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Time to reread those Bibles SETH FEIN • CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In time, I suppose that I will just have to get over the things

that really piss me off. I mean, for real—how long can one harbor hatred toward things without it driving them mad? I am, of course, referring to the exit polls stating that “moral” issues were the decisive factor in choosing Dubya to run the world again for the next four years. See, most of you out there who either don’t believe in God or care not to think about it, have this strange notion that Christianity has somehow become rooted in the judgment of others. I can’t really blame you either, as most of the “Christian” world seem to have their heads stuffed firmly in their asses. Most “Christians” honestly believe that Dubya himself is a Christian. In case you are reading this and are one of those people who voted for Bush based on his “morals,” and call yourself a Christian, too—let me be the first to pop that little bubble of idiocy and bring you back down to a place called reality. Bush is no Christian. Not even close. How do I know? Easy. Well, let’s do a little backtracking. Let’s go all the way back to Sunday school and see if we can’t prove these rightwingers wrong, shall we? First off, Bush is a liar, and a bad one, at that. The New Testament clearly states a number of things in order to help us improve or better ourselves in the eyes of God and in our daily lives. One of the things that is spoken about time and time again is forgiveness.And hey, you don’t have to be religious to understand this concept.We all need forgiveness. I mean, most of us, at some point, have told our friends off or accidentally stolen the last of our roommate’s booze or ice cream. We apologized and we were forgiven. It’s really easy and that feels good. Now, let’s look at ol’ Dubya for a second. He told us there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He told us he was going to “liberate” its citizens. He told us that there were links to al-Qaida there too. It’s no secret! George W. Bush is a freaking liar! There are no WMDs in Iraq. There is no liberation or freedom. Just look at the current conditions. And there are no links to al-Qaida. Simple. Case closed. And that’s okay! He’s a human, and if he would face up to his lies, I and the rest of the Christians out there would have no problem forgiving him.That’s part of the deal when you truly believe in Christ. If you sincerely apologize and change to make your world better—all is forgiven! Sure, you’ll have to live with a sour conscience, knowing that you lied and cost families hundreds of lives, but in the eyes of God and myself, you would be forgiven. Secondly, Bush has NO interest in helping the poor.This is a vanguard of the Christian faith.We are told many times to service the poor so that we might be richer in spirit. A tax break for the rich? That doesn’t sound very Christian to me. And if you “moralists” out there really read the Bible and paid attention to what it really was trying to say—you wouldn’t have voted for him. Politics didn’t direct my vote and never will. The only factor involved for me is whether the candidates are using their power to help people in need. And this administration doesn’t have Jesus in mind at all. They don’t see children. They don’t see God. They only see money; and that, my friends, is good for a one-way ticket to a pretty harsh judgment. Fortunately—they can repent. Yeah, I pray about this government—every day. But my prayers for them are rooted in the idea that they will stop taking God and using religion to make the world suffer. May God have mercy on this country. She knows we need it. Seth Fein is from Urbana. E-mail him at sethfein@readbuzz.com.

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Jude Law & Jason Schwartzman This movie doesn’t just peer into the major ideas behind everyday life; it attacks them, ravages them and explodes them,challenging undeveloped attempts at psychosis and confronting the fraudulence of contemporary, pseudo-intellectual perspective. It’s relentlessly critical, deliberately obnoxious and endlessly perceptive; no other movie this year—and maybe this decade—will so boldly and unequivocally make you question everything about your life, right down to the circumstances that put you in the theater. (Matt Pais) RAY

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Jaime Foxx & Kerry Washington Ray has an undeniable rhythm and lively spunk that feels as good as Charles’ music; it jumps, jives and wails with toe-tapping energy and hip-swiveling sass. It’s more than just a surface-level biography; it’s a captivating study of a brilliant musician who spent much of his life trapped in both literal and figurative darkness. Even people who only know Charles from his Pepsi ads will emerge from Ray feeling like they knew the man, and they’re sure to be humming his tunes, as well. (Matt Pais)

