reasons why I didn"t partake in INTERNATIONAL, Andy Marshall this action. Anyway. if the author Ben Carver of last week's letter. sees this as Pippa Gravestock petty and childish, what about his . SPORT, Carl Marsto n allegations of the protcstors being "middle class ... bairns". Rather ~~~s:!~fl MUSIC, Craig McLean a pathetic auempt to 1rivialise the James Haliburto n whole mailer I think, and one ARTS, Alison Brown which shows how little he does $uni Kha ng k'now aboul the b-ackgrounds ·or FEATURES, Gillian Drummond those who participa1ed in the MEDIA, David Stenhouse demosntration, most of whom FILM, Bill Dale were neither '" middle class·· nor WHAT'S ON, Jane Moir even exclusively students. Susan Gillanders Right, now for the real nilly, FASHION, Briony Sergeant gritty of the leucr. As the author.-======~ EDINBURGH CANAL CENTRE WHY NOT COME ON DOWN TO THE NEATEST PLACE.TO EAT WHERETitE MUSIC MAKES YOU TAP YOUR FEET WHERE YOU CAN ~ ACROSS I Speak angril y (4) I ,'Reileratc(6) 2 Fast as possible (4 , 5) -4 Dismissal from job (3. 3) AWAY 3 Decci1ful plan (5) 7 Flower holder (4) 4 Passenger ship (5) i Nol gu ilty (8) 5 Jabber (4) 9 Facial Hairs (8) YOUR HOMESICK BLUES 6 Barrier(5) 12 Snake-like fish (3) lO Breaks suddenly (5) THI! MOSTMOUTHWATERtNG OF MEALS 15 Layoul sketch (6) FROM VEGETAR IANS TO HADDOCKS TO VEALS 11 lleconnoitrc (5) 16 Dais(6) A PRICE 'lliATS JUST RIGI-IT 12. Social Gr~ce (9) 17 Payable immediately (3) 13 Crippled (4) 19. Gun fight (5,3) STUDENTS' DISCOUNTS FROM SUNDA YTOTHURSDA Y NIGHTS 14 E111husiastic (4) 24 Adoption (8) 7 OLD FISHMARKET CLOSt: FROMOUlt'TTOTilet.00O TIIEMOST~llll (FORPARTIF.S) 18 Overturn (5) 25 Draw (4) EDINBURGH 20 Promiscuous woman (5) i\COUPU:TOA ROMANTIC(DINNERFORTWO) 26 Building floor (6) CROWO MEETINGl'LACE INTIIECITY 21 Lubricated (5) 27 Fault (6) 22 Pe,Hy ground (4) TEL: 031-1255428 WE'VE GOT THE SCENE, WE'VE GOT THE CUISINE 2J Close (4) F•W.....__llnlr.llun-,..M,_fll_..,:r.r,rt'MUIIC-,al ...... ___,__, Crossword by Big Tolly · 1 1*-tw11«11Ml~o.tC-. n,,,,...1•. 11..... Trl:IJI .WI.Jlf. Sport_ Thursday, November 3, 1988 C-O-M·M·E·N ·T LAST weekend Steffi Grar won anothe:r tennis toumanwnt. The-re is nothing very remarkable about that; hu6.2, 6--0 demolition of.Manuela Cup Glory Maleeva in the 'final or the Midland Group Cbampionships at Brighton ga,·e the German girl her I llh lournamenl victory of the year. Oft he 70 "STUDENTS Face Tough f!i:: ~~%C:t:as:i: :~h~i::~:~~! g~~~=:.~ul~~~': s~;~~B;i1n~:: Task" is how the Scorsman completely to corresporid wi th her fi rst position in the world tennis described 1he impending cup ra nkings. tie between the University Amongst other titles thisyear, Miss Grarhas won all ro ur Gnnd Slam 1st Xl and last year's ;:~7;:::p';!~:1~c!:!:~~~:~;::;~~:d3o0n:::,:~~~~~;:,~~I~: defeated finalists, Dundee the acd aim given to her by the world's public and pri!SS a li ke has bet.n Wanderers (the only all 1st no more than rescr,·ed. Indeed, in somesecrors theresetms 10 ban~ bet.- n division tie). a concerted attempt to blacken Grar s name and rtputalion. One hour later that whole pre- Iler rather, Peter, who is also her coach and manager, has bet.n view bore no resemblance to what acrused or trying to take over lherunningurthe women's ga me lo suit his :1ctu;'llly occurred. daughter's needs, whilst the playe r hel'St'lr has been lalwlled as being Dundee, who believed 1hey surly and unfriendly. Neither or thest" accusations is ruir; ir a small were soon going to --s1uff sonic- exam ple is anything to go by, I saw Steffi sign well over 20 autog raphs body .. (with the Uni in mind), got j ust on her way back to the changing room after one vktory at off to a good srart, running most Wim bledon lh is year, whilsl Peter Graf surely hru a right to state his of the play until the 20th minute daughter's case at a time when she is so ruthlesslystretchingaheadorher when they ~ored from the flock rh·als on the women•s drc.-uit . ~pot. Pe rhaps it is in that rulhlt>ssness that Grars un popu larity lies. Not Perhaps they then bec:1mc too only is she ruthless in her dest ruclion or htr opponenlS, but also in her ,;ure of thcmsclve~. because they practice, as she seeks constanlly lo iron out any " weuknesses'' In hl'r fell apart almost immediately and ga me. Her backhand was spotlighted this s ummer as bei ng suspect at hair time were lud,y to only against left-handers so she spent hours praclising with the Auscralian have conceded one goal (a deh left-hander Ma rk Woodforde before she played Marcina Navratilo,,a in touch by Neil H:mlcy). the Wi mbledon fi nal. Edinburgh. playing like a team Vtl, rather than recein pnilSl' for her performances, Graf, one senses, 1rnndormcd, could not put a foot ean is only u muted respect, a respec-1 rurther muled by snide comments wrong and after goals from Hay about her career ear ni ngs - probably totalling $2 million by lhis and Wyatt (the latter afler a good Christmas, and Ch ai does nol inrlud e sponsors hip. There seems to be a -.olo run) it was o nl y a question of lack of acknowledgement Ch ai it is only through hl'r pursuit of ex«llena running oul the clock. I.hat she h\!,S "·on so much prize money. ( ' ou~:n!:;:t"Yr:;~~'? ca;:lc~~~~~~~ s~~~ ~~ :~n ::,::c:~~li t::en~a:~:w~;,P~~~ t! h: : eu~::s ;::a~!; upset"" by ano1her but 10 the team rharacters, but they do thtir jobs in golr und snooker rl'Sptdively th_emselves 1t wns just the first effi ciently and highly successfu ll )·, if undramaticall y on oe<:asions. Graf wm. is another In a similar mould . It is time sports people were acd almed With eleven players now per· more for I.heir proressionalism and otustandi ng activities alone. fo rming like a fine·tuned piece of Anyo ne who saw C rars magnificent comeback and con~ uent machinery the first division will deslruction of Navrat.ilova al Wimbledon wo uld surely want thal sort or not sec the end or the UNiversi1y ability to be on s how for a lonl time to come. Steffi Graf could well this season and many teams must become the mosl successrul women's tennis player of our generattOn , if 0 ~:; ~~:;::~:~rc~.;:J:Z~~.eal· Hush . . the cro~·d is sil enced in Saturday's ramous victory. ::~ ho~a~~~::; ~~ i~~ ~:~~~ :~~i~:!u~=ag;:,~:~~ ~~=~=~1i~~ 1~ ~~~~ _ _;T,:h•:..;'::;·pec::.:••,:••_;";;_•....:;:EU::,:~::,1H ::,C::.,______.;. P_ho_,o_;_c_o1_;,,_c_o_w_it l :i:;!o;~'f r~:!~e;:e::~~:~: :~:!~~==tt:i:: i:~,: ~~7~1~ Dashing Dukes mlh~ ~,of,s,;onaU, m. Mike Se1ot·ell EDINBURGH University It wasn"t until the second hair Fro m the side out 1he ball went Lacross!' Lall'st Basketball Club travelled to thm the Dukes got going and toh Rob Blanchfant. whose rushed began to fight their way back into s 01 hit the rim but foiled to drop. Dundee at the weekend to the match with Richie McDougall The match ended 39.37 to Dun- AT half.time t he score of 2·0 suggested tha 1 the U niversity , ,takeyan in the first intc r•uni· scoring 16 points and Rob Blan- dee. was about to score a fi rs t against Edinburgh Ladies (plus two ( vers1ty tournament o f the chfant getting a number of Aberdeen were quite simply m e n !). year. rebounds. blown away in the nex t match. The defence was tight and our alt acking players, helped by right Despite the good performances Rob Blanchfant and Richie defence Rachel McMulten. were managing to put the ball in the net. While never really being chal the Duke::. were sti11 3 points down McDowell once sgain s1arred in a But a complacent half-time team chat was followed by coll apse and lenged throughout the whole with 18 seconds left on the clock. brilliant first hair performance the exha usted players left the pitch having conceded six goals in the mmch, the Dukes were never far The ball went to Richie to make whichsawtheDukeswithover20 second half. ahead against Heriot-Watt. ~ the three point shot but he was poin1 sa11hcend. Richie scored22 .A slight recovery was made by the home team towards the end. but te_arn they should have buried. fouled and so went to the freet- points and Rob got an amazing by then it wasobviouswhowason top, both in skill and fitness. A very I he game !mashed wnh tne hrow line with just two seconds number or rebounds and fast enjoyable and amusing game. Final score: 3-6. Dukes winning by 7 points. 1crt on the clock . breaks. Wi th the damage done. Rebecc::a Pik her Nex1 up was Dundee. and Edin Making one out or the first two, the starting five were rested for burgh continued to show a Jack of he had 10 deliberately miss the most of the second half with the A Voll ey ball Tournamenl will be held on S~nday 6th November in the form a~ Dundee raced awav to a 8 third and. in 1hc righ1 which fol- final score 55-29. As a result 1he P1easantt Sporls Centre. Gel )'our t nlry forms from the Spores Union point lead in thC opening r{.inutcs lowed, the ball v.ent out of play Dukes and Dundee qualified for OtT'tctS or jusl lurn up on the day. due to some very impressive out· with p6sscssion to the Dukes with the semi -finals wh ich take place in J 'oumamenl runs from 12-3 pm. \ide shooting. still two seconds left. term 2. Spe:1.--d T SHIRTS SWEAT SHI TS HIMALAYA BANGALORE· POLO SHIRTS TANDOORI TANDOORI MADE TO YOUR ClUB DESIGN RESTAURANT RESTAURANT 171 BRU NTSFIELD PLACE 52 HOME STREET Prnh.d l:iY. 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No vember 3, 1988 Sport Cameras capture it all THE presence o r a sports Union video camera at Peffermill was nol enough to inspire the soccer firs! eleven to a victory o vc.r Dundee. Masting an·d Paul Rogerson. The camera did capture some After a fairly ti ght opening. the controversial rcfeering. \\hich Uni soon settled and went 2-0 up contribued to the Uni's3- I defeat. by half time. The fir.t team were fielding a In 1he second period there was ncwformation.withMilanGovan only one side on the pitch. Paul playing in the midfie ld and Dave Rogerson added two goa ls-one Kiely - promoted after several asu(>':rbflying header- 1ogc1 his goals for the seconds-going for ~at mck. and Masting joined him some o f 1hose famous 1a1l·ins up m Cobalt Cit y wi th an incredible front. four goals. A i.crics· of free kick'i The Dundee defence juSf could presented thei r bes! pressure dur- not contain the nippy forward and ing "'hich Govan blas ted one shot Edin burgh cruised to the 1oe of over the wall and the Dundee thetablcwith,an8-0victory. • gool. and another Uni effort was The Colbalso lead their league seen flying past the Dundee goal after a finc5-3win over their Oun- after a Calum Forshaw cross. dcc·counlerpans. David Johnston Earl y in the second halr .. he Uni got the team off to a great start. suffered a severe blow. With the calmly slotting the ball past the referee in thcccnirecircle. a Oun- on.coming Dundee keeper. dee forwa rd raced through in an The Uni con1inued 10 push. offsidcpositio n onl y 1obestoppcd _w i1h Mike Sewell maki ng roving illegall y by Colin Simpson on the runs _a nd winning everything in edge or the penally box. The the a,r. and the team were 3- 1 up rcsuh:mt spot kick saw the Uni go by halftirile following two goals one nil down. a header and a penalty - by John The second Dundee goal fol- Waugh . lowed after another contentious Sewell got his r.ew ard earl y in 1 ~~~:~'.n g decision and a th ird fol - ~aerdsci~~iy:: ~0:c 3c~~1.::-!~~: back '?)' John Waugh on the left. TI1e Uni we re not dispirited and kept fighting 10 the end. pulling A spectacular shot from the one goal back after the Dundee edge of the 18-yard area gave sweeper headed a Doug Pe1crs Johnston his second and the Uni's cross in10 his own net. fiflh. and Dundee tried 1<1 res1ore the balance towards the end with The second team match was a two late goals. Club captain, W il lie Oownie,chases back in vain at PefTerm il l last week. pholO: Colin Cowie tale of two forwards - Ollie Simon Perry Rugby roll on Harey Titll: AFTER six weeks of league scarch.ing runs only to be S1C?,Ppcd Anisha played fo r the Soonish THE Hare and H o unds travelled to the Allan Scally 4x4 8 ma tc hes, Edin b urgh U niver one pass from a score. Students at the World Cup in mile R e lay determined to n;tain the SUSF rela y title tha t has sity is now sitting in the mid Therefore, i1 was left 10 the fo r France during the summer and been theirs for the past two years. d le or divisio n 4 or the wards and 10 \he boot of Garth they have gained invaluable The A Team's lead-0ff man, Ian Harkness, ran a superb 22:45 to experience from that competi come in 5th handing a-1 1/ 4 mile lead of the next Uni to slightly startled, national leagues with six MacAlpine 10 pull the University a 0 1 10 victory. An excellent lincout tion. In addition , Grey and New Hugh Nicolson who wasn't expecting him for another minute or so! "" ~ points, fro m 1hrce wins and take by Stratton near the Lenzic to n played for the Scottish Youth Hugh ran a good 24:17 but could not stop Glasgow's fo rmer junior three losses. try line allowed Ha wes 10 power squad against Italy at the end of intcmational John Quinn closing the gap to 30 seconds. The side's third win was an his way 10 the corner for the side's last season and both scored tries in It was on the 3rd leg however that things got interesting. Russell unconvincing 13.9 defeat o f Lcn only try of the afte!noon. the match. Boyd in obvious distress from earl y on had to stop twice with an agonis zie o n Saturday. The rcsl o f the points were pro The team also haS an exci ting' ing stitc,-i but he dug in to run a tremendous last mile to record 24:33and Nevertheless, Edinburgh still . vidcd by MacAlpine who slotted prospect in centre J .J . Wilson - keep our noses in front of Stirling . squandered most of the oppor- three pcnalitics. an England Schools t rialist- who , Dave Arnott then ran an uneventful but effective 23-52 to pull away 1Uni ties they had in the nrntch. On Wednesday. Edinburgh has weaved his way th rogh most of from Stirling and Glasgow and make 1hc Uni title safe. It was o nly after Their hacks i;cerncd indifferent to h;wc an impor1ant match against the defence~ he has come up all this that we found out that the coveted medals were '" lost in the the a mple ball which was provided St. Andrew's Universitv. Tlll', against this year. Finally. the side post''. by a stro ng set scrum . Edin Satui-day·~ game is agai nst newly has also been fo nunate enough 10 The final posi tion of 12th and good supporling runs in the other burgh's big front row of Stratton. promo1ed St. Boswclls at Pcffer sway Dumett from west of Scot· teams. especially from Tom Anderson , bode well for the lorthcoming Anisha and McGoldric k worked mi~I (2.30 kick -off). land and McGoldriek from Edin Edinburgh Glasgow relay. At least we will definitely be the firs! Uni then, no one else is good to even ge t an invile! well together against ::r fairly This should prove to be an burgh Acadcmicals. RPA . young and inexperienced pack. excellent match as both teams arc Ian Harkness Further possession was found in o nl y just findingform aft er aslow i!r======,..:;======.,;;;;;,;;;;;,;;;;;: the lincou1 where Ian Binnian and start to their respectiVe league Steve McKinty were particularly .campaigns. effective. 