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ENTERTAINMENTpage 19 Technique • Friday, October 4, 2002 • 19 Local art exhibition Tech vs. Wake Forest Native Atlanta Annika Connor hosts an Check out the preview for this ENTERTAINMENT art exhibition for young artists. Go feed weekend’s game. Your parents are here, your cultural cravings. Page 22 so hopefully we’ll win. Page 31 Technique • Friday, October 4, 2002 BDO 500 : Modern rock bands take over show Sum 41 and Filter. Having just en- were the obligatory T-shirt and con- By the time Sum 41 played its joyed its tenth anniversary, in which cession vendors, as well as the ap- set, the designated “pit pass” area of listeners were treated to an intimate pearance of overpriced Henna stage for which a “special” pass was concert with the Red Hot Chili Pep- tattooing, a fad that seemed to come required (read: a $75 ticket was start- pers at the Tabernacle (tickets could into its own during summer con- ing to really build with energy and only be won through giveaways and cert series like Downtown Rocks bodies, though the area was far from did not go on sale) and the hugely and On the Bricks. unbearably crowded). Thankfully popular free concert series Down By late afternoon, a decidedly absent at BDO 500 was the incred- Town Rocks, there was much an- older crowd, including the colle- ible crush of people that formed at ticipation for the 500-plus minutes giate scene stared showing up, and the front of the stages, such as Down- of music that 99x had in store at as the day and drinking progressed, town Rocks, in which those intrep- HiFi Buys. BDO 500 kicked into high gear. id enough to fight to the front were With the continuous pounding Facilitating this by keeping with the often too busy preserving body parts of rain the days leading up to BDO racing theme of speed was the rotat- to enjoy the music. 500, courtesy of tropical storm Isa- ing main stage that allowed one band The lawn crowd was, as yet, rather dor, there was the distinct possibil- listless, which was soon remedied ity that this year’s BDO was going by Sum 41’s lead singer’s mock out- to be a rather soggy one. Thankful- rage at the lack of a good mosh pit. ly, come Saturday morning, both “BDO 500 was a The lawn crowd was more than will- fans of modern rock music and the fitting swan song for a ing to oblige and the ensuing en- great outdoors were greeted to clear thusiasm, plus a weeks worth of rain, skies, sunshine and a severe case of whirlwind summer created a mud pit in no time flat. BDO. Gates opened at noon and concert season, one Not long after, event security had with three stages under the hood, to step in to break up the pit after the well-oiled machine that was BDO in which 99x proved people started slipping down the 500 was off. yet again that it is big grassy incline of the lawn. BDO The first act, Trance Arc, took 500 hit a pothole of sorts with the the Sunday School Stage rough thirty dog out among radio last minute substitution of Stone minutes after the gates opened. It stations.” Sour for Filter. While the bowing was followed by Five-Eight, The out of Filter disappointed many, Hiss and Sparta. Across the lawn the energy of Stone Sour and prom- area of HiFi Buys, fans of the 99x’s ise of STP kept this pitfall to a speed weeknight radio segment Living to set up while the other played, bump. At 8:30 p.m., Stone Temple Loud were treated to more of what Once done, the stage rotated and Pilots took the stage, and like a Por- they loved at the Sprite Living Loud the next act could start playing. GT sche 911 taken into sixth gear, the Stage with Fozzy and 30 seconds to student Joel Linderman was just one crowd responded. Mars and Trust CO. Both die hard of many who approved of the exe- Combining the first class light fans and first time listeners alike cution. Said Linderman, “The 99x and sound systems of HiFi Buys By Robert Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS were particularly enthused with the lineup was a hit, and the show was Amphitheater with the stage pres- Lead singer Scott Weiland of STP plays the last set of the evening, performance of New Found Glory, great because you didn’t have to ence that comes from over 12 years bringing over 500 minutes of music at 99X’s BDO 500 to a close. Other the last act to play on the smaller wait a long time for the next band to of experience and five best-selling bands included New Found Glory, Stone