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SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND Published as part of Felix, the Student Newspaper of Imperial College 210297

|— Look, it's just like a hamster but bigger. All right? .04

Dr Death visits Dr Death visits

Art meets the 'net .08

Julian Barnes goes Cross Channel

Cockroach, who? and Backpay

David Bowie and Mansun

Go on, have a Flirt with Babylon 5

IC Orchestra, Big Band and Jazz 'n Rock

r editorial space Rats are an underrated pet, feared and

reviled by millions, loved and adored by

a few. If you don't believe me, check out

the feature on the next page.

Elsewhere, if anyone goes to see a film

called Grace of my Heart, just bear in

mind that I had a bad experience on the

way to the cinema the other day...

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Many thanks to all those people who helped out on this issue of

Something for the Weekend. More specifically:

Rats: Martha The Golem: Sarah; Internet Junkie: Vaskor; Art & Theatre: Emma; Music: Jason; Film: Adrian; Books:

William; Diary: Stephen; Layup and design: David and Chris. Felix II: Something for the Weekend 210297

Here I am, studying abroad, in London and not

in cold, snowy, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Why

aren't I thrilled and having "the time of my life."

Ifs not really that I'm homesick. I mean I miss

the friends, and the boy, but I'm dealing with

that just fine. I think ifs the pet rat that I really

miss.

Thafs right: pet rat.

As we moved into our dorm room this fall, my

roommate, Miki asked me, "Can we get a pet

rat?" I gave her my please-come-back-down-

to-planet earth look. She simply responded

with, "I saw this cute punk guy this summer with

one—it was really cool." Still thinking she was a

little off her rocker, I went to work the next day

and discovered, on the front page of the leisure

section a story on the local Pennsylvania Pet Rat

Society.

So I gave Miki the benefit of the doubt and

my life has not been the same since Owen (the

cutest little thing I've ever seen) came along.

He's an amazing pet, not the typical hamster or

bunny—he's much more sociable and a very

interesting little fellow. And now that I'm in

London, I miss him like mad.

Before I go on about him anymore, I want to

make sure you don't get the wrong idea about

the states. This is not that common of a thing.

The reaction this fall when I bounced up to my

friends, exclaiming "Guess What! I got a pet rat

today!" was followed by confused looks and

inquires about the Bubonic Plague. (There was

one exception, something along the lines of

"Really, you can bring him over to meet my rat!"

from my friend Eric)

Along with the plague comments, people are

in disbelief that I have a pet rat, asking, "Doesn't

he bite?" and "Aren't you scared of getting

some disease?" Miki's normal reply to this is

"What do you think—that we found him one

day while we were playing in the sewer?" I tend

to take a more direct response, explaining that

Owen is a clean, healthy, domesticated animal

who was bought at a pet store; saved from

becoming snake food.

I think that ifs clear that pet rats are more

suited to a college studenfs lifestyle than any

other sort of pet. I mean, rats function almost

exactly like students. Nocturnal by nature, Owen

is most active around 9 p.m. at night. But he

naps all the time, day and night, and is always

ready to come out and play. He loves to eat; his

favourite foods are dry cereals and bagels (the

staples of most American college students). He

lives in a regular size aquarium (hmm, remind

anyone of a dorm room?) that fits easily under

the bed or cabinets, where ever the Dorm

Advisor won't notice it.

But the reason Owen makes such a great pet

is that rats are incredibly social animals. Unlike

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many of his rodent relatives Owen does not

look at you reaching into his house to pick him

up, turn his back to you and go to sleep. Nope,

thafs not a rat. Before you even get to the cage,

Owen is jumping up ana" down or climbing

around eager to greet you, soon he'll be scram­

bling onto your hand to be lifted out of his tank.

Depending on what sort of mood he's in,

Owen will then run around with me following

him to keep him out of too much mischief but

most often he simply clambers up to the back of

my neck and just hangs out there, checking

everything out as I go about the room, cleaning

or doing homework. Other times, after all that

excitement over coming out, he simply curls up

a r a t i s n o t j u s t f o r C h r i s t m a s . . .

in the crook of my arm and goes to sleep. Silly

rat.

Owen is always eager to go outside or visit­

ing people. I'm pretty sure he thinks the hoods

of sweatshirts were put there just for him. Eric's

pet rat seems to have the same attitude about

the arm of Eric's jacket. If we are going to a

crowded area or a longer distance Owen likes

riding around in an old purse of mine, as long

as you give him a handful of carrot slivers.

Unbeknown to my boss (one of the "Oh my

£<>r chn'sfmas... good­

ness,

are

you

sure you

won't get a dis­

ease from it?" crew)

Owen came along with

me to my library job quite

a few times, enjoying

himself thoroughly

as he'd curl up

on my lap

under the desk

and go to

sleep as I'd

pet him. Eric

,„ takes his rat to

class with

him. They are

wonderful

company and more.

I swear that pet rats do something to their

owners. I went from not having said the word

cute since junior high into using it on a daily

basis, in such phrases directed at Owen such

as "Hey there cutie!" and exclamations of

"Owen, you are just so damn cute!" Ifs hilari­

ous to watch Eric and his 'tough punk' friends

imitate his rat, scrunching their faces up and

waving their hands like whiskers. I've seen

aloof ravers break into giggles as they played

with the baby rats that "popped out o f the rat

the Eric's roommate went and got because he

liked Eric's so much. And all of those people

started immediately laying claims on one of the

baby rats for themselves.

So ifs kind of embarrassing, the way a pet

rat makes you act, yet it makes you happy and

ifs so much fun. I can just sit around for hours

and watch Owen running around on my bed

exploring. (Of course ifs an old bedcover and I

keep tissues handy although most of the time

you can tell when he's just about to you-know-

what and run him back to his tank.) He just

pokes around and washes himself but ifs

amazing and warms your heart when he

comes running back to you after getting a little

to close to the edge. But then he decides he'll

be super-rat again, and runs off to check out

that corner.

Like all animals, a happy rat like this does

require care and a little training. You need to

change his cage filling twice a week or when- i

ever it starts to smell. Ifs best to get the rat

when he's a baby, so that it is easier for him to |

adjust to you, although any age can make a

good pet. (Careful if you are getting an older

female - if she's been in a mixed group of rats

there's a chance you might have babies on

your hands in a few weeks!) The first few times,

he won't want to come out but pick him up

anyway (carefully!) and give him a treat.

