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15 Clinton’s birth
name
16 Bush spokesman
Fleischer
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preserved
ancient gaucho
weapons?
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pollutant
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bauble
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Tallahassee
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seat?
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sentence
enders?
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Let the Dogs
Out” band
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princess
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reprised fairy
tale?
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way ... and when
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parts, a hint to
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of old
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Beef, an indoor
football team
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baskets than
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appeal encl.
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brewer Bernhard
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77

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say”
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choristers
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53 Blend
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57 Mandatory item
58 It can be natural
59 Vex
60 Agnus __

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Climactic sounds

MUSIC REVIEW

“Fifty Shades of 
Grey” a sensuous 

soundtrack

By CHRISTIAN KENNEDY

Daily Arts Writer

I spent an hour this weekend sit-

ting in awe of my iTunes visualizer 
as per usual, but this time it was 
different. I was 
also sitting in 
awe of the amaz-
ing 
diversity 

and talent pres-
ent on the slow, 
sultry and ulti-
mately 
immer-

sive 
“Fifty 

Shades of Grey” 
soundtrack. 
I 

was in awe of the 
classic sounds of 
Annie Lennox, Frank Sinatra and 
The Rolling Stones as well as the 
freshness of Laura Welsh, Jessie 
Ware and Skylar Grey. A plethora 
of A-list musicians and up-and-
comers came together to form the 
soundtrack seamlessly, with each 
song leading perfectly into the 
next, leaving listeners with a true 
sense of the story of Anastasia 
Steele and Christian Grey.

The album opens with an Annie 

Lennox cover of “I Put A Spell 
On You,” which was originally 
released on her cover album, Nos-
talgia, this past fall. The opener 
does exactly as promised; its repet-
itive piano notes and Lennox’s 
smooth, soulful delivery reign 
listeners in immediately. Moving 
from the classic to the contem-
porary, newcomer Laura Welsh 
sails through a catchy up-tempo, 
“Undiscovered.” 
Its 
beat 
will 

immediately have listeners tapping 
everything: feet, fingers, truly any-
thing that isn’t nailed down.

Next comes the two lead sin-

gles, “Earned It” and “Love Me 
Like You Do,” which I have spo-
ken highly of previously. Wedged 
between the two is “Meet Me In 
The Middle” by Jessie Ware, this 
track gets its merit from the pro-
duction. Several instruments take 
turns and work together to lie 
perfectly beneath Ware’s vocals 
(which are fantastic).

Beyoncé has two tracks, remix-

es of “Haunted” and “Crazy in 
Love,” both of which have been 
teased in trailers. No amount 
of remixing or remastering can 
make “Haunted” better than the 
original. That being said, Michael 
Diamond did a nice job of turning 
the track into soundtrack materi-
al. It focuses on beats that slither 
above the original bass line, rath-
er than resting solely on it. The 
new version of “Crazy in Love” 
is unexpected. Even the snippets 
in trailers did not really allude 
to what the full version would 
be. The “uh ohs” are much more 
jagged and explicitly murmured, 
transforming 
seduction 
into 

blatant sexuality. The orches-
tra is overpowered at times by a 
hard-to-identify clicking sound. 
Not what was expected, but not 
entirely bad either. 

The soundtrack’s largest dis-

appointment by far was Sia’s 
contribution (or lack thereof). 
“Salted Wound” is completely 
forgettable. The power she is able 
to exhibit while maintaining such 
grace should have been an asset, 
but instead it was ignored. The 
lyrics are nearly unintelligible 
and lack any emotion within the 
crooning delivery.

The remastered versions of 

“Beast of Burden” and “Witch-
craft” by The Rolling Stones 
and Frank Sinatra, respectively, 
are simply fabulous. Neither 
song immediately shouts “Fifty 
Shades,” but in conjunction with 
their fellow tracks they flow 
seamlessly. “Beast of Burden” 
paints a picture of dinner inside 
Mr. Grey’s Seattle penthouse. 
With every listen, “Witchcraft” 
works its way deeper into the 
story. Lyrics like “I know it’s 

strictly taboo / When you arouse 
the need in me / My heart says yes 
indeed in me / Proceed in what 
you’re leading me to” narrate the 
story beautifully, while Sinatra’s 
finesse adds polish.

AWOLNATION’s 
“I’m 
On 

Fire” and The Weeknd’s encore 
“Where You Belong” fall amongst 
the 
more 
forgettable 
tracks. 

