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Murfreesboro culture is unique. It's got small-town charm and big- 2003 ballot city attitude all at once. Students contribute to this culture in a sig- it Please nominate as few national chains as possible * nificant way, and have a symbiotic relationship with local businesses and people. Food and drink continued It's time that the student population weighed in on local culture, MUSIC and gave a pat on the back to those businesses and area people who make life in Murfreesboro sweet as a Georgia peach soaking in a Best Murfreesboro band Best service (restaurant) pitcher of iced tea. Mmmmm. To the right is a ballot for the first-ever'Boro's Best Awards, meant to highlight the people and places essential to good living in the Boro. Best Murfreesboro musician Best service (bar) Ballots should be turned in to the Sidelines office, in the James Union Building, Room 310, by Nov. 7. Look for the "Boro's Best Best drunk/stoned food Awards issue early in December, when we'll reveal who and what you Best place to hear live music and your peers consider to be the 'Boro's premier band, venue, place to get beer and much more- Best place to play live music Best grab-and-go lunch place Help us honor and support the people and places that make life in Murfreesboro livable. Red Rose rising? FOOD & DRINK ART& ENTERTAINMENT The recent temporary closing of the Red Rose Coffee House and Bar with the best bartenders Best place to spend a Friday night Bistro has had the Murfreesboro art and music community up in arms since Sunday. Trying to wade through the quagmire of rumor and suspicion has not been easy, but it seems that [flash] has been Best cup of coffee Best place to spend a Saturday night able to pin down a starting point for what may be a long, unfolding drama-There are still a lot of unclear details involving the shop's own- ership and how the new management approached what many see as Best mixed drinks Best place to spend a weeknight a hostile takeover. Some say there is great injustice to what has hap- pened. Others say that business is business. The rest just have to shake their heads and wonder. Best happy hour Best place to pick up a date With the closing of Sebastian and Diana's Brew Pub and Faces within the past year, the Murfreesboro music "scene" has dwindled Best place to take your date down into just a few venues - one of which was the Red Rose. Best beer It is the intention of [flash] to keep an eye on the situation at the Red Rose, and how its new ownership will affect local musicians and Best atmosphere (restaurant) Best place to cheat on your date music fans. As a staple of local culture, the Red Rose means a lot of things to a lot of people.That's not likely to change anytime soon, -k Best atmosphere (bar) Best place to dance

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August 28, 2003 STRIPTEASE page Has the Red Rose wilted for good? New management cause for concern for many employees, patrons

