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GORILLA RGPGRTORY THGhTRG ‘Truth in Humor’ By LISA CARLSON a fresh, green p^rk where an extraordinary event occurred. bad investment; touchdown and an extra point for th« Alternative theatre sprang not On a make-shift stage a group of people dressed in black Yankees. from its own head but from the seemed to be participating in some sort of theatre. Never Sirangely drawn to this humorous scenario, the happy unfulfilled expectations of elite and having seen any form of drama other than her high school’s student found herself chuckling openly. But more than that, commercial theatre and the annual production of Oklahoma!, our heroine tip-toed a unique phenomenon occurred within her brain: ominous inordinate boredom of middle- closer to be sure she wasn’t mistaken. voices began whispering two previously unconnected class life; not merely to entertain,' It seems to me, Colonel Dixon, that if I have to pay my words. “ Economy. War,” they repeated louder and louder rather to educate; not merely to workers, you certainly ought to be paying yours,” said a until the sound became so overbearing that she was forced educate, to be an example; not Yankee from the northern area of the stage. (oh, horror of horrors!) to think. At this moment she merely to be an example, to create “ What d’ya mean pay muh workers? They are muh started to tremble—her back hunched; her arms, grew an opposition; not merely to create workers. ” replied the gentlemen from the southern area. hairy; her upper lip protruded. Yes, dear friends, our an opposition, rather to change to Devastated and appalled, the Yankee clutched his hand heroine became a gorilla. reproduction of self for more than to his heart. “ You mean you own human beings? That’s a In one form or anoter, the Gorilla Theatre of Isla Vista the privileged. violation of federal rights.” has been performing its special style of drama for en •—R.G. Davis You butting into my business? That’s a violation of state thusiastic converts since 1973. The group grew out of Das The San Francisco rights, and if you don’t stop we’re gonna leave the union." Institut, a living collective which housed radical Mime Troupe: “ You wouldn’t dare.” _ sociologists and teachers. The institute, which was evicted The First Ten Years “ Oh, yes, ah would.” by a fraternity three years ago, was a type of alternative “ Oh, no, you wouldn’t.” community center: a place where people who felt restricted “ Oh, yes, ah would.” by the established forms of communication could come and Once upon a time there lived a smiling co-ed who had “ Oh, no, you wouldn’t.” express themselves. travelled to Isla Vista from a land where people saw logic in “ Oh, yes, ah would. ” The theatre evolved around a scattered set of original the syllogism, “ Derelicts sit on park benches. Derelicts get Huddling his team together, the Yankee cried, “ Rally skits spurred into creation by topical community events. arrested. Remove the park benches and derelicts won’t get round the flag, boys! Protect the Union! ” The above paraphrased excerpt is from “ Buycentennial.” arrested.” Colonel Dixon attempted the same: “ Rally round the Billed as “ a fifteen minute history of the United States One day this rosy and wide-eyed young girl wandered into flag, boys. Preserve state rights.” But the colonel made a performed by four men and a stuffed gorilla," the piece was ( Please turn to p.4A, col.l) PA G E 2À DAILY NEXUS THURSDA Y. M A Y iS. 1980 MUSIC Paul Winter Consort Comes From Behind . By DAVID PETRY Oregon. Also relying on acoustic That pièce wUs, irt à Way, a Paul Winter’s mixture of a instrumentation, the Cbnsort had reflection of the whole concert, The holistic,, ecological and global the tendency to be a little esoteric, first set was sibwef, with Winter music was highly successful last tedious and repetitious. But Utilizing nò voices except that of a week in à pair of concerts at weaving the acoustic and earthy whalè song, and thè mUsic was Fleischmattrt Auditorium in the instrumentations together with the low-këÿ. th e sèpòrtd sèt picked Up Santa Barbara NatUrUl History integrity of ecology itself, the night the pace with more moving Museum. Winter’s musical rose above those moments of rhythmic pieces, most df which background includes; playing to tedium. included thè voices of the five- and with Wólvès, whaiés; and The . long-winded repetition piece consort. eagles. occurred ortly in the first set, and From a new album entitled, The Winter Consoli a flUc: only ih tWo pieces. The band “ Calling,'’ which is expected irt tuating group of excellent opened with orte of these, and August, thè Consort played