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REVIEW
Would it Kill You?’
Reviewed by Joshua Glossner
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
We all remember the hit “Here (In Your
Arms)’’ from Hellogoodbye but there aren’t
many people who can name more.
But I'm still hopeful the band will break out
with its new album, “Would It Kill You?”
This album has an
upbeat feel to it, which is
perfect for those who love
to jam out while doing
everyday things, like clean
ing your room.
Forrest Kline, the lead
singer of Hellogoodbye,
shows off his impeccable
range throughout the
whole album.
1 love indie-rock artists like Hellogoodbye
because the lyrics are so fresh and creative
something most artists lack lately.
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A downside to this album and even indie
rock music in general is the songs seem to
sound the same after only half the album.
The songs “When We First Met,” “You Sleep
.Alone" and “When We First Kissed” all seem to
have the same drum beat and guitar riffs, so I felt
I had to skip over them to find gems like “Would
It Kill You?"
And then I came upon the seventh track of the
album. "The Thoughts That Give Me the
Creeps." which is the best song. It showcased
Wine's vocal range perfectly.
The combination of the xylophone, guitar and
piano made the song one of the best I have heard
iii a while.
t’ius, the lyrics are well-written.
Part o! the chorus really stands out: “Oh no,
what it J never knew your name/Oh my god, the
thought's insane, What if your love is not the
same as it seems inside my brain?”
The song is relatable, as Kline sings about a
perfect love, and who hasn’t imagined that
before? The thought of him and the song’s
subject not being together gives Kline “the
creeps."
Something You Misplaced” is almost as good
as “The Thoughts that Give Me the Creeps” with
Klhie belting over amazing guitar riffs, drum
beats and background vocals.
"Would It Kill You?” is a good album, but I feel
like Heiiogoodbye could do better.
Maybe it's strayed too far from its roots?
iin not saying the band should turn into a
cheesy pop band, but they might at least consider
putting out a few songs that are danceable or
radio-ready,
tirade: B-
Pownload This: “The Thoughts that Give
Me the Creeps,” “Something You Misplaced”
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‘Megamind’
Reviewed by Hannah Rishel
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
As a major I’ixar fan. I was skeptical going into
Dreamworks' latest movie "Megamind .”
"Megamind" focuses on a character of the
same name who was sent to Earth by his parents
when he was eight days old with his faithful
minion fish because his planet was about to be
suckl'd into a black hole. Arch-nemesis Metro
Man's parents, who lived on a neighboring planet,
had a similar idea.
Metro .Man ended up landing in the home of a
m Megamind landed at the
nearby prison. Because
k inmates raised him,
Megamind became a trou
blemaker in school and
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Megamind and Metro
fJT Man began an intense
rivalry as children that
-y- continued into adulthood.
One day Megamind ends
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something he never
thought would happen. With no hero to defend
Metro City. Megamind takes over.
But soon he realizes that being a villain isn’t
fun unless he has a hero to battle, so he decides
to make one with Metro Man's DNA.
Trouble ensues when the hero he creates
decides he wants to be a villain and Megamind
has to face the dilemma of becoming a hero him
self.
MEC^UND
The actors who lent their voices to the movie
were perfect choices for the respective charac
ters. Will Ferrell is the only actor who could have
pulled off Megamind. Tina Fey was a pretty good
choice for damsel in distress Roxie, but as a “30
Rock" fan I had trouble getting Liz Lemon out of
my head while I was watching the movie.
I was very impressed that Brad Pitt lent his
voice to Metro Man and, because he’s the most
handsome man in Metro City, Pitt was a perfect
choice. It’s good to see that he doesn’t take him
self too seriously.
I would have liked to see more scenes between
Metro Man and Megamind in the film.
Dreamworks explored the idea of villain vs. vil
lain in "Despicable Me,’’ so it would have been
cool to see them do something with the relation
ship between a hero and a villain in this movie.
Throughout the movie I kept comparing it to
Pixar's superhero movie “The Incredibles,” even
though the storylines don’t have much in com
mon. The story itself was pretty well written
especially for a Dreamworks movie, which usual
ly rely on crude humor.
But why waste your money seeing a just OK
superhero movie when you can watch a great one
like " The Incredibles?”
Grade: B-
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Eatery delicious, affordable, fair
Reviewed by Julie Mastrine
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
I suffer from a hamburger craving
more often than I like to admit.
Luckily, there are burger joints in
Happy Valley to fulfill any of my greasy
burger needs, from Five Guys to The
Comer Room. But recently, I may have
found a new favorite.
Logan’s Grill, 334 E. Calder Way,
opened in October and specializes in
grilled sandwiches. It offers hamburg
ers, chicken, turkey breast and veggie
burgers. The grill also serves soups,
salads and desserts.
Though the menu may be on the
smaller side, no matter what you
choose to order, the quality is high.
When I visited the restaurant, I
decided to keep it simple and ordered a
regular hamburger, which at $6.89 was
n’t too pricey.
