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CLUBS: The Veer Union at Frankie’s 5 FINE ARTS: Chelsea Tipton passes the baton 6 JERRY GRAY: No thanks, Dick and Debbie Downer 8 THE WORD I HEARD: It takes one to know one 9 CRYSTAL BOWERSOX: A frantic visit to Toledo 10 MUSIC: Kerry Clark’s long journey home 20 COMICS RACK: Politics in comics 21 POP GOES THE CULTURE: Miz in town with WWE 22

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survive covers by Metallica and No Doubt. We dare you not to have it in your head as you read this week’s tribute the 30th anniversary of the greatest sequel of all time. ✯

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Potent dynamics TVU brings clever rock from arena speakers to Frankie’s.

By Mighty Whyte TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAR STAFF WRITER star@toledofreepress.com

You know them; you’ve heard their music.

However, since you rarely see music credits listed after an NHL or NFL game or NASCAR race you may not have realized The Veer Union has music all over TV and radio.

The first thing to mention about TVU is that everything they write is massive, and most people have serious trouble getting these enormous, anthemic songs out of their head. If you think you’re unfamiliar with this band, check its myspace page (myspace.com/theveerunion) and you may be surprised at how many of these songs you’ve already heard.

This is radio-friendly commercial rock. This is pop rock, but these guys write music that lurks in the heavy corners of the “pop” envelope.

In terms of songwriting quality and sheer size of the tracks, think Nickelback meets Hinder.

Musically this is just straight rock with clever and somewhat formulaic arrangement, potent dynamics and balls-out vocals.

The band’s debut album, “Against The Grain” was released in 2009 and had an impressive im-

pact on the Billboard charts, peaking at No. 32. Its song “Seasons” peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard charts. “Seasons” was also adopted as the Stanley Cup-winning Pittsburgh Penguins’ theme song and was used in several other sports events.

While the success of one song doesn’t necessarily mean any one band is worth your time or money, if you’re into listenable rock that you can nod your head to and sing along with, this may be something you want to check out.

Vocalist Crispin Earl is a titan. Quite simply, the guy’s voice is strong and on point. No gutwrenching growls or bursts, just strong and confident vocal qualities that prevent these guys from sounding cheesy. Think Chad Kroeger and Lajon Witherspoon’s vocal strength with Seal’s cadence and control and you might start to give the man the respect he deserves.

Guitarists Eric Schraeder and James Fiddler blend perfectly and create a cohesive and thick sound that drives their tonal quality. These guys aren’t just all grind either, there are dynamic shifts that provide depth and texture matched only by the bigger names in rock.

Quite often the supportive role of the bassist is understated and underappreciated. Tonally Marc Roots puts the ass in the band’s firm and

The Veer Union will play Frankie’s on May 25.

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balanced sound. Roots’ playing style is straightforward and deadly accurate. His ability to give the guitars some extra low-end without standing out like a ghastly pimple on prom night proves his worth as a solid bassist.

Providing the bands rhythmic foundation is TVU’s former drum-tech Neil Beaton. After the loss of the band’s original drummer, Beaton was able to fill the gap immediately because of his familiarity with the band, their music and

his natural ability to hammer the skins. Beaton’s drumming skills aren’t groundbreaking or mind-numbing, but his display of control, power and dynamics speaks volumes to the man’s raw talent.

TVU will play at Frankie’s on May 25. Doors open at 9 p.m. and advance tickets are only $8; $10 at the door. Tickets are available at Ramalama and Culture Clash Records, or at any Ticketmaster outlet. ✯

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Starry night Conductor’s final Toledo performance is May 23.

By Colleen Kennedy TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

After seven seasons with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO), Resident Conductor Chelsea Tipton II will bid farewell to the Glass City. His final performance titled, “The Stars Align for the TSO,” will be a star-studded concert Sunday, May 23. The 4 p.m. event at the Stranahan Theater will feature Tipton, conducting and on clarinet, as well as special guest artists including Doc Severinsen, Mark O’Connor, David Shifrin, the Toledo Youth Orchestra and students of the Toledo Symphony School of Music.

Tickets are $25 or $50 and may be purchased by calling the box office (419) 246-8000 or visiting www.toledosymphony.com.

Tipton initially came to the TSO early in 2003 after serving as the associate conductor with the Savannah Symphony in Georgia, which suffered from budget issues and eventually went bankrupt.

He is leaving to serve as the music director of the Symphony of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. Tipton said the shelf life of an assistant conductor tends to be five to six years so his seven seasons with the TSO has been the “perfect amount of time” to accomplish his goals with the community and the orchestra. Eventually, he said, change is good for both sides.

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■ TIPTON CONTINUED FROM 6 “I’ve been applying for jobs and really wanting to make this move up to music director,” Tipton said. “I’ve been an assistant conductor for 11 years; seven years here in Toledo and four years down in Savannah. So I’ve paid my dues, I’ve worked hard, I’ve learned a lot and it’s time for me to now step up and see if I can shape an orchestra in the vision that I believe an orchestra should be in a community.”

Tipton was selected as a top candidate out of 140 applicants for the music director position in Beaumont. After a week-long interview period consisting of conducting rehearsals and a concert for the Symphony of Southeast Texas, Tipton said he knew almost immediately there was a connection.

“I didn’t know how my colleagues were but when I left there, I felt that I made a really good connection with the orchestra and liked the community; it’d be a good fit,” Tipton said. “A couple weeks later they called me and offered me the position.”

The position is a step up for Tipton and a goal he said he’s been striving toward for the past several years. Still, he’ll miss working with the TSO. “The level of musicianship here is just really high,” Tipton said. “We can do a lot so quickly because they come in so well prepared and they’re such good musicians. I’m definitely going to miss that.”

Toledo provided Tipton one of the greatest musical moments of his career during a first-season concert.

“We did the ‘Pines of Rome’ by Ottorino Respighi,” Tipton said. “There’s an offbeat brass part for the end and we used the Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps. So they were playing and the orchestra was playing and we get to the last chord and it’s blaring loud like a circus. I released the last note and the audience just leapt to their feet. It was really thrilling.”

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cluding “Music In Our Schools,” a program where the TSO adopts area high schools, mentors them and performs a side-by-side concert at the end of the program and “runout concerts” where the TSO performs at various venues throughout Toledo.

“One of the things this orchestra does better than any other orchestra is reach out to the community,” Tipton said.

“That is a real gem of an organization that really values the need for reaching out to the community.”

Aside from professional experiences, Tipton has developed a sentimental attachment to Toledo.

“This is the longest I’ve lived anywhere except for Greensboro, N.C., where I grew up, and I do regard Toledo as my home now,” Tipton said. “There’s a certain attachment one gains and I’ve developed as a conductor here. It’s been a very important growth period for me as a musician.”

