6 I WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27, 2010
Courtesy of blog.hybridroots.com
Reggae band Rebelution will be playing tonight at the State Theatre,
130 W. College Ave Zion-I and Tribal Seeds will also perform.
Reggae band to remind
listeners to 'give thanks'
By Meghan Micciolo
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
Peace, love and happiness will
come to State College when
Rebelution along with Zion-I
and Tribal Seeds --- performs at 8
tonight at the State Theatre. 130
W. College Ave.
Rebelution's music has its
foundations in reggae. but it's not
limited to that. lead singer and
guitarist Eric Rachmany said.
"We like to infuse different
styles of music like rock, hip-hop,
pop and the blues into our
songs," Rachmany said.
Jacques Indekeu said he is a
big fan of Rebelution and reggae
music in general.
Rebelution has more of a new
wave style when compared to the
traditional style of Bob Marley,
Indekeu (junior-marketing) said.
Indekeu said reggae music is
great and easy to dance to -- and
people can dance at the State
Theatre, marketing and member
ship director Kristy Cyone said.
"There isn't a place to dance.
per se, but people have been to
known to dance in the aisles and
around the seats. You don't real
ize all the places you can dance
until you've been to a concert
where people are doing it," Cyone
said.
But Rebelution's music has
more than danceable grooves - -
it has a message, too.
"Our tour is called 'Give
Thanks' because that's a term
you hear in reggae a lot,"
Rachmany said. "Life is fragile.
We want to remind people of
that."
Katie Knobloch, another fan of
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Rebelution, heard about the band
when she worked at Shaver's
Creek Environmental Center.
"The music is really chill.
They're not heavy reggae but
more of a mixture of everything,"
Knobloch (junior-elementary
education) said.
Knobloch said she appreciates
the size of the venue.
-. State Theatre has such a
great vibe, a great aura. I love it,"
she said.
The State Theatre was origi
nally hesitant about booking the
show. Cyone said, as not many
suggestions for reggae come to
them .
But Rebelution, Zion I and
Tribal Seeds seem to have a large
fan base in the region. Cyone
said.
'A lot of tickets are selling for
this show. I have a strong feeling
it's going to sell out," she said.
Rachmany said he's looking
forward to the show
"I've never been to Penn State
so I've no idea what to expect,"
Rachmany said. "But I'm inter
ested in observing the crowd. I
want to see which songs they
know, if they'll dance, what they
like."
If you go
What: Rebelution with Zion-I
and Tribal Seeds
When: 8 tonight
Where: The State Theatre, 130
W. College Ave.
Details: Tickets are $l5 before
the show and $l7 the day of
Artist brings crowd to its feet
By Josh Bollinger
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
By the end of his fourth song,
Robert Randolph's guitar was
lying on the ground and he was
playing it with his tongue.
Robert Randolph and the
Family Band played last night at
the State Theatre incorporating
styles of gospel, funk and blues
music in his set.
Robert Randolph is famous for
playing the lap steel guitar and
making Rolling Stone Magazine's
list "Top 100 Guitarists of All
Time."
"He's a soulful character,"
Andy Orr, 22, of Huntingdon, Pa.,
said.
Orr, who's a fan of bluegrass
music a genre notorious for its
use of lap steel guitar said he's
never seen a lap steel guitarist
play the way Randolph did.
"I've seen few people play it so
masterfully" Orr said, who added
that he likes how expressive the
instrument is and how he uses it
to blend multiple genres together.
Geary Kochersperger (senior
business and economics) said
that Randolph's concerts remind
him of what it must be like to be at
a southern church because of the
gospel influence.
He said he loves the band
because their music is so eclectic
and Randolph's shows are typi
cally incredibly soulful while
maintaining a high level of energy
that gets the crowd on their feet
to clap and dance along.
"The show just blew me away,"
Kochersperger said. "It was
Art, psychology to mesh in exhibit
A parallel between art and psy
chology: That's what Diana
Cuello's art represents.
Cuello will have her artwork
titled "Esmorina Laspiranza"
exhibited from now until Dec. 8 in
West Halls as a part of Penn
State's Art on the Move program,
which seeks to showcase the art
work of graduate students and
alumni.
" CEsmorina Laspiranzal is a
collection of Spanish words that
translate to hope, vagina, death
and breath," Cuello said. "It's a
conglomerate of images of self
and the way I've seen myself and
my body as I've grown and expe
rienced things."
Cuello a graduate student at
Duquesne University with an
undergraduate degree in psychol
ogy and visual arts from Rutgers
University— describes her work
as abstract and said her interest
in psychology has a profound
effect on her art.
"My art is an expression of my
unconscious. I see images emerge
in my work and find myself discov
ering as I go through the drawing
process," she said.
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Lap steel guitarist and artist Robert Randolph performed an energetic
show Tuesday night at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave
unlike anything I've ever experi
enced before."
The crowd was definitely danc
ing.
Some of the women in the audi
ence got a chance to dance on
stage after Randolph asked the
crowd, "Somebody want to dance
a little bit?"
The women weren't the only
ones dancing; even Randolph
himself got on his feet to bust a
move while his band jammed out
behind him.
That's one of Ryan Dolen's
favorite parts of Randolph's
shows.
Dolen (senior-civil engineer
ing) said he's been to his fair
share of Randolph shows, and at
every one he's been to, there's
If you go
What "Esmonna Laspiranza"
by Diana Cuello
When: On display now through
Dec. 8
Where: West Halls
Details: Admission is free
Cuello said having her art
shown at a college is very differ
ent from the way she usually
presents it.
"It feels as if I don't have as
much control," she said. "It's
more academic and I like the idea
of it being exhibited for a long
period of time, whereas my previ
ous exhibitions were mostly one
nighters."
Art on the Move exhibits art
from a number of students and
graduates throughout the school
year.
The exhibits are in various
places around campus including
the residence halls, the Student
Health Center and Old Main. This
year's program includes other
student artists like Liz Pasqualo
(senior-drawing and painting)
and Michele Rivera (graduate
drawing and painting).
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
been a pit of people right in front
of the stage dancing t)
Randolph's jams.
But that just wasn't possible iii
last night at the State The:lire
It's a little different for coo
certs just because of the
Dolen said. "I'm not a fan
Kochersperger said 01;
show at the State Theatii ,
like a typical show at the 1-iryyt.
Jordan Center or at bars
town.
He said he liked the.
intimate atmosphere.
"This would definitely be
top choice, - KochersperL , :r
"Especially because the.
liquor license."
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Ashley Arbaiza (senliw
ing and painting) also ptv,k.nu
her work as part of An 111 thi
Move this semester any:;
was nervous about sharine o
first.
"I enjoy acting. and as al;
actress I never felt ner , ,,ilis
onstage. - she said. "But shov.u..
my art is scary Havin2, it s(vr,
so many people can be nct
wracking..'
Jenna Kunkel-Gill. , 1;;; , ,,: !:
cations assistant for thi• lit I
Robeson Galleries. snit, e
submission made by these kt:-
is reviewed before t(' _ ,t rri
artists are chosen.
"We look for a variet:,
within the artistic comniunity
our campus, - Kunkel
She encourages student, 01
backgrounds to come see 11 - ,
exhibits.
"Seeing another students
work is unique and inspiri!_;
Kunkel-Gill said.
Cuello said she enjw.s ;41)11t:1,
see people's art and thilf:s
important for other peopk ~
the same.
"I find that art is evocati •
she said. "I'm into havint4 (tide!
ent experiences and goin
someone's art."