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1 The Red & Black’s guide to the week in entertainment
► 40 WATT CLUB (549-7871)
• Thursdey: DJ Chrisis/GrogusfEarth
Collective. A formative troupe of jazz/hip-hop
and mean turntable beats, Christs and Earth
Collective are tightening up and impressing
audiences. Give thanks to bassist Cart
Lindbergh,the man behind the whole shabazz.
• Friday: Deacon Brody/Jonnifer Nettles.
Brody's got the best drummer around town.
Soul Miner's Lonely Daughter Nettles is still
providing jabronis with date ideas.
• Saturday: Uncle Ughtnin'/Greta Loe/Star
Room Boys. Dave Marr fronts one of the best
country bands around... just about anywhere.
Dave Marr maintains his allegiance to being a
bone-headed local asshole ... he'll tell you to
play his songs on the jukebox, but he's laugh
ing on the inside,
• Monday: Exit 86/Favonte
• Tuesday: Chocolate Kiss/The Walt LariaWet
By Day.
• Wednesday: Five Style/Vic Chesnutt/Giant
Sand. Local yokel Chesnutt will keep you on
your toes.
>- ATHENS MUSK FACTORY (353-
6820)
• Friday: Molly Hatchet. Named after a 17th
Century woman who would seduce men into
her bedroom and castrate them. One of the
best southern rock outfits in the 70s.
»■ BOARS HEAD (369-3040)
• Thursday: Melodious Ground.
• Friday: Blackboard's Truck.
• Saturday: Backyard Green.
>- CALEDONIA LOUNGE (549-5577)
• Thursday: Old School DiscoTThe Toaster.
• Friday: Jackpot City/The Glands.
• Saturday: Soda Pop/Ed Kemper Trio.
>- DTS DOWN UNDER (543-9276)
• Friday: A Few Loose Screws.
• Saturday: Conflict of Interest.
• Tuesday: "Acoustic Underground."
► THE GEORGIA THEATRE (549-9918)
• Thursday: Blue Dogs/Gran Torino. CD
release party for the funky octet Gran Torino.
The new CD is titled "Two' GT puts on one of
the best live shows around.
• Friday: Mel & The Party Hats.
• Saturday: Colonel Bruce Hampton & Planet
Zambee/Justice League of America. Jamariffic
... the Colonel will bring in the night in a whirl
wind. JLA will follow with an orchestra of musi
cal genius.
► ONE LOVE MUSK HALL (3694658)
• Friday: Velvet Jones 4 The Sex AppeaLPark
Bench Blues Band. Two of Athens best
groove-rock bands. Both bands are packing
out local venues.
► TASTY WORLD (5430797)
• Thursday: Fractions/I C./JEM-AN-I. Digital
drum beats over heavy guitar riffs. Augusta
based Jem-an-i reals off lightning speed lyrics
somewhere between hip-hop and death rock.
• Friday: Michael Guthrie Band/Ceiling
FarVThe Forty Fives
• Saturday: Dr. Madd Vibe/Slackdaddyf
People Across the Street. Dr. Madd Vibe,
a.k.a. Angelo Moore of the unparalleled
ska/punk outfit Fishbone, delivers his spoken
word along with some razzy-jazz from his sax
ophone.
— Craig S. Phillips
VARIETY
> UNIVERSITY THEATER (542-6468)
• Amy Horowitz: This solo performance from
Horowitz is a part of the continuing Dance
Festival Series. The show is Saturday at 8
p.m. Admission is free.
>• PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (542-
4400)
• Piano Virtuoso: Classical Pianist Evgeny
RNkin wifi perform as part of the "2nd
Thursday Concert Series" tonight at 8 in the
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. Tickets are $9
tor non-students, $5 for students.
• Chamber Music: The Franklin College
Chamber Music Series will present The Berlin
Philharmonic Piano Quartet on Jan. 29 at 8
p.m. Tickets are free.
