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EratertainmenT Student s? T" >' I M I-.-': '^Sam | I ? ; -: r^ '' v\-; ' j| ; :, ^ ^/.-. v:^ : \ *. ^i; >;;.iV(^Bp ' Newest Pret shows matui By Liz Kennedy Just when you thought it was all < Chrissie Hvnde nicks nn rhp niprpc cnrn ?j f -r ----- ^ a nightmare and emerges with "Learnin Crawl." This album is about life, death, love strength. On this third Pretenders all Hynde proves to recapture her triumph a ing the most forceful female rocker tod But it only seems like yesterday, a wo in her mid-20s escaped from her horr Ohio to find herself caught up in the mic punk-rock era of London. It's there tha formed her band, along with her En boyfriend, who plays the bass. THF FIRST single, "Brass in Poet was a hit from their 1980 debut all Klfl Vlllf ?v? n r\ r-* 1a * U r> < L ? A iii?,inj ci v_ v. I u 1111 v.i.1 uu UVJIII MUCS Ul IIIC /A tic. Hynde met Ray Davies of the Kinks idol, and they hit it off so well, she birth to daughter Natalie. It's 1983, and bass player Pete Pari finds himself a junkie and also out of a because of the obvious "Bad Habit." two days after Farndon's termina guitarist James Honeyman-Scott dies i overdose. If that wasn't enough to deal 10 months later Pete Farndon was f dead from drug related causes. That leaves Hynde and drummer M Chambers in the "Middle of the Road,' first track off the album, which expr Hynde's outlook on life in a mature, palatable way: I can 7 get from the cab to the curb, wit some little jerk on my back Don7 harrass me, can 7 you tell I'm j home, I'm tired see, I'm not the kind I u be Oh God I'm killing 33. The words may seem harsh and some snobbish, but she's human too. Hynde has matured over the past year as a p( and as a lyricist. SHE HAS experienced the hurt o! meone close to her dying and the joy ol ing birth to her baby girl, which changei W1IUIC Vltw U11 live. In other words, black leather, sex drugs are no longer in her frame of refen Quoting from the Daily Insider, the s told a business woman's magazine, C pany Reports, that "Once you hit 33, can't keep talking about scum on the st hanging out, taking drugs and havin your friends be lunatics on motorcycles She said one reason she wrote and rec ed the song, "Watching the Clothes, because that's relevant to her now. 4 spent a lot of time that way, Hynde ips her w :k:7? p enders' relea rity, lyrical : "Maybe it's not the cooles Dver, about." asses The song talks about peop ig To Saturday night, while she's dry, watching the clothes in t ; and not be the coolest track on t 5um, does contain a snap to it w s be- licks. ay. ,man SIDE ONE ends with "Shi ie in addressed to her infant i-70s signifies the importance and 1 t she glish With your angel Welcome here from < The Milky Way's still :et," you found yourself a I )um, One who's seeking perfe tlan- or some,kind of < , her 5?vv..> v * * y~j is 111 _y iavui iit lia Gone" has a distinctive "Mo ndon The bass playing is rich and job, Big Country's bassist To Only Hynde on guitar. The soil] tion, seem a bit depressing: >f an with, / went back to Ohio, but t ound I went back to Ohio, but my / stood on the back art in There was nobody " the esses The song is the type of tun nn- noddine and tannine with matter how emotional you g hout "Learning To Crawl" is buying even if you're r toing Pretenders fan. The album rsf to and good lyrical writing. Instrumentally, it may sound Honeyman-Scott an< tributed to during their bett what works of new bassist Male also guitarist Robbie Mcintosh is ;rson they both .have proved musicians. f so ALSO PRODUCER ( f giv- managed to put the whole d her And if there were any roug tainly smoothed them out and abilities. zncc. "Learning To Crawl" inger album with a British Christm ?om- Miles," a simple pop song tli you on radio stations for many reet, come. g all I'm convinced now, that ." hearing more from the Pre :ord- ago, 1 thought that's it: No r 9 9 [)..