Spring Weekend

By Eric Kennedy

Financial Officer

CAC and Spring weekend what has it all come to? I really don't know who makes the choices but they must be on fuckin' crack . Okay, I will admit that one band out of every three each year actually has some rep behind it but the rest are crap. Last year it was the PHARCYDE, this year I commend them on theirchoice of DE LA SOUL but really couldn't they spend a little money from our winter concert that they stiffed us on for some decent bands.

First of all, I came to Trinity to learn. Now, whether that entails reading a book, writing a paper, or lying on the quad listening to some bands watching people trip over themselves from the free flowing liquor does not matter. The fact remains that as a whole Trinity fulfills my needs in the way of academic learning but when it comes to their choice of music I am severly confused as to their curricullum.

Thestate of music today seems to have hit bottm with the great technical skills of producers. I could walk into a studio and sing a song that would appear on a video for Mtv and make money. I say this because Ican barely sing in the shower nonetheless in public. Maybe it is for this reason that we as Trinity students can only hope for one good group each Sprin Weekend because of the proliferation of techinical skills and horrible singers. Well, I guess I should resign myself to bitching because I donot see the end in sight. Whatever happened to a group that was loved because of their talents on stage instead of the studio.

Simply because a band, ( the barenaked ladies?) appears on 90210 does that mean that we have to suffer through their whining once again. It is bad enough that they have a cd out. Why bring them into our homes for a weekend that is suppossed to be fun. Really, TCAC seems to be staffed by the Melrose, 90210, and Party of Five staffs. My suggestion simply is discontinue the Spring weekend idea completely and hand the money over to St. Anthony's Hall.

Hallapalooza can be considered one of the better ideas that anyone on this campus has ever come up with. One day , five bands and they always pick bands that keep people happy. It does not matter that they don't appear on 90210 because they have musical talent instead of a great producer who can hide what their voices sound like with the manipulation of a few buttons. Imagine what they could do with the money that the college provides for Spring Weekend. We could have bands that people actually stay to the end to listen to instead of groups that people ditch for some hot dog and hamburgers provided by your friendly campus food service person.