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Although originally from Australia, the macadamia nut is instantly associated with Hawaii, and rightfully so. In the world of standard peanuts, cashews, and almonds, macadamia nuts are a different, more exotic treat. A nut usually associated with white chocolate chip cookies, macadamias can enhance many different recipes. Enjoy them in a rice pilaf or use them to encrust some mahi mahi. Keep the spirit of Hawaii with you as you enjoy some chocolate covered macadamia nuts or simply eat them on their own. Macadamia Nut Couscous

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by Matt Carey

Another year, another horror movie sequel. Despite the creator’s best efforts, Michael Myers continues to live on and terrorize the youth of Haddonfield. However, this latest installment in the Halloween franchise might be one of Michael’s worst outings yet. Alfred Hitchcock once said, “There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” Apparently, writer director Rob Zombie never learned that lesson, as Halloween 2 is a gore-filled, unintentionally funny mess. After surviving the Halloween massacre, Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) is having problems coping with what happened. She still believes Michael Myers is dead, but she is told that a body was never found. But Michael still haunts her in dreams, causing her to wake up screaming. Unfortunately for her, Michael is alive and well, and on his way back to Laurie, leaving behind a load of bodies along the way. In his efforts to expand the franchise and make it more dignified, Zombie tries to add psychological depth to the characters, mainly Michael and Laurie. There are constantly scenes in which Michael hallucinates that his mother is dressed in white and speaks to him while standing next to a child version of Michael. Chief among the problems with these scenes is that there is no reason to care about these dream sequences. Most of them are laughable and really don’t add much to the story. Perhaps a director capable of more depth could’ve made them interesting, but Zombie swings and misses. The other problem with these scenes is

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that I don’t care about why Michael is the way he is; I just want to see him terrorize teenagers and kill them in creative ways. As if the dream scenes weren’t enough of a hindrance, Zombie is also incapable of shooting a murder scene properly so that it is actually suspenseful. Zombie instead relies on shaky cam and quick cuts for his murder scenes, of which there are many. It’s hard to be scared when you can’t tell what you’re watching. The main problem with the film is the pacing. With the original John Carpenter Halloween, the killing doesn’t start until halfway through the movie. Up until then, it’s about developing the characters and giving teases of what Michael

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is capable of. Halloween 2, on the other hand, is pretty much kill scene after kill scene, with many of the victims being people who are on screen for no more than five minutes. It is this impatience that destroys any potential the film had, as if Zombie is worried the audience will get bored so he throws in murders every ten minutes. After The Devil’s Rejects, it looked like Zombie had potential as a director. However, both of his Halloween films have been so awful that it makes me wonder if The Devil’s Rejects wasn’t a fluke. Apparently, Zombie’s next movie is going to be a remake of The Blob, which will hopefully get him out of this dank pit of terrible horror movies. Until then, avoid this film at all costs.

The Fortune Cookie (1966)

by Syd Slobodnik From The Odd Couple in the ‘60s, to Grumpier Old Men in the ‘90s, the comic team of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau collaborated on ten films in their distinguished careers. Few though can recall the first teaming of these legendary funny men in the 1966 Billy Wilder hidden gem The Fortune Cookie. The Fortune Cookie is a wonderfully cynical, and at times, dark comedy about insurance swindling. The story concerns an on-field accident at a Cleveland Browns game when star running back Luther “Boom Boom” Jackson plows over a CBS cameraman Harry Hinkle (Lemmon), knocking him unconscious and sending him to a hospital. Hinkle’s shyster lawyer, and brother-in-law, “Whiplash Willie” Gingrich (Matthau) is quick to his bedside with a scheme to sue the City of

Cleveland, CBS and the Browns football team for one million dollars. But in reality, Harry had only has minor injuries and reluctantly goes along, when the possibility of winning over his divorced wife gets added into the equation. Wilder expertly defines the Lemmon and Matthau chemistry and establishes the prototypes of the Lemmon “honest/good guy” and Matthau as the slimy and abrasive schmuck. Matthau’s performance was so effectively funny he won the Oscar for best supporting actor in this role. Ron Rich is completely sympathetic as the guilt ridden Jackson, who befriends the bedridden Hinkle. The Fortune Cookie is a film with a humane message about honest behavior and the perfect little comic gem for the start of any football season.

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The Devil’s Rejects (2005)

Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses received a critical beating in the spring of 2002, with many labeling it pointlessly gory, stupid, and offensive. While the film has since gone on to have a rather large cult following, its sequel, The Devil’s Rejects, proves to be the far better entry in the series. The Devil’s Rejects opens with the murderous, cannibalistic Firefly family home being raided by the police. Three members of the Firefly clan escape the raid, and the film chronicles the cat and mouse chase between the sheriff and the Fireflies. What’s interesting about The Devil’s Rejects is that it goes in a deliciously surprising direction, presenting a 1970s throwback horror western rather than a gruesome slasher film. Evil Dead II (1987)

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Scream singlehandedly revived the slasher genre in 1996 while simultaneously dissecting and commenting on the tired “rules” of horror films. Scream 2 continues the tradition by proudly displaying its knowledge of the horror movie sequel: the body count is always bigger, the death scenes are always much more elaborate, and the list of suspects goes on and on. A smart, witty film that truly knows and loves its subject matter, Scream 2 puts many other horror sequels to shame.

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Made on a shoestring budget, Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead still stands as a horror masterpiece. That being said, 1987’s Evil Dead II has everything that made Evil Dead great, but with more money, more gore, more blood, and more audacity. Expertly balancing scares and laughs, Evil Dead II succeeds as a horror comedy and has paved the way for many, far inferior, imitations. Bruce Campbell’s facial expressions combined with Raimi’s over-the-top direction make the film’s story of demonic possession in a secluded cabin both stomach-churningly grotesque and gut-bustingly hilarious. Within the first five minutes of the film, protagonist Ash is forced to decapitate his possessed girlfriend with a shovel, and that’s one of the tamest scenes in Evil Dead II.

