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6 The Polemic Roots Rock Society ~ brings crowd to their feet .!'liy Jessica Rutan Staff Writer An excited crowd wel- ~ corned the musical group · ·~oots Rock Society to ACC's · tfranum Theater on Jan. 28. The Chicago-based group · combines African, Caribean · and American culture into one · hi'ghly-energized program of music and dance. The music has a reggae ·feel to it, but is much more than that. They combine niany different styles in their 'frrusic along with impmtant _rriessages of today. These in- cfuded, "Cost of Living Going Up" and "Liberation." ' · They also played songs 'th~t got everyone up and danc- fh'g, forming a train for the audience to follow around the theater. Guitarist/singer/ songwriter Stann Champion, si~er Jahkiya, percussionist Angel Luiz Bedell, and bass player James Cornolo form the group. Champion founded the group in 1986 to keep his cul- ture alive. He has been playing music since the age of 15. In 1981, he left his job at an ad agencey in Chicago to play music full time. Like Champion, the other members of the group also at- tended college. Bedell was teaching nu- tritional chemistry in Cuba while playing. He began play- ing full time because music was in his blood. His dad was a musician and· his uncle was a famous musician in Cube\. Jahkiya began her career Entertainment singing in the church choir. She has been singing reggae for ten years and has been with Roots Rock for three years. She has a degree in music business management. James Cornolo became in- terested in this style of music because he went to school with a Jamaican singer at the Chicago Conservatory of Mu- sic. He· enjoys reaching people through Roots Rock. "Roots Rock is kind of political because we're a mixed group," he said. Champion enjoys the di~ verse audiences they play for. February 2000 "By coming to places like this, I meet people I would never meet any other way," he said. "I get to reach out to all races and ages." The band has gained worldwide attention with the release of two albums, 1993's "Bass Mint Sessions" and ( Photo by: Jocelyn Haske Roots Rock Society had the audience moving to the music. 1995's "Again!" They are cur- rently working on a new· album. "Trends come and go, ~ut culture is forever," said Cham- pion. , The band can be reached at http://members.xoom.com/ iriemusic/ ~'Doors" labyrinths through author's mind· Reviewer S high hopes Jl;lmes Eaton Staff Writer ~ I · .· "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, }1ifinite." _ This fitting quote by Blake w'as used by Aldous Huxley to create the tittle of his bo9k "The Doors of Perception." " The book takes its reader down ~l;e spiraling path of Huxley's 111escalin-induced conscious- ;1~ss, illuminating Lhe reasons p~ople can never truly share cxperience,s. Huxley enlightens the reader by describing how most people perceive the objects in' their environi11ents as utilitar- ians, seldom taking the simple joy in those object's form, color, and texture. An ex:.1111ple of this idea can be found in a portion of the book in which Huxley is looking at the objects in his home. He writes, "I was looking at my furniture, not as [one] who has to sit on chairs, to write at desks and tables ... but as the pure asthete whose con- cern is only with forms and their relationships within the field of vision or the picture ,,. I ! "Nunsense II" audience • ~ rolls in fits of laughter ~y Jennifer Werda Staff Writer Nunsense II, the Second Coming presented in January by the ACC Players was a smash hit. The sequel by Dan· Goggin to last fall 'ssuccessf.ul comedy played two weekends to sold-out audiences. Directed by Sonya Titus, the play was filled with laugh- ter until the last "Amen." Linda Suneson, appearing once again as Mother Superior, scored with her one liners like, 'T d rather have a bottle in front of me then a frontal lobotomy." Suneson' s facial expressions and body movements showed th~ energy she puts into her ro:Je. : Sister Mary Paul AKA A!Dnesia played by Mary Btoad was superb as the nun who has amnesia and tries to re!11ember who she is through a psycho puppet nun. Alisha C~le who portrayed Sister Mnry Hubert was splendid as th~ jealous nun under Mother Superior. Marsha Hoppe played Sister Robert Anne, the nun with the shady past, and Heather Pines portrayed Sister Mary Leo, the dancing balle- rina nun. One of the hardest parts ~f comedy is timing including leaving enough time between lines to allow for audience re- sponse of laughter. During re- hearsal, the cast has no audi- ence to practice timing with. . Even without the practice, the cast handled the timing like pros, pausing to allow just the right amount of time between lines for the audience to laugh but not miss the next line of the show. Titus, the cast and all of the people behind the scenes of Nunsense II should be proud of their efforts on this produc- tion. The zany nuns left the audience crying with laughter and begging for more! A L P E N A • PRINT MASTER© cfor Y<>ur c:Bustne:ss ~e:ds, Qr cfor ~at Spe:claf Qccaston, C\Ve: Can c;Provlde: ~ese: Se:rvice:s cfor Y<,u. · Business Cards Ayers Resumes BusinessForms Gift Certificates Self-Inking Stamps Color Copies lnvi?ti~ns T~ You C:U'ds Color Inks Laminating TypmgServ:ice Fax Service Menus And More!!! %t <{Is c;Put ~at c;Pe:rsonq[ 6f'oucft 6f'o Y<,ur qde:as Ph:(517) 356-6178 2567 lJS 23 South Fax: (517) 354-3465 Alpena, Ml 49707 space ... The legs for example, of that chair, how miraculous their tubularity, how super- natural their polished smooth- ness." this slows the rapidity of the readingdown,_leavin~almost fior "Tl~e Tilood" too much to digest with eacl;l. 1 fl Y Y ( Huxley's writing style is refreshing and a pure delight to read, creating transitions from one point into another with amazing clarity and ease, gi v- ing the reader the feeling of being inside the author's mind. A relatively short book, Huxley succeeds in saying in 80 pages what would take many writers · considerably more. However, page. · Huxley takes the reader from Buddhist philosophy to the "labyrinth of endless sig- nificant complexity" found in the folds of his gray flannel trousers. Anyone who has ever wondered how great artisLs, musicians, the mentally ill or · children full of simply blissful naiv.ite might perceive the world around them would thor- oughly enjoy this book. dashed by boredom Amy Wallot Co-Editor friend Roland (Taye Diggs), who has vanished on his wed- ding day. To help Roland with MTV's "The Wood" his cold feet, the trio reminisces shows the lives of three about their first experiences Inglewood, Calif., boys with females. through their adolescence and V✓ith a backer like MTV, adulthood. "The Wood" has the promise of The story starts with Mike being a hysterical movie that (Omar Epps) and Slim (Rich- can go places that more tivi- ard T. Jones) looking for their lized movie backers wouldn't . dare. Unfortunately, that's not r---------N ___ 0 __ N ____ E __ N _____ E ___________ ___, the case. \ lS lS 11 The flashbacks of the past . contain the funnist scenes. Too bad they had to be interupted by the present. Between the The second coming ••• occasionalhumorofawkward teenage adolescence, there isn't ~""· Book,Music and Lyrics by Do you have a nose for news? DAN GOGGIN An eye for image? An ear to the ground .... --..... Or something to say? The Polemic is looking for writers, photogra- phers, designers and illustrators. Stop into BTC 106 or call 356-9021, Ext. 264 to get more j .. . . ···:::~ ' ' ~,, ~ much else. The constant jump- ing back and forth between the past and the present does not · give us the _chance to connect with the characters. Combined with one of the most boring endings of all time, "The Wood," while not completely horrible, just isn't really good. MTV does provide a posi- tive aspect to the movie. It does have a great sound tract, featuring artists like DMX, _Blackstreet and R. Kelly . While "The Wood" has promise, it just doesn't live up to it. Stick to the soundtrack, and just skip the movie. ludeals ... . 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