I lIL DkIIN COLLEGIAN Rebelution brings reggae to State Theatre By David Strader ot enthused fans up at the State 1 0 :are made it clear— there is a -2;gae fan base at Penn I,i: played a sold out ;,1 th: State Theatre. 130 W :We . Wednesday night. rock band played with I and Tribal Seeds as (ii\c Thanks Tour... crewniernber .Jesse of El Centro. ('a.. ';,iitornia-based bands le tour to their far <lnt to ,ive thanks to all fan on the East Coast, - v.trit to show our ILAnks were well reggac bands had -cats and dancing !juniur-ps- H Pw!whition a lon-nano ( . ..lub prepared for humorous Halloween arch Becks roit :tilt to ititit 0)111 Ihj- piVpi.lllll2. 101 Zi rplt' 1.;1.112,h 11(-2.1( I lu(,r Standup il,til()k .\• ill I(.,tturt ijl it :i(11 (.O •t~rl - :r'IIl11:; curt-. \vhik old Flool !',Fall(1011 , iti;11) ptcall `;k111 sqr, ON YOUR 4%0 IST DONATION ;-.6R NEW DONORS ONLY OR BIOLIFE IJJNIORS WHO HAVE NOT DONATED IN OR MORE MONTHS. "They're really energetic," she said. "They know how to get a good vibe going." Straying from the headlining reggae of the evening, opener Zion I offered a hip-hop and rap per formance. Nehemiah Martinez (sophomore-environmental resource management) said Zion I showed true talent. "He's a lyrical genius," Martinez said. It's a new style that's leaving that southern gang ster rap behind. It's sort of up tempo, like Kid Cudi.' Near the end of Zion I's set. the performers underwent technical difficulty but handled the incon venience with freestyle rap. While initially just rapping over beatbox ing. it soon turned into a fully improvised performance featur ing drums. keyboard and singing. Spencer Myers freshman - information sciences and technol ogy) said Zion I's off-the-cuff per formance was well-received. - It was awesome," he said. "No one has ever seen that unique per formance before, so it's even more but recently developed Go Grapefruit! In sketch comedy. more than one performer acts out a rehearsed comedy routine. Second Floor Standup President Ryan Munshower said the premise of the Halloween show is that each comedian has a different persona. O Ilk -4,111(1 - Each comedian will have their own comedic costume, either invent a unique persona or be other people, - Munshower (jun ior-computer science) said. Go Grapefruit: will perform two sketches at tonight's event one of which is Halloween-Chemed - between other acts. Go Grapefruit' Co-founder lan Tarbert said. - We're like the half-time show, he said. Tarbert (senior-film and video studied sketch comedy in New York in the summer with other members of Second Floor Standup. This is Second Floor Standup's first year doing a Halloween event, but they have had shows at :Hid ;:.) IBMIMMI $5O ON YOUR 2ND DONATION FOR NEW DONORS ONLY OR BIOLIFE DONORS WHO HAVE NOT DONATED IN SIX OR MORE MONTHS. impressive than their other The opening band, Tribal Seeds, presented a style in the same vein of Rebelution, though Ryan Mattson said it was more akin to traditional reggae. Tribal Seeds has its roots deep in reggae... Mattson (junior-sec ondary education) said. "They have great guitar and great vocals --- they're baggin.." Valerie Conicelli, 20, of Westchester. Pa., said reggae bands were a much-needed musi cal addition to the area. I've been waiting to see Tribal Seeds for a year and a half." she said. - I wish more reggae shows would tome out east.- Ahitison said the reggae bands at the show were a proper repre sentation of reggae today. -. :-(inte don't seem to under stand. hut these two bands are doing it right. - he said. "I'm glad to see there are still bands that play good reggae... • rter dass46l@psu.edu If you go What: Second Floor Standup Hall(meen Spectacular When: 9 tonight Where: 113 Carnegie Cinema Details: 'Wear your costume fit - It Late Night, Jamaica ,Junction. the State Theatre and other A. eilueA , downtown. The Hatively young student or has also performed at the Interfraternity council Panhellenic Dance Marathon and will have its first paid at Saint Francis UM\ erity in November. When he realized there was no comedy group on campus. Wolf senior-print journalism) said he started Second Floor Standup in his second or 'apartment last year It was made an official organization H fall 2009. "111' L., o, .von the award for Pony! Most Outstanding Nc\n„ )1- 2 .; I niz;iiion for 2009-2010. Tht lub consists of people who warded stand-up and the group looks for a way to create that kind ot entertainment at Penn State. !I mber Kyle Dodson said. California reggae band Rebelution performs in front of a packed house Wednesday night at the State Theater. New Myspace narrows focus to entertainment ASSOL;ATEi , NEW YORK My - Space. the online social hub that's been fighting to stay relevant in the age of Facebook and Twitter, is overhauling its image and its website into an entertainment destination for its mostly younger audience. The social-networking pioneer which was among the top Internet sites . just a few years ago, now has its sights set decid edly lower. Starting Wednesday and over the next month. MySpace will be relaunching its site to focus on giving users more ways to consume music. videos and celebrity gossip. Entertainment has long been central to the MySpace experi ence, but over the years the site was also pulled in different direc tions as it dabbled in classifieds. job ads and even user reviews in a partnership with Citysearch as it pushed to become a social por tal for the Web. It didn't work out. and team well Live well 11111111111111 au swimming pool lionscrossing.co m By Barbara Ortutay nittanycrossingpa.com collegeparkpa.corn THURSDAY, OCT. 28, 2010 I Facebook is now emerging as that portal. MySpace CEO Mike Jones said the relaunch "pulls us out of the social networking category" to become a social entertainment destination. So instead of con necting with long-lost friends and sharing baby photos, MySpace wants to be the place where peo ple go to find out about new bands, chat about TV shows and make movie recommendations. "The vision has definitely got ten a lot smaller in this redesign," said Debra Aho Williamson, a senior analyst at research firm eMarketer. "When News Corp. bought MySpace it certainly did lit envision this. I don't think Rupert (Murdoch, News Corp.'s CEO) thought MySpace would be a small social entertainment website." News Corp. bought MySpace for $5BO million in 2005. EMarketer estimates 2010 ad spending on Facebook to be around $1.3 billion, more than double $665 million just a year earlier. fully furnished
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