[email protected] Technique Entertainment Editor: Daniel Spiller 17 Friday, Assistant Entertainment Editor: February 13, 2009 Entertainment Jennifer Aldoretta !e Fray releases more Jason new, not improved catchy, TV-ready tunes MUSIC The Fray LABEL: Sony GENRE: Pop/Rock TRACK PICKS: “,” “Where the Story Ends” and “We Bend Then We Break”

Image courtesy of Sony OUR TAKE: !!!!! By Tim Bruegger Contributing Writer !e album’s production does not always seem to do all of the For many listeners, !e Fray band’s instruments justice, how- is forever tied with the television ever. Lead guitarist Dave Welsh medical drama, Grey’s Anatomy, and rhythm guitarist for their wildly popular 2005 o#er memorable performances single, “.” !e on the track, “Say When,” mostly Fray’s second, self-titled album because there is less piano in it. brings more of what the music It is a shame that Slade’s piano fans have come to expect from at times overpowers their playing the Denver quartet: soft, piano- throughout the album. !is takes infused songs about love, loss and away from the distinctiveness of reconciliation. the band’s songs, which doesn’t !e Fray is not anything par- do them any favors in the age of ticularly new, but it de"nitely digital downloads where albums has its charms. Lead singer and are harder to sell when a buyer pianist adds an appro- can simply purchase the popular priately earnest touch to his songs’ singles. lyrics, even if his voice is not dis- “You Found Me,” the album’s tinct. Most of the tracks seem to "rst single, is a noticeable at- be designed as ino#ensively as tempt to recapture the essence of possible, leading to soothing (but what made their previous singles sometimes boring) songs. so powerful. Despite starting Slade’s piano is featured in with the lyrics, “I found God on most of the tracks with vary- the corner of First and Amistad, ing degrees of success, but comes where the West was all but won,” through strongly on highlights which is trite and confusing at the “Syndicate” and “Where the Story same time, the track is passionate Ends.” !e piano intro to “Where with a memorable chorus. It will Image courtesy of Paramount Pictures the Story Ends” is one of the most surely "nd its way into popular memorable parts of the album and TV shows, especially medical will likely stick in listeners’ heads after a few plays. See Fray, page 20

FILM Lake, but somehow came back it starts taking away from the Friday the 13th to life. His mother, unaware that horri"c elements of a movie, I he had come back to life, went on personally think the director Umphrey’s delivers stellar jam GENRE: Horror a killing spree and killed all but has gone too far. !is movie is STARRING: Jared Padalecki, one of the camp counselors who somehow still rated R even with tracks on Mantis Amanda Righetti and Derek ended up killing Jason’s mother. all of the nudity in it probably MUSIC Mears !e movie alludes to the fact that because there was very little gore Umphrey’s McGee DIRECTOR: Marcus Nispel Jason is somehow dis"gured and in comparison to other slasher possibly mentally handicapped. movies. !e kills lacked creativ- Mantis RATING: R !e premise of the remake ity for the most part and while LABEL: Sci Fidelity RELEASE DATE: Feb. 13, is that a group of teenagers go still violent, this movie does 2009 camping out in the woods to "nd nothing new or even impressive. GENRE: Rock, Jam Band a "eld of marijuana, so they can !e huge lag between the TRACK PICKS: “Mantis,” OUR TAKE: !!!!! sell it to make big bucks. As night "rst set of killings and the sec- “Cemetery Walk” and “Spires” falls, one by one the teenagers are ond was way too long, and look- By Kristin Hanson separated from each other and the ing around the theater at times, OUR TAKE: !!!!"