I~ The film "Intolerance" runs tonight at the Michigan. Check out the movie that intertwines four stories about intolerance together in one film. It is directed by D.W. Griffith, who also directed "Birth of a Nation." "Intolerance" is a silent film with live organ accom- paniment. The screening begins at 4:10 p.m. 1e ic mJk Check out a preview of Star Trek Voyager tomorrow in Daily Arts. Arts: Tuesday October 13, 1998 5 The Knesset jazzes up brew pub By Joe Grossman For the Daily On a typical Tuesday at Arbor Brewing Co., The Knesset draws its first set mostly from jazz standards; ranging from show tunes to be-bop to more mod- Courtesy of Warner Bros. Dennis Haysbert, Takaaki ishibashl and Scott Bakula head "Back to the Minors" in the third "Major League" movie. Mystery baseball and Meat Loaf hit vi-deo em compositions by The Knesset Arbor Brewing co. Tuesdays at 9 p.m. the table and the y the likes of Bill Frissel. Later on, as the lights dim and the "townies" are drawn in from the other room to join the students digging the music, they mix up the selection; playing a few originals and some unusual rock/pop arrange- ments. This past Tuesday night, the candle flickered at drummer, Jordan There's silence, then he picked a chord of harmonics on his '66 Fender Jazz Bass at exactly the right moment and dove back in. Shapiro made his guitar scream, bending up and down like a Hasid at prayer, mouthing the notes, his body twisting, feeling the music. Young then launched into a solo backed up by chromatic riffs and sparse strategically placed burps from the bass. Later, the trio moved on to Cole Porter's "Love for Sale," and Shapiro switched from his guitar to the Rhodes electric piano. While the brew pub was not the ideal modem electric jazz venue, especially acoustically, the seating was ample and the atmosphere was cool. Unfortunately, the visually appealing hard wood and glass surfaces caused the snare, cymbals and highs from the guitar to really bite. The band normally compensates by not letting the volume explode, and by keeping tight control over the tone of the instruments. Khronke in particular gets an excep- tionally balanced and rich sound out of his vintage equipment, which is not sur- prising considering his experience. His music career started in the '70s at Berklee where he studied under Steve Schwab with Gary Burton and Pat Methen. Afterward, he moved on to The New England Conservatory of Music to study the classical bass. For the past six years he's been based in Ann Arbor, and he's played recently with Ray Bryant at the Kerrytown Concert House, Johnny Basset (on the road in South Carolina), and Mr. B around town. Khronke enjoys playing the Brew Pub every week because "it's more of a free type of thing here - where you can try stuff out" When he cuts loose with a melodic new idea, Khronke remains right on rhythmically, and his sound is always sweet and crisp - with enough low end to make your abdomen vibrate and enough treble to give his playing sharp definition. Shapiro and Young are a little newer on the scene. Shapiro is a senior in the School of Music, studying jazz and improvisation. Shapiro has been with The Knesset since its conception more than a year ago, and has played in other local ensembles over the past three years ranging from Enchanted Iris, to the University Big Band, to the Saucy Blues Project. His style with The Knesset is versatile; his solos often morph from variations on a be-bop head to rock inflected repeating patterns with the dis- tortion pedal engaged, always with a twangy sound that isn't exactly tradi- tional jazz. Young, coincidentally the youngest member of the group, is an LSA junior, soon to join Shapiro in the Jazz and Improvisation program. Besides the Knesset, he plays with the Alex Anest Trio and in the Creative Arts Orchestra. His drumming with The Knesset is usu- ally precise and unobtrusive, but some- times the tempo drifts slightly. He swings on the ride and plays fairly straight ahead, often showing nice work with the brushes. Sometimes he gets a more aggressive rock sound out of his compact kit. "We dress casually, but our music is sophisticated like tuxedos;" Young said before the show last week. Not really, but like a member of the audience yelled after "Love for Sale," "These guys are some funky dudes" The sound of the group is classic, mellow and smooth. It is a psychedelic jazz mesh, and if you're not there at least once to check it out (because you had to stay home and study) you're missing out. By Matthew Barrett and Aaron Rich Daily Arts Writers With the Padres on the road to their first World Series since 1984, base- ball is the business of the times. On deck in video stores is "Major League: Back To The Minors" This perennial cleanup hitter reminds viewers of the dags of Cobb, Kaline and Kell. NoWillie Mays Hayes, but plenty of Cerrano. In "Suicide