Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, October 31, 1971 THE MKHIGAN DAILY Sunday, October 31, 1971 I David Bromberg: Eclectic, humorous DENO VALANTE leads Quicksilver in their exploding style of superrock before a stoned, cheering audience at Hill Auditorium last night. A review will appear in Tuesday's Daily. A psychedelc Funkadeic trip By ALAN NEFF David Bromberg is appearing at the Ark this weekend. As a member of the audience this is an entirely fine thing; for a re- viewer he presents any number of problems. My first impression is of a scholarly, skinny New York Jew, who looks like he should be a quiet self-effacing serious student in some obscure program at Columbia. For all I know he may actually have been one but his stage presence, his whole performing style is that of an eclectic, rowdy, slightly lunatic genius:. He appears to be equally com- fortable playing old television commercials, Scotch and Irish fiddle tunes, country and west- ern, rhythm and blues, fifties rock, his own self-mocking la- ments (some funny, some other- wise). His great range makes for difficult reviewing. Musically and lyrically he's all over the place, a blur. About the only way I can put it is that he makes mistakes, but at a level far above most con- temporary performers. His gui- tar picking is perhaps the best thing, about his show. He per- cusses, slides and bends notes all over the neck. His roots seem to be in the blues but he is not at all limited to that one mode. His voice has limitations, mostly in terms of range. What he lacks in range he recovers in expressiveness. He moves very fluently from a wispy balladic tenor to rough-edged rhythm and blues that is reminiscent of John Hammond Jr. when he's in control and being very mean. Since 1966, he has been com- piling an enviable set of cre- dentials as a sideman (guitar, mandolin, and dobro) for Dy- lan, Tom Rush, Patrick Sky, Paul Siebel, Carly Simon, Jerry --- ---I Jeff Walker, Sha - na - na and others and others and others. About a year ago, he began appearing as a solo performer on the great American coffee house circuit (a vanishing en- terprise). This is his third ap- pearance at the Ark. I think he's one of the finest performers around. He runs a pretty raucous show, accompanied by bassist/2nd gui- tarist Don Sarlin-a lot of very funny things spring from his * lips during and between songs. I'm especially fond of the stuff he writes. It's relatively easy to talk about this aspect of his work, because we have an eth- nic, east coast heritage in com- mon. I direct the listener's at- tention to "Demon in Disguise, ' "Last Song to Shelby," "Jean," "This is the Hour," "Bullfrogs on Your Mind." Taken together, or even separately for that mat-! ter, I get a picture of an artist who's had some pretty depres- sing experiences and emerged bloody bitter and curiously un- bowed, probably by dint of beat- ing all sorts of nastiness into1 very fine music. This is no mean triumph. Some of it sounds pretty rough. Most of it is now . really smooth. The Visual Arts: a Film Survey SCULPTURE, Tonight, 7 P.M. R.C. Aud. FREEa HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL! SUNDAY NIGHT FREAKS DIR. TOO BROWNING, 1932 The freaks of a circus troupe in a film which has b e e n recently re- I II _ _. _ _ _m' A4 .I leased in New York to renewed acclaim. PLUS A SHORT! Anything Once HALLOWEEN NIGHT The Haunting Dir. ROBERT WISE, 1963 with Julie Harris, Claire Bloom and Russ Tamblyn. A haunted h ou se in- triques a scientist who decides to live there in order to study it better. That was his mistake. A modern Halloween chiller ARCHITECTURE AUDITORIUM TO ALL STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN GRAD II Computerized Job Opportunity Matching Program Your printout results are now available. Please pick them up at: CAREER PLANNING & PLACEMENT 3rd Floor-Student Activities Bldg. 764-7460 - A second GRAD II computer run will be made in late December or early January. Watch Daily Official Bulletin or check with our office the week of'November 22 for deadline. date. I I 4f BLUES Jam Session Filthy, Nasty, Down Home Country Blues with DAVE ALEXANDER "We don't play no rock and