Summer Session Kansan
Monday, July 9, 1979
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New wave band satisfies devotees
By RICK HELLMAN
Kansan Reviewer
Great rock and roll bands have always kept their audiences off-guard, and Devo is no exception. When the group does its quirky version of the Rolling Stone's "Satisfaction," Devo at once becomes a tradition and takes it one step further.
Devo has won a small, but enthusiastic segment of the record-buying public with their unusual visual and lyrical images. More than a thousand dev-tees turned on Friday night to see the band's two shows at the Lawrence Opera House.
The evening's program began with the showing of several of Devo's self-produced short films, including a new feature film about广告ing about inside a nuclear reactor.
Just as the films ended, the band members themselves appeared onstage and went into "S.J.B. (Swelling Ichring Brain)" from their latest album. But the title of the album's pained expressions and contorted vocals lent credibility to the lyrics.
DECKED OUT IN THE trademarkery yellow work suits, Devo concentrated on screens from their new album 'Dubly Now Future' during the first part of the set.
Devo's version of "Secret Agent Man" (yes, the old Johnny Rivers song) is comparable to their dissection of "Satisfaction." They invest the basic theme of the original with a kind of urgent paranoia.
"Pink Pussycat" comes across better live than it does on record. Jerry Casserle's fast-fast bass propels the "Pussycat" into the climax, with Mothershaugh squealing above of "Tm strof" above the finely-controlled chorus provided by the band.
One of the highlights of the show was
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the band's manic version of "Satistation" which drew cheers of recognition from the crowd. Mothersburgh, on a three-stringed Fender, sounded like Keith Richards having a nervous breakdown.
MORE MATERIAL from the first album followed including "Uncontrollable Urge" and "Praying Hands," during which Mothersbaugh took advantage of his cordless phone to lead his stage and running through the crowd.
Perhaps the best song is "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA," a Dev anthem which combines genetic determinism with old-fashioned romance.
After a little more than an hour, the band left the stage, only to be called back a few moments later by the audience.
The group pumped out "Come back Jones" and "Gut feeling" before relinquishing the stage to a short film of the company's adaptation for the "Devo Corporate Anthem."
Then, the members of the group, except Mothersbaugh, reappeared and began playing a slow, haunting melody of electronic sounds.
Mothershough then appeared onstage dressed as the Booji Boy, the infant spirit of Devo, in his customary Kewpie doll mask and gray coveralls. His song, "Heaven," from the experimental film "Urserhead," was interrupted by a guitar riff by Danny Mackenzie's concerts, including "Floating holograms" rather than live musicians.
The closer was a rave-up with Booji Boy playing a synthesized kid's toy, a color-coded organ.
By MARY JO HOWARD
Beatles still intrigue ten years later
OVERLAND PARK—Beatles fans had the chance to entangle themselves last weekend at a Beatles memorabilia show at Metcalf Shopping Center, Overland Park, Kan.
Staff Reporter
The show drew collectors from one Midwest, some to buy and others to sell rare books.
One of the sellers, a man who called himself "Nostalgia Bob" and would not give any other name, boasted that he had the bad luck of Beatles memorabilia in the country."
Bob obviously enjoyed the attention that he varied collection was getting from the girl.
"Iused to be a stockbroker," the 45-year fan said, "but this is more fun than贷"
HIS COLLECTION, which he valued at $60,000, includes a gold record of "Rock and Music" that sells for $1,000, Beatles tennis shoes, plastic Battles blow-up buttons, button cake decorations, 20 issues of the first Beatles Monthlies, all four of the Beatles
movie posters and hundreds of oit magazines.
Bob said that collecting Beatles memorabilia was both fun and unapplicable.
a person invested $5,000 in Beats
touch, could probably retire in 5 years,
he said.
A film of the Beatles' early concerts, complete with sound, drew a large crowd to the show. The film was brought by Douglas Allen of Kansas City, Mo.
