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Show TUESDAY • JULY 25 • 2006 WWW.NETXNEWS.NET The Ruins leads Amazon Top 5 I The Ruins 2 The Memory Keeper's Daughter J The Long Tail: Why the Future of Bust ness is Selling Less of More A Phantom: Chainfire Trilogy, Part 2 (Sword of Truth, Book 10) 1 m The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century liVi Johnny Cash takes | Billboard's Top 5 Alburns (• • • rojI " Johnny Cash- American V; A Hundred ; Highways . Nelly Furtada- Loose '. S ; India-Arie-Testimony: VbJ. 1, Life & Relationship • j Dixie Chicks- Taking fhe Long Way I I 5 Gnarls Barkley- St. Elsewhere top ten Fulfilled Signs of the End-of-the-World 10 Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx makes Stealth. 9 Clerks 2 opens in Utah Volfey. 8 A Wa/-Marf can be found /n every c//y. 5 Utah's local indie legend Jason Pyles Life Writer If you're into Utah's music scene, chances are you've heard of an enigmatic musician named Dave Eaton. Outspoken and typically controversial, Eaton plays rhythmic but mellow songs on his duct-taped, classical guitar. Once during a concert, I heard Eaton yell to the crowd that he was Republican, voted for Bush and would right anybody who had a problem with that. He also says it's funny how all musicians think they have to be a Democrat. Eaton is known for organizing over 30 fundraising concerts for a myriad of causes-whether it's donating money to a needy family at Christmas or helping a foreign-exchange student return home. College Times: What genre best describes the music you write? Dave Eaton: Alternative folk. My current recording engineer described it as a cross between Mason Jennings and The Smith's, but I don't necessarily agree. CT: Who are your musical influences? DE: Lyrically, Neal A. Maxwell. Musically, I have favorite bands, but I don't know that they've influenced me. CT: What does ATARXY mean? DE: Calmness, serenity or relief from emotional disquiet. CT: Describe your band. DE: Even though we're called "Dave Eaton', we are a five-piece band. We have a pianist, a back-up singer, a bassist, a drummer and I sing and play guitar. Everyone owns an IPOD. Bryce Dallas Howard, daughter of Ron Howard, and Paul Giamatti star in M. Night Shyamalan's new thriller Lady in the Water. People rely on my space. com to make new friends. People actually listen to Jack Johnson. Ryan Shupe makes it onto CMT. . Halestarm makes a sequel to Single's Ward. Paul Walker learns to act (see Running Scared). Nobody quotes Napoleon Dynamite anymore. I CT: You're new album ATARAXY is scheduled for release next month. Tell us about it. DE: It's been four years in the making, and it's a collection of autobiographical songs about the people, places and feelings of my life. Some of it is influenced by books I've read, too. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest takes Top 5 Movies 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Little Man J You, Me and Dupree * | Superman Returns The Devil Wears Prada See EATON-A7 Dog Problems Courtesy photo/Warner Bros. The bold bedtime story LukeHickman 2 Eaton is from Chicago but currently lives in the Salt Lake area. He owns EATON Alliance, a company that works with Autistic people. The College Times interviewed this musician, who is often called "a local legend." Life Writer This summer was uneventful for movies, after this weekend there really aren't anymore big movies to look forward to. After M. Night Shyamalan's so-called "let down" The Village, many are leery of his latest film. Lady in the Water which is now in theaters. As always, Shyamalan has brought back one of his lead actors to star in another of his projects. Bryce Dallas Howard {The Village), daughter of director Ron Howard, plays Story, a mythical water-dwelling creature called a Narf. With hopes of trying to reconnect the relationship between Man and Narf, Story requests the help of superintendent Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti, Sidways and Cinderella Man) to assist in protecting her from nearly invisible beasts which are preventing her from returning home. Since the moment this film was advertised, it has been called a bedtime story, which is exactly what Shyamalan accomplishes. If you're not prepared to place yourself in that type of mentality, then you'll most likely look at Lady in the Water as one of the most odd movies you've ever seen. You need to enter the theater pretending you're a gullible little kid who's being spoon feed an incredible story that is being made-up as it goes. That's when you' 11 enjoy what you're seeing and get what it's all about. As always, Shyamalan has gathered the best group of people to assist in making his movie. Every actor does an amazing job. The orchestrated music acts as its own essential character. The special effects look great. The visuals are beautiful. And the story is fun and very well told. If you're a fan of M. Night Shyamalan, artistic movies that have a somewhat independent feel or just plain want to remember what it was like to be a manipulated kid again, then definitely do not miss Ladv in the Water. Music M o m e n t Megan Leavitt Life Writer Dog Problems is an amazing new album from The Format. This is a band that rises from the Arizona heat to bring about great songs like their first single off their debut album Interventions and Lullyby's. They now bring a new and ear-pleasing album titled Dog Problems. The Format have had quite a year after getting dropped by their label and therefore having to put themselves on tour and put out the new album by themselves as well. They have surely done an amazing job of getting their name out there. The song 'Tm Actual" on the album Dog Problems is one of the best songs out this summer because it has the big band feel, with the trumpets, big drums and a plethora of other instruments that make you want to lead music in your car. But it also has lyrics that you can't help but sing along with. The entire album is full of surprises and with each song you are left with no choice but to play it on repeat because you love them all so much. The Format is not your See 00G-A7 |