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The Hed and Black. Wednesday. October 7. 1979
Billy Joel ‘cut loose and gave the crowd one to remember’
By ( INDY BAGWELL
ATLANTA- Anyone who has
*<»en Billy Joel before knows
pretty much what to expect
from his visual performance
besides some excellent lighting
and visibly emotional piano
playing, not much And if you
have nosebleed seats in tne
Omni, you'd better remember
your binoculars
But Sunday night in the echo
chamber, Joel cut loose and
cave the crowd one to
remember—and seemed to
have a damn good time doing
The 8 p.m show kicked off
promptly at 8:40 when Joel
took the stage to belt out “Only
the Good Die Young.” his
gravelly voice giving the song
a nasty edge Immediately
after the final chprds, Joel
yelloed “How tbout it,
Atlanta! The Falcons won
today!" and then incredibly
swung into a chorus of “Dixie"
on the piano The crowd went
predictably wild "Cheap
trick." Joel grinned.
Thi* pretty much set the tone
for the entire evening Joel
was unbelievably loose all
night, joking with the crowd
and lapsing into imitations of
Joe Cocker and Elvis
Musically, Joel stuck mostly
to tunes from his two most
recent albums. The Stranger
and 52nd Street The Stranger
especially got a workout -eight
out of nine songs on the album
were performed, including
'She's Always A Woman To
Me, Just the Way You Are,"
and Movin' Out (Anthony's
Song) "
52nd street was well repre
sented. too. with five tunes
from this album, .spotlighting
the vindictive Big Shot.”
during which Joel actually lay
down on top of his piano and
did a series of chorus line
kicks into the air
This wave of extroversion
may be indicative of a new
direction for Joel, since three
out of the four new numbers he
presented were somewhat
harder rock than what he's put
out recently. These three —
You May Be Right." “Some
times a Fantasy." and "All tor
Lana”—will be on his new
album, due out in January Of
these, the best is undoubtedly
"All for Lana,” an upbeat
rocker which features an
inspired riff by guitarist David
Brown
The variety of style and
tempo in Joel's more recent
material, interspersed with
some promising new work,
made for a tight, exciting
concert. It's a shame, though,
that he didn't play many of his
oldies. Joel performed "Angry
Young Man." "New York State
of Mind, rravellin’ Prayer"
(not the vocals, however), and
"Piano Man" (which brought
adoring pandemonium from
the first harmonica note), but
ignored such earlier classics as
"Captain Jack” and "The
Entertainer.”
One would think that the
semi-autobiographical Ballad
of Billy the Kid” would surely
be an encore number, but
when Joel returned to an
insistent crowd, he did "Scenes
from an Italian Restaurant ”
When the crowd pleaded for
another, he responded with
"Get It Right The First Time.”
Joel crossed the stage, artfully
dodging the spots, and closed
the show with another new
number, this one a softer,
plaintive solo (of which he
forgot to mention the title).
Well, when the lights are
turned up. the crowd has left,
and you’ve argued about it all
the way home. Joel did turn in
an incredible performance.
While he virtually ignored his
sterling earlier work, still every
song he did was worthwhile.
After all, the man can only
sing for so long.
Joel put in an exhausting two
hour performance that never
once lagged He was all over
the stage, pounding his piano
one moment, moving to organ
the next The stage was set up
on two levels, and Joel set new
rock and roll speed records in
getting from one instrument to
the other, sometimes in
mid-song.
While it certainly looks like a
good future for Billy Joel, let’s
hope he doesn’t continue to
totally turn his back on his
past work.
Onstage
'Running" a sickly sweet drama that lopes along in uneven fashion
By KIM UNDERWOOD
Stiff writer
Rocky hits the pavement in
the form ot Running, a sickly
sweet drama that lopes along
in an uneven fashion.
Michael Douglas stars as
an almost over-the-hill mara
thon runner that tries to
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the 19 7 6 Olympics. Douglas
is a habitual quitter who
gives up because he is
terrified of losing. He simply
did not show up at the Pan
Am games over ten years
before, causing a great me
dia uproar.
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Douglas is a med-school—
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abandoned many jobs and
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Anspach. is divorcing him to
get him lo start being
independent—not because
she doesn’t love him or they
don't get along. (That's a
new reason to break up a
marriage, one of the few
original things in this movie.)
There arc. of course, a
couple of cute kids (Jennifer
McKinney and Lesleh Don
aldson); one who adores her
daddy and another that is
embarrassed by him. I really
don’t blame the latter. Would
you want to be seen with a
man who runs down the
street in a business suit
using his tie for a sweat
band?