“Where You Belong” does not 
come close to the bar set by The 
Weeknd’s “Earned it” while the 
cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m 
On Fire” simply never delivers. 
AWOLNATION, best known for 
“Sail,” deserved a more climactic 
(pun intended) track.

Finally, the two most recent 

iTunes-official tracks: “One Last 
Night” by Vaults and “I Know 
You” by Skylar Grey. “One Last 
Night” is reminiscent of a tiny sad 
piano on a person’s shoulder, but 
less sarcastic. It yearns for more 
and more, but never gets what it 
is asking for; however, it certainly 
gives listeners what they needed. 
Skylar Grey comes in strong on 
“I Know You”: She holds her own 
and leaves listeners wanting more.

Now, in the spirit of full dis-

closure, the soundtrack does 
end with two beautifully crafted 
scores by the amazing Danny Elf-
man. It is hard to really under-
stand these tracks without their 
visual counterparts, but they are 
indeed promising to say the least.

A soundtrack aims to be indic-

ative of a films story, and “Fifty 
Shades of Grey” does exactly that. 
It mesmerizes; it has a strong cli-
max; it’s saturated with smooth 
seduction. If the actors in the 
film match the talent present on 
its soundtrack, it will surely blow 
viewers away.

UNIVERSAL PICTURES

“This contract ... is binding.”
Movie theater merits

By REBECCA LERNER

Daily Arts Writer

“Do you want to go to the mov-

ies?” The phrase echoes through 
American culture, evoking imag-
es of awkward teenagers making 
date plans, friends organizing 
an outing and families having 
wholesome fun. For decades, a 
trip to the movies was a staple 
of the American experience. But 
lately, that staple has begun to 
come undone. 

Fewer Americans are seeing 

movies in theaters. While movie 
prices increase, the number of 
tickets sold has dropped nearly 11 
percent between 2004 and 2013, 
according to a report from the 
Motion Picture Association of 
America. Speculated causes for 
the jettison of the movie theater 
range from online streaming to 
rising prices to overall laziness. 

There is certainly something 

to be said for unwinding with a 
movie in bed or on a couch with-
out having to face weather or 
other people. After an exhausting 
day of dealing with the approxi-
mately 40,000 people on this 
campus, it can seem like a gift 
to fall into someone else’s world 
without even leaving your bed-

room. If I’ve learned anything 
from the enlightened reflections 
of my peers on the app Yik Yak, 
it’s that college students are more 
than happy to use sites like Net-
flix and Hulu as fodder for our 
procrastination. 

Theaters are hoping to prove 

there’s more to the experience 
they offer than meets the eye 
by making not the movie, but 
the actual theater, the center of 
attention. To distinguish them-
selves from the comfortable 
atmosphere of a home, many the-
aters are becoming increasingly 
high end with reserved seating 
and gourmet food. Over winter 
break, walking into the my child-
hood movie theater was a shock 
to my nostalgic system. It was 
transformed from my quaint, 
dirty and cheap theater to a bou-
gie hell with waiters serving your 
choice of prosciutto and melon 
balls or puff pastry kisses. Upon 
arriving and being introduced 
to the iPads that would be seat-
ing us as opposed to an actual 
human being, my technologically 
impaired parents were ready 
to get out their flip phones and 
reject the experience altogether. 
We decided against popcorn that 
cost almost as much as the tick-

ets and finally got into our seats, 
which the iPad had so kindly pre-
pared for us. 

But then came the most impor-

tant part– the unity of a theater. 
A bed or couch just can’t repli-
cate the experience of a room full 
of excited strangers who quiet 
down when the lights dim or the 
joy of an entire theater crack-
ing up at the same joke. When 
Seth Rogen’s newest movie, “The 
Interview,” was available for 
streaming, he described his ideal 
situation for it’s viewing with the 
tweet: “I need to say that a come-
dy is best viewed in a theater full 
of people, so if you can, I’d watch 
it like that. Or call some friends 
over.” The shared emotions of 
everyone in the theater contrib-
utes to the intensity of the highs 
and lows that film can achieve. 
While watching a movie in a 
familiar setting is nice enough, 
there is beauty in the anonymous 
cover of darkness of a theater 
where you can laugh, blush or cry 
if you need to. 

The coming years will decide if 

we stay in our cocoons, clutching 
at our laptops, or if we walk out 
blinking into the bright lights, 
marching to the beat of the songs 
playing in the credits.

