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toilets that once operated in
the Blatt P.E. Center.
Shortly after, the boys
created Platypussy Records,
which has released a sampler
featuring Daemon Flushboy’s
music. The band has most
recently released “The
Hardest EP You’ll Ever Have
to Listen To” in 2004, “State
Tengo Champion” in spring
2005 and the latest, “Danger
Girl & the Escape from
Dreher Island." Each release
allows the musicians to send
Out his own sound waves
across uncharted landscapes,
taking each twist and turn as
they come unexpectedly.
“State Tengo Champion” is
considered to be the band’s
best, and contains the crowd
favorite “Teabaggin’.”
The band describes “The
Hardest EP You’ll Ever Have
to Listen To” as “what may be
the least accessible album in
history.” Neither member has
been able to listen to the
whole EP in one sitting.
The latest release, “Danger
Girl & the Escape from
Dreher Island,” is the result
of a WUSC promotion,
where the winner gets to pick
what an album will be
written about.
The near future holds
great things for Daemon
Flushboy, with the band’s
intentions to take their
music on tour within the
next year and play local
shows. Even if the band
ends, collaboration is still an
inevitable option for Beard
and Bovender. In Beard’s
eyes, “Daemon Flushboy will
exist, so long as people
acknowledge its existence.”
Daemon Flushboy’s next
performance will be at a private
Halloween party at the Red
Rock Opium Den. For a
possible invitation to the party
or to listen to new tracks from
the release, visit the band’s Web
site at
myspace.com/daemonflushboy.
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overwhelming, especially
from those of the female
persuasion. Taylor expects a
large turnout to the
informal “meet and greet”
before the broadcast.
“It’s like being out with
Mick J agger. It’s
unbelievable the attention
he gets,” Taylor said.
Between 3 and 4 p.m.
fans of Garrett are
encouraged to come with
cameras and questions.
“The Sports Drive with
RT” will broadcast live
from the Gamecock Stop,
located at 1928 Rosewood
Drive.
If you can’t make it to
the “meet and greet,” you
can still catch Garrett on
“The Sports Drive” found
on 93.1 FM from 4 to 6
p.m. Call 803-239-ESPN
(3776) to participate in the
show.
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Kentucky to settle matters.
Begrudgingly, Drew puts his
suicide plans on hold and flies
to the small Southern town. On
his empty flight, Drew
befriends the flight attendant
Claire, portrayed by Dunst.
Claire apparently sees
something in Drew and gives
him her phone number.
Drew’s journey of self
renewal and self-discovery
occurs during the course of the
few days that he visits his
Elizabethtown family and
friends, comes to terms with his
father’s death and gets to know
the supposedly one-of-a-kind
Claire.
Whether Drew goes "home to
commit suicide depends on
whether he can grasp his life’s
meaning while in
Elizabethtown.
Bloom found his fame with
movies such as “Pirates of the
Caribbean” and the “Lord of
the Rings” trilogy, and while
these were entertaining if not
riveting cinematic pieces,
Bloom embarrasses himself in
“Elizabethtown.”He doesn’t
relate Drew to the audience in
any form or fashion. Drew
should be desperate, possibly
emotional, and according to the
plot, mesmerized by Claire, but
Bloom fails in all of Drew?
■ characterizations.
>Dunst is an actress most
people either love or hate.
There isn’t much in between for
her, and unfortunately for
Dunst, most viewers won’t love
her in this film. Claire’s accent,
supposedly Kentuckian, fades
in and out, making her
inconsistent in the simplest part
of her character. Her quirks,
supposed to make her lovable,
make her annoying instead. It is
confusing why Drew finds her
so enthralling — she’s
practically nauseating.
Susan Sarandon plays Drew’s
mother Hollie, and while
delivering a fair performance as
the downplaying but grieving
wife, Crowe gives her little to
work with. Like Claire, Hollie
seems unrealistic, and
ridiculously silly in a comedic
speech at her husband’s
memorial service.
Crowe has made a reputation
out of writing, directing and
producing unique and thought
provoking movies, but
Elizabethtown looks and feels
like a bad “Garden State.”
“Elizabethtown” copies the plot
almost to a sickening degree
without any of the witty and
funny one-liners “Garden
State” offered.
The' storyline of
“Elizabethtown” is all over the
place. Several scenes feel as if
they are thrown in randomly
with little consideration of the
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film’s actual plot, and the film is
also extremely drawn-out. If the
film had been 30 minutes
shorter, it might have been
“better, but the story and
characters would, still lack
believability.
Viewers who risk their
attention spans and actually
brave seeing “Elizabethtown”
will almost inevitably want to
leave long before the movie is
over.
In the opening montage of
the film regarding his dying
career, Drew has a voice-over
about the difference between a
failure and a fiasco. This
montage proves to be a
prophecy not only about Drew’s
career, but the entire movie.
