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4 Be j/ IBB K' / 9 Mark Curvy (plcturad hara without Far from q SOUNDAPViCE BEN PILLOW Staff Writer LET THE WRETCHED COME HOME Mark Curry it-kit (out ct four stars) Scratchy vocals, short songs and acoustic guitars dominate Mark Curry's new release, "Let the Wretched Come Home." Playing with his Hell's House Band, Curry makes good use of a variety of instruments and musicians in creating 15 songs marked with strong blues rock influences. The Los Angeles band, consisting of Tommy Andrews on electric guitar; Curry on acoustic and electric guitar, organ, dobro and vocals; Shaun Mitchell and Greg Ellis alternating on drums; Kenny Lyon on acoustic and electric bass and guitar, El Hefe on guitar; and Paul Roessler on a tt inn j* _ j nammona d-o, piano, accorcuon ana backing vocals, provide Curry's lyrics with a wide array of moods and sounds that broaden what would be a depressing album otherwise. Nearly all of Curry's songs speak of some hardship or loss of direction. Most tracks are short (the record's running time is just under 48 minutes), with little change in direction from beginning to end. One weakness in Curry's songwriting is his use of profanity. Rather than expressing strong emotion, he seems to cuss just to be cussing and it ends up sounding weak, carrying an explicit lyric label on the album as well. Nevertheless, the album starts out strong with three slow, acousticdominated songB, Don't Die," "Pieces" and "Seven Stories." The first fastpaced track follows with "Cigarette Burns." 'Shawshank' i A MM A VfeVi A 4% OP 4* I LIUH13UAWfcKAKfcAU IIUI STEPHEN BROWN Staff Writer THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION A**v2 (out of tour stars) "The Shawshank Redemption," wri ten and directed by newcomer Fran Garabond, is one of the best movies adap ed from a Stephen King work. Based c King's short novel "Rita Hayworth an Shawshank Redemption" from the ai thology "Different Seasons," the film comi to the screen complete with a tight-kn community, fascinating characters, ps; etiological horror and a sense of myster It is an old-fashioned film that takes i own sweet time to deliver a clever tale < hope with an uplifting tone and super acting. Garabond uses Shawshank Maximui Security Prison as more than just a se ting for the story?it is a personified d< vice which affects the inner workings < each of the characters in the story. The d rector weaves through its intricate corr dors and scans its time-worn stone wall with an intensity he dees not explain ui til the film's stunning climax. The evenl that occur within these walls are extrao: dinary indeed. The story revolves around a banke named Andy, played by Tim Robbins < "Jacob's Ladder," who is imprisoned fc two life terms in 1946 for murdering hi wife and her lover. He becomes close fnenc with Red, played by Morgan Freeman ( "Unforgiven," a fellow lifer who prides hin sell on nis ability to get people wftat tfte want. Calling himself "a regular Sears an Roebuck," Red smuggles cigarettes, plaj ing cards with pictures of naked wome and sippin' whiskey for fellow inmates, bi not until Andy arrives does he truly rea ize the untapped potential inside hin Andy sees the walls around him as barrier, but they do not stop him from trj ing to achieve greatness. Red observes, i an almost spiritual prose narration, tha Andy strolls through die prison common area as if he were just a visitor there for short time. Red is immediately drawn t Andy's uncanny knack for remaining oblii ious to the harshness around him. Among the harsh realities to face ar a vicious warden (Bob Gunton) who claim to believe in discipline and the Bible, bu demonstrates an obedience to neither, V Tl I- ijsSB < j Virgin t his Itoll's House Band). Wretched' "Back to Square" follows, which focuses on the album's overriding theme, notably starting over, and Curry proclaiming "It's like I don't feel anything anymore/But it's not _ ? ? me. "When I Go," is the first song over three minutes long, but continues Curry's anguished lyrics ("Maybe ifs my private war/And Fm just losing touch"), and "11 Minutes" is a three minute song expanded musically with the aid of a piano. The catchiest song on the album, "If s Just That F is next Cully's vocals are best suited to this type of song, in which he says, "I don't think this is my world/You know I think I might be just passing through." "Kentucky Red" follows, before the disappointing "High Above the River." Curry's vocals are as bad as they were good on "If s Just That I," and his rendition of several "Amazing Grace" verses thrown in between only reiterates this mistake. "How Does It Feel" calls for a "junkie" to begin anew ("I bet you wanna d&Because everyday you try"). "The Way Down" starts with an except of dialogue from the movie "Lives of a Bengal Dancer," before "Please" adds a rare sensitive twist to the album. "Little Wet Dog" leads up to the last song with the therapeutic lyrics "Tm not crazy, no/just having some trouble telling my dreams from whaf s real." "Buying the Farm" ends the record with an interesting accordion intro before featuring the album's title verse,"Let the wretched come home." The song fades out in an appropriate end to the record with a bluesy har monica tune. uplifting pris< " I in i_ JH ts l- dJM A j||jjj| rfr jf Morgan Freeman and Tim R >r cruel