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evolving ideas. So said the late great comic Bill Hicks. During his life, Hicks was not only the most progressive voice of his generation, but he was the most daring. In his acts, Hicks wasn't afraid to tackle issues that made people cringe. From abortion to the government to pornography, he made it a point to let his audiences know how he really felt. But most of all, he wanted stupidity to end on the planet Earth. And in the same regard, so do I. Now, I don't pretend to be as insightful as the master himself (Hicks, not God) but I have a small wish list for the people of our world, and I plan on delivering these thoughts to the people of Champaign-Urbana from time to time. So, here it is folks. My first installment in "Overlooked Crimes in American Society." In my world, jail time is not for potheads. No sir. It's for idiots. So each crime will be followed with an appropriate sentencing and punishment to follow. Enjoy. 1. Riding a bicycle on sidewalks. Give me a bloody break. My first year at school I was run down by one of these morons, and ever since then, I have wanted to slay anyone I see acting out in this way. I mean, what gives man? It's called a sideWALK not a sideRIDE! As far as I am concerned, anyone caught violating this law will be thrown in jail. No trial. No hearing. Just jail. Sentence:Two years in jail and once a week, the convict would be subjected to a physical challenge of sorts. One man on foot, ten bicyclists. For two hours, the convict would be dodging and weaving as government employees did their best to ride over this fool and give him or her a taste of their own medicine. In the end, the idiot never wants to see a bicycle ever again. 2. Mixing Diet Soda with Alcohol. In my many hours spent in bars, I have seen this happen far too much. A young twenty-something orders a whiskey and Coke, and follows it up with, "Could use use Diet Coke instead?" My God, you are a stupid idiot. I don't want to hear about you counting your calories while you are trying to get tanked. You see, it makes no sense you idiots! The amount of calories in whiskey is enough to make you forget about counting calories in your soda pop. Sentence: Five years in jail. Every

night, you will be forced to drink nothing but Canadian Superior whiskey mixed with Shasta cola until you vomit. You will be forced to hang with the tranny's and bodybuilders as you remind yourself that you are not interested in anything except John Daniels and CocaCola Classic. 3.Listening to Ska music. You had your heyday in the midnineties and now, it's over. This music is a mockery of both reggae and punk, and you should be ashamed of yourself if you still think that it's worth your while. What? You actually like this music? You think that it's worthy of your ears. You are an idiot and you shall be punished accordingly. Sentence: No jail time, but house arrest. Between the hours of 12am and 8am you will be subjected to government musicians with brass instruments, playing at full volume and out of tune. You will not sleep at night for two years. Your world will be flipped upside down as you come to realize that you are an idiot for ever liking this godforsaken music. 4. Eating Processed Cheese. Ever seen what this stuff looks like when you melt it? Ever seen plastic when it's been over-heated? Exactly. Anyone caught producing, selling or buying this shit will be punished. Sentence: For the patsies, just house arrest where you will be force fed this cheese by midgets in thong underwear. You will eat nothing for one year and you will come to realize your idiocy through the amount of vomit that you upchuck during the course of your sentence. For the producers and sellers, you will thrown in jail for twenty years. You will also be force fed this food, but with the additional company of sardines, oysters and lima beans. You have violated humanity with your crimes and for it, you will be a puking machine for twenty years. Your family will come to know the horrors of your crime as they will be able to only visit you during your feeding hours. Okay, so there you have it. If you are involved with any of these crimes, you should reconsider your ideals in life and figure out a way to better yourself.You are a disgrace to humanity and need to repent to your friends and family. Seth Fein is from Urbana and is sick to death of all of these people. He has no friends left. He can be reached at sethfein@readbuzz.com

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FIRST DAUGHTER Katie Holmes & Michael Keaton Any film featuring Batman as the president of the United States is fine by me. Here Keaton is the president and his daughter (Holmes) wants to attend college without any protection. Fat chance of that. In typical romantic comedy fashion, Keaton sends a young agent to tail her and they fall in love. Now who could have anticipated that? (Paul Wagner) Opening This Weekend THE FORGOTTEN Julianne Moore & Dominic West Taking a role far different from her days in The Big Lebowski, Moore here plays a mother who has lost her son in a plane crash. Upon psychiatric consultation, she’s told that her son was just a manifestation of years of false memories. Oddly enough, she finds a father with a similar experience and they join forces to uncover the truth behind their suspicions, beliefs and fears. (Paul Wagner) Opening This Weekend

thought I had stopped being surprised at the headlines and photographs that I see in the newspaper. But, when I opened the newspaper, or rather, opened the CNN Web page, staring back at me from the computer screen was a human being blindfolded on his knees. Another casualty. American citizens Jack Hensley and Jack Armstrong were kidnapped from their home on Sept. 16, along with British citizen Kenneth Bigby. While working in the Middle East on reconstruction projects with Gulf Supplies and Commercial Services, both Armstrong and Hensley have been beheaded while Bigby remains alive at press time. Hensley and Armstrong were beheaded a day apart by what is believed to be a terrorist organization that demanded all female Muslim prisoners being held by the U.S. military in two Iraqi prisons. U.S. officials have contended, however, that there are no women being held in the prisons. While Martha Stewart demanded to begin serving her jail sentence and Britney Spears got married, again three men sat and waited for something, maybe a miracle, maybe a rescue squad. But, these pop culture headlines aren’t the ones that truly sadden me when I look at the news. It is the smear tactics that are going on, and the blatant denial that the war in Iraq is slowly slipping into a Vietnam-like conflict. I guess what I would like to see is the presidential candidates, both Democratic and Republican, talking about the issues. Not issues like did Bush really serve in the National Guard and did his commanding officers “sugarcoat” his performance. I don’t want to hear any more about whether John Kerry did in fact earn his medals or ribbons (or what exactly defines a medal for that matter). Just stop already. Let’s start talking about Iraq. Honestly. How we can right the wrongs we’ve done and stop the killings of innocent noncombatants. It’s time.

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The U.S national debt now exceeds 71/4 trillion dollars, plus a trade debt of 450 billion which is increasing at the rate of 50 billion dollars per month. The interest on the debt is in billions dollars per day. The trillion dollar tax cut, for primarily the rich, has not been paid for but is merely added to the national debt for payment by our children's income taxes. What a devious way for politicians to avoid taxing the present users. This is our debt gift to our children. The Social Security taxes presently being paid by our children are not being saved but rather being spent as collected for other purposes. It is agreed that there will be insufficient funds to pay the Social Security benefits that the children paid for. Republican Bill Gross, chief officer for the largest U.S Bond Fund contends that U.S borrows too much and is in the beginning stages of decay. Former Republican Senator Warren Rudman states "People today who are under 40 are going to pay a

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terrible price- their marginal tax rate are going to be very high and the value of their currency is likely to be much lower." Children's Options: Try to continue borrowing funds to pay for their Social Security benefits and continue to finance the overall U.S debt with the thought in mind that the next generation can pay for the same as we provided for them; however the rest of the world has already devalued our dollar by 20% and at some point they are apt to refuse funding the U.S spendthrift party. We might change the emphases and concern from our mistakes in Vietnam policy to the needed changes in U.S fiscal and military policies.

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dominant of the two for at least the next couple of years, McGuire said. Most music download services allow users to buy a song for about 99 cents, burn it to a CD an unlimited number of times and transfer it to some kind of portable device. You buy it; you own it. With a subscription, songs are essentially leased. Once a customer stops paying, access to the music catalog disappears. Napster offers both options, as does RealNetworks Inc.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rhapsody and America Online Inc.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MusicNetAtAOL. But Gorog and other subscription proponents say their model gives listeners more freedom to explore music and listen to thousands of tracks without having to invest a buck apiece. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The simple download model is not that provocatively different than how people consume CDs today,â&#x20AC;? Gorog said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;whereas the subscription service is being able to be immersed in a worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s catalog of music.Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big `wowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; factor for consumers, something they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t experienced before.â&#x20AC;? By all accounts, the online subscription model has substantially higher profit margins than a la carte download sales. And unlike competitors such as Apple or Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which sell only downloads, Napster isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t using its download service to boost sales of other products, making subscriptions key to its profitability. So if Napsterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marketing efforts pay offâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offering prepaid music gift cards and pitching free and discounted services to college campusesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it expects subscriptions to drive its future. Napsterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bet could be headed in the right direction. Sales from both subscriptions and downloads are expected to soar during the next five years, and of the $1.7 billion projected for 2009, more than half will be from subscriptions, said David Card, an analyst with Jupiter Research.This year, subscriptions are only about 40 percent of the projected $271 million in online music sales, Card said. Best Buy Co. Inc. is heavily promoting Napster as part of a multiyear marketing deal that gives Napster extra shelf space, including kiosks for customers to try the Napster service on the spot. Scott Young, Best Buyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice president of digital entertainment, said the electronics retail chain is banking on Napster because its mixture of subscription and download offerings playable on more than 70 devices â&#x20AC;&#x153;is the one thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s applicable to the broadest number of customers.â&#x20AC;? Gorog believes there will eventually be five leading providers when online music reaches mass market adoption, and he aims to have Napster among them, though not necessarily at the very top. Perhaps that crowning goal could be reserved for the kittyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next life. buzz

