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Film. Page 2-the Daily Collegian-March 12. 1982 Vice Squad' realistic but predictable rsdidn'l "Vice Squad" is an action packed film dealing wilh the ugly side of Hollywood: Prostitution, pimps, weirdos, drugs, violence and murder. Vengeance is the key motivational factor in "Vice Squad." as.Princess (a prosti- \ngclcs cops seek to the characters of Prin- squad detective, lorn :pimp). REVIEW Ramrod has killed his main lady. Ginger, who was a friend of Princess. Princess sets up Ramrod after being forced to cooperate with police as a personal effort for sympathy in an upcoming court case. After being caught by police. Ramrod escapes and goes hunting for Princess. "Nobody sets me up. You're dead. What I did to Ginger ain't nothing compared to what I'm going to do with you." he warns Walsh. Princess is not a reflection of prostitution. She is self-employed (not controlled by a pimp), avoids drugs and_ is a mother of a cuie li"tlc girl. The audience will feci sorry for her and ihe situation she has gotten herself into, but she has been hardened bv her five years on lhc street. She lells Walsh. "We both work in the same toilet bowl." Later. Princess asks Walsh "Why do you do it? You're never going to change the streets." Walsh, a 13-year veteran in the vice squad, never worries about two days of _ .._,.... . iblcfutur He blows up in anger when he finds out harm b> producers who might feel Haus- thal Ramrod has escaped. "It's simple." Icr is like the character he portrays is Walsh tells his squad. "Wc find them, one commendable. or the other, before Princess is hurt." Season Hublcy as Princess and Gary Howard. O'Ncil and Peters wrote lhc Swanson as Walsh both turn in fine character of Ramrod as an cxlremc: the characterisations. %ci\ worst a pimp could be. Director Gary Sherman, however. Ramrod will turn the entire audience should have gotten belter performances cold with disgust. He is a real "sickie." a from lhc supporting cast. The standout sadistic man who is turned on by abusing job turned in by the three stars arc nol . He beats is unforgettably wcck:y he Ik .1 b> n v. While .eingable matched beany secondary character. Is "Vice Squad" a fantastic film? No. it is nol one of lhc best things to come oul of Hollywood. But does il make a decent attempt to inform and entertain? Well, as Princess flippantly asks. "Does a teddy bear have CSUF this weekend. ascs. blaring guns.; language and i Through II begin. can women." is tne line ol ihe keynolc speech to The FSU women s icnnis icam win compcic be presented by Akemi Kikumura. as pan of in the Sacramento Slate Invitational meet. mc",s Amerasia Week programs at CSUF. Kiku- SATURDAY ; Car mura is an anthropologist who has taught at "Kcsiival Night" will conclude the series of :. gut- UCLA and USC. She has a recent book program for Amerasia Week at CSUF. To- /isual published, titled "Through Harsh Winters: The night's presentation will feature music, songs nates. Life of Japanese Immigrant Women." which is anj dances from ihe Chinese. Japanese. Fili- fhe biggest problem—overlooking the available in ihe Kennel Bookstore. Kikumura pin0 and Vietnamese communities. Perform- olence. limited nudity and stark realitv win sP<*->k "> *« Co.'-"** Union Lounge at jngwillbeihelocalgroupKenandtheKomets. >me people might be offended by-is the noon Adm'»'on ■ free- the Cal Poly Lion Dance Team, and the San redictable plot in "Vice Squad." *,ll'f,ln HJn«»™"LVSffSSi'TiiS •—*^».-«— *■*■. -.a*-..-*-- -Vice Squad" succeeds best as a social 'Body H..I.- this week's CU Mov*. A 3:30 M , . ... ,.. „ .. p.m. showing will be presented in the John commentary. Its handling of Hollywood s Wnghl ^^ Evcnmg Rowings are at 7. noon at Beiden Field. FSU hosts CS Hay ward and ! State in a badminton tri-meet. I a.m. in the Women's Gym. FSU travelstoCS Sacrament. in the College Union Loun .am plot simplist Il presents wood pimps, prostitutes I cause it used actual events format. In most films that scrijft. screenplay writer: stereotypical characters. Sandy Howard. Robert O'Nci sting than it ck I 9:15 and 11:30 p.m. in lhc College Union Rcnofoi ounge. Tickets are SI with CSUF I.D. The Bulldog baseball team will host the niversity of Nevada-Reno in a three-game ries. A single game will'be played tonight at 30. with a doubleheader on Saturday