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NEW YORK (AP) - An FBI informant testified Tuesday that he wanted to put "the world on notice" when he set himself on fire outside the White House, an act that threw the terror-funding case against a Yemeni sheik into turmoil.

Testifying for the second day as a hostile witness for the defense, Mohamed Alanssi said he had not intended to kill himself, even though he sent suicide notes to the FBI and The Washington Post.

"I did not have the intention, but I wanted to put the government and the world on notice," Alanssi said.

Alanssi did not elaborate, but described the incident as a cry for help, saying he set himself ablaze because he was broke, alone and upset by his inability to visit his ailing wife.

He also acknowledged he was trying to get more money from the government, which already had paid him $100,000 for helping build its case against Sheik Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad.

"It is my right to get as much money as I can from the FBI," Alanssi said.

In the suicide notes and interviews made public after he burned himself, Alanssi claimed the FBI promised him wealth and permanent U.S. residency in exchange for his cooperation.

Until the fire outside a White House gate in November, Alanssi, 53, had been scheduled to be the star prosecution witness against al-Moayad.

Instead, the defense called Alanssi to the stand in an effort to portray him as unstable, greedy and untruthful.

They focused virtually all of their questions Tuesday on Alanssi's troubled history of business dealings in Yemen and the United States, including a series of disputes with business partners that led to an arrest warrant, a lawsuit and a guilty plea to bank fraud.

But Alanssi's testimony also cast doubt on the defense claim that al-Moayad traveled to a meeting with Alanssi and another informant in Germany because he was eager to get medical treatment for diabetes and other ailments.

Alanssi testified that any discussion of medicine was a cover story and in fact referred to military equipment and fighters.

He also said al-Moayad was seeking to buy counter-surveillance equipment in Germany. Prosecutors offered as evidence a shopping list of items that Alanssi said al-Moayad wanted to buy.

Alanssi lured al-Moayad and his assistant, co-defendant Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed, to Germany by posing as the fixer for another FBI informant who supposedly wanted to donate $2.5 million to the terrorist groups Hamas and al-Qaida.

Al-Moayad and Zayed were charged with conspiring to fund and attempting to fund the two groups.Al-Moayad also is charged with supporting the groups.

If convicted, al-Moayad could receive a 60-year prison sentence and Zayed 30 years.

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his might initially come off as slightly offensive or upsetting, but by no means should it finish that way. If it does, though, I apologize in advance for my idiocy.

February is quite the odd little month. First off, it’s shorter than other months. But every four years it gets longer. By one day. And we call that year a “Leap Year.”Weird. It has Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, Claire’s dad’s birthday and two of my friends’ birthdays.

It’s also deemed “Black History Month”by the powers that be.

Black History Month. Chew on that for a while. I’ve always been a bit troubled by donating one month to black history. Not because I don’t think black history deserves less than one month dedicated to it, but, rather, I’m troubled by the fact that we have to dedicate a month to it for some people to learn about it, if they learn about it at all.

I mean, why can’t black history be studied the whole year round? The way I see it, the “black history”that is taught to kids in grammar school is really just American history anyway. Do the white folks really need 11 months to ignore all history but “white history?”That’s a bit selfish and egocentric, don’t you think? But hey, that’s nothing too different from what we’re used to.

And isn’t all history linked together anyway? How can one even separate black history from all other history? I’m going out on a limb here and announcing my faith. Faith that the theory of evolution is correct or at least as close to correct as we’re going to get right now.

Because, as my teachers point out to me, theories can never be proven, only proven wrong. If human life all originated in Africa, then aren’t we all, in some way, African? Just a thought.

Black History Month seems a bit Jim Crowe to me.

I mean, the government (who I’m assuming decided this whole Black History Month thing) chose the shortest month to honor a culture’s entire history.That’s just cruel and unusual.

I don’t mean to sound rude here, but can’t Black History Month be done away with, and we just teach ALL history in EVERY month? That way the Latin American, Asian American, Native American and every other group out there that has a history can have it heard throughout the year. Like all history should be heard throughout the year. Not just “white history.”

Because, really, “white history”is just full of oppression, expansion and arrogance. But history is what it is, and we all can learn from it every day.The old axiom is true: those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. So let’s all learn from it as much as we can, even if months have to be divvied up between groups.

At least let the histories be heard.

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Best Supporting Actor Alan Alda, The Aviator Jamie Foxx, Collateral Thomas Haden Church, Sideways Clive Owen, Closer Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby

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letter to the editor To the Editor: This is in response to Seth Fein's column, and, specifically, Erik Hendrikson's reaction to said column.

I imagine Mr. Hendrikson reading Mr. Fein's articles with a concerned, worried frown. As he should be. But with concern for the content of the article, not its style.

Is Mr. Fein's use of the vernacular so bad? We're all entitled to speak in the voice we choose, just as we're entitled to object and express our opinion about that voice.

I like Mr. Fein's column very much. I look forward to each new article with anticipation. Mr. Fein is very sociable and easy-speaking, as if he were right beside you, engaging you in conversation. And isn't he? He raises points and issues well worth discussing. And that he spouts off about his likes and dislikes, current and past, that's all part of his story and his right to tell it.

Words are only as strong as the emotions they evoke

and provoke. Whether Mr. Fein does this figuratively or literally matters little to me, as long as he does it.

I feel Mr. Hendrikson would like to inhibit Mr. Fein, or, as he says, at least have a little "common sense editing”done. I have to ask Mr. Hendrikson, what real sense of propriety is disturbed on your part? Is Mr. Fein not getting his point across? Are you annoyed that he might be more than a little right?

At any rate, I don’t want to make this into any kind of pissing contest. I simply feel Mr. Fein is entitled to his own voice without worry or concern about being edited to meet a non-offensive, bland standard. ... Brief aside to Michael Feurst; hey Michael, check it out. We’re ALL bozos on this bus, from Urbana to Champaign to Timbuk-three, and nobody’s getting offa’ the bus. Dig? m.l.healey

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LEAD STORY Some of the well-intentioned donations for victims of the December tsunami are bewilderingly inappropriate (such as ski jackets and Viagra), according to a February Wall Street Journal dispatch from Sri Lanka. Relief workers are being distracted by shipments of, for example, moisturizing gel, sweaters, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dress shoes, Arctic-weather tents and thong underwear. Crucial medicines were in short supply, but not Valium, anti-depressants or drugs with labels in languages that local doctors could not read.As the Journal wrote, some doctors â&#x20AC;&#x153;appear (just) to have unloaded their sample bins.â&#x20AC;?

PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US A jury in Nacogdoches, Texas, convicted Jerry Don Hartless in January of killing his former best friend, Billy Bob Wallace, during a group drinking bout one night along the Angelina River. According to testimony,

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READERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; CHOICE Tammy Jean Warner was charged in February with negligent homicide in the 2004 death of her husband, Michael, who suffered acute alcohol poisoning (0.47 bloodalcohol level) caused by having ingested three liters of sherry wine, allegedly provided by Tammy via enema. The Lake Jackson, Texas, widow told reporters that she was only trying

to help Michael (who she said had been addicted to enemas since childhood) and that he also did enemas with â&#x20AC;&#x153;coffee, castile soap, Ivory soap. He had enema recipes. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way he wanted to go out (die) because he loved his enemas.â&#x20AC;?

THE CONTINUING CRISIS Attorney Wayne G. Johnson Sr. was arrested for drunken driving shortly after leaving a court hearing in which he represented a client accused of drunken driving (McKean, Pa., January). And Tammy Lynn Price, 28, in court as a defendant in a drug case, was charged with stealing the judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gavel when he stepped out (Farmington, Mo., January). And Leonardo Leyva, 44, was arrested for public intoxication after calling 911 at 3:50 a.m. to complain that his wife wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have sex with him (Turlock, Calif., January).

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Last week daughter of Alan Keyes, Maya Marcel-Keyes, came out as a gay activist in her first public statement.

Guessing that Thanksgiving is a little awkward at the Keyes household, what with that whole "selfish hedonism" thing and all.

In Iraq, the Shiite Muslim Coalition that won the election has chosen Ibrahim Jaafari as it's nominee for prime minister.

Jaafari is the current interim vice-president and in interviews has encouraged ties to Iran. Freedom marches on...towards a political union with a religious dictatorship our government is currently accusing of harboring nuclear arms.

The Illinois House Committee rejected a proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Illinois.

Police briefly detained an activist who brought 150 marijuana cigarettes to the hearing. The act of defiance was later cited by many marijuana users as, "A waste of a good stash, man. Now where are my car keys?"

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a ludicrous setup, as if all the spirits that remain in hell do so because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just good, rule-following demons. But writers Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello embrace it like this agreement is as logical as a Patriots Super Bowl while they send John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), an exorcism specialist cursed from childhood with the ability to see dead people, after all the evil beings that populate the earth. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apparently the only one with the responsibility of saving

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The Matrix (1999) Unless youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been sleeping for the last six years, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve probably heard of the Wachowski Brothersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; trendsetting action/scifi epic. Reeves of course stars as Neo, the savior of humanity from the technological prison of humanity called the Martix. It seems like practically every action film since has tried to emulate The Matrixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s style, and none (not even its two sequels) have succeeded.

Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Advocate (1997) Constantine serves as a rematch of sorts between Keanu and Satan, as the two met a few years ago in this supernatural thriller. Al Pacino gives one of the hammiest performances of his storied career as the devil in the disguise of a lawyer (no points for imagination on the behalf of the writers).

Speed (1994) Few action films are as exciting from start to finish as Speed. The movie made the careers of both Reeves and his co-star Sandra Bullock. Whereas film after film has tried to imitate The Matrix, few have even attempted to follow in the footsteps of Speed. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just try to pretend Speed 2: Cruise Control never happened, okay?

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The House of Representatives voted to increase the maximum amount of fines against broadcasters who air indecent material from $32,000 to $500,000. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to see that in a time of war, economic depression and general turmoil that our government is taking a firm stand against ... nipples.

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Needless to say, this is all a bit much, and firsttime director and music video veteran Francis Lawrence fills Constantine with all sorts of visual trickery and religious razzle dazzle that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t blend very well with its actors. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious whenever anyone is in front of a green screen, and even the best-looking images CONSTANTINEâ&#x20AC;˘ KEANU REEVES never look like anything other than decent stunt work. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a movie Exorcist, Stigmata and even Ghostbusters. As stuffed with special effects, yet it always far as Christianity-themed films go, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feels like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re witness to the man behind less laughable than Heath Ledgerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s embarrassing, amateur The Order, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still the curtain.

The blame for that rests with packed with religious philosophizing that Lawrence, who seems more concerned neither its script nor its actors can pull with wowing audiences with exploding off. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a senseless subplot about bathtubs, buzzing hordes of insects and the Spear of Destiny, a sword with such stop-motion shards of glass that people power that its bearer can survive being hit can walk through as they shatter. But the by a speeding car, which was missing since absurdity and insignificance that consume World War II and is found in, of all places, the second half of Constantine is a team Mexico. (Boy, who can forget the role effort. Reeves is, as usual, devoid of emo- they played in the war?)

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a barely-there romance tion because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playing a character without much of it. As Angela, a cop who between John and Angela, a growling wants to discover the reason for her twin witch doctor that wastes Djimon sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suicide, Rachel Weisz gets swal- Hounsou, and as the evil spirit Balthasar, lowed up by lines like â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess God has a Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale looks like plan for all of us.â&#x20AC;? (Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response: â&#x20AC;&#x153;God heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be more comfortable in one of is a kid with an ant farm. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not plan- Lawrenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s videos.

Overlong, overdone and overly ning anything.â&#x20AC;?) Shia LaBeouf is nothing more than throwaway comic relief as plotted, Constantine is more of an antiJohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sidekick who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do much smoking commercial than an investigation into the forces that compel people toward more than act as his chauffeur.

Constantine starts off strong but good or evil. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just playing eventually seems like a cross between The Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Advocate.

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2004 the “Year of the Biopic,” but when it comes to the Oscars, let’s call it what it really was: the Year of the Overrated Movie. While last year produced more than its share of great films, the Academy has outdone itself in overlooking the year’s most worthy entries (I Heart Huckabees, Kill Bill Vol. 2 and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, to name a few). So, without further ado, here are my picks for who should win and who will win the major categories, including who got snubbed in each.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Paul Haggis’ script for Million Dollar Baby will put up a good fight for this award, but I think Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor’s mature, intelligent adaptation of Rex Tucker’s novel will prevail. Sideways’ characters are more original and more lived-in than Baby’s, and they were far more memorable and affecting because of Payne and Taylor’s confident script.

Should win: Sideways Will Win: Sideways Snub: Baadasssss!

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: There wasn’t a more chaotic yet controlled script this year than Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth’s for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Hip, modern, convoluted stories don’t usually win Oscar gold, but this is just too clever and smart to overlook.

Otherwise, John Logan’s script for The Aviator would probably be the frontrunner, despite the fact that the film never really gets us into the depths of Howard Hughes’ life or personality.

Should win: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Will Win: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Snub: I Heart Huckabees

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Both Cate Blanchett (The Aviator) and Virginia Madsen (Sideways) were phenomenal, and either deserves the award. Blanchett channeled the fiery spirit of Katherine Hepburn to astonishing accuracy, and Madsen brought incredible warmth and sympathy as Maya, the love interest to Paul Giamatti’s Miles. In a tight race, Madsen should emerge as voters attempt to honor the fantastic ensemble of Sideways all at once.

Should win: Blanchett or Madsen Will Win: Madsen Snub: Sharon Warren (Ray) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Morgan Freeman has never won an Oscar, so the Academy will probably reward a career full of dignified performances by honoring Freeman’s wise, weathered ex-boxer in Million Dollar Baby. Thomas Haden Church revitalized his career with his hilarious turn in Sideways, but voters won’t have a hard time deciding between a veteran Hollywood star long overdue for recognition and a former TV actor whose replenished career should be reward enough.

Should win: Haden Church Will Win: Freeman Snub: Peter Sarsgaard (Kinsey) BEST ACTOR: In a year with a lot of great performances, none was better than Jamie Foxx, absolutely unforgettable as Ray Charles in Ray. It was the part he was born to play, and he is the night’s surest thing.

Don Cheadle had his highest-profile role as real-life hero Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda, but this will hopefully not be his only nomination. DiCaprio simply looked too young for The Aviator’s scenes of a middle-aged Howard Hughes.

Million Dollar Baby’s Clint Eastwood is the only contender for an upset.

Should win: Foxx Will Win: Foxx Snub: Paul Giamatti (Sideways)

BEST ACTRESS: Annette Bening is probably starting to see Hilary Swank as the daughter that she never wanted. Swank defeated her in this category at the 2000 Oscars, and it looks like she will do it again for her performance as a gritty, ambitious boxer in Million Dollar Baby. Swank was strong in the role and apparently put on nearly 20 pounds of muscle for it. But Bening’s performance in Being Julia is even more highly regarded and looks to be overlooked due to the recent swell of sympathy for Baby. Vera Drake’s Imelda Staunton should place third.

Should win: Bening Will Win: Swank Snub: Uma Thurman (Kill Bill Vol. 2) BEST DIRECTOR: While Ray was far from perfect, Taylor Hackford drew an outstanding performance from Jamie Foxx and also translated the soulful swing of Ray Charles’ music to the big screen. But the race for the Oscar will be a dead heat between Scorcese, still waiting for his first Academy Award, and Eastwood, who already won for 1992’s Unforgiven. Eastwood won the Director’s Guild award, but give the edge to Scorcese for the early 20th-century style of The Aviator, mostly because he’s overdue.

Should win: Hackford Will Win: Scorcese Snub: Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) BEST PICTURE: There were so many better movies in 2004 than these five, but of them, Sideways was the most satisfying as a whole.This category will also be a two-man race between The Aviator and Million Dollar Baby. The story of Howard Hughes was visually thrilling but emotionally hollow, so look for Million Dollar Baby to pull out a narrow victory because of its blatant attempt to tug at the heartstrings.

