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Arts. Etc Page 9 ^The Prince of Puke Review Blonde Redhead at the Peel {T he Blue Banner} 'Thursday, September 27, 2007 Arts. Etc Page 9 ^The Prince of Puke Review Blonde Redhead at the Peel The New York-based trio Blonde Redhead, featuring Italian twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace and lead singer Kazu Makino. played a terrific show at the Orange Peel Wednesday. They are a band 1 always hoped to sec live one tlay, so my expec­ tations were quite high. The first few songs they played, and the majority of the songs thereafter, came from their newest aihum, “23.” I was a tiny bit disappointed that they didn’t play much of their older material, but mostly because 1 was not as familiar with the new aihum. However, my disappointment quickly subsided as Blonde Redhead's performance of their new material made me fall in love with it. Blonde Redhead started out as more of a noise-rock experiment that turned into (and I hate to use the phrase) “art rock." Makino’s unusual and ethereal voice con­ trasts chillingly with the distinct rhythms and harsh guitar riffs the Pace brothers provide. On “23,” the band goes foi- a more melodic and melancholic feel, incorporat­ ing a lot of atmospheric keyboard noises. The songs sounded just as SfDASTIAN Ml YNAkSe COIIKII SV III HHiI.AR (iROTF USA good, if not hetter, live. It’s always nice to go to a concert Blonde Redhead tours around California in October and overseas unfamiliar with the music only to in November. walk out with a greater apprecia­ Particular.” hard to tell which) replied, "We’ve forgotten how to play that David Oppf.nhkimer - Staff PiiOTtKiRAPHER tion for it. This seemed to please the other die-hard fans aroutid me as well. one.” All is forgiven, though, John Waters visited the UNC Asheville campus and spoke at Lipinsky Auditorium Wednesday night. Personally. I found the high­ light of the show to he the per­ When someone shouted out a Blonde Redhead; you put on a formance of one of my favorite request for the older song truly rocking show that I won’t John Waters breaks harriers with lecture in Lipinsky Blonde Redhead songs, “In “Water.” Simone or Amedeo (it’s forget anytime soon. By Tiffany Narron “I accidentally made a family movie,” Waters said Staff Writkr of “Hairspray.” ‘i thought, '1 will never work John Waters held nothing back as he unraveled the again.’” lany dimensions of his creative mind, keeping the Hairspray brought Waters into the Hollywood spot­ \ rowd disgusted but laughing in Lipinsky Auditorium light and the director emerged from the underground n Wednesday. to mainstream success. The movie focuses on the “All young people need .someone negative to look “hair-hopping” days of the ‘70s when television NEED MONEY? p to,” Waters said. “I hope I can be that for you shows featured choreographed dances and hit-sin­ fnight.” gles, while the nation focused on the issues of race Waters' career began at a young age when his and the integration of public places. randmother gave him a camera and his father later “Club Hairspray, here in Asheville, was actually RECENTLY DIAGNOSED? mt him money to produce a film. He began filming inspired by that movie. It has changed a lot since, of round his home in Baltimore with his friends, who course, but all of us that work there still keep the ecame known as the Dreamlanders. same theme going and are all huge John Waters’ Some of the Dreamlanders are no longer alive, but fans,” said Christian McKenny. bartender at Club We need you! heir memory lives on, preserved in his films forever, Hairspray. ccording to Waters. His long-time friend Harris Just two years after “Hairspray” hit the big .screen, to donate blood for researoh, he released the film “Cry-Baby,” starring the young jlenn Milstread grew up to become the large and out- if you have been diagnosed with: poken drag queen Divine, who starred in nine of Johnny Depp. Vater’s films. Divine died in 1988 of sleep apnea “I’ve been watching ‘Cry-Baby’ since I was a ust before beginning his first prime time role on kid. The opening scene was so funny. Just the way he ’Ox’s “Married with Children.” directs is genius,” said Heather Thompson, senior mass communication student. “Divine was great. I still go to his grave. People Lyme Disease eave donuts, dresses and makeup,” Waters said. Waters commented on the evolution of Depp’s ‘Once, someone wrote ‘Satan’ in lipstick on his career from a teen heartthrob on “21 Jump Street,” Hepatitis A ombstone. My friend looked at me and said. during “Cry-Baby” and his successful career now. Obviously, he meant satin.’” “Cry-Baby” is about juvenile delinquency and fight­ Rubella Over his 40 year career. Waters’ films have been the ing the system, things young people do not do as tbject of criticism, cultivated cult status as camp clas­ often anymore, according to Waters. Lupus hes and eventually attracted critical acclaim and “Be more political. Cause trouble. I’m sick of peo­ ’ame. ple whining about Bush. Go burn something down,” Cytomegalovirus “I was introduced to John Waters in 1978. 