6 • The Red > d Black • Thursday. August 1. 1991
TGIF
■ BEST BET
Rinse the sweat off the wide-lapel silver shirt you wore the last
time you went DISCO, and shine up your white plastic loafers:
Monday night the 6A Theatre hosts yet another foray into '70s
fashion with two showings of "Saturday Night Fever.”
Historic action figures clash: Dogzilla vs. ElVez, Roosevelt
TATE CENTER MOVIES
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• Thursday. Aug. 1: The Cook, The
Thiof, His Wife & Her Lover. Love,
sex and cannibalism seem to be
the themes of this movie.
Personally, I wanna see it just
because Jean Paul Gaultier designs
the clothes (for the fashion-
ignorant. he designs some of the
wierdest clothes this side of
Vivienne Westwood, who got tier
start designing S&M influenced
clothes back in the late '70s for
English punk rockers at the urging
of Malcolm McLaren, v.ho managed
ttje Sex Pistols, who wore a seminal
band that . ).
• Monday. Aug. 5: Sox, Lies &
Videotape. When it came cut
w is the movie to see — the
intriguing enough, anyway. I in
thought it was good, but not
godhead. Actually, the title's
accurate. end ronsidenng the
lack of somewhat intei
films these days,
wortli both your tir
Take a date.
CLASSIC ROCK IN THE
CLASSIC CITY
THE DOWNSTAIRS
• Thursday, Aug. X: Bad Boy Butch
Batson. Chris DoBatr says Butch's
an eccentric, wild & wierd,
rockabilly crazy man who sings
bizarre, obsessive love songs, in a
styie closer to Hazel Atkins than
Hillbilly Frankenstein.
• Friday, Aug. 2: Anadelusion Dog
(acoustic set), John Bottomley.
Usa Majersky. AKA Night of the
Living Acoustics at the Downstairs.
John used to be in Shiva Goindi, but
now he sings pleasant Nick Drake
type folk. Lisa's a local folkster who
After hours
pretty
sorry
ligent. sexy
is definitely
lad money.
hosts the Downstairs' famous Song
; Swap.
• Saturday, Aug. 3: Those
Monsters of Rock David Barbe &
Todd McBride, of Mercyland and
; the Dashboard Saviours, *
, respectively. Barbe's still writing
quick, brittle punkish songs, and
McBride's gonna expose more of
that country feel the Saviours have
• Monday. Aug. 5: Dogzilla, Kat
Kong. Chris says Dogzilla s gonna
kick Kat Kong's ass. KK is a
i mystery local band. Dogzilla is a
deranged, post apocalyptic, mutant
funk band from Boston, known for
bragging, "We're the stupidest
band you'll ever see " Their latest
alburn is totally appropriate to The
Downstairs this summer. Chris
says — it's titled. "There's always
something wrong."
Tuesday & Wednesday. Aug. 6.7:
Tales of the lost Formicans. What
if space aliens examined
contemporary culture from an
archeological point of view? From
the’Echota Festival of Drama A
Music in Sautee comes a
musicomedy to answer that
question.
Monday, Aug. 12: Morpheus
Underground Video — Local Video
Reception. Some well connected
L.A. underground video maven is
coming out here to look at
Southeastern underground video,
and possibly take some of it hack to
L.A. for a HUGE independent video
! festival they have there, associated
with cutting edge L.A video
I screening room (and video
, production facilities) EZTV. If you've
l got some video you want exposed.
‘Hot Shots’ comedy
crashes and bums
By BRAD MISIOW
; Staff Writer
- “Hot Shota!” is a movie for those of you who can't set enough of
rNaked Gun 2 1/2.*
• After viewing the previews, anyone can assume that it parodies
the wave of movies a! out super cool, macho navy pilots and their
.high-tech, kick-ass frj , planes Kind of an "Airplane!” meets “Top
: lipstick corner^ parodies everything from
Rocky,” “The Fabulous Baker Boys,” ' Die
and “Gone with the Wind” to Don King Pro-
Desert Storm, as well.
Only the mind of d > octor Jim Abrahams, who helped create eurli
“leave your bt oin at home” films as “The Kentucky Fried Movie,” 'Top
^Secret!" and of courso “Airplane!,” could bring a film like “Hot Shots'”
to life. Every scene shows a fragment of Abrahams’ warped imagina
tion.
-Gun' spoof. Hut this
’“Dancns With Wolves
Godfather,” “91/2 We
ductiona and Operatii.
