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John Kerry: former ba ss p layer. future president? page 5 page 12 Perks 'SI' us BY JAMIE MURNANE/A&E EDITOR played them), the conversation was tar beyond anything t could_ I had a conversation about the imagine. OK, not anything-but, decor with a blonde girl who 11 was very good. Not onty were looked vaguely familiar. I thought these guys prominent figures, her to be one of the publicists I but they were actually interest­ had met earlier, but later found ing. But not all the people I've out she's on the WB's "One Tree mel/spoken to have been as Hill." interesting as I'd hoped. The highlight of the evening, Over the summer, I was though, was not brushing shoul­ whisked away to New York for a ders with Jack Osbourne, who press junket for a certain men's looked surprisingly good up I'd be lying if I said I originally deodorant/body spray, the name close and personal, or even talk­ wanted to go into journalism for of which I will not divulge, for I'm ing to Dr. Drew. It was getting sticking to my ethics by not the thrill of the work itself. Sure, the .toe of my brand new orange the constant stress and deadline allowing myself to be bought for shoes stepped on. And anyone juggling has grown on me in press. (Thanks AXE!) However, who knows me knows that I'm recent years, but when I was in the W Hotel room with a breath­ very protective of my orange high school, I just wanted to taking view in Times Square was shoes. But, this was Macaulay travel and meet cool people, at a nice touch. Sure, it was nice of Culkin. Part of me wanted to the same time, preferably. Or the publicity company to give 10 slap my hands on my face and travel with cool people. college journalists the penthouse scream at him a Ia Home Alone, I pictured myself touring with on our second night, but the real but instead I accepted his shy the band Bush, my 15-year-old highlight of the trip was the apology and watched as he launch party we went to that sauntered ott, half crocked, hand self's musical obsession. When night. in Kunis'. Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous came out my junior year Dressed to the nines, we, per­ While the celebrities in atten­ of high school, my destiny had fect strangers from all over the dance were great tor people country joined only by our been decided. I thought I'd be a watching, the most interesting rock star, but since I never impending careers, were taken, people there were other writers. via stretch limo, across learned to play anything other In fact, one of them, an editor for than the kazoo, I stuck with writ­ Manhattan to Bob Guccione's FHM magazine and former ing. (the founder of Penthouse) man­ "Road Rules" cast member, Sure, I never got to tour with sion. Upon getting our VIP wrist- shared a story that made me bands, we were greeted by the even more glad I decided to be a messy-haired Gavin Rossdale, journalist. but last year, I conducted my evening's hosts: Mila Kunis and Mekhi Phifer. first face-to-face interview with He recently had come from a anyone close to famous. It was It was astonishing to learn that two-week African safari, paid for, Charlie Kaufman and Michel Kunis is not nearly as ditzy as in full, by an also-to-remain­ Gondry prior to the release of her "That '70s Show" character, unnamed rum company. "You'll their movie Eternal Sunshine of Jackie. It was almost disappoint­ never get paid what you the Spotless Mind. After all, 1 ing, really. But she wasn't that deserve," he told me, over Jack friendly, either. Phifer, on the was thrilled to see a screening of Osbourne's attempt to OJ. "But the film at the same theater as other hand, rocked the dance in no other job do you receive as Roger Ebert. A huge fan of floor and mingled with the press many perks." and publicists all night. Adaptation, and Gondry's music To these companies, I say, videos (when MTV actually I brushed shoulders with the bring it on. But don't expect me two of them, never really saying to tell anyone about your prod­ much, and stuck to the open bar. uct. ? Who will have a lon~er career. Undsay Lohan or H1lary Duff? Linda .Jean 1\loltoy Michael Ferstle Nicole Michelotti Scott Smith Cultural Studic' Mu>ic Cumpositi.on (>holography Music Performance ~ re>hman j uruor Junior Freshman October 18. 2004. Page 3 IA I& IE I Jimmy 'eats' the big one By Todd BurboiAssistant A&E Editor The latest Jimmy Eat World album Occasionally, a track will arise · and Futures starts by saying, "I've always attempt to recreate Clarity, but it's easy to believed 1n futures I I hope for better, in see through the ruse; it's just a weak November." The line is a bit surprising, attempt to hold on to their early fans. The as politiCS have never been at the fore­ first single, "Pain" is a replica of "Bleed front of the band's previous work. American," the first single from their last Unfortunately, that is the only surprising album. Redundancy, if you haven't moment on the album. caught on, is the theme here. The lyrics quickly fall into formula, dis­ On Futures, singer Jim Adkins' voice is cussing the two emo-approved topics: perhaps the only thing keeping the band budd1ng relat1onsh1ps and tragic relatiorr­ ahead of the pack. The charm of his shlpS. Yes, emo kids are whiners, and style is that he's not a terribly gifted there's certainly an . singer. Although he aud1ence for that. holds melodies well, It's just that on you always have the Jimmy Eat World's feeling that he's previous records, the about to break; that narrow scope of their he's constantly lyrics was never both­ singing at his maxi­ ersome. Here, it feels mum vocal capacity. forced, as if they've However, it might be covered everything said that such effort that needs to be said is wasted on lyrics and just kept rambling such as 'When the to avoid the awkward dance is through, it's silence. me and you I Come It's clearly time for on, would that really them to cover new be so bad?" ground. Perhaps they could Futures 1 a bad album by any tarist and replace him with means; it's just not the step forward that world instruments. It worked for Blur on each of their previous efforts were. their latest album. Everything here has definitely been said Instead of advancing sonically, this and done before. But that won't keep album sounds much like the last, with these tracks from filling out movie sound­ hard-driving guitars and harmonic tracks and supporting MTV well through vocals. Sadly, there seems to be less next summer. In fact, almost every track and less distinguishing them from the is a J30tential commercial hit. Despite this' legions of pop-punk bands that saturate • marketability, for the first.time on a Jimmy MTV's "TAL" on a daily basis. Eat World album, some tracks should be The grand, almost epic feel of their skipped. It has been nearly four years second album, Clarity. is completely since their last release; maybe their early gone. The lush string sections have been fans are just getting too old for this. replaced with layers of distortion. Spam: canned poetry? By John Wicencyjusz/Staff Writer Click here for increased sensitivity. You?" Well, actually, that won't happen, but Dean was born in Flint, Mich., where you will learn about a new book of poems he worked at The Michigan Voice, a that uses the subject lines of spammed paper once run by controversial, Oscar­ e-mail for its titles. winning director Michael Moore. Dean Chicago poet Larry 0 . Dean has writ­ was a teenager when he worked for the ten that book of poems, I Am Spam. newspaper as an arts editor and reporter. Spam e-mail's matter-of-fact state­ "[Michael Moore] was willing to give ments are used to look at what's going anyone the opportunity to write, edit, on in the world. whatever," Dean said. 'Working with him "Like everyone else I know who uses was a positive experience. He was very e-mail a lot in their day-to-day routine I encouragin9 and funny." have been inundated by spam, much of Dean altended the University of wnich, subject line-wise, is amusing or Michigan where he won the Hopwood odd-sounding," Dean said.