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First half stale, 'ym ^' W - BP OBHH Ry BILL DOUGLAS V ? w J' H Gamecock Staff Writer 4 'J jm) JWjjjj A decent-sized crowd, [(wHKa?' - MEsM weather, turned out in W.' ' Ballroom Thursday night MHH performance by Charle # Band. The concert was rnra Jg temporary Sounds. [ /SKBBuhl The six members of the I :|JBF ABUP BjB Ballroom stage, each wea -Sj|W j^H tuxedo. Once the band r par ^SnB9|K Hnj instruments they began t |?|p H very expertise Amida's rendition of the i N - flgB directed to the group's HH Carter and keyboardist Oi g>g. WM 080 severe irouDie nuung while Wright's keyboard ? turned down a few hundi Wright of Amida . . . inconsistent performance T*,e second song by the Charleston band Nights, displayed the SOUTH CAROLINA Carolina Coliseum * February 13-Andrae Cr February 12--Parliar Funkadelic-Barkays ' February 16--Steve 1 T~1 1 tin"John Sebastian 1-4 '-V -Ml " T JL CU1 UdlJ Township Auditorium February 9-Preserva Hall Jazz Band m Unrto/^int PnllnrtA concert February 3--J:rnmy Cj Bunch Greenville Memo Auditorium February 9--Tom Jones Charleston-Gailliard on prinar Fphruarv 1--Glenn Mille V*. -> - GEORGIA Omni (Atlanta) February 23-Nazareth From the Horse's IV Having left the semi-warm environment of Columbia for several weeks for the cold, barren wasteland of New York, I was faced with the proposition of taking advantage oi tne many forms of holiday entertainment. From movies to television to recorded music, one could find just about anything to keep his mind occupied. I have selected several of the best and worst examples of "entertainment," and will present you, The Gamecock reader, with small, insignificant statements on each. r?i I J it--i ? ? ~ riuase oear in minu inai my upmiuns aic mu muic vuuu than John Davidson's or even Bert Convy's for that matter. After all, we all know that opinions are like armpits ? just about everybody has one or two, and they all gtink. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" ? Steven Spielberg's mystical, often fascinating statement on life from other worlds. Special effects are spellbinding. Soundtrack, by John Williams (who does soundtracks for anybody who's anybody these days), features an updated- version of "Dueling Spaceships." Those who go in with high expectations may be let down. Just go and enjoy. "Semi-Tough" ? Semi-waste of some semi-actors. Features a weak screenplay which has little to ao wun uan Jenkins' hilarious book. Too bad, this could have been a winner. ? " ? A U inianCA ftltVt 1 i/OOKing r or tvir. uooaDar ? t\ iKiuiiung, huwi? .. . thought it was excellent, especially Diane Keaton's performance, but left the theatre drained and in need of the old "plop plop fizz, fizz." second set better rla Vina lipart nnt 1 achieve vocal harmony. The b< "Boogie Nights" was the instrum the band did not sing. considering the cold Amida began to piece together the Russell House formance during the tune "Fun, to see an inconsistent Carter switched from lead to sion, a.ws amiaa vocals ana KeyDoaras. wrigni m< sponsored by Con- saxophone and joined t rum pete Wright to create an admirable ho band strolled onto the Amida did a commendabnle job ring a different color Earth, Wind & Fire's "Serpentine nemDers louna tnetr song was a success because it was o plan "Brickhouse" range of Carter. Bass guitai i. The problem with Michaels, and lead guitarists Larr >ong could have been Len Coleman did a fine job on lead singer , Bobby vocals. "lando Wright. Carter any sort of high note THE BAND SLOWED the beat d solo could have been performing the Commodore's h red decibels. Amida was playing the tune rath< midway through the song when Orl performed, "Boogie started telling a story of an unfaitl band's inability to couple who were "easy." The n Great Southeast Music Hall NORTH CARi (Atlanta) February 2--Eddie Money- Favettevillp-f ouch Cruise-A-Matic Countv Memo nent February 3-4~Doug Kershaw- February -James Talley -'Funkadelic Mar- February 5-Jan Hammer Group-Glen Phillips Charlotte Coli February 10--Leon Redbone-- February f^rry Groce Funkadelic February 13--Elvin Bishop February 14 -Dave Loggins Greensboro C ition February 15-16--Arlo Guthrie- February 3--Shenandoah Fphnmrv 4 i February 17-David Allen Coe-Marshall Chapman February 