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GOOD KARMA? I would like to add my own opinion to Peter Freyne's two recent articles on the hashish trial (Inside Track). First of all, I don't feel one bit sorry for Steve Libbey, the drivers ed teacher who has been suspended from Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union. As a former U.S. Army captain, he should have known better than to trust the government. I was in the courtroom when he testified, and he made me sick. He whined and tattled about incidents that were more than twice the statute of limitations old. In other words, should have not even been allowed "testimony" in all fairness. He was never charged with any crimes, there was no need for him to have said the things he said. Ever hear about karma? Secondly, Peter Freyne asks if there is "actual bias" and the verdicts are thrown out, can "Billy the Kid" be that lucky? The answer is yes, but again, Billy Greer, Steve Hutchins, Tom Cook, Glen Koski and Greg Stevens and their loved ones have suffered despair and separation beyond description. None of us can begin to imagine what these families have been unjustly put through. Their own karma is only good. I have said all along these great men will be vindicated. — Ellen Raymond Starksboro FAIRNESS FOR ALL
If John Baker couldn't believe he was allowed to remain a juror, [it] hints that someone knew his brother was involved in the * Greer/Hutchins hash case. Was this the U.S. Attorney? How much was offered Baker? Snitch Michael Johnson, who testified about Baker's brother, got around $100,000! I hope this stinking mess leaves Greer, Hutchins, Koski, Cook and Stevens smelling like roses. They deserve fairness, for crying out loud. , — Wolf Stevenson Hinesburg
against him. And I was naive enough to really think that the media was supposed to be objective. Clearly not with Channel 3. The people of Vermont are being cheated. We should certainly expect our states largest and richest television station to accurately and objectively cover what our Representative in Washington is doing. From what I know from other sources, including Bernie's own Web page, he's had quite a bit of success down there in Washington. Too bad those who count on Channel 3 for their news don't have a chance to know about it. — Irena Turkova Burlington INTEGRATED HEALTH Spencer Sherman's letter in response to the Oct. 1 Health Q&A on sprained ankles is accurate and good advice. Physical and emotional traumas can create compensations far from the original injury including spinal misalignment. However, reestablishing normal structure and movement not only to the injured ankle/foot but to the whole leg must also be done to " reconnect" with the injured part or any spinal adjustments may only last a short time, requiring further adjustments over an extended period. This is somewhat more complicated but still easily done and can be accomplished by a competent Rolfer®, physical therapist or somatic practitioner. If repairs to cracks in the walls and ceiling of the third floor of your house don't last, then you'll need to get the foundation balanced. The same is true for humans — repairs in the upper body are only as good as the balance and efficient movement of the feet and legs. Establishing this balance first will then make adjustments to the spine easier and longer-lasting. This is an example of integrating therapies in "complementary medicine." It's important for all of us to be educated in an integrated approach to reestablishing health in the case of trauma and maintaining or enhancing our health and wellbeing at all other times. An integrated approach involves combining different disciplines and should address the whole being. There are many disciplines competing for the health-care dollars. Thank you, Seven Days, for helping to educate us all about the many choices available. — Thomas Walker South Burlington
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in Vermont's political world. Amen. ^ For his part, Rogan told Inside Track before j f heading west with Ho-Ho, "I plan on staying as g Governor Howard Dean returns to Vermont long as Governor Dean is willing to allow me to g serve." He declined to discuss the chief of staff S today after another of his western swings. Let's matter. "I'm not going to comment on anything 1 | see now, in the week following his historic pub1 | lie admission of presidential dreams on Vermont internal," he said.. Nor would he comment on his candidacy for the hottest insider-politicalg gETV, Ho-Ho went to Boise, Idaho, in search of player job currently available in the state. >.-j g ® Democratic gubernatorial candidates. Then he Bob Young, CVPS's president and CEO, 1 dropped into the City by the Bay for the same told Inside Track he hopes to i § purpose. And last night he was have the crucial VP. slot filled 1 | in the City of Angels, where he by early December. "We are at a g I attended a fundraiser in his time where there are lots of II honor at the the home of issues that are critical to our I actor/director Rob Reiner. And future," he said, "and finding | traveling with him every step of the right person is of great con| the way was his right-hand man cern to me." Good luck. I for national affairs, Bob Rogan, Young declined to identify his deputy chief of staff. Rogan any of the candidates for the « has been the closest thing to a post. But Inside Track has 1 national political operative learned of three other horses in | Dean's ever had. this race: Commerce Secretary | According to our sources in Bill Shouldice IV, Chuck Ross, I both government and the prithe director of U.S. Senator v a t e sector, however, Rockin' Patrick Leahy's Vermont office S Rogan's days on the Dean Team (a.k.a. the states most eligible | may be numbered. Inside Track bachelor), and Mary Alice | has learned that Rogan is on the I ^ ^ McKenzie, president of a short list for consideration to I • • McKenzie Packing Co., spouse ® take over the numero uno hot I I m I of the attorney general and S seat job in Vermont — viceI w ^ J ^ L member of the CVPS board. | president for governmental and Both Ross and McKenzie | external affairs at Central told Inside Track this week they * Vermont Public Service (CVPS). were flattered to be considered Hey, what better time to but are not interested. Ross said • become the leading spear carrier he was indeed recruited by the | for an electric utility on the edge boys from Rutland. "I indicated | | of rate hikes, restructuring and to them," he said, "that I'm happy and pleased | | bankruptcy? with my current job." Ross said he plans to stick Who is Bob Rogan? He's the guy with Howith St. Patrick through the 1998 election. • Ho on all those Washington flights. The guy Likewise McKenzie told Inside Track, "I'm I nobody knows. He's in his fourth year as Ho| H o national guy and he's managed to keep a flattered to be thought of. I think highly of man| very low profile. Rogan is a pro. He got the agement team at CVPS but I'm not interested." .political bug as a 10-year-old in Florida when That leaves Shouldice, who's been Ho-Ho's candidate Lawton Chiles was walking the state. "can do" development guy since 1993. Billy the I A graduate of Catholic University, Rogan grew Good (around the Statehouse, his pop, the | up to join Chiles' U.S. Senate and gubernatorial Team Tobacco lobbyist, wears the moniker | staffs. He was a very lucky catch for Ho-Ho. So "Billy the Bad"), could not be reached for com- | | at a time like this in the Presidential saga of ment on the matter. His secretary said he's at * Howard Dean, how could Bob Rogan possibly deer camp this week, and he didn't respond to ® » be leaving? our request for an interview on the matter. Our sources say it goes back to last spring Quite understandable. | when Dean's veteran chief of staff Kathy Hoyt No question either Rogan or Shouldice is | replaced Billy Sorrell as administration secreeminently qualified. And very brave, too. State tary. Hoyt was the center of gravity on the fifth i* floor. government will survive without Shouldice, but Rogan, sources say, wanted Hoyt's job, Rogan's departure would leave our favorite little 1 1 but Dean staffers Kate O'Connor and Janet White House hopeful lacking. |Ancel opposed it. Instead, for the last six Whips But No Chains — The hot little race | | months, the governor's office has operated with I three little chiefs dividing up the responsibilities underway under the Golden Dome is for Rep. g Sally Fox's replacement as House Democratic — a troika as the Russians call it. Insiders comwhip. In the running for the whip slot are Rep. I i plain the Gov's infrastructure hasn't been the Matt Dunn of Hartland and Rep. John Tracy | | same since Hoyt left. of Burlap. Both guys want to move up. The | When asked about this outside of Vermont caucus will vote December 13. | ETV last week, Dean brushed it aside, saying Hint, Hint? — This week the Vermont chapter he would not discuss personnel matters in the of the National Abortion and Reproductive » governor's office. Cool. Rights Action League will be sending a message This week, both O'Connor and Ancel, as $o Sen. Patrick Leahy. The message is, NARAL is J | well as press secretary Stephanie Carter, who very disappointed in St. Patrick's vote earlier this returned our calls to the former, deny it. "Its . 1 1 II I V » I I I • I year on so-called "partial birth abortion." The total bullshit," barked Carter again and again. message is packaged in the form of NARALs I Lady Stephanie the Snip has such a way with annual Freedom of Choice Award. The award I words. Quite effective, too. goes to Sen. Jim Jeffords. Message received? Ancel, the governor's legal counsel for the Where's Althea? — We've received word from a | past five years, told Inside Track, "Its not true reliable source that Chittenden County's tarnished I that I objected to anything. A decision on and missing assistant judge, Althea Kroger, has j whether to have a chief of staff," she said, "is a been lecturing in Poland. That's Poland the coun1 decision the governor will make." try. Wonder what the topic is? The best ways for Like maybe before hell freezes over? elected officials to go A.WO.L.? I And O'Connor, who's been with Ho-Ho Congrats, Kevin! — Saturday Chief Kevin j since the 1990 Lite-Gov's race, also says, "It's "The Undertaker" Scully and Commander not true." Neither she nor Janet objected to Glendon Button will be in Tulsa to pick up « Rockin' Rogan's promotion. They noted that it's BPD's new accreditation award. 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freshly felled buck is laid out in the pickup parked in front of Misty Knoll Farms, but the turkeys are safe — for today, anyway. Two weeks before Thanksgiving, the pressure is on to put a turkey on every table — in this case, fresh, free-range, Vermont-bred birds. But there can be no killing in New Haven without the federal meat inspector, who oversees the poultry "processing" operation eight hours a day, five days a week. Misty Knoll is one of two federally sanctioned poultry processing plants in Vermont — giving the plant permission to ship turkeys all over the world. Without the inspector, the slaughterhouse reverts to a silent, albeit smelly, sanctum of stainless steel. Rob Litch supervises the processing at Misty Knoll. He also does all the marketing for the farm, which includes press tours, in-store promotions and negotiations with big buyers like Shaw's Supermarket. Freshly shaven and wearing a J. Crew barn jacket, he leads the way past the confined chicken pen to the brooding barn, now chock-full of grown-up turkeys, and their outdoor
range — an enclosed expanse of dirty snow. The birds stick together, clucking nervously. "WouM you rather be a deer or a turkey at this time of year?" I ask Litch. "Deer." He comes back with a quick wit that separates the carnivores from the vegetarians. "I've got a better chance." Litch spares no gory detail as he heads down death row right to the "rendering room," where 55-gallon drums of guts, heads, feet and coagulated blood wait for a guy named Ralph from New England Recycling to pick them up. "We won't keep any secrets
Litch spares no gory detail as he heads down death row right to the "rendering room," where 55-gallon drums of guts, heads, feet and coagulated blood wait for a guy named Ralph from New England Recycling to pick them up.
from you," Litch says of the offal — awful to those who are unaccustomed to viewing viscera in such large quantities. Inquiry about a Bruegelesque drumstick sends him into the first of several lectures on the subject of contamination. Misty Knoll workers live by the motto: "When in doubt, throw it out." Anything that even looks questionable ends up in here. We move on to the "dirty room," so-called by farmers and feds to differentiate it from the "clean" room next door. An adjoining enclosure of gobbling turkeys will be first to go Monday morning. They'll be hung on metal shackles — sort of like suit hangers on a moving clothesline — before they are killed with an electric stun knife to the neck. After heading down the "bleed-out" tunnel, they go into a hot water bath called the scalder. "It cleans the birds up," Litch says with typical understatement. It also loosens their feathers in preparation for the picker. Though it sounds like a person, the picker is also a machine — a round washingmachine line apparatus equipped with flexible rubber fingers on the sides and bottom. "The bottom rotates, the Continued
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TECHNO TITLES
Sometimes those with the most equipm e n t win. Burlington's Chainsaws and Children and }hexdump{ both landed on national techno/industrial compilation C D s recently — C & C ' s song "Flame O n " o n Coldwave Breaks / / f r o m the San Francisco label 21st Circuitry Records and }hexdump{'s "United States of Production" on Glory of Destruction f r o m Seattle's Ubel Engel Productions. Chief hex man Leif Hunneman has also given birth, as it were, to a DIY label with the scary name of SoulBurn Rapid Oxidation Technologies (or, more affectionately, Soulburn R O T ) , which will release toxic gases into t h e . . . oops, I mean will release exclusively "the kind of music I really enjoy,"
he says. T h e first is a limited-edition C D f r o m Hunneman's other unit, da'ath, enigmatically called _qliphoth_. T h e technopreneur reports he's "sewing the covers right now." H m m m . W e can also look forward to the debut album f r o m H u n n e m a n ' s third project, rising! m a n ! incinerator. (Gotta love those names, if not the noise.) U n d e r construction is a W e b site for the fledgling label: www.soulburn.com. As for Chainsaws, they're working on a new full-length C D , a follow-up to their mighty eponymous four-song cassette. Check it out before it melts down.