That period allowed him to develop the skill set necessary for his career advancement. The orchestra has also developed, he said, referring to its scheduled Carnegie Hall appearance in May 2011, a prestigious accomplishment for both the TSO and the community.

TSO President and CEO Bob Bell said TSO is grateful for the years and energy Tipton poured into his position.

“He has been especially effective as an emissary, as a promoter of the Toledo Symphony and of good music,” Bell said.

“And he’s been especially focused on working with children and he’s just done a terrific job in that area. We’re delighted in his tenure and wish him success in his new venture.”

Tipton said it has been a “real blessing of a ride” and that he appreciates the support the TSO, its command and the community have shown him over the last seven years.

“Has it always been easy? Absolutely not,” Tipton said. “It’s hard —dealing with people, dealing with personalities — but that’s part of the gig. I’ve embraced that and we’ve made great music so I have no regrets whatsoever. None.” ✯

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Disaster relief concert The Ground Level Coffeehouse’s latest concert, which features the Cottonwood Jam String Band and Tahree Lane, will raise proceeds for the American Red Cross to benefit National Disaster Relief.

The event will take place at 7 p.m. May 26.

“The concert first came together at the suggestion of the Funhouse Writers Group, which is sponsoring the event,” said Spencer Cunningham of the Cottonwood Jam String Band. “I’m a member of the Mennonite church and usually in any area they have disaster service to help those in need. I thought I should do something to help, it just felt right.”

The band, which was founded in 2008, also features Renata Burgett, Marti Clayton and Cole Christensen.

“Our sound is bluegrass, influenced by folk music and groups like the Carter Family. This is deep roots music, real Americana. Our music is about life, about things that are happening all around us; it will just make you want to move. We are very lucky in this area, to have a bluegrass community that is large, supportive and alive,” Cunningham said.

Cunningham first became interested in music in college nearly 40 years ago, and began performing in various groups about 12 years ago after rediscovering Appalachian string music.

“Spencer was really the glue that pulled all of us together,” Burgett said.

“This event is really such a good opportunity to do something for others. I’ve always used my music as a way to connect with people; it has been a great social tool in my life. After we decided to do this show I talked to the Red Cross and asked them if we could donate money through this concert, and they were very happy to help, made things very easy.”

Admission is $10 and includes a dinner buffet. The Ground Level Coffeehouse is located at 2636 W. Central Ave. For more information about the event, call (419) 671-6272 or visit www. groundleveltoledo.com. ✯ — John Dorsey

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his week’s article has as much to do with art as it does walleye fishing, coffee shops, bars, alternative energy, cloudy skies, strip clubs, school levies, the East Side or the Old West End. I learned a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, if you don’t have something nice to say ... then shut your mouth. That, along with a firm handshake, looking someone in the eye when I’m speaking sincere and giving credit where credit is do are truisms that I try to live by.

Save yourself some frustration and drop some of that dead weight this summer; leave the complainers and pessimists to their own devices. Surround yourself with folks who are sincere in their daily approach. Let the Dick and Debbie Downers enjoy their loathsome lonely selves by themselves and let them know why. You don’t need it.

The negativity and complaints of “there is nothing to do,” “this town sucks,” “I wanna move”, “there are no opportunities here,” “I’m bored,” blah blah blah ... all of this is unwelcome in my circle of friends and I like it like that. These constant/consistent complaints can become, for all intents and purposes,

emotionally and mentally abusive.

Shedding the responsibility of feeling as though you somehow need to console your friends (or even family) is a rewarding sensation.

Doing so will free you up to spend your karmatic currency elsewhere, on more fruitful endeavors while increasing your interest rate exponentially.

Don’t be a jerk, just show some conviction. Don’t be negative just question them as often as they mention whatever mucky bog it is that they want you to join them in. Feel strongly about your stance and speak about what you know.

Which could very simply be that you like living in Toledo, you like living in a city where you don’t have to work three jobs to make your rent, you

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Quit complaining and cut loose from the negativity noose — Dick and Debbie Downer are not welcome here.

enjoy the laid back mentality and local businesses you frequent where people know your name and appreciate your business as much as you appreciate them being there.

There are many ways to make your point to a naysayer.

Honest conviction is a necessity, however.

I understand the fact that there are a lot of people that are simply negative no matter what and no matter GRAY how hard you try there is unfortunately no possible words to keep them from simply talking shit about everything around them.

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Show them some love, your love for Toledo, what it is you appreciate.

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Lead by example, as they say.

Lastly, keep yourself in check ... if you’re reading this and the only thing going through your mind is the belief that I’m some hypocritical bitcher bitching about bitchers ... you missed the entire point.

Constructive criticism is a whole other ball of wax which should not be taken personally or digested wholeheartedly, perhaps simply contemplated and used as a tool of sorts to draw your own conclusions. I can hold nothing against someone who wants to move or experience other things.

I do, however, have something against people who voice shallow complaints about their situation and preach about how moving away is the key they’re looking for or even worse, they don’t consider how to make their situation any better. That is the point I guess: quit your bitch. ✯ Jerry Gray is an artist, writer, vocalist, bartender, gallery owner and advocate of the Toledo Potential, which promotes the retaining and featuring of artistic talent and culture in our city.

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It takes one to know one Midwest DJ and Urban Music Conference in Cincinnati scheduled for May 22.

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he golden era of aspiring singers waiting outside of Motown Records, singing for the CEO and realizing their dreams come true are gone. The days of hopeful rappers selling their albums out of their trunks and mailing their demos to Def Jam, then miraculouslyy acquiring a record deal purely based on their talent, are ancient.

Times must, and always do, change, and the music industry has changed right along with them.

The cliché, it’s all about who you know, is stronger in the music industry more than ever. Toledo isn’t exactly in the heart of the entertainment industry, so knowledge may seem unattainable. Two LIL years ago, Core DJ and Cincinnati radio personality DJ Dimepiece saw a need for her fellow Ohioans to further grasp the concepts needed to further their careers, and she did something about it.

With its conception in April 2008 in Cincinnati, the Midwest DJ and Urban Music Conference, coordinated by DJ Dimepiece and supported by the Core DJs and other sponsors, is a chance for unsigned artists to gain knowledge and build relationships with industry insiders. As DJ Dimepiece says, “It’s all about who you know that gets you there, but what you know will keep you there.”

This year, the Music Conference will take place on May 22 at the Duke Energy Convention Center in downtown Cincinnati.

There will be several unique and informative panels, including “How to Work a Record 101” and “Marketing and Branding.”

Confirmed guests include Core DJ CEO Tony Neal, producer of Trey Songz’ “Say Ahh” (and Cleveland native) Young Yonny, and other hit-making producers, and radio program directors from Cleveland (WENZ), Louisville (B96) and other stations, and several record executives and DJs. And the list continues to grow.

