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By TOMMY JOYNER
Assistant features editor
A professional, modern and slick UB40 played at the
Township auditorium Wednesday night. They took the
stage with polished ease and provided an hour-and-ahalf
of solid, punchy, danceable pop-reggae to an audience
comprised mostly of high school-aged white
;! suburbanites seemingly on drugs.
UB40 didn't make it to the top by being mediocre.
They have the talent and polish that any band aspiring
to reach the heights o' the pop heap should have ? and
that's just how UB40 got there. Though the latest LP,
titled UB40, hasn't sold as well as expected, the five
year-old single from the previous Labour of Love LP,
"Red Red Wine," hasn't even considered dropping off
the charts. Throughout the show, professionalism
showed through in every move and step.
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The stage was simply chock-full of lights and funky
platforms. It was obvious that UB40 was used to a different
sized hall. In fact, vocalist/guitarist Ali Campbell
said, "This stage is a little smaller than we're used to."
But for a band that tours with 10 whole musicians, two
scantily clad backup singers and countless roadies,
almost any stage would be small. In the Township,
though, UB40 members were cramped enough to
necessitate (regretfully, so regretfully) placing the
scantily clad backup singers behind a wall of speakers
and thereby obscuring them from view. I didn't even
know they were there until they were called into view to
shake their extremities, bow and sing the Sonny and
Cher classic "I Got You, Babe." Bummer.
UB40 performed all of their hits, including "Red
Wine," "Cherry O Baby," "Please Don't Make Me
Cry" and "Rat in Me Kitchen." The tunes were thrown
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reggae, but
out all in quick succession, without much talking, o
even any space, for that matter, in between. The resul
was a worn-out audience by the show's end as the folk
on the dance floor ? that is, everyone ? swayed almos
non-stop throughout both the opening and headlin
bands' performances. High-energy dod concerts an
typically successful for this very reason. The UB40 con
cert was no different. People were standing and dancinj
in their chairs and leaping onto the stage. What a buncl
of spunky young people.
At this point, I feel I should give mention to the open
ing act, Ipso Facto. This seven-piece band from som<
place I've only heard of like Minnesota put on one hel
of a show. They were tight and well rehearsed. Though
didn't recognize any song except Jimi Hendrix'
"Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)," I was impressed witl
both the original songs and the band's collective at
ijoy inside loo
ew of the camera," she said. "We Looking b
ist don't get training for and ex- Graham said, '
Dsure to that medium." we are going t<
The media arts department was in- side in the mark
ituted at USC in July 1973 and in cians will be d
ie past 15 years has remained ar- jobs, yet doing
stically segregated from the theater Media arts ju
spartment, a separation encouraged sees the coopert
y both departments. ing as a hopefu
Many students have expressed the "It's the log
slief that a trend may have begun to "We need to w
;duce ? some hope, to eliminate ? to realize our
ie barrier that has kept students ticularly in dire
om interdepartmental collabora- many technical
on for so long. video direction
Paul Graham, a media arts junior the importance
i Robby Benson's filmmaking class, tively commun
lid he feels the sharing of talents (actors)."
id resources was inevitable.
"I'm not saying the two programs Sheehy is co
lould be under one roof," he said. Davis, of the lati
They each provide specialized skills of Benson's fa
id a developing curriculum wun looks rorward 1
>ecific goals. But the potential for tern on Bens
itegrated projects should be realized Modern Love, v
id taken advantage of." ed in Columbia
Benson's class is composed of a Sheehy said 1
;arly even ratio of media arts and with his ow
ieater students. Underneath, a si
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titude. They were cool and, with the exception of the
penis-flaunting bass player, suave. The guys were also
good studio-quality musicians. Every note was timed to
perfection, and the songs just made a body want to
dance.
Now as to the question of promoting. Did anybody
know about the concert? The Township appeared to be
far from full capacity, which was surprising considering
the success UB40 has garnered throughout the world.
Was the concert promoted far enough in advance? Or is
ine 1 ownsnip enougn ot a cuve tnat people just don't
like to go to concerts there? Why do people like to dye
their hair blond? Ah, such questions.
Both UB40 and Ipso Facto produced a good ole reggae
time for an appreciative audience. The music was
good, and a good time was had by all. So to sum up, I
give them both four-and-a-half stars, mon.
k at filmmaking
eyond graduation, a young man through a brief adven'When
we leave here, ture on the subway. Sheehy himself
3 be working side by took charge of the second unit of
et. Artists and techni- operation, which taped establishing
oing their individual footage of subways in New York City
them together." over the Thanksgiving holiday,
inior Timothy Sheehy The remaining filming will be
itive class in filmmak- supervised by Davis, the film's direc1
beginning. tor and another media arts student in
ical thing," he said, the class.
ork together in order Theater major Jennifer Ray said
full potential, par- she hopes to find film and commercting.
While there are cial work in Charlotte after
aspects of film and graduating in May and is glad to have
, we cannot discount worked with media arts students,
of being able to effec- "Benson's class will probably lead
icate with the talent to more interaction between the two
departments and broaden the
horizons of future USC students of
-author, with Lucia the performing arts," she said,
est screenplay project Others agree.
11 class. He said he "I originally joined the media arts
;o working as an in- with a minor in theater because it is
on's feature film, very important to learn both sides,"
vhich will be produc- said Lillian Garcia. "Simply studying
in the spring. acting doesn't give you a full enough
le has his hands full cinematic perspective. You can't see
n project, Nasty what the camera se$s until you look
hort film that follows through the lens."
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