Leon Gast's documentary "When We Were Kings," a stirring look at the 1974 Muhammad Ali-George Foreman heavyweight title fight in Zaire, plays at the Michigan League. 8 p.m. Free. 8 FWednesday January 19, 2000 Ul tcwiozmlat eta " Video Pick of the Week returns to Weekend, etc. with a feature on Martin Scorsese's "Mean Streets." d New Arts play is an emotional 'Betrayal' 3y Nick Falzone D)aily Arts Writer In many extramarital affairs, the votive for infidelity is simply to ,scape a lonely life. But in Harold ,inter's comedy, "Betrayal," we dis- cover that in addition to fleeing from olitude through illicit liaisons, the unfaithful characters actually wage a psychological war against each other in the hope of passing their loneli- ;ess off to someone else. This weekend, Basement Arts pre- sents Pinter's famous play about a woman's affair with her Betrayal husband's best friend. But Arena Theatre director Tenley Hardin, a senior Jan. 20-21 at 8 p.m. Theatre concen- trator, stresses ° that although the affair is the backbone of the piece, it is the psychological game that gives the play its life. "What seems obvious is not obvi- ous; the fact that there's infidelity is iot what Pinter's trying to tell you," dardin said. "The play is a game about who can make the other one eel lonelier." The game ultimately centers on Uobert, the husband, played by first- 'ear Theatre concentrator Ethan (ogan, and his best friend, Jerry, flayed by senior Theatre major Multicultura J anuary Discuss full-time and ii organizations frorn acr Meet with graduate/pro Visit our homepage for oreanizations and scho L1 Get an early start. Pre- homepage (wwwcppl 3200 Student Activities The Univvr,ax u1 Michga -Jd; Career Planning Placement The Office of Academ is now takin Stude' positions for th( Summer In Application Deadli Student Leaders are nee (June 11- which includes a two week Leaders work with diverse residing in the residence hal Mos Def throws down at League W. Jacarl Melton For the Daily As DJ Carl spun '90s hip-hop classics from artists like Main Source, Slick Rick and Black Sheep, the sold out Michigan League Ballroom crowd rocked and recited lyrics from the favorite songs of their younger days. However, most of the energy in the room was stored for the appearance of one of the most talented MCs in current day hip-hop- Mos Def. Def appeared in the "Solar Eclipse" show, which also coincided with the Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. Also involved in the program were several spoken word artists and Mos Def the Ann League Ballroom Arbor/New Jersey based hip-hop Jan. 14, 2000 crew, the Athletic Mic League. After almost three and a half hours of waiting, fans were delight- ed when they were given an added, and unexpected, bonus to the show. This bonus came in the form of De La Soul deejay Maseo (Plug Three). After dedicating the show to 14-year old convicted murderer Nathaniel Abraham, the first song of the night set the tone for the entire show. Def flowed over Bob James' classic break beat "Nautilus." Not only did Def excite the audience with his rhyme flow and beats, he also invoked the name of the Native Tongues, a group which original- ly consisted ofA Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, the Jungle Brothers and other assorted acts. Though the original Tongues are almost completely defunct, Def's mentioning of the crew evoked questions about if the new Tongues, which have been said to include Common, who are going to record any- time soon. From this introduction, Def started into material mostly from his latest album "Black On Both Sides," leading off with "Hip Hop." As Def rhymed about the contradictions and issues in hip-hop today, the high-energy track caused the crowd to bounce to the beat. When he got to his lead single, "Ms. Fatbooty," Def asked for a little help from the crowd, since he was still in recovery from a bout with the flu. The audience was asked to sing the high- pitched chorus portion of the song. Needless to say, the audience obliged the request and sang, trying to match the effectiveness of the original. Later on, Maseo stepped from behind the turntables and announced that the audience would be privileged to hear some of the material from De La Soul's tentatively scheduled May 4 release "Artoffical Intelligence, Volume I." Like the rest of the show, the crowd got into the song and was left craving more. The highlight of the night, hqwever, was when Def performed his track "Rock N' Roll." The song started off rather smooth as Def rhymed about his love for real "rock n' roll" (Chuck Berry versus Elvis). The flow abruptly ended when Def began screaming into the microphone with the conviction that may have led some to believe he was recreating a scene from the movie "Scream." The crowed enjoyed it, though, and even attempted to form a quasi-mosh pit, but to no avail. Def has been working on a few pro- jects, most notably the new Yo! MTV Raps. Unfortunately, the program fell through due to legal problems and he states that "it wasn't meant to be true." In the brighter side, Mos is working on a new project. "It will be out in early fall, God will- ing," he said. MAJORIE MARSHALL/DAILY School of Music students Thomas Foster, Dave Jones and Ethan Kogan perform in Basement Arts' 'Betrayal.' Thomas Foster. Since the play moves backwards through time, from the end to the beginning of the affair, Robert is cognizant of his wife's infi- delities in every scene but the last one. As Kogan describes, much of his character's dialogue consists of subtle attacks against Jerry. "In every scene, I know about the affair, so I'm playing