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songs High® Five Sited NBC took the gold last week, while rival broad- ®WMSV 91.1, 5.“I Kissed a Girl,” Katy cast networks barely placed. Propelled by just Make Scene World Class Radio Perry the first three nights of the Summer Olympics, Adult album 6.“American Boy,” Estelle NBC scored an average of 17.67 million viewers, Shine with Kanye West Now your alternative while its nearest competitor, CBS, averaged just 1.“Come Around,” Counting 7.“Viva la Vida,” Coldplay 5.68 million, according to Nielsen Media Crows 8.“Forever,” Chris Brown Research figures released Tuesday. blog choice 2.“Peace, Love & Happi- 9.“When I Grow Up,”The BY SHEENA BARNETT ness,” G. Love & Special Pussycat Dolls Scene Sauce 10.“A Little Bit Longer,” There are millions of 3.“Staying With Me,” Los Jonas Brothers music and entertainment Lonely Boys Web sites out there. ® www.billboard.com ®VIDEO RENTALS 4.“Hope,” Jack Johnson 1.“21,” Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. There are some for coun- Hot country songs 5.“Viva la Vida,” Coldplay 2.“The Bank Job,” Lionsgate Home Entertainment. try music. 1.“All I Want to Do,” Sugar- Some for 6.“Old Enough,” Raconteurs land ® 3.“College Road Trip,” Buena Vista Home Entertain- TELEVISION indie rock. 7.“I'm Amazed,” My 2.“You Look Good in My 1.“Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony,” NBC. ment. Morning Jacket And some Shirt,” Keith Urban 2.“Summer Olympics Sunday Prime 1,” NBC. 4.“Step Up 2 The Streets,” Buena Vista Home Enter- 8.“Cigarette Eyes,” Matt tainment. Web sites 3.“Good Time,”Alan 3.“Summer Olympics Saturday Prime 1,” NBC. Costa Jackson 5.“Vantage Point,” Sony Pictures Home Entertain- only dis- 4.“America’s Got Talent,” NBC. 9.“Nameless Faceless,” 4.“Put a Girl in It,” Brooks & ment. cuss the Shawn Mullins Dunn 5.“Two and a Half Men,” CBS. latest 10.“Pony (It's OK),” Erin 5.“Should've Said No,” ® celebrity McCarley DVD SALES gossip. Taylor Swift ® 1.“21,” Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. FILM But only 6.“I Still Miss You,” Keith 1.“The Dark Knight,”Warner Bros. 2.“Step Up 2 The Streets,” Buena Vista Home Enter- ® www.iTunes.com Anderson one site keeps you in the 2.“Pineapple Express,” Sony. tainment. know about major enter- Top downloads 7.“Gunpowder & Lead,” 3.“Batman Begins,”Warner Home Video. 1.“Disturbia,” Rihanna Miranda Lambert 3.“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” Uni- tainment news and keeps versal. 4.“College Road Trip,” Buena Vista Home Entertain- you informed on the latest 2.“Paper Planes,” M.I.A. 8.“Do You Believe Me ment. Now,” Jimmy Wayne 4.“Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2,”Warner in local entertainment. 3.“Burnin' Up,” Jonas Bros. 5.“The Bank Job,” Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Brothers 9.“Home,” Blake Shelton That’s Scene Now, Scene’s 5.“Step Brothers,” Sony. The Associated Press 4.“My Life,”The Game & Lil 10.“Waitin' on a Woman,” online companion. Wayne Brad Paisley Every day I post up enter- tainment news, and there Scene is the going and doing guide for 909, Tupelo, MS 38802-0909. are special features on local see. hear. do .com ® For 24/7 entertainment North Mississippi. If you’ve got something ® To learn more, call Sheena Barnett at bands, fashion and movies. information in Northeast happening from Oxford to Fulton, Corinth to (662) 678-1580. We’re also one of the first djournal Mississippi, go online any- Starkville or anywhere in Tupelo, Scene wants ® Check www.djournal.com to keep up sites to tell you about local time at djournal.com. to hear about it: with the latest entertainment news. concerts, such as the up- ACT US ® Send e-mails to coming Cheetah Girls show ON THE COVER: Some of Staind’s biggest hit singles [email protected] Scene is published by or provide details about the ® include “It’s Been Awhile,”“Outside,”“Mudshovel,” and Fax info to (662) 842-2233 Journal Publishing Co. Johnny Cash Flower Pickin’ ® Snail mail goes to Scene, P.O. Box Festival. “Right Here.” COURTESY PHOTO CONT Tupelo, Mississippi Todd Hunt, director of the BancorpSouth Arena, writes on the blog every Friday. He Celebrating 20 Years! gives readers a glimpse into how the Arena works and what’s on the horizon there. Besides the blog, Scene This Saturday! also has a MySpace page 8pm-12 pm and a Facebook group. Scene’s online compan- Elvis T ribute Artist ions are your guide to local T HE entertainment in Northeast Kevin will per for m Elvis’ s earliest work M AIN Mississippi. thr ough his V egasyears! A TTRACTION Hop online and find out S INCE 1988 2901 South Eason Boulevar d •Tupelo,MS what you’re missing. 