0 0 The Michigan Daily/New Student Edition -- Thursday, September 7, 1989 - Page 14 The Michigan Daily/New Student Edition - Thursda Turn the pagew A passionate encounter - 0 By Nabeel Zuberi Daily Arts Writer "There's more to life than books, you know....But not much more." Uttered by the eminently quotable Morrissey, erstwhile singer of Brit- ish pop band The Smiths, this epigram speaks volumes to lovers of language everywhere. If you're one of those people who needs regularly to feel the dryness of the printed page between your fingers, then Ann Arbor shouldn't disappoint you. For- get about those ludicrously priced books you have to get because the professor said so; here we'll be talk- ing about the pleasure of the text. However, to assuage academic concerns, I'll tell you right here and now that most of your textbooks can be found at U l r ic h's (549 E. University) and Michigan Book & Supply (at the corner of North University and S. State), the cam- pus's two most boring bookstores. They're just warehouses, designed to sell academic books as efficiently as possible, with minimum hassle for customer and retailer alike. Pur- pchasing here is a perfunctory ex- perience, with no satisfaction for the seasoned browser. Where real print junkies go first is Border's (303 S. State), the nub of the Ann Arbor book world. Border's is a browser's paradise; book lovers can even lounge on the several benches as they peruse publi- cations. The store has everything you could want, from irresistible Penguin modern classics with pale aubergine-colored spines to the latest psychoanalytic treatise on the frag- mentation of the self in the post- modern world. Being inside Border's is like that blissful yet aching, sus- pended moment just before orgasm; your urges compel you to spend, but you want to prolong the moment where every book you want in the shop is potentially yours. It takes a special resolve to curb one's spend- ing in Border's. Even more fun than Border's is (the host of used bookstores in town. David's Books (622 E. Liberty) is the most prominent of these - be- cause of the yukkiest mural in town announcing its presence. It's the only drawing in which the feminist author Anais Nin looks like Ziggy Stardust. David's has the pungent odor of the classic Olde Worlde sec- ondhand bookshop, and a fat cat in permanent residence. This is the place to get those Dostoyevskys, Flauberts and Kafka-Books You've Always Pretended To Have Read And Now It's Time To Sit Down And Really Read Them. Dawn Treader (525 E. Liberty & 1202 S. University) is the most eclectic of the used stores. Here you'll find classic sci-fi and mystery paperbacks with gloriously kitschy covers and that first edition paper- back of Kerouac's On The Road you've always wanted. Dawn Treader is ideal for the Books You've Been Hunting For Years Without Success, the Books You Could Put Aside Maybe To Read In The Summer, and Books You Need To Go With Other Books On Your Shelves. The State Street Bookshop (316 S. State) has the genteel air of an antiquarian bookseller. It's more highbrow than other used bookstores in town, being less populist and more collector oriented; the paper- back collection here is a sorry sight. Still, the old maps, globes and piped classical music provide a pleasant ambience in which to roam come a free afternoon. Tucked away upstairs at 313 S. State is the Shaman Drum Book- store, a small but perfectly formed little store, attracting the more ideo- logically sound reader than Border's. If you want books about growing up in Pakistan and feminist semiotics, then this is the one for you. The Shaman Drum has a gentrified ve- neer and polish, as well as a very select catalogue. No secondhand books here. Of course, there's also Commun- ity Newscenter (1301 S. Uni- versity & 330 E. Liberty), which sells periodicals mainly but is good for bestseller hardback bargains from time to time. And Logos (1205 S. University) is Ann Arbor's premier holistic, life-affirming, religious bookstore. And I suppose I should mention Waldenbooks, B. Dal- ton, and the Doubleday Book Store (all at Briarwood Mall), but then visiting them is about as en- gaging and entrancing as going down the aisles at Kroger's. Books are a serious business. Shopping for books is a pleasure to be taken seriously. Sniff es Continued from Page 13 "Wait one second," Mike cau- tioned, "if Cindy has the sniffles we're not going anywhere. "Sorry gang, maybe I'll ask Mr. Ditmier if we can go fishing on his boat next Sunday." 0 By Kristin Palm Daily Arts Writer The task: to mold the unblemished minds of as many incoming freshmen as possible. To take their trusting nature and Bon Jovi-saturated eardrums and tune them into something new, fresh, and (dare I say it?) invigorating. The hard part: to highlight the bands which offer funk, folk, thrash, trash, salsa and psychedelia on the Ann Arbor scene and describe them with few or no ref- erences to the MC5 or Iggy and the Stooges. Iggy left A2 long ago, and the site of the MC5's Translove Energies is now more commonly known as Luther Co-op, so let's give it a shot. First, we must set the scene. It's a typical night on an given weekend in Ann Arbor (Thursday nights do constitute the start of the weekend here. Welcome to college!). Funds are waning, but another night of dorm lounge movies won't cut it. What's one to do? Frat parties are free - and wouldn't a warm, flat beer hit the spot just about now? O.K. - how about waiting in line to get into Dooley's or Charley's? By the time you get to the door you'll be so hot and fed up you'll want to go home. You're bound to save some money that