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You there, yes you!

By Angela Espinoza

*d like to offer a proposition, if I may.

There’s a lot that goes on in our nifty

little province that we at The Other
Press want to report on. However, as
part-time crime fighters/super models,
we can’t always cover everything. That’s
where you come in! Your mission, should
you choose to accept it, will require you
to tell us what you think about any of the
following:

Game Review: Duke Nukém Forever —
Out June 14

Film Review: Cars 2 — Opening June 24
Film Review: Bad Teacher — Opening
June 24

Concert Review: Rihanna — June 25 @
Rogers Arena

Album Review: Beyoncé’s 4 — Out June
28

Album Review: Graham Wright’s Shirts
vs. Skins — Out June 28

Film Review: Transformers: Dark of the
Moon — Opening June 31

“So why me,” you’re probably

 

asking yourself. Well sir or madam,
mostly because you’re smart, sexy, and —
already overqualified for the job. How?
You made it to college, didn’t you? With
that said, here’s what we expect out of
those devilishly soft hands of yours:
¢ Opinionated reviews on any of
the above (Did you like it? Did
you hate it?)

¢ Within 300-600 words

¢ Times New Roman ina size 10
font

¢ — No indents; we do that for you
(because we love you)

¢ No pressure; we’re a student-
run paper, it’s chill, bro

Be sure to have the mission you’ve
selected sent into arts@theotherpress.ca
by 3:00pm on June 31 (with exceptions
for Transformers: Dark of the Moon).
Most importantly, don’t fear the mission,
it won’t bite you. If you can spell your
name, you can write an article.

 

ProgFest 2011!

I think you’re just what | needed

By Julia Siedlanowska

he Douglas College Community
| Music School will be presenting
a fundraiser at the Laura C. Muir
Theatre, featuring the music of the British
bands of the 70’s and 80’s, such as the
progressive rock band Yes, King Crimson,
Emerson Lake and Palmer, and the
80’s band, The Cars. The music will be
performed by Drive and Earthbound, two
bands featuring Douglas College’s very
own music coordinator, Robert Caldwell.
“Me and my mates used to play
together in the 70’s. Earthbound is
originally from Victoria,” says Caldwell
“And Drive is a tribute to The Cars.”
The Douglas College Community Music
School has been providing music training
to children and adults in New Westminster
and surrounding communities since 1982.
The school offers classes for students with
a wide range of experience, going into a
wide range of programs. Some students
attend for personal enjoyment, and others
to develop valuable career skills. The
funds from this event will go towards a
scholarship fund for students who would
like to take lessons, and simply don’t
have the money. The lessons would be
private and focus mostly on piano, guitar,
percussion, and voice.
“It was pretty cool back in the
day, because [rock music] wasn’t as

. Tickets: General $15/ Youth (16 and

formalized as it is now. It was more

like an indie scene, yet it had world
exposure,” Caldwell describes the days
when progressive rock was developing.
In the days when the Rolling Stones
were releasing their symphonic album,
Caldwell was playing the art music of the
day. “You could write a twenty minute
song, and people would buy the albums
and listen to the song for a whole side.” In
the current age of pop music, with artists
releasing three minute hits (with one line,
such as “I just want to make you sweat”
repeated throughout), perhaps a little re-
examination and experimentation would
be beneficial.

Who: Earthbound and Drive

What: Fundraiser for The Douglas
College Community Music School
Where: Laura C. Muir Performing Arts
Theatre

When: June 17" at 7:30pm

under) $10

For more information contact The
Douglas College Community Music
School at 604 527 5469

 

 

Robert Caldwell