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Thursday, November 9, 1972
University Daily Kansan
Kansan Photo by MARC MAX
McLaughlin Performs Inspirations
. 'Music is spiritual and sacred' . . .
McLaughlin Finds God In Creation of Music
By BILL JONES Kansan Reviewer
Perhaps the best way to describe the Mahavishnu Orchestra's music is by the word "intense." Regardless of whether the music is fast and energetic or quiet and still, it always says with the enormous energy that guitarist John McLaughlin says can constantly be feels.
"It's intense because we feel so strongly about it," said McLaughlin. "Everyone feels so strongly about whatever it they're feeling. I want the audience to feel what I'm feeling."
McLaughlin was speaking in a telephone interview late Saturday night after the incident.
He said that if he went to a musician, the musician played shallowly, he left the instrument unplayed.
"I want them to share with me. I want them to move me," he said.
McLaughlin and his wife were given the name "Mahavishnu" several years ago from an Indian teacher, Srin Chniolm. He was born in a village near the name of one of the great saints of India.
To Mahavishnu McLaughlin, music is something very spiritual and sacred.
"Word is sound, sound is music, music is God. Music is the worshim of God also."
"MUSIC IS a manifestation of God," he said. "It brings us together. There is music in everything and everyone. The rhythm of it is very important." In your lungs is very basic music in all of us.
God. Music is the worship of God, also." He thinks that his music is an inspiration of God and that other forms of music are also inspired by God, provided that the musicians are "devotees of the Lord." He said that he liked to listen to Indian music more than anything else because it was more spiritual.
"Indian music is more devotional than Western music," he said. He added that there was so much music played by so many musicians that "don't even mention God."
"He is the Creator of music. He is the Musician," he said.
In talking with McLaughlin, one is aware
a distinct feeling of peace and serenity.
He radiates a sort of childlike innocence.
ALL OF THE Mahavishnu Orchestra's musicians are excellent, and their abilities seem to go far beyond the demands of the music. Besides McLaughlin, especially Michael Cobham, throughout the concert, Cobham strated musical skill and speed.
Both McLaughlin and Cobham have worked with Miles Davis, to whom one of their songs, "Miles Beyond," is dedicated. McLaughlin said that Davis had been influencing him for years before he met him. He called Davis "an incredible artist."
"He's incredibly soulful," said McLaughlin. "He plays straight from the heart. He plays naturally, spiritually and fully. His concepts are strong, clear and pure."
"I have nothing but praise, admiration and love for him."
Melaughlin told a story about a man who recently asked Davis, "Why don't you play with the ball?"
Davis asked the man, "How did I play like I used to play?"
"YOU ARE A DIFFERENT person every day, aren't you?" asked McLaughlin. "You keep changing, so what you do keeps changing. Nothing is static in music. A piece is always evolving. It either progresses or regresses."
"My life is always fragmented," he said. "Each piece is different. I write different songs, but it's all a part of the same thing, and it all the facets of beauty in different ways."
McLaughlin said that although his music was inspired by God, bringing that inspiration out into a musical form was often very difficult.
“that’s where determination comes in,” he said. He said that he had been thinking “for five or six months, and before that, I was taking the album, which will be released in January.”
He said, "Each member contributes beauty of his own. They each put their own heart into it."
Going to Chicago Over Thanksgiving?
Save some money on the SUA flight. Leave the 21st of November and return at your own convenience. Round trip fare is $52.00. Limited space is available.
By RAYNA LANCASTER
Kansan Staff Writer
Feminist Speakers Bureau
Interested persons should come by the SUA office or call 864-3477. Deadline for payment is November 10. Open to all University Members.
Faculty members of the University of Kansas who are willing to get involved have many opportunities to bridge the gap between the University and the Lawrence community, according to two University of Kansas faculty members. They also serve as the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
Now available to speak to your group on Topics of Womens Liberation.