662-841-1414 Go to sheenabarnett (acr oss fr om the VF Outlet Mall) Emporium and Open daily 5 till 12 am; Happy Hour 5-7 pm Coffee Bar .wordpress.com to visit Do wnto wn T upelo • 842-9617 •Open Thursdays until 7:00 pm Scene Now. August 14-20, 2008 getout&bescene 3E TUPELO STARKVILLE Corinth troupe to present ‘Crowns’ Play contest deadline Sept. 1 ® Corinth Community-Arts Builder’s Troupe will stage “Crowns” ® There’s still time to enter the Bestbets at Link Centre in Tupelo. Mississippi Theatre Associa- The musical tells the story of women in the African-American tion’s playwriting contest. a guide to what’s going on around the area church and the hats they love. It’ll be presented at 7:30 p.m. Fri- The deadline is Sept. 1. The day and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. work is open to Mississippi writers Tickets are $10/adults and $5/students at the Link Centre, who live in the state, as well as those who’ve moved McKinney’s Unique Fashions and Delores’ Beauty Nook in Tupelo, away. STURGIS as well as The Boutique in Corinth. It’s a one-act competition, limited to 40 pages Haggard to headline motorcycle rally and six actors. The plays should be original, unpro- ® Merle Haggard will headline the 2008 Sturgis South Motorcycle Rally. duced and unpublished. The event opens 6 p.m. Friday with Braden Gray and Loose Gravel, followed Disc golfers to play at night Playwrights, who must be 18 or older, may only by A Band Called River at 8 p.m. and Jeff Bates at 10 p.m. submit one play per year. The entry fee is $10. Regis- ® The Tupelo Disc Golf Association invites everyone to a round ter at www.mta-online.org, or call (662) 323-1097. Haggard will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, and he’ll be followed by Crossin’ of night golf at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Veterans Park course. Dixon at 10 p.m. Lights and batteries will be available for $1 each, and transpar- Tickets to the weekend event are $40. Call (662) 341-0115 or 323-3322. ent duct tape will be free. Bring see-through discs and a small flashlight. OXFORD Each of the 18 baskets will feature a glow stick. It’s a free event. Visit tupelodiscgolf.com for the full scoop. Presidential history on show MEMPHIS ® The University of Mississippi libraries will open Jackson, Adkins coming to FedExForum an exhibit titled “Hail to the Chief!” on Monday. ® Alan Jackson will bring his “Good Time” tour Pied Piper needs young actors The exhibit highlights U.S. presidents, as well as to the FedExForum in Memphis on Oct. 11. Mississippi’s connection to past presidential elec- Jackson is a three-time Country Music Associ- ® Pied Piper Playhouse has roles to fill for a production of “Alice tions. The display, which is housed in the Faulkner ation Entertainer of the Year. He’ll be joined by in Wonderland.” Room of the J.D.Williams Library, includes letters, Trace Adkins. Auditions will be 2 p.m. Sunday and 6 p.m. Monday at Milam photographs, books and campaign materials. Tickets are $49.50 and $65, and they’ll go Elementary School auditorium. Parts are available for kids from The exhibit is part of a number of special events on sale at 10 a.m. Aug. 23 at Ticketmaster loca- kindergarten to sixth grade. No prior experience is necessary. leading up to the Sept. 26 Presidential Debate on tions, www.ticketmaster.com, the box office or Production dates are Oct. 3 and 4. For information, call (662) the Ole Miss campus. Learn more at www.olemiss (901) 525-1515. JACKSON 678-6455 or 842-9031. .edu/depts/general_library. 2008 FALL FULL- SERVICE RESTAURANT Br idal Guide with a large selection of mouth-watering food including premium steaks cooked toperfection IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE HONAN BROTHER’S Presents

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Ben Gibbard as I Where: Musician’s Playground, The 22-year-old singer- his biggest I Cost: $8 I myspace.com/musi- songwriter takes cues from influences. Info: spirit with life’s ups and downs to make ciansplayground or (662) his own acoustic pop music. 840-6884 “(My songs) are based on re- COURTESY PHOTO The lationships – with people, with Em- ‘Como Now’ girls, with God. Come to find out, that’s where inspiration He stayed busy doing other brace’s lead singer, Cody Hick- music,” Posey said. “It’s our BY SHEENA BARNETT comes from,” he said. “Rela- things, but late last year decid- man, was a huge influence, childhood dream.” Scene tionships and how everything ed to leap back into music. He the Saltillo native said. Things have changed a lot “Como Now: The Voices of Panola Coun- ty, MS,” is probably for you. changes.” started writing new songs, “We share the same dreams for Posey, since forming four- and, earlier this year, started toomany to leaving music to It’s for those who haven’t been to and goals in life,” Posey said. church in a performing solo gigs. returning as a singer-song- Solo singer No kidding. Both Posey and while, or who “At first it wasn’t my decision writer. All of that change has Posey was a founding mem- The Embrace are working on need a spiritual ber of the local praise and (to play solo) – everybody was worked out for the better by EPs, and they’re touring to- uplifting. It’s for worship band fourtoomany. already in bands.But now I fueling his music. those who love gether throughout Alabama, After two years, the band see that it’s more intimate and “Sometimes we need to start and study Mis- started to change, and Posey more of the setting I want it to Florida and South Mississippi over, I guess, in a sense,” he sissippi music. had his fill of music. be,” Posey said. later this year. said. It’s for those “After a couple of years, I He got some help from the “We just want to travel and who have ears. ® wanted to give up. I kind of got guys of The Embrace, a Tupelo play and see everything and Get a sneak preview of Justin Posey’s In July burned out,” he said. indie rock band. His friend- get people to hear what we “The Seasonal EP” at myspace.com/ 2006, Daptone have to say through our posieslullaby. Records pro- ducers came to Scene’s Sheena Mt. Mariah Barnett gives Church in “Como Now” 2611 W . MAIN ST. Como and ##### TUPELO, MS recorded a host of Panola 842-3753 County gospel singers for this collection. Each of the 16 tracks are a cappella, so all that’s heard are these huge, powerful voices. Every song feels totally raw. The beautiful-voiced Mary Moore opens and closes the album, and it’s hard to de- cide which song is best.The opening SOUND & VIDEO “When the Gates Swing Open” is one of her favorites, and her performance is over- whelming. SOUND SYSTEMS & RECORDING Moore sings with The Como Mamas on a few tracks, like “Trouble in My Way,” GEAR FOR MUSICIANS which sounds almost like a gospel jam session. ARENA Brother and Sister Walker’s “I Can See So Much” is such a gem.The Walkers, who Grea t Martinis,Grea t F ood, have been married for more than 50 years, Grea t F riends,Grea t Martinis. have sung this song for decades.Their per- formance is the rare, special kind that stirs W e Know W ha t’ s R eally Important the soul. If you listen to any one track on this album, make it “I Can See So Much.” Their “Help Me Carry On” is also dynamic. CONNECTION “Como Now” is so important.These are singers who are pouring out their souls into their gospel music, and this compila- Come see A pril in the Sign up to receive tion finally brings them all together for the news and info on world to hear. Shaker Lounge It’s a beautiful record for so many rea- from 4:30 pm until 7:00 pm upcoming events sons, and it should not be missed. © 1/2 price a ppetiz ers and$5martinis Da il y ® “Como Now” will be released Tuesday

