University of South Carolina Libraries
Si . t -| |j ^ ji?Jt? ' ;k ll^JKiSili I % * -*. Hni 'f|M? IP- ^Sggt-V J ? - v 11 I ?PIRM K ' ?^pr ...mttrn ? "1 The cafe is open until 5 a.m. seven days a week. welcomes midnight d Srcase' lvalue FfWl lends to ; inyon_ u I) u u o?ab,e. | j j j f j e??, Z mgh to ^ selection WW WW n ar^ amon rs 1 illltti ?? ?? 11 ?S?i . ?? 1> Ui lit tu IV/V/ 1IIUV-I ire also o speed ]( ? ? excellent i sand- 0 0 0 going to a t tastv 9" food aualitv W W W W W While ealthier | Q | 1) U ) (1 might not :s even tic as an ir weight to enjoy some- place to go with friends or is above average, the ser [thy in that yoti do some allow people time to talk ai our thi^A^erages are convenient for even night < t't Cyour- spoons a*d don't mind a t , be . Th ?t takes filled atmosphere, you shoul spec's, tends^^^^ Just another ba< By CHRIS MULDROW too Graphics Editor hoi Blues Saraceno has ?mi ter two things going for Mmk. ant him: He has a cool |||?9 ^ei first name and an even ||V mu cooler plaid guitar. li^B ' Unfortunately for Ihe Blues, however, a gui- . ? rF ^ has tar and a name are all ilji acr hp hoc arvinrr fr\r him " 11 QUI Saraceno's new ^Hgj tec album, "Plaid," is D IIS be about 30 minutes ol ?- iijiiflB ha; the same guitar play- ^ A? ing you can hear from IllliiiSra ] any heavy metal guitarist in the country, sio Maybe Saraceno thought he could break silt into the expert guitarist world of Steve bat Vai by playing without writing any lyrics, l'k All Saraceno accomplishes in boldly dis showing his style is a rough copy of Vai gu without any originality. rec Saraceno claims "Plaid" is devoid of iraceno any studio gloss, but the album is way Saj gui SHI Star-studde HBy SUSAN GOODWIN Staff Writer With names such as Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, Christopher sgi Reeve, John il Ritter, Mary m lou ncniier, i > <% Nicolette Shcridan, Mark-Linn . Baker and Julie Dl you _ ^ know the movie just has to be good. And it is. "Noises Off," an undere but nonetheless wonderful c that successfully combines dialogue with physical f I S ' pTRACKS ?I TOP Emily Peterson/The Gamecock K ft liners i last-food type service A, n> m a vn appeal ALBUMS id out the dining experi nemade pies and cakes /*&$>/ g the desserts served. N ^ a tasty compliment to a /ou can stop in for just T sjk offee if a full dinner is i. Also, the coffee is anu less expensive man Cate lor espresso. The following are the top 10 sine the Capitol Restaurant Tracks this week: . 1. DRS- Gangster Lean" be as elegant or roman- 2. Kevin Campell - "Can We Ta arfnal nnfp it'c a fun 3. Mariah Carev - 'Hero* ,0 take a da.e. The food J :?ggrnvice is slow enough to 6. Zanae - 'Hey, Mr. DJ" id the late hoars mie it 7e owls. II you like greasy 9. Janet Jackson -'If ;ruff server or a smoke- 10. Janet Jackson - "Again" d give the cafe a try. i guitarist wit! > clean and polished for that claim to v id much water. Joe Frano's drums ban- b on like canned drum-machine music, F 1 Saraceno just tries to play with all the n ids, slides and other effects he can c ister. It's impossible to deny Saraceno's got i, technical side of the guitar down. He j. ; mastered the art of moving his fingers v oss the fretboard as fast as any other j itarist. Music isn't supposed to be all hnical, though. Music is supposed to infused with feeling. Saraceno's music ^ ? all of the feeling of a two-day-old ( under corpse. [lather than use his music to create ten- a n and emotion through a mixture of v mce and sound, Saraceno continually e Tels through every song on the album ^ e every second has to be tilled with 11 torted single notes twisted through his 1 itar's whammy bar and his home ording studio. Ihe low point of "Plaid" comes when s raceno attempts to play a blues song. I 2ss he wanted to live up to his name, t :d comedy an of proves once again that the c "Smuckers" philosophy is still valid approach to movie-making. And with all the "Fatal Instinc