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Velvin's View
by Iris Velvin
Entertainment Editor
Television is truly a marvel. It
entertains, educates, forms our
opinions, influences our con
sumer habits, and helps us kill a
lot of spare time. Even those whc
don't watch TV are exposed to its
effects through other people. It
can safely be said that television,
to some extent shapes our lives.
TV also reflects our lives. By
knowing a person's viewing pat
terns and their favorite show, one
can form a pretty accurate opi
nion of that person's intellect and
personality. Take for example
the man who watches TV from
5:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. six days a
week and just loves Real People,
Three's Company, and reruns of
Rawhide and anything on ESPN.
This man is probably a blue
collar worker, married with 2.3
children, who perhaps has a high
school education. (He did well in
shop class.) He thinks of himself
as macho and sociable, althought
he is neither. Or consider the
woman who only watches fio
Minutes, TV 8 Eyewitness News,
and PBS documentaries. This
woman wants to be considered as
educated and well-informed,
although, if she also really likes
TV B's weatherman, she probably
needs a good therapist. The per
Rock 'n' Roll
by Peter A. West
Music Writer
I)ig The New Breed - The Jam
(Polydor)
During the past six years the
English music scene has become
a mercurial entity in which pop
idols are made and swallowed in
an extremely short time. Every
year there is a new fad, from ska
to new romantic to the current
Motown-styled pop. The Jam is
one of the bands to survive and
prosper over an extended period
of time in this environment. Their
newest domestic release, a live
album called Dig The New Breed
continues this success.
A highly effective and in many
ways the definitive Jam album it
is a collection of 14 songs from all
six Jam albums as well as from
their first E.P. All were recorded
at various venves in Great Bri
tain over the last five years. The
production quality, needless to
say, varies considerably. It is
not, however, the technical
son who watches TV mostly dur
ing the day, however, is obviously
either wierd, unemployed, a
housewife, or a college student
(or any combination of the
above).
Prime-time television has been
analyzed and categorized ad
nauseum, as also has late-night
TV. Daytime TV, however, has
been overlooked as a valuable
source for the media socio
psychologists. Insights can be
gained by watching who watches
what.
Since daytime TV is more
limited in scope that even the
meager offerings of prime-time,
the shows consist largely of
either soap operas or game
shows, unless you're lucky
enough to have cable TV or can
pick up a good UHF station that
shows old movies and reruns.
This divides daytime TV wat
chers into two psychological
types: the soap opera fanatic and
the game-show enthusiasts.
Those who prefer soap operas
are generally sensitive, emo
tional people, romantics who
react dramatically to situations.
They live vicarously through
other people, and like to psycho
analyze everything. They tend to
be more introverted and less
aspects which make it wor
thwhile. I am instead impressed
by the raw energy which per
vades the music. "Standards"
and "Start" are particularly
noticeable.
In the studio. The Jam were
always some what restrained and
smooth. Live, however, they pro-
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physically active than their peers
who watch game shows. On the
other hand, those who prefer
TV's games of fortune seem to be
more aggressive and outspoken.
They pride themselves on their
knowledge of trivia and their
astuteness of consumer
economics. The game show wat
cher is apt to be a big talker, en
vious of others, and hopes to one
day be fabulously wealthy
through no real effort of his own.
Those who like game shows
believe in the power of luck,
because they see it happening
every day on their TV screens,
whereas the soap opera watches,
mentally entertained in stroy
lines of romance, deception, and
danger, tend to view life more
cynically.
Now, suppose you won a trip to
Las Vegas but were given only
one dollar to spend if you would
by a People magazine to read in
your hotel room between Love of
Life and The Guiding Light,
you're obviously hooked on the
soaps. If you would get change to
feed into a slot machine, and hope
for the best, you probably like
Monty Hall and Bob Barker. And
if you used that dollar to call
home and get them to wire you
more money - well, you either
have cable TV, or watch a lot of
Dallas.
duce blistering rock and roll
which leaves many of their
American and British counter
parts in the starting blocks.
Despite its very sparse, raw pro
duction (which at times in
terferes with with album) v-style
New Breed" is a very exciting
album.
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Friday s Nights
by Trish Kclley
Special Writer
For those of you who don't already know, Friday's is the hottest New
Music club in Greensboro. Good old rock-'n-roll as well as more
outrageous musical styles are featured at Friday's, located on Tate
Street near UNC-G.
This past Saturday night, Chris Stamey appeared at Friday's with a
revised edition of "It's A Wonderful Life." Whereas the previous tour
had consisted of Chris Stamey on guitar, Ted Lyons of the Honey
mooners on drums, and Phil Dray on keyboards, this time the band
had expanded and positions had changed with Stamey now on guitar,
trumpet, and keyboards, Faye Hunter of Let's Active on bass, Sara
Remwebber (also of Let's Active) on various percussion, Pat Erwin of
the Raybeats on guitar, and Ted Lyons on drums. The Groovegate
system, which Stamey invented and used on his last tour, was, present
again and integral to the entire performance. With the added
members, the sound as a whole is much fuller, compared to the earlier
tour which was enjoyable but had a less accessible sound.
The set consisted of every song from Stamey's LP with a few extras
thrown in to round off the evening. Stamey opened with "Winter of
Love," a simplistic but beautifully haunting tune, with Faye Hunter
doing background vocals. Also included were Stamey's "If and When"
done two different ways. First it was played slow, sensuously drawing
out tones and vocals. Later, during an encore, they played a very
upbeat, pop-sounding version reminiscent of the single. Also in the en
cores were "Baby Talk," the flip side to an old dß's single, and
"Why," the theme song from the movie "Soup for One."
Opening for Stamey was a relatively new band to the area, Male
Model, who succeeded in getting the crowd moving to their energetic
music. Male Model has appeared at Friday's before, and will hopeful
ly do so again. The audience seemed to enjoy both acts immensely,
making the evening one of great fun and entertainment.
This weekend, Friday's will feature The Pressure Boys, a ska band
from Chapel Hill, and Arrogance, a nationally known band also from
Chapel Hill Next week will bring Let's Active and the Right Profile. In
the future, look for the Neats.