BURY THE HATCHET JOB?
T h o s e in the line of fire of press releases f r o m A n d r e w S m i t h , vocalist for C h i n H o ! and (sic), have been privy to his semi-public grousing on behalf of the music c o m m u n i t y about the lack of airplay and other support given to local bands on W B T Z (99.9 T h e Buzz). And pointedly, lack of airplay for C h i n Ho!, which he claims is banned due to his critical c o m m e n t s about local radio in a recent CM] magazine. Last week M i k e Bussiere, market manager of Burlington Broadcasters (which owns the Buzz, W I Z N and W K D R ) , volleyed back with a release simultaneously d e n o u n c i n g Smith's invectives — which he called, in short, "pure crap" — and a n n o u n c i n g the a p p o i n t m e n t of Nicole H e g e m a n as Local Music Director at T h e Buzz. Local musicians w h o have experienced a cold shoulder from the station may feel like the move is too little too late. However, Buzz personnel counter that the corporate wheels move slowly, and that the station is seriously understaffed, meaning p r o g r a m m i n g changes have not been at the t o p of the list. W h e t h e r the apparent new direction will make amends remains to be seen, b u t it should at least be interpreted as a positive sign by the local music c o m m u n i t y — whether or not it was instigated by pressure f r o m Smith or anyone else. Ditto the airplay recently given to Zola Turn and Lindy Pear. W B T Z Program Director Stephanie Hindley tapped Hegeman for the part-time role because she "has worked extensively promoting local music as a strong advocate for local musicians, and because she has demonstrated an ability to recognize what types of local performers fit our audience."Despite the current chill between Smith and T h e Buzz, Hindley credits him with the concept for
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LOST NATION VALLEY BAND (bluegrass), Cactus Cafe, 8 p.m.
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NC. AUGUSTA BROWN (groove rock), Student Union, St. Michael s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. NC. LAR DUGGAN & JENNI JOHNSON (jazz), Leunig's, 8:30 p.m. NC. MARK
GALBO (acoustic boogie), Coyotes, 8 p.m. NC. CHIN HO!, D. JARVIS BAND (modern rock), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $2/4. BUZZ HOMEBREW NIGHT W/JUSAGROOVE (disco), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $4. DAVE DON'T SING (rock),
Nectars, 9:30 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, J.P.s Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC. KARAOKE (DJ Norm Blanchard), Cheers, 7 p.m. NC. DJ NIGHT (rock), Gallagher's, Waitsfield, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE (acoustic), Cambridge Coffee House, Smuggler's Notch Inn, Jeffersonville, 7 p.m. Donations.
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THE CLYDE STATS TRIO (jazz), Windjammer, 5 p.m. N C .
PERRY NUNN (acoustic), Ruben James, 5 p.m. NC, followed by DJ NIGHT, 9 p.m. NC. BOOTLESS & UNHORSED
(Irish), Last Chance, 7:30 p.m. NC. BROOKE CHABOT & MARK GALBO (contemporary acoustic), Cactus Cafe, 9 p.m. N C . JAMES HARVEY & FRIENDS (jazz), Leunig's, 9:30
p.m. NC. AERIUS (DJ Craig Mitchell), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. $4/5. BELIZBEHA, FREIGHT TRAIN (dance jazz-funk/jazz jam), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $8. JILL SOBULE, MERRIE,
DAVE KELLER BLUES BAND, Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. D. JARVIS
(orig. acoustic), J.P.s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. WILLIE EDWARDS (country), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 10 p.m. NC.
(DJ Norm Blanchard), Cheers, 9 p.m. NC. MIDLIFE j ' t
p.m. $2. ELLEN POWELL & JERRY LAVENE (jazz) Leunig's, 8:30 p.m. N C OPEN MIKE W/MARK GALBO, Cactus Cafe, 9 p.m.
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BAKER, LEAVITT & DELBACK (acoustic rock), Trackside, 9:30 p.m. NC. JIM BRANCA (jump blues), Peat Bog, Essex Jet., 8 p.m. NC. DANCE PARTY (DJ Norm Blanchard), Cheers, 9 p.m. NC. TNT (DJ & karaoke), Thirsty Turtle, Waterbury, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Gallagher's, Waitsfield, 8:30 p.m. NC.
NC. CHEESE FACTORY (DJ Craig Mitchell), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. $5. ANDY SUMMERS, FUNKS G (jazz; Police guitarist; funk), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $12. JAZZ MANDOLIN PROJECT (eclectic jazz), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. $7.
POCKETS (rock), Franny O's, 9:30 p.m. N C . DANCE PARTY
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CHRYSLER (vintage rock), Patches Pub, Holiday Inn, 9
Blanchard), Cheers, 9 p.m. NC. TANTRUM (rock), Swany's, Vergennes, 9 p.m. NC. TNT (DJ), Thirsty Turtle, Waterbury, 9 p.m. $5. CURRENTLY NAMELESS ' (groove rock), Mad Mountain Tavern, Waitsfield, 9 p.m. $3. SANDOZE, 27 DOWN, TOD (indie, modern rock, acoustic), Gallagher's, Waitsfield, 9:30 p.m. $3. DAVE
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Sheraton Hotel, 8:30 p.m. NC. FULL CIRCLE (rock), Trackside, Winooski, 9:30 p.m. $2. CUSTER, RUSTIC OVERTONES, SANDOZE (groove rock, indie), Ross Sports Ctr., St. Michael's College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $8/5. DANCIN' DEAN (country dance & instruction), Cobbweb, Milton, 7:30 p.m. $5. DIAMOND JIM JAZZ BAND, Diamond Jims Grille, St. Albans, 8 p.m. NC. TNT (DJ), Thirsty Turtle, Waterbury, 9 p.m. $5. NOT AN OPTION (rock), Gallagher's, Waitsfield, 9:30 p.m. $3. BL00Z0T0MY (jump blues), Mad Mountain Tavern, Waitsfield, 9 p.m. $3. NIGEL GUY (blues), Charlie-o's, Montpelier, iO p.m. NC. TANTRUM (rock), Swany's, Vergennes, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE (acoustic), Artists Guild, Rochester, 8 p.m. $1.
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LOCKJAW (hardcore), 242 Main, 2 p.m. $5. (SIC) (alternafunk), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. FAMILY NIGHT (Dead stuff), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. TNT (karaoke & DJ), Thirsty Turtle, Waterbury, 8 p.m. NC. NC. GREG & LARA NOBLE (traditional folk), LaBrioche Cafe, Montpelier, 11 a.m. NC. GRANT ORENSTEIN (acoustic), Main Street Bar & Grill, Montpelier, 11 a.m. NC.
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MONDAY SOMAH (groove rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. METRO LOUNGE (DJ), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. GREYBOY ALLSTARS (jazz), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $12. TECHNO NIGHT (DJs), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. $4. ALLEY CAT JAM W/JOHN LACKARD (blues), Alley Cats, 9 p.m. NC. COFFEE
LAWRENCE (contemporary folk), Burlington Coffeehouse at Rhombus Gallery, 8 p.m. $6. THE MIX (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. LITTLE MARTIN (DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. $4/5. DJ NIGHT, Ruben James, 9 p.m. N C . SPRING HEELED JACKS, CONEHEAD BUDDHA (ska),
Club Toast, 9:30 p.m. $6. METRO LOUNGE (DJ), Club Metronome, 7 p.m. NC, followed by RETRONOME (DJ Craig Mitchell), 9 p.m. NC. HOUSE RENT BOOGIE (blues>, Manhattan Pizza, 10 p.m. NC. CHAMELEONS " (jazz/Latin/r&b), Vermont Pub & Brewery,TO p.m. NC. HARD LUCK (rock), Alley Cats, 9:30 p.m. NC. COMEDY ZONE (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 & 10 p.m.
HOUSE W/THE HI-FI BUGS (improv rock), Horn of the
Moon, Montpelier, 8 p.m. NC. ^ TUESDAY OPEN MIKE (acoustic), Burlington Coffeehouse at Rhombus, 8 p.m. PAUL ASBELL (jazz, blues), Leunig's, 8:30 p.m. NC. DJ NIGHT, Ruben James, 9 p.m. NC.
$7. KARAOKE, Franny O s , 9:30 p.m. N C . MID-LIFE
ABAIR BROS, (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. FLASHBACK:
CHRYSLER (vintage rock), Patches Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. JOE CAPPS (jazz), Tuckaway's, Sheraton Hotel, 9 p.m. NC. FULL CIRCLE (rock), Trackside, '
HITS OF THE '80S (DJ), Club Toast, 10 p.m. No cover/$5 under 21. CRAIG MITCHELL & LITTLE MARTIN (acid/soul DJs),
Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. RUSS & CO. (rock), J.P.s Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC. SWING NIGHT (instruction/ dance/ DJ), Cheers, 7 p.m. NC.
Winooski, 9:30 p.m. $2. NICK DENOIA, LAURA FINISIO
(acoustic guitar; singer-songwriter), Greatful Bread Deli, Essex, noon. Donations. DANCE PARTY (DJ Norm clubs
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N C . PIEBALD, DROWNINGMAN, CAMBER (indie, hardcore), 242 Main, 8 p.m. $5. MONKEYS WITH CAR KEYS (rock duo), Cactus Cafe, 8 p.m. N C . JUDY HOEST, EDDY
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KCVICW3 Continued from page 9 Summers seamlessly weaves innovative jazz guitarscapes over one another without losing sight of his goal: to simply enjoy playing, and improvising on, his guitar. The Last Dance succeeds for a number of reasons. Most notable is Summers' command of his instrument. His lyricism, tone and use of effects compliment his prowess and that of bandmates.
