The Collegian Wednesday, March 21,1990
Liner Notes
DAT recording bill to
reach Congress
by Robb Frederick
Entertainment Editor
Several Congressmen will
introduce a new bill to the
House of Representatives this
week dealing with the
controversial home taping of
DAT (digital audio tape)
recordings. The bill is expected
to require use of a "Serial Copy
Management System" which
would permit DAT recorders to
copy first generation digital
recordings but prevent the
taping of previously copied
material.
While this proposed bill
hints of an agreement between
DAT manufacturers and music
publishers, more steps will have
to be taken before music fans
can relish in the unequalled
quality of DAT recordings. The
bill does not provide for
royalties on blank tapes and
recording equipment, the area
which originally led music
publishers to block DAT sales.
• British tabloids have
reported that Rolling Stone Bill
Wyman's marriage to 19-year
old Mandy Smith is about to
end. Reports in the U.S. have
even claimed that legal papers
have been filed. Smith, who
could not tour with the 52-year
old bassist because of an illness,
has spent only eight weeks with
Wyman since their marriage
nine months ago.
• Former president Ronald
Reagan has agreed to appear in a
film about former White House
press secretary James Brady,
who was shot during Reagan's
1981 assassination attempt.
• Muscleman Arnold
Schwartzenegger will reunite
with Linda Hamilton, star of the
canceled CBS series Beauty and
the Beast, to film Terminator 11.
Work on the project will begin
in September.
* Saturday Night Live star
Dennis Miller has negotiated a
contract to develop origi.
programs beyond his work with
the comedy show.
• Lee Atwater, chairman of
the Republican National
Committee, has announced
plans for recording an album.
Titled Red, Hot and Blue, the
release will include
performances by 8.8. King,
Billy Preston, and Sam Moore
of Sam and Dave fame. That's
enough to make me almost
want to be a democrat
• Members of the band Van
A recent Collegian poll found that 9 out of 10
NFL defensive linemen would read John Musser’s
Sporting View each week in the Collegian if in
fact they could read.
Halen will open a
restaurant/nightclub -called the
Cabo Wabo Cantina- on April
14. The club, which is named
after a track on the band's
OXJBI2 album, is located in
Cabo San Luca, Mexico.
• Former TV host Morton
Downey Jr. will play a video
journalist in the upcoming
Predator 11. Danny Glover and
Gary Busey have also arranged
to work on the sequel to the
1987 hit.
• Offers for David Geffen’s
record company have reached a
rumored $BOO million.
• Edie Brickell and New
Bohemians' version of Bob
Dylan's "A Hard Rain's Gonna
Fall" has not been the only
cover version the band has
recorded for recent film
soundtracks; the group also
performed Lou Reed's "Walk on
the Wild Side" for the
soundtrack to the film
Flashback.
• Actor Lou Diamond
Phillips (La Bamba) is
recovering from surgery on an
elbow broken during filming for
Young Guns 2. The accident
happened Friday when the horse
Phillips was riding was
frightened by gunshots. The
actor's foot was caught in a
stirrup, and he was dragged
about 50 yards.
• Guitarist Steve Vai is set
to release Passion and Warfare , a
14-track instrumental collection
of solo material.
• Cartoon hero Bart Simpson
of the Fox TV show The
Simpsons will climb from the
screen and enter toy stores if
current plans for a Bart doll hold
up. The talking figure will
reiterate samples of the
character's preferred sayings.
One notable absence, however,
will be the phrase "I'm Bart
Simpson, who the hell are
you?"
The popular character was
created by Matt Greening, who
is also the creator of the comic
strip Life in Hell (see this
page).
• People magazine recently
reported that Ivana Trump
"changed her nail color, after
seven years of bright red, to
burnished coral." Who really
gives a damn about the habits of
a woman who hasn't bothered to
change the color of her nails in
seven years anyway? Certainly
not I.
Entertainment
Behrend students set to
take stage with new play
by Christ! Luden
Collegian Staff Writer
The Behrend Matchbox
Players will open their spring
production, The Course Acting
Show, in six days. According
to actress Jennifer Laughner,
this show is quite different from
last semester's production of
Talk Radio.
Laughner said that at the
beginning of the semester she
thought comedy would be a lot
easier than the dramatic style of
Talk Radio. After preparing for
the production, however, she
found out differently. The actors
and actresses must control their
own laughter or it will detract
from the humor of the play and
rob the audience of full
enjoyment.
The Course Acting Show
began as a book by Michael
Green about all the problems
that plagued the amateur
dramatic society in
England. After writing the
book, Green decided to write
plays that demonstrated the
problems he spoke of in his
book. His plays became big hits
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and prompted him to continue
writing in this manner.
The Course Acting Show
will appear at Behrend under the
direction of Stephen Buckwald.
The play is composed of five
short comedies that parody
major styles of theater. The first
is "Streuth", which deals with
the murder mystery.
Heather McKinley, who
plays Moira P. Jones, a
character trying to act the role of
a stage manager, spoke about
the show as a whole. "It's not
like a normal play, but that's
what makes it funny," she
commented.
Following this, "The Cherry
Sisters" pokes fun at the style
of the playwrile Chekhov's
"Cherry Orchard" and "The
Three Sisters." Thirdly, a
variation of Shakespeare will be
performed in "All's Well That
Ends As You Like It." Next,
"The Last Call For Breakfast"
touches on the avante-garde,
non-story telling type of theater.
Finally, "A Fish In Her
Kettle" will parody the French
farce. Actress Jennifer Laughner,
who plays Heloise Perawythe,
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said that this act, in her
opinion, is the funniest and a
personal favorite.
According to Buckwald, "It's
just something for a lot fun."
He explains that this show
should interest everyone on the
Behrend campus. Furthermore,
he described the show as
containing a lot of "slapstick,"
and at various moments during
the performance "both the
character and actor himself shine
through."
Actor Patrick Head, who
performs in the first three
comedies, is new to the Behrend
theater this semester. "It's a
constant challenge, but I feel
that after working with such a
great crew and cast, I will
benefit as an aspiring actor,” he
explains.
The show opens March 27 at
8:00 PM and will run until
April 8. Ticket prices are $3.50
for students and $5.00 for the
general public. For additional
information contact Norma
Hartner at 898-6331.
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