After working for months on the paperwork and meetings, the Pre-Veterinary Medicine Club is an official organization at Tech. Since last summer, Andy Li- gon, a senior pre-veterinary med- icine and animal science major, has worked on developing plans for the Pre-Veterinary Medicine Club, with the help of Timothy Pearson, a junior pre-veterinary medicine major. “I wanted to have someone to talk to about vet school,” Ligon said. “I had to learn everything about applying to vet school on my own; but with the Pre-Vet- erinary Medicine Club, students would have sources to learn ev- erything there is to know.” The club will offer its mem- bers opportunities to become engaged in the veterinary sci- ences. This organization plans to conduct exercises like mock interviews, résumé building ex- ercises, campus visits, veterinary clinic tours, guest speakers and road trips. Ligon said all of these activities will help students in the process of applying to veteri- nary school. However, this club is not limited to just pre-veterinary sci- ence majors. It is open to anyone who has a love for animals, agriculture and the applied sciences. The club’s first meeting was held during dead hour yester- day. Topics on the agenda for the meeting included member dues, officers for this semester, com- munity service ideas, goals for the organization and approval of the bylaws. Also the organization will be developing an official charter membership for every member to sign. Currently, more than 50 stu- dents have shown interest in the organization. THE O O RACLE Volume 95 | Issue 14 | Free in single copy | March 16, 2012 Tennessee Tech University | Cookeville, TN | 38505 More stories and exclusive content at tntechoracle.com OPINION: VOTER ID LAW | PAGE 2 MARCH MADNESS PREDICTIONS | PAGE 3 MOVIE REVIEW: SILENT HOUSE | PAGE 4 FRIDAY CONTACT: news - 931.372.3285 - [email protected] | advertising - 931.372.3031 - [email protected]74/58 °F SATURDAY 74/58 °F TNTECHORACLE.COM FACEBOOK.COM/TNTECHORACLE @TNTECHORACLE SUNDAY 76/58 °F MONDAY 77/59 °F TUESDAY 77/57 °F WEDNESDAY 72/55 °F New Pre-Veterinary Medicine Club offers career-building opportunities to members By MORGAN COLLINS Beat Reporter President Bell among lowest paid TBR university presidents President Bob Bell retires with two things, the recognition and accomplishments he acquired with the campus and one of the smallest salaries in the Tennessee Board of Regents system. Bell, for the last few years, has earned a lesser salary than the other five TBR universities: Middle Tennessee State University, University of Memphis, Tennessee State University, East Tennessee State University and Austin Peay State University. The TBR dictates spending, including payroll. According to the TBR 2011-2012 report, Bell makes a salary of approximately $247,000, the sec- ond to lowest salary within the system. “Tech has a lower salary because they are a small- er university,” Beau Johnson, University of Tennes- see at Knoxville alumni, said, “For example, UT has a bigger university with more students. That’s why they have a bigger salary.” Within the TBR, U of M President Shirley Raines makes the highest amount of about $306,000. Follow- ing after would be ETSU President Paul Stanton with about $276,000. MTSU President Sidney McPhee earns approximately $272,000. The only TBR university that pays a lesser sal- ary than President Bell’s is Austin Peay’s President Timothy Hall, who makes approximately $221,000. TSU’s presdent’s salary was not listed on TBR’s salaries website and TBR didn’t respond to a request for this information. Tech is currently working with the Cookeville Chamber of Commerce as part of an ongoing effort to bring new business to the Cookeville area. One aspect of the efforts is support of the Highlands In- dustrial Park. The in- dustrial park is expected to be completed this fall and can hold 10 to 15 businesses. “Tech has been a signifi- cant player in the state’s econom- ic development for a long time,” President Bob Bell said. Corporations like SunTrust and Volkswagen look to move into communities with universi- ties that can provide a labor force and research labs otherwise un- available to them. President of the Cookeville Chamber of Commerce, George Halford said, “We will feel very positive about our future once we get the new business park on the line.” Chamber Commissioner Bill Haggerty and Tech are working to bring in businesses and cor- porations to the area. In the past, the University has helped train workforces for corporations. Tech provides access to manufacturing research, energy systems research and water qual- ity research labs. Tech also hosts meetings for the businesses look- ing at sites in the region. “There is a lot of interest; and now, since we are seeing this economy beginning to turn around, there is even more inter- est,” Bell said. Tech’s Regional Economic Development Institute was estab- lished to help all of the chambers and institutes in this region take fundamental steps for individual needs. Tech-REDI is designed to go out and find what the differ- ent counties need and assist with economic development. Halford said having Tech in the area improves quality of life by providing higher educated employees and by supplying the area with many other organi- zational activities like the Craft Center, Children’s Theater and the Symphony. Putnam County unemploy- ment is down 7.5 percent, accord- ing to Halford. Tech can bring a $350 million impact to the region, according to Bell. “I would hate to think of what our quality of life would be like without our Tech,” Halford said. T ech, Chamber of Commerce work to bring business, jobs to Cookeville region By KAYLA GULLEY Beat Reporter By MICA BILBREY Beat Reporter News Wise Angelou will speak at 7 p.m. at Derryberry Auditorium on Tuesday. Bell 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 UM TTU MTSU ETSU APSU 2011-2012 SALARIES FOR TBR UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS* DOLLARS UNIVERSITIES *data for the TSU President salary not provided by TBR Information provided by: salaries.tbr.edu Nick Rollins Tech welcomes world-renowned author, speaker Maya Angelou Civil rights activist Maya An- gelou is scheduled to visit Tech March 20. Angelou will be speaking at 7 p.m. in Derryberry Auditorium. Tickets for the event are free while they last through March 16 at the Women’s Center in Penne- baker Hall. “We’re just trying to fill Der- ryberry,” Diana Lalani, Women’s Center secretary, said. “If we had a bigger venue, we would use it.” If there are unclaimed tickets, faculty and staff will be offered those tickets for pick-up March 16. After that, remaining tickets will be available to the public at Henderson Hall room 204C March 19. According to Tech’s website, the Derryberry Hall auditorium has a seating capacity of 782. At the time of publication, there were more than 580 tickets distributed. Angelou, who was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, is well-known for her writing and poetry. She has several award-winning pub- lications like her first autobiog- raphy, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and her book of po- etry, “Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie.” Angelou has acted in plays, television shows and movies, as well as directed the film “Down in the Delta.” She also produced several children’s books, spoken- word albums and essays. The Center Stage event is open to any students, faculty and staff with a ticket and is spon- sored by the Commission on the Status of Women. By NICK ROLLINS Asst. Managing Editor
Transcript
After working for months on the paperwork and meetings, the Pre-Veterinary Medicine Club is an offi cial organization at Tech.
Since last summer, Andy Li-gon, a senior pre-veterinary med-icine and animal science major, has worked on developing plans for the Pre-Veterinary Medicine Club, with the help of Timothy Pearson, a junior pre-veterinary medicine major.
“I wanted to have someone to talk to about vet school,” Ligon said. “I had to learn everything about applying to vet school on my own; but with the Pre-Vet-erinary Medicine Club, students would have sources to learn ev-erything there is to know.”
The club will offer its mem-bers opportunities to become engaged in the veterinary sci-ences. This organization plans to conduct exercises like mock interviews, résumé building ex-
ercises, campus visits, veterinary clinic tours, guest speakers androad trips. Ligon said all of theseactivities will help students inthe process of applying to veteri-nary school.
However, this club is notlimited to just pre-veterinary sci-ence majors.
It is open to anyone who has a love for animals, agricultureand the applied sciences.
The club’s fi rst meeting washeld during dead hour yester-day.
Topics on the agenda for the meeting included member dues, offi cers for this semester, com-munity service ideas, goals forthe organization and approval ofthe bylaws.
Also the organization will be developing an offi cial chartermembership for every member to sign.
Currently, more than 50 stu-dents have shown interest in the organization.
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OPINION: VOTER ID LAW | PAGE 2 MARCH MADNESS PREDICTIONS | PAGE 3 MOVIE REVIEW: SILENT HOUSE | PAGE 4
New Pre-Veterinary Medicine Club offers career-building opportunities to membersBy MORGAN COLLINSBeat Reporter
President Bell among lowest paid TBR university presidents
President Bob Bell retires with two things, the recognition and accomplishments he acquired with the campus and one of the smallest salaries in the Tennessee Board of Regents system.
Bell, for the last few years, has earned a lesser salary than the other fi ve TBR universities: Middle Tennessee State University, University of Memphis, Tennessee State University, East Tennessee State University and Austin Peay State University. The TBR dictates spending, including payroll.
According to the TBR 2011-2012 report, Bell makes a salary of approximately $247,000, the sec-ond to lowest salary within the system.
“Tech has a lower salary because they are a small-
er university,” Beau Johnson, University of Tennes-see at Knoxville alumni, said, “For example, UT has a bigger university with more students. That’s why they have a bigger salary.”
Within the TBR, U of M President Shirley Raines makes the highest amount of about $306,000. Follow-ing after would be ETSU President Paul Stanton with about $276,000. MTSU President Sidney McPhee earns approximately $272,000.
The only TBR university that pays a lesser sal-ary than President Bell’s is Austin Peay’s President Timothy Hall, who makes approximately $221,000.
TSU’s presdent’s salary was not listed on TBR’s salaries website and TBR didn’t respond to a request for this information.
Tech is currently working with the Cookeville Chamber of Commerce as part of an ongoing effort to bring new business to the Cookeville area.
One aspect of the efforts is support of the Highlands In-dustrial Park.
The in-dustrial park is expected to be completed this fall and can hold 10 to 15 businesses.
“Tech has been a signifi -cant player in the state’s econom-ic development for a long time,” President Bob Bell said.
Corporations like SunTrust and Volkswagen look to move into communities with universi-
ties that can provide a labor force and research labs otherwise un-available to them.
President of the Cookeville Chamber of Commerce, George Halford said, “We will feel very positive about our future once we get the new business park on the line.”
Chamber Commissioner Bill Haggerty and Tech are working to bring in businesses and cor-porations to the area. In the past, the University has helped train workforces for corporations.
Tech provides access to manufacturing research, energy systems research and water qual-ity research labs. Tech also hosts meetings for the businesses look-ing at sites in the region.
“There is a lot of interest; and now, since we are seeing this economy beginning to turn around, there is even more inter-est,” Bell said.
Tech’s Regional Economic
Development Institute was estab-lished to help all of the chambers and institutes in this region take fundamental steps for individual needs. Tech-REDI is designed to go out and fi nd what the differ-ent counties need and assist with economic development.
Halford said having Tech in the area improves quality of life by providing higher educated employees and by supplying the area with many other organi-zational activities like the Craft Center, Children’s Theater and the Symphony.
Putnam County unemploy-ment is down 7.5 percent, accord-ing to Halford.
Tech can bring a $350 million impact to the region, according to Bell.
“I would hate to think of what our quality of life would be like without our Tech,” Halford said.
Tech, Chamber of Commerce work to bring business, jobs to Cookeville regionBy KAYLA GULLEYBeat Reporter
By MICA BILBREYBeat Reporter
News Wise
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Civil rights activist Maya An-gelou is scheduled to visit Tech March 20.
Angelou will be speaking at 7 p.m. in Derryberry Auditorium.
Tickets for the event are free while they last through March 16 at the Women’s Center in Penne-baker Hall.
“We’re just trying to fi ll Der-ryberry,” Diana Lalani, Women’s Center secretary, said. “If we had a bigger venue, we would use it.”
If there are unclaimed tickets, faculty and staff will be offered those tickets for pick-up March 16. After that, remaining tickets will be available to the public at Henderson Hall room 204C March 19.
According to Tech’s website,
the Derryberry Hall auditoriumhas a seating capacity of 782. At the time of publication, there were more than 580 tickets distributed.
Angelou, who was nominatedfor a Pulitzer Prize, is well-known for her writing and poetry. She has several award-winning pub-lications like her fi rst autobiog-raphy, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and her book of po-etry, “Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie.”
Angelou has acted in plays, television shows and movies, aswell as directed the fi lm “Down in the Delta.” She also produced several children’s books, spoken-word albums and essays.
The Center Stage event is open to any students, faculty and staff with a ticket and is spon-sored by the Commission on theStatus of Women.
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Last year our state legis-lature approved a measure requiring residents to show a photo ID in order to vote.
Although a July 2010 poll found that 92% of Tennesseans approve of such a measure, the small minor-ity of citizens who oppose this commonsense legislation to ensure fair elections in our state have continued to ex-press their dissent and make false claims about the provi-sions of this new law.
Liberal pundits have accused the law and its Republican sponsors of “wag-ing war on the poor,” while leaders of the Tennessee NAACP have accused the law of being essentially rac-ist and seeking to remove the protections offered to minor-ity voters through the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
All of these claims are wildly irresponsible and cat-egorically false.
It makes perfect sense that you should have to be who you say you are in order to vote.
Everyday tasks such as renting a car, boarding an airplane, or even obtaining a library card have long re-quired an individual to prop-
erly indentify themselves. Logic dictates that the vot-ing process should be at least equally secure.
We know that voter fraud has historically been a prob-lem in the state of Tennessee.
For example, in Senator Ophelia Ford’s 2005 election that she won by 13 votes, names of the deceased, as well as convicted felons, were found on the voter rolls and a handful of additional votes were counted from indi-viduals living outside Ford’s district.
If you are not familiar with Senator Ford, or just need a good laugh, YouTube search her. That is what hap-pens when we do not pro-tect the integrity of the ballot box.
This law takes steps to remedy this problem. It en-sures that every legitimate vote is counted and it has been carried out in a way to provide fairness across the board.
Prior to the law taking effect, election offi cials host-ed informational meetings about the new measure in all of Tennessee’s 95 counties.
Additionally, drivers’ li-cense service centers across
the state expanded their hours to provide the photo IDs, which are issued at no cost, on Saturdays.
Furthermore, individu-als who did not have a valid photo ID with them upon voting in the March 6 election last week were able to cast a provisional ballot and return with their photo ID at a later time.
The law also provides exceptions for individuals in long term care facilities and those with religious objec-tions to being photographed.
The new photo ID law does not equate voter suppression.
This measure does not discriminate against African Americans, as the NAACP has untruthfully suggested, or against the poor, senior cit-izens or anyone else for that matter, except those who at-tempt to commit voter fraud.
The talking heads on the far-left who oppose this law are grasping at straws and organizations such as the NAACP, which continue to recklessly spread misinfor-mation about the law, owe the bill’s sponsors and the voting public an apology.
State offi cials have not only a right, but also an ob-ligation to provide for fair, honest elections.
This law fi nally accom-plishes that responsibility and protects the legitimate vote of every Tennessean.
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Senioritis stikes again
It’s that time of year again. Tornados and storms are giving way to warm, sun-ny weather. On Tech’s cam-pus, spring weather always brings the same two changes to the student population.
First, everyone suddenly has the urge to wear track shorts everywhere they go.
Second, everyone begins to show the symptoms of senioritis.
It’s a common misconcep-tion that only seniors suffer from this sickness. While it’s true that seniors tend to have the worst cases of senioritis, its effects are shown all over campus: even instructors suf-fer from it.
I blame spring break. Nothing makes you dread daily classes and homework like having one week of pure, uninterrupted relaxation and partying.
It’s like going to a buffet and eating all your favorite junk foods, then going home and eating nothing but celery for the next three months.
Spring break is supposed to be this great mini vaca-tion to keep you from getting burnt out during the semes-ter. The weird thing is the only reason we get burnt out before spring break is that practically every instructor puts an exam the week before the break starts.
I can’t help but wonder if we wouldn’t be less stressed out if we didn’t have a spring break. Instructors don’t want us to worry about tests and projects over the break. I ap-preciate that.
But why not just spread out the due dates? There’s no rule that says the week be-fore or after break all classes must have a giant stressful assignment.
It isn’t a big deal if one class has an exam the Friday before the break and one class has an exam the Wednesday after. It’s a huge deal when you have two projects and three exams the week before break.
The way things are now, you go through one abnor-mally awful week and then spend a week at the beach do-ing nothing but drinking beer and working on your tan.
By the fi nal Saturday of the break, all you can think about is how much you hat-ed having so many midterms crammed in to one week. You head back to campus and that stressed feeling au-tomatically returns.
Plus, now you’ve been spoiled by a week of do-ing nothing. You have no motivation left. You do the bare minimum to keep your grades up.
Most of your time is spent staring at your calendar try-ing to make it mid-June by sheer willpower.
I guarantee that over half of the students reading this article have, at some point this past week, calculated the smallest amount of points they still need to earn to pass their classes. Even the 4.0 students among us are drag-ging their feet.
We’re all tired. At this point, it’s a victory just to crawl to class and pay attention.
So if you came back from spring break and suddenly found yourself daydreaming of running out of the lecture hall, hopping in your car and driving back to the beach, just know that you are not alone.
Your classmates and in-structor are all wishing they could do the same.
If the president has full control of the money, I would think he should be able to negotiate a higher salary.
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Tech softball hosts Sharon Speiser Memorial this weekend
The Golden Eagle softball team will host the fi rst Sha-ron Speiser Memorial Weekend during their double head-er against the University of Tennessee at Martin at 1 p.m.on March 17.
Speiser, a long-time supporter and family member of the Golden Eagles, passed last December from breast can-cer.
Her daughters, Katie and Holly Speiser, played forTech, along with two of her nieces, Whitney and Lindsey Williams. Her brother, Chris Williams, was a volunteercoach for six years.
She had family members playing for Tech for 11 con-secutive seasons. Her four family members earned fi ve all-conference awards and were listed a total of 21 times onthe Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
“Sharon was a very special woman who had been apart of my life for as long as I can remember,” Assistant Coach Samantha Bates said. “I just wanted to be able todo something for someone who was so special to our pro-gram and to mine and Coach Acheson’s life. This was thebest thing that I could think of to remember her and to help raise money for the cause.”
The event’s purpose is to honor Speiser, as well asraise awareness for breast cancer. Special T-shirts will be sold and the teams will accept donations for awarenessand education.
Admission to the games is free. For more information on the Sharon Speiser Memorial
Tech guard duo Kevin Murphy and Jud Dillard nowhave another post-season honor to shoulder, in addition tofi rst-team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors.
Murphy and Dillard were both All-District selections by the National Association of Basketball Coaches onWednesday.
Murphy was named to the District 19 fi rst team, whileDillard earned a spot on the district’s second team. Mur-phy fi nished the season with a scoring average of 20.6points, ranking him 10th in NCAA Division I.
The NABC’s District 19 consists of all OVC schools.
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SPORTS
This week’s Weekly Roundup features stories from Beat Reporter David Lane and TTU Sports Information.
It’s that time of the year again. A time that is crazy, unpredictable, ever changing and leaves people wonder-ing what will happen next. No it’s not March Madness that I speak of, it’s the NFL free agency period.
All the bracket talk that usually comes with the NCAA Tournament has been overshadowed a bit this year by the NFL’s free agency news, par-ticularly the question of where Peyton Manning will be taking snaps next season.
Because of names like Manning and elite defensive end/linebacker Mario Williams, this year’s free agent market could be the most exciting ever, excepting last year’s, where all free agent signings happened within a week due to the lockout.
Other than Manning and Wil-liams, there has been a focus on the receiver position with Vincent Jackson signing a big contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Calvin Johnson and DeSean Jackson signing huge ex-tensions with the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles, respectively.
A group of guys being overlooked are the free agent running backs. This could be due to the fact that last year
seemed to be the year of the quarter-back. It could also be due to the fact that there are no premier backs avail-able.
What you do have is a handful of guys who can go somewhere and con-tribute to a team on the bench. Peyton Hillis went to join Jamaal Charles in Kansas City earlier this week in what should be a productive duo, health permitting.
Here are my top fi ve available running backs, in no particular order, that some teams may want to take a look at:
First up is Mike Tolbert, formerly of the San Diego Chargers. Anybody who had Tolbert on their fantasy team last year knows what I am talk-ing about. He has scored 19 rushing touchdowns in the past two seasons. While having a decent 1,225 yards more that span and only one turnover in 175 touches, he could be a great ad-dition to many teams.
Another fi ne addition, and possi-bly as a number one back, is the “Law Firm”, BenJarvus Green-Ellis. The for-mer Ole Miss Rebel ran for more than 1,000 yards two seasons ago and has carried in 11 and 13 touchdowns the
past two years. Not bad for a very pass happy
New England Patriot squad. Imagine what he could do for a team dedicated to the run.
My next two running backs come with a Super Bowl ring each. The fi rst of those is former New York Giant Brandon Jacobs. The “Battering Ram” is 6-foot 4 and 260-plus pounds and a defi nite presence between the tackles. He has 16 touchdowns over the past two seasons and would make a nice tandem to a team with a speedy run-ning back, like the Titans, Texans, Dol-phins or Eagles.
The other championship running back on the market is former Green Bay Packer Ryan Grant. Though last year was a down year for Grant and he missed the 2010 season with an in-jury, he ran for 1,200-plus in both 2008 and 2009 and had double-digit scores during the ’09 campaign. Grant may be past his prime, but I think he can still contribute in certain situations and can be signed for pretty cheap.
Rounding out my list is Michael Bush, formerly of the Oakland Raid-ers. An injury to Darren McFadden last season gave Bush an opportunity to show his abilities and he did just that. He fi nished the season with near-ly 1,000 yards and seven touchdowns.
Bush has only been in the league for four seasons meaning he could still get better. In the right situation, he could become a top ten running back in the entire league and could take a team to the next level.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Good Old War releases new album, performs in Nashville
“Silent House” is an edgy, no-holds-barred thriller loaded with in-tense scares and plenty of suspense.
Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) returns with her father, John (Adam Trese), and uncle, Peter (Eric Sheffer Stevens), to the home she grew up in. The family members are working to refurbish her childhood home in hopes of selling it, but Sarah is there to pack up her child-hood items and leave. The electricity is out due to rats chewing through wires and a majority of the windows have been boarded up. Even during the daylight the house is dark.
Sophia (Julia Taylor Ross) arrives and tells Sarah that the two used to be childhood friends. Sarah has no recollection of the girl, but she makes plans with Sophia as she mentions that she does not remember much from her childhood. The situation turns grim as Sarah’s uncle leaves and her father gets badly injured. Sarah then learns she is trapped in the house where everything has suddenly fallen silent, but she is not alone.
With the idea borrowed
from a Uruguayan fi lm un-der the same name, “Silent House” was shot in a wayto seem as if it was shotin one take. The seamlessfl ow and movement givethe fi lm the personal expe-rience of being shot with a hand-held camera withoutthe motion sickness.
Olsen’s acting is fl aw-less a majority of the fi lm.Her panic feels completely genuine, and her hystericsare dead on. Everything down to her facial expres-sions and movements come across as an incredibly real display of human reaction.
The fi lm weaves an intricate story that makeswhat is really going on open for interpretation.The ending may seem pre-dictable, but a plot twist atthe end that is halfway giv-en away or guessed is stillsurprising.
“Silent House” is in-tense, mysterious and terri-fying. The fi lm effortlessly works its way under yourskin and right onto your nerves.
“Silent House” is ratedR for disturbing violent content and terror.
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Pennsylvania indie-folk trio Good Old War per-formed several songs from its impressive March 6 release, “Come Back As Rain,” in downtown Nashville, Tenn., at 3rd and Lindsley Bar and Grill on March 11.
Both the new album and the performance served as a testament to the band’s ever-growing talent for crafting enjoyable, high-caliber pop tunes. Good Old War, to-gether with The Belle Brigade and The Devil Makes Three, found an enthusiastic crowd at 3rd and Lindsley Sunday night.
The PerformanceThe approachable trio
of Good Old War followed The Belle Brigade’s high-en-ergy set, playing a handful of fan favorites from each of its three albums, clearly having fun while doing it.
In “Weak Man” and “Window,” guitarist Daniel Schwartz awed onlookers with his swift, accurate fi n-gers during extended solos.
Drummer Tim Arnold humored and entertained the audience with mischievous, infectious smiles and various antics throughout the set, like making wild animal sounds during “Just Another Day” and performing a rough cov-er of a popular 1990s R&B hit in-between songs.
“Woody’s Hood Boogie
Woogie,” a guitar-driven, light-hearted tune from Good Old War’s self-titled sopho-more release, immediately animated the great mob of fans, enticing many to dance.
Among the newest ma-terial performed were songs “Can’t Go Home,” “Calling Me Names” and “Better Weather.” Each was execut-ed fl awlessly and received favorably by listeners.
Good Old War wisely chose to end its set with “Coney Island,” the single from its 2008 debut “Only Way To Be Alone.” It was a song the audience, whose voices nearly drowned out the performers, knew well.
The entire performance was recorded as part of a local radio show, constrain-ing the band to a short, con-trolled set. After the last song, a panicky radio host unsuccessfully attempted to read a rehearsed script above the disappointed audience’s persistent, tribal-like chant of “one more song.”
Good Old War exited the stage, apologizing for being unable to play more songs.
The AlbumJoining Good Old War’s
two previous masterpieces, “Come Back As Rain” stands as yet another collection of near-perfect songs from the three musicians.
The band revisits its trademark sound on the re-cord. Impossibly tight three-part harmonies again act as the backbone of the instantly
catchy folk songs, bolstered by Goodwin’s smooth, airy vocals, Schwartz’s bright, in-tricate guitar melodies and Arnold’s brushed snare and punchy kick drum.
The new songs vary in level of vigor, lyrical subject matter and emotion, but the album as whole maintains an upbeat disposition.
“Amazing Eyes” is a bal-lad-like composition com-prised of earnest lyrics, sub-tle piano and the signature chime of a 12-string guitar.
Built around playful vo-cal harmonies and guitar riffs that show off Schwartz’s prowess, “Better Weather” acts as one of the record’s stronger pieces.
“Touch the Clouds (Taste
The Ground)” is a creative tribute to moving beyond the past and living in the present. In the song, Goodwin sings, “I’ve been so high I touched the clouds. I’ve been so low I could taste the ground. Well, it’s all history. Look at me now.”
The pleasantly repetitive “Loud Love” features lead vocals from each member of the band during the verses, which is a fi rst for the trio.
By LOGAN NICKLESONWeb Editor
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