ENTERTAINMENTpage 17 Technique • Friday, February 6, 2004 • 17 A little off the top Nothing soft about it Ice Cube revives the local Barbershop Girls take to the diamond, softball ENTERTAINMENT with the suprisingly hilarious sequel. season is about to start. How does Check out our review. Page 19 our team stack up? Page 32 Technique • Friday, February 6, 2004

Lions and tigers Frankenstein one-acts open today and bears—oh my DramaTech performs local playwrights’ works in newest production Me, Thy Creature Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus is set to arrive in By Jessica Luza town, with shows beginning Thurs- Contributing Writer day, Feb. 12, and running through Feb. 22. Times vary, but usually DramaTech’s current stage pro- take place late morning and 7:30 duction was created to coincide with p.m. Tickets range from $12 to $90, the traveling exhibit entitled Fran- for those with deep pockets and a kenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of desire to whiff elephant excretions. Nature, which will be coming to the Like last year, the event will be held Georgia Tech Library in early March. at Phillips Arena. Pay parking Me, Thy Creature consists of three abounds, but Centennial Place has one-act plays penned by local At- free on-street parking. lanta playwrights who were inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Promethea, Unlaced examines the Dane Cook show relationship between Mary Shelley and her famous feminist mother, for Friday canceled Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin. With- The scheduled Dane Cook show in the two scenes, Godwin dies just for this Friday has been canceled days after giving birth to her daugh- due to a death in his family. The ter, and eighteen years later Mary show has been rescheduled for March Shelley gives birth to her famous 22 at 8 p.m. in the Ferst Center for character, Frankenstein, after a con- the Arts. Check out www.fun. frontation with the ghost of her en- gatech.edu for complete details on couraging mother. what to do with your tickets and The scene explores the bitter more details concerning schedul- grudge Mary feels toward her dead ing. Pablo Francisco, a member of mother as well as the components MadTV, will entertain in the Stu- of Mary’s miserable marriage to the dent Center ballroom Tuesday, Feb. poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Cleverly 17. Francisco’s show is $5 for stu- written by Marki Shalloe, it fea- dents and $7 for the public. The tures the talent of Jill Adams, Alex- show starts at 8 p.m. andros Salazar and Martha Jaworski. While Promethea, Unlaced is dark By Stephen Marek / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS and alluring, the next one-act play, Who could go wrong with monsters, mad scientists, lingerie and biological warfare? DramaTech delivers Get Rock tickets Dark Heart, by Robin Seidman, is moments of hilarity along with moments of reflection in their newest production. Make sure to check out the show. remarkably funny. This comedy re- while still available volves around two sisters, Erika and the basement. When they begin to cept of trying to regenerate and re- out above the rest and features Kelly Lacey, which run a love clinic for counsel a new couple on the impor- create the lives of the dead bodies, Lefler, Aubrie Lee, Jessica Berglind, Speaking of comedy, Chris Rock pre-marital couples counseling. tant meaning of truth and honesty, much like how Frankenstein was Andrew O’Brien and Adam Johnson, will be in Atlanta again Friday, March The only problem is that Erika Erika must face her own frozen de- created and given life by his inven- scantily clad in black lingerie. 12, for a performance at the Atlanta has a horrible habit of killing her mons in the basement and be hon- tor. The third play, entitled The Vec- Civic Center. Purchase tickets early own husbands (she is currently at est with herself. Full of hilarious one-liners and for any chance of seeing the man number five) and freezing them in The scene deals with the con- interesting characters, this play stands See Drama, page 21 himself, as shows frequently sell out. The show is at 7 p.m., and tickets can be bought through Ticketmas- You, yes Y-0-U Punk 80’s throwback band ter, Civic Center Box Office. stellastarr* debuts first video Annual film fest showing at Emory By Justin O’Neal Miller audienceless performances. Contributing Writer The production