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J, L Nrl - f Che n 1 I ilfXtt r - 1 1 ii 1 1 1 i Ss s :;V-:a':s:-.'-".W w-w -xy " - .v; . . n v.- - -:.-v .. DTHTony Deifell N.C. photojournalist Jock Lauterer with a display of his new book General Public's political songs don't miss a beat Scores of Tar Heels participated in the Chapel Hill ritual known as Basketball as they made a pilgrimage to the Dean Dome Saturday night. The few, the proud, the off-Beat trekked instead to Memorial Hall for the General Public concert. They were not disappointed; the Lakers and Bulls may have had sports fans cheering, but the unique seven-man ska reggae band had its fans dancing in the aisles. Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger, former frontmen of the English Beat, are the heart and soul of General Public. They provide the quirky charm and political views which make the group special, while the other members mostly provide solid support for the two. The presence of Saxa, the Beat's saxo phone player, was a treat. Dressed in an explosively colorful tie-dyed shirt and floppy hat, Saxa projected an aura of ultimate cool as he delivered seductive sax lines. Boston's Buddy System warmed up the crowd for GP. Their set was good, and the band sounded vaguely like a diluted American U2. The music was not of the same stripe as GP's, but the fans seemed to be fairly pleased. Wakeling opened the GP set by launching into "Where's the Line?", a tune that contemplates the distinc tions between lust and love. From the start, the fans needed no invi tation to dance; most were doing it non-stop for an hour and a half. GP played every track from its solid debut album ... a the rage. Highlights of this material included the album's most popular single, "Tenderness," and the distinctly upbeat "Never You Done That," the closest GP came to a ballad. "Burn ing Bright," an ominous vision of a nuclear holocaust, prompted a particularly enthusiastic fan to yell "It's Reagan!" Remember family or friends with Special Occasion, Get Well or Memorial cards. f Informational Meeting TJNC YEAR-at- SEVILLE Tuesday, November 4th 2:00-3:30 urn Room 303 : - - z Elizabeth Ellen Concert The band's new material proved to be as good as that from rage. "Now it's time for something really political," said Roger as the group warmed up for "Murder." Other memorable new songs included "Too Much or Nothing" and the ironically titled "Love without the Fun." Nostalgic Beat fans were delighted when Wakeling announced the deliciously smooth "Save It for Later" from the album "Special Beat Service." Likewise, those fans who particularly like reggae were pleased by "Forward as One," one of the few songs of the evening that allowed Roger to do much toasting. GP put on a no-nonsense show. Roger's endlessly energetic bouncing was the major visual interest onstage; the music and the spontaneous dancing it inspired were the real focuses of the evening. The band was dressed simply, and Roger had even abandoned the two-tone striped hairdo he had on the rage cover. The feeling in Memorial Hall was rather intimate and uninhibited as a result of the small crowd and the audience's proximity to the stage. A major theme of GP's political songs is public ignorance and apathy. The band's first encore was the majestic "General Public," a song that, like "Burning Bright," places both responsibility for injustice and hope for change partially on the public. At the end of the tune, Roger led the audience in fist-shaking and chants of "striking back." Still, there was nothing in the concert as powerful as some of the Beat's most political music. Acknowledging the crowd's disap pointment at losing "an important AMERICAN V? CANCER 5r SOCIETY Dey Hall . j Stcnby lUbplan Ths SMART MOVE! PREPARATION FOR: MCAT LSAT o GMAT 2634 Chapel Hill Blvd. Suite 1 12 Durham, NC 27707 (919)489-2348 (919)489-8720 Mon.-Thurs. 9:30-9:00 Fri. 9:30-5:00 Sat & Sun. 10-6 EDUCATIONAL CENTER LTD. Photographer develops art of By JULIE BRASWELL Staff Writer Viewing life through the lens a camera has led photojournaft Jock Lauterer down North Car ina's rural roads and wooded mod- tain paths toward a career in coi munity journalism. Lauterer is currently the head Brevard College's expanding jou nalism and photography depai ments. His past credits inclu positions as photography editor The Daily Tar Heel, creator ai editor of two N.C. communij newspapers and instructor in ti ti it n UNC School of Journalism. Lauterer, a Chapel Hill native a: alumnus of UNC, returned ho Friday to celebrate the publicatic of his third book, "RunnhV on ti Rims." Lauterer's life in the mountains North Carolina has always bee