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Cocksfc JOHN LYONS Music Editor Four bands will play their variations of the Southern circuit jam-rock sound for 1996*8 Cockstock Friday night at the Carolina Coliseum. While much of the attention will be on regional stars Widespread Panic, inree nne uoiumDia bands will also be taking the stage. Sourwood Honey, a six-man band from Lexington, will be sharing the main stage with Widespread Panic, while Shades of Grey and Mountain Express will perform on a second stage. Sourwood Honey is the longest standing of the three local bands, and Cockstock will be one of their first Columbia shows in support of their new, self-titled album. The band got its start playing Columbia's clubs, and their sound is deeply rooted in the jam tradition of the Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead. Bassist Bob Hylton saifl that while such comparisons are rooted in truth, they do not indicate the band's various influences. "We don't like to be tied down to one thing," Hylton said. "It makes it a lot m Ai*o fiin flion 1 ^ xt r\ r* tt r\ -r\ a t*t o n AAA \J X \s iUU v AA CA AA A A C * CAJUUC YY 00 Technobat Have you been feeling a little down lately? Have your eyes felt tired? Is the fuse on your temper a little shorter than it used to be? Maybe your computer's monitor is the culprit. At least, that's what some research is starting to suggest. Although you may not know it, the cathode ray tube in your desktop monitor is emitting positive ions, and there is research to show prolonged exposure to these ions can be blamed for eveiything from stress and irritability to fatigue and depression. Whafs even more interesting is that exposure to negative ions may actually help to alleviate these problems in humans. What turned me on to the issue of ions is a compilation of research made :KL1- 1.1? _ T? A- A. 1 T*V 1 avanaDie on tne internet ay jjaniei Stapleton. If you send e-mail to DanielS@cyberramp.com with the words SEND RESEARCH in the body of the My I.D. ock is 11 concentrating on one style." Drummer Cale Hernandez said his musical background was in heavy metal, and the other members of the band also had different backgrounds. Although the band is jam-oriented, Hernandez said its audience is diverse "You find anybody and everybody in the crowd," he said. J The band has ^gjg concentrated on playing in South Carolina up to j this point, but they are I planning an tour of the M Southeast at the end of fl the slimmer. fl Hylton said he hoped their new album will lend JBj them credibility when MMm setting up the tour. "If you've got the CD, Shades of Gi it shows your Brumgardt am professionalism," he said. "It really opens the door for you." i On the second stage, Shades of Grey will be playing between Sourwood Honey ' :>ble asks: ( message, Stapleton will mail you back samples of research and press coverage he has gathered about the effects of ions. According to Stapleton, the ion issue really entered the mainstream last February when CBS News (still with Connie Chung!) reported on a Columbia University study that showed exposure to a high-density negative ion generator ~rr i: j. u ??-- a ? was as enecuve in treating winter depression" in humans as medications such as Prozac. Stapleton's research also references an article that appeared in a California newspaper with the headline, "Beating a case of the VODS: Negative ions maybe an answer to the video blahs." VODS stands for Video Operator Distress Syndrome. The article quotes a consultant with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as saying VODS occurs because cathode rays tubes create a "hazard zone" of positive ion emissions is a Calling Br * Sign (i.e. /lot. ^ EBB DAY $0,225 $0.75 per call wh<s Call C MBBM UNIVERSITY OF SOUIH(AROUNA Computer Services Center 1st Floor, 1244 Blossom Street Columbia, SC 29208 (803) 777-1800 BBpP^ .A ^ r .s^w Wr#* 3|j| Way! up for your USCard t< get your new I.D. mad free minutes and $5 < * IDs are being made in the Russel House Mall IE ttiwMi " VriiViiYiYirlYlr.-|MirtM?l r tf hm ' f If 7 iiiiifi.ii I I ff*Mlllllllllll MMMMMM en 100 ^U.IJO Per minute rates Surcharges: :n used on-campus $0.25 per call when ustomer Services at 1-S00-700Get' lore th rey are (from left to right) Sp< I Kenneth Floyd. and Widespread Panic. This young band is made up entirely af USC students, four of whom are sophomores. ]an posith about a foot long in front of monitors. Ifthafs the case, I can see it creating a real problem for people who sit in front of a monitor all day. It's especially bad for me because, as anyone who knows me can tell you, I don't see veiy well. I often have my face closer than a foot to my monitor and I don't think I will ever rub my weary eyes again without thinking about all the ions they may have absorbed. Up to this point, all of the information I have used in this article has come from Stapleton's compilation of research. This is because there seems to be very little information out there about ion effects on the human body. Web and library