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Friday, January 17, 1992 Hootie and t Local Columbia grt By ERIC WARD secured t Editor-in-Chief the band Hootie and the Blowfish, a four- (1? lhe rec member rock band from Columbia, "We w is heading to Los Angeles in away fror March to record its first album. at the sarr In the meantime, the band is do- He saic ing a few shows, including one at be succes 11:30 tonight at Rockafellas'. cording a Tickets are $6. for fun," 1 Lead guitarist Mark Bryan, 24, , lhal said the album's name is still un decided, but it won't have a spc- Three y cific theme. "We have to wait and playing a decide what songs are going to go 'ng other I on it and the cover and all that "We jU: stuff," Bryan said. playing I fratemitie: Bassist Dean Felber, 24, said the sajd ^ey' band's manager, Henry Newman, $5()?" Fell Carolina , 1 Program 11 Union jy Line of programs 1m start Sunday with 'Kiss Me, Kate' mml Member: By LEE CLONTZ performe Assistant Carolina! Editor features tl The Carolina Program Union "It's a has already set new programs on sion of "I its agenda for the Spring Semester, tnat snoui The line of programming starts don't lik< at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Koger modem," Center with Opera Northeast's pro- Richan duction of "Kiss Me, Kate," Cole York Pos Porter's acclaimed musical. "A smash "The show is excellent. It's been and John playing all over the country," CPU York Dai graduate assistant Kristin Fourroux sprightlie: said. tuneful m "Kiss Me, Kale" is a modem re- In othe ndition of William Shakespeare's ficc, on "The Taming of the Shrew" and Russell F font dm Bex T wT : itejl ^ ? ^aa^gi Order yoi win a tr The Grand Prize in this yeai your choice of Acapulco, Pu or Aspen. It includes air fare haven't entered yet? No swes display and place your ring or .JO!Date: Jan. 20, 21, & 22 Time: 9:00 - 4:30 No Jmrchase necessary. Sweepsta IGame :he Blowfish )up heads to L.A. to record he record deal and that He said the band is just now bchad a choice of where to coming recognized for its original ording. music. "It took a while to change 'anted to get ourselves our reputation Irom a cover band n Columbia and have fun to an original one," Felber said. le time," Felber said. He said Hootie and the Blowfish i .u u iv have many influences, among them I the band s goals arc to i. . u a r . k .~ ?s the West Coast alternative band sful enough to keep rc^ nd playing. "It's mostly ^oa(' l^c Wet Sprocket, 'lou can ?? hp.ar ihp. Hiffp.rp.nl hackcrounds. J ' - - O w st, handsomest and most several weeks, usical imaginable." Also, CPU movies begin next week in the Russell House Theater r CPU news, the CPU of- with "Raising Arizona," "Boyz N the second floor of the the Hood" and "The Decline of louse, will have an open Western Civilization." t. ' * * W ^ ' * *'? " v SometUng (be tetade. m j^p^v; la^^gj^i iii"i,piN'|^^^w^i|^^^^^f'- jp? pa ; ItB fXp1 11 '^B ^Bg ^.':' ir ring now and ip to the sun. 's Jostens Sweepstakes is a trip for two to rto Vallarta, Daytona Beach, Padre Island hotel and $500 in spending money. You it. To be eligible, simply go to the Jostens der by January 31, 1992. >TENS Place: USC Bookstore Dep. Req.: $20 kes ends January 31, 1992. See official rules for details. c o c k W -MM to get ourselves away from |Bp JN Columbia and ?r sWmi ? have fun at the same time. ' y i Hootie and the Blowfist Angeles in March to rec marketing degree, said the .band is top of our heads at the not trying to make a statement in We don't try to write a sc its music. something such as racism. We're just trying to express Bryan, who has a d ourselves," he said. "We write ab- broadcast journalism, out basically whatever is on the "That's pretty much i Continued from page 4 i^auuii of some of the problems within the black community that need to be solved. Materialism, alcohol abuse, drugs and violence are all under fire by Ice Cube. Ice Cube is a clever lyricist. His attack on N.W.A. on "No Vaseline" is rather harsh, but funny. "Doing Dumb Shit" is