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MUSIC USIC:: Part 1 of 3: Girls That Rock Series, concert and new music reviews MOVIE: ‘ The Fog’ doesn’t live up to original, ‘Domino’ de delivers livers the goods MORE ORE:: Read about Halloween haunts, plus the latest entertainment news
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02 The Inside Buzz 03 Girls That Rock - Part 1 04 New Movie Reviews Flashback Favorite 05 Halo Haloween haunt reviews 06 New Music Reviews 07 Flamenco Preview Coheed and Cambria 08 Concert Cal Calendar Talking with Marjorie Fair ON THE COVER: Visitors of the Queen Mary’s Shipwreck event in Long Beach must walk the grounds at their own peril. From the moment they enter the front gates, creepy monsters, ghouls and ghosts the grounds, looking for the next unsuspecting victim to scare. (Photo by Gabriel Fenoy/ Daily Titan Staff)
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THE INSIDE BUZZ By MAHSA KHALILIFAR Daily Titan Asst. Entertainment Editor
Celebrities are going back to their roots and forging new ground … Madonna is back on the little screen, bringing some more possible controversy on her second documentary. The first was the memorable “Truth or Dare,” a 1991 phenomenon in the music world. The new one will air on MTV on Friday at 10 p.m. “I’m going to Tell You a Secret” focuses on the music star’s upcoming “Re-Invention Tour,” according to MTV … Sylvester Stallone is back to star
and direct the sixth Rocky movie. ing out with a new show called The actor will once again play the “30 Year Old Grandpa,” which is iconic role of Rocky Balboa. The said to be a sitcom about a youngmovie will start shooting in De- er guy marrying an older woman cember, reports AOL and having to play News … US Weekstepfather to her kids ly says it’s official who are near his age. – “The Simple Life,” Sound familiar? … Fox’s hit reality series New notable CD restarring young socialleases that came out ites, Paris Hilton and Tuesday – Stevie Nicole Richie, which Wonder’s A Time was going to start To Love … Ashlee shooting in two weeks Simpson’s I Am Me for its fourth season UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP … Depeche Mode’s has been canned ... Playing the Angel 56-year-old comedi… Thrice’s Vheissu an Charles Rocket - real name: … new DVD releases this week Charles Claverie - was found dead include Christian Bale’s “Baton Oct. 7, in a field close to his man Begins” widescreen and full home, having slit his own throat. screen editions … George Reeves Officials declared his death a in the “Adventures of Superman suicide. The actor and comedian – The Complete First Season” … starred in famed movies such as Simon Baker’s “Land of the Dead “Dumb and Dumber,” and “Danc- (Unrated Edition) … Celebrity es With Wolves” and was one of sighting of the week: Jaime Gorthe stars of Saturday Night Live in mez a.k.a. Taboo of Black Eyed the early 1980s, People reports … Peas hitting the night club scene Noah Wyle, the former “ER” ac- on the fourth floor of the Hollytor, and his wife Tracy, welcomed wood and Highland Plaza on Sattheir second daughter and named urday evening … Stay tuned for her Auden on Saturday in Los An- more news and gossip in the next geles … Ashton Kutcher is com- Inside Buzz …
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Quote of the Week “The wife is preggers and we’ve narrowed it down to me.” – Woody Harrelson to David Letterman, announcing wife Laura Louie is pregnant with the couple’s third child.
