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SITE OF THE DAY | Garoeooc|j|^Xin# J ^jjy^aaec^ck.sc.edu ; .Britpop roc MATT CHEVERTON Staff Writer To a passer by, it must have made a somewhat bizarre sight: four Brits sitting outside the Elbow Room in the blazing heat arguing about who was going to win the English soccer title and the relative merits of British and American television. They like to talk, the Boo Radleys, a four-piece band from Merseyside, England, home of The Beatles and Liverpool FC, although, I soon realize that trying to focus i tneir attention on tne questions l ftad prepared was a fruitless approach. "So lads, why did the album come out here seven months after its British release?" This seems on the face of it a reasonable enough question, don't you think? Sice, the diminutive bald-headed lead singer of the band, looks up somewhat surprised, "If s not out yet is it?" When I inform him that it was actually released a week ago, he simply shrugs and, laughing, says, "We don't find anything out until we get to New York!" Both Sice and his childhood friend Martin Carr, the guitarist and songwriter in the band, are refreshingly naive when it comes to the workings of the music industry. "We're not careerists," Martin said. "To be honest, we don't really understand the business," Sice said. Maybe that explains why, despite possessing far greater talent than many of their so-called contemporaries in England, they have failed to sell anywhere near the same number of records. Their latest album, C'mon Kids, sold 60,000 copies in Britain, and they don't seem to hold out too much hope for any greater success in America. The brief stardom they eryoyed in their homeland with their one and only hit single, 'Wake Up Boo," from their USC musician he Jewish remembranc JESSICA NASH Staff Writer f A solemn period in the Jewish calendar is approaching: i Yom Hashoah, a remembrance of the victims of the Nazi Holocaust. On Mnv 4- fit. 7 n m t.VlPrp is a mmmomnrofinn aonnpo at Beth Shalom Synagogue on Trenholm Road. Eileen Andrews, a senior majoring in music and German, will present part of her senior thesis at this service. Andrews researched the musical activities that occurred in the concentration camp Terezin (or Theresienstadt), located just outside of Prague. When this camp was established, many of Prague's most talented musicians | and artists were sent there. Composers such as Gideon Klein, Hans Krasa and Viktor Ullmann, all musical descendants of Schoenberg and Janacek, continued their work in the camp, even under the most appalling conditions. The composers perished in Auschwitz, but some of their works survived. "I think one thing that's poignant is that their fame expired at the gates of Auschwitz. We don't know what they could have achieved," Andrews said. Andrews' presentation will be an abridged version of a lecture-recital she gave on April 9. This event was an vaxtension of her senior thesis. 12 USC students performed works of several of the composers, and Andrews gave a lecture summarizing the musical activity in the camp and its use as a propaganda piece for the Nazis. wusc Call now for a Tune In, Baby. I 7 9 first massa Tlie Trend Setters Asliland Park E2J I Affordable health care with (fffirz next day appointments. Evening and weekend ^5. appointments available. \^! Joyce B. Wise Certified Nurse Practitioner. WoiTlC Board Certified physician protocols Y?ur Healtl and support. 1920 Bull Street, Columbi; 1 779-4333 ETC. THIS SUMMER All the entertainment LI :k? in the fori previous album, bb========= Wake Up, seems a I predecessor, the Boo | E .: Radleys latest m first single, "What's BBS J k\ In The Box?" and I title track, "C'mon I H^viPalS'VoPO Kids," to the strange trip-hop ofi "Fortunate Sons" I and the weird but B wonderful "Four HH kH Saints," Carr's 8 favorite track on the HB ^ %l|| album, but HB m impossible to |^B perform Uve. OH Caw*said when I I question him as to j^^H^^HHH^H^^BH^H^HH why the band's sound appears to change so much from one album to the lifestyl next. "It's where we're at at a particular time. It's not we list that we don't want to sell records, but we're not going to like all fall into the trap of making records in a conscious effort to "In like co lps commemorate ^ ;e of the Holocaust ?