The Conference will also host a “Who’s the Best in the Midwest” showcase, where

unsigned artists can not only perform for all the panelists, but receive feedback from them, and get a song slot on the official conference mixtape. There will also be a “Battle of the Beats” for producers and an “MC Battle” for battle rappers.

The two biggest issues for artists attending panels are skepticism as to what their money will be used for, and lack of preparation for attending a panel. While DJ Dimepiece is aware that some people are only out to swindle artists and take their money, she assures that “we don’t make money from throwing events like this.” As a radio personality and DJ, she too attended seminars, networking and building relationships and truly understands the artists’ concerns. She says while artists must look at themselves “as a product or business and invest in it,” don’t be afraid to “do the research on the person and/or company” to make sure your investment is protected.

As far as attending the panel, artists should bring “an open mind, and pen and paper.” This is the time to not only soak in information, but ask questions and take notes.

Also, presentation is vital. One of the panels is on marketing and branding; artists should always appear as if they are getting ready to perform.

For more information on the event, including registration, a schedule of events, a full list of panelists, and more, visit the website midwestmix.com.

DJ Dimepiece is a true hybrid of talent and connections, and she knows artists must “make [themselves] stand out…to let record execs know they’re serious.”

The Midwest DJ and Urban Music Conference is an excellent way for an artist to embark on the journey of learning, connecting and networking that is needed to earn that platinum plaque. ✯

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Crystal chaos A whirlwind Friday with the Bowersox bandwagon.

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rom the moment Ryan Seacrest announced Crystal Bowersox, along with Lee DeWyze and Casey James, were our top three “American Idol” contestants, the excitement at FOXToledo and throughout the rest of the city kicked into high gear.

After “Crystal-izing” nearly 1,000 lollipops (by putting “American Idol” labels on them), I headed to the studio May 13 to prepare for her visit. The lobby of our building was awesomely transformed into a perfect small concert venue; the conference room was a green room lounge-like area with tons of drinks and snacks, including sushi

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(one of Crystal’s favorite foods) and several flavors of Crystal Light (get it?); the vibe surging through the halls was reminiscent of the hours before midnight midnigh on New Year’s Eve. From the lobby, the crowd of gathered fans watched and waited for our local celebrity to arrive. When Crystal finally arrived, she posed for pictures, signed autographs, performed some of her original songs, took part in a live interview in the studio and only stopped for less than a minute to enjoy a bite of sushi (and chuckle at the Crystal Light). She said she feels that she has stayed exactly the JOHNCOLA same but the world around her is altogether different.

Imagine going on vacation for three months and coming back famous ... craziness!

The FOXToledo crew —Allison Brown and I, along with Shaun Hegarty and Laura Emerson — got to ride in Mustang convertibles through the streets of Downtown Toledo for Crys-

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tal’s parade. We were in front of Crystal’s car, but you could hear and see the exploding applause and enthusiasm as she rolled by.

The Toledo concert at Levis Square was a success. People were packed on the lawn, on surrounding roofs and my personal favorite, on every level of nearby parking garages to get a glimpse.

Next it was time to head to Ottawa County.

We stopped to eat at Blackberry Corner Tavern where a local resident showed us a picture of Crystal singing when she was 6 years old. After lunch we headed to the next parade and saw countless signs and banners cheering on and

supporting Elliston’s “American Idol.” At this point I had chills trying to imagine what she must be feeling driving through her hometown and seeing all of this.

When Crystal performed this time, I was able to watch from backstage and stood right behind her boyfriend and baby, who was moving and grooving to his MammaSox’s jams (Catch some of the footage on my page at FOXtoledo.com!).

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I can’t speak for other fans, but for me the burning desire for more “Star Wars” began the moment the first film’s credits rolled. For three whole years, I sweated in anticipatory fever, while George Lucas doled out tantalizing teases for “The Empire Strikes Back” in what amounted to a late-70s version of viral marketing.

As early as 1977, a book called “The Star Wars Album” proclaimed the sequel as scheduled for fall of 1978 — needless to say, 1978 came and went with no sign of such a film (I was crushed). People magazine was the first place I saw the actual title of the sequel and I scratched my head over that one; what a weird title for a movie, I remember thinking. Then, fast and furi-

ously, the teases came: the Kenner Toys mail-in for a “Boba Fett” action figure, the first pic (the tauntaun) in The Blade, concept paintings in “Famous Monsters,” Mark Hamill sporting his ESB duds on “The Muppet Show,” John Williams conducting the ESB “asteroid” music from the film’s score on “The Boston Pops” — and finally, in August of 1979, a showing of “Star Wars” at the old Greenwood CiniMini with the first ESB trailer shown at the end of the flick. I was introduced to “Lando Calrissian” that fine day.

May of 1980 took its sweet time arriving and by then I was delirious from ESB fever.

The film opened at Showcase Cinemas on Monroe Street on Wed., May 21 and my dad, for whatever arcane and unjust reason, said he couldn’t take me until the following Saturday. Though shaken by the news, I determined to bury myself deep underground

to avoid spoilers. Alas, it wasn’t to be — a drunken partygoing friend of my sister’s ruined ESB’s big surprise for me.

Yes, that’s right; I’m “that guy” — I was told that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker’s father before actually seeing the film.

Yet, that didn’t crush me — not completely — and on Saturday, May 24 I was treated to the “Star Wars” spectacle that is “The Empire Strikes Back.” It was everything I wanted it to be and so much more and as I sat in front of the old No. 1 screen at Showcase I reveled in the new adventures of my heroes and marveled at the surreal feel of it all. No, one drunken idiot couldn’t spoil that for me — nor Norm Dresser, for that matter.

Surely you remember the late Norm Dresser, Blade entertainment editor back in 1980? He’d already gained a reputation with me as The Man Who Hated Every Movie and I’ll admit that I somewhat

dreaded the snarky review I was sure he’d saddle ESB with. The review came out and though on the surface it was favorable, between the lines I sensed his bewilderment and condescension. Re-reading the review, that opinion still stands.

Norm spends more time noting that ESB was a “Happening” than actually reviewing it. He makes snide little comments, using the term “space-y” and making dumb jokes like calling the Empire’s AT-ATs “giant Erector sets.” By the end of the review, he admits that “it is perhaps fruitless to approach ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ in the normal manner of a critic” and wraps it up by noting that while the special effects are great, “only ‘Star Wars’ aficionados are likely to feel responsive emotional sensations” from the film.

But I’m not bitter. I waited three years to see that film — and it was worth every single minute of sweet, sweet anticipation. ✯

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DAGOBAH, NEBRASKA A personal essay on the impact of ‘The Secret.’

