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Here I Wuz
Man
Hera I wuz, man, sitting in
my llttla cubicle, reading
Chaucer’s vulgarities, eating a
ham and cheeee on rye, and
waiting. Waiting to urn that lit
tle black Bell System In the
square room — the room of
golden opportunity. Man, It’s
Tueaday and I gotta get me a
date for Saturday.
1 opened my door, put on
my P.F. Flyers. Its’ just acmes
the hall. Charge, I’m off!
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 1. I’m in the
door! Failure again — some
one’s already on the line. I
shrugged back to my room -
panting, tired. My sixth unsuc
cessful attempt. I opened
Chaucer again. I spy the clock
- 9:46. Time’s wasting.
BIU walks in - “Can I bor
row a dime?” Yeah, man, get
off my back. I’m heading to
call my Sugar Plum. 10:00. Try
again — I’m off. No success -
Bill’s on the phone CUSS-
WORD TIME again.
Now from Chaucer to Dar
win. Study, study, study! Go
to Co-op — eat, eat eat! Back
to Dorm — walk, walk, walk!
Look at dock — 11:15! My
god, I ain’t called Sugar Plum
yet. Dash to phone - success,
it’s mine, no problems.
1 pick up the receiver, reach
into my Jeans for a dime, the
coins jingle — no dimes, no
nickles, nothing! Despair has
set in. I yeO, no one on the hall
has change. I'm really hauling
it Over to Hollands, Back to
the dorm — double haul it.
Beck to the phone room - OH
NO! Some one’s in it. Look at
dock - 11:46. Minutes tick
and with each my life with
Sugar Plum — has she forgotten
me?
12:16 I haul it! The phone
belongs to me and solely to
me. I call the number — Sugar
Plum answers. Heavenly Bliss!
We tslk, and talked, and
talked. 1:35 — “Sugar Plum, I
sure would like to take you to
the movies?” “Really, I’d like
that.”
“Can I take you this Satur
day?" "No, I got a date with
Sam.” “Really; How about Fri
day?” “No, I got a date with
BUI.” “REALLY???" “Yeah,
they called earlier - you must
of waited to late. Sony."
They opened appropriately,
after perfectly alibiing their
amps so as to get a maximum
unintelligible echo, with “Look
Out, Here We Come.” Al
though most of their numbers
were “oldies but goodies,"
their smooth combination of
drum and organ (Vinny
Parello, Brooklyn and Harvey
Kay, respectively), lent a ro
mantic air now and then to the
otherwise noieey evening. Such
slow numbers were “I Think
I’m Going Out of My Head,”
“It Hurts So Bad” and “Beauti-
ful Morning” medley originally
by the Rascals whose musical
Imperfections were more easily
neglected in favor of the gen
erally mellow sound.
Jose Feiician’s verson of
“Light My Fire” was the best
example of poor vocalization
and clogged nasel passages
while their latest release rates
at the most Inarticulate. It’s
name and lyrics remain un
known for this reason.
Pat Upton (Geraldine, Ala.,
lead guitar) did a good job
trying to sing with the mike in
his mouth. Instrumentally,
Vinny on drums and Harvey on
organ complimented the group
while musically the beat was
■ever intricate nor the finger
ings on the organ. Preferably
they will some day discover
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Dancers Rise To
Spiral Staircase
■ by J. Wright
The Spiral Staircase struck Mercer an hour over due. Their
tickets from L.A. and San Francisco were messed up; consequent
ly two arrived in time to set up their equipment and (he remain
ing three came on stage straight from the airport As Harvey Kaye
(organ - N.Y.C.) said, “I’m whipped. I’ve been up since 6 o’clock
yesterday morning. We haven’t even unpacked; we just came on
and played.'
better than their vocalization
and either concentrate on the
former or invest in new mice.
The lighting was simple and
subtle, also, arranged and con
trolled by them. Well-planned
white light patterns played
upon the drum head during
given portions of the concert
while purple, red or blue lights
generally in conjunction with a
roving and amateur spotlight,
changed with the desired
mood The reason for turning
up the house lights during the
hand-clapping “Ain't that a
Groove" finale is not known.
Many believed this to be an In
dication of an Impending inter
mission while in actuality that
was it. The End. The Spiral
6tairca.se has unfortunately
adopted the recording study
technique of fading out their
songs at the end which is in
appropriate and anticlimatic in
concert.
“Rollin’ on the River’
brought on a frenzie of
handclapping but “I Love You
More Today Than Yesterday”
aroused not only the hands of
some but also the dancing
spirit. On this count the Spiral
Staircase Intoxicated a fourth
of the house with illusionary
musical perfection. They rose
to dance in the front of the
Chapel and to snake dance
down the front aisle. This In
Gladys Knight and the Pips of the famed “Heard It Through
the Grapevine” will be in concert at Willingham Chapel Friday,
November 7 at 8 p.m. Recently having appeared in a number of
Fall T.V. programs and specials, including the Ed Sullivan Show,
they will be one of the bigger attractions to the Mercer Concert
Series this fall
They have just recently released a new song, “Friendship
Trdta”, a big chart contender moving this week horn 99 to 66.