18-19-Peter Allen astor " FLORIDA JUL?I Fox Theatre (Atlanta) February 15--Santana Jacksonville < February 12 February 14 February Funkadelic r February 26Sav?nn?h Piuip PnnJo^ February 9-England Dan and John Ford Coley Auditorium February 17=-Mother's Finest- February 4-Slave IUUill Mr. fcd talks < "Saturday Night Fever" ? I didn't see it. Horses aren' allowed into discos, but somebody told me that Travolt; was great. If you like disco, shake your booty and go. Bu please write to me in care of The Gamecock and tell mi what's so hot about disco. "The Gauntlet" ? Clint Eastwood's attempt at presentini the "real" cop, is an ultimate flop. The plot is so weak i couldn't please a drooling mollusk. Features a miracle o modern cinema: on several occasions Clint tries to delive more than one consecutive line. How can we possibly tak him cpriniiclv*' "Telefon" ? Sorry, wrong number. Bronson again show that he can act no better than Bruce, the mechanical sharl from "Jaws." Hollywood needs a tough guy who can act "The Goodbye Girl" ? The highlight of the holiday season /\ uratuiuuiiy auicu, inuvie. rnxuiniiicnut-u iu anyone with a heart or a mind. If you see one movie of all o these, see this one. It's just plain great! "Running on Empty" ? Jackson Browne captures th essence of life on the road. Includes, in addition to liv concert recordings, songs taped in hotel rooms, on the bus i 4i*n u_.il i i ..i unu hi iiit: i uiicui sai nan. i\eicr iu icvifw ui juurmjii j? miu\ in Atlanta. "My Aim is lYue" ? Elvis Costello is the latest workin, class rock and roller. Cvnical and toiuzh. this debut album i very impressive. nuch soul si pan 01 slory, according to Wright: "Marriage is like ental, when school... if you don't do your homework you'll flunk the course." a good per- The band took a short intermission and Fun, Fun." returned to the stage clad in silver and black background outfits with capes and the band's name on the oved to the shirts. Along with the change of outfit came a r Keginald change in the quality of the music, rn section. Amida returned more confident and much performing more animated in their movements and stage Fire." The gestures as opposed to the unpolished steps the in the vocal group used to open the show. rist Kenny The band then performed tunes like "Party y Wade and Hearty," "I've Got You," and "Strawberry supporting Letter Number 23" with somewhat more drive and feeling than any song they did in the opening set. The crowd responded to the im own a bit by provement by getting up and dancing, lit "Easy." Amida's show at the Ballroom had some of ?r well until the worst versions of popular songs ever heard, ando Wright early in the opening of the show. But as the lful married show progressed the group rose to the height of loral of the the best of mediocrity. > DLINA - ' 1?''Tilfmi' berl d rial Auditorium 19--Parliament seum mma, m. Steve Martin ibout entertainment t "Karla Bonoff" ? Karla has been writing those touching , 4 Intrn cr\r\(1d fnr T inHa Rnncta^f onH nmir ic An liar ntim iu vv ovitgo iwi ajiiiuu ivuiioiuui, uiiu uwn to uu iivi uvtii, t singing them the way she means them to be sung. A very e nice, smooth album featuring The Section in the background. g "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" ? Jazzed-up Joni Mitt chell about 60 minutes stretched onto two records. Joni's f fans may enjoy this one, but I liked her a lot more when her r music was simpler. e "Saturday Night Fever-Souiuitrack" ? Like the movie, Mr. Ed hasn't found the time to hear the soundtrack, but disco s fans usually go ape over the Bee Gees, and this record is k. currently topping the charts. i. "Family" ? They keep flashing back to Willie's initial r romance with Lizzie, who died a week later of radiation she f picked up while working on a physics experiment. Over the holidays Willie started a new relationship with Lizzie's exroommate, and screwed it up royally. e e "Saturday Night at the Super Iiowl" ? The worst show ever U produced for television. Joe Namath and Paul and Andy Williams hosted this absolutely worthless piece of semiliterate trash. I would recommend "Bowling for Dollars" g over this one. When Paul and Andy danced and sang "Short s People" I considered writing to my congressman, requesting to have these pimps destroyed.