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This Modern World • Tom Tomorrow Sh!ts and giggles News of the weird • Chuck Shephard First things first • Michael Coulter

AROUND TOWN Community eavesdropping • Amy Fishman q + a with Debra Domal Mendoza Life Line • Seth Fein

LISTEN, HEAR Theming with the Buzz Music Staff • Buzz staff members Sound Ground #47 • Todd J. Hunter 5 questions with the Poster Children • Steve Kline Poster Children review • Joe Martin Mono review • Shadie Elnashai Jean Grae review • Rosalyn Yates

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MAIN EVENT Jonesin’ Crosswords • Matt Gaffney Free Will Astrology Bob ‘n Dave • David King Life in Hell • Matt Groening Slowpoke • Jen Sorenson

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT Day of the Dead exhibit gives new life to modern holiday • Emily Cotterman The Merry Wives of Windsor review • Syd Slobodnik Artist Corner with Rachel Marie Smith Th(ink) • Keef Knight

WINE + DINE Wine and Food A to Z • Amanda Kolling C-U at Dinner • Kiel Christianson

THE SILVER SCREEN Shark Tale review • Matt Pais Shades of Gray • Shadie Elnashai C-U Views • Compiled by Sarah Krohn Rodney Dangerfield dies at 82 Ladder 49 review • Devon Sharma Spring, Summer, Fall,Winter...and Spring review • Syd Slobodnik Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas review • Randy Ma Movie time listings Drive-Thru Reviews

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Invites Applications to Two Open Rank, Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty Positions The newly established American Indian Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) seeks faculty members who are committed to research and scholarship focused within Native American Studies who can contribute to the development of curriculum for an undergraduate and graduate minor. Successful candidates will hold a full time tenure-track or tenured joint appointment in American Indian Studies and an academic department or program. American Indian Studies faculty work closely with other faculty, staff, and students affiliated with the Native American House (NAH). NAH serves as the home for academic and cultural programming and liaison for Native student support at UIUC. (See http://www.nah.uiuc.edu).

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Potential candidates should have a disciplinary base which could include but is not limited to: anthropology, economics, education, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, or urban planning and development. Candidates must have a Ph.D. (or J.D.) in a discipline or in a related field such as Native American/American Indian or Indigenous Studies, American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Women’s Studies or other appropriate fields. ABD candidates are encouraged to apply. Position assumes completed Ph.D. before start date. To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by November 8, 2004. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. Proposed start date is August 2005. To apply, submit: a letter of application describing research and teaching experiences and interests, C.V. including names of three references, and a writing sample to: Wanda S. Pillow, Director Native American House/ American Indian Studies Program University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1206 W. Nevada Street Urbana, IL 61801 (217)265-9870

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Are you a sales manager ready for your next challenge? Or a top salesperson ready for a shot in management? WPGU-FM, in C-U wants to talk to you! Looking for experienced sales manager or representative ready to lead a dynamic team of professional and student staff. Emphasis on training, sales program & promotion design and new business development. High energy, progressive team atmosphere. Sales/management experience required. Send resumes and inquiries to: Scott Downs Director of Sales, Illini Media 57 East Green St. Champaign IL 61820 scott@illinimedia.com

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105 E. John Available Fall 2005. 1 bedroom furnished, great location. Includes parking. www.ugroup96.com 352-3182 106 DANIEL, C. For August 2005. 1, 2, & 4 bedroom apartments, ethernet available. Some townhouses Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 1107 S. 4TH AND GREGORY, C. For August 2005. 3 and 4 bedroom apartments and 2 baths. Best location. Completely furnished. Laundry, parking garage, elevator. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 111 E. CHALMERS, C. August 2005. 1 & 4 bedroom. Furniture, skylights, off-street parking, laundry. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 2 BR, 1.5 bath, C/A, fireplace, appliances, garage, $699, 1703 Georgetown, C. 898-4123, 355-5050. 203 Healey C. Fall 2005 Great location on the park. Private balconies. Fully furnished 2 & 3 bedrooms 11/2 baths. Appliances and microwave. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugropu96.com 207- 211 JOHN Fall 2005 Prime Campus Location 2, 3, & 4 Bedrooms Phone 352-3182 THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

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411 Healey, C. Best Location Fall 2005 Spacious 3-4 bedroom apts. Fully furnished, microwave & dishwasher. Off-street parking. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

506 E. Stoughton, C For August 2005. Extra large efficiency apartments. Security building entry, complete furniture, laundry, off-street parking, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Champaign. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

508 E White Spacious 2 & 3 BR, nicely furnished apt. Resident Manager Kenny James. Maintenance, no hassle. www.ugroup96.com 359-7297 493-0429

604 E. White, C. Security Entrance For Fall 2005, Large 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom loft (HUGE), furnished, balconies, patios, laundry, off-street parking, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

OLD TOWN CHAMPAIGN 510 S. Elm Available Fall 2005. 2 BR close to campus, hardwood floors, dishwasher, W/D, central air/heat, off street parking, 24 hr. maintenance. $525/mo. 352-3182 or 841-1996. www.ugroup96.com

509 BASH COURT, C. Fall 2005 Great 3 & 5 bedrooms, near 6th and Green. Fully furnished, microwaves and dishwashers. Off-street parking. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

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Available today. Large, 1BR. Near Lincoln and Springfield Ave. Small pets okay. Parking included. $465/mo. 344-2957, 649-8954.

HEALEY COURT APARTMENTS 307- 309 Healey Court. Fall 2005. Behind Gully’s. 2 bedrooms. Ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

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Musicians Wanted Bass and Drum needed to start original jam-rock band. If interested email kyledean@uiuc.edu.

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605 S. Fifth, C. Fall 2005 5th and Green location Outdoor activity area. 1, 2, 3 bedrooms available. Garage off-street parking. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Champaign. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

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JOHN STREET APARTMENTS 58 E. John August 2005. Two and three bedrooms, fully furnished. Dishwashers, center courtyard, on-site laundry, central air, ethernet available. Call Chad at 344-9157 352-3182 University Group www.ugroup96.com

MUSICIANS NEEDED 509 E. White, C. Aug. 2005. Large 1 bedrooms. Security entry, balconies, patios, furnished. Laundry, off-street parking, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

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because you have the most fun with her, but because she’s nice and you really don’t want to be mean. Of course you’ll eventually reach your breaking point and just scream, “Get a personality already!” (Randy Ma) Now showing at Beverly & Savoy GARDEN STATE

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CELLULAR 3 Stars Kim Basinger & Chris Evans Cellular is one of the few action films one can see today without feeling like they were “Bruckheimer-ized” by 50 explosions and 25 car chase scenes. It is a fun film that relies heavily on its storyline to get viewers engrossed and then clamps them to their seats with its heart-pumping, yet realistic action. (Art Mitchell) Now showing at Beverly & Savoy A DIRTY SHAME 3.5 stars

Tracey Ullman & Selma Blair Ullman has an incredible amount of fun with her role, conjuring up endless crude euphemisms for oral sex as her clitoris goes out of control. Even the usually intolerable Knoxville is perfectly cast as the guru with magical sex powers. The film reaches a new level of gross-out unpleasantries, but with all of its elaborate sexcesses, A Dirty Shame is a resounding suckcess. (Shadie Elnashai) Now showing at Savoy FIRST DAUGHTER 1.5 stars

Michael Keaton & Katie Homes This movie is safe. It’s mediocre. It’s plain. It’s boring. First Daughter is like that friend you keep around not

Zach Braff & Natalie Portman It’s a hear tfelt fantasy of cosmic collision, a love stor y so silly and strange you might not notice Garden State’s soft spot until it takes you by surprise and touches your hear t. It’s this year’s Lost in Translation, redefining “lost” as a place that doesn’t feel like home even when it is and “translation” as the transition from youth to adulthood, from dreamy optimism to a sad, disappointed reality. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly & Savoy MR. 3000 1 star Bernie Mac & Angela Basset Mr. 3000 is not worth it—plain and simple. You have a fully loaded roster with promising aspects, but it drowns in its own sentimentality. Good actors like Basset and Sorvino are wasted in the hackneyed plot and Mac’s comedic talents do not get the justice they deserve. Before you go see Mr. 3000, see if there’s anything else playing, something interesting on TV or even make sure you don’t have any homework due. (Paul M. Prikazsky) Now showing at Beverly & Savoy SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW 3 stars

Jude Law & Gwyneth Paltrow Part classic film noir, part colorful sci-fi adventure of yesteryear, Sky Captain deftly brings to life the comics and film serials of pre-baby boomer generations with gratuitous amounts of CGI and an increasingly rare childlike sense of wonderment. (John Loos) Now showing at Beverly & Savoy

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SHAUN OF THE DEAD 3.5 stars

Simon Pegg & Bill Nighy It’s a zombie movie for anyone with a soft spot for interpersonal relationships, and a romantic comedy for anyone who can’t get through a grand emotional declaration without seeing someone’s flesh ripped apar t seconds later. But the real bite of this enormously fun, wildly enter taining movie is that it puts emotion back into a genre whose hear t often goes dead long before its relentless villains. Shaun of the Dead proves that horror films haven’t died; they just needed a good smack to the head. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly & Savoy THE FORGOTTEN 2 stars

Julianne Moore & Gary Sinise Too many questions remain unanswered, but at least the three characters the movie cares about live happily ever after, right? The Forgotten isn’t necessarily a horrible movie, just a mediocre one that unfortunately had the potential to be very good. There’s nothing wrong with it that throwing out half the script and starting over couldn’t solve. (Andrew Vecelas) Now showing at Beverly & Savoy WIMBLEDON 2 stars

Kirsten Dunst & Paul Bettany Hardly anything in Wimbledon is convincing, but it has a good-natured charm that makes you smile even as you’re rolling your eyes. It’s far from realistic in its understanding of the spor ts media and never quite captures the national frenzy that results from an Englishman going deep into the tournament. Still, it’s a simple, mildly satisfying movie about knowing when not to throw in the towel and proving that love can be a winning score in tennis. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly & Savoy

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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Billy Bob Thorton & Jay Hernandez This film has all the fixins to be good. Odessa, Texas, is an economically dying town. It’s racist. The only thing it has going for it is high school football. So the pressure of the town rides on the team winning the state championship. Some claim it to be one of the best sports movies of all time. Better than Rocky IV?! I don’t think so. (Paul Wagner) THE BROWN BUNNY Vincent Gallo & Chloe Sevigny Bud Clay races motorcycles. Daisy is the only girl he’s ever loved. He treks across the country on his bike thinking only about the last time he saw her. Sound exciting? At Cannes, this film was booed, but writer/director/editor/star Vincent Gallo has redone the film, and this time people like it. Supposedly. (Paul Wagner) Opening at Boardman’s Art Theatre RAISE YOUR VOICE Hilary Duff & John Corbett Duff is a small-town girl entering the big bad city of Los Angeles to go to a performance arts school. Since she’s hot, guys dig her and she has to deal with fleeting romances. Think she can handle it? Probably not as well as Lindsay Lohan could. (Paul Wagner) TAXI Queen Latifah & Jimmy Fallon Fallon is a crappy cop and a crappy driver, so he has his car taken from him. He witnesses a bank robbery and needs to chase down the extremely attractive female robbers. Fortunately for him, Latifah is a damn good taxi driver with a kick-ass car and a bad-ass attitude. Some fast driving and fast talking may just be enough to make this movie laughable. (Paul Wagner)

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Dangerfield’s bookings improved, and he landed television gigs. He appeared on the Ed Sullivan show seven times and on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson more than 70 times. After his ex-wife died, he decided to quit touring and open a New York nightclub, Dangerfield’s, so he could stay close to home and raise his children. After Caddyshack, Dangerfield continued starring in and sometimes writing films such as Easy Money, Back to School, Moving, The Scout, Ladybugs and Meet Wally Sparks. He turned dramatic as a sadistic father in Oliver Stone’s 1994 Natural Born Killers. In 1995, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rejected Dangerfield’s application for membership. It was the ultimate rejection, and Dangerfield played it to the hilt. He had established his own Web site (“I went out and bought an Apple Computer; it had a worm in it”), and his fans used it to express their indignation. The public reaction prompted the academy to reverse itself and offer membership. Dangerfield declined. “They don’t even apologize or nothing,” he said. “They give no respect at all—pardon the pun—to comedy.”

