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- T - ~~ -'-" V'i :'r fe BBI^BIP^<" ~~~ ~~ The USC Dance Company will dance Oct. 15-16 when the 40-( concert 8t Longstreet Theatre. Billy Joel musical ri By David DeWitt Billy Joel's latest album, described by Polling Stone as ambitious pop masterpiece." I c In fact, the album is arguably musically diverse collection of s It's undeniable that "The Nj Joel. His subject matter moves base of his personal experienc< the Vietnam War ("Goodnigl dustrial city ("Allentown"). MUSICALLY, "The Nylon Ci from Joel's earlier album strumentation, including strini the songs (noticeably "Sur Skies") are remarkably remin on the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's I "Magical Mystery Tour." C m >\li t nttinrt f Virv onfr oiiiipijr 111UV1115 liuiu uic oaic style is no reason for Joel to ea Joel's stretch is bold, admir words, "ambitious." But the ii Nylon Curtain" any good? My answer to that question is Perhaps the song most cor Nylon Curtain" is side one's fii his description of a dying Pen: identifies his audience ("Well 'Official C iment_ I present a varied program of lancer group presents its fal! yo 1 Mwlnre o ivyiun ichness, * "The Nylon Curtain," is > a "brutally frank, aurally ;an't disagree. Joel's most rich, mature and ongs. 'Ion Curtain" is a stretch for r..iu. i\ at iuuy uuu>iue ui uie mew i ui n. i and into new areas, such as it Saigon") and a dying inlrtain" is an obvious distance is and features rich ings and synthesizers. Some of prises" and "Scandinavian liscent of John Lennon's work ^anely Hearts Club Band" and ity of his commercially tested irn praise, however. Certainly able and, in Rolling Stone's mportant question is, is "The i an enthusiastic "yes!'' iceptually revealing on "The rst cut, "Allentown." Through nsylvania industrial city, Joel our fathers fought the Second I Am onn I r ICIIIOUII Jl J Dance ci From Staff Reports From "The Last Dance of Poland," dancing in a multitu displayed Oct. 15-16 when the l its fa!! concert. "Visions of Dance" will fea rock piece to a classical poir famous Polish composers. "The concert will be a truh Susan Earle, an assistant proi Theatre and Speech and the Dance Company. "I'VE ALLOWED the cl imaginations. I've given then requirement that their pieces 1 Choreographers are USC several midlands communit; traction, well-known Californ Leslie Watanabe will choreogr Watanabe has appeared on national TV shows, includini Emmy awards telecasts. Watanabe's visit to USC is fu South Carolina Arts Commu Department of Theatre and formance in "Visions of Da several classes and performai in Columbia area schools. NINE WORKS will be feal "Some will be humorous, som Curtain' artistic an album World War"), his bitterness (' wall/But they never really hel problem: Every child had a pretty goo To get at least as far as his o But something happened on They threw an American fla THIS ATTITUDE seems t< frank lyrics. Joel is exploring "The Nylon Curtain." A good example of this expl a song I did not expect to lik< tragedy of the Vietnam War media and the arts; agreed, American history, but isn't it all been said? Perhaps so, but it has rareh Saigon" does not scream "Vi describe the oersonal horror training on Parris Island to t would all go down together"). Through his brutal, detail vocal performance, Joel U minutes) to create a powerful >ke Book I oncertpr Cathy H." to "A Tribute to de of styles and forms will be FTCP Honno rnmnanu nrPSPnt.S L/UV JL/C4IIW vv??i|^v??y iture everything from a punk ite work, set to the music of y eclectic performance," said fessor in USC's Department of founder and director of the tioreographers to use their i no barriers at all except the lave form," Earle said. dance students, Earle and y dancers. As a special atia dancer and choreographer aph and perform one piece. Broadway and in a number of g the Academy Awards and inded through a grant from the ;sion, with support from the Speech. Along with his pernce," Watanabe will present nces with the Dance Company tured in "Visions of Dance, le quite abstract," Earle said. delivers nbition review 'So the graduations hang on the ped us at all") and Allentown's d shot Id man got the way to that place g in our face ) pervade the album's brittle, more than his own backyard on oration is "Goodnight Saigon," 3. Unfortunately, the very real has become almost a cliche in the war is an ugly blotch in dwelled on too much? Hasn't it y been said so well. "Goodnight letnam statement" so much as of a group of men from their heir end in Vietnam ("And we ed lyrics and tight, emotional ikes his time (almost seven , though not pretentious, work. See "Billy Joel," page 12 I' provides By John Vaughan USC football fans may wccAciiu, wiui uic uaiucv breather and no professional this Sunday. Perhaps a pickup game o will help ease the loss thi weekend ? but witli manj heading home, perhaps t anyone around to pick up. Well, with the annual < "that other university upste more than a month away, idea for this weekend: brusl jokes! HERE TO help this worl "The Official Clemson J recently unleashed on the C< 11- - ? 