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By Zach Baliey
Music Reviewer
zsblos@psu.edu
Record Label: Capital Records
Produced by Paul McCartney
and Nigel Godrich
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Chaos and Creation in
the Backyard marks the
twentieth studio album in Paul
McCartney's thirty-five year
solo career. The album boasts
thirteen new McCartney tracks,
and I was rather pleased to
find that there were a number
of `extras' included with the
album. Chaos and Creation can
either be bought individually
or packaged with a DVD
that includes videos and a
documentary on the maim
of the album. The album
also included one ticket for a
chance to win a Lexus online
and another for a free song
download of a new McCartney
track that wasn't included in the
album.
Chaos and Creation in the
Backyard marks the first pairing
of Paul McCartney with producer
Nigel Godrich. In the past,
Godrich has worked with such
artists as Radiohead, Beck,
and Travis. While this match-up
seems like a rather unlikely one
for McCartney, the results are
truly incredible. Godrich was
able to help give the album a
modern feel without interfering
with the integrity of any of the
songs.
Chaos and Creation is the
closest to a solo attempt
since 'McCartney' that was
Paul McCartney's very first
solo album. McCartney plays
most of the instruments on
Chaos and Creation. Some
of these instruments include
piano, drums, bass, acoustic
and electric guitars, moog,
flugelhorn, tubular bells, and
harmonium.
A few of the other musicians to
appear on the album are Jason
Falkner, Rusty Anderson, Brian
Ray, and Abe Laboriel Jr. The
latter three are members of
McCartney's touring band.
This album has a rather mellow
feeling in general. A number
of the songs are piano based
and include strings. McCartney
also presents mature themes
including loneliness, feeling like
an outsider, and finding a love
that will never end.
'A Fine Line', which is the first
single to be issued from the
album, is one of the few up
tempo tunes on the album. It is
a typical catchy McCartney tune.
'Jenny Wren' features a guitar
arrangement that is reminiscent
of 'Blackbird.' Friends to
Go' is another fun tune that
McCartney claims was inspired
by George Harrison. 'Too Much
Rain' is a song that is bound
to make you smile when you
are feeling down. McCartney
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The new face of Cafe Fresco
By Elizabeth Wingate
Staff Reporter
eawl9lgpsu.edu
Part Alice in Wonderland,
thanks to sumptuously high
backed booths, part urban
sophisticate, the sleek, whimsical
cool of the new Café Fresco on
Second Street raises the bar
(and incidentally, doesn't allow
smoking) for upscale casual
dining in Harrisburg. "We're
starting a trend for downtown,"
said owner Nick Laus, "Healthy
and fresh- everything's got to
be right." Laus, it seems, .is onto
something that won't go out of
style.
"If it looks good, it's going to taste
good," said Laus, who built his
career on a philosophy of quality
and innovation. "I've always loved
food," said the Peruvian-born
restaurateur, whose early days
were spent in the family pizza
shop, Italiah Pizza and Subs on
Derry Street in Harrisburg. After
stints in Ohio, Texas, Philadelphia,
and Florida, the fecund Laus
returned to Harrisburg and began
experimenting with the pizza at
the family business. "12 or 13
years ago, most pizza shops just
offered plain cheese or pepperoni
- vim by -this slice/I- he said. "I
began offering white pizza, taco
pizza, Mediterranean, an array,
and people loved it," said Laus.
Dining trips to big cities
frequently left Laus asking, "Why
don't we have a place like this
in Harrisburg?" His answer was
Café Fresco, the first of which
Laus opened three years ago on
Paxton Street. Initially, the concept
was slow to take off, but word
quickly spread about the palate
pleasing menu of fresh salads,
sandwiches, wraps, pizzas and
Live aid with Live 8
By Brandon Sarzynski
Staff Reporter
sarzl3@vidandsarz.com
On July 2, some of the largest
free concerts in the world took
place at various locations around
the globe. One of these shows
took place in our own backyard.
For one day, the steps of the Art
Museum in Philadelphia were
transformed into a massive stage
graced by many top performers
and surrounded by over a
million people. This was a truly
surreal experience for anyone
in attendance and a historical
moment for the city of brotherly
love.
Organized by Bob Geldof of Pink
Floyd fame, the concerts were
intended to raise awareness for
the G 8 (the Group of Eight nations)
conference. The organizers
hoped to raise more global aid for
Africa. The events that took place
that day were referred to as Live
8, paying homage to the Live AID
concerts of the past. Live 8 is a
part of a much larger campaign,
the ONE campaign.
The ONE campaign's main
purpose is to have one percent
of the U.S. budget go towards
providing basic needs, such as
healthcare, education, clean
food and water, for the poorest
countries of the world. By
organizing large events that draw
more. "We had customers coming
in for lunch from downtown,
and even Lemoyne," said Laus,
who added, "I knew there were
enough people in Harrisburg who
appreciate healthy eating and
value service and quality."
The success of the first Café
Fresco and the blossoming
The downtown Cafe Fresco's sleek, sophisticated interior provides customers with a fresh
and new atmosphere for dining in style.
downtown Haffisburg scene
led Laus to open Café Fresco
Center City, nestled comfortably
along Restaurant Row. Ever the
detail man, Laus and his fiancée,
designer Amy Welsh of Surface
Studios, have created a polished
space of vivid, hand-painted walls
set aglow by blown glass lighting,
woven leather banquettes paired
with clean, art deco chairs, and
an industrial-chic concrete floor.
