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6 I Gapton's blues SOUNPAPViCE r? CHRIS MULDROW Staff Writer Ratings FROM THE CRADLE Eric Clapton **** Break 1*99 jtirtck((xA ot four stars) 'Borrow' from Eric Clapton's infant musical career ^ Kar?!^ |avor',e was bred in the blues. Clapton often * FrM ""lh burs<*' cites inspirations and idols like Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson, and he through solos. The played with John Mayall and the Blues- 001116 synthesis of tl breakers before he flew into the super- uie muit star stratosphere with his Stratocast- *on P^a^e(^on ear^( er Some of "From "From the Cradle," Clapton's newest guitar displays are album, expands the acoustic sound of *nS blues c^ass'cs( "Unplugged" and follows blues chronol- Sunrise and Goin ogy from the Mississippi Delta to the drums steer the driv streets of Chicago. Unlike the singer's ton 8 ^eeP vo^ce recordings from his MTV set, an elec- throaty, smoky gr trie blues band backs Clapton on cov- sm??tb as a calm s era of some of the best songs to ever blow Clapton sounds mud through the Windy City when it was Wlt" raw starts the birthing place of the blues. lowing and hardeni The plugged-in sound might seem a me" quite a bit different to people turned on Degree an^ Sinnei to Clapton's quieter playing on "Un- &ent>more sPoradi plugged" The journeyman sounds and cutS-. Clapton and th plays a much more raw sound in "From tension and wring it the Cradle," a sound that wails and cries e'through crunchy tube amps and flies "Motherless Chil Modems link I am writing today to try and answer that America Oi gnawing, existential question: What is a modem, phi. Thes< and what can it do for for you? ternet e-m; Before you laugh and dismiss this column as ping. You< having no possible relevance to you, bear with university me for a second. For manv technoDhobes. the thines a m words "computer modem" conjure up images of letin Board acne-faced, dateless teen-agers using their com- another bit puters to play the latest version of Dungeons & your ever-g Dragons. In short, the modem is still often viewed ABBSi as a tool for techies not useful to the average computer al user. Nothing could be further from the truth, cussiongroi So, what does "modem" really mean? Believe post and re< it or not, this was actually an extra-credit ques- other things tion in one of my classes. So, to enlighten you erally free i and to get my bonus points, modem stands for larger cities "modulatoiydemodulator." In non-technical terms, Internet. K it is a device which allows you to exchange in- telephone li formation between your computer and others A little 1 along ordinary telephone lines. ning, many Having a modem allows you to do a wide va- acne-faced riety of things with your computer. You can di- neers often i al in to commercial on-line services, such as modems an 812 HARDEN ST. li Next to Group Therapy K| 1771-1502 i iMMk-i WWMmm AH ABC Regulal ^^^ y?u are under the age of 21, it i$ agair j^S>>xi>^^:_:>^^:^::::x::::_:::::<:' -1 1 > In case you missed the day Zeta Tax AWESOME NEW F Tennille Allen i; > Kym Gi Laryn Beauchamp5: Jaime G Tina BeckhamJulie Ha Betsy Bennett 1 ( Jena Ha Meredith Brown j, | Amy Joi Lisa Clark ^ - Margare Mariana Compton Paige Ii Stacy Cooper ujfl; Stacy Lc Joslyn Ervin 7 :Lindsey Melissa Face Misty Li Lynsey Ferguson f Kathryn Jen Gardner WE LOVE Y Congratulate The Gamecock C from the cradle using guitar strumming and percussion with an almost military beat; it works y bank we^friend "Driftin'" sounds more like "Unplugged," with a single guitar and vo* fries cals; its a style Clapton already proved he can master. "How Long Blues" is annew sound is a wel- other acoustic cut with a washboard le simple blue roots scratch and a skillful slide guitar, fill rock 'n' roll Clap- As usual, Clapton utilized his band zr recordings.^ to the fullest, not dominating the sound the Cradles best with his searing guitar all the time. Keythe powerful walk- board player Chris stainton up A Jay Blues." Tight and dowi?the keys' Punctuatingthe ing sound, and Clap- son&s mm Pleran& Piano nrtsirtnatpq hatwaan n Jerry Portno/s harmonica is excel owl and a tone as lent?never overpowering the songs but >ea before a storm. often present to duel with the lyrics and h like Elmore James to provide a wailing background. and gradually mel- Clapton's "From the Cradle" is a tribng sound. ute album to the men who made music ow flow are "Third that echoed real life and real emotion, r's Prayer," with ur- and Clapton plays it well. Maybe peoc guitar and piano pie who got into the blues