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EDITOR’S NOTE MARISSA MONSON • EDITOR IN CHIEF

ictor Hugo, author of Les Miserabes and other classic novels, once said, “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” An interesting quote that rings true today. A friend recently asked me whether I thought protest music was a good idea, or rather, whether I thought it was effective.The question got me thinking about songs and musical performances that provoked emotions, and the occasions became too many to count. Music is such a powerful medium because nearly everyone enjoys it in some form or another. Whether your genre of choice is rock, hip hop or classical, it conveys a sound or message that can make a connection between people. Is protest music effective? In the context of passing laws, stopping wars or ceasing social injustices, maybe not. It certainly doesn’t hurt. But, what music does is spread a message in a nonthreatening matter. Where old men in stuffy suits fail to reach the minds of the young and the disenfranchised, a song composed by the greats, like Marvin Gaye with “What’s Goin’ On” or Bob Dylan with “Blowin’ In The Wind,” can inspire. Some of the best music to surface has been created in protest of something. Whether it was NWA’s release, Straight Outta Compton, in the late 1980s creating a dialogue on inner-city violence and police brutality, or Bruce Springsteen’s anti-war statement “Born in the USA,” they opened up a channel of communication that people could relate to who were not necessarily the target audience for campaign speeches or political polls. The question of whether or not protest music is effective is hard to answer, but without this music, where would we be? Quite possibly where we are today, or more likely in a much worse state.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noâ&#x20AC;? campaignâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leader, Wendy Howell, said her side has gained support by warning that Michiganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal could force universities and public agencies to scrap existing domestic partner health benefits. Initially, analysts predicted that all the marriage amendments would work in favor of President Bush by motivating religious conservatives to turn out at the polls. But in Oregon and Michigan, both crucial battleground states, political organizers now say the effect of the marriage debate on the presidential race could be negligibleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or even tilt away from Bush. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oregonians are independent thinkers,â&#x20AC;? said Tim Nashif, head of the Defense of Marriage Coalition that collected signatures for the amendment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Oregonian would have absolutely no problem voting for John Kerry and for Measure 36.â&#x20AC;? Nashif â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coalition has raised about $660,000, most of it from individuals and church groups inside Oregon. The amendmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opponents have raised nearly $1.1 millionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; including $500,000 from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a bigger impact on voter turnout than our opposition,â&#x20AC;? said task force organizer David Fleischer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The net result in Oregon could turn out to boomerang on the right-wing, pro-Bush people who put this measure on the ballot.â&#x20AC;? buzz

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origin of his “respect” trademark: “I had this joke: `I played hide and seek; they wouldn’t even look for me.’To make it work better, you look for something to put in front of it: I was so poor, I was so dumb, so this, so that. I thought, `Now what fits that joke?’Well, `No one liked me’ was all right. But then I thought, a more profound thing would be, `I get no respect.’” He tried it at a New York club, and the joke drew a bigger response than ever. He kept the phrase in the act, and it seemed to establish a bond with his audience. Dangerfield is most remembered for 1980’s Caddyshack, in which he held his own with such comics as Chevy Chase, Ted Knight and Bill Murray. He would later gain more film roles and the respect of fans who howled at his jokes and fellow comedians who admired his talent. “For a guy who got no respect, I will miss him and he always had my respect. I love him,” comedian George Lopez said Tuesday in a statement. Flowers were placed on his star on Hollywood Boulevard after word of his death, and the marquee of The Improv, a comedy club where Dangerfield often performed, read “Rest In Peace Rodney.” Teller, half of the magic duo “Penn & Teller,” said Dangerfield at times would appear while they were performing in Las Vegas, walking around the casino wearing a satin dressing gown and sandals with a beautiful girl on his arm.

“He was so confident,” Teller said. “He was Rodney and he could do anything.” Comedian Adam Sandler, who starred with Dangerfield in 2000’s “Little Nicky,” said the affection felt for Dangerfield “when you saw him on TV or in the movies was doubled when you had the pleasure to meet him. He was a hero who lived up to the hype.” Dangerfield was born Jacob Cohen on Nov. 22, 1921, on New York’s Long Island. Growing up in the borough of Queens, his mother was uncaring and his father was absent. He ingratiated himself to his schoolmates by being funny, writing down jokes and storing them in a duffel bag.When he was 19, he adopted the name Jack Roy and tried out the jokes at a resort in the Catskills, training ground for Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, Red Button, Sid Caesar and other comedians. At 19 he started as a standup comedian. He made only a fair living, traveling a great deal and appearing in rundown joints. At age 27, he married Joyce Indig, a singer he met at a New York club.The couple settled in Englewood, N.J., had two children, Brian and Melanie, and he worked selling paint and siding. But the idyllic suburban life soured as the pair battled. The couple divorced in 1962, remarried a year later and again divorced. Dangerfield returned to comedy at 42. When he came back to show business, he took up the name Rodney Dangerfield. CONTINUED ON PAGE

W hen the floor he’s standing on collapses, firefighter Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix) finds himself

trapped in a burning high-rise after saving yet another victim from certain death. As Morrison lies there, burning debris falling all around his broken and bruised body, he decides to take a moment for himself and reflect upon his life. This is the setup for Ladder 49, the firefighter melodrama starring Phoenix, John Travolta and Robert Patrick (a.k.a. the T1,000 liquid metal Terminator). The movie alternates between Morrison’s present-day plight and flashbacks of his gradual transition from nervous rookie to hardened veteran under the guidance of Captain Mike Kennedy (Travolta). Apparently, Morrison’s life didn’t truly begin until the day he walked into that firehouse, since that’s where the flashbacks begin. This, in essence, is one of the main problems with Ladder 49: the characters are shown brilliantly as firefighters, but not so much as people. Sure, Morrison meets the strong and sexy Linda (Jacinda Barrett), marries her and they even have kids together. But the purpose of his family in the film isn’t to develop his character; rather, they’re present to show the audience just how brave Morrison is to risk his life every day, even when he has a family waiting for him back home. The film endeavors to put the audi-

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ence into the firefighter’s shoes, making us feel like we’re “one of the guys.” Director Jay Russell (My Dog Skip) achieves this by letting the audience in on the practical jokes the firefighters play on each other, by having nearly every scene take place either in the firehouse or in the pub where the boys drink together, and by using first-person perspectives frequently. There’s plenty of camaraderie and friendly butt-slapping to go around, but little real conflict between the characters. Linda and the kids adapt the cliched roles of worrying wife and kids; “I keep having the dream where they pull up in front of my door one night after you don’t come home,” she tells Jack.And after Morrison’s hands are burned by steam, his son pleads, “I don’t want you getting hurt anymore, Daddy.” However, both wife and kids quickly forget their entitled right to be worried and upset when they’re reminded that Jack does what he does to save people’s lives. “People often ask me how we can run into a burning building when everyone else is running out,” Captain Kennedy says at one point. This is the idea Ladder 49 explores. The film isn’t about the lives of the people under the firefighter’s coat and helmet— it’s about that coat and helmet themselves, and what it takes to wear them. Ultimately, the movie is intended as a tribute to the courage of firefighters.And in this purpose, it succeeds triumphantly. If there’s one feeling Ladder 49 achieves, it’s the desire to go find the nearest firefighter and give him a big sloppy hug. Probably even a kiss. Cliched and corny as it gets at points, Ladder 49 remains a fantastic reminder to why we should be thankful to those brave men and women in the black and yellow coats.

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THE CONTINUING CRISIS – California’s Budget Crisis, Explained: In August, the state legislature reached a compromise in a long-standing, intensely debated issue with the state’s owners of pet ferrets. Though the animals are banned by the state as crop menaces, the legislation would grant legal status to all existing pet ferrets whose owners pay a $75-per-head fee. However, even though the state desperately needs the revenue, the money raised cannot be used for anything except a study to determine whether the state can tolerate more ferrets. – Heavy rains around Dunn, N.C., in mid-August pounded soap-based runoff from the H&H Products facility just off U.S. 301, creating an awesome wall of white bubbles at least 20 feet high that obscured not only Jonesboro Road but the telephone poles alongside. A few drivers tried to go through the mess, but most avoided it until firefighters cleared the foam to the side of the road with their hoses. – Three Michigan entrepreneurs, alarmed at continuing bad news about childhood obesity, have begun selling My Kid’s First Coach on DVD, featuring exercise regimens for children, beginning at age 6 weeks. (The youngest work on “flexibility and muscle awareness,” with the parent actually guiding the child through the movements yet familiarizing the child with the sensations, advancing in perhaps a year to batting a ball or walking to follow a piece of tape on the floor.) – In August, the International Paralympic Committee rejected quadriplegic British rugby player Mark Fosbrook for the upcoming Paralympics because he is too able-bodied. Fosbrook has no feet, and two fingers at the end of each arm, but he was rated 4.0 in functionality, with 3.5 the highest level allowed to compete.

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riting this column on Sunday afternoon, 161 games of baseball have passed for every major league team. Eight of those teams are headed for the playoffs. A few of them were expected to be there, while one or two snuck in under the radar. Since I’m a Cardinals fan, I’ve waited until now to say much about the baseball season. Let everyone else talk about how skilled they are in July, October is what matters. October already? It seems like only yesterday the season started. I have to say, as a St. Louis fan, I’m glad we went ahead and played this season. In April, most of the media and all the Cub fans had already decided Chicago was going to win the World Series. The season itself was seen as nothing more than a technicality, something to placate the rest of baseball with until the trophy presentation on the north side. That really didn’t work out so much. Hey, even those crazy folks who say the world is going to end will eventually be right, won’t they? The Cubs finally choked like a rookie porn star after sucking like a veteran over most of the season. The overly confident/overly loud/underly educated in the ways of baseball Cubs fans were strung along all year, William Hurt to Chicago’s Kathleen Turner. The announcers blamed the team, the fans blamed the announcers, the team blamed the fans and announcers, and in the end, everyone and no one was responsible for a dismal season. It wasn’t pretty up there at all. Previously, they’ve been called the loveable losers, yet in one short year the loveable adjective was dropped by most fans. Now they are simply the spoiled rotten, candy-ass losers. The Cubs season will go down as disappointing, at least, maybe something worse than just disappointing. Hey, if nothing else, the city was spared the the trauma of failing in the playoffs again. The Cardinals are just like the Cubs ... in bizzaro world. They’ve won it all a few times since 1908, though it’s been awhile since it happened. This year, they weren’t picked by anyone to finish much higher than third in their division. Everyone had a opinion about what was wrong with them. It turned out most everything was right about them and they were arguably the biggest surprise in baseball this year. That is, unless you were a fan of them. Justified or not, every Cardinals fan I know thought they would be there at the end. Confidence or blind faith, it doesn’t really mat-

ter.They’re your team and you stick by them. That’s the way baseball is. Whether you’re a Cubs fan or a fan of any of the teams that didn’t make it to postseason, you still love your team. For true fans, baseball season is the best time of year. It’s sort of like watching daytime television. Sometimes teams have internal conflicts, just like soap operas. Other times it’s more like the Jerry Springer show as Milton Bradley goes off his nut once a week or some surly Michael Coulter Texas Ranger pitchers is a videographthrow a chair into the er, comedian crowd. You never know and can be what’ll happen and it’s heard on WPGU best if you tune in every 107.1 Thursdays day to see what the latest at 5 workin’ it. development is. Listen up. Maybe baseball is more like movies though. The New York Yankees are like a summer blockbuster, very expensive and high-profile and expected to do a lot. Of course, lately the Yankees have ended up more Waterworld than Spider-Man. The Cubs seasons, I would imagine, are more along the lines of a movie like The Bicycle Thief, so sad at the end that you almost wish you hadn’t seen it to begin with. Or maybe baseball is simply a reflection of our own workplaces.There’s a guy who everyone thinks is brilliant and great, but his teams are always better once he’s gone, an Alex Rodriquez. There’s a guy who was sort of good for a year or two, but has long since passed his prime, perhaps a Sammy Sosa. Sometimes there’s just a really good big guy who everyone is scared shitless of. That’s Randy Johnson. Whoever we are, if we’re baseball fans, we see a bit of ourselves in those players on the field. Sure, we’re maybe not like little kids anymore, pretending to be our favorite players as we run through the house catching an imaginary fly ball. Actually, I still do that if nobody’s around, but most adults really shouldn’t do such a thing. Warranted or not, we put our hopes and dreams into our team and its players every April. If your team is in the playoffs this year, enjoy it for everything it’s worth. If your team loses in the first round, it’ll suck, but you can still have satisfaction knowing it’ll be over for everyone else in another two weeks anyway. If your team didn’t make the playoffs, just enjoy the last few days of the season as the weather turns cold and the boys of summer are put away with our shorts and flip flops.The world is a little sadder for me from October to March. Whoever said the journey is its own reward was probably a baseball fan.