The performances are the
salvation of Running Doug
las is especially convincing,
although what he is trying to
convince us of we’re not
quite sure.
Lawrence Dane, mean
while. is excellent as his
cynical coach, and Anspach
is childlike in her portrayal of
a modern housewife. The
characters are truly sym
pathetic and believable.
Running distorts the view
er’s perception of the amount
of hard work needed to
qualify to in the Olympics.
The movie makes it look like
all you have to do is place
first, second or third in a race
(the Olympic Trials) and you
are in. Not so.
When Douglas runs in the
marathons he shows little
signs of strain. He is barely
perspiring, and definitely not
gasping for air. However, he
makes up for this at the end
w’here he looks totally pathe
tic, running down the street,
dislocated shoulder and all.
Running trots merrily
along, taking its time, setting
a slow pace. Then, all of
a sudden, it realizes the end
is coming up, and makes a
mad dash to the finish line.
The audience gets lost in the
confusion and when the film
ends, one thought perplexes
us; This is it?
The end is therefore unsat
isfying, if not disturbing. We
have been led to a big
emotional climax, and the
film ends before the tension
is released. It's like reading a
book and skipping the last
chapter.
Sold to television even
before its completion, Run
ning is a drawn out soap
opera that is in desperate
need of a retread. Perhaps if
they trim enough of its 101
minutes to fit a 90 minute TV
slot it will be passable. But.
finally, it's about as nice as
oatmeal in your Adidas.
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sity department of art and the
Union are sponsoring "A South
eastern Invitational Exhibition
of Works in Handmade Paper."
The exhibit is on display in
Memorial Hall Gallery from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. until Nov. 16.
Several Southeastern artists
were invited to submit slides of
their paper works, and a panel
of three jurors decided which
pieces to accept, according to
l)cc Morton, the Union's coor
dinator of the show. The pri
mary criterion in the judging
process was choosing pieces of
art made of paper, not on paper,
Charles Morgan, head of the
print department and one of the
judges, said.
The various works arc two
and three-dimensional, and
most employ mixed media.
Morgan said. Feathers, wood,
cloth, thread and bamboo incor
porated into many of the pieces
produce interesting and diverse
forms, colors and textures.
Boldl) colored paper works
contrast subtly neutral works.
Three-dimensional works in
clude a handmade book, paper
and bamboo shelves and com
bination wood, paper and glass
sculpture. Textures vary from
smooth, soft paper to rough,
stiff cardboard.
Paper making machines were
invented less than 200 years
ago. and prior to this time every
sheet of paper was handmade.
This ancient craft began nearly
2000 years ago when the
Chinese sucessfully produced
paper from wood fiber pulp,
usually mulberry trees. The
craft slowly spread west and
changed a bit along the way. In
Europe, linen and cotton rags
replaced wood, but the baste
principles of making paper by
hand have remained intact.
The process many paper-
makers use today is quite
similar to the method employed
centuries ago. Morgan said. The
best paper is made from linen
and cotton rags, and if colored
paper is desired, the rags are
normally dyed before proces
sing. he added.
"The cotton is macerated, or
beaten, by some means in order
to completely separate the fi
bers." Morgan said. One beat
ing device know n as a hollandcr
was first used in the 1600s, and
with the addition of electricity
and a few material changes, is
still used today.
The rags eventually are lacer
ated into a wet pulp, and the
pulp is put into a large vat of
water. Three percent fiber to 97
percent water is the standard
mixture, but more pulp can be
added for thicker paper.
The paper maker dips a
framed wire screen, known as a
mold, into the vat and shakes it
back and forth until an even
distribution of pulp spreads
across the screen. The excess
water is allowed to drain
through the screen.
The frame, or deckle, is
removed and the craftsmen
couches the paper by turning
the screen over onto a piece of
felt. He lifts the screen, leaving
the sheet of pulp on the felt and
places another piece of felt on
top.
This sandwiching process
continues unti* a large stack, or
post, is built. The post is placed
in a press and excess water is
squeezed out. Hydraulic presses
are the modem replacement for
the screw presses used in earlier
times.
After pressing, the papers are
separated from the felt and
dried in some manner. Moraan
said.
A workshop in papermaking
is scheduled for Nov. 10 and 11.
but it is full at this time.
However, more papermaking
workshops are planned for the
future.
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