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Cover Design • Monica Betel Editor in chief • Erin Scottberg Art Director • Brittany Bindrim Copy Chief • Meghan Whalen Listen, Hear • Anna Statham Stage, Screen & in Between • Elyse Russo Around Town • Tatyana Safronova CU Calendar • Annette Gonzalez Photography Editor • Austin Happel Designers • Hank Patton, Monica Betel, Annie Mui Calendar Coordinator • Brian McGovern Photography • Austin Happel Copy Editors • Sarah Goebel, Emily Ciaglia, Ilana Katz, Whitney Harris Staff Writers • Brian McGovern, Carlye Wisel, Amy Meyer Contributing Writers • Michael Coulter, Seth Fein, Mike Ingram, Kim Rice, Kate Ruin Sales Manager • Mark Nattier Marketing/Distribution • Brandi Wills Publisher • Mary Cory

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INTRO This Modern World • Tom Tomorrow Life in Hell • Matt Groening First Things First • Michael Coulter

AROUND TOWN Alternative Energy • Stephanie Prather Community Spotlight • Evangeline Politis The Local Sniff • Seth Fein

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erin scottberg EDITOR’S NOTE

uying gas has become a game of chance. I handle loosing $10 to scratchoff Lotto tickets better than filling up a 15 gallon tank at $2.35 per gallon when I could have waited a few days and paid $2.11 a gallon. Every time I drive by a gas station I have to gamble with myself — do I succumb to the fear of a sudden price hike and top off my tank, when it’s $2.14 but has been steadily falling, or do I drive until there’s nothing but fumes left in my tank and hope fuel is cheaper then (or at least not more expensive) than it is now? I usually take the bus to the Quad in the mornings and even with my head in a book, I can always tell when gas has dropped overnight by the collective “Ooohing” and “Aaaahing” of the passengers as we cruise through the intersection of Green Street and Lincoln Avenue. Next minute we’re all comparing mileage and tips about where to find the best deal. The same thing happens in the grocery store. I was at Schnuck’s the other day when a woman told me that her son just called to say prices were rising around town so she’d better fill-up. Funny thing — I had gotten a phone call from a friend late the night before with the same message. Until America begins to wean ourselves off traditional gasoline vehicles, conversations like this will continue. But we are beginning to change. Like Efficient Fuels: Powering the Future (pg. 4) says, many of the major auto makers are beginning to make cars that run on E-85 (85 percent ethanol INTRO | A ROUND TOWN | L ISTEN, HEAR | CU CALENDAR | STAGE, S CREEN &

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fuel), mass transit systems are being reevaluated to be more efficient and other biodiesel fuels (think soy) are getting a closer look. The fact of the matter is that the options are out there and technology is making them more and more feasible — and more exciting. Take the Tesla Roadster, an all-electric sports car that goes from zero to 60 mph in four seconds, has a 250 miles/charge highway rating and takes only four hours to completely charge its lithium-ion battery. (By the way, if you’ve read about exploding li-ion batteries in laptops, rest assured that there have been adequate safety devices installed in Roadster’s battery to assure that a shorted cell doesn’t trigger a chain reaction and set the car on fire). As an electric vehicle (EV), this car is cheaper on your wallet (to drive at least, Tesla has yet to set a price tag) and cleaner for the environment than hybrid cars currently on the market that still use some gasoline. Yes, we have to factor in the greenhouse gas emissions of electricity production when estimating Tesla’s environmental friendliness quotient, but most of the reports I’ve read are confident that all-electric cars are cleaner than gas or plug-in hybrids, especially in less coal-dependent states like California. The Tesla Roadster isn’t yet a reality — it’s not expected to be until next fall, and even then I’m sure it will be too expensive for the average Joe — but it is a glimpse of the future of automobiles. Until then, we need to continue to work with what’s available to elevate the effect of transportation in the environment and on our wallets, whether that means using biodiesel conversion kits to run your car on vegetable oil, taking public transportation or simply driving less. sounds from the scene

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michael coulter FIRST THINGS FIRST

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o t e: T h i s i s m y f avo r it e t i me o f year. Yeah, whatever, the leaves are changing and it’s getting cold, but I could really give two shits because it’s playoff time for baseball. All you folks who hate baseball, don’t stop reading yet, because the column’s not really about baseball, at least not once it gets started. Plus, there’s a new feature at the end, so stick with me, damn it. My favorite baseball team is the St. Louis Cardinals. We almost choked like a rookie porn star at the end of the season, but we held on and are now going to the playoffs. It’s a weird time of year when your team still has a chance (um, OK, a slim chance) to take home the big trophy. Every passing day could suddenly mean we’re eliminated from contention. Cubs fans also experience this, except they just call it June. Either way, people still love to talk about basebal l ... including me. But then again, I don’t play it every damned day. During the post-season, ball players are interviewed nonstop without mercy about everything that has happened to them — or even what might possibly happen to them. That has to be annoying. I mean, it’s their job, after all. As fun as it sounds to the rest of us, baseball has got to become a grind, just like regular folks’ jobs. Let’s imagine how it might be if a somewhat regular person (and not a ball player) was interviewed about his job in the same way players are: Interviewer: So, Bob, it seemed like you really had a hard time getting started today. Were you sluggish in the pre-game warm-ups? Bob: No, my warm ups went fine. I did what I normally do, drink three of those double shot espresso things, eat a pack of beef jerky and smoke four cigarettes in my car on the way to work. So, no, it was the usual routine, but I just showed up sluggish for work. I can’t explain it. I mean, last night when I closed down the bar by finishing off my eighth tequila and making out with a person I actually thought to be a woman at the time, I felt really good. I figured I’d get a solid three hours of sleep and wake up ready to bring the pain. It just didn’t work out that way. Interviewer: It really seemed like you almost lost your composure in that morning meeting. Bob: Oh, for sure. First of all, I forgot the damned thing was even scheduled, so that sort of surprised me. Then a teammate told me that girl

at the end of the night might not be a chick after all, and well, I almost thought that tequila was gonna come back up. You know, all you can do is take a deep breath, focus, and take it one swallow at a time from there on out. The good Lord willing, you’ll make it through to lunch. Plus, the manager is getting all over me because my monthly report wasn’t ready, and I’m like, whatever, it’s the same goddamn thing every goddamn month, figure it out yourself. I mean, you’ve got to realize, this is a team sport and I’m not the only guy on the team. A lot of guys have struggled lately, so we’ve all got to pick up the slack and try to hold on. Inter viewer: Reviewing the post game tape, it looked like you did actually vomit right before lunch. Bob: Man, I’m sick of you media types always trying to make something out of nothing. I didn’t throw up, at least not like you think. I drank a sip of water and it just didn’t stay down. I’ll admit I shouldn’t have tried it, but it was do or die at that point and you know I always play to win in that situation. Unless you’ve tried to go to work amazingly hung-over, I’d keep my mouth shut if I were you. I’m doing things out there you’re not even aware of. I’m out there every day giving it 110 percent, so you can question the results all you want, but don’t ever question the effort. This interview is over. Interviewer: Just one more question. Did you use performance-enhancing drugs, such as Taco Bell, to get you through the afternoon? Bob: Screw you. Interview over. OK, now for the special new feature. Last Friday, I experienced one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, Heavy Trash at Cowboy Monkey. It was Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray, backed by the Sadies, performing a wonderfully dirty kind of rockabilly. It was far more inspiring than any religious experience I’ve ever had and it was one of those shows that makes you believe in music again, a sort of revival. So, if you missed it, shame on you. I’ll try to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Each week, I’ll ask my friend, Ward, a regular question. He’ll answer it and then possibly (OK, probably) give you his answer and something more about upcoming “shouldn’t miss” shows. This week’s question: Who will win the World Series? Ward tells me the following. “Oakland, baby! And by the way ... Catfish Haven opens for The Living Blue Friday, Sept. 6 at Cowboy Monkey.” There you have it, get out and see the local boys and Catfish Haven, bitches.

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magine a futuristic society where people travel in fuel efficient, emission-free vehicles and live in ecologically friendly homes. Utilizing natural resources to run at optimal eff iciency, there is minimal waste and few undesirable by-products. Sound unrealistic? Maybe, but the Champaign-Urbana community is taking steps toward making this vision a reality. The trend to go “green” has become increasingly popular as gasoline and natural gas prices have risen steadily over the last five years, alerting consumers and government that our ways of consuming energy need to change. Donald Fournier’s position as a research specialist in sustainable planning and design at the University of Illinois was created in 2001, one of thousands that arose from the nation’s energy crisis. He works to find more energy-efficient ways to maintain homes and businesses. “There are two problems: natural gas and oil,” says Fournier. He believes the only solution to the forthcoming shortages of these natural resources is to become more energy efficient and to increase our use of renewable energy. To combat this problem, Fournier joined the local chapter of the United States Green Building Council. The council consults with owners of existing buildings on how to make their properties more efficient by replacing components such as windows, heating and air conditioning units and light bulbs. The council also consults with builders during construction of new buildings to ensure they are efficient and environmentally friendly. Using a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system, the council inspects the details of a building’s design and materials to ensure that it is running at optimal efficiency. Recently the United States Green Building Council worked in conjunction with Faith United Methodist Church on Prospect Avenue to create a LEED certified addition to their building. The building features pollution-free, non-carcinogenic paint and carpeting, and it uses 35 percent less energy than mandated by the Illinois state code for energy efficiency. The new University of Illinois College of Business building on the corner of Sixth and Gregory streets will also be LEED certified. Fournier says there are measures people can take to make their own homes more energy-efficient. For example, since many older furnaces are 25 to 35 percent inefficient, homeowners would benefit from replacing them with newer, more efficient heating units. “You’re going to cut your heating bill in half,” he says. It’s not just older homes that are inefficient. “Very few new houses are energy efficient,” Fournier says, adding that many are just under the state codes for energy efficiency. This will become increasingly relevant to homeowners as local energy provider Ameren IP reported recently that there would likely be a 40 percent cost increase in power in January 2007. “We’re changing the way we design cities,” Fournier says. “There are some urban planning issues.”

Faith United Methodist Church, 1719 S. Prospect Ave., Champaign, collaborated with the The United States Green Building Council to create an energy efficient addition to the building that features environmentally safe paints and carpeting. IN

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To combat transportation-related energy E85 is composed of 85 percent ethanol and Nissan and Mercedes-Benz also offer Flexible will cost consumers more money than gasoline issues, Champaign-Urbana’s Mass Transit District 15 percent traditional gasoline. Ethanol is costly Fuel Vehicle models. and that there are concerns about whether the is taking steps to make the community’s mobility and results in about 28 percent less horsepower The concept of turning plentiful crops into government’s support of FFVs is really helping options more accessible and eco-friendly. than pure gasoline. automobile fuel seemed logical to Henry Ford the U.S. achieve energy independence.” At an August 28 press conference MTD, E85 is currently available at only 800 out of when he built his Model T in 1908. The Model They further concluded that while emissions in conjunction with the Champaign County 176,000 gas stations nationwide, according to T was made to run on either gasoline or pure of toxic nitrogen oxides were significantly lower Farm Bureau and the Illinois Soybean Associ- Consumer Reports, most of which are located ethanol, so farmers could make their own fuel when the Tahoe used E85, that the overall fuel ation, unveiled a new sticker that appears on in the Midwest. Gasoline is still likely to be the out of corn. Ford dubbed ethanol “the fuel of efficiency using Ethanol was 27 percent lower nearly 100 buses that indicates its use of soy primary fuel source in the foreseeable future, the future.” Nearly a hundred years later, as the than when using gasoline. biodiesel fuel. but the Illinois E85 Clean Energy Infrastruc- nation faces an energy crisis, it seems as though According to the Oil Price Information M ich ael St ubbe, A s sist a nt Di rector of ture Development Program, administered by the Ford’s futuristic fuel is beginning to take flight. Service, an organization that tracks fuel prices, the Service Delivery for the Mass Transit District, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic In May the Champaig n Count y Board average price per gallon of ethanol hovers around says the partnership promotes awareness of soy Opportunity, is offering gas stations incentives of approved zoning for an ethanol manufacturing $2.91 nationally. Accounting for the 27 percent biodiesel in the community. “We’re willing to partner with (the Farm Bureau and the Illinois Soybean Association),” he says. “We believe it’s a good thing, so we’re promoting it.” The I l l i nois Green Fleet Program offers bus systems incentives for utilizing soy biodiesel fuels. Biodiesel fuel blends are primarily made from processed soybeans, and up to 50 percent of the total cost of converting plant in its heavy industry zoning district. There fuel-economy penalty in the Tahoe means drivers are typically compatible with engines that run pumps to become E85 capable, and up to $40,000 are currently 97 ethanol plants in the United will pay an average of $3.99 to drive their car the on petroleum diesel fuel. for building new refueling stations that offer E85 States, 46 of which are farmer owned. With eight same distance a gallon of gas would take them. MTD began testing biodiesel at a 20 percent to consumers. production plants, Illinois is one of the highest Fournier says biodiesel fuel is much more effimixture on a limited basis in 1994. They started Consumer Reports says the major American ethanol-producing states, second only to Iowa. cient. “Biodiesel is a much better fuel than E85,” using a two percent mixture of biodiesel in automobile manufacturers Daimler-Chrysler, In a Consumer Reports investigation of E85, Fournier says. “You get a much better product.” September 2005, and are currently using a five Ford, and GM plan to make one million more researchers tested a 2007 Chevy Tahoe Flexible While E85 may not be the most viable option percent mixture. The f ive percent mixture Flexible Fuel Vehicles in 2006 that can use any Fuel Vehicle for fuel efficiency and emissions. The to alleviate the nation’s oil dependency, it is a is composed of f ive percent soy oil and 95 combination of E85 and gasoline. results of the report were less than favorable for piece of the puzzle. percent ultra low sulfur diesel fuel, according Some models include the Dodge Durango, automakers and supporters of E85. The report “No one’s saying cars are a bad thing,” Stubbe to David D. Moore, Director of Maintenance Chevy Impala, Ford F-150 and the Saturn Relay. states: “Consumer Reports determined that E85 says. “But we can do things better.” buzz for MTD. No modifications were needed to convert the buses to the new fuel blend, just good fuel filters. Stubbe says he wants more people to ride the bus, which would cut down on the community’s overall emissions and save consumers money. He thinks that because the Champaign-Urbana is so densely populated in some campus areas, as dense as neighborhoods Wrigleyville and Lincoln Park in Chicago, that persuading people to ut i l ize the bus system w i l l benef it the community. “We want to prov ide sa fe, ef f icient transportation to the community,” Stubbe says. “Our goal is to incorporate environmentally safe technology to keep the reliance on single-occupancy vehicles down.” To encourage people to ride the bus, MTD recently began advertising their use of miPLAN, a research program to collect data from community members about what they want out of public transportation. To find out what mobility options Champaign County residents want, miPLAN will host a series of town meetings to collect information. The input will help shape MTD’s plans to become more eff icient and broaden its boundaries by 2025. Although MTD plans to improve the local transportation system, the single-occupancy vehicle will continue to be an integral part of everyday life to most Americans. Most cars cannot run on soy biodisel, but the corn-derived fuel E85 is gaining ground Flex-fuel vehicles, like the 2006 Ford F-150 seen here on the lot of Hill Ford of Champaign at 200 Carriage Center Ct. in Champaign, can accept fuel with with consumers. up to 85 percent ethanol, also known as E-85 fuel. AUSTIN HAPPEL • PHOTO