AFTER THE SUNSET Pierce Brosnan & Salma Hayek This movie looks and sounds a whole lot like The Thomas Crown Affair. Brosnan plays a charismatic and successful thief who has a hot lady friend. In this flick, Brosnan retires after one last job, but Woody Harrelson suspects that Brosnan really retired so he can steal more—if that makes sense. Either way, Salma Hayek and Pierce Brosnan are sure to pretty up the silver screen. (Paul Wagner)

BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON Renee Zellweger & Colin Firth Everyone liked the first Bridget Jones movie. Even guys thoroughly enjoyed the chick flick. Universal Pictures is following up the successful original with this sequel that takes place one month into Zellweger’s relationship with Firth. Unfortunately, the true love we all thought would last is growing tired. And of course there’s that damn sexy Hugh Grant mucking things up for Firth again. Damn him and his British charm! (Paul Wagner) THE POLAR EXPRESS Tom Hanks & Chris Coppola The Polar Express is one of the greatest Christmas novels of all time. Countless children have lost themselves in the grand tale of the truth about Santa Claus, magic trains and mysterious bells. Hopefully this film will do the book justice. Casting Tom Hanks lends the flick some needed credibility, but movies rarely capture the imagination like a good book. (Paul Wagner) SEED OF CHUCKY Jennifer Tilly & Brad Dourif Who the hell is director Don Mancini trying to fool by calling this probable piece of crap a movie? The idea that two souls got trapped inside the bodies of the dolls that they bring to life is farfetched by itself, but how can the audience possibly believe that the plastic dolls had sex that led to a child? The Chucky movies were never really good, but this installment looks absolutely ridiculous. If you’re going to spend money on a horror flick, see something else. (Paul Wagner) LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE Boardman’s Art Theatre is playing this documentary about blues music. Filmed at Radio City Music Hall, this film features both live performances and interviews with some of the most prominent names in blues. (Paul Wagner)

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In the fickle business of music, genres and fads come and go, and once in a great while a genre will be so powerful and compelling it surpasses the boundaries of music and becomes a way of life for its listeners. Hip-hop has become that, following in the footsteps of rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, rhythm and blues—as more than just a soundtrack to life, but a life in itself. Hip-hop’s humble beginnings are hard to imagine, with its present-day influence on clothing trends and largerthan-life presence on the beats and rhythms of other musical genres. But, pioneers like Grandmaster Flash, a DJ from the very origins of hip hop, know just how far the music has come. From the stoops and street corners in the Bronx, hip hop spoke to a generation of urban dwellers, and later the rest of the world. The music was a vehicle for education about inner-city life and police brutality, among other things. In the music section, we talk to Grandmaster Flash about his place in history and his influence on future generations, as he would be the first hiphop act, along with the Furious Five, to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The inductees will be announced later this month. The sound cultivated by the pioneering DJs and MCs in the early days of hip hop has spilled over into the beats and techniques used by rock ‘n’ roll bands that followed. Like the influence of jazz and R&B can be heard in rock music, hip hop will continue to have a major presence in the music of our generation, and generations to come.

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After winning the election Nov. 2, President Bush laid out his plan for a second term during a press conference Friday, reaching out to Democrats while simultaneously pushing his agendas: the privatizing of Social Security, revamping the tax code and tort reform. Yes, America is in a new phase, one of healing, togetherness and pushing through overwhelmingly partisan legislation. In the Los Angeles Times, National Guardsmen and Army reservists claimed they witnessed Iraqi looters at an alQaida ammunitions site load powerful explosives into pick-up trucks and drive away. Less than a dozen U.S. soldiers, who were outnumbered by the looters, guarded the site. It was sort of like the hysteria that surrounds a Sears after-Labor Day sale, except with explosives capable of detonating nuclear weapons rather than poorly-crafted wicker furniture. Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi declared a 60-day state of emergency in the countr y in preparation for the expected assault by coalition forces on the city of Fallujah, a suspected stronghold of insurgents. A 60-day “state of emergency,” you say? C’mon, Bush administration, that sounds far too unpleasant. How about a 60-day “freedom par ty?” Hooray! Space station astronaut Leroy Chiao became the first U.S. citizen to vote for president from space, a few hours after the polls opened on Tuesday. And if the president has anything to do about it, many liberals may find themselves voting from space. White House political advisor Karl Rove stated that during his second term President Bush would “absolutely” push for a constitutional amendment that marriage consists solely of the union between a man and a woman. If only we could have Rove go in drag for a night with Robin Williams and an effeminate Nathan Lane, perhaps that would change his views on homosexuality. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has announced he will run for Democratic whip in the new Senate and claims he already has the votes to get the job. The post of the whip is second in the party’s Senate leadership and involves rounding up votes on key issues. One imagines Mr. Durbin is going to spend a loooot of time playing golf with moderate Republicans. s o u n d s