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Dwayne Johnson, aka “The Rock,” recently told the magazine OUT that gay celebrities should come out of the closet because he feels it will only boost their careers. The Rock plays a gay bodyguard in the upcoming John Travolta film Be Cool and has crossdressed himself as host of Saturday Night Live. While he is not gay himself (he is happily married with a daughter), one wonders if he has certain celebrities in mind. Not too long ago, Tom Cruise sued a gay porn star for telling a tabloid they had an affair. And is it just me, or is Wilford Brimley’s moustache just a little TOO fabulous? I’m just saying.

In an attempt to join Charlize Theron’s and Hilary Swank’s club of pretty starlets-turned-freaky-for-the-sake-of-anOscar, Vin Deisel has gained weight and grown a terribly receding hairline for his role as an accused Mafioso in Sydney Lumet’s Find Me Guilty. After a string of box office bombs that would make Angelina Jolie jealous, it seems as though Deisel is trying to reestablish the credibility that he seemingly lost 10 minutes after it was given to him. It better, because I highly doubt his upcoming kid flick The Pacifier, in which he plays a Navy S.E.A.L./nanny, will do the trick. Where is Hulk Hogan today? Crying, that’s where.

They put their lives on the line for their art. So why shouldn’t they get to slap on some Vera Wang and be part of the super ficial, self-congratulator y schmooze-fest known as the Oscars?

Hollywood’s stuntmen and women are pining for a new category for future Academy Awards shows, Best Stunt Coordinator, claiming that their work is just as integral to creating a good movie as visual effects specialists or film editors but many times more dangerous. Obviously, these daredevils haven’t sat at a computer for an extended period of time. Your ass gets pretty chafed, and you get hungry.

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he feeling in The Brookens Center on Tuesday night, preresults, was tense. No doubt about it. People kind of mingled with each other. A veggie tray sat on a bench, almost untouched. Local politicos forced hello's to each other in nervousness, and journalists (meaning "real" journalists with ties and shit) waited around anxiously until the tallies were in so they could be the first to report on the story. Fortunately for them, the news broke around 10:07 CST, right when the newscast airs on most nights.

Without question, most people in the Prussing camp, including myself, were not too sure how this puppy was gonna turn out.

It was a close one - won by less than three hundred votes, as of BUZZ press time.When it was announced, unofficially, the mood elevated quickly, with a round of applause, hugging and handshaking. But it was not total elation. For some of the people in attendance, this was the first step in a recovery process Seth Fein is from that may take up to 4 years Urbana. Okay, okay. or more to fully realize.

So, he's a bit dra- No doubt in some peomatic, but it's not ple's minds, Urbana has a his fault. His mom lot of work to do and hugged him WAY what that work is isn't too much as a always written in chalk on child. He can be reached @ seth- a blackboard at city hall. fein@hotmail.com The first step was achieved though, on Tuesday, with the ousting of 12 year mayor, Tod Satterthwaite. He fought hard, I suppose, but in the end, he wasn't able to overcome the pressure from the public that Urbana, beyond a reasonable doubt, was badly in need of some fresh blood.

Within moments of the final vote count coming in, Laura Huth, a former member of the city council burst into tears. I imagine that, with what she's been through since last year, this a moment that she will take to the grave with her. As dramatic as it sounds, it's nothing but the truth. She was the center piece for a local bullshit "scandal" involving her new job and how it fit within the confines of her place in city government.

Amongst the happy people and the reporters, Huth stood out as the person with the most at stake aside from Prussing herself.

When we embraced, as almost two strangers to each other, she wiped a tear from both eyes and whispered to me with a smile.

"Finally. Some justice."

So, soon enough, we introduce Laurel Lunt Prussing to the main stage in Urbana.

While she has political experience on a county and state level, this will be her first

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foray into the world of city issues and working directly with the city council. It's an exciting time for Urbana - and on some level, I was happy to lend a hand, although what that hand did overall, I will never be totally sure.

And while there is a feeling of happiness for the victory, there is also a concern that too many people aren't exercising their rights as citizens. I realize that to most people, local elections seem like a load of South Farm horse shit. But the truth is that they are very much a microcosm of politics on a national stage, and more than anything, it is another chance to exercise the rights that we so often talk about and cherish, yet seem to take for granted all too often.

Listen. I understand. I am as jaded as you are right now. America is in the proverbial toilet and our president is more of a glue sniffer than a pot smoker (although it seems as though in previous years, Dubya was passing the doob to a frat brother saying "ear! ear!").

It's too bad. It really is. But getting involved in local politics is something that can take the edge off, the way a good glass of beer will help you deal with yet another horrible Chicago Bears season.We have less and less freedoms as a result of some really shitty legislation and to combat that, we ALL need to start participating more often.

There are some 40,000 people living in Urbana, including the students. A whopping 5,000 people took time out of their day to go out and vote. Come on! What else were you doing on Tuesday?

In the end though, what matters for the moment is that we have a new mayor and Urbana is truly able to turnover a new leaf.

The result of all this? I can't be certain. But my guess is that Prussing has some tricks up her sleeve. Most women do. In a good way.

As for Tod Satterthwaite, it is only fair of me to acknowledge that he was, in my opinion, a bit unfair in his tactics for re-election.

It is no secret that he courted as many Republican votes, despite it's alleged illegality, as he could in order to balance out the number of Democrats that saw him as a traitor to the party.

So, what did I learn from all this? First and foremost, that writing for BUZZ is as much fun as you make it. My editor, Paul and my publisher, Mary, were both supportive of me and my letters to the mayor. Secondly, that attacking local businesses doesn’t do me or you any good. And last but not least, that local politics DO matter - very much.

Did my columns help push Prussing over the edge? Probably not. But at the very least, I can rest well tonight knowing that I did my job and played my part. Not as a columnist.

But as a bleeding heart liberal American.

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think it was Thomas Wolfe who said, “You can never go home again.”

Actually, don’t quote me on that quote because I never really read that book. I’ve heard other’s say he said it though.Thusly, I’m not sure exactly why you can never go home again. For folks who grew up in small towns in the Midwest, the answer may be simple.

Home’s not really there so much anymore, at least not much of it anyway.

0Young adults are leaving their hometowns like women leave me after I drink a bottle of Scotch. Stores are closing, and jobs are scarce. Oh sure, you can always buy a trailer and start making meth, but even that market has to dry up as soon as the clients all lose their teeth and suffer strokes. As it is now, about the only place doing any business is the local drug store that hands out prescription medicine to the old folks who are still around. Once they pass on, even the pharmacies won’t have any business.

It might at least be a pleasurable irony when the Wal-Marts that emptied the shops downtown become empty themselves.

I can’t blame the young kids for leaving though. I grew up in a tiny-ass town, and I haven’t been back in about eight years. My parents don’t live there anymore, and most of my friends are also gone, so I have little reason to make the trip. Even if I did just go down to catch up with some classmates, I’m not even sure they have any decent hotels down there these days.

Sadly, my best shot at accommodations in my hometown might be to rob a liquor store and get caught. I mean, I know they got a prison somewhere in town now. I know this because I talked to the mother of a friend from high school the other day.

She said he’s now working at this prison.

Man, do I pity those inmates.The freaking guy left a welt the size of Nebraska on my thigh once with a wet towel. I can’t imagine what he could do with a billy club and a can of mace.

It’s sort of strange when a community bases their livelihood on the misfortune of others to begin with. Those town folk really wanted that prison at the time though. They lobbied the governor for about five straight years, and eventually incarceration became the town’s second biggest employer.

They were happy as pigs in shit, and believe me, I know; there are quite a few pigs in shit down in those parts. Before the new prison was open for business, they had

a fundraiser inside the walls. For a fee, local residents could spend the night in a jail cell.

They received a complimentary meal, and I’m assuming some exercise time in the yard for their donation.

Man, that’s a nightmare that wakes me up, being in a prison cell. I’d have a very hard time paying money for such a thing, particularly if my cellmate was a husky redneck named “Bubba”. After the residents had their little games of grab ass with their new prison, inmates began filling the cells.

The party wasn’t as much fun for people then.

Michael Coulter I talked to a few people is a videographaround that time, and they er, comedian were all bitching about the and can be weekends around town. The heard on WPGU families of the inmates 107.1 Thursdays would come to visit, and it at 5 with Ricker made the locals more than a workin’ it. little nervous. The concept of visitors had never really occurred to them. They just wanted the money produced by a prison, not the headaches that went along with it.

That’s sort of the problem with many of these dwindling small towns, they never had much of a plan until things started to get bad. They didn’t welcome industry and growth in an intelligent way. They couldn’t wait until they got a Wal-Mart on the outskirts of town. It never struck them that this superstore might wreak havoc with the main street economy. Once it did, they were instant discount junkies, and the local stores withered until all of the owners bailed.

They didn’t welcome much diversity either. I’m not sure if it was racism or simply fear of change, but many of those people I remember from my small town wanted everything to be the same … from now on. They wanted the same neighbors, the same restaurants, the same car dealers. You were seen as a newcomer for your first 10 years in town.

Like I said, I grew up in a tiny-ass town, and I have to say, I loved that upbringing. I knew everyone. I felt safe. I got a great education. In fact, maybe they did too good of a job bringing me up. They made me see I wanted something more than the same thing for the rest of my life. I didn’t really want to move into my parent’s house when they died. I just wanted to change with the rest of the world, and that doesn’t happen much in a small town.

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“It’s American history via the body, and if we’re going to look at it via the body we’ve got to look at the bodies that created that history.”

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hen you think of African-American dance and hip-hop, what comes to mind? Is it how the dancers move in rap videos? Is it something highly sexualized? Or could it be an 1800s dance step called the cakewalk that mimicked plantation owners?

Dance 340 takes an in-depth look at dance and black popular culture while clearing up stereotypes.

“It’s a class where we look at the origins of popular culture and its association with black cultural production. And then the ways in which that then has informed contemporary modern dance in particular. And how that history has been folded in to American performance history and/or erased,” said assistant professor Cynthia Oliver.

Oliver has been teaching the class at the University of Illinois for almost three years.

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“Race is such a difficult topic, and it’s something that American culture has little success at dealing with and addressing. But it never gets talked about, and race relations never get any better because they don’t get talked about,” Oliver said.

Allison Semmes, junior in music, decided to take the course to fulfill a general education requirement. The course sparked her interest because it’s about her culture and dance, she said.

“I think it’s a wonderful opportunity to discuss issues that aren’t usually discussed with your friends outside of class. It’s issues that I would personally deal with, and it’s kind of interesting how that’s being discussed in class,” Semmes said.

The class is definitely nothing like the history taught in most American high schools.

Oliver wants her students to realize who is presenting that history and how they shape it.

Oliver teaches a part of American history that most people may have never heard of.

“It’s America history via the body and if we’re going to look at it via the body, we’ve got to look at the bodies that created that history. And so the important thing is to insert how this particular body, the black body, contributed to a full history,” she said.

Oliver assigns readings and videos that she can base class discussions on. One film the class watched was Ethnic Notion by Marlon Riggs. It showed the building of the black stereotypes.

“It shows us not just the history of this and popular culture, but it shows us where we arrived and how the images have become an embedded part of the culture that we don’t even recognize anymore,” she said. “So I think what’s important is for us to make those things recognizable and to give credit where credit’s due.”

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Some students may only see the course as a class to fulfill an easy general requirement and may not find the class necessary otherwise. However, Oliver believes it is important for anyone to have some sort of exposure of this kind.

“What I think is important is that they get exposed to ideas that they may not have had exposure to prior to the class. Maybe the next time they encounter an advertisement, a commercial, a video, a conversation with somebody of a different ethnicity or that is different from them in some way, they think a little differently about how they engage themselves,” Oliver said.

Oliver believes the class is about a human experience. This enables a wide ground of discussion to cover many other topics of discrimination other than race. Some of the class discussions also include discrimination in class, gender and sexuality.

“The people who think that they perhaps have been a victim of prejudice, racial prejudice, can then see how they may be implicated in another prejudice against someone. It’s not just ‘woe is me’ but how do I contribute to a problem. What might be my blind spot, and how can we try to be sensitive about that,” she said.

The course doesn’t only look at hiphop as it is now in society but where it came from and how it evolved. Students try to understand what it communicates through dance and how it relates to their own lives and society as a whole.

“It’s for the student to have a voice to wrestle with some of the hard questions and just figure out where some of their discomforts, some of their curiosities or some of their preconceptions about any number of things have come about,” Oliver said. buzz

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They are simple dishes with simple ingredients; you might even call them “honest” in that nothing extraordinary is promised—just something warm and filling.

I’ve been rather stressed out lately as I’ve been planning a big move that will uproot my family and take us on some new adventures.With all the craziness of the past few months, I’ve used comfort food as my center. I’ve been calling my aunt to dig up the recipe for macaroni and cheese with tomatoes, I’ve been dreaming of creamy mountains of mashed potatoes made with lots of butter and cream, and I’ve been craving my dad’s pork roast with sauerkraut, one of the meals we always had for Saturday or Sunday night supper.

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She took the course, which was originally an African-American dance in American culture class and adapted it more to her area of study.

Oliver grew up in the Virgin Islands where she began training in Afro-Caribbean dance. She also began learning ballet, which later introduced her to modern dance. She later moved to New York to study dance and became part of several dance companies, which allowed her to tour the world. Oliver uses her area of study and her personal experience in dance to teach the class.

The class is lively and free to any discussion the students want to interject. Oliver believes a discussion-heavy class is important for teaching on race issues.

“In order to make it relevant and not some abstract ideas that they have no relation to, I think that I need to figure out how their current lives connect to these larger issues,” she said.“So I invite them to talk about what is important to them.”

Oliver makes it clear to her students the first day of class that the topics they discuss may cause uncomfortable conversations.

However, people should feel comfortable in expressing their opinions and ideas.

“There are going to be a number of conversations in this class that are going to be uncomfortable and we have to figure out how to make the space in that room for those kinds of conversations to happen. And that this room will be a safe place for that to happen,” she said. “And then we leave it in the room when we go.”

The space for discussing race relations freely is important because it doesn’t occur as much as it should in society.

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Slowly add cheese, and stir until melted. In a large bowl, mix pasta and cheese sauce. Gently fold in tomatoes.

Pour the mixture into a lasagna pan. Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake for approx. 20 minutes or until the bread crumbs are golden and the sauce is bubbly.

Pork Roast with Sauerkraut 3 to 4 lb. boneless pork loin roast 1 bag fresh sauerkraut 1/2 Tbsp. brown sugar 2 slices thick-cut bacon Minced garlic, salt and pepper to season Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Place the pork roast in a roasting pan. Rub in garlic, salt and fresh ground pepper. Place the drained sauerkraut around the pork roast. Roughly chop the bacon, and add to the sauerkraut. Sprinkle the brown sugar on top of the sauerkraut. Cover the roast, and place in the oven for 3 to 4 hours.

Mashed Potatoes 6 golden or butter potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes 1/2 cup milk (more or less depending on consistency) 1/4 cup heavy cream 4 tablespoons unsalted butter Salt Freshly ground pepper Boil potatoes until fork tender. Drain well. Return potatoes to the pot and slowly add milk, cream and butter while mashing with a potato masher or handheld blender.

Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Optional add-ins: chopped chilies, corn, salsa and sharp Cheddar; spinach and garlic with Fontina or Parmesan cheese; fresh chives and cream cheese.

Optional toppers: sliced spicy Italian sausage links sautéed with onions and peppers; any kind of curry; pancetta sautéed with garlic, onions, olive oil and white balsamic vinegar.

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How did Orpheum begin?

In an effort to save the old Orpheum Theater, the Preservation and Conservation Association (PACA) hired a theater consultant to do a feasibility study of the Orpheum.

He suggested that a children's museum was a possible use for the building. First named The Discovery Place Inc., plans began in 1992 to raise funds for the new children's science museum in the theater. The grand opening was on Dec. 27, 1994. The name was changed to the Orpheum Children's Science Museum in 1997.

When did you start working there, and why did you decide to work there?

I began working at OCSM in late July 2004. At that time the board needed an executive director to replace the one who was retiring from the position. Having had many years of administrative experience and a background in working with children, I wanted to provide a service to the community through work at the museum.

If you werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t creating art for a living, what would you do instead?

Something like carpentry where I could work with tangible materials and have some sort of a construction to look at at the end of the day, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I could have a desire to do anything besides what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing.