Henry Ford’s 1908 Model T was made to run on either gasoline or pure ethanol. Ford dubbed ethanol the “fuel of the future.”

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Carolyn Baxley has owned the Cinema Gallery, located at 120 W. Main Street in Urbana, since it was opened in 2001. EVANGELINE POLITIS • STAFF WRITER

portrait of Abraham Lincoln greets customers as they approach the Cinema Gallery, indicating the site of the Urbana Hotel where Abraham Lincoln stayed before it was moved down the street in the late 19th century. The second floor of the gallery shows remnants of an opera hall’s intricate tin ceiling and the word “princess” tiled into the pavement alludes to another of the building’s past lives. After severa l transfor mations f rom the Urbana Hotel to Busey’s Hall in 1870, Urbana’s f irst opera hall, to the Princess Theater in 1917, the Cinema Gallery now stands at 120 W. Main St., Urbana. As people pass through the stainless and enameled steel entrance, they walk on the original black and white tile of the Princess Theater. Paintings, photographs, and sketches can be found on every wall of what was originally the lobby, and on the right sits a woman with a straight, gray bob haircut.

“I love being around art,” says Carolyn Baxley, the owner of the property and manager of the gallery. She and her husband, Nor man Ba x ley, purcha sed the theater a f ter Kera sotes Theaters shut the Cinema down in 1995. They decided to save the building before anyone else got their hands on it, but soon several coffee shops that rented the space from the Baxleys had gone dark due to lack of foot traffic. Carolyn’s passion for art and her drive to make a difference in the community is what led her into converting the theater into a venue for visual arts. But she began her life on a completely different track, hoping to become an English professor. She grew up in Mississippi and earned her undergraduate degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss. Her education brought her to Urbana-Champaign. After having been accepted to four different English Master’s programs, she chose the University of Illinois because of the

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financial package. She chose to stay in the area because of the community. “The people here are just so nice and we made friends very quickly,” she says. “You can know all of the city council people and the mayors; it’s not some unapproachable kind of place.” After Carolyn graduated, she went into marketing, opened a business with her husband, and became very involved in the community; she was on the Planning Commission in Urbana for eight years and currently holds a position on the Board of Urbana Business Associates. “I like feeling like I make a difference in the city,” she says proudly. “And the gallery is part of that.” In the late ’80s she and her husband began buying property around the county, including the Lindley House Bed and Breakfast, 312 W. Green St., Urbana, but it has since changed owners. This site was originally where Carolyn wanted to incorporate her love for art by adding a gallery of local artists’ works in the house.

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The project was put on the back burner until the Cinema Gallery was opened in 2001. She wanted to create a place where people could see everything in one place — a cross sec t ion of t he v i su a l a r t s f rom a rou nd the community. Much of the work in the galler y is from professors at Parkland College, the University of Illinois, and Eastern Illinois University, along with artists from around the area. “It’s really kind of an eclectic mix,” she says. “I wanted to show the range of work here and I also thought it was important to show a wide range of media and a wide price range.” The gallery prices go from $2.50 for a postcard to $9,000 for a Victor Wang painting. With such a scope, the gallery attracts many different kinds of clients. Mostly the buyers are the over-50 crowd with disposable incomes, but Carolyn also sees a lot of young collectors who buy more modest pieces. “If you fall in love with a piece you can’t afford, that’s no fun!” she explains with a laugh. “You have to have the piece you respond to and you love.” In order to embrace this ideal in her business, she allows customers to pay off artwork in installments without interest. This has increased her customer pool to all sorts of people from all over the state and those visiting the area from around the country, she says. In order to continue supporting the visual arts, Carolyn wants to see more venues around the county. She was very excited to see the Heartland Gallery recently open up down the street, 112 W. Main St., Urbana, but thinks there is a need for more. “We certainly have so many, strictly in visual arts, artists here that we have no venues for,” Carolyn vehemently explains. “I have one artist a week who wants to show here. But there are only so many I can accept because it’s such a small space.” Along with her position on the Board of Urbana Business Associates, she is on the arts and entertainment committee of “big. small. all,” a project that voices what the community wants the county to look like in 30 years. Carolyn envisions that the county will be better known for its art and entertainment by 2030, a nd s he w i l l b e u s i n g t h i s pr oje c t t o promote her ideas and gain the community’s appreciation for art. Her small, personal step towards making this happen was the opening of the gallery five years ago. Though this job makes her happy, Carolyn says, for her the attention that the artists receive and the education the public gains surpasses the importance of her own happiness. “I tell people this is the best job I have ever had because I get to visit all these beautiful things everyday,” she says. “I think artists are traditionally underappreciated and I think people need to be able to see the best of the best and where creativity leads if it’s allowed to blossom.” sounds from the scene

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Sniffer wimps out Asks Giraldo Rosales for hand in marriage â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he is the best looking guy in Champaign.

MOVING ONâ&#x20AC;Ś WITHOUT THE STRESS. I decided against going after the Champaign County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office for alleged improprieties against inmates. And while this may be a disappointment to those of the more progressive community, I had to put it on the scales and in the end, I decided that I am too busy doing other things (that I am not allowed to mention here for the sake of journalistic integrity) to get involved in this mess. I am no Woodward, and despite my Jewish namesake, I am not a Bernstein either. I have no plans to be one either. The best I can do is remind you that there are still alternative outlets from which to obtain your news, with the Independent Media Center being gone now. Those leaning right, well, stick with FOX news. FUCK IT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I AM MAKING MY ENDORSEMENT NOWâ&#x20AC;Ś Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impeach Jerry Schweigart, mayor of Champaign. Wait a minute, can we? I am sure that we can invent some sort of scandal that would knock him out of office. Nevertheless, I think that we need some new leadership in Champaign. Someone who, unlike Mayor Schweighart, goes out of their way to involve themselves in the community, not just sit at Taffies with a specially engraved mug, drinking coffee and talking about the good olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; days with the boys. Personally, I think there are many issues that have yet to be addressed in Champaign. The Chief and how it correlates to a pervasive battle with racism within the city. A growing downtown that is being gentrified faster than Wicker Park in Chicago â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this is good for bussines, yes, but how do we make sure that our downtown doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end up like Mayberry but with a lot of trendy restaurants? And certainly, how do we make sure that our schools are being properly funded? From what I have heard, there are some Champaign schools that are simply sub-par. Yes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I want someone who thinks more with his brain than his brawn. sounds from the scene

BUSINESS OF THE WEEK The Nicodemus Agency is a local talent company run by ... wait. Sorry. SHOW OF THE WEEK We lost Joni Laurence to the Pacific Northwest earlier this year. It was sad, given the fact that she has been arguably the most honest and heartfelt songwriter we had in town for years. But it was gratifying to see such a warm person get out of this small pond and jump to a scene where she will be nurtured by 10 times as many people. She is back in town this week and if you are reading this now and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thursday, get your ass on down to Verde Gallery tonight by 7:30 p.m. and watch and learn from one of our most cherished alumnae. FINAL WHIFF I have romanticized about being an investigative reporter for a long time. The operative word there is the big one that started with R. When I was younger, my father would regale me with tales of radicalism, passion, change and freedom fighting. And while I still have an appreciation for it, I have come to realize that, for me, nothing does more than making a friend laugh. I want to change the world as much as the next person does, but I figure that, for right now, I will just do my best to get a laugh out of you and see what good can come from it. This year, laughs and criticism. Next year, who knows? Maybe an investigative report on how Giraldo Rosales got to be the best looking and most promising politician that Champaign has ever seen. Seth Fein is from Urbana. He still votes in Urbana if for no other reason than the fact that he likes to say hi to all his elder friends at Clark Lindsey Village. He used to work there. He got fired for stealing an industrial sized bag of corn. Long story. He can be reached at sethfein1@gmail.com

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FIRST SNIFF In case you hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t noticed, we live in a pretty small town. For example this rag you are reading here, of all the people who put this together week in and week out, guess how many of us make a living by doing it? Yep. Zero. So, it pains me to think that I, an opinion/ gossip columnist for a town of this size, might be relegated to never discussing the things that I do outside of the 30 to 90 minutes a week that I spend on this column. Anyhow, check openingblands.blogspot.com when you get a chance. Both Mike Ingram and I won an award this week. Not only are we proud, but we are proud of our towns. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s see if Mr. Openingblands â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hide like a little wuss in the etherâ&#x20AC;? Blogspot has the balls to say anything else after this week. I am curiousâ&#x20AC;Ś

Damn, that dude is the best looking man in town. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not why I am endorsing him for mayor next year. After all, he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even announced his candidacy. But, let me be the first in the press to announce that I believe that he is just the person to lead Champaign in the first part of the 21st century. He has a fantastic voting record, he understands minority rights and he is the best looking man in Champaign. Not Urbana. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Todd Satterthwaite. And, he recognizes me in Schnucks. Yep, next to the oranges and lemons, I found Giraldo Rosales in the Urbana Schnucks. I wanted to ask him why there are no kiosks anywhere in Champaign to hang flyers on, but, I saw that, like me, he was hot to get his food and go home after a long day of work. I have been called out in the streets before by random people (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey Sniffer! Sniff my ass, bitch!â&#x20AC;?) but never did I feel more like an active community member than I did on Monday. Hey, maybe some people do read the column!

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his is not a scene in which one would expect to f ind a touring musician: a cozy room with a little twin bed, a kittycat poster on the wall, stuffed an ima ls ever y where. But at 10:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning in Elkhart, Ind., this is where Joni Laurence finds herself. “There was a family that decided to host me, which means they give me a free place to stay,” Laurence explained. “And I ended up staying in their 7-year-old daughter’s room. It’s k ind of n ice act ua l ly. Nor ma l ly I just get a couch.”

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And such is the life of Joni Laurence. Laurence, a folk singer/ songwriter with close ties to Champaign and the University of Illinois, has had a decidedly unconventional career. Laurence’s career as a musician took a long time to develop; she didn’t learn how to play guitar until her senior year of college and didn’t fully commit to a career in music until her late thirties. Laurence still remembers the conversation that ended up being the turning point of her career. “I was talking to a friend about how busy I was,” she said. “And how I wish I had one year of my life to just focus on music. And my friend said, ‘Wait, you’re 33 years old and your life is set?’” IN

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It was then that Laurence realized how many doors still remained open to her, that being middle-aged didn’t necessarily mean that her life path was set in stone. She began saving up money so that her “one year of nothing but music” would be feasible. “That one year turned into two and a half years,” she said. And the momentum has yet to cease. Laurence released her fourth album, With No Apology, in mid-July and is touring the country rigorously. And while many of the dates are in or near her new home in Portland, she is making sure to stop by Champaign as much as possible. Laurence played at Aroma Café on September 28 th with Angie Heaton and is returning to Champaign to play at Verde Gallery tonight. L au r e nce’s r et u r n t o Champaign is a significant one; she spent over a decade working with the University of Illinois in labor relations and she recorded her latest album in Urbana. Perhaps more importantly, Champaign was the city in which her music started to take direction and her fan base started to grow. “My fans take care of me,” Laurence said. It is her favorite topic to talk about, and an idea that has shaped the way that she has pursued her career. “I’m not that interested in getting signed by a major record label. I’m more into creating an organic, grassroots following.” This following will likely be out in full force upon Laurence’s return to her old home tonight. It was not easy for Laurence to walk away from the music scene and her fans in Champaign, but she felt it was time for a change. So she moved her life and her career to Portland. It is fitting that Laurence named her new album With No Apology. The name is a summation of her life philosophy. It’s about changing scenery and starting a new life in a new place. It’s about a middle-aged woman dropping a 15-year career and pursuing a far less stable profession. The name reflects the album’s sound as well. With No Apology is a live album and thus, like any live album, will have its share of imperfections. “I remember there is one line in a song where I said the wrong lyrics,” Laurence recalled. “But I kept it on the album. I think a live album and a studio album are two very different forms of art.” Laurence is cautious about categorizing her music, but loosely describes it as modern folk that incorporates elements of rock, country and blues. She also describes her music as very lyrically driven. She has also had plenty to write about: a life that went from stable to unpredictable; a life where she wakes up in a 7-year-old’s bedroom one day and returns to her home in Champaign the next. With no apology, indeed. Don’t miss your last chance this year to see Joni Laurence tonight at the Verde Gallery (17 E. Taylor St. in downtown Champaign) at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5. sounds from the scene

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nfectious. If the music of Tea Leaf Green could be summed up in one word, infectious would be it. Their â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s throwback sound, combined with masterful guitar work and carefully crafted lyrics, creates an undeniable vibe that invites concer tgoers to join in their on st a g e f u n . T he S a n F r a nc i sco out f it w i l l be ma k ing their f ir st Canopy Club appearance tonight. Tea Leaf Green is a quintessentially live band, playing upwards of 150-200 shows a year. When fans attend a show, they indulge in the richness, creativity and sense of community that is the Tea Leaf Green experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When people come to our shows, they come to the party; they make a community happen,â&#x20AC;? said vocalist-keyboardist Trevor Garrod of TLGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s live show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Touring is incredibly romantic,â&#x20AC;? he went on. Articulate and gracious, Garrod is the reflection of a band with a thoughtful soul and an unassuming worldliness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Touring is very cosmopolitan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the whole country is your backyard,â&#x20AC;? he said. With their extensive touring schedule, Tea Leaf Green has worked to spread their name across the country, receiving both critical acclaim and success along the way. This past April, their song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taught to be Proudâ&#x20AC;? won Song Of The Year at the 6th annual Jammy Awards. But donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make the mistake of classifying TLG as â&#x20AC;&#x153; just a jam band.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the music weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve struggled to differentiate ourselves from,â&#x20AC;? Garrod said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sounds from the scene

not so much about â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;gettinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the jams out.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more concentrated on having good songs, first and foremost. We want a complete th ree-m inute song that can st and on it s ow n, a nd when you ca n ja m on it too, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great.â&#x20AC;? TLGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest project is the October 31st release of Rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;N Roll Band. It is a compilation CD/DVD set of a recorded live show, familiar territory to Tea Leaf Green. This album will be their fif th live release since 2002. The DVD, however, was a startling new endeavor. Justin Kreutzmann, son of Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, helmed the project.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so cool, coming from this rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n roll, crazy lifestyle background,â&#x20AC;? Garrod quipped. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just let him do what he wanted. He did a really great job.â&#x20AC;? As far as the record goes: â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m] really proud of the quality of the products. The sound quality is incredible, the mixing was great.â&#x20AC;? Be sure to check out Tea Leaf Greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show tonight at Canopy, and take part in the TLG party. They are introspective, talented, accessible and are contributing something truly great to the Champaign/Urbana concert scene. Showtime is 8 p.m. and tickets are $10.

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et me start by saying that my column last week was sadly writ≠ ten before the Pygmalion fi nale show at the Iron Post, which meant that I wasní t able to devote any space to how amazing Erin Feiní s (of Headlights) short set was. In two songs, which was unfortunately the entire length of the set, she knocked me flat. Make no mistake, Erin Fein is at the top of her game as a songwriter right now, and it is an absolute pleasure to count her as one of our local talents. You can fi nd video of those two songs on the Web at http://www.youtube. com/profi le_videos?user=laidbackliam. There are also several other videos from that night and others, taken by your friendly neighborhood bad dancer, Liam Oí Sullivan. I would estimate that a good half of the plays for Eriní s videos are mine. If youí ve never seen or heard Headlights, do yourself a gigantic favor and head to the Court≠ yard Cafe this Saturday night to see one of the areaí s fi nest bands ó more on that in a moment. And also, it was ridiculously nice of Paul Wirth at the Iron Post to allow us to serve free beer at his place. Stop by and have a beer sometime. Just doní t ask for a Zima. You know what a lot of people still doní t know? That Zorbaí s, the outstanding gyro place on Green Street on campus, hosts live jazz on Thursday nights. Zorbaí s has long been a favor≠ ite of CU eaters (myself included), and if youí ve never been, tonight is the perfect night to go. They charge a measly $3, which helps pay the band, and they serve food a little later than usual. Tonight youí ll fi nd Jeff Helgesen’s Jazz Mayhem tearing it up from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Go get a gyro and enjoy some great jazz. Friday will be an interesting day for me. Ií ll be playing a show at Kamí s (yes, Kamí s) with my cohort Kayla Brown. Over the course of four hours (from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.), our secret will be spilled. We know an atrocious amount of cover songs. As much as we try to hide it, we love í 80s music. On most weekends, we slip away to towns like Danville, Hoopeston, Catlin and the like, to play hours of covers for chatty crowds. And now that show is coming home to CU, and I think ití s even free! Come for the spectacle, stay for the Journey covers. Plus, a happy hour set means you can head out after to see a much better show! Like Everclear! Okay, well, not Everclear. Weí re better than them, at least. But you get the idea. My suggestion would be to head over to Cowboy Monkey to see the Living Blue, Catfish Haven, and The Silent Years (10 p.m., $5). The Living Blue (formerly the Blackouts) have long been a favorite of mine, and Catfish Haven is a fantastic live band. The Silent Years are a mystery to me, but their Myspace page has me excited. Hey, Steve, play ì Open Casket Access,î huh? Saturday night, at the most inaccessible venue in town, there is a fantastic show. The problem with having a good booking agent over at the

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Courtyard Cafe (in the Illini Union) is that there are suddenly a ton of shows that you want to attend at a venue that doesní t sell or allow alcohol, has a coffee shop that closes at inexpli≠ cable times, and has no parking. You shouldní t let these annoyances keep you from Satur≠ dayí s show. Headlights ó after a huge set at Pygmalion, and fresh off of a big tour and gearing up for another ó will lay some knowledge upon the Courtyard. They play in the fourth of fi ve slots, just before Viva Voce. The third band, Silversun Pickups, has a new album that Ií ve been listening to a ton. Local band Shipwreck, one of my favorite locals of late, will play fi rst, followed by the Kingdom. For only $7 ($5 with UIUC ID), this show is just about perfect. Just pull onto Mathews Street just to the east of the Union and hope that one of the open spaces you see hasní t been bagged by the mysterious meter gnomes that move the bags around every night. The show starts at 8 p.m. Mond ay n ig ht the Ca nopy Club host s Pulsar 47. Last week I mentioned them as one of the highlights of the Pygmalion Fest. Ití s hard to explain how good the band is, layered with keys, strings, drums, bells and several guitars. This is a band to see now, for sure. The music is instrumental in the best sense of the word, lush and moving. This show the band will officially wel≠ come violin player Rachel Wittrig, the younger sister of cello player Emerson Aaron Wittrig, to the fold (bringing the number of members to a nice≠ looking nine). Also on the bill are Caspian, Actors and Actresses and new local group Post Historic (9 p.m., $5). Tuesday begins a new month of Rehearsal Space shows at the Canopy Club. This month: elsinore. But, with so many other great shows being booked on Tuesdays at Canopy this month, the band looks to only be playing two free shows, on the 10th and the 24th. Be sure to get out there early (9 p.m.!) and start slamming drinks early. Word on the street is that $2 Long Islands are back! Rehearsal space, the brainchild of Seth Fein (okay, he stole it from Schubas, but whatever), puts the audience right into a band≠ practice≠ like environment. In the past, elsinore has stopped in the middle of songs to work on harmonies. Ití s a fun experience, and ití s free! Go check it out. Coming soon: Beirut plays the IMC (10/13), The Appleseed Cast at Canopy (10/17), the return of U of Idol at Canopy! (10/18), Lovedrug at the IMC (10/27). Mike Ingram lives in downtown Champaign, where he gets asked for two dollars all the time. Seth Fein once kissed him right on the mouth. He’s a booking agent and adequate musician, and is also the Local Music Director for 90.1 WEFT, where he books WEFT Sessions and puts colorful tape on CDs. His diet needs to start consisting of more than donuts from Curtis Orchard and dumplings from the Esquire. Contact him at forgottenwords@gmail.com. sounds from the scene

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singing those lines—just like in “Senorita”—will unleash the hounds on a Saturday night. The background claps and stomps are so instinctively instructive—just like in “Senorita”—that this is a cut to send off the whole party right before afterhours start. There’s a bunch of other songs on Future Sex/Love Sounds that could have a hand in kicking up the birthrate for Champaign County next year, which is why this record will stand the test of time. It’s that hot. Timberlake’s newest record is a coronation, and the second piece of his pop legacy that is far from complete. He’s already remade himself from the cardboard cutout imposter of a musician into a real artist. He’s cemented his place in music as the hottest hipster sexpot in the land. All that’s left is the tour (of the kingdom). Long live the King.

Bernard Fanning will not disappoint. As the second song pours out of my stereo, Fanning echoes my very thoughts, “I love this, and I want more,” and again, twelve more times. As the last song ends and I finish this review, I am pushing repeat on my CD player to start it up again with Bernard Fanning’s Tea & Sympathy.

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down-heartened, it works gloriously. It may not have anything on par with “Mr. Brightside,” but as an album, Sam’s Town is much better than Hot Fuss and it firmly establishes The Killers as a legitimate artistic group — to go with their already immense popularity.

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Of course it’s good. Of course it’s going to sell enough copies to keep the record industry in the black for 2006. And, if you play your cards right, Future Sex/Love Sounds will probably get you laid. This, we know. But there’s more to Justin Timberlake’s second solo effort than just the platinum that is going to get thrown around in his name. Teamed up again with super producer Timbaland, Timberlake comes back to affirm his place at the top of pop music, and to let his subjects know that his reign will be long and prosperous. After “Sexyback” hit the airwaves in July, everyone knew the second album would not be Justified, Part Two. It’s far better — Future Sex/ Love Sounds heralds his second coming (see, he even got better at titles). Justified was his coming out party after saying “bye, bye, bye” to the awful and nostalgic N*SYNC. It was a hell of a party, but ever since his single “Cry me a River,” fans couldn’t help but wonder if Timberlake was overachieving. Once you go boy band, you don’t go back, right? But the release of Future Sex/Love Sounds puts those concerns to bed. The new record is a bloodless coup on pop music. With four songs for the club (“Sexyback,” “My Love,” “Chop Me Up” and “Summer Love”), two for the bedroom after the club (“Damn Girl” and “All Over Again”) and one for the Zach Braff-style mix disc you make your hook-up the day after (“What Goes Around”), Future Sex/ Love Sounds comes with everything you need to throw a party except the fog machine. “My Love” sucks listeners in early on with that keyboard loop custom-built for the dance floor. Timberlake begs his lady in between his beat boxing to let him in her life. Timberlake’s love note gets back-up with help from a friend. T.I. spends his guest appearance praising Timberlake to let the woman know what she’s missing if she doesn’t at least give the man a chance. By the time this makes it to print, “My Love” might already be huge and overplayed, but fear not: it’s not the only track that will be a sure thing to get hips shaking in Campustown. The last party slayer to crack the dance floor can be found in “Summer Love.” Timberlake gets as dirty as you always wanted to be: “Well Imma freak you right/each and every night/I know how to do it insane girl/‘cause I can make it hot, make it stop make you wanna say my name.” Shakespeare he ain’t, but sounds from the scene

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On a late summer afternoon, I can’t help but turn up Bernard Fanning’s album, Tea & Sympathy, much to my studious roommates’ dismay, I’m sure. This folk-rocker really knows how to strike that note ever-so-perfectly to make his listeners fall into that lap-slapping, head-bopping mode. The album instills a feeling that Fanning himself describes in the first song on the CD: “It’s not so much that the thrill is gone/just a cleaner, sweeter,/brighter thrill has come along.” If you’re looking out for quality new-age folk singers,

