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Your adversaries may have a tough time of it in the coming days. I bet their schemes will backfire, their bad hair days will be frequent, their ignorance will be glaringly visible, and the trouble they've caused will be punished. How should you react? You're allowed exactly one hour of gloating. Anything more will put you at risk of becoming more like them, which would be costly. In fact, I urge you to take this opportunity to disengage from them completely. Summon as much love and forgiveness as you can, beam it their way, and then do all you can to free yourself forever of their hold on your emotions and their influence on your actions.

TAU RU S

(April 20-May 20)

The Johor Baru prison in Malaysia has begun offering thrill-seekers the opportunity to stay overnight. For a mere $17, a curious traveler can experience the adventure of getting locked in a dank cell, eating bad food, and having no pillow while sleeping on a wormy mattress. I sincerely hope that none of you will travel to this new tourist attraction in the coming week. For that matter, I trust you won't check into a metaphorical version of the place, either. There is absolutely no reason for you to visit other people's hells or mistake meaningless ordeals for adventures.

GEMINI

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In the song "We Are Nowhere and It's Now," Bright Eyes' lead singer Conor Oberst croons, "I'm always lost in thought as I walk a block to my favorite neon sign." I love the fact that he has a

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"Dear Rob: I was watching TV coverage of New Orleans in the aftermath of the hurricane. At one point the helicopter's camera focused on a casino whose roof was on fire even though it was surrounded by floodwater. In a burst of recognition I thought, that's exactly how I feel right now—the lower part of me soaked, the top half of me blazing, and yet I'm unable to douse the fire with the water or evaporate the water with the fire. That was a while ago, but I still find myself in the same fix. Any advice? -Leo in Tucson." Dear Leo: In the coming week I suspect you will locate a resource or secret that will help you get the fire and water to work together synergistically.

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o-workers are fantastic to drink with. Especially co-workers that you don’t usually see outside of work. This past weekend the Illini Media Company hosted a barn dance for its employees. And there was free beer.And free food.And it was excellent. The Buzz, the DI, WPGU and most of the professional staff showed up and partook in the party. Everything went quite well. There was a bonfire, always a good time, a barn (although the music was pretty lame), and free beer. And the beer worked. But there was a downside to the night: the bus driv-

er that took us to and from the barndance. Let’s just say she wasn’t a happy person.At all. First of all, she got in two separate arguments with one of the nicest people I know, Sarah Cain. And Sarah was sober. Her two biggest offenses, though, involved numerous people, including little old me. There were two trips needed to bring people home from the barn. On the first trip, instead of filling the bus, she shut the door in the face of a few of us waiting to get on and sped off, leaving us there pounding on the door. And when she finally picked us up, she kicked us off the bus for singing. Gee, who’d’ve thought some drunk kids would sing on a schoolbus? Lighten up lady! Hell, lighten up everyone! And have a little fun, too. - Paul

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(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Your homework assignment for this week, should you choose to accept it, is to write an essay entitled "What I Didn't Do This Summer." In it, I'd like you to describe the exploits and projects you could have embarked on but never got around to, the changes you might have initiated but didn't, and the relationships you wished you would have deepened and enriched but instead neglected. The purpose is not so much to make you feel guilty but rather to get you motivated to do in the next few weeks what you missed doing the last three months. (To Virgos living in the Southern Hemisphere: Write an essay on "What I Didn't Do This Winter.")

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

There are still unexplored areas of the world--Antarctica, New Guinea, and the Amazon, for instance--but every square foot of Europe and North America has been charted, right? Wrong. Dick McDermott, a 92-year-old hiker, recently discovered a previously unknown 400-foot waterfall in the California wilderness. It's not on the map, and even the rangers of the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area were unaware of it. I predict you will soon enjoy a comparable find, Libra. Turf you thought you had all figured out will reveal hidden wonders.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

In a series of articles about the Burning Man festival a few weeks ago, the San Francisco Chronicle included brief profiles of selected revelers. One woman named Mai testified that she planned to do things differently in this, her third visit to the annual week-long party in the Nevada desert. "I'm gonna try to remember more this time," she promised. That would be excellent approach for you to use in the coming days, Scorpio. The adventures will be arriving in fast and furious abundance, and though it may be a challenge for you to recall every single one of their many valuable teachings, you should try to do just that.

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In his book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann says that much of what we thought we knew is wrong. For example, civilization in the New World was in some ways more advanced than in Europe. Cities like the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had large populations that enjoyed clean streets, botanical gardens, and running water. Farmers in the Amazon exploited the resources of the rain forest without damaging it. Indigenous American philosophers developed sophisticated forms of democracy, while scientists developed ingenious techniques for breeding corn. I hope you'll do a similar revisioning of your own past in the coming weeks, Cancerian. It's a perfect time to come to a fresh, updated understanding of your personal history.

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favorite neon sign. Many people have a beloved tree or mountain or beach, but they would never deign to have a special fondness for a functional human-made object like a neon sign. Let his eccentric tenderness be an inspiration to you, Gemini. Look for beauty in people, places, and things you normally consider bereft of it.

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German theologian Mar tin Luther (1483-1546) loved the Christian tradition but developed a deep dissatisfaction with what he regarded as the mistaken policies of the Church. In 1517 he wrote his famous "95 Theses," a manifesto of his complaints, and nailed the document to the door of a church in Wittenberg. The uproar that ensued eventually led to fundamental shifts in the practice of Christianity. I call on you to create your own version of the "95 Theses" in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Ar ticulate your critiques of an

institution that you value and respect, and bring them to the attention of people who would be willing to work with you to initiate reform.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Psychologist Rollo May spoke of how impor tant it is not to be drowned in the grungy flow of ever yday life. To stay sane, let alone be healthy, we need influences that captivate our imaginations and remind us how we're more than the thousands of details that demand our attention from minute to minute. That's why he recommended that we seek out inspiring symbols and myths. They take us out of and beyond ourselves, evoking a purifying release. I bring this to your attention, Capricorn, because it's a great time for you to go shopping for fresh symbols and myths. To stimulate your imagination, here's a motif to consider: "Open sesame," the magical formula that Ali Baba used to unseal the door to a cave full of treasure in Arabian Nights.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

"Ninety-nine percent of the world is asleep," Meg Ryan's character tells Tom Hanks' character in the film, Joe Versus the Volcano. "The one percent that is awake remains in a constant state of amazement." I nominate you Aquarians to be the ringleaders of that one percent in the coming week. The astrological omens suggest you will be shocked awake (but in a friendly way!) by a minor miracle, whereupon you will be visited by a steady surge of beguiling ephemera, curious teachings, and changes that inspire quiet awe, not to mention sudden deliverances from boring evils and enigmatic delights generated by unseen presences.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)

"Belief is the end of intelligence," says philosopher Robert Anton Wilson. The moment you become attached to an opinion or theory, no matter how good or true or beautiful it might seem, you're no longer fully open to the mysteries that life brings you. Your perceptiveness wanes and your understanding shrinks. This is always important to keep in mind, of course, but especially so this week. A wave of raw truth is headed your way, and yet you will miss it completely unless you take a vacation from your beliefs about the way the world works. Homework: Do you have a liability that can be turned into an asset with little (or a lot) of work? Testify at www.freewillastrology.

