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6 • The Clackamas Print • May 21, 2003 Jazz in the café Pete Ford A&E Editor Do you like Jazz? Do you like free music? For the past couple of weeks, and for weeks to come, the Quintana/Wager Project has been performing a variety of jazz songs (old and new) free of charge every Friday from noon to 1 p.m. in the comer of the Skylight Dining Room. Two of CCC’s own jazz band play ers, Steve Quintana and Brad Wager, are the masterminds behind this operation. They play old jazz standards from artists such as George Gershwin and Miles Davis, as well as a few new Friday's session. Ep»C EVeNtS - If you missed this announce ment last week, here it is again! This is truly a must- see concert! This band has a following like no other and you will tally know why if you decide to go. Phish’s music is inspirational in every way and appeals to the fans of many genres. Though their music tends to stay on the softer side, Phish is hardly soft rock. When: Saturday July 12 and Sunday July 13 7:30 p.m. (both shows) Tickets are available and on sale now through Ticketmaster. Tickets are $51 each (service charge included). Where: The Gorge Amphitheatre in George Washington. Approximately a five-hour drive. Camping available. 94.7 NRK’s Big Stink 8: Who: Staind, Mudvayne, Taproot, Powerman 5000, Seether, Smile Empty Soul featuring Skateboarding Champion Andy Macdonald and the Suzuki Motocross Team. - 94.7 NRK is back with their annual spectacle. This year Big Stink 8 will be held in Estacada, only about 20 min utes from the college. It is the headliners’ tour, meaning all bands playing are already suc cessful alternative rockers. This event will host Freestyle Special Goodness -Dave Grohl (Nirvana’s former drummer) and his successful band and longtime rockers the Foo Fighters will be coming to town Saturday June 7. Their style of music, which is rooted Count the Stars performs at the Meow Meow on April 4. Pete Ford A&E Editor Make no mistake: Count the Stars is on their way to stardom Their debut album “Never be Taken Alive” focuses on many aspects of rock. The music is very catchy, but is all over the place (in a good way). They speed it up, slow it down and harmonize so fan tastically that you will be left singing Robb Egan Co-Photo Editor Hollywood has a long-standing and well-deserved reputation for making sci- fi sequels that just don’t live up to their predecessors (“The Empire Strikes Back” and “Wrath of Khan” being notable exceptions). It’s almost comforting to see how ‘The Matrix Reloaded,” sequel to 1999’s surprise hit “The Matrix” and second in the trilogy, fits comfortably in that cate gory of Movie That Barely Does Justice to the Film That Spawned It While on the whole I enjoyed ‘The Matrix Reloaded,” there were quite a few things that detracted from the otherwise bliss-filled theatrical experience. 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The audience is then treated to a 40-minute plot sand trap so heavy in foreshadowi ng and self-indulgent melodrama I began to wonder if they stuck in that begin ning just to remind you what it is that you are really there to see. 1 Had I not been a huge fan of /W “The Matrix,” and had I not waited four years for the sequels, I probably would have fallen asleep somewhere j . | I When: around the time of Morpheus’ little I Sunday June 22 8 p.m. Tickets are available at all Car Stereo City locations or online along and adding in your own verses. Being the youngsters that they are, Count the Stars has a lot of room for maturity, but the music is pieced togeth er perfectly. There is no mistaking where any of the songs are going. An extreme ly distinctive beat drives the songs, while guitar solos and drum fills are added to complete the puzzle. They won’t confuse you or take you on some out-of-control musical journey through a scientific interpretation of what good music really is. 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They wouldn’t hesi tate to walk right up next to you like th true music fans they are and watch an support the rest of the bands. They ai normal people just like us with an ear ft good music. I have a feeling about these four Net York boys. They are young and goin after it, and by “if ’ I mean success. The are currently playing a nationwide tou and will be rockin’ out at the Van’ Warped Tour. Check out Count the Stars’ CI “Never be Taken Alive” now, before it cost exceeds $15, and you might be sui at knrk.com. Tickets are $35 with no service charge. Estacada Timber Bowl Fightin’ Foos Rockin’ times: Who: Foo Fighters, Pete Yom, 'Stars' sets creative, catchy pace jazz songs by groups like Pink Martini. Within the last month, two new members have joined the duo to form a four-piece band. The first is Jeremy “Funky Fat” Archibald, who bangs out the beats on the drums./ The recent addition of Eli Sears adds the sweet sounds of the piano, / Quintana plays on his Gretsch hollow-body G3900 while Wager jams out on his Gibson ES335 Memphis.. “People come and go,” said Quintana “There is anywhere from five to 25 people at any given time. It’s a good hang.” The band rehearses two times a week and has an archive of over 10 songs that it shuffles through for its performance. “It’s really just a lot of music that you’d want to learn to play,” said Quintana. “We’re playing music that we like to Play.” So don’t hesitate to stop in and shout this good group of guys a holler or drop in while you’re eating lunch. Tell them how awesome they are, or just come and go as you please. The bottom line is, if you CORY PRICE Clackamas Print like music come check this out. 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