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8 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2004 DIVE COMMENDS ■ “The Emperor’s New Groove” The hilarious tale of a preten tious emperor-turned-llama, Kuzco, (voiced by David Spade), this animated Disney flick isn’t just for kids. The film is complete with ridic ulous characters, including the emperor’s decrepit and conniv ing advisor, Yzma, who is “scary beyond all reason,” and her young assistant, Kronk, who seems to be a combination of Fabio and Martha Stewart —but don’t insult his spin ach puffs. Between Spade’s llama imper sonations and John Goodman as a humble and kind-hearted peas ant, this film is as endearing as it is side-splitting. ■ Cheesv power ballads ofthe’Bos Whether you are suffering from a rough breakup or are head over heels in love, you can’t go wrong with these timeless classics. Hits like “I Want to Know What Love Is” by Foreigner and Bonnie Tyler's “Total Eclipse of the Heart” tell of people hoping for luck in the crazy game of love. They are infused with enough passion, melodrama and flat-out cheese to turn any skeptic into a full-fledged romantic. As the synthesized music gets louder and the singers wail about love, you can truly feel the emo tional intensity. If you’re looking for an ode to sing to your sweet heart, try “When I See You Smile” by Bad English. Whether you find these tunes touching or way too theatrical, there is room for laughter and enjoyment in these electrifying hits. ■ “The Secret life of Bees,” Sue Monk Kidd This heart-warming novel tells the story of Lily Owen, a child growing up in the 19605. At the age of 14, she escapes the house of her oppressive and abusive father with her nanny, Rosaleen. She and Rosaleen find a place to stay with three female beekeepers, and their new life begins. Lily, a young white girl, finds the family she never had in the home of these three black sisters, named May, June and August. The novel highlights racial relations and con flict as it tells of Lily’s interaction with these loving and crazy old women. But don’t be deterred if it sounds too heavy. The novel balances its drama with comedy as the kooky women teach Lily the art of keep ing bees, making this book sweet as honey. Contact Leah Konen at konen@email.unc.edu. -0 3 cUfkyai 35 Chinese has the best variety of Chinese food around. You can choose from over 50 items on our Super Buffet or order from the extensive menu. Lunch 11 am-2:3opm Jkjbj Friday/Saturday Dinner 4:3opm-1 Opm Sunday-Thursday Dinner 4:3opm-9:3opm LOW FAT • NO MSG 143 W. Franklin Street • Chapel Hill 919.968.3488 • www.citysearch.com/rdu/35 • fax 919.968.0268 FUli EXCITING AND EXHILARATING NOW QUALIFIES AS A JOB DESCRIPTION. Bright? Outgoing? Energetic? Perfect. How about using your talents to help spread the word about Red Bull? We’re looking for personable and highly motivated people to join the Chapel Hill Red Bull Mobile Energy Team. Your part-time job will be to hit the streets delivering energy wherever it’s needed. At work, at school, at the gym, on the road, you’ll go anywhere and everywhere in search of people who might be tired and in need of energy. A couple of rules. You should be at least 18, have a good driving record and be able to work flexible hours, including weekends and the occasional evening. Bilingual would be a plus, but most importantly you should be charming and motivated. If this sounds like fun, you can download an application at www.recruit.redbullmet.com. Red Bull ENERGY DRINK Eclectic collective enlivens crowd WXYC celebration boasts varied acts BY JACKY BRAMMER STAFF WRITER Behind some vintage Groucho Marx shades, Billy Sugarfix took the stage as host to kick offWXYC’s 10th anniversary show Saturday night at the Local 506. The University’s student-run radio station organized the talents of local acts eNtet, The Moaners, Spectac and Jett Rink to commem orate its 10 years of Internet radio broadcasting. While Sugarfix’s disguise motif was mildly amusing at first, it soon became tired as he took on personas ranging from Santa Claus to one of his surviving relatives from the Hatfield-McCoy rivalry. But his amateur-hour attempts Ebullient Ditty Bops try hand at twee pop tunes BY TOM PREVITE STAFF WRITER In the jaded and cynical world in which you’ve wrapped yourself, The Ditty Bops want to be your ray of hope. The Ditty Bops’ saccharine sweet self-titled debut album isn’t for those who like their music without some sugar. Those people will die from an overdose, because the band’s music is the equivalent of a syrupy syringe to the heart. But for those of you willing to open up and let a little sun shine in, you could find yourself warming up quickly to the upbeat female duo. Like overgrown children, Abby Dewald and Amanda Barrett trot through their twee pop album with nary a care. The opening “Walk or Ride” is a toe-tapping tune that tells of the good, simple things in