University of Utah Student Newspapers | 2007-02-05 | Page 5

Monday, February 5,2007 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Meeting people is easy SOME MESSENGERS DON'T KNOCK continued from Page 4 Deerhoof, your new best weirdo friend—play nice Deerhoof Want more cowFnend bell? Opportunity Deerhoof's latest Kill Rock Stars offering, Friend OpFour out of portunity, is your five stars answer. Buried deep beneath lay•*•• ers of screeching L_ trumpets, tinkling triangles, roaring guitars, sugary bass lines, space sounds and the odderthan-odd, child-like vocal stylings of Satomi Matsuzaki lies the forgotten sound of the cowbell. But you'll have to put up with all that other stuff. Which, after some getting used to, will make you forget all about your cowbell. Deerhoof, champion of the chaotic, has released one of the best albums of early 2007—it's rockin', it's weird and it's not afraid to parade lyrics like, "If I were man/ and you a dog/ I'd throw a stick for you." Lines like that are what help Friend Opportunity achieve its Zen balance between cuddly cute and utter chaos. One minute it's a noise traffic jam and the next you're coasting on the moon. So about that cowbell..."Believe E.S.P." is loaded with it—along with stomping rhythms that near ritualistic, backing "whooping" and "peeping" vocals. "The Galaxist" goes from crunchy anthem rock to spaced-out, '7os-sunshine theme-song melodies in about .02 seconds. All in all, Friend Opportunity is a beautiful disaster of an album. Given a few spins, Deerhoofs antsy antics will grow on you. It may even be your new BFF. Marshal Hogan "Look, honey, crows-big, nasty, stinky, foreboding crows. Do you think they baby-sit?" Dylan McDermott ignores horror film mechanics in "The Messengers." to have seen. This house of the damned also comes complete with a wandering mountain man (John Corbett) who will lend a hand with the farm work, but shouldn't be readily trusted— unless you're a moron. Are you a moron? Morons don't consider moving into creepy houses in the middle of nowhere with their vulnerable families, so, no, you couldn't be one. But, gee, that wandering mountain man sure seems to know a lot about the house and the land, doesn't he? If this were a movie, wouldn't his convenient appearance be a little—oh, I don't know—obvious? If you're ready to take the plunge into your terror-iffic new life, call the Agitated Apparition Housing Association at 1-800-HAUNTED for a free tour. For those wishing to move overseas, we also offer very similar models in Japan. [e-mail] The '80s live again in popular culture picture and she will laugh at the least. Fashion and film alike had their fair share of bad hair days, cheesy graphics and eccentric RALEIGH, N.C—Fondly re- styles. Despite a few exceptions, ferred to in the U.K. as "the de- many trends were preferably forcade that taste forgot," the *8os gotten. But it is music that has mainresurgence in popular culture is the manifestation of what some tained a consistent popularity never thought would happen— among seasoned and novice '80s again. Yet, traces resurrected music lovers alike, and it is the from the '8os now permeate the thread that ties these two groups culture in the areas of fashion, together on campus. "I love the '80s," Robert Komovies and music. Just a brief stroll around cam- chersberger, an N.C. State profespus quickly proves to produce a sor of journalism, said. "It helps collage highlighted by the p a s t - remind me of my 30s." leg warmers, headbands, tight Recently, Kochersberger black jeans, gold and pins galore. showed Prince's "Purple Rain" And why not? The current to his copy-editing class in order generation of students is, for the to "relax and focus" them. On the most part, a product of the '80s. first day of class, the pick was the Well, they were conceived dur- Moody Blues. ing the '80s, anyway. Noticing the growing popularIn fact, many fans of the de- ity of '80s trends, Kochersberger cade, current students, hardly said he enjoys seeing students remember their years lived dur- embrace the '80s. "I enjoyed it ing it. There are still others who the first time around," he said. remember the P8os vividly. Similarly, Kristine Clark, a PE The '80s were a time of im- instructor, still enjoys '80s beats. portant developments—"Miami Yet Clark has a bittersweet relaVice," leg warmers, The Lost Boys tionship with the decade of her and the mullet, to name a few. youth. Ask any woman who lived out Clark's favorite bands include her prime in the '80s to see a Depeche Mode, Air Supply, AlAshley Arnold Technician N.C. State phaville—"Forever Young"—and ment," he said. "Anybody who Corey Hart—"Sunglasses At loves the '80s is either colorblind Night." "That's about it," she said, or hasn't seen Olivia NewtonJohn's 'Physical' video recently." "the rest was not so good." According to Wallis, one of the Noticing the resurgence of '80s trends among her students, she worst innovations in the '80s was simply said, "Please don't bring the color teal. "Don't forget about those garish pastels," he said, back the '80s clothes." Remembering the "boof" bangs, "They .were terrible." Despite extra-large shirts and parachute Wallis' initial reaction to the depants, she ensured some things cade as a whole, the more he pondered, the more he realized his are better left alone. According to his students, Tom appreciation of certain aspects of Wallis, a film professor, loves '80s. "The Clash is good," he said, the '80s. "Love the '8os? I love to "and pins. I'm glad to see them HATE the '80s," he said. "Having back." grown up in the '80s, I can't unMusic transcends time in many derstand the nostalgia." cases, and this is no different. ToWallis then proceeded to ex- day, both students and teachers plain that he "loathes" pop music share a commonality in musical and basically all elements of pop- tastes and influences. The blessing ular culture during the decade, of the older generation given to saying as a whole the decade the younger, '80s music lives on. "was garbage." Now as for the fashion, perhaps Wallis has also noticed the the advice of these '80s survivors emerging trend of the '80s revival deserves some serious consideration, lest the "boof" return. among the younger generation. 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