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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012
LAWRENCE
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
DERRYBERRY WEEKEND WARRIOR
By Dylan Derryberry
dderryberry@kansan.com
When I was younger, I was always the kid with the Batman cape on. Whether it was the end of October or the middle of June, I didn't need an excuse to don the Dark Knight's gear. Needless to say Hallowen has always been a pretty big deal for me, so when fall finally hits, all of my work, school and attention take a backseat to the glorious art of costume crafting. This would certainly be the case this month, but I started a tad bit early this year.
Join the Zombie Walk downtown for a spooky start to October.
I celebrate Halloween. Seven days, seven costumes. As we get closer to this glorious holiday, I'll go into more detail about exactly what I'm wearing, but as can be imagined, that takes a bit of preparation. What makes this year interesting, though, is that I'm finally going to make it out to the Lawrence Zombie Walk and will use that costume for Halloween as well.
As obsessed as kid-Dylan was with costumes, high school-Dylan was equally intrigued with zombies, so combining the two is pretty much as good as it gets for
modern-Dylan. The Zombie Walk is downtown tonight at 6 p.m. and gives Lawrence civilians the chance to become the undead in a variety of ways. In 2011, the Walk saw about 850 brainearners crawl along Mass Street, and organizers expect even more this year. So grab those dirty, torn-up clothes you thought you'd never be able to wear again, and join the army of darkness. Even if your makeup skills are less than realistic, students from the Marinelle School of Beauty will be at South Park to offer the face and body painting to the unprepared.
Although the streets will be covered with the leg-dragging, shouldly-clothed ghouls, I decided to stray a bit from the mold on my costume. While hundreds of the undead roam the streets of Lawrence, I'll be doing my part to end the deadle reign of terror as Ash Williams, from Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead" film series. For those lacking in knowledge of groovy B horror movies, on a seemingly harmless trip to a cabin in the woods, Ash accidentally unleases the power of the Necronicon Ex-Mortis, roughly translated as The Book of the Dead. The evil got his girlfriend and even poisoned his own hand, which he later had to cut off with a chainsaw, but Ash has to fix the problem he started. So armed with a sawed off shotgun and a chainsaw replacement for his own hand, he stands up to the evil undead. In the sequel, he's sent to medieval times to save a kingdom
Taylor Cook, a KU graduate from Lawrence, gets deeply into character as a zombie while crossing 11th St. at Massachusetts. He trails Tanner Spreeer, a KU graduate from Wamego. Both were participants in the fifth annual zombie walk.
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from the reign of a deadite army.
Like I said, fantastically awesome.
I've spent the past couple of weeks creating my chainsaw hand out of a juice jug, as well as bloodying up some old clothes I got from
the Salvation Army, so there have been some late nights that are totally worth it. Not to mention I've been preparing costumes for my girlfriend and dog as well, as Resident Evil's ass-kicking Alice
and an Umbrella Corporation soldier. You haven't seen awesome until you've seen a corgi in a tactical vest.
So take a break from expanding your brains for a chance to (pretend) to eat them instead. Whether you completely zomb-out or just stop by to watch Lawrence's living dead, you definitely need to check out this parasite parade.
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Girl: I woke up and looked in the mirror and was like, "OH MY GOD!"
Girl 1: "sees guy's face covered in cuts and bruises" Oh my god! What happened to your face?
Guy 1: I got drunk and got in a fight with the sidewalk, lost.
Girl 1: it looks like it...
Girl 2: "muttering" you could've at least come up with a better story than that.
Girl: I guess Otter Boxes don't protect you from fat people.
Guy 1: Guys, we've decided to get a floor net.
Guy 2: What kind of pet?
Guy 1: a rooster. And we are going to train it so that every time that annoying girl comes onto our floor, he peeks her eyes out.
Professor: There will be no "thinking questions" on the exam.
Girl 1: ...Have sex with a 7-month pregnant chick? With someone else's kid?
Boy: It's totally acceptable.It's a piece of ass.
Girl 2: That's gross. That's desperation.
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CATCH OF THE WEEK
WHAT MAKES YOU A CATCH.
I have a positive attitude and I always try to have a big smile on my face. I'm really easy going, and I go out of my way to make other people have a good time and to make sure that everyone is happy.
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PERFECT FIRST DATE?
Maybe something casual, like an impromptu trip to Oklahoma Joe's.
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN FIVE YEARS?
In five years, I'll be finishing med school. And hopefully having a golden retriever.
NAME ASONG THAT WOULD BE ON THE SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE. WHY?
"Dancing in September" by Earth, Wind, and Fire. It's just a
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fun sing-along song. It's carefree. It's fun. Everyone knows it.
IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD IT BE? WHY?
I would live in Southern California just because I love the weather there, and I love being outdoors.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING TO DO OUTDOORS?
I love to go fly fishing. Just kind of going different places is fun. Being able to go to different spots and being able to fish with different people is always half the fun.
WHY FLY FISHING?
I just grew up fishing every weekend with my dad. Fly fishing is kind of harder than normal fishing. With fly fishing, you get to go find different places and try new things out.
CATCH OF THE WEEK
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MUSIC
This CD cover image released by Glassnote Records shows the latest release by Mumford & Sons, "Babel."
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New Mumford & Sons album breaks record
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LOS ANGELES — The music industry has been grappling with the following question for the last few years: Do streaming services such as Spotify, which allow users to listen to albums for free, cannibalize sales? Leave it to a banjo-wielding English folk-rock band to provide one very loud answer.
"Babel," the sophomore album from Mumford & Sons released on Glassnote Records last week, has had the biggest debut sales week of 2012, selling approximately 600,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.
That number, revealed Tuesday, bests first-week totals from such A-list pop stars as justin Bieber and Madonna and did so while being streamed more than 8 million times on Spotify.
Before the release of "Babel," the bestselling debut of 2012 belonged to Bieber's "Believe" which opened with 374,000 copies sold.
"You're talking about a much artist," said Dave Bakula, a senior executive for Nielsen. "This is an album-driven artist. They're not going to have one single solitary hit that defines the album. People want everything they can get from this artist, and that's where you get
"Babel's" 8 million-plus streams are more than three times that of the previous record holder, said Kenneth Parks, Spotify's chief content officer, although Parks refused to reveal the title.
large album sales."
"Our streaming numbers sit alongside a very healthy sales volume," said Parks, whose service boasts more than 15 million worldwide users.
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Spotify has been criticized for offering lower royalty payments than labels and artists would get from album sales. Other big name artists, such as Coldplay, have opted to withhold new albums from Spotify during the week of release, fearing that the ad-driven free service would hurt sales.
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Glassnote Records founder Daniel Glass said that Spotify is "retraining people to buy music through streaming services. Could we be getting better compensation? Yes, but I'm not going to hold it back from them. That's old thinking."
Mumford & Sons, which will headline a sold-out Hollywood Bowl show on Nov. 10, has been playing most, if not all, of the songs on "Babel" live for months.
"The fans can take the songs off YouTube, obviously, but they want the produced album. So there's still a record business," said Glass. "For now."