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THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2004
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BY BECCA MOORE
STAFF WRITER
Everyone owns a few of them,
even if they won’t admit to it.
Self-loathing, angry at the world,
no-one-understands-my-pain-or
cares albums.
Although not always musically
sophisticated, they can be cathar
tically enjoyable and seem to fill a
much-desired niche for angry rock
consumers.
Enter Los Angeles-based,
Earshot, a band chock-full of
enough diluted testosterone and
self-loathing to please pissed-off
teenagers with low standards.
The band had a single, “Get
Away,” on their first album, Letting
Go, that made radio listeners perk
up and wonder if Maynard from
Tool had formed yet another side
project
The familiar croon instead
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Ford last coached in 2000 under
Bill Guthridge. While anassistant,
UNC went to six Final Fours and
won five ACC tournaments.
In the wake of Guthridge’s
retirement, newly-hired Matt
Doherty broke Carolina tradition
and brought over his entire staff
from Notre Dame. When current
head coach Roy Williams was hired
in March 2003, he brought along
his staff from Kansas.
“This is a great opportunity for
Phil,” Williams said in a statement.
“I will miss him personally, as he
was a phenomenal help in my first
year back at North Carolina.”
The 1978 National Player of
the Year won't begin his duties
• as Detroit’s assistant coach until
late August, but his hiring might
persuade unrestricted free agent
Rasheed Wallace, whom Ford
coached for two seasons at UNC,
to re-sign with the Pistons.
“I will be trying as hard as I
can, but I understand this is a lot
different than college,” Ford said.
“(Rasheed) has to make decisions
based on what’s best for his family.”
Though he's unsure of what to
expect from the NBA, reuniting
with his Carolina coaches ultimate
ly proved too tempting to resist.
"I've turned down many oppor
tunities to coach before," he said. "I
couldn't pass this one up."
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belonged to a Wil Martin, lead
guitar, songwriter and vocalist for
Earshot.
Simplicity is really at the heart
of the group’s second studio
release, effortlessly entitled Two.
On it, Earshot explores a variety
of angst-soaked topics: being “for
ever alone,” contemplating suicide
and daydreaming about killing an
offending ex-lover.
Martin has been blessed with
a strong and wide-ranging voice,
but his lyrics are far from poignant
or subtle, as he’s often bluntly
railing against the pain inside his
head and heart. He doesn’t seem
to be having a very good year, and
he’d rather shout and let it all out
instead of cry.
On Two, Earshot have perfected
the technique of having each song,
each hook and each verse sound
exactly the same, while raging
POLITICS
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Johnson, communications director
for the N.C. Democratic Party.
But the historical balance in
state elections is offset by Tar
Heels’ record in national races.
The state has voted Republican in
every presidential election since
picking Democrat Jimmy Carter
in 1976.
Thad Beyle, professor of political
science at UNC-Chapel Hill, said the
civil rights and women’s movements
initiated the Democratic exodus.
“The real break came during the
19605,” he said. “A lot of the con
servative Democrats moved away
from the Democratic ticket.”
But given Edwards’ home-field
advantage, it might appear he
holds the key to the state’s hearts
and ballots this time. His candida
cy is certainly bringing attention,
from both parties, to the state.
Already, Democrats and
Republicans have poured resourc
es into statewide advertisements
and personal appearances.
Bush has made appearances
that include a fund-raising dinner
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take the helm of the University of
Califomia-San Diego on Aug. 16.
Fox will earn $350,000 at
UCSD, a raise of more than
SIOO,OOO from her salary at N.C.
State. Her departure left some at
the university and in the system as
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on about how tough life can ulti
mately be.
The tuning on the guitars
sounds as if it’s rarely changed
throughout the album, and the
band is fond of culminating verses
with the same roaring guitars and
overwhelming drums.
As if that wasn’t enough, the
glaring lack of distinct underly
ing melodies cause the majority
of tracks to blend together. It’s
enough to capture the attention for
a track or two, but to not to hold it
for a forty-five minute album.
The one exception to the relent
less-guitar format is the ballad
esque track, “Should’ve Been
in Raleigh last week, while Kerry
and Edwards stopped at N.C.
State University on Saturday after
a celebratory tour that crossed the
nation. “I think the interesting
thing about the Edwards pick is:
It forces Bush to spend some more
money there,” Schaller said.
And both parties have launched
major advertising campaigns in
North Carolina unheard of for
presidential candidates in the last
20 years.
But despite the positive buzz
and attention Edwards is drawing,
skeptics abound as to whether he
can carry his own state.
Lindsay Taylor, spokeswom
an for the Republican National
Committee, said it is unlikely the
state will see a change in its voting
habits come November.
“I don’t think that John Edwards
is any more likely to carry his home
state than A1 Gore was in 2000,”
she said. Gore lost Tennessee, his
home state, to Bush.
To buttress her claims, Taylor
cited North Carolina’s conservative
ideals, which she said run contrary
to Kerry and Edwards’ views.
The two were ranked the No. 1
a whole worried that other schools
will lure away top officials.
But Amanda Devore, presi
dent of the system’s Association
of Student Governments and an
ex officio BOG member, said after
Friday’s meeting that the board
made the right decision. “I was
very pleased that that policy was
reaffirmed,” Devore said.
The vote reflected the recom
mendation of the board’s Personnel
and Tenure Committee, which met
June 8.
At that meeting, panel members
considered the plight of Michael
Adams, president of the University
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There.” It’s here that the band
finally turns down the amps and
softly strums along as Martin
apologizes for not supporting a
loved one, “Should’ve been there
to be with you/ After all that we’ve
been through.”