of Tim O’Heir The fourth annual Atlanta Jew- (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr., Hedwig and ish Film Festival is underway now Granted, it becomes harder with the Angry Itch) is characteristically through Feb. 8. The event includes time to write music that is not de- approaching flawless but fails to sub- numerous movies. Check out fined by comparisons to other and due the painfully forced vocal in- www.atlantajewishfim.org for show older musical legends, but any men- flections of frontman Shawn times and locations. Most movies tion of stellastarr* is always cross- Christensen. He soars when not try- are a user-friendly $7-$8. Emory is referenced to The ing to sound like wrapping up its French/Francoph- Cure, The Pix- a frontman of one film festival this Friday with ies, The Talking their obvious in- two selections, one at 6 p.m. and Heads and Devo fluences. another at 8 p.m. Admission is only more times than “I know this eighties The annoy- $2 or free with a donation. More they have years revival is seductive, ing composition info. at www.emory.edu/french/ between them. I and redundant festival.htm. am thinking of but it is this year’s verbal abstrac- black holes and gimmick. We will all tions of “Jenny” Landmark playing The Darkness. be as embarrassed of burst into an im- Here come the pressively taut unique Triplets ‘80s. Or back to it next year...” crescendo, but the future. Or disappoint Landmark Theaters is showing something. nonetheless. The Triplets of Belleville, a French The truth is The abstracted animation about Champion, a boy that stellastarr* sounds more like an lyric booklet is reminiscent of (and who enters the Tour de France but impressive karaoke medley of all these almost as frustrating as) the album is kidnapped, later to be rescued by bands. But its female bassist makes and song structure of the full-length three famous female singers. This me think: cover band. The karaoke debut. The self-designed booklet re- eccentric journey is supplemented trope is self-inflicted, however, by duces the album’s lyrics to one large by a special treat. Tacked on to the the band’s new and politely preten- paragraph of dismembered words end of the movie is the never-be- By Andrew Saulters / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS tious video for “My Coco.” It prob- and phrases, suggesting some poet- fore-seen collaboration between Walt If you are looking for a local rock band to track, check out Y-O-U. ably has something to do with reality ic layer that we are otherwise inca- Disney and Salvador Dali. The six- Their poppy rock sound is palatable to most people. Under the television. A series of excessively ex- pable of receiving. The members of minute feature is entitled “Desti- Couch featured them entertaining an eager audience last Friday. cited lip-synchers are intercut with no”, and is set to a Spanish song, one of those always provocative and See Stella, page 21 though devoid of dialogue. 18 • Friday, February 6, 2004 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT

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by Brian Lewis ([email protected]) Come to our weekly meeting Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in meeting Come to our weekly Tuesday room137 of the Student Services building and eat free pizza. Services building and eat free of the Student room137 ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, February 6, 2004 • 19 Second Barbershop trims away at boring sequel stereotype By Fenton Gardner reason, considering the quality of Leonard Earl Howze), the film gives Contributing Writer Next Friday in comparison to Fri- you non-stop laughter and has the day, the first of the Ice Cube-pro- same dynamic as Barbershop. The “That was funnier than the first!” duced movies to have more than film explores the interaction of the “I couldn’t stop laughing!” “I have one installment. Barbershop 2, how- barbers with one another, as well as got to go see that movie again!” All ever, far outstripped all my expecta- customers and other guests to the comments that could be heard from tions and was considerably funnier shop, with jokes and witty remarks the crowd exiting the theater after than the first movie. that have no end. the advanced screening of Barber- In Barbershop 2, Ice Cube (Fri- In contrast to the first film, how- shop 2: Back in Business, and to say day after Next, Torque) reprises his