Friday, Nov. 21 at the Ross Sport Center Saint Michael's College
Originals like "Strange Earth" carry the listener from lilting Caribbean airs to enigmatic, otherworldly turns. The winning title track begins with dark, spooky reverb, then ventures into twisted-cowboy-meetsCarmen-Miranda before returning to its humble noir beginnings. Despite a penchant for genre-blending — his compositions blend everything from classical to music to Iron Butterfly's "Inna Gadda da Vida" — Summers more or less faithfully renders an equal number of jazz standards: Wayne Shorter's "The Three Marias" and "Footprints," Thelonious Monks "We See," Horace Silvers "Lonely Woman" and the Charles Mingus masterpiece, "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat." Even the covers, though, spread fresh ideas over old canvas. Summers appears at Club Toast this Thursday. — Patrick Rondeau
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T h e update on James Kochalka Superstar? Last Sunday Monkey vs. Robot was played on the nationally syndicated "Dr. D e m e n t o " Show, aired on W I Z N . T h e C D also hit the t o p 10 on the Internet's Eclectic Radio (gogaga. com) — the station in cyberspace also is interviewing JKS, so fans can
listen for that soon. His presence there comes courtesy of the same outfit that promotes product from the Burlington indie label S u d d e n S h a m e . . . A n d speaking of which, Shame band M y O w n Sweet just got a fairly raving review in CM] for the six-song EP, New Strings. Reviewer David Day compares t h e m to n o less than T h e Cars, S u p e r c h u n k , S e b a d o h and T h e Replacements. A n d that's just in one song. Special kudos to K u r t H e r r m a n n s "maniacal d r u m kit that keeps everything active." Score one for college radio. (7)
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how to cut it up — or, in chef terms, "break it down." Mell grabs her camera. "My parents won't believe we're doing stuff like this," she says. Laura Mell is in "meat fabrication," a two-week course required of all students in NECI's two-year associate's degree in occupational studies. "Meat, poultry and fish are still
terie — the business of making pat^, sausage, meat tortes and liver mousses. He will demonstrate the right way to do things and, occasionally, the wrong way. W h e n the students finish his course, they will take another two-
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them with a knife sharpener. A diagram of pork cuts hangs under the clock. Often, the chef foregoes the pictures and just points to his own body as he explains some equivalent part of a cow or a pig. W h e n the chef turns his six students
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the ckiter of the plate in most food establishments," the fourpage class syllabus asserts. Within two weeks, Bonnichon will teach his students to cut a half pig, a whole lamb, rabbit, pheasant, quail and an ocean of fish. He will teach them the basics of charcu-
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week class in meat fabrication. But this is not a supermarket, Bonnichon often points out. "Everything we do," he says, "is for the plate." He conducts class in a kitchen. Three diagrams, titled "j^a Boeuf," hang high on the wall, and Bonnichon points to
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loose to fillet a halibut or a salmon — "Talk to your fish," he says — he can tell from across the room if they're lifting their fish when they should be keeping it flat. Hatchet jobs are "sabotage." "We're not making Chicken McNuggets," Bonnichon says. H e asks his students to figure what percentage of their product is usable and what percentage goes to waste, and then calculate the true cost of their meat or fish. "You see, it's gold," he says of the beef tenderloin, "and a bad cut can change all." H e stresses sanitation, safety and neatness, but the main thing Chef Jacques hopes to give his students is confidence, so that when they have a piece of meat in front of them, they will know how to cut it and how to cook it. Jacques Bonnichon grew up in France's Loire Valley, about 120 miles south of Paris. H e learned to cook by working as an apprentice, then went to school to learn the business side of being a chef. At age 23, he was chef garde-manger — in charge of cold food and meat — at Eden Roc Cap d'Antibes, a world-class hotel in the Riviera, where he served the likes of Aristotle Onassis, the Shah of Iran and Orson Wells. After that, he worked in a catering business in Switzerland, which served Mel Ferrer,; j%
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birds tumble and these fingers actually pick the feathers off," Litch says. T h e machine can handle two or three toms at a time, or five or six smaller hens Once out of the picker, the birds pass through a hole in the wall to the clean room, where an assembly line of cutters, croppers, gutters, gizzard harvesters • and vacuumers transform the greasy gobbler into prize-winning poultry — at a rate of 350 to 600 a day. It takes 13 workers to keep up with the slaughter, not including the inspector, who is paid to stand there and "guarantee product wholesomeness and to verify the plant maintains proper sanitary conditions," Litch says. He is looking not o n j y i b r unsightly bruises, wljjch turn g»'en on the carcass, but diseases like chicken pneumonia, which can spread «
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Nation h e a t e r p r o d u c d o n ^ and were surprised and delighted to find good, basic food at reasonable prices in such a pleasant spot. For some reason, though, a lot of central Vermonters don't even know the place exists Todd and Michele Moser, who opened Oscar & Zeke's last March, describe their cooking as "home-style," and the restaurant resembles nothing so much as a friendly kitchen. Oil lamps on the tables and regular table lamps scattered throughout the room emit a soft, warm light. Checked tablecloths and mismatched wooden and wicker chairs give the place a comfy feel. The menu itself is comfy, too: meatloaf and garlic mashed potatoes, spinach pie, homemade soups, chili, homemade
-• Todds grandmother. "Gary's Signature Soups" refers to another brother-in-law. Todds mother, Judy, makes the salad dressing. T h e n there are Oscar & ^ t h e m s e l v e s > t h e « m yst e r y r e i a t i v e s » w h O S e identity ^ M o s e r s h a v e declined to ^ t h e y p l a n tQ h o s t r£veal> ^ a «Meet the ReaI 0 s c a r & Zeke" day sometime soon, T h e Moser$ wefe relatives
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Portions are satisfying and pri<xsarenKLsonable---generally a b o u t $ 7 . 9 5 for a dinner plate. There are many options for vegetarians — the Spinach Pie is a favorite, and soups are always a good bet. Oscar & Zeke's is located at 11 Main Street, Montpelier (229-1019), and is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Marialisa Calta is a syndicatedfood columnist and regular contributor to The New York Times. She lives in Calais.
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You're dining out. You've just finished your entree and you're feeling pretty satisfied. You're about to ask for the check when your server sidles up to your table. She gives you a sweet, aren't-we-oh-sonaughty smile and purrs, "Would you like to hear about our desserts?" Next thing you know, you're digging into some extravagant, after-dinner indulgence that will raise your bill by few bucks, and with it, the size of your wily waitron's tip. "When I see a table of customers," declares Jordana Levine, a University of Vermont junior with three years' experience waiting tables, "I think of them as money." And good money, at that. Most servers earn less than $3 an hour in actual salary. But by carefully attending to diners' needs, and by successfully coaxing more money out of them than they'd intended to spend (a practice known as "up-selling"), a server working the dinner shift at a moderately priced restaurant can easily take home upwards of $20 an hour, says Levine. O n a bad night, however, when business is slow or the customers tight-fisted, that same server will earn considerably less. „; T h e term "tip" apparently originated in^Hth-century England, where coffeehouse patrons would drop coins in a box labeled, "To Insure Promptness." It's unclear when i the practice shifted from ; before-service palm-greasing to after-the-fact evaluation. Whatever its origin, in a society where just about everything comes with a price tag, tipping stands out as a peculiar institution. Imagine going to the dentist and deciding for yourself, after the treatment is over, how much it was worth to you. N o t enough Novocain? Take 5 percent off your bill. No one is crusading to make dental bills discretionary. O n the other hand, for many years a small but significant drive to replace tipping with a set service fee has been quietly working its way through America's restaurants. T h e domestic tipping abolition movement began when noted chef Barry Wine stuck his neck out at T h e Quilted Giraffe, his astronomically priced New York food emporium. T h e Giraffe is now extinct, and other Big Apple eateries haven't exactly jumped onto Wine's anti-tip bandwagon. But here in Vermont, the New England Culinary Institute is doing its darnedest to keep the anti-gratuity groundswell alive and well. N E C I preaches the policy in its classrooms and practices it at its restaurants in Mont-pelier, Essex and Burling-ton. november
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Beth Childs, general manager of N E C I C o m m o n s in Burlington, says the no-tip policy elevates her workers' status. "Serving is a profession," she asserts. "A person here can go to the bank and get a loan based on a regular income." Actually, at the Institute's Essex and Montpelier venues, where virtu-
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Tomatoes, just down the street from N E C I Commons. She complains that the rival establishment's service charge is confusing. " O u r foreign visitors are confiised enough," Holden gripes. "Europeans and others aren't used to the tipping system." W i t h all the restaurants in the area using one system and just one following another, she adds, "We're sending mixed signals." In fact, visitors have been confused by the Commons' automatic service charge, and often to the benefit of C o m m o n s servers. "Lots of people leave cash tips in
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.*>: "If servers were paid a higher salary, I,don't think I'd be able to waitress," Levine speculates. "That would make it more of a career people would stick with." Under the ' current system, she points out, | " I t s fast cash. I o p do it as a 3 s studefilft
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Continued from page 22 SD: Is there any truth to the myth that Vermont turkeys are better than others?
SD: Does the freezing process compromise the flavor?
MK: The reality is, when Butterball is injecting their turkeys with water and fat, or whatever that stuff might be, they are attempting to emulate a bird grown in a colder climate. When the cold weather sets in, these turkeys put on an extra layer of fat, to insulate their bodies from the cold. That fat will cook away, and you are going to have a much moister turkey. SD: What should people look for when buying a bird?
MK: Depending on the speed at which you freeze something and the size of the ice crystals. The faster you freeze it, the smaller the ice crystals and the less tissue damage. That is why when they freeze people, they do it in liquid nitrogen. SD: How do you keep your birds "fresh," without freezing them? MK: Everything we sell fresh, turkey-wise, is held in turkey stasis, right around 30 degrees.
SD: What would it take to get people to eat more turkey the rest of the year? MK: I think they just need to try it. That is why we go out in the slow time and do demos. We sell a decent amount of turkey year-round. Volumewise, it is probably a fourth of our business. We grow turkey fresh on the off-season, specifically to provide the stores. Those types of things are happening more and more, as people move away from red meats. Overall national consumpion of red meat has dropped and poultry has gone up. We have seen our market increase at a much higher percentage than the standard national average for poultry — 400 percent over the last five years.
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fuuuhhhhdge verythmg you have heard about extreme eating \ in the southern Midwest is true. We were ik food long before the term became g In my Missouri childhood I had an m aunt who liked to thicken her mashed potatoes with Philadelphia Cream Cheese, to give the dish a certain consistency. My little brother glomphed half a pound of dripping, iridescent-orange Velveeta with his bare hands one night 10 convince our babysitter that he was Mighty Mouse; it was nothing that an emergency stomach-pumping at the hospital couldn't put right in a jiffy. Speaking of Jiffy, my grandmother used to do things with processed spreads, Jell-O, canned pineapple wedges and meringue that would induce sugarshock in a sumo wresder. were: Not just fudge. Not those little brown wussie squares in waxed paper you see in giftshops alone ~ • roadside around here. I am talking fuuuhhhhdge. • t
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and continue along through Thanksgiving, the Christmas/New Y^r holiday axis, and right on into early spring untilthe police arrived with a court order to make her quit it. She'd haul out her cauldron from
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y sister Marcia glued our strange little fatherless family together her routines. Twelve years older than me, and usually in love with one fellow or another, Marcia was at once frightening and soothing. While Mother was consistently gloomy and sweet, Marcia was tough and joyful. She often took charge and took over when she was home from college for the holidays. The first thing she would do was clean the kitchen and make Patience. Patience was a sacred word in my family. "Don't go in there," my mother would say to anyone heading toward the kitchen, " Marcia's making Patience!" We would hang around in the living room, and sometimes mother would go in and offer to help out. I could hear Marcia shout, "Hold it! Don't touch that!" Because it was started at night, it didn't harden enough to eat until very late. Marcia divided it up among us, giving the biggest piece to her current boyfriend. It was an odd, dark, yellow color, a large round disk of sienna candy that was so powerful and rich I almost hated it. "Mmm, Marcia, you make the best Patience in the world," Mother would say. But as far as I could tell, she was the only one in the world who made it. The family was proud of Marcia's recipes. She also made a yearly Christmas cookie called Butterballs. These are fat, with a pecan in the center, and are rolled in powdered sugar. O n Christmas eve, Marcia would make a small batch of butterballs for each member of the family. They were apparently very difficult to make, because she would yell, "Damn it!" every so often from behind the closed door. Her boyfriend would come out with powdered sugar on his chin, and we would ask, "Are they done?" O n Christmas morning, the first present to find was the wrapped up coffee can from Marcia, containing your own eight butterballs. But these were not traditional recipes handed down in a family. They were owned and produced by my oldest sister, and the rest of us are dependent on her even now to make us our annual batch. I can still remember the icy cold floor in the living room, waiting outside the kitchen door, listening to Mother and Marcia argue. "It's not at the hard ball stage, Mother. Stand back!" These memories of goodies are wrapped up somehow in the exciting, dangerous poverty of my childhood, and the anxiety of loss, and the rarity of Patience, that made its overwhelming flavor irresistible.
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t seems to me what you remember reveals your true nature. W h a t shall I make of the fact that the only m o m e n t of first grade which stands out in my memory is when the little jar of cream I'd been shaking and stirring for hours turned yellowish and hardened up? We had been promised this would happen, but it must have seemed so improbable that when it did, I was flabbergasted. Flabbergasted enough to remember the m o m e n t 40 years later. Even better was slathering our newly churned butter on saltines and eating it. Was this my first conscious experience of true love? For I cannot deny that popcorn and toast are ashes in my mouth without butter. Ahh, butter, butter, butter. Is there any other word which feels so delicious as it slides out of your mouth and down your chin? W h e n my husband cooks dinner he doesn't put any butter on my rice or potatoes or pasta; he knows he can't do it "right." I need to see the butter go on myself. And I've noticed that my one-and-a-half year old will eat anything provided it is sufficiently lubricated. Nor does she let the extra go to waste; butter facials, she would tell you if she could, are sensational. But wait: Sure, I love butter, but perhaps I'm missing the deeper significance? Could it have been the alchemical event that captured my imagination? Have I wasted all these years on writing when I would have been far happier surrounded by burners, beakers and pipettes? O r worse, have I missed a calling as a disciple in the holy order of la cuisine francaise, home of the croissant, where words like Crisco and margarine are strictly forbidden? Given the fact I am prone to dropping things at critical moments, unlikely. It's more likely this memory simply confirms what I already suspect: that I am well-suited for what I am doing — pursuing a career in which it is an asset to remember vividly what it feels like to be five and madly in love with butter.