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confused, but I always walked away feeling OK about the whole experience. Plus, math was better than a Fellini movie because pretentious people at a party donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to stand around talking about math. According to a recent AP-AOL poll, four out of 10 people said they hated math in school. I usually reserve the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;hateâ&#x20AC;? for special things, like Hitler, Rosie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell and our president, so it seems like too strong a word for a bunch of numbers, but how can I argue? The kids overseas who are really good at math probably arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even aware they have the option of hating it, so at least we still have our freedom of choice â&#x20AC;Ś even if we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t multiply two-digit numbers together. The only math I was really good at was a few weeks of statistics in college. The first lessons were on how to figure batting average and ERA in baseball. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known that since I was five. Next, we were supposed to learn the odds in horse racing, which Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known since I was ten. I felt I was very skilled at statistics at this juncture and began using my class time to drink beer and watch TV. I thought I loved the class until I took the midterm.Who would have ever envisioned you could use statistics for something other than sports? I quickly dropped that class.

Apparently though, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hate learning, just math. In fact, many people on the survey wished they had paid closer attention in their foreign language classes. Sadly, I was one of the few who actually paid attention in my foreign language class and still found little use for it. The problem was that I took French. When children from a Southern Illinois farming community would have occasion to speak French is a question that apparently never occurred to the school board. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure whether they were expecting an influx of French immigrants in the coming years or if they expected a bunch of hillbilly farmers to frequently travel to France, but it was the only foreign language they offered at the time. From what I remember, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even really useful French. Most of it had to do with libraries or skiing trips. I would wager that few in the class have since been to a library or gone skiing in the United States. The fact that we are also able to not do those things in France really seems a bit overkill. Plus, hearing a bastardized version of French spoken with a distinctive Midwestern twang didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really make any of us appear smarter. Imagine Gomer Pyle saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bonjour!â&#x20AC;? and you sort of get the idea. Personally, the one subject I never much

understood was science-any portion of it. Sure, there was the brief satisfaction of cutting open a frog because the teacher actually told you to, but otherwise it was lost on me. The worst part was that I could see that the other kids understood it much better than I did. I still canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t name the symbol for one element on the periodic table, and the only reason I ever passed the test to begin with was because I had the answers written under my Michael Coulter is a videographshirt sleeve. Sadly, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possibly the rea- er, comedian son Americans have managed and sort of a to come out on top after all smart-ass. But these years. We hate math and we love him anywe hate science, but we sort of way, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enjoy giving the illusion that know why. Probably we are at least competent, because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so whether by cheating or by damn funny. memorizing a useless formula. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be honest, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone months without using much math or science, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to get through a day without cheating in some way, shape or form. Nowadays, I just call it â&#x20AC;&#x153;fudging a little bitâ&#x20AC;? instead of cheating. Maybe I learned more than I ever thought I did.

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The lone figure standing amongst them is Yuri Orlov (Nicholas Cage). After a solemn pause, he turns to the camera and says,â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every 12 people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other 11?â&#x20AC;? Orlovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening maxim sets the stage for Lord of War, a visceral look at the cut-throat world of gun running and the people who run them. He makes a sly joke about his business as naturally as a car salesman would. And so far, Orlov has ignored the moral strings attached to his trade, but as he rises to power, the ramifications behind his merchandise begin to seep into our anti-heroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conscious. Growing up in Brooklyn, the Ukrainianborn Orlov and his brother,Vitaly (Jared Leto), witness the murder and violence that plagues their community at the hands of the Russian mafia. But instead of being horrified by what he sees,Yuri becomes fascinated and realizes thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s money to be made. With Vitaly in tow, Orlov begins selling weapons to the most nefarious warlords and arms dealers in the world. Tailing them every step of the way is hard-nosed Interpol agent, Jack Valentine (Ethan Hawke). Yuri and Vitaly do just enough to cover their tracks and stay ahead of their pursuer. What better actor to portray the anti-hero than Cage? The man could charm the devil and probably sell him an Uzi while heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at it. Cage is the fuel for Lord of Warâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fire and the flames burn fervently. Are we supposed to love Yuri or hate him? Maybe we hate him for all the deaths and wars he supports, but we sympathize with him too. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about the perversion of the American Dream. Everyone wants to be a success and some will stop at nothing to do so. But sometimes the goal is lost in translation. One manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hopes and dreams are forged along a dark path. Unfortunately for Yuri, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too far down the trail to turn back and as a result, his world crumbles around him. Based on actual events and the accounts of a few cooperative arms dealers, Lord of War is a compelling tale that reveals the darker lengths some will resort to to achieve happiness. Similarly in Gattaca, writer/director Andrew Niccol dealt with the weighty issue of DNA LORD OF WAR â&#x20AC;˘ NICOLAS CAGE & IAN HOLM

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body fluids and sexual acts of every variety are all fair game. Again, nothing is sacred. There is no violence, nudity or anything that would be classified as visually appalling in the film, yet, it’s difficult to watch. Correction: hilariously difficult to watch. The Aristocrats is a smart, funny look into the world of stand-up comics and the joke that has been immortalized. Just as Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedian provided a unique look into the lives of two comedians, The Aristocrats allows the audience to see even further behind the scenes. The joke is not meant to THE ARISTOCRATS • PENN & TELLER be told to audiences, but rather from comedian end, the joke is a bit played and everyone in the to comedian backstage to see who can theatre needs a breath of fresh air.The only real one-up the other and tell it the filthiest. And flaw of the film is the editing, which is often overly obtrusive. Cutting from comic to comic, that’s exactly what gets played out on screen. The film features dozens of comedians sharing often in the middle of their telling the joke, the their thoughts on the joke, and often providing story gets so broken up that the joke loses some their own rendering of it. Drew Carey, George of its effect. A strange choice since the film is Carlin, Gilbert Gottfried and Bob Saget, to name entirely about the telling of the joke. Nevertheless, The Aristocrats is a film whose a few, all provide their own version of the joke. At 89 minutes, The Aristocrats still runs a bit flaws can easily be forgiven thanks to the hilarious long. The film literally is a “one-joke” feature, subject matter and wonderful ensemble cast of recycling the same joke over and over. By the comedians who make being funny look so simple.

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David try to figure out who she was and what her life was like. Together they learn that she was a doctor at a local hospital, whose devotion to her career never allowed room for any love or joy in her life. Sure enough, David and Elizabeth begin to fall for each other, and the underlying question becomes why no else but David can see her. Unfortunately for the film (and for us), there is nothing particularly ingenious or innovative about it. It’s predictable in the same way that all romantic comedies are. We know that JUST LIKE HEAVEN • somehow the movie will have to end on a happy note with David and Elizabeth together at last, it’s just a matter of how they get there. Moreover, the film never quite does enough with the deeper questions that arise throughout the story, such as the nature of spirits and their connections with humans. This isn’t to say, however, that Just Like Heaven doesn’t have its redeeming qualities. Take, for instance, the performance of the always sweet-natured Reese Witherspoon, who brings a sense of warmth and compassion to her role. The movie’s most touching moments

Call me a cynic, but ever since Coppola got all sophisto on us with his lucrative range of wines, every Tom, Dick and Harry wants on the bandwagon. Greta Garbo's 100th birthday is Oct. 1 and to celebrate 350 cases of limited-edition Garbo Brut Rose will be sold at Napa, California's Domaine Carneros Winery, for a surprisingly affordable $42. Apparently, though, it tastes like piss. Meanwhile, Frida Kahlo's estate is releasing a line of tequila. "She enjoyed tequila very much. She would drink it to inspire herself to do her paintings", explains the President of Dorado, Pizzorini & Sons. I take this message as meaning that I too can create art if I get tanked on tequila, but that's just me. You'd think that even the Weinstein Bros would have heard about Hurricane Katrina and the few knock-on effects it's had. If so, it seems a tad insensitive to release Venom, a Louisiana-based horror film, this week. Claims are "the plot is completely unrelated to the disaster in New Orleans.” Maybe, but the movie, which features killings and chaos in the state, might be a little too close for comfort? The official word from the Weinstein Bros is, "It's sort of in the eye of the beholder in terms of how closely someone might associate this movie with the real-life events in the wake of Hurricane Katrina". Well in that case it's all good. The former Yugoslavia was ravaged by the war that took place between 1992 and 1995 as Croats, Bosnians and Serbs fiercely fought for control. Few cities were as tragically hit as Mostar, which was practically reduced to rubble. Hence officials have sympathetically decided to protest against the perpetual issue of ethnic division by by erecting a symbolic statue in the city center park. But in a strange move, the icon will be of martial arts legend and definitely non-Yugoslav Bruce Lee. Apparently the late Enter The Dragon star is seen as a hero for people of all backgrounds, and thus deemed an appropriate symbol for peace, despite his propensity for pugilism.