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ohn Duigan has never really been a substantial filmmaker. He’s more content to rely on his stars’ inherent talents (Steve Coogan’s comedy in The Parole Officer; Elle Macpherson’s assets in Sirens) than on actual directorial flair. It is therefore hardly surprising at all that his lavish period drama, Head In The Clouds, is underwhelming and mediocre, though, admittedly, it is ultimately endearing. Its failings are tenfold and obvious. The formulaic plot is contrived in its striving to be considered an Oscar-winning epic. The actors are generally miscast, and better known for aesthetic qualities than thespian skills. But with exception to a couple of slow sections, it is engaging throughout. Head In The Clouds is a romantic drama set during the buildup to World War II, with all the unsubtle political undertones and cliche locales that could be expected. Gilda Bessé (Charlize Theron) is a promiscuous socialite living her life as if a fortune-teller had predicted her death by the age of 34 (which is in fact the case). She encounters Guy (Stuart Townsend) when she enters his Cambridge dorm room. The circumstances of her intrusion—she is having an affair with a Don, and is attempting to avoid being caught—allow an efficient communication of the specific archetype pertinent to the situation: smoking, drinking and casual sex belie a hedonistic mindset, but also a free-spirited mentality that will later motivate her political involvement. Indeed, as the action shifts from England to Paris HEAD IN THE CLOUDS • s o u n d s

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and Spain, Bessé becomes involved with the fight against fascism, as her photography career takes off. Inevitably, a besotted Guy is roped into her schemes, along with live-in lesbian lover Mia (Penelope Cruz). Theron’s portrayal of the dolled-up vamp she used to play prior to her award-winning turn in Monster is a risque interpretation of the part, which highlights an underlying paradox that serves to the film’s detriment. On one hand, this is the sort of melodramatic tale that would have wowed audiences closer to the time in which it was set, but the actual semantics of the narrative would have proven far too polemic. The structure is so heavily borrowed from similar fare that it ends up feeling entirely dated. The film looks great, and does an adequate job of capturing an oft-glorified era for what it was. However, Duigan is unable to lend his characters the same degree of insight: some two-dimensional performances aren’t helped by flat dialogue. The dynamics of the eventual love triangle aren’t so much played for drama as titillation, especially the exploration of Bessé’s bisexuality. A similar feat is accomplished earlier, when Bessé’s partner indulges in an orgy while she consummates her relationship with Guy. The lazy and uninspired nature of these events makes it hard to empathize with these oftentimes hollow characters, and thus the film ends up feeling fairly empty.

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with no less than four movies coming out within a few months of each other. And if he werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so charmingly natural and effortlessly likeable as an actor, he might be in danger of overexposure. But Law is one of those rare actors, like John C. Reilly and Joan Cusack, for example, who could be in every movie playing at a multiplex at a given time and not tire the audience with his presence. And, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d add something substantial to each film he was in, no matter how fluffy or trite. In Alfie, Lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third film since September, the Brit happily takes on the title role made famous by Michael Caine in the original 1966 film (reviewed below). Alfie, a limo driver with big plans, is a consummate playboy, gleefully bed-hopping through beautiful womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives by virtue of his swaggering attitude and dangerous good looks. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s irresistible and calculating; he knows just what to say to get a woman in bed and just what to do to get her to make him breakfast in the morning. And the women, charmed by his accent and smartly placed compliments, are always willing to satisfy him. Of course, the sexy, beguiling women Alfie encounters during the movie are supposed to change him. The problem is that

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LEAD STORY Ultra-Orthodox California rabbi Nachum Shifren, 53, cuts a dashing figure on the beach at Malibu, where he is the legendary surfer "Shifty," easily spottable on 20-foot waves by his long beard, according to a September profile in the San Diego UnionTribune. In his spare time (he says he is ready to ride 24/6, allowing for the Sabbath), he has conducted "Passover surfaris" and beach bar-mitzvahs, and his lectures on Deuteronomy include the observation that "surf punks" paddled out into the Red Sea during the Jews' exodus from Egypt. "(T)he whole religious experience," he told the reporter, "the outer-body experience, is encompassed in the act of surfing."

