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his week’s issue features a column by music editor Brian Mertz commenting on the music industry’s recent attempt to control pirating of MP3 files. He touches a number of issues within the controversy, but touches only briefly the issue I feel is most important in this situation: greed.

I believe in capitalism and in the idea of copyrights. Yet, at the same time I subscribe to the idea that if a market goes unchecked it can self-destruct. At least from my detached view of the world, I believe the recording industry is on this path.

Since the inception of Napster, record companies have been trying to find a way to shut down file sharing. With Napster they have succeeded, but new breeds have sprouted.

The record companies’ argument has not changed: these file sharing companies have driven up the price of music.

This argument has no validity. For years compact disc prices skyrocketed and consumers handed over their money to the money-hungry recording industry.

A few people argued that the recording industry was robbing them of the money in their pocketbooks. But most consumers shut up and handed over their cash to the evergrowing recording industry.

Some CDs cost more than $16. Honestly, I know the idea of what the market will bear is great, but $16? Even a number of artists disagreed with this kind of robbery. Many musicians hope their music will reach as many ears as possible and $16 is not the most conducive way to reach a good number of people’s minds, especially with the minimum wage being $5.15.

What drove these record labels to keep driving these prices upward? Greed.

If William Shakespeare were living in the United States now, I believe he would call greed the “green-eyed monster,” not jealousy.

And this monster appears to have spelled doom for the recording industry.

Music lovers saw a chance to free themselves from the recording industry’s greed in Napster and they jumped at it. Perhaps if the music industry did not overcharge consumers for so long, they would not have flocked so eagerly to file sharing.

Now, the record industry is trying to imprison consumers again: one at a time.

I don’t know what the outcome of these cases will be, but if it’s anything like the cases being decided abroad, it appears consumers might win.

For now, the recording industry’s greed appears to be checked by file sharing. But any day the consumer could be forced to pay $20 or $25 for a CD. If laws against file sharing become widely enforceable , hopefully the record industry will learn its lesson—greed does not pay.

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Willard Airport

Student Pilots, Hollywood Stars and Passenger Air Service

BY AUDREY DANIEL AND JOHN LOOS | STAFF WRITERS

or becoming private pilots for companies such you can put on an airplane.”

For this reason, the University employs as UPS or FedEx. what Davis emphatically refers to as “a great “We have an extremely high graduation staff of mechanics,” who make sure that the rate,” said Ginny Davis, assistant to the direcith a combined budget of $17.8 million planes are safe and in great shape for instructor at the Institute. “It’s somewhere between and a total of 640 employees, Willard Airport tion and training.

96 (percent) and 98 percent.” is a fully functional, multi-faceted aviation Students in the program often find themWith a total of 27 planes in their fleet and center. Located in Savoy, Willard is home to selves flying solo as early as the first semester nine flight simulators, the roughly 300 stuthe University of Illinois’ Institute of Aviation of their freshman year, even if just to practice and the private charter service Flightstar. Also dents in the curriculum not only complete the take-offs and landings. program, but also receive expert training both located on the grounds is the main passenger “Some students on and off the terminal, which connects commercial airline come in with 60 hours ground. The traffic to three major hubs in the Midwest: of flight experience, University owns four Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis. and some with just other planes not The Institute of Aviation has been the two hours,” said included in this fleet: administrative epicenter for Willard, as all the sophomore Keith two Cessna 152s, land is owned by the University of Illinois, – Ginny Davis, assistant to the director Irwin, who came into mainly used by the ever since the 63rd General Assembly authorat the University of Illinois’s Institute of Aviation the institute with four flying team, and two ized its purchase in 1943. With an undergradhours under his belt.

Sundowners, used uate Bachelor of Science program available in But regardless of prefor research.

Aviation Human Factors and a graduate provious hours, Irwin said, “Usually, you’ll be “The oldest plane in our fleet is about three gram scheduled for implementation this fall, flying solo by the end of the first semester, but years old,” said Davis, pointing to a set of the Institute’s graduates go on to a wide shiny orange and white planes parked outside the teachers won’t make you do anything range of possibilities. Some such possibilities you’re not ready to do.” their hangars. “There are only so many hours include jobs as commercial or corporate pilots “Like almost everyone, I came in here thinking I wanted to work for United or some big company like that,” Irwin remembered, but that was before he went to the aviation career fair. Now Irwin says he would rather be a corporate or private pilot, flying specialized flights for businesspeople or VIPs instead of what he now considers the stale back-andforth flights most commercial pilots make.

Flightstar, a private flight service, is located directly between the Institute and the main terminal building. Leasing space from the Institute, Flightstar offers many amenities to private pilots, as well as to the sometimes famous passengers they carry.

“We want to give the pilots as much of home as we can,” said Matt Hammer, a Flightstar employee of nine years, as he walks through a quiet lounge with plush leather couches and a large TV. “We have a weight room and showers, and we provide pilots with a courtesy car so that they can run into town for food or whatever else they might need.”

Flightstar also has a conference room for pilot meetings, a snack bar with a popcorn Pilots Noam Osher (left to right), Andy Horberg, and Karen Ness unload Andy's bags for a weekend trip to the University of Illinois.

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immediately to be driven to their destination.

“They get off the plane and get right to where they need to be,” said Hammer. “It’s a beautiful thing.”

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machine, a pilot shop and an Internet cafe where flight crews can access the Web. “We try to think of things the crew will enjoy doing,” Hammer added.

Aside from taking care of the travel needs of the University of Illinois men’s and women’s sports teams, namely basketball, Flightstar additionally welcomes the occasional military aircraft and any and all high-profile figures entering Champaign-Urbana by air.

“When a star comes into Champaign, they come in through Flightstar,” said Hammer, who lists Dave Matthews, Dick Jaron, Reba McEntire, Bill Cosby and Garth Brooks as just some of the many notable figures to fly into Willard’s Flightstar terminal.

“Harrison Ford flew his helicopter in alone one time, too,” Hammer added.

Flightstar also has chartered planes for the Chicago Bears and their fans. For last season’s Monday Night football Bears and Packers game, Hammer recalled there being more than 100 jets that overtook the ground space, so it quickly became the biggest turnout Flightstar has ever seen. Ford again made an appearance, as well as his fellow movie star John Travolta, to cheer on the teams.

“We don’t usually get to meet the stars, though,” Hammer said. “We concentrate on the aircraft, seeing that it’s in good shape.”

Another memorable incident, and more notorious, was when President Bill Clinton’s Air Force One got stuck in the mud in 1998.

“We weren’t allowed go out to direct the plane because of security,” recalled Hammer, “And the plane wasn’t quite far enough from the mud. It took awhile for them to get it out.

It was all over the news.”

The post-flight services that Flightstar provides include a punctual greeting as soon as the plane is parked, quick financial transactions and a courtesy car passengers can board

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Karen Ness checks the fuel for water during a pre-flight examination of the plane for safety before taking off from Willard Airport. Ness flies into Willard often for reasons ranging from cleanliness to service. "It's just a kickass airport," she said.

flight took off in 1954. Today, commercial though they have failed at their job. flights from Willard connect residents to cities Aside from welcoming incoming private all over the globe. flyers, Flightstar also has nine of its own One of the newest additions to the airport planes to charter out to businesspeople, are the electric toilet seats. “You press a red trustees and other prominent local travelers button and the plastic over the toilet seat looking for a private flight. However, Sara automatically switches. There’s enough for Cooling, a customer service representative, 100 uses,” raved one considers the overall Transportation amount of traffic Security coming into Administration Flightstar as small. member.

“One day we’ll Also new, though have no planes come – Jonah Duncan, a Hertz rental car employee not quite so enterin. Other days we’ll taining, are the TSA get 10 to 15 of them,” personnel stationed she said. “Overall it’s around the airport. pretty quiet.”

In order to maintain security, TSA personnel Aside from its own commercial functions, are not allowed to speak to anyone of what Flightstar works with the entire airport on security measures being taken at Willard or various other levels. across the continent.

“We operate from one end of the airport to In contrast to the heightened privacy of the other,” said Hammer. security information, a Flightstar newsletter Some of their tasks include fueling and mentions that for passengers, “Heightened providing “around-the-clock” maintenance to security means less privacy.” It further scheduled regional aircraft that come into reminds passengers that along with that secuWillard, as well upkeep on the planes flown rity comes safety.

by University students and any of the 32 priAs soon as one walks through the main vate planes that are stored in the hangars on doors of the airport, the security presence is airport grounds. felt. A large white sign reports the terrorist The main terminal is only 11 years old, the previous building being replaced back in 1992 alert level and reminds passengers to watch for and report any suspicious activities. when the University’s Institute of Aviation quickly took over. Willard Airport has served the surrounding communities since its first continued on page 6

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On the second floor of the main terminal, Beanie Babies consume the gift shop register counter where longtime employee Bertha Gorman sat.

“I’ve been working here since this new building was built.

And I worked in the old terminal that is now the aviation school,” said Gorman.

“Sometimes people will come in A University of Illinois plane flies over the Willard Airport tower. and say hello, but I usually don’t reccontinued from 5 ognize them.”

The gift shop hopes to provide some relief for travelers.

“Security has really changed a lot since “We sell books, magazines, toys, clothes, U (Sept. 11),” said Hertz rental car employee of I sweatshirts, caps ... lots of stuff,” said Jonah Duncan. “We can’t go where we used Gorman. to; we can’t go to the gate. They even bring Another feature of Willard is the restaurant dogs here sometimes.” across from the gift shop, a place where one “It’s not really busy out here, kinda slow,” can oftentimes find airline workers taking a Duncan said. Hertz is one of four car rentalbreak. Bill Bialeschki and Wayne Hammer, companies open every day at the airport, all two of the seven airport mechanics, rave of which are feeling the effects of slow busiabout the fresh Greek salads. ness. With four different choices for cus“We like the job,” said Hammer, an tomers, car rental has the potential to become employee since a battleground.

1985. Bialeschki, However, often a cusemployed by tomer’s rental compaWillard since 1986, ny is based on reasons agreed. Sadly, he other than choice. added, “I wish busi“Most of the business ness was better, we get is from busi– Ginny Davis, assistant to the director though. There aren’t ness flyers who have at the University of Illinois’s Institute of Aviation enough passencontracts with Hertz,” gers.” said Duncan.

Helping passengers through unexpected Susan Goodlowe of Budget Rentals had a problems, Internal and External Relations can similar report. be a welcome relief for customers. Davis typi“We rent cars mainly to business people, cally handles many of the problems in both and for insurance replacement rentals,” the aviation school and the public commercial Goodlowe said.

Escorts, Corollas, Mazda 626s, Tauruses and airport.

“If a customer has a complaint or problem, Camrys make up the majority of Budget I’m the one that will talk to him or her and Rental’s 38 available cars.

smooth things out,” Davis said.

One area that people frequently contact Davis about is parking fees.

“A lot of people complain about the parking fees. They say that they don’t have to pay in Bloomington, but in Bloomington the fees are built into their taxes. At Willard, only the people who use the airport incur costs,” she said.

An ambitious new initiative, which will hopefully increase the flow of air traffic coming into Willard, is the Sabre-Delta Project.

The addition of Delta would add a regional jet service to Cincinnati. Currently, the only three commercial carriers at Willard are American Eagle, Northwest Airlink and American Connection.

“The airline business is in rough shape right now,” said Davis, referencing the looming bankruptcy and flight cuts of many prominent airlines. “Right now we’re interest-

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ing in attracting Delta, which is struggling like everyone else. We’ve taken a campus survey and there’s been an overwhelmingly response.”

The Sabre-Delta Project would provide local flyers with the ability to connect to 540 daily flights to 118 domestic and international cities via Cincinnati. It is thought that the addition of the new airline would increase local competition, which could potentially lower ticket prices. There has been support expressed in the community for the program, but the support of the University is considered necessary for success.

“We’ll have to wait and see if the economy improves,” said Davis. “And a lot of it depends on the war. People are insecure about flying even now, but I can tell you that the airports in this country are safer now than they’ve ever been."

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BY MAGGIE DUNPHY | STAFF WRITER

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ob Thomas is a University of Illinois senior, majoring in aviation human factors and minoring in atmospheric sciences. He works at WILL radio/television station and enjoys being a flight instructor for Aviation 120.

What did you do last night?

Boring night. I slept and then studied for all my tests. I have a huge flying test on Thursday to get my license to teach people how to fly in clouds, so I studied for that.

What’s your favorite place in ChampaignUrbana?

The airport, but that’s in Savoy, and where I work, WILL. I have a lot of fun at work because I get to do crazy things. I’ve been on the radio, done the weather and I help out with documentaries. I’m always doing different things, so it’s fun.

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What’s in your CD player?

Here’s the thing: I don’t really listen to music that much because I honestly don’t have the time. Right now I have a CD that I made because I had to drive somewhere that was six hours away.

What are you reading right now?

The Federal Aviation Regulations. It’s a huge book, very boring, but hopefully it will help me pass the test on Thursday.

What’s the best movie you’ve ever seen?

Apollo 13, just because I want to go into space.

Who are your favorite historical figures?

Neil Armstrong, Chuck Yeager and the Wright Brothers, because without them I wouldn’t have a career.

Who were your heroes growing up?

My parents and family for helping me pay for this stuff and for support and encouragement to follow my dreams.

What’s your favorite childhood memory?

My first visit to the Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh (Wis.) when I was 10.

Every year, they have the world’s largest flyin. That’s when I decided I wanted to fly.

What’s your biggest regret?

Skipping things that are important to do— things that are important to me. I try to do things that are fun to me, and it makes me fall behind in my responsibilities.

What are you most proud of?

The fact that when I was 10 I said I was going to be a pilot and that now I am a pilot and teaching others to fly.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever heard?

Nothing is impossible.

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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I wish I had perfect vision. I was going to join the Navy, but they were all looking at me funny because I had glasses.

What do you do to relax?

I either sleep or I fly. Sometimes when it’s just a beautiful day, it’s so relaxing to fly.

When are you happiest?

When it’s a really crappy day, and I take off and I fly and all that’s below me is a puffy layer of clouds. I just think, ‘How many people actually get to see the sun today?’

What are you most passionate about?

This is going to sound redundant, but flying.

It’s what I’ve always wanted to do.

Do you believe in God? Yes. What is the meaning of life?

To be happy and to be loved by the people you care about.

What would you like your last words to be?

Follow your dreams no matter what because you never know what might come true.

Sex out loud T

he Illini Union will be home to much more than the usual poster sale on April 29. Sex Out Loud, the University of Illinois’ first sexual awareness fair, will be at Illini Rooms A, B and C all day long.

The goal of the fair is to start a dialogue about sex and “lighten the mood around sexuality,” said Lauren Lichty, senior at the University and president of Feminist Majority.

The fair will mix information on serious aspects of sex, such as abstinence and the AIDS epidemic in Africa, with games, demonstrations and contests to lighten the mood.

“We should definitely talk about the bad, but we should also talk about the good,” said Matt Rombach, junior at the University and president of Men Against Sexual Violence.

Bogart’s will be there to discuss genital piercing, and PRIDE will present “Drag 101,” along with facts about alternative lifestyles.

Patrons may be asked to contribute their favorite sexual position, and there will be a table dedicated to fun sex tips.

Representatives from McKinley will also be on hand to talk about birth control, STI testing and other sexual health services available through the University.

The Champaign Clothesline Project, a local version of the national project, will be on dis-

play. The project is an exhibit of T-shirts created by survivors of sexual violence and their families.

Lichty, a transfer student from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, modeled the fair off of a similar event held there.

The number of participating organizations is still changing, but Lichty expects Sex Out Loud to have 20 to 40 different booths.

Men Against Sexual Violence is involved in the fair because men do not usually talk about issues of sexuality, Rombach said.

“You can’t let it be a women’s issue and not address it as men,” he said.

Men Against Sexual Violence will present information about sexual violence and issues of mutual consent at the fair.

“We hope to show that sex isn’t just personal gratification,” Rombach said, “The bare minimum goal is to get people thinking.”

Sex Out Loud is completely student-organized. No group is claiming total responsibility for the planning, Lichty said. Since so many students are involved in the planning, she hopes the fair will continue for many years.

Students That Oppose Pornography, also known as STOP, a new student organization formed by graduate student Jacob Hess, will also be at the fair. The group opposes the ideology of sex and wants

to present a different way of looking at sex.

“Sex is a symbol of a union of people’s hearts, their minds and their futures,” Hess said.

He said the group takes the issue of mutual consent presented by Men Against Sexual Violence one step further by looking at the meanings of sexual encounters.

Hess also said addiction to pornography is not addressed as much as it should be.

Pornography is a fake way of relating to others, Hess said, and can harm that person’s relationships

with people, intimate or not.

The STOP booth will have information about porn and have a list of resources where pornography addicts can find help.

“I really hope people learn something, either about some else’s life or to see sex and sexuality in a different light,” Lichty said.

But in the end, “We just want people to walk away smiling,” she said.

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t’s not very often that you find a news or entertainment source free of advertisements or commercials. It fact, it is quite rare. Of the thousands of radio stations across the country, Champaign’s own WEFT 90.1 FM is one of a fraction that runs solely on donations from their listeners and therefore has zero time devoted to commercials.

Underwriting is the closest thing to an advertisement that one will find on 90.1.

“What underwriting is, is that a company donates money to us, and we thank them on the air in a live message,” said Eaun Fernsler, the underwriting coordinator.

He added that the station is careful to regulate how often messages are read and limits them to no more than three sentences.

Messages are also reserved for local businesses only.

“We don’t want to saturate our airwaves,” Fernsler said.

Community radio is great, according to Fernsler, because “we don’t have corporate sponsors to tell us what to do or what not to do.”

popular nationally syndicated alternative WEFT is a not-for-profit station, which news source. means that, as Fernsler pointed out, the sta“We are the only station that airs tion can provide alternative programs that ‘Democracy Now!’ in Illinois,” Fernsler said. corporate radio does not.

Paul Riismandel, volunteer and host of “We play everything here,” Fernsler said.

“Media Geek” on Fridays at 5:30 p.m., added, “We have 38 different genres of music. And “The idea is that we are constituted by the there are more CDs in this room than any community.” other station in town.”

The station is run A program schedule at by the community the station’s Web site and for the commulists the programs of the nity. week: blues, jazz, counEvery hour, the try, bluegrass, folk, on-duty air shifter gospel, rock, punk, soul, at the station is rap, reggae, gothic, required to read Celtic; the list goes on.

– Paul Riismandel, a volunteer any two announceAs Fernsler put it, ments from a stack “We focus on diversity.” of fliers listeners have sent regarding local WEFT also has alternative news and media not-for-profit events. programs, both station-produced and syndi“It helps the community,” said Fernsler. “It cated shows. Saturday programming addresslets them know what’s going on.” es local issues, while weekday programs This is equally true of the local bands focus on national issues and information. One WEFT plays. program, unique to WEFT in the Champaign“If there’s a band (that) makes it from Urbana area, which airs Monday through around here, they were played here first, and Friday at 4 p.m., is “Democracy Now!,” a more than anywhere else,” said Riismandel.

A pledge drive started April 11 to support WEFT and such events. The donations collected “account for 60 percent of the annual budget. The money pays for keeping our lights on, renting the tower to send out our signal, all the necessities for keeping the station up and running. Our goal is to reach $30,000 in the next two to three weeks. We won’t stop till we reach it,” said Riismandel.

He also added, “Our spring and fall pledge drives are the only time we directly ask our listeners to support our station.”

According to Riismandel and Fernsler, a donation of just $40 makes a listener a member of WEFT, giving them a year’s subscription to WEFT’s newsletter, the “WEFT Revue,” as well as enabling them to vote for board members or run for an office. A member might even be able to get his or her own radio program.

“We don’t just give it away,” said Riimandel about giving members a radio show, “but pretty much anyone could come in and run a show with our consent. ... If you’ve got something to say, or to play, we’ll let you.”

Of course, WEFT has training sessions just for that purpose.

Volunteers make up almost every aspect of the radio station, including the 60 radio personalities. Volunteers also work on programming, as well as determine in which direction WEFT is going to grow. There is a new WEFT volunteer almost every year who designs the T-shirts a listener can choose to receive if donating $60 or more.

In addition to the April pledge drive, WEFT is taking donations for their annual

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record sale in October.

“We have massive quantities of everything,” said Fernsler, “all on sale for just a couple of dollars.” The sale includes thousands of CDs, cassettes, records, videos, DVDs and more from which to choose.

Throughout the year, WEFT plays a role in many community events, including the 4th of July parade in which WEFT has a float. The station sponsors WEFT Fest, a September event, where the street is blocked off and local bands get a chance to play. WEFT also sponsors shows at the Canopy Club for bands that might otherwise go unheard.

All donations go directly to the support and operation of WEFT and its alternative programs that are so hard to find elsewhere.

To donate to WEFT or to learn more about volunteering and becoming a part of WEFT, call the station at 3599338 or visit its Web site at www.weft.org.

VOLUNTEER LISTINGS • An area track and field competition The Eastern Prairie Special Olympics of Illinois is hosting an area track and field competition on May 10, 2003 from 8a.m.-4p.m. Volunteers are needed to time races, make award presentations to the athletes, record results, help with medical care, etc. If you are interested in helping, contact Georgeann Kulton (217)355-1750.

• Carnival day On May 13, 2003, the Champaign County Nursing Home is hosting Carnival Day from 2-3:30p.m. Volunteers are needed to help with face painting, clowning, animal balloons, magic, juggle, music, or your own special carnival talent. Contact Kalah McGraw (217)384-3784 if interested.

• Concert volunteers The Prairie Ensemble is looking for concert volunteers for their May 9, 2003 performance. People are needed to usher, distribute programs, assist patrons, sit at the ticket table, etc. If you would like to help, please contact Christie Schuetz<contactus@prairieensemble.org>.

• Film Festival The Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival is looking for people to usher, be ticket takers and concessions staff, etc., throughout the April 26-28, 2003 festival.

Contact Rebecca Cain, phone: (217)356-9053; e-mail: rebecca.cain@cparkdistrict.com if interested.

• The Urbana Park District The Urbana Park District is needs help removing invasive species from the Urbana Park Districts newest property located on E. Main St. This newly acquired land contains several large (nearly 4 foot diameter) Chinkapin and Red Oaks -- but these trees have been invaded by non-native species. If you would like to help with this effort, contact Derek Liebert (217)344-9583 (email: laliebert@urbanaparks.org).

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said. He said he liked finding out how far people traveled to come to the breakfast and also what types of planes flew in for the day. he University of Illinois Flying Team will “It’s interesting to hear all the stories, esperise early April 27 to flip pancakes and cially the aviation stories from the people direct airplanes for guests at their annual Flywho fly in for the day,” Balogh said. in/Drive-in Pancake Breakfast fundraiser.