ever, the major conflict is the arrival the least, I agree totally. role as Calvin Palmer, owner of a of competition from a big franchise As I sat waiting for the lights to barbershop on the infamous south barbershop that intends to open up dim, I had the dreaded fear that this side of Chicago. In a similar fashion shop across the street. Now a father movie would fall under the usual to the first movie, we get to see both himself, Palmer has to decide what’s “curse of the sequels,” where a great professional and personal trials that best for his family and is once again movie would have a sequel that wasn’t Palmer faces in running a legendary presented an offer to “sell out,” but nearly as good or as funny or as neighborhood barbershop left to him not in the same manner as in the suspenseful as the first(see Speed 2, by his father. first movie. Batman Returns or ANY Disney se- With the return of Eddie (Cedric Directed by Kevin Rodney Sul- quel, for that matter). the Entertainer) and the rest of the livan and produced by Ice Cube And I don’t particularly think barbers in the shop (characters played himself, Barbershop 2 temporarily my premonitions were without good by Eve, Michael Ealy, Troy Garity, picks up before Barbershop began chrono-

Barbershop 2 ttttt Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer,

Queen Latifa, Eve Photo Courtesy MGM Pictures The crazy bickering between Cedric the Entertainer and Queen Latifa offers logically. In a series of flashbacks memorable moments. Unlike most sequels, this one delivers the laugh factor. from the ‘60s that run throughout the entire movie, the audience is Latifah, who played a hairdresser in running small businesses, corrupt shown the history of Eddie and how the neighboring beauty salon, only politics and the necessity of com- he came to know Palmer’s father added to the hilarity of this film. munity leadership were hinted at and start working as a barber in the Scenes within the salon were a teas- through the plot. shop. The flashbacks were done ex- er to the upcoming filming starring Appropriately rated PG-13 due tremely well and were also used to Latifah entitled Beauty Shop, which to profanity and a few sexual innu- express the continued theme of the was the lone preview before the movie. endos, this is definitely a film for importance of heritage, or as my Aside from the wisecracks about more mature audiences. Although I parents would say, “knowing where hair, style, race and poverty, there was fortunate enough to see the movie you come from.” are a few subtle messages that were for free, I’d pay to go see it again. Cedric the Entertainer was bril- written into the script intended to From the opening credits with snap- liant as both the present-day Eddie make you think a little bit. Through shots of famous African-American and the younger Eddie shown in a surprising love interest that devel- athletes and entertainers to Eddie’s the flashbacks, with antics that kept oped between two characters in the jokes about the less than reputable Photo Courtesy MGM Pictures my stomach hurting from laughing film, the topic of dating on the job actions of current black athletes and Ice Cube’s character returns, more mature, and with a child in the next so much. and its complications was explored. entertainers as of late, this was an installment Barbershop 2, Back in Business. His shop again has competition. A guest appearance by Queen Also the topics of big franchises over- enjoyable film through and through.

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Stella from page 17 Punk meets hippy meets good eating at Little Five By Brendan Ward And let’s not forget the head shops, Contributing Writer which I’m convinced make up at least half of Little Five’s total earn- Hipsters and punks rejoice! You ings. Paraphernalia of all types, shapes have a home, and it is Little Five and colors can be bought, and roll- Points. Nestled in between Inman ing papers are available in every fla- Park and Virginia Highland, Little vor under the sun. These, of course, Five Points is the Greenwich Vil- are all used for tobacco (apparently lage of Atlanta and a very happen- Little Five Points is the Mecca for ing place. tobacco enthusiasts around the A refuge for the cool and pseu- world). do-artsy, Little Five provides cul- Little Five Points food is as eclectic ture in a city that seems to be devoid as its shops. Patrons can dine on