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2 I TmnsDAr, September 24. 1998 I The Red * * Black
afterhours
* The Red & Black’s guide to the week in entertainment
MUSIC
► 40 WATT CUM (S49-7T1)
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• Fndty rowan Frwdom Concwt
• Saturday rowan FfMdom Comet
• Monday Cat Power Smc**
• Tuaaday Hg> Hop twytt Pnnca Paul ot ae
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• Wednesday Planet Jnre CD Release Party
► ATHENS MEWING COMPANY
(MI-0077)
• Saturday: Ultrasound
• Tuaaday Grace
► BOATS HEAD DOWNTOWN BAR
(3SS-3040)
•Thursday Bag House
•Friday KpJones
• Wednesday The Cat s Paiamas
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• Thursday Nathan Sheppard
• Friday: The Dnve
• Saturday: Homemade Jam
• Monday: Jeremy Joel
• Tuesday: Acoustic Underground
• Wednesday: Josh Perkins
► GEORGIA THEATRE (549-9911)
• Thursday: Jupiter CoyoteDear America
• Friday: The Avenues/Bandole
• Saturday: Under the GasughlVibtiy Duisson
• Wednesday: Everyday People/Sight
UnseetvTumstyle
► HIGH HAT MUSIC CLUB IS49-SS0S)
• Thursday: Truckadetalittle Oconee
• Friday Tammy Wynette Tnbute/Backseat
Drivers
• Saturday: Barbara Cue
• Tuesday: Songwriters Showcase
• Wednesday: Deacon Brody/The
Pteasantdales
► TASTY WORLD (543-0797)
• Thursday: Cateleria
• Friday: Vigilantes 0! Love
• Saturday: Ceiling Fan
► THE WINERY (613 0095)
• Saturday: Mai Fine
► WUOG 90.5 FM (542 7100)
• Tuesday: Marshmallow Coast
• Thursday: Slartoom Boys
VARIETY
► ATHENS FOLK MUSIC AND DANCE
SOCIETY (354 6350)
• Harvest Fotklife Festival The three-day
Sandy Creek Park festival kicks off today j
from 10 a m to 2 p m with traditional music ;
and folk art demonstrations It will continue
Friday from 7 to 11 p m , and on Sunday from j
1 to 9 30 pm
► PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
(542-4400)
• Erolca Trio: This all-female chamber trio
will perform at the Hugh Hodgson Concert
Hall of the Performing Arts Center Saturday
at 8 p m Admission is free
• Atlanta Symphony Orchestra An all-
Gershwin program will be the order of the day j
Sunday, when ASO performs at the Hugh
Hodgson Concert Hall Tickets are S35-S39 I
(half-price for students)
► STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF
GEORGIA 542 1244)
• Fall plant sale The Garden's annual sale
will be held at the Visitor s Center from 8 am. j
to 3 p m Saturday
► UNIVERSITY UNION (54-UNION)
• Camille Paglia: Paglia. likely one ol the
nation s most outspoken women, will speak
about relations between the sexes, the femi
nist establishment and more at the Tate
Center's Georgia Hall at 7:30 p m tonight
Free lor students. $2 tor others
Dances with Coyotes:
Band is still ‘truckin’
By JONATHAN REED
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a Jupiter Coyote, including singer and guitarist Matt
Mayes (top-right), plays tonight at the Georgia Theatre.
It takes a remarkable amount
of persistence for a band to sur
vive more than eight years and
nearly 3,000 shows
Jupiter Coyote, though, has
dune just that, and singer Matt
Mayes acknowledges that he
couldn’t have done It without his
bandmates
"Individually, I don't think we
could get ourselves out of a wet
paper bag. but togethei there's
chemistry.' Mayes said "I think
that defines a band '
The origins of the band run
back to 1988, when Mayes played
in what he described as a "raise-
hell frat party band" Jupiter
Coyote came together in Macon a
couple of years later, as Mayes
sought a change from the cover
band scene
Since that time, the group has
JUPITER COYOTE
Performing With: Dear America
When & where: 10 p.m tonight,
Georgia Theatre
Tickets: S5. 549-9918
released five albums and tours
nearly 48 weeks out of the year
“Here Be Dragons.” the group's
latest album, was put out only a
few months back
"We got number live out, and
we re In tour mode.” Mayes said
"(But then) we always tour.”
The band’s route has taken
them across the country, espe
cially the Southeast. Throughout
the band's travels, though, main
stream success has been just
beyond the horizon
"That big break is very elu
sive.” Mayes said "We grow every
year, but it's like baby steps. I'm
afraid when we get somewhere I'll
be too damn old to enjoy it.”
