The Michigan Daily - Friday, October31, 1986 - Page 11 Anderson's 'Home of the Brave offers an innovative exploration By Therese Odlevak Home of the Brave is a film composed of concert footage from Laurie Anderson's most recent tour. Unlike other concert films, however, Home of the Brave is more than a simple documentary account of a performance. Rather, it is a film that allows Anderson herself to express and reveal her own individual message and opinion through music. The movie begins with Anderson dressed up as the mask- faced character of "Sharky," who starts the concert with an explanation of the binary number system used to create Anderson's song "Sharky's Day." The language and attitude of Anderson is humorous, yet there are serious undertones when she begins to relate the numbers of "one" and "zero" to the way that people in society define them. To be "number one," Anderson explains, is what everyone wants. No one wants to be a "zero." This use of scientific formulation and insight of social concepts give Anderson's music, which at times seems innane, a sarcastic humor and hidden meaning. She demands that the audience understands not only her lyrics, but the reasons why she wrote them and the deeper message they present. During the actual musical performance, Anderson makes use of a movie screen situated behind the band to flash pictures which represent the ideas of her songs. This use of visual imagery draws the audience's attention away from Anderson's stage presence and forces one to concentrate on the music and particular scenes that relate to the lyrics themselves. Anderson also shows her versatility by singing in both Spanish and Japanese. This gives spontaneity to the performance and reveals Anderson's concern for new ways to present her music. Home of the Brave is an energetic and spellbinding large- screen version of Laurie Anderson's stage style. While it is the devotees of Anderson's music who will probably get the most out of this film, the pure liveliness of her act and the insight she insight hold something for all viewers to enjoy. Bravo : Vladimir Ashkenazy, one of the world's most acclaimed and respected pianists, will give a recital on Sunday afternoon, at 4 p.m. at Hill Auditorium. For more information call: 764-2538. ON-CAMPUS INFORMATION RECEPTIONS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD 7:OOPM-9:OOPM ENGINEERING STUDENTS BUSINESS STUDENTS I." I Liz Story tells of her misspent youth Room 1024 Executive Lounge, 2nd1 East Engineering Bldg The Business School (The BUSINESS Reception is sponsored by the Finance, Marketing & Strategic Planning Clubs.) ACTUAL RECRUITMENT DATES: NOVEMBER 4TH & 5TH. Fl (Continued from Page 9) because you can walk out and get a feeling without even playing, and you do. The audience is very important. They're the listen - er...it's like saying 'How important is it when you're having a conversation, if the other person's listening?' God, it's important, because you're communicating something. And the success or failure of the concert depends on whether you've done that. And that also depends on whether people have listened...and you can tell and feel that, just like in a conversa - tion...it's just a psychological fact that you're aware of. D: Could you tell us something about your background? S: I started writng music sort of late. I didn't start writing until I was 21 or 22, then I started writing a lot. But as a result, I went through a lot of very concious accumulation of skills...it was a process that I moved through more as an adult than as a child. So I think someday that I will make a great teacher, because I'm very aware of steps. I quit piano to play ball in high school, because I hated my teacher, and she gave me an ultimatim: either play ball or play the piano. I opted for softball. So I didn't play at all for four years, five years. In fact, I think I tried several other disciplines before I went back to music--writing poetry and doing art, and philosophy and languages.... D: Was it calling you all the while? S :Oh yeah, it was, but it wasn't, because I was so afraid of it. I thought, "What am I going to do with this? Teach piano lessons? Be a music librarian?" I just didn't know....and frankly, being in a conservatory-type atmosphere, it's a little frightenening, because it's hard to know what you're going to do from that kind kind of place. I was fortunate enough to get out of there. D: What do you mean by that? S: I wasn't learning what I wanted to learn. I wanted to learn to hear better, and play better, and you're so busy collecting a lot of information that that's the last thing you do...for example, if you're taking a class in Baroque music, and you have to memorize all the modes so you can pass your test...but if somebody were to drop a needle on a record and say "What mode is this?" you wouldn't know, because you're so busy memorizing what it is so you can write it down on a test, you don't know what it sounds like, which is completely, completely absurd. Music is sound. It is not theory, it is not just infor - mation...there's so much informa - tion you have to learn, and your'e busy doing that, you're not busy growing musically...I had this illusion that you learned theory, and suddenly, you knew how to write. In a conservatory type atmosphere it's the last thing that would be likely to happen. You learn how to analyze other things that are written...I could go back to that atmosphere now and learn some - thing, because of what I know now, but at the time, what I wanted to know, and learn, was not happening there... D: I suppose you're saying that your conservatory experience was not useful. But was it useless? S: No, I think lots of times disappointments are very useful. They're important. They create an ache or a deeper desire for some - thing. ..you get angry and you look harder. This is your opportunity to interview us. Talk with our recruiters (over refreshments, of course). Ask questions. Find out about the enormous scope of our operations, the direc- tion in which we're heading, and the outstanding technical; and business careers In. electronics and telecommunications' that GTE has to offer. Guaranteed, you'll like what you hear. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F. 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