ENTERTAINMENTpage 15 Technique • Friday, March 11, 2005 • 15 NOT ABOUT PANCAKES THE BRITISH ARE COMING Tech’s international house offers After their album’s success in the U.K., ENTERTAINMENT cultural experiences to those who might Kasabian is poised take America by Page 9 Page 17 Technique • Friday, March 11, 2005 not be able to study abroad. storm with a U.S. release. Swan Lake to be Think radio sucks? You’re not alone performed at Fox Nique This weekend and the next, the Indie band Hanson talks with the ‘ about music revolution Atlanta Ballet is staging a production By Hillary Lipko commented. of Swan Lake at the Fox Theatre. This Entertainment Editor The short acoustic set and college weekend’s show times are Friday activist-style lecture in the courtyard at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and If you think you know Hanson, was supposed to be the culmina- 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and think again. As Taylor Hanson, 21, tion of a two-hour interview spot 7 p.m. Tickets range from $21.90 stood on a chair on a makeshift stage on Georgia State’s radio station, to $71.12. in the courtyard of Georgia State WRAS, but due to what proved to University last Tuesday afternoon, be a logistical snafu on the part of the shouting his frustrations about main- station, the interview didn’t happen. Too bad they don’t stream radio and music to a crowd of While Hanson may have gained a few several hundred new fans at GSU sell textbooks students, one that day, that was could almost “It’s about...creating not their primary This weekend in Jim R. Miller feel a shockwave a movement... objective. Park, the Cobb County Public tear through “We’re just Library System is having a library the crowd as saying, ‘You know here—if you book sale. The sale will feature over he dropped one what? We’re getting get into Hanson 100,000 used books and audio-visual f-bomb after an- because you’re items with prices starting at 25 cents. other. shit shoved down our like, ‘Wow, that’s On Friday and Saturday, the sale is “Did he just throats by corporate cool…I didn’t open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on say f—?” one u n d e r s t a n d Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. member of the media.’” what they were audience said saying,’ maybe to a friend, sur- Taylor Hanson you get into [the Physical comedy prised that a Musician band]. But it’s member of a not about that. meets basketball band so many It’s about…cre- perceive to be squeaky clean just spat ating a movement…saying, ‘You On Saturday, March 12, Philips the ultimate in obscenities. know what? We’re getting shit shoved Arena will be playing host to the By the end of Taylor’s furvored down our throats by corporate me- Harlem Globetrotters. You know lecture and their brief two-song set dia,” Taylor said. the drill, some poor schmucks come comprised of “Strong Enough to “It’s specifically bad now, and out and get their rear ends handed Break” and “Penny and Me,” songs there’s this massive opportunity for to them in true comedic fashion by from their third studio release, us to support the better stuff like the official clowns of basketball, and Underneath, the perceptions about the new independent stores [on] everyone has a good laugh. The show Hanson held by many in the crowd the internet, college radio stations, By Paul Brown / 3CG RECORDS starts at 1 p.m. and tickets range seemed to change. “They’re pretty Hanson visited Georgia State University last Tuesday to talk about from $15 to $127. cool,” another audience member See Indie, page 16 the importance of college radio to independent music. Tasty burgers can be found near, on campus surveyed. The Vortex is home to the It’s billed as a Cajun burger, great burger, if a little greasy and is the epicure’s hamburger menu, sport- apparently meaning that it’s incre- well worth your valuable time. Plus ing no less than 20 different types. mentally spicier than your average it comes with steak fries covered in There’s more than enough variety to hamburger (though, in its defense, red pepper, which is a nice change of keep even the pickiest satisfied. I’m known to have something of an pace from the rest of the list. Probably the only really bad thing iron tongue, so your mileage may The price tag here is, once again, one could say about the Vortex is that, vary) and that its preferred condi- not comparable to a fast food burger. for its price tag, it tries a little too ment is mayonnaise rather than good My burger weighed in, yet again, hard to convince you that it’s secretly old fashioned ketchup. your own, personal dive. Minor oddities aside, it’s still a See Burgers, page 18 The place is basically done in the style made popular by the Hooter’s and Applebee’s of the world, only the people behind The Vortex seem to think that if they just do it more they can somehow affect a sufficient degree of street cred. Whatever, they can keep their tragically forced decor. So long as By Andrew Saulters / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS they keep making good burgers, I’m Junior’s is a great choice if you want a good burger and are on a not one to complain. budget. Located on campus it is convenient for any Tech student. Next up is the Highlander at the end of 10th St. which is a pub after By Evan Zasoski enjoyable hamburger experience. the old English style, excepting, of Senior Staff Writer Averaging about $7 for a burger course, its serious punk overtones. and $6.25 for a plain old original, So, when all’s said and done, it works We here at Technique have decided it’s definitely well beyond the range out to be something more along the that there is a most critical piece of of your average Big Mac, but then lines of some sort of commentary on information which we have yet to again, you’re not exactly going to an the old English style. impart unto our valued readership: actual sit-down restaurant because Regardless, whatever they do where to get a decent burger in and you want something cheap that works, and the overall effect is that around the greater Tech area. What won’t kill you. of the local pub for the community follows is in no way, shape or form, a The burger itself was, all in all, a of the tragically hip. But in a good comprehensive list of the best burger fine slab of ground beef on a bun. It way. places around, but it’s a good start was large and, as all decent burgers Unlike the Vortex, the High- complete with mini-reviews for your should be, nice and thick. Also, the lander is not primarily in the burger reading pleasure. Enjoy. fries it came with were crisp and business. So, they’ve got a quite a bit First on our list is The Vortex, plentiful, and the toppings were fresh less variety, but plenty of personality with locations both in Midtown and, where applicable, crisp. to spare. Their primary burger, one By Andrew Saulters / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS and Little Five Points. The Vortex Also notable was their selection, of only two, has quite a fairly nice The Vortex, located in Midtown and in Little Five Points, offers a is what you might call a thoroughly easily the widest of the restaurants feel to it. quirky atmosphere and a large menu of burgers. 16 • Friday, March 11, 2005 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT other radio stations are not…be- for a band or singer can sometimes from page 15 cause they’re not interested in the return some pretty interesting St. Petersburg Ballet Indie fan perspective, whereas you guys results, which could be considered independent bands…live music,” actually are; you are the fans,” Isaac a testament to the internet’s power Taylor explained. Hanson, 24, said. as a promotion tool. dazzles audience at Fox In a sense, Hanson is on a mis- Citing some numbers regard- “I looked up Ben Folds on the sion to mobilize college students to ing radio listenership, Isaac also internet and all of the sudden Wil- start speaking explained how liam Shatner came up and I’m like, out about main- mainstream ra- what the—Ben Folds produced the stream media. “[People] are dio’s audience most recent William Shatner album. During breaks discovering music, has declined It’s a great album. in their promo- in the past six “But that’s something that could tion of the inter- basically, through years as people never have happened in a record store. national release their friends...and in are turning to Because all of a sudden [a search] of Underneath, alternate meth- pulls up all these references that Hanson is stop- a big part through ods of getting relate to Ben Folds,” Zac said. ping at universi- the internet in some the music they Throughout the course of their ties around the like. “[People] interview with Technique, Hanson country, rallying form.” are discovering discussed technology, piracy, radio, a base of music music, basically, the music business and their new fans to become Isaac Hanson through their independent label, 3CG.