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6The Daily Tar HeelThursday, December 2. 82 oe Jackson show musical diversity JOCJM By DEAN FOUST Assistant Managing Editor If Joe Jackson ever confined his creative efforts to a single musical genre, like the glossy pop of his cur rent hit, "Steppin Out,' he might attain the com mercial fame he deserves. But along the way he might risk losing true Joe Jackson devotees, as diverse a breed as the man and his music Even worse, the public might figure him out. Tuesday night, Jackson brought his jazzsam baskanew waveetc. show to Duke's Page Audi torium and a sell-out crowd of some 1,500. The show, to no one's surprise, crossed the traditional and popular (substitute boring and predictable) boundaries of contemporary music. In short, the man was hot. But Jackson the artiste, the angry young English man, was upstaged Tuesday night by Jackson the showman, the entertainer, thanks largely to technical production that was almost a shame to associate with rock. , Lest anyone be deceived that Jackson had for gotten his rock'n'roll roots after two concept albums,' he slowly sauntered onstage from the right Runge has wing, seemingly oblivious to the banterings of the band, and suddenly launched into a tight rendition of "On The Radio," a tune from his 1978 release I'm The Maw. Looking every bit the antithesis of a rock star, with a sickly complexion, weasel-like features, and a hairline that receded calendars ago, Jackson sported a Chaplinesque black jacket and trousers so baggy and ill-fitting they defied the law of gravity. Jackson, the jack-of-all-musical-trades, cavorted on keyboards several times during the evening, and even added a few saxophone solos. The group chose to leave the guitars at the hotel room this night; being freed for one evening from the feedback and dis tortion that pervades most rock concerts was re freshing. The set, the first of two hour-long acts, included an unrecorded number, "Cha Cha Loco," which began with everyone but bassist Graham Maby, the lone constant in Jackson's musical-chairs bands, flailing away on percussion. "Loco" was another ex ample of Jackson's fascination with Latin rhythms (an extended-play version of Night and Day con tained four songs all sung in Spanish). The real show stopper was an a cappella rendition of "Is She Really Going Out With Him?," the 1978 pop hit that started it all. The second set began when the usually inaudible intermission music rose quickly to reveal a Frank Sinatra scotch-oh-the-rocks recording of Cole Por ters's beautiful "Night And Day," the inspiration, no doubt, for the latest project. Jackson, now bathed in pastel blue lighting and clothed in a tighter-fitting coat, that was soon flung aside, moved into "Break ing Us In Two," which set the stage for a second set decidely loaded with Night And Day material. The mood jumped from the posh Manhattan lounge sound to the downtown swing of Jumpin ' Jive, last year's compilation of big band jazz, which included the classic "Tuxedo Junction." Then Review Jackson, with a scowl, howl and bounce, touched his . final musical base with the skareggae sound of "Beat Crazy." Propelled by Maby's downbeat bass lines, Jackson squeezed out all the energy his spindly body could muster, and sank into spastic incanta tions for the duration of the song. Two songs later, it was done. A journey through King's Creepsh L 'f, ' iliiiiiiiili ' N - -W :;'::;x:;::;:::':::::::::!:'::::;:::::::::::-:-;::-:x:v':-::'.;::-:-x.- 1 : the schizophrenic musical world of Joe Jackson, a chance to look out his window on the world had oc curred. "I kind of resent being typecast as a rock'n'roll performer because it's too narrow," he said in a re cent magazine interview. "Eventually, people are go-' ing to see me for what I am, 'cause I'm going to be around for a long time, It'll all sort itself out, I hope." It was all in place Tuesday night. played many important roles at UNC By NflXE TRUELL Staff Writer All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. impeachment of Richard Nixon. Runge said that he did not plan to use this student government experience as a stepping stone to further politics not yet, at least. "I feel the appropriate time to enter politics is after you have something to con tribute to the political process." Professional politics without any prior William Shakespeare experience "seems to make one less worth- C. Ford Runge is such a man. During his 29 years, the assistant pro fessor of political science has played the role of a student, a politician and a teacher. Strangely enough, all of these roles have been played in part at UNC. Runge's roles as a student and as a politician