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DIVE "COMMENDS
“Timeline,” by Michael Crichton
A group of archaeological students
travel back to the 14th century to
rescue their professor in Michael
Crichton’s novel, risking their lives
and the history of France in the
process.
Richard Donner’s film version
doesn’t do Crichton’s words jus
tice. “Timeline” ensnares the mind
and won’t let it go until the very
last page.
The White Stripes, The White
Stripes The music was more raw,
Jack’s voice was even stranger, and
it was still commonly believed that
the Whites were siblings.
For a Stripes fan or for anyone
curious about the band, this debut
album is a must.
Tiny Ninja Theater Under the
direction of Dov Weinstein,
minute plastic figurines act out
Shakespearean drama with taste,
flair and hilarity.
When they appeared at
Durham’s Manbites Dog Theater
in December, Weinstein’s action
figures put on a moving produc
tion of Shakespeare’s classic
“Romeo and Juliet.”
The company is traveling the
world, inspiring all with its motto,
“There are no small parts, only
small actors.”
“The Princess Bride* Rob
Reiner’s 1987 cult classic takes
fairy tales to new heights of
humor.
Wallace Shawn steals the show
as Vizzini, a war-mongering crim
inal mastermind with an over
whelming affinity for the word
“inconceivable.” Featuring giants,
sword fights, to-the-death battles
and rodents of unusual size, this
film is a staple to any film affi
cionado’s video library.
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Jacket survives
lineup changes
BY PHILIP MCFEE
ASSISTANT ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Nowadays, fans want more.
With the recent suits filed
against Creed and limp Bizkit for
poor performances, it’s becoming
obvious that slack shows no longer
cut it.
On Jan. 21, My Morning Jacket
was in trouble. That morning, the
media reported that four-year
bandmates Johnny Quaid and
Danny Cash, the lead guitarist and
keyboard player, respectively, had
left the band.
The stage was set for disap
pointment, but rallying behind the
soaring voice of vocalist Jim James
and the band’s unchanging theatric
rock, My Morning Jacket drove
through negative expectations.
Uncharacteristically, for a Cat’s
Cradle show, the headliners had
one opening act, the elementary
rockers Dr. Dog, who had just dis
covered both sunglasses and har
mony, it seemed.
After Dr. Dog’s refreshingly
short set, My Morning Jacket took
the stage and ripped into the open
ing number, also the opener off
2003’s It Still Moves, “Mahgeetah.”
Only a second later, the band broke
off in mid-riff, a worrying sign.
A quick laugh from lead singer
Jim James and the band took it up
the strumming again, rolling
through three or four numbers
seamlessly hitting all peaks and
tearing through all the back-coun
try breakdowns.
Even with the band’s penchant
for dynamic marathon tracks, the
Diversions
CONCERTIEVIEW
MY MORNING JACKET
CAT'S CRADLE
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21
A AAA
★ ★★★
show seemed intimate. The light
ing never changed from a deep
red, and James crowded the
microphone, singing “Can you see
me?” as his hair covered his face
and the mic.
Hair was, coincidentally, the
only flaw of the two replacements,
guitarist Carl Broemel and key
board stand-in Bo Koster, who
kept the live chemistry despite a
definite lack of locks. Didn’t get
the memo.
Technical difficulties surfaced
several times, when a thundering,
low-frequency reverb caused
cringes in the crowd, but the band
played on, covering material all
the way back to its 1999 debut The
Tennessee Fire.
The set included “Phone Went
West,” a strange, infectious
Kentucky Reggae number, and the
spanning “One Big Holiday,” where
James and Broemel, over driving
percussion, turned it up to 11.
Even among powerful tracks,
softer numbers such as “I Will Sing
You Songs,” where James’ hands
twitched nervously while he sang,
and “Golden,” in the fragile
acoustic finale, reminded crowds
that although the band might be
undergoing personnel changes, the
foundation and emotion is
untouched.
Rock breeds in-band disputes,
but the fans and the music
remain.
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Cold Sides toy with recipe
BY KATIE SCHWING
STAFF WRITER
Cold Sides are like potato salad.
