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Show MowdAy, FtbRUAuy 22, 1 988 ChROMicU John Pecorelu- - When ridiculous becomes trendy Lotta things been bothering me lately. I think it's about time, as the Rotcie boys like to say, I got me some payback. And I don't give a rat's brown beanies how "popular" or "progressive" these topics I'm gonna write about are considered. I guess you could consider most of these things trends. Now just because something is trendy or fashionable does not mean it's bad or wrong (after all, it is trendy to hate George Bush) It's just when absolutely ridiculous stuff becomes trendy that reactionary mulch such as this column must claw its way up into plain view. Hate 1: The current Grateful DeadR.E.M. craze. It's not enough that the Dead are boring, old and burned out this is one band that has stagnated folk-slo- p, musically since their first four-trac- k probably recorded in 1948 or so. Big, dumb and complacent, the Dead lumber along like a haggard, old sloth, munching vegetation (cannibalistic, say I) ' and losing track of time (it's been, what, two decades since they've mattered?) Kind of makes you wish old Jerry had never pulled out of that coma, eh? But then, who can really tell? As far as R.E.M. goes, I know reviewers are supposed to fall all over each other praising these Corn Belt dorks (particularly college reviewers), but somehow I just can't muster up much positive to say about a band whose sole intrigue is that you can't understand the singing. But that's probably for the better, anyhow, given Michael Stipe's, uh, literary penchant for sappy high school dramatics and It must have come as quite a shock to self-fondli- ng. alumni from page ten equipment maker in Redwood City, Calif., and decided to try to market his idea himself. It worked. Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications in 1976 for 30 million big ones. And Bushnell isn't the only U. student who made it big in the real world. A. Hays Gorey, Chronicle editor in 1941, earned his bachelor's degree from the U. in 1942. He went on to become both the city and news editor of the Salt Lake Tribune from ,1943 to 1963. . . Paqe EIeven , R.E.M. fans to read in last month's Musician that (incidentally, these and other fine cliches can be found in Vito Sue Corratti's Instant Social Conscience: 110 Slogans for a Cooler You). These trend -- hoppin', guilt-riddboys are worthless pulp and should be dealt with as such. As far as Mormon-hater- s Hate go, I know some people who spend more time preaching against the church than most LDS missionaries spend trying to master the Tongan language or whatever. Which is OK, I guess, but it can get a bit tiring for us all. Give everyone a break buy a that says, look! I'm real liberal!" and shut the hell "Hey, world, "The One I Love" wasn't about a significant other at le "I wrote it to myself," the Stipe blurted. I could go on forever about these clowns, but I'm bored with them. all. . . . ever-humb- en 3-- B: T-sh- Hate most movie reviewers slobber excitedly about how Woody Allen's films are "warm, hilarious, sensitive, hip, wonderful, blah, blah, blah, ad nauseam," there are those of us who sit in the back of the theater, truly disturbed that such a vain snob could make himself seem so lovable. And it's the kind of "well-verse- d in classical civilization" humor that you could never actually laugh at all you can do is concede it is quite witty. And after five to seven such concessions, you leave the theater, snorting along with Woody at all the bestial proles who just cannot fully appreciate the soft glow of Renoir, the playful longing of Mozart, or, charms of Hannah and say, the subtle, Her Sisters. Hate 3: A) Social cilia, B) Mormon-hate- rs and If you're a white male, it's C)New Age Music: cool in certain circles to hate yourself for it. It's even cooler in such circles to prance about spewing phrases such as "honky power structure" and "typical males and sexist oppression in the turtle kingdom" 2: The Woody Generation: While head-bloati- up for a change. New Hate Age Music. Kinda like music for who with their eyes open. I've also heard sleep people it's "music's answer to the spiritual tranquility of a babbling brook," or something stupid like that. Well, a friend of mine recently attended a New Age music seminar in 'Frisco and said there were no in sight just businessmen with Rolexes who spoke of "target audiences" and "market saturation." More inner peace. Orwell. . . . Orwell, Orwell, Hate D: Life itself. (Actually, I don't feel this way, but something tells me I'm expected to write that at this point). Well, OK. I'm done preachin'. I ain't expecting this to change the world or even persuade one reader e. But I got the thing in to pee on his or her before deadline, I filled my allotted amount of space (and more) and I made at least two good friends mad at me. And that's worth something. 3-- C: earth-people-typ- ng tye-dy- His successes in the field of journalism don't stop in Utah. Gorey was a stringer from 1955 to 1964 for such magaizine as Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated. In 1964, he a position with Time and worked as es mass-produc- ed 3-- A: accepted irt a correspondent until 1978, when he became Time's Boston bureau chief. In 1982, the U. honored him with the Distinguished Alumnus Award. He now serves on the Committee for Freedom of the Press in Washington, D.C. Two brothers and one sister all received the Distinguished Alumnus Award for their local successes. Homer D. Warner, M.D., Richard L. Warner (of Rick Warner auto fame) and Emma Lou Warner Thayne received the award in 1964, 1986 and 1981 respectively. Although her brothers have made advances in medicine and business, Thayne is a poet. She has served on the Utah Endowment for the Humanities committee since 1979, as well as the Utah Arts Council's Literary Arts Program. She received her bachelor's degree in English in 1945 and her master's in 1970. She is a member of the American Academy of Poets- - ., .. 1 i i 1 4 Get Out And. 1 4 I Final 1 . Jrir ASUU 1988 Elections Wed. Feb. 23 & Thurs. Feb. 24 Elections Committee I IM ' 'I |
