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TLC’s relationship becoming ‘Unpretty’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Off The
Chain is a new weekly column
highlighting the latest entertain
ment news of the Hip-Hop, R&B
and. rap culture. Off the chain is
a phrase used to describe some
thing that is above average or
exceedingly good, as in "Damn,
that new DMX album is off the
chain!"
More good mail ...
In the midst of their continu
ous drama and internal
problems, R&B trio TLC
received six Grammy nomina
tions — including nominations
for record of the year and album
of the year. Carlos Santana,
Ricky Martin, Britney Spears
and the Backstreet Boys also
received their share of nomina
tions.
The Atlanta-based group
began its 13-date United States
tour — with Christina Aguilera
— last week and will end in
Atlanta on Jan. 29.
Pick up tickets for the show
— which has received positive
reviews — and check out Lisa
“Left Eye” Lopez’s interview
with Sister-2-Sister magazine.
In the latest issue she claims to
be the “creative force” behind
the group and criticizes her fel
low members.
Lopez also talks about her
solo project and why she didn't
OFF THE CHAIN
Mark Anthony Thomas
stand 100 percent behind their
most recent ' FanMail” project.
In addition, she throws a few
jabs at Dallas Austin, the
group's producer, and LaFace
Records.
Lopez said the group's latest
release — despite it’s whack
concept — has spawned two No.
1 hits and sold more than 7 mil
lion units worldwide.
Collective Live ...
Athens-based Earth
Collective and Grogus will be
performing at the 40-Watt
tonight. Collective mixes reggae,
jazz-groove and freestyling hip-
hop.
Classes have just started so
there's no excuse why you
couldn't check out the show this
evening which features DJ
Chrisis.
Waiting For Tonight ...
First we found out that pro
ducer Sean "Puffy" Combs and
singer --1 mean dancer —
Jennifer Lopez are dating. Then
after the two visit a Time
Square night club. Combs is
arrested for gun charges linked
to a shooting in the nightclub.
“Under no circumstances
whatsoever did I have anything
to do with a shooting," Combs
told reporters in a December
press conference.
Combs was arrested when
police found a handgun in his
vehicle — which was allegedly
stolen from a pickup truck out
side Atlanta. Puff Daddy was
released and ordered back to
court on Feb. 14. As for the cou
ple, their relationship should
last as long as an ice cube
dropped in a volcano.
Day in the life ...
Speaking of couples, actress
Halle Berry announced that
she’ll wed singer Eric Benet —
who performed in Athens with
The Roots last November. The
two were engaged during the
holiday season and this will be
Berry’s second marriage
Three on Three ...
Jay-Z, DMX and Goodie Mob
recently dropped their latest
and third projects. All of them
SPECIAL I The Red * Black
< Goftdie
Mob, DMX,
Jay-Z and
Nas all have
new albums
this month.
Goodie fol
lows up
their suc
cessful
“Still
Standing”
with “World
Party.”
are good albums, but not as
great as their past projects.
With high tech beats and
overshadowing computer
sounds, they sound like the Y2K
bug drained some of the cre
ative juice that made the past
projects so successful.
It’s about time ...
Although they maybe be
fighting gray hair and back
pains, a few old school artists
are trying to make their way
back into the music scene.
Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav will
have his latest release, “It’s
About Time,” in stores this
Tuesday. In addition, Run DMC,
Jeffrey Osbome and Guy — who
will be making their first album
in 10 years — will also have
releases this month.
— Mark Anthony Thomas is a
variety writer for the Red &
Black. His column appears on
Thursdays.
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Free cab rides may be in downtown’s future
By SUZANNE KAYES
The Red & Black
When the party started winding down, the
last place to turn for a ride home was proba
bly your friends. ■
It’s a good thing that Big Dawg Shuttle.
Classic City Beverage and Leon Farmer and
Company joined together and gave free cab
rides home on New Year's Eve. The cab ser
vice gave out free passes to those who paid
for a ride downtown.
“New Year’s is worse than a football
game,” said Judy Peck, co-owner of Big Dawg
Shuttle. “We did over 300 free rides.”
By having corporate sponsors such as
Budweiser and Coors donate money. Peck
said they hope to host more free nights.
“Our goal is for a student to never have to
pay for a ride home from downtown again,"
she said. To start, things rolling, Peck is push
ing for either Friday or Saturday nights to be
free on a regular basis.
This is a way to give back to the students,
she said. “They put a lot of money into down
town Athens. If we keep them safe, we will
continue to have business.”
Peck did want to point out, however, that
the vans will not pick up anyone that is
standing in the street. Patrons must stand on
the sidewalk at the cab stand located at the
Arch.
“I have even had people throw themselves
on top of the van trying to get us to stop,”
she said.
The fare for Big Dawg Shuttle correlates
into three different zones. “Ninety-nine per
cent of the students live in the $3, $4 and $5
zones,” Peck said.
Safe Campuses Now, a nonprofit crime
prevention organization, also sponsored a
free cab night last October.
Not only does the service cut down on
drunk driving, but it also prevents armed rob
beries and rapes, said Nancy Zechella, execu
tive director for Safe Campuses Now.
In the school year of 1995-96 eight armed
robberies and one rape were reported by stu
dents walking back to the dorms from down
town, Zechella said. As many as four people
in a group were assaulted at one time, so
there isn’t exactly safety in numbers.
“There’s been a lull regarding violent
crimes this past semester,” she said. "We do
not want students to get a sense of false
security.”
Zechella cautions that students need to be
aware of their surroundings at all times.
“Students have to take responsibility for
themselves,” she said.
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Bobby McFerrin set
to perform at PVAC
Once again pulling a national
ly known performer onto cam
pus, University Union and the
UGA Performing Arts Center
announced the performance of
Bobby McFerrin on Monday,
Jan. 24 at 8 p.m.
A shocking combination of l
ringing vocals, vibrant creativity
and sardonic wit has garnered
McFerrin much public fame and
recognition.
McFerrin's four-and-a-half
octave vocals have given him the
eclectic ability to replicate a
variety of instrumental sounds
vocally.
The multi-talented one man
jazz band has been a popular
fixture of American culture since
well before the University's
current students could appreci
ate him McFerrin found fame in
the early '80s, and had a big
break with the number one hit I
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy," in '«
1988.
McFerrin will appear at the »
UGA Performing Arts Center.
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