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The Graduate (1967)

The Last Picture Show (1971)

Raging Bull (1980)

Easy Rider (1969)

105 minutes Directed by Mike Nichols Starring Anne Bancroft Dustin Hoffman Katharine Ross William Daniels

118 minutes Directed by Peter Bogdanovich Starring Timothy Bottoms Jeff Bridges Cybill Shepherd Ellen Burstyn

129 minutes Directed by Martin Scorsese Starring Robert De Niro Cathy Moriarty Joe Pesci Frank Vincent

94 minutes Directed by Dennis Hopper Starring Dennis Hopper Peter Fonda Jack Nicholson Phil Spector

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The Graduate (1967) 9 p.m. The Last Picture Show (1971) 11:15 p.m. BONUS FILM 6:30 p.m.

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Raging Bull (1980) 9:30 p.m. Easy Rider (1969) 7 p.m.

TICKETS On sale now at The Virginia Theatre 203 W. Park Avenue in Champaign 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday or call The Virginia Theatre at 356-9063. $5 per movie $20 for all five movies

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Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Chinatown (1974) A Clockwork Orange (1971) The French Connection (1971) Midnight Cowboy (1969) e-mail your vote to filmfestival@readbuzz.com or visit our Web site at www.readbuzz.com

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aturday night was a little sad, not because the Florida Marlins won the World Series, but just because it’s the end of the baseball season. During baseball season, there’s always a game on somewhere, and thus, always a reason to have a couple of pops and watch a few innings. Baseball, it’s really something special. Baseball, they can’t really screw it up ... even though some folks try their damnedest.

The game itself appears to be in fine shape.

George Steinbrenner can spend as much money as he wants on a team, but apparently he can’t buy heart and determination, so the best team still wins, not necessarily the most expensive. So the game is as healthy as ever. If you look around the edges of the game though, you’d think baseball had some big problems.

I could go on forever about freezing Ted Williams’ body. Yeah, he was arguably the best hitter ever, but that’s not a reason to try and keep him around. He seemed to be a good man and I think he deserves a little rest already. He fought in a war during the height of his career; he helped write a book; he raised a family.

It’s a good thing he raised that family, too.

Otherwise, who would freeze his body and store his lopped off head in a bucket? His family might be wise to hope science never finds a way to reanimate dead bodies. If they do, my guess is that Teddy Baseball will come back and give his kids a well-deserved ass whipping.

It may be worse for Ron Santo though.

Doctors are cutting things off of him right and left and he’s still alive when it happens. He wants to get into the Hall of Fame as a third baseman, but I fear if they keep slicing him up he may get in as third base itself.

Maybe the problem with baseball off the field is all the slicing. The Donruss baseball card company isn’t helping much. At an auction last summer they purchased one of the three Babe Ruth pinstripe jerseys in existence for $264,210. OK, that seems fine. It’s a reasonable price and it’s a historic piece of memorabilia. It won’t spend its decaying years in a museum though. Donruss has other ideas.

These idiots are slicing this piece of history into 2,100 pieces so they can put swatches of it into baseball card packs. They say it’s great!

Everybody has a chance to get a piece of histo-

ry now. Yeah, that’s a good idea. Maybe they can have a reunion of all the people who got a chunk of the jersey and try to piece it back together. Idiots.

It might be one thing if kids got it. They could hide it away in a cigar box under their bed and take it out only on special occasions. I used to do that with a Steve Carlton card I had.

The problem is, it won’t all go to kids who think it’s special. It’ll go to a bunch of money hungry collectors who care more about procuring part of the game than the game itself.

Let’s be honest, everyone can love baseball, but not everyone needs to collect memorabilia.

It’s supposed to be for kids. I knew a guy who had an Ernie Banks bat. He was at a game and it came flying into the stands. Since it nearly decapitated his brother, Ernie signed it after the game. It’s a cool-ass thing to have and he’s proud of it. It means something to him, something besides some fast cash.

If Donruss got a hold of that bat, they’d already have it inserted in a lathe.

Since they’re all money hungry though, I’ll help Donruss out with a few other possible schemes for making some cash. Ted Williams’ kid just wants to make a quick buck also, so maybe you can buy Ted and put a little biopsy of him in every pack. Hell, dig up Mickey Mantle and slice up his liver. It should be big enough to give everyone in the United States a sample. If I were Willie Mays, I’d be making plans to die on a deserted island. It may be the only way he’ll ever get any peace.

I love the game; real fans do. I have no desire to make any money off of baseball. I’ve got a foul ball Lynn McGlothen hit that my dad caught. I wouldn’t give it up for the world. I feel like baseball has given me so much, it wouldn’t seem right to destroy any part of it. I’m already thinking about spring training.

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Michael Coulter is a videographer at Parkland College. He writes a weekly email column, “This Sporting Life” and has hosted several local comedy shows.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have two biological parents, four grandparents, and eight great-grandparents. You wouldn't be you if it weren't for those 14 people. The legacy they bequeathed you played a major role in determining your talents and flaws, your predilections and aversions. And this is a perfect astrological moment to get to know them better. In fact, deepening your connection to your family's history will provide crucial clues as you seek to reinvigorate your tired old perspectives on long-running dilemmas. Are you brave enough to mutate your understanding of where you came from and where, therefore, you belong?

Halloween costume suggestion: the ancestor who fascinates you the most.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If I were writing this horoscope for "Gun Lovers' Casino Porn Today" magazine, I might advise my Taurus readers to keep their vices firmly in check, as this is a time when anti-social vices are likely to cause even more havoc than usual. However, since you are reading my words in a respectable publication and are undoubtedly a refined and ethical person, I feel comfortable advising you to tap into the instinctual part of your nature that is usually off-limits. Halloween costume suggestion: the animal whose spirit would best awaken your dormant wildness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "You may have been born to be a worrywart," says Edward Hallowell in his book Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely. "Some people have a nervous system that is like an alarm system that goes off too easily." In my experience, only about eight percent of the Gemini tribe fit this description in normal times. But between late October and mid-November every year, the number zooms. Many of you suddenly act as if you're hardwired to generate anxiety. You seem to enjoy scaring yourself silly. Why? What's going on? It's true that this is a favorable time to confront your doubts and fears. But the point is to conquer them, not let them consume and demoralize you. My advice, then, is to unleash your inner warrior immediately. Halloween costume suggestions: your favorite superhero or crusader for justice.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): New species of delight are headed your way, lucky one. Outbursts of exotic bliss await you.There's only one obstacle that could interfere with your enjoyment: your attachment to old familiar ways of stirring up the good times. Be willing to put them aside, at least temporarily, so that you can be fully available for sources of future happiness. Keep William Blake's poem in mind: "He who bends to himself a joy / Does the winged life destroy; / But he who kisses the joy as it flies / Lives in eternity's sunrise." Halloween costume suggestion: your favorite bird.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You're a giant surrounded by ants. Unfortunately, the ants are better organized than you. What are you going do about it? It's not too late to launch a crash program to match them in their disciplined strength. If you do it now, you can accomplish this seemingly improbable feat without diluting the creative power of your messy fertility. Here's one suggestion that might help: Design a Halloween costume that expresses both extremes.

You could be a soldier wearing a jester's hat, for instance, or an ant riding a unicycle.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Confront the difficult while it is still easy," suggests the ancient Chinese book Tao Te Ching. "Accomplish the great task by a series of small acts."

This is perfect advice for you to act on in the coming weeks, Capricorn.To it I will add three variations on the theme: 1. Fix things before they're broken. 2. Arrange to have a showdown on your home turf as soon as possible so you don't have to submit to a confrontation in a time and place your adversary chooses. 3. Go looking for good trouble before it degenerates into bad trouble. Halloween costume suggestions: scout, tracker, pathfinder, fortuneteller.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Here are your affirmations for the week. "I want to have a vision of the recognition I will some day be worthy of. I want to ignore everyone else's definition of 'professionalism' and create my own. I want my reputation to be a close reflection of who I really am. I want to feel what it's like to have supple faith in my decisions."

Halloween costume suggestions: the leader you most admire, a famous wise person, an unpretentious king or queen.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It seems that the long-sought treasure is different from what it was when you first launched your quest to make it yours. Either that, or it has stayed the same and you have changed. Whatever the case may be, the fact is that you need to adjust your relationship with it. Its meaning and value have shifted, and the strategy you've employed in your pursuit of it won't work much longer. Halloween costume suggestions: a knight of the Round Table, an alchemist in search of the philosopher's stone, a religious seeker headed for the promised land.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In my meditations on your immediate future, I have sometimes seen poignant images: a wet firecracker, for instance, and a flickering flame on a thin candle propped up in a paper boat floating down a creek. But there have been other times when the image that came to mind as I meditated on you was a lover crying cathartic tears while in the midst of a powerful orgasm. Halloween costume suggestions: a mermaid carrying a torch or Neptune, god of the sea, holding a thunderbolt.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The current state of your fate could drive you half-crazy if you're not patient. The gods seem to be teasing you with tantalizing promises that they later rescind. You've practically been forced to master the art of living on the edge and in between. I'm reminded of a passage from a poem by Octavio Paz: "All is visible and elusive,/ all is near and can't be touched." My advice, Virgo: Visualize your predicament as an intriguing enigma, not a maddening ambiguity.See if you can approximate the condition the poet William Wordsworth described: "fleeting moods of shadowy exultation." Halloween costume suggestions: a puzzle, a majestic cloud, a second mask worn over the first mask.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Dear Rob: I've spent my life trying to adjust to the fact that I never finished being born.

Literally. It's as if I didn't actually agree to leave the womb; never surrendered to being cast out of heaven and exiled into this heavy, difficult place called Earth. As a result, I feel I'm not completely here; I'm always holding back a little. But I'm tired of this tentativeness. I want to arrive fully and embrace my destiny. Can you help? -Unborn Libra."

Dear Unborn: Interesting you should bring this up. It's a favorable time for you Libras to come all the way down to earth. I suggest that you do a meditation in which you visualize yourself being born while filled a sense of glee, triumph, and freedom.

Halloween costume suggestion: a very happy baby.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you enjoy tormenting yourself with fantasies of bad things that might happen in the future, surf over to the "Dante's Inferno Test" website (www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv). There you can get a prediction about what level of hell you'll be exiled to after you die. If, on the other hand, you're finally ready to shed your perverse attraction to doom and gloom -- and my astrological analysis says you are -- then zealously avoid entertaining yourself with fear and anxiety. Instead, use all your ingenuity to track down fascinating encounters with boom and zoom. Halloween costume suggestions: a pirate wearing smiley face buttons or a gangsta rapper with a fuzzy Sesame Street puppet.

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overing, imitating, sampling.

Any way you define it, it’s an imitation of the original. So, it could also be called a fake, right?

Some musical purists would agree with that assertion. They would say any attempt to imitate another’s work is a fake.

Well, as seen in our Top Five Cover Songs, it’s not a fake. It’s the furthest from a fake.

Cover songs represent a revival of sorts, a bringing to life.

Now, many people believe bands that cover songs have no originality. Some people call bands that cover songs no talent hacks—bands that only mimic other great, daring musical minds.

But, many music greats do cover other artists’ music. They do it as a form of homage, often to show appreciation for the music.

Yet, any attempt to cover a song cannot be precisely the original. Thus, how can it be a fake? The band plays the song with its own flair, its own style, its own personality.

Whatever the end result, the cover band’s song belongs to them, not to the original writers or performers of the song.

These cover songs represent an art form all to themselves. Cover songs and cover bands reinterpret a song intended to be performed by another musical group. The cover band crafts it into what they believe the song means, creating more out of the song than originally intended.

Some say covering songs is easier because the cover band has a path to follow. Yet, wouldn’t it be harder to follow something that has already been done, trying to repeat the same emotions invoked by the original?

Following someone else’s lead will always be more difficult.

But, cover songs provide one important function no one ever seems to think about: they provide a renaissance. They provide a new beginning for a song, a new teller of a story, a new voice among the crowd.

Cover bands provide a new way to look at the song and a new way to view it. Of course, this depends on how the band interprets the song, where it places inflections in the song, where they stop.

For me, hearing a band cover a song from an artist or group that has ceased performing gives me chills and perhaps brings me to the similar experience others felt when they first heard it performed.

Take the song “Yesterday,” originally performed by Paul McCartney of the Beatles; it appears on 716 different albums (and that’s not counting the hundreds of drunk performances at bars). When I hear a band perform it at a bar somewhere, I know it feels nothing like it would to first hear McCartney belt out that amazing tune. Yet, I still get a sensation, a feeling that only a great song performed decently by any band will invoke inside of me.

So, if you ever hear somebody criticizing a cover band or a band covering a song, just tell them they are providing us all a service, just as great Renaissance artists did more than 400 years ago. They are reviving a song, they are bringing a part of us back to a different time, perhaps a better time for some of us.

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braham Lampkin believes in hard work.

As a calm, morning, motionless breeze sets in, the 79-year-old sips coffee with friends while chatting at a table in the corner of a room.

A piano is heard from the living room, and a man embraces his walking cane while listening intently to the melodies. Lampkin, a retired lawyer and father to 16 children, was used to long days. Now, he has all the time in the world. The laid-back nature of the Circle of Friends Adult Day Center gives him that.

“My mama used to say anyone not willing to work—ain’t fit to live,” Lampkin said.

For Lampkin and other senior citizens, the adult day center is an affordable place for seniors to go during the day to socialize and receive basic medical services. For Lampkin specifically, the affordability and convenience made this a good place for him to stay while his

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60-year-old wife works.

“The basic difference between an adult day center and a nursing home is that at nursing homes, clients stay there for 24 hours, and at adult day centers, clients go home at the end of the day,” said Cindy Cunningham, director for the adult day care at the Champaign County Nursing Home.

Adult day centers are an option for families who do not have the time to care for their respective seniors, and who cannot afford to place them in nursing homes. According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which started adult day care centers in the 1980s, the idea became a “viable option (instead of) nursing home placement”.

Carol Acord, co-director for Circle of Friends Adult Day Center, said clients are allowed to pay for services through private pay, insurance benefits, Department of Rehabilitation Services, veteran’s benefits, the Department on Aging, and Medicare. This gives clients a lot of flexibility for payment methods.

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inghome.htm, the Champaign County Nursing Home charges their 243 clients an average $129 a day. In comparison, Circle of Friends costs each client $42 for an eight-hour day.

Veteran’s benefits pay much of the $42 daily cost for Circle of Friends.

“The only thing I have to pay for is the medicine,” Lampkin said.

This past May, while visiting his daughter in Chicago, Lampkin suffered a stroke, which left his right leg and right arm damaged.

“For six weeks I was completely out of it where I didn’t even know where I was,” he said.

With his wife working days, Lampkin said they decided he needed some sort of service while she worked.

“We looked (at the adult day center), and it was an obvious solution,” Lampkin said.

In an average day, Circle of Friends takes care of 25-35 clients, said Kathy Rhoads, co-director for the day center. The staff is instructed to help with needs such as socializing with clients, serving meals and providing basic medical needs.

Becky Leibach, a nurse who has been with Circle of Friends for about four years, said they give clients a quarterly test to assess clients’ mental conditions. They also test their overall physical conditions, she said.

With one nurse on staff daily, seniors are encouraged to socialize with the staff and

amongst themselves doing such activities as arts and crafts, community and volunteer opportunities, computer activities and even gardening chores. They also provide an exercise room.

Leibach said that over the years, the emphasis on socialization has made her many friends.

“There are some patients and their families that I still keep in touch with,” Leibach said.

But because of the nature of many patients having Alzheimer’s disease or other mental ailments, the job was frustrating at times to Leibach.

“There would be times when clients would not want to take their medicine or something like that, and it made me really frustrated,” she said. “But you have to understand that they’re just confused and it all just comes with part of the territory.”

Even though Circle of Friends provides some supervision, they have a vastly different role than nursing homes. Nursing homes give the patient 24-hour care, and are usually in larger facilities. However, Circle of Friends Adult Day Center, 609 W. Washington St., is on a residential street in Champaign. Rhoads said the location makes clients feel like they are more at home. They do not want them to feel like they are at a place where nurses watch over them.

According to co-director Acord, a major advantage of adult day cares is they provide the patient with “a better quality of life and (also) delay institutionalization.” Although the Champaign County Nursing Home provides a day center, that center is not the same. Their center is situated in a big room with a bunch of tables and chairs, Leibach said.

In contrast, the Circle of Friends’ living area is adorned with five reclining chairs, a sofa, an old-time music box that plays records, a cabinet for various board games and a sign hanging over the sofa, which reads “God Bless America.” Lampkin said they

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BEYOND BORDERS ★★★ ANGELINA JOLIE AND CLIVE OWEN This preachiness will repulse many viewers, but, as our elected officials are busy fomenting humanitarian crises, it’s a sermon comfortable Americans deserve to hear. While it’s unlikely audiences will elbow one another aside as they exit the theater in their haste to donate their stock portfolios to Amnesty International, the film’s heart is in the right place. And, with luck, it might diminish our callousness and ignorance in some small measure. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS ★★★★ DAVID AND ARNOLD FRIEDMAN More than just a documentary, this film explores the world of a New York family that is accused of bringing boys into the basement for computer classes and then sexually abusing them. A fascinating documentary. (Jason Cantone) Now showing at Boardman’s Art Theatre

GOOD BOY! ★★★ MATTHEW BRODERICK AND BRITTANY MURPHY An alien dog talks to kids. Simply amazing. Watch Matthew Broderick’s career sink even further. (Arthur Mitchell) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

KILL BILL: VOLUME ONE ★★★★ UMA THURMAN AND DAVID CARRADINE Kill Bill is raw entertainment that packs brains with its brawn.

That is because Tarantino is an expert at drawing feeling from his killers, robbers and sociopaths. In Kill Bill, Tarantino revisits his penchant for characters who have experienced past—and specifically, childhood—trauma, again hitting the mark with brave situational dichotomy.(Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

LOST IN TRANSLATION ★★★★ BILL MURRAY AND SCARLETT JOHANSSON Bill Murray finds a relationship with a younger woman in this intelligent film set in Japan and directed by Sofia Coppola.

The enigmatic serenity of Lost in Translation confounds and astonishes while it simultaneously embraces and rejects convention. The link between Bob and Charlotte feels a touch familiar but, more importantly, perfectly natural. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

MYSTIC RIVER ★★★★ KEVIN BACON AND SEAN PENN

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Three childhood friends are united after one loses his daughter. Expect brilliant performances. This story goes beyond the usual crime thriller and is filled with some brilliant performances expected to be honored with Oscars. (Andrew Vecelas) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

OUT OF TIME ★★★ DENZEL WASHINGTON AND SANAA LATHAN Denzel Washington, fresh from his Oscar-winning performance in Training Day and his lead role in the crappy John Q., portrays a cop framed for a heinous crime in this film, which uses a little-used genre effectively to provide an interesting and suspenseful thriller. (Andrew Crewell) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

RADIO ★★ CUBA GOODING JR. AND ED HARRIS Cuba Gooding Jr. does his best to give a performance that will make his critics less likely to demand that he give back his Oscar after horrendous films such as Snow Dogs, but this film doesn’t do anything more than give a dramatic version of Adam Sandler’s The Waterboy. (Jason Cantone) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

RUNAWAY JURY ★★★ DUSTIN HOFFMAN AND GENE HACKMAN Based upon the best selling John Grisham novel, this story was originally about tobacco farms, but becomes a tale of guns. Featuring two of the greatest actors alive, this film is exactly what a summer beach novel is good for: a lot of fun, provided that you suspend disbelief. (Jason Cantone) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

THE RUNDOWN ★★★ THE ROCK AND SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT The Rundown is pure entertainment, plain and simple.It’s hard to lump it into one genre as it reaches into action, adventure and comedy in order to come up with an exhilarating and fun combination that will leave audiences more than satisfied.

(Aaron Leach) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

SCARY MOVIE 3 ★★★ CHARLIE SHEEN AND DENISE RICHARDS With the Wayans brothers gone, slapstick king David Zucker does his best to re-invent this dying franchise. Occasionally hilarious, but often stupid. (Andrew Crewell) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

SEABISCUIT ★★★★

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE ★ JESSICA BIEL AND MIKE VOGEL While on a drug run to Mexico, a bunch of people pick up a bloodied hitchhiker who has been attacked by someone or something. The movie substitutes screams and gore for the careful artistry that is present in the original, only to create the same formula that moviegoers have seen a hundred times before and are frankly quite tired of. (Aaron Leach) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

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VERONICA GUERIN ★★ CATE BLANCHETT AND BRENDA FRICKER Cate Blanchett plays real life journalist Veronica Guerin wonderfully, the film needs to focus more on her actions and less on her long lectures to help save Ireland. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly

WONDERLAND ★★★ VAL KILMER AND LISA KUDROW Wonderland never rises to the same lacerating level of striking social commentary and lifelike depiction. With a flashbackreliant structure that bears strong resemblance to The Usual Suspects, Cox’s dark docudrama at times appears more like a police-driven who-dunnit than a harrowing account of truelife events. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly

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JOAQUIN PHOENIX AND PHIL COLLINS A man is turned into a bear and must search for a light in the sky made up of the spirits of dead people and bears while befriending a young bear cub. It’s The Sixth Sense meets The Bear, with an annoying Phil Collins soundtrack and non-Pixar Disney animation. (Jason Cantone) Opening at Beverly and Savoy

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Abraham Lampkin eats lunch with other senior citizens at the day center. Lampkin started coming to the center after suffering a stroke last May.

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BRUCE CAMPBELL AND OSSIE DAVIS Bruce Campbell is an aging Elvis and Ossie Davis is an African American John F. Kennedy. Both fight mummies and evil spirits. Sounds like a hell of a good time. See the interview with the director on page 22. (Jason Cantone) Opening at Boardman’s

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MEG RYAN AND JENNIFER JASON LEIGH Ever since Meg Ryan slept with Russel Crowe while she was married to Dennis Quaid, her career has slipped down faster than a prom dress in May and Quaid’s career has only skyrocketed with Frequency, The Rookie and Far From Heaven.

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take good care of their clients. They have one meal and two snacks each day, provide medical assistance and have transportation for seniors who need rides.

But due to state budget cuts, many social service programs for the elderly in Champaign County have had funds reduced from the United Way of Champaign County, a subcategory of the Department on Aging.

Andrea Rundell, community impact director for United Way, said the cuts were spread over more programs.

Family Services of Champaign County provide five services for the elderly—Meals on Wheels, a service that delivers daily meals to seniors’ homes, the Senior Transportation Program, Senior Counseling and Advocacy, Refined and Senior Volunteer Program, and Senior Home Care.

Sheryl Bautch, executive director of Family Services, said the United Way made

their decisions because they had re-established their priorities.

“This has been a great concern to us when you lose that kind of funding,” Bautch said.

Rundell said this is a situation where not every person can be happy or every program can be sufficiently funded.

Circle of Friends, however, was not affected by the budget cuts, Rhoads said. Both Rhoads and Acord have studied geriatrics, the study of senior citizens, for a combined 30 years and they hope to continue that service to people like Lampkin.

The center remains relatively active each day, just the way Rhoads and Acord like it. Some of the seniors sleep, some read.

Lampkin gets up from the table after finishing his coffee. He’s eagerly waiting for his wife to pick him up, but also to find out what others are up to.

“I keep busy. I’m now going to find something to do,” Lampkin said. buzz

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How did you first get interested in the restaurant/wine business?

(In) college, I was a busboy and cook for a French restaurant in Bloomington, Ind. After graduation I went to culinary school. I have worked everywhere form Miami to Los Angeles.

Why did you decide to open Bacaro?

I was the General Manager at the Corkscrew in Urbana and was planning on leaving. I had talked to some customers at Corkscrew and they wanted a place where they could sit down and enjoy a glass of wine; I wanted that too. I also visited Spain and liked the wine bars I saw there.

What can people expect when they come to Bacaro?

A really knowledgeable staff. There are over 100 Italian wines and food that you can’t get anywhere else, like wild boar.

What are your interests outside work?

Work is pretty much it. When I’m not working, I like to go out to eat. I’m obsessed with food.

Champaign resident Thad Morrow, 31, has been in the restaurant and wine business since college. Currently, Morrow owns the Bacaro Restaurant and Wine Bar located at 113 N. Walnut. Morrow also serves as chef at Bacaro, which features a wine list with 160 different Italian wines and a menu that varies seasonally.

What is your favorite food?

That’s a tough call. I like all kinds, but I really enjoy a good turkey burger. They are hard to come by though.

What is your favorite wine?

I enjoy wines from the South of Italy.

What is the best part of being in the restaurant/wine business?

You get to have a good time all the time.

If you could travel through time, where would you go?

Medieval Europe. I think Renaissance Florence would be cool.

If you had a super power, what would it be?

Read people’s minds. I’m quite good at it anyways.

What does it take to become a wine expert?

I went about it in a roundabout way. I took classes in college like an intro to wine. I also took private classes and held dinner parties with my friends. It also helped to work in the French restaurant; there is lots of wine there.

What is the most rewarding part of your job?

Getting to work with my staff.

What is the history of Bacaro?

We opened almost two years ago on Nov. 8. At first, there were only 15 wines and the most expensive was $40. Now, there are 160 wines and the most expensive is $100. The menu has also expanded to include entrees rather than just light appetizers.

What is your favorite dish to prepare?

Grilled steak, with roast fingerling potatoes and spinach. I like to prepare that for myself.

For the restaurant though, I like the grilled wild boar. I also like preparing fish because it is the most challenging and interesting.

How do you come up with new dishes?

It depends on the season. You have to switch things depending on the season. I start with the ingredients and then come (up) with the dish. I usually play around with the guys in the kitchen.

What’s in store for Bacaro in the future?

The wine is going to develop further.

What is your ultimate goal for the restaurant?

I would like to see interesting food related businesses develop downtown, beyond the bars. There is a great food culture in Champaign; people are hungry in more ways than one for cool restaurants.

Have you had any cooking disasters?

One time, I was trying to make French onion soup and it was inedible. It was disgusting, there was too much vinegar and to this day I can’t figure it out; French onion soup is pretty easy.

How did Bacaro get its name?

It is from Venice. It is Tuscan for “wine bar.”

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Halloween’s scariest: 10 tales of terror

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erial killers, cannibal zombies and vengeful ghosts, oh my! Halloween is the time of year when everyone likes to cuddle up in the dark and put on a film that doesn’t just entertain them, but also scares them to death. Well, not to death, per se, such as in The Ring, but close enough. It’s a time when innocent names like Freddy, Jason, Michael and Leatherface take on a whole new meaning, bringing to mind more buckets of blood than Quentin Tarantino could have ever dreamed of using for the finale to Kill Bill: Volume One. Earlier this month, the Buzz entertainment staff voted for what they considered to be the best horror films of all time, which seemed like an easy task. Community members were also encouraged to vote.

However, it all brought about a controversy over what exactly IS a horror movie. Sure, Hannibal Lecter is a horror story, but the brilliant film The Silence of the Lambs was excluded from the list and considered more of a suspense thriller than a horror film. Same goes with David Fincher’s Se7en.

What follows is Buzz’s Top 10 Horror Films of All Time.

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (dir. Robert Weine, 1919) It’s hard to overestimate the influence of Caligari on cinematic horror as we know it today. Its plot—the mysterious Dr. Caligari and his unspeakably creepy sideshow somnambulist, Cesare, terrorize naive small-town young people by accurately predicting they will be dead by dawn—forms the blueprint for the genre. But the German expressionist style accounts for its persistently uncanny effect: the horror permeates the visual world of the film. An unforgettable, nightmarish trip from start to finish.

(Matt Mitchell)

9. Event Horizon (dir. Paul Anderson, 1997)

A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared and has now returned ... with someone or something new onboard. Filled with some very intense horror scenes, the film’s scariest moments make up for an occasionally lacking plot. Although it has a star-studded cast featuring Laurence Fisburne, Sam Neill and Kathleen Quinlan, they are secondary to the real star of the film: the ultimate horror onboard the ship ready to attack the crew.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (dir. Wes Craven, 1984) Considered by some to be the greatest horror film of all time, most audiences agree this is at least Craven’s finest achievement. Introducing Freddy Krueger to audiences has caused nightmares for the past 20 years. Filled with now classic horror bits, Nightmare is more than just a slasher film, it’s a psycho thriller that goes at you when you’re the most vulnerable: when you’re asleep. (Jason Cantone)

7. The Omen (dir. Richard Donner, 1976)

The classic story of the antiChrist’s birth is lead by a marvelous pairing of Gregory Peck and Lee Remick

who realize after several deaths of friends and acquaintances that their son may not be their own. Featuring some spellbinding deaths such as beheading by panes of glass and impaling by lightning rods, The Omen, spawning three horrendous sequels, will keep you on the edge of your seat, hoping that Satan doesn’t have you in his sights. (Daniel Maloney)

6. Poltergeist (dir. Tobe Hooper, 1982)

Poltergeist capitalizes on Spielberg’s imagination to bring a humorous suburban family into the scariest haunted house of the 1980s. Little Carol Ann has conversations with her television, eventually leading the poltergeists to pull her into another dimension that animates her parents’ worst nightmares. Realistic family banter allows the audience to empathize with the characters, while also dazzling them with decent special effects. If anything, Poltergeist proved that horror films can have some substance without all the cheese. (Janelle Greenwood)

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Night of the Living Dead (dir. George Romero, 1968) Low-budget horror began its terrifying trek with the popular underground hit, Night of the Living Dead. After an unforeseen radiation problem, zombies rise to plague the area, forcing a group of strangers take refuge in an old farmhouse.

