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( THE GAMECOCK ♦ Friday, April 16, 2004 7 / / "This music is the glue of the world, Mark. It’s what holds it all _ t together. Without this, life would Contact. US be meaningless.” Story ideas? Questions? Comments? v EDDIE E-mail us at gamecockfeatures@gwm.sc.edu -empire records ___; 1 WHAT: 3 Rivers Music Festival WHERE: Entrances are located at the intersections of Washington and Lincoln streets, Hampton and Assembly streets, and Washington and Assembly streets. WHEN: Gates open at 6 p.m. Friday, noon Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday .The music lasts until around midnight Friday and Saturday and should conclude about 9 p.m. Sunday. Music festival to feature 8 stages, more than 90 diverse performers BY CARRIE GIVENS TilK liAMKCOCK With more than 90 acts on eight stages, the 3 Rivers Music Festival will transform down town Columbia into one musical extravaganza. With the first acts taking the stage at 6:45 p.m. Friday night and rocking until 9 p.m. Sunday, 3 Rivers offers mu sic for the masses all weekend long. The lineup reinforces that with a menagerie of bands rang ing from salsa and a jazz quartet to gospel and party funk; it all de pends on where you happen to be and when. Featuring classic hits and strains of merengue music, the Wachovia Stage, located at Hampton and Lincoln streets, will cater to fans of doo-wop, R&B and salsa music. The stage will feature the talents of the hit 60s doo-wop group Little Anthony and the Imperials; the raw blues of Grammy-winner Corey Harris; and the award-winning, New York-based salsa band Los Calientes. The WOLO/Safe Auto Stage will play host to an eclectic mix of party funk, beach music and rock music. Here, festival-goers can listen to popular ‘70s hard rock group Grand Funk Railroad and’80s act REO Speedwagon. Beach music lovers can shag to the music of The O’Kaysions and The Fantastic Shakers. Be sure to catch the smooth tunes of The Isley Brothers and the modern rock of Tokyo Joe on the same stage. The music of Better than Ezra, Twista and Galactic will blast from the speakers of the Coors Light Stage. Popular Columbia bands Voices of Dissent, Crossfade and King Hippo will also perform there. Across the street at the Free Times stage, rock bands such as Mean Weiner, Doc Summers Band and Simple As That will rev up crowds. The Celtic rock sounds of Rathkeltair and the neo-soul stylings of Red Hitt will also entrance fans. The BlueCross BlueShield Stage, on the corner of Hampton and Park streets, will feature gospel and Christian music. Chris'Rice will showcase his tal ent on the piano, while The Sensational Nightingales will belt their famous gospel tunes. The 15-member Sammy Young and the Images of Christ will also, share its love for God through its inspired tunes. The Bell South Stage will piay host to the fiddling talents of Claude Lucas, singer-songwriter Elaine Townsend, and the hus band-and-wife pair Sara Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion. - On the corner of Park and Washington streets, the DJ stage will feature mixing sensations Rick West, Danny the WildChild and DJ Depth. The Kid’s Musical EdVenture stage, located in Finlay Park, will cater to younger festivaFgoers. First-year .pre-pharmacy stu dent Tammy Kim is a veteran 3 Rivers Festival attendee. Kim, who describes herself as “OutKast’s number one, hard core Korean fan,” said she’s en joyed the past festivals featuring OutKast and Ludacris. However, she said she doubts she will attend because none of her favorite bands are playing. Kim said that the festival’s appeal all “depends on who you want to see.” First-year chemistry student Laura Sim? explained she likes the idea of multiple stages and multiple bands. Simply put, Sima said, “I am not stuck seeing one band.” Originally from Minneapolis, Minn., Sima commented that South Carolina “has a lot more outdoor music festivals than home, and I thought I should take advantage of that.” The 3 Rivers Festival starts this Friday and lasts through Sunday. Three-day tickets are $30, and single-day tickets are $25. Tickets can b§ purchased at various venues around Columbia. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockfeatures@gwm.sc.edu Titanic expert to discuss faces, fates of survivors BY LINDSEY JEFFERSON TilK (lAMKCOCK The Titanic disaster will forev er be etched in the minds of many people the world over. Intriguing stories and myths about the ship continue to fascinate people 92 years after the ship’s fateful demise. The South Carolina State Museum will house the “Titanic Science” exhibit through May 2, and there is a special treat planned for visitors to the museum Saturday. Phillip Gowan, a Titanic expert, will moderate a special program on his findings. Many people still wonder what actually happened to the doomed luxury liner that took roughly 1,500 travelers to their deaths. This desire and curiosity, which has fu eled several movies throughout the years, including the 1997 block buster “Titanic,” is the same de sire that fuels historians’ and re searchers’ studies of the ship and its passengers. Even as a child, Gowan had a special fascination with the ship. His interest was fueled by an el derly woman who, when Gowan was five, jokingly requested that he go to the ship and retrieve some diamonds lost in the wreckage. Since then, Gowan, who resides in Florence, has been researching and studying the lives of the ocean liner’s passengers. Gowan’s tedious work for the past 32 years has paid off: he now knows the fate of all but 40 of the 712 survivors of the catastrophe. His research has also allowed him the opportu nity to collect a boatload of arti- i facts. Although he : has never actual- I ly dived down to see the Titanic ! wreckage, the re- ] tired BellSouth gowan Mobility worker has two rooms in i his house devoted to such arti- ] cles. These objects include a i nameplate from the office of 1 Thomas Andrews, the ship’s de- 1 signer, and a silk kimono a pas- ] senger wore when she boarded a j lifeboat as the Titanic w£s sink- 1 ing. This gown is on display in < England. < Gowan, who is also working on a book about the passengers, guar- ! anteed in a press release that he ■< will present a “mosaic of stories” ( about the people, both famous and s unknown. “I try to make these people real, ( not just names and dates connect- l “I try to make these people real, not just names and dates connected with a disaster.” 