a ma. 
     
    
   
   
    
     After spending two very 
     
     'interesting and enjoyable 
     
     years while living on PEI, 
     
     I felt compelled to share 
     
     with the PEI community an 
     
     experience which I had the 
     
     privilage to partake in a 
     
     short time ago. 
     
    

    
     During the 75—76 school 
     
     year at UPEI, I had the 
     
     opportunity to be intro- 
     
     duced via casette tape, to 
     
     a man who has initiated a 
     
     new type of community that 
     
     is rapidly spreading in 
     
     different parts of the world 
     
     and which in a-quiet way, 
     
     amidst the noise and haste, 
     
     is calling to liberation 
     
     people who have been vic- 
     
     timized by the individual— 
     
     istic and competitive world 
     
     we live in. The man's 
     
     I name is Jean Vanier and the 
     
     _community is called L'arche 
     
     with its main headquarters 
     
     located in Trosly, France. 
     
     L'arch, founded in 1964, 
     
     attempts to give a permanent_ 
     
     home to some 150 mentally 
     
     handicapped adults who in 
     
     some way have been reject— 
     
     ed or hurt by society, t0* 
     
     psychiatric hospitals and the 
     
     unwillingness of people to 
     
     take a genuine interest in 
     
     providing these people with 
     
     a loving and caring atmosphere. 
     
     Together with these handi- 
     
     capped or "assisted people" 
     
     (we are all handicapped in 
     
     someway), ther is also 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     trucks 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     rogutsiunons 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     (* * * * *)BLONDIE 
     
     (PRIVATE STOCK RECORDS) 
     
    

    
     Punk rock, which is 
     
     rock 'n roll stripped 
     
     to its very basics, is 
     
     quickly becoming the 
     
     emerging craze of 1977. 
     
     Already grOups such as 
     
     'Blondie' and 'Jonathon 
     
     Richman & The Moder Lovers 
     
     have had considerable 
     
     exposure in the rock 
     
     trade papers and have 
     
     expanding cult followings. 
     
    

    
     In the case of Blondie, 
     
     featuring blonde—haired 
     
     Deborah Harry as lead 
     
     vocalist, the cult cer— 
     
     tainly has something to 
     
     follow. Their material 
     
     is, at first listen, 
     
     .lacking of any value what- 
     
     soever. But listen to 
     
     the album three times and 
     
     I guarantee you'll be 
     
     hooked. With songs cen— 
     
     tered around violence ("X 
     
     Offender", "Rip Her To 
     
     Shreds") coupled with 
     
     Deborah Harry! s_disf 
     
    

    
     92k ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     g— mm Ve’r 
     
    
   
   
    
     some 140 assistants, men and 
     
     women alike who have come 
     
     from all walks of life to 
     
     dedicate their immediate 
     
     lives to the service of 
     
    

    
     the handicapped. - 
     
    

    
     To understand the in— I 
     
     tention of L'Arche we must 
     
     look at the very meaning 
     
     of the word L'Arche. The 
     
     word L'Arche means "The 
     
     Ark" in French. In the bible 
     
    

    
     .story the ark was the boat 
     
     that Noah had used to 
     
    

    
     ,save the cratures of all 
     
     'varieties from the flood.‘ 
     
     Hence, LArche is symbolic 
     
    

    
     of a place of refuge, of 
     
    

    
     a community of great variety 
     
     and the gift of hope. 
     
    

    
     The motivation behind 
     
     Jean Vanier's establishing 
     
     a community such as L'Arche 
     
     is described in his inspir— 
     
     ational book "Eruption to 
     
     Hope". He states: "More 
     
     and more of the world seems 
     
     to be dividing itself into 
     
     'two. 0n the one hand there 
     
     ,are those motiviated by the 
     
     accumulation of riches, 
     
     by the need to possess, and 
     
     by the need to dominate and 
     
     be above others. On the 
     
     other hand there are those 
     
     who live in involunatry 
     
     poverty and misery and 
     
     who are in some way mar- 
     
     ginal to society. (the 
     
     aged, the handicapped 
     
     of all kinds, the alcho- 
     
     ‘holics, the mentally 
     
    
   
   
    
     rout times? 
     
    
   
   
    
     . g o- 
     
     ', 
     
    

    
     :0: Just/f 
     
     ill and so forth and "' 
     
     those who live in misery 
     
     in the developing . 
     
     countries). Is not the 
     
     great challenge of the day 
     
     to create Communities(which 
     
     in fact are quite ancient 
     
     since they resembe the 
     
    
   
   
    
     ’first Christian communities) 
     
    
   
   
    
     a great means of bringing a. 
     
     a solution to the suf— 
     
     fering, the wars and‘re- 
     
     volutions so prevalent in 
     
     When the diSf 
     
     tance between the society 
     
     seeking domination and 
     
     'possession, and the 
     
     miserable masses living ‘ 
     
     in poverty becomes too 
     
     great we can be sure that. 
     
    
   
   
    
     one day a spark will ignite ” 
     
    
   
   
    
     'the expolsion. Do we not 
     
     'need communities of those// 
     
    
   
   
    
     who choose poverty, happy. 
     
     to share their lives with 
     
     the rejected in order to 
     
    
   
   
    
     create a bridge between the a 
     
    
   
   
    
     two worlds?" Thus, the 
     
     Vaim of L'Arche is clear, 
     
     the intention simple. As 
     
     Vanier sees it, "the aim is 
     
    
   
   
    
     I not efficiency and pro— 
     
    
   
   
    
     ductivity but human and 
     
     spiritual progress, which 
     
     ought necessarily to be 
     
     found on anopeness and 
     
     mutual respect, and 
     
     the desire to see the 
     
     other achieve the greatest 
     
     possible liberty." , 
     
     The life style led at 
     
     L'Arche is one of work, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Punk Rock—Good and Bad 
     
    
   
   
    
     tinctive voice and the 
     
     band 3 very tight sound, 
     
     Blondie is by far the 
     
     best of the punk bands, 
     
     including the Ramones. 
     
