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Fraternity council

selects ’88

By JODI WHITAKER
Staff Writer

The UK Interfraternity Council
elected its 1988 officers last Monday.

“IFC will be in good hands." said
Bob Dunn, current president of IFC.
referring to the new batch of [PC of-
ficers.

IFC officers for the upcoming
year willbe:

o president — Edwin Hendrick
from Alpha Gamma Rho

o vice president of rush —— Gerry
Greenwell from Sigma Nu

- vice president of finance —David
Durik from Phi Kappa Tau

- vice president of chapter serv-
ices — Mike Johnson from Sigma
Chi

- vice presidents at large — John
Christopher from Phi Kappa Tau.
Brad Chambliss from Farmhouse.
Bob Dickson from Kappa Sigma and
Simone BianCOncini from Lambda
Chi Alpha.

Dunn said bringing together the
Greek community will be one of the
biggest problems IFC will face in
the coming year.

The new officers will try to orga-
nize activities -— such as fund-rais‘
ers — among the different fraterni-
ties. However. Dunn said, the

officers

success of events depend on the ded-
ication of all fraternities.

“If the individual chapters don‘t
want to do it. then it won‘t happen."

Dunn also said that the alcohol
policy will be taken for granted by
the new officers.

“They will have no trouble adjust-
ing to the policies." Dunn said.

Edwin Hendrick. IFC president-
elect, is excited about the upcoming
year.

“We will be mostly trying to pro-
mote interfraternity relations be-
tween the chapters,“ Hendrick said.
“We need to promote getting the
fraternities and sororities together
in events where we defeat the party
image, where we are getting togeth-
er to help the community and show
the greek community as being some-
thing good."

The presidents of the individual
fraternity chapters. who are also
IFC representatives. elect the IFC
officers. The candidates campaign
mainly to these people in hopes of
being elected to an office.

“I'm very excited about new offi-
cers." Hendrick said. “We have peo-
ple with good ideas who have proven
themselves in their chapter and I
am very excited with their ideas.“

Vengeful employee had
gun on downed plane

By JOHN ROGERS
Associated Press

CAYUCOS, Calif. — A fired airline
worker furious over his dismissal
boarded a jet carrying a gun — and
possibly explosives — to kill his su-
pervisor and wrote him a death
message on an airsickness bag, the
FBI and court documents disclosed
yesterday.

“Hi Ray. 1 think it‘s sort of ironi-
cal that we end up like this." read
the unsigned message. which au-
thorities say was written by David
Burke to Raymond Thomson. "1 ask
for some leniency for my family. re-
member. Well I got none and you'll
get none.“

Investigators found the chilling
message written on an airsickness
bag at the site where Pacific South-
west Airlines Flight 1771 crashed on
Monday, Los Angeles FBI Special
Agent In Charge Richard Bretzing
said.

A .44-caliber Magnum pistol found
Wednesday at the crash site was
linked on Thursday to Burke.

Happiness
in God,
priest says

By JULIE ESSELMAN
Staff Writer

People may find happiness only
through themselves and through
service to God, Father John Powell.
S.J. said last night at Christ the
King Church.

“No one can make you or me
happy except ourselves," he said.

Powell. a Jesuit priest and profes-
sor of Theology at Loyola University
in Chicago, gave a talk titled “Hap-
piness is an Inside Job" to more
than 1,000 people. Powell has pub-
lished 14 books on theological and
psychological themes and is the sec-
ond best-selling Christian author in
U.S. history.

Powell began his talk with the as-
sumption that God wants all people
to be happy. “This is God's will for
us." he said. “A sign of God’s action
in a person is joy."

He emphasized that happiness is
not something one can directly at-
tain; rather, it is a byproduct of
other actions. “Every time we seek
happiness directly. it always fades."
he said. “Happiness has to come
from within."

Powell then suggested four major
steps In the punuit of happiness.
First, he said. you mint accept

the way you are and be
happyaboutlt.

