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"Triennial '98,"featuring t
work of 35 contemporary loc
artists, continues through Sept
at the South Carolina State M
seum on the first floor.
Two ne
features editor MARCUS AMAKER
Students now have two more options
when they want to buy and sell
used CDs.
Disc Go Round and CD & Video
Exchange are two new CD stores that
opened in Five Points this summer. Both
stores have massive amounts of music,
and their owners are hoping to cash in
on the crowd that frequently goes to
Papa Jazz, New Clear Days and Manifest
Discs & Tapes.
Disc Go Round, located at 631A
Harden St., is unique in many ways. In
addition to having more than 8,000 used
CDs, the store is able to repair scratched
ones. For $4 per CD, a customer can
bring in one of their CDs and store owner
Gene Kluttz, or one of his employees,
will repair it. Kluttz said this service is
guaranteed.
Disc Go Round also has a reliable
' way for a customer to find out what the
store has in stock. There is a user-friendly
computerized look-up station that allows
someone to type in the name of an artist
or band, song, or album title
and see a track listing of the li
CD along with its availability. I
Ifa CD is not in stock, Kluttz 1
will order it.
The store also has T-shirts, IBl
stickers and posters. There Wt
are door-sized posters of i
everyone from Jimi Hendrix |S
to Janet Jackson, and each |
are reasonably priced.
Within their eclectic music I
collection are the latest popular I
rap, country, jazz and rock .
CDs. Disc Go Round also sells -
imports with hard-to-find songs Elilllllll
from Fiona Apple, Sarah I
McLachlan and others.
After New Clear Days
moved to Santee St., Fred
Arnold opened his 22nd store,
Students
staff writer TJ LYERLY
Last Spring, a group of USC students
from Robert Lamb's creative writing
classes from the past five years published
a book of short fiction under
Lamb's Red Letter Press.
The Class Menagerie: A Collection
of Short Stories Out of USC was released
on April Fool's Day, but it takes
more than a fool to appreciate the hard
work and talent that went into this project.
Lamb, a professor at USC, is a published
novelist who also contributed one
of his own stories. He said the students
who contributed to the collection ranged
twenty somethings to senior citizens.
The authors of the short stories come
from all walks of life, so each story in
the collection is unique.
There are stories
about childhood, |k
death, disease, v: f 1
relationships f s
and everything II
in between. 1
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these stories most lff|b
effective is not the Ifllv W\ iP^gf
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must be able to relate KflHH
to the characters. They W^?Mk^ l3^
have to be both interesting
and credible.
Though the plots may
be carefully crafted as
well, those who read any ^111111?
of these short stories are
more likely to remember the
unique individuals rather
than the story lines.
Lamb formed his publishing
company, the Red Let- W$
ter Press, a little over a year p||P||P
ago in order to make sure the 1|H||
students'talent for writing good f||?|
short fiction is shared with oth- WmM
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Lamb said that 500 copies were
printed in the first printing of the 1||
book, and they cost $25 each.
He sent 40 copies to the Caroli- llj
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Lamb isn't so concerned with how
many books are sold, but he wants
the book to be used as a teaching aid.
He is going to use the book in his own
classes.
Lamb said that he urges students
to find their own way and be creative,
and he doesn't believe in force-feeding
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CD & Video Exchange, in the abandoned
location.
CD & Video Exchange has a lot of
used CDs, along with a good selection
of posters, tapes and videos.
One of the distinguishing qualities
of Arnold's store is that customers can
only sell their CDs for store credit, not
money.
The trade value is determined by a
set worth, which depends on the year
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CDs released in 1997 are worth $5 in
trade and 1998 CDs are good for $6
towards a purchase. These values are
posted in the store.
"I'm not into money. I'd work with
anybody," Arnold said. "We give a real
fair trade-in value."
Another aspect of CD & Video
Exchange, different from other CD stores,
is a policy allowing customers to rent
any used CD for 30 days for $1. Rental
and trade also applies VHS video tapes
and laser video discs.
"People can experiment with titles
they never heard before," Arnold said.
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students and telling them exactly what
to do.
He teaches his students basic elements
of good fiction writing, like beginning
the story with a "hook" or "lead"
much like you would in a newspaper
article or even a motion picture.
"In good movies, there is no fiddling
around, they grab your attention at the
very beginning," Lamb said.
Any good story begins with painting
a picture in an almost cinematic establishment
of the setting.
Though it requires some talent, good
fiction writing can only be created after
a great deal of instruction and practice.
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doing,"
Lamb said. "There's
a craft to it, like being a carpenter."
