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AROUND TOWN Art East Annex in shambles • Karie Melewski q + a with Serena Frye Life in Hell • Matt Groening

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56/58 E. Healey, C F 1BR. $390-$425 Corner of Healey and First. Rent includes heat, sewer and hauling. Parking $35.00 per month. Security locked building. On site laundry. 106 E. John, C UF 1BR. $540-$575 Rent includes heat, water, sewer and hauling. Large units with hardwood floors. Parking $35-$50 per month. On site laundry. 202 E. White, C Large 2, 3, and 4 BR furnished apts. On bus line at corner of 2nd and White. Many with fireplaces, balconies, and/or patios. Gated courtyard and on-site laundry. Rents are $600-$850.

August 2005 904 W. Stoughton 2 BDRMS $780

512 E. Clark, C F EFF. $345-$365 Rent includes water. Large efficiency units with double closets at corner of Clark and Sixth. Parking $40.00 per month. 602 E. Clark, C. F EFF. $315-$325 Rent includes water. Each unit has patio/balcony area. One heritageBolck from Beckman. Parking $40.00 per month.

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Furnished/Unfurnished 1 bedroom lofts $497 2 bedrooms $545 3 bedrooms $650 4 bedrooms $1000 Campus, parking. Fall 04, 367-6626 111One and Two Bedrooms “Great Rates!!” Jan 1 2005. Go to CU-LIVING.com for details or inquire at info@cu-living.com aaa One and Two Bedrooms “Great Rates!!” Jan 1 2005. Go to CU-LIVING.com for details or inquire at info@cu-living.com Available Jan 05 1 bedroom $385, 2 bedroom $590, Campus. 367-6626

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Furnished 1005 S. SECOND, C Efficiencies. Fall 2005. Secured building. Private parking. Laundry on site, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 1006 S. 3RD, C. Aug 2005. 1 bedrooms. Location, location. Covered parking & laundry, furnished & patios, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 105 E. John Available Fall 2005. 1 bedroom furnished, great location. Includes parking. www.ugroup96.com 352-3182 106 E. DANIEL, C. 1 Bedroom $350 2 Bedroom $735 Phone 352-3182 Office at 309 S. First The University Group www.wgroup96.com

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Large, furnished 1 bedrooms available in secure building on Engineering Campus for Spring and Fall ‘05. University Properties, 344-8510. 1107 S. 4TH AND GREGORY, C. For August 2005. 3 and 4 bedroom apartments and 2 baths. Best location. Completely furnished. Laundry, parking garage, elevator. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 111 E. CHALMERS, C. August 2005. 1 bedroom. Furniture, skylights, off-street parking, laundry. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 111 E. Healey, Champaign Now leasing for Fall 2005. Extra Large 1 BD and Efficiencies. Starting at $375/mo. Off-street parking, security building, & 5 floor plans to choose from. JTS Properties 3284284. 207- 211 JOHN Fall 2005 Prime Campus Location 2, 3, & 4 Bedrooms Phone 352-3182 THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

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COURTYARD ON RANDOLPH 713 S. Randolph,C. Winter Special 2 & 3 BR now avail. with short term lease, from $550/mo. Cable, parking, water, trash. On site laundry fac. & seasonal pool. Conveniently located near campus & DT Champaign.217-352-8540 217-355-4608 www.faronproperties.com

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306- 308- 309 White August 2005. 1 & 3 Bedroom furnished apts. Balconies, patios, laundry, dishwashers, off-street parking, ethernet available. 352-3182, 8411996, 309 S. First. The University Group www.ugroup96.com HEALEY COURT APARTMENTS 307- 309 Healey Court. Fall 2005. Behind Gully’s. 2 bedrooms. Ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com JOHN STREET APARTMENTS 58 E. John August 2005. Two and three bedrooms, fully furnished. Dishwashers, center courtyard, on-site laundry, central air, ethernet available. Call Chad at 344-9157 352-3182 University Group www.ugroup96.com

403 E. White, Ch. - $540/mo. 302 S. Fourth, Ch. - $540/mo. •Large 2 Bedroom All Units: •Carpet, A/C, Appliances •Cable & Internet Ready •Parking Available •On-Site Laundry

Ask Tenant Union about us 390-2377 506 E. Stoughton, C For August 2005. Extra large efficiency apartments. Security building entry, complete furniture, laundry, off-street parking, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Champaign. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 509 E. White, C. Aug. 2005. Large 1 bedrooms. Security entry, balconies, patios, furnished. Laundry, off-street parking, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 604 E. White, C. Security Entrance For Fall 2005, Large 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom loft (HUGE), furnished, balconies, patios, laundry, off-street parking, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 605 S. Fifth, C. Fall 2005 5th and Green location Outdoor activity area. 1 bedrooms available. Garage off-street parking. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Champaign. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

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Available for 2nd semester - UF 1 bedroom loft at 803 W. Springfield $460 parking included. Call 3511803

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Unfurnished 505 W. Healey. Newly remodeled 1 BR, close to campus, wood floors, new bathroom. Includes water, sewer and garbage. Off-street parking. Pets OK. $425/mo. Will 217-7219685.

511 W. University, C.

1 BR. Now available near to Westside Park. $360/mo.352-8540. 355-4608 pm/wkd. www.faronproperties.com 511 W. University,C. 1 Bedroom now available $390mo. Near campus and downtown Champaign. 352-8540 www.faronproperties.com

711 S. Randolph, C. Economical 1 BR now available. $340/mo. Near campus in Downtown Champaign. 217-352-8540. 217-355-4608 pm/wkd. www.faronproperties.com

Our most desirable location on U of I golf course. 1200 sq. ft, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, fireplace, study, dishwasher, W/D, A/C, carport plus parking, balcony/patio. 359-3687.

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Available for 2nd semester - UF 1 bedroom at 106 E. John. $475 heat & water paid. Call 351-1803

OLD TOWN CHAMPAIGN 510 S. Elm Available Fall 2005. 2 BR close to campus, hardwood floors, dishwasher, W/D, central air/heat, off street parking, 24 hr. maintenance. $525/mo. 352-3182 or 841-1996. www.ugroup96.com

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AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 4 bedroom, 2 bath house at 306 W. Illinois, totally remodeled and 1 bedroom at 304 W. Locust, Urbana. 369-4459 Cozy Cottage - near Lincoln Square. Campus. Hardwood floors, 5 room, 2 BR. 359-3687 Eight to Nine Bedroom Fall, Campus, $2850 367-6626

Available Immediately 408 E. Healey Luxury 1 BR apartment furnished with washer/dryer, dishwasher, jacuzzi tub, microwave, balcony, skylights, high-speed internet. $550/mo. OBO. 217-344-5773 Parking Available

JTS PROPERTIES We’ve Got The Houses You Want

Now leasing for 2005. 101 E Stoughton, C. 3Bdr $1000 25 E. John, C. 4Bdr $1750 27 E. John, C. 3Bdr $900 29 E. John, C. 5Bdr $2000 31 E. John, C. 5Bdr $2200 903 W. Main, U. 5Bdr $1600 910 W. Stoughton, U. 6Bdr $2100 504 S. Broadway, U. 6Bdr $1600

Female roommate wanted. Sublease available Jan 2005 to August 2005. 201 E. Armory. Includes parking, on-site laundry, cable/internet access. $300/mo. Jenny 563505-1546.

Many more! Call today to make an appointment. JTS Properties 328-4284

One bedroom in two bedroom. Available Spring 2005. 105 E. Chalmers. Furnished, huge room. 630-2223344.

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ROOMMATE WANTED 550 1 bedroom, near campus $300 per month 367-6626 Non-smoking male to share 4 bedroom house near busline. Private furnished bedroom, shared bath and kitchen, W/D, off-street parking, gas & electric included. Dep. & ref. required. $300/mo. 503 S. Westlawn, C. 417-6969.

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EDITOR’S NOTE The other day, a few

of my friends and I went to IMPE and played basketball. I love playing basketball with friends, especially when we can get a court to ourselves so we can do whatever we want without having to wait for a game or have other people, who are probably better than us, watching and judging our skills, or lack thereof. But we played 21, a game that levels the playing field. For those of you who are not familiar with 21, the gist of the game is that each player tries to get to 21 points before the others. Free throws are involved, and if a shot is “tipped” (rebounded, shot and made before the rebounding player touches the ground), the player who took the original shot loses all of his points. The game gets pretty intense, especially when competitive people play. My friends and I played with a good amount of intensity for the first game, but after the first hour and a half of solid play, our intensity level dropped significantly and we ended up taking horrible shots and tackling each other as a defense— which was pretty damn fun. The next day we played wallyball, which is volleyball played on a racquetball court. Oh, and you can play the ball off the wall. It’s so much fun. Possibly the best game ever. I’m not sure what the point of this story is, but I’ll try to tie it all together. There need to be more basketball courts available so that I can play at my leisure, and everyone, EVERYONE should try wallyball at least once. Especially now when the weather is crappy and you just want to stay inside and watch TV. So go out and have some fun! Or at least watch a good movie. ~Paul Wagner

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ELEPHANTS SURE ARE TALL THESE DAYS.

