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erin scottberg EDITOR’S NOTE

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am constantly reminded by professors and professionals that the press is one of the few businesses that are protected in the Constitution of the United States: “Congress shall make no law ‌ abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.â€? However, that does not give any publication the right to abuse this lawfully guaranteed freedom.

As I child, I tended to exercise my “freedom of speech� with my parents quite frequently. They liked to call it “running your mouth,� but I say it was more like a simple statement of my opinion, but I digress. Like clockwork, these situations usually ended when I lost my phone or computer privileges for a few days. After protesting that I had a right to use the family phone, I was quickly silenced with my father saying, “Erin, that’s a privilege, not a right.�

The American press is lucky enough to have it both ways; although free speech and the ability to print it without prior censorship is a right, we cannot fail to recognize it also as a privilege. Many of us take this ability to say what we want when we want for granted.

In the past, journalists have made a mockery of the rights of the press. When Janet Cook, a Washington Post reporter who wrote about an 8-year-old heroin addict in the ’80s, had to give

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back the Pulitzer Prize she’d received for the stories, she abused this privilege and scarred the credibility of journalists around the nation.

More recently, in 2003, the reputation of journalists was again tarnished when New York Times reporter Jayson Blair was caught plagiarizing and even completely making up stories and interviews for publication.

Freedom of speech is one of the basic tenets of modern democracy. It is a privilege we must not exploit. The First Amendment is not a free pass to print without thought — journalists must realize the possibility of their work having serious and far-reaching consequences.

The responsibility of the press is to inform citizens. If a citizen wants to be informed, it is his or her responsibility to seek and absorb information.

There are more than enough news outlets, from 24-hour cable networks to specialized Internet RSS feeds, to satisfy any information-seeker.

Ten years later, I’ve found the one counter– point I could have argued my dad’s adage with: U.S. citizens have the right of the press and the privilege of free speech.

At a time when wire-tapping and media surveillance stand to threaten our First Amendment rights, let us not forget why this amendment was included in the Bill of Rights: an uninhibited flow of information and ideas is vital for a capable and intelligent population. sounds from the scene

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michael coulter FIRST THINGS FIRST

Look Mom, no hands!

Why I don’t like hands-free cell phones

You would think a simple

man such as myself would have plenty of important things to worry about. Bird f lu still threatens us from somewhere in the world and what with the wings and everything, it’s a pretty mobile disease. We’re still at war with Iraq, and Iran isn’t exactly acting like they don’t want to be the next country invaded. Hell, even the second in command is pumping his buddies full of buckshot, and you know once Dick gets a taste for blood he’s never going back. I don’t worry much about any of those things though.

I mean really, it’s sort of out of my hands. I’m not smart enough to cure anything, negotiate anything, or shoot anybody.

Thusly, I simply try to be considerate. After all, if the whole world is going to hell in a hand basket, at least we can try to be somewhat polite as it all goes down the shitter.

Sadly, there seems to be a movement emerging that is trying to make the trip a little worse for the rest of us. These are the people who have those little cell phones that stick out of their ear and enable their hands to be free. I’m assuming their hands need to be free so they can get a good grip on their faces as they constantly try to pull their heads from their asses. Man, it really gets on my nerves, the social equivalent of chewing foil.

You’re walking down the street, you see a guy coming towards you and he is talking to himself.

No big deal, you’ve seen this a lot. Still the people you generally see doing this are referred to as crazy. This particular person doesn’t dress like the other crazy people you’ve seen though.

Also, he’s only doing one side of the conversation and most crazy folks do both parts. Of course, he’s talking very loudly and seems to be rather proud of himself. You simply hope he isn’t talking to you.

As he gets closer, you consider knocking him to the ground and kicking him, just for safety’s sake. Suddenly, you see that he has a little phone sticking out his ear and he has decided to audibly litter the surroundings with his very important conversation. Once again, you consider knocking him to the ground and kicking him, this time just for the general principle of the whole thing. Since his hands are so free, he should really consider carrying a sing that says “Hey look, I got a new cell phone and I’m very, very proud of myself. I’m very, very cool.” At least this way

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you would immediately know the reason you are kicking him.

The regular cell phone is rude enough but the hands-free model has done the same thing for politeness that Paris Hilton did for virginity. I’m sure there are some situations that actually warrant the hands-free option — a person who’s lost all of their limbs in a trapping accident would probably find such an invention quite handy. Otherwise, it just seems sort of arrogant. I mean, if you really want to feel self important, drink alcohol like the rest of us instead of tormenting the world with your public displays of conversation.

I don’t know — anything that Captain Kirk doesn’t even have in an episode of Star Trek is probably just a little too modern for regular people to be strutting around with.

I’m not sure what it is that pisses me off about them so much, but I think it’s just a sort of arrogance. Trust me, very few people need to be available for constant contact with the world.

I know you’re excited that you’re standing in a checkout line about to buy a new sweater. I also believe that your best friend is also very excited about your upcoming purchase. I, however, have no desire to be privy to your conversation about this huge life accomplishment.

I also think it may start a vicious cycle.

Since the cell phone user is on the phone to friends and family virtually all the time, nothing much happens to the person that they can talk about later. “Hey, I had sex with that hot guy yesterday. Oh, was I talking to you on the phone during that? Well, never mind, nothing new has happened to me then.” Thusly, when the cell buddies go out to dinner or for a drink, they have no new information to exchange and end up sitting beside each other talking on their phones to the people they know who aren’t there.

Eventually, all information about our friends could be immediate and the act of socialization rendered useless.

I can piss and moan, but really, the better alternative is just to get used to it because it probably isn’t going away. In three years, we will all be walking around waving our free hands as we talk to others who aren’t with us. Finally, the pigeons will be annoyed with us. Maybe even someday two people will be talking to each other on the phone and then pass each other on the street.

They will smile, nod, and continue walking in opposite directions as the conversation continues.

No one wants to stop and talk to an idiot.

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an anchor’s chair. The colorful of these topics if you don’t have an open mind. If you have “Inside Out” logo hangs from the one perspective you’re not going to be really open or willing ceiling, resting a few inches above to look at the other side and you’re not going to learn.” the hosts’ heads. Green, blue and The creators of ‘Inside Out’ are learning too. They have red posters featuring silhouettes of pooled resources from the University of Illinois, including various musicians cover the faded sponsorship from Associate Professor Brian K. Johnson and butter-colored walls. Both hosts Assistant Professor of Art and Design, John Jennings, to help are diligently preparing the set, the fledgling show. while conversing about everything Urbana Public Television supplies video cameras and some from getting underwriting for the lighting equipment for the show. Community leaders have show to their weekeend plans. appeared as guests as well, giving the show credibility beyond It is not until everything is the U of I campus. Local bands and other performers also in place at 11 a.m.– four hours entertain during parts of the show. after the staff of ‘Inside Out’ first Whether the ‘Inside Out’ cast and crew can conquer other met– that Jackson leaves the set hurdles — such as getting adequate funding and a healthy to put on makeup and touch-up number of viewers every week — remains to be seen. Davis her hair. Conley, a senior in LAS, said that at the very least, he would like to see another group disappears too, changing out of of students take over the show next fall. sweatpants and a T-shirt into jeans Jackson, however, is optimistic that the show will be a and a light-blue polo with red and success, noting that the show’s topics will demand attention While looking at the video camera LCD, Univeristy of Illinois senior Alan Davis discusses lighting white stripes. Meanwhile, the from a wide range of viewers. issues with junior Kaitlin Morris in the basement of the Independent Media Center in Urbana, Friday remaining crew members make “When you watch our show, we want you to feel like morning, Feb. 3. final adjustments. you’re watching a part of you,” Jackson said. “A lot of shows The students barely knew each that are out there right now that show the young perspective AMBER GREVISKES • CONTRIBUTING WRITER other before they began working on the show together but are just entertaining and we want to entertain and educate at have quickly become friends, said associate producer Alan the same time.”

