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O.C. Band Rocks in True Irish Fashion Page 4 MUSIC: O.A.R. disapoints concert goers Full MOVIE: ‘Robots’ dismantle in theaters TELEVISION: British TV EFFECT show premierespremieres in U.S. TitanT i t a n EntertainmentE n t e r t a i n m e n t GuideG u i d e O.C. band rocks in true Irish fashion Page 4 The Upside of Anger Costner gives one of his best performances Page 8 M a rc h 1 7 , 2 0 0 5What’S Inside tival…Oasis, the brothers famous Latin afro-headed heroes. The for “Wonderwall” and “Cham- band will release the missing self- Contents pagne Supernova,” will release titled track from Frances the Mute 02 News Briefs-the buzz their next album Don’t Believe on vinyl on March 22. The single the Truth, fueled by the single will also include an acoustic per- 03 Music- ‘Awake’ will make listeners sleepy “Lyla,” on May 31…American formance of “The Widow”…It’s A harmonious set of songs Idol fans will notice something been awhile, since we’ve heard BY NIYAZ PIRANI missing from the remainder of from Aaron Lewis and Staind, Indie artist shows ‘gratitude’ Daily Titan Asst. News Editor 04 Interview- ‘Every day’s a hooley’ with the this season. Mario Vasquez, one but the band is once again in the 50 Cent and The Game of- of the shows remaining fi nal 12 studio and has decided on an early Fenians fi cially squashed whatever prob- summer release for their fourth 05 Movies-’Robots’ short on artifical lems the two had between them album, Chapter V…”Robots” intelligence at a conference held in New York dismantled Vin Diesel at the box offi ce. The animated feature top- Flim grabs attention, holds viewers City on March 9. After hugging on stage, both rappers donated a pled “The Pacifi er” to become ‘hostage’ combined $253,500 to the Boys the number one movie in the Family drama ends on upside Choir of Harlem. Half of such a country…Buzz Lightyear and his cowboy pal Woody will be back Flashback Favorite-When did Harry meet sum shouldn’t be a problem for the New York rapper either, con- in theaters once again. Rob Zom- Sally? sidering his second album, The bie is gearing up to release “The 06 Acoustic band falls short Massacre, sold over 1.2 million in Devil’s Rejects” mid-summer instead of in the fall due to high Television-Grammer brings back ‘80s fi ve days…Want to dress up like Slash for Halloween? Slash’s fa- test screening ratings…Toy Story humor mous top hat was stolen from his 3 has been scheduled for a 2008 07 Style Scout-Hair today gone tomorrow limo at the Grammy Awards but release by Disney…Matt Damon will soon again forget who he is 08 Sex Talk-Solving the ex-files dating is now back on its’ owners head. A California man came up with when he takes on the third fi lm in controversy the hat after claiming that he pur- the Jason Bourne series entitled chased it for $50 from a transient “The Bourne Ultimatum.” Da- in Hollywood. The man demand- mon said earlier this week that the ed his money back and returned fi lm is in early development…CD releases for March 22 are Silent ON THE COVER: Irish rock- the hat…It’s time for the British invasion all over again. Coldplay contestants, took himself out of Alarm by Bloc Party, Hotel by ers The Fenians will help get you has slated a June release for their the competition on March 12 with Moby and Lullabies to Paralyze into the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day. third album X & Y. The fi rst single little explanation given to his sup- by Queens of the Stone Age… (Photo/itsalivemedia) from the album entitled “Speed porters. “This is just something DVD releases for March 22 are of Sound” will hit airwaves in I felt personally wasn’t right for “Bridget Jones Diary: The Edge mid-April, shortly before the me,” he said…Listeners of The of Reason,” “Finding Neverland” band headlines the fi rst day of Mars Volta are about to get a and “Doogie Howser M.D. Sea- the Coachella Valley Music Fes- little something extra from their son One.” Full Effect FULL EFFECT EDITOR KYM PARSONS EXECUTIVE EDITOR MARTI LONGWORTH ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR KEVIN COOK PRODUCTION KYM PARSONS SEESON MAHATHAVORN, KEVIN COOK ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES DAISY NOELLE, KIMBERLY LEUNG CAN SENGEZER, JESSICA LEVENTHAL, VANESSA RUMBLES, RICK LEON The Daily Titan 714.278.3373 Full Effect Editorial 714.278.5426 [email protected] Editorial Fax 714.278.4473 Full Effect Advertising 714.278.3373 [email protected] Advertising Fax 714.278.2702 Full Effect , a student publication, is a supplemental insert