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ORCHID BOWL Strong Show from First Year Art Graduates By MATTHIAS • • ROSENTHAL Usually, exhibitions of EVERY OTHER contemporary modem art just bore me out of my mind, BMME FREE and I find myself looking at Moidiy, May 21st tfen Momorlal Dayl pretty women looking at Oror Rowllni «fen Lams avrMrMr ugly artifacts, musing about how much superior nature’s OPEN 24 H O URS products of beauty are to the Take a Bowling Breakl arbitrary attempts at meaning of some modem O R C H ID BO W L - GALLEO N R O O M art. The course of modem art, it seems, has been the 5925 Calle Real - Goleta • • • Ph. 967-0128 elimination of three things: beauty, pleasure and artistic skills. Don’t get me wrong: this exhibition is different. The 1984 WÆ.B. DU BO IS UCSB Art Department’s first year graduate students W8ITKVG aW ftfiBS are now presenting a small but exciting selection from their recent work. Louise Fowler-Smith, Victoria Palrick Bernard gesticulates in front of his piece, L a s t Tango Taylor-Gore, Patrick Deadline is this Friday, 5/25 Bernard, Sharon Coughran, Jerusalem.” MITCH VICINO/Nwus Michael Drury and Joyce Flager feature pre and post- frustrating them, as is so often the case in contemporary apocalyptic issues, which are, as a matter of fact, artistic art. beautifications of imminent and immanent psychological Fowler-Smith’s preoccupation with her Australian origin, Please submit your essays, and historical (or should I say: post-historical?) horror. is obvious. She uses images and forms she has found while short stories, and poetry to: But there is absolutely no tendency towards formal and studying the art of the aboriginals, yet presenting them in E.O.P. Building 434 intellectual compromise, and all artists have managed to such a way that they become allegorical of modem man’s present their work in an aesthetically pleasing and, before alienation from his body and his mind. In a multimedia Awards will be presented at all other things, beautiful way that invited the spectators to object called “ Ode to Walkabout” (an homage to Nicholas E.O.P./Black Graduation Banquet. deal with the issues implied, instead of putting them off and Roeg’s movie from the late ’60s) she employs painting, wooden debris, eerie pre- historical music from an endless tape hidden inside the object and photosen­ sitized broken mirrors. It’s Art that you can touch, and it has become quite frighteningly alive. Clearly the most striking and most controversial exhibit is Bernard’s “ Last Tango in Jerusalem,” an ironic fusion of Leonardo’s “ Last Supper” and Ber­ tolucci’s “ Last Tango in Paris.” Bent bottles filled with blood, a bent hour-glass (into which a desert land­ scape is inscribed) are painted equivalents of motion picture techniques which are combined with primitive apostles grouped around a faceless Lord, and all figures are totally reduced and regressed sub­ men who look like they are wearing gas-masks. Obvious and telling as all the em­ ployed symbolism is, Ber­ nard has managed to read revelation into old and modern symbols and fused them for unabashed political and social comment. I was particularly fascinated by Kenneth Gore’s “ Electric Sheep.” He has fabricated artificial animals (symbols of Jesus that might well be con­ F O R A Ç O O f sidered subtexts of Ber­ nard’s painting) equipped with electronic brains and steel-wool, weird science fiction creatures that or­ thodox Christians might have some difficulty with, recognizing in them the familiar sacrificial Easter Jesus lamb. The “ Electric Sheep” is quite an excellent way of demonstrating how regressive modern technology can be and how % â ;Ê threatening seemingly «"'■ m m ii- familiar and harmless nature can be. All in all this is an exhibition that combines elegant artistic beauty, a good sense of humor, philosophical and in­ tellectual speculation, serious social concern as well as entertaining material. It’s UCSB art by UCSB artists, and you should not miss it. It does deserve attention. (At the UCen Art Gallery.)