Davis, who is also a senior in LAS. The time slot the show was placed in by Channel 6, at 6:30 Lighting adjustments still need to be made, which takes p.m. on Tuesday nights, was ideal for the audience ‘Inside Out’ now falls lightly on a Saturday morning in Champaign- nearly another hour, but when taping begins, it becomes is targeting too, Jackson said. She would like to expand the Urbana — the temperature drops and the wind picks up, causing evident that the students mean business. show beyond central Illinois and into a national stage. a bone-numbing chill. It’s 10 a.m. and inside the Independent “We wanted to give people a voice,” Jackson said. “The show “I am a senior, with this show, I want to go out with a Media Center, there is an air of excitement. Although they is about increasing understanding about issues that we think bang,” Jackson said. buzz have been working for several hours, the University of Illinois about but don’t really talk about.” students are unfazed. Explosions of laughter punctuate the ‘Inside Out’ is the perfect venue conversations as the students prepare the set of “Inside Out,” a for generating dialogue about topics UPTV Channel 6 show that first aired Jan. 31. that can often be seen as taboo, The message of the show is simple: to foster understanding Conley said. about various social issues. The production of the show, By consulting experts throughout its creators are finding out, is more complicated and time- the Champaign-Urbana community consuming than they ever thought. with various stances, Conley said he “Inside Out” is the brainchild of Tamika Jackson, a senior hopes the show gives people a more in communications. Clad in a bright pink shirt, dress slacks diverse perspective on topics like and high-heeled shoes, her enthusiasm fills the room. abortion, the Chief and what it is When Jackson was younger, she wanted to own a television like to be a single parent– all issues show and be a vocalist. Not yet out of college, she is capitalizing the show will address before the end on the chance to make those dreams a reality. of March.

Tired of pitching her ideas to unreceptive audiences, Each of the shows topics were Jackson opted to create her own television show discussing chosen because they are all issues hot-button issues in a non-threatening environment. And so, that play a large role in American every Saturday, at 7 a.m., she and her staff of approximately 20 society, especially for high school and people, meet to transform the small basement room crammed college-aged students, said Jackson. with old lockers into a studio for “Inside Out”.

“Through the show, you get both An old couch has been covered with a navy blue sheet for sides (of an issue),” Conley said. “I Tamika Jackson, Alan Davis, Ciana Ashton and Debra Brooms help set up for their broadcast ‘Inside Out’ co-hosts Mike Conley and Jackson to use as don’t think you can learn about any show “Inside Out” at the Independent Media Center Friday morning, Feb 3, 2006.

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Kathy Kelly speaks with students at Allen Hall Wednesday evening, Feb. 1.

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n America, it is assumed that “freedom” is the basis of the nation’s existence, and that Americans are actively pursuing the spread of this concept of freedom to the rest of the world.

Kathy Kelly, a Chicago peace activist, wonders whether this concept is merely a face for wars, careless use of natural resources, and a religion of

materialism. “[Americans are] six percent of the world’s population and scarfing down well over 30 percent - some say 50 percent - of the world’s resources,” she says, while the rest of the world fights a fierce battle over the left-overs.

At an environmental summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, President George H.W. Bush said “The American way of life is non-negotiable,” an idea Kelly says the Bushes have embraced. “I think happiness is very important,” she explains, “but I do think that we’ve got to start making adult choices and come to grips with our reality.”

Kelly, 53, is a small woman, almost like a girl, with a mass of curly graying hair that creates an elaborate background for her radiant face. She sits and watches a room full of college students and community members as they thank her for her stories of Iraq at the end of a program of speaking and role-playing she led this evening.

She has a large collection of memories from her stays in Iraq, when she first visited in 1991 during the Gulf War and her 25 subsequent visits that have included stays during the current military action in the country.

Most of the listeners appear stunned and saddened at the end of the lecture on Kelly’s fourth day of speaking in Allen Hall, a residence hall in the University of Illinois. She shared with them stories about the poverty, the destitution, the deaths, and the Iraqi opposition to American occupation and war of military as well as economic means.

In Iraq and in the United States, Kelly participated in protests, hunger strikes, and has defied U.S. sanctions placed on Iraq. On Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday Jan. 15, 1996, she and fellow peace activists began a campaign to end the

sanctions placed on Saddam Hussein’s country.

“I got over to Iraq and realized that Saddam Hussein didn’t necessarily miss a meal, but that almost with a shroud of secrecy around it, elderly people, sick people, poor people and more importantly, children, or sick children without any hope, were punished by these economic sanctions.

And why did it continue?” Kelly said.

Kelly returned to the U.S. to find only apathy, even among other activists.

“History was moving on and moving on fast,” Kelly said, embarrassed that she herself lost interest too.

In August 1999, the UN issued a report revealing that 500,000 children under 5 years of age died in Iraq, “and that these economic sanctions directly contributed towards their deaths,” Kelly said.

News coverage of this report in the U.S. was only one-half of one sentence in the Washington Post, Kelly said. “It was child-sacrifice.”

In the Vietnam War, Kelly turned 20, and even she herself is surprised that she was not an activist then. She was a late bloomer, but by the time she became a peace activist, she was 31 and had resolved her priorities in her life.

“How would I earn an income? How much did I care about clothing or belongings? Did I want to own a car? No. Did I want to own a house?

No,” she said.

After working as a teacher in various Chicago schools, she left her career to pursue activism.

Now, she splits the rent with five other people in a Chicago apartment that doubles as the headquarters of a nonviolence activist organization.

Kelly’s lifestyle does not resemble that of most

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Americans; Kelly is not married, she does not have children, a career, or a lofty house filled to the brim with years of acquired “stuff”. And she is surprised that other people — from her large baby-boomer generation to the college-goers — do not have similar mind sets. “[As kids,] we lived in a neighborhood where the only professional role models we saw were the nuns. The nuns ran everything. They taught us, they ran the social functions, they organized church activities. These nuns never showed any visible signs of having the slightest interest in accumulating professional wealth. So what surprises me is that there aren’t more people in my generation amongst immigrant Catholics, you know, first, second generation in this country who [have been inf luenced] by what I know was a major influence in our lives,” Kelly said, “And I also think about how a lot of people go to universities like this one and they live very simply. They share bathrooms, they share … living quarters … and they’re very happy during that time of their lives.”

Kelly acknowledges the importance of the American “can-do” attitude; historically it accomplished American independence and freedom from an occupying nation. In modern terms, it has the potential to bring communities together to improve our own lives, our foreign policy, and our attitudes toward the earth’s resources.

If her lecture series had happened a decade earlier, Kelly says, the room would have a cloud of smoke at the ceiling.

“I think it’s possible that we can certainly plant the seed, you know. Another generation might z reap the harvest,” Kelly said. buz

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seth fein THE LOCAL SNIFF

Put a Sock in it Cheney!

Go out, buy a rifle and put on a good pair of socks…

FIRST SNIFF Pesonally, I am a huge fan of gun control. Notice the word control here. I am not a rabid liberal nut on this issue. I believe in the virtues of hunting and as such, I believe that hunting, not for sport but for useful purposes, should be perfectly legal and respected. After all, in the end, I believe in freedom. And that includes freedoms in which I may or may not participate.

Hunting is one of them. But despite the fact that it should remain legal, it does have it’s pitfalls.

To wit: While hunting for quail with his so-called friends, the Big Dick Cheney, in a neon orange vest (but should be a jumpsuit), shot a round of spread–shot pellets and somehow managed to put more than a few in Harry Whittington, a prominent attorney from Austin, Texas. Maybe it’s just me here, but there is something sinfully ironic about the fact that Big Dick Cheney “accidentally” shot his hunting companion last week while in Texas.

Oh, calm down! I am not implicating the Big Dick as a malicious and blood-thirsty murderer who would go out of his way to kill a fellow human being! I mean, it’s not like the guy ever

pushed for any agendas that called for the blood of an innocent victim or, on second thought ...

SOCK IT TO THE WORLD! I need to get this one out there before someone else takes credit for it. Thankfully, I write a column so you can all be there to help back me up when someone else tries to steal my idea. I’m talking about socks. Yeah — socks, baby! The kind that you wear; the kind that you put on your feet.

