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Entert * tasy : By Jill Jones Staff Writer Ever walked into an unfamiliar bar to discover you're the only one in the Dlace without a cowhov hat? Or perhaps you decided impulsively to drop in that new bar everyone's been talking about and you found that everyone forgot to 'Although Easy's c an adaptable bar student, it does see, fraternity orientatioi 4: ..u i:i,? ? iiieuituu yuu u icci uivc <x thug in your blue jeans and risk social disgrace by ordering a Bud ? even if you did pay $1.50 for it? It doesn't take too long to discover that bars ? like people ? have personalities and there are some you'd just as soon avoid. The purpose of this series on Columbia bars is to help eliminate some of the guesswork and "wasted" evenings we've all experienced. Easy's, located on Bluff Road behind Williams-Brice Stadium is probably still better known as Mulligan's. The bar itself hasn't changed very much under its new management and name. I oral h; entertai By Glorta Staff V Greene Streets, formerly t corner of Greene and Harden RnHiimi adverti? By David Baker FBm Critic Tony Bill's directorial debut, My Bodyguard, is one of those "little" movies that I'd just as soon put off reviewing for another month or two. But by that time, I'm sure the picture will have moved on to that great vault in the sky where Hollywood's unassuming failures go to die in peace, away from the ear-splitting kabooms 'of such mega-bombs as 1941, fSS^^^BL ^-~*r El - -<* t -' - \'i ?j ____. x, jjRfcjsSj w* -*40* St*rs of Fox 9 'A ;ainmer s: the Easy's (or Mulligan's) is a still a private club with s memberships available for ' $5.00. A membership purchased now is good until t s\ugusi, itoi ana guesis are J welcome. Memberships are 1 non-transferable. s The atmosphere at Easy's * is still very similar to that of the "old Mulligan's." A i ran be considered i for almost any j m to have a strona > rc.' sprawling, four-sided bar manages to dominate the warehouse-style building. Seating is none-too-plentiful, but no one seems to mind. The crowd tends to congregate around the small dance floor, where disc jockeys keep a steady flow of rock, disco and shag music flowing. a smaner room adjacent to the dance floor contains a ' few pool tables, and more 1 importantly, a little space to breathe. ' Disc jockey shows are a I nightly attraction at Easy's, < with a fairly diverse list of l "special events" planned. Included are bands (The i Zazzoff Boys, the Hot Nuts, etc.), Ladies Nights, wine i ar hosts iners i Wilson VHt*r he Coal Company, near the streets has built a reputation iard fall ?er's 'sic Can't Stop the Music and The Blues Brothers. Amazingly enough (I didn't think anyone was that gullible anymore), several major critics have been quick to heap praise on My Bodyguard and several of their more glowing comments are featured prominently in the movie's advertising campaign, which is highly reminiscent ? almost plagiaristic ? of the one used to sell last PUM . J mm* -J Ay Bodyguard.' tocus ind cheese parties, wet Thirt contests and other 'interesting" pvpnts The addition of a estaurant is a new feature. Phe one at Easy's serves unch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. md dinner from 6 p.m. to 1 i.m. nrinlr nri^PQ at Rnov'c aro ibout average, with most iomestic bottled beer going :or 90 cents and bar drinks for $2.25. A daily happy hour from 3:30 to 8 p.m. is an aaaea atiraction ana a real break on prices. Although Easy's is definitely a bar catering to LJSC students, its clientele seems to change as the evening progresses. Rock J : *? i.t-_ *? uiuaii; uuiuiuaira uie eariy hours, bringing with it the usual rock-bar patrons. As time progresses, the rock melds into disco and one 4.! 1_ . t * uuuces an enurely amerent mass of faces. By 11 p.m., shag and beach music abound, and with it, (you guessed it) the Greeks. Although Easy's can be considered an adaptable bar for almost any student, it does seem to have a strong fraternity orientation. So if you're not into the "Greek scene," plan to go early in the evening or take along a fellow "independent." for bringing quality entertain In the past year, Greene St Delbert McClinton, Savoy Bi Columbians who attended th hearing some very fine music During periods when c unavailable, Greene Streets tertainment from the pool of! one can go there on almost a good band. The bread and butter of tav s short ;eper' g year's sleeper hit, Breuning Away. Indeed, My Boayguurd seems to have been cut from the same cloth as Peter Yates' Oscar-winner. Both films are set in the Midwest (Breaking Away in Bloomington, Indiana, My Bodyguard in Chicago), both deal with teenage boys coming of age and both were financed by 20th CenturyFox. Within these similarities lies the reason why My Bodyguard leaves me cold: the movie was calculated to be a sleeper. When a movie dares to /tnma of rairfhf of IIC vviiiv ouui^iii at uo, proclaiming itself to be an unheralded diamond-in-therough, it deprives us of the right to discover it for ourselves. This takes the fun out of the whole process. Perhaps I could forgive My Bodyguard its smugness had it been as perceptive, well-acted and fast-paced as Breaking Away, but every single one of the movie's theses rine false and the film as a whole is stupefyingly pompous and utterly dull. A 15-year-old boy, Clifford Peache (Chris Makepeace), moves to Chicago and, upon enrolling in a public school there, discovers that the halls and restrooms tire teeming with bullies, led by a brat named Moody (Matt Dillon). To alleviate this problem, Cliff convinces an ; is on I ? I w?m m ----- 81 :1 S _ '9,.