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. J *. ^ "t1 %vj . <<% V- i > &%A fV&%p$ > Graphics by Dan Barabas/The Gamecock v n File Photo Nature Boy" Buddy Landell was one of many World Championship Wrestling stars at The Township Monday night. /Carolina Cares\ t TTlrt ct m c A IS l}f 3?|j; March 21,22,25, & 26 ?? n 1991 Accord \ /I IX 4-Door ,#3S^C /pOAA 49* l^P I fcOOiPerma / r^== I I 5-Speed, A/C, P/W, P/L, Cruise, AM/FM Stereo / 1 48 months! / fl/BS? M ?"? ~ * *48 month closed end lease w/opl on 60,000 total miles at $. 10/mil $568.49 = 1st month payment & refui ? tion. Tags & tax additional. Total payn HMB3B ^1650 Airport Blvd. West Columbia, SC. (803) 7! USED CAR SUPERM/ 1651 AIRPORT BLVD. * W. COLA., SC 29169 ?(8( Whoooo! Body slamming action at The Township By COREY RAY Staff Writer What do you do when you are torn between two worlds? Part of you longs for the opera, rich with drama and song. Yet, the other half desperately craves the aggression found in football, like when some idiot dares to run a cross pattern play and gets his head driven back into his shoulders. So what is a person to do? Is there anything that combines the theatrics of the stage with the viciousness of the grid-iron? The answer is yes; professional wrestling. Professional wrestling (pronounced pra-fesh-nel rass-lynn) is quickly becoming the sport of the future. From its origin as a circus sideshow where strong men confronted each other in a battle of the tough guys, pro wrestling has erown to further combine mild theatrics with true athletic skills tn produce the sport of sequins, snakes and submission holds. Professional wrestling visits The Township Auditorium at least once a month. Believe me, you have not lived life to the fullest until you have experienced a live wrestling match. Watching a match on television is great, but it is nothing compared to seeing one in person. The matches are extremely loud, and the crowd yells every obscenity that it can think of. However, pro wrestling fans do not spit on each other, and we do not throw rotten vegetables at the ring. The most recent match at The Township was one of the biggest cards in the history of Columbia. It featured such legendary wrestlers as the Fabulous Freebirds, Buddy Landell and the Junk Yard Dog. The main event of the evening was a 20-man, over-the-top-rope battle royal. If you think the Super Bowl is great, then you should witness the excitement created when the Rock 'n' Roll ExDress lands their natented douhle-dron kick on some unfortunate opponent. Don't worry about feeling outclassed at a wrestling match. Pro wrestling fans come from all different ages, regions and social classes. Many people question the overly aggressive behavior that these die-hard fans exhibit. However, pro wrestling fans do realize what they are watching is not actually real. To wrestling fans, a match is like a soap opera. If you keep watching long enough, you just get so caught up in the action that you become totally hooked. Then the next thing you know, you start talking in a loud, obnoxious voice, and begin wearing Four Horsemen T-shirts to class. The next pro wrestling match at The Township is in April, so go by and pick up a ticket. Despite the old rumors that have cursed wrestling for so long, it's actually a lot of fun. In the words of the seven-time World Heavyweight Champion, the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "whether you like it, don't like it, learn to love it, because it's the best thing going today!" III111IJ y VhI I|l|11| I || U| THE GAMECOCK Student in I 11 nil !;i I n nl L I U 1 Newspaper is printed, in part, on recycled paper. Do your part and take your CAROLINA PLAZA HOTEL paper to the nearest recycling Columbia, SC drop-off location. (JSC's Drop-off SATURDAY^ APRIL 6 V" ? ^ SHOWTIMES 7pm & 10pm Sumter Street near the corner of TICKETS $20.00 & $27.00 At TTXETBON" Blossom. All Ticket in n I /-rations Including JbbbBBS^BBck^ ? 1 Vi \l n I" u-ax* 4, Knox AJbbod Or. 7&J r i ^^7 CongM* / 1 ?!