Tuesday, March 1 1 1975,
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Five
Tuesday, March 11, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
inrig t
wearies
devotes
By BOB TAUB
It's Loudon Wainright III
day in Ann Arbor. Autograph,
seekers and interviewers are
huddled around the plush stu-
dios of WCBN, waiting for the4
"post - psychedelic aristocatic
beatnick" promised by Colum-
bia Records to arrive for an in-
terview between engagements:
at Detroit's Savoy Room.
WCBN technical personnel
are busy positioning electronic
gadgetry. The local Columbia
Records representative, clad in
a Wainright promo tee shirt,
paces back and forth, nervous-;
ly checking his watch. 1
And then Loudon arrives. The
28-year-old singer, composer,
and guitarist strolls into the
studio, smiling broadly and
straightening his rumpled grey
suit and Commander Cody tee
shirt. The "aristocratic" Mr.
Wainright has.come to town.
"Want a Heinekep, Loudon?"
asks a CBN reporter. Loudon
grins again and carefully puts
down his guitar case. "No, no
beer. Just some water."
Someone fetches Loudon the
water, the tapes roll, and the
questions start.
"Loudon, what is folk mu-
sic?" asks one female inter-i
viewer. A reporter in the con-
trol room laughs.
"Oh, really? Well, I like
sheep a lot." And then a touch
of Brando: "Crickets make me
nervous."
Loudon cuts the obligatory
station identification ("This is
"What do you like about youra
career in music, Loudon," asks
a reporter as Wainright and
his Columbia Records entour-
age cross People's Plaza.
Loudon slows down and
smiles. "I got a big ego - you
know, tremendous . . ."
"Loudon - on your last al-
bum, what was the song "Un-
titled," supposed to be about?"
asks one Cellar employe.
"Well, I
the Y in
know how
Y are -
used to run track at
New York. And you
shower rooms at the
- well, boys will be
"There seems to be a recurrent theme of
animals in your work, Loudon," the inter-'
viewer commenits.
"Ih_ molly well _I Mike h o r-
A handful of people gather
around Loudon back in the Cel-
lar's record department. One
stocky fellow, holding several'
boys." Mr. III smiles.
"Why don't you play the
Ark, Loudon?" asks another
admirer.
lFfI yl. Vr U'L, . sLM ep .LL Wainright albums in his hand,1"Well, I used to. They're
.::::.:: . . . . . . .. coos "I saw you in Boston last friends of mine. But they just
"I guess it is an acoustic, Loudon Wainright III, and year" to the indifferent star. can't pay me what I get now."
gentler sort of music, as com- this is WCBN in Ann Ar- Meanwhile, the two Columbia With that Loudon puts on his
pared to rock and roll," Lou- bor . ..") and prepares to promo men check out the stock coat, adjusts his blue 'suglass-
don begins. "Right now rock make the trek over to the U' of albums and make contin- es, and prepares to move on
and llralesalse it! for more record plugging, more
ad roll really established it- Cellar for an informal auto- gency plans to bring a load in autographs, and more inter
self. But before that, folk mu- grp at.from their car. views.
sic was big. The Newport Folk graph party.
Festival was really the big mu-
sical event in this country."
London chats a bit more,
looking very tired. He takes out Every Monday and
his guitar and performs a song
from his new album. Then the TuesdayNife
chatting resumes: yes, he was
influenced by so and so, and
no, he doesn't know who he'd BEER NITE
like to play with in a hypo-
thetical jam session in his liv-
ing room Pitcher Beer-2 price
"There seems to be a recur- No cover for Students
rent theme of animals in your
work, Loudon," the interview-
er comments. WED.-FREE PINBALL NITE
THURS.--TEQUILA NITE'
Have a flair for
artistic writirci? /31 S. MAIN
If you are interest-
f'' edin reviewing
Daily Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI
Loudon Wainright III
this week
Food Week assembles
ambitious bill of fare
Arts staff seeks out
new blood for page
By CHRIS KOCHMANSKI
HlIGHLIGHTED BY THE speaking appearance of con-
\, sumer Ralph Nader and concluded by a unique "Vege-
ta-ball" costume party, Food Week turns the campus' at-
tention this week to the multi-faceted problems of proper
nutrition.