LEAD STORY Those Hardy Floridians: Rudolph Jessie Hicks Jr., 30, was arrested in Brooksville, Fla., for trespass, but not before he had gotten up from a police dog takedown, five Taser shots, and an entire can of pepper spray (December). And police in Port St. Lucie, Fla., were considering whether to charge Ms. Robin Bush, who strangled a 130-pound Rottweiler after it would not let go of her tiny Yorkie (December). And a 20year-old man suffered only minor injuries after driving his car through a fifth-floor wall of a parking garage and landing inside the second floor of a store at the Shoppes of Sunset Place in South Miami (December).

MORE THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT (1) Police in Denton, Texas, arrested two teenagers in October and charged them with robbing two visitors who were passing through town from Montana; the victims said they were on their way to Baton Rouge, La., because they needed money and had read on the Internet that a medical school would pay $100,000 for testicles. (2) The Dutch retirement home Seniorenpand, in Rotterdam, bills itself as the world’s only old-age community for incorrigible

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SUPER-TOLERANT PEOPLE A St. Paul Pioneer Press reporter, interviewing neighbors of the people who shared a St. Croix Falls, Wis., home that was condemned after being overrun with 450 cats, found that most neighbors had failed to notice the house’s putrid smell. Several said that the awful odor from the neighborhood’s fish hatchery and the awful odor of the neighborhood’s sewage treatment plant probably overrode the awful odor of the house. Brigham Young University’s Newsnet reported in November on Marilyn and Elton Pierce of Provo, Utah, who, because their telephone number is easily confused with a BYU information line, estimate they have received 25,000 wrong-number calls in 14 years (averaging to five per day). Marilyn, in her 70s, said she didn’t have the couple’s number changed because she doesn’t mind the calls and in fact rather enjoys talking to people. COPYRIGHT 2004 Chuck Shepherd Distributed by Universal Press Syndicate

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Radio giant criticized over contest granting breast enlargement surgeries TAMPA, FLA. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Radio giant Clear Channel Communications has come under fire from womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health advocates over a Christmas contest in which stations granted breast enlargement surgeries to women in four cities. In the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breast Christmas Everâ&#x20AC;? contest, 13 women were awarded the procedure after writing essays to the stations explaining why they wanted larger breasts. A Tampa station claimed to receive more than 91,000 entries. Clear Channel said it had nothing to do with the contest and that it was a decision by local station managers to hold the promotion. The contest was aired on Clear Channel stations in Tampa, Jacksonville, St. Louis and Detroit. The contest has drawn the ire of both the National Research Center for Women & Families and the National Organization for Women. NOW has urged its supporters to file complaints with the Federal Communications Commission against Clear Channel and its stations.

The controversy comes within months of Clear Channel paying a record $1.75 million fine to resolve indecency complaints against New York-based shock jock Howard Stern, Tampa radio personality â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bubba the Love Spongeâ&#x20AC;? and others. The station formally agreed to â&#x20AC;&#x153;clean up its act,â&#x20AC;? FCC Chairman Michael Powell said in June. While neither womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group is alleging the breast surgery contest violated decency standards, they are complaining the contest promotes potentially dangerous surgery and leaves its winners with no legal remedies should the surgery go awry. Under the rules, winners must be at least 18 and sign a waiver protecting the company from all liability claims. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I try not to be judgmental about whether a large radio station should be giving away free toys to children instead of free breast augmentation,â&#x20AC;? said Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women & Families, a health advocacy organization. NOW is urging the public to send e-mails to Clear Channel and the FCC to complain

about what it considers a â&#x20AC;&#x153;degrading and unethical contest.â&#x20AC;? About 3,400 messages have been sent to the FCC and Clear Channel, NOW said Monday. Jennifer Gery, a spokeswoman for Clear Channel, said the company had no oversight of the contests and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sponsor them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no reason to be concerned because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a Clear Channel-sponsored contest, Gery said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We empower our local manager to make programming decisions.â&#x20AC;? David Fiske, a spokesman for the FCC, said the agency does not regulate the content of radio station contests unless it violates decency standards. The FCC only requires radio stations to conduct contests exactly by the stated rules and to fully disclose the terms of the contest. NOW has been active in lobbying the Food and Drug Administration against the marketing of silicone breast implants and has an ongoing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Your Bodyâ&#x20AC;? campaign aimed at countering what it says are unrealistic body images promoted in the entertainment industry. buzz

Despite death, no plans to stop New Year's musket shoot in North Carolina town PAUL NOWELL â&#x20AC;˘ ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A teenager was killed during a rural townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tradition of firing vintage black-powder muskets into the air, but town officials declared Monday that the centuries-old ritual would continue to be celebrated. During the revelry early Saturday, a rifle exploded and pieces of the barrel struck 18-year-old Matthew K. Shook in the side of the head. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no effort in place here to end the practice,â&#x20AC;? Mayor Bob Austell said in a telephone interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is something

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shooters visit dozens of homes and fire black powder from their muskets at every stop. Shook was outside a party in the nearby town of Dallas when a black-powder rifle, instead of firing, exploded in his hands, police said. His death was ruled an accident. Jeff Isenhour, assistant chief police in Gaston County, said Shookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death was the first heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heard of in connection with the event.â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think this will cause much of a change because it has been going on for so long,â&#x20AC;? he said. buzz

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est magnitude. However, in the new year itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to look down at the diminutive director and say,â&#x20AC;&#x153;What have you done for me lately?â&#x20AC;? Raging Bull and Taxi Driver happened almost three decades ago, and he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t landed a mega hit without the use of Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci as his big guns in front of the camera since. Though he may not admit it, the pressure was on Scorsese to deliver in one of his biggest productions ever. As it turns out, The Aviator is a fantastic journey that cashes in on one of the greatest casting jobs with a little help from a savvy director. Scorsese turned to old pal Leonardo DiCaprio from Gangs of New York to play Howard Hughes, the richest kid with the wildest imagination in mid-1900s America. DiCaprio, in the midst of making himself a real actor, is quickly tearing down the stereotype that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only good for impressing 15year-old girls and hitting icebergs while crossing the Atlantic. In fact, DiCaprio turns out to put in his greatest performance ever, narrowly eclipsing his work as Ben Seaverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoodlum cohort on Growing Pains. DiCaprio is fantastic as Scorsese leads him through the roller coaster that was

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As President Bush pledged 350 million dollars in relief to tsunamistruck Southern Asia, after an initial offer of 15 million, he recruited former presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush to head a massive campaign for private donations from American citizens. Yes, the residents of Southeast Asia can expect donations from oil barons and 30something single women nationwide. The Los Angeles Times reported this week that many residents of Fallujah who have been allowed to return home have decided to leave the city due to the destruction caused by the U.S.-led assault. Well, heck, if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no people living in Fallujah, that means thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no insurgents there! Hello! Our plan worked perfectly.

LEMONY SNICKETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

Also this week, the Eastern Salamander was voted the Illinois state amphibian while the Painted Box Turtle was voted state reptile. At their mutual acceptance speeches both animals commented that they are without higher functioning brain activity, and thus unexcited.

BEYOND THE SEA2 STARS

Kevin Spacey & Kate Bosworth Decades after Darinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stardom and demise, you ultimately wonder who Beyond the Sea is meant to appeal toâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a musical pioneer or social critic, he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even a great singing talent or movie star. Beyond the Sea seems more like a personal project Spacey felt compelled to produce to express his own parallel connections as an enter tainer. (Syd Slobodnik)

Some new laws that took effect Jan. 1 in the state of Illinois include: raising the minimum wage $1 to $6.50, requiring drug stores to lock up cold medicines that can be used to produce methamphetamines, and making it a class A misdemeanor to attack referees, coaches or umpires at any level of competition. So while the working man and softball umps are excited for the new year, the big losers are once again meth heads.

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Jim Carrey & Jude Law This is a wondrous holiday movie that fully realizes its atmosphere, stor y and characters. Set in what seems to be a pseudo-Victorian age, the world is bursting with magic and despair. Surprisingly, unfor tunate events are indeed quite unfor tunate as the filmmakers favorably decided to follow author Daniel Handlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drear y childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book instead of making it â&#x20AC;&#x153;kid friendly.â&#x20AC;? There are roughly 11 books in Lemony Snicketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Series of Unfor tunate Events, and with a few for tunate box office numbers there will hopefully be a few sequels to come in the future. (Randy Ma)

BLADE: TRINITY2.5 STARS MEET THE FOCKERS

Wesley Snipes & Ryan Reynolds Blade: Trinity does nothing to further explore or provide new light on the characters, world, setting or tone of the original Blade. Instead, this newest installment deals only in excess: more explosions, more special effects, more violence and more fbombs. Unfortunately, all this leaves the audience with a less interesting and less entertaining film. (Devon Sharma)

A new study concluded that Chicago has the lowest homicide rate it has seen in over 40 years. Chicago previously led the nation in homicides two of the previous three years. Curiously, homicide rates in Wicker Park have nearly doubled since the Josh Hartnett vehicle of the same name was in theaters for all of two days.