Dining at Café Fresco can be as
simple or as involved as you wish.
From 7a.m. to 4p.m., patrons
attention to its political movement,
it hopes to spread awareness of
global poverty.
Philadelphia was blessed with
many large acts. Such famous
names performed as Stevie
Wonder, Dave Matthews Band,
Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas,
Jay-Z, Will Smith, Bon Jovi and
many more.
The show started with people
all over the
world, led by
Will Smith,
snapping
their fingers
together
in unison.
The Black
Eyed Peas
then took
stage and
the concert
began. All of
Philadelphia
seemed to
a whole to
the music.
Even if you
weren't close
enough to
actually see
the bands,
you at least had the chance to
see the largest group of people
imaginable, all moving in their
own ways to the music. When it
came down to it, even if you didn't
Philadelphia native Will Smith, center, performs
with DJ Jazzy Jeff during the Live 8 concert.
order at the counter, are given
a number, and selections are
promptly delivered to the table.
A bounty of sandwiches, wraps,
pizza, salads, and burgers are
made to order and range from
$6.95 for a colorful veggie wrap
of ripe avocado, sprouts, tomato
and hummus accompanied by
chips, to $10.95 for a plump,
impossibly breadcrumb-free
jumbo lump crab sandwich on a
Kaiser roll served with fries. Laus'
expertise with pizza is apparent
here; the crusts are just dense
and crisp enough, the cheese
precisely gooey, with generous
toppings, most are in the very
reasonable $5-6 range. Café
Fresco offers a breakfast menu
(served until 11a.m.) of bagels,
croissants, egg wraps, and a full
espresso bar- perfect to grab on
the way to the office, as well as a
like the band, you were caught in
the moment and flowed through
the day. Between bands, many
actors, actresses, and musicians
took the stage to reemphasize
the real reason for the event.
Around mid-afternoon, Will Smith
took the stage and figuratively
set the crowd on fire, setting the
mood for the rest of the evening.
He asked the crowd how many
fans he had in his home town
and Philadelphia replied by going
insane for him. When Smith
decided to call himself the Fresh
Prince and Jazzy Jeff appeared
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kids menu to keep the little ones
happy.
After 4 p.m., diners enjoy table
service and a slightly more
relaxed pace. In addition to
the regular menu, diners may
choose from five dinner entrees
created by Laus' friend and Al-
Mediterraneo chef, Tony Amato.
Photo by Donovan Roberts Witmer
The crab cake Florentine ($l6),
topped with avocado salsa, bean
sprouts, lemon-avocado aioli and
served with foccacia spread with
an earthy tomato sauce, is fresh
and the subtle restraint of the
flavors a delight. Other entrees
are equally pleasing, like the
parpadelle shrimp pasta ($18)
drizzled with a lemon white wine
and black olive sauce. Roasted
bacon and spinach sautéed with
garlic add depth to the ribbons
of pasta, while toasted sesame
seeds offer understated texture.
the theme
song to the Fresh Prince of Bel
Air was utterly amazing.
Other Bands didn't quite live
up to the hype. Dave Matthews
Band, for example played, a lot of
Café Fresco Center City's drink
selections are as well-rounded
as the food. The eatery offers
an array of specialty cocktails
five kinds of mojitos, signature
martinis, frozen and coffee drinks,
as well as red, white, and peach
sangria. Beer is by the bottle only
and includes a good selection of
micro and imported brews. Wina
enthusiasts will be enamored with
Café Fresco's global selections
(chosen by Amato), which include
numerous wines by the glass and
many bottles under $3O. If dinner
calls for celebration, there's
champagne on hand as well ($6-
175).
Café Fresco is downtown
Harrisburg's first smoke-free
bar and restaurant and offers
wireless Internet. "We're not a
fancy place," stressed Laus.
"Flavor-wise, quality-wise we
are, but it's all about taste in a
casual, laid back atmosphere,"
an approach that makes Café
Fresco worth savoring.
Center City Harrisburg
215 North 2nd Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
717-236-2599
Fax: 717-236-7343
Hours: Monday-Saturday- 7am
11pm
Scottsdale Plaza (across from
Harrisburg Mall)
3352 Paxton Street
Harrisburg, PA 17111
717-564-6000
Fax: 717-564-1309
Hours:
6:3oam-9pm
Credit cards: All major
Takeout available
Physically disabled accessible
Hundreds of thousands of spectators wa
the Live 8 concert in front of the Philadel
Art Museum in Philadelphia, Sat., July 2.
behind the
turntables,
everyone
knew what
music from their new album,
true "Dave" fans this was gr(
but to others it was a bit of a
down. Some musicians dk
even really get a chance to shy
Alicia Keys' performance
short and rushed, as she
played one son
was coming
next. The
unimaginable
event of
world, many musically historical
performances took place. In
London, Pink Floyd reunited. Bono
and Paul McCartney performed
a tribute to the Beatles. London
also had performances from The
million
people singing
Monday-Saturday-
Photos courtousy of AP/cbsnews
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