It’s my contention that we should all be entitled to good thick comfortable socks at any point on any day just for being human, regardless of whether you are a billionaire or whether you are using this column to scrape up the last of your crystal meth. Each and every one of us, all across the world, deserves good socks, and it should be America to spearhead the movement. Let’s call it Socks For Supremacy — we could still feel like we were the kings of the world!

Anyone in the States who makes a certain amount of taxable money each year would be required by law to purchase and wear a new pair of socks everyday for the rest of their lives.

Nothing overtly expensive, just your regular old brand new Hanes sock. I’m guessing they’re about $.20 per pair at wholesale. Then, at the

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end of the day, the rich person puts the pair of socks into a government-issued laundry basket, which is collected at the end of each month, to be shipped off to government laundry. The socks are then washed and dried and brought to the One-Time Used Sock d istr ibution centers located in ever y metropolitan area across the nation.

The socks would then be either available for pickup or, for a minimal fee, be delivered right to your door. But it doesn’t end there.

After the One-Time Used Socks are worn, we put those into the gover nment-issued laundry basket and get them washed and dried and sent out internationally to give out to the poorest nations in the world. We could literally sock the Earth!

Let’s face it. There’s nothing quite like a fresh pair of socks. Shouldn’t everyone be entitled to that warm and snuggly feeling?

Sound kinda crummy at first glance? That’s what I though too, but think about this: When you wash a pair of socks for the first time, they come out of the wash still feeling damn fine — a One-Time Used Sock is still a damn fine sock, if I do say so myself. The second time you wash it, it comes out of laundry still feeling mighty fine! So, you see, everyone wins. And at the

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expense of the wealthy — the way it should be.

Come on. Who’s with me?

BAND OF THE WEEK It’s nice to be able to appreciate an acoustic duo every now and again. There are so many shitty ones out there that it can be hard to remember sometimes that talented and original artists exist.

A new act in town, New Ruins, is definitely worth your time. The pair put on a fantastic set last weekend and you should all go out to see them when the play the Independent Media Center on March 3. It’s presented by Aye-Aye Booking, so it’s gotta be a good one.

FINAL WHIFF Everyone always talks about how they hate Valentines Day because it’s “so commercial” or “so depressing” or “so unfair to the people who are single.” What are you talking about?

I find it to be a highly decent excuse to be extra– loving and nice to someone. What on earth is wrong with that?

Seth Fein is from Urbana. He is a sucker for those candy hearts and new socks. He’d only get to wear One-Time Used Socks, but he’s fine with that. He can be reached at sethfein@hotmail.com.

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enowned guitarist and multi-faceted musician Tim Reynolds has earned a significant degree of popularity in the past by playing and recording alongside Dave Matthews Band. However, with his new two-disc solo release Parallel Universe, Reynolds has established a place for himself in the music industry as a musician capable of more than just acoustic accompaniment.

Recently, I spoke with Tim over the phone to discuss his new release and his upcoming tour.

Why did you choose to make your upcoming tour strictly acoustic when there’s so much else on the new album?

For the last three or four years, I’ve been doing a lot with drum machines in the show. It’s a challenge to step out of the high-tech aspect of it and do music without it. I thought I’d just step back from the intensity a little bit, and try to create the intensity without that.

What covers can we expect you to play?

The second disc of Parallel Universe is entitled Invisible Pagan Underdogs. What’s the significance of your titles?

I like to read about physics and that idea about literal parallel universes. The whole album is also kind of parallel – when [there’s] one flow of music, and then another that’s different, but it’s still kind of a flow. It’s parallel in the sense that it’s just music. With the second one, I’ve always just liked those words together. I used to actually have a band called that briefly. With a different title, it’s a different expectation. They both allude to something you can’t see, which is basically music.

Led Zeppelin sometimes, Peter Gabriel, some Deep Purple and James Brown – maybe not all in one show though.

I’m always trying to learn new ones.

You recently went on the Dave and Friends Caribbean Cruise. How was it, getting to play at that venue?

It’s a very exotic setting; it was surreal where it was. The gig was the most far-out thing. We did a sound check/ rehearsal, so we already played about an hour, if not more, during the afternoon. Then we played an hour and a half, or so, before rain stopped the show. We played until three in the morning at different times.

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What is the dynamic like, collaborating with Dave Matthews and Trey Anastasio?

If you weren’t playing music professionally, what would you do instead?

Well, being in bands [through] many stages in my life since the ‘70s, I’ve gone into so many bands ... that it’s like a little tribe.

The first time you get together, you just feel everyone’s vibe out, and now it’s normal.

I’d probably be studying the Tibetan Book of the Dead up in Tibet.

It’s really fascinating and beautiful. It’s more about liberation and what Buddhism is about and it’s kind of the penultimate literature in the subject. It deals with what happens when you die and when you go into the dream state of afterlife. It’s like the ultimate piece of music to learn – I keep reading it over and over and slowly absorb more of it.

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You started playing electric bass at age twelve. Why bass?

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It’s the instrument that I used to understand music internally ... I had my Uncle Bill that lived in our house, and he played guitar all day – it drove my mom crazy. He taught me how to play “Hear My Train A Comin’” and “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’”.

I would hang out with him and, since he played guitar, we would play simple bass parts, and that’s what gave me the idea to play bass. The bands I was into were Grand Funk and Led Zeppelin – they had amazing bass players. I started taking music theory classes in high school and it came right as I was understanding it on my own. [I took the] class from a guy I respected, he was a jazz pianist and he was a cool teacher. He was like a mentor and, in a way, he was my first guru.

If you could collaborate with any artist, dead or alive, who would you chose?

Peter Gabriel. I think of the music that I like that goes back to the earliest music ... and that moved me tremendously, and I think ... Early Genesis, Peter Gabriel’s solo work. At this point in his career, he doesn’t seem like the most cutting-edge guy, but in the long arc of musical history, he’s cutting-edge in that he’s able to go deep inside and make you feel such serious shit. buzz Tim Reynolds will be playing at the UCIMC (Urbana-Champaign Independent Music Center) on Saturday, Feb. 18th. Check out a review of his new album on page 9.

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JUSTIFY MY THUG with Lorenzo Goetz It’s damn near impossible to miss Lorenzo Goetz, be it as part of the CU MTD’s new safety program, their famous live sets that veer from psychedelic pop to hip hop, or their cover of Public Enemy, complete with SW-1s and a viking helmet. This week, the foursome is releasing their Heavy EP, featuring the catchy single and production credits from some of this town’s finest (Andy Lund, Brett Sanderson, Anthony Gravino, Adam Schmitt, and two self-produced tracks); leader Larry Gates says, “We wanted to pull a ‘Jay-Z’ and give some of our favorite people a chance to put their fingerprints on this record. The only downside was that it probably took a little longer because of coordinating so many schedules, but what a treat to work with all these talented cats.” Senses caught up with Larry, who promised us eternal love and answered our most pressing questions, before the band launched into their monster tour to support the record.

1 } Who are five bands or musicians that you would want at your show?

Wa it, how m a ny people a re i n the Polyphonic Spree?

2 } Analog or digital?

The answer is supposed to be analog, but we’re broke so ... DIGITAL! 3 } Who would win in a fight: Ghostface Killah or Diamond Dave?

Ghost face. He’s ferocious. Dave just does the splits.

4 } Why should anyone come to your show?

To hear what kind of nonsense comes out of my mouth after seven shots.

Lorenzo Goetz will celebrate the release Friday, Feb. 17 at the Canopy Club in Urbana. Also on the bill is hip-hop collective Abstract Giants, Dropped Once, and Ugandan MC Krukid. Tickets are $5, and the EP sells for $6.

Any self-respecting child of the ’80s remembers Rick Moranis, the dorky, bespectacled actor, as Ghost Busters’ “Key master,” Space Balls’ Darth Vader parody “Dark Helmet,” Seymour in the film adaptation of Little Shop Of Horrors, and in his defining role as a misguided inventor in Honey I Shrunk The Kids. Now, though, we can add more two titles to the man’s resume: country musician and Grammy nominee (no, he didn’t win). The Agoraphobic Cowboy features humorous country music with titles like “Nine More Gallons” and “It’s The Champaign Talkin’,” delivered deadpan, William-Shatner style. Moranis recently performed a song from the record on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” to baffled audience response. Released without fanfare, the LP received a Grammy nomination for comedy album and a distribution deal with Warner.