Sponsored by the Food Action Coalition (FAC), Food
Week is a kick-off for National Food Day (April 17). "The
idea of Food Day," says Peggy Ravich, Food Week co-
ordinator, "is to focus the nation's attentions on food prob-
lems and to the many projects FAC has instituted in the
name of nutrition.
"The speakers that are coming here," Ravich adds,
"even if they don't have big names, are the best in their
fields. We're zeroing in on the food problem, but it has so
many components, we're trying to show how broad the
subject is."
SOME OF FOOD WEEK'S contributors are big names,
however. On Friday afternoon, Ralph Nader will speak
to a Hill -Auditorium crowd on "Food, Corporate Power,
and the Consumer." That night at Hill, Congressman Ron
Dellums (D-Mich.) and Detroit City Councilwoman Mary-
anne Mahaffey will compare "Politics, Poverty and Food."
Thursday night's "Food Crisis and Global Food Policy"
discussion will be conducted by Jean Mayer (Harvard pro-
fessor of Nutrition, United Nations consultant, and dele-
gate to 1974's Rome Food Conferende), National Food Day
coordinator Michael Jacobson, and Morehouse College's
Hamid Taqi.
FOOD WEEK FESTIVITIES will conclude Saturday night
with the "Vegeta-bafl: or Non-meat ball," commencing
at 9 pm in the Union Ball Room: Guests are asked to dress
as their favorite vegetable, a unique twist on standard
masquerade balls.
For the $1 admission charge, patrons will be entertained
by the "Friend's Road Show," featuring bizarre trained
vegetable, mime, and musical acts, and as a special at-
traction, "Michael Spaghetti's Half-a-Ring Circus."
THIS W
Robert Al
The Arts and Entertainment
SDepartment ofgThe Daily wants
{ vou.
jWe're looking for new writers
j to prepare criticism and com-
mentary about all kinds of arts
and entertainment events-rock,
country, folk, and classical mu-
sic, dance, painting and sculp-
ture, literature, film, television
and radio, and drama.
{XWe'll be holding *a special
mass meeting from 6:30 to 8:30
Thursday night here at The
Daily (420 Maynard, behind
Barbour, Newberry and the
LS&A Building) to talk with
anyone who would like to join
our staff. But if you can't make
it then, just give us a call -at
764-0552 and let us know what
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your interests are.
Our task on the Aits and En-
tertainment Page is a challeng-
ing one. Ann Arbor is a highly
diverse city, with an almost end-
less series of different and ex-
citing cultural events. Daily re-
viewers, by the way, are usually
admitted at no charge.
We look forward to meeting
with you Thursday night.
-David Blomquist E
Arts and Entertainment Editor
L Poet .yj nd music
g ieatisre
b o u t the
ance, film
tact Arts
c/o The
Daily.
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THE 13TH ANNUAL
ANN ARBOR 16MM FILM FESTIVAL
We are again presenting the longest running and one of the most nation-
ally famous 16 mm film festivals in the country. Cash rewards will be
given to the fest films entered in the contest.
SHOWINGS:
TUES., WED., THURS. & FRI. nights at 7, 9, & 11
SATURDAY at 1, 7 & 9-all in Old Arch. Aud.
SUNDAY (Winners night)-3 completely different shows at 7, 9
& 11 in both Old Arch. Aud. & Angell Hall, Aud. A.
Series tickets go on sale at 5:30 Tuesday for $15.00
Regular tickets go on sale at 6:00 each night for $1.25 per show
(three showings a night for one week}-
. ...i:}i rr tS0": r* 0r G ' ''Si '{ :r=''."' ' 1:: ..
(EEK ONLY !
tman Festival
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ATTENTIOI/
TONIGHT, Tuesday, March 11
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PARK
TERRACE
848Tappan
at Oakland
Deluxe 1 and 2
Bedroom Apartments
See Don or Marilyn Olsen
APT. 10
or call 769-5014
at 7:00, 9:00, 11:00
TOMORROW:
ELLIOT GOULD in
THE LONG GOODBYE
7:00 & 9:00 ,
THURSDAY:
IMAGES
with SUSANNA YORK
All at Aud. A, Angell Hall
$1.25 each
BOX OFFICE SALES BEGIN TODAY
UM UNION-10:30-5:30
~ arthWind & Fire
and
John Mayall
in concert
This Thursday RESERVED SEATS
March 13-*8 p.m. 6.00 and$50n
Crisler Arena