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Chuck Dean i^^==i 1 ^SIHI R > = ==? * ^ ?< ' Hello, my name is Andy. Chuc Dean has refused to write this instal item ui ivanuum rauerns D( cause he feels "heavied up." I trie getting to the bottom of Chuck depression with a few questions a U2's "Rattle and Hum" played i the background. Andy Bechtel ? Are you refusin to write your meaningless, cynict column because you think you'r overweight? Chuck Dean ? Well, no, Andy Don't go a-putting words in m mouth this early. I think it could b the presidential elections. I feel los because John Anderson ain't runn ing. I think we'll see our firs apocalypse with this new office. AB? But, what about Ron Paul the Libertarian? I hear he has a sup porter on campus. CD ? Well, Andy, I don't know much about Ron Paul, or any othei of the Beatles to be truthful with you I think I lied to you. I'm depressed because all my heroes are in retirement or dead. You know, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Liberace, the real Benji and Billy Jack. I need them, and they're not here .... AB? And Andy Gibb and Divine. But what about THE Todd Ellis? Do you think he'd make a good president for THE America? How 'bout him replacing Holderman in the year 2001? CD ? Yeah, Andy, I can see that. And, I want to be close to Todd, I <Jo. I want to be close to Holderman, and Robby. I want to play Yahtzee >ith them and wash their car when it's nice out, but they won't let me. They keep pushing me away, far <way. Andy, they don't realize I'm good for them and that I need a hero In my life. It's sad, Andy. We have a prime example of 20th century sadness here. I AB ? I think you may have the sensitivity neccessary to run this school or this country. Do you have political ambitions? ' CD ? Well yes, Andy. I think I'm great. You've always known that. But I have weaknesses, ' Andy, weaknesses a-plenty. You know, I think that Scorsesse could've dodged controversy if he made that Christ movie, The Last Temptation of Chuck Dean ? it would've been much more interesting. ; AB ? Yes. As long as you don't think you'd be a good lead in Taxi Driver, then OK. I'm not scared; are you talkin' to me?!? So, when will "Random Patterns" (Original Mix) return to THE Gamecock? CD ? I don't know, Andy. I keep having deja-vu, and I feel naked every time l Dare my facts in that column. But, don't be getting me wrong, I like that feeling when I write. It's sick, Andy, but it's me. It is me. ! AB ? Yep, just a little bit of you. But, don't you have a message for the world, a desire to communicate, tb sway the masses to your way of thinking? | CD ? I do, Andy. You know, when I was six, my brother and cousins (Reggie, Cindy and Mandy) were in a top section of a barn and I was below, being a loner even then. They turned 10 gallons of green paint qver on me, and I almost died. From that point on, Andy, as I, with my oxygen mask on and all green, was rushed to the hospital, I decided to USC orches should appc By MIKE DICKSON Staff writer If sitting through an evening of class sound like a great night of entertainir chestra wants you to think again. The orchestra, 103 members includini winds, will perform its first concert of Tuesday at the Township Auditorium. Director Donald Portnoy said the % tions, by Beethoven and Shostakovich phony No. 5," will appeal to both the c enthusiast alike. "The works abound with glorious Portnoy, who has directed USC's orche: "It's the perfect fare for the first-time but it will also appeal to people whc regularly." The Beethoven piece is perhaps best k dard orchestral literature, while the SI citing and dynamic from the first dowi chord. A live performance of these sym legiate orchestra is considered a major Hard work and a drive for excellence the USC students, however, who have Percussive Arts Society International 4 fndy fieebiel's mf jm I- * %' I TflfelaL k live life to the fullest. Maybe that'; I- why I've heavied up emotionally - The week after this incident,I had mj d first taste of beer and love . . . 's AB ? Green with envy, green is thoughts; did you hear that the name n of the new R.E.M. album is going to be Green? What do you make of g that? tl CD ? Green-sha-mean, Andy! e I'm over Green. I've learned to deal with that color . . . y AB ? Things could be worse. Just e look around. The weather is swell, t and USC is going to the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1. What is there to be t depressed about? Why so heavied up? , CD ? I don't know, it could be Satan or the pollen. I was wanting the team to lose last weekend. I told my brother Reggie ? the first words , I've spoken to him since he almost r killed me ? "Reggie, I'm praying that we'll lose and go on a losing [ streak. I want to lose, brother ..." AB ? Meanwhile, I know you had a good time at Rockafellas' on SunI day. Don't you find happiness in music? CD ? Yes and no, Andy. I get a rush out of Sundays at this joint. I do. I like looking at the fine young radicals conforming there. I like buying underaged girls with fake IDs beers, but I always end up home, in bed, alone . . . AB ? You do sound down. Just console yourself with the knowledge that you are a self-sufficent human. Wk., !