OE — marnrenspberarnns RE PEI od November 30th, 1984 THE OTHER PRESS page 13 hro jells on stage My grade 11 Social Studies teacher said Jethro Tull was the 17th century inventor of the seed drill, an apparent- ly important _piece_of agricultural by DAVE WATSON technology. | knew he was wrong. Jethro Tull is an English band, led by lan Anderson, and they play. a unique blend of progressive rock, jazz, and rhythm and blues. They wrapped up their Canadian tour with Honeymoon Suite at the Pacific Coliseum, Nov- ember 17. Honeymoon Suite came on stage almost on time and promptly proved that they’ve learned the craft of music at Rock and Roll High School. They knew all the clever moves. First of all: To be a successful Canadian band imitate Loverboy as much as possible. In fact these guys probably buy Mike Reno’s used clothes. Two members of the band must have enrolled in Van Halen 100. The bass player does a stunning imitation of Eddie Van Halen’s vacant grin while the key- board player looks like a VERY effeminate David Lee Roth. The drummer is a 6% foot neander- thal who does an imitation of Rick (SCTV) Moranis’ imitation of Ringo (Beatles) Starr. These boys are so slick and professional that by the end of their half-hour set ‘they successfully mastered the difficult three guitar swing while the lead singer ran back and forth across the stage with his mikestand, tangling the cord around everything. Unhooking the wire gave the roadies something to do, however, since they didn’t have to protect the band from the girls who weren’t jumping on the stage. U’d comment about their music, but why bother? It’s all been played before. Even their somewhat catchy single New Girl Now sounded like everything else. One moment of purely inspired musicianship did catch my attention though: the bass player hit a note so low it rattled the hair on my ‘legs. A cheap thrill, but better than no thrill at all. Honeymoon Suite received luke-warm applause, indicating that most of the crowd of 5,000 was there for Jethro Tull. Jethro Tull formed back in 1965 as the James Evans Blues Band and adopted their present name after a 1968 personnel change. The lead singer, lan Anderson, began playing the flute because he wanted something to do with his hands. To cover his onstage nervousness he began using props to surprise the audiences, which gave the band a reputation for fun and “ live shows. They haven’t changed a bit. When the curtains were opened everything on the stage was wrapped in paper, no doubt because the new album is titled Under Wraps. Roadies paced around dressed in labcoats jotting notes on clipboards. Suddenly a wrapped figure tore open to reveal Martin Barre, the lead guitarist, who looks like a 35 year old bearded Peter Ustinov. Really. The bass player, Dave Pegg and Peter Vettese, the drummer unwrapped next as lan Anderson jogged onstage. The show began with the first of many songs that | didn’t know. Then they played two songs from the new album, neither of which was the new single: Lap of Luxury. Just to make sure people were paying attention a nude girl jogged across the stage. The next song featured an astronaut (doing a real moonwalk), who planted the American flag, and then tore it away to reveal a Canadian one. | could hardly wait to see what would happen next. Suddenly a roadie walked on- stage and shook hands with lan. Kind of a letdown after an astronaut and a naked girl; but it marked a change in the show to music instead of gimmick- ry. Abruptly the band began playing songs | knew. Thick as a Brick. Songs From a Wood. Living In The Past. Surprisingly, they didn’t play Bungle in the Jungle, their biggest hit. The band is very tight, honed by years of touring. lan Anderson is more animat- ed than Mickey Mouse, running all over the stage and twirling his flute like a baton. Unfortunately the show was marred by violence. When the first chords of Aqualung were played, a massive rush to the stage occurred, causing small riots around the third row, where we were sitting. Two people did punk-style swan-dives off the stage. Someone threw a pipe-bomb into the crowd as well, indicating a need for better searches at concerts. I’m a little worried about the guy who threw it too. Despite these occurences the con- cert was fairly good throughout, surveying most of the band’s albums and providing an entertaining show. Campagnolovisits withplans - — TorevitalizeLidberalparty On November 27, 1984, lona Campagnolo, Liberal party president, gave a lecture at this college on her party’s plans to re-build after its by DONNA FORBES devastating defeat in the last federal election. Espousing Liberalism as ‘‘a moder- ate, common-sense _ philosophy’’, Campagnolo outlined the two-prong approach that her party plans to take in order to rebuild. This approach includes a technical and intellectual restructuring along the party lines of economic .and social justice, national unity and an attitude that there is always room for reform. When asked if she felt that John Turner would resign, she stated, ‘‘I’m impressed with Mr. Turner’s psychic strength. He is relishing in the process of rebuilding the party. | think he’s there for the duration.’’ Campagnolo was questioned about Trudeau’s recent statements to the press, hinting of a return to public life. She replied, ‘’Mr. Trudeau is an icono- clast of the first order, but about his return to public life, | doubt it. But nothing would surprise me about Mr. Trudeau.’’ She also stated that ‘‘Mr. Trudeau was a great Prime Minister but not a good party leader.”” _ Mrs. Campagnolo also discussed the nature of marketing in regard to the last election. ‘‘Your leaders are being marketed like MacDonald’s hambur- gers,’’ she said, ‘‘The cycle is now marketing and the people are being manipulated.’’ She felt that it was time to inform the public in order to change their minds. When questioned about her party’s policy toward Nicaragua, Mrs. Cam- pagnolo explained: ‘‘Our party’s pol- icy has not changed toward countries in the Third World. The policy we had before, of development, co-operation and assistance still stands.’’ She went on to criticize Mulroney’s suggestion of sending peace keeping forces to Nicaragua and felt that it was a poor policy due to the fact that Canadian troops would be entering along side of troops from the US. Further, Campag- nolo stated, ‘‘Any time a country moves in another direction, for instan- ce Jamaica or Grenada, we have the Super-powers trying to prove whose the biggest boy on the block.’ On her party’s policy toward nuclear disarmament she said, ‘‘We are still fighting it out inside our party as to whether we will advocate an all out nuclear freeze.’’ The patronage appointments that have plagued her party since the outset of the election once more surfaced. About those appointments Campagnolo stated, ‘’! think’ all the appointments were acceptable with the exception of the appointment of Bryce MacKassey. MacKassey’s ap- pointment was the one that hurt us due to his tenuous association with unsav- ory elements.” Campagnolo described .the future economic situation under the Conser- vatives as ‘‘the winter of our discon- tent.’’ She referred to the restraint program of the Socreds in B.C. and hinted that it would probably appear on the federal level by next Spring. Lastly, Campagnolo stated that our society is structure around white, Anglo-saxon males and urged that women ‘‘take a stronger role in political life. Women are rare in the mix.” Any one who attended the lecture would have to admit that lona Cam- pagnolo, although probably one of the most controversial women in public life, is indeed one of the ‘‘rare mix’’, a mix of intelligence, talent and devotion.