Cuddle him and carry him around a lot and

you'll soon have a good buddy like Owen who

can't wait to come out and see you.

Make sure he gets a good balanced diet—

many pet stores have lab pellets/ chunks for

rodent pets such as hamsters and gerbils. They

contain all the nutrients he'll need and have to

be gnawed so their teeth will stay in good

shape. And if he's like Owen and doesn't care

for the taste of them very much, saving them to

eat until everything else is gone, he uses them

as toys; carrying them around and stacking

them.

Oh, Owen, thafs definitely what I'm missing

here in England. A furry creature who's the best

company around. I think I'll call Miki now to see

how my little buddy's doing. And try to forgive

London over- the fact that Owen's in Pittsburgh.

He'll want me to be enjoying myself.

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i t ' s f o r l i f e !

Jessica

SaCmon

reports

from a new

exhibition

entitled'

'Dr 'Beat/i'

which

ojyenecCat

the

yvedcome

Institute in

London

this weeh

On the fourth floor of the Wellcome

building in Euston Road is a most

unusual sight: two large black coffin lids

stand upended and swathed in plastic

floral garlands. The brass plaques

attached to each lid are inscribed with

the words Dr Death. The current History

of Medicine exhibition explores the

issue of death and its relationship to

medicine through the ages.

Death is a difficult subject, one which

many people are reluctant to discuss.

There is a certain amount of discomfort

associated with sharing our individual

thoughts, emotions and fears about

death. Yet stories about death always

make the news. Only last week, the

story of Diane Blood's legal victory to be

allowed to use her dead husband's

sperm despite the fact he had never

given his written consent, again made

the headlines. Death is never far from

our minds.

Since the days of Hippocrates doctors

have been trying to protect their patients

from untoward or premature death and

their struggle to do so and their varying

degrees of success have been por­

trayed in many different ways; in printed

media and particularly in the visual arts

from the medieval Dance of Death to

the modern day TV series Casualty.

The average British citizen is witness

to a large number of fictitious deaths

every week through the medium of tele­

vision and film. Extracts from hollywood

films, including Flatliners and The

Terminator are shown on a small

screen at the beginning of the Dr Death

exhibition. There are headphones avail­

able if you wish to sit next to a grave­

stone surrounded by plastic lilies,

watching images from Night of the

Living Dead flick across the screen.

The exhibits range from a cosmetic kit

which is used to prepare a corpse for

public view to a card case made out of

the skin of the the notorious murderer

William Burke. Government produced

leaflets are seen alongside a green

plastic children's toy called "Big Frank"

which has a DIY transplant tummy filled

with little plastic organs that can be

removed and replaced. The rooms used

for the exhibits are broken up into sec­

tions by green hospital curtains.

Sometime during the 14th century

when the plague epidemics arrived in

Europe, death became projected into a

character. This character was seen by

some to collaborate with doctors and

was identified with them. In the early

part of this century doctors tended to

behave as if death was an enemy to be

fought at all costs; the death of a patient

being felt as professional failure. Today

medical students are taught more

about death and bereavement, and the

Hospice movement set up by Dame

Cicely Saunders in 1969 has ensured

specialised palliative care for the dying.

A positive consequence of death (if

there is such a thing) is the use of

organs in transplantation. This concept

of the dead giving life back to the living

was first portrayed in medieval times

when the Saints Cosmas and Damian

were portrayed removing the leg of a

Christian and transplanting in its place a

healthy replacement from a dead Moor.

The varied items on display in this

exhibition carry the moral message that

death neglects no man, regardless of

his status. Doctors have had a dual role

in this iconography. They are portrayed

as fighting against as well as assisting

the golem and other stones

T>r.Death\ is at the

lYeCfcome Institute,

183 Fusion Hoad.It is open from

g.45am-5 _pm Mon-

J^ri ana 9.45am-!

j>m on Sat. The exhibi­tion isfree

andruns untiC2i

June 1997.

with death.

A painting in the last room of the

exhibition, which is

draped in black vel­

vet and lit with

candles, shows

a surgeon

wrestling with *

the skeleton

of death who

is trying to

climb into

the body of

a female

patient, By

contrast

another

picture

drawn by ;

Godefroy t

Engelmann ,

shows the

Doctor in '*

collabora­

tion with I

theskele- |

ton of

death

who is

riding

on his

shoul­

ders.

The

Doctor

•'

smil­

ing

as he car­

ries a

purse full

of money

that he

has made

from the

death of

others.

This 18th century image of a doctor in

collusion with death echoes our fascina­

tion today with medical euthanasia. In

the States Dr Jack Kevorkian has med­

ically assisted at dozens of deaths at his

'Mercy Clinic' earning him the title of

America's Dr Death, whereas in

• Australia the first ever state-sanc­

tioned deaths recently mace the

headlines. Elsewhere the malev­

olent figures of the murderer

Dr Crippen and the Nazi

experimenter Dr

Mengele have firmly

fixed the charac­

ter of Dr Death

in modern

culture.

doctor death

Art galleries online

U / i J

M. C. Escher 's well known "Birds Changing to Fish" illustration

One of the features web browsers offer

nowadays is the ability to incorporate

graphics as opposed to only text.

Although this facility was originally used

only to draw small icons and logos, it is

becoming increasingly popular for web

site managers to make fuller use of

graphics features. As a result, a number

of virtual art galleries have now estab­

lished themselves on the internet.

Damien Hirst's controversial Mother & Child Divided, the winning entry for the 1995 Turner Prize exhibition

Web Louvre at http://sunite.unc.edu

/wm contains some of the most famous

The Mona Lisa

paintings found in the Louvre in Paris. It

has an exceptionally large collection of

paintings dating from a broad range of

periods, ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pic-

tures/art/ also has a large number of

paintings although this site is more of an

image archive, and thus does not have

an extremely high quality of presentation.

Images are indexed by painter.

http://www.view topia.com/html/stat-

ic/voaginfo.htm con­

tains sculptures and

carvings as well as

paintings. The link to the

actual gallery itself is at

the bottom of the intro­

duction page. Art

j j j Galore! Art Gallery at

http://www.hsv.tis.net/

~artgalor/com gal.htm

contains a smaller col­

lection of works by com­

missioned artists.Many

of the web sites also serve the dual pur­

pose of advertising art works for sale.