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or remake is launched with media fanfare and a fresh new look, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always interesting to revisit or discover anew the original source material and contrast the social standards of the times. The source of Charles Shyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Jude Law film is the 1966 Alfie. Directed by British veteran Lewis Gilbert, it came out several years after playwright Bill Naughtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hit play

wowed audiences in London and Broadway, and fit nicely into the gritty, realistic workingclass â&#x20AC;&#x153;kitchen sinkâ&#x20AC;? dramas of the popular British film movement of the early 1960s. Newcomer Michael Caine starred in the title role and, overnight, won international fame and the first of his many Oscar nominations. Alfie tells the story of an egocentric working-class playboy, who, very likely, was one of the role models for Mike Myersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Austin Powers. This 20-something strings dozens of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;single, married and widowedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; along at his whim, taking pleasures from his â&#x20AC;&#x153;birdsâ&#x20AC;? whenever he gets the urge, and without a touch of guilt or responsibility, he moves on to another. Having Alfie address the camera and audience directly from the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first scene, Gilbert builds an immediate empathy for his storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hero.Throughout the film, Alfie shares his most personal feelings about his love connections with the most brutal honesty:â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make a married woman laugh and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re halfway there. ... Blimey, girl, she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as ugly as I thought. ... I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want a birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s respect; I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to do with it.â&#x20AC;? Back in the swinging â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s era of free love, Alfie was probably considered a â&#x20AC;&#x153;groovy dude,â&#x20AC;? who was sowing his wild oats in a somewhat cute and likeable, sly-fox way. But with 21st century hindsight, his selfish behavior and the casual way in which he breaks womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hearts, runs away from parenting responsibilities and arranges a married con-

questâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abortion are more the actions of an immature, sexist bastard than a sweet, misunderstood wild boy. Michael Caine is playfully believable as the reckless lover, and one can easily see the beginnings of an impressive screen career, but the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s female cast of mostly British stage actresses deliver equally powerful and touching heartfelt performances.Vivien Merchant is Lily, the timid and homely housewife who chooses the route of the bargain-basement abortionist; Jane Asher, as Annie, is Alfieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s livein temporary housemate who dutifully cooks and cleans; and even American Shelley Winters makes an interesting middle-aged widow who shames Alfie in the end. Director Lewis skillfully captures the carefree lifestyle of Alfieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exploits with much of the popular stylistic qualities of quick, handheld camera movements, rapid zooms and expressive high-angled crane shots, all to the playful tunes of the jazz saxophone of Sonny Rollins. The movie concludes with the melancholy Burt Bacharach/Hal David hit theme song, sung by Cherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ultimately asking the introspective question, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it all about, Alfie?â&#x20AC;? This interesting, albeit somewhat dated film earned five Academy Award nominations, including best picture, best actor (Caine), best supporting actress (Merchant), best screenplay and best song.The Paramount DVD is packaged with only the minimal scene selection menu and theatrical trailer. s o u n d s

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David Roy Truscott, 35, pleaded guilty in Cornwall, England, in September to three arsons and a burglary of a farmhouse near Redruth, but the burglary was less significant than what he did when he got onto the property. Police said Truscott had submerged himself in a manure pit in order to masturbate. (Also, containers of liquid sludge were found at his home.) At the crime scene, two items of Truscott's were picked up, but of questionable usefulness given the severity of his alleged behavior: tissues and rubber gloves.

