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INTRO

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

AROUND TOWN Run like the Windy City • Tim Peters q + a with Gabriel Lopez-Walle Mendoza Life Line • Seth Fein

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Jason Molina ignites Magnolia Electric Co. • Joe Martin Explosions In The Sky • Shadie Elnashai Blonde Redhead re-emerges with Misery • Elisabeth Lim Sound Ground #48 • Todd J. Hunter The Magnolia Electric Co. review • Joe Martin Son, Ambulance review • Shadie Elnashai High Street Orchestra review • Rosalyn Yates

MAIN EVENT Free Will Astrology Bob ‘n Dave • David King Jonesin’ Crosswords • Matt Gaffney

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT Showtime at the Apollo • Teresa A. Sewell Mapping out the Mango Black Moon • Nik Gallicchio Th(ink) • Keef Knight Life in Hell • Matt Groening Artist Corner with Moon Essence Designs

WINE + DINE Wine and Food A to Z • Amanda Kolling

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‘92 Grand Am 86,700 miles. $750 or best offer. 708-828-5338.

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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

1703 Georgetown, C. $650. 2 BR, 1.5 bath, C/A, fireplace, appliances, garage. 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

Furnished/Unfurnished Models Wanted! Earn extra money - $200-500 per shoot. It’s easy. Prefer female models and couples, 18+, wanted for local, half-day shoots. Must be comfortable in front of the camera. Contact Scarlet or John (217) 3698 4 8 8 . www.cyberslateproductions.com

1 bedroom lofts $497 2 bedrooms $545 3 bedrooms $650 4 bedrooms $1000 Campus, parking. Fall 04, 367-6626

Available Now. 2 bedroom on campus. $550 per month. 367-6626. BEST VALUE 1 BR. loft from $480. 1 Br. $370 2 BR. $470 3 BR. $750 4 BR $755 Campus. 367-6626.

Secretarial/Accounting, part-time positons needed. Send info by email moh@sharabash.com.

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Child Care Teacher The Caring Place, a child care facility associated with Carle Foundation is now accepting applications for full and part time head teachers, assistant teachers, and/or substitute teachers. High school diploma or GED with day care experience required for assistants. Preferred candidates will possess course work in Early Childhood Studies.

1005 S. SECOND, C Efficiencies, 3 & 4 bedroom penthouse. Fall 2005. Secured building. Private parking. Laundry on site, ethernet available. Phone 3523182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

The Caring Place offers competitive salary and an excellent benefit package. If you are interested in working in a rewarding and caring atmosphere for both teachers and children, please apply in person or send a resume to:

1006 S. 3RD, C. Aug 2005. 1, 2, & 3 bedrooms. Location, location. Covered parking & laundry, furnished & patios, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

THE CARING PLACE 809 W. Park Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 383-3277 EOE

104 E. ARMORY Fall 2005 Location!! 3, 4 bedroom, 2 bath www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

Dallas & Co. Seasonal Positon. Friendly sales in costume/party shop. Appy in person. 101 E University, C. $250 to $500 a week Will train to work at home Helping the U.S. Government file HUD/ FHA mortgage refunds No experience necessary Call Toll Free 1-866-537-2907

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Looking for 4 good tickets to the Illinois-Michigan game. All four together or two and two. Please email Paul at plegere@deloitte.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 509 E. Clark 1 block from Beckman. Large Efficiency. Parking. Security doors. Fall. Internet ready. NEW RENOVATIONS! 377-5971

207- 211 JOHN Fall 2005 Prime Campus Location 2, 3, & 4 Bedrooms Phone 352-3182 THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

307 & 310 E. White 307 & 309 Clark Fall 2005 Large studio, double closet, well furnished. www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

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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

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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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

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Unfurnished 1 and 2 BR apartments. $300-590. Some paid utilities. 398-5125.

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

wanna sublet that apartment, find your band a decent drummer, or lose that 1984 dodge caravan?

211 EUREKA Champaign 61820 2 bedrooms all wood floors, ceramic tile bath, free parking. $500 per month. Available Nov 1st.

800 W. CHURCH, C.

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

GREAT VALUE

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

306-308-309 White August 2005. 1 & 3 Bedroom furnished apts. Balconies, patios, laundry, dishwashers, off-street parking, ethernet available. 352-3182, 8411996, 309 S. First. 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

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

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

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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DIRECTORY FOR MIND,BODY,SPIRIT IN C-U AND SURROUNDING AREA Winter 2004 biannual issue Deadline for submissions: November 5, 2004

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Now available, newly remodeled 2 BR. Centrally located near shopping/transportation. Onsite laundry, parking included. $425/mo. 217-352-8540 217-355-4608 pm/wknd www.faronproperties.com

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3RD AND DANIEL 4 Bdrm penthouse apt. 1 roommate needed for Spring semester. Furnished, lofted double beds, balcony. $550/mo. Call (508)561-9476.

Other Rentals 500 HOUSES

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2 bedroom and 7 bedroom house on campus for Fall 2004. 367-6626.

204 N Lincoln 4 bedroom on campus. W/D, central air, fireplace. Furnished. 687-2755 or 369-0288.

ROOMMATE WANTED 550 Female student to share house with pets. $375 + utilities. Leave message at 365-9189.

Male, non-smoking, share house with owner, often away. W/D. On direct bus route to University. $450/month. Dave (217) 369-3634.

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Band with big future seeks lead guitarist. We dig Franz Ferdinand, Modest Mouse, The Rapture, Radiohead, and The White Stripes. MUST BE OPEN TO TOURING. Call Mark (217) 621-5919.

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3 Stars Kim Basinger & Chris Evans Cellular is one of the few action films one can see today without feeling like they were “Bruckheimerized” 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

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Last Weeks Movie: The Cable Guy

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“The Tripple Lindy”

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 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

3.5 stars 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 LADDER 49 1 star John Travolta & Joaquin Phoenix 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 of why we should be thankful to those brave men and women in the black and yellow coats.(Devon Sharma) Now showing at Beverly & Savoy SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW 3 stars

The winner will recieve 2 free movie passes to Boardman’s Art Theater Email your responses to: promo@readbuzz.com

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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Will Smith & Jack Black If a whale gobbled up Finding Nemo and Shrek, chewed ‘em for a while and then spit ‘em out onto a big screen, it would look a lot like Shark Tale. It’s the classic kid-movie conflict of ambition versus honesty, presented through a weakwilled character who has to learn that friends and family are more impor tant than fame and for tune. It’s completely lacking in sincerity, and a kids’ movie that promotes graffiti and hip-hop indulgence to young viewers really does belong on the bottom of the ocean. (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

Fresh flicks opening this weekend

GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE Akio Otsuka & Atsuko Tnaka The year is 2032. Bateau is a cyborg detective for Public Security Section 9, an anti-terrorist unit. The crime: a female robot created for sex has killed her owner. Hmm, a violent sex robot, eh? Bateau still has par ts of a human brain, and he struggles with his feelings and his job on this case as he recalls a woman he used to love. His sparse memories are all that remain in him—a ghost of a man seeking to retain his humanity. Oh, and it’s an anime flick playing only at Boardman’s. (Paul Wagner) Opening at Boardman’s Art Theatre SHALL WE DANCE? Richard Gere & Jennifer Lopez Gere is frustrated in his life. He’s over worked and can’t handle his accounting job. Lopez is a hot dance instructor. Solution? Gere signs up for her dance class. What happens next is a glorious coincidence. Gere is a natural! The ballroom dancing could be the solution to both his life AND his troubled marriage. I think a couple of hours a week with J-Lo will help lots of marriages. (Paul Wagner) Opening this weekend

TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE Trey Parker and Matt Stone Think puppets. Think South Park. Think puppet sex. Think puppets ending terrorism and killing celebrities. Think hilarious parody. Put them all together and you get this film. Who doesn’t want to see puppets kicking ass and having sex? Especially when they’re voiced by the brilliant creators of South Park. (Paul Wagner) Opening this weekend

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SHARK TALE 3.5 stars

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MARISSA MONSON • EDITOR IN CHIEF

resident George Bush Sr. once uttered the pledge “Read my lips, no new taxes.” Inevitably, just one week ago, Senator John Kerry made the same pledge to the majority of the country at the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis. A pledge he, too, will inevitably break, if elected. Education, health care and the state of the economy rank among the top issues on the minds of voters for the upcoming election. And unavoidably, when the issue of the economy is brought up in debates and campaign speeches, the word taxes soon follows. But the sentiment among voters concerning taxes doesn’t coincide with the desire to better the education system or health care in our country. In fact, the sentiment expressed is the opposite. No more taxes means no more money allocated for the issues that voters consider key, such as education, health care and balancing the budget.

So, in essence, when voters like the young man in St. Louis who asked Senator Kerry to vow to the American public that if he were elected he would not raise taxes for citizens making less than $200,000 a year, he is setting up the future president (whether Bush or Kerry) to fail, just as Bush Sr. did when he made the no new taxes promise that he eventually broke. It only works one way or the other. To admit during an election that the only way to achieve universal health care, better facilities and resources for inner city and rural schools, and a balanced budget is to raise taxes would be political suicide. No one would vote for a presidential candidate vowing to raise taxes. Ask Walter Mondale, that was his platform against Ronald Reagan in the 1984 election, and he lost, big time. To ask the candidates to make the country better, we must expect to give a little of our own funds. If we aren’t willing to sacrifice that, then our health care and education system will continue to deteriorate.

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• we stand corrected • Buzz regrets the error printed in the Around Town eavesdropping story in the Oct. 7 issue. The full quote reads: Maria Thompson said she thinks the broadcast of Citizen Watch will help the community to understand the purpose and goals of VEYA and that “it just wasn’t about the eavesdropping.”The next broadcast will be on Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m.

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Bring donations to any PGU Pregame tailgate party at 1st and Kirby starting 2 hours before every home football game. If you know someone in the armed forces that you specifically want to send something to, contact the station at 244-1071.

Buzz apologizes to Maria Thompson and our readers for our mistake.

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essentially said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Goodbye musician, hello teenybopper star.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; It was very frustrating.â&#x20AC;? The Beckenham, England, native started playing guitar as a child and was lead guitarist and singer in the British pop group The Herd by the age of 16. He formed Humble Pie with singer and guitarist Steve Marriott before moving on to his â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s solo career. Framptonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career began to slide in the 1980s until an invitation from friend and fellow rocker David Bowie to play lead guitar on his 1987 world tour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I owe David a lot,â&#x20AC;? Frampton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He reintroduced me to the world as a guitar player, not an image.â&#x20AC;? He started playing small clubs and amphitheaters after that, and has released several CDs in recent years, including a remastered version of Frampton Comes Alive! Frampton moved to Cincinnati four years ago with his wife, Tina, and their 8-year-old daughter to be closer to his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family is whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most important,â&#x20AC;? said Frampton, whose family also includes his son and daughter and his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter from pre-

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sider using radio-frequency ID chips in their state driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; licenses. The chips, known as RIFD chips, would store detailed personal information about their owner and his or her whereabouts. Ah, Virginia is for lovers ... and Orwellian plots that will lead to the eventual erosion of all civil liberties. The U.S. House has approved $9 million for electric barriers to surround the Great Lakes in order to prevent Asian carp from entering them, which could devastate the lakesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ecosystem. The Asian carp is the nonindigenous fish known for growing up to 150 pounds, eating four times its body weight each day and famously being able to crawl short distances on land. Asian carp: the drunken, stumbling party crashers of the animal kingdom. The Target corporation wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow Salvation Army bell-ringers outside its stores this holiday season, citing that they opened the door to numerous requests from other not-for-profit organizations to solicit outside their stores. Cause, yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;know, after a Christmas bonus equivalent to Luxembourgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GDP, most Target CEOs wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be too pissed about being placed on Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;bad list.â&#x20AC;? The Afghan elections over the weekend were somewhat marred by controversy with most of the presidential candidates

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n the grand tradition of the Great American Football Drama comes Friday Night Lights, an inspirational tale of a team of underdogs who must bind together to face an insurmountable task and overcome, etc. In many ways, this sports movie simply repeats its seminal classic predecessors: it clumsily explores racial issues as Remember the Titans did before it, like Varsity Blues it is set in a small town in Texas with football on the brain, and it mimics Any Given Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unflinching depiction of brutality on and off the field. Set in Odessa,Texas, in 1988, this adaptation of H.G. Bissingerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book tells of the Permian Panthers, upon whom the entire townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aspirations rest. In Odessa, footballers are treated like celebrities, complete with passers-by stopping to take pictures with them. Enthusiasts call up radio talk shows to complain that â&#x20AC;&#x153;theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing too much learning in those schools.â&#x20AC;? Meanwhile,

RAISE YOUR VOICE This poor attempt at a film introduces us to Terri Fletcher (Hilary Duff) while she is singing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joy to the Worldâ&#x20AC;? during choir practice. Unfortunately, this film will only bring joy to anyone once itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s off the big screen and in the fire. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unoriginal, unconvincing and lacks any memorable quotes or events that could keep it in your mind for more than a few days. Raise Your Voice is a clone of Coyote Ugly without the supermodels or the passion. Writers Mitch Rotter (story) and Sam Schreiber (screenplay) made a valiant initial attempt with this flick. However, if they plan to write again, they have to create some original situations. Even an infrequent moviegoer can connect nearly every moment in this movie to another film. The audience doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel much for the characters because the story is tired and old. This movie was supposed to be a showcase of Hilary Duff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s singing and acting talents. When asked in a recent interview if she could choose between an Oscar or a Grammy, she replied that it was too tough to choose between the two. If this is the best she has to offer, Duff will never see either one. Her voice is not good enough to land her in the best music academy in the United States, making the whole scenario unbelievable as she gives an acting performance that leaves the audis o u n d s

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running against U.S.-backed interim president Hamid Karzai, calling for vote nullification based on alleged voting irregularities. Chief among them was ink, used to prevent multiple voting, that was easily rubbed off the hands of voters. Reports that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;disappearing inkâ&#x20AC;? was just a lighthearted prank by Paul Bremer remain unconfirmed.

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Coach Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton) Admittedly, the score by Texas post-rockers has to withstand tactical advice from mid- Explosions in the Sky is suitably rousing dle-aged housewives in the knowledge that and hugely improves each and every scene losing means his front lawn will be peppered that it touches. Friday Night Lights also succeeds in exposby â&#x20AC;&#x153;For Saleâ&#x20AC;? signs. The territory is all too familiar, for even ing the insane pressure high school athletes So many though it may be a true storyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with the can be exposed to.The stakes are dispropor- cliches, exception of embellishments, exaggerations tionally high, with a perpetuated notion that archetypes and a few other detailsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so many cliches, their 15 minutes of fame on the field will and contrived archetypes and contrived devices are present become the only memory worth clinging devices are that it is only mildly engaging. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to. Ultimately, the inhumane, remorselessly present that Boobie Miles (Derek Luke), the cocky run- cutthroat approach accomplishes only one the film is ning back who gets a comeuppance of sorts, thing: to eliminate any joy in the game. only mildly Mike Winchell (the emerging Lucas Black), Apart from that sobering side-note, this is engaging. who fulfills the role of conflicted adolescent merely a solid sports movie that makes you and quarterback, and Don Billingsley wish Berg hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t played it safe. (Garrett Hedlund), who has to deal with an abusive former footballer father (played impressively by country singer Tim McGraw). A brief look at Bergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s filmography suggests that this would either be inspired and edgy (Very Bad Things) or mainstream but watchable (The Rundown). Friday Night Lights falls very comfortably into the latter. Some effective color-washed handheld shots are undermined by overkill editing straight out of Jerry Bruckheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School of Cross-Cutting. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS â&#x20AC;˘ JAY HERNANDEZ, LUCAS BLACK, GARRETT HEDLUND UNIVERSAL PICTURES

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ence unsympathetic to her plight. The plot consists of Duff trying to become a young singer. On the day of her brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduation, they sneak off to a concert and, on the way back, get into an accident. The rest of the movie consists of Duff trying to cope with her loss while journeying to Los Angeles for music school without her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knowledge. She runs into the usual problems with summer love and moving into a new environment, only to have everything work out until her dad realizes she is in L.A. She then has to deal with her dad during the big end of summer music concert. You can guess the rest. The saving grace for this movie is the supporting cast, and they only do enough to make the film bearable. Johnny Lewis gives the most convincing performance as a loveable drummer (Kiwi) with girl problems. Dana Davis (Denise) shows enough desire to make her endearing and Oliver James (Jay) has an English accent that is sure to drive some female audience members wild. If mediocrity excites you, go ahead and see Raise Your Voice. If not, look toward the CD racks for some real musical talent, and look no further than a good Sean Connery movie to appease the need for a sexy male accent.

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SHALL WE DANCE? (PGâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;13) Fri. 1:05 3:10 5:20 7:30 9:40 11:50 Sat. 11:00 1:05 3:10 5:20 7:30 9:40 11:50 Sun. - Thu. 1:05 3:10 5:20 7:30 9:40 TEAM AMERICA (R) (2 SCREENS) Fri. 1:00 1:20 3:40 4:00 7:00 7:15 9:30 9:40 11:50 Sat. 11:00 1:00 1:20 3:40 4:00 7:00 7:15 9:30 9:40 11:50 Sun. - Thu. 1:00 1:20 3:40 4:00 7:00 7:15 9:30 9:40 TAXI (PGâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;13) (2 SCREENS) Fri. 1:10 2:00 3:20 4:30 5:30 7:00 7:40 9:20 9:50 11:30 12:00 Sat. 11:00 11:30 1:10 2:00 3:20 4:30 5:30 7:00 7:40 9:20 9:50 11:30 12:00 Sun. - Thu. 1:10 2:00 3:20 4:30 5:30 7:00 7:40 9:20 9:50 FRIDAY NIGHT (PGâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;13) Fri. & Sat. 1:00 4:10 7:00 9:35 12:05 Sun. - Thu. 1:00 4:10 7:00 9:35 SHARK TALE (PG) (4 SCREENS) Fri. 1:00 1:30 1:45 2:00 3:00 3:30 3:45 4:00 5:00 5:30 5:45 6:45 7:00 7:45 9:00 9:15 9:45 11:00 11:30 Sat. 11:00 11:30 11:45 1:00 1:30 1:45 2:00 3:00 3:30 3:45 4:00 5:00 5:30 5:45 6:45 7:00 7:45 9:00 9:15 9:45 11:00 11:30 Sun. - Thu. 1:00 1:30 1:45 2:00 3:00 3:30 3:45 4:00 5:00 5:30 5:45 6:45 7:00 7:45 9:00 9:15 9:45 LADDER 49 (PGâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;13) (2 SCREENS) Fri. 1:00 1:40 4:00 5:00 7:00 7:30 9:30 10:00 12:00 Sat. 11:15 1:00 1:40 4:00 5:00 7:00 7:30 9:30 10:00 12:00 Sun. - Thu. 1:00 1:40 4:00 5:00 7:00 7:30 9:30 10:00

