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Life:

Go back in time and head over to Fallon’s Ice House Tavern to celebrate the great producer-driven genre known as disco.

The disco party goes from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and as an added bonus features Troy the roller-skating bartender.

Check out a preview of the annual Sweetcorn Festival on Monday. On Tuesday, read about Get Fit at the Park, a new women’s fitness program.

Illinois State Fair The state fair continues in Springield with all of its funnel cake and lemon shake up goodness. Going on Friday night gives you the chance to see ZZ Top and Brooks and Dunn, or you can just wander around stuffing your face full of fair food.

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Downtown Festival of the Arts

Pizza, Pitcher & a Movie

A weekend of live entertainment in celebration of local arts. Downtown Champaign hosts an evening of live music including Desafinado and Kilborn Alley. It is an all day event starting at 11 a.m.

The Canopy Club wishes to spice up your sunday nights with three great things: pizza, beer and a movie. For more information on this combination of greatness check out The Canopy Club’s website for more precise info on starting times.

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Have some extra furniture, electronics or other stuff sitting around your house or apartment that you would like to donate? If so, bring them down to the Stock Pavillion at 1402 W. Pennsylvania Ave. in Urbana starting at noon and going unil 8 p.m.

Want to see what Bret Michaels is up to now that Rock of Love is over? Well, here is your chance to see Poison, Dokken and Sebastian Bach in Springfield. Tickets range from $35-$45 and the concert begins at 7 p.m.

Ben & Zach at the Canopy Club every Wednesday playing all of your favorites from 9 p.m. to midnight. Cover is $3 and entry age is 18 and up.

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Matt has been battling a bacterial infection of his tonsils, which has spread to his uvula (the dangly thing in the back of your throat). Instead being the size of a tiny teardrop, Matt’s dangly thing now resembles a second tongue in the back of his mouth.

Thanks for hanging in there, Matt. You rock.

In an attempt to cure my illness, I decided it would be a fabulous idea to make corndogs from scratch and write about it for the magazine (pg. 4). Didn’t your mother tell you corndogs are the cure to all illnesses? Yet, after two ketchup-slathered dogs, all I was left with was a bad case of morning-after indigestion and an apartment that smelled like the county fair (minus barnyard animals).

Movies: Full review of Star Wars: The Clone Wars up on Saturday.

Music: Look for a series that reviews of the best shows hosted by Mike ‘n Molly’s this summer on Saturday.

Food & Drink: Weekly columns as usual.

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Likes & Gripes Matt Harlan Art Director GRIPES

E D I T O R ’ S N O T E by Stephanie Prather This is the sickest issue of buzz ever! No joke. And I don’t mean that in some awesome kind of way, I mean that the buzz staff’s collective immune system seems to be like that of a newborn baby, and we’re all in various stages of illness.

I have been suffering from “man voice” and deep chest coughs this week. If you’ve seen some puffyeyed girl barking/coughing her way down Green Street this week, it’s just me. Don’t be alarmed.

Art Director Matthew Harlan, however, has been fighting off an illness of the worst kind.

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After my foiled corndog cure-all, I decided that heading to the Urban Outfitters friends and family sale (!!!) and getting 40 percent off all that sweetass merchandise might cure my symptoms. Apparently it pays to know my friend Scott Redenbaugh, local liberal politico and Urban Outfitters employee. Shopping usually makes everything else feel great, but this man voice is tougher to get rid of than I thought.

Alas, I will have to resort to drinking tons of OJ and popping vitamins like candy. My other attempts at curing myself have simply given me mediums through which to spread it to others.

After all, sharing is caring. So here’s to sharing the sickest issue of buzz with you, CU.

1) Swollen tonsils: For the past week one of my tonsils has been the size of a plum, just, ya know, hanging out in my throat, making it impossible to swallow.

2) AXE body spray: I was walking down the stairs at work today and I passed a large sweaty guy who I would presume had just finished some strenuous physical activity. Instead of just straight up B.O., he let off a scent much worse, somewhere between flowers and old gravy. Thanks AXE. 3)That noise trucks make when they back up: Is my safety worth that annoying sound?

Keith Hollenkamp Movies and Calendar Editor LIKES 1.) Finding my Calendar Editor Replacement: I was both Movies and Calendar editor for the summer but there is no way I can do both once school starts. Want my job? Good, thought so.

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2.) The Olympics: I don’t know why but I love them this time around. And those female Chinese gymnasts DO NOT LOOK 16!

3.) Robots made out of cardboard: They make me so happy.

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food & drink

Corndogs!

Heaven on a stick Story and Photos by Stephanie Prather They might kill you if you eat them every day, but there’s no denying the inherent deliciousness of the corndog. Sure, you’ve bought the State Fair brand at the supermarket, only to realize these microwaved knockoffs can never compare to an authentic, fried to perfection, carnival-style dog.

While watching the Food Network the other day, I was inspired by the show Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee. Lee was whipping up all kinds of phallic foods that looked amazingly good (in addition to corndogs she made churros and frozen bananas). This is my take on her recipe.

Warning: After indulging in this treat you might feel like dying.

Directions: In a large mixing bowl, combine egg, corn muffin mix, milk and 1 seasoning packet. In a separate shallow dish, mix second seasoning packet and flour. Insert wooden skewers half way into hot dogs.

Heat oil to 360 degrees Fahrenheit in a deep-fryer.

Dredge each beef frank in flour seasoning mix, dust off excess then dip into cornmeal batter. Fry 2 to 3 corn dogs at a time for about 3 minutes or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Serve warm.

1 egg 1 (10 oz.) package corn muffin mix 3/4 cup milk 2 packets spaghetti sauce spice seasoning mix 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 12 reduced-fat beef hot dogs Vegetable oil, for frying 12 wooden skewers

I opted to use Hebrew National Franks, because in my opinion they taste the best. Also, Lee says that drudging the hotdogs in the flour mixture first helps the batter stick better, but in my experience it made it harder to the batter to stick initially.

Also, make sure you have a thermometer for the oil. I didn’t and was just guessing about temperature, and the result was a couple extra-crispy dogs.

The result, however, was amazing. These corndogs were the best I’ve ever tasted. I would suggest adding dill or chipotle instead of the Italian spices if you’re feeling more adventurous.

Varak sheets are flavorless and odorless, says www. allrecipes.com, a cooking how-to web site. You can usually find this glimmering decoration in Indian markets and cake decorating supply shops. Look for them in packages of 24 sheets, with each piece sandwiched between two pieces of paper for protection.

Ready to decorate your cake or ice cream dish? Be careful! Varak sheets are so fragile that they dissolve with human touch. They’ll wither away to nothing if you even breathe on them the wrong way.

Don’t worry; you can still use the varak. Just remove the top piece of protective paper and invert the varak on top of the food you are decorating.

Then all you have to do is peel off the other piece of protective paper.

It will be a great feat if you manage to use all 24 pieces at once. If this is a goal you cannot attain, you can rest easy. Varak doesn’t spoil. Just make sure you keep it in an airtight container to prevent tarnishing.

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It’s shiny and it sparkles. It’s metallic and it glows.

It’s a decoration and a food! Varak is gossamer-thin sheets of pure silver or gold that, for centuries, have been popular decorations in India for special-occasion desserts, confections, nuts and rice dishes.

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Trash or Treasure The YMCA’s Dump and Run helps students both moving out and moving in

by Abby Wilson

Top: After dredging the hotdogs in the flour mixture, apply the breading mixture. A spatula or spoon helps this part of the process.

Bottom: The finished corndog, ready for ketchup and mustard.

It’s that time of year again when the summer leases are up and the new school year is about to begin. And the “I don’t know what to with this” pile has steadily gone up in the corner.

For packrats of the CU area, there’s a quick solution to the problem. The YMCA is holding their annual Dump and Run, a program that allows the community to donate their unneeded household or apartment items.

Drop off days for Dump and Run will be from Aug. 13 to 15 at the U of I Stock Pavilion, with sale days being held from Saturday Aug. 23 to Monday Aug. 25 at the same location, The admission fee for selling days is only $2 on Aug. 23 and free on Aug. 24. However, Becca Guyette, the YMCA Development Director said everyone will be waiting for Sunday, Aug. 25.

“On the third day, everything you can fit in a bag is $3 for the bag,” said Guyette. “That’s a good deal.”

Dump and Run acts as YMCA’s major fall fundraiser for the University YMCA. This year they are striving to raise over $30,000 through the program. Furniture, electronics, appliances, household items and clothing are just a

few things that can be found at the Dump and Run. According to Guyette the YMCA has already acquired up to three semi-truck’s full of these items and there is a great selection to choose from.

“We expect over 2,000 people the first day, and another 500-1,000 the last two days, “ said Guyette.

Another great thing about Dump and Run is their mission to “go green.” According to the YMCA website, Dump and Run is a push for community awareness to reduce litter and consumer waste, save space in landfills and lower dumping costs for certified housing.

U of I senior Lauren Bruker appreciates YMCA’s efforts and said the push to go green is important.

“I think it’s important to remind our college students to not be wasteful and be mindful of how we treat the environment.”

Dump and Run is also looking for volunteers to help during the days and for set-up. Those volunteers who help set-up will have a great opportunity to shop early. Who knows, maybe you can turn that pile of “I don’t knows” into a pile of “this is just what i needed.”

The Year of the Bat Bats at the Bridge offers insight into the life of a bat

by Dominica Strong 2008 has been a pretty big year for bats. The long anticipated, and now highly celebrated Batman movie, The Dark Knight, has grossed well over $600 million worldwide as of August 10.

And though the number of people who have gone to see the movie is well into the millions, the number of people who have seen a living bat up close is probably not as high. The Champaign County Forest Preserve is trying to change that.

On August 16, the Forest Preserve is offering Bats at the Bridge, an opportunity for community members to get up close and personal with bats and learn a little more about these mysterious, nocturnal beasts. This once a year event takes place at Lake in the Woods Preserve at Izaak Walton Cabin located in Mahomet, IL, and has been running successfully since 2005. For the low price of $2.00 per person, participants see a short presentation on the bats of Illinois, including infor-

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mation on little brown and big brown bats, which are the most common bats in the state and also residents of the Mahomet bridge. After the presentation, participants are taken on a 5–10 minute walk to the bridge, where the bats can be viewed flying to and from the bridge as the sun sets.