sched- le Bulldogs he cr beginning at Personals. Ron- Graves Gophers. Have fun at Cnina Peak toda>- ' wisn ' I am glad to inform you that I am finally could 8° Wcli have ,0 ma,*c ". UP on over my obsession for Albania. Thus, you Saturday night. The odds are ir^your guys can quit writing anti-Albanian ma- 'avor. Icrial on my door. (This especially applies Wayne— to you. Rick!) Now I wonder where my Because I didn't get paid for last month. next drug trip will take me? I'm confiscating all of your winnings from —The Albanian Munc'nkin Rcno when >'ou 8° to Utah this weekend. -—Audrey "BODY HEAT-WILLIAM HURT KATHLEEN TURNER and RICHARD CRENNA Written and Directed b\ LAWRENCE KASDAN Pn-duc-ed hv FREDT. GALL '» o CU FRIDAY FILM SHOWTIMES: ADMISSION: 3:30 in John Wright Theatre $1 with CSUF I.D. 7:00, 9:15 and 11:30 $2 without in CU Lounge $Mjj&f% No longer covered by your parent's 'smKTV"?/ Hospitalization Insurance? Wn&^§i See me for State Farm Hospital-Surgical in Bfrv-'A 1" r"H surance with Catastrophic Medical Coverage. ?^ 'z7* ML — -/nB You'll be pleasantly surprised by the rates! Call me today. T.J. "Tom" WRIGHT [la w*\»"^v. m 700 E. SHAW AVE.,#C M PH. 224-8676 Across from Fashion Fair i Bulldog Foundation Member State Farm Mutual [-•*£•• ] 1 Automobile Insurance Company CW> 1 '-'^Bmaamay.'t.J..J. Home Office: Bloomlnglon llllonla. EARN OVER $1,000 A MONTH AND OPEN THE DOOR TO ATOP ENGINEERING FUTURE. y How many corporations would be willing to pay you over $1,000 a aiontr. , during your junior and senior years just so you'd join the company . after graduation? Under a special Navy program we're doing just that.. It's called the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate-College Program. " And under it. you'll not only get great pay during your junior ami senior years, but after graduation you'll receive a year of valuable graduate-level training that is not available from any other employer. If you are a junior or senior majoring in math, engineering or physical sciences, find out more today. And let your career pay off - while still in college. For more information, call the Naval Management Programs Office Call collect (408)279-3477 Music March 12, 1982-the Daily Colleiian-P»fe 3 Don't judge a rock group by its cover This s past weekend I went to Los Angeles to see a band called Bow Wow Wow. Now I'm sure that some of you out there are sneering and snickering, saying to yourselves, "What an absurd name for a band. Obviously some of that new wave/- punk crap and definitely not worthy of my precious time and attention." But. how can such a negative judgement be rendered without a note of music being heard, the ultimate decision on the band's merits being made on nothing more than a reaction to the strangeness of the band's How very important, this business of naming a band. The name chosen becomes the band's label, its identity. But this name says nothing about the sound of the band, whether the music they make is personally appealing or not. Would the Beatles be anywhere today had they remained the Quarrymen? Who knows. The music was the same, only the name changed. "The Beatles" was a strange name for a band back in the early 1960's. The music this band created was in many cases automatically rejected because of the initial oddness of the band's name and the different way the band presented itself. Ultimately, the music itself triumphed and the Beatles received mass public acceptance. Today it seems that the name of a band can tend to put it in a certain general category. Those bands with slightly outlandish names are almost always automatically put in the ambiguous pigeonhole "new wave." or perhaps even the grievously misused heading of "punk." This tendency to place pieces of music in prees- tablished, set categories is inappropriate for two reasons. Firstly, the term "new wave" serves as nothing more than a vague, catch-all phrase for vastly different types of music that may only have in common an unusual name or a sound that is a bit out of the ordinary. The term "punk." on the other hand, refers to a single type of musical expression. The general characteristic sound of this type of music can perhaps best be described as what is commonly referred to as heavy metal, but at 45 r.p.m. Secondly, for whatever reason, both the expressions "new wave" and "punk" have negative