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ho saturday march 27 2004 economist sun suntribune diversions striking chords for cause these punk rockers no rebels without a clue by simone joseph staff writer josh gottlieb screams punk he sports a black denim vest with a leopard print col lar decorated with shiny sil ver studs a chain link neck lace dangles around his neck the 20yearold newmarket resident sings for return for refund a band that mixes sub- genres of punk over the past six years he has been organizing an annual bene fit concert called punks against racism which has raised about 7000 for artists against racism the war amps never again pro gram and the simon wiesenthal centre mr gottlieb is part of an army of artists across the region who create not just for arts sake but for a higher purpose for artists there is a greater rush more meaning it seems when their work involves philan thropy it feels good youre helping people youre causing awareness thats a really good thing mr gottlieb said i work so i never felt like i needed the money this way you can give it to somebody who does in its fourth year punks against racism was extended to a twoday event and last year about 400 people attended mr gottlieb started die annu al event as a school project when he was 15 with three other aurora high school students and it has spiralled into something of a pas sion people make racist jokes every day they dont understand they are contributing to the prob lem people have to start using their head more and be more aware of other people mr gottlieb has also helped organize concerts to benefit yellow brick house the newmarket youth centre and local food banks he follows a long line of per formers dating back to the mid- 80s when benefit concerts time to give something back said mr somji an aurora resi dent who grew up in richmond hill and markham earlier this month he organ ized a soldout event called thirsty comics that raised 1000 for cancer research at southlake regional health centre an event he hopes to repeat but the comedians at the event did more than just raise money for physical healing their comedy routines provided men tal therapy too he said people can escape it is like going on vacation imagine laughing for two hours im trying to show people to look at things in a different way in a funny per spective people make racist jokes everyday they dont understand they are contributing to the problem people have to start using their head more and be more aware of other people staff photomike barrett fraser left and josh gottlieb rock for charity as they host punks against racism joshs sixth annual a twoday event featuring 22 bands jamming for a good cause increased in popularity a group of british and irish pop stars called band aid recorded do they know its christmas feed the world which raised more than 8 million pounds in 1984 a year later usa for africas we are the world was recorded in the same year bryan adams and other canadian performers recorded tears are not enough which raised more than 2 mil lion for african famine victims for comedian rasul somji 24 organizing a benefit was his way of attacking the helplessness he felt as he watched his aunt suffer through cancer i saw her suffer for four to five years every day puking every day sweating every day emotional i thought maybe its his comedy has even encour aged students to stay in school he hosted and produced a comedic show at milliken mills high school and middlefield collegiate institute from 1999 to 2001 that had a stay in school message he performed at milliken three times and the show became popular with stu dents there were no fights no detentions people made sure they could see the show a stu dent said i kept out of trouble so i could come and see you again even teachers raved about the show teachers said if you can do this once per month these kids will have something to look for ward to instead of staying outside and smoking he had students come up to him and say i want to do what you are doing sec student page 21 kevingreenspan at the movies scooby sequel better than first offering in my opinion scooby doo 2 monsters unleashed is better than the first movie by far in this adventure scooby and coworkers shaggy matthew lillard fred freddie prinze jr velma linda cardellini and daphne sarah michelle gellar have to solve yet another mys tery when the city of coplsville opens a museum dedicated to their detective agency mystery inc the costumes of all the ghosts and ghouls mystery inc has unmasked over the years are in that museum things get shaky at the opening cele brations when one of the costumes comes to life and terrorizes the guests later we find out a masked villain has stolen all of the costumes and put them into a monster hive a monster hive is a machine that turns fake mon sters such as the costumes into real monsters now the city of coolsville is counting on mystery inc to make sure coplsville doesnt turn into ghoulsville to add even more pressure to the gang anxious news reporter heather jasperhowe alicia silverstone decides to get the inside scoop and in the process makes fred look like a coolsvillehater to make matters worse shaggy and scooby think they are just big screwups and try to prove their worth to the gang by solving die mystery on their own monsters seem to be popping up everywhere and the movie has no short age of suspects including patrick wisely seth green who also happen to be velmas new love interest and jeremiah see scooby page 21 mlhss22isirbt watch jjsjssssssbbi b ywiksrnesnlftifiecwi snapshots of fr t are check out the trafficcam today yorkregioncomi york region newspaper croup 1 i m f f 4 t t im i f 4