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The Daily Tar HeelThursday, April 7, 19885 6wLir From theater to concerts, is ban th o s ramblin on By KAREN Staff Writer in 1975 the Red Clay Ramblers each took a leave of absence for a month to tour their musical "Diamond Studs." The show was a hit; it went to New York ... and one month became 13 years. "We called home at the time and said, 'Look, we're not coming back, " veteran band member Tommy Thompson says. "That's how we became a full-time band, through theater." Now they've come to Chapel Hill to perform at ArtsCenter this Saturday night. The influence of drama remains in the group's performances. "We like treating a concert as theater," Thompson says. "A singer is like an actor. The audience has to be convinced that the voice it hears means what it says." For Thompson, theatricality also lies in just moving around on stage, changing instruments (of which the band has 12), talking to the public and exposing songs in a humorous way. Humor is the key to the It's a rerun on 'Miami Vice' but don't miss Sean as James Bond By JEKNY LIVINGSTON Assistant Omnibus Ldttvr Okay you guys, it's time to get out of that damaging sun. stop tiring yourself out with all that Frisbee golf. Co home. Co inside. Spring is a very lonely time for your poor TV. All day long it waits for you, sitting silently in your living room while you're out there giving yourself skin cancer and leg cramps. Give your tube a break this week. Give back some of what it gives to you. Appreciate your television! This message was brought to you as a public service by the Committee to Restore interest in the Boobtube (CRIB). Thursday Big shakeup at NBC. "My Two Dads" leaves its Sunday slot to take the place of the the fashion show-slash-comedy "A Different World" at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. Once again, the networks show us that a man trying to run a house hold is funny, and two men trying to run one well, you have to see it to believe it. Friday And they said it couldnt be done. After five sequels to "Friday the 13th," Fox turned that blood-and-breasts extravaganza into a weekly event on the small screen. Dont worry, though it's nothing like the movie. If unshaven men who wear white pants all year round , are mqre. your, .style, you can tune, to "Miami Vice" on NBC. It's a repeat Ramblers' art; it's inherent in the "old timey" roots of the band's songs. Their style is inspired from traditional American music "What makes this music unique is its combination of African and Euro pean culture," Thompson says. The Ramblers' loose-jointed fun is largely due to the "Afro-genes," which it inherited. The Euro African blend is exemplified by the use of the banjo, originally an African instrument, in harmony with the European fiddle, which settlers could easily carry around because of its small size. The band does not only blend geographical styles, it also picks up tunes from different periods and throws them together to form a new whole. Although the Ramblers started as a revivalist band, imitating a 1930s style, the band soon changed its course, "in the mid-70s, we realized that the revivalist label was a prison," Thompson says. "We began to swap things around and mix kinds of music, being irreverent to the sacred past." They blend country, blues, of the episode in which Don Johnson marries Sheena Easton. She just hasnt been herself since she started hanging around Prince. And he hasnt been himself since he started hanging around Barbra Streisand. Saturday I'm sick and tired of everybody saying, "Cartoons today (sigh) what ever happened to Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner and Tom and Jerry?" Come off it! Today we have Smurfs, Pound Puppies, baby Muppets, even "Dis ney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears." When else were there ever Saturday morning cartoons modeled after food? we should all just count our blessings. Sunday Never say never again. "From Russia with Love" airs for the - eighth time on ABC. But with Sean Connery as Bond plus the car chases plus all the groovy 1963 fashions, it's a classic that never (excuse me hardly ever) grows old. - - following the movie. ABC jumps, on the Just Say No bandwagon jazz and rock. They use classic instruments such as acoustic gui tar and mandolin along with a synthesizer and a digital piano. Although they have been called "the nation's premier whatzit band," the Ramblers have always kept a definite personality by holding on to their old-time flavor throughout their innovations. Actordirectorplaywright Sam Shepard was attracted to the Ramblers' purely American back bone. Shepard asked them to compose and perform for his theater production, "A Lie of the Mind," and his upcoming movie, "Far North," after he heard them on the radio. Shepard must have been lucky, because the Ramblers are rarely on the air. "Our music is not of the type you hear on commercial radio," Thompson says. It may be of the type you want to get better acquainted with, though: according to Thompson, his group's music just makes you feel good. "We're entertaining, we're fun. And that is not just an with its news special "Drugs: A Plague upon the Land." A plague, they say? At least it's not frogs. Monday Oscar night! The suspense is killing people. The question on everyone's lips is: "How long will the ordeal last this year?" Tune in and see if you can figure out why the winners for Best Editing of an Animated Foreign Short Film always give longer speeches than the Best Actor. To gear up for the awards, watch "European vacation" on CBS. After watching Chevy Chase and his goony family for an hour or so, youH be ready for anything. Tuesday Ever since "Happy Days" and "Laverne and Shirley" went off the air, Tuesday's been a real bore. So get your viewing hours in early by watching as many game shows as you can. For fun, try rating the hosts, models and guests on attractiveness and personality. Then try to answer the following questions: Who's a better dresser, Bob Barker or Alex Trebek? Where do they get these contestants? And whatever happened to Monty Hall? Wednesday ABC airs its own new Yuppie f est, "Heartbeat," in which women doctors who iook like fashion models treat (sensitively, of course) patients who look like character actors. Sounds dull, but .there should be a lot of Yuppie sex. in it. Like l s:tt duridsVA1-'-' '"Lr ft - yj " I - The Red Clay Ramblers will perform at ArtsCenter Saturday night illusion in my head. Wherever we Maybe because, as he puts it, a go and there is a crowd, people good performance is "like the best like us " he says. conversation you've ever had." JfW ' W'3T i ii T"" if Sunday, April 17 8:00 PM Memorial Hall UNC Chapel Hill $14.50 UNC-CH Students Carolina Union Box Office $17.50 General Public Tickets Available at: Carolina Union Box Office, 962-1449 Poindexter Records, Perry St, Durham Oasis Records, Hillsborough St., Raieigh Record Bar, Franklin St., Chapei Hill For More Information Call 942-2023 A CHESAPEAKE CONCERTS PRESENTATION In Association with BLUE QUAIL PRODUCTIONS 4 1 S. J UVE! Dennis Miller (of Saturday Night Live) Thursday, April 21 8:00 PM Memorial Hall UNC Chapel Hill $10.50 UNC-CH Students Carolina Union Box Office $13.50 General Public Tickets Available at: Carolina Union Box Office, 962-1449 Poindexter Records, Perry St, Durham Oasis Records, Hillsborough St., Raleigh Record Bar, Franklin St., Chapel Hill For More Information Call 942-2023 A CHESAPEAKE CONCERTS PRESENTATION In Association with BLUE QUAIL PRODUCTIONS were fighting for American Hoart fS VOURUFE Association VI! - ,-T'.T'.TVT."..W
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