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INSIDE can be She Lullabies to Lullabies Retriever. Retriever. see QUEENS page 20 22 19 22 , a song that not everyone THE RETRIEVER , with the intensity and The MFA candidates will be candidates The MFA is a senior staff Mercado Darla Queens opened the show with opened the show Queens was a gener- What followed no criticism of the I have Given the unique and eccentric Given it was really work, Thwing’s feel of no surprise that the artist happens recipient. award to be a fellowship their oral examina- going through of April, the rest tions throughout but the display will be around Center for Art 7th at the until May Also, Jennie Culture. Visual and a public Thwing will be delivering an eye Keep 3rd. on May lecture out for these up-and-coming artists; they will undoubtedly be engaging and enticing all art fans to come. in the years writer for the for comment at reached [email protected]. Castillo, ex-Danzig) did a decent Castillo, ex-Danzig) of a more tended toward He job. drum style hard-rock/heavy-metal than the punk style Grohl brought. Wolf” in the from “Someone’s their new album Paralyze knew (since the album came out the show), days before just five adrena- an excellent but provided line shot to an audience that had see hours to been waiting three them perform. ous dosage of songs from Rated R and Songs for the Lullabies, Deaf pro- rising as the show excitement Almost halfway through gressed. the band played the show, which is the Tree,” “Hanging to be point at which I desired some people in a by tossed around is admit- mosh pit for a while. It song, and the power tedly a strong vibrated something visceral chords in my belly and the solo that dead during it was played Homme Their performance was more on. that eclectic than expected, given play songs primarily they didn’t their newfrom in an over- album effort promotional like exerted most bands, and their strongest itself when performance showed songs lesser known they played Think I Lost My such as, “I and John,” “Regular Headache,” Giveth.” It “First the band at all. Overall, show as they do on sounds as good live in fact, much bet- their record-in, genuine, driving, and They are ter. focused on stage, drawing the attention of the audience as much to their performance as to the a were While there music itself. April 19, 2005 Ruckus @ UMBC Matt Stockslager [Retriever Staff] Matt Stockslager [Retriever The title of Thwing’s magnum Thwing’s The title of tures and their stark contrast and their stark tures against the dimness of the Center may seem a little disorienting. Whether or not this was the artist’s certainly was intention, the work quite moving. self- is opus, “The Self,” Divided explanatory: two projection television a dozen and over screens the featured sizes sets of various blonde woman in image of a young and behaviors. postures different the spas- television featured One of her midsection modic jerking while another depicted the woman speaking to an unseen person. Still in others she grimaced, put a roll of tape in her mouth and flopped and flailed her arms vio- it around, lently while sitting in a chair. Collective Soul’s greatest hits at Recher greatest Soul’s Collective Hot Hot Heat brings spring dance beats Hot Hot Heat Smoking doesn’t rock but these bands do! rock but Smoking doesn’t “Evanesce,” Karen Howard’s Karen “Evanesce,” swirling about intricately across it, swirling about intricately across on the man’s animating tiny areas the entire cheeks and forehead; slide itself seemed to be undulat- ing. took up a tiny portionwork, of the to “Commotion,” compared room a but it nevertheless presented sight. magnificent, albeit obscure, of tiny flickering black Hundreds and white butterflies flitted about on a bunch of triangular projec- them- The screens tion screens. such a way arranged in were selves to be in a pyra- that they appeared in the screen mid shape. Gaps arrangement permitted a frag- of the butterflies to mented picture onto a wall. After a while, project the constant motion of the crea- Queens of the Stone Age resurrect ‘70s and ‘90s grunge. The figures, made in swirling The figures, Mosh worthy: Leselidze’s work took up an entire work Leselidze’s The wall in the enormous room. flickering images of featured work sketched characters in conversa- tion and performing various actions (such as drinking water). noise in the background Recorded in time to the animated dis- played play; at times, it corresponded example, one with the images. For would hear a glugging sound when an animated character drank from a water bottle. black-and-white graphics, seemed when they “moved” eerily jerky manner was the screen–the across similar to that of flipbook anima- hypnotic: were pictures tion. Some portrait of the upper half of a face had tiny black lines man’s album/tour,

AMY SEGRETI

DARLA MERCADO Retriever Editorial Staff Retriever Senior Staff Writer

Since all the works utilized all the works Since Imagine an art showcase that an art showcase Imagine While there were no mohawk were While there what can produces QOTSA of is essentially more QOTSA crew The new QOTSA I haven’t exactly been to a lot I haven’t Songs for the Deaf Songs for the Deaf

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Yes, this IS Art: magnificent Hypnotic images prove Feel good show of the spring: Queens of the Stone Age of the Stone Queens of the spring: good show Feel requires near darkness: this was the near darkness: requires and motif behind the Imaging Arts thesis exhibition at Digital Visual Center for Art and UMBC’s seeking their Students Culture. the Arts presented of Fine Master best of their efforts of to the awe of Some the UMBC community. included works the featured Nino by “Commotion,” a work Karen by “Evanesce,” Leselidze, Thwing’s and Jennie Howard, “The Self.” Divided and televisions in their projectors Center forms, the entire various was in complete darkness. of rock/metal concertsof rock/metal you (unless Goo count Lifehouse and the Goo for the time I Except Dolls…). con- Machines to a Suicide went obscenities, cert screaming and, leaped into the mosh pit and my small frame hopped around, flailing against large, spiked never mohawk men. I assumed I’d do that again. I assumed wrong. Age of the Stone men, the Queens was definitely something show worth for. moshing only be termed as a unique brand the from Raised rock.” of “stoner and led by Kyuss ashes of rockers they Homme, singer/guitarist Josh the leading perform- currently are ers of this sound, a combination of heavy ‘70s metal with ‘90s grunge.alternative than an actual band, a collective the constantly revolving given of musical talent, with enclave the lone fixture. being Homme have the Queens the years, Over lineup shifts than more endured Child and Destiny’s Halen Van combined. Leeuwen from Van included Troy Mark on guitar, Circle A Perfect out with Lanegan helping Homme (ex- Shneider and Natasha vocals, although on keyboards, Eleven) clearly most of the time it’s Much-loved show. Homme’s had been Oliveri bassist Nick and while kicked out of the group, of Foo Grohl the talented Dave glory was not the man Fighters behind the drums as he was for the the drummer this time (Joey