THE BEHREND BEACON
Rock flourishes with change of season
by Doug Smith
staff writer
The new music releases for the next
two weeks seem to he headlined by
well-known rockers. Creed, Live, and
Our Lady Peace are set to cash in on
their respective new releases. We
have just entered the last autumn of
the millennium and hard rocking mu
sic is hot and set to climb the charts.
Creed and Live have already shown
their prominence on college cam
puses, and Our Lady Peace hopes to
make the same impact.
Creed's sophomore album is en
titled 11111111 in Clay. This four-man
band looks to continue their success
A cue for all your good times
by Katie Przep3szny
stall writer
Still trying to find those hot spots
in Erie? Here's another suggestion
for you. At 3866 Peach Street sits
Gold Crown Billiards, a cue for all
of your good fillies!
Several years ago. the very same
brick building sat vacant on the cor
ner. In 1978. Erie's own Paul
Schofield decided to change that.
Schofield was in fact a pool-player
himself before Gold Crown's days. In
his entrepreneurial spirit, he did what
came naturally to him. In December
of '7B, he opened Gold Crown's doors
so the public could join in his hobby.
His business has been booming ever
At a time when billiards was a se
rious sport mainly for men, Gold
Crown took a challenge. To give Erie
a fresh look and new edge in the
business. Schofield opened a
billiard hall with 2() tables. inviting
all of Erie's community men. women.
young. and old. And this is precisely
%%here you come in!
With schoo) well under vun, ‘Ve are
already in the midst of fall. N'Vh, , not
relieve your stress and visit Gold
Crimn on these cool. hreetv days.
If you need a midday break to get
away. Gold Crov.n offers reduced
rates for the single day time player
(who ever said being single doesn't
have its benefits?).
Otherwise, the starting rate alter
6:00 p.m. for a single player is $6.40
an hour. But, he Sure to bring all the
friends S on can because with each
additional person, the price decreases.
Also of interest, particularly to
college students, there is no cover
For Love o
by Deanna Symoski
features editor
Sure, we can identify. You wake
up hung over and you're already late
for practice. You look around and
realize the girl you got drunk waiting
for never did show up--and no, there
are not any messages. Then the
owner of the team you've played for
more than half your life drops by to
tell you he's sold it and the new guys'?
Well, they think you're too old to play
and they want to trade you, but you
don't want to go. And, to top it all
off, said girl finally calls to tell you
she's moving to London because af
ter all these years, she realizes you
don't need her. Yeah, it's gonna he a
long day.
It's gonna he a long movie, too.
Over the years. baseball flicks have
been very good to Kevin Costner, so
when the script for For Lore of, the
Game came along. I'm sure it looked
like a home run. Unfortunately, it
turned out to he a no-hitter instead.
Costner stars as Billy Chapel, a
middle-aged pitcher for the Detroit
Tigers whose magnificent career is
matched only hy--yep, you guessed
love of the game. He's the
heart and soul of the team, the one
with dogged loyalty and old-world
class. But when the team is sold, he
from their debut album My Own
Prison. The first release went triple
platinum and is still a constant in
many stereos on campus around the
nation. The hints of Pearl Jam and
Sound Garden are still present on the
new release, and they seem to he even
more addictive than on the first re
lease. Human Clay is an undeniable
sign of maturity for this young hand.
The new album was recorded just
outside of Tallahassee with producer
John Kurzweg. The new songs deal
ith many topics: aging and grow
ing old are dealt NA ith in "Never Die
and "Young Grow Old:" conscience.
betrayal, and dreams of the perfect
world are also discussed: the first
the size ol the hall. This will provide
future opportunities to bring in new
lorms of entertainment, not to men
Lion room to start a new line gifts
\N hi le wu're on the lookout
tor these changes, don't I orget to
must make the decision of a lifetime:
he traded or retire. And as he begins
to pitch what could very well be the
last game of his lung career, Chapel
starts to think it over.
