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Elbow Room Club supported variety of music CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 “I’m going to say it is going to be a huge dent only because it was one of the few venues in town that brought in the under ground acts that people knew of,” he said. “I’m wondering if a lot of booking agents are going to want to come through South Carolina with that name being gone. We are still a great college town, but are the agents still go ing to pay attention? Kind of makes you wonder.” As program director of WUSC, Duvall had close ties to the Elbow Room, including hosting Non-Stop Hip Hop Live on Wednesday nights — a job that he still performs at the New Brookland Tavern on State Street in West Columbia. “I think the location is kind of hard because New Brookland Tavern is way out there past the bridge,” Duvall said. “Students have to drive out there and a lot of them don’t have cars.” Dunagin said he hopes that the closing won’t affect on Columbia’s music scene too much. “Hopefully, it will just make more people drive across the riv er to New Brookland Tavern,” he said. “The shows will just get moved to new locations, and people will make an effort to get out and see them wherever they may be.” Justus Jagger, lead guitarist for local band Fling and a senior media arts and music technolo gy student, described the Elbow Room as “a love-hate relation ship.” “The community as far as the music scene can’t survive with out a venue like that,” he said. “So I can’t help but dislike the closing. I can feel where he (Marzbanian) is coming from, but I think the Elbow Room wasn’t really benefiting.” “It’s a sad thing in Columbia when club owners have to cut corners,” he said. Jagger attributed the low at tendance to the changing face of music. “People today aren’t sneak ing into clubs to see people play,” he said. “Now they are downloading things on Napster and watching MTV, which I think is great because it helps music,” he said. Third-year media arts student Gergely Nagy was upset with the closing. “I’m not really happy about it because it was the only eigh teen-and-above place around here that let people in,” he said. “I like that it wasn’t just a dance club, it was actually tuned to playing a different variety of music.” According to its Web site, the Elbow Room has moved to an un named location. » I Comments on this story? Write gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com Options Alternatives exist for closed venue CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 Lincoln Street in the Vista. It features frequent local artists Jim LeBlanc, Patrick Davis, Joel Rush and Woody Rogers. Performances are held every Thursday and Friday night, and only those 21 and up are admitted. Cover band Pond Drain will play at Billy G’s on Gervais Street in the Vista on Friday night with hits from the ‘80s and ‘90s. The venue doesn’t have a cover charge, and it features cover bands every Thursday and Friday night, though it only admits ages 21 and up. For people under 21, restaurant/bar Cussin Bill’s on Woodland Hills Road has weekly cover artists with no cover charge. New Brookland Tavern, Uncle Doctors and Mac’s on Main have big shows coming up. The Tavern will play host to The Woggles with Jucifer and I Atom and His Package will play at New Brookland Tavern on State Street on Jan. 24. photo by Robert gruen Rockafellar Horsecollar on Jan. 18 and Atom and His Package on Jan. 24. The venue charges a cover of $5 per show and is in West Columbia on State Street. Uncle Doctor’s will play host to Rival Schools tonight and Tykes With Guns on Jan. 26. Jazz and blues venue Mac’s on Main, now the only venue with local, regional and national draw in Columbia, will play host to a CD release party on Saturday for local act FatBack and the Groove Band. Mac’s charges a cover for national acts but doesn’t charge to see local bands. Playing in January will be nationally renowned blues bands Big Allen Heavyweights, Superchickens and Larry Garner. Live music in Columbia has been dealt a blow with the loss of the Elbow Room, but, thankfully, it’s far from lethal. Whatever your tastes and budget, the capital city has still got you covered for the best in musical entertainment. Comments on this story? Write gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com -1 fercafe Ouf of*fowr be a Leader! Student Body President Student Body Vice President Student Body Treasurer Student Senators Information Meeting Student Body Elections January 22nd Russell House 322/326 5:00 PM Filing applications available online at www.sg.sc.edu Filing takes place 1/28/02 - 2/1/02 in 110 RHUU I. ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS Jennifer Aniston injured in car wreck LOS ANGELES-Jennifer Aniston was slightly injured in a car crash Tuesday as she drove through a Hollywood residential area. The "Friends” co-star, and wife of actor Brad Pitt, was driving her Jaguar northbound near Sunset Boulevard when a vehicle backing out of a driveway broadsided her car, Officer Ed Funes said, Aniston apparently was alone in the car at the time of the 10:30 a.m. accident. There was only minor damage to the vehicles. Funes said the 32-year-old actress complained of pain, but had no details. An ambulance was called to the crash scene, but Aniston declined treatment. "It was her prerogative not to go (to the hospital),” the police officer said. "She was seeking her own medical attention.” There was no information about the driver whose vehicle backed into Aniston’s car. Her publicist, Steven Huvane, didn’t immediately return phone calls for comment. On Sunday, Aniston won the People’s Choice Award for best television actress and NBC’s "Friends” was chosen top comedy series. Aniston was at the Sundance Film Festival last week promoting her new movie, Miguel Arteta’s "The Good Girl.” Gala to start season for N.J. orchestra NEWARK, N.J. - Two memorable mezzo sopranos from New Jersey — Marilyn Horne and Frederica von Stade — will help their home state orchestra open its 80th season next fall in a gala concert celebrating American music. The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s 100-concert schedule also includes three world premieres — works by American composers Robert Aldridge, Derek Bermel and Richard Danielpour — and a three-week winter festival in January 2003 examining American classical music at the turn of the 20th v century. Home and von Stade, former stars at the Metropolitan Opera, will perform Aaron Copland’s "Old American Songs” in the Sept. 12,2002, opening-night concert at Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Other guest artists during the 2002-03 season include pianists Andre Watts and Joseph Kalichstein, violinists Nadja Salemo-Sonnenberg and Leila Josefowicz, and conductors Joseph Flummerfelt and George Manahan. The season will be a turning point for the orchestra, whose 66 year-old music director, Zdenek Macal, becomes music director emeritus after a decade with the NJSO. Politically charged opera opens in Italy ROME — The politically charged opera “The Death of Klinghoffer” will make its Italian debut this month in the cities of Ferrara and Modena. Composer John Adams’ opera concerns the killing of American-Jewish passenger Leon Klinghoffer during the 1984 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro by Palestinian terrorists. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States have revived interest in “The Death of Klinghoffer,” which first was performed in 1991. The Boston Symphony Orchestra canceled performances of music from the opera in November, saying it came too soon after Sept. 11. But Amsterdam staged a performance and the theaters in Ferrara and Modena also chose to go ahead. “It’s a positive event when an artistic creation becomes the subject of debate,” said Gisberto Morselli, the head of the Communal Theater of Ferrara. “The Death of Klinghoffer” will be performed on Jan. 20 and Jan. 22 in Ferrara and on Jan. 25 and Jan. 27 in Modena, hometown of tenor Luciano Pavarotti. The musical director is Jonathan Webb and the director is Denis Krief, who also designed the costumes, lighting and sets. A company from Ferrara will perform the opera. R Diddy, Destiny’s Child win gospel awards ATLANTA — Destiny’s Child, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs and Jermaine Dupri were among the artists celebrating gospel music at this year’s 17th annual Stellar Awards. Donnie McClurkin was the big winner at the Atlanta Civic Center ceremony, walking away with six awards, including artist of the year. McClurkin is perhaps best known for his inspirational hit “We Fall McClurkin, who also was a co-host of the Saturday ceremony, said gospel music is more than a music form; it’s a lifestyle. “The other types of songs can move your soul, that’s why they call it soul music. But this moves your spirit and that means it can change your life,” he said. Destiny’s Child sang a medley of spiritual classics, and group member Michelle Williams performed “Steal Away Jesus” with gospel great Shirley Caesar. • “It felt so wonderful,” said Williams, who plans to debut a ■ gospel album in March that features Caesar. “I count it a great privilege to have recorded a song with such a gospel legend.” Other performers included CeCe Winans, Kirk Franklin, Atlanta’s Dottie Peoples and newcomer Tonex. Don Jackson, the show’s executive producer, said it was important to include nongospel artists. “We cannot turn deaf ears to secular artists because they can help promote what we’re doing,” he said. The show will be televised in syndication through Feb. 10.