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In a fund-raising speech for R-Ill. Dennis Hastert at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Vice President Dick Cheney said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not an enemy we can reason with, negotiate with or appease. This is an enemy that, put simply, we must destroy.â&#x20AC;? Yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;know, instead of watching or listening to a Dick Cheney speech, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suggest this: Watch Halloween, and every time Donald Pleasance talks about Michael Myers, pretend heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talking about alQaida. Same effect. On Thursday, state officials issued a warning on ground beef in Illinois; the presence of the E. coli virus was found in beef in Galesburg. On Friday, the Packerland Packing Co. of Green Bay, Wis., issued a recall of 59,000 pounds of beef, concerned about the E. coli virus. If you are reading this article while standing barefoot in Strawberry Fields, you probably have nothing to worry about. The Florida Supreme court ruled on Friday that Ralph Nader would be on the ballot for the November elections. Do you think he could try to get 5 percent of the vote in non-swing states only? Just this year, please. The New York Times revealed on Friday the contents of a classified National Intelligence Estimate on the state of Iraq. The document, compiled by the heads of various U.S. intelligence departments, predicts that at best the situation in Iraq will remain tenuous, but that current events may lead to a civil war. Envision the Bush spin on this one: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Umm ... the report estimates by the end of the year there will be ... umm ... free cotton candy and, uh, pet monkeys for all the citizens of Iraq. Yeah, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it. Right Karl?â&#x20AC;? Iraqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unelected Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, speaking with ABCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s This Week, said of the insurgency in Iraq, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not getting stronger; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting more desperate. We are squeezing out the insurgency.â&#x20AC;? In related news, USA Today reports that over three dozen cities in Iraq are under control of factions opposed to the occupation, and coalition forces are facing an average of 50 attacks a day. Reports that Allawi doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t read the newspaper were unconfirmed at press time. CBS admitted that it was misled concerning the origins of recently unear thed documents regarding President Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Guard record and featured in an expose on 60 Minutes. However, the station has yet to apologize for this fallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rob Lowe vehicle, Dr. Vegas.

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ational Lampoon used to be a term that meant something special even in the pantheon of American comedy. The group has had successes in Animal House, some of the Vacation flicks and the popular Emilio Estevez picture Loaded Weapon. Unfortunately, in recent years, whatever glory they held has all but disappeared with their attempts at comedy, outside the aberration of Van Wilder. The story of Gold Diggers starts off simple enough. Two buttheads, Cal and Lenny, devoid of any moral conviction, decide they want to live the good life, full of riches and no work. Unfortunately, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the work ethic or smarts to get there the old-fashioned way. Their answer lies in fraud. First, they try to take a watch off a prosthetic arm, then get beaten up trying to snatch purses from old women and, finally, begin to rethink their tactics. Amazingly enough, the two rich-looking women who beat them up decide to bail them out. The women, roughly in their 60s, are in trouble, as they are broke as a joke. Recently jilted out of a condom fortune, they are also looking to make some easy money. The buttheads decide to court the women, expecting them to kick off soon, and the women take in the boys to insure them, bump them off and collect on the booty. Eventually, they all start trying to kill each other futilely, but they do manage to take out some plumbers and unsuspecting gardeners. s o u n d s

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entists. In her notes she has the beginnings of a sinister plot, probably of cataclysmic proportions, but she needs more before her story is complete. Joe, in spite of his feelings, allows Polly to accompany him in his search for the origin of the attacking robots.After an attack at the base and the capture of his right-hand man Dex (Giovanni Ribisi), the two are off to the Himalayas in search of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, a mad scientist they believe to be the key to the sinister plot. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a world of giant steel robots and ray guns, of propellers and morse code, of super-radios instead of supercomputers.A world where even the most serious of situations are handled with a dry, sprightly humor and the most devious of villains have a tinge of innocence to them. Firsttime filmmaker Kerry Conran imagines this world with great gusto and gaiety, perfectly balancing the shadowy noir world of fedoras and trench coats with the colorful, fast-action world of classic comic books. He uses CGI strikingly well, creating some of the most sumptuous, stylized images seen onscreen in a long while. And, even though CGI is used in almost every frame, it never seems showy or overdone. Instead, thanks to a high-gloss treatment and strong focus on characters, it feels like the tattered old pages of a comic SKY CAPTAIN â&#x20AC;˘ book coming to life. This film was originally going to be called Lady Killers, but the extensive editing and departure from the story of the former movies necessitated the change. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably a good thing, because not much could make the Tom Hanks movie look good, but this one might get the Oscar bigwigs talking about mailing Hanks a statue. What came from this was National Lampoonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heaping pile of goat excrement. The investigation into why this movie fell so hard begins in the directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat. Gary Priesler is his name, and being unknown is his game. This guy is so unknown that Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s black-tie, wire-tap information junkies canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even get a reference.What is known is that while he may not have any directorial experience, according to the press guide, he has extensive experience delivering lattes to real directors.Whoever he is, if the long pauses and uneven scenes are his fault, he should be taken behind the woodshed a beaten with a canoe paddle. The second stop is the actors. Boy Meets World veteran Will Friedle plays Cal, and the ubiquitous Chris Owen is Lenny. Sound familiar? The most famous is probably Owen, who played the much-respected Sherman in the American Pie trilogy. Regardless, the Shermanator and Boy-Who-Has-Met-World arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like Lampoon greats John Belushi, Chevy Chase or even Ryan Reynolds and Tara Reid. Lastly, the story is horrendous. Getting past the premise, there are scenes with the old women dressing up as dominatrix-style sex fiends.This alone should have given the film an R rating, on the off chance a 14-year-old would be reminded of his grandmother and freak out. The random killings and other morally reprehensible acts just go way over the top. Gold Diggers is simply the worst film of the year and is not recommended, even for masochists, on the off chance they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take the pain and take a shortcut off a bridge on the way home.

Conran finds help in Law and Paltrow who, in spite of acting in front of blue-screens most of the time, seem to genuinely enjoy their throwback roles and the lovingly annoyed feelings their characters have for each other.A particularly humorous scene has Joe flying his plane through the streets of New York as Polly, playing the irritating backseat driver, yells directions at him. Even Angelina Jolie, after a long string of dismissible roles, finds one to be proud of in Franky, a steely, one-eyed airship commander who also has a romantic history with Joe. Sky Captain will rightly draw audiences for its unique visual style and attractive stars, but the real attraction the film has is its unbridled sense of fun and adventure. Like the minds of those young Buck Rogersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; radio show fans of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;30s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;40s, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fueled completely by insatiable imagination.

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The few comic moments of Mr. 3000 are outweighed by the ridiculous attempts to be dramatic.

atching Mr. 3000 is a lot like watching a real baseball game. It’s the ninth inning, bases loaded, full count, except Bernie Mac is at the plate. He swings once, twice, three times ... Strikeout! Unfortunately, that’s exactly how the movie goes. Exploiting America’s favorite pastime can’t save this pathetic excuse for a movie. Bernie Mac is a standout comedian, but his comic prowess cannot help the waferthin plot or the pathetic premise. Stan Ross (Bernie Mac) is the egomaniacal big slugger for the Milwaukee Brewers. Upon achieving his 3,000th hit, he decides to quit, going out in a blaze of glory and ensuring his place in the Hall of Fame.However,nine years later it is discovered that several of his hits had been double-counted and he, in fact, is only Mr. 2,997. So, Ross decides to mount a comeback and join the ailing Brewers to earn

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three more hits. Of course, he is not accepted back so willingly.The players resent him, the press hates him and he isn’t exactly in the best shape of his life. All the while he tries to romance a sports writer (Angela Basset) and make amends with his former manager (the sorely underused Paul Sorvino). It is always a shame to see what could have been a great movie essentially flounder and fall flat on its face. Mac is a great comedian and makes the most of the poor material thrown at him. There is no real connection between the audience and the characters

Four months after a Larry King interview in which he claimed never to have had any drug problems, former child star Macaulay Culkin was busted for possession. The 24-yearold divorcé was found with a little short of a felony quantity of marijuana. Unaware of his rights, Culkin allowed Oklahoma State Police to search his car after he was pulled over for speeding and improper lane changing. The Good Son posted a $4,000 bond, and may yet consider another Home Alone sequel to cover legal expenses.

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READERS’ CHOICE Emergency medical technicians summoned to the home of a grossly overweight woman in Stuart, Fla., in August had the usual problems removing her (inadequate stretcher, doorways too small), but there was a more serious concern for the 480-pound woman: She had not budged from her couch in several years, and its covering had become grafted onto her skin, requiring her to be transported while on the couch (and the couch surgically removed at Martin Memorial Hospital). (She died in the hospital, of breathing complications.)

