1995_04 The Daily Collegian April 1995

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Entertainment/Review
All Around the Town
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By Joe Rosato J
Vjintage Days more fun than
.OTmbining french toast,
Jootbeer, twister
With all this Vintage Days stuff going on, who needs to go out on
the town? Not 1
After eating my weight in french toast this morning, I decided I
would be content just sleeping through this weekend, but duty calls,
and tJuis I concluded that a weekend slumber woujdjiot be construc¬
tive. '*''-*..
After missing the big parade, I reported to the bucket brigade,
prepared to do a little hand-over-hahd action. Unfortunately, for
personal reasons, I decided not to participate. I think it had something
to do with the fact that it was cold.
I went with the sleep idea.    ^
Hey ...why go fight the club* crowds, contend with smoke and
wander the streets drunk when you could do that here on campus.
Except die drinking part, of course.
Concerts tomorrow include East Side Indians, Splendid, Rye
Season, Heavy Weather and Soup     wmmmmamaamw^a^ammaamamnniM
Shack, the cream of the local mu¬
sic scene. We've talked about    'HCV.. .why gO
Heavy Weather before. They're    ««''•■ i   ■
the Santana cover band. They    light the ClUD
cook. Ifs the closest thing next to
having Carlos Santana here him-
crowds, contend
with smoke and
wander the
streets drunk
The closest thing next having
RUN DMC here is having RUN
DMC here, and we will, Saturday
night The big concert this year is
straightoutofthefaiiy-talepages WK£n you COUld
of the '80s featuring the group J
that gave rap its big break. do that here On
HOTTIP: Friday, at 12 p.m. is „
"The Great Twister Contest" be-    CampUS. LXCept
hveen the crafts fair and the    fa     drinking
Boomtown Carnival. What I was -   O
dunking was, they should com-    part   of COUrSe'
bine the french toast breakfast,    	
the rootbeer chug anciThe Great
Twister Contest" Why helL I think that could be a new^Olympic sport
But ...I'd hate to be one of those guys on the cleanup crew.
Jazz bands will play the big crafts faire stage from lQa.m. to5 p.m.
on Sunday. Ever notice that they always stick the jazz on the last day.
I guess ifs supposed to bea mdre reverent music. Sort of eases you
reverently out of^the whole Vintage Days chaos.
Of course, there's plenty of the usual debauchery going on off-,
campus.
A/The Fulton in charming downtown Fresno, home of Scotty's
BalrBonds, the performer was going to be blues artist Alvin Youngblood
Heart, but as Fulton owner Joe Ramirez sadly, informed me, he
canceled. Ramirez also said there's probably going to be nothing. See,
this Vintage Days stuff is looking better all the time. _y
Saturday night at The Ffidtoj? is the Tower District's sole country
band, The Thrillbillies. Yeah, may play covers, but they really make
them their own. Singer Stephanie Bogenshutz has one of the pirrrtiest
voices this side of Patsy Curie.
k Circus Bogus, Fresno's premiere clown punk band, packed The
Fulton last week for the band's CD release party. The band's new CD,
Sucker, is now out and on the shelves in record stores. Circus Bogus is
well-known in town as the band that thrashes their venues, w|0i
assistance from their wild fans. But, Ramirez said it was the best show��the club's had. "They made a big mess, but mere was no permanent
damage," Ramirez said.
Tonight at Club Fred is local alternative band Flaming June.
Alternative to what? Air guitar, of course. These guys really play.
And if these shows aren't enough to pry you away from the crafts
faire extravaganza, Saturday night at Club Fred is me Tulare Dust tour
featuring acoustic performances by Dave Alvin(formerly of the Blast¬
ers and X) Peter Case (formerly of The Plimsouls) and Tom
Russel(formerly of Canada), The three performers were part of the
tribute to Merle Haggard show last week at San Francisco's Filmore
Auditorium. Each is a brilliant songwriter, and the show will be an
outright homage to America's best music So if you like music and
aren't ecstatic about RUN DMC, then go to Club Fred because ifs
going to be a good one. , V! '". -y
Meanwhile, I have to start doing my stretching exercises for the
pie-eating contest If you know me, then you know I'm all about pie.
