The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 97, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 10, 1979 Page: 3 of 8
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Tuesday, April 10, 1979
THE NORTH TEXAS DAILY—PAGE 3
Here come da sheik
Album 'zaps' disco,
social incompetence
By SAM JONES
Daily Reporter
Sheik Yerbouti? Is this it? Is this
The Hip One? Is he kidding'? These
lines, from art ad in Roiling Stone foi
Frank Zappa's new album, echo a lot
of people's questions about Zappa’s
music.
The double album includes songs
like “Tryin' to Grow a Chin,” “Baby
Snakes,” “I’m so Cute" and *‘Yo’
Mama." In other words, yes folks,
he's kidding.
This is Zappa's first album on
Polygram records, and he plays with
a much smaller band than usual, us-
ing only rhythm and lead quitars,
bass, drums, and percussion. But the
sound hasn't changed at till—Zappa's
inimitable guitar work combined
with an excellent backup group, top-
ped off with his “Lizard King” lyrics,
accurate and very funny spoofs of
pop rock lyrics.
The best example of these are
found in “Flakes,” Zappa’s tirade
against shoddy merchandise, in-
competence, Californians and society
in general, with lines like;
“I'm a moron V this is my wife,
She's frosting a cuke with a paper
knife,
All we got here is American made.
It's a little hit cheesy hut nicely dis-
play ed
Two of the songs, “Rat Tomago"
and “the Sheik Yerbouti Tango," are
instrumentals recorded live in the
Deutschland Halle in Berlin. "Rat
Tomago” is a tight rock ‘n’ roll
number, and “Sheik Yerbouti" is a
fairly straight tango with Zappa’s
frantic synthesizer battling for the
lead.
The only other instrumental on the
album is "Rubber Shirt,” which is
constructed around a bass solo by
Patrick O'Hearn, taken from a
recording made in Sweden in I974.
But most of the music revolves
around Zappa’s lyrics, such as in
“I'm So Cute," and "Bobby Brown,"
both of w hich are clever lampoons on
people wrapped up in their own self-
importance. Another good song is
"Wild Love," Zappa’s look at
romance and love, which is done in a
heavy croon—sort of a cross between
Elvis Presley and Perry Como.
But the best song on the album is
“Dancin’ Fool,” a general condem-
nation of discos and the people that
inhabit them. Zappa’s lyrics provide
a perfect counterpoint to the band's
disco rhythm.
All in all, this is one of Zappa’s
better albums, done with fine
musicianship, excellent production
and a lot of imagination.
Fine oris program lets
students display talents
" I he f inest ot the t ine, to he
presented at 7:30 tonight and Wednes-
day in The Lyceum, will feature faculty-
selected students from each of the fine
arts departments in a program of dance,
drama, art, and music and oral in-
terpretation.
Each student was selected as a
representative of a quality of instruction
and high caliber of students within each
department for the Second Annual Fine
Arts Extravanganza sponsored by the
I nion Program Committees Fine Arts
Committee..
Paul Moore, union program director,
said the presentation is the 11 PCs way
of recognizing outstanding students in
each of the line arts departments.
The program will include excerpts
from "The Fantasticks" by Harvey
Schmidt and Tom Jones and a scene
from "Lu Ann Hampton Laverty
Oberlander” by Preston Jones,
presented by the division of drama.
"Valse Nobels et Sentimentales” by
Maurice Ravel and excerpts from
“Porgy and Bess” by George Gershwin
will be presented by the School of
Music.
Invitations were sent for the Tuesday
evening performance.
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and open to the public.
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Annual concert to feature lab bands
Performance to highlight student, faculty, alumni compositions
By JO CAROL COX
Daily Reporter
The annual Spring Concert by the
nine NT lab bands will be at 8 tonight in
the Coliseum.
The top band to perform, the I
O’Clock Lab Band conducted by Leon
Breeden, is recognized internationally as
the top student jazz band in the country.
Breeden, director of the NT jazz
program since I959, has led the 1
O’Clock to success for Grammy
nominations on two albums. The lab
band is the only student band ever to
receive the honor.
Tonight’s concert, as is traditional,
will feature compositions by NT stu-
dents, faculty members and alumni, and
latest jazz releases to be performed for
the first time at NT.
“This year we broke a record on selec-
tions written by students," Breeden said.
“Nineteen compositions (out of 24) are
written by students currently attending
North Texas, two are by former students
and one is by a faculty member.”
Two stages are set for the perfor-
mance so that one band can set up while
another is performing. Each band will
play two charts except the 2 O’Clock,
which will perform three, and the 1
O’Clock will close each half of the
program.
From 2,500 to 3,500 people are ex-
pected to attend the performance, many
of whom will travel from various high
schools and universities across the
Southwest region.
“With nine lab bands performing, we
try to keep the concert from running
into an all-night marathon,” Breeden
said. "Tuesday is a school night, and a
lot of people travel long distances for the
concert.”
The first four lab bands to perform
and the 4 O’Clock Lab Band are
directed by graduate students. The
bands are named after the directors.
