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todd swiss EDITOR’S NOTE So, once again all of the sections are out of order. I apologize to those who fl ip creastraight ted fo to Seth’s column or r youmainstay. Howany other by ever, I am sure that they would not have read my column anyway, so my apology may be for naught.

See, in the magazine business, advertisements are allowed into the publication much later than reativSo, when full pages of ads get any article or cstory. ework er designed, we someadded after our sections are times have to scramble and move stuff around.

But hey, it’s the summer and I guess mixing the sections up is kind of fun.

Anyway, that is boring, so onto the (hopefully) non-boring stuff. Maybe it is just the infuriating. So, on Saturday, I moved out of my apartment for the most part. With the help of my dad, my sister and her friend, most of my junk went back to my mom’s house. While I did drive back with them to the suburbs and unpack the copious amounts of clothes, electronics and other random items, I had to come back to Urbana to work and to clean.

Oh man, you never know how much you miss television until you go into the living area and see a big empty space. No more crappy 24-hour cable news, no White Sox, I couldn’t even watch

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the Cubs! Luckily I still had my computer and 30 gigabytes of music. Anyway, I had last-minute packing and cleaning to do along with getting this issue of buzz together.

I guess what I am trying to convey is, while I certainly have too much stuff and don’t need half of it, minor conveniences that you never think that you would miss are often missed the most.

The refrigerator, which I keep fi lled almost neurotically, was so empty that it was depressing.

Gone were my pots and pans, so most of the pantry food was out of the question as well.

Choosing what to wear was simple, but ultimately uninspired and boring. Instead of having tons of choices, my wardrobe was reduced to a few, scant staples. Going back to the television, not only was television missed, but my hundreds of DVDs were at home, so movies would have been out of the question even if the television stayed. Gone were the bed sheets. The couch was more comfortable than it looked though.

Yeah, yeah, I am a hopeless consumer. However, the only thing sadder than being a consumer is not having the items around to consume. I can’t wait to get back home and hook my television up and cook some fake meat and actually have a choice when I open my closet.

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michael coulter FIRST THINGS FIRST

History Channel Hysteria Global warming or the Antichrist, you choose

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av i d L e e Ro t h ’s first solo album was called “Crazy From the Heat.” Well, I think David Lee Roth is probably just plain crazy, heat or otherwise, but I will admit those torturously humid July days can really make a guy at least a little goofy, even if it doesn’t make him 100% butt ass crazy.

The heat gets the best of you and makes you wonder. It makes you question whether the end is possibly near. It makes you concerned about the environment. It makes you believe Al Gore is right. Global warming ... um, sort of nice in the winter, sort of a bitch in the summer. You almost gotta question how long this planet is gonna be floating around.

It’s understandable to contemplate such things when every step outside of an air conditioned house takes your breath away and every blink of your eyes magically induces perspiration on your forehead. It’s hard to argue that the whole earth seems to be a little fucked up right now. I know it’s summer and it’s supposed to be hot, but this is sort of like asking someone for a drink of water and having them attempt to drown you. It’s just too damned hot and it doesn’t seem quite right.

It’s sort of scary.

All the media isn’t making me feel any safer either. Al Gore has that movie out where he says we have about ten or 15 years to change our ways before we’ve done irreversible damage to the planet. “60 Minutes” had a report about how the Bush Administration is changing environmental reports from NASA and denying there is a problem in regards to global warming. Hell, if you google global warming, you get 47,700,000 entries. Ice caps are melting quicker than the ice in my Scotch when I sit on the porch and there are about five bazillon people waiting to tell me more about it every single day. It’d make anyone crazy ... especially if they don’t have very far to go in the first place.

Historically speaking, when a person claimed the end of the world was upon us, they were thought to be insane, but all those loonies from the 1970s carrying around “The End Is Near” signs might want to consider coming out of retirement. They’d fit right in with the regular people these days.

So, anyway, last week I was sweating my ass off (actually, I still have some ass left, but I did sweat off a large portion of it) and fearing the end product of global warming. It was too damned hot to do much of anything outside, so hot, in fact, that I didn’t even feel like drinking (I know, I couldn’t believe it either). This left me with nothing to do except sit around and watch TV. With appre-

hensions of the future of our planet in my mind, I turned on the History Channel and everything suddenly seemed worse. I had no idea that their Wednesday evening lineup was devoted entirely to the concept of Armageddon.

What the crap? Nostradamus, the Antichrist, Mayan predictions for the end of days, the rapture, it almost made me want to watch a Cub game instead. So, I started thinking, maybe the Book of Revelations is correct and there will be a shit storm coming pretty soon. Everyone always thought God was going to come down and kick our asses, but maybe we just end up doing it to ourselves by not taking care of our planet. It sort of makes sense, at least to me.

I mean, the Bible is great and all, but I’m not sure how much of the specifics I really buy into.

I can believe we’ll destroy ourselves, but let’s face it, if I leave the house one random morning to take the dog for a walk and the sky is all blood red and four menacing guys on horseback are hauling ass down University Avenue destroying everything in their path, I’m gonna be so freaking surprised that I will be unable to stop shitting my pants. I can imagine myself staring at the four horsemen of the apocalypse and shaking my head in disbelief.

“Wow, I gotta tell you fellas, I thought all of this was absolute horeshit, but here you are, conquest, war, famine, and death, fucking up a perfectly good morning for me and the dog.

Let me just say, congratulations. You guys are truly the scariest folks I have ever seen and I’ve spent some time in Kentucky. Bravo my good men! So, I have to ask before you send me to eternal hell, was Tom Cruise the Antichrist? See, I thought so, but every time I brought it up everyone thought I was crazy. Really? Bush was one too? Katie Couric? Dr. Phil? Yeah, I could probably see that. For crapsake, how many Antichrists were there?”

“So, anyway, thanks for the info. I know you guys probably got a busy ass day, so I’ll let you get going. Oh, hey, when you run across my friend, Jeff, tell him I said hello. He’s not gonna believe this shit either.” At this juncture, one of them will likely lop off my head and the dog will be left to walk himself around West Side Park, occasionally stopping to gnaw some meat off the bones of the lifeless non-believers.

Like any big event, I’ve probably already built it up so much in my head that when the actual time comes it will be sort of a letdown. Who am I kidding? I’ll never be lucky enough to see the four horsemen. It’ll probably just be some sort of news report confirming that White House sources admit the end is actually here. The screen will go black and like most other people, I still won’t really believe it.

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THREE DAYS OF SUN AND MUSIC SURE CAN WEAR A GIRL OUT Lollapalooza 2006 CARLYE WISEL • STAFF WRITER

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played a solid set of rock music that sounded much better live than on their disc, “Broken Boy Soldiers.” I left the grounds for a little while, returning in time to pick Death Cab for Cutie over Ween. In reflection, I think it may have been a mistake since I later found out Ween’s show was phenomenal, but since I missed their CU show last fall, I felt slightly indebted to catch Death Cab live. They played a nice variety of their newer music from the two latest discs, including one of my favorite songs, the incredibly depressing “What Sarah Said.” After a god-awful allergy, coughing, and sneezing attack on the train ride home, I conquered the pathetic trifecta with sleep, and woke up for day two.

I’m not quite sure if it was from the intense walking or not, but on Saturday morning, I had the spasming back of a 90-year-old woman, making the journeys of the day that much harder. I slipped on gym shoes for the first time in a year, and waddled my way across the city to see Built to Spill. The set was enjoyable, yet the sound levels were off, meshing the sound with a band on a nearby stage.

Wolfmother was next, and even though I don’t particularly enjoy hard rock, I loved these guys. Their tight group dynamic let them play totally in sync, while all the time channeling the sounds and style of Led Zeppelin. I left early to catch Particle, one of the three other bands scheduled at the same time as Wolfmother.

Though they f it the jam band stereotype, I found their music to be a lot more focused than other instrumental groups I’ve heard lately, and with a piano-centric sound, there was no cliché guitar-fronting of every melody.

It was at this point in the festival that I realized how big of an issue scheduling was — there were a lot of bands over the three days that I had to miss, just because they were at the same time as others and on opposite ends of the grounds.

I skipped Sonic Youth to catch Gnarls Barkley, who had everyone — including the orchestral quartet and backup singers — dressed in tennis outfits. How precious.

A rundown of the rest of the night goes like this — Disco Biscuits weren’t as polished or interesting as I thought they would be, and Common put on a good show, even though the audience was full of, as both Dave Chappelle and my boyfriend have put it, “white people who can’t dance.” The Flaming Lips had the lead singer arrive inside a gigantic bubble, and with the crazy alien-people, costumes and whatever the fuck else was happening on that stage, it was shocking and a little too odd for my taste, even as a Phish fan. Kanye West wrapped up the night with a high energy set that began with botched sound (to which he had a small Gnarls Barkley in IN

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hissy fit), mixed a decent amount of other people’s music, and ended with guest appearances by Lupe Fiasco and Twista.