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music T I B E T A N LAMA C O N C E R T : Long horns, ritual masks and deep voice chanting heal the heart and mind. Monks from the monastery of the Dalai Lama share their culture at Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 859-0058. J I M PAGE: The man who wrote "Hiroshima-Nagasaki-Russian Roulette" brings his unplugged brand of environmental music to Dewey Student Center, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1253. B U R L I N G T O N TAIKO D R U M MERS: A percussive trio performs the athletic and visual style of drumming used for many centuries in Japan. Base Lodge, Johnson State College, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1253.
dance LIZ L E R M A N L E C T U R E : The pioneer of multi-generational modern dance speaks about her work in e Dance Theater, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.
drama A N Y T H I N G G O E S ' : Student and community players revisit the roaring '20s in this trans-Atlantic musical romp by Cole Porter. Milton High School Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $6. Info, 893-3230. 'PEARLS F O R PIGS': Described as "theater of phantasmagoria," this new piece by award-winning playwright Richard Foreman poses the question: "Is it the actors or the aucUepce \#ho are being watched?" S p a c i n g Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N . H . , 8 p.m. $27.50. Info, 603-646-2422.
film 'JAPANESE P O P C U L T U R E ' : T h e Japanese Culture Club shows soap operas and animated entertainment in the Weathervane Dining Room, Living-Learning Center, UVM, Burlington, 12:201:10 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4477. D A R T M O U T H FILM S O C I ETY: The "Shattering the Glass Ceiling" series continues with two musical movies: Impromptu, about the unorthodox courting of Frederic Chopin by George Sand, and The Piano. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Hanover, N . H . , 6:45 & 8:45 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.
art A R T L E C T U R E : Art history professor J. Richard Judson considers "Northern Exposure: 18th-Century French Genre Painting and the Netherlands." Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N . H . , 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.
words ' R E F L E C T I O N S O N NATURE': Author, professor and forest ecologist Tom Wessels shares his new book, Reading the Forested Landscape of New England. Billings North Lounge, U V M , Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 434-4077. R H O M B U S P O E T R Y SERIES: T h e Mosey Rural Poets read from their works. An open reading follows at Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 7:^0 p.m. $2-6. Info, 652-1103.
'GEORGE WASHINGTON: A LIFE': Presidential biographer Willard Sterne Randall signs his new book about the founding father and chief executive officer. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774. J O H N E D G A R W I D E M A N : The award-winning MacArthur Fellow reads from his fiction in the Abernethy Room, Starr Library, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5502. ' V E R M O N T W R I T E R S ' : Stone Crop by Jody Gladding is part of a discussion series focused on local literature. S. Hero Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6209.
kids R E A D - A L O U D W E E K : "Local luminaries" shares their favorite books with young readers this week. Today hear Joan Smith, Nancy Strong and Lisa Kunin at Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:30, 10 & 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. PARENTS A N O N Y M O U S : Parents gather for support and assistance around the common experience of childrearing. Babysitting goes with the program in Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-4014. STORIES: Children listen, snack and make crafts at the Children's Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537. STORY T I M E : Kids get an earful at Chassman & Bern Booksellers, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 862-4332.
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dance EVERETT D A N C E THEATRE: Body of Work "rouses heart and brain" in its multimedia, satirical exploration of labor. See 'to do' list, this issue. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $14-18. Info, 863-5966. W E S T AFRICAN FESTIVAL: In a three-day jam, master dancers and drummers from Les Ballet Africains offer dance and drum classes for all levels. Burlington City Hall, 5:30-7 p.m. Classes cost $18-20 each. Register, 862-6727. ' R E D R I B B O N BALL': AIDS organizations benefit from a boogie with Craig Mitchell and the Orange Factory band. Cook Commons, UVM, Burlington, 9 p.m. Donations. Info, 656-0608.
drama 'ANYTHING GOES': See November 19. 'PEARLS F O R PIGS': See November 19. 'ANGELS IN AMERICA': This Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tony Kushner weaves historical fact, fiction and fantasy in the age of AIDS. See review, this issue. Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 656-2094. 'DEATH': This neurotic one-act by Woody Allen plays with the notion of dreaming your own death. Mann Hall, Trinity College, Burlington,
8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 872-2738. ' T H E PHILADELPHIA STORY': Philip Barry's screwball comedy looks at the tensions between the husbands and wives, upper and lower classes and social morality and individual freedom. Studio Theater, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. $4. Info, 443-6433. IMPROVISATIONAL C O M E D Y N I G H T : The Kamikaze Comedy improv collective welcomes your suggestions for an evening of spontaneous humor. Breakers, S. Burlington, 8 j. m. Free. Info, 8642069.
film ' D O YOU REMEMBER LOVE?: An entertaining film calls attention to National Alzheimer's Month. The Arbors, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Donations for the food shelf. Info, 985-8600. ' N O R T H BY N O R T H W E S T ' : Hitchcock month ends with a classic chase on Mount Rushmore, with Eva Marie Saint and Cary Grant. 207 Lafayette Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2221. ' T H E SCARLET PIMPERNEL': A few condemned nobles escape the Reign of Terror in this British movie set in revolutionary France. Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.
art ' E X T E N D I N G T H E FRAME': Art professor Michael Oatman speaks as part of the "Making and Shaping of the Modern World" series. 108 Lafayette, UVM, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3056.
words 'CELEBRATING T H E LIVES O F JEWISH W O M E N ' : Judith Chalmer, Michele Clark and Carol Philios read from their respective chapters in the book, Patterns in a - • Feminist Sampler. Beth Jacob Synagogue, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9429. ' T H E FEDERALIST PAPERS': Discuss works by Hamilton, Madison and John Jay that advocated ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5082.
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B O O K DISCUSSION: The Women of Brewster Place, by Gloria Naylor, is the focus of a series entitled, "Family Values: A Second Look." Charlotte Library, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 425-2191. MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOOK DISCUSSION: Intergenerational readers take on Ramona the Pest, about a five-year-old girl going to school for the first time. Deerleap Books, Bristol, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Register, 453-5684. POETRY READING: Seven Days art critic Marc Awodey shares an evening of verse with poet Chick Ash. Book Rack, Winooski, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-4226. LAZY WRITERS F O R U M : Share your writing-in-progress in a supportive workshop environment. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-1724.
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dance W E S T AFRICA FESTIVAL: See November 20, noon - 9 p.m. C O N T R A DANCE: Rachel Nevitt calls for a pick-up band. Bring an instrument to the Champlain Club, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 660-9491. FREE S P I R I T D A N C E : Movers and shakers take advantage of an evening of unstructured dance and community. Chace Mill, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 863-9828.
drama ' A N Y T H I N G GOES': See November 19. 'ANGELS IN AMERICA': See November 20, $11.50. 1; ' D E A T H ' : See November 20. ' T H E PHILADELPHIA STORY'V f See November 20. 'EAST O F E D E N ' : Set in Steinbeck country, this modern reenactment of the story of Cain and Abel is the first in a two-part "Tribute to James ' '* Dean." The Champlain College Players perform in Alumni " Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 860-2707.
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' T H E FUTURE O F D E M O C R A CY': Congressman Bernie Sanders
36 m a i n street • winooski * 655.9081 FRI. 11/21 - WED. 11/26 6:30 & 8:45 Sat & Sun. also at 2 PM
speaks about the future of democracy in America. McCarthy Recital Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free, Info, 654-5973. 'FILL T H E FIREPLACE': Take food and clothing to donate and meet representatives from activist organizations such as CARES, the Committee on Temporary Shelter and the Rape Crisis Center. Billings Great Hall, UVM, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2060. H A N D CRAFTERS HOLIDAY SHOW: Two hundred Vermont crafters exhibit handmade works of art. Sheraton-Burlington, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. $2. Info, 223-2636. LIVAGE WAGE M E E T I N G : Central Vermonters for a Livable Wage and the Anti-Privatization Coalition meet to discuss further organizing in Barre. Spaulding High School, Barre, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-6375. CHAMBER O F C O M M E R C E MIXER: Members of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce "discover the beauty" at Bard Home Decorating Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 863-3489. VERMONT'S COVERED BRIDGES: A slide lecture explains the relationship between forest, settlement, ingenuity and hand woodworking. Felco Room, Franklin Homestead, Franklin, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 285-2186.
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share roots in Central Asia, and vocal s o u n d s out of this world. At the Flynn Theatre this Friday. ' A N T I G O N E ' : Students perform the Sophoclean tragedy about the daughter of O e d i p u s and Jocasta. Gods, government and willfulness clash in the Haybarn Theater, G o d d a r d College, Plainfield, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 454-8311. ' T H E H I T M A N ' : Playwright Josh Bridgman takes aim at R h o m b u s : 1 Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 6 5 8 - 1 1 0 3 .
p.m. $2-6. Info, 652-1103.
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' N I N E M O N T H S T O GETTYSB U R G ' : Howard Coffin introduces his historical book subtided, The
B A C K C O U N T R Y S N O W FILM: The Promised Land premieres, showcasing skiers and snowboarders in
Vermonters Who Broke Pickett's Charge. T h e Book Rack, Winooski. 7:30 p . m . Free. Info, 6 5 5 - 0 2 3 1 . ' ' "
gorgeous remote locations. See story, this issue. Billings Theatre, U V M , Burlington, 8 p.m. $51 Info, 800-
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Ramada Inn, S. Burlington, 6 p . m . $35. Reservations, 6 5 6 - 5 1 0 0 .
S H O W : See November 20. W O M E N IN T H E C A T H O L I C
ADVOCACY FOR CHILDREN I N C O U R T ' : A guardian a n d an
C H U R C H : A panel discussion with Vermont legislator Margaret H u m m e l , Sister Aline Paris and
attorney review the history of Vermont advocacy and o u d i n e n e w state proposals to protect abused
Roddy O ' N e i l Cleary consider the future of women in the Catholic Church. See 'to do' list, this issue.
kids. R o m a n Catholic Diocese of Burlington, 8:30-11 a.m. $10. Info,
Burlington College, 7:30 p . m . Free. Info, 8 6 2 - 6 2 7 0 .
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November 19, 9:30, 10 & 10:30
point for fitness. Memorial Auditorium Annex, Burlington,
' W H I T E Z O M B I E ' : Before he
a.m. 7, 7:30 & 8 p.m. Bob Harrison,
6:30-9 p.m. $3. Info, 865-1763.
'FESTIVAL O F T R E E S ' : A n indoor winter wonderland takes visits " O v e r
became Dracula, Bela Lugosi was
Marc and Dana Vanderheyden and
king of the zombie jungle. C h e c k
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the River and T h r o u g h the Woods" via designer-decorated trees, wreaths
S T O R Y H O U R : Toddlers listen to
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P O R T G R O U P S : See November
and centerpieces. Tonight catch the festival preview, auction and dinner.
863-9626. LESBIGATR Y O U T H S U P P O R T M E E T I N G : Lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgendered and "questioning" folks u n d e r 2 3 are welcome at O u t r i g h t Vermont, Burlington, 7 p . m . Free. Info, 8 0 0 - 4 5 2 - 2 4 2 8 .
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V E R M O N T Y O U T H SINFONIA: A brand-new orchestra sponsored by the Vermont Youth Orchestra offers a folk-flavored classical concert entitled "Around the World in 80 Minutes." Essex Junction High School, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 655-0005. ' M O N K O N M O N K ' : T h e son of Thelonious follows the family tradition of straight-ahead jazz, mixing standard compositions with contemporary numbers. Barre O p e r a House, 8 p.m. $18-24. Info, 4 7 6 - 8 1 8 8 . F I D E L I O : T h e only chamber ensemble in America that combines the sounds of cello, piano and viola plays romantic and contemporary works in Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 8 0 0 - 8 0 5 - 5 5 5 9 . J A Z Z D U O : Percussionist Leon Parker plays congas, table d r u m s and Tibetan h a n d bells with Steve Wilson on alto and soprano sax.
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OPERA': Aria children and their families learn about opera in Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center, D a r t m o u t h College, Hanover, N . H . , 11 a.m.- noon. Free.
' A N T I G O N E ' : See November 21. ' T H E H I T M A N ' : See November 21.
' W H I T E Z O M B I E ' : See November 21.
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' A N N A K A R E N I N A ' : Sophie Marceau plays the Russian romantic w h o risks everything for love. Loew Auditorium, H o o d Museum of Art, D a r t m o u t h College, Hanover, N . H . , "7 & 9:15 p.m. $6. Info, 603-646-2422.
