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October 26, 1S89
Album Reviews
Any fliNt B«d English My
havi can br aaiily ovarlookad
btcauu of th# grtat music tht
group has atswblad for thair
first albuM. English is
anything but bad as thay pass
tha first tfit in tha rock
Music Norld with an A-.
—CaMpar Van Baathovani
Kav Liiw Pia
Caapar Van Baathovan is a
group Mny poopla hava navar
haard. HoNavar, thay hava
baan succassful anough in tha
past to opan for 10,000
Maniacs during thair cun^
tour. Thair latast albuM Kay
Liaa Pia contains ausic that
will sasM diffarant to tha
habitual radio listanar.
Howavar, it holds its own wall
and, aspacially for Caapar Van
Baathovan fans, could ba worth
chacking out.
Songs lika *Swaathaarts*,
"(1 Uas Bom In A)
LaundroMt*, "Flowars", and
■Picturas Of Matchstick Man"
bring togathar a good col-
laction of ausic that can only
ba classifiad as unusual
altamativa ausic. Tha group
blands wild violin playing and
bizarra lyrics in a styla that
is uniqualy Caspar Van
Baathovan's own.
Tharafora, thosa of you
partial to top tO, rock, and
aatal ausic My Mnt to laava
this ona on tha shalf. Its
styla is diffarant froa pop
radio ausic but I would
racoaaand at laast
borrowing a copy of it and
giving it a try. You wight ba
surprisad.
Baing a usual listanar of
top 40 and hard rock ausic,
this raviswar was a littla
apprahansiva about Kay liM
Pia. Howavar, 1 was
plaauntly surprisad by it.
Caspar Van B^hovan fans
won’t bo diMppointad and tha
rast of you sight not bo
aithar. Hiy liw Pit i» «t
laast worth a tasta with a B.
—Charj Haart of Stona
Haart of Stona is tha now
albuw froa tha scantly clad,
"sexy" rock star Char. It
continues her styla of a
Mixture of conservative top 40
and slow songs and introduces
very littla new Material. Tha
currant ralaaso "If I Could
Turn Back TIm" is doing vary
wall and a prior ralaasa,
"After All", also Mda tha top
40 charts.
Tha albuM continues
Char’s tradition of toned down
rock ausic with light dance
and good ballads. Songs lika
"If I Could Turn Back TiN*,
"Just Lika Jassa Jaaas", "You
Wouldn’t Know Love", and "All
Because Of You" highlight tha
record.
Also featured is past
hit "After All", a duet with
Pater Cetera that was featured
in the aovie Chances Are. The
albua possesses good potential
to continue Char’s success in
tha following Months.
Howavar, "Heart Of Stone"
tends to becoae rather
redundant as the record wears
on. It contains nothing really
new for Cher and My be a
little diMppointing for
non-Cher fans. But the
current and potential hits tha
albua contains Mkes it at
least worth a listen. "Haart
Of Stone" My not ba that
strong but it earns a
respectable B-.
Orada scalai A—definitely
worth buying, has
traaandous potential
B—not bad,
worth at laast chacking out
C—average, taka
it or leave it
D/F—coaing soon
to an alevator or dentist’s
office near you.
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reviews for tha next issue are
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contributions or coaaants
about tha ausic raviaws will
ba gladly appreciated and
taken into consideration.
NCSSn Gospel Choir Rejoices
by Debby Bone
On Sept. 24 nearly SO
MCSSM ladies and gantlaaan,
lad by Casia Boldstan and Leon
Boldstan, coapatad against two
gi^pt in a gospel choir
contest at tha Durhaa Oani
hotel. Tha group, with only
two prior practices and no
mparianca in coapatition,
plactd third after tha two
adult choirs.
According to choir
Mibars, "We sang wall, but
didn't hava robes, just tha
saaa color outfits, and aayba
that aada us lose soaa points.
Ha did sing wall though."
Whan askad about tha
possibilities of robes in tha
future, choir secretary Davana
McClain Mid, "Nicola Booding
CPrasidantl, Kasi Kindal
IVica.P], Karan Brothers IICC
rap.}, and I want to do a fund
raiser, aayba sell donuts next
saaastar. Than wa'll try to
gat soaa kind of outfit."
