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"Demonic Boy" Is ons of many places on display at McKlssIck
Museum's "Madness In America" exhibit.
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"Madness in America" studies Mind," which personifies madness as
the art and impact of mental ill- a bewildered, wandering woman, and
ness Of the early 1900s. a lithograph. "Dance in
a Madhouse, which shows a 19th-cenStarf
Reports tury image of a "lunatics ball," which
Most of us have offhandedly de- is based on tbe noti.on that asylums
scribed someone as crazy or daft, but hosted balls with strict social decorum
an unusal exhibit that opened Sun- tor patients,
day at McKissick Museum leaves no But perhaps one of the most corndoubt
about the true definition of men- pelling items is a watercolor on cloth
tal illness. titled "Landscape Money" by U.S. land"Madness
in America: Cultural and scape artist Ralph Blakelock. In 1899,
Medical Perceptions of Mental Illness Blakelock was committed to an insane
before 1914" is a nationally traveling asylum after he suffered a mental
exhibit that breakdown related to his poverty and
examines concepts of was found wandering the streets ol
madhess in early New York City tearAmerica
in broad so- ing up money,
rial, artistic and med- Ironically, more
ical contexts, and than a decade later
traces the origins and one of his early worke
development of psy- was sold at an auctior
chiatry in the United for near,y $14?000, the
States. The exhibit highest price paid ai
will be on display that time for a livin*
through March 19. U-S- artist's work
More than 100 However, during tha
items, ranging from time, Blakelock re
engravings and pho- HHI mained =?the
tographs to paintings ^Hfi Panting landscape!
and medical devices, blithe
hibit also commemo- IB \ puWic display.
rates the 150th an- J.11C C&IUU1I, UCUCU!
niversary of the found- not only how insani
incr of the American ty was depicted, bu
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Psychiatric Associa- McKissick 3130 now 11 was mec
tion. "Phrenological Head" by L.N. !ca'^ traated. Dur
"It's an absolutely Fowlor, mld-19th century. ing the Colomal P
fascinating exhibit riod, the insane oftei
that challenges peo- were chained an<
pie with different perspectives about kePt in cages. During the 19th centi
social issues such as intelligence, race Df, almost every state built state ho*
and gender roles," said Lynn Robert- pitals, then called lunatic asylum*
son, director of McKissick Museum, which were thought to offer a mor
One of the exhibit drawings is Ben- humane confinement,
jamin West's "Christ Healing the Sick." When assembling the exhibit, ci
In 1800, the Pennsylvania Hospital rah)r Lynn Gamewell found recurrin
in Philadelphia, a well-known insane themes of prejudice that portraye
asylum, commissioned West to do a blacks and women as inferior,
painting for the hospital lobby. West's After the Civil War, society a
work shows Christ healing the sick tempted to show mental difference
and, in keeping with the biblical ac- between blacks and whites, indica
count of madness, includes a boy pos- ^nf> fhat intelligence was linked 1
sessed by demons. The 10-foot-by-15- physical traits. Phrenology portraye
foot painting still hangs in the hospi- women as inferior, linking charach
tal's lobby. traits not only to the brain but to tl
Also on display is a porcelain bust entire female body, identifying th
depicting a phrenological diagram, pelvic area as the region of insanit
Phrenology gained acceptance during Thus, when a woman's virtue w?
the mid-19th century because it pro- questioned, so was her mental stat
vided a direct causal link between "Madness in America" is co-spoi
brain anatomy and human behaviors sored by USC's department of ne
such as emotion, perception and rea- ropsychiatry and behavior scienc
soning. Admission is free to all exhibit
Other interesting items include a For more information about tl
large 1864 oil painting, "The Lost "Madness in America" exhibit or ot
er educational programs, call 777-72!
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iS i You might have noticed tnat wner
t- I asking about a good place to eat in Col
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is I most carefully guarded secrets, but
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ft- | riverfront view to boot,
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anks to a breakthrough perfor- at a Kappa
; at the Golden Spur's Acoustic "We wei
light, Shades of Grey, made up many peopl
2 freshmen Kenny Floyd, John said,
and Tom Brumgardt, has be- The bani
>ne of the more popular on-cam- ving acoust
oups after only, two-and-a-half from Omai
is of practicing "as a full band," Jam. Floyd
: and backup vocalist Tom Brum- ly drive his
said. "I listen
or the first two months, we music, but
n't find a practice place," said Riots, Pear
gardt, a Charleston native. "We kins," Floy
jot together with Kenny and style, and I
ed acoustically." songs."
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lying around in his room down said the bs
ill," Floyd said they just jammed that people
they saw Acoustic Jam night ad- the bat."
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ley met me right before the Gold- strategy hi
ur show after talking to a friend "So far,
ie, and I just went down and tried response, e
Stout said. Floyd said,
ter three practices, Shades of get it behin
was in the studio recording a de- wouldn't i
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gh to win the Acoustic Jam con- guys on ou
an award that granted the band ment," Flc
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the restau- phere. The booths and dim ligh
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d for something new," Brumgardt said.
"This is what came of it," Stout fin?
ished.
The best part about "this" for each
band member rests firmly in the murg
sic they are making.
rl "The best part is knowing that three
1- people can come together on one record
and sound really good," Floyd said.
rf "When we're up there playing and
le you see people mouthing the words to
p- your songs, you just feel really good,"
Brumgardt said.
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The band practices whenever it can
, despite the members' admittedly busy
schedules. Rehearsals are at least once
a day and usually at night at the Sumter
Street Storage facility. The trio's formula
for coming up with new materils
al usually follows a structured pattern,
Stout said.
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ter," Stout said. "We usually start with
w the guitar part, then add bass and
1 drums, with the vocals coming in anywhere.
Kenny and Tom just write the
songs whenever they get the inspiram
tion-"
The band, which will return to the
ed studio Saturday and play live again
>w Feb. 18, said it owes much of its sucut
cess to manager Cliff Hall.
'd. "When he came on, everything shot
all and just took off," Floyd said.
"He knows a lot about the business
? and pulled a lot of things together for
'P" us," Brumgardt said.
This cohesion has helped Shades of
Grey fulfill its attraction to making muse
sic ? to just enjoy it.
mt "It's been really fun so far," Floyd
ng said. "Fm having a great time."
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lut, as for the important things, what abom
food? I tried the seafood fajita salad, and i
very good. Portions seem to be large, but jusi
everything in life, the bad news is prices art
fairly large.
Cntrees range from about $8 to $10, and fron
11 could tell, vegetarian items are scarce. How
, my dish was cooked very well, and I like*
fact that Efs isn't afraid to spice up their mem
is.
Yhen I asked what the specialities were, man
' John Schumacher listed crab legs, ribeye ant
le rib, items that I automatically passed ove
mse of price.
iowever, there is good news for college stu
ts on budgets.
You can still come get a pitcher of beer am
gs for under $20," Schumacher said.