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Show 1 /Diversions Page 6 Friday, April 11,2007 Not a touchdown with Xeatherheads' 435-753-0724 - www.ppau.org Providing birth control, STD testing, condoms, emergency contraception, sexual health care • • ' * * • ' • ' - If you go and see "Leatherheads" you may have a few laughs, you may feel a bit of heartache for some of the characters' struggles, you may even feel a bit of nostalgia for the Roaring '20s, or you may walk out of the theater neither uplifted nor depressed. "Leatherheads" is neither a good or bad movie. It is floating somewhere in limbo between the two. In other words, you won't be mad you saw it, but you'll probably forget it as soon as you exit the theater. George Clooney ("Ocean's Eleven") stars in and directs this tale about how professional football came of age. Clooney has a place in his heart for these kinds of period pieces. Just like in his movie "Good Night, and Good Luck," he catches the feel of the time period he's trying to portray very well. In "Leatherheads," we are thrust back into the '20s where alcohol was illegal and professional football was a joke. Clooney plays Dodge Connelly. He loves the game of football and he plays for the Duluth Bulldogs, who are a professional team that have fewer people attend their games as present day little Aaron Peck movie critic Reel Reviews Grade 8 " Leatherheads' league teams. Connelly is threatened that his team will go under and no longer be able to support its expenses because no one goes to the games. On the other end of the spectrum is Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski "The Office"), a college football player on the Princeton team. Carter is a war hero, and a fantastic football player. More than 40,000 people attend his games at Princeton, more to see a real life war hero, rather than watch the game. Connelly recruits Carter to come play for his team in order to legitimize pro football, and make some money. Rounding out the cast is Renee Zellweger ("Chicago") who plays a toughnosed reporter named Lexi Littleton. Lexi is sent to get the real story behind Carter the war hero, because as it turns out, there may be a few hazy parts when it comes to why Carter is actually a war hero. She also inevitably becomes entangled in a love triangle involving Connelly and Rutherford. "Leatherheads" starts out all football, and then slowly drifts into a picture about a man who's dealing with national attention that he may not deserve. Carter's story is pretty compelling., and would Ve made for a great story on its uwn. But, "Leatherheads" is put together in such a way that the middle of the inovu- is a completely different movie 1'rnm the beginning and end. Like I :.aid, I didn't hate "Leatherheads" but I didn't like it either. It has been filed away in my mental movie filing cabinet under forgettable movies, right next to ... well, you see I can't remember what movie it's filed next to. •aaronpeck@aggiemail.usu.edu Still Looking Band: Playing 15 shows in August during tour a continued from page 4 for a Summer Job? Folkish. RH: That's a lie. SG: Missouri. Colorado. U T fl H US: Riley, what do you do? SG: Yeah, sometimes. Pop-ish. RH: I play bass. CH: Sometimes psychedelic. US: Seth? SG: I don't think it's that we're not a genre - it's that we're a lot of genres. TL: And Omaha! CONSERVATION C O R P S SG: I play rhythm guitar. US: And Clint-drums? RH: Creed is one of our number one influences, actually! CH: Yes. Now Hiring crew leaders & members. Camp out, build trails, and work to restore Utah's national parks and forests! TL: Absolutely! SG: And we all do backing yells and choruses. US: When was Team Mom formed? SG: The beginning of last semester, in September. US: How would you describe your music? US: Other influences besides Creed? TL: Money Brothers huge. Also, Phantom Planet. TL: Oh, and Bob Seger is probably number one. I'm not kidding. SG: All music in general. The Beatles. RH: Folk music. The Avett Brothers. Seniors & Graduate Students From all Disciplines Do you need an upper division elective and some extra cash? Special Ed 6500 Seminars (Friday Afternoons) Service Learning Research Experience Stipend Option US: Do you play shows a lot? CH: About two months into it. RH: We play house shows a lot. But we also play Independent Music Club shows, which are very cool! CH: We love Ben Hibshman. l.ifes/nln US: Tony, what do you usually write songs about? RH: And The Shuttles are touring with us. US: Aren't you in The Shuttles? SG: The human experience, man. RH: Yeah, Clint and I play with The Shuttles. US: Tell us about your shows coming up. US: So you're touring with yourselves? RH: We're releasing our CD on Friday (April 11) at Kilby Court. And we'll be playing on the 18 at the White House with Drew Danburry, Ashley House, and The Awful Truth. RH: Yes. It's easier that way 'cause we only have to bring one set of equipment. SG: We played more when Tony was in Logan. US: And you're working on recording your album? CH: And on the 26 with Joshua James, The Shuttles, and Code Hero. RH: We're nearly finished. RH: There was a time when we were playing 3 or 4 times a month. This month we're playing 5 times. SG: We're working on packaging the album. US: Impressive. US: So the album is coming out on Friday. What's it called? US: Where are you touring? RH: We're going to Detroit, Cincinatti, Chicago, Kansas City. RH: It's self-titled. It was going to be called "Pants". CH: But that looked silly on the cover 'cause the cover looks semi-serious. RH: We put our friends on RH: And the Drew Danburry show is our CD release for Logan. And we also have Tshirts with cowboy boots on them! For more info on Team Mom, go to www.myspace.com/ teammompants, where you can listen to their songs. Don't forget to watch for their CD, which is selling for $7, and for their hip band T-shirts. All shows are at 8 p.m.. • kelfy.green@aggiemail. usu. edu MEMBERS OF T E A M MOM JAM DURING a www.cpd.usu.edu and look under "training opportunities" for the Interdisciplinary Disability Awareness Course or call Connie at 797-1993 I'tlrtnrrs A<Toi> the SG: We did an 18-hour session over the (Christmas) break. TL: I guess more cliche topics, like girls. There's one about Europe, when my friend left me in a hostel by myself, smoking cigarettes with a homeless guy. RH: Ben Hibshman of the IMC actually played trumpet on our CD. For more information: X US: Did you start recording when you first got together? RH: Yeah. RH: But we're going to be playing 15 shows in August - we're going on tour. This course is an excellent addition to resumes, graduate school applications, and a well lived life. Center for Persons with Disabilities CH: Actually, Seth and Tony are on it, but you can't see them. US: Any more influences? SG: It's mostly based in Rock & Roll. RH: Yeah, fun Rock & Roll. • • • • SG: Yeah, we've had the most shows in Logan. RH: Elliot Smith. RH: Fun? www.usu.edu/ucc US: Do you mostly play in Logan? the cover instead of us. And my dog. music session. Their new album, "Pants," comes out Friday. Photo courtesy of Team Mom Interdisciplinary Disability A wareness and Service Learning Program (IDASL) Friday Night Activity (FNA) Combined Choirs Concert "Spring Cleaning Dance!!" April 11 Sunday, April 13 Learn to dance from the best- Big Band Swing, Salsa, Ballroom and more. Also enjoy the Larry Smith Band in the cultural hall. Dance goes from 8-11 pm "Faith of Our Fathers" Begins at 6:00pm at the Logan Tabernacle Religion In Life Fri. 11:30 Philip Barlow Leonard J. Arlington Chair of Mormon History & Culture, USU. Th.D Harvard Divinity School, Religion in American Culture. 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