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because they are so poorly developed.The film has a few inspired moments of comedic moments, but they are too brief to make an impact. It has one of the most stereotypical plots in film history: egocentric guy hits rock bottom, and now must crawl back up by learning and teaching lessons along the way. The few comic moments of the film are outweighed by the ridiculous attempts to be dramatic.You can see Mac’s disgust as he grinds out the movie in this preposterous role. Mr. 3000 is not worth it—plain and simple. There is a promising roster, but good actors like Basset and Sorvino are wasted in the hackneyed plot, and Mac’s comedic talents do not get the justice they deserve. Before you go see Mr. 3000, see if there’s anything else playing, or even make sure you don’t have any homework due. Otherwise, the only way you could stand a movie like this is to be heavily sedated or drugged. Mr. 3000 swings and swings, but ends up striking out.

L.A.’s porn industry was fined over $30,000 for allowing actors to perform without condoms. The crackdown—the first of its kind—follows an HIV outbreak last April that shut down the industry for a month when five actors tested positive and 50 others were exposed. Producers are reluctant to implement contraceptives, claiming they take the sizzle out of sex scenes and turn off consumers. Tony Tedeschi, 15-year porn veteran, said he has never insisted on condoms: “If I did, I wouldn’t be able to work.”

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up on Monday morning and the whole world has changed. While I was off enjoying myself watching baseball and football all weekend, with a smattering of William Holden drunkenness thrown in for good measure, Britney Spears got married again. For shit’s sake, what are the ramifications of something like this? Will freaky Bob Dole still lust after her in those Pepsi commercials? What about the dog? Will her music still suck? Will this cause a rash of marriages by 10-year-old girls who really want to be like her? When she’s divorced a week from now, will anything really have changed at all? Probably not so much. Maybe I shouldn’t be so hard on Mrs. Spears. She kind of has talent, in the same way a midget kind of has a height problem, but it’s still some sort of talent. At least she’s probably worked sort of hard to get where she’s at. I mean, she dances quite a bit, so she’s worked at least as hard as an aerobics instructor. She could have worked less. If you look a little farther south on the talent food chain, you’ll find Paris Hilton. The last hard day’s work she did was when she climbed out of an extremely wealthy vagina. If you ask her though, and many people soon will, Paris will be happy to tell you of her trials and tribulations. Hell, she even wrote a book about it. It’s sort of like Norman Mailer becoming a fashion model, but whatever, let’s give her the benefit of the doubt for now. Her book is called Confessions of an Heiress. I’m assuming this is because Barbara Streisand already used the title Spoiled,Talentless, Filthy Whore for her autobiography. “It’s just a look inside my life,” Paris says. Well, that makes sense, her life is about the only thing on her person the public hasn’t seen the insides of after that little video.“It’s about my friends and dating tips and dos and don’ts of dressing. It’s kind of like a girls’ guide. It’s pretty interesting.” Yeah, maybe, but I bet it’s not really all that interesting unless your name is Paris Hilton. She says the book was a “hard, but really fun project.” I’m not sure if she means it’s hard to read it or to write it, but I’m sure anything to do with words is a little tricky for her. OK, I could go on and on making fun of her dumb little blurbs ... so let’s do that! She spoke in general terms about her sex tape. “Everyone does crazy stuff when they’re

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movies; after all, it’s a lot easier to rally behind a ragtag group of underprivileged baseball players or an underdog hockey team than some poor bloke trying to rise to the top of the upscale tennis world. More simply, films about snobby sports just don’t have the same universality, further evidenced by the fact that nearly all golf movies—Tin Cup springs to mind—instill an unkempt, everyman quality to their heroes. Attempting to pacify classy sports fans as well as anyone who thinks a Grand Slam tournament takes place at Denny’s is Wimbledon, a romantic comedy in which sport takes a backseat to paltry, faux-sophisticated European chivalry. Paul Bettany double faults in his play for leading man status as Peter Colt, a veteran English tennis star and former #11 in the world who has fallen to #119 and practically hasn’t won a big match since Andre Agassi had hair. That’s until the hotel concierge (and the gods of movie convenience) sends Peter to the wrong room, where young American phenom Lizzie

Very few autobiographies are so eagerly anticipated that they require two years of hype, but this week John Travolta announced the fall 2006 release of his as yet untitled autobiography. “If I waited any longer I’d have to write two books,” said the Battlefield Earth star. “I’ve had such a full life that I really want to share it.” The autobiography is to be about “a tremendously thoughtful person” with remarkable stories about his career, friends (supposedly including Princess Diana), passions and alleged creative process. This synopsis suggests this may be the first autobiography to be penned by a ghost-writer.

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young, but if you’re an heiress, you have even more opportunities to mess up.” See, that’s not really true. Everyone has a chance to mess up, rich or not. It’s just that most don’t have a deep desire to show the public every minuscule portion of these miscues. OK, on one hand, I’m sure the tape embarrassed her and she didn’t want it to be distributed. On the other hand, it didn’t really harm her initial goal of becoming really, really famous. “Guys do not want girls who are too nice to them, or girls they can walk all over and get too easily. Every guy wants to be with a woman who thinks like an heiress,” Little Miss Priss points out. First of all, let me say, guys really do love nice girls they can walk all over and get easily. C’mon, we’re guys. While we’re at it, I don’t want a woman who thinks like an Michael Coulter heiress. I want a woman who is a videographthink 20 beers and a bowl of er, comedian peanuts is an acceptable date. and can be Enough of the blurbs already heard on WPGU though.You’ve got the sex tape, 107.1 Thursdays you’ve got the show, you’ve got at 5 workin’ it. the record album. When will This Wednesday the Paris products end? My he’ll be telling guess is, not soon. inappropriate She would likely even call jokes at The Iron herself an entrepreneur if she Post. Come over. knew what that word meant. She will soon try to make the common folk’s lives better by introducing her own line of jewelry that doesn’t cost too much. “With my line I try to use what I like and make it affordable,” she said.“So anyone can look like an heiress.” C’mon, girlie, you apparently don’t need jewels to look like an heiress. Geez Louise, anyone who can lift both their legs behind their ears can look like you. Am I bitter about all this? I gotta say, it certainly seems so. I mean, for something I claim to care nothing about, it does get me worked up. I think I’m just old school on the fame thing. I remember the old days when famous people were gifted or talented or maybe even just skilled in a small way. Just being rich wasn’t enough to be a celebrity then, and it shouldn’t be enough now. Few folks could tell you who the richest man was in the 1500s, but most of them could at least tell you who sculpted the statue of David back then, right? Actually, some folks probably couldn’t.You think Paris could?

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Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst) just happens to be in the shower. She doesn’t throw him out so much as politely ask him to leave, an awfully undramatic introduction to a love affair that blossoms between two people with about as much chemistry as caviar and Miller Lite. Bettany is no Hugh Grant -he’ll be lucky to be the next Colin Firthand his subdued self-consciousness doesn’t transform to triumphant courage nearly enough for us to be inspired by Peter’s rise from the ashes of Center Court. Dunst does more with a tennis skirt than any actual WIMBLEDON • KIRSTEN DUNST women’s tennis player, but she’s far from or even a bit of spirited volleying.Worse still believable as the next big American tennis is the romantic interference of Lizzie’s father (Sam Neill), which disintegrates about as easstar, but she is a formidable love interest. Director Richard Loncraine and writers ily as the film’s athletic credibility. Hardly anything in Wimbledon is convincAdam Brooks, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin make a lot of feeble attempts to estab- ing, but it has a good-natured charm that lish an atmosphere of impossible fantasy makes you smile even as you’re rolling your behind Peter’s improbable romance and run eyes.Still, it’s a simple, mildly satisfying movie at the championship.Yet everything is grossly about knowing when not to throw in the underplayed, from the bumps in his and towel and proving that love can be a winning Lizzie’s courtship to his minor tournament score in tennis. The trailer boasts Wimbledon as from the turbulence, which generally finds Peter miraculously coming back—often off-cam- people who brought you Notting Hill, and there’s a noticeable effort made to re-create its era—from an extreme deficit. He plays his best friend (Nicolaj Coster sense of whimsical romanticism. But while the Waldau) in the third round and forms a rival- films do share studios and executive producers, ry with the obnoxious American favorite comparing that entirely winning and hilarious (Austin Nichols), but neither of these love story to this predictable lobbing of romanencounters achieves much dramatic grandeur tic comedy cliches is just Roddick-ulous.

