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Albilms 'So What' BY ERIC ANDERSON Of The Gamecock staff Joe Walsh and Peter Townsend have several things in common. They are both thin and tall. They are also close friends, who In the past few years have traded ideas and influenced each other. Both play fine guitars, and both have a wonderful capacity for composing quiet, lush ballads as well as thund6ring rock. Richard Eberhart Pulitzer prize poet to appear The Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Richard Eberhart, will give a reading of his works 8 p.m. Jan. 23 in the Business Administration Auditorium. The reading is sponsored by the English Department and all USC students are invited to attend. Professor Eberhart is the author of more than a dozen books of poet and drama, most of whic have been published concurrently in England and the U.S. His first book, appearing in 1930, was entitled A Bravery of Earth. Reading the Spirit appeared in 1936 and his Selected Poems came out in 1951. His collection of poems, Richard Eberhart: Selected Poems 1930-1965 won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1966. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, Eberhart has received several awards, in cluding the Harriet Monroe Memorial Prize, the Shelly Memorial Prize and a grant from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Fields of Grace, his latest work, was nominated for the National Book Award ini 1973. His own criticism in 1969 includes an introduction to Milton's Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes. byWalsh One gets the idea that Walsh is a humble and self-critical person. His songs are nearly always personal, reflecting his life or his world view. He is always one to stay in the background, letting his sidemen flex their musical muscles. When he does step out, on either guitar, piano, bass, syn thesizer or any combination thereof, he does so with gr t economy. His playing is v sparce but extra rich. Walsh must go by the old theory that to "a little goes a long way." On his new album, self-consciously titled So What, he puts that theory to the test and passes with flying colors. The album opens with the tune "Welcome to the Club," a song about bumping one's nose for the first time in the proverbial real world. The song is the perfect candidate to follow "Rocky Mountain Way" as a single. It has all the slow-rocking yet exciting elements of the former, and Walsh is backed up by two ex Barnstormers, Joe Vitale on drums, who appears on many of the album's cuts, and Kenny Passarelli on bass. All the songs, regardless of the particular genre, have the patented- "Joe Walsh sound:" tasty little bits of everything but the kitchen sink, all layered and stirred together to form a rich collage of sound. It is a method well-perfected by Walsh from his days as founder of James Gang, who have tottered since his departure, and with Barnstorm. Walsh proves himself proficient with the synthesizer on "Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty," from the "Mother Goose Suite" of the classical composer Maurice Ravel. His method is after. the fashion of and up to par with Walter Carlos. So What includes a healthy re vamp of "Turn to Stone," a song from Walsh's first post-James Gang album and one of the highlights of Barnstorm's live act. Winding up the album is "Song for Emma," a gorgeously or chestrated tune reminiscent of Todd Rundgren's style during the days when he was influenced by Laura Nyro. The only thing bothersome about So What is that is is over altogether too quickly. One is reminded, though, of the old show business credo of leaving the audience satisfied but wanting more. Joe Walsh does just that. Sailing exhibition The Fine Arts Committee of University Union is presenting a Sailing Exhibition January 13 through 17. The show, including photographs, posters and a slide show, Iq open to everyone on campus. It will be in the Russell House Gallery which is open 9-5. Mountain climber Lou Whittaker, world renouned mountain climber, will speak Monday night, 8 p.m. in Room 106 of Calcott College on his planned assault on K-2, the world's second highest mountain. The lecture will cover his special plans and preparations for the assault and slices will be shown which emphasize the hazards of climbing a frozen mountain that Is nearly straight up. Uncle Walt's Band, a three folk group, opened the spring schedule this past Monday before capacity crowds. The Movies EARTHQUAKE--One of the big three disaster movies of the year that has Los Angeles losing millions of people, buildings, and its self respect. Charlton Heston, Lorne Greene, Genevieve Bujold, and a .cast of hundreds (mostly inanimates) star. (PG) Jefferson Square THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN--Roger Moore as James Bond? Not by any means. A typical Bond movie with an un believably bad SAINT in the title role. Christopher Lee also stars. (PG) Miracle THE TOWERING INFERNO probably the best of the disaster films because of its tremendous special effects. A new building burns up with about a thousand people inside. An all-star casi features Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, and Faye Dunaway. (PG) Palmetto. GODFATHER l--The best movie tQ play here in the past six months. Blood and Guts abound as SColumbia THURgDAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL: N.C. State versus Maryland. The first major basketball con frontation of any significance in the ACC; which could be subtitled "I have no big man blues." WOLO (25), 8 p.m. till. Live. MOVIE: THE MEPHISTO WALTZ--Satanic horror is what's popular these days so sit back and enjoy the horror of it all. AMan Ald,a, Jacqueline Bisset, and Barbara Parkins star. WNOK (19), 9-11 p.m. enterti piece acoustic Golden Spur perform in the Spi and Tuesday "Divided We Sta next group to Thursday. : Now shov the Mafia lets everyone have it. Stars Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Robert Duvall. (R) Plaza 3 THE TRIAL OF BILLY JACK An absolute ripoff that plays on all your emotions if you're a child at heart. It's three hours long and costs a bundle. Tom Laughlin and Dolores Taylor star? (PG) Gamecock 1 THE FRONT PAGE--Very, very funny. Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are cast as two reporters who'll do anything for a story. Highly entertaining and well worth the money. (PG) Richland Mall II FREEBIE AND THE BEAN Two cops try to keep a mobster from being murdered. It has to be a satire on chase films or its one of the most unrealistic farces ever made. Alan Arkin is very good, but alone he can't save it. The ending tries to throw seriousness and drama into a moivie that was made, for spoofy comedy. James Caan also stars. (R) Richland Mall I. 's television PROFILE: James Edwards Traces his career and political campaign. Democrats, eat your heart out! ETV (35), 8:30-9:30 p.m. FRIDAY MOVIE: HIGH NOON-One of the true western classics featuring Gary Cooper as a sheriff wno gets shafted by his town when it comes to a showdown with four outlaws. Princess Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, and LUnyd nres ar. RusseU JefeMt. ar will be the comedy team, nd," next Wednesday and vng CAMPUS FILMS REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE James Dean in his most famous role as self-imposed outcast of society. Watch Dean beat up his father and foolaround with Natalie Wood. Friday night at 7 and 9:30 p.m. NO MAN OF HER OWN-Ie King, Clark Gable, and his third wife, Carole Lombard, team up for their own film together about. the slick conman who uses a shy girl for unethical reasons. If you're a Gable fan, you'd better see this one because there won't be another one for quite a while. Wednesday night 7 and 9:30 p.m. THE TERROR-Directed by the famous Roger Corman, this film has Jack Nicholson trying to save the strange girl that he fell in love with from the clutches of the perennial meannie, Boris Karloff. Tonight at 7 and 9:30 p.m. highlights WNOK (19), 9:30-11:30 p.m. CRIME DRAMA: - BARETTA "Tell it like it is" Robert Blake debuts tonight as a undercover agent who goes after the man that plugged his girlfriend. ABC is trying to salvage a diasterous season with this show and they just might do It with Baretta. MOVIE: "HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE"--Jack Lemmon stars as a cartoonist who wants to dispose of his new wife, Virna iJst. Extremely funny. WNOK (19), 11:05-1:05 p.m.