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IbMmk ~sprinklei By Dayld Baker Entertainment Editor Sometimes schmaltz can be nice, but thai case with John G. Avildsen's Slow Dancing City. Avildsen, who took sentimentally to limits with Rocky, has simply gone too far one. Slow Dancing stars Paul Sorvino as Breslin-esque news writer and newcon Ditchburn as the critically ill ballerina loves. Both characters. esDeciallv Sorvino'< r A f ' just wallow in emotion. When the film opens, Sorvino is sitting typewriter, in his underwear, writing a st an Eskimo who saved an accountant from himself. A most unattractive waitress is o behind him waiting for his hands to roam typewriter to her. It's no wonder that he story out to such exorbitant lengths. Likewise, it's no wonder that the first tim lays eyes on Ditchburn, he's nearly overcoi Canadian good looks. And when he learra reason she's in his building is to rent an a Sil 9 Rock Moi By James Rokosny man} Qamvcock Staff Writer Cham Rock Mountain, an Atlanta- Weh< Dasea tock Dana, gave iwo crowd- Th< pleasing performances in the 21, c Golden Spur on Tuesday and "Big Wednesday of this past week. feedb The band, consisting of Patty clear Albigese, vocals; Mark Parish, Crow< keyboards; Jim Callay, drums; befor John Tyler, lead guitar, bass and Youn vocals and Howard Williams, freou | guitar, bass and vocals, is a tight, songs ? semi-commercial band that is first working on creating its "own Dane ' sound." follov I If you like to hear tight "U.S reproductions of songs by such Alb \ artists as Jackson Browne, The almo! i Grateful Dead and many more, show you'd probably love this band. But singii if you like a band trying to make it Judy ion pure original matenai, you forms probably wouldn't. imita In talking to Ira Luft, the sound band man, I inquired on why the band Fred< doesn't just play original music if The t that is what they are striving for. sounc "We have to keep our popularity, this i up and make sure our original that t material is the way we want it list o I before making the big jump," he lackii said. The band has been in touch Tyl with a couple of recording com- that panies, but unlike most groups, band they decided to wait. "We're sharii building our own studio back in Tyler Atlanta. We feel it's better to wait Jerry and have everything totally pjay i organized before presenting it to SOunc companies and the public. Too hear* y 'Slow D< d with saci : is not the there? the g)eam in his < in the Big ?un- For weeks he pursi the outer 10 g0 oul WItn nim . wjth this If only the two of them say to one another on th a Jimmv of Love Story wouldn^t ler Anne scriPl is filled with ** whom he dialogue that has ever f< s, seem to sc^?enAt one point, Sorvino t behind a in New York? w ory about stars, kiss the moon, tui drowning Lines like that could i ,n the bed suPP1>r? and Grant's sere from the She should apply for wor draes the T^e on*y scenes in S ^ interesting are the o dancing. When she's r Lcovivmu . " .... . me bv her rooftoP. whirling and ; i that the emenating from her po " ''Yc'. ^^^^^^^!^>:l>yI;';v;v^v-.-v<';:''-';'v;v/>y^wi^^w^^^^|WBBW|H Bi%Wf:':^:iv:v^^ ^ :^R intain ro< r musicians jump at their first P<>P ce, make one album and die. He* ape to ayoid this," stated Luft. aft? ; show on Wednesday, Feb. yell >pened with Joni Mitchell's sonr Yellow Taxi"; a rumble of >ack ruined the song but was ? ed up quickly. Most of the disj d must have seen this band and e, because cries for Neil Bro ig and The Dead were owr ently howled. The next two answered these requests, thei with Young's "When You Chi< e, I Can Really Love," wer fed by The Grateful Dead's and .Blues." the igese can hold her own with sho< st any female vocalist. She T' ed her versatility while P^ei ig songs by Joni Mitchell and moc Collins. Her best perance of the evening was her tion of Grace Slick as the YOU performed "Fast Buck ^ne1 3y" by Jefferson Starship. 