~The Lion’s Eye ped 13,2010 On Entcrtainoncnat. [ DEAR BLU... Dear Blu, his is my first semester at Penn State Brandy- ine and just wanted to say that I'm having the best time. When | was in high school I really didn’t have many friends and was considered a nerd. Here on campus | have more friends then | can keep track of, and people love me for be- ing intelligent. Here | have more than school friends | have family for life. I'm not sure if this is something that you would post in your col- umn, bat | hope you do! Dear PSU Proud, ldated with you further success! _ Penn State Piha Thank you so much for sharing some of your experience with me. I'm so happy that you've found a place you can call “home.” Also this column is not just about advice, it’s also about expression and being heard...so please feel free to write me back at anytime and keep me up- Best of luck with the rest of your semester. Live life and don’t let it pass you by... ~your family Blu SUBLIME’S U40Q0z. TO FREEDOM By Caitlin Olszewski Lions Eye Entertainment Editor - c005024@psu.edu to this album for lime. It’s a lot of ska, a little bit of reggae, and a sprinkling of dub and even some hip-hop. : "High- lights on the album show- case the band’s versatility through their Spanglish songs and Need some advice? Ask Blu by e-mailing your questions/comments. to - lionseye@psy): edu Brad Nowell’s early crooning and rapping. All tracks of this album are Image courtesy of last.fim.com various usages of different instrumen- tals. The band even pays homage to the Grateful Dead through their dub- ~ inspired cover of Scarlet Begonias. Let’s Go Get Stoned is the most reggae- inspired song on the album as the band uses thick bass riffs and steel drums throughout the song to complement With the temperature rising and insanely catchy with made many of the beach weather moving closer, most of the musically unpretentious youth turns songs to have popular radio play and the like. Chica Me Tipo brings in horns and other ska-based inspiration. In beats. 1992, 40 oz. to Lo § EL | pie i Overall the Freedom was album is the the first album perfect supple- released by the ment to relaxing SoCal band Sub- summer days and can provide the perfect back- ground music to your beach time. The mixture of reggae and dub perfectly capti- vate the general ambience of the 90’s California music scene. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who could have avoided hearing Sublime since their mainstream popularity in ’95 or ’95 but if you haven't, I highly recommend it. If you want to listen to some new Sublime don’t fret. Following lead singer Nowell’s death remaining members have recently teamed up with later Rome Ramirez and currently perform under the name Sublime with Rome. Thimblgs & Threads ~ “Um.” Where arg your clothes?” By Cait Hazinsky — Lions Eye Staff Writer- ceh5240@psu.edu For those of you who loved the Disney ani- mated films as a child should most definitely look into the new Alice in Wonderland movie, especially those of you who are interested in fashion. I will admit that some of the costume designs are a bit over the top and wacky, but I found myself wanting to see more of Alice’s wardrobe when the movie was over. There was not one single fashion trend right now that Tim Burton’s crew left out, which I must say helped a little. Colleen Atwood has outdone herself with her designs in this movie. She has certainly set the “bar for fashion designers around the world to mimic. As we can all remember, the Disney’s animated ver- sion of Alice was a cute, innocent little girl clothed in a blue dress with a white pinafore (known as an apron like piece of clothing in Britain) overtop with the infamous black headband in her hair—well, with ‘the help of Lewis Carroll’s story, Alice can say adios to that dreadful pinafore and childish headband and say hello to high fashion! This new and improved version of Alice is intense and tons more edgy being clothed in asym- metrical garments being held together by ribbons and wearing a full length suit of armor. Some of this outrageously divine wardrobe Atwood so cleverly put together gathered inspiration from the runway shows being held in Paris—no wonder everything Mia Wasikowska put on fashion designers and critics alike loved! ‘Plsney AliCE ATANEIEY), INAMeZNG 3D 3/5/10 Alice loses her clothes in many ways throughout the new Tim Burton fantsy film. (photo courtesy of iconvsicon.com) “about for another century and the styles should be One reason designers are going crazy for Al- ice in Wonderland’s wardrobe is just that—it’s crazy! Alice goes from wearing a formal dress to a party; to wearing what I presume could have been the under- garments of her dress, to a fashionably chic dress the Mad Hatter makes her, to an Indian-style pantsuit, then finally to the suit of armor—only in Wonderland. This all correlates perfectly to our popular culture era according to Avril Graham, who is the executive fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar. Wende Zomnir, the creative director and founding partner of Urban Decay, this whole prominent idea of making Alice much edgier translates amazingly onto the runway. She stated in an article featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer “we want you to explore the dangerous side of yourself...” With all the different fashion icons in this movie, Alice’s wardrobe being the most prevalent one, it came as no surprise when the fashion world began buzzing about this otherworldly film. With a mixture of Lewis Carroll’s risk taking version of Al- ice, Tim Burton’s quirkiness, and Colleen Atwood’s inspired costume designing, this movie will be talked “relevant years from now.” So, to re-iterate, Alice in Wonderland is not only a carefree and entertaining flick, but for those of you interested in fashion, it is - extremely rich in fun ideas! Enjoy.
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