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press,” according to the First Amendment of the Constitution. Media outlets that receive information from eavesdropping activities have a First Amendment privilege to use that material, as long as they, themselves, did not participate in the eavesdropping or obtain the information illegally. On Aug. 10, 2004, E. Martell Miller was charged with two counts of eavesdropping, for recording two University of

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Illinois police officers stopping a man and a Champaign police officer stopping another man. Miller was charged with a third count by a grand jury on Sept. 2 for recording a conversation between himself and Champaign Police Sgt. David Griffet, without Griffet’s permission. Patrick Thompson was also charged for recording Griffet without permission. Both men were intending to produce a documentary film about police activity and discrimination in the community. Assistant to the Chief for Community Relations, of the Champaign Police, Joan Walls said that the Champaign police department wrote the police report and sent it to the State’s Attorney’s office. It’s up to the State’s Attorney to charge, she said. The eavesdropping charges were class one felonies, as they involved the recording of police officers. Penalties are probation or four to 15 years in prison. In addition to recording police officers, Miller and Thompson also interviewed and videotaped the men stopped by the police, intending to edit the interviews to make a documentary to be aired on Urbana Public Television (UPTV). The videotape was confiscated by Urbana Police on Aug. 7, and subpoenaed by the State’s Attorney’s office. In an interview on WEFT 90.1’s Media Geek Radio Show, aired on Aug. 27, Miller said that his purpose in producing the documentary was to help the community by helping relations between the police department and the community. Maria Thompson, wife of Patrick Thompson said,“It’s called a Citizen Watch documentary. It was made to document some of the issues of the community between law enforcement and at-risk youth in the community.”

In the Media Geek interview, Miller said he was taping traffic stops “just to see how traffic stops are done in our community and other communities,” meaning the black community and the rest of the community. He said he wanted the community to see the difference between traffic stops involving white people and black people. Miller said that from what he observed, police went straight into an investigation when stopping black people, whereas white people were told right away the reason why they were stopped. Miller and Patrick Thompson are members of Visionaries Educating Youth and Adults (VEYA), which they founded last spring. It is a nonprofit, community-based organization dedicated to providing service and education to at-risk youth and incarcerated adults. One way they achieve this purpose is by the implementation of a citizen watch program, which is dedicated to eliminate potential police abuses by civilian observation. Maria Thompson is the current acting president of VEYA because Patrick Thompson, the president, is being held in the county jail. VEYA and other supporters of Miller and Patrick Thompson wanted the eavesdropping charges dropped. Maria Thompson said that outside VEYA support came from local, state and national organizations. She added that the case was a community-wide issue because the information was brought to the public. The right to free speech is also an issue in the case. Journalism Law Professor Steven Helle said,“It’s obviously an expressive activi-

ty and everybody ought to be treated the same under the First Amendment, but as it is now, the news media aren’t getting into trouble, but somebody taping a little league team could.” Champaign County State’s Attorney John Piland dismissed Miller’s charges on Sept. 24, after Champaign City Manager Steve Carter and Champaign Police Chief R.T. Finney requested that the charges be dismissed. “I think from the city’s standpoint, we were more interested in pursuing a community-centered approach, rather than pursuing a criminal prosecution,”Walls said. She said that they were trying to educate the community to promote a better understanding. CONTINUED ON PAGE

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then spit ‘em out onto a big screen, it would look a lot like Shark Tale, a waterlogged attempt by Dreamworks Animation to replicate Pixar’s underwater magic. The setting is a Manhattan-esque city at the bottom of the ocean crammed with lame puns, all totally uninspired knockoffs of the jokes in Shrek 2’s Kingdom of Far Far Away. There are ads for Coral Cola and Gup (Gap), and a Walk of Fame includes Mussel Crowe and Cod Stewart. And while Nemo had the hilarious, scene-stealing stoner-surfer turtles, Shark Tale has two Rastafarian jellyfish, voiced by Doug E. Doug and Ziggy Marley, who are about as funny as an actual jellyfish sting. Our heroes are Oscar (Will Smith), a jive-talking fish who dreams of being more than just a lowly employee at the local whale wash, and Lenny (Jack Black), a shark who so lacks the killer instinct that he is a vegetarian, much to the chagrin of his Mafioso father (Robert De Niro). When Lenny’s brother tries to eat Oscar (after Lenny refuses) and is killed by an anchor, Oscar takes credit and becomes an instant celebrity. The media labels him the “Shark Slayer” and he moves into a giant penthouse apartment where everybody worships him except his best friend Angie (Renee Zellweger), who loved him just the way he was. It’s the classic kid-movie conflict of ambition versus honesty, presented through a weak-willed character who has to learn that friends and family are more important than fame and fortune. Oscar is so familiar, in fact,

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England’s prestigious Oxford University can boast six saints, 25 prime ministers, 47 Nobel Prize winners and four kings as its former students. However, soon it can add Madonna to that elite list, as the pop queen gets ready to start a degree in English literature. An insider states that the Body of Evidence star is “fiercely intelligent and incredibly well-read and has always taken a keen interest in literature.” Her passion was reawakened while writing the children’s series The English Roses. Adults, however, may better remember her 1992 pornographic photo-book Sex, which is currently the best-selling out-of-print book. Marlon Brando may be dead, but his island will live on. Relatives of the Oscar-winning heavyweight plan to turn his island, Tetiaroa, into a tourist attraction. “My father always wanted to turn the island into a resort,” claimed his son Miko, “he just never got ‘round to doing it.” Brando, who was once involved with setting up illegal guerrilla militia in the heart of the Cambodian jungle, bought the island when he was filming Mutiny on the Bounty. At the age of 50, Jackie Chan is finally ready to become a serious actor. The martial arts legend spoke out against the typecasting experienced by Asians in Hollywood. Referring to Jet Li, Chow Yun Fat and himself, the former Miss World judge said “It’s all the same—cop from Hong Kong, cop from China.” Chan was in America to promote New Police Story, the fifth film in a franchise dating back to 1985, in which he plays a Hong Kong cop. The veteran of modern classics such as The Tuxedo and The Medallion further bemoaned the limited roles on offer: “I don’t want to be seen as an action hero anymore. I want to become a real actor, like Robert De Niro.”

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Altbier refers to beers made the traditional way, by top fermentation.These beers are quite bitter. Bocks are malty, bronze-colored beers. These beers can be strong, with approximately 6.5 percent alcohol. Dunkels are dark lagers, but they are not very strong.Try Hacker-Pschorr. Munchner is a malty, brown lager from Munich. Oktoberfest-MĂ¤rzenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;what could be more appropriate? These amber-colored beers are made for Oktoberfest but are available year-round.Try Paulaner Oktoberfest-MĂ¤rzen. STRONG AND DARK Schwarzbier (Black beer) is a strong, bitter dark lager. Doppelbock is a stronger version of a bock. These beers have approximately 7.5

percent alcohol.Try Paulaner Doppelbock. Dortmunders are malty, dry and fullbodied. Eisbock refers to very strong ice beers.This beer is frozen to concentrate the alcohol. Rauchbiers have a very strong smoky flavor. The malt used for these beers is dried over beechwood fires, which imparts the smoky aroma and taste. If you serve a Rauchbier, save it for last.Try Schlenkerla. â&#x20AC;˘ If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like beer (hey, it happens), try a German wine. Among the more famous are Rieslings and GewĂźrztraminers.Try J.J. PrĂźmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2001 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling SpĂ¤tlese or the 2001 St. Urbans Hof Riesling QbA. Both are dry, crisp wines with pronounced fruit.When reading the label,look for Trocken, which indicates that the wine is very dry, or Halbtrocken, which indicates that it is semidry. If neither of these words is on the label, then the wine will be sweet and less dry. For a simple Oktoberfest feast, serve hearty foods that hold up to all the beer you serve. An easy way to feed a crowd is to cook brats and sauerkraut in beer. All you need is 12 bratwurst, two packages of fresh sauerkraut, rinsed and drained (â&#x20AC;&#x153;freshâ&#x20AC;? sauerkraut comes in plastic bags and is usually found at the meat counter), one bottle of beer (I used Paulaner Pils) and thicksliced bacon, julienned (optional). Just add all of the ingredients to a large crockpot and cook on high for approximately four hours. If you like your sauerkraut a little bit sweeter, add a tablespoon and a half of brown sugar and an apple, cored and sliced, to the crock pot in the last hour. Serve with rolls and assorted stone-ground mustards. A German potato salad would make a nice accompaniment. Shopping for the ingredients that make for a perfect Oktoberfest is easy. Friar Tuckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (1333 Savoy Place) has a huge selection of German beers and wines, as does The Corkscrew (203 N. Vine St., across from Schnucks), which will be having a beer tasting this Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m.The tasting fee is $2.Also, Lincoln Square Mall will once again host the International Beer Tasting and Chili Cook-Off Championship, this Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. More than 150 beers will be on offer in four ounce samples (50 cents each), making this a good opportunity to taste before you buy. Prost!

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summer, so what better way to kick off this column than to focus on the culinary peculiarities of the birthplace of Western philosophy, democracy and gyros? And with the tentacles of corporate greed, scandal and politics entwined inextricably throughout the once pure athletic competition, what better way to celebrate the state of the modern Olympiad than by serving up octopusâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Greeceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional and plentiful frutti de mare? Octopus is a much under-appreciated delicacy in the United States. But prepared properly, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not nearly as chewy or ugly as one might imagine. And hey, if an animal is smart enough to change color with its moods and open jars to get at food, well, by golly, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth eating. For a good octopus recipe, I consulted Nancy Hartman, owner of Trout 45, a new fine seafood and wine emporium located at 2006 S. Neil (378-7688), who came through with Greek stewed octopus. Ingredients: 2 1/4 pounds fresh young octopus; 8 tablespoons olive oil; 12 ounces small onions; 1/4 pint red wine; 6 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 8 ounces canned, roughly chopped tomatoes; 2 tablespoons tomato puree; 4 bay leaves; 2 teaspoons dried oregano; black pepper; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley. First, try to find cleaned, skinned octopus (at, say, Trout 45), or youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to remove the tentacles, guts, ink sack, eyes, beak and skinâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a messy job, quite frankly. Cut the octopus into 1 to 2 1/2 inch pieces, and put it into a saucepan over medium heat to release the juices. Stir until this liquid has evaporated. Pour on the oil and stir to seal it on all sides. Add the whole onions and cook them, stirring a couple of times, until they color slightly. Add the wine, vinegar, tomatoes, puree, bay leaves, oregano and several grindings of pepper. Stir well, cover, and simmer gently for 60-75 minutes, checking occasionally to make sure the sauce hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t evaporated. If it does (because the heatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too high!), add a little more wine.The octopus is cooked when it can be easily pierced with a skewer. The sauce should be thick, like a runny paste. If it has separated, remove the lid and turn up the heat,

stirring until the watery part has evaporated. Remove the bay leaves and add the parsley. Find a nice, hearty loaf of bread to sop up the sauce. To complement the main course, swing by EuroMart at 48 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign (3551488), and pick up some freshly made dolma (stuffed grape leaves) ($3.49 for five). If you want to make your own, all the fixins can be found there, too. Just remember that the rice filling needs to be wellspiced. Eating bland dolma is like eating wet paper. Also at Euro-Mart, pick up some feta cheese from Greece ($5.49/lb.) or Romania (drier, $3.99/lb.) or Bulgaria (drier and saltier, $3.99/lb.), mixed Greek olives ($4.99/lb.) and pepperocini (plain, $2.99/lb. or stuffed with feta, $8.99/lb.). Crumble the cheese and add along with the olives and pepperocini to cubed tomatoes and cucumbers, toss with olive oil, and sprinkle with oregano and parsley for a classic Cretian version of a Greek salad. For dessert,instead of the cliched baklava,try kadayifi, made from shredded filo dough with a walnut filling. And to drink, Michael Alberty, manager of The Corkscrew at 203 N.Vine St., Urbana (337-7704), recommends the lone brand of the Greek wine variety called retsina that they carry: Kechribari ($8.99). Retsina began as poison, actually. See, centuries ago, the Cretians were so sick of the Turks invading every few years and ravishing their women, eating their food, and especially drinking their wine, that they decided to poison the Turks by adding toxic pine resin into the wine barrels. But when the Turks next invaded, they actually liked the concoction. Thus was born retsina. Legend has it that if you get drunk on this stuff once, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll crave it the rest of your life (once you get over the relentless hangover). There are some wickedly acidic brands of this would-be poison, but the Kechribari brand is as smooth as a decent Washington chenin blanc, with tones of lemon rind, smoke, minerals and just â&#x20AC;&#x153;the barest hintâ&#x20AC;? of pine pitch. Hey, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all on our way out, after all. Why not live on the edge; try something new, even if it was once meant to wipe out plundering hordes of Turks.

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Things need to change I am willing to eat ramen—are you? SETH FEIN • CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Debra Domal, a contributing writer for Innocent Words magazine, is doing what she can to promote voter turnout for the upcoming presidential elections by helping out with local Rock the Vote efforts. She is also a singer and spoken-word artist in local band Little Black Spiders and dabbles in side project Terminus Victor. She, along with others, use their involvement with music to promote political awareness. What type of music are you currently listening to?

I listen to a lot of different music. Lately I’ve been listening to Brazilian choro music, very improvisational instrumental jazz. What was the first album that you ever bought?

Probably either a K-tel collection or the Partridge Family. What was the first election that you ever voted in?

Mondale/Reagan. Now I’m dating myself. How do you think music affects politics?

Music rallies the troops. You see it at conventions and protests. It’s also one of many ways you can put a message out there.The voter awareness movement (i.e., Rock the Vote and Music for America tours) is the most recent example of this. It can be effective because it reaches a wide audience and because the messengers, the musicians, have a lot of cultural clout. It can reach a lot of people who might otherwise be unreachable. Ideally, people should be dissecting the candidates’ speeches, not politically

infused song lyrics. Reading CD liner notes is clearly no substitute for knowing the issues, but at least it’s a start. Beyond registering and voting, why do you think people should stay politically involved?

Because the alternative is to do nothing and let other people make decisions for you. Our jobs as citizens don’t end with the election. We have more political information available to us now than ever before, and the sheer volume of it can be overwhelming. But we need to stay informed and to continue to ask important questions. If we don’t feel like our interests are being represented, we have to do something about it. We can’t just say, “I’m just one person—what can I do?” You can write letters and sign petitions. You can write letters to the editor. The Web has made political activism easier than ever. Beyond that you can march, you can protest, you can make your voice heard by how and where you spend your money. And you can reach out to your community by creating events where information is shared. No matter who is elected, what artist or band would you like to see perform at the inauguration and why?

Personally, I’d love to see Morrissey perform. He’s not afraid to take anyone to task and he always manages to do so with an infectious chorus. It would be both inspiring and ironic. Or on the Republican side, Bobby Short and his orchestra. But seriously ... I do hope it’s someone who has been politically active and aware throughout the campaign. Not just someone they brought on to boost the network ratings or sell more albums.

ast Thursday, John Kerry smoked Dubya’s ass. I know that the press liked to spin it so it looked like an even battle, but you all in your hearts know the truth. Bush looked like a sucker up there, but not because he isn’t intelligent or because he stumbled over his words. No, Bush got smoked because he doesn’t have a leg to stand on. Let’s face it:This country is not in a good place.We are in a war (or quagmire depending on how you look at it), our economy sucks, the people are divided on more than the core issues, and the Cubs, once again, are not going to the World Series. To me, that screams CHANGE, loud and clear. And if it weren’t for the Bush administration’s idiocy since Sept. 11, John Kerry wouldn’t have a leg to stand on either. Did you notice what the bulk of the night was surrounded by? Me too. George Bush spent the night justifying his dumb-ass actions and Kerry spent the night talking about how we can do better. I am not a fool, and my guess is that you aren’t either. Neither of these people are the right choice for president, because neither of them have any idea about what it means to struggle. Neither of them really care about what’s best for everyone. The right president has everyone in mind. And that is no longer limited to this country. To hell with patriotism and nationalism. America has the responsibility of the world on its shoulders, and as a result, we need to be the kind of leaders who take action rather than sit back and rest on our laurels (i.e. what can YOU do for US). The right president is invested in making wrongs right.The right president is truly interested

in fixing our children’s health, here and across the globe.The right president doesn’t give rich people a tax break. What the hell is that, anyway? The right president taxes the hell out of the rich and finds good ways to spend that money by investing it in people, not in business. The right president isn’t a blood-thirsty, rich-ass wannabe with his family and friends in mind first. That shouldn’t enter the equation.Why? If it were up to this liberal, the word multi-millionaire wouldn’t be a part of the lexicon. I mean, for real: Can any one of these people give me a reason that rings true as to why they need more than $1 million per year to live and be happy? If they can, I recommend that they take some mushrooms, find the forest, and take a vacation out of my life and everyone else’s. It’s people like this who have forced us into these debates in the first place. And I know the arguments. But Seth, this is the premise that America was founded on! The American dream is at stake! If you take away or limit one’s ability to prosper, then you take away our liberty.Yeah, that’s true. But when this country was founded, my African brothers and sisters were also making those white assholes richer than you or I could ever imagine. So, you know, it’s a sliding scale. If we don’t start evolving our ideas, then we are going to implode and each one of us is going to live to regret it. Yeah, I’ll watch the debates. And yes, I am voting for Chin Kerry. But I’ll never sit back and say that I am happy about the outcome.That, my friends, would be taking away my liberty.

Although eavesdropping is illegal, Miller’s charges were still dropped. “The legislature can make something illegal, but the law can violate the First Amendment. So unconstitutional laws are stricken all the time,” Helle said. Unlike Miller’s case, Patrick Thompson’s case is still pending. In addition to the eavesdropping charges, Patrick Thompson has other charges against him, unrelated to the eavesdropping charges. Maria Thompson said that she thinks the eavesdropping charges against Thompson need to be dropped, as Miller’s were dropped. Further, Maria Thompson said she thinks the community needs to look at the timing issue. “The other charges need to be fully

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The Merry Wives of Windsor SYD SLOBODNIK â&#x20AC;˘ STAFF WRITER

Director Barbara Gaines has done it again.

With her ever-popular, crowd-pleasing style, she kicks off another season of the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre at Navy Pier with a rousing production of William Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Merry Wives of Windsor. This rather elaborate and always delightful comedy of deceptions and jealousy, mistaken identities and romance details the awkward times of a down-on-his-luck knight, Sir John Falstaff. Also known as the sidekick of Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prince Hal in the Henry IV plays, Falstaff makes his way to Windsor to woo money from the wives of two of Windsorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more wealthy citizens, the respectable Misters Page and Ford. In one early scene, the bulbous Falstaff, sharing his

greedy plans with a cohort, proclaims with imperial gusto: â&#x20AC;&#x153;They shall be my East and West Indies and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll trade to them both.â&#x20AC;? Quickly one realizes this is not simply a tale of macho bravado. Shakespeare achieves what Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Moliere did a generation or so laterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;making fun of the macho male confidence. He also shows the wit and genius of several country women in their dealings with men in their lives. The titled merry wives of this tale, Mistresses Page and Ford, quickly develop counter-plans to Falstaff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scheme and even teach their husbands a thing or two along the way. The centerpiece of this most successful production is Gainesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; effective casting of the three main leads: Greg Vinklerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sir John Falstaff, Lisa Bruneau as Mistress Page and Ora Jones as Mistress Ford.Vinkler, a recent veteran of the Falstaff part in previous seasonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; productions of the Henry IV plays, is comedically perfect in voice and manner. And although not all members of the cast were able to maintain the cadences and fluidity of the Shakespearean dialogue while acting in a broad, almost Mel Brooks-like farce style, many of these same performances are consistently funny and appropriate. Ross Lehman and Scott Jaeck are standouts as two of Windsorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most silly citizens, the cuckold husband Master Ford and pretentious French doctor Caius. This exceptional Chicago Shakespeare production of The Merry Wives of Windsor runs until Nov. 21 at Navy Pier on Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lakefront at 800 E. Grand Ave. buzz

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at Urbanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Krannert Center offers unusual riches in theater, some wonderful offerings in classical music, and selected miscellany that includes imported dance legends and jazz. The month begins and ends with with University of Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Theater Department offerings. As it is in Heaven by Arlene Hutton gives us a portrait of nine women in a Shaker community in Kentucky in 1838. This production will run on weekends in the Studio Theater through Oct. 10. Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s King Lear, with faculty member Henson Keys in the title role, will be featured in the Colwell Playhouse from Oct. 21 to Oct. 31 on weekends. Director Robert Anderson sets this timeless tragedy in post-World War II Europe. In between these two locally produced plays, Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Royal Court Theatre will visit on Oct. 7-9 and perform the U.S. premiere of Sarah Kaneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4.48 Psychosis. This poetic exploration of depression received rave reviews in London, but it is not recommended for children. If classical music is your form of entertainment, read carefully. Jerold Sienna,Tenor (on Oct. 23) and Nathan Gunn, Baritone

(on Oct. 3) will provide lovers of vocal music with outstanding evenings. Concerts by the Champaign-Urbana Symphony (Oct. 2), UI Philharmonia (Oct. 24), UI Wind Symphony and UI Symphonic Band (Oct. 24), UI New Music Ensemble (Oct. 28), and two concerts by the Sinfonia da Camera (Oct. 9 and Oct. 30), provide almost endless possibilities for the classical music listener. The Pacificia Quartet will perform its own chamber music concert on Oct. 10 and it return to perform with the Sinfonia da Camera on Oct. 30. Dance fans note that the great Ukrainian National Dance company will be at Krannert on Friday, Oct. 22 and note also that most dance programs, including this one, start at 7 p.m. instead of the usual 7:30 time slot. For more conventional music,The New York Festival of Song on Oct. 20-22 will feature the greatest of New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AfricanAmerican musical legacy from Harry T. Burleigh to Eubie Blake. If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just jazz you want, end the month with An Evening of Jazz with Chip McNeill on Oct. 31.

