2nd street offers weekend fun for the over 21 crowd
By MATTHEW McCOMAS
Columnist
MDM337@PSU.EDU
Restaurant Row, located on 2 nd
Street, is downtown Harrisburg’s
hot spot for nightlife activities.
You can walk up and down the
street looking to your left and right
and nothing but bars will be in
your view. Friday and Saturday
nights are the time to have fun
and if you plan out your bar tour
correctly you will have money left
in your wallet the next morning.
There are several bars you need
to check out before leaving “The
Burg.” Our first stop is Molly
Brannigans, which is the first
of two Irish pubs we will be
drinking at. Between five and
seven, Molly’s offers half-priced
drinks, so mix it up a little and
try something new. Later in the
evening a DJ spins your favorite
tunes all night so be sure to bring
your dancing shoes.
Right next to Molly’s is Bourbon
Street. Here you can enjoy $2
drafts anytime of day. Outside
of the typical Bud Light and
Miller Lite, Bourbon offers Magic
Hat Number 9 and Blue Moon.
Occasionally bands will perform live
and get the place hopping. If you’re
in the mood to play some beer pong,
this is the place to go. Games will be
going on all night so stop by and try
your luck against Harrisburg’s best.
Staying on the same side of the
street, Fisaga is next on the tour. If
you’re planning on eating, this is the
place to go, but one rule to follow:
go early. Later in the night they clear
out the tables and create a dance
floor. Another bonus, there is outside
seating. You can watch the drunk
people stumble from bar to bar and
enjoy a laugh with your friends.
As we cross the street we will stop
at Tom Sawyer’s Diner. This is the
only fully outdoor bar downtown.
Between the hours of nine and
11, enjoy $1 drafts of Bud Light,
Miller Lite or Yuengling. Also, hear
Radiohead offers free downloads to fans
By DUSTY SIPES
Columnist
dwsso67@psu.edu
By the time you read this article,
a revolution may have already
happened. On Oct. 10, Radiohead’s
new album “In Rainbows” will
have been available online for a
remarkable price: whatever you’re
willing to pay.
This innovative idea may set a new
standard in the way we buy music.
Radiohead has a dedicated Web site
where you can punch in your credit
card number, type in how much you’re
willing to pay and immediately you
have access to “temporarily online
only” download. If want to offer $ 10,
great. If you only want to pony up
21 cents, that’s fine too. For all the
remaining pirates out there, the band
has decriminalized your actions, as
you have the option of downloading
it for free.
There is a 45 cent processing fee
for all credit card orders, yet no fee
applies if you decide to download it
for free. In addition to the free online
download, the band is offering a
deluxe package boxed-set containing
two vinyl records, a CD album, a
bonus CD with additional material,
as well as digital photographs and
artwork. The box set will be released
Dec. 10, and will boast an $BO price
tag.
The concept behind this release has
been my water cooler conversation
for over a week now.
The general consensus I’ve received
is lukewarm. Many people feel it is
a great idea from a consumer point
of view, but foolish on the band’s
end. Trusting fans to be honest is
a risk they themselves would not
take, so they question Radiohead’s
rationalism.
Even though many bands make a
substantial amount of money through
touring, many agree they would like a
decent cut of profit from records sales.
Consider this: The band produced
the album themselves resulting in
the sounds of live music as bands
perform earlier in the night around
the time drink specials are in affect.
So there’s your
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you a shot.
Four bars down and only two more
to go for us tonight. We’re now
standing in front of the “famous”
Hardware Bar. Cover price is usually
the issue most people have with this
place. There are three options here.
One, Get there between eight and ten
and only pay $2. Two, find someone
who has a pass to get 25 people in
for free. Three, my personal favorite,
sweet-talk the ladies working the
door and get into the V.I.P entrance.
Once your inside, if it’s before 10,
enjoy $1 drafts or well drinks. Slam
them down and get your money’s
worth. If you have a few minutes
to spare, enjoy the girls dancing on
the bar for a few songs. By 10:30 or
so one of the best bands in the area
should be ready to go on stage. From
that point on you and your crew can
rock it out all night long.
If you walk out of the Hardware
Bar, be sure and get your hand
minimum
production
costs
generally
associated
with major
studios. Even
though we
walk into a
record store
and cough up
$2O for the
latest release,
in truth, the
artist will see
an average
of $2 to $3
on the sale.
The rest of
the money
goes to the
executives
of the record
labels the
bands are Radiohead's website,
attached to. loads.
With this new
model in mind, one person can pay
$lO for a copy, which will yield the
profit of two if it were to be purchased
in a record store.
The next question that comes to
mind is if this does work, whom will
it work for?
