November 12,1970
YOU WOULD
TAKE THE TIME
Ever since the start of the rock
and roll revival we have been
deluged with hordes of albums
where the musicians mistake
simple two and four beat music
coming through an echo chamber
for rock and roll. Finally,
someone has come out with a
piece of music that actually
captures the spirit of rock and
roll and does so with honor,
dignity and taste.
The sound of Phil Proctor
and David Ossman’s harmonies
played against Peter Bergman’s
bass and Phil Austin’s lead
create the same spine chilling
effect that the old Phil
Speetor productions of the
fifties possessed. The Theatre’s
form is to create several layers of
sound that at first may seem
familiar, and then suddenly
switch to a different time
signature before you know it.
They do these changes so
smoothly that it gives the album
a concept that links it strongly
with such milestones in pop as
Sgt. Pepper by the Beatles,
“We’re Only In It For The
Money” by the Mothers, and
Captain Beefheart’s Trout
Masque Replica. The salient
feature of “Don’t Crush That
Dwarf,” as in the three
previously mentioned works, is
that The Theater knows its roots,
and so they have a knowledge of
rock and roll that enables them to
get up, and when necessary,
really wail.
Columbia seems to be lagging
behind a bit in the rock game, the
only really money making acts
Victory!
“Live Music and Carrots” was
their cry and they successfully
beat the rip-off! On Friday af
ternoon of a week ago there
mysteriously appeared signs
directing us to the recreation
room in Niagara Hall for an
evening of FREE “Live Music
and Carrots.”
It seems that some students
who were fed up with the recent
tide of SUB rip-offs, got their
heads together to do something
positive. Many negative feelings,
including my own, have produced
little in the form of results.
The evening of that Friday
witnessed a packed room filled
with people grooving to the
sounds of “Red, White, and Blue
Berry,” and digging on the taste
of carrots. Thanks is directed
towards the efforts of Sig, John,
and the band, “Red, White, and
Blue Berry.”
Both music and carrots were
great and the SUB dance rip-off
m Erie Hall was certainly beat,
even the SUB president “beat the
rip-off! ” More on this next week.
LITTLE MAN
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By Charles Escfiweiler
they have are Blood, Sweat and
Tears, Laura Nyro and Bob
Dylan, they’ve ignored The
Theater for the past two years
and haven’t hyped their previous
albums, “Waiting For The
Electrician”, and “How Can You
Be In Two Places At Once When
You’re Nowhere At All”.
In spite of the lack of publicity,
both albums became un
derground hits, The Theater’s
brand of music seemed to really,
“Catch the hippies where they
lived,” turning the team of
Ossman, Proctor, Bergman and
Austin into cult heroes in L.A.
Obviously, Columbia realized
they had something, and they’re
giving the new album a big push,
hopefully this will introduce The
Theater to most of the rock and
roll audience.
I recently had a chance to hear
all three albums in succession
and came away . . . breathless,
everything that’s made rock
what it is today is captured and
developed in some way by the
group, and what’s more they
have a good beat and you can
dance to them, so take that four
dollars you were saving up to buy
your acid or spend on beer
someplace in New York and go
buy “Don’t Crush That Dwarf”,
you really won’t be disappointed.
EDDIE - Gosh, I don’t know
Sheila,can we afford the new
Firesign Theater album.
SHEILA - It’s not a question of
whether we can Eddie, it’s a fact
that we can’t afford not to have
it!
Be the first one on your block.
Playhouse
A Play Of
The forthcoming Erie Play-
house production, “The Night
~Thoreau Spent In Jail,” a brand
new play by Jerome Lawrence
and Robert E. Lee, will be a pre-
Broadway presentation of a play
which has been hailed on cam
puses throughout the country as
“today’s” play.
It deals with the life of Henry
David Thoreau, individualist,
non-conformist, etc. Definitely
considered a “weirdo” back in
1864 when he spent a night in jail
rather than pay taxes to support
a war he didn’t believe in, today
Henry David Thoreau’s spirit can
be found roaming the streets and
campuses in every part of the
world.
Ahead of his time in con
servation, pollution, and
humanity, this play presents the
problems of today in the setting
ON CAMPUS
JUST “People’s
A minstrel, according to the
Encyclopedia Britannica, was a
musician whose art consists of
individual and largely ex
temporized virtuosity on several
instruments of strong tone
quality. This definition certainly
applies to Ted Warmbrand,
wandering minstrel. Ted is at
home with guitar, harp, banjo, or
any instrument he finds handy.