- J o ur n a l www.bcsarena.com on Daptone Records. Learn more at dap- 0 8 825 W . J EFFERSON S T . •TUPELO • 662.840.5550 ©Daily Journal-07 tonerecords.com/comonow. August 14-20, 2008 musicscene 5E BancorpSouth Arena Old Taylor Grocery Bodock Festival, Pontotoc Preston Shannon Blues Band – Aug. Staind, Hinder, Theory of a Deadman – TomFoolery – Sept. 20 TomFoolery – Aug. 19 29 Aug. 16 Braden Gray & Loose Gravel – Aug. 22 Wesley Jefferson Blues Revue – Aug. Sugarland, Kellie Pickler, Ashton Shep- Proud Larry’s DeSoto County Civic 30 herd – Oct. 23 Night Lifes – Aug. 15 Memphis Botanic Garden Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town – Dec. 9 The Whigs – Aug. 21 Center, Southhaven Blue Mountain – Aug. 22 Steve Harvey Show (comedy) – Oct. 18 The B-52s – Sept. 12 Boondock’s Grill Alejandro Escovedo – Sept. 24 Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town – Oct. Huey Lewis & the News – Sept. 26 Vinyl Dust – Aug. 14 26 Two Stick Stone Temple Pilots – Oct. 30 Mud Island Amphitheatre Pitlcat Project – Aug. 15, 23 Kid Rock, Rev. Run – Aug. 17 Kevin Waide Project – Aug. 16 Zoogma, Gravity A – Aug. 14 Fairground Building, Iuka XFORD Shinedown, Avenged Sevenfold, New Madrid Click – Aug. 24 The Sleepwalkers – Aug. 15 Just Plain Country – Aug. 16, 23, 30 O Buckcherry, Sevendust, Saving Abel – Scott Chism & Better Half – Aug. 28 Sleeping Bulls – Aug. 16 Afrissippi – Aug. 21 Ground Zero, Clarksdale Sept. 27 Fugley’s Sports Bar Avenue Hearts – Aug. 22 Blues Jam w/ Omar Gordon – Aug. 14 New Daisy Theatre Open Mic – Aug. 14 Bonerama – Aug. 23 Daddy Rich Blues Band – Aug. 15, 27 MEMPHIS The Infidelles – Aug. 15 Kent Burnside Band – Aug. 28 Big T & the Family Blues Band – Aug. 16 Silver Bullet – Aug. 15 Paul Thorn, Steve Poltz – Aug. 29 Scott Chism & Better Half – Aug. 16 Mayhem String Band – Aug. 29 Bill “Howl-N-Madd” Perry – Aug. 20 Chiodos, A Study in Scarlet, Forever in Crossing Cain – Aug. 22 Starfish & Coffee – Aug. 30 Blues Jam – Aug. 21 Dead Set – Aug. 23 Razorblade Blues Band – Aug. 22 a Day, Dr. Manhattan, The Showdown – bin612 John Horton Blues Band – Aug. 23 Aug. 31 Good Time Charlie’s Jeff Cummings – Aug. 14 Blues Jam w/ Razorblade – Aug. 28 Corey Smith – Sept. 5 Victum, Sekluded, Forgotten by Fate, Un- Troubadours – Aug. 15 . Bill Perry Blues Band – Aug. 29 finished, Coffins in Transit, Crossing Cain, The Trey Lyons - Aug. 16 Reba Russell Blues Band – Aug. 30 Orpheum Tupelo Kid, Dirty Gypsies, Yesternight’s Deci- Chaka Khan – Aug. 30 Dave’s Dark Horse Tavern Howlin’Wolf Memorial Blues Kathy Griffin (comedy) – Sept. 6 sion – Aug. 15 Festival,West Point Civic Center Tribute to Elvis – Aug. 16 Gravity A – Aug. 15 Hot Sauce – Aug. 16 Homemade Jamz, Ernie Southern & the Humphrey’s JR’s Lounge Come On, Go With Us – Aug. 20 Deltaholics, Billy Gibson Band, Eden Brent, Lil Malcolm & the House Rockers – Terry Barnes w/ Phil Anderson – Aug. 15-16 Bill Cooke – Aug. 21 MISC. MISS Caleb Childs, Ben Prestage, Willie King, Aug. 29 Afrissippi – Aug. 22 Blind Mississippi Morris & the Black Prairie Musician’s Playground Mayhem String Band – Aug. 23 Blues Kings – Aug.29 Sammy T’s O Bucky Covington – Oct. 16 Justin Posey, The Embrace, Red Hot Ro- Zoogma – Aug. 27 Oasis,Amory mance, Fox Chase Drive, Lorien – Aug. 17 ARKVILLE Vinyl Soup – Aug. 29 Von Braun Civic Center Forever & Never, My Epic, Inked In Blood, Skeleton Crew – Aug. 30 Mr. G & Friends – Aug. 15, 22, 29 HUNTSVILLE B.B. King – Sept. 21 Order of Opinion, Take it Back! – Aug. 20 ST Snowden Grove Park, TUPEL Ease the Medic, Winter Make Sailors, The Rick’s Cafe Southhaven Alabama Theatre Squids, Dharma Bums – Aug. 29 Young Agent Jones – Aug. 20-21 Kansas, Bad Company’s Brian Howe, Ron White (comedy) – Aug. 22 Splendid Chaos – Aug. 22 Blind Melon, Cross Canadian Ragweed – Alys Stephens Center The Stables Paul Thorn – Aug. 28 Aug. 15 John Milstead – Aug. 15 Crossin Dixon – Aug. 29 Saliva, Drivin N Cryin, Blackfoot, for Performing Arts Wanda Sykes (comedy) – Sept. 27 Dan Westmoreland – Aug. 16 Aquanet, Surrender the Fall – Aug. 16 John West – Aug.22 State