University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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4 FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS, Arnold West's sax sounds have enter-tained passer sby on the Ave. WMam C. $u photo AC OC or French Fairy Tales ? Ray Ddahanty keeps busy tiilcng students requests with selections Irom the Media Center’s collection. Jenifer I Rafatko photo » WOULD I LIE to you? sings Anrue Lennox A hot group ot the ’80s. the Eurylhrmcs earn a window display all to themselves at Cellophane Square WtHam C. Su photo w LISTENING TO ELTON JOHN wh.le doing her homewor is a leature ol the HUB Musk: Lounge thal Christine Eck enjoys. WHtiam C. Su photo Campus Music-21

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SOUNDS OF MUSIC Students Take in the Tunes on Campus STICKERS, » POSTER8 and other mu6 cal paraphernalia are some ol the items that Cetfophane Square and Other record stores on the Ave carry WMam C. So photo Rock. Pop. Jazz. Classical. Heavy Metal. Christian Rock. Students' tastes in music are as diverse as the ways they enjoy it. For students at the University of Washington there are numerous ways to take in the tunes on campus. Filling the recommended daily dosage” of musical entertainment is as easy as dropping by Red Square on campus. On those rare sunny Seattle days, large groups of students gather on the steps in front of Kane Hall to listen to performers. Acts range from groups that play washboards and spoons to more traditional soloists who strum acoustical guitars. On cloudy days, audiophiles can go indoors for their music. According to Susan Larson, supervisor of the Student Union Building (HUB) Music. Lounge. when the rain pours, the lounge is very busy. If students offer two pieces of ID. they can check out headsets, plug into any one of 45 available jacks, and listen to ev-erything-from pop to jazz to classical music - while relaxing on a couch or reading at a study car-rell. The Lounge houses about 1400 tapes and records and has a radio. Students can also bring in their own tapes or records to play on one of the lounge’s eight cassette decks two phonographs. For those who enjoy a studious atmosphere, students at the Media Center at Odegaard Undergraduate Library can listen to Cyndi Lauper warble while working on MATH 124 homework. Since the center opened in 1972. its musical selections have broadened. The center sports a variety of formats: audio tapes. records, videotaped concerts and compact discs. Its collection contains over 4300 records and 450 compact discs (CDs), covering the musical gamut. On any given day. students tune in to Lizst. Bruce Springsteen, the Oklahoma” soundtrack and AC DC. The center's collection also contains such diverse recordings as Dances of Venezuela and French Fairy Tales”. According to Media technician Bill Galanti. If there’s interest in a particular type of music, there's better than a fifty-fifty chance we have it.” Concert fans also have cause to rejoice at the UW. Associated Students of the University of Washington Productions manages to bring in such bands as Skinny Puppy. Square Roots, and Husker Du. For students with a CD player. photograph or cassette deck, the record shops on “the Ave” provide musical nourishment for those hungry machines. Tower Records claims that 70 percent of Its customers are UW students. Peaches and The Where-house. record shops also in the University District, draw flocks of students too. The large stores sell all types of music, from pop to rock to rap to funk. Smaller music stores on the Ave cater expressly to students with nostalgic tastes. Stores, such as Second Time Around and Cellophane Square, stock imported and used records, as well as collector albums. Whether students listen to music while studying, partying, or relaxing. and regardless of their tastes, students can get musical satisfaction. | by Rita Wong 20-Campus Music

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WEIRD AND WONDERFUL The Rocky Horror Picture Show » BRAD MAJORS « surprised by [ Frank n Furjor'S v $it According to movie-goers, they are loud, intrusive, obnoxious, and sometimes crude, yet lively, entertaining and very enthusiastic. They are the Favorite Obsessions. a group of young, dedicated singers who movie-sync to the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Friday nights at the Neptune Theater. The movie explores “sex. drugs and rock-n-roH with a passion. The cast, crew and supporting screamers of 40 to 100 people. are stationed throughout the theater, so that the audience doesn't suspect a collective effort. Frequently, however, courageous audiences participate in ad-libbing and the Time Warp dance. Most members of Favorite Obsessions have seen the movie 60 to 150 times and spend their own money on props and costumes. Despite occasional cast changes, the group remains rather cohesive, large and committed to rehearsing two to three times a month. Compensation for their effort is self gratification. They enjoy being outrageous and socially unacceptable sometimes. Newcomers to the movie are subjected to traditional public initiations. This happens only to those who admit to being virgins or who are declared as virgins by cruel friends. Initiation entails gentle whips on the hand or. worse, getting yanked to the front of the theater to dance around with strangely-clad cast members. Rocky Horror” has been at the Neptune since 1974. It still rakes in crowds of faithful fans, interested initiates and virtuous virgins-and allows inhibited people to break out of their shells, perhaps for good. Depending on the crowds and how well the cast interacts, the Favorite Obsessions can elicit moviegoers’ secret obsessions. So long as the mood is right. 1 by Maya Fleischmann Joseph W. Edged, Jr. photos 22-Rocky Horror