The Pendulum
A & E
Thursday, November 6, 2003 •Page 19
Third Annual Student Juried Art Shiow on display
The Third Annual Student Juried Art Show opened Monday night with a reception in the Isabelia Cannon Room in the Center for the Arts. Student a capeiia group
Twisted Measure (far right) performed and refreshments were offered. At left is “See No Evil” (oil on canvas) by Margaret Cabanis-Wicht. Center is “Celtic Knot” 9sil-
ver gelatin print) by Angela M. Ragouzeos. The works, which include Web sites and Flash animation projects will be on display until Jan. 8.
From lop. -am shi,...'(digital) ®
olav outside " (diaital) by Jonathan Bartlet and SELF (digital)
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by Lauren Schoonover The snow
dents in Michael Pels professional practices art course.
Vertical Horizon plays at Ziggy’s
Tim Rink
Reporter
Vertical Horizon started in
1991 at a Georgetown under
grad party. Since that auspi
cious beginning, the band has
become a college favorite
everywhere. Ziggy s in
Winston-Salem, the small ram
shackle bar with a tent roof and
a leak front-row center, is one
of the best places in North
Carolina to see a concert.
When great bands play at great
venues, legendary shows usual
ly occur, and that has been the
case with Vertical and Ziggy’s
in the past. So when Vertical
Horizon took the stage at
Ziggy’s on Oct. 28, everyone
in the building expected a show
of epic proportions, and no one
left disappointed.
Will Hoge, a five-piece rock
outfit from Nashville, Tenn.,
opened the show. The band’s
Web site says their goal is to
“capture lightning in a bottle”
and they were almost, but not
quite, successful. Every song
had excellent, deep lyrics, the
niusicians were good and the
performance was very energetic.
All this made for a good band,
but it seemed that Hoge, the lead
singer, was trying too hard to be
Bruce Springsteen and falling
short. Nevertheless, Will Hoge
put on an excellent set and by 11
p.m. , the crowd was more than
ready for Vertical to show up.
The band took the stage to a
tumultuous roar from the crowd
and opened with the haunting
ballad “Best I Ever Had” from
their 1999 release “Everything
You Want.” They also played
“Everything You Want,” “You’re
a God,” “Shackled,” “Send it
Up” and “We Are” from their
most popular album yet
“Everything You Want,” along
with some pieces from their first
two albums.
But mostly, the focus was on
their most recent attempt, “Go.”
“Underwater,” a song which was
started as an experiment to see if
Matt Scanell (the lead guitarist
and singer) could write a song on
the bottom three strings, and one
of Vertical’s first songs, “On the
Sea,” seemed especially to move
the crowd. Other songs off the
new album included Forever,
“I’m Still Here” and “When
You Cry.”
One of the most striking
aspects of the show was that
Vertical Horizon started as and
has remained a jam band
despite all their hours of studio
work. Almost every song was
extended so the band could
mess around. One song
seemed to end early as Vertical
went into a 10 minute jam.
They broke out of the jam by
playing The Beatles’ “Eleanor
Rigby” and then finishing the
original song.
The entire show, from open
ing act to encore, was a wholly
amazing experience. The
moment the last guitar was put
down, I wished that I was wait
ing for Will Hoge to take the
stage again. All in all, not a
bad show for $15. So if you’re
looking for a good show,
www.ziggyrock.com and
www.verticalhorizon.com are
definitely great places to start.
Contact Tim Rink at pendu-
lim@elon.edu or 278-7247.