Tha choir's plans include
a fall concert on caapus in '
Novaabar and ona at tha and of
tha year. Coapatition in tha
Sospal Fast in Raleigh is also
a possibility.
in describing gospel
ausic, tha MCSSM singers
Mid,"It's lika a whole church
service, tha preaching, tha
praying, the singing, all
rolled into ona."
Pop/Gospal stars lika A1
Sraan, Anita Baker, and Patti
LaBalla offer inspiration to
singers.
"Most all gospel singers
start out singing in church
choirs whan they're really
young," says ona NCSSN choir
Uhan asked to suaaariza
her axparianca in gospel
choir, ona aaabar siaply Mid,
"It's fun. It's great.
Everyone's walcoaa, if you
like to sing."
of tiaa. So why hava REP at
all?
Tha situations given in
tha instruction Mnual are not
even true to life hare at SM.
Ona axaapla in tha Coaaunica-
tions session aantions soasona
proofreading thair friends
final draft of a paper tha
night before it is due.
Realistically how aany SN
juniors coaplata thair English
papers in final draft fora the
night before it is due? Tha
juniors I know are usually
doing exceptionally wall to
hava even thought up a thesis
REP Defeats Purpose
by than, auch lass a whole
paper ready to turn in.
If KP Must exist, than
why can’t it ba dona as ona
large workshop at tha
beginning of tha school year?
Supposing that you do gain
knowledge froa tha sessions,
what good does it do you to
discover it halfway into tha
second quarter? REP is
clearly not accoaplishing its
purpoM. In fact, ona wight
not ba too inaccurate in
Mying that REP creates aora
tension than it resolves.
Face it. In tha hour a weak
that you Mste in REP
sessions, you sight could
coaplata an entire ICN
assignaent or gat a headstart
on writing your next English
paper.
It stews to M that Mir>
problaa with REP is that it is
coapilad by adults and not by
students who know what it
really feels lika to ba a
junior at NCSSN. At tha vary
laast StM juniors can pull
togathar in a battle to
iwprova REP for tha Mny
"guniors" to coaa.
Director Friedrick and Dr. Youngblood during an afternoon break.
Speak - Up
ball, badainton, and handball
in tha gya.
Dr. Barber Mentioned
that tha new chaarlaading
squad will incraaM school
pride. "I think they’re just
lika any other athletic teas,
and there shouldn’t ba any
controversy," Mid RA Mika
Walters. Thera ms littla
debate about chaarlaading at
tha spaak-up.
Dr. Youngblood announced
that tha gya still had not
passed all inspections, but
that Braughn Taylor was trying
to sea that tha workers
finished quickly. Lack of
coaaunication aaong various
sub-contractors ms
responsible for tha delay.
Spaak-ups at this school
are inforMl Meetings opan to
anyone who wishes to express
an opinion about NCSSN. "I
hope that tha spaak-ups will
ba wore than a token of
coaaunication," Mid Zac
Saith. "A lot of good ideas
ware presented and 1 hope tha
adainistration will try to
iapleaant thea."
Gym 0p6ns
or basketball, um tha dance
studio, lift Mights, or
fence seven days a weak will
provide interested students
with opportunities to relieve
stress or just hava soaa fun.
Also, tha new facilities
should help juniors to achieve
thair Physical Activity and
Wellness goals by giving thaa
a place to work on thoM areas
which naad tha aost davalop-
want.
Another positive aspect
of tha recant opening of tha
PEC is that tha NCSSN
coaaunity now has a place on
caapus to gather togathar for
iaportant functions such as
assaablias and forMl
ctraaonias. Baing able to
participate in events such as
thsM hare at school should
increase our pride in NCSSN.
Now that our PEC is up
and running and m can
finally taka advantage of it,
it is iaportant to raaaabor
that with tha privilege of
such a facility coaas tha
responsibility of taking
go^ care of it. Hopefully,
all of tha students hare at
school will accept this
responsibility and um of tha
gya will run saoothly and
without incident this year.
The Stentorian staff regrets
the fact that a bylina ms
oaittad for page B of tha last
isM. Nicole Gooding’s naM
should have appeared under
tha 'Talent Discovery"
article.