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By Staff Editor | Oct. 25, 2001TO THE EDITOR:
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Read More »The Nectarine No. 9 Received Transgressed & Transmitted 3 Stars Ever since musical pioneers like Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa gave the rock community permission to be as weird as they wanted to be, countless bands have tried to follow in their wake. Received Transgressed & Transmitted, the latest album by British group The Nectarine No. 9, fights like hell to equal the bizarre innovation of Beefheart and Zappa, and, to the band's credit, they almost get it right.
Read More »Jump Little Children Thursday, October 11 3 Stars If Jump, Little Children's latest album was an emotional roller coaster ride through the ups and downs of love, then the band took its audience on the same unpredictable journey at the Cat's Cradle. Playing before a sold-out crowd at the Cradle, the acoustic-funk popsters alternated between tracks from Vertigo and older material, mixing high-energy tunes with introspective ballads for a show that seemed to leave the audience in a carnival-esque feeling of dizzy exhilaration.
Read More »While the whole idea of "Don't dream it/Be it" appeals to everyone on some level, there are ultimately two types of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" aficionados. The first appreciate the film for the shameless glee it exudes. For these, "Rocky Horror" is good, not-so-clean fun, and it's not unlike the naughty expression on Marilyn Monroe's face when her pure white dress blew upward in in the breeze.
Read More »New Wet Kojak No.4 EP 3 Stars Let's call No. 4 EP the concept album that should have been. New Wet Kojak recorded the five tracks of No. 4 EP in five days. The result sounds strangely like a five day workweek. Each track on this, their fourth album, struggles slowly from Monday to Friday, using the same old tricks again and again. With this album, the New York-based group seems to be aiming for experimental sonic art. But the tracks are so formulaic that No. 4 EP is pushed into that dreaded category of music you can put on and then ignore.
Read More »While taking advantage of my Fall Break opportunity to watch mindless daytime television, I came across three dating game shows -- "Change of Heart," "The Fifth Wheel," and "Elimidate."
Read More »The University's treatment center for hepatitis is busy preparing a study on hepatitis C and is currently conducting a study on hepatitis A and B. UNC will receive $1.5 million during the next five years to conduct the study, said Michael Fried, principal investigator in the study. UNC was chosen to participate in a study on a hepatitis C vaccine coordinated by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. UNC will act as a clinical site along with seven other universities.
Read More »"The Last Castle" 4 stars Basically a prison movie, "The Last Castle" is exceptional because it doesn't act like one. "The Last Castle" is the story of one heavily ornamented General Irwin (Robert Redford) who is arrested and dishonorably imprisoned in a military hold known as "The Castle." The battle for power between him and the corrupt warden, Colonel Winter (James Gandolfini), creates a conflict that turns criminals into heroes.
Read More »TO THE EDITOR: Since Kevin Foy was elected to the council, he has fulfilled his housing priority by establishing the principle that no application for development is complete unless it either provides 15 percent affordable housing or the developer explains why it does not. All developers, in their first meeting with Chapel Hill's Planning Department, are now informed of this requirement.
Read More »Members of the UNC and Triangle area lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community met Wednesday night to respond to two murders with possible links to the gay community. Durham police said Tuesday that they are investigating similarities between the murders of Michael Robert Neice, 30, whose body was discovered Sept. 24, and John Randall Cash, 31, whose body was discovered Sunday. Both men were Durham residents, and police said both have links to the gay community and to Internet chat rooms.
Read More »University Tuesday, Oct. 23 An employee at Student Health Services reported a suspicious package in room 220 of Student Health to campus police at 1:45p.m., reports state. Reports state that UNC Department of Environment, Health and Safety came and removed the package from the scene. A suspicious letter sent to a Davis Library employee was reported to campus police at 12:45 p.m. Reports state that EHS sealed off the letter and removed it from the scene.
Read More »"Riding in Cars with Boys" 2 Stars As long as the Lifetime channel is making true-life movies by the dozens, you needn't buy a ticket to see "Riding in Cars With Boys," because you'd be wasting your money.
Read More »Unity was on the tip of the North Carolina men's tennis team's tongues after the first day of the ITA Top of the Hill Region II Tournament.Many players accustomed to playing singles matches dominated in doubles Wednesday at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Most of the pairs had not teamed up prior to the tournament.
Read More »Not all students will have their courses taught by professors or teaching assistants next semester. Four courses offered for the spring 2002 semester will be taught by UNC undergraduate students as part of a program aiming to put students doing independent study projects at the head of the classroom. The program -- Carolina Students Taking Academic Responsibility Through Teaching -- is now in its second year after being founded by a $5,000 grant from former provost Dick Richardson.
Read More »Men's Soccer Old Dominion 0 UNC 2 Ranked sixth in the nation and facing an unranked Old Dominion, North Carolina's men's soccer team was supposed to win. And the Tar Heels did - but barely. Two late goals by David Stokes and Marcus Storey gave UNC (13-2, 3-1) a 2-0 victory against ODU (7-5-1) Wednesday at Fetzer Field. The win increased UNC's winning streak to 9 games, and it was the fifth game in a row that ended in a shutout. After playing N.C. State on Sunday, the Tar Heels weren't fresh for the game, and their fatigue showed in the first half.
Read More »Bush Golden State 5 Stars Raw and powerful, Bush's fourth album, Golden State, makes great strides while thankfully digressing to real rock. Returning to the classic grunge style reminiscent of Nirvana and its own Sixteen Stone, Bush has matured quite a bit. The result is an aggressive mix that makes you feel pumped yet complacent. Gavin Rossdale's plaintive voice now boost lyrics confronting more mature issues like love and personal growth. The band has moved past its youthful angst to find a beautiful yet energetic voice.
Read More »"From Hell" 2 stars It takes two actors as beautiful as Johnny Depp and Heather Graham to keep the filmgoer from blanching in reaction to the gore of "From Hell." This Hughes brothers film focuses upon one particular explanation for the Jack the Ripper killings in 19th century England. The theory espoused in the film is directly based on the heavily researched, extensive graphic novel "From Hell."
Read More »Recent action taken by UNC and Chapel Hill officials has created jobs that involve sitting near busy intersections and counting passers-by. The town of Chapel Hill and the University have mobilized mechanical and human counters around the Chapel Hill area for a traffic study that began this week and will last into mid-November.
Read More »Some people find release in sports or artwork. But for veteran actor/audience member Scott Dirl, Friday night's "Rocky Horror Picture Show" is his own personal brand of escape. A bald, middle-aged man dressed in a white tuxedo with a priest's collar, Dirl stands out like a sore thumb among the mainly black clad twenty-somethings in the Rialto Theater's audience. But once "Rocky Horror" begins, he breaks from his reserved demeanor and becomes another voice in the chorus of remarks being yelled at the on-screen actors.
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