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# By MICHAEL BROCHSTEIN
Well now, who would have
thought even six months ago
that New Wave music would be
the next big thing in Atlanta.
Ga?
Not, I, that's for sure. And if
you would have felt the same
way, you would have found
Saturday’s Flvis Costello and
Talking Heads concert at the
Capri Theater to be a very
surprising little affair.
Admittedly, both artists have
been heavily promoted Colum
bia and Sire record labels have
been plastering their advertise
ments in every magazine they
could get their hands on. But,
if all it took to be successful
was promotion, then the New
York Dolls would have made it
to the top of the charts.
Something must have
worked, though, because prom
inently displayed in front of the
Capri was a large “Sold Out”
sign.
In the lobby, the concert-go
er got another pleasant sur
prise: Sire was handing out a
neat eight song LP commem
orating the four New Wave
albums it released last month
(including the Talking Heads
debut). It was a nice touch—
and it showed that the record
companies, at least, arc taking
New Wave music seriously
THE AUDIENCE proved to
be something of a change of
pace, too. It was not the usual
Atlanta crowd For one thing,
it was older (mid-2Qs), and for
another, it was rather gaudily
garbed in places. Quite a few
people looked like they’d been
waiting for something to do
since the last tim*. Lou Reed
passed through town.
As for the actual performan
ces...
After about 40 minutes of
jazz-rock piped through the
Capri’s sound system (few
things in life are more
compatible with punk chic than
George Benson), Elvis Costel
lo emerged.
Imagine, if you can, a short,
skinny fellow with close
cropped hair, big glasses, a
greyish-tan suit that looked
about 15 years out of date, a
green shirt and plaid tie.
Costello looked completely
lost , he looked like a computer
technician (which was his
previous profession before
becoming a rocker).
It didn’t matter. Costello
banged into the first chord of
“Welcome to the Working
Week’’ and proceeded to
deliver a solid hour of potent
rock and roll, coupled with one
of the eeriest displays of stage
presence ever witnessed.
COSTELLO IS a frustrated
human being. He prowls about
the stage, he pounds his guitar,
he grabs the microphone and
croons (!) to the audience, he
stares at photographers, or he
stands in place, spitting out
lyrics and guitar chords, all
the while his right leg
twitching as if it had a life of
its own.
But at no time does it seem
like he's comfortable up there.
.And all the tension that his act
suggests is poured into his
music. He’s an amazing sight
Costello’s band played like
they meant it, too. Costello
(who is the guitarist) is backed
simply by bass, drums and
organ The band sounded as
full and tight as anyone could
ask
Best of all, Costello doesn’t
let up The show he puts on is
relentless; you can’t bear to
turn away, and anyway, he’s
not about to let you
It isn’t really necessary to
name any particular songs.
The whole performance was as
inspired a workout as anyone
is going to hear for quite a
while Maybe the coup de
grace was the encore: Costello
strolled out, carrying a green
Gretch monster that looked
almost as big as he was, and
slammed into “Mystery
Dance.” It was as close to
magic as a performance gets,
and Costello left the stage a
hero with a standing ovation.
COSTELLO was a tough act
to follow, and although the
Capri tried to help out by
playing more George Benson
between sets, it proved too
much for Talking Heads
It wasn’t that the group
doesn't have potential. Heads'
first album shows David
Byrne, the lead singer-song
writer of the quartet, to have a
quirky but interesting writing
style, influenced to some
extent by late 60s pop and soul
(they even covered an A1
Green tune in concert, proving
they aren’t all bad)
On stage, though, it didn't
come off very well. Instrumen
tal^, the band, particularly
Byrne on guitar and Martina
Weymouth, who, besides being
kind of cute, plays a nicely
fluid bass, is more than
adequate. But, there are a
couple of factors that negate
what charm the Heads have
Number one is Byrne’s
vocals. On record, his falsetto
is unusual but not unnerving.
