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14 USCg celeb CHRIS DIXON Features Editor Filmmakers from around the world com on Cannes. France every vear for the Ca Film Festival. J. T. Wagenheim, a graduate student in R Arts, was able to mingle with movie si producers, directors and screenplay wr through an internship with Kodak. Wagen worked for five hours each day in the Ame Pavilion, which is a hospitality center for Ame filmmakers and press. Wagenheim said i he was done working, he had the rest of th to go to parties or movies. Wagenheim said he met Mark Wah] The Raincc mee S0UMD ADVICE JOHN LYONS Copy Desk Chief LOOKING M THE SHADOWS The Raincoats kkkk (out o< six stars) The Raincoats are one of the most important female fronted bands to come out of the punk movement in the late 70s and early 80s. About two years ago, Kurt Cobain caused a new stir about the band, and ; their third album "Moving" was re released. The album soared on college radio, ! and now original members Ana da Silva ; and Gina Birch have recorded their first ; new material in more than a decade. They are joined on "Looking in the Shadows" by violinist Anne Wood and !! Heather Dunn on drums. ;; The album is one of the year's most pleasant surprises and quite possibly ; the most successful comeback this year ! from an artistic standpoint. " No, The Raincoats won't be playing ' for sold-out crowds like Kiss, The Sex MI hi<11 <5' h cithfimma 11 X UIO Au U IXAXiAX i: [jf-- Read,EXC^o\ Get I t * I ] and tni Y\7Mr1 IU vv v/i j Sun ne\ I MfflBTKTITCT i paduate rities at ( (Marky Mark), Leonardo DiCapri Robert Altman and Shane Blaci /erSe Lethal Weapon), nnes "Everybody in the industry is so if you don't go up to them with a i o i il 1M- . _ _i. J* TIT Up l0 mem lme a siargazer, w ag t ars, "Directors love it if you talk tc iters their work and blow up their ego," heim have to be sensible and be able to rican It's harder to get to the stars beca srican wants to talk to them." vhen Wagenheim said he had to era e day the beginning, but by the end of tl was being invited to parties becav lb erg many people. He said the best par )ats comeb; ts expectati Pistols, The Eagles and every other god- 1 awful band from the 70s who decided to do a reunion for this summer. However, The Raincoats have managed to once again create an album that will ultimately have a much larger impact on the music industry than any < rendition of "Hotel California." The album, like The Raincoats' : previous efforts, is defined by its sudden , stops and starts. Da Silva and Birch harmonize wonderfully, and at moments the music is so catchy if s contagious. 1 Years ago, The Raincoats were ( associated with the do-it-yourself mentality of the punk movement. They opened the doors for countless other female artists and introduced feminist ideals into songs like the classic, "No One's Little Girl." "Looking in the Shadows" is not as important as their earlier work, and it is not nearly such a groundbreaking release. Instead, The Raincoats rewrote their blend of lonely pop harmonies and harsh disco-like changes in tempo. The music is beautuui ana engaging, Direct TJ/iw, 1 / I value k as Account Exec imer, Fall and Spri vspaper, Garnet & WUSC FM studer } wmmmmmmmim i H(i i|ilTHlHIili The Gamecock B9MLH student p Cannes Fil o, Spike Lee, festival was the "Trainspottii ; (who wrote featured about seven or eignt rooi women and men, "unbelieva approachable, performance by Oasis, camera or go Wagenheim, who is in the p enheim said, his own screenplay, was able tc ) them about of his script to seven people, he said. "You To go there as an America talk to them, have the opportunity to go th use everyone nothing and meet people and town is an unbelievable expe ish parties in Wagenheim said his expei le festival, he motivated and encouraged him lse he met so industry, ty during the "I know I can write, I love t iv^iv aiivuiiJL ons i El but, unlike earlier efforts, its message * is not very powerful. When bands make comebacks, they R< are held up for strict scrutiny, and The as Raincoats live up to almost all expectations. And, best of all, they seem to be authentically interested in