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i « » r 2 • The Red and Black Weekend • Friday, February 9, 1996 Concert prices appear in parenthe ses. "That's the trouble with passion, you always get what you deserve." - a guy in ‘thirtysomething" 40 WATT CLUB (549-7871) • Friday: Luna/Daisy. Luna has an amazing sound that is like a cleaner version of The Velvet Underground. Few bands have such style and fi nesse. Luna is one of the best you’ll see this year, or any year for that matter. Daisy is a psychedelic rock band that used to saturate this town, but it's been a while so maybe this is the band's triumphant return. ($5) Luna • Saturday: 7 Foot Politic/The Jumpstarts. 7FP plays a combination of big band and jazz and ska and rockabilly and some other stuff Very tight and very professional, these guys will make you shake your hips, baby. It's been a while since 7FP has played in town, so go show your sup port. The Jumpstarts play ska so bring your skankmg shoes. ($4) • Monday: Ricker. 4 showcase of lo cal films on Super 8 and video. Go see what your peers can do with a camera because some of them will really impress you. Starts at 8 p.m. ($2) • Tuesday: Blue Meanies/NII8. Blue Meames play that awful combination of punk and ska. In my mind, those two go together like molasses and cheese whiz. ($3) • Wednesday: Red Light Ball. This is a benefit for the Five-Eight guitarist who was robbed and attacked in his own home. Vaudeville, One Big Eye and very special guests will play. If you like Five-Eight, or even just peo ple. go help this guy out. Vaudeville is a hard-rocking local band, and One Big Eye is a side project of Tigger. Five-Eight's drummer. ($5) • Thursday: Blonde Redhead/Joe Christmas/The Lost Man. Wow. Sure Blonde Redhead sounds like Sonic Youth, but this band has taken what Sonic Youth used to do in a dif ferent direction. I've heard the band can kill in a live setting. Joe Christmas sounded great at the 40 Watt last time. I hate to sound like a broken record, but these guys are go ing to be stars...stars...stars. The Lost Man is another new band that has turned some heads its way. es pecially heads that like loud, dissa nant punk. i$4) ATOMIC MUSIC HALL (543-7114) • Friday: Thumb/Snail. These are two local rock bands that might just rock your Friday night. I'd love to make a thumbsnail sketch. ($3) • Saturday: 300 Joules/Gick. Two local rock acts that have been play ing a lot lately, so go see what's up. ($3) • Monday: Love Apple/Now Denial. Local rock. Now Denial has gained quite a reputation for playing Brit- style. Smithsy rock, so don't forget your bloody scones. ($3) • Tuesday: Spackle/Kitty Winder/Tres Kids. Can you say "punk as !%# V This will be loud and. well. punk. vS3) • Wednesday: Volare/Ceiling Fan. Two local rock bands. Ceiling Fan plays weird, goofy rock that is a love/hate kind of thing. There are two kinds of people in this world: those who dig Ceiling Fan. and those who agree with the title of the band's new tape. "Blows." ($3) • Thursday: Asa Nisi Masa. This band has been relatively inactive lately, which is a shame. One of the best outfits in town. I'm still waiting for them to be stars. Is there no jus tice? I'd be willing to bet you won't see a better bass, drums and violin trio anywhere. ($3) BONESHAKERS (543-1555) • Friday: House Beats. ($3) • Saturday: House Party Hell. ($3) • Monday: Sin City Sisters Las Vegas Cabaret. It's showtime, boys and girls. • Tuesday: Pre-Valentine’s Day Party. It looks like Boneshakers will be Valentine's headquarters. • Wednesday: Retro-Valentine's Day Disco. Party favors, drink spe cials and “too much to even men tion." • Thursday: Valentine Fetish Party. THE LANDFILL (208-8823) • Sunday: Deadbolt/The Scaries/Svengalis/Rugboy. Deadbolt plays tattoo-laden, garagey voodoobilly sounds. It's supposedly the scariest band in the world, and after seeing a band photo. I believe it. Svengalis is a Subsonics side pro ject from Atlanta. Rugboy is a local “eclectic pop” band that uses cello, horn and guitar. Bands start at 8 p.m. ($2) - Andy ‘the amphibious wonder" Battaglia "Free love — what is it? Can I get some? Normally love costs a bundle and plenty of trouble" - Morphine in "Free Love" D.T.'s DOWN UNDER (543-9276) • Friday: Trey Boyer Band • Saturday: Rachel and Andy • Tuesday: Jean Pool • Wednesday: Velvet Jones • Thursday: Stewart Marshall FLANAGAN’S (208-9711) • Saturday: Brides of Jesus. F-U-N- K!! • Sunday: Acoustic Night with Sandfly. • Monday: Damian Churchwell and Sarcadian Rhythm. • Tuesday: Neal Pattman Unplugged. • Wednesday: Sandfly. GEORGIA THEATRE (549-9918) • Friday: Nathan Sheppard/Vertical Horizon. That fun acoustic-based rock the kids dig. ($4) • Saturday: Aquarium Rescue Unit/Gingerbreadmen. That groove rock stuff everyone loves. ($5) • Monday: Space Voyage Ahem/Jocund Din. More acoustic- based rock! ($3) • Wednesday: Mishap/Memory Dean. Fun. happy acoustic rock. Last time I saw Mishap, it covered “Comfortably Numb." I was im pressed. ($3) • Thursday: Prozak. More fun acous tic-based rock. ($3) HALF MOON PUB (208-9712) • Saturday: Dayroom. Local rock. • Tuesday: Squat. That jazzy-rocky type thing everyone digs! HIGH HAT BLUES CLUB (549-5508) • Friday: The Pickets/The Star Room Boys. The Pickets come straight from the Seattle scene — the Seattle country scene, that is. Their first single was a cover of the Clash's “Should I Stay Or Should I Go." That has to count for a lot. A country band that isn't afraid to cover the Clash. If you've heard of anything cooler, let me know. A friend told me a bluegrass band covered “Brickhouse." and I gots to give dem props fo' dat.($3) • Saturday: Felix & the Cats. Blues, but a rockin' blues. ($3) • Monday: Billy Bacon & the Forbidden Pigs. A spicy mixture of Tex-Mex. blues, rockabilly. Western swing and a even a few honky-tonk numbers just for fun. ($2) Billy Bacon & the Forbidden Pigs • Tuesday: In Like Rynn/Mishap. More fun rock, and it's a benefit for Habitat for Humanity. ($2) • Wednesday: Donkey/The Sugardaddies. Rock. rock, rock! It's billed as a "night of love." I will be having a night of love with a beer bot tie or 13. I hate Valentine's Day. ($2) • Thursday: Bloodkin/The Palletjacks. Acoustic rock to sooth your hangover from "the night of love." ($2) LOWERY’S (548-7573) • Friday: Simpletons. Rock covers and originals. • Saturday: Simpletons. Speaking of covers... • Thursday: Simpletons, fep. -Trent 'Bitter' Rosecrans “/ have no legs" - a homeless man in "Kids" THE NIGHT OWL LOUNGE (543 8081) • Friday/Saturday: Michael Cummings and the Moonbillys. Jack- of-all-trades Michael Cummings and his astroboys do it all: rock n' roll Friday and country music Saturday. ($5) • Wednesday: DJ Bonts. Lose your heart to that Night Owl charm with DJ Bones on the wheels of steel. • Thursday: DJ Scotty. The lady on the phone promised Scotty even "They fight the system." - the narrator of 'The Dukes of Hazzard." talking about our heroes. Bo and Luke ALPS (548-5256) • Babe (G) 12:40 and 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday “Babe" just is not all that. Reviews were very good for this comedv about a talking pig. but it's disappointing after all the hype. It's still worth a look, though. (B> • Balto (G) 3:10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Kevin Bacon and Bridget Fonda lend their voices to this animat ed adventure about a dog wno saves a northern town • Goldeneye (PG-13) Daily at 7:15 p.m. Pierce Brosnan shoots some people, does one cool stunt with a motorcycle and an airplane, drives a tank and beds some fine womenz. (B) • Seven (R) Da-'v af 10 p.m. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman track a serial killer with a very sick mind. Gory but good. (At) Beautiful Girls' BEECHWOOD (546-1011) • Beautiful Girts (R) 2:20. 4 55. 7:20 and 9:55 p.m Beautiful, indeed. Laurer Holly (“Dumb and Dumber'!, Mira Sorvino ("Mighty Aphrodite") and Uma Thurman ("Pulp Fiction") play the title roles in this romantic comedy, while Matt Dillon ("To Die For”) and some lesser-known guys swoon over them. • The Bridges of Madison County (PG-13) 1:50. 4:30. 7:10 and 9:50 p.m. Clint Eastwood's weepy melodra ma is re-released just in time for Oscar nominations next week. Chicks supposedly like it, and dudes would rather have a root canal. I hear. (When sending hate mail, please include something I can actually use. like a good recipe or something!. • Black Sheep (PG-13) 2:15. 4:50. 