Broadcaster Press 11 March 26, 2019 www.broadcasteronline.com MARCH 2019 BY TYLER MANN H VERMILLION.K12.SD.US VERMILLION HIGH SCHOOL’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER DAYDREAM NATION ere it is. My personal big one. My favorite piece of media of all time ever. Sonic YouthÕs 1988 double album, Daydream Nation. But why is it my favorite? Well, I like it more than anything else. Unfortunately, that isnÕt an interesting explanation. I instead will chronicle my love for Daydream Nation in a verbose and lengthy manner, with the paragraphs divided based on the instrumentals first, and vocals and lyrics second. This is an extremely visceral album, and is best enjoyed while darting down the highway at 70 miles per hour. The pure speed and loud, noisy sonic scope of the opening tracks, ÒTeen Age RiotÓ, and ÒSilver RocketÓ lend themselves best to this. The former is 80Õs alt rock in its purest form, with the jangly opening giving way to a speedy riff, with itÕs carefree attitude never leaving throughout its seven minute runtime. ÒSilver RocketÓ, along with ÒCross The BreezeÓ, show the crux of the albumÕs sound. This album fuses punk aggression with noisy, avant-garde soundscapes in the most perfect way. ÒEricÕs TripÓ and ÒHey JoniÓ are the most accessible songs on the album, because despite keeping with Thurston Moore and Lee RanaldoÕs rabid guitar noise, they both have fairly typical pop structures, while the song they sandwich, ÒTotal TrashÓ, has no typical structure at all. It opens with a couple of verses, before launching into four minutes of thrashy guitars sounding like jackhammers and the painful cries of some alien species, before ending with another verse (this time slowed down). The song following this trio, ÒProvidenceÓ, is a necessary calm moment for the album. It consists of three factors: a downtrodden piano track, a guitar amp hissing, and the recording of a voicemail from a friend of the bandÕs. These factors combine to make an ambient and quite beautiful piece of work. The beauty continues with the opening guitar arpeggios of the following song, ÒCandleÓ. However, the chaos returns soon enough in a glorious way in the songÕs breakdown. ÒRain KingÓ is the bleakest moment on the album with the heavy guitars sounding like the music for some nuclear wasteland, and the relentless drums never giving up their pace. To close out the album is ÒTrilogyÓ a 14 minute epic with three distinct sections, the first two being freewheeling and long winded, and the third being tense, short and the most clear homage to punk on the album. Instrumentally, the album sounds uncalculated, despite being so. Vocally and lyrically, however, the album sounds uncalculated, most likely because it was. Moore and Ranaldo talk with the slightest hint of melody, although on some songs like ÒCandleÓ, Moore adds a boyish strain to his voice which comes off well. Bassist Kim Gordon grunts and moans her way through her songs. SheÕs at her most primal on ÒThe SprawlÓ and ÒCross The BreezeÓ, both of which she sounds furious on. These vocal styles, particu- larly GordonÕs, are off putting for some but I enjoy them as they fit the rawness of the music perfectly. Lyrically, itÕs clear their words are not the bandÕs main focus. Gordon is the most authentic in this regard, with her best moment being ÒKissabilityÓ, a track about the problems women face in the entertainment industry. On the flip side, Moore and RanaldoÕs tracks seem to lack a strong point, and instead aim to play with the English language and how words sound. If anyone can tell me the message or story in songs like ÒTotal TrashÓ or ÒRain KingÓ, it would be greatly appreciated. However, each have a couple songs with clarity. ÒTeen Age RiotÓ, the Moore led opener, is about just that, and RanaldoÕs ÒEricÕs TripÓ details a bad acid trip and borrows lyrics from an Andy Warhol film. Daydream Nation can be quite a challenging album upon first listen, with its long runtime and noisy, suffocating demeanor; pushing through that initial challenge is wholly rewarding, and after that Daydream Nation can be unearthed as one of the greatest albums to be recorded in rock history. Report Card Composition: A+ Performances: A+ Production: A+ Lyrics: A+ Listen on YouTube! Album Label: Enigma; October 18, 1988 WORDFIND BY LILLIAN MOCKLER Your future is waiting. Make it happen. Schedule your campus visit today at the region’s best two-year technical college: southeasttech.edu/visit. Jumpstart your college education with Dual Credit: southeasttech.edu/dualcredit. 605.367.6040 | SOUTHEASTTECH.EDU Cards + Magic out-joggin (see QR code for a more in depth description of in in-joggin nÕ out-joggin). After jogging, take the four cards you have Ôout joggedÕ and show them to the spectator. Ask them if their card is one of the four spectatorÕs cards. If they say yes, put those four cards on top of the four cards in your opposite hand. If they say no put the four cards on the bottom of the ones in your opposite hand. Step two is essentially repeating the beginning. If they say no, put the cards on TOP of the pile in your opposite hand. If they say yes, put them on the BOTTOM of the cards in your opposite hand. Step three is, again, the same as step one. If you donÕt understand, use the QR code at the bottom of the article. Now after you have done those steps youÕre going to deal the cards from left to right into two piles. Now itÕs helpful to have three questions prepared so you can ask the person what their card is. The first question I typically use is, ÒIs your card a king or a queen?Ó Flip the right pile over and reveal if it was a king or a queen. Then ask for confirmation from your spectator. Now take the left pile and deal WITH NATE BOHNSACK T he second card trick of this series is a prediction card trick. This trick only involves eight out of the fifty-two cards. The first step is to take out all the kings and all the queens. Separate the kings and queens, then place them in CHaSeD order. CHaSeD order is an acronym for Clubs, Hearts, Spades, and Diamonds. After putting the cards in CHaSeD order, youÕre going to put the cards face up and put the kings on top of the queens. Once youÕve done that, youÕre going to fan the cards out and have your spectator memorize any one card. After they have done this you are going to do what is called in-joggin nÕ it out from left to right into two more piles. Then ask your second question; my question usually is ÒIs your card black or red.Ó After you have asked the question, flip the right pile over. Ask the spectator for conformation on if the cards are right. Now, youÕre going to take the left pile and move the top card to the left. Commence to ask your question. Depending on what the color is, I ask if their card is a heart or diamond, or if their card is a spade or club. After asking the question, turn over the pile on the right. There should be only one card face down. Ask them what their card was and after they tell you, flip the final card over and youÕre done. Prepare to amaze your spectators. Magic awaits! Follow along with MagicNate on a video tutorial by following the QR code below: COMIC BY KEEGAN RETZLAFF Reyanna Felicia