because they le band twist up the liked "Tears in Heaven" and bought , out like a wet tow- "Unplugged" will pick up this album and see what else the bluesmen did... Id is a unique tune andstmdo to worldwide < nline, Prodigy, CompuServe and Del 5 services offer everything from Inail and live chatting to on-line shop- Jfk ? M an also dial in to your account on the mainframe. But one of the neatest L t ||L odem allows you to do is access Bui- i Systems (BBSs). Yes, "BBS" is yet vices. As a result yoi of alphabet soup you need :o add to use BBSs with few m rowing list of computer jargon. any other BBS systen is basically software running on a Things have imp lowing users to post messages to dis- Modems have gotten fi lips about various topics, use e-mail, advanced consideral *ive computer files and a number of teenager acting as a s^ . The best part is that BBSs are gen- (One more for your jar if charge and can be found in most adults, companies an . Some BBSs can be accessed on the stitutions are openin lost rely on modem connections over haps the best advance nes. gether to share inform listory about BBSing: in the begin- These links are act BBSs were actually run by dateless, Two BBSs running tl teen-agers. These brave BBS pio- change e-mail and otl ised low-end computer systems, slow ^ne- That information d home phone lines to run their ser- a ^rd BBS, a 1 HOURS M/ ? Moa-FrL 4pm-4?5 or 6am /"? Sat.-Sua8pm~2am m ions Enforced ??W?it'k. jst the law to buy alcoholic beverages. i?|^ii|li!l^-: the best got better, here is i ?tlpha EEDGE CLASS!!! bson /Jodie May raziano ':Z,:" Jennifer Mims as Stephanie Myers rdy/V,s J Jen Morey les Martine Nash jt Jones Kandi Richards me '? Courtney Russ ;e - ? Kim Shirley Lewis .' Margaret Small ister Cari Smith Mackey Sherri Wood Ashley Welch OUALL!!! >ns, Zetas!!! jjlNA! Wednesday, September 21, 1994 Crazy Aerosmith played in Charlotte last Saturday. Th rocked Blockbuster Pavilion with classics like "I the Elevator" and "Dream On." Collective Soul fi lanta opened. Photos by Kim Ti communicath Soon you have a whole netwc scale, sharing information 1: ARC LaFOUNTAIN not as fast or far-reaching as Technobabble networks can certainly be ir formative. Here are two Columbia-art a had alow, often hard to be ?/i?te lt to y??- ,T>>?y ? embers and no linkage to P?mto for BBS exPloratlon for a is form: .roved a lot since then. 1?lejI!rStin8 P??<Sout aster, and compute have "etworked BBS providing a v. bly. You still can find a Rms ?n WWIVnet software. 1 .stem operator, or "sysop." Tbls 18,a nlce Place offeI gon list.) However, many everything for^sers to get us. d even governmental in- Star', ? g up BBSs. And, in per- l"??>2 > yet, BBSs are linking to- J-errante-. T 3 much -at:on Post and is a great BBS to get a .. rimnVtirnl RRSa fnr Mnr?in uaiiy modem connections. ~~ZT * ie same software will ex- . * ler material over a phone 3,0n. 0,13 i , is then shared by modem dents. d} 'onrth, a fifth and so on. those mth Macintosh computi I Make a d Vol* use Vol Friday, Sep Russell 10:00a Rain Locatii Stop by and fin< opportunities in 1 communitie Office of Community Service I j i : u. ydjtltp' ' ^7 * * * I COIUMB 254 Harbison Boulevar Bli ; ;:V ^ lllll fWr ~"**jr BSBvEre ' j^j ?CZL^-^k 1 Jl^L ..,^j^M m, information irk, often global in Mac, you should give it a try. It runs on First>y modem. While Class software, which means the BBS displays the Internet, BBS in color and can incorporate graphics and sound, iteresting and in- You need an account and special software to use it. Call Nancy Chesnutt at 777-6015 or go by ja BBSs that may her office on CSD's third floor if you are interire good starting ested. Nancy is the sysop of Mac BBS and is one iny computer plat- 0f the nice people at CSD who field my barrage ot computer questions each week. ;h). 731-0690. A Maclnternational. 798-3755. This is ananety of services. other FirstClass BBS for Mac users that has a Sysop. Craig Doo- g0rge0US interface. It is also a networked BBS. ggo ? Sysop: Ralph Yount. (Ralph is a deputy sheriff, TV " i * 80 your manners when you call!) You can s is so a ne - uge same goftware used to connect to Mac net. Sysop: Greg BBg wurb^aiSaf 1 dont know of any BBSs for IBM" tosh users- compatibles in Columbia, but I will certainly er Services Divi- wr*te a^)0Ut ^em if readers can provide me with BBS for USC stu- information. IBS caters only to LaFountain is a journalism junior. His coljrs. If you have a umn aPPears every Wednesday. He can be emailed at lafountain-marc@scarolina.edu. ifference... 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