ENTERTAINMENTpage 23 Technique • Friday, September 6, 2002 • 23 Music in Atlanta Who’s up next? Check out our weekly listing of concerts After Tech’s dominating victory last ENTERTAINMENT around the city, both in small venues week, check out the team we will be and large arenas. Page 25 facing this week. Page 35 Technique • Friday, September 6, 2002 Fictional engineering: Tech grad breaks mold with novel John Doane reaches a longtime literary goal with a science fiction novel that incorporates his passion for aviation By Bryan Basamanowicz ture, worked hard to ensure that his settings. Senior Staff Writer book would offer organizational co- With a solid work in hand, Doane herence and readability on top of ran into little trouble finding a will- Growing up in the space-camp- an imaginative and engaging story ing publisher. Avantine Press is what renowned Alabama “Rocket Town” line. From the opening notes and is known in publishing circles as a of Huntsville, it is little wonder that character sketches to the final edit- “vanity press.” They offer a line item John Doane took an early and imag- ing of the climactic finale, Doane’s list of publishing procedures of which inative interest in the possibilities sustained period of literary labor the author is free to choose the op- of technology. produced a publish-worthy science- tions he or she wants. Making for further inspiration, fiction read that became Apogee. Furthermore, they leave the au- two of Doane’s most personally re- Apogee follows the exploits of thors with all the original rights to vered relatives, his father and great Captain Davis Langley, command- their work and the final say on deci- uncle, were both engineers for NASA er of a interstellar freight service sions involving the content, style who worked on several high-tech, known as Galaxy Overnight. Lan- and marketing of the book. Avan- cutting-edge space projects includ- tine typically gives its authors an ing some of the Apollo endeavors. 80% return on the revenues gained Doane cannot remember a time Doane cannot through their book sales. In the when he was not deeply captivated meantime, their website contains by aviation, a hobby that still re- remember a time the book synopses and author in- mains thick in his blood. when he was not formation and biographies for all After completing his high school of Aventine’s showcased talents, and education in Huntsville, John Doane deeply captivated by among them now is John Doane. matriculated into Georgia Tech’s aviation, a hobby that Avantine Press published Apo- 1986 freshman class to pursue a gee in May of 2002, soon thereafter degree in mechanical engineering. still remains thick in putting the book on shelves at the Upon completion of his under- his blood. Georgia Tech Bookstore and in on- graduate degree in 1992, Doane took line catalogues such as Amazon.com. a permanent position with Tech’s Although the book is a long way research faculty. Three years later off from best-seller status and na- in 1995, while still working full time gley, a well weathered and intrepid tional notoriety, the release of Apo- on the research staff, Doane began ex-military hero, and his top-notch gee has been responsible for the graduate school at Tech and soon crew work to uncover a far reaching garnering of some excitement, es- thereafter attained a master’s de- conspiracy that threatens to put a pecially within the Tech communi- gree in mechanical engineering. murderous madman in a position ty. Having always wanted to write a of immense power. A current Georgia Tech Book- novel, Doane began writing what The book, as intended by Doane, store sales manager, Virginia Wein- would become his first book in ear- follows a quick and eventful pace. rich, has been immensely supportive ly 2000. The writing process over The characters, nonetheless, are of Doane’s post-publishing efforts. the next two years was a toilsome drawn with a considerable amount Weinrich recently erected a display By John Jewel / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS one. Doane, aiming for success de- of depth and tend to exhibit famil- at the bookstore that promotes Apogee John Doane, a member of the Georgia Tech research faculty, poses with his spite having no formal training in iar contemporary personalities within new novel, Apogee. Doane received his undergrad and masters at Tech. the production of extensive litera- non-contemporary, futuristic sci-fi See Doane, page 29 City by the Sea mediocre Linkin Park remixes and fails to please despite top-notch casting By Andrew Goldthorp to the troubling events of his fa- Contributing Writer ther’s life, Vincent had a brief inci- dent of spousal abuse, which led to Starring: Robert De Niro, Frances a divorce from not only his wife but McDormand his son Joey. Making the situation Director: Michael Caton-Jones worse, 14 years have passed with no Running Time: 108 minutes contact between Joey and Vincent. Rating: tt 1/2 out of five After a deal gone wrong leads to the murder of a drug pusher, Joey With two Oscar Award Win- decides its time to go straight and ning actors in the cast, City by the clean up his life. However, with the Sea surely had enough talent for drug pusher’s renegade associate and any director to manage. While a now the local police scouring Long portion of that talent is effectively Beach for Joey, his chances of a new utilized by a strong performance start are dealt a shattering blow. from veteran Robert De Niro, City Vincent, fearing his confused and by the Sea falls short due to a lack- neglected son will be harshly dealt luster script and an excessive amount with by the police, dedicates him- of contrived melodrama. self to locating Joey and convincing De Niro plays the role of Vin- him to surrender to the local au- cent LaMarca, a well-respected New thorities instead of living a life on By Clay McBride/Warner Bros. Records Inc. York City Homicide Detective who the run. Linkin Park includes, from left to right, Chester Bennington, Brad Delson, Phoenix, Joseph Hahn, Mike Shinoda, works long hours and comes home Directed by Michael Caton- and Rob Bourdon. On their most recent album, they had other artists “reinterpret” their previous recordings. to a quiet apartment. Life is seem- Jones, City by the Sea is hampered ingly good for Vincent—he has es- by some of the same problems wit- By Art Seavey with their album Reanimation, claims ing track three, “Enth E Nd.” tablished a satisfying career on the nessed in his prior film, The Jackal. Contributing Writer to steer clear of the watered down Don’t worry, you haven’t come force and has an ongoing romance Much like The Jackal, City by the remixes. They prefer to think of the down with an acute case of dyslexia. with a fellow tenant, played by Sea uses too many character and Artist: Linkin Park songs as “reinterpretations” of their The song titles are actually correct. Frances McDormand. However, plot clichés to fill its 100-minute Album: Reanimation previous songs. Apparently when the music is rein- Vincent has a troublesome past that length. McDormand has the often- Label: Warner Bros. Let me give you a hint, LP. If terpreted, the band has to mess with he conveniently brushes aside. As a stereotyped role of the lover who Length: 1:01:02 you want to be taken seriously as the listeners’ heads and hide their young child, his father was execut- feels shut out by the impersonal Rating: tout of five bringing something new to the favorite tracks. ed for the accidental death of an nature of a cop who conveniently musical frontline, then don’t refer “Cure for the Itch” is reinter- infant he kidnapped in an attempt- hides his secret past. Raise your hand if you can’t stom- to the song in your own lyrics as preted as “Kyur4 Th Ich,” which ed effort to extort ransom money ach any more P. Diddy remixes or being a remix. “Linkin Park, (scratch) from a wealthy family. In addition See City, page 24 teenybopper samplings. Linkin Park, remix?” pops up several times dur- See LP, page 24 24 • Friday, September 6, 2002 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT to. It seems suited for a more de- nuity of language. It hasn’t received LP from page 23 pressing scene. If you’re always up much airplay, but truly deserves it. City from page 23 late working out those differential Most of the tracks contain pure has improved from Hybrid Theory. equations with nothing to listen to, platinum hip-hop beats. Alone these Most confusing is the character Joey’s character sympathetic to the “High Voltage” has become “H! I would wholeheartedly recommend sound fantastic. Match it with the of Joey, played by James Franco. viewer or Franco fails at defining Vltg3.” Maybe if they put more ef- LP’s Reanimation. lyrics and for some reason you’re Caton-Jones attempts to parallel the the character for us in his acting. fort into the music instead of the However, there are some high- left with refuse. The two don’t match disastrous decisions made by both With some considerable flaws oh-so-cryptic song titles they might points to the album. The video for in speed or style and seem like sepa- Joey and Vincent to very little suc- in the film, Caton-Jones takes ad- have a real album. “Pts.Of.Athrty” has the most de- rate songs. The whole album feels cess. While we sincerely believe that vantage of the film’s best resource Reanimation is composed of the tailed 3-D animation I have ever like a rush.