hilarious as well. Even though I have a problem with the sexist lyrics in "Covin' Up The Nappy Dugout," it too is cleverly written. The thing to remember when you hear this album is that it is like a book or a movie. It has to be taken as a whole. If you take out specific lines from it that ap- |^H pear to be sexist or racist, and then discredit the entire 9| album, you are being unfair to the artist. Ice Cube could tame his lyrics, but why should he? He attacks everybody. Yes, he does say "nigga" and "cracker." Yes, he is negative a lot of the time, but his aim is BT . positive. You must also take into account his point of view. A recent article in.The Source, a hip-hop magazine, discusses the album and the politics surrounding it. One of the writers said something that inspired me'to write this article. "My entire line on the Cube and the HH media thing is, where the fuck were you (white me- quick t dia) when he was talking about killing niggas with the mind fi Hurry of buckshots?" he said. cause tl That is such an important question. All of these cri- Whet tics who arc so quick to attack this album have no- Ice Cut ihinp m smv ahnni Pnhp.'s mher lvrics. For instance, in and his "Us," Ice Cube says, "When I do a show to kick some with sc facts, us blacks don't know how to act/Sometimes I heard ir believe the hype man/We mess it up ourselves and first alb blame the white man/But don't point your finger you "nite mu jigaboo/Take a look at yourself you dumb nigger Ayou." ' " WU: These lyrics are highly inflammatory but prove that nights I Ice Cube's attack is not one-sided. The media seem by you l i Ik iMl^ idWMCTBKLt ;iHi ^'MMB ?%&& -' ( f > A\ nFyMb||^r. r li * DO YOU NEED HEALT The Studerrt Body For more info. Call 786-84 le said, we an snare tne " 0 it's got to stay fresh and llkc ^rriiis has a very soulful voice. The members are graduates of ears ago the band started ygC and have friendships that go round campus, perform- back t0 high school. Darrius sands' music. Rucker, 25, is the vocalist and st started messing around acoustic guitarist. Rucker's degree for free beer, and the js jn journalism. Jim Sonefeld, or s saw us and liked us and Soni, 26, plays drums and has a d give us free beer plus media arts degree. :>er said. Felber, who has a finance and Ik I sy jfc, jH BBS s of Opera Northeast Co. who will perform in Sunday's ince of "Kiss Me Kate" on Sunday. ie music of Cole Porter. house on Wednesday, Jan. 22. Revery contemporary ver- freshments will be served, aming of the Shrew,' but "It's for people who are interdn't scare off people who ested in what CPU is all about and i Shakespeare. It's very would like to join up," Contemporsaid Ferroux. ary Sounds Chairman John Chism :1 Watts Jr. of the New said. t, described the show as The CPU also will start Tuesday hit of epic proportions," Night Live in the Golden Spur, brChapman of the New inging local comcdic talent into the ilv Np.ws called it "The student lounge. Shows begin in 5 i, a local Loiumoia group win travel 10 los ord their first album. moment, pretty close friends so we have si>ng about milar insights into things." The band has done shows in egree in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virgiagreed. nia, Washington, D.C., Georgia, t. We're Alabama and Louisiana. mfjkM |V 1 PnM s o crucify any black person who speaks his eely. Hammer and Arsenio Hall are o.k. betey aren't trouble-makers., her you like the album, credit must be given to te for speaking his mind. He is brutally honest, intelligence is evident. The album hits hard imp nf thf* mn?t nnu/prfnl fnnlrv trarlrc T'vf* i awhile. Overall, I don't like it as much as his urn, Amerikkka s Most Wanted, but it is a defist for anyone who is seriously into rap music. SC 90.5 FM has a new rap show on Monday from 6 to 9 p.m. called Hip-Hop Nation hosted rs truly. Later G. ? sggjir 1 :: a ? J ftp 1^1 k ' 11 <^'t| WM jm k! - i3 f ?&?I f| :||:>^ f^i ^S I Hi ***** H \>^| 11^ %*0 * ,.- , JI *v Health Plan Slue Cross Slue Shield : South Carolina 76 in Columbia