Barkley Clark, associate dean of the law school and chairman of the Lawrence and Douglas County Planning Commission, said that participation in the city, both socially and politically, was not difficult for those members who are willing to get involved.
The Chamber of Commerce, service clubs, and professional organizations, offer a starting place for meeting the citizens of Lawrence, he said. Clark, who has lived in Lawrence for nearly four years, considers Lawrence his permanent home.
A lack of understanding, communication and knowledge are the reasons for problems between the University and the town, he said. Participation by faculty and townpeople could alleviate these problems, he said.
Clark said that a recent Board of Regents ruling allowing more active participation of faculty members in local government gave Robert Casas, professor of law, the option to serve for the office of Douglas County District II District Judge in the Nov. 7 election.
The Chamber of Commerce and the Lawrence Daily Journal-World are the major contributors to communication and information KU and the community, Clark said.
Women's Coalition Birth Control
Women's Health Abortion
Women's Roles Rape
Lesbianism Women's Sexuality
Sexism Self Defense
Women's Liberation Movement
Faculty, Townspeople Similar, Prof States
Martin Dickinson, dean of the law school,
said the problem facing a newcomer to
Lawrence was no different for a University
faculty member or a businessman.
"I think the alleged differences between faculty and townpeople is greatly exaggerated because some assume there is a difference between the two communities," be said.
"A lot of people think that the Chamber is concerned solely with economic development," Dickinson said, "but we are actively seeking to engage students through high school, at Haskell and KU."
At the beginning of the year, the Chamber hosted a dinner for all new and old faculty members to meet with local businessmen. The faculty met at the dinner, half of whom were faculty.
Bill Gaut, executive vice president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, said, "We are open" to faculty members interested in membership to the Chamber of Commerce.
"The goals of Lawrence and the University are similar," Dickinson said. "The better they know each other, the more they will realize their similar attitudes."
E. Laurence Chalermers, while he was chancellor of KU and member of the Chamber, originated the "State of the University" address to inform the town of Nichols and progress. Chancellor Raymond Nichols continued the practice this semester.
The Chamber also hosts several breakfasts and luncheons throughout the year to get faculty, business, and legislators together, he said. A special incentive for membership of $25 yearly dues is offered to KU faculty by the Chamber rather than the $50 yearly minimum requested of local businessmen.
Call Barb 843-0410
Dickinson, who is also chairman of the KU Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, said that of the approximately 1,100 faculty members at KU about 125 were members of the Chamber. He described the amount as "heavy participation."
As in any other group of people, he said, there are some who are interested in community involvement and some who are not. He said most University people felt that they were more likely rather than a separate group stemming from, but not involved in, the community.
Dickinson said that everyone living in the community owns a wagon with good knowledge and operational experience.
Clark said, "I think there is a town-gown in some other college town as strong as in some other college town."
He said that some Lawrence residents felt that people "on the hill" are residing in an "iivory tower" and may be prejudiced by their many educational degrees.
KU Chamber Music Series
Film Society
Choral Music of the Renaissance and other Baroque Eras
The Village Voice
WOODRUFF AUD.
THURSDAY, NOV. 9
Friday, November 10-8:00 p.m.
MACUNAIMA
7:30 & 9:30 75c
Swarthout Recital Hall
Through a world of Brazilian Voodoo. "The Most Bizarre Film to Come from the Cannes Film Festival"
Tickets at Murphy Box Office-$2.50 No admission with KU ID
THE DELLER CONSORT
A Surrealistic Odyssey ...
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19th & Naismith
THE UNIVERSITY THEATRE
Tango
presents
Slawomir Mrozek
-A Macabre Comedy-
directed by Zvone Sodlbaur, guest director from Yugoslavia
November 10,11,16,17,18,1972
8:00 p.m.
University Theatre - Murphy Hall
KU Students receive reserve seat tickets with Certificate of Registration Box Office: UM4-3982