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Female rocker blurs gender lines PART 1: Metal Chick Lennon Murphy scowls and growls with the big boys By KELLI FADROSKI Daily Titan Staff
For decades, women have rocked the music world. Billie Holiday once dominated the jazz scene, Etta James singing her soulful “At Last” had America swooning, Carol King wrote her Tapestry, Diana Ross and the Supremes brought soul, the outrageous Patty Smyth had pretty girls wearing skin-tight leather, Melissa Etheridge claimed “Yes I Am,” and Gwen Stefani set out to prove she was more than “Just a Girl.” In a male-dominated industry, these women were able to break through, and destroy, the gender barrier. In the current rock music scene, males dominate the charts. Females in rock appear to be dwindling or crossing over to other various music genres and only a few hip-hop and pop ladies have been able to dethrone the men. In the seemingly sleepy female arena, there are many ladies working within a more independent scene, just waiting for their moment to break through. Twenty-year-old metal-rocker Lennon Murphy, also known as just Lennon, is out to prove that just be-
cause she’s female, doesn’t mean “No one really wants to see an she can’t growl and scowl with the opening band,” Lennon said. “We big boys. don’t even want to see an opening “Honestly, I’m not that big of a band because they suck and sound fan of female singers,” Lennon said. like everything else and personally, “I have always adored Ani DiFran- I’d rather be drinking or smoking. co, but for me, I don’t look at artists But some people look and they say as either male or female. I’ve always they see the way I look and then debased my love of music on lyrics cide to listen for a minute. They say and being able to make a connec- the looks got them there first, but tion with the music. Ani DiFranco the music kept them there. To me, … I respect what she’s done, she’s a that’s the greatest comment I can very honest writer but I don’t look get because the music was able to at her as a ‘female’ writer, I just look keep someone listening that would at her as a writer.” not normally listen to this music or Lennon has had a bumpy ca- even care about the band to begin reer. She’s been knocked down with.” and kicked around Although by an industry that Lennon is used failed to give her to touring with Don’t make yourand her band the hardcore acts self a female artcredit their fans like Mushroomist, make yourself felt they deserved. head, The Cult Lennon’s debut aland Otep, she’s an artist. bum 5:30 Saturday not at all intimiMorning was redated in front of Lennon Murphy leased on Sept. 11, a predominately Female metal-rocker 2001 and overshadmale audience. owed by terrorist “We opened attacks. Her metal edge with tracks up for Mushroomhead on Hallowsuch as “Property of a Goatfucker” een,” Lennon said. “I don’t scream, kept her from receiving any air-play so right there, that’s a disadvantage during an ultra conservative and and I’m female, and if we’re gonna sensitive time. Ultimately Lennon get killed, those are the shows we’d was dropped from Arista Records get killed at … but we had one of and forced to take her talents else- the best mosh pits going on.” where. Now she’s back and workEven with live performance sucing on a new album with her band, I cess, Lennon’s songs were never Am. She’s not afraid to strut out on picked up by radio stations. stage and show the crowd what’s in “I’ve had radio stations tell me her soul. that I can’t get play because I am
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a female artist,” Lennon said. “They love the song, think I’m great live, respect me and I’m one of their ‘buddies’ but they can’t play me because I’m female.” Lennon is skeptical about the music business, but continues to perform the music that crawls beneath her skin and reminds herself that guys go through the same things on stage. “Don’t make yourself a female artist, make yourself an artist,” Lennon said. “If you’re beautiful, then use what JOHN GALT ENTERTAINMENT you’ve got. You’re Lennon Murphy fits in with the best of the boys. putting on a show. Guys do the same thing when they have great music, that’s great, but go on stage. It’s just like being in a you have to get someone to listen to play or the circus, in the movies or it and figure out how to keep them any form of entertainment. If you to listening to it.”
4 MAINSTREAM ‘Domino’ Story, plot lost in ‘The Fog’ thrills, shocks viewers By VALERIE SWAYNE Daily Titan Staff
By CHISATO KANEGAE Daily Titan Staff
Domino Harvey, 35, was found presumed dead in her home in West Hollywood in June 2005. Wearing an electric monitor on her ankle, Harvey died of an overdose from extremely potent painkillers. Harvey had been under house arrest on a federal narcotics distribution charge. Rewinding before she died, the new film, “Domino” picks up the dangerous life of Domino Harvey – a woman who always lived on the edge. Director Tony Scott, a close friend of Harvey, looks into her life and provides a movie for those seeking something new and edgy. Keira Knightley stars as the Ford Agency model-turned-bounty hunter in New Line Cinema’s release. Based on the real life female bounty hunter, the film follows Domino and others as they embark on dangerous missions. The plot revolves around a mission that didn’t go as planned. Throughout the movie, Domino is interrogated by Taryn Miles (Lucy Liu), a criminal psychologist. Domino must tell all if she doesn’t want to be locked up. Early in the film, the audience gets a glimpse into Domino’s past. Her history reveals her beliefs and her reasons for choosing a dangerous life. She meets her boss Ed Mosbey (Mickey Rourke) at a bounty hunter lecture and proves she has what it takes for the job when she pulls a few strings and helps Mosbey and Choco (Edgar Ramirez) catch a man evading arrest. However, the main plot revolves around a stolen security armored vehicle carrying $10 million. The three bounty hunters and their driver Alf (Rizwan Abbasi), an Afghan explosives master, are sent to retrieve the money and catch the thieves. To make things difficult, a TV crew follows the bounty hunters around as a part of a reality show. An all star cast, including Christopher Walken, Mark Heiss and Mena Suvari, plays the crew trailing the bounty hunters. Lateesha Rodriguez (Mo’Nique) adds moments of comic relief to the intense film. The film takes the audience through a piece of Domino Harvey’s life. Harsh lighting, abrupt camera movements and vivid colors make “Domino” a unique and exciting film. The film shows Knightley immersed in a completely different character than she’s played before, and her performance is one to watch.