for the Cal State Fullerton Daily Titan. It is printed every Thursday. The Daily Titan operates independently of Associated Students, College of Communications, CSUF administration and the CSU system. The Daily Titan has functioned as a public forum since inception. Unless implied by the advertising party or otherwise stated, advertising in the Daily Titan is inserted by commercial activities or ventures identifi ed in the ad- vertisements themselves and not by the university. Such printing is not to be construed as written or implied sponsorship, endorsement or investigation of such commercial enterprises. Copyright ©2004 Daily Titan 2 FULL EFFECT Daily Titan March 17, 2005 REVIEW MUSIC ‘Awake’ will make A harmonious set of songs listeners sleepy BY AMANDA PENNINGTON ference that Johnson and friends Daily Titan Staff wrote these songs while sitting at BY SUZANNE SULLIVAN The song starts out like many of a bonfi re on a lazy night on the Daily Titan Staff the others, except substitutes an Jack Johnson’s new release, In North Shore of Oahu. electric guitar for the acoustic, Between Dreams offers soft me- Johnson’s vocals tend to stay Ben Lee’s, fi fth album Awake but by two minutes in, prompted lodic tracks that steer the mind to somewhat constant, but never is the New Sleep, leaves a lot to by the phrase “You’re gonna fi ll lazier days. This CD is easy listen- fear, this is not to his detriment. be desired. It’s bland and often their world with light,” which is ing through and through. Even the This consistency works for him. obvious lyrics leave the listener repeated multiple times, a music plastic-wrap packaging is easy to He knows what he’s good at and wanting to take the album out odyssey begins. Drums, electric take off, a feat that is usually quite sticks with it. of the player and put in a Ben guitars and saxophones con- frustrating. This harmony between the Kweller CD instead. verge to make a seven minute, The album carries a theme of songs is what makes the album fun Both Lee and Kweller aim needless to say, overindulgent, love and love lost. As in the past, to listen to. for the same style, but Lee’s exploration. Johnson also writes songs that It’s easy to bop the head and tap his listeners. The album shows music falls short. The constant His songs do have promise, comment on the world situation the toe and learn the lyrics after Johnson’s candor and it fl ows from repetition in each song is an- the structure of the songs are and politics, such as in, “Crying the fi rst time you hear it. one song to the other like a soft noying and makes you feel like almost perfect. They are true Shame” or “Good People,” which Johnson has a great voice that Hawaiian breeze. he is trying to imbed the song to form and merely need fi ne laments, “Where’d all the good just melts from the speakers and This album is a great weekend into your cranium. tuning. He also has some really people go?” his band is a great complement to listener either at home or cruising Each song starts out prom- creative ways of describing the As a whole, however, Johnson his guitar riffs and vocals. down Pacifi c Coast Highway on a ising enough, simple plucks characters in his songs. and his band mates, Adam Topol Sometimes, the world forgets nice day. A smile will creep on the on an acoustic guitar or quiet If you like his other works, and Merlo Podlewski, play nice, what it means to maintain simplic- face of those who listen no matter drumming gently invites the you probably won’t be disap- easy soft rock that leads to the in- ity, and Johnson certainly reminds what the week had served them. listener into a calm escape. Un- pointed. If you like the genre fortunately, the repetition and and want to hear more inno- the simple lyrics cause the lis- vative music, look in Rufus tener to be jarred back to reality. Wainwright, Beck, or the afore- Indie artist shows ‘gratitude’ Lee’s singing style also detracts mentioned Kweller. All three from the album. He half sings suggested artists have a unique BY SHANNON HEWKIN Original (an anagram for oneline- radio listeners will sing along, and and half speaks every song. His style that can’t be easily defi ned. Daily Titan Staff drawing) and, most notably, infl u- too-cool hipsters will check it out, Australian accent makes each Lee needs to fi nd his niche, with ential rock outfi t Far-he had to cre- if for no other reason than Jonah song a little bit choppy, because a little more effort, Lee could Just when you think that Jonah ate another great band as well.
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