Theatre Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt – Oct. 10-11 Mofro, Hill Country Revue – Sept. 2 Charlie Daniels Band, .38 Special, Eric Stogner – Aug. 23 Gabby Johnson – Aug. 17 Scott Chism & Better Half – Aug. 29 BJCC Concert Hall Bally’s Eric Church, Jason Aldean, Darius Ruck- Lewis Black (comedy) – Sept. 25 Vanelli’s Ricky Lynn Gregg – Aug. 15-16, 29 er, Jamey Johnson, Chris Young – Sept. 11 Kelly Clarkson, Reba McEntire – Nov. 14 Gemini – Aug. 16 Gold Strike Sturgis Rally, Sturgis Terra Firma – Aug. 20 Neal McCoy – Sept. 20 Braden Gray & Loose Gravel, A Band Bottle Tree Evenin’ Show Band – Aug. 26 Called River, Jeff Bates - Aug. 15 Dr. Dog – Sept. 8 Merle Haggard, Crossin Dixon – Aug. 16 Harrah’s Paul F.Tompkins (comedy) – Sept. 26 Woody’s Kool & the Gang, Stephanie Mills – Aug. 16 Hindsight – Aug. 20 Ron White (comedian) – Sept. 13 Cannon Center The Pieces – Aug. 21 The Raconteurs,The Kills – Sept. 29 The Nick Shagadoo – Aug. 22 Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Mal- Hollywood Casino colm – Sept. 4 Fall’n From Grace – Aug. 26 Delta Fair & Music Festival Bobby Vee – Oct. 3-4 James McMurtry, The Dedringers – The Crush – Aug. 27 Foghat, McKenzie Knapps – Aug. 30 Sept. 9 The Pieces, Spunk Monkees – Aug. 28 Horseshoe Casino The Romantics – Aug. 31 Ronnie McDowell – Aug. 15-16 Darby Lebetter, Brad Kessler Band – Plantersville Country Club, TUNICA Sloss Furnace

Sept. 4 BIRMINGHAM Trace Adkins – Aug. 29 The Whigs – Aug. 23 Plantersville Peter Frampton – Sept. 6 The Avett Brothers, Todd Snider, Roger Bill Brooks – Aug. 16 The Allman Brothers Band – Sept. 27 Cook, Rodney Crowell, Richard Leigh, Keith Workplay Montgomery Gentry – Oct. 4 Sykes – Sept. 5 Edwin McCain – Aug. 14 Shannon Sports Bar, Shannon Teenie Hodges, Guy Clark, Sweetwater Steve Williams & Fast Company – Aug. 15-16 Willie Nelson – Oct. 18 Garrison Starr, Jim Bianco, Josh Jade, Larry Joe Taylor, Keith Sykes, Fred Joplin, Korby Lenker – Aug. 19 Murray’s Tavern, Baldwyn Sam’s Town Knobloch – Sept. 6 Tift Merritt – Sept. 7 Full Tilt – Aug. 15-16 Rodney Carrington – Sept. 6 Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – Sept. 30 Chubby Checker & the Wildcats – Sept. 12 FedEx Forum Eric Church – Oct. 3 Alan Jackson,Trace Adkins – Oct. 11 The Lyric Oxford Air Supply – Oct. 18 MEMPHIS Mindless Self Indulgence – Oct. 14 Eric Church – Sept. 10 Iron & Wine, Blitzen Trapper – Nov. 22 930 Blues Cafe Ground Zero Blues Club Cross Canadian Ragweed – Sept. 17 Kenny Brown Blues Band – Aug. 15 Super T – Sept. 19 Lil Dave Thompson – Aug. 8-9 Zydeco Terry “Harmonica” Bean Blues Band – Saving Abel, Meriwether, Endeverafter Conor Oberst, Jenny Lewis – Sept. 24 Club Fire Aug. 16 Neko Case, Giant Sand – Sept. 25 – Sept. 9 Paul Thorn – Aug. 30 The Blind Ducks Blues Band – Aug. 20, Drive-By Truckers – Oct. 1 27 XFORD Crossin Dixon – Sept. 6 U.S – Oct. 2 Butch Mudbone Blues Band – Aug. 21, 28 To add or change a listing, contact O Splendid Chaos – Sept. 20 Rebirth Brass Band – Oct. 3 Delta Highway Blues Band – Aug. 22 Sheena Barnett at 678-1580 or e-mail Corey Smith – Oct. 9 JACKSON Mugshots Robert “Bilbo” Walker Blues Revue – [email protected] Shawn Colvin – Oct. 17 Benjy Davis Project – Aug. 14 Aug. 23 6E coverscene 7E ® ROCK ’N’ ROLL I What: Staind, Hinder, Theory of a Deadman I When: 7 p.m. Saturday I Where: BancorpSouth Arena I Cost: $39.50/general admission, $34.50/reserved seats, all plus service charge I Info: bcsarena.com or (662) 841-6528 ® BEFORE THE SHOW I Amory rock band Killjay and Memphis’ own Joan Red will rock the BancorpSouth Arena parking lot before the Staind show. The music starts at 4:30 p.m. and it’s free to attend, said Z98.5’s Drumm, who’s helping to organize the event. You don’t have to have a ticket to see Staind to see the Killjay/Joan Red show, and beer wristbands will be available. ® WIN IT! I You can win a guitar signed by the members of Staind. Tupelo Consignment and Album Alley are selling the chances for $10 each, with profits going to the Tupelo Meals on Wheels program. The and drawing will be Monday at Tupelo Consignment, and you don’t have Tupelo on tour with Nickelback. “Lips of An Angel” Vancouver-based rockers Theory of a Deadman to be present to win. Drop by Tupelo Consignment to see the guitar. Hinder last came to like “So Happy” and have had hits with tunes “Better Than Me” are two of the band’s hit singles. “Bad Girlfriend. ”