'TURKEY T R O T FOR TOTS': Races of varying lengths on pic-
Coalition to Fre M u m i a Abu-Jamal prepare activist for an u p c o m i n g International Tribunal for Justice in
Elementary School, 10 a.m. $5 donation for the Family N u r t u r i n g
Free. Info, 4 5 4 - 8 4 9 3 . HOLIDAY ART & CRAFTS
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Program. Info, 878-2902. A D I R O N D A C K H I K E : This diffi-
T O U R : Fill your stockings at five craft fairs in Franklin C o u n t y : Crafts
' M Y D O G ' S B R A I N ' : Vermont folk
cult "leader's choice" hike promises to "burn off those calories you'll consume on Thanksgiving." Carpools
and Fine Arts, St. Albans City Hall, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Christmas Crafts, St. Mary's Parish, St. Albans, 10 a.m. - 4
leave from Burlington, 7:30 a.m. Donations. Register, 864-0503.
p.m. Holiday Crafts, St. Albans Elementary School, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
etc
Tri-Church Bazaar, Bakersfield Elementary School, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Holiday Bazaar, Fairfield C o m -
first film f r o m Allison Anders focuses on a weary waitress in small-town N e w Mexico trying to raise two
munity Center, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 5 2 4 - 4 0 3 1 .
teenage daughters on her own. Spaulding Auditorium, H o p k i n s Center, D a r t m o u t h College,
turesque dirt roads conclude with random drawings for turkeys, maple syrup and other prizes. Westford
artist Stephen H u n e c k signs his collection of whimsical woodcut prints that explore the u n i q u e character of man's best friend. See 'to do' list, this issue. G e t a p u p p y biscuit at Frog Hollow, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. Free.
H A N D CRAFTERS HOLIDAY S H O W : See November 20, 10 a.m. 6 p.m.
RUGGIERI CHAMBER C O N C E R T : T h e renowned chamber
'TALES F R O M A V E R M O N T C O U R T H O U S E ' : Middlebury lawyer Peter Langrock signs his new
10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.
Middlebury Municipal G y m , 8 p.m. $6. Info, 3 8 8 - 0 4 3 8 .
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drama ' A N Y T H I N G G O E S ' : See November 19, 2 6c 7:30 p.m. A dinner-theater'option starts at 6 p ; m«
Phoebe Stone wrote and illustrated this whimsical tale. She reads at the Children's Pages, Winooski, 2 p.m.
sport R O A D H I K E : Bring lunch, water
Octagon on M t . Mansfield. Meet in Burlington, 7:30 a.m. Donations.
Info, 863-6835. T H A N K S G I V I N G MARKET: Stock up on squash, potatoes and
out Dvorak's Mass in D, Rejoice in the Lamb and Tantum Ergo. Ira Allen
Register, 6 6 0 - 2 8 3 4 . R O A D & T R A I L WALK: T h e
Chapel, U V M , Burlington, 3 p.m. $10. Info, 658-3390.
Green M o u n t a i n C l u b leads an eight-mile loop through H u b b a r d
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brilliant technique, t h e ^ d ^ o ' / renowned pianist plays Beethoven. f sonatas and waltzes by C h o p i n .
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only indoor farmers market. Montpelier High School Gym, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 2 2 9 4 9 3 5 .
" D A N C I N G ' : Middlebury author
drama ' A N G E L S I N A M E R I C A ' : See N o v e m b e r 20, 2 p.m.
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breakfast at 8 a.m. costs $10. T h e show runs 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. for $4. S I S T E R S O F M E R C Y BAZAAR:
illustrates how conflict can change a community. See 'to do' list, this issue. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier,
C O N T R A D A N C E : Rachel Nevitt calls for Atlantic Crossing at a gathering of the O t t e r Creek Contras.
dance W E S T A F R I C A FESTIVAL: See November 20, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
'FESTIVAL O F T R E E S ' : See November 21. A teddy bear picnic
book Addison County Justice, which
W E S T A F R I C A FESTIVAL: See November 20, 9:30 a.m. - midnight.
voice, cittern, opharion and wind instruments. Faulkner Recital Hall, H o p k i n s Center, D a r t m o u t h College, Hanover, N . H . , 4 p.m. Free. Info, 6 0 3 - 6 4 6 - 2 4 2 2 .
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Casleton Fine Arts Center, 8 p.m. $16. Info, 7 7 5 - 5 4 1 3 .
Montshire M u s e u m , Norwich, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 649-2200.
28 C h u r c h St., Burlington, Shaw's Grocery Store, Colchester. 10 a.m. 4 p.m. $20. Info, 860-5865. F U R P R O T E S T : Green M o u n t a i n Animal Defenders gather to protest
Center for the Arts, 7:30 p . m . $9. Info, 4 4 3 - 6 4 3 3 .
the use of animal pelts for fashion at the G a r m e n t Vault, 421 Shelburne Road, Burlington, noon - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3044.
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soloists perform classical works by Schubert, Mozart and Faure.
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S H O W : See N o v e m b e r 20, fO^fcitit- 5 p . m . 'FESTIVAL O F T R E E S ' : See November 21. A teddy bear picnic breakfast at 8 a.m. costs $10. T h e show runs 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. for $4. • : > FLEA & C R A F T M A R K E T : T h e Central Vermont H u m a n e Society benefits w h e n you b u y dealer-donated books, jewelry, memorabilia and antiques. Barre Moose Lodge, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $1. Info, 2 4 4 - 1 5 8 8 . H O T D I S H D I N N E R : Baked beans, hash, salads, rolls and pies are served at the Baptist Building in Fairfax, noon. Donations. Info, 849-6488.
You would n't th i nk anyone who writes and directs "theater of phantasmagoria" would earn a MacArthur Award, but Richard Foreman conjured one up just the same. Pearls for Pigs, featuring the "Imperious Maestro"
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O P E N REHEARSAL: Women compare notes at a h a r m o n i o u s rehearsal of the C h a m p l a i n Echoes. S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info,
Wednesday and Thursday at the Hopkins Center.
864-6703.
art A R T D O E S N ' T BITE' The lunchtime lecture series gets seasonal with slides of American artists and values "to be thankful for." Chaffee Center for t h e Visual Arts, Rutland, n o o n - 12:45 p . m . $5. Reservations, 775-0356.
I N G : Meet other eligibles through volunteer activities. A general meet-
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The film mixes rare footage of extreme pioneers Anselme Baud ^ and Patntk Valientant skiing between gothit spires of rotk high above Chamonoix with new tats of Rob DesLauriers seeking a higher God at the same altar.
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and other attention-grabbing stunts, the DesLauriers' and Gaffney are willing to acknowledge the work of those who have preceded them. The film mixes rare footage of extreme pioneers Anselme Baud and Patrick Vallencant skiing between gothic spires of rock high above Chamonoix with new cuts of Rob DesLauriers seeking a higher God at the same altar. Now at the ripe age of 33, Eric DesLauriers — just like the "godfather of extreme" and Promised Land co-star Scot Schmidt — recently became a father. That may be why he seems to have come to terms with balancing risks on the razor's edge. "You can't let your desire for glory get in the way of good judgment," he says, "and that, I think, comes with experience." DesLauriers' experience includes his time as a young racer back home in Bolton. "There's a level of mental focus that I think I came away from Vermont with, that's stayed with me," he says, "and that's an important part of extreme skiing." In his work with brother Rob offering Extreme Team Advanced Ski Clinics around the country, Eric is proud to say he grew up in Vermont. Gaffney, a fellow East Coast transplant who previously filmed cult classics The Edge of Existence and Walls of Freedom, says that in making The Promised Land he expected that one place would stand out as the ultimate steep skiing U t o p i a . Instead, he too often found himself socked in by the elements. If the weather gods had been more cooperative, the film might have been longer and Gaffney would have achieved his goal of documenting "a silent fantasy world where dreams are realized, where you can no longer distinguish between facts and fiction." In the end, The Promised Land is more about the pursuit of dreams and accepting reality with a grain of salt. "Shovel it rad," Gaffney jokingly implores Rob DesLauriers during an expensive and largely unproductive outing in the film to Little Switzerland in Alaska. "It's gonna be a Scrabble and shoveling segment," he concludes. Not the stuff of dreams, but well-made, and with the down-to-earth flavor we'd expect from Vermont's own extreme team. ® Eric, Rob and Adam DesLauriers will be on hand to introduce The Promised Land this Friday at Billings Center.
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Anstadt Gallery is a thing of beauty itself, with small but appealing rooms and attractive trompe I'oeil features painted by co-owner Ruby Anstadt. For its debut show in the College Street building, she and Stephen Doll chose two artists — one local, one from Colorado — inspired by distinctly different landscapes. Kate Davis and Hugo Anderson work within a similar conceptual context, but have distinct technical approaches. In her first major exhibition, Davis, a student at the University of Vermont, demonstrates that she is already a sophisticated practitioner of painting, with a solid grasp of theory. Her artist's statement for this exhibit notes, "My sources are those of downtown Burlington. Busy streets, buildings and the activity of people are where I draw my inspiration." Her work also seems to make clear references to the colorist Josef Albers — via his student Robert Rauschenberg — and to another great theorist of 20th-century American art, Hans H o f m a n n . Davis' "Most Efficient" successfully balances both currents of thought to present an ultra-sophisticated orga"Midsummer, " by Kate Davis nization of form and space. She surprises the and heightens the intensity of viewer by using slight both pieces. It has already variations of tonality to intedevoured deciduous layers to grate metal screen, newspaper become a red-toothed and press-type letters into the destroyer; "Burn" brings a piece. T h o u g h she expresses return the ashen world. But herself in the language of these grays are warm, mixed academia — perhaps the with red and orange as if still coolly detached formalism of smoldering. Gray suspended "College Street" says more in the atmosphere covers the about college than the street sky, and the horizon is indi— Davis is beginning to cated by changing value make up the words to her rather than hue. own aria. O n e of the most subtle Hugo Anderson earned ways Anderson unifies the his M.F.A. from SUNYfour pieces is with brushAlbany at the age of 41. In work. T h e lower sections of the 10 years that have since each piece mirror the upward passed, his works have been movement of the whole. The exhibited from coast to coast. upper portions become someNow based in Denver, he is what feathery, moving the eye primarily interested in from one canvas to the next. exploring nature within the W i t h its inaugural exhibspirituality of his large-scale it, Doll-Anstadt Gallery has field paintings. Like Davis, set very high standards. Let he integrates scattered letters us hope that the community in many of the paintings, but will reward their faith. (7) his are stenciled and often buried by brushwork. Anderson seems to reference " L a n d s c a p e s o f t h e M i n d ' s E y e , " p a i n t i n g s by Kate D a v i s and Hugo A n d e r s o n . D o l l - A n s t a d t G a l l e r y , B u r l i n g t o n . T h r o u g h November 30.
OPENINGS E L D E R A R T in mixed media. Heineberg Senior Center, Burlington, 658-7454. Reception November 20, noon-3 p.m. Also at the Milton Public Library, November 21, 1-4 p.m. and Winooski City Hall, November 24, 1-4 p.m. P A I N T I N G S by Linda J ones. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 652-1103. Reception November 21, 6 p.m. S E X A N D D E A T H : O F F E R I N G S , sculpture and drawings by Pavel Kraus, and "Detritus of Mating," a multimedia soundscape by composer Dennis Bathory-Kitsz. Exquisite Corpse Artsite, Burlington, 864-5884, ext. 121. Reception November 21, 7-9 p.m. G R E A T F A K E S , featuring imitations of famous paintings by Stu Williams. Yellow Dog Restaurant, Winooski, 655-1703. Reception November 22, 4-6 p.m.
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the roof as a herald of the new millennium. Even more difficult for an amateur company is the didactic, "Brechtian" flavor of Kushner's work. Only on the surface is Angels a play about AIDS; only superficially does it concern the lives of homosexuals in Manhattan at a particular time in history. Tony Kushner is a gay Jew from Louisiana — think about that for a minute — a modern Aristophanes and unrepentant socialist with strong ideas about the role of the artist in society. "As artists, whatever personal successes we may be able to claim as a group, individually we are all dreadful failures," Kushner told an interviewer not long ago. "We haven't addressed the right issues. I think one should want one's work to respond to the needs of the time, to take up the burden of the time...The point is not to say things that we think audiences want to hear, but to make sure that we make more noise so that they do hear what we have to say." What Kushner has to say,
unequivocally and in no particular order, is that we all have failed in our responsibility — to ourselves, to society and to each other; that America at the end of the 2 0 t h century is starving on a diet of pure materialism and rampant self-interest; that love is more important than money and power; that liars win and honest men lose but that righteousness is still the imperative; that virtue is more than its own reward; that the universe is just as mysterious as we think it is and that we mock the wisdom of the ages at our peril. It's heavy stuff, served up in the guise of a three-ring circus, part fantasy and part soap opera, by turns comic, tragic and weirdly optimistic. Spiritual matters and the failure of conventional religion are very much on Kushner's mind. One of the four lead characters in Angels is an anxious Jew bereft of answers, and two of the others are guilt-ridden Mormons, locked in a failing marriage that can't go forward or backward until both husband and wife face the truth about themselves.