In a picturesque coastal community, residents prepare to honor their town’s founding fathers. Little do they realize, a thick blanket of mist is about to come upon them and wreck havoc on the festivities. This is the basic premise of “The Fog,” a remake of the 1980 original by horror master, John Carpenter. Nick Castle (Tom Welling) is a modest captain of the Seagrass who, with his buddy Spooner (DeRay David), rents out his boat for tourists to fish. The movie subtly showcases Welling’s sex appeal, displaying his bare chest in one scene as he admits to fooling around with local radio deejay Stevie Wayne (Selma Blair) while his girlfriend, Elizabeth Williams (Maggie Grace), has been away. This point is introduced but left conveniently unexplained for no other reason than to emphasize his character’s sexual prowess. When Williams unexpectedly returns to town, infidelity is left out in favor of
the couple’s steamy shower scene and snuggling in bed. Blair, who plays a single mom, plows through her role with the same gusto she showed in “Hellboy.” She barely can act as she pretends to show fear and merely screams on cue. Although normally hilarious in stand-up performances, Davis’ jokes fall flat in the movie’s half-hearted attempt to provide comic relief. He has zero chemistry with Welling. When Spooner and Nick return from fishing one day, the ship’s anchor accidentalCOLUMBIA PICTURES ly unearths a buried bundle Tom Welling stars in Revolution Studios’ horror/thriller “The Fog,” of antiques from the ocean floor. The mementos wash up a predictable pace and wastes past are interesting, but begin to on shore and mysterious ancient time focusing on one-dimen- feel repetitive after a while. mariner symbols begin to ap- sional characters before finally The Fog’s PG-13 rating plays pear as clues beyond the grave. piecing together a plot. it safe, relying too heavily on These incidents herald the fog’s The cause of the mist is tied uninspired ghost story clichés. arrival and a string of grisly with the history of the town. The only good things going for deaths by supernatural forces. Told through a series of abrupt the movie are its crisp cameraAlthough dramatic, the charac- flashback sequences of the work, cool special effects, and ters’ demises are inconsistent. founding members of the town Welling’s ample pecs. Needless to say, “The Fog’s” in the 1800s. The consequences This mediocre remake obviseemingly scary trailers pack of their actions literally come ously lacks the touch of legendmore of a punch than the en- back to haunt their descen- ary director, Car penter, and tire movie. Besides a handful dants. makes one wonder if it was of jumpy moments, it moves at The first few scenes from the worth revisiting.
