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THURSDAY | JANUARY 30, 2014

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Hill hosts SNL for third time, comes up short again

BRANDON ZENNER

News Editor | @brandonzenner

Sorry, Jonah, but your appearance as host on Saturday Night Live

wont be getting you another Oscar
nomination.
Jonah Hill, known for his roles
in Superbad, 21 Jump Street and
most recently, The Wolf of Wall
Street, hosted SNL for his third time
last week. Just like his last two appearances on the show, it was an episode with some funny moments, but
nothing that will be too memorable
for any viewers.
The episode opened with a skit of
Heterosexual Figure Skating at the
Sochi Olympics, which was by far the
worst skit of the night. It seemed as
if it was a poor attempt as advertisement for NBC. It was as if they were
trying to lead up to the Olympics,

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Emmy Awards on a Monday,

Say what?
This week it was announced
that the 2014 Emmy Awards
will air on Aug. 25. The
awards are usually held on
Sunday evenings, but big
shocker here: this year they are
held on a Monday night. Um,
weird. But, hey, maybe change
is good.
Top 10
Northwest made the list for
being one of the most haunted
universities by Mysterious
Heartland. Northwest was
ranked number 10 on the list,
Roberta Hall being the main
reason for this ghostly suspicion.
Superbowl 48
Its that time of year again.
Nachos, wings and football
galore. Make sure to tune in to
watch the Seahawks take on
the Broncos.

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Bad Bieber

Earlier this week, Justins

mugshots were released to the
public after his DUI arrest. After these photos were discovered, what are Beliebers most
worried about for Justin? Not
that he was arrested, but that
he has some gross acne in his
mug photos.
You Shall...Pass?
Well, Northwest, despite the
opposition, the City Council
forged ahead with the new
bar entry age ordinance,
increasing it to 21. Theres a
lot of frustration, disappointment and predictions floating
around. Guess well just have
to wait and see what happens.
Uh Oh, Taylor
Taylor Swift came away from
the Grammys with nothing in
hand. Her album, Red, was
nominated for four awards.
For a second, she thought
she won album of the year,
which was obvious from
her reaction. But the award
actually went to Daft Punk for
its album, Random Access
Memories.

which begin next week.

However, Jonah flattered viewers
during his monologue when he did a
cameo with fellow Wolf actor Leonardo DiCaprio. The two did a remake
of Titanic, which was rather funny
and witty. The realization popped
into my head that Leo needs to host
SNL in the near future or ASAP. The
man just received a Golden Globe for
Best Actor in a comedy. Get him on
there, now.
One thing to look forward to with
Hill hosting was his recurring Adam
Grossman skit. Each appearance, Hill
has played the Grossman character
who is a wisecracking 6-year-old boy
who takes a trip for dinner to Benihana with step-mom, Debbie, played
by Vanessa Bayer. The two sit with
two other women, and Adam cracks
jokes about Debbie and talks about
his life experiences. Grossman was

again one of Hills better characters of

the night.
Couples Quiz! seemed like it
would be another one of SNLs typical
game shows. With Kenan Thompson
as host, he interrogated the contestants about who clogged up the backstage stall before the quiz even starts,
which was one of the funniest moments of the night. This was one of
Hills better moments throughout the
night, as he is great at being the embarrassed guy.
Weekend Update is usually the
greatest part of the show, and this
week, there was no disappointment.
Seth Myers and Cecily Strong worked
great together, which makes it harder
to see Seth Myers leaving. Thompson
was a guest for the skit, playing Frank
Medina, a Miami cop who arrested
Justin Bieber. He didnt act surprised
at all because Miami is a crazy place,

and Thompson really delivered everything extremely well. Just hearing

him say Cecilys name was hilarious.
It was like finding a swaggy little leprechaun.
It was kind of adorable, like being barked at by a puppy who smells
like Smirnoff Ice.
I was on my usual beat, you
know, pulling couples in jean shorts
apart.
Its the only city in America
where NBA players are the best behaved people. Bravo Kenan.
Kate McKinnon was also a guest,
playing Olya from a Russian village to
talk about the Olympics. Everytime I
see her play a guest with a foreign accent, I expect it to get old, but she continues to be spot-on with every single
character.
Bayer and Strong came back as
ex-porn stars to do a commercial for

Lamborghini, which they pronounced

Lambortini. Hill played adult film
veteran Martin Porn-Cese and made
the skit absolutely hilarious. This
was by far the most memorable moment of the night. The rest of the episode kinda just dragged on and never
ended with a bang, which was disappointing.
However, SNL is looking toward
a bright future. Melissa McCarthy,
known for roles in Bridesmaids and
Identity Thief, will host for the third
time this Saturday with musical guest
Imagine Dragons. This seems like a
promising combination.
SNL also announced that head
writer Colin Jost will take the place of
Seth Myers on The Weekend Update
segment beginning March 1. Though
Jost will certainly continue to keep up
the legendary segment, its sad to see
you go, Seth.