What frustrates you about the art world?

The hype that surrounds Andy Ducettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work will be on display at the March exhibiwhat is â&#x20AC;&#x153;importantâ&#x20AC;? and tion â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Softer Sideâ&#x20AC;? on 125 W. Main St. in Urbana. â&#x20AC;&#x153;new,â&#x20AC;? like the whole Y.B.A.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (young British artists) and Charles Saatchi.. incredible ... and of course Dylan (except Were they that important or did Saatchi for the embarrassing â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s), Tom Waits, they have a lot of money to showcase what he all had a particular sound they believed in liked, and people fell in line? Not that I dis- and just ran with it.The same can be said for like what they did, but in the same way I literature: Vonnegut, Bukowski, Eggers, all want the person who decided Britney unique voices that seemingly do it for Spears was talented fired. Sometimes the themselves, and then, thankfully, let us in for balance of talent and hype doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even out. a peak.

Do other types of art (literature, music, dance, etc.) inspire your work?

Absolutely. A friend of mine said that when (if) he goes to heaven, he expects Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice to sound like Johnny Cash.The depth and intricacies in his voice are

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What programs and events are at the Orpheum?

Nancy Quisenberry is the executive director at the Orpheum Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Science Museum in downtown Champaign. Although it has been here for 10 years, many people are still unaware of all it has to offer, Quisenberry said.

Why do you choose to use a different medium for different pieces?

Each medium offers something unique that another canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ... for instance, the drawings that I have been doing recently allow me to construct worlds and architectural systems instantly (but also permanently in ink), but realizing them in a three dimensional installation allows me to change the components and compositions after considering them for a while. Each practice feeds the other, from representational drawings to collage; they each serve their purpose.

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The Orpheum is open six days a week.

There is a Weekend Wizard each month open to the public and members of the museum.

Special events include the Fall Festival, and this past December we celebrated our 10th anniversary with over 200 people in attendance. There are camps for the children in the summer. Special fundraising activities are held throughout the year with the most recent being a mask auction last spring and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;science of soundâ&#x20AC;? program in the fall.

How would you describe the Orpheum?

The Orpheum is an exciting, interesting place for children to have hands-on experience with exhibits. It is a stimulating learning environment. Since children must be accompanied by parents or grandparents, it is a wonderful experience for a family.

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to keep the staff in place. But we have a wonderful board and some of our board members are always willing to help out and keep things going until one of the other museum associates can get there.

What do you like to do outside of work?

I like to garden, gourmet cook and spend time with my grandson.

What are some goals for the future of Orpheum?

We have just received a $250,000 grant from the federal government due to the support of Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).

This will be used toward meeting our goal of renovating Phase III of the theater.This will be a $1.5 million project, at least, so our immediate goal is to raise more funds to complete the renovation. Once that is completed, we will be working on grants and raising funds for exhibits to fill the renovated auditorium. With the expansion into the auditorium, we will be able to house many more exhibits and serve many more children.

What is the best part about working at the Orpheum?

It has been a wonderful experience to get to know people in the community who are supportive of the Orpheum and are willing to give of their time and resources to keep the museum open. I do enjoy seeing the children as they experience the exhibits and express their excitement about being there.

What is the worst part?

Staffing. We have had a few times when someone is ill or everyone has a final at the same time, and I have to scramble

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uicide is terrible. It is shocking and full of a strange pain that seeps under the skin of every bystander, friend or stranger.The worst thing about its finality is that it is borne of a hopelessness or despair we have all known in some moment or anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;perhaps fleeting, perhaps a long struggle.As a writer, I find that this brutal experience touches every individual differently, but its grief is rather universal. Such a powerful act renders the survivors powerless. Its permanence sends us scrambling for each other, grasping at life and wounding ourselves in the process of clamoring for meaning in such a horrific circumstance. No matter the particulars, it is terribly violent, a charge of electrical current into the existence of those who remain after the victim has gone. We are paralyzed with an indecipherable fear, intoxicated by the irresolvable pain that it creates. No matter the details of a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sorrow, suicide always appears so senseless and cruel. How we wish to possess an omniscient compassion, an endless store of spiritual healing, to be able to go back and repair the irreparable.Though we love to believe in youth and courage and freedom, suicide, which gives no answers, makes us ache to be able to reach out and be saviors, consumed as we are with our own situations.The worst thing about it is that suicide does not care much for details. In its wake, all its victims are equal, undeserving of that self-applied fate.

Despite our insistence that each may have their own, many choices. And while we will not know the cirin the face of suicide, we cope by believing that some cumstances of the choices that are made outside of choices are simply not ours to make. ourselves, fight the finality of suicide by refusing its As a writer, I find that my feelings on suicide are the double-edged resort. Human sadness is great, but hardest to articulate. I obsess over the details of what to human healing is greater. And if Hunter S.Thompson say and how to say it and how to find a reader and has taught me one thing, in all of his wonderful and reach them. But as a person, I find that the details dis- Gonzo-rific writing, it is that there is no discernable appear. Suicide leaves its survivors starving for connec- end, even the choices we explicitly make cast echoes tion. Every moment, every memory, every shared and beyond our hearing.The details are undeniable.We are celebrated detail, every desperate wish to be able to occasionally too weird to live, but we are all too rare have been better than what we areâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;these strands are to die. buzz gathered together over time and woven into a story we tell ourselves.The undeserving victim becomes a teaching toolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;perhaps this senseless and undeserved violence will make us more compassionate, more sensitive, more generous and available to others. Maybe those who are suffering, struggling or unaware will have a moment of clarity.

The truth is, unfortunately, that we are human. Our joy and pain are equally potent.

Our potential is limitless, but our despair is real.We are capable of great accomplishments, but we know many deep and secret sadnesses.

The strange concoction that is brewed when all of these realities writhe inside of us can be empowering, intoxicating or poisonous. So many circumstances fall together to make us what we are, and so, when I heard about the suicide of a fellow writer, whose work I loved, whose journey amazed me, whose fascinations enthralled me, and whose brilliance burned at both ends, I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure what to do. What to think. I felt the desperation and the sickening shock. I felt an ache for everybody, living and dead. I wanted to fix it all. Save the world.

Sense all of the details. Celebrate the mundane, dissect the extraordinary, collect all of the words and images and sensations and compile them into a serial work of creative nonfiction, burning and blistering and hilarious and terrible and scary and good.

Strange vibrations are all around us. It is human nature to hope in the permanence of things, but death and its finality challenge this faith constantly.We are not powerless, however. We are quivering with great potential and even in our greatest weakness lies a tremendous hope. Many fates are not chosen, but there is so much that awaits us all, writers, painters, engineers and soldiers in various ele- Author/Journalist Hunter S. Thompson died Sunday of a self-inflicted gunments of existence. We are capable of making shot wound at the age of 67.

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Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard counsels aspiring authors to hone their chops by immersing themselves in scenes that aren't right in front of them. "Write about winter in the summer," she says. "Describe Dublin as James Joyce did, from a desk in Paris. Willa Cather wrote her prairie novels in New York City; Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn in Hartford." Even if you're not a writer, Sagittarius, I suggest you do something similar. Identify a time in your past that has always mystified you or rendered you dumb. Dive into those memories with the intention of making them sing for you; rethink all the perplexing moments until you transform them into a beacon.

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To be in maximum alignment with the cosmic trends, go to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and commune with the painting "Peach Tree in Blossom" while sipping peach blossom wine and thinking deep thoughts about the parts of you that are like peach blossoms. Here's another possibility: Travel to a place where actual peach blossoms are blooming and meditate on why the Chinese consider this flower the most auspicious of plants. If you can't manage either of those actions, Virgo, please at least find images of peach blossoms on the Internet and gaze at them as you muse fondly of the delicate young aspects of your life that most need your love and care.

Are you familiar with the revolution that was hatched on a toilet? Famed theologian Martin Luther (1483-1546) didn't suffer from writer's block so much as chronic constipation. He formulated "The 95 Theses," the tract that launched the Protestant Reformation, while sitting on a stone commode in his home. Be inspired by Luther, Capricorn: Turn a place where you feel limited into a power spot. You don't have to be feeling peppy and chipper in order to light fires under everyone's butts, including your own.

LIBRA

Austrian Prince Pal Antal Esterhazy (1786-1866) was renowned for his extravagance. Roaming across Europe for decades in a constant state of vacation, he squandered his stupendous fortune. In one infamous stunt, he removed a priceless Titian painting from its frame and had it made into the lining for his coat. In bringing this to your attention, Aquarius, I don't mean to imply that you're as profligate as Esterhazy. But there is a way in which you're being as casual with one of your valuable assets as he was with his Titian. Fix this glitch, please.

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How long do you want to live? Before you answer, remember that thousands of scientists are engaged in research to crack the code of the aging process. They will ultimately make breakthroughs that could allow you to be healthy and vigorous for many more decades. In the meantime, the astrological omens suggest this is a perfect moment to meditate on what you can personally do to promote your own longevity. What habits of mind and body can you cultivate that will keep you forever fresh? And now I drink a toast to your coffin, Taurus. May it be fashioned of lumber obtained from a hundred-year-old cypress tree whose seed will be planted this week.

GEMINI

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"If there is anything I'm trying to incorporate into my strategy of governing, it's a willingness to make mistakes, a willingness to try new things," San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom told AP writer Lisa Leff. "I'm probably as proud of my failures as I am of what someone deems my successes." I suggest you emulate Newsom's approach in the coming weeks, Gemini. Don't bother with timid experiments that you feel tempted to apologize for; don't mess around with half-assed tinkering. Rather, be candid and humble as you try daring changes that may or may not work.

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"Religion is like a knife," Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu told Msnbc.com. "When you use a knife for cutting up bread to prepare sandwiches, a knife is good. If you use the same knife to stick into somebody's guts, a knife is bad." Let's use his idea as a seed for your horoscope, Cancerian. Are there any aspects of your spirituality that are rooted in anger, hatred, or intolerance? Are there other aspects that move you to see the best in everyone and do what you can to promote their welfare? From an astrological perspective, it's a perfect moment to be totally honest with yourself as you take an inventory of the nature and effects of your religious inclinations.

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Fairy tales are full of characters who suffer loss and hardship for trying to be something they're not. If they ever change their ways and accept the truth about themselves, their luck improves dramatically. It's interesting, then, to contemplate the fact that our culture adores film and TV actors, who specialize in pretending to be someone other than who they really are. Do you buy into our collective obsession, Libra? If so, I urge you to cut way back in the coming weeks. You need to be careful about exposing yourself to all influences that might encourage you to be something you're not.

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Burning Man, the annual festival in the Nevada desert, is experiencing a crisis. Some long-term supporters are unhappy about the direction it has taken in recent years. Chicken John Rinaldi told the San Francisco Chronicle that it used to be a joyfully chaotic jubilee of surprising art, but lately has turned into a mindless party and "giant group hug--a petting zoo for overweight people in their mid-40s." At the next Burning Man in August, Rinaldi hopes to restore what he sees as its radical mission. Is there a comparable development happening in your life, Scorpio? Has an institution or ideal you've held dear begun to decline or lose its way? I bet there is. So what are you waiting for? Go out and fix it; redeem it; revive its glory.

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Michael, a self-described music geek since he was six years old, didn’t want to be just another indie magazine putting out another indie CD. “I don’t want to just put out a compilation, I wanna make some noise with it,” Michael said.

The result was the Innocent Words Records compilation for Riley’s Children’s Foundation, a fundraising group for Riley’s Children’s Hospital where Michael received treatment when he was a teenager.The third benefit album, More Ways Than Three, will be released March 1, but it will be available earlier at a release party at the Highdive tomorrow night.

Riley’s is a referral-based hospital dedicated solely to the care of children. Michael had his fair share of health problems growing up and in October 1986, he found out there was something wrong with his kidneys.After months of tests, he was referred to Riley’s Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis for a kidney transplant. He was 14 years old.

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On May 11, 1986, doctors at Riley’s transplanted a kidney donated from Michael’s mother into her son. It was Mother’s Day. “I want to give back to the hospital that basically saved my life,” Michael said. “I was in the hospital for 31 days and there was nothing to do.They had a recreation rroom, and I always went down there and just did whatever I could. That made an impression on me.”

Michael thought the best thing he could do for the patients was make sure they had an awesome recreation room for the kids to utilize during their stay.

“I could have just gave a check and said ‘Hey, here’s some money,” Michael said, but instead, he uses the money raised by the album to buy art supplies and books to stock the rec room.

“That’s Troy’s bag, he’s very creative himself,” said Scott Kimble, a close friend of Michael and member of Innocent Words band Terminus Victor.

“I go out and buy them art books and crayons and whatever and deliver them over myself,” Michael said.

Michael used the $300 raised by last year’s compilation album, A Warm Breath…And a Scream, to donate the complete collection of Calvin and Hobbes books to the hospital.

He’s also given a dozen or so art picture books and other supplies to help the kids kill time and encourage their artistic side.

Michael is glad he can use his record label to help out something so dear to him.

“This will be a yearly event until we can’t do it anymore—until we’re dead, or not a label,” Michael said, adding that’s he’s already planning next year’s comp.

This year’s album, More Ways Than Three, is the third volume in the Riley’s Benefit compilation series.The track list features Lorenzo Goetz, Terminus Victor, Triple Whip, Cameron McGill (a new Innocent Words artist) and nationally known artists such as Tegan & Sara and Ani DiFranco, who was also part of last year’s project.

Ani DiFranco’s participation in this project is more than just a song on the album.

She’s actually part of the reason Innocent Words Records and magazine even exists in the first place.

In 2001, Michael and longtime friend Victor and Cameron McGill will be playing Larry Gates went to an Ani DiFranco show at the More Ways Than Three release show.This in Indianapolis. Michael was inspired by her is Lorenzo Goetz’s third appearance on the get out there and do-it-yourself outlook, Riley’s benefit album and Terminus Victor’s and remembers her encouraging the audi- and Cameron McGill’s second—all with ence to think the same way. exclusive tracks. Gates said he’s glad to be “She’s 30 years old and built an empire,” given this opportunity. said Gates. “She started building a fan base “At the end of it all, you’ll either be on and now has her own label.” your death bed with regrets or know that “I had just turned 30, and she’s my age you did it,” Gates said. buzz too, and it was like ‘damn, look what she’s accomplished, and I’ve done shit,’” Michael More Ways Than Three will be available at said. He took a cue from DiFranco and got the show for $10, as well as at local CD started on the first issue of Innocent Words. retailers and online at www.innocentThe label was born a year later after the first words.com starting March 1. Proceeds from benefit album was released. album sales as well as the show will go to “I want to be different, more national, I benefit Riley’s Children’s Hospital. just don’t want to be another local maga- Innocent Words magazine is a free, bizine,” Michael said. He uses his record label monthly publication available at record stores, and magazine to give people a voice. coffee shops and other locations nationwide.

“People won’t like everything we do, but somebody will and at least we’re doing something. I think that’s where we’re lucky, we get to do something,” Michael said.

“I try to be more active…[I want] people to know what Innocent Words is and what we’re about. It’s a forum to raise awareness.”

On the Innocent Words Web site, Michael lists an array of charities to help out and ways to get involved.

Many of the charities Michael supports are health problems he, or someone he know, battles.

“Troy’s integrity is impeccable. Everything he does is for the right reasons,” said Kimble. “Anything we can One of Troy Michael’s favorite photographers, Charles do to help him install that Peterson, donated the cover art for More Ways Than Three. integrity and vision in young Peterson spent most of the ’90s photographing the Seattle people [we will].” music scene and has done over 300 CD covers, including ones Lorenzo Goetz, Terminus for Pearl Jam and Nirvana.

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Miles Davis A Tribute to Jack Johnson [Re-release] Columbia

By Kyle Gorman

Columbia Records, which owns almost all of Miles Davis’

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recordings from his emergence as a leader onward, is known for dubious (read: monetarily motivated) re-releases of said artist’s catalog. It is hard to impinge the label’s character, however, for making available something like Jack Johnson, the forgotten soundtrack to a forgotten documentary about a boxer largely forgotten in this day, his name stolen from the public consciousness by a surfer bum with an acoustic guitar.Absent of the yellow stickers on the jewel case, which might proclaim, for example, “a fusion masterpiece” or “still relevant” (high praise for a modern aficionado of this era of jazz), this record has little modern pretense, considering the auspicious settings which it was recorded in.