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he lights are dimmed low before a sold-out show at the Canopy Club on Goodwin Ave. in Urbana. After an introduction by Urbana Booking Co. founder Seth Fein, Sufjan Stevens and his band, all dressed as Illinois cheerleaders, perform material from his acclaimed Illinoise LP, second in a series rumored to eventually feature all 50 states. Singing songs about a road trip to Decatur, serial killer John Wayne Gacy and Superman, Stevens gets creative (and campy) between songs with original cheers about the Land of Lincoln. “Sufjan’s artistry is amazing,” said Mike Ross, who, in a sport coat, might stand out from the mostly college-aged crowd. “I think it’s a really beautiful blending of sensibilities between the pop-rock thing and chamber music.” Ross, as the director of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, is committed to a wide, “no-brow” view of arts that serves a wide variety of patrons, but not just for any artist. “There’s got to be something really original about them, about their imagination, about their creativity,” he explained in a way that perfectly fits Stevens’ songwriting and arranging, praised by independent music fans and the decidedly more fickle National Public Radio set alike. “There’s got to be something soulful about the artist in the sense of being able to move someone.” Stevens’ performance last Thursday was the first of what’s being called a “fabulous experiment” by organizers Urbana Booking Co. and the Krannert Center. Stevens’ performance was the first time Krannert and Urbana Booking Co. have worked together. But, comin up, while Urbana Booking Co. hosts their Pygmalion Music Festival the weekend of Sept. 30, the Krannert Center will host their Wall to Wall Guitar Festival. Along with partner Mike Ingram, Fein is the “person who does stuff ” in the Urbana Booking Co., an independent booking organization responsible for many of the popular rock shows in C-U. Urbana Booking Co. represents the half of these collaborations geared toward a different market than the Krannert Center. Fein and Ross met each other through a mutual acquaintance as Fein was just beginning his career as a music promoter, though his reputation preceded him. “I became aware of Seth as the drummer of Absinthe Blind, which I had heard a lot about when I first came to town,” Ross s o u n d s

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mentioned in a joint interview. “My interests are in the blending of popular culture and high arts, so it’s just a natural thing to find out about.” After speaking to Ross, Fein realized this was the perfect opportunity to collaborate. “We got into a conversation about Björk. I had just started booking shows, and he was director of Krannert, and we just kind of said,‘Hey we should collaborate.’ It was not for another year or so that we even really started talking about doing it.” It turned out that they had more in common than simply sharing a market – they both had similar concepts of the arts. “We started this free-wheeling conversation about how it’s part of my philosophy of arts experience to direct a program that is ‘no-brow,’” said Ross. “It captures for me what I would like for the Krannert Center to have is the most open, ‘no-brow’ approach to doing what we do.” Fein came to Ross with ideas for how the two could work together on promoting performances when the opportunity emerged to bring Stevens to town. Originally, the show was scheduled at one of the Krannert Center theaters, but Krannert’s rigid schedule was unable to accommodate the more-freely-booked performances of pop artists. “As it turned out, it wasn’t able to happen at the Center on that date but Mike and his staff were so taken with Sufjan ...” Fein explained. Ross decided it would be best to hold the concert elsewhere, similar to the way programs like the Jazz Threads project used off-campus locations for some of the performances. “We also have had a great set of conversations with Ian Goldberg over at the Canopy about doing coordinated, complementary programming so it just seemed like a natural to think about doing it here, since Seth has been doing such great work with the Canopy.” Ross sees the Krannert Center as a vital bridge between the university and the community. “Part of that bridging is also working in collaborating with local ‘impresarios’ like Ian and Seth,” said Ross. Needless to say, the first collaboation between the Krannert

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formances which patrons of both festivals can same time the Krannert Center will be able to take advantage of. make an impression on new audiences, ones Tammey Kikta, the public information direc- who wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect Krannertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involvement tor at the Krannert Center, explained some in independent rock musicians like Stevens. of the goings-on. One of the most exciting There are countless possibilities for crossover opportunities is the John Lennon Educational between festivals. Fein named Andy Summers Tour Bus, which will be making a stop responsible for the spirit and sound of many during the festival. of the bands he The bus is a nonpromotes. profit state-of-the-art â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get more !"# $%&'()# *+,,+-. mobile recording stuinfluential in the rock dio. Two groups of scope than Andy %-)# .()/0# ,1%23 students will get to Summers,â&#x20AC;? he said. $%&# 4%-'0# 01+-5# meet with Wall to Wall He also metioned jazz artists and the busâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guitarist Pat Metheny, 0%# $%&(,)6"# 78%$3 traveling engineers for bluesman Taj Ma01/0# ()/66$# ,0+-5,3' the unique opportunihal, and producer ty to produce their Daniel Lanois (U2) as $%&# 01+-53# 79%23 own original songs. other important figEight podcasted interures Krannert is 01+,# :%**&-+0$# +, views with various bringing in. /*/;+-.< artists will occur The prevailing opinthroughout the day ion is that it is unfortu!"#$%&"'( =#>(8/-/#?%%5+-.#@%< with participation nate that the two festifrom Les Paul, local vals are competing for producer Mark Rubel listeners in the same and artistic advisor weekend. That, howDavid Spelman, a ever, is not how Fein friend of Ross and the creator of the New York or Ross view it. Guitar Festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprise me if some people were to Both Ross and Fein see benefits for listeners have the view that the two festivals were in comin this experiment. Ross explains that he petition or conflict with each other,â&#x20AC;? Ross said. expects to see his patrons trying new things â&#x20AC;&#x153;Totally complementary,â&#x20AC;? Fein insisted. thanks to his work. He hopes that some of â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is one of those situations where more is Krannertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current audience members will con- more,â&#x20AC;? Ross said. sider experiencing a new artist, and that at the Though fans might be forced to make choic-

es about what they will attend throughout the weekend, Fein takes that as a sign that curators and booking agents are doing their job to make Champaign-Urbana an exciting town. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that one of the best things that could happen is for someone to have to say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aww, shucks, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to this show because I have to go to another awesome show.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re missing one great show, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think to yourself â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;boy, that really stinks,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; you think, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wow, this community is amazing.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? In terms of music, Fein feels that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;between Krannert Center and the independent promoters, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t touch this [town] with a 10foot pole.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that mix of art and science in such a location that allows this community to absorb two festivals in the same weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just corn and soy, there are a lot of Nobel laureates around here,â&#x20AC;? Ross quiped. buzz The Wall to Wall Guitar Festival takes places Sept. 29 through Oct. 2 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and other locations in ChampaignUrbana. Tickets are on sale for some events, others are free to the public. For more information visit http://www.walltowallguitar.com. The Pygmalion Music Festival will occur Sept. 28 through Oct. 1.The performances will be at the Canopy Club, Cowboy Monkey, the Highdive, Mike â&#x20AC;&#x2122;n Mollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the Courtyard, and The Iron Post. Tickets are available for individual performances, or you can get a wristband that will give you admittance to any show for $25. The official website for the festival is http://www.pygmalionmusicfest.com.

