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0 Foam, April 1, The Library
Bert Ligon Trio, 7:30 p.m.,
USC School of Music Recital
Hall
Crude Earles, 10 p.m.,
March 27, Pizza Bistro.
Friday, March 27, 1998
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staff writer ERIN LEE phere, and it i
Michelle Poole
College students have been flock- she js a regulaj
ing to the Village Idiot in Five Points contest
for three reasons: it offers a Bud spe- y^jage j^c
cial, it cooks up a good pizza quickly ^
and it hosts the Acoustic Challenge Between fiv
every Tuesday night. eachTuesdavt
Rock 93.5 sponsors the musical chal- , 1An
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lenge for those acts brave enough to get ^
behind the mike and strut their stuff. 8 evenini
The challenge lasts for 10 weeks. ? CD giveaway.
During the 11th week, the winners have ^er giveawa
0 a playoff. between 9 and
Weekly winners receive a $25 gift s
certificate for dinner at the Village Id- Senior Lori
iot, but the big money goes to the sea- er one Per^c
son winner. The grand prize is worth ^ 00(ty) h?
$800 and includes $500 in cash and 50 that attracts r
copies of the act's demo tape. She had no
Not only USC students, but peo- him on at the I
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to hear the fresh, new talent each week, pizza with my i
"I have fun. It has a good atmos- Brian Grab
Washington S<
college press EXCHANGE them together
Musicians, clowns and other street ne^ 19^year-o'
performers battle for attention. Weed photographer"'
dealers hawk their low-quality produce pictures of
to tourists and high school kids. Up- a few games a
tight students sneak study breaks in southwest corn
the sunshine. Neo-hippies and ultra- Nestled in N
0s cool urban hipsters lounge on the edge hemian commm
of a huge central fountain nearby. and in the hear
A couple of MTV employees, de- sity's campus, 1
lighted by the crowd's diversity, dash mandatory pit s
around, looking for on-camera inter- tourists and cit
views for an upcoming show. after all, few pi
"You take every type of person, put sit with actors a
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s very laid back," said band 2%, is a two-time winner and will
of Lexington, who says be participating in the final playoff,
r audience member. "I like performing here because the
is original, which gives crowd is good and laid back," he said,
it a different kind of ap- The end is approaching, with the 1111
last weekly competition March 31. April P- e
and ten bands perform 7 will be the Grand Finale in which each 1
? a nearly full house of of the weekly winners will compete for 1
le. the big prize.
g begins at 9 p.m. with Owner Tim Coletta says it is im- 1111
Performances begin af- portant to have an open-mike night. IB
y, and bands can arrive "It brings in good local acts that
10 p.m. to sign up for a haven't been heard before," Coletta said.
"We offer a cash price that, really, no HB
Solomins is a support- one else does,
irmer, Woody Rogers. "Before, we weren't looked at as a
is a very original sound music venue, but now we bring in more
nany," Solomins said, people because of it."
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diot. otherwise, there is a $3 cover charge.
:hance to drink and eat The Idiot also brings in bands
riends," she said. Wednesdays, such as Mountain Express Tues
batin, a member of the and Danielle Howie. acoi
pare Park: The pi
, and you have Wash- and dropouts, journalists and jugglers, so ha
'ark," said Jordan Ben- and feel right at home. when
Id, self-described "street "With the addition of bocce courts, an ad
who was in the park to game tables and playgrounds, the park 1995
'chess players hustling has become an internationally known N
t tables in the park's meeting ground," reads a sign posted Amer
er. on one neatly manicured lawn by the come
lanhattan's historic bo- city's recreation department. York
lity, Greenwich Village, Even if folks haven't heard about execv
t of New York Univer- the park, chances are good they've seen thing
the park has become a it. Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan ex- staye<
top for college students, changed pleasantries under its center- farmt
;y dwellers. There are, piece, a marble arch styled after the day,
aces where people can Arc de Triomphe in Paris, in "When there
nd academics, druggies Harry Met Sally." Moviegoers may al- "I
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iversary into a bloody pulp in the semester off to spe
movie, "Kids." his father in the Big
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ica's first president, the park has in one place."
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itions. And yet, the more some gentler place, police
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stalled two outdoor he soaked in the atmosphere with a look
h hopes of chasing of serenity on his face.
dealers who gath- "I'm a character. That's why I come
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