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Variety is the spice of life WEFT Fest brings eclectic line-up to downtown Champaign

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WEft fest 105 n. market street, champaign when: Saturday, September 5 at 2pm cost: Suggested donation of $1-$10 2 pm: Bow-dacious String Band 3 pm: Leila Ramagopal Celtic Trio 4 pm: Joan Hickey Jazz Trio 5 pm: Stan McConnell 6 pm: Morgan Orion & the Constellations 7 pm: Mac Town 8 Pm: Delta Kings

by Jack LaBelle If you listen to Champaign-Urbana area radio on any given day and turn to WEFT 90.1 FM, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be surprised at the immense variety of music that comes through your speakers. A station run by volunteers and meant as a community-oriented alternative to commercial radio, WEFT has been broadcasting an eclectic array of music to Champaign-Urbana since 1981. This Saturday, the station will host an equally diverse lineup of musicians at WEFT Fest, an annual music festival in downtown Champaign. Seven acts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ranging in genre from folk, Celtic, and jazz in the afternoon, to a variety of rock and r&b in the evening â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will make up this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lineup. WEFT volunteer Dave Witzany, who hosts the Friday night show, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Only In It for the Music,â&#x20AC;? put together this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schedule and believes that, similar to the radio station itself, the appeal of WEFT Fest is its variety. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of my very favorite things to say about WEFT is that if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like what you hear,

wait a couple hours and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll hear something completely different,â&#x20AC;? Witzany said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like one of our shows, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re quite likely to like another one instead.â&#x20AC;? The festival will take place between 2:00 and 9:00 p.m. at Mike â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in downtown Champaign. It is open to all ages and located just north of Illinois Terminal, a scheduled stop on most MTD bus routes. While in past years admission has been free, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s WEFT Fest signals the finale of the stationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer pledge drive; so, WEFT is asking for small donations between $1 and $10 to aid its fundraising effort. If anyone is cautious about the festival, Witzany assures that the event has mass appeal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I expect that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have something for everyone,â&#x20AC;? Witzany shared. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I would hope that anyone who comes out would be pleasantly surprised that they like something they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know they would like.â&#x20AC;?

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The little barn that could

T Third Allerton Music Barn Festival showcases unlikely location

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The Schedule » Thursday, September 3 8:30pm — Maria De Buenos Aires » Friday, September 4 8:30pm — The American Brass Band Journal C. 1853 » Saturday, September 5 10:00am — Maria De Buenos Aires 8:30pm — Czech Chamber Music » Sunday, September 6 10:00am — Bach Cantatas 8:30pm — Boris Berman, Piano » Monday, September 7 10:00am — The West Coast Sound 8:30pm — The Great American Songbook

UI School of Music 2007 Allerton Music Barn Festival. Photos by Chris Brown

estled in an idyllic 19th-century Dutch hay barn on the grounds of the university’s Allerton Park near Monticello, the 14-acre estate has become a revamped stage for an eclectic ethnological event by the University Music School’s high-performing faculty and a select group of students and guest artists. In its third year, the festival comes from humble beginnings. When Karl Kramer, Music Director of the University’s School of Music, first laid eyes upon the neglected and dilapidated red structure at Allerton Park, he had a vision for what could become of the barn. Trolling the grounds, the building had potential. “It was appealing, as I saw [that the Allerton barn] could be a wonderful concert space. It was also acoustically excellent,” Kramer said. A renewed romanticism was in the air, as he described it to be “rustic” and thus clinched his resolve on restoring this barn and investing five years into cleaning “fifty years of guano” stewing in the barn. Soldiering along with workers from Allerton Park,

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Kramer saw his dream come to realization as a closes on September 7 with an all-American new roof, elevator, ceiling fans, and sound system musical accent, having programs titled “The were installed. West Coast Sound” and “The Great American These efforts have paid off as the festival now Songbook,” in which grassroots American stancomprises world-class faculty and performers. dards are further explored with the University’s The UI Jazz faculty, Allerton Festival Choir and Jazz faculty. Orchestra, and a This will also be the first year in number of performers from across the “It was appealing, as I saw which Pre and Post country will show- [that the Allerton barn] Concert events are case talents in a surfeatured. Starting prising, high-profile could be a wonderful with the first of the environment. concert space. It was also series on September Works invoking 3 at 6:30 p.m., Floforms of opera, acoustically excellent.” rin Bora and Claire Barker will douse chamber music, jazz, -Karl Kramer, Music Director for the school of music audiences in a bit and brass bands are featured. Kramer said that through the absence of Argentinean heat with Tango dance demonof students on campus, this is the prime time for strations. On September 5 at 6:30 p.m., Scott faculty to fill the void and display their arts honed Schwartz will lead the first pre-concert talk with throughout the summer. Titles of the programs “Saxhorns: Music Instruments for the Concert feature the works of those such as Astor Pia- Hall and the Battlefield.” Following on September zolla’s tango act called 5, Bruno Nettle, a prominent ethnomusicolo“Maria de Bueno Aires” gist, lectures on the “Four Stories about Music in on opening night, Bach’s the Czech Lands”. To prelude before “The Great “Cantatas,” and Mos- American Songbook” performance, a pre-concow’s internationally cert lecture-demonstration will be presented renowned Boris Berman at 6:30 p.m. wby U of I Musicology professor on piano. Other festival Jeffrey Magee titled, “Now It Can Be Told: Irving highlights include “The Berlin’s Songs for Stage and Screen.” Adapted American Brass Band from a presentation unveiled at the Library of Journal C. 1853,” a his- Congress earlier this spring, Magee explores the torical reminiscence of little-known songs of Irving Berlin in their film American band music and theater contexts, including several songs featuring marches, that have never been performed in public. Both waltzes, quicksteps, vocalists and a pianist will assist professor Maschottisches and na- gee in explicating further what distinguishes Bertional airs. The festival lin from other songwriters. Outside of lectures

and demonstrations, Allerton Park will also host a nature walk and star watch with a member of the University Astronomy department. Twenty-two miles away from the hustle and bustle of campus, the quaint barn-that-could stands to usher in five days and nights of music amongst nature. With good food to be catered and a night sky to blanket those willing to make the trek to Monticello, a wonderful evening can be made in the calming setting. More information on the Festival can be found at http://www.allertonmusicbarn.com. Tickets can be purchased at the Krannert Performing Arts Center, as well as at the door. Prices for individual concerts are $26 for adults, $20 for students and senior citizens. Weekend passes are available for $154 for adults, $105 for students and seniors.

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The Duke Of Uke & His Novelty Orchestra

by Josh Fisher The Duke Of Uke & His Novelty Orchestra is local act who strive to make their own brand of pop music. With an obscure instrumentation led by David King on ukulele, the Novelty Orchestra blend elements of traditional music and psychedelia atop a layer of tropical vibe via the uke. Where many bands might choose either violin or sax to provide melody, The Duke Of Uke & HNO has both. On the low end, the group has both an electric bass and a tuba, each playing its own distinct role. There’s two sides to the percussion as well, however, with a simple drum set and conga/bongo combination. Though the variety sounds overwhelming, the music is rather subdued and relaxing. Many of the musicians double on vocals as well and sing some fine harmonies. buzz had the opportunity to sit in on a practice with David King and the rest of the gang while they played some tunes and discussed their upcoming performance at Bentley’s on Friday, September 4. » buzz: What made you want to start playing ukulele? David King: I had a Game Boy, and it was ruining my life. So, I pawned it, and the price they gave me was the same as a ukulele. It was an even trade. » buzz: What inspired you to make the ukulele lead your Novelty Orchestra? David King: I was writing the songs, and then band members joined, so it just happened. It’s not really the lead instrument — more like the rhythm. » buzz: What artists have influenced your songwriting?