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Ski Club. both pul in credi1ab~cpcri,o ,,mancfs fo r their,fir,-t roller race. 13 lochrin Place, ToUcross 9/13 NELSON ST · EDINBURGH· 03,1-5514344 ·~i~~ .~r·~.~-~~·~"~ ·a_8333~~' ~~..... ~=-'-'---'-'-'-'-'-'""'--'-'--"-'-~------' Thursday, November 3, 1988 9 SECTION TWO STl)deNt Scotland on Sunday Editor Alastair Stuart ' talks to Student. Royal Lyceum's "As You Li"ke II" Review The fo'ruit Machine reviewed have drunk any more as a teenage r simply because my favourite band appeared in front of a Tennents backdrop.·· I'm a bit sce p1ical here. It's high ly probable that Bros-enes will pig 771e Schweppes Rock out on caffei ne, sugar and other unsavoury substances in the form of Yearbook is certainly Pepsi if their idols are seen endorsing it , so why won't l-l arporTennents worthy of the term .have a similar (if 11 01 so extreme) effe ct on ardent Bo n Jovi fans, o r on 11 viewers who see Hipsway. Win and The Silencers provide the smooth "definitive tome • soundtrack 10 o h•so-hip lager adverts fejUuring beautiful (and oh-so Featuring the year in hip) people? music, from country to soul, metal to indie, PONSORSHIP aside, another domi nant feature of the mu~ic plus guides to the scene 1oday is the fact that Smash Hits. with their championing year's acts, albums, of the throwaway. lriviat nature of pop music, and Q, with its emphasis on the serious and safe. occupy the 1wo poles of popu· charts and videos, as S NME. lar music. and in between lies the struggling weeklies. like well as in-depth Melody Maker and Sowuls. While the success of Smllsh Hits and Q is features on a variety of phenomenal, what do you sec as missing from the wcekliei.'i' ~The failure of 1he weeklies has a lot 10 do with the fact th:tl they did music-related topics, lose touch. People between Smash Nits and Qare now looking to things and a whole lot more that cate r for their specific tastes. The only major publisher to latch on to this was Spotlight - Kerrw,g! will o utsell S01111ds. People are going besides, the Yearbook , from Smasl, Hits to reading specificall y about what they want to listen is an essential browing to. and 1hen presumably after a while their tastes become eclectic again they'll start buying Q." book. With such a So you're saying the weeklies can't c:ucr for people's iastes? variety of music ··Not rea lly. The idea of the weekly newsprinHypc paper got obit covered, Lloyd trampled on by Smash Hits. Record Mirror went small. People don't want 1his big thing thot £alls apart and the ink comes off on yourhandsT' Bradley Editor of the Apart from these (ahem) physical difficulties inhere nt in trying to Yearbook, and read a newspaper-type music magazine. the weeklies perform another contributor to Q, function in that they provide a necessary grounding for writers like explained his views on the state of popular music as we know it. And as Q and Smash Hits continue to Musically Speaking dominate the music press market, he gave FTER a cursory glance through the Yearbook , I yourself before lh ey move on as they get older. What'II happen in the his reasons, as an can't help but notice that many of the contributors future if the wcekliesdon·t have the same clout they used to? Will there are regular writers for Q magazi ne. Did you still be a pool of experienced music writers? ex-contributor to "The only problem is, thcre·s a shortage of good editors. They're NME, for the decline A recruit them because you see Q as reflecting the importaiit 1odevelop writers, to being them on. there's got 10 bea few music you ~ought to cover in the Yearbook, or si mply because more people like that. The currcnlgcneration of writers at Q, bar one. of the music weeklies. they're the best writers? were all at the NME in the earl y SOs. We all left about the same time. And just what is the "A lot of these people I've known for yea rs. like , they were at NM£ .83/84, 10 do othe r things, ·cos ofa general dissatisfaction with 1hewhole future of the single? years ago, and I wouldn't think of any better writers. And also seeing thing." them everyday makes it easier 10 chase copt off them ... And Q caters for what you're lookinJ? for now in the music scene? Craig McLean, I ask this because, to my mind, Q, whi le it may be well written . lhe " I think so. The writers arc all. with the exception of one, in their30s. looking serious, music and topics it covers arc shall we say, st uffy and lame, conccn1rat· and we·ve got a much broader taste .... I listen to stuff now that I prob ingon the more "maiure-, adull side of music. But more of that later. ably wou ldn't have given house-room to ten years ago. and look on listened on. It's hard not to notice that this is the Schweppes Rock Yearbook. music generall y as something that's there but that you're not obsessed What price have Schweppes had to pay to have their name and a can of about. Which works great for the age group we're going for." orange crush sporting a pair of headphones on the cover? •· 1 wish I knew actually. I didn't concern myself with the actual Isn't ''obsession", as you put it , a resuil of radicalism or innovation. mechanics of the sponsorship. I just worked to the budget I was given.·· in this case, in music? Consequently. music that's just kthere" could be This seems to be merely the latest in a series of high-profile (which I defined as just Hconserva tive" and that's how your 1as1es change as you suppose is the whole idea) sponsorship-and-music liaisons. The recent getolder'i' announcement regarding Tennents and rock music in Scotland springs .. No, I should think we become more eclectic. You do stop lis1ening to mind, notably the refusal of Hue and Cry and Deacon Blue to partici to singles. il's more if an artist makes a good album ... pate in the scheme. Meanwhile The Silencers anounce their preference Returning to the Yearbook. is that why there's more emphasis on for theAmerican music scene, saying that American's realise thal ''rock albums than singles in it? and roll is a culture, not a marketing exercise," while at the same time . " Ifs difficult cos there's so much ~oes on sin~lcs that it's difficult to allow their new single to be used as a jingle for a lager adve r1. Ifs a know where to star!." funny old world inn it? Do you still see the idea of singles as a healthy thing. encouraging What do you think of the idea of sponsorship in music in general? album sales? ''I think it's good ifit allows bands to tour where they wouldn't tour ·'Ifs changed a lot. The average age of record buyers has gone up. but otherwise - if it hadn't been for Pepsi we never wou ld have seen i1"s more polarised between singles buyers who'll buy Kylie Minogue, Mi!:hael Jackson over here." Bomb The Bass and whatever, and probably won't buy albums. Then That's it. I'm switching to drinking Coke: it's the Real Thing. while there's characters such as myself who wouldn't buy a single .• , Pepsi brings us the Plastic Thing. You don't foresee the death of the single then? Hit goes wrong when sponsors start interfering with prescnl'ation of a '"No ... not the death of the single. the albums and singles charts will show. A good example is Whitney Houston a1 the Nelson Mande la stop relying on each other. Over the next >·ear o r so we'll sec groups that show, where she had to appear in front of a Pepsi backdrop. which just make singles and have no interest in making albums. and there will made a mockery of what the whole thing was about. She was just there be the rise of the singer•songwriter who writes a.n album with a central because of Pepsi. When an artist becomes a sort of further advertising thread, and really has no inte resl in pullin~ out a single ... medium then it's wrong. But there's no reason why Swatch watchesor In 1he mids1 , then, of all these changes in the music scene as a whole , 5C!.me1 hin_g sho_uldn't give som~ act a few tho usand pounds." from the changing nature of the press to the future of the single. what Bu t it's only a small step from "a few thousand pounds" to the stage · purpose do you see the Rock Yearbook fulfilling? when Neil Young's anti-sponsorship single This Noit's For You can be '· Jt can work as a reference book. but it 's more a souvenir of the year. banned by MTV for fear of upsetting their big business financial bac· And I hope ifs q uite an entertaining read as well. " kers. And would you yourself. as a fan of popular music. read it ? "That's when they're wielding too much power. But in theory. the HI don't think I'd refer to it thal much if l wanted information, l"d go basic idc {I of rock sponsorship is a good'idea." elsewhere first. H What, even when it involves alcohol and 1ecnage audiens:es? Elsewhe re as in NM £, or elsewhe re as in "The modem gui de to ·· 1 think there was a bit of over-reacting o n the parts of the bands. I music and more"? A nation's pop kids await the answer with bailed ..... _ __ _. -~- ...... meao.ki.dsaregonna geqUsscd.upanyway. I did,. l'.don:t think; 'Nt>'uld breaths.' 10 Thursday, November 3, 1988 Features • J Sc, SUNDAY BEST ne LAST Al R Stuart's office is to be found buried deep within the venera ble pile off North Bridge which A houses Tire Scolsman and the more ft seems that Scotland now localised Evening News. It is in these HIC H brings us neatly to the London has a Sunday newspaper offices that he has spent the best part based quality Sunday papers. mosl nota with a mind of its own. Can of his working life , initially on a now bly the S1mday Times and The Observer. defunct local Edinburgh paper, the Scotland on Sunday take W Rampantly ethnocentric and becoming over from the ill-fated and Evening Dispatch. increasi ngly yuppificd, had they been 1-lis career in journalism began while he ali enating their ScolS readers? Stuart is short-lived Sunday Stan was still a student at Edinburgh. Having emphati c; " It is simply a matter of fact finished service in the airrqrce, and with six that they were inadequate in their cover dard, or will we lose yet months to go before he could start at the age of Scottish affairs o n a Sunday.·· another quality Sunday? University, he landed the unassuming post The point is too obvious to labour. And of lcmporary trainee journalist on the what about the Scottish supplemenlS that Joanna Swanson spoke to Dispa1ch . He worked there during his these papers now carry. docs he see them editor Alastair Stewart holidays until his graduation, when the asa direct reaction to the establishment or about his hopes for the paper paper offered him full-l ime employment. ScollfJlld on S11nday. The world. however. held more wild and "Yes, there's no question of that. One and the likelihood of its challenging prospects lhan the Dispatch has simply to consider that they we ren't success, whilst Andrew o ffice . and Alas1air Stuart took off aft er doing it before Scotland 0 11 S11nday, and 1wo years to work in a more responsible they are doing it now.