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British gron
rock extra \
By JEFFREY LARSEN
For those of you sonic space cadets
metal in your morning breakfast cer
is an album that would probably fit qu
All joking aside, this record is an ex
layered sound studio wizardry typica
core electric-electronic rock violen<
synthesized embellishment, total
unrelenting energy. The album's dy
intensity, diversity and intelligence.
Desolation Boulevard is a bloody
compared favorably with Deep Purpl
strongly influenced by the work of De<
Ian Gillan, vocalist and Roger Glov
Desolation Boulevard perhaps la<
drugged ferocity of In Rock, but it is ?
production than In Rock.
The do-or-die power projection
modulations of In Rock is innovativ
record is a rather trying and fatiguii
its sort of strained intensity. i
consists of 10 cuts, all of which are w
maintain their individuality. Evei
unrelated to any type of sound that c<
This is highly refined, sophisticate
tradition. The Kinks; You Really
marks the advent of power or metal
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to your throbbing head.
Brief comments follow on seven of th
Sweet F.A.--high speed thick
reminiscent of "Hard Lovin' Man" or
guitar overlays; synthesizer bullet
one-third of number has fantastic
Hendrix-type vibrato feedback fring
Horror
By SAM L. IRVIN JR.
Gamecock Staff Writer
As 1975 draws to a close, it's time l
1976 has in store for the movie-goii
Because of the successes of The
audiences will be bombarded with
films. This, of course, will incluc
Exorcist to be called The Heretic u
John Boorman, who directed Deliv
Linda Blair will top the cast as He
performance she will not be posses
Jaws: Part II is on Universal's p
no actors have been cast.
William Friedkin, who directed
finished another horror film entitl
starring Anthony Perkins and Kier
chcock has finished his new horroi
. rioi starring Karen mack and J3
Polanski is just starting The Tenant
definitive study in terror.'' Dan Cu
Burnt Offerings starring Karen Bis
Oliver Reed. Hammer Films' latest
Devil a Daughter starring Richard V
Lee and several others, based on th
novel. God Told Me To is the title ol
recent horror film, starring Tony
Raffin, Sandy Dennis and Sylvia Sidri
this with Ilinger, another terror
Redgrave.
John Sshlesinger just finished whs
a study in horror called Marathon
Hoffman, Sir Laurence Olivier and
De Palma has two horror thrillers
starring Cliff Robertson and Genevif
based on the hest^selling novel about
kinetic powers.
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who enjoy munching on chunks of
eal, Sweet's Desolation Boulevard
lite nicely into your life-style,
cellent hard rock product of multi1
of British power rock. It is hard:e
of thick guitar power chords,
up-front production work and
namics are overhwleming in their
monster of a disc that could be
le s In Kock. bweet was obviously
ep Pruple prior to the departure of
er. bassist.
:ks something of the manic overt
more healthy, even and appealing
of certain themes, solos and
ely brilliant; but, as a whole, the
IB listening exDerience heoanse nf
iweet's Desolation Boulevard
ill-structured and varied enough to
ry song is a rocker and totally
Duld be termed jazz, funk or mood.
d, stun British hard rock in its fine
Got Me of the mid-1960s-perhaps
rock. This music must be listened
ti a quality headset firmly clamped
e ten cuts on the album.
power rhythm predominates;
i In Rock by Deep Purple; massive
punctuation embellishment; last
guitar running which turns into
;ework.
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films p
Then fo
two rema
one called
to take a look at what excess of
public. other one
ICxorcist and Jaws, w1^ an e
quite a few horror And if t
le the sequel to The it certair
nder the direction of Spielberg
erance and Zardoz. With the
gan, unlike her first Phillips,
sed. written b;
roduction charts, but Metro-<
another b
The Exorcist, just Ustinov,
ed A Safe Darkness
Dull^a. Alfred Hit- Nicholi
r film called Family starring 1
ruce I)ern. Roman from anc
which he said is "the cuts, say
rtis recently finished Irwin tck,
Bette Davis and called T1
horror item is To the Anothe
/idmark, Christopher hero" fill
e best-selling British his $20 r
f Larry Cohen's most Mario Pi
I jo Bianco, Deborah several ?
ley. Cohen will follow revealed
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Him wim vctiHfsjicj Lane I
Vampire
it could be considered water^ar
Man starring Dustin wi? head
Hoy Scheider. Brian
in store: Obsession There '
jve Bujold and C arrie Spider M
a little girl with tele- Pictures
Sinbad a
J V
On December 13th, 14th and 15t
Drayton Hall, the Department of T
will present Jim Blanton in his grai
recital. The production, entitled S<
Pimp Becomes the Faggot, is an
merging by Columbia College
Wesner of scenes from Hare
Homecoming and the entirety of
ervade
r thoSP who likp snprtnrMilar hnrrnr t
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kes of King Kong. Dino DeLaurentii
I King Kong for Paramount with a bu
$10 Million. Universal Pictures wil
in Sensurround called The Legend o!
