1971_09 The Daily Collegian September 1971

              THE DAILY COLLEOtAN
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COUNTRY JOE MCDONALD will be the featured performer at
tomorrow's annual Sigma Chi Kickoff Dance. Performing along
with Country Joe at the event will be two rock bands, Bloodworth and Salt Pi*e. The dance, limited to FSC student body
card holders and guests, will take place from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Fresno Convention Center Exhibit Hall. Tickets,
priced at $2.50 advance and $3 at the door, are available at'
the Sigma Chi house and the Sigma Chi booth In the Free
Speech Area.
closer-he-gets-the-be Iter -she
looks' ad*. Mulligan started hi.
<atre.r ln TV.
the hearts of the
Mulligan'* most famous aim, "To
Kill a Mockingbird', ls not a
heck of a lot better than his latest
'   for  having captured"'the
Of '42, of course!
tn positive that film
the bugger's -eyesight as weU.
•Capturing the mood of the
era* they .ay. Let*, remember
the scene during which Jennifer
O'Neill's husband bid. ber goodbye before departing on a boat.
In the background ls a 1971 vintage Shell gas station sign that
the movie geniuses have tried to
cover with a piece of brown cloth.
However, two brilliant margins of
yellow and red stlU remain ex-
More on this capturing the
mood business. AU the girls appearing ln the film are heavily
made up with thickly applied red
. lipstick and face powder. But.
how about old Jennifer O'Neill?
She looks more Uke those sleezy
chicks who appear ln tampon ads
nowadays. Tbey Just couldn't afford to ruin the beauty with the
type of makeup that Is regarded
THE IUILD0G MARCHING RAND
has openings available for all persons playing Band
Instruments. Contact Lawrence Sutherland, Music 110
or call 2166. )
This course Is available for 1 or 2 units, meets
3:30-5:00 pjn. dally, and satisfied General Education
requirements.
tic talk,
about Michel Legrand's 'hazy*
music contributing to the hazy
photography of the film. (AU of
syndrome known as "the second
novel* syndrome. You write this
great novel, lt gets picked up by
the cultlsts. next thing you know,
all the coUege kids are carrying
the paperback around In their
back pockets, and now all you
have to do ls write another.
Check out Joseph Heller, author of "Catch 22.* What's he
been doing since that came out?
Re-working the story, publishing his notes, all kinds of things
except wrlttng another novel.
Well, tbe Who ls the current
. sufferer among rock groups from
the second novel syndrome.
"Tommy," the unbeatable album,
metamorphosed Into "Live at
Leeds," which metamorphosed
into three or four absolutely-
the-last-tlme-we-do-Tommy
tours, and the sages shook their
heads - they'd never be able to
\
WeU, sorry, guys, but they
have. "Who's Next* (Decca DL
79182) came out recently, and
from the Jittery synthetlsizer
'opening right down to tho final
fade. It's the Who we all remember, a Uttle more somber, perhaps, but the Who without a doubt.
It', good to have them back.
This Utest album ts lacking ln
some of the things I've loved the
Who for previously. The sense of
humor that created 'A Quick
One" and 'Armenia, City In the
Sky* seems to have vanished
(Oils may be due to the Towns-
hend's burgeoning Interest ln
Meber Baba — new converts to
anything seldom laugh). And. the
lyrics are definitely playing a
secondary role tbla Ume out.
Instead, we have Peter sitting
down at the VCS 3 organ and an
ARP/Tonus synthesizer and finally proving to the world at
large that the synthesizer lsboth
a human Instrument and one
eminently suited to rock and roll.
From the sound of things, h.
seems to have been listening a
lot to Terry RUey; and it's
made a salutary change ln the
Who's sound.
Of e
the one where t
comes together, ls the eight-
minute expansion of the hit,
•Won't Get Fooled Again,* a
poUUcal parable for th. Seventies. I don't have to teU yon to
get this album - you probably
hav. lt already.
The only thing wrong with supersessions Is they're boring.
You get a bunch of superstars
together in a studio and they try
and outshout each other. It may
have been fun for them, but on
vinyl only the boredom comes
That's why I was so surprised
to hear the newest In the super-
crop, 'The Howlln' Wolf London
Session" (Chess CH-60008).
In a word, it's good. No -
better than that. It's REAL good.
In fact, lt may be even better
than that but it's too early to
tell - I've only had lt for a Uttle
while.
The supers Involved (besides
Wolf, natch) Include Eric Clapton, Stevle Wlnwcod.BlUWyman,
Charlie Watts, Rlngo Starr, Mick
Jagger, John Simon, Ian Stewart
and Phll Upchurch, and what
really makes the session super
ls that they're there with only
one purpose ln mind - to provide the best possible backup for
the Wolf. They succeed admirably.
AU or Wolf, biggest songs are
here - 'I Ain't Superstitious,'
•atUn' On Top Of Th. World,*
•Built For Comfort,' 'Red
Rooster,' "Wang Dang Doodle,'
and more, and they haven't sound-
Well hazy, hazy. Mulligan 1.
lazy. He over-uses this one cinematic device of grainy photography so no one would have any
doubt that the ex-homy kid ls
remembering aU of thla.
To capture the mood of a certain era, and even more Important, to convey the feeling of
remembrance through varied and
Interesting cinematic device., la
a hard task. It ls worthy of a
by using the very devices that
were utilized In the films made
during that era. He also re-
Introduces the concept of cinematic expression through lighting
that seems to be forgotten by
most of the contemporary directors. Needless to say that this
concept added to the brilliance
of late 20s and early 30s German
AU Mulligan does, is to show
a film clip of that era as two of
the boy. sit ln tb. dark movie
house aod play footsy with the
girls they have picked up.
Going  back to the notorious
Fortunately for Wolf, the album
look. like a hit. Evan the cover
art is  superlative. Don't  miss
, the s
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