1 was Waters said. foung. I attended a midnight showing ot ‘Pink Waters touched on each of his movies, what he Toxoplasmosis Flamingos,’ which ran in LA for 10 years. ‘Pink wished he had known and what people watching his Flamingos’ was a rite of passage. It was not so much films must have been thinking. Many people know Epstein-Barr Virus J movie as it was an event, an attitude,” said Jim him for many different things. Some have only seen Driggers, literature lecturer. “The smell of marijuana “Hairspray,” while others know him for his Court TV Autoimmune Diseases hovered in the air, and I felt introduced to a whole show in which he plays a ‘groom reaper,’ recounting new, queer universe.” true tales of newlywed murders. Some fans could reel Ask about other conditions. “Pink Elamingos” contains perhaps one of the most off facts about his entire career such as Mark infamous scenes in any John Waters film. In the con­ McCloud, owner of Orbit DVD and TVEYE video tinuous, unedited sequence, a small dog defecates and store in Asheville. Divine, complete with teased hair, dramatic makeup “It’s funny, I looked at my kids the other night and and a skin-tight dress, eats the feces. said, ‘I’m going to go see a guy who’s been my idol “It is something that has never been done before for 25 years, and I get a chance to meet him and see $200 per donation* and will never be done again,” Waters said. him talk,”’ McCloud said. “My daughter asked who Most of Waters’ early films were black and white he was and 1 told them that he did ‘Hairspray.’ They Multiple donations per month are possible. and presented in midnight showings of Baltimore the­ looked confused, and I told them he was the gay guy aters. His first film was “Hag in a Black Leather from ‘The Simpsons’ and both she and my eight-year- Jacket.” old son knew exactly who I was talking about.” McCloud had the opportunity to shake Waters’ ‘This film was shown only once in a beatnik coffee house in Baltimore,” Waters said. hand and talked to him for a few moments about how much of an impact he made on his life and about Shortly after came “Roman Candles,” “Eat Your Please call today for information Makeup,” “Mondo Trasho,” “Female Trouble and independent video stores around Asheville. “He was genuinely concerned for me and other “Desperate Living.” independently-owned video stores around the coun­ 888-806-5215 x22ll Recalling “Eat Your Makeup,” Waters said the basic idea behind the film was for a crazy person to try,” McCloud said. All calls strictly confidential. Waters expressed his concern for society today in §et a bunch of really skinny models together, make many areas of life, especially youth, who he still feels Interpreter sevices available. them eat makeup and “model themselves to death. connected to through all of his university lecture “It sounds a lot better than it really is,” Waters said. appearances. Even after his lecture, he stayed and Waters dubbed over most of “Mondo Trasho with chatted with students, filmmakers and business own- ntusic to make up for the lack of dialogue. He talked about “Female Trouble” as one of his favorite films crs. “He is very lucky that after 40 years, he is still and “Desperate Living” as one of his worst. doing what he wants to do and he knows it is us, it is SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. Lesbians actually stopped that film from being the fans, that have kept him going. Some people are shown back then and today they love it,” Waters said Donor Recruitment Program assholes about that and some are really nice, and he is of “Female Trouble.” definitely one of the nice ones,” McCloud said. ^ The 1970s brought Waters new inspiration as well A version of this and many other John ^Vaters lec­ a greater technical understanding of the editing tures will be coming out next month on a DVD enti­ ‘ Plus mileage reimbursement. Screening may be necessary to qualify. process, color and dialogue. The highly popular tled “This Filthy World,” available from Orbit DVD Pink Flamingos” and Hollywood hit “Hairspray found their way onto the big screen during this era. in West Asheville and TVEYE on Lexington._______.
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