of it. Punks proudly display their Indian food, the best pizza in Atlan- pink hair and safety-pin jewelry with- ta at Little Five Pizza, or enter The out fear of persecution and hippies Vortex, a bar and grille with a 15- roll their own cigarettes and play foot laughing skull fixed on the out- hacky-sack in a cannabis-induced side of the building adjacent to the daze. This is definitely their part of entrance. Whether you want a culi- town. nary masterpiece from the Far East The three blocks that make up or just a burger, Little Five will fill By Phil Knott / RCA Records the center of Little Five Points are you up. Last year’s big trend was the sloppy grunge group, this year’s trend seems to be the ‘80s throwback band. more eclectic and original than any If you’re looking for live enter- Stellastarr* has the works in place to be successful but tries a little too hard to honor those veterans of the genre. other place I’ve found in Atlanta. tainment, and watching hippies play Only here is it possible to get tat- hacky-sack just doesn’t do it for you, stellastarr* have obvious potential if cess. Rhapsody without innocence (proper) not too long ago. Let us tooed and pierced, go next door and check out some of the local venues. they ever remember that we are liv- (or dragons). I had to listen to either not forget The Vines, The Hives, buy a water pipe (don’t say bong Indie-music is definitely in at Little ing in a different millennium than The Pixies or The Cure to cleanse and our four-car garage band affair. inside a head shop or you’ll be kicked Five, and the bands that play there their ancestors. my palate. I know this ‘80s revival is The ‘80s did the ‘80s a lot better out), and then go across the street to reflect that. This CD feels too much like Elec- seductive, but it is this year’s gim- (and worse) than this. But conde- buy an authentic five-foot African Many of the bars book local bands tric 6 (Danger! Danger!) without mick. We will all be as embarrassed scending laughter felt more com- tribal mask…if that is the kind of that perform regularly. Just down bravado. The Darkness without ex- of it next year as we were of the ‘80s fortable from a distance. thing you’re into. the road the intimate atmosphere of The trendy clothing stores that the Variety Playhouse hosts a wide line the streets offer up $30 vintage range of events from legitimate the- ater to jam bands such as Moe and from page 17 torn country, he does not wish to Together, the three one-act plays T-shirts to eager buyers. There are Drama cooperate and reveal the vaccines are entertaining to watch and serve also a handful of “novelty” shops the Yonder Mountain String Band. tor, chronicles a day in the life of a that could stop the unnecessary dy- as a great preview of what is to come that sell everything from poseable And if you want to leave music European scientist being held in a ing. Karla Jennings’s creative play to the Georgia Tech Library. Me, Moses action figures complete with out of it, some shops fea- safe house in the United States. He incorporates the virus as a vital char- Thy Creature opens this Friday, Feb. shepherd’s staff and 10 com- ture regular spoken word had created a slew of deadly patho- acter, the monster created by the 6, and additional performances are mandments, to crotch-less performances. gens for his native country, and now scientist, and the audience is able to Feb. 7, 11, 12, 13 and 14. panties. Whether you’re in terrorist attacks against the United see the interactions between the two If music is your search of culture, States are taking place with his toxic characters onstage. All shows begin at 8 p.m. at the thing, there are entertainment, pathogens. He plays a dangerous The Vector is captivating and it is DramaTech Theatre. Tickets cost $5 three different paraphernalia game of chicken with the U.S. gov- easy for one to identify with the for students, $8 for faculty/staff and record stores or the best ernment as millions of lives are in anguish felt by the scientist. The $10 for general admission.For reser- (which sell ac- damn pizza in limbo. cast consists of James Lentini, Anita vations, call 404-894-2745 or re- tual vinyl Atlanta, Little While he awaits the arrival of his Natarajan, Chelsea Cooper, Erin serve your tickets online at records) with- Five Points has wife and children from their war- Schwartz and Alexandros Salazar. www.dramatech.org. in 100 yards. got it.