By Lindsey Turner

When the Red Rose going, working the counter during Coffee House and the day and night, and then coming Bistro closed its doors in after hours to do bookwork, Sunday, rumors abounded. former employee Chuck Bruner Some said new management said in a written statement. The planned to convert the coffee two ran the place with a large house/music venue into an Italian amount of independence from the restaurant. Some said the coffee other owners - the Turners and shop was going to take on a cor- Dr. Warren McPherson of porate. Starbucks quality. All of Murfreesboro. them thought that the Red Rose Bruner said Mullins stepped Photo by Dana Stoneking | Staff photographer as Murfreesboro had known it down in July of this year, frustrat- New management at the Red Rose Coffee House and Bistro has many in the community fearing was dead. ed by the hefty debt that had what might resemble a corporate takeover. But the new management says little will change. But, according to part-owner accumulated before Mullins and Amy Turner, the Red Rose is just Barnes had stepped in to run the ue to support the Red Rose as prices will go up. fine. shop. Turner declined comment long as they keep booking musical "I will go support "We made some business deci- on the Red Rose's fiscal situation. acts, but that she wouldn't hesi- the bands there, but I sions and decided we needed to Employees were shocked when tate to leave if the shop ever will not support the Thankfully/ spruce up," Turner said. the owners stepped in Sunday, became something she fundamen- new owners." Bruner Turner said the Red Rose is said current employee Sharon Van tally disagreed with. said. He said he has complete death keeping the same menu and will Etten, who has worked at the Red Van Etten said the employees even heard word of a still book bands. The major Rose for several years. would now be required to wear general boycott of has been spared changes to the place include some Turner said she spoke with aprons and a white T-shirt so that the reincarnated painting and new furniture, she Barnes Sunday night, and that he customers will know who is an shop. once again said. She also said that the record was supportive of her wishes to employee and who isn't. Rumor Red Rose patron store in the back room was rework some aspects of the shop. had speculated that workers and WMTS dee jay for the removed. Other than those In a written statement, Barnes would have to obscure their tat- Jussica Yung said she changes, she said, the Red Rose expressed his support of the new toos and piercings, but Van Etten has heard from sev- will be back to business as usual management's decisions, though said her visible tattoos would eral bands who will great remain as visible as ever. refuse to play at the Saturday, when it re-opens. he said he is stepping down from While Turner asserts that the Red Rose now. But many in the Murfreesboro his position. changes to the Red Rose will be Bruner agrees. Red Rose. community fear that a new Red "Thankfully, complete death mostly cosmetic, many in the "They're not going Rose is not really the Red Rose at has been spared once again for community - including some for- to get at least half of all. When Turner stepped in to the great Red Rose," Barnes said. mer employees - fear that the the bands," he said. - Bingham Barnes, make some business decisions and "She is in good hands." change will affect the Red Rose's Former Red Rose changes, she said, there were Turner said she offered each former Red Rose employee atmosphere and integrity. employee Kelley employees and others in the com- Red Rose employee his or her job Chuck Bruner, a former work- Anderson also munity who assumed the worst. A back, and that most employees er who says he was not offered expressed concern it It may turn out to be a very rift has developed between those expressed support for the new his job back, is skeptical. that the Rose might have trouble good thing." who want to support the Red management, but several declined "As far as I know, the new regaining the support of the com- For now, the next chapter in Rose, whatever its style, and those to work under new management. owner/management has plans for munity. the long and often rocky history who want to avoid any new incar- Van Etten said only three of the [the Red Rose] to be resurrect- "I think everyone's just appre- of the Red Rose is uncertain. nation. Rose's previous eight or so ed," Bruner said in a written hensive and nervous about what's When the doors open Saturday, it Turner and her husband, Bill, employees took up Turner's offer. statement, "but do not be fooled; going to happen, and no one's too will be up to Murfreesboro to commissioned Bingham Barnes Van Etten is one of them, and the only thing that will remain the happy about the way things went start writing it. # and Mike Mullins to run the Red she said she fears losing friends same is the name." down..." she said,"so I don't know Rose a few years ago. Both men over what, in her view, has been a Bruner said his job was not how much local support they're were made part-owners at the big misunderstanding. offered back to him, but that he going to have. It really depends on Door proceeds from the show time, though Turner declined to "I feel really bad because I may have given up friendships." she probably wouldn't have accepted how flexible they're willing to be, Saturday at the Rose will go to comment on the specifics of the it if it had been. He predicts that and whether or not we as part of benefit former employees. Billy business agreement. said. "And I love everyone who the new owners will stop booking the music community can adapt to Wayne Goodwin and 1984 will Barnes and Mullins practically has ever worked here." Van Etten said she will contin- the Rose's usual bands, and that the changes and make the best of perform at 9 p.m. lived at the Red Rose to keep it page STRIPTEASE August 28, 2003 Alien Ant Farm's 'truANT' comes just in time

