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Dancing the "Riverdance" Despite the Eagles season so far, the traffic was not bad. People were having tailgate parties from the beginning to the _ end of the lot. Ricky Brian Schneider Waters may have left SrAFFWRIfER Philly, but the ------- 'Mann' still draws a crowd. On Friday, September 18, 1998, at the Mann Music Center, Riverdance the Show was perfonned in front of an enthu­ siastic crowd. Riverdance the Show has gone thr.ough several changes over the past fours years. It was only three short years ago that Michael Flately and Jean butler were performing in front of a sold out crowd in Dublin. Today Riverdance has expanded from one show into three sepa­ rlite troupes: Lee Troupe, Liffey Troupe, and the Lagan Troupe. The Lee Troupe is mostly based in the US and was in Philly at the Mann Music Center during ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY September. The crowd arrived in the lots about six o'clock, two hours before the show was to start. Ten to twenty groups were already parked with the beers flowing out "Dream"ing in Color of the back of the mini-vans. Some had picnics, others just hung out, and the rest What exactly happens when we leave kids, a big house and a family dog. One brimstone but rather loneliness, despair piled into Limerick's Pub, a big tent on this world for the next? Everyone has day on the way to school however, Chris and insanity. As a means to save his long the Mann's grounds, for a pint of ale. tried to answer this question, even and Annie's lives come to a screeching lost love, Chris travels through hell end As the dancers began warm-ups an _ Hollywood has with halt. Nothing brings out sadness like see­ her pain and bring her to heaven where hour before the show, the crowd was anx­ Doug Ferguson ,movies like City of ing two small coffins laying in a church she truly belongs with the rest of her fam­ ious to catch a glimpse of the stars. To the E'.NJEraAJNMENrFDrIOR Angeles or Ghost. of silence. Four years after the death of ily. displeasure of the crowd, no one was able ------- With the current pop­ their children, Chris and Annie have Since his perfonnance in last year's to claim their seats until half past seven. ularity of angels and the afterlife, people rebuilt their shattered existence just Good Will Hunting. Robin Williams won Children ran on the grass in their Sunday are still looking some type of clue as to before Chris is killed while trying to help the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and clothes, while parents sat and watched what happens to their loved ones when an accident victim. he is deserving again. His character is with amusement. they die. Now, Robin Williams Anabella With the help and wisdom of his guide someone the average person can relate to At last the staff allowed people to their Sciorra and Cuba Gooding Jr. travel Albert (Gooding Jr.) Chris ventures into and Sciorra personifies sadness with her seats. The crowd slowly piled into the through heaven and hell in the new movie heaven, leaving behind a much grievIng bleak outlook on life and numerous black music center. The wood paneling gave It What Dreams May Come directed by wife. seems as if Chris's dream of an ensambles. Her dialogue is especially the place a warm and safe atmosphere, Vincent Ward. afterlife resemble that of Annie's paint­ morose with lines like "An entire family while the small breeze that blew through Williams stars as Chris Neilsen, a ings complete with vibrant color and killed by cars ... makes you want to go out the open walled arena gave comfort to the pediatric physician with a penchant for artistic explosions. Heaven itself is a and buy a bike." Gooding Jr. is a fine packed crowd. The mood was set and the European travel. One day, while laying floating city, where people of all ages fly addition to the cast but his lines are small lights dimmed and the magic began. in the mountains of France Chris meets a around, not with wings but with laughter in number and even confusing when you Graced with Pat Roddy, who replaced beautiful American woman named Annie and happiness. Albert soon gives Chris try to understand them. Overall, What the recently departed Colin Dunne, and (Sciorra) who paints landscapes. Annie the news that Annie has committed sui­ Dreams May Come is a mystical adven­ Eileen Martin, two World-Class Irish and Chris immediately hit it off and are cide and gone some place other than ture with strong romantic elements that Champion dancers, the show had tremen­ soon married back at home. Years later