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS Police in Edwardsville, Ill., charged David Wroten, 20, with fraud in September after, they say, he took out membership in an online dating service by paying with a check drawn on the county jail, where he had been held earlier this year for theft. Wroten, like all inmates, had been issued a check for the cash he had on him when he was booked, and he allegedly copied the check form. Police were confident Wroten was their man because, naturally, he had posted a photograph of himself on the dating service site.

RECURRING THEMES In September, Floyd Edwards, 78, set out to drive his friend Ruth Stancil, 62, and Edwards' son Clifford from their home near Erwin, Tenn., to nearby North Carolina towns for shopping, as they routinely do once a month.The round trip is usually about 100 miles, but once again, a senior driver became confused, lost track of time and distance, and was fearful of stopping. By the time the three returned, 60 hours later, they had traveled 1,600 miles, as far as an Atlanta suburb, where Edwards accidentally fell at a gas station and hit his head, necessitating a call to police, who were able to help the group turn around. COPYRIGHT 2004 Chuck Shepherd Distributed by Universal Press Syndicate

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ince youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken the time to read my column, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to give you an extra-special opportunity to make some easy money. This coming Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers are playing the Cleveland Browns in a football game. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m picking the Steelers to win this game. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t run off just yet, though. Call your bookie and bet everything you have on the Browns. Yep, you heard right. I say the Steelers, so the Browns will probably win. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember the last time I picked a winner. It started with the Cardinals in the World Series. I loved those guys, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not bitching, but half the guys didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even get one freaking hit in the four games. In the meantime, the Red Sox were hitting a baseball like a methaddicted trucker hits his bride when he gets back from a seven-day trip. Boston broke an 86-year-old curse and St. Louis only broke my heart. The second big loss I took was probably worse, as it will affect everyone for the next four years. Sadly, George Bush beat John Kerry in the presidential election. (Note: Every time I say Mr. Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name now, I make a cross on my chest and say a silent prayer for wisdom to somehow enter his body). As usual, the news was already predicting results before many of the polling places had even closed, but I knew the outlook wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good. At least Kerry had the common courtesy to get his ass beat in one day. I had to suffer with the Cardinals for four days and that really seemed to add to my malaise. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way around it, I picked two losers. It really bothers me, and I think about it more than I care to, so in a effort to cleanse my soul, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to go on a couple of big-ass rants and then put both of these incidents to bed for a while.Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an old saying, after all: show me a good loser and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll show you a loser. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree more. First of all, my Cardinals. Holy freaking crap, what the hell was wrong with you guys? We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lead in the entire series. Piss, we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even get out of the first inning without the other team scoring. Plus, you guys really pissed off my dad by playing like bitches, and

then I had to listen to it during our phone call every night after the game. Boston only swung and missed at 16 pitches in four games. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know they kept a stat like that. Yeah, I know, at least you made the World Series, and that is great, but you sucked once you got there.You couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even win one Michael Coulter freaking game. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like getting to is a videographer, comedian the national spelling bee and and can be losing in the first round on the heard on WPGU word â&#x20AC;&#x153;sucking.â&#x20AC;? I know thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 107.1 Thursdays always next year, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the at 5 with Ricker Cubsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mantra, and I refuse to workinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; it. have anything to do with such statements. You used to be proud, man. I feel a little better already. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rant on the election. America, America, what the hell is wrong with you? I love you with all my heart, but you really dropped the ball on this one. How can you vote in the idiot for another four years? Geez, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think the last four years have been special and carefree. Did you not notice how Bush has divided our country, or were you too busy having sex with your relatives and ranting against evolution? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m from Illinois, and we did our part, but no one else showed up. They say Kerry lost it in Ohio.That makes freaking sense to me. I hate that state, which combines the arrogance of the East Coast with the hillbilly-ness of Kentucky. The only good things to come out of Ohio are Afghan Whigs and my friend,Ward. Otherwise, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re nothing but a collection of idiots. Yeah, vote for the guy who was president when you all became unemployed. You deserve everything you get. Two more things and the rants are complete. OK, Curt Shilling, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re one hell of a pitcher, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go on ESPN and tell everyone to vote for Bush and then write â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stop ALSâ&#x20AC;? on your shoe. Idiot. Bush is against the stem cell research that could someday help stop ALS. Maybe you think praying some more will help, but I have to disagree. And there you have it. My soul is purged and I, along with our nation, am forced to start over again.

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unglamorously beautiful way. And then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alfie is a frustratingly slow learner. The film, directed colorfully by Charles Miller, whose party-girl-gone-awry character Shyer (Father of the Bride), finds a double- easily stands tall among the other, more accomedged sword in the beautiful women Alfie plished actresses. There are unexpected depths in all the seduces. Jane Krakowski, Nia Long, Marisa Tomei, Susan Sarandon and Sienna Miller are women Alfie encounters. Unfortunately, the all irresistible in their roles as the temporary same canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be said for him. He bounces from loves of Alfieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, but the film constructs such woman to woman and experiences things that a blindly episodic narrative around them that are supposed to ground him, but most seem to it takes not one predictable breakup scene to roll right off his shoulder. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help that teach that womanizer a lesson, but five. And several key revelations he makes come after even then, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still unclear what Alfie has interactions with characters who appear at the most groan-inducingly convenient moments. learned, if anything. Each womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subplot, with the exception We know from the beginning that Alfie will be of the woefully underused Krakowski, is a hard egg to crack, but expect that, somewhere strong and intriguing, in some cases offering along the way, he will. He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Not really. As a consolation, Lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crisp, charismatic enough for an entire film of its own. Long is terrific as Lonette, the sweet, smiling temptress skills as an actor keep the film constantly enterwhoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the girlfriend of Alfieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best friend and taining, even if it feels like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s covering the same business partner, Marlon (Omar Epps). Her ground over and over again. storyline offers some unexpectedly intelligent statements on interracial romance, along with another, heavier topic. Sarandon, at 58, not only looks amazing, but her money-loving socialite Liz is as seducing to the audience as she is to Alfie. And, her final confrontation with Alfie yields what is possibly the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most honest moment. Tomei, as Julie, the single mother and original â&#x20AC;&#x153;girlfriendâ&#x20AC;? of Alfie, is perhaps not given enough screen time, but she radiates in her usual ALFIE â&#x20AC;˘ SIENNA MILLER & JUDE LAW

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become more popular because it is a way for artists to pursue new, nontraditional art forms. Types of books include pop-up, journals, fold books or just simple pamphlets. Essentially, book art is creating the entire book from the inside out, but people are likely to disagree about the definition of an artist’s book. “It’s a complicated discussion of what comprises an artist’s book,” Nettles said. She is preparing to attend the eighth biennial Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair and Conference. At the fair, b o o k b i n d i n g Nettles will have a chance to meet t h r e e - s t i t c h other booksellers and speakers and compare knowledge on an art Here is a simple three-stitch bookbinding method you could try at home. This form she said has exploded. popular technique will help you make a book that you can leave blank and use There are dozens of how-to as a small notebook. books that describe different What you need: bookbinding methods such as The Craft of Bookbinding by Manly 5. Stitch down through the hole above and 4 pieces of standard unlined paper Banister or Creative Bookbinding by then around the spine and down the same 1 piece of art paper for the cover Pauline Johnson. The books are 1-foot-long piece of decorative thread (rib- hole. beautifully illustrated, with elabobon or yarn works) rate designs, and make following 1 of each: large-eyed needle, pushpin, 6. Stitch around the top of the book with the the sometimes complicated direcneedle up from the ruler and scissors tions challenging but enjoyable. front cover. Similar to Nettles’ hands-on What you do: courses, the books build up to cre7. Skip the middle hole 1. Cut the pieces of unlined paper to be ating the hardest-to-make books and continue through the pages of your book (3-by-4 inches). while letting the reader practice to the last hole. Follow Cut the cover paper to be 3/8 of an easier methods. buzz the directions to stitch inch bigger than the inside dimensions. around the bottom. Then continue to go 2. Score the front cover 3/8 of an inch from the edge that will be stitched. Fold and around the spine and back up through the middle hole. unfold to make the book easy to open. Tedra AshleyW., bookbinder at Lincoln Bindery in Urbana, applies decorative headbands to a handstitched book's spine while it is pressed in the rounderbacker, a machine used to flare the book's edges and round the spine.

3. Stack the papers together and make three evenly spaced holes along the vertical line where you will be threading. Use the ruler to measure out even spaces between the holes, and use the pushpin to make them.

8.Tie the ends of the book together. You can experiment with different decorative covers or what you might add to the inside.

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4. Use the needle and thread to stitch up to the front cover through the middle hole. Be sure to leave a couple of inches of thread at the back of the book to tie it together later.

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Studios broke onto the big screen with a tale of toys gone wild, the trademark of the Disney subsidiary has been eye-popping visuals, spot-on celebrity voice work and warmhearted stories. Yet there’s one species that the stellar but undeniably cutesy Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo have never embraced: people. In The Incredibles, a beautifully animated, brilliantly conceived film that is Pixar’s best since A Bug’s Life, humans take front and center, but the Parrs are no ordinary family. Dad Bob (Craig T. Nelson) is actually Mr. Incredible, mom Helen (Holly Hunter) is Elastigirl, and their kids Dash and Violet are blessed with super speed and the power of invisibility, respectively. But because of a ban on superhero b e h av i o r — M r. Incredible’s rescuing of a suicidal man who didn’t want to be saved leads to the moratorium—they have to live a simpler, noncrime-fighting life, with Bob working in insurance and Helen staying home to raise the kids. It’s a sensational setup of the clash between the 9-to-5 grind and the thirst for excitement, and in the hands of writer-director Brad Bird (The Iron Giant), The Incredibles is Pixar’s most structurally engrossing movie yet. It relies on characters, not circumstance and misunderstanding, to drive the plot, and it’s the first family film in a while that allows for genuinely complex relationships between its stars. Rather than a simple story about being lost and finding your way home, it’s a more loosely orchestrated saga of extraordinary people discovering what’s super about being a family. The villain, indelibly voiced by Jason Lee, is organically and logically generated, and the story has both weight and depth to it. It unfolds expertly in a way that is both

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surprising and enticing, and there’s a distinct exhilaration that comes from an animated film that has both visual and emotional imagination. Somehow, even after the glorious underwater seascapes of Finding Nemo, Pixar has again improved its already breathtaking animation. The Incredibles is the studio’s most visually inventive outing, full of gorgeous, intensely vivid sequences and amazingly artistic details. Right down to the spots on an old woman’s hands and Helen’s wet hair after she and the kids fall in the ocean, the film creates a continuously dazzling world in which computer-generated pictures are as lifelike as live action and twice as absorbing. Even Mr. Incredible, whose face is built like Jay Leno but whose body—at least in his younger days—is built like The Rock, is a dynamite incarnation of physically arresting humor. Stuffed into a compact car and plopped behind a desk, Bob Parr doesn’t just look like a superhero defeated; he’s a man broken by monotony and mediocrity. There’s not quite as strong a sense of danger as in other Pixar pics, and the casualness of the plot diffuses a bit of tension. There’s also less comedy this time around,

but that doesn’t mean there’s less energy. The Incredibles is bigtime fun, an uproarious send-up of the superhero genre that’s also an endless onslaught of riproaring adventure and full-throttle animated thrills. But the most incredible thing about The Incredibles is that it uses cartoonish antics and far-fetched villainy as a backdrop for real moments of amusing, sincere personal interaction. There’s brother-sister conflict between Dash and Violent and plenty of hilarious banter between Bob and Helen, who are never too involved in their super-duties to bicker about mundane, married-couple issues. It’s a giddy, giggle-inducing depiction of domesticity packed with tongue-in-cheek humor— parenting disputes and driving disagreements are especially pointed—and we come to understand the Parrs as more than just superheroes. They’re a legitimate American family, and through them Bird forges a heartfelt, thoroughly entertaining story about people, not characters. Instead of goofy, kidfriendly caricatures, we get a real, flawed family, stuffed to the brim with quirks, resentments and delicious dynamics that make The Incredibles feel as real as anything Pixar has done since Toy Story. It shows that, no matter how cute a talking animal might be, the best thing for us to find in a story of big explosions and grand adventures is, quite simply, a human’s life.