connotations. Why this is, I do not know. It is unfair to prejudge music that is so arbitrarily classified without at least listening to it one time. Some bands, despite initial rejection because of their name or their sound, have been able to break out of cult obscurity and into the big time. Such bands as Blondie. the Talking Heads, the B-S2s. Devo. the Police and the Go-Gos have all had to Tight public resistance in the beginning. These bands were different and for accept. But now these bonds are the "establishment" of the music industry. All of these bands are extremely bankable, they have appeal, they are commercial STUDENT SPECIAL Stbwly, very slowly, ready public acceptance of new music is getting more common. The Go-Gos are huge now, but two years ago very few people had heard of them. They had put out a single on the Stiff record label in England and had played support on the tours of British Ska bands the Specials and Madness. In-early 1981. they were signed to I.R.S. Records, a Copeland Brothers enterprise; brother Stewart Copeland is a member of the rock group the Police. Six months after the album was put out, "Our Lips Are Sealed" began to get radio airplay. The single was an immediate hit and the Go-Gos were the hottest item in town. This week their album Beauty and the Beat reached the .number one spot on the record charts. The new single, "We Got the Beat" is number 11 on the singles chart and.climbing. Other new bands are now breaking into the music charts. The Tom Tom Club is the latest musical project of Tina Weymouth and Chris Franz of the Talking Heads. The Tom Tom Club now has a single. "Genius of Love." at number S3 on the charts. This funky rap tune is the new dance hall favorite and it deserves the greater recognition of radio airplay. British bands Soft Cell and the Human League each have a single on the American singles charts. Soft Cell's Tainted Love." currently number 100. is the story of a once passionate love affair ending. The song's infectious synthesized rhyth- matic hooks blend perfectly with singer Marc Almond's intensely emotional vocal performance. The Human League's "Dont You Want Me" is now at number 86. It is also a dance-oriented song, dominated by synthesizers and with the lyrical content describing love gone wrong. But while similarities between the two songs exist. Tainted Love" is by far the better tune, with its intricate lyrics and imaginative production, making for an overall totally appealing achievement. It is important to remember that while it is indeed wrong to negatively prejudge any type of music because its outer appearance may be new and unusual, it is equally erroneous to believe that simply because a piece of music is new. it is automatically good. New or old. there will always be bad as well as good music. It seems that the majority of the already J HOLY SPIRIT FILLED I Bible Study ^-~ Preaching & Prayer Study 3811 N. Orchard 229-6886 Int'l. Missionary & Christian Workers Inc. accepted "newish" bands, the Talking Heads. Devo, the B-52s. etc.. are American. With the exception of the two British bands just mentioned and perhaps one or two more, what new music that does get radio airplay in this country is that which speak. But across the ocean, a whole new world of musical experience awaits. The United Kingdon is literally bursting wilh wonderful and exciting new talent. The atmosphere within the musical scene overseas is much more conducive to creativity and experimentation. Each band has a different sound, a different feeling and emotion to it. The freedom of imagination and ingenuity can be seen in the names of the bands: names like Way of the West, 23 Skidoo, Positive Noise, the Exploding Seagulls. Killing Joke, Out on Blue Six. Flux of Pink Indians, and A Flock of Seagulls to mention just a very few unique and different English bands. Many bands that would be called unusual at the very least by American stand ards, have easily gained wide public acceptance in England. Public Image Ltd. Pig Bag. Altered Images. Siouxsieand the Banshees. Echo and the Bunnymen. Span- dau Ballet, and Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark have all had Top 5 singles oh the British music charts within the last year. All have also performed on the prime time musical showcase. Top Of The Pops," the British version of 'American Bandstand" or "Solid Gold.' Why is public acceptance of new and different musical styles greater in the UK than in the United States? No one is quite sure. But perhaps we can learn something from our friends across the Atlantic. Perhaps we can learn to be more openminded in our listening habits and more tolerant of differing musical tastes. Perhaps we can learn to encourage individuality and uniqueness in our native musical expression. And if we could learn these things, perhaps there is hope yet for the generally stuffy and unimaginative American music industry and its/companion, the radio industry. 