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The Gemeco Friflau Mamh ?fi 1999 -WWW Gamecock ^ Wilco members Jeff Tweedy, Jay Bennett, John Stirmtt am Frontman Tweedy and drummer Cooraer were part < tive country sound. When the band broke up after their Warner Bros, record, Anodyne, Wiico and Son Volt wer ble trio?not a bad trade-off. fJSRpnfi?l nlhnms cif ih& "Rnt.li albums ?kriiiwI fans W2co and Son Volt would provide plenty of goal music i wake of Uncle Tupelo's demise. Wiico's next album, Being There, was a two-disc master] Here, Tweedy and company showed they could use the stui an instrument within itself Once again, rock and country m to make up one of the most underrated albums of the de Wilco were establishingthemselves as a more than capable i Fans loved the unique and pleasing mix of country and rod avid haters of modern country music found the sound rei ing and pleasing. Wilco and Son Volt helped to expose tl called country artists of modern times, showing how far thi tually strayed from the true roots of country. Now, rock weren't afraid to admit they liked country. With Mermaid Avenue, Wilco and Billy Bragg put mu a number of Woody Guthrie lyrics. The finished product ws Quirky *Rushn worth the hyp by Rob Lindsey Gamecock Critic *** 1/2 "Rushmore" has ar- the Max Fischer I m ******** rived. resident theater tn ? HJ5J- After an inexplica- directs his plays 1 ""Reaction ble delay of more than artistic temperai LiAiiui'iLiimiii .a three months, director teur in the trues! 1 '11 1 '' Wes Anderson s new producing magmfic film finally reached Co- school plays in th lumbia theaters last week. t:nn? j "Anneal Released on a lifted scale last De- ^ch h! cember, the film was veiy heavily hyped f , . . , as Bill Murray's dramatic breakthrough. , , , But, during the months that "Rush- |'" a"d an awk more" didn't make it to Columbia, the w now-well-known saga of Murray's Os- ax an urni car snub came and went, and the ? ^nefa) buzz around the film faded away. How- w same wo ever, even throughout all this publici- school teacher at ty, the film remained strangely absent Williams). Throu^ f ii i L- ?? KofVi pVi q r r?f ore re irom me UOlumuia muvie scene. ~ With its arrival, "Rushmore" proves about themselves that it is more than just hype and for love. Max's life controversy. It is a solid, psychologi- ty. But, as each oi cal comedy, which indeed showcases and more obsesse Murray in a nuanced, well-wrought per- their affection, the: formance. that they are more The story follows Max Fischer (Ja- Anderson's filr son Schwartzman), a student at the conveying the eccei prestigious Rushmore Academy. He character* Rlnrr is a poor student, but he makes up for sides of the same it by involving himself in eveiy club and i extracurricular activity he can, mduding altogether wonde) Spt Max Fischer's (Schwartzman) unrequited love leads I tic action in Touchstone Picture's "Rushmore." enco el Weeleol a I All Alioard For Fun Tim Y??TH' INTO Na that fans of folk and rock could embrace together. The words of butnne and the music genius m Bragg and W llco earned them a a Grammy nomination. However, when fans of Wilco were told a >enue of the band's stipulations for the next album, one demanding c< thrie, question arose: Could Wilco thrive without their country influ- & iKen eilce? tl eoun- Their fourth studio album, Summerteeth,answered that ques- t. re tion. It is a beautiful blend of Tweed/s brilliant lyrics and the w band's incontestable studio talent. Several tracks are laced with ej the organs, pianos, choral bells, tympani and harmonies that stir vi- n t2Pa^ sions of The Beach Boys'Pet Sounds. In feet, there are many al- u ssion" ]usions to Brian Wilson's genius and also some to Lou Beed. u 'Teeth's first single, "Can't Stand It," is threaded with 0 Pae" string arrangements, piano chords and choral bells. Wilco might ^ e a~ have taken a step to the side, but it's not a step back. They still a ~7 have a distinct sound that true fans can pick up on, whether , e playing country or pop. Tweed/a raspy, unmistakable voice does t j P*""*" well with the new musical content, and there's not a weak song lirec on a^um- ^or duration of 60 minutes, 14 songs and ^ , two hidden tracks, Wilco prove to the critics and fans that their distinct sound is gorgeous and pure. b ***? The almost spobm-woni ditty "She's a Jar." the future hit'A ? ithat Shot in the Arm," Tm Always m Lnve" (which screams of Brian k n Wilson), the slightly twangy Nothingsevergonnastandinmy- n way (again)," the soothing, glorious IPieholden Suite," Hie fiightDiece ening "Via Chicago," and the lullaby "My Darling," which will w K also please Beach Boy fans, along with "Can't Stand It," are ? the album's notable highlights. ft cade. The two hidden tracks are treats as well The first is a call b band, back to the pop-rock hits of the late '50s and early '60s. You can p and teB Tweedy is smiling when he sings this song. The playful melody a3 ^esh- and lyrics make you feel fuzzy inside. ti ie so- The second is an alternate version of "A Shot in the Arm." ci ?y ac- Like the original, it's beautiful. The album leaves you with Tweedy r< : fens pleading, "What you once were isn't what you want to be any- g< morePerhaps this is the case with Wilco and their reliance sic to on country. Nevertheless, there are still some subtle country inis one fluences in the album. ' * and backing vocalist, Ken Coomer, drums and percussion, Jeff Tweedy, lore' Heavy Wate C by Thomas Andrews ence-ficti< Gamecock Critic justresoh own recei Martin Amis' latest offering is a pound boc collection of short stories entitled and his ( "Heavy Water and Other Stories." The ceptance - layers, Rushmore s book begins