& Des She said that music served as a force in their daily struggle to live, and that music existed despite atrocities. On May 4, Andrews and several USC students will present an oboe and piano suite, a piece of a children's opera, and a lullaby. Much of the works have been lost, but Andrews still had to choose from a sizeable body of works. She picked these because of their historical significance. Some were performed specifically for propaganda purposes. These works are also complete; many are not. "These aren't as difficult, and I had the musicians available for them," Andrews said. "Also, I wanted to please the audience so the works couldn't be too atonal." None of the music is completely atonal, but it does have atonal tendencies. The style is expressionistic, with hints of Moravian and Bohemian-folk themes running through it. "It's high-quality music," Andrews said. Still, the works are rarely performed, the composers rarely honored. Andrews' project has paid them homage. "I feel good that I've exposed USC musicians to this kind of music, and soon the audience at the synagogue will hear it, too," Andrews said. "It's been one thing to write the paper and give the performance on April 9, but to give it to people?some who were in concentration camps?who are really affected by the subject, means a lot more." THE WORDSMITH Word Processing . Free P.cr.r & Delivery ist around the cSrresSSISaIJe All Legal Documents sage has been reports, theses. . . Term Papers ice the anxiety . resumes s. Maybe that F;L!AEiiT^8U"IliA?iE i as sage away. ? Call Ginny Barnette 799-0938 n appointment 5.00 Off your Sonya D. Godfrey CMT - T ^ y?u have had measles, mumps, "j | Rubella (German Measles), or Toxoplasx J-? 2k \ { '! mosis within the last month, your blood rnay contain valuable antibodies. ^arn UP to $1?000 a month*?in just 3 hours a week. 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"The Flaming Lips, Pavement, The Prodigy, but en mainly to compilations because we don't really s bums. r fact that's why we try to make our albums sound o mpilations," he said. y ten they take the stage just after 10 p.m. in their a t slot for Better than Ezra ("We got sent their album it it"), it must seem like a marked difference from t ist gig just three days before when they supported g mic Street Preachers in front of several thousand e Royal Albert Hall in England. h jpite this, they appear to relish playing a small but p Fairfield Communiti A New York Stock Exchange ( Vacation Ownership Develope I* If immeaiaie neea tor career m who would enjoy earning aloi importantly have fun doing il Fairfield Communities was thi during 1996 on the entire Ne Myrtle Beach is Booming! M.B. was recently rated the country and the second faste: in the United States. 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Lyrically, he song is a naive appeal to the kids of Britain to open heir ears to something other than the unambitious onservative sound of what has been labeled "Britpop," as haracterized by bands such as The Bluetones and Cast, rhe opening lines are sang by Sice as though his life lepended on it "Cmon kids, don't do yourself down, throw >ut you arms for a new sound. Pretty face, it don't mean 1 thing, if you look the same as your crowd But have we sver let you down?" The answer, after hearing this show, s a resounding no. Next up is "Meltin's Worm," where, as always, Sice's ugh-pitched yet beautiful voice is a superb contrast to the rashing guitars and general noise surrounding him. Then lice announces the pop-tastic and irresistible "Wake Up loo" and the crowd goes berserk. Well, not quite, but it luea manage lu enuee a iair proportion 01 uie crowa into lancing, albeit in a rather restrained manner. But this is merely a brief excursion from the more agged, yet equally compelling, sound of the band's latest naterial personified by songs such as "Melodies For The )eaf (Colours For The Blind)" and "What's In The Box," vhich are interspersed by the acoustic-guitar-based beauty ?f "Everything Is Sorrow," the beginning of which is eminiscent of early David Bowie. Despite the excellence of these songs, it is the final few ongs that prove the highlight of the show. The sevenninute beauty of "Ride The Tiger" flows effortlessly into Id favorite "Lazarus" before the set closes with the short, et equally sweet, "Get On The Bus," which backs up Can's issertion that the band is playing better than ever. Hardly an overwhelming triumph, but there appears o be a few converts judging by the warm reception they ?et from most of the crowd when they leave the stage. We xit quickly following the band, not bothering to wait for Leadliners Better Than Ezra. 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