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1. I remember the summer of 1980 for two reasons. It was when “The Empire Strikes Back was released” and it was when my friend Andy and I hitchhiked from California to Boston. We saw “Empire” near the middle of our trip, in a small Nebraska town, and forever in my mind the two things will be connected: hitchhiking with Andy and Luke’s journey toward discovering that Darth Vader is his father.

My traveling buddy was something of a wookie: with Andy at 6’6” and me at 6’3”, I sometimes wonder why anyone picked us up. We set out on a beautiful day, our first ride across the Sierras in the back of a pickup. Andy had seen “Empire” before we left, and he tortured me for two days before Nebraska over “the secret.”

The end of our first day was at the Mustang Ranch, a legal brothel near Reno. I’d like to believe that it was then, sleeping beside the brothel parking lot, when Andy first mentioned it. Andy had enjoyed himself at the whorehouse — he was actually whistling a happy tune — but I’d had a problem with, ah, finishing. I’ve never been, thank God, to a prostitute again.

We threw down our sleeping bags beside the road and he asked me something like, “Do you want to know something about the movie that you might not want to know?” I’m certain the sentence was convoluted by his desire to both tell the secret and keep it.

2. Leigh Brackett is credited as the original writer of “Empire,” working from a story by Lucas. In the continuing colonization of my imagination, an important flag was planted by Howard Hawks with “Rio Bravo.” Brackett — a woman — wrote that script, which I think about as much as I think about “Empire.” She is also credited (along with William Faulkner) on Hawk’s “The Big Sleep” as well as Robert Altman’s revisionist look at Raymond Chandler’s “The Long Goodbye.” She wrote the first draft of “Empire” just before she died of cancer.

(Subsequent drafts were written by that young buck Lawrence Kasdan.)

“Rio Bravo” is a Western about a drunk — played brilliantly by Dean Martin — who redeems himself. It’s also a story about the strength of his friends who allow him to redeem himself.

It’s a great action movie — one of the best ever — but it essentially comes down to John Wayne wondering whether his best buddy has the cojones to put down the bottle while both of them

are besieged by bad guys. I enjoy thinking that this was Leigh Brackett’s contribution to the script because it seems like a womanly concern — watching men support each other — but Brackett has said that Hawks wanted that, too.

3. Wookies that we were, we spent many hours on the side of the road. Hitchhiking compels you to find new places within yourself. A few months before this trip, I had heard God’s voice beside a road in Ukiah, Calif., simply because there was nothing else to do but hear God’s voice (He told me what He often tells me: “you’ll be okay”). After Andy and I had talked about everything we could possibly talk about, we talked about everything else. We made up silly songs about hitching a ride. We decided that I would try to guess the secret of “Empire.”

I tried. I got stuck on the notion that it must be about Princess Leia or that it involved the death of a major character. We had agreed that Andy would not give me any hints, though, and I ran out of ideas pretty quickly.

Finally, in the day before we saw “The Empire Strikes Back” in Nebraska, I gave Andy permission to ruin the movie for me. Go ahead, tell me. I never would have guessed it, and yet it made perfect sense. Even as we waited in line on those impossibly clean streets

with those impossibly well-mannered teenagers, that thought balloon was still hovering above my head: Darth Vader is Luke’s father?

Andy had robbed me of the surprise, but he had left me with the majesty. He had tried to explain to me the context of the “there is another” bit, but he screwed that up, and I didn’t understand until I saw the movie.

“The Empire Strikes Back,” however, was not a joyous experience for me. Which is not to say that it was a bad experience. Walking from the theater, I felt like my imagination had been imploded. And this had nothing to do with the “secret” of the movie. I had been disturbed by the way the movie started and I was even more disturbed by the way it ended.

Luke begins maimed and ends up even more maimed. Did we really have to wait three years for all this to be resolved? There’s a reality at work in “Empire” that is absent — and should be absent — from the rest of the trilogy.

Cutting off Luke’s hand, I have to say, wouldn’t have been any more shocking to me if it had been his penis.

4. In some sense, it was Luke’s penis. “Empire” was the film, remember, where Luke is revealed as a eunuch. Was there any doubt left that our boy would not be getting the only girl

left in the galaxy? That look on Carrie Fisher’s face when Han is frozen always kills me. It’s clear that Skywalker is alone with nothing to look forward to but completing his Jedi training. Without a hand. And with a face that doesn’t look quite right.

Let’s talk about Mark Hamill’s face. He suffered a car accident between the filming of “Star Wars” and “Empire.” The way I heard it, the Wampa sequence at the start of “Empire” was necessary because it accounted for the changes in Luke’s face. Hamill’s skin looked like it had been scoured by bad dreams, as though he had been melted and recast in a different form. He looked damaged.

“The Empire Strikes Back” is a story about failure. In Luke’s case, a very particular kind of failure. He loses sight of the big picture and therefore jeopardizes the entire rebellion. He abandons his Jedi training in order to help his friends, and his friends end up in worse shape.

The movie ends with Han in the clutches of Boba Fett, and it’s a real question as to whether Luke’s going to pull his head out enough to help him. Join me, Luke. It is your destiny.

5. A comparison between Dean Martin and Mark Hamill might seem a stretch, but there’s nothing more shocking to me in “Empire”

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than what a prick Luke turns out to be. His contempt for Yoda, his wimpiness during his Jedi training, his terrible defiance of his master in leaving Dagobah — it’s really quite shocking.

Lucas must have imagined that the clouds of glory trailing from the destruction of the Death Star would get young Skywalker over the hump, but I remain unconvinced.

“The Empire Strikes Back,” it seems to me, has similar concerns as “Rio Bravo.” Yoda does what he can to see that Luke will recover from his selfishness and short-sighted goals to become the man who can save the galaxy from Darth Vader, but whereas John Wayne was successful with Dean Martin, Yoda was not successful with Luke. Luke leaves the Dagobah system on his dubious quest to keep his friends from pain as Yoda warns him that “he would destroy all for which they have fought and suffered.” And then, if that weren’t enough, we’re given the conversation between Yoda and the ghost of Ben Kenobi in the moment after Luke leaves: there is another.

Forgive me for complaining about a movie that I dearly love, but wouldn’t that be a little like John Wayne sobering up Dean Martin, sending him into a gunfight and then telling Walter Brennan, “Don’t worry about it, if this guy doesn’t pan out, we can always get Sinatra’?”

6. “Return of The Jedi” was downgraded, you remember, from “Revenge of the Jedi.” I couldn’t help but see it as a recognition of Luke’s diminished power. Does anyone remember what Luke did in that movie? As the new title

suggests, his main job seems to be showing up.

At the end of the trilogy, he is even more spectral than Ben Kenobi. Ultimately, it’s the Ewoks who destroy the empire.

7. In the days after seeing “Empire,” I felt betrayed to discover that my impulse to make Luke the hope of the galaxy may have been misplaced.