• Lutsnist Concert: Paul O Dette who recent
ly received a grammy for his CD "The Echoing
Air-Songs of Henry Purcell," will perform on
Feb. 5 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18 and half-price
for University students.
Sounds of the new year ring loud all over
SPECIAL ! Thi Km • Him.
A Yaniv Shacham, a senior from Atlanta, right, plays Frisbee with Marge
McQuire during the weekend Phish concert on the Big Cypress Seminole
Indian Reservation in the Everglades of Florida.
By CRAIG PHILLIPS
The Red a Black
T he ball dropped, the sky filled with the
fading sparks of fireworks and all was
well.
The hype of the new millennium dissipat
ed into the roars of millions, and within sec
onds, fears turned into a night of celebra
tion.
And plenty of students decided to ring in
the new year in style.
Athens
At home in the Classic City, legions of
families cheered in the night downtown at
the Athens First Night Festival. After
fireworks topped of! the festivities, fam
ilies quickly evacuated, making way for the
madness of Athens’ nocturnal bar
dwellers.
“We had all kinds of entertainment from
clowns and musicians to jugglers and an
opera star,” said Claire Benson, director of
Athens First Night. "There were lots more
people by the end of the evening when the
fireworks started.”
Benson said many local venues helped
out with the First Night celebration, and the
streets were filled with more than 2,000 peo
ple.
Down the street, The Fuzzy Sprouts
brought in the New Year with their “Time
Tunnel into the New Millennium.”
"We had about 500 lighters with Fuzzy
Sprouts on them, and Tim Conley (guitarist
for the Sprouts) led everyone in a group
visualization of the what you want of out the
new year,” said Dave Domizi, frontman of
the band.
Domizf also said they provided free
champagne for everyone in attendance.
Members of the bands King Daddy Zeb,
Planet Jive and DJ The Beat Surgeon joined
the Sprouts on stage as the evening pro
gressed, Domizi said.
After the clock struck triple zero, the
Sprouts played some new songs and cov
ered some millennium-themed songs.
“We started into Steve Miller Band's 'Fly
Like an Eagle’ and Michael Wegner (former
Sprout member) came in on a pulley
attached to the balcony," said Domizi. “He
came zfppln in playing that part, Time
keeps on slippin into the future ..." "
Atlanta — Philip* Arena
Local connoisseurs of jam Widespread
Panic played two sold out shows at the new
Philips Arena in Atlanta on Dec. 30 and New
Year's Eve.
Thousands of faithful “Spreadheads"
packed their gear and stashed their trunks
for the trip down to Atlanta.
“The light show was amazing," said Chip
McDonald, a senior from Roswell. “It was
making all these crazy images. They did an
awesome job of playing to the mood of the
crowd.”
Tom Kessler, a junior from Roswell, said
the New Year’s Eve show lasted early into
the morning.
“They played from nine till past two in
the moming.” Kessler said. “At midnight,
they came out playing ‘What a Wonderful
World’ (originally by Louis Armstrong) and
then they went into ‘Ain’t Life Grand.’ "
And Kessler said plenty of fans made the
night a memorable one.
“I’ve never seen that much puke outside
the'CNN center," he said. “And the no smok
ing thing did not apply. Everyone was on
drugs. Ham!"
The Everglades — Florida
Other music fans took the ultimate trip
down to the Big Cyprus Seminole Indian
Reservation in the Everglades of southern
Florida for a three days of camping set to
the tune of Jam act Phish.
“It was pretty much like Woodstock," said
Stephen Hartney, a senior from Marietta.
"There was no police force, but everyone
was pretty responsible.”
Hartney said the band came out about a
minute before midnight and played until
dawn on New Year’s Day.
“They came out straddling a giant hot
dog and traveled through the crowd throw
ing out necklaces and glow sticks," Hartney
said.
Fans who attended the Phish show
camped out on the Indian Reservation for
three days, and the band played several sets
throughout the event.
