Page- Two THE. MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, November 3, 1969 Poge' Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, November 3, 1968 records Elecriic By W. REXFORD BENOIT Personally, I play music to forget about my troubles. The United States of America takes me into another world, and the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah band al- ways makes me laugh. If enough good music filled the air (we're getting there fast) Ronald Reagan, Mayor Daley and Sheriff Harvey might all instantaneously vaporize. It's a terrible hassle to s a y bad words about any music, be- cause that piece of music might' blues at the Hendrix be the thing that makes some- body's Daley or Harvey go away. Ultimately, the worth of any piece of music is that it be- comes something else than it- self to a listener who can really' dig it, and I don't want to push my realities on you, baby. "Why don't you just say which cuts are good, and which are bad?" a friend suggested when I mentioned that I plan- ned to write some words about the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Electric Ladyland. Despite the realization that what smoothes my ears might hurt yours, I wrote down some notes about "Ladyland." . The album is importnat (that's the most objective stan- dard I could find) because Hen-- drix has a mastery and powerful conception of the blues. Catch him in person if you don't be-. lieve the power part. Hendrix is a virtuoso lyricist, almost as good as Dylan, and the Experience knows how to realize the potential of his com- plex compositions by playing TOGETHER, a lesson learned from jazz music, I suspect. Drummer Mitch Mitchell has a better sense of the appropriate than Ginger Baker will ever have, and is therefore much more exciting. Not to take away .from Mit- chell's technical skill. When the Experience was at 'the Masonic Auditorium in Detroit, Jimi's equipment wouldn't work so, Mitchell and bassist Noel Red- ding played about.15 minutes of 'fantastic jazz riffs. i ') l unction with the button store, and Ari- zona . . . and well everyone," everyone still pays the same in- flated price to record company moguls to have good music in their homes. Enough vitriol. If you want to know one of the places electric blues is at, call Albert King long distance and ask him. Or buy "Ladyland." If the name "Commander Cody" doesn't mean anything to you this morning, you probab- ly didn't catch the band at Can- terbury House last night or Fri- day.E Too bad for you. The here-today, gone-tomor- row Commander's band (they form ad hoc to play when there's a demand for them, usually disbanding immediately afterwards) treated us to some, fantasticountry-western music, offered in the highest spirits. Once I'd made the necessary voluntary suspension of disbe- lief, I realized I wasn't the only person in the house really enjoying the fun on the stage. Hopefully, they'll hang to- gether for awhile. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the Univer- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumes no editor- ial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3528 L.S.&A. Bldg. before 2 p.m. of the day preceding publi- cation and by 2 p.m. Friday for Saturday and Sunday. General No- tices may be published a maximum of two times on request; Day Cal- endar items appear only once. Stu- dent organization notices are not accepted for publication. For more information call 764-9270. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Day Calendar Cinema Guild: Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman of the Dunes: Architecture Auditorium, 7:00 and 9:05 p.m. School of Music Degree Recital: Louise Sarkisian, Oboe; School of Music Re- cital Hall, 8:00 p.m. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Actuarial Lecture: S. Benjamin, Lon- don, England, "Computer Induced Changes in Actuarial Science, Room 76 BusinesQ Administration Bldg, 3 p.m. Zoology Special Lecture: Dr. Ronald Pfohl, Instituto di Anatomia Compar- ata, Universita di Palermo, Italy, "Al- kaline Phosphatase in Sea Urchin Em- bryos: A Model for Studying the Con- trol of the Activity and Synthesis of a Protein During Development," 1400 Chemistry, 4:00 p.m. College of Engineering Seminar: A. v. Balakrishan, Professor, University of California at Los Angeles, "On a New (Continued on Page 6) Petitioning for CINEMAGUILD Wednesday, Thursday November 6, 7 Sign-up 2538 S.A.B. 3020 Washtenew, Ph. 434-1782 Between Ypsilonti and Ann Arbor This is a Remarkable Motion Picture Based on fact "GUARANTEED TO RAISE TEMPERATES.. sex is Shindlo's main ojctve and he rarely lets us los sight of It. Shindo Is adiscerningand com- passionate artisan In his treat- ment of the theme." -t..Wtlv t Y. Tier. "HUMAN, REALISTIC, TASTEFUL! Shindo makes few films but when he does his movies ten a story, human and realistiC."