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Along with these characters Kushner has also fictionalized the lives of two historical figures — Roy Cohn, the conservative lawyer, ethical scumbag, closet homosexual and early AIDS victim who denied the nature of his illness to the grave; and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Russians in the early 1950s and executed in the electric chair along with her husband, Julius, in part through Cohn's machinations and persecution. The scene in which the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg (played superbly by local actress Ruth Wallman) commiserates with the dying Cohn about the ironies of history while simultaneously marveling at the wonders of a touch-tone phone is Kushner at his very best — ironic, pathetic, hilarious and profound in a single theatrical stroke. But in the end this production of "Millennium Approaches" provides only a hint, an awkward diagram, of the different levels on which Angels properly functions. It isn't the fault of the student actors, who are uniformly capable in their roles. Ashley Warlick, in particular, as Harper Pitt, the pill-popping Mormon wife on <
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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Despite the fact that your life lately may seem to have been directed by BlacUrunners | Ridley Scott, 1 urge you not to surrender to the murky tides. Do not get mixed up j with the mob. Do not hang out with junkyard dogs. Do not apply for a job running guns in Central America. It's absolutely crucial that you stay away from bad influences. And the best way to do that is to ferociously seek out good influences. In fact, I'd like you to start as soon as you finish reading this message. Put on your finest clothes, call up your classiest friends, and hire a limousine to chauffeur you around to museums, libraries and religious services.
TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): In the best-known version of the Greek myth, Persephone is dragged down into the underworld by Pluto and held hostage. But in earlier, pre-patriarchal tales, she descends there under her own power, actively seeking to graduate from her virginal naivet^ by exploring the intriguing land of shadows. Which of these approaches to higher (or should I say lower ?) education do you prefer, Taurus: imposed against your will or initiated under your own power? It really is up to you, and you should decide pretty soon. Maybe it'll help you make your decision if I tell you that according to ancient lore, the dusky realm to which Persephone journeyed is a place of hidden wealth. Indeed, according to psychologist James Hillman, its "the giver of nourishment to the soul."
skeptics), this week will be a sweet dream. T h e planet Mercury will bestow upon you a glistening new insight into meanwhile, will,. . orcements into your willpower^
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Jupiter will not only expand your horizons but accessorize them with breathtaking views. Saturn will show you how to add 10 percent more organization into your life in such a way as to increase your efficiency by 40 percent. And Venus! What Venus has planned for you is unspeakably concupiscent, sybaritic and epicurean...if you really, truly believe.
CANCER
(June 21-July 22): During the shooting of the movie Mission: Impossible, Cancerian Tom Cruise did a perfect take of a difficult scene. Close examination of the footage, however, revealed the unglamorous presence of a gob of saliva on his chin. A computer genius was called in to eradicate the "imperfection" using special effects. I bring this up, my fellow Crabs, to call your attention to the probability that you'll soon be tempted to perform similar edits in your own drama. Please don't. Let that spit shine brightly — and the sweat and tears and pimples, too. Wear em all proudly. Be as raw as the law allows. LSO (July 23-Aug. 22): If I were going to get you an early Christmas present, I'd find one of thoseT-shirts that says, "I put the fun in dysfunctional" or "I put the erotic in neurotic." So many times lately, you've made the best of icky, sticky and tricky
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Since 1978, the medium J.Z. Knight has channeled Ramtha, a 35,000-year-old warlord from Atlantis. This ghostly dude has been good to his mistress, helping her create and sell products that have swelled her wealth to epic proportions. No wonder, then, that she objected when another psychic, Julie Ravel, started channeling Ramtha without asking permission. Drawing on the warrior aspects of her disembodied sugar daddy, Ms. Knight sued her rival in court, and won. The judge awarded sole custody of Ramtha to his original owner. That's why I'm a little worried about this week's horoscope. You see, a rough, tough wraith claiming to be Ramtha's drill sergeant just buzzed me. "Tell your Virgo readers," he bellowed, "that it's time for them to kick some major spiritual butt!" LIBRA
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peering at the deep inner workings below the surface of things, and muse on how often you've exploited this talent to make others feel weak and exposed. Now just imagine, Scorpio, if you took these superpowers of yours and applied them to spread peace, love and understanding everywhere you go. I believe you're ready to do just that — with a vengeance.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.22-Dec. 21): The cosmos really, really wants you to get your fill of relief and release this week. To cooperate, I suggest you throw a December 31,1999-style party, complete with cartoons scrawled on the walls, boisterous singing which inspires all the dogs in the neighborhood to ' yowl, and drunk friends passing out in your bathtub. There's so much to celebrate, after all, so much to commemorate: last laughs and first cries...bombastic departures and discreetly revolutionary Arrivals...and the kind of poetic justice that could inspire legendary sagas a thousand years from now. Then of course there'll be the absolutely final gasp of a long-drawn-out ending: That alone deserves a joyous primal scream.
(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): An earthy psychic once told me that my first name "Rob" is an apt description of my spiritual function. "You're here on earth to rob people of their god-awful bdief that life is a bitch," she advised me. "Your job is to steal away the habits that sap their life energy; to rip off the sorryCAPRfCORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): ass dogmas that blind them to the wondrous feats their imaginations are capable of." I hope I can live up to this heady role in the coming weeks, Libra. an old woman gives a poor gin a magic You're on the verge of neutralizing the .cooking pottKat produces porridge on black magic you performed on yourself a command. T h e crone t<ftts the child, "To rs back, and I d like to be there t§ start it up, say, 'Cook, pot.' When you you. * S i p no more, say, 'Stop, pot.'" T h e girl takes the gift home and does as she's been told, whereupon her mother and joy their first substantial i '' Next day, -w^ile the girl is ou mother tiies the alchemy she's seen . r daughter - perform. 1 1 1*Cook, j mp o«t ,
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and it does. Unfortunately, moni doesn't remember the other part of the hocuspocus, and so the porridge Just keeps flowing and flowing. Only'when the whole towns flooded with porridge does the girl return and gasp, "Stop, pot." Moral of the story: Learn the magic words which'll prevent a good thing from becoming way too much of a good thing.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): These days you could probably transform Satan into a donkey with a touch of your right index finger. I wouldn't be shocked if gems and miniature roses spilled from your lips as you spoke, or you were able to tickle a grizzly bear into submission, or you could induce a meteor shower just by wrinkling your nose in the direction of the heavens. In short, Aquarius, you're so supernaturally talented it's spooky. I can't wait to see which three miracles, of all the hundreds you're now capable of, you will actually choose to perform.
PISCCS (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): You won't serve time in hell for the bombs you'll drop this week, but neither will you rack up any Brownie points in the Book of Judgment. So I guess your best motivation for doing what you're going to do will be for the sheer fun of it, for the righteous mischief, for the entertainment value of seeing everyone you encounter get flung u p into the air by the tremors you send coursing through the earth beneath their feet. (7) YOt
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n its recent 10th anniversary issue, Premiere magazine cited the screening of Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape at the U.S. Film Festival as one of a handful of recent events to alter the landscape of contemporary Hollywood. Not only did the little $ 1.2 million dollar film's subsequent breakout into mainstream theaters and monster profits put the Sundance festival on the map; it also caused virtually every major studio to create an art-house division offering fare for the alternative audience that Soderbergh's success made visible. In the meantime, "Find me the next sex, lies, and videotape' became the battle cry that launched a thousand Hollywood producers, while independent'filmmakers everywhere suddenly found themselves and their efforts the focus of unprecedented attention. So what does the future hold for all these upstarts and whippersnappers, and for American cinema itself? The best clue might lie in the subsequent career of Soderbergh himself. His second film, Kafka, painted over some avant-garde notions with a Hollywood veneer — the decidedly mixed effect was unsatisfactory to critics and audiences alike. He recovered some lost ground with his small, coming-of-age period drama King of the Hill — regarded by many as his finest accomplishment to date — but stumbled again with The Underneath, a distractingly artsy remake of the 1948 noir classic, Criss Cross. Now Soderbergh's latest effort, Schizopolis, has hit the video shelves, and it reveals a curious sight: a filmmaker who, instead of charging forward, is pulling up, looking around, searching for the spot where he got lost. Shot and written by Soderbergh and starring himself and a handful of friends, Schizopolis is the genuine article: a 100 percent homemade film that makes no concessions to popular tastes or commercial interests. In a move that some interpreted as a statement of principles, he even premiered it at Slamdance '97, the alternative alternative film festival
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SCHIZOPOLIS? whose very title disses Sundance. By his own account, Schizopolis represents Soderbergh's desire to play with the language of cinema, and "cinematic playing" is as good a way to describe the result as any. The film is a Dadaist lark that variously recalls the films of Rene Clair, the Marx Brothers, Luis Bunuel, Richard Lester, Peter Greenaway and Monty Python. The governing spirit is an adolescent nihilism of the sort that wants to make a joke out of everything-wtth—a which it comes into contact, without concern for propriety
All the time I was watching it, I kept remembering Help, and thinking about how much fun has gone out of movies or proportion. It's the kind of juvenile silliness wherein the titles appear on the shirts of bottomless codgers chased by men in white coats, and wherein the lines of dialogue are not the lines themselves but the lines' descriptors ("Generic greeting." "Response indicating semi-innocent query about the evening's activities." "Oh, qualified vaguely positive reply.") Schizopolis sideswipes a number of topics: millennial cults, romance, the corporate workplace, commercial moviemaking. The larger subject, however, is the subject of language itself, including the language of film. Many of the devices — characters who speak in multiple languages, dialogue that reads like a poem by Gertrude Stein — remove the
meaning from words, thereby laying bare the structures from which meaning derives. At the same time, the conventions of cinematic space and time are deliberately violated, opening narrative fissures into which the film slips sideways. In one memorable stoppage, Soderbergh deconstructs his own face, standing in front of a bathroom mirror and cycling through a startling series of utterly maniacal facia] contortions in a frank and gratuitous display. Do I recommend Schizopolis? You bet. All the time I was watching it, I kept remembering Help, and thinking about how much fun has gone out of movies, still another victim of some mistaken' notion of progress. Under such conditions, the regress of a film like Schizopolis is more than welcome: It is necessary. Another recent addition to the video shelves is Tran An-Hung's Cyclo. It may be the one film about the Vietnam War Americans should see but probably won't. Against our attempts to wipe that troubled memory from our national consciousness, Cyclo paints a vivid picture of life in modern Saigon, a place in which poverty and squalor and dislocation and violence are the living legacy of the war on the people against whom it was directed. As he did in The Scent of Green Papayas, Tran evokes the rich, sensual reality of a young person's consciousness, with the difference that the world inhabited by the new film's protagonist offers no avenues of retreat, nothing to save a tender consciousness from the brutality it witnesses. The result is a cinematic experience that lodges in your mind like a piece of shrapnel, that opens in you like a wound that won't be healed. (7) Videos provided courtesy of Waterfront Video in Burlington.
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I have to admit to going into this thing with preconceptions and doubts about R a n d y Kehler a n d Betsy Corner. I pretty m u c h felt like, hey, w h o wouldn't like to save themselves a few t h o u s a n d dollars a year? I narrowly avoided a painful case of whiplash, however, Leppzer's film turned me a r o u n d so quickly At the same time, the movie avoids taking sides, giving everyone involved a chance to state their case. Kehler a n d C o r n e r simply have m o r e t o B I say for themsleves than the local police, agents of the IRS or the HP A HI Y Hill I people w h o w a n t t o t a k e possession o f t h e i r h o m e . All in all, t f e l f f J p F * film is ultimately as beyond reproach as the motives of its central this pinheaded Willis-based
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CALL TO ARTISTS: Firehouse Gallery now accepting submissions of non-functional ceramics. Photo or slides to: Burlington City Arts, City Hall, Burl., VT 05401 or Firehouse Gallery, 135 Church St., Burl., VT 05401. Info: 865-7165.
EXPERIENCED GUITARIST/ singer seeks work in a band. Blues or folk rock preferred, but will play anything. Call 802-888-8857. SENSITIVE, VERSATILE BASSIST seeks witty, multi-faceted singer/songwriter for gigs. Also seeking two guitarists who can read, to work on transcriptions of classical pieces. Call Bob, 863-5385. UVM CATS' MEOW FOR HIRE. Burlington's only female a cappella group available to perform for functions, private parties, conventions, etc. Call Monika, 658-1676. INTERMEDIATE LEVEL RECORDER PLAYERS wanted for informal ensemble. Call Bob, 863-5385. MARSHALL JCM 25/50 TUBE amp. Grey anniversary model, $500. Yamaha 50 watt solid state amp—2 channels/EQ/reverb, great clean sound, $200. Call Todd, 879-3928. BEFORE YOU SIGN—contact an experienced entertainment lawyer. All forms of legal protection for the creative artist. Sandra Paritz, attorney, 802-426-3950.
