March 26, 1985 Page 5 features Experts examine local bars Phoenix premieres kind of charm despite its tacky surroundings, strip such as Schaeffer's and Callaghan's. One by Alan Feiler and Paul Sandier plastic patrons, high-priced drinks, and last note: if you enjoy laughing at old drunken canned disco music. The dance floors are derelicts, drop by the Kent Lounge on a "Show me the way to the next whiskey bar always crowded and the people are amusing to Saturday night when The Love Boat sets sail. ...Oh, don't ask why. watch. Make sure to order the house Parking is in the back. Qh. don't ask why." specialty— a Blue Whale— while you're there. — The Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar), Christopher's: York and Padonia Roads. Most Kurt Weilll Berthold Brecht. G.Wilikers: 9200 Baltimore National Pike. experts agree that this is probably the best one Probably a step or two up from Adam's. around. Located only minutes away from the An article about great area drinking Opening only a year ago, Wilikers is not as Towson nightlife, Christopher's has the establishments in an era of alcohol awareness is nauseating as some of its contemporaries. Live sophistication and liveliness that many of its as welcome today as Adolph Hitler at a B'nai music keeps this place hopping, and the contemporaries dreadfully lack. The Brith meeting. However, despite the avalanche of clientele seem to be relatively wild. Minors waitresses alone make this stylish hotspot anti-drinking sentiments, the art of barhopping should note that Wilikers' bouncers are avid worth the effort of traveling from the confines is still alive and thriving in our community. card-checkers and won't let you in even if your of UMBC. Top-forty bands perform at this Bars, like people, are comprised of various birthday is only two days away (bringing fake crowded nightspot seven nights a week, often attitudes and personalities. Some bars are seedy, I.D. is strongly advised). Also, a contrived exhibiting some of the area's best musicians slimy, and have all the charm of a salty sailor in a computer dating system is featured on Sunday playing mediocre material. Christopher's is geisha house. Others pretend they are elegant evenings during the winter, as are Beach spacious and the atmosphere is mature, and mature, or in the words of Pete Townshend, Nights (with all the bikinis you can handle) in relaxed, and comfortable for meeting people UMBC's resident dance company. Phoenix, will make its season premiere March 28-30In put up "an eminence front." Lounges, pubs, gin- the summer. of the opposite sex. Dress well, or you'll never UM BC's theatre at 8 p.m. The performance will feature choreographer Victoria Uris'new work, joints, discos, bars, dives, meat markets, drinking get in the place. Plenty of parking. Wednesday Sidestreets: 8069 Tiber Alley. No dancing here, "Angels of Incidence," as well as Phoenix assistant director Carol Hess' new piece "Moorings," wells, and nightspots— whatever you want to is Ladies' Night. with original score by Ferdinand Maisel, also of UMBC. The Pink Hippo: One W. Eager St. We've never Tickets to the Phoenix performance at UMBC are $6 general admission; $3for students and been there, but our features editor says this city senior citizens. For reservations call 455-2917 between 9 a.m. and 4 a.m. weekdays. See Barhoppers, page 6 New bio captures the real Marley by Mauricio Ordonez Livingston met the third member of the original first album, Catch a Fire, was released in 72 Wailers, Peter Tosh, through their mentor and and sold moderately, featuring sGngs like "Stir Recently, bands like UB40, General Public, music teacher Joe Higgs. Higgs taught them It Up," "Concrete Jungle," and "Kinky The Police, and other self-proclaimed reggae how to play and use their natural abilities. Reggae." At that time the Wailers was bands that have become popular are perceived Despite their inability to make any money at composed of Bob, Bunny, Peter, Family Man by many as true reggae. As it turns out, they are first, the band never gave up finally landing a Barret, his brother Carlie, Wire LIndo, and nothing but imitations of the original Jamaican sound. Reggae features a steady bass as the lead instrument accompanied by wailing vocals, choppy guitars and lyrics dealing with love, politics, or Rastafarianism. It originated from the early ska of the '60s, going through a period The Rat. 5401 Wilkins Avenue. Hillcrest building. Deceased. of transition known as rude boy music, into the smoother rock steady, and finally evolving into call them— are an important source of culture. but a great place to frequent if you're into the what we now know as reggae. From