“Mr. Brightside” is among the definitive pop statements of the past five years, and in twenty years it will still be on every compilation album of this decade. The rest of The Killers’ million-copy selling debut Hot Fuss was not nearly as impressive, but on the strength of that single alone it remains an important artifact of the revivalist dance/glam-rock movement. Understandably, the hype surrounding their followup has been huge, and it hasn’t helped that lead singer Brandon Flowers has been singing its praises all year. But if lead single “When We Where Young” didn’t clue you in, Flowers and crew actually have something special on their hands. Though Sam’s Town is a self-described take on Bruce Springsteen Americana, with its barroom intro and piano-heavy ballads, the heavy influence of epic ’80s bands like The Cure and U2 are still lingering around the edges. As a concept album about reaching into America’s past for lost values and dreams, it only halfway succeeds (the lyrics aren’t always on the mark); but as an album of huge guitars, soaring vocals and anthems for the

Reinvented (sort of ), Outkast returns. But in Idlewild, the soundtrack to the full-length feature film going by the same name, they sound little like old Outkast. Idlewild is filled with songs that one might hear over the course of a weekend, around town during the bootleggin’ ’20s: a church hymn, a marching band piece at the high school football game, a blues song at the club after dark. But these songs are not about a place. Idlewild is about relationships. The album follows the arc of the different stages of relationships a man might have: men are hustling to get laid, followed by the dysfunctional relationship, closing with the cool, comfortable, satisfying marriage. In terms of entertainment value, following the story is Idlewild’s greatest strength. If the movie is a reflection of the soundtrack, though, feel free to leave after the f irst act. The first half of the album is far more funny and SEE ALBUM REVIEW PG. 12

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ALBUM REVIEW CONTINUED FROM PG. 11 interesting than the second half, as if it’s supposed to be some metaphor for how boring and lame people become once they settle down. It’s a long a lbu m — 8 0 m i nutes st rong — and could easily be chopped down to about 40 minutes. Though you’re not likely to hear anything off Idlewild at a party, “Mighty O” and “PJ and the Rooster” are album standouts; they are also the songs audiences have most likely heard already. After track two, “the Mighty O,” Idlewild hits the different sounds around town. “Idlewild Blue” is cool with a twang-y blues riff on guitar and screaming harmonica that punctuates the chorus nicely. And Andre 3000’s lyrics are quintessential, “Y’all know about the blues, dontcha,” he croons. “Everybody get the blues/even the babies get the blues.” “N2u” is all about hustling the ladies. Cover your eyes and ears if they’re sensitive, because Andre 3000 says exactly what he’s looking for in a woman: “I want to get into you/don’t want no girlfriend/just want to get into you.” Ironically sang over a beat Boyz II Men could have written, the song is clever make-out music with a pigheaded twist. But after Outkast’s wooing hijinks, Idlewild falls off fast. The album moves quickly through decent tracks like “Morris Brown” and “The Train,” and is almost completely forgettable until “PJ and the Rooster,” which is pretty solid. Then things go flat again until the end, which is absolutely dismal. Literally, Idlewild ends on “A Bad Note.” That’s the name of the song. And it’s terrible. It’s more than eight minutes of non-descript guitar work that just ... ends. For an album that tries to tell a story, and was described early last year by Outkast’s manager as their The Wall or Purple Rain, the finish could not be more anticlimatic or disappointing. The idea that Outkast could make their own soundtrack to their own movie was a promising one — if anyone could pull it off, Andre 3000 and Big Boi could — but Idlewild falls short of expectations. Far from perfect, it’s definitely listenable. It’s just not great.

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Crunk music was a bad, bad, bad idea. It makes people crazy; makes them want to rub up on people and do things that shouldn’t be done (especially if you’re weird looking). It seems the American public is slowly starting to realize this; there isn’t a single crunkster on the Billboard Top 100. But what is its replacement on the top of the charts? Basically, it’s the stuff that Crunk replaced ... either that or the stuff that Disco replaced long ago. So what does this all mean? Is there a vicious cyclical order to music? Is Crunk the new Disco? Whatever we take from this phenomenon, Brian and Carlye look at the new face of pop: old faces. Carlye: New Old Histor y repeats itself. At least that’s what my old, ang r y beast-l ike teacher Mr. Grote used to say. I was always convinced that this was his way of avoiding an explanation of anything that occurred before 1920, but in reflection, I think he may have actually been correct. Take a look at today’s best selling artists — it’s literally a Billboard six-year reunion party. I’m not shitting you — check this out: Then: N*SYNC “No Strings Attached” 2000 Now: Justin Timberlake “SexyBack” 2006 T hen: Chr istina Ag ui lera “Genie in a Bottle” 1999 Now: Christina Aguilera “Ain’t No Other Man” 2006 Then: Destiny’s Child “Bugaboo” 1999 Now: Beyonce “Déjà Vu” 2006 T h e n : N e l l y F u r t a d o “ I ’m L i k e a Bird” 2000 Now: Nelly Furtado “Promiscuous Girl” 2006 It seems crazy, but that’s only the beginning.

Janet Jackson is making a comeback, in addition to Fergie, who was a member of failed girl-group Wild Orchid back in 2001. Puff Daddy — or Diddy, as he insists on being called now — just released his first new album since 2 0 01 a nd a l so m ade Da n it y K a ne, t he most succe s sf u l of h i s t h ree Making the Band attempts. This raises another question — where have all of these boy and girl bands re-emerged from? Danity Kane is actually quite successful, and the Pussycat Dolls are ruining the youth of America, like all popular music should. Also, both Backstreet Boys and 98 Degrees have albums coming out later this year, in addition to Nick Lachey of the latter band a lready for m ing a semi-successful return career off of sappy “I miss you, Jessica Simpson” love songs and videos with cliché beach-ocean-and-rock-cliff nature settings. There’s a lot of new, good music out there that I real ly wish was popular instead of a regurgitated form of bubblegum pop that we all thought would only re-appear on pointless VH1 countdown shows. I loved listening to all of this when I was in eigh th grade, but I can’t say I don’t have qualms about drunken table dancing at a bar to the music I loved when I was thirteen. Or to any pop music, for that matter. Brian: Old Old People who a re snobby a nd/or sen i le say th i ng s l i ke, “T hey don’t m a ke music like they used to” or “There hasn’t been good music since 1976” or “In

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my day, we’d spend all day at Coney Island ta l k ing about President Wi lson w ith the pigeons.” A lthough the third one may be exclusively related to senility, it’s all really annoy ing. Rock pur ists are stubbor n and closed-minded, but recently, they seem to be making more and more sense. A wave of established, older-than-my-dad musicians has suddenly put out new records this year. Bob Dylan, not only prolific but also able to grow an awesome/creepy moustache, released Modern Times, his first record since ’01. It went straight to number one, the first time that happened in over 30 years. Bob Seger wrote “Night Moves” and therefore makes up for the rest of his almost unbearable career. That song may be one of the greatest ever and now Seger is attempting to reach greatness again. After an 11-year hiatus, Seger reached a place that he never has before — the top five of the charts. Via transitive property, an even older musician has been receiving a lot of attention. Pete S e e g e r, no r e l a t ion t o B o b, h a s b e e n revived by The Boss. His timeless songs are completely revamped by Springsteen’s new album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions. The album is opening the door for new listeners to not only discover Bruce, but also the late, great Pete Seeger. The newly invigorated popularity of these artists put the girly enthusiasm for the Panics! out there to shame. These old, old men are making music edgier, more critically acclaimed and publicly approved than all these young “edgy” whippersnappers. The pioneers of 20th century music are showing that the 21st has nothing better than what they’ve been doing all along.

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THU. OCT 5 Live Bands Caleb Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, no cover Adam Wolfe [Live acoustic] Potbelly Sandwich Works, 12pm Concerts “Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra with conductor Steven Larsen” [Experience three generations of great composers and their

shared ideals. Pre-show discussion at 6:30pm.] Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30pm $12 students/$31 DJ Zen Thursdays: DJ Asiatic Soma Ultralounge, 9pm no cover DJ Dice, DJ Smoooth V Lava 9pm, $3 before 11pm/$5 Limbs [Hip hop, breaks and party music.] Boltini Lounge, 10:30pm, no cover

Dancing Free Swing Dance McKinley Church and Foundation 9:30pm Lectures/Discussions “Law Vacketta–DLA Piper Lecture” [Features James Blanchard, former U.S. representative, governor of Michigan and U.S. ambassador to Canada, speaking on the role of government and the law.] Law Building, 4pm

Bioethical Challenges in a 21stCentury World [Mark Sleger, director, MacLean Ethics Center, University of Chicago will host.] Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 4pm Simplicity Discussion Group [Discussion of the book One Thing At a Time by Cindy Glovinsky. Hosted by Jo Pauly, MSW, Whole Life Coach.] Borders Books Music & Cafe, 7pm

Film “Higher Learning” [Discussion will follow the presentation of the film. Pizza and drinks will be served.] La Casa Cultural Latina, 6pm, free IDF Film Series presents “Bonhoeffer” [The Illinois Disciples Foundation will kick off its annual Human Rights Film Series by showing Bonhoeffer, the dramatic story of the young German theologian who offered one of the first

Catfish Haven The Living Blue Silent Years Oct. 6, 10 p.m. Cowboy Monkey, $5

This past August, I braved the long 40-minute drive from my hometown to the city of Chicago to see the biggest, most overwhelming music fest there is — Lollapalooza. OMG! Kanye, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Deathcab for Cutie were all there — wasn’t it totally awesome?! Yes it was, I answer, but by no means because of those aforementioned headliners. To be a jerk-wad snob, my favorite set was Broken Social Scene. Besides them, my other top show was none other than the little trio that will perform at Cowboy Monkey this weekend — Catfish Haven. Having only heard a song prior to the fest, I decided to watch out of curiosity. The three came out clad in black shirts and sporting dirty facial hair. Behind them strolled a full horn section and backup singers covered head to toe in Jesus-bright white. The rather aesthetic display was enough to get me pumped, but then their first soulful song started up and really got me started. Completely astonished, the sounds the band created were some of the best I’ve ever heard. A combination of old soul and punk rock filled the air. Almost absurdly simple songs, each one was catchy, direct and totally enjoyable. When the show started, less than 20 gathered around the tiny side stage. But about halfway through the set, I looked around at the crowd and now well over a couple hundred people were drawn to the timeless sound of Catfish Haven. A small, indoor venue like Cowboy Monkey is the perfect place to catch this rare gem of a band. The howling and driving bass will bounce off the walls and hit you in the stomach. You’ll be knocked over, head spinning with vomit on the tip of your tongue, unsure of what happened and what will come. You’ll know you liked it and want to never not feel this way. Overexaggerating? Probably. But maybe I’m not, so go to the show to see for yourself. —Brian McGovern

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Meetings Queer Women of Color [Provides a safe space and friendly environment for all LGBTQA women of color to share, listen, discuss and express themselves.] Illini Union, 9pm Family Fun Fresh Fruit at Curtis Orchard [Apples, pumpkins, gourds, squash: both in-store and pick-your-own. Country store with specialty products and gifts items, including butters, preserves, snacks and cider. Try the new Flying Monkey Cafe for lunch. Bakery offers donuts, pies and cobblers. There is also a petting zoo, inflatable slides and corn maze.] Curtis Orchard, 9am Mind /Body / Spirit Yoga and Meditation Classes Dada Madhuvidyananda, a Yogic monk and teacher will give a series of classes on yoga and meditation. Each session will include simple yoga postures, chanting, meditation and a brief talk on Yogic Philosophy.] 2308 N. High Cross Rd., Urbana, 6pm

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Concerts Bill Gaither Assembly Hall, 7pm IUB African-American Homecoming Concert [This concert will feature hit music of a Avant and One Chance.] Foellinger Auditorium, 7pm $25 students/$30 presale, $30 students/$35 at the door.

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Miscellaneous Senior Portraits @ Illio [Flexible hours and appointment schedule.] Illini Media Company, 9am “Medicine Alumni Welcome Reception” Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 5:30pm

Live Bands Billy Galt Live at Blues BBQ Blues BBQ, 11:30am 7:30pm Keith Harden Hubers, 8pm no cover Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1 Afterglow: Delta Kings Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 10pm, free

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Workshops Building Relationships for the Future: Networking Skills [This workshop will demonstrate effective techniques as well as highlight the distinctive opportunities and constraints facing graduate students as they build relationships within their career.] Illini Union, 3pm

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DJ IUB African-American Homecoming Party [Following the Homecoming concert, a DJ will play the latest hip-hop and R&B music. Tickets on sale at Illini Union Ticket Central and there will be no tickets sold at the door.] Campus Recreation (CRCE) 10:30pm, $12 students/$15

Karaoke Creative Karaoke American Legion Post 71, 8pm, free Lectures/Discussions “Writers Come Home” [Celebration of University of Illinois alumni authors offers short book talks by five writers, followed by book signings and an informal “meet and greet” opportunity.] Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 4pm, free

“Ecological Design as the Essence of Sustainability” [Presented by Katrin Klingenberg, Executive Director, Ecological Construction Library.] University YMCA, 12pm Sporting events Women’s Soccer v. Minnesota Soccer and Track Stadium, 7pm Recreation Bicycle Repair Clinic [Sign up at outdoor center.] Outdoor Center, 1pm, $5 members/$10

Miscellaneous Class of 1956 Pregame Celebration [Enjoy a pregame celebration, hosted by UI President Joseph White and Chancellor Richard Herman. Food is available.] President’s House, 9am, free Communications Alumni Homecoming Tent Party [Features food and blocked reserved seating at football game.] Kirby Ave. between First and Oak, 9am, $40 meal and game ticket/$10 for meal

art & theater 5th Annual Creative Expressions Art Exhibit [Coinciding with National Mental Illness Awareness Week and the Mental Health Center of Champaign County’s 50th anniversary is an art exhibition celebrating the creativity, strength and recoveries of people living with mental illness.] Mental Health Center of Champaign County, Oct. 6, 4 p.m. Wonder of the World [Nothing will prepare you for the strange little secret Cass discovers in her husband’s sweater drawer. It is so shocking that our heroine has no choice but to flee to the honeymoon capital of the world in a frantic search for the life she thinks she missed out on. It’s a wild ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel of laughs as Cass embarks on a journey of self-discovery that has her crossing paths with a suicidal alcoholic, a lonely tour boat captain, a pair of bickering private detectives and a strange caper involving a gargantuan jar of peanut butter—all of which pushes her perilously close to the water’s edge. By David Lindsy-Abaire with director David N. Morgan.] Parkland College Theatre, Oct. 5-7, 8 p.m, Oct. 8, 3 p.m. Gint [Pete Gint is a son, a lover, a rascal and a rogue. His life spans the 20th century, trailing from Appalachian hollers to Californian resort hotels, from fantastic failure to soaring success. An ensemble cast plays billionaires, devils and razorback hogs in this heartfelt and wild, poetic and real retelling of the 19th century tale of Peer Gynt.] Krannert Center Studio Theatre, Oct. 4-7, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 8, 3 p.m. SubUrbia [In a parking lot of a mini-mall convenience store in suburban USA, three men in their twenties, Jeff, Buff and Tim, talk trash, harass the Pakistani store-owner and revel in their old high school glory days while drinking beer, getting high and eating Oreos. The arrival of an old high school chum, who has become semi-famous fronting for a superstar rock band, stirs up anger and jealousy within the group that ends with violence and absurdity. As the next day dawns, some of them have found their way out while the others are left to deal with the tragedy that could have been any of them. By Eric Bogosian and directed by Jason McCain.] Station Theatre through Oct. 14

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Cosmic Consciousness: The Work of Robert Bannister [Born in 1911, this outsider artist, a native of Urbana, spent his early years convalescing in a local sanitarium. In 1950, stricken with anemia, he left the home of foster grandparents to enter the Champaign County Nursing Home, where an occupational therapist introduced him to carving and drawing. After his release in 1961, he lived in one room near West Side Park, painting, drawing and writing works that are meditations on human life tinged with humor and a self-proclaimed “cosmic consciousness.”] Krannert Art Museum through Oct. 15 Touch and Circumstance: New Ceramic Work by Malcolm Mobutu Smith [Solo exhibition of ceramic work by Malcolm Mobutu Smith, an assistant professor at the University of Indiana. His studio interests include both ceramics and drawing. His clay work is inspired in equal part by archetypal vessel forms, the varied intersections of line and form, letterform, graffiti and jazz. In addition, Smith pulls from traditional sources of the figure and landscape. His current bodies of work are following a theme he calls Rigmarole, involving cup-like vessels that play with graphic cloud images, graffiti, and his African American spirit.] Parkland Art Gallery through Oct. 26 Surrealist Interventions: Selections from Krannert Art Museum and the University of Illinois Library [This exhibition pairs Surrealist paintings, photographs, prints and drawings from the Krannert Art Museum collection with the movement’s experiments in print culture from manifestos and singlepage tracts to elaborately designed serials and limited-edition books on loan from the University of Illinois Library. Collaboration across media and continual reinvention in the face of controversy have contributed to Surrealism’s reputation as one of the most vital and enduring avantgarde practices of the twentieth century.] Krannert Art Museum through Dec. 31

Engineering Homecoming Pregame Party [Event includes catered buffet and reserved hotel room block.] Peabody Drive Dining Hall, 9am, $15 buffet/$31 for game ticket Speech Communication Homecoming Pregame Brunch 702 S. Wright St., Urbana, 9am, free Senior Portraits @ Illio Illini Media Company, 9am Open House at Japan House [Features tea ceremonies and demonstrations by master artist Suizan Mochizuki.] Japan House, 10am, free Homecoming Parade and Pep Rally [Pep Rally on the Quad follows the parade and features a variety of performances by University organizations, head football coach Ron Zook and the football team and fireworks finale. Free refreshments while they last.] Campus, 6pm, free African-American Homecoming Fashion Show Foellinger Auditorium, 8:30pm, $10 with UIUC ID/$12 pre-sale, $12 with UIUC ID/$15 at the door

Festivals 2nd Annual Bad to the Bone Car Show & Festival [Join two days of games, activities and entertainment for both adults and kids. Over $5,000 in cash prizes to be given away, along with a small block motor.] Peterson Park, 9am

Meetings All Alumni Gathering [Following the football game, this event will include hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar and the presentation of the Lou Liay Spirit Award.] 601 S. Lincoln Ave. Urbana, 2pm, free

Recreation Cosmic Bowling Illini Union Recreation Room, 8pm

Family Fun Fresh Fruit at Curtis Orchard Curtis Orchard, 9am

SAT. OCT 7 Live Bands Stanton McConnell [Live acoustic] Potbelly Sandwich Works, 5pm, free Rocktober [Benefit show] Ned Kelly’s, 7pm The Brat Pack: ’80’s Retro Party Ned Kelly’s, 7pm Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1 Viva Voce [With new release “Get Yr Blood Sucked Out,” this band will be performing with Silversun Pickups.] Courtyard Cafe, 9pm Adam Wolfe [Acoustic] Potbelly Sandwich Works, 12pm Concerts “Sinfonia da Camera with Ian Hobson” [“Music of Our Time” presents ensembles of Sinfonia da Camera musicians in concert. The program includes works by Noda, Boulez and Piazzola along with the world premiere of a new work by U of I faculty artist/composer Sever Tipei.] Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30pm, $12 students/$33 DJ Stitches [CU’s monthly all ages gothic rock/deathrock/minimal night with DJs Rickbats and Kannibal. Ages 21 and over. BYOB with ID.] Independent Media Center, 9pm, $2 DJ Tim Williams Highdive 10pm, $5

Lectures/Discussions “Why Can’t Time Run Backwards?” [Professor Tony Leggett, UIUC, presents as part of Saturday Physics Honors Program.] Loomis Laboratory, 10:15, free Workshops U.S. Citizen Application Day Workshop [Workshop for all immigrants residing in Illinois and are eligible to be U.S. citizens. For more information visit www.newamericansil.org] Illini Union, 11am Sporting events Men’s Football vs. Indiana: Homecoming/ Varsity “I” Day Memorial Stadium, 11am, $24 students/$42, $24 public

Miscellaneous Applied Health Sciences Pregame Homecoming Party [Features a light breakfast and outdoor prizes.] Huff Hall, 9am, free Senior Portraits @ Illio Illini Media Company, 9am Fall Open House at Japan House Japan House, 10am African American Homecoming Party [With Host 0-2DA-D and sounds by DJ B-Man. Tickets available at the Illini Union Ticket Central until

Oct. 6 at 2pm. Advance tickets only. Must have ID to enter with ticket.] Campus Recreation (CRCE), 11pm $12 with UIUC ID/$15 Family Fun Fresh Fruit at Curtis Orchard [Live music, wagon rides, pony rides, mining for gems, kettle corn making and face painting.] Curtis Orchard, 9am

SUN. OCT 8 Live Bands Live Music at Curtis Orchard [Denny Kay sings country and gospel.] Curtis Orchard 2pm, free Open Mic Night [Open stage with host Adam Wolfe. Performers receive free sandwich.] Potbelly Sandwich Works, 6pm Crystal River Band Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, no cover Concerts Elliot Chasanov, trombone [While the trombone leads the marching band in parades, you’ll be amazed at the instrument’s melodic capabilities as a solo instrument.] Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 7:30pm, $2 student/$8 Charlotte Mattax, harpsichord [Mattax presents a performance of J.S. Bach’s “Goldberg Variations.”] Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 3pm, $2 student/$8 Dancing UC Hip Hop Congress [Break dance sessions. Come to practice/learn from our team members.] Allen Residence Hall, 2pm

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Karaoke R&M Karaoke Hubers, 8pm free Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s, 9pm

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“Discussion with Dada” [Dada Madhuvidyananda, a Yogic Monk, will present a lecture series on Eastern thought and practices including a lecture on some aspect of eastern spirituality, a collective meditation and a group discussion.] Ananda Liina Yoga & Meditation Center, 7:30pm

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Festivals 2nd Annual Bad to the Bone Car Show & Festival Peterson Park, 9am Common Ground Food Co-op Fall Harvest Party [Enjoy live music and organic edibles, meet CGFC board members and new candidates for open board positions.] Prairie Fruits Farm, 1pm Sporting events Illini Women’s Soccer vs. Ohio State Soccer and Track Stadium, 12pm Family Fun Fresh Fruit at Curtis Orchard Curtis Orchard, 9am

MON. OCT 9 Live Bands “Krishna Dinner and Indie pop/punk show” [Krishna Dinner ($5 all-you-can-eat) starts at 5:30pm. Show ($3 for 4 bands) starts at 9pm.] Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant, 5:30pm Michael Davis [Singer/Keyboardist] Bentley’s Pub, 7pm Pulsar47, Caspian, Actors and Actresses, Post Historic Canopy Club, 9pm, $5 Open Mic Night Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free DJ DJ Delayney [Hip-Hop/Soul] Barfly, 10pm

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Lectures/Discussions Visiting Artist Series [“Under Fire: Critical Art Ensemble and the Marching Plague” — Steve Kurtz and Lucia Sommer will be speaking.] Krannert Art Museum, 5pm Mystery Discussion Group [There will be a discussion of the book “Indemnity Only” by Sarah Paretsky.] Borders Books Music & Cafe, 6pm “Collection in Context Lectures” [“Emil Nolde” Collection will be the topic and Marcel Franciscono will be facilitating.] Krannert Art Museum, 12pm Comedy DeBono Improv Comedy Troupe Courtyard Cafe, 9pm, free Miscellaneous Trivia Night [Bring friends, answer questions and win cool stuff.] Illini Union, 7pm Meetings Colors of Pride Meeting [Colors of Pride works to provide a safe space and friendly environment for all LGBT students of color to share, listen, discuss, and express themselves.] Illini Union, 8pm Family Fun Fresh Fruit at Curtis Orchard Curtis Orchard, 9am

TUE. OCT 10 Live Bands Billy Galt Live at Blues BBQ Blues BBQ, 11:30am Crystal River Band Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, no cover Chris O [A blend of downtempo and deep house.] Boltini Lounge, 10:30pm, no cover Elsinore Canopy Club 10:30pm, free Chef Ra’s Reggae Night Cowboy Monkey, 10:30pm, free

The Wailin’ Jennys [Discover the rich blend of harmonies that instantly turned three individual talents into a folk music tour de force.] Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 12pm, free DJ Chef Ra [Roots/Reggae] Barfly 10pm

Family Service of Champaign County is a private, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization whose mission is helping people by providing quality human services. The organization is currently looking for five volunteers to assist with registration at the SelfHelp Center Conference. Volunteers are expected to arrive at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21 at the University of Illinois Levis Faculty Center. If you are interested in helping out at this event, contact Sharon Monday-Dorsey by calling 352-0099. Parking, training and food will be provided.