-Wand. Hale.DiyN.w "SHINDO REMAINS THE ARTIST OFSIGHT AND INIGHT! se has tknwa might be In other hands an ex- ploitation subject;thesexdrive, and given it dignity and under- standingl"-wax.. t CONFLICTING RESULTS: Election confounds polsters 1. (Continued from Page 1) and Gallup polls have shown startling discrepancies, raising questions of whether their esti- mations are anywhere near the mark. The biggest discrepancy oc- curred in the first week of Oc- tober. Harris released results on a Friday showing Nixon narrowly ahead of Humphrey, 40 to 35 per cent, with Wallace at 18 per cent. The next Monday, the Gallup poll gave Nixon 43 and Humphrey on-' ly 31, with Wallace at 20 per cent. The difference of five and 12- point leads was not easily explain- ed away by different release dates nor the normal three to four per cent error both pollsters admit may occur in the samples of about 1,500 persons. Although there are criticisms of the method by which voters are selected for the sample, most crit- ics attack the meth'od in which individual choices are found. " Poll-takers do not make ef- forts to contact every individual chosen by complex mathematical formulae for the survey sample. Some pollsters do not return if the individual is not home, or else talk to a neighbor instead. Prof. Angus Campbell, of the" Survey Research Center, insists pollsters must keep returning until they get a response from the assigned per- son to get a proper sample. * The number of people refusing to be interviewed has increased sharply this year over previous Pyears. Again Campbell says can-, vassers should keep hounding re- spondants until they will talk. A major discrepency between the polls and the elections can occur if the pollsters do not weed out persons who are not eligible nor likely to vote., Poll accuracy increases as ques- tions are worded to eliminate non- voters.. Gallup traditionally asked "If -the election were held today, whom would you vote for?". Cur- rently, however, the poll uses a ine-question format to screen out one third of the adult popula- tion as non-voters. A Gallup re- port on Oct. 27 gave these results among likely voters: Nixon, 44; Humphrey, 36; and Wallace, 15 per cent. Among all persons'of vot- ing age, the figures were: Nixon, 41, Humphrey, 35, and Wallace, 18, per cent. Gallup and Harris polls usually parallel each other in most areas of the country except in the major cities. The differences in estimated black voter turnout count for the divergences in their national to- tals. Gallup estimates 30 per cent of the black respondants will vote; while Harris uses a 50 per cent figure; the different Gallup and Harris treatments may thus ac- count for as much as four per cent of the difference in candi- dates' leads. The 196 Presidential race is complicated by the third-party candidacy of George Wallace. Wallace's strength in the polls ap- pears to have peaked and started to decline about the same time Humphrey's fortunes began to rise. Several pollsters suspect there is still substantial Wallace sup-' port among persons not willing to publicly commit themselves. The heavy "undecided" vote at this late date in the campaign may be due either to a switching of position- among candidates or an unwilling-, ness to reveal the true feelings. Both Harris and Gallup have been making increased use of a "secret ballot" to detect Wallace support. Persons interviewed are asked to mark an untraceable ballot and put it into a box with other secret ballots. In the secret poll, Harris found Wallace support rose two per cent above the pub-. licly-committed poll. Louis Bean, economist and poli- tical analyst who correctly predict- ed Truman would win in 1948, be- lieves the actual Humphrey-Nixon split is an even 50-50. If he is cor- rect this time, and Humphrey closes rapidly in the remaining days to upset' the pollsters for the second time in 20 years, Harris and Gallup may have to reassess their tactics.t Grads, still fear draft (Continued from Page 1) dent's draft board explaining the details of his enrollment and its implications, but doesn't think he can effectively "plead the student's case from such a distance." "We are apt to cause m o r e hard feelings than to help the situation," hs says. Groesbeck won't speculate. why such a surprisingly low number of graduates have been drafted. He estimates that "a substantial number, perhaps 