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David King: [It’s been] part Captain, part Tennille. I also like all sorts of surreal pop music, and Louie Armstrong. The Beatles. Tubist Lorene [Anderson] used to play in a Cajun band, so she brings some Cajun flair. Bassist Sarah [Cramer] brings the funk. Sarah Cramer: Yeah, I love Victor Wooten. Anna Hochhalter: I played sax in middle school, and then played a lot of classical guitar. I’ve been singing all my life. I hadn’t played sax until I joined the band. David King: Coffee is the primary influence, actually. I write songs when I’m wired on caffeine. » buzz: How do you work on balancing the electric bass with the tuba? Rebecca Burlingame: We work hard on incor-

porating the low end. Lorene Anderson: Sarah and I used to play in unison, but she has developed her own unique style. Sarah Cramer: Most often the different styles compliment each other. There are occasional bass harmonies, which does take a lot of practice. David King: Developing the balance is important to the band, because of all the instruments. [We’re] trading solos, trading parts. » buzz: Anything else you are excited about? David King: I’m excited about huge amount of shows coming up in September along with a big gig on Halloween complete with fire spinners in downtown Champaign. It’s going to be the shizzle! You can find our dates at http://myspace.com/ dukeofuke.

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Aim And Ignite, the debut album from fun., exceeds the great number of expectations it has had to fulfill as the first new work from former — The Format vocalist Nate Ruess. Though fans were hesitant that his music would never be as good as it had been, Ruess succeeds with this light-hearted, optimistic album. The first single, “At Least I’m Not As Sad As I Used To Be,” is one of my favorites due to its unique versatility, and another great track on the record is “Take Your Time (Coming Home).” Though different in nature from The Format, Aim And Ignite brings a sound that begs to be checked out. — Stephanie Pavlovcik SKIP OR STICK WITH: STICK WITH

There is something about Midwestern punk rock that is inescapable. Maybe I’m trying to become a 25-year old male too quickly, but everything about the latest from Minnesota rockers Banner Pilot is perfect. From the slightly grizzled vocals and working class sentiment to the subdued, buried hooks that creep up on you after every track, Collapser may very well join the short list of albums to guide me through weekly freak outs about being 21, broke and aimless. “I pick a day to say I’ll quit, I’m filled with hope or full of shit.” — Amanda Shively SKIP OR STICK WITH: STICK WITH

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and that the word will spread like wildfire. Word of mouth seems to be the best way to advertise at present, as the name “Pecha Kucha” does not lend much insight into what the event is about. However, Pecha Kucha is not completely unknown in the CU area. “[Pecha Kucha is] ‘all the rage’ in design circles, at least, in this hemisphere,” said CU local and Pecha Kucha presenter Andy Warfel. “[It’s] arguably the biggest thing since ironic limited-edition tee-shirts.” CUDO board member Christina Tapp first encountered Pecha Kucha Night in Budapest during a design week, and after getting on board with CUDO, was adamant about bringing the event to Champaign-Urbana. Woods credits Tapp and Peter Exely, the organizer for Pecha Kucha in Chicago, with being the front runners of the project. Everyone involved in organizing the Pecha Kucha Night has volunteered his or her time to get involved. Planning the event has brought together a wealth of diverse people for something the whole community can share and appreciate. “We’ve been putting a lot of effort into making a huge impact, so Champaign-Urbana will be recognized internationally as one of the most bad-ass Pecha Kucha’s in the world,” Woods said.

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The number 217 just became much more than To create the roster, the members of the Pecha an area code for Champaign-Urbana. Kucha committee pooled their contacts, each sugThe sister cities were the 217th to be recognized gesting people whose work they admired. One of the by Pecha Kucha, an international event that fosters committee’s major goals was to keep the selection networking and exposure for exceptionally tal- as diverse as possible. “It’s almost like making a mix tape,” Woods said. ented artists. The Canopy Club will host CU’s first Pecha Kucha Night, as presented by the Cham- “It’s good to find a lot of people who don’t know each paign-Urbana Design Org. (CUDO), on Friday, other or interact in their normal settings, but you Sept. 11. have to keep compatibility in mind.” Being given such a unique opportunity to network Upon selection, each city is required to sign a “virtual handshake agreement” with Pecha Ku- and interact with one another has the featured artists cha headquarters in Togetting excited. kyo (where the event was It’s almost like making a mix “I became a board member of CUDO, and founded), agreeing to I am presenting at PK follow the format of their tape. It’s good to find a lot of model. Selected cities also people who don’t know each night for the same reason agree to host four events — I want community,” other ... but you have to keep Confectionary Artist Reper year at minimum. A Pecha Kucha Night compatibility in mind. becca Vance said. “There hosts eight to 14 presentare so many creative and MADELIN WOODS talented people in town ers, typically from creative fields such as art and design, photography and that I don’t know. I look forward to meeting some architecture. Each presenter is permitted 20 slides of them, and perhaps seeing their presentations at that he or she can then explain for 20 seconds the next event.” each. That gives each presenter six minutes and Pecha Kucha is featured mostly in big cities around the 40 seconds total to get his or her message out. world, making CU’s recognition a huge honor. If the first “These presenters include people from all differ- four events are wildly successful, CU can sign on for anent creative backgrounds,” said Madelin Woods, other year or can host more than four events per year. Board Member of the CUDO. “Their presentations “Since we’re such a small city in comparison, we’re are generally about the things that they are most going to stick to the minimum for the first time around passionate about, instead of just a dry presenta- and really push the quality,” Woods said. “But we’ve got tion of their portfolios.” CU’s Pecha Kucha Night will a lot of ideas for different themes or venues should we feature 13 total artists, with specialties ranging from decide to continue.” Woods has hopes that after the first event peoquilting and knitting to confectionary and Mathple will have a better idea of what Pecha Kucha is ematica-based art.

