ARTS
Tuesday, September 28, 1982
The Michigan Daily
Page 7
Strumming along with Klugh
By Robert Weisberg
E ARL KLUGH provided a packed
house at Hill Auditorium with a
fine display of melodic music on Satur-
day night.
Klugh's nylon-stringed acoustic
guitar was backed by a five-piece group
featuring Ann Arbor's own Mickey
Rocquemore on acoustic piano (and oc-
casionally electric), along with Darryl
Dytka on electric keyboard, Hubert
Crawford on electric and occasionally
acoustic bass, Gene Dunlap on drums,
and Perry Hughes on guitar. The music
they made could most easily be defined
as jazz in that it took and developed
themes and then brought them back
home, if that's any kind of definition.
The most obvious aspect to this
listener, though, was its accessibility to
the relaxed ear. It wasn't very daring,
even though it carefully intertwined
various types of music ranging from
funk, as demonstrated in the opening
"I'll See You Again," to calypso. Klugh
is certainly a virtuoso; his band mem-
bers are no hacks either. When Hughes
took a solo the band lost nothing. But
the music as a whole lacked edge. It
contained numerous hooks and strong
transitions, but nothing to really jolt
you out of your seat. On the other hand,
it didn't really make you want to stay in
your seat for .any sustained period
either, because it didn't offer anything
interesting enough to just sit and watch
for two hours.
Generally, to warrant presentation in
concert, form music either has to offer
enough surprises and distinct
variations to enthrall you, like good
classical music or improvisational jazz,
or it has to have enough oomph to it to
make you want to get up and dance.
Klugh's approach seemed to incor-
porate but water down both of those
aspects, concocting something casually
listenable but unexciting.
Fantastic music to throw on the
record player when you're having din-
ner or something and don't have to give
it your full attention for two hours, and
good enough to make you wonder whAt
would happen if Klugh ever went for the
jugular. But then again, the crowd
loved it, so why should he?
Are you a star without a stage?
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SOPH SHOW '82
Earl Klugh performed at Hill Auditorium Saturaay night. Daily Photo by JUN SNOW
Jesus:
phone
home
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - A
movie studio has warned a college
professor against continuing to
distribute a pamphlet in which he com-
pares the movie E.T.-The Extra-
Terrestrial with the life of Jesus Christ.
An attorney for Universal City
Studios Inc. notified Albert E. Millar
Jr., chairperson of the English depar-
tment at Christopher Newport College,
by telegram last week that the sales of
the booklet "without our consent, per-
mission or authorization .. . infringe
upon the proprietary rights which we
own.",
"It's like using an atomic bomb to kill
a flea," said Millar of the studio's
telegram.
The telegram alleged the four-page
pamphlet produced by Millar infringed
on the studio's copyright and
trademark rights and constituted "un-
fair competition."
Millar, who teaches a course on the
Bible as literature, listed 33 items he
noticed in the movie he believes closely
parallel the life of Jesus.
"I think the thing that struck me most
was the idea of the capacity to heal, and
then when E.T. died and was resurrec-
ted," Millar said Sunday.
Millar published the booklet - titled
"E.T.-You're More Than A Movie
Star"-in July at his own expense. The
cover of the booklet carries a sketch of
the character E.T. drawn by an 18-
year-old student.
Universal attorney John G. Nuanes
asked that the professor advise the
studio he has "ceased all distribution
and sale of any E.T. merchandise";
that he advise them of the number of
copies sold and all revenues; and that
he "advise us of the manufacturing
sources."
Nuanes also asked that Millar in-
dicate his "willingness to surrender all
unsold goods for destruction."
"Our goal is not to destroy Dr. Millar
or put Dr. Millar out of business. Our
goal is to protect our rights. We have
certain rights we are forced to protect
and we have to protect our rights
against both the little and big," Nuanes
said.
In response to the studio, Millar's at-
torney, Jonathan S. Gibson III, has in-
dicated Millar did not print the pam-
phlets with commercial intent and that
the $1 charge was to help recover prin-
ting costs amounting to $300 or $400.
Millar has sold 23 of the booklets but
has distributed several without charge.
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