Do you like to write? Come write for us! Weekly meetings on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Room 137 of the Flag Building. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, February 6, 2004 • 21 Theme Crossword: Jeepers Creepers By Robert Zimmerman 70. Prepares a museum dis- 10. Deceives, to Shakespeare United Features play 11. Mars 71. Filling 12. Rtes. ACROSS 72. Cary's jeans? 13. Boston time 1. Indonesia native 74. Throat-clearing 14. Leavening agents 6. Hundred lbs. 75. Supplicate 15. Ho-hum feeling 9. Wound's reminder 76. Bowed, to violinists 16. Peter's wheels? 13. Rewarding sight 77. Lens characteristics 17. "Battle Cry" author 19. Dote on 81. Heads or tails decider 18. Flimsy, in a way 20. Top bond rating 82. Bowling alley 24. Poet Pound 21. Twine 83. John - Garner 25. ORD, to travelers 22. Madame in Madrid 85. City on the Ocmulgee 32. Men's wear 23. Tom's naps? 86. In on 33. Timetable abbr. 26. Acid for leather treatment 87. Hudson's hosiery? 34. Smith's "The - of Na- 27. Help out 89. Extras tions" 28. Attack suddenly 90. Upper crust groups 35. Made a smooth transi- 29. Tints 92. Burden tion 30. Like beer 93. Holy smoke? 36. Is concerned 31. Landlord's need 94. See 68 Down 37. Miner's quest 34. Tip off 96. Decree 39. Canter, perhaps 35. Nova - 97. Printer's demand 40. Strong suit 38. Tribe of the Iroquois 98. Teachers' org. 42. Bishop's domain League 99. Transforms 43. Purposes 39. Richard's anxieties? 101. Mick's mean looks? 45. Western capital 41. "Star Wars" inits. 105. Ready to go 47. War theater of the 1850s 44. Beginning 106. View from the Uffizi 49. Semi load 45. Bleated 107. G-man's agcy. 52. Primed 46. Grimm character 108. Battlefield roar 53. Natural in Vegas 47. Beard's anchor 109. Company lover, it's said 54. Voltaire, e.g. 48. Loch of legend 110. Songbird 55. Entrances 49. Curlicue 111. Crime-scene collection 56. Chagall, et al. 50. Has second thoughts 112. Steve or Joan 57. Big Philistine 51. Cheer the home team Down 58. Scott hero 52. Bonnie's appointments? 1. Coconut cookie 59. Miltie's best lines? © 2004 United Features Syndicate, Inc. 56. Chop finely 2. Actress Barbeau 60. Food fishes 57. Prattles 3. Rock-concert characteris- 62. Poem division 75. Story framework 87. More affluent 97. Book no. 61. Paid attention to tic 65. Sell hot stuff 77. Wither 88. Neat in Nice 100. Eye problem 62. Philadelphia neighbor 4. "Exodus" character 67. Grouches 78. Irish "liberator" 89. "My Way" lyricist 101. Tooth holder 63. Surplus 5. Aye 68. With 94 Across, "the 79. Use wisely 91. Expire 102. Country address 64. Clock numeral 6. Homes in Hidalgo Wagner of soul" 80. OK for hunting 93. Home of Bollywood 103. Cookie source: abbr. 65. China, Japan, et al. 7. Stinger 69. Chastises 83. Nine-sided figure 94. Islamic leader 104. Guy's companion 66. "Streets of - ": 1996 film 8. Light brown 72. Diners may say it 84. Very perceptive 95. Musical loners 67. Ice and cedar 9. Scrubbed 73. Electric phenomena 85. 1600, literally 96. Actor Jamie See Solutions, page 29 22 • Friday, February 6, 2004 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT ...10101101 101010101010101010101...... Two Bits Ben Folds, plus Ben, plus Lonely, loving Two Bits Man seeks woman, any woman another Ben record Bens Fact: I don’t have a girlfriend. loyal readership (Hi, mom), my pain- door and all you get is a dirty look. By Sid Parmar Will Kill You” and Ben Kweller re- Fact: I want a girlfriend. fully embarrassing failures. I will Knowing this, I approached the sit- Contributing Writer leased “Freak Out…It’s Ben Kweller” Fact: I go to Georgia Tech. And find a girl in this vast wasteland uation with great care, for all the after the breakup of Radish. Fact: I’m screwed. devoid of femininity, and I will make good that did me. The good news is What happens when you put to- The Bens encompasses the dis- You know, one day you’re a her mine. Failing that, I shall be that the swelling has finally started gether the lead vocalist of Ben Folds tinct sound of each Ben, thus high- young, lustrous man about town forced to drown my sorrows amidst to go down, and the doctors tell me Five, a former leader of the punk lighting both the strength and with the world on a string, confi- an all-night Halo tournament. Again. that, if worse comes to worse, there’s group Noise Addict and a member weakness of the album. The songs dent in the idea that college will be What follows is a journal of my really nothing medically wrong with of Radish? Obviously you get a new are so drastically different from each the 24 hour love-in that you’ve come efforts. having only one testicle. So I