PECHA KUCHA NIGHT CANOPY CLUB : 708 S. Goodwin, urbana WHY: Pecha Kucha, an international network of artists

and designers, has welcomed the CU as the 217th city to join them. WHEN: Friday, September 11, 2009 — 7 p.m. TICKETS: $5

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by Alexandra Morgan Zipcar, the world’s largest car-sharing company, hit Champaign-Urbana last January. Now, Zipcar continues to make strides in the CU community, offering an alternative mode of transportation to faculty, students and community members alike. Partnered with the University of Illinois, the Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District (CUMTD) and the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Zipcar works to provide a cost-effective, environmentally friendly way to get around the city. The cars are located both on and off campus, with locations at the intersection of Wright Street and Daniel Street, downtown Champaign and downtown Urbana. A Zipcar membership costs $50 annually ($35 for students) with a one-time $25 application fee, and is open to all University faculty, staff and students over the age of 18 and all Champaign-Urbana residents over the age of 21. Zipcar members can rent the cars hourly, for a fee of $8 an hour or daily, from $66 and up. The rates include gas, insurance and reserved parking at any of the Zipcar sites. Jay Rank, a planner at the CUMTD who has worked extensively on the Zipcar project, explained that a lot of the business that Zipcar receives stems from the campus community. “I think a lot of them [Zipcar users] are students,” said Rank. “Especially international students who might not have access to a car otherwise.” Though Champaign-Urbana already boasts a well-established masstransit system, Zipcar offers a more personalized form of transportation. Students can use the cars

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to run errands or even just get off campus for a while at their own convenience. Though Zipcar got its start in large cities like Chicago, New York and L.A., the company has recently made a push to expand itself to college campuses nationwide, and has done so with favorable results. Since Zipcar began in Champaign-Urbana, about 200 people have signed up to be members. “Some people don’t have cars or don’t have access to cars or don’t want a car,” explained Rank. Rank noted that the student population and zipcars make a good match. “Here is an excellent example of a lot of students not having cars and needing a car at various times,” said Rank. Some students even recognize Zipcar as an innovative solution to pollution, congestion and high costs — all problems posed by car ownership. Take Tanner McGrath, for example. A senior Engineering major, McGrath made a proposal for zipcars at an international case competition in Soeul, Korea. “The idea was to improve Soeul’s climate problems. It’s a very crowded, dense city and they have a lot of pollution,” said McGrath. McGrath saw Zipcar as a solution to sky-high parking prices and overwhelming pollution.

The University of Illinois could also stand to benefit both economically and environmentally from Zipcar. As U of I strives to find more sustainable methods to operate such a large university, Rank, the CUMTD planner, said Zipcar may be part of the solution. “People that use zipcars drive less,” said Rank. “It’s not as easy as just pulling out of our driveway and going. You have to think about how you want to use your car.” Rank said this increased consciousness about driving translates into reduced congestion and carbon emissions. But Zipcar offers more immediate benefits for campustown, namely more available parking and a safer area for the many bikers and pedestrians. In addition, cash-strapped students may also find the option appealing as Zipcar claims that members save an average of $500 a month in comparison to car-ownership. Using Zipcar also eliminates costs of car-ownership like gas, parking and insurance, not to mention the cost of the vehicle itself. As Zipcar

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THURSDAY 3RD

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DJ Hollywood Karaoke live music It’ll Do 2, C, 8pm Concert in the Courtyard DJ Bange Cafe Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, Courtyard Cafe — Illini 8:30pm Union, U, 8pm CG Productions presents Featuring Bryan Scary and RockStar Karaoke featurthe Shredding Tears and ing Crazy Craig On Again Off Again. Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaNice Jewish Girls Gone voy, 9pm Bad “G”-Force Karaoke Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $15 Memphis on Main, C, Geovanti’s Live Band 9pm Geovanti’s, C, 10pm CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featurdj ing Karaoke Opie Disco Thursdays Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm Fallon’s Ice House Tavern, CG Productions presents C, 6pm RockStar Karaoke featurCountry Night with DJ ing DJ Switch Halfdead and Free Line Rock’s, C, 10pm Dance Lessons from auditions Scotty Van Zant Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Rodgers & HammerTavern, Tolono, 8pm stein’s Cinderella AudiNo cover before 8pm. tions — Sign Ups DJ Belly Illini Union, U, 8:30am Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Interested auditioners Stitches Goth Night with should be currently enDJ Rickbats, DJ Kannibal rolled students at the U The Clark Bar, C, 10pm of I and should sign up

for auditions in the IUB Ofﬁce — 227 Illini Union. Audition packets and sign ups will be available at the start of the semester.

recreation Infant/Toddler/Preschool Summer Swim Lessons Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), C, 6pm, $41-$51

volunteer UC Books to Prisoners work session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm

lgbt Live and Let Live GLBT Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation, C, 6:30pm

food & drink Krannert Uncorked Krannert Center for the

Performing Arts, U, 5pm A free sampling of selections from area beverage distributors and complimentary cheese and crackers.

FRIDAY 4TH live music Eat to the Beat at West Side Park West Side Park, C, 12pm Prairie Dogs Iron Post, U, 5pm Appy Hour & Live Music at Silvercreek Silvercreek, U, 5:30pm Rust Belt at Clark Bar The Clark Bar, C, 7pm Concert in the Courtyard Cafe Courtyard Cafe — Illini Union, U, 8pm Featuring Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and New Ruins. Lucky Boys Confusion with Heart Set Self-Destruct and Vanattica Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $12

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CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring Crazy Craig Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm ACE Award categories are media, arts education, advocacy, business, spotlight, creative community service and lifetime achievement.

With thanks to these sponsors: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, WEFT, English Hedgerow, the Highdive, RATIO Architecture.

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art First Friday Arts Social Original Pancake House, C, 7:30am Artists, arts organization staff, gallery owners, arts administrators and arts lovers and supporters of all kinds are invited to join 40 North at this relaxed social event.

SATURDAY 5TH live music

Feudin’ Hillbillys Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm WEFT Fest Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 2pm, $1-10 sliding scale dj Dinner with Panache Top 40s Dance with DJ Jim Gould Restaurant, Substitute C, 5pm Chester Street, C, 9pm, Sandunga $3 Iron Post, U, 6pm, $3 Country Dancing at KRUKID with Illogic, Text, Bradley’s II DJ LEGTWO, and DJ Belly Bradley’s II, C, 9pm, $5 Highdive, C, 7pm, $5 DJ Delayney Concert in the Courtyard Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 Cafe No cover before 10pm Courtyard Cafe — Illini with U of I or Parkland Union, U, 8pm ID. Featuring Secrets BeDJ LEGTWO and DJ Belly tween Sailors and Robots Radio Maria, C, 10pm Counterfeiting Money. DJs Ian Procell and Reﬂex Matt & Tom Turino — CD Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Release Party Iron Post, U, 9pm, $3 dance music Welcome Back To CamSalsa Night at Cafe Luna pus Show Cafe Luna, C, 8:30pm, $5 Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $7 Featuring the music selec- Featuring Good Luck Jane, tions of DJ Andriano, Juan The 312’s, Victory Over Mendoza, Luis “Sabor, Tyranny, and Godiva Falls. and Mambo Italiano.