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Too bad this film isn’t a remake of the classic ‘70s sitcom. Instead it is a remake of Taxi is a bombastic orgy of car chases and Brazilian supermodels wearing skimpy clothing.

a popular French film, made in the late ‘90s, that spawned several sequels. Whatever made this particular film so popular in France somehow got lost in translation when it came to America. Andrew Washburn (Jimmy Fallon) is the laughingstock of the New York City police department after a series of accidents causes him to lose his license. Once he has been demoted, Washburn receives an urgent call to the scene of a bank robbery. Unable to drive, he hails a cab. The streetwise, toughtalking cabbie happens to be Belle (Queen Latifah), who also happens to drive a tricked-out cab that would make most NASCAR drivers brim with jealousy. The

quality. It is a bombastic orgy of car chases and Brazilian supermodels wearing a lot of skimpy clothing.This is the equivalent of an overblown music video with poor dialogue, ridiculous stunts and a thoroughly disappointing story. The car chases are expertly choreographed, but they are so preposterous and wild that they only succeed in making the movie more like a car commercial than a real movie. The only remarkable thing is that Latifah’s hair remains perfect throughout the film. A good remake can re-create a classic idea or re-energize a once pertinent theme. But remaking a piece of exploitation that is trying to sell sex, violence and really fast cars is simply not worth it. Did the filmmakers try to cram as many audienceapproved qualities into this as they possibly could? The answer would be: definitely. The humor is forced and not in the least bit intelligent. The acting is poor and unconvincing. The supermodels look good, but that’s about it. Films are like cars in the sense that they need special care if there is a problem. Taxi needs a complete overhaul.

If “by the power of Greyskull” means anything to you, you will likely welcome the news that the King from Kong— aka John Woo—is to produce and direct a live action version of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. All right, so admittedly there are a few reasons to be skeptical. He-Man’s last big screen outing was in the guise of uber-Aryan Dolph Lundgren in the pisspoor 1987 film. And John Woo’s last flick was Paycheck. Woo is currently shooting Spy-Hunter, with The Rock, and just so long as he doesn’t cast the wrestler in the titular role, we should be all right. Expect She-Ra’s doublefisted gun action and Skeletor to fly amid slow-motion doves. s o u n d s

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ALMOST ALL TRUE Three of these four things really happened, just recently. Are you cynical enough to figure out the made-up story? (a) A zoo in Alaska announced it will build a special treadmill for its overweight elephant to exercise on. (b) A couple rented out a pornography store in Mannheim, Germany, for their wedding, since they had first met at the store when she rang up his purchases as a cashier. (c) Surveillance cameras at a London animal shelter revealed that one dog was using his teeth to unlock his cage and those of his pals so they could roam the premises night after night. (d) Owners of buildings across the street from Chicago’s Wrigley Field earned more than $15 million this season charging people to watch Cubs’ games from their roofs. Answer: (b) is not true, as far as I know.

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The 223-page novel The Train From Nowhere, by a French writer using the name Michel Thaler, is reported to be the first novel in history with no verbs, and its May publication was met with damning reviews. “Thaler” has called the verb “like a weed in a field of flowers” and his book a “revolution in the history of literature,” that it “is to literature what the great Dada and Surrealist movements were to art.” Critics noted the book’s lack of action, in that it consists only of, according to London’s Daily Telegraph, “lengthy passages filled with florid adjectives in a series of vitriolic portraits of dislikable passengers on a train.”

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In (loosely) related news, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have also had to trim down sex scenes from their latest, to ensure an R rating in place of the NC-17 the MPAA previously awarded. Even though Team America: World Police’s cast is entirely made up of marionettes, a love-making scene between two puppets earned the $32 million spoof the harshest rating and one often associated with box-office failure. “The puppets did make love for about three and a half minutes; now it’s just a cheap one-night stand,” Parker said. “The puppets fall in love, they’re not anatomically correct, so we did the things that all kids do.”

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debates are officially over now. I’m writing this Monday, and though there’s still a debate left, I won’t be watching since it conflicts with some baseball games that are sadly more important in my life than listening to two truth-challenged candidates attempt to kiss every American voter squarely on the ass. That’s fine, the ass-kissing, but geez, Louise, enough already. I’ve sat through a pair of presidential debates and a vice presidential one and I’ve learned only one thing. Nobody qualified enough to be president has any desire to run for the position, so we’re stuck with these freaking guys. We should at least make it interesting. There’s gotta be a better way to judge these men than listening to them talk. Hell, they flipped a coin at the beginning to see who went first and that was actually more exciting and rational than the rhetoric. As they rambled on and flooded my mind with the same statistics spun in two different directions, I began to wander. Sitting on the couch sipping a soda and smoking about a pack of cigarettes, I found it more pleasurable to imagine the two men in a fistfight. I don’t mean with boxing gloves on, but just a straight-up, no holds barred Texas Cage Match. In this case, I would have to give the nod to John Kerry. Regardless of the seriousness of his war injuries, he was a soldier with combat experience, so I have to assume he’s pretty crafty in a fight. George Bush would likely dance around and try to avoid any sort of conflict. His service record implies that was the extent of his service to this country during the war. In the vice presidential brawl, I would definitely bet the farm on Dick Cheney. Sure, John Edwards is about 30 years younger and hasn’t had seven or eight heart attacks, but Dick just strikes me as sort of a bulldog. Remember, this is a brawl. Cheney would be biting ears and pulling hair, whatever it took to win. For some reason, I also imagine he’s the type of fella who would have no problem twisting his opponents nut sack until he screamed for mercy. My friends, the edge goes to Cheney. I mean, you’re the commander in chief if you’re president, so I don’t think it’s out of line to know how they would behave in an actual fight. It’d be refreshing not to see the poor folks fighting for them just this one time. See, that would be good television. Since the last debate is in Tempe, they could even give it a cool name like they used to do in boxing. Instead of “The Thriller in Manila” it

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mismatched duo form an unlikely team as they try to stop the voluptuous band of supermodel bank robbers—and what better kind—lead by the gorgeous Vanessa (Gisele Bundchen). It’s up to Belle and Washburn to save the day and salvage Washburn’s disgraced reputation. The story is right out of the Hollywood plot cookie cutter. A racially diverse team is so cliched in the movie industry that it should form a separate genre of movies. Typically, this type of partnership culminates in some kind of mutual understanding. In this case, there is nothing but incessant bickering and Fallon is constantly the victim of Latifah’s abuse. This is a shame, because Fallon is a respectable comedian and has demonstrated versatility as an actor in such films as Anything Else and Almost Famous. Speaking of disgraced actors, Taxi also features the once great Ann Margret as Washburn’s perpetually drunk mother. Films that resort to using inebriated characters to force cheap laughs out of the audience are pathetic no matter how you look at them. Taxi does not have a single redeeming

Oliver Stone’s historical epic Alexander has had its release date pushed back because it is “too gay.” Producers vehemently deny rumors that they have been pressured into cutting a sex scene between Colin Farrell’s Alexander the Great and a Persian eunuch called Bagoas. The real reason is to help the film’s Oscar hopes, claims producer Jeff Robinov, and “any speculation that the studio is trying to cut scenes from Alexander based on their depiction of the sexual relationships of the lead character is false and does not accurately represent the content of the film, which portrays Alexander the Great as heroic and a man of his time and culture.” Hmmm.

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just be the most mystifying, frustrating and polarizing movie of the year. It’s filled with meaning, yet at times it’s completely pompous and hollow. It’s fully realized, yet questionably conceived, a movie that consistently manages to throw us in a new direction while still feeling completely one-dimensional and monotonous. At times, it’s so bad it’s good and it’s so good it’s bad. In a word, The Brown Bunny is confounding. It’s a mind-boggling viewing experience from Vincent Gallo, whose original cut of the movie Roger Ebert called the worst film in the history of the Cannes Film Festival, after which Gallo allegedly put a hex on Ebert’s prostate.This movie,trimmed by half an hour from the Cannes version, is so pretentious that you want to punch Gallo in his big, arrogant head; yet there’s always a nagging sense that Gallo knows what he’s doing, that no matter how preposterous it seems, the egotistical young director may actually be onto something artful and even beautiful. It’s a psychological study and a road movie; it’s a tale of pain and regret, but also numbness and stagnancy, of complete emotional agony and utter misdirection mixed with detached,

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A new computer gadget enables someone to apply direct physical stimulation sexually to another person over the Internet, thus advancing “cybersex” far beyond its previous limitation of mere words and pictures. According to a September report on Wired.com, the vibrating “Sinulator,” with wireless receiver, can be activated remotely at different speeds and force by a spouse or anyone else who uses the device’s password at Sinulator’s Web site, and that manipulation can be done not only by keyboard and mouse, but by a male placing the Sinulator’s transmitting sleeve (“Interactive Fleshlight”) over his penis and thrusting at his (or the recipient’s) preferred speed and force. “Thus,” summarized the Wired writer, “a man can be thrusting in Cleveland while a woman is penetrated in Seattle.”