I can’t wait till Christopher Walken releases Original Gangsta Vol. II: The Biggie Duets.

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TIM REYNOLDS Parallel Universe [TR Music]

C ong ratulations again

to P robably Va mpi res, announced Monday at noon as the winner of the “final battle” of Battlerusa Battle of the Bands. They won over six other regional winners. i:scintilla announces its signing with Belgian label Alfa Matrix, home to electronic acts such as Front 242, Collide, Leaether Strip, Hungry Lucy, and Avria. i:scintilla is writing and recording tracks for its second album, due Dec. 2006. Alfa Matrix plans an EP with songs from prior album The Approach, plus remixes by Combichrist and Das Ich, due June 2006. In the meantime, singer Brittany Bindrim has recorded two songs with Die Warzau. i:scintilla plays tonight at Cowboy Monkey with Sounddrifter and Cameo Turret. Show time is 10 p.m., and cover is $4. This will be i:scintilla’s second and last live performance anywhere this year.

Last month, fireflies recorded six songs for an EP: the prologue and epilogue in Champaign, and two through five in Villa Park at Gallery of Carpet.

Keith Buzzard and Brian Zeiske added vocals. The songs are being mixed and mastered next month and are due on a local label mid-April. The EP will run roughly 25 minutes and feature original artwork. fireflies plays tomorrow at The Iron Post with The 1900s, The Impossible Shapes, and Drakkar Sauna. Show time is 9 p.m., and cover is $5. fireflies also appears Feb. 27 at WEFT for WEFT Sessions.

As noted before, Lorenzo Goetz releases the Heavy EP tomorrow. The six-song EP alternates production among local celebrities Andy Lund (moved to San Diego), Brett Sanderson, Anthony Gravino (moving to San Diego), and Adam Schmitt, as well as Lorenzo Goetz itself. Title track “Heavy” and an exclusive live, acoustic

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version of “Jesus Elephant” are available for free download from liveUP, a campaign for campus safety through Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District. The Urbana release party is at The Canopy Club with Dropped Once, Abstract Giants, and Krükid. Show time is 9 p.m., and cover is $7 at the door, $5 in advance. A Chicago release party follows Saturday at Wise Fools Pub in Chicago with Sarmas and Indignant.

Also noted before, Joni Laurence presents a recording concert at Unitarian Universalist Church in Urbana, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Emphasis is on eleven new songs for her fourth solo album. With her will be guitarist Matt Stewart, bassist Josh Walden, drummer Jeff Magby, and vocalist Ryan Groff. Laurence was Manager of Labor and Employee Relations at The University of Illinois before she left in May 2004 to focus full time on music. The recording concert is co-sponsored by local businesses such as Corkscrew Wine Emporium; Wind, Water, and Light; Verde Gallery; and Arôma, all of which have accommodated previous Laurence performances.

Complimentary refreshments will be provided, and prizes will be raffled. Sadly, this is also a farewell concert for Laurence, who will move to Oregon in May. Wednesday, Will Hoge returns to The Canopy Club, with Southern Bitch and Backyard Tire Fire. Show time is 9 p.m., and cover is $7. Meanwhile, Mike ‘n Molly’s hosts Mad Science Fair, The Pomonas, and Pulsar47. Show time is 10 p.m., and cover is $3.

Todd J. Hunter hosts WEFT Sessions and Champaign Local 901, two hours of local music every Monday at 10 p.m. on WEFT 90.1 FM. Send news to soundground@excite.com. Support your scene to preserve your scene.

He’s at it again, and this time, Dave Matthews has nothing to do with it. After recording and collaborating on over 40 albums throughout the past 20 years, Tim Reynolds’ newest twodisc set Parallel Universe proves that he only gets better with age.

“From This World” kicks off the first disc with heavy guitar distortion underlying Tim’s signature raspy voice, the energy from which replicates that of an actual concert. “Industrial Complex” shatters the easy-going premise of the album, drawing the listener in with heav y d r u m beat s , wooden block sounds, and a catchy g uitar theme. However, the most fascinating part of it all is the backward violin effects. Given, I may be biased having been an orchestra dork since back in the days of middle school, but the eerie lightness of its strings thrown against the industrial background provides a phenomenal contrast. The first disc teases various musical genres between its tracks, especially in “Torch of Uncertainty”, which is comprised of five different musical ideas over the course of sixteen minutes. Usually, songs such as this turn me off because they can get ugly quick (think Green Day’s “American Idiot”), but the fluidity between all the concepts makes this multi-themed track a highlight of the album.

The impeccable variety in the first disc is ironically unparallel to the sameness of the second disc Invisible Pagan Underdog. But, fear not - quality is not sacrificed. Most songs contain heavy sounding guitar/drums or techno effects; some have both. Tim provides more contrast by throwing in some jazzy-sounding guitar solos in “Sometimes Love Sighs” and “Plastic Man.” Sandwiched between lighter-sounding tracks heavily laden with drum effects is “Mother Nature,” a spoken poem beautifully written and performed by Tim’s daughter, Eura.

With fusion of such an incredible variety of musical taste into a smorgasbord of sound, Parallel Universe is the ultimate listening experience.

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Live Music Dave Dickey Big Band with special guests Bobby Shew, Jim Pugh, and Joel Spencer Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $7 Patrick Mustain, Darrin Drda, David Tcheng Aroma Cafe 8pm, free Zoso [Led Zeppelin tribute] Canopy Club, 9pm, $7 Caleb Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, free Andrew Dixon Quintet Zorba’s Restaurant, 9:30pm, $3 I:scintilla, Sounddrifter, Cameo

Turret Cowboy Monkey 10pm, $4 Shovelwrack White Horse Inn, 10pm, free Will Rogers Band [country, southern rock covers] Neil St. Pub 10pm-2am, free Eclectic Theory Joe’s Brewery 10:30pm, cover

DJ DJ J-Phlip, DJ Mertz, DJ Bozak Soma, 8pm, free Generic DJ Jackson’s Ribs-NTips, 8pm, cover Ladies Night: DJ Caos Nargile 9pm, cover, ladies free before 11pm

DJ Limbs Boltini 10:30pm free

Dancing UIUC Swing Society McKinley Foundation, 9:30pm12am free

Karaoke “G” Force Karaoke Pia’s of Rantoul, 9pm-1am, free Liquid Courage Karaoke The Office, 10pm-2am, free Karaoke Fat City Saloon 9pm, free

Lectures/discussions “The Job Search Chain in China” [Nan Lin (Sociology, Duke University) will speak]

Mind /Body / Spirit Krannert Uncorked Krannert Art Center Lobby, 5pm, free Group Meditation Ananda Liina, 2308 N. High Cross Rd. Urbana, 5:30pm, free

Live Music Billy Galt Blues Barbecue 11:30am, free Traffic Jam: The Tons ‘O’ Fun Band Krannert Center 5pm free Boneyard Jazz Quintet Iron Post, 5pm, cover The Prairie Dogs Cowboy Monkey, 5:30pm, $2 Chip Stevens, Jazz Piano Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $6 The Dolphins, Peasant Land Seizure, Beautiful Leper Channing Murray Foundation 8pm, $3 Lorenzo Goetz, Dropped Once, Abstract Goats, Krukid Canopy Club, 8pm, $5 in advance $7 at door Angry Chair [Alice in Chains Tribute Band], The Fake Thing [Faith No More Tribute Band] Lava, 9pm, $7 BLL, Iscariot, Big Ten Football, Faux Lament, the Red Death Courtyard, 9pm, $4 student, $5 Fireflies, The 1900’s, The Impossible Shapes, Drakkar Sauna Iron Post, 9pm, $5 Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1 Will Rogers Band [country, southern rock covers] Neil St. Pub, 10pm-2am, $3

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Eastern Illinois Foodbank Shopping Area Attendant Nothing to do before that one o’clock class on Fridays? Well, the Eastern Illinois Foodbank needs volunteers like you to assist in their daily operations. Opportunities are available every weekday from 7 a.m. until noon in two hour blocks. Duties would include weighing and recording customer selections, stocking shelves, rotating products, marketing daily offerings and other related activities. The EIF is flexible and will work around your busy school schedule if necessary. There is always a variety of work that needs to be done, so there is no excuse for not volunteering for a couple hours a week.

