ARTS ." The Michigan Daily Wednesday, February 4, 1981 JERRY LEE A T SECOND CHANCE South rises again with Lewis Pager "Gimme a D Gimme an A* Gimmean...L...Y Givt the MICHIGAN DAILY that old college try. CALL 764-0558 to order your subscription By RJ SMITH People who say that the South as a concept is dead couldn't be more wrong. Time was when English professors used to hold little symposia on the intellect below the Mason-Dixon line, grad students passing out little finr-sbed butter cookies as honored guests grumbled on about the "Legacy of Faulknerian Guilt" and "Robert Penn Warren and the Fear of Nature." Until a few years ago, the com- mon image of the Southerner was of Billy Carter without the three piece suits, living in a land where guilt and repression fall from the trees like over-ripe peaches. Today of course we have the shining "New South," and the stretch of land beneath the Mason-Dixon has become more powerful and wealthy than ever. It's strange: For all the Jesse Helms' and "Old Time s Gospel Hour's, Greensboros and Strom Thurmonds, people nowadays think of the South simply as a lot of geography, with no special characteristics. I THINK I know why: The South has moved our way and claimed the whole country. We're all Billy Carter! It's the age of the encroaching Dixie, and it officially began January 20 when Reagan got his payoffs from all the "you may not endorse me, but I sure endorse you" promises he made to the Moral Majority and all those good old boy pancake suppers. But even today, there are exceptions. Case in point: JerryLee Lewis. Lewis is the quintessential Southern man. He got the guts of his musical education in church and in the bistros, and you'd best believe that two-sided ethic of sacred and profane, gospel and barrelhouse, still resonates every time he takes the stage. "Jerry Lee Lewis, oh, I like him so much. He was so good in The Nutty Professor," I heard someone say outside Second Chance before Lewis' concert Monday night. Well, the conclusion is conceivable. But after the two shows that evening, there was ab- solutely nobody in the place who didn't know who The Killer was. BOTH SHOWS started out with Steve Nardella and his band running down their standard list of oldies. Nardella, Providence's favorite son, kept up an im- pressive level of excitability throughout his stage show, though the rest of his group seem often to be standing on top of things that would blow away if they moved off their marks. Ken, a curly-haired sugar daddy, played guitar and lead Jerry Lee's band through a couple of roadhouse country tunes. And then The Killer came on to the stage. Sweating and shuffling out to his piano with a bottle close at hand, he looked like nothing so much as a duf- fer relaxing in the clubhouse after a hot afternoon. It was an image which lasted no more than four secon- -I United States Steel Corporation has a FAST TRACK for ENGINEERS Technical Departments are being expanded at Steel Plants throughout the country as a formal outgrowth of the Techno- logical Implementation Program (T.I.P.). The plant Technical Department will provide on-going direc- tion to plant operating, service and staff departments on all matters relating to operating practices to achieve measur- able improvement in productivity, yield,, production costs, quality, and delivery through the application of new or exist- ing technology. Individuals selected for this function can expect to follow a career path of alternating assignments as a Process Engineer (varying levels) in the Technical Depart- ment and other Line and/or Staff Management positions at the plant. Daily Photo by JIM KRUZ IN ONE OF the more placid moments of his shows Monday evening, Jerry Lee Lewis sits at his piano, rather than on it. Lewis played two sets at Second Chance. ds, the time it took for Lewis to sit down at the keyboard and rap out a row of upper register eighth notes. From that point on the show was vintage lat- ter-day Lewis; he never pushed himself too hard to entertain, playing a generous mixture of country and gospel songs with the old-time rockers that added up to a well-paced, satisfying evening. Time and again one was drawn to Lewis' face. It is not a mask, but certainly fixed and stony. Every once in a while a sly grin cracked, and the game was given away - here is a man ever-pleased with his ability, convinced down to his soul that he is the hottest, dirtiest, strongest piano player there is. THERE WERE A few of the trademarks, like "Whole Lot of Shakin'," "Chantilly Lace" and a host of country shuffles that filled up over half the time. But in everything he played was a lewdness that didn't strike deep but sliced to the bone, because it was enshrouded in that history of Southern guilt. I mean, Lewis doesn't make sex sound like a liberating joy - with him you know it's a sin, something humbling and evilly liberating at the same time. Lewis may be the only person who can make "Georgia" sound filthy, the only one who can smirk so knowingly after singing about how he'll be six feet under in the graveyard some day and then offer up a jubilant little "awright" - he's got nothing to fear because he's already mapped out the terrain of hell. "It's great to be back in a college town," Lewis said at one point Monday evening, only bothering to partly conceal the smirk of disrespect hidden behind those words. It's -a classic leer, the kind that stands for a past of pleasure at a high price. It's the one he un- corks whether he is in collegetown U.S.A. or else