The restaurant serves its burgers on
flatbread and offers a choice of white
or wheat. The restaurant also allows
ordering as many toppings as you want
for no extra charge. The only excep
tions are guacamole, which is 99 cents
HELL HATH NO ‘FURV
Memoir proves long, tedious read
Reviewed by Lauren Ingeno
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
There was much anticipation for
Keren Zailckas' second memoir,
“Riryfollowing the overwhelming
success of her first internationally
best selling memoir "Smashed: Story
of a Drunken Girlhood."
Zailckas was 23 years old when she
wrote “Smashed,” which chronicles
her life of binge drinking from adoles
cence until the end of her college
years. The book centers on her love
affair with alcohol, but also addresses
issues like depression, sex and the col
lege experience.
Flash forward a few years and
Zailckas releases “Ftuy” which exam
ines why she has always denied her
own feelings of rage.
Zailckas didn't set out to create a
memoir, she wrote
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extra, and the restaurant's homemade
Swiss/American cheese sauce, which is
75 cents extra.
I loaded up my burger with mush
rooms, onions, lettuce and pickles. But
at the suggestion of one of the employ
ees, I ordered the homemade cheese
sauce as well. Without a doubt, the
sauce is definitely something that
makes the restaurant stand out. It was
creamy yet slightly spicy the perfect
way to shake up the standard ketchup
and-mustard condiment combo. And
after trying the sauce with fries,
ketchup just doesn’t have the appeal it
used to.
The burger itself was ideal. It was
perfectly grilled, flavorful and incredi
bly juicy.
My friend ordered the buffalo burger,
which she initially thought would be
the burger version of a buffalo wing
perhaps flavored with hot buffalo
sauce.
Wrong it’s actually a burger
made with meat from an American
bison and is 98 percent fat free.
Though tentative at first, my friend
decided the buffalo burger was deli-
because of some turbulent events that
happened while she was writing it,
Zailckas decided to morph her book
into just that
“Bluy” opens when she is on a flight
home from the U.K after a scarring
breakup with her English boyfriend,
and is forced to move back into her
parents' New England home. She
begins attending anger management
sessions and tries homeopathic reme
dies as research for her original book
and eventually goes to therapy.
In therapy, Zailckas is forced to con
front the repression of anger issues
that haunted her since childhood and
accept family issues that she never
brought to the surface.
Had this been Zailckas' first mem
oir, it wouldn't have been published.
This isn’t to say that “F\uy” is bad
book. Zailckas is still a gifted writer
and she has the skill to flu
ently combine direct quotes
from various sources, vivid
description of life events
and intimate insights on
her own feelings.
But the truth is that a
memoir about a woman try
ing to figure out how to be
angry is not very Interest
ing re com
pared toa raw toeuieir
about what leads a quiet
young gfri into the deep
depths of btodtouts and
stomachpumping.
“Ray” doesn't bit you in
the gut in the same my
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cious and actually tasted the same as a
normal hamburger not bad for lean
meat. At $6.99, the buffalo burger was
n’t much more expensive than the reg
ular hamburger, either.
For dessert, the grill offers milk
shakes and fried or regular Oreos and
Twinkies.
I had never tried any sort of fried
sweet before, but I was happy to find
that the fried Oreos were actually
good. The only downfall is that Logan’s
offers them prepackaged, which leaves
the cookies cold and soggier than had
they been fresh from the fryer.
The interior of the restaurant is sim
ple, with decorative lighting and a
great atmosphere. The employees
were also friendly and frequently check
to see if customers need anything.
The eatery also offers free beer from
Thursday to Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m.
All in all, Logan’s Grill has moderate
prices, good portion sizes and fresh,
delicious burgers. You won’t be disap
pointed.
Grade: A
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"Smashed," there was a sense that the
reader was seeing the urgent scrib
bling of a girl’s diaiy dealing with the
same pressures, haunting experi
ences and sad feelings that she must
deal with everyday.
Though Zailckas claims in “Riry”
that her decision to turn her book into
a memoir “isn’t a literary device so
much as an honest record of events,” I
couldn't help but think otherwise.
It seems many times that Zailckas
is only searching for things to write,
quoting research articles, citing
events from her childhood and letters
to ?nd from her ex to add more pages
to her memoir, which lack substance.
Even her use of analogy seems
more forced than those insightful and
poetic metaphors in her first book.
‘Td always lived by the idea that the
first rule of the Zailckas family is like
the first rule of ‘Fight Chib 1 (don't talk
about if),” she writes. Seriously?
Halfway through, I considered
abandoning the book all together. But
Fm glad I kept reading.
Eventually the book centers on the
rocky relationship and reconciliation
of Zailckas and her mother.
A book that begins about a writer
stni&fing to find something to strug
gle fin; becomes an honest account of
the delicate ties that can both break
and bring a family back together
Had Zailckas foeuaedonthis topic
from the beginning, maybe her mem
oir would have been easier to read.
Grade: C+
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