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he big bad media. Images of good old Rupert, Mr. T, the Mouse and all the rest — behemoths of corporations that own your thoughts. That's the conception most consumers have of their media (if they do have an opinion of the media at all) and ultra-liberals don't help the cause by continuously proclaiming conspiracies. This issue, as you can tell, is about media: what it is, who it is, how it affects you and why we should actually give a critical damn. The simple axiom we're dealing with here is this: the media are ever-present in today's information society. In fact, it is the filter through which we experience much of our world and for this reason we must be intensely aware of what it is and where it comes from. If not for the sake of knowledge, for the sake of not slipping into a Disney® fantasy land, wallpapered by ads. Lexically, media is the plural of medium, a conduit through which information is passed. This is still the definition of media in many respects, and is why the Media is still a noble profession. Yet what has become so important today, even with the mass variety of sources available to the information consumer through blogs and the like, is to know the source of the information being fed to you through the conduit called media. Journalists, as part of their credo, take on the responsibility of being impartial messengers of "the news." With this statement, we already have two points of contention. The first is "impartial." We all know that to be impartial is to be without an opinion. Show me a person without an opinion and you'll have shown me a corpse. It's impossible. Luckily, "opinion" itself is not much more than a filtered — via your own preconceptions as well as others' — perspective, hopefully comprised of referential conclusions that have been critically analyzed. So, in my opinion at least, if you are in the position to distribute information, you better acknowledge your own bias while at the same time providing the reader with the most complete picture of an issue as possible, including the critical conclusion. Never lose sight of that first axiom and your place on it. The second point of contention in my previous statement is "the news." What is the news? Why does it matter? Does it matter? Very plainly, the news is a collection of information that has, or should have, consequence in your daily life.Yet time and time again, "the news" is partial, flacid and fluffy as a bunny. Take Fox News, for example (an easy one, I know). This "news" is billed as Fair and Unbiased, yet
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they fill their airwaves with pundits who are OBVIOUSLY playing for a conservative audience. Why would they do this? Are they trying to overthrow the liberal media conspiracy? Or are they just trying to secure themselves a rather large niche of the media market share (the neocons and old duffers who like pretty colors and soaring graphics)? Conspiracy theorists would have an easier time making their case if it weren't for people's greed. Throw money into the equation and you never know what the news will become. Why does the La Crosse Tribune do a biennial Pet Idol (eight full color pages, which, trust me, costs a lot to produce!) — to sell the two full-page color ads to PetCo. Now, obviously, there is still news on the other pages, but what does this teach the reader? That your daily source of vital information found it important enough to its readers' consciousness to include eight pages of pet photographs. Yet look at an international news agency and you might see three genocides, four wars and a coup going on at the same time. (By the way, I don't know what I find more insulting: that the Tribune finds it sufficient to have a single column of international news a day, or that its readers do.) It's clear, our news agencies aren't heralds of information; they are businesses who must make a profit.Expand or die, bitch. In a privatized media landscape (which in comparison with the rest of the world is somewhat of an anomaly) is it even worth fighting for "news"? The FCC used to have the job of insuring the relay of relevant information to the American citizen, but since that's not as profitable for companies, the FCC has repeatedly loosened its restrictions. The Industry would say that now people have the option of informing themselves via highly specialized niche blogs, so the roll of the newspaper must pander to the more general, entertainment based journalism (i.e.: the easily digestible graphs and shorts that make up USA Today). And as a company, they have a point. Which brings us to the grand question that nobody wants to ask: Why do we have privatized media? The answer is obvious, Americans are anti-social creatures and the doctrine of survival-of-the-fittest remains one of the main Modus Operandi in the business world, though socially, it was debunked in the 19th Century. In a way, business is the last Wild West, full of opportunity and small pox. Through my experience with this paper (almost four years now), it's become apparent to me that you cannot run an information circuit as a business.Too often there is a sensitive advertiser or a hair-brained ad scheme to increase sales (i.e.: our Golf Issue) that limits or even directs the content of the agency. Not that we're a real news agency, we just tell it how it is. So now that you know our bias, take a look at those other sources of information you take in. Ultimately, it can only be up to the reader to discern the pertinent information (not facts, that's a matter of opinion) sprinkled amongst what we call "news." — Joel Kuennen
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As the summer begins to heat up, so does the action in downtown La Crosse! Come on down to Riverside Park to celebrate the Fourth of July and summer in general! This year, there will be six stages with acts from all around, 16 area restaurants with food tents for your gastric enjoyment and more pleasantries culminating into over 200 hours of sheer entertainment and awesomeness! A Riverfest button costs $4 when purchased before the fest and $5 at the gate. There will be musical acts spanning everything from country to rock, a hypnotist and tons of other events for people of all ages to enjoy, including a special "just for kids" big wheel race! For a full guide of the events going at this year's Riverfest, turn to page 19!
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Second Supper’s finally on the social networking bandwagon, with a whole chain of townies to answer our deliciously revealing questions. Each week, the interviewee will name someone they're connected to, who will become the next person interviewed, and so it shall continue.You see? We really are all connected.
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Babbling blogs & the death of newspaper
By Adam Bissen
adam.bissen@secondsupper.com I’m sitting in a crowded lecture hall in the Minneapolis Convention Center and about 15 people around me are typing away on their laptops.We’re here for the 2008 National Conference for Media Reform, but most everyone in this room works at a medium that’s pretty new to me. The title of this particular panel discussion is “New Media, New Models, New Journalism,” and I’m a bit disappointed to learn these are all just code words for blogs.
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If you don’t know what a blog is — and judging from the common term for comments on the La Crosse Tribune Web site, a lot of people in this area don’t — just realize that most everyone in this room feels that these article/ analysis Web pages are the future of media. Not only did we all choose to attend this discussion on “Web logs,” but almost everyone with a computer actually appears to be live blogging the lecture on blogging. How meta. I peek over the shoulder of the 60-year-old man sitting in front of me and note that he updates his Twitter account every 10 minutes. The optimism of this panel discussion clashes notably with the one I walk into next: “Newspapers: Not Dead Yet?” (Gotta love the jaded newspaperman attitude in that title) Here the average demographic swings about 25 years older than that of Camp Blogger and — good God! — many attendees are actually reading yesterday’s news, printed on grey paper and folded across their laps. The mood here is much more dour. Moderating the panel is John Nichols, a lifelong newspaperman and a co-founder of Free Press, the media advocacy group hosting the conference for the fifth consecutive year. In explaining the conference’s purpose, Nichols makes no bones about what’s at stake: “We are afraid for
the future of journalism.” The world of print journalism, at least, could be politely described as being in an uncertain business climate. A number of factors have dogged newspaper dominance over the years — from Murrow to Cronkite to Blitzer — but this Internet thing seems to be a whole new beast. When radio news appealed to the illiterate or the lazy, newspapers became the reporting of record. While TV news could show moving pictures and sound, newspapers had permanence and depth. Not even 24-hour news networks posed a serious challenge, as newspaper reporters broke most of the stories of the day and Americans still preferred to read their news in the morning. But for the most part, the Internet is free, growing, as permanent as newspapers, multi-media enabled, uninhibited by word counts and more popular among younger readers. One response to the challenge of ‘Net reporting could be making newspapers sharper, broader, more analytical and more in depth. But when media conglomerates began gobbling up the nation’s independent, family-owned newspapers in the 1970s and ‘80s they introduced a profit-first philosophy of axing pages and staff before taking the hit to shareholders. “In the corporate model, the incentive to make good and hard-hitting journalism simply is not there,” says Ryan Blethen, publisher of the Seattle Times, one of the last family-owned daily newspapers in the country. And as the World Wide Web continues to eat away at newspaper readers and advertis-
ing revenues, recent newsroom cuts have been sharp. Over 2,400 journalists left the industry in 2007, a record 4 percent decrease in newspaper employment. With staff stretched thin, it becomes increasingly difficult for the professional papers to reach every neighborhood, chase every fact and break the big stories — and the bold new bloggers are filling the need. Back at blogger camp, it’s like a pep rally with people hooting from their seats. Armchair reporters are patting themselves on the back for breaking stories and forging a new universe of 24/7 reporting. The queen of the room is Marcy Wheeler, contributor to the political blog FireDogLake.com who helped break the Valerie Plame CIA leak case and covered the U.S. attorney firing scandal of 2006. By her account, mainstream media held back on those stories because they didn’t want to share their facts before they were ready. “Newspaper editors get set on ‘What is news?’ Whereas what we did was just put a piece of evidence on our Web site and just say ‘We don’t know what that means yet,” Wheeler tells a rapt audience. All around me, amateur bloggers pound that quote into their laptops where it could immediately be viewed by millions of people worldwide. Me, I struggle to scribble it all down in my little yellow reporters pad which I will later try to decipher, analyze, contextualize and present to readers on increasingly expensive newsprint. God, I am so screwed.
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Q&A with John Nichols, Co-Founder of Free Press sues, even when they made noise about it, there was a disconnect in the media because people would go out and do a protest march in La Crosse or Eau Claire or all sorts of small towns all across America, and they just weren’t heard. They didn’t get covered, and similarly that played out at the national level, where according to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, in the weeks before the start of the war there was literally no coverage of the anti-war position, and that’s a real crisis. SS: Why do you think that was?
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adam.bissen@secondsupper.com A 12-year-old John Nichols got his first taste of national political reporting in 1972 when he interviewed aspiring presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey as he campaigned in Nichols’ tiny hometown of Union Grove, Wisconsin. Seemingly ever since, Nichols has worked in media and kept his eye on people in power. In addition to serving as associate editor for the Capital Times in Madison, Nichols works as a Washington correspondent for The Nation and has authored several books on American history and co-authored others on media policy with noted scholar Bob McChesney. In 2002, the pair founded Free Press, which quickly became the nation’s largest media advocacy organization with nearly a half-million members. The organization hosted the 5th annual National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis last month, which is where I met Nichols for the first time. On Monday, he and I had a 25-minute telephone conversation about media consolidation, sloppy reporting and the tenuous state of the Capital Times. Second Supper:We’re putting together a whole issue on, I guess, media issues: consolidation, profit-driven media, the shortcomings that people don’t see when they’re consuming the news. John Nichols: a.) That is a very good area to focus on and b.) You’re looking at one of the core challenges there, which is that people don’t always think of media as an issue or something that happens to them. They think of media too often as something that is permanent and unchangeable and that it’s natural that media should be like this. So when you do your issue I think that’s very, very important because you sort of flip the light on. You flip the switch and tell people that something real is happening to
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Illustration by Rick Serdynski them, and it doesn’t have to happen like that. SS: It’s almost like Americans are so good at consuming things, news media included, that they never look at what’s behind it and the motivation driving it all. JN: That’s precisely right, but that’s not necessarily the fault of Americans. It is simply a reality. At some point activists and thinkers always have to sound the alarm, right? You wouldn’t expect somebody who’s working hard everyday trying to make ends meet to begin to calculate out how media is structured and all those things. And it’s not their job. They should have a right as American citizens to expect that their media system will not pollute the democratic discourse, that those who are given the incredible benefit of free access to the people’s airwaves will use them in at least a minimally responsible way. SS: Were there any concrete issues that led to the forming of Free Press, or was it just sort of a buildup of the media consolidation trends over the years? JN: That’s a very good question. Ultimately there were concrete issues, without a doubt, particularly in 2002, 2003, the beginning of the Iraq war. The fact of the matter is that an awful lot of Americans — millions of Americans! — protested against going to war.They said “Look, we just don’t want to do this,” and I think in a very powerful sense they weren’t heard. Their communications in regard to this were disregarded by the powerful and by in large did not have the impact that they should have had. So why did this occur? Why can’t the people be heard? One of the things that I think an awful lot of Americans came back to was the sense that even when they did talk about these is-
JN: I think that by in large we have a media in this country that is deferent to power; in fact it is stenography to power rather than a challenge. When especially in the aftermath to 9/11 you had the White House saying “Look, there are real threats and you’ve got to do these things,” an awful lot of media outlets simply took the easy way out. It wasn’t necessarily that they were in favor of the war, but they operated on the theory that it was simply easier not to raise concerns, not to object, not to put out the dissident voice because the Bush White House, as we now know from [former press secretary] Scott McClellan, was very brutal, very meticulous in challenging dissident voices. If a media outlet asked a tough question or if it put on an opposing voice that outlet was denied access. It was attacked, criticized. Remember, prior to Scott McClellan you had a situation where Ari Fleisher, the press secretary, said not long after Sept. 11 in response to one of Bill Maher’s routines that people should be careful about what they say. And I think an awful lot of media took that very, very seriously. They saw a comedian in Bill Maher who lost his job — lost his gig! — because he dared to express dissenting views, and so I think an awful lot of people in major media just chose to step back, to not be challenging or dissenting or, frankly, be journalistic. SS: All those news sources — New York Times, Washington Post, ABC News — all those ones that kept reporting up to the war that there were WMDs and that the war was almost inevitable, and now when you see the polls and how unfavorable the war is among Americans do you think the credibility of those mainstream media sources took a hit? JN:Yes, I think it took a very big hit. I think credibility of mainstream media in the United States is probably about as low as it’s been in anytime in recent history, and that is a deserved concern on the part of the people. They are dubious about whether their media is going to give them the information they need to function in a democratic society. SS: It sounds like when you were chastising the reporting in the buildup to the Iraq war, it was that the reporters didn’t want to ask the tough questions or didn’t want to rock the boat and lose their seat in the White House briefing room. Is there also laziness factor on the side of consumers, that they just get this one paper or watch this one news program and they don’t challenge themselves to look for an alternate view? JN: Well, I certainly wish people would use
many, many sources and be active citizens, and part of being an active citizen is to look for the whole story and listen to more than one newscast, read more than one newspaper. But I understand how busy people are, and I know that it’s not always easy for citizens who are maybe working two jobs and raising a couple kids to become supercitizens, to go out and do all these things. And so I think this is where the media reform movement becomes very, very important, because what it says is that the media that is most accessible to American citizens — radio, television, the things that you can just flip on, forms of media that use the people’s airways, the vehicles and transmissions that you and I own — should have certain requirements on them in return for the use of those airwaves. And one of those requirements is that you cover the news thoroughly, that every radio station should have a strong, locally produced newscast, that national radio networks should devote a certain amount of time to news coverage and serious examination of issues. Can you make it perfect? No, you can’t, and I don’t want to. I don’t want to dictate what any media cover. I recognize that you’re going to have conservative media and liberal media. I recognize that you’ll have media that leans to the Democratic side and media that leans to the Republican side. That’s fine, but what I do want to make sure is that if one of these big conglomerates gets access to the people’s airwaves, that they give the people something in return, rather than just use that access to the airwaves as an excuse to make money. SS: Good reporting seems like it should be one of those things that is an American value. It’s written into the Constitution, and Woodward and Bernstein were almost lauded as national heroes. Making money is definitely an American value, but when I was at the media reform conference it was almost discussed as if they were mutually exclusive, that good reporting doesn’t come with profit-driven news. JN: Well, I think that this is a very great debate at this time, because there’s an awful lot of people who have tried to foster the notion that somehow the contemporary media gives the people what they want, that the people of the United States just want pure entertainment with no issues, no serious debate, no serious dialogue. What’s funny about that argument, which has been alive and present for a number of years, is that it’s almost been completely discredited by the 2008 presidential election. It turns out that ordinary people in all sorts of different settings are very excited about the presidential election. You don’t have to be some political consultant in Washington or a member of Congress or part of some powerful business person to be excited. Citizen across this country have gotten highly engaged. We had the highest turnout in our primaries ever. We had just a hunger for news and information about these candidates and about this process. You had ordinary people getting all excited about superdelegates, right? So the bottom line is that we believe citizens are very interested in quality news coverage and public affairs reporting, but where we think the problem comes in is that media companies give people
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The FCC: a neutered watchdog By Ben Clark
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that economic competition will bring about the most qualified and best broadcasting services. If one were to take a moment and think about this policy, it becomes no surprise that those with the most money (i.e. corporations) will ultimately receive the most licensing as their economies of scale would allow them to do it most efficiently. But wait! There were special provisions within the Communica-
tion Act of 1934 that would have prevented this very thing from happening. Sadly, this isn’t the case anymore. During the 1960s, special provisions were added to the Communication Act to prevent a few individuals or corporations from operating multiple stations in a market. Colloquially, this was known as the “seven stations rule,” and it set a limit on the amount of media outlets one person or institution could own. Along with this rule were restrictions that dealt with multiple-ownership and cross-ownership, which meant that the FCC would monitor a variety of media sources (radio, newspaper, TV, etc.) to ensure that a monopoly would not be created in which only a single voice would be heard. And then, we hit the 1980s. In 1985, the FCC seemed to succumb to the idea that greater market competition will bring out the crème de la crop of broadcasting and began to relax its ownership rules. In the following years, restrictions on syndication, commercials, duopoly and financial interest rules were also relaxed. Keeping in step with the yuppie culture that permeated the American scene during the 1980s, the FCC also fell in step with market freedoms and high finance. Rather than retain its original aim of watchdog over the people’s airwaves, the commission
seemingly introduced the fox to the henhouse and watched independent stations get gobbled up. When decisions were made about which stations could broadcast and which mergers were kosher, commission members increasingly erred on the side of media corporations lobbyists that patrolled Washington D.C. Now, at about this same time, the FCC decided that the Fairness Doc-
trine , an FCC re g u l a t i o n which required all stations to present controversial topics in a manner deemed by the FCC to be “honest, equitable, and balanced” was completely abandoned. You see, back in that crazy ol’ Communications Act of 1934, there was a provision in the Fairness Doctrine referred by the term “scarcity,” which states that a sta-
tion must operate in the greater good of the public rather than simply promote his or her point of view. In the 1985 Fairness Report, the FCC determined that “scarcity” was no longer valid and actually prohibited broadcasters from airing more controversial material. Two years later, the FCC officially repealed the Fairness Doctrine. Currently, the FCC is following a new act which was passed during the Bill Clinton administration. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the first major U.S. telecommunications law since the Communication Act of 1934. The majority of the bill formally grouped the newest forms of communication (TV, microwave, mobile land services, etc.) under the FCC’s control. However, Title V of the 1996 Act was basically geared towards the growing violence and obscenity on cable television. This title is the basis for all of the modern censorship and removal of some television and radio programs from the airwaves if the FCC simply deems them to be “too obscene.” From its inception, the FCC has changed from simply being a government agency which would help establish and strengthen a broad communication network across the country to something far more sinister and sieve-like. Currently, the FCC is chaired by the George W. Bush-appointed Kevin J. Martin, who originally served as special assistant to the president for economic policy. Also, he has served as the deputy general counsel to the campaign services of Bush-Cheney in 2000. At the moment, Martin is under investigation for an abuse of his power in cable industry regulations. He has also been accused of keeping commissioners of different bureaus of the FCC out of the loop in order to push the current administration’s policy through with little problems, leading this humble reporter to opine that the media system of this country is, for lack of a better word, f — (THIS WORD HAS BEEN REMOVED DUE TO TITLE V OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 – FCC).