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Additional support by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign County Convention & Visitors Bureau, City of Champaign

Feudin’ Hillbillys Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm Tongue N Gruve with SIFT It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm Point of Fire Memphis on Main, C, 9pm, $5 Local Rock Show Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 9pm, $3 Terminus Victor, Tellitron (with members of The Violents, Felix, Terminus Victor), Withnail (with members of Triple Whip, ESG), Blake Zweig. Beat Kitchen Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, $5

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Dance Pop Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 107.9 Rehab Jams Party It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm Saturday Night Throwdown featuring DJ Mertz Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Kosmo at Soma Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm DJ Tim Williams Highdive, C, 10pm No cover for U of I and Parkland students before 11pm, $5 cover after.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Auditions — Sign Ups Illini Union, U, 8:30am Interested auditioners should be currently enrolled students at the U of I and should sign up for auditions in the IUB Ofﬁce — 227 Illini Union. karaoke Audition packets and sign Dragon Karaoke with ups will be available at the Paul Faber start of the semester. CJ Dane’s, Tolono, 7pm

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CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring Matt Fear Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm

festivals Food Not Bombs West Side Park, C, 5pm Food Not Bombs serves free vegetarian/vegan food every Saturday at West Side Park to anyone that wants to eat.

markets Market at the Square Lincoln Square Village, U, 7am Patrons can choose from a wide variety of madein-Illinois goods at the Market, including fresh produce, meat and dairy products, prepared foods, plants, and ﬂowers to jewelry, pottery, wood workings, candles, bodycare products, garden decor and clothing.

volunteer UC Books to Prisoners work session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm

C, 5pm Brunch with Panache Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 10am Irish music with Emerald Rum Blind Pig Co., The, C, 5pm Live music at Carmon’s Carmon’s Restaurant, C, 5:30pm GTO & The Glasspaks Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm

dj Patio Party Cowboy Monkey, C, 5pm

dance music Country Western Dance Independent Order of Odd Fellows Arthur Lodge 742, U, 5pm, $2 Casual dress.

karaoke Dragon Karaoke with Paul Faber CJ Dane’s, Tolono, 7pm Rock Band Sundays Hosted by MC Remy Bentley’s Pub, C, 8pm

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Anything Goes Open Mic Night with Jeremy Harper Memphis on Main, C, 8:30pm Hosted by Jeremy Harper.

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Dinner with Panache Jim Gould Restaurant,

Pizza, Pitcher, & A Movie Canopy Club, U, 4:45pm

Featuring Doghouse; Snatch; Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels; and Commando.

stage Monday Night Improv Courtyard Cafe — Illini Union, U, 8pm

classes & workshops recreation 40 North presents West African Drum Classes Capoeira Academy, C, 4pm, $12 students, $15 adults per class Classes taught by master drummer Bolokada Conde. All levels from beginner to advanced. West African Dance Classes with Djibril Camara Channing-Murray Foundation, U, 6pm, $10-12 Guests can attend regularly or drop in for single sessions.

monday 7th live music Free Show with The Gold Tops Memphis on Main, C, 10pm Monday Night Live Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm $2 Too Wild Mondays with Jobu Canopy Club, U, 10pm

dj Industrial Night: DJ SorceryKid presents Nekromancy Chester Street, C, 9pm, $2 ‘80s Night with DJ Mingram Highdive, C, 10pm

Infant/Toddler/Preschool Summer Swim Lessons Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), C, 6pm, $41-$51

game-playing Board Game Night with DJ Casanova Radio Maria, C, 10:30pm

kids & families O Baby! Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am, 10:30am Drop in any Monday for twenty minutes of lap bouncing, nursery rhymes, music activities, easy listening, and play time for the littlest ones. No registration.

classes & workshops MELD (Monday Evening Life Drawing) Group McGowan Studios, C, 7pm, $7 An informal and noninstructional evening of drawing the human form.

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Mike Ingram Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm Simply sign up at the front of the stage before 9:45pm.

buz z ’s WEEK AHEAD Rock Band Sundays Bentley’s Pub 419 N. Neil St., C Sunday, September 6 8 p.m,

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I attend Rock Band Sundays Hosted by MC Remy at Bentley’s Pub in Champaign on Sunday. It’s going to be like karaoke, but for video game nerds. I charm the ladies with my angelic tenor vocals, then finish the set list with a heartbreaking rendition of “When You Were Young” by The Killers. There won’t be a dry eye in the house, and the women will be putty in my hands. — Matt Carey, Movies Editor

Infant/Toddler/Preschool Summer Swim Lessons Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), C, 6pm, $41-$51 Weekly Red Pin Bowling Special Illini Union, U, 6pm

game-playing Boltini TNT with Ben Gorski Boltini Lounge, C, 7pm WPGU presents Trivia Diner hosted by Fishing With Dynamite Canopy Club, U, 7pm

volunteer UC Books to Prisoners work session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 7pm

kids & families Tuesday Twos Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am, 10:30am, 11:15am

lgbt Rainbow Coffeehouse Wesley-United Methodist Church & Wesley Foundation, U, 6:30pm

Corn Desert Ramblers Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm mind/body/spirit The Piano Man Canopy Club, U, 9pm Tarot Card Readings dance music CG Productions presents Carmon’s Restaurant, C, Maniac Mondays RockStar Karaoke featur- 5:30pm, $15 Cowboy Monkey, C, ing Matt Fear food & drink 4pm Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Krannert Uncorked karaoke karaoke Krannert Center for the MCJS Karaoke “G”-Force Karaoke Performing Arts, U, 5pm American Legion Post 24, Memphis on Main, C, A free sampling of selecC, 7:30pm 9pm tions from area beverage CG Productions presents MCJS Karaoke distributors and comRockStar Karaoke featur- American Legion Post 24, plimentary cheese and ing Matt Fear C, 7:30pm crackers. Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 10pm CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featur- wednesday 9th open mic ing Crazy Craig live music Open Stage for Bands/ Geo’s, U, 9pm Musicians Paul Faber hosts Dragon Woody Woodward Organ Memphis on Main, C, Karaoke Trio 8pm The Clark Bar, C, 9pm Iron Post, U, 5pm, $3 CG Productions presents Donnie Heitler movies RockStar Karaoke featur- Great Impasta, U, 6pm The Women’s Resources ing DJ Switch Dave Cooper and Joni Center presents: WRC Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm Dreyer Film Series Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaWomen’s Resource Cen- open mic voy, 8pm ter, C, 7pm Open Mic Night with Caleb Cook

Tarrot Card Reading Carmon’s Creperie 415 N Neil St., C Tuesday, September 8 7 p.m. I’m heading out to the Tuesday night Tarot Card Reading at Carmon’s in downtown Champaign. Apparently, these have been a regular thing lately and no one ever told me. I’m in desperate need of some serious cosmic clarification lately, so count me in for some crepes, absinthe, and fortune telling. I just hope I like what I see; but if I don’t, I guess that’s what the absinthe is for. — Maggie Carrigan, Food & Drink Editor

Saturday Night Throwdown featuring DJ Mertz. Boltini 211 N. Neil St., C Saturday, September 5 10 p.m. I’m heading to Boltini, one of my favorite downtown Champaign bars to hear DJ Mertz spin on Saturday. He always throws down the hottest beats and never fails to get the crowd bumping. His tracks are just what I need to unwind after a stressful week of school — not to mention the fantastic martinis! — Jean Kim, Arts Editor

