ARTS The Michigan Daily Tuesday, March 8, 1988 Page 5 Fetchin' Bones romp 'n' roll Brian Bonet it's not just just a fancy wrapper to another Southern band. Their influ- pressures record executives can exert By Bappeal to an audience. Nicholls' en- ences are limitless, ranging from on a young band. "They don't say ergy is more honest than a market- Bach to the Blues, Elvis to Eno, we want you to do a hit record. It's If Patti Smith adopted a Southern ing ploy. "That's myself. It's my Chuck Berry to Chuck Barris, with understood," says Nicholls before accent, wore a wig of blonde locks, own thing. It has to do with joy of more Buck Rogers than Peter Buck. voicing assurance that Fetchin' and donned a colorful wardrobe from life and freedom of expression." Bones will not become the next the racks of Salvation Army you Their wide range attracted Capitol Heart - even if they do make it big r might mistake her for Fetchin' The band is based in Charlotte, Records to sign Fetchin' Bones' to with their new release, Galaxy 500. Bones lead singer Hope Nicholls. North Carolina. Not as far South as an attractive record deal. However, However, Nicholls admits that But anyone would have a hard Athens but close enough to be stig- lucrative record contracts bring the there are special subtleties that may time imitating Nicholls' wild, tribal- matized by the ambiguous "Southern danger of "selling out" and often vanish with success. "I think you Rock" label. Although she tries to leave die-hard fans mumbling, miss sleepin' on the floors - hav- "It's a long process to work into ignore it, Nicholls is bothered by "their old stuff is better" as they ing tea with breakfast with your stage persona," says Nicholls. this kind of categorizing. "People watch their ex-favorite band on strangers." "I used to just stand there. I was like lump things together. Southern MTV. FETCHIN' BONES will be at the a statue with a voice. Southern thing about our music is But Nicholls believes Fetchin' Blind Pig tonight at 10 p.m. The Not anymore. Onstage Nicholls is my accent "Bones can achieve success with band will make an appearance at a mirror to the quintet's colorful y Capitol on their own terms. How- Schoolkid's Records at 4 p.m. Tick- Fetchin' Bones, a non-Southern rock band out of North Carolina, hope Fourth of July firework sets. And And Fetchin' Bones truly aren't ever, she isn't blind to the subtle ets are $7.50. that their newly signed contract with Capitol Records doesn't mean an end to their romp 'n' roll style. Festival Continued from Page 1 ceedings), along with a five-mem- ber screening committee, will view them all before deciding which 80 or so films will be shown for the week-long festival. There are approximately 25 to 30 hours of films, running from today through Sunday (the last night is "Winner's Night," where the best films of the week will be shown again). Part of the appeal of the Ann Arbor film festival is that whatever it is you're looking for - whether it be animation or narra- tive, documentary or abstract - you're sure to find it. Among the films you might see Anna Spilt the Oil, a 12 minute narrative by John Allen of Holly- wood, California. Not among the prettier films you'll see at the festival - shot in black and white, it has a distinctly gritty tone - but for those who get a big kick out of lewd sexual connotations (as Allen clearly does), it's a lot of fun. Syn- thesizers pound in the background as the camera zeroes in on people sucking on popsicles. The story of 9il , which follows a woman carrying a bottle of whisky thrust- ing in and out of her plastic carry- bag and a man enjoying a popsicle on a hot summer's day, climaxes in a dark manhole. Lip-smacking good. The Ant Who Loved the Girl may not be mentioned in future generations in the same breath as other great love sagas, such as Antony and Cleopatra, but this sweet, seven minute animation piece is most engaging. Made by Steve Gentile of Providence, Rhode Island, the film follows the antics of one little ant who'll do anything to capture the attention and favors of a young girl. Simple story, simply shot: black lines on a white background. Girl is nice for the kids, and adults will especially like the deliciously dark twist at the end. Times Square, a four minute, computer-generated animation piece shot in color by Jules Engel of Los Angeles, is similar to taking an extended look into a kaleidoscope. A square, anchored in the center of a black screen, has internal geometric figures which change to the rhythms and beats of various noises (such as traffic and trains and con- struction work). It runs a little long - even at only four minutes - but the experiment is at times in- triguing, if not original. Ironically, the one film shown at the press screening that generated the most enthusiasm and was the least original was Tony Mor- tillaro's Legends of Doo-Wop. Mortillaro, who hails from Wood- land Hills, California, has put to- gether a "mockumentary," detailing the careers of two back-up singers who claim responsibility for bring- ing artists like Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly to the limelight. "We used to come up with just the right sound," explains Rich of "Wayne and Rich." On one of their hit records, Holly's "Everyday," Wayne and Rich make the back- ground sounds by having Wayne pull down his pants and Rich tap- ping a spoon on Wayne's tush. "Tap tap here, tap tap there, gold record," Wayne nonchalantly ex- plains many years later. Similar pieces have been done before, most memorably on Saturday Night Live (remember the one about the two aging baseball legends, with Billy Crystal?), but that doesn't take away from how funny Doo-Wop is. Not all of the films are good. But, as programming director Rock says, "This festival is for personal expression." Experimentation is king here, even if that means watching a two minute film and spending more that half that time staring at a black screen (as one of the films shown to the press was). The good thing about the festival is, if you don't like a particular film, it will be gone before you know it, and, odds are, the wait won't be long before you see something you like. About $5000 will be awarded in prize money, including the presti- gious Berman Award ($1000) to the "most promising filmmaker in the festival." Most of the money has been donated by Ann Arbor busi- nesses and private contributions. The beauty of the festival lies in that while it is a prestigious event, it still remains a local one. The festival gets no corporate funding, and that's just fine with Vicki Honeyman, one of the board of di- rectors. "We don't want 'Budweiser presenting the Ann Arbor Film Festival,"' she says. And they aren't. Probably never will. A shade too avant-garde for Spuds MacKenzie. But for those local cynics beating each other up, and trying to be first in line to toll the death knell of campus cinema, it is the perfect prescription for a sick patient. If it's "new cinema" you want - for this week anyway - theres no reason to look any- where else but your own backyard. 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