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SITE OF THE DAY N<sw York York SipiillSP Y&aIOQ ? c oxn f f Tighte D 1U1 XV JOHN LYONS Features Editor I know, I know, I know. You think college radio is just a bunch of freaks playing loud rock, punk and folk music. Right? Well, wrong. If that's what you think college radio is all about, then you haven't been listening to WUSC-FM 90.5 on Thursday nights. Not only does. Thursday night on WUSC feature jazz and hip hop, but from 10 p.m. to midnight Down Low offers Columbia listeners a weekly dose of R&B. The show is divided into two parts, and Down Low kicks thingB off with the 'Screw Your Wig on Tight Session,' which primarily features upbeat R&B and mild hip hop. Then at 11 p.m. he slows things down with the straight slow jams of the 'Calm Before the Storm.' Down Low said the show fits into the WUSC format because he concentrates on songs or remixes R&B stations don't play. "A lot of the songs I play, I pick from the full-length albums, but then they become hits on the Big DM," he said. "I think R&B stations do a good job, but I think they need to add a bit of flavor. I think they have a good format, but they play to an older crowd, whereas at the university we're playing to a younger crowd. They need to make it a bit more rounded." Down Low, who is a senior at I use get AMY SHANNON Staff Writer Choreography set to music hum the Smashing Pumpkins, Celine Dicn, Aretha Franklin and Star Wars are just a few of the dance pieces presented by the USC Dance Company for the first of their "Two Shows in Repertory" production. For the first performance, "The USC Dance Company in Concert," ten young choreographers each designed his or her own dance piece "i m P(flC6/f/<irfc U Call 777-1184 to place your ad to find out mora Information. - - mi youi &B on USC with a double major in psychology and sociology, said he tries to keep the R&B show as wellrounded as possible. He said he plays funk, soul, slow jams and other styles of R&B but that he makes a special effort to include some older songs. "I play a little bit of everything," he said. "I try to play some older stuff, or at least remixes of older stuff. I don't think you can really appreciate the new music without appreciating the old." ^ Down Low and his cohost Dee have been doing the show for over a year now, and he said he thinks it has made an impression on the station. "It's definitely made an impact," he said. "I think a lot of people think that the radio station is targeted at one audience. Shows like mine make the station more rounded than that. "We still need to build on this though," he said. "Because the station in the past was predominately an alternative rock station. But I think the current rotation of the music has brought a lot of new styles of music in, and that is always good." Down Low said his show is important because it adds an element to WUSC that the station was often missing in the past. He said R&B is more than just slow jams and steady beats. He said it is music with a strong heritage that is extremely important. 1 think R&B is spiritual," he said. "I comes from the soul, and it was born from gospel and blues. Ifs not s ready t< for the show. The music they chose for their sections varies with modern, classical, jazz and Gospel selections. The contemporary works created by the choreographers focus on several different areas of interest including civil unrest, the Holocaust, the Western frontier, Judgement Day and other events. "If s about how I use dance as my outlet, how I express myself," choreographer Jessica Graham said. Graham's solo is set to music a friend Vork 1 tBaitaick ETC. ON WEDNEJ tn wigs 90.5 only the beats. If s the layout of the music, the horns, the vocals. "If s the pure essence of people oi color," Down Low said. "I think il relays a basic message of who we are ana now we live, uut it s notjusi music for one set of people. It's music for everyone to listen to and enjoy.' He said that the depth of R&E music comes from the attitude of the musicians. He said it is their attitude* and their expression that makes the music what it is. "R&B is just real," he said. "It's just being real; that's what it's al about. We're not trying to hide anything. The things they talk abou in R&B are things you're going t< see in everyday life. They're jusi keeping it real, expressing things ii the open." Down Low said the music ii significant for it's heritage and foi the messages expressed in the musii but that it isn't for everyone. "As far as being significant," he said. "This music is very importan to us as listeners and as people, bu it's not for everyone. "All I can say is tiy to experieno it. It's very heartfelt music with 5 message, and I think people need t listen to it." And if you'd like to experience it you've got a chance every Thursda; from 10 p.m. until midnight oi WUSC. So when Thursday roll around, screw your wig on tight an< get ready for the 'Calm Before thi Storm.' o dance wrote for her. Graham, as well as many of the other choreographers and dancers started rehearsing in November Dancer Caroline Parler, who ii inwnlvoH in hvn r?f tb#? fhnnpncrrnnliii sections, has also been rehearsinj since November. Parler dances ii the ballet number, "Frontier Spirit and the jazz piece, "The Journey. Parler said "Frontier Spirit" b; choreographer Rebecca Hoffmaj portrays both the exploration of thi MARVIN'S ROOM *1:10 *3:10 5:10 7:10 9:1( LOST HIGHWAY (R) *1:35 4:20 7:25 10:00 EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (PG) *1:45 4:25 7:20 10:00 BOOTY CALL (R) '2:00 4:30 6:20 8:10 10:0 BOOTY CALL (R) *1:00 *3:00 5:00 7:00 9:0 'Bargain Matinee $3.00 There are no eh Monda 5DAY Much Music rr. Puppet Regime abridges works