captain of the guards (Clancy is a group of angry prisoners who att Is physically destroy Andy's confide: )f a dungeon called "the hole" whe i- thrown to ponder his supposed mist y for up to a month at a time in s< d Andy carves out a new existe f- himself through his talent with let! n numbers. Writing letters to gove it officials to attain equal rights as a 1- being, teaching the alphabet to ai i. ate inmate and even doing the ti a the prison staff help him advan f- laundry room duty to a prison libra n During one sequence he plays hi d bers right to get beers for his fel is mates. While they drink, he sits in a ner smiling. For a moment he feel normal person again. When he pli Marriage of Figaro over the prise speaker to men who have forgotte e music sounds like, he brings hope 1 s to their hearts, it Red faces recurring rejection a a hearings despite his clear rehabil Jti AAE le Gamecock ^AAll I sea Gibbes Pk for Hallow taintK wuastu- aian wruer If you're having trouble getting into the Halloween spirit or just want to do something different to mark the holiday, slip into your Halloween costume and get into "The Nights of Halloween" showing at Gibbes Planetarium for half price. If you make it past the ghost and goblins lurking in the bushes outside the planetarium into the darkened dome, youU be in for a treat. The show, an original production, used storytelling, eerie music, sound effects and live performance to explain the pagan holiday. Spooky storytelling by Carol Hall, a narrator for the planetarium in the past, will explain Halloween's origins, the moon's role in the holiday and monster in the sky. The faint of heart should beware- they're forewarned about the ghost, vampire, werewolf, and zombie tales. n i 11 l remaps more 10 uie iuinimeaned's liking will be the explanations of such Halloween traditions as knocking on wood and bobbing for apples. Besides the telling of terrifying tales, "The Nights of Hal>n tale of ui W> -4$^'* v ill obbins star as inmate pals i Brown), Garabond repeats a si] empt to demonstrate the dehun nee and tional life promotes, re he is Andy's philosophy, a jehavior up the ranks of prison li ilitude. ing or get busy dying." F< mce for characters, prison life ters and able. But not to Andyrnment pirations. "Don't forg< human places in this world not 1 illiter- says. axes for Garabond attacks tl ce from legal system on one level iry post of life on another. He n is num- geology, the study of pre [low in- show prison's varying e the cor- ful characters of Shaws Is like a One of the most tou ays The the film is a subplot ab< >n loud- ly prison librarian nam sn what by James Whitmore, w back in- leased from prison. His p ing into a halfway house t parole ging groceries with his v itation. trying to integrate himi xy, jg. inetariun reen star ^5 i Ia i i the nights of halloween whin Gfcbes Planetarium whu Sat.&Sun. at 3>.m. and 4p.m. until Nov. 6 how much Free to Columbia Uueonm rtf AH mamhaK* C1 CA for students, senior citizens, miH tary; $2.50 adults; Half price for costumed patrons. loween" also offers eerie mu by various composers induct Tom Strange, who has produi work for other local productio There will even be a piano-pl ing phantom lurking aroui The haunting music and 1 narration combine to create ominous atmosphere befitti the holiday. Director of Gibl Planetarium, Jeff Guill, ider fied as Jeff Ghoul in the she credits, said, "The planetarii is suited to shows with holic themes since the desired mospheres are easily achieve The combination of nar tion, music and stars makes 1 aexpectec in Frank Garabon's "Th milar sequence to defy tl lanization institu- before the "01 s he works his way illusioi ife is "Get busy liv- many )r most of the film's to his < becomes comfort- "T1 -he has grand as- magni it there are some peciall; made of stone," he mand first a] le injustices of the ing epi 1 and the inequities as a m lakes allusions to As a te jssure and time, to he fine fleets on the color- "Sa hank. den to ching elements of proves jut the kind elder- ent wi ed Brooks, played imagii ho finally gets re- imagii ilight involves mov- centra s, getting a job bag- "The S withered hands and to pers self back into a so- ter of 1 WHAT'SUF Guide CONCFPTS Friday, October 28, 1994 i sets stage show ? audience feel transported to th various places and times in th show, Guill said. "The audience really feel like they're there," Guill said c other holiday shows at the plar etarium. "We're able to tak them to the places we're de scribing," Guill said. That tram ported feeling is the aim of th new Halloween production. "The Nights of Halloweer is showing Saturdays and Sur m days at 2 and 4 p.m. The sho> ? runs through Nov. 6. isic Admission to the spooky spei ing tacle is free to Columbia Mus< ?d um of Art members, $1.50 fo ns. students, senior citizens an ay~ those in the military, and $2.5 1(*- for adults. Don't forget -if yo wear a costume, you get in fc an half price. The planetarium seat 50 adults, so arrive early. The show is bound to caus w>s a few chills, or at least scare u m a few laughs, so dare to do som. lay thing different this Halloweer at- Take a break from costume pai id." ties and trick or treating, an ra- go to the dome, a ghoul's horn the away from home. 1 friendship Castle Rock Entertainmer e Shawshank Redemption." lat did not even contain automobile his imprisonment