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driving “Die Like a Satellite,”
with unique vocals and talented
With so many new
bands out there these
days, it’s hard to find
one with a unique
style. Funland's debut
album. The Funland
Band, does a good job
at creating a different
sound. With heavy gui
tar combined with
powerful lyrics and catchy
melodies, Funland has managed
to find a niche of its own.
Being unique is a talent, but
it’s hard not to compare a new
band to a previously existing
one. And for those who need
something solid to compare Fun
land to, it is a mix of Nirvana
with Cobainesque vocals, Bush
with heavy and catchy guitar
licks, and The Toadies with pow
erful lyrics.
Funland highlights several
topics, but many songs seem re
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lationship-based, such as the
rhythms and melodies, and “Par
allel Lines," a heavy tribute to
relationships.
At first listening, the album
sounds like it was recorded
straight out of a garage, but once
you get past the distorted ve
neer, you will find intelligent
lyrics and sublime messages.
“Head in Hands on Floor” is
one of the bright spots on the al
bum. It has excellent harmoniz
ing and mixing of guitar and vo
cals, without overdoing either.
However, any debut album
will have its flaws, and this al
bum is no exception.
Many of the songs sound
nearly identical, and it is disap
pointing to hear a great song
like “Head in Hands on Floor
followed by a less-than mediocre
one. Uncreative use of distorted
guitar and the Same screaming
voice in most of the songs lendto
a dull and repetitive sound.
Songs such as “Impala,” “Spinal
Music” and “Feedback” sound
nearly identical.
One shouldn’t have to con
centrate on songs to be able to
find differences.
Despite the similar-sounding
songs, Funland shouldn’t be
written off as the typical alter
native, distorted-guitar-depen-
dent band just yet.
The band does have promise.
It is obvious from listening to
The Funland Band that Funland
has the potential to make an ini
pact in the music industry. Alit
tie refinement of the sounds will
lead to a good band with its own
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By Mandy Cater
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Hot on the heels of the
success of the cinematic
adaptation of Jane Austen’s
Sense and Sensibility comes
another of the author’s clas
sic novels brought to life on
the big screen.
This time, director Roger
Michell brings us
Persuasion, a sweeping tale set in post-war Eng
land in the early 1800s.
Persuasion revolves around Anne Elliot
(Amanda Root). Elliot is an independent, educat
ed young woman from a family of socially climb
ing aristocrats. Her lack of interest in her fami
ly’s decadent and uppity lifestyle often leaves
her at odds with them, or even worse, being
treated like simply another servant.
After an upheaval in her family’s estate, Elliot
finds herself thrown into the home of her in-laws
in the English countryside.
Here we are introduced to Elliot’s sister, Mary
Musgrove, wonderfully played by British actress
Sophie Thompson.
Musgrove is the brightest spot in an otherwise
dim movie. Her neurotic wailings and outrageous
egocentricism provide badly needed bursts of humor.
Despite Mary’s melodrama, however, Anne as
sumes the role of caretaker without a complaint.
Just as it seems things cannot get any worse for
Anne, they do.
Her old flame, Capt. Frederick Wentworth
(Ciaran Hinds), a dashing naval captain, rides
into town. Anne turned down Capt. Wentworth’s
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man, and she greatly re
grets her actions eight
years earlier.
Frederick woosthe
ladies on the estate,
hardly giving Anne
the time of day. It
seems that Cap. Went
worth cannot even stand to be in the same place
as Elliot.
Finally, Anne goes back to an unhappy exis
tence with her family, who have now moved into
the city with all of its social rituals. After daily
torture from her sister and constant nagging
from her father, Anne’s life begins to look more
pathetic than ever.
Finally, though, after what seems like an eter
nity, the dapper Frederick rolls into town to
sweep Anne off her feet and rescue her from her
miserable existence.
The premise behind Persuasion is one with a
great deal of potential, but it falls quiteshort.lt
has little of the charm of its counterpart, Sense
and Sensibility.
The characters are rather cardboard; and the
story is full of unanswered questions, especially
where the love of Anne and Frederick is con
cerned. In the end, the movie fails to breathe life
into Austen’s tale.
Despite beautiful costumes and landscapes, some
hilarious moments and a very romantic finale, Per
suasion comes across as too long and impersonal.
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