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Entent * By JHI Jones SnffWrittr n ia s .. a j&ver warned mio an unfamiliar bar to discover you're the only one in the place without a cowboy hat? Or perhaps you decided impulsively to drop in that new bar evervone's been talking about and you found that everyone forgot to 'Although Easy's < an adaptable, bai student, it does set fraternity orientatic 1*1 iiieuuuii yuu u ltxi iikc a 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 nurtVKP nf thic corioc r?r? 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. Local b enterta By Glori .. stan Greene Streets, formerly corner of Greene and Harden Bodygii advertis By David Baker Flm 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 mOVPH r?n tn fhnt tJroof vault w. vv va?v?V V?V TUUIV 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, a - - ***&& $tarsofF?*' * :ainmer s: the Easy's (or Mulligan's) is still a private club with memberships available for (CM A Li r?.w. n lucuiucnMuu purchased now is good until August, 1981 and guests are welcome. Memberships are non-transferable. The atmosphere at Easy's is still very similar to that of the "old Mulligan's." A can be considered ' for almost any im to have a strong 0 )n. 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 smaller room adjacent to the dance floor contains a few pool tables, and more importantly, a little space to breathe. Disc jockey shows are a nightly attraction at Easy's, with a fairly diverse list of "special events" planned. Included are bands (The Zazzoff Boys, the Hot Nuts, etc.), Ladies Nights, wine ar hosts iners a Wilson Wrtwr the Coal Company, near the streets has built a reputation iard fall ser'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 BBjlijr ^ 11 - . r 79 focus and cheese parties, wet Tshirt contests and other luivi v^jiuig cvcuia, The addition of a restaurant is a new feature. The one at Easy's serves lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and dinner from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Drink prices at Easy's are about average, with most domestic bottled beer going for 90 cents and bar drinks for $2.25. A daily happy hour from 3:30 to 8 p.m. is an added attraction and a real break on prices. Although Easy's is definitely a bar catering to USC students, its clientele seems to change as the evening progresses. Rock music dominates the early hours, bringing with it the usual rock-bar patrons. As time progresses, the rock melds into disco and one notices an entirely different 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 it. - * - uie evening or iaice aiong 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 1 tertainment from the pool of 1 one can go mere on almost ai good band. The bread and butter of tav< s short >eper' g< year's sleeper hit, Breuuing Away. Indeed, My ks oayguard seems to have been cut from the same cloth as Peter Yates* Oscar-winner. Both films are set in the Midwest t D > ? ~ u i A... ? .. : ? vui cuNing w u y 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 I l i- L 1 cutcuiuieu iu in; a steeper. When a movie dares to come straight at us, proclaiming itself to be an unheralded diamond-in-therough, it deprives us of the right to discover it for ourselves This takes th#? fnn 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 ring 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 are teeming with bullies, led by a brat named Moody (Matt Dillon). To alleviate this problem, Cliff convinces an ; is on 1 Pill " KvsB < v m?3EK jtftk * i \ f ) Persons enjoy the b ment to Columbia. reels has attracted the likes of own and other touring bands. ;ir shows got the priviledge of in a club-type atmosphere, ut-of-town entertainment is las been able to book good enocal talent. It's safe to say that ly night and hear a reasonably irn business, of course, is drink of oal allegedly psycopathic classmate (Adam Baldwin), who is rumored to be a murderer, to act as his bodyguard. The ploy works well at first, but Moody is no jerk, so he soon goes out and hires an even bigger bodyguard to take care of Cliff's protector. Things get even more preposterous from there, but 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 just a little bit wiser from the experience. No matter how illogically this is accomplished, 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 pretty red ribbon and place it PVPr so pflrpfnllv nnH*?r th? tree. The problem with My Bodyguard is that its dramatic conceits are too brittle to be handled even tha| much without shattering into a million pieces. Steel, on the other hand, is a big, lumbering, seeminelv unbreakable mock-adventure film in which every character's stance is HAlinoatiw) en nAmnlnJ?l" ??* UVOIIVWWU OU VUlll|>iClClJf ?l the outset that none of them have any room to grow or change. a? Bodyguard' pmg* 13 fraternities jgSp W^^Mt:-- i^z^Tl| --7-? - 'iT 5*Sg| sbbl '\^KS3?^%. ^ | '3?^- :>nff^%/v^-%-, I?! rfTtm MfMWBril ft ^ffiiSS?%Li-^jfW Ar.:j ?j;?f- " T ." JS"" Tlfcp fi; r. - ?V5^wi* c"-> j f ? I ! v'-SBB fc^^7 ' * j-j*E,'; a.*<3 aratEasy's. (Photo bv Gfann Jnhnnsnn) sales. Greene Streets is open 4 p.m. until 2 a.m. Monday through Friday and 4 p.m. until 12 a.m. on Saturdays to comply with Blue Laws. Happy hour is from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. According to Greene Streets employee George Belton, Monday and Tuesday nights are devoted to jazz music while rock bands usually perform Wednesday through Saturday. but occasionally Bluegrass bands are brought in on these nights. The music usually begins around 9:30 p.m. For those interested in table games, Bel ton said Greene Streets also offers backgammon, pinball machines, and bumper pool. c AZgtlwtica Dvmark chevalier 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 /\/liinofn fht*r*urfli tmnrfA buukuiv tut uugii 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 j evolving skylines of our industrial centers have created large windowless walls, which were once covered by other, since departed buildings. These "voids" in the ] oitve^ano havo ^ a ntl 1 tho imartinofinn A# ? vivjwvm^' aaMTV v/upvui VM I41\x ftft AlCftf^ftllC* liV/11 l/l lll<tll^ CtXI artist, and some of the results have been quite sur- 1 prising. There is, for instance, the gentleman that paints illusionistic buildings on buildings, complete with trim, j doors and windows. Sometimes they match the real architecture, and other times thev recreate a nnst stvl* or design. Social themes still emerge in the mural, often focusing j on cultural ancestry or ethnic identity. Bold, abstract graphic designs can be found most anywhere, and 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 arrhitprtnrnl snrrminHinoc it ic in nviot ...uu a vM*?v>a?i^u av UI ftVft VVVI iV VAI?3l Willi. t\ muralist cannot simply paint what he wants in a given space, he must coordinate what he wants, with what the space will allow. Over the summer months, two new murals have appeared in Columbia, neither of which display any understanding of the above notion. Both were executed by Ralph Waldrop, a Columbia artist who calls himself ?? ui.I J i ? ?? 11 * *" a iic muiaii?i. rvaiuruy nas coinprciwi more man iuu murab throughout 8ecWaMrol>p,g?It . |