·· Sparrow casts -a critical eye posl on a newspaper in Kenya. Returning But arc they doing it well? He is non over its track record so far. to Scotland for lo ng enough to transfer to commital and surprisingly magnanomous: The Scotsman. he later took up another ~At Che moment it's too early to say; I African post, this time in Lagos. Intrigued. think that they'll probably get better.'' I as ked what had taken him to Africa. The But they won't, apparently, get so good answer was dry and pithy: " I went because they'll threaten the existence of his own it was there." Suitably chastened. I aban paper. doned the poued biography and started "We are producing a total newspaper in along a more prorcssional line or enquiry. Scotland. he says, "and not just a bit to The apparent success or Scotland-On add on to an English paper-that's the been an aspect in Scotland 0 11 Sunday·s Sunday suggests it has cornered a neat and big difference." popularity and credibility. It is now, he relati vely secure sector of the market. So So much for the competition. How does points out, the best selling quality Sunday why is there this need ror a quality Scottish Alastair Stuart see Scotland on S11nday paper in Scotland, with sales figures of Sunday paper. itself developing? around 92 ,000, compared to a figure of "The Scouish newspaper market has a "I would like to see it become an estab 80,000 £or the Sunday Timu, and one of very pronounced sale for quality newspap lished part of the reading habits of the around half that for The Obstrvt r. ers, ~ he says. '·Now. ir you count up the people of Scotland. I would like to see it With the paper seeming to be firmly estab readership from Monday to Saturday. and become established as the newspaper lhey li shed in Scotland, doe he have plans to then compare that to the readership or look to for their information .,. extend ci rculation south of the border and quality newspapers on a Sunday, there In the area of revieWS and features as into pastures new? appears to be a statistical gap. This well as that of factual info rmation, Alas "The sales so far in England have actually suggested to us that there was a readership tair Stuart wishes to avoid the paper carry been very encouraging, even to the extent or this kind which was not getting something ing too pronounced a bias lowards Scot that we get entries to the crossword puzzle that it wanted on a Sunday, and what was land's two principle cities. from England they arc interested in having missing was a quality Scottish ne wspaper." "The intention is to emphasise Scottish Enter Scotland on Sunday, reeding news for Scottish readers, and that does :~:~~~~~;~~:;~~~a:~e~~~~=~Y :~ir~~:e 9) demand. righting wrongs, and giving the mean that we have to make sure that we London area, and all indications that we 'vc people or Scotland more than a straight covcraffairsofintercst inevcrypart of the had so (ar point towards the paper being choice between the angloccntric, London country. it 's not just a newspaper for wa nted by Scots down there. based Sunday papers, and the dubious Glasgow and Edinburgh." · Other plans for the rUturc include the delights of the Sunday Post. No matter how Bearing in mind thal as a nation the introduct ion next year of a colour supple obvious demand may seem, however, the Scots are significantly more left-wing than ment , presumably to cater for devotees of newspaper market is extremely volatile and many of the London papers allow for. I technicolour gloss and frivolity , and perhaps uncertain. The most recent altempt prior to asked him if Scotland on Sunday has a to balance the weighty tone of the paper's this one to establi sh a Scottish quality Sun -o nsistent political stance. third section, concerned exclusively with day paper was the ill -starred Sunday Stan· "'The newspaper is independent o f any property, business, and finance. in the light dard, which died a horrible death before it o ( the political parties in sootland, and has of all this budding expansion, it was surpris was ever established. In order to avoid a taken its stand on issues as they may be ing to see Stuart's job advertised in the situa similar fat e befalling the embryonic Scot· seen to be in the best interests of scotland. tions vacant column or his own paper. Why land on S11nday. its launch was preceded by That means that we may see somethings had he taken the job of editor rorsuch a short a lot of detailed research. that the present government has been J>e; riod of time? ''"We did this statistical research to indi doing as favourable or unfavourable "Well , my retirement plans are already in cate that there was an opportunity. and that according to their impact on Scotland ... place ... I was asked todo it, that's the short opportunity appeared to be at the quality answer. I was asked to undertake the position end of the market. We then started lo and get the paper launched, in order that we produce dummy papers. and we put them could look fo r a new longer term editor with EADING through Scotland on S11 nday i"d out to reader research panels all over Scot the paper already there." land , and took account of their response ... noticed articles by such varied public figures In preparation for this, some editorial as Sam Galbraith, as welt as columns from This laborious process continued. he responsibility has already been delegated, many well-known and respected journalists says , for three months before the paper's R Alastair Stuart now bears the title of editor in Scotland. So is Stua rt satisfied the paper is · launch, and payed off in that the first issue in-chicf, working together with another sold well and was generally £avourably doing we ll in using the talents of contempor· ary Scots writers? editor on the paper. received. O ne last question; what Sunday papers " I think so. yes, and it's something I'd lik( So how does Alastair Stuart envisage his does Stuart , pioneering editor cxtraor to see us expand on. You've mentio ned some readership? "The paper is ai med at what dinaire, read himself? A wry smile indicates names, but there are many others others, they call in the jargon an ABC t market in that !his is more a matter fo r serious study particularly writing in the second section" - Scotland." (For those uninitiated in socio than anything even remotely associated with the part of the pa per which covers theatre, economics, this is everything from profes pleasure. film , books, and the arts in general. ·· (I's a ll sional through to lower middledassclerical "I read o n average anything between four worken;.) "This is the quality end of the Scottish talent . and I feel we want to encour age it. "' and six Sunday newspapers every week, just market. though at the same time the paper as a matter of prac1ice , as it were. and they This, however. doesn't mean that onl y can't be too austere. It has to remember vary slightly, I don't necessarily buy the same established names were initially employed o n that a very large proportion of that grouping papers every week. You've just got to lookat the paper. arc in their thirties or younger, so it has to all the other papers, and sec what they're "There is a place for new ability to be given have a certain youth about it . We are aiming doing. Most joumalislS read several news the opportunity to expand as much as there is to satisfy the needs of our readers, and to papers a day anyway, but then, journalists a place for the we ll.known figures," provide what didn't exist before we were arc like that." here, that is a quality Sunday newspaper Be this as.it may, the high prollle or many that is Scottish and about Scotland."•• ... pf 1b~ p,1p;(uQn.tribu~or1 has I.Uldoub1edly. by Joan~a Swanson. Media Thursday, November 3, 1988 II An in-depth look at respected. has been accorded a place in society Anyone who reads The List, where she also 1tland 's new Sunday which is attractive to men and women of writes a colu mn. is likely 10 think. of Sheena ability." This is worse than naive ; it is utterly MacDonald not as a highly professional televi wspaper. out of touch with the way teachers arc treated . sion presenter, which she is. but more as some Oearly the rose-tinted spectacles need adjust· k.ind or word processor disease that splutters ing. out phrases and exclamations in an apparently But ifs o nly600 words in a big paper, and , random man ner. Her articles read like experi besides. who reads editorials anyway? Docs it mental pieces of stream-of-consciousness r.c really matter? tion. Presumablythis is meant to sound chatty This has been the worst proo1em on XDf· but more often it sounds unintelligible. land on Scotland. But there have been Given that, her pieces in the first issues or other editorial problems which, although Scotland on Sunday were, refreshing; they more_forgivab le, have been just as damaging. were coherent, we ll thought-out and clear 10 read. Recently, !hough, she's had a relapse OR a start, th e paper has been a little 100 keen and she's beginning to sound more and more to prove that it is "serious". Most of the news like hero Id self. This is disappointing because, stories arc about district councils, government if it continues, it will mean I hat Scotland on agencies, or si milar anonymous bodies. There Sunday readers, desperate for n bit of F are very few 1hat centre on personalities. or humour, will ha ve nothing better to laugh at '' human interest" stories, and almost none or than the prose style of its leading columnis1 . them arc written up to be funny. Thefeat ures Scotland on Sunday ca me out in August. By do not exploit articles about famous people. sheercoincidencc, Tl1eSu11day Time.rand The And . in the first section of the paper, the only Obserw-rstarted to bring out small Scottish gossip is American. supplements (12 pages broadsheet and 24 You could see this last Sunday. Under the pages 1abloid respectively) in October. headline ''Zoo's chimps fi ght their own The Sunday Times supplement is hast ily takeover battle of the elders" there was a s\ory thought-out and almost pa1ronising in its on !he front page about the struggle for domi attitude. In the first issue, there is nothing 10 nance in the chimpanzee cage at Edinburgh explai n it except a tiny note promising "the Z.00. Written up as as satirical piece about best Sunday coverage of Scottish news,. etc. (a insider dealing and XXXX. it would have lie) and an invitation: ··You may think that worked. Instead the journalist losl his never, . sometimes we igno re what interes1s yo u or and wrote a dead straight article about the infuriate you when we speak our mind. Why tri bal behaviour of primates. not speak you mind as well?" In a daily paper, this rampant seriousness Wh y not indeed! The Sunday Times supple would not matrer so much. But the readers of a ment is rubbish. it has a token news story, a Sunday paper arc different, mainl y because token arts feature and otherwise depends on they are often s1ill in bed, munching toast and various columnists who may well ahve been drinking tea. Nobody would want to put some rejected by Scotland on Sunday: Allan Mas clothes on and run over 1he newsagent just 10 sie, Richard Demarco and someone called find out about the Property Services Agency John Mackay wh o, in an ex1 raordinaryarticle. liE FIRST issue of Scotland on Sunday and the anthropology of chimpanzees. argues that Scots vote Labour because they really want a Tory government. looked like a good n'ewspaper. ft was "Scottishness" has been another problem. Th e Observersupplcmen1 is better written, serious, professional and well-designed. and, again , if you lake a close look, you can see that hidden doubts about the paper's national better thought-out and includes a column by Why, then, has reading it often been as Neal Ascherson, the paper's heavycolumnisl T identity have led to some wonky editorial frustrating and dispiriting as listening to judgemenis. Sometimes rhe paper has led with and, by many accounts, the main reason why a fri end tell a bad joke. a story about Scotland, which has seemed some people read that paper at all. It is nOt because it is a bad paper. The relatively un impor1ant. In the first issue, the Although much smaller than Scotland on reporting is informative and intelligent. The most prominent review on the single book page Sunday it outni nks it in three ways. Firstly. sports coverage has consistently been enter was of The Scottish Highlands, which even the although it only has one big feature, these taining. The busincs.s coverage is thorough reviewer reluctantly admitted was mainly a have tended to be more urgent and interesting and accessible to the general reader. In ract, in glossy coffee-table book. But if the paper was than the ones in Scotland on S1mday. Sec a lot of ways, the infrastructure of the paper is confiden1 abour represcnring Scottish opinion, ondly, the paper has exploited Scottish "cele b very solid and ii is without doubt an assel to it would not have to pounce upon every minor rities.. , like The Proclaimers, John Byrne and Soonish public life. With a few changes, ii Scottish Office initiative and piece of Highland Donald Dewar, much more efficientl y than , could become much more of an asse t. memorabilia in an attempt to notch up Caledo· Scotland on Sunday has done. Because something is rotten at the heart of nian brownie points. when much more interest And, thirdly, of course, there is Neal Scotland on Sunday. To be more precise, it's ing things were happening in the restofBritain. Ascherson. His column here is much more on page 14, near the top. If you s1udy t.he slight than it is in the main paper but it is still BECA USI: of 1he seriousness or the fi rst part true that in a few hundred words he can write editorials closely, you will get the first clue as of lhe paper. the burden of enter taining the to why lhe whole paper is uninspiring 10 read. something more learned, ra1ional and humane reader falls quite heavily on 1he second part. than many column ists will ever manage. If In the first issue the editorial stated "Scot· In particular, that means Sheena MaCOonald. land, of ~ urse, is not without its problems Scotland on Sunday had