The unassuming town of Greensburg, Pa., (pop. 16,000, just east of Pittsburgh), was the site of two high-profile arrests recently. In July, James Kilpatrick, 21, was suspected as the man responsible for several toe-kissing incidents, including one underneath a public library table, when he allegedly kissed the feet of a 12-year-old girl and asked if he could kiss her liver. In September, Robert Domasky, 48, who cross-dresses as “Kelly,” was charged with trespassing (and suspected of identity theft) after “Kelly” was found outside the girls’ locker room at Greensburg Salem High School looking for the cheerleading coach. The 200-pound Domasky said he merely wanted her to teach him some cheers. In Domasky’s apartment, police found cheerleader magazines and uniforms, pompoms, and photos of “Kelly” in cheerleader garb.

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including Democratic meetings, parades, pancake breakfasts, town festivals and ice cream socials, he said. He has lived in Illinois for 25 years and is known to be very service- and people-oriented. He leads a men’s social club at Dewitt County Nursing Home, volunteers at Planned Parenthood of East Central Illinois, coaches youth sports and substitute teaches when he gets the chance. He considers his close ties to the community a great advantage to his candidacy. “It allows me to recognize the concerns and needs of regular people, and gives me insight into the types of things they would like to see their government take care of,” he said. Gill’s strong opposition to the war in Iraq and President George W. Bush’s actions remain evident in his speeches and proposals. According to Gill, the United States should not have sent troops to Iraq.Though this is an unpopular view among some Americans, Gill does not blame them for their well-meant patriotic intentions. “I don’t fault people, really. I think the administration is doing a pretty good job of pulling the wool over people’s eyes. They watch it live on TV and are like, ‘rah rah rah.’” Gill said. “There are causes to die for, but the war in Iraq is not a cause to die for.” The war isn’t the only overseas issue Gill opposes. Free trade agreements with other countries, in Gill’s belief, decrease jobs for Americans and increase unemployment in the United States.Although people who are laid off often find new jobs, they usually get less pay and fewer benefits, he said. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) forces American workers to compete with workers from other countries who make as little as 31 cents an hour. In his opinion, NAFTA has had devastating effects on American families, small businesses and even schools.

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the road and make the most of these perfect fall days. Should you indulge your wanderlust and travel near or far, here are some suggestions for tasty meals on the road.

The Big Windy is full of good restaurants and excellent chefs (Charlie Trotter and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, to name but two), which makes it particularly hard to pick just a few.

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Trotter’s To Go is a hidden gem—a reasonably priced and delicious alternative to the never-gonna-happen reservations for Charlie Trotter’s other eponymous and much more exclusive Chicago outpost. This is a kind of deli Shangri-La, with dishes like Peking duck sharing the bill with peekytoe crabcakes, curried mangocauliflower salad with lemon yogurt sauce, and passion fruit white chocolate tarts. The sandwiches and boxed lunches are a great excuse for a picnic on Lake Michigan, but with offerings like beef tenderloin with watercress, Stilton and Bermuda onion ($6.95), your sandwich might not make the trip. Trotter’s To Go 1337 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago (773) 868-6510 Mon.–Sat. 11 a.m.–8 p.m. Sun. 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Udupi Cafe is an all-vegetarian South Indian restaurant. Go for the daily lunch buffet and try dosai (crepe-like breads served stuffed with savory fillings or plain), samosas (fried vegetable fritters) and vada (lentil doughnuts). I especially like the dal (lentil) curry and sag paneer (spinach with cubed cheese). Udupi Cafe 4225 Lafayette Road, Indianapolis (317) 299-2127 Sun.–Thur. 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m. Fri.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m.–10 p.m.

“(1992 presidential candidate) Ross Perot used to say, ‘If you sign that NAFTA, the giant sucking sound you hear after that will be the sound of our jobs being sucked overseas,’” Gill said. “He was right.” If elected into the House of Representatives, Gill vows to only support U.S. business with countries that have strict policies against slave labor, child labor and nondemocratic working environments. He stresses the importance of fair, not free, trade agreements. His universal health care plan focuses mainly on assistance to the elderly. But Gill also concentrates on the central issues behind children’s education. According to Gill, America needs to produce the adequate funds and qualified teachers to see improvement in our children’s education, which is not happening with programs such as No Child Left Behind. “No Child Left Behind is way underfunded. When the bill passed, the federal government promised that they would fund it to a certain extent, and this year

they are coming up $10 billion short,” Gill said.“We could recruit teachers in a better way by helping pay for their college educations in exchange for a commitment to teach in underprivileged communities, urban or rural.” Considering himself a beginner in politics, Gill is pleasantly surprised and grateful for the significant amount of support and aid he has acquired over the past 20 months. Already, through the funding of many endorsements and donations, his campaign has raised $60,000. Gill said he appreciates every token of kindness his supporters provide, from a vote to a donation. “Any time I see a Gill yard sign, I think, ‘Wow, isn’t that nice of them?’” Gill said. “Isn’t that flattering for someone to do that for me? It blows me away every time. I’m very grateful for all the help that we get.” Gill advises students to read newspapers on a daily basis, making sure to get information from different sources in order to hear topics discussed from different views and angles. Reaching out to all ages, s o u n d s

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ot many could say they have been a doctor, teacher, community leader and candidate for Congress by the time they reached the age of 44. However, Dr. David Gill, Democratic candidate for Illinois’ 15th Congressional District, can make claim to all of these things. Campaigning nonstop for the past 20 months in preparation for the Nov. 2, 2004 election, his support from Champaign and the district’s surrounding 21 counties grows stronger. He said he feels that his age and lack of political upbringing are trivial matters compared to his handson experience with what he likes to call America’s “plain ol’ folk.” Residing in Clinton, Ill., with his wife Polly and three children, Gill attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for both undergraduate and medical school. He is an emergency-room doctor and medical director of the Board of Directors of John Warner Hospital in Clinton. Beginning a political career was never a goal of Gill’s until two years ago when his frustration with the nation’s health care system reached a boiling point. He considers America’s lack of sufficient health care the most important issue in his platform. “We are the only developed country that doesn’t have a national health care plan,” Gill said.“I patiently waited for Washington to respond to this, which strikes me as something so obvious ... but they just didn’t do anything. A couple years ago it finally dawned on me that they are never going to do anything until they get different people in Washington.” Campaigning night and day, Gill has attended numerous community events,

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Abyssinia Ethiopian Restaurant is small and located in a strip mall (as is Udupi Cafe), but the food is definitely big, both in flavor and in quantity. There is a good mix of vegetarian and meat dishes, all served with and on enjera, a spongy, tangy flatbread. Meals are eaten with your hands and Ethiopian tradition encourages diners to feed one another, which can be both romantic and funny. Call ahead to order Ethiopian coffee, which is freshly roasted and rich, much like Turkish coffee. Abyssinia Ethiopian Restaurant 5352 W. 38th St., Indianapolis (317) 299-0608 Tue.–Sun. 11 a.m.–10 p.m. Shapiro’s Delicatessen is a chain now (at least in Indianapolis), but it’s still the only place to go if you have a craving for a big corned beef or pastrami on rye and a slice of pie. Food is served cafeteria style, which means you’ll probably overeat. I found myself with a tray overflowing with cake, latkes (potato pancakes) and stuffed cabbage before I even put in my order for a pastrami on rye. Shapiro’s Downtown (the original location) 808 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis (317) 631-4041 6:45 a.m.–8 p.m. daily

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they do the same through food.African Hut offers food from throughout Africa, including Cameroonian-style collard greens and Ghana beef. Try the zanzi fries (made with yams), the fried plantains served with Katanga sauce (a spicysweet tomato-based sauce) and any of a number of African wines, beers, teas and fruit juices. African Hut 1107 N. Old World 3rd St., Milwaukee (414) 765-1110 Mon.–Thur. 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m. Fri.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–11 p.m.

meals in the sunny depot or in one of the rail cars. Stick to “authentic” dishes, such as filete de huachinango à la veracruzana (red snapper with a sauce of bell peppers, onions, olives and capers). A Sunday brunch ($13.99) features made-toorder omelets and fresh tortillas. La Estacion 319 Williams St.,Waukesha (262) 521-1989 Sun.–Thur. 9 a.m.–11 p.m. Fri.–Sat. 9 a.m.–midnight

La Estacion serves wonderful Mexican food in a converted train depot. Patrons can eat their

Amanda Kolling will eat just about anywhere. E-mail her at amandakolling@readbuzz.com.

Santorini serves excellent Greek food in a cozily elegant restaurant. The restaurant is in Greektown, but tends not to be as touristy as some of the others on the “strip.” Focus on seafood dishes, but don’t miss the moussaka (a kind of Greek lasagna), which can be made vegetarian. Santorini 800 W. Adams St., Chicago (312) 829-8820 Sun.–Thur. 11 a.m.–midnight Fri.–Sat. 11 a.m.–1 a.m.

