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By David Baker
Film Critic
Filmed concerts are among the most misbegotten hybrids
in the entertainment industry. A performer, such as Richard
Pryor. or a musical group, such as The Band, runs through
his or its usual show while a mammoth film crew, with up to
eight cameramen, stands around the stage, hopefully out of
frame, to record the event for posterity.
The biggest chip on the shoulder of the filmed concert is
that, almost invariably, after 30 or 40 minutes of watching the
same person or group on the same stage from the same
progression of camera angles, the viewer begins to feel as if
he's been stricken with sleeping sickness.
When everyone isn't singing,
they're spouting off about the
dangers of nuclear energy.
Aiier yawning my way through the most recent of tnese
harbingers of coma (Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz anc
Mike Nichols' Gilda Live!), I expected to derive precious
little enjoyment from No Nukes, the 103-minute derivation oi
a five-night concert series that was held last September ai
New York's Madison Square Garden.
As it turns out, predicting No Nukes to be a bomb is mj
single greatest underestimation thus far in 1980. The picturc
still places too much emnhasis on thp frinop ar^c nf th?
events it tries so earnestly to capture, but with more than ?
dozen performers taking turns in the spotlight, it manages t<
escape the problem of overexposing its stars.
Here we have Jackson Rrownp Carlv simnn inmn<
Taylor, The Doobie Brothers (thankfully with the emphasi:
on Michael McDonald), John Hall, Bonnie Raitt, Bruc<
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Crosby, Stills and Nash, hoppii
various configurations, crooni
("What a Fool Believes." "I
Judy Blue Eyes" and "Runa
and a handful of newer tun
familiar, but which make for g
Joining them for the brief*
assorted friends as Paul Sim<
Ni colette Larson and Phoebe S
When everyone isn't singing
dangers of nuclear energy. In
No Nukes is a short film illusi
performers are so committed.
ine press Kit says this
minutes, but it seeems more
spooling, I had the distinct dis
i those horrendous drivers' safe
were forced upon every S<
mediately upon his entering
comes perilously close to being
Springsteen manages to re\
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' holds-barred rendition of "T
5 Browne, Taylor, Simon, Raitt
joining the Doobies for an unf(
t influenced rock.
i Among the performers, Brc
? and Simon strike the most fa
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scripts for the next five years.
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By Danny Colemsn
Staff Writer
Most of us, at one time or
annthpr havo hoart ownnco^
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to or at least heard of a new
phenomena known as New
Wave or Funk Rock. A bar ir
Columbia called Von Hen
mon's, owned by Rick
Henmon, is experimenting
with the New Wave scene
The public establishment is
on Santee Street just behinc
Yesterday's.
Manager Jim Graziano, a
former Carolina basketbal
player, describes New Wav(
as progressive rock music
S "People put a stigma on th<
music as loud and abrasive
but if they'd only listen to it
they'd like it," Grazianc
said.
At present, Von Henmon's
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"We stay open as long as the
people hang around,'
Graziano said.
The bar's weekend lineuj
is highlighted by such
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By Lynn Massey
Staff Writer
Well, it's about time.
Female vocalist Carly
Simon has finally emerged
from the woodwork to
recapture her long last fans,
as well as new ones, but
beware...she's not the same
lovelorn lady we used to hear
over me airwaves.
Her new album, Come
Upstairs, elevates into
surprisingly new dimensions,
but does not lack the
mellow style she still seems
more comfortable with.
Although Carly molds her
voice effectively into different
moods throughout the
album, she may be trying too
hard to catch up with her
counterparts.
The title song, Come
Upstairs, exposes a very
Custv Carlv that mav takp
some getting used to,
because the lusty lyrics are
so unexpected. However, the
solid background notes from
the up-beat guitar rhythm
and electric piano blend with
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oung, Gil Scott-Herron and
ng around the Garden stage in
ng a dozen or so old favorites
iunning On Empty," "Suite:
way" foremost among them)
es with which we aren't so
ood listening nonetheless,
est lengths of time are such
3n, Chaka Kahn, Steve Tyler,
now.