Not the most spectacular part of
the family picnic but welcomed and
well-liked and best appreciated in
the company of friends an old
standby that can give you a kick
once in while and change things up.
It’s not what you think of when
someone says “rock band.” But that’s
exactly what Cold Sides wants you
to appreciate, the unexpected, and
how it can be just as worthy as any
band using the same ol’ same ol’.
Going to see Cold Sides is not
necessarily about experiencing a
lot of hummable, toe-tapping
tunes, or any tunes, really. After
Sorry About Dresden finished its
poppier set, Cold Sides brought its
experimental flair to the forefront
The band’s specialty is, regard
less of the instrument, making
unconventional sounds. The num
bers obviously emphasized drum
mer Dave Cantwell’s skill; his
Pistols fire off fresh-faced country
BY JIM WALSH
STAFF WRITER
Fear not the honky. Fear not the
tonk.
Local alt-country rockers Two
Dollar Pistols revitalized the coun
try music show when they played
to a sold-out crowd at Go! Room 4
on Saturday night.
It was country music for those
who don’t like country music
and for those who do.
The Pistols are not a typical
country band.
With a healthy cache of fun
songs completely devoid of lyrics
about tractors and trailer parks,
they put on a remarkable live show
that any music fan could enjoy eas
ily.
Lead singer John Howie, dad in
dude ranch duds, commanded
CONCERTO EVIEW
COLD SIDES
GO! ROOM 4
FRIDAY, JAN. 23
★★★
quick-paced technical rhythms let
the other members switch things
up with various percussive parts.
It’s disappointing to hear that it
was Cantwell’s last show, because
he was the band’s focal point.
Changing drummers undoubtedly
will affect the fabric of the group.
While the band’s style lacks the
structure and melody of more pop
oriented groups, Cold Sides elicit
ed attention by using an array of
quirky instruments, ranging from
a melodica to a small gong.
Reminiscent of other post-any
thing groups, Cold Sides’ merit lies
not in how close it fits the ideal
mold, or even band members’ play
ing ability, but in the band’s search
for finding new ways to create new
CONCERTIIfiEW
TWO DOLLAR PISTOLS
GO! ROOM 4
SATURDAY, JAN. 24
★★★★
attention with his wry comments
and mellow demeanor. His gravel
ly voice, which only a lifetime of
cigarettes and Johnny Cash
albums could create, drifted
among the smoky comers at Go!
Rehearsal Studios.
Audience members, replete
with beer and a few cowboy hats,
responded to the group’s frenetic
stage antics in kind. Many danced
incessantly.
Along with hoots and hollers,
Two Dollar Pistols’ explosive har
monies encouraged slurred sing
alongs, especially when Howie
Cash back in the flesh covered
the legendary singer’s old fash
ioned country songs.
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sounds through instruments and
samples.
Coming up with a nice tune isn’t
enough. Feedback-heavy guitar
and chunky riffs are present in the
music, but are certainly not a focal
point. Sometimes it works well, but
often it needs a little something to
pull the vision together live. And
the vision had some drawbacks.
There were moments of cohe
sion, but it left the crowd a bit
unaffected. The Cold Sides’ style
simply didn’t “wow” the audience.
Repetitively pounding its merit
into your skull over the course of
the set, one can become lost. But
the audience doesn’t come to ana
lyze every note of the music, they
come to see a bunch of guys doing
something a little different.
In the family picnic that is the
Chapel Hill rock scene, fans eat up
Cold Sides quickly.
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One listener’s request for a tune
from the late Captain Kangaroo’s
show was denied, but the band
entertained most others.
Two Dollar Pistols were so good
they overshadowed the ineptitude
of the opening act, a boring
Southern country act that did
nothing more than perpetuate the
usual stereotypes.
Go! Studios, located off a dis
crete access road in Carrboro, has
been struggling to draw crowds
recently. If bands such as Two
Dollar Pistols, who earnestly rock
out for the crowds, continue to
play there, the venue shouldn’t
have any problems.
Two Dollar Pistols are well
known in Chapel Hill for good rea
son. The band’s live show is hard to
forget. Howie’s weathered voice is
one in a million.
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