"God am want you to be other
than what you are." he said. “What-

SeePIIISTJ’IQeS

Officials also said additional evi-
dence indicates an explosion as well
as gunfiremay have destroyed the
plane bound from Los Angeles to
San Francisco. All 43 people aboard
were killed.

A multipart affidavit filed in Los
Angels Federal Court before and
after a search warrant was obtained
for the Long Beach home of Burke.
35. concludes that “there is evidence
to believe that David Burke was in-
volved in the destruction of PSA
Flight 1771.“

Burke worked 14 years for USAir.
parent company of PSA. but he was
fired as a Los Angeles customer
service agent on Nov. 19 after he
was filmed by a hidden camera
while allegedly stealing less than
$100 from flight cocktail sales.

In a visit to San Francisco on an
unspecified November date, Burke
borrowed from friend and fellow
USAir worker Joseph Drabik a .44-
caliber Magnum Smith and Wesson
handgun and 12 rounds of ammuni-
tion. FBI agents traced the gun back

 

 

 

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Staton receives a load of
whipped cream from Keith
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of events Wednesday night,
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to Drabik. who said he had loaned it
to Burke. the affidavit states.

The affidavit by FBI Special
Agent Kevin D. Kelly, alleged
“Burke harbored resentment
against the USAir station manager
Raymond Thomson regarding his
dismissal by Thomson,“ and that
the men had a meeting at 12:30 pm.
the day of the crash. After that
meeting. Burke bought a one-way
ticket for the PSA flight.

 

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Fur auction to help
arthritis sufferers

By EVAN SILVERSTEIN
Staff Writer

There is a common perception
that arthritis is a disease that only
affects the elderly.

But as one of 500.000 Kentucky ar-
thritis victims. UK student Lisa
Fulks knows how the pain of arthri~
its is felt by people of all ages.

I-‘ulks. however. is optimistic.
'I'lu-ough the efforts of the Bluegrass
Chapter of the Artlu’itis Foundation
and Its Up and Away with Arthritis
program. the 22-yearold speech pa-
thology junior said arthi'itis victims
can know they have a place to turn
to.

I-‘ulks, who suffers from rheuma-
toidarttritis.saidthereisaneedto
educate people about 2 artta-itis be-

cause many believe it is a disease
which only strikes the elderly.

From such projects as the Up and
Away with Arthritis idea of launch~
ing 20.000 balloons before last
months UK-Tennessee football game
to sending out newsletters. the foun-
dation is taking major steps in help-
ing those with arthritis.

“My feelings are that even though
$6.000 was raised, that‘s great.“ said
Carol Abuzant. regional director for
the Lexington and Eastern Kentucky
area. “The most important thing in
my eyes is that over 50,000 people at
the game know that there is an ar-
thritis foundation and (know about)

Another way the foundation is
helping Kentuckians with arthritis is

See ARTHRITIS. Page 5

Both Burke and Thomson died in
the crash. Burke was identified
Thursday by a print taken from a
finger found at the crash site.

Bretzing said that if Burke had
survived the crash. he would have
faced charges of air piracy and
murder.

Experts have said that it was un-
likely a handgun could cause enough
damage to bring down the airliner
unless the crew were disabled.

But Kelly stated in his affidavit
that while the exact cause of the
crash is not known. Don l.lorerite of
the National Transportation Safety
Board had told another FBI agent
that “on the basis of the dispersal of
charred documents from PSA Flight
1771 spread over a seven-mile
swath. the probability exists that the
aircraft came apart at a higher alti~

tudc due to posmble explosion, which

would not have originated from a
bullet."

Detonators and explosive devices
were among the FBI agents‘ list of
things to look for when searching
Burke's home. but the afl'idaVit says
no such items were recovered.