MILWAUKEE Yes, Milwaukee. Wisconsin isn’t just the Dells and Door County, after all. If you want a lakefront city with a river walk, microbreweries and big-time breweries, cheese shops and sausage factories, then Milwaukee is the place for you. Look further and you’ll find a surprisingly sophisticated place, with the ultra-chic in Tod’s loafers and Burberry scarves getting their morning buzz at Alterra and their evening saketinis at Izumi’s. African Hut owners Yinka and Moji Adedokun run a business called African Presentations, which aims to educate others about African culture and history. In their restaurant,

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Are you wondering where else you can register and get information? Registration kiosks located at the S.E. corner of the Illini Union and the Undergraduate Library Student Organizations offering periodic voter registration at the Illini Union and dorms Room 200 South Main Library, Government Documents Library http://www.champaigncountyclerk.com

Keep an eye out for the I-VOTE Student Forum

If you could have dinner with any artist, who would it be?

David Byrne. He would swing by on a sparkly red bicycle around 8 p.m., wearing his big suit, of course.Then I would grab my blue bicycle in my blue pinstripe suit and my cat, who would ride in the basket on David’s bicycle. We would ride to Jim’s Original Maxwell Street for polish sausages and porkchop sandwiches. Then we would buy 40 ounces and ride to Six Corner for an art party with artichokes, cheesecake, cheap wine and shitty DJs. Then Bjork would show up with a handle of tequila and we’d all do shots on the black iron fire escape and sing to the people walking by below under bright neon. And then over to Montrose rocks to watch the sunrise.

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What inspires you?

I like machines, turny teeth and clicketyclack chains. The mechanisms that power our society, infrastructure. I like to think about all the sights and sounds broken down to bits of code and signal and broadcast. I like to think about all the water flowing through a million pipes, and electric wires everywhere. Or disasters, when planes blow up buildings or trains fall off tracks. Mice and bugs, blood and steel. Nuclear weapons, disco balls, terminal disease, black and white, fluorescent lights, neon, poison gas, television. And robots.

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What medium do you prefer to work in and why?

I like to work with mayonnaise. It’s not just for double cheeseburgers anymore. Although I suppose it is less of a medium and more of a double XL. Where can you find the best conversation in town?

The best conversation in town is trapped in the underground steam tunnels, occasionally escaping through the steam wand on the espresso machine at your local cafe. It is actually injected directly into your coffee. I find the thicker the cream, the more potent the conversation. Try a double shot breve cappuccino or con panna. Legendary discourse is sure to follow.

September 30, October 1 & 2 7:30 pm Gill attended an event on Sept. 10 at The Canopy Club in Urbana to speak with college-age voters about the 2004 election. “There were all these young, energetic people that were coming up to me and saying, ‘We’re behind you 100 percent! How do we get bumper stickers? What can we do to help?’ It was really rewarding,” he said.“I don’t feel very cool, but there were a lot of young people there that told me,‘You are so cool, man!’ It was a lot of fun.” Gill expects to see a positive outcome on

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In 1981, Guy Renzaglia and his partners established Alto Vineyards in Alto Pass, Ill. Renzaglia and his son, Paul, established a winery in 1988. In 2001, the Renzaglia family opened a retail facility and tasting room in Champaign. Jim Dubnicek is the General Manager of the Alto Vineyards Champaign retail facility and tasting room.

Your Web site says you hold Music Among the Vines. Can you describe it?

How did you get involved with Alto Vineyards?

How many people, would you say, come to Music Among the Vines?

I went to school at Southern Illinois. And then I married Guy Renzaglia’s daughter. I was involved in it from the beginning. There was too much work for one person to do, so we all did it. We did the picking and pruning of the grapes back in the early days. We ended up moving up here, so it was a logical choice for us to start the Champaign tasting room.

It’s hard to say because it’s weather dependent. Last weekend, for instance, we had 179 people. The weekend before, we had 90. It was raining and we had it inside. We’ve been doing it for three years and it’s been pretty successful.

Why did you open a Champaign tasting room?

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Daniel Brown is a senior in the University of Illinois painting program. He was born and raised in a large Irish-Catholic family on the South Side of Chicago. His parents are opposed to birth control, so he has one brother and four sisters, and seeing them all together can be quite disturbing. He has a dog who is scared of everything except moving vehicles. He has a large white cat who is wandering around Urbana somewhere, or dead. He is 5 feet 11 inches tall and 145 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes, and is a Gemini. He enjoys bicycle rides, burning things and bouts of heavy drinking. Catch him in action at your local pub or crime scene.

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Election Day. “We expect to win.There’s a lot of people who say Tim Johnson can’t be beat. He hasn’t lost an election in 33 years. But with the enthusiastic response and the media attention we’ve attracted over the last few weeks and months, we’re bound and determined to win. We think that all signs are go.” The main point Gill said he wants to get across to students on the University of Illinois campus this fall is:“Register.Vote.” buzz

The Champaign-Urbana region consumes more wine than anywhere in the state, outside the Chicago area. What age groups come to the Champaign tasting room?

Fifteen years ago, there was an age group for wine—normally age 35 and up. Now it’s college age and up. Younger people are drinking wine, and older people are drinking wine. There’s no longer that one niche that we target anymore.

On Saturday nights, we have blues or jazz bands play under the lights outside. It gives people the opportunity to listen to live music and drink wine and eat. We do that every week, starting in May and go through the end of September, sometimes the beginning of October.

What other events do you hold?

We do quite a few weddings. We have bachelorette parties. We do business meetings where they have a meeting and hook it up with a tasting. We do a lot of service-oriented events up here. What do you want it to develop into?

We’ve been here for four years.We want the building next door to be a fullfunctioning reception hall. We want to grow grapes here. Because we’re a family company, we are not going to use any outside finance, so growth will be kind of slow. But we’re producing so much wine. We have empty buildings here that we could produce in. We kind of develop as we can.

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hen Jacen Burrows graduated from the Savannah School of Art and Design’s sequential art program in 1996, he faced more challenges than the average art school graduate. Finding a career in comic art—a niche industry with high demands and small markets—proved to be an incredible test for his own skills, as well as patience. His work took him across the country and through numerous freelance assignments—many offering little pay—before he eventually ended up in Champaign working with Urbana comic book publisher Avatar Press. “I was going to get a general illustration degree to draw sequential art,” Burrows states.“(Savannah) didn’t have a sequential art program. But the year I had arrived, they announced it, because there had been several students in their illustration program that had been pushing for sequential art for a while, and they finally said, ‘Okay, yeah. We’re going to do it.’” Since comic book art was the direction he planned on going in after completing school anyway, the addition of the program seemed all too convenient and proved to be the first in a series of instances where Burrows happened to find himself in the right place at the right time. The medium of sequential art has only begun within the last decade to garner the attention of degree programs such as Savannah’s. “The only other place that I know that was actually offering sequential art was the Joe Kubert School, but they don’t offer a bachelor’s. They offer a certificate of completion, which isn’t quite the same,” says Burrows. He enrolled in the curriculum, which bolstered his illustration instruction with work on the panel-to-panel style of narration which defines sequential artwork. “It was a slow process,” he admits. “But then toward the end of your program you could start doing graphic novel classes.” Graphic novels have become the long form pinnacle of the medium, which other major artists such as Maus’ Art Spiegelman and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns’ Frank Miller have helped to establish. Sequential art distinguishes itself from normal illustrative techniques because the artist has to take on the role of storyteller, as well as visual artist. “With comics, you have to look at it a lot more like it’s a storyboard. The most important thing is telling the story, much more than selling something that’s a single image. If you’re a graphic designer or any other sort of visual artist, you have a single image that can encapsulate everything you

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“ need to tell. With comics, you have to spend a lot of time just laying (out) how a page is going to flow, how you’re going to get the entire story down through a series of images,” he explains. Furthermore, the final result is a product of the dialogue that takes place between the writer, penciler and then later on, the colorist. Burrows receives his scripts from whoever happens to be writing with him on a given project.The collaboration takes place over a series of script exchanges, e-mails and telephone calls.“There are the scripts,” he notes,“which are like direct letters to me, since (the writers) know usually that I’m going to be working on it ahead of time. Occasionally, we’ll send e-mails back and forth discussing something. And I’ve talked to a couple of them on the phone briefly, but usually not about the actual projects, just to make friendly introductions and stuff.” “I work in full script,” Burrows says. “So all the panel descriptions are already there. All the dialogue is already there. Generally, their panel descriptions—at least at this point, now that they trust me as an artist—stay pretty loose. Like they’ll say, ‘Panel one: character comes into the room.’” This is the point where he steps in and begins his part of the process. “I get to decide what the camera angle is that best suits the mood of the panel and what the character is dressed in or what their expression is based on the dialogue. Early on, guys like Warren Ellis would give me every single bit of description possible to make sure they kept control. Now, they know that I’m going to do the story service rather than just try to show off my own abilities.” Though Burrows has done a variety of noncomics work outside of Avatar—including art for role-playing games as well as cover and box art for the PC and console game Grand Theft Auto III:Vice City—he maintains that comics remains his field of choice. “Comics always pulls me back because I want to do something that’s a complete story that can actually move the reader,” he says. “As an example, being a kid, I read (Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’) Watchmen for the first time and actually had an emotional reaction to the story. It showed the vast potential of what the medium can do.” October will mark the release of the first issue in Burrows’ latest comic book project, 303, a war story authored by Garth Ennis, most widely known for his work on Preacher and Punisher. 303, a miniseries, will follow the leader of a Russian