roll" SUN. 4:00p.m. 112 W. Liberty By MADELYNE Uninhibite d, psychedelically colored, rhythmic, bluesy, funky, just plain bad, which in soulful lingo is the epitome of together. The Funkadelics and Parliaments did not perform Friday night at Hill Auditorium, rather they en- couraged us to join in their trip, and we did. A large crowd turned out to dig the fifth of this year's UAC- Daystar concerts, co-sponsored with Community Projects and Monroe Trotter House. From the jump the audience displayed their responsiveness. A, local .group primed the spectac- .tors even, more. The Black En- semble came out to the screams of some of the more excited participants, and jammed. Vo- calist Norbert Glover lead the group backed by Larry Mander- *ville dealing on the organ, Duane, Freeman on drums, Doug Pitts, *Zapp Mosson, and Rick Mander- ville all strumming on guitars. The people especially reacted to Freeman's. solo on the Jackson Five hit, "Never Can Say Good- bye," and the group's cut sched- uled for release the first of the year, "Hold On To Me Girl ... If You Don't Somebody Else Will" Although the audience grooved to the sounds of the Black En- sembl'e, folks were just biding their time until the real stars emerged. But the wait extended s James Wesley Jackson from Greenwood, Mississippi, pimped onto the stage in studded denim overalls. The farmish looking comedian interspersed little phi- losophical tidbits with a variety of jokes. His commentary on so- ciety included remarks as, "Mar- ijuana would be no problem if Congress would have a joint session," and "Get off that meat and get high off the Earth." Much of his material revolved around social hang-ups, sex, dope, and black folks, and the audience loved it all, including Jackson's Jews Harp solo. Finally the Funkadelics and Parliaments c a m e on. Both groups are one; the Funkadelics is the band, and the Parliaments sing. Lead guitarist Eddie Hozeil strutted out, clad only in his denim overalls and proceeded to get down. A brother from To- ronto, Prakash, supported on bass, and Harold completed the guitar trio. Meanwhile siuger- drummer Fuzzy Haskin was doin' it on drums. Soon, head funkhead George Clinton, marked with white race paint, clad in long revealing pink tie-dye underwear cutoffs, slid onto the stage. My man, :iis head shaved except for a tuft in the back and an X of pair on the side, protruded his eyes menanc- ingly, and flicked out his tongue faster than any snake ever wi~l. Then the short stocky dude got suggestive, rolling around on the stage and playing with the mike as the rest of the Parliaments made their way to the stage. Resembling a b 1 a c k Prince Valiant, Calvin Simon came on in a red, gold gilted tunic. Brandishing a whip, G r a d y Thomas hit the stage. In a pur- ple leather outfit, B.T. 'moved to the stage, as Raymond Davis in beige bells joined. George talked to us. "Try to figure out where we are coming from and where we are going, together." And together we began moving into a spiritual high. The first song the group did revealed an integral part of their unhibited style, which some felks find shocking. The group croon- ed on "Call My Baby Pussycat." Throughout the show, the group also did some hip routines remi- niscent of the old but good Temp- tations. Then Calvin Simons soloed on a melancholic lament, "I Refuse to Be Blue from Los- ing You." The brother hummed and moaned until we could share in his pain, while George squirm- ed around on the stage, conduct- ing. The audience, enticed into the whole trip, sat spellbound. By the time the group got into their hits such as "Good Old Funky Music;" the crowd moved EXCLUSIVE Q AREA SHOWING "AN ALL-TIME FIRST deeper into the high. An audi- ence sing-along on "I Got a Thing" helped things out when the amps cut off. Things were getting nice. Other selections such as "I Betcha" raised the high even more, as a lot of folks moved to the stage. Almost everybody freaked out, joining the musi- cians on stage. Those who knew how to dance did the Penguin and the Breakdown. Others just moved their bodies, and the band played on and on, to the end. Exhausted, the musicians did talk a little about the "Right On" audience. Most