Vaskor Basak

Internet Junkie

Cross Channel Julian Barnes

For his eighth novel Julian Barnes has

changed mode, writing a collection of

short stories commenting on our cen­

turies old relationship with the people of

France. The stories are light and well

written, and try to place the

changing thrift we have with our

Gallic neighbours firmly in its histori

cal context.

The collection of anecdotes, all set

within France but with a largely English

cast, are treated with Barnes' usual wit

and elegance with the pen. The care

taken in working the stories to reveal his

characters' personalities speaks of his

craftmanship and almost make one feel

the author indentifying with his crotchety

composer ensconced in Normandy with

only Radio 3 for company or the literary

hack looking for an elusive conference.

On the other hand, Barnes' status as

France's best loved Englishman

can be justified by the 'revi­

sionist' historical stories that

tell of England's other, less

glamourous but equally

telling interactions with those sur

I'autre cote de la manche. Whether as

conquerors or vitners, England's rela­

tionship with it's half-cousin-once-

removed France is lovingly detailed in

this book. Barnes' fondness for France

comes through; is he perhaps the 'old-

not-elderly' man of the last story sip­

ping his Meursault in the reflective

declination of his life?

For those who are more used to

Barnes' intricate works, Cross Channel

will come as light relief on the weary

mind's eye. Although there are subtle

connections between the ten stories and

the reader is invited to draw conclusions

through the very last story, there is a dis­

tinct lack of the intellectual pressure that

was induced by some of his earlier

works and notably less than that of the

short stories of The History of the World

in IOV2 Chapters.

A good read: it's out there now, go

and get it.

Cross Channel

is published by

Picador, priced

£5-99

books

Cockroach, WhoP Royal Court Theatre

Royal Court

Theatre

until 1st March

Starts at 8.45pm

in the

Ambassadors

(Theatre

Upstairs)

Tickets: £10/5

cone.

Box Office:

0171 5655000

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I've seen that girl somewhere before.

Yes, she was in Eastenders, wasn't she?

Hold on, she was in Harry Enfield just

yesterday as well. In fact, if I dig deep I

can think of dozens of things she's been

in.

Nicola Stapleton, cameo sensation,

comes to the stage for "Cockroach

Who?", the story of the lives of three

teenagers living in a council estate. Look

down the list of her previous acting jobs

and you'll see she's been in nigh on

everything. Sadly, the same can't be

said of the rest of the cast, but they still

do a reasonably good job. In fact, the

acting on a whole is quite convincing,

you get the feeling that they are actually

there in the estate, smoking grass and

putting trainers in washing machines.

When the old ladies who hang around

the laundrette come on stage, you can

actually smell the slight­

ly pissy odour of dirty

clothes.

The lingo may be a bit confusing for

some, but others may be one step

ahead of the cast. It's tempting to

scream out "No! You're doing it all

wrong!" when one of the young girls

starts rolling a joint. The culture of the

girls is very well constructed and you're

left in no doubt as to the kind of lives

they're leading. The same goes for the

old ladies in the laundrette: life revolves

around gossiping and drinking tea. You

can't help feeling that you saw people

like that when you were younger.

The plot is a little sparse, but basically

the father of one of the girls died recent­

ly and she goes around in a permanent

crisis until one of the old ladies sorts her

life out. But the plot isn't really what ifs

all about. Enjoy this for its insight into

the difficulties faced by the girls, grow­

ing up when the world seems to be

falling apart around them.

Andy Royal

Mina, a young white South African girl,

visits her old black nanny Sophie, whom

she hasn't seen for 10 years, in her

home in Soweto. The reunion is not as

joyful as she had hoped. When looking

for things past, one often searches for

and remembers what has never really

been.

B a c k Royal Court Theatre

larly

Do(a

Croll as

Sophie,

the old fash

ioned black

mamma, a little rough but at the same

time very perceptive, and Diane O'Kelly

Mina is particularly put ill at ease by

Adele, Sophie's daughter, a school

teacher, who expresses the ever pre­

sent rancour of her people in the post-

Apartheid world. Adele provokes Mina,

who, gauche, is unable to face up to

her and leaves a little hastily, accompa­

nied by Bafana, Sophie's son, on her

insistence.

Mina lives alone with a rather cold

and absent mother, with whom she

has difficulty communicating. To her

surprise and deprecation, Mina tells her

she has visited Sophie. Mina starts visit­

ing Sophie again and a secret interest

grows between her and Bafana...

'Backpay", the work of a 23 year old

South African, is an absorbing and

powerful play with its touches of

humour. Although set in the particular

context of post-Apartheid, the drama

taking place could easily be transposed

to another setting and indeed another

time.

The acting was excellent. The actors

were well fitted in Iheir parts; particu-

as Mina, who expressed remarkably

well a certain embarrassment, an often

maladroit spontaneity and all her dis­

tress. The setting was voluntarily kept to

a minimum.

The choice of staging 'Backpay' in the

Circle of the Royal Court Theatre

Upstairs was very appropriate in that it

helped reinforcing the spectator's

involvement in the drama. The distance

between actor and audience is nearly

abolished, the first row being at the

same level as the stage, no more than

a meter away. Both room and stage are

very small, creating a feeling of intima­

cy. In addition, the spectator chooses

his seat upon entering the circle as

seating is unreserved.

As a spectator, one experienced that

delightful feeling, too often absent in

larger productions, that the perfor­

mance was dedicated to and acted in a

very personal way, with feeling and

intensity for the small audience.

Danuta

Theatre

until 1st /Vf irr/?

Upstairs'

Leicester Square

theatre

TPs MUSI'S After the tremendous success

with their recent single, constant

radio play and an appearance on

TFI Friday, many people will be

• • • h i t A f ) n I I n n r i a wondering whether this

IrVnilU UH If 101106 album is going to be the

one to finally make Texas

massive. However, more people will

simply want to know how the other thir­

teen songs on this album compare to

the superb 'Say What You Wanf. The

answer is very well.

There is actually a great deal of vari­

ety here, from the soulful 'Black Eyed

Boy' (which Smokey Robinson can take a

lot of credit for) to the dirty blues of

'Postcard'. The band certainly haven't

simply copied their top selling formulae.

