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Folk-acoustic star will perform in Wadleigh Theatre tonight
GET OUT & GO: JASON REEVES IN CONCERT
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■ WHEN: 7 p.m. tonight ■ WHERE: Wadleigh Theatre ■ COST: Free with student ID, $10 for general public
Hellogoodbye delivers with
bonus tracks, live concert DVD
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those who can’t get enough of the final versions of “All of Your Love” or “Touchdown
Turnaround,” there are three demo versions of
each song for your listening pleasure.
Demos of several other album tracks show
up to give listeners an idea of what Kline was
doing during the three years between the EP
and the full-length. The only non-album track
that shows up is a demo for a song called “If
You Wanna I Might,” a catchy 1980s popflavored number that serves as an enjoyable
end to the record.
A 50-minute live concert DVD of
Hellogoodbye’s show at The Avalon in Boston
last year is included as well. It’s clear the band
has matured a great deal during the past three
years but hasn’t lost their knack for putting on
an entertaining show.
While it’s true that most of the bonus tracks
were available on Hellogoodbye’s website for
the past year (they’re no longer available for
obvious reasons), the high-quality versions
presented here, along with the bonus DVDs,
make it worth the trip to the store. The music
world would be a better place if more re-releases had 15 bonus tracks on them.
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or students interested in a cozy
and mellow atmosphere, WSU will be
playing host to rising
folk-acoustic star
Jason Reeves tonight
in Wadleigh Theatre,
located in Daggy Hall.
Senior communication major Jeshua
Buchanan, who
enthusiastically plans
on attending the concert, describes Reeves’
music as having
an “eclectic soulful
acoustic” tinge to it.
“All of his stuff is
really pretty deep, it’s
great music to listen
f
n
o one likes finding out the album they
spent $15 on six months ago is being
re-released with a few extra tracks.
It’s obvious the record label is only trying to
make more money off the album and, often as
a result, loyal supporters of
the band are the ones who
CD
have to suffer.
The solution? Reissue
REViEW
an album with 15 extra
tracks and a bonus live
DVD. This is exactly what
Hellogoodbye (or DriveThru Records) did with
both their debut EP and
latest full-length and the
result is nothing short of
Aaron Schiffelbein
two re-releases that are
actually worth buying.
The 15 bonus tracks attached with the six
original songs on the original Hellogoodbye EP
are mostly demos, alternate takes and tracks
that didn’t make the final cut on any official
release. A few of the tracks are clearly space
fillers (“Jesse Buy Corsage,” “Trevor Roolz
(A Lot)” and “One-Armed Scissor”) but most
make for quite a treat to listen to. Original
demos of “Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn”
and “Bonnie Taylor Shakedown … 2K1” give
listeners a glimpse into the basement recording ingenuity of singer Forrest Kline before he
was discovered by Drive-Thru.
Hellogoodbye’s first DVD, “OMG HGB
DVD ROTFL” is a fun bonus to the EP that
showcases the band during its first two years.
Five music videos, a 40-minute live show and
the band’s acoustic benefit show at the Chain
Reaction gives viewers the chance to see the
energy and zaniness that goes into their live
show. Kline comes off as a Rivers Cuomo clone
in most of the videos, albeit a bit more eccentrically ADHD.
The re-release of “Zombies! Aliens!
Vampires! Dinosaurs!” comes with 14 additional tracks à la the EP bonus tracks. For
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to,” Buchanan said.
Reeves is looking forward to the show and anticipates it
to be lighthearted and successful.
“I’m really excited about it; I’ve never played in or even
been to Washington before," Reeves said. "It’s always fun
to play a place for the first time and I hear
the stage is really cool, too."
The venue choice for the concert is an
interesting one: Wadleigh Theatre is an
intimate black-box theater with a capacity limited to about 150 people. However,
SEB Spotlight Programmer Christian
Kollgaard assures that the environment
Cayla Lambier
will improve the quality of the show.
“I think it’ll be a really great space.
We’re stretched for venues with the CUB closed but I’m
really excited about having it in (Wadleigh), it’ll be a really
intimate setting,” Kollgaard said. “The audience will practically be able to reach out and touch him.”
Aside from atmospheric benefits, Wadleigh also offers
unique technical advantages.
“We’ll be rigging the speakers on the lighting grid as
opposed to putting them on stands, so sound delivery will
be optimal,” said Jesse Haag, media technology supervisor
for the CUB.
“We also have a computer program that will help in
positioning the speakers and finding the perfect placement
and tuning for the room. The students will be getting a very
high level of sound,” Haag said.
Brian Shuffield, Campus Involvement assistant director for campus events and organizations, feels fortunate
to have the opportunity of hosting Reeves, especially since
Reeves is becoming increasingly well-known in the music
world.
“The Student Entertainment Board definitely has
a knack for bringing in folks who are about to go big,”
Shuffield said.
Reeves is currently No. 1 on in the folk category on
MySpace.com’s “Today’s Top Artists” chart. His musical
style is soft and centers around a piano and a guitar for
instrumental accompaniment. Reeves is also known for
his duet-style performances with fellow folk artist and girlfriend Colbie Caillat.