The grainy black and white cinematography of this f i l m invented a new niche in the genre that built suspense without the m a s s i v e budgets of modern horror. Truly a

classic, it set a standard for future zombie films to come. (JG)

4. Halloween (dir. John Carpenter, 1978)

Without Halloween, most of the horror films of the 1990s would never have been made. This film started the slasher genre with Michael Myers, and Hollywood hasn’t stopped making slasher films since. Made on a small budget with Jamie Lee Curtis, this film was hugely successful and spawned many inferior sequels, although Halloween: H20 tried hard to replicate the original. A testament to its brilliance is that during most of the film, nothing really happens. However, the tension stays high in this horror masterpiece. (JC)

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (dir. Tobe Hooper, 1974) Loosely based on the true story of Ed Gein, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre shows a murderous family hunting down a group of teenage hippies. It is brutal, savage and shocking. The uneasy atmosphere exists because the lowbudget film feels natural, like a documentary. It went unnoticed upon its release in 1970s driveins, but soon established a cult following.

Watch it to see one of the most influential horror films ever, but stay away from the remake.

(Thomas Abbatacola)

2. Psycho (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

Often considered the ultimate in horror films, Psycho tells the story of a quirky motel clerk and his strange relationship with his mother. Everyone from Wes Craven to Woody Allen has referenced this film in one way or another. From the infamous shower scene (which used chocolate syrup as blood) to the shocking revelations of the fate of Norman Bates’ mother, Hitchcock’s masterpiece is not only suspenseful, but will leave you afraid to ever step into the shower again. (DM)

1. The Exorcist (dir. William Friedkin, 1973)

When the director’s cut was released three years ago, viewers got to see even more of this masterpiece and a spider walking scene that will never leave some viewers’ memories.

Loosely based on a true story from the Midwest and filled with Catholic imagery (remember the crucifix), this film defines horror and is not only one of the scariest movies of all time, but also the best. As goes with all horror classics, this film spawned terrible sequels. And, despite the film’s success, Linda Blair became a child of the 1970s and never had a hit film after her brilliant portrayal as the little possessed girl. For those who missed seeing this brilliant film on the big screen, The Exorcist is showing at Boardman’s Art Theatre this weekend as part of their midnight horror festival. (JC)

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“When you start making horror films, you just get used to not ever winning awards,” he said. “When Bruce Campbell and I began winning, it was unbelievably exciting.”

However, despite winning Best Screenplay at

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s its title promises, Beyond Borders transports its audience, but this is no typical escapist fantasy. The film indeed carries us to exotic lands: the deserts of drought-stricken Ethiopia, the jungles of Cambodia and the frozen mountains of Chechnya. This is emphatically not a fun ride, as the audience is compelled to confront the tragic realities of modern warfare that our national mythology and corporate news media endeavor to hide. This is not what people go to the movies to see.

Rather insidiously, the film is being marketed as an exotic love story, and to use famine and war as the backdrop for romance between two photogenic white people would be repugnant, even by Hollywood standards.

Mercifully, the “romance,” such as it is, functions as a vehicle for a less sensationalistic portrait of doctors and relief workers who have abandoned wealth and security in an effort to assuage the suffering of people caught in the crossfire of war and famine.

Skeletal starving children and dismembered land mine victims don’t make for a hot movie poster, and it’s nice to imagine audiences eager

the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival this year, he still couldn’t find a distributor to bring his film to American audiences.

“It’s just a little film about Elvis Presley as a senior citizen when he meets Ossie Davis, who believes he is John F. Kennedy turned black, all while the two of them fight an evil Egyptian mummy who wants to take over their senior citizen home,” he said. “You know, your average independent movie.”

Finally, after a sold-out showing in Los Angeles, a smaller company approached him.

They said “if none of the big whigs want to take this, we will” and Bubba Ho-Tep’s Cinderella story from an unwanted independent film to a nationally released award-winner began.

Based upon an award-winning short story by Joe Lansdale, the film presupposes that the Elvis who died was really just an impersonator whereas the real Elvis went on living.

“I always thought after reading the story that it could make a successful movie,” he said.

Coscarelli said the moviemaking experience was difficult because the film brings together a large number of genres, but said working with Campbell made it a great experience.

“Campbell is an icon in the horror genre, so a lot of people don’t take him seriously,” he said.

“It was really exciting working with him.” for yet another tale of love in the midst of war being hoodwinked into confronting, if for only two hours, the realities that confront 250 million refugees around the world today.

The story opens, significantly, in 1985— when Bob Geldoff made compassion for the Third World briefly fashionable in the First.

Sarah (Angelina Jolie) is an idealistic young American who has married the son of a wealthy British philanthropist. A black-tie London fundraiser for famine relief is melodramatically disrupted by Nick (Clive Owen), who drags a starving Ethiopian boy into the ballroom in a quixotic effort to puncture the selfcongratulatory atmosphere. He is a doctor who has dedicated his life to helping refugees, and he is disgusted that such organizations remain insulated from the horrors he confronts every day. Sarah is moved by his performance to organize relief efforts in Ethiopia.

The film’s heroes do not carry guns, and the warriors and politicians are thugs of the most despicable sort. Their victims are men, women and children too poor to escape. Although at a few points the film attempts to sharpen its essentially sentimental appeal (as when Sarah gets all Tomb Raider on Nick’s ass after discovering he’s been running guns under U.N. auspices), its primary mode is unapologetically melodramatic, which is perhaps inevitable when the subject is the starvation and mass murder of innocents.

There’s good reason to be cynical about a multimillion-dollar Hollywood film that presumes to act as a vehicle for global consciousness-raising, and there’s something undeniably icky about casting starving children to portray

Ambitious artists put C-U on the map

Coscarelli, who directed the Phantasm series, as well as 1982’s The Beastmaster, said Campbell and he made a great team.

“We both knew a lot of horror people from behind-the-scenes and pooled together to get make-up people at a lower cost,” he said.

Coscarelli hopes Campbell’s loyal audience, which still flocks to films such as Army of Darkness, which is playing in Beverly’s re-run film series this weekend, allow him to go beyond his basic horror persona.

“Campbell’s fans are that 18-25 age range and really get this movie,” he said. “I think a lot of the companies who keep releasing slasher films just don’t give the audience any credit. It doesn’t take students seriously.”

However, despite all of the hard work it took to make and then distribute Bubba Ho-Tep, Coscarelli knows not to take his films too seriously, even if they win major awards.

“If you go see one Elvis kicking a Mummy’s ass movie this year, make sure to see Bubba HoTep,” he said, laughing.

Although the Internet Movie Database, www.imdb.com, states he is currently making the fifth Phantasm film, he wants to inform viewers that it isn’t true.

“I’ll make the next Phantasm, but right now I’m back to fighting budgets,” he said.

BY DREW FRIST | STAFF WRITER

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rban centers like New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles have long been regarded as America’s arts capitals, touting vibrant art scenes and a ubiquitous “it-factor.” Is Champaign-Urbana’s arts community struggling to keep up with its urban counterparts?

No, says Patrick Harness, a C-U artist.

“I have lived in the United States and outside the country. I think the quality of life (in Champaign-Urbana) is more like that of a big city, but the community is small enough—and it only takes you seven minutes to get to work,” says Harness. “I chose to live here.”

Harness and other locals agree that the C-U arts scene is not the budding community of Sunday painters and the coffeehouse musicians it is popularly presumed to be. C-U is a growing and legitimate cultural force.

Ten months ago, Greg Wolf, owner of the Zoo Theater Company and Actor’s Academy at the Virginia Theater and a New York transplant, was traveling from New York City to Illinois for a visit when he was introduced to C-U’s cultural and artistic scene.

“When I hit Champaign-Urbana I was very surprised and encouraged by the level of culture, the level of creativity and artistic potential,” says Wolf. “The longer I stayed here the more that I didn’t want to go anywhere else.”

Unaware of any acting studios in the area, Wolf believed Champaign had the potential and creative capital necessary to start his own acting studio.

“It just felt like this mass of potential energy,” says Wolf.

The Actor ’s Studio took two weeks to establish at the Virginia Theater and one month to disappoint.

The studio’s reception was “exceptionally poor,” says Wolf. The Academy’s initial monthlong session totaled three students.

“The classes I started in New York filled very rapidly,” says Wolf.

Enrollment for Wolf’s classes since has crept to 15 students. His C-U fees are a tenth of those he charged in New York.

Nearing a year since his move to C-U, Wolf has once considered abandoning his studio and theater company. To pad his income and to support his local ventures he has resorted to a day job—a “downer” for Wolf.

“I think people in Champaign-Urbana want to come out and see art, want to develop the culture. There seems to be a real desire to expand artistic culture and creativity,” says Wolf. “The longer (I am) here, the more I feel the need to make the studio work. I want the community to have this resource.”

The Champaign County Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council, 40 North/88 West, is trying to intercept issues surrounding advocacy, collaboration and support for a more legitimate C-U arts community. “(40 North) is an alive and thriving arts council cultivating and enriching the arts community,” says Megan Wolf, the interim Director of 40 North. “The job isn’t to highlight anyone, just to inform the public.”

Megan Wolf says artists shouldn’t think they have to go to Chicago to get into “the market.”

Too many artists come to C-U to spend a year

BEYOND BORDERS | ANGELINA JOLIE themselves in such a production. (Were they allowed near the catering truck? How much were they paid?)

Jolie’s swollen lips strike a grotesque contrast to those of the starving children she cradles, but perhaps this disparity is deliberate: Beyond Borders challenges its audience to transcend their complacency, and while we may smirk at her doe-eyed idealism in her initial foray to Ethiopia, by the end of the film, as she stands with her toe on a Chechen land mine with her secure London life far behind her, she approaches something almost saintly.

This preachiness will repulse many viewers, but, as our elected officials are busy fomenting humanitarian crises, it’s a sermon comfortable Americans deserve to hear. While it’s unlikely audiences will elbow one another aside as they exit the theater in their haste to donate their stock portfolios to Amnesty International, the film’s heart is in the right place. And, with luck, it might diminish our callousness and ignorance in some small measure.

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Champaign-Urbana works on developing creative, safe, en-”lightning” environment for local artists.

For 15 years Grassman and his bandmates or two before leaving because they think they can’t make it. Artists can make it here,” she have performed at C-U and regional venues.

Grassman is a professional musician—not says, “and the rent’s cheaper.”

The council celebrated the one-year relying on a day job or “anything corporate” anniversary of its launch in October 2002 two to support him and his music. Grassman has weeks ago. The council’s five-year goal plan experienced the “ebb and flow” expected of was accomplished in one year—their main a local scene but believes the C-U arts and initiative the creation of the 40 North Web entertainment community is enjoying a site, www.40north.org, unveiled at Friday’s period of prosperity.

“What you do have is a lot of people makcelebration.

The Web site is a resource for local artists ing music in this town,” said Grassman. and nonartists to access an events calendar, an “Pound for pound, we are up there with just about anybody.” artists registry and community news.

Champaign’s and Urbana’s downtowns and “The community did a lot to get us,” campus centers are host to original and qualisays Wolf.

Stella Carnahan, the administrative director ty venues for musicians and artists. Bars and for the Decatur Area Arts Council, established clubs like The Canopy Club, The Highdive, in 1967, says the essential element to a success- The Iron Post and Tommy G’s, a bar Grassman books musicians for, ful arts community and arts council offer audiences an is education. Art councils need to extensive range of dispel ideas separating the arts musical genres and from our every day life. offer performers “The goal (for a small town arts quality spaces to council) should be to put arts proselect from. grams in front of the people,” says Greg Wolf, owner of “You walk out on a Carnahan. “Should this goal be the Zoo Theater Company Friday night and long-term? Yeah.” have lots of choices Patterson and Wolf trumpet the for live music—even progress 40 North has made.

Wolf, an avid 40 North volunteer, welcomes more choices for DJs and such,” says the organization the council brings to Grassman.

According to Grassman, C-U is not home to the community.

“There is no reason why we shouldn’t be any mainstream, major record labels or production companies. Grassman has walked progressive,” says Wolf.

Jenny Southlynn, the arts and entertain- “the major label line” and prefers to compile ment editor for The Paper, was instrumental and produce his music independently.

His production studio, Electric Pantyland, in 40 North’s inception and works with the council to organize events like the Boneyard affords local musicians an inexpensive way to Arts Festival, an exhibition of C-U talent record and produce a record. Grassman will even design the CD cover. and galleries.

“It keeps things pristine here,” says “It is in a very dynamic period right now,” says Southlynn. “We have made a lot of Grassman. “Everybody wants things to be better, but most of the people I work with in this progress.”

At its inception three years ago, the walk town like it here. They don’t complain about listed 13 exhibition sites and displayed visual it—it’s a good place to be.”

Michael Guido Esteves, a fellow band memart. Budding local galleries and businesses have supported the expansion of the arts festi- ber of Brat Pack and Sick Day, shares val and there are now 60 exhibition spaces and Grassman’s enthusiasm. “(The C-U music scene) is awesome; even a venues for both the visual and performing arts scheduled. Southlynn’s cultural agenda Tuesday or Wednesday night can be a good includes supporting artists in order to increase night,” says Esteves.

The occasional band used to performing for the value of their work. Artists are called on to donate and auction their work, says audiences of more than 5,000 will visit a local Southlynn. Artists should be compensated club and criticize the audience, the club and C-U. “They are arrogant,” says Grassappropriately.

Artists who donate work receive tax exemp- man, unfazed.

They’ll say C-U is “nothing” compared to tions, says Patterson, but the exemptions are only worth the cost of supplies. They don’t Chicago, says Grassman, but the majority of bands are grateful to perform, get paid enough account for the street value of the painting.

“We’re just locationally challenged,” to cover gas, and move on to the next town.

“I think being a band from Champaign is says Tom Grassman, a member of C-U bands Sick Day and The Brat Pack and an asset,” says Grassman. “People just owner of Electric Pantyland Studios, a respect Champaign—it isn’t the biggest but it’s on the map.” buzz local music production studio.

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The Life of Pi ★★

Yann Martel

BY DAVID SOUTHARD | STAFF WRITER

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onday Oct. 20, 2003, a man scholarly in appearance and in voice spoke slowly and passionately about a book he has “had the privilege of reading”—a phrase commonly used when smooching literary rear—titled The Life of Pi. A crowded auditorium sat silent, anticipating Yann Martel to walk into the podium light and awe them. After the man brimful with praise—no doubt a nice man, but nonetheless superfluous to the situation—finished praising the book many there had already read, Yann Martel strolled up to the stage and began reading from that very same book, the book that enthralled the audience and carried them to the auditorium to see the craftsman hiding behind the type.

Why is it that authors read from books that have sold relentlessly, from books read by many members of the audience? Are we to get a glimpse at how the author intended us to read it; shall his intonation reveal his intention?

The book, The Life of Pi, is enjoyable. It is entertaining to the extent that it can be read no more than twice without pushing the reader into fits of boredom during the midsection of the book. You see, the novel has three “parts.”

Part One: In this section, a character named Pi, perfectly delineated out of the language, is trapped between unbelievable truth and beautiful fiction. Particularly, this part features his sacrosanct sincerity in his religious practices—Muslim, Hindu and Christianity—that simultaneously usher in intriguing, amusing, teasing, tormenting and often hilarious moments. There is a scene where a priest, a pandit and an imam meet the boy’s parents and discuss his following of all three religions, which encapsulates the joy of diverse and dichotomous moods in fiction that make it great. It was a shame that Martel felt like he had to produce a disheartening mock “Indian” voice as he regurgitated his own scene, inciting a circus of chimpanzee laughs through the crowd.

Upon sensing this adolescent amusement after the first “Indian” voice, Martel continued obstinately and with each new sentence the voice grew more ridiculous. What made this scene great was quickly spoiled while hearing the man imitate it. This first part, with all of its magnificent sentences and insights into a character’s mind, quickly sank to the bottom of the ocean like the cargo ship that placed Pi on a lifeboat with a 450 pound Bengal tiger.

Part Two: Pi is shipwrecked, alone in his mind, which, once intriguing and intelligent, has now become monotonous over the “short of life,” but not “short of breath” 150-plus pages in which he is trapped. Pi is trapped in the chapter “Stranded at Sea” in a survival manual, magically expanding and expounding it with fictional joys, though only in brief sections. The voice of Pi has changed, no doubt due to the circumstances that have put him in the middle of the infinite ocean with a Bengal tiger, a hyena, an orangutan, a rat and a zebra. But the lack of brevity and change in voice make for a very weak heart of the book. In addition, the enjoyable “meta” fictional voice nearly disappears in this section, which is disappointing because that voice added change to Part One. Part Three: Rescued and now a liar, Pi tells his story in two versions; one is convincing and one is enchanting, but which is true? This question inserts a very attractive element to the entire story, slightly convincing the reader that the previous section was not a total waste.

The reader becomes skeptic to the unanswered question.

A fun, quick read, Yann Martel’s The Life of Pi is worth a once-over. Although Martel’s reading dismantled the initial joy of the book, it allowed for an amusing scene.

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BY JEFF NELSON | CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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aybe it was a teacher, grandparent or an older friend of the family down the block— most of us had that special mentor when we were looking for our place in life. Most of us moved on and left that mentor behind, but not Mitch Albom. This nationally syndicated sports writer and radio talk show host from WJR radio, Detroit, took a day off to visit his favorite professor from his undergraduate days. He heard Morrie Schwartz was dying. After that visit, both of their lives changed and the public record of that became Mitch Albom’s best selling chronicle, Tuesdays With Morrie, a story that touched readers for four years on the New York Times best seller list.

Mitch would return every Tuesday, as he did in his undergraduate days, to suspend the routine of his life and visit Morrie. Suffering from ALS (Lou Gerhig’s Disease), Morrie could no longer teach, but for over a year, Mitch became his last pupil in a final class— life. Albom and playwright Jeffrey Hatcher have adapted the book for the stage, and this trim 85-minute, two-character play flows very well under B.J. Jones’ direction, but something is missing. So much has been edited to make this stage-worthy that much of the pathos that made the book so engaging just isn’t there. continued on page 9

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WONDERLAND ★★★

BY MATT PAIS | LEAD REVIEWER

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magine if MTV, launched on Aug. 1, 1981, had started only a month earlier. Now imagine if they had previewed pornography and murder-filled Wonderland. It would go something like, “This is the true story of a group of drug dealers who hang out in a house and show what happens when exporn stars stop being polite and start implicating themselves in brutal murders.”

It was on July 1, 1981 that four people were viciously murdered in the section of Hollywood known as Wonderland. The motive for the murders was clear—revenge for the armed robbery of nightclub kingpin Eddie Nash (Eric Bogosian)—but the identity of the actual murderer(s) was not. Caught in the middle of this was porn legend John Holmes (Val Kilmer), a few years removed from the illustrious adult film career that garnered him the nicknames of “The King” and “Johnny Wad.” Wonderland begins after the end of Holmes’ porn career, which may disappoint some peo-

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SCARY MOVIE 3 ★★★

BY ANDREW CREWELL | STAFF WRITER

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he Wayans Brothers skipped out on this third installment of Scary Movie and took their unique writing with them. Left was David Zucker, A high priced free agent brought in to save the film. Zucker, of Airplane and Naked Gun fame, isn’t just the end-all expert of spoof films, but more or less the inventor of the genre.

Try as he might, Zucker helps the film and gets laughs, but can’t completely bring Scary Movie 3 to the quality of the original.

Gone are the social commentaries on the pop world, the plays on race, drugs and sex of the earlier films. Now we see a more basic, more structured story surrounded by token Zucker deadpan humor and an all-star cast. Charlie Sheen stars along with holdover Anna Faris from the first films, and the result is the crudest PG-13 movie you could ever find, yet one of those films that may make the audience stupider for having watched it.

This time around, Scary Movie 3 draws inspiration from recent blockbusters Signs, 8 Mile, The Matrix Reloaded and, primarily, The Ring.

Sheen is Tom, a farmer in the middle of nowhere who has a son with hip-hop aspirations and a little girl living under his house

ple looking for an in-depth look into the unbridled sex culture of late 1970s and early 1980s Hollywood (depicted brilliantly in Boogie Nights, which indirectly refers to Holmes at its conclusion.) Rather than a deconstruction of Holmes’ life, the film serves more as a representation of the gruesome murders that rocked Los Angeles in the early 1980s. This is a bold choice by director and co-writer James Cox, who largely glosses over Holmes’ extraordinary celebrity and skips right to his downfall.

Through sunlight-drenched sets and grainy authenticity, Cox lends the story a documentarian sheen that aims for the gritty reality of successful forms of social investigation such as Traffic and Thirteen.

Unfortunately, Wonderland never rises to the same lacerating level of striking social commentary and lifelike depiction. With a flashback-reliant structure that bears strong resemblance to The Usual Suspects, Cox’s dark docudrama at times appears more like a police-driven who-dunnit than a harrowing account of truelife events. Most of the film jumps back and forth between the testimony of Holmes and David Lind (a barely recognizable Dylan McDermott) and their very different perceptions of the events that led up to the Wonderland murders. With this, Cox offers an interesting dissension of information and casts doubt that anyone, other than the victims, truly knows what happened on July 1, 1981.

Yet, there’s a coherent, realistic backbone missing from Wonderland, which provides more who, in her spare time, happens to go to people’s homes and kill them after climbing out of their TVs. Then some aliens come, Leslie Nielsen shows up as the president and all hell breaks loose.

The first thing that jumps off the screen is the star power to Scary Movie 3. For just about anybody’s money, Sheen is the best recovered crackhead on the market. George Carlin plays “the architect” from The Matrix Reloaded and delivers a righteous homily on being a dirty old man. Queen Latifah and Eddie Griffin play out a domestic dispute as The Oracle and Morpheus.

Some of the jokes go over the top, but the film is all about shock value. Laughs turn to bemused snickers when Darrel Hammond, dressed as a priest, strolls into the picture as a baby sitter with candles and a bottle of wine for his young charge. Later in the film, we see the U.S Secret Service maul a pack of disabled individuals mistaking them for aliens.

A gratuitous breast scene featuring Pam Anderson and Jenny McCarthy at the onset of the movie was funny in the first Scary Movie, but just came off as annoying this time.

Further cameos from the likes of Red Man, Method Man, half the rest of the rap world and a Michael Jackson impersonator provide Scary Movie 3 with a little “bling” and help mask the uninteresting story and noticeably dismal special effects. However, all the spinning rims and 24s in the world couldn’t turn this into a film the likes of Spaceballs or another one of the classic spoof films.

captivating moments from the novelty of its story than the way it’s presented. Kilmer, unshaven and looking like a strung-out version of Jim Morrison, plays Holmes with an out-ofcontrol helplessness that finds decency among the despair of drug addiction. After his career ended, Holmes sank deep into the demented excess of 1980s California, but Kilmer keeps the never-ending downward spiral from appearing overly extreme, preposterous or self-indulgent.

His performance is both a blessing and a curse to Wonderland, which leaves us wanting more of Holmes and less of the detectives who are puzzled by the conflicting testimony they receive. The best scenes feature Holmes and his girlfriend, Dawn Schiller (Kate Bosworth), hopelessly in love but crippled by Holmes’ increasingly dangerous interactions with drug dealers Lind, Ron Launius (Josh Lucas) and Billy Deverell (Tim Blake Nelson). The men snort coke, shoot heroin and display guns with the compulsive casualness of remorseless lowlifes, occasionally to an unbelievable extent.

Still, it’s a pleasure to see these performers, particularly Lucas, acting against type so vivaciously.

Despite its frustrating angle of TV-cop drama storytelling, Wonderland thrives on a shuffling, boogie-woogie L.A. style as a result of its jaunty pacing and bristling classic rock soundtrack.

The troubling tale of gun sales gone wrong and retribution with lead pipes moves briskly to the sounds of Bob Dylan, Roxy Music and T. Rex. In fact, Wonderland chugs along with such

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WONDERLAND | VAL KILMER musical dexterity that it might have even been a better film without any dialogue at all.

Through exhilarating music and tense sequences of wrenching emotional and physical pain, the film achieves more than it ever does by weeding through the murky details of the killings themselves.

At its heart, Wonderland possesses a fascinating analysis of the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll atmosphere that possessed Los Angeles in the 1980s. This is enunciated perfectly by the violent murders that took place among the men who lived carefree lives of danger and overindulgence. But while Wonderland plunges deep into the rabbit hole of violence and drug addiction, it overshadows the all-important digging of the hole itself.

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SCARY MOVIE 3 | PAM ANDERSON, JENNY MCCARTHY When making this kind of movie, it is understood some jokes aren’t going to go off well.

Zucker does a great job of understanding this and manages to throw just enough crap at the wall that some sticks. Despite some of the jokes completely missing their mark, some are bull’seyes, and the theater is filled with hoards of hooting and hollering fans through a lot of the flick. The scariest part of Scary Movie 3 might be that production on Scary Movie 4 has already begun. Maybe they should give us time to catch our breath first.

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“Good scenery and music.”

★★★★ Deana Hayes Chicago

“It was very creative and original.”

★★★★ Jose Cornejo Chicago

“A little confusing, but it came together in the end.”

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“First Annual Midwest Sequential Art Exhibition” – The Middle Room Gallery hosts an exhibition of comic and sequential art talent from the Midwest. Ranging in visual and narrative style from political to fantasy, from Japanese Manga to the familiar super-heroic conventions, this show will help shine a light on one of the most misunderstood and overlooked art forms today. Artists include Pam Bliss, Tim Broderick, Jacen Burrows, Darrin Drda, Brion Foulke, Hope Larson, Layla Lawler, Dirk Tiede, Dann Tincher, Charlie “Spike”Trotman. On View at the Middle Room Gallery through Oct 31. 218 W Main St, Urbana. www.gallery.ucimc.org/ “Whistler and Japonisme: Selections from the Permanent Collection” – Marking the 100th anniversary of James McNeill Whistler’s death, this exhibition highlights his works on paper and examines the influence that Japanese woodcuts had on his artistic technique. On display at the Krannert Art Museum through March 28, 2004.

500 E Peabody, Urbana. Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am8pm, Sun 2-5pm. 333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3

Oct 23-Nov 2 Stephen Sondheim James Lapine James Zager, director

INTO THE WOODS Department of Theatre College of Fine and Applied Arts

“Visualizing the Blues: Images of the American South, 1862-1999” – Every picture tells a story and this exhibition of more than 100 photographs of the Mississippi Delta region portrays a profoundly vivid narrative of life in the American South. These photographs, taken from the Civil War era through 1999, show the rhythms of life from this almost mythic region and powerfully document the sources of inspiration for the lyrics and melodies of Blues musicians. Among the photographers represented are Margaret Bourke-White, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Andres Serrano and many others. On display at Krannert Art Museum through Nov 2. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm. 333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3 Featured Works XIII:“The Spirit of Mediterranean Pathos: The Early Work of Pierre Daura” – Pierre Daura (1896-1976) was a member of significant modern art movements in the early 20th century. This exhibition highlights a recent gift of works by Daura and explores the forms and colors of his paintings and drawings from about 1910 to the late 1930s. On display at Krannert Art Museum through Nov 2. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. Tue, ThuSat. 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm. 333-1860.

Suggested Donation: $3

MIND BODY SPIRIT

BENEFIT The Garnet Litherland Leukemia Fund Wine Tasting & Dinner – Come out and help us support one of downtown’s most beloved locals, Garnet Litherland. Garnet is a 25-year-old college student and resident of Champaign.

Recently, Garnet was diagnosed with leukemia, a blood cancer, and has been forced to put her school career on hold at this time. She is currently receiving intensive chemotherapy treatment at Carle Hospital. To help support Garnet and offset the expenses incurred during treatment a wine tasting will be held on Nov 2, at the Levis Faculty Center, 5:30pm

FILM FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS Call For Submissions! – The Second Annual Filmic Dependency Film Festival, Jan 23 and 24 in Urbana, is now accepting submissions. Looking for all lengths and genres, the festival puts focus on the very best no budget, low budget and student films. New films by new filmmakers. Get your work seen! Send films in VHS, DVD or VCD format to Mongoose Productions, c/o Sam Ambler, 614 W Washington, Urbana, IL 61801. Deadline: Nov 15.

