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i Entertainment The Vice Guide to Travel can blow minds m M argaret A dams ___________ Page Editor Vice is a free glossy magazine available at various locations (music stores, barbershops). Founded in Montreal, Canada in 1994, Vice is currently based in New York City, N.Y. and is known for controversial journalism and hipster employees. In their "Guide to Travel," which is the first installment of a quarterly DVD magazine, Vice correspondents travel to some of what they consider "the planet's most dangerous and weird destinations." From the main menu, there are seven different locations to choose from, each with an under ten minute short documenting their experiences and encounters. On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, they travel to Sophia, Bulgaria in search of black market-sold dirty bombs. In Chernobyl, Ukraine they set out to hunt animals mutated by radioactive fallout. In Beirut, Lebanon, they meet a group of Palestine Liberation Organization "boy scouts:" young boys who sing war songs, carry guns and eventually become martyrs. In Darra, Pakistan, Vice co- founder Suroosh Alvi travels to the world's largest illegal arms market where 1,000 guns are made everyday and have been for the last 70 years. In The Republic of Congo, they search for the so-called last dinosaur in a thick, dense rainforest near Lake Tele. They make two stops in South America. In Nueva Germania, Paraguay, they set out to track down the last Nazis and meet a couple rumored cannibals. In Rio, Brazil, they travel to the favelas; the poorest areas of the city controlled by drug lords, and end up at raves hosted by these drug dealers. The footage is unbelievable. Each of their excursions is unreal and disturbing in one way or another. But aside from the trip to Pakistan, "The VICE Guide to Travel" falls a little short in each of their seven outings. Many of the segments lack the information necessary to fully understand the situation and are full of loopholes; some are inconclusive. Regardless, most of them are fascinating. The guide comes with a hard-bound book containing photos and an article about each featured destination. The DVD also has a hefty extras section with almost as much footage as the actual features. The trip to China in the extras is great. The DVD is unrated and issues the warning on the back cover: " ’The VICE Guide To Travel’ contains nudity, guns, drugs, cussing, and assorted other heaviness." You can buy it for 15 bucks on amazon.com but I'm not sure it's entirely worth it. Don't get me wrong, you should definitely see it, so try to rent it, or holler at me and I might lend you my copy. Get tickets now for Sasquatch! Music Festival, Warped Tour u CHRiS GARFIELD_____________ Page Editor It's amazing when you get to see some of your favorite bands all in one place and music festivals are the places that happens. Whether it’s punk you like or indie, there is a music festival for you. Sasquatch! Music Festival, located in the scenic Columbia River Gorge, features two days of alternative music during the summer This year it will feature bands such e Beastie Boys, Bjork, ie Fire and much, much more. The bands play on three stages, the Main Stage, the Wookie Stage and the Yeti Stage. The best bands get the best stage and the smaller bands perform on the smaller stages. Sasquatch! is a good outlet for lesser known bands to get a chance at fame with thousands of people attending each year. The Gorge is a great location for a festival of this size and it also gives the bands an amazing, scenic backdrop for their performances. The amphitheater style also guarantees a good view for all. Sasquatch has a lot of sponsors like Dakine and Xbox, so be prepared to # You can find more information on www. sasquatchfestival.com. You , can also buy tickets and a camping pass through the site. The Warped Tour is a music festival with bands that travel all around the United States, playing different venues for people who like punk. Around 50 bands play, town to town, and will create a good show. It goes on in the summer so bring lots of sunscreen because you most likely will get sunburned otherwise. This year it will be held Damien "Jr. Gong" Marley performs at last year's at Columbia Coachella festival. Tickets for the event, held in Meadows southern California, have already sold out. in Portland Photo courtesy of the internet which is a huge venue; perfect for The weather at the Gorge an event that hundreds of can be pretty crazy. Last year, screaming fans attend. This halfway through the first year the lineup varies from day of the event, it started to genre to genre but is good hail dime-size balls for about all the same. Some of the half an hour. Ponchos were bigger bands attending this - ripped, cameras were ruined, summer's tour are Coheed Neko Case got rained off and Cambria, Pepper and stage; it was an unforgettable Yellowcard. experience. receive lots of free stuff. The camping at the festival is kind of cramped and toilets aren't top quality so if roughing it is a problem, you're in trouble. From the campsite, the venue is a 15 minute walk, but if you buy premium spots you can get a shuttle. They also throw in snack and after-concert movies with the deluxe tickets. Coachella, held at the end of April, is probably the biggest festival of the year. Unfortunately for us, it's in Southern California. It has the biggest and best bands that play over three days. The lineup is so elite that tickets sold out extra fast, something that is expected when Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Arctic Monkeys play at the same place. If you are willing to pay thousands of dollars for a ticket visit www.ebay.com. Music festivals are great; they bring you and hundreds of people together to enjoy a common interest: good music. Netflix: the new Blockbuster m M alia C hong ____________ Photo Editor Next time you want to rent a movie, consider Block buster Total Access or Net flix. Both companies offer online movie selection and free delivery. Here is how it works: 1. You create a list of DVDs online. 2. The movies arrive in the mail within one business day. 3. You keep the movies as long as you want, no late fees. 4. Simply return in the prepaid envelopes, and the next DVD on your list will be sent to you. The most popular plan for Blockbuster and Netflix gives you unlimited rentals every month, three DVDs at-a-time and costs $17.99. In addition, Netflix offers a free two-week trial as an extra incentive. Blockbuster offers a free in-store game rental plus in-store return. Blockbuster gives its cus tomers the choice to return the movie via mail or ex change the movie at a partic ipating store. That provides people the convenience o f choosing a movie at the last minute and enables people to watch more movies on a monthly basis. Blockbuster has more return options, however, many customers have com plained that Blockbuster is unreliable and and has fewer movie titles than Netflix. Blockbuster only carries 65,000 movie titles. Netflix has a selection of over 75,000 movies in stock. "Netflix is cooler, because it has a better selection of movies," Christian Hazen- Cubbage, sophomore said. Blockbuster in West Linn is located on Salamo Road in the complex, and you can rent through Netflix at www.netflix.com. 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