1- 1 A ?_ * on me neeis or lasi year s j This is a sequel worth one and it only takes a little whil book is a rather thin pampl least, official; it has a cc price and typographical err< It is also full of some t original material, and it fea course guide and diploma, t< The book was compiled I students ? Scott P. Ellis, and James P. Wissenbach Ellis' 1981 publication. NOT ALL of the jokes indigenous to Clemson, bu genuinely funny and sup . munition for verbal conl folks who wear obnoxious 01 omisesc "Others will be based on stor ween Henry VIII and his fiftl 'The Last Dance of Cathy H.,M "Because the program is i tlinKn ohnnlH ho cnmpliii 1I1US1V,, 11IC1 C OI1VU1U MV ttvi?vnu Staging the concert in Longs presents special challenges, Ei are not as effective in arena th looking down, rather than up, a "This year we will be using tl should be used," Earlesaid.4,1 scenery and effects, not to mer been designed for the show. "FOR EXAMPLE, in The stained-glass panel will be i century England. In another from the ceiling," she said. "Visions of Dance" is desi except for -the costumes, wl Brooks, director of USC's costi Terry Thompson is the techi serving as stage manager. C Watanabe, Libby Bourne, G Mann Newman, Wrenn Cook James Weiner. Tickets go on sale today a $2.50 for USC faculty/staff, personnel and $1.50 for stud begin at 8 p.m. For more inl office at 777-2551. With his latest album, "The demonstrates an artistic sco| York realm, and a musical rii some of his earlier sound. verbal an The text i feel lost this other fornr :ocks taking a example of i ball on the tube is a mock reads: f touch football DearAbby: 5 lazy auiuiim i nave tw j LSC students and the oth here won't, be for murder. My moth< contest against is in jail fc ite" just a little was just a\ here's a novel drugs. My l up on Clemson man, and i homosexua Recently thy endeavor is dreams. W? oke Book II," Wearever )lurnbia campus My quest oke Book I." brother tha 's while, thoueh. Siened F le to absorb. The ilet, but it is, at AT THE I >pyright, a sale dedicated ars. special ble ruly funny and pride. Wit! tures a Clemson not be poss 9 boot. With this >y a trio of USC Official CI Terri A. Wilson harmless a ? as a sequel to $2.95, and Carolina j and the Je> are original or It is als t almost all are cents per t ply ample am- for posta; 'rontations with Clemson , *ange. Columbia, liversity I ies, like the relationship beth wife, Catherine Howard, in 50 varied both in dance and ng for everyone," she added. ) Nylon Curtain," Billy Joel ie that extends beyond his New ;hness that is a change from imunition I includes one-liners, riddles and is of laugh-getters. A good the attitude behind the collection letter to "Dear Abby," which o brothers. One went to Clemson er is serving time on Death Row er works as a prostitute, my dad >r manslaughter, and my sister rrested for illegal possession of aunt is the wife of a big Mafia my uncle is an out-of-the-closet I have met the girl of my . 2 plan to be married very shortly, y much in love. ion is this: do I tell her about my t went to Clemson ? rantic. front of the book, the editors have I it to "everyone who has that nd of virtues: humor and school lout these, a good rivalry would ible.M | ? attitude and at 30 pages, "The emson Joke Book II" is light, I ind humorous reading. It sells for may be obtained at the South Bookstore, Capitol Newsstands velry Warehouse. o available by mail, adding 50 M)ok (one dollar for two or more) ge. Address mail orders to: 1 Joke Book II, P.O. Box 5264, SC 29205. treet Theatre's arena setting arle said. Jumps, for example, eaters because the audience is it the dancer. he theater in exactly the way it We are planning some exciting ition the 60 costumes that have i Last Dance of Cathy H.' a ised to give a sense of 16thnumber, ladders will be hung gned solely b USC students lich are designed by Vivian jme shop. lical director, with Gary Hyatt !horeographers include Earle, teyle Schuler Griffin, Patric Sapp, Kimberly Waylett and t $3.50 for the general public, senior citizens and military ents. Both performances will ormation. call Lonestreet box