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Please call in advance /E|r :. t° schedule a reservation for • I graduation or other event. fcjW’wlm : a Y (20-60 people groups) KJ k Homemade authentic . Jj :Rk cuisine in an intimate m atmosphere. <&jß| Ire “STOCK EXCHANGE Unique Clothing on Consignment fi’&hkjffr sfft IB UNC the delicacies about which they speak, in cluding beef jerky and birthday cake. Cibo Matto’s debut, Viva! La Woman, mixes some of the home spun beats of the Beastie Boys with the childlike, perky vo cals of Pizzicato Five for a mix that is part sweet and part sour, and perhaps best char acterized by their song, “White Pepper Ice Cream. ” Pipe, on the other hand, takes the celerity of punk to new levels but leaves the listener wanting for more. Their two full length albums clock in around twenty five minutes apiece, but still manage to have as many as fourteen songs, each distinct from the others. Pipe, unfortunately, hasn’t felt the success of a Green Day or Rancid, but they far more accurately represent the fre netic nature of “real” punk as opposed to milquetoast pop guitar riffs or standard ized theft of the Clash’s sound. Anyone interested in something different than the standard deluge of indie rock should check Cibo Matto’s odd, edible brand of hip-hop out. A show too unusual to be missed. —Todd Gilchrist SPRING SU£ 15% OFF All Spring Dresses & Suits Friday, April 12 & Saturday, April 13 10:00am-6:00pm Store Hours: Mon-Sat 10-6 4 The Courtyard Chapel Hill. NC 27516 (919) 967-4035 DIVERSIONS Festival Promotes Independently Spirited Music BY WENDY MITCHELL SENIOR WRAER Gary Miller, organizer of the Pop Fools Festival, has learned a little about the head aches of planning a music festival. The headaches started in Janu ary, when his band Gumption was scheduled to play a festival in Pop Fools Festival Local 506 Friday and Saturday Washington, D.C. Their performance was snowed out by the “Blizzard of ‘96,” in spiring Miller to try a festival of his own. He named his festival in hopes of secur ing a venue for the weekend preceding April Fool’s Day, but Local 506 was al ready booked. Cher Lacks Needed Emotional Strength in ‘’Faithful’ In her first movie since the 1990 film “Mermaid,” Cher emerges in the role of Margaret O’Donnell, the neglected wife of a New York trucking-company owner (Ryan O’Neal) who is having an affair with his younger and bustier sec retary in “Faithful.” DEAN HAIR Movie Review 'Faithful' C- When Jack takes a business trip on their 20th anniversary, Margaret decides to end her life. But before she can overdose on pills, she is interrupted by Tony (Chazz Palminteri), who ties her to a living room chair. Initially it seems Tony is going to talk Margaret to death, but slowly (ever so slowly) his motivation becomes painfully clear. In his attempt to semi-torture Mar garet, Tony only tortures the audience with extreme boredom. AdaptedfromPalminteri’splay, “Faith ful” gives the audience a near roller coaster ride between two telephone calls. (Tony is supposed to kill her when the phone rings twice.) While waiting for the phone call, Tony and Margaret engage in an edgy, give-and take conversation, and the audience is forced to ask: Why would any hitman wait to kill a person, much less talk to them? They dicuss everything from the fake breasts of her husband’s secretary to how blow jobs don’t really count as marital Bin'S to resfour&hts, ’orjia; ."‘is . . koutiejues to kooks... its & skort us&lk frot* c&hvpus to tofISSS euroSteak fine european and American dining at reasonable prices early bird specials Six-ounce Filet Mignon $10.95 Redfish Belmonte $8.95 Chicken Denmark $8.95 Hunter’s Goulash $11.95 Serving Only the 1 Finest USDA lowa Corn Fed Beef 1 Early Bird Specials are accompanied by a mixed green garden salad, our homemade rolls, 8c fresh butter. Specials are effective from S:OOPM UNTO. 6:3OPM 3Q^^^^Franl<lif^S^^^93^^oß^| Now that all plans are finalized, Miller realizes he’s up against some stiff competi tion in area shows Friday: The Grifters at Duke Coffeehouse, Jolene at Captured Live Studios and Cibo Matto at Cat’s Cradle. Miller doesn’t seem fazed, despite the setbacks. Call it the power of pop music. “I think we’ll be OK; I don’t think we’ll be squashed,” he said. The six bands who will be playing the festival three locals and three nationals are a good representation of what pop music can be