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E’s album ‘Broken Toy Shop’
may be autobiography of his life
Meredith Kearns
Staff Writer
Oh won’t you please send me/
Someone to break the spell?/
I’ve got a million dreams
stuck in my head/ If I could
live a few before I’m dead.
—from “Someone to Break the
Spell”
The new album is “The Broken
Toy Shop” by a musician who for
mally calls himself “A Man Called
E.”
His songs are sung with sincer
ity, depthness and passion. By just
listening to his songs, you have an
Two professors present lecture on
‘Leipzig and the Legacy of Music’
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Dr. Gerald Farmer, WGC music professor
'Episodes in Sexuality' reveals
some "touchy" topics
'There are too many things to talk about and not enough people
willing to be open and honest about the ‘touchy’ topics.”
Cassandra R. Rhodes
Staff Columnist
The topic of sexuality is con
suming our school, but it is probably
good because too many students have
to deal with some problems that re
sult from sexuality: rape, pregnancy,
protection, heterosexuality, bisexu
ality and homosexuality.
As you can see, there are too
many things to talk about sometimes
and not enough people willing to be
understanding of his life.
It is as if he is writing an autobi
ography of his life. This is what
makes his songs come alive.
“If anyone was interested in ana
lyzing me, all they have to do is buy
my record," said the 28-year-old
Virginian. “If they want to find out
al sorts of embarrassing personal
stuff, it’ll only cost them 14 bucks.”
“Someone to Break the Spell,”
originally for Susanna Hoffs of the
Bangles, was written spontaneously,
out of frustration, when “It looked
like she didn’t know what to do with
(it),” according to E.
E’s songs are mellow, with just a
open and honest about the “touchy”
topics.
Patrice Headington, a student
member of the West Georgia The
atre Company, will be attempting to
reveal some of these topics as she
directs Episodes in Sexuality.
“We need entries,” Headington
said. “I want entries from anyone.”
Students, and all others inter
ested, are being asked to send in
scripts of monologues, dialogues,
hint of depression, but they are filled
with hope.
His main theme is about how the
child of a dysfunctional family can
ever expect to find happiness and a
stable relationship in this modem
world—basically trying to relate to
Generation X.
Some of his works are “Manches
ter Girl,” “Tomorrow I’ll Be Nine,”
“The Day I Wrote You Off,” “L. A.
River” and “Eight Lives Left.”
E successfully relates to and taps
into the lives of his audience with his
album “Broken Toy Shop.”
Bemd Franke, professor at University of Leipzig,
Germany and Gerald Farmer, professor of music at
West Georgia College, will present a lecture/discus
sion entitled “Leipzig and the Legacy of Music.”
The presentation will include numerous slides of
important historical and contemporary artifacts re
lated to Leipzig’s history.
Professor Franke will discuss recent develop
ments for composers and musicians, and Dr. Farmer
will present a historical overview of musical activi
ties in the city.
Through the Learning Resources Committee, a
WGC “Faculty Research Grant” provided Farmer
with funding for the research materials. He will
return to Germany this summer as guest professor at
the Universitat Leipzig.
“A visit to Leipzig, Germany in the 1990s offers
a glimpse of the stark contrast between old and new,
and the lessons of history, politics and the arts are
well worth the trip,” Farmer said.
The presentation will be this afternoon at 3:55
1U M.
p.m in Kathy Cashen Hall in the Humanities Build
ing. Admission is free and the public is invited to
attend.
poetry and one-acts to the theater
department on any related topics of
sexuality.
The director has requested the
cast be limited to four characters.
The deadline is March 14, so
send in your ideas. Those chosen
will be presented next quarter.
As Headington states, “It’s not
about a bunch of college kids get
ting on stage and having sex; it’s
educational, beneficial.”
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West Georgia College will
host the 1994 Georgia Music
Educators Association District
7 Concert Band Festival, Feb
ruary 24-25, according to Scott
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WGC.
Approximately 32 bands
from northwest Georgia will
perform and receive adjudi
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Performances are continu
ous, beginning each day at 1
p.m. and ending at 9:30 p.m.
All performances will take
place in the Performing Arts
Center and the Humanities
Building.
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