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‘Charlie Brown’s’ Halloween treat By COURTNEY BETH PUGATCH Daily Titan Staff
Halloween season has once again arrived, and with that comes ghosts, goblins, candy and the Great Pumpkin. Every year since 1966, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” appeared on TV screens across America and viewers have embraced it with open arms. And what’s not to like? The late Charles Schultz was a wise man who wanted to use this prime opportunity to have a pagan holiday like Halloween be appreciated by those who would usually condemn the festivities. How did he accomplish this? He mixed Christmas legends with Halloween festivities to create what is now a modernday classic. The 22-minute episode began with Linus sitting at a table and writing what appears to be a letter. However, it isn’t just any
letter, but one addressed to The Great Pumpkin, a mythical and mysterious being that brings toys, gifts and oodles of candy to all the good little girls and boys on Halloween. Now don’t get me wrong, Linus was a very intelligent kid, if not the most intelligent character in the Peanuts series. He can recite Bible excerpts at the drop of a hat and is quite savvy when it comes to Christmas traditions. Viewers are supposed to forget that tiny tidbit and now believe that this same kid also has a twisted misconception regarding Halloween. Obviously he hasn’t quite figured out that on Halloween kids are supposed to dress up in costumes for free candy, instead of freezing outside under a security blanket until 3 a.m., waiting for a non-existent holiday figure. Nonetheless, Charlie Brown has oddly enough figured out the purpose of Halloween and, in a peculiar twist of fate, snagged a party invitation from
the school’s cool crowd to go trick-or-treating and then enjoy himself at a small party. He joins his five friends as yet another ghost but has a mishap with the scissors upon cutting the eyeholes out of the sheet. Not one, two or even five, but nearly 15 holes dot the costume. His excuse was that he got carried away. Personally, I think he just wanted to be different because his friends were also dressed as ghosts, too. But soon karma seems to creep up on the Peanuts characters, with each learning his own fate. At the party, Charlie Brown realizes that the girls simply wanted him there for a model to practice their pumpkin-carving designs, utilizing the back of his bald head as a canvas. Quite angered, he takes his bag of rocks (apparently he got more tricks than treats) and proceeds to go home to save his sister Sally from wasting her time with Linus in the
pumpkin patch. Sally and Linus spent the evening hanging out under the stars to await the highly anticipated arrival of The Great Pumpkin, who seeks out the most sincere pumpkin patch to visit. Sally soon sees through Linus’s misconception of Halloween and Christmas, and leaves with Charlie Brown to enjoy what is left of her Halloween. Linus, however, waits on a mythical being who never shows his face. It was “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” that started the onslaught of other Halloween cartoons such as the Garfield Halloween special and one also done by the Family Circus. In spite of the commercialization of these cartoons on TV, none will take the place of “It’s the Great Pumpkin” because underneath the silly plotline lies a story with heart and a good message: Believe what you want and enjoy the holiday in any way you see fit.
5 Knott’s frightens Queen Mary combines with Scary Farm scare with club flair MAINSTREAM
By VALERIE SWAYNE
By ASHLEY MAJESKI
Daily Titan Staff
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 28 years, you would know that when the calendar turns to October, the normally innocent and familyfilled Knott’s Berry Farm becomes the home of gruesome, untamed monsters – not to mention just about all of Orange County’s out-of-work actors – as it transforms into Knott’s Scary Farm. With 12 walk-through mazes filled with creepy creatures, Knott’s Scary Farm is like being in a horror movie. The park also has five shows, which are a good place to sit and rest your bones after a long night of being chased by monsters. There are a few things that any loyal Halloween Haunt visitor knows: Unlit portions of a maze mean there’s a creature lurking nearby, Ghost Town is the best place to get scared and the cutest girls always seem to be the targets of the monsters. On a given Friday or Saturday night, there will be a sea of people waiting at the front gate for their evening of fright. A piece of advice for everyone: Do not even try to go on a weekend. Attending the Haunt during the week means a cheaper ticket price and a less crowded park. Go on a Wednesday or Thursday and call in sick to work the next day. It will be worth it. On the weekends it is impossible to
get to half of the mazes due to the outrageous lines. Despite the hoards of people, the mazes are pretty effective at scaring the witches’ brew out of those who dare enter. By far, the scariest maze is the deranged pirate-themed Red Beard’s Revenge, located near the main gate. The special effects are fear inducing and the crazy pirates running around are energetic and do a great job. Also a must-see: The Terror Vision in 3-D maze, which is devoted to cheesy sitcoms of the 1950s through 1980s, such as the clever “Killigan’s Island” or “The Fraidy Bunch.” Splurge on the 3-D glasses available at the door for $1, to make this maze, although not extremely scary, better by adding pop-out glowin-the-dark effects. In addition to the creatures in the mazes, monsters roam the streets in “Scare Zones.” Nothing will make you choke on your funnel cake more than a Freddy Kruger look-alike sneaking up on you and snorting in your ear. Haunt does have a few downsides. Aside from the Friday and Saturday overcrowding, some of the scariest things that visitors will encounter are the $12 parking fee and the outrageously long lines for the bathroom. It is, however, definitely worth going to. How many times are you able to say you lost your voice because you were screaming while chased by a Carnivorous Clown from Outer Space?