By the third day I was beginning to burn out, but I pulled through and started the day with The Hold Steady, whose narrative lyrics were actually quite irritating. I saw the BeneventoRusso Duo next, who I ended up having a wonderful interview with later that afternoon. (Keep your eye out for next week’s buzz to catch the interview.) Their music — with Joe Russo on drums and Marco Benevento on organ - sounds so incredibly full, it’s

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fter waking up, taking the train into the city and walking for 30 minutes to reach only the tip of Grant Park, I realized that there was a stain on my soft, flowy perfect-for-dancing-in seafoam green skirt. The stain was also slightly green, and white, and black and brown, and matched the stain I soon noticed on my flip-flopped right foot. Yep, it was bird shit.

It’s probably good that I don’t believe in signs, karma, or any of those ridiculous over-analyzations, otherwise I would have considered this to be an omen for the weekend to be, well ... shitty. Sure, I can complain about the animal feces on my clothing, the $3 bottles of water, or the fact that it took 15 minutes to walk from one side of the festival to the other, but in the end, it was all worth it. Hey, a brisk stroll through a lovely park to hear your new favorite indie band isn’t so bad in the end. So, for all of you who were stuck in CU over the past weekend, here’s a glimpse into the lovely world of Lollapalooza: The first band I caught was The Subways, who had a generic rock band sound that was easy to lose sight of, with most songs not living up to the catchiness of “Rock and Roll Queen.”

Charlotte Cooper, their bassist, was quite visually irritating; jumping around the stage and going a little too extreme-crazy, reminiscent of a girl who takes two shots of Skol and thinks she’s shit-faced. Next up was Aqualung, whose dream-like music I usually enjoy, though the venue was all wrong for his style — he’s way more fitting for a bedtime mix than a concrete pavilion on a blazingly hot summer day.

Panic! At the Disco surprised the hell out of me — I’m not an emo-punk-pop fan in any shape or form, but I found their vaudeville-themed shtick and high energy performance infectious, even with a slight voice falter here and there from the lead singer. They covered “Tonight, Tonight” with ease, and adding a cello into the live performance truly provided a whole new layer to the genre they grasp so well.

At the Panic! show, I just so happened to be standing next to another college writer who was also scribbling down notes onto a pad of paper. After a short conversation about how familiar we looked to one another and a quick dabble into my favorite game, Jewish Geography, I was informed that on a temple field trip to a matzo factory when I was 11, he threw a raw handful of the ethnic flat bread my way, resulting in tears from me and a phone call to his home from my own mother. (I swear, this shit only happens to me.)

Stars came next, and I was disappointed that I had gotten excited to hear them. The quiet, airy vocals that sound enthralling on the album seemed weak and expressionless when sung live. Thankfully, Umphrey’s McGee was after them, who played a solid show (as always), though the set list was full of new songs, giving off a slight “here’s a sampler of what we sound like; please buy our album” vibe. After sneaking backstage with my matzothrowing pal and his editor to chat with Joel and Kris about Umph’s recent trip to Japan, the festival, and the strawberry frozen fruit bar that was melting quite childishly all over my face and hands, we decided to catch the next act on that stage.

The Raconteurs drew a gigantic crowd (the “oh, that’s Jack White’s band, isn’t it?” factor could have helped a little), and

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Sure, I can complain about the animal feces on my clothing, the $3 bottles of water, or the fact that it took fifteen minutes to walk from one side of the festival to the other, but in the end, it was all worth it.

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almost unbelievable that what you’re hearing is coming from only two musicians. I jetted a bit early to catch Nickel Creek, who, in my opinion, put on the best show of the weekend. Their bluegrass combination of mandolin, guitar and violin in addition to goosebump-inducing vocals sounded more than perfect in Grant Park’s outdoor setting, and their covers of Radiohead’s “Nice Dream” and Brit-Brit’s “Toxic” had the whole crowd going.

I heard a bit of 30 Seconds To Mars who seemed shocked that they gathered a crowd, yet couldn’t see beyond the fact that, no matter how hard-rock they are or want to be, it was still Jordan Catalano Live, with Jared Leto as the eyeliner-loving frontman. The Shins were next, and even though the sound levels were terri-

ble from far away, they were extremely personable, and had the whole audience dancing happily while they played in green shirts, jokingly calling themselves “an army for today’s youth.”

I had to miss Matisyahu, and in what wound up being one of the more difficult overlaps of the weekend, had to leave early to catch Of Montreal. They played on a side stage and gathered a crowd way too large for it, most likely because their performance of indie rock was extremely impressive with a goofy, fun feel to it.

I know that I’ll probably be lynched for this one, but ... I just didn’t enjoy Wilco. I didn’t, I don’t, and I’m pretty sure that I won’t. Their music seems so unoriginal and bland, leaving me to wonder how they obtained such a large following for only decently enjoyable songs. However,

the real break-out of the night was Broken Social Scene, whose wide array of instruments and people brought on stage produced a massive sound that was extremely interesting and enthralling.

Then, of course, to close the entire festival were the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I found their show to be pretty good — not earth-shattering, not horrendous, but just ... good. They played some classics which pleased the massively large audience, along with some new tracks — including “Dani California,” the pathetic rip-off of Tom Petty’s “Mary Jane’s Last Dance.”

The festival overall was great, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t pass-out tired, even as I write this a day after. The three days took a toll on me, but in the end, it was undeniably worth it, and I’m already counting down the days to Lolla ’07. buzz

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or a band born and raised in ChampaignUrbana, i:scintilla gets little attention in their hometown.

Formed in 2003, the group was the brainchild of Jim Cookas, who had composed a number of songs on his home computer and was looking for a band to flesh them out. Cookas logged onto openingbands.com, a CU website dedicated to local music, and found a lead singer as well as the rest of his band.

From there, the group worked on and selfreleased their debut album, The Approach, in late 2004. Filled with heavy riffs and led by the intense vocals of lead signer, Brittany Bindrim, The Approach garnered fan and critical praise, as well as a deal with electronic music label Alfa Matrix. Yet i:scintilla, which means both “a minute amount, a trace” and “a spark, a flash,” were left feeling cold at home.

“We do much better outside of ChampaignUrbana than in our hometown,” Cookas said.

“There are certain things about this town and our sound, maybe we’re too heavy, but we’re considered outcasts.”

The “heaviness” of i:scintilla has drawn comparisons to everyone from Garbage to White Zombie, but their reliance on electronic beats creates a unique musical landscape.

“Our influences are varied, but Nine Inch Nails, Bowie, The Cure, and even Soundgarden can be counted,” Cookas said.

The live experience brings to the forefront the versatility of the group with a set-up that includes a live drummer, electronic drum machines on laptops, two guitarists, synthesizers, and a bass player backing up the high-energy delivery of Bindrim.

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Local indie/electronica quintet i:scintilla will be at Cowboy Monkey Friday night to promote their forthcoming EP, Havestar. live songs actually sound a lot different than the recorded versions,” Cookas said. “We’re always writing new stuff and trying to become more sophisticated musically.”

The fruit of their hard work is a brand new EP, Havestar, which includes 4 re-mastered tracks from The Approach as well as remixes of other i:scintilla songs by artists on the Alfa Matrix label.

“The form of the songs is the same, but with better equipment and having worked with a great producer we’ve improved the sound greatly,”

Cookas said. “We are tr ying more sounds, different sounds, and as a result we have better ears now.”

The Havestar EP, due out August 25, is the first of two releases scheduled in the near future for i:scintilla, with a full-length major debut scheduled for March 2007. The band has a release party/ show for the new EP on August 11 at Cowboy Monkey where advanced copies will be available and where the band hopes the local community will come out and support their brand of “heavy” electronic-rock.

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album REVIEW LILY ALLEN Alright, Still (Regal Records) JARON BIRKAN • STAFF WRITER

Alright, Still by the British artist Lily Allen might be the best album released this year. Certainly it is the most original and fresh, the perfect alternative to the self-aggrandizement and ennui plaguing music. It is, in short, the perfect summer album, flowing with ease and warmth but still possessing the furibundal energy of a scorned lover. Seamlessly blending elements of hip-hop and funk, it has the transcendental characteristics the average club hit does not possess.

It exists beyond nostalgia, a debut at once innocent but also stylistically assured, fresh but not gimmicky. Certainly her subjects (love, urban life) have been recorded again and again

by British artists. Their peculiar, and polarized, cultural status lend them globalized gravitas, something almost no American artist has been able to achieve. However, the only artist that has, at least, remotely broken through has been The Streets. But, even he is not known by the majority of the public. Lily Allen, though, has the talent and appeal that might finally show the USA what rap music has revealed about the American underclass to the world.