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vocal skills to create a memorable and very funny ...... >m Kills 'W oyzeck' character. On the technical end, the production is merited by L. K. Unfortunately, the play is in dire need of another Strasburg’s efficient stage design, including a well-utlized rewriting as it is already yellowing with antiquity. The dialogue works against the play’s credibility with lines that tilt; the lighting by Teresa Petach underscores the ap­ are either stilted or anachronistic; e.g., one soldier to propriate ambience — somber to dark to depressing; and another while admiring a lovely village girl, “ Look at that Claremarie Verheyen’s costumes and makeup are nicely piece.” This is 1910? Or, in reference to that same girl, complementary to actor and action. “ everyone is a chasm.” In short, the dialogue is hardly As a play, however, Woyzeck is, simply, unengaging naturalistic. drama. Saturday’s audience was not moved, and the less Another aggravating aspect is the two assistants to the than warm applause proved it. Woyzeck “ sinks like a stone Doctor who do little more than stomp (everyone, in fact, in those dark waters” of the theater, to quote one of its own seems to stomp and drop things as loudly as possible) bad but ironically appropriate lines. across the stage like a bad stand-up duo. Is this a presen­ tation of the senselessness of medical science exploitation? Comic relief? What? Meanwhile, poor Woyzeck is punched in the kidneys, jabbed in the chest, prodded, kicked in the groin, and slapped in the face, in addition to being misunderstood and brushed off into the alienation of Man’s Potential Moral Abyss. These actions occur so often that you would have to have fallen asleep to not get the point within the first five minutes. The gory motions of the play’s climactic stabbing are We're Celebrating our well-choreographed but the act is neither shocking nor cathartic; it only leaves one red with annoyance. I suppose 2nd Anniversary the number of stabs is significant? The sound effects un­ with a special lunch deal... derscore the overall lack of cohesion in Woyzeck. While much attention is paid to footsteps, grunts and groans, why ANY LUNCH is it that during an intense emotional scene, a dagger falling COMBINATION PLATE rnoto oy unristopner uiennon into a pond sounds like a tire iron getting chucked into a car Douglas Kaback and Cecelia Kouma are trunk? The audience’s disbelief is never suspended. There FOR ONLY is no Brechtian tooling here, only some shortcomings that Woyzeck and Marie in the drama depart­ (reg. $2.95) ment’s production of Buchner’s Woyzeck. distance the audience into alienation of the seat-squirming kind. 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By MARK ROWE them. According to Joe, with all these hostile women out with his suicidal wife, Francesca. Joe likes this tune. “ Does anyone today have a decent, constructive there, “ it’s no wonder there are so many faggots. Men are Richard Dunne is simply fantastic as Jake, the acoustic relationship?” This is the most-asked question in the Herb only safe with other men.” guitarist and younger lover of Heather. Dunne originated Rogers production of I’m Getting My Act Together and the role in the New York production of “ Act,” and it shows.' Taking It On The Road, now at the Lobero Theatre through Joe is incredibly offended by “ Smile,” in which the Sung directly to Heather, his thoughtful and meaningful May 27. position of women is comically and seriously addressed. It reprise of “ In a Simple Way” is a high point in the show, The musical, written by Gretchen Cryer, with music by is the story of Heather’s life, with backup singers and band sung this timé with real emotion behind it. Nancy Ford, is an exploration of the condition of con­ members creating the roles of father, mother, boyfriend Jake also belts out a blistering bluesy rendition of “ If temporary male-female relationships, dealing with such and preacher. All through life, Heather has been told she Only Things Was Different” that is so lively that Joe has to subjects as fidelity, friendship, and the status of women as need only smile and look pretty to get what she wants, but remind the lighting manager to “ turn up the lights, that’s they grow ever more independent. at 39, that may not be quite enough. not a number.” Shari Lewis stars as Heather, a pop singer on the eve of The new songs are very personal and honest, but Joe The conversation that follows once again focuses on the her 39th birthday. Reflecting on her life and career, wants Heather to do more of the old stuff because that’s difficulty of maintaining or ever hoping for, a good Heather decides both are in need of change, so she works what sells. He insists on hearing the old sentimental “ In a relationship. At one point, after a bit of intimate verbal out a new act which is more a satirical look at her life as a Simple Way I Love You,” but Heather can’t even make it fencing with Heather, Joe proclaims, “ I wish my wife were woman than her earlier silly and sentimental material. through the tune due to its ancient sappiness. more like you so I could leave her.” Real tactful, Joe. After Set in the form of a rehearsal session, complete with The last song of the first act is “ Dear Tom,” which a few more words and a lot more thought, Joe asks why backup band, the play opens with “ Natural High,” a Heather sings and talks her way through, accompanied by women do what they do, to which Heather responds number about the thrills of performing. Not pleased with Ken Collins on piano. In mid-song, Heather delves into a “ Women manipulate instinctively.” Sighs of both shock and the arrangement of the new act, Heather’s friend and long­ monologue that traces the demise of a relationship in which agreement were audible in the crowd. time manager, Joe, insists on changing the song to please the partners, after years of acting and trying to fit into their The apparent absurdity of modern relationships is best the audience and fixing the lights to hide Heather’s stereotyped expectations of one another, suddenly find expressed by Heather who asks, “ Is it best to stay in a wrinkles. themselves strangers. relationship but keep it shitty so you’ll be able to get out of Marvelously portrayed by Mark Hutter, Joe is the perfect The second act opens with “ Old Friend,” a song Heather it? ” No one had a quick answer. gum-chewing, Perrier-sipping, “ please-your-fans-and- wrote for Joe, describing their relationship. After this The play closes with Heather being wished a happy then-you,” “ macho” manager-type. Joe has noticed “ a lot number, we see a good deal of the real Joe and Heather as birthday and a reprise of “ Natural High,” and I wished it of offensive women recently. . . ballbreakers” he calls they discuss their relationships, Heather with Tom, and Joe hadn’t ended so soon. See this play.