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Against the dark backdrop of night, a large cruise ship moored at its dock looms larger than life. The glow of the lights casts an eerie orange gleam, giving the wicked impression of being bathed in blazing flames. Excitement is palpable in the air as a crowd of people wait in breathless anticipation for their chance to experience the chilling sights and sinister sounds of the haunted attraction. Hundreds of thrill seekers will gather each Friday and Saturday night during the spooky month of October at the Queen Mary’s Shipwreck event in Downtown Long Beach. In its 11th year as a fright fest, the legendary ship has a reputation for being inhabited by real ghosts. Some believe an empty pool on board is rumored to be haunted by a girl who drowned. Shipwreck features seven haunted mazes spread between the Plaza walkway and the lower level of the three-tiered ship. Their decorations of rotting skeletons and severed body parts appear authentic on the haunted ocean vessel. Exploring the mazes is a hazardous exercise in itself, constantly walking up and down several flights of stairs to travel the full length of the ship. At some points along the way, Shipwreck attendants guide visitors with flashlights along darkened paths. The terror guide map warns: “Enter at your own risk.” As a reward for braving hidden ghouls lurking in the ship’s corridors, fright-free entertainment is provided below in the hull. The Boiler Room Club boasts hard-hitting rock music performed twice a night by live bands such
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Monsters at the Queen Mary’s Shipwreck in Long Beach have perfected the art of lurking in hidden, dark places. Guests of the event are subject to quite a scare at any moment. as Stolen Babies. In the adjacent Exhibit Hall, the dance floor is packed with people gyrating to the latest hip-hop hits mixed by guest DJs from radio stations like KIIS-FM. While the party atmosphere invites all ages to mingle, a full bar and beer garden are reserved for those 21 and over. A woman dressed as a Fright Mistress – a coveted character – similar to Elvira entices visitors to pose with her for pictures. In order to enjoy the full Shipwreck experience, here are a few useful tips. To save time hunting for a parking spot, visitors may want to leave their cars at the Pike garage near the Aquarium of the Pacific and take advantage of the free
shuttle bus. It is best to arrive before 7 p.m. – Shipwreck’s official Web site suggests to arrive between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. – not only to buy tickets for admission, but also to enjoy as much of the ship’s event as possible before it ends at midnight. Although Shipwreck may not be on the same level as other Halloween-themed attractions, it offers a unique alternative for those new to the scare experience or weary of other fright fests. Not many events can both manipulate peoples’ fears and allow them to bask in an energetic club vibe on the same night. For more information, visit www.queenmaryshipwreck.com or call (562) 435-3511.
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The Go! Team cheers By CHRISTINA SCHROETER Daily Titan Staff
Combining 1970s style with filth and cheerleaders may create a mildly sinful image in some minds, but The Go! Team manages to smoothly mix these ingredients into a G-rated album. “Panther Dash,” the first song on the band’s new album, Thunder, Lighting, Strike, combines surf guitar and harmonica with short samples of ambulance sirens and cheerleading chants into a theme-song melody, reminiscent of the popular ‘70s T.V. show, “Hawaii Five-O.” The majority of the album sounds tarnished and fuzzy, giving an imperfectly vintage feel to the modern album. The Go! Team blends funky melodies with modern manipulation. “The Power is On” is a mix of raps and chants thrown into a complex background of keyboard, drums and claps, creating a catchy and funky hip-hop tune with a suspenseful 1970s style. The band sticks with its cheerleading and ‘70s themes throughout the album. Imagine junior high cheerleaders chanting along the sidelines of a football field on a sunny afternoon. Their team is
down by six points. The lanky B-team nerd inadvertently intercepts the ball and, with all his strength, runs for a touchdown. This is the triumphant sound of “We Just Won’t Be Defeated.” While the song leaves the listener with a victorious sentiment, “Junior Kickstart” sounds like the closing credits to a crimesolving 1980s T.V. show like “Magnum, P.I.” Just imagine Tom Selleck’s character gloriously hopping into a helicopter after fighting crime in Hawaii. The camera smoothly pans back, showing a wide-screen view of the helicopter taking off and flying above the vast ocean against the sunset. This had to be what they were watching when they wrote the song. “Hold Yr Terror Close,” a new addition to the U.S. release of Thunder, Lighting, Strike, pulls away from its typical ‘70s cheerleader elements with a much softer sound. Although many of The Go! Teams songs consist of the same three components each maintains its uniqueness. How The Go! Team does it cannot be put into words, but be prepared to let your imagination run wild, because each song is a theme song for your own visions, sensations and experiences.
