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Australian music is notable primarily
for raging guitars and throaty vocals.
There are exceptions ? INXS comes
to mind ? but for the most part,
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refreshing, then, to pick up an album
as inspired as the new one from
Hunter and Collectors.
Fate (IRS Records) is an intelligent
excursion into the darker side of life.
While not a dreary-sounding record,
the politically-heavy lyrical content is
not for the weak of heart.
Musically, guitars and drums share
equal billing with French horns,
trumpets and trombones, resulting in
a familiar yet distinctive sound. Still,
the seven-piece band can rock with
the best of them, notably on the
spirited "What Are You Waiting
For?" But if needed, they can
restrain the roar, as they do in the
delicate "Around the Flame."
Like the equally talented and also
Australian Midnight Oil, Hunters
and Collectors mix political and
musical smarts to come up with one
of the more stirring works of the
year.
Taking their lead from The Jesus
and Mary Chain is The House of
Love, with their self-titled debut on
Relativity Records. Restrained percussion
and Byrds-influenced guitars
are the rule here, but the real charm
comes from the breathy vocal har
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production.
With no specific information listed
on the disc ? the band is credited
with production and arrangements ?
The House of Love is an utterly
enigmatic album, one that fans of
Echo and the Biinnymen as well as
Pink Floyd should be able to agree
on.
Probably the most misunderstood
band of the "New South" is North
Carolina's Let's Active. Band-leader
Mitch Easter has been dogged by an
image as the chronically cute
cheerleader, but as Every Dog Has
His Day (I.R.S Records) proves, he
can be moody as hell, too.
Easjter is probably best known to
music fans as the co-producer of
R.E.M.'s first three releases, but he
has done similar chores for scores of
bands. As such he has had a hand in
developing the vocal harmonies of
The Washington Squares, and the
lyrical oddities found in Game
Theory. To say that some of his past
experience has rubbed off on the new
release would be an understatement.
All the songs deserve the overused
terms "crisp," "witty" and
"bright." But that's what one would
expect from the man who, almost
single-handedly, has redefined the
sound of American guitar rock.
What is surprising about the work
is Easter's tendency to let others in
the band shine. Not that Easter is an
egomaniac, it's just that on the 1986
release Big Plans For Everybody, he
practically did the whole job by
himself. He had the occasional helping
hand, but it could easily have
been called a Mitch Easter solo
album without raising too many
eyebrows.
Not so here. Long-time Let's Active
co-worker Angie Carlson issues
strong lead vocals on three of the
albums better tracks, not the least of
which is the inspired "Horizon,"
which features the great hook "Fortune
take me I'm getting lost / I feel
the world turning even though I
stand still."
Finally, a few words in favor of a
genre I normally avoid ? namely,
heavy metal ? specifically,
Metallica's masterpiece, . . . and
Justice For All (Elektra Records).
Metallica has transcended mere
heavy metal on this one. The nine
songs run for more than 65 minutes.
The shortest is more than five
minutes long. Admittedly, the lyrics
are not the best ever, but the playing
is simply awesome. They have
mastered all the needed chops, while
adding some of their own. Check out
the amazing "To Live is to Die."
Starting with restrained acoustic
guitars, the band eventually kicks in
with an almost gutteral guitar sound
and roars.
Leaving the spandex pants and the
hairspray to Bon Jovi and friends,
Metallica is for those who listen to
records rather than watch videos.
V*ry hot stuff.
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in a storm in 1874, the 200'foot ship fl
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From staff reports
Go for the Garnet homecoming activities
are in the works, and the fun
is scheduled to begin Monday.
Students will build displays and
host a variety of activities that will involve
the campus as well as the
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the Olympics at a time when USC
and the community come together,"
said Novella Fortner, assistant dean
of student life.
HOMECOMING SCHEDULE
OF EVENTS:
Monday: Homecoming Olympics
Play, sponsored by Campus Recreation,
begins with a basketball free
throw contest from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
in gym 305.
Tuesday: Meet and mingle with the
homecoming queen candidates from
12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the
Russell House Patio. This event is
sponsored by the Homecoming
Commission.
Student organization displaybuilding
competition begins from 4
p.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday on the
Horseshoe and McBryde Quad and
continues through Friday. The
displays are open to public viewing
and will be judged on the basis of
creativity, consistency with the Go
for the Garnet theme and craftsmanship.
The competition is sponsored
by the Homecomiit&jCommission.
Olympics Play continues with a
punt-pass-kick contest from 3 p.m.
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By MICHAEL SHARP
Staff writer
As I drove up Devine Street, one
glance at the usual crowd or punks
lingering around the entrance of
Rockafellas' revealed a large showing
of people from Charlotte,
Orangeburg and Spartanburg who
had come to hear the band Social
Distortion.
The show began later than usual,
but that was OK by me, because it
resulted in the cancellation of one of
the opening band's sets. I really
dislike the Lubricators, but that's a
whole different story . . . too bad,
so sad, life goes on.
