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TONIC TURNS TEN

It’s the biggest Tonic Ball ever. This year brings three venues, three artists to cover, and 42 performers. It also brings the departure of creator and leader Ken Honeywell, who is saying goodbye after ten years organizing the event. BY KATHERINE COPLEN ON THE COVER: THE TONIC BALL JACKET WORN BY KEN HONEYWELL ON THE COVER WAS MADE BY JERRY LEE ATWOOD OF JERRY LEE’S WESTERN WEAR. PHOTO BY MELISSA CARTER

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MAJOR CHANGE AT MAJOR TAYLOR

Bike racers will return to Major Taylor Velodrome this weekend, and track officials hope that ongoing changes to the historic cycling venue will not only keep them coming back year after year, but also draw new, younger riders. BY ROBERT ANNIS

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The 35th annual pan-ethnic celebration, held this weekend at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, will feature over 30 area groups, from Afro-Cuban dance to Scottish piping. We profile two of them: the Mistry Dance Academy, an Indian academy trying to make it on the Southside, and the Latin jazz trio Direct Contact. BY RACHEL HOLLINGSWORTH

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Indian pop superstar Panjabi MC will perform at the biggest Bollywood Bhangra ever this Friday at the Amber Room. The event, organized by Cultural Cannibals, will feature the major world music crossover artist. BY KATHERINE COPLEN

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from the readers The Hammer missed the point ... (“It wasn’t always all about the money and the sex,” Steve Hammer, Nov. 9-16). Early Hip-Hop was all about bragging about your rap skills, gold chains, picking up chicks, and dressing fly. Thus, rap is merely in a cyclical phase right now: it has literally returned to its roots. The political and social consciousness came later when Grandmaster Flash released “The Message” but rap still was party music ... Make no mistake: early rap was more along the lines of “Gucci Time” by Schooly D than “The Message” and to admonish today’s youth

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for liking rap music that is more style than substance is to expose ignorance about the origins of rap and hip-hop culture. As a rap fan approaching 40, I see the light at the end of the tunnel: if the Bling Era is just a revisiting of the past, then we should look forward to the return of thoughtful, informed rap along the lines of PE or X-Clan. I think The Hammer needs to get past his own limited perspective and look at the bigger picture, without romancing an era of rap that was really only one piece in a more complex puzzle.

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HAMMER Fear and loathing at Lucas Oil

Only masochists are standing by the Colts

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n possibly their most inept performance since moving from Baltimore in 1984, the Indianapolis Colts limped to a 17-3 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, playing as poorly and ineffectively as an NFL team possibly can. There wasn’t a single pretty thing about the Colts’ performance. They couldn’t run, couldn’t pass and couldn’t defend. The fact they lost by only two touchdowns speaks more of Jacksonville’s struggles than the Colts, who might have given up 50 points if they’d been playing a decent team. The game was also my first trip to Lucas Oil Stadium, the place where I’d previously said I’d only be able to afford to visit if martial law were declared in the city and the stadium was designated a detention center for political dissidents. But thanks to Rommie Loudd, a longtime reader and friend of this column, I had two prime seats in the lower level of the stadium. He splits the cost of season tickets with a friend and gives away one or two pairs of tickets to charity groups for needy recipients to enjoy. I’ve declined his kindness in the past, saying the children who received his free tickets were needier than I. But given the utter meaninglessness of the game, I finally took him up on his kind offer, figuring that subjecting orphans to this year’s Colts team qualifies as abuse under some law. The seats were great. The stadium was marvelous, full of interesting things to look at and friendly corridors to wander. The concessionstand food was tasty and featured a wide variety of choices. The stadium will be a worthy host of the Super Bowl in February. It’s world-class in every sense. Before the Super Bowl, building management may want to spend a few million dollars on world-class disinfectant to scrub the locker rooms, however, to remove the stench the Colts have created in the stadium this year. It’s hard to think of a how a team could be more incompetent than the Colts were on Sunday. They went through two quarterbacks and somehow made the woeful Jaguars look like champions. By the time the game was

over, most fans had fled the stadium in horror. Those remaining were either masochists or curiosity seekers like us. We had a great time at the game, enjoying the stadium that our tax money helped build. The place truly is an amazing facility and as modern as a stadium can be. The Stalinesque architecture that inspired the RCA Dome is gone, replaced by an open, friendly layout conducive to creating good memories. I would imagine that the place was hopping when the Colts were making championship runs the past few seasons. But when its main tenant is the worst team in the NFL, and possibly one of the worst in league history, it creates a surreal atmosphere, as if the current Colts are a group of amateurs who broke into the stadium, tied up the real players, and are pretending to be pro football players. For the most part, though, the fans took it in stride. All of them had paid precious money to see a winning football team but weren’t that angry at the way things have developed this year. They still applauded when things went well, which wasn’t that often. Mostly they stayed silent and enjoyed the beer and the comradeship that comes with being a season-ticket holder. It got so quiet at the stadium that a couple behind us fell asleep, possibly aided by alcohol. They snoozed away throughout the third and fourth quarters while others laughed at them, took their picture and pointed. They finally woke up briefly, assessed the action on the field, and went back to sleep. In another city, one with an aggressive news media corps, the misfortune of the Colts would be causing headlines of outrage demanding changes be made immediately. If we were in New York, for example, the coach and many of the players would have been fired due to pressure from the media. In Indianapolis, the fans seem to be taking it in stride. The fact that Curtis Painter is not in a mental hospital is a testament to his ability to withstand stress. His name is synonymous with incompetence, failed expectations and defeat. Yet he still wears the uniform with pride. He’s not the one to blame. He was the 201st player taken in the 2009 NFL draft and probably thought himself the luckiest man in the world when the Colts selected him in the sixth round. He’s doing as well as could be expected. It’s hard to say what will bring the Colts out of their slump. At this point, it’s going to take more than the return of Peyton Manning. The entire franchise will need to be rebuilt after such a disastrous and ineffective season. There will be better days ahead for the Colts. And when that happens, I’ll be able to say that I was there, thanks to my friend, when things were at their absolute worst, as they were on Sunday. Only true fans are standing behind the Colts at this point. Consider me one of them.

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HOPPE The scandal at Penn State Rocking the Church of Football

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n the off chance you were herding yaks in Uzbekistan last week and missed the news: Joe Paterno is no longer the football coach at Penn State. JoePa, as he is affectionately known, had been the Penn State coach since 1966. During that span, his teams won 409 games. But that couldn’t save the 84-year-old icon from being fired for not doing enough to report allegations that his longtime assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was a pedophile. Sandusky has been indicted on 40 counts of sex crimes against young boys. He has been charged with seven counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse — that is to say, having raped boys. It appears at least 20 of the crimes Sandusky is charged with took place while he was working for JoePa at Penn State. Sandusky retired from coaching in 1999. In 2001, he published an autobiography rather creepily titled, Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story. The abrupt ending to Paterno’s storied career appears to be a form of collateral damage inflicted by the Sandusky affair. It wasn’t anything Paterno did that got him in trouble, but that he didn’t do enough. When told in 2002 that Sandusky had been seen raping a boy in the Penn State locker room, Paterno duly reported the incident to the university administration and went back to the business of being a legendary football coach. News of this scandal broke across the bow of the national media like a tidal wave. This wasn’t just a sports story, but a national morality play involving heinous sex crimes, betrayals of trust and a beloved father figure — all played out against the backdrop of football, our nation’s most hyped pastime. Without the football connection, it’s doubtful this story would have received wall-to-wall coverage. On Nov. 4, for example, an eerily similar case involving allegations that a culture of pedophilia permeates high school swimming on the state and national levels was relegated to The Indianapolis Star’s Metro and State section, along with stories about the Bands of America Grand National Championship and bus fees in Franklin Township. But football has become tantamount to a kind of church in this country. The stories of players and coaches are packaged as parables about enduring pain and making sacrifices,

the power of individual will and the importance of teamwork. Games and plays are endlessly analyzed in exercises melding brute force with an almost hyper-rational attention to the details of technique. Coaches, teams and players are judged according to their abilities to do what we mere mortals rarely, if ever, accomplish: control their destinies. No wonder, then, that the Penn State scandal has been compared to the sexual abuse scandals that continue to rock the Catholic Church. In both instances the behavior of coaches/clergy is seen as taking place in a privileged zone somehow beyond the laws that govern the rest of us. As another legendary coach, the all-but-sainted Vince Lombardi, famously was attributed to have said, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” I grew up in a Great Lakes state. Football here can seem as natural a part of the autumn landscape as the falling leaves or the vivid blue that heightens the sky at this time of year. As kids, we played tackle and touch football wherever we could find a grassy space big enough to give us room. I loved playing those games and, like a lot of other people, I got hooked on watching the NFL. That was back when the (Baltimore) Colts’ biggest player — and one of the biggest players in the pro game — was Ed “Big Daddy” Lipscomb. Lipscomb was considered a mountain of a man at 284 pounds. Players were built more like the rest of us in those days. The league’s championship game wasn’t “super” yet. Players earned extra money by selling insurance or opening restaurants or car dealerships. They were well compensated, but teams weren’t made up of millionaires. We fans had yet to anoint the NFL and, by extension, the college game that feeds it, as our national metaphor, the crystallization of our obsessions with size, violence and spectacle. Our fixation with the game has turned it into a corporate powerhouse. Cities with NFL franchises wear a kind of corporate imprimatur that signals a place where business can be done with the willing cooperation of state and local governments. Communities lobby the NFL to host the annual Super Bowl through a process by which it is the league that judges whether or not a city is worthy for its championship game. And when that game takes place, the stands are full to the rafters with members of the so-called “1 percent,” the country’s executive class, who see on the field a self-congratulatory dramatization of capitalism on steroids. The game was never meant to carry this weight. It is, after all, a game. But our insistence on seeing it as something more has led to such excesses as cathedral-like stadia and, at a university like Penn State, athletic departments that actually overshadow the schools they are associated with. Students there rioted when they heard of JoePa’s firing. Their team was 8-1 at the time and undefeated in the Big Ten standings. What could be more important than that?

Without the football connection, it’s doubtful this story would have received wall-to-wall coverage.

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another velvet revolution: Silvio brought to knees, says “ciao” fifty million of our brothers, sisters live in poverty: shameful! Penn State students go on misguided rampage to support pederast Ashton Kutcher is thoroughly embarrassed by his premature tweet Broad Rip’ robberies fiendish but so’s media’s infatuation Facebook friends are now beginning to outnumber flesh and blood buddies Missouri woman is found fused to recliner resistance… futile Duggars are pregnant with twentieth child – they should buy carbon offsets Western Black Rhinos of Africa go extinct exiting this vile earth greenhouse gases spiked last year; we’re on the cusp of the Apocalypse

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THUMBSUP THUMBSDOWN MOVING FORWARD WITH MASS TRANSIT

Dare we say, it? Mayor Ballard, we are impressed that you made it your first order of business to outline mass transportation issues and strategy. You understand that resurrecting the state’s great interurban rail network, or something like it, is essential to the fiscal, environmental and sustainable success of our city, state and region. The country and world also must face up to the reality and the expense, as well. Cooperation is key — among all players, from the City-County Council to the Statehouse. We’ll be watching and rooting for positive solutions to the very real problems we face regarding transportation and infrastructure. Your administration was innovative in its response to the overwhelming problems of combined sewer overflow. Now it’s time to work your magic elsewhere.

HOMELESSNESS AND HOMEWORK, A GROWING LOAD

In their mission to provide tutoring support to Indy’s homeless children, School on Wheels staff say they are inundated by a growing need for their services. An estimated 50 additional tutoring volunteers are needed. People as young as 11 are allowed to tutor with their parents, kids over 14 can tutor on their own with parental permission. Tutor times vary. Some start at 5 p.m., some at 6:30 p.m., and the program maintains 12 service sites around the city. Please contact School on Wheels at 317-202-9100 or www.indyschoolonwheels.org/tutor if you’re willing to see how far a little bit of time can go. Local homeless shelters are also sounding the call for warm clothing and blanket donations.

RECYCLING REDUX

In case you forgot to celebrate America Recycles Day on Nov. 15, the Indy Winter Farmers Market will host an electronic waste collection from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at City Market. They’ll be taking everything from microwaves to mainframe computers.

