VerThe Vanderbilt Hustler’s Arts & su Entertainment Magazine s APRIL 15—APRIL 21, 2009 VOL. 47, NO. 13 SETH ROGEN talks to Versus about “Observe and Report,” how he gets into character and what it’s like not to have a grand plan. Check out page 9 for the whole story.
Run with Bulls’ Brad Sample thought we were cool enough to meet at Fido. We think he’s cool right back. Flip to page 6 for the interview.
Everything you need to know about Rites of Spring is on page 8. Seriously. PLACES TO GO, PEOPLE TO SEE THURSDAY, APRIL 16 FRIDAY, APRIL 17 SATURDAY, APRIL 18 The Regulars
Urban Acoustic League — Edgehill Studios Cafe T.I., Q-Tip, Santigold and more — Vanderbilt University supre X — The Rutledge THE RUTLEDGE With just enough misspelling and strange capitalization style to The Urban Acoustic League was founded as a place for songwriters With Rites of Spring weekend finally upon us, what better way to 410 Fourth Ave. South 37201 irritate me infinitely, as well as weird song names like “Traenor” and acoustic instrumentalists to unite and hone their craft. The kick it off than heading over to Alumni lawn for a great afternoon/ 782-6858 League aims to overturn today’s overproduced, commercialized evening of performances?! Apart from the always swagger-tastic and “Stunkuf,” this is one of those bands that will probably cater to those who are much more hip and emo and all that than I am. music scene with a return to attention to artistry and craft in Q-Tip and T.I., crowd pleasers like Santigold, Okkervil River and THE MERCY LOUNGE/CANNERY music. (Free, 7 p.m., 1201 Villa Place) K’NAAN will be on campus to rock you Friday. ($20, 3:20 p.m.) You crazy kids will definitely enjoy this rock and/or roll music. ($5, 8 p.m., 410 Fourth Ave. South) BALLROOM 1 Cannery Row 37203 Musical Petting Zoo — Richland Park Branch Library Ben Vereen — Schermerhorn Symphony Center 251-3020 Although there are no animals involved, the Country Music Hall of Singing in a versatile, yet diligently perfected, style for tasteful Kids Rock! — Nashville Symphony Fame’s Musical Petting Zoo can still be fun for all ages. Visitors to music listeners like you, Ben Vereen will be presenting the Haha, made you look. What at first appears to be a sketchy- the Zoo can try out a variety of musical instruments and receive unmistakable music of Sammy Davis Jr. on Friday night as part looking yet still Grammy-winning artist is actually a tribute to BLUEBIRD CAFE on-site instruction. The program will kick off with a demonstration of Pepsi’s Pop Series with the Nashville Symphony. ($40, 8 p.m., children’s musical accomplishments. The children in question are 4104 Hillsboro Road 37215 on how to play the mandolin. (Free, 4 p.m., 4711 Charlotte Ave.) 1 Symphony Place) not Mouseketeers and the like, but instead pieces composed by 383-1461 Mozart and his ilk in their early years. Not to be all depressing, Greta Gaines, Stacie Collins and Tonya Watts — Chiari Benefit Concert — Exit/In but they probably did better work as an 8-year-old than you could EXIT/IN The Basement Come listen to some great tunes in the name of a great cause. do in an entire life of study. And for less than $20, you can enjoy 2208 Elliston Place 37203 Three star-studded and original artists are set to light up the stage Exciting acts such as Sunset Tragedy, The Lesser Light and Call this shout out to the prodigies of yesteryear. 321-3340 at The Basement. Although they are both influenced by rock and the Armada will be performing, with all proceeds donated to the ($12.50-25, 11 a.m., 1 Symphony Place) country, Greta Gaines and Stacie Collins each showcase their own Neurology Department at the Mayo Clinic. When you consider the STATION INN style, and third performer Tonya Watts has a love for her music benefits, five bucks isn’t much to ask for. ($5, 9 p.m.) Mellow Down Easy — Exit/In 402 12th Ave. South 37203 that comes through in every performance. ($5, 9 p.m.) If you’re stressing out right before the end of the semester, maybe 255-3307 Tennessee Mafia Jug Band — Station Inn a study break is in order. Come chill out with Mellow Down Easy, Deric Ruttan — 12th and Porter If you’re in the mood to experience a bit of Tennessee’s ramblin’ maybe have a drink or two and brace yourself for the end of the THE BASEMENT With his new album, “First Time in a Long Time,” Ruttan reminds past, check out this group of hoot n’ hollerin’ boys straight from year. Also, Old Union is playing, which sounds pretty sweet — 1604 Eighth Ave. South 37203 audiences of just what they’ve been missing. Ruttan’s confidence the boondocks of Goodlettesville. Accompanied onstage by a scrub they do Southern rock and the like, if you’re into that kind of 254-1604 and charisma carry through in this album, signaling just the board, a joy for music and nostalgia for yesteryear, the Tennessee thing. Overall it should be a good show. ($TBD, 10 p.m.) comeback that Ruttan fans have been craving. (Free, 6 p.m.) Mafia Jug Band may just be your cup of tea. ($10, 9 p.m.) F. SCOTT’S RESTAURANT AND Rascal Flatts — Grand Ole Opry JAZZ BAR Family Force 5, The Maine, 3OH!3 plus Hit the Craig Nies and Leah Bowes — Blair School of Music Rascal Flatts is kind of a big deal in the country music world. 2210 Crestmoor Road 37215 Lights and A Rocket To The Moon — Rocketown If you feel like staying on campus Friday night, but don’t like They’re actually a pretty big deal in the general music world, too. 269-5861 The Alternative Press Tour 2009 roars through town with a line-up that gangster rap music all those dang kids got on blast these Even though they’ll only be playing a song or two for the Opry to please the pop-punk rocker in all of us. Hosted by Music City days, head over to Blair for a free piano showcase featuring broadcast, it could be totally worth it, especially if you’ve never SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY Booking and Rockstar Energy Drink, the AP Tour has become known performances of Schubert’s “Grand Duo in C Major” and seen them live. Whether you liked their last CD or not, might as CENTER as one of the premier tours to catch today’s best alternative/pop- Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances.” (Free, 8 p.m.) well catch them here. You know, unless there’s some sort of big 1 Symphony Place 37201 punk rock acts. ($15, 6 p.m.,401 Sixth Ave. South) concert somewhere closer to you that’s significantly cheaper or 687-6500 The Compromise, Abandon Kansas, R.T. Gentlemen something. ($36-53, 7 p.m., 2804 Opryland Drive) Belty Betty with Foundry Field Recordings — The End and more — The End Indie-pop rockers Foundry Field Recordings come to Nashville to 3RD AND LINDSLEY An ensemble of acts reflective of the fact that all the good band The Flaming Lips — Alumni Lawn 818 Third Ave. South 37210 shoegaze and play with Belty Betty, an eccentric female singer- I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s this concert on Saturday names have been taken, The Compromise, Abandon Kansas, R.T. 259-9891 songwriter whose unusual vocals and lyrics will be sure to entertain Gentlemen, The Michigan City Vandals and Shanghai Gesture will here on campus called Rites of Spring. The music really isn’t as any audience. ($6, 9 p.m.) be rocking out at The End Friday night, trying to prove that you big of a deal as the experience, apparently. If you didn’t get CAFE COCO Shelly Fairchild and The People with Cade Doyle shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. ($5, 9 p.m.) whatever you like on Friday, do you realize that there’s another headliner Saturday night that battles pink robots? Yeah, sounds 210 Louise Ave. 37203 and Margaret Durante — 3rd and Lindsley weird, I know. But you probably won’t be coherent enough to 321-2626 With musical influences ranging from Madonna to Dolly Parton, care anyway, so don’t worry about it. Let’s be honest—everyone’s Shelly Fairchild is a fascinating artist whose music is gaining going to be out here, so the listings besides this are irrelevant. attention on both local and national levels. ($10, 7 p.m.) Just don’t forget to pick up your ticket this week. ($10, 10 p.m., Alumni Lawn) THIS ISSUE Versus Bits & Pieces APRIL 15—APRIL 21, 2009 VOL. 47, NO. 13 • Your life in the stars, 2 • Overheard at Vanderbilt, 2 Versus FROM THE EDITOR 5 • Words to live by in 17 syllables, 2 Magazine EDITORIAL BOARD Entertainment • Europe isn’t beyond your means, 5 Editor in Chief • The A.P.C.s of style, 5 Chris Gearing • This summer in film, 5
Managing Editor 8 Sara Gast Music • Run like the wind, Bullseye! 6 Features Editor • 50 cent and Fall Out Boy? 7 Courtney Rogers • Sara Watkins might bring the country feel Rites is missing, 7 Culture Editors Trip Cothren Holly Meehl It happens to everyone: the minor inconveniences caused 6 by the people around us. Someone drinks part of your tasty Rites of Spring Music Editors beverage, the next day their hair is clogging the shower • The lineup, 8 Charlie Kesslering drain and the fi nal straw comes when they eat your food. • Where to go, what to do, 8 Avery Spofford Yeah, you know you’ve been there when someone has gone • Everything you need to know, 8 too far. It’s time for blood. Head Writer Kris Stensland But on the contrary, we’re a non-confrontational society Features — so, a lot of us write notes spelling out our frustrations. For an exhibition in the best of this unsung art, visit • Q+A with Seth Rogen, 9 passiveaggressivenotes.com. You’ll fi nd some of the creme • Letter from an Angry WASP, 9 de la creme of passive aggression (and maybe some ideas for 9 Art Director the next time you’re pissed off). It ranges from such simple Matt Radford fare as “Clean the fridge please” spelled out in colored Easter eggs to the more exotic like a note at a diner reading PIC OF THE WEEK Designers “We waited 30 min — NO SERVICE.” Oh, it was also Irene written over the entire counter in ketchup and mustard. Hukkelhoven Kat Miller My personal favorites are the passive-aggressive note wars. Morgan Webb It starts with a simple shot across the bow: someone laying down the law or making a request that gets a response. This Marketing Director usually spins out of control. For example, there is series of George Fischer pictures of an original note that’s covered by a response that’s subsequently covered in Post-its. Crazy. Advertising Manager Carolyn Fisher However, Versus is never a source of passive aggression — we usually just rock the arts and entertainment scene right VSC Director out in the open. For instance, this week we’ve got a preview Chris Carroll of the best movies coming out this summer, an interview with Run With Bulls (they’re playing at Rites) and our Assistant VSC exclusive and incredibly useful guide to Rites of Spring (i.e., Directors a schedule of the bands, entrances to the lawn, what booths Jeff Breaux are there and why, all the other information you may need, Paige Clancy etc.). We’re pretty adorable, right? Oh, and did I mention we interviewed Seth Rogen? Yeah, THAT Seth Rogen. Journalist in Residence Take that, other arts and entertainment publications. Tim Ghianni Stay Legendary, Chris Gearing NICOLE MANDEL / VERSUS MAGAZINE BITS & PIECES HAIKUS If you fear making anyone Words to live by mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common in seventeen syllables denominator of human Just livin’ your life achievement. Going to Rites with convicts. — President Jimmy Carter Now THAT is real rap.
Since there are no jobs H ROSCOPES All those MRS degrees ARIES 3/21-4/19: This week, pose as a prospective student around campus and see how many sketchy people hit on you. Aren’t looking so bad …
TAURUS 4/20-5/20: No matter how hard you try, you will never be as good at anything as Tiger Woods is at golf.
GEMINI 5/21-6/21: Horoscopes are a lot like “Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey.” Except that I’ll have a REAL job someday. Take that, big funny man. OVERHEARD CANCER 6/22-7/22: E-mail is the most personal form of Some people on this campus just don’t think before communication. Be sure to use it for all sensitive conversations. they speak. Sometimes we are lucky enough to overhear what they say. LEO 7/23-8/22: The tornado siren serves less as a warning of impending doom, but more as a punishment for all the drinking you Compiled from the Facebook group “Overheard at Vanderbilt” did the night before. Going to the basement won’t help that. VIRGO 8/23-9/22: Your attempts at speaking only in sports Girl: “If our professor wasn’t already metaphors will fail worse than that time you tried to actually play real married, I would totally go lesbian for sports. her!” LIBRA 9/23-10/22: “Manning up” always seems to involve doing something irrational, dangerous and barely legal. Still, quit being Rando: “Gucci underwear is more such a girl. comfortable on the loins.” SCORPIO 10/23-11/21: Puns used to be the highest form of comedy. Now, people just think you’re stupid. Guy: “Yeah, that’s weird. Our nannies were always registered.” SAGITTARIUS 11/22-12/21: A sad realization comes this week when you realize you’re closer to having a child than being one. Rando: “The ideal level of frattiness is to have every idea what you did and no CAPRICORN 12/22-1/19: Things don’t have to make sense in idea who you did it with the morning order to be right. You have to make cents in order to eat, though, so you might want to look into getting a job. after. Perfection. Glorious night.”
AQUARIUS 1/20-2/18: Metaprocrastination is where you Girl: “What does a brain tumor feel like? procrastinate on your procrastination. It’s not on Wikipedia yet — I Cause I think I have one.” looked for like a half hour. Maybe you should add it. PISCES 2/19-3/20: This week, renegotiate so that one of our rights of spring can be weather above 65 degrees. PHOTOS: ickr.com Versus • April 15—April 21, 2009 • 3 4 • April 15—April 21, 2009 • Versus
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Jones Diane Elise Floyd Lindsay Erin Wuller Alexandra Curtiss Valarie Vara Andrew Goldfein Sarah Bryan Brooke Nichole Fox Versus • April 15—April 21, 2009 • 5 entertainment Top movies of summer 2009 TRIP COTHREN “Lost” and “Fringe,” J.J. “Terminator: Salvation” agent chasing him, Melvin be the cap to the summer goes around America making Culture Editor Abrams, puts another spin Christian Bale does not take Purvis. Billy Crudup will play season that I want. people uncomfortable and Summer 2009 is bringing on the sci-fi classic. With an breaks. If you have heard the J. Edgar Hoover. The trailer for doing horrible things. From the some great looking movies with all-new cast reminiscent of Bale rant when he goes off on this movie really teases with trailer, I have seen that he will it. Hopefully this little writeup “The O.C.” or “90210,” this a guy walking through the set some great looking scenes be very, very, openly gay and try will give you an opportunity to one should be fun. of this movie, then you know with some intense lines and to make anyone and everyone as become aware of some of the the intensity with which this obvious great acting. uncomfortable as possible due most anticipated films of the “Angels and Demons” guy operates. With a supposed to that fact. Should be more of summer. Robert Langdon is brief Arnold scene in this one the same as “Borat.” back! Tom Hanks and Ron and Bale’s awesome everything, Howard match up again for I will be going on opening day “The Taking of Pelham 123” the story from the author of to see this movie. OK, this one is very “The DaVinci Code.” Looks interesting. John Travolta like we will get more of the and Denzel Washington team same problem-solving skills up in this hijack/negotiator from Hanks and some more flick. Travolta is the bad guy, conspiracy! awesome. Washington is the city employee in charge of the blogs.e-rockford.com subway system in New York cinemaemportugues.files.wordpress.com City. Travolta hijacks a subway “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” “Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” and wants money, we think, We all know what we Um, yes please! Denis they then go round and round. are getting here. Hugh Leary, Ray Romano and John Looks very fun — check “Jacked”man returns as the coffeedrunk.com Leguizamo all return to give out the trailer on imdb.com. buff metal-skeleton mutant popculturenerd.files.wordpress.com “G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra” us some more of our favorite that we all love and cheer “Public Enemies” If you saw the preview extinct creatures. This time, as Honorable Mentions: for. In this movie we can Johnny Depp. Christian that aired during the Super the title suggests, we will be “Up,” Pixar’s next big movie expect to see how he came Bale. In the same movie. It Bowl then you are as excited getting some new characters New “Harry Potter” movie, to be and learn about some really does not matter what for this as I am. If not, then that will be, well, dinosaurs. meh. new characters: Gambit, the movie is about or who else I am positive that you played “Night at the Museum 2” Deadpool and Sabretooth! risestudio.com is in it. However, it is about with G.I. Joe’s at some point “Bruno” “Year One,” Jack Black’s “Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen” John Dillinger and Pretty Boy and you are excited! Either Sacha Baron Cohen brings new comedy effort. “Star Trek” Duh. All I need to say about Floyd and their gangster lives way with some really great another “Borat”-type movie “Land of the Lost,” This one could be really this is: Meghan Fox, Optimus in the 1930s. Depp is playing looking action sequences, where he plays a gay, Austrian Will Ferrell’s next bust, fun. Writer/producer of Prime and explosions. Done. Dillinger and Bale is the FBI this August release could host of a fashion show. He probably. The A.P.C.s of style with senior Abe Hanson shemsi frezel in the Washington, D.C., brand of choice. The who expresses a love of Staff Writer area some time ago; there company’s jeans are Scandinavian silhouettes Last Thursday I sat down he fostered his love for known for their clean, and sites Portland, to talk personal style with raw denim. The term raw slim cuts with unadorned Ore., and Copenhagen, senior Abe Hanson. As denim refers to denim that designs. The styles are Denmark, as the cities our conversation carried has not been pre-washed so austere that many of which most correlate with on I noticed a reoccurring or processed in any way the styles are gender his style. He enjoys the theme: the importance of a — it is denim in its purest neutral and can be worn cut and lines of clothes good pair of jeans. When I form. 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Paris may (or may not) be beyond your means chris gearing Editor-in-Chief Ever wanted to plan your perfect trip to Paris but have no idea where to start? Especially being an American in Europe, things can be a little hectic and confusing. But now, there’s a guide to planning your Paris trip that has all your essential information coupled with wit iuniverse.com and charm — and the best part? Beyond all this sage advice and It’s written by a Vanderbilt alum! wisdom, there’s a ton of hilarious Pick up a copy of “Europe stories and ridiculous anecdotes Beyond Your Means: The Paris to keep you chuckling as you Edition” by Conrad Lucas read along. The authors are and William Norgard. Lucas obviously fun loving individuals graduated from Vanderbilt in who love Paris and want to make 2003 and has been working on you love it just as much as they his doctorate in Nashville ever do. Plus, at a cool 150 pages it’s since. It begins with some tips a fast and easy read. 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Green Day has signed on to play a show in a MUSIC small New York City club, the Bowery Ballroom, on "I used to think anyone doing anything weird May 18 — just three days was weird. Now I know that it is the people after the long-anticipated that call others weird that are weird." release of the stadium-fi lling —Paul McCartney group’s new album, “21st Century Breakdown.” rtvchannel.tv Q+A with Brad Sample from Rites group Run with Bulls Last Wednesday, Features His tone was awesome and it just t. Editor Courtney Rogers Dustin quit a couple years ago and and Culture Editor Holly we were hard up for a drummer. I Meehl headed to our beloved went to go hang out with a buddy cafe, Fido, to chat with Run of mine and Phil was there so we with Bulls front man Brad hired him on the spot. Initially the Sample. In this hip enclave, band was called Brad Sample but they talked about how the I didn’t like naming the band after band formed, their name, and myself. I thought that sounded kind even swapped stories from of arrogant. Oktoberfest and Panama City. An up-and-coming Nashville VM: How did you guys come up band, Run with Bulls will with the name? perform on the Rites stage BS: I don’t know if this is a on Friday afternoon. They’re newsworthy story. Phil and I went pretty excited about it, and on this long run and we got home after our conversation we’re and started watching “America’s pretty excited to have them. Funniest Home Videos.” And there was this clip of this guy getting Versus Magazine: When did chased off of a dock by a bull and myspace.com your band start? Did you meet in the bull ended up running off the college? dock. It was funny because at rst VM: How would you describe Brad Sample: Of cially, we all it was this squirrelly guy trying to your style of music? came together Nov. 17, 2007. Chris get out of the way but it got really BS: We all grew up on everything. James, our bass player, was in a intense because the bull started We love country music, rock ’n’ band called the Joshuas and they bearing down on the guy. I turned roll, anything from Pink Floyd to were touring with Ryan Adams and to Phil and I said, “Man, we’ve got Tom York. We like a lot of stuff the Strokes. Then he started playing to run with the bulls someday. and we try to keep it as focused as with this band called Roswell with That looks awesome.” And he said, we can on Nashville rock ’n’ roll. my old drummer, Dustin. Dustin “Run with bulls, that’s a great There’s a lot of country music in it tried to get him to play for us for, oh band name.” It ended up being and a lot of rock ’n’ roll in it, and I myspace.com geez, I don’t even know how long something cool because no one think we grab a lot from the blues a really musical drummer so he’ll We love playing the Old Crow and I always told him “No way in thought that Brad Sample was and stuff like that. The best way I come up with these grooves that are Medicine Show cover of “Wagon hell.” But this one practice we were tting and the name kind of grew could describe it is really honest already singing a little on their own. Wheel,” and we have another song really hard up for a bass player on everyone. Phil said it and I said, Nashville rock ’n’ roll. There’s A lot of times we’ll have a song just called “Jealousy” that’s kind of a so Dustin called this guy without “Oh man, we’re going with it.” enough rock ’n’ roll in it to keep about done before lyrics are ever bluesy song. It starts down pretty telling me. He showed up to our We’re pretty stoked about it, and I you straight and enough Nashville down. A lot of it is just talking to low and then gets epic. It’s pretty rehearsal space and he was great. think it ts us well. in it to keep you humble. people and reading books. People fun because people get off on it say the most brilliant things that so much and I like seeing people VM: What inspires you most they just pass over, these fantastic, connected with it. when you’re writing songs? beautiful, awesome, horrible, hard, BS: Aside from saying something mean, loving words just come out VM: How is the Nashville terrible like life, I think every song of people's mouths without them music scene, is there a lot of is different. We have a song called thinking about it. It just strikes me camaraderie? Munich that I wrote because my as awesome when you can hone in BS: It’s kind of tough in Nashville friend and I were in Munich for on something like that and build a because it can get to where a show Oktoberfest. This is a terrible rst piece of art around it. is an apple and everyone is trying story, but it was Oktoberfest and, to get the biggest chunk. It can get I mean, it’s Oktoberfest and they VM: What is your favorite song competitive, but for the most part, were bringing out these giant to perform? if you’re hooked up with the right steins of beer. And I just had way BS: We’ve got a new one bands (we like the Eastern Block too much. There’s this thing called that’s not recorded called the and the Telecommunicators), it’s a the Hill, it’s this legendary giant “Arrhythmia Shuf e.” It’s a really neat community and it gets a small- hill outside the fairgrounds where fun song. It started off with Phil town feel really fast. For the most everyone goes to pass out or throw playing a drum beat then Chris felt part, as long as everyone keeps up. We couldn’t get to it, it was about his way through it then the rest of their heads out of their asses and 11 at night and there was no end in the song just kind of happened it’s good music, people seem to be sight of drunken people stumbling when we were at practice one pretty awesome about it. to the hill. It was my birthday, in day. We have another one called Munich, during Oktoberfest so it “Shotgun,” that moves and shakes VM: Are you guys excited to play was the perfect storm of belligerent pretty good. “Munich” is really fun at Rites? drunkenness. But that song is about because it’s kind of different every BS: Yeah, we really are. I can’t a real story. We try to write as many time, it’s a little jammier and takes wait to hear Santigold, I love her myspace.com songs as we can together. Phil is a different shape at every show. stuff. Soulja Boy pleases listeners with astounding level of terrible
CHARLIE KESSLERING Unfortunately, its aural appeal, driven mostly nothing at all, his gratuitously lengthy verses rapping compadre nishes a string of seemingly Music Editor by a catchy chorus, has lifted the track from only serve to improve the rest of the song. unrelated words, Sammie sounds like he’s its rightful status of homemade Kidz Bop to By comparison, Soulja’s lack of insight into literally singing the cure for cancer. Long branded hip-hop’s grim reaper, that of a true, blue radio hit. anything (“Baby you’re so sexy/your voice is so Sure, Soulja Boy likely has more dough Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em has never let critics slow If you haven’t heard the song (consider lovely, I love your complexion”) makes Sammie’s than anyone reading this article. Here’s to his accruement of failures. His latest effort, yourself lucky), it eetingly chronicles the elementary chorus sound more intellectual hoping he makes no more — for your, my “Kiss Me Thru the Phone,” may just put the woes of a wayward youth, as he longs for than a Michael Crichton book on tape. After his and hip-hop’s sake. nail in rap’s cof n while securing the artist the sweet rewards of his girlfriend’s face eternal life. (“I miss you, I miss you/I really want to Though its noise lasts little more than three kiss you, but I can’t). Helpless, the story’s minutes, the song represents something much rapping protagonist resorts to the touch lengthier: a rapper’s eternal struggle against of an unfeeling chunk of technology, and taste. Peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot demands that his boo kiss him through the 100, “Kiss Me” has assaulted the American phone (phone pecks?). mainstream with utter disregard for quality, Seemingly an easily relatable tale of like “Crank Dat” and “Ya Trick Ya” before it. adolescent love, Soulja Boy butchers the innocent sentiment with nesse that only someone the exact opposite of talented could achieve. Containing no wordplay, little rhyming and a vocabulary rivaling that of “Oscar” the talking boxer, Soulja’s bars sound more like a 13-year-old’s stream of consciousness than a legitimate attempt at recording. Though Soulja Boy essentially raps about
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50 Cent joins the Fall Out Boy tour We at Versus have excellent taste in music. Below, the editors share 50 Cent proposed the idea to Bojangles Coliseum ANNA ALVAREZ them for their 2009 tour: Believers April 25 — Columbia, Md., at what tracks we’ve been spinning as Staff Writer Never Die, Part Deux. Merriweather Post Pavilion we create the glory you’re holding “Joining forces with Fall Out The rapper will perform at Some have asked the group in your hands. Boy, one of the most dynamic four more of the scheduled FOB about the possibility of an rock bands in the industry, will be concerts: on-stage collaboration. FOB “AND THE WORLD SPINS MADLY an exciting and historic event for April 17 — Grand Prairie, Texas, vocal lead Patrick Stump, in an ON” rock and hip-hop,” 50 Cent said at Nokia Theater interview with Billboard, doesn’t 1. in an interview with MTV News. April 18 — Houston, Texas, rule out the suggestion. The Weepies It’s surely an unprecedented at The Showgrounds at Sam “I think a tour kind of has a moment for the music artists. Fall Houston Race Park life of its own,” he said. “… By “CHEAP AND CHEERFUL” Out Boy made no hesitation once April 24 — Charlotte, N.C., at the last day you have your group The Kills of friends and you’ve gured 2. yourself out, so who knows? It “TUFF N STUFF (PIRATE STEREO may happen.” Hopefully, it will because really, who does know? 3. REMIX)” The result might be as big as the Yes Giantess Jay-Z and Linkin Park mix. Not everyone, however, is img.dailymail.com “AIRPLANES” quite pleased. Despite the punk and hate him actively, then go to Local Natives rock band’s excitement over the concession stand during (his 4. the new addition to their show, set). Go get a T-shirt or go to the several fans have expressed their bathroom if that’s how you feel. “THUNDERSTRUCK (CROOKERS disappointment. Otherwise, challenge yourself.” 5. REMIX)” In response, Stump also told Other opening acts include: ACDC Billboard, “I think that you Metro Station, All Time Low should challenge your audience and Hey Monday. With a line- “UNFINISHED BUSINESS” a little bit. … If you don’t like up like this, buying a ticket (if White Lies 50 Cent, if you’re that stuck-up there are any left) should be an 6. allaroundphilly.com that you’re going to stand there automatic. “LITTLE SHADOW” 7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Sara Watkins presents: Sara Watkins “HUM DRUM (FEAT. FUTURE- it? Where is the country? it out before the weekend 8. COP!)” ALLENA BERRY Staff Writer Aren’t we in the Heart O’ festivities. Theophilus London Dixieland, and we couldn’t Her album is chalk-full of Eclectic indie-rock book one country act?! fun jam sessions, such as the “RECKONER (THE TWELVES band? Check. Hip-hop For shame, Vanderbilt. For “Long Hot Summer Days,” REMIX)” fusion? Check. Soon-to- shame. which sounds like it came 9. be incarcerated rap music But wait just a second straight from the porch of Radiohead mogul? Check. It seems … I may have to bite my a backwater ddle band. that Rites ’09 has all the tongue and wag my nger Some purely instrumental “THE EXPLORERS” xins of a truly superb of judgment. Sara Watkins tracks, like “Freiderick,” CFCF musical mash up … or does (of Nickel Creek fame) is showcase Watkins’ talent nodepression.com 10. on the line-up. Is she the as a ddler. And, lastly, but country artist the weekend most certainly not the least, needs? is her rendition of the old ORMAN C E S A T V A N D E R B I LT Well, yes and no. While hymnal “Give Me Jesus,” G R E A T P E R F she does have the ddle which is eerily reminiscent licks that remind one of of a Grand Ole Opry act the good ole boys of down- circa 1930. In other words, home country, her raspy, the girl’s got chops. unmodi ed voice is more The moral of this story Ingrid Michaelson, less is that Sara Watkins’ set Kellie Pickler. However, in this upcoming weekend this crazy, mixed-up world, will be the balance to the who says our country singers Flaming Lips eccentricity, have to be big-haired with the N.E.R.D. rock ’n’ roll/ booming voices? I, for one, rap union, and Q-Tip’s appreciate her authenticity. old-school ow — And putting her best foot basically, a smorgasbord of forward is her self-titled entertainment. Bring your solo project, “Sara Watkins.” lighters. Watkins has got the signonsandiego.com I encourage you to check music covered.
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TICKETING Lineup and set times $20 Student tickets Friday, April 17 Saturday, April 18 One ticket per Vanderbilt student Battle of the Bands Pico vs. Island Trees 3:20-3:40 p.m. 3:20-3:50p.m. The tickets will be exchanged at the gate Battle of the Bands Stardeath for a wristband each 4:00-4:20 p.m. and White Dwarfs: day. Each student will be 4:05-4:35p.m. allowed to purchase one Run With Bulls ticket at this price on the 4:40-5:10 p.m. Erick Baker: Vandy card. Vanderbilt 4:50-5:20p.m. Students will be required Blueskyreality to show their student i.d. 5:30-6:00 p.m. Sara Watkins with their ticket for entry. 5:40-6:10p.m. Vanderbilt students will K’NAAN purchase two tickets and 6:20-7:05 p.m. Black Joe Lewis will be exchanged for and the Honeybears: a wristband each day Okkervil River 6:30-7:10p.m. for entry. Upon entry, 7:25-8:10 p.m. students who are bringing Grand Ole Party: in alcohol will have their Santigold 7:30-8:10p.m. attendance wrist band 8:30-9:10 p.m. hole punched. N.E.R.D: Q-Tip 8:40-9:55p.m. 9:30-10:30 p.m. The Flaming Lips T.I. 10:30-12:00 a.m. 11:00-12:00 a.m.
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Funny guy Seth Rogen talked to Culture Editor LETTER FROM Trip Cothren about his new movie, “Observe AN ANGRY and Report.” His laid-back style of comedy came SETH across in his laissez-faire approach to getting into character, his proud announcement of a lack of WASP a “grand plan” for his career and his response Each week, to comparisons between “Observe and Report,” our resident with “Paul Blart: Mall Cop.” Read on to fi nd out ROGEN Angry WASP his thoughts on everything from how to make it TRIP COTHREN sounds off on things Culture Editor big on YouTube to Canadian pride. that make him buzz. (see what we did there?) Versus Magazine: What genre of character would you like to play that VM: I read that you signed on to the fi lm really early after seeing one of differs from the characters you’ve already played? Jody Hill’s movies. What made you particularly eager to sign on? Seth Rogen: Honestly, I don’t really think of it in those terms. It’s more SR: It was just really funny. I don’t know if you’ve seen “The Foot Fist just a movie-by-movie basis. If I read a script and think that’s a kind Way” but it’s a very small, thrown-together, independent movie, and of movie I would go see then I do it. But I don’t have any kind of those are the exact movies I never like. I just generally never think grand plan beyond that. those movies are very funny. But this one, I just watched it and it blew me away. It had such a strong comedic voice and perspective VM: What did you have to do to get ready to play this character? Did and it made me laugh my ass off. I recommend people go see it. you do any research about mall security guards? SR: I really did absolutely nothing like that. It’s pretty much all in the VM: What do directors like David Gordon Green and Jody Hill bring to script, I’m not really the kind of actor who does research or anything Hollywood comedies? like that. I did actually talk to one security guard for like fi ve minutes, SR: I think they bring a very different sensibility. I just think, for me, we’re but I didn’t really gather all that much from it. It was all kind of looking for people who are smarter than us. There’s a reason we created by Jody and me. don’t direct the movies ourselves because we don’t think we are the Dear People Who best-skilled people to do it. So we look at people whose previous Have Their Lives VM: What was it like working with Ray Liotta? movies we’ve liked and we meet with them. If we get along then we SR: It was really awesome. You know, it was a little frightening at fi rst hire them. Those are the directors we like. Figured Out, but he’s a nice guy. He’s super collaborative and easy to work with. I think anyone who has worked a long time has a particular way VM: What was the hardest scene to fi lm? Yes, I’m very happy they like to do things and I think he’s a very good one. It was fun to SR: Defi nitely the scene where I fi ght all those cops in the mall. It’s one that now you don’t watch him. pretty long shot, and I crack around 14 people in the head in that shot. It looks really messy but there’s actually extremely specifi c have to worry about VM: What was the most fun aspect of acting in “Observe and Report,” choreography to that and we did not have much time to rehearse. school. I really enjoy and what made it unique? So we kind of had to fi gure it out as we shot it. I was extremely hearing about you SR: More than any movie I’ve done, it felt like a little independent fi lm out of shape and the air in Albuquerque is very thin because of its going out every night being shot by a bunch of friends. A lot of them went to fi lm school elevation. That was a real
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