DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE/the uR-1 takes a look at Farrakhan 21 February 1990 Vol. I No.16 What's shakin': uR-1 examine·s _ Farrakflan speech get the word on •.. p. '4 MSU's alternative and truly independef!t voice 0 Media warriorProvoc ... 0 a.eek in at The Clydesdale ... 0 Move Out & About. .. ·O Dig into Dog Boy ... 0 Entertainment and more ... p.5 p.6 p.6 p.6 p. 7-8 In the aftermath of Farrakhan The history bah.ind the man Gospel or gar~age: Athletes speak by BRIAN MARSHALL uR-1 correspondent He came, he spoke, he left. However, many MSU students who have been left In the wake of tl:le events surrounding Sunday's speech now find themselves wondering, 'Who ls Louis Farrakhan?" Louis Eugene Walcott was born In the largely black region of Roxbury in Boston. He learned the violin during his younger days, and now coll~ rare violins. After a standout track career in college, Walcott sang in night clubs, where he was often billed as "The Charmer: He first ~ Involved with the ·Black Muslim movement In 1955. At that time, Malcolm X was still in the organiztion. Walcott then changed his name to Louis X Walcott, then just Louis X. In 1959, Louis ·x was named "minister- by Elijah Muhammed, founder and prophet of the Black Muslims. In 1964, Malcolm .X left the Black Muslims, and Louis X was named to take over the vacated mosques. After this departure, Louis X denounced Malcolm X, saying "such a man as · · Malcolm i~ worthy of death: . A year later, Malcolm X was assasainated. Louis X was given the name "Farrakhan· by Elijah Muham mQd in that same year. In 1975, Elijah Muhammed passed away·, leaving his position to his son, W. Deen Muhammed. How ever, many felt that Farrakhan was the voice of the new regime. One publica tion stated, "He'• a better orator than the lateDr. Martin Luther King, he sing• better than Marvin Gaye, ..• · and he'• prettier than Muhammed Ali... Soon thereafter, Farrakhan was assigned to the Chicago headquarters of the Black Muslims. . However, it soon became evident · to Farrakhan that Deen Muhammed See HISTORY, p. 2 by TRESA BALDAS uR-1 managing editor •Nobody carBS wheth9f you graduate with a degr99, but put that · ball in the hoop, niggerr That was Muslim Leader Louis Farrakhan's message to black college athletes Sunday night at the MSU Auditorium. · During his 31/2-hour speech, Farrakhan tQld a crowd.Qt 4,000 people that university administrators don't really care about black students' education. He portrayed' universities as racist institutions that use black students' talents to beef upthe' bank accounts of athletic departments. Though . Farrakhan's message, among severBI relayed during his sold-out speech, brought the crowd roaring to its feet in approval, some MSU coaches and black athletes believe the statement was out of line. "I don't think (MSU) loo.ks at us as · just a four-year project,• said Taraisa Wills, captain of the MSU women's basketball team. "I don't see that at all. (Athletic department heads) are interested in our education. They help us out. They take care of us: Karen Langeland, head coach of MSU women's basketball team, agreed, saying Farrakhan's statement •couldn't be farther from the truth. "Obviously; I disagree with him,· she said. "I know how much time we sperld on academics.• Langeland said the women's basketball team, made up of 1 O black and three white students, has study periods for two hours every night, Monday-Thursday. And when players are struggling over a certain subject, -she said tutors are assigned and coun5eling is available. "Obviously, he doesn't have all the facts,· Langeland said. • I don't know how he made that statement.• MSU Assistant Baseball Coach Louis Farrakhan uR-1 photolBUNKY CORRIGAN :::m~:~\ .:,~11:1:1:2:1:::1:m@:~!@!::r~:1:1~1:~~1111:~1: =<::ti:M:$jtr~Mili~ififffiiijist~(~ L ... :·::::~fMlKEVENYAH:: :: :>::: ••.:•••:. '!·L1A··~··~I· ~~~~~J)c,'1~~::•••::·-• ••• =••=•=1.®:•~•~•~~·•w:~®~h~•s~@p::M•···· '•• : . . . ·.:·:.:-:-:-:.:.:-:-:-:-:.:·:-:-:- ... .. . . . . . ~~~1*-fo/'W~Mri~¥ -~~%Ut.