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THE GAMECOCK ♦ Wednesday, June 18, 2003 7 PONTAPT TIS TTTT 1\/TTV THEY SAID IT UU '.m , . I I P J IVI I /\ DON DELILLO: “We seem to believe it is possible to E-mail us at gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.c -I—L -1—^ ^ ward off death by following rules of good grooming. ” r *HSm MOVIE REVIEW Documentary meets a bs u rdUn. o $ ' * . : .v**. . “LOST IN LA MANCHA" Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe ★★★ out of BY DAVID AXE THE GAMECOCK “Lost in La Mancha” is a film about a film about a book about books. More specifically — and helpfully — it’s a doc umentary about Terry Gilliam’s effort to adapt Cervantes’ Don Quixote to film, which is a book about an old man who reads too many books. Confused yet? It only gets worse. Gilliam, a former animator for “Monty Python,” is the critically acclaimed di rector of such films as “Brazil” and “Time Bandits.” He’s also a raving lu natic with a giggle like a 4-year-old girl. Hisfilms are bizarre at best (“Twelve Monkeys”) and incomprehensible at worst (“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”). For over a decade Gilliam has been trying to mount a film adaptation of •■lit?; Cervantes’ book. His version is called “The Man who Killed Don Quixote.”'* His movie meshes Cervantes’ 15th f century tale of a deluded old man i who battles imaginary foes, with a time-travel story. The plot follows. an American insurance salesman { who someow gets transported to ** medieval Spain and is mistaken by Quixote for his portly sidekic Sancho Panza. „ Needless to say. finding financiers fh _ such a film has been difficult. The pr ect has seen several false starts. But I nally and with much fanfare. Gilliant and ♦‘LA MANCHA,’SEE PAGE 8 SHOW REVIEW Howie turns life into literature DANIELLE HOWLE Jammin’ Java ★★★★★ out of BY J.P. STEPHENS THE GAMECOCK Danielle Howie can morph life into literature. She’s a storyteller with a gift for conveying those moments that all of us have ex perienced, especially if we’re southern. And she makes it sound like she’s talking over fried chicken and sweet tea. But last Saturday she played at Jammin’ Java for a small crowd that was, at best, sedate. It’s clear we need to give more support to the local scene when great shows like this draw 45 peo ple on a weekend. Near the Columbia Art Museum on Main Street, the un derground coffeehouse consis tently brings talented musicians to their tiny corner stage. It was the perfect venue for Saturday’s performance, intimate and smokeless, with acoustics that allowed the audience to hear the performers. Django Haskins opened the night, letting loose his persona like a man possessed, lighting the coffee shop’s tiny stage with a performance two parts comedy and eight parts solid folk rock. It would have been easy to lose yourself in Haskins’ quips and wildly shaking hips if his music weren’t so good. Melodies catchy enough to serve as background music for a teen drama disguised lyrics that ranged from clever to the sub lime. Haskins’ songs were deep and soulful yet totally accessible, making it almost obscene how he delivered them from a television friendly face begging to be inter viewed by Carson Daly. Howie took the stage a little af ter 10 p.m. and Haskins joined on guitar and vocals for a few songs. Moving from her own blend of southern folk/acoustic rock to jazz standards to a rendition of the traditional “Will the Circle be Unbroken,” Howie wowed the audience with her personality, writing and voice. Practically every major music publication in the country has praised Howie. She’s played at Lilith Fair and opened for the Indigo Girls, Ani DiFranco and Bob Dylan. Howie has the best ♦ HOWLE, SEE PAGE 8 CD REVIEW *26 miles ’ runs off its 3 instrumentals . t-T- • . ;• . . SI second solo album, I was anxious to hear what he had to offer. His previous release, “Let it Fall”, held to the non-traditional blue grass style that helped Nickel Creek win its 2003 Grammy for best contemporary folk album. “26 Miles” strays far ancMride from that format, to very mixed results. me amum is prooaDiy worm its price based on the three in strumentals alone. “Chutes and Ladders” fuses jazz and rock with a bluegrass undertone that should delight anyone who's ever wanted to go to Bonaroo. “N.M.I.” is both soothing and ♦ WATKINS, SEE PAGE 9 “26 MILES” Sean Watkins ★★★ out of #*☆** BYJ.P. STEPHENS THE GAMECOCK I’m a huge fan of Nickel Creek, so when their guitarist Sean Watkins released “26 Miles,” his ^ lost in La Mancna pisys ax the Nickelodeon Theatre through tonight. PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK