The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 26, 2000, Encore!, Page 2, Image 16
The 'royal we' with Rob and Kevin
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In the crazy aftermath that followed the Guided
By Voices show Friday night, we went scanning the
grand city of Columbia for some of their older albums
to add to our collection.
This crusade of ours took us through a brief sleet
.storm while traveling toward Harbison. It eventually
slacked off, but we soon got the chill again while in
the Rosewood branch of Sounds Familiar.
We were casually searching through the “G’s”
when a stranger approached us. He reminded us of a
clean-cut Charles Manson. At first, we didn’t notice
him.
“Hey guys,” he said.
We looked at each other, confused and thinking
he knew the other.
“What are y’all looking for?”
We could tell he wasn’t a sales clerk. He was too
creepy. He was wearing a brown leather jacket, and
his dark hair was Combed back; A beard of the same
tone disguised his face.
“You don’t need that stuff, man.”
Again, we looked at each other and shrugged.
We expected the guy to point usin the direction
of a better album or band. Instead, he did the more ob
vious.
“Go with Jesus, guys.”
Almost instantly, we separated and reconvened at
the used CD section.
1516 general consensus was that this guy was a freak
and had no right to be hanging out in a record store
to tell us that we’re leading ourselves astray. That’s
what our parents are for.We thought this whole “mu
sic is the devil” mentality died out soon after Jerry Lee
Lewis’ “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.”
Do people really believe that music is Satan’s work?
That is so 20th century, isn’t it?
First of all, it isn’t cool to tell anybody how to get
their kicks. What makes it worse is when you don’t
even know the people. Our question is, who gives these
people the right to walk around and assume that they
know what’s good for everyone else? Just because
you’re a member in good standing with the church
of your choice doesn’t give you the license to go out
and do ministry work on behalf of the lord you wor
ship.
That is why churches are built. If someone seeks
salvation, they will come knocking on the door
when they are ready. No man or woman is expecting
to find Jesus in a Sounds Familiar, so just lay off.
Why do people like this stranger think they are
doing the right thing when they push theirjnorals on
other people. One thing that people need to appreci
ate and respect is free will. If we want to spend our
youth and money on music, so be it. We don’t need
someone to tell us that what we’re doing is wrong. We
know that, but we’d still like to think that we could
still do it without getting any flak.
If the guy next to us likes to slurp shoes or some
thing, that’s cool with us. More power to him. So long
as he doesn’t push his shoe-slurping on us, we can co
exist. Live and let live, right?
It wasn’t the fact that the guy was pushing desus
on us. We are both faithful people. It was the fact
that he was invading our personal space and privacy
and assuming that he knew what was good for us. That
just didn’t sit right with us.
As we were leaving Sounds Familiar, we were ap
proached once again by the stranger.
“What did you guys get?”
We both walked to the car, ignoring him.
“You guys don’t need that stuff.”
We continued to ignore him.
“Say, do you know how to get to the stadium?”
Wfe both pointed in the proper direction and watched
as he jumped into his truck and sped away.
Hindsight provided us with a much better advice
for his directional problem: We should have told the
man to “go with Jesus.”
He’ll get hinTthere, eventually.
WUSC-FM spring 2000 schedule -
Time siot Monday
12-2 a.m. Textures
w/So!idst8
2-4 a.m.
4-6 a.m.
6-8 a.m.
8-10 a.m. Peter A.
10-noon Jim M.
12-2 p.m., Trent
2-4 p.m. Niffer
4-6 p.m. The
Wasteland
6-8 p.m. Breakneck
Punk Rock
8-10 p.m. Radio Riot
Hardcore
10-midnight HARDTIME
LoudRock
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
Industrial, Imperial
Theater
Audio XTC
! *
Taylor Jennifer L.
Kevin DJM
Heard It ,
Auditory Supertwins
Simulation Action Hour
The Girl Scarlett
Show
Marquee Richard H.
Music
Blues Moon The
w/ beLune Revolution
Big Band Revolution/
Show Wed. Shag
Jazz Wed. Shag
AvantGarde
THURSDAY FRIDAY
Chris F. Nonstop
Hip-Hop
The Dead Louis St.
Cow Show Jacques
Jason P. Matt B.
Justin The
Catacombs
DJ Smily Late Nite
with JMAC
Russ B. !@$?...
TGIF
Afterlight Ska
mageddon
Free Format La Voz
Latina
Nonstop Locals
Hip-Hop Only
SATURDAY SUNDAY
Andy’s
Onslaught
Red Bank
Bar & Grill
Red Bank Jon G.
Bar & Grill
Nate the Lone
Great Gunman
Ghetto Radio
Hymns Clash
Easy Radfo
Skanking Inferno
NickH. Electric.
Podium
Sat. Nite Digital Dis
Speda! tribution
Sat. Nite GOTH
' Special
wusc
top 30
for the week of 1/26/00
1. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
2. Jim O’Romke - Halfway To Three
way
3. Briggan Krauss - Descending to End
4. Sasha - Xpander EP
5. Kismet - North Atlantic Balkan Ex
press
6. Camper Van Chadboume - Revenge
of...
•7. DJ Spooky - Subliminded
8. Robert Pollard - Speak Kindly of Your
Volunteer Fire Department
9. Mogawi - EP+2
10. Broadcast - Echo’s Answer
11. Kid Loco -DJ Kicks ,
12. Frigg - Brecht
13. Richie Hawkins - Decks...
14. Gorky’s Zygotic Music - Spanish
Dance Troupe
15. ST37 -1 Love to Talk
16. Alex Gopher - You, My Baby,
and I
17. Sister Sonny - Love Songs
18. Handsome Boy Modeling School -
So, How’s Your Girl?
19. Puikmje Shift - 5 For the Road
20. Les Rbythmes Digitate - Dark Dance
21. Animals On Wheels - Norvia Cor
dia
22. High Llamas - Snowbug
23. Gomez - Liquid Skin
24. Dave Ralph - Transport Vol. II
25. NOFX - The Decline
26. Various Artists - Psyched!
27. Doldrums - Desk Trickery
28. Botch - We Are the Romans
29. Saturnine - American Kesstrel
30. Mcdeski, Martin, and Wood -
Best of
additions to heavy rotation:
1. Charles Gayle - Ancient of Days
2. Sex Mob - Solid Sender
3. Knodel - The White Hole
4. Kreider - Weekend
5. Enigma Screen - Behind the Mirrors