•· -~~~($eE:~¢i*,~ P.J:3/' : : H ............. . See·ATHLETES, p. 3 2 •university REPORTER-INTELLIGENCER From HISTORY, p.1 did not intend to follow in his father's footsteps. Deen Muhammed wished to pursue a more orhtodox approach. He planned to allow whites Into his organization. In 1978, Farrakhan left the Black Muslims to form the Nation of Islam, taking abouno,ooo of the 100,000 Black Muslim followers with him. Soon he set up his own headquar ters in Chicago and many halls where speakers would work to spread his · ideas. Afterwards, he hoped to generate some revenue by selling copies of the speeche6 to those in attendance, much the way a Jerry Falwell or a Jimmy Swaggart oper ates. It is these speeches which often provide much of the controversy which surrounds Farrakhan. He is con stantly surrounded by the Fruit of Islam, his security force. Often, his entourage will reach forty, sometimes even more. . Some speakers, such as Stephen Cokely, often use the forum to give his messages of anti-Semitism and hatred. When he announced the Nation of Islam's black "self-help• project , Libya's Muammar Qaddafi gave a $5 million ·1oan· to Farrakhan. He has m~ny Muslim allies In the Middle East • which he recruited .shortly after he spllt from the Black Muslims. . comment about the speaker's oontro- versial beliefs. He refus8d, stating that anything he said before the speech could be construed by Farra- .khan as a warning on sensitive material, thus limiting Farrakhan's right to free speech. The LA. Times editorial page followed suit, promising not to print any comments about ~ -/. 21 February .1990 who are ·curious, and those who are protesting. . . Farrakhan seemingly let MSU off . easily In financial terms. He asked the ·u· for $5,000, while in 1988, he asked the relatively small University of the Dis~rid of Columbia (UDC) for $17,700, which was reduced to $15,200. This money came out of a $60,000 fur)d for student events for the entire term. He came under such criticism for this that he began t~ charge less for appearances. . his speech. This is not the end of the Farra- khan public relations nightmare. In 1984, after Jesse Jackson called Jews Farrakhan's beliefs until he finished "hymies· in an interview with Milton Coleman of the Washington Post, Farrakhan publidy threatened Cole- man during a speech. He was conslderec:i by many Democrats a reason not to vote for Jackson in the 1984 Convention because Jackson became so closely affiliated with Farrakhan. This was after the lnfa- mous comment Farrakhan made about Hitler, calling him a •great man•. made some of his mO&I scathing Others, however, see Farrakhan as ihe most banned person this side of South Africa.• Many feel they will . not be taken seriously if he speaks at. their fundion. able to fill a house, as seen Sunday night at MSU as well as in 1985, when he filled Madison Square Garden and However, he still has proven to be . ... .. :-:-:::::::::::::-:-· Many others feared dealing with comments. He attacked then-mayor Farrakhan because they knew it would Ed Koch for two thigns: He's Jewish, alienate one major voting group no matter what. One of these politicians was Tom Bradley, the popular black mayor of Los Angeles. and He's homosexual. As one reporter described it, -rhe first of which he has no control over, and the second he (Koch) squelingly denies.• The crowds at the usual Farra- khan speech are a mixture of those who are enraged by the cause, those In 1985, Farrakhan was sched· uled to make a speech In LA., and many wanted Bradley to make a ~11rs11ii~r1 ·'.·:·:·:·:::::::::::::::::::::·· ·-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:·:·:·:·:·:·:·::: .. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I STUDIO 241:~ I 241 East Saginaw, East Lansing lower level 241 Building hair/nail care for women/ men,children *beard/mustache trims •foil highlighting *spiral perms *facial waxing *complete nail care •manicures/pedicures •sculptured nails/nai_I tips *silk nail wraps/repairs *French manicures *unique hair braiding 351-9330 8-8 Mon-Fri 8-4 Sat GOOD TIM ES. Iii A CUSSIC CM E. I I . $5 Off Any Service (of value of S l 0 or more) (With this ad) Offer Good . 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"He says very stimulating words to try and make us stand up and join hands and do more for ourselves. "I think he· gets a lot of bad publicity because he's a man who speaks his mind." Farrakhan, long the center of con troversy, has been accused of being a racist, a fascist and an anti-Semitic • whose messages to blacks revolve around Jew-bashing. · But MSU football player Travis Davis says Farrakhan Is everything but racist. "You can't condemn the man until you hear the man,· said Davis, who attended Farrakhan's speech with about 1 O lootball players. "I don't think he's a racist at all. "He's iust a black man that wants to let his black people know about their heritage ... he just tells the truth." ·. Though Davis praised Farrakhan , for promoting black pride and unity, he said he did not agree with the speaker's comment that university officials doh't care about black stu dents' education and use them only to generate funds for the Athletic De- . partment. "I can't say the univetsity used me; Davis said. "I don't think they use blackstudents.