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. y vuy, , .. .; , .. 0 - J i. "i 0t s -"JPH 9 : 1 - fi V -I "check the rest then come to the best" Try our famous Brass Rail special Hamburgers - the most copied Hamburgers on "O" st. Everyday reasonable prices American Premium Quality Beer - FALLSTAFF Foos - Pong - Ping and board 1436 '0' st. 1 j imiiniriiBW'1iyiwiiwiiii' mmrnnmr'-i i wmii'i num i wimiwuwmirt in n"" 'y-"''"""''"" " " "MMMMitiMiiwwiwii iimmihih, St Documentary QUEHACER ' , . Directed by Saul Landau, Nina Serrano, Raul Ruiz. Music by Country Joe McDonald. plus a short feature; INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT ALLENDE Today at 3, 7 & 9 p.m. Admission $1.25 Todayat3,7&9p-m. Sheldon Art Gallery , 1 2th & 'R' St I I Mii.wiwwwBimwiOTiiiLm IJ,1II'IIILII.1IIL. J'H III irTTTTI --m.emMimmmijmnmmrmm' j Join us for lunch! Try our new lunch menu and enjoy a free Coke with your meal or sandwich. Come on dovn for our 2 for 1 Cocktail hours Monday thru Thursday 6pm to 8pm . Remember .... the last day of every "month is New Year's Eve. Party hats, horns, Champagne and General Hell Raising. Gash, Lightfoot convey Americana dove wore . iifiko up fcho band . i i ....rt.nnsre arA presented with a double-barrelled assault on their auditory inputs this week, with both Johnny Cash a nd rdon Lightfoot putting in appearances at Persh ng Auditorium, purveying two Aerent but r rflfnf visions of country-flavored Americana (or Cana- . diana, If you prefer, in the case of Lightfoot). The problem then lies in choosing which concert is worthy of your last grocery check. On the one hand Cash, performing tonight, of ers a rough fundamentalism delivered in a gravelley tone that, while painful to listen to acquires a 'deliberate honest richness which can (and does, I am assured by a Cash afficiando) move an audience to tears-in-the-eyes-and lumps-in-the-throat. On the other hand Lightfoot, from time to time referred to as Canada's John Denver, will perform at Pershing Auditorium Friday night. Lightfoot's style embodies a polish and a freewheeling feeling missing in the greater portion of Cash's repertoire. Running through Lightfoot's work is a vein of self-deprecating, faintly bemused cynicism that lightens the tone of songs which would otherwise sink beneath their weighty subject matter. However different their respective styles, the two are united by a common theme; that of escaping a bad situation. In Cash's case, the situation was the dark-carousel of alcohol and drugs he found himself riding in the mid-60s. Aided by his wife, June Carter, and by a renovated faith in God, Cash fought back to health and rebuilt his career. In Lightfoot's case, the situation is not as definable, but perhaps symptomatic of it is his much-publicized divorce and alimony settlement, upon which Lightfoot commented, "Over $1100 per week is a bit much for babysitting." Both turn out excellent music, in styles that are distinctive and clean. Perhaps Lightfoot is the more commercial of the pair, and Cash certainly is the more countrified of the two, but whichever one mi nirW znu ran harrilv mak6 a mistake. ' J WW JIW" J w 1 ---- -- - -I - y ni i Traveler' : handbook for life the universal traveler: A Soft-Systems Guide to Creativity, Problem Solving and the Process of Reaching Goals; by Don Koberg and Jim Bagnall; William Kaufmann, Inc. $3.95. Remember the Whole Earth Cataloq? That resource book was a guide to making the world a more comfortable place. Now, in very similiar format, we have The Universal Traveler. The difference is in the subject: The Universal Traveler deals with the mechanics of life itself. vince boucher Koberg is an architect and Bagnall is a graphic coordinator, both at California Polytechnic State University. They have developed what they cM a soft-systems guide to getting through life happily end creatively. By comparing the decision making process, and all that goes with it, such as alternatives, approaches and methods of analysis to taking a trip, with all the necessary travel precau tions, they present a simplified, logical travel guide for life. Not always gimp! Sounds easy? The authors show that isn't alway simple, through 127 pages of methods and possibilities. After the preliminary section on Travel Tips, the reader visits the Universal Travel Agency. "The Universal Travel Agency" Is a storehouse of means and methods for getting from here to there," the authors write. Tourist traps, the inevitable bugaboo, Include everything from, "Warning: "Don't let your nerves get shattered by drinking too much coffee or tea. Don't eat too much nonnutrltive, fatty, low energy foods . . . Don't expect daily nebrasksn to operate well without sleep. When tired, take a nap and then go on," to "Once into a problem, it may appear that the problem is really too small to warrant your attention. Everything looks easy. You get puffed up by your "beginner's luck." After the traps comes the journey, marked by a succession pf stops along the way from problem to solution. Each stop is accompanied by an introduction, language guide, methods for acceptance and finally Travel Guides, which are references to other sources on the same subject. The route progresses as the various stages of problem solving are reached: accept ance, analysis, definition, ideation, idea selection, implementation and evalua tion. We've heard some of the methods before; such as listing all the attributes of a subject. Others, such as various written exercises which take a geometri cal form on paper, originate with the authors reflect their concern with order ' and symmetry. Sidt trips The last section of iiie uook Is devoted to what the authors call "side trips." These Include a guide to measurable objectives, lessons from problem solv ing, synectics (using the tools of analogy, metaphore and simile to -provoke discussion of a problem), self hypnosis procedure (a modified type of yoga), a communications checklist, wiring diagrams (a series of classifica tions for types of ideas) and a number of games for creativity. The approach of the book is casual but systematic. The authors say they think life and its inevitable decisions are solved through an ordered approach, with lots of room for alternatives, new Ideas and lack of habits to keep a person going. Their philosophy is attractive and calming just like their brown-toned paperback book. The Universal Traveler will find a rocky road, but, as the authors say, he doesn't have to stumble over the rocks. ' thursday, november 7, 1974 pages m stp.