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Howard Hughesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; life. Hughes, possibly the most sought-after man in the preJustin Timberlake era, was a Hollywood playboy living off of daddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tool-empire fortune when he took his good looks to Tinseltown, where he found a love for making movies, flying airplanes, women and anything else he could dream up. Hughes went from public icon to notorious recluse THE AVIATOR â&#x20AC;˘ after what the movie proposes to be an undiagnosed obsessive compulsive disorder destroyed the sliver of sensibility he once had. However, on his way there, he made the greatest action movie with the greatest camera work and sound integration to date; built an airline empire, as well as the Spruce Goose, the greatest sea plane the world has ever seen; and fascinated an adoring country with stunts that the boys on MTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jackass wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dare attempt. DiCaprio is compelling, and he genuinely keeps the audience on the edge of their seats from the exciting beginning of the film all the way through the dramatic end, where his infamous years spent locked in a Vegas casino are played out. And right there beside him is Scorsese, striking gold by pulling a very complicated movie together with what seems to be the effort required to direct an episode of Lizzy McGuire. Not to be overlooked is the supporting cast. John C. Reilly and Alan Alda are great Helenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wet hair after she and the kids fall in the ocean, the film creates a continuously dazzling world in which computer-generated pictures are as lifelike as live action and twice as absorbing. It relies on characters, not circumstance and misunderstanding, to drive the plot, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first family film in a while that allows for genuinely complex relationships between its stars. (Matt Pais)

One person was injured in Beardstown, Il when a pork plant exploded. The cause of the fire is, as yet, undetermined. Although those looking for free, freshly cooked pork products are advised to stop by the site of the explosion within the next 72 hours. After that it just gets funky.

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Ben Stiller & Dustin Hoffman Movie sequels seem to exist by the mantra â&#x20AC;&#x153;more is better.â&#x20AC;? Unfortunately, this makes Meet the Fockers far less believable than the original. The end result is that Meet the Fockers simply isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as funny as its predecessor, and the jokes that are funny seem far more contrived. The movie is still worth seeing, though, if only to revisit the charming characters created in the first. (Devon Sharma)

THE INCREDIBLES SIDEWAYS

Holly Hunter & Craig T. Nelson The Incredibles is the studioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most visually inventive outing, full of gorgeous, intensely vivid sequences and amazingly artistic details. Right down to the spots on an old womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands and

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as key business figures, and Cate Blanchett is amusing as Hughesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; longtime sordid love interest Katherine Hepburn. Kate Beckinsale and Alec Baldwin also show up to bring the star power and sex appeal of the movie up a few notches. Finally, smaller roles for fan favorites Gwen Stefani and Jude Law make the movie more complete and also make it more fun for the audience. Scorsese has a great film that will maintain his legacy among Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest directors. This film is not destined to bring the hype and box office totals that it should, as superstars such as Jim Carrey, Bill Cosby and longtime pal Robert De Niro release their films at the same time. But rest assured, the best money that can be spent at a theater right now is not on an unfortunate story about unfortunate events or to watch a guy in a bad fat suit. The Aviator is a great film about a larger-than-life man, and it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprise anyone when it pulls in an Oscar nomination or two. back and realizing the power of the people that get them through to the other side of despair. This downtrodden, sometimes depressing film turns out to be full of optimism, challenging its characters to come to terms with the idea that every moment and person in their past contributes to who they are in the present. (Matt Pais)

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Fresh flicks UNDERTOW Jamie Bell & Josh Lucas This is an unconventional thriller from director David Gordon Green that focuses on a family in rural Georgia thrown into upheaval with the arrival of a recently paroled relative. This results in the two boys (Bell and Lucas) being pursued across the Georgia countr yside. Dermont Mulrooney also appears as the father of the two boys. The film has received glowing reviews from several top critics. (Andrew Vecelas) Opening at Boardmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ar t Theatre WHITE NOISE Michael Keaton & Chandra West Keaton plays a man contacted by his dead wife through Electronic Voice Phenomena, a supposedly real paranormal occurrence. This drives him to investigate the suspicious circumstances of his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death. An interesting premise, but how many films in recent years have covered the same kind of stor y? Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping this leads to more of Michael Keaton on the big screen in the future, if nothing else. (Andrew Vecelas) Opening this weekend

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than what Salt ‘N’ Pepa had in mind. Kinsey doesn’t just talk about sex; it explores, dissects and ravages it, until copulation appears as fundamental and natural a human behavior as walking and talking. But even more importantly, Bill Condon’s (Gods and Monsters) bold biography of controversial sex researcher Alfred Kinsey establishes sex not just as human, but as instinctive and primal. As he sought to document that which no one in the early to mid-20th century was even willing to talk about, the Indiana University zoologist (played by a splendid, defiant Liam Neeson) faced constant opposition: from his father (John Lithgow), a virtuous Protestant preacher; from his boss (Oliver Platt), who feared tarnishing the school’s reputation with such unprecedented educational practices; and from society, which suppressed sex into a closeminded category of Puritanical values defended only by false, out-of-date information (including the notion that men can effectively calm their sexual urges simply by soaking their genitals in a bowl of cold water). But what Kinsey really gets right, more than just the passion with which its subject fought to

THE LIFE AQUATIC RANDY MA • STAFF WRITER

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Wes Anderson finally received the freedom and budget every filmmaker dreams of. Not only this, but an all-star ensemble cast, collaboration with stop-motion innovator Henry Selick, and finally Bill Murray as his lead actor in a film filled with beauty and dry humor. Unfortunately, the result is Anderson’s most disappointing effort: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. The story lacks the direction of Anderson’s past work. The Life Aquatic is neither the satire of Bottle Rocket, the eccentric romantic comedy of Rushmore, or the character study of The Royal Tenenbaums; it is a film that falls apart. If I didn’t

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investigate something totally taboo, is the hypocrisy of a civilization that turns a deaf ear and blind eye to the very act necessary for perpetuating the species. It investigates people’s ordinary urges to explore themselves and each other, and the absurdity of the former environment in which people could not and would not discuss the things they were doing in their own bedrooms. Neeson gives Dr. Kinsey a relentless thirst for KINSEY • LIAM NEESON & LAURA LINNEY knowledge. Like an investigative journalist, he tapped into something that was going recognition. It’s about the way that for all peounreported and dared to bring it to the atten- ple, love and sex will always be a learning experience, but systematic investigation is required tion of the common man, woman and child. Condon nails the cultural fear that sim- to lay the groundwork for such discovery. Kinsey is a bit of a cerebral experience; it mered around Kinsey’s research, tapping into many people’s reluctance to acknowledge hits you in the head and beneath the belt, but behavior simply because their parents said it was never in the heart or the gut. Dr. Kinsey’s life naughty.The film is about the way that a socie- work is presented as an intellectual mission and ty can fall out of touch with itself and the need personal academic obligation, and as a result his for torchbearers to light the way—even if that enthusiasm, while always authentic, never rises light illuminates the obsoleteness of morality to something truly moving. Yet in identifying guilt and perversion as and sends a spark into the minds and bodies of social constructs and science as the answer to a sexual beings young and old. It’s impossible not to watch the film with a question no one is willing to ask, Kinsey shows concept of how far perceptions of sexual prac- how one man attacked the world from the neck tices have come (or have not come, depending up and changed the way we understand ouron your preference and perspective) and the selves from the waist down. It uncovers the role realization that groundbreaking studies such as of sex in any society and questions how someKinsey’s are essential in advancing morality in a thing so innate can be so unmentionable, premore open-minded direction. The movie senting the outdated culture of sexual suppresfocuses on the challenge of questioning a cul- sion as its own “Bed Scare.” Kinsey captures the tural status quo and the idea that variety in human animal in its purest and truest form and human behavior calls for nothing less than arouses something fearless and fascinating. equal diversity in scientific research and societal Don’t be shy; you just might learn something. know better, I would have thought Anderson had become cocky with his style, but it is more likely that he lost the scope of the story under the weight of his own ambition. Bill Murray plays Steve Zissou, a marine documentarian whose documentaries seem to feel similar to most reality shows. It’s a funny idea, and Anderson once again fills the story with quirky characters and dry humor. However, that is all that the movie has going for it. In Anderson’s past films, the dialogue and the humor were based on the interactions between the characters’ personalities. Here, the humor is in how the characters interact with the set pieces. The Life Aquatic’s universe is beautiful to gaze at, but it should not be the sole foundation of the film, especially if the humor is based off of witty dry dialogue. The Life Aquatic doesn’t hit the funny bone often enough.The jokes fall flat and the delivery is surprisingly poor at times. At the awkward moments between characters, the actors seem too aware that this is supposed to be funny because it’s

uncomfortable. Even the soundtrack, which heavily uses David Bowie, is not utilized to advantage. Wes Anderson is known for using great musical artists to complement his films. Whereas in the past, the song selection would elevate a scene, here it is just background music which hardly adds any depth or emotion to the film. What is most disappointing is the lack of heart or real connection to any of the characters. Owen Wilson plays Steve Zissou’s illegitimate son, Ned Plimpton. But there is no growth in the relationship between the father and son. Even when there finally seems to be some real connection between the two characters, their story ends abruptly. Some will argue that The Life Aquatic is still great because it’s original and unconventional, because the actors don’t betray their character, because the movie itself looks beautiful.The fact of the matter is a lot of the elements just don’t work. Anderson has milked his own style to death. However, his failure is still better than most movies currently playing on the silver screen.

