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Entertainment Page 7 The Lightning Strike • November-December 2010 Epitome of Rock Local bands performed at a not-so-ordinary venue Saturday, Nov. 13. Chelsea Diaz of Hissy K, a local band, hosted the event. The show, located at ID Tattoo Company in North Miami, included eight performances spread throughout the night. Tattoo artists’ paintings, which depicted morbid images in neon paint, were displayed on the walls of the small tattoo parlor. “The paintings were quite scary looking,” Rokas Leskevicius, senior concert goer said. “It gave the show a weird ambiance.” The show brought young music lovers together in one, small studio. “I was invited by Chelsea Diaz. She was organizing the show and asked me to come,” singer Kendra Day said. “We’ve played a couple shows together before, mostly Unplugged Wednesdays at Churchill’s Pub.” Although the set was small and there was not a consistent crowd, many of the performers still enjoyed the venue. “It was fun and chill,” Mary Richard, a singer/guitar player, said. “My kind of setting!” People who did not want to pay $5 to get in stood outside the entrance to the tattoo shop, next to the bullet hole which complimented their logo. Motorcycles lined the street in front of the shop, making the setting out-of-the-norm. A NIGHT FOR THE ARTISTS: In-boxes performs one of their eclectic songs using a violin bow with a guitar, a glockenspiel and a cow bell, among other instruments. The performances took place on Nov. 13 and displayed local bands. Each band played about three or four songs, and while the next band set up their equipment, the tattoo shop played songs ranging from “My Chick Bad” by Ludacris, to “Light My Fire” by The Doors. The bands included Humen, Mary Richard, Nick Ladas, Kendra Day, Xela Zaid, In- boxes, Hissy K, Sam Friend, and The Trilobites (featuring Krop’s former co-editor-in- chief, Katie Condon). “I would definitely play there again,” Day said. “It was a pretty good setup and it allowed me to try playing with a full rock band.” A night of piercings, tattoos and live, local music might become a monthly event at ID Tattoo Company. LOCAL SHOW By Alexandra Feuerman editor-in-chief By Taylor Silver staff writer ALEXANDRA FEUERMAN For those music lovers who grieve the loss of LimeWire, have no fear – it has been resurrected (for now, at least). LimeWire, which started in 2000, is a popular file-sharing software notorious for its abundance of pirated music. It was ordered to shut down by the federal court after it was issued an injunction regarding copyright infringement. In Oct., LimeWire users were caught off-guard when a legal notice appeared on the software’s homepage that described the court-ordered injunction and explained that downloading copyrighted content is illegal. A new version of LimeWire, called LimeWire Pirate Edition, emerged in early Nov. According to TorrentFreak. com, the software developers, like “a horde of piratical monkeys, climbed aboard the abandoned ship, mended its sails, polished its cannons, and released it free to the community.” TorrentFreak believes this new-and-improved version will soon be shut down as well. The software and its founder, Mark Gordon, have been under investigation for the last four years and the damages will be determined in Jan. They are expected to be about $1 billion. Limewire Gets The Wire Pulled A night of tattoos, piercings, and music Justin Bieber Dec.18 American Airlines Arena Usher Dec. 31 American Airlines Arena Supervillians Dec. 26 The Culture Room Linkin Park Jan. 20 Bank Atlantic Center Barry Manilow Jan. 28 Bank Atlantic Center