punctuated by frequent returns d Chapel Hill. "If my life has any symmetry t it, it revolves around UNC and tn mountains," Lauterer said. "It's Hk there is a rubber band around id and the Old Well and me and Mourj Mitchell, and I am always pulle back to one or the other. Lauterer carries his camera evei ywhere and said he finds a phot in every face. Hell stop anytime, just to get good shot. While at Spanky' A':A" S o. J f I i 4 o f f v X ti - . iL - ,., .. Dave Wakeling, off GenerePublic, sings to an intense cro game," Wakeling introduced GP second encore, "Come Again," as song about either sex or religion. guess either could take your minq off the loss, he said. Clearly the concert did talq Student ticks are available for the EUe-White basketball games, whih will be played afte the Maryland and Virginia foot all games on November 1st and November 15th. Both thse games will be plapd in the air-conditioned 'Smitt Genter and the halftires will be only five minutes (so ou can get out in tim for the rest of your Saturday ev ning plans). Present yur student I.D. and athletic passat the Smith Center boioffice between 8:30 AM and 4:3 PM. Students may so purchase guest tickets at $5. 0 in addition to their cqnplimentary student tickets. Student groups of 20 or moreare a representttive to the ticket offije athletic passs Lauterer sighted a friend ancher baby. The baby instantly vas plucked from the stroller and be me the subject of a Lau rer photograph. He began his career as a p to grapher for Chapel Hill fcgh School. As an undergraduat at UNC in the '60s, he was the DH's chief photographer and p )to editor. r "The Tar Heel offices wei in Graham Memorial, then," Lai rer said. "And the darkroom was ver the Continental Cafe on Frailin Street, and . we developed al the photos in a tiny, long room nid trashcans." Lauterer's Tar Heel photosind other photos of Chapel Hill fere compiled in his first book, "On; in Chapel Hill." For Lauterer, photos were h-st, and the words came later. Whi on the Tar Heel staff, Lauterer reazed he was going to have to do writing. ime Lauterer wrote cutlines forhis own photos. In journalism class! he picked up the necessary ingredpts needed to write and developechis own narrative style of feajre writing. j A newspaper internship dung college in North Carolina's Trawl vania County marked the begining of Lauterer's love of the mountjns everyone's minds off the afternbn's heartbreaking contest in KenanThe band's infectious rhythms makthe music irresistably danceable yet Wakeling and Roger steer cle- of the lightweight fluffiness much cnce va at ue-Whte I: sketball Tickets for block seating. The Daily Tar and rural newspapers. He knew he did not want to work on a daily newspaper or in an urban setting. In 1969, Lauterer and two friends scratched together funds and began their own newspaper in Forest City, a mountain town between Charlotte and Asheville. Called This Week, the newspaper was a huge success, Lauterer said. It outran the competition and won 10 North Carolina press awards in its first year. "It proved you could take a small paper and make it wonderful," Lauterer said. This Week became a daily news paper in 1978. But soon after, in 1980, Lauterer left his creation to start another rural paper, the McDo well Express. A semi-weekly, the McDowell Express also won press awards. As editor, publisher and writer at the two papers, Lauterer wrote about and photographed many people of the western North Carolina moun tains. Noticing the number of photos and stories centered on the older population of the mountains, Laut erer found he could put together a book on these people. He called it "Wouldn't Take Nothin' for My Journey Now." "Runnin' on the Rims" is a second collection of 15 years of photos and profiles about the people who fascinate Lauterer the most the DTHTony Deifell Memorial Hall Saturday night music acquires. GP is to most dance bands as a basketball is to a ping pong ball. Bouncy and substantial, General Public proved that it is neither a warmed-over Beat remnant nor a one-album fluke. welcome to send with the groups' HeelMonday, October 20, 19867 folklore aging generation of mountain people tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The individuals in Laut erer's book represent a way of life and personal histories as old as some of the mountains themselves. Lauterer calls his work "folkloric photojournalism." The stories are all "pie slices of these people's lifetimes," as Lauterer called them. Lauterer said his photos are the final result of a friendship with the people. He never takes a tape recorder to the interview. 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