Kings," Dennis Leary lives out the dream of all other character actors when he New On kidnaps color- Video This ful card Week Christopher Walken. This is the best gang- ster movie since "Pulp Fiction." Just kidding! "The Last Days Of Disco," Whit Stillman's whiny response to the bygone era shakes and shimmies its way into the hearts of the art house crowd. Keep your eyes peeled for wild glitter and tunes that just keep on rocking and rolling. We needed another movie about the '70s - about as much as we need the L-man and a sinking ship. After Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro hooked up in "Heat," the next on-screen pairing that fans craved was Patrick Swayze and Meat Loaf. Well friends, get ready to chew some Loaf with "Black Dog." This match made in heaven will do any- thing for love and is a front runner for the 1999 Best Picture Oscar. Also, watch out for Meat in the sup- porting actor category. Flint native and dirty-hat-wearer Michael Moore brings you the "The Big One,' a.k.a. the U.S. search for labor peace. In his tour of Midwestern industrial towns, Moore brings out the lighter side of daily life. More power to you Moore.. "The X-Files" is a big screen con- tinuation of the long-running science fiction series. While the movie may unlock the mystery of the television program, non-viewers will have to join Mulder in the quest for the truth. And Scully, "You can't handle the truth!" Young, called out "Night in Tunisia!" Jordan Shapiro answered, "Yeah, but we'll have to rock it out." The groove was laid down and it sounded fresh. Bassist Kurt Khronke played a syncopat- ed figure and then slips into a walking line up to the next chord. Murphy's laughs are less tan 'o Bright colors and sounds propel 4N20' By Ed Sholinsky Daily Arts Writer A couple of years ago, Eddie Murphy made a stun- ning comeback with "The Nutty Professor." Between "The Distinguished Gentleman" and "The Nutty Professor," Murphy wallowed in such projects as the pretentious "Harlem Nights" and the awful sequel "Beverly Hills Cop 3." Since his comeback, though, Murphy has been unable to reproduce the magic of "The Nutty Professor," in such tripe as "Metro" and the inexplicably popular "Dr. Dolittle" It's hard to watch Eddie Murphy - the funniest man alive when he has the right material - squander his talents, especially when one has seen his earlier work in films such as "Trading Places" and "Coming to America." But that's exactly what Murphy does in "Holy Man" - waste his natural abilities. The blame does not fall squarely on Murphy's shoulders, for he's hopelessly miscast in "Holy Man." Playing a spiritualist of an undetermined religious background, Murphy's "G" arrives to save Ricky Hayman's (Jeff Goldblum) soul, by helping him sell things on TV. Though the con- cept itself is novel, the film is structured around the cliched story of a man who needs to Holy Man emerge from his self-hatred and realize that he's a good person with the help of an outside force. At Showcase Along the way, the woman who andt Sarwood detested him in the beginning of the film falls in love with him, he temporarily alienates her, so he can learn the error of his way and there can be an emotional reconciliation at the end. This is a movie everybody sees a couple of times a year, but it's a safe formula so Hollywood keeps using it. By being different - exploiting the concept of the Good Buy Shopping Network (GBSN) - the first half of the film works nicely. But by the end of the film, the feeling that we've been here before is too overwhelming and it falls on its face. The thing that held the first half of the film together, the question of what would happen to G, disappears by the second half, and thus the film and its jokes are too predictable to be entertaining. Hayman is a producer for GBSN who prays that his sales will go up and his boss Mr. McBainbridge (Robert Loggia) won't fire him. McBainbridge gives Kelly Preston, Jeff Goldblum and Eddie Murphy meditate their way to comedy in "Holy Man." N20 Nitrous Oxide Fox Interactive Sony Playstation Somewhere deep in the future, the *ky Way Galaxy is at war. The plan- et Neptune is the key to this war as evil forces have initiated new plans to invade Earth. By accelerating sub- atomic particles around a tube-shaped apparatus known as "The Torus," a super race of genetically mutated insects design to take over the universe. Your mission is to fly a tunnel er ship into eeh Torus and to destroy the insects inside. Nitrous Oxide is U a by-product pro- duced inside the Toruses (or Tori, if you will) that provides fuel for your ship, but also a breeding ground for the insects. eled by a pulse-pounding sound- om the Crystal Method (the same one from "The Replacement Killers") comes the new game "N20 Nitrous Oxide" from Fox Interactive and Gremlin Entertainment. The premise is simple: pick one