ENTERTAINMENTpage 15 Technique • Friday, September 29, 2006 • 15 UNIQUE STUDENT HOUSING VOLLEYBALL HITS WALL ENTERTAINMENT The International House is a haven for Women’s volleyball loses ACC opener a diverse array of students having an in- on Tobacco Road against Wake Forest Technique • Friday, September 29, 2006 terest in international culture. Page 12 and UNC. Page 25 Krystal burger eating Open Season delivers laughs By Jonathan Saethang contest visits campus Contributing Writer By Craig Tabita burgers in eight minutes. Open Season, an animated film Contributing Writer The contests started at 5:30 featuring the voices of Martin Law- p.m. and ran until 8:00 p.m., rence and Ashton Kutcher, reverses Bobby Dodd Stadium was the extending a half-hour past kick- the roles of the animals of the forest site of some fierce competition on off time. Every half-hour, five and the avid hunters of the city of Thursday night, with opponents contestants faced off against both Timberline. furiously racing against the clock each other and the high scores on Boog (Martin Lawrence) is a to rack up points and taste sweet the leader board, the top scorers 900-pound grizzly bear that lives victory. from which were invited to go to comfortably in the garage of Ranger No, the sport in question the regional match. Beth (Debra Messing), his keeper. was not football; that particular The competitors were pass- Rescued from the wild as a young match was never in doubt, with ers-by, and anybody who wanted cub, Boog has no conceived notion of Tech stomp- could sign nature and the outside world. Boog ing all over up on the is used to the bare necessities (no pun Virginia from The rules are very street for any intended) – television, three meals a the get-go. The of the avail- day, and shelter from the elements. real contest simple: eat as many able time His world is shaken up when he was outside burgers as possible slots. How- rescues Elliot (Ashton Kutcher), a the stadium, ever many scrawny one-horned deer that nar- Image Courtesy of Sony Pictures where hun- before time runs who regis- rowly escapes death at the hands of a Eliot (voiced by Ashton Kutcher), is a deer from Sony’s Open Season. He gry fans on out, but make sure tered never ruthless hunter named Shaw (Gary befriends Boog (voiced by Martin Lawrence), a 900-pound bear. their way to r e t u r n e d Sinise). Elliot convinces Boog to the game com- they all stay down. to compete step out of his garage and explore Bugs Bunny always finds some way first venture into full-length ani- peted to see when the the world around him. to escape Fudd’s shotgun, Boog and mated films, the quality of the who could eat time came, Elliot and Boog do just that Elliot rally up the animals of the animated graphics in Open Season the most miniature Krystal burg- so many of the contestants were – explore the city and have a blast. forest to foil the hunters. is excellent. The graphics are very ers in two minutes. recruited directly from the street Unfortunately, the city is no place for Open Season is the first feature- cleanly rendered in great detail. The Krystal Square-Off Quali- to the stage. a grizzly bear and a deer, who cause length animated film produced The emotions captured by the facial fying Tour made a stop at Tech The setting being the night trouble in the midst of their fun. by Sony Pictures Animation, who expressions of both the humans and during its pass through Atlanta, of a Tech football game and near Things get so bad that Ranger Beth created graphics for other movies animals in the film are priceless. holding a set of preliminary the busy stadium entrance, the makes the tough decision to release such as Spiderman, The Chronicles The audio is also superb, with rounds on our campus to coincide contestants were mostly a mixture Boog and Elliot into the wild. of Narnia, and Zathura. a great soundtrack and hilarious with the football game. The top of Tech students, Tech alumni, To make matters worse, hunting Sony is taking a bold step into the celebrity vocals. The animals all scorers were invited to try out the and ticket scalpers, almost all of season has just begun and Shaw is animated film world, which is already speak in different tones and accents, following Sunday at Lenox Square whom had never engaged in any out for revenge against the duo. One dominated by household names like which make things even funnier. Mall for a chance to compete in sort of competitive eating before. thing leads to another and Elliot and Disney, Dreamworks, and Pixar. Do McSquizzy is the head