The team also publicizes the breakfast in The event will be held at the Octave aviation publications and on Web sites with Chanute Aerospace Museum in Rantoul, and aviation calendars. the breakfast will help fund the team’s travel To fund competition expenses, the team has expenses to attend the National Intercollegiate been selling raffle tickets for the past few Flying Association’s national competition in weeks for a drawing that will be held at the May. “It works well there because people can breakfast. Prizes include a digital camera for spend the day at the museum after they eat second place and two open-ended, roundtrip breakfast,” said Eric Cowan, head coach of tickets on Southwest Airlines for the first the flying team. place winner.

The $7 admission donation to the breakfast The University helps the team with operaincludes both the all-you-can-eat pancake tional costs, such as gas and airplane repair. breakfast and admission into the museum.

The team flies Cessna-152s, two-seater air“It helps defray our cost to the national planes made in 1979 and 1980 that look their competition, which is in North Dakota this age, but feel sturdy when you climb inside year,” Cowan said. the tiny compartments that comprise the airHe said this is the team’s sixth year doing plane’s interior. the breakfast fundraiser, and it is open to “They’re good airplanes,” Cowan said. “anyone who wants to come.”

Team members do the setup, cooking and Cowan started working at the Institute of cleanup for the breakfast.

Aviation as a flight instructor after he gradu“We’ll have all 25 people go up early in the ated from the Institute’s flight program in morning to start cooking, and we’ll serve 1999. He started to coach the flying team everyone throughout the morning,” Cowan said. shortly afterward. Four other coaches help Thomas said he does not help with cooking Cowan run the team. responsibilities but will help to make other “The flying team is like any sports team at aspects of the day run smoothly.

U of I,” he said. Aviation students compete to “If it's going to be great weather, I'll probabecome a part of the competitive team. The bly be out directing planes,” he said.

Balogh said he will not have any specific duties at the breakfast since he will be overseeing everything, from making sure there is enough food to keeping everything running smoothly.

“The main thing about the breakfast is that it’s open to everyone,” Cowan said. “We’d like to see people come up and enjoy breakfast and just have a good time.”

Thomas joined the flying team during his sophomore year. He competed for the first time last semester in a regional competition in arbondale.

Thomas will compete in at least two events at the national competition this year, Team captain Dave Penney lands inside the scoring box during a Friday-morning practice for a landing competition while teammates Pre-Flight and Brian Hemmersbach (left) and Robert Jones watch and score the landing at Willard Airport.

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flying team roster includes 25 individuals, although only about 15 of them win spots to partake in national competitions. “(The breakfast) is a good way for a lot of people to fly in from all over the country,” said Ed Balogh, treasurer of the flying team.

“People enjoy flying out for a Sunday breakfast with their families.”

Balogh joined the team four years ago, but this is his first time in charge of the breakfast fundraiser. He had some help laying the groundwork, as team officers started preparing for the breakfast last summer, taking care of preliminary things such as the date and location of the event.

Bob Thomas, senior in aviation, helped at last year’s breakfast and will be there again this year.

“Last year the weather was so terrible that only two planes made it,” he said.

Weather conditions have always played a large role in determining the outcome of breakfast attendance. Cowan said more than 200 people have shown up in past years, but attendance varies with the way the wind blows.

“It depends on the weather,” he said.

“We’ve had people as far as South Dakota fly in for the breakfast.”

The team sends fliers advertising the breakfast to dozens of small airports. The fliers attract recreational pilots looking for something to do on a Saturday morning, Cowan

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Jenny Dille waves to Brian Hemmersbach as he overshoots the landing box Friday at Willard Airport.

Between 12 and 14 team members will travel to the national competition this year, which is a weeklong event featuring not only competitive events but also seminars and aviation displays.

The top three teams from each regional competition go on to compete at the national competition, which runs May 17-21 in Grand Forks, N.D. The University’s team took first place at the regional competition this past fall for the second consecutive year.

“I don’t think a lot of people realize how successful we’ve been the last couple years because we don’t get a lot of recognition,” Balogh said. “That’s not why we do it … but coming to the breakfast is a really good way to support the flying team.”

Balogh joined the team when he was a freshman and has attended the national competition before.

This year he has decided to attend graduation instead of the national competition.

“I had to decide between the competition and graduation, and I decided graduation only happened once,” he said.

Balogh normally participates in ground events at competitions, such as Aircraft Recognition, Simulated Comprehensive Aircraft Navigation and the computer accuracy event.

Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. - noon $7.00 (includes breakfast & museum admission) The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum 1011 Pacesetter Drive, Rantoul, Ill. 61866 For more information about the breakfast, contact Eric Cowan at (217) 244-8606.

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It saves lives on a lot of different levels” – Ray Bement, Program Manager

ore than 200 artists have come together to show and sell their work for the 11th annual Artists Against AIDS sale and show, sponsored by the Greater Community AIDS Project.

“I think art is a really good way, a safe way to escape from things that are pretty negative.

When you see what you can create and that it will be shared by so many people even if you’re gone, I think that’s an awesome thing you can do. It’s a gift,” said Gregg Robeson, a contributing artist and manager of Champaign House, the major undertaking of the Greater Community AIDS Project. “(The event is) making people aware that there’s something being done for people who really need help.”

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People shop for art in support of Artists Against AIDS at last year’s reception.

you get your act together and find other located at 112 Church St., Champaign, has housing," said Shepard. been home to the event for the past three GCAP also provides grants for rent and years. utility assistance for those not living in "We usually have to find a building that's Champaign House. The organization works under construction or changing in some way," with Champaign-Urbana Public Health, the project volunteer Trent Shepard.

Eastern Illinois Food This year is no excepBank and the student tion, as the Gallery has population to provide just been renovated to everyday assistance to accommodate the event. those suffering the ecoNieto’s donation benefits nomic, social and healthnot only the financial, but related detriments of HIV also the asthetic elements and AIDS. of the Artists Against – Gregg Robeson, contributing artist "There’s an amazing AIDS show. and manager of Champaign House student population here.

"They have a reputaYou don't have to ask tion for their artistic twice at the University approach to what they for people to get involved. There are fraternido," said the project’s program manager, Ray ties and sororities and campus organizations Bement. that say, 'This really matters to us. Can you To best help members of the community come speak to our group?' They will have with HIV/AIDS, GCAP relies on low adminfundraisers and raise $200, $300. That $200 istrative costs, Bement said. Ninety-two perfeeds 20 people a month, equivalent to 1,000 cent of money raised by GCAP is used for pounds of food. Do you know what 1,000 “direct service.” pounds of food looks like?"

Bement recognizes the great sacrifice made Since it relies heavily on community supby businesses willing to accommodate Artists port, GCAP staff volunteers must be resourceAgainst AIDS. The first show and sale was ful in order to help individuals in need. held in 1992 at the McKinley Foundation. For Bement, Robeson and Shepard interact directthe past eight years, it has been held in varily with individuals directly affected by HIV ous downtown Champaign venues, including and AIDS, and they express special gratitude the current sites of Radio Maria and Two East to all of the artists who participate, as well as Main. community members who attend the Artists Though businesses and building owners Against AIDS event. incur expenses to house the event, their con"Art saves lives. It saves lives on a lot of tribution allows for more money to aid those different levels,” said Bement. “The artist gets in dire need of food and healthcare services.

All artists participating in the show are able to connect with something that really makes a difference in the community, and people that to set the prices for their art, as well as what buy the art feel like they're connecting to a percentage of the sale price is given directly charity that helps their community. It's a way to GCAP. According to Robeson, the percentof becoming proactive in the fight against this age ranges from 30 to 50 percent. disease."

"Some of the artists maybe have a softer spot in their heart than others,” Shepard said.

“Some artists only keep 10 percent, but it’s up Thursday, 7-9 p.m. to them to decide that.”

Private Opening with live music and champagne Artists Against AIDS is certainly not GCAP’s only function. Since 1985, it has operFriday, 6-10 p.m. ated a transitional shelter, Champaign House, Grand Opening with live music and wine reception for individuals who are HIV-positive.

Volunteers for GCAP deal directly with those Saturday, 1-10 p.m. who have experienced the devastating ecoExhibition and sale continues nomic and social consequences of revealing their diagnosis.

Sunday, 1-7p.m.

"Say you’re 19 and living at home with Exhibition and sale continues your parents and it turns out that you’re HIVpositive. You tell your parents and your dad Monday, 1-7 p.m. kicks you out of the house. Through caseFinal day of exhibition and sale. workers, you might get referred to live in Champaign House for up to six months while

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BY ELISABETH LIM | ARTS EDITOR

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s all forms of art offer a variety of mediums, there are various genres of dance.

This weekend, Dance 2XS and Legend Dance Company, two very different student dance organizations, will put on their annual spring shows.

The dancing begins Friday with Urbanite, 2003, Dance 2XS’s spring show. Dance 2XS, although mainly recognized for its hip hop, also incorporates jazz, funk, techno and house into its performances.

“We do everything, and that’s why people like it so much,” said Lee Daniel, a junior at the University of Illinois and the group’s artistic director. Daniel has been a part of the group since January 2001 after he saw them for the first time and was “blown away because they were so different ... (They had) such a diverse membership.”

Dance 2XS was founded by Patrick Chen and Henry Lee in the fall of 1998 with six members.

“They performed a lot on campus, and they got recognized for the different style of dance.

It just grew from there,” Daniel said. The group has now grown to about 25 members.

Nationally and internationally, Dance 2XS has established groups at the University of Michigan, Purdue, Chicago, New York, London, Spain, Barcelona and Portugal.

“This year is a special year because we’ve expanded internationally. Dance 2XS Chicago and Dance 2XS Portugal is also coming to perform,” said Daniel.

The annual performance at the Canopy Club is the group’s biggest fundraiser. The

group has undertaken several philanthropy projects, including raising money for the Make a Wish Foundation, conducting free hip-hop classes for kids in Savoy and dancing at Habitat for Humanity benefit shows.

In addition to the various Dance 2XS groups, other University dance organizations, including Special EFX, Precision and Sudden ImpaQ, Ink., are scheduled to perform.

In preparation for this weekend’s show, Dance 2XS has increased their practice time from twice a week for three hours to three hours everyday.

Daniel explained that each member of the group learns every single dance and decides later who dances for which routine.

“It just comes naturally after awhile,” he said.

As the artistic director, Daniel choreographs most of the routines.

“It’s what I live for, not to be Three-year-member of Legend Dance Company Kim Paczolt dances during the company's Monday night rehearsal in the all cliche,” he said. “When I’m Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. not dancing, I’m probably thinking about it.” Currently, Dance Company and a dancer since the age of the entire show through from start to finish he also teaches hip-hop classes at the until Saturday night.”

5, is equally passionate about dance.

University’s Intramural Physical Education Arnett added, “every dancer in the compaThis year, Legend is made up of 14 female Building. ny has contributed an immense amount in Kristen Kuroski, co-president of Legend dancers who will perform 15 dances, ranging terms of their own choreography, an insane from jazz to lyrical ballet to modern, hip hop, amount of rehearsal, plus their own individpoint and dance at Saturday’s show. ual contributions to make sure everything is “We try to cover every style of dance in our ready for performance.” show,” said Kuroski. “We try not to do things Kuroski will be dancing in nine of the 15 which are overplayed on the radio. We try to routines. She choreographed a couple of the have good music and great costumes. We try dances, including a number to The Soprano’s to make it a great show for the audience to theme song called Woke Up This Morning. watch.”

The spring show on Saturday is called Lisa Arnett, co-president of Legend, added, “Dynamics,” and will feature guest choreog“This year we have everything from raphy by Legend Dance Company co-founder Smashing Pumpkins, Pink and Alicia Keys to Sasha Vargas.

Fleetwood Mac and Billy Joel.”

Legend’s 14 members are University students of all majors- from aviation to biology Dance 2XS to chemica engineering.

Canopy Club “It is made of people who plan to pursue a Friday, doors open at 9 p.m. career in something other than dance, but who truly need to dance in their lives to make $5 wristbands in advance, $6 at door with flyer, $8 no wristband or flier it complete,”Arnett said.

According to Kuroski, the group has been Legend Dance Company planning for this show since last November, Lincoln Hall Theatre when they held auditions within the group Saturday, 7:30 p.m. for dance choreographers and decided which $4 presale $5 door dances they wanted to include for their show.

“We finished teaching in early March and now we’ve been trying to make it perfect,” said Kuroski. “Each night we practice three or four dances for 30 minutes. We practice three nights a week. This week we’ll be running

Dance 2XS Artistic Director Lee Daniel demonstrates a change in a dance routine.

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Dance 2XS and Legend Dance Company perform annual spring shows

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UGH OH! STOOPID BROKE HIS GLASSES! | APRIL 24-30, 2003

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Illinois. He loved the scene associated with the establishment, and ended up working there for 10 of the 12 years it was open. rom 1979 to 1991, a part-jazz club, partAs Nature’s Table began fading into histowhole foods restaurant resided at 509 S. ry, Michel realized that he was in a unique Goodwin in Urbana called Nature’s Table. position to preserve its memory. He recently Several prominent musicians played at wrote a book of 13 short stories, which Nature’s Table, including Jeff Helgeson and includes interviews with musicians, in an Tom Paynter, who are a part of the current attempt to preserve that memory.

Champaign-Urbana jazz scene, as well as “The idea was twofold. It was to present defunct local groups like Chuck Tripp’s organ the musicians in their own words and theretrio Sorgum. The club also brought in touring fore get their perartists, like spective on what Chicago tenor Nature’s Table was sax legend Von like and their Freeman and experience there. ...

New York-based And I also wanted bassist Rufus to tell a story of Reid, as well as the daily operamusicians that tions and the kinds played outside of people, and the of jazz — kinds of cusnotably the now– Jeff Michel, musician and writer tomers, and the famous Alison kinds of employKrauss, who ees and just the unusual or funny or sad situplayed at Nature’s Table when she was 14 ations that might come up,” Michel said. years old with a group called Union Station.

“It was a minor miracle to have music Jeff Michel, a musician and writer now livseven nights a week in a relatively small town ing in Minneapolis, was first attracted to the ... there was also a little bit of blues, folk, and club as a music student at the University of

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rock and roll at the end,” Michel said. “It gave a lot of musicians a start.”

A strong connection existed between Nature’s Table, the University’s Music Building, and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Nature’s Table served as one of the few places where local musicians and students could play experimental music or original music that couldn’t be found anywhere else. “That was the place, where if you had something new to try ... you could have one night, no strings attached,” Michel said.

According to Michel, the people associated with Nature’s Table went a long way to making it a unique and special place. “The thing that’s hard to get across is the atmosphere of the place ... it was like your living room. You didn’t have to buy anything. Everyone knew each other, everyone was friendly with each other ... that was the magic of the place. It was very relaxing, a very open atmosphere.”

Terry and Shelley Masar were the owners of Nature’s Table. Michel said that in addition to keeping the establishment going, Terry Masser encouraged the performers in their work. “Terry had this incredible ability to deal with people ... he let you be what you needed to be on stage,” Michel said.

So what put an end to Nature’s Table?

“Well, there’s this thing called eminent domain,” Michel explained, with a tinge of regret in his voice. The University bought the land and turned it into a parking lot for a couple of years before it was developed for the School of Life Sciences. Masser searched for a new location for Nature’s Table in the area, but couldn’t find place with an atmosphere that matched that of the first location.

The Masars now own Sweet Betsy’s restaurant in Champaign, which occasionally features live music. Some of the dishes served at Nature’s Table are still offered at Sweet Betsy’s. “The food was really important (at Nature’s Table), and the food pretty much subsidized the music until later on,” Michel said.

The spirit of the Nature’s Table scene lives on in a few ways in the Champaign-Urbana community. Some of the same musicians can be heard in restaurants and clubs like Zorba’s, The Highdive, and the Iron Post as well as on radio broadcasts of live jazz recordings on WILL that began with the broadcasting of tapes from Nature’s Table, and on WEFT. The writing of this book has opened up a new chapter for Jeff Michel. Until now, he has worked primarily as a musician and songwriter, also writing plays and music. Having completed Nature’s Table, he has already begun work on a second collection of short stories.

Jeff Michel is looking for pictures of Nature’s Table for inclusion in the publication of this collection.

Send contributions to: 3527 24th Ave South Minneapolis, MN 55496.

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APRIL 24-30, 2003 | ...SO THEN HE SAID “WHY DIDN’T YOU USE THE OTHER DOOR?!”

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Penny Dreadful Players’ 10-Minute Play Festival Celebrates 10 Years who are generally non-theater majors, and the Plays: features Sanford markers and the kids who The Institute de La Comedia 10-Minute Play Festival draws a large group smell them, plus some interpretative dance.

Two- to Three-Minute Critique of Modern Society of participants. It’s especially appealing, “Did you ever smell these as a kid?” Sala ust because the Penny Dreadful Players’ And Now the News Winters said, to those who want to write or asked, holding up a box of markers. “They upcoming 10-Minute Play Festival consists I Know Why the Aquarium Fish Sings act but don’t want the responsibility of a fullsmell really good.” of short plays doeslength play. About 30 students are involved in Partnership for an Outside Food- and Drink-Free America Winters wrote a n’t mean it will be The Best Marketing Idea Ever!! the production, and several, like Trapp, Sala modern-day adaptashort on humor or My First Huffing Kit and Winters, take on multiple roles as actors, tion of the Greek entertainment.

The Thesmophoriazusae writers and directors. comedy The This weekend’s Elegy for a Ficus “I think it’s important to support student Thesmophoriazusae as production, titled theater.

These are budding playwrights,” a James Scholar honHappy 10th Birthday, – Ashleigh Sala, producer Happy 10th Birthday, 1993!

Winters said. “I encourage people who ors project for a class 1993! features nine haven’t seen us before to come see what we’re Penny Dreadful Players’ 10-Minute Play Fest this semester. For short, student-writApril 24-25, 8 p.m. all about.” this weekend’s proten comic plays full Channing-Murray Foundation Sala expressed a similar sentiment. ductions, she has of random amuse1209 W. Oregon, Urbana “It’s gonna be hilarious,” she said. condensed the play ments such as Tickets: $3 cross-dressing, dancing markers, an advertise- and placed its action in a spa.

One of Trapp’s ment for the video Girls Gone Sensitive and plays serves as the general mockery. production’s grand The Penny Dreadful Players have been putfinale. Entitled Elegy ting on 10-minute play festivals since 1999, for a Ficus, the play is but this production is particularly unique, as about “a suicidal it celebrates the University of Illinois student ficus who learns to theater group’s 10th anniversary. As a part of live life for the this celebration, playgoers will get free cupmoment,” Trapp cakes and soda, a fact that co-producers said.

Ashleigh Sala and Jim Trapp happily pointed The Penny out. Additionally, the occasion is a good Dreadful Players’ 10excuse to make people wear party hats, minute plays have Trapp said. gained popularity at “It’s just fun and wacky,” Group President the University over Theresa Winters said of the production. “All the past few years. the plays are comedies, so it will be non-stop Recently, the group comedy. … There’s a wide variety of was invited to particcool stuff.” ipate in the Trapp also stressed the variety. “We have University YMCA’s everything from a school of comedy to radio “Know Your news broadcast to children sniffing markers University Series” in to an adaptation of an ancient Greek play to a the fall by performsuicidal ficus.” ing some of its short Winters added that the short plays, while comic, aren’t sketch comedy. Instead, each has plays. The group also made an appearance a developed plot. at a recent benefit for Four of the nine plays were written by Foellinger Trapp or Sala. Sala describes her Partnership Auditorium. for an Outside Food- and Drink-Free America as The Penny “a spoof on those anti-drug commercials where kids are smoking pot in the bathroom.” Dreadful Players Nick Blegen (left) tries to pursuade Ruth Claus not only that he is a woman, but also that the women should not sue his writer for consists of students She also wrote My First Huffing Kit, which exposing their trysts during a rehearsal of Aristophanes' play Thesmophoriazusae in the Channing-Murray Foundation on Tuesday.

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Two stations, something different Independent music finds a home on The Planet and WEFT

BY LIZ MOZZOCCO | STAFF WRITER

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t’s a Monday night, and the band is sprawled out in a room filled with music and beat up couches. CDs and vinyl line the walls up to the ceiling in unvarnished wooden shelves covered with stickers. If not for the presence of a sound engineer furrowing his eyebrows behind a blurry glass window, it might look like The Buzzards were relaxing and playing in the basement of someone with an enormous music collection.

“A lot of bands comment that it feels like band practice because WEFT is so unassuming,” said Holly Rushakoff. Rushakoff is an airshifter for WEFT Sessions on 90.1 FM, where each week a featured group comes and plays live in the studio. This week Rushakoff and The Buzzards are trying to get people to call for their annual pledge drive—WEFT needs to raise a total of $30,000 in public

donations every year to stay on the air.

Thanks to WEFT and recent changes at 107.1 The Planet, the presence of independent music on the radio in Champaign-Urbana seems to be expanding, much to the relief of music fans and local bands who have been craving something interesting and different.

There’s something charmingly honest about WEFT, much like the wandering country-ish sound of the guitars that are being strummed in their studio. As the lead singer takes a swig of his beer and announces they’re going to play a Neil Young song, one gets the feeling that spontaneous and interesting things could happen in this place that would never happen in most radio station studios.

Indeed, much of the music that broadcasts at commercial radio stations today is mainstream or monotonous. Luckily for local listeners, however, two stations in Champaign-Urbana are doing something out of the ordinary by offering weekly shows that air music from local bands and music from independent labels.

Although WEFT clearly plays a greater variety of music (their programs range from punk to jazz to “womyn’s” radio hours), The Planet has recently begun to diversify their usual playlist. Several bands from the Champaign area, including Roscoe Plush, THC Squared, the Red Hot Valentines and Absinthe Blind have become a staple on the air at The Planet.

Other local groups are showcased every Sunday at 10 p.m., when Drew Patterson hosts the hour-long show Inner Limits to open the airwaves to Champaign talent.

Immediately following this show is Off the Record, where Patterson and co-host Dan Suh play an hour of songs from musicians on independent labels.

WEFT also features two shows on Monday nights—WEFT Sessions from 10 to 11 p.m. and Champaign Local 901 from 11 p.m. to midnight—where local groups get airplay.

Anyone who wants to see the featured band perform live during WEFT Sessions can drop by the studio and watch for free.

“The live WEFT Sessions are the best thing the station has going,” said local listener Will Zeiger.

“Holly Rushakoff is really devoted to the scene and those performances are always a highlight. I went to see Absinthe Blind WEFT Session and it was one of the most unique ways to see a band that I have ever experienced.”

