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small campus By John Osborn and Marc Fink Small crowds and a mixed degree of talent highlighted the campus music scene at the end of last week. A young band called The Blanks showed talent and potential at the Golden Spur Thursday and Friday nights, while a group named Charlie Pickett and the Eggs played Friday at the Sport nighter at the Blatt. Physical Education Center and Saturday at the Spur. The Blanks, a four-memhpr hanrf from Athens, Ga., electrified small Spur audiences with original material and superb cover versions of tunes by the Police, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Pretenders and Nick Lowe. Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Marianna Pace held her listeners' attention with her sultry, sure vocal work and infectious energy. But the tight, smoothly mixed sound of lead guitarist John Keane, bass guitarist Keith McBurnett and drummer Dean Quinter did not go unnoticed. QUINTEH'S HANDLING of sophisticated beats in several Police tunes was sensitive, lively and professional. McBurnett's feel for his Knoc lirtno time pnrvyvwK T/ * - Kja*y%J iiiivo tv ao oupvi Uj cXIIU IVUcillC S ability was showcased frequently in licks that were never overstated. "Since I have been here (at USC), this is the best bard I've heard and E-Sj t the world's Unquestionably, Leonard da Vinci possessed one of the world's qreat minds. Not onlv m nowned as a painter and sculp tor, da Vinci also applied his exceptional talents to the me chanics of flight, to cartography for planning military campaigns and even astronomy. Today, scientists and eng neers at E-Systems continue th tradition by expanding the prac cal application of advanced tec nology. E-Systems uses the principles of flight mechanics a: the basis for major modification to aircraft, expands basic car tography to encompass highly Leonardo cla Vinci 1452 1519 dllUlcVIUcb yiutu Photo by Laura Ferguson The Blanks' Marianna Pace delivers sultry vocals at the Spur Friday. seen," said sophomore Maidi Mc Murtrie. The Blanks' refusal to give a half-hearted performance for a barely half-full bar demonstrated an en thusiasm and dedication that should take the band far. 4'The band has a lot of talent and everyone works together," said Pace. She said she believes the group's future is promising, using the term "tidal waver" to describe the band's power pop sound. fsiems connn he tradition o1 ?great problei o sophisticated guidance and com mand and control systems, and illu: i- has designed and built a sys- ree tem that greatly expands man's in 1 ability to study the universe. anc That's only a small seg- Lai i ment of the tough problems Re; i, E-Systems engineers solve in E-S the area of antennas, comrriuni- He i- cations, data acquisition, pro- Da le cesfeing, storage and retrieval systems and other systems ap plications for intelligence and re connaissance ? systems which are often the first of a kind in the world. flAin honrlct iwvU BJH9IUD The band already has a good bit of original material. "Wolves at Bay," "Heart Throbs" and "Paramount" all received positive crowd response Friday. PACE'S APPEAL is great ? as a respectable guitarist, an attractive performer and a talented vocalist in the style of the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde. A group of students at the Spur Friday, who made the com norionn Af 4 ~ " 1 f/ui louu ui t chjc iu nynae, were supported in the claim when Pace launched into a rendition of the Pretenders' hit, "Brass in Pocket." While the Blanks' talent with cover material will keep it a top bar band, an increased emphasis on original songs should offer a chance at wide success. McBurnett said the band is working on an EP, scheduled for release this spring. Charlie Pickett and the Eggs is the type of group that will remain a good bar band. Since P.E. Center basketball courts nnH oro ' v* a m>a\a uA-f ua aniuug VIlC IclbI plctCCJS on campus one might expect to find a live band, no more than 100 persons showed up for two performances at the Sportnighter. 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