of a clan of the third annual Krystal Square- Some were intensely focused in Boog find themselves being hunted Sony’s animated computer graphics Scottish squirrels, Rosie and Maria Off World Championship, where their desire to win, while others along with the rest of the creatures stand up to the other studios that are feisty female skunks with two $10,000 will be up for grabs to of the forest. have been rendering CGI for more snaps and a twist, Serge and Dini whoever can eat the most Krystal See Burger, page 19 What happens is an Elmer Fudd/ than a decade? Bugs Bunny type scenario – just like For Sony Pictures Animation’s See Season, page 16 ‘Nique writers review new buzz-worthy album releases Honeytribe, Torch Sandi Thom,Smile — It Confuses Zox, The Wait By Mallory Velten, Contributing Writer People By James Dailey, Contriuting Writer Devon Allman, son of “Southern legend” By Jonathan Saethang, Contributing Writer Zox’s new album The Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers, is the Wait is a dramatic blend frontman of this quartet, whose music blends There’s no ques- of alternative, ska, folk, blues with rock for a refreshingly original vibe. tion why singer Sandi punk, and indie rock. This Fans of Santana or the Rolling Stones will most Thom’s debut album, relatively new band from likely find Honeytribe worthy of following. Smile...It Confuses Rhode Island released Torch is softer than that of popular groups People has gone plati- their first album only three such as Nickelback and Greenday, with a sound num and dominated years ago while working more their own that that of bands such as the Killers or the All-American Rejects. music charts in her independently from a re- Lead singer Allman’s voice is reminiscent of American Idol finalist Bo Bice’s, native UK. cord company, yet they have quickly mastered their though you won’t hear this rocker crooning unoriginal pop-rock diddies. Taking on a new unique melodic sound. Other songs bring to mind eighties’ legend Journey, though in an instrumental path to popular music, The band cites such artists as The Cure, Count- rather than vocal aspect. Although the album starts off strong, especially with Thom uses her soulful, mature voice to carry lyrics ing Crows, The Police, and Wayne Shorter as their the title track, it loses momentum about halfway through the CD. Still, the full of youthful yearnings and emotions. primary musical influences. The Wait is like nothing beginning of the album is good enough to warrant buying the whole CD. In her popular single, “I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker you have ever heard before, though, and Zox provides (with flowers in my hair),” Thom takes a look back much needed relief from the blaring sound that is to simpler times when “the media couldn’t buy your becoming modern rock. The completeness of Zox’s Hit the Lights, This Is A Stickup… Don’t Make soul” and “computers were still scary.” songs lends it to a more mature audience than the It A Murder The beats from the tambourine, maracas, and typical high school-esque MTV hits. Instead of By Michael Berger, Contributing Writer ethnic drums compliment Thom’s smooth, soothing letting the lyrics carry the song, Zox lets their music voice. She “was born too late/ to a world that doesn’t carry their album. The result is a refreshing taste of This is the third album from the Hit the Lights, care,” conveying her sense of longing for the life she what progressive bands will hopefully be doing more out of Lima, Ohio. Imagine Panic! At the Disco, never had the choice of accepting. of in the future. Lit, and the Backstreet Boys joining for a tour de Lovers of Folk, Soul, Pop, and even Country have The best way to get a real sense of Zox through force of whatever it is they’re playing on the radio, an opportunity for a new favorite artist in Sandi words is to understand what ska is. Ska represents but not as catchy. The lyrics are over-emotional Thom. Though her mix of sounds and instruments a type of Jamaican music mixing older jazz sounds and perhaps a bit ridiculous, which might appease is rather eclectic, her overall effect is one that most from the 1920’s with folk and reggae music. Zox a crowd if sung in a whiny emo voice with eye liner tastefully blends different instrumental sound from takes this sound and eloquently balances it between a and hair over one eye, but not if you are trying so guitar to the tambourine and harmonica with her guitar and a drum set. The thing that really sets Zox very hard to sound like a punk rocker.