Thursday
July 6,2000
Volume 102, Issue 5
Emerald
Disneyland: It’s great to be a kid. again
Jonathan Allen Emerald
Tomorrowiand has recently been renovated and contains
among other things, Star Tours, Space Mountain and a new,
smooth-as-they-come roller coaster, Rocket Rods.
■ Spending Indepenedce
Day in the Magic Kingdom
evokes a sense of wonder
and nostalgia for big kids
By Jonathan Allen
Oregon Daily Emerald
From infants to adults, Dis
neyland has something for
everyone. We’ve all heard at least
something about the fantasy
lancl in Anaheim, Calif., and
many of us have even had the op
portunity to escape for a day and
play pretend in a land that makes
imagination a reality.
I was lucky enough to spend a
day there over the July 4 week
end, so I thought I’d give you all
the opportunity to live vicari
ously through me.
The highlight of a visit to Dis
neyland is different for everyone,
but for me, it was definitely the
opportunity to act like a 5-year
old for a day and not worry about
looking foolish or not acting like
a mature adult.
There is no way I would have
been able to let go like this — in
’60s revival sounds resonate
throughout Scottish album
■ Belle & Sebastian rev
up the retro melodies
with their latest,‘Fold
Your Hands Child...'
By Rory Carroll
Oregon Daily Emerald
Glasgow, Scotland, never
had a summer of love. But if
the fourth album from its
beloved Belle & Sebastian,
“Fold Your Hands Child,
You Walk Like a Peasant,” is
any indication of things to
come, Glasgow might soon
be the place to go donning
flowers in your hair.
The feel-good, retro-pop
music of the eight piece en
semble is led by frontman
Stuart Murdoch’s focused,
seemingly effortless song
writing skills.
From the Byrds-like open
er “I Fought in a War" to the
sassy Wurlitzer riff of “Don't
Leave the Light On, Baby,”
Murdoch's dead pan voice
and potent lyrics permeate
the entire record.
The instrumental bliss is,
however, a deceptive facade.
The somber number, “The
Chalet Lines,” is a haunting
tale of rape. The delicate de
livery and piercing lyrics
combine to make this song
an instant classic.
“Family Tree” is a Mur
doch composition sung by
Isobel Campbell about being
kicked out of school and
pokes fun at academic delin
quents. Belle & Sebastian’s
scholastic pursuits are
summed up when Campbell
sings, “We do chemistry, bi
ology and math/I want poet
ry and music and some
laughs/and I don’t think it’s
an awful lot to ask.”
Other Belle & Sebastian
numbers include the most
60s sounding song on the
record (and that is saying a
lot), “The Wrong Girl” writ
ten by Stevie Jackson. Camp
bell's “Beyond the Sunrise”
is a sub-par effort, but the al
bum quickly rebounds with
Sarah Martin's lovely “Wait
ing for the Moon to Rise.”
Other highlights include
Murdoch's hilarious pop
song “The Model" about a
"Girl next door who’s famous
for showing her chest. ”
The orchestral arrange
ments mixed with Nick
Drake-inspired melodies
make this album a very ad
dictive listening experience.
One listen in a record store
might be enough to make be
lievers out of those new to
Belle & Sebastian. Under
their pop sensibilities lies a
brooding, tortured intellec
tual mind that will likely
keep the hippies at bay and
keep Glasgow with the same
collective disposition as
Seattle in the winter.
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fact, I was petrified about going
when I found out it was in my
family’s plans for the weekend
— without the presence of my
30-year-old sister.
I’d always thought she was
kind of
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the quiet
genius
type, but
the sec
ond we
walked
through
the gates she dropped her guard
and ran clapping and screaming
into the land of fantasy. If she and
I can stop being serious for one
day, let go and enjoy life with the
kind of freedom that only a child
understands, then trust me, any
one can do it.
Okay, here’s the lowdown on
the actual amusement park com
plete with my favorite rides. Feel
free to disagree and let me know
about it.
The coolest ride is definitely
Star Tours. As you walk through
the 45-minute line, you’re actu
ally passing through an inter
galactic airport, making your
way to the terminal for a flight to
the Moon of Endor.
When you finally reach your
spacecraft, you board a rectangu
lar room with six rows of seats.
The room doesn’t actually move
anywhere, but it certainly shakes
around quite a bit. This is a plus
for those like me who aren’t com
pletely excited by crazy roller
coasters that force you to question
whether you’ll survive your trip.
Star Tours is awesome be
cause — like everything in Dis
neyland — you don’t need to go
very far to experience light years
of travel. A huge screen takes you
on an virtual journey, placing
you directly in several scenes
from the Star Wars movies.
Several Disneyland connois
seurs would probably be irate if I
didn’t at least put Space Moun
tain second on the list. It was the
first ride my stster wanted to go
on, and it is definitely an awe
some way to start the day—espe
cially because the line is excruci
atingly long as the day wears on.
It’s basically the roller coaster
of all roller coasters, sending you
Turn to Disneyland, page 8
{{Even if
you hate
dropping
your guard or
you think Dis
ney is brain
washing our
children, you
have to admit
that its pretty
nice to stop
being so
seriousfor
one day and
enjoy being a
kid with an
imagination
again. 44
Fair Fanatics
Silverman has attended several Fairs. Will you be there this year?
31st Annual
Country Fair
Friday-Sunday
-Fair hours are from
11 a.m.-7 p.m.
-LTD shuttle service
to Fair will start at
10:00 a.m. each day
-Shuttles are free
with OCF ticket
OCF Reminders:
- No ticket sales at
the Fair site
- No shirt, no shoes,
no LTD bus ride
-Parking at the fair
site will cost $5
per vehicle per day
Ticket Prices:
-Advance: $10 for
Friday and Sunday,
$15 for Saturday.
- Day of: $12 Friday
and Sunday, $17 for
Saturday.
source: LTD and OCF
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