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By JAY DE DAPPER Drawing on Jim Morrison, Lou Reed and Neil Young he England’s neopsychedelic scene has been strong for five develops a unique atonal drawl. Precoda also appears to be or six years. Yet American bands have been slow to pick up on his way towards distinction. Ranging through virtually on this resurgence, apparently dulled by heavy doses of every important guitarists’ repertoire, he picks and regurgitated power chords and saccharine tranquilizer chooses with a good ear. Only occasionally does either music. Wynn or Precoda blatantly fall back on one of their men­ Los Angeles’s Dream Syndicate was one of the first new tors. American psychedelic bands in many years to offer Medicine Show and Hollywood Holiday are the best of anything fresh. Their debut E P and then L P Days of Wine American neopsychedelia. Both bands pour forth a strong and Roses demonstrated that psychedelia had returned to brew of traditional and atraditional styles that is un­ America. mistakably fresh. True West and Dream Syndicate may be While the Dream Syndicate’s second album Medicine growing in different directions, but their music is strongly Show represents a substantial change in direction from rooted in the same garden. Both of these bands and their their earlier sound, the sound is still firmly rooted in the records cut through the fluff that has become so popular. ever-growing L.A. psychedelic scene. Another band, True Throw out your English synthesized cotton candy. Richard West, seems perfectly happy, as well as very capable of Butler ain’t got nothin’ on these guys. picking up where Days of Wine and Roses left off. True West is not merely copying, however. Russ Tolman is True West’s guitarist. Steve Wynn is Dream Syndicate’s vocalist and writer. Together with ex-Syndicate bassist I’m Tired Kendra Smith they formed the Suspects in 1978 — a band that was at that time the only new music phenomena in Black stadias DeRirtmeit prtsaats Davis. Nonetheless Wynn and Tolman remain close; all of dicate, Long Ryders and possibly Rank and File. This is Africa Week medicine stow honky-tonk psychedelia! Well, almost. “ Armed With an Empty Gun,” “ John Coltrane Stereo Today, May 24 Blues” and “ Medicine Show” are the best tracks, solidly 12:00 noon. based on standard blues progressions yet toyed with in Concert: Storks Pinza what seem to be all the right ways. Precoda is especially African Music by FIRE. innovative on the first two. “ Burn” and “ Merrittville” are excellent although more 7:oo pm. for the lyrics than the music; both strike that part of the African oinner/oance: Cate interim sensibility that the best rock and roll does. There is mystery A variety of foods from all over Africa will be served, here among the well-drawn images. Wynn proves that when followed by a dance. • Tickets: S 5. Fir lurtftir HIOrmatlOB he wants to, he can write some very stimulating material. camel Uti wisaiagtoi. MMrttiMl Mitten I tulles, iii-seoo. Wynn also proves that he can sing in a distinctive style. Co Sponsors: AKANKE, Black Student Union, Film Studies Dept., Er A.S. ■ ■ ■ Program

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By PETE LEFEVRE “ I ’ll, uh, have to get Clinton...” It was the ungodly hour of twelve noon when the phone He ran to the stage area and came back with someone rang. I glanced at the filthy remains of another evening’s who looked like he had just sat on a banana slug. depravity and looked for the phone. My first thought; I “ Can I help you?” had heaved it into the bathtub with the ten gallons of “ I work for the Nexus. I ’d like to be backstage. I ’m Hollandaise Sauce and the foam rubber, but it wouldn’t doing an article and I might want to interview the have rung then, so it must have been still in the room. I musicians.” staggered around the hotel, pulling myself along with the “ No! Absolutely not! It’s not happening! We’ve got too cord, until I had the phone in my hands. Finding it under many people back here already!” a pile of dead sand sharks struck a bizarre thought into “ Maybe I don’t feel like doing the coverage then.” my head. I started to remember a few of the twisted and “ Bye! ” He turned to the kid guarding the gates and obscene events of the previous two days, but figured it told him to make sure that no one got backstage without a would be better to leave decaying sharks lie. It was all I pass. I ’d seen the guest list. Names like Karen—, and could do to mumble into the phone. Ron—. A repectable reporter, with decent work and years “ Uh-huh.” of dedication behind him can’t get back, yet they’ll let “ Where have you been? Why haven’t you been into the someone back who doesn’t even have a last name. I news office? You think we run a paper just for your suddenly began to get very, very suspicious. There was amusement, don’t you! We have something called a something they didn’t want me to find out. Seeing a deadline you know! You should be flogged! No, wait. You photographer for my paper get unceremoniously booted should be skinned and rolled in salt! Yeah. That’s it. I out from the guest area did nothing to assuage my feeling like that one.” that there was a cover-up going on. ■ 938 Embarcadero del Norte It was my editor, Hugh. He doesn’t like it when I It was around then that the purple goop began to come Call Us! 968-2414 disappear for a few weeks, Ijut hell, I ’m a busy man. on. I remember thinking something like “ Maybe I ought Sometimes there isn’t the time or the inclination to ex­ to be going.” When all of a sudden there was a sound plain what I might be doing, say, in Fresno with an 18 resembling a flock of flamingos being put through a year old blonde violin major from Bryn Mawr and a jar cosmic garbage disposal. I tried asking for directions out of pills made from the extract of the pituitary glands of a of the stadium, but the replies sounded all the same. Stanley H. Kaplan rare breed of Tapir. It’s a cruel way to get my kicks, but “ Argle Bargle Mmmph Schla.” you should-see some of my friends. The ones who haven’t No help here. Amidst alternating fears that all my teeth