Hartney said ABC was filming portions of
the concert.
And although the band was the main
attraction, the legions of fans camping out
proved to be modest entertainment them
selves
“The first night I started having allergies
at about 4:30 in the moming,” Hartney said.
"I walked to the medic, station and found
two paramedics. They radioed in for an
inhaler, and one of the guys said to talk to
Jesus while I was waiting. He wheeled out
this guys strapped to a bed by his feet and
his ankles. He was spitting all over himself
and claiming he was Jesus.”
Wherever you were and whatever you
were doing, the dawn of the new millennium
was a stitch in time shared by everyone. It
has come and gone, but the stories will keep
it buried in the memory of everyone who got
to experience it.
MOVIES
>- CALEDONIA LOUNGE (549-5577)
• “Ricker” (NR) Make yourself feel hip
by taking in the traveling film society’s screen
ing of 'Crazy Ray,' directed by Rene Clair.
> BEECHWOOD (546-1011)
• Any Given Sunday (R)1:15, 8:45
• Bicentennial Man (PG) 2 p.m.
• The Cider House Rules (PG-13) 1:45, 4:25,
7,9:35 p.m.
• Galaxy Quest (PG) 1:20, 3:25, 5:30, 7:35,
9:40 p.m.
• Girl Interrupted (PG) 2, 4:35, 7:05, 9:40
p.m. This movie holds the distinction of being
the only film I have ever walked out of the
theater during. Tomorrow look for the most
sarcastic film review ever written. (D)
• The Green Mile (R) 1, 4:45, 8:30 p.m. (B+)
• Man on the Moon (R) 5 p.m. (B)
• Next Friday (R) 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:20, 9:30
p.m. It’s ‘Next Friday,’ and smokey’s out for a
bong hit.
• Snow Falling on Cedars (PG-13) 4:40,
7:15, 9:50 p.m.
• Stuart Little (PG) 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15,
9:15 p.m.
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (R) 1:30, 4:20,
7:10, 9:50 p.m. (A)
• Toy Story 2 (G) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 p.m. (A)
> CARMIKE 12 (354-0584)
• Anna and the King (PG-13) 12:45 p.m.
Some girls may start crying as the king
whisks Anna on to the dance floor and
waltzes her away into the night. Just remem
ber that on the day before, the king
was knockin' boots with one of his 40 wives.
(C)
• Any Given Sunday (R) 12, 3:30, 7 10:15
p.m.
• Bicentennial Men (PG) 4:15 and 10 p.m.
• Deuce Blgalow: Male Gigolo (R) 1:30.
330. 530. 7:30. 9:30 p.m.
• Galaxy Quest (PG) 1. 3:30. 7:10, 9:30 p.m.
• Girl Interrupted (R) 1:30, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45
p.m.
• The Green Mile (R) 1, 4:45, and 8:15 p.m.
<B+)
• The Hurricane (R) 1:10. 4, 7, 9:45 p.m. Full
review tomorrow. (B+)
• Magnolia (R) 12. 4, 8:15 p.m. (A+)
• Man on the Moon (R) 1 and 7:10 p.m. (B)
• Stuart Little (PG) 1:15. 3:15. 5:15. 7:15.
9:15 p.m.
• Supernova (R) 1:15, 3:15. 5:15, 7:15, 9:30
p.m. This long delayed space-adventure hits
theaters with almost no positive word.
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (R) 1:15. 4, 705,
10 p.m. (A)
• Toy Story 2 (G) 12, 2:15. 4:30, 7, 9:25 p.m.
(A)
> GEORGIA SQUARE 4 (INSIDE)
(543-1632)
• The Bone Collector (R) 5:35 and 7:55 p.m.
SalJSun. at 12:35 and 3:05
• Dogma (R) 5:30, 8 p.m. SalJSun. at 12:30
and 3:05 p.m.
