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now showing v jgmBSM “Never Let Me Go” So poised it’s seden tary, “Never Let Me Go” is, like the sad and won derful Kazuo Ishiguro novel it’s based on, a drama structured around fissures of disori entation. But, unlike with Ishiguro whose prose is so reflectively consci entious it shimmers the meticulousness of Mark Romanek’s adap tation reads like a bland copy. There’s something performative at the cen ter of this story about British schoolchildren, bred to schooladults, who’ve been raised (nay, created) for the purpose of donating their organs to “real people.” If it sounds like sec ond-hand sci-fi, it’s because, well, it kind of is. But that’s because Alex Garland (who wrote Danny Boyle’s space thriller “Sunshine”) has only adapted the mechanics of the plot, not the soul. Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield star, spinning in love-sick triangulations: Does their love matter? Do they? What’s the point of living if your life isn’t, y’know, all that alive? Romanek, shooting with sharp-eyed pretti ness, dares to ask these questions. Unfortunately, all he finds has been found before. Yet I’m struck not with sadness, but the revelation that the most resonant thing about “Never Let Me Go” is how hollow it is. —Adam Carlson Get the most CASH FOR BOOKS 1 ~ y " ■'. ... * / ' MM , ' **W -: v aV - : - iiWK^^y ,; " r J2)|B # „. , ™ .eFjpKl* Vr* •'' ,'f*p Visit www.ugabookstore.com for buyback hours and locations. If you rented your books from the FTX Bookstore you can check them in at the UGA Bookstore W/332W8810 SQUID: Bands unite for charitable EP ► From Page 1 the Warm FUzzies. “We kind of epjoy things that are offbeat, things that don’t take themselves too seriously. Squidmas epito mizes that.” Indeed, Doctor Squid takes its name from the band’s mulling over how the world would react to Dr. Phil turning into a squid. • “Would people still take him seriously as a squid with a Southern accent?” Moody said. Harwell said he doesn’t intend to wear a Santa hat for the show, but he did promise he will reach deep in to his wardrobe for something appropriately lame. The Warm FUzzies came aboard after Harwell had lunch with Doctor Squid’s lead guitarist Mark Spurlock, who invited them to the gig for the fun, carefree sound that lent itself to the band’s name. “When we started the band, the only thing we set forward was that it had to be fun,” Harwell said, eschewing the notion of treating the band like a job, which had the poten tial to suck the fun out of the endeavor. The band’s latest proj ect an ambitious plan to release one song a month in 2011— arose from a desire to put the band’s talents to use. Besides making music, every member has a graph ic design background and will be designing covers for each monthly release. “We considered calling it ‘The Singles Club,’ but that would be confusing,” Harwell said. “We’d have a lot of cougars prowling around.” Drummer Davey Staton said the group is also working a spring release that will take the form of an EP or a full-length album, depending on how the recording process goes. He said the group already has eight or nine songs put toward that effort. We helped University of .Georgia students save more than $205,000 this fall through Rent-A-Text! Flesh and Blood’s Marston shares the same tongue-in-cheek attitude that typifies the other two bands. Even the band’s handle came from a joke on Marston and bassist Erica Strout’s part. Drummer Erika Rickson had rejected every poten tial band name laid out before her, so the two con cocted a title she wouldn’t possibly accept. But then she did, so the band rolled with it. “We like it in the con text of how it sounds fore boding,” she said. “At the same time, it’s not a mor bid name. It’s just flesh and blood.” The name also captures a sense of the band’s diver sity, which has given rise to at least one song Marston classifies as “dance metal,” combining catchy tunes and heavy riffs. “We can dance, but we can break your nose, too,” Marston said. This year’s Squidmas will be her second, having previously performed with the band Romanenko. Rickson also made the move from Romanenko to Flesh and Blood with "Takeaniline ft • S wvmw.CarriafieHouseAthens.com /22\\ University of l TTj \ Georgia Bookstore V j|| J Next to I>ite Center • 706-542-3171 X ’Tt^ / www.ugabookstore.com “ITS WHERE DAWGS SHOP" VARIETY FILE | Tim Rm * Black ▲ Doctor Squid, whose name originated from a conversation about Dr. Phil turning into a squid, encourages all to dress up for the performance. Marston, while the rest of the band is new to the holiday Squidmas experi ence. She said she is especial ly looking forward to this year’s Squidmas, as the 2nd Annual Squidmas was very nearly torpedoed by a number of nasty surprises, including a last minute change in venue. The scheduling conflict arose when Tasty World, formally bn Broad Street, decided to replace Squidmas with another The Red * Black | Tuesday, December 7, 2010 act, a move the venue made without consulting Doctor Squid or the other bands. The event was forced to move, and the 40 Watt agreed to host the show two days later. However, Marston said it worked out for the best. “Last year, it didn’t real ly feel like a show,” she said. “It felt like a party. A lot of that had to do with the atmosphere of the 40 Watt.” With the 40 Watt firmly in hand, Marston said the bands have had much more time to plot their Christmas cheer. Marston said Flesh and Blood’s Squidmas plans already include fresh, homemade cookies and fake antlers. “Rickson is the one who wants us to wear horns and Santa hats and things,” Marston said. “I’m sure I’ll wind up in something. I already plan on wearing a majestic sweater.” CHECK IN i| FOV I Irfnt € ,vf J By: December 15 7