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C O C K S |H\ Miliar tT^i* atd***** niriiiiffr-'"'- ~"*as ^,4g^ Free stuff Freshman psychology major Stacy Race applies booths in front of Russell House this week. The Devlin College Pr?? Service Atlanta?Colin Devlin laughs at the idea of his music becoming the next New Age rave. "I've actually put some sounds (on the album) that are sort of compatible with your brain waves," he jokes. So maybe his band, The Devlins, incorporates dreamy, lush instrumentals with lyrics oi sheer poetry on their debut, "Drift." But thai doesnt mean they should be compared with New Age music queen Enya. Although The Devlins and Enya are Irish natives, their musical styles are worlds apart. The Devlins are finding their own niche in the mellow side of alternative rock. Even though their album has been available for more than s year, radio stations recently picked up the tranquil yet upbeat sounds of these four lads. 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While it may ivwaiiua, oai ajcvu ui k planation is possible, much sun or too fe> Quentin Tarantino wo Kim Tru?tt The Gamecock lieve that violence spr childhood. Your Dad b s for a credit card at one of the venge on society is souj hood arrives affordir cense and a handy she s climb char To," broke into the Top 40. According to Capi- th [ tol Records, stations in St. Louis, Boston and wl Cincinnati have been giving the single strong an air play. With its exotic beat, hypnotic melody Re and Colin Devlin's resonant vocals, "Someone hii To Talk To" just may be the band's first hit. ne Meanwhile, "Drift" has received strong reviews, - including a positive write-up from "Rolling Stone" q magazine. er, Colin Devlin says the surge of attention is somewhat scary. The lead vocalist/guitarist/song- gt] 1 writer admits hearing their song on the radio is , 1 "weird." But while the attention can be intimi- a dating, it does have its advantages, Devlin adds. 1 "At least (when) you have success, it gives 1 the opportunity and the freedom possibly to work i with the people that you want to work with ini again," explains Devlin, who called to chat from D( a pay phone at a Charlotte, N.C., truck stop, gv The band had plenty of help while recording bo Pine da 11 ri.ua nas unique aispiay functions like time-value-of-money. Plus, it delivers cash flow analysis g, finance or accounting major? You a BAII PLUS Calculator from Texas 3r students and professionals and Or try the BA-35, our most affordable ey and one-variable statistics. 1 fast lane, TI Business Calculators ie at your local TI retailer today, or 800-TI-CARES. IG YOUR REACH" Texas truments In Canada, call 1-809-661-2007. ?1994 TI. IHO akes voyeurism writer meeting with some equally sp{ i decade's seem- male promising regular sex and lation with vio- ner to reload the guns, and I wa id by the furor t? leave the theater after 20 m 's novel "Amer- (But the passes were free an< Stone brings an sitting beside my roommate, stic eye to this Tarantino fan, so we decided film, "Natural and endure the 120 minutes ed by Quentin phantasmagoric violence.) the plots of his Oliver Stone takes this voy voir Dogs " and t? epic heights (or lows depen< an equally per- your perspective) and gives us violence, "Nat- ical study of how our society h i at the nihilistic peculiar reverence for violen iU _ _l fKa QMimKorr lnurlifoo \irV\n nam ;patil9} lYlltiVCJf W11V UVUiUWUg IVTTIUC/O Uliv For a more de- it. Jonathan Swift it ain't! T lm see Stephen agery and characters are so o\ top that I longed for some grip a i for the nineties, man to walk out from behind tl " gospel for the era, shoot Mickey, Mallory, tl r contemporary eral Agent and the Prison V >sophical plati- (possibly wounding the dire is movie fail to well with the ricochets) so that e fact* the movie return to the safety of Five ' have a flimsy where the only insanity is dr asty and well- too much smelly draft beer. ie only point of Alas, I was greatly chagrine joer is murder, the credits arrived with both 1 utshell. still alive, having chalked up a raved violence body count of some 65 and Li ws reports from Cohen rasping on about some Somalia. No