7:15 and 9:50 p.m. Chris Farley and David Spade try to duplicate their "Tommy Boy" success to no avail All the funny parts are in the commer cials (which are only 30 seconds long, if that tells you anything). (C-) • Dead Man Walking (R) 1:55. 4 25. 7 and 9:30 p.m. Director-writer Tim Robbins' gnm death-row drama sheds new light on spintuality and the death penalty with powerful results. Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon deliver the performances of their careers. (A-) • Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood (R) 9:45 p.m. Marlon and Shawn Wayans are as nasty as they wanna be in this "Boyz N the Hood" parody. (B) • Grumpier Old Men (PG-13) 2:25 and 7:25 p.m. Retirees Jack Lemmon. Walter Matthau and Ann-Margaret are joined by Sophia Loren in the sequel to 1993 s hit "Grumpy Old Men." Reviews have ranged from bad to worse, so don t say I didn't warn you. • Jumanji (PG) 2:30. 4:45 and 7 30 p.m. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! OK. there aren t any tigers, or bears for that matter, but there is a lion — and boy is he big! Robin Williams will be better off playing Monopoly in the sequel. Kirsten Dunst and Bonnie Hunt co-star. (C+) • Mr. Holland s Opus (PG) 2 5 and S:30 p.m. The wordof-mouth on 'Mr Holland" is incredible. Richard Dreyfuss breathes life into his sagging career as a music teacher with higher aspirations, (B+) • Restoration (R) 4:40 and 9:40 p.m. Robert Downey, Jr., stars in this 17th Century comedydrama as a man who is ordered to marry the King s (Sam Neill. "Jurassic Park") mistress. Meg Ryan and Hugh Grant co-star. • White Squall (PG-13) 2:05. 4:35. 7:05 and 9:35 p.m. A thrilling drama starring Jeff Bridges ("Starman") as the skipper of the student-run boat Albatross. The beautiful scenery is ac companied by characters you actually care about, including the surprising Scott Wolf ("Party of Five"). It invites too many comparisons to "Dead Poets Society" (they do everything but yell "oh captain, my captain" at the cli max). but otherwise, the best movie of the young year. (A-) - Josh "Roscoe Massey "Black Sheep" "Turn your head to the easl/l'm a cornin' from the west/Don't stop me. baby, 'cause I’m the best/Cry. Cry. Cry. I love it when ya move/Just give it all 2 me. ya purple fool.' - Pnnce. in the rave version of "Batdance" COMMERCE DRIVE-IN (335-2486) Movies start sharply at 8 p.m. on both screens. • Eye for an Eye (R) (screen II. I'll give you your civil rights! Sally Field disagrees with a murder verdict and decides it's time to get a gun — and her name's not even Janie. This is more a drive-thru movie than a drive-in movie. (D-) • From Dusk Till Dawn (R) (screen 21. George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino tear stuff up in this visually anesting vampire flick. (B) GEORGIA SQUARE MALL (inside 543 1632) • Bed of Roses (PG) 2:10. 4:15. 7:10 and 9:15 p.m. Pretty boy Chnstian Slater woos corporate execu tive Mary Stuart Masterson with flow ers. which is silly because everyone knows Maddog 20/20 works much better. Now that Valentine's Day is coming up. this is just the sort of movie you do not want to take your girlfriend to see. It's bad enough that you don't look like Christian Slater, but there's no way you can afford all those flowers. Trust me. just watch your step, and you can get through V- Day with a minimum of fuss and inter nal injuries. (D-) • Leaving Las Vegas (R) 2:05. 4:20. 7 and 9:20 p.m. Nicholas Cage de cides to dnnk himself to death in Las Vegas, and Elisabeth Shue is the prostitute with whom he falls in love. Cage won a Golden Globe, and this film has found its way on virtually ev ery critic's top 10 of 1995 list. Now. this is my personal Valentine's pick. • The Juror (R) 2. 4:25. 7 and 9:20 p.m. Mob enforcer Alec Baldwin corn vinces juror Demi Moore to let a guilty man go free in this "thriller" that's about as thrilling as the tea cups at Disneyland. (D) • Toy Story (G) 2. 3:45. 5:30. 7:15 and 9:10 p.m. In the first fully comput er-animated marketing bonanza, toys come to life when no one's looking, which isn't really fair to the kids. If I had known my toys were sentient. I wouldn't have fed them to my German shepherd lo those many years ago. (B) GEORGIA SQUARE MALL (outside 548-9460) • Broken Arrow (R) 2:30. 