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Young talent wasted on “Secondhand Lions”
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by Kevin DeLury
Senior Staff Writer |
 Aside
from Haley Joel Osment’s voice resembling something akin to
nails on a chalkboard, there’s really nothing funny, clever
or overall worthwhile to get out of “Secondhand Lions.”
Actually, that all depends on the discriminating tastes of the individual
moviegoer.
Consider this: aside from me, the crowd in the theater was old.
I’m not talking a naive youngster’s idea of “old.”
We’re dealing with an early bird special at Daniel Boone Inn,
7 p.m. movie, down an assortment of medications with a heaping glass
of Metamucil and tucked into bed by 9:30 p.m. old.
Alongside that, there’s a slightly younger
crowd that, coupled with girls of all ages, makes up the “feel
good movie” market. You know, same story, different actors
(if you’re lucky), happy ending that’s guaranteed to turn
on the waterworks and sometimes, as was the case with “Lions,”
generate applause at the end of the film.
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| ZoSo honors Led Zeppelin tonight |
by Stephanie Marshall
Staff Writer |
ZoSo reproduces the Led Zeppelin
experience once again in Legends tonight.
“Young people now will never see the real Led Zeppelin play,
but through ZoSo they can picture what it would have been like to
be there for the real thing,” Student Programs Program Coordinator
Randy Kelly said Monday.
Kelly said ZoSo is a Led Zeppelin tribute act, different from any
original cover bands. Instead of replaying the songs, ZoSo reproduce
the atmosphere, the clothing and the experience.
“They wear the same outfits, play the same guitars, use a drum
kit made by the same manufacturer, of the exact same era, to recreate
the sound and the stage presence,” Kelly said.
“They are really into reproducing a Led Zeppelin show, every
aspect of it,” Appalachian Popular Programming Society stage
shows chairperson Peter D. Van Schoick said Monday.
“Most major acts out there today have been honored by a ‘copy
cat’ artist. Bands try to look and sound like a popular band
that has stood the test of time and people would love to go back
and see, but either can’t because they rarely tour or don’t
at all,” Kelly said.
The band members reproducing the Zeppelin experience are Matt Jernigan
as lead singer Robert Plant, Greg Thompson as drummer John Bonham,
Adam Sandling as bass guitarist John Paul Jones and Jay Bobo as
lead guitarist Jimmy Page.
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