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ENTERTAINMENTpage 17 Technique • Friday, October 26, 2007 • 17 IN COME THE GRADES DALAI LAMA VISITS Tech’s football team receives annual Atlanta was honored with a visit by ENTERTAINMENT mid-season report cards for its defense, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who Page 28 Page 15 Technique • Friday, October 26, 2007 offense and special teams. spoke at Emory, Oct. 22. By Daniel Spiller Contributing Writer Ben Affleck, just when I thought you couldn’t get any dumber, you go and do something like this… Affleck And totally redeem yourself! But seriously, Dumb and Dumber quotes aside, Ben Affleck’s directo- rial debut Gone Baby Gone is good enough to make you forget about his debuts participation in duds like Daredevil and Gigli. He commands the film as though it is already second nature to him. Like last year’s winner-of-all-that-is-good The Departed, Gone Baby Gone takes place in Boston. Patrick (Casey Affleck), along with his Gone girlfriend Angie (Michelle Monaghan), is a private investigator who is hired by the family of a young girl who has gone missing. Patrick has strong ties with the neighborhood locals, and thus an advantage over Baby the regular police when it comes to obtaining information. But the more Patrick discovers, the less he understands, and what constitutes morality takes hold as the central theme. So on paper, Gone Baby Gone looks just like an old-fashioned Gone detective story, and in a way, it is. It doesn’t do anything gimmicky or flashy; it just tells a straightforward narrative. On the other hand, it is within the story itself that the film gains OUR TAKE: its complexity. Predictability of the outcome is low because so few clues are given to help the audience in solving the mystery before the characters do. For example, at one point I had thought everything was figured out; the case was closed, done and done. In reality, we were only halfway through the movie, and twists aplenty lay ahead. But not the ridiculous, out-of-this-world kind of twists that leave you rolling your eyes. No, these are the good kinds of twists that you hope for in these kinds of stories. This particular story happens to be based on the novel by Dennis Lehane. This isn’t the first time one of Lehane’s novels has made it to the big screen; in 2003, Clint Eastwood directed the film adaptation of Mystic River. Both Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone seem to owe a lot to their original works because both tell such engaging stories. As mentioned before, this is Ben Affleck’s first outing as director, yet he avoids mistakes one might expect from a newbie. In fact, his style seems polished, professional and low-key. He doesn’t appear desperate to overdo anything just to make a name for himself; he plays it cool and straightforward, and it works out for the best. See Gone, page 21 Image Courtesy of Miramax Films Veara gives lively show The Shins electrify Atlanta fans By Sam Lawrence not an amazing band, but they By Jennifer Aldoretta Contributing Writer were respectable, and above all, fun Contributing Writer to watch. Not many people have heard of They bring something different to The defining thing that makes Swayze’s Venue, and it really is sort the table with Brittany (that’s right, the music that we listen to music is of a hole in the wall kind of place, a girl drummer) delivering pounding the effect it has on us. I spent most of but you should probably still check beats, Collin playing his guitar like my high school afternoons listening it out. It doesn’t always attract big he’s trying to kill it and Cory doing to music, and many of those times names, but there are some pretty almost as much dancing as playing consisted of James Mercer of The decent bands that come through on his keyboard. The fact that they Shins and myself spending a little its doors. love what they do, and were having quality time together. This past month saw one such so much fun playing their music, had This past week, however, when night when The June Lottery, an infectious quality, and everyone I was given the opportunity to 2*Sweet and Veara played. The bands ended up enjoying the show and experience The Shins first hand at aren’t well known, but for anyone moving to the music. By the end the Atlanta Civic Center, I realized looking to discover some new bands of their set, people were dancing that sometimes, live performances or just have some fun on a weekend and shouting back the choruses of are completely necessary, especially and go see a small, friendly show, it their songs. when The Shins are the ones per- Photo by Sam Morgan/STUDENT PUBLICATIONS can be a fun spot. Aside from being nice people and forming. Portland-based The Shins are an indie rock band that draw on a Veara, the headlining band, Picture this: everything was variety of sounds, including pop, alternative and country styles. provided just such a time. They’re See Veara, page 21 dark. Everyone was still, but above the steady chatter of anxious fans guitarist who was running late due finally made their way to the stage were their heartbeats and quick, to a late flight into Atlanta. Eric to play the best concert that I have excited breaths. Johnson, a member of The Shins, ever heard. The only light to be seen was kindly stood in for the missing They opened with “Sleeping Les- the steady, slow-moving stage musician for a few songs. sons,” the first track on their newest lighting that illuminated the stage; Luckily, the member of Vetiver album Wincing the Night Away. Next from red…to blue…to green…to who was M.I.A. for most of the per- they played “Kissing the Lipless,” red. The fog machine so strategi- formance ran onto the stage just in an old favorite of mine from their cally placed made the stage and its time for his guitar solo, after which second album Chutes Too Narrow, lonely instruments look murky and he announced, “Does anybody have released in October 2003. mysterious. a beer?” The Shins’ lead singer, songwriter The show opened with the indie Although Johnson is extremely and guitarist, James Mercer, was by rock group Vetiver. Their first song talented and did very well as a stand far the most enjoyable part of the was one called “Busted,” which had in, the second half of Vetiver’s perfor- show. He performed as though I a very country feel. The lead singer mance felt far more complete. They was the only person in the audience, was extremely captivating with his reminded me a lot of Iron and Wine and he made the show feel extremely melodic voice and animated mo- with very laid back, soft-sung lyrics personal. Photo courtesy of Bo Streeter tions. and instrumentation. But where would Mercer be Fun six-piece power-pop rock band, Veara, headlined at Swayze’s Unfortunately, for most of their After Vetiver’s great performance Venue last month with openers The June Lottery and 2*Sweet. performance, Vetiver was missing a and much anticipation, The Shins See Shins, page 23 18 • Friday, October 26, 2007 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT ** LiveLive 11++YearsYears ForFor Free!Free! CONDOMINIUMS FROM Owning a home is easy with eon at Lindbergh’s “Live for Free” THE $180s OFFERING: program. 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