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'70s musi
JOAN HERBERGER Staff Writer
I was really glad to hear somebody else ha:
lems figuring out how to do the "C in the Villaj
pie's hit "YMCA."
As journalism freshman Erin Shaw said, *
tend to generalize all 70s music as disco." Bu1
weren't any bell bottoms in Barry Drake's pre
tion, "70s Rock: The Good, the Bad, The Ugly,
halfway through. Even though my favorite part
definitely the segments on Devo, the Bee Gees i
course, the obligatory shots of John Travolta a
king in Saturday Night Fever, I learned a lot a
decade of music I had really overlooked. I left tl
sentation wanting to build my musical knowledj
add some classics to my CD collection.
Drake presented the music of the 70s in th
text of political, cultural and social activities, sh
how rock both reflected the events and change
attitudes of a decade.
What exactly is a multimedia presentation?
cally it involves pictures, both posed and candi<
sic clips, live clips from artists and Drake's con
tary, all of which combines for a very complete
WHATSilP Guide to Arts & Enterta
AUDITIONS
Palmetto Mastersingers is holding auditions fo
male singers for the 1994-95 concert season.
Contact Donald Gray at 777-2984 or 790-1734
arrange an audition.
The South Carolina Philharmonic will hold au<
tions for the fully-staged production of "West S
Story" on Friday, Sept 30 from 7-10 p.m.,
Saturday, Oct 1 from 2-5 p.m. and Sunday, Oc
from 7-10 p.m. at Cottingham Theater on the
Columbia College campus. The show will run J
29-31. Anyone interested should prepare a sonj
from the show. The dance audition segment wi
be held first and callbacks will be held at Drel
High School Auditorium Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. For m
, information, call Ashley Senseney at 771-7937.
BALLET
Columbia City Ballet
The "Beauty and the Beast" national tour stops
Koger Center Sept 23-25. The production open
at 8 p.m. Sept 23. A special Family Series perf
mance will be held Sept 24 at 3 p.m., followed
a backstage tour and the opportunity to meet tl
performers. Tickets are on sale at the Coliseum
box office and all Capital Tickets outlets.
COMEDY
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mentary on the music of the 70s. When Drake sa
7" "I don't like to leave anyone out," he wasn't kiddii
3 prob- pregentation was comprehensive, open-mind
je Peo- an(j all-encompassing, covering almost all the imp
tant artists and quite a few not-so-important artii
People from the late '60s to the early '80s. But even thou
t there Drake includes lots of important information, he p
senta- sentg it in an entertaining way, tracing The Who's
1 creasingly tighter pants, wondering how Keith Richai
8 ^er8 can play guitar and be dead at the same time and ji
and, of piain flashing a picture of George Clinton. When
3 disco commented on the lack of new and innovative mui
_^ a in 1977, he said, "Elvis was dead, Abba was useles
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ge and Drake knows and likes rock music, and he conve
that to an audience not born when half the music w
ie con- recorded. I was surprised at how many songs I not c
^ ly recognized but could sing, too. Drake reminded r
ed the to gQ home ^ listen to those great tapes we all boug
. in middle school. Remember the first time you hea
Basi- ?Never Mind the Bullocks?Here's the Sex Pistol
i, mu- an(j dash's "Combat Rock?" Drake brings bai
lmen- wonderful memories and some painful ones. (I had
docu- cjoge my eyes during the segment about glam roc
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Renee Hicks at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept 22. The ^
r rain location is in the Russell House Theatre, and G
it's free. ^ssei
to artist
CONCERTS mth
Moe Tucker of the '60s band The Velvet ^ecu]
Underground, Sept 30 at Annie's. _
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^ Widespread Panic on Oct 7 at the Township
Auaiionum. J'""
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^ LECTURE State
u "Rainforest Conservation and the Search for New uqj- g.
ier Jungle Medicines" will be presented by Mark React
ore Plotkin, author of Tales of a Shaman's Carol
Apprentice," Monday, Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. in the throu
USC Law School auditorium. jye ^
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MOVIES
i at International Student Programs presents Cohi
s "Cinema du Monde," a five-part series of films South
or- from around the world. The series kicks off at 7 held i
by p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25 with the Spanish and S
le film,Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down," in the Belk Sundj
Auditorium. The films are in the original lan- from i
guages with subtitles, and future films include for sa
"Raise the Red Lantern," The Last Metro" and for st<
"Europa, Europa." at 791
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larth and Cotton" is an off-site exhibi
ribbes showroom on the comer of Bio
nbly streets. The exhibition joins con
; Jackie Brookner's environmental so
curator Susan Edwards' selection of
rity Administration photographs.
h Carolina State Museum
ssion is $3 for students. Admission i
rst Sunday of each mcxith. Call 737er
information about exhibits and ev<
Museum.
urfooards, Rollerblades and Polymers
ions" an exhibit by Kary B. Mullis, I
ina s third Nobel Prize winner, contii
gh June 30,1995. The exhibit exami
id work of a former Columbia residei
rered how to rapidly copy DNA.
mbia Museum of Art
leastem Arts and Crafts Exposition 1
Sept. 30-Oct 2,10 am. to 9 p.m. on
aturdays and 1:30 pjn. to 5:30 p.m. (
ay. More than 130 artists and crafts]
across the United States will offer th<
le at the Carolina Coliseum. Admis:
idents. Contact the Columbia Musei
1-2810 for more information.
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ve there is such a thing,"
ns letting people hear your
all about."
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dng, "It matter who
money they made, it's the II
that matters."
"Old Ways, New Game," on SCETV, Sept 23 at is holding
t at the ' 10 p.m. The show examines America's ability to workshop
sscm and face economic challenges from Europe and Japan Thursday
temporary and focuses on how American giants have been tion call 1
Lilptures undermined.
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THEATER - The Natic
Longstreet Theater $12,000 ii
Lanford Wilson's "The Hot L Baltimore," will open Poetry coi
Sept 23 and run until Oct. 1. The play is pro- 2?16 con*
" u duced by the USC Department of Theater, Speech i0 enter>
mts at e j)ancC) tickets are $10 for the public, $8 an^ st^e'
for senior citizens, military and USC faculty and .
rn staff and $6 for students. Tickets go on sale Sept. ., 'on r
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time is 8 p.m. Tuesday- Saturday and 3 p.m. on ^ Cg ^ ?g
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Last of the Red Hot Lovers, dinner theater at Northeast
the Russell House, will play Sept 28 at 6:30 p.m. Medicine i
Tickets are $10 and $8, public; $5, USC students. Carlos Wl
will be Tickets are available at Carolina Program Union medical st
Fridays hi Russell House Room 209. For more informa- Canada. E
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LANEOUS
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itesL The entry deadline is Sept. 30.
st is open to everyone, and entry is free,
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ties, and your name should appear on
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