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SOUND & SPORTS
The Georgia Ice Dogs improved their record to 3D by sweep
ing Emory 7-2 Saturday, thanks to John Hoos. and 4-3 Sunday
at Parkhlre Mall in Atlanta. Hoos' second goal of the game in
the third period proved to be the winning score.
Big new thing in England
just a load of boring tripe
We don’t know why
Nirvana likes them
By GRANT GOGGANS
Staff Writer
■ eugenius: oomalams
(Atlantic/Fire)
The Scottish band eugenius,
fronted by Eugene Kelly (the
only rocker I can think of to use
that name), has just released its
first LP, giving it the silly name
of “oomalama* — and it’s a stun
ning yawner.
Kelly first started playing in
bands in the early ’80s with a
group called Famous Monsters.
After they broke up, he formed
the Vaselines, a cult act that
counted Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
among its fans. Nirvana has cov
ered two Vaseline tracks,
“Molly’s Lips" and "Son of a
Gun."
By the time Nirvana asked
the Vaselines to open for them
on a British tour, the band had
already split, so Kelly put a new
one together, called Captain
America. They were forced to
change their name to “eugenius"
due to the threat of litigation
from Marvel Comics (this year
is, after all, Captain America’s
50th anniversary), but I can’t see
why they’d want to bother.
The guys now calling them
selves “eugenius" are devoted
fans of American comics. In fact,
the title of the second UK
Captain America single, “Flame
On," is the battle cry of the
Human Torch! Why decry free
publicity?
This dratted album is very
dull, and I can’t understand why
eugenius is being hailed as the
big new thing in England. They
sound like bargain-basement
Nirvana, grungy and lazy. The
14 mercifully short tracks on
“ocmalama" sound less like the
“heavy pop songs" that Kelly
planned them to be and more
like feedback with occasionally
discernible chords.
For example, the title track
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No genius here: (L-R)
Gordon, Eugene and Ray.
ALBUM REVIEW
doesn’t tell you a thing about
what an oomalama is, other than
an a terribly obnoxious song.
There is one standout here,
and it’s the last song, a cover of
Beat Happening’s “Indian
Summer," and it’s only identifi
able as such because it’s played
a little more competently than
the rest of the album. The fact
that someone besides Kelly
wrote it is probably the only rea
son it sounds any different from
the rest of eugenius’s work.
The only high mark eugenius
deserves is the amusing cover of
a toy cow sitting in a field of
Astroturf, which only serves to
augment the awesome falseness
of the music inside.
This band is dull, sloppy, and
not really deserving of the criti
cal praise it has received in
England. And to think this poor
man Kelly lists Scotland’s finest
musical act — the late, lamented
Orange Juice — as one of his ma
jor influences! There’s nothing
even resembling the clever pop
of that band here, just a load of
tripe.
Millen stands
By JOHN TURCO
Staff Writer
What is 6-foot-7 inches tall and 278 pounds?
Big Foot, the Abominable Snowman and
Georgia offensive tackle Alec Millen.
The big junior from Atlanta transferred to
Georgia from North Carolina in 1990 and sat out
for a year due to NCAA eligibility requirements.
He started 10 games at tight tackle during the
*91 season and according to Head Coach Ray
Goff, Millen is just now coming into his own.
“I think he’s just now scratching the surface.
He’s got a real good chance to play professional
football after college," Goff said.
According to Millen, he left North Carolina
because the school’s athletic program put all of
its emphasis on the basketball team. Millen said
he wanted to go to a school where football was
the main focus.
“The thing I like most here at Georgia is the
intensity of the football program," Millen said.
“The atmosphere of SEC football is tops.
“You always have to prepare because the
competition is so tough in this league and that’s
what I like about it," Millen added.
Millen has only been on the Georgia line for
two years, but offensive line/tight end coach Mac
McWhorter has seen him make some huge
strides up front.
“He is like night-and-day better than he was
last year. Alec is an overachiever," McWhorter
said. “He’s very diligent in his work ethic. He
has worked himself into being a good player."
Along with the hard work Millen has put into
his football career, McWhorter also credits good
play to his physical and mental toughness.
‘good chance’ to play pro
McWhorter also said Millen has turned into a
tremendous leader.
