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PONTAPT TTS THEY 8iUD-% PiOjNlAVjl lo ROBIN WILLIAMS: "You’reonly Story ideas? Questions? Comments? given a little spark of madness. E-mail us at gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com You mustn’t lose it.” S.C. museum to celebrate folk art BY MEG MOORE THE GAMECOCK ’Tis the season for folk art. As temperatures become cooler and leaves begin to change, the tradi tional harvest season stands out as an opportune time to celebrate area culture. Bringing in a variety of musi cal acts and artisans, the South Carolina State Museum is cele brating the fall season with its first annual new Harvest Heritage Festival during the month of October. The event will spotlight the time-honed crafts of local artists that, despite their rustic roots, continue to'generate inter est within the community today. “October is really a special month in the Palmetto State,” said Julia Hill, director of programs, events and services at the museum. “It’s a time to recall special memo ries and to create new traditions. That’s why we’re beginning this new festival.” . ' • The festival will showcase a va riety of art forms, from woodcarv ing to quilting. “Who in the South would deny that the creation of these delica cies is an art form?” Hill asked. Although activities are sched uled all month long, the first week end in October will mark the festi val’s official beginning with an as sortment of events and exhibits. Various aspects of area history will be addressed and highlighted as members of the regional art com munity come together to showcase and explain their crafts. The fes tivities will take place in the his toric Columbia Mill building—the museum’s home and “biggest arti fact” — which was built in 1893. SURF YOURSELF For information on the schedule of events visit www.museum.state.sc.us. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the building origi nally housed the world’s first to tally electric textile mill. Musical entertainment will take center stage amid the week end’s scheduled events. Banjo champion Randy Lucas and mem bers of his family will perform on Saturday afternoon, bringing his lively down-home sound to the halls of the State Museum On Sunday afternoon, Dot Jackson and Caroline Hoadley will present “In Step with the Upcountry,” a discussion and demonstration of traditional Appalachian clogging. Area blue grass band Bill Wells and the Blue Ridge Mountain Grass will also take the stage Sunday; their set will be followed by a presentation from Pat Ahrens of the South Carolina Bluegrass and Traditional Music Association, who will further discuss the blue grass genre. “It is, of course, impossible to cover every aspect of folk art, par ticularly in a state like South Carolina, but we do have other in teresting programs planned,” Hill said. Along with its arts-related offerings, the event will feature various displays and presentations related to South Carolina history. Exhibits covering everything from local agriculture to Lexington County cured ham will afford fes tival-goers the chance to explore diverse facets of regional life. The festivities continue the sec ond weekend in October with events that center on self-taught and visionary art. The month of October also marks the museum’s 15th anniversary, which will offi cially be celebrated during the an nual Tricks and Treats at the State Museum events on Oct. 18 and 25. October’s events complement a recently opened exhibition at the museum, “Traditions and New Inventions: South Carolina Self taught Artists,” that highlights the craft of area artists who have de veloped their skills without any \ formal instruction. Art curator Pat Matheny explained that the work featured is “a different type of art work made by artists that have lit tle or no influence from the outside art world.” He said that “many of the artists have no interest in sell ing their work or pursuing gallery representation. This art is often made for their own pleasure and ' enjoyment.” The State Museum’s Harvest Heritage Festival and self-taught artist exhibition celebrate locally grown traditions that have be come firmly rooted in regional life. All of the festival events are free and promise to provide an in triguing glimpse into the heart of the South. Get out and celebrate a month of down -home culture. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com CD REVIEW Naess keeps it real on album J “LEONA NAESS” Leona Naess ★*★★★ outof^^tir-ft* BY MEG MOORE THE GAMECOCK While listening to Leona Naess’s latest album, one cannot help but experience somewhat of a conflict of principals. The CD is stellar, although it has little hope amid today’s musical soundscape of being a successful seller. Clearly, on talent alone, Naess deserves some recognition for such a delicately engaging work. But then again, the sheer beauty of the songs seems too perfectly fragile to share, to let escape from the comfort of anonymity.. And so ensues that inner strug .gle. Naess’s name has been floating around the singer-songwriter scene for the past few years, but she has yet to gain much main stream recognition. Regardless, her pop-rock-based brand of mu sic is worth listening to and di gesting. On her newest release, she proves her wit as a lyricist on tracks such as “Don’t Use My Broken Heart” ih which she be gins “Don’t use my broken heart/ To pick up other girls.” Her songs are thick with clev erly poetic images. “Yes, It’s Called Desire” muses that even “Rolling down hills and climbing up trees/ Means something to you when you are locked/ In New York City.” Sincere, yet not