In concert his voice began to
grate worse than fingernails
scraping a chalkboard
The main problem with the
Heads in concert is that
they're too cute for their own
good Byrne has a tendency to
write dumb lyrics that show
how clever he can be On
stage, the vocalists enjoyed
screaming at the top of their
lungs (and stupid me. thinking
that kind of stuff had gone out
with John Lennon’s second
album) to show how clever
they were there.
In short, the Heads provided
a sort of arty, intellecutal
game, daring the audience to
decide whether the band was
being serious or not. I gave up
trying to stay interested, but
their fans ate it up (to be fair,
they did get pretty good
response from the crowd) As
the old saw goes, there’s no
accounting for some people’s
taste.
Before it started, the Capri
evening was something of a
gamble It ended up a
resounding success It’s hard
to say for sure right now, but
maybe Costello and Talking
Heads are just what the doctor
ordered for these days of Peter
Frampton Hey. I can dream,
can’t I?
From p. I
are people who work late, or
people who just get the late
night munchies Smith said
when Kroger’s first began
staying open 24 hours a day.
the management of the store
expected most of the late night
business would be from Uni
versity students That hasn’t
been the case, he said
“We get a lot more people in
here than just students As far
as money, we get more money
per person this time of night
from the local people Students
just come in to buy snacks.
Smith said
AT FOUR IN the morning
Athens is about as quiet as it
will ever be Only two lights
are on in the entire University
high rise community. The
streets are nearly empty, but
motorists still drive slowly and
stop for the yellow lights,
knowing they are easy pickings
for the police who make the
late night rounds Athens city
police have 11 cars patroling
all night Add that to the
campus police force and
Clarke County police and it's
impossible to travel more than
a few feet down the road
without seeing at least one
police car The only other
traffic are the streetcleaners,
riding the wrong way down a
one way street, sweeping up
beer cans, remnants of a
football weekend ir. the Classic
City
“IF YOU’RE NOT an old
man when you start this job
it'll make an old man out of
you." says security guard
James Seagrave. He is keeping
an all night watch over a bank
that was partially burned the
day before He’s been there
since 6am Sunday and he’ll
be there until 10 a m Monday
If a place needs a guard for 28
hours, he guards it for 28
hours.
“I've been in this business
for 10 years and I've worked
all over Athens. I worked the
night shift at the Sutherland
Mill and they don’t come any
spookier than that It just gets
to where it don't bother you
any more.'' Seavrave said
‘One guy came dow n here a
while ago and said I should
have been down here earlier.
There were $100 bills floating
down the street,’ he told me.
There ain’t enough police in
Clarke County to hold people
back if that happened I just
stood there and listened at
him. You get used to it after a
while.”
How does Seagrave stay
awake and pass the time
standing outside by himself for
hoursat a time?"By something
I'm doing right now that 1
don’t generally do in the world,
chew tobacco," he said
The Waffle House is one of
Athens' favorite all night spots
Even at 4:30 am the
restaurant is busy with truck
drivers, students, police, and
other people who just happen
to be awake The jukebox is
turned off and it is quiet
People don't seem to like to
talk much at 4:30 am.
"Grilledcheeseextracheesesin-
glescrambledsoftextragrits.”
the waitress says to the cook.
Remarkably, he seems to have
understood her
A man comes in with the
morning's paper, just put in
the box "I hate this job," the
paperboy says “I only do it
two nights a week for my dad,
and I don’t even like to tell
about it.”
But not everyone hates
working the graveyard shift
Glenn Lester, a University
student who works as the all
night receptionist at Health
Services, says he likes his
hours. “This is the only time I
can work because my schedule
is so screwed up," he said
Lester says Health Services
averages three visits a night
In addition to serving as
receptionist, Lester is respon
sible for operating the TeleMed
tape service. The most popular
tapes are those on male and
female sexual response "We
get calls all night for those,"
he said.
“Most of the stuff is pretty
routine though, like staying
awake That pot makes eight
cups of coffee. I’ve never had
to throw any away yet ”
As Lester finishes his eighth
cup of coffee the city is
beginning to wake up Lights
are on in the dorms Traffic is
picking up The sun is coming
up. which meafns that it is time
for the mole people to go to
bed and the day people to take
over.
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