Thursday, April 25, 1996 Eastern Smyle by Ryan Bogart Collegian Staff The band formerly known as "Fine Line", is coming out with a new CD tentatively scheduled for release in late May. "Eastern Smyle" was a garage band from Girard, Pa, and played cover for about six years in local bars. But the last year and a half they've been perfecting their sound and their songs so they will be comfortable releasing their first CD. Randy Hetherington, percussion, was quoted as saying, "We were Fine Line, and left off playing out as a cover band, which limited our money and opportunities." The band is made up of a horn section which includes leader Daryl Bean as soprano, alto, tenor sax and keyboards; Anson Ko plays flute, soprano and alto sax, and the trumpet. Finishing the horns is Gary Askounes playing the trumpet. Randy Hetherington is on drums and percussion, and his brother Rob plays bass. Mike Cummings is lead guitar, and John Fortsch is on rhythm. Rounding out the band is Eric Alsbaugh on lead and Fred Grumbach on lead and backups. Hetherington quoted, "Fred is an active participant in the creation of song writing and help with vocals but isn't able to play with the band full-time." • The style of the band is far from anything that would be considered conventional, combining jazz, rock, and funk I a 15 1 I I o the night pointed out my mail obsession with the different mom However, I think I'm anxious to team about and include the si nce t hi s w ill b e m y l ast c h ance to (Mier even if my mouth in sometimes write for the newspaper, I'd like to take Pure white male. Sometimes I feel guilty ' this last opportunity to vent that small bit about being a straight white male. How o f anger. h om i ness. f ear. sexua l tens k m, can I not with the diversity focus of this hatred; all s i tt i ng on t h e en d of my m ote campus. When I feel guilty I just think of hi re a gra i n of salt: b urn i ng a sma ii h o l e. my own psychological problems, having For t h ree y ears t he p o li t i cs -h ave not to deal with killing someone in Desert changed, they ate One aided. f feel that b y Storm (a confession Of a lie), and decide reading these articles, waxing them into that we all are in the minority in some the paper every week, I've been pulled situation , 43r belief. downinto their negative outlook, or :. ...I. urge everyone to become involved, to driven crazy by archaic ideas that I thought" Present their politics loud and clear for died in t h e 20's. I fe e l t he p o lities of others to hear and except the criticism aid religion are limited by their affdiation have the ability except criticism as a with a Christian" tradition that stilt sees chance to grow and develop those ideas by Chad Clouse Opinion Editor women as second class. I feel Marxism is that have been criticized better, or divorce limited by its own ideas. There is no yourself from those you fi nd repulsive as motivation behind the doctrine, no driving new ideas are expressed, force for change, and, besides, 'we are all I urge everyone to stop once a week and . so hungry for something more, something not think, Just watch a brain nny t hi ng Physical and substantial that Marxism can ' movie, or sit in your favorite restaurant not give us. Why else would we be in and stare at the candle on the table. Take a Abaci day for me is being stabbed in the college? I feel that happy people should be hat bath and mad poetry that is sexually back by a friend, but I'm trying to avoid shot on sight, and that duthb people explicit, or at least arousing, because all that conversation by my confession prone should be castrated. but these feelings only poetry should at least be arousing. Think style. I feel like Alanis Morissette when , come in moments of frustration. lam a about the meaning later in bed. just let the she says,." Isn't it ironic." little socially inept when it comes to music of the words overtake you. lam leaving the newspaper with a bitter dealing with those of a different race. I I urge everybody to take a half hour feeling.and that grain of salt on my,tongue grew up in a county in Pennsylvania every week and beat the crap out of a still burning. I never had my say, silently when no blacks or Hispanics or any punching bag and imagine it's that one the ship slipped in the night and the foreigners lived. Yes, these places still person you really hate. Then stop hating Captain cut my throat. exist. It was an all white school. I him or her. Have it out with the bag. It's If you really want to know, ask me apokittat to Crystal and I'm glad she relaxing, it's heart pounding, it's "Our sound ranges from Steely Dan to Phish, and from Genesis to Kool-n-the Gang." Hetherington went on to say, "One thing I can guarantee, it will be the most diverse, non compilation CD to hit the stores this summer." "The crowd that we're appealing to can be best described as non-conventional pseudo beatnik hippies," quoted Hetherington. Nine songs are tentatively planned to be placed on the CD including Forest, Brief, and Drive You, resembling the jazzy side of the band. Serena, Thanks to You, Pio and Can't Have Pets demonstrate the jazzy, creative side. Matter of Time and Girlfriend's Will is are mixtures of funk rock. "We want our listeners to come with as open of a mind as possible because there is something on the disc for everyone," quoted Hetherington about the sound. "In our music, the audience will experience many .opposites, such as the case in Matter of Time, where our two lead singers are featured singing together. During the verses, Eric displays the brighter side while Fred brings a somber mood to the chorus, supporting the theory of the yin yang." Hetherington added, "Our goal is to forget conventional and stereotypical boundaries and be as diverse as possible because that is who we are." The band is waiting to