Dancing Tango Dancing [Lesson at 7:30pm, followed by tango dancing from 8-10:30pm. Salsa until 2am.] Cowboy Monkey, 7:30pm, no cover

DJ DJs Hoff and Bambino [Hard Rock/Punk] Mike ‘N Molly’s 10pm DJ Tremblin BG Barfly, 10pm DJ TwinScin, DJ Evily Highdive 10pm, $2 Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s, 9pm Karaoke with Randy Miller Bentley’s Pub, 9:30pm Lectures/Discussions “Development Work in Katiali, Ivory Coast” [Know Your University Series presented by the University YMCA featuring Felix Autenright, Student/2006 Recipient John Price Award for International Understanding.] University YMCA, 12pm, free Film Superman Returns Virginia Theatre, 7pm, $2

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Meetings Women’s Support Group [A support group for female students who have experienced sexual assault/abuse within a relationship.] Women’s Studies House, 6:30pm Family Fun Fresh Fruit at Curtis Orchard Curtis Orchard, 9am

WED. OCT 11 Live Bands Irish Traditional Music Session Bentley’s Pub, 7pm, free Weapons of DisFunktion Iron Post, 7pm, cover New Monsoon, Ernie Hendrickson and The Make Believe Canopy Club, 8pm, $8 DJ Stifler Highdive, 8pm, cover Fuedin’ Hillbillys Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, no cover

Assembly Hall | First & Florida, Champaign 333-5000 American Legion Post 24 | 705 W Bloomington, Champaign 356-5144 American Legion Post 71 | 107 N Broadway, Urbana 367-3121 Barfly | 120 N Neil, Champaign 352-9756 Boltini Lounge | 211 N Neil, Champaign 378-8001 Boardman’s Art Theater | 126 W Church, Champaign 351-0068 The Brass Rail | 15 E University, Champaign 352-7512 The Canopy Club (Garden Grill) | 708 S Goodwin, Urbana 367-3140 Channing-Murray Foundation | 1209 W Oregon, Urbana CIVITAS | 112 Main St., Urbana The Courtyard | Illini Union, 1401 W Green, Urbana 333-4666 Cowboy Monkey | 6 Taylor, Champaign 398-2688 Curtis Orchard | 3902 S Duncan, Champaign 359-5565 D.R. Diggers | 604 S Country Fair, Champaign 356-0888 Elmer’s Club 45 | 3525 N Cunningham, Urbana 344-3101 Embassy Tavern & Grill | 114 S Race, Urbana 384-9526 Esquire Lounge | 106 N Walnut, Champaign 398-5858 Fallon’s Ice House | 703 N Prospect, Champaign 398-5760 Fat City Saloon | 505 S Chestnut, Champaign 356-7100 The Great Impasta | 114 W Church, Champaign 359-7377

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The Highdive | 51 Main, Champaign 359-4444 Huber’s | 1312 W Church, Champaign 352-0606 Illinois Disciples Foundation | 610 E Springfield, Champaign 3528721 Independent Media Center | 218 W Main, Urbana 344-8820 The Iron Post | 120 S Race, Urbana 337-7678 Jackson’s Ribsn-tips | 116 N First, Champaign 355-2916 Joe’s Brewery | 706 S Fifth, Champaign 384-1790 Krannert Art Museum | 500 E Peabody, Champaign 333-1861 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts | 500 S Goodwin, Urbana Tickets: 333-6280, 800-KCPATIX La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W Nevada, Urbana 333-4950 Lava | 1906 W Bradley, Champaign 352-8714 Les’s Lounge | 403 N Coler, Urbana 328-4000 Lincoln Castle | 209 S Broadway, Urbana 344-7720 Malibu Bay Lounge | North Route 45, Urbana 3287415 Mike ‘n Molly’s | 105 N Market, Champaign 355-1236 Nargile | 207 W Clark, Champaign Neil Street Pub | 1505 N Neil, Champaign 359-1601 The Office | 214 W Main, Urbana 344-7608 OPENSOURCE |12 E. Washington, Champaign http://opensource. boxwith.com Parkland College | 2400 W Bradley, Champaign

351-2528 Phoenix | 215 S Neil, Champaign 355-7866 Pia’s of Rantoul | Route 136 E, Rantoul 893-8244 Red Herring/Channing-Murray Foundation | 1209 W Oregon, Urbana 344-1176 Rose Bowl Tavern | 106 N Race, Urbana 367-7031 Side Bar | 55 E. Main, Champaign 398-5760 Springer Cultural Center | 301 N Randolph, Champaign 398-2376 Spurlock Museum | 600 S Gregory, Urbana, 333-2360 The Station Theatre |223 N Broadway, Urbana 3844000 Strawberry Fields Cafe | 306 W Springfield, Urbana 328-1655 TK Wendl’s | 1901 S Highcross, Urbana 255-5328 Tommy G’s | 123 S Mattis, Country Fair Shopping Center 359-2177 TRACKS | 116 N Chestnut, Champaign 762-8116 University YMCA | 1001 S Wright, Champaign 344-0721 URBANA CIVIC Center | 108 Water St., Urbana Verde/Verdant | 17 E Taylor, Champaign 366-3204 Virginia Theatre | 203 W Park Ave, Champaign 356-9053 Wake The Dead Cafe | 1210 E. Eldorado St. Decatur 233-4525 Washington Street Pub | 600 S. Washington, Tuscola 253-6850 White Horse Inn | 112 1/2 E Green, Champaign 352-5945 Zorba’s | 627 E Green, Champaign 344-0710

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Film “The Ground Truth” [PRC hosts film recognizing the 4-year anniversary of Congressional authorization to use force against Iraq and witnesses the lives of military men and women during and after their tours.] Illinois Disciples Foundation, 7pm, free

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Saturday, October 7 9am Pre-game “Homecoming” Tailgate, Foundation Bldg, Daniel Street Patio Sunday, October 8 9:30am Fellowship, Church Bldg, John & 5th Streets 10am Worship Service Rev. Dick Lundy, Pastor/Director from 1968 until 1980; Excelsior, MN A reception/lunch will follow the service; also featuring: Social Justice Fair with displays and memorablilia of activities McKinley has been and continues to be involved with. Please join the congregation and friends for any one or all of the celebratory events For more information consult our web site at www.mckinley-church.org or email us at office@mckinley-church.org

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FEATURED EVENTS Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company Marquee Dive head first into the rich musical heritage of a great island nation on this nonstop voyage of discovery combining powerful dance, colorful costumes, and engaging rhythms. Recommended for ages 10 and up.

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Tuesday, October 17 at 7pm Tryon Festival Theatre Flex: $30 / SC & Stu 25 / UI & Yth 14 Single: $32 / SC & Stu 27 / UI & Yth 16 Patron Co-sponsors Sylvia and Thomas Dunning Carol and Ed Scharlau Anonymous Supported in part by The National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art The Lark By Jean Anouilh Robert Anderson, director Department of Theatre Styled in the manner of the post-World War II era in which the play was written, The Lark explores the fickle character of propaganda and the consuming nature of political and religious conviction, as a young girl struggles for her life against the collusion of the priests of statecraft and the princes of the Church. This adaptation features film projections by Mark P. Ring, a filmmaker who spent many years as Senior Editor at Sundance Channel. Beginning October 10, educational materials are available for this performance upon request at the ticket office or by visiting youth.krannertcenter.com/perform/lark. Thursday-Saturday, October 19-21 at 7:30pm Thursday-Saturday, October 26*-28 at 7:30pm Sunday, October 29 at 3pm* *We would like to offer interpretation for the deaf or hard-of-hearing at this performance. Please call three weeks in advance if you are interested in having this event interpreted.

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Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra 7:30pm, $12-$31

Sinfonia da Camera 7:30pm, $7-$33

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Gint 7:30pm, $6-$13

The Builders Association & dbox: Super Vision 7:30pm, $13-$28

Fr Oct 6

Gint 7:30pm, $6-$13

The Builders Association & dbox: Super Vision 7:30pm, $13-$28 Patron Co-Sponsors Ingrid and Bruce Hutchings in Celebration of the Village at the Crossing Gint 7:30pm, $6-$13 Afterglow: The Delta Kings About 10pm, free

IPRH Curtain Call Discussion: Super Vision 9:30pm, free

Su Oct 8 Charlotte Mattax, harpsichord 3pm, $2-$8

We Oct 11 The Wailin’ Jennys 12pm, free Art in Conversation: Arnaldo Cohen, pianist 5pm, free

Patron Co-sponsors David Sansone Susan and Victor Stone James Russell Vaky Anonymous DBR & THE MISSION 7:30pm, $13-$28

Gint 3pm, $6-$13 Elliot Chasanov, trombone 7:30pm, $2-$8

Colwell Playhouse Flex: $12 / SC & Stu 11 / UI & Yth 6 Single: $13 / SC & Stu 12 / UI & Yth 7 Dessert and Conversation: Saturday, October 21 at 6:30pm and Sunday, October 29 at 2pm, Krannert Room, $6

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h is weekend, the Cha mpa ig n-Urba na theater community is offering a great deal of alternatives to the athletic programs on the schedule for Homecoming. The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, the Station Theatre and Parkland College Theatre are all putting on productions for the public to enjoy. These theatre companies are performing Gint, SubUrbia and Wonder of the World, respectively. All of the theater companies‘ seasons opened last weekend on Thursday, Sept. 28. Seeing all of the shows that CU has to offer this weekend might be difficult, but it’s hard to find an excuse not to see one. “We all start right at the end of August and after five weeks of rehearsal, we sometimes open during overlapping times,” explained Tom Mitchell, acting director of the Department of Theatre at Krannert. Station Theatre’s production of SubUrbia is the only production that has a three-week run and closes on Oct. 14; Gint and Wonder of the World close this Sunday, Oct. 8, with mantinee performances coincidently both at 3 p.m. Are the theater companies competing

for audiences, or has the CU theater audience increased so much that all shows are well attended? This weekend’s ticket sales may very well answer those questions. THE PLAYS, UNDER A MICROSCOPE At Krannert, a 9-person ensemble cast will be putting on a production of Gint, a play by Romulus Linney. This studio show is a dark minimalist retelling of a Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt. Actors will be lead by guest director Alec Wild. Nathan Luzwick, a senior acting major in U of I’s theater department, explains, “This play is a stripped down production that will really get people thinking. It’s dark, abstract and about imagination.” Luzwick plays a character named “Man,” and throughout the show, he and the other actors take on multiple characters. Luzwick describes the guest director as “amazing” and “an actor’s director” — actors in this production were pushed to use their own ideas. Like Krannert’s Gint, the Station Theatre’s production of SubUrbia, directed by Jason McCain, will feature the work of a small ensemble cast. The characters in the story deal with jeal-

ousy and violence in a realistic and authentic way. With humor and a youthful perspective, SubUrbia will appeal to students and adults alike. The Station Theatre offers great opportunities for local artists and relies on local support. Parkland Theatre’s production of Wonder of the World, written by David Lindsay-Abaire, is an adult comedy that tells the picaresque story of a woman who breaks out of a boring life and goes on an adventure to one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Niagara Falls. While there, she encounters quirky characters who are all connected in some way. They are all dealing with heartbreak and they are all a little neurotic. With witty writing and a certain poetic quality brought to life by director David N. Morgan, Parkland’s first play of their theatrical season is sure to be a comedic success. These three productions, together, offer something for everybody. These plays all have contemporary edges to them and create a diverse palette of theater to choose from this weekend. All of these plays are extremely well-written and offer an intellectual quality that even the most discerning enthusiasts could enjoy.

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SUBURBIA

MEGHAN WHALEN • STAFF WRITER

Playing at Station Theatre

SubUrbia, now playing at the Station Theatre, does an amazing job of capturing the emotions of its characters. The play takes place over one evening into the following morning, with all of the action happening in a convenience store parking lot, “somewhere in suburban USA.” The characters, most of who are in their late teens or early 20s, struggle with alienation, apathy, leaving town and dealing with one another. Essentially, many of them are going through a “quarter-life crisis.” There’s Jeff, a community college dropout struggling to figure out what to do with his life; his girlfriend Sooze, who wants to move to New York to become a performance artist; Buff, the quintessential pothead; Tim, a former Air Force INTRO | A ROUND TOWN | L ISTEN, HEAR | CU CALENDAR | STAGE , S CREEN &

pilot back in town, angry and bitter; Pony, who has returned to his hometown to play a concert after hitting it big, bringing along his publicist Erica; Bee-Bee, quiet and nondescript; and the convenience store owners, Norman and Pazeeka, immigrants trying to establish themselves in America. Each actor in the play brought depth and emotion to their character; far more than I can do with those simple descriptions. While the characters may seem one-dimensional on the surface, we see far more into their stories as the play progresses. While I have nothing bad to say about anyone in the play, I have to give a special mention to Aaron Clark as Tim — he was able to make this character seem IN

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Thurs., Oct. 5 - Sat. Oct. 8 at 8:00 p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 5 - Sat. Oct. 7 at 8:00 p.m.

Sun., Oct. 8 at 3 p.m.

Wed., Oct. 11 - Sat. Oct. 14 at 8:00 p.m.

Sun., Oct. 8 at 3 p.m.

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Playing at The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

The Krannert Center for Performing Arts is currently featuring the play Gint, a tale of one man’s journey through life and what becomes of it. Gint first opened in New York in 1998; since then, it has been performed across the country. Playwright Romulus Linney adapted the play from Henrik Ibsen’s original Peer Gynt. While the original version contained Norwegian folklore with “Boygs” and trolls, Linney’s modern Americanized adaptation is set in the Appalachian Mountains and is chock-full of black bears, hogs and billionaires. The storyline is simple and goes as such: a lusty young man by the name of Pete Gint beds the fiancee of another man on her wedding day, runs away and fornicates with a hog disguised as an alluring woman, returns home to claim the love of his life, leaves her, becomes rich, becomes poor, is idolized by a group of people in a nuthouse, and then returns home once

again as a decrepit old man to determine what it all meant. Needless to say, Gint will grab your attention and keep it throughout the duration of the play. The cast consists of 9 actors, with Jon Hill playing an extremely convincing Pete Gint. The other 8 actors take on multiple roles. The ability with which they are all able to transform from one character to the next is truly extraordinary for this cast consisting of mainly undergraduate student actors. The production of Gint began September 28th and continues through October 8th. Times for this coming weekend are Wednesday-Saturday, October 4-7th, at 7:30 p.m. and a matinee Sunday, October 8th at 3 p.m. For tickets call 217-333-6280 or go to www.kcpa. uiuc.edu for more information. The play is surprising yet powerful, and you will even have a few laughs along the journey. Enjoy!

A snapshot of the ensemble cast from the Krannert Center’s production of Gint.

GILLIAN ROBERTS • STAFF WRITER

Playing at the Parkland College Theatre

This unique, quirky show at the Parkland Theatre is a refreshing, comedic glimpse at the world — literally. Catapulted along with the protagonist, Cass Harris, as she makes a startling discovery about her husband’s private sexual antics, the audience takes a wild ride up to Niagara Falls as she leaves her old life behind and seeks the one she was “meant” to live. The zany leading lady, played by Leah White, is an energetic, slightly off-kilter, middle aged woman who decides to pursue her lifelong to-do list that is not in the least bit short. Her abundant agenda helps determine the course of her trip as she befriends Lois Coleman (Stacy Walker), an alcoholic, suicidal divorcee amongst other things. This odd duo encounters numerous adventures at the site of one of the seven wonders of the world as Cass is sought after by low-grade private detectives hired by her husband. Cass also finds herself in the midst of a love affair with Captain Mike (Benjamin Gardner), the first mate of the tour boat at the Falls.

The standout performance, by far, goes to Stacy Walker, with her animated portrayal of Cass’s sidekick; she captivates the stage with raw humor, excellent physical comedy and a drunken stupor. Leah White is also hysterical and does a keen job of embodying her incessantly verbose character. The chemistry of the cast works in favor for this production, considering many of the members are Parkland regulars and frequent the stage together. New to the scene is Benjamin Gardner, who believably plays the Captain but surprisingly stumbles over a few words. Overall, this is a delightful show with dynamic emotions that see to make everyone laugh in hysterics as well as ponder their own sense of self along with the main character. Wonder of the World continues its run at the Parkland Theatre until Sunday, Oct. 8. Visit Parkland Theatre’s website (www.parkland.edu/theatre/) for ticket information or contact the box office directly at (217) 351-2528. buzz

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WONDER OF THE WORLD

Stacy Walker plays Lois Coleman, who shares a silly moment with Captain Mike (Benjamin Gardner) in Parkland’s production of Wonder of the World.

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Brandice Guerra grew up on turpentine fumes and dusty art books. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from an artist family and has been drawing since she could hold a pencil. According to Guerra, drawing pictures isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so much a career choice as it is something she just does. Guerra did her undergraduate work at the Art Institute of Chicago, and is now a MFA candidate at the University of Illinois.

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I first encountered your work on your Web site (www.brandiceguerra.com), and was instantly moved by your talent. You seem to emphasize the surreal in achieving an aesthetic â&#x20AC;&#x201D; can you explain this tendency and what draws you to it?

I paint what I see. There are talking pigs and other everyday monsters everywhere. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really see what I do as surrealism, in fact I like to think of myself more as a portrait artist.

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You are adept at oil, lithography, pen and ink â&#x20AC;&#x201D; do you prefer one medium over another, or are there benefits and drawbacks to each?

I enjoy working with all of those mediums but my favorite is oil paint. I think that working with oils on a wooden easel helps me to cultivate a more authentic image of myself as an artist. More about you personally, what drives you and inspires you? Who are your influences in your art and work, and what do you hope to accomplish?

As far as inf luences go, I enjoy old American books and advertising illustration, most any 19th century art, Daumier, Hogarth, Nast and others because they were able to tell stories through pictures. Narrative was expected in the 19th century and before so I feel more drawn to work from that time. I also love EC comics like Weird Science and The Vault of Horror, Cary Grant, Bette Davis, The Twilight Zone and any Brated sci-fi movie from the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s ( a genre with the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;spaceâ&#x20AC;? in nearly every title). As far as my own work goes, I hope I can entertain the widest possible audience. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want anyone to look at my paintings and feel like they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be in on the joke in some way or at least enjoy the pictures as pictures.

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Describe your fan base. How do you connect with them? Where have you been on display, and how do you choose where to exhibit?

My fan base? Gee, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really say that I have one unless you want to count my 10-year-old brother as a fan base. I just fi nished my undergraduate career this past May and participated in the School of the Art Institute of Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduation exhibition. Up until then I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like I had anything good enough to put on display. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also not easy to walk into a fancy Chicago gallery Stallone-style and demand, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yo, hang up my pictures.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a complicated and bloody business and one that I am going to try and figure out during my time here at the U of I. What do you want to accomplish next?

I hope to paint good pictures, teach painting and drawing at the undergraduate level, buy a house, adopt a dog and have backyard barbecues. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d also like to catch a marlin. Final interview questions are always lame. Mine is no different. Give me three words that DO NOT describe you.

Rabid, Rapid, Robo-Cop.

Photos of Brandice Guerraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artwork (top to bottom): â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glouttony or the Other White Meat,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Invasive Speciesâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Middle Age.â&#x20AC;? PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRANDICE GUERRA AND WWW. BRANDICEGUERRA.COM

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Nicole Holofcenterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Friends with Money is a witty look at friendship and marriage for four middle aged women, one of whom is single. Jennifer Aniston plays this lone woman in a mediocre performance reminiscent of her other recent films. A worthy rental, much more so than a trip to the theatre when it was out earlier this year. This film is funny, unique and entertaining. --Gillian Roberts

This is a challenge. I have 50 words to describe to you how great the fi lm Brazil is and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already wasted half of them. Brazil is a dark and dryly humorous take on Orwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1984 starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert DeNiro, and Michael Palin. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got beautiful cinematography and set design. Second greatest fi lm on my list, to date. Go rent it. --Jeff Gross

News can be hard to report, so Stephen Glass decided to make it up. In Shattered Glass, Stephen falls hard and fast when he is caught fabricating his stories for The New Republic. The fi lm consists of original dialogue and news articles. It is a drama that goes inside journalism with a remarkable cast performance. -- Mrugesh Bavda

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WHAT BUZZ WRITERS ARE READINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; John Strausbaughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation in American Popular Culture

American history is littered with unusual acts of bigotry and intolerance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; alienation of people who are different from us, never mind who the â&#x20AC;&#x153;usâ&#x20AC;? or who the â&#x20AC;&#x153;themâ&#x20AC;? may be. Rarely, however, do we fi nd a subject that permeated, and permeates, the mainstream popular culture like Blackface. Blackface is a form of theater where blackface makeup, often shoe polish, is worn by the actor to display comedic interpretations of AfricanAmericans. From the mid-nineteenth century to the baby boomers, Blackface comedy was common in minstrel shows, which were smallscale performances consisting of skits and variety acts. John Strausbaughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, Black Like You, is not merely a summation of the history of Blackface but, taking a step further, a thoughtful commentary on the present-day effects on the popularity of this early art form. In the early twentieth century, Blackface comedians were not only Caucasian, but African-

American as well. Actors like Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, and Sammy Davis Jr. performed Blackface in the 1940s and 1950s, but the momentum of these stage acts declined with the rise of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. However, as Strausbaugh elaborates, the suppression of racist comedy and the installation of political correctness carries an energy that can be found in popular culture today. Popular names like Dave Chappelle, Eminem and the Wayans brothers utilize the art of Blackface, though often in the mirror form of Whiteface. Strausbaugh argues that it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop there, but continues on to include the promulgation of contemporary African-American popular image, namely in hip-hop music and Ebonics. The impacts of Blackface, an iconic symbol of unashamed prejudice, linger and rebound in cultural defiance. John Strausbaugh is also the author of Rock â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Til You Drop: The Decline from Rebellion to Nostalgia and Playing Right Field: A Jew Grows in Greenwich.

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Fearless is almost as beautiful as it is elegant with its visuals complementing itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s over the top, yet engaging style. Fearless is a martial arts f ilm directed by Ronny Yu. This, to most readers, is meaningless. However, to horror buffs like me, you may recall that Yu directed a mediocre f ilm a few years back known as Freddy vs. Jason. Prior to that, he made Bride Of Chucky. Yeah, they both sucked. Surprisingly, however, the movie Fearless did not. Jet Liâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;f inalâ&#x20AC;? martial arts epic is dynamically captivating, emotionally motivating, and visually stimulating. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a second-rate version of Hero in the sense of action and plot, but it is far superior in its acting and character development. The f ilm is about the life of Chinese Martial Artist Huo Yuanjia, who is a man so driven to achieve the title of the champion of Tianjin that he must learn the true lessons of life through loss and sacrif ice. This movie, while still action-packed, was signif icantly cut for its American theatrical release. What did they cut? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m curious enough to most likely give this f ilm a rent when it hits DVD. However, what is even more puzzling is the question of whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have thought the man who was f ired from Snakes on a Plane could direct something so great? Seriously. Formula 51? Come on! Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the low standard set by Ronny Yuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mediocre resume. Maybe it was Quentin Tarantinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;seal of approvalâ&#x20AC;? attached to this f ilm. Maybe it was the work of cinematographer Yuen Wo Ping (Unleashed). Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all of these combined. All I know is this: the movie is one hell of a great show, well worth its ticket price.

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From the opening scene until the ending credits, Todd Phillipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School for Scoundrels simply did not deliver. In a less-than-stellar cast, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder, the story and the humor never really pull the audience in. Besides a few good jokes, the hi-jinks simply fail to entertain and keep interest in the dull plot. While it should be implied that this f ilm centers on a school of some sort, there is actually very little involving the â&#x20AC;&#x153;schoolâ&#x20AC;? except attempts at cheap jokes with adults trying to f ind conf idence and pride in their lives. When Roger (Heder) gets down on life and realizes his inability to get with his dream girl, he enrolls into a special class taught by Dr. P. (Thornton) to learn how to take control of his life. Very little is shown about how these classes transform these supposed losers, but miraculously all these guys are instantly transformed by Dr. P.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s methods. After Roger moves to the head of the class and obtains his dream girl, Dr. P tests his new found abilities and attempts to win Rogerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s girl away from him. What ensues is a ridiculous battle as both men attempt to destroy each othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives. Not only did the plot become unbearable at times, but it takes so many different turns in terms of the mood of the f ilm. For a f ilm that is supposed to be a comedy like Phillipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earlier efforts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Old School, Road Trip and Starsky and Hutch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; there is way too much plot and not enough humor. On top of that, the attempted jokes are not very funny and the plot is neither interesting nor engaging. The f ilm only runs for about 100 minutes, but it seems to run much longer with numerous lulls in the story toward the end.

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4 Show whose intro showed the title on a license plate 5 Logical half 6 Thurman of “My Super Ex-Girlfriend” 7 Lee who “nobody doesn’t like” 8 Words on the spine 9 The Alfred P. ___ Foundation (nonprofit institution) 10 England’s next king, maybe 11 Yao Ming’s position 12 Most full of ironic humor 15 ___ Awards 18 In base 8 20 “___-a-Lympics” (HannaBarbera cartoon) 23 Like grandpa’s jokes 26 “Big Love” network 27 Coffee server 28 Stop being so childish? 30 Teen’s response to “What’d you do on the weekend?” 32 Solidarity co-founder Walesa 34 Done with retribution 35 Sci-fi author Asimov 36 “Don Quixote” author 40 Blasting agent 41 Word before trip or stroking 43 High times? 44 “___ Five” (Brubeck classic) 45 Lou Groza’s team 46 Survey another time 51 “___ get it” 52 “Robinson Crusoe” author 54 Big name in spreadsheets 56 Abbr. on a rap sheet 57 ___ avis 59 “Jabberwocky” creature 60 Arms trader’s gun stash, maybe 61 Gomer who said “Shazam!” 63 They precede UV Answers pg. 25

Kim & Kate: I was under the impression doctors are reluctant to use IUDs in women that have not had children yet. Thanks, Dustin We think you’re referring to our column “Pregnancy Prevention Minus The Moods” that ran in buzz on Sept. 21. To catch readers up who may have missed that column, the Intrauterine Device, commonly called the IUD, is one of the most reliable methods of birth control available. It’s a small plastic device that is surgically inserted into the uterus. It’s 99% effective in preventing pregnancy. In many cases, the IUD is not considered the first method of choice for women who have not had children. The reason is twofold: women who have not had children are slightly more likely to expel the IUD, and they may be younger, have more sexual partners and therefore be at a higher risk for sexually transmissible infections, a contraindication for IUD use. The main goal for physicians, when determining if a person is appropriate for IUD use, is to avoid inserting an IUD in a woman who has a sexually transmitted infection or who is at high risk for being exposed to one. However, if a woman understands these risks and if she and her doctor determine that she has a low risk of infection, she may find the IUD an excellent contraceptive choice. Several studies report that for women who have not had children, the risk of tubal infertility was higher in women who had used an IUD. The risk of tubal infertility after IUD use increased with the number of sexual partners, due to more opportunity for infection to enter the reproductive organs. It’s important to know that if a woman doesn’t have a pelvic infection, the IUD won’t have any affect on her future fertility. In fact, women attempting pregnancy after having an IUD removed conceive at a similar rate to those discontinuing other methods of contraception. Approximately 80 percent achieve pregnancy within one year. Rice and Ruin. My sorority is pairing up with Volunteer Illini Projects for the AIDS Walk on October 8. Since AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease I was wondering if you could write an article about how HIV/AIDS awareness is important for everyone, not just those published in the statistics. Thanks, Erin Lindsay