This struggle oi ltside" world demonstrates the dis lment someone who made a mistak years ago is forced to contain evei i l crying aay. le Shawshank Redemption" contain ficent performances all around, es y by Freeman whose wondrous com of his material is evident from hi Dpearance and lasts through a chill ilogue. Robbins gives a soulful tun an whose spirit cannot be confined acher, an artist, a citizen and a frienc is redemption even when shackled dvation lies within," says the war Andy in an early sequence. And; this statement true, but in a differ ly than his oppressor might hav led. His survival, his spectacula lation and his ultimate victory an il to this film of emotional release hawshank Redemption" is a tribut istence, proving King, a modem mas terror, has a telltale heart of gold to Arts & Entertainment MOVIES International Programs for Students presents "Raise the Red Lantern" at 7:30 pm, Nov.6 in the Belk Auditorium. MUSEUMS/GALLERIES McKissick Museum Recently opened exhibit "Natural History Prints" is a presentation of 33 beautiful natural history paintings of flora and fauna from 18thcentury South Carolina and east Florida. The exhibit runs through Nov. 13. "Of Earth and Cotton" is an off-site exhibit at the old Gibbes showroom on tho comer of Blossom and Assembly streets. The exhibition joins contemporary artist Jackie Brookner's environmental sculntures with Spicier Monkey at Rockafellas' this Saturday, The BellTower on Sunday, Spoonful Oct. 31. Student government presents "All That Jazz" with the James Tatum Trio Plus at 6 p.m., Oct. 30 in the Russell House Ballroom. Tickets are free to students with a USC I.D. Call 772654. The Koger Center presents "Secret Garden" Nov. 1-2. Tickets are $22 or $18 for adults and $15 for students. The Newport Jazz Festival on Tour will perform jazz from three great eras, New Orleans, Swing and Behop Nov. 4 at the Koger Center. Tickets are $12 for adults and $9 for students. COMEDY Carrot Top will perform at the Township Oct. 29. DANCE The Columbia City Ballet will present Dracula?Ballet with a Bite at the Koger Center on Oct. 28-30. For more ine formation call Columbia City Ballet at 799-7605. e HALLOWEEN 8 The Columbia Council Tele>f phone Pioneers are holding i- their annual haunted house, e "The House on Horror Hill," located on U.S. 1 just outside Lexington. The haunted house will be ooen Sunday e Thursday, 7-10 p.m.; Friday -Saturday 7-12 p.m., Oct. i" 14-15 and Oct. 21-31. Admission is $5 per person N and proceeds will benefit Camp Discovery, Children's Garden and other charitable organizations. ir The Columbia Jaycees pred sent "The Haunting at 0 Rolling K Farms." Hayrides begin at 6:30 Oct. 21-31. Admission is $7.50. For ,r more information call 755? 9048. e Longstreeet Theatre will p hold its second annual sidewalk costume fund-raiser from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oct. * 26-28. The event will feature "" thousands of items from the d theatre department's cose tume shop. Costs range from 25 cents to $25. McKissick Museum's "Goblin Gala Halloween Costume Party" features a costume contest with cash prizes, food, music, dancing and a cash bar. The party begins 8 p.m., Oct. 29, and advance tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Call McKissick Museum at 777-7251 to reserve tickets. Frederick Suppe will present The Structure of a Scientific Paper" at 4 p.m. on Oct. 28 in Room 250 in Gambrell Hall. And one ant lJP m lyr n m A 1 lfl l bn i im l y n r 01 e Faculty mombor Kant Walkor and others In I e "Octoberfest" hosted b] his wife Wednesday nig L of faculty members and curator Susan Edwards' selection of 40 Farm Security Administration photographs. Columbia Museum of Art "Richard Estes: The Complete Prints" opens Oct. 21 and will run through Dec. 11. This is the first traveling exhibition surveying the print work of photo-realist Richard Estes. Admission is free. OPERA Opera at (JSC and the South Carolina Philharmonic bring "Dido and Aeneas," the outstanding English opera by Henry Purcell to Drayton Hall, 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 4 and 5, and 3 p.m. on Nov. 6. Tickets are $15 and $10, and seats for students and senior citizens are $5. For reservations call 254-PHIL. SEMINARS | The Columbia Sri Chinmoy Center will host a FREE 3day seminar entitled "Mastering Meditation" at the Unitarist Universalist Fellowship, 2701 Heyward, from 7:30-9:30 Oct. 27,28, and from 10 am-1 pm Oct. 29. Please pre-register by calling (803) 955-0717. THEATER Chapin Community Theatre "Say It Ain't So, Pharaoh!" will open Oct. 13. All performances are at 8 p.m. and are: Oct. 27-29, November 3-5 and November 10-12. Benson Theater n n a. n i ne ruppei negime pre- j sents their production of The Day They Shot John Lennon" by James McLure. Lennon's death unites these strangers who ponder their lives and the world. The play opens 8 p.m. Oct. 21-22,2729, with a matinee on Oct 23 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $3 for students and $5 for general public. Benson Theater is located on the comer of Bull St. and Whaley on the USC campus. Workshop Theater "Six Degrees of Separation" runs until Nov. 5. Tickets are $8, $10 and $12. "v' > 0 I J MO RtCKABAUQN The Gamecock Sidel, toft, Joins Annette Ins dancing at the annual f President John Palms and lit at their house. Hundreds guests attended.