Allen herself, while only 21, has the song-writing ability of someone almost twice her age. Her world-weariness is reminiscent of many a middleaged artist, clumped in their success but want-

ing the glory only youth can bring. Allen is filled with that glory, the cocksure attitude and braggadocio, but it is never abrasive. At her worst, chiming on the single “Smile” that “at first when I see you cry/it makes me smile,” she is still eminently charming.

Most importantly, Allen understands pop music. She has gained (through her father Tony Allen, a musician with some minor hits in the U.K.) the need to create for her audience, while never pandering to their tastes.

Songs like “LDN” with its contrasting refrains about modern London life are delivered with the utmost affability, a jarring fact given her bleak descriptions of robbers, pimps, and crack whores. Her hardscrabble upbringing has given her the tough experiences, but it is not COURTESY OF AMAZON.COM shared for sympathy or solipsism. Allen, never pessimistically, wants to prove a point for her audience. While so many artists are screaming

about theirs (and society’s) problems for the world to hear Allen simply coos “Sun is in the sky oh why oh why/Would I wanna be anywhere else?”

It takes an adroit talent to do that.

The grit is still visible. “Everything’s just wonderful” speaks to a modern, new Labour Britain in which the fruits of privatization and limited government are yet to materialize.

To a n e d u c a t e d American (or any Englishman,) these would be the invect ive s of “C h av” culture, a whitetrash lament to be sure. Never theless, Allen smartly avoids the political criticism of her forebea r s ( ba nd s like The Specials or The Clash) in favor of a row ag a i nst a society that has her, and her potential fans, “wanna be able to eat spaghetti bolognaise,/ a nd not feel bad about it for days and days and days.” Even if that line is blunt, and a bit uncouth, coming from Allen’s mouth it is nothing short of beautiful.

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ists and this is what shows most live, with many songs being dominated by their dueling guitars.

(Yep Roc Records) On “Lay Down Your Arms” everyone in the band rises to the occasion to rock the hell out of the IMRAN SIDDIQUEE • STAFF WRITER instrumental track from the 2002 album Stories The Sadies excel at being pretty good at a num- Often Told. And while the band builds its towers ber of things. of soaring sound, the crowd goes wild, building The Canadian band led by Travis and Dallas the anticipation for each coming moment. But, Good can do everything from old-school coun- alas, the monument feels unfinished by the time try to garage rock and all that’s in between with the two minute track is done. For a band that can skilled craftsmanship and solid delivery. Yet as release a two-disc mammoth 41-track live album, a whole, none of their previous albums have the majority of the songs seem awfully short and felt completely successful, mainly unfinished. due to the scattered nature of their On disc 2, the band invites Neko style. Favourite Colours (2004) was Case on stage and the album really the band’s closest approximation picks up steam. She sings her own to a unified statement, combin“Hold On, Hold On” as the Sadies ing spaghetti-western guitars and jam out behind her. Case has the surf-city melodies fairly well with kind of voice that dominates whattraditional Americana rock. The ever it’s around, but the Sadies do record still lacked, though, the a more than amiable job of keepmagic touch that might push this ing up with the songstress. very talented band into the special Case is followed on stage by Jayrealm they have been threatening hawks lead singer Gary Louris, COURTESY OF AMAZON.COM to enter for years. and the entire group runs through What their latest release, The Sadies In Concert: the Louris-penned “Tailspin.” Once again the Volume 1, reveals is more of the same — a really Sadies demonstrate their formidable skill, servgood band playing average songs. It also brings ing as the ultimate back-up band to these huge to the forefront the zest with which these songs Americana stars. can be performed, which is perhaps the band’s In the end, their ability to mimic and then greatest asset. improvise off the original versions of their songs Recorded in early 2006 at Lee’s Palace in Toronto, and others is what makes the Sadies’ live album the record documents a show that included some of worth buying. the top names in alternative country and americana If you’re looking for a representation of the rocking out together on stage.

Sadies at their best, this is it. And damn if that’s The Good brothers are accomplished guitar- not frustrating.

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Q&A SESSIONS One of the more enjoyable parts of Flashback Horror Weekend are the Q&A forums that run throughout the day. Each forum ran about 15 to 30 minutes, offering the audience an exclusive opportunity to directly ask the star(s) questions about their movies, careers, and costars. I learned some interesting things, specifically about Quentin Tarantino’s persona...

Some of the bigger names at the Q&A from Saturday were: Rowdy Roddy Piper (They Live), Lloyd Kaufman (founder

FLASHBACK HORROR WEEKEND and president of Troma pictures and also the director of The Toxic Avenger), Marilyn Chambers (Rabid), Michael Berryman (from the originial The Hills Have Eyes), Sid Haig (Devil’s Rejects), Ken Foree (From Beyond), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Danielle Harris (Halloween 4 & 5 ), Barbara Nedeljakova (Hostel), J.R. Bookwalter (director of The Dead Next Door), and good ol’ Svengoolie (you know, the B-movie host from WCIU).

PHOTO COURTESY OF JEFF GROSS

THE DVD SCREENING ROOM This is where Anchor Bay, the DVD production company that co-sponsors Flashback Horror Weekend, exhibits upcoming DVD releases (for free) to those who wish to take a breather from the action at the convention. Nothing too hot played here, the highlight being the uncut screening of Dario Argento’s entry into Showtime’s “Masters Of Horror” series.

BALLROOMS 3-5 P.M., CELEBRITY AUTOGRAPHS IN THE DEALER’S ROOM This is where you get to go up close to the stars and shake their hands, pay them some money and take a photo with them/ get an autograph. Well, only some of they charge for an autograph. I personally like the free ones. Here, I got to meet Sid Haig, Adrienne Barbeau, Erin Brown (a.k.a. “Misty Mundae”), Andrew Briars (a.k.a the new face of Leatherface) and of course, Svengoolie. I also had an interesting encounter with Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman. He’s a very funny, down to Earth guy who also likes my friend Marty quite a bit. He gave us free tickets to a test screening in Indiana for his latest film “Poultrygeist.” Alas, I couldn’t make it!

At the Flashback Horror Weekend retro drive-in.

JEFF GROSS • STAFF WRITER

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or you horror film nerds that have been stuck in Champaign-Urbana this summer, you missed out on a huge convention in Chicago, Ill. at the Allstate Arena called “Flashback Horror Weekend.” For the sixth year in a row, the actors and actresses of horror gathered together to talk about their careers, lives and sign autographs. By night, the convention turns into a retro 80’s drive in theater, exhibiting 35mm prints of classic and contemporary horror flicks and some old school trailers and advertisements. Oh what a wonderful convention it was! Not to mention that this year’s guest of honor was none other than WWE veteran Rowdy Roddy Piper, better known as “Nada” from John Carpenter’s 1988 classic They Live.

For those of you who are depressed for missing this wonderful convention, I offer you a journal of insight with the hope that you venture up north next year to join us July 19-21, where Robert England (a.k.a. Freddy Kruger) and his co-star Helen Langencamp will appear as the main attraction. sounds from the scene

SLEEPING IN: WHAT I MISSED On Saturday, I woke up about an hour later than I wanted to.

The convention began at 9:30 with a unique photo-op with Barbara Nedeljakova (the brunette from Hostel). Flashback Horror Weekend had reconstructed a torture room from Hostel and for $30 (and only for the first hour of the convention), they would strap you down in a chair, cover you in blood, and have Nedeljakova pretend to torture you (and of course take a picture of it).

Too bad I missed out on that one.

ARRIVING AT THE CONVENTION, 11 A.M. Finally there, I pause and absorb the “scenery.” Dressed in Khaki’s and a Polo, I seem to be in the minority, as most of the fans assembled at the convention were either clad in full/partial costume or sporting a shirt that advertised their favorite horror flick. I pay my $25 cover charge, get my wrist band and enter. The fee is instantly paid off, as they give me seven free new horror novels, all of which it is clear that no one ever wanted to read. Combined MSRP: $56.

THE COSTUME CONTEST, HOSTED BY SVENGOOLIE This is always a fun event to watch. People dress up in a variety of costumes that range from cute to creative to horrible. Then, there are people who take the “dressingup-as-a-character-from-a-movie-thing” way too seriously, often appearing at the wrong conventions. Case and point: someone dressed up as a person from Star Wars ... he acted “in character” all day, also citing his character’s name and “address” as his own on stage. The big winners were “Little Dead Riding Hood” and a guy who dressed up as (and whose mannerism and appearance strikingly resembled) none other than Captain Jack Sparrow.

THE BURLESQUE SHOW: Actually, I missed this one while staking out a good seat for the drive-in.

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consumer. Only Nada (Piper) can distinguish them through a pair of ordinary looking sunglasses. A solid three-star movie with plenty of great one-liners.