Crowe’s “Elizabethtown” fails
with his fiasco.
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ALOHA FEST: A TRIBUTE TO BENJI
(FUNK, ROCK, ACOUSTIC NIGHT): 8
p.m. New Brookland Tavern, 122
State St., $3 suggested donation,
all ages, proceeds go to Sistercare
in name ofBenji
“DONNIE DARKO": 8 p.m. Russell
House Theater
HOMECOMING PARADE: 4 p.m. the
Horseshoe
COCKFEST: 8 p.m. Williams-Brice
Stadium
Saturday
ALOHA FEST: A TRIBUTE TO BENJI
(FUNK, ROCK, ACOUSTIC NIGHT): 8
p.m. New Brookland Tavern, 122
State St., $5 suggested donation,
all ages, proceeds go to Sistercare
in name ofBenji
“DONNIE DARKO”: 8 p.m. Russell
House Theater
“HAPPY ENDINGS”: 3, 7,9:30 p.m.
Nickelodeon Theatre, $3
matinee, $5.50 with student ID.
Sunday
BREAKING CADENCE, DEXTER
DANGER, MOTION PICTURE DEMISE,
SLOPPY MEAT EATERS, ANOTHER
CASTLE: 6 p.m. New Brookland
Tavern, $7 under 21, $5 over
“DONNIE DARKO": 3 p.m. Russell
House Theater
“HAPPY ENDINGS": 3, 7, 9:30 p.m.
Nickelodeon Theatre, $5
matinee, $5.50 with student ID.
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Matterhorn’s
range
5 Military vehicle
9 Saunter
14 Chess castle
15 Orchestral reed
16 Comic Burnett
17 Katmandu’s
continent
18 Father
Christmas
20 Pricey wheels
22 Altar boy
23 Ooze
24 Calculator key
25 Compass
reading
27 Fan sound
29 Slanted type
34 Summoned to
court
36 Liability
38 Tree trunk
39 Feed the pot
40 Secure asea
41 Diabolical
42 iraintracK
43 Actor Julia
44 Swipe
45 Complete flop
47 Gambling cubes
49 Fuss
50 Back then
52 Fifty percent
54 Hot sauce
58 Portentous
61 Building toy
63 Challenge
64 Tuscany tourist
city
65 Big toe
inflammation
66 Sum and
substance
67 Slender candle
68 500-mile race
69 Time periods
DOWN
1 Part of U.A.E.
2.Misplace
3 Christmas plant
4 Rollerblade
5 Jacob and
Rachel’s elder
son
6 Online auction
site
7 Geological
division
8 Floral segment
9 Confront
10 Shopping cente
11 Sound like an
ass
12 Oaf
13 Otherwise
19 Sharpness
21 X-rated
24 Opera overture
25 Fashionable
boa
26 Biblical mount
28 Mental impulse
30 Protect illegally
31 Romantic
relationship
32 Greek epic
33 Casals’
instrument
35 Sniggler’s
pursuit
37 Isle near Java
40 Denver player
44 Ticket datum
46 Billing sharer
48 Gabby
51 Welsh dog
breed
53 Rock shelf
54 Check out
55 Pavarotti
showstopper
56 Pager signal
57 Clearasil’s
target
58 Clan spat
59 Bear in the sky?
60 Tennis calls
62 Junior, to senibr
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ARIES Figuring out priorities is a
good thing to do first, before you
start spending money that will be
hard to replace.
TAURUS Although a new
method, recipe or trick seems
fine, it isn’t going to work yet.
Proceed with caution.
GEMINI Postpone a late-night
conversation. You need to get
prepared for a big assignment
coming soon. Do the
homework.
CANCER Should you go for the
item that looks good and is in the
latest style? Or should you get
what’s comfortable? The latter
will satisfy longer.
LEO You’ re under more i pressure
now — a rather uncomfortable
sensation. Pass it along to get
things moving.
VIRGO You’re getting a little more
settled down for the next few
weeks. You’ll be able to
concentrate, so take on a
challenge.
LIBRA Your confidence level
should be pretty high by now.
You’ve had it easy. You’re entering
into a phase when you’ll find
more planning is required.
SCORPIO The chance you’ve been
waiting for is arriving. For the
next four weeks you have an
uncommon advantage. Use it
wisely.
SAGITTARIUS For the coming
four weeks, you’ll naturally want
to spend more time in solitude.
Prayer and meditation will
rekindle your imagination — and
your enthusiasm.
CAPRICORN Surround yourself
with people whom you respect
and admire. You’ll learn all sorts
of wonderful things by osmosis.
AQUARIUS You’ll have the
opportunity, in the next four
weeks, to take on more
responsibilities. Take care to
make sure ypur pay goes up, too.
PISCES The coming four weeks
are your favorite time of year for a
vacation. Some days are better
than others, so planning is
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