· And in reference to athletic department's concern over athletes grades, Davis said coaches and department heads value educa- . tion. · · "Coach Perlas ... he's hard on education,• Davis said. "Talk to any of the footbaH players and they'll tell you that.• Davis said the university does· push Its athletes to keep up with their studies, but the ultimate responsibility of earning a degree lies with the athlete. "It's kind of up to the player to get an education; said Davis, who cur rently Is working on a master's degree In counseling and ei;lucatlon after earning his bachelor's in ATD Merchandising Management in 1989. "In the real world, you need an · education,· he said. And whether or not Michigan State cares if black athletes get an education or not doesn't matter to Davis. "I'm gonna get mine anyway be cause that's what I came here to do.· One thing that does bother Davis about MSU is his belief that he has put more Into the university than he has received. MSU has compen- university REPORTER-INTELLIGENCER• 3 sated his football talents with a free-ride for the past five years. But Davis believes ihat's not enough.· "You think about all the money you bring into the university and you see none of it,· he said. "It kind of makes you mad." From SPEECH, p. 1 After an opening In which Farra khan acknowledged his detractors and their constitutional rights to protest his visit, he blasted the MSU administra tion for placing a memoriam on funds allocated for his speech. "This Is a redst Institution; he said. "How dare you tell blacks that Farrakhan Is Irrelevant and doesn't deserve a measly $10,000 to $12,000 honorarium when you bring speakers that are totally irrelevant to the black experience, but you use money from (black students') fees to pay for them?" Farrakhan went on to speak oUt on white oppression of blacks, ori drug ab!Jse and on Jewish oppositiofl to his preachings. But regardless of what Farrakhan said, as of 11 :00 p.m. Sunday eve ning, his visit to MSU became history. The Issue facing the MSU com munity now is: 'What impact will Faffalchan's speech have on MSU and its surrounding ar98S 'r MSU ·senior Tony Jefferson predicts Farrakhan's speech will have_ an uplifting effed on the black popula tion at MSU. "Blacks will be hyped up for two weeks ... but I don't know If it will last; Jefferson said. Whether MSU will be considered a promoter of humanitari anism or race hatred for funding Farrakhan's visit depends on peoples' geographic location as well as ethnic background, Jefferson said. "Known racist towns Ilka Fowler ville and Howen· will view Farrakhan's visit to MSU as •a racist act,· Jeffer son said. But "Detroit and ihe inner city" will perceive the event as "en lightening; he added. MSU senior James Chubb, who called Farrakhan's messages "posi tive; said the ,minister's speech may have an Imped on the university's admissions, Influencing college-bound blacks to "perhaps choose MSU over a black college.· However, Chubb also believes Farrakhan's discourse may have a negative· impact on MSU's white community. Farrakhan's speech, he said, may "anger whites because they don't like what he says.· But MSU graduate student Tewodros Akilile, says whites can no _longer ignore issues concerning blacks. . Calling Farrakhan's Invitation to speak at MSU a "good political activity for blacks; Akilile said: "It's time for whites to hear about black concerns." Anthony Spangler, a sophomore at Lansing Community College, believes Farrakhan's several mes sages benefit all who liste.ned to his speech. And those who will benefit the most are blacks. "Farrakhan's message is good for blacks and other minorities,· Spangler said. "He has good things to say, like Malcolm X." Farrakhan's visit to MSU was made possible through a $5,000 fund granted by MSU Provost David Scott's office. The grant brewed much controversy on campus, especially among members of the Jewish community who feel they are the scapegoat of several of the minister's messages. About 200 protesters gathered outside the auditorium to voice their opposition to Farrakhan's visit and the