Questions, more info contact Gabrielle Reisman at mongoose_productions@hotmail.com

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ARTIST CORNER

BY MATT COHN | STAFF WRITER

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len Davies is an artist of many media; you don’t always have to go in a building to see his work. He has created two-dimensional courtyards on several walls in Champaign-Urbana.

Davies received his M.F.A. in painting at the University in 1981, as well as the Ford Foundation Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship. Since 1981 Davies has been a fulltime artist, muralist, lecturer and curator. An exhibition of his work is on display at Cinema Gallery in downtown Urbana. The show continues through Nov. 9.

What inspires you?

I’m intrigued by mysteries in the world.

Folklore and customs, sideshows and super-

Davies’ mural can be seen at Aroma Cafe on Neil St. Sunday Zen Meditation Meeting – Prairie Zen Center, 515 S Prospect, Champaign, NW corner Prospect & Green, enter thru door from parking area. Introduction to Zen Sitting, 10am; Full Schedule: Service at 9 followed by sitting, Dharma Talk at 11 followed by tea until about 12 noon. Can arrive at any of above times, open to all, no experience needed, no cost. For info call 355-8835 or www.prairiezen.org Formerly-Fat Persons’ Support Group – Free social meeting every Saturday at 2pm at Aroma Cafe, 118 N Neil St, C. For more information contact Jessica Watson at 3534934.

For tickets 217/333-6280 KrannertCenter.com

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Hear & Now: Herbert Brün and his Co-conspirators An international festival of new music, poetry and theater Thursday, Oct. 30 Concert: Percussion Group Cincinnati compositions by Herbert Brün, Ted May, Mauricio Kagel, Michael Barnhart 7:30p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center Reception: The Prince Myshkins 10p.m. Krannert Center Lobby

Friday, Oct. 31 Composers Forum: Percussion Group Cincinnati 10-11:30a.m. Smith Recital Hall Panel discussion: “…retardation of its decay…”

Burt Levy, Bethany Cooper, Steve Taylor, Lisa Fay, Allen Otte 1:30-3p.m. Channing-Murray Foundation Concert: compositions by Stefan Wolpe, Herbert Brün, Sam Magrill, Gary Verkade, Mark Enslin, Zack Browning, Sever Tipei

stitions, religious shrines and roadside attractions … all share common threads and inspire me to look at the inner connections.

What themes are present in your work?

The work explores relationships between evil and good and the journey to find balance, a ‘point of view’ from which to observe life’s struggles and triumphs.

What environment do you work best in?

Mural work allows me contact with an audience as I paint. This provides feedback from observers in a very immediate way, while I am in the process of creating. My studio provides a quiet refuge and a chance to sort out ideas and images in a more introspective fashion. Both public and private venues balance each other and fill my creative needs.

Where can you find the best conversation in town?

Evenings at the Fiesta Cafe before or after cultural and community events provide the right ingredients for lively conversation and reflection.

4-5:30p.m. Smith Recital Hall Concert: music, poetry and theater by Pamela and Wolf Rosenberg, Stuart Smith, Chris Mann, Scott Wyatt, Erik Lund, Carla Scaletti, Agostino Di Scipio, Kenneth Gaburo 7:30p.m. Music Building Auditorium

Saturday, Nov. 1 Composers Forum: Agostino Di Scipio 12:30-2p.m. Smith Hall Room 25 Founding meeting: Herbert Brün Society 3:30-5p.m. 122 W. Franklin, Urbana Concert: Baechli-Schneider Piano Duo, U of I New Music Ensemble, U of I Percussion Ensemble, Audrey Luna and Allen Otte, Charles Lipp, Gary Grossman piano duos, songs, solos and ensembles pieces by Brün, Giuseppe Englert, William DeFotis, Zimmerlin, Otte, Susan Parenti, Lipp, Grossman 7:30p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center Concert: music, poetry and theater by Arun Chandra, Mary-Margaret Fondriest, Rick Burkhardt, Michael Holloway, Mark Sullivan, Jeff Glassman, Susan Parenti, Charles Lipp, Wislawa Szymborska 10p.m. On the Job Consulting, 115 W. Main, 2nd floor, downtown Urbana

continued from page 8 Yet, this story is a natural winner and the authors certainly get the basics well.

Add to the mix the acting of Tracy Letts and the incomparable Mike Nussbaum, and director B.J. Jones has a better vehicle to present than his script provides. You have until Nov. 16 to catch this one at the Northlight Theatre, located south of Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts. Don’t forget Albom’s wonderful book or the fine made-for-TV film which features Jack Lemmon’s final performance.

Director James Zager of the University of

this week Th Oct 30 Wine Tasting 5pm, free Hear & Now 2003: Herbert Brün and His Co-conspirators 7:30pm, $2-$5 Into the Woods 7:30pm, $8-$15 Anton in Show Business 7:30pm, $6-$13

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Illinois Theater Department has staged a production of James Lapine’s and Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. Without access to the great voices professional casts have, he wisely concentrates on diction, and the lyrics have never sounded better. They have been presented with more vocal range and power, but rarely with such subtle effect.

The technical work is excellent by Samuel Flint, James Berton Harris and Kathy A. Perkins and for under $20 you can see a fine production of near professional quality. If you think challenging stage works can only be performed well by highly-paid professional casts, think again. You only have until Nov. 2 at Urbana’s Krannert Center to catch this one— not to be missed! buzz

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Su Nov 2

Th Nov 6

Cellofest 2pm, $2-$5

U of I Black Chorus Noon, free Interval Series Patron Underwriter: Anonymous Creative Intersections Sponsor:

Into the Woods Dessert and Conversation 2pm, $5.50 Into the Woods 3pm, $8-$15

Mo Nov 3 Piccadilly Winetasting 4pm, $5

Wine Tasting 5pm, free

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde 7:30pm, $6-$13

Prague Chamber Orchestra and the Eroica Trio 7:30pm, $16-$32 Chamber Series Patron Sponsors: Avis and Dean Hilfinger Patron Sponsors: Elizabeth Sandage-Mussey and Robert Mussey Patron Co-sponsors: Lea and Robert Gieselman Gay and Donald Roberts Anonymous

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Anton in Show Business 7:30pm, $6-$13

Fr Oct 31 Sinfonia da Camera 7:30pm, $7-$30 Patron Sponsor: Nancy Mills Riley Memorial Into the Woods 7:30pm, $8-$15

We Nov 5 Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde 7:30pm, $6-$13

Hear & Now 2003: Herbert Brün and His Co-conspirators 7:30pm, $2-$5 Into the Woods 7:30pm, $8-$15 Anton in Show Business 7:30pm, $6-$13

Some Krannert Center programs are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, and patron and corporate contributions.

Season Sponsors Coporate Season Underwriters

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Support for Krannert Center’s 2003.2004 season is provided in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

KrannertCenter.com 217/333-6280 or 800/KCPATIX 217/333-9714 (TTY) 217/244-SHOW (Fax) 217/244-0549 (Groups) kran-tix@uiuc.edu Ticket Office Open 10am to 6pm daily; on days of performances open 10am through intermission.

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BY BRIAN MERTZ | MUSIC EDITOR

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alloween may be tomorrow, but the real costume party in Champaign begins on Wednesday. On Nov. 5, the first part of the 13th Annual Great Cover Up will begin at The Highdive.

Ward Gollings, talent buyer for The Highdive, describes the simple idea of The Cover Up. “Depending on the year, around 16 to 18 of the top local bands each assume the identity of one of their favorite bands or musician for one night of fun and charity,” Gollings said.

This year 18 bands will perform songs by other artists over the course of the first three Wednesdays in November. Past performances were held on one night or consecutive nights.

“Last year I actually experimented with four nights,” Gollings said. “This is the first year the dates have not been on consecutive days and is, once again, another work in progress.”

Gollings sees this as an improvement.

“I think this way keeps people from having to pick and choose which night they can attend due to lack of time or money,” Gollings said.

Larry Gates, lead singer for the band Lorenzo Goetz, who will perform on Nov. 19, is excited about being picked to perform again in The Cover Up. As a band, Lorenzo Goetz democrat-

ically chooses what band they want to cover.

But there are more specific considerations that come into play.

“There are just certain bands you can’t pull off based on personnel. You have to deal with the hand you’re given,” Gates said.

Gates said that his band practices for a couple months on their cover songs.

“The trouble with it is that if you don’t allow yourself enough time, you take yourself out of your comfort level,” Gates said. “The songs you go out and play every show you’re comfortable with. Now you have something that you haven’t played for the first time, so you want to be comfortable so you can execute well.”

From the moment the bands decide who they are going to cover, they are sworn to secrecy.

Not only does that secrecy add an element of surprise at the performances, but it also helps the bands.

“Some prefer the element of surprise. Some bands can’t agree on who to do or change their minds at the last minute,” Gollings said.

But with the secrecy comes the speculation from fans and other bands, as well as cryptic hints at who the bands will cover. Who Lorenzo Goetz will cover is still a secret, but Gates isn’t afraid to drop a hint.

“If the entire Highdive isn’t dancing, then

something is terribly wrong with the world today,” Gates said.

The Great Cover Up has been held at three different venues (The Blind Pig, Mabel’s and The Highdive) over its 13 year run.

“Dave Landis, who did graphic design work for the former kingpins of the local rock scene, The Didjits, had the idea,” Gollings said.

The first Cover Up benefitted the MDA. This year, the proceeds of the Cover Up will go to the Conservatory of Central Illinois.

“It is a local nonprofit music school that helps provide children from poorer families with musical instruments as well as lessons,” Gollings said.

For a while, the future of The Great Cover Up seemed in jeopardy.

“I was ready to let it die quietly around 1995 due to a lack of strong headline acts,” Gollings said. “But too many people second-guessed my decision and I kept it going and saw it get much stronger, ironically.”

While The Great Cover Up continues to grow in popularity amongst the fans in Champaign’s music scenes, performers like Gates are continually drawn to it as well.

“I’d love to do it for as long as we’re around.

I get so giddy about it,” Gates said. “I’m already excited for next year.” buzz

2003 GREAT COVER UP SCHEDULE Part One : Wednesday, Nov. 5 Temple of Low Men The Signalmen G Lee and Jet Blonde The Greedy Loves Edward Burch Sick Day Part Two : Wednesday, Nov. 12 Mezzanines The Blackouts Terminus Victor American Minor Nadafinga Feed Part Three : Wednesday, Nov. 19 Red Hot Valentines Orphans Everybody Uh Oh Lorenzo Goetz Goldfronts Green Mountain Grass

All shows start at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 and are only available at the door. For more information, check out www.thehighdive.com.

Information provided Ward Gollings Graphic design by Jacob Dittmer

The Muppets/Jenny Choi U2/Poster Children Bugs Bunny/The Viper Nirvana/Sarge Queen/Mike Clayton Michael Jackson/ Absinthe Blind The Monkees/Signalmen Buddy Holly/ Tractor Kings Liz Phair/Angie Heaton Commodores/Bludgers Sex Pistols/Trombones

Beck/ Wayside School Guns N Roses/Absinthe Blind Peter Gabriel/Temple Of Low Men Beck/Wayside School Go-Go’s/Angie Heaton Jonathan Richman/Kennett The Guess Who/Signalmen The Clash/Mezzanines Jesus Lizard/Tummler Pink Floyd / Centaur Dinosaur Jr./Blackouts Bob Dylan/Tractor Kings Pixies/Beauty Shop

INXS/Braid Berlin/Menthol The Supremes/Love Cup Hall&Oates/Tiny The Pixies/Milo Steve Miller Band/Suede Chain Alice Cooper/Williwaw/Moon Seven Times Robert Frost/Lonely Trailer David Bowie/Poster Children

Beastie Boys/ Absinthe Blind Beastie Boys/Absinthe Blind Wings/The Temple of Low Men Joan Jett/Angie Heaton Neil Young/Signalmen The Sundays/Robynn Ragland Ween/Imaginary Posse John Cougar Mellencamp/ Lorenzo Goetz The Clash/Mezzanines Tom Petty/Blackouts Johnny Cash/Tractor Kings Leonard Cohen/Beauty Shop Sonic Youth/Rectangle Def Leppard/Terminus Victor Monster Magnet/Spacemod

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Village People/Honcho Overload The Police/16 Tons Elton John/Hardvark Neil Diamond/Suede Chain Violent Femmes/Corndolly Urge Overkill/Steakdaddy 6 Tom Petty/Love Cup Joe Jackson/Adam Schmitt Lenny Kravitz/Menthol

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The Kinks/Wolfie Ike&Tina Turner/Teddy&The Boozers The Pretenders/Shotgun Wedding Rick Springfield/Beezus Black Crowes/Absinthe Blind Fleetwood Mac/Angie Heaton Ramones/Mezzanines The Simpsons/The Viper Huey Lewis/Bludgers Jane’s Addiction/April Crash Social Distortion/Make Out Thugs

Led Zeppelin/ HUM

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Talking Heads/ Poster Children

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1993

Madonna/Honcho Overload Big Black/16 Tons STYX/Hardvark Beatles and Duran Duran/Love Cup Depeche Mode/Mother The Clash/Steve Pride and His Blood Kin Trio/MattVicandDave

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Weezer/Castor REM/Braid Stray Cats/Great Crusades Black Sabbath/Mezzanines Shangri-Las/The Viper Spinal Tap/Bantha Wham!/Viewfinder Pat Benatar/Sarge Rod Stewart/Bludgers

B-52's/Honcho Overload AC/DC/Didjits The Cars/Poster Children Cheap Trick/16 Tons Prince/Hot Gun Glue Go-Go's/Ward Psychedelic Furs/Hardvark

The Who/ Poster Children

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0zzy Osbourne/ Angie Heaton

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Didjits/Poster Children CCR/16 Tons Devo/Hot Glue Gun Blondie/Ward The Doors/Honcho Overload

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Great Cover Up venues 1991-97 at the Blind Pig 1998 at Mabel’s 1999-present at the Highdive

John Denver/Bludgers Velvet Underground/Poster Children Jesus and Mary Chain/Menthol Motley Crue/Castor Badfinger/Bitter Homes&Garden Van Halen/Moon Seven Times The Smiths/Braid Billy Idol/Sarge Lynyrd Skynyrd/Free Range Chicken Jesus Christ Superstar/The Viper

Iron Maiden/ Mezzanines Green Day/ Red Hot Valentines Yo La Tengo/ Everybody Uh Oh Presidents of the United States/Nadafinga Pogues/Humpty Dumpster The Doors/Zea Mays Black Sabbath/Green Mountain Grass Joy Division/ Terminus Victor Pavement/Rectangle Johnny Thunders/ Swampass Dave Grohl/Spacemod

Tears for Fears/ADHD Cash & Dylan/Master Blaster Elvis/Poster Children Black Flag/Blackouts Son Volt/Tractor Kings Misfits/Beauty Shop ZZ Top/Some Velvet Morning Radiohead/Temple of Low Men Joe Walsh/Signalmen X/Robynn Ragland Billy Squier/Fist City Oasis/Lorenzo Goetz Garbage/G Lee and Jet Blonde

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Join Artists and Workshops at Gallery Virtu – Gallery Virtu, an artist-owned cooperative, now invite applications from area artists. The Gallery also offers workshops for adults, teens and children in knitting, embroidery, photography, jewelry making, printmaking, papermaking, bookbinding and ribbon flowers. Gallery Virtu offers original works by the members including: jewelry, pottery, collages, sculptures, journals, hats, handbags and other textiles. For more information please call 762-7790, visit our web site at www.galleryvirtu.org, e-mail workshops@galleryvirtu.org or visit the gallery. Regular hours: Thu 12-4pm, Fri 12-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm. 220 W Washington Street in Monticello.

Art Classes at High Cross Studio – All classes are held at High Cross Studio in Urbana. 1101 N High Cross Road. Email or call for reservations and details. (217) 367-6345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com.

“Portrait Paintings with Oils”- This course will provide instruction in painting portraits from photographs. Paint a portrait of your loved one or yourself. Mon-Fri daytime class and weekend workshop offered.

“Collage for the Soul” - Students will learn a variety of collage techniques, including photo and photocopy transfer, papermaking and manipulation, and frontage, while exploring a particular subject, such as a place, a memory, an experience or a relationship. No art-making experience necessary.

“Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” - For adults who have always wanted to learn to draw, but felt as if they lacked talent or confidence.

Other Classes:“Making Monoprints,”“Art With Intention” (Open Studio). For information on these visit www.spiritofsandra.com and click on “classes,” then e-mail or call for reservations.

ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS Boneyard Pottery – Ceramic Art by Michael Schwegmann and more. 403 Water St, Champaign. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm.

355-5610.

Broken Oak Gallery – Local and national artists. Original art including photography, watercolors, pottery, oil paintings, colored pencil, woodturning and more. Refreshments served by the garden all day Saturday. 1865 N 1225 E Rd, White Heath. Thu-Sat 10am-4pm. 762-4907.

Cinema Galley – Local and regional artists including many University of Illinois and Parkland College faculty members. Currently on display through Nov 9:“Alpha and Omega” by Glen C. Davies. 120 W Main, Urbana. Tue-Sat 10am-4pm. Sun 1-5pm. 367-3711.

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Cafe Kopi – Swimming oil paintings and various works from local artist Paula McCarty on display through Oct. 109 N Walnut, Champaign. Mon-Thu 7am-11pm, Fri-Sat 7am12pm, Sun 11am-8pm. 359-4266.

Creation Art Studios – Hosts a continuous and evolving display of works by students and associates of the studio.

Landscapes, florals, animal life and expressive art in various mediums by Jeannine Bestoso are also currently on display. For information, contact Jeannine Bestoso. 1102 E Washington St, Urbana. Tue-Sat 1-5:30pm and scheduled studio sessions. 344-6955. www.creationartstudios.com Country in the City – Antiques, Architectural, Gardening, Home Accessories. Custom designing available. 1104 E Washington St, Urbana. Thu-Sat 10am-5pm 367-2367.

Framer’s Market – Frame Designers since 1981. Current featured artists on display through Nov 17: Charlotte Brady, Barry Brehm, Lawerance Hamlin, Patrick Harness, Mary McDonald, Hua Nian, David Smith, Bill Stevens, Steve Stoerger and Bonnie Switzter. 807 W Springfield Ave, Champaign. Tue-Fri 9:30am-5:30pm, Sat 10am-4pm. 3517020.

Furniture Lounge – Specializing in mid-century modern furniture from the 1920s-1980s, retro, Danish modern, lighting, vintage stereo equipment and vinyl records. 9 E University, Champaign. 352-5150. Sun-Mon 12-4:30pm, Wed-Sat 11am-5:30pm.

Glass FX – New and Antique Stained Glass Windows, Lamps, and unique glass gifts. Gallery is free and open to the public. Interested in learning the art of Stained Glass?

Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Stained Glass Classes offered. 202 S First St, Champaign. Mon-Thu 10am5:30pm, Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 9am-4pm. 359-0048. www.glassfx.com.

Griggs Street Potters – Handmade functional and decorative pottery. 305 W Grigg St, Urbana. Mon-Fri 11am-4pm, or call for appointment. 344-8546.

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Hill Street Gallery Inc. – Oil and watercolor paintings, hand painted T-shirts, handmade jewelry. 703 W Hill, Champaign. Sat 12-5pm or by appointment during the week. 359-0675.

International Galleries – Works from local artists including quilts by Nancy Summers. Lincoln Square Mall. Mon-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12-5pm. 328-2254.

Larry Kanfer Gallery – University of Illinois images by photographic artist Larry Kanfer. Unique diploma frames and other UI gifts. Sepia Champaign-Urbana Collection also on display. Available now: 2004 Prairiescapes and University of Illinois calendars. 2503 S Neil, Champaign. Free and Open to the Public. Mon-Sat 10am-5:30pm. 398-2000. www.kanfer.com LaPayne Photography – Specializes in panoramic photography up to 6 feet long of different subjects including sporting events, city skylines, national parks and University of Illinois scenes. 816 Dennison Dr, Champaign. Mon-Fri 9am-4pm and by appointment. 356-8994.

Old Vic Art Gallery – Fine and original art, hand signed limited edition prints, works by local artists, art restoration, custom framing, and periodic shows by local artists. 11 E University, Champaign. Mon-Thu 11am-5:30pm, Sat 11am4:30pm. 355-8338.

Steeple Gallery – Vintage botanical and bird prints, antiques, framed limited edition prints. 102 E Lafayette St, Monticello. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm. 762-2924. www.steeplegallery.com Verde Gallery & Verdant News and Coffee – Magazines, newspapers, coffee, beverages and fine pastries along with the Verde Fine Art Gallery. 17 E Taylor St, Champaign. Cafe hours: Mon-Sat 7am-10 pm; Gallery Hours: Tue-Sat 10am10pm. 366-3204. www.verdant-systems.com/Verde.htm Ziemer Gallery – Original paintings and limited edition prints by Larry Ziemer. Pottery, weavings, wood turning and glass works by other artists. Gallery visitors are welcome to sit, relax, listen to the music and just enjoy being surrounded by art. 210 W Washington, Monticello. Tue 10am-8pm, Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm. 762-9786. www.ziemergallery.com

ART-ON VIEW NOW “Trio” – Paintings by Dylan DeWitt and Milena Tiner and ceramics by Tyler Bergfield on display at the Springer Cultural Center through Nov 16. Opening reception featuring live music from Jordan Kaye Oct 24, 6-8pm. Artists’ talk, 7pm. This is a free event. Springer Cultural Center. 301 N Randolph, Champaign. Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-9pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm. 398-2376.

“Affixed” – Sixteen local artists display their work in a juried art show at High-Cross Studio through Oct 31. Entries range from 3D work such as Goddess alters and original dolls to photomontage and torn paper collage art. 1001 High Cross Rd, Urbana. Gallery hours: Tue-Sun 10-4pm.

367-6345. spiritofsandra@hotmail.com “Bulbs” – Pastel and collage series from Deeana Love on display at High Cross Studio through Oct 31. 1001 High Cross Rd, Urbana. Gallery hours: Tue-Sun 10-4pm. 367-6345. spiritofsandra@hotmail.com “Prints in Process” – A display of contemporary fine art prints on view at the Parkland Art Gallery through Oct 31.

Guest curated by Lawrence Hamlin, including work from Richard Dievenkorn, Grant Wood, Wayne Thiebaud and area native Christopher Brown. 115 E University, Champaign. Mon-Fri 10am-3pm and Mon-Thu evenings 68pm, Sat 12-2pm. 351-2485. Handicapped accessible and open and free to the public.

“Pink” – On display at Gallery Virtu Cooperative through Oct 31. A juried exhibition to benefit area women with who have suffered from breast cancer. 25 percent of sales will be used to fund art journal classes for breast cancer patients. Other work includes original fine art and crafts from member artists including jewelry, pottery, paintings, collages, hats, handbags and other textiles, sculptures and journals. The Gallery also offers workshops; a new schedule of classes is on the web site. 220 W Washington St, Monticello. Thu 12-4pm, Fri 12-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm. 7627790. www.galleryvirtu.org “Colors of Islam” – In conjunction with Islam Awareness Week, the Muslim Students Association is cosponsoring an art show at the Illini Union Art Gallery until Nov 3. 1401 W Green, Urbana. Open Every day 7am-10pm.

The Garnet Litherland Leukemia Fund

Wine Tasting & Dinner Sponsored by Classic Events Catering

Sunday November 2nd, 2003 At the Levis Center • 919 W. Illinois St. • Urbana, IL

Roasted Pumpkin Soup Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb Wild Rice with Wild Mushrooms & Roasted Sweet Potatoes Grilled Asparagus Homemade Sourdough Bread Chocolate Souffle Cake with Fresh Berries

g Featuring Sawna Nelson and Bruce Ruminy & Co. Tickets: $40.00 for individuals; $295.00 for a table of 8 Cash or Check only please Make checks payable to: the Garnet Litherland Leukimia Fund Tickets available at: Dandelion • Circles • Classic Events Catering For more information call: 244.4544 or 344.4026 Co-Sponsored by: Dan & Liz Noel, Boltini Lounge, Louis Glunz Wines, Bunn Capitol Co.

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10:00pm Drag Show Midnight Movie Screening $10 tickets available at: Bacca Ciagar, Bogart’s Casablanca, Big Kid Cd’s & Games,Canopy Club, Family Pride Convenience Store, & online at www.canopyclub.com

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Unexpectedly saying farewell to Elliott Smith MENDOZA MUSIC LINE

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was going about my typical Wednesday morning last week.

Drinking coffee, reading my e-mail, pretending to work. As always, I checked www.pitchforkmedia.com to see what was going on in the world of independent music. I was greeted with the headline “Elliott Smith dead at 34.” Not a good way to start my day. Almost instantaneously I thought of Nick Drake and how my roommate had drawn the comparison between Drake and Smith when he first heard the latter.

Now the two truly were the same, depressed, drug-addicted, gifted songwriters and dead.

As I read through the article on Pitchfork, it seemed as though everyone saw the warning signs that his death was coming, and in all honesty, I did too. Smith’s music and lyrics were so dark and disheartening that listening to them would place me into a state of melancholy as I would reflect on my life’s pains. But that doesn’t mean it was music not worth hearing.

Smith’s lyrics and melodies blended together so well that his music was engrossing and

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beautiful as well as melancholy in message.

My first exposure to Smith came in May of 2002. A friend of mine had scored tickets to a special Wilco show put on by Northwestern University. He told me that this guy named Elliott Smith was going to be the opening act and that a friend of his was really into his music. My friend mentioned in passing that Smith had done the soundtrack for Good Will Hunting, but I had not recalled the music, unfortunately. I was unsure but interested to hear what this guy was about. Another friend traveling in our group was mocking Smith’s lyrical content as we rode the red line down to the Riviera Theater. He said that Smith’s music was always about getting “fucked up” and “drinking a shitload.” I found this peculiar considering it was his girlfriend who was anticipating Smith’s performance eagerly.

As we entered the Riv, I was confronted with the wonderful snobbery of Northwestern students, but I gave that little of my attention. We walked in as Smith was beginning his set. He sat on the stage with just his guitar and a stocking cap pulled tightly over his head concealing his eyes from the judgmental onlookers. I honestly don’t remember Smith playing one song.

He would strum his way through a few bars of some melody, attempt to sing, and then stop, stating that he “just couldn’t do it tonight.”

The crowd grew restless and Smith’s onstage

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nervousness became more apparent. I remember thinking this is the onstage breakdown of a performer that is on some heavy drugs. Smith continued in this process of attempting to play a song, stopping, smoking a cigarette and talking with the audience for the remainder of his set. The crowd of snobs were hissing and mocking his conflicted state and he could hear them.

It was an awkward experience for both Smith and the audience. After what seemed like 15 minutes with no songs, Smith left the stage and soon Wilco came out to perform, making much of the crowd forget what they had just seen.

Halfway through the Pitchfork article I found reference to Smith’s performance that same night in May 2002. The article mentioned how Smith had difficulty performing sometimes as he would complain about his hand being numb or his arm not working. Apparently the same concert I was at was one of those occasions in which Smith complained of his hand not working and that is why he was unable to play his guitar. I have vague recollections of Smith saying these things in his mumbled and nervous voice.

That same weekend I got a copy of Smith’s Figure 8 album. I was blown away; these songs weren’t all about drinking and wallowing in sorrow. The beautiful melodies and pop-like rock songs on this album grab the listener on first track and made me a believer in his music.

It became my obsession. That summer consisted of me and Elliott Smith, heartbroken, angry at the world’s complex stupidity and lonely in our existence. This music had really touched me and I understood why Smith couldn’t perform in front of a crowd of a bunch of trustfund babies from the north shore. He was singing about pain and loss that many had not felt. In a sense Smith amplified his isolation from the world.

So now he is gone. He must have felt that suicide was the only answer for his lonely existence. But I say no. Talking to people this week about Smith’s death made me realize that I was not alone in the special bond I had with his music. Many like me were distraught and saddened by this news, knowing that no other solemn troubadour was out there to connect with their puzzled minds. Instead we are left to throw on our old vinyls of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake. We’ll put Smith’s XO album on repeat in our CD players and remember how great he really was.

Perhaps my favorite song lyric of Smith sums up the feelings of both his fans and Smith himself. From “Waltz #2” he sings, “I’m never gonna know you now, but I’m gonna love you anyhow.” True, we may never get to know Elliott Smith, but he has left us with wonderful music that will at least help us understand him. buzz

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SIMON AND GARFUNKEL The Essential

“The Sound of Silence,”“Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “I Am a Rock.” There are a few live recordings of lesser known S&G songs, but they don’t offer much more than crowd sounds and a break from the heavy hitting singles. Also found on this essential collection are a couple of lesserknown classics like “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” and “So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright.”