It took me exactly eighteen ni.in
utes to realize the film was going to
he a series of flashbacks from the
mound as Chapel pitches inning af
ter inning in Yankee Stadium. And
since we know his passion for the
baseball (made mind-numbingly
clear as the opening credits roll over
scratchy home movies of a young
Chapel and father playing catch), you
would think that those flashbacks
would have SOMETHING to do with
the game. However, it took me ex
actly nineteen minutes to realize this
was actually a love story disguised
as baseball just so everyone will go
see it.
Kelly Preston plays Jane, Chapel's
girlfriend who spends most of the
film grimacing because she knows
she'll never he as important as the
game. Her character is penned so su
perficially, writer Dana Stevens goes
so far as to make her a beauty maga
zinc columnist. We're supposed to
think she's scarred from previous re
lationships, but aside from a daugh
ter who comes out of nowhere half
way through the film, there really
isn't any evidence that Jane has a life
FEATURES
single. - Higher, - is the track dream
ing about the perfect ss orld. Fans of
the first album will not he disap
pointed. The hand continues to rock
and this album will not he a sopho
more disappointment. Check out
creediter.com for more.
Live, from York. PA. is set to co
back to their hard rock was s. getting
assay from the textured sound of their
last release, Secret .S . (l/1110//i. Lead
singer Ed Kosvalctyk says of the new
album. Di.stance to I terc."lt is a mes
sage of lose and peace and unity for
the new millennium. A I SO-degree
turn from our last album in its urgency
and intensity. - This simply means it
rocks harder. Sonic of the songs \Acre
chea. out And's Pub nryt door, also
ov% in part, Gold Clown innu
~ atOr Paul SL . hol
So. ‘ l / 4 1ictlicr ;ui ,uptiteur Or
future pr() ;111d ()1.1 hit\ C sollle
) our Imiltk. nut go play
the Game is no-hitte
Since the title of the film is not For
the Love of Some Flighty Chick who
Never Smile.s, someone somewhere
along the way realited baseball was
to be the essence of this movie. How
ever, they would have done well to
remember that.
Costner shines as he sites up hat
ters, repeatedly testing himself with
each struggling pitch. The camara
derie between himself and the other
players, especially his pitcher played
by the scruffy John C. Reilly, is ad
mirable. And as he stares into the
last inning of what may become a
perfect game, excitement brims
within all of us because we are watch
ing the perfect couple—Costner and
baseball.
But For Lore of the Game assumes
that the only kind of love story any
one wants to see is between two droll
actors, so the full potential of story
about a man whose passion drives him
is never fully realized. It would have
been a nice change for a movie to
expect more from its audience than a
desire for deadpan monotony. How
ever, Far Love of the Gwne tries to
he a hit that looks more like an error.
Final score: keep Costner, trade
Preston.
OCTOBER 1, 1999
'99 ;And June's
un eiled ill Woodstock
Tibetan Freedom C'oncert. The first
single is - The Dolphins Cr''y. I.i\c
NAcnt into the studio k\ith 50 songs and
whittled it down to 14 for the album.
These 14 ‘is ill ,atisl the rock urge in
site for the hand
Our Lady Peace is trying to make
it big on the campus scene in America
as they ha% e in Canada.
Happinevs . .../A not a Fish You Ca,/
Catch is the \ erhosek , titled folio \\ -
tip to 1997's Chr/11\y. The nev, album
song , : recorded in Toronto
and produced by long time collabo
rator Arnold Lanni. The new single.
- One Man Arm \ ," aceordilq; to lead
Icw rounds (it poor' 13ut, in case
thou;4ht crow w etc strictl, tor
I - kw:ilk. think ae tin. It', time you try
On your own. and check out Frie's
Gold Crown 13dliards!
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Kevin Costner stars as Billy Chapel, the fading star of the Detroit Tigers in For Love of the Game
Life in the Love Cage: Long
distance relationships at Behrend
The trials of going off to college
are plentiful and overwhelming.
Has ing to leave home. wiping away
teals. saving good-hy e. and exchang
ing addresses are only part of the te
dious process. At some point, we all
had to leave the familiar behind.
sometimes making life miserable.