BACK OFF, BULLIES

Divisive gossip, vicious slander amplified by the power of the Internet or threats followed by physical attacks all undermine our communal well-being. An estimated 160,000 kids skip school each day out of fear and one study estimated that a bully victim commits suicide every half hour, according to bullyingstatistics. org. These forms of bullying pervade all echelons of society and it is incumbent on all us to tune in to the ways we can make the world a more peaceful, loving and safe place. Community leaders have deemed this week “Anti-Bullying Week.” So whether it’s in our schools or workplaces, this week provides a chance to emphasize empathy and practice positivity.

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news Major change at Major Taylor Marian plans massive overhaul of storied velodrome BY RO BE RT A N N IS E D I T O RS @N U V O . N E T

ike racers will return to Major Taylor Velodrome this weekend, and track officials hope that ongoing changes to the historic cycling venue will not only keep them coming back year after year, but also draw new, younger riders. Things are progressing so well, officials plan to put in a bid for a major, nationallevel race in 2014. Marian University and Zipp Speed Weaponry will host the second of three cyclocross races Nov. 19 in the park surrounding the velodrome at 3649 Cold Spring Road. NUVO will co-sponsor the third race Dec. 3. At the first race last month, Marian racers Josh Johnson and Katie Antonneau dominated in winning the men’s and women’s elite races, respectively. That wasn’t a surprise to local cycling fans. Marian is considered an elite cycling school, winning more than a dozen national championships on the road and track over the last 20 years, and Johnson and Antonneau are two of the team’s most accomplished riders. The win was Johnson’s seventh straight off-road victory, while Antonneau is the under-23 national cyclocross champion. Marian took over operation of the velodrome and surrounding Lake Sullivan Sports Complex in May, a month after reaching a 15-year agreement with the city of Indianapolis. The velodrome was built in 1982, when the city played host to the National Sports Festival. Once viewed as one of the premier cycling tracks in the nation, the velodrome fell into disrepair over the years as the city didn’t spend the money on proper upkeep. But Marian, the primary user of the complex, saw a diamond in the rough. Per the agreement, Marian will make up to $2 million in improvements to the park over the next 10 years, keeping all the revenue generated. Improvements were slow at first, but the work kicked into high gear right before the Collegiate Track Cycling Championships in September. “Before the takeover, the velodrome lacked a lot,” said amateur rider Michael Hart, who has raced at Major Taylor for the last eight years. “It had a manager and a fairly decent amount of participation on race night, but the place looked like a dump. Weeds and brush covered a lot of the grounds, and a lot of facilities fell into disrepair. There was also a lack of any programs to help encourage

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growth (beyond) the aging riders that have ridden here since its inception. “I was skeptical when Marian first took it over, as it seemed not much was being done to improve. … But there now seems to be a lot in the planning books, and we’re finally seeing signs of new programs being offered and a lot of the unwanted growth is finally being removed. I haven’t seen so much change at once.” Student and community volunteers have spent more than 3,500 man-hours repairing and upgrading the facility, Marian cycling team coach Dean Peterson said. Metal rails were repainted, as were the lines on the track. New awnings and signage were installed, and the lights, which didn’t always work before, were rewired. More than 200 volunteers from Lilly helped clear the non-native plants from the park around the velodrome. “The bids to do all the work came in at $60,000, but we ended up spending only $40,000, because of all the volunteer work,” Peterson said. “The community support has been huge for us; without them, we’d be stuck in the mud and collegiate track nationals wouldn’t have been as successful.” Even visiting athletes noticed. Several of the collegiate cyclists had competed at the velodrome the year before at nationals and commented positively on the improvements. Marian officials have big plans for the 41-acre Lake Sullivan facility, nicknamed the Indianapolis Cycloplex. In addition to the upgrades inside the velodrome, the long-neglected BMX park will be reconstructed, a criterium course laid out and a permanent 1.5-mile cyclocross course developed. Peterson hopes to raise $250,000 in grants and private donations to start work on most of the projects by next year. Officials plan to sell naming rights to each

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of the new courses, but Peterson steadfastly denied the velodrome’s name would be changed. It is named in honor of Major Taylor, who grew up in Indianapolis and was the most accomplished cyclist at the turn of the last century and the first AfricanAmerican world champion in any sport. “We have absolutely no desire to change that name,” Peterson said. “It’s got a tremendous history behind it. Not only does it help draw people to the velodrome, it highlights a greatly under-recognized athlete.”

“Once the kids try it, they’re usually hooked.” — Dean Peterson, Marian cycling team coach

Peterson plans several spectator-friendly features for the planned permanent cyclocross course, including stairs and a flyover. Peterson said the plan is to build a first-class ’cross course that could hold a national or international-level event. Louisville hosted a U.S. Grand Prix last weekend that was expected to draw 750 riders and 2,000 spectators. About a third of those visitors would be traveling a great distance to attend, according to Joan Hanscom, USGP race director. Although Hanscom said the race series isn’t looking to move from one of its current venues — cycling’s governing body allows only eight such events in the United States — nothing would stop Marian and Cycloplex officials from starting their own

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major event, like Cincinnati is doing with its annual three-day cyclocross festival. Lake Sullivan officials, in conjunction with the Indiana Sports Corp., have put in a bid to host the 2014 Elite Cyclocross Nationals, Peterson said. Several professional racers were slated to participate in a free clinic sponsored by local wheel manufacturer Zipp Speed Weaponry on Nov. 14, and Peterson hoped he could enlist their support in bringing ’cross nationals to Indianapolis. The event realistically would attract thousands of athletes and their families. An estimated 10,000 spectators attended the men’s and women’s elite races in Bend, Ore., last year. Marian and city officials realize drawing new riders and spectators will likely hold the key to the Cycloplex’s ultimate survival. This year, the track and cyclocross course attracted about 600 riders and more than 300 spectators; Peterson hopes to increase those numbers to 1,000 and 900, respectively, next year. “Most velodrome operators realize they’ve got to offer more than just track racing,” Peterson said. “They’ve got to be year-round cycling venues. These are far from cash cows; in fact, if not managed properly, they can be huge money pits. But if you create a series of activities around it, you can create energy and momentum. We need to bring in new users, younger racers by offering different types of races. Once the kids try it, they’re usually hooked, but we haven’t had the kids out here.” To that end, Marian and the city are sponsoring a new cyclocross racing series aimed at local children called the Mayor’s Cup. Although it’s currently limited to events held at the Cycloplex, Peterson said it could spread to other Indy Parks properties in the future.

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Ken Honeywell in his custom made Tonic Ball suit.

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he concept was simple: local bands would cover popular national artists for their friends and fans. All funds raised would be for Second Helpings, a “food rescue” organization that provides meals for thousands every day. An increasingly philanthropic music community has embraced the Tonic Ball mission and made it successful for ten straight years. This year matches three venues and three artists: Michael Jackson at the Fountain Square Theater, R.E.M. at Radio Radio, and David Bowie at the (just added) White Rabbit Cabaret. One wristband will allow the audience entrance into all three venues, where 42 artists will be performing throughout the evening. Tonic Ball hit the sweet spot in 2002. Since then, the ever-growing arts event has raised over $100,000 for Southeast side nonprofit Second Helpings.

IN THE BEGINNING Expectations were fairly low in the first year. The inaugural event featured the music of country-crossover artist Gram Parsons. “The first few years, we were begging bands to play. They were our friends, and we were pleading with them to play. Now, bands are campaigning with us to play at the event, and we are having to make hard decisions about scheduling,” said Nora Spitznogle, programs director for Second Helpings and long-time member of the Tonic Ball board. After the first event, organizers handed

a check for around $4,000 to Second Helpings, feeling very proud. They never expected how big the event would become. During following years, bands covered the music of Elvis Costello, Neil Young, the Rolling Stones, Prince, The Talking Heads, Madonna, The Clash, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Presley and Queen. Now, as the event rings in a new decade a founding member is stepping away. This will be Ken Honeywell’s last year as an organizer of the Tonic Ball. “Ten years is plenty of time to be in charge of the event. Thankfully, we have a really strong committee and people working on the event,” Honeywell said. Two of those strong people are Spitznogle and Ben Shine, communications director for Second Helpings. Remarkably, both became involved with the nonprofit because of their previous participation on the board for Tonic Ball. Spitznogle is working on her ninth Tonic Ball as a member of the board, and her seventh as an employee of Second Helpings. Shine is participating in his fifth Tonic Ball as a board member, and his third as an employee of Second Helpings.

WHY TONIC? The name Honeywell chose for his event symbolizes a lot of different things. A tonic is something that one takes to get well or alleviate pain; it is an important note in musical composition. It also has an oblique reference to drinking. Honeywell will be once again MC-ing at Radio Radio on the R.E.M. Stage.

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“I sometimes have trouble getting to the other rooms, which is a shame, especially this year. In the David Bowie room at the White Rabbit Cabaret are just some of my favorite local bands,” Honeywell said. “It has been life-changing for me. I have volunteered at Second Helpings for a number of years, delivered food every Friday and was on the board. It is amazing when you see the need in the community and see how many people that you are helping. You see how many kids wouldn’t have a hot meal without Second Helpings,” said Honeywell. Second Helpings has grown enormously during the years that Tonic Ball has been donating to the program. They’ve moved locations, rescued their 15 millionth pound of food, and are preparing to launch a massive kitchen renovation, allowing them to serve many more agencies. And Tonic has grown too, adding variations on their core event, including the Tonic Gallery, Tiny Tonic, the Tonic Preview Party and the Tonic Ball Compilation CD.

THE TONIC EXPANSION Tiny Tonic is in its second year. Tonic Ball organizers wanted parents to be able to bring kids and be a part of the Tonic experience. Last year, children’s performer RudiToonz performed Beatles songs while the kids ate fish and chips (for a British pub experience). This year, RudiToonz will return to play the songs of Jackson, Bowie and R.E.M. while the kids that attend create their own artwork inspired by the artist. Tonic Gallery began during Tonic II in

2003, and is curated this year by Kirsten Eamon-Shine. This year, 40 artists will exhibit at the Tonic Gallery, including (but, of course, not limited to) Justin Cooper, Mab Graves, Laura Kivela, Wug Laku, MaryAnne Nguyen, Eric Stine and Erin Swanson. The artists are encouraged to use Tonic Ball’s featured musicians and bands as inspiration, and many do. The artwork in the gallery is hung salon-style, with pieces arranged in small groupings that relate to one another, creating narratives throughout the space. The Gallery, located in the New Day Meadery, culminates with a live silent auction, running from 5 to 8 p.m. on the night of Tonic Ball. Bidding starts at $100 for each piece and tops off at $500; whomever has the highest bid at 8 p.m. on the evening of the auction wins the piece (although each piece is available for purchase for $500 until the start of the auction). This year, a sampling of Tonic Ball musical artists also donated a track to the Tonic Ball Compilation; the 17-track album is available for $5 and was released November 4th. It includes tracks from Red Light Driver, The Calumet Reel, Skyhunter, Ryan Williams, Chindi, The Common and many more.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF SHOW Programming the Tonic Ball is no easy feat; this year a record 42 bands will perform between the three stages. Each band only plays two songs, so the on-stage act is constantly revolving. (See our band schedule on page 31). The venues each claim an artist, and all bands performing on that stage cover said artist. Although

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Red Light Driver performing Beatles’ “Rain” during Tonic Ball IX.

The marquee at Tonic Ball VIII

the performers have the opportunity to play an original song as well, most stick to covers. “Last year almost no one played anything except covers because we were all eager to exhaust the Beatles’ catalogue,” Shine said. Selecting bands can be tricky, but this year the selections, which were narrowed down from 60 options, seemed a natural choice. One board member in particular is very happy. “I’ve been campaigning for R.E.M. since my first vote nine years ago,” said Spitznogle. The bands scheduled to play Tonic Ball are wildly diverse, giving bands and audiences alike a chance to see a variety of different genres in one set. The night is also a type of local musicians’ reunion. “The bands call it their little reunion because bands that never usually play together get to hang out; they are usually playing out [on weekends]. We always say that at Tonic you bring your A-game; they all show off for each other. The audience really appreciates it too,” said Spitznogle.

