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" Clackamas Print ntertainment Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007 A rainy evening with The Shins Liz Travers The Clackamas Print On Feb. 21, The Clackamas Print seat a staff writer and a pho tographer to the Crystal Ballroom to see The Shins perform. The follow ing is a log of their evening. 8:00 p.m. The tour manager finally wraps up his rant by tel» ing me, “I will let your friend in because I don’t want to be responsible for someone being left out in the street and doing something stupid.” I swallow my 6:30 p.in. Andrea and I are on our way to The Shins conceit We chat incessantly. 6:45 p.m. We find parking in a pride and thank him for his help 8:03 pan. I fetch Andrea from outside and yell the whole way back in about my fun experience with Flintstone. She tells me that sucks, but her friends are already inside and they have spots right next to the stage. Cha-ching! 8:04-8:59 pan. We wait with the fan-boys, and Andrea sets up the camera. I tell her we may as well take the shots since they aren’t going to let us do anything else. 9:05 p.m. The first band, Vive Voche, starts their set I’m surprised at how good they sound considering they are comprised of just a boy (drummer, acoustic guitar; vocals), and a chick (lead guitar, tambourine, lead vocals). 9:45 p.m. The Shins walk to the stage. We are so close to the stage that we can even smell them. They start out with the first song off their new album, “Sleeping Lessons.” nearby structure and run up to the doors in the rain. A security guard (pens the door for us while I explain who we are and why we are here. He then informs us that he doesn’t have the list and we have to wait until the 10:00 p.m. When they start playing “New Slang,” the crowd gets even louder than I thought possible. Every couple of minutes, Andrea pulls off more shots of the band. Fan boy #2 is dancing with me. Hus is so awesome. (torsopen. 6:45 to 7:30 p.m. As we walk outside to get in line, Andrea sees two friends from high school who we sit and chat with until the doors open. 7:35 p.m. We finally get in - 11:00 pan. They play a few songs I don’t recognize, but I don’t care because this is the best live show I have ever seen. actually, I get in. The list only has iny name on it, so the head security jiy tells me to wait on the second tor couches to talk to The Shins’ tour manager. 11:35 p.m. The last song they play is “Caring is Creepy.” The crowd flips, and we instan taneously all start dancing. The band’s energy is infectious. 7:40 p.m. A Fred Flintstone ook-alike storms up, and I stand and introduce myself, extending my and with a smile. He scowls as he lakes mine and promptly informs me that I am the only one on the list 1 tell him that my editor had spoken with Michelle (The Shins’ manager), and she had promised that my part- jerand I were guaranteed entry." - 11:40 p.m. Andrea and I leave as The Shins finish with their encore. Although it was a pain in the butt, this was the most kick-ass concert I have Photo Illustration by Andrea Simpson and Adam J. Manley Clackamas Print t>eai k>- ||!B H k M■■ ■ h i” m B■jj|Bif■jBi1 ......... u____ _______________ ___ ■ ■■ ■_ :___ _______ ___ :_____________ ( Slack Snake Moan’: More than just a strange title en Caldwell half the movie in her panties. That alone is worth the ticket pnce. Although he doesn’t put Hack Snake Moan is one of on a stellar performance, se films that people won’t even Justin Timberlake does iw what they’re getting them not suck in this movie. 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So, re, he decides that it is up in to cure her of her wicked please don’t take the kids; that never thought Hollywood would just be Id come out with a tjovie inappropriate. ring a black man chaining white woman and not having with her. It’s just not some- j you see much in today’s t Clackamas Print an Jackson is freaking great is movie, but hell, he is good H of his films. He can even 'the blues pretty well. I mean, 1 would think he can play the let alone the blues? fcci is awesome; she spends w w • Internet Photos TOP LEFT: Justin Timberlake stars as Christina Ricci’s estranged boyfriend. BOTTOM LEFT: Samuel L. Jackson plays the blues. TOP RIGHT: Christina Ricci-chained to a couch.
