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By William Caniae
ACROSS
1 Knife 43 Banksida
S "Nowlsthe " fisher
9 Sacred bull 47 Job nobody
of Egypt seeks
13 Post Sandburg SO Bombard
17 Wealthy ona 51 Greek latter
19 Austen novel 52 Mil. honor
20 Treasure 53 Explosive
22 Locale 54 Singer Lynn
23 Actress Massey 55 After bank
24 No place for orbed
a vacation 56 South American
28 Travels monkeys
27 Eva and Juan 53 Cleanse N
23 Grate 59 Intuitive
39 Bestride letters
31 Pit CO City on the
32 MC la guerre" Rhone
33 Obscure 62 Novelist Alan
35 Nut extract 63 WWI helmet
37 "MacDonald 65 Keep one's
had " (work hard)
33 Dragger - 70 Conductor's
41 Copycat needs
DOWN
Woodcock
relative
2
3
of Hoffman"
Come to
nothing
4 Sonny the
entertainer
5 Sew down an
edge
6 A Bradley
7 Eskimo boat
8 Pays for one's
release
9 Pretsnss
10 Bogle beaters
11 Relief for 25 0
12 Quiverful .
13 Soft wool
14 Singer Guthrie
15 Old dance
18 Stow cargo -18
Ktrchish var. :.
21 SScHJan
volcano
A.F.S. lead guitarist P. Reynolds dons bug-eye
- . . .performs at the Pier in
25 Result, per
haps, of 65 A
28 Chiffon
34 Blend
35 house Is
his castle"
33 Vacation spots
39 Bareheaded
40 Summarizes
42 MEa ein
Gott'V
44 Behind time
45 Newts
43 Gamer
47 Briar
43 Greeting
43 Metal workers
53 Second yr. men
51 la
54 Jitterbug
dance-
57 Digit
3Llnesof;
raked hay
C
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71 Convenient
72 Urbane
74 Eggs
77 Trails
78 To come: Fr.
79 Fed
80 Scrutinize
over
82 By way of
83 Longtime
65 Switch to
another track
86 Piggish
87 Vacations,
often
S3 In need of
change
91 Northern
highway
92 Site of Zara
goza 93 Organic
compound
86 homo
ft
61 Hides away
62 Gershwin
protagonist
63 Smaller
than Tim
64 Anneal
63 Lickspittle
67 Jogged
63 Belgian city .
63 Maurice or
Linda
73 Tolkien being
74 Cos. and assns.
75 Hsrald'cgrssn
78 Floating
78 Football's
Lombard!
81 Send over the
airwaves
62 Knoxvtlle alum
'84 S!ngy..:.
negative
.85 Spot for a
sou? kitchen
Ds Doto; it s
Tar HeelO. F. Wilson
glasses '
Raleigh
S3 Upshot
99 Append
102 Battery
element
105 Ralsond
107 Retain
103 Oom Paul
111 "The very P
112 Post-vacation
worker, often
115 Basket grass
116 Little dogs,
for short
117 Texas town
118 Make by
working
119 Widespread
tendencies
120 Opening for
coins
121 Portico of
old Greece
122 Snicker
123 Towel word
67 Tool for 79 A
68 Puts into
symbols
63 Producer
J.Arthur
94 Ga. or Cal.
95 Character of
a culture
97 Violinist
Mischa
93 Century plant
100 Restrain
101 Garb
102 Fastens
103 Baal
104 Remote TV
program
1C3 Within: comb.
form
103 Be brave
119 Dsshftrs state
113 Tibetan
gazclla
114 Cemp.pt
By D.F. WILSON
Staff Writer .
I had a sneaking suspicion that A Flock of
Seagulls would be better live than they are
on disc.
I was right
A Flock of Seagulls' (try chanting that in
demand for an encore) debut album on
Arista has all of that no-nonsense new-wave
feel to it very terse, tight and economic. But
terse, tight and economic sounds great at
high decibels in a packed bar.
Onstage, A.F.S. is indeed tight, but what
the folks heard Monday night at the Pier in
Raleigh was not a photo-copy performance
of the album. Most of the material per
formed did come from the album, but it
didn't sound like it It seems that producer
Mike Hewlett just wasn't able to capture the
band's live energy on vinyl.
What he did capture, however, is a sort of
"pop-wave" "that is holding its own on the
airwaves. Interestingly, it is one of the few
new new-wave records that has broken onto
the play lists of so-called "album oriented"
AOR) radio stations, yet still all they play is
one or two cuts.
A.F.S. didn't take the stage until 11:20, but
they were off to a hot start pounding out
"Modern Love is Automatic" and "Mes
sages." Right away' I knew that things were
going to sound different than on my home
stereo. Besides being much louder, the mix
was almost entirely different live.
For instance, lead guitarist P. Reynolds
(complete with bug-eye glasses) was much
hotter live, while on the LP he is often phased
out by production.
One of their new tunes, "I Need a Pick-Me-Up,"
reinforced my contention that
A.F.S. sounds a lot like U-2, both having a
steady, pulsing bass and high, echoing guitar
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notes. Vocals, though, is where the two
bands differ. While U-2's Bono is a wailer, M
Score (it seems that A.F.S. is not on a first
name basis with their listerners? all they give
are initials) is a talker. He doesn't so much
sing as he pronounces. .
One song off the album, "Telecommuni
cation," may well be one of the greatest
dance tunes ever performed. And danced to
it was. The band even invited several
members of the audience onstage. What a
sight it was, a bunch of Raleighites pogoing
among a group of English wavers.
After a spirited rendering of "I Ran,"
A.F.S. came back for two encores. Before
the last song, "Danger Zone," Score said it
should be fun because they were still in the
middle of writing it It turned out to be truly
dangerous, for it was full of treacherous
stops and turn-arounds through which Score
had to lead bassist F. Maudsley. At one point
the group fell victim to one of their own
time changes. Even with the flaw, though, it
was a tune worthy of the final slot and
including it on their follow-up LP would be a
wise decision on the part of A Flock of Sea
gulls. Opening for A.F.S. was Head Cheese,
three girls and a guy from Philadelphia.
These kids were weird like the B-52s have
never even thought of being. The lead singer
wore plastic grapes in her hair and played an
electric autoharp. Another girl wore a
mutated Batman shirt and a plastic plaid
skirt
They started out a bit slow, but really won
the audience with their rhythmic rendering
of "Kum ba yah" and their Egyptiannautical
dancing. It was hard to get a fixed hold on
the band, through, because except for the
lead singer, they all kept switching from bass
to drums to keyboards. Keep an ear (and
eye) open for Head Cheese.
Crossword
for solution
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10 The Tar Heel Thursday, July 29. 1932