just one writer or his Unfortunately, its not really a burden she can too, and it helps nobody lo see them through stature, it would be worth looking forward to rose-tinted spectacles. They will not be resol· "a_rry. on a Sunday morning. vcd wi1hout examination in the light or cool by Andrew Sparrow realism." Since then, every week Scotland on Sunday has been taking off its rose-tinted spectacles and peerinJ!; al problems in the li ght of cool realism protected only by the reflec David Stenhouse casts a tive power or its own clichcs: And what has it found? Not that problems critical eye over that good MIDWEEK are best left to Mrs Thatcher to sort out, although tha1 is where the paper's sympathies old EUSA rag ... lie. The first editorial mentioned twice the HAT would you 1hink of a news- the·NewLook. Midwuk does spread its essential paper's commitment to .. enterprise", without paper who thinks that the educa- information about thinly and prettily so you have saying anything about its commitmenl to tion secretary before Baker was . lo look quite hard for it . Where was it last week I freedo m of information, social justice in Sir Kenneth Joseph? What would wonder. Was it in Malcolm· McLeod's sea ring Scotland and then added, rather one-sidedly: WJne think. of a magazine which ran a big 'interview· comment on the situation in South Africa ('TI)is is "That means encouraging those who arc (free advertisement) with the manager of the Uni- wrong.') Was it in failed hack Dave Tripp·s inci- working for Scotland's development and vcrsity branch of The Bank of Scotland? What · sive analysis on 'student elections' which turned prosperity." would you thi nk of a newspaper that had as one of ,. out to be a long gripe about lhe big one which he But if the paper openly supported Thatch 1he instructions for making 'Pauper°s Pottage· the lost. (Best li ne : ·J never reall y understood how the erism, then at least you could disagree wiWI ii. words 'pul it through , food processor'? What. number of people with whom you'd slept was an What is infuriating about the Scotland on indeed would you think of a newspaper which ran important factor in getting elected' - Mark Sunday editorials is that they virtually refuse an interview with Shona Eason Gibson containing Wehatley? Surely not.) Or was the essential bit to argue anything. They constantly drone on the words 'basically I act as a tool for the finance this week 1hesocietyspotligh1 on the AgricSoc. or about the need for a "proper debate .. , a "proper examination of the issues·· while at C?mmittee·? :~~ ~;e~ ~~ cia;e~nF!!tt~i~~i?r~~~finally enti- the same time doing their utmost to avoid The problem with ·Midwttk, 001 just Mark Where indeed, and this is the question. was !he making a contribution to that debate. Even Wheatley's Midweek but every Midweek since the essential information this week? Answer: page 4, the ideas that do inadvertan1ly slip out arc dawn of crca1ion, is that all the essential infonna- in a column ca lled Univents which told you every· often feeble. tion it contains could be written on the back of a thing you had 10 know for 1he past week about There was a good example last Sunday. The small envelope. Indeed it would probably be what was goi ng on. This was the hard walnut sec- editorial criticised teachers for striking rather cheaper in the long run 10 get lo ts of these small reced away inside the Faberge egg. 10 mix my than making a conribution to the .. debate", envelopes and post them to ve ry student in the metaphors in a style Midweek would be proud of. without saying what the debate was. It then Universit y, along wi th a few of the new per- This was !he nugget in the purCed potage, this was talked about the history of education, moving ~ nalised calling cards recently printed at vast what i1 was all about. and a reasonable sized triumphantly and pompously to the assertion expense by all the sabbaticals. That said, at least envelope it would have filled too. ttw, "the teachc,;r, y,,ell qualified and .t" 1, \ ~ 12 Thursday, November 3, 1988 Reviews Music · FRANK CHICKENS DOGS D' AMOUR/ A_li-ve a :n_d BABY'S GOT A GUN Music Box The Ve nue TO THOSE of you who have Baby's arc up ... BUZZ. to encounter the enigma o f like man, man, Rock 'n Roll Frank Chickens, a few words Dri:n_ki~g they prove and play sassy, of introductio n may be neces The sound at this gig was excel like a cocktail, spiked with sary: lent. It was a bil loud so the neds covers which included No and casuals were kept ifrom twist Fun protruding like the glitzy (i) Frank Chickens arc not nor ma l. ing and shouting until they were word bubbles on the cover of (2) The FCs arc two Japanese drunk and didn'1 mind the noise. Suicide Girl, reacting with a chicks(!) who sing and dance to The firsl song look my breath p lastic camp Pow! away: something was working, b.icki ng tapes ranging from cool Synonomous with his Stoogc the band never struggled. Parisian jazz with a disco ness . so, you heal the backbcat. to mood synthesize rs wound of delivery with Through ~imptcsong-s1rue1ure, wi1h a d isco backbcat. to tas1eful naievty born of 77. piano music with a dbco usi ng one-note bass and having an backbcal. and fu1..zy rock with . impeccable drummer. The The Dogs pour us somethmg you guessed it a disco Silencers had proclaimed that less punk frenetic. more glam backbca1! they were returning to stadium paralytic. You get hung over o n a (3) The aforementioned young J rock. the were quite happy with rock ·n roll cliche, man. ladies may at any one lime be simple harmony. This slrategy is It 's like a clockwork Cindy not simultaneously v,caring Japanese always brilliant live. if the band wound up enough: then slowly. wcddin& dresses and lamp shades are professional enough, and this the gig deceives itself that it's got as hats: wilt probably be waving band was shockingly brilliantly enough left . pirouelles, and blows cuddly godzillas at the audience, simple. This is because they out in an alcoholic aura? and may well be singing a song haven·, played about with funk Soho Roses live on a pout . a about Irish lesbi:ms emigra1i ng to (with slap-bass and rhythm guitar) reflection. but they·re together Llangollan in Wales to escape per as some Scottish bands have. A musicall y vain: in 1he same way. secution in nineteenth-century slap bass would have messed these W Axyl Rose doesn ·1 drink before Ireland. ,ROt it? guys up. a gig. The Dogs lose precision as The best songs were God's Gift the set goes on, though. simulat· Frank Chickens haven't (which throbbed and pulsed. the ing the musical cquivalcn1 of changed much in the two or three bass li11ki11g wilh lead gu itar), smudged lipstick. years since I last suw them. When A11swer Me (the new single) and The drums are tight, and there's they're on fQrm, they deliver an Real McCoy, which was slow arld like the hint of Nikki Sudden, extremely cntCrtuining mix of effortless. some sleasc. the pcr1incnt look of • songs interspersed with hilarious the buss player who pushes it anecdotes. To night , although the Photo: Jeni Baker alo ng, but like , its almost. The Chickens auacked the fi rst half of If you like a group with a social Singer leans on the invisible -the set Y(ith great gus10, they fell Proclaimers, a nd their songs corlscience, a stunning first album Johnny Thunders statue, wonder off afterwards so 1hat by the end THE SILENCERS usually focus o n "Celtic and a capacity to play brilliant ing why she got pissed off when of the nigh! they were less like two 111 he wanted was a night on the The Venue blues'' (the midnight shadow gigs. then meet the Silencers. You spring chickens than a pair of old haunting you under Scot can·t fail to like them, they're so own. he is making how own roosters. Sti ll . a great act 10 nonument - a live statue dedi land's Munros, that sort of punchy, rocky. socially aware and watch. but never ever take them THE SILENCERS run in the above all natural. :atcd to 'Debaucher'. We see an seriously! tradition of early Simple thing), mixed in with love magc, here a lifcslyle. Minds, Big Country a nd The songs a nd city poverty. James Saller SlevenTayl~_r .______, Craig MacDonald a hero, an unflappable, comforta THECATERAN their appearance in Edinburgh bly built fellow sporting the sort of THE GO-BETWEENS earlier in the year it's a night not The Venue headgear Munley modelled in GlasgowQMU Gig Guide tobe missed. Wacky Races. Meanwhile, Came Forget Guy Fawkes, i!'s bands Sunday sees German rockers APPARENTLY The Cate ron (lead singer and o ther A FEW weeks ago someone that coun1 in November. Kicking Hellowe'en at the Playhouse. On ran don't like being referred guitarist), wrestled violently with wrote into o ne o f the music · off tonight (Thursday) arc Skin to Monday and New Zealand's to as the H ilske r Oil of Inve r his guitar-sorry, axe-and con papers com plaining about Games at The Venue to promote The Chills will be making an all ness. Can't think why; per scientiously bawled o ut some of bands like The Go-Betweens their CBS single Brilliant Shining. too rare appearance at The Venue sonally I'd jump at the the most hilario us "Yeahs" in the with local no-hopers J esse Garon word's distinguished history. c ha nce of be ing the Hilsker who d o n't sell m a ny records ~~~? ~~ '~;:s~;;;u:~::~~i~~ and the Desperadoes providing the No offence could possibly be but still get such lavish praise Bernard Manning) ably sup "light relief. What a way to start a Dil of a n ywhe re. Like the lakcn at such comic-book rock Minneapolis M arvel(s), a nd extensive coverage. He ported by The Cretins at The week. And if that lot's not enough antics. however, because then start looking forward to the they're fast , 1hrashy a nd everyone, including Cameron, really sho uld have been he re· -Venue. On the same night Spear to night. of .Destiny are back at Glasgow delights The Venue has to offer for melodic, complete with g ruff knows he's completely the wrong Barrowlands now Kirk Brandon's the rest of November - Dinosaur harmonies and runaway shape fora guitar hero. Mind you. The Go-Be tweens were simply feeling better. Jr (10th), Pendragon (14th), Loop waistlines. The wah-wah so was Bob Mould , so maybe majestic. The vagaries of bas1ard Tallooed Love Boys appear at (17th), Rose of Avalanche (18th), !here's a lesson to be learned pedal and extended solos British Rail meant I missed the . The Venue's Hard Rock Caft on Stump (24th), The Weather he re. In which case, someone s uggest a considerable ear firsl 15 minutes (the purpose of all Saturday, but event of the week Prophets "(25th), The Crows se nd Yngwie bloody Malmsteen these delays is th at they'll make has to be at Queen Margaret (26th), The Groundhogs (28th) has been lent to Dinosaur Jr some cushions and an extra large privatisation such a good idea in a Union in Glasgow where The and Pop Will Eat Itself -30th). recently as we ll . vest quick. few years) but what followed Godfathers will be playing After Phew! Murdo (lead guitarist) isa bit of Stephen Barnaby more than made up for 1ha1 ~ - --- -.:...;:....::c.... _____-:-:c-:-----, Songs that sounded just a bit • ~ • · · ' ' ~ lac klustrcandtiredonthecurrcnt - • . ' LP were transformed by Robert Fc::::>PP :r · Foste r's fake rock-star man- . - TOP ,,,~. . the waist and garishly tatoocd , neris ms and the surprising power jfl;f.; THE GUANA BATZ their frontman struts his s1uff like of lhe live sound. Forget all this The Venue a schizophrenic Shak in ' Stevens. stuffyouhmabout "periectpop" ._,( TEN ' -/'~ · -,, ' Cheerfully submerged under the in relation to The Go-Betweens .. chaotic blanket of crash and Pop music was never meant to be Sonic Y0uth (New Double LP) +Auto G. Poster £7.99 PSYCHOBILLY is a wa ning thrash at his rear he murde red the perfect - if it did nothintfclse, The Thanes/Hey Girl + Six (LP) £3,99 musical sub-genre which odd Cochran or Springsteen clas punk at least proved that . The The Waterboys/Fisherman Blues (LP/Cassettc) £5.99 delights in its misuse of the sic and there was not a murmur of best pop records have that edge, Julian Cope (New LP/Cassette) £5.99 dissent. Not that the mob of purest rock 'n roll prece something tha1 sets !hem apart Love and Money/Strange Kind of Love (LP/Cassette) £5.99 pubescent lager louts roarin him Enya/Watenna.rk (LP/Cassette) £5 .99 dents. The Guana Batz were Foster and McLennan proved on gave a toss, mind you. They tonight that they undes1and that Wedding Present/Tommy CLP/Cassette) £3,99 (and a re) sta te of the a rt - were there fo r the beer and the perfectly, which is probably why The Fall/I Am Curious Orange (LP/Cassette) •£5.99 . but they were never really leer just as much as lhe band. But they don't seem lo fit into any nar The Christians (LP Only) £4.99 navo ur of the mo nth, unlike, then what does .. live•· mean with row category of pop, country or Fleetwood Mac/Tango in the Night (LP Only) £3.99 for example, their refresh out a drop or 1wo of swea1? Faw even rock. Stranglers Collection (LP Only) £3.99 ingly boorish contemporary energy never hun anyone. Of course. The Go-Belweens Such won hies do not deserve to King Kurt. arc never going to sell many Yet with quiffs well-waxed and be criticised. merely savoured for records. They're just that wee bit We have Edinburgh;s largest selection of Acid; Hip-Hop alcohol-inspired bonhomie gush the moment . When your seven teen and pissed. ~:~~~~~~~:~e~o:t~:\~~a~~~ and Soul including many US import 12* singles and Lps ii;ag from thcslage almost as freely 0 1 1 as lh~ J{ed Stripe, lbc)li ftiij .hav~ 0 the capacity 10 excite. Stripped to i'."r.