university's funding of his visit. · As One adviser Ezra Hyland said · the group originally asked MSU for $20,000 to fund Farrakhan's visit. The student organization, thought they w re assured at least $5,000, he said, and therefore, put $500 down to reserve the auditorium. At that point, Ezra said 15 people protested MSU funding Farrkhan, and ihe Board of Trustees put a hold on the whole $5,000, not just $500. • Though As One was eventually guaranteed the $5,000 to bring Farrakhan to campus, the MSU Board of Trustees has since declared that no speaker will receive more than $1,000 •until criteria are established; he said. The Board of Trustees recent decision has left Hyland with one question: "Do black, brown, yellow people have the right to say who speaks to them and foqhem ?" _, oifr:W'l AM~? Let Us Help You Out-Come To: Gary's Campus Hair Salon $9.00 Uni-sex hair s1yling 11&1~~~~· 351-6511 549 E. Grand River (next to Confection Connection) M7F 8am-7pm Sot 9am-2pm Complete hair care and nail services the ~@@[X) iltaii: ~o. I 3040 Lake unsing Rd. East Lansing, Ml 48823 in Carriage Hills 336-7277 V/TTY Hours: ·Mon. & Fri 9-7 Tue., Wed., Thur. 9-9 . 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Chuck D. calls himself "a follower of Farrakhan; and counsels us that we can't understand •until you've heard the man: Well, we've heard him. To pass judgment on the Minister Louis Farrakhan - former assistant to Malcolm X Shabazz, disciple of Elijah Muhammad and his successor as leader of the Nation of Islam - after hearing only one speech would be pre matur:e, unwise and unfair. Mr. Farrakhan has many mes sages that are delivered to many audiences; he will tell the people to drop their guns and needles and stop killing each other; he will tell the people to honor black women who have spawned the human race and brought us through times of turmoil and darkness; he will tell the people to · reject the drugs making them modem day slaves; he will tell the peoRle that the truth will set them free and set their oppressors free. Some of those messages were delivered last Sunday and roused the audience to levels of pride and strength that all people should strive for and hope to achieve for our mutual peace, prosperity and well-being. But Mr. Farrakhan has been known to deliver other messages as well. Messages denouncing religions and races as inferior and oppressive. coming obstacles --- even obstacles as Messages that take advantage of sudden passibns rather than advocate devious and cunning as those Mr Far- calm reasoning and purpose. Mes- rakhan claims exist - should be the goal of all people5. sages that overshadow his positive message for not only Afro-Americans, but for all people. · There is no denying that Mr. Fari-a- khan is a brilliant man, one Who knows the perils facing blacks everyday, and • Last Sunday, Mr. Farrakhan delivered a slow, humorous, thoughtful a man who knows the effect of his speech that built to a resounding arid powerful crescendo, rOcking the auditorium and invigorating the audi- ence. lems on one group of people is too simple for a man of his brainpower. In this light, to blame those prob- words. It is in the fuel used to build to that Most of Sunday's audience didn't crescendo, however, that one finds a message to think about when consider- and parcel. And he could not have Ing Mr. Farrakhan's words and his reputation as an anti-semite and . ' propagator or racial hatred. swallow Mr. Farrakhan's message part While there is some· merit to his condemnation of whites for their subjugation, dehumanization, and re- programming of blacks throughout history, his accusations that the Jews have calculated shrewdly to take. advantage of black ignorance is simply quence. using an inaccurate and unfair gener- alization to create a common enemy blacks can unite against. People are easier to fight than Poverty. meant it to be taken in such a manner. Blaming Jews for the plight of blacks is simply used as a rallying point by Mr. Farrakhan. Without a doubt, it is wrong to tum people against each other to accomplish any goal. Demagoguery is Inexcusable and Mr. Farrakhan must be found guilty In spite of his brilliance and eio- But one must hope that wiser words of his are used· to rally the people trying to build a better tomor- row. •Jews and blacks, if you begin a But, as Mr. Farrakhan says, the days of Stepin Fetchit are over. Blacks are now able to control their own · destiny without Master Cracker menac- Farrakhan should heed if a dialogue Ing them with whip or chain. To place blame on a group is natural. But over- · dialogue, start with honesty and be truthful to each other: · ~oes begin in spite of his.demagoguery. Good advice, and advice Mr. 21 February 1990 university REPORTER-INTELLIGENCER • 5 with erotic adult reading material. Pornography depicts acts of violence against women which I do not find at all intriguing. One the ~her hand (ha ha), pictures of relatively normal acts done by consenting adults in the bedroom are not only great tum-ans, they are al5o artistic, and protected under our constitutional rights. I have always been a great lover of art, spent · hours pouring it. My art collection may be the largest in Michigan outside of some of my friends who live in Durand. Misogynistic means having a hatred for women and, if you have read some of my early columns, you would· know there is a certain degree of truth in what she said. Jodi Foster, Judge Stell, and the women running East Lansing are not high on my list of favorite people. Oh, by the way, did you see that the Michigan Court of Appeals struck down a part of the EL ordinance governing Cedarfest? Yup! They said you _coldn't barricade Cedar Village because you were afraid some people MIGHT do something. I don't dislike these women because they are female, I dislike them because they are trying to oppress me and that is unAmerican. You may not like the way I party and you may not like the shit I read, but don't go passing laws trying to keep me from It because I have a basic right (unalienable, I belive Thomas Jefferson called it) to life, liberty, and the happiness of pursuit. Get my drift? Dr.Andrew Barclay Forget the Franklin Mint, the doc tias a HUG·E. library Dear Doc: What was that misogy.nistlc sleaze business all about a couple of weeks . ago? The column was one of your better ones -; I though you really stuck it to the people who deserve It. Where was she coming from? - Bewildered Dear Bewildered: Dear Dr. Sex: You're the only one I can tum to. My boyfriend is a very'pessionate person. He seems to get turned on really easlly but I'm much more quiet and take a longer time. When we make love, I just start getting really turned on when he loses interest and turns away from me. I have two questions: Why don't I get turned on In time and why do I sometimes have Intense pain in my side after we make love? Is there anything .1 can do about this pain because aspirin doesn't work. Help! What's wrong with me? - Dormitory,,..,._ De•Deana: Your second question is easier to answer than the first. Both men an women have similar responses to arousal, blood rushes to the pelvis and causes a swelling in the sexual accessory structures. Many men know the pain involved in Lover's Nuts or Blue Balls all too well but most women don't realize their ovaries also swell, especially if you do not obtain orgasmic releas~. The cure is simple: masturbate after he goes home. It releases the blood held in the pelvis which reduces the swelling and the· psin will go away. (Follow this up with a visit to your family doctor just to make sure there really is no physical problem.) I would have to say, though, there is nothing wr.ong with you other than taking too much mental · responsibility for how sex is going without taking charge. Your sexual response sounds pretty normal to me as does your boyfriend's but· I think he needs some gentle educating. Don't wait to start foreplay until you are lying next to each other, start at dinner or even that afternoon. Flirt with each other, stroke him or squeeze him through his clothes but don't let him get too close until you are good and ready. You are leaving all the contfol in his hands and he is not reading your response very well. Men do not necessarily come to you knowing all about women's sexual response although most of us talk like we have done it all and know every thing. Don't believe it. Take a more active part in controlling what he does. Get him so-turned on, he can't stand it· another minute and hold him off a few minutes longer. Be sure when you -are doing this,· you are squeezing the head of his penis every now and then because if you don't, he will be so turned on he will orgasm as soon as he enters you and we don't want that. The squeeze should be farily strong but not enough to hurt him. The trick is to push some of the blood back into the penile shaft and allow it to refiii the head. Or let him have his first orgasm fairly