ENTERTAINMENTpage 15 Technique • Friday, January 23, 2004 • 15 Criss-Cross Hoop it up! Get through that lengthy lecture with Jacket hoopsters zip through ACC ENTERTAINMENT the ‘Nique’s themed crossword. Try foes Virginia, Maryland and Wake it out and test your skills. Page 18 Forest improving to 15-2. Page 28 Technique • Friday, January 23, 2004 Rollins induces “Shock and Awe” Broadway lands on Peachtree at Fox Black Flag singer Henry Rollins set to perform in Atlanta Jan. 25 at Variety Playhouse This weekend, New York and By Evan Zasoski tween. What follows is just a small the Midwest come together down Staff Writer sampling of topics that caught his South at the fabulous Fox Theater fancy. with showings of Oklahoma! Enjoy You know that really scary look- As the singer for one of the great the music and relive the Rodgers ing guy on those Rollins Band T- punk bands of the ‘80s, and, argu- and Hammerstein classic. Show shirts you see around from time to ably, an elder statesman of the genre, times are 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and time? Yeah, that guy who looks like Mr. Rollins was surprisingly disin- 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. and he could kill a grown man with his terested in the current state of the 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Ticket prices bare hands. style of music that he and the other range from $15-51 and are avail- His name is Henry Rollins and, members of Black Flag helped to able through Ticketmaster. believe it or not, he actually has shape. quite a bit more to his credit than Speaking of pop-punk in partic- Move from fourth being profes- ular Rollins said, sionally terrify- “I’m probably to fifth position stat ing. His life more unaware of includes run- “Some things in life what is going on Branch out and check out the ning his own should be free, in that kind of Royal Danish Ballet Company, in publishing music at this town at the Fox Tuesday, Jan. 27. house, perform- like…love, music and point because The group will perform several pieces, ing music in such office supplies.” those aren’t re- showcasing a broad range of talent bands as Black ally records that and style. The event begins at 8 Flag and the Henry Rollins I buy and…it p.m. and tickets start at $35. It aforementioned Singer/Performer doesn’t really do would make a great date. Rollins Band it for me.” and being a spo- Speaking of Fernbank shakes, ken word per- some of the cur- former who has stayed on tour for rent standard-bearers of punk-rock, not stirs the IMAX the better part of his adult life. De- he said, “If you were to take a band spite all this, he took time to speak like Good Charlotte or Blink 182 Nothing to do this Friday? Stop with the ‘Nique regarding his new and have them be the opening band by Fernbank Museum for Martinis spoken word show, “Shock and Awe, on a Black Flag tour, they would and IMAX. The event includes live My Ass,” playing Sunday, January, probably get a pretty harsh reaction music, dancing, food a la carte, an 25 at the Variety Playhouse. from the audience, a pretty scary IMAX movie and martinis for those The show, like all of Mr. Roll- physical reaction.” However, com- over 21. Socialize, mingle or just ins’ spoken word performances, is ing to the aid of the hypothetically enjoy the scene. The event starts at basically just him getting up on stage besieged rockers, Rollins said that 5:30 p.m. and runs until 10 p.m.and and talking about whatever strikes he’s “not saying that’s what I’d like tickets are only $10. him as funny, interesting or other- to do. But…it was a different time wise worth sharing with the audi- and…a different mindset.” Lose the tech, gain ence. He can be expected to discuss In fact, “time and place” seemed Photo Courtesy Alison Dyer topics ranging from his life, to mu- Henry Rollins, probably best known for his VH1 ‘80s Strikes Back appear- the arts for a day sic, to politics and all points in be- See Rollins, page 17 ances, can credit much more than that to his life, including the band Black Flag. Famous poets Thomas Lux, H. Bruce McEver and Patricia Smith converge on Tech Feb. 5. The free Drag along a Date to Bosworth’s latest flick event will be held in the Clary The- ater of the Student Success Center. By Jessica Luza Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! in West Virginia and working at the Cathy (Ginnifer Goodwin, Mona Refreshments will be served. The Contributing Writer makes you gag, then do yourself