Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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cgi, , I9 l: upergroup Graduate to uper tars from the supergroup middle of an leadership failure. Twice we attempted ironic travesty of and moving into the hypothesis, 1971 moved in leaps and bounds concerning conglomoration of styles, both and muscial, which greatly to the anarchistic leadership. Old favorites e the Airplane were dropped and as a new generation of Osmond lovers moved into consumer market. The new of 'surfer-hero' called David dominated top-40 radio as the rnmiscent generation of old perately continued to grasp for slackening life-lines as FM Radio The Firesign Theater. it is half-past Jackson Five and really knows what's going to you enclose a seal from any made by the Woodstock you will receive, absolutely of charge, our fully guaranteed coroners report on Janis Duane Allman, and Jimi Be the first on your has been caught right in the to bring the students together, once with a proven star of yesteryear lChuck Berryl and once again with a totally diverse group of fine musicians llfl and failed. Chuck Berry was total mockery due to poor planning and a total disregard toward adequate facilities. Cramped stage space and absolutely no P. A. system for the first half of the rock 84 roller's show brought down just about everybody's head. If was absolutely too good for the average BCC student. A poor attendance of 320 showed up to observe the multi-styled group dazzle the hospitality center with superb solos and some fine progressive jazz. Alas, the coffee house. lf anything was successful it was these free Friday evening programs which booked such various artists as Cheyenne, Duckbutter, and some of our own talented students. People showed up, listened, and generally seemed to enjoy themselves with little or no quams. By Bill Jacques Silver Sands wri ter Bill Jacques is a music enthusiast who as well as writing for the Phoenix, worked in promotion for a record company and also managed a local rock group Also of merit was the jazz ensembles performances throughout the school year. Our Jazz Trio, consisting of Jim Conti, on piano, Del Baroni on bass, and Bob Economou on drums, put on some thoroughly entertaining performances which can only be attributed to their obvious talent and blatant self-discipline. Lowell Little should be complimented on his excellent direction and guidance. His eighteen member ensemble performed to standing room only audiences and always provided some thorough entertainment inside the Lecture Theater. David Snively offered us a little class with his Symphonic Band, and another capacity crowd turned up to hear pianist Byron E. Franklin, Jr., and clarinetist Snively perform a smashing bit of chamber music in the Lecture Theater. A worthwhile contribution which cannot be overlooked. Considering the chronic identity crisis under which popular music is currently suffering we have really nowhere else to go but forward. Hopefully, BCC will take part in laying down the future path.

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ng rock and rcll's curious oots rock journalism has to be most colorful. Very seldom essing an understanding of the IC dozens of magazines appear at newstands pretending to enlighten s to what the idols did last week showing what they will be doing price for these publications Ily range from 25 to 75 cents ndmg on the quality of its writers, amount of pictures and the format wed Most pass for newspapers to d magazine taxes, even though, use of their weekly deadlines, are more like a magazine in both s and format. Their writers usually fo very little yet the llcatlon s profits are not staggering to their restricted audience and conservative attitudes of most ibutors. Many a time whole ions have been burned by lbutors who objected to material any as 50000 copies of Rolling fa ed Two Virgins erspread were destroyed by the ed States government. The reason g John and Yoko Lennon ared naked front and back, in the ar it all the time. Rolling Stone etter than Rock which is better Fusion which is better than m which is better than Circus h is better than Zygote which is er that Traveling Circus, which is I very own first newspaper. In ality no argument stands very well -- close scruntiny, That all these zines appear semi-regularly to Z ten our lives is proof enough that e is a public for each and every . of them. ically speaking, a Rolling Stone er would be shocked reading 2: while a reader of Crawdaddy think that anyone who reads Rock be a moron. The vast difference udience is the one, single factor keeps these publicatioms afloat. f ing Stone is the best known. Jann ner, its editor, is a professional, a n good businessman, and a very I week. 6 r l . . I l l . . f . 9 lie. I government is another adversary. I I ' t e s bl s 3. f I o. l . l 5 A l l l I l l ROCK JOURNALISM A Survey of Current Trends by Ruben BBTBDCOUN nice young man. He is sincere in what he is doing and nowadays, his newspaper has a circulation that rivals that of Time. Charges of selling out and copping out are thrown at Wenner every week and l imagine he laughs his way to the bank after each charge. He has proven that to be a success all one needs is to follow one's own instincts and possess a clear conscience. His magazine-newspaper format, combining music reviews, articles, and current news concerning new culture came at a time when we sorely needed an organ of information. By changing it and expanding it, Jann has kept it fresh and alive. Without an exception, rock newspapers are left of center. With the exception of those dedicated to sexual matters, such as Organ, most rock newpapers print revolutionary articles and many have risked a lot for W -1 su-NN publishing documents they consider important. Organ is a weird magazine. Most of its articles have to do with different aspects of sexuality, the stranger the better and usually with a tie-in rock music. I remember the article about Ron Banks, who was interviewed by Howard Pearlstein about his sudden descision to become Angela Douglas. Apparently, Ron got fed up being a guy, shot up some hormores and surprise, Angela Douglas and a magazine Organ, spread. Organ's material is often sordid and more often than not, directed at weirdos not rockers, even though the magazine claims to be a rock publication. I wish l knew what happened to Zygote. My friend Michael worked for them and sent me some copies about a year ago. They were the only ones