Sour and 30 Seconds to Mars. stages. play.” albums, STP took control of the It took a couple of hours for Earshot was the first to take the evening with practiced ease. Signa- By Robert Hill Big Day Out, the biggest fall music things to start picking up, and the main stage at 4:30 p.m., and the ture megaphone in hand, lead sing- Staff Writer festival held in the south. Falling on gaping maw of the amphitheater next two hours were ripped through er Scott Weiland regaled the crowd the last Saturday of September and was rather bare of warm bodies in by Tonic, Roots. In particular Lin- with new songs and then dipped The Atlanta summer concert sea- dubbed BDO 500, the eighth re- the early afternoon. The age of the derman was struck by Roots’ rap- into his older, more known materi- son made one last encore appear- prisal of the 99x’s annual concert afternoon crowd was decidedly on ping ability. Recalled Linderman, al which truly won the crowd. As ance this past weekend at HiFi Buys boasted an impressive lineup with the young side as well—middle “[The Roots] a capella of a turn amphitheater in the guise of 99x’s the likes of Stone Temple Pilots, school and high school. Out in force table [sound] blew me away.” See BDO 500, page 25 Red Dragon does not live up to its roots By Andrew Goldthorp while capturing the psychiatrist Contributing Writer and cold blooded-killer Hanni- bal Lecter, played yet again by After last year’s disappoint- Anthony Hopkins. ing Hannibal, Universal Pictures Years later, when two fami- and MGM decided to resurrect lies are murdered in similar fash- the Silence of the Lambs series yet ions one lunar month apart, the again in hopes of creating the FBI attempts to rein in a reluc- box office success it did in 1991. tant Graham to join the search While its latest attempt, Red for a man referred to as the “Tooth Dragon, fails to maintain much Fairy,” performed with zeal by of the original power of Silence Ralph Fiennes. of the Lambs and fails to utilize It turns out, to no surprise, Anthony Hopkins to his fullest, that the Tooth Fairy is a fan of it makes for a good edge-of-your- Lecter’s, often writing him let- seat thriller, thanks to some strong ters of admiration. Graham even- performances from the support- tually gives in to joining the ing cast. investigation, but he soon hits a Red Dragon occurs chrono- dead end and must enroll the logically before both Silence of help of his nemesis, Lecter, in the Lambs and Hannibal. This order to track down the Tooth film, like its predecessors, is based Fairy before he strikes again. on the novel by Thomas Harris. While Norton gives a respect- Edward Norton plays FBI able performance as Agent Gra- agent William Graham, who quit ham, the stars of the film are the bureau and retired from crim- Fiennes and Emily Watson. inal investigations since his last By Robert Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS case, during which he almost died See Dragon, page 21 BDO 500, held at Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater, attracted many teenagers and college-aged students. Above, a crowd gets down a dirty in a mud pit from the week-long rains during the set of punk rock band Sum 41. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, October 4, 2002 • 21 Technique Crossword: Memories of Burma Shave By Joey Katzen 59. British exclamation, with E 15. Modem inventor 12345 6789101112131415 Staff Writer 60. Exists, to Jacques 20. Lucky isle inhabitants 61. Oh, you will ____ the day . 21. Relating to pee 16 17 18 Across 63. Hip 25. Consumed 19 20 21 1. Joel Chandler Harris setting, with 66. Mine output 26. Nativity patch 67. Part III of question 27. Stood on an edge 22 23 24 6. First state, alphabetically 70. Graceland artist 28. Powers 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 13. Vesuvius output 74. Wore away 30. Self evident truth 16. Crystal blemish 75. Sicilian mount 31. Varsity prize 32 33 34 35 17. Fit a tire again 76. Subtract a negative 33. Saccharine soda 18. Half a Latin dance 77. Flightless bird 34. Madame Butterfly playwright 36 37 38 39 40 41 19. Start of question 78. End of question 38. Ion prefix 42 43 44 45 46 47 22. Anger 86. Cheap dye 39. Trunk layer 23. Juan’s wife 87. Resembling the back of the eye 40. Before, poetically 48 49 50 51 52 53 24. Sound of Music lyric: ____s 88. Couric post 41. Cash register company and cads will offer you food and 89. Special NSA activities 43.