THE STROLLER:

Your Man needs you to mix him an alcoholic beverage

Bearcats, this is a somber day for all; it
follows a day filled with disdain, and there will
be many somber days to follow.
I thought this would be a happy week,
one where I would be able to write to you
sharing my excitement about the growing
acceptance and debate on the legalization, or
decriminalization as Mitt Romney puts it, of
medical and or recreational marijuana. Oh, I had
a magnum opus planned for you, Northwest.
We were going to talk about bounteous pros to
legalization; you know, beefing up the economy,
a start to ending the war on drugs, stuff like
that. And then I wanted to talk about the one
con, the negative connotation and reputation
that weed has. Rick James wrote a whole song
referring to it as Mary Jane and few were the
wiser.
I thought Id do all of that, happily, and then
throw something in at the end about the City
Councils grave attempt to sneak one by us, but
failing to raise the bar entry age. But no, that
dream is no more and why?
Ill tell you why. Because theyre a bunch of

old coots who operate in their own interests

Ill let you know when I figure out what in the
world those interests could possibly be.
If you cant tell, yeah, Your Man is pissed.
Are we not citizens of this forlorn college town?
Do our opinions, our voices not matter for the
four, five, six, however many years we spend
here?
OK, if you say, no, students opinion on this
issue dont matter because technically theyre
not citizens, but just simply stopping through
on their way to places that dont suck, then
what about the Maryville bar and business
owners who will be negatively affected by this
foolhardy change? What about the money that
it shovels into the Maryville economy? (If its
more complicated than that, dont tell me; Im
not an economist.)
We all know that that soon-to-be empty
eyesore of a building formerly known as The
Outback has already been struggling. This will
just serve as its death warrant.
The Missourian reported that 40 percent
of Mollys crowd last Friday were minors,

40 percent! Even if you dont care about the

students or what they have to say, that should
make your ears perk up.
But wait, Im getting ahead of myself. Of
course they care about the students, that was,
after all, their main argument. A couple of City
Council members, those reneging bastards, said
the number one health risk to minors is alcohol.
Next thing you know, theyll be on a crusade to
shut down Micky Ds.
If they thought they were enabling some
trivial health risk before, just wait till that first
weekend of next school year rolls around and all
the underage kids with nothing to do, because
its Maryville, trek to non-policed house parties
and let the wild things roam thatll be a treat.
I dont like this, Binturongs, not one bit.
Ive been here for 96 years and loved every
minute, but for once, Your Man is thinking of
transferring somewhere not run by dunces.
The Stroller has been a tradition since 1918 and
does not reflect the views of The Northwest Missourian.

Warpaints self-entitled second debut album does not quite seem up to expectation

HALEY VICKERS

Features Editor | @Hay_dayy

Slick would be the best way to

describe Warpaint as a group, but its
new self-titled album, Warpaint
may not be as smooth as the artists,
themselves. This indie rock/alternative band, formed in 2004, released its
second debut album earlier this week.
To say the least, it didnt quite paint
the picture of war.
Their first album, The Fool,
dropped in 2010 with help from John
Frusciante, once lead guitarist for the
Red Hot Chili Peppers. Warpaints
first album was a local success and
quickly became popular in the L.A.
area.
The band includes two girls on vocals and guitars, Emily Kokal and Theresa Wayman, and Jenny Lee Lindberg
on bass and backup vocals. The drummer for the group is Stella Mozgawa.
Their most popular song on the
new album, called Love is to Die, has
a relaxed, mellow sound, but the lyrics lack any kind of meaning. And at
times, it is really difficult to hear what
theyre even saying.
The chorus begins with, Love
is to die/Love is to not die/love is to
dance/love is to dance.
While I enjoy the music, these
lyrics are just empty in my mind. The
songs also take forever to get started.
The intro to each song is always about
a minute long. Why? Please, just get to
the point.
Warpaints sound is somewhat
seductive and intriguing, and you
can tell the band is passionate about
music. But the lyrics are not up to my
standards for a group with this much
rising fame.
Stoners would probably give
this album a 5/5, but if we arent under the influence, there seems to be

Billboard Hot 100

Songs
1.Timber-Pitbull ft. Ke$ha
2.Dark Horse-Katy Perry
ft. Juicy J
3.Counting Stars
OneRepublic
4.Say Something-A
Great Big World ft.
Christina Aguilera
5.The Monster-Eminem ft.
Rihanna
6.Let Her Go-Passenger
7.Royals-Lorde
8.Team-Lorde
9.Story of my Life-One
Direction
10.Pompeii-Bastille
Billboard Top 200

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something missing. Like, compelling

words? Or just words in general.
I would give Warpaint another
chance because I do like the sway,
calmness about the music, but these
lyrics are just too much for me to handle. Or rather, too little.

Rating: 2.5/5
Artist: Warpaint
Album: Warpaint
Release Date: January 21, 2014

1. High Hopes-Bruce
Springsteen
2. Frozen-Soundtrack
3.Kidz Bop 25-Kidz Bop
Kids
4.Beyonce-Beyonce
5.That Girl-Jennifer
Nettles
6.Fading West-Switchfoot
7.Pure Heroine-Lorde
8.The Marshall Mathers
LP2-Eminem
9.Prism-Katy Perry
10.Night Visions-Imagine
Dragons