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You have an unconventional way, not only of playing the guitar, but of holding the instrument itself, can you explain how and why?

Guitars are shaped like women, and like women sometimes they need to be cradled and loved, and sometimes they need to be spanked. Your fame has exploded in the last four years, from playing in small nightclubs and even subway stations to being on Conan and Letterman, how does this make you feel?

Conan and Letterman both made me feel really short. Where are you going?

To bed. I’ve found a few examples of you wanting your music to, “freak people out.” What exactly do you mean by this?

I have absolutely no idea. Drugs and television have ruined my memory. How does performing in Krannert’s Wall to Wall Guitar Festival compare to other venues you’ve played at and who are you most excited to play with there?

Sufjan Stevens: Sings songs, school spirit, and a human pyramid MICHAEL SCHIELE • CONTRIBUTING WRITER

n Thursday, Sept. 15, Sufjan Stevens (pronounced The band continued, interjecting cheers and chants Soof-yawn) and his Illinoisemakers celebrated probably for their favorite Illinois places, and then playing the the most exciting pep rally the University of Illinois has corresponding song. Peoria, Kankakee County, Decatur, ever seen. Touring under Sufjan’s newest record, Come and Metropolis all received their rightful praise. On! Feel the Illinoise! (Asthmatic Fans cheered and fawned over Kitty, 2005), the musicians pertheir homes or towns of oriformed a cycle of songs at the gin, a swelling of pride for Canopy Club centering around those lyrics or places that they the people, places and stories that could personally identify with, make Illinois feel like home to so those places they have seen many people. with their own eyes. The band, dressed in matchOf course, towns and places ing blue shirts emblazoned with weren’t the only subjects large orange I’s, orange pants or praised. “Casmir Pulaski skirts and pom-poms, hollered Day” chronicled the beautiful like an overly self-conscious first, and only, love of a young cheer group supporting their girl who dies of cancer while favorite team. the delicate ballad “John The band began with the Wayne Gacey, Jr.” croons and song “Fifty States,” sung in wilts like only a hymn for ode to the American ideal of a serial killer can. “Decatur, self discovery through travOr, A Round of Applause for el,“Pack up your bags, the fifty Your Stepmother,” details states; it’s part of the act, it’s Sufjan’s relationship with his never too late!”The song recstepmother and the history of ognized Sufjan’s self-proposed Decatur in an undeniably fun project to pen an album for exercise of rhyming ingenuity. Sufjan Stevens at the Canopy Club each of the 50 states. Illinoise! is Before the encore, Sufjan Sufjan’s second album in the series, behind his home and his band mates conducted another Sufjan-led state of Michigan. cheer, this one about Metropolis, and executed a real Sufjan’s densely orchestrated and conducted songs life human pyramid while Sufjan proudly displayed the sounded lush and engaging despite some huge holes in Illinois seal. For the encore, Sufjan joked, “We almost instrumentation.Yet, with banjo, guitar, electric guitar, forgot our theme song,” as the band broke into the anxbass, drums, trumpet, trombone, triangle, tambourine, iously requested “Chicago.” The sold-out crowd xylophone, Wurlitzer and a plethora of other instru- gleefully approved, singing along to every word. Sufjan ments plus background singers, the group had no bid the crowd goodnight, and for him, the band, and problems making each song sound full and true. myself, “all things go, I drove to Chicago …”

Won't know 'til I get there, but definitely looking forward to it. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NIKITA SOROKIN

he first verse of the first song on Interpol’s second effort Antics begins with the line “We ain’t goin’ to the town/we’re going to the city.” As the indie rock band from New York slowly evolves into bigger and better things, they decided to make a stop in Champaign-Urbana. We sat down with drummer Sam Fogarino to discuss the band’s highly acclaimed past, their promising future and the places in between. BUZZ: Assembly Hall is a big place, and for a lot of people it might seem strange to see a band with such indie roots to be playing these large venues. Has your music always been more suited for large spaces? SAM FOGARINO: Well, on one hand it seems like things happened really quickly for Interpol, but when you are involved in it, it doesn’t seem like that at all. I think it’s been a natural transition to this point. We still do both, we go to the far corners of Europe and play smaller venues, but we have improved live. A band can rehearse forever, but there’s nothing like performing every night. BUZZ: In terms of improvement, what are the things that you think you do differently on Antics compared with Turn on the Bright Lights? SF: On Antics, I wanted to be a little more straightforward in a way, a little more pronounced. The one thing that was kind of talked about was really beefing up the rhythm section. The difference is I think things are a little more deliberate in that way. BUZZ: Antics is varied where Turn on the Bright Lights, whether it was intentional or not, was a very powerful cohesive statement of desolation.With the new album there is a lot more going on and a lot of great songs, but it seems like there is an effort to explore different moods and tones. SF: We had a little more confidence, it had a lot to do with us being a band for much longer. It brings on some comfort, although it can be risky. You never know what can happen. Bright Lights was a product of a band documenting everything up to that point, Antics was written in a shorter amount of time. BUZZ: So the next obvious question is, which album do you like better? SF: Well, they’re just documents of points in time. There is a naiveté that I will always like about the first album and for the exact opposite reasons I like the second album. BUZZ: You said Antics was written in a much shorter amount of time. What exactly is the songwriting process like for Interpol? SF: It’s highly collaborative. Ninety-nine percent of the time, stuff is brought in by Dan [Daniel Kessler], like the initial ideas. It’s interesting how he is able to come up with something that isn’t totally defined, and then we go from there. Rumor has it that Daniel has been conjuring up some ideas, so we’re gonna finish up this last leg and then take a break before going back into the booth.

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Kaki King may be a tiny girl (at just 5-foot) but she plays big music. She was introduced to the guitar at a very early age but laid it aside in favor of the drums. She attended NYU and began playing gigs as a drummer. This continued until after 9/11, when she refocused her energy toward the guitar. She began playing for tips in subways stations and eventually worked her way up to small nightclubs. Jeff Krasno, head of Velour Records, discovered Kaki in 2003. This led to a record deal and performances on both Conan O’Brien and David Letterman. Kaki’s latest release, “Legs To Make Us Longer” showcases her innovative and original style. She is heading our way to participate in Krannert’s Wall to Wall Guitar Festival (Sept. 29 -Oct. 2). King will be a part of, “Blurring the Boundaries” Oct. 2 at 7:30p.m. and was good enough to give us an appropriately short amount of her time.