Even with some fine string arrange­

ments on songs such as 'Good Advice'

ALBUM

SINGLES

sirens-blind

' eductive vocals

spoilt by a trip

hop by numbers

lucking track

Unimaginative.

and a couple of enjoyable instrumentals

it is very obvious that the majority of the

album is carried by the fantastic voice of

singer Sharleen. In fact the album's inlay

cover is pretty much devoted to pictures

of her, which is no bad thing. Songs

such as 'Insane' and Ticket To Lie'

where her vocals are laidback and

allowed to blend in with the music are

the highlights of an album which is only

really let down by the Celine Dion styled

'Put Your Arms Around Me', which

grates somewhat.

Top marks go to Texas for being a

band fronted by a female singer who

isn't desperately trying to sound like

she's Alanis Morisette. This is an excel­

lent effort that deserves to sell well. This

band is no one hit wonder. (8)

Jim

Redd Kross ALBUM

Show World

lamb-gorecki

Tremulous voice

a la Beth Orton

over Astialasta-

ish beats, to be

filed smack bang

under 'coming

up track' It is

also one of the

most emotional

and affecting

songs of love

and devotion

I've heard in

Redd Kross have always been a cool

band to be into, inspiring the likes of

Pavement, REM and Faith No More.

Formed back in 1978, they've somehow

always

managed

to remain

just on the

edge of the

mainstream it doesn't help

when the average age of your

band is about twelve and your

parents won't let you tour. For once it

seems that their own brand of LA-punk-

pop seems set to fit in with current

trends and tastes, where it's okay to be

melodic and even cheesy. Yep, 'Show

World' is just a pleasure to listen to. An

irresistible combination of four way har­

monies, guitar mayhem and the odd

inspired turn of phrase. There's 'Mess

Around', a Siouxsie and the Banshees-

esque ballad ('Can't you see/

Monogamy's so hard for me). 'Pretty

Please Me' is a chaotic pop romp with a

wondrous chorus ('Ifs so easy/Pretty

please me'). And the recent single 'Get

Out of Myself is surely destined to be

the theme tune to some quirky

American sitcom. Sugar-coated guitar

pop at ifs best. (8)

Sam

Music

Mansun have been around for nearly

two years now, and when I first heard

them, a single that is not included on

this album, I thought they were one of a

wave of Oasis clones. Before hearing

this album I was a bit apprehensive

about them because I had the impres­

sion that they were just another copycat

lot who had just decided to jump on the

bandwagon. How mistaken could I have

been.

The album is flooded with atmos­

pheric moodiness which is obviously

going to draw unavoidable parallels

with the likes

of

Radiohead

and the

Monies,

however

Mansun

have avoid­

ed the

shouts of

plagiarism

and have

created

their own dis

tinctive sound. The album begins with

strings aplenty over which Paul Draper,

the writer of all their songs, questions

his mortality and religious predelictions.

Then ifs straight on to 'Mansun's Only

Love Song' that is about a woman

named Mavis who reappears in a num­

ber of songs but according to the title,

only as an object of desire in this one.

Mansun have a real feel for the epic

and there are similarities with Suede's

grandiose 'Dog Man Star' album where

a few of the tracks trail off into seven

minute journeys of instrumental adlib-

bing. Take Taxloss', one of the most

stunning tracks on the album, it starts off

much like 'Introducing The Band', then

becomes a catchy pop tune and finally

evolves into the work of an indulgent

guitarist. It is not all immense works of

brilliance such as 'Wide Open Space'

with its haunting air of

sadness, there are also

contrasts to this in songs

like 'Stripper Vicar', a jibe

at the

Mansun ALBUM

Attack Of The Grey Lantern authority of the Church and the occa­

sional scandalous antics of its less than

devoted servants.

I wish Mansun could decide on what

image fits them best because it seems

to have been changing constantly

throughout their career, at one point

Britpop types

with their

obligatory

OCS hats but

now they

have turned

into eye

11 1shadow

wearing

pseudo anti-

Britpop

.M wannabes.

•- Sometime

last year

Mansun parted with their drummer and

with him went his perchance for using a

drum machine in their songs, which

could have dramatically affected the

whole sound of this album and possibly

ruined it into an indie/dance crossover

type of thing.

The epics continue with 'Naked

Twister' which follows the classically

titled 'She Makes My Nose Bleed' and it

all comes to an end with 'Dark Mavis',

which brings together the two main

characters of the album, the stripping

vicar and of course Mavis. A sense of

loss and despair washes over the end­

ing where Paul sings, "In the path of the

righteous man, there is little rubble

where I stand." Mansun have created

an adventurous and colossal debut that

is nowhere near 'egg shaped'. (8)

Jason

SINGLES

gusgus-believe

Imagine Bjoik

remixed by

Massive Attack,

with a

Norwegian

Barney Sumner

dtiding over the

top, and you 're

halfway there,

SfTW 1 0 8 0 / 1 1

Qysaeen-she

smokes she dri­

ves she writes

poetry

Remember sky­

scraper? No, no-

one else does

either. Behold

your fate

Flyscteen and

weep.

jubilee aBstars-

which kind

Pleasant enough,

weeping gently

into its pint as it

does, but recalls

Nick Cave with­

out the bombast,

or Palace with a

glimmer of

hope.

NORM

Music

David Bowie To many

people

David

has turned into the alien thai he wotifcjj

C a i I1IIIII9 have us believe he was in t h e i r s " '

Rock's strangest and most ir

personality has turned SO whitsTffl

appearing to remain a healthy 30.