For those not familiar with Jack Johnson, a short history.

He was the first black world champion heavyweight in 1908; naturally, race is the biggest element in his story. His opponents were repeatedly titled the “Great White Hope” and his gaudy style (fast cars, opera, steak and white women), which impinged upon contemporary notions of white dominance, eventually caught up to him when he was jailed on a technicality involving a white girlfriend. As legend (and song) goes, he attempted to buy a first-class ticket on the maiden voyage of the doomed Titanic, the race-influenced denial of his request a blessing in disguise when the ship sank. He died in a car crash.

It’s no surprise, then, that Davis felt a parallel to the legend. Miles’ interest in boxing, white women and autos are superficial in comparison to what Davis really believed about the moral of the modern fable, likely seeing himself in the

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Miles Davis Kind of Blue [Re-release] Columbia

BY IMRAN SIDDIQUEE

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First and foremost, let me just expound on the wonders of DualDisc technology.

What they do is put an album on one side of the disc and on the other you have a DVD, usually containing music videos and other neat stuff, all off which can play in your CD or DVD player. A multitude of multimedia options, all packaged into one shiny round disc!

One of the first albums that Columbia has decided to give the DualDisc makeover is Miles Davis’s landmark jazz album Kind of Blue. From the virtuosity of Davis himself to the soothing tenor saxophone of John Coltrane, everything has been restored to a crisp, clean sound.This is the definitive version of the album and combined with the insight offered by the DVD material it is a must-have for any fan of great music.

Joining Coltrane and Davis on Kind of Blue are five now-legendary musicians in the prime of their careers: alto saxophonist Julian Adderley, pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb.

Together they formed a sort of supergroup, all following the lead of Davis and his unique style.

The music here is undeniably catchy, from the opening of the first track “So What,” Davis will have your feet tapping.

The track has become a standard of modern jazz music, with its sublime improvisation over the re-occurring melody of the trumpet. The songs are on average over nine minutes, but they never feel long, they all seem to progress and move until they have nowhere left to go.

Most of the material here was recorded in one take, with only minimal direction from Davis and his songwriting.The free feel of the recording is evident on “Freddie Freeloader,” which soars with Wynton Kelly’s swinging piano. Each song contains at least one or two unforgettable solos, pieces of music that stay in your head for days.

The new recording features an alternate take on “Flamenco Sketches,” recorded during the original sessions.

Each song began with a basic melody and frame but was then let to expand in the minds of the musicians.The alternate version goes in another, equally magnificent, direction than the original and demonstrates the genius of Davis and his band mates. It seems as if they could play forever without every faltering.

Kind of Blue continues to sell thousands of records years after its release and is a testament to the power of creativity.

Though few recognize the significance of Davis and his jazz techniques in modern music or the continued jazz movement, it is consoling to know that almost anyone can appreciate the beauty of this music. It is among the few records that can open your mind to a whole new style of song.

This album will make you love jazz.

story. Having been commissioned to create a score for a documentary on the boxer, Miles and producer Teo Macero began work on several recoding sessions in early 1970. Jack Johnson mainly features music recorded after the complete breakup of Miles’ seminal Second Quintet.The music kicks “Right Off ” with backbeats from the incredibly accomplished Billy Cobham; Michael Henderson, the first electric bassist to play with Davis, plays recklessly with funk while Scottish guitarist John McLaughlin is reckless with the blues.

The somewhat sloppy cut-and-paste of Macero threads in everything from Johnson’s voice to samples of older Davis recordings to a somewhat distracting effect. To truly understand the sound, the listener might want to consider a stopwatch and notebook and is advised to take notes. Overrated saxist Steve Grossman is cloying on soprano, and Herbie Hancock, having departed from the quintet, is conspicuous in a ornamental guest solo on Farfisa organ, an instrument long relegated to retro-chic movie scores. Despite all the distractions, though, what stands out is some innovative playing from McLaughlin and Davis, the likes of which each man only came close to in the next 10 years.

A Tribute To Jack Johnson lays bare Miles’ claims to understanding pop music: though he may have understood James Brown, Prince, and hip-hop, his ‘70s rock doesn’t envision the precision of the late ‘70s, the new wave, or even create a seamless listen.There’s too much music in this music to create a familiar listening experience for most.Where Davis fails as a pop star is his innate sophistication, even in most raw of fusion. With the exception of some slight tweaks, the dark, cagey studio sound that Macero and Davis used throughout the era is preserved. Despite that, the re-release is justified, as there really isn’t anything quite like this record.

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There are very few people in the world who would disagree that jazz chameleon Miles Davis did not so much play standards as infuse them with a sparkling brilliance in a style that was entirely his own.

My Funny Valentine presents a beautifully recorded 1964 concert with tenor saxophonist George Coleman and a rhythm section made up of younger players who have long since made their own marks on the jazz world: Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums, the latter just 18 years old at the time (a point nobody seems to be able to resist making).

Each of the five tracks repackaged here is executed with precision and grace and somehow made to sound effortless in spite of the level of constant, concentrated attention to detail the group evinces.

Davis’s tone is, as usual, mellow in the midrange and intense without being harsh in the upper levels, and he uses a Harmon mute (something of a trademark sound for Davis) for a good portion of the album, as well. This recording is an example of how great a group of musicians can sound together on a really good

night: everything fits together, they feed off of each others’ ideas, and the parts all mesh together, weaving in and out of grooves and chord changes.

Of four standards included here, my personal favorite on this album is a caffeinated version of one of Davis’s own compositions: the perennial classic “All Blues,” which has itself become a staple of the jazz repertoire. Other highlights include Hancock’s introspective introductions to “Stella by Starlight” and the title track, Coleman’s alternately playful and impassioned solo on “All Of You,” as well as the shifts in tone color and rhythm occurring throughout the album that are brought about through Carter’s and Williams’ interaction. If jazz is primarily a conversation, the five players here are having a lively one and enjoying every minute of it.

The album itself is a one-disc remastered re-release of a 40-year-old LP double record of the same name, and this is its first time appearing on CD as it was on vinyl (there has also been a CD release of this recording that includes bonus material). It includes new liner notes by bassist Ron Carter in addition to the original ones by jazz writer Nat Hentoff. The album is most definitely worth listening to but if you already have another version, this one is not necessary.

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Herbie Hancock, a member of Davis’ rhythm section on two of these recordings, will be playing as Directions In Music at 7:30 pm on Saturday, March 5, at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The show also features Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone and Roy Hargrove on trumpet.

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Meetings, Discussions, Lectures Theologian Barbara Rossing [author of "The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation," speaks on issues of hope, as well as destruction] Krannert Art Museum 2pm, free Artists @ Krannert [Join internationally recognized British artist Hamish Fulton for a walk as he prepares to create an installation at Krannert Art Museum] Meet at KAM Peabody entrance, 1pm, free

!"#$%&$'()* Live Music Jazz Jam with ParaDacs The Iron Post, 7-10pm, TBA Quadremedy [rock] Tommy G's, 10pm, free Ear Candy Nargile, TBA, free

The Canopy Club, 9pm, free DJ Delayney [hip hop, soul] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ Resonate [hip hop, R&B, lounge] Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free DJ Bozak [hip hop and other soulful beats] Boltini, 10:30pm, free Meetings, Discussions, Lectures Community Forum: What the War in Iraq is Doing to our Multi-Cultrual and Multi-Enthnic Society” Urbana Civic Center 7:30pm, free

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Live Music My Masterpiece Will Be a Burning Museum Courtyard Cafe 8pm, free Open Jam/Open Mic hosted by Mike Armintrout The Canopy Club, 9pm 21+/free, under 21 $2 The Crystal River Band [country] Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, free Adam Wolfe's Acoustic Night with Jess Greelee Tommy G's, 10pm, free Open Stage Espresso Royale Goodwin & Oregon 8pm, free Kate Hathaway Band White Horse Inn 10pm, free U of I Jazz Faculty Concert: Chip McNeill, Joan Hickey, Chip Stevens, Dana Hall, Glenn Wilson, Ron Bridgewater The Iron Post, 9pm, TBA DJ DJ Sophisto [house] Barfly, 10pm, free Subversion: DJ ZoZo, DJ Evily, DJ TwinScin [industrial, darkwave, electro] The Highdive, 10pm, $2 DJ Lil Big Bass Boltini, 10:30pm, free Karaoke "G" Force Karaoke Neil St. Pub 8pm-12am, free Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo's Chill and Grill 9pm, free

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ART EXHIBITS – ON VIEW NOW “My Body is My Billboard” [exhibition and sale of artist-made T-shirts designed by local artists] OPENSOURCE, through Feb. 27 Free, but donations are appreciated.

assumptions, hierarchies, and reactions associated with the museum experience] Krannert Art Museum through March 27 Tue, Thu-Sat 9am5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm Suggested Donation: $3

“Here Again” [Teresa Gale. a story told in daily installments of sound and distributed via the Internet. The IPRH featured work will include an expansion of the original 2004 installment.]

IPRH March 2 - April 22, Opening Reception on March 3, 7-9pm Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm www.iprh.uiuc.edu

“Over + Over: Passion for Process” [art inspired by the arts and crafts movement, including meticulous hand-beading, sewing, quilting, silhouette cutting, collaging, and collecting] Krannert Art Museum through April 3 Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 25pm Suggested Donation: $3

“From Which We Came” [paintings by Michael Sherfield and Jessie Knox] Cinema Gallery through March 26 Tues-Sat 10am-4pm

“State Of The Art 2005 National Biennial Watercolor Invitational” Parkland Art Gallery through April 6 Reception: Feb. 24, 5-8pm in the Gallery Lounge. Mon-Fri 10am–3pm, Mon-Thur 6–8pm, Sat 12pm–2pm

“People in Motion” Humanities Lecture Hall, IPRH through Feb 25 Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm, free, www.iprh.uiuc.edu “Apocalypse Then: Images of Destruction, Prophecy, and Judgment from Dürer to the Twentieth Century” Krannert Art Museum through April 3 Tue, Thu-Sat 9am5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm Suggested Donation: $3

Paintings from Todd McCannon Cafe Kopi through February Open 7 days a week, 7am-midnight

“Laws of Abstraction” [challenges the

“The Butterfly on Books” [A special exhibition of bookplates selected & curated by Dr. Yu (Ian) Wang] Pages for All Ages through Feb. 28 Mon-Thurs 9am-10pm, Fri-Sat 9am-11pm, Sun 10am-9pm

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Are you ready for something completely different? No, really. Then head to Krannert Art museum this Friday at 7pm to hear as percussionist Jason Finkelman’s improvisional Nu Orbit meets Ear Doctor, an indescribably talented band who are making some of the most exciting jazz around by simply avoiding the cliches of modern jazz. The combined ensemble features saxes, percussion, flute, keyboard and tuba. Pay close attention to hear obtuse but brilliant rearrangements of classics and plenty of original compositions, including those by keyboardist and host of WEFT’s Mellifluous Cacophony, Tom Paynter. Be ready to see what happens when so much talent and innovation are combined.

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February 24 Live Music Joshua Scott Jones [folk & rock covers & orinals] Marianne's Restaurant 6pm, free Acoustic Music Series: Joni Laurence, Josh Harty Aroma, 8pm, free Kayla Brown Boltini, 8-10pm, free Will Hoge, Elsinore, Mike Ingram The Canopy Club, 9pm, $6 U of I #2 Big Band featuring Jeff Helgesen The Iron Post, 9pm, TBA Caleb Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, free Quadremedy [rock] Tommy G's, 9pm, free Chambana [jazz] Zorba's 9:30pm-12:30am, $3 Deuce High, Ambitious Pie Party Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $3 DJ DJ J-Phlip [house] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ Bozak [hip hop and other soulful beats] Boltini, 10:30pm, free House Party [house] Nargile, TBA Karaoke "G" Force Karaoke Pia's of Rantoul 9pm-1am, free Dancing UIUC Swing Society McKinley Foundation 9:30pm-12am, free Fitness Belly Dance for Fitness The Fitness Center Champaign, 8pm, $7-$9 Belly Dance for Fitness Gold’s Gym, Champaign 7:30pm, $7-$9 Wine Tasting Krannert Uncorked Krannert Art Center Lobby 5pm, free Theater Candide [sung in English]

Tyron Festival Theater 7:30pm, $18-$20 Great Expectations Colwell Playhouse 7:30pm, $12-$13

February 25 Live Music The Noisy Gators Cowboy Monkey 5pm, $2 Alchymist The Phoenix, 9:30pm, free Jeff Helgesen Quintet The Iron Post, 5pm, TBA The Prairie Dogs Tommy G's, 5-7pm, free Blame Twilight, Divide

by Zero, Give Her A Zerbert, Our Bride To Be Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, 6pm, $5 Solafide, Greenwood, Bastian Wake the Dead Cafe 6pm, $6 American Minor, Redwalls, Addison The Highdive 7:30-10pm, $5 Slippery When Wet, Omnipresent, Fireflies, Fire Bomb Heart TJ's, 7:30pm, $5 Shane Reichart, Ryan Groff [folk & rock originals & covers] Marianne's Restaurant 8pm, free Murder By Death, The Snake The Cross The Crown, Waking Ashland, Speedwell Courtyard Cafe, 8:30pm $5/students, $7/non The Big Wu, Groovatron The Canopy Club, 9pm, $8 Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, $1 NIL8, The Pimps, The Timmys Friends & Co. 10pm, $3 Jiggsaw, The Frames.

The Chemicals The Iron Post, 10pm, $3 Wildside [Motley Crue tribute band], Swollen Tommy G's, 10pm, TBA Elsinore White Horse Inn, 10pm, free Apollo Project, Aminate Objects Nargile, TBA Ian Hobson [piano]

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Foellinger Great Hall $2-$6, 7:30pm DJ Salsa and Steppers: DJ Bris Mueller, DJ Delayney Cowboy Monkey, 9pm, $5 DJ Bozak [hip hop, downtempo] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ Lil Big Bass Boltini, 10pm, free DJ Tim Williams [hip hop, house, top 40 dance] The Highdive 10:30pm, $5 Nu Orbit, joined by Dan Honnold and Jerry Shelato [of Ear Doctor] Krannert Art Museum 7pm, free Dancing Tango Lesson & Practice Verde Gallery, 7-9pm $5 Theater Candide [sung in English] Tyron Festival Theater 7:30pm, $18-$20 Great Expectations Colwell Playhouse 7:30pm, $12-$13

Dancing Nightclub Dancing with Linda Oldham [swing, hustle, salsa] Cowboy Monkey 6:30pm, free C-U Dance Arts Presents “An Evening of Dance” Virginia Theatre, 7pm $5/child/sr, $8/adult

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this week in music ready to get back in the groove. His de facto homecoming gig is Sunday at The Iron Post with bandmate Brandon T. Washington.

Show time is 9 p.m., and the two will perform acoustic versions of Temple of Low Men songs, among others.

Also Sunday, Short and Sweet plays with Local H and Broken Day at The Canopy Club. Short and Sweet is the new band of Justin Slazinik of Sullen, a St. Louis hard-rock trio with ties to Champaign-Urbana that broke up suddenly last year. This is the fourth-ever Short and Sweet show. Show time is 9 p.m., and cover is $12, or $10 in advance.

Tuesday, Courtyard Café hosts the first of two shows next month by My Masterpiece Will Be a Burning Museum, “the Spinal Tap of hardcore.” Little is known about the band except that it is an offshoot of the short-lived Linus Pauling Trio and promotes itself with babies, puppies and unicorns. A spokesman for Courtyard Café said he expected “big dice, dodgeball and Mad Libs.” Show time is 8 p.m., and admission is free.

Next week: Darrin Drda's Theory of Everything CD release show!

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

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Veteran rockers Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren have announced a tour running from April 13 to May 21 making a stop in Chicago on May at the Cadillac Palace Theatre.

The Silver Jews’ latest LP, tentatively titled Tanglewood Numbers, is currently being completed and will most likely see store shelves in July via Drag City.

