2008 Woodie Awards
Reel Big Fish small turn out:
First ever Castlefest
David Frederick
Issue date: 5/9/07 Section: Entertainment
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The Student Association Activities Board hosted the first ever Castlefest on Sunday, April 29, with artists Schutefurmunde, Duane Carleton and the Backwoods Messiahs, Revision and headliners Reel Big Fish.
"Are they good? I've never listened to them before," asked senior Mackenzie Sivret.
In response to the disappointingly small turn out of around 200 people, Adrian Hill said, "It pisses me off, I'm ashamed, we go to a liberal arts school, what's more liberal than music?" said Hill.
The students that did attend seemed to enjoy the show.
When Reel Big Fish got on stage, Scott Klopfenstein, who plays the trumpet, guitar and sings backup in the band, started the performance like a high school pep-rally.
He yelled, "Yeah, go Mayflower Conference Champions, Men's Tennis 1997…we wanted to start with the encore first," said Klopfenstein.
Reel Big Fish began the show by playing the hit song "Trendy," the term trendy describes the band to a tee. Reel Big Fish play a blend of ska, basically jazz on crack and punk rock. The band also entertains the audience with comedy between songs making for a very fun concert.
Lead singer and guitarist Aaron Barrett was dressed to party, rocking a Hawaiian t-shirt and blue jeans. His guitar playing was fast, wild and had a thrashing punk sound.
At one point, Barrett grabbed a sign from an audience member with the song title "Nothin", it had a black background with white lettering. Barrett made a big stink because the title was spelled wrong saying he wouldn't play the song until the sign was fixed. They then played the song.
Klopfenstein looks like he should be in the band Weezer with that nerdy look because he wears Drew Carey style eyeglasses and a black collared shirt.
Klopfenstein introduced "She's Got a Girlfriend Now" by forming devil horns with both hands and interlocking them together to symbolize lesbian sex.
"Sometimes sex isn't about conception. This song is about two lesbians, yeah a girl left this guy for a girl (referring to Barrett)," said Klopfenstein.
Dan Regan, who plays trombone, looked very interesting. He has crazy sideburns and wore a grey fedora hat with a matching suit jacket and cameo shorts.
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