could be “The Boner in Arizona.” It could be a whole spectacle. The candidates’ wives could come out in swimsuits holding up cards to tell us what round it is. Actually, I’m surprised Fox hasn’t already tried that idea. It really couldn’t be much worse than the reality. Hells bells, they could even answer a few policy questions while they’re fighting. At least there wouldn’t be any question about who the victor was. It’s amusing to me that after the actual debate, the networks have a couple of experts on the wrap-up show debating who they think won the debate. It can’t be long before they Michael Coulter begin to include color commen- is a videographtary over the event, just like they er, comedian have in sports. In fact, sports and can be announcers could step right in heard on WPGU and not miss a beat, maybe Al 107.1 Thursdays at 5 workin’ it. Michaels and Keith Jackson. “Well, Keith, that question on Listen up. Rwanda really seemed to catch the president off guard. Plus, he’s in a headlock! Can his defense possibly stand up to one more series?” “I tell you what, Al, I will be surprised if Kerry doesn’t take him to the wood shed on this and give him an Indian burn. Whoa doctor, it reminds me of Alabama’s Crimson Tide and those big hosses coming down that tunnel. It is on now. Whoa Nelly, I tell ya, there’s something special about a presidential debate.” Between rounds, each candidate could return to his corner and sit on a stool as his press secretary wiped sweat from his brow. Cheney could give Bush hard shoulder rubs and shout, “You’ve got to work the body,” as the president said, “Cut me, Dick. You’ve got to cut me.” In the opposite corner, Kerry would appear dumbfounded as Edwards tried to dress up the feng shui around the corner area. The bell would ring and they’d be back at it. Blood would splatter from their open cuts as they battered each other into oblivion. It would be a test of will and strength with both men leaving everything they had in the ring. In the end, the winner would actually look like a hero and we could feel good as Americans. “Man, did you see the presidential fight last night? Bitch got his ass kicked.” Hey, it’s just an idea. If nothing else, I bet you the viewership would be pretty damned high. In fact, I couldn’t imagine anyone in the country not tuning in ... even if it was opposite a baseball game.

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almost sadistic selfishness. It’s a look at one character, a wiry, unshaven motorcycle racer named Bud Clay (Gallo), through his experiences with a bevy of other characters in a way that forces us to investigate their relationships, but ultimately see them only as stops along Bud’s way. On his journey to Los Angeles for a race, and seemingly to reunite with his ex-girlfriend Daisy (Chloe Sevigny), Bud encounters a vulnerable girl whom he con- THE BROWN BUNNY • CHLOE SEVIGNY vinces to accompany him and then ditches; a yet spellbound by Bud’s perpetual loneliness, middle-aged beauty who shares his pain but separated from the people he meets and their whom he abandons; a prostitute whom he buys own isolation, as if he recognizes their helplessness, but only in a way that he hopes they can lunch and nothing more. Bud is a maddeningly ambiguous character, a suck him from his own. At times it looks like a brave, self-centered man who seems to possess great depth, yet he continually puts himself in appallingly impracti- student film; other times it’s a grandiose, defiant cal situations, only to run out on defenseless attempt to capture a sense of loss without surwomen and burst into tears. Is he running from rendering to any conventional, plot-driven his own vulnerability? Does he recognize his form. It’s a fascinating character study and an own demons? Does he look to others to quell infuriatingly conceited look at grief, regret and them, only to realize that no one can? The love—including an unnecessarily graphic oral answers are hazy at best, yet it’s impossibly sex scene. It questions life and death without enticing to analyze this incredibly thought-pro- ever really believing in either, centered on a voking film that simultaneously seems to lead to character whom we see through a limited lens dull, repetitive nowhere, as well as some kind of that only reveals itself at the end and may only be a failed attempt at converting ambiguous, supremely painful, supremely human truth. For a long time hardly anything happens— intriguing mood into subtle, insightful analysis. The Brown Bunny is one of the few films that much of the movie is made up of the little things that Bud does on his way across manages to suck as it succeeds and bloom as it America—yet there’s an odd poetry to Gallo’s collapses.You’ll argue about it and choke on it vision of cross-country isolation. We’re sedated at the same time.

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Right now, I’m just worried about being too cramped and sore to walk down the stairs to get to class tomorrow.” -Kim Peters, U of I student, upon finishing her first marathon

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was U.S. Cellular Field. The grueling, straight-on homestretch once again ran parallel to the Drive. The serene sight of a sparkling Lake Michigan, the rich architecture of Michigan Avenue and the overflowing throngs of bundled-up spectators were the only motivation left for the worn-out runners. Orchestrating some of the local training for this max-out of will power and physical endurance was Bill Dey. Through the Champaign-based Second Wind Runners, Dey, along with Danielle Rideout, Jan Seeley and Pat Mills, crafted a summer-long program. Beginning in July with a long run of 12 miles, every two weeks the maximum running distance was increased two miles. The furthest distance run was 23 miles, which was then decreased back to 20 as the marathon approached. “Individuals are encouraged to supplement the long run with shorter runs at varying paces and possibly track or hill workouts.The program is very flexible and accommodates seasoned runners who are relatively fast, less than three hours marathon

time, and first-time marathoners and others who just want to finish,” Dey said. Dey said the long run is the core of the training program.They marked out a course of an appropriate distance around the community. They held a couple of long runs at Lake-of-the-Woods and at Allerton Park prior to the marathon. Having run two trail marathons and two dozen trail ultramarathons, typically 30 or more miles, Dey is an experienced distance runner. He can relate the difficulties of the preparation and actual execution. “The most difficult part of completing a marathon is choosing a realistic goal, finishing time, for yourself. Once your have a goal and have trained for it, maintaining that pace during the race is key,” he said.“It can be a temptation to run too fast during the early part of the race.” Especially in the excitement of the Chicago Marathon, restraining the adrenaline rush could have been a challenge. Approximately 40,000 runners from 94 countries and all 50 states competed. There are so many participating athletes that it often takes 15 to 20 minutes just to slowly trudge among the drove and cross the starting line. Competing is actually an understatement. This was not just some event meant for firsttimers tackling the Second City’s long road course. The greatest distance runners in the world were here. Former champs Khalid Khannouchi and Evans Rutto, along with Daniel Maturi Njenga,Toshinari Takaoka and Paul Koech, represented the strongest men’s contenders. Svetlana Zakharova, Constantina Tomescu-Dita and Marla Run-yan were the highly touted women’s racers. The best men’s times are generally in the neighborhood of just a few minutes over two hours. That divides down to running every single mile at about 4 minutes, 45 seconds. However, the women’s times are not far behind. The winning female usually runs the race in a bit over 2 hours, 20 minutes.This is about every mile equaling a time of 5 minutes, 20 seconds. While those entrants were celebrating victory or crying over defeat, the majority of the runners were still slogging it out in the concrete trenches.The average completion times

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ust trying to drive a car from Wrigley Field down to U.S. Cellular Field, with some small detours in between, would be exhausting. How about running it? While flocks of birds are flying in V-formation south for the winter, dozens of ChampaignUrbana residents and students herded northward over the past weekend for an even more momentous event. The annual fall rite of passage for runners, exercise buffs and those just interested in how far a body can be pushed had arrived—the 27th LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon. Threading a 26.2-mile path through the heart of Chicago, the runners started at Grant Park and headed north. Past the Lincoln Park Zoo, along Lake Shore Drive, the route pulled a U-turn near the ill-fated intersection of Clark and Addison. After crossing the Chicago River near Monroe Drive, the trail shot westward until Damen Avenue. Snaking around the Eisenhower Expressway through the South Side, the final landmark before reversing course toward home

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for men and women were respectively 4 hours and 4 hours, 30 minutes. However, on average, 8,000 people, about 20 percent, cannot finish this battle due to a variety of factors including dehydration, heat stroke (on warmer days), cramps, sprains, strains or just slamming into the proverbial and often psychological wall. The atmosphere of the Chicago Marathon was palpable. Racers and fans were shivering in the shadows of the skyscrapers, sweating in the vivid October sun. Echoing off the steel and glass buildings were a combination of screaming supporters, clanging cowbells, ThunderStix and drums. People climbed and clung to statues and scaffolding to get a view of the seemingly endless cascade of runners. Yellow Gatorade trickled toward gutters in an electrolyte stream. Family members and friends alike held signs to encourage their respective contestants, then dodged and weaved across the race to grab the “L” and camp out at another mile marker. The smiles, waves and overall appearance of health quickly faded, though, once the marathoners peaked past miles 22 and 23. The well-paced strides slackened to trots and then to an often semi-coherent bodydrag fueled utterly by will power. Only the sweet view of the final straightaway and finish line perked up heads and hearts during a final gasp of energy and ambition. Finishers were greeted by crinkling Mylar blankets and well-deserved medals. This was accompanied by free massages, snacks and beer. Upon completing her first marathon, University of Illinois student Kim Peters gasped,“I feel like I’m going to throw up.” After taking some time to recover and soak in the glory, she was too preoccupied to consider whether she would run the marathon again. “Right now, I’m just worried about being too cramped and sore to walk down the stairs to get to class tomorrow.” buzz s o u n d s

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burger. A hamburger in its simplest form is some sort of ground meat formed into a patty, fried, grilled or broiled and placed on a roll. This basic formula, however, can take on countless permutations. In recent years, chefs at Zagat-rated restaurants have dressed up the hamburger in mind-boggling ways— beer-fed Kobe beef patties have been topped with foie gras, flavored with truffle oil, smeared with aioli and smothered with Bermuda onions. A recent issue of Food and Wine magazine featured such creative variations as pan-fried crab burgers topped with kimchi (spicy pickled cabbage) and pancetta-beef burgers. These are a far cry from the hamburger’s humble beginnings. Legend has it that Ghengis Khan’s armies made patties of shredded mutton, which were eaten raw and on the run. Russians adopted this food in the 13th century, when Mongol armies invaded Moscow.They added egg and onion and called it steak Tartar (Tartar was their name for the Mongols). In the 1600s, merchants from Hamburg brought this food back to Germany. By the early 1800s, “steak Tartar” had become the “Hamburg steak,” a cooked variation of the original, and had reached Amanda Kolling American shores, where it was can be reached brought by immigrants who at Amanda formed simple patties of Kolling@ minced meat stretched with readbuzz.com bread crumbs and onions.As to when hamburgers finally found their rightful home between two halves of a roll, that is anyone’s guess because so many people claim to have done it first. Whoever it was, he or she had a hand in creating one of the world’s most popular foods. Today, you can find hamburgers at fastfood joints on just about every street corner, but when I want a good burger fix, I head to these local spots: THE COURIER CAFE (111 N. Race St., Urbana) has eight different burgers on the menu.What makes the burgers here so good is that the meat is fresh and juicy, the patties aren’t overcooked (a well-done burger in my book is a major no-no) and the rolls are of the hard Kaiser variety that soak up all the juices without falling apart. Sometimes I like a basic burger with lettuce, tomato and onion (Race Inn burger, $3.75), but I also like to have one with lots of cheese and mushrooms (Banker’s burger, $4.60). The Courier has all the bases covered and doesn’t

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forget vegetarians. The black bean burgers here are among the best in town.

