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Wava Nagila!
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Israeli dances. 7:30 p.m. at 1429
Hill St.

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MONDAY
OCTOBER 23, 2000

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losstones bring Ska, rock,
mayhem to St. Andrew' s

'Forward' takes
audiences down
well-trodden paths

By Joyce Lee
For the Daily

What do The
Bosstones have over
The Mighty
Mighty
Bosstones
Andrew's Hall
nr 1)n

Mighty Mighty
the MSU/Michigan
game? An awe-
some, high energy
punk/ska show
Saturday at St.
Andrew's Hall in
Detroit. The
Bosstones caused
frenzy among
their adoring fans;

They opened their set with "What I
Believe" and continued with songs from
their album Half Hor of Power, includ-
ing the first single "Makes No
Difference," Sum4I knows how to put
on a good set.
Flogging Molly, though an interesting
mix of punk and traditional Irish sounds,
didn't score as highly as Sum4l. And
after all, the crowd wasn't there to hear
punk rock renditions of "Lord of the
Dance."They'd paid to see Dicky Barrett
and company make them dance.
Finally, the Bosstones took the stage
and put on a great 70-minute set, demon-
strating both their musical talent and
excellent stage presence. The atmos-
phere was pure fun and really wraps the
crowd up in the show. Bosstone Ben
Carr, along with vocalist Dicky Barrett,
skanked all over the stage to get the
crowd going. There was not a still body
at the show.
The Bosstones' set consisted of a mix-
ture of old favorites like "Cowboy
Coffee," "Where'd You Go," "Devil's
Night Out" and newer songs like "Let
Me Be" and "She Just Happened" from

their recently released record, Pay
Attention.
Along with the music came a fair
amount of banter. Several times through-
out the set, The Bosstones, in true rock-
show fashion, thanked Detroit. Towards
the end of the set Barrett joked, "We're
not a new band, although people think we
are, we've been coming here for I years.
So this next song goes out to Detroit."
The crowd eagerly anticipated it, and
out came "The Impression that I Get."
Everyone went crazy, moving faster and
singing louder than Barrett. It seemed
like the pinnacle of the evening, but
more adventure followed.-Barrett intro-
duced Deryck, lead singer/guitarist of
Sum41, as his son. Barrett told him
"you're handsome now, but look at me,
I'm your future. But it's good to see
you're following in my footsteps."
Before the show, Barrett mentioned
that the Bosstones had taken Sum4l
under their wing. "We met the guys and
we liked them, we think they are a good
band, young kids from Canada. They are
fun to have around," Barrett said.
Deryck and guitarist Dave of Sum4l

By Lyle Henretty
Daily Arts ' wnter
In a great film, the only time the
audience will anticipate what is about
to happen is when the filmmaker allows
them to. In a good horror movie, this
may build suspense (I know she's going

uct. z, zuu mny were decked
out in plaid, fol-
lowing the signa-
ture style of lead
s i n g e r
DickyBarrett. The
Bosstones also
brought along Sum41 and Flogging
Molly for the ride.
Sum41 was a good choice for an
ening band. From its catchy punk
gs to mimicry of hair bands to mini-
rap sessions on stage, Sum4l rocked the
house and got the crowd pumped up.

JOYCE LE/Vasly
Dicky Barrett works the crowd into a
plaid frenzy on Saturday night.
gave the Michigan Daily their impres-
sions of touring with the Bosstones
before the show as well. "Awesome. It's
really fun because we hang out with
them a lot. We have a good time with
them. They are kind of like the father
figure'" they both said.
Like the crowd chanted all night,
"Bosstones Fight Right."

to die, but when?).
a
Forward
Grade: B
At Showcase
and Quaty 16

In a comedy, it
heightens your
appreciation of
the running gag if
you can guess
where it might
come up next.
There are many
ways a drama can
successfully uti-
lize this tech-
nique, cleverly
fore s had ow i n g
how a character
might react or an
unspeakably trag-
ic outcome. By
letting the audi-

fine film - one that goes to great
lengths to manipulate its audience. The
manipulations, though, are not of the
kind above. The script twists and turns,
but it only succeeds in winding us down
a well-trodden path. There is nothing
wrong with this predictability, per se,
but it does hold the movie back from
the greatness it nearly achieves. This
said, the script itself has both original
and keenly funny moments.
The story centers on a physically
scarred seventh grade social studies
teacher (Kevin Spacey) who gives his
students an assignment to change the
world for the better. One student (Haley
Joel Osment) takes him seriously,
devising a method of helping three peo-
ple, who in turn must each help three
people (an they help three people, and
so on, and so on, and so on). One of the
lad's good deeds is hooking his over-
worked mother (Helen Hunt) up with
the socially challenged teacher for a
romantic interlude.
Whenever actors of such high caliber
appear in the same film, there is always
the chance that they will cannibalize
each other. Leder wisely gives all of her
See FORWARD, Page 8A

Smith, Glass honor Ginsberg at Hill

Sheila Chapman McClear
'aiy Arts Wnter

The Patti Smith
atti Smith/
Philip Glass
ichigan Theater
Oct.19,2000

Group and composer Philip Glass
remembered and celebrated the
late Beat poet Allen Ginsberg
Thursday at the Michigan Theater
for the annual Jewel Heart bene-
fit/Allen Ginsberg Memorial con-
cert.
Before his death, Ginsberg, a
prolific writer famous for his fan-
tastical, disturbing 1955 poem
"Howl," was a regular performer
at these benefits. As Glass said,
the event is not only a concert but
a way for the poet's friends and
fans 'to create "our own way of

being with him, of invoking his presence and spirit."
Glass performed four short piano pieces, each
uniquely powerful and bittersweet. Patti Smith then
joined him to read two of Ginsberg's poems. Both
artists were friends of Ginsberg, and they seemed to
have a special understanding of his work, reading his
poems lovingly and with great emotion. One dealt with
Ginsberg's lamentations over the death of his beloved
Buddhist teacher; the other, entitled "the Magic Psalm"
had never been revealed to the public before.
The surprise guest of the night was eighteen-year-old
Jackson Smith, introduced by his mother Patti as "a
humble Michigan fellow." He performed a charming
and imperfect acoustic piece. The audience was
unfazed, however - as he walked offstage shrugging at
his mistakes, two impressed girls in the next row over
enthused, "H e's kind of cute!"
Diane Suess - teacher, published author, and win-

ner of the Ginsberg Memorial poetry contest - read
her poem "Green." Smith remarked that when Ginsberg
was alive to judge the contest entrants, he labored
painstakingly over each poem, whether they were from
a published author or "a little librarian from Des
Moines."
The Patti Smith Group, famous for their sultry, surly
Lower East Side rock and roll, kicked out a long, unpre-
dictable semi-acoustic set. The band ran through sever-
al songs from their newest album, Glung Ho, along with
older classics like "People Have the Power" and
"Dancing Barefoot."
The evening's highlight came with Smith's reading of
Ginsberg's "Footnote to Howl." Complete with a wail-
ing clarinet solo, she ended it by spitting on the stage.
If Ginsberg's ghost was there that night, sitting just
out of sight in the balcony behind the spotlights, he cer-
tainly would have smiled.

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