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^ I The Alvin Ailev American enroH hv Dance Theater will perform in dation. Ii Columbia Township formance Auditorium October 4-8. The acclaime< performance is being spon- Man," an IftfJA/ UP "TU& tfA/Af *&? % CO/MSCJOUS COOK6KY ^saiH. C 1Z_- 2- JUICG BAR II -f -pi?V*JeB. H=H-BSBHBBHH======== %t4 fl ^ Featuring Coach Carlen and the Skits, USC Band, & Ch Thursday, September 2C. ^jg Br Me Kitani Foun- mercial failure ( deluded in the per- release, "Ra." "I are such critically bomb the group r< 1 dances as "Sinner album in the mid: ~1 tin l-u ?~ : 4~ 1 u ncvnauuns. are planning in im ia??pp?support the new s Utopia is appa ^ the same strate another act on the ? tjiat broke nation year because of touring. M W >PicKf*Sll -U'opia "as -f" turopeai JJIKfcfcV jji Clin 77vi5" lOOO Holl. "e Cay IAR/AM'^ U-^NC V-V 70A A ANT) li>l kW 6P< fTiercede IXX3-T/A/KG 7A6T? ft -ru>es> - jsat volvo ???J | : gassasr 111 i v^\' $ A A*. & tt ,\^A? ? 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TTie album does have la" was such a couple of bright spots, but they a scorded the new sparse. st of a tour and Rundgren handles most of t or extensively to writing and seldom has ilbum. Droduced such unimaeinati rently adopting iyrics. He is convinced Utopia h gy as Foghat, some social significance but o Bearsville label, glance at the lyrics will leave y ally in the past wondering what Utopia feels to years of heavy significant. This is the first album maki all the tricks on use of Powell's new invention, t ~? Powell Probe. It is a $10,000 hat 1 HlltO held keyboard, about the size ol k guitar that is the equivalent three keyboards, synthesizers, a OkHC) flv0., innumerable other goodies. The great advantage it offers i! C0 allows the user complete mobil fil onstage. The problem with it is ii IV# ( of little use on albums as all I c-Rpn7 sounds it makes can be done bet by other instruments. WILCOX CONTRIBUT! another unexciting performar BMSl on drums but turns an un ? teresting song, "Crazy La SBSHSfiHB ^ Blue," into something tolerat B The problem with Wilcox is I will never be more than an avert drummer and vocalist. As much as Rundgren tries to just a member of the band, he 1 , continually failed. Each meml I The B Rests Z.OC 4 4?:? I* X I? u/j muiri di Try Our Daily Buffet Vegetable F SATURDi All I Broast JFrei Cole Slaw l< Onl Barbeq'j Iced Tea Meal Tickets A ' album re, dull n't may get equal time, but in his >ht worst morpents, Rundgren still m- overshadows the rest of his crew. The reason for this is the 0f inescapable fact that he is in, 3 finitely more talented than the ee people he has surrounded himself ...UU ed w?w?. us Rundgren is a genius surrounded oo by a sea of mediocrity, and this environment is not benefiting his iat creativity. he RUNDGREN HANDLES lead ,4s vocals on only three songs and two ve of them are clearly the class of the 1?s album. "Love In Action" is a a ticvcr rocKer wmcn nas the ire potential of giving Utopia its first commercial success. he The disturbing thing about the he song, however, is it sounds like an ve obvious attempt at creating a ias single, a sin Rundgren said he'd ,ne never commit. ou The major thrust of the group be effort is in the vocals which are divided evenly among the memng bers. There is some improvement he in this area as John Wilcox and id- Roger Powell sound much clearer F a and fuller than on the past album, of Powell even manages to take a nd sappy song like "Windows" and at least make it listenable. 5 it Utopia is a band in search of ity direction and meaning, among t is other things. After four albums one the might hope for more than is being ter delivered, but this cast is apparently not capable of much more. E S They are not an adequate vehicle ice for Rundgren to convey his own lin- ideas and not talented enough to dy promote their own mixed up >le. reasons for existence, he Fortunately, Rundgren is ige planning a solo double album soon which will hopefully separate him from Utopia and allow his true ias genius to escape. The sooner t)er Utopia is history, the better. ig Bird lurant reef - 771-4455 1 1 am - 2:30 pm t 5 pm - 9 pm late Only $1.75 *Y SPECIAL ~ Day Long ed Chicken rich Fries "pH Ton A D 3 -wv? I wVI W Ul cuu y $1.60 j !3 on Rice Bread $1.60 available 9% off