National Theatre of the Deaf Inside: Agent Orange Donald Fagen Class Reunion Ain’t Misbehavin’ It Came From Hollywood 2 A Thursday. November 4.1962 Daily Nexus The Nightfly Light Touch of Donald Fagen By JAY DeDAPPER Jersey listening to jazz as a spandex jackets, one for of its cynical hindsight and Donald Fagen’s first solo form of rebellion and escape. everyone.” almost foolish musical ac­ album The Nightfly could This love of jazz led to ob­ The music is straight­ companiment. “The easily be the eighth Steely vious results with Steely Dan forward Steely Dan right Nightfly” is Fagen’s tribute Dan album if it weren’t so — a band noted for its down Fagen’s synthesized to those late-night radio cheery. There is a good sophisticated jazz/rock blues harp. “Green Flower hosts that kept him up all reason for this: Donald flavor. As he states in the Street” is an off-beat affair night. Again Fagen takes a Fagen is the vocal/- liner notes, the songs on this featuring a great per­ light, comical look at all Of synthesizer half of the famed record represent some of the formance by guitarist Larry this: “So you say there’s a duo. Presently Fagen and images and fantasies of his Carlton. “Ruby Baby” is race/ Of men in the trees/ Walter Becker (the other youth. filled with Four Freshman- You’re for tough half) are pursuing their own One of the great forms of style vocals and is one of the legislation/ Thanks for interests, much to the rebellion at that time, ac­ few covers Fagen has ever calling/ I wait all night for dismay of record executives cording to Fagen, was the done. It is quite different calls like these.” It’s so who have seen the Dan’s late-night radio emanating from the dark obliqueness of catchy you wind up singing popularity grow over the from New York City. The similar tunes on Gaucho, the chorus. past few years. The Nightfly cover is a portrait of Fagen Steely Dan’s last album. Probably the most unusual should satisfy the execs and as a late-night talk show This song typifies the ap­ song on the record is “The the fans. host, complete with a pack of proach Fagen has taken — Goodbye Look.” Fagen sings Fagen grew up during the Chesterfields and a Sonny music that’s fun and easy to as one of the last Americans fiftties in suburban New Rollins record. The back listen to. in Cuba after Castro’s coup. cover shows a typical “Maxine” ends the side Fagen has written a song suburban tract late at night with the classic slow dance about women and love and Exerobics, An Aerobic Exercise Studio, presents... with a house that has one right down to the sultry tenor indirectly brings in the upstairs bedroom light on. solo and “deep” lyrics: Cuban crisis. This also Everything on the inside is “Some say that we’re provides Carlton with the 44 as good as the outside in reckless/ They say we’re chance to pick his way THE SWEAT SET” terms of imagery. much too young/ Tell us to through the best solo he’s The first side of the album stop before we’ve begun/ had in many years. The opens with the first single We’ve got to hold out till Latin rhythm and xylophone release. “I.G.Y.” which graduation/ try to hang on provide an ambience that all stands for International Maxine.” Classic. falls in place. The record Advanced * Fast Paced * Fun Geophysical Year. Fagen’s “New Frontier” is great ends in the most upbeat way look at what 1976 was sup­ tune about a summer party imaginable. “Walk Between A Challenging Workout posed to bring is a in dad’s new bomb shelter. the Raindrops” evokes an N E W C L A S S T IM E humorously light view of a Again Carlton provides some image right out of a world where people travel sparse yet excellent guitar Hollywood musical. The tune “undersea by rail/ Ninety solos. This is a great upbeat is short but the straight Tues-Thurs 4:15-5:15 p.m. minutes from New York to song that will surely be swing tempo and the Paris” and “there’ll be released as a single because (Please turn to pg.7A, col.5) OTHER CLASSES AVAILABLE 9:00-10:00 am M-W-F Int. Ain't Misbehavin' Brings 9:30-10:30 am Tu-Th Beg. 5:30-6:30 pm M thru F Int. 9:00-10:00 am Saturday Int Professionalism to S.B. By JOHN KRIST Barbara