The Daily Collegian Local band to play Roust! By Kevin Sullivan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER State College rock mainstays The Minor White had all but bro ken up this spring, but the group will be playing its first State College show since its recent rec onciliation. The Scranton- and State College-based band will be play ing Roustabout! 10 tonight at The Darkhorse Tavern, 128 E. College Ave., along with locals The Kalob Griffin Band. Last week, the band played its first show in about eight months, guitarist Kyle Wall said. “It was real spur-of-the moment,” Wall said. “I got the call completely out of the blue from Shane, the drummer, asking me if I wanted to play. We got the show booked and practiced the day of.” The band had been playing shows regularly in various cities until this spring, Wall said, but eventually got tired of playing the same songs at every show. Several members of the band are involved in other musical projects, such as And the Moneynotes and Lewis & Clarke. Wall said. Singer and guitarist Roy Wiliams said the band lost momentum because the work the members put into the band didn't CBS cancels daytime drama ‘As the World Turns’ By David Bauder ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER NEW YORK Procter & Gamble, the company responsible for the phrase “soap operas." is out of the daytime drama business after 76 years now that CBS is making “As the World T\irns” stop spinning. The network announced the cancellation on Tuesday, the day the World 110715” broadcast its 13,6615 t episode. Its last episode 4RTS & ENTERTAI The Minor White will perform at The Darkhorse Tavern, 128 E. College Ave., tonight. Some members of the band are involved in other projects as well, such as And the Moneynotes and Lewis & Clarke. necessarily translate to success. "At some point, you just have to admit, 1 love playing music, it makes me feel good, but I’ve driv en to Philly to play s— shows enough times,’ ” Williams said. "That all leads to you losing sight of why you’re doing it. It leads to you asking if its all for your ego or what." From here, the band has left its future wide open, opting to tour and record as it deems necessary instead of pushing itself to always remain active, Williams said. For tonight’s show, the band will play its usual lineup of songs with a few twists in terms of pres entation. Williams, for example, now plays an electric guitar in the band instead of his usual acoustic. "We rearranged everything,” Wall said. “There’s new vocal stuff and different arrangements. There’s definitely a looser, freer- wili air next September, CBS said. offering alternatives like news, It’s the second daytime drama talk, reality and game shows. In CBS has canceled in a year, after tough economic times, paying "Guiding Light.” They were the casts, producers and writers last two produced by a subsidiary proved prohibitive to networks of Procter & Gamble, the company when there were cheaper alterna for which the term “soap operas” tives. was created because it used the The cancellation will leave CBS shows to hawk products like Ivory with only two daytime dramas: soap and Duz laundry detergent. “The Young and the Restless” and Daytime dramas have been fad- “The Bold and Beautiful.” ABC ing as a genre for years with more has three soaps left and NBC one. women joining the work force and Through the years, actors the increased number of channels Meg Ryan, Parker GET THE MOST CAS fOR VOW HOL.DA *HOPP'N© Jl If you go What: The Minor White and TheKalob Griffin Band When: 10 tonight Where: The Darkhorse Tavern, 128 E. College AVe. Details: $5 cover type sound because of the two electric guitars.” The group describes itself as alternative folk and compares its sound to artists such as the Beatles, The Everly Brothers and Sonic Youth. The other band performing, The Kalob Griffin Band, is a local band that mixes singer/song writer styles with alt-country and Americana, Roustabout! promot er Jesse Ruegg said. To e-mail reporter: kjssoB9@psu.edu ENN STATE MANAGED BY BARNES & NOBLE COLLEGE BOOKSELLERS On Cam MAIN STORE KSTORE us In The HUB • 863-0205 MEN! Poetry professor publishes book By Robin Tilley COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER After years of trying to compile his poetry into a cohesive book, Penn State poetry professor James Brasfield said he has final ly hit the right combination. Brasfield’s book of poetry, “Ledger of Crossroads,” was released this month by Louisiana State University Press. The book includes poems that have already been published separately, Brasfield said. “It was a matter of shaping not just a collection of poems, but a very focused book,” he said. Brasfield said “Ledger of Crossroads” is about the inter section of the American South and Eastern European historical values. It deals with racial issues, violence and the authoritarian influence typical of both regions. “As we know, Eastern Europe is just coming out of the Soviet Union not that long out of being a part of a great authoritar ian regime,” Brasfield said. Brasfield, a two-time Flilbright Scholar to the Ukraine, also translated a book of Ukrainian poetry in 1999 entitled “The Selected Poems of Oleh Lysheha.” He grew up in the South in Savannah, Ga., during the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War and was raised with an acute sense of war, racial inequality and intense violence that he relates to the recent cli mate in Eastern Europe. “What the book addresses is attitudes behind that,” he said. “I was raised within that environ- Posey and James Earl Jones have appeared on “As the World Turns.” The show follows families in the Illinois town of Oakdale. “It’s a hell of a Christmas pres ent,” said actress Eileen Fhlton, who will mark 50 years playing the character Lisa Grimaldi on the show. Her character has been through nine marriages and Fulton was hoping for a 10th before the signoff. “I’m just veiy sad,” she said. “I’m sad for all of the people who MAIN STI December 7-12 Mon - Thurs Bam-7pm, Fri Bam-spm Sat 11:30am-5pm December 13-18 Sun 12-4 pm Mon -Thurs Bam-7pm Friday Bam-6pm FAST HALL BOOKSTORE December 7-11 Mon-Fri 11am-4pm, December 14-18 Mon - Thurs 9am-6pm Friday - 9am-4:3opm December 14-18 Mon - Fri 11am-4pm Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 I ment, and some of the poems in the book trace the awakening of such an individual to inequality.” Brasfield said his book differs from most other poetry books because it focuses on very large and universal issues, but does so on a very intimate level. And not only does his poetry differ from most, but some say his teaching does, too. Brandon Hess, a student in Brasfield’s Introduction to Poetry (ENG 213) class, said Brasfield is one of his favorite professors because of his enthusiasm it’s easy to see his passion every day in class. “That’s my favorite thing about having class with him he comes in every day, and you can see it’s what he looks forward to,” Hess (senior-film and video) said. Hess said although Brasfield hasn’t modeled any of his own poetry in class, he “speaks in poetry.” “The way he talks, it’s as if you’ve heard like 50 of his poems,” he said. “He goes into long soliloquies.” Susannah Schaffer, another of Brasfield’s poetry students, said she is excited to read Brasfield’s book because she’s never been exposed to his poetry in class. He isn’t focused on himself in class, she said he doesn’t talk about what he writes. “You can tell he’s so intelligent, but you have no idea what he would write, so it should be inter esting to read his book,” Schaffer (junior-psychology) said. To e-mail reporter: rmtso4B@psu.edu work out there in Brooklyn (where the show is filmed). We’re a family. I hate to be split up. It’s like a divorce.” Brian Cahill, senior vice presi dent and managing director of the P&G subsidiary TeleNext Media Inc., said the company is actively seeking a new outlet to carry the show. TeleNext said the same thing about “Guiding Light,” which went off the air in September, but has been unable to find a new home. ICK COMMONS
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