'Armenian World' course open to public The Armenian World of Richard HV gopian" will be the topic of a Saturday course offered at CSUF through the Armenian Studies Program. The course will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 13 and 20. 1982. in room 105 of the Social Science Building. Professor Dickran Kouymjian will lead the course with guest lecturer and artist Richard Hagopian, the world-reknowned oud player. Also featured will be James Karagozian on the kanon (or Armenian zither). The public will have the unique opportunity of being provided with an innovative insight into Armenian music and folk culture. This year, along with the in-class performance of the internationally famous Hagopian and his band, there will be an added bonus of a detailed presentation of the works of contemporary Armenian composers Alan Hovhannes. Loris Tjek- Charles Amirkhanian and The one-credit course is open to the public. Registration through the University Extension Division can be made in two ways: By paying a fee of $43.00 for one credit of university work, or with a SI5.00 fee individuals may attend on a non-credit basis. People who have taken the course before may re-enroll. For more information call the Armenian Studies Program at 294-2832. tfm&L fi»Fl-12 MIDNIGHT MOVIES RICK WAKEMAN AND YES YESSONGS STEREO tUWKHIWD tOUMO Students S2.75 CU. Concert VZ it\ l^nfkMlk Wed. March 17. 8 pm.
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Title | 1982_03 The Daily Collegian March 1982 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1982 |
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Title | March 12, 1982 Pg 2-3 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1982 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
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Full-Text-Search | Film. Page 2-the Daily Collegian-March 12. 1982 Vice Squad' realistic but predictable rsdidn'l "Vice Squad" is an action packed film dealing wilh the ugly side of Hollywood: Prostitution, pimps, weirdos, drugs, violence and murder. Vengeance is the key motivational factor in "Vice Squad." as.Princess (a prosti- \ngclcs cops seek to the characters of Prin- squad detective, lorn :pimp). REVIEW Ramrod has killed his main lady. Ginger, who was a friend of Princess. Princess sets up Ramrod after being forced to cooperate with police as a personal effort for sympathy in an upcoming court case. After being caught by police. Ramrod escapes and goes hunting for Princess. "Nobody sets me up. You're dead. What I did to Ginger ain't nothing compared to what I'm going to do with you." he warns Walsh. Princess is not a reflection of prostitution. She is self-employed (not controlled by a pimp), avoids drugs and_ is a mother of a cuie li"tlc girl. The audience will feci sorry for her and ihe situation she has gotten herself into, but she has been hardened bv her five years on lhc street. She lells Walsh. "We both work in the same toilet bowl." Later. Princess asks Walsh "Why do you do it? You're never going to change the streets." Walsh, a 13-year veteran in the vice squad, never worries about two days of _ .._,.... . iblcfutur He blows up in anger when he finds out harm b> producers who might feel Haus- thal Ramrod has escaped. "It's simple." Icr is like the character he portrays is Walsh tells his squad. "Wc find them, one commendable. or the other, before Princess is hurt." Season Hublcy as Princess and Gary Howard. O'Ncil and Peters wrote lhc Swanson as Walsh both turn in fine character of Ramrod as an cxlremc: the characterisations. %ci\ worst a pimp could be. Director Gary Sherman, however. Ramrod will turn the entire audience should have gotten belter performances cold with disgust. He is a real "sickie." a from lhc supporting