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artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corner Rachel Marie Smith is a bright and talented University of Illinois student. She plans to graduate in May and is fervently writing poetry until that day comes. If you see Rachel in the hallways of the University you cannot miss her because she wears a smile that is as bright and big as the future that she walks toward. What poet would you have dinner with?

I would take Langston out someplace nice. To see him smile in person, smell Mr. Hughes up close, I would listen to every piece of advice that man had to offer. Both his poetry and short stories express great insight on how this society deals with race. I am particularly drawn to his confrontation of the severe racism that infected the Christian churchâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;then and now. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to hear Langston tell me what provoked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goodbye Christâ&#x20AC;? out of him. How does one package pain into art? What is your inspiration?

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My relationship with Jesus Christâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not being a Christianâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not going to church and doing religious stuffâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; just me and Jesus. The security I find in God allows me to write about subjects that many authors avoid. I bring to God my imperfect figure, academic fears, relationship issues, even the snot in my nose. Jesus wants all of me. It gives me good reason to get up in the morning.

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"Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us." Roy Adzak

So, my name is Elisabeth Lim, and I’m in charge of what goes in the music section for Buzz each week. On occasion, I like to put together randomlythemed mix CDs for my friends as well as for strangers. I love receiving them too, like Matt’s “It’s cold outside” mix, made on Christmas day last year, and Joe’s “Missing Liz” mix he sent me while I was out of the country.These CDs are representative of people’s moods and their circumstantial musical tastes; they may or may not be very telling, but sometimes it’s a different way of categorizing a certain song that you might already know. I asked the Buzz music staff to think up an original theme and create a list of songs that would fit onto an 80-minute CD. Below me is Adam Obendorf ’s list. He’s the music section designer and in charge of how the section looks every week. Logan Moore, on the bottom, is one of the main music writers. He writes not only for the music section, but handles Sh!ts and Giggles and the Hurly Burly as well. On the following page are some of the writers for the music section. Now you can relate a face and themed playlist to the name you see at the top of an interview or review. If you have an interesting themed list of your own that you’d like to share with the community, send me an e-mail at music@readbuzz.com with “Playlist” as the subject line and we’ll print it. We’ll print one every week if we have space. Maybe. It depends on my mood.

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Songs for a road trip ... ADAM OBENDORF • MUSIC DESIGNER

Take your shoes off, turn on the cruise control and get comfortable ‘cause it’s gonna be a long, long ride. Road trips aren’t for everyone, but for a cheap bastard like me, it’s the only way to travel. Give me coffee, cigarettes and munchies and I’ll drive you to Denver for the weekend. Give me good music, and the possibilities are endless. Music is the backbone to any road trip, and although the radio is always an option, a quality mix CD can ease the pain of sitting in a cramped car for 18 straight hours. The factors in making this mix are endless, but for me, I try to stick to a simple formula. The songs can’t be too laid-back because I’ll fall asleep, and they can’t be too upbeat because I’ll waste energy that I’m gonna need in the last few hours.The final playlist will never end up like anyone else’s, but for me, this is what it’d look like if I left for Colorado tomorrow.

Songs to listen to when you’re slightly inebriated at 4:00 a.m. ... LOGAN MOORE • STAFF WRITER

I’ve found in my years of listening to music and hanging out with individuals who love music (not musicians, mind you, that privilege is for people much hipper than myself) certain rules apply. 1.) A person usually has a much deeper emotional connection to a song when they’re alone; 2.) The only reasonable thing to do if you’re pitifully drunk at 4:00 a.m. is throw on just such a song. Hence, both the nature of my playlist and the accusations by friends and loved ones that I’m slowly slipping into alcoholism. (Jokes, folks, nothing but jokes. I’ll do without the intervention, thank you.) I didn’t pick these songs in an attempt to make myself look cooler (contrary to popular belief, listening to Neil Young does not make you look suave, and enjoying Miles Davis makes you look like a damned yuppie) they are simply songs that I’ve lived a long time with and love very much. I tend to like a little bit of everything, save the obvious (contemporary country, Himalayan throat music). Just to clarify, my taste in music isn’t nearly as depressing as the songs to the left or the accompanying photograph would have you believe. It’s just part of a theme. And I do plan on getting my hair cut soon.

DAY OF THE DEAD EXHIBIT GIVES NEW LIFE TO MODERN HOLIDAY EMILY COTTERMAN • STAFF WRITER

1. TANGERINE - Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppel in III) 2. HEART OF GOLD Neil Young (Harvest) 3. DRY THE RAIN Beta Band (The Thr ee EPs) 4. HONEY PIE - The Beatles (White Alb um) 5. TRUCKIN’ - Gratef ul Dead (American Beauty) 6. WILD WORLD - Cat Stevens (Tea for Til lerman) 7. WALK ON THE WIL DSIDE - Lou Reed (Tr ansformer) 8. PYRAMID SONG Radiohead (Amnesiac ) 9. A HORSE WITH NO NAME - America (Am erica) 10. TURN THE PAGE - Bob Seger (Back in ’72) 11. BABA O’RILEY The Who (Who’s Nex t) 12. PSYCHO KILLER - Talking Heads (Ta lking Heads: 77) 13. OOH LA LA - The Faces (Ooh La La) 14. BOUNCIN’ ROUND THE ROOM - Phish (Ro und Room) 15. YELE - Wyclef Jean (The Carnival) 16. BOSS D.J. - Sub lime (Acoustic) 17. ROAD TRIPPIN’ Red Hot Chili Pepper s (Californication) 18. YOU DON’T KNOW HOW IT FEELS - Tom Petty (Wildflowers) Approximate runnin g time: 70 minutes

1. SUMMER BABE (Winter Version) - Pavement (Slanted and Enchanted) 2. MELLOW MY MIND - Neil Young (Tonight’s the Night) 3. MY LOVER’S PRAYER - Otis Redding (Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul) 4. JUST LIKE TOM THUMB’S BLUES - Bob Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited) 5. BRAND NEW LOVE - Sebadoh (Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock) 6. DIRT IN THE GROUND - Tom Waits (Bone Machine) 7. ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR - David Bowie (Low) 8. MEMORIES CAN’T WAIT - Talking Heads (Fear of Music) 9. SPIDERWEBBED - Tortoise (Tortoise) 10. CANDY SAYS - Velvet Underground (Velvet Underground) 11. MARQUEE MOON - Television (Marquee Moon) 12. SKYWAY - The Replacements (Pleased To Meet Me) 13. RED RIGHT ANKLE - The Decemberists (Her Majesty, The Decemberists) 14. WATERLOO SUNSET - The Kinks (Something Else by the Kinks) 15. LAST FAIR DEAL GONE DOWN - Robert Johnson (Cross Road Blues) 16. IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND - Miles Davis (Miles Davis Vol. 1)

he Day of the Dead won’t be celebrated for just three days, but several weeks this year, thanks to the Spurlock Museum’s new exhibit, debuting in mid-September. Beth Watkins, the exhibit’s coordinator, explains that the exhibit consists of a collection of artifacts from the UrbanaChampaign community along with a traveling exhibit from The Field Museum in collaboration with Mars, Incorporated. Spurlock’s “A Celebration of Souls: Day of the Dead in Southern Mexico” is a threemonth-long display coinciding with other events at the Verde Gallery, Champaign Public Library and Urbana Free Library, all on the same theme of Mexican- and LatinAmerican history and culture. The exhibit is a great mix of different aspects of Latino culture. All Field Museum pieces are large photographs depicting the timeline and events that occur during Day of the Dead festivals.

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There are pictures of families making food and decorations, tombstones adorned with flowers and candles, and interesting images of Day of the Dead shrines intertwined with Christian ornaments. The Urbana-Champaign artifacts were all borrowed from University staff and faculty, at least two of whom worked in Mexico. There is even a large traditional alter set up to commemorate the memories of loved ones from the community. However, the main theme is skeletons: skeletons driving cars, skeletons as children’s toys, even skeletons riding bicycles. All these hollow-eyed objects aren’t meant to be creepy, as typical Westerners would think; in Mexican folk art, skeletons have come to represent human beings.As Watkins explained, these elements of Mexican culture suggest that “death and life aren’t fixed opposites.” The best part of the exhibit is how accessible the pieces are for a variety of cultures. “We were excited about the opportunity to cover an aspect of Mexican culture that has relevance to both contemporary life and historical practices,”Watkins said. Even the explanatory notes about the pieces are written in English and Spanish, making the culture seem more palpable throughout the room.“We hope everyone who comes to the exhibit will get interested in learning more about the topics it addresses. We hope

visitors will think about their own ancestors and what it means to remember them and welcome them into their lives,”Watkins said. The museum also contains five standing galleries all pertaining to different parts of the world: Europe, Africa, parts of Asia and indigenous America.

The Spurlock Museum now features this exhibit from Latin America because it is an important aspect the museum lacked, said Kim Sheahan, special events coordinator. Sheahan wants the museum’s audience “to grow in appreciation of diverse cultures.” “We hope through (the exhibit) to bring in many first-time visitors and to strengthen our relationships with both campus and community Latino groups,” Watkins said. That wish might become reality. A spectator, Alisha Howell, said that she was intrigued. “I like how (the museum curators) incorporated art from the Field Museum because the Field is such a renowned museum.” Other students, like Rebecca Evans, became interested not only in the new exhibit, but the museum as a whole when told about the event. Other programs at the Spurlock include a lecture

by Dr. Gary Feinman from the Field Museum, focusing on his archeological findings from Oaxaca, Mexico, and how they relate to his contemporary theories on Day of the Dead.The lecture will occur on Oct. 13. Also, Latina storyteller Olga Loya will perform a storytelling concert focusing around Latin American culture on Oct. 29.The next day, a workshop entitled “Zeroing in on a Story” will be taught at the Spurlock’s Rowe Learning Center.This event is open especially for teachers, librarians and storytellers. “A Celebration of Souls: Day of the Dead in Southern Mexico” is on display during regular museum hours in the Focus Gallery until Dec. 30. Admission is free. buzz

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MS. JACKSON - Outkast (Stankonia) HAYLEY AND HOMER - Deerhoof (Apple O’) ZIGGY STARDUST - David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust) ry CHIEF INSPECTOR BLANCHEFLOWER - The Fiery Furnaces (Blueber Boat) 5. ALEC EIFFEL - Pixies (Trompe Le Monde) 6. ARNOLD LAYNE - Pink Floyd (Relics) 7. MRS. ROBINSON - Simon and Garfunkel (Bookends) 8. DR. CRASH - Yo La Tengo (Today is the Day EP) 9. DR. ROBERT - Beatles (Revolver) 10. MIKEY BASS - The Books (Thought for Food) 11. MAMA GINA - Shellac (1000 Hurts) 12. BROTHER JAMES - Sonic Youth (Confusion is Sex) 13. FLOYD THE BARBER - Nirvana (Bleach) Final 14. HAMBURGER LADY - Throbbing Gristle (DOA: The Third and Gristle) g Throbbin of Report 15. HENRY CLAY - Lake of Dracula (Lake of Dracula) Mask 16. ELLA GURU - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band (Trout Replica) 17. THE CHARLES C. LEARY - Devandra Banhart (Oh Me Oh My...) 18. DR. TROLL - Xiu Xiu (Knife Play) 19. UNCLE BILL - Seven Year Rabbit Cycle (Animal People) 20. GEORGIA LEE - Tom Waits (Mule Variations) 1. 2. 3. 4.

