8 AdvertisEments Aquinas THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2008

“Lust” Continued from page 7

album. lets first look at the infamous “Radio, ra- Tour dates around our area include dio.” Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ on May 14, Not only is it an awesome song, yet Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia on May it was the reason behind Costello being 17 and Bowery Ballroom in New York banned from Saturday Night Live. SNL told City on May 19. I can’t imagine the ticket Costello that he was not allowed to play prices being too expensive for this show, “Radio, radio” because of its lyrics and in- so this should be a concert well worth stead was told to play “Less Than Zero” off your money if you decide to attend. of his previous release “My Aim Is True.” Costello took the stage, started to play Elvis Costello “Less Than Zero” then stopped his band, “This Year’s Model” apologized to the audience for playing “Less Than Zero” and told his band to start Yet another Elvis Costello album has playing “Radio, Radio.” been mastered and released for all of us to “(I don’t want to go to) Chesea” may be enjoy. “This Year’s Model,” arguably Costel- the best single off of “This Year’s Model.” It lo’s best release of his career and one of the is a song that sticks out the most on the best releases in music history has received album with its beat and its lyrics. It is also the deluxe edition it deserves for its 30th Costello’s best vocal performance on the al- Anniversary. bum. Little details such as the synthesizer The deluxe edition, according to his Web make this song very catchy. site, includes the original “This Year’s Model” Enough cannot be said about Costello’s with 27 extra bonus tracks that includes “This Year’s Model” and the influence it has had the complete 1978 Washington D.C.Warner on musicians today. Theatre concert and 16 previously unre- It is one of the essential albums of all leased performances. For those of you time from one of the greatest artists of all who think this is over the top, there is time. no such thing as too much Elvis Costello. This album deserves all the attention that For the people who have not listened to “This it has gotten since it has been released. Year’s Model,” you are truly missing out. It deserved the 10.0 rating from Pitchfork “This Years’ Model” is a classic of Elvis Media when Rhino re-released it in 2002 Costello and the Attractions. and it deserves another 10.0 rating from It is impossible to list the num- Pitchfork when it is released March 4. If ber of songs that stand out on this al- twenty-five dollars could go to any album bum because then I would just be typ- this year, make sure it goes to “This Year’s ing out the track list in its entirety. Model.” However, to highlight just a couple songs, “Guide” Continued “Idol” Continued from page 7 from page 7 the artist’s new work. The show, which is for stead of where the winner has to go. Do those 21 and over, will be running through you think you’ve benefited from that? March 31. A: I remember I was really upset when The Bog is located at 341 Adams Ave. and I was eliminated in ninth place, for a lot of can be reached at (570) 341-6761. As always, reasons. But in hindsight, I am so thankful, this is just a miniscule sample of what’s go- because I think the expectations that are ing on in the Scranton community. placed on the people that win are so high. For more information, be sure to keep We found out recently that Taylor, who your eye out for posters and fliers around won my season, was just dropped from his campus. record label. And when I look at the fact Also, “Electric City,” a free publication on that he sold 800,000 albums, that is not a Scranton entertainment, has a more com- failure by any means. But because he was prehensive schedule of the week’s upcom- a winner of “American Idol” and there were ing events. such high expectations placed on him, he is considered to be a failure. I completely disagree. I love his album. But the fact I came in ninth place, there Interested in writing for Aquinas? was very little expectation placed on me. And Chris Daughtry, who came in fourth Let your voice be heard! place on my season, didn’t have expecta- tions as high. But the Grammy Awards just Contact Cecilia Baress [email protected] happened, and Chris and I were the only two people from my season that were nom- inated for Grammys.