Local businesses, tenants order cars to be towed
By ANDREA SANTER
Collegian Staff Writer
Throughout State College, towing
signs suggest that local stores are
closely monitoring where people
park. However, the actual number
of stores that hover over their lots
waiting to kidnap someone’s car, is
a lot less than the signs suggest.
At CVS, 138 E. Beaver Ave.,
employees keep a check on cars in
their spaces by writing down what
cars are in the lot whenever they
have time to check, said Mike
Kraus, a CVS employee. If a car is
parked for a long time they will
write a warning and put it on the
car, as well as take down the
license plate number and make of
the car. If it happens more than
once, the car will be towed, he said.
When businesses need cars
towed, they usually rely on Walks
Soundtracks focus more on fringe elements of rock and roll
By GARY KOLTOOKIAN
Collegian Arts Writer
Many current movie soundtracks are employ
ing the talents of obscure bands, rather than
popular mainstream bands.
The soundtracks to Clueless and Angus both
feature songs by little-known artists such as
Smoking Popes, while the Kids soundtrack cen
ters exclusively around Lou Barlow’s side pro
ject Folk Implosion.
New soundtracks bear little resemblance to
past ones. Popular soundtracks from the mid
1980s such as Beverly Hills Cop featured songs
from well-established musicians. Eddie Murphy
pursued criminals to Glenn Frey’s “The Heat is
On,” while the Pointer Sisters performed their
soulful “Neutron Dance.” enriching the action
with the Motown sound.
But on current soundtracks, the artists are
often new to the mainstream music scene.
Newer bands don’t have the same reputation as
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nis Towing, 117 Cherry Lane, to
remove illegally parked cars. Both
towing companies charge $5O to
$6O to tow.
Cathy Tennis of Tennis Towing,
said the fee is regulated by the
State College Borough.
Police are usually not called to
handle illegally parked cars. Offi
cer Joe Zaffuto of the State College
Police Department, said certain
towing companies are authorized
under the borough to handle tow
ings.
“The police only get called when
a vehicle is abandoned or someone
can’t get into their driveway
because a car is blocking it,” he
said.
For Central Bank, 116 E. College
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more established acts, but newer soundtracks
seem to be taking a chance on them.
“It’s definitely good exposure for the bands,
especially if the movie hits it big,” said Tim
Mayhew, an employee at Vibes Records, 226 E.
College Ave. “No-name bands add to the movie
because you don’t tend to associate (the movie)
with the radio.”
The Kids soundtrack features music that is
more atmospheric than all-out rock. Songs like
“Nothing Gonna Stop” and “Simean Groove”
offer an eerie glimpse of teenage angst through
the use of seductive beats, soft vocals, and
infectious rhythm. Standing together as a
whole, the songs form a strong base on which to
construct a film about adolescence.
Upon leaving a showing of Kids, Mike New
man (senior-landscape architecture) wasn’t
totally convinced of the music’s relevance. “At
some points I wondered if it was authentic for
the scenario.”
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said at night the bank’s parking
spaces need to be vacant so the
ATM trucks have places to park.
Central Bank also tows when a cus
tomer complains they have not
been able to find a free space.
And for downtown apartment
complexes like Hetzel Plaza and
Penn Towers, tenants are in charge
of monitoring their own parking
spaces during football weekends.
Trudi Wagner, rental consultant
for Associated Reality Property
Management, said tenants have an
agreement which allows for tow
ing.
“Tenants just show this agree
ment to a tow company and then
they can have the car in their space
towed,” Wagner said.
Wagner said she feels that the
lease works well because tenants
can handle things themselves and
it saves them time trying to get a
hold of someone without having to
wait until office hours.
Although many students’ main
form of transportation is their legs,
some who do have cars find park
ing and towing a big problem.
Jen Smith (senior-human devel
opment and family studies) said
she feels the problem is the lack of
available parking spaces down
town.
“I was towed and it cost me $6O
to get my car back,” she said.
Whether a car is ticketed or
towed, Michael Albright, manager'
of Woodrings Floral Gardens, 145
S. Allen Street, said he feels the
lack of parking downtown keeps
customers away.
“Many of my customers have
expressed that there are not
enough places for them to park,”
he said.
like its name. The flavor of the album is hard
core industrial rock, led at the helm by
KMFDM. Songs such as “Burn” and “Juke Joint
Jezebel” feature lyrics totally unrelated to the
film.
“The soundtrack was half the movie because
all they did was fight,” Russgll Jones, an
employee at the State Theatre, 128 W. College
Ave. “I thought the movie was a big ad.”
Enjoying the success of the Mortal Kombat
soundtrack, TVT Records maintains that the
music is just right for the film.
“It’s kind of obvious,” said Susan Reyes, a
spokesperson for TVT. “You wouldn’t put coun
try on the Mortal Kombat soundtrack.”
Sean McDonnell, (senior-English), an employ
ee at Blue Train Compact Disc, 418 E. College
Ave., said otherwise.
“It’s a Nine Inch Nails spinoff. They’re just
trying to promote bands with a similar sound.
It’s just violent music for a violent movie,” he
said.
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