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10.12.06
By jonathan saavedra
Daily Titan Staff Writer alevy@dailytitan.com
Chris Murray has hopped from continent to continent, including Europe, Asia and South America, playing different shows throughout his music career. Last Thursday, he found himself at Cal State Fullerton’s TSU Underground Pub where he performed some Jamaicaninfluenced ska and reggae in a lax, campfireesque atmosphere mixed with some students ordering their lunches and leaving the show early to get to class. “I understood more or less what the situation would be, and I’ve played this kind of show before where I’m playing in an eating area, and people are having lunch, coming in and coming out,” Murray
said. “But it’s really a healthy thing to play to people who may have not heard reggae before, so I really welcome that kind of opportunity.” Prior to becoming a solo artist based in Los Angeles, Murray was a part of now-defunct, influential Canadian ska band King Apparatus. What drew the Canadian singer/ songwriter to Los Angeles was the fact that the bands in the area played a more authentic style of reggae, rocksteady and ska, he said. “When I saw what was happening out here, that got me really excited,” Murray said. “There’s a large community of people who are very arts, music, entertainment oriented, so it’s a nice place to be as a musician because there’s a lot to do, a lot of places to play, and a lot of people who are really talented that have come here or were here originally.”
Los Angeles can also a very competitive place to be a musician. “Of course it’s competitive because so many people come here, any band who tours will come here, but I think it’s a healthy competition,” he said. Another thing that separates Los Angeles from other parts of the world is the audience. “People here have been exposed to the best, so it’s hard to impress people,” Murray said. “You have to be really good to win a crowd because they’ve just been exposed to everything, and if you’re kind of in the middle, they’re not that interested.” Whether Murray is performing in a club in Los Angeles, a pub at CSUF or a venue in a different time zone on the other side of the world, there is one thing that is always there – music. “I think music is just one of those
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Walk Like the Egyptians A one point during the two-hour long camel ride to the pyramids, the guide stops and all three of the great Egyptian pyramids are in view.
Photo Courtesy Angie El Sherif
By Angie El Sherif
Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Only one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World still stands today: the pyramids of Egypt. Built on the west bank of the Nile River in Giza during the fourth dynasty, they are also the oldest of the seven wonders. It’s one thing to see countless pictures of the pyramids, but it’s another to stand at the foot of one. They’re simply stunning up close. There are three great pyramids: Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. The largest of the pyramids is that of King Khufu, which is sometimes called the Great Pyramid. It covers an area of over 12 acres, and, according to the Greek historian Herodotus, 10 years and 100 thousand laborers were required to prepare the site. The trip to the Giza Pyramids takes about six hours and no more than $13 per person. When you first arrive at the pyramids, it’s best to go straight to one of the horse stables and rent a horse or camel. During the horseback or camel ride, a man guides you for about two hours to the best site-seeing spots on the Giza Plateau.
The guide will, in the best English he can, tell tourists little details about the history of the area. On the way inside the pyramids, there is a long, narrow walkway that leads to the tomb of the king. The walkways are also short, so you walk crouched over for about 10 minutes. Not to mention, the air inside is hot and stuffy. For those who can stand the heat and contracted walkways, it’s quite an adventure to walk in the footsteps of the ancient Egyptians. The Giza Plateau is home to a number of other important early tombs and other structures that are almost always bypassed. There are two boats placed in
a building about 100 yards from the pyramids. They were made to carry the pharaoh’s body to the pyramid – the Nile flooded to the foot of his tomb in those days. To help preserve them, they make tourists wear dust-free booties. The famous Sphinx of Egypt on the Giza Plaeau also must be visited. With the head of a king and the body of a lion, this colossus is carved out of the very bedrock in which it sits. You can get so close to it that you can even see between the paws. In Egypt, the pyramids are the one stop tourists can’t miss. Visiting Egypt without seeing them is like going to Disneyland without seeing Mickey Mouse.
Photo Courtesy Chris Murray
Traveled Artist Performs Reggae in TSU Pub
things that connects with people in any kind of setting,” Murray said. “It could be in a backyard or on a stage in a big, formal production. But really what connects music and people is the same, whatever scenario you’re in, and I think that is, for an
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artist or musician, the thing that really gives you the momentum to keep going and going.”
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Fashion
The CSUF Dos and Don’ts By alicia david
For The Daily Titan
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DO support Cal State Fullerton by wearing CSUF apparel.
DON’T wear Ugg Boots when it’s over 60 degrees out. When we know your feet are sweating up the shoes, they just aren’t as cute anymore.
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DON’T wear legwarmers and flip flops. it’s confusing and you’re contradicting yourself.
DO get fun-patterned purses/ bookbags to match your outfit.