But. college may become inore dil
-1 icult for those who :mist handle the
pressure of a long-distance relation
ship. All oYer campus, there arc
those sad and hitter individuals who
are hesitant to speak of their distant
romances. Here's the scenario: you
start a relationship at home, and be
fore y Olt 1,11 M% it, vuu're going half
yy ay across the globe tor 45 minutes
awayl for college. Dating vows are
exchanged. And you're off ...
On one hand. \Ye have the famous
cliche: "Distance makes the heart
grow fonder. - In this situation. some
relationships has e grown unbeliev
ably stronger. This v, as the case for
Mande/ Thomas. 03 MIS, whose
girlfriend is in North Carolina. Go
ing of I' to college forced him to deal
ith the distance. hut he says it
makes the times that they have to
gether eY en more special. They have
been together for 17 months now, and
12 of those months have been dis
tant. Jen Primerano. ()I COMM.
also say s she feels stronger about her
distant hoy friend. who liscs in Oil
City. PA. Despite the distance.
though. she manages to see him cv
ery weekend.
On the other hand another cliche
szt,s, - Out (t 1 sight, out of mind. - In
singer Raine Nlaida. is "about a
struggle for indk idualit),...about find
ing the courage to strip naked and set
tiro to all our inhibitions." Thi s val
iant effort should he widely accepted.
Ourlui/vjo OM IS the official site
or the hand.
A couple nev, releases not follow
ing the rock music mold and a little
sketchy in quality come from Paula
Cole and Redinan and Nlethod Man,
respectively. Paula Cole recently re
corded Amen over three months in
Nev, York. She got help from Tionne
- •1'-13o/ - \Valkins from TLC. and from
DJ Premier, who provided heats for
Cole's forii into rap, "Ith thin of
hie. - Method Man and Redman will
by Rehab Elzeney
NAriter
release America :c Most
- years of discussion and planning.
It was produced 1) . , ITI\11)'s Eric
Sermon and Wu-Tang's IZ/A. Th
first single is 'Tear it OIL also limn
on the In Too Deep Soundirdck. Ili
album contains 16 tracks, includin
three bonus tracks - two 01 NA hic
come off the artists' respective previ
Otis albums. Both of these release
are less than desired hut can becom
an acquired taste for long time fans
The remainder of the fall is set k
explode with morn rock albums Iron
Stone Temple Pilots. Bush. and lag
Against the Machine. and \\
anticipated rap releases from .lax
MIX. and DJ Clue.
this case, entrapment in this love cage
begins to feel like an extra burden.
This isn't necessarily the case for all
people, hut difficulties are definitely
a part of long-distance relationships.
One or the hardships mentioned \s as
the phone problem: try i to pad lot
those shocking phone hills and Hy
ing to find time to talk are challenges.
Phone calls ranged Irons ;in how e\ -
eryday, to every other day for 20
minutes. When asked him her rela
tionship has made college mole dif
ficult for her. Kim Stokes, Ac-
Counting, sa)s. rain go k )11
girlie-rampages where )oti t u ou
and Hirt with all the N. - It jus
makes her miss her Iv\ riend in In
liana. PA even n o se. James Sheen
0 I Business, responded to the ..unL
question hv saving it is diiiieult
ing to keep my mind kill her - Ile
left his girlfriend in Nev,, Nlcmco
In most cases. a little regret ,uh.
douht have crept into these people'
minds. Bev. its a well-kno‘+ hie
that college is a period in our
try out new, bold, and ilarin,z 111111 . !4',
People Who are tied dm\ it - in a icla
tionship intt fuel like thc) arc ntiss
'mg out on thine'. But, chi los
ink to he in a long-distance rontanc
is an extremely nzcl)u dek:i
sion. - Mandel Thomas added. "I
mo people Luc Nill)11;: 'den
enough to together. then it \\il
No matter \Altai the distance nay
he. the general consensus V.ith these
lovebirds is that long-distance !cid
tionships are demanding, hut \\ ell
worth it. Sta \ tuned or their COM
ments three `ears from m n
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