Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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England's Ps By Robert O'Connor Imagine a solo walk through a deserted a inhabitance, with only an echo of excited fe< your thoughts. Such is the extended feeling throughout "1 the fourth release from England's Psychedel plete mystique that surrounds this mysteric band is intentionally passionate and immed Lead vocalist and Furs spokesman Richar been abundantly criticized for his vague, I singing, is obviously the group's main influ Standout tracks such as "Heaven," "Th and "Alice's House" suggest an eerie assumes credit for all of the lyrics on "Mil - mm a | m g FnLf bnar r IHM MSPWkft Mary Richards behind in Minneapolis and came to BroadwayiO^f^^Whose Anyway?M It *on h|J| hoitogimto If 198$, .V/.- : Farrah Fawcett did it last year in an at|f|ppt to #ed th?;^^ltO^?;\|ialo ||| learned as one of ^Charlie's Angelic She t:l^6*;0^BroadwaM|^- *tar in "Bx~ Sam Shepardlf offbeat tale oi|^o brothers and ^^Wfipoumer witjh the myth of the old west. It's been years at the tfft^Cherry Lane Theater in Greenwich Ksiif i* (likAl/a/) uiUk rr= w Pub Adv The Gam Carolina. Put semesters, Tt excess o faculty < yielded advertisers. Some members c $500 readership of J iychedelic Furs these run from coherent to biz nd much-haunted . "The Ghost In You" invit ir passing thought Psychedelic Furs haunted hous< imnnt frnm Ir\Jin AcKtnn (c*nifo uipui livsua jv/ain i &011 iun ^uiik Vtirror Moves" ? Orsey (percussion) make Richai lie Furs. The com- real. When Butler moans "love/ >us and enigmatic search for the hidden meaning iately haunting. The second single "Heaven" d Butler, who has moody video. Butler seems V Vlichael Stipe-like throughout the duration of " ence. questions ("There's a hole in ip Pihnst In Yr*n" chino M\ obsession. Butler The most intriguing track, ' rror Moves," and even deadlier visions while still ""-??4^S ^S^^^-?i<? *Sf&^sl^l t ?& ">v<T-k&'^x *i^<?C " ;tint nn M Y stun? But the satisfaction of "CH'tPs" came - (jmymg /mjmih, uic screen writer > an ivy league intellectual with a fondness for sweaters. , "In film, it's all hurry up. You strap on a guy for maybe 30 second Prfyw said Estrada', "In the theater, you'rc strapL iiiiNwiuiiiiuiiniiiuiuiuiuiiuiiiuiiiiniiiiiiMiniiiuiiinHiniHimiiiii I: J.: ni -J uiuauon uaie ertising Dea< ecock is the official stud >lished every Monday, W< le Gamecock has a circu f 27,000. The paper is n r- ~ ~ ~..? xi anu sicm. rur uver uireepositive economic resull USC is a highly targeted 23,000 students along v combine to form a marke .000.000 annuallv in the ' - J .. . _ . . 35% at least twice week improve. So send your a release enigm arre. Side two is a < es the listener into the latest "Alice's House." ;. Strong and beautiful musical whispering secrets ir), Tim Butler (bass) and Keith is a a majestic tu -d Butler's ghostly visions seem Days" pleasantly 'you can't give it away" ? you reality. "Mirror Movi is accompanied by a relective, Psychedelic Furs 0 undergo a self-examination releases. The nine Heaven," a tune that arouses polished sound. 1 the sky/where the sun don't Richard Butle oresence are the i "Alice's House," conjures up '"Mirror Moves" remaining melodic. release. 'Best Defense' in flimsy screi By Allison Stein * "Best Defense" needs a good lawyer. The f television commercials are funnier than the \ film itself and totally misrepresent the o pioduet. t Lured into the theater by promises of s Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy making f merry together, the movie-goer finds (after the cash exchanges hands) that the two fun- t nymen never even exchange glances, much r less quips. "Best Defense" is a disappointing effort I that wastes the talents of actress Kate Cap- < shaw, Murphy, Moore and screenwriters t Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck. Not even 1 mildly amusing, the film has no redeeming i virtues. s Composed of two separate storylines, the c film jumps back and forth, trying to tie them together. It doesn't work. \ Moore's story is set in 1982. He plays an I inept, Durnt out engineer who will lose his r job and, consequently, his wife, if his current c project (a gizmo for a new tank) fails. He lusts after his supervisor, has a brush with an I industrial spy and the FBI and ends up with a c stolen computer disk that is the answer P IE BA( iiiiiiiiiiinninnii?iHHfi?imiiinmHiniiiiiHiiiniiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiinsinii f: August 27 dline: Augusl ent newsoaoer of the Un V I ~ " ednesday and Friday duri lation of 14,000 daily an< lade available free of ch? quarters of a century Th ts for campus, local, regi< multi-million dollar marke vith approximately 3,900 I which has an economic Columbia area. And with ly, our impact only contin dvertising to college with latic album :limactic build and descent to compliment "My Time" is simply gorgeous ("you're ; that everyone knows.") "Like a Stranger" ne, while "Only A Game" and "Highwire oring me listener aown to a less ominous ss" perhaps represents the sound The have strived for through three previous i new songs certainly reflect a more mature, r's deliberate incoherence and puzzling mavoidable charm of The Psychedelic Furs, is an emotionally frightening and excellent ' beatable en 'comedy' and the cause) of his problems. Murphy's story is set in 1984. He plays a oul-mouthed unfunny U.S. Army lieutenant vho trains bungling Kuwaiti soldiers to peraie me new Anninuator bupertank. I he ank doesn't work, leaving Murphy and crew mack-dab in the middle of an unexpected Middle Eastern conflict. The connection, in very simplistic terms, is hat if Moore can't get his gizmo to function, Murphy goes out with a bang two years later. Good comedy doesn't need an R rating, )ecause good comedy doesn't depend on sex ind rough language to make people laugh. In he case ot "Best Defense," the sex, rough anguage, an ? R rating doesn't help ? it still sn't funny. Both R-rated items are blatant, implistic, unnecessary and uncomfortably )bvious. Katz and Huyck (whose last collaboration vas "Indiana Jones and the Temple of )ooni") tries to inject a message about cor>orate ethics (or lack thereof), but that loesn't work either. me \>i uiuuuuii uepanmeni gave us tnc iard sell but failed to deliver the goods. Let's all it fraud and go see "The Muppets Take Manhattan" instead. s s B ssue 1 8 imniiniiiiHiinmniiiiHiHminf 17 iversity of South I ng the academic I d a readership in | irae to students. 1 e Gamecock has I onal and national I t for advertisers. J facultv anrl Rt^ff I impact of nearly I our population's I lues to grow and 1 The Gamecock. |