ESQUIRE LOUNGE (106 N. Walnut St., Champaign) is my top choice for good, cheap bar food.There’s nothing fancy about the food, and the burger here is just a burger ($3.50), but sometimes you want to go to a place where you can get a pound of fries for $2, dress your own burger, and take as many dill pickle spears as your heart desires. And if you’re starving, you can eat free peanuts and throw the shells on the floor until your food arrives. MURPHY’S PUB (604 E. Green St., Champaign) has a mega-cheeseburger special on Fridays that’s perfect with a happy hour pint of Guinness. It’s smothered with cheese and bacon, and you can get it with grilled onions. It comes with a side of freshcut fries for $4.95.

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FARREN’S PUB AND EATERY (308 N. Randolph Ave., Champaign) has six different burgers on the menu. All but the black bean burger are made with freshly ground USDA Choice top round. I recently had the Russell ($5.95), a heart attack-inducing burger topped with mushrooms, bacon, bleu cheese sauce and jalapeno cheese. It’s rare that I say that I can’t finish a burger, but this was the case with this messy and tasty behemoth. The option exists to double any burger for an additional $2, but it’s not one I’ll be exercising anytime soon. Of course, you don’t have to go anywhere to have a perfect burger.You can make your own at home, to your specifications. I won’t presume to tell you what a perfect burger is, but I do think some things make a burger better than average: 1.) charcoal (sure, gas is easier, but no one said perfection would be easy); 2.) freshly ground meat that’s not too lean (20 percent fat is preferable, or the patties will fall apart; ground chuck is ideal); 3.) don’t overwork the meat when forming the patties, but do make the patties fairly large to compensate for cooking shrink; 4.) instead of smashing your burgers on the grill to flatten them (and releasing all the juices in the process), make indents in the center of your patties before they go on the grill; 5.) add spices, herbs, peppers, onions or whatever else tickles your fancy; 6.) don’t hesitate to serve with wine (think big—Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel); and 7.) enjoy!

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Moon Essence Designs is an art jewelry partnership between life partners Gail Warner and Kimber Blum.When they’re not hunched over a bead board or scouring wholesale shows across the country for new beads and gems, you can find them chatting with customers and selling their creations at local art venues like the Urbana Farmer’s Market or other art fairs around Central Illinois. Gail has been creating jewelry for 12 years, and she owned a bead store and art gallery in Charleston, Ill., for seven years. Kimber, an IT project manager at the University of Illinois, got hooked on beading about five years ago. Both hope to eventually be able to travel the country doing art shows and (of course!) buying beads. What inspires you?

Gail: The awesome beads, gems and other media we find.There’s so much color, light and shape. Being able to pull out the potential in the beads, to highlight them in such a way, they really pop. Also, finding the person who has just that right skin tone and shape for a particular finished piece can be very inspiring. When we first do a design, we don’t think

What is a six-word phrase that describes your jewelry designs?

Gail: Funky to formal Kimber: And everything between ... Tiffany’s or vintage jewelry? Which one is the better deal and why?

Gail: No question—vintage. More choices, more color, more potential.

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

Kimber: Sharon Peters of Smart Ass Glass. Sharon makes wildly funny glass character beads, and she creates “story” necklaces out of some of her pieces. She’s got such talent, and a

Kimber and Gail construct unique and colorful jewelry out of their home.They are looking forward to making their own beads as well.

How has the 21-year success of Second Wind Running Club affected you? Which aspect of the club do you enjoy the most?

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friends since I started running with the club. All the events are very well-organized by volunteers who enjoy running and helping people archive their goals. I really enjoy the fact that I have met a great group of people. Can you provide any tips or pointers for new runners who would like to get in better shape?

If you really want to get in better shape, lose some weight and feel more energy, running is the answer. You can start by joining our Fun Runs, you can run or walk, and you will have a chance to see (for) yourself how people have lost a great amount of weight by “running it off.” I personally have lost 40 pounds since I started running with the Second Wind Club two years ago.

In the club you can also find a great group of friends who are willing to share tips, ideas and with whom you can get together to run during the week and on the weekends. What upcoming events is Second Wind Running Club holding?

Every Tuesday we have a 1- to 6-mile Fun Run at Meadowbrook Park from April to October and at the Armory from November to March. In the winter, people can join us at the Armory; we have two groups, one group runs on the track and the other runs outside, around campus. On Oct. 31, we have the Allerton Trail Run. It is a 5.5-mile race and 2-mile noncompetitive walk at Allerton Park near Monticello, Ill. This is a great event with about 800 runners participating every year. The club is fully responsible for three races every year. In April, the 5-mile Buffalo Trace Trail Race in Mahomet and the 50-

kilometer race in Clinton Lake, Ill. In October, the 5.5-mile Allerton Trail Run. We also sponsor six other races during the year. Every spring and fall we have a marathon and half marathon training program. It consists of organized long runs with aid stations and mile marks along the route. We also provide speed training every week for those interested in improving their personal records. The club organizes several parties and social events (during) the year. On Oct. 26 we will have a pizza party to share experiences, tips, ideas and where members find other members to run together.

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Gabriel Lopez-Walle, president of Second Wind Running Club, works with members of the community to promote exercise and healthy living through running. A member of Second Wind Running Club since 2002, Lopez-Walle not only finds satisfaction in improving and maintaining his own health, but in helping other members of the club do the same. Second Wind Running Club was founded in 1983 and involves group activities such as runs, marathons and various social events. Lopez-Walle stresses the importance of regular exercise and the advantage of a social support network.

great sense of humor. I would love to spend some time with her just to be inspired, and to get a sense of how her mind works!

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My point is this: everyone is prone to a bad attitude sometimes, and if you are human, meaning, anyone who doesn’t vote Republican, you have been there too, serving up shitty looks and tones every now and then. But I am writing today to give big ups to a minor player in my life and perhaps yours as well. Jamie J., the bank teller at my National City branch on Illinois Street in Urbana. Here is a woman who works a generally thankless job, handling my money and making sure it goes to the right place. She doesn’t know me outside of our glassrestricted relationship on a weekly basis. I pull up, I ask for a checking deposit and a total balance, I cry and I leave. But in that three- to five-minute exchange, Jamie J. has been the kindest,

happiest, warmest and most sincere person I have ever come across in the service industry. I will even go so far as to say that she is the end all, be all, the alpha-omega for me, in that I don’t believe it is possible for a human to be more kind and attentive toward her customers. Now, it’s true; it could all just be a fake. I don’t know her in the slightest outside of our exchanges, and she might be a misanthropic lunatic who hates the world and votes Republican and really believes in fighting the “War on Terror.” But I don’t think so. She is too warm in her approach to me when I am just looking to get this out of my way for the week.The bottom line for me is this: Everyone has the choice to be kind every day of their lives.And I think that I do a good job of doing that. I

am confident that I participate in society as a generally warm individual and I tend to spend my time with people who are the same. Now, I am not saying that I am never cynical or annoyed or imperfect. But I think that I do a pretty good job of keeping a smile on my face and a twinkle in my eye. But, god damn it, if there aren’t some people out there who are just always trying to put people down.They always seem to be finding a way to find the negative parts of people, always trying to cut someone down. I can think of three off the top of my head and I pray for them daily, even just selfishly so that I won’t have to see them treat me and others like jerks for merely being alive. But not Jamie J. No, my friends. She is the best.And I want to publicly thank her. She is my own personal Mother Teresa.

Seth Fein is from Urbana. He is extremely agitated by idiots (aka Republicans), assholes and Republicans. He can be reached at sethfein@readbuzz.com.

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opportunity to hear about how paintings can become poetry occurs on Oct. 16, at 8 p.m., at the Verde Gallery, 17 E. Taylor St., Champaign. Laurence Lieberman, rhetoric professor at the University of Illinois and accomplished poet, and Stanley Greaves, head of the painting and sculpture department at Barbados College, will be personally showing their interlocking works together for the first time. Liebermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most recently published book, Hour of the Mango Black Moon (Peepal Tree Press, $20), uses Greavesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; personality, words and paintings as inspiration for the poems that are more like meditations upon the art. According to Lieberman, the meditations try to capture â&#x20AC;&#x153;something of the mind,aesthetic and spirit of the artist.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The book begins with a poem prompted by the first 10 minutes of company spent with Stanley,â&#x20AC;? Lieberman explained. Within those moments, Lieberman realized that he had found a true brother in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;federation of artists.â&#x20AC;? Lieberman chose to work with Greaves because of his incredibly wide range of artistic talent: â&#x20AC;&#x153;He can be lighthearted and humorous, but also is ambitious and imposing with his profound and original political vision, which is addressed to the whole of the Caribbean as well as to the rest of the world.â&#x20AC;? Prior to the Oct. 16 engagement, Greaves is speaking at room 101 of the International Studies Building from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15. However, the presentation on Oct. 16 is a rare opportunity to experience modest artists. Their unique character matches the quality of their art; the concept of one art form complementing a completely different realm of creativity demands attention, and Liebermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book proves to be one of the few examples that show the inspiration for a poem right next to the finished product. The reading of poems by Lieberman and a slide presentation of the artwork by Greaves will give the audience a glimpse at the process behind creativity that has been manufactured by experts in the field. Opportunities to watch how an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work came together only come around once in a while.