By Lindsey Turner

Alien Ant Farm are children your subconscious, surfacing at of the 1980s. Never has inopportune moments (in line at that been more evident the grocery store, during class, than on their latest release, etc.). "Drifting Apart," while a truANT. OK, 2001's cover of notably cynical look on relation- Michael Jackson's Smooth ships, has a chorus that's reminis- Criminal was a bit of a clue, but cent of a late-'80s or early'90s act even a quick listen to truANT I can't quite pinpoint. reveals sometimes subtle, some- "Quiet" is another dose of no- times blatant new wave and hair nonsense rock with nonsensical rock riffs that even too-cool 20- lyrics, while "Glow" reminds me somethings can recognize and get of the Popular Genius song about a chuckle from. Natalie, the token rock chick on But the story WBUZ 102.9. behind truANT is It also has a one of triumph Alien Ant Farm series of excel- 'truANT over life's often lent adolescent random and dev- Rating: $"& I /2 innuendos.'TII be astating low- the switch she Released: Aug. 19 blows. In 2002, turns on / She'll Produced by: AAF's tour bus be mine too, I'll Dean and Robert DeLeo collided with a get off/ I'll be the truck while tour- Dreamworks Records fuse that she ing in Spain.Their blows / And even driver was killed with the lights and singer off, we'll glow." Dryden Mitchell There are a broke his neck. couple of tracks The other band that don't neces- members sarily take any- received less seri- thing away from ous injuries, but the album, but the accident they certainly brought the don't add to it. band's mounting "Sarah Wynn" is momentum to an a track about a indefinite stop. nice girl who gets hooked on It wasn't until Dean and Robert heroin and spirals into the depths DeLeo (of the venerable Stone of hell. Seems like Everclear beat Temple Pilots) signed on to pro- them to the punch on that story duce truANT that the project line ("Heroin Girl"), but the real began to take shape. The album reason I don't like this song is was finished exactly a year to the because both the music and the date of the accident. lyrics are the definition of generic. What resulted is an interesting Both "Never Meant" and "Tia mix of heavy, straightforward rock Lupe" are meant to showcase the Photo courtesy of Dreamworks Records and off-the-wall reggae and Latin band's diversity (they feature reg- (From left) Alien Ant Farm's Terry Corso, Tye Zamora, Dryden Mitchell and Mike Cosgrove hope to beats, all sprinkled with Mitchell's gae and Latin beats), but they end re-establish their reputation in the hard rockin' arena with their latest release, truANT. relentless, even vocals. up sounding more like mediocre The first five tracks on truANT karaoke than anything else. but, disappointingly, not much else. They may not have re-invented If they can surmount their are self-explanatory and easy to The truANT CD is interactive, The liner notes of the album, the wheel with truANT, but Alien career challenges with half of the like." 1,000 Days" has two incred- and takes you to a special secret however, are charming. Copy edi- Ant Farm have proven they have success they've had with life's ibly catchy hooks that have a ten- Web site area with a couple of live tors will simply love the lyrics dis- what it takes to overcome adver- challenges, they'll be around for dency to implant themselves in videos and a few concert photos, guised as graded English papers. sity to make rock 'n' roll. a long time, -k ')

August 28, 2003 STRIPTEASE page Sounds of summer The good and the bad

By Leslie Carol Boehms

Radiohead the bad 'Hail to the Thief Jewel If you weren't aware '0304' that Radiohead released a new album this summer, I just want to know what hap- you haven't watched MTV, Damien Rice pened to the days when Jewel was a listened to mainstream •o folk singer. Now decked out in her radio or visited a record best hot pink sequined Britney Spears- store. Perhaps it's just me. but Hail to the Thief was one This Irish singer/songwriter brought me back to a esque tube top, Jewel sings about intuition. of the more widely publicized albums of the sum- place where I genuinely appreciated music again. His Jewel's intuition mer. There was a huge media overlay in the melancholy voice and somber, heart-wrenching lyrics was apparently release of the album, with MP3 piraters ignite the same emotion brought when listening to Jeff off track when she streaming what was extremely close to Buckley's Grace. The album has been out overseas for decided to take the the final copy of the disc. Nonetheless, quite some time, but was just released in America in mid- mainstream route to Hail to the Thief is an ingenious cre- June. The writing is impeccable and the sound often tip- become just another half- ation (as usual) by Radiohead. toes in quietly only to sweep you away with a combating clothed pop star. Though she movement. -fa-k-k-k claims this album is a spoof of r (out of four stars) the industry and its demonizing ways, it's hardly believable when watching the music video of her first single. I mean, can't a girl spoof the indus- try without having her own private wetTshirt contest?