One pilot has “walleye vinion" and can only a
pho’
things ns if looking
Mnr i “
thorough n door’s peephole. Characters keep accidently sitting on a
feappeari ng chihuahuu. Navy platoons march to the colling rhythms
.of The Brady Bunch” theme. “Hot Shota!” is loaded with scenes like
these.
Charlie Sheen stars ae Sean 'Topper” Harley, a pilot struggling
with hiiijaet while^trying to return to flying for the Navy. On the way
> to flying for
tologiat Ramada, played by Valeria
he is evaluated by Navy base psychologist
.Gotino (Tom Cruise’s girlfriend in “Rain Man").
Lloyd Brides is Admiral “Tug'’ Benson, an absent-minded officer
who can’t comprehend u sentence to save his life. He claims to have
-flown 194 missions and “been shot down in every one of them.”
- The plot is generally weak As Topper falls in love with Ramada
. :, nd trains for combat, a pair of det re contractors plan to sabotage
-some fighter ahttell to force the N; y into buying their new plants.
Although the movie has some vmy funny scenes, there are too
many unconventional slapstick techniques. “Hot Shota!" tries too
hard for laughs - to tho point of annoyance. Though Sheen proves
that he has a lighter side than his “blood and glory” roles like “Navy
SEALs,” "Hot Sputa!” comes up short.
1 wont go so for to say that it crashed and burned, but the movie
should be out on videocassette in no time.
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• Thursday. Aug. 1: The La Brea
Stumpers, The Skirtpops & Deacon
Lunchbox. A night o' bug eyed, skin
poppin', foot stompin', ravin'
lunatic fun. Has something to do
with an evil clown and a song called
Sex, according to the flyers
(Skin)POP QUIZ:
Skinpop is to Band, as
A) thumb is to baby
B) popsie'e is to sucker
C) IM is to IV
D) flay is to dad
• Friday, Aug. 2: Opal Foxx
Quartet, Liquor Cabinet. They’re
not a quartet, she's not a she. it’s
neither opalescent nor foxy, and
they can’t hold their liquor.
• Saturday, Aug. 3: Mombo Fury.
One anonymous source says they
really want to be Bauhaus brought
back to life Beats the heck out of
the Dead wannabees.
• Wednesday, Aug. 7: The Ruggs.
Wipe your feet.
GEORGIA THEATRE
• Thursday, Aug. 1: Lenny.
• Friday, Aug. 2: Dillon Fence,
Blnckgirls. The Blackgirls aren't,
hut they sing some really sweet,
witty, acoustic type stuff, kinda like
Two Nice Girls.
• Saturday, Aug. 3: Bruce
Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue
Unit. I think there’s some kind of
law in Georgia that not seeing this
band at some point in your
residence constitutes treason or
sodomy or something.
• Wednesday, Aug. 7: ElVez,
Hillbilly Frankenstein, La Brea
Stompers. He's back in brown! I
mean town. Polish up those blue
suede shoes for this — it's even got
gangs of curry chompin' yuppies
gagglin'. Me, I'm just waitin' for the
female Elvis. I suppose it's
appropriate to quote Chuck D. of
Public Enemy here: "Elvis was a
hero to most but he don't mean
(nothin') to me" (then Terminator X
cuts in: "Him or John Wayne").
ROCKFISH PALACE
• Friday, Aug. 2: Roosevelt,
Mirthmakers This is the record
release party for Roosevelt’s new
album "Shingle." If you like your
presidents tight, don't miss it. The
original opening band cancelled, so
those swell Mirthmakers agreed to
entertain us. Other than Sara's
kitchen, this is their first real Athens
g'g
• Saturday, Aug. 3: Tho Healors,
Cicada Sings. In fact, she does. I
once saw Cicada Sings open for
The Jody Grind at The 40 Watt, and
it took me a while to figure out
which was which (I couldn't see the
band) even though I'd seen The J-
Grind before, the moral of this story
being that they have similar styles
and sounds, especially the husky
jazz voices of the respective female
lead singers.
FLYING BUFFALO
• Thursday, Aug. 1: Nathan
Sheppard.
• Friday, Aug. 2: Scattering, Ohm.
• Saturday, Aug. 3: Blue Jean
Theater. A one act play titled "Lone
Star" starts at 9:45, and nobody
gets in alive during the play — so be
early.
• Monday, Aug. 5: The Hoot.
• Tuesday, Aug. 6: Blue Groove.