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BUZZ: Does

the band ever clash on ideas or musical tastes, and does anyone really listen to Joy Division? SF: I can’t even keep track of myself, let alone what they are listening to. It’s very varied. There is a lot of that music I do like (Joy Division-like music), but it’s never the bands mentioned. BUZZ: So are you guys a bunch of bleak depressed people, or is that just an image that I have in my head? SF: Ha, well I wouldn’t say that, that’s another thing people expect. We have the opportunity to fully express ourselves that is in a way safe. But I think if all of us where these chronically depressed people we couldn’t be a band. BUZZ: Recently you where featured on the Six Feet Under soundtrack.Was that in some way fitting for Interpol? SF: Of all the things we’ve done for television, I’m most proud of what we did for Six Feet Under.We are all big film fans and the show

is made in a filmic style. It’s very cinematic and I kind of fancy Interpol’s music is similar in that way, in how it can apply to film. BUZZ: So, I wasn’t going to bring it up, but rumor has it that a few years back you guys made a stop at the Courtyard Café and during an infamous interview mocked the culture of Urbana a bit. How true is that? SF: Ha, truthfully I don’t remember. You have to look at things from the perspective of a band; a lot of places can feel boring when you are holed up in a van for months at a time.Thankfully we’ve got a bus now. buzz Interpol will play at Assembly Hall on Sept. 24 with special guest electronic-jazz guest Boom Bip. Tickets are on sale for $10 at the Assembly Hall Box Office.

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repare yourself for 30 guitar artists as Wall to Wall kicks off Sept. 29 at the Krannert Center. The 30 performing artists, but also, attendees will have the opportunity to learn from the artists through workshops, demonstrations and tent activities. Live radio broadcasts, book signings and vintage instrument displays only begin to chronicle the activities planned for the four day festival. Along with the guitar work, the photography and artwork of Andy Summers will continue to be showcased at the Krannert Art Museum through Oct. 2. Wall to Wall officially begins at 10:00 a.m. with a six hour songwriting and recording session by the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus on Goodwin Street in front of the Krannert Center. Later that day, the festival continues with a Tim Brookes piece entitled Rich Man, Poor Man: America's Guitar in 20th century Pop Culture. This piece includes a performance, lecture and book signing by Tim Brookes.

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Taj Mahal, a multiple Grammy recipient, then sends the festival into full swing as he performs solo at the Tryon Festival Theatre. A self-taught musician, vocalist, composer and performer, Taj Mahal has traveled the globe, absorbing the worldwide traditions of stringed instruments and lending them his own unique voice. He is later accompanied by the talented blues work of Mamadou Diabate and Rory Block. The night concludes when the performances spill out of the concert hall and into the lobby of the Krannert Center as Jesse Harris and the Ferdinandos perform Afterglow. Jesse Harris is responsible for many of the brilliant songs on Norah Jones' Grammy Award-winning debut album, including “Don't Know Why.” The concerts, workshops and activities continue for three jam packed days until the festival concludes at 10:00 p.m. in the Krannert Center Lobby with a wrap-up by David Tronzo and Sex Mob. Full info and concert schedules can be found at www.walltowallguitar.com.

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ilson Hensleigh, who last August moved to San Marcos, Texas as a guitarist for Solips, has returned and joined The Respondent. “Coming home feels like a warm pudding bath,” writes Hensleigh. Meanwhile, Solips remains in San Marcos. “I think anyone who has ever had the opportunity to enter a creative process with a family member knows it was hard to leave Solips,” admits Hensleigh. Besides Solips, his credits include Monster Honkey and FeED. Austrian post-rock trio Valina will tour the Midwest this week.Valina commandeered a dance party at Mike ‘n Molly’s last year and will try again tonight at The Courtyard Cafe. Also on the bill are Make Believe, Hello. I’m Victor and A Light Sleeper. Show time is 7:30 p.m., and cover is $5 ($3 with school ID). Tonight at 8 p.m., Piper’s Hut Concert Series in association with the Society of Celtic Cultures hosts a benefit for the Red Cross.The guest is Brock McGuire Band. Paul Brock and Manus McGuire from County Clare are joined tonight by banjo prodigy Enda Scahill and accompanist Denis Carey. This show is at the University of Illinois Music Department Building Auditorium. Admission is $15 ($10 for seniors and anyone with school ID and free for children). Also at 8 p.m., two-time Kerrville New Folk Contest finalist Dave Potts performs for Acoustic at Arôma. Admission is free. Saturday at 8 p.m., indie songwriter Paul Kotheimer performs for Corkscrew After Dark at Corkscrew Wine Emporium. Although this is a smoke-free show, Kotheimer won’t detail how “Everybody Smokes in Hell.” Corkscrew Wine Emporium is located at 203 N.Vine St. in Urbana, across from Schnucks, and admission is free. Sunday at 1 p.m., Tommy G’s Bar and Grill hosts Katrina Blows!, a benefit for the hurricane relief effort. Recently reuinted Third Stone are on the bill, as well as Renegade, Kelly’s Heroes, JAB, As Seen on TV, Albert Flasher, and Autumn Zero. Afterward, in the same vein, Anomic and Below Eden return to Cowboy Monkey. Brother Embassy, also playing, has warned of a “hazardous funk outlook” and issued a “tropical funk watch” for the listening area. Be forewarned. Show time is 10 p.m., and cover is $4.

HEART IN THE HIGHLANDS FRED KOSCHMANN • CONTRIBUTING WRITER

entioning Daniel Lanois is like referring to two people: Lanois the producer and Lanois the artist. The producer is more prominent then the artist, but the artist is okay with that – he’s not one to crave the limelight anyway. Both incarnations reside near the top of today’s music world, yet the name is hardly familiar to most. This is a rare and peculiar position of celebrity that Lanois has placed himself in, and he may be the sole inhabitant of such a spot. For one, it has to do with the nature of being a producer. You’re the person behind the soundboard, treading a fine line between offering your expertise and imposing on the artist’s work. You are also the keeper of the books, in a sense – the one in charge of the master recording. So, as producer, you’re in the background, though your presence is everywhere in the recording. This is ultimately where you’ve heard Lanois. He’s produced or co-produced all of U2’s albums, a couple of Bob Dylan’s, including the absorbing Time Out of Mind, some by Brian Eno, Emmylou Harris, Ron Sexsmith and a number of others. His work as an artist, on the other hand, is his chance to step out from under the shadow of Bono, Dylan or his longtime friend and collaborator Brian Eno – all of whom cast giant and somewhat mythical shadows. His solo music hardly demands our attention though. It’s the opposite of someone shouting a message at us, demanding to be heard. It is rather what quietly seeps out during downtime – music at its most sparse and atmospheric. He’s ambivalent about the word “atmosphere” though – opting instead for the definitions to blend like his songs. “They’re almost like something flying by the landscape,” he said in his soft-spoken manner. “I think of them as monarch butterflies. You don’t know where they come from, and suddenly they’re gone – but they’re really beautiful while they’re there.” The songs come across more as experiments than anything, his tinkering with airy sound. Even in conversation, Lanois prefers to traverse the vague and uncertain, where the shades of gray are about as tangible as fog. And he sets a new standard for the word relaxed. He can call his music “monarch butterflies” in all sincerity, and you believe him. This, after all, is the guy that Dylan has widely referred to as “the man.” On his last album, Belladonna, the songs are mostly pieces of delicately layered slide-guitar parts, often not exceeding two-minutes, and they’re all without lyrics. Given his longstanding working relationship with Eno – the man often attributed to be the creator of ambient music and something of an enigma himself – one might think the two have created a whole anti-lyric philosophy. In the past, Eno has

referred to lyrics as “a crutch,” as a distraction from real music and potentially compromising the timelessness of music without words. But it’s not so with Lanois. “You’re talking to a guy who has recorded a couple Dylan records,” he said. “I think the English language is the ongoing frontier, so I have a very high regard for lyrics. But I also grew up with Miles Davis records and can recognize the power of instrumental music.” As far as what he’s recorded for others, there are tracks that have become part of modern folklore. One features U2 around 1990 or ’91. Worn down by the ongoing cycle of recording, performing and touring, the band considered giving it all up. After a long day of consideration (hanging out in an empty factory, so the story goes), Bono got up, grabbed a guitar and played the song that he had written the night before. By the time he finished, all of the members of U2 had changed their minds; they decided to record another album – with all of the weight, energy and effort to follow. The song was “One,” and the album is Achtung Baby. Lanois couldn’t verify the story, as his memories are entirely of being in the studio, but he allows the possibility to remain. Another story surrounds the final song on Dylan’s Time Out of Mind, a song that exceeds 16 minutes, a meandering tune of 20some verses, called “Highlands.” It features a guy “drifting from scene to scene … wondering what in the devil it could all possibly mean.” The story is that Dylan was sitting at a fireplace, strumming his guitar as a way to pass the time. He began to ad-lib a whole tale of a guy who listens to Neil Young and goes to a restaurant, where the waitress asks him to draw a picture of her on a napkin, and it goes from there.