The plane's flight data recorder
was extensively damaged and it was
not yet known what information
could be gained from it. said NTSB
spokeswoman Rachel llalterman

Law students swallow story,
give TV away to hold thief

By THOMAS J. SULLIVAN
News Editor

What do UK law students do when
an unknown man tries to take the
television out of their student
lounge?

A. Detain him until the authorities
arrive.

B. Send him to the Dean‘s office
for verification.

C. Ask him to wait until Superior
Court is over and then help him take
the television offthe wall.

Well. if you're one of seven UK
law students who were confronted
with that situation on Nov. 9. the
correct answer would be “C. "

The thief entered the student

lounge where the television is “secu-
rely bolted“ to a wall rack. told the

Arias hopes

By ERIK A. WOLD
Associated Press

OSLO. Norway — Costa Rican
President Oscar Arias accepted the
1987 Nobel Peace prize yesterday.
saying he hoped it would boost the
chances of success for the Central
American peace plan for which it
was awarded.

Arias called on the superpowers to
let Central Americans resolve their
own problems. “In the name of God.

students he was there to take the
TV. and "some of our brightest stu-
dents helped him." joked Paul
VanBooven. associate dean of the
College of Law.

Hank Davis. a second-year law
student. was one of those students.

Though Davis said he wasn't one
of the students who helped the thief.
he was in the student lounge when
the ne'erdo-well arrived.

“We had a break in our class from
4:30 to 5 rpm.) and we went down
(to the lounge! to watch ‘Superior
Court.‘ " Davis said. “There were
about seven of us.“

The students were talking about
the case being tried on the show
when a man came in, Davis said.
“He said that he was with the rental
company that rented the TV to the
school —he needed to take it back."

The students asked the man to

Nobel helps

at least they should leave us in
peace.“hesaid.

At a white-tie ceremony in Stock-
holm. Sweden, meanwhile, King
Carl XVI Gusaf handed the Nobel
prize in literature to exiled Soviet
poet Joseph Brotbky and gave seven
other laureates their awartb for eco-
nomics. physics. medicine and
chemistry.

Breaking from ceremony, the king
strode across the bluecarpeted
stage to hand the medal and certifi-
cate of award to Charla J. Peder-

wait until “Superior Court" was
over before taking the lt‘k‘VlSlOfl.
and he agreed. Davis said

The thief then sat down and
watched the rest of the program for
about 15 minutes. Davis said

After it ended. some of the stu-
dents helped the man take the tele-
vision off the wall. “We helped him
lower it as he took it loose." said
Russell Adkins. a first—year law stu.
dent.

The following day. Davis said he
saw a sign where the televismn used
to hang requesting information on
the television's whereabouts.

After a trip to the Dean's office.
Davis said he became aware that
the television had been stolen.

“Needless to say. the TV has not
been found e needless to say. there
are a few red-faced law students."
VanBooven said.

peace plan

sen. an 83-year-old retired American
chemist. Pedersen. one of the oldest
laureates in the at‘ryear history of
the prize. took a few halting steps
from his chair to accept the prize.
Arias, 46. receiving his award at a
less formal ceremony at Oslo Uni-
versity, said the prestige of the
Nobel prize should enhance the pros-
epects for the Guatemala accord.
which was signed Am. 7 by hirmelf
and the presidents of Nicer-Cu.
Salvador. Honduras and Guatemala.

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 Viewpoint
Bah, humbug!

People get too caught up in the holiday season to have much time to enjoy it

Holidays suck! All of them. The
only good thing about them is that
We get a few days off from school.
As far as having fun and celebrating
them, thumbs down.

For example. Christmas is coming
in two weeks. and there is nothing
delightful about it. You would think
that a college student 10 hours away
from home would be excited about
going home to buy and to receive
gifts.

Well this one isn‘t. Maybe the re-
ceiving part is good, but half the
time you end up with gifts you don’t
even like. Usually, with college stu-
dents, we get things that people
think that we can use at school.

