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Gapton's blues
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CHRIS MULDROW Staff Writer Ratings
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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
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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
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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 <
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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
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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 *
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, is then shared by modem dents. d}
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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.
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