The Gary Edighoffer Lab Band, also
known as the 8 O’Clock East, will start
the program. The band will perform
"Jumpin’ at the Broadside," by Pete
Myers and "The Queen of Atlantis," by
one of the band’s trumpet players, War-
ren Bessey, Peterborough, Conn., soph-
omore. Edighoffer is a saxophone player
for the 7 O’Clock West Lab Band.
Next, the Joe Eckert L.ab Band (the 7
O’Clock East) will play an arrangement
and a composition by Tom Andersen,
Denton graduate .tudent. Eckert play-
lead saxophone for the 3 O’Clock Lab
Band.
The Paul Bauer Lab Band, conducted
by a trombone player in the 1 O’Clock,
will perform a tune by the band’s
baritone sax player, Paul Baker,
Richardson sophomore.
”1 have conducted the band for two
semesters,” Bauer said. “Even though I
lost a lot of students to higher lah bands,
I think the group I have now ix the best
yet."
The band also will play “West Coast
Samba” by Chet Heflin, San Jose, Calif.,
sophomore.
T he f ritz Kersting Lab Band will per-
form "E.I.S.C." hy Chip McNeill,
Denton freshman, and "Yak,” by
former NT student Chuck Owen
Kersting is a piano player for the 5
O’Clock Lab Band.
The I O’Clock Lab will end the first
part of the program with tunes by Mike
Steinel, Emporia, Kan., graduate stu-
dent; Dan Sales, Duncanville junior; and
Mario Cruz, Fort Worth graduate stu-
dent.
The Ron Bergan Lab Band (the 5
O’clock) will kick off the second half of
the program with “Tequila Sunburst”
by former NT student Chuck Owen and
“Runaway Hormones" by Canadian
composer Rob McConnell Owen, who
played with Bergan in the I O’Clock Lab
Band in 1976 and composed tunes on
“Lab *76” and “Lab lives ,n
California. Owen sent the recently com-
posed tune to Bergan to be premiered at
NT
The Paul Mariconda Lah Band (the 4
O'Clock) is conducted bv the piano
player for the I O’Clock Lab Band. The
hand will perfrom “Seabreeze” by Bert
Ligon, Dallas freshman, and one of
Mariconda’s own compositions,
“Rhythm & Dues.”
“Our performance will be improvised
to create more room for solos,"
Mariconda said.
I he Jim Widner l.ab Band (the 3
Q ( lock) will play "Blues For Thad” by
the alto sax player in the 4 O’Clock,
Steve Owen, Wyoming, Ohio, senior,
and "Samba la Barnba” by a sax player
in the I O’Clock, Roger Holmes,
Denton senior.
Widner, who conducted bands at
Memphis Slate University, Stan Kenton
Ja/z Clinics, various all-state
perfromances and others, said, "The 3
O’Clock is the strongest band I have
ever conducted. The selections were
chosen to showcase as many soloists as
possible.”
The Jim Riggs Lab Band (the 2
O'C lock) will perform three charts by
NT students. They are "Moment Under
Glass” by Matthew Nicholl, Cleveland,
Ohio, graduate student, “P.J ” by
Steinel and “Of Birds In I light" by
Cruz.
To close out the second half of the
program, the I O’Clock Lab Band will
play one chart by Holmes, an arrange-
ment by Charlie Young, the band's lead
saxophone player, an arrangement by
Steve Owen, and a composition by Paris
Rutherford of the music faculty, who
will be conducting the tune titled
“Strangelove.”
Fort Worth Museum
offers diverse selection
By PAM LOVE
Daily Reporter
Live animals, models of historic
events and ancient instruments of
medicine are among the exhibits at the
Fort Worth Museum of Science and
History.
Natural history is featured in several
ways. Snakes, lizards, turtles and a
tarantula are kept in glass environments
so visitors may observe their living
habits. In addition, various preserved
animals are displayed.
Seashells, brightly colored and
strangely shaped, offer a look at marine
life. Stuffed water and shore birds,
songbirds and birds of prey such as the
hawk, kestrel and owl are displayed.
Arthropods, or animals with jointed ap-
pendages, also are exhibited. The
museum's collection includes millipedes,
crabs and spiders. One specimen at the
museum is an 8-inch centipede with 40
legs.
The historical exhibit begins with a
series of rooms decorated to reflect
specific eras. An 1875 Victorian parlor
and 1870 rural schoolroom and
blacksmith’s shop are decorated to
represent different lifestyles. A bar-
bershop features a collection of shaving
mugs. Spittoons and straight razors
complete the shop’s 1900 atmosphere.
The Texas history exhibit includes let-
ters written by Sam Houston and other
important people. Maps and drawings
of Texas’ fight for independence from
Mexico are also shown.
The hi.story of Fort Worth is
portrayed through dioramas, or
miniature scenes. Fort Worth began as a
town where provisions and entertain-
ment could be found It was the last
chance for travelers to purchase goods
or have a night on the town before enter-
ing Indian territory.