<> 1- J ? " nj ivi unici pcupic ucpress you.' CD ? That makes sense, Andy, a lot of sense. I think I'm happy, no ... I know I'm happy. I think this campus needs to put aside its budget concerns, its cries of racism and unjustness. I think we need to cast away our frivolous nature. I do. You know, I think we all need to meet at Williams-Brice Stadium. All the students need to make eye contact with each other, hold hands, take pictures of each other ? the "I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony . . ." Coke kind of thing. Andy, I want to get back to the earth, take off my clothes. I want to be stung by a honey-bee. I want to eat dirt from the Horseshoe, right where the pope was . . . AB ? Ah, the Green Movement, New Age, et al. Are you going to give us "Random Patterns" again? Or must we be content with the prearranged patterns that haunt this country? CD ? Oh, Andy, I would never heavy up on anybody like that. I will continue the article for the people who do read it, and especially for the people who don't read it. I want to buy all my readers lunch, bring them home with me. I want to let them rummage through my closet and take the clothes they like. I'm not feeling depressed any more, I must've had a brief flu. Thanks for covering for me, pal. Now, I think it is time for a revolution, a LOVE Revolution! So get out there and start it Andy ..." Chuck Dean will resume his "Random Patterns" in two weeks with a visit to Dr. Kilmann and a spectacular tribute to Shout Magazine ? including a Halloween Pumpkin d.a.tU... ...ul itc/P c nt 1 - ncTicn miii uau auptr DIUIIUC Beth Akers; Pumpkin Pie recipes and many other ghoulish surprises. I'm Andy Bechtel, thank you. ;tra Townshi jal to all, dir l 71 strings and 28 the year at 8 p.m. Washington, D.C., Rudolf Nureyev w ;roup's two selec- Columbia, both titled "Sym- Under Portnoy, tl oncert novice and for other major wo phony No. 5" and I melodies," said USC has schedul* >tra for two years. Feb. 24 and April 2 : symphony goer, sky's "Symphony I* ) attend concerts overture by a Colun During its prepara nown for its stan- new home in the K< lostakovich is ex- open next semester, nbeat to the final "We'll have a \ iphonies by a col- musical events," Poi undertaking. phenomenal." is nothing new to Tickets are availal performed at the the door on the night I Convention in and adult tickets are iCome anc the By SUSAN NESBITT Features editor Town Theatre's current production, 42nd 5 Street, is a tap-your-toes kind of show. Audience feet were set in discreet motion under , seats Tuesday night beginning with the opening overture and didn't stop until the final curtain , fell. But the serious toe-tapping happens on stage ? the fancv collective fnnfwnrF r?f a <-hr?mc talented dancers and the awe-inspiring taps, leaps and turns executed to precision by lead characters Peggy Sawyer (Rhonda Ralston) and Billy Lawlor (USC English and history junior Jeff Lander). 42nd Street is a ''backstage" musical tracing the progress of a show, Pretty Ladies, from the initial rehearsals through (opening night ? when the leading lady really does "break a leg." It tells the story of a rookie dancer, plucked from the chorus and shoved into the spotlight with only 36 hours to rehearse before going on as the star in New York. Ralston is a convincing, wide-eyed .Peggy. She shows just the right balance of over-awe at being in the Big City and home-grown confidence in her own abilities. When one of the chorines compliments her skill as a dancer, Peggy replies, "1 know" ? she was probably the best in all of Allentown. Ralston's dancing is amazing. But it's Lander as Pretty Ladies' leading man who steals the show. A phenomenal dancer, he elicited spontaneous applause from the audience Cement shoes and acid trip Godfathers, I By SUSAN NESBITT and TOJO son also pla? Features editors on bass and Have you heard the news? The ? and the} Godfathers and Living Colour will be 12-inch, Cap playing the Russell House this com- own label, ing Wednesday! All throu Not too long ago ? in 1985, in fact FATHERS ? a band called The Sid