isten to the pain of “It’s Been Awhile,” the sure, but this is what I do, and I’m very fortunate that ® deep, personal lyrics of “Outside” or the we’re still doing it.” HEY, STAIND’S heavy music of “So Far Away,” and you may Staind’s latest album, “The Illusion of Progress,” MIKE MUSHOK, Staind drops get the impression that this one group of se- will be released Tuesday, just a few days after the L group makes a tour stop in Tupelo with Theory of a WHAT’S ON YOUR IPOD? rious, tortured-soul artists. Are the musicians really as grave and tough as their Deadman and Hinder. “Honestly I really don’t have Mushok said Staind is excited about its latest CD. music sounds? an iPod. I’ve never down- new album, “We get that question all the time,” said Staind gui- “I’m just really proud of the way it came out. We tarist Mike Mushok. “We’re hoping we can take away worked very hard on it,” he said. loaded a song. I still a little bit of that. We’re pretty optimistic, and there Now the band’s on tour to support the record. go out and buy are some pretty uplifting songs on the album (“The Staind toured with 3 Doors Down for a while but is ‘The Illusion Illusion of Progress”)...I think that everybody’s family now on its headlining tour. CDs...Because I lives and things are pretty good; we can’t complain.” “We’ll definitely play some more new songs and know how hard we No need to complain, indeed. Staind – made up of some obscure stuff we haven’t played in a while, work to make a Mushok, drummer Jon Wysocki, bass player Johnny which is always fun to do,” Mushok said. “We defi- of Progress,’ April and lead singer and guitarist Aaron Lewis – has nitely learned some stuff we haven’t played before record, and just be- released six albums in the last 10 years, and the band and stuff we haven’t played a lot. It’ll be a little bit cause a record has been together a total of 14 years. The band has more interesting.” steadily progressed, while lesser bands have come Mushok said the band can’t wait to let fans hear label decides that’s and gone in a fickle music industry. the new music for the first time live. the single and and stops Recording and playing live are “two different things, totally,” he said. “But once a record’s done, it’s that’s the best ‘The Illusion of Progress’ such a big relief. It’s just a great feeling...It’s us being thing to listen to, it’s not the It’s been three years since Staind released its last able to play these songs for people.” best thing on the by Tupelo CD of original material, “Chapter V.” From starting out as a promising band to being Between touring for that album and creating the one of rock music’s heavyweights, Staind has come a record...When people down- new album, Mushok and his wife had twins. long way – all because of the fans. load singles, it leaves a lot of STORY BY SHEENA BARNETT “I was able to be at home for the first year and a “We want to thank the fans for allowing us to do half, which was great,” he said. But that good time this, by coming to the shows, buying the records,” he music unheard, and it proba- Staind, who will release its new album, “The Illusion of Progress” Tuesday, will perform in Tupelo at the BancorpSouth Arena on Saturday. From left are guitarist Mike Mushok, drummer Jon SCENE MAGAZINE made leaving for a tour that much more difficult. said. “We just feel very fortunate for the people that bly deserves a chance to be “Leaving home is probably the hardest thing I’ve allow us to do this, and that’s the fans. We definitely heard.” Wysocki, lead singer and guitarist Aaron Lewis and bass player Johnny April. ever had to do,” Mushok said. “That’s not any fun, for appreciate it.” 8E screenscene August 14-20, 2008 ‘Pineapple Express’ doesn’t meet expectations I It’s not a bad film, but it could’ve used more laughs.

BY M. SCOTT MORRIS NEW Scene FILMS THISBen WEEK Stiller directs “Pineapple Express” combines a dope-smoking Thunder” – movie with an action flick. I “Tropic The result is not as funny as writers Seth Rogen and this comedy surrounding actors in a war movie Evan Goldberg must have thought who suddenly find themselves involved in a real review it would be during their “brain- fight. Now open. – Three flies find themselves on storming” sessions. I “Fly Me to the Moon” Rogen stars as Dale Denton, a a space shuttle to the moon in this 3D animated tale. process server who spends his . ars” – George Lucas goes. the Opens Friday The Clone W days smoking mass quantities of I “Star Wars: marijuana. oody Allen’s next animated route with his space opera.– OpensW Friday Saul Silver (James Franco) is his I “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” pot dealer. Saul would like the pair romantic comedy gathers Javier Bardem, Pene- to become friends, but Dale . DALE ROBINETTE/MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE lope Cruz and his latest muse, Scarlett would prefer to maintain a busi- Johansson. Opens Friday ness relationship. Dale Denton (Seth Rogen, left) and Saul Silver (James Franco) The action starts when Dale are two lazy stoners running for their lives in “Pineapple Scene’s M. Scott witnesses a murder. Before long, a Express.” crime boss (Gary Cole) and a dirty Morris gives cop (Rosie Perez) combine their “Pineapple forces to track down Dale and Wizard review for a laugh-out-loud trip to the theater. That didn’t ® Kelli Karlson with Wizard 106.7 gives Express” a C. Saul. happen for me, but it should be noted that other folks “Pineapple Express” a D minus. You get plenty of fights and in the theater laughed more than I did. chase scenes, as well as paranoid I didn’t hate “Pineapple Express.” I was interested ramblings from the stoners. You also get a buddy from start to finish, but kept expecting something “Go see ‘Mamma Mia!’ flick, as Dale begins to realize he doesn’t have many more. friends, so why push Saul away? I give it a C. instead.” I’d read a few reviews and saw Jon Stewart give the It’s showing at Malcos in Tupelo, Oxford, Corinth ® Look for movie reviews in Scene on Thurs- movie his endorsement on “The Daily Show,” so I and Columbus, as well as Hollywood Premier Cine- days, and listen each Tuesday morning on Wiz- went into “Pineapple Express” with high expectations mas in Starkville. ard 106.7 between 8:30 and 8:45 a.m.

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(662) 690-4011. 9622, ext. 235. 6528. Donations. (701) 632-0635. VOICE CLASS FOR ADULTS: 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sun- DISNEY LIVE! PRESENTS WINNIE THE POOH: 6:30 SPORTING EVENTS days, Sept. 7-Nov. 9 (10 weeks). Jo Miller Orr is FOR ADULTS p.m. Sept. 26.Tickets range from $14 to $37 plus BLUES/R&B/JAZZ instructor.Text will be “The Singing Book,” 2nd edi- service charge. Children age 1 and older must TFW WRESTLING: 8 p.m.Aug. 15, 1014 N. Eason tion by Meredith Dayme and Cynthia Vaughn. Sup- YOUNG AT HEART CLUB: 6:30 p.m. second, third and have ticket. BancorpSouth Arena box office, arena Blvd. (Auburn Road),Tupelo. Finals match for next plemental material will be “An Introduction to fourth Thurs., Bel Air Center,Tupelo. Pot luck supper HOWLIN’WOLF MEMORIAL BLUES FESTIVAL: Aug. Sight-Singing” by Stanley Arkis and Herman outlets, www.bcsarena.com, (662) 841-6528. 29,West Point Civic Center,West Point. Featuring week’s show featuring Petey Williams from TNA (take dish), variety program; $4 at the door. For Wrestling. $5/age 6 and older. (662) 610-3205, Schuckman. $225 including supplies. (662) 255- adults 50+. (662) 841-6440. CARRIE UNDERWOOD: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9.With Little Ernie Southern and the Deltaholics, Caleb Childs, 1593, [email protected]. Big Town. $47.75, $37.75.Tickets at Bancorp- Eden Brent,Willie King, Blind Mississippi Morris, 523-3349. COUNTRY WESTERN LINE DANCING: 9:30 to 11:30 South Arena box office, arena outlets, www.bcsare- The Black Prairie Blues Kings, Homemade Jams, a.m.Thursdays, Bel-Air Center, Country Club Road, na.com, (662) 841-6528. Billy Gibson Band. $15/advance, $20/at the door. FESTIVALS EXHIBITS Tupelo. $3. For adults 50+. (662) 841-3791. BEL-AIR RECREATION CENTER: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (662) 494-5121, www.wpnet.org/Howlin_Festi- ART EXHIBIT: Thru Aug. 30, Southside Gallery, Ox- val.htm. BODOCK FESTIVAL: Aug. 22 and 23, Pontotoc Mon.