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Ahhh, the Federal Communications Commission, or simply the FCC to the many Americans who hear stories of the exuberant fines sent to TV and radio stations for violating airtime laws. But what is the FCC, and how did it become the final say for what can be said and shown on radio and television? Originally, it was designed to regulate the variety of communication forms in this country under one government agency. With the passing of the Communications Act of 1934, the FCC was given complete control of all communication services in the United States (with Franklin Roosevelt’s blessing) to create “a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service.” FDR’s original intent was that the FCC would pave the way for the whole country to become connected to each other, that current events and new ideas would reach every citizen in America in the easiest, fastest way possible. The FCC’s modern — and contradictory — governing powers were granted to it by the Communications Act of 1934. Title III sections 303-307, for example, define most of the powers within the FCC’s control in regulating broadcasting. However, Section 326 of the same title strictly prevents the FCC from exercising censorship over broadcast stations. Though the FCC is unable to censor broadcasting stations, these same stations are not allowed to display or say any obscene or indecent language or acts, as detailed by U.S. code 464. Section 315 of Title III (a.k.a the “Equal Time Rule”) requires all broadcasters to allow equal air time opportunities to political candidates and political opinions all over the spectrum. With the introduction of satellites, cable and other forms of communication, amendments have been made to the original act to incorporate these new forms of communication under FCC control, but the same 70-year-old sections of the act still apply. With the development of new media, the FCC created new branches and divisions to better oversee the variety of communication. For example, the Mass Media Bureau looks after the regulation and licensing of broadcasting services, the Cable Bureau takes care of rates and other effects of the variety of cable providers and the Private Radio Bureau regulates all forms of radio broadcasting, specifically microwave and land mobile services.With all of these new forms of communication emerging, one of the FCC’s major responsibilities is to classify different stations, prescribe services and assign certain frequencies in which these many companies may broadcast over public airwaves. As more and more broadcasting companies began to emerge, especially with the boost of cable news during the mid-1980s, the FCC began to change its stance on how TV companies, independent radio studios and cable broadcast services could be provided. When the FCC was headed by chairman Mark Fowler from 1981 to 1987, the commission changed its attitude towards the licensing of new studios under behavioral rationale — the nature of broadcasts, who would be most capable to own and operate stations, etc. —to a more capitalistic marketplace rationale, i.e.
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FREE, from page 6 a very stilted, very empty discourse. They deny Americans a good debate. And so, yeah, if people are given the choice between empty, boring news that isn’t well-reported and that people don’t put an effort into or the latest on Britney Spears, they’ll go with Britney Spears. But we don’t think that’s a failing of serious news.What we think that is is a failure of media companies to put the resources in to gather news in a way that then attracts audiences. SS: Are you suggesting the FCC look at what’s actually on the news and put out the kind of information that’s relevant to the public? JN: Well, I think that’s very hard to do, and I think we have to be careful about having the FCC dictate about what is a well-done newscast and what is a badly done newscast. But I do think the FCC should say that there should be a newscast. And I do think that the FCC can say that a certain amount of the resources of a radio station or a television station should go to the gathering of news. That’s not some crazy concept. In order for a daily newspaper to qualify for lower postal rates, they have to have a certain percentage of its pages devoted to news. That’s a basic concept that’s existed from the start of the Republic, and so why can’t we say to media companies that you have to devote a certain portion of that 24 hours you’re on the air to covering news? The second thing is that I don’t think that it is healthy to have huge companies owning many, many radio stations — Clear Channel owning more than 1,200 radio stations — because when you have that high level of ownership, that ownership in many, many outlets, you tend to end up with a cost-cutting mentality, and I think it’s much better to have competitive, diversely owned and locally owned media, i.e., media that is in the place where it reports on, where the owner lives there as well, because when you have that I think you are much more likely to get a good news product. SS: If I could change bases for a bit, I know you wear a lot of hats, but I got to know you as a columnist for the Capital Times when I lived in Madison. I loved reading you in there and seeing the other voices so I was pretty sad when I found out they’re not publishing everyday anymore. Did that surprise you when that decision was finally made, given all of the trends existing in the newspaper industry? JN: The newspaper industry has gone through some radical transitions, and the Capital Times made a choice to go to a 24/7 Internet operation with two weekly publications in print. When the decisions was made it was certainly not one that I was thrilled with. I grew up in print and so I am a fan of the afternoon paper. I love the physical reality of it, and so this change is not one that I would have necessarily sought out, but I think that if we look realistically at the changes going on in the media industries in general, I’m happy that the Capital Times is trying to take journalism in a serious way onto the Web, especially local journalism, SS: Did it come as a surprise to you that they made that decision?
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R.I.P. a good one George
JN: Not a total shock. I had written a number of articles and even worked on books that dealt with the transitioning of newspaper economics, so I was well aware of the pressures that were on the industry and also for the patterns that were developing. Remember: this is not so much about profit. Newspaper companies, many of them are still quite profitable, but the reality is that younger readers are getting their information off the Web, increasingly. And not just younger ones — there’s a lot of older readers that are relying on the Web — so we’re creating a situation now where to have influence, to be in the discourse, to be in the public dialogue in debates, you need to be a presence on the Web. Unfortunately, at this point there are not many newspapers that have a commitment to the Web that is of a high enough quality that it’s really successful at gathering news and information. What the Capital Times is trying to do is to make that commitment, put a lot of resources into it and produce a very good round-the-clock product. SS: What’s been the response to the new hybrid model? JN: Yeah, it is a hybrid to an extent, still doing some print and Internet, but with more of an emphasis on the Internet because that seems to be where things are going. But I’ll tell you this: I think that we’re actually in a very remarkable period in history. We don’t exactly know where news and information is going to come from 10 years, 20 years from now, and my goal is to make sure that whatever source it comes from — be it print, broadcast or the Internet — that there be a seriousness to it, that it actually looks at political issues, social issues, cultural issues in a meaningful way. I don’t think we have to choose our medium, but I do think that whatever medium is the source of our information, it should have quality. So that’s really where I think we’re at right now, the struggle to hopefully do some interesting things on the Web, but you know, I still write for a weekly magazine and I also write a lot of things that end up in daily newspapers around the country, and I suspect I’ll be doing that for a while. SS: Finally, on the global or national level, what’s at stake if we don’t ask for better news? JN: What’s at stake if we don’t ask for a better media? We will lose our democracy.We will lose the functioning of the American republic in any kind of meaningful way. Jefferson, Madison and all the other founders understood that for the American experiment to work, the people, the citizens of this republic, needed diverse information from many, many different sources. It does not work, it cannot work, if we have a one-size-fits-all, totally commercial, totally consolidated media that is antithetical to democracy. So really the media reform movement is a democracy movement. It’s all about building a media system in this country that sustains democracy, that gives people the information that will allow them to make decisions about the direction of the country that are based on real information and real ideas. Ultimately, the best way to say it is that we want a civic and democratic media, rather than a commercial and entertainment media.
By Brett Emerson
brett.emerson@secondsupper.com Though I may be a foul-mouthed megalomaniacal idiot today, my first exposure to standup comedy was through Bill Cosby.Weird, huh? I used to fall asleep in my bunk bed, surrounded by Cosby’s inoffensive musings on childhood and family. What can I say? I was a child of '80s sitcoms.True, my swearing skills were advanced for my age, but I was young enough to be fooled into thinking that foulmouths had no place in civilized society, certainly not on television. But as I learned, they did have a place on HBO. Still, all the station offered were Real Sex programs and American Ninja flicks. They were all very impressive to a middle schooler, but still crap. But one evening, I came home from playing video games and bullshitting around with my doofy friends. My mom was sitting in her room; HBO was on, as usual. I cheerfully joined her on the bed, expecting the usual barrage of interchangeable early '90s film. Instead, there was the guy from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure standing on a stage, redfaced and swearing his goddamn head off about airport security. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen — Rufus the time traveling phonebooth monger was losing his fucking mind. “I love George Carlin!” my mom gushed, the usual New Age rube in her voice. “He’s so intelligent!” As we watched this old sonofabitch rant about the state of human stupidity, I came to agree with her. A crucial piece of my character fit into place. I had found my patron saint of pottymouths, the man who showed me that swearing wasn’t an unpardonable evil, reserved for Andrew Dice Clay’s meathead crowd. Here was no mere shock artist, but a lyricist who had turned cursing like a sailor into an act of nobility.The savage wit with which he assaulted the world’s stupid institutions was an inspiration to his audience, and certainly to me. I was a changed boy. I followed Carlin through the rest of his career. Until my parents gave our premium channels the axe, I’d prick up my ears at the
mention of an impending Carlin special on HBO. I faithfully watched his disturbingly swear-free Fox sitcom; the only thing of which I remember is the episode where George got pissed at his girlfriend for kicking his ass in pinball. Though Carlin’s three books tend to be rehashes of his live act, I own them all; in spite of my problems with comedians’ books, they’re still funny. Of course, I watched his Buddy Christ cardinal in Kevin Smith’s Dogma, and I also watched him play Ben Affleck’s old man in Jersey Girl. And fuck the critics; I like Jersey Girl! Carlin getting his throat slit by a sweet little girl in a school play rendition of Sweeney Todd is adorable. But above any of Carlin’s entertaining appearances, I was most influenced by his stance on politics — and his stance was “fuck it!” He didn’t mean this in apathy; he didn’t throw in the towel and grab his ankles. Carlin acknowledged the fact that human beings obsessively produce and consume ungodly amounts of bullshit, and that having faith in any collective of human beings to do the right thing is ridiculously naïve. Voting is one of the pinnacles of these delusions. Defenders of this process claim that those who don’t vote have no right to complain, but nonvoters aren’t the ones electing scumbags into office.This is an idea that has stuck with me for many years, and is one of the main reasons why I’ve never voted. In fact, the original title of the very first column I wrote for this paper, where I defended my attitude of active nonvoting, was a paraphrase of Carlin’s classic line:“When I get finished masturbating, I’m gonna have a little something to show for it.” Yet in spite of Carlin’s bile towards the public and his surly outlook, he kept faith in the worth of individuals. His comedy remained paradoxically accessible, and his character was loved by millions. The big joke wound up being that George Carlin traveled the world, playing to full houses where he would rail against all of society’s neurotic bullshit to crowds that were likely guilty of these offenses. And they cheered for it. George Carlin was proof that an entertainer doesn’t need to be shallow and doesn’t need to be dumbed down to be successful. Smart can be hilarious. Comedians such as Eddie Izzard, Lewis Black and the late Bill Hicks clearly learned from this example and ran with it, and comedy is far better off for it — and not just comedy. I’d say that my reaction to George Carlin’s death was similar to that of many of his fans. God damn it! It wasn’t so much grief as irritation, one more reason why the world sucks. It’s an appropriate eulogy to a man who spent decades rooting out bullshit. The world will be poorer for his absence, but it is one that he made much more entertaining. My life is certainly better off because of him. So in gratitude, I’m offering my own 21-gun salute to one of the most brilliant men I’ve ever known. Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits. Thank you, George Carlin.
