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Thursday, January 20, 2000
Arts &
Entertainment
Calendar
MUSIC
The Arts Center. 300-G E. Main St, Carrboro. 92!F
2787
Cat's Cradle. 300 L Main St, Carrboro. 9679053.
Go! Studios Room 4. 100 Brewer Lane, Carrboro.
969-1400.
Local 506. 506 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill.
942*5506.
Skvlight Exchange. 405 1/2 YV. Rosemary St.,
Chapel Hill. 933-5550.
Thursday, Jan. 20
■ Hird Thursday Swing featuring the
Gregg Gelb Swing Band at The Arts Center,
Carrboro.
■ Mandorico at Cat’s Cradle.
■ Amish Jihad w/ Kuatto at Go! Studios.
Friday, Jan. 21
■ Butch Thompson at The Arts Center,
Carrboro.
■ Duel of the Iron Mies Freestyle Hip
Hop Contest at Cat’s Cradle.
■ Sam Hensley at The Coffee Mill Roasters.
■ John Svara w/ Nikki meets the
Hibachi, Andy Kuncl and Rubeo at
Go! Studios.
■ The Carbines at Loral 50t>
Saturday, Jan. 22
■ The Reverend Billy C. Wirtz at The
Arts Center, Carrboro.
■ Cravin’ Melon w/ Agents of Good
Roots at Cat’s Cradle
■ Fresh Squeezed at The Coffee Mill
Roastery.
■ Half Japanese w/ Clok-I.ok at Go!
Studios.
■ The Woggles at Local 506.
Monday, Jan. 24
■ Droplock Murphys, Tommy and the
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Punk old-timers The Business, with two decades and five albums under
the group's belt, will make a stop at Cat’s Cradle on Wednesday.
Terrors, Hudson Falcons and Foe to Toe a
Cat's Cradle.
Tuesday, Jan. 25
■ Funky Meters at Cat's Cradle.
Wednesday, Jan. 26
■ The Business w/ Beer Zone at Cat’s
Cradle.
■ Tri Tone Records 7" Release show
w/ The White Octave, Sorry About
Dresden and The Three Stigmata at
Go! Studios.
■ Bobby McFerrin at Memorial Hall, t \C
campus.
ART
■ Dorothy Gillespie. Jan. 2.1 lo I cT>. lit.
DIVERSIONS Etc.
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill. 968 8868.
■ “Boldly Stated: Contemporary Art From
the Collection of Tom and Charlotte
Newby.” T hrough Feb. 27. North Carolina
Museum ofAAl,i l, Raleigh. 839-6262.
■ “Pastels Only: The Art of Herbert
Slapo.” T hrough Feb. I The Arts Center,
Carrboro.
■ “From the Molecular to the Galactic:
The Art of Max Ernst and Alfonso
Ossorio.” Jan 23 to March 2(i. Arkland Art
Museum, UNC campus. 962 20111.
THEATER
■ “Zoo Story” and "Mourning the
Marigolds." Curtain Up!. Jan. 21 to Jan. 22.
T he Arts Center, Cnn boro. 029 2787.
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Game Shows Hold Biggest Y2K Boom
I would like to be the first UNC stu
dent to actively proclaim my newly
discovered (and perfectly normal)
love for the best genre of television
show to hit the tube since Fraggle
Rock.
The year 2000 bug hath wrought the
new est game-show boom, and besides
the possibility of a late apocalypse
enacted by Microsoft, everything else
on Karth is perfectly kool and the gang.
In fact, the scariest occurrence in
American life the day of Jan. 1, 2000
w as the reality that our computers still
worked, gasoline was still outrageously
expensive, and Britney Spears (con
trary to reports by every male on cam
pus) was not and would not ever be
taking a class next to me at UNC.
Although the Backstreet Boys might
have the audacity to proclaim them
selves the “kings of entertainment” in
the grand year of 100!), that magnifi
cent title would instead best be
bestowed upon Mr. Kathie Lee him
self, Regis l’hilbin.
Old Rege has suddenly become the
“man of the moment” w ith his hosting
duties on the biggest inquisitively titled
show to hit the airwaves since
Nickelodeon canceled “Are You Afraid
of the Dark?”
“Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”
Obviously , a lot of insanely book
smart but devoid-of common-sense
people. The latest casualty was the
$. r >oo,ooo winner who used his first
precious lifeline to decipher this brain
busting blank: Duck, Duck,
Excuse me Mr.,Smarts Pants, but what
the ?%s#%?
So while everyone in the Central
JUSTIN WINTERS
SUBTLE SARCASM
Time Zone of the U.S. was celebrating
New Year’s, I was toasting with my
homies in the Big Easy and thinking of
the fastest way to cash in on the new
game-show phenomenon.
I came up with a few ideas, in no
particular order.
■ Who Wants to be a Jillionaire?
The fantastically chipper Kathie Lee
would host the WB network’s answer
to her morning show coffee cohort’s
prime-time hit. With slight differences,
contestants would have to phone a
friend collect (using 1-800-COLLECT
of course) with a 50-50 chance of the
family member on the other end
accepting the charges.
The luckiest ones to reach the final
jackpot would then be informed that a
jillion dollars is just a made-up num
ber, leaving them with the choice of a
date with Kathie Lee or a free colon
cleansing conducted by her husband
Frank “And Beans” Gifford.
■ Being Josh Fennell. Based
loosely on the successful film “Being
John Malkovich,” this new game show
would allow contestants to enter the
body of the former DTH columnist
through a portal located in the sixth
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floor of Davis Library. Once inside
each contestant would have the task of
surviving 10 minutes each without get
ting their collective asses kicked side
ways by big fraternity guys posing as
American Gladiators in the Pit.
■ Chapel Hill Squares. Screw
Hollywood! The Hill has more stars
than California will ever find for a
game show. Hosted by the most ami
able superstar to ever come out of
Chapel Hill, Serge Zwikker, Squares
would have a rotating array of Hillians
ranging from Carl Torbush and Julius
Peppers to Nic Heinke and BOLO. Of
course, the Pit Preacher himself would
always occupy the coveted center
square.
■ The Real World: Franklin
Street OK, it is not technically a
game show, but it would give the town
some dynamite exposure if wedged
between reruns of MTV’s “TRL” and
“Say What Karaoke.” Stick one of the
guys from Time-Out Restaurant, a
calm chica from Starbucks Coffee, a
buff bouncer from Players, a swingin'
gal from University Massage and one
of the 35 Chinese Restaurant employ
ees in a Warehouse apartment, and
watch the ratings skyrocket.
OK, maybe I am delusional and
dreaming a bit. But, next to having
Britney Spears as a lab partner in my
chemistry class, devising anew game
show that will make me millions of
dollars to combat the next tuition
increase is the only answer.
And, yes, it is my final answer.
Justin Winters can be reached at
jwinters@email.unc.edu.