qucikly and then tum him on again so you can have yours. Men may have fairly quick orgasms at first but our second ones always take much longer and our third ones longer yet. There is no reason why you both can't have several orgasms duriflQ a single sex act but this type of re sponse never "just happens: You ·have to get to know how to read each other's sexual responses and the best part is that it takes practice, practice, practice. Musicians practice at least two hours every day. Training sexual responses takes at least as much work, maybe more. Have fun! It's like I always say: If you can't take-the heat, get asbestos undies playing "Cat Scratch Fever- at top.volume? , Who's next, Eddie Albert and Bellone honoring Pete Townsend for his work-on behalf of their industry? the rovocateur 'So the,.·• a new Ronald McDonald. Don't mean nuthin' tom•, It'• the nm• 01- kangaroo meat the Provoc was (is) raised on - maybe that accounts for my hatred of you phlegm-grabbing, fl•havln' toads? But who cares what you think anyway. Besidn, didn't tM MW JolctH worlc out cool? How 'bout tM ..,,,_ old Provoc? WeN, wait 'ti/ they gtlt a loMJ of m• (sorry, Nicholson)-. TAKE THIS/ . · What was the Legislature thinking when they passed a resolution honoring rocker Ted Nugent? What did they honor him for; killing Bambi, Thumper, driving a huge truck, shooting things and While we're talking rocking, how is It that The Silver Dollar Saloon is "The Midwest's most 'famous rock bar,· and no one knows where in God's green Earth this dive is? And why did Meatloaf cancel his date there - I cried for days when I was told I wouldn't be hearing "Bat Out of Hen· screeching out of the voc8I chords of a man that let a trans~xual chop him up and tum him tnto a feast (a big feast.). Bummer. Oh well, I guess it's another Saturday night, all revved up and no place to go. Speaking of no place to go .:__ or going no place - The State News comes to mind. I've laid off these venerable folk for.a couple weeks, but I feel a flash coming over me. Like: My good fiend from down the street, Bart Simpson, and I had a good laugh when we read the State "He's-Not-lndependent,-He's-My-Provosr News over _the last two weeks. Twenty-nine correc tions, ouch! Since when did our favorite tanker (and tankard) driver, Joseph Hazlewood, become copy chief? Of the Stale One, .has anybody noticed how their editorial page is trying to sound like the Provoc lately? It's as if they kidnapped me and made me watch . The Brady Bunch for 48 hours while listening to a Bill Cosby concert tape. Yecch - it's a nightmare. And what about Martha Quinn showing up as Bobby's wife?! · Whatever happened to Colin, dammit! Here's a parting (cheap) shot: Has anyone seen those great SN signs advertising their internship postitions? They would prefer "intelligent, · hard working and conscientious students.· Other than constituting a major shift in policy, we hope they can stop either firing people or letting them quit and muster enough people to put out a paper this year for our increased student "independent-voice,-fer-shure-man· tax. I'm proud of ya, guys. Keep up the progress, and soon you'll be able to get gymnastics scores right. I shouldn't have done those last·few, I'm begin ning to feel my stomach go ... But that's about It 'til next week, so be bad and I never met anyone I did not not like. remember - ( 6 •university REP9RTER-INTELLIGENCER 21 February 1990 ......... ·-· ............. - I~ OUT and ABOUT iA_ann arbor . . 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But TV's approach is quite differ ent than most of the groups out there. James, who handles most of the writing along with the singing, isn't afraid to speak her mind, and comes off much more brash than we're used to over here in the States. On "Born To Be Sold· she sings, ~~II you uptight short-sighted, narrow m1nded slaves of gold, I'm telling you I don't need to be told ... baby, I was born to be sold, born to be sold·. But she's not talking about selling out. . According to Miss James: "You're either sold by others, or yeu promote ·~ Students Against Driving Drunk and The Residence Halls · Associatio·n Present A WEDNESDAYS 9 PM- CLOSE 18 and over with college 1.0. $1 NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS & 7S¢ POP Energ.ize Your Wednesday Nights With Dancing and fun! This week: Catharsis anctBone _ outspoken entertainers in England. Let's hope that songs like "Kiss Their Sons·, "I Want Your Love·, "Pay the Ghosts•, "Born To Be Sold· and the colossal "Velveteen· will make (TV) one of the most outspoken bands in America -JEFFRKE : : ... :::~arci:::a . . •.