* II.,? I A ~ A. 1 is dui nyiiuc piuvcu id me 'I've album she can handle it all. 1 said. not pretending. They arc for av to Miss Bl; tic ~~ ~^ Je \ ; Miss B,ack usc 1984 Eleanor Jenkins was crowned L.' ^'SS B'ac* Monday night in 1 t ho Pnocnll UniiPn D hoto by Olando Patterson T ise style it thing to write JBffl >le partying on a WE m doing her laun- M he dryer. It may W? J he album, but it ith rapid guitar r m ow Me," a song 3 daughter that love for Natalie: the rhythm no et Consummate Showman an album worth ^'er' 3 s'ng'n0 'mPersonator will ap lot a die-hard shows maturity never have the Kier to app 1 Farndon con er days. But the olm Foster and By Leslie Dunson acceptable, and Kier, the polished singing impe to be talented such recording artists as Billy Young, Jackson Browne and Bri teen, will appear at the Golden 5 ~hris Thomas day and Friday nights. thing together. A singer-songwriter, guit h edges, he cer- keyboard artist, Kier gave up a vc with his own ship and a career in classical mi tivate audiences along the East C closes out the Although he has played solo las single, "2000 four years, Kier has recently inci at will be played bassist and a drummer into his a Christrnases to his delivery of the songs from album, "Consider Me," which li we all will be been certified "Aluminum," tenders. A year "Platinum" or "Gold." norePretenders. In addition to his selection of world with this personations, Kier performs rhic limn lliov'rn cnlflnttnnr .....V V..W ,v- JV.VVUUIIJ. real. According to Kier, his impers( ack USC r Jerome Simpson "Lift every voice and sing" is the f >nai Antnem. One young lady who lifted her voi< nkins, crowned Miss Black USC 1< Jenkins, a Lancaster junior, sang ' e Broadway musical hit "Dream G )n of the pageant. ' The talent contest/of the pageant 3nya Brown who recited a dramatit Ronald Hughes sang "Ribbon in ening's entertainment. Stacey Robi :pt the audience cheering * a so r Love." Eight women participated in i.ie p itrina Williams, Gayle Randolph, jnderburke, Marietta Davis, Jenkir Pittman, first runner-up, chose a e evening dress competition. Davis, Send in the Clowns" for her talent Musical entertainment by Phase Dinen, provided musical variety, P 3ni Hassell, brought the audience t( 1" in "Beautiful Lovers." The bad a Brown, Rose White and Melanje The judges ranged from a law stut ember of the State Law Enforcem id pageant experience, as well as ec Other awards included Most Coc iss Congeniality, Pittman; and Mo Miss Black USC 1983, Sarita Mey id passed the crown on to Miss Bla Association of Afro-American Stu< am, and Positive Sound Inc. provi jjj^ jffij oM-^^ "fj ? | ^ ;i pear at the Golden Spur Thursday anc ear at Goldi quire much practic rsonator of Bruce Springsteen, I Joes, Neil get a pair of tight bl ice Springs- of sand and drink >pur Thurs- alone and scream at he can't speak anyi arist and attitude. >ice scholar- Kier's show, mar jsic to cap- and high energy, *oast. friendly and casu for nearly known for his cons orporated a diences and for m? ict to aid in involvement betwec i his debut le jokes has \\Cier has opened instead of Russell, Stepenwoll Pablo Cruise, musical im- Kier's performar his own the Spur and < Showtime for both ^nations re- sion is $2. Seeing t! title i irst line of the Black Na; :e and sang was Eleanor m. n 'I Am Changing" from iirls" for her talent porwas won by sophomore : monologue. the Sky" as part of the nson and Felecia Stovall ng entitled "What I did ageant: Cheryl Pittman, Tonya Brown, Andrea is and Mona Singleton, sparkling blue gown for , second runner-up, sang segment. Four, a group of four hase Four's lead singer, o its feet with her "scatk up singers were ValenClark. tent and hair stylist to a ent Division. All judges Ideational degrees, operative, Funderburke; st Talented, Brown, ers, completed her reign ick USC 1984. dents sponsored the proded background music. i -?-- MCTM -n\\K . WR j I Friday nights. ; j sn Spur I :e. In order to sing like he quips, it is necessary to lack pants; get a tall glass it down; go in a room the top of his lungs until more and get a "Jersey" ked with intelligence, wit ^ draws audiences into a al atmosphere, Kier is tant rapport with his auuntaining a high level of ;n them and his music. for such acts as Leon f, Nicolette Larson and ice will be presented by Contemporary Sounds. Mtfilitc* if it O r\ m A f \ rY1 IC _ lis performer is a must.