catalog searches turned up nothing for me. In an effort to get more information, I posted to two Usenet newsgroups and to ProfNet, asking anyone with uiformation about the effects of ions on i Card? ?day \e*) sredit - $0,171 used off-campus 1156 JL2wffil Connected! Jespreac Columbia so far but hopes to tour more of South Carolina toward the end of this summer. Saxist Chris Bussell said while playing in the band as a full-time student is difficult, it also has its tan Wi< ^ ^ Photo special to ?ncer Rush, John Stout, Chris I The band has been together for 01 and one-half years, but the lineup h: rotated. The band has played mostly i /e ions m; humans to contact me. The few respon; I received ranged from people who thouj I was nuts to others who said t problems were present but not sev( to Stapleton's detailed information. I can't t you there is ^wide-rangii consensus th your monitor hurting you. h can I tell you th< is a wide-rangi consensus tha TECUmmU negative i< Marc LaFeuntain generator is solution to ai problems you may be having. Icanoi point you in the direction of Stapletoi information and let you judge for yours The only consensus I found was th negative ion generators are proven help keep dust and smoke out of the a Tm 1 ' ' " vj :M C" C wWmfM. v i inillTIIIII I Villi run M?H UNI FILM SGr lie I Hi Pill HAl mm-am m%m fm? ? * ' ~ ! " ; ? SOME MATERI J positive side. "If anything, it's facilitated the formation of the band," he said. "A couple of us are in the School of "All of us are pretty serious about being musicians," he said. "A lot of hard work has gone into r The band has already started working on its first album, which should H| be available in the next few [ months. Bussell said the The Gamecock band is uncertain of what Bussell, Tom happen once the members graduate. , "We've got a long 1C way to go oeiore we make that decision, 18 he said. Mountain Express will be playing ike you feel ses After doing research, Stapleton *ht decided to purchase a negative ion he generator for himself and claims it has ire helped to alleviate chronic symptoms of anxiety and depression from which he ell was suffering. In fact, he suggested I i a visit http://www.breathe.com to take a a g look at the types of generators available, at And, while my visit there made me is curious, I don't think I am ready to cough lor up $100 for a generator just yet. My ire weary eyes will just have to be weary a ng while longer. t a I would like to take this opportunity ) n to give a tip of my virtual cap to The ; a Gamecock Online and its staff. In the ay short time since it went online, this web lly publication has garnered impressive a's praise from both inside and outside of elf the university. at me wen inaexing service i anoo lists to the "Columbia Mapped Out" section, ir. where users can search for Cola Town ve m KEENTERUHNTPINISABINUI riirGlEIlIlBI!il5IH liEnJllIfflAHIl ENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED ^=51 SPECIAEVISUAE EFFECIS J | AL MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN ^ BY DIGITAL DOMAIN til COMING SOCfr I Panic on the second stage before Shades of Grey. Mountain Express's music is split into two categories, according to Scott Coggins, who plays mandolin and sings. "We do a lot of traditional bluegrass songs, and then we do some psychedelic Grateful Dead-inspired stuff," Coggins said. "It's basically extended jams and then plugged-in versions of bluegrass songs." The band has been playing together for the last eight months. They had played together for about a year before splitting up and reforming between six and eight months later. The five-man band is considering adding a keyboard player, but Coggins said they started as a much smaller group. "Mountain Express originated with me and Dave Amos (guitar and vocals) playing around town at different bars, pretty much acoustic," he said. Coggins cited the Allman Brothers Band as a big influence. "Our crowd is definitely a hippie crowd," he said. That may well be true of the crowd at Cockstock as well. Allman Brothers Band influences will be in abundance Friday night, and Columbia's Southem4A /A />n 4--4 T 7-y^vO l iicgdiivc: hot spots, as a cool site. Staffers have also received e-mail kudos from local businesses and even The Poynter Institute. I knew The Gamecock Online would be impressive, since Online Editor Ryan Sims is my roommate. I think Ryan and his staff have exceeded all expectations in creating a layout and structure that rival many commercial online newspapers. If you haven't visited The Gamecock Online yet, it can be found at http://www.gamecock.sc.edu. Marc LaFountain, a journalism senior,; can be e-mailed at lafountainr marc@sc.edu. To subscribe to an electronic version of this column, email to Ii8tserv@univscvm.c8d.sc.edu with "SUB T-BABBLE YourFirstName YourLastName" in the body of the message. RTIN UIIIILLII UIUUI1III mill LI nil JlfiMlh#>6 UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS. INC AN MCA COMPANY J I ' I 10 1011 IE1 miISIRY ilcLMN (1RA7FR MfCl.l(lNATHiN 111