4 Monday, February 22,1999 Sugar Ray gets a bit sweeter By Brad Moist Staff Writer Everyone is guaranteed their 15 minutes of fame sometime throughout their life. Some people look forward to it and others don’t really give a crap. And in a music industry where one hit wonders are produced faster than a McDonalds Big Mac it’s no wonder why we don’t see many bands stay around very long. Enter Sugar Ray. Their first album, Lemonade and Brownies, sold 300,000 copies, dismal by industry standards. So when the band went back into the studio again, they were granted very little recording expenses. The result was their second album Floored, recorded in an old crack house. The payback for the record labels distant attitude was smash hit “Fly.” Different from their hard-core punk sound of their previous album, “Fly” became the summer anthem of 1997. So how does a band come back with an album that will be better than the album that gave them a one hit wonder name? How do they show they are more than a one hit wonder? They simply record a new album titled 14:59. The reason for the title is to show the public that Sugar Ray has yet to reach their 15 minutes of fame, and are far better than just a one hit wonder. WPSH’s Top 10 albums of 1998 1. Korn -Follow The Leader - Epic 2. dc Talk - Supernatural - Virgin 3. MxPx - Slowly Going The Wav Of The Buffalo - A&M 4. Thumb - Exposure - Vic tory 5. Beastie Boys - Hello Nash - Grand Royal 6. Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl - Warner Bros. 7. Orgy - Candyass - Reprise 8. Slick Shoes - Burnout - Tooth&Nail 9. Devoted Molded - self titled - independent 10. Ghoti Hook - Songs We Didn’t Write - Tooth&Nail with "Every Morning" ENT The new album has already produced one hit, “Every Morning” and more are sure to follow. The band has finally found a sound that works for them. Mixing songs that are very reminiscent of the acoustic reggae sound of “Fly” with songs that are very pop-punk, Sugar Ray has one of the best complete follow-up albums to grace the airwaves. One listen and it will take over your mind and inhabit your brain cells. If you love “Every Morning” then you need to buy this album. It is rare that a band can grasp a sound and produce it well over 11 have the same flavor as “Fly” and “Every Morning” but they don’t mirror them. Then there are the pop punk songs of “Falls Apart” and “Personal Space Invader,” not to mention the great Steve Miller cover of “Abracadabra.” The album flows from acoustic reggae to pop punk while talking about broken hearts, memories of the past and desires of the heart. If you thought Sugar Ray had already gotten their 15 minutes of fame and were just a one hit wonder, you are dead wrong! 14:59 is a complete album, something that is extremely rare in the music industry. So go buy an album that will gamer many hits this millennium countdown year. WPSH’s 10 Most Anticipated Albums of 1999 1. Rage Against The Machine 2. Nine Inch Nails 3. Limp Bizkit 4. Fanmail 5. Sick Of It All 6. Deftones 7. Devoted Molded 8. Cranberries 9. Misfits 10. Bush WPSI-I is looking for DJ’s If you are interested call 948-63% songs. Other songs like “Someday,” “Ode To The Lonely Hearted” and lan McLaughlin's 1998 first-place photograph entitled "Memory Babe" “Even Though” Tarnhelm exposes arts “The work comes in anonymously,” co editor Kim Glass explains. “Only Cindy Leach in the Humanities department knows whose work it is. Once the work is coded by Cindy, it is discussed in a group by the staff, and given a rating from 1-5. 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It gives them an opportunity to say, I did this, and to see how good I fare against my peers.” Various faculty members give their exper tise and guidelines for submitted work. Once Ambassadors stand on front line of PSH public relations Continued from page 8 “They want to know how the food is or what the housing is like and the Lion Am bassadors help in answering these questions,” Davis said. Besides recruiting, ushering, hosting and welcoming, club members also dedicate a the work is chosen, someone outside of PSH judges the work for first- and second-place cash prizes in each category. A reception is held after the Tarnhelm is published, where the judged work is.often presented by its cre ator. According to Harris, “The diverse staff al lows people to explain something stylistically unique that others may not have seen. We do not want to be the end all, be all of the work. The work is chosen based on the best given to us in the space we have to work with. Last year we had 200 submissions, and only one quarter of those submitted made it. Not ev eryone agrees, but it makes the whole thing fun to do.” All faculty, staff and students (undergrad and graduate) are encouraged to submit their work. Guidelines for submission are located at the circulation desk in the Library, and in the Humanities office W 356. portion of their time to community service. They visit nursing homes and different pedi atric wards at local hospitals, where their smiling faces cheer both elderly and children alike. If you would like to share your Penn State pride serving the college and the community, then join the Lion Ambassadors. “We are looking for dedicated individuals who feel positive about this college. We want students who are willing to participate,” Finnefrock said. If you are interested, e-mail Diane Finnefrock at diane-finnefrock@juno.com or call Laura Davis at 948-6715. j I •g
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