life: “With just one kiss you could change the world/It might not be much better but it certainly couldn’t hurt.” The surprising degree of inno cence portrayed by both the band’s lyrics and sonic qualities makes one wonder how the group Diversions at comedy were few, and the music soon took center stage. eNtet was the first band of the evening, and with the appearance of a saxophone and stirring sounds of melodious runs, hopes were high. But for those looking for classic jazz, things soon went downhill. The band quickly dove headfirst into clunky free jazz. Now, good free jazz still has significant drawbacks because of the genre, but this music would numb Ornette Coleman kind of like elevator music in slow motion. In the middle of these barrages of incessant noise, minor players received solos, perhaps as a payoff to guarantee future membership in the band. MDSICIIVIEW THE DITTY BOPS THE DITTY BOPS ickick could avoid being discarded as an irrelevant novelty act, a duo best suited to create children’s albums. The music itself is a fairly bub bly collection of songs featuring an eclectic yet complementary mix of jazz, pop and country. If you were simply listening to the album’s harmless melodies, you’d have a hard time decid ing what exactly The Ditty Bops wanted to be. But it’s the strength of their vocals that defines who The Ditty Bops are and why a major label such as Warner Brothers would want to sign them. This duo is one in a million. The pair harmonizes beauti fully, drawing from a Simon and Garfunkel-like musical instinct. Their voices weave together with grace, creating an intoxicating, enticing aural effect that’s hard to resist. 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For Credit Card orders CALL 919-967-9053 www.catscradle.com To be fair, if someone really lis tened for a message beneath the obtrusive exterior, he could find one. But you could do the same thing looking at television static for 20 minutes or listening to the rhythm of a washing machine’s dry cycles. The crowd and the mood picked up when the second band, The Moaners, took the stage. With only two female members, one could feel the approach of overly feminized teen-angst punk rock. Once they started playing, though, all preconceptions were set aside. The dance-inducing drum cadence nicely complemented the guitarist’s wailing riffs. When the group combined those sounds with a moaning harmonica, it managed to create dreamy rock with a crisp, bluesy edge. And in a particularly impressive |j| Thi 0? f jj| v . g m ßk P ’ mood. 1 Granted, the overly cheer ful theme of The Ditty Bops will likely hide the group from a main stream market saturated with nu punk, pop-rock and rap. A group with this obvious degree of high-caliber vocal tal ent begs for a second album, something with a greater sense of maturity that can draw a larger audience. Judging from the album cover’s childish art, though, that might be a stretch. For now, The Ditty Bops are happy to be the spokeswomen for the creation of anew genre: children’s albums for adults. Contact the AOE Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. Inconsistency slays label showcase BEN PITTARD STAFF WRITER I wish the milkman would deliver more milk in the morning. Avant indie-poppers Deerhoof came to Local 506 on Sunday in support of their latest LP, Milkman, on Kill Rock Stars’ experimental Abercrombie & Fitch Cover Model www.Aibertreed.net Look for the A&F video link: > biography > timeline VAGINA MONOLOGUES AUDITIONS November 12-13th Sign-up in Student Union Resource Hub Contact hartmaas-fe email.unc edu for more information. CONCERT EVKEW WXYC INTERNET BENEFIT LOCAL 506 SATURDAY, NOV. 6 ickick move, drummer Laura King donned an axe and proceeded to play both her instruments at the same time. Spectac, the night’s third act, took up the mic and dealt lyrical flows that spelled out all his loves and unseemly woes. With a trendy sound bite from “Kill Bill: Vol. 2,” the performance was off and rolling. Sporting solid production from DJ Bumrush and mad beats compli ments of Durham’s own 9th Wonder, Spectac tore the house down with a wide-ranging freestyle. While per haps relying too much on hooks and brief samples, Spectac still managed Dead Texan evokes warmth in distance BY ROBBIE MACKEY STAFF WRITER Today was sunny, but the air was a crisp 50 degrees. Short sleeve shirts hid at home in dress er drawers. Flip flops turned into shoes and scarves hugged necks. Even so, it wasn’t too cold. There were scant shaded moments of shivering spines, but in the bright sun, the temperature was almost irrelevant. Autumn was finally here. Like fall, The Dead Texan’s self titled debut is a give-and-take, a neck and neck battle between warm and cold. Of course, neither wins out— the album manages to dance serenely and satisfyingly in and out of sunlight and shade—but the tacit scuffle is utterly gratify ing. The crypto-bionically dubbed “The