THE FILM CONTAINED footage of the Beatles first U.S. concert, which was in Washington, D.C. in 1964; the 1965 Shea Stadium concert and the 1966 Tokyo concert. Featured songs were "Can't Buy Me love," "Twist and Shout" and "Dizzy Miss Lazy."
The film, which Allen said was not for sale, ran almost continuously while the show was going on. Most shoppers stopped to watch for a minute or two, and some even hung from the upper level of the shopping center to get a better view.
"It been the dream of a lifetime to get the film," Allen said. "I'm a very big enthuse."
Crowd reaction to the show was mixed.
Kent Geller, Prairie Village senior, said he really liked the memorabilia show.
"IT'S GREAT. It's good they brought out the Beatties. They're the greatest rock 'n' roll band."
But Brett Denekamp, Stanley Kan, said he thought the show was "just all right."
"It's pretty commercial, I wish I'd brought my stuff," he said. "I've got a Sergeant Pepper album with a White album on the flip side. People say it 'wants a lot' a
Hedenkap said he had lived in England when the Beatles were the rulers of rock 'n' roll, and thought the crowd reaction to the band was overwhelming enthusiasm during the Beatles' heyday.
LORI PERNOT, 10, and LeAm Pernot, 11, both of Gerard, Kan, said their mother had bought them some Beatles albums. They liked the show and especially Paul McCartney. But, they said, their favorite rock groups were Kiss and the Osmonds.
Their father, Gary Pernot, who brought them to the show, said he was still a Beatles fan.
"I used to go to all their movies. We still play their albums," he said. "I remember when all the kids cut their hair just like the Beatles. I'm surprised to see all these kids who probably weren't even born when the Beatles were big, buy all these things."
"I don't think they'd get anywhere," she said. "They've branched out too much."
MARSHA HARDING*, a Lawrence freelance artist who was at the show to sell her collection of Beatles bubblegum cards, said she was glad to see some attention being paid to the Beatles, but that she wouldn't want to see the group set back together.
Meteval Fox, marketing director for Meteval Mafc, said he decided to do the show because this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Beatles' break-up. Radio station KY 12 FM, co-sponsored the show with the shopping center.
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Multidisciplinary bone study aids auto design
A project studying long bone injuries resulting from pilot ejections may one day lead to increased safety for vehicles of all students in the country. A graduate student in anthropology, said last week.
The $135,844 project is sponsored by the U.S. Air Force and brings together members of the KU's School of Engineering, the University of Kansas Medical Center, its primary goal is the study of the mechanical properties of the bones of the leg and forearm, as they experience injury, according to Howard Smith, professor of aerospace engineering.
physical stress when they ejected from a high-speed plane.
At 400 knots (460 mph), the airloads are tremendous. We are trying to mimic those loads.
Smith said that results of studies such as this could influence the design of future cars.
SMITH SAID BONE injuries were caused by bending and torsion, as the pilot's body is pulled out of the airplane. The study will try to determine if injuries in an experimental situation.
He said pilots were under tremendous
The study will focus specifically on the femur, tivia, fibula and humorous bones. Bones for the study will come from cadavers at the Med Center.
Johnson said the researchers would attach gauges to the bones and apply forces to determine how much pressure the bones could withstand before breaking.
BESIDES DETERMINING the force needed to break the bones. Smith said the
study will try to determine why the bones break in the manner they do. If the study could determine that, efforts to increase vehicular safety would be hastened.
Smith said the two-year study was divided into three phases.
The start-up phase, which began June 1, will last for four months and will consist of building and testing the machines needed for the study, he said.
Johnson said the second phase would consist of extensive testing and analysis of the performance of the system.
last 12 months and during the phase the researchers will become familiar with the
HE SAID THAT last phase would last eight months and cover the fibula, tiva, and
tibia.
While the engineering department, with Johnson's help will be studying the physical properties of the bones, Smith said, the Med Center, under the direction of H. Clarke Anderson, professor of pathology, would study the chemical make-up of the bone.
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