Doom defies status quo By ERIC SANDERS Daily Titan Staff
Question: What do you get when you mix a rapper with a metal face, a producer in a mouse suit and the characters from Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim? Answer: One of the most artistic and creative hip-hop albums ever made. The notorious hip-hop super villain MF Doom has returned, and he’s brought a few friends with him in his latest morbid masterpiece, Dangerdoom: The Mouse and the Mask. In this cartoon inspired album, Metal Face has joined forces with DJ Danger Mouse (most noted for his Jay-Z/Beatles remix, The Grey Album) and Adult Swim to produce one of his most diabolical albums yet. A bold statement considering the list of accomplishments and collaborations by Doom, but believe me, this one will knock your socks off. Not since Jack Tripper, Janet Wood and Chrissy Snow shared a quaint little beach apartment, has a trio produced so much magic and comic relief together. It must be the spicy ingredients of samples in Danger Mouse’s unconventional beats or the sarcastic quips by the degenerates from Adult Swim that lit a fire under Doom’s ass, because in Dangerdoom he
takes his mad-cap-rap lyrics to a whole new dimension. Never has a rapper been so gifted in the unusual art of off-the-wall a cappella, as MF Doom is. Allies of Doom’s who’ve come
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MF Doom and Danger Mouse come together in Dangerdoom. to fight the forces of crap-rap along side him include Cee-Lo, Talib Kweli and Ghostface Killah. The Doom and Ghostface collaboration titled “The Mask,” is a rare audio experience, with two of hip-hop’s most visual slang-spitting lyricists teaming up in true super villain fashion. The track also scratches at the
surface as to what might be the apocalyptic rumor of an album in the works between the two: Metal Face and Ironman together! The hip-hop world will never be the same after that one. “Crosshairs” begins with a funky bass line and a guitar riff reminiscent of Bradley Knowell, making one think he’s listening to the return of Sublime. That is until the sounds of beautiful violins kick in and Doom introduces himself as he eerily glides over the beat. In the bass bumping and keyboard pounding song “Benzie Box,” Danger Mouse created a beat that will make fans want to blow their speakers out with this one. The song features Cee-Lo, who sings the chorus and lets the world know about the masked rapper MF Doom. The album is a reminder to true believers that the essence of hiphop isn’t about shameless materialism or record sales, but resides in the creative experiments of DJs and the imaginative verbal expression of emcees. For those who fear change, turn your radio back on and continue to listen to the same loops over and over again until your ears bleed. But for the brave souls who yearn for a taste of something new – something unfamiliar – get this album. Your ears will thank you.
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Coheed plays SoCal
Flamenco comes to life in OC
By JASON KEHLER
Special to the Daily Titan
By MAHSA KHALILIFAR
Daily Titan Asst. Entertainment Editor
Famed Flamenco dancer José Porcel is coming to the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Segerstrom Hall next week. The performances will run from Oct. 27 to 29. Rush tickets are available for students with valid ID at The Center Box Office for $10 to 20 (there’s a two ticket limit) an hour before showtime with cash only. Regularly priced tickets are available for $20 to 65. For more information you can call (714) 556-2787 or visit www. ocpac.org. Stay tuned to The Buzz for a review of the show coming in two weeks.
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Fierce rhythms fuel Ballet Flamenco.
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Ballet Flamenco José Porcel dancers.
With an ominous guillotine looming in the background, Coheed and Cambria took the stage Sunday night at the Wiltern LG and on Monday night at the Grove in Anaheim. The guillotine is a symbol from latest installation of the Coheed and Cambria saga, written by front man Claudio Sanchez. This tour is the band’s first since releasing the latest album Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness. The new CD is the fourth part of the story and third CD released by the band. The set opened with the title track off the album “Good Apollo Keeping The Blade.” Half-
way through the track Sanchez walked onstage alone holding his double-necked guitar and completely rocked out during the set’s third song, “Welcome Home.” The two Southland concerts were the band’s first opportunity to display the newest songs. The band also JAMES MINCHIN III played crowd favorites like “Devil In Jersey Claudio Sanchez plays his guitar in front of a City,” “A Favor House live audience in Hollywood at the Avalon. Atlantic” and ended the set with “Everything Evil.” runs around nine minutes long The band came back both during the live set and was folnights for an epic encore, started lowed by “The Willing Well IV with a song that was long-used as - The Final Cut,” which they pera show opener, “In Keeping Se- formed with an extended jam sescrets of Silent Earth: 3.” sion after the song’s only verse. “In Keeping Secrets” usually Both Sanchez and guitarist Travis Stever performed “The Final Cut” with lengthy solos. Sanchez even performed part of the song with his guitar behind his head and another with it in his mouth. At the conclusion of “The Final Cut,” the blade on the guillotine was released and crashed down, declaring the end of the concert.