5HILUP GOWAN JTANIC EXPERT :d with a disaster,” he said. He vill also hold a question-and-an iwer session and display artifacts rom his collection. After Gowan’s >resentation, there will be a ;creening of “A Night to temember,” a film about the Pitanic. The 8,000-square-foot Titanic sxhibit, which opened at the State duseum Jan. 31, includes a large nodel of the ship in a tank of wa er, positioned to strike the ice >erg that sealed its fate. The ex libit also highlights the scientific irinciples behind the sinking of he ship and the sequence of events that unfolded during the lisaster. Admission into the “Titanic Science” exhibit is $5 for adults md $3 for children ages 3-12 in ad lition to regular museum admis ion. Comments on this story?E-mail 'amecockfeatures@gwm.sc.edu Movie. Review ‘Alamo’ makes uneasy stand “THE ALAMO” ★★★ out of BY LESLIE DENNIS TllEfiAMECOCK Everyone remembers the Alamo — or at least remembers hearing about it ai some point. Every American history class has learned about the events and myths surrounding this leg endary Texas mission. The story of “The Alamo” is nothing new to American culture, not even to American cinema. Neither advertised nor hailed as a remake of the 1960 John Wayne version, “The Alamo” does not boast a grand, inventive story. Instead, the movie relies heavily on the actors, the dia logue and the filmmaking to por tray the emotion and vividness of the story of diehard soldiers unwilling to relinquish their hold of a crucial outpost, deter mined not to sacrifice their own personal dignity and beliefs. Regardless of how close “The Alamo” comes to the historical truth of an event mythologized in American culture as a battle about dedication more than ac tual fighting, the film attempts to show the impact the battle had on the Mexican War and the an nexation of Texas. The movie begins with haunt ing images of dead Texan soldiers PHOTO COURTESY OF KRT CAMPUS Billy Bob Thornton, left, as David Crockett, fights off a soldado in “The Alamo,” a retelling of the legendary battle. strewn carelessly over the rubble of the Alamo. As it progresses, file focus of the film, although still fixed on the battle itself, revolves around the fallen heroes of the era attempting to reclaim their own reputations and dignities. Former Tennessee congressman David Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton), now the laughingstock of Washington, internally wrestles with his public persona and the actual David Crockett; Lieutenant Colonel William “Buck” Travis (Patrick Wilson) strives to reestablish his reputation as a dedicated soldier; and James Bowie (Jason Patric) merely wants to be remembered as more than a knife-throwing hothead. As the ill-prepared, meager army attempts to fight off the enormous horde of Santa Anna’s soldiers, the heroes are shown in ♦ ALAMO, SEE PAGE 8 1-Nine makes own brand of pop-rock with experimentation, cello BY MEG MOORE THE IIAMECOCK Amid the regional favorites and national headliners coming to town, this weekend, I Nine has found its place — the Free Times stage at 4 p.m. Sunday. With its win in USC’s Bring Your Own Band competition in February, the band scored a spot in the 3 Rivers Music Festival line up and is looking forward to taking its innovative tunes to the music loving masses. Since forming in September 2003, I Nine has been quick to gain local acclaim. Along with its BYOB vic tory, the group was also recently named a finalist in the WNOK Radio Star contest. Not bad for a band that unabashedly plays pop-rock. Considering the commercial backlash towards middle-of-the-road music, it would seem as if I Nine has set sail on a dwindling branch of the mainstream. But that’s where the group’s creative instrumentation comes in. “We thought that a pop/rock band with cello would be a decent idea,” guitarist Brian Whitman said. “We’d all played in different bands over the past few years, but we were all friends from high school, he said. “We quickly got Carmen Keigans as a singer and added the rest of the band shortly thereafter and began writing.” The group, which also includes Rebecca Way on bass and Clayton Bozard on drums — has been Cited as an up-and-coming act to watch out for. In a recent edition of the Free Times, I Nine was billed as “a Children.” Anxious to take the stage Sunday, Whitman explained that the band tried to keep things interesting live. “We try to have an exciting show with something different each time so the fans don’t get bored,” he said. And budget-conscious music listen ers, take note. “We like to give away a lot of free CDs to let poor students, vuiumma uana on the rise.” Musically, the group members’ varied tastes have likely spurred their ability to turn standard pop into something more. “Individually our influences are “We like to give away a lot of free CDs to let poor students, or just poor individuals, walk away with something they can have.” BRIAN WHITMAN I nine guitarist or jusr poor inui viduals, walk away with something they can have,” he said. Encouraging fans to help get the word out, Whitman said, “We’re about spreading the mu sic to as many peo nle as wp ran ” quite broad,” Whitman said. “We’ve got Dave Matthews Band gurus as well as Guns N’ Roses freaks in the band.” Such diversity has given rise to the band’s equally eclectic — and hard-to-categorize — sound. “If we had to compare ourselves to some one,” Whitman said, “it’d have to be someone along the lines of artists such as Edie Brickell, The Cranberries and Jump, Little With its cello-infused sound and female lead singer, I Nine has put its own stamp on pop-rock. As stat ed on the band’s Web site, www.i9band.com, “Pop isn’t dying, it’s being reborn.” If I Nine’s in spired approach is any indication, it will be a spectacular rejuvena tion indeed. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockfeatures@gwm.sc.edu I Nine, winner of USC’s Bring Your Own Band competition, looks to spread its pop-rock sownd to the masses at the 3 Rivers Music Festival. The band will perform Sunday at 4 p.m.