The Daily Tar HeelTuesday. Apni 9. 19855
Solid, melodic sound
Keene presents fresh rock
By ALAN MASON
Staff Writer
Tommy Keene doesn't look like
a rock singer. As he took the stage
at Cat's Cradle Saturday night, he
was dressed in black jeans that
hugged his skinny legs, a white shirt
under a modest gray blazer, white
socks and brown penny loafers. His
short hair stood up at the front and
he ran his small hand through it. As
his slight frame approached the
microphone, he looked like the shy
young teenager a father might find
at his doorstep ready to pick up his
daughter for their first date. To call
him clean cut would be an
understatement.
But Keene erased any skepticism
about his ability to rock with his
band's first song, "Compromise,"
and by the end of his too-short set,
he had won over another enthusiastic
crowd with his boyish mannerisms
and basic, melodic rock.
Keene knows how to construct a
rock song. He applies all the original
elements of bass, rhythm and guitar,
and magically comes up with an
original sound. Keene uses simple,
fresh melodies to combine two of
rock music's greatest themes, pure
innocence and vivid romanticism.
His fresh sound is making the
music world take notice. After
recording two EPs on Durham's
Dolphin Records, it is likely that he
will show up on a major record label
in the near future.
On Saturday night, he combined
his own songs with just the right
amount of covers. His band is a basic
four-piece combo, but he throws in
a little acoustic guitar now and then
which adds a nice soft touch to a
number. During one song, he
switched from electric to acoustic
guitar. He still used his free and easy
Hall of Fame to honor journalists
Six outstanding journalists will be
inducted into the N.C. Journalism Hall
of Fame at a banquet 6 p.m. Sunday
at the Carolina Inn.
The Hall of Fame, established by the
UNC School of Journalism in 1981,
recognizes state natives or people
identified with the state who have made
outstanding contributions to journalism
or mass communication. This year's
inductees are: Furman Bisher, sports
editor of the Atlanta Journal; Jeff
MacNelly, two-time Pulitzer Prize
Drinking
the N.C. Senate.
Rep. Coy Privette (R-Cabarrus) said
the House passed the bill only for
financial reasons, without regard to the
possibility of saving lives.
"The House passed it for all the
wrong reasons," said Privette, a Baptist
minister for 25 years. "They passed it
only because the state would lose $30
million in federal highway funds. We
shouldVe passed it to save the lives of
young people. Apparently, the dollar is
valued more than life in the House,"
Privette said.
"If the age was changed by September
of this year, 50 young lives would be
saved. Isn't that the whole purpose of
a uniform drinking age?" he said.
1984-85 JOHN CALVIN McNAIR LECTURE
by
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Director of the Center for Cancer Research at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nobel Laureate
Winner of the National Book Award, 1974
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strumming style, but the change gave
the song a whole new dimension of
sound.
The best songs were plucked from
Keene's 1984 Dolphin release. Places
That Are Gone. These included the
optimistic title track and the pond
erous "Back To Zero." He also
performed "All the Way Around,"
a song that sounded so much like
the Kinks' "Tired of Waiting" that
Keene, with a boyish grin, added a
couple of lines from Ray Davies'
classic at the end.
Keene's impish frame twirled and
jerked on the tiny stage throughout
the set, and his Dylanesque voice
never faltered. True, he played only
a little over an hour, but the crowd
' forgave that and gave him an ovation
prompting two encore songs.
Greensboro's Other Mothers
opened for Keene and had a strange
effect on the crowd. Usually, a good
opening band will get the crowd in
the mood for the headliner. The
Other Mothers, who had a good
sound but played entirely too loud,
proved that the opposite can work
also. They were so poor and played
so long that the crowd was quite
ready to see Keene, no matter how
good he was.
Keene's performance, however,
stood on its own. If Keene can retain
his talent for a solid, melodic rock
song and can keep that innocent
appeal, he may be in store for big
things. At the end of his encores,
Keene gave the crowd a shy smile
and said, "Thanks a lot, well see you
soon." For music's sake, we hope so.
winner for editorial cartoons; Reed
Sarratt, executive director of the
Southern Newspaper Publishers Asso
ciation; Edwin Yoder, member of the
Washington Post Writers' Group; the
late Beatrice Cobb, former publisher of
the Morganton News Herald; and the
late Jonathan Daniels, former editor of
The News and Observer.
Tickets cost $25 for the public and
$12.50 for students. Call 962-1204 for
more information.
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The bill is currently in Senate Judi
ciary Committee 3, according to com
mittee chairman Bob Swain (D
Buncombe). The committee will begin discussing
the bill Tuesday, said Carolyn Gooden,
committee clerk.
