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Music Review V 2.002
Brand New
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Music Review V 2.002
Dashboard Confessional
A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
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Brand New has transformed. Its first release “Your Favorite
Weapon” was good, but nothing incredibly special. It was your
usual “slightly-harder-than-pop” punk and was embraced by many.
That was only the starting point. Brand New’s second effort, “D6ja
Entendu,” shows from the very first notes that Brand New has
matured as songwriters.
The catchy title, french for “already heard” has a lot of thought
behind it, as do all the songs on this album. Many of the songs
speak of the struggles of constantly traveling from club to club
across the world like “I read more road maps than books” and the
pain of failing relationships as seen in the lyrics, “Every line is about
who I don’t want to write about anymore.” It is easy to see that
Brand New is straying away from the songs about girls, fun and
summer and havs starting writing about the realities of life.
Beautifully crafted music and lyrics come back to surprise you over
and over. One of the few bands that tells you the true “behind the
music” story.
The only bad thing about this album is that Brand New has set the
bar high for itself. It will be difficult to top “Dej& Entendu,” but, as
seen in this album, Brand New has a way
of stepping up to the plate.
-Daniel Chapman
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Add more drums and bass, trade in the trusty acoustic l®addam Hussein,
electric guitars, mix in a few more harmonies, and you haveh With relative
new Dashboard Confessional album, “A Mark, A Mission,! standing before
Brand, A Scar.” As with most Dashboard music, the come? »aid: “I can't
stone is lead singer and songwriter Chris Carraba’s lyrics a:: Saddam Hussein
multi-range voice. 31 aus tyrant — >
This album has a more upbeat feel with more power, but has What 1 can tell >
the same sad no-female-would-ever-want-to-be-with-my-m happened here it
lionaire-self-so-lets-all-cry feel. A revamped version of “Hand! going to happen
Down” is the first track on the CD, and like most of the CD Powell added
might be hard for hardcore fans of Dashboard to adjust loth “running and hid
new sound, but most should find the change interesting and: to be running unt
good direction for the band.
Drummer Mike Marsh really gets a chance to shine on tfi
album with cool fills and a general good take on the music.I
stands out multiple times as his drumming makes Dashboai
sound spiffy.
There are some great songs on this CD. A few of the »
diate gems are “Bend and Not Break,” “As Lovers Go,"and‘He
Girl.”
Included with the CD is a DVD called “Far From Horn
Movies.” It includes some live performances and some is
close video of the studio work while making the CD definite’
worth a watch.
While this CD asks that those who have been listening!:
Dashboard over the last couple of years to adjust, for themos
part, once you have heard what they have done, there is nt
going back. Those that never have, should.
NEWS it
-Daniel Chapman
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Clinton cookbook to raise money for
presidential library
Spears gives surprise performance
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Now everyone can eat like for
mer President Bill Clinton.
“The Clinton Presidential Center Cookbook” includes 250
recipes and is currently on sale to raise funds for the founda
tion building Clinton’s presidential library.
Co-author Shannon Butler tracked down celebrities, politi
cians and former White House workers to fill out a 264-page
book featuring entrees, side dishes and desserts.
Included in the book are Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s
chocolate chip cookies, Bill Clinton’s chicken enchiladas,
Elizabeth Taylor’s spicy chicken and Barbara Streisand’s
Southern lemon ice box pie.
The cookbook was released Friday and is currently avail
able only by direct mail and through the Clinton Library’s
Web site.
The $35 cost includes $15 as a tax-deductible contribution
to the foundation.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Partygoers hit the jackpot at the Pas'
hotel-casino over the weekend when singer Britney SpearsB
the stage unexpectedly.
The pop star, along with a group of dancers, belted outthref
songs from her upcoming album at the popular Rain nightclut cv ' t uc j'^ h w s ' g g
early Sunday morning _ .Gramley, a lorn
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make it a surprise for people. I know people were shocked. Mol ff esearc ^ Q r0L
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Her performance began about 1 a.m. and lasted 30 minutes.
Not only did the 1,800 people inside Rain get an up-close
look at Britney, DeGraff said, but they also each saved hun
dreds of dollars. The nightclub didn’t charge extra for the
Britney bash.
DeGraff said MTV was also on hand to film Britney, as _jhe parents
were a number of celebrities in Las Vegas for the boxing
match between Oscar De La Hoya and Shane Mosley at the
MGM Grand.
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Accenture
Adams Consulting Engineers, Inc.
AEP
Airdyne International Inc.
Alcatel USA
ALLTEL Corporation
AMD
Amerada Hess Corporation
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
Applied Materials
Applied Research Laboratories/The
University of Texas at Austin
Archer Daniels Midland Company
BAE SYSTEMS
Baker Hughes
Bank of America
Bechtel Bettis
Bechtel Corporation
Bechtel Nevada
Berwanger, Inc.
BHPBilliton
Boeing
Booz Allen Hamilton
BP America, Inc.
Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc.
Bums & McDonnell
Bury+Partners
Cameron
Capro, Inc
CATERPILLAR INC.
CDM
Celanese
CenterPoint Energy
Central Intelligence Agency
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
ChevronTexaco
CITGO
Clark Realty Builders
CNA Insurance
Colgate-Palmolive and Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
ConocoPhillips
Dashiell Corporation
Data Systems & Solutions
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Dell
Deloitte Consulting
Duke Energy
DuPont
Ecolab, Inc.
Ernst & Young
Ethicon (A Johnson & Johnson Company)
ExxonMobil
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Flint Hills Resources
Florida Power & Light Company
Fluor Corporation
FM Global
EMC Technologies, Inc.
Framatome ANP, Inc.
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Frito Lay Technology
General Electric
Granite Constmction Company
Halff Associates, Inc.
Halliburton
Hewlett - Packard Company
HNTB
Honda R&D Americas, Inc.
Informatica
International Paper
Invocon
Jacobs
JobGusher
Johnson Controls Inc
KBR
Kennedy Consulting Inc.
KIEWIT c/o Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc.
Kimley-Horn and Associates, INc.
L-3 Communications Integrated Systems
LCRA
Lockheed Martin
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc.
Lone Star Steel Company
LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc.
Lynntechjnc
Lyondell/Equistar
Malcolm Pimie, Inc.
Matkin-Hoover Engineering
McKesson Corporation
Micron Technology, Inc.
Microsoft
Minerals Management Service
Motorola
Mustang Engineering
National Instruments
National Security Agency
NAVAIR
North Star Steel
Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc.
Parsons Corporation
PBS&J
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.
PPG Industries, Inc.
Raytheon
Rinker Materials
Rockwell Automation
Rohm and Haas Co.
Rolls-Royce
SCHLUMBERGER
Science Applications International Corporation (SA1C)
Shell Oil Company
Siemens USA
SMI-Texas
Southwest Research Institute
Stemco
STP Nuclear Operating Company
TCB
Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation
Texas Department of Transportation
Texas Instruments
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
The Pepsi Bottling Group
THOMPSON
Titan Systems Corporation - Astronautics Engineering Unit
TOTAL E&P USA, INC.
TRC Environmental
Trinity Consultants
Tyco Fire and Building Products
Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
U.S. Department of State/ Diplomatic Security Recruitme
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Uni led Parcel Service
United Space Alliance
URS Corporation
US Air Force
US Navy Officer Programs
USG Corporation
Veritas DGC, Inc
Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.
Wal-Mart Logistics Engineering
Wier & Associates, Inc.
York International Corporaton
Zachry Construction Corporation
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