From Beyond is Gordon’s follow up to his cult favorite Re-Animator. Teaming up once again with Jeff rey Combs and the work of sci-fi horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, Gordon creates a overtly sexual tale of the supernatural and the human senses. In a quest for the “sixth� sense, Combs and his lab partner tap into the power of the pineal gland, unleashing a world of pleasure, floating worms, brain eating, and phallic extensions of the mind. It’s too bizarre to explain; just go see it. Even if to just see what it’s like to see a person eaten alive by insects. Another solid three-star movie with captivating FX work.

While last year was a better year for Flashback Horror Weekend (Bruce Campbell trumps Rowdy Roddy any day), this years convention was a total smash in its own right. Saturday doubled as the perfect birthday outing for a horror nerd such as myself. I even got myself an Eraserhead t-shirt!

For more information on Flashback Horror Weekend, visit http://www.flashbackhorror.com

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sarah bonk

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What type of photography do you enjoy most?

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I do a little bit of everything — photojournalism, portrait, travel. I haven’t really found niche yet. Right now I’d say travel is my favorite because I like to travel so much. If not that, then portrait because I love interacting with people. I try to make people really feel comfortable in front of the camera.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF JEFF GROSS

THE DRIVE-IN, 9:30 P.M. This is by far the biggest event of the day. It costs an extra $15 and a hell of a lot of mosquito bites, but it’s well worth it. Flashback Horror Weekend is one hell of a convention by day; but by night, the retro ‘80s drive-in movie lot is hoppin’! And what better way to turn a parking lot into a retro theater than to show a good ol’ double feature? Top that off with some retro trailers and WGN’s Nick Digilio and you have one hell of party.

On Saturday, they showed John Carpenter’s They Live, introduced by none other than Rowdy Roddy Piper, and Stuart Gordon’s From Beyond, introduced by Ken Foree. Clearly, these are not pieces of Oscar-winning cinema, but they are entertaining, cheesy, funny, violent, and gory fi lms nonetheless.

They Live is a sci-fi tale of alien beings who seem human and attempt to take over the world through capitalism and manipulation of the blind

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Sarah Bonk is a photographer and currently has some of her works on display at Pekara Bakery, which is located in downtown Champaign.

JENN ROURKE • STAFF WRITER

Sarah Bonk, 21, never considered photography until she entered community college. She took a photography class at her mother’s suggestion and loved it. Now a senior at Columbia College in Chicago, this New York native has developed her own style. Pekara Bakery, Champaign, currently holds a nine-piece display of the Bonk’s photos, her first exhibition.

The camera I like to use most is my RolleiĂ&#x;flex. I don’t use it as much as I should. It takes so long to focus, but it makes me look at the picture on a grand scale. The camera I like least — my father will kill me for saying this — is my digital camera. When I’m using it I feel like I’m being lazy and not paying attention to the exposure because I have the screen.

If the picture looks good on the screen, I take it. My dream camera is a Hasselblad, 4x5 View Camera.

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A lot of the [other pictures] are of an angel walking around in a cemetery. They’re very foggy and whatnot. It’s something I did in camera. I used a fog fi lter to have a distorted look. You never see her face in them.

She is actually a very good friend of mine I’ve known since freshman year of high school.

The reason I chose her was because she’s willing to do anything. She’s willing to dress up, do her makeup and hair; it’s something photographers really look for. She was willing to meet me at 6 o’clock in the morning ... a lot of people wouldn’t do that.

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nly Michael Mann can do what Michael Mann does. Only Michael Mann can make an entertaining fi lm riddled with clichés and stereotypes. Only Michael Mann can adapt a TV show (which he also created) into an entertaining movie. Only Michael Mann can craft a movie that stars Colin Farrell and make it not suck. I’ve contended this many times in the past and will continue to do so in the future: Michael Mann is one of the most respectable commercial fi lmmakers in Hollywood. He may not be as big-name as Joel Schumacher or as fi nancially influential as Michael Bay, but he’s one hell of a powerhouse. To this date, all of his fi lms have been both fi nancial and critical successes. Miami Vice, his latest excursion, is no exception.

Miami Vice is not an artsy fi lm or an Academy Award-winning feature, but it’s one hell of a popcorn fl ick. Losing the sleek signature colors and sports cars that defi ned the TV show, sounds from the scene

Mann creates a new, gritty world in Miami Vice with “Cops” style cinematography that hugs the shoulders of the actors and powerful sound mixing. The gunshot wounds and violence in this movie are not stylized or over the top, but rather brought to reality with effects that bring the bullets right into the theater with you.

On a slightly disappointing note, there is very little of Jamie Foxx in this movie. It’s much less of a buddy cop-type movie than a movie about one cop who just happens to have a partner who seems to be there merely to be agitated all of the time. And while more of Foxx would have been nice, Colin Farrell and Gong Li manage to carry the show quite well.

Miami Vice is the kind of action f lick that studios should be making. While the plot (two cops go undercover to bust a drug lord) is far from original, the presentation (dialogue, characters, cinematography, etc) is fresh. It’s a wholly entertaining fi lm worth its ticket price; go see it.

Woody Allen, right, in his latest film Scoop.

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Lyman, a handsome aristocrat, played by Hugh Jackman. With this news, the astonished young j-student and the befuddled old magician set off to entrap the charming blueblood, while fi nagling their way into private dinner parties, garden engagements and private storage rooms.

Scoop will remind many of the inventive humor and similar themes of Allen’s much overlooked The Purple Rose of Cairo, and while he successfully spoofs conventions of the detective mystery genre, he mocks British society in a quaintly working class manner.

In his more successful mocking of British upper classes, Allen’s ear for the witty one liner hasn’t diminished either. At one dinner party he reveals to an utterly charmed guest, “I was born of Hebrew persuasion, but converted to narcissism”. Later with an acute awareness of his age he comments, “Excitement for me is, dinner without heartburn.”

Johansson and Allen make a fun and likable odd couple. Johansson seems more confi dent than ever creating a determined young character who’s aware of her sexual appeal and charm, while remaining focused on her professional ethics, with her albeit amateur status. Scoop is simply a delightful way to spend a summer afternoon or evening.

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t the age of 70, Woody Allen may have fi nally reinvented himself as a writer/ director and performer. No longer just telling neurotic Manhattan melodramas, in his latest fi lm Scoop, he returns to the screen as a slightly different character in a story set in England, like his previous fi lm Match Point. As a director, he’s once again settling in comfortably with a female lead, Scarlett Johansson; yet, unlike his Diane Keaton, Mia Farrow fi lms of the past, there is no forced romantic subplot between her and his fatherly character. And in a refreshing way, the ever witty Allen even returns to his more anarchistic style of comedy, reminiscent of his earliest works, like Bananas.

With a mix of a mature and sexy Nancy Drew mystery and the Thin Man fi lms of the ‘30s, Allen’s Scoop tells the delightfully inventive tale of an American journalism student Sondra Pransky ( Johansson) in London, who while participating in a magic show by the Great Splendini (Allen) meets the spirit of recently deceased, famed investigative journalist, Joe Strombel (Ian McShane).

He tells her of a secret which will provide her with the scoop of the decade and make her an equally famous reporter. The spirit reveals that the identity of the recent “tarot card” serial murders is actually the son of British nobleman, Peter

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KERI CARPENTER • CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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hough the title, John Tucker Must Die, seems like a phrase your 9-year-old sister might write in her Hello Kitty journal, it does the movie no justice. Directed by Betty Thomas, this movie is a funny and clever must-see this summer — even for guys.

In this MTV Films Production, Brittany Snow plays “what’s-her-face,” also known as Kate, the new girl at high school. Kate is a bit shy but more than willing to speak up when she sees the heart-throb jock of her school, John Tucker ( Jesse Metcalfe) bring three different girls out to eat to the restaurant she works at. John, the captain of the basketball team, is sure to pick a variety of girls to be on his personal team when he dates Heather, the head cheerleader (Ashanti), Carrie, a Harvard-bound blonde journalist with a camera permanently attached to her hand (Arielle Kebbel), and Beth, the school’s vegetarian slut (Sophia Bush) all at the same time.

Once fi nding out that Tucker is dating all of them, the girls seek revenge by trying to make Tucker fall in love with Kate, and then breaking his fragile heart.

After playing a few tricks with estrogen pills and giving John a few treats, including thongs, John’s personal team and Kate play against him with the goal of teaching him a lesson he’ll never forget.

Eventually, Kate must speak up for herself and decide if she will continue trying to teach Tucker a lesson, or break away from her original plans and teach herself a lesson. Even if you’re not up to seeing the demise of John Tucker, the almost mesmerizing soundtrack is still worth looking forward to.

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Live Bands Acoustic Nite: David Howie.

