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[email protected] Technique Entertainment Editor: Jennifer Aldoretta 13 Friday, Assistant Entertainment Editor: October 23, 2009 Entertainment Richard Otis Third Eye Blind reminisces with ‘90s pop hits Photos by Kelvin Kuo/ Student Publications By Richard Otis Third Eye Blind paired with Hot Chelle Rae at the Burger Bowl last Friday for a concert that made to hear you, not to "nd out which Assistant Entertainment Editor memories of our favorite ‘90s hits to come !ooding back. They played new songs and old favorites. twelve of my fellow classmates can scream “I would understand!” the Last Friday an old Homecom- for the event, which, despite the “awesome” knob, with the victim table. !e crowd mostly seemed loudest. For the record, it was a tie ing concert tradition was brought threat of rain, went o# without being people’s hearing. Rock con- interested in getting the headlin- between everybody. back to life with !ird Eye Blind any major weather problems. !e certs don’t have to be loud to be ers on stage anyway. After an hour “!at guy,” also apparently in supported by the Nashville-based night was chilly but manageable great, especially with a talented plus some additional setup time, attendance, was the one that felt Hot Chelle Rae at the Burger with the appropriate attire. !e group like !ird Eye Blind. !ird Eye Blind was ready to per- the need to remind Jenkins and Bowl. ground, while damp, avoided the Opening act Hot Chelle Rae form. the rest of the band between ev- Fresh from the release of their outright muddiness that could did an admirable job of warming Lead singer Stephan Jenkins ery song to “Play ‘Jumper!’ Play "rst studio album in six years, have turned the concert into a up the crowd. !ey weren’t re- went so far as to announce early ‘Jumper!’” until they mercifully Ursa Major, the three-piece alter- mess. ally anything particularly special, on, “I love it when you sing along. did. !anks, “that guy,” for re- native rock band from San Fran- On a subtle note, credit goes to but they weren’t bad either. !ey We’re all in the band tonight.” minding them. I’m sure they were cisco has been on tour promoting the concert organizers and stage sounded like the kind of band that Sorry Stephan, but if we’re all planning on skipping one of the the album as a comeback from the crew for keeping the sound levels rock music fans would not mind “in the band,” then the average perennial songs of the ‘90s until lukewarm reception their last al- from the speakers at a reasonable having on in the background. talent level of a !ird Eye Blind you heroically stepped in. bum received in 2003. level. Far too many venues con- !eir music was well performed, band member just went into the Several hundred turned out fuse the “volume” knob for the well played and completely forget- toilet. !e price of admission was See !ird, page14 Jonze’s Wild !ings vision strays from innocence with no dinner. !ere he allows portrayed. Instead it is one full of FILM his imagination to roam free, and childhood angst. Where the Wild Things Are imagines he travels by boat to a To escape from his problems at far o# island where he meets wild home, Max sails away to an island GENRE: Adventure, Fantasy, things who make him their king. of monsters. !ese wild things Family He eventually misses his mother themselves also have a lot of issues. STARRING: Max Records, and travels back to his room, Unlike in the book, where they Pepita Emmerichs, James where he "nds dinner waiting. are simply wild creatures, in Spike Gandolfini and Paul Dano !e movie is a bit di#erent. Jonze’s adaptation they come o# While it does have the boisterous as whiny, with their own personal DIRECTOR: Spike Jonze young boy Max, played by Max issues and con$icts amongst each RATING: PG Records and his frazzled mother other. !ey are constantly "ght- played by Catherine Keener, his ing, and it gets tiresome as the RELEASED: Oct. 16, 2009 problems seem to run deeper than movie goes on. just a young boy being too ram- Max is able to convince the OUR TAKE: !!!"