special forces unit who races against a British unit to discover a secret hidden deep within the heart of war-tattered Afghanistan. For anyone who recognizes Ennis’ name as a major industry writer, seeing his name attached to a small press like Avatar may appear more than a bit strange. In fact, the list of writers with whom Burrows has teamed with over his last several projects includes industry names Warren Ellis and Alan Moore—author of The Watchmen, as well as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and From Hell, both of which have seen adaptations to film.To be working with such names so early in a burgeoning comic art career would seem surreal to most mainstream artists working at larger companies. Working at Avatar, however, has allowed Burrows to work side by side with these comic book fanfavorite writers on creator-owned titles that Avatar has almost exclusively been able to rope in among comic publishers. Upon arriving in Champaign-Urbana, Burrows never could have estimated the size of the creative gold mine that awaited him.“When I got to Avatar originally, I assumed it would be a steppingstone to a bigger company,” he recalls. Avatar, which has made a name for itself publishing horror, crime noir and war story genre-specific comics, is a small operation in a comic book world dominated by the superheroes of Spider-Man’s Marvel Entertainment and Batman’s AOL-Time Warner owned DC Comics. “(Avatar) started getting jobs with these really big writers that specifically wanted me to work on their projects, and it just became home, because I wasn’t about to go someplace that wasn’t going to offer me projects with these kinds of writers,” Burrows says. Such dream assignments have allowed his style to evolve, and the complexity of his scripts consistently demand copious amounts of research, which he pours into his detail-savvy renderings. “I like it to be as accurate as possible visually,” he explains, “because that’ll actually help sell the reality of the story. If someone draws a gun, and it’s just a weird looking box that doesn’t look like a real gun, you’re instantly pulled out of the story.” “When I sit down and read the stories, I will write notes for every little thing that I can possibly research. Like for Scars, I ended up with probably a hundred images of autopsy room equipment for one scene in the book.” His latest project required even greater lengths.

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then I got married and moved into another house. At that point, we were going through some changes and (other band members) were moving to other cities. I had all these ideas and this creative energy, so I just went for it. It was good experience.” Attic’s early 2004 release came hot on the heels of the band’s new contract with Champaign’s own Polyvinyl Records, who picked the band up after their previous label, the much-lamented Kindercore, collapsed under the weight of financial troubles. Still, despite the reasons involved in jumping labels, Barnes couldn’t be happier with the new arrangement. “We weren’t too affected by (Kindercore’s end), because we found Polyvinyl pretty quickly,” he says. “Polyvinyl’s definitely more on top of things than anyone we’ve ever worked with before. The Kindercore thing was tripledouble weird—now some of our records are in limbo because we don’t have a distributor or manufacturer. Once that’s figured out, everything will be fine.” The band has already pieced together their second Polyvinyl full-length, set for an April release, and—naturally—it looks to provide yet another twist in Of Montreal’s

ongoing musical tale. “It’s dancier,” Barnes says. “There’s more programmed drums. It’s still got a funky, groovier quality to it, but it’s a lot darker.The first half is really sunny and poppy, (but) the second half is much darker. It’s really different than Satanic Panic, but there’s still something that binds the two together.” While Kevin Barnes’ drive to keep his music “surreal” via genre-hopping may seem excessively ambitious for a pop songwriter who drops at least one thick, layered record per calendar year, it doesn’t seem to bother him. The challenge of never settling is, ultimately, at the center of the whole Of Montreal enterprise, informing each new project. “I personally don’t want to do the same thing over and over and over again,” he says. “Sometimes there will be failed experiments and sometimes there will be successful experiments.Time will tell.” buzz

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ny music fan will appreciate the fact that Mason Jennings has built his career from the ground up. Starting his own label, touring for over half the year in a van, and playing smaller cities and venues are all proof that Jennings is willing to sacrifice certain amenities for his artistic freedom. With an arsenal of sharp, intellectual lyrics, smooth instrumentation and a unique belief on life, the Minneapolis-based singer/songwr iter will

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Barnes says. “And I’ve always been a fan of dance-pop music, so it’s a genre I’ve wanted to experiment with for a long time. I’ve been getting into (programmed drums). It’s really fun and liberating to play something like that, to work in different genres.” “I also got married last year,” he adds with a laugh. “It (may have) made me more upbeat.” Given its signature kitchen-sink mathpoppiness, Of Montreal might seem like the last band expected to join the ranks of !!! and the Rapture (who are given a “slight” nod on Attic’s “Rapture Rapes The Muses”) in dance music’s indie-centric resurgence. Barnes refutes the stereotype, suggesting that the style isn’t necessarily limited to expected genres like post-punk or new wave. “It’s just the zeitgeist right now,” he says. “Everyone’s being turned on to the same things at the same time.” Beyond its unforeseen surrender to funk, Attic also holds the distinction of being the first proper Of Montreal album recorded almost entirely by Barnes himself. Being the band’s central songwriter and lone original member, he found himself somehow liberated by what could have otherwise been a very solitary process. “I wanted to make a record by myself,” he says. “I hadn’t done that in a long time. We were all living together in this house and

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bring his unique sound to The Canopy Club in Urbana this Friday, Sept. 24. With the release of Use Your Voice earlier this year, Jennings marked his fifth album in seven years. He has sold over 60,000 albums on his self-created label, Architect Records. Jennings’ songs cover everything from politics to love and heartbreak. Use Your Voice contains songs that range from a soured love affair (“Crown”) to a eulogy for Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone (“Ballad of Paul and Sheila”) to the despair of loneliness (“Drinking as Religion.”) Creating a Midwestern style of music, which combines intelligent lyrics with beautiful instrumentation, Jennings has been equated to a 21st-century Bob Dylan, with whom he shares hometown roots. “The cool weather of Minnesota helps musicians stay grounded,” says Jennings, and

this humble attitude certainly shines through in his music. Use Your Voice, not unknowingly released in an election year, is a call for everyone to “pay attention to life and what is going on around them.” Jennings wants people to get involved and make their opinions heard. His attitude is that it does not matter how or what you are fighting for, just keep fighting. As an artist, Jennings simply uses his voice to spread a message of peace and love. As a man, Jennings is fighting to make his mark in an industry which thrives on conformity. Never looking back on what may have been, Jennings is content knowing that not everyone may recognize him. “I’ve got a bumper sticker on my chest that says no regrets ... no regrets.” buzz

5 Questions with Mason Jennings What CDs are currently in your stereo? Patti Griffin: Impossible Dream, Ravi Shankar: Greatest Hits, The Bad Plus: Give. What is your favorite city to perform in? Definitely Minneapolis, it’s home. What is your favorite beer? Summit Pale Ale. What is your favorite book or movie? Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls. If you were not in the music business, what would you be doing instead? Probably teaching English somewhere.

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gasbord. First and foremost: My Big Beautiful,The Situation and a recently reformed AD/HD join The Violents for their farewell concert at the Brass Rail. Show time is 9 p.m., and the Brass Rail is a small venue, so everyone interested ought to go early. This serves also as the release party for The Violents’ Baby EP, which at times evokes The Breeders. A stone’s throw away at Mike ‘n Molly’s is the show that AD/HD originally were supposed to play, now with hot new act The Chemicals, folk-fusion favorite Darrin Drda’s Theory of Everything and Pittsburgh guest Grain, described on their Web site as a hybrid of “Television, Humble Pie and Mazzy Star.” Back toward campus, several expatriates perform: Champaign-turnedChicago groups Drawing a Blank and Roscoe Plush, with Sevenstar at the Courtyard Cafe; and The Red Hot Valentines with Gym Class Heroes,The Academy Is…, and Fall Out Boy at The Canopy Club. As September winds down, organizers of two concerts seek to help attendees beat the Oct. 5 deadline for voter registration. Debra Domal of Little Black Spiders and Melinda Merrick have arranged an elaborate event Sept. 30 at Mike ‘n Molly’s to educate and encourage the electorate. “Voter guides and registration information will be available. All parties and candidates are encouraged to provide information for distribution. There will be no speeches; only music and information.” Talent will include Mad Science Fair, Ripley Caine’s band Goldman, Mandarin and Balisong.This is a nonpartisan function, and the $4 cover is not a political donation. A more recent booking is Rockin’ to Register, tomorrow at the Courtyard Cafe. Admission is free, as are food and drink.Voter registration, of course, is the emphasis, but also in store are Sincerely Calvin, i:scintilla, Green Light Go and Eclectic Theory. Although this too is nonpartisan, the individual bands make no such promise. i:scintilla have more on their plate than just Rockin’ to Register. Tuesday, the band