“Oh. thanks Mom, a clock. I real-
ly needed one, my alarm broke on
my other one that’s why I haven‘t
been to my nine o‘clock class for the
last two weeks. "

In the back of your mind, you‘re
saying. “What I really wanted was a
Kenwood five-piece stereo with a
compact disc.“ But a clock is a lot
easier to lake to school, plus it fits
in the room nicely.

To continue. where did we get the
idea that Christmas break is a time
for us to relax? We usually go home
from school. and you would think
that we would stop working, but we
get the part—time job for a few
weeks to make money to buy stupid
gifts for people that we know that
they don't appreciate.

Christmas is the most annoying
holiday (excuse me. Christi. To

 

Guest
OPINION

spend this hardeamed money we
have to go to the malls and stand in
line for hours. Every year at this
time. stores start having the pseudo-
holiday sales; we buy what we think
is a bargain. Things are so expen-
sive. I can‘t believe how inflation
rises in just two mantis. And the
traffic is worse than rush hour on
Nicholasville Road. And people call
thisaholiday.

During Christmas, they also have
on all the stupid kiddie programs.
Yeah, they say that they’re for kids,
but I'm sure that all of in college
students blow off studying for tests
to gather around the TV with our
roommates and maybe a can of
beer. to watch “Rudolph the Red-
Nosed Reindeer." C’mon, this deer
has had a nose bleed for years. Any-
way. if I were Rudolph, after being
rejected so many times I would
have told Santa and the rest of the
reindeer to take their sleigh and
shove it.

We can‘t forget “Frosty the Snow
man." I don’t know what the guy
who wrote this story was thinking
when he named this snowman, be-
cause all of the frosties I’ve seen are
chocolate. I get them from Wendy‘s
all the time.

And how many times has Charlie
Brown ruined the Christmas pag~
eant by buying the scrawniest
Christmas tree. “Good grief, Charlie
Brown."

I only like two of those TV spe-
cials: “How the Grinch Stole
Christmas" and “Scrooge.” The
Grinch does an excellent job of
stealing all the presents and
Christmas trees from all the little
boys and girls. He knows that we
don’t need all of that crap. It‘s a
commercial enterprise, anyway. But
then he wimps out in the end; he
gets a present from someone, which
he probably didn‘t like anyway, and
suddenly he’s a Christmas fanatic.
Gheez.

Scrooge was a little different from
the Grinch. He was smart because
he had money but wouldn’t go to the
malls and spend it on the ungrateful
people. If only the ghost of
Christmas Future had stayed where
he was, Scrooge would have his
money today —— but he, too, wimped
out because of old Tiny Tim.

What’s with this obsession of being
happy and sharing at Christmas; be-
lieve it or not there are some people
who would rather have money in-
stead of socks.

After Christmas, we get the ex-
traordinary boring, the boring of
New Year’s Eve. You listen to ev-
eryone with their noisemakers and
champagne waiting around until
midnight to wrap their sopping lips
around the noisemakers and blow it

c.A. Duane lonlter
Editorial Editor

Den Heeeert
Editor in chief

 

What’s with this obsession of being happy and
sharing at Christmas; believe it or not there are
some people who would rather have money

instead of socks.

from the top of their lungs when the
clock strikes 12 and the ball drops in
New York City. Then everyone sings
“Auld Lang Syne" off-key. And half
of the people don’t even know all of
the words. Great, this is the way we
start off a new year: getting drunk
to wake up the next day with a
hangover.

After recovering from a hangover
and resolving never to drink again,
we spend the rest of January looking
for someone special, anyone, to
spend Valentine’s Day with. This is
a holiday where everyone is left
wondering nervorsly:“Am I going to
get a Valentine’s Day card?"

0r those of us who have the long-
distance relationships wonder if our
socalled “companions” will remem-
ber to send a gift. But some of us
get lucky and we get that Valentine
gift that we’ve been waiting for ~—
but that‘s not from the “Valentine"
that you wanted —— that‘s what we
get for a holiday.