The attempt at encapsulating the pair’s career seems to focus on the latter half of their work more heavily. Only a couple of songs are taken from the duo’s first album, Wednesday Morning 3 A.M., and their last two studio albums, Bookends and Bridge Over Troubled Water, make up nearly half of this compilation. The subsequent solo careers of these two artists saw one gain more popularity and the other fall off the face of the earth. None of their solo works are contained on this album; it is entirely material recorded by the duo.

Not enough can be said of this duo’s influence on music.

Ranking up there with pop acts of the ‘60s like The Beatles,The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel have made their mark on music history. Now they are just cashing in.

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STELLASTARR Stellastarr

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BY JACOB DITTMER

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Some people really love Simon and Garfunkel. Many diehard Simon and Garfunkel fans were pleased to hear that the famous duo would perform at last February’s Grammys. But some of us weren’t lucky enough to witness that performance and instead are forced to shell out 75 bucks for nosebleed seats at their upcoming reunion tour. Or you could dish out 20 bucks for the recent Simon and Garfunkel compilation, complete with two discs and 33 tracks, and get the same thing without the company of aged-folk hipsters.

No one doubts the massive influence of pop singers/songwriters Simon and Garfunkel.This duo came out of the 1960s as one of the most successful and widely recognized recording acts. As it is with every successful duo, they split up in 1970. Even so, their folk-pop sound placed its mark on music history.

Some people’s knowledge of Simon and Garfunkel may not go beyond their legendary soundtrack for The Graduate and their hit single “Mrs. Robinson.” This song makes even the most unfamiliar listener join in singing “God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson …” along with the famous “Cu-cucachoo” found in the song’s chorus. This song is just one of the many hit singles that Simon and Garfunkel released in their time.

The duo shared an uncanny ability to harmonize better than any other singing duo to that date (we all know that Sonny and Cher showed us what real harmony was in the 1970s). The songs were constructed of the classic pop structure with pleasing melodies and memorable lyrics.

Simon and Garfunkel already have several “best-ofs” and “greatest hits” albums, so what makes this different? Well, not much. You get all the classic singles, “The Boxer,” “Cecilia,”

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BY BRIAN MERTZ If you are an avid fan of TRL then you know that Carson Daly loves Stellastarr.

No really, he does. He has had them on his late night talk show, he talks about them on MTV and he goes to their shows in New York.

And why wouldn’t Carson love them? Stellastarr blend two trendy styles together. Stellastarr take the always cool “retro” sound and mix it with the hip sound of the moment, garage rock with keyboards, to get a sort of Cure meets the Mooney Suzuki blend. This is the stuff that years ago would have been cutting edge and never would have been signed.

Today the hype surrounding Stellastarr just feels more like a marketing ploy by a record exec that never got rid of his Robert Smith posters.

There is nothing inherently terrible about Stellastarr’s self-titled debut album, but this New York foursome is not the savior of rock ‘n’ roll. Amongst the few flashes of brilliance are just more indie rock tunes.

The brilliant points of this album come when Stellastarr put away the pretense of being a New York indie garage band and let their fun side shine through.

The prime example of that bubbly brilliance is a fiveminute ditty called “My Coco.” Starting out slow with an acoustic guitar interlude, the song eventually builds into an all-out rock jam with blazing, New Order type guitar lines and lead singer Shawn Christensen wailing away on the vocals, at times resembling Fred Schneider from the B52’s. It should be in contention for a spot on the top 10 songs of 2003.

And Stellastarr certainly have a more vulnerable sensitive

Cover songs

1.“All Along the Watchtower” Jimi Hendrix

To cover a song and have your version far surpass the original and to have the songwriter state that your cover is the better version is a great accomplishment. Well, this song that we’ve all heard at one point or another did just that. Hendrix lent his blistering guitar and psychedelic stylings to this Bob Dylan original making it forever a Hendrix classic. Dylan has stated that Hendrix did more for his song than he ever could and has since performed the Hendrix version over his own.

2.“Unchained Melody” Righteous Brothers

Before Ghost made most people run and scream from this song, it was a classic love song of the 1950s. Several versions of this song were released from its creation. But when producer Phil Spector and the Righteous Brothers chose to cover this song, music history was made.

Bobby Hatfield’s vocals soar as he pines away and Spector’s

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side on the tune “Untitled.” The way that Christensen’s more restrained singing works with the extremely delicate guitars sweeps listeners back to those wonderful sensitive slow songs from the 1980s.

But putting those two gems aside, the rest of the album is truly unremarkable.Tunes like “Pulp Song”and “Moongirl”are just more of the indie-rock sound that can be found on 100 different releases around the country every week.

If you don’t own any indie rock albums, then Stellastarr will be a four star addition to your CD collection. But since nearly everyone and their mother owns a copy of at least one White Stripes album, there is no immediate, dire need to hunt down Stellastarr.

In fact, waiting until they build on the potential that they show on “My Coco” and “Untitled,” will mean that you can own an album that has much more going for it than Carson “The Tool” Daly’s stamp of approval.

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3.“You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” Eddie Vedder

The I Am Sam soundtrack was completely made up of covers of Beatles songs. It is a tall order to have 17 good Beatles covers, and unfortunately I Am Sam didn’t live up to the challenge.

But within the soundtrack were a few great moments by some stars of modern day music. What made Eddie Vedder’s cover of “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” work was how his unique vocal inflections added to the song instead of being a distraction. Especially poignant was Vedder’s singing of the opening lines,“Here I stand / Head in hand / Turn my face to the wall.”This just goes to show that musicians who actually have talent can even improve on masterpieces.

4.“Tears of a Clown” The Specials

You can dismiss ska music as the childish genre for band dorks. But do that at your own peril. Not only will you miss out on high levels of musicianship, but the great sense of humor that ska bands have.That sense

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Fresh Face Guest DJ – Barfly, 9pm, free Blends by Otter – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free Reel to Reel and the Wheels of Steel: Spicerack Movies with soundtrack provided by DJ Spinnerty and DJ Bozak – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, $1

Story Theatre – Adapted by Paul Sills from Aesop’s fables and the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales, the play uses children’s stories to mirror adult fears and foibles – Parkland Theatre, 8pm, $2.99 Gross Indecency : The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde – courtroom drama, directed by Henson Keys, uses trial transcripts, newspaper accounts, personal letters, poetry, and interviews bearing witness to the legal actions that stripped an artistic genius of his respectable name, his promise, and ultimately, his life – Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, 7:30pm

MUSIC PERFORMANCES Cellofest – The School of Music pays tribute to two of the world’s most revered cellists - Aldo Parisot and Janos Starker – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 2pm, $2-5

ON STAGE Into the Woods – As a baker and his wife learn they’ve been cursed with childlessness by a witch who lives next door, they embark on a quest to break the spell, swindling, lying to, and stealing from characters such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack (of the beanstalk). Not recommended for young children – Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $8-15

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BY LOGAN MOORE The Decemberists are kind of like that shy, young librarian you can’t help but pine for; fantasizing about lengthy nights in front of the fireplace discussing the merits of Dylan Thomas while gazing longingly at her horn-rimmed glasses.

I purchased the Decemberists recently reissued debut, Castaways and Cutouts, about a month or so ago, and it quickly monopolized my CD player. Lead singer/songwriter Colin Meloy’s lyrics were as immediately engrossing as his gorgeous, melancholy folk-pop songs were instantly accessible. The band’s songs were a window into Meloy’s delicately crafted landscape of sailors, circus freaks, ghosts, foreign lands and lost loves. “Grace Cathedral Hill” became my anthem of loneliness for that month. (And yes, every selfrespecting music lover has multiple “anthems of loneliness,” don’t get all uppity.) So as you can imagine, I was looking forward with great joy and trepidation to their sophomore effort, Her Majesty, The Decemberists.

What’s the verdict, you ask breathlessly? Just about everything you could hope for from a follow-up to a masterful debut. Her Majesty expands on the gentle folky sound of Castaways, filling out their sound with a string quartet and the occasional keyboard flourish. These little accents only accentuate the inherent elegance, drama and humor of Meloy’s lyrics, though. Also, the whole band seems a lot happier on this outing. Whereas their previous effort only contained one up-tempo number, Her Majesty is chock full of ‘em.

The Decemberists certainly aren’t striving for mass acceptance though.The “rockingest”song on the album is called “The Chimbley Sweep” and they still have a permanent accordionist as a member. And yes, the first song on the album is about pirates. “Shanty for the Arethusa” begins with the ominous

of humor gave birth to hundreds of punk and ska covers.

Near the top of that mountain is an upbeat cover of “Tears of a Clown” by The Specials. Retaining a lot of the original’s charm and bringing in that danceable, upbeat ska sound, the result is unforgettable. The rest of the album Specials and Co is somewhat forgettable, but “Tears” can’t be beat.

5.“Billie Jean” Shinehead

The King of Pop has been covered, sampled and reworked a million times. A lot of those times the end results are less than stellar or just pointless.

Shinehead’s dance-hall workover of “Billie Jean” is one of those covers that creeps out of nowhere and ends up being irresistibly catchy. Not only is every word sung with feigned passion, but Shinehead manages to throw in Michael Jackson’s trademark “hooh!” at the right moments. Impress your friends by tracking down this hidden gem.

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FILM Learn and Lunch with Independent Filmmaker, Warrington Hudlin – Warrington Hudlin, Independent Filmmaker and President, Black Filmmakers Foundation will attend the lunch and learn session – African American Cultural Program, noon Showing of Gossip Slop – film by independent filmmaker Warrington Hudlin – Room 114, David Kinley Hall, 3pm

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A Filmmaker’s Journey: From East St. Louis to Hollywood to Cyberspace – talk with independent filmmaker Warrington Hudlin – 3rd Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 4pm

LIVE MUSIC Maritime, Owen, Rocket Summer – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $8 Finga Lickin – The Office, 10pm, free Billy Galt & Ed O’Hara – White Horse Inn, 10pm, free

DJ 2ON2OUT – Barfly, 9pm, free DJ Betty Rocker – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, free

OTHER Piccadilly Winetasting – Krannert Lobby, 4-8pm, $5

CHICAGOSHOWS OCTOBER 10/30 Alkaline Trio @ Aragon Ballroom 10/30 Belle & Sebastian @ Congress Theatre 10/30 Mojave 3 @ Abbey Pub 10/31 Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe @ House of Blues 10/31 North Mississippi Allstars, Grandaddy @ Congress Theater

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DJ Seduction DJ Resonate – Barfly, 9pm, free Drew Patterson (of 107.1) – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free Preston Wright, Jim Creason – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, $1 NOX – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, TBA DJ Mar-Mar – Boltini, 9pm, free

WednesdayNovember5 LIVE MUSIC IMC Folk Music Series: Mark Erelli, Jeff Foucault – Channing-Murray Foundation, 8pm, $10 The 13th Annual Great Cover Up Benefit: Temple of Low Men, The Signalmen, Angie Heaton, G. Lee and Jet Blonde, The Greedy Loves, Edward Burch – The Highdive, 9:30pm, $6 Phix, Finga Lickin’ – The Canopy Club, 10pm, free Open Mic Night hosted by Mike Ingram – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $2 Hot’N’Ready – Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm Kilborn Alley – Tommy G’s, 9pm, free

DJ DJ Joel Spencer – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, $1 DJ Chef Ra Reggae – Barfly, 9pm, free DJ Forrest – Lava, 9pm

WORDS The Teller’s Art: First Wednesday Storytelling Concert Series For Adults – Featured storyteller, Janice Del Negro – Verde Gallery and Verdent Coffee & News, 8pm

11/1 Black Keys @ Abbey Club 11/1 Mya @ House of Blues 11/1 Emmylou Harris @ Symphony Center 11/1 Dirtbombs @ Double Door 11/2 Rza, Ghostface Killah @ House of Blues 11/2 Verbena @ Metro 11/5 Stars @ Schubas 11/6 Less Than Jake @ Riviera Theater 11/6 Maroon5 @ House of Blues 11/6 The Rapture @ Metro 11/6 Xiu Xiu @ Fireside Bowl 11/7 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ House of Blues 11/7 Ween @ The Vic 11/7 David Mead @ Schubas 11/7 Flickerstick @ Metro 11/7 Ferry Corsten & DJ Rap @ House of Blues 11/8 King Crimson @ Park West 11/8 Ween @ The Vic 11/8 Twilight Singers @ Double Door 11/8 Godsmack @ Aragon 11/7 Dropkick Murphys @ Congress Theater 11/9 King Crimson @ Park West 11/10 Billy Bragg, Nightwatchman, Lester Chambers @ Park West, all ages 11/12 Badly Drawn Boy @ Park West 11/13 Mike Doughty’s Band @ Double Door 11/13 Rickie Lee Jones @ Chicago Theatre 11/15 The Shins @ House of Blues 11/15 Qbert @ Metro 11/16 Fixx @ Abbey Pub 11/19 Fountains of Wayne @ The Vic 11/21 Anti-Flag, Rise Against @ Metro 11/22 Guided By Voices @ Abbey Pub 11/22 Cash Brothers @ Schubas 11/22 Tom Jones @ House of Blues 11/22 Alabama @ Allstate Arena 11/23 Guided By Voices @ Abbey Pub 11/23 Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs! @ Metro 11/23 Tom Jones @ House of Blues 11/24 Symphony X @ Metro 11/25 Jaguars @ House of Blues 11/25 Mindless Self Indulgence @ Metro 11/26 Mindless Self Indulgence @ Metro 11/16 OK Go @ Abbey Pub 11/28 Bollweevils @ Metro, all ages 11/29 Rocket from the Tombs @ Abbey Pub 11/29 Asylum Street Pranksters @ Schubas

DECEMBER 12/5 Donna The Buffalo @ Martyr’s 12/5 They Might Be Giants @ Vic, all ages 12/6 Autumn Defense @ Schubas 12/8 Fun Lovin’ Criminals @ Double Door 12/12 Atmosphere, Mr. Dibbs, Others @ Abbey Pub, 18 & over

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LIVE MUSIC U of I #1 Big Band – Iron Post, 7pm, TBA Larry Gates (of Lorenzo Goetz) – Aroma, 8pm, free Lamonte Parsons Jazz Trio – Senators Pub, 8pm, TBA Ear Doctor – Zorba’s, 9:30pm, $3 Captured By Robots, Bent-Til-Broken, The Ruby Doe – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5

FridayOctober31 LIVE MUSIC

Zach Galifianakis – Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union, 9pm, $7-10 Anton in Show Business – a backstage comedy and a hilarious skewering of American theatre with its eccentric directors, impossible critics, inept producers, philistine sponsors and cynical multiculturalism – Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $6-13

Lorenzo Goetz, Green Jenkins, The Hags, Hippus Campus – Iron Post, 5pm, TBA The Buick All-Stars – Embassy Tavern, 8:30pm, free The Blackouts, American Minor, The Bamboo Kids, The Invisible – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5 Brat Pack Halloween Bash – Fat City Saloon, 8pm X-Krush, Dropsixx, Pariah – Lava, 10pm, $5 Billy Shite and the Flecktones – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, $3 Drawing a Blank, Solo Mono, Missing the Point, Maryz Eyez, Leisure McCorkle – Illinois Disciples Foundation Will Rogers Halloween Party – Tommy G’s, 10pm-2am, cover

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Hear & Now 2003: Herbert Brün and His Co-conspirators – three-day contemporary arts festival celebrating the music and ideas of Herbert Brün. This concert features Brün’s Sawdust with Percussion, Kagel’s Dressur, and other works for percussion – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $2-5

ON STAGE Into the Woods – As a baker and his wife learn they’ve been cursed with childlessness by a witch who lives next door, they embark on a quest to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from characters such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack (of the beanstalk). Not recommended for young children – Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $8-15

FILM Rocky Horror Picture Show screening and Drag Show – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $10

LECTURES Decentering Power: NGO’s and The State of India – Neema Kudva examines the uneasy relationships NGOs have with both the state and civil society, particularly the

The Skeleton Danse: DJ ZoZo, DJ Rickbats, DJ Czyrxis, DJ Wheelz, DJ Zlaya, DJ Miss Sarah Vain, DJ Grog – Channing-Murray Foundation, 8pm, $3 DJ Bozak – Barfly, 9pm, free India Night – The Canopy Club, 10pm, TBA DJ Eddie Mills, DJ Tim Williams – The Highdive, 10pm, $5 DJ Who, DJ Speed – Joe’s Brewery DJ Chad – T.K. Wendl’s, 8pm, free DJ Funk – Tonic, 10pm DJ Mar-Mar – Boltini, 9pm, free

ON STAGE Gross Indecency : The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde – courtroom drama, directed by Henson Keys, uses trial transcripts, newspaper accounts, personal letters, poetry, and interviews bearing witness to the legal actions that stripped an artistic genius of his respectable name, his promise, and ultimately, his life – Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, 7:30pm Into the Woods – As a baker and his wife learn they’ve been cursed with childlessness by a witch who lives next door, they embark on a quest to break the spell, swindling, lying to, and stealing from characters such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack (of the beanstalk). Not recommended for young children – Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $8-15

Anton in Show Business – a backstage comedy and a hilarious skewering of American theatre with its eccentric directors, impossible critics, inept producers, philistine sponsors and cynical multiculturalism – Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $6-13

FILM

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Rocky Horror Picture Show – Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union, 7pm, 10pm, $3

SaturdayNovember1 LIVE MUSIC

G Force Karaoke & DJ – Lincoln Castle, 9pm, free

Desolation Angels, Hollowed Out – hardcore – Red Herring, 8pm, $4 Jamnation – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $3 Grass Roots Revival with Michael (Homer) Jones & Jamie Lou – Pages For All Ages, 7pm, free Hot’N’Ready – Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm The Impalas – Tommy G’s, 10pm-2am, cover John Rush – acoustic – Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union, 8pm, $3-4

DANCING Ballroom Dancing – Non-smoking, cash bar – Regent Ballroom, 7:30-10:30pm, $7 Salsa Dancing – Non-smoking, cash bar; dress code: no blue jeans, tennis shoes or hats – Regent Ballroom, 11pm-1am, $4

KARAOKE

MUSIC PERFORMANCES Sinfonia da Camera – Special guest soloist Claude Frank – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $7-30

355.1236 105 N. Market St. Downtown Champaign

Mon - Wed

Thurs.

COMEDY

MUSIC PERFORMANCES Hear & Now 2003: Herbert Brün and His Co-conspirators –performing ensembles combine forces to present At Loose Ends by Herbert Brün, Coming Up Sevens by Zack Browning, and Susan Parenti’s Replica of the Multiplying Universe – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $2-5

Into the Woods – As a baker and his wife learn they’ve been cursed with childlessness by a witch who lives next door, they embark on a quest to break the spell, swindling, lying to, and stealing from characters such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack (of the beanstalk). Not recommended for young children – Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $8-15

OTHER WEFT 90.1 Annual Record Sale – Thousands of vinyl records of all types and genres as well as CDs, cassettes and videos will be on sale – Urbana Civic Center, 108 Water St., 8am-5pm

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rocking and creaking of an ancient boat, cymbal flourishes and screaming as Colin Meloy warns us to “tell your daughters do not walk the streets alone tonight.”The song explodes into a chugging accordion-driven shanty with a guitar line straight out of some spaghetti western showdown.

Just when the fear of a pirate concept album begins to take hold though, The Decemberists follow it up with “Billy Liar”a classically bouncy pop song of stabbing piano chords, topped off with the sort of gorgeous, romantic chorus that reminded me immediately why I liked Castaways so much.

The Decemberists are an extremely funny band, although in an appropriately quirky sort of a way. On the musically sunny, lyrically dark “Los Angeles, I’m Yours,” Meloy observes the women of L.A.:“Oh ladies, pleasant and demure/ Sallowcheeked and sure/ I can see your undies.” These little contrasts between the divinely literate and the sophomorically goofy buoy the Decemberists from the sort of pretension one might expect from such ambitious prose.This really is an album meant to be read as well as heard. “Song for Myla Goldberg” is composed of several tongue twisting lines of alliteration culminating in the mantra of “But now/ I know New York/ I need New York/ I know I need unique New York”.

Still, all the great lines in the world do not an album make, and like true songsmiths, the Decemberists manage to fit every one of these potentially clumsy verses into the structure of brilliant pop songs that reward upon multiple listens.

Her Majesty may not be a stone-cold classic, but if anybody is capable of such a feat, it’s the Decemberists, and this album contains so many moments of transcendence I can’t do anything but highly recommend it. So buy this album, and go ahead ask out that librarian. You can play her “Red Right Ankle” whose gorgeous first verse of predestined love as anatomical metaphor will surely win her over. At the very least you may have a new “anthem of loneliness.”

SundayNovember2

THE RAVEONETTES Chain Gang of Love

DJ

LIVE MUSIC

Sony

DJ Hipster Sophisto – Barfly, 9pm, free India Night – The Canopy Club, 10pm, TBA DJ Resonate – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, $1 DJ Tim Williams – The Highdive, 10pm, $5 DJ Naughty Boy – Joe’s Brewery DJ Stiffler – Lava, 9pm DJ Brad – T.K. Wendl’s, 8pm, free “G” Force DJ Chris – White Horse Inn, 10pm

Rachael Sage – Borders, 5pm, free Third Eye Blind, Josh Kelley – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $20 Rachael Sage, Kate Hathaway – Iron Post, 10pm, $3 Crystal River – Rose Bowl Tavern, 8:30pm

★★★

BY JOE MARTIN If the so-called “garage rock revival” has shown the world anything, it would be that wearing influences on one’s sleeve is no longer a critical faux pas. No, “originality” isn’t really the name of the game anymore; “familiarity” seems to work just fine. This is why the Strokes can haphazardly channel the Velvet Underground through late 1970s new wave or the White Stripes can lift both Stones and Led Zep riffs with impunity. And, entertainingly, it’s also the reason why the Raveonettes can name themselves after a Buddy Holly song (“Rave On”) while musically referencing the man repeatedly—there is a song on Chain Gang of Love that is literally called “Let’s Rave On”—and still get lauded for their cleverness.

Yes, it’s true: After the down-key echo chamber that was the band’s debut EP, Whip It On, the Raveonettes have decided to let listeners in on their not-so-secret fondness for good old rock ‘n’ roll. All the songs are written in B-flat major (as opposed to the EP’s B-flat minor) to maximize every song’s warmness. Guitarist/vocalist Sune Rose Wagner and his partner, bassist/vocalist Sharin Foo, have taken the edge off their harmonies and lyrics, singing almost uniformly upbeat or pretty songs about love. The album cover even states the band’s aims, noting cutely that “This is WHIPLASH rock ‘n’roll.”

Despite their claims, the Raveonettes are not “whiplash” rock music. However, they are remarkably good, considering their constraints—the band consists of two musicians writing songs in one key, aided only by a drum machine. On Chain Gang, Wagner and Foo seem to have found a novel middle-ground between the Jesus and Mary Chain, Young Marble Giants and, of course, Buddy Holly. Every song is summery, melodic pop run through a distortion pedal, and it all sounds pretty great. Buzzing, blown-amp anthems like “Noisy Summer” or”Little Animal” find Wagner conjuring up mountains of gloriously serrated guitar noise and letting them float over the listener’s head. Surf beats and sweetly harmonized narratives about delinquent lovers abound, lending the album a certain amount of pleasant nostalgia. In fact, when it hits its mark, Chain Gang is easily one of the year’s best “rock escapism” albums, a dreamy ride through teenage love and rebellion.

If Chain Gang has a glaring fault, it’s rooted in the band’s lack of real innovation. Most of the album sounds as though it was lifted directly from the Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy and cleaned up for mass consumption.

Ironically, though, this is probably the album’s biggest attraction. Simply put, there are worse influences to wear prominently on a band’s collective sleeve and, for the most part, the Raveonettes seem to understand what the Chain always knew: A good pop song coated in noise is still a good pop song. The band knows they won’t change any lives with Chain Gang of Love. They just want to write as many distorted melodies as possible while they’re still in the position to do so, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

CHARTS PARASOL RECORDS TOP 10 SELLERS 1. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop Records) 2. Poster Children - No More Songs About Sleep and Fire (A Hidden Agenda Record) 3. Yo La Tengo - Today Is The Day (Matador Records) 4. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Grooom Records - France) 5. Brighter - Singles: 1989-1992 (Matinée Recordings) 6. Handsome Family - Singing Bones (Carrot Top Records) 7. Kingsbury Manx - Aztec Discipline (Overcoat Records) 8. The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart (Vice Records) 9. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (Barsuk Records) 10. The Strokes - Room On Fire (RCA Records)

NEW RELEASES Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell, Part 1 (EP) and Rock ’n’ Roll Afrika Bambaataa - Presents Eastside Bon Jovi - This Left Feels Right - Greatest Hits with a Twist Chicken Lips DJ-Kicks DJ Keoki - Kill the DJ Fabolous - More Street Dreams, Part 2 - The Mixtape Wyclef Jean - The Preacher’s Son Ja-Rule - Blood in My Eye Toby Keith - Shock’n Y’All Steve Lawler - Lights Out 2 Life at Sea - Is There a Signal Coming Through?

Sarah McLachlan Afterglow P.O.D. - Payable on Death

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Lorenzo Goetz at Iron Post Lorenzo Goetz and Green Jenkins will play at The Iron Post on Halloween night. Lorenzo Goetz’s innovative blend of funk and rock is coupled with Green Jenkins’ self-labeled organic rock. Green Jenkins incorporates a blend of instruments including harmonica and saxophone. Lorenzo Goetz put out their first EP, Allure on Champaign’s own indie label Innocent Words.

WEFT Annual Record Sale

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Garage rock showcase at Cowboy Monkey

WEFT’s annual record sale happens Saturday at the Urbana Civic Center. Vinyl collectors and music lovers alike flock yearly for the best record sale in town.

Thousands of vinyl records of all types and genres as well as CDs, cassettes and videos will be on sale. Most LPs will be $1 per disc with CDs at $3 per disc.

There will also be bargain bins full of LPs for 25 cents a disc and collectible records at $3 per disc for those in search of hidden treasures. All proceeds go to WEFT 90.1, Champaign’s own noncommercial, volunteer-operated community radio station. Their diversity of programming mimics the vast diversity of C-U, and with sounds like jazz, rock, blues, bluegrass and much more, WEFT rules the airwaves.

Its Miller Time at Brothers!

WEFT record sale, Urbana Civic Center, 108 Water St., Nov. 1, 8am-5pm

Local favorites American Minor and The Blackouts will kick off Halloween night followed by rock outfit The Bamboo Kids. The trio’s first full-length album, Big Dipper, received rave reviews from critics around the country. Oct. 31, Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5

There’s only ONE true Halloween Store

DALLAS and CO. The Largest Selection The Best Prices PERIOD 101 east university champaign Mon. thru Fri. 10 til 9 Sat. 10 til 8

1906 W. Bradley Ave. • Champaign, IL 19 & up to Enter

Thurs, Oct. 30

Fight Night & Wet T-Shirt Contest $250 Cash Prizes

Fri, Oct. 31

Halloween Costume Party w/ X-Crush

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Lorenzo Goetz at Iron Post Lorenzo Goetz and Green Jenkins will play at The Iron Post on Halloween night. Lorenzo Goetz’s innovative blend of funk and rock is coupled with Green Jenkins’ self-labeled organic rock. Green Jenkins incorporates a blend of instruments including harmonica and saxophone. Lorenzo Goetz put out their first EP, Allure on Champaign’s own indie label Innocent Words.

WEFT Annual Record Sale

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HALLOWEEN NIGHT

Garage rock showcase at Cowboy Monkey

WEFT’s annual record sale happens Saturday at the Urbana Civic Center. Vinyl collectors and music lovers alike flock yearly for the best record sale in town.

Thousands of vinyl records of all types and genres as well as CDs, cassettes and videos will be on sale. Most LPs will be $1 per disc with CDs at $3 per disc.

There will also be bargain bins full of LPs for 25 cents a disc and collectible records at $3 per disc for those in search of hidden treasures. All proceeds go to WEFT 90.1, Champaign’s own noncommercial, volunteer-operated community radio station. Their diversity of programming mimics the vast diversity of C-U, and with sounds like jazz, rock, blues, bluegrass and much more, WEFT rules the airwaves.

Its Miller Time at Brothers!

