Page 18 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY September 9, 2003 Scopin’ Out the Future by Kaidye Hansen

Aries (March 21 - April 20) Libra (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) This would be an excellent time to Your roommate’s true personality start showing up to class. When you find reveals itself at night when there’s a out you are no longer enrolled, hurry and lighted bat symbol in the sky. return your textbooks and use the money to move to Guam.

Taurus (April 21 - May 21) Scorpio (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Your phone has become possessed Don’t get freaked out when your by a demon. Don’t believe anything you skin suddenly starts to sag and wrinkle in are told while talking on it. You could try the shower, you just forgot to take your and exorcise it with some holy water, shirt off. Lakin Jones / Retriever Weekly Staff like a whole sinkful. Presenting an Image: SWATH mixes it up during free hour on Friday. Gemini (May 22 - June 21) Sagittarius (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21) Commons Terrace Rocks Out You will be charged $50 by ResLife Your large stuffed Panda Bear will for a new phone when your idiot room- come to life and eat your dirty socks. Let from SWATH, page 16 local. VERY local. Four of the band mate attempts to drown the demon out of him, they were getting quite toxic. your old one. from, the whole band agreed on having members went to Catonsville High been big Metallica fans from the start, School, and three have attended/ do and that was the main motivation to play attend UMBC. “I play local bands, not Cancer (June 22 - July 23) Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) stuff you’d hear on HF,” Forbes later good ol’ rock. They also gave credit to The superior conjunction of a 1977 Your fondest dream has come true! commented. “I also play bands who local bands, such as Laughing Colors wrench and some frozen toilet dump Unicorns do exist! Too bad for you they released stuff before they got big, like and Jimmy’s Chicken Shack, for want- from Alan Sheperd mean your toilet is only like virgins. The Ataris,” ing to play on the local scene. about to back up, call a plumber. I then probed them for the dirt on Overall, this second installment of Freebie Fridays turned out to be a hit. where they want to go with their music, Leo (July 24 - Aug. 23) Aquarius (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) and got a hilarious response. “Forward. People flocked to the Terrace, and at its Definitely forward, but not backward,” peak the crowd numbered around two Prunes are good healthy food. Eat After a heavy night of partying, you Klein quipped. “We want to be a well- hundred entertained souls. only prunes and water and you will live will wake up in bed with the mascot, and known local band.” Their message is For those of you who liked a long healthy life. On an unrelated note, I don’t mean the guy in the suit. Here simple, too. “Have fun… and SWATH’s performance, which I sure make sure you are never far from a bath- True Grit… here boy…. Rock’n’Roll.” did, there is a possibility of seeing them room. When I spoke with Stephanie at The Brass Monkey on October 3rd; Forbes, the program director for for updates on where/when they’ll be, Virgo (Aug. 24 - Sep. 23) Pisces (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20) check out their website, at WMBC, on her thoughts about the band, While attending the SEB Movie in Waking up in class with a start and she replied, “They are comparable to the http://www.swath.org. And, for those of you with spiffy computers, sign onto LH2 you will find a twenty dollar bill. hearing the words “pop quiz” will signal good music of the 70’s and 80’s… Not After picking it up, you will be punched the start of one very bad day. like the overplayed ‘modern music’.” WMBCs website to listen in: http://wmbc.umbc.edu. Tune in this by Mr. Jock for looking up his girl’s skirt She wanted to see SWATH at Freebie while you were down there. Fridays not only because they are good week at the Commons to see Parts musicians, but also because they are Unknown! F.U.E.L.’s Major of the Week Delicious Danish: Band Social Work

Brought To You by Academic Services Is this program accredited? Makes Raving Good Music The social work major prepares stu- The program is fully accredited by the dents for generalist social work practice Council on Social Work Education, a national OLIVER BARANCZYK recording in b flat major, the with individuals, families, groups and organization founded to promote and improve communities at the beginning level. the quality of education in social work. Retriever Weekly Staff Writer Raveonettes have a much, much fuller sound and they surely run with it. Students learn a range of skills and help- What can I do with this major? Fit for a rave? Well, probably not. Throughout , ing techniques that will enable them to Graduates qualify to take the state exami- Nevertheless, Danish duo of and Foo harmonize on each intervene effectively in addressing social nation to become licensed social work associ- Wagner and , who dub them- song, telling stories of hard love, going problems. ates in Maryland, and they are qualified for selves , look like they fast, and then slowing down. The examination in all other states that license bac- never left the ‘50s and make music that itself is definitely more pleasing to the What do Social Work majors study? calaureate practice. Graduates are successful in stands as a soundtrack to that age. ear than its predecessor, evident on sev- The course of study in social work at both the job market as well as in graduate Their first album (they refer to it as eral tracks, such as “Untamed Girls,” UMBC includes: 1) social work practice school. a “mini-album”), , was and the lead single “That Great Love methods; 2) social welfare policy and serv- Sound Interesting? released last spring and saw the Sound.” On “Little Animal,” Wagner ices; 3) human behavior and the social For more information, check out the Raveonettes experimenting with song comes startlingly close to sounding, environment; 4) statistics and social Social Work website structure and production. That experi- dare I say, like Brian Wilson, as he says research; and 5) participation in direct serv- http://www.umbc.edu/socialwork/ or visit the mentation included the rules set for the “but at night when she’s curled up next ices through an intensive field-work experi- department in the Academic IV Building, 3rd album: the were tuned to b flat to me, I head out for the devil to meet.” ence. floor B Wing. minor, no song could exceed three min- Each song is structured almost like utes, and there were to be no more than an individual scene to a movie and three chords played on any song. along with their greaser looks, the As a result, the album and its eight Raveonettes bring the listener back to songs clocked in at just less than 20 the glorious 1950s. Having backed minutes long and shocked listeners with themselves into a corner with their for- write for features! is raw, hard sound. ward thinking but retro sounds, the Now, six months later, the Raveonettes make the most of what they ext. 51260 Raveonettes have released their full- have, leather jackets, slicked back hair length follow-up, Chain Gang of Love, and all. and though it is a terse 33 minutes long, Try if you like: Interpol, the White the record establishes a flow that makes Stripes, the Libertines, British Sea the record seem much longer. This time Power.