The album features contributions from Stephen Malkmus, Will Oldham and Bobby Bare Jr., among others. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will be heading out on a big ol’ tour from M a rc h 3 0 t o April 30 including a spot at Urbana’s own The Canopy Club on April 21.

w H at tH e He L L? MOMENT OF THE WEEK As both stars are starring in the upcoming film adaptation of Dukes of Hazzard, which is sure to be a cinematic masterstroke, Willie Nelson and Jessica Simpson are set to duet on a song for the film’s soundtrack. Although, NORML might lose a spokesperson, Willie should really stop hittin’ the bong so hard because this must have sounded like a good idea to him.

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Karaoke "G" Force Karaoke Sappy's on Devenshire 9pm-12am, free

February 26 Live Music Innocent Words Comp Release Show: Lorenzo Goetz, Terminus Victor, Cameron McGill The Highdive, 7pm, $5 Lucky Boys Confusion, The Dog & Everything, Inept, Aujalyn The Canopy Club, 8pm $10/advance, $13/door Corkscrew After Dark: Simone da Silva Corkscrew, 9pm, free Spiral Seisiun The Iron Post, 9pm, TBA Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, $1 Candy Foster and Shades of Blue [blues, R&B, soul] Cowboy Monkey 9:30pm, $4 JAB [rock covers] Tommy G's, 10pm, $3 s o u n d s

five-week internship at Compass Records in Nashville, in plenty of time for her March 10 show with Patty Larkin and Catie Curtis at Virginia Theatre. A more intimate alternative, or hors d'oeuvre, is her warm-up tonight at Arôma with singer-songwriter Josh Harty.

This is a free show from 8 to 10, and the pair plays again tomorrow at United States of Mind in Indianapolis. Also tonight, singer-songwriter Will Hoge plays Champaign-Urbana for the first time at The Canopy Club with Elsinore and Mike Ingram. Show time is 9, and cover is $6.

Saturday, Corkscrew After Dark presents bossa nova artist Simone da Silva. Backed by members of Desafinado, she will sing old and new Brazilian songs.This is an all-ages, smoke-free show, and as always, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are available by the glass. This is another free show from 8 to 10 pm.

Wonder where Temple of Low Men has been since its show Nov. 11 with Lorenzo Goetz and The Swell? Not only did drummer Ian Shepherd move to Iowa last year, but guitarist Anthony “Tito” Gravino has spent an extended period in the Philippines.

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DJ Masque Rave Ball: DJ Eric, DarkMadChild Wake the Dead Cafe 6pm, TBA DJ Resonate [hip hop] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ Limbs [hip hop, soul, dance] Boltini, 10pm, free DJ Tim Williams [hip hop, house, top 40 dance] The Highdive 10:30pm, $5 DJ Bozak, DJ Sophistico [hip hop, house, old school] Nargile, TBA

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Theater Candide [sung in English] Tyron Festival Theater 7:30pm, $18-$20 Great Expectations Colwell Playhouse 7:30pm, $12-$13 Family International Festival: A World Culture Under One Roof [demos & displays from local cultural groups] Krannert Center Lobby, 11:30am-4:30pm, free

February 27 Live Music Local H, Broken Day, Short and Sweet The Canopy Club, 9pm, $10/advance, $12/door Anthony Gravino, Brandon T. Washington [acoustic Temple of Low Men andother songs] The Iron Post, 9pm, TBA The Crystal River Band

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Are you ready for something completely different? No, really. Then head to Krannert Art museum this Friday at 7pm to hear as percussionist Jason Finkelman’s improvisional Nu Orbit meets Ear Doctor, an indescribably talented band who are making some of the most exciting jazz around by simply avoiding the cliches of modern jazz. The combined ensemble features saxes, percussion, flute, keyboard and tuba. Pay close attention to hear obtuse but brilliant rearrangements of classics and plenty of original compositions, including those by keyboardist and host of WEFT’s Mellifluous Cacophony, Tom Paynter. Be ready to see what happens when so much talent and innovation are combined.

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February 24 Live Music Joshua Scott Jones [folk & rock covers & orinals] Marianne's Restaurant 6pm, free Acoustic Music Series: Joni Laurence, Josh Harty Aroma, 8pm, free Kayla Brown Boltini, 8-10pm, free Will Hoge, Elsinore, Mike Ingram The Canopy Club, 9pm, $6 U of I #2 Big Band featuring Jeff Helgesen The Iron Post, 9pm, TBA Caleb Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, free Quadremedy [rock] Tommy G's, 9pm, free Chambana [jazz] Zorba's 9:30pm-12:30am, $3 Deuce High, Ambitious Pie Party Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $3 DJ DJ J-Phlip [house] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ Bozak [hip hop and other soulful beats] Boltini, 10:30pm, free House Party [house] Nargile, TBA Karaoke "G" Force Karaoke Pia's of Rantoul 9pm-1am, free Dancing UIUC Swing Society McKinley Foundation 9:30pm-12am, free Fitness Belly Dance for Fitness The Fitness Center Champaign, 8pm, $7-$9 Belly Dance for Fitness Gold’s Gym, Champaign 7:30pm, $7-$9 Wine Tasting Krannert Uncorked Krannert Art Center Lobby 5pm, free Theater Candide [sung in English]

Tyron Festival Theater 7:30pm, $18-$20 Great Expectations Colwell Playhouse 7:30pm, $12-$13

February 25 Live Music The Noisy Gators Cowboy Monkey 5pm, $2 Alchymist The Phoenix, 9:30pm, free Jeff Helgesen Quintet The Iron Post, 5pm, TBA The Prairie Dogs Tommy G's, 5-7pm, free Blame Twilight, Divide

by Zero, Give Her A Zerbert, Our Bride To Be Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, 6pm, $5 Solafide, Greenwood, Bastian Wake the Dead Cafe 6pm, $6 American Minor, Redwalls, Addison The Highdive 7:30-10pm, $5 Slippery When Wet, Omnipresent, Fireflies, Fire Bomb Heart TJ's, 7:30pm, $5 Shane Reichart, Ryan Groff [folk & rock originals & covers] Marianne's Restaurant 8pm, free Murder By Death, The Snake The Cross The Crown, Waking Ashland, Speedwell Courtyard Cafe, 8:30pm $5/students, $7/non The Big Wu, Groovatron The Canopy Club, 9pm, $8 Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, $1 NIL8, The Pimps, The Timmys Friends & Co. 10pm, $3 Jiggsaw, The Frames.

The Chemicals The Iron Post, 10pm, $3 Wildside [Motley Crue tribute band], Swollen Tommy G's, 10pm, TBA Elsinore White Horse Inn, 10pm, free Apollo Project, Aminate Objects Nargile, TBA Ian Hobson [piano]

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Dancing Nightclub Dancing with Linda Oldham [swing, hustle, salsa] Cowboy Monkey 6:30pm, free C-U Dance Arts Presents “An Evening of Dance” Virginia Theatre, 7pm $5/child/sr, $8/adult

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this week in music ready to get back in the groove. His de facto homecoming gig is Sunday at The Iron Post with bandmate Brandon T. Washington.

Show time is 9 p.m., and the two will perform acoustic versions of Temple of Low Men songs, among others.

Also Sunday, Short and Sweet plays with Local H and Broken Day at The Canopy Club. Short and Sweet is the new band of Justin Slazinik of Sullen, a St. Louis hard-rock trio with ties to Champaign-Urbana that broke up suddenly last year. This is the fourth-ever Short and Sweet show. Show time is 9 p.m., and cover is $12, or $10 in advance.

Tuesday, Courtyard Café hosts the first of two shows next month by My Masterpiece Will Be a Burning Museum, “the Spinal Tap of hardcore.” Little is known about the band except that it is an offshoot of the short-lived Linus Pauling Trio and promotes itself with babies, puppies and unicorns. A spokesman for Courtyard Café said he expected “big dice, dodgeball and Mad Libs.” Show time is 8 p.m., and admission is free.

Next week: Darrin Drda's Theory of Everything CD release show!

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

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The Silver Jews’ latest LP, tentatively titled Tanglewood Numbers, is currently being completed and will most likely see store shelves in July via Drag City.

The album features contributions from Stephen Malkmus, Will Oldham and Bobby Bare Jr., among others. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will be heading out on a big ol’ tour from M a rc h 3 0 t o April 30 including a spot at Urbana’s own The Canopy Club on April 21.

w H at tH e He L L? MOMENT OF THE WEEK As both stars are starring in the upcoming film adaptation of Dukes of Hazzard, which is sure to be a cinematic masterstroke, Willie Nelson and Jessica Simpson are set to duet on a song for the film’s soundtrack. Although, NORML might lose a spokesperson, Willie should really stop hittin’ the bong so hard because this must have sounded like a good idea to him.

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Karaoke "G" Force Karaoke Sappy's on Devenshire 9pm-12am, free

February 26 Live Music Innocent Words Comp Release Show: Lorenzo Goetz, Terminus Victor, Cameron McGill The Highdive, 7pm, $5 Lucky Boys Confusion, The Dog & Everything, Inept, Aujalyn The Canopy Club, 8pm $10/advance, $13/door Corkscrew After Dark: Simone da Silva Corkscrew, 9pm, free Spiral Seisiun The Iron Post, 9pm, TBA Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, $1 Candy Foster and Shades of Blue [blues, R&B, soul] Cowboy Monkey 9:30pm, $4 JAB [rock covers] Tommy G's, 10pm, $3 s o u n d s

five-week internship at Compass Records in Nashville, in plenty of time for her March 10 show with Patty Larkin and Catie Curtis at Virginia Theatre. A more intimate alternative, or hors d'oeuvre, is her warm-up tonight at Arôma with singer-songwriter Josh Harty.

This is a free show from 8 to 10, and the pair plays again tomorrow at United States of Mind in Indianapolis. Also tonight, singer-songwriter Will Hoge plays Champaign-Urbana for the first time at The Canopy Club with Elsinore and Mike Ingram. Show time is 9, and cover is $6.

Saturday, Corkscrew After Dark presents bossa nova artist Simone da Silva. Backed by members of Desafinado, she will sing old and new Brazilian songs.This is an all-ages, smoke-free show, and as always, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are available by the glass. This is another free show from 8 to 10 pm.

Wonder where Temple of Low Men has been since its show Nov. 11 with Lorenzo Goetz and The Swell? Not only did drummer Ian Shepherd move to Iowa last year, but guitarist Anthony “Tito” Gravino has spent an extended period in the Philippines.

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Theater Candide [sung in English] Tyron Festival Theater 7:30pm, $18-$20 Great Expectations Colwell Playhouse 7:30pm, $12-$13 Family International Festival: A World Culture Under One Roof [demos & displays from local cultural groups] Krannert Center Lobby, 11:30am-4:30pm, free

February 27 Live Music Local H, Broken Day, Short and Sweet The Canopy Club, 9pm, $10/advance, $12/door Anthony Gravino, Brandon T. Washington [acoustic Temple of Low Men andother songs] The Iron Post, 9pm, TBA The Crystal River Band

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recordings from his emergence as a leader onward, is known for dubious (read: monetarily motivated) re-releases of said artist’s catalog. It is hard to impinge the label’s character, however, for making available something like Jack Johnson, the forgotten soundtrack to a forgotten documentary about a boxer largely forgotten in this day, his name stolen from the public consciousness by a surfer bum with an acoustic guitar.Absent of the yellow stickers on the jewel case, which might proclaim, for example, “a fusion masterpiece” or “still relevant” (high praise for a modern aficionado of this era of jazz), this record has little modern pretense, considering the auspicious settings which it was recorded in.

For those not familiar with Jack Johnson, a short history.

He was the first black world champion heavyweight in 1908; naturally, race is the biggest element in his story. His opponents were repeatedly titled the “Great White Hope” and his gaudy style (fast cars, opera, steak and white women), which impinged upon contemporary notions of white dominance, eventually caught up to him when he was jailed on a technicality involving a white girlfriend. As legend (and song) goes, he attempted to buy a first-class ticket on the maiden voyage of the doomed Titanic, the race-influenced denial of his request a blessing in disguise when the ship sank. He died in a car crash.

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First and foremost, let me just expound on the wonders of DualDisc technology.

What they do is put an album on one side of the disc and on the other you have a DVD, usually containing music videos and other neat stuff, all off which can play in your CD or DVD player. A multitude of multimedia options, all packaged into one shiny round disc!

One of the first albums that Columbia has decided to give the DualDisc makeover is Miles Davis’s landmark jazz album Kind of Blue. From the virtuosity of Davis himself to the soothing tenor saxophone of John Coltrane, everything has been restored to a crisp, clean sound.This is the definitive version of the album and combined with the insight offered by the DVD material it is a must-have for any fan of great music.

Joining Coltrane and Davis on Kind of Blue are five now-legendary musicians in the prime of their careers: alto saxophonist Julian Adderley, pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb.

Together they formed a sort of supergroup, all following the lead of Davis and his unique style.

The music here is undeniably catchy, from the opening of the first track “So What,” Davis will have your feet tapping.

The track has become a standard of modern jazz music, with its sublime improvisation over the re-occurring melody of the trumpet. The songs are on average over nine minutes, but they never feel long, they all seem to progress and move until they have nowhere left to go.

Most of the material here was recorded in one take, with only minimal direction from Davis and his songwriting.The free feel of the recording is evident on “Freddie Freeloader,” which soars with Wynton Kelly’s swinging piano. Each song contains at least one or two unforgettable solos, pieces of music that stay in your head for days.

The new recording features an alternate take on “Flamenco Sketches,” recorded during the original sessions.

Each song began with a basic melody and frame but was then let to expand in the minds of the musicians.The alternate version goes in another, equally magnificent, direction than the original and demonstrates the genius of Davis and his band mates. It seems as if they could play forever without every faltering.

Kind of Blue continues to sell thousands of records years after its release and is a testament to the power of creativity.

Though few recognize the significance of Davis and his jazz techniques in modern music or the continued jazz movement, it is consoling to know that almost anyone can appreciate the beauty of this music. It is among the few records that can open your mind to a whole new style of song.

This album will make you love jazz.

story. Having been commissioned to create a score for a documentary on the boxer, Miles and producer Teo Macero began work on several recoding sessions in early 1970. Jack Johnson mainly features music recorded after the complete breakup of Miles’ seminal Second Quintet.The music kicks “Right Off ” with backbeats from the incredibly accomplished Billy Cobham; Michael Henderson, the first electric bassist to play with Davis, plays recklessly with funk while Scottish guitarist John McLaughlin is reckless with the blues.

The somewhat sloppy cut-and-paste of Macero threads in everything from Johnson’s voice to samples of older Davis recordings to a somewhat distracting effect. To truly understand the sound, the listener might want to consider a stopwatch and notebook and is advised to take notes. Overrated saxist Steve Grossman is cloying on soprano, and Herbie Hancock, having departed from the quintet, is conspicuous in a ornamental guest solo on Farfisa organ, an instrument long relegated to retro-chic movie scores. Despite all the distractions, though, what stands out is some innovative playing from McLaughlin and Davis, the likes of which each man only came close to in the next 10 years.

A Tribute To Jack Johnson lays bare Miles’ claims to understanding pop music: though he may have understood James Brown, Prince, and hip-hop, his ‘70s rock doesn’t envision the precision of the late ‘70s, the new wave, or even create a seamless listen.There’s too much music in this music to create a familiar listening experience for most.Where Davis fails as a pop star is his innate sophistication, even in most raw of fusion. With the exception of some slight tweaks, the dark, cagey studio sound that Macero and Davis used throughout the era is preserved. Despite that, the re-release is justified, as there really isn’t anything quite like this record.

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There are very few people in the world who would disagree that jazz chameleon Miles Davis did not so much play standards as infuse them with a sparkling brilliance in a style that was entirely his own.

My Funny Valentine presents a beautifully recorded 1964 concert with tenor saxophonist George Coleman and a rhythm section made up of younger players who have long since made their own marks on the jazz world: Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums, the latter just 18 years old at the time (a point nobody seems to be able to resist making).

Each of the five tracks repackaged here is executed with precision and grace and somehow made to sound effortless in spite of the level of constant, concentrated attention to detail the group evinces.