A friend of Dylan’s reportedly overheard his fireplace musings and decided to jot down the lyrics – for Dylan to record later. Again, this may or may not have happened but the point is that the song exists on Time Out of Mind, and it sounds exactly like you’re overhearing Dylan, fireside and all. True or not, these stories can exist on the strength of the recordings alone – and were possibly even spawned by them. Lanois recorded Time Out of Mind on a variety of vintage equipment that makes the music sound well aged, capturing a type of sound that Dylan had sought, but not found, until this album. “I’m not in charge of writing Dylan’s songs, of course,” he said, “but I am in charge of presenting them in such a way that people will feel touched by them.” He went on to say, “[Dylan’s] as dedicated to words as I am to sonics. We made a good team.” He’s filtering and enhancing the sound of giants – which is no small influence to have. We let people like Bono dominate the nation’s attention, because he’s the best at getting it. He’s pushed himself into the limelight, while other less assertive people remain unseen. For Lanois, this is as it should be. With admiration, he says of Bono, “He loves congregation. He can pull 50,000 people into a stadium and have some kind of synchronicity or universal thought run through the brains of all those people at once.” He then paused a moment and said, “That’s a great thing to do -- more power to him.” His collaborative efforts aside, Lanois’ own music is his chance to define himself and his sound, no longer constrained within others. And it’s clear that he’s not going to try too hard to get our attention. He won’t play loud or include pop-hooks, nor will he stray too far into the avantgarde and pretentious. Instead, he’ll create what feels right, only likely to be stumbled upon by someone wandering, listless and indecisive, like the character in Dylan’s “Highlands.” He plays his petal steel guitar as if trying to hold on to moments, without success, like holding on to what passes in the window of a train. Later, still searching through the fog for the answers, he made another attempt to express what music means to him. Only this time, it seemed to be in contrast to the music of a band like U2, where every song becomes an event or an anthem, a sing-along. “It doesn’t have to be the political campaign of the decade or anything,” he said. “It’s more like a mother’s sweet nothings, every bit as powerful as a campaign.”

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Trailing this widely accepted sentiment of a politically charged generation, Dylan backed by a fully amplified band approached the stage toting a foreign object, a solid-bodied Fender Stratocaster. In a moment that lit a fire under the asses of devout folkies, Bobby proudly hammered out the first electrified rhythms of one of the most notorious sets in musical history. Twenty-eight gem tracks on the 7th volume of the spotlightgenerating “Bootleg Series,” No Direction Home: The Soundtrack are chock full of previously unreleased live, home, and personal recordings that span the jet-fueled rise of the American icon’s career. From his homely beginnings as a high-school senior in 1959 Minnesota to the fundamental voice behind poetic protest, “No Direction” centers around Dylan’s rolling progression towards the electric guitar in 1966; a move that was rumored to bring tears to the folk legend Pete Seeger. Designed both to function as a soundtrack to the highly anticipated Martin Scorsese documentary and a live time capsule of the artist’s most innocently raw performances, the double disc album provides rare, never-before-heard alternate takes disguised as all the old classics. It all begins with his supposed first recording ever, “When I Got Troubles,” cut at the ripe age of 17; a low-fi teen angst blues riff revealing the Midwesterner’s roots. In a loose chronological fashion (the second disc jumps around a tad) we follow Bob across the plains of Middle America paying homage to his idol, Woody Guthrie, “This Land is Your Land.” Then flowing into “Sally Gal,” into private recording studios, “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” onto national television shows reinventing traditional folk songs, and finally into the hearts of millions of war conscious Americans. Both discs are equipped with metaphorical swan song endings. The first closes with a track that Zimmy would later use as an encore to say goodbye to fans that couldn’t accept his electric transformation, “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” And the latter, well, here we witness history in the making with a most spitefully charged, howling rendition of “Like A Rolling Stone,” ushered in by the man that furiously cried “Judas.” Slowly flexing his rock-star prowess, he turns to his band while strumming out the lead rhythm and demands,

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Open Stage Espresso Royale Goodwin & Oregon, 8pm, free Larry Gates [acoustic] The White Horse Inn, 10pm, free Parkland Big Band Iron Post, 7pm, $2 Judas Priest, Anthrax Assembly Hall, 7:30pm, $43-$33 UI New Music Ensemble Krannert Center, 7;30pm, $6 Larry Gates (of Lorenzo Goetz) White Horse Inn, 9:30pm, free Open Jam/Open Mic hosted by Brandon T. Washington Canopy Club, 10pm, free if over 21/$2 if under DJ DJ Reaganomics [80’s requests] Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free Subversion: DJ ZoZo, DJ Evily, DJ TwinScin [goth/industrial/electro] The Highdive, 10pm, $2 Tremblin BG Barfly, 10pm, free Bang! DJ Impact, TBA Nargile, 9;30pm, free CFK [house DJ] Chester St., 10pm, TBA DJ J-Phlip [house] Boltini, 10:30pm, free

Astral Project Iron Post, 8pm, $6 DJ Chef Ra [roots, reggae] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ JB [roots, reggae] Barfly, 10pm, free Contact: DJ Raphael Kroshay, TBA [drum n bass night] Nargile, 9pm, free Apollo Poetics: Apollo Project featuring guest MC's and vocalists Nargile, 9;30pm, free DJ Missus Mike ‘n Molly's, 10pm, TBA

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Jacobson is a local painter and recent graduate of UIUC. Instead of combining the usual elements of art, Jacobson focuses on color and explores the strengths and weaknesses of each color that she uses. Agha, whose series is entitled “the first attempted hanging,” is a series of self-portraits. The surroundings in her works are intended to support her figure and ultimately blur the line between animate and inanimate. This is a unique opportunity to see two series of artwork by very different artists in one setting and should not be missed. Aroma Café is located at 118 North Neil St.