And though Pam Leiter, the coordinator of environmental education for the Champaign County Forest Preserve, said seeing real bats is interesting, she said there is something even better.

“The best part is seeing real bats, but an even cooler part is seeing real bat guano,” said Leiter.

Leiter suggests bringing plenty of bug spray and a flashlight, but leave the food at home since you can’t feed the bats.

So, for an unique experience before summer comes to an end, head out to see Bats at the Bridge for its third run. Who knows, maybe Christian Bale will pop out of the bat hole.

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Bringing Blues

to the Table The best of CU jazz brought back with return of Nature’s Table

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or the second year in a row, former owner of Nature’s Table, Terry Masar, has decided to put on a reunion show in honor of the community feel that his restaurant/ music venue brought to CU between 1979 and 1991. For the evenings of August 15 and 16, the tantalizing sounds of blues and jazz will be streaming through the Canopy Club, evoking strong feelings of nostalgia for former Nature’s Table customers and employees.

Nature’s Table was a health food restaurant across the street and a few steps north of Canopy Club on Goodwin before it closed in 1991. Live blues, jazz, bluegrass, folk, and americana music made Nature’s Table a valuable venue in CU, serving as a great opportunity for young and old to come together and learn from each other through improvisation. Alison Krauss and her band Union Station even played there when she was in high school, according to former employee, Jeff Machota.

“There will never be another place exactly like it,” said Machota, making sure to add that, despite

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by Tricia Scully the loss of Nature’s Table, “there’s still a good jazz tradition in this community.”

With the blooming jazz program at U of I providing the area with a pool of eager performers, the Iron Post and Zorba’s have been the primary places keeping jazz and blues alive in the area, but they both don’t quite stand to the height of Nature’s Table. As an all-ages restaurant-venue with its heyday in the ’80s, the age restriction of the Iron Post and the primarily campus-dwelling target market of Zorba’s misses the complete community feel that Nature’s Table contributed to CU. Reaching capacity at Nature’s Table’s 2007 reunion at Mike n’ Molly’s, Machota said “it went beyond our expectations last year,” and that the reunion show needed a bigger venue. Being an 18+ venue and a little larger, the Canopy Club will allow for a wider range of concert-goers to attend, and inch just a smidge closer to that unforgettable Nature’s Table feel.

Much like the indie and hip-hop scenes of the area, “there’s a big part of the Chicago jazz scene that

came through CU and Nature’s Table, and some of them are coming back,” claimed Machota.

Chicago artists such as Kevin Kizer and Joan Hickey (who is also a professor here at the University of Illinois) will be sharing the stage with artists traveling from as far as Texas (Glenn Scheutz) and as close as CU (Jeff Helgesen). Saturday night there will be a Guido Sinclair tribute band, in honor of the Chicago native who moved down to CU and played an integral role in the community of Nature’s Table by taking new musicians in the scene under his wing and teaching them the language of improvisation. Guido encompassed the very essence of the Nature’s Table community feel, and unfortunately passed away a year after the restaurant closed.

Cover for the reunion is $10 each evening, with The Freak Brothers opening the two-night show at 8:30, Friday, August 15. Jazz will be featured on Saturday, starting at 6:00, with the show closing with an hour for open improvisation and collaboration between the musicians — just like the old days.

Elsinore will trot into the Canopy Club August 21, bringing their awe-inspiring set that they hauled all the way to California and back. Hopefully they haven’t been taken by the glitz and glam they received on their tour through the expansive country. The show will be part of a back-to-school series hosted by the Canopy Club that will showcase the progress of our dearest bands this summer for those of us who have been away at cheesy summer camp fire pits or law office monotony as well as giving those new to the area a taste of what music has to offer in CU. Elsinore is known for their soaring lead vocals and Queen-esque backing harmonies. Listening to them on MySpace probably won’t prepare you for the strength of their live sound because fortunately, their live shows are almost 7.34 (7.31 really) times better than their already solid recordings. Catch their performance before they run off to yet another coast later on in the year.

Another local act, Sangamon, will support the bill with smooth lead vocals and streamlined songwriting. The lead singer’s alter ego, “The Piano Man,” should spark some curiosity on what this piano roll can do with all the freedom he will get without having to take requests. The group prides themselves on creating high-energy textured sounds with soaring vocals, memorable melodies, clever arrangements, heavy beats, and positive vibes.

Jonathon Childers will open the evening with his charmingly rough-around-the-edges personality that seeps through his Dylan guitar. His fresh and organic style, felt through both his music and character, exudes an element of honesty and truth, making his tunes personal and relatable.

With more showcases lined up the following weeks featuring World’s First Flying Machine and Zmick, Canopy Club leaves no excuse for new students and residents to miss out on the sounds that CU has to offer.

A Quickie With...

ZoSo

by Ashley Albrecht Dubbed the “best tribute act in Cali” by LA’s Rock City News, Zoso has brought Led Zeppelin back to the masses, working to recreate Zeppelin’s 1968-80 “Hammer of Gods” career for the past thirteen years. After the band’s seventh night at Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, SC, Matt Jernigan (Zoso’s Robert Plant) had a quick chat with buzz about life on the road and why he thinks good ole’ “rock and roll” will never die. If only the real Robert Plant could see this quartet in action. buzz: What type of audience does Zoso attract?

Jernigan: From 10 to 60 years old. We see parents bring their kids. We’re also well received in college towns. We try to keep their legacy alive. I never got to see Led Zeppelin.

We try to recreate the band so the audience can get a grasp of what they were. It’s not as easy as people think. You’ve gotta work at it, you’ve got to study it. buzz: How do you channel your “inner” Robert Plant?

Jernigan: It’s almost like second nature to me now. I just turn it on or turn it off. It’s like acting. buzz: How do you think the music industry receives (classic) “rock and roll” today?

Jernigan: They don’t. You can’t recreate this music, you can only rehash it. When I hear contemporary punk, I think to myself — I’ve already heard this with the Sex Pistols and the Ramones. It’s a new, younger face, but the music’s not new. Punk has become pop, which strikes me as very hypocritical. The punk movement was always “anti-pop,” not “popular.” buzz: What do you enjoy most about performing at the Canopy Club?

Jernigan: We can always count on a good, responsive audience. Plus, the guys who run the Canopy Club are really supportive. I’m really appreciative of Jay Goldberg Events and Entertainment, as well as talent buyer Mike Armintrout for getting us on the line-up for June’s Summer Camp Festival. buzz: How would you describe Zoso’s group dynamic?

Jernigan: Everyone is qualified in terms of both musical ability and professionalism. We aren’t 20 year-old guys; we’re older, so we’re not trying to “find ourselves.” The maturity is there. Everybody does their job, so we don’t have to worry about someone being a “balland-chain.”

Zoso’s upcoming shows in the CU area include August 22 at the Sweet Corn Festival in Champaign, and September 11, at the Canopy Club in Urbana. For more information, checkout the Zoso’s official website at: http://www. zosoontour.com

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C U S O U N D R E V I E W by Mike Ingram

Nashville +1, CU -1 CU singer/songwriter (and Urbana native) Kayla Brown will officially depart for her new home in Nashville on Monday, following a series of sendoff shows. For the last four years, Kayla and I have spent several days each week playing shows together after having met at Cowboy Monkey’s open mic night. What started as a weekly acoustic gig at Silvercreek grew into spending every weekend night together driving around Central Illinois playing tiny bars, arenas, weddings, private parties, stadiums, and other ridiculously random shows. A band (Darling Disarm) was born, with originally just Kayla on guitar/vocals, Kristen Costagna on cello, and myself on drums/vocals, but which eventually morphed into a stronger unit with the addition of Tyler Bundy on bass and James Treichler on drums (unfortunately promoting me — a terrible lead guitar player — to the lead guitar position).

Before our fateful meeting, though, Kayla had long been established as a local musician.

While still enrolled at Urbana High School, she fronted the girl (literally) group Feaze, which had a release on Parasol Records. Sarge’s Elizabeth Elmore took Kayla under her wing and when Kayla emerged a couple of years after Feaze’s demise, she was reborn as a singer/ songwriter—armed with honest songs and an acoustic guitar. She also made waves as DJ LilBigBass, specializing in Drum and Bass and packing scratching skills that would impress many other prominent CU DJs. Following a duo show Friday at Danville Stadium (opening for the Brat Pack) and a full-band show at Turtle Run in Danville on Saturday, Darling Disarm will take the stage at the Highdive on Sunday evening. The show kicks off at 8 p.m., and many longtime friends will participate (look for Brandon T. Washington, Ryan Groff, Krukid, Nate Jones, Larry Gates and many more) before Darling Disarm takes the stage at 9:30 p.m. The craziness will just be beginning, though, as Live Karaoke Band

will take the stage at 11 p.m., allowing everyone to have a chance to get onstage and have fun before the night is over.

On a personal note: it’s not often, I imagine, that you find your musical soul-mate, but I was lucky enough to do just that. In four years I’ve been able to watch Kayla Brown go from shy, stage-frightened singer to confident, able powerhouse; punk-ass kid to mature woman with her head on straight. It worked well because her weaknesses were my strengths, and vice versa, and with me not being the best singer or player, she made me want to be better. She has become a part of my family and while we’ll continue to work together, I’m incurably sad to see her go.

We’re all rooting for you, Kayla.

Mike Ingram will apparently have to dust off those crappy old solo CDs and try to remember his own songs, or work harder at this “CU Music Guru” (or whatever label he’s undeserving of that keeps getting thrown around) thing.

You can reach him at forgottenwords@gmail.com.

S P I N I T R O U N D , F L I P I T A N D R E V E R S E I T by Brian McGovern

China Pops If you’re not particularly outraged by China’s violations against human rights and like to high-five A LOT, you’ve no doubt been watching the Olympics. I know I have! In honor of the global competition I thought we could chat about the host nation and its relationship with popular music. Let me introduce you to the world of Chinese Rock.

