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Broken melody

Cavan Moon
October 5, 2001

In an increasingly competitive music industry, bands must have more than a popular song or the right look to sign with a major record label.More and more record executives are looking at a combination of live performances, song writing and the band’s ability to sell its own records when deciding whether to offer it a contract.Members of mid-Michigan’s Domestic Problems, 19 Wheels and the Verve Pipe know first hand the stresses of competing for a major contract and the opportunities it provides.MSU alumnus and 19 Wheels guitarist Scott Owens said the band traveled and performed for different record companies this summer.“We’ve started doing a lot of showcasing for labels,” he said.

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Birds to be displayed Sunday

If you can’t make it to The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago this weekend, you can still enjoy a bit of its exhibition this weekend at Saper Galleries, 433 Albert Ave.Fifty reproductions from John James Audubon’s “Birds of America” will be on display Sunday at the gallery in downtown East Lansing.“What’s wonderful is that the 50 best are here and you don’t have to go to the Chicago Field Museum or New York to see them,” gallery owner and 1973 MSU graduate Roy Saper said.

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Weekend Guide

All WeekendMichigan artists will exhibit their work at the Lansing Art Gallery, 425 S.

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Big-wigs killed the independent rock-star

“House of GVSB” by genius rock band Girls Against Boys definitely ranks in my top 10 favorite records of all time. With a variety of amazing albums under its belt on Chicago-based independent label Touch and Go Records, Geffen Records called and showed some interest in signing it. GVSB was in a bind.

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Alumni to open for national comedian at Connxtions

Dan Julian
October 5, 2001

Mark Gross has fond memories of the song “Gimme Shelter” by the Rolling Stones. When Gross was a guest for the first time on “The Tonight Show,” that was the song the Rolling Stones jammed. “It was the greatest experience I could ever ask for,” he said.

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School of Music to feature concerts

Musical talent from far and wide is visiting the MSU School of Music this week. Contemporary and avant-garde styles are highlighted.Clarinetist Roslyn Dunlop of Sydney, Australia, and flutist Katherine Kemler of Louisiana State University are coming to East Lansing to share their expertise with music students.

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Tossing and turning

Juliana Keeping
October 4, 2001

Andy Campbell has battled insomnia since he was 15. He sometimes walks by the Red Cedar when he can’t sleep; the sound of water soothes his night anxiety. After unsettled nights, the 21-year-old accounting senior says he feels loopy, unable to concentrate and downright groggy.

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Album is riff-rock at its best

Dan Austin
October 4, 2001

Default “The Fallout” (TVT Records) Sounding like Alice In Chains with a heavy influence from Creed, Default’s debut album “The Fallout” is a meaty, in your face, head-thrashing rock album.

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Film lacks depth

Drew Harmon
October 3, 2001

Like many movie fans, I’ve probably seen 1994’s “The Shawshank Redemption” and 1986’s “Stand By Me” about five billion times.

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Album doesnt live up to hype

Dan Austin
October 3, 2001

Meet Travis Meeks. Travis Meeks likes the name of his band so much that he made its first two albums self-titled. Travis Meeks wasn’t happy with his band, so he dismissed many of the original bandmembers and put himself in the sole spotlight.

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String quartet to perform Thursday

Wharton Center will host a “wild, wide mix” of musical genres Thursday night when the Turtle Island String Quartet performs, violist Danny Seidenberg said. The ensemble, which plays at 7:30 p.m., mixes an array of styles with classical, the traditional chamber music fare. “It ranges from folk to bluegrass to R&B,” Wharton spokesman Bob Hoffman said.

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Ben Folds awes Clutch Cargos

Dan Austin
October 2, 2001

Pontiac - It had been almost two years since Ben Folds Five played at a Michigan venue. On Sunday night at Clutch Cargo’s in Pontiac, Ben Folds returned, minus the five. It was the same sold-out place, the same Baldwin SF-10 piano, mostly the same fans. The Folds faithful started showing up about 2 p.m.

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Thrills lacking in Dont Say a Word

Drew Harmon
October 2, 2001

Michael Douglas has got it pretty well figured out, I’d say. Why? It’s quite simple - he’s married to Catherine Zeta-Jones, and he does a movie where he gets to fool around with Famke Janssen and hang out with Brittany Murphy.

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3 Doors Down fly into U

Kryptonite might be crippling for Superman, but 3 Doors Down simply turned it into platinum. Then the band took it on the road and turned it into a high-energy show for people with different tastes. An estimated 2,100 fans filled the floor and the lower bowl of Breslin Student Events Center on Saturday to see the band play its unique style of pop and mellow rock, among other things.