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ASSEMBLY HALL | First & Florida, Champaign 333-5000 AMERICAN LEGION POST 24 | 705 W Bloomington, Champaign 356-5144 AMERICAN LEGION POST 71 | 107 N Broadway, Urbana 367-3121 BARFLY | 120 N Neil, Champaign 352-9756 BOLTINI LOUNGE | 211 N Neil, Champaign 378-8001 BOARDMAN’S ART THEATER | 126 W Church, Champaign 351-0068 THE BRASS RAIL | 15 E University, Champaign 352-7512 THE BRIDGE | 124 W. White St. Champaign THE CANOPY CLUB (GARDEN GRILL) | 708 S Goodwin, Urbana 367-3140 CHANNING-MURRAY FOUNDATION | 1209 W Oregon, Urbana CIVITAS | 112 Main St., Urbana0 COURTYARD CAFE | Illini Union, 1401 W Green, Urbana 333-4666 COWBOY MONKEY | 6 Taylor, Champaign 398-2688 CURTIS ORCHARD | 3902 S Duncan, Champaign 359-5565 D.R. DIGGERS | 604 S Country Fair, Champaign 356-0888 ELMER’S CLUB 45 | 3525 N Cunningham, Urbana 344-3101 EMBASSY TAVERN & GRILL | 114 S Race, Urbana 384-9526 ESQUIRE LOUNGE | 106 N Walnut, Champaign 398-5858 FALLON’S ICE HOUSE | 703 N Prospect, Champaign 398-5760 FAT CITY SALOON | 505 S Chestnut, Champaign 356-7100 THE GREAT IMPASTA | 114 W Church, Champaign 359-7377 THE HIGHDIVE | 51 Main, Champaign 359-4444 HUBER’S | 1312 W Church, Champaign 352-0606 ILLINOIS DISCIPLES FOUNDATION | 610 E Springfield, Champaign 352-8721 INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER | 218 W Main, Urbana 344-8820 THE IRON POST | 120 S Race, Urbana 337-7678 JACKSON’S RIBS-N-TIPS| 116 N First, Champaign 355-2916 JOE’S BREWERY | 706 S Fifth, Champaign 384-1790 KRANNERT ART MUSEUM | 500 E Peabody, Champaign 333-1861 KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | 500 S Goodwin, Urbana Tickets: 333-6280, 800-KCPATIX LA CASA CULTURAL LATINA | 1203 W Nevada, Urbana 333-4950

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“Play it fucking loud.” And folk as the love generation knew it, would never be the same. In between all this madness, the second disc also offers what Dylan does best: reinvent his acts. Stylistically, lyrically, and emotionally, his bond with the blues grows stronger. “Maggie’s Farm,” the infamous Fender track at the afore mentioned Newport show, and an amplified facelift of the imagism masterpiece, “Visions of Johanna” all resonate with his love of the blues. The only two tracks out of twelve that feature Bob backed without a drummer, “She Belongs to Me” and “Desolation Row,” still mix in electric guitars. Providing a smooth yet illuminating contrast, Dylan shows his surrender to modernized instrumentation on the famed UK tour. The acoustic simplicity of his heartland storytelling is gone, whether that be a positive or a negative thing. But, snapping out of this 60’s wistfulness, back into this postmodern world of ours, we can only learn the true impact of past icons via the lessons/ramblings of the generation before us. Not to say that he is a ‘past’ icon, but those of us under the age of thirty can’t identify with the craggy, age-ravaged singer/songwriter as seen today. And it’s a very sad thing; the man just simply isn’t the same caliber of performer he was as a youth (performer, I said - not poet). Yet this record collects the ramblin’ blues talker in a surprisingly majestic peak, intimately and nostalgically placing us in the waves of a counter-culture storm. The media can tend to predispose in a persuading manner the greatness of the troubadour to the masses, but No Direction Home reveals just exactly how mesmerizing he was and how he came to be one of America’s most immaculate raspy folk poets.

SENSES WORKING OVERTIME Kyle Gorman • Staff Writer t.A.T.u . - All About Us GENRE: Euro-Teen AVAILABLE: The forthcoming album. Call me fickle, but when t.A.T.u.’s Julia Volkova (the dark-haired one) turned up pregnant with a married man’s child, I thought the band was done. The duo, a collaboration between super-producer Trevor Horn (Yes, Frankie Goes To Hollywood) and a Russian psychologist, seemed doomed.After all, their trendsbian gimmick was faked. All About Us manages to grab all the stylistic tags of their previous singles and amp it up while remaining completely pure to their stated sound. The girls walk up a creepy scale, belting “If.You. Hurt. Her.You. Hurt. Me.Too.” under orchestral samples only to nail the harmonized chorus. It feels like being hit in the back of the head with a medium-rare cut of Serge Gainsbourg’s id. The vaguely domestic-violence lyrics are played out in the music video, where Julia is rescued from her abusive boyfriend by her bandmate. Horn and co. got it right – it really is all about t.A.T.u., and you can’t get in on the action. VERDICT: Hot. Any music fan probably knows that PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.TATUGIRLS.COM

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w H at tH e He L L? MOMENT OF THE WEEK Pete Doherty, former frontman of the Libertines, is the sort of guy who is so busy shooting up he forgets breakfast, the most nutritous and important meal of the day. However, being a completely blitzed Brit rockstar comes with perks - you get to date the flavor-of-themonth-girl supermodel Kate Moss. Moss may be one of the shortest supermodels in the world, but her face has sold Gucci, Versace, and Calvin Klein, to name a few. Enter Doherty and his drug habit; though Moss’ former boyfriends Davide Sorrenti and River Phoenix may have both died from overdoses, the habit apparently didn’t really stick until Doherty came around. The Daily Mirror is reporting that they have exclusive pictures of Kate snorting cocaine during a recording session with Doherty. Alledgely, she inhales multiple lines of the the stuff with a £5 note. In other skinny-white-horse-addict-dates-pretty-blonde-girl news, Almost Famous star Kate Hudson and Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson are doing just fine after the birth of their baby “Ryder.” s o u n d s

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THURSDAY September 22 Live Music Shovelwrack White Horse Inn, 10pm, free Caleb Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, free Will Rogers Band [country/southern rock covers/originals] Neil St. Pub, 10pm-2am, free U of I Concert Big Band Iron Post, 7-10pm, TBA Make Believe (Tim Kinsella and others from Joan of Arc), Valina, Hello. I'm Victor, A Light Sleeper The Courtyard, 7:30pm, $3 UIUC students, $5 general public Acoustic at Aroma: David Potts [folk] Aroma, 8pm, free Piper's Hut Concert Series: Brock McGuire Band Music Building Auditorium, 8pm, $15 Jazz Sandwich Zorba's, 9:30pm-12:30am, $3 The Big Wu, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band Canopy Club, 10pm, $10 The Makers, The Octopus Project, TBA Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $7 Eclectic Theory Joe's Brewery, 10pm, TBA

DJ Generic DJ Jackson's Ribs-N-Tips, 8pm, TBA DJ Bozak [broken beat, house, electro] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ Elise [house] Boltini, 10pm, free DJ Stiffler [80's hair metal] Tommy G's, 9pm, free DJ Bozak [hip hop, broken beat, house, electro] Barfly, 10pm, free Solace: Dayhota, DJ J-Phlip, DJ Mertz Soma, 10pm, free Ladies Night: DJ Kev [hip hop, dance hall, reggae, reggaeton] Nargile, TBA DJ Joe’s Brewery, 11pm-2am, cover Karaoke "G" Force Karaoke Pia's of Rantoul, 9pm-1am, free Dancing UIUC Swing Society McKinley Foundation, 9:30pm-12am, free Tango Practice with Beginner Lesson Phillips Recreation Center, 8 pm. $7 Mind, Body, Spirit Krannert Uncorked Krannert Art Center Lobby 5pm, free Group Meditation Ananda Liina, 2308 N. High Cross Rd. Urbana, 5:30pm, free

Kids Funfare [stories, songs, puppets, and films for children and their caregivers] Urbana Free Library, 10:30 am-11am, free