musicians, has traveled to Africa finally brought it âround tô an “ Lullaby froth thè Gréât Mother and South America bringing back exciting end.. The piece was Whale for thè B,aby Seal Hups.” It strains of tribal rhythms and transformed from a slow, noH- waS similar to Winter's successful melodies, rtielodic, modern jazz composition composition, “ Ocean thiid” ; a Winter’s background is closely into a rodsirtg percussion display mixture of jazz with whàlè song. united with the acoustic jazz group that had the audience joining in. The rest of thè first Set was in strumental wim à long guitar and percussion sólo and an ihi- proviSatibnal piece that arose “ froth thè space of Santa Bar bara.” ft portrayed Santa Bar; FANCY bàra’s space as rather scattered and definitely itnprovised. Winter and friends blended the music of man and beast. Thè highlight of the first sèt was a very long, beaUtiful cello solò by Jim Scott, guitarist, sang “ A wè learned from them,” he said, Èugehe Frièzeh that .covered all Song for the Earth” which he “ we became competitors with OFFERS: ènds of the musical spectrum, composed last March at thè yearly theirt and then, naturally, We changing tones and feelirtgS as if Consort retreat to the Baja Gray started Calling them names. ” by a light switch. Whale fèedihg grounds, th e lyrics • He wertt on to explain that in gacoLPOAi n in fe Opening thè second sgt,1 per reflected tpe ecological awareness, Brazil there is a word, sodaji, cussionist Tèd Moore and òboe ând that embodies the group, “ The sea which meahs ‘glad to bè feèling;’ English hornist Nancy Rumble is where afl life begirts...if she dies and this is why a wolf howls of a 0%tcpf[usii 744 State Street Explres performed a düet on assorted nothing will survivè.” . Whale sings. Backed by a tape of a ^ " g 963-3505 May 31 percussion instruments and a wood Before the next song, "W olf wolf cry, Winter urged hè audience Minimum Discount on All New Guitars T flûte. It was aftèr this number that Fyes” ; Paul Winter noted that wè to howl along aS he reached thè end the concert gëlled, with the Con learned,hòw tò hunt by watching of the Sad piece. For a full two' sort playing with more irtterisity <> thè wbìves, which Had had 30 minutes the hah was filled with thè 30% and direction, and playing more million years before Us to learn èerié, loud howling of humanity. ■A. recèrtt songs. and perfèct their frtethods. “ After The closing number, from the Most Guitars Discounted. 40% Common Ground album, called “ Midnight,” was a Guinean tribal ■^Strings........ song that had thè audience clap 50% ping, sirtging and dancing. The Consort left their Usual in-, struments and all took up per 0 s cussion instruments, moving * 0 perfectly from the melodic saxophone, oboe and cèllo tò thè REVERIE crisp drumming. The peòplè an swered to Winter’s call of thè wild, sirtging and howling without Dance to fabulous music by reservation. The Beatles, Thfc Beach Boys & The Stones The Consort left the stage and rapevine carnè back immediately tò Come for the Fun of It! thunderous applausè. The encore number was what Winter called the Consort’s theme song, The New “ Icarus.” It ended the concert on a Making Your Own rhythmic yet riuiét tone. Hobey Baker’s Blèhding all the elements of by Ralph Auf der Meide harmony and life and all their 5918 Hollister Ave. interrelationships into art evening There was once a tirhe when nearly livery òf music, the Winter Consort was Household baked its own bread, arid made beer, Food & Drink & Dancing .successful, intensely arousing and wipe. and cordials. In those generally self- (No covet charge Sunday thru Thursday!!j offering a great deal of food for sufficient days the task of producing these good thought. Rathèr than reminding us thihgs was complicated and involved a great of naturai habitats and creatures, and, òf thè powerful realm of deal of preparation and effort. Fortunately ecology, aS So many en techniques for making beer and wine have vironmental groups and songs do, improved, as have the materials and equipment thè Winter Consort plays from Now we can, fot examble, make five gallons of SUMMER PRE-LAW within the realm. Shedding light òn full-flavored beer of quality that would ordinarily An opportunity on a law school campus to the wholè experience of life artd cqst about a dollar a bottle by using a tin of sample law school study and gain further living for all beirtgs. Mduhtrnellich Irish malt, the yeast furihished information about the profession. with those malts, 1 V5 pounds of corn sugar arid some simple equipment. The total cost for ingredients fbr this J U N E 16 - J U L Y 25, 1980 great beer is ih the range of 20* per bottle.