“Hearts Are Magnets,” Reeves’s fourth and most recent
album, features popular and accomplished artists such as
Alanis Morissette and Five for Fighting.
“He’s going to blow up in popularity,” Kollgaard said.
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A playlist to soothe your phlegmy soul
w
hen walking around town
and campus
the past few AGAiNST THE
days, have you heard
GRAiN
a terrible hacking
coughs, moans, groans
and shaky breathing?
If the answer is yes,
then chances are you
were standing somewhere in my general
vicinity, and may your
Tamara Vallejos
immune system be
blessed so that you don’t get what I have
right now. I’m sick. Again.
My best friend says I have a terrible
immune system, but she’s telling me
this from the 70-degree comfort of Los
Angeles. I tend to think that up here, in
tiny arctic Pullman, getting sick is just as
much a part of college life as putting off
that 10-page paper until the night before
it’s due. But even so, three times in a
month is definitely pushing it.
Still, I have my sense of humor to
comfort me in this time of bodily pain
and phlegm (too much information?), so
I decided to go through my music library
and make a soothing playlist. My most
fruitful search came when I decided to
type in “Fever” into iTunes, in honor of
the raging one I had just two nights ago.
As you might expect, a good majority of the songs listed were covers of
the classic 1956 Little Willie John tune,
done by everyone from Elvis Presley to
Madonna. Though there are many great
versions – and a few awful ones – I have
to stick to Peggy Lee’s classic rendition,
which threw in some of her own lyrics
and made it a pop standard.
Aside from this version of “Fever,”
there were several songs that popped up
in my search that I’d forgotten entirely
about. Here are the best of the “fever”
batch, all of which are worthy to be
added to any sick-day playlist.
“Fever” by Starsailor
After the 2001 record “Love is Here,”
England’s Starsailor was one of my
favorite bands. Though I wasn’t terribly
floored by any of their later releases,
whenever I go back to that first album
it’s like reuniting with an old friend. A
terribly depressed, mournful old friend,
that is.
Granted, this song doesn’t have much
to do with actually being sick, but it’s
like everything else on “Love is Here” –
perfect for moping a bit about your life.
“Fever” by Azure Ray
Known for their beautifully delicate
style of pop, anything by this duo of
Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink, both
of whom have released solo albums, is
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Jason Reeves prepares to give
first Washington performance
perfect for a gloomy day. This song sums
up the plight of the ill, its lyrics pleading
“Fever, take a different route, travel a
different road” and “go away, fly away,
go away.”
“Fever” by Bonobo
Now for something a little bit different. Bonobo is British electronic musician Simon Green, who creates wonderfully chill, jazzy, downtempo tunes.
Although Bonobo’s brand of electronica
might be better suited for a date night
over a sick day, this is still a particularly
good cut to relax to, which is essential
when battling a bug.
“The Fever” by Love and Rockets
There’s not too much to say about
this particular song by three former
members of the influential ’80s goth
rock band Bauhaus, except for that I just
really, really like it. It’s slinky, seductive
and moody without being depressing.
An honorable, non-”fever” related mention goes out to Belle and
Sebastian’s “Get Me Away from Here,
I’m Dying” because as I go through the
painful process of coughing up a lung
right now, that title just seems so very
relevant.
TAMARA VALLEJOS IS A SENIOR ENGLISH MAJOR FROM LOS ANGELES. SHE CAN BE CONTACTED AT 335-1099
OR BY [email protected]. THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS COLUMN ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE STAFF
OF THE DAILY EVERGREEN OR THOSE OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS.
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“He’s number one
on the MySpace folk
charts and he just
keeps going up.”
With Reeves growing in popularity,
Kollgaard said the
performance will be
a “once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity” for students.
In similar fashion
to the music he creates, Reeves hopes for
the performance to
be “honest, calm and
mellow.”
“I’m not trying to
be crazy or anything,
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just to help people
relax,” Reeves said.
The show will be free to students with ID and $10 for
the general public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show
is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Executive Officers of the
Student Entertainment Board recommend that students
arrive fairly early to ensure entrance, as seating will be very
limited.
CAYLA LAMBIER IS A SOPHOMORE COMMUNICATION MAJOR FROM KENNEWICK. SHE CAN BE CONTACTED AT 335-1140 OR BY [email protected]. THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED
IN THIS COLUMN ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE STAFF OF THE DAILY EVERGREEN OR THOSE OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS.
entertainment
brief
Whoopi Goldberg
accepts Oscar apology
NEW YORK — Whoopi Goldberg
has accepted an apology from
producer Gil Cates for not including
her in a montage featuring Oscar
hosts during Sunday’s Academy
Awards telecast.
Cates called her Tuesday and
“talked about the fact that he had
made an oversight, pure and simple. He said, ‘You know I love you,’ ”
Goldberg said Wednesday on ABC
daytime talk show “The View.”
Goldberg, who called Cates a
“great gentleman,” accepted his
apology.
She said she has “moved on”
since choking up on Monday’s
show when her fellow co-hosts
discussed how she was left out of
the clip.
The 52-year-old actress-comedian hosted the Oscars in 1994, 1996,
1999 and 2002.
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