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Hie ©amEcock Flaming Lips from page 7 nying music. These shows were rare, but lessons and experiences from the “Boom box Experiments” gave the Lips the idea for their current tour. The Lips invested in short range FM transistors, several Walkman radios, props, video cameras and other speCial-effect devices to produce these shows. Fans were given Walkmans to wear during the show to supplement to the live performance. In addition to the audio stimulation, a large video screen was placed behind the band that showed varying video clips. Some were recordings from live appear ances on “The Jon Stewart Show” and “Late Night with David Letterman,” while others came off a live feed from a minia ture camera placed on Coyne’s micro phone stand. The success of this tour, coupled with that of “The Soft Bulletin,” left the Lips with no other choice but to press on with the tour. The Lips continued the second stage of their “Music Against Brain De generation Tour” last spring, and now look to do a smaller-scale tour this fall. The current tour consists of 14 shows spanning the end of September and the first two weeks in October. It will build upon the multimedia monster they cre ated last year. On Saturday, the tour will stop at the 40-Watt Club in Athens, Ga., and they will follow up with an appear ance at the Cat’s Cradle in Canboro, N.C., on Oct. 2. The band wants fans to bring hand puppets and wear costumes to die shows. Props are also welcome and head phones will b6 provided. The spotlight desk can be reached at gamecockspotlight@hotmail.com. Fellowship converts with comedy by Chris Tilley The Gamecock It’s Saturday Night Live for Christ’s sake! Well, sort of. The Fellowship, a campus-based religious organization, will perform “Sunday Night Alive,” a live comedy act based on the popular television show “Saturday Night Live.” The . show, with guest hosts, musical acts and off-the-wall come i dy skits, will be performed every Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Rus sell House Theater. The skits are brainstormed on Wednesdays, sometimes j rehearsed and often chaotic. Whether rehearsed or impro ; vised, the end result is purely hilarious mayhem. The come ' dy routines include improv, impersonations, game show par . odies and other outrageous skits that basically defy classification. SNA also showcases a local band at every show. Musical " acts scheduled for SNA in October include Road 22, The Or dinary and Tom Conlon. One of the main drawing factors for SNA is the guest host. Previous guest hosts have included members of Campus Cru sade for Christ and 360, as well as st-udent athletes, such as baseball player Steve Whetstone. The guests open the show with a monologue, a taiget for sabotage by the cast members, qnd conclude it with their testimony. After the shows, cast members encourage the audience to talk to them if they have any questions about Christianity or anything else on their minds. The Fellowship, a non-prof f it Christian oiganization, performs SNA to attract non-Chris ’• tians and Christians who might be experiencing difficulty in • their beliefs. £ “We taiget non-Christians because we would have the • strongest impression on them,” cast member Daniel Bailey ■ said. “When someone comes up and asks us about what they can do to improve their relationship with Christ, that’s God working through us.” The goal of the Fellowship is to convert non-Christians and to strengthen the beliefs of those experiencing difficul ty with their faith. For Bailey, there is no greater feeling than helping those in need of spiritual support. The comedy acts are not thinly veiled parables some might expect to see from a religious organization trying to convert non-Christians. In fact, the Fellowship attributes their suc cess to focusing on comedy when creating skits and then deal ing with spirituality on an individual basis after the shows. “We don’t want to scare anyone off,” Bailey said. “If they come willingly, they will be more likely to ac cept. We just want people to know that we are here for them.” According to journalism junior Elizabeth Rod, “It’s a great way to start the week. I think what they’re doing is terrif ic.” Funding for the shows come mainly from private sources and donations. “Sunday Night Alive” is the primary function of the Fellowship. Admission is free, and pizza and soft drinks are provided. 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