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Vol. I
No. 4
Friday,
October 7, 2005
From all corners of the county:
NewStory
HSU President Blasts Arcata's
Support of Medical Marijuana
Sex, Drugs and Military Recruitment
High School Board Candidates, Part I
Competing Visions in Eureka's
Bay Race
Harbor District Candidates, Part I
University Cops Enforcing Their
Laws in Arcata?
Old Town Security Partially Privatized
Permitting Process Reorganized
Under Fire
Pulp
Mill Pollution Dominates Discussion
The Development Fight that Wasn't
A Night of Violence in Eureka
Peace Rally Reveals Underlying
Conflict
In the Know
Creative Venues:
Auberjonois Gives Liquid Performance
in Ferndale
Famed 'Deep Space Nine' vet gives tear-jerking 'Love Letters'
CD Preview:
Way Beyond the 'Yellow' Song
Coldplay breaks hearts again with 'X & Y'
Artistic License:
Spirit and Free Will Persevere
Through Poetry
Christa Larrit recites deeply personal 'Figures upon Figures'
Film in Focus:
This Corpse Has a Pulse
Burton's 'Corpse Bride' Does a Double-Take on
Romance
Poet in Residence:
Carnielon Stones
Opinion
Editorial:
Skateboarding is Not a Crime
Eureka Councilmembers should think twice before criminalizing
youth and repeating rent-a-cop experiment
Guest Opinion:
Rogue Soldiers or Rogue President?
Scapegoating the small-fry
Getting Graphic:
Recruiting Now for the Titanic
Artists take empire to task
Perspectives on Globalization:
AIPAC and Espionage: Guilty as
Hell
Pentagon analyst plea bargains, threatens to expose Israel's
Washington cabal
Vagabond Journalist:
Replacing the Press with Police
Musical chairs in Arcata City Hall
GreenView:
Media Reform Seems
to Interest All Sides
The letter Shawn Warford wouldn't print
Calendar: 10/7-10/13
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| Way
Beyond the ‘Yellow’ Song |
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| Coldplay breaks hearts again
with X & Y
Creative Venues
By Nebi Sanderson
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It was the Band that made everyone ask back in the year
2000, Who Sings The Yellow Song? And Coldplay made their
mark, in the “Yellow” world of acoustic
Starsailor meets Travis at a Radiohead concert. And
the rest is history for Coldplay’s front man Chris
Martin. The band’s first debut Parachutes, as
a beautiful collection of happy go lucky depressed melodies…love
found, love lost, love unrequited--and the love of the
acoustic guitar. This release was not depressed, nor
was it’s sales. |
Two years later after folding our parachutes and putting
them away, Coldplay surprised us with a different take on
their sorrowing lyrics and strummy acoustics. In early Fall
of 2002, the bands second release A Rush Of Blood To The Head
hit shelves with heavy radio play. With hits like the gloomy”
In My Place” and the dreamy” Clocks” its
proven by ear to be perfectly flawless. This album brought
us pianos galore, lyrics about love, loss, “politiks”
and even a tear-jerking video “The Scientist”.
And alas, three years later, with an Apple a Day and Gweneth
Paltrow on arm, Chris Martin’s melodramatic moody movie
is back! But wait-- this is no movie. It is a scene on the
OC,. Coldplay’s unknown track” Fix You”
is confusing teens across America who are too indulged into
Seth Cohen to really remember this hauntingly beautiful song.
And then they do. Later...
The British Quartet have earned their thrones in the rock
world respectively in the ears of those young and old alike.
On June 7, 2005 Coldplay brings us another treasure, X &
Y. Speed of Sound is the current hit single. A melodic joy
that will bring your arm hairs to a rise. Arm hair is optional.
"Birds go flying at the speed of sound to show you how
it all began/ Birds came flying from the underground/if you
could see it then you'd understand".
Indeed, fans will understand. And we do. There are more treats
on the album, such as a hidden track dedicated to the late
Johnny Cash “Lil kingdom comes”. Possibly the
best song on the entire album. Track 02, “What If”
is emotional.. If you like the more dramatic Coldplay. It
has been said that track 05, “Talk” takes on to
the likings of earlier U2. I believe Coldplay just keep on
getting better and better. This is, indeed a wonderful album.
I still cannot get over my “Rush, Of Blood To The Head“,
however this album is already growing on me as it will to
other Coldplay fans and I find myself moving forward with
the “Speed of Sound”. Check it out.
Grade: A-
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Also
In The Know:
Artistic License:
Spirit and Free Will Persevere
Through Poetry
Christa Larrit recites deeply personal 'Figures upon Figures'
Creative Venues:
Auberjonois Gives Liquid
Performance in Ferndale
Famed 'Deep Space Nine' vet gives tear-jerking 'Love Letters'
Film in Focus:
This Corpse Has a Pulse
Burton's 'Corpse Bride' Does a Double-Take
on Romance
Poet in Residence:
Carnielon Stones
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