WEFT record sale, Urbana Civic Center, 108 Water St., Nov. 1, 8am-5pm

Local favorites American Minor and The Blackouts will kick off Halloween night followed by rock outfit The Bamboo Kids. The trio’s first full-length album, Big Dipper, received rave reviews from critics around the country. Oct. 31, Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5

There’s only ONE true Halloween Store

DALLAS and CO. The Largest Selection The Best Prices PERIOD 101 east university champaign Mon. thru Fri. 10 til 9 Sat. 10 til 8

1906 W. Bradley Ave. • Champaign, IL 19 & up to Enter

Thurs, Oct. 30

Fight Night & Wet T-Shirt Contest $250 Cash Prizes

Fri, Oct. 31

Halloween Costume Party w/ X-Crush

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people and communities they serve – Room 225, Temple Buell Hall, 4-5pm

LIVE MUSIC U of I #1 Big Band – Iron Post, 7pm, TBA Larry Gates (of Lorenzo Goetz) – Aroma, 8pm, free Lamonte Parsons Jazz Trio – Senators Pub, 8pm, TBA Ear Doctor – Zorba’s, 9:30pm, $3 Captured By Robots, Bent-Til-Broken, The Ruby Doe – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5

FridayOctober31 LIVE MUSIC

Zach Galifianakis – Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union, 9pm, $7-10 Anton in Show Business – a backstage comedy and a hilarious skewering of American theatre with its eccentric directors, impossible critics, inept producers, philistine sponsors and cynical multiculturalism – Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $6-13

Lorenzo Goetz, Green Jenkins, The Hags, Hippus Campus – Iron Post, 5pm, TBA The Buick All-Stars – Embassy Tavern, 8:30pm, free The Blackouts, American Minor, The Bamboo Kids, The Invisible – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5 Brat Pack Halloween Bash – Fat City Saloon, 8pm X-Krush, Dropsixx, Pariah – Lava, 10pm, $5 Billy Shite and the Flecktones – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, $3 Drawing a Blank, Solo Mono, Missing the Point, Maryz Eyez, Leisure McCorkle – Illinois Disciples Foundation Will Rogers Halloween Party – Tommy G’s, 10pm-2am, cover

MUSIC PERFORMANCES

DJ

DJ

DJ Resonate – Barfly, 9pm, free

COMEDY

Hear & Now 2003: Herbert Brün and His Co-conspirators – three-day contemporary arts festival celebrating the music and ideas of Herbert Brün. This concert features Brün’s Sawdust with Percussion, Kagel’s Dressur, and other works for percussion – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $2-5

ON STAGE Into the Woods – As a baker and his wife learn they’ve been cursed with childlessness by a witch who lives next door, they embark on a quest to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from characters such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack (of the beanstalk). Not recommended for young children – Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $8-15

FILM Rocky Horror Picture Show screening and Drag Show – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $10

LECTURES Decentering Power: NGO’s and The State of India – Neema Kudva examines the uneasy relationships NGOs have with both the state and civil society, particularly the

The Skeleton Danse: DJ ZoZo, DJ Rickbats, DJ Czyrxis, DJ Wheelz, DJ Zlaya, DJ Miss Sarah Vain, DJ Grog – Channing-Murray Foundation, 8pm, $3 DJ Bozak – Barfly, 9pm, free India Night – The Canopy Club, 10pm, TBA DJ Eddie Mills, DJ Tim Williams – The Highdive, 10pm, $5 DJ Who, DJ Speed – Joe’s Brewery DJ Chad – T.K. Wendl’s, 8pm, free DJ Funk – Tonic, 10pm DJ Mar-Mar – Boltini, 9pm, free

ON STAGE Gross Indecency : The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde – courtroom drama, directed by Henson Keys, uses trial transcripts, newspaper accounts, personal letters, poetry, and interviews bearing witness to the legal actions that stripped an artistic genius of his respectable name, his promise, and ultimately, his life – Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, 7:30pm Into the Woods – As a baker and his wife learn they’ve been cursed with childlessness by a witch who lives next door, they embark on a quest to break the spell, swindling, lying to, and stealing from characters such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack (of the beanstalk). Not recommended for young children – Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $8-15

Anton in Show Business – a backstage comedy and a hilarious skewering of American theatre with its eccentric directors, impossible critics, inept producers, philistine sponsors and cynical multiculturalism – Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $6-13

FILM

ON STAGE

Rocky Horror Picture Show – Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union, 7pm, 10pm, $3

SaturdayNovember1 LIVE MUSIC

G Force Karaoke & DJ – Lincoln Castle, 9pm, free

Desolation Angels, Hollowed Out – hardcore – Red Herring, 8pm, $4 Jamnation – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $3 Grass Roots Revival with Michael (Homer) Jones & Jamie Lou – Pages For All Ages, 7pm, free Hot’N’Ready – Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm The Impalas – Tommy G’s, 10pm-2am, cover John Rush – acoustic – Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union, 8pm, $3-4

DANCING Ballroom Dancing – Non-smoking, cash bar – Regent Ballroom, 7:30-10:30pm, $7 Salsa Dancing – Non-smoking, cash bar; dress code: no blue jeans, tennis shoes or hats – Regent Ballroom, 11pm-1am, $4

KARAOKE

MUSIC PERFORMANCES Sinfonia da Camera – Special guest soloist Claude Frank – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $7-30

355.1236 105 N. Market St. Downtown Champaign

Mon - Wed

Thurs.

COMEDY

MUSIC PERFORMANCES Hear & Now 2003: Herbert Brün and His Co-conspirators –performing ensembles combine forces to present At Loose Ends by Herbert Brün, Coming Up Sevens by Zack Browning, and Susan Parenti’s Replica of the Multiplying Universe – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $2-5

Into the Woods – As a baker and his wife learn they’ve been cursed with childlessness by a witch who lives next door, they embark on a quest to break the spell, swindling, lying to, and stealing from characters such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack (of the beanstalk). Not recommended for young children – Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $8-15

OTHER WEFT 90.1 Annual Record Sale – Thousands of vinyl records of all types and genres as well as CDs, cassettes and videos will be on sale – Urbana Civic Center, 108 Water St., 8am-5pm

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rocking and creaking of an ancient boat, cymbal flourishes and screaming as Colin Meloy warns us to “tell your daughters do not walk the streets alone tonight.”The song explodes into a chugging accordion-driven shanty with a guitar line straight out of some spaghetti western showdown.

Just when the fear of a pirate concept album begins to take hold though, The Decemberists follow it up with “Billy Liar”a classically bouncy pop song of stabbing piano chords, topped off with the sort of gorgeous, romantic chorus that reminded me immediately why I liked Castaways so much.

The Decemberists are an extremely funny band, although in an appropriately quirky sort of a way. On the musically sunny, lyrically dark “Los Angeles, I’m Yours,” Meloy observes the women of L.A.:“Oh ladies, pleasant and demure/ Sallowcheeked and sure/ I can see your undies.” These little contrasts between the divinely literate and the sophomorically goofy buoy the Decemberists from the sort of pretension one might expect from such ambitious prose.This really is an album meant to be read as well as heard. “Song for Myla Goldberg” is composed of several tongue twisting lines of alliteration culminating in the mantra of “But now/ I know New York/ I need New York/ I know I need unique New York”.

Still, all the great lines in the world do not an album make, and like true songsmiths, the Decemberists manage to fit every one of these potentially clumsy verses into the structure of brilliant pop songs that reward upon multiple listens.

Her Majesty may not be a stone-cold classic, but if anybody is capable of such a feat, it’s the Decemberists, and this album contains so many moments of transcendence I can’t do anything but highly recommend it. So buy this album, and go ahead ask out that librarian. You can play her “Red Right Ankle” whose gorgeous first verse of predestined love as anatomical metaphor will surely win her over. At the very least you may have a new “anthem of loneliness.”

SundayNovember2

THE RAVEONETTES Chain Gang of Love

DJ

LIVE MUSIC

Sony

DJ Hipster Sophisto – Barfly, 9pm, free India Night – The Canopy Club, 10pm, TBA DJ Resonate – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, $1 DJ Tim Williams – The Highdive, 10pm, $5 DJ Naughty Boy – Joe’s Brewery DJ Stiffler – Lava, 9pm DJ Brad – T.K. Wendl’s, 8pm, free “G” Force DJ Chris – White Horse Inn, 10pm

Rachael Sage – Borders, 5pm, free Third Eye Blind, Josh Kelley – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $20 Rachael Sage, Kate Hathaway – Iron Post, 10pm, $3 Crystal River – Rose Bowl Tavern, 8:30pm

★★★

BY JOE MARTIN If the so-called “garage rock revival” has shown the world anything, it would be that wearing influences on one’s sleeve is no longer a critical faux pas. No, “originality” isn’t really the name of the game anymore; “familiarity” seems to work just fine. This is why the Strokes can haphazardly channel the Velvet Underground through late 1970s new wave or the White Stripes can lift both Stones and Led Zep riffs with impunity. And, entertainingly, it’s also the reason why the Raveonettes can name themselves after a Buddy Holly song (“Rave On”) while musically referencing the man repeatedly—there is a song on Chain Gang of Love that is literally called “Let’s Rave On”—and still get lauded for their cleverness.

Yes, it’s true: After the down-key echo chamber that was the band’s debut EP, Whip It On, the Raveonettes have decided to let listeners in on their not-so-secret fondness for good old rock ‘n’ roll. All the songs are written in B-flat major (as opposed to the EP’s B-flat minor) to maximize every song’s warmness. Guitarist/vocalist Sune Rose Wagner and his partner, bassist/vocalist Sharin Foo, have taken the edge off their harmonies and lyrics, singing almost uniformly upbeat or pretty songs about love. The album cover even states the band’s aims, noting cutely that “This is WHIPLASH rock ‘n’roll.”

Despite their claims, the Raveonettes are not “whiplash” rock music. However, they are remarkably good, considering their constraints—the band consists of two musicians writing songs in one key, aided only by a drum machine. On Chain Gang, Wagner and Foo seem to have found a novel middle-ground between the Jesus and Mary Chain, Young Marble Giants and, of course, Buddy Holly. Every song is summery, melodic pop run through a distortion pedal, and it all sounds pretty great. Buzzing, blown-amp anthems like “Noisy Summer” or”Little Animal” find Wagner conjuring up mountains of gloriously serrated guitar noise and letting them float over the listener’s head. Surf beats and sweetly harmonized narratives about delinquent lovers abound, lending the album a certain amount of pleasant nostalgia. In fact, when it hits its mark, Chain Gang is easily one of the year’s best “rock escapism” albums, a dreamy ride through teenage love and rebellion.

If Chain Gang has a glaring fault, it’s rooted in the band’s lack of real innovation. Most of the album sounds as though it was lifted directly from the Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy and cleaned up for mass consumption.

Ironically, though, this is probably the album’s biggest attraction. Simply put, there are worse influences to wear prominently on a band’s collective sleeve and, for the most part, the Raveonettes seem to understand what the Chain always knew: A good pop song coated in noise is still a good pop song. The band knows they won’t change any lives with Chain Gang of Love. They just want to write as many distorted melodies as possible while they’re still in the position to do so, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

CHARTS PARASOL RECORDS TOP 10 SELLERS 1. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop Records) 2. Poster Children - No More Songs About Sleep and Fire (A Hidden Agenda Record) 3. Yo La Tengo - Today Is The Day (Matador Records) 4. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Grooom Records - France) 5. Brighter - Singles: 1989-1992 (Matinée Recordings) 6. Handsome Family - Singing Bones (Carrot Top Records) 7. Kingsbury Manx - Aztec Discipline (Overcoat Records) 8. The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart (Vice Records) 9. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (Barsuk Records) 10. The Strokes - Room On Fire (RCA Records)

NEW RELEASES Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell, Part 1 (EP) and Rock ’n’ Roll Afrika Bambaataa - Presents Eastside Bon Jovi - This Left Feels Right - Greatest Hits with a Twist Chicken Lips DJ-Kicks DJ Keoki - Kill the DJ Fabolous - More Street Dreams, Part 2 - The Mixtape Wyclef Jean - The Preacher’s Son Ja-Rule - Blood in My Eye Toby Keith - Shock’n Y’All Steve Lawler - Lights Out 2 Life at Sea - Is There a Signal Coming Through?

Sarah McLachlan Afterglow P.O.D. - Payable on Death

MUSIC REVIEW GUIDE

★★★★ ★★★ ★★ ★ no stars

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SIMON AND GARFUNKEL The Essential

“The Sound of Silence,”“Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “I Am a Rock.” There are a few live recordings of lesser known S&G songs, but they don’t offer much more than crowd sounds and a break from the heavy hitting singles. Also found on this essential collection are a couple of lesserknown classics like “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” and “So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright.”

The attempt at encapsulating the pair’s career seems to focus on the latter half of their work more heavily. Only a couple of songs are taken from the duo’s first album, Wednesday Morning 3 A.M., and their last two studio albums, Bookends and Bridge Over Troubled Water, make up nearly half of this compilation. The subsequent solo careers of these two artists saw one gain more popularity and the other fall off the face of the earth. None of their solo works are contained on this album; it is entirely material recorded by the duo.

Not enough can be said of this duo’s influence on music.

Ranking up there with pop acts of the ‘60s like The Beatles,The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel have made their mark on music history. Now they are just cashing in.

Columbia

STELLASTARR Stellastarr

★★★

RCA Records

BY JACOB DITTMER

★★

Some people really love Simon and Garfunkel. Many diehard Simon and Garfunkel fans were pleased to hear that the famous duo would perform at last February’s Grammys. But some of us weren’t lucky enough to witness that performance and instead are forced to shell out 75 bucks for nosebleed seats at their upcoming reunion tour. Or you could dish out 20 bucks for the recent Simon and Garfunkel compilation, complete with two discs and 33 tracks, and get the same thing without the company of aged-folk hipsters.

No one doubts the massive influence of pop singers/songwriters Simon and Garfunkel.This duo came out of the 1960s as one of the most successful and widely recognized recording acts. As it is with every successful duo, they split up in 1970. Even so, their folk-pop sound placed its mark on music history.

Some people’s knowledge of Simon and Garfunkel may not go beyond their legendary soundtrack for The Graduate and their hit single “Mrs. Robinson.” This song makes even the most unfamiliar listener join in singing “God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson …” along with the famous “Cu-cucachoo” found in the song’s chorus. This song is just one of the many hit singles that Simon and Garfunkel released in their time.

The duo shared an uncanny ability to harmonize better than any other singing duo to that date (we all know that Sonny and Cher showed us what real harmony was in the 1970s). The songs were constructed of the classic pop structure with pleasing melodies and memorable lyrics.

Simon and Garfunkel already have several “best-ofs” and “greatest hits” albums, so what makes this different? Well, not much. You get all the classic singles, “The Boxer,” “Cecilia,”

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BY BRIAN MERTZ If you are an avid fan of TRL then you know that Carson Daly loves Stellastarr.

No really, he does. He has had them on his late night talk show, he talks about them on MTV and he goes to their shows in New York.

And why wouldn’t Carson love them? Stellastarr blend two trendy styles together. Stellastarr take the always cool “retro” sound and mix it with the hip sound of the moment, garage rock with keyboards, to get a sort of Cure meets the Mooney Suzuki blend. This is the stuff that years ago would have been cutting edge and never would have been signed.

Today the hype surrounding Stellastarr just feels more like a marketing ploy by a record exec that never got rid of his Robert Smith posters.

There is nothing inherently terrible about Stellastarr’s self-titled debut album, but this New York foursome is not the savior of rock ‘n’ roll. Amongst the few flashes of brilliance are just more indie rock tunes.

The brilliant points of this album come when Stellastarr put away the pretense of being a New York indie garage band and let their fun side shine through.

The prime example of that bubbly brilliance is a fiveminute ditty called “My Coco.” Starting out slow with an acoustic guitar interlude, the song eventually builds into an all-out rock jam with blazing, New Order type guitar lines and lead singer Shawn Christensen wailing away on the vocals, at times resembling Fred Schneider from the B52’s. It should be in contention for a spot on the top 10 songs of 2003.

And Stellastarr certainly have a more vulnerable sensitive

Cover songs

1.“All Along the Watchtower” Jimi Hendrix

To cover a song and have your version far surpass the original and to have the songwriter state that your cover is the better version is a great accomplishment. Well, this song that we’ve all heard at one point or another did just that. Hendrix lent his blistering guitar and psychedelic stylings to this Bob Dylan original making it forever a Hendrix classic. Dylan has stated that Hendrix did more for his song than he ever could and has since performed the Hendrix version over his own.

2.“Unchained Melody” Righteous Brothers

Before Ghost made most people run and scream from this song, it was a classic love song of the 1950s. Several versions of this song were released from its creation. But when producer Phil Spector and the Righteous Brothers chose to cover this song, music history was made.

Bobby Hatfield’s vocals soar as he pines away and Spector’s

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side on the tune “Untitled.” The way that Christensen’s more restrained singing works with the extremely delicate guitars sweeps listeners back to those wonderful sensitive slow songs from the 1980s.

But putting those two gems aside, the rest of the album is truly unremarkable.Tunes like “Pulp Song”and “Moongirl”are just more of the indie-rock sound that can be found on 100 different releases around the country every week.

If you don’t own any indie rock albums, then Stellastarr will be a four star addition to your CD collection. But since nearly everyone and their mother owns a copy of at least one White Stripes album, there is no immediate, dire need to hunt down Stellastarr.

In fact, waiting until they build on the potential that they show on “My Coco” and “Untitled,” will mean that you can own an album that has much more going for it than Carson “The Tool” Daly’s stamp of approval.

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3.“You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” Eddie Vedder

The I Am Sam soundtrack was completely made up of covers of Beatles songs. It is a tall order to have 17 good Beatles covers, and unfortunately I Am Sam didn’t live up to the challenge.

But within the soundtrack were a few great moments by some stars of modern day music. What made Eddie Vedder’s cover of “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” work was how his unique vocal inflections added to the song instead of being a distraction. Especially poignant was Vedder’s singing of the opening lines,“Here I stand / Head in hand / Turn my face to the wall.”This just goes to show that musicians who actually have talent can even improve on masterpieces.

4.“Tears of a Clown” The Specials

You can dismiss ska music as the childish genre for band dorks. But do that at your own peril. Not only will you miss out on high levels of musicianship, but the great sense of humor that ska bands have.That sense

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Fresh Face Guest DJ – Barfly, 9pm, free Blends by Otter – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free Reel to Reel and the Wheels of Steel: Spicerack Movies with soundtrack provided by DJ Spinnerty and DJ Bozak – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, $1

Story Theatre – Adapted by Paul Sills from Aesop’s fables and the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales, the play uses children’s stories to mirror adult fears and foibles – Parkland Theatre, 8pm, $2.99 Gross Indecency : The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde – courtroom drama, directed by Henson Keys, uses trial transcripts, newspaper accounts, personal letters, poetry, and interviews bearing witness to the legal actions that stripped an artistic genius of his respectable name, his promise, and ultimately, his life – Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, 7:30pm

MUSIC PERFORMANCES Cellofest – The School of Music pays tribute to two of the world’s most revered cellists - Aldo Parisot and Janos Starker – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 2pm, $2-5

ON STAGE Into the Woods – As a baker and his wife learn they’ve been cursed with childlessness by a witch who lives next door, they embark on a quest to break the spell, swindling, lying to, and stealing from characters such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack (of the beanstalk). Not recommended for young children – Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $8-15

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BY LOGAN MOORE The Decemberists are kind of like that shy, young librarian you can’t help but pine for; fantasizing about lengthy nights in front of the fireplace discussing the merits of Dylan Thomas while gazing longingly at her horn-rimmed glasses.

I purchased the Decemberists recently reissued debut, Castaways and Cutouts, about a month or so ago, and it quickly monopolized my CD player. Lead singer/songwriter Colin Meloy’s lyrics were as immediately engrossing as his gorgeous, melancholy folk-pop songs were instantly accessible. The band’s songs were a window into Meloy’s delicately crafted landscape of sailors, circus freaks, ghosts, foreign lands and lost loves. “Grace Cathedral Hill” became my anthem of loneliness for that month. (And yes, every selfrespecting music lover has multiple “anthems of loneliness,” don’t get all uppity.) So as you can imagine, I was looking forward with great joy and trepidation to their sophomore effort, Her Majesty, The Decemberists.

What’s the verdict, you ask breathlessly? Just about everything you could hope for from a follow-up to a masterful debut. Her Majesty expands on the gentle folky sound of Castaways, filling out their sound with a string quartet and the occasional keyboard flourish. These little accents only accentuate the inherent elegance, drama and humor of Meloy’s lyrics, though. Also, the whole band seems a lot happier on this outing. Whereas their previous effort only contained one up-tempo number, Her Majesty is chock full of ‘em.

The Decemberists certainly aren’t striving for mass acceptance though.The “rockingest”song on the album is called “The Chimbley Sweep” and they still have a permanent accordionist as a member. And yes, the first song on the album is about pirates. “Shanty for the Arethusa” begins with the ominous

of humor gave birth to hundreds of punk and ska covers.

Near the top of that mountain is an upbeat cover of “Tears of a Clown” by The Specials. Retaining a lot of the original’s charm and bringing in that danceable, upbeat ska sound, the result is unforgettable. The rest of the album Specials and Co is somewhat forgettable, but “Tears” can’t be beat.

5.“Billie Jean” Shinehead

The King of Pop has been covered, sampled and reworked a million times. A lot of those times the end results are less than stellar or just pointless.

Shinehead’s dance-hall workover of “Billie Jean” is one of those covers that creeps out of nowhere and ends up being irresistibly catchy. Not only is every word sung with feigned passion, but Shinehead manages to throw in Michael Jackson’s trademark “hooh!” at the right moments. Impress your friends by tracking down this hidden gem.

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LIVE MUSIC Maritime, Owen, Rocket Summer – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $8 Finga Lickin – The Office, 10pm, free Billy Galt & Ed O’Hara – White Horse Inn, 10pm, free

DJ 2ON2OUT – Barfly, 9pm, free DJ Betty Rocker – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, free

OTHER Piccadilly Winetasting – Krannert Lobby, 4-8pm, $5

CHICAGOSHOWS OCTOBER 10/30 Alkaline Trio @ Aragon Ballroom 10/30 Belle & Sebastian @ Congress Theatre 10/30 Mojave 3 @ Abbey Pub 10/31 Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe @ House of Blues 10/31 North Mississippi Allstars, Grandaddy @ Congress Theater

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TuesdayNovember4 LIVE MUSIC Monte Montgomery – The Canopy Club, 7pm, $10 Verde Hootenanny – bluegrass jam – Verdant News & Coffee, 7pm, free Open Mic Night – Espresso Royale Caffe, 7:30pm, free Zoso – Led Zeppelin tribute band – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $6 Crystal River – Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm Will Rogers Acoustic Night – Tommy G’s, 9pm,, free

DJ Seduction DJ Resonate – Barfly, 9pm, free Drew Patterson (of 107.1) – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free Preston Wright, Jim Creason – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, $1 NOX – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, TBA DJ Mar-Mar – Boltini, 9pm, free

WednesdayNovember5 LIVE MUSIC IMC Folk Music Series: Mark Erelli, Jeff Foucault – Channing-Murray Foundation, 8pm, $10 The 13th Annual Great Cover Up Benefit: Temple of Low Men, The Signalmen, Angie Heaton, G. Lee and Jet Blonde, The Greedy Loves, Edward Burch – The Highdive, 9:30pm, $6 Phix, Finga Lickin’ – The Canopy Club, 10pm, free Open Mic Night hosted by Mike Ingram – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $2 Hot’N’Ready – Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm Kilborn Alley – Tommy G’s, 9pm, free

DJ DJ Joel Spencer – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, $1 DJ Chef Ra Reggae – Barfly, 9pm, free DJ Forrest – Lava, 9pm

WORDS The Teller’s Art: First Wednesday Storytelling Concert Series For Adults – Featured storyteller, Janice Del Negro – Verde Gallery and Verdent Coffee & News, 8pm

11/1 Black Keys @ Abbey Club 11/1 Mya @ House of Blues 11/1 Emmylou Harris @ Symphony Center 11/1 Dirtbombs @ Double Door 11/2 Rza, Ghostface Killah @ House of Blues 11/2 Verbena @ Metro 11/5 Stars @ Schubas 11/6 Less Than Jake @ Riviera Theater 11/6 Maroon5 @ House of Blues 11/6 The Rapture @ Metro 11/6 Xiu Xiu @ Fireside Bowl 11/7 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ House of Blues 11/7 Ween @ The Vic 11/7 David Mead @ Schubas 11/7 Flickerstick @ Metro 11/7 Ferry Corsten & DJ Rap @ House of Blues 11/8 King Crimson @ Park West 11/8 Ween @ The Vic 11/8 Twilight Singers @ Double Door 11/8 Godsmack @ Aragon 11/7 Dropkick Murphys @ Congress Theater 11/9 King Crimson @ Park West 11/10 Billy Bragg, Nightwatchman, Lester Chambers @ Park West, all ages 11/12 Badly Drawn Boy @ Park West 11/13 Mike Doughty’s Band @ Double Door 11/13 Rickie Lee Jones @ Chicago Theatre 11/15 The Shins @ House of Blues 11/15 Qbert @ Metro 11/16 Fixx @ Abbey Pub 11/19 Fountains of Wayne @ The Vic 11/21 Anti-Flag, Rise Against @ Metro 11/22 Guided By Voices @ Abbey Pub 11/22 Cash Brothers @ Schubas 11/22 Tom Jones @ House of Blues 11/22 Alabama @ Allstate Arena 11/23 Guided By Voices @ Abbey Pub 11/23 Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs! @ Metro 11/23 Tom Jones @ House of Blues 11/24 Symphony X @ Metro 11/25 Jaguars @ House of Blues 11/25 Mindless Self Indulgence @ Metro 11/26 Mindless Self Indulgence @ Metro 11/16 OK Go @ Abbey Pub 11/28 Bollweevils @ Metro, all ages 11/29 Rocket from the Tombs @ Abbey Pub 11/29 Asylum Street Pranksters @ Schubas

DECEMBER 12/5 Donna The Buffalo @ Martyr’s 12/5 They Might Be Giants @ Vic, all ages 12/6 Autumn Defense @ Schubas 12/8 Fun Lovin’ Criminals @ Double Door 12/12 Atmosphere, Mr. Dibbs, Others @ Abbey Pub, 18 & over

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Assembly Hall First & Florida, Champaign, 333.5000 American Legion Post 24 705 W Bloomington Rd, Champaign, 356.5144 American Legion Post 71 107 N Broadway, Urbana, 367.3121 Barfly 120 N Neil, Champaign,352.9756 Barnes and Noble 51 E Marketview, Champaign, 355.2045 Boltini Lounge 211 N Neil, Champaign, 378.8001 Borders Books & Music 802 W Town Ctr, Champaign, 351.9011 The Brass Rail 15 E University, Champaign, 352.7512 Canopy Club (The Garden Grill) 708 S Goodwin, Urbana, 367.3140 C.O. Daniels 608 E Daniel, Champaign, 337.7411 Cosmopolitan Club 307 E John, Champaign, 367.3079 Courtyard Cafe Illini Union, 1401 W Green, Urbana, 333.4666 Cowboy Monkey 6 Taylor St, Champaign, 398.2688 Clybourne 706 S Sixth, Champaign, 383.1008 Curtis Orchard 3902 S Duncan Rd, Champaign, 359.5565 D.R. Diggers 604 S Country Fair Dr, Champaign, 356.0888 Embassy Tavern & Grill 114 S Race, Urbana, 384.9526 Esquire Lounge 106 N Walnut, Champaign, 398.5858 Fallon’s Ice House 703 N Prospect, Champaign, 398.5760 Fat City Saloon 505 S Chestnut, Champaign, 356.7100 The Great Impasta 114 W Church, Champaign, 359.7377 G.T.’s Western Bowl Francis Dr, Champaign, 359.1678 The Highdive 51 Main, Champaign, 359.4444 Huber’s 1312 W Church, Champaign, 352.0606 Illinois Disciples Foundation 610 E Springfield, Champaign, 352.8721 Independent Media Center 218 W Main St, Urbana, 344.8820 The Iron Post 120 S Race, Urbana, 337.7678 Joe’s Brewery 706 S Fifth, Champaign, 384.1790 Kam’s 618 E Daniel, Champaign, 328.1605 Krannert Art Museum 500 E Peabody, Champaign, 333.1861 Krannert Center for Performing Arts 500 S Goodwin, Urbana, Tickets: 333.6280, 800/KCPATIX La Casa Cultural Latina 1203 W Nevada, Urbana, 333.4950 Lava 1906 W Bradley, Champaign, 352.8714 Legends Bar & Grill 522 E Green, Champaign, 355.7674 Les’s Lounge 403 N Coler, Urbana, 328.4000 Lincoln Castle 209 S Broadway, Urbana, 344.7720 Malibu Bay Lounge North Route 45, Urbana, 328.7415 Mike & Molly’s 105 N Market, Champaign, 355.1236 Mulligan’s 604 N Cunningham, Urbana, 367.5888 Murphy’s 604 E Green, Champaign, 352.7275 Neil Street Pub 1505 N Neil, Champaign, 359.1601 Boardman’s Art Theater 126 W Church, Champaign, 351.0068 The Office 214 W Main, Urbana, 344.7608 Parkland College 2400 W Bradley, Champaign, 351.2528 Phoenix 215 S Neil, Champaign, 355.7866 Pia’s of Rantoul Route 136 E, Rantoul, 893.8244 Pink House Routes 49 & 150, Ogden, 582.9997 The Rainbow Coffeehouse 1203 W Green, Urbana, 766.9500 Red Herring/Channing-Murray Foundation 1209 W Oregon, Urbana, 344.1176 Rose Bowl Tavern 106 N Race, Urbana, 367.7031 Springer Cultural Center 301 N Randolph, Champaign, 355.1406

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CHICAGOVENUES House of Blues 329 N Dearborn, Chicago, 312.923.2000 The Bottom Lounge 3206 N Wilton, Chicago Congress Theatre 2135 N Milwaukee, 312.923.2000 Vic Theatre 3145 N Sheffield, Chicago, 773.472.0449 Metro 3730 N Clark St, Chicago, 773.549.0203 Elbo Room 2871 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago Park West 322 W Armitage, Chicago, 773.929.1322 Riviera Theatre 4746 N Racine at Lawerence, Chicago Allstate Arena 6920 N Mannheim Rd, Rosemont, 847.635.6601 Arie Crown Theatre 2300 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, 312.791.6000 UIC Pavilion 1150 W Harrison, Chicago, 312.413.5700 Schubas 3159 N Southport, Chicago, 773.525.2508 Martyrs 3855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, 773.288.4545 Aragon 1106 W Lawerence, Chicago, 773.561.9500 Abbey Pub 3420 W Grace, Chicago, 773.478.4408 Fireside Bowl 2646 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, 773.486.2700 Schubert Theatre 22 W Monroe, Chicago, 312.977.1700

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Unexpectedly saying farewell to Elliott Smith MENDOZA MUSIC LINE

BY JACOB DITTMER | ASSISTANT MUSIC EDITOR

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was going about my typical Wednesday morning last week.