Heaven. That place, as you can imagine make for a fine film for you and a date to dous chemistry. Roddy possessed incred­ they live the affluent lifestyle with two is Hell and it is a place not with fire and enjoy. ible skills, which displayed his speed and agility that stole the show. Martin's grace MR. GREENGENES HOMECOMING PREVIEW on the stage kept love scenes flowing, Tried of the same old same old campus? Next Friday you will have somewhere to go! To kick off Widener's 1998 Homecoming, one of the while complimenting Roddy superbly. hottest local bands, Mr. Greengenes will be playing for your fellow students in the school cafeteria. Past and present students will enjoy the musi­ However, Irish dancing was only a part of cal tastes of great cover songs and plenty of good times for all. the show. Mr. Greengenes began as just a couple of guys playing learning to play their favorite songs in their basement. Now the band hits popular spots Russian ballet, Flamingo, and tap like Brownies Sommers Point, NJ. They are known to frequent college campuses like Penn State, Shippensberg, Albright and West Chester. Their music play lists are geared to today's college student tastes and are sure to please even the toughest music critic. The band also has a CD out call dancing were all thrown into the mix. "Violation" which features all original tracks. Look for the CD at the show to be handed or sold by the band. To find out more about the band, Tappers Robert Reed Toby Harris and look for an exclusive interview with the band including candid shots while performing in the area. So remember, Mr. Greengenes in the cafete­ ria next Friday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Riverdance CONTINUED ON B2 82 Entertainment Soul Searching the Music Scene ·S·OUI. IOU~M I N~ ./ CD COVER ART It's hard to describe the music of Soul of frontman M. Doughty. Doughty Coughing. They're generally labeled sings/speaks/raps in a very distinctive, alternative rock, but their music includes not-quite-monotone voice. His lyrics _______ elements of hip-hop, consist of story narratives, seemingly ran­ jazz, rock, beat poet­ dom phrases, repetitive choruses, and -joe Odorisio ry, and now on their skatting. Like Beck, Doughty's lyrics STAR' WRIlFR third album, El Oso, both sound completely random and drum-and-bass dance weird, yet make sense at the same time, music. El Oso (Spanish for "the bear") with lines like "Oh pride is not a sin/And expands on Soul Coughing's typical that's why I/Have gone on down to Wal­ sound of M. Doughty's sparse guitar, Mart." He also uses very catchy skatting Sebastian Steinberg's upright bass, Yuval like the "dumb dumb bah did du dumb" Gabay's distinct drumming, and Mark De chorus of "Maybe I'll Come Down." Gli Antoni's keyboards and bizarre sam­ Some of the best songs on El Oso are ples. perfect examples of Soul Coughing's Overall, the album seems a bit darker slightly updated sound, such as "St. than their previous two, Ruby Vroom and Louise Is Listening," "I Miss The Girl," Irresistible Bliss. Many of their older and the first single, "Circles," which is songs were built around odd, bouncy the band at their most accessable. samples. On El Oso, the samples are "Houston" tells a fairly straight-forward mostly smaller sound effects and elec­ story. "Pensacola" is the most unnerving tronic beeps, accentuating the song as song on the album. It starts off with opposed to being its main hook. Only on mainly bass and Doughty speaking quiet­ "$300" is there an obvious long sample ly, but after three minutes, he starts The chorus of "How much?/She said for yelling the chorus of "Like waves in $300 I'll do it" is apparently a slowed­ which you drown me, sh6uting" and the down sample of comedian Chris Rock. music kicks in louder as well. Finally, the The guitar seems heavier and more dis­ album closer, "The Incumbent," is over 6 torted on songs like "Monster Man" and minutes long but doesn't feel like it. El "Rolling" than in the past. The drum­ Oso is a weird, grooving, enjoyable David Garza: This Euphoria and-bass influence is much more obvious album from one of the more interesting than on earlier albums, notably on "I bands around. Soul Coughing are play­ Miss The Girl." ing at the Electric Factory on October "Rock n' Roll is my religion." Says on "Discoball World." Garza sings The most notable thing about Soul 24th and I'll have a review of the concert Texas born David (pronounced DAH- through a sampled effect to give the tune Coughing's music is the lyrics and vocals next month.

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