     Before the end of 1977, 
     
     everyone will have heard 
     
     of Blondie and remember 
     
     where you heard it first. 
     
     (*)JONATHON RICHMAN 
     
     (BESERKLEY RECORDS) 
     
    

    
     In direct contrast to the 
     
     craftily created songs of 
     
     Blondie is the other 
     
     emergin punk rock star, 
     
     Jonathon Richman. The 
     
     material on this album 
     
     is so ridiculous I could. 
     
     hardly listen to\the whole 
     
     thing. I must say the 
     
     second and third listens 
     
     failed to reveal anything 
     
     that could account for his 
     
     current popularity. I 
     
     can't understand h6w Rich— 
     
     man made it out of the 
     
     underground. This stuff 
     
     is on the caveman's level. 
     
     Primitive. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (* *) THE MODERN LOVERS 
     
     (BESERKLEY RECORDS) 
     
    

    
     The Modern Lovers is 
     
     Jonathon Richman's back- 
     
     up group. They have 
     
     their own album as well. 
     
     Isn't that nice? 
     
    
   
   
    
     fiflu.;' !" 
     
    
   
   
    
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     (* * * * *)SPANISH TRIINS— 
     
     CHRIS de BURGH 
     
     (A & M RECORDS) 
     
    

    
     It is very hard to 
     
    
   
   
    
     describe a work such as this. 
     
    
   
   
    
     because it is so varied 
     
     and so different from 
     
     anything else I've heard 
     
     that it defies categor- 
     
     ization or description. 
     
     "Spanish Train", the 
     
     title cut, is my favourite. 
     
     It recounts the battle be- 
     
    
   
   
    
     .tween the Lord and the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Devil for the souls of men. 
     
     The battle is ymbolized 
     
     by their playing a game 
     
     of cards, and of course 
     
     the Devil cheats, thereby 
     
     winning more souls than 
     
     the Lord. Eventually the 
     
     Devil wins the hand and 
     
     they switch to playing 
     
     chess. Here again the 
     
     Devil continues to 
     
     cheat and win more souls. 
     
     Chfis de Burgh simply 
     
     recounts this story via 
     
     talking for the verses 
     
     and bursting into tan- 
     
     talized song for the pow— 
     
     erful, surging chorus. 
     
     The effect is dazzling 
     
     and is one he uses quite 
     
     often on this record. 
     
     Other impressive songs 
     
     are"A Spaceman Came Tra— 
     
     velling", "Just A Poor 
     
     Boy z.an2 xxee.¥9zex:... 
     
    
   
   
    
     3.5.3.? 
     
    
   
   
    
     am» ' ‘ 
     
     sharing at meal time and 
     
     V‘prayer. Work consists of 
     
     assembling things for 
     
     'nearbygfacmprfpgg’ ‘ 
     
     all types of fibtgfiqux_h 
     
     mosaics in the various' 
     
     workshops, the maintenanca 
     
     of the gardens and fields 
     
     where food is grown, and 
     
     the repairing of the old 
     
     houses that the community 
     
     owns, which require constans 
     
     attention. The 8 hour work 
     
     day at L'Arche is enjoyable 
     
     'and a kind of amily affair 
     
     whereby creativity and 
     
     self-fulfillment is attain-r 
     
     ed by each person accord- 
     
     ‘ing to_their own capacity 
     
     and talent. .Although, L'Arc}u 
     
     is to some degree subsidized 
     
     ,by the French govenment, it 
     
     could not function without 
     
     the proceeds it receives 
     
     for the work the community 
     
     engages in._ My knowledge 
     
     of this area is limited but 
     
     I do understand that most of 
     
     the proceeds go directly 
     
     to maintaining the upkeep 
     
     of the community. 
     
     There are some two 
     
     hundred peOple directly 
     
     \ living at L'ARche houses 
     
     some five to ten miles 
     
     away. The L'Arche com- 
     
     munity itself is sub— 
     
     divided into about ten 
     
     to twelve mini—communities 
     
     consisting fo between ten 
     
     and tWenty people. The 
     
    
   
   
    
     season for the creation 
     
     ( Con't page 5.) 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     It's'difficulttsingling 
     
    

    
     out particular songs 
     
    

    
     as all the epics on the 
     
    

    
     album are outstanding.’ 
     
    

    
     If you‘re looking for a 
     
    

    
     new listening experience 
     
     try Chris de Burgh; 
     
    
   
   
    
     (* * * *) THE TIME MACHINE— 
     
     ‘RESONANCE (CELEBRATION 
     
     RECORDS) . 
     
    

    
     Considering they-are 
     
     only two guys from France, 
     
     Resonance sure make their, 
     
     share of music. One plays 
     
     numerous synthesizers, the 
     
     vother various guitars. 
     
     The Time.Machine is a two— 
     
     record set which takes us 
     
     on a musical voyage throng? 
     
     the ages, touching on forms 
     
     of music as varied as disco 
     
     ("Al Capone's Blues") to 
     
     Viennan waltzes ("Grand 
     
     Siecle"); 
     
    

    
     The best song on the 
     
     album is entitled 
     
    
   
   
    
     "Magellasn", an acoustic 
     
     number that could easily 
     
     be a hit single. The Time 
     
     MAchine is definitelngpé 
     
     of the most interesting 
     
     albums to come along in 
     
     quite a while.‘ 
     
    

    
     Next Week:"AANIMALS— 
     
     PINK FLOYD"; "Tejas— 
     
    

    
     Z Z TOP"; "JONNY THE 
     
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