Preslev Ex- Eurone and perience was dying in underground States for a Britain. South London brothers Epic Record Chris and Peter Coyne, members of and they n SPE, refused to die with it. Early in U.K. debut 1986 they joined up with two guys Work, Deatl from Yorkshire, George Mazur and their second Mike Gibson, and a guy from Kent, The "Bi Kris Dollimore. Death" videc They called themselves THE GOD- MTV FATHERS ? Peter Coyne singing p concert I }ljjjjj ector says j||j and have accompanied ballet dancer |^HMf hen he danced this past spring in m le orchestra has drawn strnna rpuipwc Ht" rks, including Tchaikovsky's "SymVlahler's "Symphony No. 1." ? id other performances for Nov. 29, ? * 2. The music will include Tchaikov- ^ H <lo. 4," Verdi's "Requiem" and an $ | ibia composer. ition, the group will be moving to its ^ Dger Fine Arts Center, scheduled to vonderful hall especially built for rtnoy said. "The acoustics should be ole from the School of Music and at Donald Porti of the concert. Student tickets are $2 orchestra will p $5. i meet Dse dancini \ on AC Ay I with several difficult combinations of tap steps and turns. He is spectacular in "Dames." The playbill mentions that because of bis love for Town Theatre and the dance world of Columbia, Lander's aspirations of New York have been placed on the back burner for a while. New York doesn't know what it's missing ? yet. Leigh Ann Cantey as Pretty Ladies' catty star, Dorothy Brock, plays a funny scene in which she's appalled that she must actually audition for the show. Techies wheel lights around the stage as she is trying to perform, and she ends up casting shadow-animals on the backdrop. It is simply Juanita Glass (Maggie) and August Krickel (Bert) play great show-biz types. They and Nancy Ann Smith as Annie do a neat little "Shuffle Off )S Tving Colour t 7ing guitar, Chris Coyne Mazur taking percussion r released a three-song o Di Tutti Capi, on their gh 1987, THE GOD- / toured Britain and / ventured into the United / fp\A/ plilK HotPC ' s latched onto the boys, / tiade their major-label / with "Birth, School, / J i," the title track from / a > has spent some time on /j / -\ PEpic recording artists Livi our are on the move in sup / rv their highly acclaimed debu Vivid, and the group is turni \rv Led by guitarist Vernon Re ^ ing Colour's energetic live > have reportedly long been rea W tions on the East Coast. Re> national publications like the ^ Voice and Rolling Stone gree path to a record contract wit David Fricke of Rolling Stc ed the album," ... an open 1 rock'n'roll itself, a demand fc time and respect from a music Living Colour's birthright." ifc. lliiii ? i!t^ ^ L.4 ? ^ pi ^fe-^-r- ^ll[' ' *" jMf Hb| M ^KMHK^^K^K^KBSft^^^^^: -*>> iioy, director of the USC orchestra, puts the group throu >erform Tuesday at The Township. g feet. . . t Kirv jnu 1 street To Buffalo" ? a cute number which has excellent lighting, sets, staging and choreography. "There's A Sunny Side To Every Situation" is equally well-packaged, with an ingenious dressing-room set complete with lighted 'mirrors' defining the speakers. Roy Mitchell as director Julian Marsh performs a charming "Lullabye of Broadway." His singing voice is distinctive, expressive and pleasant. Roger Glass is endearing as Pretty Ladies benefactor Abner Dillon. 42nd Street opened Sept. 30 and will close Oct. 22, but record demand for tickets has led to the addition of three performances. There are shows tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m., Saturday matinees Oct. 15 and Oct. 22 at 2 p.m., a 3 p.m. Sunday matinee, and 8 p.m. performances Tuesday Oct. 18 through Saturday Oct. 22. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students. The box office is open from noon to 5:30 p.m. Monday and until 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For reservations call 799-2510. o entertain / ing Col- /A >port of t album Though Vivid is Living Colour's ng a lot first album, the all-black New York rock group has had plenty of time in :id, Liv- the limelight. Singer Corey Glover shows has been an actor since teen-agedom, 1 attrac- and played his most prominant role dews in in the movie Platoon; drummer Will Village Calhoun attended Julliard and has ised the played in many top New York bandh Epic. leader's groups; bassist Muzz SkillTie call- ings has played New York rock clubs etter to since his high school days; and >r equal guitarist Vernon Reid has received ; that is worldwide exposure as a member of James Brown's band. <,$ m. s* ^ ^Wf m w _JL IF - jJBF y' . M: ^ Ik *, |J ;!i *' Wlmlm ^NkBTB TSqBm. ' TEDDY LEPP/The Gamecnck gh its paces in a rehearsal early this week. The