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Concert Calendar Fri. Oct. 21, 6 p.m. LA Fashion Awards -Premiere Event Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles Fri. Oct. 21, 8 p.m. Eagles Arrowhead Pond Anaheim Fri. Oct. 21, 8 p.m. Gwen Stefani Hollywood Bowl Hollywood Fri. Oct. 21, 9 p.m. Kottonmouth Kings Key Club Los Angeles Fri. Oct. 21 to 23, 9 p.m. The Black Crowes Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles Sat. Oct. 22 to 23, 7:30 p.m. Foo Fighters and Weezer Long Beach Arena - Long Beach Convention Center Long Beach Sat. Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Alien Ant Farm Key Club Los Angeles Sat. Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Home Grown Galaxy Theatre Santa Ana Sun. Oct. 23, 7 p.m. Sheryl Crow Hollywood Bowl Hollywood Mon. Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. Sublime Tribute – MusiCares Benefit Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles
Marjorie Fair talks about music, tours I would like to think that we’re totally young and hip.” With unruly hair and sad eyes, Marjorie Fair has been called Slamka is exactly what listeners a lot of things: The Beatles of the would picture him to look like. new millennium, a love-sick bal“Forget about young and hip,” lad band, even the “masters of said guitarist and lead singer Evan emotional four-minute thunder- Slamka, “I’d rather be headlining storms” by one critic. However, its tours.” members, when asked to describe There’s also Mike DeLisa, the their own sound, chose to quote drummer and self-proclaimed a “possible Amish guy” they met mother of the group. at a coffee shop while on tour in So who’s Marjorie? Iowa two weeks ago. “It comes from a very famous “He read our lyrics aloud and poem. It’s also a magical rose then said our music sounded like from Dungeons and Dragons that a canary going through a xylo- gives you 10-plus to life,” Lusphone, going through a rainbow,” combe said. said keyboardist Dain Luscombe, It seems that the band has inwho tends to act deed received as the unofficial a plus to life spokesperson with the album for the group. Self Help SerHe read our lyrics “That’s totally enade released aloud and then said how to describe in July, already our music soundour band.” getting critical The band, acclaim. ed like a canary sitting around a The standgoing through a cramped dressout track on xylophone, going ing room at the the album is House of Blues the catchy through a rainbow. in Anaheim, “ Wa v e s , ” said the sound which Slamka Dain Luscombe has been comwrote for a Marjorie Fair keyboardist pared to the friend who was Beatles and the depressed. Flaming Lips. “It’s about “Old people the static in always say Pink Floyd,” said bass- our minds,” he said. ist Scott Lord, who, with his baby The guys list everybody from face, tends to take on the role of Miles Davis to Neil Young to Sunyounger brother in the band. “But ny Day Real Estate as inspiring By ASHLEY MAJESKI Daily Titan Staff
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Marjorie Fair’s lead guitarist and vocalist, Evan Slamka, tunes his guitar at the band’s House of Blues show in Anaheim. their sound. But not the Beatles. “You’re not supposed to say the Beatles cause then people pigeonhole you,” Slamka said. Despite the melancholy sound that many of the album’s songs have, DeLisa insisted that it’s not meant to make people feel sad. “Most people wouldn’t think it’s a good party CD, but it is,” DeLisa said. “It’s good for hanging out with your friends and having a beer.” The band is signed with Capitol Records and has been touring since May. They did stop to play on the show Last Call with Carson Daly in August. For many, being on a nationally broadcast late-night
talk show might be the best part about putting out a record, but not for this band. The best part for the guys, who are fans of Lord of the Rings was Elijah Wood, who plays Frodo in the trilogy, playaed DJ at the band’s CD release party. They are also big fans of touring, which is good because they are rarely home. Luscombe refers to the band as “road warriors.” The future for the band will include finishing up the tour in November. There’s really no plan after that. “We probably just want to keep touring,” DeLisa said. For now, it seems that all the pieces have fallen right into place for the band called Marjorie Fair.