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Showtime is producing a musical remake of cult propaganda flick Reefer Madness. The 1936 original was a government commissioned “documentar y” that warned parents of the dangers of marijuana, a “demon weed” more deadly than cocaine or heroin, favored by jazz musicians and other degenerate types. The contemporar y version appropriately takes a satirical and sarcastic tone. Alan Cumming will star in the movie, which will include a Busby Berkeley-style dance sequence complete with men with pot leaf-emblazoned G-strings gyrating around a gigantic hookah. Supposed hero and hard-man Jet Li has proved to be nohing more than a woman’s blouse after all. The One’s mar tial ar tist injured his foot when the tsunami that rocked Asia swamped a hotel in which he was vacationing. The stor y goes that he sprained said extremity on a piece of floating furniture. Diddums. The fact that tens of thousands of people lost their lives is apparently lost on the self-absorbed mega-star, who has conducted numerous interviews about his experience. Erik Aude, star of seminal classics Dude, Where’s My Car? and Van Wilder, is back in California after almost three years in a Pakistani jail for drug trafficking. He was arrested in Februar y of 2002, when the lining of his suitcase was found stuffed with opium. The thesp lost about 40 pounds during his incarceration, which involved “a living hell of beatings and death threats.” But, he’s learned a valuable lesson which he thinks we could all benefit from hearing: “You really have no idea how lucky we are. As Americans we live like kings.” s o u n d s

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in Mexico on vacation, I got my friend Eddie a sculpture of two pigs having intercourse. Fine, a piece of stone is probably not considered a sculpture if it’s carved into the shape of two animals humping, but whatever. It mostly just struck me as funny. I know it’s not art. Art isn’t supposed to make you point and laugh. I also know it’s sort of offensive. If Eddie were a minister, I might have got him something else. The rendering of the copulating pigs still sits prominently in his kitchen window, but I’m sure it’s just a matter of time until he has to remove it. We Americans are very particular about our sculptures these days. I don’t remember when it started, really, but let’s blame our soon-to-be former Attorney General John Ashcroft. When he first took over his post four years ago, he decided to announce his presence with authority. There were many pressing matters and he needed to show why he was the nation’s top cop. He, of course, ignored terrorists, drugs and countless other important matters and Michael Coulter instead put a drape over the is a videographer, comedian exposed breasts of the jusand can be tice statue. It seemed strange. heard on WPGU 107.1 Thursdays Honestly, the sight of realat 5 with Ricker life breasts barely register workin’ it. on my excitement meter anymore, let alone breasts made of bronze. I guess they threatened him. Still, let’s face it. If any sort of inanimate object makes you feel dirty, or even tempted, you might not be the best candidate for the job of Attorney General. Geez Louise, busting some sort of porn ring could put the guy in an irreversible coma. Maybe he just likes his works of art to be a little more wholesome, like that funny-assed Country Bear Jamboree ride at Disneyland. I mean, Michelangelo’s David with his penis all sticking out and everything is much more offensive than a group of happy-go-lucky bears playing country music. The rest of the country began to follow his lead and head into a strange conservative area. If Walmart doesn’t like the content of a book or CD, they won’t sell it in their stores. (Note: They’ll still usually sell it online, though, since money is higher than morals on Maslow’s corporate hierarchy.) If s o u n d s

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you question leadership or policies you’re almost a traitor. Nowadays, even if you aren’t necessarily pious, you’re at least expected to be judgmental. Recently, Vermont is up in arms, and for once, it has absolutely nothing to do with syrup. The governor wants a lamp that portrays a chained nude woman removed from his desk during the next legislative sessions. OK, that seems reasonable. After all, bondage is pretty extreme stuff, and it’s probably really tasteless, right? Umm, not so much. The sculpture is the most famous work of native Vermonter Hiram Powers and is called “The Greek Slave.” The work became a symbol of the abolitionist movement prior to the Civil War. Sure, great works of art probably shouldn’t be made into lamps, but I don’t think that’s the point they’re making. First the governor said he was afraid it might get broken, and then he said it would be hard to explain it if some visiting schoolchildren caught a glimpse of it.Yeah, talking to kids about slavery can be a bitch. I’m pretty sure that’s why so few people ever run for governor of Vermont. The thing is, it’s just not offensive, or even possibly offensive. Trust me, I saw a picture of it on the Internet, and I didn’t suddenly begin some sort of masturbation vigil. It’s pretty benign. Folks there are petitioning the governor to keep the statue on his desk, but it’s already been moved to some other place in the state house for now. I guessing it was so he could make room for one of those birds that bob up and down and look like they’re drinking water. Maybe he’ll just get those balls that clank together, those always look nice on a desk. Maybe he’s already commissioning an sculptor to re-create that famous “Dogs Playing Poker” painting. I have those in my house and, let me tell you, they’re quite the conversation starter. Still, maybe he just likes the top of this desk to be clear—less things to knock off while he’s trying to get his head out of his ass. Moving the statue seems like the coward’s way out, though. He probably should have pulled out the drapes.That’s what I’m going to do this new year. Cover everything I find offensive with a piece of cloth. I’ll start with my TV, then all I have to do is fly to Vermont and throw a drape over their governor. He’s much more offensive than the statue.

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New hip-hop label to join the likes of Polyvinyl, Parasol SETH FEIN • CONTRIBUTING WRITER

o, as it is a New Year—2005—The Year of our Lord (I’ve always wanted to write that), I feel the overwhelming need to reiterate something that I have expressed in my columns before. I, Seth Bryant Fein, am not, under any circumstances, in any way, shape or form, a “hiphop head”. Nosireebob! I am not! I will, however, state for the record that my girlfriend most certainly is. In addition to simply loving the genre, she has taken classes on it, been active in UC Hip-Hop (founded by Harsh), and has turned me on to much more of it than I expected to like when we first got involved.And as a result, I feel as though I must eventually succumb and buy a pair of matching Cross Colors pants and hoodie, with the African colors all over it—one that states—”Ya Dig?” Wait, that was in middle school. But moving on, something in town has cropped up and for me, it is worth noting. Let me tell you how it went down, yo. There we were, driving home from a movie some days after Christmas. My lady friend and I had not spent any “quality time” together in a while as we had been preoccupied by Jesus and presents over the last couple days. It really hadn’t put us in the mood, what with all the heavy cheese and guilt, at least on my end.We took I74 to the Lincoln exit and drove toward my house close to campus. We were laughing and having a good time when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, pops up this huge billboard on the corner of Lincoln and University. It states: HIP HOP ROTS YOUR BRAIN. Under it, a sponsorship company called: COALITION OF RESPONSIBLE ATTENTIVE PARENTS was easily seen by both of us. Needless to say, we held up traffic for a second taking it all in. A car horn honked and we proceeded to my home without saying a word. It reminded me of a time when I was a senior in high school. My best teacher, Mr. Stoia, had assigned us a number of terrific novels to read over the course of the semester.Turned out that one of our friend’s mom had taken offense to more than a couple of the books we were reading like The Grapes of Wrath, Beloved, Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, among others. She started an organization and sent out letters to all the parents and took it up with the school board, where she was promptly laughed out of the place after she chose to use the Bible as justification for her tirade.We all got a chuckle, and even her daugh-

ter, who was not ... ahem ... a liberal, was embarrassed beyond belief. These billboards left the same nasty taste in my mouth. Sure, hip hop isn’t always fun and games or arts and crafts time. Plenty of ghetto boys have rapped about killing and pimpin’ and gangbangin’ and bling bling bling to the shizzle mcdizzle around the corner from the fizzle. Right? But that, my friends, does NOT encompass hip hop. From what I understand, hip hop has no color or stake in any one community; it’s a nonviolent way to use words and music to express love and hate, life and death, thoughts about society and anything else that poetry can extend to. And that is what it really is. It’s poetry, plain and simple. Hip hop doesn’t rot your brain. Ignorance does.And most of the people who are “anti-hip hop” and find it offensive (and believe me, there are MANY) are guilty of being just that: IGNORANT! We drove home and went to sleep. We were not in the mood to spend any “quality time” together. Whereas I once hated conservatives for screwing over impoverished people and racially profiling the world, I now hated them for another thing. They were messing with my private life. But alas, the joke was on us. Go back to who sponsored the billboard and look at what the acronym spells out. The next day, the forums on Openingbands.com blew up with talk about the billboards. Turns out, they were paid for by a new hip-hop label in town to get our attention. Nice job, my friends, I wrote a column about you. Up a Notch Records, about whom I don’t know that much, about will be breaking into the C-U scene very soon on Jan. 28 at Nargile.You can be sure that I will be there, if only to meet the people that had the courage to pull off a stunt like this and then, show people that they are for real. Maybe there is hope for me yet as a bonafide head. Fo’ shizzle. Wait, that was 2003, yes?