Rushakoff herself is clearly passionate about WEFT Sessions. “I have a good time whether I know the band or not. I love being exposed to new bands, or hearing new songs by a band I’m familiar with. They’re all really exciting shows because the experience of being on the radio for the band is novel,” she said.

Many local bands appreciate the attention from WEFT and The Planet. Ryan Lee, who plays in the group The Pitch, said he noticed some changes for his band as a result of getting on the air at The Planet.

The Idle Hours drummer Dan McCabe keeps the rhythm during WEFT Sessions on Monday night as host Holly Rushakoff (background) listens.

“It has impacted our band in a way that has made us more hopeful and diligent. Instead of recording a CD that will end up in the hands of our friends, we now approach our work as something that we hope will reach tens of thousands of listeners,” Lee said.

Lee is one of those listeners himself, and The Planet’s recent efforts to include local and indie rock on the air with Inner Limits and Off the Record have caught his attention.

“Personally, I am sick of the 20-song playlist that repeats all day, and their localindependent music show is my favorite,” Lee said. “It’s really the only programming that I look forward to.”

Others have noticed the improvements that a little variety have brought to The Planet, too.

“I think they’re doing a great job adding more local music to their regular playlist, and I think Inner Limits and Off The Record provide a real service to the community,” said Openingbands.com Webmaster Steve Sobel.

However, Sobel also noted that it’s taking time for some music fans to become interested and give The Planet a bit of credit.

“I think listeners are responding well, but many of them are still skeptical or so anti-corporate-anything that they won’t even give Inner Limits a chance,” Sobel said.

Radio listener Todd Hunter noticed some concerns along those lines among his own peers.

“I admire and applaud their attempts to diversify their playlist, but I am a poor judge of response because my friends and I tend to be music snobs,” Hunter said.

According to Dan Suh, who co-hosts Off The Record, this is the first time block on The Planet in several years that caters exclusively to indie rock listeners.

“Every once in awhile you’d hear a song released on an indie label, but I don’t think there was a concentrated effort to say ‘let’s play an hour of indie music every week’ before we started kicking around the idea that eventually became Off the Record,” Suh said.

There are good reasons why The Planet might be wary of becoming too diverse in its musical choices. WEFT and WPGU are run very differently.

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While WEFT runs almost entirely on public donations and support from the community, The Planet is a commercial station that depends upon sponsors who think it will be worthwhile to advertise with them. As a result, The Planet must be much more conscious of playing mainstream music that will appeal to a large audience.

“The people that Mega-Corporation X is selling the widg-

Drew Patterson hosts the weekly local-band radio show "Inner Limits" on 107.1 The Planet

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ets to generally don’t listen to a ton of Fugazi, Bright Eyes or Death Cab for Cutie. Otherwise, they’d take their ad budget over to (indie Web site) Pitchfork.com,” Suh said.

All the same, it is clear that there is an audience for independent music and local bands in Champaign. Off the Record and Inner Limits have even attracted a chat room on Openingbands.com, where listeners can talk to other fans with similar taste and joke with the DJs during the show.

“Drew and Dan have hopped in the chat most weeks,” said Sobel, “and it can be a lot of fun requesting songs, or razzing them when they make a funny comment or a small mistake.”

The support that listeners express, by requesting songs, tuning in or in WEFT’s case, making a donation, is perhaps the most important element of keeping independent music on the air. Rushakoff sees the connection between the local scene and radio.

“Bands have to start somewhere, and they can’t always get booked immediately. They make a demo to get into a club, but WEFT will play that demo to help them get exposure,” Rushakoff said.

Both Rushakoff and Patterson at The Planet publish their playlists on the Web (http://www.weftfm.org/sessions and http://www.wpgu.com/shows/innerlimits/ index.php, respectively) and encourage Champaign bands to send in their music for the local shows.

“In the one year I’ve been in Champaign, I’ve seen the local scene grow and improve,” Lee said. “I’m so hopeful for this to continue. I can’t wait to see where we are in a few years.”

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Fear, greed and millions of dollars: the MP3 war continues

BY BRIAN MERTZ | MUSIC EDITOR

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ell, the time has finally come. I now have to give serious thought to an age-old question: What am I going to do with a million dollars?

Until recently, I did not even realize that I had a million dollars at my disposal. In fact, I have more than $180,000,000 just sitting around unused. At least that’s the case according to the math put forth by the Recording Industry Association of America.

On April 3, the RIAA filed suit against four college students who were running mini-versions of Napster on three college networks.

Only people on the networks at Princeton, Michigan Technological University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where two of the students went, had access to the MP3 files.

Despite the limited audience, the RIAA asked in its lawsuit for the maximum amount of damages under copyright law. The RIAA is seeking $150,000 for each song that each student shared.

So by the RIAA’s logic, my laptop is a venerable gold mine. My relatively modest MP3 collection of more than 1,200 songs is only worth a mesely $180,000,000. On the other hand, the four college students in this lawsuit each were sharing more than 2.5 million files.

One student had one million files.

So at $150,000 per song, for one million songs, the RIAA is asking each of these college students to pay $150,000,000,000.

Take your time and let that settle in. One hundred fifty billion dollars in damages, for one person. If the RIAA gets everything it asks for, the damages from the lawsuits would total at least $375,000,000,000.

The RIAA justifies this lawsuit through its now-tired song that online music piracy has caused record sales to drop. But has any industry taken a $375,000,000,000 loss in the last few years? Clearly not. So what is at the root of this lawsuit? Two explanations spring to mind. The first is that the RIAA is trying to scare away the piracy problem with lawsuits.

The second is a simple motivation—greed.

Anyone who has studied litigation practices knows that getting every last cent of damages asked for is a rare occurence. In fact, most damage requests are set high. But in this case, the RIAA is setting an outrageous sum in order to frighten away future online pirates.

Unable to easily shut down central hubs of piracy like Napster, the RIAA has now started to go after users one at a time.

The scare tactic can be effective if the threat of legal action against individual users is widely known. Most of us don’t murder people because we know the consequences are great. The RIAA hopes that by winning this

lawsuit, the average online pirate will be scared off by the consequences. Right now, it doesn’t seem like this technique will work.

While the filing of this lawsuit has received some news coverage, many college students are oblivious to these legal threats. Going after four students will not be enough to scare the millions of students around the country.

Even after Napster was shut down with much press fanfare, piracy didn’t stop. In fact, some reports show that file trading has increased in the years after Napster.

For this scare tactic to work, the RIAA is going to have to do something more drastic and more noticible to the average person. But the more the RIAA files lawsuits against individual consumers, and the more damages they seek, the more the motivation and appearance of greed come to the foreground.

Like so many corporate industries, the recording industry experienced a boom in the 1990s. Those profits went down the drain as the economy went down. Some of these corporations have just accepted the losses. Some laid off workers. Others, like Enron, cheated.

The recording industry has instead looked found a scapegoat and sued the heck out of it.

Is it really a matter of losing artistic integrity when someone steals a copy of an Avril Lavigne song? From my point of view, that is a matter of bad taste. But from the RIAA’s

point of view, it is a matter of lost profits.

Regardless of whether MP3s really are at the cause of lost revenue from CD sales, the fact remains that $6 billion in recompensation would be too much, let alone $375 billion.

These four students are bound to lose in their lawsuits. Copyright law is against them.

But I only hope that the courts reject the amount of damages requested by the RIAA. The exoberiant amounts only show disrespect for our system of justice and a level of greed that should not be tolerated.

Instead, the courts should urge the RIAA to return to its old practice of notifying colleges and asking them to shut down pirates on campuses without filing suit. None of the three schools were notified of the RIAA’s actions until the lawsuits were filed. Given a chance to stop individual offenders, schools can be more effective than lawsuits in stopping file sharing on college campuses.

If the RIAA continues to act this way, they very well may stamp out filesharing. But at the same time, they will alienate the public to such an extent that CD sales will drop even more. I may personally purchase a CD a week on average, but the RIAA is simply becoming repugnant. People like me will stop spending money on an industry that is supposed to be fostering art, not greed. Even if I am sitting on $180,000,000.

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APRIL 24-30, 2003 | MMMM... FORBIDDEN DOUGHNUT

SoundBlotter All the best that music has to offer this week

like Sasha, Digweed and Danny Howells. Ticket prices and more information can be found at www.purefuture.com. (Brian Mertz)

INDUSTRIAL Martin Gore’s new album Counterfeit2

CLASSICAL Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble Wednesday, April 30. Krannert Center, 8 p.m. (Adults $28 / Senior Citizens & Students $27 / UI & Youth $22) The last classical concert in the Krannert Center’s Marquee series brings one last well-known overseas ensemble to the community. The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble is the mostrecorded ensemble of its kind. The larger orchestra of which these musicians is a subset also has made some very well known recordings, including the great soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film Amadeus. The group was formed in 1959 by Sir Neville Marriner with some of London’s best orchestral musicians. Neville remains active with the group, and the ensemble comes here with artistic director Kenneth Sillito. The Chamber Ensemble will perform Mendelssohn’s “Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20,” Brahms’s “Sextet for Strings in B-flat Major, Op. 18,” and Shostakovich’s “Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, Op. 11.” (Paul Malina)

HIP HOP / SOUL / FUNK UC Hip Hop Night Monday, April 28, Barfly, 10p.m. (No Cover) Barfly hosts a different style of music every Monday, and the last Monday of every month features music from UC Hip Hop. DJs Arkon, Limbs and Adub spin quality hip hop, soul and funk all night. The highlight of the event is an open mic near the end of the evening, when MCs have a chance to show their lyrical skils. Barfly offers an upscale alternative to your average campus town bar, with a very chill atmosphere and friendly staff. This will be the final UC Hip Hop night of the year. (Jason Rogers)

HOUSE / TECHNO / ELECTRONIC Darren Emerson Thursday, April 24, Transit in Chicago, 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. ($8-$11) It is hard to describe how very important Darren Emerson is to dance music. As one of the members of Underworld, he helped craft three of the most influential dance albums ever made. His bouncing, joyful presence on stage with Underworld, along with his dancefloor sensibilities were both sorely missed on Underworld’s last album and tour. But since he split with UW, Emerson has focused heavily on DJing and on his record label, Underwater. Home to some of the biggest tracks in the last year, Underwater has broken big singles from Tim DeLuxe, Gus Gus and Paul Jackson.

Emerson hasn’t been back in Chicago since 2001.

At that show, where he opened for Fatboy Slim, Emerson mixed his trademark progressive house sounds along with old classics like New Order’s “Blue Monday.” As a DJ who manages to rock dancefloors while still creating intelligent sets, Emerson has solidified his position as a DJ alongside greats

Martin Gore (ya know, that guy from Depeche Mode) will be releasing his second solo album entitled Counterfeit2., the follow-up to his 1989 solo EP entitled Counterfeit. Counterfeit2 is a collection of cover by various artists including Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, John Lennon, David Essex and more. (Brian Tracy)

INDEPENDENT ROCK / PUNK / EMO Absinthe Blind / Maserati / The Buzzards Saturday, April 26, Cowboy Monkey, 9:30 p.m. ($5) Absinthe Blind has good reason to be optimistic.

Their new album on Parasol Records, called Rings, has created buzz in the community and the record industry, and their current single “The Dreamers Song” has been on steady rotation on 107.1 The Planet. They’ve spent a lot of time on the road recently, but on Saturday they are coming home to play a show at Champaign’s newest venue, The Cowboy Monkey. Absinthe Blind seem on the verge of breaking into the mainstream at any moment. The show starts at 9:30, and you must be 19 to get in.

Maserati and The Buzzards are opening. (Adam Henrichs)

song, but his short career had so many facets that it was hard to get a sense of what he was really about without doing a fair bit of shopping and listening.

The track listing of Punk Jazz finally brings it all together for the first time—from early live recordings with Wayne Cochran’s CC Riders to his work with jazz-fusion supergroup Weather Report to his sessions with Joni Mitchell to his own eclectic solo recordings, there’s a little bit of everything here.

Pastorius made the fretless electric bass sing in new ways, and this should be a great way to start listening to a sometimes forgotten jazz genius. (Paul Malina)

COUNTRY / BLUEGRASS / AMERICANA MerleFest April 24-27, Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, NC 1-800-343-7857 In it’s sixteenth year, Merlefest, an annual Americana festival, is happening this weekend. The festival, which began in the fall of ‘87 to honor the passing of legendary artist Merle Watson, brings together top-notch artists for a three-day jam. This year, the stage will feature the likes of Emmy Lou Harris, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck and many others. Also this month, the 15th Anniversary Merlefest CD and DVD were released. Collaborations from Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Allison Krauss and Patty Loveless make for an amazing Americana collection. So if you can’t hop a flight to N.C., be sure to pick up the DVD and get the MerleFest experience this weekend. (Adam Cook)

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CHARTS PARASOL RECORDS TOP 10 SELLERS 1. Club 8 - Strangely Beautiful (A Hidden Agenda Record) 2. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (Matador Records) 3. Club 8 - Saturday Night Engine (A Hidden Agenda Record) 4. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Gimme Five (A Hidden Agenda Record) 5. The Essex Green - The Long Goodbye (Merge Records) 6. Centaur - In Streams (Martians Go Home Records) 7. Manitoba - Up in Flames (Domino Records US) 8. Monade - Socialisme ou Barbarie: The Bedroom Recordings (Drag City) 9. Postal Service - Give Up (Sub Pop) 10. Of Montreal - Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children (Track & Field UK)

RECORD SERVICE TOP 10 SELLERS 1. The White Stripes - Elephant (V2) 2. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (Matador) 3. Various Artists - Saddle Creek 50 (Saddle Creek) 4. Lucinda Wiliams - World Without Tears (Universal) 5. Ben Harper - Diamonds on the Inside (Virgin) 6. Scarface - Balls & My Word (Rap-A-Lot) 7. ...Trail of Dead - Secret of Elena’s Tomb (Interscope) 8. Autechre - Draft 7.30 (Warp) 9. Front 242 - Still & Raw (Metropolis) 10. Lisa Marie Presley - To Whom It May Concern (Capitol)

Star Course Band Jam Saturday, April 26, UIUC South Quad, 5:30 p.m. (Free) For the first time in seven years, Star Course is proud to present the return of their annual Band Jam. The Band Jam showcases the hottest local rock acts, as well as local DJs in the dance tent. The show will run until 11 p.m. and features such acts as Roscoe Plush, Temple of Low Men and Lorenzo Goetz.

The Concert is free to the public and houses two stages and a DJ tent. Rock and roll genres from alternative to punk will fill the area south of the Undergraduate Library. Other acts include Sincerely Calvin, Drawing a Blank, The Dynamo Theorem, Soulstice, Solo Mono and Missing The Point. (Corey Wilson)

JAZZ Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology Released this Tuesday It seems that in the recording industry there are more attempts every day to sell buyers music they already own or bait them with cheap gimmicks like “bonus DVDs.” It’s rather refreshing to hear a compilation disc that actually offers something new, like this one. Jaco Pastorious has a reputation of being one of the most innovative bassists of the ‘70s and ‘80s. When he died in 1987, his life destroyed by addictions like too many other musicians, he left a rather uneven legacy.

He was eulogized by greats like Miles Davis in

BLUES B.B. King & Bobby Bland Sunday, April 27 in Lincoln Square Mall, 5:00 p.m. ($55) If you can afford it, you need to get over to Lincoln Square Mall and catch a living legend. B.B. King, arguably the most renowned blues musician of the past 40 years, will come to Urbana on Sunday.

Touring since 1956, King has become a master of the live performance. His recodings have earned him multiple gold and platinum records, MTV Video Music Awards and Grammy Awards.

Opening for B.B. King will be Bobby Bland. With more than 60 songs on the R&B charts, including “I Pity the Fool” and “That’s the Way Love Is,” Bland has established himself as one of R&B’s great performers. (Brian Mertz)

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CLARIFICATION In the April 17 issue of buzz, the story “Between continents and under CU’s radar” by Alejandro L. Rodriguez was not identified as having previously run in the Innocent Words magazine. The buzz staff regrets this omission.

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BY BRIAN TRACY Local act TerminusVictor’s full-length debut, Mastering the Revels on Innocent Words Records, is marked by their full sound and memorable riffs. Terminus Victor walk the thin line between industrial and rock, and, as with every band that walks a line between genres, at times their music falls more to one side than the other.

Terminus Victor do a great job of balancing their sound.

Some bands have the problem that they are trying to do too much with their music all at once, often leaving the audience confused or disaffected because they’re given nothing consistent to connect with. The polar of that is a band that picks one formulaic style of writing and composes an album that is indistinguishable from track to track.

While Terminus Victor have a relatively constant sound, it is not so stale that it drones on unchangingly and loses the listener.

The best aspect of this album is its full sound.

Oftentimes when a band has two members, it is hard to give the music a full sound, but on Mastering the Revels, the sound has a roundness to it that is undeniable.

Terminus Victor made the decision to record the album with a drum machine, which can often lead to a hollower, fake sound than when done with a real drummer. Terminus Victor avoid this pitfall by turning everything else up; the bass and guitar work is so constant and aggressive that it manages to capture a violent sound that is constantly on the offensive, never letting up or giving an opening for escape.

The album clocks in at 38 minutes. While short albums are common these days, one can’t help but wish for something more to round out the album. The fact that length is the album’s main shortcoming, however, says quite a lot about the album itself. Overall, Terminus Victor already have good footing musically, and one can only hope that the group’s sound will continue to fill out and diversify within their range, as they has potential above and beyond what they display on Mastering the Revels.

PRINCE PAUL Politics of the Business Razor & Tie

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Prince Paul is probably the best producer you've never heard of. With over 20 years in the business, Paul has been involved in numerous projects, ranging from being an original member of Stetsonic, The Gravediggaz, along with fellow production guru Rza, and one half of Organized Konfusion with Pharaoh Monch. He also worked very closely with De La Soul when they were beginning their careers.

Although Prince Paul is greatly respected amongst his peers, commercial success has always eluded him. His more recent projects, Handsome Boy Modeling School with Dan the Automater (Gorillaz) and Prince Among Thieves were both critically acclaimed albums, but lacked marketability with no clear-cut singles.

Enter Politics of the Business, Paul's answer to A&Rs and record execs who say his style doesn't fit into the mold of what appeals to the mass market. In this project, Prince Paul attempts to go as mainstream as possible while still being his creative self. The result is an album that sounds greatly

different from all of Paul's previous projects.

While searching for this new mainstream sound, Prince Paul enlists some of hip hop’s heavy hitters. This makes the transition from underground to mainstream smoother, creating an album that appeals to everyone, from Backpackers fans to Clipse fans. Some guests include Def Squad members Eric Sermon, Redman, Keith Murray, Trugoy of De La Soul, Guru, Masta Ace, Chuck D, Ice - T, Beatnuts, Tony Touch and Chub Rock. Many songs on this LP have MTV and BET airplay written all over them. Tracks such as “Make Room,” featuring Sermon, Redman, Murray and Molly Gee have definite club potential. Def Squad does not disappoint on the track, coming through with undeniable chemistry and their patented style of braggadocio rhymes.

There is some classic Prince Paul material on the album that will appeal to Paul’s diehard fans. Installments like “People, Places,” and “Things (It’s Who You Know),” featuring Rock,Wordsworth and MF Doom take you back to the glory days of hip hop. The beat is borrowed from De La’s “Peas Porridge,” which was originally produced by Paul for De La Soul is Dead. It can best be described as hip hop meets Ringling Brothers, using a playful organ loop and timely snare kicks.

Prince Paul still includes his trademark of using numerous clever interludes between tracks. One of the more humorous moments happens in the intro. Dave Chappelle plays a record executive who claims Prince Paul is a genius upon first hearing his last album, but then claims the album is utter trash after its commercial flop.

Although a definite departure from Prince Paul’s normal style, the album still accomplishes what Prince Paul set out to do. The album clearly has more mainstream appeal than any of his previous projects, but still calls on a long list of hip hop’s most respected artists. Upon first listen, old fans of Prince Paul may find this new style hard to accept, but after a few plays it’s clear that Paul is not straying that far from his roots. As in the past, Paul has created an album that is different from what anyone else out there is doing. Prince Paul is playing by his rules as usual, only this time with mainstream inclinations.

JOHNNY SOCKO Self-titled Triple R Records

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BY BRIAN MERTZ Old school band geeks are crying. Johnny Socko, one of the best ska bands of the third-wave of ska, have abandoned much of their ska influences to create an album that is catered more towards pop punk fans, than MU330 fans. Their new self-titled album is still a very solid effort, but the Socko progression from ska to punk rock continues, much to the dismay of this ska fan. Johnny Socko has always stood above other ska bands because of their humor and their amazing trumpet player, Demian Hostetter. The humor is still seen on this album in songs such as "Bitch Stole My Hat," "Mix Tape," and their blazing version of "Devil Went Down to Georgia." Noticeably absent on this album are Hostetter's upper-register shattering trumpet solos. Johnny Socko has instead opted accentuate their punk stylings to appeal to the new popularity of the Sum 41 sound.

Still, Socko lets their music and their lyrics create memorable humorous songs. In the sped-up cover of "Devil Went Down to Georgia," the devil's fiddle playing is represented by a funky bass riff that eventually is joined by a guitar interpolation of Guns N' Roses's "Sweet Child O' Mine." The response by the hero of the song, Johnny, is incredibly funny from a musical standpoint. In the song "Mix Tape" the lines "It's supposed to make you smile / And I'll be the first to say it's all a bit juvenile / But while you sing along / I'm searching for romantic rhymes / Something clever and sublime / As I make another mix tape just for you" are followed by the hardcore rap about a .45 that clearly made it onto the fictional mix tape. It's the humor found in juxtaposition that also works in songs like "Bitch Stole My Hat" and "Old School Master."

Johnny Socko has also grown up. Fans of indie rock of all kinds (punk, ska, and plain old rock) will appreciate the introspective "Save Yourself." The song is a big risk for a band that performs a polka medley as part of its live set.

But that risk pays off and shows that Johnny Socko is more than just a simple ska band. While the old band geek in me mourns the disappearance of some of the ska elements, the resulting album is still a very good one. For those who want to discover Johnny Socko through the ska route, their recent live double album is a good way to go. But if you want to ease into Johnny Socko through more accessible punk paths, their new self-titled album is a great way to start.

This review originally ran at Openingbands.com

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THE DYNAMO THEOREM Truth or Consequence, New Mexico Innocent Words

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BY ANDY SIMNICK The Dynamo Theorem, a four-piece group from the Champaign-Urbana area, blurs the line between several musical genres on their new EP Truth or Consequence, New Mexico. Though the four tracks have a unique blend that shows promise for future development, the music becomes a bit cumbersome by the end of the album.

The vocals are the most definitive part of the sound of The Dynamo Theorem. Donovan Foote’s drawl separates him from the growing pack of emo-core lead singers.

