Musicians raise awareness for poverty By Hannah Larking Lance Writer February 13, 2008 Poverty Without Borders, a non-profit organization run by students at the University of Windsor, joined forces with Solid Records Canada to shake the foundation of The Basement on Saturday night with live performances by such well-known artists as Brown Brigade, Hail the Villain, Ontology, Solidarity, Bury the Bully, and Final Fall.
 The event was organized by Adam Marz, founder of Solid Records Canada and lead singer of the band Solidarity. Drummer James “Moose” and bassist Chris “Cup” Caputo agree that this is only the beginning in terms of charity-oriented events. The group has plans for a summer show in which they will most likely team up with Poverty Without Borders once again. “We’ve had a good relationship with them. It’s a good cause,” says Marz. >> | Eye on the Arts: David Cavan Fraser By Lindsey Rivait Arts Editor February 13, 2008 University of Windsor math and physics graduate David Cavan Fraser is breaking the mould. For someone who originally focused on math, science, and sports, this enthusiastic and talented musician is enjoying his successes—including airplay on 89X and an astounding number of bookings behind and in front of him.
 Fraser wasn’t always a musician. As a child he was forced into piano lessons, quitting as soon as he was old enough to do so. He says that he was not musical at all until high school when he picked up a guitar to learn Adam Sandler’s “The Chanukah Song.” Since then, Fraser has learned how to play the guitar, piano, drums, harmonica, mandolin, and keyboard. >>  | | Campus Kiss
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| Vintage Vault: Help! By Jeff Vandusen Lance Writer February 13, 2008 The story goes that The Beatles were high when they filmed Help! in 1965. Bob Dylan had introduced the group to pot in 1964 at a Manhattan hotel and whatever rock lore, mythology or legend may dictate, The Beatles had used it heavily as a tool for escape and as fuel for creativity ever since. Such was the case with Help!—the four shot the movie under a cloud of marijuana.
 Ringo even waxes with a smile on Anthology about a time where he and Paul would run off from filming scenes in Austria to spark a joint before returning to the set all red-eyed and giggly. This explains why The Beatles would sometimes flub their lines or run off and play whenever given the opportunity. The shoot was something of an unplanned mess, spanning the Western and Eastern hemispheres from cloudy olde England to the snowy Austrian Alps to the sunny Bahamas. The lads didn’t really enjoy any of it. >> |
