THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Afroman plays Mezzanine
By Chris Zook
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
All anyone could see was a tight afro
bobbing through the crowd, but it was all
the audience needed to know. Afroman
had entered the building.
Afroman performed to a small crowd of
students Friday night at Mezzanine, 420 E.
College Ave. Reggae act Atlas' Soundtrack
and rapper Young Brizz opened for the
concert.
Though the crowd for the opener started
out somewhat small, it grew as the audi
ence took up more than half the venue's
dance floor and spilled onto the upper,
lower and VIP levels of Mezzanine.
The legendary hip-hop artist opened his
set with some free-styling before connect
ing his iPod to the venue's speaker sys
tems, which served as his musical backup
for the duration of the performance.
With a white double-neck guitar, a micro
phone stand and an aid, the stage was
fairly sparse. But those weren't the only
things Afroman brought for his show. He
also carried a Colt 45 malt beverage in one
hand and a smoldering brown cigarette in
the other.
But he had a message for the crowd.
"I just want everyone to know this is a
fake blunt," Afroman said as he took the
stage.
"It's part of my act. It even smells like
weed and everything."
The crowd cheered with approval.
Afroman began his set with "Pimpin'
Pennsylvania," in which Afroman rattles
off a list of small towns in Pennsylvania
where he claims to have had sex with one
or more women and continued for more
than an hour.
Philadelphia rapper Young Brizz said he
was excited to open for Afroman.
Mezzanine contacted Brizz to open the
show, he said. Though he was missing a
member of his group the CEO of the
record label to which he is signed Brizz
was optimistic about performing before
Afroman.
"The grind don't stop," he said. "I'm
gonna show you how a kid from Philly can
do it."
Students rush to complete
films in 48 hours for contest
By Hannah Rishel
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The thought of writing, filming and edit
ing a movie can be intimidating and
doing it in 48 hours seems an even more
daunting task
But some Penn State student filmmak
ers accepted this challenge, spending their
weekend creating short films for the Penn
State Student Film Organization's 48-hour
film festival.
The groups, which ranged anywhere
from one to six people, were allowed to
begin from scratch at 7 p.m. Thursday,
when they were given a prop they needed
to include in their film. The props handed
out ranged from a beer stein to a ceramic
doll.
The films needed to be completed and
submitted by 7 p.m. Saturday, and the
entries were shown in 113 Carnegie
Building on Sunday afternoon.
bur films were submitted, but one was
disqualified because it was two hours late.
The films included: "Sea Lions of the
Depression," featuring two married
anthropomorphic sea lions living in the
time of the Great Depression; "Hang Ups,"
which explored the Verizon and AT&T
rivalry; and "For the Glory," which was dis
qualified, about a group of ragtag runners
training for a race in a garden center.
The winning film, titled "Isabella," fea
tured a vanishing ceramic doll, a folk musi
cian, a narcoleptic magician and a hotdog
vender.
Designers show off in NYC
By Joshua Glossner
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
NEW YORK The Big Apple was the
place to be this past weekend for Fashion
Week festivities.
Friday night was dubbed "Fashion's
Night Out," where stores mostly in
Times Square had sales and celebrity
appearances.
Meanwhile, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
held its own version of Fashion Week
inside its Grand Ballroom with the
Couture Fashion Week runway shows. The
shows were held Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, and featured designers from
around the world, including Romania,
China and the Philippines.
After his runway show on Saturday,
Andres Aquino, the founder and producer
of Couture Fashion Week, said the event
keeps getting bigger and bigger each year.
Genevieve O'Neill, of Melbourne,
Australia, said she came to New York
specifically for Fashion Week
"I have a friend who lives here in New
York, so it was convenient to come here,"
O'Neill said. "[Couture Fashion Week] is
really cool not to mention a bit bizarre."
O'Neill said she works with a fashion
designer in Australia, so Fashion Week
was the perfect event for her.
She said she really likes the unique
designs of Ezra Santos, of Dubai, because
of the way he styled shoulder pads and
draped dresses. Models showing off the
designs were equally excited to be a part of
Fashion Week. Samantha Rae, of Los
Angeles, said this was her first time in New
York, and it was thrilling for her.
"I have been modeling since I was 13,"
Rae, 17, said. "After high school, I'd love to
move to New York City so I can model
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Afroman performs at Mezzanine Friday
Samir Mirakhur (senior-math, finance
and accounting) originally heard about the
concert through Facebook
Mirakhur made sure to get to the show
early, he added, because he expected the
venue to be full right away, as opposed to
its thin early turnout.
Mirakhur said he best knew Afroman's
two big hits "Because I Got High" and
"Colt 45."
"Of course I'm looking forward to those
two songs," he said before Afroman took
the stage.
Mirakhur got what he wanted when
Afroman capped off his set with those two
hits.
Chris Ballinger (senior-electrical engi
neering) said he also heard about the show
through Facebook He started listening to
Afroman a few years ago, he added, and
"thought it'd be cool" to come down and
see the show
But Ballinger was looking forward to
more than just music, he said.
"I want it to get out of control," he said.
wanna get a little anarchy going."
To e-mail reporter: cdzsooB@psu.edu
Bello Galadanchi (senior-bioengineer
ing and film and video), Chris Busch
(freshman-film and video), Manohjah
Blackmanhe (freshman-sociology),
Anthony Alicea (junior-business manage
ment) and Bryan Keith (freshman-film and
video) were "total strangers" before they
wrote, filmed, acted in and edited
"Isabella" together over the weekend.
Galadanchi said they came up with the
idea in "like three minutes."
"As soon as they gave out the assign
ment we were in a room together talking,"
Keith said.
The editing process was the most time
consuming part of the project for the
group.
"We spent about five hours just editing
five minutes of film," Blackman said.
The group received five $6 gift cards to
the State Theatre, but SFO president Sam
Broscoe (senior-film and video) said the
"real prize is the awesome films" that were
made.
In the past, SFO has held the film festi
val once a year, but it's planning on doing
the competition once a semester now, SFO
treasurer Andrew Karasik (senior-film and
video) said.
For the spring semester, the group is
tentatively planning a four-day competition
instead of a 48-hour one, he added.
"It changes the dynamic, with how much
time they have to complete the project,"
Karasik said.
To e-mail reporter: hmrso27@psu.edu
A model wears a peacock-iinspired design
at New York's Couture Fashion Week.
here, too."
Rae modeled for the Romanian designer
Catalin Botezatu, who made peacock
inspired fashions. To prepare for the run
way show, it took up to five hours to have
her hair and make-up done, she said.
"Sometimes, we don't have time to even
practice with the music," Rae said. "When
modeling, you just have to go with the flow
of things."
One of the biggest fears for models is
tripping while walking down the runway,
she said.
"Before going out onto the runway, I'm
just so anxious to get out there and show
off the dress," Rae said.
To email reporter. Idgs299@psu.edu
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