European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hey Sailor Souda Bay Navy base gets new dub by sue Palumbo Medit Teranen Bureau t hey flocked to it As if it were an Oasis in the desert. And in a sense it was. It was the opening last Friday of the new All ranks club at naval support activity Souda Bay on the Creek Island of Crete to serve the a More than 500 military1 personnel stationed there. The Many who said the new club was 10 times better than the old one Quot were not exaggerating. The Only place to eat on base other than the Galley was the old morale welfare and recreation facility which was literally a Quot Weenie Wagon Quot Selling hot dogs and other fast food fare. On hot Days it had to be closed because the temperature inside the Wagon reached 110 degrees or More. Customers sat outside. Before the Wagon what passed for a club was a tiny one room operation that barely sat 20 people and was crammed with a couple of Slot machines and a Pool table. ,. Quot we needed this Quot said Petty officer Ufi jew s4.s Sun Palumbo Petty officer 3rd class Brandon Rector takes a shot at air hockey during the opening of Souda Bay s new All ranks dub. 3rd class Brandon Rector. Quot there is not a lot to do on this base especially in the Winter. I m Only Here for six months but there Are a lot of people who Are Here for a year. That s a Long time without a  a a though Only the bar portion called players has opened for business the. New club will soon resemble a a recreational Complex. Plans Call for the dub to include the usual dining room Pool pingpong and air hockey tables and Slot machines. There will also be a movie theater a Tours office athletic gear Issue and a. Library. A a Quot we re working very hard to catch up with other bases who take for granted what we Don t have Quot said a Mytr director Cris Roberson a players received rave reviews on opening night despite the opinion Ofa. Few doubting Thomases who thought a. No smoking policy would keep people away. But the clean air recorded music and festive atmosphere pulled in Mure than 250 folks the first night. A Chance to get an autograph from country and Western singers the forester Sisters was an added Bonus. The Sisters talked with guests and signed pictures following their Uso sponsored concert at the nearby hangar. A a. Plans for other entertainment at the dub Are being made. The club s open i no n leans More than a place to eat and relax to some patrons because Many of them built it. To get As much value As possible for. The estimated s600,000 budgeted for the project the entire building was built . Four construction units working in Waves built the club using materials from the old commissary at hell Nikon a near Athens which was dosed and dismantled in 1991 the dub took approximately two years to Complete. The Library and movie theatre portion.1 Are scheduled to open by the end of a August a a a. Roberson said she often had to Quot take two Steps Back in order to take one step Forward Quot just to get the club built. The entire Souda Bay base is a Mue of construction which a has  done on the same amount of land a Quot this place actually shows people care about where we go and what we do Quot said Petty off seer 3rd class James. A Schrimpsher. Quot we ail know what it a took to build something this Nice Quot Tito Rojas concert listings a a see pages 26 amp 27 he brings his latin say lungs and his orchestra to Germany for concerts ibis month. Closer Looka change in Hart for sex Husker do drummer if the name Nova mob does no to ring a Bell try Grant Hart. If the Minneapolis drummers name Isnit familiar think Back to the seminal �?T80s band Husker do Hart s hanging out with a new Bunch now a a Nova mob if you will a to make new music and escape from the old Bob Mould of his former band an outfit that influenced every band operating since the mid-�?T80s from nirvana to the Stone Temple pilots a i think Modem pop has coasted off ideas that Are about 15 years old Hart said in a Telephone interview a the stuff they Call a indie Rock has just rotated in. Its just lacking any motivation to influence the next decade s.  and the band Are touring Europe see concert listings to promote a Strong new album titled Nova mob that a been a Long time in the making and is coincidentally hitting the stores about the same time As a Long languishing Husker of live album. A particularly Long languish when you consider a to that Husker do broke up under a amicable terms six years ago. Nova mob s been around since 1989, but Hart explained a we had a Little bit of a problem about three years ago. Its record company went into bankruptcy. Such a difficulty disrupts a band s Cycle of recording touring recording and so on a it prevents you from moving ahead a Hart said a the record is finished but Only in your  his experiences with the music Industry both during and after Hosker do have made Hart cautious suspicious and frustrated As he sought a record Deal that allowed him to to a the person i need to be. A we could be found record deals but i done to need a stranger to my music telling me How my music is a the College history major said. The Ideal situation for a recording company Hart said is to a get the artist in debt so they can Tell them what record to make next. Then you Start second guessing  what it comes Down to is working with people whose a motives i understand a Little better a Hart said. Its Clear that artistic respectability is what Harts seeking in his new musical incarnation after having to shake off the lingering image of former band mate Mould s a frontman group Genius status among the cultists. A live made Money to the Point of now knowing what to do with it a had admitted. A but i would like to influence music into the millennium. It s easy to make one record and sacrifice your ethics. But knowing me 1 Don t think i could live with myself like  with that thought in mind done to count on a Husker do reunion a it would have to to under some pretty meaningful circumstances a Hart said adding that if for instance a Benefit appearance was proposed a it also would have to be under conditions that Are fair to the  Deedee Arrington Doke staff writer Hart Friday june 3, 1994 the stars and stripes 23