Although he still needs to develop more control of his range, there is something about the vocals that is reminiscent of Matt Skiba’s earlier work. This is not to say that The Dynamo Theorem mirrors Alkaline Trio, but there is a certain cynicism in Foote’s voice that will trigger the connection.

Another distinctive feature of the CD is the sporadic trumpet use. The solos cut very well into the simple background guitar work and cause the music to seem much more flowing and natural. It is very rare for a band of this type to include any horns whatsoever, and even rarer for the horns to work this well.

Even though the vocals and horns mark the band, the guitar work is the Achilles heel of the EP. There is nothing technically wrong with the background riffs. The problem is that there is nothing new about them either. The power chords are lifted directly from Thursday, who in turn lifted them from numerous other bands. There is a sneaking ska riff that permeates the second and third tracks. At first it strikes the listener, but it quickly becomes too soft and repetitive to add value to the overall sound.

Despite coming on strong, The Dynamo Theorem needs to add variation to their repertoire. The local scene is cranking out more and more bands every day, and TDT have the talent to stay near the front of the pack. However, to keep gaining new listeners, their sound will have to keep people interested, especially after the emo scene dies down a bit.

The band shows flashes of promise and will almost certainly show more as they develop their sound. Any group that can blend a horn with this slower style of punk rock will grow over time, and their full length, due out early next year, should do a better job of showcasing the potential of the band.

VARIOUS ARTISTS Chillout 2003 The Ultimate Chillout Nettwerk

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BY BRIAN FOURMAN When something randomly occurs once, it’s inevitably labeled an accident. Twice, well that’s a coincidence. Three times? Well, that, my friends, is intentional and exactly what Nettwerk Productions had in mind when they released Chillout 2003 — The Ultimate Chillout.

In this third installment of their ever-popular downtempo line, Chillout 2003 offers an impressive array of artists that have set the standard for luscious melodies and downbeat tempos.

Featuring a wide variety of new, exclusive and previously unreleased cuts from such musical powerhouses as Delerium, Sasha, Moby, Sarah McLachlan and New Order, this compilation will prove its worth instantaneously. The album features current chart toppers like Fischerspooner’s “The 15th” and Telepopmusik’s “Love Can Damage Your Health,” as well as hidden gems like 1 Giant Leap’s “My Culture,” featuring Maxi Jazz of Faithless fame and (believe it or not) British music sensation Robbie Williams.

Packed with 14 tracks that run a little over 72 minutes, Chillout 2003 is the ultimate mix for the electronica connoisseur. If you love down-tempo electronica and everything it has to offer, then this compilation is for you. Just remember to chill accordingly.

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APRIL 24-30, 2003 | WHERE’S MY WHISKEY? I’M GONNA GET TORE UP

New records experiment with old sounds

BY ROB TURNER | PULPSYNDICATE.COM

Oklahoma singer and songwriter. "We wanted "Without Me," the lively hit single from The it to sound like something from the '30s or Eminem Show, the best-selling album of 2002.

'40s, and then bring it up to the modern day Keith uses it on "Good to Go to Mexico" hat do rapper Eminem, country singer for the rest of the song, which has a real modfrom Unleashed, one of the top-selling country Toby Keith and alt-rockers The ern Latin feel to it." albums of the year. The Transplants' Transplants have in common?

In Keith's song, as with most of the current "Diamonds and Guns," one of the hottest Listen to certain songs on their latest examples, the simulated noise appears for a songs on alternative-rock stations throughout albums, and you'll pick up the scratchy clues. few seconds, then gives way to digital purity. the United States, sounds as if it has taken a Each CD features the kind of snaps, crackles Some say these studio-incubated flaws, far few too many rides on someone's turntable. and pops that marred the bygone era of vinyl from detracting from the music, actually make More hissing, ticks and assorted noises turn records. But these noises were not caused by it stand out. up on recent tracks by alt-rock groups Wilco wear, tear or an inebriated party guest bumpWith digital recordings, "there's almost too and Bright Eyes, R&B singer-songwriter ing into a phonograph. They were put there much clarity, so you Lamya, even country deliberately. hear everything sepmusic titan Johnny Today's pure-sounding digital CDs leave arately . . . and someCash. some musicians and listeners cold, like a times that's a little "I think it's an hearth with a blazing fire that's all flame, no distracting to the answer to how priscrackle or heat. So, like furniture manufacturmusic," says Eric tine everything ers who pound, ding and scratch tables and Persing, creative sounds today," says chairs to make them look time-ravaged, or director of Jeff Greenberg, chief jeans makers who pre-fade their denims to Spectrasonics, a softexecutive of the save customers the bother, musicians and ware manufacturer Village, one of the record producers are using computer technol– Jeff Greenberg in Burbank. He's the ogy to make songs captured in crystalline dig- busiest recording stuinventor of Stylus, dios in Los Angeles, ital audio sound as if they've been spinning the company's softand vice president of on a cheap record player for years. ware package that allows vinyl noise effects to the Society of Professional Audio Recording "A lot of contemporary recordings can be added during editing.

Services. sound very similar," says singer-songwriter "Some aspects of older recordings make "Everybody's striving for such technical Pete Yorn, whose modern-rock hit, "Life on a them a more pleasant way to listen to the perfection, they're forgetting that some of the Chain," starts out sounding like a battered 78 music," Persing said. "The brain is not trying greatest records in history were done in rpm. "So an old record that's very dirty to focus on all the individual elements, so it scratchy old mono. You could tell that the sounding and all static-ky can sound pretty can focus on the song." players put their hearts and souls into their good when you put it on."

The return of the clicks and skips partly playing. The performances moved you, and it For some artists, surface noise is a novelty, reflects the enduring appeal of vinyl recordings. had nothing to do with 96 channels of higha way to make their recordings stand out.

Although CDs long ago replaced LPs and sample-rate digital audio."

For others, it's a heartfelt nod to an earlier cassette tapes as the music industry's domiTwo decades ago, the music and consumerera in music, when records themselves, not nant playback format, a dedicated cult of electronics industries trumpeted a quantum just the music within their grooves, were vinyl worshipers persists. These fans say that leap in audio technology. cherished objects whose nicks and scars, like so-called analog recordings, pressed on vinyl, The birth of digital recording and the the dog-eared pages of a beloved book, attestsound warmer and capture performances invention of the compact disc as a playback ed to the years of enjoyment they'd given. more faithfully than do digital CDs. medium would forever eliminate the pops Today's computer-conjured imperfections Analog recording transforms sound waves and scratches that often came between music can provide a shortcut to instant character, into electrical signals that are etched into the and music lovers. And unlike vinyl LPs, CDs similar to the postproduction tricks that make grooves of the vinyl disc and converted back would never wear out. new movies look like pitted and scratched into sound waves by a phonograph needle, But a funny thing happened on the way to black-and-white films. amplifier and loudspeakers. sonic perfection: Some people found they Eminem tosses in vinyl noise at the start of Vinyl loyalists contend that digital recordmissed the noise. ings can sound harsh and icily sterile because "If it's your vinyl, all the process breaks up the continuous sound those scratches mean it's waves into millions of separate bits that are your soundtrack," says translated into numbers for storage, editing Pete Howard, publisher of and duplication via computer.

ICE magazine, a monthly Pop acts from Beck to Tom Petty & the publication for music Heartbreakers to Jurassic 5 cater to LP afijunkies.

Says Greenberg: "It puts a cionados by releasing limited editions of their albums on vinyl. record into a frame of referThe Recording Industry Association of ence that suddenly orients America reports that more than $82 million you toward another time as worth of LPs were sold in 2001, up slightly well as a specific sound." from the previous two years. Sales of CDs That's what Keith was totaled $12.2 billion last year. after in "Good to Go to "It's not considered just a sound effect anyMexico."

"When I wrote that song, more," Spectrasonics' Persing says. "The sounds that a record player makes have really it had a real old-school become part of the lexicon of musical sound." sound to the opening chords," says the © www.pulpsyndicate.com Jay Bennett and Leroy Bach of Wilco perform at the Taste of Chicago

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CLUBSVENUES Assembly Hall First & Florida, Champaign 333.5000 American Legion Post 24 705 W. Bloomington Rd., C. 356.5144 American Legion Post 71 107 N. Broadway, Urbana 367.3121 Barfly 120 N. Neil, Champaign 352.9756 Barnes and Noble 51 E. Marketview, Champaign 355.2045 Boltini Lounge 211 N. Neil, Champaign 378.8001 Borders Books & Music 802 W.Town Ctr., Champaign 351.9011 The Brass Rail 15 E. University, Champaign 352.7512 Canopy Club (The Garden Grill) 708 S. Goodwin, Urbana 367.3140 C.O. Daniels 608 E. Daniel, Champaign 337.7411 Cosmopolitan Club 307 E. John, Champaign 367.3079

Courtyard Cafe Illini Union, 1401 W. Green, U. 333.4666 Clybourne 706 S. Sixth, Champaign 383.1008 Curtis Orchard 3902 S. Duncan Road, Champaign 359.5565 D.R. Diggers 604 S. Country Fair Dr., C. 356.0888 Embassy Tavern & Grill 114 S. Race, Urbana 384.9526 Esquire Lounge 106 N. Walnut, Champaign 398.5858 Fallon’s Ice House 703 N. Prospect, Champaign 398.5760 Fat City Saloon 505 S. Chestnut, Champaign 356.7100 The Great Impasta 114 W. Church, Champaign 359.7377 G.T.’s Western Bowl Francis Dr., Champaign 359.1678 Hideaway 701 Devonshire Dr., Champaign 356.3081 The Highdive 51 Main, Champaign 359.4444 Huber’s 1312 W. Church, Champaign 352.0606 Illinois Disciples Foundation 610 E. Springfield, Champaign 352.8721 Independent Media Center 218 W Main St, Urbana 344.8820 The Iron Post 120 S. Race, Urbana 337.7678 Joe’s Brewery 706 S. Fifth, Champaign 384.1790 Kam’s 618 E. Daniel, Champaign 328.1605 Krannert Art Museum 500 E. Peabody, Champaign 333.1861 Krannert Center for Performing Arts 500 S. Goodwin, Urbana Tickets: 333.6280, 800/KCPATIX La Casa Cultural Latina 1203 W. Nevada, Urbana 333.4950 Lava 1906 W. Bradley, Champaign 352.8714 Legends Bar & Grill 522 E. Green, Champaign 355.7674 Les’s Lounge 403 N. Coler, Urbana 328.4000 Lincoln Castle 209 S. Broadway, Urbana 344.7720 Malibu Bay Lounge North Rt. 45, Urbana 328.7415

Mike & Molly’s 105 N. Market, Champaign 355.1236 Mulligan’s 604 N. Cunningham, Urbana 367.5888 Murphy’s 604 E. Green, Champaign 352.7275 Neil Street Pub 1505 N. Neil, Champaign 359.1601 New Art Theater 126 W. Church, Champaign 351.7368 No Name Saloon 55 E. Main, Champaign 398.6912 The Office 214 W. Main, Urbana 344.7608 Parkland College 2400 W. Bradley, Champaign 351.2528 Phoenix 215 S, Neil, Champaign 355.7866 Pia’s of Rantoul Rt. 136 E., Rantoul 893.8244 Pink House Rts. 49 & 150, Ogden 582.9997 The Rainbow Coffeehouse 1203 W. Green, Urbana 766.9500 Red Herring/ Channing-Murray Foundation 1209 W. Oregon, Urbana 344.1176 Rose Bowl Tavern 106 N. Race, Urbana 367.7031 Springer Cultural Center 301 N. Randolph, Champaign 355.1406 Spurlock Museum 600 S. Gregory, Urbana 333.2360 Strawberry Fields Café 306 W. Springfield, Urbana 328.1655 Ten Thousand Villages 105 N. Walnut, Champaign 352.8938 TK Wendl’s 1901 S. Highcross Rd., Urbana 255.5328 Tonic 619 S. Wright, Champaign 356.6768 Two Main 2 Main, Champaign 359.3148 University YMCA 1001 S. Wright, Champaign 344.0721 Verde/Verdant 17 E. Taylor St., Champaign 366.3204 Virginia Theatre 203 W. Park Ave., Champaign 356.9053 White Horse Inn 112 1/2 E. Green, Champaign 352.5945 Zorba’s 627 E. Green, Champaign 344.0710

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aserati, an instrumental band hailing from Athens, Georgia, the starting ground of rock legends, like the B-52’s, R.E.M, and Olivia Tremor Control, weave a textured spider-web of noise and guitar interplays structurally similar to Tortoise.

Under Kindercore Records, Maserati released its debut album The Language of Cities, in 2002. Imagine a post-rock Sonic Youth fronted by The Edge from U2, if he had listened to more jazz, and one would come close to the awe inspiring audio experience of Maserati. Saturday, Maserati opens along side The Buzzards, for Absinthe Blind at Cowboy Monkey.

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oon over Buffalo, the 12th Annual Student Show now being performed at Parkland Theatre, is a funny, fast-paced play with a mixed cast of student and community actors. This play premiered on Broadway starring Carol Burnette and tells the story of a charming, star struck theatre couple, George and Charlotte Hays, who both long for the fame only Hollywood can provide. When bigshot film director Frank Capra comes to see the Hays’ repertory of Cyrano de Bergerac and Private Lives, fate takes an unusual turn.

Overflowing with punk energy, Johnny Socko roll into town

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Better Luck Tomorrow opens tomorrow at The Beverly

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importance of taking advantage of opportunities – Heritage Room of ACES Library, 7pm, No charge The `Peace Process’ – War: How the Peace Movement Created Modern Terrorism – a lecture by columnist and publisher, Robert W. Tracinski – 151 Loomis Lab, UIUC, 7:30pm, No charge, open to public

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Will Rogers – Neil St. Pub U of I #3 Jazz Band – Iron Post, 7pm, cover Cabaret Open Stage: Featured Performer Roadside Prophets – Independent Media Center, 8pm, Free Parasol Records Showcase: Menthol, Tractor Kings, Neilson Hubbard, The Like Young – Cowboy Monkey, 9pm, $5 Johnny Socko, THC Squared, Lovehammers – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $5 Jupiter Sunrise, Sincerely Calvin, Greg Wood – The Brass Rail, 10pm, $3 Green Mountain Grass – Tommy G’s, no cover Jazz Night – Zorba’s, 9pm, $3

DJ DJ Impact, Instinct, Grand Funk Emperor, Mission – The Highdive, 9pm, $5 DJ Resonate - Barfly, 9pm, no cover DJ Who - Joe's Brewery, 10:30, $3 Disco Dynamite w/ Paul West - Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no cover DJ Ryan Spinboi – C-Street, 9pm, no cover Dancing – Ruby’s, 9pm, no cover DJ Pulano & DJ Dirty Dave - spinning house, dance, and rap - Tonic

KARAOKE Karaoke - No Name Saloon, 9pm, no cover G Force Karaoke - Pia's, 9-1am, no cover Karaoke – Jillian’s, 9pm, no cover

DANCING Salsa and Merengue – conducted by Eliana Manero-everyone is welcome – La Casa Cultural Latina, 7pm-9pm, No charge Dance Workshop – Ritmo y Sabor Latino is offering mambo lessons with Johny (member of Descargo Caribe Dance Company), Chicago – La Casa Cultural Latinia, 9pm-10pm, No charge

COMEDY Comedian, Jim Gaffigan – Illini Union Courtyard Cafe, 9pm, $7 public, $5 UIUC students, tickets available at Ticket Central, Illini Union

MUSIC PERFORMANCES Beckman Concert Series – Elizabeth Jaxon, harp; Colleen Potter, harp – Atrium, Beckman Institute, 12:20pm, No charge UI Trombone Ensemble – Elliot Chasanov, conductor; program will feature original works and transcriptions for the trombone ensemble, and will include works of Albrechtsberger, Bach, Holsinger, Saint-Saëns, andTull – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 8pm, $5/ SC $4/ Stu $2

ON STAGE Moon Over Buffalo – An acting couple are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory consisting of Cyrano de Bergerac and Noel Coward’s Private Lives- Fate has given these thespians one more shot at starring in roles and director Frank Capra himself is en route to Buffalo to catch their matinee performance –comedy – Parkland Theatre, 8pm Happy 10th Birthday 1993 – A collection of studentwritten plays, 10 minutes or less – Channing Murray Foundation, 8pm On The Rocks – Krannert Center Student Association present 4 One-act plays written, directed, and performed by students – Krannert Center Ampitheatre, 9pm, $3 Studiodance II – Department of Dance highlights student choreography – Studio Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 8pm, $14 / SC & Stu 13 / UI & Yth 8

LECTURES Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes and Animal Behavior –Bernard E. Rollin, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University; open to the public – Room 149, National Soybean Research Center, 1101 W. Peabody Dr., Urbana, 7:30pm, No charge Faces of the Future: Careers in the 21st Century – Valentino Martinez, professional recruitment consultant and head of the V.B. Martinez Group, Inc., will discuss the

FILM 5th Annual Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival – Stone Reader, 12pm; The Grey Automobile, 3:30pm; Your Friends and Neighbors, 7pm; Blood and Wine, 10pm – Virginia Theatre, Festival Pass, $60, Individual Tickets, $7

WORDS Chicano Poetics, Poetry Reading – Alfred Arteaga, author of Cantos, Red, and House with the Blue Bed, professor of Creative Writing and Ethnic Studies, University of California-Berkeley will be the guest speaker – La Casa Cultural Latina, 9pm

OTHER Urbana Free Library Spring Book Pre-Sale – Members of the Friends of the Urbana Free Library can come shop early! Thousands of donated books will be available on a variety of subjects, with must items priced at $1 or less.

(Memberships can be purchased at the door for $10) – Near Art Mart in Lincoln Square Mall, 5pm-9pm La Bamba burrito eating contest – cash prizes - Fat City Saloon, 9pm Fight Night - Cash prizes, contests, arm wrestling and more!

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FridayApril25 LIVE MUSIC Reasonable Doubt – UncleBuck’s, 215 N. Lake of the Woods Rd., Mahomet, 9pm-close, no cover Mad Cats Band – Pia’s, 9pm, $1 Renegade – Neil St. Pub, 9pm, $2 Phase 2 – The Phoenix, 9pm, no cover Jeff Helgesen – Iron Post, 5pm, cover Friday Jazz: Parkland Big Band – The Highdive, 5:30pm, $3 Fiesta!!: Bent-Til-Broken – Foellinger Auditorium, 8pm Jason Finkelman’s Nu Orbit Jazz Ensemble – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5 Fotomana – Iron Post, 10pm, cover Synesthesia, The Diplomats, Little Black Spiders – Brass Rail, 10pm, $3 Mark Behl – Borders, 8-10pm, free The Mighty Groove Trio – Tommy G’s, 9pm Candy Foster & Shades of Blue – Bunny’s Tavern, 119 W Water St., 7pm-10pm,

DJ The Skeleton Danse – goth dance night – Independent Media Center DJ Tim Williams – The Highdive, 10pm, $5 Realness with Blends by Otter - Barfly, 9pm, no cover DJ - No Name Saloon, 9pm, no cover DJ Sped - Joe's Brewery, 10:30pm, $5 DJ Stifler - dance/house/techno - Lava, 9pm, no cover DJ Bozak - Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no cover DJ Bob Bass - Pia's, 9-1am, no cover DJ Ryan Spinboi – C-Street, 9pm, $3 DJ Murphy – Ruby’s, 9pm, no cover Tsunami Entertainment: featuring DJ Asiatic - Tonic G Force DJ Super G – Hip-Hop/Rock/Dance – Hideaway 9pm-close

KARAOKE Karaoke - D.R. Diggers, 9-1pm, no cover G Force Productions - Hideaway, 9-1am, no cover Karaoke with Paul Faber - Lincoln Castle, 9:30-1am, no cover Karaoke – Ruby’s, 8pm, no cover

DANCING Ballroom Dancing – Non-smoking, cash bar – Regent Ballroom, 1406 Regency Drive, Savoy, 7:30pm-10:30pm, $7 Salsa Dancing – Non-smoking, cash bar; Dress code: no blue jeans, tennis shoes, or hats – Regent Ballroom, 1406 Regency Drive, Savoy, 11pm-1am, $4

MUSIC PERFORMANCES Friday Jazz Forum – Rick Margitza, tenor sax; Tim Hagens, trumpet; Jim Trompeter, piano – Room 25, Smith Memorial Hall, noon, No charge UI Symphonic Band I, UI Symphonic Band II – Thomas E. Caneva, conductor; Peter Griffin, conductor; Tony Licata, graduate student conductor; program will include

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Mendelssohn: Overture for Winds, Opus 24; Brooks: Dreadnought; Gillingham: Apocalyptic Dreams – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 8pm, $5/ SC $4/ Stu $2 School of Music Opera Program – Two short operas that offer a delightfully comic look at human nature- Mozart’s The Impresario, involves an impresario’s negations between two sparring sopranos, while Smith’s The Unicorn in the Garden, deals with an incompatible husband and wife who gleefully ponder ulterior motivations with their visions of a unicorn in a garden. Sung in English – Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center, 8pm, $9/ SC & Stu $8/ UI & Yth $6

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Dance 2XS – Performances by Dance 2XS, Including chapters from Portugal, Purdue and Chicago. Also Performances by Special EFX, Precision, and more – Canopy Club, $6 w/ a flyer, $8 without. For flyers contact Lee Daniel at ladaniel@uiuc.edu Moon Over Buffalo – An acting couple are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory consisting of Cyrano de Bergerac and Noel Coward’s Private Lives. Fate has given these thespians one more shot at starring in roles and director Frank Capra himself is en route to Buffalo to catch their matinee performance –comedy – Parkland Theatre, 8pm Happy 10th Birthday 1993 – A collection of studentwritten plays, 10 minutes or less – Channing Murray Foundation, 8pm On The Rocks – Krannert Center Student Association presents 4 One-act plays written, directed, and performed by students – Krannert Center Ampitheatre, 9pm, $3 Elysium on the Prairie – Live action roleplaying;“Vampire: The Masquerade”. 7pm, For location visit: http://ww2.uiuc.edu/ro/elysium/intro.html Studiodance II – Department of Dance highlights student choreography. – Studio Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 7pm & 9pm, $14 / SC & Stu 13 UI & Yth 8

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Sexual Assault Candlelight Vigil – A supportive and safe environment for survivors and significant others to come together and speak about their own experiences. Open to the public – Westside Park, 400 W. University, C., 7pm-8pm Champaign Friends Pre-Sale – join at the door for $10 – Champaign Public Library, 505 S. Randolph, C., 4pm-8pm Gospel Skate Night – Last skate night of the year. Last pickup at the Illini Union, 10:45pm – Skateland, 205 W. Curtis Rd., Savoy, $5.50 transportation & skates included.