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By Maria Pint
maria.pint@secondsupper.com I know I’ve said it before, but I love golf. I realize that I, in fact, wrote an entire column on the subject not too long ago but this time it’s different. Golf is wonderful and all, but a golf tournament is even better. And golf tournaments full of awesome professional chicks are the best; that's right, the men can suck it! The 63rd U.S. Women’s Open was held at the Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota and I was there five out of the seven days of it. Oh, baby! Like I said, golf is awesome and watching really good players play a really hard course is something all golfers should do at some point in their lives; it’s just so damn inspiring. Now I’m not that big of a nerd, it’s not like I took the whole week off of work just to go watch a golf tournament. But I did take an entire week off to volunteer at a golf tournament; very different. And you know what, when you work at a golf course, my bosses encouraged that sort of activity; score! My mother, my older sister and I all signed up way last year for the “Corporate Hospitality” position; which essentially means it’s the “Slack-Off Royally” job. Perfect for me. So on the first day of our big volunteering week, I was very nervous; what if my volunteer bosses were slave drivers?! Turns out though, I had nothing to worry about; we got stationed in the club house that first day, and a little old lady named Corky was our “boss.” Interlachen Country Club is one of those “old money” clubs, nestled in the hills of one of the richest suburbs of the Twin Cities and Corky was one of the oldest members there. She was so freaking cool though, she told us we were just “so fun” and made sure we knew that we could take breaks any old time we wanted; why thank you, Corky! The other few days we weren’t so lucky to be under the old watchful eye of Corky, but we did have some fun. One of the days we were by the front door of the club house and Annika Sorenstam literally almost knocked me
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over! Oh man, she’s like the Tiger Woods of the LPGA Tour and I was ten inches away from her arm. Then another day we were behind the fourteenth green when our “boss,” sadly not Corky, told us we were standing right in front of Carl Pohlad’s house, the owner of the Minnesota Twins; I told you this was old money. What I loved most about the Open, however, was the time we spent on the course not in our volunteer uniforms; figures, huh? We watched all of the little Korean girls rippin’ up the course, Lorena Ochoa suckin’ it up big time and crazy pinkobsessed Paula Creamer. I know none of this makes any sense to most of you, but trust me, it was wicked cool. Sunday rolled around, the final day of the tournament, and we were done volunteering with plenty of time to watch the chicas play. My older sister and I had a plan. We were going to sit on the seventeenth green until the final group (the leaders) came around; for the record, it was a five-hour wait. It was totally worth it though; as the leaders got closer and closer to us, the action got more and more exciting on seventeen. Annika came through and we all cheered because it was her last U.S. Women’s Open because she wants to have a life. It was magical and touching really, but just as Annika was coming up the fairway and I was sitting there along the ropes, a little kid came and stood over me. I hate kids, but this kid in particular really pissed me off because he was eating a melting DQ Buster Bar right in my ear. The whole time Annika was on seventeen, all I could hear was, “slurp, slurp, crunch, munch, slurp.” The whole time the kid was chowing down on that ice cream treat, I was thinking about how I would full on deck him if I got chocolate or soft serve on me. And wouldn’t you know it, the moment he left I turned around and there was a huge chunk of chocolaty goo full of peanuty clusters sitting precariously close to my butt; that punk was lucky. Ten minutes later though, it was my mother, sister and I who were the lucky ones. Two golfers with the same last name of Kim were coming down the fairway (I think it was Young Kim and In-Kyoung Kim…say it out loud, “In Young Kim”) when my sister and I looked up to see In-Kyoung’s shot heading right for us. We panicked like whores in church and as I was busy ducking and scurrying away, my sister was busy sticking her ass straight up in the air because she heard that’s the best spot to get hit on your body. We looked so cool, especially since the ball hit a tree and ricocheted into the middle of the fairway. Whoever let us even get close to those golfers must not have known what they were getting themselves into because we are one crazy family. But you know what they say, a crazy family who volunteers together, stays together! (I don’t think anyone actually says that).
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Q&A with Deploi
When profit drives news SS: Hip-hop is a very city-centered art form, yet the odd thing is that touring artists are often between cities and out in the sticks. How much does touring affect your rhymes and take you out of that regular element?
By Brett Emerson
brett.emerson@secondsupper.com Deploi is a hip-hop artist from Los Angeles, currently on tour with Twin Cities funk band Down Lo. In a brief conversation he explained his style of musicianship, his attitudes toward the craft and what he hopes to get out of his performances. Second Supper: Let’s start with the history of Deploi. Deploi: I guess you could say since '97, '98, that name originally developed. It was me and a bunch of my homies freestyling together, yet I was the smallest, least likely guy when you hear the track come in, rapping the way I did. People looked over at me and were like, “Really? That’s you? This little guy is rapping like that? It’s like the amateur just stormed in here!” That kinda was like a joke that ended up sticking. SS: How did you hook up with Down Lo? Deploi: DJ Innovation hooked us up with Mark from Down Lo. I put out an album called “Our Mission Objective” with a real small run — only like a thousand copies of it. I sent about 10 or 15 to Innovation, and he got a couple into Mark’s hands and Mark was like “Yo, we need to fly this up and coming artist out from L.A.” Down Lo would open up for Deploi, I would open up for them, and finally it was like, “Hey, why don’t we just do this together?” They loved the songs I was doing; I loved what they were doing. I would add a couple of verses over their stuff and vice versa. SS: Especially being from L.A., do you feel that the hip-hop scene has an enforced image that you have to either go with or against? Deploi: To be honest I’m not really worried about what is being perceived. You’re right; in L.A. with hip-hop or music in general there is a certain image or style that people live up to. I’m just me. I don’t try to uphold any standards for anybody else except for Deploi.
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Deploi: Well like I said, mainly what I’m writing is for Deploi; it’s not for anybody else. I owe greatly for where I am in music. I do hit these people who say “I hate hip-hop, but I like what you’re doing.” I’ve had a 65-year-old Caucasian gentleman and his wife come up to me after a show and say that. The fusion of the music is different than what most people are doing. We’re just doing music. SS: You’re not a hip-hop artist; you’re an artist. You’re not a hip-hop lyricist; you’re a lyricist. Deploi: I’m not a rapper; I don’t look at myself like that. I put together poetry over notes of music. SS: Are there any poets that you look to for inspiration? Deploi: That’s a good question. Inspiration comes from everywhere. I don’t watch a lot of television. I’m a huge movie buff; the cinema has a large influence on what I write. And newspapers and the news, feeding us so much that is distorted. Not everything’s there; there’s a couple pieces missing. It’s about reading through the lies and bullshit and seeing what’s really out there. As far as poets, there are so many. Not even poets, but martyrs: Gandhi, Chavez, Martin Luther King. SS: Orators. Do you have any method or rituals in your own lyric writing? Deploi: There isn’t anything specific to it. It’s more of a spontaneity. I don’t go into the studio, light candles and go into a trance. I’m not that type of artist – it’s more about the energy. Maybe that’s why when people see me live, a lot of people see the raw emotion. Some people can even tell me — and I don’t even care — “You’re not even the greatest rapper I’ve ever seen!” I’ve had people come up and tell me this, but they also say that “with your heart, and your energy, and what you can weigh on a rap and lyrics, you’re like a ball of fire.” I put all my energy into it. This is all I do. Deploi and Down Lo will play the Joint on Friday, July 11. Next issue: Wes Borland, formerly of Limp Bizkit, currently an Artist.
