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Concert's late start
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By Bill Douglas
Gamecock Staff Writer
A capacity crowd filed into Carolina Coliseum this past Friday
evening to see a less than exciting concert given by Rick James, Mass
Production and Raydio.
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visit to Columbia so far this year. James' show is a well polished, well
coordinated set of effects and music. Entering the stage following a
patch of fog and fireworks, James displays the essence of confidence
and an arrogance that has made his "Punk-Funk" popular.
James says "Punk-Funk" is a ghetto-inspired form of music
decreeing it's all right for people to do their own thing. James reenforces
the musical message by his stage antics, which include turnine
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his back to the audience, lighting up a "joint" on stage, and throwing
roses into the audience.
James and his supporting groups, "The Punk-Funk Horns," "The
Stone City Band" and the "Colored Girls" have become the musical
masters of the double-meaning lyric. In his two releases,"Come Get It"
and "Busting Out of L-7," James subtly advocates marijuana use
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James did not disappoint the Coliseum crowd by performing hits
"Mary Jane," "You and I," "Busting Out of L-7" and "High on Your
Love Suite."
The only thing marring James' performance was the fact he did not
take the stage until 11:30 D.m.. following RavdioanH Mass Prnrinr?Hnn
Flaydio delayed the concert's scheduled 7:30 starting time by having a
late sound check. The sound check proved to be as entertaining as the
group's concert performance, dull.
The group played a medley of their hits "Me," and "Jack and Jill"
from their "Raydio" album. Raydio leader Ray Parker Jr. seemed
content performing to the people sitting in the front rows as oDoosed to
the rest of the Carolina Coliseum. Parker would take frequent*jaunts to
the front row in search of response or applause that were not coming
from the upper decks.
Parker perhaps denied the audience of his true talents by playing the
bass during the concert. Parker has earned a reputation in the music
industry as one of the best studio guitarists around. He has done studio
work for Harvey Mason, Boz Scaggs, Lenny Williams, Stevie Wonder
and others.
The whole crowd did not enjoy Raydio until the group's last number,
their recent hit "Hot Stuff ."
Mass Production proved to be more versitile and entertaining than
Raydio by playing funk and soft ballads. The group displayed a great
deal of energy and acrobatics in their performance, especially during
one number "Firecracker."
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By David Baker
Entertainment Editor
Aside from a few names having been changed and a
few days' worth of spooky occurences having been
condensed into taking place in a single night, Stuart
Rosenberg's The Amityville Horror is as faithful an
adaptation of Jay Anson's non-fiction best-seller as
one could have hoped for.
For those who are unfamiliar with Anson's book,
The Amityville Horror is the story of George and
Kathy Lutz who, on Dec. 18, 1975, moved into a three
storied colonial house in the Long Island town of
Amityville.
The house had previously been the home of Ronald
uereo, a satamst who one year earlier had murdered
his parents, brothers and sisters while they slept.
Soon after the Lutzes moved in, psychic
phenomena began to occur in almost every room of
the house. The walls talked and laughed, house flies
invaded Kathy's sewing room, cold winds raged
through the halls, black water overflowed the
lavatory bowls and finally the walls and staircase
began to secrete a strange green (red in the film)
slime.
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their three children fled in terror, taking only a few
changes of clothes. They never returned.
As is most always the case with movies dealing
with the supernatural, the degree to which one
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By Mark Chevalier
Gam?cock st?H writer crazy guy, and
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book, well not very funny but at guy, but in this
least it's funny. Actually it's like someone v
very funny and in other places even been to Czi
it's not so funny, but in all just goes to sho1
honesty, there are many more alway somethinj
not funhy places then funny So what's the
places. Actually, very little of problem is thi
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maybe, but mostly it's just fact this stuff
interesting. Ah! Yes, that is the away from e
word, it's interesting. successful dial
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believes in the occult is pretty much the same degree
to which one will be affected by the film.
Fortunately for those who don't believe in unearthly
happenings, director Rosenberg has fashioned
within the film several scary scenes having really
little to do with supernatural events. Consequently,
even if one finds the gist of the story ridiculous, these
scenes will probably elicit the same number of
screams from him as from those who believe the
story devoutly.
Add to this the fact that the house used for filming
has two windows resembling gigantic red eyes on the
uppermost floor. Almost every exterior shot of the
house features the two windows glowing menacingly
into the camera and the effect is quite haunting.
The film's one problem is in the area of acting. As
the Lutzes, James Brolin and Margot Kidder seem to
be made of wood. More than once I caught myself
looking above their heads trying to catch a glimpse of
the puppeteer.
The supporting players are sliehtlv better, but onlv
Don Stroud, as a confused priest, turns in a portrayal
of exceptionally high calibre.
The Amityville Horror is a slick, entertaining
motion picture, but it's very hard to overlook its
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so, but I'm not sure that anyone who hasn't read the
book will feel it's worth the effort.
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on records he is interested in a more literal
wild and crazy articulation of his humor, then
book he writes Cruel Shoes is not the correct
/ho ain't never format for such an excursion,
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w you Jane, it's that Martin was either unaware
g. or simply unconcerned about
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s door is not delicate transition from perartin
talks. In formed to written comical
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should be full of Cruel Shoes certainly won't
;tand-up comic advance nor destroy Martin's
om it's skimpy career, but hopefully it will find
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