Six Million Dollar Sandwich” opens the record with coming dawn string swells and sunny determination, its warmth set ting the table for the rest of the album’s hopeful numbers. But the distant acoustic strums and reverb-soaked piano chords of “A Chronicle of Early Failures Part 1” paint a much more darkly acquiescent picture. Indeed, the bulk of The Dead imprint label, 5 Rue Christine. Inside the crowded, smoke-con gested room that is Local 506, open ers All Astronauts blared and wailed with the fury of a scorned siren bel lowing from her island precipice. Decked out in an olive green dress, frontwoman Haydee Thompson pleased her fans with a genuine smile on her face as she performed through the set At one point, she adorned her head with a large costume flower and wore a leaf glove that looked oddly like a green lobster claw, attempting to hold the microphone to continue her performance. With a passion and flair befitting someone dressed as a flower, she continued, falling from the stage into the arms of an unsuspecting audience. Unfortunately, the night fizzled out before it really began. Following All Astronauts was Dark Inside the Sun, a decidedly more subdued group consisting of only two people playing together on stage. Although the duo has an intimate and altogether beautiful sound, it couldn’t help but seem somewhat is pleased f|j| Hits Ld-CI :• FDA m ' approved aixJ H •specifically engineered to effectively tern'jvc H ■ unwanted bait. r ‘ Diode Laser safe, comfortable, affordable and most •, body arcus <au be * - treated. Please call Aimes at jyH - to schedule your freeconsultatioa 'ip* r ' <ll \l’L I' HU I V !fl ' i \iol d< ,i . PA. j (Eh? Uottg (Ear llrri to resemble a young Ghostface and was the best act of the lineup. Jett Rink was the final band of the night and, after the high of Spectac, was somewhat of a letdown. The band feels like it wants to be punk, and its supporting members are good enough, but the lead vocals feel out of place with the rest of the band’s tone. Overly dramatic and showy, front man Viva’s stage presence would work with another band —but not this one. Overall, WXYC put on a mixed show. ENtet and Jett Rink gave commendable efforts but fell short of the mark. But The Moaners, and especially Spectac, managed to save the show and the crowd. Contact the AdE Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. MUSIC EVIEW THE DEAD TEXAN THE DEAD TEXAN ickick Texan situates the two approach es against one another, at times forcing them to reconcile, like in part two of “Chronicle.” The swelling track’s teary eyed grandeur is overt, evoking a moment reminiscent of the over whelming courage from some big-budget adventure film, but the emotional impact is undeni able. Like a more meditative Bjork, or a less immediate Cocteau Twins, The Dead Texan borrows heavily from Brian Eno’s cannon of ambient work. “La Ballade d’Alain Georges” and “When I See Scissors I Can’t Help But Think of You” work much like the more ambient fare of Eno’s Another Green World, only more cinematic and extrava gant. Tailor-made for falling leaves and windy days, The Dead Texan have crafted a delightfully adroit and autumnal debut. Contact the ACSE Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. CONCERT EIHEW KILL ROCK STARS BANDS LOCAL 506 SUNDAY, NOV. 7 ★★★ out of place at this particular show. Its soft, whispering instrumenta tion fell beneath the idle conversa tions at the bar. The chatter of the audience could be heard well over the pair’s tunes as they sojourned on, finishing a set to which it appeared few were actually listening. And the headliners were remark ably underwhelming. Given the preconceived notion that a magical land of enchantment would appear onstage, it was somewhat disap pointing to see four normally dressed indie musicians. Things began with a simple entrance and a hello before the group headed right into its first track, pounding away. The sound quality matched that of the band’s albums, and the group played everything one could possi bly want to hear from its canon with surgical precision. But the thing is, Deerhoof never failed to please, yet never actually impressed. The band churned out its bizarre brand of indie pop as though play ing the soundtrack to an elementary school playground in the depths of an acid binge. Frontwoman Satomi Matsuzaki squeaked out her ador ably high-pitched vocals with perfect delivery as the band pummeled its instruments behind her with a comi cal fury. The show ended as it began abruptly. At the end of “Panda, Panda, Panda,” Matsuzaki piped a sharp “bye bye,” and the band left the stage. As the night drew to a close I was left with one thought: I wish the milkman would deliver more milk ... ’cause I’m yawning. Contact theA&E Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. STAR fSTEM ★ POOR ★★ FAIR ★★★ GOOD ★ ★★★ EXCELLENT ★★★★★ CLASSIC
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