The Smart died yet. were about to fall out, and that Abba Eban and I share “ I ’ll be right over,” I lied. the same shoe size, I dragged myself towards the light of “ I won’t hold my breath.” the sun and settled in for what was to be a long session of MOVE! Smart man. When I got to the Nexus office, he had an nightmares involving Annette Funicello and several cans assignment ready for me. It seems there was to be a day of Redi Whip. of concerts. He said it was going on this week and that I I woke up to hear Jack Mack and the Heart Attack do had to move fast. The “ Sun Day Extravaganza” he called their encore. It was good. I figured I had to ask the crowd it. Sounded bogus to me, but I took his word on faith. He’d what they thought of the show, as no one involved with never steered me wrong before. Yet something kept the show was going to give me the time of day. I asked nagging me like a month-old hangnail. Why wasn’t he someone what they liked most. doing the review himself? “ The Ventures!” ‘I ’ll need some expense money,” I said. I figured, if he I asked why. didn’t want to go that badly, he’d pay through the nose to “ They played the theme from Hawaii 5-0.” get someone else to go. I was right. He forked over a I had missed the theme from Hawaii 5-0. 1 couldn’t tenner as an advance, and I took off. I ’d need a few count all the broken dinner dates at Ma Maison, all the supplies for this trip, so my first destination was a hid­ front row center seats at the Shubert I ’ve turned down, PREPARATION FOR: den, inconspicuous apartment in I.V. all the invitations to the Beverly Hills Racquet Club I ’ve I knocked twice. Then once. Then twice. I heard a voice bowed out of, just to hear that brilliant opening theme. I MCAT-LSAT-GRE say, “ Who can it be now?” was miserable now. It was that moment when I first “ Culligan man.” began to suspect a conspiracy. Someone must have GMAT-DAT-SAT “ Really?” planned for me to miss this. My editor, My Attorney, The i-r Santa Barbara “ Cross my heart and hope to puke on a hog’s head.” Program Board, they must have all been in on it. The N Sometimes even I get disgusted at the levels I ’ve sunk implications were staggering. I still needed verification. I 805-685-5767 to. The door slowly opened and my attorney was looking went back to the news office and began a casual chat with I at me, bug-eyed and shaking. There was half a bottle of my editor. Bombay Gin in one of his grubby paws, and a Thirty-odd “ Say Hugh. I couldn’t get backstage.” six in the other. “ It must have been those peons at the Program Board. “ Why didn’t you tell me it was you?” We don’t get along too well.” “ It slipped my mind.” “ Why not?” He went to the corner of the room where he was “ Well, it’s like this. I don’t usually give anybody free carefully weighing out a huge quantity of a purpleish publicity in my section if there’s already publicity paid goop. Between each baggie he filled with the slop, he for. If I do, then I know about it. There’s just no room for licked off the stuff he got on his fingers. The first time I redundancy in my section. The Board can’t relate. They saw him do this, he sort of tilted back; his flesh tone ask for a publicity spiel without telling me they’re turned pale baby blue, and an insidious grin poured over already running a big spiel in their paid advertising. Bad his face like syrup on a King Crab. After a few short faith, I tell ya’ . I ’ve tried to improve relations between quotes from the Book of Common Order at the top of his us, and they slap me around, you can ask Dana. Now, lungs, he was ready to weigh the next batch. I didn’t want record companies — those folks really know how to treat to watch this degrading spectacle much longer than 1 had an editor... Is the show over already? It’s only six.” to, so I got right to the point. “ I forgot my sunscreen.” “ What do you know about the Sun Day Extravaganza?” “ It’ll be dark in an hour.” Peace of Mind He snapped out of it instantly. He started to look very “ It’s not for me.” dow n the road.... menacing. Slowly the pieces of the jigsaw were falling into place. “ What do you want to get messed up with that for? This was turning into a tale with a lot of high rollers At MAHNEKE MOTORS we believe Where did you find out about it?” involved. If there was a conspiracy, then Hugh and the “ I read about it in the papers.” Board and my Attorney were all in this together, but service can save you Time (when you “ Well, forget what you read. Do yourself a favor and Hugh insists that he’d rather have a lobotomy without can least afford it), and Money (when stay home for the weekend. I don’t want to see a nice guy anesthesia before dealing with the Program Board again. like you get hurt.” And I think my Attorney has already had a lobotomy. I ’m you haven't got it). That's why to us “ Is that a threat?” not sure about the Program Board. Just who was into SERVICE Is more than just checking your “ It’s a warning. Here, try some of this. It’ll make you who, and for how much, I wasn’t suipe, but this much I feel better.” was sure about; I had to find a lot nfore of that purple plugs and changing the oil. “ I feel pretty good already.” stuff, and quick. “ It’ll make you feel better.” I was back at Harder, when I was approached by what WE... He held out some of the purple slime and waved it at first appeared to be a massive Space Food Stick, s Charging system me like I should take some. I did. I ’m not proud. surrounded by drooling, venomous, mutant lemurs. As including the battery The phone woke me up. I looked around the room. A my eyes focused, I began to make out the shape of a s & Adjust the Brakes clown costume was slung over the bedpost. In the corner young man with an empty bottle of Old Peculiar in his is All Lights of the room was a huge pile of dirt arranged in neat rows. hand. & Adjust the valves It seemed that I had tried to start a garden. I began to “ What are you doing?” he yelled. v* Fuel Filter look for the phone, but my legs felt like they were filled I was about to warn him about the lemurs, but I figured s Tire Pressure with helium. I found the phone super-glued to the tran­ if he didn’t see them by now, it was too late. v & Clean the Engine smission of a ‘77 Volaire. “ I ’m writing a story for the Nexus.” t* Cooling System “ Uh-huh.” “ Well, I ’m from Chico, and I ’m here to raise hell, and Plus much much more.... Deja Vu. It was my editor again. He suggested that I I ’m just here to see what goes on, and there’s a concert. I was here over the weekend and it was dead. Are you So Call for an Appointment get to Harder Stadium. He also suggested that I look at my calendar and affirm that today was Sunday. He writing this down? Ask me a question.” And the Peace of Mind in suggested that I do so quickly, as the show was probably “ How did you like the show?” Knowing Your Car has been over by now, and then he suggested that I should commit “ I loved it! I loved it! I loved it! I loved it! It reminded SERVICED! a number of unmentionable acts with the barnyard me of Chico. Will you put my name in there too?” animal of my choice. I swallowed what was left of the “ Sure.” Phone purple goop my attorney had so kindly given to me, and “ It’s Greg Howell. I ’ll have my brother pick up a copy M a h n e k e sped off. of the paper. And if he doesn’t, I ’ll kill him.” 683-1885 I figured if I was going to get the whole sordid tale, if Suddenly it all fit into place perfectly. M o t o r s there was one to get, I ’d have to be close to the action. Of I just had one last thing to check out. I went to the course, the concerts hadn’t started yet. I went up to the Program Board and asked to speak to Dana. She came gate where the guests were let in and identified myself. out and we started to talk. “ Press.” “ What do you think of Hugh Haggerty?” I was greeted with a horrified look. The kid in the “ We don’t get along.” yellow jacket didn’t know what to do. Maybe he’d never “ Why not?” 5960 DALEY STREET, GOLETA seen a real, live reporter before. “ Sometimes he promises things and doesn’t deliver.” XUS Thursday, May 24,1984 7A I Excuses At UCSB the right angle.I thought to myself, “ Everybody knows that Chrysler made a whopping profit the first quarter of this year, so Ford must have been looking for a few new places to sell cars. When the promoter who did the UCSB shows last year pulled out, they saw an opening. Sure it might be tough to influence the Program Board, but not if they set up a fall guy to take the flack when the shows decrease in quality. That’s where Hugh fits in, but he wasn’t buying it. He still wanted the cushy treatment he always got. He went as far as to hire an attorney, my attorney, to keep things on the level, but Ford knew the shyster’s game a little better, and bribed him with purple goop to keep him from talking. Of course, no one wanted this public, so they couldn’t let anyone backstage, but they didn’t count on the crowd’s favorable reactions to the Ventures. When the show was a hit, there was no need for a riff in the first place, but it was after the fact so Greg had to threaten his brother in case this didn’t get back to Chico. It must have been then when Dana realized Hugh was playing against Ford’s game, and that Hugh was expecting me to do an expose because he figured I wouldn’t be recognized. But Clinton saw that I N worked for Hugh. He just expected me to ignore the show and give up the story. I didn’t. No respectable newsman H 0 would. After that, it was all over but the shouting. Harder Stadium is a good name for a place to show a |lMl film like the Rocfey Horror Picture Show, but I wasn’t expecting much. I saw that film ten times before I was ¡m out of high school, and it reminded me of a few ugly scenes with a flag twirler from Encino. 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Everybody likes the bowl (except its nearest the amount of money involved,” that the restoration KR0NENR0URR 8 Pk MIS. 4 »/ 1 8 » caso o neighbors), but nobody really wants to pay for main­ project is making any progress at all. What the bowl o taining the natural amphitheater built in the 1940s to really needs, according to Cloud, is “ hundreds of c thousands of dollars,” which would only be available if Special Export a pk Mis. 2«/9"caso Z accommodate Old Spanish Days, an annual city H celebration. the county floated a large bond for capital improvements to the bowl, or if the bowl could secure “ a series of very O The Old Spanish Days non-profit organization has a O lease on the property until 1990, but since the Old Spanish large grants.” C Days “ Fiesta” uses the bowl only five days of the year, Hundreds of thousands of dollars are needed to carry — LIQUOR— the organization hired Vision Attractions to manage the out the long-range improvements planned for the bowl. 8 » bowl in 1981. Among desired improvements are new lighting and sound KAHLUA 790 Ml. systems, as well as showers for performers’ dressing Vision Attractions seems to be managing quite well. In 7 4 8 V) order to impro.ve the facility and to bring it up to safety rooms. BART0RS VODKA 1.7S Ur. o McDermott said these changes would greatly enhance o levels, Vision Attractions has stuck on a fifty-cent per c ticket restoration surcharge, in addition to the restoration the quality of county bowl performances, since per­ -WINE- fee the corporation charges concert promoters. formers would be in a better mood for their performances 4 9 9 The first improvements included excavation of the if they were able to shower first. Besides improving FREXINET cordon Negro 750 ml. bowl, building a fence to keep boulders from crashing sound, a new sound system with speakers all along the Andre WMte 750 ml. 2 » down into the seating area, repaving the parking lot, and sides of the bowl might also please the bowl’s neighbors fixing the stairs. County Bowl Manager Dave McDermott who now complain of the noise level. Currently, there are ChampapneiCasa)...... 