Fort Worth became a city March I,
1873. Shortly afterward, a business
recession caused the town’s population to
drop from 5,000 to 1,000. Dallas was
already a rival of F ort Worth, as shown
by its newspaper’s comment that Fort
Worth was so drowsy a panther had
been found sleeping in the street. Fort
Worthers nicknamed ihe town “Panther
City" as a result of the incident.
The physiology of man is explained in
entertaining ways at the museum. The
physiology section may he useful for
teaching children about the body or may
aid struggling biology students.
Although many of the explanations of
the body's functions are child oriented,
they accurately describe even the most
complicated concepts. For instance, cell
division is portrayed in pictures that
light up as lhe cell reaches different divi-
sion stages.
Visual aids abound in the physiology
section. Push a button and a skeleton
rides a bicycle. Push another and a
model of a muscle stretching from the
ceiling to the floor expands and con-
tracts. In the Hall of Physiology, a
recorded lecture on body functions is
given by a mannequin. Portions of the
body light up as they are discussed.
“Medicine and Man," an exhibit trac-
ing the development of modern
medicine, offers interesting insights into
the world of primitives. Some turn out
to be not so primitive. For instance, a
form of plastic surgery was practiced in
India where a favorite punishment was
to cut off the noses of offenders. Physi-
cians would cut a piece of skin from the
cheek and sew it to what remained of the
nose. After the skin had grown onto the
nose, they would cut the flap of skin still
attached to the cheek.
The museum includes a children's
center, planetarium and classes for
children and adults. Classes include
macrame. photography and pottery for
adults, and science and history for
children.
the museum is at 1505 Montgomery
St. in Fort Worth. Hours are from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Satur-
day and from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. No
admission is charged.
People are fanatics when it comes to their Pilot Razor Point pens.
They're reluctant to give them up And when someone borrows one,
what happens is inevitable.
First, they love the way it writes. Really smooth and extra fine They
go wild over Its clever metal collar that helps keep the point from going
squish. Naturally they -forger to give it back, although It's only 79g.
This can be very embarrassing when they're caught In the act
Others have pocketed Riot's Rneliner pen. The one with the slightly
less delicate stroke. It’s only 69C
So if you borrow someone's Razor
Point or Fineliner pen
you’d better
be prepared
to pay the
consequences.
But. for much less than a
dollar, you’d be smart
to buy your own
[PILOT]
fineline marker pens
More than iusl something to write with
Cmemark Theatres
Screen I
“Superman
The Movie”
Plus
N. Elm Street
‘Daffy Duck”
Box office opens 7:00 Showtime is 7:30
Screen II
Heaven Can
Wait”
Plus
“The End“
Daily Times
Matinee Sat & Sun
2nd Big Week
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Fine Arts Times, Daily: 5:45, 7:30, 9:15
Matinee Sat & Sun 2:15, 4:00 5:45, 7:30, 9:15
Special Bargain Daily 5:30-6:00 p.m.
SUMMER
JOB
OPPORTUNITIES
CITY of DENTON, TEXAS
PARKS LABORERS $3.06/Hour
Maintains city parks: mowing, trimming, cleaning. Some experi-
ence in manual work and knowledge of lawn equipment and
flower bed maintenance.
GROUNDSKEEPERS $3.36/Hour
Maintains city parks: planting, cultivating, and caring for trees,
shrubs, fiowers, and lawns. Some experience in groundskeeping,
gardening, maintenance work, and operation and maintenance
ot mechanical equipment. Skill in use ot small hand tools and
operation of tractors.
ASSISTANT POOL MANAGER $3.70/Hour
Maintains and operates swimming pool complex under direction
of Pool Manager. Current WSI certificate, good standing with
American Red Cross, and two seasons experience as a lifeguard
required.
HEAD WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR $4.05, Hour
Plans, administers, and supervises aquatic education program
under direction of Superintendent of Leisure Services. Current
WSI certificate, good standing with American Red Cross, and
three seasons experience with at least one season supervisory
experience.
WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTORS $3.45-S3.70/Hour
Teaches swimming classes to all age groups under direction of
Head WSI. Current WSI certificate, good standing with Ameri-
can Red Cross, and one season teaching experience required.
LIFEGUARDS $3.00 Hour
Maintains order, discipline, and safety in and around pool with
some operational and maintenance duties. Current WSI or Ad-
vanced Lifesaving certificate and good standing with American
Red Cross required.
PLAYGROUND LEADERS $3.25 Hour
Supervises a general program of recreation by teaching rules
of play and various games including arts and crafts under super-
vision of Recreation Center Supervisor. Six hours college credit
in recreation, PE, or related field, and three months experience
working with children in groups required. (Additional two years
related experience may be substituted for education require-
ment.)
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
FEMALES, MINORITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
Contact:
CITY OF DENTON
PERSONNEL DEPT.
215 E. McKinney
382-9601
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Morrison, Sue. The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 97, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 10, 1979, newspaper, April 10, 1979; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1004097/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.