By Emily Faeth
emily.faeth@secondsupper.com As the great thinker Albert Camus said, "A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom it will never be anything but bad." Volumes of literature have been written by countless others, such as Thomas Jefferson and George Orwell, on the vital role freedom of the press plays in a democracy. Indeed, it seems the extent of one's ability to access reliable, honest and diverse media is also an indicator of the depth of his freedom — or lack thereof. And so it is bewildering that, in America — the alleged home of the free — and in an era in which our access to information seems unlimited, that this keystone element of our democracy is being threatened into near oblivion. For the most part, this erosion of liberty is meeting little challenge; however, there are a number of movements aimed at protecting this necessary institution. In his 1983 book, The Media Monopoly, Ben Bagdikian observed that the majority of news media in the United States were owned by 50 or so corporations. By the time he released his sixth edition of the book in 2000, that number had dwindled to a paltry six, and the number of corporations controlling news media currently hovers at or below that number. AOL/Time Warner, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., Disney and Viacom are some of the key players in what Bagdikian calls "the new communications cartel." It's no secret that it takes money to produce news media, so buyouts and mergers often seem as a necessary evil in the media world. But because most of the revenue a particular medium generates is based on investors and advertisers (rather than consumers), publishers and editors often find themselves at the mercy of those who lend them the most financial support. It's also no secret that huge corporations have political and financial motives above and beyond appeasing advertisers, not to mention consumers. Corporations often have boards of directors which overlap with an array of other corporations and private interest groups. Murdoch's News Corp., for example, boasts a board of directors including Mark Hurd of Hewlett-Packard, Andrew S. B. Knight of Rothschild Investment Trust C. P., and Rod Eddington of JPMorgan. Six Flags, Phillip Morris, British Airways and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia also have their hands in News Corp.'s honey pot. News Corp., then, is first and foremost interested in serving the interests of these entities. Providing quality journalism and reporting is an afterthought. If a news item doesn't fit the agenda of the corporations of their investors, then the information may be censored, the story spiked or the editors may be forced to misrepresent the story or simply lie outright. Adding to the decline in available quality media was the skyrocketing cost of producing newsprint in the late 20th century. As costs rose, jobs were cut, and media relied more and more heavily upon regurgitating versions of the same stories, using sources such as the Associated Press for their material without ever conducting their own investigations. As a result, the diversity of voices in mainstream media virtually disappeared, and consumers were left with
few options from which they could choose to glean their information. As a society that takes for granted the purported honesty of news media, then, we are in a dangerously vulnerable place. The horizon isn't entirely bleak, though. Though their numbers are nowhere near those needed for a full media structure reform, there are many groups and individuals actively opposing this media monopoly. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) is a national media watchdog group that was formed in 1986 to expose news stories neglected or misrepresented in mainstream media, to protect reporters from exploitation, to promote media reform and to support non-profit media. While Adbusters is perhaps one of the more extreme examples of non-profit media, there are several models for these types of media. Many groups are turning to the Internet and creating non-profit news Web sites, trying to gain a foothold in an increasingly technologically-saturated world. Crowdsourcing, or the collaborative work of a large number of people to create an information resource (such as Wikipedia and YouTube) is another option, but it generally proves to be more problematic than it's worth. Other news sources use a traditional editorial model yet remain independent or non-profit. More often, though, non-profit media rely on amateur or volunteer reporters, such as the Chi-Town Daily News in Chicago and the Twin Cities Daily Planet, which utilizes these "citizen journalists" as well as stories plucked from smaller, local, often fringe-interest papers. There are problems with working with volunteer citizen journalists, though. Many volunteers become frustrated and simply abandon their assignments, and even the more dedicated of the volunteers often last only a number of months at their respective posts. Joel Kramer, founder of MinnPost, a Minneapolis non-profit publication which prints the work of experienced freelance writers, points out that quality in reporting is also an issue. "High quality journalism isn't a consumer good, it's a community asset, in the same way a museum is," he observes. Furthermore, in a recent miller-mccune.com article, writer Ryan Blitstein raises the question, "If for-profit newspapers can't afford to pay for public interest news, how can a nonprofit?" It seems the only people able to answer Blitstein's questions are those who are genuinely concerned with accurate and diverse media. The more successful non-profits are generally those which are simply not concerned with revenues and instead strive to be ethical in their coverage. Funding from progressive organizations such as the Knight Foundation are key in the survival of non-profit media. This grant-making organization has committed tens of millions of dollars to the support of quality, diverse media. It seems this model is the most likely to succeed: if a non-profit organization supports a non-profit publication, conflict of interest will not become the issue that it is in corporate media. Some of the responsibility lies on the shoulders of the consumers, though, too, who must remember that just because a story isn't featured in mainstream media, that doesn't mean it's not news.
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Former UW-L student in court for the first time in stabbing death of Madison resident What people should keep in mind when using fireworks this 4th Catholic charities chicken-Q fundraiser for flood victims. S&S profits donated to three local organizations: Children's museum, Riverfront, Boys and Girls Club Second look at weather
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First 4th of july forecast Air quality in local bars and restaurants featuring Terry Rindfleisch from Tribune S&S profits donated to three local organizations: Children's museum, Riverfront, Boys and Girls Club Riverfest volunteers working 'round the clock. More vendors and a food court this year Lower sales for two major U.S. auto makers. Stock market in its worst year in four decades Starbucks closing over 600 stores in U.S.
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July setting records for rain Today's Healthy Living on how to care for insect bites
Arrests made in string of Eau Claire burglaries Fire at Chippewa Falls home Hotel and Rec Center to be built at Fort McCoy New Metropolis Hotel opens in Eau Claire Cornell teen with Leukemia gets wish for two dairy cows granted by Children's Wish Foundation La Crosse's Riverfest is underway First forecast Around America: Trucker falls off bridge in Florida & Hot air balloon stuck in trees in Boulder, CO Around The World: Bulldozer attack by terrorist in Jerusalem & Truckers protest fuel costs in England
Fox Investigates: Though sun can be dangerous, people still need the "Sunshine Vitamin". Some people aren't getting enough sun this summer and should try to get more to protect against colon and other cancers. Second weather report Sports Chain of shoes in Washington D.C. to set a Guinness World Record and promote recycling
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Reviews - your guide to consumption Budweiser Anheuser-Busch, Inc. St. Louis, Missouri This little section of the newspaper makes its first foray into the sacrilegious world of macrobrews this week, but I figured this would be a good time to enter that well-charted territory. For one, it’s Independence Day weekend and what’s a better way to celebrate the overthrow of the king than by taking down a few of the King of Beers? America’s best-selling brewery also has this neat red, white and blue thing going on with its labels, and there could even be a forced tie-in with this week’s cover theme, as Anheuser-Busch will soon feel heat from newly consolidated beer conglomerate MillerCoors. But there’s still an additional reason I chose to review Budweiser this week — and don’t tell anyone back at beer critic HQ Appearance: 5 — I kind of like it. Aroma: 3 Taste: 6 Mouthfeel: 5 Drinkability: 7 Total: 26
Depending on the scope of your definition, this may or may not be the best “ m a c ro b rew ” in the country, but it’s almost always the best six-pack you can
Bibliophile Rick Shenkman – Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter (2008)
buy for five dollars. That isn’t readily apparent upon popping a bottle, as the aroma is largely metallic and actually fades to a more specific steel smell. Upon pouring, the head is surprisingly lacey and long-lasting, but the beer may be the palest straw color I’d ever seen in a pint glass. By this point Budweiser’s most commendable asset may seem to be the quality control standards at Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Then you get that first splash of flavor, at once iconic but still worth mulling how it got so crisp. I’m not sure why this is so rare in the beer world, but Budweiser announces its presence almost immediately with a deft hop burst that starts clean and never really changes as it slides down the throat. A lot of this is probably due to the high carbonation, which covers for the weak malt and (nearly unforgivable sin of) rice blend. Still, there’s only a negligible lager aftertaste and it drinks easily. In no way does Budweiser resemble a master brewer slowly revealing his secrets, but I guess I have to admire that gumption. It’s pretty American, after all. — Adam Bissen
Truly, this is a book after my own heart. An active nonvoter reading about the generally untrustworthy (or dangerously predictable) nature of the democratic process and the voting public? What a curveball! Yet this is not a snobby, aristocratic treatise that suggests that everybody shut up and shuffle back to the gulags, but a genuine stare in the public eye and a heartfelt challenge to our society’s manner of information distribution and acquisition. And there’s a lot to challenge, isn’t there? There are various points in Shenkman’s discussion where his born-again Democrat outlook sneaks in, especially in his discussion of post-Eisenhower presidential politics. Out of the four presidents we’ve had follow Carter (who himself is often painted as a victim of Reagan’s theatrical manipulations), Clinton does get off lightest and is rarely discussed outside of the Monica Lewinski scandal. But it’s not as though anybody could claim W.’s reign as a golden age of public enlightenment. However, Shenkman’s argument goes much deeper than which side is better; it’s an indictment of all sides. From the dawn of this country, through “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” up to the television and Internet eras of mass despotism, the public has been manipulated and dumbed down with slogans and mythology that disparages ability and reality in favor of phony accessibility and personality. And it’s getting far worse. The main theme that stays throughout the book is that as access to information becomes more convenient, the public becomes more ignorant and self-absorbed. Shenkman repeatedly decries the lack of emphasis on civics in America’s public education, along with a sharp decline in newspaper reading. He’s not entirely opposed to television and internet, but he does state that their misuse has greatly eclipsed the possible benefits which they could offer. An interesting point made at the end claims that, not only is the public completely brownbagged on public matters, but it’s also in utter denial about it. People may whine about the failures of this issue or that, one party or another, but they will never say (at least publicly) that society’s mobs might be easily manipulated, shortsighted lemmings. Forget about hearing it from politicians; liberals can’t say it because it flies in the face of their ideology, and conservatives won’t because the manipulated are putting them in office. Ultimately, this book is a call for a greater accountability from all of us, which will lead to greater accountability from those people we elect.There’s a guarded optimism here – the only sane form of optimism left to us, it seems. This book offers an excellent historical perspective on why our democracy tends to be one in name only, yet leaves enough hope for us to break out of this inertia. Societies need more challenges like this, many more. — Brett Emerson
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I'm Jonesin' for a crossword "And the Last Shall Be First" -- or pretty close anyway. By Matt Jones Across 1 It’s loud on lakes 7 Likely 10 Drain 13 Brody of “The Darjeeling Limited” 14 “In the Valley of ___” (2007 movie directed by Paul Haggis) 15 Christina Aguilera’s “___ Siempre Tu” 16 “Amadeus” setting 17 Butt naked 18 Runaway ___ Cart (former roller coaster in Branson, Missouri) 19 Took in 20 1992 Tim Robbins title role 23 Word before job or tube 25 Nile and Mississippi 26 Outfielder inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987 31 Run ___ of the law (commit a crime)
50 “Everlasting Love” singer 53 By way of 56 Music hall restaurant chain co-founded by Dan Aykroyd, for short 57 Get in the groin, perhaps 58 Unwilling revelation of gayness 60 ___ Latin (noted record label) 61 Volcano on Sicily 62 Simple shelter 63 Word after spare or floating 64 Q followers 65 One of the Blues Brothers
32 At any time 33 Director Luhrmann 36 Taunt 37 Diarist Nin 39 “___ Bonita”
(“South Park” episode) 40 Rds. 41 Women of Spain: abbr. 42 You are here
43 Unsuccessful 2008 Republican candidate for president 47 Restrictive street sign 49 ___ impasse
Down 1 Coffee 2 Fix a manuscript 3 Orange or oak 4 ___ bin (nickname for the penalty box in hockey) 5 Late Enron CEO Lay 6 How some presents are wrapped 7 Chemical sprayed
on fruit until 1989 8 Weird Al Yankovic works 9 1988 movie based on the novel “The Grizzly King” 10 They’re crowded on Sundays 11 Big, bloody tube 12 Media 14 One of the tides 21 ___-Wan Kenobi 22 Dutch ___ disease 23 Sad 24 Olive ___ (Shelley Duvall role) 26 Cancels, as plans 27 “___ bleeds...” (start of a journalist’s saying) 28 Seafood restaurant cover 29 Part of LCD 30 56, in Rome 34 Concerning 35 Former CNN host Paula 37 Little fighters 38 Senatorial vote 39 ___ Crunch 41 Dollar, slangily
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men...” 59 “I ___ a Putty Tat” (1948 animated short) ©2008 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com) For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill to your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Reference puzzle #0363.