Graduates of the Job Training Program also sometimes stay at Second Helpings. Chef Sam Brown, who leads the program, is a graduate himself.

THE POWER OF SECOND HELPINGS A nonprofit like Second Helpings is remarkable because it fills in the very real hole that exists between providers of food and those who don’t have enough food. “It doesn’t make sense that we throw away food, but it also doesn’t make sense that there are a lot of hungry people every day, and people that don’t know where they are going to eat next,” said Shine.

TEN YEARS, TEN FIGURES THE IMPACT OF SECOND HELPINGS. Provided by Nora Spitznogle, director of programs at Second Helpings

Shine, who refers to the day-to-day operations at Second Helpings as “Iron Chef for 3,000,” said that work continued at the organization even during the citycrippling ice storms of last February. “We front-loaded people before it was happening and then for two days only staff came in. We did all of the cooking and got it out,” said Shine. Second Helpings not only provides healthy meals to agencies, it also trains unemployed and under-employed persons with culinary aspirations for free. The 10-week Culinary Job Training Program prepares its students for entry into the culinary industry. “This is what we call ending poverty at its source; we are not only giving them a skill, we are helping to give them the attitude to go be successful and embrace a career in the culinary industry. And it works,” said Shine. Perhaps the program’s most famous graduate is DeWitt Jackson, the executive chef for the Colts. But, graduates of the Culinary Job Training Program can be found in restaurants all over town, employed by some of the same guest chefs that once instructed them. These chefs from the community have embraced the program whole-heartedly. Chef Roger Duran of Barcelona Tapas once brought in a fifteen pound salmon to demonstrate how to prepare the fish. Elizabeth Garber of The Best Chocolate in Town teaches a truffle-making class. Chefs from US Foods bring in a side of beef and show how to break it down. “And we all had steaks for lunch that day,” Shine recalled, of the day chefs from US Foods visited.

A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY Venues in Fountain Square have supported Tonic Ball from its inception. David “Tufty” Clough offered Radio Radio as a location in the first year for free. “He is really supportive of anything good in the community,” said Shine, of clough. Fountain Square Theatre was added for the fifth iteration of the Tonic Ball. “Priscilla [Erickson], who runs the theater, loves the theme as much as I do. Last year, she was buying Beatles’ memorabilia; she dresses up her staff. She really gets into it,” said Spitznogle of the Fountain Square Theatre’s operator. Erickson knew that the Fountain Square Theater had a great opportunity to get involved. “Shortly after our arrival [at Tonic Ball IV], we found a small spot to squeeze up against the wall, near the stage; I looked over at Fern [Calvert, the owner of Fountain Square Theatre] at the same time she turned toward me, each of us having the same thought: ‘This needs to be in the Theatre next year,’” said Erickson, looking back on a previous Tonic Ball. This year brings another venue with the White Rabbit Cabaret. The Tonic Ball board knew that they needed more space last year when tickets sold out before the night of the event for Tonic Ball IX. The board never considered moving the event away from Fountain Square.

“It has grown to the point that it kind of takes over Fountain Square for the night. It is really a great night for this part of town. In another ten years, I would love to see it be even bigger. With five stages, maybe eight stages, it could be a little one-night music festival in Fountain Square,” said Honeywell. An increasingly tight-knit and supportive music community could support such growth. “I’ve seen the music community become more aware and more philanthropic. I think a lot of that has happened through various economic circumstances, but I also think that Tonic Ball really set the bar for a nice way for musicians to give back,” Spitznogle said. Although Tonic Ball is not an easy feat to pull off, the event seems to be something of a magical combination. The community enjoys a wonderful evening seeing their favorite local bands, musicians get to show off for one another while performing for a new audience and the crowd can sing along to their favorite tunes. Riding on top of it all is the realization that everything that is happening is for a larger cause. “I always felt that feeding people was the most important thing,” Honeywell said. The continued success of Tonic Ball shows that people can be fed through the power of the musical community. “It’s a lot of work, but I’ve never gotten tired of it, because [Tonic Ball] is everything that I love about this city,” said Shine.

Tickets are available online at tonicindy.com.

5. Sunil Deo, graduate of Second Helpings

8. The first month Second Helpings served six partner agencies; last month sixty were served.

graduate; now the total is 462. Second Helpings has graduated 65 classes as of this month.

6. The Second Helpings fleet has grown from one van to a fleet of two refrigerated box trucks and eight delivery vans.

3. Since inception in 1998, volunteers have donated 196,553 hours of their time.

7. Chef Sam Brown, Culinary Job Training Director is

9. Second Helpings has over 600 active volunteers; the organization relies on at least 30 volunteers a day to prepare and deliver the meals, teach the students and keep the facility maintained. The volunteers out-number the staff at least two to one each day.

Second Helpings rescued 7099 pounds of food in the first month of operation (1998). Last month, 161,679 pounds of food were rescued.

2. The first Culinary Job Training Class had one

4. Since inception, Second Helpings has prepared and delivered 5,874,929 meals.

Culinary Job Training Class #54, was chosen to be one of the faces of Indianapolis for the Super Bowl.

a graduate of Class # 8, Chef Liz Gimenez, Director of Hunger Relief is a graduate of Class #33.

10. Second Helpings prepared and delivered 3,074 meals in the first month of operation in 1998. Last month, they prepared and delivered 58,839 meals.

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Ten Tonic memories TODD ROBINSON OWNER OF LUNA MUSIC:

“All of my Tonic Ball memories are nicely bookended by the still-fresh image of Ken Honeywell coming to LUNA 10 years ago on a spring Saturday, telling me about this benefit idea he had hatched. I subsequently learned all about Second Helpings. The other image is of the Beatle-esque announcement of Tonic IX, resplendent with rooftop performance, atop the Murphy. Tonic Ball-you’ve come a long way, baby! Viva Second Helpings! Viva Ken Honeywell!”

PRISCILLA ERICKSON MANAGER OF FOUNTAIN SQUARE THEATER

“I’ve often pondered the name: Tonic Ball. I was not quite sure of the origin and why Ken Honeywell named it such; but upon my own reflection I see this event as a tonic for the community, bringing musicians to Fountain Square and raising funds for the very worthy services provided by Second Helpings, making everyone stronger, more energetic and healthier. Then, of course, I looked up the word Tonic and found the fifth definition listed to be: “first note of scale.” It is the first note of a musical scale and the harmony built on this note. I always knew Ken Honeywell to be both humble and brilliant. Good people making good things happen for a good cause. It is a great pleasure to work with the same dedicated people who organize and host this event each year and to watch the event grow in attendance and popularity.”

KEN HONEYWELL FOUNDER OF TONIC BALL

“I’ve had the privilege of viewing Tonic Ball up close every year, and I’ve seen scores of stunning performances. Otis Gibbs backed by the Vulgar Boatmen doing “19th Nervous Breakdown,” the Zero Boys’ version of “Sympathy for the Devil” and Everything Now! doing whatever they want every year spring quickly to mind. But my favorite memory is still the first: the night my business associate and I had a drink after work at the Keystone Grill. We were talking about what we wanted to do with our lives, and I said I’d lived pretty selfishly. I wanted to do something for

WHY I GIVE:

ARTIST STATEMENTS FROM THE TONIC GALLERY “I’m happy to contribute towards a great cause through Second Helpings. The work they do is irreplaceable, and serves a much-needed function: love one another.” — Wug Laku “Supporting the Tonic Gallery is a wonderful proposition for an artist. It’s obviously appealing to donate work that funds the endeavors of Second Helpings, and ultimately helps disadvantaged individuals transform their lives “through the power of

somebody else, and I had an idea for a fundraiser. She asked who I would do it for and I said I didn’t know, but feeding hungry people was the most important thing I could think of. She suggested Second Helpings. That idea became Tonic Ball. That business associate became my wife Becky. Because of that night in 2002, I still think I’m the luckiest schmuck in the world.

BEN SHINE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR SECOND HELPINGS

I have two favorite memories of Tonic Ball and both of them occurred late in the evening last year in Radio Radio. Yoko Moment pulled off a feat even the Beatles never managed: they performed the entire B-Side medley of Abbey Road . It involved the perfect use of a plastic cup for the vocals during “You Never Give Me Your Money” and ended with a wholly sweet “Her Majesty.” It was an epic musical demonstration of endurance, dedication and respect for one of the greatest pieces of recorded music. A little while later, my annual favorites, Everything Now!, transitioned from a psychedelic, smoke-machine-filled rendition of “Tomorrow Never Knows” to an a cappella “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” During the chorus, they were joined by almost every one of the 250 or more people packed shoulder to shoulder in the club. It reminded me that what makes Tonic so great is the community that shows up to make it so much fun, and that this town is more awesome than ever.”

DEREK OSGOOD OF RED LIGHT DRIVER

“I don’t have one specific Tonic Ball memory that stands out from the rest. They’re all great memories, and I feel the event gets better every year. The positive vibes that fill Fountain Square during Tonic Ball festivities are undeniable. Everyone from fans to musicians are in the highest of spirits and high fives, hugs and smiles are coming at you from all angles Last year we played The Beatles stage at Radio Radio and had best time ever. Being able to play a couple of our favorite Beatles songs was almost as cool as seeing all the other bands playing their hearts out. It was magical ... as if Beatles songs aren’t magical enough. I left the stage telling the crowd “This was the best ten minutes of my fucking life,” and I meant every word of it. Tonic Ball really brings out the best in people and it’s a joy to be a part of it.” food.” But it’s equally rewarding to be part of a generous, creative community that has united for ten years to help that cause. Tonic Gallery is a terrific compliment to Tonic Ball and a great way artists can give to the community while at the same time expressing their individual visions.” — James Sholly “Second Helpings does critical work in the city that I live in. This is a small city, and they are touching the lives of people we see everyday. Not the theoretically-hungryout-there-somewhere, but eyes that look into ours when we walk the streets. This is our community and we all have to take a stand to make it what we want it to be.” — Mab Graves

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NORA SPITZNOGLE PROGRAMS DIRECTOR OF SECOND HELPINGS

“I’ve been lucky enough to attend all of the Tonic Balls so far and participate in varying degrees, from working the door, chairing the committee and playing typewriter in an all-woman jug band. All of the Tonic nights are a big warm and fuzzy blur of overwhelming love of our community. Each year, I have a moment of looking over the crowd and feeling humbled by the awesome talents of musicians, artists and the fans that come together to support Second Helpings. Tonic Ball is by far my favorite night of the year – I have goose bumps from when the first chord is played until the post-Tonic early morning breakfast at Peppy’s Grill.”

KYLE RAGSDALE, ARTIST & PERFORMER

“I love Tonic Ball for so many reasons. 1. It’s two blocks away. It’s been great that Tonic Ball has stayed in Fountain Square and both have grown, adapted and become more fun. 2. I love how the art committee takes care of its artists by giving us passes to the shows! So many orgs ask for free art but they never ever give back to the artists (most people think it helps our taxes, but it doesn’t). 3. Many years I’ve been in both a band and in the art show and it’s been super exciting to bid on art, run to sing and run back and see what awesome art you won. It’s also great to see all these musicians and artists together in one place. 4. But probably best of all, all this craziness and fun is planned by an organization that does so much good to serve the poor and bless areas of poverty in Indy.”

CARA JEAN WAHLERS MUSICIAN

“My favorite Tonic Ball Memory is from the first Tonic Ball I attended in 2006. Ryan Williams was performing on Fountain Square Theater’s Prince stage with The Common, which puzzled me because that would have meant two bass players and Ryan was being very secretive about their plans. What I didn’t know was that while his wife and I were standing close to the stage listening to The Common perform “Jungle Love,” Ryan busted out from the back of the stage with a spot on version of Morris Day straight from “Purple Rain.” His wife and I were transformed into teenagers seeing the Beatles perform live for the first time and I haven’t missed a Tonic Ball since. There’s always at least one moment that completely captivates me each and every year.”

