w w w w w w w w w w w "qw- -lw- -qw IW l4w 'r ,w mr ,w IIW qw qw MR CLASSICAL COVER ENTERTAINMENTS RECORDS The truth about TA's Page 3 It's a rare undergraduate who doesn't have a TA for at least one course at the University. In spite of this, they are not always acclaimed. What are the values of TA's? Daily staff writer Sean Jackson examines this question for this week's Cover story. This week's cover photo was taken by Daily Photographer Kate O'Leary. Pictured are contem- porary drama professor Peter Bauland (left) and English composition TA Jan Armon (right). MOVIES Thriiler without twists and thrflls Page Weekend movie reviewer Joshua Bilmes finds little to like about Kurt Russel's latest film, The Mean Season. A suspense film, Bilmes claims that not only does Season lack suspense, it lacks strength as well. Can anything redeemable be found in this film? Check the review to find out! Around Ann Arbor Pages 7-10 The Happenings section features Weekend staff compilations of this weekend's events in the city. Cinema, bars & clubs, theater, restaurants and more are covered in this complete and handy guide to Ann Arbor events. Retro becomes mainstream Pages 12, 13 The sound of the Sixties is back, and reviewer Den- nis Harvey dreads the day where Everystudent listens to garage music as a matter of course. The day may soon be on its way-in his most recent review Harvey listens to some of the latest offerings of bands of the garage genre. BOOKS World War 11 reminisces RELEASES Page 11 Pages 14, 15 There are many historical accounts of the events of World War II; one of the latest is "The Good War" by Studs Terkel. This book differs in that it is a com- pilation of first hand accounts of those affected by the war. Weekend reviewer Ron Schechter calls it "sen- sitive and non-judgemental." Tune in to in tunes Check out this week's Releases section for a peek at the latest pop, rock, metal and classical discs. Our staff's quick reviews are your guide to music buying. --- - - -, Weekend March 8, 1985 Vol III. Issue 19 Magazine Editors .................Paula Dohring Randall Stone Associate Magazine Editors .......... Julie Jurrjens John Logie Magazine Staff:J Joshua Bilmes, Neil Galanter, Debbie Gesmundo Diane Melnick, Sarah Rosenberg, Joyce Welsh Arts Editors ...... .... ........... Mike Fisch Andrew Porter Associate Arts Editors .........Michael Drongowski Movies .......................... .Byron L. Bull Music ............................. Dennis Harvey Books....:.......................Andy Weine Weekend Marketing Coordinator.....Miriam Adler Sales Manager .....................Dawn Willacker Sales Representatives: Steve Friedlander, Debby Kaminetsky, Cynthia Nixon, Leslie Purcell, Jenny Matz, Kathleen O'Brian, Meg Margulies, Mary Anne Hogan, Sheryl Biesman, Mark Bookman, Leigh Schlang, Peter Giangreco Weekend is edited and managed by students on the staff of the Michigan Daily at 420 Maynard, Ann Ar- bor, Michigan Daily 48109. Weekend, (313) 763-0379 and 763-0371; Michigan Daily, 764-0552; Circulation, 764-0558; Display Adver- tising, 764-0554. Copyright 1985, The Michigan Daily. I I |-'"""'------- - --------------- 1769-242249 2FAST FREE DELIVERY 17 9 4 2 "We Are The Competitionl" 310 MAYNARD IAhe PZZA EXPRESS & SUB EXCHANGE h BUY 1 WHOLE SUB, °° ~ GET 1/2 °% a FREE .7c~'12"1r1@P.. / 2 T M, P KL TRAYVWW I SE$AME SEED OMP7 ET MPORTANT NOTICE! Don't be fooled by our competitors smaller overpriced '/ and 4trays. 2 10" PIZZAS NCHICAGO STYLE 1 ITEM ON EACH PIZZA STUFFED PIZZA PLUS 2 FREE QUARTS I WITH 2 ITEMS AND 2 OF COKE! QUARTS OF COKE! $6.99' NOW ONLY 3 ,~err .2 &,4 ok$ 6.4 X -aI - 3 ,fZ A . 4y o g 8 .9 Beethoven: Symphonies No. 5 in C Minor and no. 2 in D Major; Otto Klem- perer with the Philharmonia Orchestra - (Angel EMI Digital) This newly released reading of Beethoven's universally known 5th is 50% commendable and worth listening to, and 50% not. Klemperer begins and heads through the first two movements in an overly pedantic manner producing somewhat overly restrained music, then in the last two movements the scene does a real "switcheroo" and the interpretation becomes grandios in every way, with plentiful amounts of suppleness but at the same time not destroying the overall form and struc- ture of the piece. The ending is worth listening to just for the many exciting moments Klemperer obtains from the orchestra. N. G. Extra! Extra! From Angel Records! and interestingly noteworthy too. Earlier this past fall, I reviewed It- zhak Perlman's recording of narrations of both Prokifiev's Peter and the Wolf, and Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals with duo-pianists Katia and Marielle Labeque. Well, Is anybody out there Hebrew or Israeli? Why? Because this album may now be heard in Hebrew as well on Angel Records, and it is worth it just to hear a great violinist narrating a pleasant and witty group of childrens tales even more so in Hebrew. I guess it would be interesting even if you don't speak Hebrew. But ... there is always Elementary Modern Hebrew 201 for 5 credits and it only meets for two hours three days a week. ... Bad idea? Oh Well! N.G. SEVI M C Triumph-Thunder Seven (MCA Records) Thunder Seven, Triumph's latest album, covers a wide variety of rock music from heavy metal to pop. Maybe some bands can make this work for them but Thunder Seven proves Triumph isn't one of them. Triumph is noted for its high energy, lift-your spirits brand of heavy metal like the thundering "Time Goes By" and "Rock Out, Roll On," two songs that appear on Thunder Seven. But af- ter those two, there's little of that quality Triumph sound to be found. Most of the songs found on Thunder Seven fall into the not so glorious category of power pop, music with no energy or excitement. But Triumph doesn't stop there, having decided to use up more vinyl, they insert a pair of fillers on the album. The first one being "Time Canon", a song so goofy it has to be heard to be believed and the other, "Little Boy Blues" an instrumental that sounds like dinner music. The highlight of Thunder Seven is the lyrics. Triumph continues their policy of delivering well thought out lyrics that offer hope and promise. One song that shouldn't be overlooked is "Cool Down", a rocker that more than vaguely reminds the listener of Led Zeppelin. All in all, Thunder Seven is not one of Triumph's better albums and the recommendation here is to wait for their next album. R. L. This week's Releases were com- piled by Neil Galanter, Dennis Har- vey, Rob LaDuke, and Joe Kraus. I9 GOT ERYTHING? NOT QUITE. YOU NEED THE ICHIGAN DAILY TO BE FULLY PREPARED. SUBSCRIBE NOWI :aii 764-0558 American Red Cross Blood Services Southeastern Michigan Region m..j 2 Weekend/Friday, March 8, 1985 Weekend/Friday, M