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appeared on akaradio.com for an hourlong interview with Los Angeles-based DJ Armond. In the meantime, i:scintilla and fellow local act Dropsixx are two of 10 semifinalists from an initial pool of 80. Through tomorrow, a contest at stoneageradio.com allows visitors to vote on who opens Oct. 8 for Sevendust in Bloomington. Lastly, the Web site that i:scintilla debut disc The Approach lists in its liner notes as a buyer bonus now has song lyrics and an exclusive epilogue remix of “Capsella Bursa Pastoris.” A mini-follow-up to last weekend: Kissinger, unaware of their designation here as an honorary local act, stayed around another day to do laundry and check out Haymarket Riot, Terminus Victor, Quatre Tete and ZZZZ at Mike ‘n Molly’s. Kissinger went on to play Monday with American Minor in Chicago and will return to Champaign to promote a second full-length album in February or March of 2005. After warming up in Milwaukee and Chicago, Triple Whip inaugurated six new songs and a new drummer at a new venue. Saturday at Boneyard Pottery, with rapid beats by Josh Birky, Triple Whip sometimes sounded like a joyously jangly art-rock fire engine on course to the scene. Remarkably, not even “Buy Me” made pots topple from their shelves in the back room or adjacent gallery. Later, headliner The Idle Hours offered complimentary copies of their newly remixed The EP, Stupid. Green St. Records thanks the 475 people who that same night attended its first show of the school year and announces auditions for its second compilation album. Each finalist will record a song at the FAO Schwartz-like Pogo Studio with Mark Rubel to appear on a 2,500-run compilation for free distribution and mass press. Applications with one original song demo are accepted through Nov. 19, but bands must include at least one full-time University of Illinois student. For more information, go to: http://www.greenstreetrecords.com/record.php.

Todd J. Hunter hosts “WEFT Sessions” and “Champaign Local 901,” two hours of local music Monday nights at 10 on 90.1 FM. Send news to soundground@excite.com.

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(April 20-May 20):

Your superstitious fears may nag you more than usual in the coming weeks. That's the bad news. The good news is that it's highly unlikely the feared events will actually come to pass. To help dispel your unnecessary worries, I suggest you dream up and carry out a banishing ritual. For example, you could write down what you're afraid of, and then burn the piece of paper in the flame of a red candle as you cackle and chant, "You have no [insert an energizing taboo word here] power over me!"

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(May 21-June 20):

"I'm not afraid of snakes or spiders," says Gemini actress Nicole Kidman, "just butterflies." According to my astrological analysis, that could be an apt motto for many of you Geminis in the coming weeks. You'll probably love your playful wrestles with serpent-like people and enjoy your shadow dances with web-weavers. You'll thrive in the wake of intense emotions and enigmatic twists of fate. On the other hand, you'll be in danger of losing your focus during airy encounters with delicate creatures; you'll have to be vigilant to avoid getting thrown off course by pretty ephemera and lightweight pleasures.

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One of the best-selling books in France in recent months has been Bonjour Paresse, or "Hello Laziness." The author, Corinne Maier, encourages employees to perfect the art of goofing off on the job. In the coming week, Cancerian, you should follow her advice not only at work but in every area of your life. I admire you for being so conscientious and putting so much effort into everything you do, but you're way overdue for some major slacking off. I'll go so far as to say that you have a spiritual need to vegetate. This is one time when you'll get my blessing if you decide to sit in a comfortable chair and daydream of nothing in particular as you watch the wind blow.

LEO

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The Guinness Book of World Records says the shortest river in the world is the Roe River in Montana. Measuring about 220 feet long, it flows into the Missouri River, America's second-longest river. The Roe River's source is the Great Springs, which is the largest fresh water spring in the U.S. It's 3,000 years old, stays a constant 54 degrees, and pours out 200 million gallons of water per day. I'd like you to picture this entire scene in your mind's eye, Leo—the Roe River, the Missouri River, and the Great Springs. It provides a symbolic template for what your approach should be in the coming weeks. You should be a short and concise connecting link between an underground source of abundant vitality and a free-flowing force of nature that reminds you of a mighty river.

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"I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived," wrote author Anna Louise Strong. Right about now, Virgo, you could probably speak those same words with sincerity. For months you've felt as if an invisible force were shepherding you towards an unseen goal. You've trusted the process because it resonated with a gut feeling that kept telling you "YES!" And now, finally, you're about to come to the end of the quest and collect your reward. Keep in mind, though, that even after you have it, you may not fully understand it for months.

LIBRA

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During last year's monsoon season in Sri Lanka, floods caused landslides in and around Ratnapura, the "City of Gems." As devastating as this natural disaster was, it dredged up many raw gems from their hiding places deep in the earth. After the heavy rains stopped, sapphires and rubies were strewn across the landscape for any passer-by to pick up. I foresee an analogous sequence operating in your life, Libra. The deluge will expose valuable beauty, making it easy to pluck.

SCORPIO

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"If you stick your finger in the fire," asked my teacher Ann Davies, "do you then complain that it is unfair when your finger gets burned? Do you call the fire bad?" I think her questions are essential for you to keep in mind between now and your birthday, Scorpio. If you consciously decide there are good, even honorable reasons for you to play with fire, go right ahead and do so. But if there's a bit of hell to pay as a result, don't you dare get pissed at the universe or diss God. And please don't say the fire is evil.

S A G I T T A R I U S (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Writing in the San Francisco Chronicle, business writer David Lazarus reported that the senior managers of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company gave themselves $169 million in bonuses "for doing such a good job during the utility's bankruptcy proceedings." With the authority vested in me by the cosmic powers-thatbe, I hereby authorize you to shower yourself with an equivalent barrage of blessings for all the hard work you've done during the last ten months. And please don't be shy about imitating the example of the PG&E chiefs: Reward yourself handsomely even if you've accomplished little more than saving your own ass.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

"I produce music as an apple tree produces apples," proclaimed the French pianist and composer Camille Saint-Saens. Your assignment in the coming week, Capricorn, is to do the research and meditation necessary so you can accurately complete the following sentence: "I produce _________________ as an apple tree produces apples." You need to know beyond any doubt what precise gift you were born to give the world; you cannot move on to the next phase of your evolution until you are utterly clear about what nature yearns to create through you.

AQUARIUS

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Bill Joy is a farseeing computer scientist who developed many technologies for Sun Microsystems, an influential company he cofounded. You Aquarians are now entering into a "Bill Joy" phase of your astrological cycle, a time when you're most likely to be expansive, pioneering, and innovative. Here's Joy's important message for you about what not to do. "My own biggest mistake in the last 20 years was that I designed solutions for problems that people didn't yet know they had," he told Fortune magazine. "That's why some of the things that could've made a difference couldn't find a market. The hardest part isn't inventing the solution, but figuring out how to get people to adopt it." Translation: As you dream up fresh approaches and imaginative departures, make sure you communicate about them with enthusiastic clarity to the people they'll affect most.

PISCES

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Many of the poets I like are mavericks, visionaries, and prophets, and more than a few belong to what poet Ann Waldman calls the "outrider tradition." But since it would be unpoetic to have a closed mind towards more traditional stuff, I've been reading America's new Poet Laureate, Ted Kooser. A retired vice president of a life insurance company in Nebraska, he enjoys yard sales and pork roast. Surprisingly, though, his poetry reveals a wild streak. It's not expressed in descriptions of reckless love affairs and manic excursions to the frontiers of sanity, but in a humble wisdom forged through his brave, unsentimental tenderness. That's the kind of wildness I wish for you in the coming weeks, Pisces: the crafty, loving, constructive kind.