Seeyaout
•',:~,J.
Sleeping through another review
Review Guru
By Shelly Silva
Hollywood Pictures latest
release, "While You Were
Sleeping", hits theaters today
in a cloud of moon dust and
Mr. Sandman's magic.
While I was sleeping,
through the film, I had a won¬
derful dream of a love story
starring the ever-cute sweet¬
heart Sandra Bullock and the
always entertaining Bill Pull¬
man.
But as my head slide off
my fist and hit the unsuspect¬
ing patron next to me, who-I-
also woke up, I was bemused
by the visions of sugar plums
and candy canes on the silver
screen.
This latest attempt to re¬
capture the magic of "Sleep¬
less in Seattle" fell short;
straight onto an oncoming sub¬
way. The film stars Sandra
Bullock("Speed")andBill Pull¬
man ("Sleepless in Seattle")
Pullman gets to play the love
interest in this one which is
finally refreshing ,to see, this
poor guy always has to give up
the girl. Anyway, the film is a
little slow, but if I had to de
scribe the film in one word it
would have to be cute.
Although the film stars a
cast of talented and season vet¬
erans of the screen, none of them
had enough enough chemistry
between each other to create a
spark. The cast includes Peter
Gallagher ("Sex, lies and vid¬
eotape"), Peter Boyle ("The
Dream Team"), Jack Warden
("Bullets Over Broadway"),
Glynis Johns ("The
Sundowners", 1960), Micole
Mercurio ("The Client") and
newcomer Monica Keena.
The film depended entirely
too much on the cut«ness of
romance and on Bullock's smile
rather than a decent story and
an interesting plot The right
intention was there but the sub¬
ject has been beaten into the
ground. Hollywood needs to
take a new angle on romance,
Meg Ryan owns the rights to
this genre of love comedy, and
Bullock just couldn't snatch it
away.
Bullock has to be the lucki¬
est individual in Hollywood
today.
Her career has catapulted
her into a league of the most
sought after actresses in tinsel
town. First she starred ^oppo¬
site Sly Stallone in "Demolition
Man" thenshehappened to fall
into the roll of passenger rum
bus driver in the block buster
hit "Speed". However/casting
her as the lead in "While You
Were Steeping" was a prema¬
ture act Bullock has a talent for
supporting other actors in films
at this stage of her career. I say
throw her in a drama and see
what happens. Cute ain't genna
cut it forever.
Here's the breakdown in a
dam shelL Lucy (Bullock) is a
woman all aloneTbr the holi¬
days in Chicago. She works for
the Chicago subway and is des¬
perately lonely, ,Joo lonely.    *
She see's this guy every¬
day, Peter (Gallagher), and falls
in love. But he doesn't know
she exists. One fateful day finds
Peter getting mugged at the sub¬
way station where Lucy comes
to the rescue and saves the day.
However, Peter finds himself in
a coma and in the hospital Un¬
der a tremendous mistake and
identity problem Peter's family
trunks Lucy is Peter's fiancee.
To make a tedious story
short, Lucy falls in love with his
family, since she doesn't have
one, and to add another glitch
in the story, Lucy falls madly
and deeply in love with Jack
(Pullman), Peter's brother. All
this happens while Peter is
sleeping.
Unless you're a sappy to
the point of toothache roman¬
tic, don't spend: seven bucks for
this film. In fact, waiting until
Murphy's Express can deliver
it would be a better alternative.
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Correction: the article Vintage Days looks back, roars
ahead' published April 20 named the Alkaholiks as the opentag^oup for Run
DMC, but this information was incorrect. The 69 Boys wilr belhe/opening
group for Run DMC on Satruday April 22 injhe amphitheater.
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