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Darryl Khoades and the Hahavishnu
crowd Thursday with outlandish entci
social commentary and bad taste.
Art is w
By SKOT (lAHltK K 197'
Gamecock Staff Writer Bui
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The magic world of J.R.R. .. iim
Tolkien is one thai stands alone ma
in the field of fantasy literature. call
For the past five years, fea
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the masterpieces of Tolkien froi
! with their Tolkien Calendars. peo
The 1978 Tolkien Calendar cap
once again features art by the T
Hildebrandt Brothers, who are dat
quickly becoming known as sole to
artists used to depict the works inf(
of Tolkien. This is the third year apf
the two brothers have painted the
' the rnlendnr hnf fhic uoar'c on?
calendar is their weakest effort. Kin
; The paintings are very good, Coi
| and entertaining isually, but Oct
fall a little short of the usual S
good Hildebrandt work. One 1971
criticism is some people are Ga
getting a little tired of the "SI
Hildebrandts' work, and would de|
like to see a larger variety of Hil<
artists on the calendar. the
The first calendar, released in bee
By TOM "ED"
(lamocock Stafl
Don't look no
temi>orary Sour
job well as they
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the HaHavishni
As the lights d
taped music
backstage brou
Evel Knievel ou
The crowd gre\
began a rhyth
clapping and st
The lights fin
brought up. the;
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Orchestra, con
drummer dress
singers (one of
who sports a ii
saxophonist. tw
dancers, began
piece which ha
appearance of t
Khoades camt
his feet seeming
experiencing ar
feet"). His hat \
his sunglasses
biz). His topcoat
out of control, a
front row.
Clapping and
music, Rhoades
which discussec
slitting the wris
i lock yourself in
the Dodge, or so
SC oneself in the h
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taken literally,
eak
4, had art by Tolkien himself.
. Tolkien painted only a few
ntings before he died, which |||^i|Sp|
lits the amount of new
terial for each successive ' ;/
endar. Tim Kirks' art was
tured in the 1975 calendar,
I though greatly different ^ ', 2
m Hildebrandts' style, many 5 w
pie feel Kirk is just as
able as the two brothers. Bj^ll jJ|
he calendar features certain
es which are of importance Mf|flli|?l
the Tolkien mvthns nttinu Mllils&lsl
>rmation compiled from the
indices of "The Return of
King." Important dates
h as "The Destruction of the
ig" on March 18, or "The |gpgg|lpi
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ober.
ome of the best paintings for
I are June's "The Return of
ndalf," and November's
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nt;iwu. i lie liiui taici h ^^ssffigjagrjis
)icted are the familiar
debrandt characters, over
past three years they have
ome quite recognizable.
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bizarre
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Writer Prinz
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w. but on Thursday night the Con- doesi
ids Committee was caught doing its satire
provided a concert-stajved crowd of AVant
i amazing band: Darryl Khoades and por
i Orchestra. kept i
immed half-way, the bizarre array of music
continued while somebody from "Bro<
ght a life-size cardboard replica of Song
t and placed it behind a microphone, oppor
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guitai
mic, "Ha: iia! 11a! I la!" cheer, in ;
nmping. tuall>
ally dimmed, and when they were The h
nidience was subject to an outlandish |,y th<
med individuals. The llallavishnu niusi<
lposed of a keyboard player, a "Befc
ed like the Statue of Liberty >, 'irrr |)Ut e!
Ihem either transvestite or a female ojh
ither large attractive mustache>, a Davie
u guitarists, a bass player, and two Me<\
the evening with an instrumental soliloi
d almost everyone primed for the ,Uro/>i
he man, Darryl Khoades. a $17.
out dancin", going all over the stage, t0 he
ly in control of his lx>dy < as if he were Kawe
\ attack of Steve Martin's "happy ,\ft<
\as so far forward it almost covered Nogr<
the "clip-on" variety, this is show favor
: was flashy, his hair and beard were svesti
Imost to the point of endangering the was i
worn;
obviously totally absorbed in the rich"
began with a song entitled;*Suicidc," hecilt
1 several ways of "doin* it,' such as The
t, hanging oneself, carbon monoxide mncif
the garage, take your keys and start shark
mcthing to that effect >, and shooting The
ead. The crowd loved it. emoti
les apparently does not want to he an(j (|
evidenced by his closing remarks
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ntertainment
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a
act
"Suicide," "Ooh, I feel jusl like Freddie
e," The show is a mixture of social commentary
>ad taste, which, when presented by Khoades.
lot appear offensive. It seems. in essence, like a
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to laugh and not feci guilty.
about ;H) minutes Khoadcs and the orchestra
ip an incredible level of energy. The orchestra,
ally, is quite talented, as was evident in
coli for Two," a jazzy instrumental, and This
is Boring," in which each mcmlier is given the
tunity to give a solo impression of ;i l>oring
r lick, bass line, or drum solo Irom the past
> satire on Barry Manilow. Hhoades used \ ir
' nothing but cliches from |x>pular love songs,
/rics were held together not by the content, but
? purpose of rhyming, as is often the ease with
: these days. For example, the opening phrase
>re I met you, I couldn't forget you" w;ts bizarre.
IttlH inrv fl inni
.T
er highlights included "Ties to a IUirloy
Ison." "Burgers from Heaven." and 'Think of
Vhen You're I'nder Him'," which began with .1
rjuy by Rhoades 011 his thoughts about love.
[ from the Holiday Inn. Rhoades opened wearing
76 Leisure Suit (from K-Mart) and sang "I Want
Normal," and danced in front of a Karrah
ett-Majors poster.
er "Shaft" and "Yipes! Here Come (he
ics!" came what may have been the crowd's
aite "I am Woman." In Ibis song, the Iran
ite finally revealed its identity. lather she'he
Helen Reddy or her husb:$id, singing I am
in, hear me hitch, buy my songs and make me
and a chorus of "I am inane . . . I am .in ini
? . . . I am commercial."
>y satirized punk rock. Jesus freaks u;ivs iliwn
* and concluded the regular set with 'Surfin'
l," a mixture of "Jaws" and the Beach Hoys.
' audience was building toward its peak level <>f
on, yelling, screaming for an encore. Klioades
tie Orchestra returned to the stage, played "l)<>
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