•::~: .. ••o.·n·····:····u::···· . . ~:··:·:·:···.:······:·:· . . ·········:l••.••.•::z•.:~.•, ···:··~·:······.··: llii:v:·:······:·:·:···.:·e::· ···.··· : ~ ~ ~ ~: ~: ~: ~ ~ ~: ~: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~: ~: ~ ~ ~; ~:: ~ ~ ~ i ~j. Ac;:: ···-: .. . ..... · yourself, your work, an extension of yourself, which is not selling out. But if other's 'seH' you for their profit, then that's exploitation: Yes, I suppose it would be just that. The title track, all 12 minutes of it ' finds the band running through everything from psychadellic guitar blowouts, to cocktail jazz, to rockabilly" and punk. Like the rest of the album Velveteen, the song "Velveteen· shows a strong penchant for the stylings of Lou Reed and the Velvet Unde~ground, both in the guitars and the lyrics. . 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Double Play Sunday Special Stallion burger w/ fries (halflb. ground beef w/ bacon, swiss, cheddar, onion, leuuce, and tomato) Draft and .Shot 'O' Schnapps . Tit lOPM nl 2.99! 101 E. Grand River Ave. Home of the Sharkbowl! ,' The The fill Royal Oak with their uniqu·e sound by STEVE BYRNE uR-1 music correspondent Invading the Royal Qak Music Theater Friday, The The gave fans a taste.of their unique brand of musical darkness. On the inside cover of the band's latest release, Mind Bomb, songwriter Matt Johnson suggests, "To obtain maximum pleasure and effect from this album, please play VERY LOUD!, VERY LATE, VERY ALONE. .. & with the lights turned VERY LOW!", and the performance was successful at bringing out this feeling. Though the sell-out crowd precluded being "alone,· the intimate setting allowed the band to pull the audience in to the depths of its sensual, textured world. The stage was sparsely lighted, sometimes allowing Johrrson to hide among the shadows as he sang his apocalyptic views of a world in conflict. Johnson; who writes and composes all the music, crouched into his hand-held microphone as . he delivered his wide range of vocal emotion. His voice, sometimes a whisper, and often a bellow, . alWays resonated through the heavy, smoke-filled air. He also occasionally picked up a guitar, but the majority of the axework was handled by ex-Smiths grinder, Johnny Marr. Marr has been described. as a guitar anti~hero, and Friday ~ight he showed why. He played his parts brilliantly and effortlessly, without much bravado. Marr didn't move 'around much and refrained form a lot of self-indulgent guitar· work. This only left one wishing to see him display . a little more of the talent he made apparent on such numbers as "Good Morning Beautiful." The The used to be a one-man band - Johnson - but it now has three new permant members in Marr, bassist James Eller, and drummer David Palmer. For the show, they were accompanied by a keyboardist and a female backup singer. When the singer Was used, which wasn't often, . she shId He//faves, . like Binky, Bongo, and Sheba. Neat-o, dude! ignorant anti-gay who rudely asks them why they call themselves "gay." The two chaps politely . reply, "It's very simple. We call ourselves gay because we are gay." .their merry way. And with that, they trot off on Now, about the material. Groening hilariously and master- fully serves up such rib-ticklers as: "Dr. Akbar and Nurse Jeff's Lipo- suction Hut," "n Moods ot Akbar meat and potatoes of a controver- and Jeff," "Slang of Tomorrow," and "Hell on Ice." The names pretty much say it all, folks. Groening has a genuinely unique ability to get down to.the sial topic, while·still doing so in good taste and humor. He also has his own brand of wacky, madcap humor that is consistent throughout his bo~. Sure, it's a comic book, but there's more to it than oddball humor. On the flip side, Groening takes a lighter look at some cur- rent social issues, like homosexu- ality, for example. (The topic is inescapable because the title characters are both gay and are frequently pictured in bed to- gether.) In one instance, Akbar and Jeff are appproached by an If you (yeah, that's right; I said, "YOU!") haven't experienced any of Matt Groening's works, this one is highly r~commended. (They're available at most area book- stores.) And as Matt Groening's "Slang of Tomorrow" says, "Have a chokey day; Lucko!" . . . . . . . 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