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O September 30 19 9 3 mmmhmp Panic sends Township into frenzy By MELISSA TENNEN Encore Editor Widespread Panic knows its audience. Saturday at Columbia's Township Auditorium, which shook itself with frenetic hippies, cigarette smoke and the lazy smell of hemp, Widespread Panic produced a two-and-ahalf hour set with a three-song encore. The group's voluminous playing of the material from its latest album, "Everyday," didn't make it seem like the band was just trying to sell records. Under the changing multicolored spotlights, the band didn't prove to be outlandish frontmen. The members played their instruments without a wild show or theatrics. No high-tech video screens, no jumping into the audience and no bare chests. Instead, the band behaved like it was practicing in its living room on a Monday night. The sounds the six-man band emitted from its instruments wcic piitaiuiiiciiai, uiaiuiig uic crowd move like it was heaving, breathing and alive. The band didn't speak to the audience in between sets except to say that it was taking a break, which lasted a half hour. The band's set list included material from its first album, "Space Wrangler," up until the self-titled release from a few years ago. The Panic played the material with zest and power, especially on songs such as "Pigeon," "Barstools and ?* A I V ureamers anu ociiu i uui Mind." The college-aged audience was relaxed, milling in between the aisles and changing seats frequently. The auditorium occasionally sparked with lights from cigarette lighters but otherwise remained dark except for the glowing red spotlights on the stage. The Panic expects to play about 250 places in a non-stop cross country tour. 4" V' 91 ill ? ?g| m OpU - ? K \'< Sandy Wright and Marie White e rant offers a wide variety of food, Annabelle's o By TARA DiGIROLMAO Staff Writer Annabeiie s Kesiauram ana run is an excellent place to eat if you like good food at a reasonable price. Even though it is located in Columbia Mall, the restaurant could definitely stand on its own. With its pleasant atmosphere and good service, I would eat there anytime I had the chance. After my roommate and I were seated by an inviting host, we quickly decided on our appetizers. Michelle decided on chicken fingers, while I ordered the fried cheese. As we waited for our appetizers, we noticed the clean-cut appearance and dress of the wait staff, who all seemed to be in their 20s. However, the customers varied in aop "? M5V* With the quick arrival of our appetizers, we found them to be hot, tasty and pleasing. Soon after, our main meal Welch presents By ERIC JAMES STAMEY Staff Writer "Fools Crow," by James Welch ("Winter In The Blood"), is a novel about growing up and the subsequent decisions that need to be made. The reader follows the book's protagonist White Man's Dog/Fools Crow through several stages of maturity, growing and learning with him along the way. The book takes place in Montana in 1870 on the Two Medicine Territory. A group of Blackfeet Indians called the Lone Eaters live in this area, and in this erouD lives a young warrior named Fools Crow. The Lone Eaters' livelihood is beginning to be infected by the approaching white men (Napikwans), and Fools Crow sees his Indian culture dying. To fight would be useless, and to surrender would mean a total loss of self. Fools Crow finds himself faced with the pressures of growing ' ' w IA U 1 ^ 11 <*a |.^a| ' *^nt ' ? Vs f?y iif IP njoy an appetizer at Annabelle's ir including Mexican and Italian. ffers great foo value | jj e atmosphere j| j| jj -33ftttS* : = lia > i . _51 oo 0.0 ; > rO speed | | jj r food quality jj| jj jj ^ 5 arrived. The menu offered a large variety with everything from r seafood to pasta and chicken to ^ sandwiches. I decided on the 1 lasagna, and Michelle wanted to try ^ the chicken fajitas. My lasagna came with a Grecian t roll, and it was prepared perfectly. I f normally don't eat anyone's Italian a food except for my parents', but c since they are home in New Jersey, I I'll let Annabelle's take their place J anytime. The sauce was great, and e fantastic vision up and the pres sures from the j-,,,f white men that r are destroying c his way of life. 1^ c The book f * v comments on ' v the benefits of !!lp^ i virtuous encoun- s ters. Through r-s F the eyes of Fools Crow, the /""\ ',//////yjr c reader sees the ' ////aY 11 effects of virtue 00 as compared to 1 *"*"** J r fear and egoism. I James Welch uses winter, just as c he did in "Winter in the Blood," to i symbolize death. Fools Crow grows through this "death" and through t virtue and lives as an Indian in f spring at the end of the book. Fools a Crow also has a son that spring, \ and the Lone Eaters continue to t hold their Indian culture, hoping to 1 pass it down to each generation. a "" - ^ ^ "' jim David Mandrell/ The Gamecock i Columbia Mall. The restaud. low orice / JL very thing was seasoned just how I ike it. Michelle's fajitas were brought mt on a sizzling blackened skillet long with a plate full of varied oppings such as cheese, lettuce, omatoes and sour cream. Although ^nnabelle's is not a Mexican estaurant, Michelle said her fajitas asted better than many specialty dexican restaurants she has been rv tJooK af /mir maolc nr\ct Ipce than u. ijavii Vi v/ui uivuio vvoi *vuu u<ui? 110. After our main dish, we couldn't esist trying the hot fudge chocolate rownie dessert. It was a large porion for less than $3, so Michelle nd I decided to share the fat. We oth agreed it was delicious. With its value, service and selecion, Annabelle's is a great place or anyone to eat. My roommate md I found the restaurant to be apable of preparing Mexican and talian food. I recommend Annabelle's to anyone wanting an injoyable meal at a great price. of Indian life In his vision of the other Indians enced in on the Napikwan encampments, Fools Crow sees the white hildren playing, "but a small group if children stood on the edge...they vere dark-skinned, and they vatched the other children." In the .one Eaters tribe that spring, he ees the opposite of his virtuous >eople: "Outside, the children dayed in the rain, chasing each >ther, slipping and skidding in the nud." Fools Crow grows into a wellespected warrior. His virtue shields lim from winter, awarding him the :ontentment of soring and a contin led culture. Welch uses spectacular visions of he Native American mind in conlict. He is able to project the fear ind spirituality of the characters vith ease and places the reader in he midst of all this chaos and pain, fou become a part of the Pikunis ind can feel their impending doom. True Romance' bleeds in the wrong places Who do they think we are? Quite frankly, I find it insulting that they market products such as "True UlJitlllllrl Romance" to me and my fel- ^Bj? low twen- ^*1P1|1Fj so-called Generation X, expecting us to follow blindly what marketers describe as a hip, dark comedy with quirky young leads. Add some sex and violence, a cast of rpnpoadp artnrs and an artsv srrinf by Quentin Tarantino ("Reservoir Dogs"), and you have an instant smash. Perhaps symbolic as a tribute to film as a medium, 'True Romance" is slick and different but hardly important. The film revolves around a young man named Clarence, played by Christian Slater, and his newfound girlfriend, Alabama, brought to life by Patricia Arquette. Both are charming leads who retain their appeal among the trash in which they wallow. Clarence kills Alabama's slimy pimp, the dreadlocked Gary Oldman steals Clarence's cocaine and spends the rest of the time trying to sell it so he and his girlfriend can leave the country. 'True Romance" is a film of gratuitous violence. I perfectly understand we live in a violent society. What I can't respect, however, is a film that presents violence as a subject and remains indifferent to it.. "True Romance" presents breathtaking violence and doesn't have the guts to explain what message it's sending. In one scene, Arquette is brutalized to the extent of disgust. In another, the film makers seem to be trying to make the audience chuckle at the extent to which they show off their violent display. The film does present some interesting characters. Brad Pitt is funny in a small part as a druggedout roommate. Oldman and Christopher Walken are splendid villains. Dennis Hopper is great as Slater's dim-witted ex-cop father. His classic squint and deadpan deliverv reminded me nf hk earlv renegade films that actually had something meaningful to say about the state of the world. It's just too bad that director Tony Scott and his talented cast haven't realized that a true romance with today's movie audience must start with respect for humanity and the decency to draw us into the story rather than callously distancing us from it.