New Ruins and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone Courtyard Cafe Student Union Courtyard, C Saturday, September 4 8 p.m. On Friday, I plan to walk a whole eight minutes to the Union’s Courtyard Cafe to check out New Ruins and Casiotone For the Painfully Alone. An interesting combination of a local success story and a California-based solo act, I cannot stress enough how great it is to have (cheap!) shows in such a close proximity. Though I’ve seen both acts before in CU, I look forward to seeing how their sound will translate in the somewhat awkward vicinity of the Courtyard. So far, I can’t complain. — Amanda Shively, Music Editor

Tango Night Cowboy Monkey Wednesday, September 9 8 p.m. I’ve always had a little bit of an obsession with all things south of the border. There’s something so inherently mesmerizing and just plain sexy about Central and South American cultures, particularly when it comes to dance. That’s why I’ll be attending Tango Night at Cowboy Monkey on Wednesday night. I’ve always wanted to learn some of those sultry, sensual moves that have made their way from Argentina up to the good ol’ U.S. of A., and DJ Joe Grohens will be spinning some mad tracks. Sounds like a nice break from all of my work. — Michell Eloy, Community Editor

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dj Country Dancing at Bradley’s II Bradley’s II, C, 9pm, $5 Hillbilly Humpday with DJ Halfdead Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Tavern, Tolono, 8pm DJ LEGTWO Boltini Lounge, C, 9pm Weekly Top 40 Chester Street, C, 9pm Physical Challenge Dance Night Canopy Club, U, 10pm I Love the ‘90s Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm

dance music Tango Night with DJ Joe Grohens Cowboy Monkey, C, 8pm Free lesson at 7:30pm. Salsa Night with DJ Juan follows. Swing Dance Illini Union, U, 9:30pm

Any level of dance experience is welcome, from new beginners to experienced dancers. Weekly Salsa Night Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm

karaoke CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring DJ Switch The Corner Tavern, Monticello, 8pm The Legendary Karaoke Night with The Outlaw White Horse Inn, C, 9pm Wednesday Night Karaoke with Paul Faber’s Dragon Productions La Gourmandise Bistro on Main, U, 9pm CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring Crazy Craig Geovanti’s, C, 10pm “G” Force Karaoke/DJ at Fat City Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 10pm

Topless Female Dancers 18 to enter • Mon-Thur 8pm-1am • Fri-Sat 8pm-2am • $5 Cover (Always Hiring, We’ll Train)

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open mic Open mic at Green St. Green St. Cafe, C, 8pm Open Stage Comedy Night Memphis on Main, C, 9pm Sign up one hour before the show. Original material only. Open-Mic Night Radio Maria, C, 10:30pm Hosted by Jake Fleischli of Tractor Kings and Jared Roberts of Zero Base.

markets Market on Main Mahomet Community Center, Mahomet, 3pm

recreation Infant/Toddler/Preschool Summer Swim Lessons Activities and Recre-

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Mastery of Consciousness: How to become a stronger force for good in the world School of Metaphysics, U, 7:30pm, $20 per week In this course you will learn how to apply 13 universal laws into your life and and learn to use the ten essential lifeskills necessary for whole-mind thinking.

support groups Coming Out Support Group Illini Union, U, 7pm Safe place to listen, talk and learn about sexual identity and coming out issues.

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For the last time ladies, tights and skin-tight leggings are NOT, and I repeat, NOT the same as pants. You should be wearing a dress or a tunic (long shirt girls, as in covers your butt) with the tights/leggings. Regular shirts with just tights makes you look: a) very oddly and unflatteringly shaped, and b) like some sort of trampy weirdo. Unless that’s what you’re going for, in which case good job, I guess.

The people who ride their bikes on this campus are driving me nuts. I got hit while walking down the sidewalk this week by some jackass on a bike, and he didn’t even apologize, he just kept right on going. There are specific sections of the sidewalk and street for you to ride your bike on, use them!

Students, let’s have a little more self-respect, shall we? I understand that many of you are in pursuit of a black-out night full of binge drinking, low standards and near everything short of flat-out prostitution, but can you do it a little more discretely? Take for example this past Friday night. As I walked down Green Street, I was flashed, called a hooker (I was wearing jeans, a modest v-neck shirt and flip flops, mind you) and witnessed someone spew — all before 11:00 p.m. Please don’t let your “good time” interfere with mine. Kthankxbye.

I had a summer job at a country club that I started off hating. I actually never stopped hating it, but I learned to like the people. So I decided to stay through the school year too. My co-workers were fun and the members were always polite and interesting to talk to. It was the management that was insane. I really wanted to be a good employee, though, since I have spent my life half-assing my jobs. When my schedule started getting sticky at the start of school due in part to my other (better) job and my course load, I did the responsible thing and made sure I always called to let them know what was up as soon as I knew I would be late or needed to switch some shifts around. What did I get back? Managers making up stories about me and treating me like a small child while insulting my intelligence. Excuse me, I’m working hard to even work here right now and this is what I get from you? Fine. So I up and quit a few hours before my Saturday night shift. Since I’m obviously so irresponsible and infantile, I’m sure you’re all better off without me on this exceptionally busy evening.

Fuck Customers: Why the fuck are people so inconsiderate? Working in retail makes you realize how fucked up and selfish some people really are. Especially the ones with serious B.O.

Someone needs to tell X-Wires that you are not supposed to lose Internet for multiple days every singe time it rains. Some of us use it for more than porn and Facebook.

Though I commend CU for attempting to have a bike-friendly community, their use of bike lanes is rather bizarre. You’ll be riding on one and it will end suddenly, throwing you onto the sidewalk. And they don’t seem to be thought out at all — some blocks have them, some don’t. Some kind of consistency would be useful and maybe some signs about where the major bike lanes are to get you from C to U? Right now the best way seems to be the corridor north of Green street, but due to the student presence in that area, you are extremely likely to get a flat from all the broken bottles that never get cleaned up. A second note, the bike paths, the streets, and the sidewalks in general, are also horribly maintained. Broken, misaligned, and wavy paths make for a horrible ride. Please CU, help a biker out.

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2 5+

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704 W. Western, U.

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DOIN’ IT WELL

BY JO SANGER AND ROSS WANTLAND

GETTING FIT

Why they love the pole

Recently, Ross was talking to a friend who took a pole dancing class at Flirty Girl Fitness, a gym in Chicago that specializes in exercise a la strip club dancing. She and her friends really enjoyed the experience, so “Doin’ It Well” decided to interview these women to find out more about their perspectives and understand stripper aerobics a little better. Over the past five years, pole and chair dancing classes, along with a host of other stripperinspired fitness routines have swept the nation. Even before Carmen Electra released her Aerobic Striptease videos, women who are not working in strip clubs have wanted to learn how to perform like women who do. Many women who take these classes leave in awe of the performance of women in strip clubs, of the muscle strength and control that the moves take, all while looking sexy.

that in a way that feels safer and gives you more control.” The women also found Flirty Girl to be welcoming because as women of color, they appreciated that many of the women who were staff and customers were also women of color. Grad Student said, “It didn’t feel like we had to ascribe to ideal/European standards of sexy. There were all different body sizes and shapes ... Women were there in sweats and ponytails, not all done up and made up to be super gorgeous. It was more like a real gym class.”