, they're spouting off about the
fact, spliced into the middle of
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film-within-the-film lasts 10
like 10 days. During its unpleasure
of being reminded of
ty and anti-smoking films that
outh Carolina teenager imthe
eighth grade. No Nukes
; sunk by this tacky tirade,
'ive the film, however, with a
' and that's followed by a noakin'
it to the Streets," with
, Hall, Snow, Larson and Nash
)rgettable five minutes of jazz
>wne, McDonald, Nash, Taylor
vorable impressions. Simon is
nmand of the screen a.id, if No
r respect, it should bring her to
roducers to keep her rolling in
; with so much else going on
evelation as a film's center of
3 when we can have The Lips?
feature bands as The ?
Fanatics, The Bytas, Ner- <
vous Tension, and the De ]
' tinators. The bar also ]
' schedules a few area rock
F bands and has a large stereo 1
1 system including typical 1
' New Wave staples like 1
: Reggae, Ska, Specials,
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"We're trying to get away
from the Funk Rock
' stigma," said Graziano.
"People don't want to hear
1 stuff like the Sex Pistols and
' the Ramones. We do play
; some Punk Rock but not
all."
; Happy hour at Von Hen?
mon's is 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. A
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? iuursuay mgiii special
} features beer for 25 cents.
Among the beverage
' selections are ten imported
beers including Foster, Bass
; Ale, Watney's Red Barrel
from England, reputedly the
best beer in the world, and
) Pilsner Urquell Pilsen
1 imported from
Jpstaii
make for a racey number. ai
There is one big surprise
mai mis new release aisnes a
out. It seems that Carly has b<
jumped on the bandwagon to 01
take a lick and a kick at new fi:
wave, but only at a safe lo
moderate level. "Them," a w
song that sounds like a slice fc
Although Carly r
effectively into c
throughout the a/bt
trying too hard to c
counterparts.
from the Cars or Gary
Newman, places men at the g<
same level as cockroaches. in
It's a song dedicated to in
"those" who love 'em and
leave 'em, but asks the la
question "what do we do "
about them" when we've a
got 'em? This slightly V
feminist fight song is laced ci
with SATURDAY NIGHT v<
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vocals ? which fortunately
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Bruce Springsteen it
Czechoslovakia. Among the Lev
jumesuc Deers servea are Ma
Michelob, Miller Lite and was
Budweiser. boo
Von Henmon's is working a v
toward obtaining a liquor lea'
license and hopes to serve A
German food and sand- me
wiches. Prices during Happy Hai
Hour at Von Henmon's range pre
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Imported beers are $1.25, bee
with Michelob and Lite 90 bet
cents and most others 8<) Ro<
cents. The only wine offered Ha:
is Mountain Rhine, white. p
One person said that Von
Henmon's is "one of the few ?"pi
bars in which you can get l>ei
rauicai ana raise nell." Most 'a 5
of the crowd appears to be
average college students.
"Occasionally New Wave suc
freaks come in," said pia
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vji tw-iciuw. mey come in ^Va
when there's a band." [
Although there was no at1
band, one avid New Wave njc
fan did appear at the bar the
night I was there. Donna
rs'
rebairly audible.
The song "Stardust" is not
revised version of the old
allroom classic, but starts
jt like a roman candle and
zzles out just as fast. It's a
>w-key soffc rock number
ith a decent guitar perirmance.
but the lyrics like
nolds her voice
afferent moods
im, she may be
atch up with her
Your glamour is
3lden/Stardust/I feel so
nportant" are absolutely
lane.
The highlight of Carly's
itest efforts is, of course,
Jesse" which may become
bigger hit than "You're So
am." It has a complete
omposition of smooth
:>cals, a determined beat,
hining guitars, hand
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?ts, black Spandex pants,
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ther belt.
l Carolina sophomore in
;dia arts, Dennis
stings, added that he
fers the bar to the Spur,
ndee's and the Twilite
:ause he likes the music
ter ? "a mixture of Punk
ck and New Wave," said
stings. j
mna O'lteily, a senior in
glish at Carolina, said,
he place is a hundred
cent better when there's
and." A newcomer to Von
nmon's, Mike Nash, said
thinks the bar will be a
:cess. "There are no other
ces to go for the New
vesound," said Nash.
)orothy Steefan, a regular
Von Henmon's, said it is a
e place. "It's really lowsw
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