qually high budget. v
he horror film is not the new trend ir
ily must be the science fiction fil
is just starting production on Close
Third Kind tor producers Julia a
who produced The Sting. This thr
v SDielbere: and is budgeted at almost
' CI o ?
jJoldwyn-Mayer has finished Loj
?ig budget item starring Michael Yor
is Iloeg has finished The Man Who F
David Bowie in his first dramatic rol<
?ther plant. Insiders, who have see
r it is something special.
Allien will makp a million futur
le Day The World Fnded with an all-si
;r seemingly rising trend is the so-c?
m. Alexander Salkind is just about r<
nillion version of Superman from
jzo under the direction of Guy Hami
James Bond adventures. The cast 1
Kilt it ic Plinnnriirl (hot CnHnn n
, MMV It ?iJ * UIIIU1 V>v* ttiut UJUlIt lVUllli; vi
lammer Films is about to start pi
11a based on the world-famous comii
0 comes from a plant where the roles
e reversed. Barbara Leigh and Pc
1 the cast under the direction of John I
f i
will be a sequel to Doc Savage, andan
is about to go before the camera:
has just finished their newest Sinba<
nd the Eye of the Tiger starring Pa
h at 7:30 p.m. in The Madness of La
'heatre and Spcech Blanton will be Westi
filiate thesis acting Brookshire and Ilaro
)mniloquies or The music has been c
unusual theatrical production by Micha<
playwright David choreographing. I)u<
?ld Pinter's The production, no one \
Lanford Wilson's time. There is no ac
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fiere will be and Jane Seymour w
5 will make Harryhausen.
dgetwellin
11 make the Three interesting m
f King Kong production The first is a
of Sherlock Holmes Sma
and starring Gene Wilder
i films, then Marty Feldman. Another
m. Steven Murder by Death starring
; Encounter Pet%er Sellers, David Niv
nd Michael Jarrtes Coco and Elsa 1
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nier is aiso directing the movie vei
$10 million. Sherlock Holmes novel
*an's Hun, starring Alan Arkin, Van
k and Peter Sir Laurence Olivier, Jot
Nicol Williamson.
ell To Earth Three films dealing wit
e as an alien released in 1976. The fi
n the rough Dreams starring Diana 1
superstar. Set in Hai
... dramatizes the true conf
istic thriller nlnlr, 0 t
. , , a uiiicrv .milium 1]1
tiled syndicate mobster.
eady to start Bugsy Malone is the
a .script by adventure set in the late 1
lton who did juvenile, are played by c
las not been who starred on the televis
/ill play Ix>is also in Alice Doesn't 1
oduction on Brothers is putting togeth
s strip about Bronson called St. Ives, c
of blood and John Houseman.
tCLhUShmg Three ePic war films v.
?" 'New Spartans stars Oliv
a version of George, Patrick Wayne a
s. Columbia Universal^ next S
J epic called Charleton Heston, (
trick Wayne
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idy Bright. Appearing with
ler, his wife Barbara, Drucilla
Id Stockton. The background
omposed especially for the
?l Fauss and Jeffrey Judson is
c to the intimate nature of the
vill be admitted after curtain
Imission charge.
F1L.MS
i i iiiiwiiiirri
r>vitf*s
ith special effects by Ray
ysteries are just finishing
comedy called The Adventures
. . >? utuvi uutvicu, vvi men
. It co-stars madslinc Kahn and
comic-mystery is Neil Simon's
Truman Capote, Maggie Smith,
en, Peter F^alk, Alec Guiness,
l^anchester. Herbert Ross is
rsion of the new best selling
TH1 O *% ^ '
iic neven-rcr-i eni solution
essa Redgrave, Robert Duvall,
i\ Grey, Samantha Eggar, and
;h the gangster underworld will
rst of these will be Paramount's
ioss and another unannounced
lem in the 1930's, the film
rontation between Madame St.
inon an/1 T"\? <4 0~i - ? ,,T1 'A -
vvii miu i/uitii oruuii/., a wnue
title of an interesting musical
I920's. All of the roles, adult and
hildren headed by Jody Foster,
iion Paper Moon series, and was
..ive Here Anymore. Warner
ler a gangster movie for Charles
o-starring Jacqueline Bisset and
'ill explode onto the screen. The
er Heed, Toshiro Mifune, Susan
ind Fred Williamson. Midway is
ensurround film starring
ilenn Ford and Toshiro
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