4:40. 7 and 9:15 p.m. John Woo ("Hard Boiled”) directs John Travolta and Chnstian Slater in this supposedly goofy action adventure Some Sample Dialogue: Slater - "You're out of your mind!" Travolta - "Yeah, ain’t it cool!" • Eye for an Eye (R) 9:15 p.m. (D-) • From Dusk Till Dawn (R) 2:15. 4:25. 7:20 and 9:30 p.m. (B) • Sense and Sensibility (PG) 2.4:35. 7:10 and 9:45 p.m. Emma Thompson. Hugh Grant and Kate Winslet ("Heavenly Creatures") star in this flat adaption of Jane Austen s novel. Her work is worse than the Brontes', and that's saying an awful lot. (C+) • 12 Monkeys (R) 2:10. 4:30. 7:05 and 9:25p.m. Bruce Willis travels back in time, without the benefit of a Delorean. to uncover the secret be hind the army of the 12 monkeys. Madeleine Stowe is the psychiatrist who thinks he just needs more lithi um. Brad Pitt is cute. Is that what you ladies (and guys — admit it) want to hear? (A ) • Waiting to Exhale (R) 2. 4:35 and 7 p.m. Some Sony brothers diss Whitney Houston (who deserves it) and Angela Bassett (who doesn't). This is also a very good Valentine's Day movie: "Hey. baby, you know I ain't like that! I may leave the toilet seat up from time to time, but you know I never forget to tape 'Martin' for you!" (B-) GEORGIA THEATRE (549-9918) • Casino (R) (Monday at 6 and 10 p.m.). Robert De Niro. Joe Pesci and inexplicable Golden Globe winner Sharon Stone star in what is essen tially "Goodfellas" without a coherent plot, inspired direction and Ray Liotta. Martin Scorsese should be ashamed. (D) - Stephen "rave to the toy fantastic '' Robinson "Broken Arrow" "My children need wine 1 ' - The ticket seller at Euro Itchy and Scratchy Land in 'The Simpson s" TATE THEATER (544JNI0N) Most showtrmes 3. 5:15. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Special showtimes indicat ed. • Fnday, Saturday: Living in Oblivion (R). Tom DiCillo ("Johnny Suede") di "Whether you like it or you don t like it. sit down and look at it. because it s the best going today! Whooh!" - ’Nature Boy ‘ Ibe Flair • Athens Creative Theatre (613- 3628): "Fantastiks." a Broadway musical, will be performed Feb. 16. 17. 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. • Blue Sky Coffee (3544)880): Go see the Cornell Boxes by Lucia Athens and oil paintings this month. • Espresso Royale Caffe (613 7449): Jill Edwards Leite displays a collection of watercolors of campus buildings this month. • Fine Arts Auditorium (542 2838): "Dancing at Lughnasa." a University theatre production, will be per formed Feb. 13 through Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 general ad mission and $7 students and senior citizens. • Georgia Museum of Art (542- 3255): Go see "Whistler: Prosaic Views. Poetic Vision; Works on Paper from The University of Michigan School of Art" from Feb. 3 to March 24. The exhibit includes etchings by James McNeil Whistler (1834-1903). which embody Realistic and Pre- Raphaelite esthetics. The museum will also host "Another View: Pnnts by (Mustier from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William S Pelletier" to comple ment the concurrent exhibition • "Transformation from Silk to Metal: The Sculpture of Kiyomi Iwata." featur mg delicatekxoking basket sculptures by the Japanese American fiber artist, is on display at the museum. • The Grit (5438592): Sarah M Wallace displays a collection of draw ings and paintings this month. • Hugh Hodgson HaD (542-3737): Morton. Monk, and Marsalis will per form "Lincoln Center Jazz with Winton Marsalis." a night of big city jazz, on Feb. 12 at 8. The concert hall is in the Performing arid Visual Arts Complex. Tickets are $20 general admission and $10 students. • Masters Hall (Georgia Center ter Continuing Education) (542 9464): "The Mam age Go Round." a classic Broadway comedy directed by Jerry Hargis, will be performed Feb. 15 through Feb. 17 at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $10.50. • "Come Blow Your Horn" will be per formed Feb. 16 and 17 at 8:15 p.m. This is an entertaining performance in classic Neil Simon style. • Memorial Hall Ballroom (542- 3255): Take your beloved to the Valentine's Dance Feb. 10 from 8 to 11:30 p.m. The beginners workshop will be at 7:30 p.m. • Ramsey Student Center (542- 6396): "The