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Thrift store music review
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really listened to the Blues, this is an excellent jewel to start
with. Five big ones! ( *****)
Oasis, What’s the Story, Morning Glory? ( Epic
Records 1995
It seems that someone went off to college and mom
cleaned out the clutter in what is now, the “guest room .
Hard to believe that this one is ten years old. The writings of
Noel Gallagher and lead
guitar of Paul Weller
took the states by
storm. This nugget will
put the blood flow back
into your foggy head.
The great thing about
Oasis is that they don’t
care what American
kids think, they will go
down into history as a great slap in the face of an antiestab
lishment band that got air play on top forty radio. From start
top finish, What s the Story , Morning Glory? travels well
on a lengthy road trip, which in my opinion, is the criteria of
a classic. If you ever had a summer fling at camp, the song
Don't Go Away from Be here Now, still takes you down
mammary lane. The 12th track. Champagne Supernova,
became an anthem of sorts for those who remember the
yine... "where were you when we were getting high? 1
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always thought to my self, “Dang it! I always miss stuffl”
The return of Oasis, recently blew right past most former
devotees, however as with most great bands, the first couple of
releases will carry the band through the later, more sober years.
1 still give this diamond in the rough...four and a half shiners!
(***1/2)
The Best Of Jimmy Dean, ( Columbia Records 2004 )
And you thought all this guy did was make sausage? Wake up
and smell the vintage country hits. This one is a rerelease of songs
written by Jimmy Dean from 1961 until 1964. Dean came around
about the same time as Patsy Cline and Gomer Pyle. Can’t remember
anything he did? How about the
theme song of our dear friend
“TEX”...whose real name is
John...anyone?....the song that
talks about a big coal miner guy?
"Big John" jeez, was that so
difficult? Tex is the reincarnation
of a fictional character in a song
written and sung by a famous
sausage king! How many of us can say that?
To be honest the rest of the album is only appropriate if you
are a trucker and have a cheap date for the night at Stuckey’s
interstate truck stop. The ballads and stories will only appeal to
those who remember life before the late great Johnny Cash...a
moment of silence please.. ^ ^
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Football
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perience, school officials said that, after
much initial doubt, the program provided
an increased enrollment, a better gender
balance, a better relationship with the com-
munity, and an increase in certain academic
majors. However, the school said that since
the program has began, there have been an
increase in the number of disciplinary prob
lems, the faculty is still skeptical about fund
ing the program, and it has added another
large clique to the student interaction pat
terns on campus.
Before a football team can be added,
the school will have to decide which ath
letic conference they wish to belong. Since
only two schools in our current conference
have football programs, Brevard is looking
into the possibility of joining the NCAA
division 11 or 111. There is no division III
conference in close proximity to Brevard,
however, the closest division II conference
is the South Atlantic Conference, or SAC 8,
where Brevard would be competing among
the likes of Catawba College, Lenoir-Rhyne,
and Mars Hill.
According to school officials at
Brevard, the addition of a football program
would not increase tuition but actually re
duce the increase that we have experienced
over the past few years, and it would not
cut any current programs.
The college is currently in conversa
tions with the Transylvania School system
to see if it could use the Brevard High
School field for its competitions. Practice
areas have already been determined on the
campus, and a location for a future playing
field to be located is under investigation.
Campus and community meetings over
the addition of a football program at Brevard
will begin this month.
From the results of those meetings, the
school will submit a final report to the trust
ees, and board action will be made during
their first meeting in June.