That bit of information — “there is another” — ruined my day even more than the idea that Luke had washed out of Jedi training or that Darth was his father. For me, that was the most radical thing about the film. Not that Luke might be turned to the dark side (that might have been cool). What bothered me was the idea that he might no longer be the protagonist. That didn’t seem right to me.

So much had depended on him. I teach creative writing, and there’s nothing that my students love more than a trick ending, although I do my best to dissuade them. Looking at “The Empire Strikes Back” from a distance of 30 years, I’m much more surprised by Luke’s defiance of Yoda than I am by Luke’s father. I’m happy to be able to report to my students that the big secret of “Empire” doesn’t amount to much. The reason that none of the actors guessed it is because it’s not essential to the structure of the story. At best, it’s a side show to the real questions which will not be answered by the end of the movie: Does Luke have the cojones to save the galaxy?

And if he doesn’t, who will? O Dan Barden is a novelist and professor at Butler University in Indianapolis.

Some things you may not know about ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ “Star Wars” arcana and minutiae run deep and there is always much to learn, young Jedi — open your mind to the Force and observe some little-known facts about everyone’s favorite science fiction sequel.

✦ See Luke Run. That grand opening shot on the icy planet of Hoth was actually filmed from a helicopter in Norway, with a stop-motion animated Luke Skywalker and faithful tauntaun superimposed into the shot. Note: that lone outcropping of rock helped the special effects guys line up the shot. ✦ “Hey, Normie!” If you look closely, you may notice actor John Ratzenberger — Cliff the mailman from “Cheers” — as a Rebel officer on Hoth. ✦ Wither Wampa? An ejected subplot involved the Wampa ice creatures invading the Rebel base. A remnant of this can be seen in the original ESB trailer when C-3PO tears a warning sign off a door to lead the Snowtroopers into the Wampas’ clutches. ✦ You Kiss Your Princess with That Face? The damage to Luke’s face by the Wampa was also meant to explain the changes in Mark Hamill’s kisser after a

1977 car accident nearly wiped his nose off. A filmed scene showing a medical droid peeling bandages from his face wound up on the cutting room floor. ✦ Birth of a Boba. Bounty Hunter Boba Fett did not make his debut in ESB; he first appeared in an animated segment on the 1978 “Star Wars Holiday Special.” It is the only stomachable part of that entire, ill-fated TV show. ✦ You Light Up My Life. The strange design for Boba Fett’s ship, Slave 1, was inspired by some street lamps found outside of the concept artists’ studio. Fellow bounty hunter IG-88 wasn’t as creative; his mechanical head was cobbled together from leftover pieces of the cantina set from “Star Wars.” ✦ You Know…What? Han Solo’s famous retort of “I know” to Leia’s “I love you” was an ad lib of Harrison Ford’s, improvised on the set after director Kershner deemed the scripted lines “stinky.” ✦ Borrow from the Best. The entire sequence of Luke losing his hand, falling off the gantry and his eventual resurfacing to resume his life is a Star Wars version of the classic folkloric motif “The Armless Maiden.” O — Jim Beard

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Boba fetish Actor Jeremy Bulloch helped create the icon of an ‘Empire.’

By Jeff McGinnis TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAR STAFF WRITER star@toledofreepress.com

Boba Fett. The most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy. A ruthless killing machine who towers over his scenes in “The Empire Strikes Back” with unquestionable presence and power.

Jeremy Bulloch. A British actor who has appeared on stage, screen and television for more than half a century. One of the most gracious and kind men you’d ever want to talk to, a man who treats his fans with generosity and warmth.

And he has many fans, to be sure. For Bulloch and Boba are one and the same.

The 65-year-old actor made his debut in the famous suit 30 years ago, though in a recent interview, he insisted his contribution to the character’s iconic look was little more than a happy accident of tailoring.

“I think I’m just very lucky to have been part of it, and I happened to fit the costume rather well. Almost as if a tailor had been over for three weeks. But I put the one outfit that there was, and I put that on, and it fit me like a dream. So I think I was a winner right from the start.”

Bulloch has sold his

own contributions short, of course.

But the man is incredibly humble.

A conversation with him reveals a genuinely kind individual, one who treats his association with a cultural icon like “Star Wars” as a privilege.

And it’s an icon that will see a great deal of activity in this, the 30th anniversary of “Empire.” Bulloch’s schedule is full of visits to conventions and celebrations, including a mid-May stop at the Motor City Comic Con in Novi, Mich., followed by a month of hosting “Star Wars” weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida.

Bulloch’s presence on the convention circuit has increased in recent years, with the “Empire” anniversary’s approach and a cameo appearance in “Revenge of the Sith” spurring an increase of interest. And Boba Fett has remained one of the most popular characters in the “Star Wars” universe since his debut, despite relatively short screen time. Why? “I tend to say different things to different people, because there are actually different reasons.

No. 1, the costume looks fantastic. Already, Boba Fett is sort of a war machine. And he stands there with his gun. He’s very good at what he does. And he captures Han Solo! Easily! But Han Solo comes back, because the hero has to — but he gets respect from that. He answers Darth Vader back, and of course, not a lot of people do that and get away with their life. He doesn’t care.

“And I think he’s very fair in the way he treats people.

He’ll say, ‘I’m gonna kill you.’

And he’ll almost tell you the time. At least he’s letting you know!”

Bulloch said guidance about the character was somewhat sparse on the set of “Empire,” though he said that Irwin Kirshner was a “lovely director.”

“I think you put a lot of your own stuff in, because otherwise you’d be a mannequin. And they’d say, ‘Oh, let’s get this guy and just stand there, will you?’ Yes, you take direction, and just stand there, but you put a lot of your own stuff in. Because otherwise, people — my wife would say, ‘How was it today?’ ‘Oh, I just stood there.’ ‘All day?’

‘Yes, all day. I just stood there.’ And occasionally, the director would come up, ‘Oh, yes, you’re good Jeremy.’”

Though the character is enormously popular, Fett meets a rather anticlimactic demise in “Return of the Jedi” — knocked into the deadly Sarlacc pit almost by accident. What was Bulloch’s impression when he read the script?

“There was no impression at all, because I never had a script. I mean, it was really — the few lines I had didn’t really it was probably a waste of paper,” he joked. “With something like ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ or ‘Return of the Jedi,’ it’s quite nice not to know what’s going to happen.

“So, it was quite a bit later on that I found out that I was going into the pit, which was really disappointing. I was hoping I’d be on (the film) for weeks and weeks and weeks.”

Still, Bulloch insisted it’s important for people to not feel too sorry for Boba.

As far as he’s concerned, the story had a happy ending — for himself and his famous alter-ego.

