Thursday, April 11, 1996 Today's Dylan to appear BEHREND-Descrihcd as the Dylan of the 90's, Grammy nominee Greg Brown will appear as part of the Creative Writer Speaker Series at Penn State Eric, The Bchrend College, on Wednesday, April 17 at 7 p.m. in the Reed Lecture Hall on the second floor of the Reed Commons Building. The performance is free and open to the public. Praised by critics everywhere, Brown is a brilliant, seasoned songwriter, storyteller, and soulful musician. The New York Times raves, "lnisl voice is a gravel-fkx)red basement full of memories, ruminations, lust, and last-ditch humor... Mr. Brown finds his only solace in clarity and resilience." Brown's insightful lyrics reveal powerful images painted on a canvas of gospel, blues, rock, calypso, and jazz. Other performers, including Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Michael Johnson and Mary Chapin Carpenter, have paid tribute to his music by recording his songs. He is well known to fans of the public radio show, A Prairie Home Companion. Profit cashes in Fox tests waters with seven episodes by Adria Kovaly Collegian Staff Ever watch a shark? They ll,l, - aNtettrA o l4 , 4iNtklMGWAitw•Goil' s cruise around, testing the waters, mother to a FiriVate facility where until just before they're ready to she can be treated for her MS strike. Then they lunge in for the kill. Strange as it may seem, this is the best way I can think of to describe Fox's new antihero, Jim Profit. A junior executive for conglomerate Gracen & Gracen, Profit (Adrian Pasdar) schemes to become the company's president of acquisitions. He does this mainly by computer, hacking into files and creating fake documents electronically. His original angle in is Gail Koner (Lisa Darr), whom he blackmails. Later, Gail becomes his assistant after he has been promoted. 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His 1985 release, in the Dark With You, was called one of the best recordings of the eighties. In 1986, Songs of Innocence and of Experience (poems by William Blake which Brown set to music) also won high acclaim. "[His] voice is a gravel floored basement full of memories, ruminations, lust, and last-ditch humor..." - New York Times One Big Town, recorded in 1989, earned Brown his first NAIRD (National Association of Independent Record Distributors) Indic Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year, as well as three and a half stars in Rolling Stones. Brown's 1992 release, Dream Cafe, was also a huge critical success. The eliminate his competition. As reward for her part, Jim forgets about the blackmail (or at least Profit does nothing physically violent to those that stand in his way. Instead, he manipulates things to produce the outcome he desires. For example, after blackmailing Gail, he uses the information he acquires to get one of his fellow executives fired (thus opening up a chance for advancement). When this plan is discovered by security chief Joanne Meltzer (Lisa Zane), Profit and Gail cook up a plan to frame one of the other executives, which results in her being terminated from the company. A foil for Profit's plans is his stepmother, played by Lisa Blout. She knows that Jim had Entertainment set fire to his father years ago and plans to blackmail him. He turns the tables on her by killing his fathemitlatMeedlc similaT 11 Profit has a gruesome feel to it, particularly due to its main character...another thing that gives Profit a spooky feel is how Jim knows things about the people he is playing mind games with. the ones she uses to shoot heroin with. In other words, he's blackmailing her back. Killing his father is not a totally malicious act on Profit's * $204) . 5500 w EEKL y * Mailing travel b . rochures, Ist() exPerietlce info stiort send ti sett. riaimitisarY. For rill iiitTli:llVaritivElSitoefadoSt;t3iTioxPi;ilditleint3l3Velm°ll:llll7:Fsr:V.342lll67l Washington Post called it an "unassuming triumph," and in the opinion of Z Magazine, it rivaled Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks. In 1993, Brown earned his first Grammy nomination with the release Friend of Mine with Bill Morrissey. During this year, Brown entered into kids' music with Bath Tub Blues. 1994's The Poet Game is Brown's most critically acclaimed recording to date, winning him the NAIRD Indic as Singer-songwriter Album of the Year. Brown's 1995 release of The Live One depicts the energy and humor in his songwriting. The 1995-96 Creative Writers Speaker Series is sponsored by the Penn State- Behrend Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, its Creative Writing Program, and the Clarence A. and Eugenie Smith Endowment Fund. Brown's performance is made possible by support from the Mary Behrend Cultural Fund. For more information about the performance or the series, please call the division of Humanities and Social Sciences at 898-6108. part. For years, after his mother had run away, Profit's father kept him in a moving box, throwing The bdy odly crrmpany, and schooling, came from the television he could see from a hole cut in the side of the box. "Profit" has a gruesome feel to it, particularly due to it's main character. Jim delivers voiceovers throughout the show, explaining his plots and telling the viewer about the other characters. Another thing that give "Profit" a spooky feel is how Jim knows things about the people he is playing mind games with, no matter how minute or disturbing. And even thought the show deals with business wheelings and dealings, they keep the jargon simple. You may not catch all the terms, but you can tell what's going on. Fox is testing the waters with seven episodes of the new show to see how audiences take to it. Personally, I see it as something different from the prime time dramas of today, mainly because there is no drama. Suspense and tension, yes, but no drama. This promises to be an interesting series, to say the least. "Profit" airs Monday nights on Fox, from 9 to 10 pm. Dylan of the 90's, Greg Brown brutally honest music is revelatory. As its tide bulicates, this disc tells a survivor's tale, one that is by turns defiant. wary, humble and pained. Earle sets the tone with the venlng tide track, making it clear that this won't be an exercise in self pity. 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