The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 53, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 5, 1978 Page: 3 of 8
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Tuesday, December 5. 1978
Group Focus
Toys Produces Boob Tube Sound
THE NORTH TEXAS DAILY-PAGE 3
By CAROL E. STEWART
Entertainment Editor
In the 1930s, radio was the medium
which interested the typical middle-class
American family. Talk shows and serials
dominated the dinner table as topics of
discussion. A new media crept in during
the 1950s: television. The tube was the
playmate for the children who grew up
in the I960s. And today the average in-
dividual watches five to seven hours of
television a day. More that 40 percent of
American homes contain two or more
televisions.
“It’s kind of a fantasy world that we
all live in,” explained David Faulkner,
bass player for the band Toys, which
centers its musical messages around the
concept of the boob tube and calls itself
a “suburban band."
“Your parents didn’t need anything
except a little radio,” said David Huf-
ford, guitarist for Toys. “Now people
don’t know how to sit around by
themselves and think. They sit in front
of a TV or go to a show or a club. We
feel we’re a product of that. Basically I
think that all we want to say is that we
know that’s what we are—not necessari-
ly that we’re for or against it. You can’t
really knock what you are.”
TOYS IS comprised of five members
who believe that “good melodic music”
is coming back into the music scene. The
basic core of Toys has been together for
four years. Last year the band added two
new members, Cliff Martin, guitarist
and David Lee, drummer. And when the
other three members. Will Clay, sax-
ophonist and synthesizer player; David
Hufford, guitarist; and David Faulkner,
bass player, formed the original Toys
they, played their own music.
Manager and sound technician for the
band is Bowen Bres, former NT student
who joined Toys last year. Bres was in-
strumental in bringing bands to NT last
year as chairman of the concert and
dance committee of the Union Program
Committees.
Like other bands who aspire to play
all original material, Toys couldn’t make
a living from the material in the
nightclub world. Toys has made a com-
promise over the years which resulted in
a 50/50 mixture of original material and
nostalgic 1960s songs.
THE DALLAS BAND’S TV format
of music includes original songs written
mostly by Faulkner and Hufford. A
member of the band and attained
recognition on an album called “Refined
Texas Crude.” The album is composed
of songs from a contest which resulted in
a choice of 10 Dallas bands to record for
the album.
“OUR ORIGINAL drummer got fed
up one day, he was a real moody guy, a
frenchman,” Faulkner said, remember-
ing the situation which won them a bit of
Dallas recognition. “He quit the band
because he wasn’t feeling good one day
Toys
song entitled “Suicide Note," is an ex-
ception to the rule, a tune written by
Martin. It is a song focused on a young
man who leaves his suicide note to a
television set because he is caught up
totally with TV,” Bres said.
Faulkner's compositions include
“Dirt,” a tune about gossip; “Mirror,"
about a guy who falls in love with a girl
who spends more time with the mirror
than with him; and “On TV,” a song
about television.
Faulkner’s co-writer, Hufford, wrote
"Miracle America,” which explains that
the weirdness of America could only
and regretted it later. He was under the
impression that everyone was
persecuting him and bad-vibing him
because he had quit the band.
He related all this to a friend of ours
and because she was being nice to him he
said, ’Well, why don’t you hate me like
everybody else?” Hufford saw potential
in the line, and went home and wrote the
lyrics and a rift to the song, explaining
the situation.
Toys sing a variety of nostalgic music.
“We were doing the Kinks music long
before everyone started doing their
songs, just because we liked them,” Huf-
happen here; “Rat Race," a song concern- ford said. The band performs songs by
mg life in the modern world; and
“NBC’s Got a Hook in Me," a network
story.
Hufford’s song list includes a tune cal-
led "Why Don't You Hate Me Like
Everybody Else?" which is about an old
Outtakes
The Monkeys, Mitch Rider and the
Detroit Wheels, the Beatles, theTroggs,
David Bowie and Todd Rundgren,
among other nostalgic stars.
In addition to these tunes. Toys per-
form a medley of television serial songs,
Union Hosts Concerts Today
A series of concert performances,
sponsored by the Union Program Com-
mittees, will be presented from noon un-
til 2 p.m. today in the University Union
Courtyard and the One O’clock
Lounge.
The NT Trombone Choir will per-
form at noon. The band, under the
direction of Royce Lumpkin, will per-
form Christmas music.
The Commercial Singers, under the
direction of Paris Rutherford of the
music faculty, will begin at 1 p.m.