cast. The standout sadistic man who is turned on by abusing job turned in by the three stars arc nol . He beats is unforgettably wcck:y he Ik .1 b> n v. While .eingable matched beany secondary character. Is "Vice Squad" a fantastic film? No. it is nol one of lhc best things to come oul of Hollywood. But does il make a decent attempt to inform and entertain? Well, as Princess flippantly asks. "Does a teddy bear have CSUF this weekend. ascs. blaring guns.; language and i Through II begin. can women." is tne line ol ihe keynolc speech to The FSU women s icnnis icam win compcic be presented by Akemi Kikumura. as pan of in the Sacramento Slate Invitational meet. mc",s Amerasia Week programs at CSUF. Kiku- SATURDAY ; Car mura is an anthropologist who has taught at "Kcsiival Night" will conclude the series of :. gut- UCLA and USC. She has a recent book program for Amerasia Week at CSUF. To- /isual published, titled "Through Harsh Winters: The night's presentation will feature music, songs nates. Life of Japanese Immigrant Women." which is anj dances from ihe Chinese. Japanese. Fili- fhe biggest problem—overlooking the available in ihe Kennel Bookstore. Kikumura pin0 and Vietnamese communities. Perform- olence. limited nudity and stark realitv win sP<*->k "> *« Co.'-"** Union Lounge at jngwillbeihelocalgroupKenandtheKomets. >me people might be offended by-is the noon Adm'»'on ■ free- the Cal Poly Lion Dance Team, and the San redictable plot in "Vice Squad." *,ll'f,ln HJn«»™"LVSffSSi'TiiS •—*^».-«— *■*■. -.a*-..-*-- -Vice Squad" succeeds best as a social 'Body H..I.- this week's CU Mov*. A 3:30 M , . ... ,.. „ .. p.m. showing will be presented in the John commentary. Its handling of Hollywood s Wnghl ^^ Evcnmg Rowings are at 7. noon at Beiden Field. FSU hosts CS Hay ward and ! State in a badminton tri-meet. I a.m. in the Women's Gym. FSU travelstoCS Sacrament. in the College Union Loun .am plot simplist Il presents wood pimps, prostitutes I cause it used actual events format. In most films that scrijft. screenplay writer: stereotypical characters. Sandy Howard. Robert O'Nci sting than it ck I 9:15 and 11:30 p.m. in lhc College Union Rcnofoi ounge. Tickets are SI with CSUF I.D. The Bulldog baseball team will host the niversity of Nevada-Reno in a three-game ries. A single game will'be played tonight at 30. with a doubleheader on Saturday sched- le Bulldogs he cr beginning at Personals. Ron- Graves Gophers. Have fun at Cnina Peak toda>- ' wisn ' I am glad to inform you that I am finally could 8° Wcli have ,0 ma,*c ". UP on over my obsession for Albania. Thus, you Saturday night. The odds are ir^your guys can quit writing anti-Albanian ma- 'avor. Icrial on my door. (This especially applies Wayne— to you. Rick!) Now I wonder where my Because I didn't get paid for last month. next drug trip will take me? I'm confiscating all of your winnings from —The Albanian Munc'nkin Rcno when >'ou 8° to Utah this weekend. -—Audrey "BODY HEAT-WILLIAM HURT KATHLEEN TURNER and RICHARD CRENNA Written and Directed b\ LAWRENCE KASDAN Pn-duc-ed hv FREDT. GALL '» o CU FRIDAY FILM SHOWTIMES: ADMISSION: 3:30 in John Wright Theatre $1 with CSUF I.D. 7:00, 9:15 and 11:30 $2 without in CU Lounge $Mjj&f% No longer covered by your parent's 'smKTV"?/ Hospitalization Insurance? Wn&^§i See me for State Farm Hospital-Surgical in Bfrv-'A 1" r"H surance with Catastrophic Medical Coverage. ?^ 'z7* ML — -/nB You'll be pleasantly surprised by the rates! Call me today. T.J. "Tom" WRIGHT [la w*\»"^v. m 700 E. SHAW AVE.,#C M PH. 224-8676 Across from Fashion Fair i Bulldog Foundation Member State Farm Mutual [-•*£•• ] 1 Automobile Insurance Company CW> 1 '-'^Bmaamay.'t.J..J. Home Office: Bloomlnglon llllonla. EARN OVER $1,000 A MONTH AND OPEN THE DOOR TO ATOP ENGINEERING FUTURE. y How many corporations would be willing to pay you over $1,000 a aiontr. , during your junior and senior years just so you'd join the company . after graduation? Under a special Navy program we're doing just that.. It's called the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate-College Program. " And under it. you'll not only get great pay during your junior ami senior years, but after graduation you'll receive a year of valuable graduate-level training that is not available from any other employer. If you are a junior or senior majoring in math, engineering or