a local Piggly Wiggly. She is content Lisa Smile). The only way she is able poets will sign books afterwards. favor and stop reading now. with her routine life as a grocery to escape from the reality of her “In every love story, there’s only This cutesy movie revolves around bagger and enjoys being able to work humdrum life is when she goes to room for one leading man.” If this a small-town girl named Rosalee with her two best friends, Pete (To- the theater to watch movies starring Influence Sting slogan for DreamWorks Pictures’ (Kate Bosworth, Blue Crush) living pher Grace, That ‘70s Show) and her favorite heartthrob actor, Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel, All My Break band decision Children). Weren’t content with the Sting Tad’s agent and manager, both Break Mighty Mighty Bosstones hilariously named Robert Levy concert last year? The concert com- (played by Nathan Lane and Sean mittee is waiting for you input to Hayes), want to help Tad clean up plan this year’s event. Head to www.fun.gatech.edu to tell them what’s cool and what’s not. “Rosalee falls head over heels for the Tad If art is your thing, Hamilton she sees on ATLart can deliver ATLart[04] is a citywide event the big screen.” consisting of art exhibitions, lec- tures, tours and special events from galleries across the city. The event his bad boy image of “drinking, driv- spans the second-half of January. ing, smoking, leering and groping Upcoming highlights include exhi- all at the same time” to enable him bitions at the Swan Coach House to get more roles in Hollywood. Gallery, Georgia State University, Together they create the clever “Win Hammonds House and the Savan- A Date With Tad Hamilton Con- nah Gallery this Friday, presented test,” and as luck would have it, by the Visual Arts Network of At- Rosalee enters online and wins, giv- lanta. On Saturday, site-specific ing her the big-time chance to be installations will be on display at whisked away to Los Angeles to meet Saltworks Gallery in Fourth Ward her idol face to face. from dusk until dawn. Both events Photo Courtesy Dreamworks Publicity Now for the love triangle you are free and open to the public. Fur- Rosalee, played by Kate Bosworth, stands torn between her childhood friend, played by Topher Grace, and her ther information can be found at newly won date, superstar Tad Hamilton, played by Josh Duhamel. Predictable, yet fun, the movie is worth the ticket. See Tad, page 19 www.atlart.com 16 • Friday, January 23, 2004 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT Incoherent Scribblings by Matt Norris ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, January 23, 2004 • 17 the Iraqis and we’re going to give Rollins from page 15 them a light show the likes of which to have a great deal to do with his they’ve never seen. And it was kind ...10101101 101010101010101010101......Two Bits current thoughts on pop music. of this tough, swaggering talk and “When I hear a young man’s woes when you’re talking about people I respect it. I remember it, way back coming home in body bags and wom- Live with an impending sense of doom, chest pain? when, but…I’d be lying if I said I en and children being blown up by It would appear that I am falling cheap laughs? Thanks for scaring surely lodged firmly in what was was still on the same page as it.” mistake—of course bad guys get- apart at the seams. So far this week I the crap out of me in the middle of certain to be a very important cardi- He went on to say that he con- ting incinerated, you know: dead have had pain in my back, my neck, the night, you jackasses. Maybe next ac artery and undoubtedly stealing sidered that sort of music to be a people. Why are you bragging… my inner thigh, both arms and (wait time, you won’t give the designing- from me the very breath of life itself, “rite of passage.” “It’s just kind of a shouldn’t you be a little bit more for it...) my chest. Now I don’t claim the-really-important-page-describ- I spent the remainder of my day and thing you do for awhile and I just grave?” to be any sort of expert on the hu- ing-symptoms-of-a-life- night lying very, very still on my say rumble, young man, rumble. “And now when you see Ameri- man body or anything, but speak- and-death-ailment job to the cold- bed, but I didn’t sleep. No, that You know, go for it…have fun,” cans getting scraped off the ground ing as someone who has a cousin hearted sociopath who sleeps better would have been quite impossible Rollins said.