Afternoon Drive Aroma Cafe 8pm, free Caleb Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, free Weapons of DisFunktion Cowboy Monkey, 9pm, cover Cameo Turret, 1090 Club, The Greytones, Landing on the Moon Canopy Club, 9pm, $5 Will Rogers Chief’s, 9pm cover Shovelwrack White Horse Inn, 10:30pm, free

Lectures / Discussions Lessons from Walter Reed Army Medical Center [As a staff nurse, Kim Abel will be sharing stories and photographs of her work with injuried Iraqi War veterans at Walter Reed Medical Center during the summer of 2005.] Urbana Free Library, 7pm, free

Workshops Carle Expectant Parent Classes [Postpartum adjustment: the fourth trimester. Pre-registration is requested for all classes by calling (217)383-6962.]

Carle Foundation Hospital, 6:30pm, free Carle Expectant Parent Classes [Breast-feeding education. Pre-registration is requested for all classes by calling (217)383-6962.]

Carle Foundation Hospital 6:30pm, free Miscellaneous English as a Second Language Course LDS Institute Building, 7pm, TBA Meetings Bariatric Support Group Carle Foundation Hospital 6:30pm, free

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DJ Zen Thursday’s: DJ Asiatic Soma, 9pm, free

Karaoke Boneyard Karaoke Memphis on Main, 7:30pm, free Karaoke Fat City Saloon 8pm, free Liquid Courage Karaoke Jillian’s Billiards Club, 9pm free Liquid Courage Karaoke The Office, 10pm, free

Film FILM: “Mission : Impossible III� (2006) Virginia Theatre 7pm, $2

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FRI. AUG 11 Live Bands Billy Galt Blues Barbecue 11:30am, free Red Lion Reunion Fat City Saloon, 5pm, $10 Jazz Mayhem Iron Post, 5pm free Real Deal Jazz Band Cowboy Monkey, 5:30pm, free Adam Wolfe Chief’s, 5:30pm cover Ryan Groff, Darling Disarm, Theory of Everything Independent Media Center 8pm, $5 Prairie Dogs Hubers, 8pm free Playboy Jigalo Album Listening Party with Special Guests Nargile, 8pm, cover The Love Experts, Death Ships Waterloo, Magnolia Canopy Club, 8pm, cover ESP Memphis on Main 8:30pm, $3 Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1 The Brat Pack Highdive, 9pm cover Mother Popcorn Iron Post 9pm, $3 Quadremedy White Horse Inn, 10pm, free JAB Chief’s, 9:30pm, cover i:scintilla, Mankind is Obsolete Terminus Victor Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5 DJ DJ Bozak Soma, 8pm, cover DJ Who Joe’s Brewery, 10pm cover DJ Tim Williams Highdive 10pm, $5 DJ Mertz Boltini, 10:30pm free Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke American Legion Post 71 8pm, free Liquid Courage Karaoke The Brickhouse, 9pm, free Recreation Learn to Play Pinochle Hays Recreation Center, 1pm free

State Fair Stage Crew Interested in the Arts? Experience with theatrical productions? Use your skills behind the scenes at the entertainment stage at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield on Champaign County Day. 12 volunteers are needed to work with the stage manager during performances and provide assistance in between shows. This is a one-time opportunity on August 12, 2006 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the State Fair in Springfield, Ill. Free parking and food will be provided at the site.

Contact Jill Manka for more information at 351-4133

Mind / Body / Spirit Mini Psychic Fair [IllumiNation Institute presents its August Mini Psychic Fair featuring local intuitive artists including Tammy Lambert, Marlita hasbargen, Sioux, Donna Purcell and guest artist Susan Wynn.

Readings: $20 per 15 minute reading.] IllumiNation Institute, 6pm, $3

SAT. AUG 12 Live Bands Red Lion Reunion Fat City Saloon, 12pm, $10

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Music in Nature Concert: Exorn and Bloomsday Allerton Park, 5pm, $5 Grass Roots Revival Kickapoo Canoe Landing 5:30pm, free The Mad Conductor, No Service Project, Trike, Odd End Out, Agents of Change, Alleyway Sex McKinley Foundation, 6pm, $7 Blue Deacons Alto Vineyards, 7:30pm, $3 Mark Clark Pages for All Ages, 8pm, free Dave Dreyer Hubers, 8pm free Renegade Memphis on Main, 8:30pm, $3 Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1 Andrew Moreillon Iron Post 9pm, cover Probably Vampires, Baby Teeth, Awesome Cool Dudes Coco Coca Canopy Club 9pm, $5 Quadremedy Chief’s 9:30pm, cover The Confines, The Breaks, New Ruins Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free DJ DJ Nargile, 9pm, free before 10pm DJ White Horse Inn 9:30pm, free DJ Naughty Boy Joe’s Brewery, 10pm, cover DJ Tim Williams Highdive 10pm, $5 DJ Limbs Boltini, 10:30pm free Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s, 9pm, free Workshops Safe Sitter Class [A program to teach babysitters age 11 to 13 how to be safe and nurturing sitters. Call (217)383-6962 to register. There is a fee for this class.] Carle Foundation Hospital, 9:30am, TBA Mind / Body / Spirit Mini Psychic Fair [IllumiNation Institute, a Universal Institute for Spiritual Studies & Holistic Healing, presents its August Mini Psychic Fair featuring local intutitive artists including Tammy Lambert, Marlita Hasbargen, Sioux, Donna Purcell and guest artist Susan Wynn.] IllumiNation Institute, 10am, cover

SUN. AUG 13 Live Bands Red Lion Reunion Fat City Saloon, 12pm, $10 Crystal River Band Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, free

Steak Out w/ Leigh Meador Trio Iron Post, 9pm, cover

Ryan Groff (of Elsinore) Darling Disarm Theory of Everything

Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke The Brickhouse, 9pm, free Meetings Accordion Players Meeting [Meeting for accordion players of all levels and anyone interested in accordion music. Bring your accordion and your favorite tunes.]

Homer Town Hall, 2pm, free

August 11, 8 p.m.

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Theory of Everything

Solo artists are the best!! There are two kinds that I prefer the best however; 1. A solo artist that has a name that would lead listeners to believe that they are in fact a band. Bright Eyes is the perfect example.

I’ve had about 30 conversations that go like this: Person That Is Dumb: Oh wow, I really like Bright Eyes, they have such a unique sound.

Me: (angrily/haughtily) Um actually, Bright Eyes is just one guy, Connor Oberst, sometimes he has a backing band NOW GET OUT OF MY FACE!!

Even though Feist is the last name of Leslie Feist some people still think that she’s called The Feist, presumably because of having The Fray and The Faint so ingrained in their minds. Number Two is artists that have “solo projects� outside of their other established band. Like Thom Yorke, for instance, or and even better example, Ryan Groff of the wildly popular area band, Elsinore.

Elsinore won CU’s best live band award last year and has been constantly touring the Midwest. Americana meets rock meets Latin rhythms in Groff’s four piece. Though constantly touring, that amount of performing does not satisfy the burning hunger in Ryan Groff’s soul. He plays solo as often as a member of his band. Nothing like a man and his guitar and a microphone and a stage and some lights to make the stage visible and a chair for the man to sit or a sturdy strap if the man cares to not sit. It’s intimate, it’s subtle, it’s kind of clichĂŠ (but in a good way ... like yelling “Freebirdâ€? at a concert clichĂŠ). While many argue that last parathesized statement, including myself, there’s no better way to truly understand a talented musician than to see them musically naked on stage. Ryan Groff goes solo at IMC with Theory of Everything and Kayla Brown and Mike Ingram as Darling Disarm. —Brian McGovern

Live Bands Feuding Hillbillies Rose Bowl Tavern, 6pm, free Michael Davis Bentley’s Pub 7pm, free MRS Trio Iron Post, 9pm cover Creepy V Weft 90.1 FM 10pm, free Open Mic Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free DJ DJ Delayney Barfly, 10pm, free Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke The Brickhouse, 9pm, free Lectures / Discussions Mystery Discussion Group [The Mystery Discussion Group will be discussing the book Bootlegger’s Daughter by Margaret Maron.] Borders 6pm, free Workshops Carle Expectant Parent Classes: Grandparents class. [Pre-registration is requested for all classes by calling (217)383-6962.]

Carle Foundation Hospital 6:30pm, free

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Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s 9pm, free Karaoke with Randy Miller Bentley’s Pub, 9:30pm, free Film FILM: “The DaVinci Code�

(2006) Virginia Theatre 7pm, $2 Workshops Carle Expectant Parent Classes: Babies become people [Pre-registration is requested for all classes by calling (217) 383-6962.]

Carle Foundation Hospital, 6:30pm, free Miscellaneous Zoo Theatre Company’s Boltini Bingo and Lounge Variety Show Boltini, 7pm, free

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art & theater Rain Forest Visions [This exhibition focuses on artistic representations by contemporary South American indigenous people of ecological, mythical, and cosmic spirit forces in their lives. The focal people whose myths and narratives provide the basis for the imagery are the Canelos Quichua of Amazonian Ecuador. Complementary artifacts come from the Achuar, Tigua, and Chachi of Ecuador, the ShipiboConibo of Peru, the Waounam and EmberĂĄ of Colombia and Panama, the Tukuna of Colombia and Brazil, and the Yekuana of Venezuela.]