physical sciences, find out more today. And let your career pay off - while still in college. For more information, call the Naval Management Programs Office Call collect (408)279-3477 Music March 12, 1982-the Daily Colleiian-P»fe 3 Don't judge a rock group by its cover This s past weekend I went to Los Angeles to see a band called Bow Wow Wow. Now I'm sure that some of you out there are sneering and snickering, saying to yourselves, "What an absurd name for a band. Obviously some of that new wave/- punk crap and definitely not worthy of my precious time and attention." But. how can such a negative judgement be rendered without a note of music being heard, the ultimate decision on the band's merits being made on nothing more than a reaction to the strangeness of the band's How very important, this business of naming a band. The name chosen becomes the band's label, its identity. But this name says nothing about the sound of the band, whether the music they make is personally appealing or not. Would the Beatles be anywhere today had they remained the Quarrymen? Who knows. The music was the same, only the name changed. "The Beatles" was a strange name for a band back in the early 1960's. The music this band created was in many cases automatically rejected because of the initial oddness of the band's name and the different way the band presented itself. Ultimately, the music itself triumphed and the Beatles received mass public acceptance. Today it seems that the name of a band can tend to put it in a certain general category. Those bands with slightly outlandish names are almost always automatically put in the ambiguous pigeonhole "new wave." or perhaps even the grievously misused heading of "punk." This tendency to place pieces of music in prees- tablished, set categories is inappropriate for two reasons. Firstly, the term "new wave" serves as nothing more than a vague, catch-all phrase for vastly different types of music that may only have in common an unusual name or a sound that is a bit out of the ordinary. The term "punk." on the other hand, refers to a single type of musical expression. The general characteristic sound of this type of music can perhaps best be described as what is commonly referred to as heavy metal, but at 45 r.p.m. Secondly, for whatever reason, both the expressions "new wave" and "punk" have negative connotations. Why this is, I do not know. It is unfair to prejudge music that is so arbitrarily classified without at least listening to it one time. Some bands, despite initial rejection because of their name or their sound, have been able to break out of cult obscurity and into the big time. Such bands as Blondie. the Talking Heads, the B-S2s. Devo. the Police and the Go-Gos have all had to Tight public resistance in the beginning. These bands were different and for accept. But now these bonds are the "establishment" of the music industry. All of these bands are extremely bankable, they have appeal, they are commercial STUDENT SPECIAL Stbwly, very slowly, ready public acceptance of new music is getting more common. The Go-Gos are huge now, but two years ago very few people had heard of them. They had put out a single on the Stiff record label in England and had played support on the tours of British Ska bands the Specials and Madness. In-early 1981. they were signed to I.R.S. Records, a Copeland Brothers enterprise; brother Stewart Copeland is a member of the rock group the Police. Six months after the album was put out, "Our Lips Are Sealed" began to get radio airplay. The single was an immediate hit and the Go-Gos were the hottest item in town. This week their album Beauty and the Beat reached the .number one spot on the record charts. The new single, "We Got the Beat" is number 11 on the singles chart and.climbing. Other new bands are now breaking into the music charts. The Tom Tom Club is the latest musical project of Tina Weymouth and Chris Franz of the Talking Heads. The Tom Tom Club now has a single. "Genius of Love." at number S3 on the charts. This funky rap tune is the new dance hall favorite and it deserves the greater recognition of radio airplay. British bands Soft Cell and the Human League each have a single on the American singles charts. Soft Cell's Tainted Love." currently number 100. is the story of a once passionate love affair ending. The song's infectious