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Page 6 Har Mar Superstar rocks Guilford's pants off James Hart STAFF WRITER A**less pants. Har Mar Superstar has them, as well as a physique holding more in common with your run-of-the mill sex offender, than with other performers subscribing to the "seatless britches" theory (i.e., The Artist for merly, and presently, known as Prince). But Har Mar has more in common with the Purple One than tasteful attire; both are singers with ridiculous ranges, have the tendency to be irrepressibly, and, some times downright unpleasantly, funky, and hail from Minne apolis. (It's a frighteningly small world after a 11...) But that's where their ap proaches' to the musical genre formerly known as R(hythm) & B(lues) diverge. While Prince can at times, because of his attitudes to wards performance and songwriting, be something of a self-parody, his humor is al ways subtle. By being as over the top as he is, Prince man ages to make the grandiosity of his persona a joke about be ing over the top. Har Mar on the other hand, isn't anywhere near as subtle. He takes it a step fur ther, by making the joke his act. His songs are pretty much straightforward parodies of the misogynistic, materialis tic, and narcissistic themes prevalent in much of modern R&B and Pop. One important reason that Har Mar Superstar's material is so funny and individual is that unlike the Weird Al-style of parodies (grab someone's hit song, reproduce the back ing tracks, and sing your own lyrics on top), Har Mar uses original beats and doesn't steal his hooks or choruses from ex isting songs. This means that every song reeks of his own genius weirdness, and every track has at least a couple of lines that he actually sounds like he means, which can be kind of disconcerting. Har Mar started off the show in a white fringed black leisure suit with the afore mentioned customization, per forming as a huge projection Features m, M^2 Show me what you're working with! of the film Shaft played be hind him on the wall of the Quakerdome. He proceeded to get the crowd going with a few James Brown spins, a little Sisqo-style crotch grabbing, and the removal of most of his clothing. Sophomore Ryan Maher, who, like many in the audi ence, lost several articles of clothing during the show, re flected afterward that, "Har Mar Superstar inspired to take [it] further." Nate Finley, also a sopho more, claims Har Mar assisted him in "getting his freak on." "And I DID get my freak on," reassured Finley. His show was made up al most entirely from material off his first album including "Girl, You Stupid," "I Don't Like Your Clothes," and the sing-along "Shopping Spree." He threw in a Stevie Wonder cover towards the end (when he was covered in sweat, sporting only a pair of "tightie-whities," and some hightops) for that old school flava. The two bands sharing the bill, Caer Es Volaer and Little Brother and The Spoiled Sib lings both took advantage of the multimedia opportunities afforded by the huge dome. Caer Es Volaer started their set in front of home vid eos of bowling, with a lush in strumental, followed by an ac companied reading of the story of Francis the badger by lead singer Jenn Sluder and a hardcore cover of Ani Difranco's "Both Hands." In some of the more seri The Guilfordian THE WEEK IN CAMPUS MINISTRY Daily: Quiet worship, 8:05 - a.m. Hut. Friday, September 28 Noon Community prayer and worship. Moon Room. Noon Informational session on fall-break work trips. Hut. 6:00 p.m. QLSP potluck and worship. King Hall, Commons. Sunday, September 30 8:00 a.m. Resurrection Deliverance Ministries. Moon Room. 11:00 a.m. Rhema Triumphal Ministries. Moon Room. 1:00 p.m. College Meeting for Worship, led by Garron Rogers. Moon Room. Monday, October X 9:00 p.m. Quaker Concerns meeting. Hut. Tuesday, October 2 Noon Community prayer and worship. Hut. 6:00 p.m. GCRO meeting. Hut. 7:00 p.m. Beginning of series, "Spiritual Simplicity." First Friends Meeting. Wednesday, October 3 3:30 p.m. Stump Speeches! At the stump in the circle. 5:30 p.m. Midweek meeting for worship (unprogrammed). Hut 5:45 p.m. Rides leave for Mass and dinner at the Catholic Center. Back of Founders. 6:00 p.m. Worship and supper at St. Mary's House (Episcopal). 6:00 p.m. Seekers Session, "Praying the Scriptures," led by Sara Beth Terrell. Hut. 7:00 p.m. Hillel (Jewish students group) meeting. Hut. 8:00 p.m. H.U.S.H meeting. Hut. Thursday, October 4 4:00 p.m. Catholic Community meeting. Multicultural resource center. 7:00 p.m. Resurrection Deliverance Ministries. Moon Room. 7:00 p.m. Seekers Session, "Tbugh Issues-' Considerations on Peace, Prudence, and Patriotism in Light of the 9/11 Tragedies." Binford Hall Lounge. 8:00 p.m. Pagan Mysticism group meeting. Hut. 8:00 p.m. Guilford Christian Fellowship. Founders Commons. Friday, October 5 H All-day "Learn-in" on issues related to the events of 9/11. -- Sponsored by Peace & Conflict Studies and the Campus Ministry Office. September 28, 2001 ous moments of their set, and there were quite a few, Caer Es Volaer was simple, and beautiful, without posing or pretense. Guitar, bass, drums, voice, all moving together. Little Brother ended the show with a set of originals in cluding standards like "22 And Not 13," and "Fishwick," as well as songs soon to be re corded for a follow-up to last year's Acquaintances album. He stopped in the middle of the set to recite the "Splin ter monologue" from the cin ematic masterpiece Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11, which played behind him for the length of the set. The Spoiled Siblings are turning into a veteran outfit, confident and tight, and very aware of how to make a Guilford crowd wig out. In the immediate wake of "the events of the 11th" it was nice to be in a room where no one was dwelling on anything more serious than whether they should get nekkid or not.
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