Emerging around the late ’80s, Cui Jian (pronounced sway-jen) is considered the father of Chinese Rock. Like a Bono or a Dylan, his songs parade around personal introspection as well as political ideals. His song “Nothing to My Name,” first performed while wearing army fatigues on a televised talent competition, became the anthem to the Tiananmen student movement in 1989.

“Nothing to My Name,” a song both about the love of a woman but also about freedoms in gen-

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eral, starts off like a traditional, flute-filled Chinese ballad. But it develops into a rock anthem that equals any of his western rock contemporaries.

Admittedly it was the late ’80s so its production is miserable (but so was 80 percent of stuff from that era), but what it stands for is cooler than the music ever could be.

Jian was a classical trumpeter performing with the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra but was suspended once his western-inspired “cultural-pollution” became known. He was later forced to leave Beijing for a period of time and his songs were banned from radio play. Jian became, and still is, a symbol of the Chinese counter-cultural as well as inspiration to new generations of Chinese musicians.

One of the biggest rock/punk groups out of China right now is the all-female act, Hang On the Box. Their MySpace page boasts some experimental songs that feature incendiary English lyrics, ghostly whistles, and ambient textures.

Their discography includes songs such as “Ass

Hole, I’m Not Your Baby,” “Your Everything Kills Me” and “Heroin and Cocaine.”

Following in the subversive footsteps of Jian, Hang on the Box uses personal and sexual expression as political tools against the repressive government of China. In response, they were denied visas to tour the United States because the government felt HOTB were “an inappropriate representation of Chinese culture.”

Though they were later allowed to tour, this situation shows the difference between rock in China and here in the United States. In China, it means something. If you play rock music, you are fighting against a system for your freedom. In America, it means you’re compensating for the size of your manhood; just like carrying a gun or an iPhone.

While rock has strayed from its original path in the States, its good to know that it is helping people fight for what they believe in around the world. In between medal ceremonies, go on a search for some Chinese tunes — you won’t be disappointed.

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This past weekend, the binding force of marijuana united America for a movie event highly anticipated by stoners of all ages. Countless citizens filled their lungs with as much smoke as could fit and flooded theaters to be the first to see Pineapple Express. In honor of this national event, it seemed timely and appropriate to count down the top ten best movies to watch while stoned.

10) Pee-weeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Adventure â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s start this countdown off right with everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite sex offenderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s venture onto the silver screen. Tim Burton directs this trippy childhood favorite that is even more fun grown up ... and stoned.

9) Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Tell Mom The Babysitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dead â&#x20AC;&#x201D; This may seem like an oddball choice for the list considering it blends in pretty well with the other early â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s teen comedies of Christina Applegateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past.

But when for some inexplicable reason, TBS ran it almost every day for three months second semester of freshman year, I found that watching while high enlightens you to the brilliance of its escapades and poignant moral that even teenagers can be fashion designers.

8) I Know Who Killed Me â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Arguably the worst movie ever made, (not all that arguable, actually) Lindsay Lohanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2007 horror/porn flick is so bad itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good. Sober you may find yourself asking too many questions: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a stigmatic twin?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why did Lindsay Lohan use that much self tanner?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Did the plot just mysteriously change halfway through?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Will this have the same ending as The Parent Trap?â&#x20AC;?

Blazinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, however, these questions melt away and you can fully enjoy the obscenity of Lohan having sex with an electronic hand and no leg.

7) Superbad â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Judd Apatowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s modern coming of age story redefined the teen movie and became an instant classic for stoners everywhere. The

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friendly cops will ease your paranoia, and McLovin will be funny again even after all of his lines have been exhausted by drunk frat boys. Careful not to turn on the directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cut. With the excess running time, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have fallen asleep long before Michael Cera gets any.

6) Beetlejuice â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Another Tim Burton gem of yesteryear, the day-o-dinner party scene alone could hold a spot in the countdown. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better than possessed shrimp cocktails to stimulate your munchies? Stay away if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tweaking â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the giant snakes and rapidly aging Geena Davis could get a little intense.

5) Kill Bill â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Color enhanced fight scenes and the Crazy 88 get this Tarantino on here over Pulp Fiction. Also, it lacks Uma Thurman overdosing and getting a needle stabbed into her sternum.

All the action and half the reality, you just might want to double feature with the sequel.

4) The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth Of All Time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Radioheadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compilation of fan made videos strung together with plenty of unheard tracks makes absolutely no sense if you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really, really high. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a lot of sense then, either, but it will lull you into a blissful state of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh look ... colors.â&#x20AC;?

3) The Big Lebowski â&#x20AC;&#x201D; One of the most perfect films ever made is even more enjoyable when you are as chilled out as The Dude. Make sure to designate a driver for a post-viewing trip to the bowling alley where you are likely to be disappointed by how boring actual bowling is.

2) Spirited Away â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get too stoned to read subtitles, because this anime adventure is crap when dubbed over in the most annoying little girl voice you have ever heard. A modern, Japanese take on Alice and Wonderland, this epic travels back in time to the bathhouses of pre-industrialized Japan. By the end, you may have even come down enough to appreciate the commentary on what Japan sacrificed with its modernization ... Maybe.

1) Wet Hot American Summer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The best thing about the longest last day of overnight camp ever to grace the silver screen? It gets better every time. This is the ultimate test a movie must pass to be deemed the perfect flick to screen while toking. Watching with a new perspective may even tune you into elements that flew under the radar at first. Sit back, light up, and enjoy.

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See full reviews of these films at the217.com Pineapple Express Pineapple Express â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a mediocre stoner action comedy with too few laughs.

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2 One of the biggest suprises this summer is in the Pants.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Another film that falls into the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why was this made?â&#x20AC;? category.

Swing Vote Kevin Costner has actually made a suprisingly decent and relevant comedy.

Step Brothers Stupid but also extremely funny. Turn your brain off and enjoy.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe It definitely feels like The X-Files, which fans will enjoy.

The Dark Knight A fantastic movie filled with incredible performances. See it multiple times.

Mamma Mia! Almost everyone will find something they can enjoy in Mamma Mia! Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D The 3D visual effects are about the only thing worth seeing.

Wall-E A brilliant animated comedy about a pair of robots in love.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence

by Matt Carey John Wayne will forever be known as the king of the American western films. With classics such as The Searchers and Rio Bravo, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? library is filled with wonderfully wholesome films in which Wayne, regardless of his age, played the heroic gunslinger character. In 1963, he played the hero role once again alongside James Stewart in the John Ford directed The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

The plot follows Ranse Stoddard (Stewart) a recent graduate of law school whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moving to the small western town of Shinbone to instill law and order. On his way to Shinbone, his carriage is attacked by a bandit named Liberty Valance

(Lee Marvin). Determined to seek vengeance but by the books, Stoddard enlists the help of local rancher Tom Doniphon (Wayne) a pessimist who believes that the only way to deal with Liberty Valance is violence.

Both Wayne and Stewart are in top form here, with their scenes together being the highlights of the film. The rest of the cast also holds their own with Lee Marvin playing the villain perfectly and Vera Miles doing some of her best work as the love interest of both Stewart and Wayne.

Although this film is terrific and is one of John Wayneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best, the fact about this movie that it is always known for is how old John Wayne and James

Stewart were while shooting it. For the majority of the film James Stewart is supposed to be playing a man in his mid-twenties when in reality he was fifty-three years old at the time. Wayne meanwhile, was fifty-four. This detail is why the film was shot in black and white instead of color.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a great western starring two of the most renowned actors of all time at the peak of their powers. The flick not only features great action scenes but also effectively executes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme of the moral choice between violence and pacifism. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a fan of the western genre, then The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance should be required viewing. come and get it

art

Artistic Enterprises Building up businesses in downtown Urbana

by Douglas Dalsing Carolyn Baxley can be described as a gypsy of trades.

She has instructed English courses, ran a successful bed and breakfast and presided over her own video distribution company. She currently owns and operates Cinema Gallery, Urbana’s premier art gallery, while developing real estate in downtown Urbana and acting as landlord to several businesses. However, the way she describes herself is also accurate: “I’m a born entrepreneur.”

This is good news for the city of Urbana. Baxley is a welcome ally in a time of proliferating suburbs.

According to a January release from the Downtown Research & Development Center, downtowns are getting serious about “attracting the right developers” to diversify and bolster downtown areas. Gentrification “seems to have ascended as official city policy in many places,” according to David Wilson, professor of Geography at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

All of this is just fine with Baxley and her husband, Norman.

“It pains us to see buildings that have stood the test of time torn down,” she said.

Baxley and her husband’s first endeavor into gentrification was in 1981. That year they bought their residence at 510 W. Main St., just four blocks from Cinema Gallery. The Queen Anne Victorian home was built in 1892 and originally belonged to a local saloon keeper, Mr. Louis Wahl, who kept a pet alligator in a backyard pond.

Around this time Baxley’s professional life was in minor flux. In 1975 she received her Master’s Degree in English from the University of Illinois and then taught college English courses for a number of years.

“Although I dearly loved teaching and was good at it” she said in an e-mail interview, “I finally admitted to myself that I wasn’t cut out to be a ‘scholar’ who had to spend hours doing research and writing in order to get published.”

She then began working at Research Press, a publishing company in Champaign. At Research Press she met Norman, and the two decided to open a video distribution company. In 1982 they bought 110-112 W. Main St. for Baxley Media Group offices.

From this point Carolyn and Norman renovated the building in stages. They built offices first for Baxley Media Group and opened in the fall of 1983.

Over the next few years, as they secured tenants, they completed renovating other parts of the building. Today, they currently have space for six tenants for both offices and retail there.

In 1991 the Baxleys purchased the building next door at 108 W. Main St. and decided to expand the media company on the second floor of that building. Then Troy Uniforms moved in below. In 1999 they sold that property to Heel to Toe for their New Balance brand shoe expansion.

For 13 years the Baxleys operated their media company in downtown Urbana and were “very successful.” Their videos first focused on psychological and ethical issues and were aimed at hospitals and colleges. Then they expanded the line to provide for schools and businesses. The video titles range from “Love is Not Enough” to “Eskimo Ice Cream Shoes.”

