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Starship has landed What to expect from the Cobra Starship and Breathe Carolina concert By MIKAELA ANTONELLI The Rocky Mountain Collegian
As legend (or the iTunes biography) tells the origins of Cobra Starship, the band began after frontman Gabe Saporta met a talking cobra in the deserts of Arizona. Believe the tale if you want, but at least you can shout out the question to Cobra Starship as they headline the annual RamJam concert Saturday with Breathe Carolina. But what’s this year’s show going to look like compared to previous ASAP concerts? The setup will be similar to last year’s; the stage will face south on the intramural fields west of the Lory Student Center with a large fence around the concert area. There will be only one line for tick-
et-taking, and day-of tickets will be available at the LSC iBox beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday. Gates for the concert open at 6 p.m. According to Lindsay Brown, concert coordinator for ASAP, the biggest difference between this and last year’s show is the choice of genres — with this year’s concert straying away from the traditional hip-hop/rap acts of previous years. “We’re really excited about the genre difference, it’s different than anything that we have had on campus,” Brown said. Overall, ASAP is pleased with how this year’s RamJam concert came together, according to Heather Jones, executive coordinator for ASAP. “It’s exciting as a whole to set this up and look at how awesome it turned out... we had less than 200 people
help put this together,” Jones said. The budget for this year’s Ram Jam concert was $160,000, with ASAP’s goal being to sell out the show with an attendance of 8,000. As of Sept. 3, ASAP had sold 610 of the 8,000 tickets available for its RamJam concert. ASAP and the LSC iBox refused to give the number of tickets sold and, according to ASAP, ticket sales numbers will be released on Monday. Fort Collins-based band the Echo Chamber will open the concert with a set that starts immediately as doors open at 6 p.m. In addition to the Echo Chamber, ASAP booked Denver group, Breathe Carolina, for this year’s show at the request of Cobra Starship. “It was a good time!” said Breathe Carolina in an in an email to the Col-
legian, who has played previously at CSU. “Super high energy, and we are really looking forward to hanging out with everyone again. Colorado always goes hard!” “We got the offer and we’re super excited that it was in Colorado since the last time we played [in Colorado] was at Warped Tour, so hopefully we have the same killer show at CSU,” the band said. Regarding Cobra Starship, Breathe Carolina said, “We’ve actually done a few college shows with Cobra and they are the best. Super cool dudes and Gal. I’m sure we’ll both get the place turnt up!” For Mairaed Gillooly, a sophomore human development and family studies major, this year’s performers are an exciting lineup that she’s looking forward to.
THE CONCERT What: RamJam featuring Cobra Starship, Breathe Carolina and the Echo Chamber Where: Intramural Fields West of the LSC When: Saturday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. Cost: $10 for students/$22 general public How to get tickets: The LSC iBox will be open today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. “Two fantastic bands at one venue, what’s not to love?” Gillooly said. Collegian Writer Mikaela Antonelli can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com
Bas Bleu explores the woman’s voice BY LIANNA SALVA
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It’s an age-old question asked by men of all different backgrounds: what do women talk about? Fort Collins’ Bas Bleu Theater Company looks at that question by exploring the silencing and empowerment of women through language and physicality in its new show. “The Love of the Nightingale,” by Timberlake Wertenbaker, is a feminist view of the Greek myth of Procne and Philomele, two sisters of Athens who have always been encouraged to speak their minds on philosophic ideas. Procne marries a king of an allied city, the citizens of which care for sport and only believe what they see. All the women in the play experience being silenced, both through society standards and violent acts. “I think we’ve all experienced being silenced, and the more atrocious something is, the less socially acceptable it is to bring it up; though, ironically, that’s the thing we should be talking about the most,” said Sarah Zwick-Tapley, the show’s director.
What: The Love of the Nightingale When: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14 through Oct. 14 Where: Bas Bleu Theatre Cost: $12 students/$24 general public
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Zwick-Tapley is also an adjunct professor of theater at CSU, teaching classes on movement. Wendy Ishii, the co-founder and artistic director of Bas Bleu, who is also an actress, plays the slave and caretaker Niobe in “The Love for the Nightingale.” Ishii also explained how she brings her own experiences to her character and the play in general. “I was a victim of rape when I was a younger woman and I survived. For me, it brings up some memories, but it also brings up that we can empower ourselves to go on to survive to hopefully make some change,” she See BLEU on Page 6
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Kiera Mulgrew, playing as Philomele, contemplates being reunited with her sister in the Bas Blue Theatre production of “Love of the Nightingale” on Tuesday. The play was first written and performed in Greece around A.D. 8.
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