in the ‘9os. They range from Charming, a Virginia band that has draw comparisons to Madder Rose and Juliana Hatfield, to The Raymond Brake, the Greensboro band which starts with local influences (Superchunk, Polvo) and fuzzes things up in its own special way. infidelity. Tony constantly tells Margaret she is a fool for having put up with Jack for so long. He uses sarcasm and anger to force emotion out of her. However, one of the central problems of the story is that there is not enough emotional response from each of the char acters. Tony tells Margaret he has to rape and kill her, yet she seems almost unconcerned aboutthesituation. Palminteri, who’sehar acter can only express anger and hatred, seems almost bored with his performance, meandering along at a slow pace. Their conversations are only briefly in terrupted when Tony’s psychiatrist, Dr. Susskind (“Faithful” Director Paul Mazursky) calls to tell him not to kill this woman, because he is making such ‘great strides in his life.’ When Jack finally returns from his ‘trip’ and finds Margaret still alive, he begins to discuss with her the dead carcass his mar riage has been over the past two decades. They throw every problem they have ever had at each other. The audience also learns their company is in Margaret’s name only, therefore she has the upperhand. This is the only time in the film when the writing, acting and direction are superb and concise. But then Palminteri returns to wrap up the plot, and the audience is left again in utter boredom. The central problem of this film is that We Delivei! Express Sandwiches CHAPEL HILL, NC 111 pLjfafl I Ila JSBnSSBn 418 W. Franklin St Across from McDonald’s Miller explained his selection process: “I picked bands that I like, but since it is supposed to be a pop festival, I wanted to get as many shades of pop music as I could get, within the constraints of people that I knew I could get in touch with.” Friday’s line-up is: Gumption and Grover from Chapel Hill and Charming from Charlottesville, Va. Saturday’s line up is: Racecarfrom Wheaton, Md., Witch Hazel from Kent, Ohio and The Raymond Brake from Greensboro. Miller said, “Overall, I think it should be pretty interesting because all six bands sort of fall in the pop music format while sounding very different from one another. ” Miller, also the Academic Affairs Coor dinator in the Physics Department, said he hoped this festival would be a positive Cher stars as the not-quite-so-faithful Margaret O'Donnell in the boring and lifeless comedy, 'Faithful.' “Faithful” was obviously written for the theater. The screenplay stays too faithful to Palminteri’s stage play and traps the audi ence in the utter confiision of a slow-mov ing plot. Cher seems to have difficulty moving from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other. Her performance is credible, though there are times when her effort is obvious. Palminteri saves all the best lines for Thursday, April 11,1996 outlet for pop music in the Triangle. Since so-called “alternative country” bands are today’s local rage, Miller said there cur rently wasn't a large community of pop musicians, which could make it hard for clubs to book openers for pop shows. “I don’t think it's that the town ignores pop or doesn’t like pop, I think it’s that there aren’t that many pop bands from here, which can make it hard to get a show, ” he said. Miller said he hoped local music fans would come out and show support for his “poor little Pop Fools Festival." He said, “It’s a little daunting for me thinking about the bands coming in from D.C. and Ohio if Saturday was a washout. I would feel a little ignorant if they had to play to 15 people or something.” Bands are sched uled to start at 10:30 p.m., and cover is $5. himself; however all his lines are theatri cal, and he fails to present them in casual conversation. For better or worse, I would recom mend being faithful to oneself and not seeing this film. Cher should remain faithful to herself, avoid comedies and stay in dramas —and in tight, tight pants. Palminteri should not remain so faith ful to his stage plays and adapt them better for the screen. 11 i iti e i J 9 1 m mM BrajPffl §T f K . / P&] Betsey Johnson Cynthia Rowley Parallel BCBG 452 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill 933.4007 Mon-Sat 10-6 Sun 12-5 36,000 readers are here X 7
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