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Against All Odds: The Enduring Quest for Democracy in Central Africa – Dr. Eyamba Bokamba, Professor of Linguistics at UIUC – University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St., C, noon, free

Band Jam – Star Course presents...an outdoor music fest featuring: Temple of Lowmen, Roscoe Plush, Drawing A Blank, The Dynamo Theorem, Lorenzo Goetz, Solo Mono, Missing the Point, Illini Contraband, Soulstice, Sincerely Calvin – South Quad, UIUC, 5:30pm-11pm, No charge New Twang City – Huber’s, 8pm, No cover Trouble Is – Rick’s Recreation & Pub, 528 S. Sangamon, Gibson City, 8:30pm-12:30am Missing The Point – to help support Champaign County Operation Snowball – McKinley Foundation, 5th & Daniel, 7pm, $4 Eleni Moraites – local singer/songwriter – Pages for All Ages, 7pm-9pm Dave Branning Trio – Fallen’s Icehouse, 7-11pm, no cover Pure – Neil St. Pub, 9pm, $2 Kilborn Alley – The Phoenix, 9pm, no cover Feista!!!: Bent-Til-Broken – Foellinger Auditorium, 7pm No Secret – Iron Post, 8:30pm, cover Absinthe Blind, Maserati, The Buzzards – Cowboy Monkey, 9:30pm, $5 Joni Dreyer and Heavy Loads – Embassy Tavern, 9:30pm, free Openingbands.com, WPGU/Bud present: FeeD, Von Frickle, Legs For Days – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, $3 Unfinished Businees – Tommy G’s, cover

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DJ Tim Williams – The Highdive, 10pm, $5 DJ Hipster Sophisto - Barfly, 9pm, no cover Spincity - Hideaway, 9-1am, no cover DJ - No Name Saloon, 9pm, no cover DJ Naughty Boy - Joe's Brewery, 10:30pm, $5 DJ Bundy - dance/house/techno - Lava, 9pm, no cover until 11pm DJ Resonate - Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no cover G Force DJ - The White Horse Inn, 9-1, no cover DJ Michela Limacher – C-Street, 9pm, $3 DJ Alex Mattson - House, R&B, and Rap - Tonic

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WORDS Blue Room – open mic and poetry set – La Casa Cultural Latina, 9pm

OTHER Artists Against AIDS – Art show and sale begins with reception. Artwork includes paintings, photography, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, glasswork, drawings, stained glass, and more. – 112 W. Church St., 6pm-10pm Urbana Free Library Spring Book Sale – Paperbacks 40 cents each or 3 for $1 in several subject areas; open to all – Near Art Mart in Lincoln Square Mall, 9am-8pm

KARAOKE Karaoke with Paul Faber - Lincoln Castle, 9:30pm-1am, no cover

COMEDY Potted Meat Sketch Comedy – a collection of sketch comedy pieces written and performed by the cast of Potted Meat – Channing Murray Foundation, $3

MUSIC PERFORMANCES School of Music Opera Program – two short operas that offer a delightfully comic look at human nature- Mozart’s The Impresario, involves an impresario’s negations

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between two sparring sopranos, while Smith’s The Unicorn in the Garden, deals with an incompatible husband and wife who gleefully ponder ulterior motivations with their visions of a unicorn in a garden. Sung in English – Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center, 8pm, $9/ SC & Stu $8/ UI & Yth $6 His Children Chorale Spring Concert 2003 – Special invited guests: Daniel Garrett, Determined (Chicago, IL); S.T.O.M.P. from Faith Christian Peer Ministry (UIUC) – Community Christian Church of Christ, 805 S. 6th St., C Doors open at 6:30pm, performacnce at 7:30pm, free

ON STAGE Moon Over Buffalo – An acting couple are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory consisting of Cyrano de Bergerac and Noel Coward’s Private Lives. Fate has given these thespians one more shot at starring in roles and director Frank Capra himself is en route to Buffalo to catch their matinee performance –comedy – Parkland Theatre, 3pm & 8pm On The Rocks – Krannert Center Student Association present 4 One-act plays written, directed, and performed by students – Krannert Center Ampitheatre, 9pm, $3 Legend Dance Company spring show: Dynamics – Lincoln Theater, 7:30pm, Tickets $4 on the Quad/$5 at the door Studiodance II – Department of Dance highlights student choreography. – Studio Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 7pm & 9pm,, $14 / SC & Stu 13 UI & Yth 8

LECTURES National Day to Eliminate Racism – Panel discussion on race and diversity – The Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 Wright St., U. 1pm Relationship Chat – with Art “Chat Daddy” Simms. – Courtyard Cafe, 7:30pm-10pm, No charge

FILM Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival – Golden Age of Silent Comedy presented by the Silent Movie Theatre Co., 11am; Shall We Dance, 2pm; Charlotte Sometimes, 6pm; 12 Conversations About One Thing, 9:30pm – Virginia Theatre, Festival Pass, $60, Individual Pass, $7 IMC-MicroFilm Movie Show Pt. 2 – A program of wild and wooly anarchist films will include "Crashing the V.I.P. Room," about an Amsterdam media activist group, and "Guerrilla Video Primer," a series of videos by the Cascadia Media Collective of California. To be followed by an empowering, do-it-yourself video-making discussion led by members of the IMC Video Group – Independent Media Center, 1pm Film Series: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – 112 Gregory Hall, UIUC, 7pm & 10pm, $2 w/UIUC ID, $3 general public

WORDS Peppas Spoken Word – Come share your lyrics, poetry, or just participate in the positive vibe that is Peppas – African American Cultural House, 9pm-11pm

OTHER Champaign Library Used Book Sale – Bargain Bag Sale ($1 per bag; special books half price) Sponsored by Friends of the Champaign Public Library – Champaign Public Library, 9am-5pm Urbana Free Library Sale – Near Art Mart in Lincoln Square Mall, 9am-6pm Artists Against AIDS – Art show and sale begins with reception. Artwork includes paintings, photography, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, glasswork, drawings, stained glass, and more. Live music by JT3 at 7:30pm – 112 W. Church St., 1pm-10pm Bark in the Park – Help raise funds for Champaign County homeless and abandoned animals. Registration at 9am, Forms available now at the Human Society – Centennial Park, C., Dog walk starts at 11am Christie Clinic’s Run for the Health of It – a 10K run, 5K run, 5K walk and 5K wheelchair to raise money for the Arthritis Foundation; with a special guest appearance by Tina Wesson, winner of Survivor 2: The Australian Outback, and a Health Fair –The race begins and ends at Christie Clinic on University Ave., the race starts for runners and wheelchairs at 8:15 a.m. , and walkers start at 8:25 a.m. To register for the race contact Kelly Schaudt at 366-5218 Illini Union Board Drag Show, "Viva Las Divas" – Illini Union Rooms A, B, & C, 8:30pm, $4 w/ UIUC ID, $5 for general public

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LIVE MUSIC B.B. King & Bobby Bland – With special guests: Shirley King, Joyce Lawson, Candy Foster, Abraham Johnson & Dot Hinds. Food, beverages and mixed drinks will be available. Tickets available at Lincoln’s Castle – Lincoln Square Mall, 5pm-9pm, Limited seating available, general admission, $55 Bland Theory, Gnome Attic – The Highdive, 9pm, $6 Blues Jam – Iron Post, 9pm The Greenhornes, The Blackouts, American Minor – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5 Billy Galt and Ed O'Hara - blues - D.R. Diggers, 9:30pm12:30pm, no cover

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MUSIC PERFORMANCES UI British Brass Band – Peter Griffin, conductor; brass ensembles from Urbana High School, Champaign Centennial High School, and Champaign Central High School will join the UI British Brass Band for this unique concert – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 3pm, $5/ SC $4/ Stu $2 UI Concert Choir – Chester Awles, conductor; Stephen Sieck, guest conductor; program will consist of Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore, and works by Pärt, Chesnekov, Mendelssohn, Holst, Finzi, and Ravel – Recital Hall, Smith Memorial Hall, 7pm, No charge

ON STAGE Moon Over Buffalo – An acting couple are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory consisting of Cyrano de Bergerac and Noel Coward’s Private Lives. Fate has given these thespians one more shot at starring in roles and director Frank Capra himself is en route to Buffalo to catch their matinee performance –comedy – Parkland Theatre, 3pm & 8pm

FILM Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival – Singin’ in the Rain, 1pm – Virginia Theatre, Festival passes, $60, Individual tickets, $7

WORDS Meet Author Jennifer Bohrnstedt – Historian and Author of the novel, While Father is Away , The Civil War Letters of William H. Bradbury will hold a book signing and talk – Pages For All Ages, 3-4pm Whirlwind Poetry Reading – by local poets and writers; readers featured at this event are Laurence Lieberman, Elaine Fowler Palencia and Paul Riegel – Pages For All Ages, 3pm-4pm

Th Apr 24 UI Trombone Ensemble 8pm, $2-$5 Studiodance II 8pm, $7-$14 On The Rocks 9pm, Amphitheatre, $3

Fr Apr 25 Studiodance II 7pm, $7-$14 UI Symphonic Bands I and II 8pm, $2-$5 The Impresario and The Unicorn in the Garden 8pm, $8-$20 Studiodance II 9pm, $7-$14 On The Rocks 9pm, Amphitheatre, $3

IN THE LIBRARY...

Every Fri. & Sat. Karaoke with Paul Faber 9pm–1am

krannert center

Sa Apr 26

Th May 1

Studiodance II 7pm, $7-$14

Piano Competition Winners Concert 8pm, $4-$7

Opera Libretto: Impresario/Unicorn 7pm, $5.50

UI Jazz Band II 8pm, $2-$5

Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra 8pm, $10-$26 The Impresario and The Unicorn in the Garden 8pm, $8-$20 Studiodance II 9pm, $7-$14 On The Rocks 9pm, Amphitheatre, $3

Su Apr 27 UI British Brass Band 3pm, $2-$5

We Apr 30

UI Steel Band 8pm, $2-$5

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$1.50 domestic drafts $1.50 well drinks

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble 8pm, $20-$28 Sponsors: Avis and Dean Hilfinger Helen and Daniel Richards Beth L. and James W. Armsey

Artists Against AIDS – Art show and sale begins with reception. Artwork includes paintings, photography, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, glasswork, drawings, stained glass, and more – 112 W. Church St., 1pm-7pm Urbana Library Half-Price Sale – Near Art Mart in Lincoln Square Mall, noon-5pm March of Dimes Walk America 2003 – Anyone interested in walking is welcome to come sign up the day of the walk – Centennial Park Pavillion, 1:30pm Open Stage Drag Show – C-Street, 10:30pm, $3

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EVERY WEDENSDAY Dave Dreyer & Kevin Hart playing jazz & blues 7pm-10pm

Wine Tasting 5pm, free

OTHER

U of I Students - $32 / cart included Must show current I-Card

Tue–Thur 5pm–8pm Fri & Sat 5pm–10pm

Early Dinner Special Tues–Sat 5pm–6:30pm

DJ Fresh Face Guest DJ - Barfly, 9pm, no cover DJ LA Wells - Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no cover

FREE Hors D’oeuvres Tues.–Thurs. 4pm–6pm

patron season sponsors ANNA

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RICHARD MERRITT

Some Krannert Center programs are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, and patron and corporate contributions.

Support for Krannert Center’s free Creative Intersections events is provided

by The News-Gazette.

KrannertCenter.com 217/333-6280 or 800/KCPATIX 217/333-9714 (TTY) 217/244-SHOW (Fax) 217/244-0549 (Groups) kran-tix@uiuc.edu Ticket Office Open 10am to 6pm daily; on days of performances open 10am through intermission.

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Animal Rights Law at Harvard, Vermont and John Marshall Law Schools – Law Building Auditorium, noon; University YMCA, 7pm, No charge

OTHER

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Sex Out Loud – A sexual awareness fair, featuring information about erotica, STD testing, oral sex, as well as other issues- a lso featuring The Clothesline Project and other artwork., Illini Union

LIVE MUSIC

1906 West Bradley Ave., Champaign The Biggest Party In Town!

Join DJ Forrest for great music and enjoy $1 bottles all night!

For Private Parties, call 766–5108

It’s Fight Night At Lava!

Come out for the fights and take in the sights! Cash prize wet t-shirt contests, ring girl competitions, arm wrestling, and MORE! $1.75 bottles of Coors and Coors Light, $1 shots of Pucker For Private Parties, call 766–5108

Live Music ROCKS at Lava!

Head out to Lava for a night of great live music from SEVRL and drinks at LAVA! For Private Parties, call 766–5108

The party keeps flowing at Lava!

DJ Stifler will be spinning the best in Dance/House/Techno music. $2 wells and $2 bottles NO COVER TIL 11PM! For Private Parties, call 766–5108

Kilborn Alley – Neil St. Pub, cover Openingbands.com, WPGU/Bud present: Terminus Victor, Equinox, Humpty Dumpster – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $3 Trans Am, Dalek, DMS – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $3 AD/HD, V9R9D, Jiggsaw – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, $3 Billy Galt & Ed O’Hara – blues/rock – White Horse Inn, 10pm-1am, no cover

DJ Spectrum – drum & bass, house; U-C Hip Hop - dub/down tempo - Barfly, 9pm, no cover DJ Spinnery - Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no cover DJ Ryan Spinboi – C-Street, 9pm, no cover

MUSIC PERFORMANCES Illini Women’s Chorus, University Chorus – Patricia Metzler, conductor; Brian Gendron, conductor – Recital Hall, Smith Memorial Hall, 8pm, No charge Community Drum Circle – All levels welcome. – Ten Thousand Villages, 105 N. Walnut St., C, 7pm-9pm

ON STAGE Don’t Speak My Mother’s Name In Vain – a powerful onewoman show that uses vignettes, dance and song to trace the experience of African-American women from the contexts of historical slavery through modern times – Douglass Center, 504 E. Grove St., C., 7pm-9pm

LECTURES Treasure, Tradition, Network: Aristocratic Society and Textual Production in Early Medieval Japan – Brian Ruppert, Professor EALC – Room 101 International Studies Building, UIUC, noon-1pm

OTHER Artists Against AIDS – Art show and sale begins with reception. Artwork includes paintings, photography, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, glasswork, drawings, stained glass, and more. – 112 W. Church St., 1pm until final closing at 7pm Urbana Library Free Giveway of Leftover Books – Near Art Mart in Lincoln Square Mall, noon-sellout

TuesdayApril29 LIVE MUSIC American Heritage – rock – Neil Street Pub, 9pm-12am, no cover Joni Laurence – Wesley Foundation: Rainbow Coffeehouse, 7pm, free Adam Wolfe, Lorenzo Goetz, Mike Ingram – The Iron Post, 9pm, cover Open Mic/Open Jam: Featuring Silver in the Sink – The Canopy Club, 10pm $2 Open Mic Night – Espresso Royale, 7:30-10:30pm, free Open Bluegrass Jam Session – Verdant News & Coffee, 7:30-9pm, Free

DJ Rock & Roll DJ: Seth Fein of Absinthe Blind – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $1 dubFrequency: Rotation Crew, Radiata, Lamebrane, MF, Regge – The Highdive, 9pm, $3 DJ D-LO & DJ Spinnery - Barfly, 9pm, no cover DJ Bozak - Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no cover DJ Michela Limacher – C-Street, 9pm, no cover

KARAOKE "G" Force Karaoke and DJ DANCE PARTY – north room, Wendl’s, 9pm to close

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NOW OPEN–New Beer Garden Come Feel The Heat With Great Specials Every Week!

Don’t Speak My Mother’s Name In Vain – a powerful onewoman show that uses vignettes, dance and song to trace the experience of African-American women from the contexts of historical slavery through modern times – Douglass Center, 504 E. Grove St., C., 7pm-9pm

LECTURES Drawing the Line – Steven Wise, animal lawyer, teaches

WednesdayApril30 LIVE MUSIC Rev Robert – Huber’s, 8pm, No Cover The Experiment – Neil St. Pub Family Groove Co. – The Iron Post, 8pm, cover Open Mic hosted by Brandon T. Washington – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $2 Don Heitler – jazz piano – The Great Impasta, 6-9pm, no cover Kilborn Alley – Tommy G’s, no cover

DJ The Bridge: A night of old school and new hip hop – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $5 Big Sexy Funk with DJ Phlip, DJ Bozak – Barfly, 9pm, no cover DJ Forrest – Lava, 9pm DJ Michela Limacher – C-Street, 9pm, no cover Spicerack - 16mm educational film parade and rock music – Boltini,10pm, no cover DJ Pulano – house, dance, rap – Tonic

KARAOKE Karaoke – White Horse Inn, 9pm, no cover Karaoke with Cool Papa Joe – The Landing Strip, 8pm, no cover

MUSIC PERFORMANCES UI Steel Band – Ricardo Flores, director; concert will feature Dis Feelin’ Nice of Len “Boogsie” Sharp, winner of the 1987 National Steel Band Panorama Competition held in Trinidad – Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, 8pm, $5/ SC $4/ Stu $2

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Artists Against AIDS art show and sale – 112 W. Church St. Champaign Artwork includes paintings, photography, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, glasswork, drawings, stained glass, and more. Sale starts with opening reception 6:00 pm. Friday April 25 and runs through Monday April 28.

“Something Went Wrong: Burmese Rebel Camps and the Photographs of Chan Chao” —Talk by artist Chan Chao.

Krannert Auditorium, April 30, 5:30 p.m. 217-333-1860.

Creative Drawing Art Class -- Explore one element of design each week: color, line, shape / space, texture, and value. This project-oriented class will challenge you to think about the word “drawing” in creative ways. Great for the beginner as an introduction to the “elements of art” or for the stagnant artist as a quick jump start. No drawing skills or previous experience required. Mondays, 7 - 9 pm.

1408 S. Vine, Urbana. Cost $95. Contact Sandra at 3676345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com for details.

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain — For adults who have always wanted to learn to draw, but felt like they lacked talent or confidence. This class teaches “realistic” or “naturalistic” drawing. Students learn that drawing well is really a matter of learning a new way of seeing. (Youth accepted with permission.). Mondays 7 - 9 pm. May 5, 12, 19 (no class Memorial Day), June 2, 9. Cost $95. Contact Sandra at 367-6345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com Art with Intention for Adults — Participants may have weekly readings, sketchbook, and journal assignments that help them uncover and discover an intention in their own artwork. This class will be an exploration of voice.

Individualized projects will be based on the student’s desire to learn new media, explore a theme, illustrate an idea, etc. Some previous art instruction or permission required. Fee is for 5 classes in 6 weeks. Call for start date.

Thurs. 7 - 9 pm or Fri. 3-5 pm. Cost $95. Contact Sandra at 367-6345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com Children's Art Classes — Verdant News and Coffee & Verde Gallery. Sat. 10-11:30am $120/session (8 classes). 17 E. Taylor St., Champaign. 366-3204 Join Artists and Workshops at Gallery Virtu — Gallery Virtu, an artist-owned cooperative, now invite applications from area artists. Located at 220 Washington Street in Monticello, Gallery Virtu offers original works by the members including: jewelry, pottery, collages, sculptures,

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journals, hats, handbags and other textiles. The Gallery also offers workshops for adults, teens, and children in knitting, jewelry making, print-making, and book-binding.

762-7790. www.galleryvirtu.org. workshops@galleryvirtu.org or visit the gallery. Regular hours: Thurs:12-4 pm, Fri: 12-8, Sat. 10-6pm Art Classes for Children – Creation Art Studios. Children meet Mon, Tues, Wed, and Fri, 3:30 to 5:00. Experiment and express with paint, clay, mixed-media, drawing and collage through technical instruction, independent study, and the spontaneous art process. Contact Jeannine Bestoso, 328-3869. 1102 E. Washington, Urbana. www.creationartstudios.com Art Classes for Adults – Creation Art Studios. Adult art classes offer independent studies for beginning and advanced students, in the instruction of studio and expressive art. Students pursue personal interests through drawing, watercolor, oil and acrylic painting, and ceramics.

Studio times are Thursday mornings 11:00-2:00, Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00 noon and 2:00 to 4:00 pm. CPDU and CEUs offered - provider#102753. Contact Jeannine Bestoso, 328-3869. 1102 E. Washington, Urbana. www.creationartstudios.com Expressive Arts Workshop for Adults – Regular ongoing studio sessions offer experiential workshops in drawing, painting and mixed media that take an individual beyond the ordinary and beyond limitations. Experience empowerment and feel comfort creating expressive art through experimentation and intention. Tues.7-9pm and Thurs. 46pm. CPDU and CEUs offered -provider#102753. Contact Jeannine Bestoso, 328-3869. 1102 E. Washington, Urbana. www.creationartstudios.com UIUC Japan House Tea Ceremonies for the Public – April 24th. 2 & 3 p.m. The cost is $5.00 per person. Registration is recommended - (217)244-9934. 2000 South Lincoln Ave., Urbana Studio Space – Are you an interested in making art but need space (and maybe encouragement and feedback)?

You can have your own workspace, with twenty four hour access, that includes a common sink, telephone, and kitchen. Optionally, you can attend a weekly session of instruction, feedback and guest critiques. One-year commitment required. $200 monthly. Studio in east Urbana.

Contact Sandra at 367-6345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com for more details Call for Entries for “Dolls and Dresses” – “Dolls and Dresses” art show will be taking place during June 2003 at the Independent Media Center (IMC) during June 2003 is

looking for artists who are making original unique dolls and/or art that is about dressing or dresses. Nothing from patterns. Preferably that which is a fine art expression of protest, emotion, memory, etc. Please call or email Sandra at 367-6345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com to discuss the possibility of including your art or to recommend an artist for inclusion.

Request for Teacher Art Entries – Jeannine Bestoso, the director of Creation Art Studios is requesting teachers to please submit works for the upcoming show in conjunction with the Boneyard Arts Festival, April 18-19. A reception for the event will be held at Creation Art Studios on Friday April 18th at 7:00 pm. The exhibit will remain on display until May 1st. Contact Jeannine Bestoso, 328-3869.

1102 E. Washington, Urbana. www.creationartstudios.com

ART EXHIBITS & GALLERIES Boneyard Pottery – Ceramic Art by Michael Schwegmann and more. 403 Water St, C. Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-5pm 355-5610 Cinema Galley – Urbana Art Gallery. Hours: Tues-Sat 10-4.

