Oregon Daily Emerald
Pulse Editor;
Jacquelyn Lewis
jacquelynlewis@dailyemerald.com
On Tuesday
Pulse takes flight
with bird watching
Thursday, May 29,2003
Surfs up
for ‘Idol’
stars’flick
I thought I was through with Ameri
can Idol. I was pretty sure nobody
cared anymore ... and maybe that’s
true. But someone should have told
the wonder boys at Fox who green-lit
the summer blockbuster, “From
Justin to Kelly,” starring American
Idol Kelly Clarkson and second ba
nana Justin Guarini.
There’s no place like home. There’s
no place like
home.
Is it just me,
or did this
movie come
from nowhere
like a blackhead
on prom night?
I caught my
first glimpse of
this tour-de
worse this
weekend and
Mason
West
Selling out
did a double take that would have
made Bugs Bunny proud.
Lending further evidence to my
claim that Fox is monitoring me at all
times, the film’s glistening press kit ap
peared on the Pulse desk Tuesday
morning. I feel compelled to share some
of its poetry. Let’s imagine Casey Kasem
reading the following quote:
“Spring break in Miami is the scene.
It’s where surf-drenched guys cruise
girls in bikinis and raucous parties rule
day and night. It’s the perfect time and
place for three young women from
Texas and a trio of college guys from
Pennsylvania to find adventure and
maybe even fall in love.”
Blurring the lines or reality and fic
tion, Justin and Kelly maintain their
bankable first names and some biogra
phical accuracy. Justin actually did go
to college in Pennsylvania, and Kelly is
from the rootin’ tootin’ state of Texas.
But all this reality doesn’t jive with
the reality I’ve created. Justin and Kel
ly. .. kissing? Eeeeewwwwwww. The Si
mon Fuller media machine has shown
me enough of these starlets to make me
think of them as brother and sister —
their daddy was the dream and their
momma was the talent. Seriously. The
poster picture looks just like one my
sister and I gave our parents for their
25th anniversary. Minus the ’fro.
I have this scary feeling Fuller is try
ing to take America back to the “glory
days” of cinema when Frankie Avalon
and Annette Funicello (or, as Michelle
from “Full House” said, Annette “Fun
ny Jell-O”) were the king and queen of
the beach.
That dreamy duo starred in five
movies together between 1963 and
1966, only one of which does not in
clude “beach” in the title. Like its
campy predecessors, “From Justin to
Kelly” will express love through song
and dance and, I’m hoping, riding
killer waves like the Big Kahuna.
The only good resulting from the
bikini films was the delightful satire
“Back to the Beach” in 1987. It’s got
everything — ’80s beach punks, Dick
Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughan playing
surf guitar together and Pee-Wee Her
man! Too bad Laurence Fishbume was
too busy to pop in as Cowboy Curtis.
Turn to West, page 6
(Left to right)
Members of
the University's
Green Garter
Band Chris
Robotham
and Jeremy
Adams play
theirtrumpets,
and Jared
Reno plays the
mellophone
duringa
twice-weekly
practice.
Jessica Waters
Emerald
Marching to a different tune
The University’s Green Garter Band—
the core of the Oregon Marching Band
—redefines typical band style with an
infusion of pop music and guitar tunes
Jacquelyn Lewis
Pulse Editor
Mention the words “pep band” or “marching
band,” and a barrage of geek jokes and “Ameri
can Pie”-esque band camp banter will likely fol
low. However, the University’s Green Garter Band
annihilates musical stereotypes with each note,
defining a new kind of cool. The group incorpo
rates guitars and a drum set with traditional band
instruments. It plays an eclectic lineup boasting
versions of everything from new to old, from Latin
to hip-hop — including a short rendition of Em
inem’s “Without Me.”
The Green Garter Band began its foray into pop
culture in the early 1980s, when a group of
marching band members formed the Dixieland
Jazz Ensemble, which appeared at different ath
letic events on campus. The group wore green
garters on their sleeves and eventually came to be
known as the Green Garter Band.
Today, the 13-member group has evolved into a
formal class at the University, where students who
audition and are accepted receive full tuition
scholarships from the Athletic Department for the
duration of their University studies. The band per
forms at University women’s basketball and
women’s volleyball games and constitutes the
core of the larger Oregon Marching Band, which
plays at the men’s basketball games and other
events. The ensemble is advised by a School of
Music faculty member, but the band’s day-to-day
operations are completely student-run.
Green Garter Band Director and senior jazz
studies and computer science major Brian Silva
said one of the group’s main focuses this year has
been trying to appeal to a more modem audience.
This has resulted in a more diverse repertoire
than in past years.
“We’re trying to gain a following like (campus a
cappella group) On The Rocks has,” sophomore
music education major Laura Arthur said.
Arthur, who plays the baritone saxophone and
is the group’s only female musician, said this effort
has made the Green Garter Band unique.
Turn to Green Garter, page 6
Inaugural fest brews up beer, expert tips
The Wild Duck Brewery will host the
Sasquatch Brew Fest this weekend,
where 40 breweries from around the
country will showcase their brews
Mark Baylis
Pulse Reporter
Beer lovers, come one, come all.
The Wild Duck Brewery will get a leg up on
the summer’s upcoming beer festivals this
weekend when it hosts the Sasquatch Brew Fest
on Friday and Saturday.
The event — in the inaugural year of what is
planned to be an annual affair at the Wild Duck
Brewery, Restaurant and Music Hall — will mark
the first brew festival in Eugene this summer. The
celebration will offer brew fans dozens of national
private reserves not available to the public.
Forty breweries from Oregon, Washington, Cali
fornia, Alaska , Hawaii and Massachusetts will serve
up signature beers in the two-day festival. The
weekend will begin with a brewer's dinner on Fri
day evening followed by all-day activities on Satur
day. Proceeds from both events will benefit the
Glen Hay Falconer Foundation, a nonprofit foun
dation created in memory of the Wild Duck's popu
lar head brewer who passed away April 2002.
Saturday’s festival also will feature the live music
of blues gem Paul Delay Band and the Northwest
veterans of the Shelley James Trio. Music begins at
7:30 p.m. The event will also feature four sympo
siums showcasing professional brewers relaying
The first
Sasquatch
Brew Fest
kicks off
the brew
festival
season
in Eugene
this year.
Mark
McCambridge
H Emerald
their knowledge and experience about their craft.
In addition, there will be door prizes for a se
lect few and a silent auction for an Alien snow
board, a Full Sail boogie board, a river raft trip
and a Fat Tire bicycle. The Wild Duck will also
raffle miscellaneous prizes.
Wild Duck owner Bob Jensen said he expects
about 500 to 1,000 people at Saturday's event.
“We're calling it the biggest little brewfest in
Oregon — big beers but in an inside venue,”
he said.
Turn to Brew test page 6