In “Fall Apart,” a track dedicat
ed to soul-searching and grappling
to just hold it all together, Martin
screams, “I just wanna feel like I
belong.”
With their play list-friendly,
unoffending brand of rock, the
boys of Earshot can count on
being embraced by music con
glomerates keen on marketable
guys who are angry (but not too
threatening) and who will be sure
to sell records to their incessantly
frustrated peers.
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and No. 4 most liberal members
of the Senate by the nonpartisan
National Journal. A USA Today-
CNN-Gallup poll held after Kerry’s
announcement demonstrates early
agreement with Taylor’s claims
that Edwards’ popularity is far
from absolute.
Bush and Vice President Dick
Cheney lead Kerry and Edwards
among likely voters in the state, 54
percent to 39 percent. “I think they
recognize that (Edwards’) ideals
and his voting record are outside
the mainstream,” Taylor said.
All this attention might bring
Edwards more N.C. votes, but
Schaller said he also doesn't think
it will be enough. “Maybe Edwards
cuts Bush’s margin in half, but it
doesn’t count. You have to win the
Electoral College in the state.”
Reid Dickens, spokesman for
the Bush-Cheney campaign, said
he expects voters to stick to their
guns and ignore Edwards’ charm.
“We are just expecting North
Carolina voters to put the Southern
accent on mute,” he said.
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of Georgia. Adams, who receives
part of his pay from the university’s
private fund-raising foundation,
caused a major rift when he fired
a popular athletic director.
Despite the blessing Adams
received from the University
System of Georgia’s chancellor,
many foundation members called
for his dismissal —a situation,
board members don't want to see.
“You lose track of who the chan
cellors work for if you pay them
with private funds,” Devore said.
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‘Arthur’ quest a
mythic muddle
BY JENNIFER SAMUELS
SENIOR WRITER
“King Arthur” has all the char
acteristics of a typical summer
blockbuster.
There’s a chick in leather, cool
fight scenes and a hero who broods
all the time about fulfilling his
duties.
What “King Arthur” doesn’t
have —and what will likely cause
it to be overshadowed by such fare
as “Spider-Man 2” is a strong
sense of purpose.
The film struggles with its epic
aspirations, trying to hold its own
on the battlefield while remaining,
at its core, a story about the rela
tionship between seven men.
Most people already are famil
iar with the legend of King Arthur
and his knights. Here, Arthur
(Clive Owen) is a half-Roman,
half-British soldier charged with
leading a group of knights for 15
years.
On the eve of their release, a
smarmy bishop charges the group
with one last mission to res
cue a favored godson of the pope
in exchange for freedom. The
men, particularly Lancelot (loan
Grufludd), are hesitant to under
take this mission due to the immi
nent threat of invading Saxons.
Throw in the Woads, a multi
accented tribe of native Britons
who favor blue war paint, and it’s
understandable why they're afraid
of not making it home alive.
Fortunately, director Antoine
Fuqua chose substance over star
dom when making his casting
decisions. The fabled Round Table
encourages equality, and having
someone like Brad Pitt or Russell
Crowe as the lead would have
sucked attention away from the
interplay between the characters.
Instead, Fuqua decided on a
EDWARDS
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us stories about how they have to
unbolt the equipment and put it in
crates and send it to China. Some
of them even have to train their
own replacements,” Kerry said.
The attention came amid spec
ulation that Edwards’ addition to
the newly formed ticket might put
North Carolina and its 15 electoral
votes up for grabs.
The state has not been won
by a Democrat since 1976, when
Georgian Jimmy Carter performed
the feat —and getting Bush out of
office was a popular theme.
Kerry energized the crowd by
asking it ifhe could borrow Edwards
for four years. It responded by
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“I think most people believe
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governmental affairs.
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strong group of European actors
whose anonymity to American
audiences is a strength.
With the exception of Keira
Knightley, whose cleavage in
“Pirates of the Caribbean” launched
thousands of teenage boys into
manhood, these actors are best
known for small European films.
This pedigree makes the cheesy
parts of “King Arthur” seem much
worse. At times, the film comes off
like a bad Renaissance fair, with
over-the-top costumes, absurdly
perfect hair and jolly music.
“King Arthur” does have a few
innovative moments, a highlight of
which is an intricate battle on an
ice-covered lake. The scene even
lends the film its best line, in which
Guinevere (Knightley) promises to
protect Lancelot from the hordes
of lonely Saxon men.
But one fleeting moment of cre
ativity isn’t enough to save “King
Arthur.”
The climactic battle offers little
in the way of originality. The two
sides clash and die. It happened in
“The Alamo,” it happened in “Toy,”
and it’s no different here.
Tims out, it leaves the audience
wondering why Fuqua didn’t pur
sue the relationships between the
men further. In the end, it’s not the
battles but the image of seven soli
tary men that stands out.
It’s emblematic of what the
movie could have been had Fuqua
taken more risks and furthered
himself from the summer movie
battlefield.
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chanting, “Eight, eight” to which
Kerry asked, “How about 16?”
Ultimately, many at the rally
see Edwards, the charismatic son
of a Robbins, N.C., mill worker,
as the key factor who will propel
Democrats into the White House.
Mildred Spivey, a lifelong
Democrat from Carthage, said she
thinks Edwards’ personable skills
coupled with his hometown roots
will pull voters away from Bush.
“I think young voters will vote
for Edwards,” she said.
“The young people will fall in
love with him. Edwards will be
the power behind the Democratic
Party.”
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Fleming said adding that any
further delays could prompt the
top trio of legislators to take things
into their own hands.
“We’re at the point in the pro
cess where the two co-speakers
and Senator Basnight are going
to have to sit down and make the
decisions so the legislature can fin
ish their work and go home.”
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