Alas, we could only fit eight memories in print. Check for the rest online. Erin Swanson donates to the Tonic Gallery because she gets to eat and so should everyone else! Swanson has been an active arts professional for twelve years as a fine artist, teacher and graphic designer. After suffering financial hardships just prior to the major U.S. economic crisis, she knows what it feels like to be on the outer edges of society and struggle to make a living. — Erin Swanson “How could a small not-for-profit save lives with what others tossed away? Who would want to support an organization that provides services to people most of us don’t even see, let alone admit live in the same city as us? They do it with dedication to their mission and the support of fellow citizens. The more Second Helpings grows, the more people it can help. I want to help it grow.” — Ben Traub

TIMELINE OF CHANGES AT SECOND HELPINGS 1998 60 meals prepared and delivered on the first day in a kitchen space in the old RCA factory at 10th & Michigan.

1999 20 other social service agencies receive food from Second Helpings at no cost

2000 28th student graduates from Culinary Job-Training Program

2001 One millionth pound of food rescued. The first Tonic Ball is held .

2002 36 social service agencies receive food at no cost from Second Helpings.

2003 One millionth meal prepared and delivered

2004 Over 100 graduates from the Culinary Job-Training Program

2005 Second Helpings moves to 1121 Southeastern Ave

2006 5,000,000 pound of food rescued

2007 Second Helpings distributes its 3 millionth meal

2008 10 million pounds rescued, 300 Culinary Job Training Graduates

2009 4 millionth meal distributed

2010 400th student graduated from Culinary Job Training Graduates

2011 15,000,000 pound of food rescued.

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Only have time to do one thing all week? This is it.

16 WEDNESDAY: FOOD

Cooking: Possible with Robert Irvine @ Clowes

The one and only Gizmo.

17 THURSDAY: FILM

Gremlins @ Sun King Brewing Company When all is said and done, Joe Dante is going to get his due for making prettydarn subversive films that are also plenty of fun in a creature feature kind of way. Gremlins may be his best known film; Matinee, his tribute to William Castle-era

horror features, and Homecoming, a onehour installment for a Showtime horror series that saw the zombies of U.S. war dead come back to life, angered that they were swept under the table upon their return, are both worth reconsidering. So go ahead and rent those now, and then head down to Sun King for a screening of Gremlins. Bring a lawn chair and cash for beer and Jockamo’s pizza. She or he wearing the ugliest Christmas sweater will win a very special prize pack. Doors at 7:30 p.m.; show at 8 p.m; tickets $6 advance and $10 door. Presented by Indy Film Fest. 135 N. College Ave., 602-3702, indyfilmfest.org

COMEDY

Funny About That @ IndyFringe

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‘One Piece Show’ at Dean Johnson by Dan Grossman Dance Theatre of Harlem by Rita Kohn

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16 WEDNESDAY Faiz Rahman and the Carbon Cycle @ IMCPL Central Branch

FREE

Once upon a time, Phil van Hest had only to prepare enough material for, say, one Fringe show a year. And then he moved to Indy, and apparently decided that he wasn’t going to stick to such a reasonable schedule. Wednesday marks the second installment of Funny About That , his monthly “live talk show”. Shows will be recorded for radio and podcast, and there will be free beer supplies while they last. Tickets are $10 at the door ($8 for students and seniors) for the 8 p.m. show at the IndyFringe Building. 719 E. St. Clair St., 835-9619, funnyaboutthat.com

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Irvine, minutes before being asked to cook 5,000 pies in 20 minutes.

ENVIRONMENT

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Phil van Hest goes rogue.

Robert Irvine , whose shows tend to go by the brand name Food-related thing: Impossible, comes back to town Wednesday with another celebrity chef, Jonathon Sawyer (sous-chef on Iron Chef America; owner of Cleveland’s Greenhouse Tavern), to talk a little cooking and do an on-stage cooking demonstration. Irvine was recently in town to rehab a failing restaurant for his Restaurant: Impossible (which challenges Irvine to rescue a restaurant with the un-Gordon Ramsey like budget of $10,000); he’s also been the host of Dinner: Impossible, which demanded of him herculean efforts to churn out a dinner for umpteen-thousand people in very little time. The event is a benefit for the Mozel Sanders Foundation , which has been delivering hot Thanksgiving meals to the at need for over 40 years. Proceeds from the $40 tickets go towards the foundation, as do proceeds from an auction for the right to sit next to the cooking area and chow down on what Irvine and Sawyer cook up. It all gets started at 7:30 p.m. 4602 Sunset Ave., 9406444, cloweshall.org

If we’re going to be held accountable for the environmental cost of our behavior, it’s going to take projects like those Rahman tinkers with a pod that will measure climate change. currently being put together by IU professor Faiz Rahman, who has created a map showshamed. Rahman will present his map ing the carbon balance — i.e. and other information — including the balance between the amount of regarding his work on forest carbon carbon emitted and absorbed — in each Senate district in the state. Any lawmaker uptake in forests in Morgan and Monroe counties — Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the who looks at the map to see that his disCentral Library. 40 E. St. Clair St., 275trict is puffing out carbon like a county4100, imcpl.org wide Hummer ought to then be properly

IU Opera’s La Boheme by Rita Kohn MSNBC’s ‘Young Kids, Hard Time’ by Marc Allan PBS’s ‘American Masters: Woody Allen’ by Marc Allan

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Percussive Arts Society International Conference by Chris Pennell

GO&DO 18 FRIDAY SHOPPING

FREE

Rational consumerism @ the Stutz and on Mass Ave

Hot town, silver in the city.

Because we don’t want to leave anyone out, we’re combining two events into this Go&Do pick: the Stutz Artists Association’s Holiday Exhibition and the Mass Ave Merchants Association’s Midnight Shopper event. At the Stutz show, artists will showcase their work in a single space on the second floor of the D building (just listen for the holiday hustle and bustle to find it); the event runs from 5-10 p.m., is free and will run coincident to the StutzArtSpace’s showing of Unclothed, their Spirit & Place exhibition themed around the art nude. For the Midnight Shopper event, stores on the 400 Block of Mass Ave, including Silver in the City, Global Gifts and Mass Ave Toys , will stay open until midnight, offering discounts, live entertainment and the like.

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19 SATURDAY

SPECIAL EVENT

Tough Mudder Indiana in Attica This one’s a bit of a drive, but for the hardy of spirit and/or masochistic of bent, it’ll be worth it. Tough Mudder puts together 10-12 mile obstacle courses around the world of the decidedly extreme variety. A few of the obstacles inlclude “Electroshock Therapy,” which demands that participants run through live wires; the “Fire Walker,” a jaunt through flaming bales of hay; and the “Chernobyl Jaccuzi,” which requires contestants to jump in and out of dumpsters filled with ice water that been colored with dye. The rest of it is your ordinary special forces training, sans the guns: plenty of mud, cold water, forest, mountains, underground caverns and

19 SATURDAY CHORAL

Encore Vocal Arts: Elijah @ Tabernacle Presbyterian Church Elijah is big in this town. The Indianapolis Chamber Choir recently released their 2007 performance of Mendelssohn’s oratorio on a two-disc

Tough Mudder’s “Fire Walker.”

other inhospitable geography. Spectator tickets are $20 advance (toughmudder. com) and $40 on site for Saturday and Sunday events. Final entry has closed for participants, but there’s another one of these in the same location in March 2012. 3968 N. Xavier Road, Attica, 765-762-2981, toughmudder.com

set. And now the 32-member auditioned choir Encore Vocal Arts will present their version of the piece, joining forces with the Arsenal Tech’s Chamber Choir, with accompaniment by a string octet and organ performing a new arrangement. The performance will benefit, in part, Heifer International, the worldwide organization dedicated to sending goats overseas, and/or to developing programs to address hunger and scarcity in the developing world. Tickets for the 8 p.m. performance are $18 for adults and free for those under 18. 418 E. 34th St., 576-7676, encorevocalarts.org

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Eroica Trio @ The Palladium We’ll quote the Chicago Sun-Times to put the Eroica Trio in context: “Our image of the piano trio is largely formed by groups like the celebrated [original] Beaux Arts, three middleaged gentlemen who apply their wisdom and artistry to their chosen repertory. That image is about to change.” Indeed, even PR about the all-female Eroica Trio is just too eager to tell you that the group is comprised entirely of persons of the female persuasion: they are, for instance, The sensually elegant Eroica Trio. “one of the world’s hottest trios,” gifted with “sensual elegance.” But enough about that: the critically-lauded Eroica Trio is multiple Grammy-nominated and a go-to group for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto (they perform it more frequently than any other ensemble); the New York Times has said they play “chamber music for the concert hall,” which is great news for a mighty space like the Palladium. Their program Saturday consists of Gaspar Cassado’s Trio in C Major, Gershwin’s Three Preludes and Brahms’ Trio in C Major, Opus 87. Tickets for the 8 p.m. performance run $18-103. 355 City Center Drive, Carmel, 843-3800, thecenterfortheperformingarts.org

Hot roller derby action!

Gary Gulman, grapefruit hater.

19 SATURDAY

Naptown Roller Girls @ Pepsi Coliseum

NoExit fundraiser with comedian Gary Gulman @ Morty’s

SPORTS

Slap on those kneepads (not the presidential ones), affix those skull-and-bones temporary tattoos and sharpen those wheels — the Naptown Roller Girls are back in town to kick off their sixth season Saturday at the Pepsi Coliseum. Rest assured that they’re in fighting form after tournaments this month and the last, including a trip to the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association tournament in Denver, where they valiantly fought a Philly team. The Ohio Roller Girls will face off in the opener against The Naptown Tornado Sirens, the varsity Naptown Roller Girl team; the Sirens last faced the Columbus a year and a half back in a match won by Naptown by over 100 points. Tickets are $12 in advance (at naptownrollergirls.com and several local businesses) and $17 at the door; discounts are available for groups, seniors, kids and others. The Star Warsthemed event will feature several characters from the films, including members of the 501st and Rebel Legion. 1202 E. 38th St., 522,1958, naptownrollergirls.com

COMEDY

Gary Gulman is at Morty’s all weekend (Nov. 17-19, that is), but it’s only on Saturday night that your ticket will go towards a cause other than keeping a viable local business alive. $10 from your $13 ticket for his 8 or 10:15 p.m. performances will go towards local theater company NoExit to help fund their upcoming rendition of The Nutcracker. The rather tall Gulman (6’6”), a Last Comic Standing vet, is fond of observational humor: his routine on grapefruit rather accuately observes that while the grape is “a masterpiece, delicious; way to go God,” the grapefruit is “vile, inedible” and “so bad it should be a vegetable”; verily, the only reason the grapefruit was invented was so that we might “have something to compare a tumor to.” 3625 E. 96th St., 848-5500, mortyscomedy.com 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO // 11.16.11-11.23.11 // go&do

A&E FEATURE International Festival showcases Indy’s diversity

35th annual pan-ethnic event highlights local talent BY RA CH E L H O L L IN G S W O R TH E DI T O RS @N U V O . N E T It’s one of the first evenings of November that actually feels like winter. But it’s warm inside the German-American Klub on South Meridian Street, and laughter leaks out from behind the closed doors of the banquet hall. Inside, young students of the Mistry Dance Academy are preparing for their performance at the Indy International Festival on Saturday. The children spin around the ballroom, tapping their wooden sticks together to the notes of an Indian folk song. The Mistry dancers are one of many local international groups that will perform at the annual festival, which takes place Nov. 17-20 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Their performance is a rendition of Rass Gharba, a traditional folk dance from India’s Gujarat region, and just one of a variety of styles that Mistry students learn. Looking on with a watchful eye is the Academy’s director and founder, Alpa Mistry. As a seven-year student at the Kala Kendra Institute in her hometown of Mumbai, Mistry was trained in Bharatnatyam, India’s classical dance form. Today, her choreography is a blend of classical movements and Bollywood (a catch-all term for the more contemporary dance style featured in Indian film musicals). Since moving to Indianapolis from New Jersey in 2008, Mistry has been building a client base on the city’s south side, but it isn’t always easy. “Southside is more challenging than north side,” Mistry says. “Northside still has a bigger Indian community. Now, I feel the concentration of Indian people is increasing, but where do I go and find them? That is another challenge.” Mistry, 36, directs a women’s dance troupe on Fridays; but tonight, her students range from ages 5 to 11. Dance holds a special significance for this particular group. “My young students are born here, but their parents are all from India. Parents always feel that they want their children to learn something that is a little bond to India,” Mistry says. “I tell my students to listen to Hindi songs, see Hindi television. You are born here, but you are an Indian, because your roots are Indian.” “I’m through and through Indian, my husband and I were born and brought up in India. But even though our culture is so strong, instilling our values in our own daughter is so hard.” Purvi Desai — whose 7-year-old son, Rahul, dances with Mistry — understands the chal-

lenges of raising a child with dual cultural identities: “I want my son to learn our culture – we are so far away, this way at least he gets to know where his ancestors are from. I want him to know what we grew up with.” Desai is pleased with life in Indy, noting the growth of the Indian community in recent years. “When I came here 21 years ago, there were very few Indian families,” she says. “Now there is a lot of awareness. Now we see [Indians] everywhere.” Mistry’s company is one of several Indian dance troupes in the Indianapolis area. Sudha Goradia, whose Mayuri School of Dance will perform at the International Festival on Sunday, has been teaching dance in Indy since 1997. “[The] Indian community is welcomed and embraced in the city of Indianapolis,” Goradia says. “I don’t feel uncomfortable. Events like the International Festival help bring us all together.” But the future of the local Indian community lies with the new generation of IndianAmericans, according to Goradia. “I think the second generation will actively participate in government,” Goradia says, adding that there’s still room for change in Indianapolis. “When it comes to the media, they are quick to grab on to negative things… but take their own time when something nice is going on in the community. Media should get more involved with International Festival, spread the word around and educate the people about the big world out there [outside] the U.S.A.”

