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8 Thursday, March 30, 2000 Arts 6 Entertainment Calendar MUSIC Cat’s Cradle. 300 E Main St, Canboro. 9079053. Go! Rehearsals Room 4.100 Brewer Lane, Canboro. 969-1400. Local 506. 506 W. Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 942-5506. Skylight Exchange. 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St, Chapel Hill. 933-5550. Thursday, March 30 ■ Derek Trucks Band and Susan Tedeschi Band at Cat’s Cradle. Friday, March 31 ■ Blue Rags at Cat's Cradle. ■ Judy Woodall’s Mule Train at Skylight Exchange. ■ Dub Assassin at Local 506. Saturday, April 1 ■ Superdrag, Mayflies USA, and Rodeo Boy at Cat’s Cradle. ■ Anna to the Infinite Power at Go! ■ A Fool’s Night Out at Skylight Exchange. Sunday, April 2 ■ Ex-Husbands, Dirtball at Local 506. Monday, April 3 ■ Regatta 69 at Local 506. ■ Open Mic Night at Skylight Exchange. Household Hazardous , Waste Collection Igitex Paint Sat. April 1 ,9a.m. to 3p.m. Orange Regional Landfill other landfill services close at noon For tips on alternatives to household hazardous materials, please call: amk ORANGE COMMUNITY RECYCLING 968-2788 You'll Always Have Something To Wear t TTie Allure S9O Raleigh s World-Class Outdoor Music Center! ON SALE TOMORROW AT 10 AM! ON SALE SATURDAY AT 10 AM! LIVE INCONCERT |§§ < - ... SATURDAY APRIL 29 SUNDAY JUNE 11 ON SALE SATURDAY AT NOON! TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE! * e t *; x ‘r.b; H:vr . -£ >v.; ? t* .' * . •**' • ' 4 C nil,, ~ * autumn* ’ ••. •..*. J • v b macy -ay FRIDAY JUNE 30 JULY 25 Park Up front! Preferred Parking now available lor advance purchase on all shows at Ticketmaster Outlets! ® IVWTOJT Tuesday, April 4 ■ Snake Oil Medicine Show at Cat’s Cradle. Wednesday, April 5 ■ Robbie Fulks at Go!. ■ Koonda Holaa & the Beetchees w/The Crowflies at Local 506. ■ Open Mic Night at Skylight Exchange. ART ■ “Impulse and Balance.” Art Quilts by- Sue Versenyi and Pottery by Ferris Chandler. April 2 to April 26. Chapel Hill Preservation Society, The Horace Williams House, 610 East Rosemary Street. 942-7818. THEATER ■ “Pericles.” Through Friday. Swain Hall Studio Six. Company Carolina. 942-7912. FILM ■ “Monty Python: Meaning of Life." 9:30 p.m. March 31, April 1. Carolina Union Auditorium. ■ “UHF.” 7:30 p.m. March 31. April 1. Carolina Union Auditorium. ■ “Affliction” 7 p.m. April 2. 9:30 p.m. April 3. Carolina Union Auditorium. ■ “Sweet Hereafter.” 9:30 p.m. April 2, 7 p.m. April 3. Carolina Union Auditorium. PLAN AHEAD ■ Widespread Panic. April 29. Alltel Pavillion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh. 831-6666. ■ Barry Manilow March 31. Independence Arena, Charlotte. (704) 522-6500. ■ Korn. April 15. Greensboro Coliseum. (336) 852-1100. A collection of basic black dresses No wardrobe is complete without one How will you wear yours? Find us on the web also at www.blackdresses.com or call toll free 1-877-lbd-togo Use Discount Code UNC for 5% off during checkout FREE SHIPPING FREE SHIPPING DIVERSIONS Etc. Lousy Lyrics, Overpolished Sound Sink Album By Matt Mansfield Staff Writer Robert Bradley spent many years as a wandering street guitarist peddling for change in front of countless Kmarts. Now, 50 years old and blind, his life experiences have given him ||| CD REVIEW enough wis dom to lead a Robert Bradley s band. Biackwater Surprise His soulful, Time to Discover deep voice, gg gg which has been W V enhanced by years of smoking menthols, sounds like a cross between the guttural Barry 'Ghost Dog' Fades Into Failure With Foggy Plot By Allison Rost Staff Writer In “Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai,” the title refers to a professional assassin, not a phantom canine. But I’m not sure 1 could explain much else in this truly bizarre film. 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But the rest of the band is not groovy, man. The easy-sounding guitar attempts to echo Bradley’s voice, but it sounds poppy and too polished, like it was over produced in the studio. Someone casually listening to Time to Discover would not be laughed at if they asked their friends if the guitar twanging was the sound of the Allman Brothers. Rather, the friend would reply, “I don’t know, man. Maybe.” Unfortunately, all of the songs sound gangster who saved his life. He lives on a roof, communicates with his patron by carrier pigeon and can’t understand his one friend because they speak different languages. Strange enough for you yet? The shaky plot stems from a failed hit. A man’s mistress witnesses his mur der, and the victim’s gangster compatri ots demand Ghost Dog’s head. Their pursuit consumes the rest of the movie. The film is sluggish at times. Ghost Dog’s somber assassination attempts, as he drives around listening to music for what seems like 10 minutes, are juxta posed with scenes of goofy gangsters. the same. Only the first song on the album, “Higher,” stands out uniquely because it features rapping by Kid Rock. But even this song has little to offer musically besides a gimmicky endorse ment. Otherwise, the songs all have an overpolished guitar sound with Bradley’s voice as the only instrument saving the band from total unimpres siveness. However, though Bradley’s voice may strike listeners as powerfully as a hammer, his lyrics buzz around the lis tener like an irritating and unimportant fly. His simple truths are trite and do not excite any feelings. In “Take Love and Receive It” Another problem is the Samurai act. Forrest Whitaker does his best to look convincing as he waves a gun around like a sword, but he is so much better suited to nice-guy roles like his in “Phenomenon” that he looks ridiculous. An attempt is made to establish a par allel between the relationship Ghost Dog has with his patron and the samu rai-mentor relationship. Without any explanation behind Ghost Dog’s fasci nation w ith samurai, however, any reso nance this revelation could have falls flat. And interesting themes of Ghost Dog’s detachment from society aren’t tEhr Daily (Ear MM Bradley tries to sing the blues and wax poetic on life’s hardships. He sings, “War keeps going on/ I stood on the rock to rise above the storm/ So much love crying out the years/ Forget all the heartaches and so many tears.” His lyrics touch on themes so broad that it is hard to sympathize with his attempt to move the listener with personal experi ence. When listening to Time to Discover you’ll realize that Bradley has seen the world, but might decide that he needs a different interpretation of it, or to expe riencc it all over again. The Arts & Entertainment Editor can be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu. developed into anything powerful. The tone of the movie is similarly confusing. It runs the gamut from dark ly comic to surreal. The gangsters watch violent cartoons and sing rap songs, but this occurs so often that my friend asked, “Is this supposed to be a comedy?” This movie strives to imitate “Being John Malkovich,” which wove weird ness and dark comedy into a powerful message. Instead, “Ghost Dog” goes so overboard that it becomes a farce. The Arts & Entertainment Editor can be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu.
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