ry eer ep ay : E FEBRUARY 23, 1983 Edsels Chug Along by Ian Hunter ‘‘We’re sort of trying to cash in on the tail end of the Rock- abilly craze, ’’ said Chris Schoenefuhs, lead Guitarist for the Edsels between sets Saturday night at the Railway Club in Vancouver. The Edsels is a five piece Rockabilly band which along with the local Harold Nix Buddy Selfish and his Rock- abilly Saviors and Rocky Craig and his Rockabilly Kings, form the hub of the growing rockabilly craze striking the Lower Mainland and North America. The Edsels began as a punk bank five years ago who, with DOA and The Pointed Sticks, assaulted the city with a Ramones type beat and a re- bels stance.In 1981 they changed to more of a Rock- abilly stance as did members ot the Sticks and much of the local punk community. ““‘We’ve been around longer than The Stray Cats.’’ said Schoenefuhs of the suddenly ‘popular trio. ‘‘I don’t want to knock the Stray Cats, I think they’re great, but their sound is too studio enhanced. - The Edsels sound is less dir- ect and more full than the Stray Cat’s single guitar, snare drum and stand up base. Schoenefuhs on lead, Shaun Murphy on Bass, Gene Murphy on lead Guitar, Darren Murphy on Lead Vocals and Al Davie on Drums and Screams, put out later Rockabilly sound influenced by contemporary Rockabilly artists from England and the eastern U.S. While claiming to have 65 percent original material the listener is hard pressed to tell the difference bewtween the old Rockabilly standards and the new Edsels tunes... this can be good or bad depending on whether you like to hear the same sounding stuff over and over again. That is one of the main problems with the Ed- sels, they don’t seem to add much to their music. Maybe it was a bad night, or maybe the crowd at the Railway Club wasn’t giving them much en- couragement but their sets were plauged by a lack of vitality and spark. Being a young part time band (Schoenefuhs for example is a student of Douglas and has just turned 19) the Edsels have a ways to go before they can reach the success they almost deserve. Choose Sophies Choice by Caroline Hardon Another movie has been made about the horrors of the Jewish extermination during the second world war, though outwardly, the movie doesn’t present itself as that. The movie is_ called “‘Sophie’s Choice’’, and stars Meryl Streep as Sophie. Sophie is a Polish immigrant who comes to America in 1947, after being released from Auchwitz (a death camp in Po- land). She is taken in by a kind bio-chemist who feeds her, helps her regain her strength, and of course falls in love with her. In a quick and undetailed overview of the story, it sounds simple and a typical love story, but Sophie's Choice is not at all simple. The first hour of the movie is somewhat confusing and hard to follow, but well worth wat- ching and making an extra eff- ort to understand, because the last part of the movie hinges entirely on the viewers under- standing of the first part, may- be more so than in most movies made. The story of Sophie and her lover Nathan is seen and told through the eyes of a young southern boy nicknamed ‘Stingo’, (Sophie pronounced it Stinko), who moved to Brooklyn, New York to pursue a career-in writing. He be- comes good friends with Sophie and Nathan and every- thing appears to be just great; the viewer however, can sense that something is not right. The viewer soon learns that Nathan is a paranoid schizo- phrenic, which explains his violent outbursts, and that Sophie’s father initiated the idea of death camps and the exterminiation of the Jewish race.Through Sophie’s flash backs of her early life in Po- land, and the explicit scenes in Auchwitz, the viewer sud- denly understands the “‘choice’’ that Sophie has to make, hence the title of the film. Another aspect of the film that make it even better, was the excellent cinematography by Nestor Alemedros, who won an Academy Award in 1979 for the ‘‘Days of Hea- ven’’. Bizzare shots of the Brooklyn Bridge and beautiful closeup shots of Streep show his Oscar winning style and expertise. The other effects aspect that made the film special was the grey tone the film undertook when Sophie was sad or when she talked of her days in Po- land. In direct contrast, when life was going well and every- one was happy, the film was brilliantly colourful with all the film was brilliantly colour- ful with all back drops and scenery cheerful. To explain the film does not do it justice, and makes it sound like a soap opera,(which it is not). Sophie’s Choice must be seen to be understood and appreciated. photo by lan Hunter “ENTERTAINMENT Darren Murphy of the Edsels photo by lan Hunter NEWS ITEM: oo a QW Bi iS Fuayies Bill VanderZalm will be attending Douglas College’s opening ceremonies.There will be Ihs is Batt) a dance following this historic event. UZ mal if Wis, eee eens ca oe Graphic/Martiet