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page (, September 11, 1981 Godot Rock classics .beqins Blondie: music in the 80's will live to. an identity crisis of sorts because What has happened is success On the first day of the WMC "I think music is going to become "Music will become a philosophy former Playboy model and lead 110- after success and the group's expan- academic year, September 14, audi- less of a tranquilizer for the masses again as it did in the '60s."' calist Deborah Harry is generally sion into moview ("Union City Blue" tions will begin for the dramatic arts and become more of a message Burke also sees a repetition in the considered to be Blondie and "Roadle''), and the sound track department prcduction of the Samuel carrier like it was in the 1960s," sound "Would the Rolling Stones have for ee movie "American Gigolo." The Becken play, Waiting tor GOOo/. James DElstri. keyboard man of the "The thing that's happening to been any less a band if they were title song Irom that move. "Call Me," The auditions, scheduled for Mon- rock group Blondie, predicts music now is the black influence," he called The Big Lips, which is Mick was Billboard magazine's number day at 7 p.m. in Alumni Hall, are Blondie drummer Clement Burke says. "The mixture 01 black and Jagger's biggest trait?" Destri won. one single of 1980 open to any interested students. The compares it "to a record playing over electronic meeting somewhere in the ders in reply to questions about the '''American Gigolo' was "a big step director of the play, WMC associate and over. I mean it's cyclical and the middle is what we'll continue to hear effect of the confusion for us, and came at a time when we same sound is heard again and for the next few years" "Everything has worked out for needed it," Burke says, 'We hope to 'b:~~~~s:;id O:ha~r~:a~~ou~~ts~iIlM~; Blondie as we had pictured in our do more with movies in the future, again In iact, Destri and Burke say that different from the routine audition Destri and Burke explained the Btondie's roots are black wildest fantasies." Burke says. 'We perhaps the life story of the band. format cycles in an interview with the "Erlan- '" don't think there would have were prepared for what's happened The expanding horizons of Blondie "I'll be looking for people willing to ger Rock Classics To Come" radio been -a Blondie if there wasn't a over the past five years. so we took have caused the group to become. experiment and take risks." Dlxon series, sponsored by Jos. Schlitz Supremes or a Motown soun.d," Des- for granted how popular Debbie like most groups. a tightly-run busi- .said Brewing Company trisays would become." ness h Though the play was ~rinen for five "The '80s are the '60s all over "Obviously, the Blondie sound has "In fact." Destri asserted. "Debbie "Blondle exists as a corporation male Characters. Dixon said that he again. We have a conservative reo changed. but I think that was ne- became such a label that we were now. not just a rock and roll band encourages interested women to au· gime in office again. and youth is cessry because of the imitators or instantly recognized" playing purely for fun in ire streets on dition for any role. The director noted going to wake up again," Destri says emulators," Burke adds. "There was Destri contends that the attention Saturday night." Destri says. "We're the asexual elements of the play, and Destrl explains this return to the a tremendous backlash in new wave Debbie Harry got helped not only the all share holders with secretaries an that it would "take on a different '60s as aprt 01 a never-ending cycle music and, instead of people trying to band's popularity, but tne other band the whole thing."' statement," though only slightly, with He describes this unique evouucn be original, they're trying to copy members' private lives. "I can wake up in the morning and women players that he believes will take place in the what Is proven hilwise." "I can go outside my house, which say I'm a song;vriter and keyboar.d Dixon said, "I will not make aoy next 10 years He sees Blondie as "a truemelting is as big as Debbie's and play player or say I m treasurer of thiS final decision about casting all men, "Music is going 10 have a very pot group in that we assimilate around and nobody bothers me," corpor~tlon and ask mys~lf which I all women. or a mix of actors and strong influence again," he said. "The various styles and incorporate them Destri says. "But Debbie can't even am. g~lng to be today. It s all very actresses until after auditions" leading artists coming out of this new into the Blondie sound" leave her house sometimes because weird After the cast members are chosen, wave genre are going to start making But Blondie has never been a someone will always be there. So we they will begin "rehearsing pretty music that 13 and 14-year-old kids typical rock band. The band has had accept everything that's happened ,. intensely," according to Dixon. The rehearsals will last a little longer week Youth grants fund research than . usual each day. This is necessary, :because of the short four -prepareton period before the produc mve program are: an annotated exhl- tended primarily lor those between 18 If you are interested in the program. tion opens on Saturday. October 9 The Youthgrants Program of the bit'ion of 20th century war-time and 25 who have not yet completed a copy orme The avant-qaroe play premiered on National Endowment for the Humani- "bome-rroot" activities in Minnesota academic or professional training but guidelines should be January 5, 1953 at the Theatre de available for review at your campus ties is alive and" well and will'once and Wisconsin: a complete historical can demonstrate the ability to design Placement Office. If not. please write BabylOf1e in Paris, and is considered again offer a limited number 01 survey, presentation. and guidebook and perform outstanding humanities to one of Becken's most controversial awards to yOung ceccie in their teens on a tradition-steeped small Florida research and translate that into an immediately works. It is a story of- two men, Youthgrants Guidelines and twenties to pursue non-credit, coastal island: and a film on a small end product to share with others. The ..Ep,{agqn,~f)(j,Vla9imir\.,wj1p .wait.,for !J .out-ot-tne-ctassroom research Oregon town's rnnovauve survival humanities include such subjects as Mail Slop 103·C mali named- Gcdot - . projects in the "humanities. The dead- method-backyard goldmining-during history. comparative religion, ethnic National Endowment for the "For me, the play is about what line for receipt of completed applica- the Great Depression. studies, folklore, anthropology, lin- Humanities happens when we turn our lives over tion forms is November 16. and Up to 75 grants will be awarded. guistics, the history of art. and pbilcs- Washington. D.C. 20506 to someone else to make sense of it funded projects begin the following offering as much as $2.500 for indi- ophy. The program does not offer or determine for us our identities, and M,y vlduals, and a few qrocps grants up scholarships. tuition aid, internships, College or support how tragicomic the process cal"] be," Some examples of college-level to $10,000 ($lQ.OOO lor exceptional for degree-related work. said Dixon. "It never ceases to projects funded in this highly compet- media projects). 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