25M only large speakers on the stage, requiring a higher o said these first improvements were “ just keeping the CA place together.” volume to reach in the back. o McDermott said that projects that the public can see All these improvements were almost for naught when are beginning. The old wooden benches are being the hill next to the bowl went up in smoke a few weeks replaced by new aluminum ones, which McDermott said ago. Just before the blaze, Vision Attractions had cut a Ace's ef Goleta will be cooler than wood seats. Furthermore, the bowl is fire break in the trees on the hill for the first time ever. being made wheelchair-accessible with a ramp built of One official of Vision Attractions said that the newly-cut 7127 Hollister frej the wood from the old benches. fire break protected the bowl in case the wind had carried There is a long-term capital improvement plan laid out sparks over to the bowl while firefighters attempted to put by the Santa Barbara County Bowl Committee. The it out, but if the fire had occured only a few weeks earlier the bowl could have burnt to the ground. Goleta committee is made up of all groups which have an “ in­ (A terest” in the bowl — representatives from Vision At­ This example of the fire break shows the importance of O tractions, Old Spanish Days, the county public works improvements in the Santa Barbara County Bowl, the o concert spot that everyone would like to preserve...except c office, the county administrative office, the county 685-2200 z counsel, the Santa Barbara County Bowl Foundation and its neighbors. The debate about who should put up the the county arts committee. This group is charged with money and whether the bowl should be run by a profit­ HOURS: WEEKDAYS 10 AM to 10 PM prioritizing renovation projects and seeking out grants making enterprise will probably continue, but it is indeed from the state and non-profit organizations. fortunate that there is an ongoing project of capital im­ FRI 8 SAT TIMI PM • SUN TH 8 PMI*} Stephen Cloud, a county bowl foundation member, provements. 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He suspicion that this movie was packaged with leaves the pursuit (and fanaticism) up to an eye catching cast and distributed just in John Rainbird, the deadly enforcer of the time for the summer. shop. If you didn’t get the idea that Rainbird Firestarter has a good deal of potential. is an Indian name, Scott is decked out with a The cast is formidable, and includes Drew long pony tail down his back. Scott is even Barrymore (an E.T. casualty), David more ridiculous as the Indian mystic, Keith, Heather Locklear, George C. Scott, spouting off about death and the afterlife. Art Carney, Louise Fletcher and Martin Charlene and her father spend the Sheen. Drew plays Charlene McGee, a little beginning of the movie running from the girl with pyrokinetic powers who has ex­ shop. After the opening chase scene, there is Art Carney, Louise Fletcher, Drew Barrymore and David Keith star in panded the telekinetic abilities of her no sense of movement at all. The action Firestarter.______parents (David Keith and Heather slows down to the point that instead of Locklear). The parents met at an ex­ wondering whether they will get away, you Extended Jams From Jerry Garcia Band periment conducted by the Department of begin to question why they always touch Scientific Intelligence, also known as “ the each other. Charlene is able to sense a By MARK ROWE end the song. shop.” The shop is a covert government caravan of the shop’s agents are nearby, but The Jerry Garcia Band ripped through a The powerful backing vocals of Dickerson agency which fears an uncontrollable force Rainbird can capture Charlene and her nine-song two-and-a-half hour show at the and La Branch were also featured in was unleashed by the superdrug which was father undetected. Those Indians can sneak Arlington Theater last Saturday night. “ Second That Emotion,” in which Seals once again exploded with funky artistic administered to Locklear and Keith. Talk (Pleaseturntopg.il A, col.l) What’s that? Nine songs in two-and-a-half hours? If these figures are surprising to you, intensity. Segueing into Bob Dylan’s you probably haven’t seen the Garcia Band “ Tangled Up In Blue,” the band displayed before. amazing stamina in keeping pace with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter Garcia’s numerous guitar solos. opened the show with a collection of After an extended break, the band settled humorous story-songs that both pleased and into Garcia’s “ Cats Under the Stars” before surprised the audience. Hunter’s acoustic embarking on a lengthy rendition of the rendition of the seldom-performed Dead Beatles’ “ Dear Prudence.” With the backup Restaurant classic “ Box of Rain” brought cheers of vocals and Seals’ righteous organ playing, I appreciation from the polychromatic thought for a moment I was in church. Invites you to get acquainted with our dinner menu crowd. 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As Palmer, however, Olsen borders on being Private School; Making The Grade is this year’s first overdone, but that seems to be written into the script, and Supports the summer offering, and it’s fairly respectable entertainment luckily Eddie takes up most of the movie. re-election of — not worth $4.50, but definitely a cheap night flick that Slapstick party scenes in excess are another weak point, stands a good chance of becoming this summer’s and most of these involve Palmer or the Diceman, Eddie’s Bill Wallace “ sleeper.” intimidating bookie. Both Palmer and Diceman arrive at What’s special about Making The Grade is that though it the school at the most inopportune moments, bringing a is steeped in cliche — the tough street kid, the stuck up host of noisy, sleazy characters along with them, and preppie types with names like Skip, Bif and Muffy, the fat partying in Eddie’s dorm past the curfew. These scenes are and ugly misfits, the liberal rich girl etc. — it pokes fun at meant to increase the tension of whether or not Eddie will those familiar stereotypes and offers us some surprisingly get kicked out of school for causing so much trouble, but complicated and refreshing (dot twists. they slow up the usually fast paced direction by Dorian Produced by and starring a crock of talented newcomers, Walker. Making The Grade is the story of Palmer Woodrow III Overall, though, Making The Grade is entertaining in (Dana Olsen), a beer-gulping, socially inept, unmotivated spite of its problems, and it’s good, mindless summer fun. Paid for by Ra alact BW Wallace County Supervisor but rich slob, whose parents have threatened to cut him off For those of you who really get attached to Eddie and 300 Storks Rd. Goleta, Ca. 93117 if he doesn’t go to prep school — and graduate. Palmer is so company, they’re due to be back in Tourista, so let’s hope obnoxious and so tactless it is hard to sympathize with his Quintano and Gale tidy up their act, and make their plight at first; he is just a selfish, insensitive brute dressed creations live up to their potential. in pink and green and yellow plaid shorts. Then Palmer makes a deal with the uneducated, but street smart Eddie Springsteen... Keaton (thoughtfully played by Judd Nelson), who is in deadly debt to the neighborhood bookie, to go to school and (Continued from pg.9A) graduate— as Palmer Woodrow. backdrop as Springsteen captures the turmoil of trying to Writers Gene Quintano and Charles Gale took every sit quietly and rationalize being left alone by a lover chance to spoof the class clash that results when street because there’s nothing left to do, while the desperate hustler Eddie tries to fit in to the land of pastel pinks, kelly emptiness of it all caves in. greens and Rolls Royces. Some of Eddie’s antics are Those who hoped Springsteen would finally forego his predictable, like when he arrives at the savvy Hoover familiar cars and industrial landscape imagery just once to Academy in a filthy yellow cab and dressed in a pimpish write a song about Nicaragua or the threat of nuclear war red suit with black high heels, toting a ghetto blaster at full will be disappointed by “ Living in the USA.” And feminists volume. The plaid clad preppie boys are so believably will be chagrined to find his female protagonists, in shocked, that the scene is a success, and sets the trend for defiance of NOW’s most diplomatic urgings, are still “ little leaving everybody in the audience wondering what this girls.” At the same time, Springsteen is not apolitical — he crazy, lovable guy Eddie is going to do next. Even after understands the economic reality of America’s dying rust Rand (Scott Carey) takes Eddie prep shopping, the clothes belt as well as any contemporary writer. “ Your don’t make the man, and Eddie proves it when he interrupts Hometown” reflects a keen sensitivity to the anguish of the stuffy school formal dance with a mad display of watching the place where you grew up decay before your breakdancing, to the shock and reluctant admiration of the eyes, and facing the awful truth that the smokestack in­ Hoover Academy crowd. dustries that gave you dad and your neighbors their jobs The scene is ridiculous, but it succeeds because the and the chance to get just a little bit ahead are gone. performers are believable within the context of the film. Parts of Born in the USA are more successful than others. Part of the film ’s unevenness is due to the varying depth of Several songs could have been out-takes from “ The River” the characters, however. Eddie is three dimensional; he is or “ Darkness on the Edge of Town.” There’s a definite lack likable, he changes, and he learns something by the end of of space for classically-trained pianist Roy Bittan or Written by Georg Buchner the film. Nelson’s intense brown eyes reveal some sen­ saxophone virtuoso Clarence Clemons to stretch out as they Directed by Richard L. Homan sitivity behind Eddie’s irreverent humor, making him a have on some of Springsteen’s best stuff. Presented by UCSB Dramatic Art character the viewer can care about. Scott McGinnis as the Yet, Born in the USA surely contains some of M A Y 24-26 oily tattle tale snob, Bif, is a cartoon villian, but McGinnis is Springsteen’s best moments ever. Springsteen’s themes, so fun to hate that knowing everything he’s going to pull is while for the most part recurrent, have never been sharper 8 pm — UCSB Main Theatre half the fun. 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Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! which will feature six works from each class in the Art series concludes tonight with ★ ★ ★ Attractions^^ Hair showing at 7 and 9:30 Studio department, will open p.m. in Campbell Hall. Tuesday at the University Mozart’s Overture to “ The exhibition. Among the works Tickets are $2 for UCSB Art Museum with a recep­ Marriage of Figaro,” on display is “ Virginia Woolf students. tion from 5 to 7 p.m. The Schubert’s “ Symphony No. 5 Plate” from the con­ exhibition will be held in the in B’flat Major” and Henry troversial Chicago piece H ie Drama Department Main, West, and South Eichheim’s “ Oriental Im- “ The Dinner Party.” production of Buchner’s Galleries. Media exhibited pressons.” Also featured will Woyzeck concludes this will include drawing, WHO SAYS THERE'S NO PLACE be two works by UCSB Photographer Duane weekend, Showtimes are painting, sculpture, print­ LI graduate composition Michaels, who for 20 years making and ceramics. tonight, Friday and students: Hagar Kadima’s Saturday at 8 p.m. in the has posed questions about • Reasonable Rates “Silences” and Marisa Main Theater. Call Arts & the nature of reality, Visions of Truth, a group • Friendly Staff Rezende’s “Sincretia e photography and art, will Lectures for ticket in­ exhibition of artists • Free Color TV Obstinada.” • Solar Heated Swimming Pool formation. discuss Photography and protesting U.S. intervention Reality at the Santa Barbara in El Salvador, will open • Dial Phones Free Local Calls The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, tonight at tonight at 7 p.m. with a Complimentary Morning Coffee Student Chamber Music Museum of Art is exhibiting Ensembles will perform 7:30 p.m. reception for the artists at the work of Judy Chicago tonight at 8 p.m. in Lotte La Casa De La Raza, 601 E. 9 6 7 -5 5 9 1 through June 17 as part of The Annual Un­ Lehman Hall. Admission is Montecito St. It will be on COSI HOLLISTER AVENUE the “ Containers of Cultre” dergraduate Art Exhibition, s s Maar A irp ort ft UCSB free. view through May 31.