Davis’s tone is, as usual, mellow in the midrange and intense without being harsh in the upper levels, and he uses a Harmon mute (something of a trademark sound for Davis) for a good portion of the album, as well. This recording is an example of how great a group of musicians can sound together on a really good

night: everything fits together, they feed off of each others’ ideas, and the parts all mesh together, weaving in and out of grooves and chord changes.

Of four standards included here, my personal favorite on this album is a caffeinated version of one of Davis’s own compositions: the perennial classic “All Blues,” which has itself become a staple of the jazz repertoire. Other highlights include Hancock’s introspective introductions to “Stella by Starlight” and the title track, Coleman’s alternately playful and impassioned solo on “All Of You,” as well as the shifts in tone color and rhythm occurring throughout the album that are brought about through Carter’s and Williams’ interaction. If jazz is primarily a conversation, the five players here are having a lively one and enjoying every minute of it.

The album itself is a one-disc remastered re-release of a 40-year-old LP double record of the same name, and this is its first time appearing on CD as it was on vinyl (there has also been a CD release of this recording that includes bonus material). It includes new liner notes by bassist Ron Carter in addition to the original ones by jazz writer Nat Hentoff. The album is most definitely worth listening to but if you already have another version, this one is not necessary.

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Herbie Hancock, a member of Davis’ rhythm section on two of these recordings, will be playing as Directions In Music at 7:30 pm on Saturday, March 5, at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The show also features Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone and Roy Hargrove on trumpet.

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The Canopy Club, 9pm, free DJ Delayney [hip hop, soul] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ Resonate [hip hop, R&B, lounge] Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free DJ Bozak [hip hop and other soulful beats] Boltini, 10:30pm, free Meetings, Discussions, Lectures Community Forum: What the War in Iraq is Doing to our Multi-Cultrual and Multi-Enthnic Society” Urbana Civic Center 7:30pm, free

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ART EXHIBITS – ON VIEW NOW “My Body is My Billboard” [exhibition and sale of artist-made T-shirts designed by local artists] OPENSOURCE, through Feb. 27 Free, but donations are appreciated.

assumptions, hierarchies, and reactions associated with the museum experience] Krannert Art Museum through March 27 Tue, Thu-Sat 9am5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm Suggested Donation: $3

“Here Again” [Teresa Gale. a story told in daily installments of sound and distributed via the Internet. The IPRH featured work will include an expansion of the original 2004 installment.]

IPRH March 2 - April 22, Opening Reception on March 3, 7-9pm Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm www.iprh.uiuc.edu

“Over + Over: Passion for Process” [art inspired by the arts and crafts movement, including meticulous hand-beading, sewing, quilting, silhouette cutting, collaging, and collecting] Krannert Art Museum through April 3 Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 25pm Suggested Donation: $3

“From Which We Came” [paintings by Michael Sherfield and Jessie Knox] Cinema Gallery through March 26 Tues-Sat 10am-4pm

“State Of The Art 2005 National Biennial Watercolor Invitational” Parkland Art Gallery through April 6 Reception: Feb. 24, 5-8pm in the Gallery Lounge. Mon-Fri 10am–3pm, Mon-Thur 6–8pm, Sat 12pm–2pm

“People in Motion” Humanities Lecture Hall, IPRH through Feb 25 Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm, free, www.iprh.uiuc.edu “Apocalypse Then: Images of Destruction, Prophecy, and Judgment from Dürer to the Twentieth Century” Krannert Art Museum through April 3 Tue, Thu-Sat 9am5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm Suggested Donation: $3

Paintings from Todd McCannon Cafe Kopi through February Open 7 days a week, 7am-midnight

“Laws of Abstraction” [challenges the

“The Butterfly on Books” [A special exhibition of bookplates selected & curated by Dr. Yu (Ian) Wang] Pages for All Ages through Feb. 28 Mon-Thurs 9am-10pm, Fri-Sat 9am-11pm, Sun 10am-9pm

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Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard counsels aspiring authors to hone their chops by immersing themselves in scenes that aren't right in front of them. "Write about winter in the summer," she says. "Describe Dublin as James Joyce did, from a desk in Paris. Willa Cather wrote her prairie novels in New York City; Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn in Hartford." Even if you're not a writer, Sagittarius, I suggest you do something similar. Identify a time in your past that has always mystified you or rendered you dumb. Dive into those memories with the intention of making them sing for you; rethink all the perplexing moments until you transform them into a beacon.

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To be in maximum alignment with the cosmic trends, go to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and commune with the painting "Peach Tree in Blossom" while sipping peach blossom wine and thinking deep thoughts about the parts of you that are like peach blossoms. Here's another possibility: Travel to a place where actual peach blossoms are blooming and meditate on why the Chinese consider this flower the most auspicious of plants. If you can't manage either of those actions, Virgo, please at least find images of peach blossoms on the Internet and gaze at them as you muse fondly of the delicate young aspects of your life that most need your love and care.

Are you familiar with the revolution that was hatched on a toilet? Famed theologian Martin Luther (1483-1546) didn't suffer from writer's block so much as chronic constipation. He formulated "The 95 Theses," the tract that launched the Protestant Reformation, while sitting on a stone commode in his home. Be inspired by Luther, Capricorn: Turn a place where you feel limited into a power spot. You don't have to be feeling peppy and chipper in order to light fires under everyone's butts, including your own.

LIBRA

Austrian Prince Pal Antal Esterhazy (1786-1866) was renowned for his extravagance. Roaming across Europe for decades in a constant state of vacation, he squandered his stupendous fortune. In one infamous stunt, he removed a priceless Titian painting from its frame and had it made into the lining for his coat. In bringing this to your attention, Aquarius, I don't mean to imply that you're as profligate as Esterhazy. But there is a way in which you're being as casual with one of your valuable assets as he was with his Titian. Fix this glitch, please.

(April 20-May 20)

How long do you want to live? Before you answer, remember that thousands of scientists are engaged in research to crack the code of the aging process. They will ultimately make breakthroughs that could allow you to be healthy and vigorous for many more decades. In the meantime, the astrological omens suggest this is a perfect moment to meditate on what you can personally do to promote your own longevity. What habits of mind and body can you cultivate that will keep you forever fresh? And now I drink a toast to your coffin, Taurus. May it be fashioned of lumber obtained from a hundred-year-old cypress tree whose seed will be planted this week.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20)

"If there is anything I'm trying to incorporate into my strategy of governing, it's a willingness to make mistakes, a willingness to try new things," San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom told AP writer Lisa Leff. "I'm probably as proud of my failures as I am of what someone deems my successes." I suggest you emulate Newsom's approach in the coming weeks, Gemini. Don't bother with timid experiments that you feel tempted to apologize for; don't mess around with half-assed tinkering. Rather, be candid and humble as you try daring changes that may or may not work.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22)

"Religion is like a knife," Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu told Msnbc.com. "When you use a knife for cutting up bread to prepare sandwiches, a knife is good. If you use the same knife to stick into somebody's guts, a knife is bad." Let's use his idea as a seed for your horoscope, Cancerian. Are there any aspects of your spirituality that are rooted in anger, hatred, or intolerance? Are there other aspects that move you to see the best in everyone and do what you can to promote their welfare? From an astrological perspective, it's a perfect moment to be totally honest with yourself as you take an inventory of the nature and effects of your religious inclinations.

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Fairy tales are full of characters who suffer loss and hardship for trying to be something they're not. If they ever change their ways and accept the truth about themselves, their luck improves dramatically. It's interesting, then, to contemplate the fact that our culture adores film and TV actors, who specialize in pretending to be someone other than who they really are. Do you buy into our collective obsession, Libra? If so, I urge you to cut way back in the coming weeks. You need to be careful about exposing yourself to all influences that might encourage you to be something you're not.

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(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Burning Man, the annual festival in the Nevada desert, is experiencing a crisis. Some long-term supporters are unhappy about the direction it has taken in recent years. Chicken John Rinaldi told the San Francisco Chronicle that it used to be a joyfully chaotic jubilee of surprising art, but lately has turned into a mindless party and "giant group hug--a petting zoo for overweight people in their mid-40s." At the next Burning Man in August, Rinaldi hopes to restore what he sees as its radical mission. Is there a comparable development happening in your life, Scorpio? Has an institution or ideal you've held dear begun to decline or lose its way? I bet there is. So what are you waiting for? Go out and fix it; redeem it; revive its glory.

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It's a psychological trick that helps make a steep ascent easier: You stay focused on how much you've already accomplished rather than being overwhelmed by the heights that are ahead of you. I recommend that you try this yourself, Aries.

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hree years ago, Troy Michael, owner and founder of Innocent Words independent music magazine, got the idea to put out a compilation album to celebrate the one-year anniversary of his publication.

Michael, a self-described music geek since he was six years old, didn’t want to be just another indie magazine putting out another indie CD. “I don’t want to just put out a compilation, I wanna make some noise with it,” Michael said.

The result was the Innocent Words Records compilation for Riley’s Children’s Foundation, a fundraising group for Riley’s Children’s Hospital where Michael received treatment when he was a teenager.The third benefit album, More Ways Than Three, will be released March 1, but it will be available earlier at a release party at the Highdive tomorrow night.

Riley’s is a referral-based hospital dedicated solely to the care of children. Michael had his fair share of health problems growing up and in October 1986, he found out there was something wrong with his kidneys.After months of tests, he was referred to Riley’s Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis for a kidney transplant. He was 14 years old.

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On May 11, 1986, doctors at Riley’s transplanted a kidney donated from Michael’s mother into her son. It was Mother’s Day. “I want to give back to the hospital that basically saved my life,” Michael said. “I was in the hospital for 31 days and there was nothing to do.They had a recreation rroom, and I always went down there and just did whatever I could. That made an impression on me.”

Michael thought the best thing he could do for the patients was make sure they had an awesome recreation room for the kids to utilize during their stay.

“I could have just gave a check and said ‘Hey, here’s some money,” Michael said, but instead, he uses the money raised by the album to buy art supplies and books to stock the rec room.

“That’s Troy’s bag, he’s very creative himself,” said Scott Kimble, a close friend of Michael and member of Innocent Words band Terminus Victor.

“I go out and buy them art books and crayons and whatever and deliver them over myself,” Michael said.

Michael used the $300 raised by last year’s compilation album, A Warm Breath…And a Scream, to donate the complete collection of Calvin and Hobbes books to the hospital.

He’s also given a dozen or so art picture books and other supplies to help the kids kill time and encourage their artistic side.

Michael is glad he can use his record label to help out something so dear to him.

“This will be a yearly event until we can’t do it anymore—until we’re dead, or not a label,” Michael said, adding that’s he’s already planning next year’s comp.

This year’s album, More Ways Than Three, is the third volume in the Riley’s Benefit compilation series.The track list features Lorenzo Goetz, Terminus Victor, Triple Whip, Cameron McGill (a new Innocent Words artist) and nationally known artists such as Tegan & Sara and Ani DiFranco, who was also part of last year’s project.

Ani DiFranco’s participation in this project is more than just a song on the album.

She’s actually part of the reason Innocent Words Records and magazine even exists in the first place.

In 2001, Michael and longtime friend Victor and Cameron McGill will be playing Larry Gates went to an Ani DiFranco show at the More Ways Than Three release show.This in Indianapolis. Michael was inspired by her is Lorenzo Goetz’s third appearance on the get out there and do-it-yourself outlook, Riley’s benefit album and Terminus Victor’s and remembers her encouraging the audi- and Cameron McGill’s second—all with ence to think the same way. exclusive tracks. Gates said he’s glad to be “She’s 30 years old and built an empire,” given this opportunity. said Gates. “She started building a fan base “At the end of it all, you’ll either be on and now has her own label.” your death bed with regrets or know that “I had just turned 30, and she’s my age you did it,” Gates said. buzz too, and it was like ‘damn, look what she’s accomplished, and I’ve done shit,’” Michael More Ways Than Three will be available at said. He took a cue from DiFranco and got the show for $10, as well as at local CD started on the first issue of Innocent Words. retailers and online at www.innocentThe label was born a year later after the first words.com starting March 1. Proceeds from benefit album was released. album sales as well as the show will go to “I want to be different, more national, I benefit Riley’s Children’s Hospital. just don’t want to be another local maga- Innocent Words magazine is a free, bizine,” Michael said. He uses his record label monthly publication available at record stores, and magazine to give people a voice. coffee shops and other locations nationwide.

“People won’t like everything we do, but somebody will and at least we’re doing something. I think that’s where we’re lucky, we get to do something,” Michael said.

“I try to be more active…[I want] people to know what Innocent Words is and what we’re about. It’s a forum to raise awareness.”

On the Innocent Words Web site, Michael lists an array of charities to help out and ways to get involved.

Many of the charities Michael supports are health problems he, or someone he know, battles.

“Troy’s integrity is impeccable. Everything he does is for the right reasons,” said Kimble. “Anything we can One of Troy Michael’s favorite photographers, Charles do to help him install that Peterson, donated the cover art for More Ways Than Three. integrity and vision in young Peterson spent most of the ’90s photographing the Seattle people [we will].” music scene and has done over 300 CD covers, including ones Lorenzo Goetz, Terminus for Pearl Jam and Nirvana.

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uicide is terrible. It is shocking and full of a strange pain that seeps under the skin of every bystander, friend or stranger.The worst thing about its finality is that it is borne of a hopelessness or despair we have all known in some moment or anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;perhaps fleeting, perhaps a long struggle.As a writer, I find that this brutal experience touches every individual differently, but its grief is rather universal. Such a powerful act renders the survivors powerless. Its permanence sends us scrambling for each other, grasping at life and wounding ourselves in the process of clamoring for meaning in such a horrific circumstance. No matter the particulars, it is terribly violent, a charge of electrical current into the existence of those who remain after the victim has gone. We are paralyzed with an indecipherable fear, intoxicated by the irresolvable pain that it creates. No matter the details of a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sorrow, suicide always appears so senseless and cruel. How we wish to possess an omniscient compassion, an endless store of spiritual healing, to be able to go back and repair the irreparable.Though we love to believe in youth and courage and freedom, suicide, which gives no answers, makes us ache to be able to reach out and be saviors, consumed as we are with our own situations.The worst thing about it is that suicide does not care much for details. In its wake, all its victims are equal, undeserving of that self-applied fate.

Despite our insistence that each may have their own, many choices. And while we will not know the cirin the face of suicide, we cope by believing that some cumstances of the choices that are made outside of choices are simply not ours to make. ourselves, fight the finality of suicide by refusing its As a writer, I find that my feelings on suicide are the double-edged resort. Human sadness is great, but hardest to articulate. I obsess over the details of what to human healing is greater. And if Hunter S.Thompson say and how to say it and how to find a reader and has taught me one thing, in all of his wonderful and reach them. But as a person, I find that the details dis- Gonzo-rific writing, it is that there is no discernable appear. Suicide leaves its survivors starving for connec- end, even the choices we explicitly make cast echoes tion. Every moment, every memory, every shared and beyond our hearing.The details are undeniable.We are celebrated detail, every desperate wish to be able to occasionally too weird to live, but we are all too rare have been better than what we areâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;these strands are to die. buzz gathered together over time and woven into a story we tell ourselves.The undeserving victim becomes a teaching toolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;perhaps this senseless and undeserved violence will make us more compassionate, more sensitive, more generous and available to others. Maybe those who are suffering, struggling or unaware will have a moment of clarity.

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How did Orpheum begin?

In an effort to save the old Orpheum Theater, the Preservation and Conservation Association (PACA) hired a theater consultant to do a feasibility study of the Orpheum.

He suggested that a children's museum was a possible use for the building. First named The Discovery Place Inc., plans began in 1992 to raise funds for the new children's science museum in the theater. The grand opening was on Dec. 27, 1994. The name was changed to the Orpheum Children's Science Museum in 1997.

When did you start working there, and why did you decide to work there?

I began working at OCSM in late July 2004. At that time the board needed an executive director to replace the one who was retiring from the position. Having had many years of administrative experience and a background in working with children, I wanted to provide a service to the community through work at the museum.

If you werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t creating art for a living, what would you do instead?

Something like carpentry where I could work with tangible materials and have some sort of a construction to look at at the end of the day, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I could have a desire to do anything besides what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing.

What frustrates you about the art world?