finish the CD before booking gigs and Entertainment their release party for the CD has yet to be announced. "We don't really care if we get signed. And that's the beauty of it; it's not a business move for us," Hetherington said. The future of the band relies on the success of the CD. "This CD is do or die. We're going out on a limb because we aren't matching our sound to what's on the radio, we're attempting to be as original as possible," stated Hetherington. The CD cover will be a colorful version of the yin yang symbol which is the band's major theme. "The difference between light and dark, good and evil. Our sound covers a wide base and our singers present a difference as in the yin yang," cited Hetherington. The CD production company, Diskmakers from Philadelphia, Pa, will distribute the disk. Locally, Keith Veshecco from TRS Audio in Erie at 26th and Peach from Raven Sound will mix the tracks individually. Hetherington stated about the matter, :We pay him to mix the sounds that we created in the studio." The CD will be available at Dig Dios on 12th street, Record Den at the Milcreek Mall, Dick Bullings World of Music, and Raven Sound in Erie in late May. The CD is a first for the band and they are excited to distribute it, so if you're sick of the conventional bands on the radio, check Eastern Smyle out! Four years gone by so fast - Where has the time gone? From a shy freshman 'to a confident senior, I look at the changes made between high school and college. They seem so trivial compared to the changes made in the last four years. Instead of looking for a summer job, I'm looking for a "real" job. I have a lot of people to thank for these changes and the confidence I've gained. I have to start with my fraternity brothers. Without them, I don't know what I'd be doing in school. They are the greatest friends anyone could have. I get more upset then ever now when someone says I bought my friends. If you don't understand what goes into a fraternity, don't bash them. I fully support all of them, no matter who writes a cheesy letter to the paper yelling at them about times and who was responsible for giving people paperwork (not saying any names). I would have to say that my family is the most important thing in my life and have been the most helpful. The person that has been the biggept positive influence on me has been my girlfriend. I never thought that I would give my letters to a girl, but I have. She physically draining, and who can be angry when their tired? At night I wish that I could be in control, of evrnithing. Wouldn't the world be so much easier if you were in control? I go to sleep:at night playing a sequence of events through my mind. I am hidden in a small wooded area behind a house with a .50 caliber rifle, I am sighted in on a man stepping into the drivers side of a taukixl truck. I flip the safety off and then T ftdl. asleep, I never actually shoot the man, and he doesn't have a face. Psychoanalyze that. I ,lie in my poetry and think it's regd. It'swhat seemed real. Tim O'Brien makes that distinction for us, between what happened and what seemed to happened. We never really know what happened. Modem music turns me off. It's too meaningless or generic or redone. I can listen to Domingo and go to sleep without dreaming and that's the greatest feeling. A goodiky is like the music of a beautiful tenor for me. The end! by Joe Mottillo Entertainment Editor means so much to me; wonis can't explain the love I have for her. Being apart from her has been the most difficult thing I've had to do. Michelle, thanks, you know what it's for If you think this is all mushy, it is to this point. Now is the time for me to rant, first at this higher institution of learning. Why can't the registrars office at UP print out grade reports? Why do people have to take classes that they have no interest in (To make me a well rounded person)? Why is their a new fee to pay each year for something or another? Why has the parking problem been addressed for who knows how long and not had some action taken upon it? When is SGA going to mean something to this campus again? Why does Housing and Food have such a monopoly on food on this campus? When is Ken Miller going to get a jump shot? Finally, when are the Steelers going to win the Super Bowl, the Pirates the World Series, and the Pens the Stanley Cup? When is Penn State not going to get screwed out of a national title? When is hell finally going to freeze over? Answer to that one, it does and it's called Erie Behrend, thank you for four years of everything. To all the people involved, keep in touch. Mom, I'm coming home. Two Rooms by Adria Kovaly Collegian Staff With the help of a grant from the Erie Community Foundation, Penn State-Behrend theater director Tony Elliot will be reintroducing community-based summer productions to the campus with the play Two Rooms, a drama by Lee Blessing. As of Thursday, April 25, auditions for the roles are still taking place. Monologues are welcome, but materials for readings are available through Tony Elliot. All the roles are open and even though this is a community production rather than a student one, students are encouraged to try out. Auditions will be taking place at the Studio Theater/Penn State-Behrend from 7-9 pm. All of the roles arc still open. The roles available arc Michael Wells, a hostage and an educator; Lainie Wells, Michael's wife, an educator; Walker Harris, a newspaper reporter; and Ellen Van Oss, a representative of the State Department. Two Rooms will be running at the Studio Theater June 6,7, 8, 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 8:00 pm and June 16 & 23 at 2:30 pm. If you have any questions or would like to obtain scripts and audition materials, contact Tony Elliot at 898-6279. Page 5
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