His “extemporized virtuosity”
makes his music an experience in
serendipity.
Ted Warmbrand’s wandering
will bring him to the RUB dining
hall tonight and tomorrow from
8:00p.m. ’til... He is the second
presentation of the Coffee House
Circuit, A Student Union Board
effort. The cost is free for ac
tivity card holders and 50c for
others. Come at least one night
(although you are allowed to
come both nights) and enjoy Ted
Warmbrand, Wandering Min
strel.
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GROWING ...
25,000.
According to Holderman, the
Behrend Campus is the only
Commonwealth Campus that
presently can graduate students
through four-year programs of
Science and General Arts and
Sciences. The growth taking
place at the other campuses,
however, could make them
capable of administering four
year programs in the future.
Presents
“Today”
of yesterday. It points out the
way history tends to repeat itself
and that the world may change,
but people do not.
Thoreau was was a non-violent
man. He loved his ‘‘Walden’s
Pond.” He loved the innocence of
simple, honest people. He
wanted nothing more than to be
himself and help others to do the
same.
Lawrence and Lee’s Thoreau
tells his students in their version
of the life of Henry David
Thoreau, “Don’t remember what
I say, remember what I’m
talking about. Don’t write in a
notebook because I do, do it
because it’s the thing for you to
do. BE YOUR OWN MAN!”
Supposedly a comedy, the
laughter evoked by this newest
Lawrence and Lee production
will be ironic thought-provoking
laughter directed at ourselves.
“The Night Thoreau Spent In
Jail” will play eight per
formances at the Erie Playhouse
beginning November 27 and
ending December 6. Sunday
showtime is at 7:30 p.m. instead
of the usual 8:30p.m.
Special student discount ad
mission price is $2.25 for Wed
nesday and Thursday per-,
formances: $2.75 for Sunday:
performances. . Tickets are'
available by. calling The
Playhouse box office,-899-7008, or -
by mailing reservations to The
Erie Playhouse, P.Q, Box 2042,
Erie, Pa. 16512.
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Welcome Extended
To Dean Carroll
The tasks of making the Office
of Student Affairs more ac
cessible and advising four
campus organizations are time
consuming, but those are the
goals of Miss Ellyn Carroll, the
new Assistant Dean of Student
Affairs.
Miss Carroll, who has a B.A. in
Art, attended Syracuse
University for two years and then
completed her education at
Allegheny College. She
graduated from college in June
and came to Behrend to serve in
her capactiy as Assistant Dean a
few weeks ago.
Part of her duties will be to
advise Samothrace Club, Cwens,
the Freshman Handbook Staff,
and the Women’s Residence
Council. She will also work
closely with Dean Lane and Mr.
Daniel Fiorentino, Residence
Hall Coordinator.
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PRESS ...
Kavanaugh, Executive Secretary
Miss Elizabeth Sacks, and Vice
President of Newspapers Randy
S. Kinkead.
Although several pieces of
legislature were acted upon,
much of the legislative business
was left unsettled. The Press
Association will continue action
at the next conference to be held
during the winter term.
When you open your college account you will receive your first fifty per
sonalized checks imprinted free. You only pay for the checks you use, not in
advance.
There is no charge for cashing your check, if you still maintain your account
with-your|iome town bank.
Stop in we are anxious to serve you in every way possible.
It's a wise child that knows less
than its parents
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In her time away from the
Administration Building and her
duties, this Erie native can be
found sailing, playing tennis, or
dabbling in photography.
The CI3B gives its welcome to
Dean Carroll and wishes her
much success.
Movie Of
Hie Week
The SUB will present the movie
True Grit, a farcical western
starring John Wayne, Glenn
Campbell, and Kim Darby
Sunday night. It’s all for fun as
spunky, naive little Mattie
Ross(Darby), rough, drunk,
mushhearted Marshal Rooster
Cogburn (Wayne), and suave,
handsome, bounty-hunting
Laßoeuf (Campbell) team up to
track down the infamous Lucky
Ned Pepper and murderous
criminal Chaney. With
characters like these, you can bet
this is not a “normal western”.
True Grit is directed by Henry
Hathaway, and features the song
of the same name sung by Glenn
Campbell. John Wayne is
overblown, inebriated, obnoxious
and funny enough to claim an
Academy Award for his por
trayal of Rooster Cogburn.
Showtime for True Grit is at
7:30 p.m. and again at 9:45.
is at
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