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Bowling for Soup members Chris Burney (left), Gary Wiseman (middle left), Jeret Reddick (middle right) and Erik Chandler (right), will play at The Basement at 8 p.m.
Soup dishes on show, albums ALEESIA FORNI Lantern reporter forni.4@osu.edu Nearly two decades ago in a coffee shop called The Refuge, nestled in the small town of Wichita Falls, Texas, four hopeful musicians were down on their luck. Jaret Reddick, Chris Burney and Erik Chandler had each recently parted ways with their respective former bands. Hoping for better luck with a new formation, the men decided to try something together. With the addition of Gary Wiseman soon after, Bowling for Soup was born. Eleven albums and a Grammy nomination (2003’s “Girl All the Bad Guys Want”) later, the band is still going strong and will perform today at 6 p.m. at The Basement. “We’re just a lot of fun,” Reddick, lead singer and songwriter of Bowling for Soup, said in an interview with The Lantern. “We’re considered sort of the ultimate party band.” With an up-tempo sound and an obsession with supplying a good time for all, Reddick said their concert will provide attendees with “one of the most fun times (they) have ever had.”
“The Rite” “The Roommate” “The Mechanic”
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“We don’t rehearse anything,” Reddick said. “There’s no predetermined set list. It’s just very interactive.” With no prior itinerary of songs to play, Bowling for Soup exhibits one of their trademark characteristics of staying “low key,” Reddick said. “We don’t over-think anything,” Reddick said. “We tend to just walk up on stage and do our thing.” Other bands set to perform at this week’s show include the Florida-born band, The Dollyrots, and pop-punk band Patent Pending. Both groups are close comrades of Bowling for Soup, Reddick said, which makes their travels together all the more enjoyable. “They’re good friends of ours,” Reddick said of the other bands on the tour, “so it’s like we’re at camp.” Bowling for Soup also shares a special relationship with the city of Columbus. The band has appeared on WNCI’s morning show, “Dave and Jimmy,” multiple times before their shows, and performed at the Major League Soccer All-Star Game held at Crew Stadium in 2005. “We’ve played there many times,” Reddick said of Columbus. “We’ve got quite a Columbus history.” Aside from putting on concerts across the country, Reddick said the band brings the same fun atmosphere it displays on-stage to its off-stage
touring activities during the band’s downtime on the road. “We’ll just ÿnd a place to park, like a mall or a Walmart,” Reddick said. “We’ll have a barbeque and grill out. It doesn’t take a lot to entertain us.” This relaxed vibe also translates into the band’s musical pursuits. “I liked their ÿrst album because it was very real and unapologetic,” said Josh Ramzy, a fourth-year in marketing. With this mindset and their recent departure from their long-time label, Jive Records, Bowling for Soup attempted to go back to the roots of previous albums with their most recent release, “Fishin’ for Woos.” “It’s a little bit scaled back from the last few records,” Reddick said, comparing this album to the band’s 2002 release, “Drunk Enough to Dance.” As for the band’s witty and boisterous lyrics, Reddick said the inspiration for his songs can come from anywhere. “It’s kind of a hard thing to put my ÿnger on. I do have a collection of ideas, whether it’s a concept or a line,” Reddick said of his song-writing process. “It deÿnitely differs with every song.” Tickets can be purchased for the show online at www.ticketmaster.com for $17.25 after fees.
Author’s book tour to stop in Columbus KIT LEWIS Lantern reporter lewis.1464@osu.edu
“L.A. Noire” “The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings” “Deep Black”
Justin Cronin’s novels were boring. At least his 8-year-old daughter, now 14, was worried they were. So she told her father she wanted him to write a book about a girl who saves the world. After this, Cronin spent many afternoons with his
daughter during which time they shared ideas and built a story together. Five years later, Cronin ÿnished his novel, which would later be ranked No. 9 on Time Magazine’s “Top 10 Fiction Books” of 2010. “I had no intention of writing the book. I was just having a good time with my kid,” Cronin said. Cronin’s novel, “The Passage,” is the ÿrst book in a trilogy about a
Justin Cronin post-apocalyptic world where government experiments backÿre and lead to vampire-
like creatures destroying civilization, leaving one girl with the task of saving the world. Cronin will begin his book tour at 7:30 p.m. at The Columbus Performing Arts Center. The evening will include Cronin reading an excerpt from his book, a book signing and a talk with the audience about his work. The Thurber House, a non-proÿt literary center and museum of author and The
New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber, is presenting the event. Cronin will be visiting 16 cities, and the tour will be promoting the release of the paperback edition of “The Passage.” Tickets are available for $15 at www.thurberhouse. org. For the full story, visit thelantern.com.
Tressel, Pryor, Gee sandwiches could be contenders ARTS Editor ALEX ANTONETZ antonetz.3@osu.edu
Sloopy’s Diner at the Ohio Union is currently taking applications for its Second Annual Sandwich Club Awards, in which winners will have sandwiches at the dining hall named after them. Applicants have until June 3 to apply, and winners — six individuals and three groups — will be announced on Sept. 9. What if prominent Ohio
State ÿgures applied to have a sandwich named after them? Let’s take a look at what their sandwiches would look like. Jim Tressel: Bologna Sandwich What’s the most boring sandwich in the world? It’s a bologna sandwich. A sandwich like this is apt for Tressel because it matches his boring personality. I almost reconsidered this for the sole reason that eating a bologna sandwich is more enjoyable than watching running up the middle and punting for three hours, but there’s really no better choice here. Plus, Tressel is full of proverbial bologna in regards to Tattoo-gate, so it’s a natural ÿt. Terrelle Pryor: Ramen Noodle Sandwich Because we need to give Pryor a sandwich made of the cheapest food possible so he won’t try to resell it.
Sandwiches describe prominent OSU males
Simple is good.
Gordon Gee: Something with a side of coleslaw I struggled to come up with a sandwich for Gee, but since he’s 67, which is old, I decided that you can get any sandwich you want as long as it comes with coleslaw. Why coleslaw? Because the only people in the world that eat coleslaw are currently on Medicare, that’s why. Think about it: When you go to Raisin’ Canes, do you get coleslaw or do you get the extra Texas Toast that replaces it? You get the toast because you’re not 90.
Cheap is good.
Patrons at Woodfest: Pizza Sub with extra onions It might sound like a strange combination, but if you were at Woodfest — and if you were, you probably can’t read this as you’re still recovering from partial blindness — you know that after midnight, instead of pounding Natty Lights, your eyes were pounded with eight gallons of Mace, which the onions are replicating. I chose a pizza sub because chances are your vomit from the Mace you ingested probably looked like upchucked pizza.
KARISSA LAM / Design editor
Coleslaw is good with everything!
OSU athletic department: Adaptation of Wendy’s Spicy Chicken Sandwich In order for this to work, the dining hall will need to add a tad more spice so that customers are completely incapacitated. Perfect match for Tressel and the athletic department, whose senses must have been so agitated by the spices that they were also unable to satisfactorily disclose information right under their noses. Zing. The Ohio Union: Bowser’s Castle Sandwich People have complained
about the architecture of the Union being boring, so this sandwich would be made of the bricks and mortar that comprise a much more impressive piece of architecture: Bowser’s Castle. When the winners are announced on Sept. 9, don’t be at all surprised to see these individuals and groups named. If I haven’t been tarred and feathered for writing this, I’ll hopefully be around to gloat. But if you feel like you’re more qualiÿed to top these brilliant sandwiches, visit the Ohio Union’s website to apply.
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