“More people talk about ‘Star Wars’ than probably any other group of films,” he said. “And they talk about that particular scene, going into the Sarlacc pit. And they say, ‘You get out, don’t you, Mr. Bulloch?’

And I say, ‘Oh, of course! I’d stay down there for six months, to get money out of other bounty hunters in the Sarlacc pit, and I’d opened a Hooters bar’.” ✯

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What’s what, where and when in NW Ohio

Compiled by Whitney Meschke Events are subject to change.

MUSIC Bitter End Restaurant & Bar: If you like your entertainment with a lake view, this may be your spot. 900 Anchor Pointe Road, Curtice. (419) 836-7044 or www.bitterendbar.com. ✯ Video DJ Trip: May 21. ✯ Bitter Reg’s Party: May 22. ✯ Video DJ Trip: May 28, no cover. ✯ Razz and Sonzz: May 29, no cover. ✯ Bobby May and Dry Bones Revival: May 30, no cover.

The Blarney Irish Pub: Catch local acts while taking in the pub’s modern Irish and American fare. 601 Monroe St. (419) 418-2339 or www.theblarneyirishpub.com. ✯ Astra (Resonant Soul acoustic): May 20. ✯ MAS FiNA: May 21. ✯ 2 Dudes & a Chick: May 22. ✯ Kyle White: May 27. ✯ The Bridges: May 28. ✯ Freak Ender: May 29.

Bronze Boar: Be sure to check out this Warehouse District tavern’s namesake, overhead near the entrance. 20 S. Huron St. (419) 244-2627 or www.bronzeboar.com. ✯ Open mic night with Chris Knopp: Mondays. ✯ Ben Barefoot and Friends rock out: Tuesdays. ✯ Brandon Duke: Wednesdays through Aug. 4. ✯ Joe Woods Band: May 20. ✯ Gin Bunny: May 21. ✯ Dave Carpenter & Jaeglers: May 22. ✯ Rivers Edge: May 27. ✯ Swamp Kings: May 28. ✯ Coosters: May 29. ✯ Sean Mullady: May 30-31.

Brooklyn’s Daily Grind:

Frankie’s:

Headliners:

Coffee and music, what more can one want?

If a snack is the answer, this is your spot. 723 Airport Hwy., Holland. (419) 724-1433 or www. brooklynscafe.com. ✯ Decent Folk: 8-11 p.m. May 21. ✯ Jeremy Wheeler: 8-11 p.m. May 22. ✯ Tom Harms: 8-11 p.m. May 28. ✯ Criss Sayre: 8-11 p.m. May 29.

Toledo’s venue for rock. Tickets vary between $5 and $14, unless noted. 308 Main St. (419) 6935300 or www.FrankiesInnerCity.com. ✯ Attila, Dr. Acula, Blind Witness, A Hero A Fake, All Hope Abandon, In the Hands of a Nihilist: 6 p.m. May 19. ✯ Cash Cash, Erickson, Friday Night Fever, First Kiss Denial, All Night Dynomite, Two Flights Up, Miles Before Sleep: 5 p.m. May 20. ✯ Title Fight, Citizen, Living Like Ghosts, Two Flights Up: 5 p.m. May 21. ✯ Homeward Bound, Adams Dagger, Highbinder, Yeti Machete: 9 p.m. May 21. ✯ Local H, Kinch, Sinker: 9 p.m. May 22. ✯ Memphis May Fire, Jamie’s Elsewhere, I Am Abomination, Goodbye Blue Skies, Once at War: 6 p.m. May 23. ✯ The Veer Union, Taddy Porter, Like a Storm, Endless Envy, the Unlikely: 7 p.m. May 25. ✯ Vivian Banks, Measure the Redshift, Novallo, Eloise, Pavidus: 9 p.m. May 29. ✯ Legend, Kansas City Shuffle, Not Without a Fight, Love as Revenge, Ocean of Deceit: 6 p.m. May 30. ✯ Hester Prynne, Did You Mean Australia?, Aegeon, Vanquish the Populace: 6 p.m. May 31.

All ages, all genres are welcome. 4500 N. Detroit Ave. Ticket prices vary between $5 and $15, unless noted otherwise. (419) 269-4500 or www.headlinerstoledo.com. ✯ Corey Feldman: 7 p.m. May 25, $15-$18. ✯ Keeping Riley, 3 Fold Reversed, Rich and Growing Sicker, No Privileges, Test to the Theory, the Shame Game, Pharoah’s Eye, Whetherhead, Vengeance Day: 4 p.m. May 29, $10-$12. ✯ GZA: 7 p.m. May 30, $15-$18. ✯ Miles Before Sleep, Icarus Account, 12 Track Radio, Connery, Drew Kaseman: 6 p.m. May 31.

Caesars Windsor: If you have your passport, consider hopping the Detroit River for this casino’s entertainment offerings. Ticket prices, in Canadian dollars, are for the cheapest seats; attendees must be 19 or older. Caesars Windsor Colosseum, 377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor, Ontario. (800) 991-7777 or www.caesarswindsor.com. ✯ Chicago: 9 p.m. May 22, $29. ✯ George Thorogood and The Destroyers: 8 p.m.

May 27, $29.

Degage Jazz Cafe: Signature drinks, such as pumpkin martinis, plus live local jazz performers. 301 River Road, Maumee. $5 Tuesdays-Thursdays. (419) 7948205 or www.degagejazzcafe.com. ✯ Gene Parker & Friends: Wednesdays. ✯ Tim Whalen: Thursdays. ✯ Gene Parker: May 21-22. ✯ Matt Gozzard Video: May 25 and 27. ✯ Cynthia Kaay Bennett: May 28-29.

The Distillery: Karaoke is offered Tuesdays, but paid entertainers rock out Wednesdays-Saturdays. 4311 Heatherdowns Blvd. (419) 382-1444 or www. thedistilleryonline.com. ✯ Dave Carpenter: May 19. ✯ The Bridges: May 20-22. ✯ Tony & Lyle: May 26. ✯ Jeff Stewart & the 25’s: May 27-29.

Ground Level Coffeehouse: Mix your beans with some music for an eclectic brew. Open mic on Monday nights.

2636 W. Central Ave. (419) 671-6272. ✯ Jazz jam session: 7 p.m. first and third Wednesdays of each month. ✯ Independent movie night: second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. ✯ Toledo Classical Guitar Ensemble: May 19. ✯ “The Dutchman”: May 20. ✯ Bob & Kevin: May 21. ✯ Faux Paus: May 22, $3. ✯ The E Zone erotic poetry: May 27, $3. ✯ Watson St. Loft: May 28. ✯ May 29: Heritage Rose, 2 p.m.; Swill Gates, 8 p.m.

