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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
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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.
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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
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Beth Akers; Pumpkin Pie recipes and
many other ghoulish surprises. I'm
Andy Bechtel, thank you.
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During its prepara
nown for its stan- new home in the K<
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undertaking. phenomenal."
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performed at the the door on the night
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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 ?
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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
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Godfathers and Living Colour will be 12-inch, Cap
playing the Russell House this com- own label,
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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
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vonderful hall especially built for
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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
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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.
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rock group has had plenty of time in
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shows has been an actor since teen-agedom,
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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
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James Brown's band.
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