15' to 20 per cent of- the graduate school enrollment" is currently classified 1-A, and is thus draft eligible. "But the draft boards just haven't called up the 1-A grad students," he says. This might be attributed to the army's reluctance to turn students into soldiers. "Quite a few draft boards must feel that this is a major concern, and I have a feeling the army is con- sidering' the problem, too," Groesbeck says. About the record, some highs and lows:" Hendrix's arrangement of the Dylan tune "All Along the Watchtower." When he sings- "There must be some wayouta' here . .. there's too much con- fusion, I can't get no relief," it's downright spinetingling, a real' vision of disaffection and en- trapment. - "1983," the longest cut on the album. Chock full of im- ages of rebirth and hope, it even has a MELODIC freakout for freaks who are working to put the human element back into music. Mitchell reiterates his in- estimable'taste here by playing a drum solo lasting only about 45 seconds. - "Voodoo Child," with Stev- le Winwood on organ. On this cut, Hendrix's guitar solos are angry, evoking memories of Ornette Coleman and making some of the jazz origins of the Experiencs clearer. - The psychologically relaxed and musically rock-solid "Rainy Day," thanks in part to a nifty beat laid down 'by borrowed drummer Buddy Miles from the Electric Flag. Happily, the record's b r i n g - downs don't have anything to do with the music. For instance: - Recording balances t h a t make it difficult to follow the lyrics without earphones. --- Another idiotic dedication to add to all the other crummy. dedications of albums that ar- tists who pull thousands of dol- lars per appearance seem to want to prove they're still in touch with the people. Let it be noted that while Ladyland is duly dedicated to "acoustic man and woman alike, and to the girl at or from or fteof . -H PUveesv ff' Cawr by Deluxe SMAM DIAL -6416 CAMPUS Directed by award winning Kaneto Shindo Released thru V IU N D E R G"R O U N D at the Vth Foruml N D E R G R 0 u Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun.-11:00 P.M. --separate admission required 5th Ave. atfLiberty, 761-9700 9 4 b MAD MARVIN PRESENTS IN ANN ARBOR: CORRUPTION OF THE DAMNED-George Kuchar-One of the great film-makers presents a FEATURE LENGTH unforgettable Underground Comedy. "A wild orgy-filled odyssey. Seethes with violence and sex." -Village Voice Plus these great short films: VIVIAN-Bruce Conner-A study of a beautiful woman. SAN FRANCISCO TRIPS FESTIVAL-Ben Van Meter-A psychedelic documentary of the San Francisco Trips Festival and the Opening of the Psychedelic Shop. WORD MOVIE-Paul Sharits-Highly experimental. Fifty words visually repeated in varying se- quential and positional relationships. LACKLUSTER--Lyle Pearson-The fourth dimension on the movie screen. Abstract animation of every day objects, in lots of color. "Like a trip." THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE-An early science-fiction serial with poor, mistreated Elaine. The se- rial your grandparents grooved on! Thursday is Haloween at Mad Marvin's Underground, too. Come in costume. Best costume wins a groovy album it N D -Next-. BARBARELLA NO 2-6264 PETER GRIFFITH Classical Guitarist SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 8:00 PM. admission $1.00 Benefit of Clonlara, a nursery school GUILD HOUSE 802 Monroe MON, NOV. 4 NOON LUNCHEON 25c Professor Albert Reiss, Chairman, Department of Sociology "THE POLICE MIND" I 4 4 SHOWS AT' 7 :10 & 9:30- 1-3,.5 3rd WEEK _ -.. TUES., NOV. 5 NOON LUNCHEON 1i GMieceart is aG >nelyJ untec John Sinclair, Trans Love Energies: "ROCK and ROLL" series: Art-intellectualism and the University I The Unversity of ichigan Presents BANDORAMA Featuring THE MARCHING BAND THE SYMPHONY BAND THE CONCERT BAND THE VARSTIY BAND THE JAZZ BAND THE FRIARS THE DIXIELAND DREAMERS THE CHORDBUSTERS THE SOFT SHOE SEVEN and JOHN HENEY, xylophone soloist formerly of theSouso Band SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 8:00 P.M., Hill Auditorium All Seats Reserved. Tickets $2.00 -$1.50 C~anernI enlee lvrin Mnnclnv Nov. 11 9-QQ-4-OO at Hill Auditoriurn Box tI I G. MICH IGIIN DIAL 5-6290 Shows at 1-3-5-7-9:10 I VIGIL Study, discussion, prayer preparation for action MONDAY, NOV 4,1968 5 P.M. to midnight This is the story of the self-confessed Bos- ton strangler. It is a remarkable motion picture based on fact..Why this man? Why did '13 women open their door willingly to him? The result is a film that is not what you expected.. 0 t. I 5:00 opening mass 6:00 supper 9:00 film and discussion: Viet Nam Dialog U El 11