J. Patrick’s Restaurant & Pub: Live entertainment after 9:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. Holiday Inn French Quarter, 10630 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg. (419) 874-3111 or www.hifq.com. ✯ That Allie Girl: May 21-22. ✯ Double Dare: May 28-29.

Manhattan’s: This “slice of the Big Apple” in the Glass City puts on a show for the weekends. 1516 Adams St. (419) 243-6675 or www.manhattanstoledo.com. ✯ The Real Magicians: 6 p.m. May 20. ✯ Mo Jo Boes: May 21. ✯ John Barile: May 22. ✯ Wine tasting: 6:30 p.m. May 26. ✯ Quick Trio: 6 p.m. May 27. ✯ Tom Turner & Slow Burn: May 28. ✯ Quartette Bernadette: May 29.

Mickey Finn’s: A variety of genres to wash your drinks down with. Open mic nights, 8 p.m. Wednesdays, no cover; $5-$7 cover other nights. 602 Lagrange St. (419) 246-3466 or www.mickeyfinnspub.com. ✯ Resonant Soul: 9 p.m. May 21. ✯ Me Talk Pretty: 9 p.m. May 26. ✯ Jason LaPorte Trio: 9 p.m. May 27. ✯ Men Zingers: 9 p.m. May 28. ✯ Stegosaur: 9 p.m. May 29.

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Murphy’s Place: Jazz — straight, smooth, bebop or traditional — all kinds are played here. 151 Water St. $4-$8, unless noted. (419) 241-7732 or www.murphysplacejazz.com. ✯ Planned Parenthood fundraiser: 5-7:30 p.m.

May 20. ✯ Ellie Martin: 9 p.m. May 21. ✯ Glenda McFarlin: 9 p.m. May 22. ✯ Clifford Murphy and Claude Black: 8 p.m. May 24-25, free. ✯ Jeff Zavac: 9 p.m. May 28. ✯ Jeff Zavac and Atla DeChamplain: 9 p.m. May 29, $8-$10.

Omni: This Toledo club is a venue for music (and music lovers) of all types. 2567 W. Bancroft St. (419) 535-6664 or omnimidwest.com. ✯ Frontiers: 7:30 p.m. May 21, $7. ✯ Thunderstruck: 7:30 p.m. May 28.

Ottawa Tavern: Casual meals with weekend entertainment. 1815 Adams St. (419) 725-5483 or www.otavern.com. ✯ Wicked Lung, Wookalar, GoLab: May 21. ✯ Saw Had Eyes That Sea, Homeville Circle, Emily Gessner, DJ McGuillicutti, DJ MothCascades: May 22. ✯ Sinker, Joey & the Traitors, Dub Starlings, Dr. Rhomboid Goatcabin, Bastard Love Child and the Lesbian Commotion: May 28. ✯ Frank & Jesse, Adult Books: May 29.

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ment. 519 Monroe St. (419) 244-7722 or www.pizzapapalis.com. ✯ Kyle White: 7 p.m. May 20. ✯ Andrew Ellis & Setting Sons: 8 p.m. May 21. ✯ Boffo: May 22. ✯ Dave Carpenter: 7 p.m. May 27. ✯ Blue Kazoo: 8 p.m. May 28-29.

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The event will feature live entertainment, raffles, contests and classic cars. Food is provided by Navy Bistro and Rudy’s Hot Dog, with a cash bar available. A special “sockatini” has been developed for the event.

Individuals should wear their best 1950s costume because the event will feature a bestdressed competition, as well as a dance/twist contest and hula-hoop contest.

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A Tribute to the Music of John Denver: Jim Curry will provide the voice of the legendary folk/pop master, accompanied by the Toledo Symphony. 8 p.m. May 22, Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd. $21$60. (419) 246-8000, (800) 348-1253 or www.toledosymphony.com.

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The Big Sing: More than 60 singers from several area choirs will join the Masterworks Chorale for a community concert. The choirs will perform individually, then as one group. Workshops for performers start at 1 p.m. May 23; the concert starts at 7; Valentine Theatre, 400 N. Superior St. (419) 866-6624 to participate; (419) 2422787 for tickets, $7.50-$10.

Toledo Choral Society spring concert: Toledo Symphony benefit concert: Resident conductor Chelsea Tipton will bid his farewell at this show, featuring Doc Severinsen, David Shifrin on clarinet and violinist Mark O’Connor, to benefit music education. 4 p.m.

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Led by “Mr. Music” Sam Szor, this group will put on its seasonal show. 7:30 p.m. May 26, Blessed Sacrament Parish, 4227 Bellevue Rd. $10. (419) 472-2288 or visit the websites www.blessedsacrementtoledo.com or www.toledochoralsociety.org.

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New CD represents major evolution for Kerry Clark.

By Colleen Kennedy TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAR STAFF WRITER star@toledofreepress.com

Kerry Patrick Clark received an unusual inspirational gift: his computer crashed.

The 46-year-old folk artist recently released “On the Road to Human Being,” his first album in nine years this week.

The 14-track album, released May 1, includes titles such as “Hold it up to a Heart,” “Be the Change” and “I Just Danced.”

Clark said between his third record, and this, his fourth, there has been a whole life’s worth of songs that best encompass who he is now. Getting to this point, however, proved to be more challenging than anticipated.

After releasing his third album, “911 ... Songs to Heal a Nation,” in 2001, Clark suffered from a creative drought.

Until that point, the Toledoan had been titling himself as a Christian singer. Despite his lifelong spirituality, he said he’s never liked affiliating himself with one religion.

“It felt too stifling,” Clark said. “It feels like a box to me, the God that I know and worship is way bigger than that.”

By titling himself as a Christian artist, Clark said he was metaphorically checking himself into a box that was stifling his creativity.

He didn’t find freedom until having coffee with a friend one afternoon who asked Clark why he didn’t believe God was in the folk music he loved. Clark realized he could create music that still held spiritual meaning without titling it.

“It seems so trivial now but it was pretty profound for me then,” Clark said. “So that gave me permission to not call myself a Christian artist and be a folk singer and all of the sudden the music started coming back.”

Clark started creating in his basement recording studio, named Studio 234, a tribute to his first “recording studio” in his sister’s college dormroom, No. 234. After more than 1,000 hours of effort he had created the majority of a record but hit a snag when his laptop died unexpectedly one day in 2008.

Since Clark records and mixes on his laptop, production halted and his computer was shipped out to be repaired. When it was returned with a repaired motherboard, Clark tried to resume his work but found one of his drives was still failing.

He found what he thought was the corrupted drive and hit reformat.

What Clark had mistakenly ended up doing was reformatting one of his two backup drives.

Because of the way his two drives were connected, when one was down, he couldn’t read any information on the other. Consequently, Clark lost everything.

“It was weird though because he got over it like that,” Clark’s wife Amy said. “He was like, ‘Oh, OK. It’s supposed to be better.’”