Mills, with a husky voice that can 147 N. Fairview F air view Center Call 683-2022 Living in Santa Barbara, you get ac­ alternately screech like a cat and purr like a customed to feeling continually half- well-oiled preacher, exuded sensuality with nourished, to having your appetite for the every ounce of her rather substantial bulk. sight and sound of high-caliber performing Deborah Barnes, her face that of a kewpie artists only occasionally satisfied. Sure, doll, danced and pranced, and wielded her there are a couple of polished theater dramatic vocal range like a whip. Melodee companies and a handful of accomplished Savage, with perhaps the cleanest and musical groups, but usually one needs the purest voice of the three women, moved and vast resources of a large city like Los sang with a seemingly effortless elegance Angeles to encounter those who are true and control. professionals at their craft — performers John Thomas and Frank Farrow III, the who possess the ability and dedication two male members of the company, were required to earn a living at what they do. polar opposites of one another. Farrow, Santa Barbarans, at least the number who bearded and barrel-like, growled and could pack into the Arlington Theater on two mugged his way through the show, nights, were treated to precisely that last becoming serious only when absolutely week, as the touring production of Ain’t necessary. Thomas, on the other hand, had Misbehavin’, the Tony Award-winning more moving parts than a Swiss watch. V i z z a musical show celebrating the work of jazz Long and slender, rubber-faced like pianist, composer and recording star Farrow, he expressed the nuances in each Thomas “F ats” Waller, swept into town like phrase of a song with every inch of his body. an electrical storm of singing, dancing and After an initially shaky start (why is it high-altitude camp. that every show at the Arlington seems to 9 6 8 - 1 0 9 5 It was a simple show — five on-stage suffer from some type of sound system performers, a seven-piece backup band and screw-up?), the show reached out and ‘S E R V IN G U C S B S IN C E 1971 " 30 tones either written or made into hits by grabbed hold of the audience, refusing to let Fats Waller. Sets and costumes, impressive go until long after the finale. It was an in their slinky glitter, helped establish the evening of first-class entertainment that left mood, ranging from that of smokey dive to a lingering, slightly bittersweet afterglow: HUNGRY? smokier dive, but it was the ability of the an exuberant feeling that something special performers to breathe life and character had just taken place, coupled with regret into simple songs that made the show so that it will probably be so long before it absorbing. happens again. $ 1 .0 0 OFF ANY , On Any SPAGHETTI Medium Size DINNER Pizza A T $ 2 .0 0 OFF V* On Any * PRICE Large Size LIMIT: Pizza 4 Dinners per coupon One pizza per coupon Expires New. 1 0 ,1 9 8 2 Expires Nov. 1 0 ,1 9 8 2 WE DELIVER! II 1 QT. FREE SODA with $5.00 Purchase 2 QT. 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The magic of the modern forming live, she demonstrates confidence and, above all, America’s most remarkable theater company, the recording studio’s vocal overlays call give a mediocre voice* *1REfHR?>Who needs vocal overlays when the undoctored National Theatre of the Deaf, begins its 29th tour this fall, a strong vibrancy, and additional studio musicians can turn sound is this much fun? and will be seen tonight in Campbell Hall at 8 p.m. the music of average players The Wild Combo, with The nationally acclaimed company will perform a new into something both exciting Hayes’ brother Kevin on play developed by the actors and playwright Shanny Mow and confident. drums, Paul Davis on guitar with the group’s artistic director, David Hays, based on the Watching Bonnie Hayes and Hank Maninger on bass, romance of Parzival. An innocent fool, Parzival undertakes and the Wild Combo in the all looked like they were a rousing, rollicking quest for the grail that leads him from UCen Pub Saturday taught having a good time on stage, one boisterous escapade to another.