of the mem- bers have been together for over 10 years, and hail from New Jersey. And if you want to trip at home, get the Funkadelics latest album Maggot Brains. Maybe you'll be able to reach the undescribable euphoric high, such as lots of folks experienced at Hill Friday night, as the soul- fully super-bad Funkadelics and Parliaments took us on a deep trip and into a beautiful night. Saturday and Sunday October 30-31 ROD STElGER as The Pawnbroker ". . .has brilliantly intercut flashes of the horrors of the concentration camp with equally shocking visualizations of imprison- ment in a free society." -Bosley Crowther, N.Y. Times 7:00 and 9:05 75c MAOR Theater presents, Nov. 6 & 7 The Newcomers A DRAMA OF SURVIVORS OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMP by JOHN BERNSTEIN Saturday and Sunday at Hillel-i1420 Hill-B P.M-$1 I I at HILLEL 1429 Hill only 50c SAT. at 8 p.m,-SUNDAY at 9 p.m. I .1 I DIAL 5-6290 4th WEEK "I wouldn't say McCABE is more enjoyable than M*A*S'H; it is simply richer and better, a clas- sic of its kind . . . be forewarn- ed: the trick of appreciating McCABE & MRS. MILLER is to settle back and let it gurgle over you.G Neal Gaber-Michigan Daily STS i SHOP FOR THE ly 6- ro A Unusual Games * Large, Adult Game Selection Exciting and Challenging o Adult Unusual Jig Saw Puzzles o Beautiful Stuffed Animals 0 Raliegh made Dunelts- Men and Ladies-$59.95 THE FRIENDLY STUDENT STORE CAMPUS BIKE & TOY 514 E. WILLIAM 662-0035 I t {_ 1 C 'Blue Movie' Z Is honest, tittilating. ' It gives the audience Z whet Ipaid to see. C4 ****** -N.Y. Times " THE THIS Q RATED FILM IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY THE MANAGEMENT * Plus 2nd flature * a t inema 482 -3300 PARKING6 "TheOwl and the Pussycat is a hootenanny and the cat's meow! -Wanda Hale, New York Daily News "Barbra Streisand is America's great- est comedienne! -Hollis Alpert, Saturday Review "The Owl and the Pussycat is hilarious" --Ed Sullivan Syndicated Columnist "One of the truly funny pictures of the year!" -Gail Rock, Women's Wear Daily "A wildly funny movie under Herbert Ro' -directiOn!" -Phyllis Funke, Ingenue' "A hoot of fun! Well-worth waiting for!" -Joyce Haber, Syndicated Columnist "Warm and wacky! A fine screenplay by Buck Henry! -David Goldman, WCBS Radio "Streisand and Segal give remarkable performances. The upshot is hilarious!" -Jack Kroll, Newsweek "Clawing Comedy! THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT is high entertain- ment!" . vow -Mark Goodman, Time "Ray Stark has a viable vehicle for his super-star." -Judith Crist, New York Magazine 4 IA WARREN BEATTY JULIE CHRISTIE McCABE & MRS. MILLER PANA'SION OTECIICOLOR Next "DANCE OF DEATH" i lr -- -"% v i I the ann arbor film cooperative presents BRIAN DE PALMA'S ("H I, MOM") GREETINGS PA For the student body: R~A FLARES by A Levi Farah Wright Lee Male CHECKMATE I C " "GREETINGS flaunts a genuinely youthful spirit, antisocial but not misanthropic, sassy but not ma- licious, pessimistic but not morbid."-Andrew Sarris, The Village Voice * "An outrageous satire, the main target of which is the Vietnam War, but which also makes fun of sex, movies, computer dating, paperbacks, voyeurism, the Warren Report and its critics, and pornog- raphy . . . Its occasional anarchy and chaos serve to underscore the violent, destructive society it portrays."-Distributor's catalog. TUESDAY-NOVEMBER 2nd-ONLY! I I SATURDAY & SUNDAY Halloween Double Feature auditorium a-angell hall COLOR 7 & 9:30 p.m.-still only 75c 2 FILMS AT 7 FOR 75c & 10 COMING THURSDAY-FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT'S THE WILD CHILD ..t SOPH SHOW tickets now on saleI for PAJM AME i~i - 0 fD A I The Phantom of the Opera The original 1925 silent film starring Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin. Accompanied at the piano by Donald Sosin and an original score. COLUMBIA PICTURES AND RASTAR PRODUCTIONS PRESENT A RAY STARK -HERBERT ROSS Production Barbra George Streisand Segal Th 1nthe q tca Screenplay by Produced by Ur ected by BUCK ENRY RAY STARK HEFo.:RT F.OSS SaSed o one pay W 8'11 .MANKOFF PANAVISION' COLOR _ U o n imb _._ ,BIOO SWEA TE 1 A. . A.- 0 1 1 "1 i .I I Ii E