back home in Ferriday, LA. How come all the great rock sneers (Elvis, Gene Vincent, Johnny Burnett) have come from the South? Could it be because they point out a price paid for good times quite different from the one us Ann Arbor Yankees have tendered? Qualificatjons: Candidates for this assignment must have a background of demonstrated academicachievement; preferred de- grees include a B.S. degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science; strong interest in the application of engineering and scientific principles to industrial problems. Ability to analyze complex technical problems, reduce information to critical elements, and develop appropriate solutions as part of critical-thinking processes. Understanding of broad scientific language including familiarity with com- puter language and programming. Ability to communi- cate orally and in writing. Trninng: Newly employed personnel will be assigned to a plant training program working with Headquarters engineer- ing and research personnel and plant technical per- sonnel to implement technology in the plants. Upon com- pletion of the training program. the individual will be assigned to a Plant Technical Organization to continue technology implementation. 'tarting Pennsylvania: Clairton Works, Edgar Thomson-Irvin OC~f% lWorks, National-Duquesne Works, Homestead, Works, Locaion: Fairless Works. Illinois: South Works. Indiana: Gary Works. Texas: Baytown Works. Utah: Geneva Works. California: Pittsburgh Works. Alabama: Fairfield Works. Ohio: Lorain/Cuyahoga Works. Adancement: Advancement can be expected to higher administrative levels in the Technical Organization or in Line Manage- ment with planned cross-fertilization to other plants and Headquarters in various functional fields. On-Campus February 12 INTERVIEWS: Contact your Placement Office for sign-ups UNwIEDSTATES STEEL SAN EQUAL OPPORWNITYEMPtOER a p# PLAY THAT MUSIC: The essence of By MARK DIGHTON Now that all those stupid white kids (like Talking Heads, Pere Ubu,The Slits, Elvis C., etc.) are trying to be oh so cool and cop da funk influences, spaces, so that this album can come on like a dance battalion without sacrificing the all-important aspect of this album that seems even so slightly out of place. With its insect-like bursts it would seem to belong more to Kraf- twerk than a funk group, but it never in- terferes and usually adds an interesting quirkiness to Defunkt's sound. LYRICS ARE the point at which Defunkt really separates from its strict funk heritage. At times their affected, new wave-influenced lyrics ("You made love to a photocopy/and left the room in perfect order") are a bit too much, but at least they don't resort to the unfunny concepts and bathroom humor that have plagued recent Parliament/Funkadelic. I worry, though, that this incestuous interaction with the new wave scene (in which Defunkt are quite hot) will keep them from getting the attention in black markets that they clearly deserve. The mere fact that their label is associated funk with the new wave (and suffering severe distribution problems, besides) may very well keep them from their appointed task-to show disco to be the illegitimate and uninteresting cul-de- sac of an offshoot that it is. If I weren't still (perhaps foolishly) so loyal to the Parliament/Funkadelic conglomerate, I'd come right out and say it-Defunkt are the best funk band in years and their album is all the proof that you need. Scholarships/ Assistantships: Applications are now being ac- cepted for scholarships and as- sistantships to the Graduate Man- agement Program at Georgia Tech. Outstanding seniors are encour- aged to write: Director of Grad- uate Admissions, College of Man- agement, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgi 30332. THE NATURAL SUPERMARKETS 2215 W Stadium Blvd. 314 E. Liberty Ann Arbor, Mich. 48103 Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104 formerly: Soybean Cellars save on these February coupon specials Defunkt has arrived to show them where the funk roots belong. True, Defunkt are no new phenomenon. They challenge the boun- daries of their funk sound but never really redefine the quintessential funk formula of folks like Parliament. But Defunkt are phenomenally good. Each of the Defunkt players is simply remarkable in his own field. Melvin Gibbs on bass (seen here recently with Ronald Shannon Jackson and The Decoding Society) and the horn players-Joe Bowie, Byron Bowie, and Ted Daniel-are especially worthy of note. But each player is always right on top of their collective sound with a master's sense of each other player's i I The University of Michigan Coilege of Literature, Science, and the Arts Fourth Distinguished Senior Faculty Lecture Series Professor Philip J. Elving in a three-part series, will discuss Social Dilemmas: A Chemist's Response ,.,F.. ------------..-...--..--.--- - - -- -.i i Thompson I I Vitamin E400 - 90 tablets I Sugg. Ret.$9.95 THOMPSON I Limit 2 vitamin I I SPECIAL E400 e9 --90 CAPSULES il ICoupon good thru February U- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -I Van Cortland I Whole Bean I Coffees a - I Irc q. pl-ice u p t o $5.79 !h. ILi mit 2 Po un ds SPECIAL I I $2.91b - - - - - (()- - - - --- - - rY"SUMMER CMPS The Ann Arbor Y is now accept- ing applications for staff posi- tions at the following camps: CAMP AL-GON-QUAN; a resident camp for boys and girls located on Burt Lake in northern Mich. Camp dates are June 22 to August 8. 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