Spend 15 minutes in Cinema Gallery, Baxley’s primary business these days, and it’s likely that you’ll see her change hats a number of times. Into her gallery will walk friends, loyal clients, browsers, colleagues, and contracted work reassuring her that the heater will be fixed in time for an upcoming exhibit. Sometimes, she even has to pause all of her work to sort out dinner plans with her husband — lasagna with baby spinach on a certain evening.

Throughout it all, she has held fast to her conviction that historical buildings — the downtown buildings she purchases in particular — should be preserved for future generations to enjoy.

“My husband and I have been interested in and involved in historic preservation since the ‘70s,” she said. Both have also served terms on the board of directors at the Preservation Conservation Association of Champaign County.

This feeling influenced their next two property acquisitions in downtown Urbana, two locations they would later transform into the Lindley House Bed and Breakfast, and Cinema Gallery.

While she was still operating Baxley Media Group, Baxley and her husband acquired 312 W. Green St. from the Conservatory of Music to save it from demolition. This residence was built by Dr. Austin Lindley in 1895 and is, in Baxley’s opinion, “one of the finest examples in Champaign-Urbana of a Queen Anne Victorian.” She even boasted that it retains nearly all of its original materials.

They also acquired the building that would house Cinema Gallery, currently located at 120 W. Main St. However, before Baxley and her husband could put more of their energy into the renovation of these two properties, they sold Baxley Media Group in 1996. It’s former home was, until recently, the site of home boutique Bella Home.

By that time, the video distribution market “changed dramatically,” Baxley said. “Low-cost videos flooded the market and caused a domino effect, which led to many small distributors like us being bought out by larger corporate distributors.”

While readying the Lindley House Bed and Breakfast on Green Street for a 1996 opening, they also began renovations on the cinema building, which they bought from Kerasotes Theaters. With Norman operating as the general contractor, as he has done for all of their property renovations, they set out remodeling in stages like they did with earlier properties.

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THUR, AUG 14 live music Champaign County Jazz Icons Iron Post, U, 5:30pm Cara & Gordy The Embassy Tavern & Grill, U, 5:30pm Blues & Show Tunes Kevin Turner Great Impasta, C, 6pm Amaryah and Harmony LaBeff Aroma Cafe, C, 8pm Big Naturals Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm Andy Moreillon Memphis on Main, C, 9pm Lifehouse Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $20

literary Adult Summer Reading Program Mahomet Public Library, Mahomet Cover-to-Cover Club Champaign Public Library, C, 1:30pm This group gathers on the second Thursday of each month to discuss popular literary works.

kids & families

Discovery Room Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, $2/R and Members, $3/NR (per visit, per child) Supervised and safe child care while you are here getting healthy. Ages crawling-7.

Curtis Orchard Curtis Orchard, C, 9am dj Buy fresh peaches and apples, enjoy doughnuts Disco Thursdays Fallon’s Ice House Tavern, and pies, cool down with a cider slush, let the kids C, 6pm loose at the petting zoo, DJ Halfdead snow-fence maze or todRadmaker’s Rock & Roll dler area, and browse the Tavern, Tolono, 8pm country store.

DJ Lincoln Jones Soma Ultralounge, C, 9pm, Afternoon All-Stars Champaign Public Library, no cover C, 2pm karaoke Grades K to 5, come out Karaoke and DJ on Tuesdays and ThursTumble Inn Tavern, C, days this summer for all 8:30pm kinds of all-star fun, with Dance or sing the night a new topic every time. away.

Robeson Pavilion, Room Karaoke A&B Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaAugust 14: Capoeira voy, 9pm - Experience this blend Liquid Courage Karaoke of martial art, game, and Senator’s Bar & Grill, Sadance from Brazil. voy, 9pm ARTfusion Karaoke with Randy Douglass Branch Library, Miller C, 3pm Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm Children of al l ages can come out to the Douglass festivals Branch and make a craft any Thursday afternoon.

Illinois State Fair All Shook Up! Illinois State Fairgrounds, The Little Theatre on the Springfield, 7am, $3/ Adults, $2/Seniors, Free/ Square, Sullivan, 7pm, $28.

Discounts $2 for senior citiChildren 12 and Under zens age 62 and older and art exhibit for children 12 and younger.

Glass FX Summer Art For groups of 20 to 60, Show: “Glass from the $2.50 discount on each Past” ticket, and for groups of 61 Glass FX, C, 10am or more, $3.50 The show features art Musical loosely based on pieces designed with 21st Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth century aesthetics, but Night’ and tells the story of created with turn of the a young female mechanic 20th century glass. who falls in love with a Focus guitar-playing rebel.

Cinema Gallery, U, 10am fundraisers A show of new photography by Ron AckerDump and Run Collection man, Josh Anderson, Ben Stock Pavilion, U, 9am Baxley, Norman Baxley, UC Books to Prisoners Scotland Brown, Leo work session Grucza, Weston HarUrbana-Champaign Inries, Lars Lindblad, David dependent Media Center, Nolan, Dan Peterson, Lei U, 2pm Shanbhag, and Michael We offer books by mail to Sherfield. 10a-5p, Wedall Illinois inmates and opSat through August 23. erate lending libraries in our two local county jails.

AUG 14 – AUG 20 08

mind/body/ spirit

The Show Urbana-Champaign IndeMeditation & Yoga pendent Media Center, U, Classes 10pm Ananda Liina Yoga & Med- The Show is a 2 hour live itation Center, U, 6pm radio program broadcast To register email info@ on WRFU-LP, Urbana anandaliina.org or call 104.5 FM. 344-6299.

recreation

Girls Wanna Have Fun Douglass Branch Library, C, 4pm Girls in kindergarten through fifth grade can read, play games, and make crafts.

Teen Pick-Ups dj Savoy Recreational Center, miscellaneous DJ and Dancing Savoy, 5pm, Free for MemLarry Cat in Space Joe’s Brewery, C, 8:30pm, bers, $4 for Non-Members William M. Staerkel Plane- $5 cover When it gets hot, come tarium, C, 10am, $4 Adult, DJ Tim Williams on in to our air-condi$3 Student/Child Soma Ultralounge, C, 9pm, tioned gym for some The Bike Project Open $5 cover hoops with your friends.

Shop Hours Hello Fridays w/ DJ Urbana Country Dancers Urbana-Champaign InDelayney Contra Dance dependent Media Center, Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 Phillips Recreation Center, U, 6pm U, 8pm, $4-5 dance music Barn dancing in the Amersupport groups ican tradition to live sting Prairie Chicken Asylum band music. Partners, “Live, & Let Live” AA W/ Tamara Loewenthal Meeting Phillips Recreation Center, costumes, and experiMcKinley Presbyterian U, 8pm, $5 ($4 for students) ence not necessary. Wear Church and Foundation, Contra and square danc- comfortable clothes.

C, 7pm ing to driving celtic music, literary Members of the local karaoke GLBT recovery commuAdult Summer Reading nity have started a new Karaoke Program meeting of Alcoholics Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaMahomet Public Library, Anonymous. voy, 9pm Mahomet Karaoke with DJ Holfood & drink enviromental lywood issues 25% Lucid Absinthe from Wendl’s, U, 9pm France every Thursday Summer Prairie Skies movies Carmon’s Restaurant William M. Staerkel PlanJapan House Tea CerSpirits from the Sky, Thun- etarium, C, 7pm, $4 Adult, emony der on the Land $3 Student Japan House, U, 2pm, $5 William M. Staerkel Plan- A live-narrated tour of the Please call for reservaetarium, C, 8pm, $4/Adult, wonders of tonight’s sky, tions, 244-9934. $3/Children & Students accompanied by some of Krannert Uncorked The planetarium’s celebra- the legendary stories of Krannert Center for the tion of the Pawnee culture the ancient sky.

Performing Arts, and how the Pawnee U, 5pm watched and used the sky. kids & families First (and Last) 35mm Discovery Room Film Festival FRI, AUG 15 Savoy Recreational Center, William M. Staerkel Plan- Savoy, $2/R and Members, live music etarium, C, 9pm, $4/Adult, $3/NR (per visit, per child) $3/Children Happy Hour and Live Your child will enjoy the Music various toys and activities festivals Silvercreek, U, 5pm in our Discovery Room.

Iron Post, U, 5pm Illinois State Fair Ages crawling-7.

Prairie Dogs Illinois State Fairgrounds, Curtis Orchard The Embassy Tavern & Springfield, 7am, $3/ Curtis Orchard, C, 9am Grill, U, 5:30pm Adults, $2/Seniors, Free/ Buy fresh peaches and apLive Jazz w/ Panache Children 12 and Under ples, enjoy doughnuts and Jim Gould Restaurant, C, pies, cool down with a cider art exhibit 7pm slush, let the kids loose at Greg Baker and His Neon Glass FX Summer Art the petting zoo, snow-fence Show: “Glass from the Neighbors maze or toddler area, and Past” Huber’s West End Store, browse the country store.

Glass FX, C, 10am C, 8pm, Girls Only The show features art no cover Savoy Recreational Cenpieces designed with 21st ter, Savoy, 1pm, $60 for Solaris century aesthetics, but Highdive, C, 8pm, $5 residents of Savoy; $78 for created with turn of the Nature’s Table Reunion non-residents Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $10 20th century glass.

Sometimes you need time “Focus” Candy Foster & Shades to be with just the girls.

Cinema Gallery, U, 10am of Blue We will use science to A show of new photogThe Embassy Tavern & mix and create our own raphy by Ron AckerGrill, U, 9pm, $5 cover beaty products, learn to man, Josh Anderson, Ben do a cart-wheel and make charge Baxley, Norman Baxley, Fuedin Hillbillys our own jewelry. On the Scotland Brown, Leo Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, last day we will take a trip Grucza, Weston Har9pm to the spa for some pamries, Lars Lindblad, David pering. Ages: 5-12 Chicago’s Own; Steve Nolan, Dan Peterson, Lei The Harp Band fundraisers Shanbhag, and Michael Memphis on Main, C, Sherfield. 10a-5p, WedDump and Run Collection 9pm, $5 Sat through August 23.

Stock Pavilion, U, 9am

classes & workshops Registration deadline for: ACT Pre-Test/Assessment Parkland College, C, 12pm, $15 Registration deadline is August 15. For more information, call 353-2055.