way. This is the time to check out the sounds of the bands which inhabit Ann Arbor. We'll venture a little ways from the safe, familiar strains of "I Think We're Alone Now," but the territory will not prove completely foreign. Begin with a popular cover band, the Iodine Raincoats. No, these are not top-40 covers. More like Joy Division and the Cure - but everybody's into these groups around here anyway Mars Needs Women performs covers, too but they dig farther back to the days of Aretha Franklin and Chuck Berry. However, George Thorogood also ap- pears in their repertoire. Unfortunately, they are seen most often at the Apartment Lounge up by North Campus, a bit of a walk without a motorized vehicle. But they have been known to play at Rick's every once in a while, so if you're 19 - or know someone who looks like you who is 19 - check them out. A Rick's regular with the same type of sound is Steve Nardella's Rock 'n Roll Trio. With rumors of Elvis' death being a hoax and all, it might be a good idea to see these guys up close. The King just may have found his niche right here in A-squared in the confines of Nardella's trio. For those who are stuck in the 60s but prefer mel- lower sounds, two other bands to investigate are Flashback and Juice. If you're just entering college, you are obviously too young to have witnessed the Grateful Dead in their heyday. So why not settle for second best? These groups have definitely got, the sound, and a large portion of their following consists of hardcore Deadheads. Venturing out a little farther from the mainstream is the funky, dance-pop sound of the Difference. If you think you might have seen this group on MTV, you're probably right. In the spring of '88 they won the music-video network's nationwide battle of the bands. At times they may remind you of the synthe- sizer-oriented bands played on Eurobeat night at the Nectarine Ballrooom. The fact remains: the bass player cannot be denied. What's to say? Randy Martin jams. Toning down on the electronics, or eliminating them altogether, is the way of groups like Map of the World, the Opossums, and Frank Allison and the Odd Sox. These bands let their guitars do the talking. Longtime A2 mainstays Map of the World have recently returned from a one-year hiatus and are going strong again playing their brand of folk music with an edge. As are the Opossums - formerly the Folkminers, (and they sounded just like the name might imply) they have rearranged the group and their approach to present a sound that still demonstrates the group's talent but allows them to play some real down n' dirty rock n' roll. And then there's Frank Allison and the Odd Sox. With this band of Chelsea natives, it is hard to tell which is more intriguing: the music itself, the song ti- tles (i.e. "Suzie's Got a Brand New Ape"), the lyrics (i.e. "Looking back at all the things we did it makes me mad/ Like when we bought that barracuda, hid it from your dad") - or the funny faces Frank makes both on and off the stage. It's hard to stay off the dance floor with this band, and Frank's crowd seems to have it's own patented dance to go along with this unique brand of rock n' roll. If you have just broken up with the love of your life or are experiencing some other trauma, your best bet is to stay away from this band for a while. Frank and the Odd Sox are definitely a bunch of happy guys. Also hailing from Chelsea are Ann Arbor's answer to the Replacements, the Holy Cows. While at times this band's desire to emulate Paul Westerberg and Co. becomes a little too obvious, they do play mostly originals and they do play rock n' roll. In other words, they still beat Charley's or Dooley's on any night of the week. With two albums out, they really have no need for cover tunes, which is actually unfortunate in this case. In their early days, they impressed one young listener with a mean cover of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" and the only better-than--adequate Police cover ever performed, the little-known "Fall Out." Also included in the category of straightforward rock n' roll locals are Ann Be Davis and Big Box of Nines, who play original tunes - a definite plus. For a more island-oriented beat, club-goers can turn to the sounds of Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band. This See.Bands, Page 5 Music made in Michigan Area clubs feature bands with local roots Playing a classic college-sound brand of g ments, locals The Holy Cows are on the ris Up n smol rockers st BILLWOD/uuuaiy The identites of the writers pictured on the infamous mural on the side of David's Books puzzle many students. The authors are (I to r) Woody Allen, Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Hesse, Franz Kafka, and Anais Nin. WELCOME STUDENTS! BUY 3 COOKIES AND- G ET 1 FR EE Open Daily 761-CHIP Mon-Fri 9-7:30 ' 715 N. University Coupon exp. 10/7/89 Sat. 10-8:30 O .....- - - - ... -- -- ..... ... 1. M fl ENGLISH COURSES Intensive and semi-intensive programs Registering Now THE MICHIGAN LANGUAGE! CENTER 309 S. State, Ann Arbor, MI 663-9415 By Brian Jarvinen Daily Arts Writer Like many student outfits, the Holy Smokes formed around a core of people from the same dorm hall. The guitar players, Lawrence and Chuck, started ev- erything by getting together to hash out chords; soon, band fever set in. Ultimately, the group ended up in that middle ground between those local bands who have managed to release nation- ally distributed records on indie labels such as Restless and Touch & Go, and those who never make it past playing covers in the basement. 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