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Ceann performed for the Penn State Behrend crowd in
Bruno's cafe Saturday night. At the Ceann event were a couple
from Canada and even a group of young adults not affiliated
with Penn State. The Irish-American band focused on their ori
gins. at one point singing "Pittsburgh Makes Me Drunk." as well
as, songs about Vikings. Pirates, Canadians. Scottish, and vari
ous other subjects involving beer and the color green. Mix all
these topics together and you get Ceann. in all its shining, hu
morous glory. Not only did Ceann belt out ballads about the
Irish, but they also sang songs about how being .. Pretty on the
Inside" is better than being not pretty at all. One of the songs
played was titled "Crust Filled Nation. - It detailed the negatives
of a hangover after an alcohol-filled night. Another song. titled
"Green Beer" described the rare occasion of drinking green beer
on St. Patrick's Day.
Not all of the songs fell along the topic of drinking. The first
song played at the performance was "Blame the Viking,' a
ridiculous song chronicling the disputes between a man and his
woman. The man claims that he did not leave the car in neutral
which rolled away quickly. Ile said that he did not leave the cof
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"And you blame me: And 1 blame the Viking: And I'm pretty
sure that answer is not to your liking
Ceann continued to entertain with satirical songs. At one
point during the performance. Ceann asked participants to
dance on stage. After a bit of a struggle to bud participants, one
man and two girls agreed to make a spectacle of themselves.
Ceann taught them how to dance to the "Pirate Song." They
used their hands to cover one eve to mimic un eve patch and
their middle fingers to mimic a peg leg. The dance moves con
tinued to become more ridiculous and amusing The participants
were shaking their "booties" on stage and mimicking parrot
chatter. By the end of the performance, the participants fully ex
hausted their self-esteem and stumbled off the stage, laughing
all the way hack to their seats .
The performance was success. as Ceann brought in a crowd
beyond Penn State Behrend's students and fully entertained the
students that did attend. The couple who traveled down from
Canada and wished to remain anonymous stated, "The band,
Ceann. is our favorite band of all time. We enjoy listening to
them all t he time. It was worth the long travel to see this group .
We were hooked the moment we heard their music."
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Music Review: Jabbawackeez and New Kids
On the
B'. Elista Burneisen
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Step by Step, Covergirl, and
You Got it (The Right Stuff)
were just some of the old
school hits blaring from the
Erie Civic Center Sunday night
when the returning original
boy-band New Kids On the
Block made its return to Erie's
block. It was a sea of bright
green leggings, hot pink high
heels, hair scrunchies, and old
and new NKOTB t-shirts of 21-
:15 women reuniting their past
by pre-gaming at the nearby
bars. Once into the Center,
hundreds of screaming fans
were dancing, drunk, and ex
tremely excited to see their
long lost pop music star
crushes. After nearly a decade
and a half, the legendary
Boston native group has made
a comeback to celebrate their
musical legacy with hopes to
strengthen one to a new gener
ation. The musical sensation
performed their new single and
hit song, "Summertime."
Jabhawockeez, the mai
stream dance group who be
came champions of MTV's
America's Best Dance Crew
Season One exactly one year
ago opened for the guys on the
block. On March 26 the crew
performed a twenty-five
minute session in entertaining
chapters. Flipping flairs, in-
This week in comics
Neil James Peters
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1. The Amazing Spider-Man
#588: Concluding both Char
acter Assassination and the
Spider Tracer Killer story arcs,
issue 588 wraps up nearly six
months of adventures in a
twisting crescendo. After a bru
tal loss to the hands of the Men
ace, being shot, and sent to
prison after a conspiracy
framed him for murder, Spider-
Man must overcome impossible
odds to save his friends from
the hands of a raving lunatic
and the city he loves from a cor
rupt politician.
2. Wolverine #7l: Logan's tale
about a horrific alternate future
nears it end. With all the he
roes' dead and villains running
the show, he and the blind
Ilawkeye trek across a demol
ished United States. Attempt
ing to deliver a secret package
to an unknown buyer, the duo
fight of grotesque reincarna
tions of dead heroes and vil
lains alike.
3. Witchblade #125: With the
War of the Witchblades immi
nent, NYPD Detective Sara
Pazzini and dancer Danielle
Baptiste are now set at odds.
Both now command the awe
some power of the witchblades
and their differing opinions in
the legendary weapons use for
good. The rising tension,
brought on by Danielle acci
dentally killing and abusive
boyfriend and making Sara get
rid of the body, leads only the
approaching clash of comic ti
tans.
4. X-Force #l6: Several of the
X-Men's most vile mutant-hat
ing, homo-sapien supremists
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Block rock Erie Civic Center
sane isolations, and stunning
dance moves boggled the
crowd's minds as a "figment of
your imagination." The 10
Jabba's out of Sacramento,
Calif. were probably the main
attraction for most of the
younger audience. Known for
their intricate synchronization
and unique mime and kabuki
styled theatrics, the guys
changed up costumes, used
props, wore afro wigs, and
rocked their notorious white
masks and gloves. The crazy
Jabbawockeez's name comes
from Lewis Carroll's novel,
Through the Looking Glass
where "Alice ponders what the
world is like on the other side
of a mirror (the reflected scene
displayed on its surface), and
to her surprise, is able to pass
through to experience the al
ternate world. There, she dis
covers a book with
looking-glass poetry, 'Jabber
wocky', which she can read
only by holding it up to a mir
ror."
Basically Jabbawockeez
were out of this world this past
weekend and you may have
spotted them carousing Mill
creek. The New Kids: Jordan
Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joey
Mclntyre, Donnie Wahlberg
and Danny Wood said that they
ventured to the local Buffalo
Wild Wings. The Jabbawock
eez were also spotted dancing
have been released by the Puri
fiers. With a strike team lead
by the infamous Leper Queen,
they have systematically
brought chaos to America's
heartland. Wolverine and the
X-Force are the countries only
hope the stop the carnage. But
as the final blow is about to be
struck by the feral Wolverine,
the tables are turned and a fel
low X-Man is lost.
5. Trinity #42: Wonder
Woman, Batman, Superman at
tempt the preserve the universe
as the Dark Trinity war reaches
it's climax. With only the Big
Three left holding the threads
of reality together while Krona
tries the rip them apart, the fate
of existence stands on the edge
of a knife.
6. Superman/Batman #6l:
After being tossed into an Alice
and Wonderland-like version of
the DC earth, the two heroes at
tempt to find away home all
why trying to save as many
lives as possible. Teaming up
with that world's heroes, the
Justice Titans, the Dark Knight
and the Man of Steel fight to
save Gothamopolis.
7. Punisher #6: Norman Os
born has taken control of
S.H.I.E.L.D. and super-villains
run amok all over the globe and
the heroes are powerless to
stop it. However, against all
odds on man has stepped for
ward to bring down the ex-
Green Goblin's reign of
tyranny. That man is none
other than the feared and brutal
Frank Castle. Will he be able
the single handedly fight off an
army of criminals and save the
nation? When you're dealing
the Punisher, anything is possi
ble.
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in the Fox and the Hound Sat
urday.
Freshman Melissa Hickman
thought the show was defi
nitely crazy and the best part
was indeed The Jabhawockeez.
"They were really good and
got me going to watch the New
Kids On the Block.mmShe
said, "I especially liked when
the New Kids moved into the
crowd on a red smoky plat
form. It was sweet to see them
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