WHERE THE GIRLS ARE

Flirty Girl boasts they are “Chicago’s hottest women’s ﬁtness and lifestyle facility.” In addition to pole dancing, chair dancing, video vixen classes, women can also take kickboxing or boot camp classes, get manicure or visit the bar (juice or liquor). Imani (a pseudonym) said, “Probably what I liked most was that they seemed to be very focused on promoting women’s health and empowerment — there were a number of classes ... that were not in the pole dancing ‘genre’, but that were geared towards general women’s ﬁtness, like kickboxing.” As a women-only club, men aren’t even allowed in the waiting room. As Sasha said, “The class was a lot of fun and the instructor made it fun. She encouraged us to feel comfortable in our own skin and that made it enjoyable. Also, the space is strictly for women so that made it a nice place to hang out.” Grad Student added, ” I think there are a lot of women who [have wanted] to be that woman for a while — intrigued by what they know about strip clubs — and like the opportunity to try

SEXUAL EMPOWERMENT ON A POLE

We asked the women if the experience changed how they felt about themselves sexually. Several of the women talked about feeling freer with their bodies after the classes. Imani said, “I tend to be less comfortable with my sexuality, particularly in comparison to some of my friends. Going to Flirty Girl helped me to ‘come out of my shell’ and feel a little more comfortable with moving my body in more sexual ways.” Others talked about feeling more sensual and more connected to their bodies after the experience.

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empowered by it and enjoyed it. As Firewoman said, “[Y]ou felt comfortable in your own skin and learned how you can be sexy and healthy at the same time.” It is perhaps each of our ability to make these thoughtful choices that keeps us “Doin’ It Well.” Check us out next week when we’ll explore a reader question about what to do when you ﬁnd your partner’s “goody drawer!” Send Jo and Ross your questions and thoughts to buzzdoinitwell@yahoo.com

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Free Will Astrology september 3 - September 9 ARIES

(March 21-April 19)

Your assignment is to get angry in the most unique, brilliant, and constructive way possible. Merely being annoyed and muttering generic curses will definitely not be sufficient. Nor will it work for you to get consumed in knee-jerk rage or to be peeved about the same old boring targets that everyone reacts to. What the cosmos needs from you this week, Aries, is a controlled explosion of liberated, compassionate, laser-sharp fury that will fuel your ingenious drive to change everything for the better.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20)

Are you having intense cravings for candy? Do you find yourself leaning in the direction of sappy emotions and syrupy words? That’s what my astrological projections suggest. And if that’s indeed the case, I’d like to steer you in a different direction. It’s not that an extravagant involvement in chocolate and sentimentality is wrong or bad. But what you truly need, in my opinion, is a more muscular, provocative sweetness. A wilder, more vibrant sweetness. A sweetness that can smash obstacles and incite high magic.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20)

I won’t protest if you try to conceal yourself from bullies or gossips or critics or narcissists. You have cosmic permission to hunker down and keep a low profile. But please don’t hide from yourself. In fact, I encourage you to make yourself extra available to yourself. Listen respectfully to the questions and comments that your shadow murmurs in your inner ear. Be eager to tune in to the messages your body is longing to tell you. These communications might sometimes be a minor pain in the ego, but the long-term benefits to your soul could be substantial.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22)

I have tuned in to your yearning for resolution, O Seeker. I know that your heart fervently wants the riddles to run their course, the mysteries to be revealed, the uncertainties to be quelled. And I have ransacked my imagination in search of what consolation I might provide to appease your quest for neat, simple truths. But what I have concluded, O In-Between One, is that any solutions I might try to offer you would not only be fake, but also counterproductive. What you actually need, I suspect, are not answers to your urgent questions, but rather, better questions; more precisely formulated questions; more ruthlessly honest questions. Dig deeper, please. Open wider. Think fatter.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)

No one knew there was coal in the United States until 1790. A hunter who was wandering near Pennsylvania’s Broad Mountain stumbled upon it accidentally when his campfire lit up an outcropping of pure anthracite. That discovery was both a blessing and a curse; since then, the mining of coal has yielded abundant energy but also environmental degradation. I predict a metaphorically similar event for you in the coming days, Leo. You will inadvertently find a potentially enormous source of valuable fuel that will, like coal, present you with both rich opportunities and knotty dilemmas.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

I dare you to say yes to a possibility you’ve said no to in the past. I double dare you to try an impossible thing before lunch each day. I triple dare you to imagine you’re a genius at inspiring people to like you and help you. I quadruple dare you to drive overly stable people crazy for all the right reasons. I quintuple dare you to fantasize that your so-called delusions of grandeur have begun to contain more than a few grains of truth. I know a 19-year-old woman who has been going through an especially vivid phase of living on the edge between yes and no. She told me that yesterday morning she woke up with the feeling that in the next 12 hours she could either commit suicide or else perform some epic deed in which she surpassed all of her previous limits. She chose the latter path, completing an 18-mile bike ride that tested her endurance and drove her into the heights of exhilaration. As she pedaled, she drove herself onward with the throbbing thought that this was a perfect way to silence the self-destructive voice within her. I offer her victory to 22

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Let’s take inventory of your harvest, Scorpio. What blossomed for you these past months? Which of the seeds you planted last March and April sprouted into ripe, succulent blossoms? Which seeds grew into hard, spiky clumps? And what about weeds, pests, and predators? Were you tireless about keeping them away from your beauties? Finally, what did you learn about growing things that could give you a green thumb when you cultivate your seeds in the next cycle?

