ENTERTAINMENTpage 17 Technique • Friday, April 16, 2004 • 17 Butter your toast Eat my dust Two Bits Man proposes the cell Track and field vies for a spot in the ENTERTAINMENT phone be replaced as a status symbol. ACC Championships this weekend. Toasters are the new thing. Page 23 Check out our preview. Page 32 Technique • Friday, April 16, 2004 Fuel ignites, Bubba just throws Sparxxx Cotton Club hosts By Hillary Lipko it is at least an amusing notion to Dexter Freebish Staff Writer entertain. I also can’t pretend that Dexter Freebish and the Pat Mc- this supposed exchange of fate left Gee Band will perform at the Cot- When the Student Center Pro- us on an entirely even keel, as after ton Club this Saturday, April 17. grams Council conducted a survey all, we do still have to get shafted The show will cost $15 and it be- last semester asking which bands somewhere. gins at 9 p.m. Josh Groban will students would like to see at a pro- Last Thursday’s billing featured appear at the Fox Theatre this Tues- posed spring concert event, I must Tech Battle of the Bands winner day, April 20. The show is at 8 p.m., admit I was a bit skeptical that the Schming and hip-hop artist Bubba and tickets range from $39.50 - concert would be worth attending. Sparxxx. As much as I dislike being $59.50. I figured that of harshly critical of all the bands anyone, some- worth seeing, the times there is just Earthlink offers dual odds of one be- “Sparxxx proved no way around ing chosen and once again that it. Sparxxx shows this weekend then actually be- proved once ing booked were Eminem is the again that Em- The Crystal Method will be at about the same exception rather than inem is the ex- Earthlink Live, also at 9 p.m. on as it snowing in ception rather Saturday, so fans will have to choose Atlanta—not the rule, and that than the rule, and between shows. Tickets are $22 in entirely improb- white guys are that white guys advance and $25 the day of the show. able, but still are generally not Sugar Ray has left California for the rather unlikely. generally not cut out cut out to be rap- time being and will also entertain at The fact that to be rappers.” pers. Following Earthlink Live, also at 8 p.m. on the it did snow this Schming’s awk- 20. Tickets for the event are $18.50. winter should ward yet still en- have wasted all gaging set, of the good odds for any other un- Bubba Sparxxx failed to impress. Get down robotics likelihood, including that of a good The performance seemed to be line up for the planned Sting Break heading in a better direction as DJ at Georgia Dome concert. Fate must have made a com- Scientist was given the spotlight, There will be a robotics compe- promise with fortune though, be- but soon took a crash landing as the tition held at the Georgia Dome cause in exchange for getting the heavyset Sparxxx proclaimed his sex- this Friday and Saturday. The event, short end of the stick when it came iness to the audience and removed which attracts over 300 high schools to getting a snow day, Tech man- his shirt. As he crossed the stage, his from around the world, will take aged a fairly decent concert bill for low-slung shorts also revealed to the place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both Sting Break. audience a reminder to just say no Friday and Saturday. Students will While I wouldn’t necessarily call to crack. be competing in championships it the fairest of exchanges, or assert While a few audience members aimed at testing robotic design, strat- with any kind of seriousness that seemed to genuinely enjoy Bubba egy and fabrication. The event is our lack of a snow day back in Feb- Sparxxx’s performance, it was a wel- By Stephen Marek / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS free and open to the public. Head to ruary really had anything to do with Brett Scallions, Fuel’s lead singer, sings to the crowd at Yellow Jacket Park www.usfirst.org. Fuel being booked for Sting Break, See Fuel, page 19 Thursday last week. Battle of the Bands winner Schming opened the show. Catch culture of Tarantino slices Kill Bill Vol. 2 from new angle Africa this evening By C. Jason Mabry site approach, focusing mainly on fleshed-out, a certain necessity for devised a method by which his story The African Student Association Senior Staff Writer story line and dialogue. Intense re- the conclusion of the film. is told less by gore and the blade is celebrating the cultures of Africa lationships are described and nur- This is not to say that Volume II than by calculated moments and this Friday. Afriquest will feature Kill Bill: Vol. II is, first and fore- tured within the second film, is by any means lacking in excite- precise interactions. live music from the Soukosa Stars, most, a Quentin Tarantino film. supporting actions and moves from ment and action. Iti is quite the free food and drinks. Look for them That in itself speaks volumes. Most Volume I, and characters are more contrary. However, Tarantino has See Kill Bill, page 20 out in front of the Ferst Center around who viewed the first installment were 7 p.m. probably awaiting the second with some anticipation. Rest assured, the Tons of performers waiting pays off. For those who have yet to partake of Volume I, make it a to choose among priority, even if Tarantino has not been palatable prior. Both films de- Comedian Lewis Black will re- serve viewing, as those expecting turn to Atlanta June 11, at the Tab- more of the same in Volume ernacle. The show is at 8 p.m., and II will find them- seating is reserved. Tickets will cost selves $32.50 and will go on sale today. Buy early, as his performances tend to sell out. John Mayer tickets go on sale tomorrow. The show will be Kill Bill Vol. 2 August 29 at the HiFi Buys Amphi- ttttt theatre. Maroon 5 opens the show, Starring: Uma Thurman, which begins at 7 p.m. Lawn seats David Carradine, Samuel are $35.50 and reserved seats are L. Jackson $10 more. pleasantly caught off-guard. Volume I and Volume II may well Tech professors be completely different movies, but liven Plaza Gallery at times, they mesh with an incred- ible clarity that Tarantino executes Five Georgia Tech professors are much in the same manner that The holding a gallery showing of their Bride executes O-ren Ishii—with work entitled Five: Five Media, Five deadly precision and beauty to boot. Artists. The exhibit can be viewed If there is fault to be found with the now through June 17 in the Sun- first film, it would be that it is full of trust Plaza Gallery lower level lob- action and little sustenance, though Photo Courtesy Miramax Publicity by. The gallery is open Monday – by no means does it disappoint. Uma Thurman returns in the second installment Kill Bill. Quentin Tarantino decides to remove the story from its Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., and Satur- Volume II takes quite the oppo- Japanese setting and take it to the American West. 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