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2 THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008 <Thr Daily (Ear Hrrl www.daiK-tarheel.com Established 1893 115 years of editorialfreedom CLINT JOHNSON OPINION EDITOR 962-0372 CLINTOUNC.EDU WILL HARRISON COPY EDITOR 9624103 WILLHStOEMAIL UNC.EDU RACHEL RODEMANN PHOTO EDITOR 962-0750 RACHELROEMAIL UNC.EDU RACHEL WILL ONLINE EDITOR 962-0750 ONLINEOUNC EDU ABBY JEFFERS DESIGN EDITOR (919) 962-0750 ABBYJEFFOEMAJL UNC.EDU BLISS PIERCE GRAPHICS EDITOR 962-0750 BUSSPIERCEO GMAIL.COM RACHEL ULLRICH SUMMER EDITOR 962-4214 RUILRICHOEMAII UNC.EDU JAMIE WILLIAMS MANAGING EDITOR 962-0750 JAMESWEOEMAIL UNC.EDU BRIAN AUSTIN UNIVERSITY EDITOR 962-0372 UDESKOUNCEDU ABBEY CALDWELL CITY EDITOR 962-4209 CITYDESKOUNC EDU DEVIN ROONEY STATE S NATIONAL EOITOR. 962-4103 STNTDESKOUNC EDU POWELL LATIMER SPORTS EDITOR 962 4710 SPORTS®UNC EDU ► The Daily Tar Heel reports any inaccurate infor mation published as soon as the error is discovered. ► Corrections for front page errors will be printed on the front page. Any other incorrect information will be corrected on page 3. Errors committed on the Opinion Page have corrections print ed on that page. Corrections also are noted in the online versions of our stories. ► Please contact Managing Editor Jamie Williams at jameswe@email.unc.edu with issues about this policy. P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 2751S Rachel Ullrich. Summer Editor, 962-0750 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features. Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel tor 5.25 each O 2008 DTH Publishing Corp All rights reserved StpeKi£m& Hit uztmafe in ithdeMfc homing ____ 'l—■•.•wc - „ •!-/ w-nim—i *■ tot.bum.. ■ I | rfll.p :m mm I i ■ ■rr v * ——iPHK^, •■*-JBB w aur i♦ ii i tA* i ■S laBBKr- i OBT— * Vjj I-*— . *? *# a| pa 1 iahg uait ta liue in lutiuri;. u uhen ijou can afford it right nau? COL *^ RK V V CHAPEL RIDGE CHAPEL VIEW . '. " ' ' IS Dose Cagers take red-eye flight (minus flight) FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Anyone who has spent any time in an airplane knows those seats don’t exactly offer the most leg room. Well, imagine being almost 7 feet tall and being forced to sleep in one overnight. . That’s exactly what happened to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night, according to ESPN.com. Fresh off a game seven victory against the New Orleans Hornets, mechanical problems grounded the team’s plane. The team was unable to find hotel rooms on short notice, and the players were forced to sleep on the plane, which was confined to the runway until 7 a.m. the next morning. No word on whether the night spent on the plane was as boring for the players as for those watching the defending champs play. NOTED. A 12-year-old Arkansas boy was charged with drunken driving after crashing his father s pick-up truck. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the boy and his 10-year-old friend drank his parents’ beer and decided to take off in search of a girl they had met at a rodeo. Both boys escaped the crash without injury. But they are, presumably, grounded for life. THURSDAY Outdoor music Come picnic under the oak trees at Weaver Street Market and enjoy live performances by local bands. Admission is free, call 929-0010 for more information Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location: Weaver Street Market, i Carrboro Political meeting The Orange County Democratic Women will hold its annual business meeting and elect offers for 2008-2009. There will also be a social reception to honor Democratic candidates going forward ; in the general election. It will be held at the Chapel Hill Museum, and i guests should enter the parking lot off Boundary Drive. Additional parking is available across the street at Horace Williams House. The public is welcome to attend. For more information call Betsy Russell at 644-0869. Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Chapel Hill Museum. 523 E. s Franklin St. FRIDAY Basketball tournament High school all-stars from around the coun- I try will compete in the Bob Gibbons QUOTED. “To watch him do that tonight was beyond words. What a story. You feel like a proud parent." Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona, in reaction to pitcher Jon Lester tossing a no hit ter against the Kansas City Royals on Monday. The accomplishment was magnified by the fact that Lester is a cancer survivor, winning a battle with lymphoma in 2006. COMMUNITY CALENDAR Basketball Tournament. Tickets are available at the door, call 758-5827 for costs and more information. Time: all day Location Dean E. Smith Center Downtown Partnership work session: The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership's board of directors will meet to discuss the Plan of Work. Parking is available at Wallace park ing deck. For more information call 967-9440. Time: 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Location: Bank of America Cherry board room, 137 E. Franklin St. SATURDAY Wine tasting A Southern Season is holding a wine tasting of Oregon red and white wines that offer lively aro matic qualities. The cost for the event is $25 per person. Time: 6 p.m. Location: A Southern Season, University Mall Play: Deep Dish Theater Company is presenting "A Clean House* by Sarah Ruhl, a comedy about a Brazilian woman and the people whose house she tends. Tickets are sl6 for adults, News sl4 for seniors and sl2 for students. Time: 8 p.m. Location University Mall SUNDAY Jazz brunch Enjoy jazz, Celtic, blues, percussion and more music while enjoy ing hot coffee and freshly baked goods Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Location: Weaver Street Market, Carrboro Band: The Magnolia Klezmer Band will give a performance at Southern Village as part of the "Summer Music Series on the Green * The event is free, and in the event of rain, it will be held at Market Street Books Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location The Green at Southern Village To make a calendar submission, visit www.dailytarheel.com/calendar, or e-mail Managing Editor Andrew Liu at ajliuOemail.unc.edu with 'calendar* in the subject line. Events will be pub lished in the newspaper on the day and the day before they take place, and will be posted online when received Submissions must be sent in by noon the preceding publication date. Explorer s Club frolic in sunny pop harmonies BY JAMIE WILLIAMS STAFF WRItER There is something to be said for imitation. It represents a reverence, a cer tain respect and connection to the original source. And for Charleston’s The Explorers Cluh. that source mate rial is clearly the classic sounds of The Beach Bovs. Its all here on The Explorers Club’s debut LP, Freedom Wind the sunny imagery, the gorgeous harmonies, even the band’s press photos that feature them frolick ing happily on a beach. And what’s wrong with that? What’s wrong with happy songs about girls, fun and sun? Of course, these sort of sounds are becoming more and more appropriate. As the mercury rises and windows begin to be roiled down. Freedom Wind is exactly the type of record you can turn up and sing along with. But, for all of the Brian Wilson worship that made its way onto the record, there are plenty of unique reasons to sing the prais es of The Explorer’s Club: chief among them, the fact that they can really sing. The harmonies are as pure as the subject mat ter. and the saccharine themes are made even more charming by the precision with which they are delivered. “I wish the summer sun would stay on for one more hour," is the type of line that has the potential to absolutely kill a song, burying it under a pile of hokey charm, but on album highlight “Don’t Forget the Sun." the line serves as an impor tant lynch pin. holding the listen er’s attention on nothing more than charm and harmony. It’s a clever trick that The Explorer's Club are utilizing here. It takes a band that is almost uni versally loved The Beach Boys —and adapts its sound to the strengths of their band. There are a few tracks, howev er, that are a bit too close to The ahr Bailii ear sil MVSIQREVIEW THE EXPLORER'S CLUB FREEDOM WIND POP ROCK irtrkirk Beach Boys’ originals, songs that if not played at high volume are apt to inspire a bit of confusion about who exactly is singing. “Hold Me Tight" is probably the best example here. Starting with subtle instru mentation and “ohh-ahh" backing vocals and slowly building into a sunny, bouncy narrative of young, summer love. Sound familiar? Honestly, it's the type of thing that should get old after a while, but somehow it never does. There are enough curvcballs thrown to make sure the listener never loses interest. Some of those, though “Honey I Don’t Know Why," for one— are such a departure from the sound of the rest of the record that they are jarring, forcing the listener to cringe rather than sit up and take notice. The raspy vocals of that track arc reason enough to justify- the rich harmonies featured on every other track. Its the same trick that Dr. Dog uses to much better results, but here, the richness of The Explorer’s Club's harmonies make a song featuring only one vocalist seem completely crazy. But other than that misstep. Freedom Wind is the type of record that fits summer like a damp, sweaty cotton T-shirt. Contact the Diversions Editor at dhe(a unc.edu STARSYSTf/Vf ★ POOR ★★ FAIR ★★★ GOOD ★★★★ EXCELLENT ★★★★★ CLASSIC
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