Spurlock Museum through Aug 20 Speed Sketchings and Paper Tearing Artworks by Hua Nian [Hua Nian is an active exhibiting artist and art instructor in ChampaignUrbana, Illinois. Her paintings appear in international and national art exhibitions, winning awards at local, state, and national shows.]

Pages for All Ages through Sept 30

Beyond Words: A Dialogue Between Friends [Works by Sylvia Arnstein & Mark Corrodi] Verde Gallery through Sept 9 Springfield Art Show [Paintings by John Hayes, photographs by Ron Ackerman and ceramics by Bob Dixon of Springfield, Ill.] Cinema Gallery through Aug 19

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Spacious ones 2 blocks to IMPE/stadium on bus line - 1010 S. First, Ch. - $460 New York Greystone- loft for 4 people Across from engineering quad/Beckman, $295/person.

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“John and I discovered that we both had a love for 1940’s music. We decided that that was the band that we should start,” Rummenie said.

The Virtues are an upbeat jump, blues band with a 40’s jazz feel. Along with Rummenie, the band consists of Peter Roubal on saxophone, Neil Robinson on piano, Ed Schaller on bass and Jeff Magby on drums.

The third band that Rummenie currently lends his musical talents is known as The Javelinas. The Javelinas is an acoustic band that Rummenie says began as a vanity project.

“I had a bunch of songs that didn’t fit into either band,” Rummenie said. “They had a more country feel. It started with me playing guitar and we built on that. John Tubbs produced, recorded, and played bass and mandolin. Dawna sang harmony, Neil Robinson played accordion, and Doc LeCouris played harmonica. Brandon Washington also sings on the CD.” Rummenie is pleased that the each of three bands has a unique sound.

“I’m proud of the fact that they are three separate entities,” Rummenie said. “There is some carry over, but they can stand on their own.”

Each of Rummenie’s bands plays roughly once a month, at bars like Cowboy Monkey or community events like The Taste of Champaign.

When they play bars, Rummenie says the band “slugs it out the whole night.” Unlike some newer rock bands that play for under an hour, Rummenie’s bands are booked for three sets, playing roughly four hours per night.

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Rummenie acknowledges that many popular local bands play covers, however he is adamant about playing his own music.

“I made amends with the fact that playing the kind of music I wanted I wouldn’t be huge,” Rummenie said. “I wanted to focus on blues and develop myself as a writer and singer. And if I didn’t get paid as much, so be it.”

Rummenie says that he was always too shy to ask girls out. Fortunately for him, his art form helped him meet his wife of nine years. Tami Bajema had met Rummenie in passing while student teaching at Urbana high school. She attended one of his concerts and was captivated from the moment she saw him play.

“I had never really listened to live music before and I thought they sounded great,” Bajema said.

“Associating someone in one realm and then seeing them in a totally different environment adds a new appreciation and a new spark that goes a long with it.”

Today, Rummenie and his wife have two young children. Rummenie admits that it can be difficult juggling teaching, raising a family and performing. However, Rummenie has no plans to slow the musical progression of his bands. He hopes to put out new material for the Impalas and the Virtues and above all, to keep playing.

“If you’re doing it right and you’re playing something you like, and the crowd is into it, you kind of lose yourself,” Rummenie said. “It’s a nice communal thing.”

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uilding a new home for women and families who don’t have homes seemed to be an enormous task, but with the generosity of an entire community the task became a little smaller.

Students, church members, different businesses, the cities of Champaign and Urbana, government departments and several other organizations in the community provided the Center for Women in Transition the support to build a brand new home for five women and their families.

After six years of planning, preparing and building the new family-housing unit on 504 E. Church Street in Champaign, the home designed by architect Gaylord Swisher is nearly complete.

On July 30 and 31, Provena Covenant sponsored the home’s public open house, where volunteers, coordinators, board directors and countless other contributors gathered together to tour the new home.

Initially, the Center’s board of directors wanted to purchase and refurbish a house built in 1908. Then, the United Parcel Services made an enormous gesture and donated an unexpected gift.

“It started with a vision from UPS,” said Marilyn Harrison, a regular volunteer and member of the open house committee.

“The board was planning to buy the house across the street and just rehab it, but then, UPS made an initial donation of $100,000 and said ‘Why don’t you think bigger?’”

Because of the gift UPS donated and the encouragement it gave the center, the Center felt the possibilities were unlimited and named the new home accordingly, the Unlimited Possibilities Services, carrying over the UPS initials.

Harrison said that was just the beginning.

“When it was ready to get started, of course, things cost more (money) than they (the Center) had,” Harrison said. “But, then the community really jumped in. They weren’t even expecting to have the basement in any kind of done, and it’s coming along really well.”

The basement consisted of a youth lounge adopted and decorated by Target, a laundry room where the washers and dryers were donated from the Wesley Foundation, a music room provided by the Grace Lutheran Church and a computer room networked by Parkland Community College’s computer club.

There are four unfinished rooms in the basement, which are now being completed by the Philo Road Church of Christ.

Other big contr ibutors included Champaign Rotar y, First Presbyterian Church of Urbana, Carle Hospital and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

The list goes on.

There are five bedrooms, one for each family. Each room was adopted and decorated by a different organization.

Harrison, also a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church at 1700 Crescent Drive in Champaign, worked on and made decisions for one of the bedrooms. The room was decorated in white and rosebud colors and adopted by the Westminster Presbyterian Church and After 5 Illini Rotary.

Harrison said all the furniture in the room was refurbished.

It took volunteers a lot of time for the priming and the painting because they were working with old furniture.

The result was a room furnished with a white padded folding chair made of wood and a wooden desk that can be pushed up to make more space. As people passed by and entered the room they couldn’t help but admire the work put into it and comment on how put together it was. Harrison even managed to find a

The Center for Women in Transition completes its third house this year and held an open house on July 30 and July 31. All three houses are located on Church Street in Champaign. The Center for Women in Transition aims to provide safe transitional housing to homeless women and their children.

Toys-R-Us Jeffrey the Giraffe, which sat on the bottom bunk bed giving the room a comfortable, homey feel.

The four other bedrooms were adopted by the Zonta Club, a worldwide service organization aimed to advance the status of women; the First Presbyterian Church of Urbana with friends and family of Morris and Marion Kessler; the First Presbyterian Church of Champaign and Mahomet Lutheran Church.

When the doors opened at the open house some people cheered and applauded, while others showed tears in their eyes.

Moved by the community’s overwhelming support, organizers, staff members and the women living in the Center for Women in Transition homes were awed.

“One gal in particular was just teary eyed, because she said when she came in here, she could feel the love of the community,” said Harrison. “And, the fact that there were that many people out there that would do that for people like her, to make sure she had a place to stay and a roof over her head thrilled her to no end and inspired her.”

The women and families living in the new house will begin moving in September. The center continues to look for support and volunteers from the community to develop future programs. Programs that will help the women living in the

homes develop their skills in becoming independent women.

They also want to expand on their “unlimited possibilities” dream by making more space to help more women. In the open house’s program it said the Center annually receives over 300 calls from women who need affordable housing, and with those women come almost 400 children.

These homes provide shelter, support and guidance for homeless women and their families, allowing these women to develop self-sufficiency and to accomplish their own dreams as they transition back into their individual lives.

The center is a non-profit agency, receiving most of its support through donations and grants. The new addition to the Center will house women with families, while the two existing housing units—the Clara Forbes House and the Doloris Evans house, at 508 and 506 E. Church St., respectively, in Champaign—house single women. According to the center, both of the older homes need maintenance and attention.

One of the framed pictures ordaining the new home’s entry way said it best: “People can work together, believe in peace, create solutions, accept diversity, and help each other to take care of themselves.”

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Bruce Rummenie is a teacher at Urbana and has been teaching for 22 years. Rummenie is also a local musician and is the lead vocal and guitarist for his band - The Javelinas.

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s the creative force behind three bands in Champaign-Urbana, Bruce Rummenie is a fixture on the local music scene.

Rummenie’s musical endeavors, The Javelinas, The Impalas, and Bruiser and The Virtues create eclectic sounds that range from jazz, to country, to blues. Rummenie writes original music for all three bands. Additionally, he provides vocals for The Virtues and The Javelinas and plays guitar for The Impalas and The Javelinas.

A native of Quincy, Illinois, Rummenie began playing and writing music as a senior in high school. At the time, Rummenie’s interest in the guitar was more a flirtation than a serious commitment.

During his days as an English student at Quincy College, Rummenie met skilled guitar players who influenced his musicianship immensely.