However since Ziggy, Bowie has had

a turbulent time; a fairly lengthy outing

with the disastrous Tin-Machine and last

years rambling 'Outside' w i thc f tgn^

'band-wrecker' Eno have d«IWjL»thTng

to improve his faltering reputation. It is a

sad fact that the last musical gem

ALBUM

SINGLES

.4 jangly refresh­

ing blast of male

pop from this

Dutch four piece.

act together at last. Which finally brings

us around to 'Earthling' a weird fusion of

rock, techno and drum and bass. "Drum

aryou cry and yes it

ricise that the drum

jgon is now so full ifs

w B l f t j A f e u t silence those

pjpjpjHpfinai l fy and you are

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grass sbow-1962

A bouncv chirpy-

pop song from

another Swedish

ham! who play

pop tunes

offered up

to the Londo

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that album

Then, just as it

more vyi

e was the theme tune

ia The Buddha of

even the rest of

up to scratch,

it couldn't go any

the aid o f ,

t his

album indeed. It k

little Wonder'; a jaunty jungle beat, a

catchy, shouty chorus and Bowie's char­

acteristic cockney voice come together in

an excellent dance track. Other out-

stundinWpeJ|s include the booming

rock of f m afraid of Americans', more

drum and bass madness on Telling

Lies' and the superb lyrics to The Last

Thing You Should Do'. This brilliant

album really sees Bowie back on form

at last. Newcomers and die-hard fans

alike wjJJfWe it. (9)

Alex Griffin

Hunter S. Thompson ALBUM

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas SINGLES

on by

Fresh from her

successful col­

laboration with

the Fast 17

boys, she has

come back with

remake ot

classic

Bacharach

Hunter. S. Thompson is surely an ideal

to which every student should aspire.

Drug crazed mayhem followed wherev­

er he went and every position of authori­

ty given him was abused in a way that

all students should applaud. Fear and

loathing reads like a talking book for

blind drug fiends.

It relates the bizarre adventures that

befall when a magazine gives Hunter

the job of covering a desert race in Las

Vegas. He decides instead that his true

mission is to search for the American

dream. Assisted by his mad Samoan

attorney, he uses his grant to acquire a

convertible, a stereo and a massive

quantity of narcotics.

From then on the

story seems like a

prolonged dodgy trip.

Hunter and his attor­

ney stagger from one lunatic episode

to another.

The staggering thing about this tale

is that it is true. Hunter. S. Thompson

actually performed the amazing feats

described and, more amazingly still, got

away with them. It says something truly

heartening about the human race that

dispersed among the multitude of nor­

mal, respectable people, there exist

totally amoral figures, prepared to

forego the comforts of everyday life in

favour of a wild and unpredictable

adventure of a life.

Interspersed throughout the hallucina­

tory fun and games are some profound

comments about the nature of society,

the state of America and the shortcom­

ings of the drug culture, mainly from the

Music

narrator, voiced by Harry Dean Stanton.

He is just one of a top rate cast whose

laconic delivery, together with the sound

effects and music, captures the essence

of the book as close as one could hope

for.

To summarise, this is a fine C D . and

would be a welcome addition to any

collection. As well as being consistently

incredibly funny, it provides an excellent

example to those students who see their

lives as an endless quest for the perfect

C.V.

Naturally I am not suggesting that all

of you miserable bastards should

devote your lives to taking mind altering

drugs and causing havoc. I'm just sug­

gesting that some of you do. (9)

Jacob

After such glowing praise from Sam the

other week, reviewing Sidi Bou Said's

latest album "Obsessive", I'm almost

reluctant to say it - mostly 'cos I'll receive

a clobbering, and he's dead hard - but,

they really can't cut it live.

Slightly fresher pleasures first though,

in the guise of Chest who've been

recently touted in the inkies as a poten­

tial 'next big thing'. On their current form,

they might just do it, too. A blistering set

rushes past all too quickly, with several

stand-out tracks whose titles passed me

by almost as fast. Suffice to say, keep an

ear out for their honey-coated Muses

pop which seems to have gone several

rounds with an irate Kenickie.

Onto the lacklustre Sidi Bou Said then.

It's not that they haven't got the songs,

as proved by their current single "Like

You", tragically tossed away at the start

of the set. Like, ever heard of warming

people up before the big sell? On vinyl it

sounds like the best song off Throwing

Muses' (yes, again) "Red Heaven", a

stripped down tirade from a woman dri­

ven sane by a wayward lover. Tonight

ifs gone before we realise ifs arrived.

Similarly songs like "Funnybody" and

Sidi Bou Said "Magnef, that rely so heavily on ^

slight harmonies and subtle guitar U u l 9|]6

doodles, are reduced to a basic

blueprint, the soft/hard dynamic and

skewed chord changes of late 80's col­

lege rock. Anyone who grew up on

Pixies/Husker Du/Muses would sound

the same on a bad day (see Veruca

Salt), and ifs just not good enough. The

jerky time changes of "Rat King" are

refreshing, but the band still look like

they're in the rehearsal room, feet weld­

ed to the floor, heads never more than a

foot from the mikes. As a three piece

they're already at a disadvantage, but

could do so much more to simply fill the

stage.

Three albums into an uncertain

career, and the occasional flash of bril­

liance won't do at all. There is just too lit­

tle to excite here, and thafs a shame as

the album did indeed promise so much.

Ah well, can't win 'em all, Sam.

Norm

SINGLES

no doubt-don't

speak

A Spanish

sounding

lament sung by

a Madonna

lookalike with a

wondrous voice

to match, it is

destined to be

huge.

veruca salt-vol­

cano girls

They're still

around? They

have managed

to emerge from

the remnants of

Rior Curl with

a catchy grungy

tune.

1ASON

Music

fM E W Y O R K

U C I N O I I I I

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Sleepers

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Mon-Thu also2.40

Evita

12.20(Sat/Sun| 3.15 6.20

9.15

Fierce Creatures

1.40 4.00 6.30 8.50

70/ Dalmations

Fri-Sun 12.30 3.00

Trees Lounge

1.30 4.T0 6.40 9.10

The first part of this col- i

lection of three short

stories started out as a

short on its own but

writer/director Hal

Hartley decided it would be interesting

to explore the theme in further detail. So

he filmed the second and third parts

using the same basic story as the first

one but changed the characters and

location. The first part is set in New York

where Bill (Bill Sage) tells his casual girl­

friend (Parker Posey) that he will let her

know whether they have a future togeth­

er before she leaves for Paris to meet an

FLIRT and he only pulls it off

with moderate success.

The familiarity with the

story allows you to con-

" " " " " " " " centrate on the dynamics

of the situation, and how various people

and cultures react differently but it also

means that it requires a certain amount

of concentration to watch without being

distracted. The events on screen do not

reach out and grab your attention as

you already know what will happen.

