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Costume Connection Page 4A AGGIELIFE I hui sday, October26.’, | THE BATTALION Live ond direct ^■hursday, Octob £JL I J. Goodin shakes up Northgate music seem 2553 Texas Ave. South ‘’■'^College Station (IN HOMESTEAD PLACE CENTER • BEHIND PLANTERS & MERCHANTS BANK) Halloween holiday Hours • Mon - Sun 11am - 7pm • 694-9016 By Brooke Hodges / At- in . 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Great music makes for a good | show, but Goodin’s shows are en tertaining because of the way he in- | teracts with the audience. Goodin does not spend the evening per forming for his audience — he spends the night having fun with his friends. He usually starts his shows by making an observation, such as last Thursday’s ‘*It's gonna be a drinkin’ night.” The observation ended with Goodin and his audience raising their glasses and shouting, “salud.” “Salud” is a common thing, oc- curing after almost every other . song. Thursday, 30 “saluds” were counted, give or take a few. Goodin takes requests during the show. There is no formal set list for the show, but some songs do require an incentive to be played. “If you want to hear Dave Matthews, you have to talk to my manager,” Goodin said, holding up the plastic tip bucket. Tipping is a very important part of Goodin’s show. He said audience members tip by buying him drinks, dropping ciga rettes in the bucket.or throwing in a few bucks. If audience members happen to drop a $5 bill into the bucket, they receive a copy of Goodin’s original CD. Symptom Addict. The CD con sists of seven original tracks, three of which can be downloaded from his Website, Goodin said the CD is “based on loving and losing on Northgate, but mostly losing.” Tipping decides what song is playetl hist. Thursday's show closed with last call by the bartenders and bidding for the last song. Bidding for the last song is a Goodin ritual, tind this race was be tween Don MeClean’s “American Pie” and anything else. The bidding is done by people placing tips i n the bucket with Goodin keeping track of which request has raised the most money. “American Pie” won with more than $20 in bids. The regulars at Goodin’s show always sit front and center. He refers to them as “the band” and joins them when he takes his “five minute smoke break.” These breaks usually last longer than five minutes, but no one in the audience seems to mind, in cluding Goodin, who converses with his friends. Everyone in “the band” knows every song Goodin plays and sings along through the entire show. Of the songs he plays, two stand out for their audience involvement: Shel Silverstein’s "Freaker’s Ball,” and an original written by Goodin’s friend Beatnik called “Passion.” These songs start amid applause from the audience, and everyone who knows the songs sings along. Goodin attributes his musical talent to his upbringing. He said his parents were traveling sign painters. and he moved around quite a bins a child. “All I had was a radio as friend,” he said. Goodin said his favorite singi to cover are Tom Waits Jim Crocl Ben Harper and Elvis Costello, said he gets the most requests foi Tool, Alice in Chains and Waits. “I'm happy [about being asked to play the Waits),” he said. Tvi tried to school this town.” Goodin said his favorite partoi playing at the Crooked Path is tin laid-back atmosphere. “Everyone is there to drink,re lax and have a good time,” he said "It's a party atmosphere.” In fact. Bill Phillips, a seniot computer science major, enjoys the show so much he tries to attendafi three shows each week. "I'm a country fanatic, but),’! gotta be one of the best singers Fve ever heard,” Phillips said. Phillips said he thinks Good in could make more money in another town, but Goodin said he likes Bryan-Col- ege Station. “I like playing a town that pays the rent," he said. Heather LaMotte, a senior marketing major, said sheen- joys the show because of Good in’s singing abilities. “He has a great voice, and I love acoustic guitar,” LaMotte said. “I love to just sit and listen to liims forget about everything.” Goodin said he originally set out the guitar to back himself up. yNoni Srid he Battalion Biotechno vay of muni rovide desii enefit of hi i'biotechnolo; 919 by scien lo the interact nan technolo Jacki Jask nanager for aid a vast m tudents think es after they gi her attend gr ical school Almost a Will go to gra cal school," s with this assu ent of those n, and of tho ot everyone or university ’easons.” Jaskula sai noving away nces” and er (AP)—Pi asinos and reaching pec urity guard ave dramat arrest, two s The new. vices saved jtwo studies. yival rate of Pr.rrV C/r/V r nr^rrf' rrr.m yvir rTt?:', Us uhli uiiu Ha Are you ready to make a career change, but lack the computer skills to get the job you want? 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