&/ I 1 tion to purchase of $7619.50. Based e over. ( ridable security deposit due at incepnents $12,887.52 , Willi O OS OFFICE HOURS: 91-5660 M-F 9:30-5:30 <RT 2ll MAIN ST. 33) 791-7785 'The Doors' op but closed on ft Movie '{Review; By TRACY MARSHALL and DOUGLAS BELL \ Staff Writers Tracy Marshall is a junior guitar [ performance major, and Douglas ; Bell is a doctoral candidate in music. i The Doors, written and directed ; by Oliver Stone (Platoon, Born on \ The Fourth of July), chronicles the i 1960s generation in which televi- s sion provided a collective memory ( and music bound the era together in a special way. Music reflected r what was going on in society and c seemed an accompaniment to the ( action. I Jim Morrison was a rock idol. r He brought theater of the absurd to rnr.k histnrv I The Doors were a distillation of I their time. Their music was poetic, j angry and seductive. Their stage p show was brilliant theater. Morrison's sensual stage presence ? charged with strength, and energy a projected a sense of danger, spoke s to audiences' fantasies and became a a catalyst for an era. s Like the '60s, the history of "V Morrison and The Dnnrc ic full of v I SoYoupay I There's Nothing!! I TajDo!?f:| This is a listing of the events open to the public in the Columbia area for the weekend of March 22 ? 24. Crackerjacks ? 1325 Longcreek Dr. Featured Saturday, Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts. Show starts at 9 p.m. Cover is S3. Greenstreet's ?,1101 Harden St. Featured tonight, Harumbe (formerly I-tal). On Saturday, its the finals for the Battle of the Bands. Cover for each night is night is $5. Persons age 18 and older admitted. The Punchline ? 634 Harden St. Featured tonight and Saturday, Steve Harvey. Cover is $8. Shows are at 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Persons age 21 and over admitted. Rockafellas ? 2112 Devine St. Tonight and all day Saturday, The IG DEA about ley's Mill i lecock service across str deo surveillance system Full furniture package Laundry facilities Sleep/study lofts Swimming pool w|||m Off-campus living n-campus convenie 254-7801 len on music, Morrison's life contradictions. Stone and co-writer Randal Johnson use the music as narrative to give vision to a story based partly on facts and partly on their imaginations of internal events in Morrison's life. Marshall: Put on jeans and a Doors T-shirt, pop "Riders on the Storm" in your car stereo and head eut to your local theater for some great recreated concert footage. The Doors, it has been said and accurately so, is a fan movie. Everyone knows the music, but io one seems to know the man. This is especially true for Oliver Stone. Stone is a camera pusher ather than an actors' director. This novie never moves beyond the ;urface of the music to answer the piestion "Who is Jim Morrison?" ueii: ine movie is a two-nour nusic video. The characters, espe:ially Morrison, lack development Oliver Stone seems to want The Doors to be judged by their music ather than who they were as peo)le. Great acting and cinematogra)hy alone cannot carry this movie, iveryone knows that you can't udge a man by his work, except erhaps Stone. If you like The Doors' music, he movie is entertaining. If you lready know the music and expect omething more, you will be disppointed. This movie is worth ecmg uui oruy ai a oargam pnce. Vait for its appearance at the local ideo store. it's the United Way Benefit. Calvin and Friends will be featured tonight. On Saturday, 15 bands including Blightobody, Lay Quiet Awile, Silly Rabbit and the Root Doctors will perform. Cover charge is $5 for each night. The Cockpit ? 922 Main St. Ionight, Public Ayes. Cover is $3. On Saturday, disc jockey Madd Max. Cover is $1 for age 21 and 3ver, $2 for under age 21. The Golden Spur ? Russell House beside Pizza Hut. Club Spur, dancing and music, from 8 p.m. to midnight. Free. Nickelodeon Theatre ? Main Street. Tonight and Saturday, 'Visions of the Spirit: a Portrait of Alice Walker." Shows at 7 p.m. ind 9 p.m. Tickets are $3 for nembers, $4 for non-members. On \ Monday at The Punchline, the Nickelodeon will have its annual \cademy Awards party. Features 'ood from Columbia's finest re;taurants, prizes and a costume contest. Tickets are $15 for members, $17 for students and $20 for he public. L is... eet > nee! & ASSOCIATES