The characters on screen are not partic­

ularly sympathetic so it is easy to adopt

an air of disaffection which Hartley's

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Ransom

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She's The One

12.45(Not Fri-Sun) 3.55

6.35 9.20

Fly Away Home

Fri-Sun 1.40 4.10

707 Dalmations

Fri-Sun 1.25

In Love and War

1.10 3.55(Not Fri-Sunl

7.00 9.30

Michael

12.15 2.35 4.55 7.15

9.35

Mathilda

Fri-Sun 12.45

old boyfriend later that day. In the

meantime, he phones and arranges to

meet the wife of a friend with whom he

has started a tentative affair. When he

arrives at the bar where he is to meet

her, he finds that his distraught friend is

already there, armed with a gun. The

second part is set in Germany, and the

'flirt' is a gay American who lives with an

art dealer but has started an affair with

a married man, the third is in Japan

where a female dance artist is drawn

into an domestic argument between her

choreographer and his wife.

It is a very brave move by Hartley to

use not only the same story in each

case but also mostly the same dialogue,

characters themselves are famous for.

Also the shortness of each part doesn't

allow for the kind of dialogue and

labyrinth-like plot which would make it

more involving. In the third segment,

however, Hartley allows himself to play

with the scenario more, and conse­

quently this is the strongest section. He

even has a cameo as the boyfriend of

the 'flirt', who is a film maker, coinciden­

tal^ called Hal. If you have only seen

the directors most successful film,

'Amateur', then you will be disappointed

with the lack of excitement and humour

this has compared to that film, and reg­

ular fans of Hartley will find the lack of

depth discouraging. Katie

Volume 19

In the Shadows ofZ'ha'dum

Sheridan finds out that Mr. Morden was

on the Icarus and might know what

happened to his wife. In his desire to

discover the truth his actions threaten to

unravel the fragile alliance of light form

Confessions and Lamentations

A sort of Outbreak episode this with Dr

Franklin trying to prevent an entire

species from going extinct at the hands • •

Volume 20

Divided Loyalties

jLyta Alexander returns to B5 with the

knowledge that the Psi-Corps have

installed a 'sleeper' agent within the

upper echelons of the£5 command

The Long, Twilight Struggle

The Narn-Centauri conflict reaches a

turning point as the Nam fleet is wiped

out by the Shadows and the Centauri

"bomb the Nam back to the stone-age".

ing and tip the balance in the Shadows

favour.

This is a taute, and highly important arc

episode in which details about the

Shadows are finally revealed after

almost two seasons of speculation,

of a deadly virus. As stand alone

episodes go this isn't so bad and carries

no Veal deficit for buying the tapefor the

sake of the other episode.

staff. Although his episode has little ref­

erence to the Shadow War there is none

the less some major revelations about

some of the principal characters and

interesting developments elsewhere.

Another highly important arc episode

especially for Londo, as the galaxy dete­

riorates and B5 becomes the last best

place for victory rather than peace.

] E Volume 7

Inconstant Moon

A physics professor discovers the sun

has gone nova and there are only hours

before the end of the world. Resolving to

Trial by Fire

Independence Day for TV, as the new

make up for lost years he courts a

woman he's been in love with for years.

Although an interesting concept it is let

down by a weak and silly second half.

the claustrophobic bunker set helps to

Odeon

Kensington

£6.30, £3.70

before 5pm

Monday-Friday

Ransom

1.00 (Not Fri-Sun) 3.50

6.40 9.30 LNS Fri/Sat

12.20

Evita

3.45(Not Fri-Sun|9.10

The Long Kiss

Goodnight

LNS Fri/Sat 12.10

Flirting with

Disaster

1.25 (Not Fri-Sat) 6.45

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US President has to deal with a potential maintain the tension and this is general-

alien invasion on his first day in office.

Although it gets somewhat silly at times,

ly more suspenseful and thoughtful than

most other Outer Limits episodes.

Fly Away Home

Fri-Sun 1.10 4.051

Michael

2.05 4.35 7.05 9.40

LNS Fri/Sat 12.10

In Love and War

1.35 4.15 6.55 9,35 LNS

Fri/Sat 12.15

She's The One

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Shine

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Chelsea Cinema

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Ridicule

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Video

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vigilance and the arrest of a suspected thief before Christmas.

First .ICSM open clay attracts

brightest pupils

The first open day for the new Imperial College School of

Medicine on Tuesday attracted 600 prospective medical

students from some of the best schools in the country.

Surprise candidates enliven

Sabbatical race

The final week of nominations for the 1997 Sabbatical

Elections has seen unprecedented activity amongst potential

candidates jockeying for prominence.

Deaths were 'avoidable5

A n official report on last year's meningitis outbreak at Cardiff

University has suggested that the deaths of two 19-year-old

students could have been avoided had mass vaccination been

implemented, and has suggested a review of national guidelines.

W I T H A L L

T H E N E W S ,

F E A T U R E S ,

S P U R T A N D

R E V I E W S

F R U M F E L I X

A N D S F T W ,

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M D R N I N G S

W I L L N E V E R

B E Q U I T E

T H E S A M E .

Friday21stFebruary Diary Dafes

1pm Hamsoc (Regular)

Top Floor, Union Building

1pm Photo Soc (Regular)

Southside Lounge

1.10pm Islamic Soc (Regular)

Friday Prayer, Southside Gym

(Brothers and Sistersl

1.15pm Labour CLub (Regular)

Southside upper Lounge

5.30pm Fitness Club (Regular)

STEP Aerobics (advancedl, Southside Gym

8pm Ents: Abandon 3

A packed night, so busy we have to kick off

an hour early !! From 8pm you can enjoy the

cream of ICU's own talent at ABANDON 3.

There's 4 bands - POG, Athletics, Cereal

Killer, & Resident Waste, the first is on stage

at 8.30, & it's free if you're there before 9.

Following that, the Common People bring

their own taste of indie/britpop/retroism to

dBs, top value at just a quid after 9!

Free Women's Minibus Service

First run at 12.00 midnight

Last run at Union closing time

reviews and

designers

meeting.

1.30pm Fridays.

Come to the

Felix Office.

All Welcome.

Saturday22ndFebriiary London Guide

10pm - 4.30pm Architectural Tours

Edwardian London and Architect's Houses

tours look inside some magnificent buildings.

Royal Academy Piccadilly. Tube Piccadilly

Circus. £9 cones.

