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Notes from the underground
Elliott
Smith's
live act
worth it
Many things should be taken into con
sideration when deciding where to go to
college. Everyone has their own prioritized
list of qualifications that the school must
have I had spent my entire childhood in a
small town in Montana, and when it came
time to fill out college applications, 1 only
filled out those that needed to be sent out
of-state. I absolutely refused to spend an
other four years in Montana.
In my hometown the closest thing to a
cultural event was the rodeo. 1 desperately
wanted to be able to see a concert once and
a while So 1 was thrilled when 1 ended up at
the University, only two short hours away
from Portland, where if I wanted to invest
the money and the time I could see a per
former every night.
After arriving here, the first show I saw
was Elliott Smith. He played at the Roseland
Theatre, and the band Grandaddy opened.
It was amazing. It was exactly what I had
been missing in Montana. I had never expe
rienced anything like it before I mean, I had
been to concerts, but it had always been
some huge band in an even bigger venue,
like Sugar Ray in a football stadium. There
was never much of a relationship between
the performer and the audience. But that
night at the Elliott Smith show, there was.
The entire night I stood toward the left
of the stage, awestruck as people threw
notes and cigarettes on stage and shouted
for his attention. I remember one man,
who, as a sign of his undying devotion to
Smith, stood with his arm straight in the air
and a slowly burning cigarette in his hand
— a one-person candlelight vigil. Smith's
album "Figure 8" had just been released,
and his set was mostly comprised of songs
from it. But Smith still played favorites like
"Needle in the Hay," "Waltz #2 (xo)" and
"Say Yes." For the next month, the only
thing I could bring myself to listen to was
Smith's song "Between the Bars."
That show set the standard by which all
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One of many pieces of art on display during the Day of the Dead weekend.
Dia de los Muertos
honors loved ones
After Halloween, families
in Mexico and around
the world will honor
death with celebrations
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By Natasha Chilingerian
Pulse Reporter
On Friday, Americans will
scare one another by dressing as
ghosts and ghouls and walking
through spooky haunted houses
with the morbid thought of
death in mind. On Saturday and
Sunday, people in Mexico and
around the world will honor
death with festive traditions for
the Day of the Dead, or en Es
panol, "Dfa de los Muertos."
Dia de los Muertos is an an
cient Mexican holiday that has
been integrated into the Americ
as and other parts of the world. It
is a time when families set up
their homes with offerings for
loved ones who have passed
away, visit and decorate cemeter
ies and enjoy special meals with
family and friends.
Celebrated annually on Nov. 1
and Nov. 2, Dfa de los Muertos is
the time when spirits are said to
visit their living families. Universi
ty Spanish instructor Bryan Moore
said Mexicans view death as a con
tinuation of life, which makes the
Day of the Dead a joyous holiday
instead of a morbid one.
"It is the most spiritual family
event in Mexico," he said. "They
put out a lot of effort to see fam
ily members and spend time
with them. There are some
solemn moments, but mostly
joyous ones."
Dfa de los Muertos dates back
to the Aztecs, who would devote
the ninth and tenth months of
their calendar to honoring the
dead. In 1521, during the Spanish
Conquest, the Spanish integrated
Aztec culture into the holiday.
Several weeks before the holi
day, shops in Mexico fill with fes
tival paraphernalia, including tis
sue paper cut-outs of skeletons
(and other symbols of death) and
wreaths and crosses adorned with
paper and silk flowers. Families
traditionally shop for these deco
rative items along with marigold
flowers, candles and incense.
They create altars covered with of
ferings to the returning spirit of a
loved one. Such offerings can also
include photos of the person and
their favorite foods.
"Spirits like the scents of flow
ers and food," Oak Hill School
Spanish teacher Armando
Morales said. "The incense is used
to welcome them."
Nov. 1 is dedicated to children
and infants who passed away, and
Nov. 2 is in remembrance of de
ceased adults. On the night of
Oct. 31, the graves of children are
adorned with brightly-colored
flowers, toys and balloons. The
following night, adult graves are
spruced up with flowers, religious
amulets and food offerings. Com
munity members often spend all
night at the cemetery having pic
nics, socializing and telling stories
about the people buried there.
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