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Pavel Polanco-Safadit & Direct Contact Latin Jazz bring their high-energy act to the Fairgrounds on Saturday.

Teaching through music On a different side of the cultural spectrum, pianist Pavel Polanco-Safadit and his band, Direct Contact Latin Jazz, are carving out their own tradition. Alongside bassist Steve Dokken and percussionist Raul Padro, Polanco-Safadit has created a repertoire of original tunes mixed with complex arrangements of Latin jazz classics. Drawing from the work of greats like Chucho Valdes, Direct Contact has a sound that’s high-energy and technically difficult. But the band has an educational mission. “For me and for my band, it’s a teaching thing,” Polanco-Safadit says. “[If] we play just merengue or duranguense or any Latino music, we are excluding a lot of people. I want everybody from everywhere to come and watch us — internationally — so I wanted to make something that would reflect that.” Among the Latino community, PolancoSafadit often finds himself correcting the misconceptions surrounding his style of music. “I don’t play jazz, I play Latin jazz - Latin rhythms combined with jazz harmonies,” he explains. “[Latinos] didn’t understand until they came and saw Direct Contact and saw the energy in everything, and they loved it. They now know what Latin jazz means.” Direct Contact is just one of PolancoSafadit’s educational endeavors. A professor at Earlham College, he directs the jazz ensemble, teaches private lessons and leads a Latin jazz combo. As the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s Latin music specialist, he helps direct a Latin band for area kids.

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“I like to see lives changing,” PolancoSafadit says. “When I see a student changing, I like that. Teaching is one of the beautiful ways that you can show them the door, so that they can go and conquer the world.” Born in the Dominican Republic, PolancoSafadit was classically trained in piano by a local missionary before receiving a music scholarship to attend the University of Arkansas. After earning his master’s in composition and theory from Eastern Kentucky University in 2003, he traveled the country playing jazz with players like saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell and bassist Richard Davis. In addition to the piano, Polanco-Safadit sings and plays several other instruments. “You learn on the street,” he says. “I am very fortunate — I got street teaching, and I have the formal academics as well.” Since moving to Indianapolis four years ago, Polanco-Safadit has served in IPS schools as an educational music coordinator and currently works as a student mentor with the La Plaza outreach program for Latino youth. Many of his students were born in Latin America. “When they come here, some of them get disconnected from their roots,” he says. “But I think it’s very important to know your roots – it’s important to know where you are coming from.” Direct Contact will headline the International Festival with a performance on Saturday, November 19, at 7:30 p.m.

About the Festival: This weekend’s festivities include dance, music and cultural presentations from over 30 area international groups. Highlights include Bloomington-based Afro-Cuban music and dance troupe Sancocho (Friday and Sunday), a Parade of Nations (Saturday) and the Caledonia Scottish Pipe Band (Sunday). The event will feature over 20 ethnic food vendors, and Kahn’s Fine Wines will provide a selection of international beer and wine. The Indy International Festival began in 1976 as a celebration of cultural diversity in Indiana. The festival is run by volunteers from the Nationalities Council of Indiana, a non-profit coalition of Indiana’s ethic and cultural organizations.

WHAT: Indy International Festival WHEN: November 18, 2 – 9 p.m. November 19, 10 – 9 p.m. November 20, Noon – 6 p.m. WHERE: Indiana State Fairgrounds, West Pavilion PRICE: $8 advance, $10 at gate For tickets and event schedule: www.familyevents.com/event/204

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enough. Other Fellows include Skawennati (Mohawk), whose photographic narratives suggest loss and disconnection, and Anna Tsouhlarakis (Navajo/Creek/Greek), who creates virtual reality “games” and images tense with conflict and the dark promise of a violent clash. The canoe travels on. —JULIANNA

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KYLE RAGSDALE: COSTUMERIE THE HARRISON CENTER FOR THE ARTS; THROUGH NOV. 25 y Costumerie is a fairly predictable exhibition of impressionistic paintings, some very large and some very small, all striving to evoke nostalgia according to Ragsdale’s printed text. The paintings depict hazy scenes full of Ragsdale’s familiar top hat-clad gentleman and seem to be plucked from dreams or children’s books. Costumerie is successful throughout at conjuring a haunting sense of nostalgia. This exhibition also shows Ragsdale expanding the range of his paintings in a very safe manner — there is more action, expanded color palettes and more detail, as compared to his previous work. Ragsdale makes a lot of art, and he sells a lot as well. This becomes a bit troubling when one considers the fact that his entire ouvre consists of exactly the type of work that most people who have only a passing interest in art love to hang in their homes — rather drab, inoffensive, pretty paintings that feel nondescript and could go with almost any decorating style or furniture imaginable. He’s one of the most oft-exhibited artists in Indianapolis, yet his artwork almost always fails to provoke any thought about contemporary life or art. It feels indulgently rooted in the past and divorced from its time. There is a bit of growth here, and most of the art is well-executed and visually appealing. Overall, however, this is really more of the same from Ragsdale. — CHARLES FOX

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Trains bring Mike Graves back to a place “when he would sit back, put on his Walkman, and experience the sites and sounds” around him. He rode Chicago’s “L” often, but it’s the iconic image of a New York City subway train that repeats in his paintings as a symbol of the inner city. Graves employs a subway silhouette graphic across most of his canvases — almost as if screenprinted instead of painted in black. The motif brings unity throughout the exhibition, which includes collaborations with artists from the Bridge Collective, an Indianapolis artist cooperative. Collaborator Lorax added a collaged area of musical notes, plus playful color and cartoon character tags, on top of Graves’s initial muted toned canvas in “Train Series 017.” Lorax smartly painted the graffiti style imagery throughout the composition and not just within the train image’s confines. Music is again represented in Graves’ “Music Train,” which includes an expressionistic background paired with painted musical notes. The notes called out to be more drippy and organically painted, but Graves still conveyed the groove and feeling of the subway experience, urban community and expressive energy of street art. —SUSAN WATT GRADE

DANCE MOTUS DANCE THEATRE: IN WHITE RABBIT CABARET, NOV. 11-12 t In their latest production, In, Motus Dance Theatre vigorously attacks all manner of hateful interpersonal inflictions — from bullying to selfishness, thoughtlessness to vengefulness — in a world where it’s really just a lot less less trouble being kind, thoughtful, compassionate, supportive, loving. Who among us has not been excluded, after all? While the program may not have been meant to inflict trauma, the sheer amount of victimization and violence in each vignette was unsettling enough to send us home intent upon, well, being a better person. Heidi Keller Phillips directed an inclusive company of twelve dancers whose diverse physicality and levels of performance enhanced

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the theme of exclusion/inclusion. Act 1 felt the stronger of the two-act program, though the closing number, with its reflection upon the opening story, helped to bring the evening to a somewhat hopeful conclusion. Still, the vision of seven choreographers bleed into each other, creating largely unsettling and jarring musical compositions and harsh lighting. —RITA KOHN

OPERA LA BOHEME MUSICAL ARTS CENTER AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY-BLOOMINGTON, THROUGH NOV. 19 q Breathtaking from every aspect, La Boheme at Indiana University Opera Theater is a microcosm of life, illuminating its minutest details and its overarching implications. The cast at the Nov. 12 performance at the Musical Arts Center at Indiana University vividly portrayed a poet, painter, philosopher, musician, seamstress, courtesan and other personalities in the world of 1850s Paris. Their personalities are seared into our consciousness via Giacomo Puccini’s ethereal music and Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica’s realistic libretto. In recreating Tito Capobianco’s original 2007 production concept and stage direction, Jeffrey Buchman retained and heightened the relationship between the four men, who live in poverty, yet remain ever optimistic and dedicated towards perfecting their craft. The level of acting goes beyond fine singing to amazing physicality — the cast pulls off seemingly spontaneous pranks, dances perfectly and fences with gusto. How does one part with an overcoat—the only possession to pawn as an act of kindness? This one aria alone is worth the drive to Bloomington. But go as well to be amazed by C. David Higgins’ set and costumes, Patrick Mero’s lighting and the live orchestra under David Effron. Continues Nov. 18 and 19 with a different cast at each performance. —RITA KOHN

A&E REVIEWS MUSIC ISO CLASSICAL SERIES PROGRAM NO. 7 HILBERT CIRCLE THEATRE; NOV. 11-12 e Joseph Schwantner, 68, has always been a far better than average contemporary composer. On Friday, under guest conductor Hans Graf, the ISO gave us the performance debut his three-movement Percussion Concerto II — a splendidly crafted composition from start to finish. It featured four of the orchestra’s own percussionists: Braham Denbar, veteran Paul Berns, Craig Hetrick and timpanist Jack Brennan. It’s the the best new percussion concerto I’ve heard, by far. Though the various pounding instruments, including drums of all sizes and shapes, make the most noise, the strings, winds, brass and horns all shine forth when they are meant to. In the second movement, the mallet instruments dominate with xylophone, marimbas, vibraphone and various

chimes, bells and a waterphone which was tilted, not struck. While the three movements display, to a degree, the characteristic loud-softloud structure, the third movement becomes a jam session for three plastic buckets, with our principals each taking his turn pounding while sitting on their “instruments.” Graf and com pany got a standing ovation which was borderline explosive, with Schwantner on stage to share in the accolades. Graf began with an early, Romantic work of Anton Webern: Im Sommerwind, Idyll for Orchestra. Though his inspiration was hardly first-rate, the Austrian composer excelled in bringing out solo instruments in a unique manner. The big final work, Strauss’s tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Op. 40, seemed a bit anticlimactic after the Schwantner experience. This reading was nowhere near the high level of former ISO music director Mario Venzago’s Heldenleben of Sept. 2006. For more review details visit www.nuvo.net. —TOM ALDRIDGE

THEATER JOHN WATERS: THIS FILTHY WORLD MADAME WALKER THEATRE, NOV. 12 w John Waters is relentless — and not just in his search for filth, which has lead him to explore such new sectors of depravity as communities devoted to blossoms, adult babies and feeders, and to declare Johnny Knoxville of Jackass fame the carrier of his bad-taste mantle. But just in terms of his cadence as well: Waters fit about three hours of material into an hour and a half during his one-man show This Filthy World, manically racing through his career, from his early years filming Divine wallowing in pig shit to his re-introduction of Odorama into theaters with Polyester to his unlikely mainstream success with Hairspray. Waters has been performing a version of this show since the mid-’00s — a filmed version of it is available — but he’s updated it since with material on Justin Bieber (To Catch a Predator bait and an admirer of Waters’ moustache), Knoxville (the moment when his barf leapt out from the screen in Jackass 3-D being the truest moment in cinema since Godard) and Kevin Federline (Waters’ copy of Kfed’s hip-hop CD remains unopened, but he looks at it ever day just for a smile — just as Waters repeats a line from Peyton Place, “the ‘V’ of her crotch,” as a mantra whenever depression starts to creep in). A Q&A session explored a few new arenas: Waters backed off a claim that every town should have a Blow Buddies (a men’s sex club in San Francisco), reeled off his favorite line from his guest role on The Simpsons (“All steel workers are gay”) and answered the inevitable advice-to-young-filmmakers question (just get out there and do it — just as Waters and friends knocked a short film about alleged LSD victim Diane Linklater before her funeral — but, also, know your industry). An atypically raunchy show for Spirit & Place, part of a boundary-pushing year devoted to The Body which also included a art nude show (reviewed last week). —SCOTT SHOGER

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Waters at Madame Walker ALMOST HEAVEN INDYFRINGE BUILDING, NOV. 10-13 t Amy Pettinella wrote and directed her Sprit and Place Festival contribution, which presented the story of one nursing home resident as he deals with a life of regret and unresolved grief. The delicate and often emotional subject matter was written from the hand of someone who, undoubtedly, understands or has experienced the responsibility of elder care. Pettinella’s all-dialogue, no-action style of playwriting was an apt fit for this mediation on a now action-less life. However, the show suffered under her direction. Slowly paced scenes were a product of glaring directorial mistakes. The strength of her script was undercut by unmotivated blocking and actors failing to pick up their cues. Still Larry Haworth, in the central role, offered a persuasive performance as a feeble and increasingly senile man. When left on a silent stage in his loneliness, Haworth filled the space with himself carrying the arc of his story constantly. His performance was truly moving. —KATELYN COYNE 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO // 11.16.11-11.23.11 // a&e reviews

FOOD An cornucopia of winter markets

Making new friends, eating new veggies BY DAN G RO SSMAN EDITO RS@ N UVO.NET

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The Indianapolis Winter Farmers Market in its new City Market digs.