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visual, and literary artists are invited to come together to present work and participate in open critiques at locations throughout Champaign County. These interdisciplinary critiques provide challenging and insightful observations about new works, and offer exciting opportunities for artists to interact and network. Join the camaraderie and contribute to the expanding vision of art in Champaign County. Third Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m.

FALL 2004 October 20 Krannert Art Museum 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign November 17 Jerome A. Savage Studio 2137 County Rd. 1100 N., Sidney December 15 Verde Gallery 17 E. Taylor Street, Champaign

SPRING 2005 January 19 Framers Market 807 W. Springfield Avenue, Champaign February 16 Springer Cultural Center 301 N. Randolph, Champaign March 16 Boneyard Pottery 403 S. Water Street, Champaign April 20 Creation Art Studio 1102 E. Washington Street, Urbana May 18 Mad Dog Press 115 E. University Avenue, Champaign

A Call to Arts, organized and moderated by Jenny Southlynn, is co-sponsored by Krannert Art Museum and 40 North /88 West: Champaign County Arts, Culture & Entertainment Council.

Program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

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“ Records tend to sound different from record to record anyway, with any band, but I think, in our case, it’s something that I really try hard to have happen.”

"Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death." William Blake

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Magnolia Electric Co. will be playing at Cafe Paradiso this Saturday with The Beauty Shop. The show starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $10.

ason Molina may use the pronoun “we” quite a bit when discussing his musical projects, but make no mistake: He has always been the central fire of each endeavor. Operating first under the name Songs:Ohia, and then, more recently, splitting his work between the solo Pyramid Electric Co. and collective Magnolia Electric Co., the singersongwriter has spent over a decade cultivating a large and almost uniformly excellent catalogue of records. With his distinctive tenor and skill for ponderous songwriting, Molina offers listeners a poignant snapshot of genuine Midwestern isolation. Buzz spoke with Molina over the phone as the Magnolia Electric Co. made their way to a show in New Haven, Conn.

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Buzz: I read recently that you have officially retired the Songs:Ohia moniker. What prompted the end of that? Was there a personal reason? Jason Molina: No. It had just been a long time doing it under the other name and I had been playing with the people that I’ve recently been playing with. I also had a lot of songs that we don’t even touch anymore

because we have so much new stuff. So that was pretty much it. After Didn’t It Rain, it was a good time to stop (and begin) recording records a little bit differently. Now we can actually afford to spend a little bit more money in the studio and a little more time. We were cranking out all these other records in, like, a day on no budget or an extremely limited budget.We were making records for $300 or for free. What’s the fundamental difference between the two projects, then? Really none. It’s still the exact same approach to the writing part. Records tend to sound different from record to record anyway, with any band, but I think, in our case, it’s something that I really try hard to have happen. I try to have each record stand alone and not sound like the last one. Before you had Songs:Ohia, you had other “Songs:” projects like Songs:Albian and Songs:Radix. The Electric Co. thing is similar, with the Magnolia Electric Co. and Pyramid Electric Co. records. What’s the purpose of having these catch-all names for projects where you insert different words? I just like that it sounds more like a collective thing, that it sounds like some sort of

environment where work gets done, because we approach it like that. It’s work. That doesn’t mean it’s not fun, but it’s something that we take very seriously. You were living in Chicago for a little while.Why did you move back to Indiana? We couldn’t afford it anymore. It was impossible to live there and to have a practice space and to navigate that city without being there all the time. With me being on tour, it made no sense for me and my wife to throw away rent for a place that needs to have two people in it when, seriously, I wasn’t there even half the year. It’s just too expensive.We really do hope we’ll be coming back there someday, but right now we’re in Indiana living in the woods. [Laughs] [Laughs] You also released a solo record recently, The Pyramid Electric Co. How would you say it differs from Magnolia? Not really in any major way. I did want to record those songs solo, but I had intended to do different arrangements of some of that music with the band. I was basically writing that record in the studio—I would write all through the night and, in the morning, record. I think it took two days. I went in with some brief sketches of a couple of the songs. Once we listened back to the tapes, we realized that it just wasn’t necessary to record those songs with a band. I’m hoping to relearn some of those songs and do rearrangements of them for the next tour. There’s always a sense of your personality in your recordings, but you also tend to change up things every record. Ghost Tropic played with ethnic music and Magnolia has a Neil Young-ish vibe to it.What drove you toward that? I just wanted an older, more solid-sounding record. That’s why we went into (Steve Albini’s studio), Electrical Audio, to do it.We could finally afford to do it. It wasn’t an expensive record to make by any means—we were done in three days. If they could have, many of the records would have sounded

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like that. It’s just that circumstances made it so I’d never gotten into Electrical with the whole band. Once I was in Chicago and we were rehearsing there, it was much easier to hop over to the studio to do it. (2000’s) Ghost Tropic was another record that was supposed to be done with a band.We found that Ali Roberts from (Scotland’s) Appendix Out was going to be in the country, so I put the band record on hold because I wanted to do something with him while he was here because I love playing music with him. I hadn’t been to Scotland in a while, so I just did a bunch of new material in the studio with him and the other record got sort of lost. I never did end up recording it. I came in with 40 songs to do Ghost Tropic and we didn’t record any of them.

Amateurs’ hopes are high TERESA A. SEWELL • STAFF WRITER

n recognition of its 70-year anniversary, Showtime at the Apollo has launched a tour to promote the careers of local talent. On Oct. 17, the tour makes its stop in Champaign at the Virginia Theatre. Nationally televised, the show has turned starry-eyed amateurs into celebrities.Among those who appeared on the show and became today’s legends are

What was the record supposed to be, then? It was more along the lines of what ended up on the Pyramid record, actually. You’ve said in interviews that you have a general “design” in mind for a project before you even go in to record, down to your engineer. From what you’re telling me, though, it sounds like, while you aren’t necessarily flying by the seat of your pants, things change at the last minute pretty regularly. Well, I love that. I don’t want there to be this really controlling atmosphere in the recording situation. I want it to be much more like when we play live. I’m not worried about duplicating yesterday’s performance, but I am interested in making sure there’s a good document of the music we were playing each time we go into a studio. So I’m happy to work at Electric Audio, because basically all we have to do is play the music. They work around that. They’re not in the way. Whatever we put out there in the performance is exactly what’s on the tape. Where do you see your music going next? Well, the next Magnolia record will be coming out in April and we also did that at Electrical Audio. It’s sonically pretty much the same as the last record, but it’s more varied and it holds up, I think, a little bit better right now. So each record, ultimately, has to improve on your previous ones. Yeah. The minute I walk out of the studio, I start to think of how to work on the next record. I’ve always done that. buzz s o u n d s

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Billy Holiday, The Jackson 5 and Sarah Vaughan. Showtime at the Apollo originated from Apollo Amateur Night shows that were held at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, N.Y., starting in 1934. Its idea is to give amateurs the chance to show their skills and allow the audience to decide if they really have talent. The acts include anything from singing to dancing to joke-telling. Although the show gives participants the opportunity to start a career in show business, it takes more than courage and confidence to get up on that Apollo stage. The toughest obstacle is winning the audience’s favor; the audience boos performers off the stage if they do not like what they are hearing or seeing. Nonetheless, many of the artists refuse to let this intimidate them during the competition. “I saw my destiny unfolding before me, and I had to trust in myself that I was ready for the opportunity,” saxophonist and future participant Dereke “D-Maestro” Clements stated with selfassurance. Each person supposedly gets 90 seconds to exercise his talent, but the audience can cut him off at any moment or continue to cheer him on. The show even plans to have the legendary sandman, whose job is to escort acts off the

stage if they continue to perform while the audience encourages them to get off. Also on the tour are the infamous comedians Capone and Talent, who continually appear on the televised show.They will serve as the masters of ceremony, and Showtime’s house band, Ray Chew and the Crew, will provide the serenading background music for the night. Anyone who has ever seen the show knows it can be cutthroat. Some comedians don’t even get past their first joke and some artists never get to their chorus. If the audience immediately feels you don’t have what it takes, that chance at fame is over. The tour in Champaign plans to go according to the same rules. Even multi-Grammy award winner Lauryn Hill was once taunted on the Apollo stage before she hit fame. However, singer Noah Brown’s confidence is not shaken.“(I just want) a chance to touch the lives of people through my voice. I feel that if I can get just one chance to be heard out there, then that’s all I need. God will do the rest for me,” Brown said. Public information director of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Tammey Kikta stressed the important differences between this competition and other talent shows like it.“We (the directors of the Apollo show) hope that all artists understand how the process works. The audience makes the decisions and says ‘This is your winner,’” Kikta said. Even though the show is held at the Virginia Theatre, it is a University event. Directors from The Krannert Center are administrating the show and felt that this was a wonderful way of getting community involvement, as well as University students’ participation. People from all over Central Illinois came to audition and 19 out of 72 acts made it.The auditioning judges from the actual show in New York selected the winners who will perform the night of Sunday,

Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. However, it is now time to let the audience choose the best. Brown hopes for a chance to make a strong artistic impression on the audience, like many of his idols have done.“I have seen so many people, like the Supremes and Lauryn Hill, get their start at the Apollo. I just pray that I’m included in that legacy,” he said. “Coming here from Atlanta, I thought I’d have to make my way out to New York to audition on the Amateur Night in Harlem, but I moved to little old Champaign for school and Apollo seemed to follow me here. It’s my time to shine,” Maestro said. Kikta hopes performers who are cut are not permanently disheartened by the outcome. “I applaud everyone who performs. If the crowd dislikes them, I hope they know that they did their best. And (if the crowd) loves them, wow, what a feeling,” she said. buzz Tickets for Showtime at the Apollo on Tour are $26, $25 for senior citizens and $15 for University of Illinois students and youth of high school age or less. To purchase tickets, call the Virginia Theatre Box Office at (217) 356-9063, MondayFriday 9:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.

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hortly after the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, a succession of bizarre coincidences caused a certain quartet of Texan post-rockers to be stopped in an airport in Amsterdam. Why? Their name was Explosions In The Sky.They’d released their first studio album the week preceding the Sept. 11 attacks; it boasted optimistic track titles such as “Greet Death” and the album’s inlay contained the phrase “this plane will crash tomorrow”. “Things were getting better and better for us every day,” says guitarist Munaf Rayani. “We couldn’t believe we were going on a rock tour. We said that phrase jokingly to keep ourselves grounded, and I had it written on my guitar.We were leaving, and they pulled us over to the side: they had been waiting for us. They delayed the plane a couple of hours as we explained that we’re just this band.” Explosions In The Sky are an emerging band that has taken the post-rock scene by storm. Their lineup, consisting of Rayani, Hrasky, Mark Smith and Michael James, distinguishes itself for being three guitarists and a drummer, with little room for string sections, synthesizers and vocal samples ubiquitous in bands like Godspeed or Mogwai. Their music relies on arranging simple melodies with clinical precision to form complex soundscapes, while contrasting triumph and sadness in mood and tone. They embody the post-rock movement, which is a reaction against the formulaic output of alternative rock. Freeing itself of

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about it, and I’m just as curious as anyone to hear it. I just hope it’s 10 times what the last one was.” Their reputation as one of the most engrossing live acts you will ever witness is entirely merited. The sheer energy poured into the music is so intense that they are unable to play longer than 45 minutes or so. “We give every bit of energy, every ounce of emotion into that set,” says Rayani. “We’re not interested in doing encores, it’s too contrived. For us it’s A to Z, and then the alphabet will start over again next time, but meanwhile we are destroyed. It’s something that we all truly enjoy, playing the songs that come from our heart. It’s exciting. In that hour we’re lost, the music gets the better of us, and we have no other choice than to give 100 percent.” buzz

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Much to the delight of Explosions In The Sky’s fan-base, the band was commissioned to score Peter Berg’s football drama, Friday Night Lights, a true story set in the area in which they grew up. Though by no means a new album from them, the band does provide 11 of the soundtrack’s 14 songs.The majority is new material written especially for the film, with two reprises of “Your Hand In Mine”. Explosions In The Sky are a four-piece unit, producing an intricate and complex sound using only guitars and drums.Adding a string accompaniment to “Your Hand In Mine” fashions a welcome warmth. Whereas one could never claim that this was lacking on their albums, in the context of a cinematic accompaniment it is particularly appropriate, because of the necessity to initiate the sorts of tonal contrasts that need not be present on a typical record. Often enjoyment derived from Explosions’ music lies in the constant evolution, with each climax followed by a respite and vice versa.A soundtrack’s shorter tracks fail to allow the compositions room to breathe and grow.Their intention is to complement onscreen action, and listening to each track evokes memories of the specific scene in which it was used in the film, and the effect it has in augmenting tension or rejoicing is considerable. As for the three other tracks: ‘70s rock outfit Bad Company offer the filler “Seagull”, and two instrumental rock tracks from David Tom and Daniel Lanois accomplish little other than contrasting the quality of Explosions In The Sky’s tracks. The latter’s “The Sky Above, The Field Below” is able to produce a sense of palpable tension, proving that the band’s ability to induce emotion and imagery is hugely suited to the composition of film scores.

Surviving the fall: Blonde Redhead re-emerges with Misery ELISABETH LIM • MUSIC EDITOR

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planet are working together,” says Blonde Redhead singer Kazu Makino in her internationally inflected English. Of Japanese origin, her acquisition of English has been infected by the Italian of the twin brothers, Amedeo and Simone Pace, who make up the remaining two-thirds of the New York based art-punk trio. On my end, it’s beauti-

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lyrics. Initially, I was quite offended, thinking he was stealing from my lyrics. I felt invaded,” Makino says. “Lyrics are such a subconscious, personal thing. I felt a bit angry at first at what Amedeo was doing. He said, ‘it’s quite beautiful, almost like you’re answering to one another.’ I realized it could work really well. It was not immediate. It was very uncomfortable at first.” Misery is a Butterfly is a departure from squealing amplifiers, guitar feedback and the noise-rock/art-punk Sonic Youth/Unwound sound previously associated with Blonde Redhead. “They gave me such a desire to make music myself,” Makino says, acknowledging their influence. This new album, however, recognizes the band’s current muses. “Now I really like people from Iceland: Múm, Björk—Múm is my favorite at the moment.” Makino’s own voice on the ethereal Misery as a Butterfly is a stronger, textualized shade of Múm’s Kristín Anna Valtsdóttir. Despite six albums in the last 11 years, Makino insists that recording is a painfully insecure and violent experience. “Each album, for me, no matter how calm it might sound for other people, is quite a violent

experience. All the songs are aggressive and invasive in your mind. We think, ‘we’re going to get it right and this time we are going to make a really great album that we will be proud of.’ Slowly you become insecure and then at the end, right before recording you start thinking, ‘I hope it will be as good as the last one.’” Misery is a Butterfly emerges as a unified epic opera of sorts, a listener’s aural interception of a painfully intimate, at times guilty, self-conscious dialogue between the two guitarists/vocalists Makino and Amedeo, whose on-again, off-again relationship has a history as long as that of the band’s. For Blonde Redhead, this album has been one big journey. “It would be terrible to make an album that has only one good song,” Makino says. She asks listeners for their commitment to go through the whole journey. “My favorite album is just one big journey.When you’re the one making it you ask if you are asking too much from the listener. I’m quite grateful when I hear that people like this album.” buzz Blonde Redhead will play at Cowboy Monkey this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15.

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As any Songs:Ohia fan can attest, singer-songwriter Jason Molina has long possessed a chameleon-like ability to absorb genres while rarely falling into the rut of “genre exercise”—the seamless assimilation of ethnic music into 2000’s Ghost Tropic was proof of that. Up until the full-band arrangements of his post-Ohia Magnolia Electric Co., however, each evolution had featured a unifying sparseness, sound ground #48

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St. Records, which remains the only student-run record label in the Big Ten, has its third showcase of the semester Saturday, Oct. 16. The bill is a behemoth: Lorenzo Goetz, i:scintilla, Shipwreck and Omniscient Presence. An extension of U-C Hip Hop, Omniscient Presence blend DJ Sasha with MCs Limbs and Moses. Shipwreck (the Illinois band, not the New Mexico band) perform “subaquatic alt-country and astro-punk” yet occasionally recall The Yardbirds. Harmon Jordan (ex-The Buzzards) and John Owen (ex-Gland) previously played together in The Cold Heavens and take turns as lead guitarist-vocalist. Electro-rock project i:scintilla, whose first full-length album The Approach appeared July 29, have been busy remixing “Capsella Bursa Pastoris” in preparation for their debut music video. Green St. Records aims to offer an outlet “for talented student musicians to share their art with the university community,” and every year releases a compilation album for free distribution. Show time is 9:30 p.m., and cover is $5. Lorenzo Goetz has enough news to necessitate a separate paragraph, even three. After headlining the Green St. Records extravaganza, Lorenzo Goetz are playing two Halloween parties: Oct. 29 with

Elsinore (ex-Green Jenkins) at The Uptowner in Charleston, and Oct. 31 at Nargile. Those who saw Lorenzo Goetz with Green Jenkins at The Iron Post last Halloween know full well the terror when The Great Pumpkin rises from his pumpkin patch after midnight. Be very afraid. Next is a Nov. 3 appearance at The Highdive for the 14th Annual Great Cover Up, as reported last week; in recent years, the flexible act have masqueraded as Oasis and Sublime. Then, in promotion of the imminent album Jesus Elephant, Lorenzo Goetz perform Nov. 8 on WEFT Sessions and Nov. 11 at Cowboy Monkey. Also aboard at Cowboy Monkey are The Swell and Temple of Low Men, whose own sophomore effort Swing lies soon in store. Although the release date for Jesus Elephant is Nov. 16, copies go on sale at the show Nov. 11, after which the quartet depart for another East Coast tour. Preorders begin next week. The album assembles 10 new songs mixed by Brett Sanderson and mastered by Adam Schmitt; Brandon T. Washington of Temple of Low Men and Czar Absolute of Animate Objects contribute cameo vocals. The lead single, title track “Jesus Elephant,” already is on WPGU, 107.1FM. In the meantime, Larry Gates joins Mike Ingram to open tonight, Oct. 14, for the Adam Wolfe Rock Star release show postponed from June 11. The five-track EP, in many ways a companion piece to