Sun 1-5pm. 367-2711 Cafe Kopi – photographs of local artist John Sfondilias on display. 109 N. Walnut, C. Mon-Thurs. 7 am-11 pm; Fri-Sat 7am-12 pm; Sun 11am-8 pm. 359-4266 Creation Art Studios & Gallery – Hours vary but are generally: Tues-Fri: 1:00-5:30 Sat: 10:00-4:00. 1102 E Washington, Urbana. 344-6955 / 328-3896 The Framery – Local and National Artists. 407 E. Main, Mahomet. Tues-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-2. 586-4610 The Furniture Lounge – Specializing in mid-century modern furniture from the 1920s-1980s, retro-Danish-modernlighting-pottery-art-bar wear-vintage stereo equipmentrecords. 9 E. University. Wed-Sat 11am-5:30pm, Sun 12:004:30pm. 352-5150 Gallery Virtu Cooperative – Original works by the nine artist-owners: jewelry, pottery, paintings, collages, hats, handbags and other textiles, sculptures and journals. The Gallery also offers workshops. Regular hours: Thurs. 12-4 pm, Fri: 12-8pm, Sat: 10am-6 pm. 762-7790. 220 W. Washington St., Monticello. www.galleryvirtu.org.

Griggs Street Potters – Handmade functional and decorative pottery. Usual hours are Mon-Fri: 11-4, or call 3283863 for an appointment. 305 West Grigg St, Urbana. 3448546

Hill Street Gallery – Irish Landscapes, the pines of Lake Tahoe, Italian Sculptures, Monet in the Gardens of Giverny, the prairies of Illinois and The Field of Dreams. 703 W. Hill, Champaign. Hours Wed. & Thurs. 9am - 2pm or by appointment. 359-0675 International Galleries – Works from local artists. Lincoln Square Mall. Mon-Fri 10am-8pm, Sa 10am-6pm, Sun 125pm. 328-2254 Larry Kanfer Gallery – New Spring image for Spring and Summer Decorating and Gifts. Prairiescapes, European, and Gift Collections and UIUC campus photographs.

Located at 2503 South Neil Street, C. Free and Open to the Public. Regular Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5:30pm. Phone 3982000. www.kanfer.com LaPayne Photography – "Paint the Hall Orange."

Specializes in panoramic photography of different subjects. 816 Dennison Dr., C. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Saturdays by appointment. 356-8994.

Old Vic Art Gallery – Fine and Original Art. 11 E. University, C. Mon-Thurs 11am-5:30pm, Fri-Sat 11am-4:30pm. 3558338 Steeple Gallery – Specializing in Americana scenes by Linda Nelson Stocks and Peter Sculthorpe. Vintage botanical and bird prints, Antiques, Framed limited edition prints M-F 9-5 Sat. 10-4 Sunday 12-4. 102 E. Lafayette St. Monticello 762-2924 www.steeplegallery.com Verdant News and Coffee & Verde Gallery – Magazines, newspapers, coffee, beverages and fine pastries along with the Verde Fine Art Gallery. 17 E. Taylor St., Champaign. Cafe hours: Mon-Sat 7am-10 pm; Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10am-10pm. 366-3204 UIUC Japan House – Public Tours: Every Thursday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Third Saturday of each month, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Or by appointment call (217)244-9934 or email japanhouse@uiuc.edu. 2000 South Lincoln Ave., Urbana

ART-RECEPTIONS & OPENINGS School of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition opens Saturday, April 26 with a reception from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. hosted by Chevys Fresh Mex Restaurant. This exhibition is the culmination of three years of intense professional artistic development by art and design graduate students at the University of Illinois. This yearly exhibition offers a lively, fresh, and vital look into the world of contemporary art. Artists’ presentations and an exhibition

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walk-through will take place on Saturday, May 3 at 2:00 p.m. in the Museum’s Auditorium and East Gallery. The exhibition will be on view through May 18.

Static – UIUC senior photography exhibition; opening reception: May 2nd, 7pm @ 1821 S. Neil St (located in Illini Plaza, behind Wendys)

ART EXHIBITS-ON VIEW NOW “In Print" – Through May 12. Prints by former and current students UIUC printmaking students. Illini Union Art Gallery. 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. Hours: M-S: 7am - 10pm Landscape/Architecture" Photography by Molly Dolkart –Through April 30 The Middle Room Gallery @ The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. 218 W. Main St., Urbana. http://www.gallery.ucimc.org/ American Folk Art from the Herbert Fried Collection – through September 21- A recent donation of 19th and early 20th century American folk art has strengthened the museum’s holdings. The vivid forms and vernacular appeal of folk art are highlighted through selections from this important collection. Krannert Art Museum. Tues, Thu.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Wed. 9 am - 8 pm, Sun. 2-5 pm. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. 217-333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3 “Ceramics inspired by and from the Arts and Crafts Movement” – Through May 10. Verde Gallery . 17 E. Taylor St., Champaign. Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10am-10pm. 3663204 “Art and Conflict: The Image of War in 20th Century Art” – through May 18. Art and Conflict examines abstract, symbolic, and representational views of war and combat by artists such as Henri Rousseau, Otto Dix, Philip Guston, Andy Warhol, and Peter Saul. Krannert Art Museum. Tues, Thu.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Wed. 9 am - 8 pm, Sun. 2-5 pm. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. 217-333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3 “Nature Loves to Hide: Watercolors from Herbert Marder”– Through May 10. Verde Gallery. 17 E. Taylor St., Champaign. Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10am-10pm. 3663204 Larger than Life: Mythic Women in American Cinema – April 18 through May 25. Larger than Life illustrates the breadth and variety of images of women in cinema, from the early days of silent film through the studio era and contemporary films. Krannert Art Museum. Tues, Thu.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Wed. 9 am - 8 pm, Sun. 2-5 pm. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. 217-333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3

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Rebecca’s

Now at Carrie’s

10%–50% SALE

Carrie’s

Funky toys for young and old, sterling jewelry, art, fun new lighting, furniture, soaps, sunglasses

Fabulous to Funky Things 1900s thru 1970s Vintage jewelry, clothing furniture, antiques colectibles, barware & retro shirts

204 N. Neil St. Downtown Champaign Monday–Saturday 10-5 Sunday 1-5 (Rebecca’s is closed Mondays)

Carrie’s and Rebecca’s,

along with Circle’s Dandelion Jane Adams Book Shop & Nic’s Basket Case will be donating 10% of their gross sales from this weekend to GCAP in support of Artists Against AIDS.

Featured Works XII Picturing the Familial: Impressionist Works on Paper – April 18 through August 3. Picturing the Familial explores the varied ways in which works on paper relate to each other and to the paintings produced by a small, close group of 19th century Impressionist artists. Krannert Art Museum. Tues, Thu.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Wed. 9 am - 8 pm, Sun. 2-5 pm. 500 E Peabody, Urbana.

217-333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3

THEATRE LISTINGS “ Moon Over Buffalo” – An acting couple are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory consisting of Cyrano de Bergerac and Noel Coward’s Private Lives. Fate has given these thespians one more shot at starring in roles and director Frank Capra himself is en route to Buffalo to catch their matinee performance – comedy – April 23, 24, 25, 26 at 8pm, April 26 and 27 at 3pm, Parkland Theatre “Happy 10th Birthday 1993” – A collection of studentwritten plays, 10 minutes or less – Channing Murray Foundation, April 24 &25, 8pm “Don’t Speak My Mother’s Name In Vain” – a powerful one-woman show that uses vignettes, dance and song to trace the experience of African-American women from the contexts of historical slavery through modern times.

– April 28 & 29, Douglass Center, 504 E. Grove St., C., 7pm9pm “The Dining Room” – Six actors, 57 characters, 18 vignettes: all in one dining room. – Greg Hall Theatre, May 2 & 3, 8pm “Aurora: The Sleeping Beauty” – Children’s Production, a fractured fairy tale. – Rantoul Theatre Group, Grissom Hall, 914 Adens Blvd., Rantoul, May 2, 3, 9, 10 at 7:30pm and May 4 and 11 at 2pm, $7 Children/Seniors and $10 Adults “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” – Champaign Central High School performs a play based on Stephen Benet’s short story “Sobbin Women”; there will be one intermission, and an old-fashioned pie social. Tickets may be ordered in advance by called Central High School at 3513911 – Decker Theater, Champaign Central High School, Wednesday, April 30, Thursday, May 1, Friday, May 2, and Saturday, May 3, 7:30pm; toclets are $7 fpr adults, $5 for children and students under 18 years.

“On The Rocks” – Krannert Center Student Association present 4 One-act plays written, directed, and performed by students – Krannert Center Ampitheatre, April 24-26, 9pm, $3

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Elysium on the Prairie, Live Action Roleplaying – Vampires stock the city streets and struggle for dominance in a world of gothic horror. Creatre your own unique character and mingle with dozens of other players who portray their own undead alter egos. Each session is another chapter in an ongoing story of triumph, tragedy and betrayal. Friday,“Vampire: The Masquerade” For more information visit: http://ww2.uiuc.edu/ro/elysium/intro.html. Check site for location, 7pm

MOVIE LISTINGS Beverly Cinemas – 4/25-5/1. 910 Meyer Dr., C It Runs In The Family – (PG-13) 2:15pm, 4:40pm, 7pm, 9:20pm, *11:40pm Identity – (R) 1:15pm, 3:20pm, 5:25pm, 7:30pm, 9:45pm, *11:45pm Anger Management – PG-13) 12:30pm, 1pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, 5:30pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9:30pm, *11pm, *12am Confidence – (R) 12:45pm, 3pm, 5:40pm, 7:45pm, 9:50pm, *12am The Real Cancun – (R) 1:25pm, 3:30pm, 5:40pm, 7:45pm, 9:50pm, *11:55pm Malibu’s Most Wanted – (PG-13) 1:10pm, 3:10pm, 5:10pm, 7:10pm, 9:10pm, *11:10pm A Man Apart – (R) 5pm, 9:35pm, *12am Bend It Like Beckman – (PG-13) 2:35pm, 5pm, 7:25pm, 9:40pm, *12am Bulletproof Monk – 1pm, 3:10pm, 5:20pm, 7:40pm, 9:50pm, *12:05am Holes – (PG) 2pm, 4:30pm, 7pm, 9:25pm, *11:50pm Head of State – (PG-13) 1pm, 3pm, 7:20pm Chicago – (PG-13) 12:30pm, 2:50pm, 5:10pm, 7:30pm, 9:50pm, *12:05am Bringing Down The House – (PG-13) 12:30pm, 2:45pm, 5pm, 7:15pm, *12:05am Basic – (R) 12:30pm, 2:30pm, 4:45pm, 7pm, 9pm Phone Booth – (R) 1:15pm, 3:15pm, 5:15pm, 7:15pm, 9:15pm, *11:15pm What A Girl Wants – (PG) 1pm, 3:10pm, 5:25pm, 7:35pm, 9:45pm, *11:55pm The Core – (PG-13) 9:25pm The Pianist – (R) 12:30pm, 3:45pm, 6:45pm, 9:45pm Better Luck Tomorrow – (R) 2:15pm, 4:40pm, 7pm, 9:20pm, *11:35pm RERUN SERIES: The Shining – Friday & Saturday, 11pm

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Learn to draw with the King of Cartoons! – Dave King is giving cartoonlessons every Sunday afternoon at Espresso Royale in Urbana, 1 pm. ($8 suggested donation)

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* Friday and Saturday only Savoy 16 Cinemas, 4/25-5/1, 223 Burwash Ave., Savoy Identity – (R) 1:40pm, 3:35pm, 5:35pm, 7:35pm9:35pm, 11:35pm Harry Potter – (PG) 10am, 11am Anger Management – (PG-13) 11:05am, 12:10pm, 12:30pm, 1:15pm, 2:20pm, 2:50pm, 3:25pm, 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:35pm, 6:45pm, 7:15pm, 7:45pm, 9pm, 9:30pm, 9:55pm, 11:10pm, 11:45pm, 12am Chicago – (PG-13) 11:15am, 1:35pm, 4pm, 6:30pm, 9pm, 11:25pm Phone Booth – (R) 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 5:30pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, 11:30pm A Man Apart – (R) 12:30pm, 4:45pm, 9pm, 11:35pm Head of State – (PG-13) 2:45pm, 7:30pm Bulletproof Monk – (PG-13) 1pm, 3:15pm, 5:30pm, 7:45pm, 9:55pm, 12am Malibu’s Most Wanted – (PG-13) 12:15pm, 12:45pm, 2:05pm, 3pm, 3:55pm, 5pm, 5:45pm, 7pm, 7:35pm, 9:30pm, 11pm, 11:30pm Real Cancun – (R) 1:35pm, 3::40pm, 5:40pm, 7:45pm, 9:50pm, 11:55pm Holes – (PG) 11:30am, 2pm, 4:30pm, 7pm, 9:25pm, 11:50pm It Runs In The Family – (PG-13) 12:15pm, 2:40pm, 5pm, 7:20pm, 9:40pm, 12am Confidence – (R) 12:20pm, 2:30pm, 4:40pm, 7:05pm, 9;15pm, 11:20pm What A Girl Wants – (PG) 11:45am, 2pm, 4:15pm Basic – (R) 7:10pm, 9:15pm, 11:20pm Night of 1000 Corpses – (R) 1:10pm, 3:20pm, 5:30pm, 7:40pm, 9:50pm, 12am

MIND | BODY | SPIRIT Prairie Sangha for Mindfullness Meditation – Monday evenings from 7:30pm-9pm and monthly retreats on Sunday. Theravadan (Vipassana ) and Tibetan (Vajrayana & Dzogchen) meditation practice. Meets in Urbana. More information, call or email Tom at 356-7413 or shayir@soltec.net. Visit the website at www.prairiesanha.org for more information.

Clear Sky Zen Group – meets on Thursday evenings in the Geneva Room of the McKinley Foundation. Newcomers to meditation and people of all traditions and faiths are welcome. – McKinley Foundation, 809 S. Fifth St., 6:25pm9pm

KIDS | FAMILIES Tot Notes – Music appreciation class for babies. Instructor: Lisa Cerezo of the Conservatory of Central Illinois takes youngsters through a series of musical exercises and explorations into creative sound. – Pages for All Ages, May 10, Tiny Tots (6mos.-18mos.) 10am-10:20am; Tot Notes (18mos.-21/2 yrs) 10:30am-10:50am; Songbirds (21/2 yrs4yrs) 11am-11:20am High School Hoops – High School students can show off their basketball talents and kids can practice their skills while having fun and staying healthy - $1 fee., Champaign County YMCA, April 26, 8-11pm Fitness and Family Center 707 N. County Fair Drive Baby Time – Lap bouncing, nursery rhymes, music activities and play time for infants – April 24, May 1, 10:30am to 11:00 a.m. Douglass Branch Library.

Thursday Arts and Crafts for Kids (TACK) – Craft-making for elementary school-age children - No registration; April 24, May 1, 4pm to 5 p.m. Douglass Branch Library Talkin’ About Careers – Students in middle school or older and their parents can hear local professionals talk about their careers - No registration – April 24, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.

Douglass Branch Library.

Girls, Girls, Girls! – Games crafts, and reading time for girls grades 1 to 4. No registration. – April 25, 4pm to 5 p.m.

Douglass Branch Library O Baby! – Lap bouncing, nursery rhymes, and music activities for infants with a caregiver. No registration. – April 28, 9:30am to 9:50am and 10:30a to 10:50 am Champaign Public Library, 505 S. Randolph St. Information: 403-2030.

Cuentos Lindos Para Niños – Program of children*s stories presented in Spanish. No registration. April 28, 4pm to 4:30 p.m. Champaign Public Library. Program of children’s stories presented in Spanish. No registration.

Club Fred – Games, stories and crafts for elementary school students. N registration. Information: 403-2090 – April 28, 4pm to 5 p.m. Douglass Branch Library, 504 E. Grove St., Champaign.

Know Zone – Homework time followed by an hour of crafts and activities for school-aged children. No registration.

April 29, 4pm to 6pm, Douglass Branch Library.

Bookworm Concert: Children’s Songs – Songs from children’s musicals sung by Bremda Rucker, sponsored by Champaign Park District. – April 29, 7pm to 8 p.m.

Champaign Public Library.

Storyshop – Stories, songs, and animal rhymes for

preschoolers– No registration – April 30, 9:30am to 10 a.m., Champaign Public Library; 10:30am to 11 a.m., Douglass Branch Library, Teen Mac – After-school activities for teens. No registration.

Information: 403-2090. – May 1, 4 to 6 p.m. Douglass Branch Library, 504 E. Grove St., Champaign.

SENIORS Yoga for Seniors – Participants in this class will receive a gentle introduction to the benefits of yoga, beginning with assisted postures. The instructor will work with each participant to increase strength andflexibility. – Living Yoga Center, 202 W. Hill St., C, Mondays from noon-1pm, Registration deadline is May 12. Call 217/403-1429 for more information.

WORKSHOPS To Hair, With Love – A hands-on workshop in natural hair care. For those who have and/or care for naturally curly or wavy hair. – Motherlands Multicultural Resource Center, 114 W. Church St., C , April 26, 2pm-4pm Adult Degree Completion Center Informational Meeting Learn how to finish a degree through partnerships with area universities and the wide range of support services offered by the center. – Room X150, Parkland College, May 14, 5:30pm-6:30pm; free, but registration is required.

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Anxiety Disorder Screening – Informational video followed by discussion led by Doug Yore, RN, BSN, MSW, and free individual screenings. No registration. 7pm to 8:30 p.m. Apr. 30, Champaign Public Library, 505 S. Randolph St.

PUBLIC MEETINGS CITY OF URBANA Plan Commission Meeting – Discussion of agenda items – April 24, City Council Chambers, 7:30pm Town Board Budget Committee – Discussion of agenda items – April 28, City Council Chambers, 7pm-7:30pm Committee of the Whole Meeting – Discussion of agenda items – April 28, City Council Chambers, 7:30pm-finish

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April 25 - May 4 School of Music Opera Program College of Fine and Applied Arts

CITY OF CHAMPAIGN Housing Authority Board Meeting – Regular Meeting – April 24, Skelton Place, 302 S. Second St., C, 7pm-9pm Board of Fire and Police Commissioners Meeting – Regular meeting – April 28, Champaign Council Chambers, 102 N. Neil St, C., 4pm-5pm Historic Preservation Commission Meeting – Regular meeting – Champaign Council Chambers, 102 N. Neil St., C., 4pm-6pm

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OTHER Pride Meeting – an LGBT organization – April 30, Room 406, Illini Union, 8pm Accordion Players Meeting – Players of all levels urged to attend. – April 27, Homer City Building, 1st & Main St., Homer, IL; 2pm-4pm Us Meeting – A relaxing evening of games and conversation. Child care provided. – Wesley Church and Foundation, 6pm-9pm Debtors Anonymous – every Tuesday night, call 344-5860 for information – Baha’i Center, 5:545pm-6:45pm

OUT OF TOWN SHOWS APRIL 4/24 And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead @ Metro, All 4/24 Skid Row @ Shark City, $12 (advance) $15 (door) 4/24 Stereo Fuse @ Martyrs, 8pm 4/25 Dar Williams & Band @ Vic Theatre, 7:30 4/25 String Cheese Incident @ UIC Pavilion, 7:00 4/25 Chuck Berry @ The Blue Note, 7pm, $20 4/26 Bad Religion @ Vic Theatre, 7pm 4/27 Matchbox Twenty @ Savvis Center, 7:30pm, $33 4/28 Sum 41 @ The Pageant, 8pm, $16.50 4/30 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Greenhornes @ Metro, 7pm All 4/30 Pedro the Lion w/ The Stratford and Ester Drang @ Park West, 7pm 4/30 Steve Earle @ The Blue Note, 7:30pm, $20 4/31 Mustard Plugs @ Metro

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MAY 5/1 Pete Yorn, Grandaddy @ Riviera Theatre, 6:30 5/1 Starstruck @ Metro 5/1 Gov’t Mule @ The Blue Note, 8pm 5/2 Matchbox Twenty @ United Center, 7:00 5/2 The Wallflowers, Ron Sexsmith @ Vic Theatre, 7:30pm 5/3 Flaming Lips @ Riviera Theatre, 7:30 5/3 Music As A Weapon II w/ Disturbed, Taproot, Chevelle @ UIC Pavilion, 7pm 5/3 Oskar Saville @ Schubas, 10pm 5/4 Kill Hannah @ Metro 5/5 Elton John & Billy Joel @ Savvis Center, 7:30pm 5/6 Ween @ The Blue Note, 8pm 5/6 Zwan @ Aragon, 7:30pm 5/7 Red Hot Chilli Peppers @ Savvis Center, 7pm 5/7 Ween @ The Pageant, 8pm, $24 5/8 Johnny Marr & The Healers @ House of Blues Chicago 5/8 Concrete Blonde @ The Pageant, 8pm 5/8 Bright Eyes @ Metro 5/8 OKGO @ The Galaxy, $10, $12 for minors 5/9 Luka Bloom @ Park West, 7:30pm 5/9 Year of the Rabbit @ Double Door, 9pm 5/9 Kottonmouth Kings, Zebrahead @ Riviera Theatre, 7pm 5/9 Avril Lavigne @ Savvis Center, 7:30pm, $24.50, $28 5/10 Concrete Blonde @ Park West, 7:30 5/10 The Levellers @ Martyrs, 10pm 5/11 OURS @ Martyrs, 8pm 5/12 Dick Dale @ Double Door 5/13 Meshuggah @ Metro 5/13 Tomahawk, The Melvins @ Vic Theatre, 7:30pm 5/13 All-American Rejects @ The Blue Note, 7pm, $10 advance, $12 door 5/14 Lagwagon @ Metro 5/14 The Coral @ Double Door, 8pm 5/14 Three Mo’ Tenors @ Civic Opera House, 5/15 Chris Whitley & Band @ Martyrs, 9:00 5/15 Alkaline Trio, Pretty Girls Make Graves @ Riviera Theatre, 6:45pm 5/15 Liars @ Metro 5/15 My Morning Jacket @ Metro, 8pm 5/16 Dwight Yoakam @ Park West, 7:30pm 5/16 Three Mo’ Tenors @ Civic Opera House 5/17 Three Mo’ Tenors @ Civic Opera House 5/17 Zuvuya @ Elbo Room, 10:30pm 5/17 Oh My God w/ The Sharks @ Park West 5/20 The All-American Rejects @ Metro, 7pm 5/21 Damien Rice @ Schubas, 9pm 5/21 Jet @ Martyrs, 9pm 5/25 Poison w/ Vince Neil and Skid Row @ Tweeter Center 5/25 Foo Fighters @ UIC Pavillion, 7:30pm 5/27 The Raveonettes, Vue @ The Double Door 5/29 Dixie Chicks, Joan Osborne @ United Center 5/30 Dixie Chicks, Joan Osborne @ United Center 5/31 ZZ-Top @ UMB Bank Pavilion, 7pm, $20 to $47 5/31 Ziggy Marley @ Park West, 8pm