of four tunnel runners and pilot your way through 30 levels, destroying insects. Sound boring? Maybe, but add in the fact that for every insect killed, a small et of nitrous oxide is emitted, fuel- ing your ship and causing you to go faster. Thankfully, there are brakes. "N20" is also a game of color. Bright colors emit from the undulating walls, causing an almost hypnotic effect. Throw in the Crystal Method sound- track, and the addiction begins. There are three levels of difficulty, but what differentiates easy and normal from difficult is the layout. The course is similar for each, but whereas normal levels give you a straight and linear course, hard levels throw in many twists, turns and curves. Now, add on the fact that the walls move. Keep a bottle of Advil nearby. It's pretty funky. Thankfully, the gameplay is easy. Only the left and right arrow buttons are need- ed for movement along with the four but- tons on your -X IIA console con- troller for weapons. The brake button, 0a though at times helpful, should be avoid- ed as much as possible since slow sucks. Extra lives are given for every 50,000 points garnered, which is great because, boy, they're needed. "Nitrous Oxide" is not the most in- depth game to ever come out for a gaming system. It's a game for us attention deficit Generation Xers. It plays with all of the senses, almost to the point of sensory overload. Beware of an addiction to this game. It's like going to a "Grateful Dead" concert on LSD, so all the hippie tie-die shirts blend together. Psychedelic dude! - Gabe Smith Hayman two weeks and a new partner, Kate Newell (Kelly Preston), to get his sales figures up. Enter G, who they meet after their tire blows out in the middle of a freeway. At first, of course, Hayman is leery of G, but by the end of the movie they're best buds. After Hayman and Newell fix their tire, they almost hit G with the car, causing him to pass out and them to take his to the hospital. And like a lost puppy, G is now a part of their lives, whether they like it or not. So, like a prayer answered, Hayman decides to put G on the air to hawk merchandise, and G is a hit. His first appearance on the air is hysterical - particularly if you haven't seen the trailer, which gives most of the sequence away. The movie loses ground when Newell and Hayman begin to fall in love and Newell begins to notice that G isn't as happy as he used to be, despite the fact that millions adore him. Hayman is put in the position to decide between G and Newell, and his job. From here on out, the audience can pretty much recite the movie line for line, as it goes in the exact direction movies like this are supposed to go. "Holy Man"'s most noticeable problem is Murphy. He just has no spiritual quality about him, which G needs to seem real. Murphy is too interested in being funny to really find G's depth, like he did Sherman in "The Nutty Professor." Instead, G comes across as either a stand-up comedian or lost child. Goldblum and Preston are generally solid - and are the films real leads, despite Murphy's top billing - but don't have much to work with. For a good part of the film, however, Goldblum does bring an air of authenticity to his character who's, going through a personal and professional hell. Director Stephen Herek and writer Tom Schulman are responsible for two of the most overrated projects of the decade, "Mr. Holland's Opus" and "Dead Poets Society," respectively. And here they show neither has much going on creatively. Neither the directing or the writing is particularly impressive - in fact, the writ- ing is downright base at times. In the end, "Holy Man" is mildly amusing: a good first act with no closing. What started out as some- thing interesting and funny stumbled and ends up being about 20 minutes too long. But there is still hope for Murphy. If he would stop doing family movies ("The Nutty Professor" was a pseudo-family movie) and go back to the daring, risky comedy he tackled in the '80s, the world would be a much funnier place. Forget "Holy Man,"' rent a Murphy classic. I q University ofMichiganJournal of Law Reform Y and University ofMichigan Health Law Society amproud to present a Symposium on Managed Care Regulation WHAT'S TiE PROGNOSIS: MANAGING CARE IN THE NEXT CENTURY University ofMichigan Law School Honigman Auditorium * Hutchins Hall, Room 100 October 16-17, 1998 I The Worldwide Drug Safety Surveillance department at i re Parke-Davis isently hiring somuE OfEvocn --Fama, CtomE16 1:00-2:00 p.m. Regitation 2:00-215 p.m. Opening Remarkcs n. Keynote Address Frank J. Kelley Michigan Anorney Genera 3:15.5:15 pm. Government Regula on Panel The Honorable Frnkj.-Kelley Attrney Genea far the Stateor MdiPU Gail Arlden Preskient andCEO, Henry Ford Heakh Sysms Professor Theodore R. Marmor FEATURED SPEAKERS: Sunday, October 18 on U of M's Campus T I.. % 'A1T 1 CAT frDG nrrM AT I