One thing this southern rock
band has going for it Is a strong
college fan base. Even if the radio
doesn't warm up to them. Jupiter
Coyote still packs the house
when It comes through town
“They all want to come hear
that Crazy Woman' song.” Mayes
said "Thank God for college kids.
They've kept us alive for years "
One thing Mayes was excited
about was the upcoming addition
of a fiddle and mandolin player to
the Coyote fold in October.
Though at times he sounded
road-weary during the interview.
Mayes insisted that he was not
down about the band. In fact, he
said he enjoys his job and can't
think of ever giving it up.
“I think about 15, 20 years
down the road, we ll still be
truckin’,’' he said. “I’ve got too
much in it now to give it up.
They'll have to kill me to get me
out of here."
‘Ronin’ is an impossible mission for De Niro
“Ronin" is most similar to
“Mission: Impossible,” another
confusing international adven
ture. It was possible to crack
"Mission," though. I’m not sure
"Ronin" makes any sense at all.
The constant double-crossing
and back-stabbing scenes are
meant to throw viewers off. but
not for the whole picture. At
some point, the film should
reveal, “Wah-'
lah! It makes
sense!"
That never happens.
“Ronin” isn't an utter failure,
though; no De Niro movie has
ever been. But its stupidity is sur
prising.
In the car chases. "Ronin" uses
every cliche in the book: a truck
backs into the road, a fruit stand
is demolished. And it’s never
established why De Niro even
stays around after things go
wrong the first time. For the
money? Not likely. When the
movie attempts an answer at the
end. it, like most everything else,
is hard to decode.
And that's sums
up “Ronin." It’s
full of promise,
but shoots
itself in the
By JOSH MASSEY
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There's a smart movie some
where inside "Ronin,” but it
never shows its face.
With Robert De Niro, director
John Frankenheimer and a lush
French setting in its favor, it
seems this action drama should
be able to fight mediocrity.
"Ronin," though, looks at its
pedigree, and believes it's a lot
smarter than it
really is.
De Niro stars
as Sam. an
American
covert opera
tive — thief for
hire — on his
latest mission
in Paris. He's a
master of strategy and weapons
and is glad to have work. It just
isn't the same since the Cold War
ended
In a musty warehouse, he
meets his latest batch of co
workers. They include an English
weapons specialist (Sean Bean,
Patriot Games’ ), an electronics
expert (Stellan Skarsgard, “Good
Will Hunting”), a French coordi
nator (Jean Reno), and the
brains (Natascha McElhone,
"The Truman Show").
Their mission, should they
choose to accept it, is to inter
cept and apprehend a mysterious
briefcase (“Pulp Fiction," any
one?) by any means necessary.
“I never walk into a place I
don't know how to walk out of,”
Sam says early. And, at first, he's
not sure how he's going to walk
out of this situation Asked about
his obvious doubt, he says, “Of
course I’m afraid. You think I’m
reluctant because I'm happy?"
Yes, Sam is a typical De Niro
hero (if you consider the charac
ters in "Heat” and "Midnight
Run" to be
heroes, as I
do). He's
super-smart,
handy with
weaponry,
quick with a
one-liner, and
noble even
when he has a
gun in your face. Granted,
Niro's heroes are among cine
ma's finest, but only when
they're surrounded by a fan
tastic story. And “Ronin"
doesn't have one.
Sure, it has style. Loads
of it. But all of
Frankenheimer's stylish trap
pings — including two great
car chases — can’t overpower
the confusing script.
► Robert De Niro is a
covert operative searching
for a mysterious brief case
in the action flick “Ronin."
RONIN
Starring: Robert De Niro
The lowdown: (PG-13) "Mission
Incomprehensible." (R)
Starts Friday at: AMC Colonial 18.
Georgia Square 5 (outside)
Grade: C
-4 The mailbox here at The Red & Black has been over
flowing with goodies promoting the Friday release of the
new horror film “Urban Legend.” So to spread the wealth,
we’ve created a contest. Your mission: Make up your own
brand spankin' new urban legend about Athens, and send
it to us via e-mail (variety@randb.com). The 10 best
entries will receive an “Urban Legend" prize pack, includ
ing a backpack, poster and various other stuff. Plus, just
for entering, a poster is yours. Be scary, be funny, be any
thing. Just be original; we already know any freshman who
walks under the Arch will become sterile. Along with your
entries, please include your name, phone number, year
and hometown. Watch for the winning entries next week.
MOVIES
SHOWTIMES EFFECTIVE FRIDAY
► ALPS (548-5256)
• Hope Floats (PG-13) Daily at 7pm (C*)
• Lethal Weapon 4 (R) Daily at 9 30pm
Saturday and Sunday at 2 15 930pm (B)
• Mulan (G) Saturday and Sunday at 12 10.
