18 TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008 • DIE JUSTICE

INSIDE ON CAMPUS 18-22

• VoiceMale comPete 18 The all-male a cappella grbup will compete against other a cappella groups at the Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston.

• SunDeis preview 19 This year's film festival focuses more on stu-dent involvment than panel discussions.

.co review 19 Kaki King's latest album showcases the gui­tarist's voice to great effect.

• Rose acquisitions 19 The Rose has received an unusually large number of gifts recently.

• Comical alumnus 20 A. David Lewis '99 treats serious issues in a casual medium.

OFF CAMPUS 23

• Concert review 20

Bill Charlap Trio deemed "enchanting. ·

• A Comedy of Enors 21 Hold Thy Peace's latest offering delivered strong performances.

• 'Guilty, the Musical' 21 A senior thesis cum theatrical performance.

• A Cappella fads 22 All you want to know about a cappella.

• Band Signing 23 Neal Ludevig '09 and The Scarlet find fame.

POP CUlTURE by Daniel D. nyder

He may not be a hot young heiress or have a top-10 album, but according to an affidavit unsealed by federal prosecutors, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer still knows how to party, and pretty hard at that.

So what hip clubs is this bad boy hitting, you ask? Well, it's not really a club as much as it is a hotel of sorts. But that's okay; plenty of hotels have totally hip bars in them, don't they? What about his friends? What hot celebs is he lighting up the town with? Scarlet Johansen? Collin Farrel? Meryl Streep? No, not really. It's not so much Meryl Streep as it is just a hooker.

Now, even though Spitzer has not officially been charged, don't go calling me a dirt-digging mudslinger just yet. Last Monday, Spitzer held a press conference at which he apologized for an undisclosed "personal indiscretion." Spitzer went on to say he had acted "in a way that vio­lates my obligations to my family, that violates my or any sense of right and wrong." Somehow I can't imagine that he's referring to a toilet he clogged in his office and blamed on his secre­tary. Nope, he was probably referring to the time he stuck it to a prostitute known as Kristirt, an employee of the Emperor's Club whose services reportedly run between $1,000 and $5,000 an hour.

This has come as a great shock, both to the public and to other government officials who have watched Spitzer make a career out offight­ing corruption as New York's attorney general. He alsO spearheaded a series of very high-pro­file Wall Street investigations, including prose­cutions of (surprise!) prostitution rings. The full effect of these allegations has yet to be seen, but it will doubtless leave an ugly scar on his administration.

Now, as for my reaction, I'm going to take the same approach J. did in the Clinton era and

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PARTY ANIMAL: Don't let his gubernatorial facade fool you. This man likes to boogie. declare with great enthusiasm: "I don't care!" Why? Because, simple an argument as it may be, there are more important things to worry about. Prostitution has been around for hun­dreds of years. Yes, it's a horrible and abusive industry, but not to hookers like Kristin. How many of you reading this paper can make $5,000 in an hour? Anyone? Didn't think so. If we're going to make a fuss about this sort of thing, let's help the hookers who are actually suffering on the streets, not pulling high-profile jobs in the high rise hotels.

CALENDAR What's Iwppening in Arts on and off campw;

Sculpture: Works from Undergraduate Students The Department of Fine Arts presents works of sculpture by undergraduate art students. The show opened Wednesday, Feb. 27 and runs through Friday. Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Spingold Dreitzer Gallery.

The Joint: Shadows Lie The New York City alternative rock a~d elec­tronic group hadows ie w· e performing as part of WBRS ' weekly live music series. The concert is free and open to the public of all ages and will be broadcast live on WBRS 100.1 FM, as well as on live webstream at www.wbrs.org.Alist of the semester's con­cert lineup and schedule is available at wbrslivemusic.cjb.net. Tuesday from 10 p.m. to midnight in the Shapiro Campus Center Multipurpose Room.

'Run Granny Run'-Democracy Matters movie night Democracy Matters will show Run Granny Run, a documentary about Granny D, an old woman who walked across the country to raise awareness for . campaign fmance and then ran for Senate. Granny D is slated to appear in a speaking engagement on campus later this semester. Wednesday from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Village C House TV Lounge.

'SubUrbia' Brandeis Ensemble Theater p'tesents SubUrbia, a play by Eric Bogosion about a group of friends who gather night after night outside a convenience store in the suburb of Burnfield to drink, joke and loiter, much to the disdain of the store's clerks. The play is directed by Kenny Fuentes '08, who describes the playas "a celebration, a love letter to growing up in America, to people who make it and people who don't make it, and especially to the people you wonder what became or. " Thursday. Friday and Saturday from 8 to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Carl J. Shapiro Theater.

SKIN 2008

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JEWISH MUSIC: Brandeis a cappella group Jewish Fella A Cappella will host the second annual Jewish A Cappella Fest this Saturday in the Olin-Sang auditorium. Here, the group is performing at last week's Standing 01, hosted by campus dance group B'yachad, in the Levin Ballroom.

Asian-American designers and Brandeis stu­dents as models. The event is part of Asian Pacific Heritage Month. Thursday from 7 to 9:10 p.m. in the Levin Ballroom.

WBRS Coffeehouse featuring Jo Henley The local singer-songwriter and American roots band Jo Henley will perform as part of WBRS' weekly acoustic afternoon concert series. The concert is free and open to the pub­lic of all ages and will also feature free bagels from Rosenfeld's Bagels. The show will be broadcast live on WBRS 100.1 FM as well as on

-live webstream at www.wbrs.org.Alist of the semester's concert lineup and schedule is available at wbrslivemusic.cjb.net. Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Multipurpose Room.