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Denver Dalley of Liz Phair Omaha, Neb.'s Saddle 'Liz Phair' Creek Records band Desaparecidos recently Another fallen girl rocker who used to decided to up and move have potential (and clothes). There's to Nashville. Here, he began a new rock outfit bear- really not much more one can say about ing the name of everyone's most hated school Phair's failed attempt on this self-titled subject: statistics. This release is a brilliant Dashboard Confessional album. The chick sound representation of the band's diversi- (A Mark.A Mission,A Brand,A Scar) rocker has been ty. The songs are pretty short but around for a while immensely clever. The album is a mix Maybe I have a problem with over-hyped but, alas, is turning of indie/rock/pop overtones with albums (and with the monopolizing of main- into a corporate plenty of tempo changes for stream radio and the unremorseful hand of record company you rowdy music aficiona- major label record companies). Though I don't whore with this t dos. know much a whole lot about the his- failed attempt at tory of the band, I know that they prob- music. - ably had some potential before signing to a major label. But then, those money-grubbing bastards warped any sign of talent and turned it into the corporate crap found on this album. page HEADLINER August 28, 2003

Photo courtesy of Beth Cameron A sound Beth Cameron and Doni Shroader of Forget Cassettes make a mean BOY + ( pair.

make n As a little girl, I had dreams of being a rock Can star. Doni S My mom still carries around a picture of me plays c decked out in my best Blondie paraphernalia: tons of The tv. necklaces, bracelets and a wild bowl cut. I even had You JU! the plastic karaoke microphone. with a i I used to set it up downstairs and perform the use of latest 1980s hits for my neighbors (Whitney "W< Houston was my favorite). I think every girl has the crc these fantasies. master I imagine the same sort of toddler fantasy hap- growin; pened to Beth Cameron, too. However, she lived out new inj her girl rocker dream. She began playing in girl (plus even m one boy) rock outfit Fair Verona (first called two pe Calypso) as a teen. Now older, wiser and still just as experir talented, Cameron is leading the powerful rock duo For{ Forget Cassettes. Being a Her voice is unforgettable - that mesh between a name unfaltering screams and passionate whispers leaves I grew me feeling broken after any given Forget Cassettes "Th< show. It's amazing what these two can do on stage. do with "We like to get really quiet and really loud," do wi Cameron said. "We love to experiment with time Camen signatures and different instrumentation. We try and Like

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By Leslie Carol Boehms

[ danceable. I think it's pretty good." dering around the local indie scene in Nashville. I appropriate." leron sings and plays guitar while her partner. was always a huge fan of FairVerona. However, there Girls may dream of rock 'n' roll, but Cameron Ichroader (also of the defunct Fair Verona), is little remaining of the brash teen-angst sound that lives it. She also helped inspire many young girls to Irums, accessory percussion and keyboard. riddled Cameron and Schroader's former musical follow their rock star dreams this summer when she to of them fill a room with immense power. incarnation. volunteered at the summer Rock 'n' Roll Camp for ;t wouldn't believe what two people can do "Our approach to this band is the complete Girls held at MTSU. :ouple of instruments - and they do deny the opposite of FairVerona." Cameron said."Our goals "Some of those girls blew me away," Cameron prosthetic arms. are different, the way we interact is different, the said. "It was definitely a highlight of my year. I really ! definitely don't want to get bored or have way we write is different. For me. it's a more con- almost cried when I went to see the girls showcase iwd get bored," Cameron said. "Doni is the ducive environment. Forget Cassettes is more of the their bands at the end of the camp. It was very nos- of addition. His setup keeps changing and/or sound and structure that I love in music." talgic for me." g.We know that we will always be bringing in Nashville isn't always the nicest city to dawn Perhaps one day one of those girls will form her itruments, bigger amps, more pedals - maybe musical resurrections. Yet, Cameron finds it all too own band. She'll be compared to other less talent- ore people to help out. Because we are only familiar a place to be, or to leave behind. ed, mainstream girl rock bands just as Cameron has ople, it gives us so much room to grow and "This is the only scene that I've ever birthed a been. But, the comparisons are inaccurate. Forget nent." band in so it's my only experience." Cameron said. Cassettes is original, brilliant, explosive music. ;et Cassettes formed in Nashville in 2001. "Although, I have heard that if we lived in New York Forget the gender, ir child of the '80s, I was obviously intrigued by we would be mega-stars by now. Whatever that that wants me to forget the musical medium means. I think I'm happy here, though." jp with. Earlier this year, the indie rock pair released their > name Forget Cassettes' has everything to first album on Theory 8 Records titled Instruments of i being and living in a new era and nothing to Action. ch being anti-cassettes or anti-analog," "The album title came from a song on the album in said. that's about starting over and not being afraid to try Cameron, I spent my teenage years mean- something new," Cameron said. "We thought it

