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By TOMMY JOYNER
Staff Writer
The Call is coming to the Russell
House Ballroom tonight in
support of their latest album Let
The Day Begin.
The Call is a California-based
band that has had many high
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Peter Gabriel, who called them
. "the future of American music."
The Call's future is certainly
' looking bright, too, with the title
' track of Let The Day Begin having
already attained the muchlauded
No. 1 spot onBillboard
magazine's chart for a week in
late August and a promising new
single release just out and
climbing.
Seven years, six albums and
four record labels ago saw The
Call's debut album, The Call,
emerge to reasonably wide critical
acclaim. The four musicians
have since been on the road
working as hard as ever to perfect
what is considered their element
? the live show.
So how does a band sell records
when the live show is their
forte? Thirteen weeks into their
current tour with an indefinite
1 number of weeks in front of
! them, the answer is obvious:
' When people see The Call, peo?
pie buy The Call's albums.
And how does a "live" band
like The Call make successfull
albums? Record live, of course.
"The recording studio has always
been a foreign environment
for us. We always knew we
could play better live, so we
came off the road and went right
into the studio," chief songwriter
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peace process
By KATHRYN JEFFRIES
Staff Writer
Misconceptions about Israel may
slow the peace-making process in
the Middle East, but an employee
of the Consulate General of Israel
in New York said he is optimistic
about future talks.
Tzion Evonry, consul for
Academic Affairs, hoped to dispel
some myths about Israel during a
visit to USC this past week.
He spoke mainly to Jewish professors
and students about prospects
for peace, the basic principles
needed for a solution in the
area and disagreements between
Israel and their only ally in the region,
Egypt. And he blamed
American bias at least partly on
the lack of historical and geographical
context necessary to understand
the problems of the Middle
East.
"People here very often don't
realize that although we share the
same values with the United
States, we live in a different neighborhood,"
Evonry said. "Our
neighbors are Beirut and some
Arab countries. The Middle East is
very different from the Midwest
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rier, bassist/lead vocalist Michael B
and co-producer Michael Been
said of recording Let The Day
Begin.
Keyboardist and co-producer
Jim Goodwin added, "We just set
up our equipment in the studio
and turned everything up loud
just like we would on stage. The
songs are so spontaneous that
when it came time to tour, I had
to sit down with the album and
figure out just what 1 had
played."
Been grew up in Oklahoma
surrounded by what he terms
"If you want to understand the
Mideast you need a history book
and a man. without which it is im
possible," he said.
Evonry said there is no quick
solution because Israel, the smallest
country in the Middle East, is
at war with 21 Arab countries, besides
the Palestinians.
He said, however, several forces
are pushing toward peace in the region:
the growing realization that
Israel cannot be defeated militarily
so the conflict must be solved politically;
economic crises in some
Arab countries, such as Jordan and
Syria; and an understanding between
the superpowers to solve the
conflict before it becomes a global
war.
These forces must be balanced
against the obstacles, such as ideological
and psychological rejection
by Arab countries, but Evonry said
he thinks a solution will be
reached.
"I am optimistic because I am a
eptions slow
, Israeli says
political scientist, and I don't believe
in eternal conflicts," he said.
"I am optimistic because I think at
this point in time, the positive forces
are stronger.
"The key question is how to
prevent another war. When I look
at the eyes of my seven-year-old
child I ask myself, 'What can we
do to make sure that we don't have
to fight another war?'"
Part of what the U.S. can do is
to continue to leam the facts about
Israel's attitude toward peace, its
size and its achievement, Evonry
said.
He also said that any compromise
between Israel and the Palestinians
must take into consideration
Israel's need for security and the
aspirations of the Palestinians.
"We have a saying in Israel. We
are the only country you can cross
with less than a gallon of gas. This
is why Israel needs secure and defensible
borders," he said.
According to Evonry, Israel's
population is about four million
versus 150 million in neighboring
Arab countries, which also have
three times as many tanks and
airplanes as Israel, spend seven
times as much money on the military
and employ 13 times more active
soldiers than Israel does. He
described Israel as being in an
"ocean of dictatorships" and said
they are ready for peace.
