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Mike Williams in Z-6
An old friend singing in the living room
A REVIEW BY
WAYNE ANDERSON
Mike Williams, accompanied
only by his billowing red hair,
matching beard and 12-string
guitar, casually strolled on
stage in Z-6 last Tuesday night
to do his show in front of about
40 people. What followed was
less a concert than an evening
at home with a few old friends
telling stories, making jokes
and singing beer-drinking
songs.
Williams hails from Austin,
and he sang about Texas,
Texans and, as he put it, ‘‘real
life.” In between songs, he told
stories about where he had
worked, ladies he had known,
and good ol’ boys he had met.
He even told the audience the
title of one of his, as yet, un
written songs: “Stick that in
your scrapbook next to last
year’s faded rose.”
Williams did all the old
favorites: “Dumb-Ass, Texas
(“With a name like B.F. Deal
records, you don’t have to
worry about what you put on an
album.”), “Wichita Falls’’
(“Before the tornados, I used to
go to Wichita Falls. I might go
back to see if its changed ”) and
“Catch Another Butterfly,” a
song of his that has been
recorded by John Denver
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(“That’s how I got to be an
international superstar.”)
There were even songs with
unusual morals like, “Don’t pay
no mind to the Devil Himself
when you take the garbage
out.”
There was a Beatles song,
“Norwegian Wood,” and there
were protest songs “lt’s not
easy to sing protest songs
anymore. Nobody gives a shit.”
'Funny Thing Happened' cast announced
The cast has been chosen for
the West Georgia Theatre
Department’s annual spring
musical, A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the
Forum.
The musical is set in ancient
Rome and concerns itself with
the comic exploits of a crafty
slave who tries to buy his
freedom by uniting his young
master with a virginal cour
tesan from the local house of
prostitution.
Playing Pseudolus, the slave
is Barry Cook, graduate student
from Carrollton. Pseudolus’
master, Hero, is Andy Martin,
sophomore from Carrollton.
Cast as the young courtesan,
There were songs sung
“Acapulco” (a cappella), and
there were songs that the entire
audience sang along with.
There were songs with
serious lyrics:
“She was my dark-haired
madonna
She was my every delight
She cost me 2S dollars
And lasted me most of the
night.”
Philia is Susan Robinson, junior
from Carrollton.
Hero’s parents are Sen ex and
Domina played by, respec
tively, Burton Black and Yslan
Hicks. Buddy Raper is the chief
slave, Hysterium.
The Proteans are Meredith
Garmon, Tom Sullivan, Zeke
Carter and David Granath.
Playing the owner of the bor
dello, Marcus Lycus is Pete
Seirsdale.
Lycus’ prostitutes are:
Tintinabula - Sonja Bagby,
Panacea - Mary Nicholson, The
Geminae - Rosi Porchatis and
Nancy Simmons, Vibrata -
Kristi Ogle and Gymnasia -
Donna Schulte. Cast as
And there were parodies:
“Hey, did you happen to see
the moot beautiful egg in the
world.
And If you did, was she frying,
frying?
Hey, if you happen to see the
moot beautiful egg that rolled
out on me,
Tell her I’m hungry
Tell her I need her
Erronius, the decrepit, old man
is Hugh Burke and Monty Long
is Miles Gloriosis the soldier.
Doctor J. Oliver Link,
director of the show, describes
Forum as being “pure comedy
with no dramatic interludes
whatsoever.” Link went on to
state that the situations and
Now on sale at the student activities box office are Six
Flags tickets, good throughout the season. They are
available for $6, a $3.25 discount.
Also available are tickets for the road Atlanta Citicorp
Can-Am, May 5-6.
Still on sale are variety entertainment club coupon
booklets, good for discounts at several Atlanta establish
ments.
For more information, contact the student activities office
at 834-1364.
Hey, won’t you tell her, that
I’ll eat her.”
The entire evening was nice
and easy going. Even though
Williams occasionally forgot
the words, fluffed a chord or
bumped into the microphone, no
one seemed to mind. He was
just an old friend in the living
room, telling stories, making
jokes and singing beer-drinking
songs.
characters are “taken from the
works of the ancient Roman
playwright, Plautus.”
Production dates for A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to
the Forum have been set for
May 14 through May 18. Tickets
may be obtained in the Fine
Arts Office beginning May 7.