The hype that surrounds Andy Ducettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work will be on display at the March exhibiwhat is â&#x20AC;&#x153;importantâ&#x20AC;? and tion â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Softer Sideâ&#x20AC;? on 125 W. Main St. in Urbana. â&#x20AC;&#x153;new,â&#x20AC;? like the whole Y.B.A.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (young British artists) and Charles Saatchi.. incredible ... and of course Dylan (except Were they that important or did Saatchi for the embarrassing â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s), Tom Waits, they have a lot of money to showcase what he all had a particular sound they believed in liked, and people fell in line? Not that I dis- and just ran with it.The same can be said for like what they did, but in the same way I literature: Vonnegut, Bukowski, Eggers, all want the person who decided Britney unique voices that seemingly do it for Spears was talented fired. Sometimes the themselves, and then, thankfully, let us in for balance of talent and hype doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even out. a peak.

Do other types of art (literature, music, dance, etc.) inspire your work?

Absolutely. A friend of mine said that when (if) he goes to heaven, he expects Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice to sound like Johnny Cash.The depth and intricacies in his voice are

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What programs and events are at the Orpheum?

Nancy Quisenberry is the executive director at the Orpheum Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Science Museum in downtown Champaign. Although it has been here for 10 years, many people are still unaware of all it has to offer, Quisenberry said.

Why do you choose to use a different medium for different pieces?

Each medium offers something unique that another canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ... for instance, the drawings that I have been doing recently allow me to construct worlds and architectural systems instantly (but also permanently in ink), but realizing them in a three dimensional installation allows me to change the components and compositions after considering them for a while. Each practice feeds the other, from representational drawings to collage; they each serve their purpose.

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The Orpheum is open six days a week.

There is a Weekend Wizard each month open to the public and members of the museum.

Special events include the Fall Festival, and this past December we celebrated our 10th anniversary with over 200 people in attendance. There are camps for the children in the summer. Special fundraising activities are held throughout the year with the most recent being a mask auction last spring and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;science of soundâ&#x20AC;? program in the fall.

How would you describe the Orpheum?

The Orpheum is an exciting, interesting place for children to have hands-on experience with exhibits. It is a stimulating learning environment. Since children must be accompanied by parents or grandparents, it is a wonderful experience for a family.

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to keep the staff in place. But we have a wonderful board and some of our board members are always willing to help out and keep things going until one of the other museum associates can get there.

What do you like to do outside of work?

I like to garden, gourmet cook and spend time with my grandson.

What are some goals for the future of Orpheum?

We have just received a $250,000 grant from the federal government due to the support of Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).

This will be used toward meeting our goal of renovating Phase III of the theater.This will be a $1.5 million project, at least, so our immediate goal is to raise more funds to complete the renovation. Once that is completed, we will be working on grants and raising funds for exhibits to fill the renovated auditorium. With the expansion into the auditorium, we will be able to house many more exhibits and serve many more children.

What is the best part about working at the Orpheum?

It has been a wonderful experience to get to know people in the community who are supportive of the Orpheum and are willing to give of their time and resources to keep the museum open. I do enjoy seeing the children as they experience the exhibits and express their excitement about being there.

What is the worst part?

Staffing. We have had a few times when someone is ill or everyone has a final at the same time, and I have to scramble

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There are different groupings that I like for different reasons. Contemporary artists like Sarah Sze, Jessica Stockholder and Matthew Ritchie, all the way to the Hudson River Valley School, the Fauvs. and Philip Guston. Again, all of them seem to fuel a different working method.

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hen you think of African-American dance and hip-hop, what comes to mind? Is it how the dancers move in rap videos? Is it something highly sexualized? Or could it be an 1800s dance step called the cakewalk that mimicked plantation owners?

Dance 340 takes an in-depth look at dance and black popular culture while clearing up stereotypes.

“It’s a class where we look at the origins of popular culture and its association with black cultural production. And then the ways in which that then has informed contemporary modern dance in particular. And how that history has been folded in to American performance history and/or erased,” said assistant professor Cynthia Oliver.

Oliver has been teaching the class at the University of Illinois for almost three years.

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“Race is such a difficult topic, and it’s something that American culture has little success at dealing with and addressing. But it never gets talked about, and race relations never get any better because they don’t get talked about,” Oliver said.

Allison Semmes, junior in music, decided to take the course to fulfill a general education requirement. The course sparked her interest because it’s about her culture and dance, she said.

“I think it’s a wonderful opportunity to discuss issues that aren’t usually discussed with your friends outside of class. It’s issues that I would personally deal with, and it’s kind of interesting how that’s being discussed in class,” Semmes said.

The class is definitely nothing like the history taught in most American high schools.

Oliver wants her students to realize who is presenting that history and how they shape it.

Oliver teaches a part of American history that most people may have never heard of.

“It’s America history via the body and if we’re going to look at it via the body, we’ve got to look at the bodies that created that history. And so the important thing is to insert how this particular body, the black body, contributed to a full history,” she said.

Oliver assigns readings and videos that she can base class discussions on. One film the class watched was Ethnic Notion by Marlon Riggs. It showed the building of the black stereotypes.

“It shows us not just the history of this and popular culture, but it shows us where we arrived and how the images have become an embedded part of the culture that we don’t even recognize anymore,” she said. “So I think what’s important is for us to make those things recognizable and to give credit where credit’s due.”

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Some students may only see the course as a class to fulfill an easy general requirement and may not find the class necessary otherwise. However, Oliver believes it is important for anyone to have some sort of exposure of this kind.

“What I think is important is that they get exposed to ideas that they may not have had exposure to prior to the class. Maybe the next time they encounter an advertisement, a commercial, a video, a conversation with somebody of a different ethnicity or that is different from them in some way, they think a little differently about how they engage themselves,” Oliver said.

Oliver believes the class is about a human experience. This enables a wide ground of discussion to cover many other topics of discrimination other than race. Some of the class discussions also include discrimination in class, gender and sexuality.

“The people who think that they perhaps have been a victim of prejudice, racial prejudice, can then see how they may be implicated in another prejudice against someone. It’s not just ‘woe is me’ but how do I contribute to a problem. What might be my blind spot, and how can we try to be sensitive about that,” she said.

The course doesn’t only look at hiphop as it is now in society but where it came from and how it evolved. Students try to understand what it communicates through dance and how it relates to their own lives and society as a whole.

“It’s for the student to have a voice to wrestle with some of the hard questions and just figure out where some of their discomforts, some of their curiosities or some of their preconceptions about any number of things have come about,” Oliver said. buzz

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She took the course, which was originally an African-American dance in American culture class and adapted it more to her area of study.

Oliver grew up in the Virgin Islands where she began training in Afro-Caribbean dance. She also began learning ballet, which later introduced her to modern dance. She later moved to New York to study dance and became part of several dance companies, which allowed her to tour the world. Oliver uses her area of study and her personal experience in dance to teach the class.

The class is lively and free to any discussion the students want to interject. Oliver believes a discussion-heavy class is important for teaching on race issues.

“In order to make it relevant and not some abstract ideas that they have no relation to, I think that I need to figure out how their current lives connect to these larger issues,” she said.“So I invite them to talk about what is important to them.”

Oliver makes it clear to her students the first day of class that the topics they discuss may cause uncomfortable conversations.

However, people should feel comfortable in expressing their opinions and ideas.

“There are going to be a number of conversations in this class that are going to be uncomfortable and we have to figure out how to make the space in that room for those kinds of conversations to happen. And that this room will be a safe place for that to happen,” she said. “And then we leave it in the room when we go.”

The space for discussing race relations freely is important because it doesn’t occur as much as it should in society.

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Slowly add cheese, and stir until melted. In a large bowl, mix pasta and cheese sauce. Gently fold in tomatoes.

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Pork Roast with Sauerkraut 3 to 4 lb. boneless pork loin roast 1 bag fresh sauerkraut 1/2 Tbsp. brown sugar 2 slices thick-cut bacon Minced garlic, salt and pepper to season Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Place the pork roast in a roasting pan. Rub in garlic, salt and fresh ground pepper. Place the drained sauerkraut around the pork roast. Roughly chop the bacon, and add to the sauerkraut. Sprinkle the brown sugar on top of the sauerkraut. Cover the roast, and place in the oven for 3 to 4 hours.

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2004 the “Year of the Biopic,” but when it comes to the Oscars, let’s call it what it really was: the Year of the Overrated Movie. While last year produced more than its share of great films, the Academy has outdone itself in overlooking the year’s most worthy entries (I Heart Huckabees, Kill Bill Vol. 2 and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, to name a few). So, without further ado, here are my picks for who should win and who will win the major categories, including who got snubbed in each.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Paul Haggis’ script for Million Dollar Baby will put up a good fight for this award, but I think Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor’s mature, intelligent adaptation of Rex Tucker’s novel will prevail. Sideways’ characters are more original and more lived-in than Baby’s, and they were far more memorable and affecting because of Payne and Taylor’s confident script.

Should win: Sideways Will Win: Sideways Snub: Baadasssss!

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: There wasn’t a more chaotic yet controlled script this year than Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth’s for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Hip, modern, convoluted stories don’t usually win Oscar gold, but this is just too clever and smart to overlook.

Otherwise, John Logan’s script for The Aviator would probably be the frontrunner, despite the fact that the film never really gets us into the depths of Howard Hughes’ life or personality.

Should win: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Will Win: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Snub: I Heart Huckabees

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Both Cate Blanchett (The Aviator) and Virginia Madsen (Sideways) were phenomenal, and either deserves the award. Blanchett channeled the fiery spirit of Katherine Hepburn to astonishing accuracy, and Madsen brought incredible warmth and sympathy as Maya, the love interest to Paul Giamatti’s Miles. In a tight race, Madsen should emerge as voters attempt to honor the fantastic ensemble of Sideways all at once.

Should win: Blanchett or Madsen Will Win: Madsen Snub: Sharon Warren (Ray) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Morgan Freeman has never won an Oscar, so the Academy will probably reward a career full of dignified performances by honoring Freeman’s wise, weathered ex-boxer in Million Dollar Baby. Thomas Haden Church revitalized his career with his hilarious turn in Sideways, but voters won’t have a hard time deciding between a veteran Hollywood star long overdue for recognition and a former TV actor whose replenished career should be reward enough.

Should win: Haden Church Will Win: Freeman Snub: Peter Sarsgaard (Kinsey) BEST ACTOR: In a year with a lot of great performances, none was better than Jamie Foxx, absolutely unforgettable as Ray Charles in Ray. It was the part he was born to play, and he is the night’s surest thing.

Don Cheadle had his highest-profile role as real-life hero Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda, but this will hopefully not be his only nomination. DiCaprio simply looked too young for The Aviator’s scenes of a middle-aged Howard Hughes.

Million Dollar Baby’s Clint Eastwood is the only contender for an upset.

Should win: Foxx Will Win: Foxx Snub: Paul Giamatti (Sideways)

BEST ACTRESS: Annette Bening is probably starting to see Hilary Swank as the daughter that she never wanted. Swank defeated her in this category at the 2000 Oscars, and it looks like she will do it again for her performance as a gritty, ambitious boxer in Million Dollar Baby. Swank was strong in the role and apparently put on nearly 20 pounds of muscle for it. But Bening’s performance in Being Julia is even more highly regarded and looks to be overlooked due to the recent swell of sympathy for Baby. Vera Drake’s Imelda Staunton should place third.

Should win: Bening Will Win: Swank Snub: Uma Thurman (Kill Bill Vol. 2) BEST DIRECTOR: While Ray was far from perfect, Taylor Hackford drew an outstanding performance from Jamie Foxx and also translated the soulful swing of Ray Charles’ music to the big screen. But the race for the Oscar will be a dead heat between Scorcese, still waiting for his first Academy Award, and Eastwood, who already won for 1992’s Unforgiven. Eastwood won the Director’s Guild award, but give the edge to Scorcese for the early 20th-century style of The Aviator, mostly because he’s overdue.

Should win: Hackford Will Win: Scorcese Snub: Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) BEST PICTURE: There were so many better movies in 2004 than these five, but of them, Sideways was the most satisfying as a whole.This category will also be a two-man race between The Aviator and Million Dollar Baby. The story of Howard Hughes was visually thrilling but emotionally hollow, so look for Million Dollar Baby to pull out a narrow victory because of its blatant attempt to tug at the heartstrings.

Should win: Sideways Will Win: Million Dollar Baby Snub: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The 77th annual Academy Awards will air Sunday, Feb. 27 on ABC, 7pm. buzz

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Dwayne Johnson, aka “The Rock,” recently told the magazine OUT that gay celebrities should come out of the closet because he feels it will only boost their careers. The Rock plays a gay bodyguard in the upcoming John Travolta film Be Cool and has crossdressed himself as host of Saturday Night Live. While he is not gay himself (he is happily married with a daughter), one wonders if he has certain celebrities in mind. Not too long ago, Tom Cruise sued a gay porn star for telling a tabloid they had an affair. And is it just me, or is Wilford Brimley’s moustache just a little TOO fabulous? I’m just saying.

In an attempt to join Charlize Theron’s and Hilary Swank’s club of pretty starlets-turned-freaky-for-the-sake-of-anOscar, Vin Deisel has gained weight and grown a terribly receding hairline for his role as an accused Mafioso in Sydney Lumet’s Find Me Guilty. After a string of box office bombs that would make Angelina Jolie jealous, it seems as though Deisel is trying to reestablish the credibility that he seemingly lost 10 minutes after it was given to him. It better, because I highly doubt his upcoming kid flick The Pacifier, in which he plays a Navy S.E.A.L./nanny, will do the trick. Where is Hulk Hogan today? Crying, that’s where.

They put their lives on the line for their art. So why shouldn’t they get to slap on some Vera Wang and be part of the super ficial, self-congratulator y schmooze-fest known as the Oscars?

Hollywood’s stuntmen and women are pining for a new category for future Academy Awards shows, Best Stunt Coordinator, claiming that their work is just as integral to creating a good movie as visual effects specialists or film editors but many times more dangerous. Obviously, these daredevils haven’t sat at a computer for an extended period of time. Your ass gets pretty chafed, and you get hungry.

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he feeling in The Brookens Center on Tuesday night, preresults, was tense. No doubt about it. People kind of mingled with each other. A veggie tray sat on a bench, almost untouched. Local politicos forced hello's to each other in nervousness, and journalists (meaning "real" journalists with ties and shit) waited around anxiously until the tallies were in so they could be the first to report on the story. Fortunately for them, the news broke around 10:07 CST, right when the newscast airs on most nights.

Without question, most people in the Prussing camp, including myself, were not too sure how this puppy was gonna turn out.

It was a close one - won by less than three hundred votes, as of BUZZ press time.When it was announced, unofficially, the mood elevated quickly, with a round of applause, hugging and handshaking. But it was not total elation. For some of the people in attendance, this was the first step in a recovery process Seth Fein is from that may take up to 4 years Urbana. Okay, okay. or more to fully realize.

So, he's a bit dra- No doubt in some peomatic, but it's not ple's minds, Urbana has a his fault. His mom lot of work to do and hugged him WAY what that work is isn't too much as a always written in chalk on child. He can be reached @ seth- a blackboard at city hall. fein@hotmail.com The first step was achieved though, on Tuesday, with the ousting of 12 year mayor, Tod Satterthwaite. He fought hard, I suppose, but in the end, he wasn't able to overcome the pressure from the public that Urbana, beyond a reasonable doubt, was badly in need of some fresh blood.

Within moments of the final vote count coming in, Laura Huth, a former member of the city council burst into tears. I imagine that, with what she's been through since last year, this a moment that she will take to the grave with her. As dramatic as it sounds, it's nothing but the truth. She was the center piece for a local bullshit "scandal" involving her new job and how it fit within the confines of her place in city government.

Amongst the happy people and the reporters, Huth stood out as the person with the most at stake aside from Prussing herself.

When we embraced, as almost two strangers to each other, she wiped a tear from both eyes and whispered to me with a smile.

"Finally. Some justice."

So, soon enough, we introduce Laurel Lunt Prussing to the main stage in Urbana.

While she has political experience on a county and state level, this will be her first

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foray into the world of city issues and working directly with the city council. It's an exciting time for Urbana - and on some level, I was happy to lend a hand, although what that hand did overall, I will never be totally sure.

