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Thursday, November 11, 1999
MUSIC
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looked down upon so much.”
John Covach, a UNC associate pro
fessor of music, said cross-marketing
might no longer bear such a negative
connotation because today’s musicians
have a different conception of “selling
out” than their '6os predecessors did.
UNC journalism professor John
Sweeney said there has been a shift in
the relationship between artists and
advertisers. “A few years ago there was
a much stronger wall between things
that were commercial and entertain
ment,” he said. “Now that wall has been
broken down.”
MTV might have been a large force
that helped to break the wall down,
Covach said, helping to make the dis
tinction between advertisement and
artistic expression much more vague.
The recent explosion of cross-mar
keting has made the two almost inter
changeable, Covach said.
“When your music is the soundtrack
to your video, it’s only a small step to
make your music the soundtrack to
someone else’s video.”
The Arts & Entertainment Editor can
be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu.
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Van Halen is sans-singer once again
as former Extreme frontman Gary
Cherone recently stepped down as the
voice of Van Halen. The success, or lack
thereof, of Van Halen 111, the only album
Cherone performed with the group,
may have been a factor.
Although the split is said to have
been “without rancor,” one has to won
der if “more than words” can show how
Cherone feels.
Here tory
Women, join hands and rejoice. Your
day has finally come.
Rhino has released a five-CD box-set
entitled R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A Century of
Women in Music, a collection of 114
songs spanning 1909 to 1998 that chron
icles the long w r ay female artists have
come in the music business.
Featured artists run the gamut from
Sophie Tucker to Janis Joplin, Ethel
Merman to Tori Amos.
DIVERSIONS Etc
The set is said to celebrate “The Year
of the Woman."
It sounds like an iiber-Lilith Festival.
But whether you’re exercising your
right to vote, burning your bras or
smashing those glass elevators, Rhino
wants R-E-S-P-E-C-T to be your sound
track.
A Very Jiggy Millennium
Will Smith will host a multimillion
dollar, three-day New Year’s Eve cele
bration on the National Mall in
Washington, D.C., billed as "America’s
Millennium.”
The artist formerly known as Prince
of a town called Bel-Air will join a star
studded lineup of musicians for the cel
ebration, which is free and open to the
public.
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
said of the event, “Just imagine, for a
moment, the music or our century rock
ing and rolling, swinging and soaring.”
But she didn’t inhale ...
Evening Wood
Purveyors of jazz-funk-rock fusion
Medeski Martin & Wood will deliver
their unique brand of genre-defying
jams to The Ritz in Raleigh on
Wednesday.
The groove-minded organ trio is
bringing along with special guest DJ
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The show starts at 8 p.m.; tickets are
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fans to jazz buffs should be able to find
a reason to get out on the floor and
shake their booty.
Throw These Countries a Bono
U 2 lead singer Bono joined a num
ber of politicians and religious leaders
last Thursday in urging the U.S.
Congress to approve a $1 billion pro
posal to wipe out the debt owed to the
United States by impoverished coun
tries.
Said the activist-singer, “It is immoral
to have a farmer in Chad service debts
to the richest countries in the world
rather than feed his starving children.”
When Greenfest Isn't Enough
The 12th Annual High Times
Cannabis Cup, “the world champi
onship of marijuana,” is set to take place
in (where else?) Amsterdam from Nov.
21 to Nov. 25, featuring performers rep
resenting “entertainment for the mari
juana millennium” like the
Kottonmouth Kings. As always, the
Cannabis Cup Band will be in atten
dance to play “cannabis classics.”
This year’s theme is “The Beat
Generation;” guests include various
counter-culture luminaires. Seminars, a
hemp fashion show and a Cannabis
Products Expo round out the event -a
must for any cannabis conoisseur.
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“The Bachelor" gives an old genre a
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brides and an eccentric supporting cast
combine to make this film more screw
ball than most romantic comedies.
“The Bachelor” lacks character
development but makes up for what it
lacks with unexpected humor.
Chris O’Donnell stars as Jimmie
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day, which is only one day away. The
rest of the film follows Jimmie and his
friends as they try to get his girlfriend,
Anne (Renee Zellweger), or one of a
bevy of former flames to marry him.
Part of this film’s appeal is the “Ally
Mcßeal”-ish scenes that show Jimmie’s
friends literally being roped into mar
riage by a lasso. These scenes reflect
inventiveness and wit rarely seen in tra
ditional romantic comedies.
Most of the characters are stereo
types, but these over-the-top perfor
mances give the film much of its humor.
“The Bachelor” never pretends to offer
deep meaning, so it gets away with glaz
ing over the characters’ motivations.
Brooke Shields’ chain-smoking
heiress to a waning fortune and Sarah
Silverman’s feminist college student
provide two of the funniest scenes in the
film. With lines like, “I don’t give a
damn about your vagina -1 just want to
marry you,” “The Bachelor” is clearly
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Chris O'Donnell takes the
title role in "The Bachelor."
not a typical date movie.
O’Donnell shows more spark in this
film than in previous debacles like “The
Chamber.” In fact, this film may be his
best chance to move from has-been to
hot star. He certainly has the looks and
charm to compete with the likes of Matt
Damon and Ben Affleck.
As in “Jerry McGuire,” Zellweger is
cute and vulnerable. Artie Lange, Ed
Asner and Hal Holbrook round out the
quirky and amusing supporting cast.
Overall, the boy-meets-girl, boy
chases-girl plot is predictable. But the
way the film progresses makes it sur
prisingly entertaining. Despite its lack of
depth , “The Bachelor” succeeds by
offering a refreshing change of pace.
The Arts & Entertainment Editor can
be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu.