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CELEBRATING 23 YEARS OF TRADING FAIRLY IN CHAMPAIGN-URBANA

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Male Fashion Advice 5 How To Drink

Are You Well? Doin’ It Well Calendar

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Southern Culture On The Skids

This former American Idol contestant has recently been inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Catch her live at Assembly Hall at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $37.50 to $49.50.

The works of Irish playwright John Millington Synge come to life at this celebration of Irish theater at the Krannert Center. The show begins at 7:30 p.m., and tickets range from $19 to $30.

Come find out whether Southern culture is really on the skids as the Highdive plays host to this rockabilly group at 7 p.m.

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Community: On Wednesday, look for an article about local thrift stores .

After ten long years, The Queers make their triumphant return to Champaign-Urbana at the U-C Independent Media Center. Tickets are $10, and the show starts at 7 p.m.

Image Collage by Matt Harlan

Arts: Saturday, be on the lookout for “ChronoBeard 3:” Chrono Harder. Socrates: the man, the myth, the legend. We’ll pour some hemlock on the curb for the master.

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Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime

Living with Lincoln: A Speaker Series

Miles Apart But Close At Heart: Tips for Successful Long Distance Relationships

Head to the Illini Union Bookstore at 3 p.m. to find out everything you ever wanted to know about Abraham Lincoln. Today research historian Bryon Andreasen leads the discussion.

Come see if the old adage “absence only makes the heart grow fonder” rings true for you at the Illini Union at 7 p.m.

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Review of Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist on Saturday Thursday, be on the lookout for a review of the new Kings of Leon disc.

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For those of you who are faithful readers of buzz, I thought it should be known that this issue marks the 40th week of my tenure as Editor in Chief. Now that it’s October, the end of the year and the end of my time at buzz are in sight, so ideas for what to write in this column are beginning to run dry. Please accept my deepest apologies. I’m beginning to know how it feels to be Michael Coulter (pg. 22) or Mike Ingram (pg. 8) or sexy duo Kim Rice and Ross Wantland (pg. 19), our valued columnists who have kept their respective corners of buzz alive each week with valuable and entertaining information.

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Sing along to “Santeria,” “What I Got,” and all your favorite Sublime hits at the Canopy Club. The show starts at 9 p.m., and tickets are $13 in advance.

Look for a preview of the Pancake and Sausage Breakfast on Tuesday.

Since I began writing for buzz almost two and a half years ago, I have been impressed that the magazine actually happens every week. Since our editorial staff is comprised of exclusively students, who are thought to be notoriously irresponsible and drunk, you would think that periodically we’d get in a tight spot and you’d see a blank page here and there where someone “forgot” to turn in a story. It turns out, however, that students are actually responsible people who are capable of professional quality work. And, thanks to the structure of this perpetual group project, this magazine is available for your perusal 51 weeks a year. Every year buzz enters a number of state and national competitions in an attempt to beef up our resume and see how we measure up with

other magazines nationwide. I’m proud to say that buzz is a finalist for this year’s Associated Collegiate Press Magazine Pacemaker Award for the very first time. This award, for those of you who don’t know, is kind of a big deal. It means that we’re one of the top 15 student magazines in the country, and I can’t help but feel warm and fuzzy inside when I think about the prospect of winning. In addition to this award, our beloved Web site, the217.com, is also a finalist in the Online Pacemaker category. It looks like 2008 is our year. Later this month, the217.com Producer Elle Destree and I will travel with other members of Illini Media Company to Kansas City to the ACP Convention and (hopefully) collect some awards. Chew on that, haters.

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Likes & Gripes Suzanne Stern Community Editor Likes 1) Vinegar: As salad dressing, on french fries, in soup, for coleslaw ... yum. The sour taste agrees with me. 2) Jon and Kate Plus Eight: Part-Asian babies are my favorite kind. 3) Picnics: It’s a great way to spend the afternoon with minimal exposure to nature and a meal.

Michell Eloy Food Editor Gripes 1) Cling-Wrap: I take it off the roll, and the stuff masses into a ball. Five minutes later, once I finally get it un-clung, the stuff won’t stick to what I actually want it to cling to. It’s an epic battle, one which I invariably lose every time. 2) Employee Discounts: “But Michell, those help you save money.” False. I spend twice the amount of money on a bunch of things I want half as much. Now I’m broke as a joke with no holidays or birthday in sight. 3) Talk of a depression: As someone who is about to venture out into the real world, all this talk of a second Great Depression is making me nervous. Though I must admit, Sarah Palin gives me hope that maybe I could find work as a vice-presidential candidate.

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The Dregs

Building an affordable, diversified wine collection: Part 1

Weekly Feed Tripe by Kimberly Callaghan

by Caleb Ganzer So, Eric Asimov, resident wine geek at the New York Times, totally stole my idea to write about value wines this week. So as not to step on anybody’s toes, gears will be changed and the pot will be raised. Not only will you learn about some great value wines I’ve seen spotted around ChampaignUrbana, these wines will be individual chapters from the book entitled Your Wine Collection: A Bottle for Every Occasion. Chapter 1) Gruet, a NV sparkling wine from New Mexico. This wine, which is produced the exact same way Champagne is, tastes extremely delicious for the price and is from the good ol’ U-Sof-A. I recommend just getting the half bottle that I’ve seen around town for $10.99. Great for toasting or for christening that passenger vessel you’ve had lying around before its maiden voyage. Chapter 2) Looking for a nice light bodied-white to go with that simple yet beautifully prepared dinner tonight? Reach for an Italian pinot grigio. They produce so much of this stuff that you can always find a good bottle for around $10, just ask the wine consultants at your neighborhood wine shop what they’re drinking — you’ll be sure to find a winner. Chapter 3) This is where the story really starts to pick up. Since the previous two wines were

très affordable, we’ll step it up on this wine. Chardonnay makes great medium to full-bodied white wines. But at the price point we’re looking for, oak-aged white Burgundy is out of the question, right? No, madam! Mâcon-Villages is your everyday white Burgundy. It usually sees a little oak barrel aging, which bumps the flavor profile up quite a bit, and scrumptious wines start around 13 or 14 bucks. My recommendation: serve with any baked, pistachio-crusted white fish. Chapter 4) The introduction to our heroine, the fuller-bodied white (she’s so dreamy). Hands down, the Hirschbach & Söhne Riesling spätlese from Mosel, Germany is the best bet for your Deutschmark in this town. It has a nice sweetness to it but still retains the characteristic Riesling acidity (food’s best friend) and sells for $10. Folks, you can’t even beat that with an ugly stick. Lots of shops have this wine; look for the deer on the label. Truly a great bargain. I can already smell those seared scallops. “Hey, what about me,” ask the red wine drinkers out there. To which the narrator responds, “To be continued ... ”

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Besides the fact that we eat them and they don’t eat us, there are innumerable differences between humans and cows. Perhaps one of the more discussed differences is the fact that they have four stomachs to our one. In a culinary context, eating a cow’s stomach is seen as normal in many different countries throughout the world. Some people hypothesize this practice has roots in history, when every part of an animal was necessary for survival. Now, eating stomach, or tripe, is just an acquired taste. Though ‘tripe’ is defined as something poor, worthless or offensive, nearly every culture has some dish that contains the cleaned out, “last contents” of the stomach. People usually only eat the first three of the stomachs, each giving rise to different textured and tasting tripes. There are numerous traditional ways to cook tripe.

Recipe of the week Zesty avocado dip by Stephanie Sadler

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1 medium ripe avocado 1 cup sour cream 1 (.56 oz.) package green onion dip mix 1 tablespoon lemon juice Carrot slices, cucumber rounds, broccoli florets, red and yellow pepper strips, green beans and radishes

In food processor, blend avocado with sour cream, green onion dip mix and lemon juice until smooth. Transfer to small bowl. Cover tightly with plastic wrap; refrigerate until serving time. Serve dip with prepared vegetables. Makes 4 servings, about 2 cups dip. Recipe courtesy of http://www.cooks.com

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To Eat or Not to Eat Deciphering the grocery store by Jenny Beightol Healthy eating is no longer a suggestion, it’s a necessity. The high-sodium, high-calorie processed foods that have become a staple of many American diets are contributing to skyrocketing numbers of people suffering from obesity and the health risks that come with it. But how do Americans know what to buy when grocery stores are stocked with such unhealthy options? How does one separate the healthy from the unhealthy? Melissa Smith, registered dietician and licensed dietician nutritionist at Mettler Center in Champaign, is trying to help CU residents answer those questions. Mettler conducts monthly grocery store tours in order to teach people what to buy when grocery shopping. “All of the food is real life,” Smith said. She shows tour participants, many of whom are her clients, that it is possible to find healthy alternatives at local grocery stores. The first stop on Smith’s tour is the produce section. She focuses on color and serving size when selecting fruit. “If your hand can close over it, it’s about one serving of fruit,” Smith said while holding an apple. Kimberly Vanengelenburg, one of Smith’s clients on the tour, was unaware of this serving size. “I was probably eating two or three servings and counting it as one fruit,” Vanengelenburg said. “I am going to eat half and save the other half for later in the day.” When choosing vegetables, look for leafy, green ones, Smith said. She suggests adding baby spinach, kale and bright peppers to a salad. “But who wants to pay $1.99 per pepper?” she

asked the group of seven women. Smith held up a package of Old El Paso mini peppers. They are easily consumed in one meal because they are smaller, she said. Smith called the next stop, the area with prepared sandwiches, subs and salads, the “do not enter zone.” Smith said that although these foods are convenient, they are high in fat and salt content. “Steer clear of anything that comes in a big tub that looks like mayo,” she said. Smith also said that, though protein is vital for a healthy diet, it is easy to overconsume. She suggests buying beans or fish, such as salmon, in order to meet the body’s nutrient needs. “Farm-raised fish are like the couch potatoes of the fish family,” Smith said. Instead, she said to choose wild breeds. Smith then led the group down the chips and snack food aisle. “This is out of sight, out of mind,” she said. Smith did stop at the end of the aisle to grab one of her favorite treats — Vic’s light popcorn. One serving is three cups of pre-popped corn and only contains 130 calories. Smith also recommends TLC packaged cookies by Kashi and Kellogg’s Multi-Grain All Bran crackers. Another favorite are Ak-Mak crackers. One serving has five grams of fiber and 100 calories. Throughout the tour, Smith focused on caloric content and serving size. She notes soups can contain more calories than people expect and advises staying away from cream-based or white soups. Instead, buy tomato-based kinds. Smith likes southwestern style Select Harvest soup. Smith ended the tour in the “Mecca of the busy

lifestyle.” Entrée dinners like Smart Ones and Lean Cuisine stand out behind the glass doors. Smith said these items are alright as long as shoppers buy low sodium varieties and watch serving sizes. “We can eat our foods, we just need to be aware of what we’re eating,” Smith said. Sherry Fenwick, a client from Champaign, said she will now take the time to look at what she is putting in her shopping cart. “I’ve learned a lot from [Smith] as far as reading labels and what I’m supposed to be eating,” Fenwick said. “By showing where foods are and talking about portion size, I hope that it engraves good habits,” Smith said. “People will eat to live and not live to eat.”

Home-made Personal Pizza The items listed below are all recommended by Melissa Smith as healthy food choices. Put them together to make your own personal pizza! Ingredients: Thomas’ Light Multigrain English Muffins Classico Fire-Roasted Pasta Sauce Perdue Lean Turkey Sausage Sarento cheese (although Melissa suggests topping pizza with baby spinach)

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Guys’ opinions on female fashion trends kling trinkets as means of expression and to show off as symbols of status and wealth. But whether it’s a diamond and ruby ring from Kay Jewelers or a disposable pair of gold hoops for $3.99 from Forever 21, jewelry can make (or break) your outfit. Prades said that matching your earrings, bracelet and necklace together is “so hot.” Tip for girls: Jewelry doesn’t belong on your cell phone antenna. Next, the bad: OVERSIZED BAGS “What could you possibly need in that purse that big?” asked Brad Kruk, senior in LAS. “It seems as if there is never really anything in them anyway.” I am always given a hard time by my guy friends who refer to the purse I carry around daily as my “luggage,” the all-purpose bag that holds my books, wallet and even an extra pair of shoes. They tell me that I could fit every purse I own into this large, neutral-colored oversized bag. Kruk

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Why Is She Wearing That? Scarves in the summer? Neon-colored rain boots when it drizzles? A full face of caked-on makeup and black-rimmed eyes for an 8 a.m. lecture? As my magazine class professor would say, “Wazzup wit that?” We all acknowledge these trends, but as girls may see them as stylish, many guys see them as pointless, confusing and even ugly. I asked three real guys to tell me what girls’ accessories they think need to be buried in a hole forever and what styles are alright with them. We’ll call them the good, the bad and the fugly. Starting with the good: JEWELRY “Unless, of course, you are working out,” said Carlo Prades, freshman in LAS. “But on a date or a formal get together, it shows that she took the extra time to look nice.” Since ancient history, people have always wanted to adorn themselves with shimmering, spar-

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seemed utterly confused by this trend. Tip for guys: A convenient and trendy purse can be the quintessential component of a girl’s outfit — the subtle way to distinguish between those in the fashion-know and those in the fashion-no. And lastly, the fugly: UGG BOOTS “They are ridiculously unattractive,” said Jeff Villalobos, senior in Business. “The Uggs are obnoxious, and the girls who wear them are probably snobby.” Can your footwear really say something about your personality? Villalobos may have hit on something when he pointed out that girls strut around in the fuzzy, beige Australian kicks in miniskirts in 65 degree weather. His furrowed brow and crinkled nose had pure disapproval at the mere mention of the boot. Tip for Villalobos: They may be just as ugly as the name ... but I might still buy a pair, come cold weather.

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It’ll have you craving more by Josh Fisher If you made it out to Summer Camp Music Festival this past summer, you may have caught a mid-afternoon set by one of the many up-and-coming bands on the jam scene, Philadelphia’s own, Lotus. Falling in between Cornmeal’s early-day bluegrass jamboree and Umphrey’s Mcgee’s afternoon set on the adjacent stage, fans of the band and curious onlookers alike gathered in front of the Sunshine Stage for an electronic dance party in the middle of the day. Since Summer Camp, Lotus has been making a lot of noise across the country, selling out their album release party in the Big Apple. Now, selling out a show in NYC is no easy task, but the anticipation of their 2008 release, Hammerstrike, has not only jam fans buzzing, but also music critics praising their work.

In an interview with buzz, Luke Miller, guitarist for Lotus, mentioned that the band got started in the Midwest and is excited to return. “We all went to Goshen College in northern Indiana, and the campus was pretty conservative,” Miller said. “They had a campus-wide ban on drinking, so the flyers for our shows always got torn down.” “When we were starting out, the college’s music scene was folky acoustic guitar,” Miller added. “So the first shows we did were advertised as a dance party — not just watching someone playing guitar. A party atmosphere is an uplifting thing for a lot of people, and they can lose their inhibitions and shed the external woes of life and just be one with the audience.” The band’s new album, Hammerstrike, will be in heavy rotation for their sets on this tour. But don’t expect them just to play it from front to back. “It was interesting playing the NYC set straight through our album,” mentioned Miller. “The arc of the live show and the arc of the album are different in my mind. The album peaks early, whereas live shows start strong, come down a bit, and then peak at the end.” When asked about time spent in the recording studio, Luke shed some light on their process. “[With] our previous albums, we built the album sound by sound. We took a different approach on this one. We all sat around a room and recorded straight into a tape machine for a raw sound. We were trying to capture the sound of a band playing live.” The bottom line is that Lotus isn’t afraid to put on a show — no matter where or when it might be. The band will be making their presence felt in the CU area next Monday night, sandwiched between two sets from Urbana jam-maniacs Zmick. All in all, the band is excited to return to Illinois. “A couple of us were actually born in Bloomington, so it’s nice to come back this direction,” Miller recalled. “Midwest crowds get really excited when shows come their way, whereas west coast fans are a bit more laid back. And there’s always more tie-dye here than in New York.” So get your homework done early, grab your tie-dyes and head out to the Canopy Club, Monday, October 6, to catch this show and tracks from Lotus’ upcoming SCI Fidelity release, Hammerstrike.

Home Sweet Homecoming Matt Wertz gets nostalgic over U of I by Rosalind Walters

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Matt Wertz, an acoustic-pop revolutionary with a voice to rival John Mayer, has been producing albums since his graduation from the U of I in 2001 with a degree in Industrial Art design. His 5 studio albums, including his most recent Under Summer Sun, contain glimpses into the colorful world of this soulful singer, The Liberty, Missouri native has done his roots proud, between the melodically driven lyrics of his songs like “Carolina,” and his classic acoustic campfire edge. There are many facets of his sound Oct 02 – Oct 08 08

that make his fans feel in tune, whether that be on the coast or in the country, just as diverse as his influences. “I’ve just been drawn to music that was passionate,” said Wertz. “Music by people who believed what they were singing about, bands like U2, and Michael Jackson. I really believed them.” His eclectic and imaginative nature budded from the beginning both musically, and artistically, expressing a passion for a fusion of fashion and art. “I was going to be a shoe designer,” revealed Wertz. “I wanted to work for Nike. My friend and I actually made our own make-believe shoe company ... that’s why I became an art designer.” Though Wertz journeyed to the U of I to pursue an education in art, he also found his niche in music, premiering his talents in the band Damascus Rd during his college years. “We played different fraternity houses, we played at coffee houses, and a place where Café Giuliani now is,” said Wertz. While so much has changed within the last few years on campus, this continual evolution still fits Wertz’s philosophy. To him, the University experience was about growing, figuring yourself out, and making the most out of life. “College is different for everybody a lot of times,”

explained Wertz. “It gives you four years to figure yourself out. You get a grace period before you have to be put in a spot where you have to make a living. It’s a perfect situation because there are opportunities everywhere.” Now a staple in the pop industry, Wertz remains on his toes to keep up with the fast paced world of music. Facing the tumultuous progression to the indie-rock movement, Wertz is determined to be as honest with his music, and his fans, as he is with himself. “My thing is that you’re either going to like my music because you like my music, or you’re not,” said Wertz, “I’m a what you see is what you get kind of guy and I’m not about to put on a façade to sell records.” The down-to-earth lyrics range from playful to nostalgic, but singing on what he knows, he believes, is what makes his music relevant and relatable. “I have always wanted to write music that lets people know that they’re not alone,” said Wertz. “Singing about something hard like loneliness, or longing, or even just joy — I hope people come away and feel good hearing somebody else saying the same things they want to say.” Wertz attended shows at the Canopy Club during his college career, now it’s his turn to grace the stage. Come bear witness to the legacy of the CU music veteran October 4 at the Canopy Club. come and get it

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Keeping the Groove Alive Brother Embassy at Cowboy Monkey by Kate Brankin

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If you are looking to get funked up tonight, head over to Cowboy Monkey to see local band Brother Embassy. The band blends elements of funk, R&B, hip-hop, rock and a whole lot of stage presence to create some real feel-good music that is uniquely theirs. The band itself is somewhat of a hybrid. Members John Vasquez, Erik Peterson and Mike Meek played together in the metal group Geartooth before getting together with vocalist Nate Jones, former member of local band Jaded Kayne. In 2003, they melded their talents together in a collaboration focused on making music people can have fun listening and grooving to. Though they have been playing together for years, Brother Embassy has hardly fallen into a groove. The

Record store roundup Volume 5: Backbeats by Mike Ingram

band released their second album, Music Knows No Color But Love, in May 2007. The album is available at their shows and is a follow-up to their first EP, Whodafunkit? Brother Embassy has also been working on their next album, tentatively titled Rainbow of Soul, to be released sometime in 2009. Since forming in 2003, Brother Embassy has played at most of the venues in CU and has taken their tour on the road to southern Illinois and St. Louis. The band also played their first Great Cover-Up this year as the heavy metal band White Zombie. Brother Embassy is influenced by musicians from all stretches of the funk world and shows glimpses of acts like Red Hot Chili Peppers bubbling out from their album Music Knows No Color But Love. Jones’ smooth and powerful voice distinctively channels Stevie Wonder and blends effortlessly with the jazz-inspired percussion backbone pounded out by Meek. This all ties together into one easy sonic package, an example of which can be heard on the Myspace track “Music Knows No Color But Love” from their last album. Jones sings, “What you feel is what you show,” and if they live the lyrics they write, they must be feeling pretty darn good. Catch the grooves of Brother Embassy at 10 p.m. tonight at the Cowboy Monkey.

“Please turn off your cell phone” is the first thing you see when walking into Backbeats, a fantastic record store inexplicably placed in downtown Rantoul. The cell phone embargo sets the tone for the shopping experience you’re about to have, and it certainly put a smile on my face. Backbeats, I think, wins the prize for the most comfortable shopping experience. All of the good records are boxed and on tables, meaning less achy knees. Maybe one of the best parts about the store is that no pricing gun is used. That’s right — owner Don Boskey (father of wellknown CU alum DJ Bozak) uses Post-It notes to price albums, which is so great that I couldn’t even believe it. No more carefully trying to peel off a price sticker only to have it rip a chunk from the cover at the last possible second? Sold. All of the non-dollar-bin records are also sleeved, which is another nice change from most record stores. Oh, and he actually prices things fairly. If all of this sounds great, then take note of these hours and make some plans. The store is open on Thursdays from 4-8 p.m., and on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. On top of records, there is a large selection of books, and some CDs and DVDs (and VHS!),

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but the vinyl is the gem. There is some really fantastic stuff just sitting there waiting to be found. And if what you’re looking for isn’t out, if you’re nice about it, Don will probably head to the basement to look through the rest of his stock (which includes a ton of 12” stuff that will soon have its own section). I picked up the nicest copy of the Stones’ Exile On Main St. that I’d ever seen, along with a Peter Gabriel “Shock the Monkey” 12”, a nice copy of Tupelo Honey, a copy of Stop Making Sense to replace mine that had gone missing, George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass box set and, best for last, a copy of Gator Alley’s It Takes Time. I wanted to buy so much more, but I stopped with those and four or five others. But I’ll be back. Backbeats is located at 122 E. Sangamon in Rantoul. The easiest way to get there is to hop on Route 45 and head North. Route 45 is Cunningham Avenue in Urbana, which some of you might not be familiar with since it’s not on the way to or from Chicago, but I assure you it’s there — just one more exit east past Lincoln Avenue on I-74. Or you can always let autopilot take over and go I-57 to the Rantoul exit. Take cash, as there is no credit card machine at Backbeats.

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Vvvvv has been transformed. Where there was once a band riffing on many falsetto-rich songs, there now stands a band packing several originals that actually kick a lot of ass. Don’t fret, though, if you were a fan of some of the covers. Vvvvv doesn’t want to disappoint you, so they’ve cherry picked a couple of the best old songs to pepper into current sets. Vvvvv (pronounced like the beginning of “vroom”) is set to play tonight (Thursday) at Cowboy Monkey alongside Brother Embassy in a birthday tribute/celebration for BE guitarist John “Quez” Vasquez. The 10 p.m. show will cost you three bucks, and you’re encouraged to bring an eggroll as a gift for the birthday boy. If you’re feeling jazzier (or Urbana-ier), be sure to swing by the Embassy Tavern tonight at 8 p.m. to catch the dependable Jazz Sandwich — one of the truly great “jazz” acts in the area that doesn’t really conform to any particular genre. Take a peek at http://myspace.com/jazzsandwich where you’ll find songs like the Price Is Right theme and a spectacular cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Are You Experienced?” featuring Brandon T. Washington on vocals. No cover charge is announced, but take a few bucks just in case. On Friday, Caffe Paradiso in Urbana will host a CD release show for Mordechai in the Mirror, the ambient/experimental band made up of some familiar faces from Pulsar47 along with word man Jonah. The show kicks off at 8:30 p.m. and is free, which is crazy because they’re giving away the new CD (with fantastic artwork) for free as well. This means that you can go and enjoy an entire evening of music and art (band member David Samuel and P47’s Rachel Reed will have a gallery presentation, while video master Harsh will present his own interactive visual presentation) for free. If the art being shown is anything like the posters and such that you can find at http://myspace.com/mordechaiinthemirror, then attendees are certainly in for a treat. Buy a cup of coffee and a snack, though, to encourage the continuation of music in the space.

Another Friday possibility (and a little earlier, allowing for some show hopping) is a free event just fifteen minutes west on I-72 in Monticello, where the monthly “First Friday” celebration will kick off at 6:30 p.m. This month, the historic downtown square will be filled with the sounds of Brandon T. Washington, Curb Service, and Elsinore. DJ Tim Williams is one of the event’s handlers, and for those who don’t know, Tim runs a record store in Monticello (more about that next week). Also, for those who have never experienced eating at the Brown Bag, believe me when I say that you need to check it out — excellent sandwiches and excellent dessert. On Saturday evening, punk fans will ﬁnd a house show running at 9 p.m. at 700 W. Illinois in Urbana. The $2 donation will get you 4 bands: the Infected, Facepuncher (perhaps the best band name I’ve ever heard), Dizzy Chair Time, and the Red Hat Society (hopefully packing a punk Devo cover). The Life and Times returns to CU to melt faces this weekend. This time around, the band is hitting the Courtyard Café in the Illini Union, which is a room that may not be able to contain all of the awesomeness, so exercise caution. The Kansas City trio is a touring machine, seemingly spending as much time on the road as at home these days, so they have an incredibly tight live show. Chicago’s Sleepy Sleepy Octopus is set to open the show, which will only cost you $3 with your student ID ($5 otherwise). Kickoff is 9 p.m. Following the early Matt Wertz show at the Canopy Club on Saturday, another Matt is set to take the stage. Student-turned-townie Matt Wagemann will release a new CD titled Matter of Time at the late (10 p.m.) show. Songstress Liesel Booth is in the opening slot. Check out http://myspace.com/mattwagemann for a preview of the new album. Open mic patrons might be interested to know that Radio Maria is now hosting a weekly open mic shepherded by Jake Fleischli of the Tractor Kings. There is no cover charge and the event starts at 10 p.m. every Wednesday. Mike Ingram can be reached at forgottenwords@ gmail.com.

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Glasvegas by Glasvegas by Jaron Birkan With an overwhelming wall of distorted guitars and navel-gazing lyrics, one could easily confuse Glasvegas as a relic from the ‘90s. Displaying working-class grit while also lacking Oasis or Suede’s smarmy wit, the Scottish group refuses to retreat from grandeur in their songs. This album, the band’s ﬁrst, was honed after a steady release of singles since 2006. Half-named after their hometown of Glasgow, the album displays much of that town’s characteristic brusqueness and dark temperament. Among the album’s 10 tracks, there is hardly a sanguine melody or line to be found. OCT 02 – OCT 08 08

Discussing the vagaries and struggles of a less privileged existence is hardly revolutionary. What Glasvegas, and particularly songwriter James Allan, provide is that they engage the simple life with an unbridled bombast. On “Geraldine,” the simple engagement with a social worker (apparently a band groupie) turns out to be a matter of, literally, life and death. The raw emotion of Allan’s voice and the stomping guitars are nulliﬁed by Rich Costey’s (who has worked with Muse and Interpol, among others) stripped production. Glasvegas are not an arena rock band. Their songs beg to be scaled back, Allan’s existential trouble enhanced by the noise his band clearly wants to make. Musical prowess, which the band has in droves, can still be proven with feedback. come and get it

art Spanish Style, Classically Trained Orchestra Sinfonia de Camera by Seth Jansen Entering its twenty-fifth year, Illinois’ chamber orchestra Sinfonia de Camera will be kicking off this season with Impressions of Spain. The performance has seven classical pieces — all Spanish inspired. University of Illinois pianist and founder of Sinfonia de Camera Ian Hobson will return as director and conductor of Sinfonia de Camera. Soloist for Impressions of Spain will be bassbaritone Ricardo Herrera, who first performed with Sinfonia in 2005. He had initially come to play with Sinfonia in George Enescu’s opera Oedipe. This performance eventually lead to him becoming a member of the University of Illinois School of Music faculty in 2006. Herrera will sing Xavier Montsalvatge’s Cinco Canciones Negras, five songs based on themes of Antillean rhythms and folksongs and Pablo Sorozábal’s “Despierta Negro,” from the nautical opera La Tabernera del Puerto. Additionally, he brings a classic literary figure to life in Ibert’s Chansons de Don Quichotte. Herrera also sings Bizet’s Toreador Song, from the opera Carmen, a portrait of the danger and romance of a bullfighter’s life. Conductor and Director Ian Hobson brings us what the performance’s title promises us: a musical impression for Spain with Claude Debussy’s Iberia. Manuel de Falla’s El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance mixes strains of gypsy music with the story of an Andalusian girl tormented by the ghost of faithless lover. And last but certainly not

least, the evening’s closing performance, Maurice’s Ravel’s Bolero, has been an audience favorite since it was first performed by Sinfonia over 10 years ago. The chamber orchestra will allow the audience to enjoy classical music being played as it was originally intended to be, assistant director Rebecca Hill Riley explains, “classical musicians wrote music originally intended to be played by smaller orchestras like this.” Chamber orchestras like Sinfonia de Camera typically only have around 35 pieces and contain a much smaller string section than typically large symphony orchestras. Sinfonia was first started by Hobson to allow faculty members at the University of Illinois to play professionally. Now the professional chamber orchestra is made up of not only faculty but also graduate students, undergrads, and for the first time, a high school student. Sinfonia attracts musicians from all around the Midwest to come and audition. Since its founding in 1984, Sinfonia has played over 600 different works, performed with nearly 100 guest musicians, released highly acclaimed recordings, been the subject of a 90 minute Public Television special, and following its 23rd season, played 5 performances in Beijing, China. Impressions of Spain will be performed Saturday, October 4 at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts.

Well and Good

Discussing meanings at Krannert by Liza Booker How do you understand if you are well? What do you define as being well? Are the people that you hang out with well? These are questions that may run through Lisa Kron’s head. Kron delivers in this soon-to-be acclaimed play. There are moments when you might laugh, cry, and relate to the character. The audience connects with her journey. This play also gives the audience the realization that they should be grateful for being well. In this semi-comedic play, a woman introduces herself as Lisa Kron. She is trying to create a play that is supposedly about exploring the idea of wellness, when actually, during the whole play, she is giving her opinion about wellness regarding her relationship between her and her mother. She talks about her experience in the racially tense ‘60s Midwest and uses this experience to explore health and illness in an individual. Different ideas come into the play as more people invade what at first seems like a solo performance. One of these people is Kron’s mother, Ann Kron. She nags Lisa throughout the play. “The writer who www.the217.com

originally played the lead role used her mother as an example,” says Director Tom Mitchell. “In the play, she brings her mother on stage and her mother keeps interrupting the play and complicates things.” When she was young, she was a community activist and she tries to maintain the neighborhood’s diversity. The stage is close up, so you can actually see the play and what’s going on without the actors looking like ants. “It’s a funny play that has interesting ideas and real messages,” Mitchell says, “The play talks about racial integration and community organizing and those topics seem very relevant today.” Well is a play that will leave you shrouded in thought. As I left the theatre, I asked myself, “What is my opinion on wellness?” According to Mitchell, the play’s idea of a well person is, “being integrated in themselves, so that they take all the parts from their experiences and are able to put them together.” This play will help you realize that there is a difference between being sick and well — and also that not every sick person is faking their illness. If you see Kron give her idea of what wellness is, you might discover your own. Oct 02 – oct 08 08

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t was only a 28-year-long wait for fans, but at long last, the ďŹ nal installment of Italian director Dario Argentoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Three Mothers trilogy arrived on DVD this September. Titled The Mother of Tears, Argentoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest offering ďŹ nishes what he ďŹ rst began with his 1977 ďŹ lm Suspiria, completing a somewhat disjointed tale of three powerful witches and the evil that befalls those who get in their way. Like its predecessors, Suspiria and Inferno (1980), The Mother of Tears tells the story of some poor, unfortunate soul who unwittingly stumbles upon evidence of witchcraft and, after investigating how deep the occult rabbit hole goes, discovers that he or she has been drawn helplessly into a maelstrom of savage and bloody murders. And as usual, the only way out for our protagonist is through a head-on confrontation with one of the three mothers. You can probably guess how each movie ends. You can also probably guess why, unless there is an estranged fourth witch-mother hiding out somewhere in Argentoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s imagination, this trilogy will most likely remain a trilogy. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get me wrong, though; despite its predictability, there is much in Mother of Tears

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You know that old gripe some people have about Quentin Tarantino and how he borrows too much from the directors he admires? Whether or not that’s true is the subject of another article, but one piece of evidence naysayers often use is the similarity between Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003) and Lady Snowblood. If you liked the artistic flourishes QT took in the fight scenes — bright red blood fountains, slow motion acrobatics, flashy camera work and eye-catching pictorialism — you will LOVE this chambara (sword fighting) film. Set in the Meiji era of Japanese history, Lady Snowblood addresses class and gender tensions in the late 19th century. As we learn in a postopening credits voice-over, shady deals among politicians, businessmen and mercenaries have become the norm while peasants are left to suffer. The plot positions Yuki (Meiko Kaji), a child born of prison rape, as the savior of the voiceless masses.

“Everyone knew her flowery beauty,” the narrator says, “but not many knew that deep inside her seemingly gentle and pure heart burned a raging desire to hunt down her enemies.” Trained to kill from a young age, Yuki embarks on a bloodspattered journey to find every last gangster who disgraced her family and cut them into tiny pieces. Just like — you guessed it! — The Bride in Kill Bill. If flaky friends or demanding professors have put you in a dark mood, I suggest chambara therapy. The treatment? Simply stop by That’s Rentertainment on half-off foreign films Monday, head toward the Japanese section and look for DVD covers with swords on them. In addition to Yojimbo (1961), Seven Samurai (1954) and all the Akira Kurosawa classics, I personally recommend the Lone Wolf and Cub series (1972-74). There’s nothing quite like watching a ronin draw sharp weapons from the same wooden cart he uses to transport his infant son.

Eagle Eye The plot is kind of ridiculous, but it’s still worth seeing. Nights in Rodanth It is your typical Nicholas Sparks. Bring a lot of Kleenex. Choke Choke wows with its unapologetic portrayal of addiction, insanity and sex. Miracle at St. Anna Miracle at St. Anna is a dull, meandering, overlong war movie. Ghost Town The creator of The Office UK and Extras knows his comedy.

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Lakeview Terrace Sam Jackson stars in this extremely decent attempt at a thriller.

The Real Version of “Photograph” by Nickelback By John McDermott If one of my friends were to tell me that they were a fan of Nickelback, I would immediately like them less. Nickelback’s blatant attempts to be perceived as rockstars come off as pathetic (because real rockstars don’t care about shit), and their lyrics seem like something I would have written had I established an alt-rock group when I was in sixth grade (something I was quite adamant about at the time, actually).

Burn After Reading Despite this, I really enjoy Nickelback and might even secretly like them. Their songs are undeniably catchy, and I always find myself singing along whenever they mistakenly come across my radio. But they’re easy to make fun of, and that’s exactly what the comedic geniuses in this week’s YouTube pick did. Entitled The Real Version of ‘Photograph’ by Nickelback, the clip

is a hilarious interpretation of the group’s ballad. With a guttural voice that rivals the pipes of Chad Kroeger, the singer screams about days past spent lettering in soccer and grabbing boobs while the guitarist strums away, somehow maintaining a straight face despite his partner’s ridiculous yelling. If Nickelback ever wants me to like them publicly, they should release a video like this.

A hilarious comedy about nothing more than the stupidity of people. The Women A sad attempt to bank on the fans of similar films.

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Sex and the City by Jenna Hicks In May, Sex and the City had the largest opening for a romantic comedy ever. Just four short months later, the DVD of the film has been released, and rejoice, Carrie Bradshaw fans, because it is an extended cut! The special edition DVD has two discs; one has an extended version of the film, and the other has several special features to keep the hardcore fans appeased. The extended version of the film only includes three extra scenes that don’t add too much to

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the overall story, so don’t expect the extended cut of this movie to be drastically different from what was shown in theaters. While the extended cut may not seem to be worth the extra five bucks (the single disc regular cut film retails for about $19.99, the special edition for $24.99), the second disc makes up for it. It includes footage of Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King discussing the filming, a segment on the fashion of the film, additional scenes with commentary from King and footage of Fergie recording the song from the film. The fashion segment shows the vast costumes and includes interviews from the ladies and,

of course, from the costume designer from the series and the movie, Pat Fields. Fields discusses each character’s costumes and how she chose them, with special emphasis on the shoes and bags in the film. Fashionistas will love this portion of the extras. The footage of Fergie is boring and very short, but the additional scenes are much better than those included in the extended cut and fun to watch. I would definitely say that the two-disc special edition DVD is worth buying, especially for the true Sex and the City fan. But if you do choose to rent, beware — you will not be getting any of the extras or the extended cut.

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Bathroom Psychology om o r h t a b ’s g in d il u b a t Wha lity a n o s r e p s it t u o b a s say

Questionable substance left on a sink.

A “beauty mark” left on a toilet in the English building.

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he UI campus boasts handfuls of historic and new buildings, each with a different purpose and backstory. During a campus tour, the tour guide rattles off facts, overwhelming and enlightening potential freshmen. When you’re actually a student on the UI campus, though, you learn there is much more to the building than the year it was built: You know which buildings have AC, how many flights of stairs you’re climbing to class, where the best water fountains are and which bathrooms are (or aren’t) stellar. A bathroom can tell you a lot about a building. It can tell you what kind of establishment the building represents and even the personality of the building. The Undergraduate Library, the English building and C.O. Daniel’s are the three establishments whose bathrooms I chose to explore. I realize these are random choices, but interestingly enough, these bathrooms did indeed reveal a lot of personality. The Undergraduate Library (the UGL) was built in 1969, and the bathroom looks as if it hasn’t been touched since opening day. The worn and rusty door to the women’s restroom is the first sign that what lies behind the door is just as scary as what is on it. The UGL is a pretty dreary, sad place to begin with, and the bathroom is just the same. The cream-colored tile appeared to have yellow patches along the floor and was in need of a facelift. The dim fluorescent lights cast an eerie glow over the entire bathroom that resembled a horror movie. Three out of the four lights hanging from the ceiling were working, but the fourth one was flickering on and off accompanied by a low hum. But libraries are filled with horror and anxiety, so it would only be fitting for the bathroom to mock the same idea. “I usually do my studying at the UGL,” Val Popper, a junior in the College of Media, said. “The bathroom is kind of creepy, but then again so is an underground library.”

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One can’t help but feel suffocated in the UGL and its bathroom. The most comical thing I uncovered in the restroom was the ceiling tile. Some tiles looked they were stained from leaks and dust. Above the handicap stall were two black, dusty handprints stamped on the ceiling. I wondered where these handprints came from. Did they belong to a girl who felt so smothered by the stale air of books and the dingy feel of that bathroom that she just had to get out? But that’s a different story. A library can be an eerie place; an underground library with underground bathrooms can be even eerier. The next bathroom I reviewed was in the English building. The English building houses many literature classes filled with classic novels, poems and lots of words. Ironically enough, its bathrooms are also filled with lots of words. “There’s writing all over the stalls,” Erica Larivee, a senior in LAS, said. “But it’s not phone numbers or rumors; it’s insightful quotes and passages. ” Of course, the English building bathrooms would be filled with words. I peeked in each stall of the women’s first floor bathroom and read every word written on the white marble walls and wooden doors. One of the passages read, “You must stay drunk on writing so that reality cannot destroy you,” by Ray Bradbury. Another was, “In three words, I can sum up everything I learned about life: It goes on,” by Robert Frost. What is really quite unintentionally artistic about these passages written on the stalls is the variety of ways the passages are written. Some passages were written in pen, which looked faded and hard to read. Some passages were written in cursive with thick black marker. Some were written in caps in bright colored ink, and some were etched in the panels of the wooden stall doors. The bathroom is filled with words and ideas just like the English building. If anything, the bathrooms

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are the culmination of what the English building really embodies. “I’ve only had one or two classes in the English building,” Jill Salisbury, a junior in LAS, said. “But I’ve never been in a more intelligent bathroom, to say the least.” Would the English building expect anything less than intelligent and insightful restrooms? Again, that bathroom further defines the building. The last bathrooms I briefly explored were those at C.O. Daniel’s (C.O.’s). C.O.’s was renovated this past summer. The bathrooms in the past were dark, smelly, health hazardous and everything bad inbetween. Now the bathrooms are brightly lit, there’s soap in the dispensers and every stall has a door. Unfortunately, even with those renovations, somehow that black gunk has found its way back onto the bathroom floor, and the rotten stench has filled the air once again. Elise Moore, an employee of C.O.’s, said she’s really excited about the renovations, but it’s only been a month, and it’s already going downhill. “It’s inevitable at a college bar,” she said. C.O.’s restrooms have been upgraded, just like the rest of the bar. Even though the filth has crept back in, people still flock to Wednesday bomb night and inevitably still use the bathrooms. C.O.’s bathroom is a congregation of sweaty, drunk college kids in a dirty room. C.O.’s and its bathroom go hand in hand. “Once I peed on the door of the girls’ bathroom,” said a college male in Engineering, who prefers to remain anonymous. “I don’t remember it, though.” The bathrooms at the UGL, the English building and C.O.’s say a lot about the buildings themselves. The next time you walk into a bathroom, look around and ask yourself — what is this bathroom saying about this building? You’ll be surprised at how much personality you can find.

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Graffiti covers the walls of the mens bathroom in the English Building. .

A “sanitized” toilet seat in the Enlgish Building.

Graffiti covers the walls of the mens bathroom in the English Building.

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Thur, Oct 2 live music Ed Shaller Sextet & U of I Guitar Ensemble Iron Post, U, 5pm Sudden Sound Concert — MIYUMI Trio Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 7:30pm Jazz sandwich The Embassy Tavern & Grill, U, 8pm Andy Moreillon Memphis on Main, C, 9pm Big Naturals Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm The Breakfast/The Station Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $7 Vvvvv and Brother Embassy Cowboy Monkey, C, 10:30pm, $3

dj Disco Thursdays Fallon’s Ice House Tavern, C, 6pm Featuring Troy the rollerskating bartender. DJ Halfdead Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Tavern, Tolono, 8pm Country. Free Swing Dance McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation, C, 9:30pm These dances are always free and usually DJ’d by a local dancer. No special shoes or dress is required. DJ Bob Bass Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm DJ Belly Boltini Lounge, C, 10:30pm Hip-hop, reggae, party jams.

dance music Country DJ and Line Dancing Lessons Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Tavern, Tolono, 8pm

concert Carrie Underwood Assembly Hall, C, 8pm, $37.50 and $49.50

karaoke Karaoke and DJ Tumble Inn Tavern, C, 8:30pm Karaoke Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm

stage Well Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $15, $14 seniors and students, $9 UI and youth

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Solo performance artist Lisa Kron reflects on her Midwestern coming-ofage in the racially tense 1960s as she explores health and illness in the individual.

museum exhibit Children Just Like Me Spurlock Museum, U Children Just Like Me invites young museum visitors to learn about the diversity of world cultures by meeting peers who live in different countries around the globe.

lectures A Taste of Art Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 6pm “Collecting Art, Locally and Internationally,” a talk by Ian Wang, associate curator, Spurlock Museum. The View from the Street Spurlock Museum, U, 7:30pm “Attitudes Toward Politics and Religion Among Ordinary Citizens in the Arab World.”

literary John Everson — Covenant Book Signing Illini Union Bookstore, C, 4:30pm UIUC Alumn and Bram Stoker award winning author John Everson will be reading and discussing his first novel Covenant.

kids & families Discovery Room Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, $2/Residents and Members, $3/NR Ages crawling-7. Nature Walk Series Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am, 10:45am Every Thursday in October, preschoolers can learn about the exciting world around them from local experts. Each week, make a craft and take home a free book. ARTfusion Douglass Branch Library, C, 3pm Children of all ages can come out to the Douglass Branch and make a craft any Thursday afternoon.

mind/body/ spirit Cosmo House Israel Night Cosmopolitan Club at the University of Illinois, C, 7:30pm There will be free Israeli food, hookah and Israeli music.

Graydog The Embassy Tavern & Grill, U, 5:30pm Elsinore/Curb Service/ Brandon T. Washington Monticello Wabash Depot, Monticello 6:30pm Live Jazz w/ Panache Jim Gould Restaurant, miscellaneous C, 7pm Japan House Tours Buick Allstars Japan House, U, 1pm Huber’s West End Store, Free to the public, no res- C, 8pm ervations required. Caleb Cook The Bike Project Open The Embassy Tavern & Shop Hours Grill, U, 9pm Urbana-Champaign InGTO & The Glasspaks dependent Media Center, Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 6pm U, 9pm Check out the tools and Leather Pistol work stands you can use Radmaker’s Rock & Roll to fix your own bike and Tavern, Tolono, 9pm tour their massive collec- Krukid/CYMarshall Law/ tion of parts, spares and Agent Mos/Finale used bikes. Courtyard Cafe - Illini Israel Coffee Hour Union, U, 9pm, $5 Cosmopolitan Club at the Hopewell/New Ruins/ University of Illinois, C, Number One Sons 7:30pm Cowboy Monkey, C, Coffee, tea, and home10pm, $5 made ethnic desserts are Ian Procell, DJ ReFlex, served. D.O.M. Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm classes & work- The Show shops Urbana-Champaign InRookie Cooks dependent Media Center, Champaign Public Library, U, 10pm C, 3pm The Show is a 2 hour live Teens can join U of I exradio program broadcast tension staff for a fun, on WRFU-LP, Urbana hands on cooking class 104.5 FM every Friday @ focused on learning 10 PM. healthy habits. No regisdj tration. Belly Dance Country Dancing at Parkland College, C, 8pm, Bradley’s II $30 Lava of Champaign, C, Learn the introduc7m, $5 cover tory fundamentals of DJ and Dancing belly dance that celebrate Joe’s Brewery, C, 8:30pm, women of all shapes, $5 cover sizes, and ages. This class DJ Tim Williams will meet on Thursdays. Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm, $5 cover food & drink Hip-hop, pop, funk, house, Krannert Uncorked r&b, disco and old school Krannert Center for the all Friday night. Performing Arts, U, 5pm DJ Bobby Lite Beverages may be tasted Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 free of charge and will No cover before 11 with be available for purchase student ID. by the glass at a special DJ Delayney discounted price during Radio Maria, C, 11pm, $3 the tasting. No tickets karaoke required. Karaoke fri, oct 3 Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm live music Karaoke with DJ HolJohn McMahon, acoustic lywood guitar Wendl’s, U, 9pm Monticello Wabash Demovies pot, Monticello, 5pm Darden Purcell Jazz Asian Film Festival 2008: Combo Young In Japan Iron Post, U, 5pm Boardman’s Art Theater, Happy Hour and Live C, 7pm, free (donations Music welcome) Silvercreek, U, 5pm Jewish Learning Initiative The Hillel Foundation, The Margie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life, C, 8:30pm The final class reflecting on the meaning of change and our ability to rejuvenate and amend.

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Denise LaGrassa The Embassy Tavern & Grill, U, 5:30pm Oberon The Possum King and Corn Desert Ramblers Iron Post, U, 6pm Matt Wertz Canopy Club, U, 7pm, $12 Southern Culture On The Skids Highdive, C, 7pm Timber Train Huber’s West End Store, C, 8pm James Bean The Embassy Tavern & Grill, U, 9pm Keyton/Scurvine/Golden Quality Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 9pm, $3 Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm The Life and Times/ Sleepy Sleepy Octopus sporting event Courtyard Cafe - Illini Women’s Volleyball vs Union, U, 9pm, $3 stuMinnesota dent, $5 public Huff Hall, C, 7pm, $5 pub- DJ Belly/Harsh/Cornlic/$4 faculty/$2 youth/ bread/Text/Agent students free with ID Mos/I2K Illinois Women’s Soccer Cowboy Monkey, C, vs Michigan State 10pm, $5 Soccer and Track Stadium, C, 7pm, $5 public/$4 fac- dj ulty/$2 youth/students DJ and Dancing free with ID Joe’s Brewery, C, 8:30pm, $5 cover museum exhibit DJ Children Just Like Me Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Spurlock Museum, U Tavern, Tolono, 8pm Children Just Like Me DJ Mertz is an exhibit that invites Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm young museum visitors House, funk, and electro. to learn about the diverDJ Tim Williams sity of world cultures by Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 meeting peers who live in (Students free before different countries around 10:30pm) the globe. Kosmo at Soma Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm lectures Hip-hop, pop, funk, disco, Fall Luncheon and R&B, old school, house. Lecture dance music Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, Barn Dance at The Kalyx 12pm Center Open Band and Talk by Kathy Cattong, Calling director, Arts Club of Kalyx Center, Monticello, Chicago. 4pm, $5 ($4 students) World of Science Lecture Radio Salsa William M. Staerkel Plan- Radio Maria, C, 10pm, $5 etarium, C, 7pm, $1 for Under 21 Stem Cellsm — What Salsa, Merengue, Bachata are stem cells, how are music & dancing w/ DJ Bris. they made, and why are concert they important? These questions and more will Sinfonia da Camera: be discussed by Joanne Impressions of Spain Manaser from the Cell Krannert Center for and Developmental Biol- the Performing Arts, U, ogy Department at the UI. 7:30pm, $33, $32 seniors, $12 students, $8 youth Well Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $15,$14 seniors and students, $9 UI and youth Solo performance artist Lisa Kron reflects on her Midwestern coming-ofage in the racially tense 1960s as she explores health and illness in the individual. Druid Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $30, $25 seniors, $21 students, $16 UI and youth Parkland Theatre presents: The Pillowman Parkland College Theatre, C, 8pm, $12 general admission/ $10 seniors and students/ $6 youth

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live music Live Jazz w/ Panache Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 7pm

Chinese Moon Festival Gala Foellinger auditorium, oct 4

To celebrate this traditional Chinese holiday, the local Chinese Student Scholars Association will host its annual Moon Festival Gala at Foellinger Auditorium from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The gala will contain cultural shows, musical performances and martial arts demonstrations. The Chinese Moon Festival is a traditional celebration of unity and completeness around the time of the full moon. Past galas have attracted over 2000 people, and this year’s event promises to draw an equally large crowd. The gala is free and open to the public. stage

Well Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $15, $14 seniors and students, $9 UI and youth Solo performance artist Lisa Kron reflects on her Midwestern coming-ofage in the racially tense 1960s as she explores health and illness in the individual. Druid Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $30, $25 seniors, $21 students, $16 UI and youth Parkland Theatre presents: The Pillowman Parkland College Theatre, C, 8pm, $12 general admission/ $10 seniors and students/ $6 youth Chinese Moon Festival Gala Foellinger Auditorium, U, 7pm, free The moon festival is a celebration of unity and completeness at the time of full moon. The local CSSA (Chinese Student Scholars Association) hosts an annual Moon Festival Gala that movies contains culture shows, Asian Film Festival 2008: musicals and martial Young In Japan arts. Boardman’s Art Theater, C, 1pm

sporting event Women’s Volleyball vs Iowa Huff Hall, C, 7pm, $5, $4 faculty, $2 youth, students free with ID

festivals Literature at the Heart of Our Lives Spurlock Museum, U, 10am This event focuses on building an increased appreciation for literature by readers of all ages. Homecoming Kickoff Corner of Wright and Green Streets, C, 7pm Kick off Homecoming Week with music, food, and fun.

miscellaneous The Bike Project Open Shop Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm Check out the tools and work stands you can use

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buzz calendar 15 to fix your own bike and tour their massive collection of parts, spares and used bikes. Ladies & Gentlemen...The Doors William M. Staerkel planetarium, C, 9:30pm, $5 Let us “light your fire” as we belt out tunes from one of music’s most influential bands. C.U.A.S Family Skywatch Champaign Urbana Astronomical Society - CUAS, C, 12pm Join members of the Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society, Inc. at their observatory, southwest of Champaign, for an evening under the stars. Solar System Safari William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 7pm, $4 adults/$3 seniors, students, children The Sun, Moon, planets, and dwarf planets come to life, taking on unique personalities and describing their own characteristics and eccentricities. Learn about the planes and the current status of Pluto.

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Nickelodeon’s The Backlive music yardigans Live!: Tale of Boltini Bingo and Lounge the Mighty Knights museum exhibit Variety Show Assembly Hall, C, 7pm, Children Just Like Me Boltini Lounge, C, 6:45pm, $18-34 Spurlock Museum, U no cover museum exhibit Children Just Like Me Acoustic Tuesday with invites young museum Jeremy Harper Children Just Like Me visitors to learn about the Memphis on Main, C, Spurlock Museum, U diversity of world cultures museum exhibit 7:30pm, no cover Children Just Like Me by meeting peers who Children Just Like Me Jeff Kerr and Billy Galt invites young museum live in different countries Spurlock Museum, U The Embassy Tavern & visitors to learn about the around the globe. Children Just Like Me Grill, U, 8pm diversity of world cultures invites young museum The Piano Man by meeting peers who social issues visitors to learn about the Canopy Club, U, 9pm live in different countries Anti-War Anti-Racism diversity of world cultures Corn Desert Ramblers around the globe. Effort Meeting by meeting peers who Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., lectures Urbana-Champaign Inlive in different countries U, 9pm dependent Media Center, around the globe. Nancy Foner concert U, 5pm Spurlock Museum, U, 4pm AWARE meets every Sun- lectures Down by the Riverside: Nancy Foner, Departday 5-7pm at UC IndeLiving with Lincoln: A The Blind Boys of Alament of Sociology, Hunter pendent Media Center. Speaker Series bama & Preservation Hall College, City University Illini Union Bookstore, C, Jazz Band of New York, will give a kids & families 3pm Krannert Center for public lecture, “What’s Discovery Room The Living with Lincoln the Performing Arts, U, New About the New ImSavoy Recreational Censpeaker series will bring 7:30pm, $35, $30 seniors, migrants?” ter, Savoy, $2/Residents six Lincoln scholars to $25 students, $20 UI and kids & families and Members, $3/NR campus to talk informally youth Ages crawling-7. about their specific LinFaculty Recital featuring Discovery Room Mad Hatter’s Tea Party coln research. Sinfonia da Camera Savoy Recreational CenAllerton Park and Retreat Krannert Center for ter, Savoy, $2/Residents Center, Monticello, 2pm, kids & families the Performing Arts, U, and Members, $3/NR $12 Discovery Room 7:30pm, $10, $7 seniors, Ages crawling-7. Welcome to Wonderland Savoy Recreational Cen$4 students Tuesday Twos sun, oct 5 and the mad tea party, ter, Savoy, $2/Residents Champaign Public Library, karaoke croquet game, and stories and Members, $3/NR C, 9:45am, 10:30am, live music that await you. Each fam- Ages crawling-7. Liquid Courage Karaoke 11:15am Brunch w/ Panache ily will receive a copy of Scarecrow Parade Geo’s, U, 9pm Enjoy stories, songs, and Jim Gould Restaurant, C, Alice in Wonderland to Lake of the Woods Forest Karaoke with Randy movement activities for 10am take home. Preserve, Mahomet, $5 Miller two-year-olds with a parEmerald Rum per scarecrow Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm ent or grandparent. No Blind Pig Co., The, C, 5pm miscellaneous Families can create their registration. Steak out with The Turinos The Bike Project Open own scarecrows and dis- open mic Goodnight Storyshop Iron Post, U, 6pm Shop Hours play them in the garden. Original Music Showcase Champaign Public Library, The Queers Urbana-Champaign InBrainstorm before you Espresso Royale, U, 8pm C, 6:30pm Urbana-Champaign Inde- dependent Media Center, arrive and bring your Musicians are encourBusy parents and storypendent Media Center, U, U, 2pm scarecrow’s costume. We aged to participate and time fans are invited to 7pm, $10 Check out the tools and will provide: cross sticks, to showcase their original attend our year-round work stands you can use straw for stuffing, and material. evening storytime. movies to fix your own bike and plastic jugs for heads. Open Mic Night classes & workAsian Film Festival 2008: tour their massive collec- This program is open to Memphis on Main, C, shops Young In Japan tion of parts, spares and all children preschool and 8pm Boardman’s Art Theater, used bikes. older and accompanied Open Mic Night Tuesday @ 7 Workshop: C, 1pm, free (donations by an adult. Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm Miles Apart But Close At welcome) mon, oct 6 Hosted by Mike Ingram. Heart:

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Tips for Successful Long Distance Relationships Illini Union, U, 7pm The Counseling Center Paraprofessionals is providing resources and useful tips for successful romantic long distance relationships.

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movies An Interdisciplinary Film Series: Radiant City Spurlock Museum, U, 7pm In this film series, each story shows the human dramas of the modern technologies that surround us.

Polls and Predictions: Insights into the 2008 Presidential Election Siebel Center, C, 5pm This presentation discusses how polls are conducted, how polling is changing, and how polling data are used to forecast the eventual winners.

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Nickelodeon’s The BackDonnie Heitler yardigans Live!: Tale of Great Impasta, C, 6pm the Mighty Knights In Your Ear Big Band Assembly Hall, C, 7pm, Iron Post, U, 6pm $18-34 Traditional Irish Music The Pink Lace Diamond Session — A Murder Mystery Party Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm Krannert Center for Rocket Science At the Performing Arts, U, Senator’s Inn Pub 7:30pm, $10 to $18 Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaA party underway at the voy, 8pm Prince Regent Hotel is Badfish: A Tribute To rudely interrupted by the Sublime unexpected arrival of a Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $13 screaming hotel cleaner. With special guests Scot- Before she faints, she manty Don’t. ages to inform the gathering that she has discovered dj the body of a dead man in Country Dancing at her broom cupboard. As it Bradley’s II turns out the body she has Lava of Champaign, C, discovered is none other 7pm, $5 cover than Peter Gordon, the husDJ Stifler band of one of the guests. Highdive, C, 8pm, $3/$5 museum exhibit after 10pm DJ LEGTWO Children Just Like Me Boltini Lounge, C, 9pm Spurlock Museum, U DJ Mingram Children Just Like Me Soma Ultralounge, C, invites young museum 10pm visitors to learn about the Reggae Night @ Barfly diversity of world cultures Barfly, C, 10pm by meeting peers who Salsa Night with DJ Bris live in different countries Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm around the globe.

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Paul Faber Dragon Karaoke The Embassy Tavern & Grill, U, 9pm Liquid Courage Karaoke Geovanti’s, C, 10pm

Damian Duffy and John Jennings Spurlock Museum, U, 4pm “The Old New Media of Comics Art: Comics and Graphic Novels in the 21st Century”

Discovery Room Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, $2/Residents and Members, $3/NR Ages crawling-7. Storyshop Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am, 10:30am Stories, music, and movement are featured in this weekly storytime for preschoolers.

miscellaneous The Bike Project Open Shop Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 6:30 pm Check out the tools and work stands you can use to fix your own bike and tour their massive collection of parts, spares and used bikes. Law Day Alice Campbell Alumni Center, U, 11am We will have over 100 law school admissions reps here to talk with students. It’s an excellent opportunity to ask questions about financial aid and other topics that are hard to determine online.

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Jazz Jam Hosted by the MRS Trio & Monday Night Football Iron Post, U, 6pm Lotus Old Orchard Lanes, Savoy, 7pm, $10 FingaLickin The Embassy Tavern & Grill, U, 8pm Monday Night Miracle with Zmick Canopy Club, U, 9pm sporting event Keyton and Golden Illinois Women’s Soccer Quality vs Michigan Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 9pm, Soccer and Track Stadium, $3 C, 1pm, $5, $4 faculty, Lotus $2 youth, students free Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $10 with ID Abe Froman Project Illinois vs Michigan Soc- Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 9pm cerFest Soccer and Track Stadium, dj C, 1pm ‘80s night with DJ Includes complimentary Mingram food, inflatable games, Highdive, C, 10pm Well Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 3pm, $15, $14 seniors and students, $9 UI and youth Solo performance artist Lisa Kron reflects on her Midwestern coming-ofage in the racially tense 1960s as she explores health and illness in the individual.

Anne-Sophie Mutter and Camerata Salzburg Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $44, $39 seniors, $29 students, $24 UI and youth

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Great Sexpectations Exploring your sexuality

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Developing sexually and experimenting with another person can be an exciting yet vulnerable experience. It feels good, yet we risk rejection. We want to be liked and loved. These feelings are scary and powerful. Making sense of it all is hard, and there may be few people to talk to as we work through it. If we’re pressured to have sex and we’re pressured not to, how does one decide? This week, “Doin’ It Well” decided to take our readers on a journey to see how sexual experimentation would look if sexuality was both healthy and expected. Sexual experimentation — whether with our own bodies or with someone else — is one way we learn about ourselves sexually. Instead of focusing on all the things we shouldn’t be doing for fear of shame, punishment or negative consequences, we can consider all the options open to us that might have the most positive effect on our sense of self. Then we can make good choices on our own terms about if, when and with whom we might try things sexually, whether that is holding hands or engaging in penetrative sex.

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It’s Perfectly Normal Sexual feelings, desires and fantasies are completely normal. While there is no universal age when people begin having more intense sexual feelings, puberty is generally a time when our bodies begin to change, giving us the ability to reproduce. Hormonal changes pave the way for increased sexual desire, attraction, arousal and interest in other people in a romantic and sexual way. Discovering, exploring and becoming comfortable with their developing body is usually the way most people first experiment sexually. From this, they can discover what turns them on, how their body responds, what they like and what they don’t like. In addition, they can discover what their thoughts, feelings and reactions are to their body and its response.

A Dual Experiment Having an interest in experimenting sexually with someone else is also part of sexual development. This could include holding hands, kissing, looking at their body and showing them yours, talking or texting about sexuality or mutual masturbation. Here are some ideas to help sexual experimentation be as pleasurable as possible.

Make Sure it’s on Your Terms Do only what you want. Society sends us lots of messages about how to “be” sexually. We’re told we should postpone any and all thoughts and behaviors until we’re older but are also told that we should be sexual at very young ages. Consider these messages, and decide for yourself! Tune in to your own thoughts, ideas and beliefs: ”Do I want to engage in this behavior because I think I should or because I want to?” No one develops at the same rate, in the same www.the217.com

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way or with the same experiences. We all have to make decisions about what feels best to us, what we want to experience and what we don’t want to experience. It’s important to honor our own sexual development while also respecting others’ different decisions.

Build Trust and Respect. If we view sexuality and its expression as normal and healthy, we also have to think twice about spreading sexual rumors, calling people bad names for being sexual, making jokes about others’ sexuality as a way to put them down or sharing private information about people’s sexuality. By doing this, we would build a community that was truly sex positive for everyone, not just certain people. This means we value everyone’s choices around their sexual development, not simply those who choose to “wait” or those who choose to “just do it.” It would mean there would be more options than just an all-or-nothing approach.

Feel It! Sometimes we may numb out potential positive feelings with drugs or alcohol. Staying sober and in the moment can help us know what we like (or don’t). If sexual experimentation does not feel good, then it’s most likely not the right time, the right partner, the right environment, the right relationship or the right behavior. Things may feel physically wonderful but emotionally stressful — or emotionally great but physically less great! Check-in with yourself and your partner to help your sexual experimentation feel really good for each of you!

Don’t Get Boxed In If sexual experimentation is normalized for everyone (both males and females), then we can begin to respect and celebrate sexuality. Rather than shaming people who experiment or having different standards for who can say “yes” and who should say “no,” we can start respecting each other as sexual beings, all struggling during the coming-of-age years to figure out who we are as sexual people.

Be Proud! This can be hard in an environment that sends us mixed messages about sexuality. We need to reclaim our sexuality and view it as something to be proud of! Although it may seem easier said than done, we should be proud of our choices, whatever they are.

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Sex 411: Eli Clare Coming to Campus! Gawking, Gaping, Staring: Living in Marked Bodies, 7 p.m., Oct. 9. U of I ARC Auditorium, 201 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign Eli Clare weaves hope, critical analysis and compassionate storytelling together in his work on disability and queerness, insisting on the twine of race, class, gender and sexuality.