the ^ music and not the money an extended all tour might bring. The lyrics are tempered with the P? GT] experience that was lacking in previous ^ efforts, and songs like "57 Ways to End It All" and "Love a Loser," which seem co trite on an initial listen, are solid, well- r-? constructed songs sung with such intensity, ifs hard not to feel the emotions of the song. No, this album is not The Raincoats' finest. That honor belongs to "Money," but "Looking in Shadows" is a fine release that is better than most of the rubbish record companies keep pushing to radio. t Sale: i Extrc ible W( utives for Student IV ng semesters. Sell a< Black Quarterly stu it radio and earn co ^Gam^ /y^nO Student Media ^evpfwpwpv M#% iWirHiIilllllTJ MhyMiHMiMi Monday, Juno 3, 1996 arties w m Festiv; ig" party, which matter of meeting th< us full of beautiful a lot of contacts," he ble" food, and a good screenplays out tl don't know who to si rocess of finishing business cards; I ha^ i Ditch the outline w v A Vfdgciiiiciiii acuu i . , , . of Entertainment Toni n film student, to ,, , ere for basically an4h?s shmooze around with ET in New York rience," he said, school. -ience at Cannes "Producing is not to go into the film but it's a great place "I want to be a sci ;o write, but ifs a direct." Eventually' put OUNDAOVICE >HN LYONS Copy Desk Chiel of /ENTUALLY Paul Westerburg t., (out of six stars) is Paul Westerburg, formerly of The m ^placements, has been making music T1 long as some of his younger fans have 11 - "* * n< en anve. f "Eventually," his 2nd solo album ace The Replacements went their parate ways, is completely in line with a< the work Westerbuig has done before, ir He quit smoking, but his sexy, two- u cks-a-day voice is still very much in a 'ect. The voice sets his crooning apart si am that of so many other bands. p A towering figure in the world of liege radio, Westerburg is a legend tl Tlxc summer to Pick it up, 5 EXP i Moi r jm ex QOHil? ledia Advertising, dvertising for The dent magazine ar 0 mmission plus gr< h V* v> Advertising 4||J|l!l]lll|;||Ul ith al ; right people, and I've met said. "There are so many lere, but they (screenwriters) tiow it to. I have 90 to 100 rc ou maiij v^uiitaL-Lo nun. ie got to know the producers ght while he was in Cannes, :h been offered an internship \ when he finishes graduate \*?? Mark Wat exactly what I want to do, European to start," he said. Wagenhc reenwriter, then eventually Cannes F doing an I s Westerburg ii his own time and deserves every bit af respect he gets. to "Eventually" is chock-full of the pc illads and lover's songs Westerburg best known for, but it is a much more br ature release than his early work with m he Replacements, and far outshines al le mindless pop-rock albums he ar srformed for the soundtrack for gi Jingles." After yeais of mild success and critical br :claim, Westerburg is finally heading w ito the mainstream. This move will nfortunately separate him from the of >llege-age listening audience whose tu mtiort he deservedlv received in the dc ~r i */ ast, but he will not be forgotten. b < Westerburg was a defining point in b? le college rock sound of the 80s, and vc king hard keep you i j fpoH nvf M. V^C^VP' -M-V T V. w how yon mm %ey :perie\ Positions availabl : Gamecock stude id underwriting fc sat experience. Wmm ?r p3i *~ 3S?? ; 11 berg was In Cannes for the premiere of his film "Fear." Mm met Wahlberg at the rllm Festival where he was internship with Kodak. 11 spotlight ter a long wait he may soon be able cash in on a husky voice and carefullyisitioned guitar riffs. "Eventually" looks to be Westerburg eak-through effort and is a soft-spoken, ore serious album than his first solo hum Tt. has a soft, melodious sound id focuses on Westerburg's careful litar solo. His voice takes center stage and ings the album together as a coherent hole. "Eventually" is veiy similar to some The Replacements work, but this ne Westerburg is the whole show. He >es what he does best and what he's sen doing for years. He creates a ;autiful pop-rock ideal with a hearty >ice. ?sla?? m - m lr .1 over the ' v . , .y; :i ' Ji.\ y:. f* "I nfbrmed. ice nee! e for nt )r liiiLhUUUifl I