That leads us to Easter, wonder-
ful. similar to Christmas with one
exception, you don’t have to spend
so much money. But you have to

buy a tn'llion eggs and the smelly vi-
negar and dye for the Easter basket.
The best thing about the. Easter bas-
ket and this holiday are the jelly-
beans — they're fun to eat.

As for Peter Cottontail, phooey.
Where did the Easter Bunny come
from. anyway? I thought that Eas-
ter was the day to celebrate the fact
that Christ rose from the dead. In-
stead, we’re obsessed with some
rabbit who goes around delivering
eggs to all the little children. Who
does he think he is? Santa Claus?
Forget Peter Cottontail, he‘s over—
slept on Easter too many times for
me.

We can’t forget that wonderful
holiday that just passed us. Yeah,
right, some holiday. Four days off
from school. They didn’t even give
us four days because we only had
Thursday and Friday off. Saturday
and Sunday is the weekend, which
we get off anyway.

On Thanksgiving Day, all you do
is watch football games and pa-
rades. Maybe some friends will
come over or vice-versa, and you
might get lucky if there‘s a party.

.ley Ilenton
Executive Editor

Themes J. Sullivan
News Editor

We can’t forget the boring moments
of meeting your relatives. Thanks-
giving somehow often ends up as a
family reunion day. You have the
aunts that pinch your cheeks and
give hugs that last 10 minutes. Oh.
it's terrible. Why did pilgrims have
to come here, anyway.

I can't believe mothers take a
week to prepare the food for this
holiday. This is another expensive
one, and I can’t stand it because
once this day is over, you have to
eat leftover turkey for a month. But
I thought that nightmare ended
when you got to college. Even in the
cafeteria, you find 100 ways to make
a meal out of turkey.

Well, there we have it — a year
full of boring times, but the popular
ones that people throughout the
world celebrate some way or anoth-
er. Holidays are spaced just far
enough apart to allow us to recuper-
ate before another rolls along.

Just when we pay off our charge
card from one occasion, it’s time to
spend up for another. Everyone gets
so caught up in preparing for the
stupid holidays that there is barely
enough time to enjoy them. And
these are what we call holidays?

Lisa Morgan is a communications
junior.

 

Clarification

A letter to the editor in Thurs-
day‘s Kernel by Angela McCown
was submitted by Angela

 

 

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TURNTABLE
TALK

Though he's pushing a sea-
sonal deadline. the Kernel was
able to track down the busy
Santa Claus at the Lexington
Civic Center.

Favorite Album: The Grand
Old Opry "i just like c0untry
music." says Claus. “I'm a
country b0y.” Could have

fooled us.
DAVID male/w Staff

SANTA CLAUS

 

 

 

Auetin‘City Saloon — 2350 Woodhill Shopping Center. Greg Austin Band will
play tonight from 9 to 1 am. Cover is $3.

Babylon Babylon — 113 N. Limestone St. The Park Avenue Drags. The Mange,
and J.B. and the 5 Blind Boys will play tonight from 9 to 1 am. Cover is $2.
Tomorrow night, The Miracle Legion and Vegetable Miracle will play from 9 to 1
am. Cover is $4.

The Bearded Selle —- 500 Euclid Ave. Tomorrow night. the ivy Beats will play
from 9'10 1 am.

The Bottom Line -— 361 W. Short 81. Two Small Bodies, Rebel Without a
Cause. and The Shakers will play tonight from 10 to 1 am. The Pigs will play
tomorrow from tom 1 am Cover $3.

The Brass A Saloon — 2909 Richmond Road. KOO Music Machine will play
tonight and tomorrow night from 9 to 1 a.m. Cover is $3.

Breedinge - 509 W. Main St. Nervous Melvin and the Mistakes will play tonight
from 910 1 am. Cover is $3.