FRIDAY September 23 Live Music Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1 Eclectic Theory The White Horse Inn, 10pm, free Will Rogers Band [country/southern rock covers/originals] Neil St. Pub, 10pm-2am, $3 3rd Annual Party in the Parking Lot: The Boat Drunks (Jimmy Buffett tribute band), Lost Boys, Quad Remedy Tommy G's, 4pm, $5 Baker-Meador-Warnock Organ Trio [jazz] Mike ‘n Molly's, 5pm-7pm, $3 Jeff Helgesen Quintet Iron Post, 5 pm-7pm, TBA Brian Wright [acoustic/pop/80's] Cowboy Monkey, 5:30pm, free Music Among the Vines: Finga Lickin' [jazz & blues] Alto Vineyards, 6pm, $3 Holly Holmes Borders, 8pm, free Candy Foster and Shades of Blue Iron Post, 9pm, TBA The Hands [rock] The Phoenix, 9pm, free Groovatron, Fotamana Canopy Club, 10pm, $5 Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers, Danny Pound Band, Jon Bridgewater and the Hillbilly Jones [rock/country] Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5 DJ DJ Elise [house, broken beat] Boltini, 6pm, free DJ Mighty Dog Jackson's Ribs-N-Tips, 9pm-2am, TBA DJ JB, DJ Impact [hip hop, Chicago deep house] Nargile, 9pm, free before 11pm, $5 after

DJ Delayney [hip hop, soul] Barfly, 10pm, free SorceryKid [Hi-NRG, Eurodance, disco, house] Chester St., 10pm, cover DJ Bozak [broken beat, house, soul] Soma, 10pm, cover DJ Lil Big Bass [drum n bass, 2 step] Boltini, 10pm, free DJ Tim Williams [top 40, hip hop, house, dance] The Highdive, 10pm, $5 DJ Joe’s Brewery, 11pm-2am, cover

Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke The Brickhouse, 10pm-2am, TBA Karaoke American Legion, 8pm-1am, TBA

Hailing from Linz, Austria, the band Valina returns to ChampaignUrbana after their first visit here in June ’04. This three piece featuring a traditional guitar/bass/drums set up delivers a non-traditional sound of post-rock that balances beauty with abstract noise.

Lectures, Meetings, Discussions Conscience in Government [Lecture by John Brady Kiesling, author and political counselor leads forum. public welcome] Lunch offered University YMCA, 12:00 PM, free. Lunch offered for $5.50, $3.00 students

Thursday, September 22

Hello. I’m Victor hails from Kankakee, Ill. and plays music that has the attributes of punk, math rock and indie rock. A Light Sleeper is the new project of Dheeru Pennepalli, formerly of Chicago-based band Re: Rec.

The Courtyard - located in the Illini Union - 7:30pm, $3 UIUC students/$5 general public SATURDAY September 24

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Make Believe, one of Tim Kinsella’s (Joan of Arc) many projects, will be gracing the stage of The Courtyard. The group is touring in support of their forthcoming album Shock of Being. Critics agree that Make Believe is most energetic and unique project Kinsella has taken on in a while.

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Lectures, Meetings, Discussions Cosmopolitan Club Coffee Hour [Sample coffee, tea and homemade ethnic desserts from China. All are welcome] Cosmopolitan Club, 307 E. John St., 7:30 pm-9:30pm, free Violence, Exile and the Imagination or How the Cirassians Became Sex Slaves of the Sultan [Given by Charles King of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Presented by the Russian, East European and Eurasian Center] International Studies Building, 4pm, free

The War in Iraq: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Crisis of International Legitimacy [Lecture by John Brady Kiesling, independent scholar and US Foreign Service/State Dept. Official] Levis Faculty Center, 7:30pm, free

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SUNDAY September 25 Live Music The Crystal River Band Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, free

Liquid Courage Open Mic Night Geovanti's, 8pm-12am, free Katrina Blows! Benefit Concert for the Hurricane Relief Effort: Third Stone, Renegades, Kelly's Heroes, JAB, As Seen on TV, Albert Flasher, Autumn Zero Tommy G's, 1pm, donations UI Wind Symphony, UI Symphonic Band I Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $6 The Greytones, Megan Johns Borders, 8pm, free High Street Jazz Orchestra Iron Post, 8pm, TBA Urbana Booking Co. presents: Numbers, Limited Express (has gone?), Trin Tran, Jiggsaw Canopy Club, 9pm, $8 in advance, $10 at the door Anomic, Below Eden, Brother Embassy Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $4 Ben Bedford Embassy Tavern, 9:30pm, cover DJ DJ Wesjile [hip hop] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ Black Ice [hip hop] Nargile, 8pm, TBA DJ Jon Meske [house] Boltini, 10:30pm, free Mike Rocks [live concert videos and local music] Tommy G's, 9:30pm, free

MONDAY September 26 Live Music Love & Joy [comedy and live R&B] Canopy Club, 10pm, $3 Motown Mondays: As Is Nargile, 7pm, $5 Jazz Jam with ParaDocs Iron Post, 8-11pm, TBA Chris and Jim [cover band] White Horse Inn, 10pm, free Finga Lickin' The Office, 10:30pm, free Quad Remedy [classic rock] Tommy G’s, 10pm, free Open Mic Night hosted by Mike Ingram Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free Shovelwrack Clybourne, 10:45pm, free DJ DJ Delayney [hip hop/soul] Barfly, 10pm, free Mixtape Mondays: DJ Elise [house] Boltini, 10:30pm, free Lectures, Meetings, Discussions Muslim Women after September 11 [Community, Power, and Identity] Engineering Hall, 11am, free Understanding Your Dreams for Security and Success [hosted by the School of Metaphysics. Snacks and door prizes will be provided] Champaign Public Library, 6:30pm free An Evening with Candace Bushnell [Bestknown for "Sex and the City," Bushnell is also the author of "Four Blondes," "Trading Up," and the soon to be released, "Lipstick Jungle."] Foellinger Auditorium, 7pm, book signing at 8:30 pm, free Katrina and Other Megacatastrophies: Science, Policy and Human Behavior [an informal public forum on this timely topic] National Soybean Research Center, 1101 W. Peabody, Urbana, 7-9pm, free

TUESDAY September 27 Live Music Bluegrass Jam Verde Gallery, 7-9:30pm, free The Crystal River Band Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, free Adam Wolfe's Acoustic Night with Jess Greenlee Tommy G's, 10pm, free

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Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke The Brickhouse, 10pm-2am, TBA Karaoke American Legion, 8pm-1am, TBA

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The Courtyard - located in the Illini Union - 7:30pm, $3 UIUC students/$5 general public SATURDAY September 24

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Kids Storytime Pages for All Ages, 7pm, free

Aroma Café in downtown Champaign is showing works by Katie Jacobson and Nisha Agha through Nov. 1.

Support Groups Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Heritage Room, Provena Hospital, 7pm, free

Karaoke "G" Force Karaoke Neil St. Pub, 8pm-12am, free Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo's , 9pm-1am, free Liquid Courage Karaoke and DJ Track's, 9pm-1am

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5 Winners will recieve a pair of free tickets to the Lambda Chi Alpha “Back to School Bash” on September 29 sponsored in part by the Illini Media Company.

10 winners will be chosen. No purchase necessary to enter or win. Employees and families of Illini Media are not eligible to win. Inappropriate pictures will not be accepted.

Contest begins Thursday September 22 and ends at 5 pm on Wednesday September 28.

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Mates of State Fri. Sep. 30 9:30 p.m. The Canopy Club

Wall to Wall Thu. Sep. 29 7:30 p.m. The Traveling Blues Tryon Festival Theatre

Fri. Sep. 30 7:00 p.m. Guitar around the Globe Foellinger Great Hall

Fri. Sep. 30 10:00 p.m. Masters of the Slide Guitar

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