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Sunday23rdFebruary Diary Dafes

1pm Wargames (Regular)

2pm Fitness Club (Regular)

Aerobics (intermediate), Southside Gym

Monday24thFebruary Diary Dafes

12.30pm Artsoc (Regular)

SCR, Union Building

12.30pm Ski Club Meeting (Regular)

Southside Upper Lounge

12.30pm Fitness Club (Regular)

Circuit Training, Southside Gym

2pm Deadline for Diary, Soc. Pages

The last chance to get your Diary dates or

Clubs and Socs entries in this week

5.30pm Fitness Club (Regular)

Aerobics (beginners), Southside Gym

6pm Felix News and Features Meeting

Felix Office, nw corner of Beit Quad.

6pm IC Methsoc (Regular)

All faiths welcome. Basement 10

Princes' Gardens.

6.30pm Fitness Club (Regular)

Aerobics (intermediate), Southside Gym

7pm IC Sinfonia (Regular)

Great Hall, All players welcome

FELIX Ever wanted to

be a news

hound?

Come to the

Felix news meet­

ing (6pm mon)

and have a gol

No experience

neccessary,

training provided,

Eight Day Guide

Tuesday25thFebruary Table Tennis Room, Union Building

5.30pm Radio Modellers Club

MechEng Main Workshop (Rm 109), e-mail

rcc.radio@ic.ac.uk

5.30pm Fitness Club (Regular)

Aerobics (advanced), Southside Gym

6pm Bridge Club (Regular)

Clubs Committee Room, Union Building

7pm Canoe Club (Regular)

Canoe Club Store in Beit Quad, or at the

swimming pool at 7.30pm

7.30pm IQ (Regular)

Mark Watson speaks about the current

activities of Stonewall. Brown Committee

Room, Union Building

8pm ICCAG (Regular)

Soup Run for the hornless

Meet Weeks Hall Basement

8pm Da Vinci's Bar Trivia Quiz

Liberate your minds ... the increasingly triv­

ial ,. DaVinci's Bar Trivia. The fun starts at

8pm, and don't forget you can win £50 or a

crate of lager. And it won't cost you a bean.

Wednesday26thFebruary Diary Dafes

2 pm Photo Soc

Lessons, Darkroom

12.30pm Islamic Society (Regular) 5pm Fitness Club (Regular)

Sister's Circle, Prayer Room, Southside STEP Aerobics (intermediate), Southside

12.30pm Third World First Gym

Global Witness - profits from environmen­ 6pm Orienteering Club (Regular)

tal exploitation and human rights abuse. SCR, Training in Union Gym. All welcome.

Union Building. 6.30pm Chess Club (Regular)

12.45pm Sporting Motorcycle Club Club and Brown Committee Room, Union

Southside Upper Lounge 3rd Floor

1pm Wargames (Regular) 7pm Shaolin Kung Fu Nam Pai Chuan

Table Tennis Room, Union Building Beginners Welcome, Souhside Gym

1pm IC Rifle and Pistol Club (Regular) 7pm IC Symphony Orchestra (Regular)

Join up and shoot. Check on range door. Great Hall

for deatils about safety induction. Sports Free Women's Minibus Service

Centre First run at 12.00 midnight

1pm Fitness Club (Regular) Last run at Union closing time

Aerobics (beginner/intermediate). 9pm Ents: Frolix

Southside Gym The midweek rush that is frolix. dB's, free.

Eight Day Guide

Diary Dafes

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12pm Cathsoc (Regular)

Mass and lunch, Leon Bagrit Centre,

Lvl 1 Mech Eng

12pm-2pm 'Fair Trade' Stall (Regular)

Union Building Foyer. Fairly traded goods

for sale. Stationary, Coffee, Tea & Chocolate.

12.15 Yoga Soc (Regular)

Yoga Classes, Southside Gym

12.30pm African-Caribbean Soc (Regular)

Weekly meeting, Rm G02, Materials

dept. RSM

12.30pm Parachute Ctub(Regular)

Southside Upper Lounge

1pm Audio Soc (Regular)

Brown Committee Room, Union Building

1pm Sailing Club Meeting (Regular)

Southside Upper Lounge

3 pm Pakistan Soc (Regular)

Basketball in the Union Gym, anyone wel­

come

5pm Circus Skills Soc (Regular)

Thursday27tliFebruary Diary Dafes

12pm Amnesty International (Regular)

Southside Upper Lounge, e-mail s.trivedi or

ns.trasi@ic.ac.uk

12.30pm Fitness Club (Regular)

Body Toning (beginnersl, Southside Gym

1pm Consoc Meeting (Regular)

Southside Upper Lounge

1pm Fell Wanderers (Regular)

Southside Upper Lounge

1pm Gliding dub

Room 266 Aero. Eng (Follow signs from

aero foyer)

1.10pm RAG Meeting (Regular)

dB's

5pm Da Vinci's Cocktail night

The plastic umbrella spectacular that is...

OaVinci's Cocktail Night. Cocktails galore at

the best prices for miles. Bar opens at 5pm.

5.30pm Fitness Club (Regular)

Aerobics (intermediate), Southside Gym

6.15pm IC Choir Rehearsals(Regular)

New Members Welcome, Mech Eng 342

8pm ICCAG (Regular)

Soup Run for the homeless

Meet Weeks Hall Basement

Friday28thFebruary Diary Dafes

1pm Hamsoc (Regular)

Top Floor, Union Building

1pm Photo Soc (Regular)

Southside Lounge

1.10pm Islamic Soc (Regular)

Friday Prayer, Southside Gym.

(Brothers and Sisters)

1.15pm Labour CLub (Regular)

Southside upper Lounge

1.30pm Felix Reviews ans Science meeting

5.30pm Fitness Club (Regular)

STEP Aerobics (advanced), Southside Gym

9pm Bust-A-Gut comedy

An evening of mystery and magic - Bust-A-

Gut Comedy Club diversifies for a week with

Hugh Lennon, Hypnotist & the amazing

Oscar - Hypno-Dog. A show not to be missed

!! £2.50 / £2 . 8pm doors. dBs. Then indulge

in a disco inferno SHAFT ! 70's & 80's (&

90's !!) disco 8< pop. Free before 9 / £1 after.

Free Women's Minibus Service

First run at 12.00 midnight

Last run at Union closing time

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TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.

International Night 1997

22 21029?

Tickets Available-

from the OSC

Exec and the

Union Office

Where will you be on the evening

of Friday 28th February 97?