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Karaoke “G” Force Karaoke Sappy’s on Devenshire 9pm-midnight, free Films Marathon of Fright Boardman’s Art Theatre midnight, $7.50 general, $6.50 students

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Live Music Jazz Jam with ParaDoc The Iron Post 7-10pm, TBA Crystal River Rose Bowl Tavern 8:30pm, free Women’s Booking Collective presents: The King Cobra (ex-The Need), weather. (ex-Milemarker), Angie Heaton, Beth the Puppeteer, Placenta Garden, Radical Cheerleaders Cafe Paradiso 8pm, $6 Open Mic with host Larry Gates White Horse Inn 9:30pm, free Tractor Kings, The Reputation, Winter in Alaska Cowboy Monkey 10pm, $3 The Gypsy Band, Green Mountain Grass Nargile 10pm, $4 DJ DJ Carlos Barfly 10pm, free DJ Bozak Boltini 10:30pm, free Karaoke “G” Force Karaoke Wendl’s TBA, free Speakers “The Case for a Creator” by Lee Strobel Curtis Road Church of God 5pm, free

September 27

Live Music Pist, Slavereignation The Canopy Club 9pm, $2 Dave & Steve [acoustic music] White Horse Inn 9:30pm, free MC Battle Round 4 Nargile 10pm, $3

DJ Hoff Mike ‘n Molly’s 10pm, $1 NOX: DJ ZoZo [goth and industrial] The Highdive 10pm, $2 DJ Lil’ Big Bass Boltini 10:30pm, free Karaoke “G” Force Karaoke Neil St. Pub 8pm-midnight, free

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Live Music Green Light Go, The Forecast Nargile 9pm, $3 Open Mic/Open Jam hosted by Kate Hathaway The Canopy Club 9pm, $2 if under 21, free if over 21 Crystal River Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, free Acoustic Tuesday with Caleb Cook White Horse Inn 9:30pm, free Of Montreal, The Late BP Helium, The Like Young Cowboy Monkey 10pm, $7 Adam Wolfe’s Acoustic Night with Jess Greenlee Tommy G’s 10:30pm, free DJ Irish DJ Mike ‘n Molly’s 5-10pm, free DJ Sophisto Barfly 10pm, free

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Live Music Hard Poor Korn Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, free The Apollo Project Nargile 10pm, $3 Kilborn Alley Tommy G’s 10pm, free

DJ Salsateca! DJ Bris [salsa, mambo, bachata] Cowboy Monkey 9:30pm, free Chef Ra Barfly 10pm, free DJ Boardwalk (Joel Spencer) Mike ‘n Molly’s 10pm, $1 DJ Limbs Boltini 10:30pm, free DJ Mo Diamonds 9pm-1am, TBA Karaoke Outlaw Karaoke White Horse Inn 9:30pm, free Liquid Courage Karaoke Geovanti’s 10pm-2am, free Live Band Karaoke with The Cheezy Trio The Highdive 10pm, $4 Seminars Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology Seminar: “Perspectives on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology” Beckman Institute Auditorium 3pm, free Lectures Self-Care with Diabetes by Nurse Educator Sylvia Taylor Christie Clinic on Windsor 4-5pm, free

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The cacophonous chaos of pulsing rhythmic insanity, swirling guitar feedback, earsplitting electronic manipulations and the horrifying schizoid screams of a mad man are considered staples among the noise-rock community, but nowhere will they be found in such high quantity and outstanding quality than on Wolf Eyes’ Burned Mind, their fourth full-length album. Burned Mind has picked up from where the ultra-frightening, gouge-your-eyes-out Dead Hills left off. Wolf Eyes, the purveyors of aurally psychotropic horror shows, have kicked their madness up a notch. Burned Mind conjures up an anxiety-soaked nightmare of lunacy. You push play and there is this quiet creaking of metal, so quiet it is almost silent. So, you turn it up a bit. Fuck! You get hit with a brick in the face: a piercing, decibel-peaking contortion of feedback.You like it. No, you love it, so you turn it up even louder, and you get “Stabbed in the Face,” the next track (also the single). It starts with the slow sludge of a thick guitar sliding in time with the rectum-rupturing kick drum, moving in mechanical, metronome rhythm, hypnotically dragging the listener into convulsive, synchronized spasms. The next track, “Reaper’s Gong,” sends shards of electronic sound bites swirling at you as someone haphazardly thuds away on piping. The song works as a discreet and eerie transition to the next skull-crusher, “Village Oblivia.” This song is pissed off. The simple, but heavy neurosis-like guitar riff plays over a maelstrom of electronic tweaks and creaks and screams that peak into distortion, assaulting all aural space.Then it gets heavier, when the smashing synchronization of guitar and drum pulverizes you into a throbbing, thrashing, dancing corpse. Your body drops from exhaustion just in time to zone out through another transition song, and into the creepiest song on the album (putting it in the run for the creepiest song ever), “Rattlesnake Shake.” The song’s foundation is this anti-Eno, death drone that puts you in a semi-comatose state. Motionless and scared, listening to an endless robotic rattlesnake waiting to take s o u n d s

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Saul Williams Saul Williams Fader BY NIC WEBER

Self-described as “industrial punk-hop” Saul Williams self-titled second album is eclectic like a duckbill platypus: “The tracks range from politics to relationships and the politics of relationships. What I ended up with was something that captured the authoritative cool of hip hop, the playful angst of rock ‘n’ roll, the raw emotion of emo (and my favorite, ‘screamo’) and the fuck-offness of punk.” Williams is not the gangster with a throw back jersey and a medallion. He looks more like a bohemian bum, with thrift shop delights hanging from a bony, bearded frame. He condemns the stagnation of his peers’ music; he’s the preacher of a church that worships the evolution of hip hop, and his congregation is growing. The seriousness from 2002’s premiere from Saul Williams, entitled Amethyst Rock Star, has somewhat faded.Williams split with former producer Rick Rubin after the last album and selfproduced this latest effort. What’s surprising about the melting pot of musical genres that Williams attempts to create is his incessant need to create a hook.“I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands” repeats over and over and is only one example of many. It seems odd that an MC so aware of the DJ’s importance and hyperconscious of the musical tensions he can create to illuminate his words is so self-indulgent as to create music that is “fun” to perform. This album seems like it would be an incredible show. The beat and tempo of pure rock ‘n’ roll with the rhymes of a political poet. It worked for Rage Against the Machine, and, in fact, Zack de le Rocha appears briefly on the album; but the album never pinpoints the source of its angst, other than defiling popular hip hop and the unaware consumer. Williams rarely raps, or even delivers his spoken word poetry through the baritone throat he’s had heads bobbing to since he started winning poetry slams in the early ‘90s. He sings, croons, even wails a bit on the tracks while still composing lyrics that have the majestic substance responsible for much of his written poetry’s longevity: “ecstasy suffered, a conidial buffered,

we aim to remember what we choose to forget, God’s just a baby, and her diaper is wet.” The musical backing at times suffers, though. Especially on tracks like “Grippo,” where the lyrical content and voice never quite get the supernatural backing they require. The riff is repetitive and certainly somewhat overshadowed by the imposed bass. The track is defiantly a microcosm of the whole album—headed in the right direction, but not quite there.

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So Serious Parasol BY CAROL MUDRA

High school garage band. Those are the words that kept running through my mind as I listened to this 12-track, 24-minute album. It’s band practice and the bassist couldn’t make it because, well, he doesn’t exist. The Like Young are Amanda and Joe Ziemba, husband and wife duo as of spring 2002.The fact that there are only two does not hinder their power to rock one bit. Switching around from band to band trying to find their niche, Amanda and Joe finally realized that their niche was in each other. At last, the couple was able to express themselves they way they wanted to, and it shows through their music.Their songs are short and to the point. Joe has a strong voice and he isn’t afraid to belt out lyrics at the top of his lungs. He has fun and he has attitude. Amanda’s background vocals add a soft, sweet splash of color to the mix for a fun poppy blend. Their lyrics are blunt and a little bit sassy: “Give me your hand, let me smell it.” On So Serious, song topics range from paranoia to drinking to lust. Since the songs are short, it just means that you can learn all the words faster. The couple uses upbeat guitar riffs and catchy drum beats to induce movement in the listener’s body. Although the recording sounds a little flat, it does have that very raw, live appeal to it.The instrumentation is varied a bit on tracks like “Worry a Lot” where they throw in some keyboards. So Serious is a great album to pop in the player while you’re getting ready to go out, or if you just want to hang out in the living room with some friends.Three instruments, two people, one damn fun band.

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Live Music Bryan Holloway Trio [jazz] Cowboy Monkey 5pm, free Jeff Helgesen Quintet The Iron Post 5-7pm, TBA The Prairie Dogs Tommy G’s 5-7pm, free Mason Jennings, Doxy The Canopy Club 7pm, $8 Rockin’ to Register: Green Light Go Courtyard Cafe 9pm, free The Noisy Gators The Iron Post 9pm, $3

Full Circle [‘80s hard rock] The Phoenix 9pm, free Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, free Elsinore White Horse Inn 9:30pm, free The Apollo Project, DJ Satish Nargile 10pm, TBA The Barflyz Tommy G’s 10pm, $3 Monsters of Mock The Canopy Club 10:30pm, $6 DJ Onda Tropicale [reggae, island, Brasilian house] Cowboy Monkey 9pm, free DJ Bozak Barfly 10pm, free

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Live Music Music Among the Vines: Jeff Helgesen, Rachael Lee Alto Vineyards, 8-11pm, $3 Javelinas Corkscrew Wine Emporium 8pm, free

The Buick All-Stars Embassy Tavern 8:30pm-12:30am, free The Violents’ CD Release and Final Show: The Violents, AD/HD, The Situation, My Big Beautiful Brass Rail 9pm, $4 Fall Out Boy, The Red Hot Valentines, The Academy Is..., Gym Class Heroes The Canopy Club 9pm, $13 at the door, $10 in advance Roscoe Plush, Sevenstar, Drawing a Blank Courtyard Cafe 9pm, $6 general public, $4 UIUC students Candy Foster and Shades of Blue The Iron Post 9pm, TBA Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, free

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