!! bunctious. His sporadic mood monsters to make him king in- swings from happiness to sad- stead of consuming him. !ey By Patricia Uceda ness to fury make it appear that look to him as someone who can Contributing Writer he needs some real therapy. !ese bring happiness to them, and are erratic mood shifts most likely upset when he can’t. Max grows Where the Wild !ings Are is a spring from feelings of neglect and tired of trying to control them movie based on the classic chil- resentment toward his mother and and misses his mother, so he jour- dren’s picture book of the same sister, who don’t really pay much neys back home. name by Maurice Sendak. attention to him. While some parts are a bit slow !e book is short, running His mother is divorced and because of tedious con$icts and only 338 words, and tells the story single while his sister is indi#er- continuous outbursts of "ghting, of a young boy named Max with ent to him. Max’s struggles early it is interesting to note how this an overactive imagination who in the movie with both of these alternate universe seems to par- loves being wild and adventurous. characters make it clear that this allel Max’s world at home. !e One night he goes too far and is not a light-hearted children’s his mother sends him to his room movie, like most of the previews See Wild, page 15 Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures t0DUPCFS tTechnique ENTERTAINMENT Third from page 13 At least no one was clamoring Underrated comedy found in 30 Rock for “Semi-Charmed Life” because TELEVISION Fey, 30 Rock is grounded comi- no one can remember the actual 30 Rock cally in the tradition of Saturday name of that song and I’m sure it Night Live (SNL) as the show is would have been “Doo doo doo! NETWORK: NBC produced by SNL executive pro- Doo doo doo!” all night long until WHEN: Thursdays @ 9:30 ducer and entertainment giant they played it. Clearly, !ird Eye p.m. Lorne Michaels and stars SNL Blind’s penchant for catchy music favorites like Alec Baldwin and is a double-edged sword. GENRE: Comedy Tracy Morgan. Crowd pandering is a big part STARRING: Tina Fey, Alec Furthermore, the stories re- of being successful, and I recog- Baldwin and Tracy Morgan volve around the cast and crew nize that in this post-Bit Torrent of a televised sketch comedy pro- economy, showing people a good OUR TAKE: !!!!! gram, !e Girlie Show, and the time during live shows so they show’s head writer, Liz Lemon buy your schwag is more impor- (Tina Fey). Because the show so tant than ever, but if it’s gotten to By Zheng Zheng shamelessly hearkens back to Fey’s the point where you’re not even Sta! Writer own days as SNL’s head writer, singing whole verses of your most the show often contains political popular songs because the crowd’s Despite winning the Emmys in remarks as well as reference to already doing it, what’s the di#er- the “Outstanding Comedy Series” pop-culture in order to enhance ence between a !ird Eye Blind category three years in a row along the show’s humor value. concert and a $ash mob of !ird with a plethora of major presti- !e unique humor is notice- Eye Blind fans? $8, apparently. gious awards for the show and its ably di#erent from that of other Jenkins even showed o# his cast members, NBC’s 30 Rock is comedy series, which could ac- sense of humor with a musical in- one of the most underappreciated count for both of the show’s lack terlude of Nelly’s “Ride wit Me.” programs on television (if ratings of a substantial audience and its Considering the crowd noticed are any indication). critical acclaim. and still sung along, students ei- !e fourth season premiere Rather than over-the-top slap- ther have a highly developed sense of 30 Rock, which aired last week stick humor often found within of irony or people will do any- during its regularly scheduled many contemporary comedy pro- thing that a person on stage with a time (!ursdays, 9:30 p.m.), con- grams, it takes a relatively subtle band and microphone tells them. tinued the thankless e#ort of en- approach in achieving smart and !at’s not to say that it was a tertaining while hoping one day relevant comedy. bad show by any stretch. !ird of receiving its deserved attention. Instead of ridiculing stupid- Eye Blind is still !ird Eye Blind, Traditionally, 30 Rock has al- ity or absurdity in a way that is and anyone who remembers lis- ways fallen under the shadows of condescending to the show’s au- tening to their 1997 self-titled that other, more popular !urs- dience, the tales are instead in- debut or even just tuned in to an day night comedy series, !e Of- spired by the ironies in life, love, American radio station any time "ce, which comes on in the time and friendships. As a result, the in the late ‘90s will recall the slot right beforehand on NBC. In characters are laughable but not Image courtesy of NBC Studios band with the distinctive singer fact, many speculations led to be- looked down upon by the audi- memories, clever insightful re- It is a fantastic comedy series, that produced catchy, classic hits lieve that the show’s original fans ence as they are very relatable.