Student organizations are usually the domain of dorks. But once in a long while some remarkable individual comes along and brings a touch of coolness to the nerdly tradition.

One such dude is Dave Rosen. He basically started the Polar Bear Club just so he could hang posters for his rap crew’s concerts on the school’s bulletin boards. But one thing led to another, and now he’s a bonafide hero of the local music community -sort of. You see, Dave is a promoter, producer and now he’s one of Vegas’ youngest entrepreneurs. Hurrah for Dave! Good things can come from being selfish. But soon after forming the club, he realized it could also be way to help more people than just himself. As Dave recalls,” After things got rolling, the goal was to make a better music scene, and everyone would benefit from that. We thought a compilation would be a good way to promote all these local bands.” Brilliant dude, just brilliant. Indeed, the local music scene could use some help. While there are tons of bands in LasVegas, it’s hard to know what they sound like unless you go out to see them. But who’s got time for that? G-d bless this compilation. Pick up the CD at Balcony Lights or visit www.polarbearmcs.com

Check out The Polar Bear Mc’s and some other local bands on October 14 at Jillian’s at Neonopolis in fabulous downtown Las Vegas. Peace.

The U.N.L.V Polar Bear Club
“Support Your F***’n Local Scene” Compilation Vol. 1
CD review by Harmon Finkle

Are the Polar Bear MC’s the next Eminem? Is Negative pH the next Crystal Method? Does GDB remind you of No Doubt before they decided mindless pop was cooler than ska? You may never know unless you get your hands on this f***ing killer compilation. The way I see it, you have two choices: You can go out and get each one of these band’s Cds and try to listen to all of them at once like “Data” on Star Trek- and trust me you can’t because you are not an android no matter what you say. Or you can make things easier for all of us and get this fantastic compilation. So go on, see for yourself if bands like The Dirty Panties are worth all that funky odor. Is Infa Red the best music to roller skate to? Is Dirty Sanchez dirty enough to steal your sister’s bike? Should Vandelay Industries come up with a better name? All these secrets revealed and more for cheap or even free if you can steal it, but don’t steal it please. Remember this is a community thing- fucker