Drinking coffee, reading my e-mail, pretending to work. As always, I checked www.pitchforkmedia.com to see what was going on in the world of independent music. I was greeted with the headline “Elliott Smith dead at 34.” Not a good way to start my day. Almost instantaneously I thought of Nick Drake and how my roommate had drawn the comparison between Drake and Smith when he first heard the latter.

Now the two truly were the same, depressed, drug-addicted, gifted songwriters and dead.

As I read through the article on Pitchfork, it seemed as though everyone saw the warning signs that his death was coming, and in all honesty, I did too. Smith’s music and lyrics were so dark and disheartening that listening to them would place me into a state of melancholy as I would reflect on my life’s pains. But that doesn’t mean it was music not worth hearing.

Smith’s lyrics and melodies blended together so well that his music was engrossing and

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beautiful as well as melancholy in message.

My first exposure to Smith came in May of 2002. A friend of mine had scored tickets to a special Wilco show put on by Northwestern University. He told me that this guy named Elliott Smith was going to be the opening act and that a friend of his was really into his music. My friend mentioned in passing that Smith had done the soundtrack for Good Will Hunting, but I had not recalled the music, unfortunately. I was unsure but interested to hear what this guy was about. Another friend traveling in our group was mocking Smith’s lyrical content as we rode the red line down to the Riviera Theater. He said that Smith’s music was always about getting “fucked up” and “drinking a shitload.” I found this peculiar considering it was his girlfriend who was anticipating Smith’s performance eagerly.

As we entered the Riv, I was confronted with the wonderful snobbery of Northwestern students, but I gave that little of my attention. We walked in as Smith was beginning his set. He sat on the stage with just his guitar and a stocking cap pulled tightly over his head concealing his eyes from the judgmental onlookers. I honestly don’t remember Smith playing one song.

He would strum his way through a few bars of some melody, attempt to sing, and then stop, stating that he “just couldn’t do it tonight.”

The crowd grew restless and Smith’s onstage

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nervousness became more apparent. I remember thinking this is the onstage breakdown of a performer that is on some heavy drugs. Smith continued in this process of attempting to play a song, stopping, smoking a cigarette and talking with the audience for the remainder of his set. The crowd of snobs were hissing and mocking his conflicted state and he could hear them.

It was an awkward experience for both Smith and the audience. After what seemed like 15 minutes with no songs, Smith left the stage and soon Wilco came out to perform, making much of the crowd forget what they had just seen.

Halfway through the Pitchfork article I found reference to Smith’s performance that same night in May 2002. The article mentioned how Smith had difficulty performing sometimes as he would complain about his hand being numb or his arm not working. Apparently the same concert I was at was one of those occasions in which Smith complained of his hand not working and that is why he was unable to play his guitar. I have vague recollections of Smith saying these things in his mumbled and nervous voice.

That same weekend I got a copy of Smith’s Figure 8 album. I was blown away; these songs weren’t all about drinking and wallowing in sorrow. The beautiful melodies and pop-like rock songs on this album grab the listener on first track and made me a believer in his music.

It became my obsession. That summer consisted of me and Elliott Smith, heartbroken, angry at the world’s complex stupidity and lonely in our existence. This music had really touched me and I understood why Smith couldn’t perform in front of a crowd of a bunch of trustfund babies from the north shore. He was singing about pain and loss that many had not felt. In a sense Smith amplified his isolation from the world.

So now he is gone. He must have felt that suicide was the only answer for his lonely existence. But I say no. Talking to people this week about Smith’s death made me realize that I was not alone in the special bond I had with his music. Many like me were distraught and saddened by this news, knowing that no other solemn troubadour was out there to connect with their puzzled minds. Instead we are left to throw on our old vinyls of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake. We’ll put Smith’s XO album on repeat in our CD players and remember how great he really was.

Perhaps my favorite song lyric of Smith sums up the feelings of both his fans and Smith himself. From “Waltz #2” he sings, “I’m never gonna know you now, but I’m gonna love you anyhow.” True, we may never get to know Elliott Smith, but he has left us with wonderful music that will at least help us understand him. buzz

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alloween may be tomorrow, but the real costume party in Champaign begins on Wednesday. On Nov. 5, the first part of the 13th Annual Great Cover Up will begin at The Highdive.

Ward Gollings, talent buyer for The Highdive, describes the simple idea of The Cover Up. “Depending on the year, around 16 to 18 of the top local bands each assume the identity of one of their favorite bands or musician for one night of fun and charity,” Gollings said.

This year 18 bands will perform songs by other artists over the course of the first three Wednesdays in November. Past performances were held on one night or consecutive nights.

“Last year I actually experimented with four nights,” Gollings said. “This is the first year the dates have not been on consecutive days and is, once again, another work in progress.”

Gollings sees this as an improvement.

“I think this way keeps people from having to pick and choose which night they can attend due to lack of time or money,” Gollings said.

Larry Gates, lead singer for the band Lorenzo Goetz, who will perform on Nov. 19, is excited about being picked to perform again in The Cover Up. As a band, Lorenzo Goetz democrat-

ically chooses what band they want to cover.

But there are more specific considerations that come into play.

“There are just certain bands you can’t pull off based on personnel. You have to deal with the hand you’re given,” Gates said.

Gates said that his band practices for a couple months on their cover songs.

“The trouble with it is that if you don’t allow yourself enough time, you take yourself out of your comfort level,” Gates said. “The songs you go out and play every show you’re comfortable with. Now you have something that you haven’t played for the first time, so you want to be comfortable so you can execute well.”

From the moment the bands decide who they are going to cover, they are sworn to secrecy.

Not only does that secrecy add an element of surprise at the performances, but it also helps the bands.

“Some prefer the element of surprise. Some bands can’t agree on who to do or change their minds at the last minute,” Gollings said.

But with the secrecy comes the speculation from fans and other bands, as well as cryptic hints at who the bands will cover. Who Lorenzo Goetz will cover is still a secret, but Gates isn’t afraid to drop a hint.

“If the entire Highdive isn’t dancing, then

something is terribly wrong with the world today,” Gates said.

The Great Cover Up has been held at three different venues (The Blind Pig, Mabel’s and The Highdive) over its 13 year run.

“Dave Landis, who did graphic design work for the former kingpins of the local rock scene, The Didjits, had the idea,” Gollings said.

The first Cover Up benefitted the MDA. This year, the proceeds of the Cover Up will go to the Conservatory of Central Illinois.

“It is a local nonprofit music school that helps provide children from poorer families with musical instruments as well as lessons,” Gollings said.

For a while, the future of The Great Cover Up seemed in jeopardy.

“I was ready to let it die quietly around 1995 due to a lack of strong headline acts,” Gollings said. “But too many people second-guessed my decision and I kept it going and saw it get much stronger, ironically.”

While The Great Cover Up continues to grow in popularity amongst the fans in Champaign’s music scenes, performers like Gates are continually drawn to it as well.

“I’d love to do it for as long as we’re around.

I get so giddy about it,” Gates said. “I’m already excited for next year.” buzz

2003 GREAT COVER UP SCHEDULE Part One : Wednesday, Nov. 5 Temple of Low Men The Signalmen G Lee and Jet Blonde The Greedy Loves Edward Burch Sick Day Part Two : Wednesday, Nov. 12 Mezzanines The Blackouts Terminus Victor American Minor Nadafinga Feed Part Three : Wednesday, Nov. 19 Red Hot Valentines Orphans Everybody Uh Oh Lorenzo Goetz Goldfronts Green Mountain Grass

All shows start at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 and are only available at the door. For more information, check out www.thehighdive.com.

Information provided Ward Gollings Graphic design by Jacob Dittmer

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Beck/ Wayside School Guns N Roses/Absinthe Blind Peter Gabriel/Temple Of Low Men Beck/Wayside School Go-Go’s/Angie Heaton Jonathan Richman/Kennett The Guess Who/Signalmen The Clash/Mezzanines Jesus Lizard/Tummler Pink Floyd / Centaur Dinosaur Jr./Blackouts Bob Dylan/Tractor Kings Pixies/Beauty Shop

INXS/Braid Berlin/Menthol The Supremes/Love Cup Hall&Oates/Tiny The Pixies/Milo Steve Miller Band/Suede Chain Alice Cooper/Williwaw/Moon Seven Times Robert Frost/Lonely Trailer David Bowie/Poster Children

Beastie Boys/ Absinthe Blind Beastie Boys/Absinthe Blind Wings/The Temple of Low Men Joan Jett/Angie Heaton Neil Young/Signalmen The Sundays/Robynn Ragland Ween/Imaginary Posse John Cougar Mellencamp/ Lorenzo Goetz The Clash/Mezzanines Tom Petty/Blackouts Johnny Cash/Tractor Kings Leonard Cohen/Beauty Shop Sonic Youth/Rectangle Def Leppard/Terminus Victor Monster Magnet/Spacemod

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Village People/Honcho Overload The Police/16 Tons Elton John/Hardvark Neil Diamond/Suede Chain Violent Femmes/Corndolly Urge Overkill/Steakdaddy 6 Tom Petty/Love Cup Joe Jackson/Adam Schmitt Lenny Kravitz/Menthol

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The Kinks/Wolfie Ike&Tina Turner/Teddy&The Boozers The Pretenders/Shotgun Wedding Rick Springfield/Beezus Black Crowes/Absinthe Blind Fleetwood Mac/Angie Heaton Ramones/Mezzanines The Simpsons/The Viper Huey Lewis/Bludgers Jane’s Addiction/April Crash Social Distortion/Make Out Thugs

Led Zeppelin/ HUM

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Talking Heads/ Poster Children

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Madonna/Honcho Overload Big Black/16 Tons STYX/Hardvark Beatles and Duran Duran/Love Cup Depeche Mode/Mother The Clash/Steve Pride and His Blood Kin Trio/MattVicandDave

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Weezer/Castor REM/Braid Stray Cats/Great Crusades Black Sabbath/Mezzanines Shangri-Las/The Viper Spinal Tap/Bantha Wham!/Viewfinder Pat Benatar/Sarge Rod Stewart/Bludgers

B-52's/Honcho Overload AC/DC/Didjits The Cars/Poster Children Cheap Trick/16 Tons Prince/Hot Gun Glue Go-Go's/Ward Psychedelic Furs/Hardvark

The Who/ Poster Children

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Didjits/Poster Children CCR/16 Tons Devo/Hot Glue Gun Blondie/Ward The Doors/Honcho Overload

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Great Cover Up venues 1991-97 at the Blind Pig 1998 at Mabel’s 1999-present at the Highdive

John Denver/Bludgers Velvet Underground/Poster Children Jesus and Mary Chain/Menthol Motley Crue/Castor Badfinger/Bitter Homes&Garden Van Halen/Moon Seven Times The Smiths/Braid Billy Idol/Sarge Lynyrd Skynyrd/Free Range Chicken Jesus Christ Superstar/The Viper

Iron Maiden/ Mezzanines Green Day/ Red Hot Valentines Yo La Tengo/ Everybody Uh Oh Presidents of the United States/Nadafinga Pogues/Humpty Dumpster The Doors/Zea Mays Black Sabbath/Green Mountain Grass Joy Division/ Terminus Victor Pavement/Rectangle Johnny Thunders/ Swampass Dave Grohl/Spacemod

Tears for Fears/ADHD Cash & Dylan/Master Blaster Elvis/Poster Children Black Flag/Blackouts Son Volt/Tractor Kings Misfits/Beauty Shop ZZ Top/Some Velvet Morning Radiohead/Temple of Low Men Joe Walsh/Signalmen X/Robynn Ragland Billy Squier/Fist City Oasis/Lorenzo Goetz Garbage/G Lee and Jet Blonde

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Join Artists and Workshops at Gallery Virtu – Gallery Virtu, an artist-owned cooperative, now invite applications from area artists. The Gallery also offers workshops for adults, teens and children in knitting, embroidery, photography, jewelry making, printmaking, papermaking, bookbinding and ribbon flowers. Gallery Virtu offers original works by the members including: jewelry, pottery, collages, sculptures, journals, hats, handbags and other textiles. For more information please call 762-7790, visit our web site at www.galleryvirtu.org, e-mail workshops@galleryvirtu.org or visit the gallery. Regular hours: Thu 12-4pm, Fri 12-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm. 220 W Washington Street in Monticello.

Art Classes at High Cross Studio – All classes are held at High Cross Studio in Urbana. 1101 N High Cross Road. Email or call for reservations and details. (217) 367-6345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com.

“Portrait Paintings with Oils”- This course will provide instruction in painting portraits from photographs. Paint a portrait of your loved one or yourself. Mon-Fri daytime class and weekend workshop offered.

“Collage for the Soul” - Students will learn a variety of collage techniques, including photo and photocopy transfer, papermaking and manipulation, and frontage, while exploring a particular subject, such as a place, a memory, an experience or a relationship. No art-making experience necessary.

“Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” - For adults who have always wanted to learn to draw, but felt as if they lacked talent or confidence.

Other Classes:“Making Monoprints,”“Art With Intention” (Open Studio). For information on these visit www.spiritofsandra.com and click on “classes,” then e-mail or call for reservations.

ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS Boneyard Pottery – Ceramic Art by Michael Schwegmann and more. 403 Water St, Champaign. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm.

355-5610.

Broken Oak Gallery – Local and national artists. Original art including photography, watercolors, pottery, oil paintings, colored pencil, woodturning and more. Refreshments served by the garden all day Saturday. 1865 N 1225 E Rd, White Heath. Thu-Sat 10am-4pm. 762-4907.

Cinema Galley – Local and regional artists including many University of Illinois and Parkland College faculty members. Currently on display through Nov 9:“Alpha and Omega” by Glen C. Davies. 120 W Main, Urbana. Tue-Sat 10am-4pm. Sun 1-5pm. 367-3711.

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Cafe Kopi – Swimming oil paintings and various works from local artist Paula McCarty on display through Oct. 109 N Walnut, Champaign. Mon-Thu 7am-11pm, Fri-Sat 7am12pm, Sun 11am-8pm. 359-4266.

Creation Art Studios – Hosts a continuous and evolving display of works by students and associates of the studio.

Landscapes, florals, animal life and expressive art in various mediums by Jeannine Bestoso are also currently on display. For information, contact Jeannine Bestoso. 1102 E Washington St, Urbana. Tue-Sat 1-5:30pm and scheduled studio sessions. 344-6955. www.creationartstudios.com Country in the City – Antiques, Architectural, Gardening, Home Accessories. Custom designing available. 1104 E Washington St, Urbana. Thu-Sat 10am-5pm 367-2367.

Framer’s Market – Frame Designers since 1981. Current featured artists on display through Nov 17: Charlotte Brady, Barry Brehm, Lawerance Hamlin, Patrick Harness, Mary McDonald, Hua Nian, David Smith, Bill Stevens, Steve Stoerger and Bonnie Switzter. 807 W Springfield Ave, Champaign. Tue-Fri 9:30am-5:30pm, Sat 10am-4pm. 3517020.

Furniture Lounge – Specializing in mid-century modern furniture from the 1920s-1980s, retro, Danish modern, lighting, vintage stereo equipment and vinyl records. 9 E University, Champaign. 352-5150. Sun-Mon 12-4:30pm, Wed-Sat 11am-5:30pm.

Glass FX – New and Antique Stained Glass Windows, Lamps, and unique glass gifts. Gallery is free and open to the public. Interested in learning the art of Stained Glass?

Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Stained Glass Classes offered. 202 S First St, Champaign. Mon-Thu 10am5:30pm, Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 9am-4pm. 359-0048. www.glassfx.com.

Griggs Street Potters – Handmade functional and decorative pottery. 305 W Grigg St, Urbana. Mon-Fri 11am-4pm, or call for appointment. 344-8546.

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Hill Street Gallery Inc. – Oil and watercolor paintings, hand painted T-shirts, handmade jewelry. 703 W Hill, Champaign. Sat 12-5pm or by appointment during the week. 359-0675.

International Galleries – Works from local artists including quilts by Nancy Summers. Lincoln Square Mall. Mon-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12-5pm. 328-2254.

Larry Kanfer Gallery – University of Illinois images by photographic artist Larry Kanfer. Unique diploma frames and other UI gifts. Sepia Champaign-Urbana Collection also on display. Available now: 2004 Prairiescapes and University of Illinois calendars. 2503 S Neil, Champaign. Free and Open to the Public. Mon-Sat 10am-5:30pm. 398-2000. www.kanfer.com LaPayne Photography – Specializes in panoramic photography up to 6 feet long of different subjects including sporting events, city skylines, national parks and University of Illinois scenes. 816 Dennison Dr, Champaign. Mon-Fri 9am-4pm and by appointment. 356-8994.

Old Vic Art Gallery – Fine and original art, hand signed limited edition prints, works by local artists, art restoration, custom framing, and periodic shows by local artists. 11 E University, Champaign. Mon-Thu 11am-5:30pm, Sat 11am4:30pm. 355-8338.

Steeple Gallery – Vintage botanical and bird prints, antiques, framed limited edition prints. 102 E Lafayette St, Monticello. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm. 762-2924. www.steeplegallery.com Verde Gallery & Verdant News and Coffee – Magazines, newspapers, coffee, beverages and fine pastries along with the Verde Fine Art Gallery. 17 E Taylor St, Champaign. Cafe hours: Mon-Sat 7am-10 pm; Gallery Hours: Tue-Sat 10am10pm. 366-3204. www.verdant-systems.com/Verde.htm Ziemer Gallery – Original paintings and limited edition prints by Larry Ziemer. Pottery, weavings, wood turning and glass works by other artists. Gallery visitors are welcome to sit, relax, listen to the music and just enjoy being surrounded by art. 210 W Washington, Monticello. Tue 10am-8pm, Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm. 762-9786. www.ziemergallery.com

ART-ON VIEW NOW “Trio” – Paintings by Dylan DeWitt and Milena Tiner and ceramics by Tyler Bergfield on display at the Springer Cultural Center through Nov 16. Opening reception featuring live music from Jordan Kaye Oct 24, 6-8pm. Artists’ talk, 7pm. This is a free event. Springer Cultural Center. 301 N Randolph, Champaign. Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-9pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm. 398-2376.

“Affixed” – Sixteen local artists display their work in a juried art show at High-Cross Studio through Oct 31. Entries range from 3D work such as Goddess alters and original dolls to photomontage and torn paper collage art. 1001 High Cross Rd, Urbana. Gallery hours: Tue-Sun 10-4pm.

367-6345. spiritofsandra@hotmail.com “Bulbs” – Pastel and collage series from Deeana Love on display at High Cross Studio through Oct 31. 1001 High Cross Rd, Urbana. Gallery hours: Tue-Sun 10-4pm. 367-6345. spiritofsandra@hotmail.com “Prints in Process” – A display of contemporary fine art prints on view at the Parkland Art Gallery through Oct 31.

Guest curated by Lawrence Hamlin, including work from Richard Dievenkorn, Grant Wood, Wayne Thiebaud and area native Christopher Brown. 115 E University, Champaign. Mon-Fri 10am-3pm and Mon-Thu evenings 68pm, Sat 12-2pm. 351-2485. Handicapped accessible and open and free to the public.

“Pink” – On display at Gallery Virtu Cooperative through Oct 31. A juried exhibition to benefit area women with who have suffered from breast cancer. 25 percent of sales will be used to fund art journal classes for breast cancer patients. Other work includes original fine art and crafts from member artists including jewelry, pottery, paintings, collages, hats, handbags and other textiles, sculptures and journals. The Gallery also offers workshops; a new schedule of classes is on the web site. 220 W Washington St, Monticello. Thu 12-4pm, Fri 12-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm. 7627790. www.galleryvirtu.org “Colors of Islam” – In conjunction with Islam Awareness Week, the Muslim Students Association is cosponsoring an art show at the Illini Union Art Gallery until Nov 3. 1401 W Green, Urbana. Open Every day 7am-10pm.

The Garnet Litherland Leukemia Fund

Wine Tasting & Dinner Sponsored by Classic Events Catering

Sunday November 2nd, 2003 At the Levis Center • 919 W. Illinois St. • Urbana, IL

Roasted Pumpkin Soup Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb Wild Rice with Wild Mushrooms & Roasted Sweet Potatoes Grilled Asparagus Homemade Sourdough Bread Chocolate Souffle Cake with Fresh Berries

g Featuring Sawna Nelson and Bruce Ruminy & Co. Tickets: $40.00 for individuals; $295.00 for a table of 8 Cash or Check only please Make checks payable to: the Garnet Litherland Leukimia Fund Tickets available at: Dandelion • Circles • Classic Events Catering For more information call: 244.4544 or 344.4026 Co-Sponsored by: Dan & Liz Noel, Boltini Lounge, Louis Glunz Wines, Bunn Capitol Co.

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“First Annual Midwest Sequential Art Exhibition” – The Middle Room Gallery hosts an exhibition of comic and sequential art talent from the Midwest. Ranging in visual and narrative style from political to fantasy, from Japanese Manga to the familiar super-heroic conventions, this show will help shine a light on one of the most misunderstood and overlooked art forms today. Artists include Pam Bliss, Tim Broderick, Jacen Burrows, Darrin Drda, Brion Foulke, Hope Larson, Layla Lawler, Dirk Tiede, Dann Tincher, Charlie “Spike”Trotman. On View at the Middle Room Gallery through Oct 31. 218 W Main St, Urbana. www.gallery.ucimc.org/ “Whistler and Japonisme: Selections from the Permanent Collection” – Marking the 100th anniversary of James McNeill Whistler’s death, this exhibition highlights his works on paper and examines the influence that Japanese woodcuts had on his artistic technique. On display at the Krannert Art Museum through March 28, 2004.

500 E Peabody, Urbana. Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am8pm, Sun 2-5pm. 333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3

Oct 23-Nov 2 Stephen Sondheim James Lapine James Zager, director

INTO THE WOODS Department of Theatre College of Fine and Applied Arts

“Visualizing the Blues: Images of the American South, 1862-1999” – Every picture tells a story and this exhibition of more than 100 photographs of the Mississippi Delta region portrays a profoundly vivid narrative of life in the American South. These photographs, taken from the Civil War era through 1999, show the rhythms of life from this almost mythic region and powerfully document the sources of inspiration for the lyrics and melodies of Blues musicians. Among the photographers represented are Margaret Bourke-White, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Andres Serrano and many others. On display at Krannert Art Museum through Nov 2. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm. 333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3 Featured Works XIII:“The Spirit of Mediterranean Pathos: The Early Work of Pierre Daura” – Pierre Daura (1896-1976) was a member of significant modern art movements in the early 20th century. This exhibition highlights a recent gift of works by Daura and explores the forms and colors of his paintings and drawings from about 1910 to the late 1930s. On display at Krannert Art Museum through Nov 2. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. Tue, ThuSat. 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm. 333-1860.

Suggested Donation: $3

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BENEFIT The Garnet Litherland Leukemia Fund Wine Tasting & Dinner – Come out and help us support one of downtown’s most beloved locals, Garnet Litherland. Garnet is a 25-year-old college student and resident of Champaign.

Recently, Garnet was diagnosed with leukemia, a blood cancer, and has been forced to put her school career on hold at this time. She is currently receiving intensive chemotherapy treatment at Carle Hospital. To help support Garnet and offset the expenses incurred during treatment a wine tasting will be held on Nov 2, at the Levis Faculty Center, 5:30pm

FILM FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS Call For Submissions! – The Second Annual Filmic Dependency Film Festival, Jan 23 and 24 in Urbana, is now accepting submissions. Looking for all lengths and genres, the festival puts focus on the very best no budget, low budget and student films. New films by new filmmakers. Get your work seen! Send films in VHS, DVD or VCD format to Mongoose Productions, c/o Sam Ambler, 614 W Washington, Urbana, IL 61801. Deadline: Nov 15.

Questions, more info contact Gabrielle Reisman at mongoose_productions@hotmail.com

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BY MATT COHN | STAFF WRITER

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len Davies is an artist of many media; you don’t always have to go in a building to see his work. He has created two-dimensional courtyards on several walls in Champaign-Urbana.

Davies received his M.F.A. in painting at the University in 1981, as well as the Ford Foundation Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship. Since 1981 Davies has been a fulltime artist, muralist, lecturer and curator. An exhibition of his work is on display at Cinema Gallery in downtown Urbana. The show continues through Nov. 9.

What inspires you?

I’m intrigued by mysteries in the world.

Folklore and customs, sideshows and super-

Davies’ mural can be seen at Aroma Cafe on Neil St. Sunday Zen Meditation Meeting – Prairie Zen Center, 515 S Prospect, Champaign, NW corner Prospect & Green, enter thru door from parking area. Introduction to Zen Sitting, 10am; Full Schedule: Service at 9 followed by sitting, Dharma Talk at 11 followed by tea until about 12 noon. Can arrive at any of above times, open to all, no experience needed, no cost. For info call 355-8835 or www.prairiezen.org Formerly-Fat Persons’ Support Group – Free social meeting every Saturday at 2pm at Aroma Cafe, 118 N Neil St, C. For more information contact Jessica Watson at 3534934.

For tickets 217/333-6280 KrannertCenter.com

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Hear & Now: Herbert Brün and his Co-conspirators An international festival of new music, poetry and theater Thursday, Oct. 30 Concert: Percussion Group Cincinnati compositions by Herbert Brün, Ted May, Mauricio Kagel, Michael Barnhart 7:30p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center Reception: The Prince Myshkins 10p.m. Krannert Center Lobby

Friday, Oct. 31 Composers Forum: Percussion Group Cincinnati 10-11:30a.m. Smith Recital Hall Panel discussion: “…retardation of its decay…”

Burt Levy, Bethany Cooper, Steve Taylor, Lisa Fay, Allen Otte 1:30-3p.m. Channing-Murray Foundation Concert: compositions by Stefan Wolpe, Herbert Brün, Sam Magrill, Gary Verkade, Mark Enslin, Zack Browning, Sever Tipei

stitions, religious shrines and roadside attractions … all share common threads and inspire me to look at the inner connections.

What themes are present in your work?

The work explores relationships between evil and good and the journey to find balance, a ‘point of view’ from which to observe life’s struggles and triumphs.

What environment do you work best in?

Mural work allows me contact with an audience as I paint. This provides feedback from observers in a very immediate way, while I am in the process of creating. My studio provides a quiet refuge and a chance to sort out ideas and images in a more introspective fashion. Both public and private venues balance each other and fill my creative needs.

Where can you find the best conversation in town?

Evenings at the Fiesta Cafe before or after cultural and community events provide the right ingredients for lively conversation and reflection.