You could even meet some new people in the meantime. Please contact Beth Hewing at either bahewing@eifoodbank.org or by calling 328-3663 for more information.

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DJ Elise Boltini, 6pm, free DJ LNO Nargile, 8pm, cover ladies free till 11pm Contra Dancing Phillips Recreation Center, 8pm, $5 Children free DJ Bozak Soma, 8pm, cover Soulstep: DJ Delayney, DJ Roc On, DJ Bris Cowboy Monkey 9pm, $5 DJ Stifler Tommy G’s, 9pm cover DJ Delayney Barfly, 10pm free DJ Resonate, DJ Boardwalk Mike & Molly’s, 10pm cover DJ Tim Williams Highdive 10pm, $5 DJ Lil Big Bass Boltini 10:30pm, free

Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke The Brickhouse, 10pm-2am cover Karaoke American Legion Post 71 8pm-1am, free

DJ Tim Williams Highdive 10pm, $5 DJ Elise Boltini, 10pm, free MJ Wave [Hip-Hop] Tracks 10pm, free before 10pm cover

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Democracy, Human Rights, and Torture [Jonathan Allen, Dept. of Political Science, UIUC, will discuss the ways the fate of democracy is bound up in how we handle violence, both with torture and post-violence reconciliation] University YMCA 12pm, free

SAT. FEB 18 Live Music That’s the Spirit: Prairie Ensemble McKinley Church and Foundation, 7pm, $6-$14 Joni Lawrence: CD recording concert Unitarian Universalist Movement of UrbanaChampaign, 7pm, $7-$10 Tim Reynolds, Jason Webley Independent Media Center 8pm, $18 Metal Masquerade 5: Skeptik, Vesicant and Low Twelve CD Release Party Phoenix 8pm $5 The Bridge: Christian Rock Show Courtyard, 9pm, $4 student, $5 Stone Cold Cowboys [Country covers/originals] Tommy G’s, 9pm, cover Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1 Candy Foster and the Shades of Blue Iron Post, 9:30pm, $4 The Beauty Shop, Orthrelm, Gentlemen Auction House Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5 Will Rogers Band [country, southern rock covers] Neil St. Pub, 10pm-2am, $3

DJ Teen Night Salsa Night: DJ Dice, DJ Smooth V, DJ Geiz Lava, 7pm, $5 DJ Bozak Soma, 8pm, free DJ Babyface Nargile, 9pm cover Dance 2XS Pre-Party Canopy Club, 9pm, cover DJ Metro Gnome Mike & Molly’s, 10pm, $1

“The Birth of a Nation” with Rabbi Falk [Learn and discuss this film] Hillel Foundation, 12:15pm, free “Christians, Muslims, and Jews- Holy Wars or Big Business?” [Yusuf Estes, former preacher, will speak. Tickets are limited. To reserve tickets, go to website or call 217-819-9027] University YMCA, 5:30pm, free

Comedy 17th Annual Clements Comedy Cafe [A cabaret featuring comedy, musical guests, a nine-piece orchestra and comedian Tony Clements] Virginia Theatre, 7:30pm $25

Festivals 23rd Annual Insect Fear Film Festival [The Insect Fear Film Festival celebrates all that is good in insect themed film and television. Come and join us for movies, live insect exhibits, demonstrations, and more] Foellinger Auditorium, 6pm free

SUN. FEB 19 Out of This World: C-U Symphony Family Concert Krannert Center, 3pm, $14 $8 student Instrument Petting Zoo Krannert Center, 1:30pm, free Condition Blue Iron Post 7pm, cover

Lectures/discussions Opening Presentation: Move This Earth! Spoken Word with Def Poet Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai [Guest-in-Residence, Def Poet and multidisciplinary theater artist will share spoken word, song, movement from her travels touring the U.S. and beyond] Allen Residence Hall 7pm free

Feudin’ Hillbillys Rose Bowl Tavern, 6pm, free Michael Davis Bentley’s Pub 7pm, free Jazz Jam with MRS Trio Iron Post, 7:30pm, cover Tractor Kings Canopy Club 9pm, free Jazz Mondays Nargile 9pm free Open Mic Night hosted by Mike Ingram Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free WEFT sessions: Krukid, Sanya N’Kanta Weft 90.1 FM 10pm, free Finga Lickin The Office 10:30pm, free

DJ DJ Delayney Barfly, 10pm free Metal Mondays: DJ Dirtleg, DJ Vance Highdive, 10pm, free

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TUE. FEB 21 Live Music Billy Galt Blues Barbecue 11:30am, free Bluegrass Jam Verde Gallery 7-9:30pm, free 21st Century Piano Award Recital Krannert Center 7:30pm, $6 Open Stage Espresso Royale Goodwin & Oregon 8pm free The Crystal River Band Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, free U of Idol Competition featuring the Live Karaoke Band Canopy Club, 9pm, $3 Larry Gates, Jason Greenlee White Horse Inn, 9:30pm free Stella Polaris, The Confines Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $4

February 22nd, 9 pm Canopy Club. $7

DJ Subversion: DJ Evily, DJ TwinScin Highdive, 10pm, $2 DJ Hoff, DJ Bambino Mike N Molly’s, 10pm, free DJ Tremblin BG Barfly 10pm cover DJ XM Nargile, 10pm, cover DJ J Phlip Boltini, 10:30pm free

Will Hoge.

The South gets a bad rap. With Larry the Cable Guy, Kenny Chesney, and Jeff Gordon on the forefront of the region’s culture it isn’t totally unreasonable thinking that it would be a good idea to do away with anything below the Mason-Dixon Line … and parts of Wisconsin.

Hard as it is to look past the crimes of humanity listed previous, there is a myriad of great things from our neighbors of the south. Most are much too broad and vague to attempt to list but one example rises to the surface and triumphantly shows its head, Southern Rock.

Latin Dance Night McKinley Foundation, 9:30pm, $1

Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s 9pm, free

As you read that no doubt you were blown away by the screeching sound of a mind numbing guitar solo. Don’t worry that’s perfectly normal; Southern Rock is that amazing. A piece of this stunning gift of music will be on display this Wednesday at the Canopy Club in the form of Will Hoge, Southern Bitch, and Backyard Tire Fire. Will Hoge explodes with energy on the stage swinging around his mic stand like Tarzan on a vine.

His ballads dive into exploding instrumentation and ground-shaking

Lectures/discussions “The ABCs of Literacy in Turkmenistan, 1904-2004” [Lecture by Victoria Clement] International Studies Building, 12pm, free The University of Illinois: A Bright Future [B. Joseph White, President, University of Illinois, will discuss his plans for the University and a prosperous future] University YMCA, 12pm, free

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NCSA, 605 E. Springfield 2pm, free “Gypsies or Roma?: The Dual Identity of a Transnational People” [Ian Hancock, University of Texas Professor of Liberal Arts and Linguistics, will speak] International Studies Building, 4pm, free “Why Preachers and Priests are Accepting Islam” [Yusuf Estes, formerly Preacher “Skip” Estes, will speak] Gregory Hall, 7pm, free Does the Nation Still Matter?