met during the 1973-74 school year, when he was an undergraduate at Chapel Hill majoring in American studies and minoring in French history and literature. At this time, along with being a member of the UNC Board of Trustees, president of Phi Eta Sigma and a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor societies, Runge served as UNC's student body president. Runge said he ran for president "in order to try to increase the visibility of the SCAU (Student Consumer Action Union)." "When we won," he added, "the first thing we did was to bring the SCAU under the umbrella of student-funded organiza tions." j Runge said, howeveVlhit"hlsmbuVa-' wiion to run for mefkewas &a indirect . one. " '' , The student body president before him, he said, asked him if. he would be in terested in running for president. Before this time, Runge said he had no real in volvement in student government. "It's an unusual opportunity to assume quite a lot of responsibility," he added. The president, he explained, deals with the relationship between campus, state and national politics. On the campus level, he assumed the ad ministrative responsibility for 90 different student activities, councils and offices. On the state level, Runge worked with other student body presidents and got in volved in statewide issues. As for national politics, Runge said that he was president during a period of high controversy in national politics. Runge was particularly active in the movement for the while as a representative," Runge said. Instead of being a politician, Runge is now involved in his third role that of a . teacher. In addition to a B.A. from UNC, Runge brought into his teaching a degree in honors in politics, philosophy and economics from New College, Oxford University, and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a doctorate in inter national agricultural development with a minor in natural resource economics. As for teaching at his old alma mater, Runge said, "the setting is the same. All the actors are different and one's point of view is different." Teaching, to Runge, is "part of what you do, it's not all of what you do. And I think it compliments research and service -and helps to provide an opportunity to clearly express the ideas that one is trying to formulate as the bases of one's research program." And Runge's students seem to enjoy his 2; teaching. J : . "He's the best teacher I've ever had,'.' . said Douglas Dion, a junior majoring in public policy and political science. Dion, who is presently taking both . courses that Runge is teaching this semester, Introduction to Government in the United States (political science 41) and Introduction to Public Policy Analysis (political , science 71), said that .it was Runge who convinced him to go to graduate school. Yet Runge's teaching at UNC will soon end when he takes a leave of absence from the University in January to work for the state department. Dion calls the teacher's leave "a tremen dous loss to the University." Runge expressed his leave in another way. ., ' "I regret- the fact that I'll be leaving Chapel Hill," he said. t "It's been very good to me, twice, in two very different contexts." March of Dimzs ilrth Defects Foundation Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh li )) Kk LI, Mm Nn Oo SHHI1 available at U U LM "" P. ' bJ l Resumes Flyers Newsletters Announcements Invitations Open 7 Days A Week 105 No. Columbia 933-2679 Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv. WW Xx Yy Zz TODAY SUNDAY 2 The UNC New Music Ensemble, under the direc tion of Donald Oehler, will give a concert at 8:15 p.m. in 107 Hill Hall. - Fantasy and Surreal Paintings by Paul Kurtz are on display in the second floor lounge of the Carolina Union. Star of Bethlehem, a program which examines some pos sible explanations for the "Star of the Magi," is the current offering of the Morehead Planetarium. The Taptations Christmas Show will be performed through Sunday at Stephens's... after all. Call 929-0217 for more information. The Hip Movers and Robert Thompson will perform at Pegasus. Call 929-5233 for more information. The Metamatics will perform at The Cat's Cradle. Call 967-9053 for more information. TheJyNC Men's and Women's Glee Clubs will give a Christmaoncert at 4 p.m. in Hill Hall Auditorium. ( ; The Desired Haven: Photographs by Frederick H. Evans, an exhibition ' of Evans' photographs of European cathedrals, will be open at the Ackland Art Museum through Jan: 16. v-Vi ;v ; - -. . Hayes Samir will perform at The Station. Call 942-5144 for more information; : Right Profile will perform at The Cat's Cradle. Call 967-9053 for more information. ' TUESDAY 7 BAY 3 Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip, a film of a performance by Richard Pryor, will be shown at 7 p.m. 9:30 p.m.and midnight in the Union Auditorium. Admission $1. The Paul McCartney and Wings Rockshow, a film featur ing Wings' greatest hits in addition to some of McCartney's classic songs from his years as a Beatle, will be shown at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. at the Art School. Call 929-2896 for more information. Women in Arms, a documentary about the participation of women in the Nicaraguan revolution, will be shown at 12:30 p.m. in the Carolina Union and at 7 p.m. in the Pres byterian Student Center. A Dvorak Festival featuring performances of the com poser's chamber music by members of the UNC and Duke faculties, will be held through Saturday. Concerts begin at 8:15 p.m. in Hill Hall Auditorium. Sky Rambles, a narrated tour of the current night sky, is offered at 7 p.m. prior to the Morehead Planetarium's regular show. There is a separate admissiori charge for each show. : -,j ; Use Uyanik and the Mobile City Band will perform at The Station. Call 942-5144 for more information. Arrogance will perform at Pegasus. Call 929-5233 for more information." The Pressure Boys will perform at The Cat's Cradle. Call 967-9053 for more information. The Red Rose Flyers will perform at The Station. Call 942-5144 for more information, Apocalypse will perform at Pegasus. Call 929-5233 for more information. Awareness Art Ensemble will perform at The Cat's Cradle. Call 967-9053 for more information. 8 WEDNESDAY The Modem Artist, the Chapel Hill Public Library's fall film series, concludes with films on Barbara Cartland and James Agee at 7 p.m. Boney Maroney will perform at The Station. Call 942-5144 for more information. Apocalypse continues its engagement at Pegasus. Call 929-5233 for more information. Awareness Art Ensemble continues its engagement at The Cat's Cradle. Call 967-9053 for more information. MOVIES SATURDAY The Paul McCartney and Wings Rockshow will be down again at the Art School. See Friday's listing for details. Lise Uyanik and the Mobile City Band continue their engagement at The Station. Call 942-5144 for more infor mation. Arrogance continues its engagement at Pegasus. Call 929-5233 for more information. The Heart fixers will perform at The Cat's Cradle. Call 967-9053 for more information. Plaza I The Last Unicorn at 3:20, 5:15, 7:10 and 9:05. ;rJPto 11 Al Office s 9$$mm& 52$tix riaza m ine Missionary at s:sv, ::, ana y:zs ends today. Jinxed starts Friday at 3:05, 5:45, 7:15 and 9:30. Carolina White Creepshow at 7 and 9:15 ends today. Time Bandits starts Friday at 2:45, 5, 7:15 and 9:30. Carolina Blue The Empire Strikes Back at 2:30, 4:45, .7:15 and 9:30. Carolina Classics Citizen Kane at 2:45 and 5:05 ends to . day.'. '' ; . . ' , Carolina Lateshows Rock V Roll High School and Thunderball at midnight Friday and Saturday. Ram I The Last American Virgin at 7:15 and 9: 1 5 ends today. I, the Jury starts Friday at 7:10 and 9:20; weekend matinees at 3:00 and 5:05. ; Ram II First Blood at 7:30 and 9:30; weekend matinees at 3:30 and 5:30. Ram III Superman II at 7 and 9:15 ends today. The Sender starts Friday at 7:15 and 9:15; weekend matinees at 3:15 and 5:15. Ram Lateshows A Clockwork Orange and The Good bye Girl at 11:30 Friday and Saturday. island From page 1 The original landing operation will be quite dangerous in itself because of 40- to 60-foot seas and the fact that there are no safe anchorages off Heard Island. Inflatable boats will be used to bring expedition members and equipment ashore from the diesel-powered expedition yacht, Anaconda II. However, the attempt by two men, Ross Vin ing and William Blunt, to reach the top of Big Ben is probably the most awe-inspiring adven ture of the expedition. Even though the climb will be made in the summer (winter here is summer there), the weather will still present a formidable problem "Nothing less than the best comedy about being young since Truffaut's Small Change V VINCENT CANBY. N.Y. TIMES Gregorys Gir. K - J THE KAMI KMiMMiWVIIIHiHFUM 192 THE SAMUEL GOCDWYN COMPANY IPG Winner of British Academy Award Filmed in Scotland TfiC WKOLIfW THEATRE 1 FINAL 7 DAYS pq'ftwn tmmrr i&m J EVES. 7, 9 SAT. & SUN. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 for the mountaineers. The possible arrival of an unpredictable, fren zied storm, with, driving, 100 mph winds and snow drifts, could halt the progress of the climb temporarily, possibly altogether. The height of the mountain, the coldness and the precipitation which faHs nBfsfMght down, but horizontal ly due to winds will also take their toll. The summit of Big Ben has only been reached once before. relT But, as wirfrjlj adventures, it is the spirit of the effort thatcomes first. Difficultie&iare5jf things to be overcome," said Sir Etaksi Sftackeoon, the English'explorer who first crossed thentarctic continent. It is srepfpinate that this has become the sloganTor fTtxpedition built of men with strength anH spirit V $ new ow' is immature By FRANK BRUNI Assistant Arts Editor Creepshow, author Stephen King's homage" to and parody of '50s EC-type horror comic books, aims to please the child in all of us. Its vignettes exploit the terrors of childhood nightmares while its mood is one of juvenile devilishness. - For some, Creepshow will be an ab surdly horrific experience. For most, however, Creepshow will be a distasteful mixture of absurdity, needless gore and uninspired plot. : N The problem with Creepstow's five vignettes is that for all their precise parody, they stand on their own as rather vapid stories. r Some of the vignettes, such as "Father's Day," are too predictable to provoke terror yet take themselves too seriously to , elicit laughter. "Father's Day's" idea of humor is pretty thwarted anyway. There simply is nothing funny about a man who rises from the dead to get the Father's Day cake he never had . then receives it in the form of a platter supporting the frosted, candled head of a relative he has personally decapitated. "They're Creeping Up on You" and "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" employ particularly uninspired agents of horror to relate their tedious tales. The former fills the screen with cockroaches while the latter depicts an outerspace weed even more voracious than the in sects in "Creeping." Any fright the stories do provoke is the result of gory special effects, such as the roaches bursting through the flesh of their victim's chest. "Something to Tide You Over" and "The Crate" fare better by deviating slightly from King's intent upon parody and letting some original story ideas Review emerge. Although "Tide" fails to deliver the satisfying revenge it promises, "The Crate" lets the audience experience, with a henpecked husband, the joy of seeing his nagging wife suffer a grisly death. It's a perverse sort of horror film entertain ment, and it's precisely what the majority of the vignettes in Creepshow lack. The actors in Creepshow are asked to play eccentric stereotypes, and many have a field day with the opportunity. Adrienne Barbeau plays an alcoholic, domineering, crude wife in "The Crate'' as an utterly contemptible bimbo. E.G. Marshall's insensitive, reclusive pent- - house dweller 4n "Creeping" is an un oCfcKgedablePch'aractejr whose death by iro&cherseems -deserved. Also worthy of mention are Carrie Nye's eerily composed matriarch in Father ' s Day' ' and Stephen King himself as the hapless and hopeless Jordy Verrill. ; The format of the film is a clever con . cept. A discarded horror comic book's pages are turned by the wind on a stormy night, and each new gust introduces a comic illustration which then blurs to real life action. Each vignette closes with a - return from reality back into comic book art. : Unfortunately, the inspired format and fine performances boast a frivolity of which Creepshow has no real sense. In their attempt to establish the close re lationship between comedy and horror, King and director George Romero have ignored either extreme to the point where the viewer feels almost no emotional reac tion. The sad truth is that King and Romero can't have it both ways. The precise downfalls of Creepshow' $ vignettes ex treme absurdity, cliche, uninspired ex ploitation of man's most mundane fears also are the most accurate agents for the parody behind the film. Besides, many of those who will see the film are too removed from, the era Creepshow satirizes to appreciate its occasional shrewdness. As for the promise of terror which will draw many a bloodthirsty American from his warm home out into the local movie theater, Creepshow is about as frigh tening as an autopsy there's no unpre dictable horror, but the gross-out effects are often wrenching; i it ( i 5 a ZJWlMLTL'iLl3 11 1 1111 1 KMIv sJ l'AEJil4U KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE; GHEAT SELECTIONS & GHEATEE PHICES! . Registered Harris Tweed Sport Coats i By Eagle Clothes, Reg. $235 $119.90 fe Worsted Wool Suits, Vested, rj By College Hall, Reg. $295 . . . ... $ 159.90 $H Cable Crew Neck Wool Shetland Sweaters, Worsted Wool Flannel Pants, Polo Model, Reg. $65 . . . $34.90 Of All 'i )im Vu H f flu ii m II 1 lit Of ( V YOITLL FIND MILTOITS CUPDOAOD FULL OF EXCITING GIVEADLES AT MOST ENTICING QUOTATIONS! Clotting Cupl-rU qq. 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