-Tues,Thurs.-Fri. Country Club Road,Tupelo. ROCK/COUNTRY Square, Pontotoc. Music, arts, crafts, kids games, ford.Works by Kelley Sharp and Felandus Thames. Cards, games, classes, trips, more. For adults 50+. bike ride, motorcycle ride, car show, more. (662) Artist reception from 6:30-8:30 p.m.Aug. 14. (662) 841-3791. GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN (662) 234-9090. COUNTRY MUSIC AND DANCE: 7-11 p.m.Aug. 15, 489-5042. LINE DANCE LESSONS: 6 p.m. Monday, Cedar Hill “KATRINA: MISSISSIPPI WOMEN REMEMBER”: Midway Music, Sherman. No smoking inside, no GOSPEL CONCERT: 5:30 p.m.Aug. 24, Houlka Com- PRAIRIE ARTS FESTIVAL: Aug . 30,West Point.Arts, Community Center, four miles west of Guntown, Thru Aug. 31, Gammill Gallery, Barnard Observato- alcohol. $5/general admission, free/10 and munity Center, Houlka. Honoring JoAnn Reel’s 20 crafts, music, games, more. (662) 494-5121. Hwy. 348 & Road 541. $3. (662) 255-4823. ry, University of Mississippi.Traveling exhibit by under. (662) 316-7143, 316-5015. years in gospel radio. Featuring George McClain & Vicksburg photographer Melody Golding. Gallery LIVE MUSIC AND DANCE: 7 p.m.Aug. 15 and 16, The Memphis Harmonizers,Traveling Stars, Spiritu- hours 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. (662) 915- old Eggville Fish and Steak House, County Road al Harmoneers,The Birk Brothers,True Voices of SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THE FAMILY 7236, www.melodygolding.com/katrina. 1498, Eggville community. Featuring Printer’s Alley Faith, and several local groups. EMcee, Shalandor NETWORKING AT NOON: 11:30 a.m.Aug. 19, Sweet HISTORIC PRESERVATION 101: Thru the summer, BIGGERSVILLE DULCIMER CLUB: 5:30 p.m. every Band, Butch Carr, Joe Hollaway, Dean Koon and Reel-Johnson. $10/adults, $5/age 6-12, first & third Wednesday, Biggersville Pentecostal Gum Room, BancorpSouth Conference Center,Tu- Oren Dunn City Museum,Tupelo. (662) 841-6438. Rex Needham. No alcohol. $5 at the door. (662) free/under 5. (662) 568-7681. pelo. Featuring Sid Salter, syndicated columnist. Church, Highway 45 North. (662) 287-1054. 871-3419. $12. Reservations recommended. (662) 841- “BEAUTY OF THE IMPOSSIBLE”: Thru Sept. 20, MAGNOLIA DULCIMER CLUB: 6 p.m. fourth Tues., MUSIC COUNTRY: 4:30-10 p.m.Aug. 16, old Lake- AREA MUSIC 6598, [email protected]. GumTree Museum of Art,Tupelo.Works by Tupelo George Allen Library, Booneville; 6 p.m. first & third side Grocery,Alpine community. Featuring Family POTLIKKER FILM FESTIVAL: 6-9 p.m.Aug. 22,The native Roy LaGrone. Opening reception 6-8 p.m. Monday, Farmington Town hall, Corinth. (662) 365- Tradition and Friends. Food and dancing. No COUNTRY AND BLUEGRASS: 6:30-9:30 p.m.Aug. Powerhouse, Oxford. Films about hot dogs, musca- Aug. 1. Gallery talk with the artist, 7 p.m.Aug. 1. 5000, 286-9404, 728-4454. (662) 844-ARTS, www.gumtreemuseum.com. smoking or alcohol. $5. (662) 871-5111. 16, Old Church Opry House, Ripley. Featuring Ser- dine wine, catfish, corn and more. $35. (662) CROSSTOWN DULCIMER GUILD: First and third “REMEMBER THE KING!”: 7-9 p.m.Aug. 16, vant’s Quarters,The McAllisters and the Main 915-5993, www.southernfoodways.com. “WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY: SITE/POSSESSION”: Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Tupelo Baptist Church Plantersville Country Club Fish and Steak, Street Musicians. Donations. (662) 837-8709. BODOCK FESTIVAL CAR SHOW: Aug. 23, Pontotoc Thru Sept. 21, University of Mississippi Museum, on Eckford Street. (662) 842-8318. Plantersville. Featuring Elvis tribute artist Bill J. RUBY ELZY MUSICAL EVENT: 7:30 p.m.Aug. 21, Jr. High parking lot, Pontotoc. Registration, Oxford. Museum hours 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.Tues- TALLAHATCHIE DULCIMER CLUB: 6 p.m. first & third Brooks. Show free with meal. For reservations, First United Methodist Church, Pontotoc. Broadway 8-11:30 a.m. Judging, 11:30 a.m.Awards, day-Saturday, 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday. (662) 915- Thursday, New Albany Library. (662) 728-5448, (662) 844-2044. performer and Mississippi native Karen Pittman 3 p.m. Registration fee, $20. (662) 489-1843, 7073, www.olemiss.edu/depts/museum. 534-6282. T HE U NIVERSITY OF M ISSISSIPPI

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