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Joe Knapp’s second release as Son, Ambulance is everything a euphoric pop record should be: earnest, listenable, literate and distracting. With vocals that occupy the area between Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and Bright Eyes’ Connor Oberst, Knapp constructs a highly enjoyable hour-long album that improves considerably upon his debut, Euphemystic. Key sounds more like a compilation of great tracks than a meaningful whole, as the style shifts so frequently that it’s hard to pigeonhole into one category. Opening track “Entropy” offers a shoegazey introduction akin to The Doves. By “Chlorophyll” the listener has heard the sort of piano accompaniments found in another Brit pop-rock band, Starsailor. In fact, especially as the CD progresses, Son, Ambulance starts to sound like an American take on Muse: more polished and smiley, but with similar musical sensibilities. Knapp obviously has a lot of fun with his creative process. His constant innovation may be neither unique nor overly imaginative, but it certainly maintains a fresh take on what would otherwise perhaps be insubstantiality. On “Glitter Angel”, a guitar solo straight out of classic rock replaces synthesized harmonies that wouldn’t be out of place on the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange.“If I Should Fall Asleep” includes a classical chamber music type intro, and an Irish fiddle and jig at the end. Over the music, Knapp’s vocals veer from a man with a bleeding soul (but less grating than Oberst) to the contradiction of an apathetic protester (though more optimistic than Cocker). Further inspection would suggest Key is

this week in music Sick Day’s almost as new Happy Ending EP, stands proud on its own stripped-down charm. Collaborators include Tom Grassman and Michael “Guido” Esteves of Sick Day, plus Ian Shepherd and Jesse Greenlee on percussion, and Andy Lund on guitar, production, mixing and mastering. Thus resumes the “Thursday Special” at Cowboy Monkey; show time is 10:30 p.m., and admission is free, as always. Just before that, from 8-10 p.m., Sunil Chopra (Finite Element, Cartographer) and Ben Bedford do a free show across the street at Aroma Cafe. In other show news, also Oct. 16, Headlights and The Beauty Shop open for Magnolia Electric Co. (ex-Songs:Ohia) at Cafe Paradiso. Long-awaited album Crisis Helpline by The Beauty Shop is available as an import through Parasol, and a music video for the lead single,“Monster,” will be online in time for the band’s November return to Britain. Advance tickets for the show are available; show time is 9 p.m., and cover is $10. Then, Oct. 17, Writers in the Round presents Hilary Scott, Darrin Drda, Kayla Brown (ex-Feaze) and Bruce “Bruiser” Rummenie; show time is 8 p.m., and cover is $3.

(March 21-April 19):

The guy in front of me in the grocery store checkout line today was wearing a t-shirt that said, "Sublimely tacky, yet refreshingly unrefined." That's a perfect lead-in to the astrological advice I'd like to convey to you this week, which is: You're most likely to be happy and successful if you stop trying to deny the fact that you're a beautifully messy mass of contradictions. It's high time for you to celebrate your inconsistencies and regard your mutability as a strength. I encourage you to invite all of your different sub-personalities to a big come-as-you-are party in your head.

TAU RU S

(April 20-May 20):

Do you remember when you learned to read, back when you were six years old? One week the clumps of letters were indecipherable, and the next week you could actually make sense of them. I propose to you, Taurus, that you are now at a comparable threshold in the evolution of your emotional life. Feelings that have previously been obscure or puzzling will soon come into focus. You'll be blessed with an upgrade in your intuition about your friends' and loved ones' moods. Your power to enjoy intimacy will dramatically ripen.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20):

Speaking to an audience at Harvard University, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made the observation that "sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged." While I do approve of you spending the next week exploring the frontiers of sensual pleasure, I'm not sure you should go as far as Scalia suggests. Or if you do, make sure you really like and respect your fellow orgiasts. Your erotic adventures should never erode but should always support your spiritual values.

CANCER

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A million jobs have been lost since our fellow Cancerian, George W. Bush, became U.S. president. The nation's dangerously high budget deficit, now at record levels, is due to his

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LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22):

In the film, Angels in America, the character named Belize describes his vision of heaven. It's not a spotlessly clean gated community where everyone wears white gowns and nothing ever changes. Rather, it's a "big city, overgrown with weeds, but flowering weeds. On every corner a wrecking crew, and something new and crooked going up catty-cornered to that. Gusts of gritty wind, and a gray, high sky alive with ravens. Piles of trash, but lapidary like rubies and obsidian. Diamond-colored streamers. Voting booths. Dance palaces full of music and lights and racial impurity and gender confusion. All the deities are creole, mulatto, brown as the mouths of rivers." While that's not necessarily how I envision my ideal home, I love its implication that we should imagine paradise to be mysterious, intriguing, and in flux. Let Belize inspire you to be soulful and poetic, Leo, as you update your own vision of perfection—your conception of the good life.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

The astrological omens are pretty odd right now. They seem to be suggesting that your luck will be good and you'll be in maximum alignment with the cosmic rhythms if you watch a lot of daytime TV, eat heaps of junk food, get no more than four hours of sleep a night, and argue with yourself loudly in public. Just kidding, Virgo. I was merely testing to see whether you've become overly gullible towards so-called authorities like me. The truth is that you should free yourself from influences that

presume to tell you what to do. Get their voices completely out of your head so you can clearlyhear the still, small voice of your fiercely tender intuition.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

"Each of us has a name given by God and given by our parents," writes the Israeli poet Zelda Mishkovsky. "Each of us has a name given by our sins and by our longing. Each of us has a name given by our enemies and by our love. Each of us has a name given by our celebrations and by our work. Each of us has a name given by the sea and by the stars." Your homework for the coming week, Libra, is to figure out all ten names that Mishkovsky says you have. Your identity is ripe for expansion; your sense of self is ready to bloom.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

Your recent "experiment" reminds me of the Malaysian performance artist who locked herself in a glass box with 2,700 scorpions, hoping to remain there for 30 days. After being stung by the poisonous arachnids seven times, she almost left early. Ultimately, though, she toughed it out. I figure you are at a point in your own adventure where you've managed to survive the equivalent of five stings, Scorpio. But in my opinion you've already proved your point. I suggest you finish the "experiment" immediately.

S A G I T T A R I U S (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Events in the coming week will bring the beginning of the end of an influence you love to hate. They will also usher in a turning point for your relationship with a person you should treat better than you do. And that's just a fraction of the many adventures headed your way, Sagittarius. Finales and climaxes will be in the works everywhere you turn, and you will get one last chance to fix a long-standing mess before it explodes. Is that dramatic enough for you? No? You want even more? OK, then, how's this: You may finally realize what you want to be when you grow up.

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AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

To begin the 19th season of her TV talk show, Oprah Winfrey gave away a brand new $28,000 car to everyone in her studio audience. Inspired by her example, I've decided to bestow an incredibly valuable boon on you: three love spells. The first will banish any resentments or hatreds that you harbor against old lovers. The second will boost your skill at seeing others for who they really are. And my third love spell will help you concentrate as much on giving love as on getting it.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20):

Cosmic omens can be interpreted on many levels. This week, for instance, some astrologers might credibly suggest that you Pisceans should work behind the scenes to gently coax people into serving your secret agendas. Other astrologers might urge you to go undercover to gather hard-to-access information that will help you build up your power. Yet other stargazers might predict you're in line for some consciousness-altering adventures, and encourage you to seek out their most positive expression. I go along with all of those possibilities, but add my own spin: It's a perfect time for you to carry out a riveting rite of passage for yourself, complete with awe-inspiring ceremonies and reverent communion with divine allies.

Homework: Confess, brag, and expostulate about what inspires you to love. Write www.freewillastrology.com.

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“Random” best describes the feel of When Eggs Go Rotten, the nine-track demo from Champaign-Urbana’s own High Street Orchestra. Citing influences from soul, jazz and hip hop, High Street Orchestra’s album contains an eclectic blend of music. The best thing about When Eggs Go Rotten is the production. L. Wasserman does a decent job on “Opening Statements” which features a sped-up clip of “Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good)” from the Romeo & Juliet soundtrack.The music has a soulful vibe with drums and horns working together to create a nice instrumental. “Opening Statements” is where we are introduced to Chris Jeckel, High Street Orchestra’s lead rapper. Jeckel—who’s legally blind—tries to use life’s challenges as subject matter for his raps, but he jams too many words into his bars, which compromises the message he wants to send. When Eggs Go Rotten also includes “Untitled,” a 4:20 piano solo. The arrangement is nice and the music is soothing to the ears, but it seems out of place among songs that are less classical in nature and have accompanying

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Tom Grassman Tommy G’s 5-7pm, free Jim Easter and The Artistics [covers] VFW Post 5520 8-11pm, TBA The J. Davis Trio, The Baldwin Brothers, Apollo Project The Canopy Club 9pm, $5 The Greedy Loves, Adam Schmitt Nargile 9pm, $5 Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm-1am, $1 Elsinore White Horse Inn 9:30pm, free The Impalas Tommy G’s 10pm, $3 Small Change [live hip hop] Nargile 11pm, $5 DJ Onda Tropicale: DJ Mambo Italiano [reggae, island, world lounge] Cowboy Monkey 9:30pm, free DJ Bozak Barfly 10pm, free DJ J-Phlip Boltini 10pm, free

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Live Music Slingshot 57, So Long Forgotten, Bleeding with Victory [christian rock] Rockhouse 6:30pm, $5 Blonde Redhead, Home Video The Highdive 7:30pm, $15 Lilia Griffin Borders 8-10pm, free Michael Hull Pages For All Ages 9pm, free

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