4-5:30p.m. Smith Recital Hall Concert: music, poetry and theater by Pamela and Wolf Rosenberg, Stuart Smith, Chris Mann, Scott Wyatt, Erik Lund, Carla Scaletti, Agostino Di Scipio, Kenneth Gaburo 7:30p.m. Music Building Auditorium

Saturday, Nov. 1 Composers Forum: Agostino Di Scipio 12:30-2p.m. Smith Hall Room 25 Founding meeting: Herbert Brün Society 3:30-5p.m. 122 W. Franklin, Urbana Concert: Baechli-Schneider Piano Duo, U of I New Music Ensemble, U of I Percussion Ensemble, Audrey Luna and Allen Otte, Charles Lipp, Gary Grossman piano duos, songs, solos and ensembles pieces by Brün, Giuseppe Englert, William DeFotis, Zimmerlin, Otte, Susan Parenti, Lipp, Grossman 7:30p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center Concert: music, poetry and theater by Arun Chandra, Mary-Margaret Fondriest, Rick Burkhardt, Michael Holloway, Mark Sullivan, Jeff Glassman, Susan Parenti, Charles Lipp, Wislawa Szymborska 10p.m. On the Job Consulting, 115 W. Main, 2nd floor, downtown Urbana

continued from page 8 Yet, this story is a natural winner and the authors certainly get the basics well.

Add to the mix the acting of Tracy Letts and the incomparable Mike Nussbaum, and director B.J. Jones has a better vehicle to present than his script provides. You have until Nov. 16 to catch this one at the Northlight Theatre, located south of Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts. Don’t forget Albom’s wonderful book or the fine made-for-TV film which features Jack Lemmon’s final performance.

Director James Zager of the University of

this week Th Oct 30 Wine Tasting 5pm, free Hear & Now 2003: Herbert Brün and His Co-conspirators 7:30pm, $2-$5 Into the Woods 7:30pm, $8-$15 Anton in Show Business 7:30pm, $6-$13

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Illinois Theater Department has staged a production of James Lapine’s and Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. Without access to the great voices professional casts have, he wisely concentrates on diction, and the lyrics have never sounded better. They have been presented with more vocal range and power, but rarely with such subtle effect.

The technical work is excellent by Samuel Flint, James Berton Harris and Kathy A. Perkins and for under $20 you can see a fine production of near professional quality. If you think challenging stage works can only be performed well by highly-paid professional casts, think again. You only have until Nov. 2 at Urbana’s Krannert Center to catch this one— not to be missed! buzz

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Su Nov 2

Th Nov 6

Cellofest 2pm, $2-$5

U of I Black Chorus Noon, free Interval Series Patron Underwriter: Anonymous Creative Intersections Sponsor:

Into the Woods Dessert and Conversation 2pm, $5.50 Into the Woods 3pm, $8-$15

Mo Nov 3 Piccadilly Winetasting 4pm, $5

Wine Tasting 5pm, free

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde 7:30pm, $6-$13

Prague Chamber Orchestra and the Eroica Trio 7:30pm, $16-$32 Chamber Series Patron Sponsors: Avis and Dean Hilfinger Patron Sponsors: Elizabeth Sandage-Mussey and Robert Mussey Patron Co-sponsors: Lea and Robert Gieselman Gay and Donald Roberts Anonymous

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Anton in Show Business 7:30pm, $6-$13

Fr Oct 31 Sinfonia da Camera 7:30pm, $7-$30 Patron Sponsor: Nancy Mills Riley Memorial Into the Woods 7:30pm, $8-$15

We Nov 5 Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde 7:30pm, $6-$13

Hear & Now 2003: Herbert Brün and His Co-conspirators 7:30pm, $2-$5 Into the Woods 7:30pm, $8-$15 Anton in Show Business 7:30pm, $6-$13

Some Krannert Center programs are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, and patron and corporate contributions.

Season Sponsors Coporate Season Underwriters

Patron Season Sponsors

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Support for Krannert Center’s 2003.2004 season is provided in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

KrannertCenter.com 217/333-6280 or 800/KCPATIX 217/333-9714 (TTY) 217/244-SHOW (Fax) 217/244-0549 (Groups) kran-tix@uiuc.edu Ticket Office Open 10am to 6pm daily; on days of performances open 10am through intermission.

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The Life of Pi ★★

Yann Martel

BY DAVID SOUTHARD | STAFF WRITER

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onday Oct. 20, 2003, a man scholarly in appearance and in voice spoke slowly and passionately about a book he has “had the privilege of reading”—a phrase commonly used when smooching literary rear—titled The Life of Pi. A crowded auditorium sat silent, anticipating Yann Martel to walk into the podium light and awe them. After the man brimful with praise—no doubt a nice man, but nonetheless superfluous to the situation—finished praising the book many there had already read, Yann Martel strolled up to the stage and began reading from that very same book, the book that enthralled the audience and carried them to the auditorium to see the craftsman hiding behind the type.

Why is it that authors read from books that have sold relentlessly, from books read by many members of the audience? Are we to get a glimpse at how the author intended us to read it; shall his intonation reveal his intention?

The book, The Life of Pi, is enjoyable. It is entertaining to the extent that it can be read no more than twice without pushing the reader into fits of boredom during the midsection of the book. You see, the novel has three “parts.”

Part One: In this section, a character named Pi, perfectly delineated out of the language, is trapped between unbelievable truth and beautiful fiction. Particularly, this part features his sacrosanct sincerity in his religious practices—Muslim, Hindu and Christianity—that simultaneously usher in intriguing, amusing, teasing, tormenting and often hilarious moments. There is a scene where a priest, a pandit and an imam meet the boy’s parents and discuss his following of all three religions, which encapsulates the joy of diverse and dichotomous moods in fiction that make it great. It was a shame that Martel felt like he had to produce a disheartening mock “Indian” voice as he regurgitated his own scene, inciting a circus of chimpanzee laughs through the crowd.

Upon sensing this adolescent amusement after the first “Indian” voice, Martel continued obstinately and with each new sentence the voice grew more ridiculous. What made this scene great was quickly spoiled while hearing the man imitate it. This first part, with all of its magnificent sentences and insights into a character’s mind, quickly sank to the bottom of the ocean like the cargo ship that placed Pi on a lifeboat with a 450 pound Bengal tiger.

Part Two: Pi is shipwrecked, alone in his mind, which, once intriguing and intelligent, has now become monotonous over the “short of life,” but not “short of breath” 150-plus pages in which he is trapped. Pi is trapped in the chapter “Stranded at Sea” in a survival manual, magically expanding and expounding it with fictional joys, though only in brief sections. The voice of Pi has changed, no doubt due to the circumstances that have put him in the middle of the infinite ocean with a Bengal tiger, a hyena, an orangutan, a rat and a zebra. But the lack of brevity and change in voice make for a very weak heart of the book. In addition, the enjoyable “meta” fictional voice nearly disappears in this section, which is disappointing because that voice added change to Part One. Part Three: Rescued and now a liar, Pi tells his story in two versions; one is convincing and one is enchanting, but which is true? This question inserts a very attractive element to the entire story, slightly convincing the reader that the previous section was not a total waste.

The reader becomes skeptic to the unanswered question.

A fun, quick read, Yann Martel’s The Life of Pi is worth a once-over. Although Martel’s reading dismantled the initial joy of the book, it allowed for an amusing scene.

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BY JEFF NELSON | CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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aybe it was a teacher, grandparent or an older friend of the family down the block— most of us had that special mentor when we were looking for our place in life. Most of us moved on and left that mentor behind, but not Mitch Albom. This nationally syndicated sports writer and radio talk show host from WJR radio, Detroit, took a day off to visit his favorite professor from his undergraduate days. He heard Morrie Schwartz was dying. After that visit, both of their lives changed and the public record of that became Mitch Albom’s best selling chronicle, Tuesdays With Morrie, a story that touched readers for four years on the New York Times best seller list.

Mitch would return every Tuesday, as he did in his undergraduate days, to suspend the routine of his life and visit Morrie. Suffering from ALS (Lou Gerhig’s Disease), Morrie could no longer teach, but for over a year, Mitch became his last pupil in a final class— life. Albom and playwright Jeffrey Hatcher have adapted the book for the stage, and this trim 85-minute, two-character play flows very well under B.J. Jones’ direction, but something is missing. So much has been edited to make this stage-worthy that much of the pathos that made the book so engaging just isn’t there. continued on page 9

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WONDERLAND ★★★

BY MATT PAIS | LEAD REVIEWER

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magine if MTV, launched on Aug. 1, 1981, had started only a month earlier. Now imagine if they had previewed pornography and murder-filled Wonderland. It would go something like, “This is the true story of a group of drug dealers who hang out in a house and show what happens when exporn stars stop being polite and start implicating themselves in brutal murders.”

It was on July 1, 1981 that four people were viciously murdered in the section of Hollywood known as Wonderland. The motive for the murders was clear—revenge for the armed robbery of nightclub kingpin Eddie Nash (Eric Bogosian)—but the identity of the actual murderer(s) was not. Caught in the middle of this was porn legend John Holmes (Val Kilmer), a few years removed from the illustrious adult film career that garnered him the nicknames of “The King” and “Johnny Wad.” Wonderland begins after the end of Holmes’ porn career, which may disappoint some peo-

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SCARY MOVIE 3 ★★★

BY ANDREW CREWELL | STAFF WRITER

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he Wayans Brothers skipped out on this third installment of Scary Movie and took their unique writing with them. Left was David Zucker, A high priced free agent brought in to save the film. Zucker, of Airplane and Naked Gun fame, isn’t just the end-all expert of spoof films, but more or less the inventor of the genre.

Try as he might, Zucker helps the film and gets laughs, but can’t completely bring Scary Movie 3 to the quality of the original.

Gone are the social commentaries on the pop world, the plays on race, drugs and sex of the earlier films. Now we see a more basic, more structured story surrounded by token Zucker deadpan humor and an all-star cast. Charlie Sheen stars along with holdover Anna Faris from the first films, and the result is the crudest PG-13 movie you could ever find, yet one of those films that may make the audience stupider for having watched it.

This time around, Scary Movie 3 draws inspiration from recent blockbusters Signs, 8 Mile, The Matrix Reloaded and, primarily, The Ring.

Sheen is Tom, a farmer in the middle of nowhere who has a son with hip-hop aspirations and a little girl living under his house

ple looking for an in-depth look into the unbridled sex culture of late 1970s and early 1980s Hollywood (depicted brilliantly in Boogie Nights, which indirectly refers to Holmes at its conclusion.) Rather than a deconstruction of Holmes’ life, the film serves more as a representation of the gruesome murders that rocked Los Angeles in the early 1980s. This is a bold choice by director and co-writer James Cox, who largely glosses over Holmes’ extraordinary celebrity and skips right to his downfall.

Through sunlight-drenched sets and grainy authenticity, Cox lends the story a documentarian sheen that aims for the gritty reality of successful forms of social investigation such as Traffic and Thirteen.

Unfortunately, Wonderland never rises to the same lacerating level of striking social commentary and lifelike depiction. With a flashback-reliant structure that bears strong resemblance to The Usual Suspects, Cox’s dark docudrama at times appears more like a police-driven who-dunnit than a harrowing account of truelife events. Most of the film jumps back and forth between the testimony of Holmes and David Lind (a barely recognizable Dylan McDermott) and their very different perceptions of the events that led up to the Wonderland murders. With this, Cox offers an interesting dissension of information and casts doubt that anyone, other than the victims, truly knows what happened on July 1, 1981.

Yet, there’s a coherent, realistic backbone missing from Wonderland, which provides more who, in her spare time, happens to go to people’s homes and kill them after climbing out of their TVs. Then some aliens come, Leslie Nielsen shows up as the president and all hell breaks loose.

The first thing that jumps off the screen is the star power to Scary Movie 3. For just about anybody’s money, Sheen is the best recovered crackhead on the market. George Carlin plays “the architect” from The Matrix Reloaded and delivers a righteous homily on being a dirty old man. Queen Latifah and Eddie Griffin play out a domestic dispute as The Oracle and Morpheus.

Some of the jokes go over the top, but the film is all about shock value. Laughs turn to bemused snickers when Darrel Hammond, dressed as a priest, strolls into the picture as a baby sitter with candles and a bottle of wine for his young charge. Later in the film, we see the U.S Secret Service maul a pack of disabled individuals mistaking them for aliens.

A gratuitous breast scene featuring Pam Anderson and Jenny McCarthy at the onset of the movie was funny in the first Scary Movie, but just came off as annoying this time.

Further cameos from the likes of Red Man, Method Man, half the rest of the rap world and a Michael Jackson impersonator provide Scary Movie 3 with a little “bling” and help mask the uninteresting story and noticeably dismal special effects. However, all the spinning rims and 24s in the world couldn’t turn this into a film the likes of Spaceballs or another one of the classic spoof films.

captivating moments from the novelty of its story than the way it’s presented. Kilmer, unshaven and looking like a strung-out version of Jim Morrison, plays Holmes with an out-ofcontrol helplessness that finds decency among the despair of drug addiction. After his career ended, Holmes sank deep into the demented excess of 1980s California, but Kilmer keeps the never-ending downward spiral from appearing overly extreme, preposterous or self-indulgent.

His performance is both a blessing and a curse to Wonderland, which leaves us wanting more of Holmes and less of the detectives who are puzzled by the conflicting testimony they receive. The best scenes feature Holmes and his girlfriend, Dawn Schiller (Kate Bosworth), hopelessly in love but crippled by Holmes’ increasingly dangerous interactions with drug dealers Lind, Ron Launius (Josh Lucas) and Billy Deverell (Tim Blake Nelson). The men snort coke, shoot heroin and display guns with the compulsive casualness of remorseless lowlifes, occasionally to an unbelievable extent.

Still, it’s a pleasure to see these performers, particularly Lucas, acting against type so vivaciously.

Despite its frustrating angle of TV-cop drama storytelling, Wonderland thrives on a shuffling, boogie-woogie L.A. style as a result of its jaunty pacing and bristling classic rock soundtrack.

The troubling tale of gun sales gone wrong and retribution with lead pipes moves briskly to the sounds of Bob Dylan, Roxy Music and T. Rex. In fact, Wonderland chugs along with such

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Through exhilarating music and tense sequences of wrenching emotional and physical pain, the film achieves more than it ever does by weeding through the murky details of the killings themselves.

At its heart, Wonderland possesses a fascinating analysis of the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll atmosphere that possessed Los Angeles in the 1980s. This is enunciated perfectly by the violent murders that took place among the men who lived carefree lives of danger and overindulgence. But while Wonderland plunges deep into the rabbit hole of violence and drug addiction, it overshadows the all-important digging of the hole itself.

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Zucker does a great job of understanding this and manages to throw just enough crap at the wall that some sticks. Despite some of the jokes completely missing their mark, some are bull’seyes, and the theater is filled with hoards of hooting and hollering fans through a lot of the flick. The scariest part of Scary Movie 3 might be that production on Scary Movie 4 has already begun. Maybe they should give us time to catch our breath first.

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s its title promises, Beyond Borders transports its audience, but this is no typical escapist fantasy. The film indeed carries us to exotic lands: the deserts of drought-stricken Ethiopia, the jungles of Cambodia and the frozen mountains of Chechnya. This is emphatically not a fun ride, as the audience is compelled to confront the tragic realities of modern warfare that our national mythology and corporate news media endeavor to hide. This is not what people go to the movies to see.

Rather insidiously, the film is being marketed as an exotic love story, and to use famine and war as the backdrop for romance between two photogenic white people would be repugnant, even by Hollywood standards.

Mercifully, the “romance,” such as it is, functions as a vehicle for a less sensationalistic portrait of doctors and relief workers who have abandoned wealth and security in an effort to assuage the suffering of people caught in the crossfire of war and famine.

Skeletal starving children and dismembered land mine victims don’t make for a hot movie poster, and it’s nice to imagine audiences eager

the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival this year, he still couldn’t find a distributor to bring his film to American audiences.

“It’s just a little film about Elvis Presley as a senior citizen when he meets Ossie Davis, who believes he is John F. Kennedy turned black, all while the two of them fight an evil Egyptian mummy who wants to take over their senior citizen home,” he said. “You know, your average independent movie.”

Finally, after a sold-out showing in Los Angeles, a smaller company approached him.

They said “if none of the big whigs want to take this, we will” and Bubba Ho-Tep’s Cinderella story from an unwanted independent film to a nationally released award-winner began.

Based upon an award-winning short story by Joe Lansdale, the film presupposes that the Elvis who died was really just an impersonator whereas the real Elvis went on living.

“I always thought after reading the story that it could make a successful movie,” he said.

Coscarelli said the moviemaking experience was difficult because the film brings together a large number of genres, but said working with Campbell made it a great experience.

“Campbell is an icon in the horror genre, so a lot of people don’t take him seriously,” he said.

“It was really exciting working with him.” for yet another tale of love in the midst of war being hoodwinked into confronting, if for only two hours, the realities that confront 250 million refugees around the world today.

The story opens, significantly, in 1985— when Bob Geldoff made compassion for the Third World briefly fashionable in the First.

Sarah (Angelina Jolie) is an idealistic young American who has married the son of a wealthy British philanthropist. A black-tie London fundraiser for famine relief is melodramatically disrupted by Nick (Clive Owen), who drags a starving Ethiopian boy into the ballroom in a quixotic effort to puncture the selfcongratulatory atmosphere. He is a doctor who has dedicated his life to helping refugees, and he is disgusted that such organizations remain insulated from the horrors he confronts every day. Sarah is moved by his performance to organize relief efforts in Ethiopia.

The film’s heroes do not carry guns, and the warriors and politicians are thugs of the most despicable sort. Their victims are men, women and children too poor to escape. Although at a few points the film attempts to sharpen its essentially sentimental appeal (as when Sarah gets all Tomb Raider on Nick’s ass after discovering he’s been running guns under U.N. auspices), its primary mode is unapologetically melodramatic, which is perhaps inevitable when the subject is the starvation and mass murder of innocents.

There’s good reason to be cynical about a multimillion-dollar Hollywood film that presumes to act as a vehicle for global consciousness-raising, and there’s something undeniably icky about casting starving children to portray

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Coscarelli, who directed the Phantasm series, as well as 1982’s The Beastmaster, said Campbell and he made a great team.

“We both knew a lot of horror people from behind-the-scenes and pooled together to get make-up people at a lower cost,” he said.

Coscarelli hopes Campbell’s loyal audience, which still flocks to films such as Army of Darkness, which is playing in Beverly’s re-run film series this weekend, allow him to go beyond his basic horror persona.

“Campbell’s fans are that 18-25 age range and really get this movie,” he said. “I think a lot of the companies who keep releasing slasher films just don’t give the audience any credit. It doesn’t take students seriously.”

However, despite all of the hard work it took to make and then distribute Bubba Ho-Tep, Coscarelli knows not to take his films too seriously, even if they win major awards.

“If you go see one Elvis kicking a Mummy’s ass movie this year, make sure to see Bubba HoTep,” he said, laughing.

Although the Internet Movie Database, www.imdb.com, states he is currently making the fifth Phantasm film, he wants to inform viewers that it isn’t true.

“I’ll make the next Phantasm, but right now I’m back to fighting budgets,” he said.

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rban centers like New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles have long been regarded as America’s arts capitals, touting vibrant art scenes and a ubiquitous “it-factor.” Is Champaign-Urbana’s arts community struggling to keep up with its urban counterparts?

No, says Patrick Harness, a C-U artist.

“I have lived in the United States and outside the country. I think the quality of life (in Champaign-Urbana) is more like that of a big city, but the community is small enough—and it only takes you seven minutes to get to work,” says Harness. “I chose to live here.”

Harness and other locals agree that the C-U arts scene is not the budding community of Sunday painters and the coffeehouse musicians it is popularly presumed to be. C-U is a growing and legitimate cultural force.

Ten months ago, Greg Wolf, owner of the Zoo Theater Company and Actor’s Academy at the Virginia Theater and a New York transplant, was traveling from New York City to Illinois for a visit when he was introduced to C-U’s cultural and artistic scene.

“When I hit Champaign-Urbana I was very surprised and encouraged by the level of culture, the level of creativity and artistic potential,” says Wolf. “The longer I stayed here the more that I didn’t want to go anywhere else.”

Unaware of any acting studios in the area, Wolf believed Champaign had the potential and creative capital necessary to start his own acting studio.

“It just felt like this mass of potential energy,” says Wolf.

The Actor ’s Studio took two weeks to establish at the Virginia Theater and one month to disappoint.

The studio’s reception was “exceptionally poor,” says Wolf. The Academy’s initial monthlong session totaled three students.

“The classes I started in New York filled very rapidly,” says Wolf.

Enrollment for Wolf’s classes since has crept to 15 students. His C-U fees are a tenth of those he charged in New York.

Nearing a year since his move to C-U, Wolf has once considered abandoning his studio and theater company. To pad his income and to support his local ventures he has resorted to a day job—a “downer” for Wolf.

“I think people in Champaign-Urbana want to come out and see art, want to develop the culture. There seems to be a real desire to expand artistic culture and creativity,” says Wolf. “The longer (I am) here, the more I feel the need to make the studio work. I want the community to have this resource.”

The Champaign County Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council, 40 North/88 West, is trying to intercept issues surrounding advocacy, collaboration and support for a more legitimate C-U arts community. “(40 North) is an alive and thriving arts council cultivating and enriching the arts community,” says Megan Wolf, the interim Director of 40 North. “The job isn’t to highlight anyone, just to inform the public.”

Megan Wolf says artists shouldn’t think they have to go to Chicago to get into “the market.”

Too many artists come to C-U to spend a year

BEYOND BORDERS | ANGELINA JOLIE themselves in such a production. (Were they allowed near the catering truck? How much were they paid?)

Jolie’s swollen lips strike a grotesque contrast to those of the starving children she cradles, but perhaps this disparity is deliberate: Beyond Borders challenges its audience to transcend their complacency, and while we may smirk at her doe-eyed idealism in her initial foray to Ethiopia, by the end of the film, as she stands with her toe on a Chechen land mine with her secure London life far behind her, she approaches something almost saintly.

This preachiness will repulse many viewers, but, as our elected officials are busy fomenting humanitarian crises, it’s a sermon comfortable Americans deserve to hear. While it’s unlikely audiences will elbow one another aside as they exit the theater in their haste to donate their stock portfolios to Amnesty International, the film’s heart is in the right place. And, with luck, it might diminish our callousness and ignorance in some small measure.

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Champaign-Urbana works on developing creative, safe, en-”lightning” environment for local artists.

For 15 years Grassman and his bandmates or two before leaving because they think they can’t make it. Artists can make it here,” she have performed at C-U and regional venues.

Grassman is a professional musician—not says, “and the rent’s cheaper.”

The council celebrated the one-year relying on a day job or “anything corporate” anniversary of its launch in October 2002 two to support him and his music. Grassman has weeks ago. The council’s five-year goal plan experienced the “ebb and flow” expected of was accomplished in one year—their main a local scene but believes the C-U arts and initiative the creation of the 40 North Web entertainment community is enjoying a site, www.40north.org, unveiled at Friday’s period of prosperity.

“What you do have is a lot of people makcelebration.

The Web site is a resource for local artists ing music in this town,” said Grassman. and nonartists to access an events calendar, an “Pound for pound, we are up there with just about anybody.” artists registry and community news.

Champaign’s and Urbana’s downtowns and “The community did a lot to get us,” campus centers are host to original and qualisays Wolf.

Stella Carnahan, the administrative director ty venues for musicians and artists. Bars and for the Decatur Area Arts Council, established clubs like The Canopy Club, The Highdive, in 1967, says the essential element to a success- The Iron Post and Tommy G’s, a bar Grassman books musicians for, ful arts community and arts council offer audiences an is education. Art councils need to extensive range of dispel ideas separating the arts musical genres and from our every day life. offer performers “The goal (for a small town arts quality spaces to council) should be to put arts proselect from. grams in front of the people,” says Greg Wolf, owner of “You walk out on a Carnahan. “Should this goal be the Zoo Theater Company Friday night and long-term? Yeah.” have lots of choices Patterson and Wolf trumpet the for live music—even progress 40 North has made.

Wolf, an avid 40 North volunteer, welcomes more choices for DJs and such,” says the organization the council brings to Grassman.

According to Grassman, C-U is not home to the community.

“There is no reason why we shouldn’t be any mainstream, major record labels or production companies. Grassman has walked progressive,” says Wolf.

Jenny Southlynn, the arts and entertain- “the major label line” and prefers to compile ment editor for The Paper, was instrumental and produce his music independently.

His production studio, Electric Pantyland, in 40 North’s inception and works with the council to organize events like the Boneyard affords local musicians an inexpensive way to Arts Festival, an exhibition of C-U talent record and produce a record. Grassman will even design the CD cover. and galleries.

“It keeps things pristine here,” says “It is in a very dynamic period right now,” says Southlynn. “We have made a lot of Grassman. “Everybody wants things to be better, but most of the people I work with in this progress.”

At its inception three years ago, the walk town like it here. They don’t complain about listed 13 exhibition sites and displayed visual it—it’s a good place to be.”

Michael Guido Esteves, a fellow band memart. Budding local galleries and businesses have supported the expansion of the arts festi- ber of Brat Pack and Sick Day, shares val and there are now 60 exhibition spaces and Grassman’s enthusiasm. “(The C-U music scene) is awesome; even a venues for both the visual and performing arts scheduled. Southlynn’s cultural agenda Tuesday or Wednesday night can be a good includes supporting artists in order to increase night,” says Esteves.

The occasional band used to performing for the value of their work. Artists are called on to donate and auction their work, says audiences of more than 5,000 will visit a local Southlynn. Artists should be compensated club and criticize the audience, the club and C-U. “They are arrogant,” says Grassappropriately.

Artists who donate work receive tax exemp- man, unfazed.

They’ll say C-U is “nothing” compared to tions, says Patterson, but the exemptions are only worth the cost of supplies. They don’t Chicago, says Grassman, but the majority of bands are grateful to perform, get paid enough account for the street value of the painting.

“We’re just locationally challenged,” to cover gas, and move on to the next town.

“I think being a band from Champaign is says Tom Grassman, a member of C-U bands Sick Day and The Brat Pack and an asset,” says Grassman. “People just owner of Electric Pantyland Studios, a respect Champaign—it isn’t the biggest but it’s on the map.” buzz local music production studio.

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How did you first get interested in the restaurant/wine business?

(In) college, I was a busboy and cook for a French restaurant in Bloomington, Ind. After graduation I went to culinary school. I have worked everywhere form Miami to Los Angeles.

Why did you decide to open Bacaro?

I was the General Manager at the Corkscrew in Urbana and was planning on leaving. I had talked to some customers at Corkscrew and they wanted a place where they could sit down and enjoy a glass of wine; I wanted that too. I also visited Spain and liked the wine bars I saw there.

What can people expect when they come to Bacaro?

A really knowledgeable staff. There are over 100 Italian wines and food that you can’t get anywhere else, like wild boar.

What are your interests outside work?

Work is pretty much it. When I’m not working, I like to go out to eat. I’m obsessed with food.

Champaign resident Thad Morrow, 31, has been in the restaurant and wine business since college. Currently, Morrow owns the Bacaro Restaurant and Wine Bar located at 113 N. Walnut. Morrow also serves as chef at Bacaro, which features a wine list with 160 different Italian wines and a menu that varies seasonally.

What is your favorite food?

That’s a tough call. I like all kinds, but I really enjoy a good turkey burger. They are hard to come by though.

What is your favorite wine?

I enjoy wines from the South of Italy.

What is the best part of being in the restaurant/wine business?

You get to have a good time all the time.

If you could travel through time, where would you go?

Medieval Europe. I think Renaissance Florence would be cool.

If you had a super power, what would it be?

Read people’s minds. I’m quite good at it anyways.

What does it take to become a wine expert?

I went about it in a roundabout way. I took classes in college like an intro to wine. I also took private classes and held dinner parties with my friends. It also helped to work in the French restaurant; there is lots of wine there.

What is the most rewarding part of your job?

Getting to work with my staff.

What is the history of Bacaro?

We opened almost two years ago on Nov. 8. At first, there were only 15 wines and the most expensive was $40. Now, there are 160 wines and the most expensive is $100. The menu has also expanded to include entrees rather than just light appetizers.

What is your favorite dish to prepare?

Grilled steak, with roast fingerling potatoes and spinach. I like to prepare that for myself.

For the restaurant though, I like the grilled wild boar. I also like preparing fish because it is the most challenging and interesting.

How do you come up with new dishes?

It depends on the season. You have to switch things depending on the season. I start with the ingredients and then come (up) with the dish. I usually play around with the guys in the kitchen.

What’s in store for Bacaro in the future?

The wine is going to develop further.

What is your ultimate goal for the restaurant?

I would like to see interesting food related businesses develop downtown, beyond the bars. There is a great food culture in Champaign; people are hungry in more ways than one for cool restaurants.

Have you had any cooking disasters?

One time, I was trying to make French onion soup and it was inedible. It was disgusting, there was too much vinegar and to this day I can’t figure it out; French onion soup is pretty easy.

How did Bacaro get its name?

It is from Venice. It is Tuscan for “wine bar.”