Though good writing does require
hard work, not many aspiring writers
have the "knack" for becoming a
great writer.
"Most students are average writers.
Only one or two are head and shoul<*
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Because of his musical background, |
Arnold has access to imported and rare 1
music.
Some of his prize possessions are the |
albums and CDs given to him by Yoko
Ono, whom he said he met as president
of the Beatles fan club. Arnold said he f
and Ono are still good friends.
He is also legally blind, which he said 1
doesn't hinder his ability to have a 1
productive life.
"I'm not handicapped, because in
order to be handicapped, you have to
have lost something," he said. "I haven't |
lost anything, because I was born this
way."
Arnold plans on giving away free
posters to students at the beginning of |
the semester to promote CD & Video
Exchange.
CD & Video Exchange is located at
919 Sumter St. next to Lizard's Thicket
and Sammi's Deli. There is no phone jj
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(803)799-9221.
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rest, and the other
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those people are," ^ W&
does not apply to jj^^B jU
writers. There are ^fl
onlv a few good
writers out there, LAMB
which is why the
high quality of the stories in The Class
Menagerie is not typical of those produced
by most students in writing cours
es.
Lamb said that the South produces
good writers, and the
South produces good musicians
and artists in other media
as well.
The reason for this
artistic fertility is debatable,
South is definitely
his^ory and steeped
H I "1 jk in tradition,
it I The stories in this
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sarily Southern or re!?|
gional in flavor, but
Southern influences
can definitely be no||8B|
ticed in many of
Wk them.
The stories
in The Class
Menagerie are so
well-written and
dramatic in nature,
that some
of them are being
adapted into
one-act
HB plays to be
performed in
anyofthe
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theaters
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Lamb said
pIP " that he wishes to eventually
publish a second volume of short stories
by his students, so any students
who have aspirations of becoming a
published author might be interested
in taking his short fiction class.
Lamb's own award-winning novel,
Striking Out, a story about a boy's relationship
problems, exactly as the title
implies, can be checked out at the
USC Cooper Library.
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Disc Go Round owner Gene Klutt
owner Fred Arnold (left) opened
summer. Both stores sell used
posters. Disc Go Round is at 6
Exchange is at 919 Sumter St.
Hemp pro
health, dru
COLLEGE PRESS EXCHANGE
KANSAS CITY, Ma?Nestled amonj
the lotions, oils and soaps on a shelf a
the Body Shop on the Kansas City';
Country Club Plaza is a 2-foot display
that's hard to miss.
It is an illustration of a familiar
looking leaf, Cannabis sativa L.
otherwise known as hemp.
Reactions from customers have beer
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began crying after she rubbed a smidger
of the hemp lotion on her hands.
"She just freaked out," clerk Mical
Schiller said. "She was rushing arounc
saying, 1 need water! Where can I wasl
my hands?' She said her company die
drug testing, and she didn't want to b<
fired."
That customer had nothing to won]
about, said manager Peggy McEwen
who explained that the hemp
products have negligible
amounts of Delta-9
Tetrahydrocannabinol
"I was conoemed v '
too, when I first heard
we would be carrying this
line,"
McEwen said. "But I was
misinformed. I'm a parent. And as i
parent you certainly don't want t<
promote drugs."
The controversy over hemp seem:
to be growing as fast as wild ditch wee(
on back-country roads.
Hemp ui eveiyuuiig uun
BMW brake pads to clothing to veggie
burgers and beer, consumers fac<
mounting contradictory information
What hemp is, a versatile cash croj
or an evil weed, depends on whom yoi
ask.
Is it marijuana?
All marijuana is hemp, but not al
hemp is marijuana, said Paul Mahlbeig
a professor at Indiana University ii
Bloomington and a molecular biologis
who has studied Cannabis for 30 years
"Hemp and marijuana come fron
the same plant genus, just like swee
corn, field corn and popcorn come fron
the same plant genus," he said. "Bu
the strain of industrial hemp," used ii
consumer products, "has a much lowe
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PHOTOS BY AMY McCORMICK The Gamecock
i (above) and CD & Video Exchange
[ their stores in Five Points in the
domestic and imported CDs and
31 A Harden St. and CD & Video
ducts cause
ig concerns I
concentration ofTHC."
Low THC means that the plant has
I high concentrations of cannabidiol,
t whichis antagonistic to the mind-altering
3 properties ofTHC.
' In other words, smoking a hemp
plant with low THC would produce a
strong headache, and that's all.
> But it is impossible to verify THC
levels without a chemical analysis,
1 Mahlberg added.
J Industrial hemp is cultivated to
1 encourage a woody stalk, so it is densely
planted and often grows to 16 feet. The
1 plants are harvested within 100 days.