SONY PICTURES

This puppy was made for IMAX.

What is love on TV?

By HAILEY MIDDLEBOOK

Daily Arts Writer

February is such an unsexy 

month. School is beginning to 

get in the “swing of things” 

if you’re the cheery type. More 
realistically, it’s slapping you in 
the face with exams and dead-
lines, and making you cry softly 
into your Ben & Jerry’s. On top 
of this, the weather — I’ll spare 
you more whining — can be 
described in three words: nasty 
black slush. It gets in your way, 
on your pants and into your not-
so-waterproof boots, making 
it impossible to wear anything 
remotely 
attractive 
(unless 

you’re secretly Blair Waldorf 
and have four layers of cash-
mere under your trench coat — 
in which case: way to shove it in 
February’s ugly face). 

If you’re me, it’s a slow trek 

to the gym in the mornings, 
sweatpants stuffed into salt-
stained boots and running shoes 
held aloft for balance. I make it 
my mission to hop on a tread-
mill closest to any TV showing 
Bravo, the lone drama network 
among a dozen ESPN screens. 
Without sound or even subtitles, 
it’s a stretch to call it watching 
TV — really I’m just making up 
the story while glammed-up 
housewives and sweaty chefs 
whirl about the set. My favor-
ites are the shows where body 
language is crucial and words 
aren’t necessary to know what’s 
happening — specifically, dating 
shows. Or perhaps better known 
as the greatest romantic feat of 
the 21st century: a play-by-play 
of “real” people falling in “real” 
love, for the entertainment (and 
even inspiration) of viewers 
everywhere. 

Our culture is obsessed with 

the idea of love — falling in it, 
hating it, making it and falling 
in it all over again. With every 
sarcastic column on how to plan 
the perfect anti-Valentine’s Day 
“fuck love” party, there’s an 
equally popular Tumblr feed 
called “Relationship Goals,” dis-
playing the kind of gooey cou-
ple pictures that would make 
Nicholas Sparks melt in his 
seat. Films like “The Notebook” 
teach us that our soulmates are 
out there somewhere, pining 
away and building the future of 
our dreams. “Hitch” dials back 
the romantic factor a bit, admit-
ting that maybe our soulmates 
aren’t already in love with us — 
but if we play the game right, we 

can win them over in just three 
dates. 

Then there’s the world of 

TV, where drama and real-
ity clash, and the line between 
true romance and acting the 
part becomes a hot, complicated 
mess. On Bravo’s “Millionaire 
Matchmaker,” now in its eighth 
season, Patti Stanger is the real-
life version of Will Smith’s char-
acter in “Hitch” — as CEO of the 
Los Angeles-based Millionaire’s 
Club, she offers her professional 
matchmaking services to the 
rich and single. Technically, 
Stanger doesn’t require her 
clients to be millionaires, but 
she charges $10,000 for an in-
person lunch date. For the more 
money-conscious, a one-hour 
Skype chat is just $3,000.

Once a client comes to the 

Millionaire’s Club, he or she is 
matched with various singles 
in the area that meet speci-
fied criteria (yes, “young and 
hot” are favorites among these 
love hounds), then the couples 
arrange to meet for several 
elaborate dates, testing the 
waters before one — hopefully 
— clicks. Stanger says, “We have 
an extremely high success rate; 
nearly four out of five clients get 
into a relationship with our ser-
vice.” 

So really, everyone is happy 

— the lonely, too-busy-to-date 
millionaires land relationships, 
Stanger and her Club rake in 
clients and cash and viewers 
nationwide get to watch the 
whole process of love unfold 
before them. My question to the 
audience, then, is if they real-
ly believe it. Do people watch 
shows like “Matchmaker” and 
ABC’s “The Bachelor” earnest-
ly, living vicariously through 
fairytale-esque dates, because 
they trust the pair’s onscreen 
confessions of love? Or are they 
the more cynical “anti-Valen-
tine’s Day” types who watch for 
the trainwreck encounters, like 
sports fans who secretly cheer 
for NASCAR collisions? 

I’d like to think it’s some of 

both. Maybe our feelings about 
love are like our feelings about 
February snow — beautiful and 
pure at times, then dirty and 
inconvenient at others. And like 
it or not, we all have to live with 
it.

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Fifty Shades 
of Grey 
Soundtrack

Various Artists

Universal 
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