ENTERTAINMENTpage 23 Technique • Friday, March 26, 2004 • 23 Tisk Tisk...Tish? Beesball comeback Southern rock and blues band Baseball ends its ACC losing streak ENTERTAINMENT Tishamingo releases self-titled CD. Is by beating Wake Forest. How did it worth the money? Page 28 they fare with Georgia? Page 40 Technique • Friday, March 26, 2004 Not quite Clerks, still feels like Smith Super headliners planned to perform The usually silent funnyman sits down with the ‘Nique regarding his latest film Jersey Girl Many big-name concerts will go By Jason Allen on sale this Saturday. David Bowie Staff Writer will be here May 8, and tickets range from $38 to $98. Better Than Ezra Director Kevin Smith’s work will be at the Roxy May 22, with doesn’t automatically conjure up tickets only $20. For the Old-School- ideas of love and devotion to chil- ers, Hall and Oates will resurface dren. His characters have unknow- June 28 and tickets will go from ingly participated in corpse sex in $40.50 - $55.50. The Dave Mat- Clerks, given meaning to Chasing thews Band will be at Hifi-Buys Amy’s “fingercuffs” and outraged the Amphitheater July 27 and tickets Catholic Church with Dogma. are $40 for the lawn or $57.50 for Yet, Smith ventures into differ- reserved seating. ent territory in Jersey Girl, attempt- ing to create a film that pleases both DramaTech opens his hard-core devotees and main- stream family audiences while keep- new production ing Silent Bob entirely behind the camera. DramaTech theater opens their With the overpublicized Benni- new production today. Pippin is fer relationship since terminated, Ben the story of a young prince who is Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s other trying to find the shortcut to a hap- movie partnership finally sees a the- py life. He tries to find it in the atrical release. world through war and bodily temp- Thankfully, Jenny from the block tations, including overthrowing his receives minuscule screen time. New father King Charlemagne. Ultimate- Jersey denizen Ollie Trinke (Affleck) ly Pippin discovers this happiness is makes his living manufacturing B.S. readily available in the simple life of as a public relations flak who spins By Frank W. Ockenfels/Sony Music his home. Pippin is playing in the the trivial movements of celebrities Kevin Smith directs Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler in his latest film Jersey Girl. Smith was in Atlanta recently to promote DramaTech Theatre, located in the into newsworthy material. his new film, which takes a backseat to his usual controversial comedies. Be happy though; J. Lo has a small part. same building as the Ferst Center. A December 1994 relationship The show runs March 26-27, 31, with New York City gal Gertrude two movies, Kevin Smith chain- frizzy, windswept hair. The thirty- muse for the project, responded af- and April 1-3. Pippin will also run (Lopez) blossoms into an engage- smokes Marlboro Ultra Lights, flick- three-year-old straddles his chair in ter reading the script, “It ain’t a in the Ferst Center for the Arts April ment and pregnancy. By the mo- ing ashes into a drinking cup resting reverse, tilting backward, rocking, Valentine to me. I die in the first 8-10. ment J. Lo. wails, “I’ve always been on the table at the Ritz. and even getting up on his knees fifteen minutes and you wind up thin and now I’m a disgusting pig,” He holds the cigarette as a prop, without missing a beat. with Liv Tyler somehow.” be forewarned that relief is just around gesturing with his hands enthusias- His mallrat outfit consists of a As more of a representation of Ladies First Tour the corner. tically for em- red, white and black jersey and a the fatherhood ex- comes to ATL Suffice it to phasis while he pair of calf-length jeans that perience, only a sin- say that eventu- “In retrospect, would I speaks and ig- don’t quite reach his gle, true Smith Flogging Molly will appear with ally, poor Ollie noring the an- slip-on checker- household event Throw Rag at the Roxy Saturday, finds himself rais- have gone a different noying low-key board shoes. Black- made it into the fi- March 27. The show starts at 9 p.m. ing his daughter way even in a post- jazz music framed glasses circle Jersey Girl nal cut. What might and tickets are $17.50. For a com- as a single father, pumping his eyes, and a ttttt seem insignificant pletely different sound, check out but he can’t jug- Gigli climate...?” through the scruffy beard covers Starring: Ben Affleck, “until you have a kid, the Verizon Ladies First Tour, fea- George Carlin, Jennifer gle both the Kevin Smith overhead speak- his cherubic, less a