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Check us out next week as we look for a cure for AIDS. Kim & Ross would like to thank their readers for all the thoughtful topic suggestions! To send them an idea, e-mail them at buzzdoinitwell@yahoo.com

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October 3-5, 2008 Boardman’s Art Theatre 126 W. Church Street Champaign, Illinois FREE ADMISSION Donations Welcome The TasTe of Tea (Cha no aji) Friday, 7:00 pm / Sunday, 1:00 pm Josée, The Tiger and The fish (Joze to tora to sakanatachi) Saturday, 9:15 pm / Sunday, 4:00 pm KamiKaze girls (Shimotsuma monogatari) Friday, 10:00 pm / Sunday, 7:00 pm Train man (Densha otoko) Saturday, 7:00 pm

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March 21-April 19

In her book Courtney Love: The Queen of Noise, Melissa Rossi reports that in the mid-1990s “Courtney surrounded herself with a coterie of soothsayers, even approaching hipster stargazer Rob Brezsny, who declined to provide his astrological services.” Rossi doesn’t explain why I declined, but I’ll tell you. Courtney wasn’t interested in the kind of information I specialize in. She pressed me to tell her whether her romantic future should be with Trent or Billy, and I urged her to talk about the changes she could make in herself and her life to get clear about what she wanted. She implored me to predict her future, and I prodded her to formulate intelligent questions that would help her create a beautiful and interesting future for herself. I bring this up, Aries, because in the coming weeks I hope you will do what I suggested she try back then. April 20-May 20

Taurus actor Pierce Brosnan told Parade magazine how shocking it was to get fired after playing the role of James Bond for four films. But after the initial pain he felt from being rejected, he eventually got to the point where he could say, “I’m free now. I can do anything I want.” What helped him recover was conjuring up the proper attitude. “You’ve got to be a fighting rooster,” he said. That’s half of my prescription for you in the coming week, Taurus. Be a charismatic warrior as you push to further your highest ideals and brightest desires. Be a stylishly fierce liberator in charge of designing your own freedom. Be a fighting rooster with the heart of an artist.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20

Do you believe in higher love at first sight? How about instant enlightenment? And what about higher love at first sight that brings instant enlightenment, or instant enlightenment that provokes higher love at first sight? These are themes I suspect you’ll soon be flirting with, Gemini. In order to get all of the blessings from the lessons they’ll offer, you must dispense with your preconceived notions about what they might entail. You’ve got to wash your own brain so it’s nice and clean and empty of expectations.

CANCER

June 21-July 22

Your creed for the last three months of 2008 comes from Nikos Kazantzakis: “By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.” Memorize this meme, Cancerian. Imprint it on your subconscious mind. Make it so much a part of you that it breathes as you breathe, and dreams as you dream. Allow it to turn you into a magician whose potent desire is as strong as the longings of ten normal people put together.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22

Gleeking is a term that refers to a special kind of projectile spitting. To do it, you’ve got to practice. It involves pressing your tongue against your submaxillary salivary gland when a pool of drool has accumulated nearby. I recommend this practice for you in the coming week, Leo. It’ll be a favorable time for you to be undignified, unpredictable, and even outrageous in expressing yourself. Other suggested practices: telling unruly stories concisely, speaking the truth with picturesque but disciplined extravagance, adding some vivid new slang to your body language, and skipping and hopping or even dancing as you walk. For instructions on how to gleek, go to tinyurl.com/hn7vo.)

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

Talk back to those annoying voices in your head, Virgo -- I mean those nagging little chatterers who are secondguessing you ten times a day, who are trying to undermine your faith in what you started in recent weeks. And as you respond to their agitation, do so with poise and grace -not with defensiveness, not with bitter complaint, but with a quietly aggressive confidence that the lucid intuitions you relied on to launch your new projects were basically sound. The annoying little voices are trying to convince you that you should go back to square one, when in fact you’re on the right track but merely need to do some tinkering.

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LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

“New ideas show up disguised innocently as interruptions, contradictions, and embarrassing dilemmas,” says motivational speaker Rob Lebow. “Beware of total strangers and friends alike who shower you with comfortable sameness, and remain open to those who make you uneasy, for they are the true messengers of the future.” That excellent advice is my birthday present to you, Libra. If you make use of it during the next three weeks, I bet you’ll consistently be in the right place at the right time to extract the maximum benefit from your blind dates with destiny.

SCORPIO

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

Robert Downey Jr. is grateful to Burger King for serving him such gross food. After eating a particularly foul meal there in 2003, he told Empire magazine, he was so disgusted that he drove to the beach and hurled all of his drugs into the sea. It was the shock he needed to begin the process of kicking his addiction. In that spirit, Scorpio, I suggest you seek out a similar epiphany -- whether that involves an encounter with greasy, fried cow meat or some other phenomenon that triggers your urge to rise up and purify yourself. It’s a seller’s market for you, Sagittarius. If I were you, I wouldn’t buy a bunch of new stuff or invest in unripe possibilities. Rather, I’d cash in on the hard work I’ve been doing for many months now. I’d quit while I was ahead. I’d liquefy assets that might soon decline in their value to me but that are still at the height of their value to other people. In order for you to summon the brisk confidence necessary to pull this off, you’ll have to resist greedy temptations to hold on to everything a little while longer. Most American companies don’t pay any federal income tax. During a recent seven-year period, 1.3 million businesses earned well over a trillion dollars but didn’t pony up a penny to the U.S. government. I mention this, Capricorn, because it’s now a favorable time, astrologically speaking, for you to seek comparable perks. Look into this, please: Maybe you don’t have to keep having your assets drained in ways you’ve always assumed were inevitable. I’m talking metaphorically as well as literally; I’m referring to emotional and psychic energy as well as actual money. Are there any legal and ethical loopholes you can exploit to free yourself from long-running burdens? Once upon a time, Brave Aquarius wandered out to the edge of the known universe in search of mind-blowing sensations and foreign titillations and clues to the future. So imagine Brave Aquarius’s amazement when the rather attractive ogre who was guarding the rope bridge that crossed over the abyss said, “Stop! You’re headed the wrong way! The mind-blowing sensations and foreign titillations and clues to the future you crave are back in the direction you came from. In fact, they are all the way back where you started.” What to do? The ogre’s advice was counter-intuitive and downright confounding. But Brave Aquarius, being foremost an experimental adventurer, thought, “Hmmm. I guess maybe I’ll try what the ogre suggested. What could be more experimental and adventurous than changing my mind?”

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20

Blessings will come if you cultivate as much stillness as possible. I’m not just talking about reducing the noise levels, although that’s a good first step. Other things you might want to do: Cut way down on your use of the phone; text-message sparingly; surf the Internet 70 percent less than usual; avoid watching TV news altogether; and don’t hang around people whose minds zip around like chimps on meth. As for your own monkey mind: See if you can enjoy some periods each day when the monkey gets to lie down in a soft place and watch the wide sky roll by.

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Top 10 (or so) Albums Music to add to your bucket list I never really shop much online. You would assume a lazy person, such as me, would relish the opportunity to sit on his ass, click a few buttons and simply wait until the order arrived. In reality, I suppose I sort of miss the thrill of the hunt. I like to leave the house and come home with something in my hand ... something I don’t really need in my hand. I do enjoy looking around for things online, though. It’s often a good way to find useful information or even to just kill time because I sadly have nothing better to do. The words are often nice to read, but the problem is I’m not sure they’re helping me all that much. The latest case in point is a little list I ran across last week. I was looking through music releases, and I found a list of the 10 albums I need to hear before I die. I took a peek, but I was a bit apprehensive. They almost made it sound as if I would perish the moment I had actually heard all 10 albums. Geez Louise, maybe I was already dead and didn’t even know it, you know, like those movies I never really understood like The Sixth Sense. Had I heard all 10 albums? Was I still alive? I didn’t care much either way, but I decided to find out anyway. The list struck me as sort of obvious, incorrect and pathetically uncool most of the way through. Maybe it’s best if I go through it and explain. The first album they listed was Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. Whatever. I’m sure it’s great, and I’m sure I listened to it a ton when I was in high school and full of THC, but it does not do one damned thing for me these days. If I were in high school today, I’d be spinning some Spiritualized when I was in that condition. I’m sure Pink Floyd made them possible and all, but do you want cool music or a freaking history lesson? The next album on the list was U2’s Joshua Tree. I suppose it’s a really good album, but honestly, I bet I’ve never listened to it more than twice. It’s not U2’s fault. I really liked their first two records, but then I just sort of wrote them off. I imagine it was just my music snobbery at that particular time more than Joshua Tree. If everyone else thought it was great, I’m sure I had no use for it. Even without the snobbery, I can still name 100 records that are better than that.

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Next up was Michael Jackson’s Thriller. OK, he’s a freak, but that is a pretty fine album. It’s all dancey and sexy, and if I didn’t believe he was probably directing all his crazy sexuality toward 8-year-olds, I would probably be on board with this being on the list. I can’t say the same for the next choice, True Blue by Madonna. Being a straight, non-dancing kind of a fella, I really have no use for her, her antics or her little records of crap that she whores around. It’s all about as important to me as a piece of bubble gum I chewed in second grade. Next is Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. OK, I’m on board with this one 100 percent, and if you only know Flav from his recent work, it’d probably be a fine idea to see how awesome he and his bandmates used to be. I also sort of have to agree with the next choice of Billy Joel’s The Stranger. These two records couldn’t really be further apart, but they are both amazing and worth your time. The difference is I’ll still listen to Public Enemy, and Billy Joel just seems like sort of a joke ... you know because he sort of is. Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys is also pretty amazing. It’s even better if you read Brian Wilson’s autobiography Wouldn’t It Be Nice before and after you listen to it. After all these years, it still sounds phenomenal. Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited still sounds great, too. He’s all electric for the first time and all good. It’s so good, I’m sort of surprised it’s on the list, actually. Prince’s Purple Rain is on the list as well. I’m not sure it’s my favorite record of his, but I have to admit, I love the guy and just about everything he does. In fact, it might not be a bad idea to listen to everything he’s ever done. Come to think of it, let’s do that for Bob Dylan, too. Just listen to everything. The last album is the Beatles’ White Album. Man, I don’t know, everyone always thinks I’m a moron, but I never cared for those boys all that much. Everyone says they’re great, and I’m sure everyone is probably smarter than me, but I really don’t get all the fuss. I’d much rather listen to an old Faces record. So, as lists go, this one seems pretty crappy. I really thought four albums actually belonged on there, and the rest just seem like the status quo, which is never really all that special. Maybe someday soon I’ll do my list of the top 10 albums, and someone else can rip me to shreds. Honestly, it’s the only way I’ll ever learn.

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