Tuesday, December 1

In case you missed their rockin’ show at 340 on Saturday, catch Rolling
Stones tribute band Mick Believe featuring Tongue at Fairview Pub tonight.
Show up strutting like you mean it ‘cause this show is going to be a rockin’
groovy time, man

Wednesday, December 2

Put on your camo pants and find the dirtiest metal t-shirt you own, Cannibal
Corpse are coming back to Vancouver. Sharing a bill with Hatebreed and
Unearth, the Commodore Ballroom is the place to be to bang our head and
growl in tune. I’d leave after Corpse if I were you, there ain’t much else

to see after they destroy the stage. Not into metal? How about Douglas
College’s concert band and small ensemble concert at the Muir Theatre at
the New West campus? You’re at school late and there’s a free show with an
open bar, might as well check it out.

Thursday, December 3

If you’re in to experimental psy-punk along the lines of Nine Inch Nails, then
head to Honey Lounge at the Lotus Hotel for an evening with Twin Crystals.
If you’re not up for that, then head over to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre to see
the Vancouver Opera perform Norma.

Friday, December 4

If you’re in the mood fora maximum heavy metal party, then go to the
Eldorado on Kingsway to check out Skylar and Black Wizzard. If want
something a little bit lighter, go to Malone’s for Burn Hollywood Burn

and Freedom Ride. Something lighter still? The Vancouver Symphony is
performing a Baroque Christmas featuring selections from Bach and Vivaldi.

Saturday, December 5

Come out and witness the disturbingly dark, the curiously crazed, the
bafflingly beautiful and seductively spicy sonic sensations from composition
students at Douglas College. The composition concert happens at 7:30 in
the Muir, and it’s guaranteed to be an outrageous night of creations from right
within the halls of Douglas College.

Twin Crystals

     

Jay Schreiber
arts editor

xams, bleh! The only common
H ctmnin that determines your
end of semester grade. Nobody likes
them, yet we all sit at their mercy and write
like our futures depend on it.
Of course it’s not fair to expect
someone to regurgitate three months
worth of learning within a single three-
hour sitting, but your best option is to
just prepare. Typical preparation usually
consists of hours at the library reviewing
hundreds of pages of information and what-
not, but did it ever occur to try an audible
approach?
Believe it or not, the music you listen
to is linked to the kind person you are,
and what you put into your ears will have

an effect on your daily life. Many people
sitting in the college library will have their
iWhatever plugged in and can be seen
grooving along while reviewing notes. I
have to wonder what comes out of the ear
buds sometimes, and whether or not it’s
helpful.

In a study done a few years ago,
three identical test situations were created
to see what type of music works best for
getting the creative juices flowing amongst
students taking exams. The first situation
had students writing an exam with no
music in the background, the second group
listening to instrumental music, and the
third heat wrote the exam with popular
music. The study concluded that the group
that listened to instrumental music scored
highest, followed by the students with no
music.

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focus in that environment. The researchers
concluded that pop music has quick
catchy melodies and lyrics that are easily
memorized, causing easy distractions to
members of the ADD generation.

Listening to musical genres such as
classical or jazz as light background music
can help a person focus better in study
situations. I mean, sure listening to gangsta
rap will get you pumped for a work out
at the gym, but when you’re trying to pay
attention to your poli-sci exam, you may
want to turn the G-thugs off.

Indie music, in all its damnation, is
perhaps the worst thing to listen to. With
ever-so-poppy riffs and abstract vocals,
you might just want to listen to it on your
commute in, but cut it when studying for
your bio final.

Listening to alt rock or pop music is
a curse within itself, mainly because of
the subject matter. Lyrics and melodies
get stuck in your head so easily that it’s
impossible to soak up any redeemable

“Listening to musical genres such as classical or jazz as light background
music can help a person focus better in study situations. | mean, sure
listening to gangsta rap will get you pumped for a work out at the gym, but
when you’re trying to pay attention to your poli-sci exam, you may want to
turn the G-thugs off.”

information for your English paper. Not

to mention most radio hits deal with
heartbreak, being in a rock band, or
“fighting the man,” the obvious reason why
you're in college.

Punk rock and heavy metal are
both automatically disqualified due to
technicality. It’s impossible to study
when everyone is yelling, the drums are
pounding and the guitars are squealing.
Not to mention all that counter-productive
anarchy...

I’m not discrediting any of the
previous genres, in fact, I myself am a fan
of each of them in one way or another,
but when it comes to exam time, even I
pick and choose. Listening to nothing at
all while trying to learn seems to work for
most people, but if you can’t stomach it,
I’ve heard that Bach’s Mass in B-Minor can
really get the brain cells cooking.

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