1 Marijuana is cropped to promote a
1 bushy plant with bigger leaves. It is
1 harvested after 190 days.
Hemp advocates insist marijuana
is a distant cousin to industrial varieties.
f But the Drug Enforcement
>' Administration just says no.
"Hemp is
^^^^^^^^^^^^ation program is
about eliminating marijuana."
1 Industrial hemp advocates distance
3 themselves from recreational marijuana
users.
3 In fact, any hemp organization that
^ even hints of supporting recreational
use is denied entry to the North
1 American Industrial Hemp Council, a
group lobbying to change current DEA
2 restrictions on growing industrial hemp.
Twenty-five countries, including
3 Canada, England, France, Germany
1 and China, currently produce industrial
hemp. Both the North American Free
Trade Agreement and the General
1 Accord on Tariffs and Trade recognize
I) hemp as an agricultural crop.
1 All members of the Group of Seven
t Industrialized Nations permit hemp
> cultivation, except the United States.
1 "In the United States we are living
t on an island of denial, surrounded by
n a sea of acceptance," said Erwin Sholtz,
t chairman of the North American
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Finlay Park Summer Concert
Series
Ross Holmes Band, Aug. 15
Mystic Vibrations, Aug. 22
The O'Kaysions, Aug. 29 '
Martin Luther King Jr. Park
blues festival, Aug. z\)
(Etta Baker, Drink Small, Magic
Slim, John Mookey, Skeeter Brandon)
Greenville Fairgrounds
Creed, Fuel, Finger Eleven, Spilling
Poetry, Marvelous 3, King Slender,
Aug. 21
House of Blues, Myrtle Beach
Hall & Oats, Aug. 21
Magnolia St. Pub, Spartanburg
SKWZBXX, Aug. 20
Come on Thunderchild, Aug. 27
Root Doctors, Aug. 28
Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte
Dave Matthews Band, Aug. 21
Rod Stewart
Smokin' Grooves, Aug. 26
(Cypress Hill, Public Enemy, Busta
Rhymes, Black Eyed Peas, more)
Janet Jackson, Usher, Sept. 4
Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte
Gravity Kills, Pitchshifter,
tonight
Snapcase, H20, Boy Sets Fire, Aug.
21
The Ritz (Raleigh, N.C.)
Massive Attack, Sept. 9
The Masquerade, Atlanta
Cannibal Corpse "Aug. 15
Punk/Oi Festival, Aug. 22-23
Thrill Kill Cult, Aug. 25
Chastain Ampi theatre, Atlanta
Tori Amos, Aug. 17-18
all dates subject to changes
A Tribe Called Quest will release
their fifth album, The Love Movement,
on Aug. 25
PJ Harvey's newest CD, Is This
Desire?, will come out next month
Sneaker Pimps lead singer Kelli
Dayton left the group to pursue a
solo career
Jump, Little Children's majorlabel
debut, Magazine, will come out
Sept. 1
The next single and video from
Madonna is expected to be "Drowned
World/ Substitute For Love"...she
still has no plans to tour in support
of Ray of Light
Elliot Smith's new album, XO, is
available on vinyl. The CD will hit
stores Aug. 25
Joni Mitchell's 20th album,
Taming the Tiger, should be released
next month
The fourth album by The
Scofflaws, Record of Convictions,
will be in stores soon
The long-awaited album from Hole,
Celebrity Skin, is scheduled to be in
stores Sept. 8
The next Tori Amos single in the
U.S. will be "Jackie's Strength"...the
two b-sides are "Never Seen Blue"
and "Beulah Land" The U.K's next
single will be "Raspberry Swirl"
Joan Osborne just finished
recording her new album. There's
no release date vet.
The next album from The Roots,
who are now on MCA records, is
called Things Fall Apart. It's scheduled
to be released in January 1999
"Holland, 1945" will be released as
the next single from Neutral Milk
Hotel on Blue Records
The Flipmode Squad, featuring
Busta Rhymes and others, will drop
their CD, The Imperial Album, Sept 1
Sheryl Crow's new album,
Riverwide, is scheduled to come out
on Sept. 15
And finally, Sept. 15 will also be
the day that Hootie and The
Blowfish release their third album,
Musical Chairs
compiled by Marcus Amaker
(for CD reviews, see page 12A)
Those interested in submitting concert
or event dates for the concert calendar
should bring them to The Gamecock,
located in room 333 in the Russell
House University Union. Our
entertainment editor is available at
(803) 777-3913. Our fax number is
(803) 777-6482.
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