THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY .FEATURES ~ t February 27, 2001 ·PAGE 13 Festive ArtBeat Event to Showcase UMBC Flair Multi-Genre, Multi-Cultural Art Festival Planned
ANNA KAPLAN CD, Scream of Consciousness, out on the profit community organization serving dis Anonymous. There will be a Clash of the Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff WaxTrax !ffVT label and in stores since advantaged·and at-risk youth. Styles competition-a multi-geme Battle November. In fact, Modern Music, a Outside of ArtGazm, most of the other of the Bands where one or two UMBC If you thought Quadmania was the only record shop that's Baltimore's best bet for ArtBeat events will take place in the bands will be chosen to perform at festive happening UMBC had as its claim electronic music, is co-sponsoring ground and first floors of the Fine Arts Quadmania. And on Saturday from 2-4 to fame, prepare to be proven wrong. The ArtGazm as DJ Dimitri's CD release building and the space between Fine Arts, p.m. on the Fine Arts Hill there will be a final weekend of March will see the party. ECS, Chemistry and the UC, so as to make drumming circle sponsored by the the unfolding of this university's first ArtBeat Dimitri, as the headliner, will close out the festivities accessible to non-UMBC Baltimore International Rhythm and celebration, a "multi-geme, multi-cultural the evening with a full two hour set. Before students. Most of the exhibits and perform Drumming Society (BIRDS). This group art festival." This event, planned for him, DJ Chill Willie will take his turn at ances taking place during the weekend will holds annual Rhythm Festivals in Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1, the decks. He is a well-known local act showcase student work. September on the Johns Hopkins will feature live music, theater, film and who spins every Sunday at the Good Love The Fine Arts Recital Hall will feature University campus. other visual and performance art, and Bar in Baltimore, and has a weekly radio music and dance performances. Room 011 ArtBeat, sponsored collectively by the promises to put forth the side of this cam show on Morgan State University's station. will have theater, and rooms 006 and 018 Music, Dance and Theater Counsels of pus not usually seen on such a large scale: Preceding him will be about three hours of will house art exhibits. Additionally, the Majors, as well as SORTS, SEB, the creative side. lesser-known local acts, some of them Senior Art Exhibit will be on display in the Filmmakers Anonymous and AlGA, along The weeken~' s high point will be an UMBC students, spinning shorter sets. Gallery-this is an ongoing exhibit incor with more off-campus organizations, will electronic music party, ArtGazm, featuring The party will be the only part of porated into the ArtBeat lineup. Also, there be an affair to remember, and will hopeful live OJs, in the UC Ballroom on Saturday ArtBeat that costs money, due to the big will be dance and other performances ran ly set a good precedent for future events. night from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. The headlining name factor of the headlining DJ. All pro domly taking place in the crowd. As UMBC expands, its increasingly act is the internationally renowned "Supa" ceeds will go to UMBC's Society Of The open space between the buildings diverse student body will need more OJ Dimitri, formerly of the techno pioneer Recording Technology Students (SORTS), will feature a vendor and student organiza opportunities to show off its creative flair, group DeeLite. ("Groove Is in the Heart" the main sponsor of ArtBeat, as well as to tions fair. Lecture Hall V will be showing and with its wide variety of offerings, ring a bell?) He is now a solo act, with a the Living Classrooms Foundation, a non- student films, sponsored by Filmmakers ArtBeat is just the ticket. Down.With the Man, and Long Live Rock 'n' Roll! from LIVE WIRE, page 11 newer albums as well as some old school tunes, accompanied by singing fans during the Government." After criticizing the every number. Jumping, swinging and "mock democracy" shown in the recent singing, they band sounds better live than election, the crowd joined the band in a on tape, but both present an accurate pic loud "F**k you, George W. Bush," aimed ture of the dedication and vigor of the at the nearby Capital building. Anti-Flag band. also shared a song from their upcoming The best part about a LTJ show is that album, teaching the chorus, "this machine it's fun. People are dancing, the members kills f**king fascists." The band kept a crack jokes, and everyone in the band constant frenzied energy the whole time knows the words to the song. The hom they were on stage, and Sane jumped players, who don't play for every song, about like a wild man, inciting mad danc bounce around the stage, singing along and ing amidst the crowd. Anti-Flag is an generally having a good time. Overall, excellent live band, and attracted most of while there are songs about frustration and the people present into the pit. Some kids, anger, the feeling radiating from the stage on their way out after the set commented is upbeat and good-natured. There were no that, "New Found Glory should have outraged cries against humanity or angst opened for Anti-Flag, [not the other way filled moments of despair, but a lot of around]." laughter and excellent music. Even when New Found Glory, the band who recent front man Chris announced that he had tes ly broke the airwaves with "Hit or Miss," ticular cancer (which may have been a was next in line. The more "normal" look joke) he said "but don't worry about me, ing people there, especially younger girls, you guys, I'll be fine." swarmed to see the band from Florida. After a brisk four hours of punky good They led the audience through the punk ness, the security people at Nation started ballads o' love, then on to some harder to clear fans out following the LTJ encore, tunes. The response from the masses was which was complete with confetti and positive and supportive, although it did not streamers shot from the stage. Thirty min dominate the entire audience. utes later, after pushing though the lines of Then, after much chanting, Less Than people mulling around the coat check, you Jake rushed the stage. LTJ, who started in were outside again, and amazed that it was 1993 in Gainesville, Fla., is a six-man band only 10 p.m. "And when they drag you, self described as "old dorks." Horns blast kicking and screaming from the scene you ing, they ran through favorites from their know ... it's time to leave."
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