“He’s an all around leader," McWhorter said.
“Some players lead vocally, some lead by their
actions; Alec does a good job with both."
Millen realizes that his best asset coming to
Georgia was his aggressive attitude, but credits
the development of his skills to his coaches.
“Coach (offensive coordinator Wayne)
McDuffie really helped me because he spent a lot
of time riding me, hounding me and cussing at
me, trying to develop technique," Millen said. “I
really didn’t see the fruits of my labor until this
year.
*Tm a lot better this year than I was last
year," he added.
Millen believes he gets much of his competi
tiveness from his childhood. Being 6-foot-7, he
perhaps got the better of his two brothers (6’5*
and 6’6") from time to time in a backyard
wrestling match.
“Growing up playing basketball in the back
yard and beating each other up," Millen said.
“We were always very competitive with each
other and I think that’s port of the reason that
we all developed into good athletes.
“I’ve got all the weight though, so I had a lit
tle advantage,” he added.
The game plan of a lineman is often perceived
by the novice as boring and repetitive. Millen,
however, paints a much different picture.
“It’s really a thrill making a good block and
you see the running back make a big run,"
Millen said.
“You really have to get motivated to play 70
snaps a game and bang with someone the whole
time, but that’s what it’s all about.”
Big as Big Foot: Offensive tackle
Alec Millen weighs 278 pounds.
‘War Between the States’ covers Ga.-Fla. rivalry
By JOSH KENDALL
Staff Writer
Quite possibly the most exciting
rivalry in college football, the
Georgia-Florida series has pro
duced enough big games and elec
trifying events to fill a whole book.
A 589-page book, to be exact.
Cale H. Conley is the man re
sponsible for this ambitious ven
ture, ‘Georgia vs. Florida: War
Between The States.” A 1991 grad
uate of the University of Georgia,
Conley spent from January to
September of this year compiling
information and producing his
book.
“It just took good old-fashioned
research,” Conley said. “I spent a
lot of time in the Georgia and
Florida libraries and used a num
ber of reference books. I was really
pleased with the cooperation of
both schools.”
Conley graduated from the
University with a B.A. in
Journalism and Summa Cum
Laude honors.
Conley’s work opens with fore
words by Georgia Athletic Director
Vince Dooley and Florida coach
Steve Spurrier and spans from the
1904 bottle to the most recent
game last year. Everything from
Florida’s high scoring offense in
the 1920s to 1980 and “Lindsay
Scott! Lindsay Scott!! Lindsay
Scott!!!" to last year’s Florida
blowout appears on its pages.
Conley credits Bill Cromartie,
author of “Clean Old-fashioned
Hate,” for initiating his interest in
the book.
Said Conley, “I met Bill through
a mutual friend. We hit it off im
mediately and started talking
about books (pertaining to football
rivalries) that had and had not
been written. He told me to contact
him if I was really interested and
we worked out an arrangement.”
Despite being a Georgia native
and a Bulldog graduate, Conley’s
book is surprisingly even-handed,
going so far as to refer to the game
alternately as Georgia-Florida and
Florida-Georgia.
“It was a very conscious effort to
sound unbiased," Conley said. “I
did my best, but if there is any bias
it is toward the winner of that par
ticular year’s game."
In what Conley describes as ‘ex
tra’ chapters, the book takes a
break from the gridiron action in
order to address some of the off-
the-field developments in the se
ries. Some of these include the
game’s move to Jacksonville and
the bestowing of its current title:
‘The World’s Greatest Cocktail
Party.’
In Conley’s mind the finished
product was well worth his exten
sive time and effort.
“I’m pleased with it and I hope
people like it," Conley said. “I hope
it sells well."
An especially impressive under
taking for a first-year graduate,
Conley’s book should bring coveted
attention to his writing.
That has not come yet, but
hopefully it will come down the
road. A lot of people seem to be im
pressed with the book," Conley
said. “I would love an opportunity
to write."
“War Between The States" is
available in all the local book
stores. Well-written and extensive
ly researched, it is a must-read for
any true Georgia-Florida follower.
Conley resides in Athens and is
currently working on his second
book, which will cover the Florida-
Florida State series history. He ex
pects it to be published sometime
in the summer of 1993.
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