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Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA | October 3, 2003

Escape Tragedy: an organic process
It’s a little after 6:30 p.m., rehearsal for Escape Tragedy Starring Harry Houdini is about to start and actor Ross Koon ’06 is skateboarding around the set. Koon, the other three actors, the director and the stage manager all joke animatedly with each other. There is a sense of camaraderie within the small group involved in the production. [more]

Campus Band Extravaganza
This Friday, Oct. 3, Musik Haus will host the Campus Band Extravaganza. Sure to be a “rockin” good time or as David Lineal from Nouns & Verbs said, “Totally, totally rockin. Tempted to drop jaw or head to the makeshift temple of the God of Rock. Maybe makeshift prayer or sacrifice to the God of Rock. Bottom line-its about rock. Going to punch you in the dick or vagina.” Here are the bands playing: [more]

Concert Preview
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Coming Soon
Pretty Girls Make Graves may be the kind of name bands wish they had, and some music lovers find themselves a little curious about. And indeed, they are a curious quintet, playing emotionally intense punk rock. The band hails from Seattle—you can find them in Gardner Lounge this Saturday, screaming, singing, and pouring out their souls, all at the same time. [more]

Deafening big ‘fro rock and honest non-whiny emo
De-Loused in the Comatorium [more]

Eyepatch Poetry
Bradley: Never say this column is good for nothing. Thanks to my cutting jab, boastful S&B columnist Elisa “L.” Lenssen is now once more mild-mannered Elisa “ ” Lenssen. Change is good, but I’m not going to retract my hyphenated last name anytime soon. Now for the movies. [more]