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food & drink Shabbat Lunch at Hillel The Hillel Foundation & The Margie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life, C Every Friday help cook the centerpiece of Shabbat lunch.

Silvercreek Happy Hour Silvercreek, U, 5pm

SAT, AUG 16 live music Live Jazz w/ Panache Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 7pm Nature’s Table Reunion Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $10 Deak Harp The Embassy Tavern & Grill, U, 5:30pm Oberon The Possum King and Kilborn Alley Iron Post, U, 6pm Bunny’s Tavern Parking Lot Party Bunny’s Tavern, U, 7pm The Bottle Rockets Highdive, C, 7pm, $15 No Secret Huber’s West End Store, C, 8pm Miles Mielsen live at Sleepy Creek Vineyards Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, 8pm, $6 Mr. Sensation & The Sensations The Embassy Tavern & Grill, U, 9pm Pearl Handle Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm Sippy & The Night Owls Memphis on Main, C, 9pm, $5

dj DJ and Dancing Joe’s Brewery, C, 8:30pm, $5 cover Radio Salsa Radio Maria, C, 10pm, Before 11pm no cover/21 and up, $3/19 and up. After 11, $3 cover/21 and up, $5/19 and up.

Kosmo at Soma Soma Ultralounge, C, 8pm DJ Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Tavern, Tolono, 9pm DJ Mertz Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm DJ Tim Williams Highdive, C, 10pm, $5

SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AUG. 16 & 17, CARMON’S RESTAURANT, 11 A.M.-3 P.M.

For those of you who think it is never too early to start a day of drinking, Carmon’s Restaurant has the perfect deal for you. Every Saturday and Sunday, the restaurant, located at 415 N. Neil St. in Champaign offers up bloody marys alongside a tasty brunch. So if you can’t decide whether you are feeling breakfast or lunch but you know you definitley want to start drinking, then this is your answer. concert Music in Nature Concert: Billy Galt and Bloomsday Allerton Park and Retreat Center, Monticello, 5pm, $7 adults; $5 senior & under

karaoke Karaoke Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s, U, 9pm

festivals Illinois State Fair Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, 7am, $3/ Adults, $2/Seniors, Free/ Children 12 and Under

markets Market at the Square Lincoln Square Village, U, 7am

art exhibit Glass FX Summer Art Show: “Glass from the Past” Glass FX, C, 9am The show features art pieces designed with 21st century aesthetics, but created with turn of the 20th century glass.

“Focus” Cinema Gallery, U, 10am A show of new photography by Ron Ackerman, Josh Anderson, Ben Baxley, Norman Baxley, Scotland Brown, Leo Grucza, Weston Harries, Lars Lindblad, David

Nolan, Dan Peterson, Lei Shanbhag, and Michael Sherfield. 10a-5p, WedSat through August 23.

recreation Kings of the Court Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 7pm, $3/R/night, $4/NR/night. $10/R/ Team/night, $15/NR/ Team/night (four individuals) Bring three of your friends and try to become Kings of the Savoy Recreation Center Court.

game-playing Kid’s Chess Club Urbana Free Library, U, 4pm

kids & families Discovery Room Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, $2/R and Members, $3/NR (per visit, per child) Supervised and safe child care while you are here getting healthy. Ages crawling-7.

Curtis Orchard Curtis Orchard, C, 9am, Buy fresh peaches and apples, enjoy doughnuts and pies, cool down with a cider slush, let the kids loose at the petting zoo, snow-fence maze or toddler area, and browse the country store.

All Shook Up! The Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, 7pm, $28.

Discounts $2 for senior citicome and get it

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zens age 62 and older and for children 12 and younger.

For groups of 20 to 60, $2.50 discount on each ticket, and for groups of 61 or more, $3.50 Musical loosely based on Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ and tells the story of a young female mechanic who falls in love with a guitar-playing rebel.

Home School Fair Champaign Public Library, C, 2pm Come learn about the many programs, organizations, clubs, and groups available to support home school families in the CU area,

festivals

food & drink

Illinois State Fair Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, 7am, $3/ Adults, $2/Seniors, Free/ Children 12 and Under

Bloody Mary Brunch Saturdays & Sundays Carmon’s Restaurant, C, 11am

social issues Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort Meeting Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 5pm

volunteer Community Blood Drive Faith United Methodist Church, C, 8am

kids & families

Discovery Room Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, $2/R and Members, fundraisers $3/NR (per visit, per child) Dump and Run Collection Supervised and safe child Stock Pavilion, U, 9am care while you are here getting healthy. Ages mind/body/ crawling-7. spirit Curtis Orchard Curtis Orchard, C, 11am Meditation & Yoga Buy fresh peaches and Classes Ananda Liina Yoga & Med- apples, enjoy doughnuts and pies, cool down with itation Center, U, 5pm a cider slush, let the kids To register email info@ loose at the petting zoo, anandaliina.org or call snow-fence maze or tod344-6299. dler area, and browse the food & drink country store.

Bloody Mary Brunch All Shook Up! Saturdays & Sundays The Little Theatre on the Carmon’s Restaurant, C, Square, Sullivan, 7pm, $28.

11am Discounts $2 for senior citizens age 62 and older and SUN, AUG 17 for children 12 and younger.

For groups of 20 to 60, live music $2.50 discount on each ticket, and for groups of 61 Brunch w/ Panache or more, $3.50 Jim Gould Restaurant, C, Musical loosely based on 10am Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Emerald Rum Night’ and tells the story Blind Pig Co., The, C, of a young female me5pm chanic who falls in love Curb Service with a guitar-playing Douglass Park, C rebel.

6:30pm Darling Disarm fundraisers Highdive, C, 8pm, $5 UC Books to Prisoners Unknown Road work session Rosebowl Tavern, Urbana-Champaign InLtd., U, 9pm dependent Media Center, U, 12pm dj We offer books by mail to DJ and Dancing all Illinois inmates and opJoe’s Brewery, C, 8:30pm, erate lending libraries in $5 cover our two local county jails.

FriendShop Used Book dance music Store Open Radio Salsa Champaign Public Library, Radio Maria, C, 8pm, $5 C, 1:30pm for under 21

karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s, U, 7pm

movies Pizza, Pitcher & A Movie Canopy Club, U, 12pm

stage The Truth Ministries Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 10am www.the217.com

classes & workshops

Free Bike Repair Classes, Open Hours, Bike Sales Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm West African Dance Classes Channing-Murray Foundation, U, 6pm, student $10 a& adults $12 per class All-levels and walk-ins welcome.

classes & workshops

kids & families

Discovery Room Registration deadline: Savoy Recreational Center, Choral Ensemble-ParkSavoy, $2/R and Members, land Chorus $3/NR (per visit, per child) Parkland College, C, 12pm Supervised and safe child MON, AUG 18 This group focuses on the care while you are here classic choral literature, getting healthy. Ages live music from folk songs, spirituals, crawling-7.

Jazz Jam Hosted by MRS and popular materials to Curtis Orchard Trio works of the great masCurtis Orchard, C, 9am Iron Post, U, 7pm ters. For more informaBuy fresh peaches and FingaLickin tion, call 373-3740. apples, enjoy doughnuts The Embassy Tavern & Registration deadline: and pies, cool down with Grill, U, 8pm Instrumental Ensemble a cider slush, let the kids Monday Night Rage with —Orchestra loose at the petting zoo, Zmick Parkland College, C, 12pm snow-fence maze or todCanopy Club, U, 9pm Registration deadline: dler area, and browse the Jazz Ensemble — Small country store. dj Jazz Band Tuesday Twos Nekromancy Parkland College, C, Champaign Public Library, Chester Street, C, 9pm, $2 12pm C, 9:45am, 10:30am 80’s night with DJ Club Fred Presents “ExEnjoy stories, songs, and Mingram plore 4-H” movement activities for Highdive, C, 10pm Douglass Branch Library, two-year-olds with a parC, 3pm ent or grandparent. art exhibit Goodnight Storyshop Champaign Public Library, Annual Parkland Art & TUES, AUG 19 C, 6:30pm Design Faculty Exhibition live music Busy parents and storyParkland Art Gallery, C, time fans are invited to 10am Glen Wilson Duo - Live attend our year-round on the Patio art Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano, evening storytime. Any Tuesday evening, for todWELD (Wednesday C, 6pm Evening Life Drawing) Boltini Bingo and Lounge dlers and preschoolers.

Group Variety Show Boneyard Pottery, C, 7pm, Boltini Lounge, C, 6:45pm, lgbt Rainbow Lemonade $7 no cover Stand The WELD (Wednesday Acoustic Tuesday with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Evening Life Drawing) Jeremy Harper Transgender Resources, U, Group invites you to an Memphis on Main, C, 6:30pm informal and non-instruc- 7:30pm, no cover tional evening of drawing Jeff Kerr and Billy Galt fundraisers the human form.

The Embassy Tavern & Dump and Run Collection Grill, U, 8pm kids & Families The Piano Man Stock Pavilion, U, 9am Canopy Club, U, 9pm Discovery Room mind/body/ Savoy Recreational Center, Corn Desert Ramblers spirit Savoy, $2/R and Members, Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, $3/NR (per visit, per child) 9pm Beginners’ Group MediSupervised and safe child tation karaoke care while you are here Ananda Liina Yoga & Medgetting healthy. Ages Liquid Courage Karaoke itation Center, U, 6pm crawling-7.

Geo’s, U, 9pm To register email info@ Curtis Orchard Karaoke with Randy anandaliina.org or call Curtis Orchard, C, 9am Miller 344-6299.

Buy fresh peaches and Bentley’s Pub, C, miscellaneous apples, enjoy doughnuts 9:30pm and pies, cool down with IMC-Tech/Chambana.net a cider slush, let the kids open mic Meeting loose at the petting zoo, Original Music Showcase Urbana-Champaign Insnow-fence maze or tod- Espresso Royale, U, 8pm dependent Media Center, dler area, and browse the Open Mic Night U, 6pm country store.

Memphis on Main, C, 8pm Chambana.net is a project O Baby!