• Pokemon (G) 5:40 p.m. SalJSun. al 12:40
and 2:45 p.m.
• The House on Haunted Hill (R) 5:40 and
7:40 p.m.
• Runaway Bride (PG-13) 5 30. 7:45 p.m.
SaUSun. al 12:30 and 2:50 p.m.
> GEORGIA SQUARE 5 (OUTSIDE)
(548-9460)
• The Best Man (R) 5:35. 8 p.m. Readers o(
these listings will be pleased to know I just
found my notes for my interview with director
Malcolm Lee and Taye Diggs. (B-)
• Blue Streak (PG-13) 5:30. 7:35 p.m addi
tional showings SalJSun. al 12:30 and 3 p.m.
(C+>
• Double Jeopardy (R) 5:30. 8 p.m. SalJSun.
al 12:15 and 3 p.m.
• End ot Days (R) 5:40, 8:05 p.m. additional
showings Sat./Sun. al 12:15, 3:10 p.m. (C)
• Three Kings (R) 5:35 and 8 p.m. additional
showings Sat./Sun. at 12:30 and 3:05 p.m.
(A)
> TATE STUDENT CENTER (542-5584)
• The Messenger (R) Thursday al 8 p.m.
The Tate Student Center is having a special
screening ot this Joan ot Arc epic tor
the first week ot classes. They are advertising
the price of admission as free. Do you
know why? Because it suck-suck-sucks. (C-)
• Three Kings (R) FnJSatJSun. al 3, 5:15,
7:30, 9:45 p.m. The one film to rival "Fight
Club" as the best action/adventure of last
year. Four Desert Storm soldiers set out to
rocover stolen Kuwaiti gold, only to come face
to face with the disturbing effects of the war.
Bill Clinton reportedly app'auded this film for
its honesty in portraying U.S. foreign policy
during the war. (A)
• Gremlins (PG) FriJSat.at midnight That idol
Billy breaks all the rules of caring for a
Mogwai.
► GEORGIA MUSEUM Of ART (542
4662)
• Family Day: "His Home Made: Engraved
Powder Homs from the Collection of James
E. Roth Jr." Children will also be able to
engrave powder horns on their own this
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Susan Hauptman: Hauptman will discuss
her paintings that are currently on display.
Tonight at 6:30. Admission is free.
• Benny Andrews: African-American artist
will answer questions about his display in the
Radford Study Gallery on Wednesday, Jan.
19 at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free.
• Gala Reception: Reception for the exhibit
featuring work from the San Cartoe National
Museum in Mexico City. Lecture will held by
Dr. Roxana Velasquez Martinez del Campo.
Codda* buffet begins at 830 on Friday, Jan.
21. $10 a person, $15 a con*s R.S.V.P. by
Jan. 17.
-CraigS. Pimps
What they’re saying: A new year and new resolutions
“I went and
saw my friend’s band play
in their basement I saw it
was 10:30 and thought
‘When Harry Met Safly' is
on at midnight So, I went
home to tape it I was nmnmg between fire
works and the record button.”
— Rachael Lambert, freshman
Atlanta
“My New War’s resolu-
was to quit
but I
picked up my first
cigarette at 12:05
a.m."
— Brook Davis, sophomore
Augusta
“I forgot to (make a resolu-
1.1 was too busy danc-
Maybe I should dance
some more. I’l dance any
where. I’l even dance on
the (street) comer.”
— Richard Worthington, senior
Stone Mountain
► THE GEORGIA THEATRE (5498918)
• Dogma (R) MonJTues. al 7and 10 p.m.
M
— Stewart McAIpbe
UNIVERSirY SPORTS
> IREN’S BASKETBALL
Al Stegeman Coliseum
• Saturday: vs. Alabama, 4 p.m.
>- WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Al Stegeman Coliseum
• Monday: va. No. 2 Tennessee. 1 p.m. < >
— Gentry Estes
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