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Film Reviews MONGOL: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan Director: Sergei Bodrov Cast:Tadanobu Asano, Khulan Chuluun, Honglei Sun Writer: Arif Aliyev and Sergie Bodrov
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nicholas.cabreza@secondsupper.com Mongol is the kind of empty, soulless epic that will draw moviegoers to the theater simply because it promises to bombard them with spraying blood, spears impaling chests, swords ripping flesh and thousands of soldiers on horseback charging full speed into each other. It's easily comparable to Gladiator (2000), another dry, action-oriented epic with a story that had less heart than the Tin Man. Many scenes linger, focusing too long on characters we don't care about in situations sorely missing any excitement or gusto. For an action film, Mongol works marginally. None of the battles take place until after Temudjin (Tadanobu Asano), the man who would become Genghis Khan, enters adulthood, approximately 30 minutes into the movie. Much of the action is short-lived, filmed at very close, shaky angles that prevent you from discerning what's going on. The carnage is topped off with blood flying every which way, usually filmed mid-flight in slow-motion.Whenever the film becomes an
over the top splatter-fest, it almost makes you forget that you're watching a movie completely devoid of any other entertaining qualities. Even though there's much to be said about the life of Genghis Khan, director Sergie Bodrov keeps it relatively simple, taking the safe, boring route paved by the countless period epics of the past. Mongol is a lot like its legendary protagonist: reserved, wandering, and often times a slave to its calling to break out and become a violent sword and guts expo. Greater stories have been told on film about lesser men, but for anyone looking for a second-rate Spartacus (1960) or Braveheart (1995), this is the unsavory yawn-inducer you'll want to sit through. ,
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Cult Classics The Apple (1980) Directed By: Menahem Golan Starring: Catherine Mary Stewart, Allan Love, Joss Ackland Written By: Menahem Golan By Brett Emerson
brett.emerson@secondsupper.com Sweet tapdancing Christ. My fellow B-movie cohorts, Mr. Heinrich Maneuver and Miss Luna, dropped a fucking bomb on me this week. When you’re offered a biblical disco musical about a Village People-fueled dystopia, you run with it. While this movie is firmly lodged in the Rocky Horror tradition, The Apple is a more kinetic, possibly creepier, certainly more bedazzled upgrade. This is a tale of two Canadian kids who come to the big city in order to ply their pansy ass Carpenters act against the tide of Nerosized disco. The evil BIM corporation, ruled by the sassy yet diabolical Mr. Boogalow, (yeah, I know,) is not amused. Flanked by his cadre of black drag queens and fluffy-haired Roger Daltrey impersonators, Boogalow puts on his best Klaus Nomi tuxedo and sets to work absorbing the heroic Alphie and Bibi into his infernal system. Following a hellish ripoff of “The Time Warp,” Bibi succumbs to the BIM allure. Alphie, however, runs away like a little girl, and spends a good 15 minutes mooning around in a nice
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Jewish woman’s New York tenement (and serenading her, and groping her sweet rack). Nobody in the biz wants to listen to his wussy tunes, and the law is cracking down on him for not wearing his BIM mark of the beast. What’s a sad panda to do, but storm back into BIM Central, sleep with one of the disco ladies, and then bust through a pane of glass, lit up in green lights and looking like a crybaby Incredible Hulk? Magnificent! The best parts of this movie are the BIM anthem in the beginning, and the ending. And though the opening song is one big bowl of tossed ass-kick salad, the conclusion to this masterpiece may have the posterity of being one of the worst (and most glorious) endings of all time. In literature and theater, the term deus ex machina (“God from the machine”) refers to a sudden ending that defies the logic of the rest of the story. South Park’s Crab People would be an example. In this movie, deus ex machina can be taken literally, down to the flying car. What happens is one of the most baffling finishes to a film that I have ever seen, made only slightly tolerable by the most evil dude from Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey playing God. Wow. This film is friggin’ amazing.
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Every Wednesday Bluffland Bloom & Brew La Crosse 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. cost is $3 ILLUSIONS THE SHOW
July 3 Loons La Crosse www.illusionstheshow.com 9:00 p.m. Before 8 p.m., $7 After 8 p.m., $8 A benefit show for the WAFER Food Pantry and the Coulee Region Humane Society. Illusions is a variety show with female impersonators and live vocalists. CHILEDA CLASSIC RUN/ WALK
July 5 608-782-6480 www.chileda.org 5K and 10K race through scenic downtown La Crosse and along the Mississippi river. Cash prizes, medallions and great pledge prizes! The 10K begins at 7:30 a.m. and the 5K begins at 7:50 a.m. AIRSHOW & BREAKFAST
July 6
305 Pearl St. End tables, coffee tables, desks, desk chairs, kitchen items, clothes, camping gear, craft supplies, and other random kitsch to spice up your place!
Max Conrad Field Winona, MN 7:30 a.m. Guests will enjoy a pancake and scrambled egg breakfast. model planes, the Red Wing Civil Air Patrol, a Medlink helicopter and more. Airplane rides will be provided!
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Every Friday Riverside Park 5 p.m. Pickup game. All skill levels welcome!
July 6 Sobieski Park Winona, MN 2:00 p.m. RAIL FAIR
July 19 Copeland Park La Crosse 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. $4 admission, free for kids under 12 608-582-4761 www.4000foundation.com Buy, sell, trade model and toy trains, railroadiana, antique toys, diecast models. Railroad exhibits and displays, flea market and swap meet. Plus, guided tours of the steam locomotive, caboose, and grand crossing tower. All proceeds go to maintain and restore the La Crosse Short Line Railroad Museum.
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BLUFFLAND BLOOM & BREW 119 S. 4th St., La Crosse (608) 782-BREW Monthly Culture Shock show, featuring live art as well as drawings, paintings, photography, and prints by local artists.
GOOSE ISLAND 3 mi. south of La Crosse on Hwy 35 W6488 County Road GI Stoddard, WI 608-788-7018 Open until October 30
HEIDER CENTER FOR THE ARTS 405 East Hamlin St. West Salem, WI 608-786-1220 x 4 http://www.wsalem.k12.wi.us/ Heider.html PUMP HOUSE REGIONAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS Open noon-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and noon-4 p.m. Saturday. No admission charge, donations accepted. Features exhibits of local artists and performances. 119 King St., La Crosse 608-785-1434 www.thepumphouse.org. SATORI ARTS Unique hand crafted jewelry, Mississippi River pearls, ancient Chinese artifacts, Custom-made jewelry, original art works, and a variety of unique gifts. 201 Pearl Street, La Crosse 608-785-2779 UW-L ART GALLERY The gallery displays works by students, faculty, regional and nationally-known artists in all areas of art. The gallery is on the first floor of the Center for the Arts located at the corner of 16th and Pine on the UW-L campus. VISIONS OF LIGHT Stained Glass 129 4th St S, La Crosse 608-793-1032 GREEN BAY STREET STUDIO greenbaystreetstudio.blogspot.com 1500 Green Bay St., La Crosse Hours currently by appointment only.Various workshops, including painting and printmaking, coming this summer, as well as opportunity for full and part-time membership. ODIN WHITE MOTH GALLERY AND TEA ROOM 715 Logan St., La Crosse 608-769-3963 Hours are Tues: 12-3 pm, Thurs: 4-7 pm, Fri: 12-3, Sat: 10-2. Call for an appointment or more info. Enjoy some tea, art and vintage stuff.