Open Mic Night of Acorn Active Media and Champaign Public Library, Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm the Urbana-Champaign C, 9:45am Independent Media Center art exhibit Drop in any Monday for that seeks to provide lowthis weekly program of Annual Parkland Art & cost web hosting services lap bouncing, nursery Design Faculty Exhibition to non-profit organizarhymes, music activities, Parkland Art Gallery, C, tions, small businesses, easy listening, and play 10am and individuals, both locally time for the littlest ones. and internationally, by colrecreation Nate & Lillie Story Room lectivizing the use of uplink Kings of the Court bandwidth on a shared fundraisers Savoy Recreational Center, internet connection.

Dump and Run Collection Savoy, 7pm, $3/R/night, support groups Stock Pavilion, U, 12pm $4/NR/night. $10/R/ Emotions Anonymous Team/night, $15/NR/ miscellaneous Faith United Methodist Team/night (four indiBike Project Co-op Open viduals) Church, C, 7:30pm Shop & Bike Sales Bring three of your friends Emotions Anonymous is Urbana-Champaign Ina Twelve Step program for and try to become Kings dependent Media Center, people whose emotions of the Savoy Recreation U, 6pm are causing difficulties in Center Court. their lives.

food & drink Tarot Card Readings at Carmon’s every Tuesday Carmon’s Restaurant, C, 5pm, $15

gardens surrounding the Visitor Center and Retreat Center. Volunteers may help with a special project or assist with watering, weeding, and cutting back or deadheading flowers.

Warning: may require work around heavy equipment, power tools and possible exposure to poison ivy.

miscellaneous

The Bike Project Open Shop Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 6:30pm WED, AUG 20 Check out the tools and work stands you can use live music to fix your own bike, tour Donnie Heitler their massive collection Great Impasta, C, 6pm of parts, spares and used Traditional Irish Music bikes, plus meet friendly Session Bike Project folks who Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm can provide help and kids & families advice.

Represent featuring live D.J.s, M.C.s, B-Boys and Discovery Room Zoo Improv Comedy Producers Savoy Recreational Center, Troupe Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $3 Savoy, $2/R and Members, Iron Post, $3/NR (per visit, per child) U, 9pm dj Supervised and safe child classes & workDJ Bris care while you are here shops Cowboy Monkey, C, 7pm, getting healthy. Your no cover child will enjoy the variInternet for Beginners DJ Stifler ous toys and activities in Champaign Public Library, Highdive, C, 8pm $3/$5 our Discovery Room.

C, 10am Early: 8-11:30pm Country Ages crawling-7.

Come get a basic over(Dance Lessons 8:00Curtis Orchard view of the Internet. We’ll 9:00pm) Curtis Orchard, C, 9am talk about Web browsers, Later: 11:30-2am TopBuy fresh peaches and navigate around websites, 40 Dance, Hip-Hop and apples, enjoy doughnuts and print, save, and find Rock-n-Roll and pies, cool down with specific information.

Ben & Zach a cider slush, let the kids Registration deadline for: Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $3 loose at the petting zoo, Beginner, Beginner ComSalsa Night snow-fence maze or tod- puters for Seniors Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm dler area, and browse Business Development the country store. Open Center, C, 12pm, $55 karaoke through mid-december.

Designed for seniors who Paul Faber Dragon Storyshop have never touched a Karaoke Champaign Public Library, computer, this hands-on The Embassy Tavern & C, 9:45am, 10:30am class will start with the Grill, U, 9pm Stories, music, and move- very basics--how to turn Live Karaoke Band ment are featured in this a computer on, what it is, Radmaker’s Rock & Roll weekly storytime for and what it does.

Tavern, Tolono, 9pm preschoolers. It’s always Stringband Workshop: Liquid Courage Karaoke interactive and always guided jamming for Geovanti’s, C, 10pm fun. For parents with pre- mixed strings schoolers only; groups Lincoln Square Village, U, open mic call 403-2030 to sched7:30pm, $5 ule another time.

Weekly guided jam sesAmateur Comedy Night Storyshop at the Branch sion led by 2 members of Memphis on Main, C, Paper Airplanes in Flight the Community Center 8:30pm Savoy Recreational Cenfor the Arts (C4A) music art exhibit ter, Savoy, 1pm, $10 for faculty. We’ll teach you residents of Savoy; $13 for tunes, show you licks, “Focus” non-residents and get you jammin’. No Cinema Gallery, U, 10am Learn to fold colorful registration required.

A show of new photogpaper into airplanes and raphy by Ron Ackerfood & drink man, Josh Anderson, Ben test your flying skills by trying to fly your design Baxley, Norman Baxley, Wine Special Wednesday through targets. See if Scotland Brown, Leo Carmon’s Restaurant, you can land your plane Grucza, Weston HarC, 4pm ries, Lars Lindblad, David on our make believe Wednesdays our wine air craft carrier. Upon Nolan, Dan Peterson, Lei special at Carmon’s will completion, all pilots Shanbhag, and Michael be 25% off all bottles of will recieve their paper Sherfield. red wine!! Come in and airplane pilots’s license.

Annual Parkland Art & enjoy your favorite on the Design Faculty Exhibition Ages: 7-14. list, or try something new!

Duct Work Parkland Art Gallery, C, We have wine to go bags Savoy Recreational Center, in case you don’t finish 10am Savoy, 5:30pm, $25 for The Annual Faculty Art the entire selection. residents of Savoy; $32 for Exhibition features work non-residents by faculty of the ParkYour’ve heard about all land College’s Fine and that you can do with duct Applied Art faculty in tape, but is it really true?

Art and Design. Media include sculpture, photog- In this class we’ll invent a variety of items from raphy, metals, wood, oil, watercolor, digital media, what else. . . duct tape!

Ages: 5-12 ceramics, and more.

volunteer

community

Volunteer Garden Workday Allerton Park and Retreat Center, Monticello, 9am Help maintain the formal

Champaign County Zoning Board of Appeals Champaign County Brookens Administration Center, U, 12pm AUG 14 – AUG 20 08

classifieds

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Bend Over, Boyfriend The ins and outs of pegging Although nothing new, the phenomenon of pegging — a woman anally penetrating a man with a strap-on dildo — has gained attention recently.

In the nineties, sex shop workers witnessed an increase of women coming in to buy strap-on gear to have anal sex with their male partners.

Along with this, sexologist Carol Queen released a series of instructional videos titled “Bend Over Boyfriend” to help couples explore this act. Savage Love author Dan Savage decided that this act needed a name, and his readers decided upon “peg.” Whatever you call it, here are a few tips to help you say, “Bend over, boyfriend.”

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Got You Pegged

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: anal sex requires lots of lube. Find a thick, water-based or silicone lube that works best for you. Read the bottle, as some anal lubes advertise desensitizing ingredients — meant to make a penetrating male last longer or to numb a receptive partner for “harder” penetration. We don’t recommend these ...

Because there is no risk for pregnancy and little risk for STDs with pegging, couples may forego condom use. However, if you are unsure of your partner’s status, do not insert a dildo into the vagina and then into a partners rectum. This can transmit STDs. And likewise, do not insert a dildo that has been in a rectum into any other body part without fully cleaning it or changing a condom.

In reality, pegging is simply anal sex. But because we assume that 1) anal sex is only for gay men and 2) men are “on top,” pegging is seen totally differently. For men and women, the butt, the anus, and the rectum are all erogenous areas of the body. For men, the prostate gland (two to three inches inside the body between the base of the penis and the anus) is also extremely sensitive. Because men may not learn this about their bodies, however, many men may be shocked during their first prostate exam when they get an erection. However, the fact is that stimulating these areas of our bodies can create sexual arousal and even orgasm.

Should straight couples worry if the male is interested in being anally stimulated or penetrated?

Not at all; interest in anal penetration, whether you’re the receptive male or the penetrating female, doesn’t mean you’re “gay” or “lesbian.”

People of all sexual orientations and genders enjoy anal play — although we’re focusing females penetrating males for this column.

Despite (or maybe because of) the stigma attached to anal sex, pegging can be a fun, new experience for partners who are interested. Some couples enjoy the taboo of women penetrating their male partner, and some women may like the experience of having their own phallus. She may enjoy the sensation of masturbating her dildo or even watching her male partner give her fellatio.

Although some couples may roleplay around pegging, for other couples, pegging may be a very routine and regular aspect of their sex lives.

Let’s Talk About Peg, Baby Like all sex, the most important aspect of good, hot pegging is open communication. Talk with each other about your expectations and boundaries. Let your partner know what you’d like to experience, and let them share their interests, too. And when anal sex actually begins, continuing talking! What feels good? What would feel better? Is there enough lube? Should you slow down or speed up? Remember, (regardless of mainstream porn’s hard and fast approach) that the person being penetrated (especially initially) should control the depth and speed of thrusting.

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For some men, anal stimulation may be new, so you may not be able to give your partner much guidance during pegging. By yourself, explore your butt, anus, and rectum to find out what you like and what feels good. Try stimulation with your fingers, butt plug or dildo. Because the anus is surrounded by muscles, you may want to work up to full penetration, using your fingers or smaller dildos to help you get comfortable. (Remember, do not insert any object not intended for anal play; if it does not have a flared base, it can get stuck!)

Lube It Up

Getting It (Strapped) On Perhaps the most important aspect of pegging is finding the gear that is right for you and your partner. Strap-on sex requires a dildo or phallus with a flared base, and a harness, a device with a ring that holds the dildo firmly in place. Harnesses can range from bicycle shorts to g-string underwear to thigh or waist straps (which leave room for digital stimulation of the wearer). Dildos themselves can come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and materials.

Just because you’re on top doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy yourself, too. The base of the dildo may provide some clitoral stimulation during sex play. Additionally, some dildos/harnesses may come with vibrating parts or can be used with vibrating cock rings, which may provide additional stimulation to both the wearer and their partner.

Additionally, there are double-headed dildos which penetrate the wearer and their partner simultaneously. If you want this sensation, but need different sizes/shapes, some harnesses allow the wearer to pack two dildos simultaneously (one inside, one outside).

Harnesses and dildos are available at most sex shops and online. Shop around, read some customer reviews, try it out, and find what is best for you.

Check us out next week as we discuss what it means to be sexually healthy.