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CHICAGOVENUES

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House of Blues 329 N. Dearborn, Chicago 312-923-2000 The Bottom Lounge 3206 N Wilton, Chicago Vic Theatre 3145 N. Sheffield, Chicago 773-472-0449 Metro 3730 N. Clark St., Chicago 773-549-0203 Elbo Room 2871 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago Park West 322 W. Armitage, Chicago 773-929-1322 Riviera Theatre 4746 N. Racine at Lawerence, Chicago Allstate Arena 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont 847-635-6601 Arie Crown Theatre 2300 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 312-791-6000 UIC Pavilion 1150 W. Harrison, Chicago, 312-413-5700 Schubas 3159 N. Southport, Chicago 773-525-2508 Martyrs 3855 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago 773-288-4545 Aragon 1106 W. Lawerence, Chicago, 773-561-9500 Abbey Pub 3420 W. Grace, Chicago 773-478-4408 Fireside Bowl 2646 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago 773-486-2700 Schubert Theatre 22 W. Monroe, Chicago, 312-977-1700

ST LOUISVENUES The Blue Note 17 N. Ninth St. Downtown Columbia, MO The Pageant 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO The Savvis Center Clark & 14th St., St. Louis, MO

Learn to draw with the King of Cartoons! – Dave King is giving cartoonlessons every Sunday afternoon at Espresso Royale in Urbana, 1 pm. ($8 suggested donation)

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JUNE 6/1 Yanni @ Savvis Center, 7:30pm, $39.50 to $67.50 6/3 Blue Rodeo @ Martyrs, 9pm 6/3 Goldfinger @ The Blue Note, 6:30pm, $15 6/6 Ben Harper, Jack Johnson @ UIC Pavilion, 6:30pm 6/7 Yo La Tengo w/ The Clean @ Riviera Theatre, 7pm 6/7 Jonathon Richman @ Metro, 9pm 6/8 Garage A Trois @ Park West, 7:30pm 6/9 Coldplay @ UIC Pavilion, 7:30pm 6/14 Bela Fleck & The Flecktones @ The Pageant, 8pm, $24 and $29 6/15 Bela Fleck @ The Blue Note, 7pm, $22 6/17 Sonic Youth @ The Pageant, 8pm, $19 and $24 6/18 Pearl Jam, Idlewild @ United Center, 7:30 6/18 Dan Fogelberg w/ this band @ Skyline Stage at Navy Pier, 7:30pm 6/20 Journey, REO Speedwagon, and Styx – Savvis Center, 7:30pm, $37.50 to $65 6/21 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Chicago Theatre, 8pm 6/25 Vans Warped Tour @ UMB Bank Pavilion, 12pm, $25.75 6/25 Erin McKeown, Stephen Kellog – Martyrs, 8pm 6/27 Dark Star Orchestra @ Skyline Stage at Navy Pier, 7pm 6/28 Dark Star Orchestra @ Skyline Stage at Navy Pier, 7pm

JULY 7/6 Santana @ UMB Bank Pavilion, 7:30pm, $16.50-$52 7/10 Dave Matthews Band @ UMB Bank Pavilion, 7:30pm, $35-$52.50 7/11 B2K, Marques Houston @UIC Pavillion, 7pm 7/29 John Mayer & Counting Crows @ UMB Bank Pavilion, 7pm, $31 & $43

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APRIL 24-30, 2003 | THEY SHOULD MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ON THE HISTORY OF THE SLAP BRACELET

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BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM ★★★ 1/2

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HOLES ★★★ 1/2 PAUL BOOTH | STAFF WRITER

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oles is a puzzle within a puzzle. Like those jigsaws, once the pieces are in place it takes awhile before the meaning of the story becomes apparent.Holes never slows during its two hours and never underestimates its audience by saying too much. It might be based on a kid’s novel, but Holes is a film that will appeal to all ages.

The reason for its appeal might be that the author of the novel, Louis Sachar also wrote this screenplay. For the film, he teamed up with director Andrew Davis (The Fugitive) and the result is exactly what their credentials imply: a witty, intelligent children’s story with plenty of high-octane energy and action.

Part of Holes’ joy lies in its sheer depth. At one time, the audience is asked to follow three separate storylines in three different generations—and to the credit of the filmmakers, it never gets confusing. In the present day, Stanley Yelnats IV (Shia LaBeouf), charged for a crime he didn’t commit, is sent to arid Camp Greenlake.

A trio of crazed adults runs Greenlake: the obsessed Warden (Sigourney Weaver), the lunatic Mr. Sir (Jon Voight, in an amazing comic performance) and Dr. Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson, proving yet again that he has perfect comic timing). The young adults at this camp dig holes—5 feet deep and 5 feet in diameter. While the Warden insists this builds character, her reason for the holes might be more sinister.

Holes never holds back just because it’s based on a young adult novel. Because the story arc of the film follows the book so closely, it becomes a complicated and refreshingly original movie. Here is a film that kids can be entertained by, while their parents won’t be bored or talked down to. Considering typical mindless children’s entertainment, here is a movie that not only has a mind, but also encourages children to use theirs.

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BULLETPROOF MONK zero stars JOHN LOOS | STAFF WRITER

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ulletproof Monk opens with two monks dueling on a rickety footbridge in a remarkably fake swirl of special effects that look like they’re out of a Ted Danson miniseries. The sad thing is, this is as good as this movie gets. A few minutes later, cartoonish Nazis (yes, Nazis) are raiding a remote Tibetan temple, looking for a scroll that can stop the aging process. One of the temple’s monks, Chow Yun-Fat, keeps the power of the scroll from the clutches of the Nazi leader by disappearing off a cliff.

He reappears in America 60 years later where he (literally) runs into an urban pickpocket named Kar (Seann William Scott, American Pie’s Stifler). They begin the typical wise man/undisciplined youth relationship where the monk uses proverbs and rhetorical questions to teach Kar, well, discipline. Kar also manages to find his obligatory love interest in the mysterious Jade (Jamie King) who,

like him, is inexplicably good at martial arts.

Meanwhile, the Nazis are very much alive, hiding under the thin guise of the Human Rights Organization. The leader is now a feeble old man, evil as ever but confined to an electric wheelchair, who enlists his evil granddaughter Nina (Victoria Smurfit) in his continuing quest for the scroll.

From here, the movie’s plot takes foreseeable turns while actors speak in short sentences with little meaning. We also get quick flashbacks in case we don’t understand even the simplest reference to past scenes. The story isn’t just spelled out for us; it’s sounded out syllable by syllable.

While the writing alone makes this an awful film, there are many aesthetic flaws that drill the absurdity deeper. Everyone in the city, even Ker, seems to live in lairs, not apartments or duplexes. The Nazis’ underground evil lair comes complete with dank walls, big pipes and torture machines.

Everyone also seems to be expert martial artists, even the Nazis.

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ikh elders sit in a home at the beginning of a marriage celebration. Clad in traditional garb, the scene could be from 200 years ago, except for one thing—the ring of a cell phone, which quickly has every old woman digging into her sari to find her phone.

Critics in both England and America dubbed Bend It Like Beckham the Cinderella hit of the season and the next My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Although Beckham might not beat Wedding’s $240 million box-office bonanza, it’s a higher quality film, filled with brilliant performances and a heartwarming script that doesn’t need to lampoon the minority culture.

Viewers don’t need to know anything about soccer to enjoy the smart and lively tale of Jess, a young Indian girl dreaming of becoming a soccer star instead of submitting to her family’s rich—yet strict—traditions.

“Anyone can cook aloo gobi,” cries Jess, “but who can bend a ball like Beckham?”

Beckham is soccer superstar David Beckham, whose image is as prominent in Jess’ bedroom as curry is in traditional Indian food. She is madly in love with his image and talks to him each night as she dreams of

marrying a man who will let her play soccer and fulfill her dreams.

Unfortunately, her tradition-minded parents (Anupam Kher and Shaheen Khan) wonder why she can't be more like her sister, who's about to BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM | get married to “a nice Indian boy.”

PARMINDER K. NAGRA AND Jess soon befriends Jules (Keira KEIRA KNIGHTLEY Knightley), a teen soccer star whose mother (Juliet Stevenson in a laughBeckham isn’t parout-loud performance) also finds the thought odied and culturof girls playing soccer “unbecoming.” But al traditions while Jess’ mom wants her to spend more aren’t milked for time learning how to cook traditional Indian many laughs. dishes, Jules’ mother wants her to buy bras Wedding turned that pump up her breasts.

Greek families into caricatures, a decision that The plot is somewhat predictable in typical failed on the new television show. But Bend It girl-power film fashion, but the way these characters play off each other makes watching Like Beckham stays true to its cultural roots.

Jess’ father justifies his strict anti-soccer enjoyable, even if you know exactly what's stance by sharing a past tale of an experience going to happen. The girls become involved with racism he doesn’t want his daughter to in a love triangle with their soccer coach, the face. weakest part of the story, but it adds a new Bend It Like Beckham isn’t a big comedy, and dynamic to Jess’ and Jules’ relationship. its plot won’t keep you guessing. But this film Although Jess’ parents aren’t as fleshed out as is warm and inviting and will make you feel they could be, they’re more developed than like you can bend a soccer ball like Beckham, any one supporting chacter in My Big Fat whether you knew who he was before venGreek Wedding. turing to the multiplex or not.

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JASON CANTONE | ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

BULLETPROOF MONK | SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT But why are there Nazis in this film? The leader wants the scroll so he will never age. Does this motive really require an entire ideology based on deep hatred and domination? He could have just as easily been the leader of MENSA or the Professional Bowling Association or a quilting club, but any of those would have been flirting with originality, something this film refuses to do.

As for the acting, critiquing the performances in this movie would be like pointing out the flaws in an elementary school play.

But it’s not the actors’ fault this movie is bad.

Like its Nazi characters, this film fails on all fronts.

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DARN, IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A GANGSTER. | APRIL 24-30, 2003 buzz

Film festival a haven for movie buffs PAUL BOOTH | STAFF WRITER

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oger Ebert returns to ChampaignUrbana this weekend with a handful of movies he wants Americans to fall in love with.

Ebert, former editor-in-chief of The Daily Illini, aims to bring attention to lesser-known movies and, based upon past years, thousands of movielovers and self-proclaimed cinephiles descend upon Champaign-Urbana like a movie mecca.

Chosen by Ebert, Pulitzer-prize winning columnist and critic for the Chicago SunTimes, the films come from various “overlooked” sources: different formats, foreign films, independent films. The festival presents an opportunity for the community to experience films normally unseen and to discuss the films with those that make and study them.

Starting Wednesday, thousands of film lovers came from across the country to meet and discuss cinema. And they’ve been coming in droves since the festival’s inception five years ago. (This year, the festival was also

promoted at the www.rottentomatoes.com movie review site.)

In 1999, Roger Ebert opened his first festival by announcing, “There are countless festivals devoted to the premieres of new films, but none dedicated to taking a second look at wonderful films that for one reason or another haven't yet found the audiences they deserve.”

In addition to bringing these films to Champaign-Urbana, Ebert manages to bring a number of guests to discuss the film afterward. Previous guests include Bill Paxton, Kubrick-collaborator Jan Harlen, Billy Crudup and Paul Cox, as well as such scholars and technicians as Edwin Jahiel, Richard Vetter and Richard Leskosky, assistant director for the University’s unit of cinema studies.

After each of the films, a discussion team of scholars, actors, directors and producers form a panel to converse on the film and answer questions from the audience.

Leskosky is amazed at the turnout for these panels. They are “always well attended and exceed my expectations,” he said.

In addition, Ebert hosts a number of small panel discussions around recent filmic topics such as digital video and feminism.

These seminars involve film scholars and historians and provide a glimpse into the world of cinematic academia. Hosted in the Illini Union, the panels offer an intimate setting with stimulating lectures and conversations. Topics this year include “The Director in the World of Distributors,” “What’s the Use of Film Criticism?” “Women In Cinema” and “The Rise of the Musical.”

Ebertfest also allows film buffs to support their community.

Housed in the historic Virginia Theatre, the influx of patrons for

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Ebertfest is a “real boon for the community,” because it is a “major cultural event” known the country over, Leskosky said. Some elder hostels organize trips for seniors from across the nation for Ebertfest.

The Virginia Theatre provides the perfect Ebertfest site.

Since 1921, The Virginia has housed films and community events, according to www.thevirginia.org.

Just as Ebertfest reintroduces films to the public, so too does it remind the community of the importance of The Virginia Theatre.

With revenue from Ebertfest, the Virginia has been able to continue renovations, YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS | AMY BRENNEMAN AND BEN STILLER Leskosky said.

The festival’s 14to meet the stars.” Lorenc feels that he is “parfilm lineup exhibits some of the best films of ticipating in something special.” the past year and years previous. Tickets can Instead of seeing the next summer blockbe purchased individually for $7 or $60 for a buster, he can just go into Champaign and see festival pass. a satisfying movie in a social atmosphere, University of Illinois senior Casey Lorenc purchased a fesitval pass. Lorenc has attended he said.

For Lorenc and the hundreds who traverse the festival every year that he’s been at the county to see Ebertfest, it is a chance to the University. experience the wonder of movies again.

“I like the movies,” he said, “movies that Films will include: The Right Stuff, Your you wouldn’t normally see in a theatre. I also Friends and Neighbors, 13 Conversations About like the discussion afterwards. But mainly it’s One Thing and Blood & Wine. a selfish reason why I keep going back: I like

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APRIL 24-30, 2003 | YOU’RE THE GIRL ALL THE BAD GUYS WANT. REALLY, YOU ARE.

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BOOK OF DAVID ALAN GRIER ★ 1/2

BY AARON LEACH | STAFF WRITER omedy Central will deliver the fifth installment in its series of one-hour comedy specials on Friday with the newest stand-up routine by comic David Alan Grier in The Book of David: The Cult Figure’s Manifesto Starring David Alan Grier. The reference to cults is fitting because ritual suicide will seem like a reasonable option after watching this hourlong snooze-fest.

David Alan Grier is usually remembered from his work on the popular sketch comedy show In Living Color. Grier was a key cast member and often one of the funniest, playing edgy and sometimes controversial characters. He might also be recognized from his role as the title character in the short-lived NBC sitcom DAG. Grier can now be seen as a morning talk show producer in Life with Bonnie on ABC. With these solid credits, it seems only natural for Grier to have his own comedy special.

One could also draw the conclusion that this special would be hilarious, filled with new, fresh material. Unfortunately, The Book of David is anything but. Grier’s material is tired and recycled, using routines and subject matter that have all been used before by other comics. And sadly enough, most of the other comics have all done the same material better.

Grier’s material is cliched. He treats the audience to stories about holiday visits with his family. This would be funny if Eddie Murphy hadn’t already written the book on family-gathering dysfunction over 15 years ago. After that, viewers can expect to yawn their way through a bit on “Why you college kids are so crazy” and “When I was your age…” Listening to this seems more like a lecture from the relatives than A-material from a professional comedian.

Grier just barely begins to tread into what could be considered dangerous waters as he begins to address the events of Sept. 11, 2001, as he compares a terrorist act to a child at summer camp who defecates in the pool.

Again, this would be hip and cutting-edge if Chris Rock hadn’t already attacked the terrorist topic just a few weeks after the events occurred. The last half hour is devoted to Grier rambling on and on about his relationship troubles and love in general. Much of the show feels more like listening to grandparents’ stories than stories from a comedian.

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What makes this special even more painful to watch is the sense that Grier himself looks as though he realizes he is not fully entertaining his audience. It seems he is well aware that his material is not only weak, but also well beneath his potential.

Toward the end of the show, he relies more on physical comedy than the topics he has prepared, and the look of desperation on his face prompts heavy sympathy for a comedian who might be too old for the new stand-up comedy arena. Grier gives the audience nothing current, trendy or even remotely pop-culture oriented to laugh at.

But the special is not completely devoid of humor. Grier does manage to inspire a few big laughs, and is able to maintain a certain level of good-natured charm and appeal throughout the entire program. However, the big laughs are too few and far between, and the Grier smile just isn’t enough to carry an entire solo comedy special. The Grier known for his strengths with an ensemble cast falls under the weight of holding up his own show.

...Grier himself looks as though he realizes he is not fully entertaining his audience.

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Taking Five

BY RACHEL TOLER | BUZZ COLUMNIST

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hat can you buy with $4.29? Those who skipped breakfast are probably calculating theamount of bagels with cream cheese you can get at Panera. Die-hardbarflies can buy almost five bottles of High Life at Joe’s. Frugal trendsetters can go to the SalvationArmy and purchase a couple of broken-in t-shirts.

Please notice that all of these examples represent the three basicelements human beings need to survive: food, beer and clothing. Knowing you can buy at least one of these types of security with only $4.29 is a relief, isn’t it?

In my suburban hometown, though, $4.29 gets me a movie rental atBlockbuster.

That’s right. For almost $5 I can get a scratched DVD that won’t play all the way through, and run the risk of having to pay $5 more if I forget to turn the movie in before noon.

It’s a conspiracy; Blockbuster is trying to bankrupt me. I dont mean gradually either, although I probably rent more movies a week than most people have seen in a year.

Every time I went home on a break last year, I dutifully visitedBlockbuster, mainly out of habit. Every time I rented a movie, I wasappalled to find that they had risen the price another 29 cents.

Can I just point out that That’s Rentertainment here on campus charges only $2.50 for a rental? Let it be known also that they haven’t raised this price in the almost three years I’ve been here.

Back in my high school days, I remember going to the movie stores with my friends and just renting low-budget, random movies that sounded interesting. Although most of these movies ended up wasting our time, itwas still relatively cheap to rent movies from Blockbuster. Besides, a few we picked out were really good.

I discovered the movie Cube on ones of these trips, a sci-fi horror film that probably ranks as number 11 on my favorite movie list. My friends and I never would have gambled the current Blockbuster price of $5 on Cube; I hate to think of all the other obscure, potentially great movies I’m missing out on all because I can’t afford to rent a movie on blind faith anymore.

But never fear. Thanks to That’s Rentertainment, we procrastinators andmovie buffs can rent from a larger and broader selection of movies.

So the next time you are on your way to That’s Rentertainment, just pause and appreciate what we have here on campus.

We may not need movies to survive, but most of us can fork over $2.50 in the name of entertainment, right?

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MALIBU’S MOST WANTED ★★ 1/2

BY MATT PAIS | STAFF WRITER

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he success of the offensive, condescending Bringing Down the House (which has now raked in over $117 million domestically) suggests that big-time stars can sell a film that is big-time racist. So it will be interesting to see how audiences respond to Malibu’s Most Wanted, another film that explores the lines of cultural diversity and racially exclusive behavior, but replaces large-scale actors with large-scale laughs.

Jamie Kennedy plays B-Rad G (or Bradley Gluckman, his “slave name”), a white, Jewish rapper from Malibu struggling to escape the stigma of his wealthy upbringing and gain support for his debut demo, “Mali-Bootay.” After publicly embarrassing his father, California’s leading gubernatorial candidate, B-Rad finds himself kidnapped by two thug-wannabes (Taye Diggs and Anthony Anderson) hired to “scare the black out of him.”

While Bringing Down the House exults in the most obvious ethnic degradations, Malibu’s Most Wanted manages, for the most part, to embrace both white and black culture and emerge with a largely unblemished mes-

sage of self-empowerment and identity. Much of the film centers on race reversal, as the theatre-trained actors played by Diggs and Anderson must first learn to be black before they can school Brad on being white. (Diggs reads the A-to-Z book of hip-hop slang: “Whack: weak; of poor quality.”)

At times, the one-note joke of “white” black guys and “black” white guys runs a little thin, and Malibu’s Most Wanted MALIBU’S MOST WANTED | JAMIE KENNEDY lapses into misguided jabs that promote, rather than critique, Surprisingly enough, Malibu’s Most Wanted ethnic stereotypes. The most shocking moment occurs when B-Rad’s Middle Eastern gets away with most of its shots at whites and blacks, picking apart generalizations and friend Hadji (Kal Penn) pulls out a rocket narrowing them down to their most ridiculauncher, explaining it as “a Christmas preslous, unfounded core. In questioning what it ent from Uncle Achmed.” Coupled with an truly means to be white or black, the film appallingly unfunny scene of a gang war might not be ghetto fabulous, but it’s suburBrad believes is staged, these moments serve ban humorous, and, unlike Bringing Down the only as comedic buzzkills—rare moments of House, it’s guaranteed not to become one of bad taste in a film that walks a fine line and the NAACP’s most wanted. generally treads carefully enough to amuse without offending.

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THE SHINING

BY JESSE HATHAWAY | CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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eal horror and fear is not easily achieved in the movie theatre environment, where the audience is disconnected from the action on screen. One of Stanely Kubrick’s essential gifts has been his ability to bridge this gap.

He fully accomplishes this in The Shining.

Based on a Stephen King novel, the movie centers on the Overlook Hotel, located in a remote part of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Due to the inaccessibility of the hotel during the harsh winters, it closes its doors for a stretch of five months, leaving only a caretaker to manage the premises. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is intrigued about the idea of taking care of the hotel along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny (Shelley Duvell and Danny Lloyd). He surmises that five months of solitude is the perfect way to begin work on his new career as a writer.

When Wendy asks Danny’s imaginary friend Tony, if he wants to go to the Hotel, he answers definitively no, in a guttural, almost demonic voice. This scene introduces the supernatural element later called the shine.

Loosely defined within the move, as all mysti-

cal elements should be, the shine allows select people to see visions of past and premonitions of the future. The shine warns Danny, through surreal images, that Overlook hotel itself shines with diabolical forces.

The images seen by Danny repeat throughout the movie intertwined with other visions creating a circular impression, as if the Overlook Hotel’s inhabitants are doomed to eternal repetition. These reoccurring visions are condensed examples of Kubrick’s vivid consuming cinematography that is present throughout the film.

From the first swooping shot of Jack’s car driving up to the hotel Kubrick establishes a sense of fluid movement in the film. Long tracking shots of Danny zooming through the hotel on his Big Wheels and running through the hedge maze maintain this motif. Kubrick understands the power of imagery, yet he realizes that the application of music to a particular scene can often pull the emotions of the audience into the movie. The minimalist and haunting music of Béla Bartók often sounds like wailing ghosts atop clinking percussion and sometimes reduced to the banging of a single piano key. Unlike the obvious

musical productions in many large budget films, which attempt to cram feelings down the throats of the audience, the music in The Shining is an inseparable component.

Nicholson seems created for this role. His ability to project madness on the screen in a convincing manner is matched by few other actors. Bouncing a tennis ball through the empty hotel and holding conversations with an imagined bartender provide believable steps on his decent into madness. But Shelly Duvell’s acting provides the truest realism in the movie. Nicholson’s performance is stunning, but the fact that it is a performance is still evident. Duvell in contrast seems to be living the nightmare. She was repeatedly ill throughout the shooting due to the stress of the part and in interviews after the finish of the movie she seems visibly affected by the film. In some measure she seems to give a portion of herself tothe movie.

All this is not to say that there are not flaws in the film, such as the unneeded and distracting role of the head chef. These, though, are nitpicks in what amounts to one of the most gorgeous fear inspiring thrillers ever created.

WARNER BROS.

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whiteness, a problem that can be solved only by embracing one’s inner gangsta at an all-black club armed only with street-purchased clothes and fake homeboy vernacular.

(Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly

BULLETPROOF MONK ZERO STARS

CHOW YUN-FAT AND SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT As for the acting, critiquing the performances in this movie would be like pointing out the flaws in an elementary school play. But it’s not the actors’ fault this movie is bad.

Like the Nazis, this movie fails on all fronts. (John Loos) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

CHICAGO ANGER MANAGEMENT ★★★

JACK NICHOLSON AND ADAM SANDLER Nicholson and Sandler don’t disappoint in delighting fans with their unique brand of comedy and interaction.

Nicholson provides the film with depth and talent and Sandler plays his usual eccentric self. Anger Management is an entertaining and highly successful production. (Daniel Nosek) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy on Friday

BASIC ★★

JOHN TRAVOLTA AND SAMUEL L. JACKSON Basic brings Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta together for the first time since their Oscar-nominated performances in Pulp Fiction. But Basic lacks what made Pulp Fiction the hit it was: originality and good writing. Imagine a giant Cuisinart. Now throw in A Few Good Men, The Usual Suspects and Full Metal Jacket and leave the top off so everything can spin together into a muddled mess and all of the quality can spew out the top. That’s Basic’s plot.

(Jason Cantone) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM ★★★1/2

PARMINDER K. NAGRA Bend It Like Beckham isn’t a big comedy, and its plot won’t keep you guessing. But this film is warm and inviting and will make you feel like you can bend a soccer ball like Beckham, whether you knew who he was before venturing to the multiplex or not. (Jason Cantone) Now showing at Beverly

BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE ★1/2

STEVE MARTIN AND QUEEN LATIFAH The family man’s Bulworth, Bringing Down the House treats upscale emotional repression as a fundamental problem of

★★★1/2

CATHERINE ZETA-JONES AND RICHARD GERE This movie adaptation of the Kander and Ebbs and Bob Foose musical lights up audiences with thrill-packed dance numbers, brilliant singing an Oscar-nominated cast and screenplay. Winner of six Academy Awards, including best picture and best supporting actress for Catherine Zeta Jones. (Jason Cantone) Now showing at Beverly

THE CORE ★★

AARON ECKHART AND STANLEY TUCCI The actors, especially Eckhart, Tucci and Lindo, are infinitely enjoyable to watch, and the script is lightened by humor.

The Core is certainly not a great movie, but it has all the elements of a pretty good movie. but check any education at the door. (Paul Booth) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

DREAMCATCHER ★★

MORGAN FREEMAN AND THOMAS JANE There are a million and one reasons this movie just doesn’t work, the biggest of those being that the writers seem to have forgotten that burping, farting and anal bleeding (yes, you read that right) are never scary, no matter what causes them.(Paul Eberhart) Now showing at Beverly

HEAD OF STATE ★★★

CHRIS ROCK AND BERNIE MAC These kinds of fantasies are especially fun if they’re executed confidently and recognize their own absurdities. In his directorial debut, Rock surprisingly accomplishes both.

(John Loos) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

HOLES

★★★1/2 SIGOURNEY WEAVER AND JON VOIGHT Holes never holds back just because it’s based on a young adult novel. Because the story arc of the film follows the book so closely, it becomes a complicated and refreshingly original movie. (Paul Booth) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

good dialogue for flashy camera techniques. (Paul Booth) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

OLD SCHOOL

LUKE WILSON, VINCE VAUGHN AND WILL FERREL College buddies reunite and jump start a new fraternity while they battle their own problems in hilarious ways.

Now showing at Savoy

HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES

THE PIANIST

KAREN BLACK AND CHRIS HARDWICK Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses succeeds at what it sets out to do. Those who love horror will see this as the Citizen Kane of their genre. For those who don’t, the film won’t sit well at all. This is a really well-made, terrible movie, and it doesn’t take prisoners. It’s either a four-star piece of crap, or a no-star classic. You make the call if you can bear to watch.

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WHAT A GIRL WANTS

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THE HUNTED ★★

TOMMY LEE JONES AND BENICIO DEL TORO Not a whole lot happens in The Hunted, a relatively by-thebook chase film from The Exorcist director William Friedkin.

Aaron Hallam (Benicio del Toro), an ex-soldier and expert killer, was traumatized so deeply after fighting in Kosovo that he now kills American hunters at will. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

MALIBU’S MOST WANTED ★★1/2

JAMIE KENNEDY AND TAYE DIGGS While Bringing Down the House exults in the most obvious ethnic degradations, Malibu’s Most Wanted manages, for the most part, to embrace both white and black culture and emerge with a largely unblemished message of selfempowerment and identity. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

A MAN APART ★

VIN DIESEL There’s not a whole lot to like about A Man Apart, directed with swift imprecision by F. Gary Gray. A Man Apart is anything but authentic, as many of the choppy action sequences exist well outside the narrative. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

PHONE BOOTH ★★1/2

COLIN FARRELL AND KATIE HOLMES The rule here limits the film’s action to a few square feet in and around the last remaining phone booth in New York City, as the narrator fills in the audience on the rest of the story. This limit is the best part of Phone Booth. It captures the excitement and thrill of the movie but also sacrifices

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ADRIEN BRODY A brilliant pianist, and Polish Jew, witnesses the restrictions Nazis place on Jews in the Polish capital, from restricted access to the building of the Warsaw ghetto. As his family is shipped off to the Nazi labor camps, he escapes deportation and eludes capture by living in the ruins of Warsaw.

Now showing at Beverly

★★

AMANDA BYNES AND COLIN FIRTH Random moments give What a Girl Wants an edge over similar films, as when Daphne’s grandmother tells her,“No hugs dear. I’m British. We only show affection to dogs and horses.” What a Girl Wants is worth seeing for an afternoon of smiles and good-hearted entertainment. But don’t expect more than a predictable fairytale. (Marci Kolber)

OPENING THIS WEEK BETTER LUCK TOMORROW

PARRY SHEN AND JASON TOBIN A group of over-achieving Asian-American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extra-curricular criminal activities.

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CONFIDENCE

EDWARD BURNS AND DUSTIN HOFFMAN Jake Vig (Burns) is a consummate grifter about to pull his biggest con yet, one set to avenge his friend's murder.

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IDENTITY

JOHN CUSACK AND AMANDA PEET At a spooky hotel during a rainstorm identity is a killer.

Opening at Beverly and Savoy

IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY

MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND KIRK DOUGLAS The Douglas clan get together to show the importance of family values between fathers and sons.

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THE REAL CANCUN

DRUNK COLLEGE KIDS Drunken college students expose themselves in Cancun.

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SONY PICTURES CLASSICS

LAUREL CANYON ★★ 1/2

JANELLE GREENWOOD | STAFF WRITER

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hen the conservative East coast meets the free-spirited West, what’s left in the middle is Laurel Canyon.

Harvard Medical School graduates Sam (Christian Bale) and his fiancee Alex (Kate Beckinsale), move to Los Angeles after graduation to live with Sam’s record producer mother Jane (Frances McDormand). Initially, Sam is hesitant to live with his free-spirited mother because she spends the majority of her time getting stoned and hanging out with her rock star boyfriend (Alessandro Nivola) while producing his band’s record. Alex, meanwhile, is working on her dissertation while Sam starts his first year residency at a nearby hospital.

Jane does want a relationship with her son,

but feels unable to relate to his straight-laced personality. Eventually, the three must come to terms with themselves and the people they meet along the way.

Laurel Canyon’s strengths are the two lead female performances. Beckinsale holds together the shaky, predictable plot through her believable transition from a conservative Harvard woman to a naive girl searching for life’s esthetics. Though the story is obvious, Alex’s growth allows for some sense of direction. McDormand gives her character a tangible quality, allowing the audience to be drawn into her unconventional character.

Bale, however, feels uncomfortable in his role as Sam, and not enough time is devoted to developing his estranged relationship with his mother. Coming out of his performance in American Psycho, one would think Bale could

handle the role of the emotionally torn yuppie.

A moment is given to explain that a “science teacher” took Sam under his wing in high school, but the majority of educational development would have been up to Jane during Sam’s childhood.

The only thing Jane could have taught Sam was how to tune a guitar and let go of his worries. At one point during a recording session, Jane says, “it either pulls you in or leaves you cold,” in reference to the music she’s producing.

This comment parallels the story because it leaves the audience somewhere in the middle of Laurel Canyon, floundering between both extremes.

Laurel Canyon regurgitates the same old rock and roll meets the champion of the status quo plot line where everyone eventually meets halfway. What’s unfortunate is that Frances

LAUREL CANYON | FRANCES MCDORMAND McDormand was in the film Almost Famous, where this same core idea was re-spun more creatively. Maybe she thought this film would give her the opportunity to play the opposite role as a mother who is a member of the rock and roll community, rather than a mother opposing it.

The plot needs more substance and grit to move it beyond the transparent skeleton it is.

Altogether, it’s not clear what the characters are supposed to do to get out of their emotional reawakening. If all the characters could follow the example of Alex’s transition and development, the film might have avoided being labeled another too-tired and cliche.

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“All That Sparkles Is Not Expensive”

BY MICHAEL ALBERTY | CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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raduation, professional sports championships and weddings. One is permanent, two are often fleeting, but they all tend to have one thing in common: oceans of bad, cheap champagne.

Wines with bubbles have become synonymous with celebrations of all kinds in our society. But when you have to pour for a large gathering, corners tend to get cut with jagged, rusty scissors.

Think back to the last large wedding you attended. You know, the one where Uncle Nate got really drunk and wanted to do the chicken dance with all the bridesmaids. What did the champagne taste like? Is “aquarium water” the phrase you are grasping for?

The good news is that you don’t have to suffer any more. There are sparkling wines out there that are cheap, plentiful and won’t cause your future in-laws to reconsider whether or not you are worthy of their daughter. Here are five of my favorite sparkling wines that won’t break the bank if you are having to pour for a large number of people.

JFJ Winery California Champagne ($5-$8) That’s right, five to eight bucks a bottle. This little sleeper is brought to you by the same folks that gave Trader Joe’s and the world the infamous “Two Buck Chuck” wines. But while Californians were snapping up all the cases they could of the $1.99 Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, this perfectly serviceable sparkling wine lay dormant on the sidelines. And while it’s pretty cheeky to slap the word “champagne” on the label considering it’s made in Ceres, Calif., it does have a nice, sweet apple aroma and a light, soft palate that conjures up images of Meyer lemons.

2000 Seaview Brut ($8-$10) The Seaview Winery first opened in 1850, tucked away in beautiful hills of Southern Australia’s McLaren Vale region. It has three things you usually don’t find in a sparkling wine this cheap: a vintage year, champagne-like

aromas of almonds and freshly baked bread, and a clean finish. Throw in elegant, creamy flavors of apple, lemon and peach and you have yourself a heck of a pour for under 10 bucks.

Bele Casel Prosecco di Valdobbiadene ($9-$11) A lot of inexpensive prosecchi have a metallic aftertaste that just makes you want to find the nearest carton of orange juice so you can make a Bellini. But this prosecco is made with fruit grown in the legendary Santo Stefano and Sacol districts in Veneto and the pedigree really shows. The Bele Casel has a rich peachy quality that will dazzle your pocketbook and tickle your guests’ noses all at the same time.

Chandon Brut Fresco ($10-$13) If this sparkling wine were made in the Napa Valley instead of the Mendoza region of Argentina, the Chandon family would be charging 20 bucks for it. This is a very nice sparkling wine that has aromas and flavors of citrus, melon, pear, almonds, yeast and a touch of vanilla.

Antares Napa Valley Brut ($13-$16) If you are looking for something really nice to pour but have a limited budget, this is the sparkler for you. It’s made by the same Franzia family folks who bring you Charles Shaw (the “Two Buck Chuck” wines mentioned earlier) and Hacienda wines. It is clean, crisp and filled with citrus and yeasty flavor notes. I’ve had a lot of people tell me they served this wine to their wedding guests while saving the more expensive champagnes (like Veuve Clicquot) for the head table, only to discover they liked the Antares Brut even more. Your guests will love this sparkling wine and they will think you spent a lot of money providing it for them.

Michael Alberty is the manager of The Corkscrew Wine Emporium in Urbana. He grew up in the heart of Willamette Valley wine country in Oregon and has spent 17 years trying to create a breakfast cereal based on Pinot Noir.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY | APRIL 24-30, 2003 ARIES (March 21-April 19):You’re at the peak of your ability to explore the mysteries of shapeshifting. If you’re of a mystical or shamanic bent, I encourage you to try out a variety of animal identities in your meditations and lucid dreams. If you’d prefer an earthier approach, you could incorporate the wild intelligence of a favorite creature into your daily behavior. How about a fox? Its influence could assist you in cultivating sly ambition, a worthy project for you in the coming days.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Esquire magazine quoted a renowned astronomer’s surprising idea about the origin of the cosmos.“The big bang is so preposterous,” said Allan Sandage, “and the chain of events it set off so unlikely, that it makes most sense when thought of as a ‘miracle.’” For the sake of argument, Taurus, let’s assume Sandage is right. If the beginning of the universe itself was a miracle, then everything in it is impregnated with the possibility of smaller but equally marvelous miracles. All of which is apropos for your life in the coming week. I believe you’re now primed to birth an amazing feat that your rational mind might find hard to believe.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The task you have ahead of you, Gemini, has a resemblance to — well, wait a minute; before I go on, I should warn you that the following reference is rather graphic. Proceed only if you’re not easily offended and have a supple sense of humor. Anyway, as I was saying, the task ahead of you has a resemblance to carrying out the artificial insemination of a rhinoceros.“But it’s impossible to artificially inseminate a rhino!,” you may be saying. Well, no, it’s not. In fact, with the help of a tool invented by scientists, zookeepers all over the world are regularly doing it nowadays. Likewise, you have a new metaphorical tool that will make it feasible — not easy, but feasible — to do the metaphorical equivalent.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the weeks leading up to the Academy Awards ceremony, Oscar nominees are called on to talk about themselves endlessly. Because of the nonstop parties they attend, they must cultivate a tolerance to extreme levels of interesting fun. Maybe most challenging of all, they’ve got to flaunt their stylish charisma with almost superhuman intensity.

In the three weeks before the big night this year, for instance, actress René Zellweger wore 40 different dresses. And what does this have to do with you? Although you normally have little in common with film stars, that should change in the coming days.

You have astrological license to talk about yourself far more than usual, experience a high degree of fascinating fun, and array yourself in a variety of vivacious clothes.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Many scholars believe the original Garden of Eden was where Iraq stands today.Though remnants of

that ancient paradise survived into modern times, many were obliterated recently. One of my spies who lives near the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers has kept me posted on the fate of the most famous remnant:the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Until a few weeks ago, it was a gnarled stump near Nasiriyah; but today a crater is all that remains.This can serve as an evocative symbol for you as you tackle your big assignment for the rest of 2003, Leo: Completely demolish your old ideas about paradise so that you can conjure a fresh new vision of it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): One of my early astrology teachers, Isabel Hickey, had a favorite saying:“Before you can give yourself away, you have to have a self to give.”This should be your seed meditation for the foreseeable future, Virgo. I am not implying that you don’t have a self. But you do have a lot of work to do to define and strengthen your sense of who you are. In the coming weeks, I’d love you to visualize a flame in your heart growing steadily bigger and brighter and hotter.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do you believe there is such a thing as the human soul? If not, you should stop reading right now; I’ll talk with you again next week. But if you do believe, how would you define it? More importantly, what does your own soul feel like? I suggest that in the coming week you make frequent attempts to tune in to that elusive essence. Use all your ingenuity and persistence as you try to create a stronger bridge between your everyday awareness and your heart source, your seed code, your eternal song.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In my astrological opinion, it’s a perfect time to introduce more experimentation into your most promising relationship.To stimulate your imagination, here are a few ideas you and your companion might want to try together.

1. Go outside just after midnight, wail five loud cock-a-doodledoos, then run back inside before you’re caught. 2. Describe to your friend or partner a detailed vision of his or her best possible future. Ask for the same treatment in return. 3.

Borrow the approach of the religions that have rituals of eating their gods. Buy a pastry that makes your mouths water, perform a ceremony in which you invite a divine spirit to enter into it, then slowly devour it while gazing in each other’s eyes.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A month ago my Sagittarian friend adorned her car with her first-ever bumper sticker, “Give Yourself to Love.”While proud of announcing her compassionate philosophy to the world, she was also nervous.

Hadn’t she raised the pressure on herself to live up to her noble ideals? A week later, she snapped. A guy gabbing on a cell phone in an SUV cut her off in traffic, and road rage moved her to give

him a middle-finger salute. Next day she added a new bumper sticker to the left of the first:“Get In, Sit Down, Shut Up, Hold On.”When I asked her about the contradiction, she confessed, “I’ve just accepted that I’ve got a split personality.”Today brought a further development. She pasted the word “and” to the space between the two stickers, to create a new thought:“Get In, Sit Down, Shut Up, Hold On, and Give Yourself to Love.” She called to tell me the good news:“I’m whole again!”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Are other people luckier than you? If so, you can do something about it, according to psychologist Richard Wiseman. His book, The Luck Factor, presents research that proves you can learn to be lucky. It’s not a mystical force you’re born with, in other words, but a habit you can develop. How? For starters, be open to new experiences, trust your gut wisdom, expect good fortune, see the bright side of challenging events, and master the art of maximizing serendipitous opportunities. I mention this, Capricorn, because you’re now in a phase when you can make tremendous progress in enhancing your capacity to attract luck.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This may sound strange and improbable, but my inside sources swear it’s true: If you’d like to stay out of hot water, metaphorically speaking, you should literally immerse yourself in hot water more than usual in the coming week. In other words, you can stir up a protective, benevolent magic by taking a lot of long baths, soaking in hot tubs, and playing around in warm swimming pools. And if there’s any way you can get away to a hot spring for a day or two, you’ll virtually ensure that trouble won’t be able to find you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): On certain occasions, I encourage you to sacrifice your own needs for the sake of others’, or try to heal their wounds before you attend to your own. But this is not one of those times. It wouldn’t be in alignment with the cosmic mojo. What, then, would be the most righteous course of action?

Here’s what I think: Rouse your most imaginative brilliance as you dream up ways to be really good to yourself. Shower yourself with gifts, treats, and blessings.Take all that tender loving care you’re so skilled at administering to others, and bestow it on yourself.

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aturday afternoon my friends and I got dropped off at the Lincoln Theater. I'm not sure what our parents did for those two hours a week they had to themselves, but it was the seventies so I assume it had something to do with fondue pots, go go boots, and mustaches. We didn't really care much what they did at the time because that was movie day and for a couple of hours we would be miles away, even though we never left town.

It still seems like a better time to me, a time when the shorts before the film weren't Coke commercials or car advertisements with better production values than the actual feature, but instead just a couple of Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Anything could happen as we sat in the dark during the cartoon. We would giggle and practice swearing and sometimes, if he was particularly spirited that day, my friend DeWayne might even shoot a Raisinette from his nostril, sometimes launching it up to twelve rows forward. We we being kids, but once the movie started we all settled into our own little cocoon and everything changed for awhile.

The features themselves weren't exactly high art, "Doc Savage" or "Shane" or The Incredible Journey" but that didn't matter either. For an hour and a half we were adventurers or cowboys or a frisky dog, just about anything besides awkward kids with bad haircuts, Chuck Taylor's, and a crush on our math teacher.

During those years, the best time was the winter. We'd get dropped off in the cold daylight and when we came out two hours later it would be dark, as if everything in the world had changed around us. Who knew what would be lurking outside the theater? The world might need saving, a child might need rescued, Elmer Fudd might need to be hit with a frying pan. We were excited and prepared for whatever awaited us outside those doors. Usually it was nothing more than a warm Buick, but you never knew. I still remember driving by the theater after it closed and it never seemed right to me that it was now vacant, a town where you couldn't see a movie.

After that we were left with nothing but the drive-ins that littered the rural midwest, I suppose because if a farmer didn't feel like

growing corn that year he could simply put up a big assed screen in a field and the people would follow. We could only see movies in the summer time then. It was different, but it was still a movie, even if you had trouble hearing it over the passing traffic. It was there my mother took me to see a double feature of "Love Story" and "The Way We Were." I pretended to be bored and embarrassed, but I watched them and today I think those movies are probably still why chicks find me so caring and sensitive.

Eventually, some new people took over the local drive-in and things got a little creepy.

The kind of creepy that only happens in southern Illinois.

The screen that once showed "Flash Gordon" was now showing "Flesh Gordon" and instead of the cartoon "Pinocchio" there was an Rrated version of the wooden boy where it wasn't his nose that grew.

My friends and I still went to the movies, but by then it was mostly to drink beer. The movies didn't seem the same to me after that.

Years later, I moved to Champaign and began going to the Art Theater. It was like finding a cool old shirt in the back of your closet. Somewhere along the way they became films instead of movies. I watched them differently. They made me think and made me feel. I felt just like the guy in "Cinema Paradiso" except my girlfriend was much meaner than the one in the movie. "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" scared the piss out of me, so much so that I ran home faster than Ben Johnson on steroids. "The Widow of St. Pierre" made me think. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" made me twist my ankle trying to climb up a brick wall just like they did.

"Pollack" made me cry and "Amelie" made me smile. Every movie I saw, good or bad, funny or serious, made me feel differently when I walked outside of the theater.

I still walk by the Art Theater most everyday (since it's on my way downtown and I have a tendency to drink a lot), but it's been closed for a couple of months now. My friend, Pat, isn't inside taking tickets anymore, so there's no one to wave at, but I still slow down a little bit as I pass. It seems like downtown is missing something if you can't walk down the street any night of the week and see

[ [ I’m not sure what our parents did for those two hours a week they had to themselves, but it was the seventies so I assume it had something to do with fondue pots, go go boots, and mustaches.

a movie. It seems like I'm missing something.

The situation might be better soon though.

There's a sign on the door now that says a new theater is moving in and they promise to show the same type of quality movies that were shown there in the past. I hope so because downtown's not the same without a theater. In the meantime, you've got a weekend of great movies at The Virginia Theater and we should all take advantage of that luxury, a chance to go all kinds of different places, even if you're only walking down the block.

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Michael Coulter is a videographer at Parkland College and a bartender at Two Main. He writes a weekly email column, “This Sporting Life” and has hosted several local comedy shows.

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