VETERANS MEMORIAL 9 mi. east of La Crosse on Hwy 16 N4668 County Road VP West Salem, WI 608 786-4011 Open until October 15 WHISPERING PINES 15 minutes north of La Crosse, on Hwy 53 925 Dana Ln. Holmen, WI 608-526-2152 NESHONOC LAKESIDE CAMP RESORT N5334 Neshonoc Rd. West Salem, WI 608-786-1792
performances HARVEY
Commonweal Theatre 208 Parkway Avenue North Lanesboro, MN 800-657-7025 www.commonwealtheatre.org Dreams and dreamers figure prominently in this 1940s comedy. Running from May 31-October 25. GREAT RIVER SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Winona, Minnesota June 27 - July 27 www.grsf.org Come early, stay late; see the plays, take a class, attend a concert, listen to our guest speakers, engage in conversations – experience fully this exceptional new theatre festival. July 3 The Merchant of Venice 7:30 p.m. (Company Conversation following) July 4 The Taming of the Shrew, 7:30 p.m. (Free Prelude Concert on the green before the show) check website for more dates
PETTIBONE PARK RESORT 333 Park Plaza Dr. La Crosse, WI 608-782-5858 GREAT RIVER BLUFFS STATE PARK 43605 Kipp Drive Winona, MN 507-643-6849 BEAVER CREEK VALLEY 15954 County 1 Caledonia, MN 507-724-2107 JOHN A. LATSCH PARK From Winona go approximately 12 miles northwest on U.S. Highway 61. (507-643-6849
art exhibits A SEASON OF ART
First Saturday in June - Sept. 7203 N. Shore Drive, County Z Brice Prairie, on Lake Onalaska. (Look for the white barn) Enjoy extraordinary shopping at an outdoor art fair. This FREE event is sponsored by the La Crosse Society of Arts & Crafts. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UCHIKAKE: WEDDING KIMONOS
July 24 through August 30 Pump House (La Crosse) Lecture and fashion show July 25
farmers' markets CAMERON PARK Every Friday, May - October 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. Downtown La Crosse Fresh produce, pasture-raised buffalo and beef, honey, maple syrup, plants, artists, handmade jewelry, paintings, beeswax candles, live performances and more! BRIDGEVIEW PLAZA Every Wednesday, June - Oct. 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Bridgeview Plaza parking lot Northside of La Crosse LA CROSSE COUNTY Every Saturday, June - Oct. 6 a.m. - 1 p.m. County parking lot Downtown La Crosse CROSSING MEADOWS Every Sunday, June - Oct. 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Festival Foods parking lot Onalaska WINONA Every Saturday, 7:30 a.m. - noon Every Wednesday, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. May - October Downtown Winona Fresh produce, plants, eggs, chicken, turkey, beef, elk & buffalo meat, bakery. jams, pickles, honey, decorative gourds, wreaths & Indian corn. Our herbalists bring salves, teas, & catnip.
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25th ANNUAL RIVERFEST La Crosse, Wisconsin July 2 - July 6 www.riverfestlacrosse.com Music, Entertainment, Crafts & Family fun! 6 Staging Areas of Entertainment! 16 Area Restaurants in our Food Tent! Over 200 hours of Entertainment for all ages! Support the Community Groups who benefit from Riverfest with the purchase of your button! Buttons are available at many local businesses or at the Riverfest Office. Cost is $4.00 pre-fest/$5.00 at the gate. No Button Required for Children under 12.
Highlights for 2008: Whiskey Falls Slaughter De'Anna - Hypnotist Kid Power with Rachael The Magic Man Extreme Canines Karaoke Competition Area Crowd Pleasers: Phoenix Paxico Beats of Freedom Rockology The Remainders Good Tymes El Caminos Shufflin' Duprees Mojo Lemon Al Townsend Great River Big Band 3 Beers 'Til Dubuque Family Activites: Riverfest Family Parade, Baby Races, Tiny Tikes, Big Wheel Races, Battle of the Bands , Chileda Classic, Children's Museum Big Giggle For a complete listing of daily events, check the website printed above. Don't forget to check out the Jaycees' fireworks show the night of the 4th!
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$6.75 shrimp dinner
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Italian beef w/dog meal: $6.69 Pizza Puff meal: $4.49
Topless Tuesday
Fiesta Mexicana The Elite
$5 bbq ribs and fries
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3-7 happy hour
$2 Silos
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Dan’s Place
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bucket night 6 for $9
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1/4 barrel giveaway 8-11 $1 burgers
2 for 1 cans & bottles during Packer games
The Cavalier CheapShots
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday LA CROSSE Sunday Area food & drink specials HAPPY HOUR 5 - 7 $1.75 domestic JB’s Speakeasy $1.75 domestic $1.75 domestic bottles bottles bottles 717 Rose st. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday LA CROSSE HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY 4 - 8, $2 domestic beer and rail drinks The Joint $2 Love Stories ALL DAY, EVERYDAY $1 shots of Dr. $5 Wu Tang Teas $1.00 off all Irish shots $2.50 pints of Guinness $3.00 imperial pints
$5 Wu Tang Teas $1 shots of the DOC!
324 Jay st.
Legend’s 223 Pearl st.
The Library 123 3rd st.
closed find come in and find out ... you’ll be glad you did
Loons
1128 La Crosse st.
Nutbush
3264 George st.
Ralph's Ringside In John's 223 PearlBar st. 109 3rd st. N
25 wings: $5 bucket of beer: $12 during Packers games
breakfast buffet $9.95 closed 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Shooter’s Schmidty’s
breakfast buffet $1 cans $9.95 Hamm’s 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
120 3rd st.rd. 3119S State
closed
closed
$1taps taps $1 $1 rails rails $1 1/2 price Tequila
hamburger $1.25 cheeseburger $150
bacon cheeseburger, fries, mug of beer: $4.50 drummies, fries, mug of beer: $5
Pizza & pitcher
Chef specials daily closed closed Mighty Meatball sub $6
Schmidty’s Ringside 3119Pearl Statest.rd. 223
closed
WING NIGHT $2 SVEDKA MIXERS $2.50 JACK MIXERS $2.25 BUD LIGHTS $2 SHOTS OF ALL DOCTOR FLAVORS
closed $1 cans PBR
KARAOKE $1.25 domestic pints $2 double rails $3 double calls $2 ALL bottles chicken fifilet, let, fries, pop: $4.75 filet, fries, beer: $5 chicken filet, mushroom/swiss, fries, pop: $4.25, mushroom/swiss, fries, beer: $4.50
HAPPY HOUR 3 - 6
$1 tacos, Ladies Night 2 for 1, 9 - CL
BUCK WED burger, hot dog or brat
$2 mixers, taps, bottles chicken parmesan $1.00 OFF YOUR $6 CHOICEsub OF FOOD
Fiesta Night 7 - 12 happyshots hour $2 tequila all day $2.50 margaritas
$1.50 PBR bottles $1.50 Dr. shots $4 domestic after 7 p.m. pitchers
$1.75 domestic HAPPY 10 AM - 12, 4 $1.25 Lite taps all HOUR day bottlesCow & $2 Bacardi $2 Spotted $1.50 rails 10 - 1 7 - 12 pints mixers DT Brown
$1 Point Fiesta Night special 7 - 12 bottles $2 tequila shots $2.50 margaritas
$2.50 $1.50 PBRpints bottles Bass & Dr. Guinness $1.50 shots after 7 p.m.
$1.25 Lite taps all day bottles $1.50 rails 10 - 1
$1 Point special bottles
$2.50 pints Bass & Guinness 8 - CL $1.50 rails $1.75 Bud cans
Yesterdays LA CRESCENT 317 Pearl st.
Crescent Inn 444 Chestnut st.
LA CRESCENT
Crescent Inn Speedy Taco 444 301 Chestnut Kistler dr.st.
WINONA Betty Jo Byoloski’s
66 Center st.
Brothers 129 W 3rd st.
Godfather’s 30 Walnut st.
Sunday
$2 Rolling Rocks $2 domestic beer
Sunday
Monday Monday
Family pack: $2 Rolling Rocks 10 tacos & 4 sodas $2 domestic beer for $14.99
8 -on CLthe go: burritos railsand buy a$1.50 big one cans get$1.75 a freeBud soda
Sunday
Monday
$5.00 for 25 wings
AUCE fifish sh fry DJ 9 - CL
HAPPY HOUR 10 AM - 12, 4 PM - 6 PM
Top Shots Tailgators 137 S 4th st.
fish sandwich, fries, mug fish of beer: $5 fish sandwich, fries, pop: fish $4.75
$1 cans cans $1 cans LUNCH$1 BUFFET $6.45 Busch Light Busch Light Old Style LUNCH SPECIALS CHANGE DAILY
cans $4 $1 domestic PBR pitchers
Yesterdays Top Shots 317 Pearl st.
cheeseburger, fries, pop: $4 cheeseburger, fries, beer: $4.25 Philly or Reuben, fries, pop: $5.75, Philly or Reuben, fries, beer: $6
HAPPY HOUR 4 PM - 7 PM BUFFET $2 mixers, taps, bottlesLUNCH $1.00 OFF CHICKEN $6.45 HOOP DAY!! MAKE SPECIALS CHANGE DAILY $1.00 OFF YOURLUNCHPHILLY, $1.00 OFF YOUR SHOT AND CHOICE OF FOOD CHEESE CURDS YOUR ENTRÉE IS FREE!
happy hour all day Packer games: $1.50 $1 cans Coors Light Silver, $1 Hamm’s Dr. shots, free brats
137 SS4th st.st. 1019 10th
$3 Bacardi Mixers $3 jumbo Long Islands
$5
and parmesan &6
$1Bacardi cans $2 Busch Light mixers
$1 cansCow & $2 Spotted Busch Light DT Brown pints
$1.75 domestic
$1 cans
Bucket Night Old 5 forStyle $9 5 domestic bottles for PM - 6 PM $10, $2 Bacardi mixers,
$2.25 Pearl st. pints $1.75 domestic $1.50 PBR bottles bottles 7 - 12 $2.25 Pearl st. pints
$1.75 domestic Tuesday Wednesday $1.50 PBR bottles bottles
SHOTSOF OFGOLDSCHLAGER GOLDSLAGER $2$2SHOTS $5 DOUBLE VODKA ENERGY DRINK
Wristband Night
HAPPY HOUR 4 PM - 7 PM $1.00 OFF sandwich CHICKEN HOOPSouthwest DAY!! MAKE Italian PHILLY, $1.00peppers OFF YOURchicken SHOT AND pita w/banana CHEESE CURDS YOUR ENTRÉE IS FREE!