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In this age of virtual stuffing and basting — when you can order a Thanksgiving Dinner online and have it brought to your door, without ever exchanging more than a couple of words to the people who bring it — winter farmer markets fill a definite niche. Laura Henderson, founder and executive director of the Indianapolis Winter Farmers Market (IWFM), puts it this way: “It’s about seeing friends and making new friends and having a vibrant community experience at the time of year when we often see people the least,” she says. Winter markets are up and running in the City Market in downtown Indianapolis, at the Carmel City Center, at Traders Point Creamery — and at spots well within driving distance, like Bloomington (at Harmony School, Saturdays 9 a.m.noon.) and Fort Wayne (1936 W. Main St., Saturdays 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.) Henderson started IWFM in 2008 because, she says, “I was downtown, and there wasn’t a farmers’ market in the winter, and I wanted one.” “I had been regularly attending the Traders’ Point market in the winter so I knew that there was product available,” Henderson continues. “And I got to know a lot of farmers and producers in the summer markets and the winter markets. I knew that they would be excited about another opportunity to sell their product in the winter. It’s hard to run a business when you really only have an outlet for six months out of the year.” Vegetables can be — and are — grown all through the winter months in the Hoosier state, with the aid of greenhouses and hoop houses. Henderson is quick to list some of the fresh produce available by local farmers at the market: “an abundance of carrots and turnips…radishes and rutabaga and lettuce and spinach and arugula and broccoli.” Meat is also available at the IWFM, and Darby Simpson of the Martinsville-based Simpson’s Farm Market, which specializes in “pasture-raised, beyond organic” poultry and pork, has benefitted from the consumer demand created by the winter market. “[Simpson] told me on numerous occasions that having the winter market has enabled him not to have to work off farm,” says Henderson. In addition to meat and vegetables, you can find such items as baked goods, herbs, and natural cleaning products at the Indy Winter Farmers Market, which moved into its new location in the west wing of the City Market this year. The first IWFM of the year took place November 12, and there was a “great crowd,” according to Henderson, although she is hoping for even greater response on future Saturdays, so none

of the farmer vendors have to take home any of their produce. But for those Northside and Carmel residents who find the City Market too long a haul, there’s an alternative: the Winter Market at the Carmel City Center, which will make its debut Saturday, November 19, starting at 9:00 a.m. “The Carmel Farmers’ Market had their season this past summer on the Center Green which is within Carmel City Center… and that was really successful,” says Michelle Krcmery, Marketing Director for the Carmel City Center. “People really enjoyed having it in City Center. We had an available storefront and we thought it would be a great way to try to continue the momentum by having a winter version of the market.” The Winter Market will be situated inside the brand new Carmel City Center complex on Saturdays through March 17, 2012. Vendors will include Amazing Potato Chip Company, Grabow Orchard and Bakery and Norman Mullet Farms, among others. Being able to mix and mingle with the people who actually grow the food they sell to you is a real plus, according to Henderson. But to some, this way of shopping might seem old-fashioned. “There was a guy who stopped by I was talking to last week,” says Henderson. “He said, ‘I remember the City Market the way it used to be when there were all these farmers.’ I said, ‘Well come back on Saturday, you’ll get to see some of that here.’ He was like, ‘It’ll be nostalgic.’” I was like, ‘It’ll be present-day nostalgia.’”

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MOVIES Melancholia BY E D JO H N S O N - O TT E JO H N S O N O T T @ N U V O . N E T

r (R) It’s the end of the world as we know it and Justine feels lousy. But her miserable state has little to do with the rogue planet hurtling through space towards Earth. For quite some time, Justine has suffered from a particularly nasty case of depression. Now she is getting married and coming unglued, and the world is probably going to be destroyed. Lars von Trier’s oddly compelling gloom-a-thon opens with the music of Wagner accompanying gorgeous dreamlike images of women trying to flee while Mother Nature reaches out to slow their progress. Meanwhile, the planet Melancholia fills the sky, on its way, most likely, to destroy Mother Nature and every last one of her children. After the creepy-lovely prologue, we move to a mansion and join the wedding party of bride Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and husband Michael (Alexander Skarsgard). Justine is tended to by her sister, Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg). Meanwhile, Claire’s husband John (Kiefer Sutherland),

who is footing the bill for the lavish shindig, mutters and simmers. He is pretty much appalled with everyone on his wife’s side of the family — her passive-aggressive, chronically whimsical father Dexter (John Hurt), Dexter’s estranged wife Gaby (Charlotte Rampling), who despises ceremonies and jumps at any chance to let everyone know it — but he’s especially irritated by Justine and Claire. He finds their codependent relationship unhealthy and maddening. Other individuals of note at the party include Justine’s callous boss (Stellan Skarsgard), her coworker/patsy-in-waiting Tim (Brady Corbet), and a wedding planner played by Udo Kier, star of Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein, because how perfect is that? Questions arise that must be swept aside. How could Justine possibly be so savagely depressed without Michael noticing before this evening? Why did anyone in the family invite mother Gaby when they knew she would eventually start spitting out hate? What exactly is the science of the big-ass planet heading our way? Forget those questions, and any of your own. Von Trier is uninterested in such trivialities. His concerns are bigger things, like thundering doom from inside and above. Most of the action ... er, chatter, remains at the mansion. The approach of the planet Melancholia is referred to, but only briefly. The bulk of the talking consists of people telling other people to stop behaving the

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way they behave, with next to no success. Late in the film, when the planet is about to (probably) collide with Earth, more attention is finally paid to the apocalypse, but not in a disaster movie fashion. Von Trier simply sticks close to his characters and watches them see it through. I liked Melancholia. It’s a terribly depressing movie about terribly depressed people and situations, but feel-bad movies are sometimes a pleasure. I enjoyed the lovely visuals, including Kirsten Dunst’s bare breasts (save your complaints — I’m

gay, so I get to say things like that). The story made me think about rituals, the usefulness of belief systems, mental illness, life and death, and so on. I felt good at the end. No matter how depressed I get, I look downright chipper in comparison to Justine and Claire. Cheers.

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The following are reviews of films currently playing in Indianapolis area theaters. Reviews are written by Ed Johnson-Ott (EJO) unless otherwise noted.

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FORKS OVER KNIVES (NR)

This film examines the profound claim that most, if not all, degenerative diseases can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. The Vegetarian Meetup Group will host a free screening of it on Fri. Nov. 18 (7 p.m.) at the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Indianapolis, where attendees can enjoy vegan snacks and discuss the film afterwards.

HAPPY FEET TWO (PG)

Sequel to the hit computer-animated dancing penguin comedy. Mumble (voice of Elijah Wood) has a problem because his tiny son is choreo-phobic. The kid runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven (Hank Azaria), a penguin that can fly. That’s just the beginning of the adventure. Robin Williams, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon also contribute voices. 105 minutes.

LIKE CRAZY (PG-13)

Your first real love is as thrilling and blissful as it is devastating. When a British college student (Felicity Jones) falls for her American classmate (Anton Yelchin) they embark on a passionate and life-changing journey only to be separated when she violates the terms of her visa. How will the couple deal with the challenge of being apart? 89 minutes. At Landmark’s Keystone Art Cinema.

LOVE CRIME t (NR)

French director Alain Corneau’s final film deals with office politics carried to extremes. The boss (Kristen Scott Thomas) takes credit for the work of one of her staff persons (Ludivine Sagnier). Thomas considers it normal business practice, but Sagnier feels betrayed. Tensions escalate and a crime happens. The story is briskly presented, though a subplot would have been nice. As for the crime, let’s just say the line between diabolical and convoluted is thin. 106 minutes. At Landmark’s Keystone Art Cinema.

PARADISE RECOVERED (NR)

Partially shot in southern Indiana, this modern-day retelling of the Good Samaritan parable addresses hard-hitting questions of faith, tolerance, and spiritual abuse in today’s world. The film’s soundtrack performers Cara Jean Wahlers, Salaam, and The New Old Cavalry will be appearing before and after the screening on Sunday, Nov. 20 (3 p.m.), at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre (Bloomington). Actors Heather Wallis and Dane Hurlburt, director Storme Wood, and writer-producer Andie Redwine will be on hand for a Q&A session after the film. $10 for the public, $8 for students and seniors.

TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1 (PG-13)

Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson), plus those they love, must deal with the chain of consequences brought on by a marriage, honeymoon, and the tumultuous birth of a child ... which brings an unforeseen and shocking development for Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). 108 minutes.

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Cultural Cannibals brings massive Indian music star to Indianapolis BY K A T H E RI N E C O P LE N K CO P L E N @N U V O . N E T bhan·gra [bahng-gruh] • noun A type of popular dance music combining Punjabi folk traditions with Western pop music, fusing traditional drum-based music with elements of reggae, ragga, hip-hop, rock, soul, and dance.

orld music promoters Cultural Cannibals have been putting together the extremely wellreceived Bollywood Bhangras since January of 2010, but this Friday’s event is the biggest by far. The brightest star of the bhangra scene, Rajinder Singh Rai (known by his stage name Panjabi MC) will visit Indiana for the first time to play the event. “Indian people are very passionate about music and the energy at the Bollywood Bhangra parties is like nothing else I’ve ever seen in Indianapolis; people are lifting each other on their shoulders and the entire room just explodes into dance,” said Kyle Long, a founder of Cultural Cannibals. Visual artist Artur Silva is the other founder of the organization, which aims to use the arts as a force for social change; they’ve done events featuring the music of Haiti, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Mexico, Cuba and Colombia this year. Although previously wildly popular in India and the UK, Panjabi MC was catapulted to international stardom when mega-star Jay-Z remixed his track “Mundian To Bach Ke.” We spoke to him about making music that crosses borders, combines languages and interweaves new and old sounds. NUVO: You’ve been making music a long time. How have you seen recognition of bhangra music change since you’ve been in the industry? PANJABI MC: Bhangra was invented in England so it’s always had many non-Indian followers. It has become a little more main-

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stream in later years. My music has gone from being labeled as “world music” to “dance music,” so that’s good. I think there is an obvious language barrier which doesn’t really exist in other underground music.

crowds. With the Internet, there are global tracks in the charts everywhere.

NUVO: Do you feel like something is lost when your fans cannot understand the language of the music they are listening to, or does it truly not matter?

PMC: It was great for me and the whole bhangra industry in general. It was the first time that a global name got involved in our music. It took the music to another level. I’ve always mixed hip hop and ‘desi and to get a huge rap artist on that dhol beat was amazing.