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Songs to break your heart ... IMRAN SIDDIQUEE • STAFF WRITER

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GUESS I!M DOING FINE - Beck (Sea Change) CLOSE YOUR EYES - Jump, Little Children (Magazine) NIGHTSWIMMING - R.E.M (Automatic for the People) I SEE A DARKNESS - Bonnie “Prince” Billy (I see a darkness) MAD WORLD - Gary Jules (Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets) STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA - Bruce Springsteen (Philadelphia OST) MISTRESS (piano version) - Red House Painters (Red House Painters 1) DISTRICT SLEEPS ALONE TONIGHT - Postal Service (Give Up) KATHY!S SONG - Simon And Garfunkel (Sounds of Silence) WHICH WILL - Nick Drake (Pink Moon) RED RIGHT ANKLE - The Decemberists (Her Majesty, The Decemberists) LA CIENGA JUST SMILED - Ryan Adams (Gold) FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT - Leonard Cohen (Songs of Love and Hate) PICTURES OF YOU - The Cure (Disintegration) AT MY WINDOW SAD AND LONELY (live solo) - Jeff Tweedy (Mermaid Avenue vol. 1) MOONSHINER - Bob Dylan (The Bootleg Series vol. 1-3) IT!S COOL WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDS - Bright Eyes (Tea at the Palace of Hoon: Disc 1) KING OF CARROT FLOWERS PT. 1 - Neutral Milk Hotel (In the Aeroplane Over the Sea) ATMOSPHERE - Joy Division (Substance)

Songs to keep you warm while waiting for the buses on particularly cold weekends ... CORNELIA BOONMAN • STAFF WRITER

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We are alone, outside the world is frozen and blanketed with snow, this is our classical winter deathbed ... DAVID SOUTHARD • STAFF WRITER

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GYORGY LIGETI - II Kyrie, Molto espressivo VIVALDI - Concerto No. 2 in G minor (Summer) BACH - Overture No. 3: Air STOCKHAUSEN - Stimmung: Model 18-23 GRIEG - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46: Aase!s Death THOMAS TALLIS - Spem in Alium, Arr. By Kronos LENINGRAD PHILAHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - Gayne Ballet Suite XENAKIS - Medea BEETHOVEN - Moonlight - Sonata STRAUSS - Neptune, the Mystic BRIAN ENO - Fullness of Wind (Variation on Pachelbel!s Canon in D Major)

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Music to write your own lyrics to ... SHADIE ELNASHAI • STAFF WRITER

1. STORM - Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven)- only the first 13:56 2. FIRST BREATH AFTER COMA - Explosions in the Sky (Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place) 3. MOGWAI FEAR SATAN - Mogwai (Young Team) 4. C’MON COMEON (Loose An Endless Longing) - A Silver Mt. Zion (Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward) 5. UNTITLED #8 - Sigur Ros (()) Approximate running time: 59 minutes

Songs that make me proud to live here ... TODD HUNTER • STAFF WRITER

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ALL BY MYSELF - Green Day (Dookie) PRAYER TO GOD - Shellac (1000 Hurts) ONE WAY OR ANOTHER - Blondie (Rockbird) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH - Diana Ross Ft. The Supremes (Ain’t No Mountain High Enough) SHIT, DAMN MOTHER FUCKER - D’Angelo (Brown Sugar) LILY (My One and Only) - Smashing Pumpkins (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness) CREEP - Radiohead (Pablo Honey) EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - The Police (Synchronicity) TAINTED LOVE - Soft Cell (Non Stop Erotic Cabaret) I WANT YOU TO WANT ME - Cheap Trick (In Color) FEMME FATALE - The Velvet Underground (The Velvet Underground & Nico) EVERYTHING REMINDS ME OF HER - Elliott Smith (Figure 8) UNTITLED - Interpol (Turn on The Bright Lights)

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Fearless - The Bravery (unreleased) Kill the Power - Snowden (The Snowden EP) As it Comes - The Alps (unreleased) How We Know - The Thermals (Fuckin A) Side Two - Sondre Lerche (Faces Down) Winterlong - The Pixies (Dig for Fire) The Crystal Lake - Grandaddy (Sophtware Slump) Shapes - The Long Winters (When I Pretend to Fall) London - Red Pony (unreleased) Subway Joe - Joe Bataan (Subway Joe/Gypsy Woman) Start a Fire - Radio 4 (Gotham) Burn Don’t Freeze - Sleater-Kinney (The Hot Rock) Huddle Formation - The Go! Team (Thunder, Lightning, Strike) Ain’t That a Groove - Hot Chocolate (Hot Chocolate) Ready to Die - The Unicorns (Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone) Take a Walk - Spoon (Girls Can Tell) Toss and Turn - Pedestrian (The Toss & Turn) Sin Taxi - Stephen Malkmus (Discretion Grove single) Warmer - Beulah (When Your Heartstrings Break)

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ever is there a greater convergence of our scene than in autumn for the Annual Great Cover Up, a charity event for which bands dress up and perform as other bands. Half the fun lies in the suspense and anticipation of who will do what. Ward Gollings of The Highdive has announced the bill for both nights of this 14th Annual Great Cover Up. Although subject to change, as always, here it is. Nov. 3:Temple of Low Men, Lorenzo Goetz, G. Lee & Jet Blonde, Nadafinga, Sick Day, Emotional Rec Club, and Kilborn Alley. Nov. 10: The Blackouts, Terminus Victor, Centaur, Salaryman, The Greedy Loves,Triple Whip, and The Invisible. Terminus Victor are back in town after a 16-show tour for the forthcoming album Under Surveillance.The tour peaked Sept. 24 at Quiet Storm in Pittsburgh, one night before Pittsburgh group Grain played here, and two nights before Hurricane Jeanne forced Terminus Victor to cancel in St. Augustine. The tour concluded Oct. 3 at Cowboy Monkey with an intense yet intimate eightsong set; new number “Arctic Living” left everyone spellbound playing over the state-ofthe-art sound system. Terminus Victor next perform Oct. 24 at The Highdive with Captured! by Robots and, at long last, Riddle of Steel. Also due to release an album early next year is synth-rock trio Relenter, whose last show

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was April 25 at TK Wendl’s.To reacquaint people with the music that comprises Through the Mirror, Relenter resume public performance with a free show at 10 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10, at Cowboy Monkey. Later, cover art for Through the Mirror debuts in the November/December issue of Innocent Words. Earlier that day are two fundraisers. At 5 p.m., The Canopy Club hosts a benefit for new parents Dennis Riggleman and Kimberly Shaw, whose home just burned to the ground. The lineup is Pariah, Alchymist, Maxlider, Slavereignation and Brother Embassy, back from a mini-tour of Texas. Cover is a suggested $6 donation, and prizes sponsored by local businesses will be raffled off. At 8 p.m., McKinley Foundation hosts a benefit by Sooz Kim (ex-Rodeo Girl Collective) and the Independent Media Center Shows Group on behalf of Books to Prisoners. The lineup is Resident Genius, Shipwreck and Finite Element, and cover is $5, or $4 for anyone who brings a book to donate. It is impossible to do more than scrape the surface of the concert schedule this week, much less this weekend. Friday at Cafe Paradiso, Poster Children dust off their equipment for “a bunch of songs we don’t usually perform live but have a common theme,” in promotion of the new EP, On the Offensive, and good old civic responsibility. The Greedy Loves open. Show time is 7 p.m., and cover is $6.The next night, Cafe Paradiso presents The After-School Special, a next-big-thing band which Seth Fein of Headlights booked while on tour in California. Doris Henson and

5 Questions with the Poster Children How has the Champaign music scene changed, evolved, stagnated or grown over the time you’ve been around? Rick: I think the scene has done all four: changed, evolved, stagnated and grown many times since we’ve been around. It’s always in a state of flux—there are good times and fallow times. Right now the scene is pretty exciting, it feels very 1989-ish. The one thing I don’t think many people realize is that the scene has always been pretty small, even during the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. A lot people OUTSIDE of town were interested in what was happening here. An evil scientist or genius superfan has transported the 2004 Poster Children back in time to one of your first shows in Allen Hall. You’ve got 20 minutes to talk with your former selves before coming back to Poster Children will be at Cafe Paradiso on Friday at 7 p.m. Cover is $6.

the 21st century. Whatever you say will affect the course of the band (Back To The Future style). What do you say? In this scenario, by the way, you could disguise yourselves so the younger yous do not know who they are (were?) really talking to. Remember, in Back To The Future Doc’s character was afraid that if someone from the past met him/herself in the future, the universe would cease to exist. Rick: I’d teach the young Poster Children a song called, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” and tell them to record it sometime around 1991 with Butch Vig. I’d also tell them to invest the band fund in as many shares of Microsoft as they could. Rose: Yes, but Rick, look at Nirvana now. Where are they? I’m all about longevity. We just interviewed Steve Albini on Radio Zero a couple of weeks ago. He said, “If the lights go on when I flip the switch, I feel like I’m a success. I’d tell my past self never to cut my hair before a show and maybe wear some lipstick on the stage once in a while. Your Web site has much more fan input than we’re used to seeing on a band’s site. What inspired you guys to put in forums, let people submit quotes and their own book recommendations? Rick: I’ll let Rose answer that one. Rose: A huge goal of our band has always been to inspire people to wake up—make their own art or music and take matters into their own hands. We’re not special, you can

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Todd J. Hunter hosts “WEFT Sessions” and “Champaign Local 901,” two hours of local music every Monday night at 10 p.m. on 90.1 FM. Send news to soundground@excite.com. compiled by steve kline do this too! It follows that we like to hear what our fans think, what they’re reading, writing, doing. We love interacting with people, either from the stage, off-stage or from the computer terminal. The Web site has always been a great way to do that. Our listserv is another way we interact; The Poster Children are almost never discussed on it. I’ve seen too many bands’ listservs die when they’re not touring anymore; ours stays alive because it’s got nothing to do with us. It’s just a great online community we founded. We write our music together because it’s better that way—we build a Web site with our fans because it’s better that way.

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When actress Mia Farrow was still a teenager, 59-year-old painter Salvador Dali asked her to dinner. As an appetizer, he served her butterfly wings on crackers. "They had almost no taste at all," Farrow told Gregg LaGambina in *Filter.* But she was nevertheless thrilled by the artfulness of the gesture. I expect you'll encounter a similar phenomenon in the coming week, Aries: an exotic treat that'll be rich in symbolism, though not particularly substantial. And that might be just what you need most.

TAU RU S

(April 20-May 20):

J. Edgar Hoover headed the FBI for almost 50 years. While many admired the way he transformed it from an amateurish collection of hacks into a formidable law enforcement agency, others regarded him as a paranoid control freak who gave police work a bad name. Even U.S. President Lyndon Johnson had a strong ambivalence towards the man. Asked by *The New York Times* why he didn't fire Hoover, Johnson replied, "It's probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in." Consider making that your motto in the coming week, Taurus. There may be persons in your life who will serve you better as problematic friends than unpredictable adversaries.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20):

Your passions renew you. They link you to the primal life force that some people call God and others refer to as kundalini. But when you get consumed in the numbing rhythms of the daily grind, you sometimes lose touch with your passions. I think that's dangerous. So how can you stay connected? That's exactly what you should be thinking about most in the coming weeks, Gemini. Here are a few suggestions to get you started: Pay close attention to every little thing that captivates your imagination. Be a connoisseur of the magic moments that light you up. Become an expert in knowing what excites you.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22):

A character you could justifiably call "Swamp Angel" will help you get down and dirty this week—and I mean "down and dirty" in the best sense. You're deep by nature, Cancerian, but you may have never been as deep as you're going to get in the next few weeks. Swamp Angel will be just one of several influences urging you to dive beyond your previous levels. By the way, I suspect that while you're exploring the depths, you'll encounter some paradoxical pleasures that aren't what they initially appear to be. To assist you in preparing for them, I'll tell you what I heard a little boy tell his father in a grocery store today: "I'm a monster, but I'm a good monster."

LEO

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We live in the Milky Way Galaxy, which is shaped like a pinwheel. Recently, astronomers were shocked and embarrassed when they realized that the pinwheel has a fifth arm, one more than

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they've always believed. It's not as if this extra appendage has been hard to spot: It's 77,000 light years long! "I was absolutely flabbergasted," astronomer Tom Dames told NewScientist.com. "The fifth arm was quite clearly seen in previous surveys but was never pointed out or given a name." I expect that a comparable discovery is about to unfold in your personal life, Leo. An important clue to your destiny--an open secret that has been "hiding" in plain view--will finally register on your awareness.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

The British are not renowned for their fine cuisine. In any ranking of the world's culinary traditions, theirs would be near the bottom. And yet the Brits are responsible for having created and propagated the Western world's single most popular food, the sandwich. In a comparable way, Virgo, I predict that you will soon succeed in an area where you have little credibility or status. Either that, or will you produce some anomalously great thing that you supposedly have no talent for.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

"Those who say spirituality has nothing to do with politics," declared Gandhi, "do not know what spirituality really means." What do you think he was driving at, Libra? I'll tell you what I think. Since he used the term "spirituality," not "religion," I surmise that he wasn't referring to belief systems like Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, or Islam. Rather, he was talking about being guided by love, seeking the highest good for as many people as possible, and opening one's heart to the interconnectedness of everything. *That* was the influence he wished to bring to politics. Your challenge in the coming weeks, should you choose to accept it, is this: Give your political opinions a makeover by infusing them with spirituality.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

This is a perfect time to brag about what you can't do and don't have. Why? Think of it as a way to neutralize any unsavory karma you may have accrued during outbreaks of excessive pride or hurtful arrogance in the past. As an example of how to proceed, I offer you the case of pop singer Enrique Iglesias. When asked by *The Sun,* a British newspaper, if he would consider being photographed nude for the cover of his future album, he said no. "I could actually have the smallest penis in the world," he explained. With that as your inspiration, Scorpio, get out there and start boasting in reverse.

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The seventeenth-century Pilgrims were religious dissidents at odds with the Church of England. Persecuted for their beliefs, some set sail for the New World in the Mayflower, seeking a sanctuary to practice their spiritual principles in peace. They sighted land after 66 days. A few of them wanted to cruise south along the coast to Virginia, where the English Crown had promised them a grant of land. But the majority overruled them in order to address the most pressing problem: They had run out of beer. And that's why the Pilgrims ended up settling on the first place they saw, the cold, rocky shore of what's now Massachusetts. Upon landing, they immediately built a brewery. This vignette is an apt metaphor for your near future, Aquarius. You, too, will be driven by idealism to seek a haven where you can more purely be yourself, but you will ultimately respond to pragmatic concerns as well.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20):

One of the poets who performed at the poetry slam I just saw described how she used a needle and thread to sew up the wound from her suicide attempt. It seems that a few minutes after she slashed her wrist, she changed her mind and decided she wanted to live. I don't foresee anything nearly as melodramatic happening in your life, Pisces, but I do worry about you sabotaging yourself and then regretting it. Now that you know you're susceptible to making that error, however, I hope you'll forestall it altogether. Love yourself wildly and take care of yourself fiercely in the coming days.

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Wrap your imagination around this innovation, if you can: a gaselectric hybrid SUV that's a luxury car but gets more than 40 miles per gallon and produces almost no smog-forming emissions. Lexus has created this marvel, and it'll go on sale in early 2005. I'm certainly not suggesting you should buy it, but I do think it's an apt symbol for the frame of mind you should cultivate in the coming weeks: lavish yet efficient; high-quality and responsible; richly expansive but smartly disciplined.

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According to "Harper's Index," many Americans believe that "politics and government are too complicated to understand." In fact, the average citizen thinks about politics just nine minutes a day. In my astrological opinion, Capricorn, your life should belie those statistics in the coming weeks. The future of your personal happiness will grow brighter if you deepen your understanding of the way government works. You will reap unexpected blessings from trying to affect the political process, whether it's on the local or national level. And what if you're not an American? My advice is the same. You may not have as much compensatory work to do as we Americans, but you will still benefit from intensifying your awareness of how your government impacts your destiny.

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“Soul Genius: The Black Power of the Arts” [Dr. Margaret Burroughs, a respected artist and poet, as well as the founder of such Chicago institutions as the South Side Community Art Center and the DuSable Museum of African-American History will be speaking on campus. She is also a founding member of the National Black Artists.] Krannert Art Museum Oct 8. 7pm Creation Art Studios [Open sessions to experiment with materials, techniques of drawing, painting, collage, assemblage art, ceramics and wheel throwing.] 1-5:30pm Mon–Thu, Sat. 1-4pm

ART EXHIBITS [ ON VIEW NOW ] Alchemy and Stones of Brittany: Sculptures and Encaustic Paintings by Toni Putnam. Verde Gallery, 17 E Taylor St, Champaign Mon-Sat 7am-10pm Marque Strickland [Mixed media drawings and paintings] Cafe Kopi Mon-Thu 7am-11pm, Fri-Sat 7am-12pm, Sun 11am-8pm “Original Watercolors and Pastels” [Artwork by Andy Gillis and Jeannine Bestoso on display. Both artists use a variety of experimental media] Aroma Cafe 7am-midnight every day “Featured Works XVIII: Art and Spirituality in the Medieval World” [Explores the sacred word, devotional objects and cultural interchange. Includes artwork from the major religious context within the Mediterranean region, like Medieval Europe, Byzantium and the Jadaic and Islamic traditions] Krannert Art Museum through Oct 24 Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm, $3 “Restoring Byzantium: The Kariye Camii in Istanbul and the Byzantine Institute Restoration” [Devoted to the restoration of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul, originally the church of Christ in the Chora Monastery] Krannert Center through Oct 10 Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2pm-5pm, donation $3 Steeple Gallery [by Gary Ingersol, including the Allerton Series, U of I Series and Unique Monticello Series] 102 E Lafayette St, Monticello. Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm. www.steeplegallery.com Larry Kanfer [Four galleries feature Larry Kanfer’s new pieces of the Midwest Prairie. Photographs from the University of Illinois, Upper Midwest, Coast to Coast and European Collections also included] 2503 S Neil, Champaign. Mon-Sat 10am-5:30pm, free www.kanfer.com Creation Art Studios Gallery [Original artwork by Jeannine Bestoso, Andy Gillis, Shoshanna Bauer, Amy Richardson and students of the studio.] 1102 E Washington, Urbana. Mon-Thu 1-5:30pm, Sat 1-4pm. www.creationartstudios.com

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The shows group at The Independent Media Center present Resident Genius from Springfield at the McKinley Foundation. They bring with them their brand of political indie-pop and DIY attitudes. They are in the process of recording their third EP, to be titled Accelerator. Up-and-coming locals Shipwreck open. They describe themselves as,”sub-aquatic alt. country and astro-punk”—whatever that means. They will potentially have copies of their EP, titled The Six Buttery Megahits, for sale at the show.

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Finite Element start the night off. Ben Hsieh of Openingbands.com.com says, “(Finite Element) is much like the ‘80s technology they allude to— clunky, confidently dated, organic.” This will be their first show with new percussionist, Aaron Hanson, of PSR and At Knifepoint fame. You can get $1 off cover with a book donation to the charity Books To Prisoners. Come out on Saturday at the McKinley Foundations at 8 p.m. | | | — Cassie Conner

sion of Heaven 17’s “We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thing” and X”s “The New World” (“Remember before, before we voted for what’s-his-name?”) balancing out XTC’s creepy “Complicated Game,” but the intended message is loud, clear and printed on the record’s back cover: Vote. The Poster Kids may have an unmistakably leftist leaning, but most of Offensive’s paranoia centers around a public that lets others think for them. All the band really wants to make case for personal responsibility; On The Offensive’s power comes from skipping the standard opening arguments and, instead, citing some serious precedent.

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ASSEMBLY HALL | First & Florida, Champaign 333-5000 AMERICAN LEGION POST 24 | 705 W Bloomington, Champaign 356-5144 AMERICAN LEGION POST 71 | 107 N Broadway, Urbana 367-3121 BARFLY | 120 N Neil, Champaign 352-9756 BOLTINI LOUNGE | 211 N Neil, Champaign 378-8001 BOARDMAN’S ART THEATER | 126 W Church, Champaign 351-0068 THE BRASS RAIL | 15 E University, Champaign 352-7512 THE CANOPY CLUB (GARDEN GRILL) | 708 S Goodwin, Urbana 367-3140 CHANNING-MURRAY FOUNDATION | 1209 W Oregon, Urbana COSMOPOLITAN CLUB | 307 E John, Champaign 367-3079 COURTYARD CAFE | Illini Union, 1401 W Green, Urbana 333-4666 COWBOY MONKEY | 6 Taylor, Champaign 398-2688 CURTIS ORCHARD | 3902 S Duncan, Champaign 359-5565 D.R. DIGGERS | 604 S Country Fair, Champaign 356-0888 ELMER’S CLUB 45 | 3525 N Cunningham, Urbana 344-3101 EMBASSY TAVERN & GRILL | 114 S Race, Urbana 384-9526 ESQUIRE LOUNGE | 106 N Walnut, Champaign 398-5858 FALLON’S ICE HOUSE | 703 N Prospect, Champaign 398-5760 FAT CITY SALOON | 505 S Chestnut, Champaign 356-7100 THE GREAT IMPASTA | 114 W Church, Champaign 359-7377 G.T.’S WESTERN BOWL | Francis, Champaign 359-1678 THE HIGHDIVE | 51 Main, Champaign 359-4444 HUBER’S | 1312 W Church, Champaign 352-0606 ILLINOIS DISCIPLES FOUNDATION | 610 E Springfield, Champaign 352-8721 INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER | 218 W Main, Urbana 344-8820 THE IRON POST | 120 S Race, Urbana 337-7678 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

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Good ol’ 2004 will likely be remembered as an election year’s election year, one of the most intensely divisive periods of popular American political discourse—by indie and punk bands, anyway. All-star anti-Bush compilations are dropping from skies as diverse as the pop-punkers at Fat Wreck Chords (the Rock Against Bush series) and the lit hipsterati at McSweeney’s (Future Soundtrack for America, with MoveOn.org), all united in the cause of removing Dubya from office. Underground rock music hasn’t seen this kind of single-minded devotion to politics since the Dead Kennedys-commentated Reagan years. The Poster Children, unlike many of their younger political counterparts, are old enough to actually remember the music of the Reagan administration and, acutely, to know that things haven’t changed much in the last two decades. On The Offensive, the band’s EP of old-school punk and post-punk covers, follows through on this thesis. Each track on the six-song collection has been recontextualized, hand-picked for its timely timelessness, and the resulting record does an admirable job of bringing a few forgotten protest songs back to the future. For their part, the song choices on Offensive are uniformly inspired. Thanks to the early-’80s source material, the political picture being painted here is paranoid and bitter; for many of the bands covered, there was honest desperation behind each riff, an underlying fear that the Poster Kids exploit. Lyrically, the Clash’s “Clampdown” (“Let fury have the hour, anger can be power/D’you know that you can use it?”) and Fear’s incendiary “Let’s Have A War” (“Let’s have a war/So we can go and die!”) are as relevant as ever and the band knows it—on “Clampdown,” otherwise notable for bassist Rose Marshack’s first solo take on the mic, singer/guitarist Rick Valentin warps the lyrics to angrily call out Washington, and the change sounds entirely natural. Offensive’s mood vacillates between paranoia and satire, with a de-Reaganized vers o u n d s

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With the release of their third album, Tokyo’s Mono establish their uncompromising vision of what post-rock should sound like. The band’s members have audibly matured, but retain their youthful perspective and energy, which endows this triumphant record with a passionate aggression. Much of the sound is disturbing, sometimes even ugly, especially when delving into noiserock. But the morbid undertones are contrasted and complemented by lush symphonic ambience. Mono frequently toy around with the potential of severe dynamic contrast. Rather than simply beat out a constant sonic onslaught and subsequently overload, there is room for reflection and recuperation. Thus the band imposes somewhat of a traditional structure onto their compositions, as opposed to a purely linear evolution. For instance, “Halcyon (Beautiful Days)” doesn’t so much build into a climax as suddenly shift into one, with a triumphant and emphatic crescendo that is celebratory and uplifting. Within the portions of serenity, there is the same reference to traditional Japanese music as was present on their previous works. By filtering these influences through contemporary synthesis and instrumentation, their artifice is dissipated, and instead one finds the some of the most striking imagery. So adept is the band at evoking semantic connotations from their music that the mood is frequently cinematic. Both “16.12” and “Mere Your Pathetique Light” combine the familiar distorted droning with poetic string arrangements. Heard together the atmospheric sea tones and rapidly evolving melodies create a very vivid picture. Further into Walking Cloud Mono continues a descent into the downbeat, as it reveals an oftentimes extremely dark interpretation of the genre. But the scale of what they attempt is ambitious, the sheer magnitude making it fazing and hypnotic. During “Lost Snow” the onset of the drums arrives like some sort of spectacular thunder, as the instruments frenziedly clash and compete before finally subsiding, leaving the listener exhausted and amazed. Legendary producer Steve Albini (Nirvana, The Pixies) worked on this album, which partially explains Mono’s sudden amelioration. But in experimenting with post-rock, Mono has satisfied the potential that earned them a position as label-mates to Explosions in the Sky. By all accounts this album is extremely impressive, making the prospect of Mono’s continuing output an extremely exciting one. Mono play with Fly Pan Am and Timeout Drawer at the Empty Bottle in Chicago for $8 on Tuesday Oct. 12.

Jean Grae This Week Babygrande Records BY ROSALYN YATES

Jean Grae definitely knew what she was doing when she named herself after the telekinetic XMen heroine. Though it’s doubtful that she can read minds, she proves her ability to infect them with her second release from Babygrande Records, This Week. One listen to this album and you wonder why a major label hasn’t snatched this woman up. With lyrics that paint vivid pictures using creative metaphors and a flow swift enough to rival hip hop’s best, Grae (born Tsidi Ibrahim) has the ingredients to success in her possession. But if video killed the radio star, commercialism prevents its resurrection, and there will be a revolution before big business takes a chance on a product that can’t be plugged into its formula. Yet Grae doesn’t allow industry politics to quell her passion. “Will she back out ever?/Put the mic down? Never” she says on “Watch Me,” a song where she proclaims her lyrical skill while letting her listeners know that she’s in it for the long run. What could be construed as arrogant rhetoric to the inattentive ears is the testimony of a survivor—the story of many struggling independents, only with a different name. Bonus track “Don’t Rush Me”—produced by the acclaimed 9th Wonder—has a similar mood, but the content refers to evolution of a more personal nature. Grae knows who she is as a person, and she requests all outsiders to step aside while she comes into her being. In a rap culture filled with songs rooted in vanity and material wealth, it is refreshing to hear from an artist in tune with self and issues that affect everyone locked outside the world of bling. What keeps This Week from reaching its apex are unnecessary skits and dialogue that appear between certain songs. They are the speed bumps disrupting a smooth ride and are more annoying than they are helpful. The song “Style Wars” is another addition that could’ve been removed from the sequence. Another ode to lyrical dexterity, it is more aggressive with its use of foul language and violence. Whether its purpose is to show a harder side of Grae is unknown, but all she needs is poetry to prove her strength. A resident New Yorker by way of South Africa, Jean Grae is a true emcee among ordinary rappers. This Week is a solid platform from which to build a decent base. Let’s hope the troops are listening.

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Live Music U of I Jazz Combo The Iron Post 7pm, TBA Acoustic Music Series: Joni Laurence, Elsinore Aroma Cafe 8pm, free Mae, Hidden in Plain View, Action-Action, Yellow Second Courtyard Cafe 8pm, $9 public, $7 UIUC students Caleb Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm-1am, free Eclectic Theory White Horse Inn 9:30pm, free Hippus Campus Zorba’s 9:30pm, $3 DJ DJ Resonate [hip hop, house] The Highdive 9:30pm, free DJ J-Phlip Barfly 10pm, free DJ Raphael Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free Passport [salsa, reggae, hip hop] Nargile 10pm, TBA DJ Bozak Boltini 10:30pm, free

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Live Music Roger Clair [acoustic] Cowboy Monkey 5pm, free Boneyard Jazz Quintet The Iron Post 5-7pm, free Billy Galt Tommy G’s 5pm, free Pocket Big Band [jazz] The Highdive 5:30pm, $3 Poster Children, The Greedy Loves Cafe Paradiso 7pm, $6 G. Lee, J. Scott Franklin Borders 8pm, free

Brown Eyed Deception, The Junior Varsity, The Beta Factor, Race the Sun, Blame Twilight Courtyard Cafe 8:30pm, $5 Rich Robinson, TBA The Canopy Club 9pm, $7 Dayna Kurtz The Iron Post 9pm, TBA Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm-1am, $1 Green St. Records Showcase: Eclectic Theory, Elsinore, Doxy Nargile 9:30pm, $5 Albert Flasher Tommy G’s 10pm, $3 DJ Onda Tropicale with DJ Mambo Italiano [reggae, island, world lounge] Cowboy Monkey 9:30pm, free DJ Bozak Barfly 10pm, free DJ Lil Big Bass Boltini 10pm, $5 DJ Tim Williams [dance] The Highdive 10pm, $5

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Live Music The After-School Special, Doris Henson, Roma 79 Cafe Paradiso 9pm, $4

G. Lee Corkscrew Wine Emporium 8pm, free The Noisy Gators Hubers 8pm, donations Desafinado Pages For All Ages 8pm, free Trippin’ Billies [Dave Matthews Band tribute band] The Canopy Club 9pm, TBA Green Mountain Grass The Iron Post 9pm, TBA Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm-1am, $1 Blues Deacons Cowboy Monkey 10pm, $3 Rob McColley, Waiting Room, Green Light Go Mike ‘n Molly’s 10pm, TBA Crazy Johnny and The Saloonatics Tommy G’s 10pm, $2 DJ DJ Resonate Barfly 10pm, free DJ Limbs Boltini 10pm, free DJ Bozak Nargile 10pm, free DJ Tim Williams [dance] The Highdive 10pm, $5

Karaoke “G” Force Karaoke Sappy’s on Devenshire 9pm-midnight, free

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Live Music Jazz Jam with Paradocs The Iron Post 7-10pm, TBA Resident Genius, Shipwreck, Finite Element McKinley Foundation 8pm, $5 Crystal River Rose Bowl Tavern 8:30pm-12:30am, free Open Mic with host Larry Gates White Horse Inn 9:30pm, free DJ DJ Carlos Barfly 10pm, free DJ Bozak Boltini 10:30pm, free Karaoke “G” Force Karaoke Wendl’s TBA, free

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Live Music Jaded Kayne, TBA The Canopy Club 9pm, $2 if under 21, free if over 21 Dave & Steve White Horse Inn 9:30pm, free

Open Mic Night with Brandon T. Washington Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free MC Battle Round 2 Nargile 10pm, TBA The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Band Virginia Theatre 7:30 PM, $12 adults; $10 seniors; $5 children

Adam Wolfe’s Acoustic Night with Jess Greenlee Tommy G’s 10pm, free DJ Irish DJ Mike ‘n Molly’s 5pm, free DJ Sophisto Barfly 10pm, free 2ON2OUT [rock] Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free DJ Hoff Mike ‘n Molly’s 10pm, $1 NOX: DJ ZoZo [goth and industrial] The Highdive 10pm, $2 DJ Lil Big Bass Boltini 10:30pm, free

DJ DJ Delayney Barfly 10pm, free DJ Betty Rocker Mike ‘n Molly’s 10pm, $1 DJ Bozak Boltini 10:30pm, free Music Performance Community Drum Circle Ten Thousand Villages 7-9pm, free

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DJ Hard Pore Korn Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm-1am, free Salsa Night with DJ Bris [salsa, mambo, bachata] Cowboy Monkey 9:30pm, free Chef Ra Barfly 10pm, free DJ Boardwalk [Joel Spencer] Mike ‘n Molly’s 10pm, $1 DJ Limbs Boltini 10:30pm, free Karaoke Outlaw Karaoke White Horse Inn 9:30pm, free Liquid Courage Karaoke Geovanti’s 10pm-2am, free

Karaoke “G” Force Karaoke Neil St. Pub 8pm-midnight, free

Deadlines Mediation training application Office for Student Conflict Resolution 20 hours from Oct. 20-22, free Apply at: http://www.conflictresolution.uiuc.edu/m ediation/training.asp

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Live Music Open Mic/Open Jam hosted by Brandon T. Washington featuring ****emerging from Van Doors The Canopy Club 9pm, $2 if under 21, free if over 21 Crystal River Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm-1am, free Triple Whip, The Skates (ex-Books on Tape) Nargile 10pm, $5

Wednesday, Oct. 13

Live Music Punk benefit show: No!, Placenta Garden, Distort, TBA Red Herring 8pm, $5 Kilborn Alley [blues] Tommy G’s 9pm, free Apollo Project [trip hop] Nargile 10pm, free

Seminars “Engineering Optical Performance at the Nanoscale: Quantum Dots Photonic Crystal Resonators” B02 Coordinated Science Laboratory 4pm, free

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Veteran local rockers Poster Children find time in their busy schedule to play a show at Cafe Paradiso on Friday. They have had a lot on their plate lately. They just released On the Offensive, a five-song EP of covers of political songs originally written by the likes of bands such as Husker Du and The Clash. Their long-running online radio show, Radio Zero, has recently started being broadcast over the airwaves on WPGU 107.1 on Sunday nights at 10 p.m. This should prove to be the most accessible show they have played in Champaign-Urbana this year. Their last show at Band Jam in early May was plagued by rain and low temperatures and their show prior to that resulted in many people being turned away at the door because the venue’s capacity had been reached. The Greedy Loves are also certainly not strangers to the Champaign-Urbana music scene. This is a band comprised of people who have been making significant contributions to music for years. Charlie Dold, on vocals and guitar for The Greedy Loves, is known for his solo work and his membership in Milo back in the day. Don Gerard, on bass, has also done work with Moon Seven Times and June and the Exit Wounds. Terry Wathen, on drums, has pounded the skins for Bad Examples and Kent Whitesell, was in Outnumbered, and has also received production/engineering credits for Absinthe Blind, Hum and Menthol. They describe their sound as “edgy, power pop-punk, hook-laden guitar rock a la the Replacements, Archers of Loaf, Guided By Voices and Weezer.” Don’t be late for this show, with the early start time of 7 p.m. at Cafe Paradiso on Friday, Oct. 8. $6 cover. — Cassie Conner

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Open Mic Night with Brandon T. Washington Cowboy Monkey 10pm, free MC Battle Round 2 Nargile 10pm, TBA The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Band Virginia Theatre 7:30 PM, $12 adults; $10 seniors; $5 children

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