6  A&E Chimes  november 1, 2002 A&E  7 'Outside the Bubble' Tom Petty mourns trends in music 'The Truth About Charlie' about telling people what’s on his and says what he wants to say/ hey, people are after her, and who should revelation comes new questions. The MTV crosses the line DANCE by Bob De Vries mind. In the song “Joe,” Petty at- hey, hey/ There goes your freedom by Barbara Pezet come to her aid but a handsome only one we can really trust Regina changed so has the entertainment Guest Writer tacks the CEOs of record labels. Joe of choice/ there goes the last human by Josh Ghena Staff Writer stranger by the name of Joshua Peters, herself—but she keeps on trusting industry; or is it as the entertain- Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker the CEO brags how he can create a voice/ there goes the last DJ.” played by the dashing Marky Mark. everyone else, even when she learns Guest Writer ment industry changes, so does TheMoscow Ballet proudly presents the Great Russian Nutcracker for one spectacu - Conventional wisdom states, star out of anyone: “Bring me a girl, There has been a considerable According to an article in He’s always there when she needs help, they lied to her. Newton valiantly society? Does society determine lar performance only. The ballet is on Nov. 3 at the DeVos Performance Hall at 3:00 p.m. “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” they’re always the best/ You put ‘em amount of backlash towards Petty “Entertainment Weekly,” Jonathan no matter where she might have run tries to take over for Hepburn; she is Only after watching “Jacka**: entertainment or does entertain- Tickets range from $18.00 to $38.00 and for more information please call 456-3333. But Tom Petty is pissed off, so he on stage and have ‘em undress/ Some since he released the album. Many Demme, director of such wonderful off. She could be in the middle of a so graceful, unusually beautiful, and The Movie” would three guys and ment determine society? doesn’t care much for conventional angel whore who can learn a guitar radio stations refuse to play “The Last MUSIC films as “Philadelphia” and “Silence deserted flea market, and just when elegant, it’s not really surprising that one girl have the guts to urinate Not too long ago, I remember wisdom. The latest album by Petty lick/ Hey, that’s what I call music.” DJ” because they feel that their DJs of the Lambs,” once showed an old she’s a bit frightened, he appears out of Demme chose her for the role in this right outside the theater on a cin- watching the ever-popular Bob and his band, titled "The Last DJ," is Petty also attacks musicians who are being wrongfully attacked. When William Tell Overture movie to his friends and family and, nowhere. I find that a bit creepy. dumbed-down version. derblock wall. Saget host “America’s Funniest a direct attack on the commercializa- sell out in the song “When Money asked about his song being banned in The Symphony will perform the music of Adolphus Hailstork. Plus, a rare treat for all upon viewing it, decided that no one Also aiding Regina through these Which it most certainly is—it has All day I could feel the excite- Home Videos.” What could be bet- tion of music. Wasn’t King.” He tells a story of a a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Beethoven fans, hear his lively Triple Concerto, the only piece of its kind. Also, audience would mind if he remade it. difficult times is Mr. Bartholomew of to be, if Mark Wahlberg thinks he has a ment build up inside me. As the ter than watching a man getting hit Musically, "The Last DJ" is the same young musician who changes from Petty said, “I don’t really give a fly- members can see if they can listen to Rossini’s William Tell Overture without thinking Well, he was wrong. some made-up U. S. agency, played by chance of stepping into Cary Grant’s evening drew near I found this in the groin with a golf ball? Is this old Petty that has released 13 albums an underground rock and roll star to ing f--- about any of it. I’ve tuned out. of a masked man on his white horse shouting ‘Hi ho, Silver, AWAY!’ Performances are Labeled as “the greatest Hitchcock the well-cast Tim Robbins. Robbins shoes. He tries to be suave and debo- glee begin to overflow into my not the essence of “Jacka**”? It is since his 1976 debut. Throughout his a mainstream sellout who sings com- But I was elated when my song was Nov.1 through Nov. 2 at 8:00 p.m. at the DeVos Performance Hall. Admission ranges from movie that Hitchcock never made,” obviously saw the original and gives us nair, and fails so totally and com- dinner conversation, leading us nothing more than a super, over- career Petty has stuck with the formu- mercial jingles. banned. I mean, nothing could have $10.00 to $52.00. For more information please call 454-9451. “Charade” was as stylish and eternally his very best Walter Matthau impres- pletely. (And I had pure hatred for his into a food fight. My anticipation the-top, testosterone-fed “America’s la that has worked: Blues rock guitar To the uneducated music fan, this complimented me more than to hear Billy & The Hillbillies classy as its two stars, the incom- stupid black beret. Yecch.) Even for our evening plans was brought Funniest Home Videos.” Such riffs and his trademark high-pitched, might seem slightly hypocritical. they just banned it at such-and-such GrandRapids Symphony presents Billy & The Hillbillies with John Varineau, Conductor parable Cary Grant and Audrey when he’s not trying to emulate to a head by the time the last car- a harmless show has now been whiny-sounding voice. Petty has been a major label star for a station because it’s anti-radio. Now, as part of it’s Pops Series. Billy and the Hillbillies isn’t your average bluegrass band Hepburn. The only movie that Grant, Wahlberg has never been rot landed. turned into one of most controver- Lyrically, “The Last DJ” is noth- his whole career. He has made hun- in 2002 to have a song banned that - it’s a comedy act by four guys who happen to have extraordinary instrumental chops these two perfect icons ever did this bad. He’s at least been be- We filed into Studio 28, I with an sial things on the boob tube. With ing like anything that Petty has ever dreds of millions of dollars selling doesn’t have a dirty word, doesn’t and a goofball front man. The symphony runs from Nov. 8 through Nov. 10 at the DeVos together, it is considered a clas- lievable in past roles. He must empty popcorn bucket on my head, each passing year there is a war recorded. Petty has no reservations his records. He still tours and concert advocate violence -- it’s fascinating, P e r f o r m a n c eH a l l8 : 0 0p . m .o nF r i d a ya n dS a t u r d a ya n d3 : 0 0p . m .o nS u n d a y .T i c k e t sr a n g e sic by many film buffs. And now be somebody’s nephew, because only to learn that the final show raging between the different groups t ic ke t s reg u l a rly you know. Like, what are you afraid from $15.00 to $52.00 and for more information please call 454-9451. it’s been remade into a film star- there’s no other way he got the was quickly selling out. Luckily within the entertainment industry, sell in the $40-$60 of?” He went on to say that his album Evening of Serenades ring those two equally perfect part. Talent had nothing to do one of us made it to the front and each trying to outdo the next, and range. How then, you wasn’t anti-radio, but anti-greed and Grand Rapids Symphony presents Evening of Serenades with David Lockington, mega-stars, Mark Wahlberg and with it—although it may have bought the last ten tickets. “Jacka**” is the direct result of such ask, can Petty rip on anti-commercialization. Conductor, Suzanna Dennis on the Clarinet, and Martha Bowman, Bassoon as part of Thandie Newton (of “Mission: to do with looking great without As I walked down the red flow- ferocious competition. artists who sell out The message in “The Last DJ” it’s Casual Series. It takes place at the St. Cecilia Music Society, on Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m., Impossible 2” fame). a shirt. ing carpets in the hallowed cin- I’ll admit that I thought the when he has made rang true to me because I can see and Nov. 15 at 8:00 p.m. Admission prices are to be announced. For more information on Hmm. I am a hardcore Audrey ematic corridor, I could taste the movie was absolutely hilarious. more money then what Petty is complaining about. He the event cal (616) 454-9451. “The Truth about Charlie” Hepburn fan, and “Charade” nostalgia of the great film comedies No doubt about it, it’s one of the most musicians can is talking about radio stations such as Europe, North by East is a mystery/thriller that takes is a favorite of mine, so any surrounding me. Surely “Jacka**” funniest things I have ever seen. But even imagine? WGRD, radio stations that claim to The Grand Rapids Cantata Choir presents Scandinavian, Baltic and Czech music place in Paris, France, and re- remake falls short. But this is a will soon be joining the ranks of now I ask myself, did this movie Petty has seem- be “modern rock” stations but have by Edvard Grieg, Arvo Pärt, Léos Janacek, Otto Olsson and more--choir, strings, volves around Regina Lampert, dismal even it was a completely the all-time great slapsticks like completely erase the line in the ingly based his ca- no problem playing "musicians" such harp and organ. Guest organist: Nicolas Palmer, Organist, St. Robert’s, Ada. They a recent widow, whose now-dead original movie; Demme seems “Tommy Boy,” “Billy Madison,” sand, the line that for the last thirty reer on not selling as Eminem. I can’t imagine that over- will be playing at the St. Robert of Newminster Catholic Church, in Ada, on Nov. 24 at 3:00 husband, Charlie, supposedly so concerned with updating ev- “Dumb and Dumber,” “Animal years that has been gently nudged out. In 1982 Petty night all of WGRD’s DJs became huge p.m. Admission prices are $10.00 - $15.00. For more information call (616) 575-SING. stole from the United States gov- erything from the first film that House” and “Caddyshack.” and stretched? Was “Jacka**” the found out that the Eminem fans. “I remember when the File Photo THEATRE ernment during some confusing he can’t make it his own and just So as you can see, my expecta- knockout blow for standards? Did record label was go- radio meant something,” said Petty. Regina Lampert (Thandie tions were quite high for this movie, this movie just open the flood- ing to use his release “We enjoyed the people who were on Newton) and Joshua Peters (Mark and let me tell you, “Jacka**” did gates? What daring producer will ‘Saturday Night Fever’ by Broadway Theatre Guild “Hard Promises” to it, even if we hated them. They had not disappoint. As I walked into the next brave the water that MTV has Featuring those unforgettable hits of the Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever is strutting Wahlberg) previouly played by raise the standard personalities. They were people of theater I could smell the testoster- jumped into head first? into DeVos Hall direct from Broadway and London. Fever tells the streetwise New York Audrey Hepburn and Carey Grant CD price from $8.98 taste, who we trusted. And I see that one; the audience was upwards of Where are we going and what story of an ambitious and talented Brooklyn kid with a burning desire to make it big in are characters from Hitchcock's to $9.98. He refused vanishing. I thought it was a good 90 percent male. are we taking with us? The enter- Manhattan. This musical features many old time hits. Ticket prices are $25.00 - $65.00. to release the album metaphor to start the album.” "Charade," now re-made into "The Never have I laughed so hard tainment industry has reached a Theplay is in the DeVos Performance Hall on Nov. 12, through Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, u n le s s t he p r ic e The rest of the CD has pretty much Truth About Charlie." while watching a movie. Every major crossroads, and the question Wednesday, andThursday; 8:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; 2:00 p.m. on Thursday and change was nixed. nothing to do with Petty’s disgust scene prompted you to think, is where they will go from here. Saturday; and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. For more information call (616) 235-6285. sion. But any contribution Robbins He even threatened with the record industry. Most of the “What could they possibly do To go down the road of “Jacka**” The Man Who Came to Dinner had at the beginning was lost by the to change the title of songs are exactly what you would next?” and each time the suspense would create a new breed of public 'The Man who Came to Dinner' is a comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman silly, overdramatic yet anticlimactic the album to $8.98 to expect from Petty. From the soft, did not let down. entertainment. Just as rock ‘n’ roll (a u t h o r s o f Yo u C a n ’ t Ta k e I t W i t h Yo u ) . I t ' s p a r t o f C o r n e r s t o n e U n i v e r s i t y ’s 2 0 0 2 -2 0 0 3 ending. ensure that his fans piano driven “Dreamville” to the While I was leaving the theater was condemned and now accepted theater schedule. Show times are Nov. 15, 16, and 21-23 at 8:00 p.m. at the Victor M. The whole time, the viewer can see would not have to gritty prayer for the world’s children an hour and a half later, with tears as the norm, so will “Jacka**.” The MatthewsAuditorium. Admission is $8.00 for adults, and $6.00 for students and seniors. that the film is just trying it’s darnedest pay excessively for in “Lost Children,” it is his strongest in my eyes and a split side, I saw future of the industry is scary, or For more information call (616) 222-4000. to be as stylish as the original. Demme his music. release since 1994’s “Wildflowers.” four people, one of which was a maybe I am reading way too much Pacific Overtures goes all out with postmodern camera The title track at- I strongly recommend “The Last female, peeing on the wall, and I into this movie. I mean, I love rock This musical by Stephen Sondheim tells the story of Japan’s ‘opening’ to the work, twisting it around at every new tacks radio stations DJ” to any fan of Tom Petty or clas- stopped. What did I just watch? ‘n’ roll. Perhaps “Jacka**” is sim- w e s t b y C o m m o d o r e P e r r y i n t h e 18 5 0 s t h r o u g h a m i x o f t r a d i t i o n a l K a b u k i a n d c o n - location, jump-cutting whenever pos- File Photo who tell their DJs sic rock in general. By attending this movie I basi- ply a movie made for guys with free temporary Broadway. For more information, visit www.actorsatspectrum.org. Play File Photo sible, and, even during standard shots File Photo what to play. He says: Petty probably wouldn’t even mind cally paid to see three episodes. The Friday nights. runs Nov. 14 through the 16, shows at 8:00 p.m. at the Spectrum Theatre. Admission The current state of music breaks Tom and complex mission. We don’t un- like a close-up of Newton, the camera destroys what could have been some- “There goes the last if you downloaded all the songs—it’s antics of the cast remain faithful to Just maybe this movie is noth- ranges from $15.00 to $19.00. Please call 234-3946 for more information. derstand what it was about, but then, shakes around so much, I think the thing rather entertaining. Petty's heart and he speaks out against it in DJ/ Who plays what just another way to get back at the the television show, but are far more ing more than that, a movie. No Annie we’re not really supposed to. All we operator was a bit nervous to be in the Save yourself the money and wasted his new CD, "the Last DJ." he wants to play/ record companies. grotesque. One of the tamest stunts line has been destroyed, or maybe For the holidays, get set for fun with that irrepressible little redhead and her faithful have to know is that Charlie and some presence of all that greatness. time—just go out and rent “Charade.” was when members of the cast ran the line is already gone. Stupidity dog Sandy. Come and see Annie, Sandy, Daddy friends took a bunch of diamonds Possibly Demme was trying to If you’re really desperate to see it, go around a Japanese city in panda has always been a money maker Warbucks, Miss Hannegan, and all those lovable and then Charlie double-crossed his enthrall us with the camera so we ahead, but you have to see the original. suits, terrorizing the the locals. in the industry. Look back at the orphans.P l a y i n ga tt h eG r a n dR a p i d sC i v i cT h e a t r e buds. And now those friends are after wouldn’t pay attention to the actual If you like the new version better, I e s t i v a l The film accomplished its goal: Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers from Nov. 14 through Dec. 14. Show times are 7:30 F : two nights of Calvin musical talent Regina, believing that she has posses- plot. The major thing about the story hereby promise to pay back the cost it was an hour an a half of sheer and Monty Python. Just maybe p.m.Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2: continued from page 1 They did such a good job that when He ended his performance with a sion of the money. is that the audience is never really sure of renting (late fees excluded) and will ridiculous humor. No plot. No “Jacka**” is nothing more than 00and 8:00 p.m. Saturday and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. vidual applause, eliminating audience I closed my eyes I could not even tell shrug of the shoulders as if to say, “Eh, So three scary (and racially diverse) who’s on whose side; with every new try to not insult you to your face. reason. Just humor. But at what another stupid humor comedy. Admissionranges from $10.00 to $26.00. Please call favoritism and a large chunk of time, that this Nigerian folk song was being no big deal, really,” and the audience cost? With each new movie, with Conceivably we could look 222-6650 for more information. and each performer or group of per- sung by white Midwestern college stu- loved it. each new television show the line back at this movie in twenty-five HONORABLE MENTION formers produced one or two polished dents. Well, I almost couldn’t tell. As a whole, the Fall Music Festival numbers and then it was quickly on to While the group performances were is the perfect showcase for each and Rachel Zylstra plays for alma mater gets stretched. years and say one of two things: the next section. I agree with the no- all solid and well-practiced, I would every musical performer and group. fact that she majored in theatre here at I made a practical suggestion?” The line that was once so clear “Jacka**” crossed the threshold in West Michigan Harvest Dog Cluster Show tion that the best performers leave the say that I pulled the most enjoyment It gives the campus (and the parents) by Ryan Fuller Calvin. In the interlude between songs Zylstra played at a few venues over and steadfast in the entertain- modesty and morality and charted You know what, we don’t even know what audience wanting more. And this was out of the solo pieces by Eunice Tong, the opportunity to become familiar A&E Co-Editor she continued to entertain the crowd the summer after graduating from ment industry is now blurred and the way for a new era in humor, or this is. But hey, a dog cluster could be very the case with many of the sections. Kathryn Cartledge and Lin Xu.. with each and every musical group. with anecdotes about life after Calvin, college, including the Folk Music constantly being changed and “Jacka**” was nothing more than amusing. T h e sh ow is N ov. 8 f ro m 9: 0 0 a . m . to 5: There were also two intermissions The best of the best to me were This leaves room for those who are For me, attending a Christian mu- and how the content for her music is Festival. She will be playing at the moved. Family entertainment has a ridiculous, hilarious movie, with 00 p.m. at the DeltaPlex. Admission for adults is so that even the tepid music lover can the piano solo by Eunice Tong and interested to attend the individual sic concert is as enjoyable as listening inspired by autobiographical events. I Four Friends coffee house here in shifted from “Leave it to Beaver” no purpose and no effect. $5.00, $3.00 for children and children under five stand to sit there and listen to their the accordion solo by Calvin’s very concerts of the groups throughout to President Byker drone on about was amazed to find out Calvin gradu- Grand Rapids on Friday, December to “The Osbournes.” As society has Only time will tell. and senior citizens are free. For more information roommate, son or daughter. own world class accordion performer the remainder of the year. “worldview” during opening con- ates don’t simply disappear off the face 20. She is also on campus quite a bit, please call 559-8000. by ryan fuller & jeni gort The festival started with the at- Lin Xu. The piano piece performed By itself it made me proud of the vocation. So when I was given the of the earth after college, however ap- she told me, “to check my e-mail five tention grabber: all of the choirs by Tong, “Pour les degrees chroma- talent that Calvin possesses in the mu- opportunity to attend the Out of the parent it might seem. or six times a week.” combined with the orchestra and tiques,” had a mechanical beauty to it. sic department. And you can count on Grey concert to review a burgeoning After Zylstra finished her opening With all of her talent, she is still The Film Arts Committee Corner organ performed the well-known It was flawless in technique and, I am seeing me next year, sitting right there singer, Rachel Zylstra, I was a little act and left the auditorium for Out undecided about her music career. and well-loved hymn “All Creatures sure, difficult to play on any scale. Lin alongside the parents, grandparents hesitant. of the Grey to take her place, I was “It’s all still up in the air,” she said. of our God and King.” The audience by Thomas Miller Daniel and Valeria, upper-class and Xu’s performance was my personal fa- and siblings. I don’t remember the last time I amazed to see some of the crowd leave In addition to attending her perfor- was prompted to join in on the final Staff Writer morally bankrupt. Daniel has just vorite moment attended a concert just to hear an with her. Yet after the concert I had the mance at the coffee house, I recom- verse over the powerful descant sung abandoned his family to be with in the concert. artist opening for the main act, but opportunity to speak with her. “Music mend picking up her CD. You won’t by the sopranos. It was a powerful When even the Hollywood- Valeria, a model, but an accident He amazed this was the case last Saturday when is my favorite thing to do,” she told me; be disappointed. moment, since an audience seldom translated title contains a swear maims their relationship. Once the audience I saw Rachel open for Out of the Grey. she is “drawn to it” and has a calling has the chance to be surrounded by word, a movie is likely to be again, a dog is the thematic center right from the There was a lot of fervor concerning to use her gifts. choirs performing a song in unison, somewhat raw. “Amores Perros” of the section. The final section start with his this concert, despite the fact that it I also found out she produced a and to also be asked to join in. certainly doesn’t disappoint on deals with an aged revolutionary- ridiculously was overshadowed by the Fall Music CD titled “The Vineyard Sessions,” As far as group performances I that score, but it would hardly be turned-assassin who, in conjunc- q u ic k f i nge r Festival, because Zylstra is a Calvin which contains eight fantastic tracks. believe that the Women’s Chorale possible to depict the biggest city in tion with his discovery of Octavio’s work on t he alumna who graduated last June. She performed two of her best tracks, and the Capella were the highlights the world without a certain amount dog, has a sudden, terrible insight k e y s . O n c e Obviously, she attracted some atten- “Fortune-teller” and “Go Around,” of the night. The Women’s Chorale of crudeness. Moreover, when the into his own condition and reaches h e h a d t h e tion from students and parents dur- at the concert. Zylstra explained that ended their two song set with the disparities between rich and poor a certain redemption. audience's ing Parents Weekend, and there was the content from her songs comes from traditional Mexican song “Las are so monstrous they are in cit- Uncontrollable forces tear apart trust, I began a good turnout for the concert. events that have occurred in her life, Amarillas,” which was given depth ies such as Mexico City, perhaps families, destroy the characters’ to sense him In her relatively short prelude for interesting characters she has met, and with the chorale member’s own brutal depictions are necessary lives and transform them. The almost toying Out of the Grey, Zylstra demonstrated musical ideas that inspire her to write rhythmic clapping. The hand-made and moral. film is a heart-wrenching portrayal with them by what a remarkably talented musician a song. Her “musical ideas” are what percussion fit perfectly over the stream The movie is a triptych of three of a modern city whose colossal, stopping and she is. As a singer, songwriter, and pia- set this album apart from most other of Spanish lyrics to make the song a very different sets of lives. One impersonal weight grinds human starting his tan- nist, her talent and style are similar to demos I have heard. Each song is dis- standout in the concert. Percussion section centers in on Octavio, lives into dust. The vast forces of gents of notes Vanessa Carlton. Her strong, yet elo- tinctive and unique. My favorite song in the choir performances seemed to who descends into the dog-fight- modernity reduce people to dogs, on a dime, only quent voice delivered a range of amaz- is without a doubt the aforementioned be a theme that wove its way through ing underworld to be able to elope but this movie contains a transcen- to begin them ing vocals in songs that varied from “Go Around.” After listening to the the concert. In the Capella's singing with his brother’s wife. In the next dent compassion for both. It depicts again with an upbeat and inspirational to mellow CD I found myself sitting at my desk, of the Nigerian folk song, “E Oru O,” Photo by Jeffrey Schra File Photo segment, his story meshes violently love and, finally, redemption for excited and yet love songs. Not only does she have an doing homework and humming “So I the choir was accompanied by a whole Nine guys on a voyage of curiousity, stupidity and all and unexpectedly with that of even the miserable strays. impish look on The close-up view of the interworking of the amazing voice, but she is also a good go around / I go around / making no percussion section that included the around maleness to liven up the average Joe's life. his face. Calvin Orchestra and the Fall Music Festival. entertainer, which may stem from the mean excuses… When’s the last time Photo by Trillisa M. Perrine bongo drums.