PMC: I think it can work both ways. Sometimes finding out what the lyrics mean can even spoil the song. This has happened to me in the past. With my music I try to use concepts and samples which may give you a clue what a song is about, just in case you don’t understand it. Also, I use the ultimate universal instrument, the dhol drum. Anywhere I go in the world, people always want to dance to this pre-historic sound. NUVO: Describe the differences in fan bases/shows between India, the UK, the US and other European countries. PMC: There are many crazy vibes and movements happening all over the world. India is becoming a big place for clubbing and DJ shows. I play my sound and mix it with the vibe that people are feeling. I always improvise something new for each show. There is no races or religions on the dance floor. I play a huge variety of

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NUVO: How did it feel to be singled out by Jay-Z?

NUVO: What album are you listening to right now? What book are you reading right now? PMC: I’m reading manuals all the time. I like to try all the software that’s out there, which means reading the online manual and tutorial etc. I’m listening to loads of old tracks lately and they seem to sound so much better me lately. Norah Jones- I don’t know why. Blackstreet. I just downloaded albums by The Police, Pink Floyd and Ace of Bass! NUVO: What performers do you admire? PMC: I’ve always wanted to do a whole rap album. My next album, 56 Districts, started as a rap album. Then [I’ll] get an amazing DJ and do some stage shows. Get my rapper look on! I think Busta Rymes is one of the best [performers].

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NUVO: Your music mixes traditional and very contemporary work. Which do you tend to listen to? PMC: That’s true, I’ve always wanted to get the best of both worlds. I think that traditional instruments and vocal styles have a power which hits the soul. Mix them with some bass and that’s my sound. The “Been” instrument in “Snake Charmer” was recorded in India with a real snake in the studio. Then, I added an 808 kick drum and a lot of sub-bass. I knew that the frequencies would work in the clubs. NUVO: As an international artist, where do you feel most at home performing? PMC: I love Canada, the USA, Punjab, and Russia but equally everywhere else I go. UK has the biggest bhangra scene. However, in Europe, the crowd doesn’t get as [many performers], so it is always lively. NUVO: Have you been in Indiana before? PMC: Actually I haven’t been before. I am really looking forward to coming. I’m bringing my exclusives! Right now I’m playing my exclusive “Moorni Remix,” featuring Warren G, and my first single from the new album, BHARI BARSI.

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Big Head Todd and the Monsters studies the blues:

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New album features blues collective BY A L A N S CU L L E Y M U S I C@N U V O . N E T

The latest Big Head Todd and the Monsters CD isn’t a BHTM CD at all. It’s by a collective called the Big Head Blues Club and it’s called 100 Years Of Robert Johnson . As the title suggests, the CD is a tribute to the legendary Delta bluesman, and while the Big Head Blues Club includes the four members of Big Head Todd and the Monsters (singer/guitarist Todd Park Mohr, drummer Brian Nevin, bassist Rob Squires and keyboardist Jeremy Lawton) it also features a number of notable special guests, including B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, David “Honeyboy” Edwards, singer Ruthie Foster and harmonica great Charlie Musselwhite. But if 100 Years Of Robert Johnson isn’t exactly a Big Head Todd and the Monsters CD, Mohr said the project (which also involved a tour earlier this year that featured guest appearances from the likes of former Howlin’ Wolf guitarist Hubert Sumlin, Edwards and harmonica legend James Cotton) will have a lasting effect on the band. As Mohr explained in a recent phone interview, while his writing for Big Head Todd and the Monsters had always had a blues influence, it was a different strain of blues from the earthy, acoustic variety that Johnson helped pioneer in the 1930s “My experience with the blues is more Chicago (blues) and more from what happened in the ‘60s and the ‘70s,” Mohr said. “Ray Charles and Aretha (Franklin) were big influences on me, as well as a lot of the Stax, the Wilson Picketts and that group, and also Albert King and obviously B.B. King and John Lee and Albert Collins. Those were big influences for me. I just had never had much exposure to what happened before that.” Mohr said already he feels the education he received in the music of Johnson and other early Delta bluesmen is now influencing his own writing. “I’ve felt kind of freed up in a lot of ways by the idea that blues is a traditional music, and when you participate in blues, part of the idea is honoring your elders, acknowledging them, and also the tradition,” he said. “You just don’t have that in contemporary music or rock music. It’s sort of like ‘Hey, check me out. I’m a new thing on the block and this is my great new song.’ The truth is we all are borrowing. There’s no such thing as really an original composition. One thing to me that’s so cool about blues is there’s that understanding that music belongs to everybody. That’s definitely going to affect how I move forward.” Mohr said one of the biggest revelations in getting to know the music of Johnson and other early Delta blues artists was that the music was much richer and more unconventional than he thought.

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“Getting to know the lyrics, the lyrics are pretty magnificent really,” Mohr said. “This kind of blues, there’s not really choruses, and when you just listen to him sing for the first couple of times, there’s a lot of stuff lyrically that’s kind of difficult to pick up on. But I find the lyrics to be really spectacular and super engaging. Then the other part of it, just musically, there are a lot of extra bars and skipped beats and a lot of wild, very different structures and chord changes. You think of the blues, and most people are just familiar with the straight 12-bar blues that everybody knows, and the Delta traditions are really diverse.” Mohr said he believes the Delta blues artists were also influenced by other forms, such as ragtime and vaudeville, and those styles filtered into their music, which especially in Johnson’s case, was deceptively complex and sophisticated. “These guys really had to learn it all to survive,” he said. “So I think that there’s just a richness and a diversity and kind of a tenderness to it that kind of got forgotten about. When blues sort of became mainstream, I think it also became a macho bar band-y thing. That’s what’s exciting to me about the Delta tradition; I think that it’s something that can be rediscovered and has a lot of contemporary things that will make it appeal to younger generations.” While the Big Head Blues Club will remain a going concern, Mohr and his bandmates are back to concentrating on Big Head Todd and the Monsters, playing shows this fall that feature material from across a career that begin in 1986 and now features eight studio CDs, the most recent of which is Rock Steady. Mohr said the group has by no means put that album on the back burner. “We have Rock Steady, which is a fairly new album for the band and we’re stoked about that,” he said. “We’re on our second single at radio with that. And we have some other blues things coming up. We’ve kind of got an alter ego with this Big Head Blues Club, and it’s really fun to me. So we’re going to continue to do some blues stuff and develop this blues club idea alongside Big Head Todd and the Monsters.”

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One of these things is not like the other.

Mastodon’s Powerful Hunter

Thundering heavy metal band visits Egyptian Room. BY JEF F N API ER M USIC@ N UVO.NET “That was a place that I never thought I’d visit in my entire life. We get there and there was 30-40,000 people from all over the Middle Eastern world.” Mastodon’s bassist Troy Sanders told me about a recent trip to Dubai. “We met people from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Oman and Jordan. It made the statement true [that] music is the universal language of the world; that was very obvious to me when we played and had all of those fans from all of those countries pull together for a concert. It was absolutely incredible and mind-blowing.” Now touring behind a powerful new record, the boys in Mastodon are roaming closer to home. They’ll be paying Indy a visit tomorrow evening at the Old National Centre. “We’re throwing out a mixed bag this time around,” Sanders said. “We are playing half of our new record The Hunter and then we are playing three or four from each of the previous four records. It’s gonna have something for everybody.” Each of Mastodon’s previous records have featured a theme. Fire was the word for Remission, their first (and hardest) effort. Water was the central theme for Leviathan, a concept album based on the story of Moby Dick. Earth was the substance of Blood Mountain and on Crack The Skye, it was air. For The Hunter, Mastodon decided on wood. The theme is literally carved right into the album’s cover. “We have a lot of songs that deal with wood and forests on The Hunter and we got our friend AJ Fosik to carve this massive triple-jawed minotaur out of wood.

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[He was] working on the piece as we were making the record,” said Sanders. The music is a return to the meatier sounds of Leviathan. “Black Tongue” and “Curl of the Burl” kick off the record with an attack so neck-snappingly heavy that the ultra-prog of their previous two efforts is almost forgotten. The Thin Lizzy-on-steroids sound combined with Sanders’ God of Thunder bass and Brann Dailor’s Neil Peart-ian drum workouts still propel Mastodon’s music. “Our previous record Crack The Skye was very layered, very emotional, very complex and follows this very bizarre storyline. So, after writing Crack The Skye , recording Crack The Skye and then touring Crack The Skye for over two years, when it came time to write new material, our immediate reaction was to go a different route,” Sanders said. “We never want to make the same record twice, and after Crack The Skye-after we had just achieved every thing we had wanted to do-it was time to ignite a fresh fire in our bellies. So, we took a sharp left turn and reinvented ourselves. It was a very natural reaction.” While prog seeps into The Hunter in songs like “Stargasm” and “All The Heavy Lifting,” the album moves all over the place stylistically. From the breathless brutality of “Spectrelight” to the southern-fried head smash boogie of “Blasteroid” and “Creature Lives,” this is Mastodon’s most accomplished set of tracks. The album’s title track is a straight-up Alice In Chains homage, while “The Sparrow” is probably one of the band’s most beautifully moving songs. “I feel that everything we’ve done is part of this natural evolution that is and has been Mastodon. We want to keep carving out our own unique path, and so far, I think, we’ve been right on course,” Troy said, proudly. “We have been able to grow with each other for the last 11 years and we are more aligned with each other more then ever before. I think things are getting easier for us, because we’ve evolved with each other as friends and as a band at the same time over the years.” MASTODON WITH THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Thursday, Nov. 17 Egyptian Room at Old National Centre 8 p.m., all ages, prices vary

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Jon McLaughlin Each week, NUVO speaks with a local music luminary about new exciting releases. All albums are available at your local independent record store. Hoosier boy Jon McLaughlin is on tour from coast to coast with his band in support of his latest album Forever If Ever . An essential part of any road trip is the careful selection of music; we wanted to know what records Jon and the boys were spinning as they make stops from New York to San Francisco. They’ll be in Indy this Thursday at the Vogue.

Gotye: Making Mirrors “This record was introduced to the JMcL crew by our guitar player, Dylan Williams. It’s an awesome record, although I haven’t had the chance to listen to much past track three, “Somebody I Used To Know”. This is definitely my new favorite album.”

Coldplay: Xylo Myloto “I think everyone in the band, including myself, are Coldplay fans and have been since Parachutes so I wasn’t surprised that I liked this record. It’s one of the few records that I have where I prefer to listen to the entire thing from beginning to end. It’s like the record as a whole is really one complete song.”

Kimbra: Settle Down EP “This is another record that Dylan brought to the group. Love it. The produc-

tion is very creative in kind of an organic/ minimalist way, but it still sounds big.”

Robyn: Body Talk pt2 “This record fills the straight-up pop side of our van music collection. We have been playing this song a lot as we’re rolling into each city. Even though it’s a dance song, we haven’t started dancing in the van…but the tour’s not over yet.”

The Head and the Heart: (self-titled) “Our bass player, Lucas Berridge, has been talking about this record all year and we’ve just recently started getting into it. It’s perfect driving music. Very chill. [It’s] a timeless kind of chill.” -Jon McLaughlin and the band

JON MCLAUGHLIN Thursday, Nov. 17 The Vogue 8 p.m., 21+, $13 + fees

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This David Baker-instructed jazz saxophonist played with the Count Basie Orchestra, the Ellington Band, Ray Charles and T ony Bennett in the late ‘90s. He returned to Indianapolis a few years ago and signed with local label Owl Studios. These days, he plays in Indianapolis, often sharing the stage with Steve Allee, Mike Clark, and The Headhunters.

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Jazz Kitchen, 7 p.m., $8, 21+

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Big Head Todd has been touring since 1986; their latest album 100 Years of Robert Johnson was recorded with the same members under a dif ferent group name: Big Head Blues Club. The album was accompanied by B.B. King, Cedric Burnside, Hubert Sumlin and others. They’re accompanied at this show by John Hiatt, a singer-songwriter who got his start the old-fashioned way-by moving to Nashville. In the late ‘80s, nine straight studio albums hit the Billboard 200 list. The show is part of WTTS 92.3 FM’ s Rock to Read concert series.

