March 9, 1999

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Over The Edge Page 7

The Divine open for the Hip

by Michelle Dubuc

It is here. The day
Prince George has
been awaiting for eons
has finally arrived.
Tonight the Tragically
Hip will take the stage
at PG's very own
Multiplex. Seems too

good to be true doesn't
it? Well it gets better,
because the opening
act - By Divine Right -
is one of Canadas best
kept secrets. The
band, made up of lead
singer and _ guitarist

Jose Contreras, drum-
mer Mark Goldstein,
bass player Brendan
Canning and Brendann
Mcguire on rhythm gui-
tar, is coming to Prince
George with an excel-
lent new album to

showcase and a lot of
talent on their hands.
The bands most recent
release "Bless This
Mess" was released on
February 23, and the
first single, "Come For
a Ride", has been in
rotation on Muchmusic
for about 3 weeks now.
"Things are still unfold-
ing for us right now, ,"
says Mark Goldstein,
"We feel things are
going exactly the way
they need to go." They
most certainly are, with
Canada's most influen-
cial band so taken with
their style they asked
them to come on one of
the most anticipated
tours of the year.
"Touring with the Hip
has been a complete
education-we've never

experienced arena
rock before. And there
are no rock star aitti-
tudes, the Hip are very
humble, centred indi-
viduals and its like
touring with one giant
family. Its our favorite
tour by far." With influ-
ences as diverse as
Bob Marley, Leonard
Cohen, Billie Holiday,
and Sid Bereit, Divine
Right has formulated a
sound _ difficult to
describe. "Jose used
to describe our sound
as 'loud and beautiful',"
says Mark Goldstein,
"put I'm not sure that
applys to this record.
Some of the songs are
more subtle than that."
For the most part BDR
has a very positive out-
look in their music -

Spring Break Rugby Tour

By Jeremy Fung.

During the last few days
of spring break the
UNBC Rugby Football
Club was in Kelowna.
The team arrived
Thursday evening for a
night of relaxation (read
drunken revelry). Friday
was a full day for the
club, first they had meet-
ings with Okanagan
University College to set

up the Interior Collegiate
League, after that they
had their first practice of
the year on grass. At
home they can only
practice inside gyms.

Saturday was the first of
two games against the
Kelowna Bonobos (biol-
ogy time... Bonobos are
the only mammal other
than humans who have

The Women’s rugby team pauses for a
group photo in Kelowna.

-Submitted photo

sex for pleasure).
Apparently UNBC was a
little rusty on Saturday,
and the rain caused their
ball handling skills to be
less than brilliant. The
men lost 22-3 and the
women fost = 17-5.
Sunday was much bet-
ter, however, both teams
still lost, the results were
24-12 for the men and
20-12 for the women,
Devon Atkinson and
Rich Rudolph scored for
the men.

Unfortunately two of
UNBC's players were
injured. Jamie Ker and
Bill Carpenter are both
out of commission for a
while. On the bright side
they both claim that it
was a great weekend
and that the games were
good exhibition match-
es. Ball handling can
only improve as_ the
snow goes away (yeah
right, maybe in two
months) and the team
can practice outside.

On March 20th the team
will travel to UVIC to play

those looking for angst-
ful musings will not find
them here. Strange,
considering BDR
opened for Days of the
New last year for three
weeks. "We were sur-
prised at the response
we got. We nicknamed
it our 'thick-skinned
tour’ because our
friends were like, ‘what
are you doing?' But we
saw it as an opportuni-
ty to reach a new audi-
ence."

By Divine Right has
what you could call an
intensely spiritual side
as well. During the
recording process at
Bath studios

Jumper Brett Seiler, number 8, reaches for the sky, and the
ball, during one of the rugby games that the UNBC Rugby
team played in Kelowna

in a memorial game.
UVIC has one of the
best under 20 teams in
North America so it will
be a great experience for
our team.

In the third weekend of

April the team will travel
to Jasper to play in a 7's
tournament. Last year
they won the bow! divi-
sion, they hope to
defend their accomplish-
ment this year.

-Photo Submitted

The rugby team is also
working on its 2nd annu-
al pub crawl so keep
your eyes peeled for this
event.