with the topsy-turvy tale the M se' )upe. Max writes and "Career Move." In this story, the au- f^us ^ with a high-strung, thor interweaves parallel plot lines indict ment. He is an au- concerning a screenplay writer and a great P1"01 - sense of the word, poet while turning the conventional *s onc.' ent high-budget high monetary rewards that each genre re- a n(* e vein of "Pulp Fic- ceives on ear. througho ypse Now." In fact, Alastair, the screenplay writer, ?kort as a high-school-play struggles to write and get his plays ?11 kward camera an- pubhshed in an obscure journal. Luke, ? c.?, ? ward lead actor in the poet, revises his breakthrough son- |. e ? ] net with the help of a team of other c 10 10n IGTS mu a (Murray), a wealthy writers as they sip cappuccmos, nun- uQa^eer :tor, both fall in love eral water or sauvignon blanc and field ^ g man, an elementary phone calls from their agents. lack of their school (Olivia Amis' opening piece is certainly lanni^ jh their infatuation, clever, but it betrays a certain un- J* tackle i* . ii fir]inncc TLr\ nntlrnr ic cnrflltr ononi. jaiize certain tnings iiumi'00' iiic teresting and their capacities cious of the effects of large pecuniary of explori is full, Blume's emp- rewards on art; Luke's sonnet is al orient f them become more changed to a ballad, epic and finally creating ( d with the object of back to a sonnet 111 Pursuit of mcreas" mosexua] f come to understand sales'But the ^rewarded screen- and hete] alike than different. Pla^ of Career Move" isn't pro- Unfor a is quite effective in during great Nabakov-inspired works. his point itricities of both main ,Instefd'he tu s ?ut PM more like- staid ste] ie and Max are two ^ t0 be compared to low-budget sci! coin, and their injhlight of the quirky, m m J_| pi.r|t f ^ enmpdv IV f%(T\ /IW A/CI _ iviaiuia uivwa byValorie Byrd ^ quilting class. The one thix U * learned from this class \V Jl' that there are actually womt 1 7^, like Martha Stewart on th rr. *" Now, I do not think this Hk m a bad thing... someone hi 31 I to create all the country crafts at the flea mark MIlM But there are people out there who want to mal KP| fun of Martha. So let'stake a look! http://members.tripod.com /-MrsMegaByte/mbabie.html cial to The Gamecock MaHha SteWUH! iim to take dras re! iitertalin e ^ _ Summerteeth further proves 11 modern country musicians Jfika re just rock stars who ashy. WUco have ase and with \he 11 ~^yp trmmw 'WMMWMiwi " .. ; primary songwriter and vocalist, Jay Bennett, gu ix' receives r an movies. This tension isn't sexuals. Even if he ? red, but complicated by Amis' pathy for the homosi pt of an astonishing 500,000- * he does so by narro >k advance for an earlier work mosexuals without p awn ac- 1 fffl a r t i ri rst piece ] veofthe < nise that i thheld Q TVj T Q i fes^eCl 111 1 O: t story in ction is r : Straight \ ^00^ and suf- \ ^0^^' 1 ich like Jjr Move," ^parent ysKnnByflKfl 3-writing The stos the in- Bunfljl ? BHmH fll concept ng sexu- IBM ation by i parallel universe where ho- desire. Within all t Is make up the vast majority strates a mastery of I rosexuals are a minority. if some of his dialogi tunately, even as Amis makes "State of England he is exploiting too many ter Mitty-ish bounce reotypes to exemplify homo- sis who contemplate i m. 'A m rt s arts and cr . ' ^ : . " . : . 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"The exual way of hfe, Coincidence of the Arts" is a masterwly defining ho- ful short story that links literature, reconceived prej- art, classism, race and sex within a adices. cyclical tale that serves as the diverDisappoint sion and salvation of a British and arisment with his ev- tocratic painter. "Let Me Count the idence might be Times" features an executive with a evident, but it's penchant for numbers who calcuimportant to un- lates every facet of his unimaginaderstand that it tive sex life with his new wife before results from a finally breaking out from the flaccid feeling that he sterility of numbers and pushing the coiiia do even net- sexual envelope to the edge. ter. In three short Amis write? clever stories that easstories, State of jjy interweave multiple story lines, but gland, 1 he sometimes it seems like he's too busy Comcidenoe of the working on all these plot twists to u mf*'' ? develop his characters properly. Amis Count e es, never allows an intimate interpretaAmis creates bnl- tion ofh]S charactere) usually eschewing ian aes a a first-person narration in favor of a conl1 suc third-person-omniscient vantage point, weighty topics as author d, classism, race and , ,, . , , , ... f , complicated and darmg plots, but it alific consuxninci i* *< i * p i nature of sexual s? hml's hlm aafar f ha!'n? emPa" hese. he demon- thy with any of his characters Iritish slang, even Instead Amis plays the ro e of a le is a bit wooden, amoved god; yes, he is laudable and " focuses on a Wal- masterful, but on the other hand he is r in a mid-life cri- always distant ? forever engendering ;s persisting clas- a deling of awe mixed with befuddlement. ack on WWW /-whitfitz/crackJbitm Martha Stewart on Crack ^ Craft Corner on des Perhaps you haven't had a fantasy about Martha on- in a grass skirt, but Fm sure you've thought to yourself, *11113 woman is on crack!" Well, you are not alone! This person has come up with craft ideas / that Martha would come up with if she were on crack. The fun thing about this site is, the craft ideas aren't too bad, really. Check it out; youll team ne- how to make a curtain out of playing cards... I can't it's think of anything more helpful than that Fve writtel ten about Web sites having to do with Martha Stewftd! art! I need help! E-mail me at coogothi@aol.com with ideas.