DECEMBER 11, 1986 Collegian PAGE 4 Music Review by Paul Miniger Collegian Staff Writer Probably the best part of review ing albums for the Behrend Col legian is getting to keep them when I'm finished. And with the excep tion of a few duds, most of the albums I review are pretty good. However, only once in a while does an album come along that is truly exceptional. You know - the kind that never leaves your turntable, or the one that you play so loud it shakes pictures off your walls and blows birds out of their nests! Well, such is the case with the new Stevie Ray Vaughan album, Live Alive. New Album? I guess it is not entirely correct to call Live Alive a new album. With the exception of three new songs, most of Live Alive consists of older hits re-recorded at Montreux and the Austin Opera House. And since it is a live album, most of the four• teen tracks feature extended guitar nimamio Here's a good stuff offer from Wendy's' Get Wendy's Big Classic Combo. 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The result is an enjoyable rock-funk fusion deserving to be played loud enough to blow birds from their nests. The song "Willie The Wimp" re counts the funeral of Willie 'The Wimp' Flukey, murdered son of Texas drug tycoon, who was buried at the wheel of a cadillac shaped coffin. Hardly an event worth sing ing about, but nevertheless, it is an enjoyable song. Of course, Live Alive features the Stevie Ray Vaughan classics too. Both the songs "Cold Shot" and "Texas Flood" are presented in live and extended versions, as is the song "Voodoo Chile." Jimi Hendrix fans will appreciate "Voodoo Chile," since it is neither a remake or a remix, bu a tribute to one of rock-n-roll's legends. Unlike other two album sets, Live Alive carriesa moderate price tag, about $l2. Nevertheless, it is an enjoyable album well-deserving to be stuck to your turntable. Holiday bazaar a banquet of goodies by Jake Giunta Collegian Staff Writer As if it's over before it started, Thanksgiving break ended, and after getting nagged at for long hair, messy rooms, dirty clothes, sleeping in, not eating enough vegetables, and the G.P.A., which doesn't quite top a 4.0, I said, "Bye Mom, . . ?love you too, 7 before getting in the car leaving for school. The next day, I wandered towards class unprepared for the assault about to take place on my wallet which mom had so kindly stuffed. It's formal name is the Holiday Bazaar; I call it a reasonable cause to postpone doing laundry for a few days, or at least until Mr. Mac Machine feels like giving me a cash advance on my Christmas present. The first table to catch my eye was the Santa Photo prepared by the Behrend Players, but then I remembered that in every Santa Photo ever taken of me since birth, I've been crying, oh well. Then I carne - by the oerman Club, they were selling these . . .well, candy bars, I guess. I couldn't pronounce the name, but they sure looked good. The gummi bears looked good also; then I realized my defenses were failing and I had an entire hallway of tables to pass yet. The Round table, a poetry group, was having a raffle just next to the German Club. It's incredible how ACROSS 33 Band section 34 Movies: slang 1 Blind as 35 Unclosed 5 " Irish 36 Beef cut Rose" 37 Skirt type 10 Dudgeon 38 Narcotic 14 City of Italia shrub 15 Slanguage 39 Furnishes 16 Sickness 40 Ism 17 Golf grouping 41 Recluses 20 Crooked 43 Models 21 Pepe le 44 Have pity 22 Hits hard 23 Plenty 24 Yield 25 Inter-floor 45 Bluefin 46 Wild ass 49 Swiss river 50 Sad sound 53 Tennis shot passages 28 Merry 32 Composition Large Cheese & Pepperoni Pizza Delivered to Behrend with coupon For Only $5.99 "plus tax" expires 12/20/86 STUDENTS WELCOME We at PLASMA-TEC, LTD. would like to make your school year more rewarding by offering an opportunity to earn up to $96 cash a month while reading or just relaxing. 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She suggessted that students re-evaluate their study habits. Studying demands all of your attention, so someone can get such a feeling of missed opportunity when passing by a raffle. Next came SPC. They were selling mistletoe, hmm. I wonder if they'd let us take some into one of their movies, but even then there's the possibility of get ting decked by a girl who doesn't exactly share my great zest for the Christmas spirit. By the time I got Members of the Christian Fellowship sell poinsettias_ to the Psychology Club, I had already decided that class wasn't really worth it. So there I stood staring at rows upon rows of cup cakes and cookies. Then I calculated, with one-hundred dollars in my account, at twenty five cents or so per cookie. . . I managed to pull my eyes from the 10 Common people 33 Ossa 36 Gave back 37 Butte's kin Rhythm" 39 Inner coat 12 Exhalation 