University Chronicle

Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps along with Adam Hammer and Friends were featured during the home-grown, end-of-the-season Monday Night Live performance.

Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps’ dreamy sounds were shared with the audience at the Pioneer Place.

The Good Night Sleeps sound isn’t the only thing that charmed the audience. Smith’s comedic shtick brought laughs amongst somber melodies and dreamy repasts.

“This song is about loves lost. I was young and I thought I was in love, but we all know how that works out,” said Smith before her song “Strong Shoulders”.

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Doomtree is storming the Red Carpet Night Club to bring their music and energy to the St. Cloud area.

On Thursday, April 26 at 9 p.m. the group will be performing in an event presented by SCSU’s campus radio, KVSC. Acoustic hip-hop act A Loud Heart will be opening.

Dessa, a long-time member of Doomtree, took time to give an interview about the group and their music, as well as her own career.

 

What are you looking forward to most about the show?

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A few years ago, Rusko was considered dubstep.

In may ways, people considered him the prominent dubstep artist for the new genre that was sweeping across the globe at an exponential rate.

The same can not be said now, with the new album “Songs” expanding into multiple electronic genres such as house, drum & bass and several others.

One of the songs that displays this on the new album is “Somebody To Love”.

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Pete’s Place is located at 413 9^th Ave. N. St. Cloud. This great family-style restaurant serves the best breakfast St. Cloud has to offer. In business for 13 years, Pete’s Place is located in a small, cozy building, and it makes you feel like you’re stepping into your own home. It is open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Pete’s Place uses fresh, store-bought ingredients to make delicious breakfast items such as omelets with your choice of bacon, ham, sausage, or hamburger; French toast; eggs; hash browns or their most popular item: specialty pancakes.

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Those who made the trip to see the SCSU Theatre’s production, “Talking to Terrorists”, might have been surprised to see a caution sign on the door to the theatre.

The sign read, “Warning! This show contains stories, images, and sounds that could be triggering.”

“Talking to Terrorists” was meant to trigger more than just a reaction to the sights and sounds of the play, but also of thought and questions.

Director Vladimir Rovinsky said it is about raising the question of “is it right to go somewhere with force to defend innocence knowing that innocence will then be injured?” How many innocent people are worth the removal of one evil doer, he then asked.

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The tagline for “Lambent Fuse,” a Minnesota-made film, states: “Everybody’s got choices. They just don’t know the outcomes. Make a choice.”

Shot in Minnesota, the film was co-written and produced by David Marketon.

An SCSU senior majoring in meteorology and physics, Marketon has been interested in filmmaking since he saw the movie “Fargo” years ago.

“The writing caught my eye… probably because it was local,” Marketon said.

With writing and producing as his hobbies, he partnered with Matt Cici to create a film and production company.

“Our company is called Stolen Arrow Films and we started it on our own,” he said.

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“John Carter” is a science fiction/action/comedy about a former military captain, John Carter, who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he hesitantly becomes enmeshed in a culture collision. During his extended stay on Mars, Carter meets and befriends a variety of aliens and creatures of all kinds.

To return back to Earth, he must become a hero on Mars by saving the foreign alien-kind. Not only does he help them but he also gives the world hope, something to believe in, and most of all, a successful victory in reinstating their power.

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The House of Pizza, established in 1964 is located in the heart of downtown St. Cloud at 19 Fifth Ave. S. Their is another location in the Pinecone Marketplace in Sartell. This sensational pizza establishment is St. Cloud’s pride and joy and has my mouth watering just thinking about the treat that is in store.

As someone who has grown up in St. Cloud, I remember the taste of the House of Pizza for as long as I can remember. The look and feel of the restaurant has changed over the years due to beautiful new renovations, but their flavor and quality of pizza has not changed one bit.

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MNL was proud to have The Curiously Strong Peppermints on last week’s show. The Curiously Strong Peppermints brought one-of-a-kind sound to the studio.

“Elliott Smith backed by The Flaming Lips, playing The Beatles backwards,” is how the band describe themselves on Facebook.

The instrumentals and effects sound very similar to The Flaming Lips, but have classic rock undertones. The Beatles playing backwards may be eluding to Jesse Miller’s squeaky, geeky, yet entertaining vocals.

The lyrics are much more important than the vocals themselves, which is something that is hard to digest at first. Overall, the focus of The Curiously Strong Peppermints is on the instrumentals, which are excellent and coordinated.

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Everyone has a favorite song. Some lyrics speak to us on highly personal levels. No matter the genre, music has power. In fact, music has been shown to stimulate health.

According to netdoctor.co.uk, studies have proven that music can change our mood, help us concentrate, and release stress.

Certain parts of our brains respond to music. Depending on the song, areas such as memory and vision “light up.” The notes fire up our brains and activate cognitive responses.

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