, The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 5, 1990 - Page 7 Descent of grace Writers travel through "Barnyard," Tibet BY JAY PINKA THE life of a writer is so uneventful, monotonous, unstressful. Sitting at a desk, day after day, hour after hour, typing up pages and pages about people who never existed - what a sugar-coated, escapist way of playing God! Creating characters out of their heads, and then controlling them, what real shock can Hilda Beltran and Ann Slater experience, except that of not getting published? The study of character that comprises so much fiction writing is not such a naive power trip, accord- ing to Beltran and Slater, both second-year M.F.A students at the University. Beltran, who used to do "a lot of theatre and improv," experiences the pleasure of impromptu creativity in the actions of her charac- ters. "I like to write things... for spontaneity... to be surprised by what they're going to do," says Beltran. The title of "She Do The Barnyard in 15 Voices" only whimsically hints at the issue of miscommuni- cation that often runs through Beltran's stories. The writer portrays different kinds of awareness that par- ticipants in a communication breakdown can experi- ence, as in her Hopwood winners "Barnyard," which shows a mother conscious of her lack of contact with her daughter, and "Terrible Accidents," where the characters fail to recognize the problem at all. Ann Slater fell into her semi-epistolary novel with the same "descent of grace." The novel, which began as a series of letters written for a project in 1985, traces a woman's travels through Tibet. "I liked the immediacy," says Slater, "Letters in particular can invite the reader into interior land- scapes of character." Now that her characters have pointed out her stylistic path, Slater is deliberate in exploring the current political and cultural climate in a very real manner. While making "metaphorical" the idea of the Chinese occupation, she illuminates her work with "the theme of independence and how it manifests in personal relationships." Believe me, Slater leaves her desk while writing. Go with her as she rediscovers Tibet - having dusted her feet climbing steep paths to many a Ti- betan temple. The shrines are "much darker" than our churches, says Slater, "lit by butter lamps - silver cups with butter in them, but they burn, (with) murals and frescoes on the walls." HILDA BELTRAN and ANN SLATER will read tonight at 8:30 p.m. at Guild House, 802 Monroe. SARAH Br D r\Efly The concert wasn't televised, so the fans who squeezed into Gil Scott-Heron's two sold-out shows at the Ark on Saturday can consider themselves among the lucky few. The vibemosphere was intense. REVIEW Continued from page 5 dress to the audience, he segued from the pigeonholing of Black History Month to an analysis of the meteo- rologist to the bone-jarring anti-nuke anthem "We Almost Lost Detroit." The vibemosphere was definitely chilly. Despite some forays into Barry White's honey-coated soul style and the pointless free jazz "realism" of the intro to "Angel Dust," Scott-Heron and his band, the Amnesia Express, created a blustery aural portrait of the American cli- mate. The song selection was not blatantly political, but the desolate flute fills in "Winter in America" made it perfectly clear that not ev- eryone is looking through the same rose colored glasses that blur the vi- sion of George Bush and Dan --v _ .r ._ r.. Quayle. Once Scott-Heron turned the pro- ceedings over to the Secretary of En- tertainment - the incredibly talented bassist Robert Gordon - the mood shifted from contemplation to cele- bration. Gordon's groove, which combined the virtuoso runs of John Entwistle with the interplanetary slap-funk of Bootsy Collins, was exemplary of traditional African be- liefs in the power of rhythm. Scott- Heron talked about the conception of rhythm as a snake, saying that rhythm is regenerative, just as a snake sheds its skin every year. This belief was realized in the encore, "The Bottle." Gordon and percus- sionist Larry McDonald turned a song that warns of the danger of al- coholism into a frenzied, seemingly endless crescendo of liberating ec- stasy. -Peter Shapiro 'Drops sweet and powerful Okay, I came late to the Mighty Lemondrops/The Ocean Blue/John Wesley Harding concert last Friday at St. Andrew's. I saw about one and a half sets, rather than the three to which I was entitled. So sue me. When I arrived at 10:40 p.m., I had my ticket handy, but The Ocean Blue was nearly over. How was I to know they'd start on time? Nobody else does. So I miscalculated. Having completely missed John Wesley Harding's set, it would be difficult to review it. A seemingly reliable source in the bathroom said he thought it sucked, however. I heard varying reports on how long The Ocean Blue played. The best es- timate is 40 minutes, so I saw about half of their set. If the first half was as good as the second, they turned in an incredible performance. The mix was crystal clear, the playing flaw- less and the energy level high. The guys bounced around the stage, looked at their shoes quite a bit and got the sold-out, firecode-breaking crowd jumping along with them. An especially perfect version of "Drifting, Falling" had me kicking myself for not coming earlier. A cloud of dry ice fog announced the arrival of The Mighty Lemon- drops. Starting with "At Midnight," (which was hardly appropriate at 11:30) and then a slamming version of "Happy Head," the band looked happier to be there than the last time through town. They jumped around and seemed to be enjoying them- selves through old and new songs like "Into the Heart of Love," "Inside Out," (which the bassist screwed up big time) and "Fall Down (Like the Rain)." Before long, however, their enthusiasm began to wane and the all too familiar strains of guitar tun- ing took up more and more time be- tween songs. Just like last year, they closed their short set with a cover of the Stones' "Paint it Black" that had their fog machine and feedback work- ing overtime. The song ended, the fog stopped coming, and the lights came back on. The last I saw of the Lemondrops was their behinds as they scurried up the back stairs into the dressing room. I can't complain though - I did get two Ocean Blue members' autographs before I left. -Mike Molitor NTHE SPOTLIGHT Poet Robert Hass will be mak- ing an appearance at Shaman Drum bookstore, 313 S. State, from 4-6 p.m. today. 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