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erial killers, cannibal zombies and vengeful ghosts, oh my! Halloween is the time of year when everyone likes to cuddle up in the dark and put on a film that doesn’t just entertain them, but also scares them to death. Well, not to death, per se, such as in The Ring, but close enough. It’s a time when innocent names like Freddy, Jason, Michael and Leatherface take on a whole new meaning, bringing to mind more buckets of blood than Quentin Tarantino could have ever dreamed of using for the finale to Kill Bill: Volume One. Earlier this month, the Buzz entertainment staff voted for what they considered to be the best horror films of all time, which seemed like an easy task. Community members were also encouraged to vote.

However, it all brought about a controversy over what exactly IS a horror movie. Sure, Hannibal Lecter is a horror story, but the brilliant film The Silence of the Lambs was excluded from the list and considered more of a suspense thriller than a horror film. Same goes with David Fincher’s Se7en.

What follows is Buzz’s Top 10 Horror Films of All Time.

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (dir. Robert Weine, 1919) It’s hard to overestimate the influence of Caligari on cinematic horror as we know it today. Its plot—the mysterious Dr. Caligari and his unspeakably creepy sideshow somnambulist, Cesare, terrorize naive small-town young people by accurately predicting they will be dead by dawn—forms the blueprint for the genre. But the German expressionist style accounts for its persistently uncanny effect: the horror permeates the visual world of the film. An unforgettable, nightmarish trip from start to finish.

(Matt Mitchell)

9. Event Horizon (dir. Paul Anderson, 1997)

A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared and has now returned ... with someone or something new onboard. Filled with some very intense horror scenes, the film’s scariest moments make up for an occasionally lacking plot. Although it has a star-studded cast featuring Laurence Fisburne, Sam Neill and Kathleen Quinlan, they are secondary to the real star of the film: the ultimate horror onboard the ship ready to attack the crew.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (dir. Wes Craven, 1984) Considered by some to be the greatest horror film of all time, most audiences agree this is at least Craven’s finest achievement. Introducing Freddy Krueger to audiences has caused nightmares for the past 20 years. Filled with now classic horror bits, Nightmare is more than just a slasher film, it’s a psycho thriller that goes at you when you’re the most vulnerable: when you’re asleep. (Jason Cantone)

7. The Omen (dir. Richard Donner, 1976)

The classic story of the antiChrist’s birth is lead by a marvelous pairing of Gregory Peck and Lee Remick

who realize after several deaths of friends and acquaintances that their son may not be their own. Featuring some spellbinding deaths such as beheading by panes of glass and impaling by lightning rods, The Omen, spawning three horrendous sequels, will keep you on the edge of your seat, hoping that Satan doesn’t have you in his sights. (Daniel Maloney)

6. Poltergeist (dir. Tobe Hooper, 1982)

Poltergeist capitalizes on Spielberg’s imagination to bring a humorous suburban family into the scariest haunted house of the 1980s. Little Carol Ann has conversations with her television, eventually leading the poltergeists to pull her into another dimension that animates her parents’ worst nightmares. Realistic family banter allows the audience to empathize with the characters, while also dazzling them with decent special effects. If anything, Poltergeist proved that horror films can have some substance without all the cheese. (Janelle Greenwood)

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Night of the Living Dead (dir. George Romero, 1968) Low-budget horror began its terrifying trek with the popular underground hit, Night of the Living Dead. After an unforeseen radiation problem, zombies rise to plague the area, forcing a group of strangers take refuge in an old farmhouse.

The grainy black and white cinematography of this f i l m invented a new niche in the genre that built suspense without the m a s s i v e budgets of modern horror. Truly a

classic, it set a standard for future zombie films to come. (JG)

4. Halloween (dir. John Carpenter, 1978)

Without Halloween, most of the horror films of the 1990s would never have been made. This film started the slasher genre with Michael Myers, and Hollywood hasn’t stopped making slasher films since. Made on a small budget with Jamie Lee Curtis, this film was hugely successful and spawned many inferior sequels, although Halloween: H20 tried hard to replicate the original. A testament to its brilliance is that during most of the film, nothing really happens. However, the tension stays high in this horror masterpiece. (JC)

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (dir. Tobe Hooper, 1974) Loosely based on the true story of Ed Gein, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre shows a murderous family hunting down a group of teenage hippies. It is brutal, savage and shocking. The uneasy atmosphere exists because the lowbudget film feels natural, like a documentary. It went unnoticed upon its release in 1970s driveins, but soon established a cult following.

Watch it to see one of the most influential horror films ever, but stay away from the remake.

(Thomas Abbatacola)

2. Psycho (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

Often considered the ultimate in horror films, Psycho tells the story of a quirky motel clerk and his strange relationship with his mother. Everyone from Wes Craven to Woody Allen has referenced this film in one way or another. From the infamous shower scene (which used chocolate syrup as blood) to the shocking revelations of the fate of Norman Bates’ mother, Hitchcock’s masterpiece is not only suspenseful, but will leave you afraid to ever step into the shower again. (DM)

1. The Exorcist (dir. William Friedkin, 1973)

When the director’s cut was released three years ago, viewers got to see even more of this masterpiece and a spider walking scene that will never leave some viewers’ memories.

Loosely based on a true story from the Midwest and filled with Catholic imagery (remember the crucifix), this film defines horror and is not only one of the scariest movies of all time, but also the best. As goes with all horror classics, this film spawned terrible sequels. And, despite the film’s success, Linda Blair became a child of the 1970s and never had a hit film after her brilliant portrayal as the little possessed girl. For those who missed seeing this brilliant film on the big screen, The Exorcist is showing at Boardman’s Art Theatre this weekend as part of their midnight horror festival. (JC)

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BEYOND BORDERS ★★★ ANGELINA JOLIE AND CLIVE OWEN This preachiness will repulse many viewers, but, as our elected officials are busy fomenting humanitarian crises, it’s a sermon comfortable Americans deserve to hear. While it’s unlikely audiences will elbow one another aside as they exit the theater in their haste to donate their stock portfolios to Amnesty International, the film’s heart is in the right place. And, with luck, it might diminish our callousness and ignorance in some small measure. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS ★★★★ DAVID AND ARNOLD FRIEDMAN More than just a documentary, this film explores the world of a New York family that is accused of bringing boys into the basement for computer classes and then sexually abusing them. A fascinating documentary. (Jason Cantone) Now showing at Boardman’s Art Theatre

GOOD BOY! ★★★ MATTHEW BRODERICK AND BRITTANY MURPHY An alien dog talks to kids. Simply amazing. Watch Matthew Broderick’s career sink even further. (Arthur Mitchell) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

KILL BILL: VOLUME ONE ★★★★ UMA THURMAN AND DAVID CARRADINE Kill Bill is raw entertainment that packs brains with its brawn.

That is because Tarantino is an expert at drawing feeling from his killers, robbers and sociopaths. In Kill Bill, Tarantino revisits his penchant for characters who have experienced past—and specifically, childhood—trauma, again hitting the mark with brave situational dichotomy.(Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

LOST IN TRANSLATION ★★★★ BILL MURRAY AND SCARLETT JOHANSSON Bill Murray finds a relationship with a younger woman in this intelligent film set in Japan and directed by Sofia Coppola.

The enigmatic serenity of Lost in Translation confounds and astonishes while it simultaneously embraces and rejects convention. The link between Bob and Charlotte feels a touch familiar but, more importantly, perfectly natural. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

MYSTIC RIVER ★★★★ KEVIN BACON AND SEAN PENN

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Three childhood friends are united after one loses his daughter. Expect brilliant performances. This story goes beyond the usual crime thriller and is filled with some brilliant performances expected to be honored with Oscars. (Andrew Vecelas) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

OUT OF TIME ★★★ DENZEL WASHINGTON AND SANAA LATHAN Denzel Washington, fresh from his Oscar-winning performance in Training Day and his lead role in the crappy John Q., portrays a cop framed for a heinous crime in this film, which uses a little-used genre effectively to provide an interesting and suspenseful thriller. (Andrew Crewell) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

RADIO ★★ CUBA GOODING JR. AND ED HARRIS Cuba Gooding Jr. does his best to give a performance that will make his critics less likely to demand that he give back his Oscar after horrendous films such as Snow Dogs, but this film doesn’t do anything more than give a dramatic version of Adam Sandler’s The Waterboy. (Jason Cantone) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

RUNAWAY JURY ★★★ DUSTIN HOFFMAN AND GENE HACKMAN Based upon the best selling John Grisham novel, this story was originally about tobacco farms, but becomes a tale of guns. Featuring two of the greatest actors alive, this film is exactly what a summer beach novel is good for: a lot of fun, provided that you suspend disbelief. (Jason Cantone) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

THE RUNDOWN ★★★ THE ROCK AND SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT The Rundown is pure entertainment, plain and simple.It’s hard to lump it into one genre as it reaches into action, adventure and comedy in order to come up with an exhilarating and fun combination that will leave audiences more than satisfied.

(Aaron Leach) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

SCARY MOVIE 3 ★★★ CHARLIE SHEEN AND DENISE RICHARDS With the Wayans brothers gone, slapstick king David Zucker does his best to re-invent this dying franchise. Occasionally hilarious, but often stupid. (Andrew Crewell) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

SEABISCUIT ★★★★

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE ★ JESSICA BIEL AND MIKE VOGEL While on a drug run to Mexico, a bunch of people pick up a bloodied hitchhiker who has been attacked by someone or something. The movie substitutes screams and gore for the careful artistry that is present in the original, only to create the same formula that moviegoers have seen a hundred times before and are frankly quite tired of. (Aaron Leach) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

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VERONICA GUERIN ★★ CATE BLANCHETT AND BRENDA FRICKER Cate Blanchett plays real life journalist Veronica Guerin wonderfully, the film needs to focus more on her actions and less on her long lectures to help save Ireland. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly

WONDERLAND ★★★ VAL KILMER AND LISA KUDROW Wonderland never rises to the same lacerating level of striking social commentary and lifelike depiction. With a flashbackreliant structure that bears strong resemblance to The Usual Suspects, Cox’s dark docudrama at times appears more like a police-driven who-dunnit than a harrowing account of truelife events. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly

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BRUCE CAMPBELL AND OSSIE DAVIS Bruce Campbell is an aging Elvis and Ossie Davis is an African American John F. Kennedy. Both fight mummies and evil spirits. Sounds like a hell of a good time. See the interview with the director on page 22. (Jason Cantone) Opening at Boardman’s

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take good care of their clients. They have one meal and two snacks each day, provide medical assistance and have transportation for seniors who need rides.

But due to state budget cuts, many social service programs for the elderly in Champaign County have had funds reduced from the United Way of Champaign County, a subcategory of the Department on Aging.

Andrea Rundell, community impact director for United Way, said the cuts were spread over more programs.

Family Services of Champaign County provide five services for the elderly—Meals on Wheels, a service that delivers daily meals to seniors’ homes, the Senior Transportation Program, Senior Counseling and Advocacy, Refined and Senior Volunteer Program, and Senior Home Care.

Sheryl Bautch, executive director of Family Services, said the United Way made

their decisions because they had re-established their priorities.

“This has been a great concern to us when you lose that kind of funding,” Bautch said.

Rundell said this is a situation where not every person can be happy or every program can be sufficiently funded.

Circle of Friends, however, was not affected by the budget cuts, Rhoads said. Both Rhoads and Acord have studied geriatrics, the study of senior citizens, for a combined 30 years and they hope to continue that service to people like Lampkin.

The center remains relatively active each day, just the way Rhoads and Acord like it. Some of the seniors sleep, some read.

Lampkin gets up from the table after finishing his coffee. He’s eagerly waiting for his wife to pick him up, but also to find out what others are up to.

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braham Lampkin believes in hard work.

As a calm, morning, motionless breeze sets in, the 79-year-old sips coffee with friends while chatting at a table in the corner of a room.

A piano is heard from the living room, and a man embraces his walking cane while listening intently to the melodies. Lampkin, a retired lawyer and father to 16 children, was used to long days. Now, he has all the time in the world. The laid-back nature of the Circle of Friends Adult Day Center gives him that.

“My mama used to say anyone not willing to work—ain’t fit to live,” Lampkin said.

For Lampkin and other senior citizens, the adult day center is an affordable place for seniors to go during the day to socialize and receive basic medical services. For Lampkin specifically, the affordability and convenience made this a good place for him to stay while his

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“The basic difference between an adult day center and a nursing home is that at nursing homes, clients stay there for 24 hours, and at adult day centers, clients go home at the end of the day,” said Cindy Cunningham, director for the adult day care at the Champaign County Nursing Home.

Adult day centers are an option for families who do not have the time to care for their respective seniors, and who cannot afford to place them in nursing homes. According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which started adult day care centers in the 1980s, the idea became a “viable option (instead of) nursing home placement”.

Carol Acord, co-director for Circle of Friends Adult Day Center, said clients are allowed to pay for services through private pay, insurance benefits, Department of Rehabilitation Services, veteran’s benefits, the Department on Aging, and Medicare. This gives clients a lot of flexibility for payment methods.

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inghome.htm, the Champaign County Nursing Home charges their 243 clients an average $129 a day. In comparison, Circle of Friends costs each client $42 for an eight-hour day.

Veteran’s benefits pay much of the $42 daily cost for Circle of Friends.

“The only thing I have to pay for is the medicine,” Lampkin said.

This past May, while visiting his daughter in Chicago, Lampkin suffered a stroke, which left his right leg and right arm damaged.

“For six weeks I was completely out of it where I didn’t even know where I was,” he said.

With his wife working days, Lampkin said they decided he needed some sort of service while she worked.

“We looked (at the adult day center), and it was an obvious solution,” Lampkin said.

In an average day, Circle of Friends takes care of 25-35 clients, said Kathy Rhoads, co-director for the day center. The staff is instructed to help with needs such as socializing with clients, serving meals and providing basic medical needs.

Becky Leibach, a nurse who has been with Circle of Friends for about four years, said they give clients a quarterly test to assess clients’ mental conditions. They also test their overall physical conditions, she said.

With one nurse on staff daily, seniors are encouraged to socialize with the staff and

amongst themselves doing such activities as arts and crafts, community and volunteer opportunities, computer activities and even gardening chores. They also provide an exercise room.

Leibach said that over the years, the emphasis on socialization has made her many friends.

“There are some patients and their families that I still keep in touch with,” Leibach said.

But because of the nature of many patients having Alzheimer’s disease or other mental ailments, the job was frustrating at times to Leibach.

“There would be times when clients would not want to take their medicine or something like that, and it made me really frustrated,” she said. “But you have to understand that they’re just confused and it all just comes with part of the territory.”

Even though Circle of Friends provides some supervision, they have a vastly different role than nursing homes. Nursing homes give the patient 24-hour care, and are usually in larger facilities. However, Circle of Friends Adult Day Center, 609 W. Washington St., is on a residential street in Champaign. Rhoads said the location makes clients feel like they are more at home. They do not want them to feel like they are at a place where nurses watch over them.

According to co-director Acord, a major advantage of adult day cares is they provide the patient with “a better quality of life and (also) delay institutionalization.” Although the Champaign County Nursing Home provides a day center, that center is not the same. Their center is situated in a big room with a bunch of tables and chairs, Leibach said.

In contrast, the Circle of Friends’ living area is adorned with five reclining chairs, a sofa, an old-time music box that plays records, a cabinet for various board games and a sign hanging over the sofa, which reads “God Bless America.” Lampkin said they

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have two biological parents, four grandparents, and eight great-grandparents. You wouldn't be you if it weren't for those 14 people. The legacy they bequeathed you played a major role in determining your talents and flaws, your predilections and aversions. And this is a perfect astrological moment to get to know them better. In fact, deepening your connection to your family's history will provide crucial clues as you seek to reinvigorate your tired old perspectives on long-running dilemmas. Are you brave enough to mutate your understanding of where you came from and where, therefore, you belong?

Halloween costume suggestion: the ancestor who fascinates you the most.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If I were writing this horoscope for "Gun Lovers' Casino Porn Today" magazine, I might advise my Taurus readers to keep their vices firmly in check, as this is a time when anti-social vices are likely to cause even more havoc than usual. However, since you are reading my words in a respectable publication and are undoubtedly a refined and ethical person, I feel comfortable advising you to tap into the instinctual part of your nature that is usually off-limits. Halloween costume suggestion: the animal whose spirit would best awaken your dormant wildness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "You may have been born to be a worrywart," says Edward Hallowell in his book Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely. "Some people have a nervous system that is like an alarm system that goes off too easily." In my experience, only about eight percent of the Gemini tribe fit this description in normal times. But between late October and mid-November every year, the number zooms. Many of you suddenly act as if you're hardwired to generate anxiety. You seem to enjoy scaring yourself silly. Why? What's going on? It's true that this is a favorable time to confront your doubts and fears. But the point is to conquer them, not let them consume and demoralize you. My advice, then, is to unleash your inner warrior immediately. Halloween costume suggestions: your favorite superhero or crusader for justice.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): New species of delight are headed your way, lucky one. Outbursts of exotic bliss await you.There's only one obstacle that could interfere with your enjoyment: your attachment to old familiar ways of stirring up the good times. Be willing to put them aside, at least temporarily, so that you can be fully available for sources of future happiness. Keep William Blake's poem in mind: "He who bends to himself a joy / Does the winged life destroy; / But he who kisses the joy as it flies / Lives in eternity's sunrise." Halloween costume suggestion: your favorite bird.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You're a giant surrounded by ants. Unfortunately, the ants are better organized than you. What are you going do about it? It's not too late to launch a crash program to match them in their disciplined strength. If you do it now, you can accomplish this seemingly improbable feat without diluting the creative power of your messy fertility. Here's one suggestion that might help: Design a Halloween costume that expresses both extremes.

You could be a soldier wearing a jester's hat, for instance, or an ant riding a unicycle.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Confront the difficult while it is still easy," suggests the ancient Chinese book Tao Te Ching. "Accomplish the great task by a series of small acts."

This is perfect advice for you to act on in the coming weeks, Capricorn.To it I will add three variations on the theme: 1. Fix things before they're broken. 2. Arrange to have a showdown on your home turf as soon as possible so you don't have to submit to a confrontation in a time and place your adversary chooses. 3. Go looking for good trouble before it degenerates into bad trouble. Halloween costume suggestions: scout, tracker, pathfinder, fortuneteller.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Here are your affirmations for the week. "I want to have a vision of the recognition I will some day be worthy of. I want to ignore everyone else's definition of 'professionalism' and create my own. I want my reputation to be a close reflection of who I really am. I want to feel what it's like to have supple faith in my decisions."

Halloween costume suggestions: the leader you most admire, a famous wise person, an unpretentious king or queen.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It seems that the long-sought treasure is different from what it was when you first launched your quest to make it yours. Either that, or it has stayed the same and you have changed. Whatever the case may be, the fact is that you need to adjust your relationship with it. Its meaning and value have shifted, and the strategy you've employed in your pursuit of it won't work much longer. Halloween costume suggestions: a knight of the Round Table, an alchemist in search of the philosopher's stone, a religious seeker headed for the promised land.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In my meditations on your immediate future, I have sometimes seen poignant images: a wet firecracker, for instance, and a flickering flame on a thin candle propped up in a paper boat floating down a creek. But there have been other times when the image that came to mind as I meditated on you was a lover crying cathartic tears while in the midst of a powerful orgasm. Halloween costume suggestions: a mermaid carrying a torch or Neptune, god of the sea, holding a thunderbolt.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The current state of your fate could drive you half-crazy if you're not patient. The gods seem to be teasing you with tantalizing promises that they later rescind. You've practically been forced to master the art of living on the edge and in between. I'm reminded of a passage from a poem by Octavio Paz: "All is visible and elusive,/ all is near and can't be touched." My advice, Virgo: Visualize your predicament as an intriguing enigma, not a maddening ambiguity.See if you can approximate the condition the poet William Wordsworth described: "fleeting moods of shadowy exultation." Halloween costume suggestions: a puzzle, a majestic cloud, a second mask worn over the first mask.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Dear Rob: I've spent my life trying to adjust to the fact that I never finished being born.

Literally. It's as if I didn't actually agree to leave the womb; never surrendered to being cast out of heaven and exiled into this heavy, difficult place called Earth. As a result, I feel I'm not completely here; I'm always holding back a little. But I'm tired of this tentativeness. I want to arrive fully and embrace my destiny. Can you help? -Unborn Libra."

Dear Unborn: Interesting you should bring this up. It's a favorable time for you Libras to come all the way down to earth. I suggest that you do a meditation in which you visualize yourself being born while filled a sense of glee, triumph, and freedom.

Halloween costume suggestion: a very happy baby.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you enjoy tormenting yourself with fantasies of bad things that might happen in the future, surf over to the "Dante's Inferno Test" website (www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv). There you can get a prediction about what level of hell you'll be exiled to after you die. If, on the other hand, you're finally ready to shed your perverse attraction to doom and gloom -- and my astrological analysis says you are -- then zealously avoid entertaining yourself with fear and anxiety. Instead, use all your ingenuity to track down fascinating encounters with boom and zoom. Halloween costume suggestions: a pirate wearing smiley face buttons or a gangsta rapper with a fuzzy Sesame Street puppet.

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overing, imitating, sampling.

Any way you define it, it’s an imitation of the original. So, it could also be called a fake, right?

Some musical purists would agree with that assertion. They would say any attempt to imitate another’s work is a fake.

Well, as seen in our Top Five Cover Songs, it’s not a fake. It’s the furthest from a fake.

Cover songs represent a revival of sorts, a bringing to life.

Now, many people believe bands that cover songs have no originality. Some people call bands that cover songs no talent hacks—bands that only mimic other great, daring musical minds.

But, many music greats do cover other artists’ music. They do it as a form of homage, often to show appreciation for the music.

Yet, any attempt to cover a song cannot be precisely the original. Thus, how can it be a fake? The band plays the song with its own flair, its own style, its own personality.

Whatever the end result, the cover band’s song belongs to them, not to the original writers or performers of the song.

These cover songs represent an art form all to themselves. Cover songs and cover bands reinterpret a song intended to be performed by another musical group. The cover band crafts it into what they believe the song means, creating more out of the song than originally intended.

Some say covering songs is easier because the cover band has a path to follow. Yet, wouldn’t it be harder to follow something that has already been done, trying to repeat the same emotions invoked by the original?

Following someone else’s lead will always be more difficult.

But, cover songs provide one important function no one ever seems to think about: they provide a renaissance. They provide a new beginning for a song, a new teller of a story, a new voice among the crowd.

Cover bands provide a new way to look at the song and a new way to view it. Of course, this depends on how the band interprets the song, where it places inflections in the song, where they stop.

For me, hearing a band cover a song from an artist or group that has ceased performing gives me chills and perhaps brings me to the similar experience others felt when they first heard it performed.

Take the song “Yesterday,” originally performed by Paul McCartney of the Beatles; it appears on 716 different albums (and that’s not counting the hundreds of drunk performances at bars). When I hear a band perform it at a bar somewhere, I know it feels nothing like it would to first hear McCartney belt out that amazing tune. Yet, I still get a sensation, a feeling that only a great song performed decently by any band will invoke inside of me.

So, if you ever hear somebody criticizing a cover band or a band covering a song, just tell them they are providing us all a service, just as great Renaissance artists did more than 400 years ago. They are reviving a song, they are bringing a part of us back to a different time, perhaps a better time for some of us.

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aturday night was a little sad, not because the Florida Marlins won the World Series, but just because it’s the end of the baseball season. During baseball season, there’s always a game on somewhere, and thus, always a reason to have a couple of pops and watch a few innings. Baseball, it’s really something special. Baseball, they can’t really screw it up ... even though some folks try their damnedest.

The game itself appears to be in fine shape.

George Steinbrenner can spend as much money as he wants on a team, but apparently he can’t buy heart and determination, so the best team still wins, not necessarily the most expensive. So the game is as healthy as ever. If you look around the edges of the game though, you’d think baseball had some big problems.

I could go on forever about freezing Ted Williams’ body. Yeah, he was arguably the best hitter ever, but that’s not a reason to try and keep him around. He seemed to be a good man and I think he deserves a little rest already. He fought in a war during the height of his career; he helped write a book; he raised a family.

It’s a good thing he raised that family, too.

Otherwise, who would freeze his body and store his lopped off head in a bucket? His family might be wise to hope science never finds a way to reanimate dead bodies. If they do, my guess is that Teddy Baseball will come back and give his kids a well-deserved ass whipping.

It may be worse for Ron Santo though.

Doctors are cutting things off of him right and left and he’s still alive when it happens. He wants to get into the Hall of Fame as a third baseman, but I fear if they keep slicing him up he may get in as third base itself.

Maybe the problem with baseball off the field is all the slicing. The Donruss baseball card company isn’t helping much. At an auction last summer they purchased one of the three Babe Ruth pinstripe jerseys in existence for $264,210. OK, that seems fine. It’s a reasonable price and it’s a historic piece of memorabilia. It won’t spend its decaying years in a museum though. Donruss has other ideas.

These idiots are slicing this piece of history into 2,100 pieces so they can put swatches of it into baseball card packs. They say it’s great!

Everybody has a chance to get a piece of histo-

ry now. Yeah, that’s a good idea. Maybe they can have a reunion of all the people who got a chunk of the jersey and try to piece it back together. Idiots.

It might be one thing if kids got it. They could hide it away in a cigar box under their bed and take it out only on special occasions. I used to do that with a Steve Carlton card I had.

The problem is, it won’t all go to kids who think it’s special. It’ll go to a bunch of money hungry collectors who care more about procuring part of the game than the game itself.

Let’s be honest, everyone can love baseball, but not everyone needs to collect memorabilia.

It’s supposed to be for kids. I knew a guy who had an Ernie Banks bat. He was at a game and it came flying into the stands. Since it nearly decapitated his brother, Ernie signed it after the game. It’s a cool-ass thing to have and he’s proud of it. It means something to him, something besides some fast cash.

If Donruss got a hold of that bat, they’d already have it inserted in a lathe.

Since they’re all money hungry though, I’ll help Donruss out with a few other possible schemes for making some cash. Ted Williams’ kid just wants to make a quick buck also, so maybe you can buy Ted and put a little biopsy of him in every pack. Hell, dig up Mickey Mantle and slice up his liver. It should be big enough to give everyone in the United States a sample. If I were Willie Mays, I’d be making plans to die on a deserted island. It may be the only way he’ll ever get any peace.

I love the game; real fans do. I have no desire to make any money off of baseball. I’ve got a foul ball Lynn McGlothen hit that my dad caught. I wouldn’t give it up for the world. I feel like baseball has given me so much, it wouldn’t seem right to destroy any part of it. I’m already thinking about spring training.

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DirtyTalk Sappy- Tonight it's you, me, and a lot of hay... Can you say yeehaw? -N carol -- me and you in the darkroom last night was great. someday i'd like to actually see your face and take nude photographs of you on the quad. -To the beautiful southsidarz girl in ECE 280. You give me a reason to come to class. Look around and you'll probably fine me lost in your beauty.

Lavin, you're not ketchup...you're honey mustard.

Ladies-- The wound of a stolen cherry will never heal.

Once a cheater, always a cheater, right Juds? What's the victim toll up to now, 8? I've lost count.......

Blubberworm- You've wormed your way into my heart. Hee Hee --Devin Good men, you gotta come out of the woodworks and quit hiding!! I'm beginning to think you are a myth.

To Krissy from Adv281, I think you are hot, take off your clothes.

Devinshire-- Your data sings to me. Can't wait for the winter nursery... Smooches, Big Dawg Jimmy-- Is your G5 really as powerful as they say it is? --Lisa Erika-you are so BOOTY-LICIOUS, you make me wanna scream "whose your mommy?" -Your little roomie To all the b*tch ass sororitutes who frequent our bar, learn how to handle real wood before you knock around our balls again.-The pool po-po Your socks match my sweater and you can help me push it out any day.

You owe me a s.m. Next time, winc Laura To the sexy people in the blue van:I'll double your entendre!! You-know-who P.S. Wanna sp*t?

Tabitha- Here’s to memories of road kill, brainwashed bad guy and garbageman. Happy Halloween.

Girls from 404- It’s been too long. Holla.

Betsy- I want to cover you in Nutella and lick it off.

If you’re not interested, I’ll ask Carol.

Amy & Lauren- You bring leather, tattoos and 80s gear, I’ll bring a black wig, we’ll see what unravels...

Chad- The way you design makes me wonder what else those magic hands can do ;-) Adam- Someone in Graphic Design wants your nuts. :-)~~~ Heidi- wanna play hidie and go seek, naked? -- Car Roll.

Jennifer- I love you, but sometimes I have panic attacks.

John- I hope your week improves.

Ditty- Let me suck on your Jacobs.

Adam- Can I see your Obendorf?

Tami- If I give you a treat will you show me a trickor just pull one ;-) Supi- You make mouths happy. or is it just one these days?

Carol- Wanna lick Deeznuts?

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