Seth Fein is from Urbana. He wants to know: Is Snoop Dogg still considered cool? Tell him at sethfein@readbuzz.com.

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Larry Vance, custodian for both studios, usually sees vermin including squirrels, cockroaches and mice in Studio 1. “Most of the animals are harmless, but occasionally there is a mean one,” said Vance. “Last week I was face to face with a bad tempered opossum.” Pigeons have made homes out of the holes in the ceiling of Studio 2.The birds found their way in without the help of students. Broken windows with no screens, openings in the ceiling and holes in the insulation are warm invitations to animals. “Student work has been ruined by pigeon droppings and they constantly interrupt classes,” Hogin said. Animal droppings are not the only aspect of the building that has been known to ruin students’ artwork, though. Last year everything on Walsh’s drafting table

was damaged after a steam pipe exploded, spilling boiling water all over.Walsh was not injured, but the work was ruined. The pipes are over a hundred years old, just like the rest of both studios. The buildings, erected in 1905, were not originally for art students. Studio 1 was the former agricultural engineering building and Studio 2 was the forestry science shop. Vance, who has worked in these buildings for eight years, still notices a putrid smell. This smell is an indication of decomposition, according to research architecture professor William Rose.The odors are usually from either volatile organic compounds that have combusted or organic (fungal or bacterial) degradation. “The buildings will be torn down,”Vance said. “That was the first thing they told me when I started working here.‘Don’t get attached because they are not going to be here for long.’”

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Deterioration and overall poor quality of the studios are not the only motivation for destroying the structures. The distance from the Art and Design Building is another argument against the existence of both painting studios. “It is not good for the students to be scattered everywhere,” Hogin said. “They need a sense of community in their education. People learn best through sharing ideas.” A new painting studio adjacent to the existing Art and Design Building would be the ideal situation. Professors and students are hopeful to move out of the studios that the University has deemed a temporary location for the past 13 to 14 years. A large map of the future University campus hangs in Supervisor of Building Maintenance Kenneth Henson’s office. Color-coded shapes on the map indicate future buildings, existing buildings and buildings to be destroyed. Art East Annex Studios 1 and 2 are red. Red represents buildings that will continue to exist. Funding for the art department is dependent on University finances. “Unlike the engineering department, which receives corporate funding, the art department basically is financially supported by tuition and instructional unit allotment,” Hogin said. Money based on instructional units is determined by student enrollment.The University allocates each college on campus a certain amount of money per each student who is enrolled. Nearly all of the problems that students and professors have complained about are not the responsibility of the art department.Ventilation, pest control, and broken or deteriorated sections of buildings are part of the University Facilities and Services division of responsibility list. Complaints can be called or e-mailed to the Facilities and Services office by any person who witnesses something that needs to be fixed.They are then filed as a work order and are either fixed or deferred for later service. Priority is

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artist’s corner Jeannine Bestoso has a wide array of artistic talents. Not satisfied with just one medium, Bestoso creates drawings, paintings, sculptures, ceramics and murals. A definite resource for the Urbana community, Bestoso directs Creation Arts Studios, which offers all types of adult and child lessons, adult open studio workshops and a “Reflection and Creation Art Retreat.” Her workshops even give art teachers CPDU credits. Creation Art Studios, established in 1993, is a haven for any aspiring artist or admiring fan, with art galleries featuring work from Bestoso and those who have taken her classes. She is an incredible woman, as she has taught physically challenged people, adults with disabilities, seniors living in nursing homes, and mothers and children living in shelters. Creation Art Studios—located next to Butterfly Beads—and Jeannine Bestoso can be contacted at (217) 344-6955. How do you want your audience to react to your art?

When people view my art I want them to experience a kind of understanding and knowing, and a connection to a part of themselves, myself and humanity. I also want people to appreciate the work and the process, or reject it, and to know why in either instance, and to recognize the communication that is possible through it. I want my art to be strong enough to cause a creative response and action in the viewer so they can feel the joy of expressing themselves through art too.

practicing artist is so strong and relentless that it dominates over having a conventional lifestyle and job, then that call needs to be answered in any way that it can be. I feel an unanswered life call to be an artist can lead to depression and confusion.

I hope that my art can keep me building on a good and happy productive life path. Being creative and expressing myself freely through the art process and making a living with it is challenging and fun. Presently at my studio I am offering open studio classes for children and adults, expressive workshops, commission portraits, murals, picture framing and other work. I am presently working on a line of art T-shirts and note cards, and I offer unique original art as gifts. My studio gallery is a friendly open place and I welcome the community to come by and participate in it or just experience what is created there. Presently the studio is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 12 to 4 p.m.

What advice can you give to struggling artists?

My advice to other artists is to not give up on the part of them that struggles to express itself creatively. I feel that if the urge to be a creative,

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Serena Frye has been the health and body care manager at Strawberry Fields for almost five years. Her job involves helping community members develop a well-rounded healthy lifestyle. usually given to buildings with a high traffic area—a lot of people going in and out of the building consistently. Despite all of the grievances over poor ventilation and pest control, only one work order has ever been filed with Facilities and Services as of spring 2004.The order, filed in 1997, was to check and clean the ventilation system in Studio 2. It was never deferred. Extreme fluctuation of hot and cold temperature in both buildings is the main theme in past work orders starting in the year 2000. “The heat, especially in Studio 1, is very

bizarre and uncomfortable,” Hogin said. “In some areas of the building it is 65 degrees and in other parts the temperature reaches above 85 degrees.” This work order, like most, is temporarily fixed. Even if there is a constant stream of complaints, there is only so much money that Facilities and Services has access too. “We stretch things beyond their use sometimes,” Henson said. “If something is doing what it reasonably is supposed to be doing and (is) not an immediate health or safety threat to people, then it’s fine for now.” buzz

How long has Strawberry Fields been around, and how did it get started?

Strawberry Fields, in one form or another, has been around since the early 1970s. It was the combination of two separate businesses, Earthworks Co-op grocery and the Metamorphoses Cafe. By 1974, the co-op had closed and was then resurrected by a local couple, Vic and Bobby Fein. They no longer own the business, but I see Bobby here on a regular basis. Strawberry Fields came about after the business went through several different owners, six owners from ‘74 to ‘90, and three different locations. Now here we are, still going strong!

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What’s your favorite thing about working at Strawberry Fields?

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I love working at Strawberry Fields because we are such a part of the community. I am pleased with the fact that I am helping people in a way I that I can believe in.We have been around for a long time and are a part of so many people’s everyday lives. We are able to get to know our customers in a way that is unusual at other businesses. Also, we have a great staff here! We work together as a great team. How would you describe the store?

At Strawberry Fields, we aim to provide everything needed to maintain a wellrounded healthy lifestyle. From your basic organic foods and produce, specialty foods, and bakery, to an excellent deli and

coffee bar. Not to mention vitamins and alternative body care products free of many of the chemicals you would find in conventional brands. What is your favorite Strawberry Fields item?

It would be very difficult to pick just one favorite thing from Strawberry Fields, but if I had to, I would say the holiday bread we make here called stollen. It is so good! But I love our coffee, too. When you’re not working at Strawberry Fields, what do you like to do?

Well, I recently got married, so I spend a lot of time at home with my husband, Aaron, and my two cats. Other than that, I love to cook, read and play frisbee golf when weather is permitting. What were you doing before Strawberry Fields?

I moved here from Pennsylvania shortly before I started working at Strawberry Fields. I had a few jobs here and there and now I am doing something I never thought I would do. I am doing something I love and it feels good to help people help themselves. Why should people come to Strawberry Fields?