4 55pm (Bl
• Sliding Doors (R) Friday and Saturday at
midnight (C+)
► AMC COLONIAL 18 (404-816-4262)
Shows at or after 11 p.m on Friday and
Saturday only.
• Armageddon (PG-13) 1 45 4 45. 7:45
1045 pm "i mageddinpissedoffatthiscrap * (C-)
• Blade (R) 2 5 15. 8. 1045 p.m. (B-)
• One True Thing (R) 4 45. 745. 1045 p m.
• Ronin (R) ’45. 4.45. 745. 10 45 pm (C)
• Rounders (R) 2. 5:15. 8. 10:45 p m (B+)
• Rush Hour (PG-13) 1. 230. 3:15. 4 45. 5 30
7:15. 8. 945. 10:30p m . 12:15 a.m. (B*)
• Saving Private Ryan (R) J 30. 5. 830 p.m.
The best movie of the year And last year (A*)
• Simon Birch (PG) 1:45. 4 30. 7:15. 10 p.m.
and 12:30 a m (B)
• Snake Eyes (R) 1. 5 45. 8 15. 10:30 p.m (B)
• There's Something About Mary (R) 1:45.
4:30. 7:15. 10p.m.. 12:30 a m (B*)
• Urban Legend (R) 1. 2 30. 3:15. 5. 5 45.
730. 8:15. 10. 10:45 p m and 12:30 a m
► BEECHWOOD (546-1011)
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back (R) 2:05.
4:35. 7:05. 9:45 p.m
• One True Thing (R) 2. 4 40. 7:15. 9:50 p.m.
• Rounders (R) 1:50, 4:25, 7. 9:40p.m. (B+)
• Saving Private Ryan (R) 1. 4 30. 8 p.m. (A+)
• There's Something About Mary (R) 1:40.
4:20. 7:10. 9:35 p.m. (B+)
• Urban Legend (R) 1:55. 4:15. 7:20 and 9:30
p.m. A bunch of pretty teens are butchered by
a killer emulating vanous “urban legends." It's
the third horror movie in as many months to
feature a "Dawson’s Creek" kid.
► GEORGIA SQUARE 4 (INSIDE)
(543-1632)
• Blade (R) 2:10. 4:35. 7:05. 9:25 p.m. (B-)
• Ever After (PG-13) 2. 4:30. 7. 9:30 p m (D)
• Smoke Signals (PG-13) 2 15. 4:20. 7:15.
9:20 p.m. A hit at this year's Sundance Film
Festival, “Smoke Signals" is about two Native
American boys who leave the reservation and
get out on the open road.
• Why Do Fools Fall in Love (R) 2:05. 4:25.
7:10. 9:35 p.m. (C)
► GEORGIA SQUARE 5 (OUTSIDE)
(548-9460)
• Dead Man on Campus (R) 2:15. 7:10 p.m.
This is still playing? (C+)
• Halloween: H20 (R) 4 10. 9:15 p.m.
• Ronin (R) 2:10. 4:35. 7. 9:25 p.m (C)
• Rush Hour (PG-13) 2:30. 4 35. 7. 9:10 p.m.
(B+)
• Simon Birch (PG) 2. 4:20, 7. 9:20 p.m. (B-)
► GEORGIA THEATRE (549-9918)
• Monday: Free Tibet (NR) 10p.m. This is a
one-night-only deal — “Free Tibet" is a film
about this year's Tibetan Freedom Concert,
and it features performances by Beastie Boys,
Beck, Foo Fighters and others.
• Tuesday: Austin Powers: International
Man of Mystery (PG-13) 7. 10p.m. (A-)
► TATE THEATRE (54-UNION)
All limes 3, 5:15, 7:30. 9:45 p.m. unless noted.
• Thursday: Roger & Me (R) (B+)
• Friday/Saturday: The Big One (PG-13)
Michael Moore’s follow-up documentary to
“Roger & Me" falls dead flat. On a book tour in
1996, he stops off in small towns where big
businesses are booming, but workers are
being laid off. The problem is, most people
Moore interviews are idiots, and it's under
standable why they would be fired. And when
he does storm into the lobbies of vanous com
panies. camera in hand, he humiliates the
security guards and receptionists. I guess a
small-time worker isn’t worth fighting for
unless they work in a factory. (C-)
• Midnight (FriVSat.): Beetlejuice (PG) (B+)
• Sunday/Monday: Microcosmos (G)
• Tuesday: Batman Returns (PG-13) 3. 6. 9
p.m. The best of the "Batman" films, but that's
not saying much. (C)
• Wednesday: Alien (R) (A-)
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