~'. :'.l"'.~gr.~~:n,;:;:~ ,m12 ,<;,qclfk~m,~«f.~!IP.~k.~-?P,l~l?.-'!l.", Reviews Music Thursday, November 3, 1988 13 vinyl HE JAMES TAYLOR 'gloriously out of time- DEAD CAN DANCE QUARTET genuinely cool notes which The Serpcnfs Egg Wait a Minute conjure up a nostalgic vision of what dance music used to be 4ADLP Polydor LP (and ought to be) like. Unhappily, groups without a HE James Taylor Quartet are singer must resort to novelty I APPROACHED this record visually akin to a certain Hale value in order to provoke a knowing almost nothing about and Pace creation - wi th their response. Hence Tire Theme from Dead C.:m Dance, and left it cropped hair, cool clothes and St11rsl.:y a11d H11tch. Nevertheless, wi thout cursing myself for this lugubrious manner. Out no I'm sure lhat the hippest of oversight. It's not so much thal matter. Their instrument,11 seventies hip-cats, 1-iuggy Bear, they go against my musical offerings possess their very would approve- this must grain, it's more that they don't own, peculiarly articulate rank as the definitive go anywhere. language. Originally their arrangement. Whether the The opening track, H(>st of "meatier" sound totalled film market now exists for the Seraphim, sets the mood: a sort of themes (e.g. Mission lmpos.~ilne) sublime echoes of purist maudlin melodrama a la Cocteau and organ-based tributes to the modernism remains to be seen. Twins, This Mortal Coil etc., but sound or the sixties. You've got to fancy Bananarama whe reas the Cocteau s ca n take. a simple, repetitive theme and Wait a Min11te differs in the in the charts stakes. Thatcher's bloody Britain (you can blame hold the li stener's interest, Dead addition of a brassy jazz-groove her fo r everything). C,n Dance tend to get lost under to the rhythmic bounce o( Jim's Paul Rogerson the weight of their own understatement, as opposed lo homogeneous than ii would classic Hammond. The result is orchestration, and consequentl)' Lisa Gerrard'<; occasionally otherwise have been. you find yo urself looking to see histrionic wailings. Dead Can Dance ha\'e some when the next track's coming The album is in some ways good ideas (Mother Tongue, ULTRA VIVID SCENE musical styles although vaguely along. quite varied: Orbis de lguis has a U/lyses) and are lyrically sound Ultra Vivid Scene acknowledging the Mary However, numbers like hymnal ~ng to it; there is the_ (if slighlly silly at time!;), but a 4ADLP Chain's gentler moments. Ly,me Severa11ctand /11 the Kingdom of mantra-hke C/mnt of the Palad111 ; lack of ori ginality, direction and Marie continues the long- tl,e Blind the One-qed art Kings and So11g of Sophia has a quasi- ' force make this a rather bland BEG INN ING like The Pastels' established tradition of great benefit from Brendan Perry's arabic fee l. But the over- album. Wait till somebody else Trucl,: Tram Tractor but rapidly albums having perfect songs to voice, which sticks in the mind production a nd self-conscious gets it and tape it. turnmg into a distorted, rushed open the second side and t.hi9 is because of its gentle ' "artiness" make it more Euan Page version of The Magic truly a grea.t aJbum. Restrained • Roundabout theme, Sire Screamed by never wistful vocal_s The bass is tight and strong, LOVE AND MONEY The price of their success is the debut single and opening complement .the ec~o1 ng yet . Strange Kind of Love seems to be their music. The ideal for the late nights on the track on Ultra Vivid Scene, New forcefu l. backmg while the lyn cs Fontana LP album is over-produced, with .dance noor, Hallt/uiah Ma11 Yorker Kurt Ralske's journey are as simple as they are more people involved in cenain to be a favourite. T he · into sound. go~eous. LOVE and Money have been mastering, mixing and vocals arc ex tremely polished :md As if it wasn't enough to hav~ I-fail Mnry ends the album like thu mbing for a lift fo r a long designing than those playing. h:i ve that velvety 1ex1urccommon an excellent cover and the meeting o f Lou Reed and a time, hoping the Success The cover is s lick and the music 10 many pop groups. As for the impeccable taste in song titles warped U2 ci rca I Will Follow. Bandwagon will soon pass. precise. Love and Money have lyrics. typically non-directive and (Nausea, 11,e Whore of God, A Kiss Ultra Vivid Scene are o ne of the With this offering they want to invested heavily in the fame instantl y forgotte n. and a Slap), this guy has come up most refreshing discoveries of quash the whisper " they should formula and you soon feel their For wan I of saying something with a melodic, irresistible 1988 and that isn't just because have made it years ago" a nd sound is the last variable in the nice about Stm11ge Kind of l..ovf, album 14 tracks long. It doesn't there's no competition. capture the Top 40. They may equation. They now have the it's p leasant. really owe anything to current James Haliburton have achieved it. perfect Top of the Pops package. Bob Nichol DINOSAUR JR Bug Blast First LP BUG is Dinosaur Jr's third and best album; tighter a nd more powerful than Dinosaur, more • tuneful and less indulgent than You're Livi11g All Over Me . If Tltey AliooysComeand the single Freak Scerrt retread familiar territory, Yealt We K11ow, Budge and (especially) I...tt It Ride boast a' new directness and sense of melody. They also showcase the all-new harmonies and laid-back meanderings of Messrs Mascis and Barlow, more reminiscent of The Byrds than the usual pained and desperate Neil Young style whines. REM Such vocal touches are the The Fall Eponymous : ~r::a~fa~~:h:~~=:~i:~~!e I Am Kurious Oranj IRSLP band's '"a pathy" and "laziness" Beggers Banque t LP is, well, crap. After all, Dinosaur THI S album is 1hC soundtrack for the ballet/rock show of the sa me IT'SA bit like waking up just before the climax of your dream bursts Jr's trademark previously was name, performed in Amsterdam Edmburgh and London, an ingenious into your subconscious. You kno,..,; there's something awesome their confusing habit of collaboration between ihc Mieh,icl Oark Dance Company and The Fall lurking in some intangible place, and the frustration is immense. cramming 12 tunes into o ne 10 commemor,tte the 1688 Wilham of Orange land mg on Bntam s Here is a motley crew of tracks from a muttlcy crew of ragged song. This album benefits from a shores. This is the second album of 1he yea r from these productive gypsies who, throughout their career, have excell ed at creating simpler approach, withJ. Mascis "musicians. The Fall have been around for 1en years. and in th:it 1ime: · albums that are best taken as cohesive wholes: the vague beauty of cutti1_1g down o~ the solos and they have always done exactly what they wanted , earned .res~ct from Murmur, the rain-sodden murkiness o f Fables of tltt kamstructio,r, proving why he s the most critics and musicians alike fo r 1hcir no-nonsense sense ofd1 rec11on. and the pomp stomp crystal-darity of Lift's Rich Pageu11t. distinctively powerful guitarist relied heavily on Mark Smith. the leader and a man of great rcsilcncc Talk About the Passion, included herein, has got it right, because a.roun~ today. (I don't. beli e".'e it, (he's butch}. . . pas~ion is what ii'~ all about -each LP dre~ .t he listener into its I sir! This man plays guitar with • The songs are refreshingly simple. gea red ro.r the aud1ence ~ .firs1 parhcula.r \.vo rld wi th subtle vehemence, ~nvmg ou! alJ else. Wh~t the strength of ten ~en!!!) . hearing. Smiih's thcairical wit and the innovative overture: (wnttcn b)' we are sub1ected to o n Epouymo11s though 1s a buffeting from elation As ever, to describe the lyncs Brix Smith , a testament 10 American guitar and Johnny Marr) are to introspection, fle_et,ingovermoments ~hat deserve~ much mo~- as.ambi~uous would be saving graces. they prevcn1 Kurio 11s Orang, Van Plague ond Ct,b II Up The reason forthrs 1sthat£ponymo1~s d1 sregards th.e ideaofREM m m1 sleadm~ they mean sod all no fro m becoming over-repetitive and tedious. Gone are the defiance. favour of a (un)lucky bag of ca tchy singles and remixes, notably o n matter which way you look at tension and bleakness of Bend Sinister and parts of 1hc Frenz side two where t.~ee ~ingles from Document d ominate at the expense the_m, bu t this (quite Experimem. . . of tracks from Lift s Rich fagermt, the album that broke the band. dchberatcly. no doubt) adds 10 Smi th's lyrics are delivered with gu.<1to, sometimes callmg fo r attcn- Take Epo11ymo11s track by track and you won't find fa ult; but take it the general oddball aura of one tio n (Dog /s Life monologue). always integrated with the bass on the asanythingelsc and you' ll be left gasping and grasping, on the brink of the most beguiling and speedy songs. The acid House pissiuke ( Wi11 Fall C. D. 2080) and the of, but not quite, appreciating REM fo r what they truly are about. rewarding bands to have ·hip pries!' remix exhibil his distinct ive wit . . , . And that's ,rot how it should be at all . emerged for many a long year. reall v advise you to buy this as a way-io 10 the kmgsohn11-fa,;hion. 1 1 11~ ·,..', /:· ~. • ·J.h·," t:·.~ r ., • • 1,. •. frai~Mclean ,, Stephen Ba~aby - ' '' James!,altl"r J....,_,..,,._.. "• • • • ., • - -• • • •• • • • - • • •• • • • •..,. ~ • _. ....,_ . .,.,""4_. .,_, I Thursday. November 3. 1988 14 Arts Theatre As You Don't Like It wa1ched 1hC actors precariously AS YOU LIKE IT pe rform all the court scenes rest ricted 10 srage front, wi1h the Royal Lyce um curtains remaining drawn. , 28 Oct- 19 Nov The curtain ,was finally raised for the scenes in the forest of TAKING UP many familiar Ardenand,wondc rofwonders(!) themes: appearance and real- all the very academic. English- 1 ~;~ ity, forced-separati on of lov- :~~~~nr~:~cf:t~f~~~=~ ;~71 ers and lhe power of magic, brogue. (A word of advice to Shakespeare weaved into As potential audiences: don·t indulge You like! It , one o f his mcr- in a wi lling suspension of disbe riest and lighthearted plo ts. lief. save energy and leave your Pitifully, most of this was intelligence at home.) absent in the Royal Lyceum TI1esc devices were designed 10 1 1 production. The laughs were ~~;~~s~st t~~: ~~;'k~~; taf1a{s few and far between and it however that 1hcre is a cominuity was all about as moving as · between the court and forest as watching a dripping tap.: Rosalind and Celia disguise them Rosalind a nd Celia are ~Ives as Ganymede and Alia. hanishcd from court 10 they arc nol separate characters. squa nder an existence for A valiant a11emp1 at noveily themselves in the forest, w~f:b;:~ u~~~~~~~du~i:.~~~d~t where they meet lhcirrcspec· from this morass of confusion and tive loveFS Orlando and mediocrcacting.1oeffcctasens1i Oliver. tive and comic transformation Leaving a-'!iide the fact that from a very feminine Rosalind to Orlando, played by Paul Samson. young boy Ganymede. directing could 001 speak .Shakespearean lhe proceedings to a neat and , blank verse. and Finlay Welsh as happy conclusion. Her witty and Oli ver had clearly left his false affectionate portrayals made it teet h at home as he spluttered and doubly shumeful that she was 001 rated ove r his line!>; most or the equalled by the rest of the produc first half was spent combating tion. claustrophobia as the audience Sung Khang . ma nageme nt greed. for the \ nto Mac811rgers proved to be the inevitabk aprCs-pcrformMce pub MACBURGERS most part MacBurgers was a work's biggest problem. Not only BLOW scene. Here, the tension betwe.e'h Theatre W o rkshop light hearted , comic portrayal was the establishment's muzak the characlers emerged as' they of life in a fa st food restaur annoyingly loud and dist r.acti ng. Bedlam Lunchtime struggled to shun 1he identity of 26-29 Oct but the band accompanying the Oct 26 their parts in the play. This theme a nt. playe rs consistently drowned THE THEATRE Work The show ·was punc1ua1ed by ------was skilfully developed into a dis- 1hem out with thei r muddled cussion about language i1self, and shop's Youth Theatre pro se,•e ral somewhat fo rced. lethar execution. The.casfs high level of W ITH the enigmatic title the control it has over our lives. duction of MacBurgers gic musical numbers and energy moved 1hc show along at a monologues performed by vari '·Blow'", this new play by One charac1er remarked that we proved to be a n a ltogether fast pace, which onl y slowed when A lex Roberts. immediately know the news in advance by solid a nd pleasing show, por ous MacBurgcrs' employees. 