Rummenie formed his first band, an acoustic duo known as Creek Gravel, while still in college. The band practiced in bathrooms, where the acoustics were best. Rummenie and crew performed in basements for college parties. Rummenie estimates he must have played in some 50 basements at Quincy with various college bands.

After receiving his teaching degree in 1984, Rummenie taught high school English for a year in St. Genevieve, Missouri.

“There were no musicians and no girls,” Rummenie said.

He left Missouri to be closer to his brother, who attended the University of Illinois. The brothers formed a blues band called the Mud Hens, which garnered a fan base at local clubs and bars. The Mud Hens frequently performed at Mabel’s on Green Street, during the bar’s glory days.

“It was an amazing place,” Rummenie said.

“We got to a point where 500 people would be there. We were offered weekend nights and made good money.”

After concluding a five-year run with the Mud Hens, Rummenie made the decision to move to Austin, Texas, to get in touch with the origins of the music he loved.

“All of the guitar players I admire are from Texas,” Rummenie said. “A lot of them are specifically from Austin.”

Rummenie took a job teaching eighth grade English and began playing guitar for a band called Dynell.

“There was so much music in Austin,” Rummenie said. “When I had down time, I would watch people play. Listening is one thing, but actually watching the guitar players and seeing the hand movements gave me a lot of ‘a-ha!’ moments.”

Austin’s atmosphere helped Rumennie grow as a musician, but after a year he returned to Urbana.

“I was too far from home and on a leave of absence from my job,” Rummenie said.

“I saw all the guys playing for tips, with no health insurance. I decided then not to play music full-time.”

Rummenie is currently employed as a high school English teacher and has just completed his PhD in educational policy. However, music remains his passion. Upon returning to Urbana, he formed a band called the Impalas, playing Texas blues. The band featured former Mud Hen’s members, and a young vocalist named Ginger.

“We wanted to form a rock and blues band with a cute girl singer,” Rummenie said.

Although Ginger is no longer singing for The Impalas, the band found a front-woman named Dawna Nelson, who is with the band to this day.

With his first band solidified, Rummenie and his friend John Tubbs turned their attention to a second musical project called Bruiser and the Virtues.

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FIRST SNIFF The Blogosphere. I am liking this. As time goes on, the way we transfer information gets less and less credible, but a hell of a lot more interesting. I get to my off ice every morning around 9 a.m. I get some coffee, roll a cigarette and sit down at the ol’ Dell and skip from Blog to Blog, checking out what the comings and goings are in the worlds of indie rock, politics and religion. It’s a new habit.

Just last week, I was informed of a new blog — a local blog — that really smokes. Sure there are other blogs around town that I march to every now and again — namely, Illini Pundit — if only to laugh at it. But this new blog — it’s simply great. Go here — http://www.69thissue. blogspot.com. My favorite part last week was when they busted out my best friend, guitarist Tristan Wraight of Headlights, for saying something that got taken out of context in a college rag in Tucson, Arizona. Tristan took it like a man, responded in an appropriate manner and the air was cleared. It was hilarious. Do yourself a favor and check it out.

HOW ABOUT AN APOLOGY? Ok. So, I said some pretty harsh things about the News-Gazette in a recent column. But the truth of the matter is this: I actually like the paper for the most part. I can’t believe it either, but it’s true. It’s an enjoyable read. The Arts Editor, Melissa Merli, (who is wonderful might I add) reminded me that there are a lot of great reporters and people who work for the paper. And I agree with her. The sports section really does kick ass, aside from Laurene Tate, who is a walking corpse with a boring take on everything. Troy Michael has good coverage of the music scene. Dave Leake writes a great column about Astronomy. Tom Kacich, like I mentioned is always entertaining and heartfelt.

I think I am still just soured that they actually endorsed George W. Bush in the last presidential election. So, as of today, I am demanding an apology from them. And you should too. They know they were wrong. After all, everyone who voted for or endorsed Bush knows they were wrong. So now, I introduce to you…

NUMBER OF DAYS THAT THE NEWS-GAZETTE HASN’T ISSUED AN APOLOGY TO CU FOR ENDORSING BUSH: 6 4 6 D ay s . C ome on , Joh n F or e m a n .

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JOURNALISTIC RESPONSIBILITY I don’t have much. Not that you needed reminding, but just for the record, I thought I would state it in this very column. But that needs to change, at least, to a certain degree. I feel bad about printing that whole thing about The Boat Drunks making $30,000 at their outdoor show this summer. It was simply untrue. And so, I should be more careful. But at the same rate,

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being more careful would prevent me from situations like this: On the softball diamond two weeks ago, it just so happened that we were playing the best team in the league, who also happened to have members of The Boat Drunks on it. When I popped up, one of the players from the dugout quipped: “Hey — what’s that popup worth — 30 grand?” Brought a nice smile to my face...

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BUSINESS OF THE WEEK! Yeah, you know? Why stop at restaurants when I can spread my love to so many more places? But this week, again, I will endorse a restaurant, because it’s just so good and as a mainstay of downtown, I feel that it needs to be loved by the Sniffer. I won’t mention Bacaro this week. Oh wait. Damn. Sorry.

I went to work for Harold Allston in the fall of 1999 after leaving another line cook position. He was one of the best bosses I ever had. Unfortunately, two weeks in, my life fell apart, and I quit, for the first and last time, without two week’s notice. I still, every now and again, get the courage to apologize, even though he always says, “Seth. It was no problem. Really.” What a guy.

But the food is what I want to talk about!

I love this place for many reasons, but mostly for the “Med Bread”. They serve it as an appetizer, but trust me when I say that it can be eaten as a meal. In addition, you can find all kinds of pastas, sandwiches and soups there, all reasonably priced and all very delicious. I highly recommend this classic downtown restaurant. For Italian food in Champaign, the Sniffer says. “Give it a go!”

SHOW OF THE WEEK! i:scintilla. I am proud to say that I put this band on stage for the first time. They have come a long way in just a couple years, and now, they are seeing their album get the attention that it deserves. Their second record, which is actually an EP, “Havestar” is being released by European label, Alfa Matrix, and will see the light of day this Friday night at Cowboy Monkey for the first time. Opening will be Mankind is Obsolete from LA and local powerhouses, Terminus Victor. Doors are at 9 p.m. and cover is $5.

FINAL WHIFF Sometimes I like to wonder where I’d be if I had never started writing this column. Most times, I think that Don Gerard and I would actually hate each other if I hadn’t. So, I suppose, in some strange way, I am glad that I write it, and will continue to do so. When we see each other, it’s nice. We treat each other like 7th grade crushes, going back and forth about the bull and flashing smiles. Read him every other week in The Hub. Seth Fein is from Urbana. Jimmy Buffet songs have been known to induce vomit, diarrhea, vertigo and dumbass opinions in listeners. Seth Fein stays away from Jimmy Buffet songs. He can be reached at sethfein1@gmail.com. sounds from the scene

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Hi Rice and Ruin, I’m a member of a local 12-step group for sex and love addicts — sex and love addicts anonymous.

Our website is pretty simple. It’s at http://www. champaign-saa.org/. There is also a link there to the national organization website for Sex Addicts Anonymous. We have 2 meetings in C-U and about 10-15 people who attend regularly — mostly men, with 2 or 3 women. There are a lot of people who come once or twice or come very sporadically. The meetings are different fellowships — Sex Addicts Anonymous and Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous — but it’s the same people, same location, and our finances are combined. Each fellowship has its own particular flavor. The websites are http://www.saarecovery.org/ and http://www.slaafws.org/. There are actually 4 different national 12 steps groups for sex addiction.

-V. Dear V., Thank you so much for writing in to share this resource! Looks like there are some helpful book suggestions linked to the local web site, and some promising email lists on the www. slaafws.org site.

We thought we’d follow up by sharing some information from the national web site: Sex Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction and help others recover from sexual addiction and dependency. • Membership is open to all who share a desire to stop addictive sexual behavior. There is no other requirement. • Our common goals are to become sexually healthy and to help other sex addicts achieve freedom from compulsive sexual behavior. • SAA is supported through voluntary contributions from members. • We are not affiliated with any other 12-step programs, nor are we a part of any other organization. We do not support, endorse, or oppose outside causes or issues.

ABOUT SELF HELP GROUPS It seems there are self help groups for just about everything these days, including sex and love addiction. Most of these groups follow the 12step tradition, developed by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).

AA’s roots date to a 1935 meeting in Akron, Ohio, of two men who had serious drinking problems. From then, a movement was started and over the years, it has been proven effective in helping millions of people stop their addictive drinking. The success of AA led to the creation of 12 step programs for other addictive or compulsive disorders.

