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COURTESY PHOTO Cart man, Kyle, Kenny and Stan are the kids of‘South Park, ’ the cartoon juggernaut on Comedy Central. TCI: Digital cable does have upside M Continued from Page 7 technology is still new and is cur rently reaching very few homes. ESPN, for example, didn’t want to commit The Deuce to an un known, wave-of-the-future tech nology. Instead, they offered the past, committing Classic Sports Network to the digital package. Still, despite the disappointment I felt after looking over the digital listings, there are some gems in the package that make it worth the money for some. The addition of Bravo and the Independent Film Channel to ac company the mainstream movie networks is sort of like adding the Bijou Art Cinema to Eugene to join the theatres at VRC and Gateway. The films are a little smaller and not as well known, but often are marvelous. You’ll find films such as “The Full Monty,” "Shine” and “The Ice Storm” on Bravo and IFC. Bravo also has an extensive library of foreign films. Pay-Per-View is back, which is a good thing, but there are actually nine PPV channels, which 1 find a little excessive. Another slightly excessive channel is Much Music, the rival of MTV. Hopefully, Much Music, unlike MTV, will actually show a music video now and then. Maybe most noteworthy is that the digital cable system is broken up into a network of nodes. Basi cally, that means if a tree knocks down a cable wire, instead of the whole city losing cable, only those within that node will. That cuts the number of local subscribers affect ed by an outage down to about 2,500. It still remains to be seen what number of subscribers will be will ing to shell out the extra $10 a month on top of their normal cable costs, plus $3.30 a month to rent the digital cable box, plus the in stallation fee of $12.95 to upgrade to the node-friendly digital system. What am I going to do? Well, I might just forgo all of the above, and upgrade on the basis of the 10 audio-only channels also included in the digital package. I’m hurting for some “Super Sounds of the ’70s.”Just kidding. Digital cable’s new channels ■ BBC America ■ Bravo ■ CBS Eye on People ■ Classic Sports Network ■ Discovery Kids, Science, Travel ■ ESPNews ■ Fox Sports World ■ Game Show Network ■ History Channel ■ Home & Garden Television ■ Independent Film Channel ■ Much Music ■ Outdoor Life ■ Preview Channel ■ Romance Classics ■ Sci-Fi Channel ■Turner Classic Movies ■ Encore Love Stories ■ Encore Mystery, Western ■ HB02&3 ■ Showtime 2 ■ STARZ! 2 ■ The Movie Channel ■ Nine Pay-Per-View channels Music Showcase Air soars to No. 4 on the strength of ‘Moon Safari’ HSglSy a MOON SAFARI COURTESY PHOTO AIR: KWVA's No. 4 pick this week based on DJairplay is Air. The French duo’s music is a mix of cinematic ambience, trip-hop and mid tempo-beats. They use everything from moogs to guitars to clarinets, which nicely compliment the French and English vocals. — Information provided by Jon Setzen, KWVA Music Director 88.1 FM KWVA Top 10 1 The Pastels Illumination DJ Shallow Pre-Emptive Strike Cheeky Monkey Four Arms to Hold You IAIr Moon Safari Unwound Challenge fora Civilized society Front Line Assembly Flavour of the Weak 7Sicko You Are Not the Boss of Me Various Artists What the World Is Waiting For Radiolaria Fuzz is Verse Aerial M As Performed By 8 9 ID T^en*ue& JLcuuUh^ 1214 Kincaid M-F 7:30a~til. Sat.-Sun. 9:00a~til... Don't let the books get you down... A Robin so n Theatre Production D L00£)u7i:nnT ■Ms r ? aa ^ Hanorii PuN* ««0*i r UT box office 346 4191, EMU ticket office 346 - 4363 “34 years of Quality Service” Mercedes • BMW • Volkswagen • Audi German Auto Service • MERCEDES • BMW • VOLKSWAGEN • 342-2912 * 2025 Franklin Blvd. Eugene, Oregon, 97402 BlYtradeSELL onrnSEYF.Ndavs We have a lot of music music is good for you Oregon iflcBart flayers THE YEAR OF THE CONDUCTOR Paul Polivnick Candidate Conductor Yuri Rozum Piano Soloist Saturday, January 31,1998 8:00 p.m., Soreng Theatre Sunday, February 1,1998 2:30 p.m., Beall Concert Hall Peck: Signs of Life II Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat Major Wuorinen:Su/fe from The Magic Art Concert Sponsor SI SSSSi L,,*on' M*cDon"<1' Wr,»h* Soloist Sponsor ff QtStCMfclUUft Special Solo Recital Concert Yuri Rozum, Piano Tuesday, February 3,1998 8:00 p.m., Beall Concert Hall Guest Artist Sponsor — The Register Guard FOR TICKETS CALL 682
