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By JOHN GREGORYLaborTtay, 197VJethro Tull is the latest group to begin a downhill slide. Says the CBS.)Voice: a unique concept that lt;Mister President went to see aterested in student dissenters. 2. The Communists are only interested in those promotingviolent revolution (the 1 percent).3. The hard-hats played right. Into Communist hands. Answer: Herbert Philbrick (I Led Three Lives). 9-years a member of theCommunist Party for the FBI.(Rocky puts it together—11 ke.Ianddidn'tcombines the worst of Roland play recently Kirk, Arthur Brown, and your recognize the final song. Asking nearest G.O. blues band. And the name of it, he was told it was from Rolling Stone: pretty lame Let the SunshineInfromand dumb...a sluggish bore, an Hair! (Let the Sunshine, Let anthology ot Rock Muzak...- the Sunshine In, the Sunshine In,barren derivative etc. etc.) Asked whether he likedmaterial...inane,vile,cold, jt, he replied, I don't know, I'mnoisy, insensitive...Has it come to r»t sure I understand it. Tricia pass that the rock audience is so was asked if her father liked itiaded that a minute or two of and she replied, That's de-flaccid jazzandsome batableTricia also selectspenurious gestures toward the movies for her father to see (e.g., exotic can effectively disguise The Man In the Gray Flannelblatant mediocrity? I used to Suit). He refuses to view ANY X like them, but the end is unfortunately very near.movie.Theanti-warfilmQuote from The Age of CambodiaPatton inspired his move intoRock: If the establishment(Another classic headlineknew what today's popular music NYPD Clears Self in Hard-Hat is really saying, not what the Laxity.)words are saying, but what theMr. President notwithstanding,music itself Is saying, then they let me just recommend thesewouldn't just turn thumbs down movies:Boys in the Band,on it. They'd ban it, they'd smash Women in Love, Joe, The Rise of all the records, and they'd arrest Louis XIV, Soldier Blue, Carry Itanyone who tried to play it.rock musician, 1963On, The Virgin and the Gypsy, Performance. Other worthwhilePretties For You by Alice films: Out of It, The Bird with theCooper (Warner Bros.—1840). Crystal Plummage, The Straw-Alice Cooper is a group. That's berry Statement, (next at the not all. Alicfe Cooper consists of strand?). The Revolutionary.four transevestite males and one Bombstoavpid: Hawaiians,similar, but still uncertain, mini- Which Way to the Front?, On askirted entity, Alice itself (har- Clear Day You Can See Forever monica and baritone vocals).Just right for the prom. Their first album is a great attempt, but a non-achievement. Freaky,but unimpressive instrumentals.Theone excetlentcuttsReflected. The stage show isrecommended to all, in which»they act like quite unruly youngladies-gents-whatever, play excitingmusic, and flay deadchickens. The album is recommended only to the curious. The cover is recommended to the liberated.A recent issue of the Army Times, covering dissent in the military, reports that the Armyrecognizes within its ranksabout 50 hard-core dissenters.*This is one of the greatest insults to Gl intelligence t have ever heard. One would expect any army to have that many. To present one incident, Newsweek reported some 3500 soldiers confronting Bob Hope with the peace sign at one of his shows lastChristmas.EvenifhardcoreII50!!! Indeed!Cactus (Afco—33-340). This is a good album because the only criticism I can make is that Rusty Day is not the best blues singer around. He is, however, avery good harp player, and,although the original songs are not great, the instrumental work is stunning, and explains the lineon the cover, This album shouldbe played at high level## 40YouCan't Judge a Book By theCover takes off. (Buzz, Fuzz,.Crash?) Carmine Appiceand Tim Bogert provide a strong Vanilla Fudge presence. (Yes, there's adrum solo.) Not al I grinding is bad. A strong premiere album. The Velvet Underground'sfourth album is due on Atlantic.*They played Max's Kansas City in New York for two weekends in June and the response was so great that they were held overFOR THE ENTIRE SUMMER! Bob Christgau of the Voice,perhaps the best of the rockcritics, says that if had to choose ten all-time albums to take to adesert island, one would have to be the Velvet Underground. They are the favorite group of Paul Williams, former editorofCrawdaddy. And perhaps they are my favorite group also. Theirfirst three albums were on MGM—Verve, which, for those unfamiliar with the recordbusiness, if known•the nopromotion company. And inconcert? A stone gas. To quote the Voice: pulling these incredible notes from their instru -ments...have influenced theBeatlesthe Stonesand theAirplane. ..you really shouldcatch them. And that wasn'teven Bob ChristgauiWho recently said1TheCommunists aren't at all inDarling Lili, The People NextDoor, Getting Straight, Move,Borsalino, They Call Me Mister Tibbs, Cotton Comes to Harlem, stag films, and motorcycle movies (plus the botto m five,listed in the last column). (Howmany good ones will make it tothe Strand?)Mark Volman and Howie.Kaylan, leaders of the Turtles, and blues guitarist Aynsley Dunbar, have recently been playing with the Mothers of Invention. Meanwhile, Mothers' drummer Artie Tripp is now bassmarimba playerforCaptainBeefheart and His Magic Band. Their forthcoming album is tentatively called Lick My Decals Off, Baby.Easy Action by Alice Cooper (Straight-Reprise—1845). Really, I'd like to recommend this album, but I can't. It's an improvement over the first, but stillnot too good. For the curious, like before.TVDavid Frost presentsRandy Newman (Wed.—4:00— channel 3), and Spiro Agnew in a debate with college students(Thurs.),AndyWilliamspresents Little Richard (Sat.7:30—channel 5.)Radio: An essential program for the radio listener. Steve Fredericks with a contemporary telephone discussion programlike no other. He speaks his mind with complete and absolutefreedom. Mon.-Sat., 11 p.m.-2 a.m., WMEX, 1510, Boston, (nextto WKBW). The first 15 minutes is usually strong news andcommentary.ESSENTIAL!!
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Plattsburgh Cardinal Points
Plattsburgh, New York, US
Tue, Sep 29, 1970
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