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The Michigan Daily Tuesday, September 22, 1992 Page 5
EMF
Unexplained
EMI
Though EMF may never shed the
"Unbelievable" dance-pop kandy-
for-kids label, their "Unexplained"
EP should go a long way inproving
the band is more than a one-hit won-
der. The four songs rock harder and
play louder than EMF's light-n'-
slick "Schubert Dip."
"Unexplained" isn't as pop revo-
lutionary as Jesus Jones' "Liqui-
dizer" (and a coupla cuts on
"Doubt"), but is still very catchy.
The boys from the Forest of Dean
stick to the formula of keeping it
simple and repeating it over and
saver, without duplicating anything
from "Schubert Dip" or from song to
song. Instead of playing with kid
gloves, EMF keeps grooves going,
rinding through each song, each
ridge, each solo at (relatively)
breakneck speed.
By emphasizing guitar-based
dance rhythms supported by funky
looped sounds, "Unexplained" actu-
ally seems more complex than it
@ really is - progress, definitely. Any
of their three original cuts, "Getting
Through," "Far From Me," and "The
Three University profs read to feed
Same," could be singles, but it's
EMF's interesting cover of Iggy and
the Stooges' "Search and Destroy"
that might tread on sacred territory.
Lead singer James Atkin's pimply
voice sounds endearingly silly
singing "I'm a streetwalking cheetah
with a heart full of napalm," but at
least EMF realizes that no one takes
them seriously. Obviously, some-
body should.
- Annette Petruso
Big Chief
Face
Sub Pop
The band for the "Motorbooty"
generation, the local-based Big
Chief's long-awaited Sub Pop re-
lease rocks, boogies, tears and wears
with its groove-based funky alterna-
tive guitar rock and roll.
"Face" brings together disparate
forces spread over Big Chief's many
7", adding long ole sliding gee-tar
on the way wicked "Ballad of Dylan
Cohl,", a boffo dance remix of
"Fresh Vines," smidgens of
Thornetta Davis' hefty lungs for that
soulful feel to a couple tracks, and
actual lead vocals (not screeches) by
See RECORDS, Page 9
by Darcy Lockman
Today is the first day of fall, tra-
ditionally a day of harvest. For mil-
lions of people across the country,
however, this passage into autumn
means nothing more than a contin-
uation in the endless season of
homelessness.But now, 170 writers
nationwide are doing something
about this American tragedy.
Today, bookstores and college
campuses in cities all over the
United States will host the first ever
"Writer's Harvest for the Home-
less." Authors including Scott Tur-
ow, Susan Sontag, Studs Turkel and
Anna Quindlen will read from their
works to raise money for the fight
against hunger and homelessness.
Frederick Busch, author and fac-
ulty member at Colgate University,
came up with the idea for the
national reading when he saw an
elderly man pushing a shopping cart
on the side of a highway near
Busch's home. The oldtman re-
minded Busch of what the Bible
says: "Paradise is right next door to
homelessness."
Perhaps no one can better support
this biblical statement than the stu-
dents at this University, living on the
"paradise" of Michigan's campus,
right along side of hundreds of
homeless men and women. Ann
Arbor, perhaps partially in recogni-
tion of its own homeless crisis, is
one of the 60-plus cities to partici-
pate in the event.
Three University faculty mem-
bers, Nicholas Delbanco, Charles
Baxter and Richard Tillinghast will
read from their respective works
tonight. The money raised at the
reading will go to food banks, nutri-
tion programs, advocacy groups,
food programs, and domestic and in-
ternational community development
projects.
Delbanco, director of the Master
of Fine Arts creative writing pro-
gram here at the University, expects
a big turnout on a local level. "The
three of us (Delbanco, Baxter and
Tillinghast) usually fill auditoriums
when we give readings, and this
reading has the added attraction of
University professors Richard Tillinghast (left) and Charles Baxter(right), along with Nicholas Delbanco (not
pictured) will take part in the "Writer's Harvest for the Homeless."
being for a good cause," he said.
Tillinghast feels that the Writer's
Harvest is an excellent opportunity
to help others through his own work.
"As writers we spend a lot of time
sitting at our desks, it's a solitary oc-
cupation," he said. "I wanted to do
this reading to help the people I see
on a day to day basis walking around
collecting cans."
Adds Baxter, "None of us feel
that we can solve the whole problem,
but we want to do what we can.
Particularly in an election year many
of us want to draw attention to this
problem, to issues of homeless relief
and hunger."
Delbanco is organizing the Ann
Arbor portion of the national read-
ing. He became involved when
Share Our Strength (SOS), the group
in charge of this reading fest, con-
tacted him. SOS is one of the na-
tion's leading sources of fundraising
for grassroots hunger and homeless
relief efforts. In the last four years,
they have raised and distributed over
$7.5 million for hunger relief efforts
all over the world.
SOS's unique fundraising pro-
jects range from food and wine tast-
ings to the sale of artwork, fiction
anthologies, and children's stories.
The Writer's Harvest is just the lat-
est in a string of these different ap-
proaches to raising money.
Bill Shore, Executive Director of
SOS has said, "The response to the
national reading has been phenome-
nal. The addition of hundreds of
writers and booksellers to the SOS
network adds a powerful new collec-
tive voice to the fight against hunger
in America. Contributing one's time
and skills forges a lasting connection
to the issue and makes fighting
hunger, its causes and its conse-
quences a way of life."
THE WRITERS' HARVEST FOR
THE HOMELESS will take place
tonight at 7 p.m. at the Rackham
Amphitheatre. Tickets are available
at Border's Book Shop and at the
door. Suggested donation is $5 for
students, $8 general admission.
Those wanting information on how
to get involved in the efforts of SOS
can call 1-800-222-1767.
Alas, with Big Chief's elevation to true Rock Stars, we probably won't see
too many grungy old photos of them like this anymore.
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