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August 28, 2003 page 8 STRIPTEASE TPAC gears up for season of Broadway shows Changes By Rachel Robinson and Alan Coulter abound, Whatever your taste, the than socks, The Full Monty will Broadway in Nashville series at have Nashville's envelope torn in drama TPAC promises to entertain. half. 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' 'Oklahoma!' unfolds October 21 -26 January 27-February 1,2004 As the face of theater con- The newest Tony Award-win- This classic staple in theater tinues to evolve in ning Best Musical (2002) is based provides enough cornfields and Nashville with the recent on the 1967 Oscar-winning film of "Beautiful Mornings" for surge in envelope-pushing dramas, the same name, and follows a Nashvillians to feel right at home, the Broadway in Nashville series young girl from Kansas all the way away from home. The Rogers & and The Repertory Theatre, both to New York's Manhattan Jazz Age. Hammerstein musical is a favorite located at the Tennessee The Roaring 1920s provide the for all ages and a luminous piece Performing Arts Center, promise perfect backdrop for a woman of theatrical entertainment. to keep pace, if not advance the ready to take on the rules of love trend. and life. 'The Producers* biggest Tony Award-winner in grad. is seduced by the much This season's Broadway in March 23-April 4, 2004 Broadway history. older Mrs. Robinson, before falling Nashville series kicks off with a 'The Full Monty' (mature audiences, brief nudity) for her daughter, Elaine. revamped Tony Award-winning November 18-23 The Mel Brooks musical, with 'The Graduate' Nashville's production hasn't yet classic in Thoroughly Modern Millie, (mature audiences, brief nudity) Susan Stroman choreography and May I 1-16,2004 named their Mrs. Robinson, but wraps up with the universal Tim Six average Joes take charge of direction, is jumping from the (mature audiences, brief nudity) Kathleen Turner, Jerry Hall and Rice/Andrew Lloyd Weber stun- their off-kilter lives in this raucous Broadway stage to TPAC's stage, Anyone who has seen Dustin Lorraine Bracco have previously ner Jesus Christ Superstar and runs musical comedy, and, in the and it vows to be everything it's Hoffman's portrayal of Benjamin filled her heels. the gamut from the cornfields of process, conquer their fears as anticipated to be. The original Braddock in the classic Oklahoma! to the bedroom of well as their clothes. A musical production, starring Nathan Lane Hollywood film shouldn't miss this 'Jesus Christ Superstar' Mrs. Robinson. that promises to knock off more and Matthew Broderick, is the show. Braddock, a recent college June 15-20,2004 The very first Tim Sofa.'a. 0tuit>l6 Rice/Andrew Lloyd Weber mas- terpiece is closing the Broadway Consigning Furniture and Accessories in Nashville season with a bang. The timeless musical's new pro- duction keeps all the original songs and allows TPAC's curtain 906 Ridgely Road • Murireesboro, TN to fall gracefully. FABULOUS (Behind Davy Crockett's on Broad St.) (615) 895-3634 The Tennessee Reper- tory Theatre (The Rep) has also announced its first class 2003-2004 season.The wide finds STORE HOURS range of productions aims to J Consignment Start Tucs - Sat 10 am - 5pm please the pickiest of theatergo- Closed Sun - Mon ers, providing something for everyone, and plenty left over. Benefiting the Boys &: Girls Clubs of Rutherford County ^=^. 'Crimes of Heart' Sept. 17-28 This Pulitzer Prize-winning work of art brings three strange sisters together in a tiny Mississippi town to confront the ghosts of their pasts. This incredi- We havejuet what you need to furnish your ble comedy led to the hit movie starring Diane Keaton, Jessica Apartment or Dorm room at great priceeU Lange and Sissy Spacek. 'Dracula' Oct. 29-Nov. 9 Just in time for Halloween, Dracula promises not to suck. %2edi