The acts are coming together, the

comperes have been chosen, now

get ready for International Night

97. It is THE event in the college

calendar, an opportunity for every­

one to come together in a celebra­

tion of cuisine, music, dance and

culture.

The evening starts traditionally

with the international food fair,

where your taste buds can relish a

rich blend of flavours from the four

corners of the world whilst listen­

ing to live Jazz music from the IC

Jazz Big Band.

The spectacular cultural show fol­

lows in the Great Hall, with a

series of acts portraying culture

from around the globe, along with

a fashion show. Previous

International nights have featured

a traditional Malaysian lion dance,

a mellow Qawali from the

Pakistan society, a beautiful fla­

menco dance from the Spanish

society, and some awesome

Bhangra from the Sikh society (pic­

tured). This year's show will be bigger

and better than ever, with more acts, a

spectacular start, and an amazing

finale.

The disco is going to be an event in itself

with live acid jazz and funk music in the

SCR, and DJ's playing soul, swing and

dance music in the JCR. Both the disco

and the bands will be jamming through­

out and after the show, until late into the

night.

Tickets can be bought (if you're quick) in

the JCR at lunchtimes and in the union

office throughout the day priced at just

ten pounds. Tickets for just the food fair

and disco are also available, priced at

just six pounds.

Imperial is set to become a true global

village.

So I ask you again, where will YOU be

on the evening of Friday 28th February

97?

dubs and socs

Have you ever tried to find out what type

of music your mate's band plays, only to

be met with a long hesitation? Ifs either

because they boldly believe that they

'don't fit into conventional genres' or

more likely because they can't speak.

Anyway, we've pinned down some of

IC's finest talent into telling us a bit

about themselves:

Athletics, appearing after a string of

national dates, describe themselves as

'lo-fi hi-octane punk disco with flying

kicks on' and claim that you haven't

seen a live band until you've seen them.

Cereal Killer are spawned from the now

legendary IC band 'Urban Spice' (who

split after legal battles with 'Spice Girls'),

featuring no less than two original

members Shaz Haque and Simon

Wilkins ('Corrosion of Conformity' session

musician) on guitars. Expect to be left

breathless, sweaty, a bit wobbly at the

knees, and very much the worse for

wear after entering their wacky world of

homicide.

Jazz and Rock Preview: Abandon

P.O.G. hail from a small planet cir­

cling Tau Ceti, touting their space age

rock'n'roll to a disaffected audience in

the 'burbs of Betelgeuse. Having seen

the riches earned by our earth stars

(and after extensive cosmetic surgery in

a California clinic to help them blend

seamlessly into earth society) they have

decided to settle here to play some gui­

tar orientaed rock. Finally, Resident

Waste, who are headlining tonight, are

a 'moody alternative rock band' that

narrowly missed world stardom after a

brief encounter with Flea and Anthony

Kiedis of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

Masters in the art of crowd pleasing

(once playing Metallica's 'Creeping

Death' to a crowd who asked for a funky

number), they will be playing a mixture

of covers and originals.

Catch all these bands, and maybe a

few surprises (as always) in dB's tonight

(Friday).

SFTW 1 0 8 0 / 1

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IC Chamber Orchestra Sometimes IC is the most exciting place

to be! At a mid-term concert in the Great

Hall, with a relatively small audience

and an orchestra with very late, flu-dri­

ven replacements, the promise of a

merely pleasant evening turned into the

reality of a breath-taking one.

Bracketed by Iwo unjustly neglected

works for wind instruments, Mozart's

last instrumental work, the Clarinet

Concerto, was given an unforgettable

performance. The conductor, Richard

Dickins, and the orchestra quickly

latched onto the artistry of James

Marchese and together they produced

an astonishing occasion.

Dukas: Fanfare La Peri

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto K622

(Soloist: James Marchese)

Raff: Sinfonietta for Woodwind

The pleasure Mozart must have been

given in such confident and all-encom­

passing writing showed through. The

soloist (in his final year of the "Physics

with Music" course), with matching con­

fidence, took all the opportunities which

the piece offers to display the contrast­

ing registers of the clarinet. It was

apparently effortless playing of a very

high order.

Some of you missed it. Tough!

dubs and socs

ICU Big Band

24 f w r m

for bookings or

to come along

and pin in

contact Lorna

Mount ford at

lorna@op,phJc.a

c.uk, or on ext.

47516.

Last week some of you experienced the

full force of Imperial College Union Big

Band in Action. Playing in Southside Bar

the full force of our Jazz was released

onto the staff and students of IC.

Celebrated Basie works such as 'Shiny

Stockings' and 'One O'clock Jump'

where contrasted with the quietly ele­

gant Neal Hefti lil'Darlin'. In belween

where the classic Big Band Sounds of

Glenn Miller's 'In the Mood', 'Caravan',

'St.Louis Blues' and gentle 'Moonglow'.

For those of you who missed it, ICU

JBB will be featured at International

Night next Friday 28th February.

Reformed three years ago the Big

Band has gone from strength to

strength. Under the helm of Dave

Thornley (drums) the band meets every

Thursday at 7 p.m. in the union for a few

hours of happy blowing and stomping

to tunes from the 30's to modern day.

The band's Grail is to have fun playing

the music we all enjoy, improving tech­

nical skills on the way. Regular appear­

ances around college, such as in

Southside, the Union and at functions,

give us the opportunity to display our

talents and entertain you.

The band accommodates all types of

players for all types of jazz. The extro­

verts are given every opportunity to dis­

play their lip and finger skills performing

The Band are:

Afto Sax:

Ami Barnes

Anna Kathryn Finn

Gordian Schilling

Tenor Sax

Charles Cooke

Lalith Vipulananthan

Nicole Pamme

Baritone Sax

Lorna Mountford

Trumpets

Andrew Spiers

Kevin O'Neil

John Quantrell

Paul Hodgson

Jemima Bennett

Trombones

Martin Frowde

Miles Macrag

James Whelan

Christian Fielenbach

Jonathan Crabb

Rhythm

Ken Tune (Piano)

Chris Bigwood (Bass)

Richard Barber (Guitar)

Dave Thornley (Drums)

solos and improvisations, and a good

mix of players allows the soloists to be

strongly supported by excellent blowers

and rhythm makers.

The band will be making more

appearances in Southside in the coming

weeks and if you are interested in find­

ing out more, contact us on the e-mail

address opposite.

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