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to 5 p.m. on field B.
Wednesday: Students can cast
ballots for Homecoming Queen from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Russell
House.
Join the festivities at Carolina Carnival
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Greene Street. This year's carnival,
sponsored by the Homecoming Commission,
will feature USC's pop
choral group Carolina Alive, WNOK
radio station, food booths, a dunking
booth, jugglers, clowns and a
variety of other events.
Next, make way to the Olympics
Play homerun derby from 3 p.m. to 5
p.m. on field E.
If you want a relaxing meal, come
to the Russell House Patio between 4
p.m. and 7 p.m. for the Homecoming
Cookout sponsored by the
Homecoming Commission. Entertainment
will be provided by Columbia
musician Jim LeBlanc. P.M.
Magazine will also be there to do
four segments for the show. Cocky
will make a special appearance.
Thursday: Homecoming Olympics
Play winds up with a tennis serving
contest from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the
Solomon Blatt P.E. Center tennis
courts.
Comedienne Brett Butler, who has
appeared on Late Night with David
Letterman, will host Comedy Night
at the Spur. This by-invitation-only
event will enj&ble student organization
leaders to get a glimpse of the
Golden Spur renovations. Comedy
Drtion proves
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start with a few songs from Prison
Bound. They sounded as good ? if
not better ? playing live as they did
on the album, showing that they are
capable in live situations as well as in
the studio. The only problems were a
little feedback, an occasionally imperfect
mix, and the the danger of a
falling speaker due to a roomful of
punks who were "slamming in the
Pit."
Social Distortion's change from a
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Night is co-sponsored by the Office
of Alcohol and Drug Abuse and the
Homecoming Commission.
Friday: Cockfest, sponsored by Pi
Kappa Phi, begins at 7 p.m. at
Williams-Brice Stadium. It will include
Go for the Game '-related skits
and entertainment by bands,
cheerleaders and student organizations,
as well as fireworks.
Saturday: Of course, the
homecoming game! USC faces the
Mountaineers of Appalachian State.
Kickoff is 1:30 p.m. The crowning
of the new homecoming queen will be
the highlight of halftime festivities.
Entertainment at the homecoming
dance begins at 8:30 p.m. and continues
until 12:30 a.m. in the Russell
House Ballroom with music by the
dance band Plair. Students will be
admitted free with a USC ID. Each
student will be allowed to bring one
non-student guest. Refreshments will
be provided. The dance is sponsored
by the Homecoming Commission
and the Residence Hall Association.
Rain locations for the various
events are:
Meet the Queens ? Grand
Marketplace
Carolina Carnival ? Russell
House Ballroom
Homecoming Cookout ?
Grand Marketplace
Fc^paore information about any
event," call the Homecoming Commission
at 777-5780.
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motif was a welcome one.
The set included a mix of new and
old songs, which were well received
by the crowd. "I Want What I
Want," "Another State Of Mind,"
the Rolling Stones' cover
"Backstreet Girl" and "Mommy's
Little Monster" ? dedicated to a
deceased friend ? were the high
points of the performance.
The show was a compilation of all
their music, past and present, and it
proved their worth in the world of
music. Even more, it confirmed that
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From staff reports
Now that it's officially fall, classes
are in full swing, papers abound,
quizzes seem to have become an
every day sort of thing, and thoughts
are drifting back (and ahead) to summer
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from school.
One of the most popular getaways
in the Southeast, or for that matter,
in the country, is Walt Disney World.
Thousands of college students visit
Walt Disney World each year for
fun. Since 1980, more than 7,000
have also come to work ? and had
plenty of fun as well.
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recruits students from 164 different
colleges and universities across the
globe.
Up to 1,500 students take advantage
of the program each year. They
work at The Magic Kingdom for a
single session, receiving wages, and
more importantly, credits or work
experience they can apply to their
degree requirements.
Recruiters visit campuses in the fall
to interview students to work in the
January-May session. The recruiters
return in the spring to interview for
the June-August and SeptemberDecember
sessions. They talk with
students majoring in hotel-restaurant
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communications and business.
Students who qualify work at least
30 hours per week, earning the same
wages and benefits as other Walt
Disney World temporary employees.
They also attend 10 business management
seminars, which are given by
Disney management employees on
topics such as marketing, entertainment,
park operations, finance and
employee relations.
The combination of working at
America's favorite vacation destination
and learning first-hand from the
people who help keep it that way provides
a valuable learning experience,
the students say.
While in Lake Buena Vista,
students share apartments or mobile
homes with other students
Even before the park opened in
1971, the company was working with
several college and university co-op
programs. By 1980 the number of
schools wanting to place co-op
students with Disney had grown to
the point where a more formalized
college program was needed.
It has since grown from a
300-student-per-year program to one
which employs 500 students in each
of the three sessions.
Recent participants from USC include
David Davenport, Wilson
Evans, Kathleen O'Brien, Jeannie
Tuite and Diane Vlahoplus.
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