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By JEFF GROVE
Special to the DTH
Refreshing yet bittersweet, Edmond
Rostand's 1898 play Cyrano de Ber
gerac is the perfect spring tonic for
overworked students at semester's end.
As produced by the PlayMakers Rep
ertory Company, the five-act "heroic
comedy" is also the season's best
entertainment value.
The 314-hour production, which
opened Sunday, chronicles the devotion
of its title character, a 17th-century
French poetplaywrightsoldier-of-fortune,
to his cousin Roxane.
Supremely witty, Cyrano hides his love
for fear that Roxane will laugh at his
appearance particularly his famous
nose.
Instead, Cyrano uses his eloquence
to help Christian de Neuvillette, a
soldier Roxane loves. In providing the
shy Christian with love letters, Cyrano
finds an outlet for his secret passion.
Michael Cumpsty makes a dashing
Cyrano, and Kathryn Meisle provides
a charming Roxane.
While Peter Hertsgaard's Christian
seems rather lackluster until his final
scene, it must be admitted that Herts
gaard is saddled with a weakly written
character. It is to his credit that he
brings searing eroticism to even the
simplest handclasp with Roxane.
In spite of these admirable perfor
mances, the supporting players triumph
most and linger longest in the memory.
William Meisle takes top honors as
Rageneau, a jack-of-all-trades respon
sible for much of Cyrano's comedy. Not
far behind comes Shelley Williams as
Roxane's Spanish duenna, sporting an
accent every bit as funny as her
mannerisms. Wanda Melocchi's one
scene turn as a vendor, touching in its
vividness for so small a part, typifies
the keenly etched smaller characteriza
tions in the production.
David Adamson, who plays the
regiment captain Le Bret, deserves
mention too. Painfully miscast (his
rugged looks and backwoods accent
make him seem like Grizzly Adams very
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In the March 29 article, "Trade
association educates public concerning
international business," L. C. Bruce,
spokesman for the North Carolina
World Trade Association was
misquoted.
Bruce was quoted as saying R. J.
Reynolds Inc. planned to ship whole
tobacco leaves to China where they
would be processed into cigarettes and
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much out of his element), Adamson
overcomes the handicap of appearance
with a skilled portrayal whose genial
nature grows on the audience.
Providing an active context for a
play's action has always been; director
Gregory Boyd's strong point, and in
Cyrano he again displays his talent for
bringing a society to life in all its varied
classes. His staging is effective, although
the dialogue in the first scene can't
compete with the noise of actors
Tuesday
12:30 p.m. Paul Seaton speaks on UNC's'
role in World Health Day, 228
Rosenau Hall.
4 p.m." "Arachnologies: The Women,
the Text and the Critic,'"
lecture by Nancy K. Miller,
Toy Lounge, Dey Hall.
6 p.m. UNC Clogging Club, lessons.
21-212. Union.
The Friends of the Library
annual dinner meeting, Carol
ina Inn.
6:15 p.m. Alpha Epsilon Delta new and
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shipped back to the United States for
sale.
The quote should be: "RJR is
exporting capital to China to manufac
ture cigarettes in which they will surely
use some American leaf tobacco
exported from North Carolina and the
cigarettes will be sold in the Chinese
domestic market."
The DTH regrets the reporting error.
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clomping about the stage in heavy
boots.
Co-director Nels Hennum's fight
scenes are a mixed blessing: The hand-to-hand
combat and tumbling are
exciting; but the sword play, left in
inexperienced actors' hands, just doesn't
click.
Bobbi Owen floods Linwood Taylor's
spare, inventive settings with a variety
of colorful costumes. Robert Jared's
lighting design evokes the Gallic mid
summer night as well as the heat of
battle, but the changes sometimes lack
a smoothness they may develop during
the play's run. An uncredited pyrotech
7 p.m. "Don't be in the Dark: A
Dramatic Presentation on
Rape and Defense," Great
Hall.
8 p.m. UNC's Men's Lacrosse Club
vs. Pfeiffer College, Astroturf.
"Facing the Possibilities and
Realities of Rape," 224
Union.
Introduction lecture on the
Transcendental Meditation
Program, Union.
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At PRC, Cyrano de Bergerac is a true
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Cyrano de Bergerac will be per
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Wednesday
4 p.m. Public lecture, "Germany and
the Origins of the First World
War," speaker Harmut Pogge
von Strandmann, Oxford Uni
versity, 569 Hamilton Hall.
7 p.m.
8 p.m.
UNC Outing Club meeting,
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"Interpretation as Devotion:
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