And while there is a feeling of happiness for the victory, there is also a concern that too many people aren't exercising their rights as citizens. I realize that to most people, local elections seem like a load of South Farm horse shit. But the truth is that they are very much a microcosm of politics on a national stage, and more than anything, it is another chance to exercise the rights that we so often talk about and cherish, yet seem to take for granted all too often.

Listen. I understand. I am as jaded as you are right now. America is in the proverbial toilet and our president is more of a glue sniffer than a pot smoker (although it seems as though in previous years, Dubya was passing the doob to a frat brother saying "ear! ear!").

It's too bad. It really is. But getting involved in local politics is something that can take the edge off, the way a good glass of beer will help you deal with yet another horrible Chicago Bears season.We have less and less freedoms as a result of some really shitty legislation and to combat that, we ALL need to start participating more often.

There are some 40,000 people living in Urbana, including the students. A whopping 5,000 people took time out of their day to go out and vote. Come on! What else were you doing on Tuesday?

In the end though, what matters for the moment is that we have a new mayor and Urbana is truly able to turnover a new leaf.

The result of all this? I can't be certain. But my guess is that Prussing has some tricks up her sleeve. Most women do. In a good way.

As for Tod Satterthwaite, it is only fair of me to acknowledge that he was, in my opinion, a bit unfair in his tactics for re-election.

It is no secret that he courted as many Republican votes, despite it's alleged illegality, as he could in order to balance out the number of Democrats that saw him as a traitor to the party.

So, what did I learn from all this? First and foremost, that writing for BUZZ is as much fun as you make it. My editor, Paul and my publisher, Mary, were both supportive of me and my letters to the mayor. Secondly, that attacking local businesses doesn’t do me or you any good. And last but not least, that local politics DO matter - very much.

Did my columns help push Prussing over the edge? Probably not. But at the very least, I can rest well tonight knowing that I did my job and played my part. Not as a columnist.

But as a bleeding heart liberal American.

God Bless it - there's hope after all.

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think it was Thomas Wolfe who said, “You can never go home again.”

Actually, don’t quote me on that quote because I never really read that book. I’ve heard other’s say he said it though.Thusly, I’m not sure exactly why you can never go home again. For folks who grew up in small towns in the Midwest, the answer may be simple.

Home’s not really there so much anymore, at least not much of it anyway.

0Young adults are leaving their hometowns like women leave me after I drink a bottle of Scotch. Stores are closing, and jobs are scarce. Oh sure, you can always buy a trailer and start making meth, but even that market has to dry up as soon as the clients all lose their teeth and suffer strokes. As it is now, about the only place doing any business is the local drug store that hands out prescription medicine to the old folks who are still around. Once they pass on, even the pharmacies won’t have any business.

It might at least be a pleasurable irony when the Wal-Marts that emptied the shops downtown become empty themselves.

I can’t blame the young kids for leaving though. I grew up in a tiny-ass town, and I haven’t been back in about eight years. My parents don’t live there anymore, and most of my friends are also gone, so I have little reason to make the trip. Even if I did just go down to catch up with some classmates, I’m not even sure they have any decent hotels down there these days.

Sadly, my best shot at accommodations in my hometown might be to rob a liquor store and get caught. I mean, I know they got a prison somewhere in town now. I know this because I talked to the mother of a friend from high school the other day.

She said he’s now working at this prison.

Man, do I pity those inmates.The freaking guy left a welt the size of Nebraska on my thigh once with a wet towel. I can’t imagine what he could do with a billy club and a can of mace.

It’s sort of strange when a community bases their livelihood on the misfortune of others to begin with. Those town folk really wanted that prison at the time though. They lobbied the governor for about five straight years, and eventually incarceration became the town’s second biggest employer.

They were happy as pigs in shit, and believe me, I know; there are quite a few pigs in shit down in those parts. Before the new prison was open for business, they had

a fundraiser inside the walls. For a fee, local residents could spend the night in a jail cell.

They received a complimentary meal, and I’m assuming some exercise time in the yard for their donation.

Man, that’s a nightmare that wakes me up, being in a prison cell. I’d have a very hard time paying money for such a thing, particularly if my cellmate was a husky redneck named “Bubba”. After the residents had their little games of grab ass with their new prison, inmates began filling the cells.

The party wasn’t as much fun for people then.

Michael Coulter I talked to a few people is a videographaround that time, and they er, comedian were all bitching about the and can be weekends around town. The heard on WPGU families of the inmates 107.1 Thursdays would come to visit, and it at 5 with Ricker made the locals more than a workin’ it. little nervous. The concept of visitors had never really occurred to them. They just wanted the money produced by a prison, not the headaches that went along with it.

That’s sort of the problem with many of these dwindling small towns, they never had much of a plan until things started to get bad. They didn’t welcome industry and growth in an intelligent way. They couldn’t wait until they got a Wal-Mart on the outskirts of town. It never struck them that this superstore might wreak havoc with the main street economy. Once it did, they were instant discount junkies, and the local stores withered until all of the owners bailed.

They didn’t welcome much diversity either. I’m not sure if it was racism or simply fear of change, but many of those people I remember from my small town wanted everything to be the same … from now on. They wanted the same neighbors, the same restaurants, the same car dealers. You were seen as a newcomer for your first 10 years in town.

Like I said, I grew up in a tiny-ass town, and I have to say, I loved that upbringing. I knew everyone. I felt safe. I got a great education. In fact, maybe they did too good of a job bringing me up. They made me see I wanted something more than the same thing for the rest of my life. I didn’t really want to move into my parent’s house when they died. I just wanted to change with the rest of the world, and that doesn’t happen much in a small town.

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LEAD STORY Some of the well-intentioned donations for victims of the December tsunami are bewilderingly inappropriate (such as ski jackets and Viagra), according to a February Wall Street Journal dispatch from Sri Lanka. Relief workers are being distracted by shipments of, for example, moisturizing gel, sweaters, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dress shoes, Arctic-weather tents and thong underwear. Crucial medicines were in short supply, but not Valium, anti-depressants or drugs with labels in languages that local doctors could not read.As the Journal wrote, some doctors â&#x20AC;&#x153;appear (just) to have unloaded their sample bins.â&#x20AC;?

PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US A jury in Nacogdoches, Texas, convicted Jerry Don Hartless in January of killing his former best friend, Billy Bob Wallace, during a group drinking bout one night along the Angelina River. According to testimony,

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READERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; CHOICE Tammy Jean Warner was charged in February with negligent homicide in the 2004 death of her husband, Michael, who suffered acute alcohol poisoning (0.47 bloodalcohol level) caused by having ingested three liters of sherry wine, allegedly provided by Tammy via enema. The Lake Jackson, Texas, widow told reporters that she was only trying

to help Michael (who she said had been addicted to enemas since childhood) and that he also did enemas with â&#x20AC;&#x153;coffee, castile soap, Ivory soap. He had enema recipes. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way he wanted to go out (die) because he loved his enemas.â&#x20AC;?

THE CONTINUING CRISIS Attorney Wayne G. Johnson Sr. was arrested for drunken driving shortly after leaving a court hearing in which he represented a client accused of drunken driving (McKean, Pa., January). And Tammy Lynn Price, 28, in court as a defendant in a drug case, was charged with stealing the judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gavel when he stepped out (Farmington, Mo., January). And Leonardo Leyva, 44, was arrested for public intoxication after calling 911 at 3:50 a.m. to complain that his wife wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have sex with him (Turlock, Calif., January).

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Last week daughter of Alan Keyes, Maya Marcel-Keyes, came out as a gay activist in her first public statement.

Guessing that Thanksgiving is a little awkward at the Keyes household, what with that whole "selfish hedonism" thing and all.

In Iraq, the Shiite Muslim Coalition that won the election has chosen Ibrahim Jaafari as it's nominee for prime minister.

Jaafari is the current interim vice-president and in interviews has encouraged ties to Iran. Freedom marches on...towards a political union with a religious dictatorship our government is currently accusing of harboring nuclear arms.

The Illinois House Committee rejected a proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Illinois.

Police briefly detained an activist who brought 150 marijuana cigarettes to the hearing. The act of defiance was later cited by many marijuana users as, "A waste of a good stash, man. Now where are my car keys?"

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a ludicrous setup, as if all the spirits that remain in hell do so because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just good, rule-following demons. But writers Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello embrace it like this agreement is as logical as a Patriots Super Bowl while they send John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), an exorcism specialist cursed from childhood with the ability to see dead people, after all the evil beings that populate the earth. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apparently the only one with the responsibility of saving

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The Matrix (1999) Unless youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been sleeping for the last six years, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve probably heard of the Wachowski Brothersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; trendsetting action/scifi epic. Reeves of course stars as Neo, the savior of humanity from the technological prison of humanity called the Martix. It seems like practically every action film since has tried to emulate The Matrixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s style, and none (not even its two sequels) have succeeded.

Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Advocate (1997) Constantine serves as a rematch of sorts between Keanu and Satan, as the two met a few years ago in this supernatural thriller. Al Pacino gives one of the hammiest performances of his storied career as the devil in the disguise of a lawyer (no points for imagination on the behalf of the writers).

Speed (1994) Few action films are as exciting from start to finish as Speed. The movie made the careers of both Reeves and his co-star Sandra Bullock. Whereas film after film has tried to imitate The Matrix, few have even attempted to follow in the footsteps of Speed. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just try to pretend Speed 2: Cruise Control never happened, okay?

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The House of Representatives voted to increase the maximum amount of fines against broadcasters who air indecent material from $32,000 to $500,000. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to see that in a time of war, economic depression and general turmoil that our government is taking a firm stand against ... nipples.

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Needless to say, this is all a bit much, and firsttime director and music video veteran Francis Lawrence fills Constantine with all sorts of visual trickery and religious razzle dazzle that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t blend very well with its actors. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious whenever anyone is in front of a green screen, and even the best-looking images CONSTANTINEâ&#x20AC;˘ KEANU REEVES never look like anything other than decent stunt work. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a movie Exorcist, Stigmata and even Ghostbusters. As stuffed with special effects, yet it always far as Christianity-themed films go, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feels like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re witness to the man behind less laughable than Heath Ledgerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s embarrassing, amateur The Order, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still the curtain.

The blame for that rests with packed with religious philosophizing that Lawrence, who seems more concerned neither its script nor its actors can pull with wowing audiences with exploding off. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a senseless subplot about bathtubs, buzzing hordes of insects and the Spear of Destiny, a sword with such stop-motion shards of glass that people power that its bearer can survive being hit can walk through as they shatter. But the by a speeding car, which was missing since absurdity and insignificance that consume World War II and is found in, of all places, the second half of Constantine is a team Mexico. (Boy, who can forget the role effort. Reeves is, as usual, devoid of emo- they played in the war?)

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a barely-there romance tion because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playing a character without much of it. As Angela, a cop who between John and Angela, a growling wants to discover the reason for her twin witch doctor that wastes Djimon sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suicide, Rachel Weisz gets swal- Hounsou, and as the evil spirit Balthasar, lowed up by lines like â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess God has a Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale looks like plan for all of us.â&#x20AC;? (Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response: â&#x20AC;&#x153;God heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be more comfortable in one of is a kid with an ant farm. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not plan- Lawrenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s videos.

Overlong, overdone and overly ning anything.â&#x20AC;?) Shia LaBeouf is nothing more than throwaway comic relief as plotted, Constantine is more of an antiJohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sidekick who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do much smoking commercial than an investigation into the forces that compel people toward more than act as his chauffeur.

Constantine starts off strong but good or evil. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just playing eventually seems like a cross between The Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Advocate.

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Why You Need Chiropractic Q: â&#x20AC;&#x153;How can every person in the world have misaligned vertebrae?â&#x20AC;?

A: We all live in similar conditions. There are three things everyone has in common that cause spinal misalignments (called Subluxations).

1. Stress. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at work or at home, we are constantly assaulted with physical, mental and emotional stress.

2. Toxins. We simply cannot escape chemicals that harm us. And worse, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always get the things we need like vitamins, minerals and pure water.

3. Trauma. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a car accident. The birth process, for example, is very traumatic to the spine and nervous system.

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February is quite the odd little month. First off, it’s shorter than other months. But every four years it gets longer. By one day. And we call that year a “Leap Year.”Weird. It has Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, Claire’s dad’s birthday and two of my friends’ birthdays.

It’s also deemed “Black History Month”by the powers that be.

Black History Month. Chew on that for a while. I’ve always been a bit troubled by donating one month to black history. Not because I don’t think black history deserves less than one month dedicated to it, but, rather, I’m troubled by the fact that we have to dedicate a month to it for some people to learn about it, if they learn about it at all.

I mean, why can’t black history be studied the whole year round? The way I see it, the “black history”that is taught to kids in grammar school is really just American history anyway. Do the white folks really need 11 months to ignore all history but “white history?”That’s a bit selfish and egocentric, don’t you think? But hey, that’s nothing too different from what we’re used to.

And isn’t all history linked together anyway? How can one even separate black history from all other history? I’m going out on a limb here and announcing my faith. Faith that the theory of evolution is correct or at least as close to correct as we’re going to get right now.

Because, as my teachers point out to me, theories can never be proven, only proven wrong. If human life all originated in Africa, then aren’t we all, in some way, African? Just a thought.

Black History Month seems a bit Jim Crowe to me.

I mean, the government (who I’m assuming decided this whole Black History Month thing) chose the shortest month to honor a culture’s entire history.That’s just cruel and unusual.

I don’t mean to sound rude here, but can’t Black History Month be done away with, and we just teach ALL history in EVERY month? That way the Latin American, Asian American, Native American and every other group out there that has a history can have it heard throughout the year. Like all history should be heard throughout the year. Not just “white history.”

Because, really, “white history”is just full of oppression, expansion and arrogance. But history is what it is, and we all can learn from it every day.The old axiom is true: those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. So let’s all learn from it as much as we can, even if months have to be divvied up between groups.

At least let the histories be heard.

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NEW YORK (AP) - An FBI informant testified Tuesday that he wanted to put "the world on notice" when he set himself on fire outside the White House, an act that threw the terror-funding case against a Yemeni sheik into turmoil.

Testifying for the second day as a hostile witness for the defense, Mohamed Alanssi said he had not intended to kill himself, even though he sent suicide notes to the FBI and The Washington Post.

"I did not have the intention, but I wanted to put the government and the world on notice," Alanssi said.

Alanssi did not elaborate, but described the incident as a cry for help, saying he set himself ablaze because he was broke, alone and upset by his inability to visit his ailing wife.

He also acknowledged he was trying to get more money from the government, which already had paid him $100,000 for helping build its case against Sheik Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad.

"It is my right to get as much money as I can from the FBI," Alanssi said.

In the suicide notes and interviews made public after he burned himself, Alanssi claimed the FBI promised him wealth and permanent U.S. residency in exchange for his cooperation.

Until the fire outside a White House gate in November, Alanssi, 53, had been scheduled to be the star prosecution witness against al-Moayad.

Instead, the defense called Alanssi to the stand in an effort to portray him as unstable, greedy and untruthful.

They focused virtually all of their questions Tuesday on Alanssi's troubled history of business dealings in Yemen and the United States, including a series of disputes with business partners that led to an arrest warrant, a lawsuit and a guilty plea to bank fraud.

But Alanssi's testimony also cast doubt on the defense claim that al-Moayad traveled to a meeting with Alanssi and another informant in Germany because he was eager to get medical treatment for diabetes and other ailments.

Alanssi testified that any discussion of medicine was a cover story and in fact referred to military equipment and fighters.

He also said al-Moayad was seeking to buy counter-surveillance equipment in Germany. Prosecutors offered as evidence a shopping list of items that Alanssi said al-Moayad wanted to buy.

Alanssi lured al-Moayad and his assistant, co-defendant Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed, to Germany by posing as the fixer for another FBI informant who supposedly wanted to donate $2.5 million to the terrorist groups Hamas and al-Qaida.

Al-Moayad and Zayed were charged with conspiring to fund and attempting to fund the two groups.Al-Moayad also is charged with supporting the groups.

If convicted, al-Moayad could receive a 60-year prison sentence and Zayed 30 years.

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