have band, but one with a sound that other that a universal sound fails to to expect from, well let’s face it, Attempt 1—Class that going for me. That’ll teach me turns out to be rather incoherent. emerge from the CD. “Animal House.” Then you get to Plan of Action: Strike up a con- to say “hi” to people in the elevator. In the band’s new self-titled CD There is something for most music Georgia Tech and some time pass- versation with some sweet, young Attempt 3—Frat Party The Bens EP, Ben Folds, Ben Lee lovers. The disc starts out with a es. You start waking up every morn- thing in one of my classes, then woo Plan of Action: The sad fact of and Ben Kweller come together to folky sound of “Just Pretend,” con- ing praying , praying that you’ll talk her with an overwhelming onslaught the matter is that the frat boys are give the world a glimpse of their taining a memorable and catchy to a girl, any girl before the day’s of pure, unadulterated man. the only ones on this campus who collective sound. chorus. I found myself singing it a out. More time passes. “Talk to” Result: I’m a CS major. There can be counted on to throw togeth- The Bens started out as a promo- few times. becomes “see.” “See” becomes “hear are no girls in my classes. In other er a party on any sort of regular tion for an Australian tour but be- about.” And before you know it, words, “Sorry, Mario, but our prin- basis. So, I have decided to see if I came a record your libido, shattered and defeated, cess is in another castle.” I hate my- can’t woo a few beautiful babies away will settle for the pitiful sight of a self. from that pack of barely literate reasonably effeminate man at a dis- Attempt 2—Dorms managers in training. tance. I suppose, all things consid- Plan of Action: Seeing as how Result: As it turns out, manage- ered, it’s good that we have plenty living in a co-ed dorm allows me ment majors, like most of your low- of those. nearly unfettered access to mem- er order primates, are a very territorial But I will not stand for this. For bers of the fairer sex on a daily basis, lot with a pretty basic set of prob- I am the Two Bits Man, dammit, surely to I could manage to hit it off lem solving skills. Their solution to and it is my duty, nay, my privilege with just one of the girls in an interloper at their carefully planned to venture out into that harsh my building. Seriously, party? Let me put it this way. All I world and then report back what’s the worst that could remember is a loud “Crack!” Sever- to you, my happen? al hours later, I woke up tied naked Result: The to a tree in rural Georgia, with a worst that could hap- severe concussion, and insisting, for pen. I’ve heard stories reasons that I can’t even fathom, about other dorms that my name was Susan and that I where students share was a pretty, pretty princess. And For fans of vocals, the bal- civil, even friendly re- here I had thought those paddles after lads of “Bruised” should suffice. In lationships with were just for show. countless requests from fans on the middle are the tracks “Xfire”, a their fellow So, that’s that. I’ve failed again, each artist’s website. Within nine new wave song, and “Stop!” with a residents. quite spectacularly as usual. End re- days of starting, the trio recorded sometimes high-paced sometimes People in my sult: no women, multiple beatings this personal side project at Ben Fold’s slow-paced nature. One of the draw- dorm, however, and one testicle hanging precari- studio in Nashville, Tennessee. backs of an EP is the very short list tend to have the ously in the balance between life Prior to the new EP, each artist was of songs. The four song collection social dispositions and death. I suppose that I could pursuing a solo career. After the break- of The Bens will leave fans wanting of some particu- just break down and start hitting on up of the popular indie-rock band more, but the reactions of the aver- larly feral breed of some of the girls at the SWE meet- Ben Folds Five, Folds ventured with age listener remains to be seen. wild animal, like a ings, but that’s just too horrible a a solo career in Speed Graphic and The future of the trio is uncer- tiger or very angry thought to contemplate. Oh well, Sunny 16. tain because The Bens represents a chihuahua. You’re back to “Halo.” On the bright side, Similarly, Lee left the Noise Ad- special type of recording. The record pretty lucky if you I’ve found a really bitchin’ sniper dict and emerged with a solo career was meant to be a one time, sponta- knock on a stranger’s position on Blood Gulch. in 1999 with the single “Cigarettes neous and fun project.