Sporting Woman: Insights From Her Past." featunng im ages of women throughout the ages participating in sports, will run through March 17. •Bmo Chamber Orchestra will perform m Ramsey Hall on Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. • Tate Gallery (542-6396): Don't spins some Beastie Boys tunes. I guess in Athens anything really can happen. O'MALLEYS (549-3306) • Thursday: Disco/Techno • Friday: Fiesta Internationale ($5) • Saturday: Disco/Techno ROADHOUSE (613 2324) • Friday: Addison Blue. Addison Blue I will play a free acoustic happy hour show starting at 5 p.m., so come drown sorrows and sing along. • Thursday: Snapneck Carnival. Spine crushing rock 'n' roll and lots of those scary dancing clowns. ($1) THE BOOT (543 0470) • Friday: Sllvercreek. Country music without that strange metallic after taste. ($3 before 9 p.m., $4 after) • Thursday: Jay Faircloth and Robert Clarke. Acoustic country and Southern rock. Afterward, they take on Brooks 'n' Dunn in a nasty tag team grudge match. ($2) WASHINGTON STREET TAVERN (613-7817) • Monday: The Comedy Show. The $1 cover pays for wacky door prizes, in case you needed any more incen tive to see this student troupe yuk it up. • Tuesday: CREe. They've been de scribed as a "more upbeat version of the Indigo Girls." I've always won dered: Could you call Poison a more upbeat version of Napalm Death? • Wednesday: Tom Smith. Singing lawyer Tom Smith brings his "rock n' roll for the people" to Washington Street. I couldn't make this stuff up. folks. • Thursday: Jason Marcum. He can t try cases, but I hear he plays a mean acoustic guitar - Keith "too legit to quit Demko rects his little heart out in this semi autobiographical movie about the making of a low-budget film. (B) •Midnight: It Came From Outer Space (NR). I cleaned out my refriger ator and found a lovely form of peni cillin growing on what was once pasta with zucchini, mushrooms and plum tomatoes, and I swore it came from space. Anyway, a spaceship crashes in Arizona, and its occupants try to as similate into society and repair their ship. By the way, it's in 3-D. (C-) • Sunday/Monday: Hyenas (NR) The world’s richest woman returns to her native village to seek revenge on a man who took advantage of her 30 years ago. She hires the villagers to help her and offers them millions if they would execute him. (A) • Tuesday: The Wall (NR). The fifth and final film of the Middle Eastern Film Series, it depicts government op pression through the metaphor of child inmates of a Turkish prison. Admission is free. • Wednesday: Audrey Hepburn Rim Festival. All the normal Valentine's hoopla is enough to make me slit my wrists, but this year, I can watch four Audrey Hepburn movies. "Charade" (3 p.m.) features Hepburn as a widow who seeks the aid of Cary Grant to se cure her late husband's fortune before thieves find it. In "Two for the Road." (5:15 p.m.) Hepbum and Albert Finney play a couple whose marriage is on the rocks. Hepbum is a chauffeur's daughter who is wooed by a tycoon (Humphrey Bogart) in "Sabrina" (7:30 p.m.). Based on the Truman Capote novella, "Breakfast at Tiffanys" (9:45 p.m.) is the quintessential Valentine's Day movie. Hepbum is Holly Golightly. a girl from Texas who turns New York on its ear. (A+) • Thursday: One Flew Over The Cuckoo s Nest (R) (3.6 and 9 p.m.). This film won Oscars for Best Screenplay, Best Director (Milos Foreman). Best Actor (Jack Nicholson) and Best Actress (Louise Fletcher). Nicholson is Randle McMurphy, a prison inmate who fakes insanity to get out of work detail, and Fletcher is mean-spirited Nurse Ratched. Based on the Ken Kesey novel, this film still gives me the willies. (A) - Heather "Adopted" Harvey miss the art exhibition "Telling Tales: Children's Book Illustrations from the 1950s," which will be on display until March 9. • Thomas Street Art Complex (542 2468): "Sibling Senes.” an exhibition of sculpture by Mark Jeffrey, will be on display Jan. 29 through Feb 17. • School of Music (542-3737): Fancors Rabbath will play the double bass Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. • Visual Arts Building (5421511): The "Cortona Exhibition" will be from 8 a m. to 5 p.m. starting Feb. 12. - Suzanne 'Ricky Morton s engirt friend' Hatch