I think anyone that is considering making a healthy lifestyle change could benefit from visiting us here at Strawberry Fields. Our staff is very knowledgeable and friendly. Or, just stop in and check out the alternatives to the conventional grocery store. I think people are very pleasantly surprised when they come in for the first time!

“The decadence of modern painting comes from skepticism and lack of belief, which are the consequence of rationalism, positivism, progressivism, as well as of mechanistic or dialectical materialism.”

I ’ m s w e a t i n g , o b s e s s i n g. . . Maybe one day we can go back... Lay next to me...

~ Salvador Dalí, 1951

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KYLE GORMAN • MUSIC EDITOR

T The Like Young will play the Metro in Chicago on Jan. 21, with opening act The New Constitution. The show begins at 9 p.m., and tickets are $8.

here is something essentially humorous about reliving the great music of the past in modern times. For Chicago’s The Like Young, their music is not only their pastime but also their life—the duo’s members, Joe and Amanda Ziemba, are a married couple. Living their music as their life calls for a level of seriousness, insularity and maturity, which is reflected in their music. We spent some time talking to guitarist/vocalist Joe about the band and their most recent album, So Serious. What’s behind the name of your most recent album, So Serious?

So Serious was, to our disappoint, taken by a lot of people as a glib comment, but there is nothing tongue-in-cheek about it. Our approach, both in founding The Like Young and particularly on this album, was to strip away anything unnecessary in our songs. So Serious is a quick listen—intros and outros, interludes, and even the lyrics themselves are all short. Short songs seem to fit well into the So Serious manifesto. Is this just how you work or more of an advocation?

A few songs I wrote were influenced by my work situation. At the time I was working at a large corporation, where I was taken aback by the widespread sexism and poor treatment of women there. It wasn’t just the dirty old men, either. However, I had a house to pay for and a family to support, so I felt very trapped in a situation I couldn’t leave. ... Another source of inspiration was feeling the constant need to change, to be a better person. You guys spent some time opening for Mates of State. It’s interesting that the two groups were playing together, considering your outward similarity, despite the fact that your music has little in common with theirs. Is there a “Chicago pop/rock duo/couple” scene? [Laughs] No, I think it’s just the two of us. Touring with Mates of State, though it was short, was, for me, the perfect tour in terms of health and happiness and satisfaction. How does the duo/couple arrangement work for you as a band?

It’s a little bit of both.The songs I’ve written as intentionally longer never came out how I wished, and I’ve always been attracted to shorter songs in my own listening. Both the early punk I started listening to in high school and the ‘50s rock I listened to later tend to focus on shortness and honesty.

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So Serious clocks in at 24 minutes with a dozen songs. What about the length of the album? I’m not as concerned with the length of the album as when it feels complete. Right now Amanda (Ziemba, drummer/vocalist) and I are working on our next album, and we’ve already demoed 20 or so songs, but I still feel the need to keep writing, and we will.

Q & A with Joe Ziemba of The Like Young We don’t give out demos anymore—we only work with each other. It’s easy to make decisions that way, to focus on certain things, to change direction. Are you able to re-create the big sound you have on your albums live?

HELLO DALÍ! Krannert exhibit displays a literary dimension of the Spanish surrealist

he Krannert Art Museum’s current exhibition “Of Books and Tales: Salvador Dalí and the World of Imagination” joins other venues across the world in celebrating the centennial of the surrealist icon’s birth. The exhibit’s showcase of etchings, illustrations and sculptures from Dalí’s oeuvre explore his fascination with literary and mythological subjects including Don Quixote, Saint George, Jesus Christ and Dante’s The Divine Comedy.

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I think we do a pretty good job. For me, it’s important to have the records sound perfect, because those last forever, whereas live we’re just focusing on the essentials—our voices and our instruments, which is part of our sound. A lot of people, myself included, would imagine it’d be difficult to work on such personal music with someone you’re so close to. Do you find it difficult? There are times when I’m feeling down or confused, but just being with and playing music with Amanda is enough to make things better. It requires a lot of maturity, but making music with Amanda is something I’ve been doing my whole adult life.

High school garage band. These are the words that kept running through my mind as I listened to this 12-tracked, 24-minute album. It’s band practice and the bassist couldn’t make it because, well, he doesn’t exist. The Like Young are Amanda and Joe Ziemba, husband and wife duo as of spring 2002.The fact that there are only two does not hinder their power to rock one bit. Switching around from band to band trying to find their niche, Amanda and Joe finally realized that their niche was in each other. At last, the couple was able to express themselves they way they wanted to and it shows through their music. Their songs are short and to the point. Joe has a strong voice and he isn’t afraid to belt lyrics off at the top of his lungs. He has fun and he has attitude. Amanda’s background vocals add a soft, sweet splash of color to the mix for a fun poppy blend. Their lyrics are blunt and a little bit sassy: “give me your hand, let me smell it.” On So Serious, song topics range from paranoia to drinking to lust. Since the songs are short, it just means that you can learn all the words faster. The couple uses upbeat guitar riffs and catchy drum beats to induce movement in the listener’s body. Although the recording sounds somewhat flat, it does have that very raw, live appeal to it.The instrumentation is varied a bit on tracks like “Worry a Lot” where they throw in some keyboards. So Serious is a great album to pop in the player while you’re getting ready to go out or if you just want to hang out in the living room with some friends. Three instruments, two people, one damn fun band. This review originally appeared in Buzz on Sept. 23, 2004.

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Museums throughout the world, in cities including Figueres, Cadaqués, Barcelona, Madrid, Perpignan, Venice, St. Petersburg (Florida) and Philadelphia are among those joining the international celebration in 2004, which the King of Spain titled “The Year Dalí.” The king stated that Dalí was “one of the few artists from the 20th century who had left a visible mark on all ambits of culture and life.” Each participating museum set aside a collection of works that highlights one of these marks from the late artist’s work. Krannert’s particular contribution comes as an exploration of Dalí’s vocabulary of imagery and inspirations based in literature and fiction. Original watercolors are on display from Dalí’s work on the 1950 edition of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, which was commissioned by the Italian government in honor of the 700th anniversary of Dante’s birth. All of the artist’s work, including 102 watercolor illustrations, was later returned to him after a backlash from the Italian public reacting to Dalí’s purported pro-Franco leanings. Other illustration examples include work from Dalí’s collaboration with Swiss scientist Maurice Sander on his book The Verge, as well as pages from The Essays of Michael Montaigne. The displayed copy of The Verge shows a lone severed shrunken head amid a typical Dalí

environment of scattered objects. The opened pages from Montaigne’s essays show an opened anatomy viewing itself alongside the essay “Of Physiognomy.” Repeated forms and symbols can be seen throughout Dalí’s paintings, graphic work and sculptures. His 1971 lithograph “The Magic Butterfly and the Flowers” contains two of the artist’s obsessions, which characterized his vision of the life cycle of birth, transference and renewal. Sculptures at the exhibit include “Saint Narcissus and the Flies”—a 1974 bronze statue of the title character. Dalí called flies “the muses of the Mediterranean” and shows this through his kneeling figure, who according to legend was protected by a large swarm of flies. The artist’s prevalent use of mythological subjects, such as in this case, draws parallels between personal meanings and original contexts. Similarities in form are to be seen between Narcissus and another of the bronze works— ”Gala Gradiva,” which is based on the character Gradiva from Wilhelm Jensen’s 1903 fantastic novel Gradiva: A Pompeiian Fantasy. Dalí likened the literary figure to his wife. Dalí claimed, “She was destined to be my Gradiva, she who advances my victory, my wife.” The fluid composition of iconic references interwoven with his subjects speaks for the impor-

Dalí, a surrealist artist, illustrated books such as the ones photographed here, On The Verge with essays from Michael Montaigne and the essay “Of Physiognomy” by Maurice Sandoz. Both are part of a private collection from Doubleday and Company. tance of literature and symbolism in his work. His most prominent sculpture in the exhibit—”Winged Triton”—demonstrates this incredible hybridization of physical forms, giving the body characteristics of ruffled sheets. “Christ of St. John of the Cross” depicts a distinctly Dalíesque crucifix: the body of Christ in its iconic pose as witnessed by Saint John of the Cross, but without its cross and balanced upon a nail atop a pile of stones. Religion for Dalí was a conflicted subject, as evidenced by his openly espoused Catholic identity in the final quote in his 1942 book The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí, where he stated, “At this moment I do not yet have faith, and I fear I shall die without heaven.” buzz

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(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

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“Curiosity did not kill the cat,” reports John Olson in Free Stream

have a sacred duty to elude all situations that make your eyes glaze

intelligence, a knack for nurturing others, a drive to create beauty,

over. To meet your dates with destiny, you must not tolerate BLAH or

and a skill for building relationships. This will be important for you to

HO-HUM in any form. “Curiosity was born with the universe,” Olson

keep in mind in the coming months, because 2005 will be the Year

reminds you. “It redeems and is erotic.”