synthesized rhyth- matic hooks blend perfectly with singer Marc Almond's intensely emotional vocal performance. The Human League's "Dont You Want Me" is now at number 86. It is also a dance-oriented song, dominated by synthesizers and with the lyrical content describing love gone wrong. But while similarities between the two songs exist. Tainted Love" is by far the better tune, with its intricate lyrics and imaginative production, making for an overall totally appealing achievement. It is important to remember that while it is indeed wrong to negatively prejudge any type of music because its outer appearance may be new and unusual, it is equally erroneous to believe that simply because a piece of music is new. it is automatically good. New or old. there will always be bad as well as good music. It seems that the majority of the already J HOLY SPIRIT FILLED I Bible Study ^-~ Preaching & Prayer Study 3811 N. Orchard 229-6886 Int'l. Missionary & Christian Workers Inc. accepted "newish" bands, the Talking Heads. Devo, the B-52s. etc.. are American. With the exception of the two British bands just mentioned and perhaps one or two more, what new music that does get radio airplay in this country is that which speak. But across the ocean, a whole new world of musical experience awaits. The United Kingdon is literally bursting wilh wonderful and exciting new talent. The atmosphere within the musical scene overseas is much more conducive to creativity and experimentation. Each band has a different sound, a different feeling and emotion to it. The freedom of imagination and ingenuity can be seen in the names of the bands: names like Way of the West, 23 Skidoo, Positive Noise, the Exploding Seagulls. Killing Joke, Out on Blue Six. Flux of Pink Indians, and A Flock of Seagulls to mention just a very few unique and different English bands. Many bands that would be called unusual at the very least by American stand ards, have easily gained wide public acceptance in England. Public Image Ltd. Pig Bag. Altered Images. Siouxsieand the Banshees. Echo and the Bunnymen. Span- dau Ballet, and Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark have all had Top 5 singles oh the British music charts within the last year. All have also performed on the prime time musical showcase. Top Of The Pops," the British version of 'American Bandstand" or "Solid Gold.' Why is public acceptance of new and different musical styles greater in the UK than in the United States? No one is quite sure. But perhaps we can learn something from our friends across the Atlantic. Perhaps we can learn to be more openminded in our listening habits and more tolerant of differing musical tastes. Perhaps we can learn to encourage individuality and uniqueness in our native musical expression. And if we could learn these things, perhaps there is hope yet for the generally stuffy and unimaginative American music industry and its/companion, the radio industry. 'Armenian World' course open to public The Armenian World of Richard HV gopian" will be the topic of a Saturday course offered at CSUF through the Armenian Studies Program. The course will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 13 and 20. 1982. in room 105 of the Social Science Building. Professor Dickran Kouymjian will lead the course with guest lecturer and artist Richard Hagopian, the world-reknowned oud player. Also featured will be James Karagozian on the kanon (or Armenian zither). The public will have the unique opportunity of being provided with an innovative insight into Armenian music and folk culture. This year, along with the in-class performance of the internationally famous Hagopian and his band, there will be an added bonus of a detailed presentation of the works of contemporary Armenian composers Alan Hovhannes. Loris Tjek- Charles Amirkhanian and The one-credit course is open to the public. Registration through the University Extension Division can be made in two ways: By paying a fee of $43.00 for one credit of university work, or with a SI5.00 fee individuals may attend on a non-credit basis. People who have taken the course before may re-enroll. For more information call the Armenian Studies Program at 294-2832. tfm&L fi»Fl-12 MIDNIGHT MOVIES RICK WAKEMAN AND YES YESSONGS STEREO tUWKHIWD tOUMO Students S2.75 CU. Concert VZ it\ l^nfkMlk Wed. March 17. 8 pm. |