and "Loaded Weapon Is" out the j||^ such a comedic triumph is a w come relief. The 1992 movie centers on llliP the blood, sweat and tears that gc into putting on a play. Mostly \ Michael Caine works his theai ^ cal magic once again as the fri trated yet amiable director who first seen in a mental state just t side of neurosis when his sh< opens on Broadway. His duress is easily explained xposed his thoughts wander back to t omedv thne when he first tried to pull i ; witty show together: about 1 a.m. on i satire. day a was ^rst performed. The following are the top 20 albums sold at Tracks this week: 1. Pearl Jam - 'Vs." 2. Hootie and the Blowfish - "Kootchypop" 3. Meatloaf - "Bat Out Of Hell II" 4. 10,000 Maniacs - "MTV Unplugged" 5. The Cure - "Paris'-Live 6. Smashing Pumpkins "Siamese Dream" 7. Nirvana - "In Utero" 8. Rush - "Counterpart" 9. Blind Melon - "Blind Melon" iw. i_umunneciu^ ^ niun r??i 11. Spin Doctors - 'Pocket Full of Kryptonite" * 12. Melissa Etheridae -'Yes I Am" '6 13. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna ^ Go My Way?" i 14. Xscape - "Hummin' Comin' at Cha " ^ 15. Cypress Hill - "Black Sunday" x 16. Dr. Dre - "Chronic" j 17. Easy E - "It's On" 18. Gin Blossoms - 'New Miserable Experience" .* 19. Billy Joel - "River of Dreams" 20. Vanous Artist - "Judgement Day" g soundtrack 5 ties sold at ^ T 1 u SINGLES h bad hair /Inch his parents got from a Peter Fonda liker movie. "A Little More Cream, lease" features Saraceno's dad on hartionica and supports my theory that musial inepitiude runs in the family. Papa Saraceno blows his harp with as ittle feeling as his son picks the guitar, le doesn't seem to have bis heart in the veak single notes he plays, just like unior Saraceno's single notes are cold nd shallow. I would do a song-by-song rundown of he album, but all the other songs sound he sound. I listened to Saraceno on tape, ind 1 honestly had a hard time telling uhpn r\r%f* miliar cnlrt \i/qc nvpr anH anr\th_ tllVII V/IIV ^UUUl OUtV V/? VI U1IU UtIV/UI r had started. His press" material claims te has lots of unique riffs, which may be rue. I'm pretty sure that he only played hree of them on "Plaid." Dweezil Zappa apparently praised laraceno as the kind of guitarist who is o good you can punch him. I just want to punch him for boring me o death for 30 minutes. f-the-wall must )1' The first act of the play runs a about as smoothly as a car without shock absorbers, ts" The set doesn't work right, the re, fix-it-all stagehand Mark-Linn Bakel er hasn't had any sleep in two days and the cast stumbles through its all lines, the British accents and every>es thing else. the In short, the show is headed for disaster and a run highlighted by an tri- ill-fated matinee, where the fictionus al cast is at its worst and the actors is are at their best. his What I really noticed in this film, 3w and consequently what makes it work, is the acting. All the actors as know what's funny about their he characters and portray them accordihe ingly. lite Carol Burnett shines as the overthe-hill actress. John Ritter is equally entertaining as an excessive talker who never completes his verbal thoughts. And Christopher Reeve makes an impressive portrayal as the actor who asks questions about everything and gets nosebleeds any time there is violence on the set. In fact, 1 could go through the entire cast and say similar things about each member. The truth is that they're all funny. Willi all its pluses, the movie has only one drawback. No one has ever heard of it. "Noises Off' fits into the releaseit-in-two-cities-and-ship-it-straight to-video category. Most movies find themselves, as this one has, as one-copy Blockbuster bombs. ine oniy way 11 survives amia the 2,000 copies of "The Bodyguard" is by word of mouth, which was how I came to see it. It's true that it may not be as glossy or as pumped up as its "Loaded" counterparts. And it's not a complete rip-off of some hit thriller. c