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

(April 20-May 20)

genius. He lacked formal trainingand his work was thought peculiar by his fellow mathematicians, but he made dramatic breakthroughs

crazed, and out of sync with our highest values. If you try to suppress

that are highly regarded. He attributed his success to the Hindu

it or deny its existence, it controls you surreptitiously. If you

goddess Namakkal. She appeared regularly in his dreams, where

acknowledge its presence and cultivate a relationship with it, you

she revealed innovative formulas he had only to verify when he

may be able to harness some of its raw power for good causes.

awoke. I hereby appoint Ramanujan to be your official role model for

You’ve got to love it without overindulging it; give it voice without

2005. May he inspire you in your quest to establish a practical

allowing it to possess you. I mention all of this, Taurus, because

alliance with a benevolent deity, imaginary friend, or guardian angel.

2005 should be the year you dramatically upgrade and refine the role

If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, this ally will provide

that your dark side plays in your life.

you with a steady stream of useful clues about how to fulfill the

(May 21-June 20)

To guide your journey in 2005, I’ve selected two quotes. I suggest

S AG I T TA R I U S

you write them out and keep them in your wallet or under your pillow

Before the U.S. election a few weeks ago, What Is Enlightenment?

for the next ten months. The first is from mythologist Joseph

magazine posed the following query to five religious leaders: “Many

Campbell: “The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat

people argue that the upcoming presidential election is the most

of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” Your second

important in our lifetime. Do you agree?” Four respondents said, in

keynote comes from the ancient Chinese sage, Lao Tzu: “Stop

effect, “Yes, because Bush is bad for America and the world.” But the

leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop

fifth, Zen Buddhist Jan Chozen Roshi, replied, “I don’t know. Our

running away and you will be found.” Now here’s your homework,

existence is so short, it’s like a dust mote in the eye of God. To say

Gemini: Meditate on how these themes articulate two angles of

that the time in which my dust mote existed was the most mportant

approach to the same joyful work.

is a self-centered view.” Roshi’s wisdom reminded me of an anecdote

Lead

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

told by Henry Kissinger. Kissinger once asked Chinese premier Zhou

(June 21-July 22)

Enlai what he thought of the French Revolution, which had happened

Since 1991, my Cancerian friend Jared has donated blood to a local

two centuries earlier. “Too soon to tell,” Chou answered. Keep these

blood bank 105 times. He volunteers as a big brother to fatherless

stories in mind in 2005, Sagittarius. Think often of long-term

kids and donates 20 percent of his salary to charity. Yet I’ve never

processes. Focus on the very big picture.

friend, compulsively takes care of all her friends, bringing them

CAPRICORN

home-cooked meals and thoughtful gifts whenever they’re down. I

coming year will be a perfect time for you to write your autobiography,

know she suffers bouts of depression herself sometimes, but as far

or even your autohagiography. You will also attract cosmic favors if

as I’m aware, no one brings her treats. Jared and Vanessa are going

you create a new mission statement and an updated manifesto

to be the poster children for my crusade to bring balance to your life

summing up your philosophy of life. Re-examine and revise your life

in 2005. You simply must stop giving more than you receive; you’ve

story in 2005, Capricorn. Get in the habit of imagining yourself as

got to expand your capacity to accept assistance and blessings from

the star of a hero’s journey. For extra credit, heed the advice of Ralph

other people.

Waldo Emerson: “Make your own Bible. Collect all the words and

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The

sentences that in your reading have been like a blast of triumph.”

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)

This should be the year you devote yourself to the maddening and

AQUARIUS

glorious details, Leo. I encourage you to dive into the mysteries of

“Irregularity and unpredictability are important features of health,”

intricacy as you master the thousand and one practical matters that

wrote John R. Van Eenwyk in his Quest magazine article, “The

will ultimately make your dreams come true. You might want to

Chaotic Dynamics of Everyday Life.” “On the other hand,” he

memorize the following quote from philosopher William James: “I am

continued, “decreased variability and accentuated periodicities are

done with great things and big plans, great institutions and big

associated with disease. Healthy systems don’t want homeostasis.

success. I am for those tiny, invisible loving human forces that work

They want chaos.” Do you dare act as if this is true, Aquarius? Do

from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the

you have the courage to live with greater uncertainty, knowing that

world like so many rootlets, or like the capillaries.”

it’s good for you? The coming year will be a perfect time to figure out

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

how to change your mind in such a way so as to accomplish this

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

I’m not given to extravagant tastes,but I do allow myself one

noble trick.

unreasonable habit: a craving for organic grapes in the wintertime. If

PISCES

they’re available in the stores at all, two bunches of pesticide-free

A study at McGill University concluded that moms and dads who

Concords can set me back as much as a three-course meal at my

launch screaming fights in front of their kids may actually be helping

favorite Thai restaurant. But they’re good for me, and I’m pretty self-

them. Listening to their parents yelling often makes children more

controlled the rest of the time, so I regard my appetite for the grapes

imaginative because it forces them into a fantasy world to escape.

as an acceptable form of self-indulgence. I mention this, Virgo,

Can you think of similar reversals in your own life, Pisces—difficult

because I believe you have cosmic permission in 2005 to raise your

events that have ultimately served you? The coming year will be an

quota of healthy greed. In fact, I suggest you brainstorm right now

ideal time to redeem these gifts from the past. Be constantly on the

about the salubrious pleasures you plan to demand more of in the

lookout for ways you can use old traumas and setbacks as sources

coming months.

of inspirational power.

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HURLY-BURLY

Guitar god Steve Vai will release Real Illusions: Reflections on Feb. 22 via Epic. It is the first installment of a planned fourpart concept album.

mission you came to earth to carry out.

GEMINI

Pop-punkers Goldfinger will release their fifth studio effort, entitled Disconnection Notice, via Maverick on Feb. 15. The album was recorded in frontman Josh Feldman’s home studio.

Srinivasa Ramanujan was one of India’s greatest mathematical

All of us have a dark side—a part of our psyches that is unripe, a bit

VIRGO

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feminine traits. These include sensitivity, receptivity, emotional

once heard him ask anyone for help. Vanessa, another Cancerian

steak) 9 Tears apart 10 One-legged camera stand 11 Camp sight 12 Ship made of oak 13 1999 documentary “Pimps Up, ___ Down” 19 “The Sound of Music” extra 21 Use a big rig 24 Get out of the primordial ooze 26 Drive insertion 28 Smugglers who swallow drugs 29 Makers of the Steve Vai Signature Guitar 31 Give, as a shot 32 Escapes, maybe 33 1996 Australian Open winner, amazingly 35 QB’s stats 36 Fitting 37 Type of tramcar in Houston or

LIBRA

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Velocity, his book of prose poems. “Boredom killed the cat.” Let that

CANCER

18-across provided in “Final Jeopardy!”, ending the streak 64 Fourth root of 16 65 Caucus locale 66 Spoiled by pampering 67 Chow down 68 Nancy who beat 18across, then lost the next day 69 Minute Maid Park players 70 Loaf in a “Seinfeld” episode Down 1 Chlumsky of “My Girl” 2 Penetrating quality 3 They may draw on your back 4 Deck extra 5 “Pardon me” grunts 6 Former presidential monogram 7 Enthusiastic response in Reutlingen 8 Dry-___ (like great

be your rallying cry in 2005, Libra. In the coming months you will

TAU RU S

“Good Questions”— about a guy who asked a ton of them. by Matt Jones Across 1 Court fig. 4 Much-disliked “Phantom Menace” character 10 Where 18-across resides 14 Group of guns: abbr. 15 Amount of electrical resistance 16 Intended assassination victim of the Pisonian Conspiracy 17 Badminton need 18 Guy who won $2.5 million in 2004 20 “God Bless Fiji,” e.g. 22 Total 23 Like burlap 25 ___-Caps 26 Dynasty that ruled China for eight and a half centuries 27 “The West Point of the South” 30 Barq’s competitor 34 Answer where 18across usually bet to bring his total to a multiple of $5,000 39 “In Da Club” producer 40 Hosp. professionals 41 Numskull 42 Dot follower 43 Canadian Thanksgiving mo. 44 Episode number where 18-across finally lost 46 “Bring me the blue pages” puzzle game 48 Linguist’s ending 49 Binary digits 50 German grandma 53 “Thriller” video extras: var. 56 Refined, in a way 60 Infiniti’s parent company 62 Wrong question that

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stereotypical masculine qualities. Feminismo, on the other hand,

of Feminismo for both Aries men and women. Are you ready to

jonesin crossword puzzle

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c h a r t s lead review Earl Scruggs The Essential Earl Scruggs Columbia/Legacy BY SUSAN SCHOMBURG