1he players were force to burst Lynne Killin (Tracy) and Gavin traying the struggles between list lessly into song. Overall . ~aptu~ed the a udie nce with ·~~~~~b~·~:~;~~~;~e !ir:1~ Scott (Mr MacHaggis) were ar1icula1ion and projection were its mixture of comedy a nd the media numbs us to the the individua_l worker a11d his undoubtedly the most memorable Big Bad Ame rican Capitalist very good, but they both ran into a serious drama. . . realities of life. Similarl y, she is , of these solo performers. distinc brick wall when the chrous was In t~e form of a play w11hm a cstrangedfromherhusbandbyhis bosses, ruled by the omniprc tive in their fine sense of comic required to chime in and crea te play, 11 explored the theme of dedication to the artificial world sCnt spreadsheet of sales timing and consistent charac1cri confusion in the restaurant. w~ rking in the theatre. The play of his part in the French play. goals. Although a1 1imes the sa tion. The set design by Bryan All child-hating pickiness aside, be 1~g acted ';) Ul , a murder story Ultimately, the two worlds col script by Jenny Frase r and Angus was suitably garish and MacBurgtrs was a surprisingly set m the ~ans undcrgroun~. was lide as the play and reality become blindingly tartan. a ve ry true to Steve Brown was ponderous good show and did great credit 10 accompanied by some pa,~fully indistinguishable. A quirky and life exam ple of the "greasy spoon Edinburgh·s young pcople·s funny French acc<:nt s. A rapid set intriguing play that suggested a nd repetitive in its message school of design .. , to be sure. of, wo rker exploitation and theatre . change took us 111 10 the actors 'much wh ile leaving much unsaid . Successfully in~ egnuing music Jen Beer dressingroom. fo ll owed by the JulieTaylor the masS of kiddies) the play waS THE PUDDOCK AND given an unexpected dep1 h by its THE PRINCESS vivid use of Si::ots. which added Theatre Alba both humour and character. This li veliness was enhanced bv the Nelherbow Theatre This piece, the most difficult of its music used throughout thC play SNO/PIERR E AMOYAL kind. was in capable hands as 25-29 Oct and also b) the high standard of Us her Hall Amoyal showed his mastery of A FORMER Fringe success. perfomiance by all the cas1. techniqoe on lhe violin . Amoyal, David Purves' The Pm/dock 28Oct a former pupil of the la1e Yascha and the Princess. incorpo THE CONCERT given by Heifetz for five years. played the rates al l the best of the tradi 1h e Scottish National · first two movements with ex pres tio nal fairytale with Scots sion. bringing out the life con Orchestrn last Friday opened tained in th is piece. folk lore to create a vivid a nd with Brahms. The variations • , earthy comedy. on a theme of Haydn was pe r· A m oyal gave a strong and formed with warmth a nd vigorous performance. Followi ng in Grimms' sturdiness. Unde r the bato n foot steps. the story shows the pre of M atthi as Barnet , the SNO and ovc::rall Pierre Amoyal gave a dictably cantankerous Queen strong and 'tlJ.gorous performance performed 1he nine varia being saved from a dreadfol death that would have made the old by her swee t daugh1 er Morag. tio ns on Haydn's C horale St masters proud. 1 The Princess. unlike her proud However. at times the pace did Anionic wit h e nough skill to The complex and yet lyrica l 0 draw o ut the in dividual qU al· ~~:~:~"«r~;r:~; g~:r~i :~~ appear to slacken and this could fin ale was par1iculnrly well played ities of each va ri ati o n . The concert closed as ii began water which will save her mother ~:~~n~~~u~~cen~ ~~':,h~!~~a~~ with a Brahms composition. the from the horrendous symptoms of "adull" fairytale both in humour The SNO - one of Bri Fourth Symphony. Conductor ;J;.!fe~~·:t~~; ~~i!~ :~~g~ and language. The vivid charac tain's leading orchestras. Matt hias Barnet brought out the 0 melodiousness and emotions ot Morag and the Puddock li ve ha~ :~~u~~~ r~~:~:;e~!\:i:~\~~~f thiswor\ logrcatcffect. In all, the pily ever after as her husband the audience (and even occasion From the Romamic . i.he evening SNO showed themselves 10 be of ~:~!s'!~~fJ~nc~~anges inlo a . all y stop the crisp munching) in moved 10 the COntcmporar)' the quality de~rving the posi1ion their appredalion of Purves' period of music. Pierre Amoyal of one of Britain·s leading orches 9espi1c !his Christm as panto comic lalcnt and ingenuity. gave a startling perfo rmance of tras. format (which no doubt attract~ : Fiona Gordon Schoenberg's Violin Concerto. . Pierre Amoyal R,pbert Fimtlaw • ) .Thursday, November 3, 1988 IS Reviews Arts merged into monotony with the THE DAY BOOK sccmingtycndlcss rows of pictures STALLERHOF Richard Demarco Gallery creating a cyclical. ef!c~t. .• "All The Wilde Players Until 2Nov ~~~cc: p~~;ter;~~~·I •:t~~~l:d ~; \ Traverse Theatre way through October and reached Oct 25-30 BRAINCHILD of Andrew thcbcginningofNovembcr. ------Jones, this is an exhibition to For all thiJ the collection pre promote the ultimate in sents a very personal view into los1 UNCOMPROMISING in its desktop diaries. A collection youth and a celebration of indi harsh intensity, Stallerof is a of 365 paintings to be bound vidual birthdays. Cartoons. play reliant on raw emotion together as illustration and doves. unicorns. dancers and tea for its impact. The story is inspiration for a day by day parties all capture one's fantasy simple: a mentally retarded and imagination and portray the girl is drawn into a brutal and calendar. confusion that can exist only Greeted by Mr Jones himself as within the mind of a child. disturbing sexual relation I entered the Demarco Gallery. I ship with one of her fathers Prices as well as artistic content was transported to 1st January farm workers, the consequ and thence through the whole ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. ences of which almost year, step by step. in and out of destroy her. the reminiscences of all 365 The '"abstract .. figured heavily, ariists. as above in Susan Smith's Mon Such diversity of subject matter drianesque ··February 7th'.. and a Uncompromising in its produced from the same ins1ruc surreal fried egg new across harsh intensity. tions to each artist was quite fas another painting, suggesting that cinating and contrasted strongly perhaps there is something In the intimacy of the Traverse with the uniformity of presenta spiritual about fri ed eggs after all! Theatre the four actors created an tion. The latter. however, soon · Helen Johnstone astonishingly intense atmosphere - Lheir silence broken only brieny by words, for it is the silence and not the speech of the · characters that is 1he focus of the play. Their inarticulacy blunts 1hcir humanity, making or them translated by physical animals capable or com municating only with violence and MICHAEL ROLOFF wi1h brutality. The effect o r tne r~; ~~~f'~~:~fnag~t i~~ i:~~i~~: Kroetz, has. certainly found a ca n be reproduced without resort confronted by the sight or a man powerful method of chall enging ing to such obvious and easy masturbating on stage cannot_· an audience. all hough whether means. That prejudice aside, the ignore the desperations expressed such stark portrayal of basic play is extremely powerful and is by thal act, and although it may human functions o n stage has any performed with extraordinary only cause revulsion it cannot faiJ in1 cnsity and maturity by the to pr0vokc a reaction. This is Theatre at its rawest. actors. They well deserve their pl,,ce in this season or the theatre at itS rawcs1, stripped of Traverse·s pick of the Fringe - words and reduced to single claims to being theatre rather than theatre as forceful and un com actions and solitary momen1s of titillation or voyeurism is debata emotive expression. The author promising as this is rarely foun d. ble. Simulating sex on stage may Fiona f'indlay o_f this piece, Franx Xavier shock and disturb. but that effect "t"ebruary 7th" by Susan Smith. ~ N B U R G H - 1i#J '1#1 j c::=:J C E N T R E c:::::::J TRAVEL WRITING COMPETITION BALLGOWN AND COCKTAIL DRESS HIRE Entries should be handed into the Student Offices at 48 Pleasance by 12.00 noon, 14th November 1988. They should be I ,000 to 2,000 words long and should include as high a quality of photographs as possible. The judge will be Frank Barnett, travel correspondent for The Independent. The winning 10% DISCOUNT FOR STUDENTS entries will be printed in the travel supplement, appearing in Student on 24th November. Prizes will include cash and travel tickets. <>+o Entries should refer to the real-life travelling experiences of the author. They should be written legibly, double spaced and with 11 A Gloucester Square wide margins. Pages should be named and numbered. Edinburgh EH3 6EB Enquiries should be made to James Bethell on 558 1117 Phone: 031-226 3669 or to the Student Offices. Th ursday, November 3. 1988 16 Arts HELL OF ACATCH oseph Hell er, author of Jewish immigrants. rai~d in temporary hlerary tw1s1 is thafthc of that modern Hamlet would narrator is given free reign to only point out that "Yosarian isn·t On a whirlwind Caich-22, came to Edin- Brookl yn·s Coney Island district , comment on what came 10 pass real , he's only a character in a . prom otional tour of Jbu rgh's Q ueen's Hall on is "?thing if nm vigoro~s. The long aft er his historical death, nove l... Though he did get a laugh . his new book, Joseph Friday 2 1 ~ctober 10 sell h!s · ~f0~;~1;~~~~~c~~~~ 8;0h~~~ ~~~ suc'h as Michclangelo's sculpture by noting that " jDanJ Quayle. Heller came to books. partic~larly to ~ell_hi s : conferred o n the author perhaps of him in Florence. The problem gave draft-dodging a bad name ... new novel , P1ct11 re Thts , JUSt !X)SCd less of a pfoblem for this is that the rambling and redun- one got the feeling 1hat Heller Edinburgh. Erich released by M acmil lan in a reporterthanformanyothcrspr< · dant na1ure of the narrative cares as much about oppression striking pink cover at £12.95. sent. - de1tac1s from the significa nce of and injustice as Rembrandt cared Sneiderman surveys , about turpentine. Hel/er's work, past and I went to Quee n's Hall that . "One got the fee ling that Heller cares as much about Id present, and recounts evening 10 hear and partici pate in a literary discussion. oppression and injuslicc as Rembrandt cared about • H c~~/~~dt~~.~:~t ~~;,;~;;;a how he dared listen to 1he mistake was surely mine. turpentine." blessing - when I entered the. this literary godhead • army my standard of living Billed as -- Joseph Heller in .. \When I began to conc~1ve the readers expenencc The imprO\·ed by 300 per cent ... He speak - and found Con,ersatitm··. 1he programme Q11d1-22 l I was excited by the idea books playful mtertextuahtyw1th recalled having taken pride in the disillusio11me11r. , consisted of a public interview of of a no.,.cl that was differenl from Old Testament narrative fails to work he did writing advertising the writer by local journalist and any I had ever read - or eve n make a cohesive statement about copy for product!> in which he did libraria n Alan Taylor. It is cus- imagined ," said He ll er. Of the literature, religion, life , or death. not beli eve. and having tried tomary to relate the appearance , subsiance of the book he recalled · About the ~ k Helle;. n.otcd ~.~a~hi~g r:~~i~:7e; ~~:~ bep~apcu~ 1 1 1 ~~~eli~,\;;::~:~rt~~g:n h~::~~ j ~:e~;~a~~h~nt~~~~~t ~~ w:; ~ only thai few among 1he religious. turned out 10 ~ unreasonablydif+ seen one: Heller is ia ll. but sue- reformer... Indignant and refor· rabbis included, had written to ficult~ . The author of Corch-22 cess has not made him portly-. I-l e • mist it remains. long after World him objccting_to it . Bu.t thcaulh0r also digressed 10 point out to ui. sils we ll back whe n .. in convcrsa- War II. which gave it a plot. and who made Kin g David say th at: 1ha1 one should stick wi1h a mar- tion". and moves his bright-eyed the Vietnam controversy. which ''~ithm)t a ~od, you turn .10 riage, no matter how miserable, head about - but never abruptly. gave l1 its well-deserved popular· ~hi~~s l!ke wit~hcraft and. rehg· because a divorce is outrageously That head is covered wnh frizzy · ity have faded into history. But ion , said nothmg about his per· expensive white hair. of which there is more the radical nature of its narrauve son:11 view of religion or its role!" · . . . than enough to disguise his sixty- form has paled in a literary world ~,ety .. ln.foct, l_chought he sai~ Must aut~ors be - 1deahsts_? fi ve years. But this son of poor of increasing experimentation, . d1sappomtmgly httle about soc_•· Perhaps not m .all cases. But 1f making the book more acceptable ~ty in general_. or a~ut the role m they se ll.idea~istic books, t~eycan to many and Jess significant to n of a reformist wnte~. be only 1dcahsts or hypocntes {of course, this fs the viewpoint of an Nor have I eve r heard a writer idealist). Writers have. at any ·; B e~;,~1~e c;;~t-i!J~~~:i~~ ~i~:~~u~~~~~:t:~:u~:~~:~:- ~~~, ;~~d~~~n~~c~:s" :it~~~; published three novels {Somt· pared his books neither to each readers. 1l,ing Hap/Hntd. 1974; Goo,i As other, nor to those of his contem-~ Must authors have ideas about Gold, 1979; God Knows. 1984) poraries. nor to any ideals or l"li1crature? Again. perhaps. not. But and two plays {Wt Bombed in theories about what books ought as Joseph Heller contemplated New Htll'en, 1969; Clevinger·s to be. When Alan Taylor sigri'ing yet another newly-bought Triul, 1974). ·· J don't begin a· suggested that narrative of the copy of Picture This, a OOOkabout novel until I've thought it over Catch-22 variety might be Rembrandt contemplating Aris thoroughly," Heller told Queen's described as "collage", the author totle contempl a1i ng a bust of Hall. This could explain the infrc- did suggest -pointillism., as his Homer, I asked him ifhe hadcon qucncy and length of his books. own preferred metaphor from th~ templated the cemrality of the Something Happen ed, the visual . arts. notion of literature as art con longes1. is the ironically uncvent· How does he do this? Jn Picture templating art and its connection ful tale of. the life of a wretched This, he docs it by "arranging to the reductive structure.in post· paranoiac in the see mingly fac1s ... in sequenccs''whichform modern literary theory. His ans- . un1hrcatened world of the 20t h century middle class. "I though! I "I never started any novel of mine with an interest in the was writing about the most despic subject maucr." able character who had ever been the subject of a novel, - said the reductive st ructures and point out wcr: ·'No ... I've lost touch with author, "but readers fell sorry for hitherto unnoticed coincidences. cri1icism. " It is critics and not him.