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thursday,january 31,2008
Betsy Harris: American hero
If you go to a lot of shows
around here, you've probably
seen her.
She's always right up front,
furiously taking pictures with
more than one camera and enjoy
ing the music, no matter how
many times she’s seen the band.
She's Betsy Harris. And she's
awesome.
A resident of Chapel Hill since
her undergraduate years. Betsy
never knew about the abundance
of music in the area until 2004
when she went to Shakori Hills
with a friend.
She saw a band there and was
so blown away by the members'
young ages and huge talent that
she was surprised to learn they
were playing original material.
That band was The Never, and
ever since then Betsy has made it
her goal to go to as many shows in
the area as possible.
She's friends with most bands
in the Triangle and sometimes has
trouble juggling shows so as not
to offend any of the bands.
When 1 followed her around
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BY RACHAEL OEHRING
IT’S WHAT S FOR DINNER
Saturday, she had a busy night
ahead of her —and lots of jug-
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We started out at the
Nightlight to see Jon Mackey of
Sweater Weather play his first
solo set under the name Bells.
During our conversation before
his performance, just about every
one in the place came up to say hi.
She knows everyone, and she was
more than happy to introduce me.
She also outlined the rest of her
night for me: Local 506 next, then
The Cave, and Jack Sprat and
East End Martini Bar after that to
catch "the dregs of the night."
After Mackey's performance,
we headed for the Local 506 to
catch Megafaun. 1 Was Totally
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Destroying It and Red Collar.
Though she was going to skip
the last band to go to The Cave,
the Red Collar set was so stellar
that she didn't dare leave.
Though I don’t go to as many
shows as one would expect a
Diversions staffer to attend (I
cover movies, after all). I'm totally
in awe of all the work Betsy does.
She goes to more than one show
most nights and says she’s even
gone out nine nights in a row.
She's not paid by any publica
tion. and she doesn’t make any
money for putting her pictures
and videos on the Internet.
She does it for the love of the
music in the area and the bands
and artists she calk friends.
And that's what's so amazing
about Chapel Hill and the music
in the area.
There's much great music to
be heard and great people every
where to enjoy it with.
And that’s what it’s all about.
Contact Rachael Oehring
at orachael(a unc.edu
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BY DAVID BERNGARTT
STAFF WRITER
One could say that a strong mes
sage of togetherness exudes from
“Rambo."
While things like race, religion
or social status might divide us on
the surface, we all look the same
when were being pointlessly blown
to pieces.
Of course, that might be giving
“Rambo" a little too much credit.
Sylvester Stallone reprises his
iconic role as John Rambo, the all-
American ass-kickin' Vietnam vet
who won his way into the hearts
of American audiences by perfect
ing the time-honored national
tradition of killing anything that
moves.
Here, the audience finds Rambo
living a life of solitude and glis
tening muscles in the jungle of
Thailand.
After a naive group of American
missionaries goes missing in
war-torn “Burma" (appar
ently, Hollywood isn't aware of
Myanmar), Rambo must single
handedly defeat even- man between
the ages of 17 and 60 in Southeast
Asia —and all with his bow and
arrows.
OK, that’s probably giving
Rambo a bit too much credit
again.
There are a few mercenaries on
his side, and perhaps he uses one
or two (or 70) other weapons in the
process.
But that's just to keep his ene
mies guessing.
I mean, Rambo outruns an
atomic bomb.
Seriously.
There’s really not much more to
be said.
Stallone obviously hard-up
for cash recently added to the
“Rocky" series with a gritty and
successful performance.
“Rambo," on the other hand,
faik to follow suit.
The film tries to add depth and
emotional tug by highlighting
pointless slaughter for the entirety
of the film.
An attempt to bring to light
humanitarian crises is a noble
cause, but there are ways to
achieve this without incessant
violence.
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But when Stallone himself co
wrote the story, is anyone really
surprised?
And while John Rambo could
probably make Chuck Norris cry
(thereby curing cancer), don’t
expect much character develop
ment out of Stallone.
You can’t blame the support
ing cast actually, come to think
of it, do blame them. They were
bad.
However, those who enjoyed the
high body count of the first three
“Rambo" movies probably will
enjoy this hyper-violent action
flick too.
The excitement will send blood
pumping through their veins
almost as fast as it pumps it out of
the bodies of the film’s seemingly
disposable extras.
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