! Sta! Writer bloodshed beings. !e "rst 20 I could tell I was not the only Image courtesy of Sci Fidelity minutes of the movie are as good one who was bored. !e direc- !e Friday the 13th remake as this movie gets, because while tor was probably trying to estab- By Philip Poole the guys gets a look on his face that comes out in theaters today the beginning is pumped full of lish a story for the characters, Contributing Writer and says something along the lines delivers over-sexed and under- action all at once, the disjointed but the fact of the matter is of, “Oh really? Us real Bonnarroo- slaughtered stoners. !e "lm is remainder of the movie leaves the that the story was not interest- Umphrey’s McGee makes an- ers came to see Les Claypool, Um- directed by Marcus Nispel, who audience a little bored at times. ing. I’d much rather see heads gry hippie music. Not that they phrey’s McGee, Phil Lesh….” also directed the Texas Chain- Another group of teenagers, roll when I’m watching a horror sound like Grateful Dead with a When we returned that night, saw Massacre remake that came unrelated to the "rst, are on a movie than watch some people harder edge or anything (although the camp was trashed–upturned out in 2003. It is produced by road trip to one of the guy’s lake play beer pong, smoke weed and that kind of sound is de"nitely in tents, stu# scattered and trampled Michael Bay, who has been in- house after the happenings with have sex. their repertoire), but they literally on (not stolen though, because volved with another horror clas- the campers. On their trip, they People get killed o# rather craft music that appeals to malev- Bonnarooers never steal). So af- sic remake, !e Amityville Hor- meet Clay, played by Jared Pa- quickly after the long, bor- olent stoners. ter that, I forever associated Um- ror in 2005. dalecki, who is searching for his ing middle. In the "nal stand My "rst Bonnaroo festival was phrey’s McGee with unruly con- For those unfamiliar with the missing sister Whitney. It ends up against Jason, they overcome in 2006. After pulling up the car certgoers, and I deliberately went Friday the 13th series, the movie that Whitney, played by Amanda him and put an end to all the in the 250-acre "eld that serves as out of my way to avoid seeing Um- tells a little bit about killer Ja- Righetti, was one of the teenagers horror. Or so they think. !ey the camping area, the "rst thing phrey’s McGee play. After all, how son’s back story, but it doesn’t camping at the beginning of the throw his dead body into Crys- that happened to my group was could the only non-cool guys that exactly match up with the origi- movie. tal Lake and breathe a sigh of re- being accosted by a couple dudes I’ve ever met at Bonnaroo have nal series. In this remake, Ja- All horror movies have teenage lief. But as every good Jason fan demanding to know what bands good music taste? son drowned at Camp Crystal sex scenes and nudity, but once knows, Jason never dies. we had come to see. “Mainly Ra- diohead,” my friend said. One of See Umphrey’s, page 21

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Fray from page 17 dramas. Even the music video for the song has paramedics and an Coraline pleases the eye,Image courtesy not of Focus Features the mind FILM horribly tacky recreation of the ambulance, as if the band realizes Coraline Birth of Venus with a buxom old that it needs to play up its prime- woman. time TV appeal. GENRE: Animation, Fantasy !e #rst true climax of the !is strategy of making STARRING: Dakota Fanning, #lm fell short of exciting. ! is, soundtrack music can seem unap- Teri Hatcher and John the grand challenge Coraline pealing; it devalues the artistic as- Hodgman must make against the ruler of pects of the band by implying that this Other World, just does not they found a successful formula DIRECTOR: Henry Selick validate the anticipation I felt and want to stay with it. Often- RATING: PG building inside me as Coraline’s times, the formula only works for perfect world grew more and more so long before listeners want some RELEASE DATE: Feb. 6, 2009 sinister. !e moment felt entirely growth. !e Fray has the poten- too rushed and the challenges far tial to grow but is going to have OUR TAKE: !!!"