- Rather than take this asp This is cl6sc to the technique fam · authors who arc responsible for kind of failure , Helter praised the ous from Catc/1-22. through which the theoretical implications of book in no uncertain {or modest) 1he author Joseph Heller sardoni • books, and it is now highly taboo terms. Granted, it has merits. But cally points out the structure of to associate the author's personal its length is not one of them. and bureaucratic oppression. But do ity with his work. Yet one cannot ~!i.lhcr is it . psyS,hologically sub- the absurdities which his novels help but think that when a point out so acutely both Joseph materialistic man with little Heller the man? -- 1 never st arted interest in literary mutters writes a G0tl Kn ows gave me more any novel of mine with an interest novel in a mode already made reading pleasure. The vehicle for in the subject matter,·· the famous popular by writers at the forefront the novel is clear and cntertalri reformist told Ouecn·s Hall. of theoretical experimentation. ing: King David gives a death-bed When asked if Yosarian would this is a commercial. and not a accounl of his own life. The con- literary venture. .. have gone to Vietnam the creator 6 CANNONmu ...... ,11: : ' ' o A FISH CALLED BREAKS AND WANDA --'~~ OPPORTUNITIES John OeeSt Jamie Le~ Cur•tis STUDENTS' OWN GUEST }lOUSE Do you have the commitment and enthusiasm necessary to wori: l.45pm.4.~5 pm . 7.45 pm on this exciting new community support scheme for adults with ·leamingdifficulties (mental handicap)in Lothian? E) SHALIMAR The Social Work Department need BEFRIENOERS who rowd U2 20 NEWINGTONROAD , EDINBURGH.EH9 IQS link up with an individual to pursue a social activity, hobby or RAITLEANDHUM(I S) . skill. Bclrienders would be paid an alowance for every day they Scp. perfs.2.20.5.20.8.20 BED AND BREAKFAST-Terms from £12.00 work with a person. Fire Ctrtificate-. Showers. TV lounge, Ample Facilities, Experience of mental handicap ma y be helpful but it is not Hand C in all rooms. essential. If you feel you might be able to hel p please contact: E> MIDNIGHT RUN Two family rooms withfacifititl. Pri~ate Car Parking. Co-ordinator, 10% for studfflts. Robert De Niro Discount Brt.tks and Opportunities, · 1.45 pm. 4.45 pm. 7.45 pm U nder the personal supervision of ~~~ t n~r.=e~,odation Team, Studrnr Dist1JUnt available on Mondays on produdion of Mr and Mrs N. AHMAD GRUMMAN EDINBURGH. fi!atrk Card.· (ex-E.0. students) Telepho_ne (office hours) 03°1-5569140 Telephones: ~31-667 2827Guests; 031-667 0789 Otllce. •. . I Review Fil m Thursday, November 3, 1988 17 titc owner of the Fruit Machine Club. ~ This main plot, though, becomes secondary to their search for personal freedom, nca1ly paralleled by a scheme to free a dolphin from the confines of an A SMALL UN IMPRESSIVE fa cade on a street in T01cross aquarium. What results is a skilful rather misleaitin gly marks the loca1ion of what is qliite proba and fascinating ble nd of reality bly the most original and aesthetica ll y attractive cinema in and fantasy, beautifully captured Edinburgh. And what is further good news is 1he fact that by Dick Pope's photography. over the next mo n1h tbe Cameo is offering a programme which does full justice to th e cinema's inte rior comfort and Echo appears to be the reality: splendour. a silent threat, slick and precise, a Art er the successful run of A World Apart. a high degree or in terest presence througho ut the film . The isanticipated forThe Fmil Machine and Track 29. twoofthe moreorig fantasy appears in an Adonis inal films to premic rc in Edinburgh at this year·s Film Festival back in figure, the spirit of the dolphin, August. However. the main highlight to look forward IO is the opening which rca1urcs only in Eddie's later on in the month of Clint Eas t wood's quite remarkable film Bird, imagi nation. the 1ouching but ultimately tragic accoun1 of the li fe of jazz legend Charlie Parker. Forest \Vhinaker is capitivating in the title role, and Eastwood reveals a hithcn o concealed directorial genius- fot worse Through the course or the film , Emile Charles tmd Tony Forsyth as fogitive friends Eddie and Michael films have wo n handfuls of Oscan. in The Fruit M11c.hille. the barriers bet wecn the two seem 10 dissolve, as Echo becomes a The Cameo is also showing an impressive array of weekend late night symbol of all that threatens the double bi lls this month . To give )'OU just an indication or the quality of boys, and the dolphin spirit movies you can expccl, 1his Friday ( November 4t h} there is a showing THE FRUIT MACHINE Eddie is attempting to escape becomes a tangi6Jc figure. of two or the most successful and best film musicals in Leonard Be rns Cameo the tender embraces of his ador tein 's exhilarating and award·laden Wl'st Sitle SIOry followed by Jo hn ing mother, a woman li vi ng on Dir: Philip Saville Travolta 'and O livia Newlon-John in Grease, and o n Saturday dreams of an imaginary past, and Do not be put off, either by its November 12th there isa vast change in mood {but no reduction in stan the vi olent clutches of a fathe r ·sexual stance or its apparent com dard) with the screening of Alan Parker's s1ylish. satanic thriller Angel THIS IS not ag ay film . What ashamed at his son's effeminacy. plexily, as pan or the brilliance of Heat and Martin Scorsesc's brilliant, if alarming, Taxi Drivu. Robert it is is a caring and cleverly Michael has escaped from a the film is directo r Philip Saville's de Niro is chill ingly convincing in both these films. and the qualityo(his deten1ion centre and is, basically, skill in depicting the riches th is acling is only one or the many reasons for going to see him bring Al constructed view of th e arenl boy. They run not o nly from relationship between two film has to offer. Capone1olife in Brian De Palma·s The Untouchabll's (Cameo, Sunday their pasts, but also from Echo, November 20th), arguably the best film of 1987. boys, Eddie and Michael, whom 1hey sce murder Annabelle both on the run. (Robbie Coltrane), the transves- Keith DidC0Ck If you havcn·1 becTI bef0re(ifyou have, you will 1101 need reminding). , . a trip to the cameo would certainly be we ll worth your while. the band try to define what interviews with.the band, as weff U2-RATTLE AND HUM they are settmg ..:, ut to do. as their encounters. wit h 1hc COMPETITION American music scene. This is Cannon They hope to give an insight HOW WOULD you like to win a pair of tickets to see either into the development of their diverse, ranging from the Dir: Phil Juanou unknown , a gospel choir in Har· of the Cameo's main feat ure films this month, Philip Savi ll e·s music, and the film , incor 1cm. to the great BB king. In both The Fruit Machine o r Nicholas Roeg's Track 29? THIS IS NOT a video forthe' porating th e US tour, tries cases, U2 clearly have respect for There are several tickets "up for grabs'" to the lucky winners or our album, neither is it a film of to do this. these artists. · Cameo Caption Competition -you may even be very lucky and win a U2 on.tour. ~t the beginning Along with the son~ there are movie poster as well! An obvious feature or the film is the spontancily o f U2. Music is still their main source o f enjoy ment . The intensity of the band on stage is conveyed witho ut being cliched or gimmicky. No mean achievcmerlt ! The combinat ion or black and white film interspersed with colour is stun· ning. Whether U2 arc usi ng this film • as a ve hicle fo r anti-apartheid or anti·terrorism is not the issue. Whal mauers is the music. TI1is film docs not te ll you what bed· time slOries U2 read. but then this film is about 1hc ir music not their All you have to do is study the pho1ograph above(which is. believe it or no t. Robbie Coltrane in a scene from The Fr11 it Machine) and think U2's Dono in full flow in Rattle und Hunr. personal li ves. A wa tchab\c fil m which will increase the sa les of the up a ··sui wble'· caption fo r it ! Those entries considered to be 1he m()')t ;1lbum Rmtle mul Mum if that were amusi ng o r "appropriate'' will win the free tickets. and the 1·ery bc~t possible ! captio n will be published in Student. What greater reward could you :i~k ODEON for? Simply hand in your caption (together with your address 11.nd phont' CLERK STREET 031-667 7331/2 Lesley Rowand number) to the film Editor al the Sttulem offices at the Plcasance. The Sally Walmsley closing dale for entries is Monday 7th November. so get your captions in as soon ns possible! * MAKE YOUR CHOICE FROM OUR TOF MOVIE$* Themovietomake'(OU!eelup1020ve-111younge,I TOM HANKS BIG(PG) Complete programmes at 1.30, 3.40, 6.00, 8.25. The wrong m,n. In the wrong place. At the righl time. ROBIN WILLIAMS GOOD MORNING VIETNAM (15) Complete programmes at 2. 15, 5.30, 8.15. lt~ldbe•crimetomiu ... Pl-tlL COLLINS JULIE WAL TE AS in BUSTER{15) He'll ,teal VoU• hean! Comple1e progr,mmes al: Fnd,y/Saturd8y1.45,4.00,6.20,8.45, - ~ - Sunday/Thurtdty1.JS,3.4S,6..05, 8.30. SOME GREAT MOVIES TO LOOK FOflWAROTO: THE GOOD THE BHD From 11th November SEAN PENN , ROBERT DUVALL COLORS(18) G THE UGLY From 19th November KATHLEEN TURNER, BURT REYNOLDS SWITCHING CHANNELS (PG) the film society •hows over 130 great movies every year with From 2nd December FREE admission to al members WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (PG) ------1ltE OOEON SHOP sells ITIOll'ie posters end movie stills, Fun T.. hins. P~s. movle posce.rds 8nd m~ morel Take the cinema ~with Vo'>, H1~a videO from ou, \estrange 18 Thursday, Novembe r 3, 1988 The Weekly Guide STlJJdeNt To What's On Thurs 3 THE CHILS ('Ind JESSE SKIN GAMES GARO A D THE Venue. Calton Road DESPERADOES 557 3013 The Venue, Calton Road No doubt playing the new single 557 3073 ·BriUiant Shining~. Influenced by 1111111111 BRIAN \V ATSON Cocteau Twins. SCOTTISH NATIONAL T HE MAGIC FLUTE. ORCHESTRA Sun6 Music Box. Victoria Street MIDSUMMER MARIAGE MOZART Usher H ull. Lothian Road Playhouse. Grccnside Place MEADOWS C HAMBER 220 1708 Playhouse, Grccnsidc Place 228 1155 ORCHESTRA 9.30 pm Free. 557 2590 557 2590 Russian evening includes Mus Queens Hall, C lerk Street 7.15 prnTickclsfrom 0. Students 3 hour 15 minute Opera. Sung in sorgsky. Rachmaninov, and English. Tickets from £3. 668 2019 Tues8 half price. Tchaikovsky. 7.45 pm EDINBURGH CONTEMPOR BILLY JONES MAC LADS and CRETINS JUST ADD WATER Barber, Tippin. Mozart all on ARY ARTS TRUST Lord Darnley. West Port Venue. cal1on Road Music Box. Victoria St reet pr':)gramme. Phone for details. Queens Hall , C lerk S1ree1 229 4341 557 3073 220 1708 668 2019 £1 after 9 pm. Pop quartet. have DR FEELGOOD 8pm. ~Oc~:l~~c~k -11 roll . from local . Main act from Macclesfield. had good reviews. ;;~s;;;~tion Hall. Victoria Street JOHNNY SUNBEAM soloist . FAST GETAWAY Only Lee Brilleaux from o riginal Music Box . Victoria street JAZZ POOL Barony Bar. Broughton Street THE BIVVY BAG BAND 220 1708 L'Attachc. basement of Rutland 557 0546 line-up, but expected to be very Negociants. Lothian Street busy. 9.30 pm Free. Hotel . West End. Princes Street. 9-ll.30pmJazz. • 2256313 9 pm Free. HALLOWE'EN ~~~n';,:,~ftan range from bop to THE HEATE RS Playhouse. G reenside Place blues. ~;~~~rnlcy. West Port 5572590 CHARLIE MCNAlRS BAND AVALON 7.30 pm. German Heavy Metal Preservation Hall. Victoria Street JO pm. Free. Rock blues. Preservation Hall. Victoria Street BLUEFINGER 2263816 . Fri 4 2263816 Evening. Phone for details. LOU OONALDSON OT DIE FLEDERMAUS Music Box. Vict~ria Street Playhouse. Greensidc Place 220 1708 Queens Hall. Clerk Street DENNY SWANSON THE IMPOTENT TROUT 5572590 IV £ 1 after 9 pm . 668 2019 Scotch and Rye. Gocrgc Negociants, Lothian Street Tickets from box office. Virgin 7.15pm Bridge 225 1681 Fifties and sixties inspired rock. Second Edinburgh date for Simon 225 6J13 Records, Ripping Records. 8.30 Evening. Folk . 9pm Free. pm. Priccd£5. Callow·s new production o f this Strauss opera. 3 hour~. TEXAS BREAKFAST Mon7 Who thinks up these names? G-SPOT TORNADO Lord Darnley. West Port Preservation Hall, Victoria Street 229434 1 DESPERATE DANZ BAND/ ALCHEMY 226 3816 Sat 5 IOpm. Free. IAIN MACDONALD BAND Banncrmans Bar, Cowgate £1 aflcr 9.30 pm. Guirnr-bascd TATTOED LOVE BOYS Calton Studios. Calton Road 556 3254 rock . Venue, Calton Road PERISTALSIS liRUT HtK~ 8 pm £3.50. Evening. New folk. 557 3073 Care Biarri1z. 61 Frederick Street Scottish Rocle lain MacDonald THEDA BLOCKER VERY VERY Hard Rock cafc and late bar. I former! a member of Danz Band. EXPERIENCE Music Box . Victoria Street 225 5244 could make something up. but 9-12 pm. Jar.ilblues. DR FEELGOOD Music Box, Victoria Street 220 1708 your guess is probably as good as £1 aftcr9 pm . Local pop/funk. Phone for details. Preservation Hall . Victoria St 220 1708 mine. judging by the name! 226 3816 9.30 pm Free. Cameo Filmsoc HOMESTREIT PAT GARRETT AND BILLY C THE KID (18) and T HE IRON T H E FRUIT MACH INE ( 15) I 2 pm (not Sun).4.15 pm. 6.40pm. .... HORSE(PG) 9 pm Fri 4-Thurs 10 Nov 2. U2: RATTLEANDHUM (l5) THE LAST EMPEROR (15) 8.45 pm Fri 4 Nov George Squarf' Wrillen by Frank Clarke of"Lct· Times to be confirmed Pho ne 229 Odeon 1.15 pm (Fri only) 4.30 pm. 7.45 Theatre 3030 ter 10 Brcshnev" fame-starring SOlffH CLERK STREET pm Fri 4-Sat 5 Nov DOGS IN SPACE (18) and Robbie Colt rane as .a woman! The film or the album and the 2 pm Sun 6 Nov book. Bound to be brill ia nt for lhc FLESH BLOOD ( 18) SOME LIK E IT HOT (PG) 8.50 pm Sun 6 Nov George Square fan s but the cynics will love it as 1·1~ : .