It’s hard to imagine an overwhelming
jackpot for underground and
emerging acts, but could this venture
be successful for mainstream artists
such as Kanye West or Bruce
Springsteen? Legal online downloads
on iTunes have surpassed 2 billion,
continuing a steady climb in legally
downloaded music. The concept of
picking and choosing the songs you
want at an affordable price seems to
maintain repeat customers as well as
attain new ones. But if we can
eliminate the middleman and give a
larger share to the artists themselves,
would this continue the rising trend
of legally downloadable music?
In years past, making a record wasn’t
cheap. As a band you generally
signed with a major record label,
stamped, and take a left you will
come across another Irish pub,
Ceolta’s. From nine to 11 $2 tall
drafts can be enjoyed between 9pm and 1 1 pm
inrainbows.com lets you decide how much you want to pay for their down-
which would bind you for several
albums by giving you a large check
to cover the outrageous costs of a
studio rental, where you would cut
your new album.
Not only did they front you the
money for the album, they also wrote
another large check to pay for the
advertising and promotion of your
new album (which you were also
responsible for).
After you’ve spent every penny they
gave to you, you
were immediately responsible for
paying it back once the album was
released.
You never saw a dime from royalties
THE CAPITAL TIMES
drafts can be enjoyed at this bar.
Ceolta’s has also been gaining
popularity because of the live music
factor, which is now
present at the pub. There
are places to sit, if you
get there early, which
comes in handy when big
games are on TV. This
ar provides you some of
le nicest screens on 2 nd
ireet.
If you hit all these bars
, like I frequently do
. the weekend, be sure
you have transportation
for the ride home.
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Penn Central Taxi
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until you paid your tab with the record
label.
Those days are gone now. The
day of expensive studios is a dying
trend. With increases in technology,
you can buy an Apple Computer
and Pro Tools (the industry standard
recording technology) to record your
album for under a few grand in a
home studio. You can then advertise
yourself with various online sources
like Myspace among others. Paying
less for music and being assured it is
going directly to the artist makes it
easier to part with your money. If you
really want a revolution, start one. If
not, just follow a really good one.
October 15, 2007
jthis is the album for you. I give
it three stars because some of the
lyrics are really empowering and
real
the new Brooks & Dunn Album
titled, Cowboy Town. For all of
you country folk, I’m sure that
you will be able to relate to the
opening song “Cowboy Town”.
It explains country life, morals,
and all the good ole’ country
things that the city folk are
missing out on.
“Cowgirls Don’t Cry” is a track
that any true country girl can
appreciate. The lyrics tell a story
of what cowgirls are really made
of and would make any country
girl proud to be a cowgirl.
If your trying to find something
to do with that bottle of tequila
that’s hanging out on top of your
refrigerator you can listen to the
next song titled “Tequila”. It is
an upbeat track on the album that
makes everyone want to grab a
shot and get a “great big buzz in
a little bitty glass.” The album
slows down with a sweet track
titled “Drunk On Love”. The
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lyrics may be so sweet that you
get a toothache, but I am sure
that their intention was good.
The beat has a southern swagger
: to it and the vocals have the sexy
southern twang to make a girl’s
heart melt.
The album comes to a soothing
conclusion with the song “God
Must Be Busy”. They talk of the
'tragedies that have happened
in America and how we still
manage to pull through. It is a
strong song with lyrics that could
not have stronger meaning.
Cowboy Town is a strong album
with deep lyrics and soothing
beats. I am not going to give this
album a rating however. I am
not the biggest country music
fan and to give a rating would be
unfair. So if you enjoy country,
get on Ruckus.com and give it
your own rating.
By ARIEL O'MALLEY
Gotunwitt
AEOSOffitePSU.EDU
After waiting two years Jennifer
Lopez finally puts out another
English album. The album is
titled Brave and was released on
October 9, 2007.
The album has a theme of
strength. It starts off with a song
titled, “Stay Together” in which
she makes a valid point of how
people need to grow up and
learn to push others’ opinions
aside. The song has a traditional
J Lo feeling to it and the lyrics
are real. The next few tracks
are slow moving but the album
picks up the pace with the song
l“Do It Well”. It has a catchy
beat and the lyrics are simple
and to the point. She moves on
to other tracks that are pretty
empowering. “Mile In These
Shoes” is an upbeat song that
is sure to give women an extra
bounce in their step and a boost
of confidence.
In the song “Be Mine”, J. Lo
opens up and explains how she
feels a relationship should start
and the qualities her man should
have. However by this time
many of the songs start to sound
the same because the beat behind
them is all is quite similar.
There is not a whole lot of
variation in the key the songs are
done in and the beats are all very
close. Secondly I think she may
have set a record for the number
of times an artist can say the
word love on one album. If your
looking for sappy love music,
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