“I was devastated for about two minutes,” Clark said. “I went, ‘Did what just happen really happen?’ So I did a couple things on my computer and went ‘Yep.’ And I sat back in my chair

Kerry Patrick Clark’s new CD, ‘On the Road to Human Being,’ was released May1.

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and thought, there’s probably a gift in this.”

Clark took three days to search his hard drives for material.

In addition to writing music for himself, Clark works with Songs of Love, a nonprofit that produces individualized songs for children who are chronically or terminally ill.

“I had just sent them a song and something said to me that I made a mistake on the child’s pronunciation or I missed a word and sure enough they called back,” Clark said. “Guess what? The only thing my programs found out of all of those hard drives was that song for Songs of Love. So I threw up a mic, started recording and the vocals were done in three days.”

The gift, Clark discovered, was that he got to start again.

“It’s just a recording; at some point you gotta let it go,” Clark said.

He called his band back into the studio and hunkered back down to work, this time with the goal to make the same CD, just better.

One of Clark’s favorites, “Time,” is a track that holds significant personal meaning.

The first verse and chorus were written on a train heading out of Moscow after Clark was

given serious news from a close friend.

“Here’s what’s really cool about song writing — you would never know the story listening to the song, of what that song was about.” Clark said.

In 1997, Clark visited Russia on behalf of Friends of Russian Orphans, a group that takes money and resources to a region of outside of Moscow. Upon arriving Clark’s long-time interpreter, a woman with whom he had entrusted with his life during visits, told him she would be unable to accompany him on his trip. Clark said she had several doctor’s appointments and had just received news that an existing cancer had spread to her head.

“So I’m looking at this woman, who I adore even though I’ve spent two weeks with her over the course of five years,” Clark said. “And in that instant it was a death sentence and I knew that.

The song came pretty quickly except I just had a first verse and a chorus. I was really bummed.”

When he arrived in Velsk, Russia, Clark quickly found the remaining verses at an orphanage he visited.

Two years prior to that particular trip, Clark and his wife had been in the process of adopting two Russian orphans. During the adoption pro-

cess, potential medical issues made it impossible for the Clarks to complete the adoption process.

Both children, who had since been fostered out, returned to the orphanage with their foster parents so Clark, who felt an emotional attachment to them, could see them again.

“The boy was the reason that we didn’t adopt,” Clark said. “And he was snuggling up to his mom playing with his thumb, laughing and he was fine. There isn’t a darn thing wrong with him. So I grabbed my guitar and started playing the song over and over and those second and third verses came.”

The album is $15 and only available to purchase through iTunes and at live performances.

Clark’s next performance is his solo-release concert on May 22 at the Monclova Community Center. The show starts at 7 p.m.; there will be a cover charge of $5. Listeners can receive a free download to preview a song off of “On the Road to Human Being” through Clark’s website, www.KerryPatrickClark.com.

“Hopefully the songs are good enough not only to stand alone but to evoke some story in you that you connect with the music,” Clark said.

“That’s the miracle of music.” ✯

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s this interview with Mike Mizanin, or his character â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Miz?â&#x20AC;?

The answer is a little of both. In the course of a conversation with the World Wrestling Entertainment star, two facets of a personality emerge. One is a kid who came from Parma, Ohio, who wanted to be a pro wrestler and is living his dream every day. The other is a brash, upstart individual who says what he thinks and treats every event on the show as 100 percent real.

It can be a little difficult to try and separate the two.

You ask what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to work with a legendary figure like Bret â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hitmanâ&#x20AC;? Hart, and Mike Mizanin tells you itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dream come true. Then the Miz adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even more of MIZANIN a dream to beat him up.â&#x20AC;?

There is no doubt it will be the Mizâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personality on display May 24, when WWE brings its flagship television show, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raw,â&#x20AC;? to Huntington Center. But for Mike Mizanin, the path to the bright lights of WWEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big show was taken on a road less traveled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was always a fan of WWE. I grew up watching Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Iron Sheik, the Rockers, Demolition â&#x20AC;&#x201D; growing up watching them, it was absolutely incredible. And you always look at those superstars, look at them like theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re larger than life, you know? And as a kid, like a 10-year-old kid growing up, you never realize that you can actually do that, you know?

Do that for a living.â&#x20AC;?

His first steps toward his dream would be on a television show that had nothing to do with wrestling. In 2001, Mizanin was attending college at Miami University (ironically, his second choice was UT), and saw an ad for a casting call for MTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Real World.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was like, oh my God, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always wanted to be on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Real World,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m gonna try out.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; All my friends told me, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ah, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not gonna make it, why try out? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so stupid.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I said, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m gonna try anywayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Mizanin was cast on the tenth season of the show, but was not completely comfortable at first â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which led to the birth of his alter ego. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I kinda was the outcast of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Real World,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and everyone kinda picked on me and just made fun of me. Finally, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take it anymore and created this character called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Mizâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that just said exactly what was on my mind and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care about the repercussions. And if I said something that was wrong, I would just blame it on The Miz. And so I would never get in trouble.â&#x20AC;?

After the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Real Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ended, Mizanin (or was it The Miz?) made a decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do I want to go back to Miami of Ohio and continue on doing the path that I was doing or do I want to do something else?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And I decided I wanted to do something else. Well, what do I want to do? What have I always wanted to do, what was my dream? And my dream was to be a WWE superstar.â&#x20AC;?

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Mizanin moved to California and enrolled in UPWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ultimate University, a training school, graduated the likes of fellow WWE star John Cena. He continued to appear on reality television shows, plugging The Miz character. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Four years later, WWE called and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Would you like to be a part of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tough Enough?

You could win a WWE conJEFF tract.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Absolutelyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.â&#x20AC;?

Though he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win the competition, Mizanin impressed WWE staff so much, he was offered a developmental deal. After a year of training, he made his main roster debut in 2006. Mizanin said his early days with the company were not easy. Many of his fellow performers resented his seemingly easy path to stardom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never considered it a free pass, but everyone in the locker room couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand me,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been hated, just because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m an outsider.

And I kinda like being an outsider. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather be an

outsider than be just like everybody else.â&#x20AC;?

But as time has passed, Mizanin has seen growing acceptance among his peers and from wrestling press for his improving ring work and character. Mizanin said he thrived on their criticism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always thrived on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s negativity, just like how I got on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Real Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those thousands of people telling me every day, booing me every time I go to that ring. I mean, those are the people that drive me, and make me better.â&#x20AC;?

And Mizanin (or, rather, The Miz) clearly hopes to give Toledoans plenty of reasons to boo him on May 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and said fans in attendance will experience something memorable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are going to be in for an amazing show. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna be insane, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna be fun,â&#x20AC;? he promised. â&#x153;Ż

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