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Bruce brings Magic to vinyl
By Andrew Dalrymple
Chronicle Staff
For the fi rst time since 1984
with Born in the U.S.A, Bruce
Springsteen has released an album
on vinyl, Magic.
Critics and fans have wondered
why the Boss has done such
a thing and if there’s any purpose
behind it.
Was it a teaser for his CD release
on Oct. 2? Or was it done,
so he could get Grammy nominations
and possibly awards?
Who cares what the Boss’s motives
are? Th e fact of the matter is
Magic is a classic Springsteen album.
Not his best, but still a solid
album.
Th e album consists of pumping
guitars, enthusiastic drums, eerie
keyboards, smooth guitar solos,
the piano, the glockenspiel and as
usual, Springsteen’s motivational
vocals.
Magic’s fi rst song is Radio Nowhere,
which is also Springsteen’s
fi rst single from the album. Th e
beat and vocals give a reminder of
somewhere between Born to Run
and Th e Rising.
Th e album concludes with the
hidden track Terry’s Song, which
is in tribute to Springsteen’s longtime
friend Terry Magovern who
passed away at the end of July.
In between are songs such as
Girls in Th eir Summer Clothes,
Your Own Worst Enemy, You’ll Be
Comin’ Down and Livin’ in the Future,
which truly shows off the asset
the E-Street Band is to Springsteen.
911 pub
When listening to Magic, it’s
obvious that this album features
Bruce of fi ve years ago (the Rising),
his early years (Born in the U.S.A)
Nov. 22 By Vanessa Reidt
Chronicle Staff
By Greg Snow
Chronicle Staff
E.P. Taylor’s pub will be the venue
hosting 911 night on Nov. 22 at
9 p.m.
Th e event will be bringing together
students from the paramedics
program with local fi re
response teams, 911 dispatchers
and anyone involved in the EMS
system.
Th e night will provide students
with a social atmosphere, allowing
them to get a better understanding
of their careers from people who
are in the fi eld.
“Basically we want to show
what we do and get to know the
people we will be working with,”
said Toni Ferreira, a second-year
Primary Care Paramedic student.
All those wishing to attend can
purchase tickets at the tuck shop
for $3 or pay $5 at the door. You
must be legal drinking age.
BRUCE IS BACK: Bruce Springsteen is back and has released his new album, Magic,
on vinyl. The album showcases Bruce’s talents and those of his bandmates.
and obviously his roots (Born to
Run and Darkness on the Edge of
Town).
Any Springsteen fan will enjoy
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this album and embrace it for who
Springsteen is. He’s not the Boss of
old, but any kind of Boss is satisfying.
Suzie tours Toronto
Known for her hit songs Hung
Up and Believe, former contestant
of the famous TV show
Rockstar INXS, Suzie McNeil will
be touring around Toronto.
Having recently released her
new CD, Broken and Beautiful,
McNeil, an independent singer,
will be playing at Th e Guvernment
in Toronto on Nov. 7.
She will also be appearing at
the Markham Th eatre on Nov.
17, Nathan Phillips Square on
Dec. 1, and the GM Centre in Oshawa
on Dec. 31.
She will also be playing with
the well-known Canadian singer
David Usher at the Markham
Th eatre.
For more information, visit
www.myspace.com/suziemcneilmusic.
Photo By Vanessa Reidt
SUZIE MCNEIL: from TV’s Rockstar INXS, performs at
Johnny B’s in Whitby Oct. 26
Gob returns with an all ages show in Oshawa
By Craig Clark
Chronicle Staff
Finally, after three years Vancouver punk band Gob are touring and
are stopping in Oshawa on Nov. 15 to support their new album Muertos
Vivos.
Ending Alexander, Ash Lee Blade and Only Way Back are opening the
15 show at Th e Dungeon. Doors open at 5 p.m. on the Th ursday and it’s
an all-ages event with a 19-plus section. Tickets are available at Standing
8 Count Clothing in Oshawa.
Th is band has disappeared for a long time so this is an event nobody
should miss because they may never come back.
Guy
Fawkes
day burns
bright
for the
British
By Andrew Capps
Chronicle Staff
Remember, remember the fi fth
of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
We see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
After North Americans have
celebrated Halloween, Britons
prepare for their own incandescent
evening, Guy Fawkes Day.
Th e tradition was brought to
light to the world through the
movie, V for Vendetta, in which
a masked character attempts to
overthrow the oppressive British
Government with explosives and
fi reworks.
Th is tradition however has a
documented start, Nov. 5, 1605
during the reign of King James I.
After the death of Queen Elizabeth
I, English Catholics were
hoping for better treatment under
James, but this was not the case.
Th irteen young men decided
to act against the crown and the
King. Th eir plot was to blow up the
Houses of Parliament in the hopes
of killing the King, possibly the
Prince of Wales and some Members
of Parliament.
Th e conspirators obtained 36
barrels of gunpowder and hid
them in a cellar under the House
of Lords. Some of the conspirators
had second thoughts.
One went so far as to write to
a friend, Lord Monteagle, urging
him to stay away from the Houses
of Parliament Nov. 5.
Th is warning letter eventually
reached the King. It was Guy
Fawkes that was found with the
36 barrels of gunpowder when the
authorities stormed the cellar.
Th e night that the gunpowder
conspiracy was defeated, Britons
lit bonfi res to celebrate the safety
of the King. Th is tradition is now
over 400 years old.
Th e bonfi re tradition has continued
since then with a few additions.
Eventually effi gies of Fawkes,
the “Guy,” and the Pope were set
alight on the bonfi res.
More recently effi gies of local
politicians were added as well.
Th is is not a political comment
towards the Pope but rather just a
long-held tradition.
Th e day of the bonfi re, children
can still be seen carting their dummies
around asking for “a penny
for the Guy.” Th e money they receive
is used to buy fi reworks to
set off at the bonfi res.
Th is tradition is not only celebrated
in Britain but can also still
be seen taking place in New Zealand
and in Newfoundland.