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Before she became a rock goddess, Gwen Stefani cleaned the floors at an ice cream parlor. Prior to ascending to stardom, Ellen DeGeneres was an oyster shucker, Keanu Reeves worked a janitor, and Brad Pitt performed as a giant chicken mascot. As for me, my gig as an internationally syndicated astrologer was not my first. Among many other things, I washed enough pots and pans in cheap restaurants to fulfill my dishwashing karma for my next five incarnations. I hope these examples serve to inspire you, Sagittarius. Even during the down economy, the next six months will provide you with ripe astrological conditions for upgrading your job. And the coming weeks will be prime time to brainstorm about how to go about it.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

I know some brave pioneers who make responsible use of psychotropic drugs as they map out the borderlands of consciousness. I’m glad they’re doing that work, but my path is different. I don’t indulge in marijuana, LSD, ayahuasca, or psilocybin. However, my many years of doing meditation, dream work, and various spiritual practices have nevertheless transformed me into a radical mystic with some of the same knowledge that the psychedelic experimenters have. Keep that disclaimer in mind as you ruminate on my advice for you, which is this: Blow your own mind, baby. Raise your expectations, supercharge your fantasy life, and make forays out into the frontiers. Get high in ways that are appropriate to your ethical code.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

I love the new neighborhood I just moved to. It’s insanely eclectic. Modern suburban-like homes with impeccable emerald-green lawns stand right next door to bedraggled 1950s-style ranch houses with unfinished plywood for garage doors and high brown weeds blanketing the front yards. A rusty mustard-yellow 1977 Cadillac Seville sporting a McCain-Palin bumper sticker is parked on the street next to a shiny 2007 Volvo with a sticker that advises, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Aging rednecks with fishing gear scattered in the driveway live next door to hipster musicians who blast psychedelic folk songs from their garage rehearsal space. I urge you to hang out in places like this in the coming weeks: where diversity rules, where the pigeonholes are exploded, where variety is not just the spice of life but the main course.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)

The month of August brought you some peculiar advances. You got a reward that didn’t mean as much to you as it might have had you received it earlier. You outgrew an enigma that had puzzled and frustrated you forever. And you finally wriggled free of a shadowy game that you had been attached to long after it lost its power to educate you. As curious as these wistful breakthroughs have been, they are prologue to what’s headed your way. Get ready to solve a problem you didn’t even know you loved.

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1 Dinner follower, on some dates 2 More likely to join Mensa 3 Put that in your pipe and smoke it 4 Like the sky just after sunset 5 Env. attachment 6 “Top Chef Masters” host Kelly 7 Like bodies, after gravity takes over 8 With jaw to floor 9 Some tournament rounds 10 Substance in some cough syrups 11 Top-ranked tennis player Ivanovic 12 “SNL” alum Tina 16 My, to Mitterrand 18 I as in Innsbruck? 21 Da ___ (Vietnamese port city) 25 Palme ___ (Cannes film award) 26 1040 digits: abbr. 28 Green fruit 29 ___ instant 30 Neutral shade 32 Clear the screen 33 “Ha!,” in chat 34 Where newspaper may be laid down 35 Shrek, e.g. 36 Conservative opener 39 TV bounty hunter 40 Alternative to Reuters 41 Lose an opportunity 42 Rock sci. 43 “In Utero” band 44 Withers 45 She can see the future 50 Reason for a medal 51 Come up 52 Costly 53 Whisky ___ (L.A. rock club) 54 Reeeeeeally long time 56 “My mama done ___ me...” 57 “Provided that...” 58 Card or Cub, for short 59 Pink Floyd member Barrett 60 Overly

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Joe Parker — bastard from a basket!

AND ANOTHER THING ...

by MICHAEL COULTER

Cashing in on cool Get your kicks on route Clorox When I was in high school, sounds like an awesome idea. The voice on our Lou Reed was about the cool- GPS now is an annoying woman whose voice is est guy I could think of. Even the equivalent of chewing foil by the time we’re now, he still seems pretty five minutes out of town. Bob’s raspy drawl would cool. Back then, he was cool be a completely welcome addition to any road trip. because he sang songs that Geez Louise, I’d turn the GPS on if I was just going were completely different to the local grocery store. from the life I was living and As cool as it sounds, there are some obvious it seemed adventurous. Now he seems cool be- drawbacks I can think of. First of all, I can’t uncause he’s still alive and that seems to spit in the derstand about half of the things he’s saying the very face of science. His albums have always first time I listen to his records. This is fine if you’re been pretty hit or miss, but I still listen to each sitting on the couch with the liner notes, but I one of them like it’s something special. The only would imagine it’s not handy to have to check time I questioned him was in the 1980s when he the glossary every time before you make a turn. did a scooter commercial for Honda. Hell, even Second of all, I feel like since the man preferred the commercial was pretty cool, but it was still a to take the road less traveled his voice would, as commercial and that didn’t seem so cool to me. It well. “Hey, you could make a right turn in 400 almost seemed like Sweet Lou was betraying me. Other celebrities can do whatever “... if you’re famous, you’re selling they want, but the cool ones really almost have to play by a different set of rules to something. If Charles Manson make me happy. ever gets paroled, I’m sure his only Looking back, it really was sort of jarring, gritty street scenes of New York real career opportunities lie in him flashed as the instrumental part of Lou’s being a pitchman.” song “Walk on the Wild Side” played in the background. At the end, we see Lou sitting feet and get on the interstate, but how about we on a freaking little scooter and he says, ”Don’t take a little detour and go over this rickety assed settle for walkin’.” Lou always seemed clever in bridge about ten miles down the road? What do his songs when he was singing about an addic- you say, partner?” tion, or a transvestite, or some freaky chick he was Still, if anyone is going to tell me what to do, I’m doing. Virtually any joke made about a scooter, fairly sure Bob would make it go down easier. The however, isn’t clever, particularly when its made more I think about it, I really wish more celebrities by Lou Reed. If it was meant to be absurd, I could would lend their voices to products I use. Instead have understood, but the sincerity only seemed of a buzzing alarm clock, I would love to have the to make it worse. sultry tones of Neko Case asking me if I’d like to It was still impossible for me to hate him though. sleep for ten more minutes. It would seem comI get the feeling he never really cashed in on all pletely appropriate if Tom Waits’ gravelly voice those records he made. He had about a song and told me my morning coffee was ready. They could a half that would maybe be considered borderline even make a pocket breathalyzer with Lindsay hits and that was about it. If anybody deserved a Lohan’s voice that could possibly make most of payday for all his overlooked work, it was probably us swear off the booze forever. Lou. I suppose a scooter commercial was as good I guess I’m now okay with my cultural heroes bea way to sell out as any. It’s not like there are a lot ing in advertisements. Part of that is probably just of syringe commercials on television. He took his facing facts; it’s going to happen, so get used to it. money and ran, and honestly, it’s hard for me to The other part is a little rule I’ve always followed. blame him in any way. If someone wants to give you money, shut your I’m sure this forgiveness comes to me easier freaking mouth and take it. If I’m honest, I really nowadays. It’s all part of the deal; if you’re famous, don’t like Lou Reed’s music any less because he you’re selling something. If Charles Manson ever was in a scooter commercial and I’m sure I won’t gets paroled, I’m sure his only real career oppor- quit listening to Bob Dylan’s music if he’s the voice tunities lie in him being a pitchman. of a GPS system. Sure, it still feels a little weird but I started thinking about all of this when I read I think that’s only because I want to keep them all a quick little article that Bob Dylan was thinking to myself. Let them sell whatever they want to the about lending his voice to car companies for their masses. When you really think about it, the worst GPS systems. I must have completely softened to thing that could happen is that the world’s a little the idea of commercialism, because I think that bit of a cooler place.

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