Whether you know it or not, you have heard his

playing before. At nearly 80 years old, Earl Scruggs, the Paganini of the banjo, has had a successful career in music for the past 60 years, and his remarkably virtuosic bluegrass style has become associated with the genre itself, an indelible part of the American soundscape that has inspired and entertained for as long as it has been heard. Disc One of this compilation features recordings from the earlier part of Scruggs’ career, including “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” an effervescent instrumental from the start of Scruggs’ 20-year-plus collaboration with guitarist-vocalist Lester Flatt, and “Heavy Traffic Ahead,” an early track from his time as a musician with “the father of bluegrass” Bill Monroe and his band. The second disc highlights Scruggs’ more recent work, including fusiony ventures into rockand blues-influenced bluegrass, only some of which are as aesthetically successful as the other tracks in the collection, though all are interesting. The haunting beauty of “Nashville Blues” alone makes this disc worth hearing. Some of my favorite tracks are the purely instrumental ones; it is in the nonvocal realm that Scruggs’ musical voice can be heard most clearly, and where the individual and collective talents of the musicians shine.The recordings all have a very clean sound quality, even the very early stuff from the 1940s is crisp and clear, making it hard to believe some of the tracks are as old as they are. This recording serves as a decent retrospective of Scruggs’ prolific and extensive career, and also as an excellent introduction to bluegrass (the bebop of country music) in the past 50-plus years. The music has an incredible amount of heart and spirit, and I defy anyone to listen to this without at least cracking a smile. By the way, in case you are still stumped about where you’ve heard Scruggs’ music before, it is his banjo that you hear in the theme song to the television series The Beverly Hillbillies.

EARL SCRUGGS

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PARASOL RECORDS TOP 10 SELLERS 1. Kevin Tihista's Red Terror • Wake

The ancient Mayans, who invented a solar calendar so precise that it mystifies experts to this day, posited the end of the world as we know it in the year 2012. The apocalypse may be coming a little early this century though, as Sheryl Crow has announced plans to release not one, but two albums in 2005. The first one is cited as being more of an “art” record while the second will most likely be more “pop” according to Billboard.com. One doubts that the “art” record will produce any Captain Beefheart covers though.

Up Captain (Parasol) 2. Johan • Pergola (Excelsior) 3. Bauer • Baueresque (Excelsior) 4. Angie Heaton • Let It Ride (Parasol) 5. Arcade Fire • Funeral (Merge) 6. Peter Bjorn and John • Falling Out (Planekonomi) 7. The Lassie Foundation • Face Your

Fun (Northern) 8. Dungen • Ta Det Lugnt (Subliminal Sounds) 9. Boy In Static • Newborn (Alien Transistor) 10. Magnetic Fields • 69 Love Songs

Vol. 1-3 [BOX SET] (Merge)

I don’t care if monday’s blue, tuesday’s gray and wednesday too, THURSDAY I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOU,

it’s friday - i’m in love the cure (rocks)

Thursday Friday JANUARY 7

JANUARY 6

Live Music Jake Hertzog Quartet [jazz] The Iron Post 7-9pm, TBA

Live Music Desafinado [bassanova, Latin jazz] Cowboy Monkey 5pm, $2

Kayla Brown Boltini 8-10pm, free

The Prairie Dogs The Iron Post 5-7pm, TBA

Jim Bean Tommy G's 9pm, free

Al Ierardi Tommy G's 5-7pm, free

Mad Science Fair, The Greedy Loves, Decals Cowboy Monkey 10pm, $3

The Photographic, Lori Ann, Greenwood, The Charity Case Wake the Dead Cafe 6-11pm, $6 Andy Mareillon The Iron Post 9pm, TBA

DJ DJ J-Phlip [house] Barfly 10pm, free DJ Bozak [hip hop and other soulful beats] Boltini 10:30pm, free DJ Odessey Joe's Brewery TBA DJ Roc On, DJ Delayney Nargile TBA, $5 Karaoke "G" Force Karaoke Pia's of Rantoul 9pm-1am, free

Crazy Johnny and The SaloonA-Tix Tommy G's 10pm, $2 Mando Club with Billy Mathews [Old time string band music] Verde Cafe 8pm, $5 DJ DJ Bozak [hip hop, downtempo] Barfly 10pm, free DJ J-Phlip Boltini 10pm, free DJ Raphael [house, hip hop, rock, dance] Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free

DJ Tim Williams [hip hop, house, top 40 dance] The Highdive 10pm, $5 DJ Orby Joe's Brewery TBA DJ Impact [house] Nargile TBA, free

Saturday JANUARY 8

Live Music Tons O Fun Band [R&B, soul, Motown] Cowboy Monkey 9:30pm, $4 Kate Hathaway, Shelley Miller The Iron Post 9:30pm, $3 JAB [hard rock covers] Tommy G's 10pm, $3

DJ Naughty Boy Joe's Brewery TBA Dancing Nightclub Dancing with Linda Oldham [swing, hustle, salsa] Cowboy Monkey 7pm, free

Monday

Karaoke "G" Force Karaoke Sappy's on Devenshire 9pm-midnight, free Events Book signing with Jeff Elliott [author of Rebounding From Death's Door ] Borders 3-5pm, free

Sunday JANUARY 9

Live Music Sunday Mass: Sick Day, Quadremedy, The Vice Dolls Tommy G's 9pm, free

DJ DJ Resonate [hip hop] Barfly 10pm, free DJ Limbs [hip hop, soul, dance] Boltini 10pm, free DJ Bozak [old school, retro, hip hop] Nargile 10pm, free DJ Tim Williams [hip hop, house, top 40 dance] The Highdive 10pm, $5

Midwest Illest Showcase [local hip hop music showcase] Nargile TBA DJ DJ Wesjile [hip hop] Barfly 10pm, free DJ Bozak [‘80s rewind] Boltini 10:30pm, free

JANUARY 10 Live Music Jazz Jam with ParaDocs The Iron Post 7-10pm, TBA Quadremedy [rock] Tommy G's 10pm, free

Premo Records Presents Freestyle Battle & Open Mic Night [live hip hop & dancing] Tonic 10pm, $4

DJ DJ Sophisto [house] Barfly 10pm, free

DJ Chef Ra [roots, reggae] Barfly 10pm, free

2ON2OUT [indie rock] Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free

DJ Limbs [hip hop, soul, dance] Boltini 10:30pm, free

NOX: DJ Kannibal, DJ Rickbats [goth and industrial] The Highdive 10pm, $2

DJ DJ Delayney [hip hop, soul] Barfly 10pm, free

DJ J-Phlip Boltini 10:30pm, free

DJ Resonate [hip hop, R&B, lounge] Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free

Karaoke "G" Force Karaoke Neil St. Pub 8pm-midnight, free

House Music Night [local house DJs] Nargile 10pm, free DJ Bozak [hip hop and other soulful beats] Boltini 10:30pm, free

Tuesday

9pm, free if over 21, $2 if under Adam Wolfe's Acoustic Night with Jess Greenlee Tommy G's 10pm, free

Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo's Chill and Grill 9pm, free

SICK DAY Sick Day is a local rock group neither content with retro traditionalism or modern conformity in punk.

You may recognize their

lead guitarist, Guido Esteves, from area favorites Temple Of Low Men.

They are less of a band and

more of a force of nature; sources who wish to remain confidential inform us that they

Dancing Tango Dancing Cowboy Monkey 7:30pm, free

“totally rock.”

The band also

lives forever in our memory for

Salsa Dancing [salsa, mambo, bachata] Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke Geovanti's 10pm-2am, free

their impersonation of Nirvana at 2003’s “Great Cover Up.”

The

group is playing “Sunday Mass” at Tommy G’s 9 pm on January 9th, with Quadremedy and the Vice Dolls.

As befits a mass,

the show is free.

Wednesday JANUARY 9

JANUARY 9

Live Music Open Jam/Open Mic hosted by Mike Ingram The Canopy Club

Live Music Apollo Project [live improv house music] Nargile 10pm, free Blues Night: Kilborn Alley Tommy G's 10pm, free

now hiring

Puzzle p. 12 DESAFINADO AT COWBOY MONKEY Have you heard the new beat?

If you’ve ever been

in the charming rhythms, sharp songwriting, and

in an elevator, on hold for tech support, or in a

the pastoral, transcendent lyricism of the

bank lobby, you’ve likely experienced the calming

Brazilian music.

nature of Bossa Nova, Portuguese for “the new

one of Jobim’s songs, which became a jazz stan-

beat”.

dard (translated into English) as “Slightly Out

Desafinado, who perform the music of

A Year-Round Country Retreat

The band draws its name from

bossa master Antonio Carlos Jobim (responsible

of Tune.”

Come and hear the depth of Brazil’s

for “The Girl from Ipanema” and countless other

new wave.

The show begins early at 5 pm Friday

hits), traffic less in anger management, and more

at the Cowboy Monkey.

kishauwau.com (800) 659-0627

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