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The Editor Bows Out Confess again? Sure. The last time I did that, I handed it in to a pot-bellied I character with a beard and he gave it back to me a couple days later with a big red ] ‘A ’ circled on the front. Anarchy had suddenly opened many doors for me and I walked into one of them that said Daily Nexus on the outside. Hired faster than you can sing Jean Genie, I copyread and introduced myself to editors who would surely remember my name the second time around. Waiter? I wroteabout a band called UB40 and got praise from a lot of people. I promptly fell in love with one of them and everything seemed just right. Dazzling the right and left with academic and journalistic brilliance, it didn’t last that long and blarrimo, summer came up and I realized that Reach The Beach by The Fixx was basically shit music. There was nothing left to do but become Arts/Entertainment Editor for this year, read books like Existential Nursery School and Gravity’s Rainbow and listen to a lot of Joy Division. An Argentinian forest manager played salsa music for me and racked up my phone bill. All this happened in 1982-1983. Radical Schizophrenia had set in. Well, it’s the end of my term as editor of this section of the Nexus and there’s just too much to continue this narrative this way so I’ll list off all the people who helped make it happen and need to be thanked. Gracious gratitude and best wishes to all of the following: Vanessa Grimm (Nexus chief guru), Jonathan Alburger (if you ever decided to make a deadline, I must have-missed it), Andrea Woodward (I envision a great future for you), Robin Stevens (congratulations!), Johnny Graham (a born media child if I ever saw one), Katherine D. Zimbert (grad school in Illinois? I ’ll write you), Jane Musser (a cinch for the most indispensable), Barb McLean (you put up with the darndest things), Rone Williams (wherever you are), Jay De Dapper (great phone messages; see note to Jonathan), Key van Behnia (can convince anyone that he’s a nice guy; here’s to a solid alliance next year with KCSB), Pete Lefevre (I should have turned you loose more often), Shirley Tatum (it’s your gig now), Valerie De Lapp (what’s in a name?) Kymn Shiell, Mark Rowe, Cheryl Rosenstein, Chris Croton, Dan Flynn, Robin Gadient, Becky Freed, Jaime Raxten, Scott Lewis, Matthias Rosenthal, Mariah Hanson, Catherine O’Mara, Roy Sundstrom, Brenton Kelly, Mitch Vicino, Sean Haffey and all the copyreaders. Thanks to all those people who worked with me on P.R.: A.S. Program Board (you DELIVERS! did a fantastic job this year despite our mutual snobbism), David Farmer at the University Art Museum, the County Bowl, Steve at Island Records, Jill at A & M Records, Karen at I.R.S. Records, David at CBS Records, Enigma Records, 20th Century-Fox, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros., Janet at the Lobero, Otto at ETP, Ken Small in the UCSB Drama Department, Rock N’.Chair, Steve Cloud, Bassman Productions, and Moss Jacobs. Lastly, love and thanks to my friends who, among other things, patted me on the back a lot. My Family, Craig and the Big Green Ford, Danny and the little white CALL Toyota, Susan and the tiny Renault, Colin with the World’s Biggest Smile, Judy with the World’s Greatest Laugh, Gigi Sapien (wow, your full name in print in your favorite ra g!), Katie, Barbara, Sonya, Dina, Christina, Laly, Leda, Liza, Lisa, Editorial Steve, Penetration David, Director David, Desk Dave, Richie, Cathi, 685-8600 Joan, Donna, Beth, Simon, Da wood, Wanda, Willy, Layne, the Pub, Hany, Poet James, Actor James, Jim, Gary, Two women who know Farts from Arts, William Blake, Shakespeare, Jack Nicholson, Fyodor, Cheever, Hesse, Barthes, Sontag, Ellison, Bellow, Camus, Robbins, Pynchon, Bob Dobbs, A1 Franken and The FOR DETAILS Future. — Hugh Haggerty (Deliver Starts Friday. May 25) A.S. PROGRAM BOARD This page provided and paid for by A.S. Program Board Commissioner Bids Farewell

How quickly a year passes, each day becoming a smaller fraction of the whole. A.S. Program Board for 1983-84 has been one of the best experiences in my life. The job of A.S. Program Board Commissioner is to implement the decisions and programs the board makes. Any success then cannot be attributed to the Commissioner but to the members of the board. I wish to take the next few paragraphs to thank the people who made this year such a success. Jim, thank you for your social consciousness and entertaining programs. I have enjoyed our exchange of dissimilar views and concepts in our discussions this year. Cheryl, thank you for your smile and cheerfulness to greet me everytime, I saw you. Clinton, good luck on being the next commissioner — I ’ll give you all my unused un­ biased opinions. Nailah, thank you for your determination, and good luck in graduate school. Scott and Nancy, both of you expanded and defined your positions wonderfully. Next year’s people have huge shoes to fill. Congratulations. Steve H., thanks for your steady effort and hard work. Enjoy your “ Bond ... James Bond” films next year. Mark, I ’m glad we work well together or we wouldn’t be such good friends. Denise, you have helped me throughout the year — good luck at your job at Athletics. Steve K., a'stellar performance from the start, next year’s board will be very grateful to have someone with your capabilities working with them. Jon, thank you for being you and showing me myself through expressing yourself. Drive for show but putt for dough. Dana, just yesterday we were dusting off the picture and now we’re soon to be “ nobody’s” . Thank you and forever you’ll always be a big SOMEBODY to me. Doug, what can you say to someone once described as “ ... the one person that no one could dislike?” As one member of your fan club, thank you for your friendship and sup­ port. Mikie, a special thank you to someone who wasn’t only the best advisor/staff that I have worked with, but both a model to learn and grow from, and a great and trusted friend, thank you and love always from D. J. I have one more thank you. To the students of UCSB that supported and attended the A.S. Program Board events this year, thank you. Without the students, all the Board’s work would be for naught. You have made this one of the best years in Program Board’s history and the best year of my life. It has left me with a tear in my eye but a song in my heart. Thank you and good luck to all of you, Robert M. Gonzales Commissioner A.S. Program Board 1983-84