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RARE, W I L D & CULTIVATED hybrid seeks above-average gardener, 40-50. This garden, begun in 1955, grows best with liberal application of music, merriment, magic and moxy. Appreciation of history, politics, VPR, movies & books also pluses. Knowledge of horticulture not required. 64476 D O N ' T DRINK, SMOKE OR CHEW. Tall, slim, dark & alluring, fourthdimensional dance teacher. Listener/ mother. '60s child, '70s haze, '80s phoenix, '90s light. ISO sweet man who respects himself & has a clue. New Yorker preferred. All calls considered. 64477 SEXY SEEKS SENSITIVE, S O M E W H A T domineering guy. "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty." I am all the others here are and more. Call, I'm yours. 64479 F I S H E R W O M A N SEEKS BIG FISH. The bait: 5'7" blonde peach, ripe & juicy. Give me a "bite." No catch and release here. P.S.—Can tie fly. 64480 A F F E C T I O N A T E , BRAINY, CAUST I C , divorced, elegant (infrequently), fortyish, gainfully employed, hiker, irreverent, jocular, kind, loving, mother, nurse, opinionated (nobody's perfect), perceptive, quiet, responsible, simple, tall (5'9"), ugly (not), varied interests, witty, x-country skier, youthful, zealous. That's me from A to Z. You? 64482 L O O K I N G FOR A B L O N D E , L O N G haired, motorcycle god, 23-48, whom I can share intimate philosophy conversations with while cooking over a hot, sensuous fire. 64435 SWF, 30, L O O K I N G FOR FRIENDship to share experiences with a SWM, 29-36, who enjoys dining, movies and traveling. 64437 D O W N - T O - E A R T H K I N D O F GAL ISO down-to-earth kind of guy. DWF, 27, N D , honest, enjoys companionship, dancing, nature, laughing, music and freedom. 64439 L O O K I N G FOR MR. TALL, DARK & handsome, 35-45, to sweep me off my voluptuous feet; that I may nuture him in jny casing heart. 64436 31, athletic and adventuresome, new to the area. I am ISO M companionship in northeast/central VT; for meetings of mind, spirit and body. 64446
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T R A N S P L A N T E D SILK3C F R O M Maine coast seeking balance. Introspective, calm spirit w/ inner fire/strength desires secure, outgoing, kind, humorous Green Mtn. man. 64297 LIVING I N M O N T R E A L . BPF, mother, very attractive, good sense of humor. Seeking professional or educated M , 3545, available for friendship. 64299 SEXPLORE W I T H BEAUTIFUL, married redhead, late 30's, who's into miniskirts and platform shoes. Wanted: handsome, witty, literary, younger man with indie-rock in his soul. 64412 LOVING, PASSIONATE DWPF, 40'S, who can speak from the heart, looking for committed partner. I'm attractive, intelligent, spiritually minded, artistic, cultured, spontaneous, content, independent. Enjoy outdoors, meditation, music, travel, photography, restaurants, engaging conversation. If you're educated, emotionally/financially mature, communicative, wise, fun to be with, call. 64265 W A N T E D : H O N E S T Y , friendship, companionship. SWF, 47, petite, w/ big heart, enjoys variety of interests & open to new ones. Kind, caring, loving. 64243 SF, 20, S T U D E N T , INTELLECTUAL vegan with a silly sense of humor, who loves nature, music, 420, sunrise, dancing & smiles, seeking a kind SM, 19-24, for companionship and fun. Interest in road trips, live music, long talks, allnighters, and relaxation a must. 64249 MISTRESS WANTED??? Extremely responsive, M - O , BD, submissive F seeks professional, financially generous, emotionally/physically healthy, M, 38-60, for friendship, hedonistic pleasures, travel & great fun! 64252 SWEET S O U T H E R N BELLE looking for her "Rhett Butler." I'm a SBF new to the area. Looking for love. Serious inquires only! 64233 O U T D O O R S Y SWPF, 31, SEEKS SPM, 30-38, to enjoy friendship. Travel adventurer, animal admirer, conversationalist, enjoyer of life, skier, hiker. 64990 SAF, 35, 5', 100 LBS., enjoys music, conversation & nature's beauties. ISO well-educated SWPM, 35-45, tall, thin, NS, NA, N D for friendship. Letter/ photo appreciated. 64225 SWF, 33, 5'2", AUBURN/BLUE: I N recovery; seek same. Mother, music, smart, funny, crazy. Believe love is a mixture of solid friendship and physical chemistry. What do you think? 64209
SWF, 19, SEEKING S W M , 18-23, 5'9"-6'. Must be intelligent, humorous, enjoy theater. Watching movies, romantic, long & quiet walks a must. 64186 SWF, 20, CREATIVE, SLIGHTLY adventuresome, more into mind than body, but still good-looking, seeks same: a guy, 18-24, who enjoys variety in music, experiences and interests, perhaps a self-proclaimed dork, secure, skinny and cuddly for companionship. 64179 PILLAR O F S T R E N G T H SEEKS occasional shoulder. Independent, slender, fit, secure, active, attractive, happy woman. Find delight in: my son, skiing, daily exercise, cooking, bookstores, music, candlelight, laughter. ISO man 38-50, w/ ability to enhance my interests w/ his own, a creative sense of humor, playful spirit and emotional freedom. 64996 LIFE PARTNER DESIRED. Smart, fun, caring, independent, active, loving SPF, 30 s, ISO silly, intelligent, kind, witty, brave/wise M w/ whom she can share the joy, passion & wonder of life/love. 64109 L O O K I N G F O R FRIENDS! SWF, 38, full-figured, seeking SM for friendship, companionship. Looking for a friend to do things with. Like going to re-enactment events, movies, dining out, theatre and possibly other activities. I enjoy a variety of interests, a few mentioned previously. If you wear a uniform for work, that's a plus, but not necessary. But must be between the ages of 32-45- 64129 IF I G O T O O N E M O R E D I N N E R party, fundraiser or wedding where all the interesting men are married or spoken for, I'm gonna scream. I know there is one more great man out there, 30-50, who's smart, fun, attractive, outdoorsy, happy (except for not having met me, yet), and looking for a partner to share hiking, laughing, traveling & lazing around. Want that country house w/ big porch, pies in the oven, friends around the table, kids & dogs in the yard, & smiling eyes across the room? Me, too. Photos, presents welcomed. 64147
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skiing, hiking, biking, dancing, reading, quiet times. Carry-on baggage usually fits. Middlebury area; can travel to meet. Photo appreciated. 64484 THERE'S MORE T O LIFE. SWM, 30, fit, enjoys music, poetry, cooking, seking serious woman for serious play and intelligent conversation for knowledge, not social prestige. Libido. 64486 LET'S HIT T H E SLOPES TOGETHER. DWPM, 42, seeks ski bunny to enjoy everything winter has to offer. Let's have fun in the white stuff 64468 VERY YOUNG 54, RETRO-COOL, intellectual, moderately outdoorsy, single dad ISO good-natured, intelligent, goodlooking thirty or fortysomething F for friendship &c romance. 64483 LOW BUDGET. Decidedly non-prof., average looking, tortured genius, 33, ISO Jane Fonda/Raquel Welch type, 53-58, for spontaneous combustion. 64438 HAPPY, UNIQUE, QUIET, eccentric, worldly SWM, 25, wants to meet simple, interesting people. Interests: photography, hiking, music, beer, dancing, art, travel and moonlit laughter. 64442 WPM, 23, N E W T O VT, looking for WF. Are you adventurous? Are you willing to help me enjoy myself in VT? Let me know. 64443 D O YOU HIKE inthe mtns & canoe in the streams? Are you a PWF, NS, w/ a 30-something dream? Then listen to the birds & listen to the trees, because out in nature is where you'll find me. 64464 GENETICALLY DEPRESSED, vasectomized introvert (with sense of humor), 32, seeks tolerant, adventurous F for MTV Sports/PlanetX lifestyle. My plusses: I sew, build custom snowboards & treat cool women like goddesses. Next summer, motorcycles, rock climbing? Please help. Show her this ad. 64452 BLONDES ARE FIRE & ICE. ISO blonde F w/ average build, brains, personality and sparkling eyes. Sought by tall, blue-eyed, intelligent SWTvl, 41, who can promise you the sun, moon, stars and deliver. 64454 DWPM, 36, 6'3", ENJOYS A WIDE variety of interests. Sometimes crazy, sometimes shy, active, fit, very attractive guy (no kids, yet). ISO you! F, NS, 2935, as beautiful on the inside as you are on the outside. 64463 DWM, HUMOROUS FATHER of two, early 40's, healthy, youthful, NS/ND, simple lifestyle, not out to impress anyone. Just being in love is enough. 64415
WPM, 40, FRENCHMAN, attractive, sincere, romantic, great mental and physical shape, passionate. Interests in people, music, sports, travel outdoors, cultural activities. ISO attractive, nicely-figured, fun, caring F for LTR. 64416 ISO A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN. Chivalrous SWM, 33, professional, creative, artistic. Forests, moons, camping & fine beer. In shape, NS/ND. Seeks similar. 64420 CENTRAL VERMONT DWM, 43, 5'8", 145 lbs. I love my faith, dog, job, home & l woman. Guess which one is missing. What's missing in your life? 64428 SWPM, NS, 30'S, ISO S/DF FOR LTR and R&R in BVD's. Must be NS, ND, NA, no STD's & FDA approved. Sick of acronyms? Me, too. I just need a friend. 64287
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SWM, 24, LOOKING FOR A SF with an interest in things that go bump in the night and way cool leisure-time activities. Your turn. 64293 SWM, 34, INTO CREATIVITY, music, arts, mechanics and nature, searching for that special woman who believes in honesty and happiness. 64294 NYLONS & HEELS? 25 YO ISO leggy ladies to explore leg/foot fetish with. Handsome, clean, a tad bit shy, but anxious. 64296 DWM, NEAR 40, TALL, slim, fit, successfully in the process of rebuilding my life. Enjoy working out, animals, billards, social drinker, occasional smoker. ISO attractive & intelligent Asian or Latino F for LTR. Equal preference. 64408 SEEKING FRIENDSHIP. BM, 35, 6'2", father of one, likes the outdoors, dancing. Seeking honest and attractive woman with good sense of humor for friendship. Waiting for you. 64298 SWPM, 35. ACTUALLY, I CAN SEW, garden and cook. Carpenter, writer, plumber, activist and inventor with attitude, humor and personality. So there! You know what to do. 64402 N O HEAD GAMES, PLEASE. DWPM, 46, lives in self-built, 3-floor, 1810 farmhouse; Dionysian looks; 7-figure income; gourmet cook; former Summer/Winter Olympian; works with lepers; flies own plane; makes own clothes...Yeah, that's the ticket. 64404 T H E TRUTH IS O U T THERE. SM, 24, searching for an out-of-this-world F for a fantastic future. I know you're out there; I want to believe. 64259 YOUNG CHRISTIAN MAN, 58, Montpelier area. Call. 64268 SM, LATE 30'S, NEW T O VT. ISO friend to enjoy fun in the outdoors (cycling, hiking, skiing), indoors (movies, music, food) & life's pleasures. Easy going & fun to talk to. Let's get together to enjoy VT's fall/winter together. 64270 SEEKING EXCEPTIONAL FRIENDSHIPS/RELATIONSHIP. 55 YO SWPM, 5*1 r & 166 lbs., still competing in triathlon & XC-skiing. Love hiking, canoeing/kayaking & quiet, special times w/others. Healthy eater. Strong
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interest in: world population; tolerance in society; longer term, less political government decision making; importance of honesty & openness in personal friendships & relationships. Seeking exceptionally deep, open, honest friendship(s)/relationship w/ bright, thin, fit, healthy woman of any age & culture, whether as friend, training partner, group outdoor outing participant, or possibly future "significant other." 64123 SWM, 18, ATTRACTIVE, GREAT shape, 5'8", 135 lbs. Enjoy everything from going out to a show/dinner, to watching falling stars. ISO attractive SF, 18-24, to spoil with love. 64272 SUCCESSFUL YOUNG ATTORNEY, who is fit, financially secure, intellectually accomplished, and generous to a fault, looking for a very attractive, intelligent and multidimensional woman, 22-35, with whom to share the wonders of the world and upon whom to pamper, to spoil and to smother with affection, romance and gifts. You won't be disappointed. Photo and letter of interest appreciated. 64274 STUDENT, SKATER, COOK. SHM, 20, 5'10", 145 lbs. Into cooking Mexican, punk, ska and tattoos. ISO SWHF, fit energetic, fun, exotic, romantic as hell, 18-22. Rollerbladers need not apply. 64276 SWM, 30, ROMANTIC CAPTAIN, warm, blue eyed, flexible, dependable. ISO NSF w/ adventurous heart. Sailing south w/ room on board for a cruising companion. 64277 ARE YOUTHE ONE? M, 25, looking for a special F who is not going to play games. Must be open-minded and fun loving. He likes the outdoors, long walks, sharing thoughts and much more. 64283 HEALTHY M, 33, ISO SOUL MATE who loves all Mother Nature & her activ ities, and not afraid to get right into it! Team, mind, soul, one! Housemate? Try, will know! 64240 SWPM, 41, JUST RECENTLY MADE a free agent, ISO romantic lady, 35-45, who likes long walks, music, and quiet times. Call or write. 64245 DWM, 34, 5'7", 180 LBS. NEW arrival to VT! Grounded, hardworking professional w/ adventurous, playful side. Many varied interests: hiking, biking, skiing, travel, movies, cooking & "Seinfeld." ISO fit F, 25-36, enjoys the 4 L's: laughing, life, love &: loyalty. 64246 T O N I C FOR T H E SOUL. SWM, late 40's, average looks & build, healthy, creative, conscious lifestyle, ISO sensitive, aware, fit F for home remedy. 64247 TIRED, EMPTY, ALONE, humorous, fit, attractive LL Bean type loves the outdoors, easy smile, great cook. Seeks intelligent, funny, sexy partner for comfortable, committed relationship. Write and send picture. I will do same. 64250 HUMBLE MAN SEEKS HAPPY woman. I'm 40, NS, 5'10", fit, rural, handy, musical, loving, lonely. You're kind, fit, centered, loving, looking. Please be my lady. 64251 MODERN MYTHOLOGY: Intelligent, athletic, considerate, attractive SWPF, 25-35. Fact or wishful thinking? Some claim sighting these mysterious creatures running, traveling, dining out, at movies and more. To date, all reports remain unsubstantiated. Call hotline w/ any knowledge of these imaginary beings. Reward for information helping to apprehend one. 64254 COMPATIBILITY: SWM, 43, nice guy, intelligent, humorous, fit. Seeks attractive woman w/ similar qualities. Holding out for mental, physical & spiritual compatibility. Chittenden Cty. area. 64255
WOMEN SEEKING WOMEN MaBiCURIOUSF, 5'8", 130 LBS., seeks woman for friendship and possibly more. Enjoys skiing, hiking, long walks, good food and wine. Let's meet for coffee. Discretion important. 64560. GWF, 31, LOVES MOVIES, READING, writing & music, ISO GWF, 3035, feminine, emotionally & financially together. Let's make our dreams come true! 64497 SWF, AUBURN/BLUE, 33, 5'2", MOM. Intelligent, attractive, professional, honest, funny, artistic, contented, evolving woman with a realistic & positive world view seeks same. 64481
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PERSON < TO > PERSON NEW T O THIS LIFESTYLE. WF, 5 ' , . 130 lbs., 29, petite, blonde, feminine,, would like to experience w/ other women seeking feminine women only. Must be attractive, outgoing, 25-35. Discretion very important. 64285 SWGF, 25, FUN-LOVING redhead. Enjoys movies, talks & being outdoors. ISO similar for friendship/LTR. 64410 MABiF SEEKS CLEAN, DISCREET woman, 18-40, for friendship and more. Enjoy movies, music, walks & candles & cooking. Let's have coffee & fun. 64263 WHERE ARE ALL T H E N E W GIRLS in town hiding out? Why don't you come out & play with me!!! Let me show you around!! 64273 SPICY 25 YO GWF SEEKS SPICY, yet sweet, SGF for fun, relaxing discussions, music & adventurous field trips. Central VT area. 64275 GENTLE, ROMANTIC, monogamous GWJF, professional, 39, with no fear of commitment, seeks educated and creative woman, 35-45, to share long walks, intelligent conversation, good food and outdoor adventure. NS and ND. 64278.
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MEN SEEKING MEN GWM, LATE 30'S, 150 LBS., 57", muscular, looking for in-shape Bi/GM, 18-45, for interlude. No strings. Discreet. 64513 GBM, 6', 160 LBS., SUPERIOR body, intense lover of nature, explorer of internal/external dimensions, seeks intimate union w/ fearless adventurer who is not afraid to be ecstatic, to own his wholeness & the power of love. Will you join in?64519 RUTLAND, CITY SGM, 37, 6', 185 lbs., NS/ND, energetic, open-minded, hard-working, joyful, ISO GM, 18-37, for friendship and/or relationship. Physically disabled O.K. No smokers/ drinkers, please. 64487
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COLLEGE WOMAN TIRED OF BOYS ISO an intelligent, attractive and fun man, 20-25. This intelligent and happy 20 YO desires friendship hi^andpos; sibly more ATTRACTIVE PROFESSIONAL with realistic expectations seeks energetic man in his 60s for good conversation and high adventure. I offer integrity, sophistication, intelligence and an occasional impulse to-spok. Interests include books, films, theater, music, tennis, skiing, hiking, politics, old houses and new ideas. And you? Box 213 HOLIDAYS APPROACHING! DWF, 38, seeking S/DWM, 40's, must be honest, romantic, humorous, playful & serious; like children, movies, walks, sunsets. Send letter &c photo. Box 208 DWPF, 47, LIGHTLY STOMPING existential pathway, enjoying irony and beauty, welcomes seriously goofy M to share some space, music, nature and crayons. Boldly go! Box 204 CFLEBTOTTTHL YEAR 2000 W/ ME. We'll have three years to practice jumping up and down and hugging and kissing. Jumping not required. I'm 45. Box 185
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GWM, 37, IN SHAPE, ISO GM who considers it possible to have successful togetherness while having open relationship. 64467 FRANKLIN COUNTY, DGWM, 34, masculine, 57", blonde/brown, 150 lbs., smoker, partier, sports-minded, demented humor, seeks in shape, masculine partner with attitude for possible LTR, 3238. 64469 WEIGH T H E OPTIONS! Handsome, heavy-set, sensual, spiritual, loving GPWM, 34, seeks like-minded GPM for companionship. Beauty comes from within—show me your heart. 64441 BiWM, 42, CLEAN, HONEST, sincere, seeks other Bi/GM (Rutland/Burl, area) for discreet fun & friendship. 64457 CALL ME IF YOU ARE 18-25, AND looking to have some fun or just hang out. I'm 20, student, 57", 160 lbs., br/bl. 64421 GWM, RUTLAND. Is there anyone else here? Hello!? Cute, fun, unique, 22, ISO friends and a good deal more. 64429 PURE ENERGY. GWM, 40ish, enjoys outdoors, film/media, exotic travel, NY Times crosswords. ISO GWM. Must understand obscure references and be ready to take a big bite out of life. 64432
VERY ATTRACTIVE WIDOW, cultured, educated, seeks kind and intellectual M, 60s, for true friendship. Box 176 MAKE MY MOM HAPPY! She's a DWF, 56, intelligent & lively. Loves books, arts and travel. Lives in PA, but often frequents VT. ISO interesting M. 54-58. Box 173 MUSIC, ARTS & NATURE LOVER: Happily situated in work & life, diverse, humorous, open M, 40's, sought; evolved social & aesthetic consciousness a must. Athletic prowess a +. I'm 42, pretty, fit in body/spirit. Box 168
DWPCM, 49, DEAF AND BRIGHT, ISO outstanding Christian woman who's sane, secure and fun to be with. At minimum, basic knowledge of Deaf culture and sign language are essential for lifelong of hiking, soft music and dining out, to name just a few. Write. It takes only a spark to get a fire going. Box 218 TM AS DIFFERENT AS YOU. Educated, Catholic intellectual with a shy, loving, sincere heart and taste for good music, conversation, dining and
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OTHER CALL ME A REVISIONIST, BUT this is what interests me... Me: M, 30's, announcing interest in intimacy with "unattached couple" looking for a positive change. 64510 F, 22, DESPERATELY SEEKING card players: cribbage, eucher, rummy, gin, hearts, bridge, anything that doesn't involve exchange of money. Age, sex, race, orientation unimportant. 64495
c I SPY J: IT IS T H O U G H T THAT T H E eye of the soul is manifested in our dreams. That the soul perceives the eternal realities so important to the heart. Dreams see things more clearly than the imigination when awake—S. 64539 KANGAROOS T O ALL SPIES: Need more recruits & additional info about the club. Activate operation "Geekhead" & track the Chosen One. 64505 KEVIN, W E MET AT METRONOME. I wanted to dance with you. I've beenlooking for you and your beautiful smile ever since. Call me. T 64455
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laughter, ISO F, 25-33 or so. First letters, then friends, then heaven. No feminists or NPR listeners, please. Box 215 SKIING, BALLROOM DANCING partner. SWPM, NS, ISO good downhill & x-c skier, 45-55, who would also consider ballroom dancing lessons. Box 214 HI. 45 YO FLOWER CHILD ISO Piscean beauty. Start new tribe, Richmond. Back to land, happy camper, honesty, looks, total respect for all beings Peace. Box 209 ARTIST, TENDER-HEARTED, philosophically challenged, likes rowdy nights at home; scared of long romantic walks. Hates to be obedient. Has email. Prefers attractive New Yorker (30 s). Box 210 ELEGANT GENTLEMAN. DWPM, 50, tall, slim, classy, attractive, seeking sincere, honest, educated lady for quality LTR only. No games. Box 211 WHIPS AND CHAINS KEPT IN good condition? Always read Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" naked? SWM, slightly fifiysomething, in long-distance shape. Box 205 A TENDER HEART! A GENTLE smile! Warm, endearing, educated, attractive, trim, NS SWM seeks F companion, 30-40, of the same ilk. Box 203 TALL SWM, 24, SEEKS SWF WITH sharp mind, kind soul and healthy lifestyle for LTR. Self sufficiency, dogs, mountains, honesty, strong mind and body, employed. Box 202 PWM, NS/ND. I'M HONEST, handsome, diverse, kind, secure, independent and ready. I bike, hike, swim, ski, dine, travel & chill. Be 37-47, attractive (externally/internally), similar. Box 199
HUMANOID MALE, chronologically 34, scanning the universe for humanoid F for experimental interaction with primitive mating rituals! No intoxicating or addictive substances, please. Transmit coordinates today! Box 200 JEWISH. READER. ACTIVE FATHER. ISO happy-in-her-own-way woman, 44-51, normal weight. Ironic, yet trusting. Animals. I prefer a moon to a star any day. Box 197 I WANT T O KNOW WHAT LOVE IS." Handsome, professional WM, early 40's, searching for possible soulmate. Companionship at first. Must be 30-40, slim, attractive, intelligent and have a sense of humor. Recognize and like the song? Let me know. We may have something in common! Box 198 SWDM, 35, TRIM, FIT WRITER, financially sound, prefers intelligent, swanky, even slinky woman, palyful and honest. If you love literature, sailing, traveling, why not write? Box 196 SWM, ROMANTIC, SENSUAL, handsome, honest, ISO F, ND, 30's, for best friend and LTR. Box 192 33 YO, SENSITIVE, WELL EDUCATED, culturally repressed mystic w/ many interests and a neat job—intrigued by the paradigm shift, deep ecology and transpersonal psychology—longs to meet, and warmly welcomes correspondence from, a special F serious about integrity and a deeper spiritual existence. Box 191
CURIOUS F, 20, SEEKING CLEAN, attractive F, 18-25, for discreet, sensual fun. Please send picture and a letter. Box 217
SAFE & CLEAN WM, W H O IS VERY discreet and sincere, invites masculine, muscular men to share morning coffee and essential exercise at my place. Box 201 GWM ISO DYNAMIC INDIVIDUAL. Must be: GM, 35-40, handsome, spiritually aware, in good shape, good sense of humor, independent, able to appreciate nature, able to travel and adapt. Photo a must. Box 179
MARRIED COUPLE, EDUCATED— she's 28, he's 30—seeks clean, attractive BiF for friendship and more. Please write and let us know what you like. We will respond. Box 194
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