ex- lyptic luture. With Natura other than too Killers," the apocalypse of the n vegetables. is well upon us. Oliver Stone c uld have us be- tell a cinematic story if Bertolu ings forth from sharing the same picnic. Giv eats you, so re- however, the slightest hint of j *ht when adult- and he becomes the DeMille ig a driver's li- generation, creating an outrag >tgun. A chance stratified panorama from som ts with firs eir album. Industry veteran Malcom Burn, tio had produced such artists as Bob Dylan id Iggy Pop, took the production seat, while >bert Bell from the band The Blue Nile lent 3 production assistance. Peter Gabriel's engier, Dave Bottrel, added atmosphere with his sjenuity. Former John Mellencamp fiddler Lisa ;rmano Drovided soulful backuD vocals on sev al tracks. Still, Devlin knows breaking into a mainream market is difficult. "There's so many inds out there, and there's so many records," ! said. "You sort of make what you can from ur circumstances." He believes an important factor in achievg success lies in building a strong fan base, jvlin and his bandmates?elder brother and litarist/bassist/vocalist Peter Devlin, keyardist Niall Macken and drummer/vocalist < 1VCU Seat F 0 I 20% OFF Luncheo Mon 11*30 Sunday Us30 _ /A. B? A A -1 wvei ou oeu Chinese Cuisine Subsc Garnet 4 Black Qvarl since sunshine, will m feature articles af gc student news, Ganecc what's not). 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It's there in magaiing on zines, special newscasts, televised Suna satir- ^ brunches with Jeffery Dahmer, las this fading cards and Charles Manson ce and tees worn by wealthy screwups like petrate ^ R?se and Trent Reznor. he im- "Natural Born Killers "just throws er-the- Oliver Stone and Quentin Tarantino r nroDS- *nto P?P culture gumbo, and the le earn- result is putrefying. The unfortunate u j . conclusion is that societal violence is harden Goldblum in "The Fly;" it ctor as feasts on take-out doughnuts and just j jj gets bigger and bigger. For films that suggest mankind has a possible fu. 8 ture of more than 50 years, go see inking ?Four Weddings and a Funeral" or "Barcelona." If you really must have w ? your dollop of violence, rent "El Marileroes achi? on video. This js a mUch more record realistic portrayal of "People Who eonard Shoot Other People Because They Are apoca- Pissed" than Oliver Stone's film which 1 Born is a gratuitously graphic version of media the adult comic "Heavy Metal." ouldn't PS. If you loved the disjointed and cci was rambling free-form style of this come him, mentary, you'll just love Mr. Stone's an epic directorial style. Be warned, though, of our that Dramamine tablets for motion jeously sickness will help the theater-going lething experience. t hit single Sean Devitt?opened up for alternative songbird Sarah McLauchlan earlier this year. The group also opened up for the Australian group Frente! on several dates in late July. Devlin estimates his band performed for more than 120,000 people while working with McLauchlan. Even if their current single doesn't become a hit, Devlin feels sure the group will have new fans from their extensive touring. After their stint with Frente!, The Devlins plan to return home to Dublin for a break before headlining a short U.S. tour in September. Meanwhile, Devlin says the band will begin work on a follow-up album. "You've got to do what feels natural and what feels right, and if that means us sticking out another album six months down, well do it." Pepper V ood House ^ inest Creole 6t C^jun Cuisi icean Fresh Seafoods Rrinn this rnnnnn in JJ ?*. additional 20% off regul offer expires 9-14-94 n Buffet $5.75 or. day - Friday am - 2:30pm rni. Brunch - $7.95 ^ol am - 2:30pm Across fr actions of Authentic /on* t & a Super Salad Bar (otic :ribe! tarty, Hm h?tt*it mw publication h ako Its dsbwt In Octsbss GBQ Is moral Interact to His campus cams ?ck sports highlights, antartainmant III alsa shawcasa literary submissla and artists. Itemed aa yet? Whll ulty and staff at savaral distribution in invitation to tho Midlands to Inclc i Hals spoclal offor, GBQ will ha mail rto It hits tho stands. 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