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on campus got a chance
heir stuff on Friday at the
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ed and' put together by
• KateSBray, die open-
le reading gave student
- a ten-minute block each
(j they read aloud various
pm theirroersonal poetry
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enceffife'
Last Gasp was a nice
for those “this is my poet-
vant to read it?” types, by
'to those who actually
) listen. The turnout at the
was modest to say the
h six women and three
ill, including those who
¡ead their works.
eve that this reading will
nentum as the year pro­
exclaimed Gray in
b the meager audience,
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was had by all who attended. The
Last Gasp gave militant poetry
fans a chance to sit back, relax,
and enjoy some insight into the
minds of the few who were brave
enough to read their personal liter­
ature aloud.
A favorite among the group of
students was Liz Hart, a member
of the on-campus women writers’
group Chrysalis. Her piece of
verse titled, “If I were a Mother”
spoke of the beautiful imperfec­
tions of motherhood and life in
general and quietly moved all
those who listened in. Also among
the passionate few were students
Linda Appel, Rose Lefedre and
Samantha Cox, all of whom we
can hope to hear more from in the
near future.
Friday’s reading was only the
first Of a series to follow. The Last
Gasp will be held on the last
Friday of each month in this term
at the Literary Arts Center (RR
220) in Rook Hall. Come one and
all to read your prose, or listen to
those who dare to. And who
knows... you might be a poet and
not even know it.
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Cowboy),” the dynamic
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Dunning I and hilarious
nything but a typical
style of music. With
Troy, the Texan rap-
zboy, embarking upon
track of the album,
'The Ballad of Big and
a true and new
to country music has
been bom.
Though some lyrics may be
a bit lewd and fanatic, the over­
all message of this complica­
tion is well-addressed: love
everybody and love who you
are.
I would strongly recommend
this album to
any devoted
country fan
or any music
fan in gener­
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pass it up. The comedy among
these songs is unstoppable, and
the laughter never ends.
For those of you who are
interested, Big and Rich have a
superb merchandise store on
their
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and purchase their “Save a
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and shirts.
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Kate Gray (lower right), organizer of Last Gasp, the first of many events to come, sat
contently listening to the poetry of student artists with other students and staff.
‘GC’ rocks The Armory
lights went out and the crowd
roared as stage lights and eerie
The Clackamas Print
music teased the audience. The
first track from their latest CD,
Good Charlotte took the “The Chronicles of Life and
stage at the Salem Armory on Death,” played as the. band
Oct. 23, producing a show worth jumped out and the song mor­
phed into their ever-popular
traveling for.
The concert began at 7 p.m.^ r’Anthepi.”. Everyone on the
but eager fans were lined up out­ floor was jumping, z singing
side the doors for hours before § along, and some were even
they were opened. The band is crowd-surfing. There were a
on tour with Sum 41 but they couple of miniature mosh-pits,
could not be there because the but they were extinguished
lead singer was ill. Before Good j quickly.
Charlotte took the Mag^the
The stage looked I ike a scene
opening act, Lola Ray, woke from “The Nightmare Before
everyone up with their fresh, Christmas;’* the background was
undiscovered music and seemed a dark purple sky with twinkling
to have the potential to bethe stars in it, there was an iron gate
next White Stripes or the Vines, thht towered over the band just
possibly better.
in front of the drummer that read
After a tauntingly long per­ “Nevermore.” There were two
formance from the lesser-known huge gargoyles on either side of
opening act, we waited for a the stage with glowing red eyes,
good half an hour for Good and lights that projected images
Charlotte to come out. Then the onto the audience. That was the
Amanda Polopolus
first concert that I’ve been to
where they shone light on the
audience; it was pretty cool.
The band played tracks from
both “The Young and the
Hopeless” and “Chronicles of
Life and Death;” such as: “Hold
.On,” “The World is Black,”
“Girls
and
Boys,”
and
“Predictable.” Nineteen-year-
old Kodi Lidson said, “I loved
theboncert; it’s the first one that
I’ve been to, but I thought it was
pretty cool.” And so it was.
Although Sum 41 wasn’t there,
Good Charlotte’s performance
was more than sufficient. The
band rocked the stage with every
song and finished the evening
with their most well-known
song, “Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous.” Good Charlotte was
great in concert, their perform­
ance was possibly as good as
their music, and I would highly
recommend seeing them the next
time they come into our àrea.
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