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September 17
The Golden Violin
Calvin Dyck, piano

Betty Suderman, piano

September 24
Parlour Music: Celebrating the Music of Old New
Westminster
Bob Silverman, piano
Ellen Silverman, piano
Adele Clark, soprano
Kevin Barrington-Foote, narrative

October |
The People United
Corey Hamm, piano

October 8
Classical Guitar Reital
Aquizamin Garcia

October 15
Beethoven Trio Op. 38 (After the Septet)
The Vancouver Trio
Gene Ramsbotton, clarinet
Bo Peng, cello :
Keiko Alexander, piano

October 22
Full Circle: Celebrating the Music of the Royal City
EnChor Chamber Choir
Diane Loomer, director
Dr. David Gordon Duke, narrative

October 29
Keyboard Kaleidoscope
Da Young An, Piano

 

    

   

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forced to drink more Jagarmeister.

 

° Local Boys 3 Inches of Bleod and Bison BC rock the Commodore
Ballroom on Friday, September 11. This show is for all the East Van Metalheads
who remember having a beer with Cam Pipes and asking him about his ironic

° Great Big Sea plays the Malkin Bowl on September 11 with supporting
act Skydiggers. Caution: show may be canceled because of the park ranger’s

= request for water to stay on one side of Stanley Park’s seawall.
¢ Fairview Pub is hosting a Rockabilly Roundup on September 12 with plenty of hollerin’ and
hootenanny. It’s called a stand-up bass for a reason: if you can’t stand on it like Hooch can, you may be

¢ Heritage Grill in New West is host to a jazz jam session on Thursday, September 10. Stop by to honk,
blow, scat, bang, pluck or tickle the ivories at your own discretion. Feature act Darren Radtke usually
brings his friends to jam along so don’t feel pressured at all.

 

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- Jays Picks of the Week ——W—W——.

 

 

End your summer with

By Angela Espinoza

ust when I was beginning to think that high school
Je never come to a much needed end, hope

came as a ray of light shining through the blinds
of the tainted, murky, windows that had imprisoned
me for five long years. Well, actually, it was the
sunlight reflecting off my friend’s pale skin. But it
was profound, nonetheless. For he had a message:
Megadeth was coming.

On the day of the concert I arrived three hours
early at GM Place, bouncing off the concrete walls
until the doors opened. My date with Megadeth was
within reach. Then, finally, having waited for an
agonizing three long months the moment came—and
then it ended.

Megadeth is a thrash metal band that was formed
back in 1983 when founder Dave Mustaine, Metallica’s
then lead guitarist, was abruptly removed from the
band. For what you may ask? For being too hardcore:
he partied harder, played harder, and for Metallica’
singer James Hetfield’s ego this was just unacceptable.
So what is the most logical step after being kicked out
of a band? Start your own!

Fast forward to the beginning of a new semester—
on September 15 Megadeth’s new album, Endgame,
will be hitting store shelves. For the better part of
summer, all we had to go by were the descriptions
of the tracks by Mustaine and album producer Andy
Sneap claiming the album was “certainly old-school
Megadeth.” Along with a brief message by current
guitarist Chris Broderick explaining that the album was
finished there was clearly still not enough for Mega-
fans.

Endgame

To date, six tracks from the album have been
made available to the public via performances, radio
play and, of course, track leaking (I’ve only managed
to get my hands on five of them). The opening track,
“Dialectic Chaos” is a two-minute instrumental piece
that would probably work better as a solo to a separate
song rather than its own tune. Nevertheless, this brief
track is definitely classic Megadeth, and it’d make a
great opening for any show.

Then there’s “44 Minutes” which is nothing out
of the ordinary for the band, pretty much your basic
Megadeth thrash thrash shred shred. The only reason
it stands out in my mind is because this was the same
amount of time the band was on stage back in June.
Moreover, I have mixed feelings about the song
“1 320.” The sound is fantastic but the lyrics seem
like an ad for “nitro fuel funny cars,” clearly one of
Mustaine’s acquired tastes. But that’s my opinion; you
be the judge.

The title track, “Endgame” is stable Megadeth
bursting with Mustaine’s angry political lyrics—a treat
for all us Droogies. The lead single, “Head Crusher”
is a fun, pointless mosh song even noobies to the band
will enjoy. It’s fast pace lives up to its namesake, not as
a torture device but as a head crushing experience for
all head bangers.

It’s safe to say my entire summer started and
ended with the power that is Megadeth. So what can
we expect from the new album? In the words of Dave
Mustaine, “so far, so good... so what?”

All I know is that I’ll be first in line for my copy.

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