!! less complicated than I imagined. to take more chances; this album !ere should have been some an- fails to provide noticeably di"er- By Kenny Phillips guish or some feeling that she may ent music. Sta! Writer not accomplish her daring deeds Giving some optimism for by the #nish, or some greater peril the band’s future work, however, Who is that shiny-haired girl in the tasks she had to accomplish. is the track “We Build !en We in a raincoat and swampers? She ture is still not quenched. be an amazing work of fantasy. All of my nit-picking aside, Break,” which o"ers a higher en- is Coraline Jones, adventurous girl It is then that she, led by a doll However, the #lm is under one Selick did visually bring Coraline ergy that is a welcome change and star of Coraline. Of course, of shocking resemblance, #nds man’s guidance – Henry Selick. to excellence. It stands taller than from the generally slower-paced she is just made of clay, but Henry a secret door in her own apart- He, being director and screenplay all of his previous works. !e pro- fare. More tracks like this could Selick has given her life on the big ment. !e door is small, just writer, basically has all control and duction helps the movie in a huge be a change-up making their mu- screen in his 3-D #lm adaptation large enough for a child to crawl somehow tweaks the #lm enough way. I, even having not seen it in sic more diverse and memorable. of Neil Gaiman’s novel. through, and hidden behind the to make less of a splash. Other 3-D, was amazed by the sets and Following up on their debut !e #lm begins with Cora- wallpaper – the perfect bait for than having actually written the characters. Nothing seemed to album, How to Save a Life, which line falling into the easily relat- an incorrigible adventurer. After novel, Neil Gaiman’s presence is draw attention in a negative way, went double-platinum and pro- able boredom to which excitable this leads to nothing, Coraline absent. !is perhaps disappoints nor did any realistic replica hinder duced Grammy nominations for children are prone. !is cruel falls asleep after a day of disap- some viewers that have actually the fantastical world. Selick has a songs “How to Save a Life” and case stems from her dear, boring pointment, but later #nds her best read the book, which greatly ex- knack for his art and his potential “ (Cable Car),” is and busy mother and father who lead for excitement. Awakened by plains why the movie takes such was used in full. Discussing the a daunting task for any artist, but have planted the family into a new jumping mice, she hunts them misguided opportunities to make setting, his directing has reached it is disappointing that !e Fray pot (the Pink Palace apartments down to the little door, opens it creative changes that apparently a stunning pinnacle of expertise. does not try to do more with the of Oregon). !is removed Cora- and #nds herself in a perfect world disappoint everyone. Selick’s comparison of the bland sound on this album. It is easy to line from her friends in Pontiac, seemingly spun by her dreams. Selick visually astounds the and monotonous Oregon town compare them to an act like Cold- Michigan. Left with only the talk- !is rabbit hole then leads on- audience with Coraline, but in to the truly brilliant and creative play, but unlike Coldplay’s latest ative and creepy new neighbor, ward to an Other World of great my opinion he should have been Other World is as stark as night Grammy-winning album, they Wyborn, Coraline prefers to #nd things, but a slight sinister pres- limited in creative control. In ev- and day. don’t take enough risks on !e entertainment elsewhere by chat- ence is growing more malevo- ery other #lm under his direction, !ough Coraline may be less Fray to have long lasting appeal. ting up the strange tenants of the lent with Coraline’s every visit. with the exception of Monkeybone, than the completely amazing #lm It seems !e Fray could branch Pink Palace. Although their pecu- It suddenly strikes, and Coraline he makes a visual masterpiece of a it could have been, it is beautiful, out from its involvement with TV liarities would usually be enough must save herself from her dream story adapted by separate screen- it does tell a new story and even shows, but the album comes o" as to satisfy even the most curious turned nightmare. writers. !ere are added charac- if you have read the book, it’s still one from a band that is happy to minds, Coraline’s thirst for adven- Frankly, I consider that plot to ters with no background, and a great to see on the silver screen. stay in the soundtrack business.

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I <3 Orange Juice A is for arange, B is for begetable... freaking india on a scale of one to rape, I got raped by my inta test over my ece test... how pathetic is that? the things I would do to her..... my gawd Luis, STOP LOOKING AT PORN why do i even try to attend my 8am’s nemore? shy guy in need of a v-day date: leave your name on the 5th $oor NAS lobby table, i will facebook ya HAPPY VALENTINES DAY...... NOT wut wut... in the butt OBAMA BIN BIDEN y is the hottness to not ratio of indians so bad?...like ... horren- dous? seriously, WHAT I’d do to HER... jeezzus I can’t date neone under 5”3 cause then I would feel like a pedo or taller than 6’2 , cause then I would feel pedo-#ed THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! US!!!! ENTERTAINMENT Technique t'FCSVBSZ t 21 Not that Into You gives useful relationship advice FILM now they think there’s something into the male psyche helps her on cially when his close friend Ben disinterest slowly deteriorate, and He’s Just Not that Into You wrong with him. !at’s it. It has the road to "nding a guy that will groans about the commitment). the women’s advances seem to be to be. !ere is absolutely no other agree to a second encounter (or at In some way, all the characters are reasonable after all. GENRE: Romantic Comedy explanation. least a call-back). !ough, even tied together, though they might !e movie is split into three STARRING: Ginnifer You just realized the truth, or with his help, the outcome still not all be aware of it or even know di%erent sections. With each sec- Goodwin, Jennifer Connelly at least your truth, because I’m looks grim as he seems to be the each other. tion, a di%erent couple’s relation- and Jennifer Aniston sorry. I hate to be that voice rea- only man calling her. From the title, the "lm strong- ship is insinuated to be at the fore- son for you, but it’ll never happen. !en there’s Beth (Jennifer An- ly focuses on the advances and ex- front of the section. However, the DIRECTOR: Ken Kwapis He’s just not that into you. iston). She’s also a co-worker of Gi- tremes a woman may take to "nd "lm smoothly transitions to keep RATING: PG-13 Everyone experiences those gi’s, and her partnership with her or keep love. !e men seem to be up with the lives of each couple times when the person you really signi"cant other is perfect com- the reason for the extreme actions or triangle. !e only actress that RELEASE DATE: Feb. 6, 2009 like doesn’t have an inkling of in- pared to Janine’s marriage. She taken in the movie. Some of the loses any face time would be Drew terest in you. Your friends want to wants to be married to boyfriend scenarios involving the women Barrymore. !ough she shines as OUR TAKE: !!!!! protect you, and they don’t want Neil (Ben A$eck); however, he seem exaggerated. However, as the lovable girl next door as in all to hurt your feelings so they’ll say just doesn’t want to be bound into the "lm progresses, the reasons her movies, her minimal presence, By Allyn Woodward everything but the truth. Well, the institution of marriage (espe- the male characters have for their compared to the other actors, Contributing Writer meet Gigi, played by Ginnifer doesn’t leave the "lm lacking in Goodwin. She’s cute, upbeat and any sort of humor or romance. So you like this new guy, and looks like the perfect girl to take All the antics and misfortunes there have been multiple hang-out home to your parents. But, when create the perfect romantic come- sessions. You feel a connection it comes to love, she’s borderline dy without any overt, detrimental and you are sure he has too, but crazy. clichés. Even with all the laughs, he hasn’t made any attempts to Sadly, she’s doesn’t even get the "lm stresses the importance pursue you. past the "rst encounter. Her close of honesty in that it will either so- It’s ridiculous, right? You know friend and married co-worker, Ja- lidify or break a bond. he doesn’t have a girlfriend. You nine (Jennifer Connelly) tries to So the next time you feel the already checked his Facebook. mediate between Gigi’s feelings urge to tell a friend, “He’ll call, Okay, let’s not lie, you’ve checked and an optimistic outlook. How- I promise,” hold your tongue, re- it multiple times just to make ever, she has her own problems think and instead try not to follow sure that his “relationship status” when it comes to relationships this girl rule. hasn’t been updated. Even your and Gigi just can’t seem to fol- Tell your friend to move on friends might do some addition- low all of her advice. Gigi meets a Image courtesy of New Line Cinemas from this situation. She’s not the al stalking to help you out, and man named Alex, and his insight exception. She’s the rule.