Tailgators Shooter’s 1019 10th 120 SS3rd st.st.
AFTER COMEDY: PINT NIGHT $1 PINTS OF RAILS MIXERS AND DOMESTIC TAPS $2 PINTS OF CALL MIXERS AND IMPORT TAPS $3 PINTS OF TOP SHELF MIXERS
closed
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half price appetizers, Import Club Night: discounts on all micros & imports $1 martinis $2 mojitos $3 margaritas & Michelob Golden pitchers
family buffet 5 -8 kids under 10 pay .45 cents per year of age
$1.25 pints during Badgers games DJ 9 - CL
$5.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR LUNCH, $6.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR DINNER, $9.99 ALL YOU CAN EAT FISH FRY ALL DAY
Chicken salad on rye w/ lettuce, tomato, onion $5
happy hour all day long! $1.00 OFF WILD WINGS, $1.00 PHILLY STEAK AND CHEESE.
$5.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR LUNCH, $6.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR DINNER, $9.99 ALL YOU CAN EAT FISH FRY ALL DAY
happy hour all day long! $1.00 OFF WILD WINGS, $1.00 PHILLY STEAK AND CHEESE.
$1 cans Miller High Life Light cans $1 Dr.$1 shots Miller High Life $3 16 oz Captain mixers Light
$1 cans PBR $1 Dr. $1shots cans $3 16 oz Captain PBR mixers
$2 Long Islands,
Night $1.50Bucket rail vodka mixers 10 -1 5 for $9
$1 PBR Dr. shots bottles, $3 16 oz Captain Captain mixers mixers
$2.75 deluxe $1 Dr. shots Bloodys 7, $4.50 $3 16 oz‘tilCaptain lite pitchers 7 - 12 mixers
$1.75 railsfor 5 domestic bottles $10, $1 $2 Bacardi mixers, PBR mugs $1.50 rail vodka mixers 10 -1
$2 Long Islands, PBR bottles, Captain mixers
$2.75 deluxe Bloodys ‘til 7, $4.50 lite pitchers 7 - 12
$1.75 rails
Thursday $1 PBR mugs
Friday
Saturday $2.50 Captain $2.50 Jager Bombs & Polish
$1 shots of Dr. $2.50 Polish
$1 domestic taps $3 Jager Bombs
$2 u-call-it (except top shelf)
Thursday
Friday
$1 shotstacos of Dr. Speedy $2.50 Polish $1.50
$1 domestic taps gyro, chips, soda $3 Jager Bombs $5.99
3 $2 chicken fry u-call-it taquitos (except top shelf) $3.99
Fiesta burrito $6.99
$2.50 Captain Nachos $2.50 Supreme Jager Bombs$5.49 & Polish
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Tuesday Wednesday
Tuesday Wednesday HAPPY HOUR 3:15 - 6:15
2 for 1 burgers $1 off Bloodys & Screwdrivers
$3 Olives $3Three Captain mixers mixers $3 jumbo Long $3 jumbo Long Islands Islands
all-u-can-eat spaghetti all day $5.45 25 cent hot wings 4 - 10
tenderloin tips, shrooms, fries or potato, salad, roll $9.95 50 cents off top shelf liquor
free pitcher of pop or domestic beer with large pizza discounts on all domestic beer
HAPPY HOUR 3 PM - 8 PM $1 off anything that pours $1 O-Bombs/ 10 cent wings, $3 filled filled 2 for 1 mug ($1 tap refills, Bazooka Joes, refills, $2 anything rail refills) refills) $1 High Life Wristband Night 9 p.m. - close bottles/kamikaze shots
any jumbo, large, or large 1 topping pizza medium pizza up to 5 $9.99 toppings: $11.99 (get 2nd large for $5)
all day: all-u-can-eat fish fish $8.95 lunch: fish fish sandwich & fries $5.45 $2.50 Three Olives Mixers $2.50Long Captain $1.00 IslandsMixers $1.00Rail Root Beer Barrels $2.00 Mixers $3.50 Pitchers $6.00Domestic “Buck-its” (6 beers Hot$6.00) Shots Menu for $2.50 Big Ass Miller Lite
Saturday
Prime Rib specials, one child eats free with one adult entree 4 - 10: house wines $2.50 $2.50 Bacardi Mixers $2.50Long Bacardi Mixers $1.00 Islands $5.00Rail Fishbowls $2.00 Mixers $3.50 Pitchers $1.00Domestic O-bombs & Bazooka Hot Shots Menu Joes $2.50 Big Ass Miller Lite
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The The Recovery Recovery Room Room Live Live DJ DJ Nutbush Nutbush Live Live DJ DJ Popcorn Popcorn Tavern Tavern LAX Nick All-Stars Shattuck Nighthawks Nighthawks Dave Dave Orr's Orr's Damn Damn Jam Jam Friday, Friday, July June413 All All Star Star Lanes Lanes Karaoke Karaoke My My Second Second Home Home Karaoke Karaoke Player’s Player’s Live Live DJ DJ Nutbush Nutbush Live Live DJ DJ
9:00 9:00
Monday, July June716 Monday,
9:00 9:00
George St. St. Pub Pub George Adam Palm’s Open Jam Adam Palm’s Open Jam
10:00 10:00
Tuesday, July 8 10:00 10:00 Tuesday, June 17 Nutbush Live DJ Nutbush Live DJ Popcorn Tavern Paulie Popcorn Tavern 9:00 9:00 Paulie
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Nighthawks Bodega's 14th birthday! The Hometown Sweethearts Something Jazz 10:00 10:00 5 Second Supper vol. 8, issue 122
Nighthawks Wednesday, June 18 Irene Keenan Jr. Nighthawks Loon’s Irene Keenan Comedy NightJr.
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Saturday, July 5 Saturday, June 14 All Star Lanes All Star Lanes Karaoke Karaoke
Popcorn Tavern Tavern Popcorn Shawn's open Jam Shawn's open Jam
10:00 10:00
10:00 10:00
Popcorn Popcorn Tavern Tavern Moon Posse 10:00 BottomBoot of the Barrel String Band 10:00 Nighthawks Dave & The Providers The Orr Joint 10:00 Friday the 13th hip hop 10:00
Popcorn Tavern Popcorn Tavern The Soapbox Project TBA
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Thursday, Thursday, July June312
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Loon’s Library Comedy Night 8:30 Karaoke 9:00 Library Coconut’s Karaoke 9:00 Live DJ 10:00 Coconut’s Longhorn Live DJ 10:00 Karaoke 10:00 Longhorn Player’s Karaoke 10:00 Karaoke 10:00 Player’s Popcorn Karaoke Tavern 10:00 Brownie's open Jam 10:00 Popcorn Tavern The Joint Brownie's open Jam 10:00 Wu-Tang Wednesday regulars 10:00
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First Avenue Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater Wed., Thurs.,7/9 6/12
Crosby, Tiesto Stills & Nash
Orpheum Theatre Epic (formerly the Quest)
Ringo Starr Mindless Self Indulgence
Mystic Lake Casino First Avenue
CrossDiamond Canadian Ragweed Neil
Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater Thurs., 6/19 Xcel Energy Center Sat., 7/19
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Roy Wilkins Auditorium
7/116/12 Fri., Thurs., Mon., Thurs.,7/14 6/12
Sat., 7/19
Madison population
223,389
Milwaukee Umphrey's McGee, STS9 population 602,782 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) Alliant Energy Center Cornmeal The Roots, Goldfinger, Lotus, Stoopid Poison,Slightly Dokken, Less Than Bach Jake Sebastian
Thurs., 7/10
Memorial Union Terrace
Fri., 7/11
Summerfest Alliant Energy Center
Fri., Sat.,7/4 7/12
Enchanted Ape, The Zombies Lyle Lovett Cracker Overture Center for Arts Steve Winwood, White Light Riot Summerfest
Sat., 7/5
The Bravery, Jakob Dylan, Menomonie Earth, Wind and Fire
Sun., 7/6
population
Sun., 7/13
Summerfest
14,937
The Police, Elvis Costello Marcus Amphitheater Heavy J and the Fantastics The Waterfront Bar & Grill Shoeless Revolution
Winona
U-Melt
population
27,069
Fri., 7/25 Thurs., 6/12
The Waterfront Bar & Grill Thurs., 8/7 The Waterfront Bar & Grill Tues., 9/2
Leo Kottke Roe Family Singers
Mabel Tainter Theater Ed's no-name Bar
Sat., 9/20 Thurs., 7/3
Swampfest (cajun bands & food)
Big River Room (formerly BlackHorse)
Fri., 7/4
602,782 Bayou Grenouille
Winona Farmers Market
Sat., 7/5
B.B. King John Doyle (from Ireland) She Wants Revenge, Nate GillOwn (fromPet Australia) Be Your
Potawatami Casino WSU Green
Mon., 6/9 Sat., 7/5
Acoustic Cafe Turner Hall
Sat., 7/5 Fri., 6/13
AimeeLee Mann David Echelard & Labyrinth Walk
Turner Hall Tau Rotunda/WSU West
Milwaukee
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