The 2 O’Clock Lab Band West will
perform in the One O’Clock Lounge at 2
p.m. The band is under the direction of
Jim Riggs of the music faculty.
Craft Guild To Sell Work
A December Craft Sale sponsored by
the North Texas Craft Guild will be
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and
Wednesday on the Speech and Drama
Mall.
Ceramics, jewelry, leather, fiber and
print items will be on sale, Susan Ben-
nett, craft guild member, said.
The guild, which consists mainly of
crafts majors from the NT art depart-
ment, is holding the sale to give
members experience in selling their work
and to raise money to pay for workshops
and lectures which it sponsors each
semester, Miss Bennett said.
Speech To Explore Orgasm
Orgasm will be the topic of a speech
by Dr. Kathie Beckman Smallwood,
marriage and family counselor, at 8 p.m.
Wednesday in the Blue Room of Clark
Hall.
The speech is part of the Creative In-
timacy Series sponsored by Clark Hall
Resident Assistant Rusty Hann.
The cost of admission is SI.
Persons interested in attending may
contact the Clark Hall desk at 788-2430.
Union Sponsors Holiday Gala
Union Program Travel and Recrea-
tion Committee will alter Christmas
tradition a little tonight.
Instead of Santa’s lap to pose on, Ms.
Clause will be waiting to seat any NT
student, faculty or staff member from 6
to 9 p.m. at the Chat fireplace on the
second floor of the University Union.
Travel and Recreation’s Christmas
present to the university will include
musical entertainment, refreshments and
will be free.
Students Win Music Honors
Five NT students won awards at the
collegiate music competition at TWU
Saturday sponsored by the Texas Music
Teachers Association, Debora Clark,
Denton graduate student, said.
Those students are Timothy Jenkins,
Denton graduate student, voice; Gilles
Hubert, St. Cloud freshman, string; Eric
Mandat, Golden, Colo., senior,
woodwinds; Miss Clark, organ; and
Rinee Hosteller, piano.
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written by Walter Misky, in a rock
fashion. “He’s written a million songs to
all the popular TV serials,” Faulkner
said. “We kind of strung the three
together that he wrote: "Green Acres,"
"Beverly Hillbillies" and “Petticoat
Junction.”
“We try to reject the status quo by
glorifying it," said Faulkner, explaining
the band’s attitude toward society, evi-
dent in the Walter Misky medley. "Peo-
ple say ‘That’s a really stupid band
because they write songs about TV, but
when you think about the songs and
how everyday they are and how musical-
ly they belong to everyone’s life you
realize that life is stupid these days,”
Faulkner said.
The members of Toys feel that the
“power of pop” is making an re-
appearance in the music scene and that
their style of music will fit into that
mold.
“Punk rock is kind of a general term
like the protest music of the ‘60’s, except
they’re electric and have their guitars
turned up a bit louder,” said Faulkner.
“Bui basically it's the same thing. The
younger generation is saying, ‘Hey, we
want some attention down here’. We
have themes that we think are socially
relevant. Things are going to progress
back into a good-times type music—
happy tunes. We’ve got good-times
music but at the same time we give peo-
ple a little something to chew on.”
Sci-Fi '2001'
Plays Tonight
Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction film
“2001: A Space Odyssey” will be shown
at 7 and 9:30 p.m. tonight in The
Lyceum.
Union Program Cinema Committee
will sponsor the film probe of man’s in-
ability to cope with the unknown. “200!:
A Space Odyssey" spans the origin of
primitive man through the future age.
Stanley Kubrick performs the duel
role of producer and director of the
movie with the cast including Keir Dul-
lea, Gary Lockwood, Douglas Rain and
William Sylvester.
Penelope Gilliatt of the New Yorker
wrote about the film: "I think Stanley
Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is
some sort of great film, and an unforget-
table endeavor. Technically and
imaginatively, what he put into it is stag-
gering. . .a uniquely poetic piece.
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Christmas Cheer
Photo by LEE LATZER
Kathy Severns, Wilmington, Del., senior decorated President
Nolen's office Monday, bringing a Christmas card, a carol and
candy from Santa. The messages may be purchased Wednesday
from 9 to 5 p.m. outside the University Store from Public Relation
Student Society of America members.
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Maintenance Special
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We will adjust brakes, checking their condition and lining, adjust
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brake fiuid, windshield washer fluid, battery water and coolant (if
water-cooled).
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for having your radio set on
FM 88 when he visits you.
KNTU will be giving away
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lucky listner will receive
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Kelsey, Rick. The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 53, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 5, 1978, newspaper, December 5, 1978; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1002907/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.