40 Pepper -13 Prices upper 18 Lifeless 42 VIPs 19 Enthuses 43 Soups 23 Security for a 45 Armor piece loan 46 Soviet city 24 Barometer 47 USSR river 25 Cure 48 On tiptoe 26 Not up 49 Distant 50 Math ratio 51 Eight: pref. 52 Defeat 54 Feast famine 55 Vehicle 56 Malevolent 57 Obliterate 58 Tapir 59 Circuits 60 Ventures 61 Nicely arranged 1 Fine 2 Rose 3 Chinese city 4 Price tag 5 Metes out • 6 Cheats 27 Tete---- 28 Ex-seniors 29 Deem 30 Pit worker 31 Some doors 7 Data: slang 8 Self-esteem 9 Foggiest 114v4a‘i ITALIAN RESTAURANT 3512 Buffalo Road Wesleyville Phone: 899-3423 We Deliver Pizza to Behrend Dorms and Apartments choose a place free from noise and other distractions, such as friends, stereo, telephone, etc. The library study room at Behrend may just be the ideal place! About every hour or so, your mind and body are ready for a short break. Get up, walk around, stretch those achy muscles! Don't rely on cramming! More often than not, this method of study increases anxiety and con fusion. To get ready for a final ex am one should: Ask what infor maation the exam will be covering and whether the exam is to be cumulative or not, if it is to be an essay exam or an objective exam; review all lecture and reading notes; keep rereading of texts to a minimum; check your recall of facts by writing them out; try to predict and answer test questions. Master test-taking skills by first reading the directions carefully. Survey the test, how much does each section count? Will certain questions take more time? Budget your time. Work on only one ques table and continue. The Christian Fellowship was selling poinsettias and hot apple cider. Morn did say that I needed a plant to liven up my room. Then I was caught off guard by the kissing reindeer of Alpha Sigma Alpha, if only I had a Christmas tree to hang it on. Before I could figure out where to get my tree, Lambda Sigma was telling me that I needed my own personalized button or at least a cookie or five. They were right of course, but as soon as I sat down to think about how bloated I was go ing to be, and whether or not the Monty Python story about ex ploding after over-eating was really true. I couldn't stay too long n the subject though, because the Inter- THE CARD GALLERY . K-Mart Plaza East Buffalo 11(1. . . 3 •- s . ie. 899.8782 Do All Your c..• • Christmas Shopping With Us Happy Holidays to all • Seeyou in Behrend Students! +.11~4., 1987! \_ l ‘ l 2l eatures tion at a time. Mark difficult ques tions and come back to them later. Concentrate! Be optimistic, en courage yourself, "I can do okay on this test." Don't allow past per-1 formance to interfere with your at:. titude toward the test at hand. Healthy habits make stress more manageable. Eat right! Be sure ' your diet is well-balanced, avoid,;,; sugary snacks. Although sugar pron vides us with a short burst ofi energy, it won't last and later has aol depressant effect. Get plenty oCo.. sleep. Most people need 7-8 hour... of sleep each night. Getting enough; sleep can make you more alert, lesi'Z irritable and better able to manag<;: stressful situations. Exercise arm least three times a week for about;:: twenty minutes. Walking, biking,!-6 , swimming, jogging, aerobics, andT weight lifting are all good exercise:: and can provide you with goodien- - sion release as well, something much needed throughout the inten sive study , weeks preludng final` exams. club Council was selling giant cans of Gummi Bears. Supposedly red was the favorite flavor, but I think that the men selling them was bias ed because the clear ones are ob viously better. I left there and turn ed to ABC's table which was holding down a colorful array of helium balloons. Leon was sitting there, and Leon is much larger than I, much larger. If I had not been in such a hurry, Leon might have sug gested that I buy a Snoopy ballon. I probably would have listened. I continued however, and there were only two tables left. Omicron Delta Kappa was selling meltaway candy bars, Penn State brand. While I was there took a crash course in pronouncing their name; I failed. And finally last, but not least was Kappa Delta Rho, "The greatest fraternity on earth" I think was the quote they gave me. They were sell ing mom's homemade cookies. t r thought, "Now how did they get a'' hold of Mom's cookies?" Obvious ly, they were meant for me and somchow got the wrong address_ The two men at the table didn't see it my way. • It wasn't until after I reached the Gorge, sorry, the Wintergreen. cafe, that I realized I had survived . the Holiday bazaar. I guess the en-, tire event can be summed up in one, sentence, at least in the eyes of one participant, "It's a great place to. pick up girls." 0 1986 United Feature Syndicate
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