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Eugene’s own the Rock ‘n’ Roll Soldiers will also be releasing their major label debut, “So BY KATE WEBSTER & RYAN NYBURG DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER & PULSE EDITOR 1 he new year is shaping up to be promising for music, with X a collection of releases by fa miliar favorites ranging from the Beastie Boys and Lisa Loeb to Way Ion Jennings to Andre Nickatina. “The quality of music in 2005 will depend on what people personally like and how much of that taste is produced this year,” said junior psychology major Andrea Stull, J who primarily listens to rap, pop jf and rock. if The Beastie Boys are releas- if ing an Australian-tour edition to m coincide with the group’s head- m line of Big Day Out 2005. It has am§ a version of the hit “An Open I Letter To NYC” with remixes of K tracks from the album “To the ■ 5 Boroughs,” according to Tower Records’ Web site. Igkj Country-western fans can expect music from Waylon Jen nings, Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash, on albums entitled “Love Songs,” “Duets” and “Life Goes On,” re spectively. Taj Mahal will be releas ing his new greatest hits collection, “Take a Giant Step.” Jazz great Miles Davis’ “Amster dam Concert,” a previously rare al bum, includes the complete Amster dam Concertgebouw Broadcast recorded in December 1957 with tenor saxophonist Barney Wilen and the Rene Urtreger quartet. Jazz buffs can also expect a Many Musicians 10 wu, in me nexi month. Rock fans will find plenty of releases to keep them vhappy in the upcoming BHHHb year, as March sees new music from Mars compilation ot Louis Armstrong’s work, entitled “Ultimate Louis Armstrong.” Other new jazz collec tions and re-releases I Volta, Queens of the Stone Age and the Kills, while April brings a new album from Archi \ tecture in Helsinki. A slew of albums are | expected in the next year that have yet to re ceive a confirmed re lease date. Among these, albums by rapper 50 Cent and punk band AFI and the Alkaline TVio are all expected this spring, as are new al coming in the next year in elude works by Thelonious lonk, Herme to Pascoal and Frank Sinatra. Jazz avant-gardist John Zorn will release two new albums next month, “Film Works Vol. 15” and “Rituals.’’Fans of singer/songwriter Tori Amos will re joice about the release of her new al bum, “Beekeeper,” in late February. That month will also see the release of new albums by the Thievery Cor poration, the Frames, 3 Doors Down, bums by Beck and Fiona Apple. The Deftones, the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Coldplay are ex pected to release albums in the next year. The Flaming Lips have a new al bum, “At War With the Mystics,” slat ed for release this summer. The Liars, Massive Attack and New Order are all also expected to release albums. Nine Inch Nails will release its first studio album since 1999’s “The Frag ile” and its first release of any sort since 2002’s live collection “And All That Could Have Been.” The popular hip-hop duo OutKast will be following up its breakout MUSIC, page 8B Weight-loss resolution One new diet Wend gives hope to many Americans who wish for a flat stomach BY ASHLEY GRIFFIN SUPPLEMENT FREELANCE EDITOR yping the phrase “diet books” into the Amazon.com search X field yields 3,292 titles — a pal try figure compared with Google’s 9.8 billion hits. Sometimes it’s a gimmick that at tracts a dieter; often it’s infallible promises to help them lose weight easily, or better yet, effortlessly. One of the newest diet trends comes coated in neon orange — a new trend dieters might just swallow. “The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life,” by David Zinczenko, has hit the market — and the wallets — of those on the eternal quest for rock-hard stomachs. Defined abs aren’t “reserved for athletes, for models, for body builders, for trainers, for rappers, for the half-dressed ‘talent’ on infomer cials, for genetic freaks, for the lipo suctioned and for people who would classify celery as a dessert,” Zinczenko said in the book. Instead, he says they are an attain able goal for the average American. The fundamental principle of this book is to build a stronger abdomen to aid in weight loss by shaving off health-hazardous belly fat. Lauren Wimer | Senior photographer First-year law student Mariel Ettinger uses an exercise ball at the Student Recreation Center for an abdominal workout. Unlike diet books that focus on re stricting food, the Abs diet focuses more on building muscle. Zinczenko says his diet will build the muscle needed to speed up fat burning; for every pound of muscle gained, dieters need 50 extra calories Abs cheat sheet The nutrition component pre scribes eating six evenly spaced meals and two snacks per day. It fo cuses on using 12 power foods in the meal plans, which each include pro tein, monounsaturated nay jusi iu UldUUdin the added muscle. The chapters of this book include “A six-pack in 6 weeks,” “Shocker: MORE ONLIN For more information, visil www.absdiet.com and polyunsaturated fats, fiber or calcium. The diet recommends limiting re fined carbs, saturated fats, trans fat and high-fructose nuw iow-carD aiets make you tat and “You have abs, yes you.” The sections focus on three components of fitness: nutrition, exercise and motivational principles. corn syrup and suggests restricting alcohol consumption to two to three drinks per week. ABS, page 7B