The Brewery - (above Breedings). Larry Redmon will play tonight and tomorrow
nighttromQto 1 am. Nocover.

Cheapeide Bar —- 131 Cheapside. The Bruce Lewis Trio will play tonight from 9
to 1 am. tomorrow. David Wunch will play from 9 to 1 am. No caver.

Comedy on Broadway -— 144 N. Broadway. Jack Thomas. Bob Wise, and Jim
Gilliece will perform tonight and tomorrow night at 8 and 10:30 and Sunday only
at 7:30. Cover tonight and tomorrow night is $5 and Sunday night it is $6.

Kluge Arms Pub —- Lyndon Jones will play tonight and tomorrOw night from 9 to
1 am. Cover is $2.

Main Street: —- 269 W. Main St. The Metro Blues Ail~Stars will play tonight and
tomorrow night from 1010 1 am. Cover is $1.

Spirits — Radisson Plaza in Vine Center. Johnny White will play tonight and
tomormw from 9 to 1 am, Caver is $2.

Two Kayo Tavern -.- 333 S. Limestone St. The Situation will play tonight and
tomorrow night from 9 to 1 am. Cover for men is $2. No cover for women.

 

 

 

 

 

On the road. Miracle Legion has been as good as
their name, playing the Good Samaritan to a family

Kentucky Kernel, Friday, December 11, 1057 — 3

PHOTO CMIV OF IOU“ TRAN

in an accident. After patching things up roadside.
the band offers a stripped-down stage sound.

Miracle Legion hopes to make
better timing this time in town

 

By BOB SENG
Staff Writer

‘ ‘ entucky‘s just
incredibly beautiful,
more so than any other

state we‘ve been to." said Mark
Mulcahy. lead singer for Miracle
Legion.

 

Mulcahy. along with the rest of his

WHEN, WHERE
AND HOW MUCH

DMiracle Legion will be in
concert tomorrow night at
Babylon Babylon. Vegetable
Miracle will open the show.
The cover is $4.

 

 

band -— guitarist Raymond Neal.
bassist Steven West and drummer
Jeff Wiederschall — formed about
four years ago in Connecticut. The
band derived its name as a play on
American Legion. which the band
was called for a short time.

Miracle Legion played in
Lexington about two years ago when
Cafe LMNOP was still a reality.
Their stay was a little short-lived.
"We got mixed up in the time zones
and got there around 11 :30. ” said
Mulcahy. “We thought it was only
about 7:30."

The band bases itself out of New
Haven and has frequently played in
clubs in different parts of
Connecticut. The band then started
playing clubs where it wasn‘t too
well-known and. according to
Mulcahy. just kept going in any
direction that it could get a gig.

(in the way home from a gig in
upstate New York last year. Miracle

Legion had an experience that most
touring bands never have to face.
“We were going down the road and
our drummer thought he saw a car
accident down in this runoff by the
road." said Mulcahy. "We didn‘t
believe him at first but he finally
talked us into going back and
checking it out." As it turned out. a
car had flipped over and the family
was severely hurt. The band
members wrapped the people up in
some blankets and stayed until help
arrived.

Mulcahy is currently trying to
write a song about the experience.
"It 's nice to help people out with
your music but. when you can help
someone else in a situation like that.
then it 's even better." he said.

Miracle Legion‘s latest album.
Surprise. Surprise. has been out for
a couple of months. “Mr. Mingo." a
track off of the album. will be
released as a single in January. The

band also released an EP in 1985
entitled The Back Yard.

()n vinyl. the band emphasizes a
strippeddown sound with occasional
harmonica and saxophone spots. It
is a sound that becomes more
minimalist in concert according to
Mulcahy. “We put as much on each
record as possible and don‘t worry
about trying to duplicate it live
later." he said.