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Various Locations, Fountain Square 7 p.m., $25+, varying age admittance

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Saturday

FEATURING SPECIAL MUSIC GUEST:

ROCK JOHN MELLENCAMP

Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Avenue 7 p.m., $41.50-$125, all ages

The Coug is back in town-er, he never really left (Mellencamp is a long-time Bloomington resident). Between his musical creations, acting career, and political activism, a lot can be said about Mellencamp’s long career, but we’ll leave you with this: he is currently working on a musical with Steven King called The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, premiering in the spring of 2012. Early reviews indicate it will be an inter esting show, with Esquire reporting, “It may be the first musical ever written by men for men.”

• Michigan Street Blues Band • • Down Betty • • Nap Town Boogie • • Rastabilly Rebels • • Mojo Diesel • • Smoke Ring •

SINGER-SONGWRITER LAURA K BALKE

Earth House Collective, 237 N. East St 8 p.m., $5, all ages

$10 Admission or New Toy A Star International Promotion

Singer-songwriter Laura Balke will be celebrating the release of her latest record, Rumors & Legends, with a performance with a full band and art show. She’s influenced by John Vanderslice and Neil Young and will be joined by special guests Jascha and NM Kjeldsen. Balke is on a short tour across the Midwest; this record is her fifth release. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Wednesday Can You Rock? FINALS

Thursday The Flying Toasters

Friday Blonde Sonja

Saturday The Late Show

ROCK MASTODON

Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, 502 North New Jersey St 8 p.m. prices vary, all ages

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JAZZ AARON WILLIAMS AND THE HOODOO The Slippery Noodle 372 S. Meridian St. 9 p.m., $5, 21+

This Madison WI-based blues power trio has only been playing together for a few years, but they tour fairly constantly all around the state of Wisconsin. They’re nominated for a Grammy for both Blues Album of the Year and Best New Artist. This isn’t the first time they’re been honored with an important award: they won Best New Artist at the Madison Area Music Awards and Blues Artist of the Year by the Wisconsin Area Music Industry.

Friday

WORLD/DANCE PANJABI MC

Amber Room at Old National Centre, 502 North New Jersey St 10 p.m., $20 advance, $25 door, all ages

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ROOTS BIG HEAD TODD, JOHN HIATT

Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, 502 North New Jersey St

8 p.m., $22.50 advance, $42.50 at door, all ages

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FOLK/ROCK SLOTHPOP AND GUESTS

White Rabbit Cabaret, 1116 E. Prospect St. 8 p.m., $5, 21+

Slothpop has tremendous upward momentum. This hometown band will headline a show at the White Rabbit Cabaret with a variety of other out-of-town bands, including Philadelphia’s Arrah and the Ferns, Chicago’s The Embraceables, and Bloomington’s Chandelier Ballroom. As our own Greg Winget wrote earlier this year, “The album is earnest, dense and relentlessly catchy, defined by the lilting power of Newborn’s voice, Dan Zender’s flowing guitar melodies and the band’s impeccable, magnetic songwriting.”

Sunday

ROOTS PAUL SIMON

IU Auditorium, 1211 E. Seventh St. 7:30 p.m., $45.50-$85.50, all ages

I love Paul Simon so much that I can barely write this preview (I think I love him too much). But here it goes: don’t miss your chance to see the legendary singer-songwriter in Bloomington this weekend. Simon is the recipient of 13 Grammys, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2007 was the first recipient of the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. He has released hit after hit after massive hit, including five number one albums. This living legend is touring in support of his latest So Beautiful or So What , but promises to sample tracks from his illustrious discography.

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FOUNTAIN SQUARE THEATRE: MICHAEL JACKSON RYAN WILLIAMS “Human Nature” FREDDIE T AND THE PEOPLE “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” “Can You Feel It”

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CHAD MILLS & THE UPRIGHT WILLIES “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville” CARI RAY AND THE LOANERS “So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)” SCOTT RUDICEL “World Leader Pretend” & “Driver 8”

THE CALUMET REEL “I Want You Back”

BUSTER EAGLE “Leave Me Alone”

SKYHUNTER “Smooth Criminal” & “Say Say Say”

HOUSEHOLD GUNS “Dirty Diana “

ROB VARGO “The Way You Make Me Feel” “Ain’t No Sunshine”

THE TRUMANS “Man in the Mirror” “Billie Jeans”

PK AND THE BIG STIR “I’m Going Back to Indiana” “Money Honey”

HENRY FRENCH “Pretty Young Thing”

THE COMMON “Pretty Persuasion” “Life And How To Live It” BAT TATTOO “Underneath The Bunker” “Get Up” & “Fireplace” YOKO MOMENT “These Days” & “Begin The Begin” EBENEZER AND THE HYMNASTERS “Sweetness Follows”

TAD ARMSTRONG “Finest Worksong” BILL RUMELY “Losing My Religion”

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ROOMS “Heroes”

COCAINE WOLVES “Suffragette City”

ESW “Fame”

8-TRACK ALLSTARS “Diamond Dogs” “Under Pressure”

BORN-AGAIN FLOOZIES “Life On Mars”

RED LIGHT DRIVER “Rebel Rebel”

SCOTT & THE PROSPECTS “Young Americans”

EVEREST “Superman” “Radio Free Europe”

RANDY KING “I Dig Everything”

CHINDI “Little Wonder”

NEON LOVE LIFE “Modern Love” “The Man Who Sold The World”

THE ODYSSEY FAVOR “Pop Song 89”

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ers to make his transition easier should he follow through with plans (first disclosed at age 3) to become “Tammy.” The McIntosh County, Ga., girl has been living as a boy for a year, said father Tommy Theollyn, a transgendered man who is actually the one who gave birth. Theollyn petitioned the school board in September (unsuccessfully) to allow the child to use the boys’ bathroom. Theollyn said the girl first noticed she was a boy at age 18 months. • Recurring Theme: Italian men are notorious “bamboccionis” (“big babies”) who exploit doting mothers by remaining in their family homes well into adulthood, sometimes into their 30s or later, expecting meals and laundry service. Many mothers are tolerant, but in September an elderly couple in the town of Mestre announced (through a consumer association) that if their 41-yearold, gainfully employed son did not meet a deadline for leaving, the association would file a lawsuit to evict him. (A news update has not been found, perhaps indicating that the son moved out.)

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you go into a major art museum that displays Europe’s great oil paintings, you’ll find that virtually every masterpiece is surrounded by an ornate wooden frame, often painted gold. Why? To me, the enclosure is distracting and unnecessary. Why can’t I just enjoy the arresting composition on the naked canvas, unburdened by the overwrought excess? I urge you to take my approach in the coming weeks, Aries. Push and even fight to get the goodies exactly as they are, free of all the irrelevant filler, extraneous buffers, and pretentious puffery. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Judge a moth by the beauty of its candle,” said the 13th-century poet Rumi. More prosaically put: Evaluate people according to the nobility and integrity of the desires they’re obsessed with. Do you want to hang around with someone whose primary focus is to make too much money or please her parents or build a shrine to his own ego? Or would you prefer to be in a sphere of influence created by a person who longs to make a useful product or help alleviate suffering or make interesting works of art? It’s an excellent time to ponder these issues, Taurus -- and then take action to ensure you’re surrounded by moths that favor beautiful candles. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Santa Cruz there used to be a nightclub that featured live rock bands on a big stage but enforced a strict policy forbidding its patrons from dancing. The one time I went there, the music was loud and infectious, and I naturally felt the urge to move in vigorous rhythm. Moments after I launched into my groove, a bouncer accosted me and forced me to stop. I think this situation has certain resemblances to the one you’re in now, Gemini. Some natural response mechanism in you is being unduly inhibited; some organic inclination is being unreasonably restrained or dampened. Why should you continue to accept this? CANCER (June 21-July 22): During the time a blue crab is growing to maturity, it is very skilled at transforming itself. It sheds its exoskeleton an average of once every 18 days for an entire year. You’re in a phase with some similarities to that period of rapid ripening, Cancerian. Your commitment to change doesn’t have to be quite as heroic, but it should be pretty vigorous. Could you manage, say, two moltings over the course of the next 30 days? If done in a spirit of adventure, it will be liberating, not oppressively demanding. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Progress isn’t made by early risers,” wrote author Robert Heinlein. “It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.” That’s exactly the kind of progress you are in an excellent position to stir up in the coming weeks. You don’t have to match the stress levels of the Type A people who might seem to have an advantage over you, and you won’t help yourself at all by worrying or trying too hard. The single best thing you can do to supercharge your creativity is to think of yourself as a “happy-go-lucky” person while you go around dreaming up ways to have more fun. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Our elders know you don’t find the answer by asking thousands of questions,” says an essay on the website of the environmentalist group The Last Tree (thelasttree.net). “The wise way is to ask the right question in the beginning.” I recommend this approach for you in the coming weeks, Virgo. Given the sparkly mysteriousness that now confronts you, I know you may be tempted to simultaneously try a lot of different routes to greater clarity. But the more effective strategy in the long run is to cultivate silence and stillness as you wait expectantly for the intuition that will reveal the simple, direct path. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In a review of James Gleick’s book *The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood,* *The Week* magazine reported that “the world now produces more information in 48 hours than it did through-

out all human history to 2003.” From that dizzying factoid, we can infer that you are more inundated with data than were all of your ancestors put together. And the surge will probably intensify in the coming weeks. You are in a phase of your astrological cycle when you’ll be asked to absorb and integrate a voluminous amount of interesting stuff. Don’t be hard on yourself if you sometimes need to slow down to digest what you’ve been taking in. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In his poem “Ode to the Present,” Pablo Neruda tells us how to slip free and clear into the luxuriously potent opportunity of the present moment. The here-and-now is so ripe and willing, he says, so malleable. “Take a saw to its delicious wooden perfume,” he continues, and then “build a staircase. Yes, a staircase. Climb into the present, step by step, press your feet onto the resinous wood of this moment, going up, going up, not very high . . . Don’t go all the way to heaven. Reach for apples, not the clouds.” Such good advice for you, Scorpio! It’s a perfect time to learn more about the magic of the present moment as you free yourself from “the unrepairable past.” (Read the poem at bit.ly/NerudaOde.) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Seminal psychologist Carl Jung wasn’t afraid of applying his scholarly analytical skills to the phenomena of pop culture. Late in life, he even wrote a thoughtful book on UFOs called *Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies.* To be as thorough and careful as he could possibly be about such an elusive subject, he wrote an afterword to his main argument, to which he added an epilogue, which in turn was followed by a concluding supplement. I hope that you are as scrupulous in wrapping up loose ends in the coming week, Sagittarius, especially when you’re dealing with enigmas and riddles. As you seek resolution and completion, go well beyond the bare minimum. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A great deal of land in the Netherlands has been reclaimed from the sea by human effort. But the system of dikes that holds back the primal flow is not a foolproof or permanent guarantee against flooding. That’s why more and more people are building homes that can float if they have to. “We are actually trying to move away from fighting against the water,” says architect Koen Olthuis. “We are beginning to make friends with the water.” I recommend you adopt this as a useful metaphor, Capricorn. During the coming months, you should be doing a lot of foundation work. What can you do to add buoyancy? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to my old philosophy professor Norman O. Brown, “Our real choice is between holy and unholy madness: open your eyes and look around you -- madness is in the saddle anyhow.” Let’s take this hypothesis as our starting point, Aquarius. I propose that in the coming weeks you make an effort to get more accustomed to and comfortable with the understanding that the entire world is in the throes of utter lunacy. Once you are at peace with that, I hope you will commit yourself to the sacred kind of lunacy -- the kind that bestows wild blessings and perpetrates unreasonable beauty and cultivates the healing power of outlandish pleasure. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It won’t be enough to simply maintain your current levels of strength, clarity, and intelligence in the coming weeks. To stay healthy, to keep up with the rapidly evolving trends swirling in and around you, you will have to actively push to get stronger, clearer, and smarter. No pressure, right? Don’t worry, the universe will be conspiring to help you accomplish it all. To trigger the boost you’ll need, imagine that you have a reservoir of blue liquid lightning in the place between your heart and gut. Picture yourself drawing judiciously from that high-octane fuel as you need it, bringing it first to your heart and then to your brain.

Homework: What thing do you desperately want that would also benefit other people? Testify by going to http://FreeWillAstrology.com and clicking on “Email Rob.”

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