Writing Histories for the 21st Century [Panel discussion featuring professors at UIUC] Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, 12pm, free Cosmopolitan Club’s coffee hour featuring Japan [weekly international coffee hour - this week Japan will be featured. Presented by Sayuri Koda and friends] Cosmopolitan Club 7:30pm, free

Irish Traditional Music Session Bentley’s Pub, 7pm, cover Illinois Brass Quintet Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $6 Chambana Jackson’s Ribs-nTips, 8-10pm, cover Will Hoge, Southern Bitch, Backyard Tire Fire Canopy Club, 9pm, $7 Mad Science Fair, The Pomonas [Lawrence], Pulsar 47 Mike & Molly’s, 10pm, $3

DJ DJ Stifler Highdive, 8pm cover Open Decks Soma, 8pm, free Old School Night: DJ LNO Nargile, 9pm, cover Chef Ra Barfly, 10pm, cover DJ Mertz Boltini 10:30pm free

Dancing Tango Dancing Cowboy Monkey, 7:30pm, free Salsa Dancing Cowboy Monkey, 10:30pm, $3

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Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke Geovanti’s, 10pm-2am, free “G” Force Karaoke TNT Corner Tavern, 8:30pm-12:30am free

Lectures/discussions Faculty Human Communications: Its Impact on Dependability and What To Do About It [John C. Knight, University of Virginia, speaks on the linguistic model] Beckman Institute 4pm, free Darfur Awareness Week [Speaker Simon Deng is coming to the UofI campus to talk about his experiences as a slave in the Darfur region of Sudan] 112 Gregory Hall, 7pm, free A Castle in a Landscape: an International Medieval Research Project in Belgium [lecture by Bailey Young (Department of History, Eastern Illinois University)] 62 Krannert Art Museum, 5:30pm, free

Family Fun Around the World Wednesdays [This week is Ancient Egypt] Spurlock Museum 9:30am12pm, $1

guitar bringing sincerity and sweetness along for the ride. With the mind of the Boss and the attitude of Mick in the body of a Nashville man, Hoge basically secretes Rock N’ Roll. Southern Bitch, the name alone, conjures up the image of broken amps, empty whiskey bottles, and rocking out dangerously hard. Luckily the name isn’t a false lead either; the really rock the eff out!! Along with their Myspace friends Kings of Leon and Drive-By-Truckers this band is starting a neo southern rock revival. Their guitar lines crack over your head like a 2 x 4 while the cool vocal harmonies calm you and bring down the horrible swelling.

Slightly tamer and more lyrically impressive Backyard Tire Fire rounds off the triple threat of Southern excellence complete with banjos and harmonicas. Fight regionalism, go to this concert, love the south (but still hate Nascar).

--Brian McGovern

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FEATURED EVENTS L’Heure Espagnole/La Vida Breve Thursday-Saturday, February 23-25 at 7:30pm Sunday, February 26 at 3pm The vibrancy of Spain comes alive on stage in a double bill of short operas that have never before been staged by the U of I School of Music. Conductor Eduardo Diazmuñoz and director Stephen Fiol team up for an evening that resonates with the sounds of Spain.

Laugh heartily with Maurice Ravel’s L’Heure Espagnole (The Spanish Hour), a comedy set in a clock shop. While the proprietor is out, his wife takes time to enjoy her lovers, who must be concealed from each other (as well as her husband) when a customer arrives unexpectedly.

The mood grows darker with Manuel de Falla’s La Vida Breve (The Short Life). Set in southern Spain, this story of love and betrayal, passion and deception, reflects the fierce pride of Gypsies amidst a world of aristocrats.

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Foolishness, jealousy, a lisp, and a look-alike.

That’s about all there is to Georges Feydeau’s farce A Flea in Her Ear, but no sitcom on TV today can make you laugh as hard as the nonstop amorous entanglements, unconsummated infidelities, mistaken identities, and breathless chases found in this play.

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13 RETHINKING THE CLASSICS BY REMAKING THE PAST What’s the deal with all the movie remakes in Hollywood?

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Here’s a hint to help you along: it’s not the word the. Hollywood has completely ceased to be able to create originally, turning its eyes toward the gleam of celluloid and the glitz of the films of the past. The dreaded word remakes that escapes the lips of Hollywood execs sends shivers down the spines of both the people behind their production and the audiences who stay away in droves. Over the past few years, Hollywood has scoured the Asian film market for horror films, the Spanish for love stories, and now it has cannibalized its own creations.

In the past two years, the following films have been remade and have subsequently tanked at the box office: Walking Tall ($46 million), The Ring Two ($75 million), The Producers ($19 million), Assault on Precinct 13 ($19 million), and finally, the crème of the crop, The Amityville Horror ($64 million). These films average a whopping 30 percent on Rottentomatoes.com, which means they are in fact rotten. Consider, also, that Hollywood complains about box office figures being down by as much as 5 percent. The trend is so beyond obvious that to blame anyone but themselves is ludicrous.

What constitutes a remake? Do characters have to have the same names? Does the plot line have to be similar? Or does it simply have to share the name? As many would agree, the skeletal plot structure must remain the same. If it shares the exact names of some of the original characters, that’s a bonus. The audience could even be treated to a few cameos from some original actors. However, the

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arrogance that such duplication would be able to hold a candle to the original makes both the producers and studio executives look like fools when they’ve reached a creative brick wall and are forced to re-release past creations under the false pretense of an “updated version” or a “remake.”

The most shocking of the remakes are The Wild Bunch and The Omen. Of these new films that steal the creative genius of Sam Raimi, Walter Hill, Sam Peckinpah and Richard Donner, and replace them with directors and producers whose greatest credit to their name is arguably True Romance, nary a frame could possibly be as recognized as the originals. Peckinpah‘s The Wild Bunch, for example, was revolutionary in its depiction of violence, ushering in a new era of blood-soaked frames on the silver screen. The remake of Richard Donner’s 1976 film The Omen could not possibly have the shock value of the original or its famous decapitation scene.

Sure, Hollywood has tried it’s own “shot-for-shot” remakes and again has failed to capture the original energy. Anyone remember Gus Van Sant’s version of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho? The only difference between that film and the original was that the remake was colorized. It maintained the same continuity errors as the original, including the infamous “dead-girl-swallows-spit” error after Marion Crane is lying dead on the bathroom floor. If you are, by chance, wondering when exactly that occurs, watch her throat right after the zoom out from her iris. Even with all the delicate details, the film still bombed. Lambasted by the critics — Roger Ebert actually called it the film “completely unnecessary” — and ignored by audiences, this remake grossed a meager $21 million at Janet Leigh in the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho the box office.

Why does this happen? Most likely studio executives who came By tarnishing these works of art through remakes or “rethinkinto the business during the reign of Friedkin, Peckinpah and ing” or “redux,” Hollywood soils the memory of that revolution, Hitchcock only wanted to expose the younger generation to amazing of that life altering moment when cinema truly changed the course films. With the stigma following “classics,” “black and white,” and of humanity. Can one imagine someone other than Sigourney even “silent” films, there Weaver as Lt. Ellen Ripley, or is a hopeful desire that someone other than Marlon “By tarnishing these works of art through by remaking these classic Brando saying, “I coulda been films, the young people a contender?” remakes or “rethinking” or “redux,” Hollywood will be able to have a small In the end, Hollywood snippet of appreciation as will continually put out soils the memory of that revolution, of that life these remakes because it’s to where their own favorite films came from, what they an easy out for a dying altering moment when cinema truly changed were based on, and, more creative process. Something importantly, where the new, something unheard the course of humanity.” stars and writers drew their of is risky, and when it gets inspiration from. to the bottom of the barrel, However, this world of Hollywood is still a business. film isn’t Fantasyland. Everyone is standing around in circles, agree- Risky ventures in business are always approached with caution. Cauing that every film they see is breathtaking or beautiful beyond tion is, indeed, a smart move. However, film exists as a reflection description. Classic films are classic films for a reason. Whether it’s of life where people can take risks, where the hero can always win, the battle surrounding their inception, as it was in Citizen Kane, or where the underdog will be able to come through and succeed. Until the perfect succinctness of the actors and director as it was in Alien, Hollywood is able to truly realize this, audiences will continue to these films are legend both because of their function within Amer- be subjected to Freaky Friday, When A Stranger Calls and Cheaper By ican cinema and also because they did something revolutionary. The Dozen. I only ask that you wake me when it stops. buzz INTRO | A ROUND TOWN | L ISTEN, HEAR | CU CALENDAR | STAGE , S CREEN &

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Do you consider yourself an artist? Do you consider your bottles an art form?

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talked about it and were comparing it to other art vendors. It made me think, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, maybe people look at this is art.â&#x20AC;? Only a certain amount of people see in them what I imagined when I did it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kitschy and fun, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something about it, the glow and everything, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very interesting to me.