~~1.40 pm. 6 pm . S.2S pm YEE LEN (PG) 1.50 pm Sun 5th Nov there's more ma1erial 10 tear U2 Fri4Nov-Thurs 10 . J pm.6. l5pm.8.30pmFri4·Sat5 Theatre The classic srnrring Tony Curtis. apart-very unfairly. It's a mix of Role reversal movie Nov "Dogs in Space'' centres around Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Mon. THE DARK CRYSTAL (PG) Sorn the singer in a punk group live footage and intimate 2. GOOD MORNING VIET roe. who witness the St. Valen documentary. 2pm Sat5Nov (the gorgeous Michael Hutch· tine's Day Massacre NAM (15) ence) who panakes in on a\terna· 3. IMAGINE ( 1~) 2. 15 pm, 5.30 pm, 8.15 pm STEAM TRAINS (PG) tive lifestle of parties, gigs, 1v. WEST SIDE STORY(PG) and 8pmSun 6Nov To be confinncd . 3. BUSTE R ( 15) random discussions and loads of GREASE(PG) 1.45 pm, 4 pm , 6.20 pm , 8.45 pm THE ME RCHANT OF FOUR drugs. 11.15pm Fri4 Nov ·• imagine"' is a documentnry col lage of the life of John Lennon has Fri 4-Sat 15 Nov SEA!ONS (18) & THE GOAL "Aesh and Blood" is a lusty .. West Side Story'' - Romeo and 1.35 pm, 3.45 pm, 6.05 pm . 8.30 KEEPERS FEAR OF THE medieval epic where nefarious Julie t rcvisi1ed. against a been rushed o ut as a damage - pm Sun (,. Thurs 10 Nov PENALTY (15) activities are depicted in repellant background of New York gangs. limitation response to Albe rt 7 pm Sun 6 Nov.Mon 7 Nov de1ail. .. GreascM - 50s nostalgia, cheery ··Goldigger's" unauthorised tunes. a high camp va lue and the hatchet job bioeraphy. Filmhouse MANON DES SOURCES (PG) THE GOOD, T HE BAD, AND winsome charms or the plastic LOTIU AN ROAO 2.30 pm, 5.45 pm, 8.125 pm Mon THE UGLY (15) Newton-John and toothy Dominion ?·Tues 8 Nov 7pmWed9Nov Trnvo\l a. BDDY HEAT (18) & ANGEL LAWOFDESIRE(l8) During the American Civil War, a NEWBATILE TERRACE (15) BROADCAST NEWS ( 15) and 3 pm, 6.30 pm , 8.30 pm Wed 9 trio of mean gringos squabble VIET· 2.45 pm, 7 pm Tues S.Wed 9 Nov KING OF COMEDY (PG) I. GOOD MOR ING Nov and 8.30 pm Thurs I 0 over hidden 1001. I 1.15 pm Sat 5 Nov NAM(15) Highly entertaining. romantic 2. 15 pm. 5.15 pm. 8. 15 pn~ . Fri 4- ALMSOC LYCEUM comedy - "Broadcast News" set Thurs 10 Nov Membership of £11 10 students Information Theatre Saver concession cards agninst a milieu of 1elevision net A comedy set in Vietnum starring allows free entrance to all cost £1 and last all year. This work news production. '" King o f Mork from Mork & Mindy performances. Membership enables members 10 get (t off the available at all shows and non Comedy"" siars Robert de Niro CAMEO full price each time you and a friend 2. A SUMMER STORY (15) Fd members may purchase guest go to the Lyceum. and Jerry Lewis. Afternoon shows are £1 .20, 4-Thurs IO Nov tickets in advance from any Union evenings £2 and last show C2.90. Shop. QUEEN'S HALL 2.20pm. 5.20 pm. 8.20 pm Platform Jan concerts offer Cannon A sun drenched tragedy of class ALMHOUSE CANNON student discounts where standby and ill-starred romance during the Student prices are 75p for Performances are £2.50 and £2.90. 1ickets can be purchased for CU)O. LOTHIAN ROAD early days of Edwardian E ngland. matinees, early evening shows Subject to availability. St.irring James Wilby, lmogen (1.50 and £2.50 for main evening DOMINION SNO I. A FISH CALLED WANDA S1ubbs and Susannaah York. shows which are bookable in Students pay £1.50 for all (15) Scottish National Orchestra j e:;:~s. No concessions on performances except evening concens offer student concessions Times to'bc confirmed Phone 229 performances in Cinema 3. The 3. CROCODILE DUNDEE II on Friday evenings on presentation 3030 BEDLAM Dominion is dosed on Sundays. of matric card. (PG) Starring John Clccsc. Jamie Lee EUTC members may purchase ESCA Curti<~. Kevin Kline , Michael 2 pm. 5 pm. 8 pm. Fri 4-Thurs 10 tickets at discount rates. Company ODEON Edinburgh Students Charities Palin and Tog Georgeson. Black Nov meetings are arranged at the A ~qucl ohviously which sadly Bedlam for anyone interested ir ,• Appeal are at 17/19 ,Guthrie Street r~l;~!(~in~~am~~~~;;~;111 cc • ..OOC.u'J 1tJ,att:b.11p;p 1bi; origi.n;•I . any aspect of the theatre. Phone (225 4061). Anyone is welcome to fr tils. pop down Thursday, Nove mber 3, 1988 19 The Weekly Guide To What's On STl)deNt Thurs 3 ANGLICAN SOCIETY 7 .30 pm Chaplaincy Cent re SCOlTISH COUNTR y General mec1ing. DANCE AND FOLK DANCE UN/VENTS CLASS 7.30 pm-8.30 pm, PE Ocpt, 46 EU FOLK SONG SOCIETY Pleas.1 nce . Beginners welcome. Fri 4 C HAMBERS ST D ISCO HUNAC- INTRODUCTORY 8pm48aThe Plcasancc Evening Chambers St Union MEETING Fiddle workshop - prepara1ion MAC COMMUNITY ·Bring you r matricuhion card. 7. .30 pm Teviot Deb;Hing Hall for the Save the Children Conccn CHARGE INFORMATION GREEN BANANA CLUB Fi nd out about a profitable sum- on Nov 11 th. 1-2 pm KBU ,Evening Potterrow Union YABOADABBADOO DISCO mcr worki ng in the USA .. Also 1-2 pm Student centre. Bring your matriculation card. Tcviot Park Room 7.45 pm-midnight CHESS CLUB COMSOC- BEER FR IENDS OF THE EARTH PARK ROOM DISCO - YES Happ y Hour 8-9 pm "Evening The Plcasance 'NSK11TLES 7.30 pm The Plcasunce YES JULIETTE Sheep·s Heid Inn ~~~~~ local environmental ::vcning Tcviot Union Sun6 POLITICS SOCIETY LUNCI< Meet 7 pm outside St. Leonard·s I pm; Politics Dcpl: 31 Buccleuch (Pollock Halls). UNIVERS fTY-C: HAPLAINCY Place. CHAMBERS ST ROCK DISCO MEGA DISCO (BEATBOX) 11 am Grcyfriars Kirk EU SCOTflSH NATIONALIST Evening. Chambers St Union EVcning Tc\liot Debating Hall Joint chaplaincy/parish service. THIRD WORLD FIRST ASSOCIATION 50 pm with matriculqtion drd. Bring your matriculation card. A Rev Norman Shanks preaches. 7.30pm Plensance laser light show. S1udcn1s£l. 7.30 pm Executive Room, The LES ESCOGRIFFES METHSOC - EVENING SER General Meeting. Pleasancc I pm Basement of French Dept. VICE Weekly mee1ing. Lunch and meeting. MATURE STUDENTS 6.15 _pm Nicolson swua re EU CONSERVATIVE GROUP MEETING Methodist Church. ECONOM IST ASSOCIATION Wed 9 UNIVERSITY CHAPLA INCY I pm Chaplaincy Centre Also 8 pm 'Go by 1he Book'. I pm Tcviot t,,fiddtc Reading LUNCHTIME.TALK organised by EUSA CATHOLIC STUDENTS Room ~01AGNOSTICSOC11:.· 1 V 1.10 pnJ 6th Level Common UNION Bi ll Walker MP speaking. 8 pm Moot Court , Old College Room, JCMB, KB CATHOLI C STUDENTS UN ION - BREAD AND 7. 15 pm; 24 George Sq Tradi1ional deba1es. Dr Ian Thompson discusses Student mass wi1h meeting. "Hcahh and Healthism ... CHEESE LUNCH Tues8 12.30-2 pm Common Room PLAN9DISCO A J HOMEBREW SOCIETY - 23 George Square Mon 7 :go~6~~RE FO R HUMAN ~~;~~:g~ PoHerrow Union ~ NFIRE PARTY 70p A ll welcome. Teviot Bar. 7 pm 5.30 pm Faculty Room No rth Bring your matricul ation card. OYOB GREAT HIGHLAND BAG- DHT SatS PIPE SOCIETY Lecture on "OuantifyingNa1ure·s LAGS MEETING SHAG 10.30 Pm til 3 am . The • 8-IO pm Societies Centre Provision" from Professor Mai- 8pm: Pleasancc Mission. Victoria St. CATHOLIC STUDENTS Inexpensive meeling. colm Slcsser. UN ION - BONFIRE PARTY UNVIERSITY CHAPLAINCY THE J AGUAR SM ILES · 8 pm; 23 George Square ALBERT SSEMPERE ENGINEERING SOCIETY - MIDWEEK SERVICE 10 pm Wilkie House Tickels£2 MUSIC/DANCE CLASS 1.30 pm Sanderson Building KB I. IO pm C haplaincy Ccnire For Nicaragua. Bo nfire, Fireworks and food. 1-2 pm Combat Sall e , Pleasance Chapel. All welcome. THEATRE BROWN STATIONERS Patriot Game Lvceum Netherbo1\ A Glaswegian, confu sed by his GRINOLAYSTREFT 2299697 Arts Centre heritage. The best range . - HIGH STREET IF SOC IETIES WISH TO PUB AS YOU LIKE IT ------LISH EVENTS IN 'STUDENT' Iii Sal 19 Nov COULC THEY PLEASE 7.45 pm £2.50-£7 . .. PLACE THE IR ADVERT IN Shakespeare's quasi-comedy of, ':,UNC HTIME T HEA I RE THE STUDENT OFFICES s1rangc goings on in the Fores1 of 11I 8 Nov BEFORE I PM ON MONDAYS Arden. 1.20. no rmal consc. FOR THETI·IURSDA Y ISSUE. EXHIBITIONS JAN ICE.MCNAB and MARION Stills Galler ' KOULTZ Talbot Rice Gallen Until Nov t05HIGHSTREET 557ll40 19 OLD COLLEGE 6671011"(ext 4308) Charcoals, drawings of emaciated NO men. Naturalist sculp!ure. The best brand names . REGARDING SEA SANCTUARY PHOTOGRAPHY IDEAS AND IMAGES until 5 Nov Until 5 Nov. Tue-Sal noon-6 pm unlil 22 Nov Mo n-Fri 10 am-5 pm Work from David Bailey, Hiro New work by Margaret Hun1e r, a Exhibition by Elizabeth O gilvi e s:no and others, aiming 10 explore yo ung Glaswegian arl school developing the theme of the sea. 1he nature or photography. graduate. from 12 Nov FAM ILY. MY HISTORY, DREAMTIME MYSELF Citv Art Centre by Janel pauerson 12-Nov-24 Dec 2 MARKET STREIT m 2424 (ext 66SO) A travell ers images of Auslralia. Collected works of I 5 photo graphers on a family 1heme. FOUR YEATS ON - SCOT TISH PATCHWORK AND Gallen of The best value . QUILTING 369 Gallerv till 12 Nov Modern Art 109COWGATE 22.,3013 !Oam-5 pm Organised by 1heThis1le Quillers. NEILLA ELS BEQUEST BROWN Mon-Sat !Oam-5 pm ; Sun 2-5 pm STATIONERS CALLUM INNES LYN HANSEN A coll ecti on of 28 paintings. draw 'NE'RE BETTER Umil 19Nov until 5 Nov ings and watercolours bequeathed Mon 10.30-5.30 pm Recent paintings from the Falkirk to rh c gall ery by the late George Minimalist works. artis1. Neillanels. 20 Thursday, November 3, 1988 Fashion A Winter's Tale HE catwalks of Europe Tare currently being spi rited away from reality with wisps of chiffon and jewel encrusted underwear. Mean whi le, we lesser mortals look telessness, but their knitwear Weekend-in-the-Country · on with amusement at what is continues to be a mainstay of than Emmerdale Farm. proving to be an e mblazoned British winters, and prices decadence of the late 1980's. start at around £ 14.00. The chai n stores' winter As Christian Lacroix's innu- i;>erhaps the M&S publicity coll ections are traditionally C~ntre: Elastic waist cord jacket Left: Brown checked hacldng ence carries on reverberating department gets a little bit richly coloured and textured, ollve or cream £46.99. Short cord jacket £39.99. Riding skirt with . ski!"tinoli_veo~cream £24.99.Bird , front vent Jn stone, and black around the fashion capitals, carried away in their aut.umn/ and this year have come up trumps with some designs, pn~! shirt m c~am,. £22.99. · £18.99. Bluse with jabot tie the high street remains coolly winter statement: ··Shetland Fa,nsle button cardigan m crram, nttk in cream and black £16.00. practical <'Jl the design front ,· wool makes a fashiOn corn but why should everything be red and green £32.99. All from Brown felt hat £13.99. Cream/ and apart .. from the extra eback-softerthan before in coming under the banner of NeKI, Princes Street. brown paisley shawl £5.99. Hoop ornamentation here and marled tones that raise it to a ··Country Classic'' these earrings £2.00. All from Top there, seems to be ·getting new social standing day~? ~e ans~e~ ~rom the Right: Fairis/~ sweater in browns Shop, Princes Strttt. st st and blues £17.50 from Marks and more rustic than ever. Strong colours mix with black yh s m Bn~am s most Spencer, Princes Street. to fire traditionall y styled • popula_r s~ops 1s loud ~nd But that doesn't necessar- knitwear wit h excitement. " clear, 1f slightly depressm_g: il y s~II in~ta nt ~redom. . Leaving these slightly bizarre "English ge ntlemen styli~g i,~ ~------~----~-, Today s rtJarn chains, Next . aspirations aside, Marks and at the forefront or fash ion w· IM K LE s and ~arks and Spen~er, are Spencer have come up wit h says marksandSpen~r._i:op _ , offering some classic and some very acceptable winter Shop_ say they ~re . m1xmg we ll -made clothes for a frac- woo llens and cliche or not trad,uonal fabncs m new p I E tion of the price that desig- I'd still ' vote the men'~ ways". Look around the ners ~emand for thei r coun- lambswool polQ necks at other shops and it's exactly th t ~[a~~~:dE':u~ ~~': Sht~e:d! £17.99 as a bargain-of-the- e same s ory. 0 s H p paisleys and tartans. Their year· T hiS rustic e()ide mic is notion of young and teenage The Next concep·t is snowballing in Britain as fast O classics is somewhat adapted altogether more yu ppie- as the decadence is on the u~!-f. I to their market, using bolder orientated, although nobody Continent. Status is expres- dtJ ~II [ 11~ 1 • ~ ] blues, reds, purples and could accuse them of stand- sing itself as much as ever _ - , _ , _, __ • , greens, but judgir&g by the ing still , with. a current six through fash ion, and true to acid house mania sweeping sub-sections to their empire, fo rm , when the rest Qf the . ~TfllfI ~l~t [l~l~I~~ the country, the citrus wool- and doubtless another dozen world displays power lens won't be entirely out of in the offing. With the through wealth, Britain nur- place. •emphasis o n accessible qua I- lures its own superiority &~ , 1 ity , they tend to incorporate through images of th e rustic fn~m TI~{ ~~·s O's Marks and Spencer ritay an arenaofstylesbutrecentl y aristocracy. not be coming up wilh any- have begun to look suspi thin_g approaching Lacroix ciously li ke Laura Ashley, Briony Se_rgeant hedonism or psych~delic with looks distin~tl~ more