a game with Jerry, trying to make him feel as bad as I do," Kogan said. "But I go after Jerry with puns and anecdotes, little bits in each scene." Hardin adds that the puns and anecdotes utilized by Robert and the other cast members are evocative both of the play's setting, upper class England, and of Pinter's signature writing style. "There are definitely sharp attacks toward the other characters but they're not obvious all the time," Hardin said, adding that the British are generally less forward than Americans when speaking to others. "But there's all this double meaning behind the words; the way they've been written is so brilliant, so intelli- gent." Hardin said that since his style is so intelligent, "no one does Pinter at the University of Michigan because it's very scary" to perform. She attributes this fear to the complicated language that Pinter employs throughout his work, adding that the four actors in the play have had to rehearse a great deal to master his words. "We've spent a lot of time just read- WANT TO REVIEW NEW CD's? WRITE FOR THE DAILY. CALF 763-0379. ing it and reading it; it's taken time for them to become comfortable with the language, which is very important to the show," Hardin said. The words "aren't necessarily big vocabulary words - it's not Shakespeare - but there's so much meaning behind them." Kogan adds that in addition to mas- tering the words, he and his fellow actors have had to contend with the unconventionally large amount of pauses in the dialogue. "There are a lot of pauses in his writing, so much that they've named the stop 'the Pinter pause,"' Kogan said. "Even though it's a pause, though, you still have to act it, so we've spent a lot of time with facial expressions and movements." 6. Influential musician Chilton visits St. Andrew's Hall tonight I Career Fair ...... mm.. m y 25, 2000 Michigan Union Noon - 4:00pm nternship positions with oss the country. fessional school programs. a list of participating )ols. re-Registration January 3-21 src~ onine i tihrough C'P&(P's nuich .du). ONLY $4.75 Matinees before 6 pm, Kids, Seniors, & Everyone all day Tuesday $5.50 with Student ID after 6pm By Christian Hoard For the Daily While bands like Badfinger and the Raspberries tried in vain to live up to their "new Beatles" hype in the early '70s, Big Star, the Memphis group led by Alex Chilton, did as good a job as any of reviving the Fab Four. Granted, Big Star's version of the Beatles was a bit '70s-centric: There's plenty of Bowie-esque glam rock to be found on "#1 Record" (1972) and "Radio City" (1974). But if you've ever heard a Chilton-penned classic like "Back of ..f3r< a Car" or "September Gurls," you Alex realize that what really made Big Alex Star tick was the same stuff that Chilton Lennon and McCartney did so well: St. Andrew's Hall Perfect harmonies and gorgeous Tonight at 8 p.m. melodies - the sort that stick in your head for days. Big Star's penchant for charming pop songs somewhat disguised Chilton's Memphis roots. With the Box Tops, Chilton's first group, those roots were more apparent, as hits like "The Letter," "Cry Like a Baby" and "I Met Her in Church" (all sung by Chilton) blended Brit-pop tunefulness with healthy doses of soul and R&B. This half-pop, half-R&B amalgam has also bled into Chilton's more recent live performances and solo recordings, with mixed results. "Stuff" (1987) and "A Man Called Destruction" (1995) combined Big Star-@ style songs with some decent rock and R&B covers, while albums like "Bach's Bottom" (1975) and "Like Flies on Sherbert" (1979) sound like half-hearted throw- aways. Still, it's for his work with Big Star that Chilton is best known nowadays. Chilton has, in fact, become an icon of sorts for critically-lauded, commercially-ignored pop music, with countless post-punk bands - everyone from power-poppers like Teenage Fanclub to alternative-rock groups like R.E.M. - having cited Big Star as a prima- ry influence. Paul Westerberg even paid his respects via song with* "Alex Chilton," a track from the Replacements' "Pleased to Meet Me" album on which he claimed that he "never travels far/without a little Big Star." In recent years, clamor among Big Star fans has led to a few reunion projects, including "Columbia," a live album culled from a concert that featured Chilton and original Big Star drummer Jody Stephens performing with members of the Posies, and "Nobody Can Dance," which pulls together a series of studio demos as well as a bootleg of a 1971 live show. "Set," due out Feb. 15, is Chilton's first release since 1996's "1970," a collection of previously-unreleased solo material recorded just after the Box Tops' demise. $5.25 Late Shows Fri & Sat No passes or Tuesday discounts Unlimited Free Drink Refills & .25t Corn Refills Stadium Seating Gives YOU An Unobstructed View :. 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Rowling, author of the astonishingly successful Harry Potter books - widely credited with attracting scads of young people to read* ing. Because Rowling's books were first published in England, explained ALA President Sarah Long, they are ineligible for any of the ALA awards. "The thing that was so stunning," said Long, "was that on Martin Luther King (Day) - and for the first time in 22 years - an African-American writer won the award.""Bud, Not Buddy" is the story of a 10-year-old moth- .. ,., ,..... . l« A. , , :.1, , le lia.inr la l c f er -es o I ine is January 21, 2000. ded for a 6 week commitment July 21, 2000) paid training program. Student groups of high school students Ls with the students and serving as 1 1- - - -. ..I.. ~- ... I I u IN I