of Shakespeare PAWN HDNS1CKEB Staff Writer help out with i the The Puppet Regime is currently performance f performing The Complete Works of by acting out t William Shakespeare (Abridged), in silly antics J the Benson Theater today through while the rest t Sunday at 8 p.m. The play, written of the * Kxr Tnoa Pnrrrnonn Ariam T r\r\cr anrl Q 11 H i A n P P 1:15 4:15 1 The Empire Strikes) EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU (R) 1:30 4:20 7; 3 *1:05 *3:15 5;30 7:40 9:45 ~ DANGEROUS GROUND (R) i*o 4:35 i 1:00 *3:00 5:00 7:00 9:00 ? ? , Vegas Vacati FOOLS RUSH IN (PG-13) 1:00 3:00 5:00 *1:15 *3:20 7:50 IZTT7 Absolute Po SCREAM (R) 1:45 4:25 7 0 5:35 9:55 ? Dante's Peak - WEEKEND SHOWS VM 4:35 English Pati (Before 3PM) $3.75 IOWS before 3 p.m. Ticket omce open ly - Friday (All shows starting b< Call theatre for Evening Adr Advance tickets sold for s 4^ No Passes or Student Disco Daniel Singer, is a condensed version chanted a I of the 38 completed Shakespeare quicklyi Flays directed by Nate Terracio. The choreographed i esteemed cast of University of South line, s Carolina students, Walter Brandes, The actors George Leventis, and Chris appear very J McCormick take you through two comfortable on I hours of comedy, tragedy, history stage and i and sword play that will leave you interacting t with laughter and amazement. with the small > The small cozy theater is the audience, t perfect atmosphere for the humble A high 1 scenery and props that provide a energy level is backdrop for this comical production, maintained J The three actors perform in shabby throughout r wigs and antique costuming that the entire play c add laughs to the sword fights and with creative ^ love scenes. They constantly run on twists to the q 2 and off stage for quick costume, normally fc t character and gender changes that monotonous (A t keep the play action packed with works of comedy and entertainment. Shakespeare. 2 They have to improvise in many Whether you a 2 of the acts that would require Shakespeare or n d elaborate backdrops and sets, such keep you laughin as the famous balcony scene in Romeo actors create a pei , and Juliet. The audience watches a mix between Kid V in disbelief as Juliet, played by Chris each play men a i McCormick, sits on top of Walter Monty Python, c' s Brandes' shoulders in order to carry wonderfully comi 1 out somewhat of a balcony scene and English humc e between Romeo and Juliet. The Puppet Re They also kept the audience organization that pe involved throughout the play by scripts and perfor sitting on laps, running in the isles well as modern ai and turning the house lights on the cutting-edge plays audience so that the actors can look active in the Univer at and speak to the spectators. A area and has becon couple of audience members were theater company pulled onto the stage and asked to of their primary ol West and the draw of city life. "Pinocchio," baa 5 Parler also performs in story by Carlo i, choreographer Anne Marie Roberf s choreographed by "The Journey." Robert based her associate director c 3 number on her experience with the Company. Issaev i c Alvin Ailey Dance Company in New medalist. y York. The ballet sfc i "I think everyone's feeling ready. Christian Clark as " We have three nights in the theatre is a guest perfbrme: " to polish it up," Parler said Tuesday. School of Ballet. y The second half of "Two Shows The USC Dance i in Repertory" is the performance of Shows in Repertory b "Pinocchio, The Ballet." at Drayton Hall fit)] n * m w j li s aooni now i use niincc as my outlet, how I express myself Jessica Graham choreographer m Mm. **& mBBSBBKK ' i JSM MP*? ir ?JBHHBp^" fSPf " Hi ?k HF flf ana SHftk 9 .. B i "?Iwr^flP'; V- Jgl^^Bk 9 B I U^Jy J Hya SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK eorge Leventis waits for a wfaack and a stab from iris McCormick and Walter Brandes in rehearsal r The Complete Works of William Shakespeare bridged) by Puppet Regime Theater. both undergraduate and graduate re familiar with students opportunities in acting, ot, this play will directing, writing, designing and g. The talented Producing. The self-governing formance that is organization, primarily funded by 3 in the Hall (they USC student government, produces nd women) and plaj* year-round tiaracterized by , Look for some of toeir upcoming Ui wnr-A ficrhfa P^ys such as Talk Radio April 1 )r through April 6; Late Night: The gime is a student Real inspector Hound April 10 rforms alternative thira^ April 12 and April 17 through mance pieces as April 19; the Puppet Regime's second id contemporary ever MUSICAL, April 22 through I. The company is ^ 27:311(1 ^ Kight.We're Not sity and Columbia Your Mo^ers Players, March 29, le a well-respected April 26, May 17 and May 31. in the area. One ijectives is to give ed on the familiar March 2. Collodi, was The "USC Dance Company in Stanislav Issaev, Concert? is today at 8 pm "Pinocchk)" >f the USC Dance plays at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. today, s a two-time gold at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. tomorrow and at 3 p.m. Sunday. Saturday's irs 13-year-old performances of "Pinocchio" will i Pinocchio. Clark include two choreography selections, r from the Atlanta Tickets are $10 for the public, $8 for faculty and staff and $6 for , i Company's "Two students. Call the box office at 777- i " will be presented 2551 for more information, m Feb. 27 through j^?^ SILENT ?co wmBBRM now ':05 9:50 ^ Sack (PG) (DTS) g ==? "V?.* CAROLINA SEAFOOD ? & FAMOUS CRAB CAKES r(R) Also ^ Sfc :Q? 9:4? REAL SOUTHERN BARBECUE (PG is) WITH ALL THE FIXIN S TZo NOW IN 5 POINTS ~ STUDENT / FACULTY DISCOUNTS ???? 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