Japanese Student Association Iron Chef Night

with judges determining the winner. Friday from 5 to 10 p .m. in the Village C House kitchens.

Second Annual Jewish A Cappella Fest Jewish Fella A Cappella presents the Second Annual Jewish A Cappella Fest, featuring Brandeis ' Manginah, Brown's Alef Beats, Harvard's Shani, Johns Hopinkins' Ketzev and Massasachusets Institute of Technology's Techiya as well as hosts Jewish Fella A Cappella. Saturday from 8:30 to 11 p.m. in the Olin-Sang auditorium.

Eric Alterman Cello Recital

The Asian American Students Association Different clubs will compete against each presents its annual fashion show, featuring . other in cooking foods in an hour's time,

This free recital featuring music major Eric Alterman '09 will include works including Bach's Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, Debussy's Sonata for Cello and_ Piano in G minor and Brahms' Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor. A reception will follow. Sunday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Slosberg Recital Hall.

WHAT'S ON? Box Office 1. Semi-Pro 2. Vantage Point 3. The Spiderwick Chronicles 4. The Other Boleyn Girl 5. Jumper 6. Step Up 2 the Streets 7. Fool's Gold 8. No CountJy for Old Men 9. Penelope 10. Definitely, Maybe

Top 10 Jor lite week ending Mardt II

College Radio 1. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark 2. British Sea Power - Do You Uke Rock Music 3. Magnetic Relds - Distortion 4. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 5. Cat Power - Jukebox 6. Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Mead 7. Radiohead - In Rainbows 8. Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers 9. Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust 10. Black Mountain - In the Future

Billboard 1. Janet - Discipline 2. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) 3. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static 4 . Webbie - Savqge Life 2 5. Alicia Keys - As I Am 6. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 Soundtrack 7. Various Artists - Once Soundtrack 8. Various Artists - Juno Soundtrack 9. Sara Bareilles - UttIe Voice 10. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Album Information provided by Billboard Magazine. Box office information provided by YahoolMovles. Radio charts provided by CMJ .

A CAPPELLA

VoiceMale to perform. in Boston • As the year approches its end, VoiceMale prepares to make an impact on both Brandeis and Boston audiences.

By DANIR D. SNYDER JUSTICE EDITOR

Last Saturday afternoon, the halls in the Slosberg Recital Hall e·choed with the strains of Eric Clapton's "If I Could Change the World." Only it wasn't with the plucking of a guitar, but rather the harmonious voic­es of one of Brandeis' most admired a cap­pella groups, VoiceMale.

As the end of the year looms murderously on the horizon, Ben Gellman-Chomsky '08, Jonathan Shuster '08, Adam Barish '09, Noah Schnoll '09, Jordan Suchow '09, Doug Friedman '10, Simon Schreier '10, Dan Ding '11 and Adam Levine '11 are looking to make themselves heard, not just on campus, but in Boston as well.

Coming up on Saturday, March 15: VoiceMale will play what is likely to be one of, if not the, biggest shows of their career. At the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston, in front of thousands, VoiceMale will compete against other college a cappella groups such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Logarithms for the chance to open for the famed group Rockapella the next day. Fortunately, those in attendance will not be the only ones to hear the per-formance. The event will also be broadcast live by the Emerson College radio station, WERS.

Two months later, on May 3, VoiceMale will be bringing the famed San Francisco a cappella group the House Jacks for a free show (with campus ID). Judging by the enthusiasm of Shuster, VoiceMale's presi­dent, it should be quite a show. "We sang with them in Albany and they were one of the best performances I've ever seen, a cap­pella or otherwise,' he says.

In preparation for their final push, VoiceMale has been making rigorous prepa­r ations. "It's been intense. We normally rehearse about seven hours a week, and leading up to big shows, there are times when we just start adding rehearsals. I think we did about 15 hours one week," says Gellman-Chomsky, the group 's tour manag­er.

Live performance, significantly more so than the studio, has always been the focus of VoiceMale and a cappella as a whole. "We don't just want to be a group that's really good in the studio. We want to be a group that's really good onstage and really enter­tains an audience. That's been a struggle of ours for a really long time, and we really try to balance those two ," Shuster says. Fortunately, the studio aspect hasn't been neglected, as t he band will soon begin recording a new CD with 'an expected fall '08 release.

When asked about the experience of per­forming with such a professional group, new recruits Levine and Ding were more than enthusiastic. "I've never been in any­thing quite like VoiceMale before. This is an incredible experience for me," Levine says. Nor do the pressures of such large-scale per­formances frighten them. Ding in particular shows no fear: "I don't get too nervous about big shows. I just try to feed off the energy. I've been performing musically all my life."

As for the two senior members, Shuster and Gellman-Chomsky, these events repre­sent the end of a four-year journey for them, the only two remaining out of a first-year class of four . "If you told me three years ago that we'd get flown out to Arizona and sing for high schools and sing with the House Jacks, I wouldn't have believed you," says Gellman-Chomsky.

VoiceMale's semester show will take place May 2 in the Golding Autitorium.

WBRS 1. The Mumlers - "Shake That Medication" 2. The Allstonians - "Tuesday" 3. The Raveonettes - "Dead Sound" 4. Bluehouse Band - "Maybe Someday'" 5 . Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - "Cold Son" 6. Devotchka - "Basso Profundo· 7. Paramore - "For' a Pessimist I'm Pretty Optimistic" 8. Times New Viking - "Teen Drama" 9. Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk" 10. Xiu Xiu - "Under Pressure f. Michael Gira"