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. The
movie begins on a positive note; the first
five minutes consist of an excellent
action sequence (which most people j
the words somehow really hit home:
“You cut me up and down, like razor
blades to my face, I still regret all the time
that has walked right past me and you
can’t get back, the way you feel, this bit
ter year, you ’ ve wasted all of your tears on
speech to the citizens of Zion. You could
basically miss the first 45 minutes of this
movie and not suffer for it Hell, you’d
probably enjoy the rest of the movie
more.
While the first movie benefited
from minimal dialogue, opting instead
for a more visually driven story,
“Reloaded” is rampant with line after
line of obnoxiously meaningless pschy-
obabble bad enough to give a philoso
phy major an aneurism. Several times
throughout “Reloaded” the story just
downhill from there. 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.
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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
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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. They simply play fun,
heart-filled rock and roll and do it dam
well.
Songs like “Better off Alone” address
the traditional topic of a broken heart, but
have probably already seen from the ®
trailer, though). Sadly, it all goes 0
Motocross, Pro Halfpipe
Skateboarding and, of course,
good music. “It’s not just a con
cert, it’s an evolution.”
Hidden Dragon,” “Drunken Master,”
“Fist of Legend,” etc., etc.) choreo-
i graphing, the fight scenes are, of
I course, simply incredible.
See “The Matrix Reloaded” if you
like cool action scenes and spiffy spe
cial effects. Those who loved “The
W/ Matrix” owe it to themselves to catch
the sequels. Everyone else might as
well wait for the DVD.
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Rufio, Thrice, Dropkick
Murphys, The Ataris, Le§s
Than Jake, Avenged
Sevenfold, Taking Back
Sunday, Face To Face,
Glassjaw, Andrew W.K. Talib
Kweli, Simple Plan, Poisen
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The Well and many more.
Saturday June 7 7 p.m.
Tickets are available and on
sale now through Ticketmaster
for $27.50.
Twins (Neil and Adriant Rayment).
Much like the first movie,I
“Reloaded” is packed with visually!
stunning effects and incredible action!
sequences (which also go on way, way!
too long sometimes, by the way). With!
Yuen Wo Ping (“Crouching Tiger!
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not-too-hardcore style of
times!
bogged down by jibber-jabber whicl
can’t possibly hold any deep signifi
cance for anyone with more than t
dozen brain cells. At times it got so bat
I swear I could feel my brain screaming
in agony as it tried valiantly to make it
escape via my leftear canal.
The acting was not bad, far from it
actually. Keanu Reeves (Neo) is his
same old self, Lawrence Fishbun
(Morpheus, duh) is as bad-ass as evei
(except for the speech to Zion part) ant
Hugo Weaving turns out another fine
performance as the increasingly dis
turbing Agent Smith. The introduction
of Lambert Wilson as the Merovingian
is a welcome addition, delivering some]
of the best lines in the movie and intro I
ducing us to the sinister and powerfull
Where:
Van’s Warned Tour 2003:
Who: Rancid, Pennywise,
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When:
Where:
Sunday July 6 noon “til end
Tickets available through
TicketsWest for $30
Salem Armory Auditorium
Where:
2320 17th St. NE
Columbia Meadows (off I-5 N)
(503) 378-6923
(formerly Portland Meadows)
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prised at what a gem you’ve fallen upon
Overall I give this album a 9.0 out of 1C
and I cannot wait to hear what the band’
future holds.
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in the grunge/garage music
scene is an enjoyable, upbeat,
When:
the only one who would never even care
Not only do they play aweson
music, the guys, in the band are real!
down-to-earth, “good time fellas” accorc
ing to their t-shirts. 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. Free is the best price any
Steve Quintana (left) and Brad
thing could ever be and this
Wager jam together during last
won’t cost you a cent.
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW
AND GO SEE THIS SHOW!
Who: Phish (two days in a row)
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3 • Cotto Salami or Bologna 4 • Ham & Turkey
5 «All Cheese
6« Turkey & Salami 7 »Pastrami
8 »Pepperoni
9 • Han>
10 • Salami
11 »Turkey
12 • Pastrami, Swiss, Kraut
13» Pastrami & Salami
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