from page 17 there is a lot that can be done in- in the background in a lot of rock not mean much to new listeners available on Umphrey’s McGee’s Umphrey’s side the studio to make bad musi- music since it just doesn’t assert when they see 12-minute-long website that ranges from extra !at decision de"nitely ended cians sound good and good musi- itself the way guitars, drums and songs. Still, the new direction songs to alternate solos, demos up being my loss. Umphrey’s Mc- cians sound godly. keyboards do, so it’s much appre- keeps the separate tracks sound- and videos. Gee plays an eclectic mix of prog- Of course, any jam band that ciated that bassist Ryan Stasik is ing very distinct, something that With a band willing to give so rock and jam music that con- doesn’t sound better live is pretty given time to show his instrumen- can be an easy trap for jam bands much to its fans, it’s easy to see stantly changes song structure, much a failure of a jam band in tal chops. to fall into. how a loyal fanbase can grow very yet still somehow turns out great the "rst place. At concerts, the Umphrey’s McGee wears its !e guitar tones in this album quickly. It even becomes under- jam sessions. groove always seems tighter, the in#uences on its sleeve. Sounds are impressively distinct, as well. standable how a couple of guys Mantis is a studio album that instrumentalists have more time from !e Police and Rush can !e range of sounds covered in- could be so loyal that they’d feel is produced like a live album. !is to improvise, and the incredibly be heard both in the vocals and cludes warm and creepy tones the need to trash the campsite of is especially cool because Um- loud sounds coming from the amp drumming, and the guitar work is in “Cemetery Walk,” jazzy and a group of non-fans. But at the phrey’s McGee sounds better live always improve the experience. more restrained but still every bit bluesy ones in “Mantis” and even end of the day, that shouldn’t stop as a rule. Usually, a good litmus Perhaps attributing to that the quality of virtuosos of recent metal ones in the case of “Spires.” anyone from enjoying the high- test to determine a band’s quality live-sounding quality, the bass on decades. However, longtime fans Just as the band gives listeners a quality of music. is whether or not their live perfor- Mantis is turned way up relative will notice that Mantis is more lot within the album, they also !is album is recommended, mances sound better than their to similar albums. !e bass has an contained and coherent than the give a lot outside it. !ere are ac- and any chance to see the band produced studio albums, since unfortunate habit of getting lost band’s previous works. !at may tually nine tiers of bonus content live is doubly recommended.

sliver www.nique.net Will they put Madden ‘010 on next years box? that would be cool hahaha Ruckus is dead! can’t believe we actually wasted money on that... ruckus...Ruckus...RUCKUS!!!! Where art thou RUCKUS!!! Now where will I download music and rip the drm o%! Weird rotc guy in me 1770, stop talking to yourself during lab. It’s really annoying... coming out of the closet Joe? & Joe? who needs tech girls....pshht.....why would you want one. GTAA is a separate corporation come on now do your research I want to go back to Philmont!!! Sarah, I know you have Henri, but I’m in love with you I see all these hot girls and guys go running past my window, but none ever show up for Runnin’ Wreck? Why? Ruckus is gone... Now you can’t turn me into the authorities for downloading 30 Gigs of music illegally! U so hot u gimme a gram schmidt c.dale has 250 texts per month! ruckus shuts down...oh well, back to piracy. !e new Clough building looks like an uglier Skiles... I believe... in Mr. Grieves it sucks when youre the smoothest guy ever with physical contact but still cant bring yourself to the kiss itself. why are gingers so hot and so uncommon... Everyone should enjoy Superjail and RobotChicken as much as me. you guys need more sliver space! put em around the margins or something! id go to more basketball games if i had some friends to go with. %s. so is there a way to see the slivers before they come out or how do people talk to each other on the same issue? No. im hungry lets look up pictures of burritos It’s shark week, are you out of your f@#$ing mind?! t'FCSVBSZ tTechnique ENTERTAINMENT

