February 9. 1982
The Clarion
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Shake It Up
The Cars Latest Hit
by Richard Halliburton
The latest release from the best
and probably most well-known
new wave rock group, The Cars,
is basically the same as their past
four releases. Each side is mixed
with both slow and fast-tempoed
songs, and the lyrics are just as
cryptic as always (“Liquid
Whispers Dragonfly” and “Drop
the Knot Ivory Soul” are just a
few examples). Most all of the
songs are punctuated by Ric
Ocasek’s moaning vocals.
While this album is much bet
ter than their previous release.
Panorama, the Cars haven’t been
able to equal the success of their
first two albums that made them
the state-of-the-art in popular
new-wave music. “Since You’re
Gone,” “A Dream Away,” and
the title cut are the most popular
songs found on the album and, in
turn, receive a lot of radio play. A
characteristic of these new songs
is that almost every one is ac
cented with background syn
thesized “clapping.” Certainly
this helps the rhythm of the fast
songs, but it gets a little
monotonous after a while.
The Cars are certainly the best
thing to happen to new-wave in a
long time. Their original style is
fresh and clean with actual listen
ing and even dancing value.
Unlike bands such as Venus and
the Razorblades and Bow-Wow-
Wow (not to mention the horrible
Plasmatics), the Cars have
something to say in their music,-
even though the lyrics may take a
while to decipher.
This avid Floridian fan of The Cars “Shake s It Up in
the college parking lot, due to the January bombard
ment of snow. (Photo by Steve Rabey).
National Opera Company
Visits Brevard College
by David Drury
The National Opera Company
treated the Brevard College com
munity to a truly fine perfor
mance of Gaetano Donizetti’s
comic opera, Don Pasquale on
Feb. 2. This was the third pro
gram in the college’s Life and
Culture sequence ; it was also the
liveliest and most colorful to
date.
Originally produced in Paris in
1843, the opera has lost none of its
exuberance over the years.
Drawn from an even older Italian
folk tale — one that probably has
counterparts in the folk traditions
of every country in the world —
the plot details the misfortunate
courtship and subsequent mar
riage of Don Pasquale to his
nephew’s finace. The libretto was
director, conducted the perfor
mance from the piano. Both he
and Witherspoon managed to
load the play with several con
temporary gags and allusions
while remaining faithful to the
19th century spirit and setting of
the work.
A characteristic feature of the
opera was its frequent complex
interweaving of solo arias as
countrapuntal duets. This highly
sophisticated-blend of often con
tradictory emotions in son was
skillfully executed and very
amusing. All of the players per
formed well, and Philip Evancho
was excellent as Don Pasquale.
It is unfortunate that, through
an oversight, a basketball game
was scheduled at the same time
as the opera presentation; conse-
Members of the National Opera Company at their recent
Gaetono Donizettis comic opera, Don Pasquale. (Photo by
Anthony Sirianni
A Credit to B.C.
visit to B.C. performing
Steve Rabey).
originally written by Giacomo quently the auditorium was not
Ruffini, probably in flawless as full as it might have otherwise
Italian; last night’s performance
was sung in English from an
adaptation by two members of
the Company, Don Wilder and
been. For those of us who had lit
tle actual exposure to opera, the
performance was an excellent ex
ample of traditional opera in a
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David Witherspoon. Don Wilder, lighter vein. I thoroughly enjoye
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volved travel in cars, planes, and ships? j f ho
When “fix” was a verb that meant mend or repair; and to oe
in”meant simply existing somewhere? ,
When “neat” meant well-organized, tidy and clean, and grass
"'as groundcover, normally green? “niil”
When lights,, not people, were switched on and off, and e p
niight have been what you took for your cough? _
When “fuzz” was a substance that’s fully like lint, and re
came from bakeries, not from the mint? ^
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'^as something you did to a phone? ri “naH”
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"'as a soft, sort of cushiony thing? , ■ fv, frAsk
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scene like psyche-delirious. fup
s groovy, man, groovy, but English it’s not! Methinks
anguage has gone straight to pot! . Anonymous
by Lynetta Johnson
Mr. Anthony Sirianni presented
a piano recital on Thursday,
January 21, in Dunham
Auditorium. Sirianni played
selections from the seventeenth
to the twentieth century periods.
The concert began with
Domenico Scarletti’s Sonata in D
and E Major, and a Tocata in D
Minor. Sirianni then performed
Beethoven’s Sonata in C Major,
op. 53, in three movements. After
a brief intermission, Sirianni
returned with Six Preludes of
Piano, op. 6, by Robert MuCzyn-
ski. The most popular point of the
evening was a jazz piece, Three
Preludes for Piano by George M.
Gershwin. Sirianni showed ex
treme quickness and preciseness
throughout the entire piece. For
his finale, Sirianni played
Mephisto Waltz by Franz Liszt.
In April, Mr. Sirianni will be
the guest soloist for the Atlantic
Symphony Orchestra. The or
chestra will tour Nova Scotia,
Canada, and parts of Europe. In
May, Sirianni will tour London
and Edinburgh, Scotland.
Sirianni will do a benefit con
cert for the Brevard Music
Lovers on April 26, in Dunham
Auditorium at 8:00.
Mr. Anthony Sirianni
Valentine’s Day
by Cecil Collier
A valentine is defined as a
“sweetheart chosen on St. Valen
tine’s Day, February 14; a love
message sent to a sweetheart on
that day.” It is also an expression
of affection or love. Why is a
special day set aside to show
love? Often we get caught up in
the routines of our lives, and thus
tend to forget to show our love
and appreciation to the peolple
around us. Perhaps someone
recognized the fact that there
was a special need to show his
love to others. Perhaps someone
decided that it would be nice to
show special attention to his lov
ed ones on a special day.
Whatever the case may be, it is
obvious that we need to express
our love more often. Happy
Valentine’s Day.
Valentine
Dance
February 13th
Auxilliary Gym
9 p,m,-l a,m.
Entertainment by the
Robyn Banks Bank
Sponsored By Circle K
Everyone come for a
“Hearty” Time
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