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Tuesday, April 13

For several months, he was the king of late night comedy. Funnyman and amusing
hairpiece Conan O’Brien is taking his comedy act “Prohibited” on the road from
city to city. Preaching the gospel formally belonging to NBC to the Orpheum
theatre, this evening will be jam packed with laughter!

Wednesday, April 14

The media club goes metal for a night when local groups Scythia and Titan’s
Eve take over the house. Ten bucks at the door gets you in, but drinks are kind of
pricey and high class. If you’re going then you’re probably a metal-head and most
likely pre-drinking anyway.

Thursday, April 15

Keeping true to their word, Vancouver’s newest club, 560, has their debut as a
live venue for concertgoers of this city. Tonight’s entertainment is John Brown’s
Body, a ska group making their Vancouver debut coming from Boston. If ska
isn’t your thing, then Overkill are playing at the Red Room tonight on their 25"
anniversary tour. My pick? Check out 560, it may just surprise you.

Friday, April 16

Newer punk outfit Uptown Riot are going to be headlining the Funky
Winkerbeans tonight if you feel like an East Van hardcore show. Feeling like you
belong in the poppy indie crowd instead? The Rickshaw theatre is going to be the
evening’s home to You Say Party, We Say Die! with special guests Petroleum
By-Products. Out at UBC, the Chan Centre will feature Vancouver’s premiere
vocal ensemble Musica Intima, with cheap seats for students.

Saturday, April 17

It’s international record store day with the free Vancouver celebrations taking
place at Neptoon Records. Bands scheduled for today feature The Jolts, The
Beladeans, and Nardwuar’s personal favourite band, The Evaporators. This
event is all day starting at noon, so stop by if you have an hour to kill. Later in
the evening, the Joey Only Outlaw Band’s CD release party is happening at the
Rickshaw Theatre.

 

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Seth Green recruited for animated

Star Wars series

A New Hope or another Clone Wars?

By Angela Espinoza

[Peres the last decade
or so, Star Wars has
come under some major
overhauls by both George Lucas
and fans. Enhancements in digital
technology have allowed Lucas
to whore out—I mean, expand
the universe through use of
completing the prequel trilogy,
piggy-banking on the Clone Wars
saga, and controversially trying
to convince us that Greedo shot
first. Meanwhile, the internet has
been the ultimate gateway for fans
to abuse inside jokes, which have
leaked into the mainstream via
films like Fanboys and shows like
The Big Bang Theory, Family Guy,
and Robot Chicken (RC).

As many of you should
already know, two of the pieces
I mentioned above feature Seth
Green. Despite the name Chris
Griffin forever being associated
with him, among dozens of other .
film roles and TV guest spots,
Green officially broke free from
being Seth MacFarlane’s sidekick
in 2005 when he co-created and
produced RC with Matthew
Senreich. Like Family Guy’s last
saving grace, RC has delivered
two Star Wars-based specials and
several related skits—all of which

_ Mnust be sent to and approved by

Lucas before they can air, who in
turn actually guest starred in the
first Robot Chicken: Star Wars.

Working on RC has apparently
gone so well that Lucas is now
hiring Green and Senreich to
work on one of his many potential
Star Wars side projects. Whether
they’re writers or even voice actors
has yet to actually be confirmed,
but knowing their history it can be
assumed that the animated series
will be aimed at an older audience.
The only clarified information
on the project is that the series is
intended to be comedic and will
be focusing on the supporting
characters of the Star Wars
universe.

During my original discovery
of the project, I was reminded of

 

another project that Lucas had
apparently been tinkering with
for the last few years. This other
series carries the same plot (albeit
with possible cameos by major
characters), but is to be presented
as live-action with every episode
running an hour in length, which I
guess implies that it’s a drama.
The way I imagine things,
the animated series with Green
and Senreich could carry a great
deal of potential were it to run
as something of a variety show,
unlike RC and more along the lines

of The Simpsons episode “22 Short

Films About Springfield.” Whereas
this second project mentioned
above, were it to be a drama, seems
better suited for the possibility of
focusing on a certain character

per episode. Of course I could be
completely wrong on both, who
knows. All we can do is hope that
this potentially great animated
series isn’t a trap.