He lists artists such as The Byrds.
Pete Townshend and even Frank
Sinatra as having influenced each
individual group member. The band
covers a variety of themes. such as
the importance of self~worth. but as
Mulcahy says. “each song has its
own meanings for different people.“

Since the band members did not
have their picture featured on their
first album. they decided to strive
for something a little different for
their second album cover. The band
poses on the back cover decked out
in garish outfits and face paint.
"That picture was influenced by the
painting on the front cover." said
Mulcahy. “and it's definitely more
interesting than just a straight
picture.“

Completing the “miracle" motif.

\‘cgetable Miracle will open the
show.

Big Blue Bash held to support
abused children of Lexington

 

 

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Encapsulated reviews for easy
digestion:

 

TORNADO
The Rainmakers
Maury Recent (PolyGram)

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Given frontman Bob Walken-
horst's gloomy nuclear vision and
acerbic phrasing. the Rainmak-
ers might be more aptly titled the
Acid Rainmakers.

But it's amazing what a guitar
band can do with an articulate
and driven singer/songwriter
Walkenhorst has the satirical bit-
terness and brazen emotions of
an early Elvis Costello He just
doesn’t seem to take himself as
seriously.

Rather. the Rainmakers create
their storms with dancing rites
The words are there it you care
to listen. but the music here is
the thing.

And Walkenhorst isn't above
showing up the comic Side ol
some perhaps notsofunny sub:
ject. “Tornado of Love" is about
whirling emotions incestual
ones. "Run run run little sister."
goes the chorus. “()utrun your
brothers/()utrun the twistcr’You
got a thing for older men Are you
too good for your own kin"" Now
how couldn't you laugh at that"

“Rainmaker" makes you won
der just who is performing the
miracles in the face of high-in-
dustry and high-tech artillery ln
Walkenhorst's "Assorte Sizes
War." “They walled around the
global block/Looking for some
heads to knowAnd most of them
came home heroes Heroes in a
box."

When the Rainmakers do slow
down. they question distanced
emotions in “Small Circle."
where “We make love to people
we don‘t even like. “

The honest. guitar-first music
on Tornado is enough to sanction
its worth. Its openeyed lyrical
approach racks up countless
bonus points. Because "it you ve
ever seen the LA. scene Man.
you know it ain‘t no Jan and
Dean.“

— Erik Reece
BETE NUIRE
Brian Ferry
Reprise Records lWarner Bros .

l don‘t think anyone ever real!)
listened to Roxy Mustc‘s lyrics
Brian Ferry voice was so full of
emotion that what he said was al—

By TOM SPALDING
Staff Writer

supports us.” she said. “We feel real
lucky to have him involved with us.
They're very supportive of the coun-
cil.“

Taticoulter said she hopes fans
would bring their enthusiasm from
the game with them to the bene—
fit.“We‘d just like to invite everyone
to please come." she said. “We'd
really appreciatate their support. "

list of local celebrities appearing at
the Bash.

Activities at the event will include
a dance. featuring music by Jon
Kody and Montage. and an auction.
The auction begins midway through
the dance and the highlight is ex-
pected to be the sale of the
UK-U of L game ball.

“It‘s a fund-raiser held every
year." said social worker Patti
Taticoulter of the Child Abuse Coun-
cil. “It‘s one of two fund-raisers we
have every year. The money is used
to keep the Child Council going."

Taticoulter said she appreciates
the help and enthusiasm provided by
the Council's supporters.

most an infringement on the mo.
ment.

Roxy Music defined grace dur~
ing the '70s. Ferry was the white
man‘s version of his mentor. Otis
Redding. At his best. Ferry could
evoke as much emotion as Red
ding.

However. Bete Noire is an anti-
thesis of everything Bedding ever
did.

These nine songs are as musi-
cally cliched as they are lyrical-
ly. Whereas Ferry used to leap
nimbly thrugh tempos and ca~
dences. Bete Noire simply lulls
the listener to sleep. it's better
than NyQuil.

— Erik Reece

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