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o Swimming Pool Qs to record new album By Robert O'Connor According to Swimming Pool Qs spokesman Jeff Caldcr, "The spirit of American art is the willingness to risk failure." The Qs have found success evasive during eight hard years and two undersold,.yet arresting, album releases. Calder, lead guitarist and vocalist of the Atlanta-based pop |. rock group, credits the band's endurance to their "willingness r to move things forward." The recent .release of their self-titled second album has propelled the band into a spotlight of overflowing critical acclaim, but dry commercial acceptance and sales. "We were completely ignored for years, and, of course, we <?roK?fnl fr?r ?h#? fritir'nl nraisp " r.nlHcr ^nid "Hnvwvrr. that docs not sell many records." The Qs have been touring since before Thanksgiving, concentrating on a more precise performance and writing new material for a third album. An opening slot for Lou Reed was "a basic experience" for the Qs, although they had a couple of experiences with rude fc' audiences. The Qs' third album is already beyond the planning stages, with songs such as "A Dream Engraved," "Laredo Radio Station" and "Power and Light." The album, planned for a late summer release, will feature a slight change in the band's style. "We want to continue to explore the things we did on our last album," Calder said. "On our next record, more of a picture will emerge. "Recording is challenging. The last time, we compared ourselves to Shakespeare by blending comedy and tragedy in the work. Pop music is not that far away from it. Not everything has to be a joke, and not everything has to be dreadfully serious. Music has to be going backwards and forwards at once." Band members include Anne Richmond, vocals and keyboards, Bob Elsey, guitar, J.E. Garrett, bass, and drummer Billy Burton. Richmond, a Boston native, shares writing credits with Calder. "Ann has a much more precise, melodic voice," Calder noted. "Also, there are no editors in rock music, so we rely on our own instincts. The dilemma of being placed in the middle of the Athens, Ga., music scene has been "a little frustrating" to the band, Calder said, although the Qs are friendly with R.E.M. and the B52s. The Qs, who played at Rockafella's Friday and Saturday ^ night, are a band clearly close to success. - - I ' Supper, ,he ^ Welcome To.. 1 fMCLPlwa /"? ? 1 y W ( I. ky / I I 1 HSB Qfr M CfLOF I m THC *M Fulln GQuvPPtD ! $g WTCWEMS>iVTH ., m I BEST HC 8 HAS 1 to Ims&srn supedrogslaw J ? ou? BIG * LB. BEEF FRANK w/MUSTARD, CHIll & siaw. I_ j i * ^*'""*"^5^8 ^ ^ 'Jj ? ! ? Coupon Eip. 3 30 85 e:^Bg^S?jTnjSM^SJ|^BH ? Coupon Good tt Any Sandr't 8BH|MniaggHin| n What no tourists? Photographer Steve Bell captured thi McKissick Museums through May 3. I Breathed defi py H??ocimt?a rnn WASHINGTON ? 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The cartoon depicts character Steve Dallas in a parody of a Dewar's Scotch ad showing successful people in a format called the "Dewar's profile." A WEEK U\J >M [.! IPIL FRAf THE CRAI THE FIX> L I A FLOI MERCYFUL F/ k/ i m U2 ^ 1 MANY II i 5 B,ini J I \(?* 1 ^b'scs & iDt n I I TVWlf B l^J H I INI J'iii? I : as; $ S I * ^test' HUGE I 1 * S?r'ne ar !J~ :l l^nTo^ '.JSS. :l I * Low cos A, delicious hot T H Q and/or r< 6E roppfo OFF H * Genpral 'hipped cream, H general ' - - ~ avflilahlf ? * LMtHHT. V II | ^ 9 || I The SIR Planni"! Good et Any Sandy's a eB II 1 ll? Ju&C ' ll ! 1411 Ba 2 , and. Bell's beach photos are on exhibit at ountv' snoot f _1 In Brcathcd's single-panel cartoon, a drunken Dallas leans over a bottle of Dewar's with a profile that says the whiskey's taste "blends perfectly with the sense of accomplishment I feel after getting five accused nun-beaters sprung on a technicality." 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