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the oddest request youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had?

The scariest one was a bottle that used to be, before they drank it, a $350 bottle of Don Perignon. I was terrified, I was sweating bullets the whole time I was drilling a hole in it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never broken one since I figured out the way to do it, so I feel comfortable taking somebodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s special bottle, but that was the only one Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever thought, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Man, if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to screw up, this is going to be the one itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen on.â&#x20AC;?

What made you decide to make art from recycled items (the bottles and wood bases)?

There are so many interesting bottles that you see that you kind of hate to throw away. I think that turning something that wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ostensibly been trash into something that was more interesting and might have a life beyond that was probably the best part. Once I realized what I was doing was basically recycling them, I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to do it the best I can and recycle as much as I can and create as little waste as possible.â&#x20AC;?

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by Will Ferrell). The rest of the audience, though, will be uninspired and unmoved by the monkeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shenanigans.

The plot is oversimplified to the point where one isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even needed. Basically, Ted must travel to Africa in an attempt to save a museum. He bumps into George and hilarity is supposed to ensue.

It is always difficult to judge a film that is targeted for young children. On one hand, the movie served its purpose: to entertain the kids.

On the other hand, it does little more than that.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safe to say that the film may even be disliked by most everyone else. But, parents will take their children to see it, and may even crack a smile at some of Ferrellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dialogue.

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It would have been nice if this film appealed to the audience that grew up with George in the first place. Teenagers could have gotten a kick out of seeing the monkey that helped raise them on the big screen. Director Matthew Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Callaghan has chosen instead to focus his attention on little kids. Blueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clues is more likely to make an older person laugh more than this; at least the Nickelodeon show co-stars talking salt and pepper shakers named Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper. Needless to say they are a happily married couple. Who wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find that gut-wrenchingly hilarious?

Hopefully, when the Berenstain Bears end up on screen, the film will appeal to the whole family, and not just the youngest child.

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Wimbledon failed to impress anyone last year, director Richard Loncraine returns in an entirely new genre and proves his ineptitude with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;suspensefulâ&#x20AC;? material in Firewall. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen the rich beleaguered by menacing, money-grubbing goons with Hostage last year and Panic Room before that, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still coma-inducing.

Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) is our whitecollar hero. He designs infallible bank security systems and pulls in a nice salary for doing so.

Then 21st century bank robber Bill Cox (Paul Bettany) arrives with his thugs, taking Stanfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife (Virginia Madsen) and children hostage. He wants Stanfield to break through the bank system and steal an obscene amount of money or his family gets the ax. With his family and career in danger, Stanfield must foil the crooksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nefarious scheme and save his loved ones.

Firewallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s saving grace comes mainly from the performance of Bettany as the vicious sociopath. The other characters, however, are not as intriguing. After receiving critical raves for the sorely overrated Sideways, Madsen proves yet again why she was forgotten for so long in

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Hollywood. And then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Harrison Ford. And heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s old. Too old to carry an uppity action movie on his shoulders and certainly not the dashing adventurer of the Indiana Jones trilogy.

Firewall abounds with red herrings, techno babble and enough anemic tension to make even Indiana Jones pop a few Viagra. It becomes an ineffective Lifetime movie of the week when the story, written by newbie Joe Forte, succumbs to lame action and hostage movie conventions. By the climactic finale, Firewall becomes a tedious exercise in mediocrity destined for anonymity.

There is nothing spectacular or noteworthy in Firewall. Even with a few thrills, the story seems to be a C+ thesis project from a film school major with a penchant for high tech nerdery.

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for not shying away from the avant-garde or the experimental. After all, their production of Six Degrees of Separation gave us full-frontal male nudity! As You Like It, however, takes this concept of free expression to absurd new heights.

Mark Van Doren, of the Taft-Van Doren legacy, wrote that this play, â&#x20AC;&#x153;seems to balance like a bubble on the point of thin space.â&#x20AC;? Instead of carefully trying to preserve it, this cast seemed to take great pleasure in stomping all over the bubble.

As You Like It is the story of young Rosalind and Orlando (Eleni Pappageorge, Eric Parks) and their troubled love. Post exile, they find themselves both in the same forest and in the same society. This society? Post-Bourgeois, flower-power, communist hippies who seem to have a penchant for peasant skirts, orgies and Fiona Apple. So if you find modern-esque adaptations of Shakespeare troubling, this production is not for you.

This play is all about romantic relationships.

Most of the main characters are paired up, and like all of the Bardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comedies, this one ends with the marriage of no less than three couples. The most compelling relationship, in my opinion, was that between Rosalind and Celia (Carissa

Vanausdall), who are cousins that are practically sisters. Their friendship was believable and added a little bit of humanity to an otherwise slapstick performance.

Shakespeare was all about bawdy humor, romantic-comedy, and above all, suspension of disbelief. If you are able to appreciate that suspension, you will greatly enjoy this comedy.

To be this absurd, the actors really had to sell it; they had to be over the top. For the most part, they did it. They kept to the original script of the play and used body language and other movement to add another dimension to the humor. This was especially important in light of the very minimalist set. Micah J. Maatman and Daniel Katz did an excellent job creating a space that could function as a forest, while keeping it in line with the themes of modernity that director Robert G. Anderson was going for.

For lack of a better comparison, consider this the Scary Movie or American Pie of Shakespeare. So, if you think Hey Nonny Nonny translates well into a rap, check this production out. Sometimes silly just works, and this cast, comprised almost entirely of undergraduate theater majors, makes it work. I left the theater shaking my head, but with a smile on my face.

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L ast week we gave yaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll an overview of polyamory.

To give you a deeper look at the subject, we asked our friend Max about his relationship. There are lessons in his responses for everyone â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no matter what your sexual preference is. His responses donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t represent all polyamorous relationships. Remember, the possibilities are endless. For the sake of this interview, we will refer to Mattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partner as Liz.

DIW: How does your polyamorous relationship with your partner Liz work?

Liz and I both date other people and form mental, emotional, sexual, and loving bonds with those people. Liz has one long-term partner who she is very in love with, but who she only sees a couple times a year. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not dating anyone else as intensely as Liz, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve decided not to define each other as â&#x20AC;&#x153;primary partnersâ&#x20AC;? and to leave our relationship open to redefinition.

DIW: Being open and honest is key to polyamory, but where do you draw the line with intimate details?

The unknown is scarier than the details. Liz and I often ask each other for â&#x20AC;&#x153;transcriptsâ&#x20AC;? of conversations with other lovers. We like to know the words spoken, facial expressions, and thoughts going through heads. This process reminds me how well I know Liz. I can picture her excitement, her nervousness, her turn-ons. It reminds me I get a front row seat to her life. Usually this is an exciting process, though it can be scary too.

in theory but our personalities were not working.

I stayed in that relationship longer than I needed to, not because it was fulfilling, but because I liked the idea of the person I was dating. These sorts of relationships can be selfish unless both partners know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on. Chances are if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not honest with myself, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not honest with my partner.

Another challenge has been learning to be straight with my partners even if I think they may not want to hear what I have to say. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to tell someone you love that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited about someone else.

One of the other challenges has been time management. Polyamory gives me the opportunity to date anyone I find amazing. But sometimes I choose not to take this course because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m already expending all of the mental, emotional, and physical energy I have. Knowing when my dance card is full is something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten better at, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still learning.

DIW: And the biggest joys?

Polyamorous relationships have lots of benefits; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why people do it. I have the freedom to explore friendships and relationships with all the amazing and sexy people I meet. Polyamory forced me to deal with relationship issues (honesty, communication, jealousy, boundaries) that, in previous monogamous relationships, have gone unattended.

DIW: How does negotiating safer sex work?

DIW: How do you handle jealousy?

Sometimes our partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dates are a little too exciting, gorgeous, smart, or they seem like they could replace us. In those cases, we do a lot of talking. Polyamory is not for sloppy communicators or folks without time to sit down and talk through relationship dynamics on a regular basis.

