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Different backgrounds create ‘unique’ band 1IDEF from Page 7 tween getting hit by a pillow and being hit by a brick,” Conradt said. “Rap is evolving to more like this (our tape),” he said. ‘4 We come from different backgrounds. Coming Irom different backgrounds makes us more unique.” “We all see rap as something dif ferent,” Klassy K said. “Coming from completely differ ent backgrounds we may not always gel along, but in the end we get what we want, ' he said. Klassy K said the band recorded “Watch Us Now” at Master Trax at the end of November. He said the tape was then put on sale at Twisters and Pickles in the middle of Decem ber. Conradt said the tape is also being sold in Phoenix, Ariz. He said there are also marketing possibilities in San Francisco, Boston, Kansas City and Chicago. Conradt said the money for the tape came mainly from irienas ana themselves. He said that so far the sales have been pretty good. “We knew what we wanted to do. We wanted a tape and we wanted to promote it Other bands dream (of making a tape) but we did it from the word go. ’ Klassy K said that because he’s white, he has to prove himself as a rapper. ‘ ‘The black population challenges us to be better because I’m white, so I have to prove myself. It’s a chal lenge to get people to respect us. It’s my goal to be respected as a rapper,” Klassy K said. “People look at me and think I’m the rapper, but I'm the DJ,” DJ Romeo said. Conradt said the band is planning on going live in about two months after they finish setting up their pro gram and getting more songs. “We're going to blow people’s doors off,” Conradt said. Trip No. 1 on V-day NEW YORK (AP) - A weekend away together is the ideal Valentine's Day treat, according to a poll in the February issue of Ladies’ Home Jour nal. Thirty-nine percent of the women surveyed thought such a getaway would be the most romantic Valen line’s gesture. The second choice, 25 percent, was to be taken out for din ner and a night on the town. If you’re strapped for money, for get the roses and send a love letter instead. Only 19 percent opted for roses, slightly above the 15 percent who would like a love letter. Kentucky Country Thefourkidsof Kentucky Country (Seth Horton, Elizabeth Ratcliff, Natan Ratcliffand Sara Horton) will perform for Pat Egan’s 20th annual Boat-Tackle-Sport & Travel Show at Pershing Auditorium. The cousins, currently under contract with the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, performed at the Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C. The group will perform Thursday through Sunday at 8:30 p.m., at a 3:30 p.m. matinee Saturday, and Sunday matinees at 1 ana 3 p.m. | x This coupon is worth | ! 'V $1500 *%XI y* on your 1st plasma donation. ^ " | | Earn cash while you study. 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Actor-turned-director Clint Eastwood got the directing trophy for i. .— - “Birds,” beating out “Working Girl’s” Mike Nichols and “Rain Man’s” Barry Levinson. Other pre-Oscar favorites were Golden Globe losers. The civil-rights film "Mississippi Burning” and the Australian-themed melodrama “A Cry in the Dark” each went into the ceremony with four nominations but left empty-handed. “Running on Empty” went in with five nominations but got only a screenplay award for Naomi Foner, and the acclaimed “The Accidental Tourist” and the lop hit of 1988, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” got none. The Golden Globes, presented annually by the 80-mcmbcr Holly wood Foreign Press Association, is viewed as a barometer for movies in contention for Academy Awards. Oscar nominations will be an nounced Feb. 15. “Rain Man,” the chronicle of a scheming car salesman who learns to understand his autistic brother, won two film awards, as best dramatic motion picture and for top dramatic actor to Hoffman. Weaver won as best supporting actress in “ Vorking Girl” and tied for best dram atic actress in * 'Gorillas in the Mist: The Adventure of Dian Fossey.” There were several tics, including a three-way split for best actress in a drama film. Weaver split the prize with MacLaine of “Madame Sou satzka” and Foster of “The Ac cused.” Hanks, who played a boy whose body grows up overnight in “Big,” and Griffith, the savvy secretary yearning for a better job in “Working Girl,” got the comedy acting tro phies. Veteran actor Martin Landau look the trophy for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for his appearance in “Tucker: The Man and His Dream,’ ’ Francis Ford Coppola’s study of American car maker Preston Tucker. In television categories, ABC’s “War and Remembrance’’ won three trophies. The epic won as best TV miniseries, and John Gielgud and Barry Bostwick tied for best support ing actor in a miniserics. Jill Eikcnberry, Michael J. Fox, Ann Jillian, Candice Bergen, Judd Hirsch, Richard Mulligan, Katherine Hclmond, Ron Perlman and the shows “ihirtysomething" and “The Wonder Years’ ’ also won TV honors. The honorary Cecil B. DcMille Award for outstanding contribution to the industry went to actress Doris Day, star of such films “The Pajama Game,’’ “The Man Who Knew Too Much" and “Pillow Talk," plus TV’s “The Doris Day Show." Past DcMille winners include Eastwood, Anthony Quinn and Barbara Stanwyck. O. JVellness_ Classes University Health Center Are you wanting to get ready for swimsuit weather, but aren’t sure where to go? Let us help. An Active Way to Weight Control Staff/Faculty Weight Control Classes start February 13th For more information call. UHC Community Health 472*7440
