Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar The aP rthenon University Archives Winter 3-7-2014 The aP rthenon, March 7, 2014 Bishop Nash [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon Recommended Citation Nash, Bishop, "The aP rthenon, March 7, 2014" (2014). The Parthenon. Paper 333. http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon/333 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aP rthenon by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2014 | VOL. 117 NO. 95 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com WEEKENDMOVIE STAR.EDITION RAPPER? DIRECTOR. Bam Margera SKATER. brings his circus to Huntington MORE BAM MARGERA >>> PAGE 4 DAREDEVIL. 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Tem- highs are expected in the upper This weekend’s weather highs near 50 degrees and light peratures may reach a low near 50s under sunny skies. Monday Warmer weather on outlook calls for sun and the winds in the morning. Night 30 degrees. night is expected to be partly possibility of rain and snow, ac- lows will be near 30 degrees un- Snow showers are possible cloudy and become mostly cording to the National Oceanic der partly cloudy skies. Sunday morning with a 30 per- cloudy with lows in the upper and Atmospheric Administra- Saturday is expected to be cent chance of precipitation. 30s. its way this weekend tion’s report. partly sunny in the morning and Skies are expected to be mostly Another front will cross into Thursday night a closed, cloudy in the afternoon. Highs cloudy. Temperatures may reach the area Tuesday, but does not low-pressure system will be pro- will be near 55 degrees. At night, highs in the upper 40s. At night, feature arctic outbreaks. Weekend forecast calls for sun duced over the southern plains skies are expected to be mostly temperatures may reach lows Megan Osborne can be and will move into West Virginia, cloudy. Rain showers turning around 30 degrees and skies will contacted at osborne115@ and rain, but snow still possible drawing moisture into the area. to snow showers at midnight become partly cloudy. marshall.edu. Elijah Wood gets serious about Rising country duo Sundy Best the ivories making ‘Grand Piano’ ‘brings the sun’ to the V Club BY MARK WILLIAMS began writing music and gig- THE PARTHENON ging, albeit small scale, on a A Lexington-based band regular basis. After landing is poised to have a break out a regular slot at the notori- year, celebrating the release of ously rowdy Redmon’s Bar in its new album, “Bring Up the downtown Lexington, the Sun,” with a show 9 p.m. Sat- band’s fan base began to grow urday at the V Club. exponentially. “Door Without Straddling the thin line a Screen”, the band’s self-re- between classic rock and leased debut album, would go American roots music, Sundy on to sell thousands of copies Best is a breath of fresh air and create a buzz through- in the modern country scene. out the region. In 2013, the More Bob Seger and Tom album saw a deluxe edition Elijah Wood in “Grand Piano,” a Magnet Release. COURTESY OF MAGNET RELEASING | MCT Petty than Kenny Chesney re-release on eOne Records, or Travis Tritt, “Bring Up the one of the country’s biggest By ROGER MOORE - his place in Santa Monica, Calif., and move Sun” stands out amidst the independent labels. MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE (MCT) sic (he is dance DJ Frodo, and apparently to Texas. He was drawn to the informality of cookie cutter world of Nash- Developing a large, effective There’s a huge, scary gap between piano prettyfilm “because good at it)although and have I’m had aroundinstruments mu the place, the creative environment. ville pop-country. While the social media presence and lessons as a kid and playing “the most gifted my whole life, I’ve never put the time into “You break down that separation between album features plenty of guest years of relentless touring concert pianist of his era” in a movie. But one that the instrument deserves.” He loved musicians and studio pros, the paid off when CMT debuted these days, Elijah Wood lives for fear. One the idea of a Hitchockian thriller told in relationships occur. Fantastic Fest is like core of Sundy Best has always the band’s video for the song thing “Grand Piano” was sure to do was real-time, with much of what happens in it that,filmmakers and Austin and isregular a great people place forand that genuine kind been the duo of Kris Bently “Home” on its “12-Pack Count- scare him. unfolding during a single concert — piano, of connection.” and Nick Jamerson. down” at number one. The “It was super intense and the learning with orchestra. Reviews for “Grand Piano” have been en- Bently and Jamerson grew video earned the band a trip curve was EXTREMELY steep,” Wood says “And really, I couldn’t fathom what it thusiastic, with Wood singled out as being up together in the small to the CMT Awards in 2013, of his preparations for the thriller — weeks would be like to be so technically good with “ideal” for the part (The Playlist) because eastern Kentucky town of and became a rare under- of refresher lessons in Los Angeles, more an instrument that even as this guy is hear- “he commands our empathy and manages Prestonsburg. There they ground hit in country music. weeks of rehearsals in Barcelona, where the ing threats and seeing the little red dot of bonded over their love for Now, backed by the full movie was made. do his bidding” (Austin Chronicle). But it two things, sports and mu- resources of eOne Records, “Grand Piano” lets us see Wood, as con- still take care of business, musically, trying is,to remainlike many professional Wood projects and make since his “Lord fingers of sic. The two played music in over 160 tour dates planned, cert pianist Tom Selznick, play the pieces he the killer’s laser sight on his fingers, he can the Rings” (the cable TV comedy “Wilfred” church and formed a band several Grand Ole Opry ap- is supposed to have mastered. In a thriller This “piano wire-taut thriller” (Austin is another), a work with modest expecta- together in high school. After pearances scheduled and where a pianist has a sniper in the rafters, Chronicle)not to panic owes as he its figures existence this toout.” Wood’s var- tions. That suits Wood, too. But he laughs several years apart attending multiple videos in rotation laser-sight trained on him, ready to shoot ied interests, a decade past his “Lord of the at the notion that his Hobbit money has put separate colleges on athletic on CMT Countdown, 2014 is the moment he makes a mistake, “it’s im- Rings” heyday. He’s a founder of SpectreVi- him in the position of never having to work scholarships, the two rekin- likely to be the year Sundy portant to be as accurate as possible,” Wood sion, a production company that specializes again. dled their friendship at an Best makes the leap into the says. “You have to believe this guy can play. “I am fortunate to still have many oppor- impromptu jam session, and spotlight. That said, it’s extraordinarily daunting. tunities, and I don’t take that for granted. Sundy Best was set in motion. Mark Williams can be “The thing that was very helpful was that bookin indie festivals horror such films, as andFantastic he will Fest, forever in Aus be- But I’ve always been an actor who would The pair moved to Lex- contacted at williams788@ tin,in demand Texas. at fan-oriented film and comic rather not work than work on something ington together in 2010 and mrshall.edu. and cut to a very strict timeline and time- “That’s where I met (“Grand Piano” direc- I’m not fully, whole-heartedly committed for 75 percent of the film was me on stage tor) Eugenio Mira,” Wood says. They became to.” road map of which shots you’d see me, my friends and Wood signed on to a project that And if he was always working, when handscoded andto the my music.face as I I hadplayed, a very at the specific same would co-star John Cusack, as the mostly would he have time for the piano? time. I had a limited portion of each piece of unseen, but heard through a radio earpiece, “Oh, I’ve got one in the house, now.