--- Thursday, December 6.1973 3 Albums Make Enduring Xmas Gifts By BILL WEBER Karen Bertier Kansas Reviewer Are you tired of always buying your mother hosiery and your father a new tie for Christmas? Does your girl friend already own a dozen ID bracelets? Why not answer the personal and practical qualities of giving albums this Christmas? Albums make fine, enduring gifts and can demonstrate to the recipients just what you think of them. And since the Christmas season is filled with many new releases, various albums can be selected for all your relatives and friends. "Mooondog Matinee," the new Band album, contains renditions of some old hits of the late '50s and early '60s. The Band puts even vigor and excitement into these old tunes to move your mother, who doesn't dance, and your father, who won't rock'n'roll. Of course, if your parents are deaf or just plain down, you can always give it to yourself. For your brother, who graduated from Yale with his masters in psychology and is now a belfoy at the Salma Hilton, give the concept of identifying to addition with identifying to the concept of the album, he'll be entertained by the fine production of some excellent hard rock. This, too, you might want to give to yourself instead. For your sister, who cried and screamed when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan's television show, try the new, live Beach Boys album. Not only will it put into perspective her old tastes, with the nostalgia of songs like "Help me Rhonda" and "I Get Around," but it also will show her the possibility of growth within that style. However, the album might shame her because she hasn't grown up as much as the Beach Boys have, who managed to maintain their image. In that case, buy the album for yourself. Then there's that favorite uncle, who "The Naked Ape," a movie based on the bestselling book by Desmond Morris, is disappointing. Ludicrus is a more precise term to describe a futile piece of boredom. If you go to see the movie, keep in mind that it is a Playboy production. Then think of the most mediocre material you have seen and you will know the essence of the film. Movie 'The Naked Ape' Marked By Playboy's Mediocre Material in you're thinking of Playboy cartoons, keep in mind that the movie is advised for you to watch a few times. "I thought the movie was really good except for the real parts," one member of the audience said. About half of the movie is animated. The animation was good. The "real life" parts showed the frustration college students and potential draftees experience in sustaining sexual drives and aggression respectively]4. 'Godspell's' Antics Hamper Movie's Religious Theme It was interesting to find out how a movie could treat a book such as "The Naked Adder." By DIANE YEAMANS Kanan Reviews Editor Although "Goddess" is funny, draws on a lot of nostalgia and uses a lot of symbolism; the presentation gets in the way of the effect. The movie loses its strength because of it. The message is the word of God, either exactly quoted or paraphrased from the Bible in the movie's script and song lyrics. But instead of being filled with all the details of the carriage carries, you find yourself laughing at the antics used to relay the message on film. Despite its being distracting, the presentation is entertaining. The part of Christ's life in which he preached the Gospel is traced in symbolism. Many of the parables are reenacted in passion play form and others in dance and sonn The musical score is good. Familiar songs such as "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord," "Day by Day," and "Turn Back, Oh Man, Your Foolish Ways" are song. But none of them is outstanding and most of it is mediocre. It seemed impossible that it could treat such a book fairly or really make you understand what the book was about. Morris is an eminent zoologist who took an objective view of animals in an animal and examined why we are made as we are and why we behave as we do. The choreography is sometimes reminiscent of that in "Hair." At other times Keystone rop routines, the can-can moves from the stage to the house of the old Hollywood mass productions. None of the acting is outstanding except perhaps that of Jerry Skroka, one of the disciples, who is the funny man on the set. Everyone beams throughout the movie to express their joy, and, as a result, there is little distinction between characters, notwithstanding that Jesus looks like Whizzo the clown. University Daily Kansan His book has fascinating insights and was written in a humorous manner to maintain interest. The Playboy movie version was adapted by the same director laughed when they see it. Most of us won't remember any expansion of knowledge after going to the movie, however. The movie can be best described as a hybrid of vaudeville and melodrama with religious overtones. A fairly enjoyable modern passion play is the result. Maybe some people could get interested in the leading "actors." The male lead had bedroom eyes, and the female lead was as voluptuous as a Playboy model. never really got along with your aunt, Bette Midler, with a new album of that title, is the gal for him. With all her camp, she'll sing your uncle into oblivion withacky versions from Broadway and the Top 40. The album will probably agree with your own glamour, too. The background music, written by Jimmy Webb, was good. There are some animations of prehistoric times in which the jungle-like music was very effective. One scene captured some humor. There was a car in the city (in a "real life" part) that had three bumper stickeres that said "Honk if you love Jesus." A nun walked by and stopped, sounded like a honk. Relevance, relevance everywhere—but, alas, not much to spare. For your cousins, who delight at looking at the nude pictures in National Geographic, buy "Overnight Sensation" by the Mothers of Invention. This commercial album of flashy sex-and-society songs by David Frost and for buck-up friends who think rock is cool and all there is. The album's intricate styling might show them their false judgments. Transitions were confusing. One minute you were looking at a cartoon about lust and the next minute you were in a classroom hearing some erotic literature. Sex, of course, was the great theme that supposedly tied the movie together, but you didn't really see any of that. But what do you expect from a PG movie? Unfortunately, we must give gifts to people for whom we care very little David Bowie has given us a gift item for these repulsive people in the form of a new album titled "Pin Ups." But spare yourself. 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