8r0! >and can re-create songs that Y00 I as good as the originals, but tun< is their downfall. It's great *? M hey can play this impressive to ' f songs, but improvisation is tere rig, eliminating originality. |??^ er ana wimams oosometmng 1L43 is not frequently seen in a ? ? they switch back and forth, ' ng the guitar and bass duties. JS? has the ability of imitating . - Garcia. I don't say he can as good as Garcia, but he can ... I closer than anyone I've ever . d. This was a major a ;yes practically outshines the i = ^ ipq hpr anHcho fin-jll.. , M..M U..V ii.iuii; 051 cw ""Wl had something interesting to eir dates,this inept variation be so bad. Barra Grant's le most agonizingly insipid 3und its way to the American ells the lady: "If we can beat e can do anything ? walk on rn the garbage into roses..." ^ eplenish the world's sugar I enplay is just chock-full of it. j:-.. If at !1 CflnP nlanfofirvn I low Dancing that are at all nes featuring Ditchburn's & ehearsing all night on the jerking to the disco music rtable tape recorder, she is w S^i^;A\V--i y:Si i ^ ;ks out ularity-getter with the "Deqd |?? | ^ fl ids" at the Spur. It seemed as if I 1|"" ir every song people were ing "Grateful Dead"; at least le people have good taste in sic rilliams' best guitar work was Monday, Februa )layed on "Running on Empty" to Britain's ambas "Redneck Friend" by Jackson Five Fingers (U.S wne. The band also did their which also stars M i version of "Cocaine" which by Bernard Herrm \ great, mainly because it was r own version. During "Dixie cken" by Little Feat, Williams Tuesday Februf It Wild, dropping to his knees Lubj^ch yciassic c falling onto his back, he gave Waroh an best stage theatrics of the ^f^'s sets he selection of music was gentlemen pain er nomenal and brought back the h ^ >ds and ideals of the 1960s, and she switches ( jcially when the band played p'm' lio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and ng. Remember "what if you w her and found her dead on the Wednesday, Feb md? How can you run when Bergman's story o! know?" During an original carrying on as bef i by Tyler the band urged, "Go faces in this one, i ie woods, Go to see what used von Sydow and Gu >e yours and mine," an in- Seal, exceptThuliri sting and very realistic way of ing at progress (if that is what ). Sunday, March ock Mountain is a tight, very Harold Lloyd's las inized and ambitious band that Freshman, parts o nave a goon tuiure once mey in trie Kussell Hot their own sound together. Until who is fired, gets d 1, they are a crowd-pleaser, of a circus. It is a 1 good musicians, great vocals but the classic sla a great selection of songs. directed. 7 and 9:3( v ?? 1 J ! I u I L. I I. 4 i? ^ ;.'. " ^?v w^l ??aBWfegBWW^g^: > **3yw^MMJK; CIW^BP^^ \ free filmsry 26: James Mason is an agent posing as a valet caHnr tn Tiiplroi; inH faaHinn canrato In tlu> Movie in ouuui iv a ui nvj uiiu iv/vuiug ovvt *,io iv; uiv iiaLio 111 1952). Joseph Mankiewicz directed this thriller, [ichael Rennie and Danielle Darrieux, with music ann (Psycho). 108 minutes. 7 and9:30p.m. iry 27: Design for Living (U.S., 1933) is an Ernst ctorrino Hafv Prw^npr Miriam (Innlrinc VI?tV\?jr > ???0 jr xywvj/vi , ?*? ? * V|/?h??aj, d Edward Everett Horton. A wealthy American up housekeeping with two destitute American ! s ? all for the furtherance of art, of course. But de for romance as the men vie for the girl's love, casually from one to the other. 95 minutes. 7 and mary 28: Winter Light (Sweden, 1962) is Ingmar f a country minister dealing with a loss of faith but ! it he can. Bergman fans will find many familiar lotably Gunnar Bjornstrand, Ingrid Thulin, Max I _ II ...I ? unci uiiiuuiuin ian ui wiiuin were in me sevfnm i). 80minutes. 9:30only. 1 4: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (U.S., 1946) is t film. Lloyd here continues his character of The f which are included (and all of which was shown ise this past semester). Here he's a bookkeeper runk, loses Wednesday and wakes up as the owner bit on the long side (90 minutes) for its material, I pstick is as marvelous as ever Preston Sturges I )p.m . .