the rude We drink there, eat there, dance there, vomit "drink and bull—" scene. Set in a New boy period came the rudest of the rude boys and there, pass out there, plan revolutions there, meet England style, Sidestreets is the place to go the best reggae band, the Wailing Wailers, led our boyfriends and girlfriends there, conceive with special friends who you think are worth by Bob Marley. our children there, shoot off our mouths there, spending an evening with. On the expensive Even though Marley died in 1981, his music but most of all we have fun there. side, this tiny Ellicott City pub serves some of still lives and still influences other performers. The Catonsville-Baltimore corridor is no the best chowder this side of the Cape. Dress is In order to further appreciate and understand exception. Even though our campus is so dry optional, and don't expect to pick up anyone his music, it is essential to understand Marley's cactuses could wilt, UMBC still has its share of here. This is a mellow and comfortable own way of life. Stephen Davis, the last reporter partying animals and responsible drinkers who atmosphere. to interview him, captures Bob's essence on a need to get out and cut loose. For these caged Towson-York Road Corridor: At one time, this new biography simply titled Bob Marley. animals and other individuals who are unaware strip of nightspots appeared to be Maryland's Robert Nesta Marley was born in the town of of where to go in the area, we offer some of the challenge to Georgetown. Names such as St. Ann, Jamaica, but later he moved to Trench Reggae King Bob Marley in 1980, shortly before his death. best and most colorful establishments of Hooligan's, Bixby's, Spirits, and Angels' Town, a ghetto in Kingston. There he came in recording contract for a local company. Even intoxication that surround our university world. Seeco Patterson. Grotto rested on the lips of all serious contact with Rastafarianism, a growing for those days, a mere 15 to 20 pounds a single The following year Burnin 'was released. This The Rat: 5401 Wilkens Ave., Hillcrest Building. barhoppers in yesteryear. However, with the movement in Jamaica at the time. Rastafarians was close to nothing despite the fact that they album included such hits as "Get Up, Stand Deceased. exception of the Grotto, all have faded into believe that the late emperor Haile Selassie 1 of had hits on the Jamaican charts. Finally getting Up," "Put It On," and "I Shot the Sheriff." oblivion. The Grotto still manages to serve Ethiopia is the messiah, and as part of their together with the American performer Johnny Other Campus Pubs: Are you kidding? Internal disagreements among the Wailers were decent drinks at reasonable rates with the daily routine, they read the Bible, eat vegetables Nash, the Wailers went to England to promote taking their toll. Bunny hated touring so he was Adam's: Ramada Inn, Security Blvd. This bar is backdrop of acoustic guitar (many and fruits, and smoke large amounts of their music. Nash, however, left them stranded replaced by Joe Higgs for the tour. a self-acclaimed "fundrinkery"— whatever in Towsonians remember the Grotto as the first marijuana. Rastas also grew the long in England when he returned to the U.S., so By the time Natty Dread was released, the the hell that means. Located in the fashionable place they were served). Also, standbys like the dreadlocks which later became Bob's Bob turned to Island Records owner Chris original Wailers had broken up. Peter and lobby of the Ramada Inn (across from Crease and Poor Richard's can please any trademark. Music was a big part of ghetto life, Blackwell who took them under his wing. This Bunny just sat through the recording session, Security Mall), Adam's has been this area's drinker, despite their Yuppie attitudes. and Bob was influenced by fifties American marked the turning point in the history of the but they never actually played. Instead, the lead mecca for teenyboppers, geeks, and Remember, on Sunday nights you can win free R&B artists like Marvin Gaye, and the Wailers. See Marley, page 6 overdressed parasites for nearly six years. drinks if you guess the name of the artist of the Impressions. Bob and his neighbor Bunny Bob gained international attention after his Once bearing the infamous name of the oldie that the DJ plays (keep in mind that Rodeo, and later the supposedly more chic Wilson Pickett did "Midnight Hour"). Also, title Ro-deo, this dance-lounge has an odd check out the new additions on the York Road THIS WEEK'S EVENTS Wednesday, Mar. 27 SGA Movie Against All Odds 6, 8, and 10 pm. Progressions Series Experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage.