Volume XLIII Issue 10

THE RECORD WEEKLY Volume XLIII Issue 10

New Year, New Pains, New Gains

WRASTLIN’ WRESTLERS

Priory wrestling continuing successful season P5

MANTI TE’O FAKE “GIRLFRIEND”

Dated online for 5 months?? P3

NCAA BASKETBALL TOP 10

Too early to tell who’s on top

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BAD AT SPORTS? TRY MONSTER TRUCKING New turf field set to mud arena P7

The Record Staff Editor in Chief: Peter J. Cogan Layout Editor: Jack M. Mueller Guest Editor: Luke McGartland Content Editor: Patrick C.Lindmark Editor at Large: Thomas S. Burton Faculty Moderator: Chris W. Bailes

The Record Disclaimer The Record is the official student publication of Saint Louis Priory School in St. Louis, Missouri.

It is produced by students/staff members. Its purpose is threefold: to inform students of events in the community; to encourage discussion of local, national, and international issues; and to serve as a training ground for budding journalists, photographers, and graphic designers. The Record accepts contributions from all members of the Priory community, including students, faculty, and alumni.

The Record will not publish content considered legally unprotected speech, including but not limited to: libel, copyright infringement, unwarranted invasion of privacy, or material disruption of the educational process. Student editors apply professional standards to the production of the newspaper and are solely responsible for all content, both explicit and implicit.

Letters to the Editors are always appreciated. Feedback not intended for publication is also welcome.

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2013 RoboRebels: Ultimate Ascent

By Luke McGartland ‘14

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o you like Ultimate Frisbee? Do you like giant robots? Have you ever wanted to visit the Pyramids of Giza? Well it’s your lucky day because the Priory FIRST robotics team, the Roborebels, are building a robot to do all of those things for this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition. If you don’t know already the Roborebels (led by the valiant Mr. Ward) is made up of students from both Priory and Visitation, and participates annually in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Every year, FIRST sends out a challenge to teams of students around the globe to build, design, and test a robot in six weeks for one sole purpose: competing in a unique game with and against other teams. This year’s game is called Ultimate Ascent, a mashup of flying frisbees and climbing pipe pyramids.

In case you’re a little confused, let me lay it all out their for you. Ultimate Ascent is played by two competing alliances on a flat, 27 x 54 foot field. Each alliance consists of three robots, and they compete to score as many discs into their goals as they can during a two (2)-minute and fifteen (15)-second match.The match begins with a fifteen (15)-second Autonomous Period in which robots operate independently of driver inputs. Discs scored during this period are worth additional points. For the remainder of the match, drivers control robots and try to maximize their alliance

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score by scoring as many goals as possible.The match ends with robots attempting to climb up pyramids located near the middle of the field. Each robot earns points based on how high it climbs. Scoring for the match is summarized below. During the match, teams’ robots may try to score more

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points by climbing up pyramids located near the middle of the field.

If want more info on this our team, or you are interested in joining, talk to Luke McGartland or Mr. Ward. Feel free to stop by the robotics lab on Saturday or Sunday afternoons and see what we’re up to.

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News Rebel Rock is set for February 23rd and any bands who wish to participate need to sign up promptly.

Forms are on the front desk, and need to be turned in by January 22nd to any STUCO member. Your band must have at least one Priory student.

Rock on Rebels!

Manti Te’o Center of Controvery

By Peter Cogan ‘13

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s if being swept away by Alabama in the national championship less than two weeks ago wasn’t enough of a slap to the face of the Notre Dame community, the recent news about the mysterious girlfriend of Manti Te’o certainly makes things unbearable. With the New Year just starting Notre Dame fans, including myself, were extremely hopeful. Notre Dame was coming off of a perfect football season ready to win the national championship and return to the glory days. And leading that team was none other than Manti Te’o, both strong on the field and strong in his heart. It seemed clear to me that he was the messiah who would lead his brothers back to their land of victory. Being a loyal Notre Dame fan from birth, watching them look foolish in the national championship was painful. But what stings even more is watching the captain and Notre Dame’s hero fall. Ev-

ery one who appreciates Notre Dame has a deep love and respect for Manti. Watching him be humiliated on a national level hits deep. And yes, he dated a fictional person online for the better part of 5 months.

But those of you walking around thinking that he made up this girlfriend in order to gain attention for the Heisman are completely wrong. There is no evidence whatsoever that he had any selfish intention for creating a fictional girlfriend and having her die of leukemia. His grandmother, somebody extremely close to him, passed away within the same week as this alleged girlfriend did. Manti would have been in way too much grief to plot a fake death of another person close to him just to gain attention. He is not an attentionseeking 13 year-old girl, he is a senior in college. While I realize that he did, in fact, talk to the media in such a way that made it seem like he had an ac-

tual relationship with this girl, he did it out of embarrassment.

After all, if you were dating somebody online, would you just announce it on national television? Most likely not. I think that this kind of thing is

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much more embarrassing for whoever comes up with these ideas to hoax people over the Internet. It really speaks volumes about how stupid some people can be and how much time they have on their hands.

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Sports

NHL Lockout Ends

By Patrick Lindmark ‘13

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fter months of negotiations following a lockout of NHLPA members by NHL owners in September, the NHL will return this weekend. This lockout is the third under commissioner Gary Bettman and the three have proven detrimental to the league’s popularity and fan base.

The lockout, which was largely a continuation of the 2004-2005 lockout, was focused on a number of financial issues in the league.

The first is the issue of percentages of shared revenue. The players control a 57% share of league

revenue, which the owners wanted reduced to 46%. Second, the owners wanted to renegotiate some of the terms of contracts and free agency. They wanted to increase the years needed to be an unrestricted free agent and also restrict the contracts that could be signed by free agents to six years.

The owners also wanted to eliminate signing bonuses and front loaded contracts and make all contracts pay a uniform amount per year. Finally, the players and owners wanted to find a new salary floor and cap for the league.

Initial talks between the players did not go well. The players offered to have their share of the revenue lowered to 52% and the league countered by offering them 49% and then 50%. When this was rejected, several players travelled to Europe to temporarily play there. The sides next tried to agree on a contract limit but could not find a common ground. Games were cancelled through the AllStar break and there were talks of the players union breaking up.

After Christmas, the sides met again and began to come to agreements after tireless negotiations.

On January 6, the players and owners reached an agreement. The agreement included a maximum of seven years on new contracts, a salary floor and cap ($44 million and $60 million). The agreement also restricted the amount of dif-

ferential between pay in years of a contract to avoid front loaded contracts, with an allowance of 50% difference over the course of the contract. Most importantly, the agreement allowed for a 2013 NHL season. Games will start this weekend after a week of training camp and the season will include 48 of the usual 82 games. This will be followed by normal playoffs.

This lockout affected not only the players and owners, but the fans and NHL employees as well.

As has been seen after the other NHL lockouts, the fan base suffers greatly, as the league was just starting to get back to its former popularity. Loyal NHL fans lost almost half of the NHL season. Many stadium employees were laid off and many businesses near stadiums that rely on hockey games for income lost an untold amount of money. The lockout and its results will do little for the Blues other than shorten their season. The changes to salary caps and contracts have little effect on the Blues, who will look to build on last year’s team that lost to the eventual champion L.A. Kings in the second round of the playoffs. The Blues begin their season Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings at 7:00.

Rebels Rocky Road

By Jack Mueller ‘13

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he Rebels have been busy working hard to condition themselves into a fleet and imposing force on the court. It would seem that our gains in conditioning have not yielded a turn around on the court.

With our record at 3-10 there is little faith in our band of

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ballers. But one must consider that we are currently playing in one of the toughest leagues in St. Louis; the past 6 games, at least, we have not fielded a full roster due to sickness, injury, vacationing, and soccer (I know! Not even in season and it’s stealing our players). The

games we have lost, barring the most recent Principia game where Joe Colliati reached his 1,000th point and interupted the whole game for a ceremony, have been lost by a close margin and a single defeating quarter that we seem to get rut into and unable to escape.

There is hope however. Team chemistry, skill work, and new plays are all bright possibilities in Rebel basketball future.

We only ask your support. It’s a Friday night, you have no excuse to miss the game tonight.

Laus tibi domine.

Game tonight versus Lutheran South @south 8:30pm

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Priory Wrastlin’ Begins the New Year

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By Justin Davis-Morgan ‘13

he Rebels wrestling team has been busy with activity since Christmas. On January 3rd, the squad drove to Jefferson City to face Blair Oaks and Lutheran St. Peters.

Priory split both, losing to Blair Oaks and beating Lutheran. The next meet came on Jan. 8 at Priory, against Class 4 teams Mehlville and CBC (Priory is in Class 2). Priory took on Mehlville first; and after some well fought matches, Priory came out on top [40-31]. Later in the evening was a strong CBC squad that started out strongly. However, Priory constantly stayed in the mix, as back and forth victories by both teams kept the Rebels behind by a short margin. One of the most exciting matches of the night was that

of heavyweight Wyatt Gale, who, after tying his match, got a takedown and held down his opponent to scrape out a 4-2 win in overtime.

This shrunk CBC’s lead as a team to 4 points; but more victories sealed a final score of [47-31] for the Cadets.

On Jan. 11-12, the Rebels traveled to St. Charles West for a packed 2-day tournament at St. Charles West.

Taylor Boyce (220 lbs) placed 3rd, while Dominic Coppola (160 lbs) and Wyatt Gale placed 5th. In dual meets, Priory moves to 8-2 for the season. Their next matches come on Jan. 15 at DeSmet, and on the 17th versus Windsor and Pacific.

Priory Wrestling Needs More Fans

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By Will O’Brien ‘14

ost students at priory regard wrestling as an insignificant sport to our school.

Until recently I myself regarded the sport with a certain disdain, thinking it was pointless tomfoolery. Despite this preconception, Kevin Schilling (known as K-VZ in the Chesterhood) convinced me to come to wrestling’s tri duel against CBC and Mehlville. The first match caught my attention and I was hooked immediately.

Watching Ramsey wrestle a girl with clear discomfort was a hoot and a half. The meet didn’t disappoint from there on. The Priory team took down goon after goon from Mehlville and I was enjoying myself in the stands. In the midst of this fun, I looked around. There were around 7 non-parents or wrestlers at the meet; and among those were Mrs. Hall and Andrew Rhodes (who no longer attends the school). I began to wonder why no one comes out to these things. If you like football you’ll

love wrestling; no running away and way more hitting. You can talk to the wrestlers anytime when they aren’t wrestling, and Mr. Rolwes gives away great hugs free of charge. Said Michael Herman of the wrestling meets, “They’re pretty couth. It is safe to say that there is little to no vexation occurring.” When asked about whom he hopes to see at upcoming meets, Michael responded “I’m already saving a couple seats for Mr. Orlando and Shawna, and of course Señora has a standing invitation.”

So now that attention has been brought to the hidden gem of Priory sports, I expect you all to start flocking to the meets. Maybe not the ones that are hours away, but the gym should be packed the next home meet. Start showing up, start learning the terminology, and pretty soon you’ll have found yourself a new favorite social event that is far cooler than most can handle. I’ll say farewell to all until the next wrestling

meet, where I’m sure our boys will conquer all competition, even if it means Solo Ceesay must be owned by Wyatt Gale once again.

P.S. If anyone has an extra singlet that I can wear in the stands it would be much appreciated.

Wrestling home tournament saturday the 26th @9:30am

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A Look at College Basketball’s Top Ten

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ith conference play having begun, college basketball is officially in full swing. Many teams have shown flashes of excellence, but here are the ten teams most likely to cut down the nets after March Madness.

10. Gonzaga Bulldogs Gonzaga returns most of its starters from last year’s squad, including 7-foot Kelly Olynyk, the Canadian stud who is also the team’s leading scorer. Arguably the team’s best player, though, is Elias Harris, an excellent defender and scorer.

He is the Bulldogs’ leading scorer despite playing on the wing. Gonzaga is a team that no one is talking about, but is poised to make a run come March, and a team that I have in my way-too-early-final-four.

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9. Ohio State Buckeyes After having to share the spotlight the last few years with current Celtics big man Jared Sullinger, Deshaun Thomas has the spotlight to himself this year for the Buckeyes, and he’s certainly made the most of

his opportunities. Thomas is among the country’s leaders in scoring at 20 points per game, as well as leading the Buckeyes in rebounding. However, the Buckeyes are certainly not a one-man team, as lockdown defender Aaron Craft and guard Lenzelle Smith Jr. have also enjoyed success this year.

8. Florida Gators Despite losing St. Louisan Brad Beal to the NBA draft, the Gators’ squad is looking strong yet again this year. The Gators have two explosive senior guards in Mike Rosario and

Kenny Boynton, as well as a stud big man in Patric Young.

Experience and an excellent coach (Billy Donovan) often mean success in the tournament, so look for the Gators to make a run in March.

7. Arizona Wildcats Arizona had a bit of a down year last year after losing star Derrick Williams to the draft.

This year, the Wildcats are back in full force, led by Xavier transfer Mark Lyons. Arizona is a team that lives and dies off the three, as evidenced by the great shooting of Lyons, Solomon Hill, and Nick Johnson.

Despite not having any big men who are “stars,” the Wildcats have a capable young group of big men to bang on the boards.

6. Syracuse Orange No matter who they might have

lost the year before, Syracuse is a team that always winds up being good, and this year is no exception. The Orange possess three players averaging above thirteen points per game in Brandon Triche, CJ Fair, and James Southerland. Syracuse also has the nation’s leading assist man in point guard Michael Carter-Williams. The Orange are almost unstoppable at home, so look for the Orange to lock up a one seed heading into the tournament.

5. Kansas Jayhawks The Jayhawks had a terrific season last season, losing to Kentucky in the championship game. Thomas Robinson is gone, but senior center Jeff Withey returns to a loaded Jayhawks squad. One of the surprise stars of the season has been freshman guard Ben McLemore. McLemore is averaging almost 17 points per game and has been called the Jayhawks best pro prospect since Paul Pierce.

4. Michigan Wolverines The Wolverines possess arguably the nation’s best backcourt in sophomore and junior guards Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. Burke and Hardaway are both among the Big Ten’s leaders in scoring, and Burke is amongst the conference’s leaders in assists. The Wolverines seem poised to make a big run and are a team that I have in my final four.

3. Duke Blue Devils Duke is another team that

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Sports seems to always be in the top ten, no matter the year. This year’s Blue Devils boast a potent one-two punch of center Mason Plumlee and guard, Seth Curry. Duke is very deep this year, with five players scoring in double figures. It also never hurts having the best coach in the country in Mike Krysewski.

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2. Indiana Hoosiers As preseason number one, the Hoosiers have for the most part lived up to the lofty expectations they were given.

Indiana’s star is sophomore forward Cody Zeller, but the Hoosiers, just like Duke, possess an incredible amount of depth, including guard Victor Oladipo, forward Christian Watford, and freshman point guard Yogi Ferrell. Indiana is my early pick to win it all.

1. Louisville Wildcats The Wildcats, led by coach Rick Pitino, are an explosively talented team. Led by guard Russ Smith, averaging nineteen points per game, senior guard Peyton Siva, and center Gorgui Deng, the Wildcats seemingly have no holes. Louisville is a team that could and will go far in the NCAA tournament, and the Cardinals are the final pick for my final four.

Priory Looks to FieldBy Michael Monster Truck Crew Fall 2013 Herman ‘14

he Priory event committee came out this week revealing one of the biggest signings in the fine history of our school. The Priory event committee teamed up with Venus Razorblades to bring to our campus the first Venus Razorblade Monster Truck rally that the St. Louis metropolitan area has seen since the late 1980s. Last week after all was finalized the event committee announced that we would be hosting this event for the next ten years. The rally is set to take place next week at the football field that is going through some minor modifications to get ready for this momentous event.

All the turf is being ripped out in order to put down lots of mud with a little gravel sprinkled on top. This process is a long and tedious one because if the mud isn’t sloppy enough what fun is that but if it is too sloppy it is just vexing for the audience. At press time after it was announced that the field was to go through such big changes it was decided that the football team was to be liquidated.

The plan as set down by the athletic department is to make the football field a permanent monster truck facility, and the weight room is to be turned into an auto

shop for really big trucks rather than really big athletes (sorry Bryan). In the auto shop there will be lots of sweet things that you’re not allowed to play with and barely even allowed to look at for even like three seconds until you get in trouble. It’s really a crying shame I mean what’ s all that cool stuff even sitting there for if you’re not allowed to touch it. After the announcement regarding the foot-

ball team the school has decided to make an amateur Monster truck team so that we may join in the fast growing sport. Although Monster trucking is not yet a MSSHA sanctioned sport the metro league is looking to pick it up in the fall of 2013. In order to prepare for the rally the school has also announced its plan to reposition all of the seating so that the front most seats will be reserved

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as the “splash zone “section. In an interview last week secretary for the Priory event committee, Lenny Schilling, said that the rally will “undoubtedly be outrageous fun” and that “monster trucks are really big.” The event is expected to gross over a gazillion dollars, which sources have confirmed will be going to the petting zoo as well as the planetarium.

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Opinion Why You’re Wrong About Les Miserables T

he Les Miserables movie has enjoyed great box office success as well as eight Academy Award nominations. However, I have heard quite a few people bash the movie and claim that it wasn’t very good. I’m here to tell these people something: you’re wrong.

The most common complaint I hear is that Russell Crowe can’t sing. False. He sang throughout the entire 157 minutes of the movie. Maybe you meant that you didn’t like the tone of his voice. That’s not the same as not being able to sing. Don’t get me wrong; I understand that this is a musical and that singing is important. But you have to take into account that the singing is meant to be heard as dialogue. This means that the actors have to act whilst singing, and everybody in this movie does so excellently. If the actors focused more on sounding good than on conveying the meaning of the songs, the movie wouldn’t have received the critical or, more important, viewer acclaim that it did. I went to see Les Mis at the Fox recently. I can’t tell you how frustrating it was watching the actors strike a pose and sing. They sounded superb, but they didn’t bother to play their objectives. The objective (what the character wants) must be the actor’s biggest priority.

For example, I Dreamed a Dream is a beautiful song. But in that

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This year the Auction will be February 2nd.

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scene, the character Fantine is in a miserable position. She also has bronchitis.

She shouldn’t be able to sing (or talk) well.

Sounding good isn’t an important part of the song, or her objective. She is expressing her utter despair. She is a broken and dying woman who is unable to care for her daughter. This doesn’t call for a perfectly sung ballad. The grit and misery Anne Hathaway brings to this song is Oscar-worthy. In Bring Him Home, Hugh Jackman chose to sing in chest voice instead of the customary head voice. I’m disappointed too. The song is show stopping in head voice. But as an actor, Jackman made a choice that it would be truer to his character in this situation to sing in chest voice.

He doesn’t sound phenomenal, but he’s also playing an old man (Jean Valjean is old at this point).

Old people don’t typically sing as well. As the movie progresses, you can hear his singing decline as he gets older. It’s amazing.

And back to Russell Crowe – no, he isn’t a classically trained singer.

He’s an award-winning actor and he played the best Javert I’ve ever

seen. Javert is a complex character. He is very difficult to play.

In this movie, Crowe manages to make the audience care about Javert and understand his struggle (something that I’ve never seen any other actor do well). Before I saw the movie, I had listened to the songs of Les Mis tons of times. But when I saw the movie, I was made aware of the meaning of the songs. It was like I was hearing them for the first time.

This is because the actors made it their first priority to act out the song and convey its meaning.

As I said before, I understand that it’s a musical and singing is important. But it isn’t as important as the acting within it (especially in this particular musical). If you’re only interested in hearing good singing, buy an older Les Mis soundtrack or go to a Metro Singers concert. Musicals can’t just be

about singing. If the director had placed more emphasis on singing than acting, this movie would have been like every other production of Les Mis that I’ve seen – ambiguous and therefore, unmoving. You wouldn’t have the same depth of understanding or care for the characters and their plight.

Every actor sings in a way that is appropriate for his or her character in each situation. Whether you liked the tone of someone’s voice shouldn’t affect the quality of the film. It’s ok if you don’t like how Javert sounds, just stop saying he can’t sing. Because he did.

And just because some actors didn’t sing pretty doesn’t make it a bad movie. Actually, it makes it better. It is called Les Miserables after all. They weren’t in a situation where they should sound pretty. They were miserable.

are needed, so it would be a good idea to give back to Priory for the aid you or your friends are receving. Please notify Mary Rhodes or a STUCO Rep if you can help.

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Debt Spending Has Got to Get Under Control

ecently, the national media has been buzzing with the latest facts and figures of the fiscal cliff. Also interesting is a recent development in Washington regarding government spending. Most Notably, Congress has asked for President Obama to commit to reducing federal spending before they agree to raise the borrowing limit. These negotiations have not gone very far since the President is adamant in refusing to reduce spending. The President has made his point in saying the raised debt ceiling would allow for

By Eric Stange ‘14

federal benefit payments like Social Security checks and U.S. troop salaries to be paid, along with other bills Congress has incurred. This is not

rently hang in the balance is because the President refuses to change his spending plans, much less negotiate on any level. Keep in mind the cur-

an unexpected expenditure, in fact, Congress is fully aware of these necessary payments. The reason why these matters cur-

rent President’s agenda has brought us another 13 trillion in debt. Forbes has recently run the numbers, and when

ve you the desireds of your heart” -Psalm 37:4

we go over the fiscal cliff, the country will incur over four more trillion dollars in debt.

This is not including Obamacare add-ons or other federal programs. If we, as a country, continue to pay for the high budget government programs put in place by a President who refuses to even negotiate with Congress to reach a reasonable compromise regarding spending, the United States’ debt will continue to climb to such a number, that it will be impossible to pay back. The generation that will take the brunt of paying this debt back will be ours.

Make sure you all sign up for this year’s Father/Son banquet dinner. It will take place at the Peabody Opera House on February 9th beginning at 6:15. The special guest speaker will be Andre Norman, Founder and President of the National Gang Council. It should be a delightful evening and is usually a night well spent.

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It’s Never Been Done: An Actual Cryptogram

For you mystery lovers, I give you a better challenge than cryptograms have given you in the past. Clue: One of those tasks that you can never quite finish...no matter how many times you do it!

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Entertainment

Mitch’s Musical Madness

By Mitch Van Bree ‘13

Mitch is back with more of his musical madness having sufficiently deflated our hope in Christmas music until we’ve forgotten about it enough 11 months from now and can once again begin to listen to Holiday music. Until then, his exposition of littleknown bands and artists continues...

Fireworks by Polock If you’ve heard of this band, kudos to you. Polock is an indie band from Spain. They’re so indie that people from Spain (that I’ve talked to) have never heard of them. This song is a great indie-pop/rock song. The guitar and bass have great mid-range tones and the interweaving guitar and synth riffs are really cool. The most unique part about this song is the vocal performance. The singer, being Spanish, doesn’t pronounce English words very well. This actually works to his advantage because it gives the song that classic indie “I’m gonna mumble and mispronounce everything ’cause it’s artsy” style. It’s a fun song that you’ll hopefully enjoy.

Dig by Incubus If you haven’t heard this song, you’ve been missing out your whole life.

The lyrics, vocals, and instrumentation are all phenomenal. In addition there’s a backwards guitar solo! Everyone will love this song. If you don’t like it, you’re weird.

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