My roommate likes this band. She
says they’re pretty much what their
name says: groovin’ blues.
Terminatrix: Linda Hamilton is one pumped muther i
minator 2 (showing at the Ga. Square Mall).
Album spreads Widespread Panic’s popularity
By BRAD MISLOW
Staff Writer
You can only be in Athens for so !
long before someone mentions the 1
band Widespread Panic. For years, 1
they’ve been a favorite on the 1
Southern music scene.
But 1991 may be “the year” for [
the Panic and their loyal, ever- 1
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growing fans, the Spread-heads, j
who follow the hand on what seems |
to be a nevpr-ending tour. I>ast >
week, after a three-year wait, the j
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hand’s second album, self-titled j
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"Widespread Panic,” was released i
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on the resurrected Capricorn label,
based in Nashville, Tennessee.
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We had to get the contracts
right,” said guitarist and lend vo
calist. John Hell during a phone in
terview from Knoxville, Tennessee.
“When we got involved with Ca
pricorn, they were just getting
their thing together and we were
getting our thing together. We
started recording in April,” said
Bell. “It took us a long time, but it’s
letter in the long run so we don’t
get Irogged down with a lot of bad
clauses in the contracts.”
The hand is excited to be on the
newly reformed Capricorn label,
which once carried artist* like The
Allman Brothers Band and Wet
Willie. Through Capricorn, which
is distributed by Warner Brothers
Records, the new album will re
ceive wider distribution and
heavier radio play.
It's going to be available to
more folks," said Bell. “As long as
we don’t muke anylxidy mad. We
don’t want those Washington
] mothers U) get all uptight,” suid
Bell with a laugh.
Widespread Panic’s original
up.
The new album was recorded in
three months in Nashville, Mem
phis, and Decatur, Alabama. The
Panic, however, sticks close to its
Athens roots. On the emotional
“Mercy,” Samantha Woods of
White Buffalo adds backing vocals.
“Makes Sense to Me” was donated
to the group by Bloodkin. And the
t Tract
song “Love Tractor” is dedicated to
one of the Panic’s local favorites.
With over 75 minutes of music,
“Widespread Panic” gives the lis
tener a taste of their live perfor
mance. Three songs are
exceptional mind-blowing jams:
“Walkin’ (For Your Love)”, "Pi
geons”, and “Proving Ground.”
No need for panic: Athens’ own gain following
“(The songs) are an ideal version
of how the songs could be,” said
Bell. “Recording is one way we
apply ourselves. Playing at the
Georgia Theatre is another way.
See what I mean?”
guitar-oriented sound gives a new
edge to Southern rock and roll. A
key aspect of the band is their live
performance. Since they play with
no set list, no two shows are alike.
There is room in almost every song
for an improvisntionnl jam along
the lines of blues, rock and a touch
of psychedelia. But the band’s
spontaneous magic doesn’t come
ensy.
“We’re grateful when it happens
real well,” said Bell. “It happens in
different degrees. We’re able to
play a whole bunch of gigs and a
bunch of the same songs without
getting tired of each other or the
music.”
“It’s easy to engage in,” said
Bell. “(The music) is a communica
tion process among the players,
and it sounds pretty heavy getting
into a six-way conversation. That’s
when your sound system’s crucial.”
The 29-year old Bell, a native of
Cleveland, Ohio, first arrived in
Athens as a freshman in the fall of
1980. He and current Panic gui
tarist Michael Houser formed an
acoustic duo in 1982. The band be
came a quartet with the addition of
bassist David Schools and
drummer Todd Nance.
Their first album, “Space Wran
gler,” was released in 1988 on the
Atlanta-based Landslide Records.
Capricorn plans to reissue the first
album with extra tracks recorded
in the “Space Wrangler” sessions.
Most recently, they added percus
sionist Domingo Ortiz and key
boardist T “L.A.” Lavitz to the line-
And live they will continue to be.
Bell said that 90 percent of the rest
of the year is booked for perfor
mances. But Widespread Panic en
joys the road and touring with
other bands including Blues Trav
eler, Col. Bruce Hampton and the
Auuariurn Rescue Unit, Phish, and
Allgood. Last Friday, the band t<x>k
a different approach by opening for
the Connells in Atlanta. A future
Athens dnte has not been set, but
Bell expects to be back in early
September.
When asked about what funny
tour stories he had on the road,
Bell replied, “Man, this whole
thing is — funny!”
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