TUNE-TIME Noontime concerts begin with Quincy Mumford By Karina Yiicel COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Singer-songwriter Quincy Mumford will kick off the Student Programming Association’s (SPA) Noontime Concert Series tomorrow in the HUB-Robeson Center. Mumford said he plays many types of music, so it’s hard to pinpoint his biggest influences though he said he sounds most like John Mayer, G. Love & Special Sauce and Elliott Smith. “My taste changes all the time. It depends on what I’m writing,” he said. “I like to change it up. I get influence from all different places depending on the song or my mood.” Mumfbrd’s “summer sound” is perfect for the vibes everyone is still feeling at the beginning of September, said' Carolyn Lederach, SPA Noontime Concert Series chairwoman. “We were looking at a bunch of different artists for the first concert,” Lederach (sen ior-advertising) said. “[Quincy’s music] is fun, but still chill for the atmosphere.” The remainder of the semester’s Noontime concerts will cover many student’s interests and styles from folk to jazz, Lederach said. Jon Lady (senior-wildlife and fisheries sci ence) said he has been hearing a lot of buzz around campus about Quincy Mumford —he thinks people will go to the show. “I think people would go, definitely. I’ve heard people talking saying, ‘Oh yeah, that guy is realty good,’ ” Lady said. “I would def initety go. I Uke both of the people he com pared himself to.” Mumford said he’s been developing his sound since he was in elementary school. When a next-door neighbor started playing bass, Mumford picked up the guitar at age nine so they could play together, he said. Writing his own songs would Mow quickly. “I started writing when I was in eighth grade, around 13 or 14 years old,” Mumford said. With his father constantly playing music in the house, Mumford started listening to Courtesy of qulncymumford.coni Quincy Mumford will perform Friday in Paul Robeson’s Cultural Center. If you go What SPA Noontime Concert Series fea turing Quincy Mumford When: Noon Friday Where: Paul Robeson’s Cultural Center Details: Admission is free singers who wrote their own music and took off from there. “It is important to step further with your music,” Mumford said “I have gotten more independent, gotten different, gotten better.” To e-mail reporter kzySols@psu.edu Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1 Clear skies 7 Adequately suited to 14 Stop browsing 15 Curling-up site 16 Shared with 17 Too much 18 Vision blurrers. at times 19 Nikon F, e.g., briefly 20 Death is part of it 21 Common California map word 22 Item for the Windsor knot challenged? 23 Woods set 24 Monopoly phrase 27 Clinker in a Glas 28 Richard of “A Summer Place” 29 Winter vacation destination 33 C aimed 35 Censor 36 Men-on-basr 9P? 37 Cell projection insulated bv a myelin sheath 38 Nickname of 1950 s Reds slugger Ted 39 Watches 42 Caucasus native 45 Cruise itinerary listing 46 Indoor rowing machine, briefly, in rowers’ jargon 47 Take the cuffs off? 48 Boss’s domain, perhaps 49 Enchanting, but not in a big way? 51 Fragrant Cloud and Crimson Glory 53 Roaring 54 Place to see a pilot light? 55 Disarming S UJ events? 56 Blood reservoirs 57 Island vacation rentals I t .188? THE DAIIY COLLEGIAN l isfiC.r C Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis By Mike Nothnagel DOWN 1 In-flight announcement nos. 2 Flashy 1940 s outfits 3 Not' easy on the eyes 4 Capybara or cavy 5 Some former tadpoles 6 UAL western hub 7 Fish malady 8 Cause of a duel, maybe 9 On deck 10 Food eaten with tongs and a folk 11 Sporty ’Bos Pontiac 12 Can’t stop eating 13 Notes aren't 30 Feature of some 43 A buzzer may bluffs end it 31 Praised 44 Flea market 32 Take by surprise booth 34 One end of 49 River past Ontario’s Logrorio Welland Canal 50 Notable 35 Praise Volstead Act 37 Rink statistic enforcer 40 Military band 52 Will party members 53 Source of 41 Call to the attic emergency 42 Swear words kinds written during them 15 Temp 19 “I feel for you” 22 Nocturnal fish 24 “Pie Mass motet 25 Line outside a nightclub 26 Day follower, in “Taps” Previous Issue’s Solution
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