Billboard Magazine uys “this dr King new single spells top sales
and chart action for this group”.
Alice's Restaurant
Makes It As A Movie
Some movies leave the audience with a funny delightful feeling
that disarms most of the critical nasty ness built into the average
movie goer. Alice’s Restaurant was such a film. Of course the
hippy haters could not enjoy themselves but then they rarely do
anyway so that poses no problem to the movie.
The story is about the ad- dress of the mourners being
particularly effective.
Alice’s Restaurant shows
both sides of the life of a
hippy. The beautiful people are
shown as human beings with
human emotions which is a re
freshing change.
Socially
Speaking
Last week Alpha Gamma
Delta initiated their six spring
quarter pledges. Initiated were
Sharon Tate, Linda Osterman,
Janet Bryant, Carol Ison,
Debra Rodgers and Judy
Irvine.
Mercer Independent Men’s
Association happily announces
its pledge class for Fall Quar
ter, 1969. They are: Tom
Gordy of Newnan, Georgia,
David Parker of Jacksonville,
Florida; Randy Rowe of
Columbus, Georgia; Richard
Ekwall of Stockholm, Sweden,
Jack Barret of Savannah.
Georgia; and Bob Hawley of
Miami, Florida.
The brothers of Phi Delta
Theta unanimously elected
Alpha Delta Pi Barbara “B”
Fulghum as Sweetheart of
Georgia Gamma, while the
Phiki^a’s elected Alpha Delta
Pi pledge Kay Miller as their
sweetheart.
The brothers and Phikiea’s
escorted the children of the
Georgia Blind Academy to the
fair on Thursday, October 23.
The kids felt right at home
with the brothers, and every
one had an enjoyable time.
Planned for October are a
Halloween Horror Show, a
cookout, and a brother Phikiea
football game.
ventures of Arlo Guthrie and
his friendship with Alice and
Ray Brock. The original record
by Arlo centered around his
arrest by the Stockbridge
police force (officer Obie play
ed by himself) for the horrible
crime of littering on Thanks
giving day. This episode is in
the movie but some how it just
does not seem to be very im
portant. The big thing in the
movie is the relationship of the
“family” of people living in
Ray and Alice's church.
Arlo’s narration is a
humorous device that blends
the original quaintness that the
record captured with the
camera direction of George
Hill.
The photography was at
times average and at times bril
liant. The funeral scene was
very well done with the con
trast of the snow and black
turn prompted two encores
which should have been dedi
cated to the dancers and not
the band.
At the end. with the lights
up, as with most numbers, they
just walked away, put down
their instruments and headed
for the wings saying, “that’s
all.” For a five year old group
this is a very unprofessional
maneuver particularly since
they told the audience specifi
cally that they’d been trying to
“build a big group” for that
length of time. That isn’t the
way to polish it off. Spiral
Staircaw, by public concensus
of those who enjoyed the beat
succeded in their basic goal.
That is, they are “interested in
making people happy, not in
preaching politics.” They have
no philosophy to impart. They
had one thing in mind and that
was to perform. Unfortunately
the thirty-rix hours they spent
getting to Mercer were wasted.
The sounds they played were
entertaining but mediocre.
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Around Campus
You Said It!
by Bob Davits
Question: What do you think of Wonderful Wednesday?
work. It makes
Bill Dismuke
(student) . ..
“For a person
who would take
advantage of it,
it’s real good. A
lot of people
goof off. I think
a lot more peo
ple should take advantage of it
like me.”
a Marvin Bai
ley (student)
... “I think it’s
a big help to the
student because
it really gives a
student time to
prepare himself
and learn more.
Bailey Also a chance to
participate more in campus
activities, such
as Black Amer
ica.”
Allison Fork-
ner (student)
... “I don’t
think that I
could make it
through the
week without it,
because I need
it to catch up on everything."
T. P Harris
• ( Faculty) .. .
”“If properly
used I think it’s
marvelous, but
lif improperly
used or abused,
it’s a waste of
[time.”
Harris Jane S i pe
(student) . . .
It’s a good day
to relax and study; do outside
I orkaer
the week more
enjoyable and
gives me an op
portunity to get
some exercise
Oh, it just gives
you more time
to do what you
want and need
especially outside
James West
(student) ... “I
think we need it because Mer
cer is already a ^
hard school .
and it helps to I
lighten the load. *
I don’t think
that I could
make a five day
load.”
Weal
Mr. Brewster
(faculty) ... “I
favor it. I like
■* 1placed un-
- iB der the diaci-
J&l J/M pline of having
BM to do something
Brewster creative. To me
it is like Georgia taxes ... if
one third of its purpose is
achieved, it is a great
triumph.
Middleton (stu
dent) ... “The
first thing I
thought was
that it was
great. It gives Middleton
me a chance to study during
the day since 1 can’t study very
well at night. It's really neat,
but I wouldn’t want another
day free from class."
THE MERCER CLUSTER • November 4,1969 • 5