Talking doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily solve the jealousy, but it helps us figure out where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming from.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve felt threatened by some of Lizsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lovers because they were providing her with things I could not. In theory, being everything for your partner sounds nice, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want the stress of trying to be everything for one person. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easier to manage jealousy when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting the time, sex, positive reinforcement and love you want from a partner.

DIW: What has been a challenge in practicing polyamory?

Learning to be brutally honest with myself. Some of my relationships before I started doing polyamory revealed how I could deceive myself.

There was one relationship where I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a strong connection with the person. She was great

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The risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections does go up as one has more sexual partners and I take that risk very seriously. Liz and I have a few very clear boundaries (condoms are a must for any vaginal/anal penetration), but we leave most things up for discussion. We talk early and often about what sexual possibilities might come out of our dates with other people.

If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chance I will sleep with someone, Liz would know about it in advance. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have a giddy conversation about what kind of sex I might have and what concerns she might have.

We are clear on what risks we are taking with every sexual act. We get tested on a regular basis and can relay each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sexual histories in detail. Protecting myself in a polyamorous relationship works similarly to protecting myself in a monogamous relationship: honesty, discussion, no assumptions, and never doing anything Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m uncomfortable with.

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March 21 – April 19

In his book And They All Sang, Studs Terkel interviewed jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. “When people say, ‘I don’t understand your music,’” reported Gillespie, “I say, ‘Don’t try to understand it, just try to feel it.’” That’s excellent advice to keep in mind as you weave your way through the complicated, uncanny, revelatory weeks ahead. Full comprehension of the meaning of this era may not be available until later.

But that won’t be a problem if you live your life as if it were a song you love.

T A U RU S

April 20 – May 20

“Dear Dr. Brezsny: I dreamed that an angel who looked like Angelina Jolie was teaching me how to gather energy high in the sky and release it in the form of lightning bolts. It required great upper arm strength because I had to make broad sweeping motions with my arms that gathered the necessary electricity into a vortex that would serve as my launching area.

I was exhilarated, though nervous about how much force I had at my disposal. What does my dream mean? -Taurus with Goose Bumps.” Dear Taurus: Your dream is a symbol of the situation many Bulls are facing right now. You have enormous energy at your disposal. Here’s my advice: Don’t use your lightning bolts to intimidate people and institutions that have offended you.

Instead, put on a demonstration of strength, impressing everyone--adversaries and allies alike--with your ability to command great power responsibly.

GEMINI

May 21 – June 20

Last Christmas Day, I had dinner at a sushi restaurant in downtown San Rafael, CA. The place was deserted except for a drunk at the bar, me and my two companions, and the table next to us, which was occupied by actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright and their daughter. I thought of going over to compliment Robin on her work in various films and to tell Sean how much I loved his articles in the San Francisco Chronicle about his travels in Iraq, but I decided against it. Don’t follow my example in the coming week, Gemini. Express your appreciation to those whose work has inspired you, even at the risk of appearing foolish. It’s a perfect moment to explore the emotions of admiration and respect, and to pay homage to your influences.

CANCER

June 21 – July 22

The mayor of Las Vegas has suggested a novel idea for discouraging graffiti on his city’s highway walls. Oscar Goodman envisions televised spectacles in which the vandals’ thumbs are cut off. His proposed punishment goes too far for my tastes, but I’m wondering if you might approve of it. Lately you’ve been having bouts of overreaction, entertaining extreme fantasies in response to circumstances that don’t necessarily warrant them. I’m not saying your intense emotions are completely unjustified, Cancerian, nor do I recommend that you repress them. I’m simply asking you to let some time pass before you take action on your feelings.

LEO

July 23 – Aug. 22

An executive at the UK’s biggest pharmaceutical company admitted that most prescription medicines aren’t very effective. “The vast majority of drugs only work in 30 or 50 per cent of the people,” said Allen Roses of GlaxoSmithKline. His explanation: Many patients have idiosyncratic genes that prevent the medicines from functioning as they were designed to. In my opinion, Leo, there’s a similar principle at work regarding just about everything that conventional wisdom says is good for you. That’s always important to keep in mind, of course, but especially for you right now. More than ever, you’ll benefit profoundly from not only questioning authorities and experts, but giving them the third degree.

VIRGO

Auug. 23 – Sept. 22

The elegant, shimmering fabric known as silk is obtained from the cocoon of a worm larva. Typically the cocoon is dunked in boiling water to kill the pupa inside before it can chew its way out. Another precious material with gross origins is ambergris. It’s a foul-smelling excrement that sperm whales vomit.

After years of exposure to the sun while floating on the ocean, it transforms into an aromatic, waxy substance that’s used as a major ingredient in perfume. Silk and ambergris are your personal power symbols in the coming weeks, Virgo. I predict that you’ll turn crap into treasure.

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Sept. 23 – Oct.22

SCORPIO

Oct. 23 – Nov. 21

S AG I T TA R I U S

Nov. 22 – Dec. 21

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 – Jan. 19

AQUA R I U S

Jan. 20 – Feb. 18

“Mirrors should think longer before they reflect,” said French filmmaker Jean Cocteau. That’s especially true for you this week, Libra. You shouldn’t automatically believe every bit of feedback about yourself that comes your way, either from mirrors or any other source. Be skeptical of every image that people have of you, and don’t sit there passively while they barrage you with their expectations. In order to further upgrade your integrity (a project I hope you’re in the midst of), you may have to make yourself immune, at least temporarily, to what everyone thinks of you.

Imagine that you’re a circus acrobat whose specialty is working high in the air. You’re skilled at swinging from one trapeze to another. You have utmost confidence in your timing and concentration and grip, so that when you let go of one bar and are flying toward the next, there’s no doubt you’ll make it.

I believe that your life has now brought you to a transition that’s metaphorically similar to the moment of being in between trapezes. Don’t think too hard as you soar across the abyss; trust your instincts.

Sagittarian Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to Congress. While serving seven terms, she was an outspoken warrior who fought tirelessly for the rights of women, minorities, and the poor. “My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear,” she said, “is my mouth, out of which comes all kinds of things one shouldn’t always discuss for reasons of political expediency.” Yet one of Chisholm’s most famous exploits was her visit to segregationist politician George Wallace in the hospital after he was shot. Her supporters complained that she was consorting with the enemy, but years later it paid off. Wallace helped her win the votes of southern congressmen when she sponsored legislation to give domestic workers a minimum wage. Be like Chisholm this week, Sagittarius: Even as you open your big mouth to articulate controversial truths, reach out to those who disagree with you.

Readers sometimes ask me about Ophiuchus, the supposed 13th constellation. They’ve heard that it should be included in astrological thinking, and that it messes up the whole zodiacal system. Here’s the truth: The proponents of Ophiuchus are self-described debunkers who hate astrology. Furthermore, they haven’t actually taken the trouble to educate themselves about the ancient art. If they did even a smattering of honest investigation, they’d see how irrelevant their theory is. Let this serve as a cautionary tale, Capricorn. Right now it’s crucial that you get your facts straight before critiquing anyone. Make sure that those who want to analyze you do the same. And beware of red herrings, straw men, and fool’s gold.

Fashion designer Ennio Capasa was asked if he found his work difficult. “If it wasn’t difficult I wouldn’t enjoy it,” he replied.

That’s the kind of activity you will specialize in during the coming week, Aquarius. The more it stretches your capacity and forces you to dig deeper into yourself for stamina and willpower and resourcefulness, the happier you’ll be--and the more successful, too.

PISCES

Feb. 19 – March 20

Life is stark at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, even for the people who aren’t imprisoned there. Newsday reports that there are 23 men for every woman among the 2,800 free Americans. Raccoon-sized rats are fixtures in the local wildlife. The border between the base and the rest of Cuba is littered with underground mines. In recent months, however, a few luxuries have begun to arrive. There’s now a Starbucks, Pizza Hut, and miniature golf course. I don’t want to make light of the situation, but I do want these new developments to serve as a metaphor for you. What’s the most desolate, forbidding area of your psyche? Build the equivalent of a miniature gold course there.

Homework: What part of you is too tame? How can you inspire it to seek wilder ways of knowing?

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