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By Kevin Milos

If you happened to be fortunate
enough to have grabbed a ticket

Miss The Point Music

that you are in for a good show.
After talking to a few people, I

sensualizing effects cranked out
by the rest of the band.

Matthew Good / Junkhouse

Private Music was dissolved.
When

crowd. By this time, there were
a lot of people on the floor and

to see Junkhouse at the realized that some people were The crowd was right in Junkhouse came once the band started to heat
Generator there more to see there soaking it all up on, most people _ things up, there were a lot more
fc) n Matthew Good thanto too. As the show pro- were expecting running out there.

November see Junkhouse, which _gressed, it was obvious | the same A predominately in your face
17th, you is kind of strange, that everyone was loving wacked-out band, Hamilton Ontario’s
will also considering | that the show as more and lyrics and bent Junkhouse has recently released
know _ that Matthew Good was _ more péople joined those guitar their new
this was a opening. I had heard that were already on the grinds album,
concert that that The Matthew dance floor. that was Fuzz,
was not to Good The typical under
be missed in Band puts of the Sony’s
Prince on a great Matthew Bringin’ the house 5 a nd label and,
George, show but I Good down. Matthew three as with
especially don band isa Goodinhis glory. years Birthday
since The that unique ago. As Boy, are
Matthew thing indie band soon as they started Be touring
Good Band Mashen Beia-Opened could hav speeding down playing, it was obvious Cc Ze am extensively

for Junkhouse at the ' f ~ pes

was Opel- & Wnerator on the 17ih. prepared the superhigh- that they were a differ- 5 to drum up
ing for e way of indie ent band then they were Dan Achen-Lead gui- support for
them. The wha music. With when they were here the tarist for Junkhouse CoE

most apparent thing as soon as
one walked into the Generator
was the fact that there were so
many people. The bar was
absolutely packed and when that
happens, you know that the
show is sold out. When the
Generator sells out, you know

By Emily Bulmer

Galita’s Tapas and Wine bar
was the perfect setting for a
classy evening of jazz, and I
must say I had a fantabuluos
time. The Something Else Jazz
Band is

awaited. Matthew( _ major record
Good himself is labels trying to
an — rh Tom eee ~ Lead ae as
ist, belting out VOCanST On. Aurich Ouse, much indie

tunes that are at
least twice as big as he is. His ble, A&M was the lucky label to
voice seems to ride onacushion get the contract of Vancouver’s
of resonating guitar vibes and Matthew Good Band after

music as possi-

last time. Tom Wilson
came on and immediate-
ly started off with his
patent vocals and ‘woops’, that
are so uniquely recognizable to
only Junkhouse, as he leaned
into the mike screaming his
lyrics out over the undulating

Now That’s Something Else!

Something Else Jazz Band for 6
years now, and show no sign of
slowing down. Their experience
as a band did not go unnoticed.
Each instrument blended well
with the next, solos were subtle

well, and appeared to be as
relaxed as their audience. It
was a treat to be able listen to
the fullness of the band with all
the layers of sound and appreci-
ate each musician for

songs throughout the evening.
Shafford, a fourth year student
here at UNBC, is no rookie on
the stage. She sang with her two
sisters in the group Three’s A
Crowd, performing a variety of

making his contribution
to a great performance.

Performers
to the end,
this band is
sure to continue to please their
wide gathering of fans long into
the future.

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pleasure to listen to her add
flavour to the music, it was
interesting to watch her have a
good time and enhance the stage
presence of the band.

Great ambiance, wine, hot

a tight their individual merit. musical jazz,  deli-
group, Terry Kosowick Styles. Et ous
and moved back and including food...not a
was a fourth: between the jazz, blues, bad way to
plea- piano and trumpet, folk and spend a
sure to playing both instru- acappella S aturday
listen ments as seemingly numbers that evening.
to in effortlessly as the one could __ be Thanks to
more before. UNBC arranged for Galita’s and
ways Professor Eric 3 voices. promo t er
than Tompkin spent the Shafford Maria
OT Cuz evening on lead guitar, sings with Gravenor of
Their pulling some attention Something Absolute
S € t NBC's Darlene Shafford supplies 8tabbing solos from Else from Studios for
ranged _ thedeeprich vocals behindthe the strings of his Fart) Kesoulc-atoriossty adie time to time. presenting to
from Something Else Jazz Band Gibson. Bruce Baycroft Usaeto. Ins Gere In 1994, the Eric Tompkin grabbingasolo us this talented
mellow, full-flavoured jazz played his fretless bass like he Something Else on his Gibson group of musi-

tunes, to rowdier numbers that
convinced my brain I was in a
smokey, overcrowded New.
Orleans bar, a significant con-
trast to the quiet ambiance of
Galita’s. The musicians blended

was one with that guitar, and the
drummer, Barry McKinnon pro-
vided backbone with the con-
stant whisk and tick of the drum
set. These musicians have been
playing together as The

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and flowing, and the musicians
weren’t competing with each

other for the audience’s: atten-

tion. «: > ha :
The group was joined by vocal-

ist Darlene Shafford for several

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cians. Look for
more jazz and blues at Galita’s
Series together. Her deep, rich in the near future. So far I’d say
vocals. added, flare.to.Autumn . theyzeonaroll. . .
Leaves, and crowd pleaser This . (Photos By Emily Bulmer) SoundScape
Masquerade. Not only was it a

Jazz Band and Three’s A Crowd
did a successful jazz/ blues