daughter particu- turing Beyonce, Alicia Keys and Lopez, Liv Tyler stresses of a child Writer/Director er. As arguably doughy face. Thanks larly, is you do have Missy Elliott. That show is at 6 p.m. and his job’s press the worst part of to Dr. Atkins, the to wipe from front March 28, at Philips Arena. Be ready conferences. his itinerary, the noticeably slimmer Smith has lost to back.” to empty your pockets, though, as How will the interviews and fifty pounds since last April. Knowing the inevitable baggage tickets start at $62.50 and go to BMW-driving big shot handle the barrage of tape recorders nonethe- The inspiration for Jersey Girl brought into an onscreen match-up $77.50. adjustment of moving in with his less engage the always-outspoken di- came from Smith’s own family while of Lopez and Affleck, Smith still suburban elderly father to bring up rector. raising a daughter, and he admits doesn’t question his decision. a little girl? He nods his head in agreement that he lacks the creativity required “In retrospect, would I have gone We all thought he Now embarking on a regional as if listening to and comprehend- to come up with material not from a different way even in a post-Gigli press tour after taking a break from ing a question before it has been real life. fell off face of Earth journalists over the course of his last finished, running his fingers through His wife, told that she was the See Jersey, page 31 On Sunday, March 28, comedi- an Pauly Shore will perform at The Punchline at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Shore is returning to the stand-up Atlanta’s Indigo Girls release new true-to-self CD/DVD routine that launched his film ca- By Hillary Lipko Indigo Girls continue to offer the reer and is fresh off his directorial Staff Writer same rootsy and insightful music debut for the film, “You’ll Never that first won them their devoted Wiez in this Town Again,” a dark The Indigo Girls have always been audience. All That We Let In has comedy with multiple cameos. Tick- a bit of an anomaly in the music been met with mixed reviews from ets are $25. Head to industry. They fans and critics www.punchline.com. were singing fe- alike, but all male-centric and seem to agree Make sure to watch politically con- “The limited edition that the Girls scious folk mu- deserve praise for Cirque Du Soleil sic back when the release of All That staying true to airwaves were their musical Cirque Du Soleil is opening its dominated by We Let In is a must- roots in an in- Atlanta show Alegria this weekend. brooding rock have for any Indigo dustry that often This human circus features amaz- music performed Girls fan...” demands slick ing acts and lively performances. by bands that production and The performance will run through were predomi- user-friendly lyr- April 18. Shows are generally at 4 nately male. In ics. p.m. and 8 p.m., but check spite of this, the Atlanta duo found That said, it should be kept in www.cirquedusoleil.com for a com- a niche audience and a record con- mind that All That We Let In is not plete list of times. Tickets start at By Frank W. Ockenfels/Sony Music tract. an album that is best enjoyed through $50 and run to $190 for VIP seat- The Indigo Girls have a long history of producing women-centric folksy Fifteen years and over a dozen ing. The show will be at the Cum- rock. Their new album has an optional DVD with live footage. live and studio releases later, the See Indigo, page 29 berland Galleria. 24 • Friday, March 26, 2004 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT Q.E.D. Original Comic Strip by Brian Lewis ([email protected]) technique meetings...tuesdays @7...room 137 flag building...free pizza ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, March 26, 2004 • 25 Hanks, Wayans deliver empty comedy with Ladykillers By Jason O’Neal Miller both the original material and a long This embellishment denies the Contributing Writer list of producers. The sensation of replay value that the subtlety of O, their comedy has always been sub- Brother, Where Art Thou and Fargo. I tried to laugh when it felt ap- tly fantastic, neither dry nor I cannot count how many moments propriate. I searched for some grace- slapstick. I have spent quoting The Big Leb- fully framed arrangement within owski. I would entirely attribute the redundant images and narrative. But transparency of The Ladykillers to I could find no evidence of Joel and the collaboration of producers if not Ethan Coen in The Ladykillers, which for the comparably clumsy Intoler- Ladykillers opens this weekend and stars Tom ttttt able Cruelty (also collaborative and Hanks.