Sex 411:

Illustration by Matt Harlan

Pegging Resources Blue, V. The Adventurous Couple’s Guide to Strap-On Sex Queen, C. Bend Over Boyfriend series

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Continued from Arts pg9

They began by preparing the theater lobbies to house a coffee shop that opened in 1996 while preparing 124 W. Main St., which is part of the theater building, for a chocolate shop. Baxley described this undertaking as “very challenging” as they had to remove a lot of concrete that the theater company poured for a second screen. Two other chocolate shops came and went in that space until its current occupant, Mirabelle Fine Pastries, leased it in 1997.

Then in 2001 Carolyn opened Cinema Gallery at 120 W. Main St. Other tenants have moved into other sections of the building, but most of them have moved out over the years. When they moved out, however, Carolyn saw a better use of space in simply expanding her gallery instead of seeking new tenants. This, of course, meant Cinema Gallery was growing.

“As both businesses picked up steam, I was having difficulty keeping up with the work,” she said.

In 2003 Carolyn sold Lindley House Bed and Breakfast, and it now operates as Sylvia’s Irish Inn. She also had to abandon her “heavy involvement” with Champaign’s Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, in order to devote her “full attention to the growth of the gallery.”

It is safe to say that these days, Baxley is an owner and operator of a successful art gallery in downtown Urbana. But this simple classification masks both of her desires to see her gallery flourish and to see that the whole of downtown Urbana does likewise.

In order to help her art gallery flourish, Baxley pushed for the creation of the Gallery District Incentive Program by the City of Urbana in 2005.

With a possible tenant of 112 W. Main St. in mind, Baxley proposed to Urbana’s mayoral staff the formation of the Gallery District Incentive Program. This program, in conjunction with some of the city’s other business incentive programs, would provide $1,000 for the creation of new “arts related businesses” in downtown Urbana. For one year it would also pay 50 percent of a tenant’s monthly rent, up to $500.

The tenant was Jan Chandler, a local artist who at the time was selling her work online and in cooperative galleries during the holidays. After the City of Urbana finalized the program, Chandler opened Heartland Gallery in September 2006.

Ideally, Baxley would like to help foster a vibrant downtown art district in Urbana, an idea that fits well with the city’s Niche Marketing Initiative as outlined in the 2002 Downtown Strategic Plan.

“That’s the way you lure people to a particular area, for a particular shopping experience,” she said.

In marketing stratagems, this is called ‘synergy.’

But hopes and well wishes don’t buy and sell art, nor do they magically create art districts. Baxley said operating an art gallery is difficult because art is a luxury item that is a tougher sell in Midwestern towns like Urbana.

“Urbana is a small town in terms of the art market,” Baxley said, and people around here are “a little tighter with the purse strings.” She added, “If people are debating between filling their car with gas or buying a new painting, they don’t re-

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ally have a choice to make.”

Baxley credits her limited success to the “loyal, steady support of a small group of customers” who spend “a lot” of money with her on an annual basis. She goes further to credit “the trust placed in me by the best artists in the area.” And lastly, she credits herself both for gradually expanding her customer base and “marketing savvy.”

She also admits that she would never have been able to stay open the past seven years if she had not owned the Cinema Gallery building.

Baxley believes her gallery district is heading in the right direction. There are now four arts businesses in downtown Urbana, including both Griggs Street Potters at 305 W. Griggs St. and International Galleries, located in Lincoln Square.

But her district recently lost any indirect assistance it may have been receiving from the state of Illinois as funding for the Illinois Arts Council was slashed by $4.5 million for the 2008 fiscal year.

Nevertheless, Baxley has her sights set higher than just establishing an arts district. She would like to see the whole of downtown Urbana flourish in the coming years, and in her mind the biggest hindrance is money.

“Urbana’s not as well-heeled as Champaign,” she said. “It doesn’t have the sales tax revenue” to improve quickly.

And the City of Urbana is well aware of this problem.

“In 2000, we got the message at city hall: ‘downtown doesn’t look good anymore; you gotta do something about it,’” said Libby Tyler, Urbana’s director of community development, and the only major city official that is still working for the city since that time.

Tyler admitted that, six years later and as the plan pointed out, government institutions are still the primary businesses in downtown.

But both Baxley and Tyler said that something must be done to the downtown portion of North Broadway Avenue, and that this development would help alleviate concerns about the lack of boundaries in downtown.

She also believes that a North Broadway Avenue redevelopment would increase access to Urbana’s Crystal Lake Park. “We’re sitting here with one of the most beautiful parks, in any Midwestern city, in our backyard and nobody uses it,” she said.

“There are a lot of things that the city would like to do, things I’ve heard discussed from time-totime,” Baxley said. “It’s all well-intentioned but it’s also limited by available funds. It’s difficult to get them to do what everybody wants them to do because you have to have the funds to do it.”

While Baxley could be seen as a noble businesswoman with a historical sense, she could also be seen simply as an intelligent urban dweller.

“We have a vested interest in downtown,” she said. “When you own property in downtown, you know, you care about what happens in this area because everything that happens in this area affects us.”

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“Report Card”--how did we do?

Solution in Classifieds.

Across

1 It may be fatal 5 Disease contracted by Seal at an early age 10 Brand that pops up frequently in crosswords?

14 Sitar master Shankar 15 ___ ear and out the other 16 Get ready for surgery 17 Couturier Cassini 18 British pottery manufacturer known for bone china 19 City that represents a county 20 Helgenberger of “China Beach” 21 Less polluted 22 Rowboat need 23 ___-country (Drive-By Truckers’ genre) 25 “Damn, it’s cold out!”

26 “Ty Murray’s Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge” network 27 The Hulk’s catalyst 29 Food vendor’s requirement (abbr.)

30 Resource 33 Last name in riding lawnmowers 34 “___ bin ein Berliner” (famous JFK quote) 35 Desert landscape features 36 Spicy spread 37 ___ Na Na (group that preceded Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock) 38 It’s said coming and going 39 Kiddie lit web spinner who gets a B?* 42 Fashion line?

43 Cartoonist who created Tintin 44 Insignia on Cardinals caps 45 Hathor or Hera, e.g.

47 Got some better pictures 51 John’s 2008 adversary 56 Gave high honors 58 “Out of Africa” author Isak 59 Element taken in supplements 60 Flea market event 61 Sets up tents 62 Brand with the discontinued flavor Grape Watermelon

Down

1 “You’ll hear ___ my lawyer!”

2 “Ooh ___!”

3 Singer Cocker who gets a C?* 4 Leeway 5 Cindy Brady’s impediment 6 Like private phone numbers 7 Billionaire Branson who gets an F?* 8 Price at a dime a dozen, perhaps?

9 Fortune teller 10 They’re added to foot baths 11 “Dilbert” cartoonist Adams who gets an A?* 12 Equipment 13 Makes a decision 24 Hot concept 26 Chocolate necessity 27 Sum up 28 It comes straight from the horse’s mouth 31 Fred’s wife, on “I Love Lucy” 32 ___ Maria (coffee liqueur) 40 Get all emotional and teary-eyed 41 Part of GLAAD 45 Fade out, like a light 46 “We ___ song of sorrow...” (lyric from Saves the Day’s “What Went Wrong”) 47 Beat too fast, like a heart 48 McGregor who will appear in “Angels & Demons” in 2009 49 Mineral that’s the softest on the Mohs scale 50 Killer whale 52 Bodily system that includes the lungs: abbr.

53 Acronym that sometimes means “right now” 54 Word after blood or fuel 55 Place to play horsey 57 Dungeons & Dragons game runners, for short 58 Visions that may require rehab

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Free Will Astrology ARIES

March 21-April 19

Golden Globe-winning actress Edith Evans had some advice for actors who were just coming into their full power: “Don’t indulge yourself by showing off; the moment that you begin to find that you can do something well, you must control it and do it more selectively.” This recommendation would serve you well in the coming weeks, Aries, no matter what your work is. You have reached a higher level of self-expression; you have achieved a degree of mastery in a skill you’ve been struggling to learn. Now it’s time to practice wielding your new command with enhanced discernment and discipline.

Evans’ quote comes from John Gielgud’s book An Actor and His Time.)

TAURUS

April 20-May 20

By the time Cal was seven years old, he was lit up with a desire to know how things work. Sometimes that caused problems. When he dismantled the toaster to examine its innards, for instance, his parents reprimanded him. In a working-class family of 12 kids, losing a valued appliance caused a financial crunch. But Cal kept taking things apart to understand them better. In time his research led him to develop a skill for putting things back together again, often in better shape than they were before he got a hold of them. As an adult, Cal creates interactive robots that perform in shows all over the world; he’s a master builder. I hope you’ll try a telescoped version of his story in the coming week, Taurus: disassembling stuff in order to ultimately make it work even better.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus advises his disciples to be “as shrewd as serpents and as innocent as doves” as they do their work in the world.

A different translation says “as wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”) That’s the two-toned attitude I suggest you embody in the coming week, Gemini. Evaluate every situation with all the cunning at your disposal, but don’t act like a scheming strategist. Rather, be open-hearted and humble, almost child-like in your willingness to see with fresh eyes. Mastering this combination will allow you to avoid the pitfalls and reap the blessings of the paradoxes you encounter.

CANCER

June 21-July 22

A teacher at an all-girl Japanese elementary school decided her class would put on a performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. But when she selected a certain student to play Snow White, the parents of the other 24 kids went ballistic. Through a campaign of harassment, they bullied the teacher into changing the script so that there would be 25 Snow Whites, no dwarfs, and no wicked witch. In my opinion, that’s the wrong way to apply democratic principles. I’m more anti-hierarchical than anyone I know, and yet even I would draw the line at, say, no more than five Snow Whites. Please be vigilant for the possibility that a similar misapplication of egalitarianism will take place in your personal sphere.

Make sure there’s at least one dwarf.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22

Douglas Engelbart got the idea for the computer mouse in 1950 and actually invented it in 1964. But it was slow to be recognized for the brilliant technology it was, and didn’t begin to reach a mass audience for another 20 years. Luckily, he was persistent, never losing faith in his vision. I suspect you’re on the cusp of a comparable experience, Leo. One of your good ideas is either ahead of its time, or beyond the capacity of your cohorts to imagine. I’m sure you won’t have to wait as long as Engelbart did, but the fruition of your brainchild may take more time than you’d like. Let’s see how dogged and determined you can be.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

Do you believe in invisible things? No? You say you only trust information that comes to you through your five senses? Then what’s your position on radio waves, infrared light, electricity, and X-rays? Do you believe in them, even though your senses have no contact with them whatsoever? It’s true that scientists have developed instruments that detect those invisible things. But what if there are other hidden forces and secret energies the scientists have yet to develop instruments to find?