dolorous, ♦ NAESS, SEE PAGE 11 Cussing up a storm • ' Parents Television Council says primetime profanity has increased THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Television is cussing up an increasingly blue streak, ac cording to a study of the major broadcast networks. “During the 2002-2003 season, the broadcast networks attempted to rewrite the book on language standards for television,” the Parents Television Council, a watchdog group, said in a report released Monday. The council said it studied all primetime entertainment series from a two-week period in 1998,2000 and 2002 and found a jump in profanity on “virtually every network” and in every time slot. The group called on the TV industry to “get serious about reduc ing the flood of vulgarity.... Barring that, the FCC needs to get serious about enforcing broadcast decency laws,” the group said of the Federal Communications Commission. The study examined ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, WB and UPN. During the so-called “family hour,” from 8 to 9 p.m., foul language increased by 94.8 percent between 1998 and 2002, the study found. It rose by 109 percent during the 9 p.m. hour in the same period. The smallest increase, 38.7 percent, occurred during the last hour of primetime, 10 to 11 p.m., when young children are least likely to be in the; the council said. The group noted what it called “minor” improvements. Foul language in the 8 p.m. hour on Fox fell 25 percent in the study period. But the study found profanity rose 75 percent during the 9 p.m. hour on Fox. On ABC, offensive language decreased by 17 percent in the study period, mostly because of improvements during the latter two prime time hours. But profanity was up by 61.7 percent during the family hour, the study found. An ABC spokesman Monday said the network had not seen the report and declined comment. A Fox spokesman declined comment. In a similar, earlier study, the PTC found that sexual content on TV was less frequent but more explicit. CD REVIEW Mars III mixes Jesus, hip-hop “BACKBREAKANOMICS” Mars 111 ★★★★★ out of BY JUSTIN BAJAN THE GAMECOCK Although Mars Ill’s new album opens with a laughable radio skit about the lingo used by rappers today, the bulk of “Backbreak anomics” is not intended to make anyone laugh. Instead, it is a convincingly se rious collection of songs that ex plores the inner reaches of one’s soul as well as the negative as pects of today’s society. “Back breakanomics” is so serious that Mars 111 includes descriptions of each song in the liner notes to seemingly make sure that the lis tener understands what the group is trying to convey. The duo is comprised of Manchild, the emcee, and DJ Dust, the deejay. The group rep resents the burgeoning under ground hip-hop scene in Atlanta and is also a part of the evolving Christian hip-hop scene. Most hip-hop purists do not embrace Christian hip-hop, as they feel that it can come off sounding preachy and cliched. But Mars 111 shatters that senti ment with the insightful lyrics of Manchild and the authentic pro duction of D J Dust. This paradox is evident during attempts to locate a Mars 111 al bum in the Christian section of any record store, because you won’t find it there. Rather, amid Chingy and Eminem albums, you’ll find “Backbreakanomics” ♦ MARS ILL, SEE PAGE 11 Winners at Sunday’s 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Drama Series: “The West Wing,” NBC. Comedy Series: “Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS. Miniseries: “Steven Spielberg Presents Taken," Sci Fi. Variety, Music or Comedy Series: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,’ Comedy Central. Made-for-TV Movie: “Door to Door,” TNT. Variety, Music or Comedy Special: “Cher-The Farewell Tour,” NBC. Reality-Competition Program: “The Amazing Race,” CBS. Actor, Drama Series: James Gandolfini, "The Sopranos,” HBO. Actor, Comedy Series: Tony Shalhoub, “Monk,” USA. Actor, Miniseries or Movie: William H. Macy, "Door to Door,” TNT. Actress, Drama Series: Edie Falco, “The Sopranos,” HBO. Actress, Comedy Series: Debra Messing, "Will & Grace,” NBC. Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Maggie Smith, “My House in Umbria,” HBO. Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Brad Garrett, "Everybody Loves Raymond,” CBS. Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Joe Pantoliano, “The Sopranos,” HBO. Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Ben Gazzara, “Hysterical Blindness," HBO. Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Tyne Daly, “Judging Amy,” CBS. Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Doris Roberts, “Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS. Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Gena Rowlands, “Hysterical Blindness,” HBO. Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program: Wayne Brady, “Whose Line Is It Anyway?’’ ABC. Directing for a Drama Series: “The West Wing: 25,” NBC. Directing for a Comedy Series: “Curb Your Enthusiasm: Krazee Eyez Killa,” HBO. Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: “Door to Door,” TNT. Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: “The 56th Annual Tony Awards,” CBS. Writing for a Drama Series: “The Sopranos: Whitecaps," HBO. Writing for a Comedy Series: "Everybody Loves Raymond: Baggage," CBS. Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: “Door to Door," TNT, Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central. Bob Hope Humanitarian Award: Bill Cosby. - The Associated Press SSSSMb:. PHOTO COURTESY OF KRT CAMPUS ,, Debra Messing won for outstanding lead actress In a comedy series.