8 RVANKAMPH S ae@technew TechNe'ws Tuesday October 18 2011 From the vault: ‘Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky' By Ryan Kamphuis ASE EDITOR In early 2005, the members of the tndte rock group OK Go brought together a fewtreadmllls, andwlth the help ofa few famlly members, recorded a cheap mustc theo for thelr new slngle “Here It Goes Agaln” They posted that mustc theo on YouTube a few weeks later, and became an oyermght lnternet sensatton Almost everyone m Amerlca has elther seen or heard ofthe muslc vldeo where four guys danced around on treadmllls It was parodted onTheStmpsons,anthmeMagaztne named lt one of the 30 all'llme best muslc vtdeos To thls day, the “Here It Goes Agam,” muslc vldeo ls one ofthe most mtched vldeos on YouTube But as lt IS wlth almost all tnternet fads, Just as qulckly as OK Go achleved worldwlde fame, they faded back lnto relatlve obscunty Whlch ls a shame, because lt means that few were able to enJoy the sheer bnlhance that was OK Go’s 2010 release, of The Blue Colour ofthe Sky Afier a year of extenstve tourlng to support OhNo, the album that contalned “Here It Goes Agaln,”OKGo entered the studto ready to make a dramattc change to thelr sound The band declded to make a concept album adapted from a pseudosctenttfic book from 1876 entltled The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunhght and of the Blue Colour of the Sky And change OK Go dld Whlle thelr earher albums were a dehghtful mesh ofpower pop and alternatlve, ofThe Blue Colour ofthe Skywas a danngJump lnto a fuston ofrockand $8 \s\\ electromca Thetr new sound hearkens back to Prtnce, brlnglng hts style to the 21st century The ftrst track of the album even seems to acknowledge the huge swltch the band made Image caurtsy ufunethx'nybpmcum thh the tttle “WW” The album ls full ofstrong tracks, my personal favorltes berng hard electnc tracks hke “Whtte Knuckles” and drtvtng tracks hke “Needlng/Gettlng” The album asptres to be a lot, and lt dellvers The album has a very coheslve feel to lt, and doesn’t lose energyas ltprogresses The album contatns myallrtlmefavorlte OK Go track “Last Leaf,” whlch IS a testament that a drlvtng rockband llke OK Go can stlll slow down and make an amaztngly heartfelt acousttc song OfThe Blue Colour OfThe Skyshows how versatlle OK Go ts, and that they are constantly growtng lnstead ofdolng more ofthesame or releastng another album dunng the hetght ofthetr populantyafter the treadmlllyrdeo, they tookthe tlme to slt down and asptre to be better artlsts OfThe Blue Colour OfThe Skyls a real treat because ofthls And on one final note, ltwouldn’t be OK Go wlthout crazy mustc vldeos, and the muslc vldeos for OfThe Blue Colour OfThe Sky dellvers Whether ltls the vtdeo for “Endlove,” whtch ls filmed enttrely m stoprmotton m a parkln LA, the vldeo for “‘Nhlte Knuckles,” whlch was filmed ln one take and lncludes tons of dogs, the 2 vldeos for “Thls Too Shall Pass,” one whlch has a masslve Rube Goldberg machlne, the other whlch has a masstve marchtng band, or the theo for “Last Leaf,” whlch IS a stopemotlon movte compnsed ofpteces oftoast, thevtdeosshow the creatlvttyoftheband, andshowthat they are wllhng to go to crazylengths m order to make tmpresstve mustc vldeos OfThe Blue Colour OfThe Sky ls an album thatyoushoulddefimtelycheckout It IS a Soltd album that IS a testament to the talent ofOK Go The album ls avallable on lTunes, Spotlfy, and your local mustc store Unofficial photography club snaps into action By Harshita Iyer TECHNEWS WRITER Out ofall the hobbles out there, one of the most popular ones (accordtng to thts wrlter, anyway) has got to be photography lt ls therefore surpnslng that HT has not had a photography club The older students wlll tell you that a photo club dld extst, but lt dled out before some ofus had even heard ofIlT ‘Nhlch ls why lt has been such blg news that the photo club ls betng revtved When sophomore Archttecture studentAudreyStmper first thought ofstarttng a photo club at UT, she had no ldea that one had exlsted m the past She says that she had been tnterested m photography dunng hlgh school and had taken a few classes It became a passton and therefore was both surpnsed and dtsappotnted when she found that there was no club for lt at IIT She declded to start her own, and thus “Snapshot” was born It started wtthJust a few frtends gettlng together, but lt IS qulckly taktng HT bystorm “Snapshot ts deflnltely a club for expertence on all levels As long as you enJoy photography, you are welcomel” she sald when asked about who forms Snapshots target audtence The matn atm ofSnapshotls to glye lts members an opportuntty to go out and explore some ofthe awesome, but obscure sttes around the Ctty They also plan to take members on tnps to gallenes and museums and hopefully bnng tnsome guestspeakers Theyplan to have Photoshoptutorlals andworkshops on dlrrerent photographytechnlques Theyalsowant to start a group on ickr, have monthly Compettttons and hopefully an open house everysemester The onlycatch ls that Snapshot ls not yet ol-‘ficlal, Smce lt ms born Just thls semester Accordtng to Audrey, though thts glyes them some freedom, lt ls defimtely also an obstacle, as guest speakers and fiyers cost money, and reservtng certatn rooms around campus for Photoshop classes tsachallenge for an unofificlal club However, thewaythtngs looknght now, lt does seem that lt ls not golng to be long before they are ofificlal As for thts semester, Snapshot plans to collaborate wtth Coffee Club, our other favorlte unofificlal club, on coffee/photo tnps Snapshot ls also planmng to do a “long exposure workshop” ln downtown Chtcago, and try out all the dlrrerent techntques that come wtth long exposure photography Ifyou have no ldeawhat thls means, worry not, you are not alone It sounds hkea lotoffun,so tfyou mntto find out, Just find them on Facebookat “HT’s Unofificlal Photography Club, Snapshotl’: and slgn upl Image cannery ofshapsho: VV'hat’s on CHRIS “(DEER chd " Metalllca - Breadtah " 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