20—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, April 15, 1981
Near: a musical messenger
By B. DRU LONG
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Holly Near, a promoter of "women's music" songs that
relate directly to women has recently released her fifth
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Holly Near
album Fire in the Rain
The eleven songs, all written by Near, carry either strong
political messages or clear-cut insight into Near's personal
values. She takes advantage of opportunities in front of audi
ences to express her beliefs through music.
"I think artists have a huge amount of power and anybody
that says they are not a political artist is really refusing to face
the fact that they have power," Near said.
Her latest album reflects her views on causes from femi
nism to banning nuclear power.
"Working Woman" brings instant recall to Dolly Parton's
"Nine to Five" hit. Near tells Parton's message in a similar,
upbeat fashion.
The' lyrics of "Ain't No Where You Can Run" are fairly
simple-minded; certainly not as poetic as Dan Fogelberg's
"Face the Fire." Yet, Near's song carries the same warning to
the dangers of nuclear power. •
With these lyrics: "A woman's love is like a golden thread/
It can weave in and out so magically/ I know this is true/ My
lover has woven such a life with me/ And I do love her so,"
Near spells out her lesbian lifestyle in a subtle yet definite way.
Listening to Near, you unavoidably feel her commitment to
women and their lives.
As far as instrumentation goes, the album has a lot of
richness and diversity, sounding country in one song, jazzy in
another, and even bluesy inothers. The use •of a harp in
"Voices" is especially effective.
But Near's voice. It's strong, her vocal range is broad, yet
the sound of her voice, be it tone, pitch or what have you, just
doesn't have the quality that brings me back for more.
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Leonard's electric pulse
"The Silent Pulse," by George Leon
ard, Bantam, 208 pages, $2.95.
By JOHN PROTEVI
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
In recent years several books, nota
bly The Tao of Physics and The .
Dancing Wu-Li Masters, have ap
peared on the popular science scene
expounding the thesis that the latest
quantum physics research, when
pushed to extremes, lends support to
the teachings of classic Eastern mys
tical philosophy.
The Silent Pulse deals with this
same thesis with a clarity and sophis
tication lacking in those books.
George Leonard has written seve
ral other fine books, most notably
Education arid Ecstasy, and The U/ti
mate Athlete. He continues his excel
lent record with this work of
surprising depth and breadth that
mixes hard research findings with
ESP work, personal anecdote and
sometimes restrained, sometimes
soaring, speculation.
The classic Eastern philosophies
teach that a primal unity lies behind
the seeming differentation of the ev
eryday world. Leonard finds a corre-
late to this doptrine in the quantum
theory that the "matter" of tradition
al Western thought is nothing but a
series of vibrating energy fields.
Leonard explains many of the mys
teries that confront a materialistic
Westerner, such as ESP, and various
reports of athletic "grooves" and
"sweet spots," on the basis of our
potential sensitivity to the surround
ing electro-magnetic vibrations.
Leonard includes various exercises
he has used in workshops to increase
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"The ultimate purpose of this work
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to increase harmony and justice in
the world." A turn to traditional
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This book is a wonderfully written
plea for just such a turn.
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17 Famed canal
18 Spring blooms
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20 Easter Word Search instruc
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24 Argon or helium •
25 "The Rape of the Women"
26 Feeding animals
33 Bell sound
34 Smoothing tool
35 Auto
36 Ladder part
37 Highlands dance
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4 Winter pastime
5 Comic book redhead
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7 Black, poetically
8 Places
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11 Sleep like
12 "Around the World" hero
13 " of the D'Urbervilles"
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38 Oriental staple
39 Chicken king
40 Shorthand method name
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47 Easter Word Search instruc
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57 Festive party
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59 "Sexy —" (Beatles song)
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63 Editor's base
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32 Avarice
34 Kind of bargaining
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47 Five cards, In some games
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52 Rant
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54 Moist
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