Because of the extensive media
coverage, Israel is portrayed as a
superpower, Evonry said. It is not
Israel has extended its hand in a
gesture of peace since 1948, he
said, only to be rejected by all but
Egypt.
"There isn't any other nation
that is more sick and tired of the
continuous war and bloodshed than
Israel," he said. "We have a saying
in Israel: besides Egypt, our only
friendly border is the Mediterranean
Sea."
Bernard Friedman, a religious
counselor involved with Jewish
Hillel Counselship, arranged for
Evonry's visit. The consul also
visited the University of Georgia
and Augusta College.
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I knew it... early."
The complacency and ignorance
of the Midwestern lifestyle
provided Been with a lifetime's
supply of angst, he said. Six albums
haven't even broken the
surface, and Been says he has
boatloads of more music inside
of him.
He even teamed up with fellow
Last Temptation of Christ
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Carolina culture," Kridel said.
The festival begins tonight at 8
p.m. at Gambrell Hall, featuring
performances by the American
Serpent Players and the Saturday
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and toured playing mostly acoustic
numbers, immediately proceeding
the release of the new
album.
The driving force behind The
Call never stops pushing his audiences'
limits, and if you want
to see for yourself, the show is
tonight in the ballroom. Ticket
are $3 for students, $5 for general
public and are available
through the coliseum box office
and other outlets.
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an 8 p.m. concert at Booker T.
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the London Serpent Trio with the
USC Chamber Orchestra and the
United Serpents Grande Band. The
festival will close Sunday at 2 p.m.
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By DAVID BOWDEN r
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Few local bands succeed in the
music business, but the Columbia
band with the best shot for eventual
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group Public
Enemy, has only been playing with
its present line-up since the middle
of August
"I'd been looking around to
form a band with other people
since last year, but the first two
guys didn't work out," lead guitarist
and vocalist Frank Robinson
said
The interesting sound of the
group can be attributed to the
eclectic tastes of its members.
Drummer Scott Frey is an exmember
of the local thrash group
Bedlam Hour and prefers Motley
Crue's music. Bassist Jeff Able
said, "Frank is into Metallica and
rap. I like the blues."
All three members of Channel
Zero describe their sound as
"head-jangling music." Robinson's
nasty guitar riffs, supported by the
heavy backbeat of Able and Frey,
make the group sound at times like
Black Sabbath, AC/DC and the
Sex Pistols.
The group is young, but they are
all accomplished musicians. Each
member has been playing his instrument
for at least eight years.
Robinson stands out with his excellent
solos, and his playing is a
hybrid of the styles of Van Halen
and Hendrix. Frey hammers the
drums with power, but he can also
have a skillful, light touch. Able is
a good name for the bassist for he
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up his cohorts.
Channel Zero tries to play as
many originals as possible and
what is amazing is that this young
group has so many excellent, original
songs written already. Last
Thursday, the band played almost
an album's worth of their own
music.
The best Channel Zero song has
to be the rock-hard song "Wired."
The song is so good, many people
thought it was a cover of an established
heavy metal group.
Although they do play hard
music for the most part, the group
is versatile as well as talented.
They performed a great cover of
Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe." They
are also known to do Prince's "I
Can Never Take the Place of Your
Man" and a reggae version of the
Zeppelin classic "Stairway to
Heaven."
The band members also entertain
the audience with funny asides
between songs. Channel Zero's
mixture of great music and a
healthy sense of humor make for
an excellent stage show.
If Channel Zero does become
popular, they might be the first
band to have a guitarist with a
doctorate degree. Robinson is presently
in graduate school working
to get his doctorate in psychology.
"The people in my department
think its weird that I'm in a rock
band," Robinson said.
Serpent Trio and a finale with all
the serpentists on stage.
Tickets are $3 for students and
$5 for the public for performances
Friday and Sunday and $4 for students
and $6 for the public
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