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Let these thoughts be the starting point for your meditations in the coming week, Virgo. It’s prime time for you to recognize, engage with, and benefit from what has been concealed from you up until now.

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

Twenty years ago, I ran for city council in Santa Cruz, California. As one of my campaign promises, I told voters I would regularly consult with the spirit of America’s third president, Thomas Jefferson, with whom I’d established a telepathic rapport. I fell a few hundred votes short of winning a council seat, but I kept my pledge anyway: I’ve been communing with Jefferson ever since. Last night I met with him in my dreams. I told him you’re in an astrological phase that’s favorable for seeking out new teachers and teachings, and I asked if he had any advice.

He suggested that you do what I do: Have conversations, either in dreams or fantasies, with an historical figure you deeply respect.

SCORPIO

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

The most striking feature on the planet Jupiter is the Great Red Spot, a storm that resembles a giant unblinking eye. It has lasted over 300 years and is wider than the planet Earth. I invite you to regard it as your symbol of power in the coming weeks. Think of it whenever you’d like to use your eyes to see in bigger and better ways, or whenever you want to draw on the inspirational power of a beautiful storm, or whenever you’d like to transform some disturbance in your life into a long-lived source of dazzling energy.

For over a decade, members of the worldwide Garden Gnome Liberation Front have been stealing garden gnomes from the yards of people’s homes and relocating them into their natural home in the forests. While I admire their pranks, I can’t in good conscience advise you to join their ranks. Your instinct for freedom is exceptionally high these days, true, but it would be a shame to waste it on helping inanimate objects. Instead, please devote your tremendous emancipatory energies to practical causes and living beings.

It’s clear to me that a part of you needs to come out of hiding. I’m not exactly sure what that means, though.

Maybe there’s a talent you’ve buried that’s ready to emerge into the light. It could be that a question you’ve been trying to ignore is finally ripe to be asked. Perhaps you’ve been stoically putting up with a tweaked situation that you really should rise up and transform. What do you think it is, Capricorn?

My favorite places on the Moon are the Sea of Clouds, Sea of Fertility, Sea of Ingenuity, and Sea of Nectar.

They’re not actual bodies of water. The old astronomers who named them didn’t know they were actually dark plains formed by ancient volcanic eruptions. But the great thing about the moon is that it piques our imaginations and massages our dreams as much as it speaks to our rational minds. And I encourage you to take advantage of that power now. Here’s one possible way: Daydream a story about a heroic quest in which you acquire four magical boons, one each at the Sea of Clouds, Sea of Fertility, Sea of Ingenuity, and Sea of Nectar

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20

Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the UK, chose an unlikely context to propose marriage to his future wife: She was kneeling in front of the toilet wielding a scrub brush. I expect a comparable event in your near future, Pisces: An appealing invitation or big opening will come your way while you’re in a humble position. The only advice I have is to put down your scrub brush before responding.

Homework

Every one of us creates something every day. Keep a list of all the things you create this week, and send it to me.

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by Michael Coulter

All Dogs Should Go To Heaven Life is temporary, love can be forever There has always been a dog somewhere in almost every memory I have. If I think about being four years old, standing in the kitchen, somewhere in the background there’s a dog begging for a treat. If I think about sitting at my desk in college, there’s a dog curled around my feet. Even now, if I picture myself in the backyard, there’s a dog in there somewhere pissing on a bush. I remember and miss every dog I’ve ever had. They are nice memories to think back on.

Um, that being said, I’m perfectly content with what I gave to them, and more importantly, what they gave to me. I’m pretty much at peace with all of it. Even if I had a ratty old sweatshirt that had some of my deceased dog’s saliva on it (and there’s actually a pretty good chance of that), I’m fairly sure I still wouldn’t be shopping around for a cloning company. Maybe I’m in the minority, and that’s really too bad.

When I recently read about a lady who went to South Korea with fifty thousand dollars and some of her dog’s frozen cells in hopes of cloning her late canine, I sort of just felt sorry for her. You know, kind of the same way I feel when I see an adult wearing a shirt with a Disney character on it. I think I understand what they feel, even though I don’t advocate it in any way. It’s just sort of a general sadness.

Anyway, the biggest argument against pet cloning is that it’s a slippery slope. We people have no self-control and eventually someone somewhere will begin cloning humans. I’m sure that’s probably what would happen and even though I miss my grandparents who have passed, I gotta tell you, seeing them in any living form these days would probably creep my out. It’s not really an ethical deal so much as it would simply scare the piss out of me.

Anyway, to make a creepy story short, the cloning worked. The dead dog’s name was “Booger” and now there are five of him ... or at least five replicates of him. It almost sounds sort of cool. A person could subscribe to five different daily newspapers and have each of them laid at their feet by some sort of Booger.

Either that or their shoe collection would get chewed up at a five times faster rate. I guess it all depends on the original Booger.

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As it turns out, Booger number one was a bit of a hero. He saved his owner’s life when she was being attacked by another dog three times Booger’s size. The owner’s left hand was extremely injured and it also messed up her legs and stomach. She ended up in a wheelchair for a period of time and Booger also helped out during her recovery. Yep, Booger was apparently something special.

The thing is, he was something special because he was one of a kind ... and he probably should have stayed that way. I mean, one of a kind things are very rare and precious. Jesus was supposedly pretty special, but I’m not sure how well his legacy would have been served if someone took a snippet of the Shroud of Turin and made five replicate saviors. Oh sure, the cross making industry would have been salivating, but otherwise, I think the rest of us folks would just be confused.

It would also make praying far more difficult.

“Dear Jesus 4.0, thanks for giving one of your seven or eight lives so that the rest of us can live in eternal bliss.”

The other thing is, there are plenty of dogs out there that have the capacity to be every bit as awesome as Booger was. Geez Louise, I’m sure there are some really nice puppies at every damned humane society in the nation that she could pick up for next to nothing, but I suppose she doesn’t roll that way. I guess I’m just the sort of guy that doesn’t throw fifty thousand dollars around ... even if I did have it. The dog I have now was an orphan and I think he cost thirty-five dollars or something around that figure. Great dog, better price. Sure, all those dogs might not be as special as Booger, but they really deserve a chance to be.

Even with all that, I still sort of feel sorry for the lady who cloned her dog. I’m sure she misses Booger. I know I miss Blossom, Snowball, Butterball, Nicky, Ben, Pickles, Artie, Fern, Bill, Max, Pat and Chuckie. I know one day I’ll miss CeCe and Will. I also know I don’t regret a moment I had with any of them. Alive or dead, they still manage to bring a smile to my face and maybe twelve or thirteen years is the limit on a thing like that.

It sucks to lose something you care about, but really, that’s the point of the entire thing. You can only treasure it and feel for it because it’s fragile and your time with it is limited. Otherwise, it’s just pleasant noise, not all that special, not all that unspecial. If anything in the world still holds some value, it should probably be life, and the thing that makes it wonderful is that we have so little of it.

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Random Shit Box: This week featured significant downtime of Gmail accounts for the majority of users (well, according to an office poll and then extrapolated to the wider populace it was the majority) and other than sit and repeatedly attempt to access our accounts, we were felt like a rat in a trap, the old kind that did not have Internet access. In an effort to occupy ourselves in the future we constructed the list below, which might also be useful to you valued reader.

Note to reader: If this list lacks the usual RSB punch we are sorry; everyone is really sick or jet lagged this week.

1. Produce self-induced stigmata 2. Switch to hotmail 3. Buy sweaters used by TV’s Mr Rogers on eBay just so you can smell them 4. Become trapped in a closet 5. Finish up that robot you’ve been working on 6. Type emails that you want to send in a text editor to send later

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Things to do when Gmail goes down

7. Resume career as serial killer 8. Blog about it.

9. Destroy the your robot that has run amuck 10. Start a boy band just so you can come out of the closet after you get famous to stick it to the homophobic dads out there 11. Use a bulletin board service via dialup, download porn line by line 12. Work on solution to your morbid obesity 13. Find a use for all those geometric proofs you learned in high school (hint: there isn’t one) 14. Get an ’80s perm 15. Work on that Weird Science “Kelly LeBrock” dream girl 16. Make corn dogs 17. Become highly skilled in one specific kind of knot 18. Stock up on more alcohol and barbituates 19. Join six local banks to get six free grills 20. Get invaded by the Huns 21. Check yourself out on Apple’s Photobooth 22. Google image search “weightlifter”

23. Get a bacterial infection in your uvula 24. Build a cardboard robot family 25. Spend money you don’t have online on things you don’t need 26. Build wall of bricks out of clay 27. Stare longingly at RSB’s of past on office wall 28. Write Britney Spears love notes 29. Tell time by the sun 30. Bang rocks together to make fire 31. Rediscover the wheel 32. Grunt at large black oblesque 33. Invent a time machine with the sole purpose of hanging out with Labyrinth era Bowie 34. Accidently kill your father who was working as an intern on the set of 1986’s cult classic Labyrinth 35. Vanish seconds later, but not before meeting Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) who happened to be passing through that dimension 36. Ð Ð Ð Ð Ð Ð Ð Ð B A Start 37. Listen to the Doobie Brothers 38. Come up with universal theory of mathemat-

ics 39. Invent new flourescent low-watt bulb that twists the other way 40. Talk to human beings in real life 41. Furnish your house in that classic ’70s psycho style (lots of lava lamps and human skin drapes) 42. Direct and star in a sexy puppet show 43. Check out the steam tunnels (see map in next week’s buzz) 44. Win Republican nomination running as a candidate identical to John McCain except you are one year younger (70 vs. 71) 45. Stalk a neighbor 46. Cyberstalk a neighbor 47. Sit clandestinely in the bushes outside a neighbor’s window spying on them 48. Stand over neighbor and stare at them as they sleep 49. Get in bed with neighbor and nuzzle their neck 50. Become a vegan just to piss people off

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