Tuesday, October 1 5, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five Social satire and puns wit By DAVID WARREN George Carlin is one of the best comedians in America today. His controversial material combined with a relaxed style produce an in- telligent comment on people, their relationships with each other, and with the world. For better than two hours Saturday night Carlin entertain- ed an appreciative, but noisy crowd at Hill Aud- itorium. Carlin gave one of the most spontaneous, in- sightful, and funny performances ever seen in Ann Arbor. His brand of improvisational humor has made him one of the most accomplished, and popular comics around today. His comedy ranged from parent-child relations to some of the worst puns ever told. Carlin shrugged off the groans that greeted his puns with the statement that "people groan at puns because they wish that they had thought of them first." Refering occasionally to notes, Carlin's reser- voir of material seemed to be endless. Although he stayed away from politics throughout the show, he is essentially a social comedian, pre- fering to deal with the comedy of everyday life. h Carlin He delved into the inadequacies of our lang~ unge, lamenting that there is no word to de- scribe one who has lost the sense of smell. "Yeah, he's blind, deaf, and he can't smell nothing either." Throughout the show Carlin appeared to be totally involved in his job. Although Hill Audi- torium is not what could be described as an~ intimate setting, Carlin was able to build up a rapport with the audience. Frequently he would start on one subject, work with it for a while, and then go off on a tangent. His internal vision of the world lends an almost expressionistic flavor or to his act. With Carlin was a new group, Travis Shook and the Club Wow. They are two zanies from Boston who sang some great songs, among them "V.D. is for Everybody" and the theme from Perry Mason. Their musical ability was lack- ing, but their comedy was first rate. The duo's first album will be released soon, called It's Great To Be Back, and it should prove interest- D( ing. Backstage, after the show, Carlin was ex- hausted, and regretted not being able to speak George ( a variety of people who have diverse backgrounds and exper- iences. Lately, however, when I began to look over my exper- iences, it suddenly sruck mne that I could count on one hand the nunmber of women musicians I had interviewed. Consequently, it was a re- freshing change to be able to interview Kate and Ann Mc.- Garrigle, along with Roma Bar- an. Not only are the three ex- dellent mnusicians and very arti- culate about their art, but they are also three very funny, de- lightful people and to interview them was genuinely fun. All three hail from M o n.- treal, although Roma was born in Czechoslovakia. The M c -. Garrigle sisters have been play- ing and songwriting for several years. Roma, who has played b~ackup guitar for a numnber of people, including Rosalie Sor- rels, originally played with Kate five years ago when both of and played it to this little New them were in a blues group in Mlontreal. Both Kate and Anna were at- tracted to blues music via their exp.eriences in the group and their exposure to old records. The combination of the acous- tic guitar and piano appealed to them and it was this traditiocial kind of blues material that was featured in their repetoire wvnen they first played at the ArK in 1969. Eventually they wound up in New York where one night they heard Jack Elliott singing "Me and Bobby McGee" at the Gas- light. "We thought it was an irtered- ible sonig," said Roma. "We sat, and by candlelight Kate wmuld copy one line and then I would copy the next line - we went there every night. Anna, w fi o knew shorthand, remembered how the two called her in the middle of the night. "'It was really the first time we thought about wvorking to- gether," said Roma. "We wirk- ed up this quick arrangement York sharpy over the phone" she went on, giving an imita- tion of the character. The "little New York sharpy" liked what he heard and iney made a studio tape for uecca records for which they had to come up with some material, and from there, "the w h o 1 e thing exploded," said Rorna. Since then, they have turned much of their attention to song-; writing. Kate and Anna attrn- bute many of their early gxper- iences as being a formative in- See McGARRIGLES, Page 8 514E William 1202 P 662-306 94 ackard Now Has Two Give You The Prices Daily Photo by- STEVE KAGAN Roma Blaran, Kate and Anna Mc~arrigle (1. to r.) tCondueter Kr VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Josef Krips, one of heworld's foremost conductors, died Saturday night in Geneva, Switzerland, of lung cancer, the Austrian news agency APA reported Sun- day. He was 73. Krips, born in Vienna, started his musical career at the age of 19 as choir conductor of the Vienna Volksoper and became Germany's youngest general music director five years later in the Karisruhe State Theater,. From 1933 to 1938, Krips conducted the Vien- na State Opera and lectured at the Vienna Con- servatoire. During the Nazi occupation of Aus- tria, 1938 to 1945, he was barred from perform- Subscribe to The C ECO-FLIGHT SYSTEMS, 2275 S. STATE 994-9020 HANG GLIDERS.e KlI SUPPLIES . LESSON~ CHECK OUR PRICES AND QUALITY WORK BEFORE BUY I| ' ips dead at 73 ing in public, but immediately after World War II he helped organize the Vienna State Oper a. In subsequent years, Krips led the Belgrade Opera, the Vienna Hofkapelle, the London Sym- phony Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic Or- chestra, the San Francisco Symphony and the Vienna Symnphony. He made frequent guest ap- pearances with many of the world's major opera companies and orchestras. 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