Oregon Daily Emerald
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Check oat a review for the flick “El Crimen
Perfecto” playing now at the Bijou on page 8.
They will definitely rock the house
They Might Be Giants brings its considerable
repertoire to Agate Hall this Saturday
BY AMY UCHTY
PULSE EDITOR
Few bands survive after 20-plus
years of existence. Among those
that belong to this elite club, it's
even more difficult to find modesty
mixed in with rockin' riffs that have
lead to zealous fans ranging in age
from 5 to 35. But They Might Be Gi
ants fits exactly into this category,
arid luckily for Eugeneans, the
j band will be performing at the Uni
| versity's Agate Hall on Saturday.
John Linnell and John Flans
burgh formed They Might Be Gi
ants in high school, when dreams
of becoming rock stars seemed as
real as being the first man on Mars.
"I couldn't play the guitar and
sing atthe same time when we
started this band, so it's hard to
have the dreams of greater glory
starting from such humble begin
nings," Flansburgh said.
Arguably one of the most origi
nal bands in the world, TMBG
has produced hits such as "Don't
Let's Start," "Birdhouse in Your
Soul," "Doctor Worm," and "Ana
Ng." But these college-chart hits
weren'tthesole provider of suc
cess for TMBG. "Particle Man"
and their cover of "Istanbul (Not
Constantinople)" were featured
on the television show "Tiny
Toon Adventures," which intro
duced TMBG to a whole new
generation of children in the ear
ly '90s. The dreams of greater
glory were coming true, even if it
was completely unexpected.
Although TMBG was clearly
established as an adult act in the
late '80s and '90s, more success
came to the band in 2002 when it
released a children's album ti
tled "No!" Releasing a children's
album wasn't a high aspiration
for TMBG and although the two
Johns didn'treally have any spe
cific hopes for "No!," it went on
to become one of their most
popular albums.
GIANTS, page 11
■ In My Opinion
TREVOR DAVIS
STAY CLASSY
Not yet compelled to
ditch radio for satellite
You're cruising in your cartrying to listen to
some tunes, but wind up endlessly turning
the dial.
And when you're notturning the dial, there's
a commercial airing, an annoying DJ blabber
ing or a song playing that isn'tto yourtaste.
In the middle of nowhere, there's nothing
but static.
But there is a possibility for hope. Satellite
radio stations by XM and Sirius come without
the failures of traditional radio as both
providers offer many commercial-free pro
grams with stations specific to taste, including
news and sports stations.
Satellite radio, which comes without static
or interference, is offered almost anywhere
at anytime.
Satellite radio began with XM's launch in
2001, while Sirius began broadcasting in 2002.
Sirius now has more than one million listeners
while XM boasts nearly 4 million subscribers.
Although the ideas are great on paper, real
world problems prevent the widespread adoption
DAVIS, page 10
PULSEMUSIC PULSEMUSIC
Murder by Death, "Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them?": I'm a sucker for a good
story. I'll take one any way I can get it. Movies, books, TV, comics, video games — as long as it's interesting and
well-told, I don't care. A few years ago Murder by Death j
released an album that combined a good story with my j
other passion: music.
"Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them?" tells !
a tale of a man who shoots the devil in the back in a saloon,
and the havoc that the devil wreaks to get revenge Over 10 j
tracks, singer Adam Turla weaves tales of the devil, zom- j
bies, whiskey and coping with life atthe end of the world all
set in an old Western scene. The band's varied music,
whieh features a cello, nicely compliments Turla's lyrics,
giving the tale a palpably haunting feeling. Listeners won't
just hear this story, #16/11 see it and feel it.
Is he really reviewing an album that came outtwo years
ago, you ask? Well, yes. Butthere's more. You see, last
week Murder by Death released "Atthe End of the Road"
on the "Masters of Horror" soundtrack. The gem, which I
was buried amongst the likes of Mudvayne and Avenged Sevenfold, serves as a preview for Murder by Death's up
coming album "In Bocca Di Lupo," another concept album inspired by Dante's Inferno. "In Bocca Di Lupo" is slated
for release in 2006.1 don’t want to spoil "Atthe End of the Road," but it's good, it's available on iTunes and it's more
than worth the $0.99 you'll pay to download it
—Andrew McCollum
Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left or Them?
MURDER BY DEATH
INSIDE PULSE
The Boondocks
Shadow of the Colossus
First Friday ArtWalk
PULSE PICKS
This week the
Pulse writers
pick theTop 5
movies they'd
want with them
if they were
stranded on a
desert island.
5 Movies
off a
desert island
AMY LICHTY
PULSE EDITOR
1. "Better Luck
Tomorrow"
2. "When Harry Met
Sally..."
3. "Fight Club"
4. "Garden State"
5. "Dumb and Dumber"
TREVOR DAVIS
PULSE REPORTER
1. "Office Space"
2. "Animal House"
3. "Mean Machine"
4. " Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers"
5. "Return of the Jedi"
ANDREW MCCOLLUM
PULSE REPORTER
1. "Stand By Me"
2. "Oldboy"
3. "Punch-Drunk Love"
4. "The 40-Year-Old
Virgin"
5. "Swiss Family
Robinson"
KRISTEN GERHARD
PULSE REPORTER
1. "Pulp Fiction"
2. "Eternal Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind"
3. "0 Brother, Where
Art Thou?"
4. "Layer Cake"
5. "Crash"