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Bonnie Hayes
Joe's Star Lounge
10 p.m. Tuesday, October 19
Tickets: $3.50
W OMEN HOLD an often
precarious position in rock
music; as elsewhere, they are asked to
fill certain roles deemed acceptable to
society. Popular success depends to a
large extent on sexual allure or image.
From th efluttering eyelids of Olivia
Newton-John to the reverse-role macho
posing of Joan Jett, female musicians
are marketed as a special commodity,
perhaps limited in expression, but in
perfect agreement with the varied fan-
tasies of the buying public.
Exceptions to such moaning
generalization are, of course,
numerous, and one of them, Bonnie
Hayes, brings her band and a different
approach to Joe's Star Lounge this
Tuesday night following local rockers
Ragnar Kvaran.
Hailing from California, home of the
few new things going on in American
pop, Hayes must walk a thin line bet-
ween popularity and integrity, between
the complacency of Stevie Nicks and
the self parody of the Go-go's. The
rather feminist label placed on Bonnie
Hayes and the Wild Combo might have
destroyed the popular potential of
many groups-the revolt againstI
traditional rock stereotypes hasn't
brought mass national appeal yet-if
Hayes hadn't successfully infused such
listenable and refreshing optimism to
her socially conscious pop(this in con-
trast to another California import,
American punk).
Good Clean Fun, Hayes' February '82
debut album on Slash, begs comparison
to the recent pop of the Go-go's and
Blondie, and emerges quite favorably,
in terms of intelligent lyrics and dan-
ceability.
Shelley's Boyfriend" has an upbeat
sound and catchy phrases Girls will be
girls and boys will be boyfriends)
that belie its more earnest entreaty to
Hayes' younger sister not to sacrifice
mind and matter to her domineering,
airheaded companion. Other tracks like
"Coverage," "Dum Fun," and "Girls
Like Me," the opening tribute to a
modern female attitude, make the LP
enduringly and infectiously true to its
cleverly chosen title.
In a telephone interview from the
East Coast, where she began her
current tour last week, Hayes
described some of her motives in the
writing of "Girls Like Me:" "The most
obvious thing it was about was feeling .
.. embarrased about aggressiveness,
not even sexually, but in careers and
the way you behave ... A lot is just
about controlling your own life."
Hayes has taken great strides toward
cont.rolling her own life, and her music,
although it wasn't easy getting initial
attention from generally unresponsive
record companies. "I was, I still am,
incredibly disappointed, in the music
industry,"she said. "Especially at that J
Veggie
delight,
By Diane Pawlowski
O CTOBER: moving, CRISP, and
the first few weeks of the semester
are behind you. Hopefully, you're well
into your course work-but not ham-
pered by the mid-term crunch.
It's time to take a break from studies,
dorm of apartment cooking, yougurt-
on-the-run and pizza. There are other
things to eat. Little treats found in the
Ann Arbor eateries you rushed by on
the way to McDonald's or Burger Chef
or the bookstore.
Seva's, located at 314 East Liberty, is
a good place to start your own sam-
pling. This little restaurant features a
vegetarian menu that makes you won-
der why you ever shied away from
"veggies." The emphasis here is not on
health food, or bare minimal survival,
but on enjoying home-style cooking that
leaves the customer thinking, "I really
did get my money's worth."
In the evening, the atmosphere at
Seva's reminds one of a summer gar-
den arbor. This is an especially good Mexican dishes. There are sweet and the crust or t
feelig now that we are about to plunge sour vegetables, fried rice and the portion is
from autumn into another long, cold vegetables with cheese as well as Service is
Michigan winter. Window frames filled Szechuan vegetables. with every be
with old leaded and stained glass filter The fried rice and vegetables with filled. Your v
out a hectic world. Inside Seva's taped cheese is a filling and substantial meal. are filled wit
flute and harp music gives the Mushrooms, broccoli, zucchini, carrots down a wait
restaurant an Oriental flavor-a are combined with brown rice and top- friendly and c
marked contrast from some of the ped with melted cheese. convert you
Mexican items found on the menu. The fried rice is not the spicy, soy- vegetarian w
Reclaimed brick walls and oversized sauce-and-egg-plus-vegetable that one with helpful i
brown and white wallpaper silhouettes sees in most Chinese restaurants. Here, size plus sug
of waving grain add to the garden brown rice is used. The dish does not regarding me
feeling, have the oily taste some fried rice often Kitchen noi
There is a blackboard special that has. The cheese, melted atop the moun- a restaurant
varies from day to day and is priced at ded rice and vegetable mixture, makes existent at S
$3.95 for lunch; $5.20 for dinner. The for a pleasant taste contrast-not rather pleasa
specials vary daily from quiche to stir- unlike Mexican food. A customer serves as a
fry to lasagna. Everything else is a la receives at least a cup and a half of background n
carte. You can bevcertain to be able to fried rice. Looking at
select an entree, beverage and dessert Because the fried rice hasn't been owner Steve E
for about $10. overdosed with soy sauce, it can't lean customer enjy
Nachos, guacamole and potato skins on it for flavor, and seems almost bland were able to f
are listed as appetizers andrange in in comparison to the fried rice served in back there bu
price from 55 for the potato skins to many restaurants. After a few forkfuls, hour and the,
$2.85 for guacamole with chips. The one can really appreciate the flavor of some good foo
cheese nachos, at $1.85, are served the original ingredients. At present,
piping hot-and are at least as filling as For dessert, Seva's offers a pumpkin not in effect.
a hamburger or a cheeseburger. pie cheesecake. The flavor is rather within the nex
Salads, soups, omelettes, a 10-inch like a very light pumpkin pie-without will be serving
pizza, warm loaves of bread as well as a _ _ _
variety of juice, vegetable, and blendedEVERYTHING IN THE LIVELY AR
fruit drinks are offered.
A nice variety of salads, ranging in
price from a house salad for $1.25 to a
superfruit salad, at $4.65 are also listed.
Salads are not the only thing on the
menu by any means. In fact, the menu
entrees contain both Oriental and
Bonnie Hayes: Good clean fun
time-I was writing what I felt was
really good music, and I was like get-
ting no support for it at all . . . It's
become such a fashion thing-if you do
anything that doesn't really comply to a
pretty strict set of rules if you haven't
had any previous success, it's very dif-
ficult to put anything out."
The group is planning another album
to be recorded early next year, in
which, Hayes claims, "the rock 'n roll
is going to come out a lot stronger; i'm
a little disappointed in pop. I mean, I'm
really good at it, but i'm also the
songwriter, so . . . I don't think we're
going to turn into a synthesizer band (a
la Psychadelic Furs) at all. I hope not."
The aversion to synthetic music
aside, Hayes nonetheless displays am-
ple talent for the keyboards, having
played as a professional musician for
years before joining a San Francisco
group called the punts in 1929 which
later evolved into the Wild Combo.
Classically trained as a pianist, Hayes
cites such influences as Ray Charles,
Otis Redding, Junior Walker, and other
black artists as part of her musical
roots, adding a personal fondness for
jazz.
Such a diverse background lends well
toward experimentation, and Tuesday
night's audience should be prepared for
just about anything. The group lays
emphasis on R 'n R and dance music,
with a soft spot for improvisation.
The combination of Hayes' dance-
oriented pop with Ragnar Kavaran's
more driving earnestness promises an
evening of variety if nothing else. Joe's
first excursion into creative out-of-town
acts bodes well for a town that could use
a little shakin' up. -
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