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August 28, 2003 page 10 STRIPTEASE keepers' full of high school jocks... not much else

Photo courtesy of MGM Even a scarier-than-normal scarecrow can't save Jeepers Creepers 2 from its place in bad-movie history.

By Joey Hood Meals under the pokerfaced villain's muddled gape. B-reel dialogue and penis-dangling 'Jeepers Creepers 2' Salva's rehashed script is also pep- machismo prevail in Jeepers Rated R pered with racial undertones, an Creepers 2, quite possibly the Opens tomorrow unwise topic for a horror film. The worst film of 2003 thus far. And this is white vs. black connotations are more the year of From Justin to Kelly and of an afterthought to the unconscious Kangaroo Jack. Rating: if (out of four stars) violence. Jeepers Creepers 2 embarks on its Eventually, the racial bickering alien- crapastic journey with lazy-ass exposi- ates Jeepers' horror junkies in dire tion techniques from the fast-food need of a quick fix. Horror junkies school of filmmaking. And if Freddy Vs. Jason has taught the Middle's Eric Nenninger) is a com- crave bloodletting Mr. Salva, not reject- Instead of coloring gaps with actual America anything, it is this: boobies and bination of masculine poise and starry- ed after-school special subject matter. story, the geniuses behind Jeepers blood equal high-quality entertain- eyed nipple gazing. Nenninger handles Furthermore, how about the ran- decide to provide condescending, sim- ment. Unfortunately. Jeepers is boob- the role with extreme awkwardness, corous father (Ray Wise) who loses his plistic text. ("Every 23rd spring, for 23 less. Save the token cheerleaders and looking constipated during moments son during Jeepers' introduction, only days, it gets to eat ..." reads the first perspiring bus driver,Jeepers is a stone- of blustery jockular rage. to feign Roy Schiender-esque revenge frame. "Year 23," reads the next.) cold sausage party. Jeepers mentally paralyzing narra- by the film's end? Through the application of said tech- In fact, Jeepers may be the most tive implicates Nenninger's Scott as the It seems that cumbersome pander- nique, the filmmakers excise the con- homoerotic horror film ever made. egotistical leader of stranded high ing hinders Jeepers' effectiveness for cept of creativity within the film's initial Under the helm of original director school basketball players and cheer- both the blue-collar horror junkie and seconds. Victor Salva, the sequel uncoils into a leaders, a plot device that deliberately snooty cinema connoisseurs. Although the horror genre thrives mishmash of shirtless Hollister ads and feeds into its hormone-drenched pred- Unfortunately. Salva cannot pro- on hackneyed reruns Jeepers Creepers pretty-boy preening. The film's paper- ecessors. Predictably, the isolated vide adequate bait for the dissimilar 2 commits grievous sins. thin jock-prototype Scott (Malcolm in teenagers are picked apart like Happy masses. # August 28, 2003 CATWALK page 11

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