^ >-; ;< la :,4E^pw :^sSgj^?L *'. Persons enjoy the ba ment to Columbia. s reets has attracted the likes of tl rown and other touring bands, c eir shows got the priviledge of p in a club-type atmosphere. >ut-of-town entertainment is ]\ has been able to book good en- r local talent. It's safe to say that b ny night and hear a reasonably n ii ern business, of course, is drink 0 of oal jlleeedlv n^vcnnathir classmate (Adam Baldwin), who is rumored to be a murderer, to act as his bodyguard. The ploy works well at I first, but Moody is no jerk, so he soon goes out and hires an even bigger bodyguard to j take care of Cliff's protector. Things get even more preposterous from there, but I I shall spare you the details. Rest assured, however, that every conflict is ironed out, every bully gets his comeuppance and, in the end, every character is iust a little bit wiser from the experience. No matter how illogically this is ac- | complished, it nonethel^s is done. At fade out, the viewer feels as if he has been watching someone buy a fragile little Christmas gift, take it home, tie it up in a nrettv rod rihhwi and nlarf* it ever so carefully under the tree. The problem with My Bodyguard is that its dramatic conceits are too brittle to be handled even thaj much without shattering into a million pieces. Steel, on the other hand, is a big, lumbering, seemingly U I..UI_ 1- - J A. unuicsAduic iiiot;K.-auveruure film in which every character's stance is delineated so completely at the outset that none of them have any room to grow or CltttllgC. 'Bodyguard' pag* 13 \ I I i fraternities i hp siH -41 Wi M ^mmmAWM' BpnlfllMb T "' i J^Pff 4^2^ ^SUt a S . f I I J : ' ::^ -:;'KB 8^*^0H|fcv ^ ! r at Easy's. (Photo by Glenn Johanson) ales. Greene Streets is open 4 p.m. until 2 a.m. Monday irough Friday and 4 p.m. until 12 a.m. on Saturdays to omply with Blue Laws. Happy hour is from 4 p.m. until 7 .m. According to Greene Streets emDlovee Georee Belton londay and Tuesday nights are devoted to jazz music while j ock bands usually perform Wednesday through Saturday, ut occasionally Bluegrass bands are brought in on these ights. The music usually begins around 9:30 p.m. For those iterested in table games, Bel ton said Greene Streets also ffers backgammon, pinball machines, and bumper pool. cyEgtlietica. ... oy ma rx^ cnevaiier Summer murals Murals used to spring up in post offices and government buildings like clock-work. Generally they would span the ceilings, or encircle you in wide narrative bands about halfway down the wall. Most possessed a kind of fluid stylized realism, a la Thomas Hart Benton, ! and most depicted the geographical and industrial j character of the region. They functioned, in many respects, like the great stained glass windows of the Gothic era, for both strove not only to decorate, but to educate through image. The heyday of post office murals has long past, yet within the last few years, there has clearly been a Renaissance of sorts in mural painting. The ever evolving skylines of our industrial centers have created large windowless walls, which were once covered by other, since departed buildings. These "voids" in the 1 cityscape have captured the imagination of many an artist, and some of the results have been quite surprising. There is, for instance, the gentleman that paints illusionistic buildings on buildings, complete with trim, doors and windows. Sometimes they match the real architecture, and other times they recreate a past style j or design. Social themes still emerge in the mural, often focusing on cultural ancestry or ethnic identity. Bold, abstract j ffranhic dpsinns ran hp found mnst anvwhpro anH i illusionist, near photorealist scenes have begun to appear. Although evaluation of murals is based on the same aesthetic criteria as the other visual arts, the real trick of the successful mural is its integration with the architectural surroundings it is forced to exist with. A muralist cannot simply paint what he wants in a given space, he must coordinate what he wants, with what the soace will allow. Over the summer months, two new murals have appeared in Columbia, neither of which display any un aersiancung 01 ine aoove notion. Both were executed by I Ralph Waldrop, a Columbia artist who calls himse.'f "The Muralist." Waldrop has completed more than 100 murals throughout 8eeW.ldrcpp,gtl2 . !