iPod vs. Zune: whichplay videos.player "e iPod screen is dances2.5 the availability to changeto backyour- has DRM-free tune? music from four inches. More emphasis is placed grounds and its huge screen, can of the top music labels and other on the large scroll wheel, whereas be easier on the eye. independent ones. Zune Market- the Zune has the touchpad that "e interface on iTunes is ro- place is the equivalent of iTunes acts as a button, and two play/ bust, but can get very convoluted for the Zune, but su$ers from a pause and back buttons. However, with a large library. "e Zune 3.0 much smaller library and DRM the Zune’s larger screen comes at a software is still powerful, but it is issues. However, users can pur- battery price. cleaner and almost out of place chase the Zune unlimited pass, "e iPod has a 36-hour battery with the glassy, eye-candy inter- which allows listeners to purchase life for music and six for video, face of Windows Vista. Zune 3.0’s as much music as they wish. compared to the Zune’s 30 hours simple interface is easy to use even For Mac users, the only good for music and four for video. "e when not a full window, whereas option is the iPod, as it is compat- scrolling feature of the Zune is up iTunes can be more di%cult to ible with their OS. To a slightly and down, and it has a four di- deal with. lesser extent, the Zune is better for rectional button system as well. One of the most important is- PC users. It also feels more accurate and in- sues when purchasing music exists "e best way to really !nd out tuitive than the iPod wheel since in the software. "e Zune is more is to go out and try these products there is no single click scroll op- integrated into Zune Marketplace. in stores and use friends’ own de- tion on the iPod—the iPod simply However, iTunes has the most ro- vices and see how they work and requires more !nesse. bust catalog of licensed music of evaluate the pros and cons of each. "e wireless feature of the all music libraries, as well as TV Regardless, both are great options Zune is a major selling point. shows, movies and music videos. for the few that are still listening A caveat is that the Zune must With recent changes, iTunes also to CD walkman players. connect through the user’s home network, and connecting through GT Wireless has resulted in many problems. "e FM feature is simi- lar to the iPhone in that a song played on the FM radio of the Zune can be queued for purchase later on. Lastly, both come with a sync cable and headphones. With the Zune 120, consumers are upgrad- ed to the “premium” headphones, which are much better than the standard ones. "e iPod, follow- ing Apple’s mantra of simplicity, o$ers the same headphones for all iPods. "ough they are not as good as the Zune premiums, they

Image courtesy of Apple are much better than the Zune standards. By Hamza Hasan only get better. From its humble "e software for the iPod is Sta! Writer beginnings of 5 GB of storage to iTunes, and for the Zune it is cur- its current #ash storage and touch rently Zune 3.0. For Mac users, Apple’s iPod was !rst released screens, the iPod has seen much iTunes is already integrated into in 2001, creating the MP3 player change in less than 10 years. "e OS X, while Zune 3.0 is down- market and dominating it ever extended curved bevel on the edge loadable from www.zune.net for since. is subtle but engaging nonethe- PC users. Unlike iTunes, Zune Many companies have tried less. "e matte !nish on the front 3.0 is only available on Windows to capitalize on the device, and is even better for those who de- XP and Vista, cutting o$ Mac us- almost all have failed. However, spise nicks that were inevitable on ers unless they have access to their !ve years after the original was re- previous iPods, though the back- own PC or emulator. leased, Microsoft decided to take side of the iPod is still the pristine Aside from obvious di$erences on its nemesis with its own MP3 but scratch-prone chrome. in operating systems, iTunes is player, the Zune. Similar to the "e Zune has faced a variety remarkably slow on PCs. Zune iPod in software, hardware, pric- of similarities. "e recently in- 3.0 does not take as long to load, ing and marketing, it provides troduced Zune 120 steered away and inherently plays WMV and a viable alternative to one of the from the 80 GB model to have a WMA formats, which are com- most iconic products of the new glossy front, but the same matte mon on PCs. millennium. We’ll take a look at back of the 80 GB version. In a "e iPod is simple and clas- the two primary and comparable sense, it’s the opposite of the iPod. sic, and with recent updates, 120 GB models of the iPod and "e massive screen on the even better when changing songs Zune. Zune is 3.2 inches, and its orien- in the middle of a current song. Image courtesy of Microsoft "e iPod hardware seems to tation automatically changes to "e Zune is also simple, but with

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