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behaviors put us at higher risk for HIV infection (unprotected sex, sharing needles). But even with all this knowledge, there are still 40,000 new cases on HIV infection in the United States each year. This number has not decreased at all in the last 10 years. And what’s worse is that half of all new HIV cases are among young people ... under the age of 25. So what gives? Knowledge doesn’t always equal behavior change and the HIV crisis in the US is a good example. Could it be that people with this knowledge would change their behavior if they had the resources and support to do so? HIV/AIDS il lustrates how our health is profoundly affected by the barriers we face i n acce s si n g re sou rce s. R ac i sm , sex i sm , homophobia a nd adu lt ism a re system s of oppression that are used to keep resources away from certain groups of people (people of color, women, the LGBTQIQ community and youth) and consolidate resources and power among other groups (whites, heterosexuals, men and adults). In communities where youth are dealing with the fallout from structural racism (increased poverty, violence and incarceration), it makes sense that they may be more concerned about not getting shot or locked up in the next five years and less worried about a disease that could kill them in 10 to 15 years. For queer and transgender youth who are forced onto the street by homophobic parents, day-to-day survival may mean hustling to get food and a place to sleep. How can HIV prevention be a priority when you haven’t had a solid meal all day? To address the AIDS epidemic we’ve got to go beyond the “just use a condom” message and deal with the underlying issues that contribute to the spread of the virus among women, youth and people of color (communities especially at risk). We’ve got to work to ensure that everyone has equal access to a good education, a safe place to live, nourishing food, meaningful and well-paid work, etc. The Greater Communit y AIDS Project (GCAP) is working to make sure folks living with HIV/AIDS have access to such resources and we encourage everyone to support them! SEX 411: AIDS WALK, SUN. 0CT. 8 • • • • •

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“Dear Rob: When my wife got pregnant, she was warned that one side effect might be that her feet would grow a bit. She’s now a few months along, and while her feet remain a dainty size 7, my own feet have expanded from size 12 to 13! I’ve heard husbands sometimes have sensations that parallel their pregnant wives’ symptoms, but this is crazy, don’t you think? -Vicarious Aries.” Dear Vicarious: You Rams are in a phase when your ability to share the feelings and experiences of others is at a peak. I suggest you take advantage of this opening to supercharge your empathy and get closer to your loved ones than you’ve ever dared.

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April 20 – May 20

The new CEO of soft drink giant PepsiCo is Indra Nooyi, striking a modest but significant blow for female equality in the business world. That’s the good news. The bad news? Pepsi is a terrible product that rots teeth, has no nutritional value, and contributes to the obesity epidemic. Keep this in mind as you carry out your assignment in the coming week, Taurus. Fight and claw and scheme and dream to raise up the power of the feminine (yes, even if you’re a man), but only if it’s a version of the feminine that raises up everyone and everything else, too.

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CANCER

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LEO

July 23 – Aug. 22

“It was like a masquerade festival at eternal midnight,” says a character named Flux in Antero Alli’s magical realist movie The Drivetime, “with everyone throwing off mask after mask and never getting to the bottom.” That description has a resemblance to what your life has been like lately, Gemini. Any day now, however, that will change. The last masks will finally come off. All will stand revealed. You’ll get to the bottom of the core identities.

Get a hold of some of that million-year-old salt from the Himalayas and use it to season your food. Maybe you’d like to sample the Chinese delicacy know as thousand-year-old duck eggs. Wash it all down with the beer from Greenland that’s made of 2,000-year-old water obtained from melted glaciers. By doing these thingsB, you’d symbolically imbibe ancient purity, pristine rawness, and the wildest spirits of nature. That would be right in alignment with what the astrological omens say you need.

Sunny Sky’s is an ice cream store in North Carolina that sells a flavor called Cold Sweat, which is made with three varieties of hot peppers and two kinds of hot sauce. It’s sweet and creamy and cool and spicy and prickly and fiery all at the same time--kind of like what I foresee for you in the coming week, Leo. To get the most out of this extravagantly paradoxical time, I suggest you take small bites. And please wait a while following each new mouthful to see what the after-effect is before you load up on more.

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Writing in The New York Times, Joyce Wadler captured the essence of a genre that has lost its once-heady repute. “Poetry, if we may take a moment to explain to the young people,” she said, “is an art form somewhat like rap, only it does not sell, and since the death of Lord Byron [in 1824] there has been a paucity of bling-bling.” At the risk of nudging you toward a cultural dead end, then, Virgo, I’ll ask you to expose yourself to concentrated doses of poetry this week. In my astrological opinion, you need to have your brain scrambled and heart flushed in a lyrically healing way, which good poetry can do. Here are some excellent sources: (1) James Broughton, http://tinyurl.com/zabt9. (2) Mary Oliver, http://tinyurl.com/z325h. (3) Pablo Neruda, http://tinyurl.com/l6684. (4) Rainer Maria Rilke, http://tinyurl.com/gsy3t. (5) Daniel Ladinsky, http://tinyurl.com/f9w2j. (6) Lots of poets, http://tinyurl.com/kyqzc.

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SCORPIO

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The Burning Man festival is one of the planet’s most spectacularly idealistic parties. Now in its second decade, the week-long event annually draws upwards of 40,000 celebrants to a barren patch of Nevada desert to participate in a “gift economy,” where no money changes hands and art is as abundant as advertisements are back in the “real” world. The founder and director of this cultural triumph is Larry Harvey. His success didn’t come quickly. “I was a failed janitor, failed gardener, failed bike messenger, failed taxi driver,” he testifies. “By any normal standard, I was an abject failure. Now I see that this was actually a sustained course of study for everything I’m doing now.” With this as your cue, Sagittarius, make a supreme effort to reinterpret all your so-called flops and missteps as crucial lessons that helped you develop your unique mission.

I was nine years old when I first risked my ass to fight for the rights of others. It was a winter morning in Ohio. Ten of us kids were waiting on a corner for the school bus to pick us up. A fifth-grader named Jerry Demasko was doing his usual shtick: insulting and belittling the girls. When he sneeringly informed little Debbie Runello that she would always be ugly, I snapped. I tackled him, sat on him, and drove his face into the freshly fallen snow. “Promise you’ll stop being a mean bastard every minute of your life!” I demanded. He resisted at first, but when my inflamed strength kept him pinned, he broke. Your assignment, Capricorn, is to recall the first time you felt an eruption of pure compassionate rage in the face of injustice. Once you’ve done that, spend the next ten days cultivating and expressing that beautiful emotion.

At any single moment, approximately 0.7 percent of the people on our planet are drunk--at least in a normal week. In the coming days, however, I believe that a sudden profusion of intoxicated Aquarians will ensure that the global average rises to at least 1.5 percent. To be totally accurate, not all of those Aquarians will be sloshed on alcohol or zonked on drugs. Some will be flying high solely on the strength of their exhilarating adventures in the unknown, while others will have transcended the everyday trance through the power of their boundary-shattering meditations or their breakthrough love-making. Don’t you dare miss out on this dizzying opportunity to lose your mind in the most constructive way possible.

PISCES

Feb. 19 – March 20

“When you follow your bliss,” wrote mythologist Joseph Campbell, “doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn’t be a door for anyone else.” That’s always true, Pisces, but it’s especially apropos for you now. If you swear a blood oath to follow your bliss, vowing to do what your secret self loves more than anything else, a portal will open that’s as big as a garage door and as sweet as a gateway to a secret garden. Homework: Provide proof of the following hypothesis: “You know what to do and you know when to do it.” http://freewillastrology.com.

U.S. Patent number 5,996,568 is an apparatus for safely shooting hot dogs into a crowd. Patent 4,834,212 is a device into which someone can scream and howl without bothering anyone nearby, allowing her to vent pent-up emotions. Patent 2,272,154 is a ladder that spiders can use to climb out of a bath. Patent 4,247,283 is a gadget that allows a trumpet to be used as a flamethrower while being played. These are exactly the kinds of imaginative innovations I urge you to work on, Libra. Your inventiveness is at an all-time high, as is everyone’s need for your inventiveness.

It’ll be a good time to feed your demons apple pie and ice cream. Don’t scrimp! Other actions that will put you in fortuitous alignment with the cosmic rhythms: looking for interesting, uplifting, inspiring trouble; unleashing explosive belly-laughs as you contemplate everything that makes you angry; forcing yourself to think a kind thought about someone who misunderstands you; bellowing curses in the direction of the brightest star you can see, blaming it for all your problems; and hopping and skipping down the sidewalk or hallway as you sing-song the names of everyone you dislike.

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TATYANA SAFRONOVA Community editor LIKES 1) Handshakes upon fi rst introductions: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such an adult thing to do. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s polite and it shows that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not scared of contracting a disease from the person you just met. What could be better? 2) Beakers as shot glasses: My friend turned me to the idea. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the chemistry lover in me. A 40mL beaker fits just one ice cube and a tiny amount of drink of choice. A true sipperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite, the beaker is a magical little glass, more elegant than the shot, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique and reminiscent of the times Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve scalded and doused myself with bases for the love of science. 3) The Golden Delicious: Thank you i-Help for providing us with apples from Curtis Orchard. The Golden Delicious is golden and yes! Delicious! The sweetness and tartness mix and consume my entire being. I remember all that is good in life and forget all that is bad when I am holding this perfect fruit. The apple is that one most basic fruit and we often overlook it. But maybe once we should stop and observe that which taste buds dream of in their deepest sleep â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Golden Delicious. ANNA STATHAM Music Editor GRIPES 1) Exclamation points!: I am of the opinion that if Richard Simmons was a punctuation mark, he would be an exclamation point. Therefore, I cringe whenever I use one â&#x20AC;&#x201D; except when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sarcastic! The period is where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at. 2) School: It has been getting in the way of college for me for the past two and half years. Most recently, it has been giving me hives. 3) People in this publication who steal my likes: I wanted to bring attention to the Jerusalem Restaurant. I wanted to be the cool, obscure editor who chooses to eat middle eastern cuisine between classes because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m anti-establishment and mysterious. Me. (If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t noticed already, my likes are really all about what kind of image Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m presenting, not about the things Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m liking. And I think that is perfectly acceptable.) ELYSE RUSSO Arts and Entertainment Editor LIKES 1) Nutella: If you have yet to discover this delicious, chocolate-hazelnut spread thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good on anything from bread to cookies, I highly recommend you buy some at your local European food store (or Meijer). The jars are even small enough to fit in your purse if you need a quick chocolate pick-me-up. 2) Indian Summer: You have to love warm days during October. 3) Alumni visitors: My apartment is going to be filled with U of I alumni this weekend for Homecoming, and no matter how messy my apartment gets, I am so excited for everyone to visit.

MEGHAN WHALEN Copy Chief GRIPES 1) MTV dating shows: I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t watch more than five seconds of Next, Parental Control or any other lame hookup show that features horribly contrived dialogue and people with IQs of about 12. Those morons make me question my faith in humanity. 2) Ann Coulter: I have this theory that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually a robot. No real person can be that evil and idiotic. 3) The weather: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cold, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cold ... pick one and go with it! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m tired of wearing five layers every day because I never know what to expect. BRITTANY BINDRIM Art Director LIKES 1) Fafi: I love this French graffiti artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. She has a unique, raw, feminine style of illustrating and painting. Good stuff. 2) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Intelligent Designâ&#x20AC;? by Manufactura: This power noise artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new album, Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Set Silently on Fire, wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be released until Halloween. But they posted this new song on their site. I just keep returning there to hear it over and over again. Hurry up, Halloween. 3) Dreamweaver: I used to hate this Web development software. Now that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve finally gotten the hang of it, I just want to sit around and make stupid useless Web sites all day. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a Web host, you can just upload your content to Netfiles. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to post embarrassing pics of your friends or just random inside jokes. You should try it. ANNETTE GONZALEZ Calendar Editor GRIPES 1) Guys wearing flipfl ops: With the warmer we a t h er t ak in g over the Champaign-Urbana area, there has been an increase in the number of people wearing flip-flops â&#x20AC;&#x201D; particularly males. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just some weird problem that I have, but I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find it attractive when guys wear sandals. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not sexy, especially when you start accessorizing with anklets. I know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot and you have every right to expose your feet to the sunny weather, but you will be decreasing your chances of getting laid. 2) Eye infections: So I just recently had an eye infection which really sucked because I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t open my left eye all the way. So I was walking around campus looking cock-eyed trying to mask the pain. It burned like the fiery depths of hell and screwed up my vision. Of course I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seek any medical attention, so now I think my eye is going to fall out. 3) Facebook News Feed: So this whole news feed/ stalking thing that launched on Facebook is really getting to me. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to get rid of it and I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to know who just broke up, who is attending X event and who just made a sandwich.

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