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Show Toon Examiner The news page written by and for 5r d WeberDavis teens x On The u-j'- l', Not ffi ri H u U al4WJ4ia IHlf Phonet C2&42I4 7764W , J Thursday, Soptombor 1 8, 1 997 1 Tlftiose r Luiza Counting Crows steal ... the limelight D DAVID RANDALL Dy DCNNIS1A WHIStEn IX. IX coffeeponoort mponOtrt some ways, high school has changed a lot since the days of Counting along the Wallflowers, formed at the Ita Center a week ago, and I must say it was a spectacle. The show overall was pretty amazing, but it took quite a while to get rolling. The opening band was called the Gigolo Aunts, from Boston, Mass. They were a fairly typical altcmatrash-skatc- r band complete with mangled and disheveled hair. They weren't all too impressive. Their songs weren't all that bad. but they weren't ail that good either. They closed ofT the show with a song called Super, ultra, wicked, mega, love. It was catchy but not very original. Adam Duritz (lead singer for Counting Crows) came on stage several times before his band played and commented on how much he liked the band, but I didnt see The Alicia Silvcrstone and the movie InGrease." Now teens a better guide to high school and it,.... ' I wasn't HIGH SCHOOL HANGOUTS Drop by High School Hangouts, a new forum area on StandardNET. You might run into a teacher or parent, but don't panic, its primarily for students. Each high school in the area has its own hangout. Go to the forums and chat jtefed at http:www.standard.net. ' Joy Allcnbaugh, a 1985 graduate of Bonneville High, says: All there was, was high school. 1 See The Bottom urn Bambi was c originally published in 1929 in German. . RIVALS, 6 1 VJhat all that impressed by the Wallflowers, either. They were the next band to come on, and they weren't very inventive because they pretty much played songs from their CD the way they sounded on the CD, although I'm sure all girls in the audience got a big kick out of seeing Jacob Dylan (singcrguitarist for the Wallflowers) live. The Wallflowers did, however, have good lighting - of which the Gigolo Aunts had next to none. They played all their hits oiT the radio including Three 6th Avenue Heartache," Marianas, One Headlight, and The Difference. The closing song, The Difference, was fairly well done. The song has a lot of energy to start with, and when the Wallflowers played it live, it worked well. When the Counting Crows came on, the real show began. They had the run of the whole stage, which had finally been cleared of the other bands equipment, and they made good use of it Duritz was all over the place, jumping around and interacting with the audience. The lighting was the best Ive ever seen. It was just awesome. Counting Crows opened with the title track from their latest album, Recovering the Satellites, and a giant star with streamers that was just like, the one on the album cover lit up. It is amazing how much lighting can do for a band. It can bring the audience in, make them' cheer, give an emotion or feeling or expose flaws, and make a band uneasy. TEECrows explored only the positive aSpts of lighting to put their music across in the way they wanted. The sound the Counting Crows had wasJust so much more beautiful and real than the other two bands -- 1 could compare them. hardly They played other favorites during the show such as Angels of the Silences, Have You Seen Me Lately and See CROWS6 life give the stereotypes and rivalries we deal with every day. School back then was fun; it was a real social event to go to school, says Mark Acker, who graduated from Ben Lomond High in 1968. K . and rivalries stereotype fit c Ben Lomond: potheads Bonneville: good, preppy kids, "clique-ish,- " gu; brats Bountiful: preppies, yuppies Clearfield: farmer or cowboy kids Davis: tennis-playin- g Fremont: country preps n steer ropin, hicks Layton: come from wealthy families and have expensive houses Northridge: gangsters ana drug users or snobs Ogden: gangster kids, always fighting Roy: nicknamed Roy retards or rebels Viewmont: too good at sports, everyone hates them, jocks Washington High: "Enough said." Weber: known as The Prison because it has no windows music-listeni- n, buckle-weari- n Compiled by the TX. correspondenfs Prank turns into a battle High School and High schools rivals, and the two schools are battling over a few streets bordering the schools boundaries. right on the boundary. They also painted a red N on top of Laytons blue L. Layton-Northrid- Layton Last spring it wasnt uncommon to see the letters NHS or LHS freshly painted over the other. The battle began several years ago when proud Layton High students painted Laytons double L sign on a street off Highway 89 within Layton High boundaries, close to the border. Layton is our biggest competitors in everything, including sports, said Will Burcher. a junior at Northridge High School. A few years later Northridge d students, in a dispute over who owned the area, painted the Northridge N Written by TX. correspondents Kristin Tennis, a graduate of Layton High School, and Dennisia Whisler, a senior at Roy High School, Layton-Northrid- good-nature- ato ,3 4 u I , Getting organized with Mr. Franklin Planner in the form of organization, specifically: PLANNERS. By UNDSAY LEININGER TX correspondent To-D- The o Planners, as my good old dad always says, are mans answer to the womans Tha Wish List. The Dreams and Goals List. The What I Look For In a Guy List. The Things That Make Me Happy List The Things That Start With a B List The 101 Uses of Rotten Cauliflower List You know, sometimes I feel like Im way too organized. I look at my planner (Franklin Quest faux leather - of course) with all of my lists and schedules and papers flying out everywhere, and I think: Why? Well, I think organized people like me have a little too much time on their hands. Instead of resorting to growing n algae or finding a cure for AIDS, we discover our purpose in life blue-gree- memos, key chains, vocabulary cards and high school dance pictures. (You can never have too many of those.) I, Miss Perfectionist, (n. - one who uses floor wax to add shine and luster to the kitchen knives) will outline the proper use of a planner. First, every morning I wake up and skip merrily out of my bed over to my desk, where I lovingly open my eternal companion, the planner. I turn to the correct day and ponder on my daily objectives - washing the car, crocheting a doily, reading Crime and Punishment. Then, after penciling out my goals, I mark each with an A, B or C. These letters stand for how important each goal is. purse. The purse is, essentially, a bottomless abyss of melting lipsticks and tissues. In comparison, for the average student, the planner is a mysterious specimen with an endless wealth of For example, A stands for Absolutely Necessary, B means Because I Have Free Time, and C represents Cracking Spackle From My Ceiling Made Me Bored So I Really Should Do This. Alter labeling each goal with its appropriate letter, I then proceed with my eventful day and cross out each item as it is accomplished. This method has worked for me for the past three days, and I think it quite efficient. Oftentimes I look through my planner, which looks as if it should be named Ferguson, and am amazed at how organized I could be if I actually knew how to use everything in it. I pretty much just use the monthly calendar, the address book, the daily objectives pages, etc. If I wanted to, I could look up how many milligrams of cholesterol are in a bowl of Manhattan clam chowder (two, by the way). Planners nowadays aint no paper and pen job anymore, folks. With simply a swift switch of the wrist (say that 10 times fast), I know that the area code for Peoria, 111., is 309. The 7th of November in 1999 is a Sunday. There are 36 sections in a township. My waist size is . . . All right, thats enough. These planners are too smart. Aside from being planners are quite attractive, ranging in styles from See PLANNERS6 |