Other self help groups that address sex & love addiction include: S-Anon- fellowship of the relatives and friends of sexually addicted people who share their experience, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems International. 200. CALL:

615-833-3152, E-MAIL: sanon@sanon.org , WEBSITE: http://www.sanon.org Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (Bilingual) Fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from sexual compulsion. CALL: 1-800-977-4325 E-MAIL: info@sca-recovery.org WEBSITE: http://www.sca-recovery.org Sexaholics Anonymous Program of recovery for those who want to stop their sexually self-destructive thinking and behavior. Mutual support to achieve and maintain sexual sobriety. 1-866-424-8777 E-MAIL: saico@sa.org WEBSITE: http://www.sa.org COSA (Codependents of Sex Addicts) National Service Organization A self-help program of recovery using the 12 steps adapted from A.A. and Al-Anon, for those involved in relationships with people who have compulsive sexual behavior. Assistance in starting new groups.

CALL: 763-537-6904 (answering service - leave message) E-MAIL: info@cosa-recover y.org WEBSITE: http://www.cosa-recovery.org Love and Addiction Explores how loving can become an addiction. Builds a healthy support system to aid in recovery from addictive love into healthy love. Uses ideas from book “Women Who Love Too Much� by Robin Norwood.

CALL: 860-423-2344 Carolyn Meister will return call, collect, message.

Thanks again for sharing with us this local resource V! Best, Rice and Ruin SEX 411 Some self help websites offer self assessments or tests to help people determine if they are experiencing a problem. As sex educators we’d like to caution people about the accuracy of self-diagnostic tests to determine if you have a compulsive sexual behavior.

These types of tests should not replace consultation with a health care provider or therapist. In fact, many people attend therapy along with support or self help groups to aid in their recovery. Each person needs to decide for themselves how to approach their own treatment and recovery.

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It’s about that time of year when CU’s population doubles with the influx of new students.

What a great time to meet new hotties! We’re asking you to write in and share your favorite: • First date places • Best make-out spots • Tips on flirting and “pick up linesâ€?

Kim Rice and Kate Ruin are professional sex educators. Got sex questions? Have them featured in buzz by writing to us at riceandruin@yahoo.com

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free will astrology AUG. 10 — AUG. 16 ARIES

March 21 — April 19

In 1986, an accident at the Chernobyl power plant in the Ukraine caused a nuclear meltdown. Radioactive waste spewed into the air, making the area uninhabitable. Twenty years later, humans are still absent, but wildlife is thriving. Native populations of badgers, wild boars, and deer have multiplied, and species that had disappeared before the disaster, like the lynx and eagle owl, have returned in abundance. Birds are even nesting in the steel and concrete “sarcophagus” built over the exploded reactor. This is not to say that everything’s peachy.

There are many problems lingering from the original devastation. I propose to you, Aries, that the situation in Chernobyl is a metaphor for something in your personal life. A place within you that endured a trauma has rebounded surprisingly, though it’s still wounded. Take inventory, then raise the ante on the healing process.

T A U RU S

April 20 — May 20

The UK is populated by hordes of “overweight, alco-pop-swilling, sex-and-celebrity-obsessed television addicts,” according to the travel book Rough Guide to England. I recommend, therefore, that you avoid traveling to that part of the world if you’re a sensitive person who’s susceptible to taking on the attitudes of the people around you. The astrological omens suggest that you should take stringent measures to exorcise any impulses you might have to indulge in excessive consumption of bad food, numbing intoxicants, superficial sex, dumbed-down entertainment, and mindless gossip about famous lightweights. For that matter, you should be ruthless in sealing yourself off from influences that tend to bring out the worst and the mediocre parts of you.

GEMINI

May 21 — June 20

The wife of pro baseball pitcher Chris Benson has made public her desire to experience a wide array of erotic diversity while remaining faithful to her husband. “I would like to have sex with Chris in every major league stadium in North America,” Anna Benson told the press. She’s your role model for the coming week, Gemini. Your assignment is to expand the variety and explore the frontiers of your familiar pleasures.

CANCER

June 21 — July 22

LEO

July 23 — Aug. 22

A reader named Amanda Jarosz has offered an alternative to the traditional name for our astrological sign: Canswer, a blend of “can” and “answer.” It’s not a viable long-term solution, but it would make a lot of sense in the immediate future. Here’s why.

According to my analysis of the omens, you’ll be able to get a useful answer to just about any question as long as you craft it with thoughtful precision. So for example, “How can I get more love?” is a sloppy formulation that won’t yield fruitful insights, whereas “What long-term plan can I set in motion that will help me earn more of the care and blessings I deserve from doing what I’m good at?” will be a gem.

A few weeks ago, eight-year-old Harrison Vonderau was playing golf with his dad on a course in Cleveland when he shot a hole-in-one. Father and son experienced an even more shocking delight 20 minutes later when the boy scored yet another hole-in-one. It was an almost unbelievable accomplishment for anyone, let alone a kid. Harrison is your role model for the coming week, Leo. I predict that a young part of you--either your inner child or your inner teenager--will score an unlikely and spectacular coup, the equivalent of two holes-in-one.

VIRGO

Aug. 23 — Sept. 22

LIBRA

Sept. 23 — Oct. 22

Of all the times in your life when you have been in captivity, this has to be one of the least arduous and frustrating ever.

I’ll go so far as to say that I have rarely seen a more beautiful prisoner than you; for a drudge in bondage, you’re ravishing. As hard as it may be to contemplate, however, it’s almost time to escape. Your dark though sexy night of the soul will soon come to an end. Don’t you dare linger any longer than you have to.

USA Today did a profile on business guru Doug Hall, who’s famous for his unconventional approaches to stimulating creativity. One of his techniques is “left brain, right brain storm-

ing.” Transcending plain old everyday brainstorming, it’s done with a team that blends people who specialize in rational, linear thought (left brain) and those who are skilled at letting their imaginations go a little crazy (right brain). May I suggest you try it out? The coming week is a perfect time to undo your attraction to what has always worked before, and start heading in the direction of the unknown future.

SCORPIO

Oct. 23 — Nov. 21

S AG I T TA R I U S

Nov. 22 — Dec. 21

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 — Jan. 19

AQUA R I U S

Jan. 20 — Feb. 18

Physicists at Washington University in St. Louis have found that introducing disorder into certain messy situations may actually spawn order. It happened as they worked with a network of interconnected pendulums that were all waving around chaotically. When they brought random forces to bear on the tumult, the pendulums locked into sync. The physicists’ results may not necessarily imply a universal law you should invoke in every circumstance, but it does happen to be applicable to you right now. The more unpredictable, effervescent, and even unruly you are-- especially in the face of confusing circumstances--the better chance you will have of generating elegant success, and maybe even some beauty, truth, and love as well.

In Britain’s last census, 390,000 people declared themselves to be members of the Jedi faith--a fictional religion depicted in the Star Wars movies. That was heartening to those of us who lobby for a wider array of belief systems. My ultimate hope, however, is for there to be 6.5 billion different religions — a singular form of worship for each person on the planet. It happens to be a perfect astrological phase for you to advance that cause, Sagittarius: to break out of the pack and fashion your own unique spiritual path. It’s also an excellent time to dream up a new political party that intimately reflects every one of your idiosyncratic views, and to identify yourself as a member of a brand new racial or ethnic group that has never before been defined. Whip up your own niches!

Recently my nine-year-old bike has developed an unfortunate glitch. When I ride up hills, and only when I ride up hills, the chain periodically gets lodged in the transmission mechanism.

If I act quickly, taking action the instant I hear the incipient grinding noise, there’s something I can do to fix the problem and keep from lurching to a halt: I have to temporarily pedal backwards; doing that frees the chain from its stuck place.

So picture this scene: As I ascend, I’m able to push forward for long stretches, but now and then have to pedal in reverse, slipping backward a few feet. From what I can tell, Capricorn, this is similar to the rhythm your life has right now. It’s OK to bitch about it, as I do during my travail, but you should also feel grateful for the way it’s building your strength and character.

P.S. I predict you will reach the top by September.

The often-inebriated Calamity Jane character on HBO’s TV show Deadwood uttered words that are important for you to take to heart. I’ll paraphrase her observation in order to streamline her drunken syntax: “Every day you have to figure out how to live all over again.” Of course this is always true, Aquarius, but it’s even more intensely apt for you right now. The good news is that you’ll be unusually skilled at deciphering the ever-changing rules of the master game, and you’re also likely to have maximum fun while doing so.

PISCES

Feb. 19 — March 20

“Anger or bitterness toward those who have hurt you will block your path to higher ground,” said inspirational author Vernon Howard. “You can have anger toward people or you can have freedom from people, but you can’t have both.” I suggest you make that one of your guiding thoughts in the coming week, Pisces. An undreamed-of burst of liberation is now possible for you if you compel yourself to experiment with radical generosity on the wild frontiers of forgiveness.

Homework: Give yourself some slack in a situation where you typically back yourself into a corner and tie yourself up. Report on your experience at http://freewillastrology.com.

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