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ea Nettles says she can teach a simple bookbinding method in 20 minutes and a complicated one in weeks. She has created her own books for 25 years. Nettles, a professor in the art and design department at the University of Illinois, teaches a course called “Introduction to Book Arts” this spring. During the semester, students entirely create five books. They are responsible for the content, decoration and binding of their works. Many of their books are not displayed, but given to friends and family. “They make wonderful presents; they’re very personal,” Nettles said. Making books can be considered similar to painting or any other art form, Nettles said. Often, they are displayed and admired in the same way. Sometimes, artists write to create narrative on the inside, or they paint the paper. Bookbinding can also be used to save older books, instead of creating art. For example, rebinding pages can keep rare books or paperbacks in good condition. Recently, people have started to devote their artistic skills to only book arts without pursing any other forms of art. “Now, there are people who consider themselves entirely as making books,” Nettles said. Shereen LaPlantz, in her book Cover to Cover, acknowledges that book art has

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In a post-modernistic moment of self-referential masturbation, Quentin Tarantino, director of one-quarter of Four Rooms, will plagiarize his own plagiarism. The 41going-on-16 movie geek will make an homage to low-budget Hong Kong Fu movies, filmed entirely in Mandarin. “My next movie is gonna be another kung fu film that’s gonna blow your asses off,” said a no-doubt excited Tarantino, who was last seen onscreen in Little Nicky. This project will require him to shelve the eagerly anticipated World War II epic Inglorious Bastards, once slated to star Adam Sandler, John Travolta and Bruce Willis. It’s sad that even Baywatch babe David Hasselhoff can use his celebrity to get preferential treatment: a $200 fine and community service seems lenient for the DUI charge he pleaded guilty to. Blame his recent revival, which has seen a stint in London in the musical Chicago, as well as cameos in John Waters’ A Dirty Shame and forthcoming The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The former pop singer and professional sprinter will complete community ser vice working for Wheels for Humanity, which provides disabled children from poor families with wheelchairs. Aww—bless his little red shorts. And what is it with green-lighting sequels to not-yet-released movies? Both The Grudge and Saw had second installments in the works before the originals saw the light of day, but how do you explain Dungeons & Dragons 3? Dungeons & Dragons 2: The Elemental Might is still in production, lacking even the B-list cast and low budget of the original (which was shite). Though the hopefully final piece of the trilogy won’t compete with Lord of the Rings, the project will still be some spotty prepubescent die-wielder’s wet dream.

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Brunch A drink with brunch is the perfect way to start the day. A bloody mary is a wonderful savory drink. The basic recipe calls for tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce and vodka served over ice. I like to add Tabasco sauce, fresh ground pepper and a little sea salt. Garnish with celery, a sprig of basil, big green olives or a dill pickle spear.

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Mimosas are a classic brunch drink. Take two parts champagne to one part orange juice, add a dash of triple sec, and garnish with an orange slice or strawberry. In England, this is called a buck’s fizz, but I think mimosa sounds nicer.

Lunch Most Americans don’t drink during lunch, but I think these drinks would make for delightful midday pick-me-ups. A Pimm’s cup is a crisp vintage drink that recalls warm summer days at Wimbledon. However, you needn’t be English or even play tennis to enjoy this lovely and refreshing cocktail. Take one part Pimm’s #1 to five parts lemon-lime soda and add a splash of club soda. Garnish with a slice of cucumber and an apple slice. Another great warm-weather drink is the brandy mint julep. Bruise several sprigs of mint with a half teaspoon of sugar. Add two ounces of brandy. Mix and pour into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with a mint sprig. The sonic chiller is a drink of my own invention that uses Sonic Drive-In’s strawberry limeade as its base. Just add some white rum and a lime

Pre-dinner These drinks are often called aperitifs, and they whet the appetite for the meal to come.You can’t go wrong with champagne, but these cocktails are nice alternatives. For a sparkling aperitif, try a tintoretto, a signature drink from the Hotel Cipriani in Italy. Just mix one part pomegranate juice to two parts Prosecco sparkling wine and serve in a chilled flute. From France comes the kir royale, which is one part black current liqueur mixed with five parts champagne. Post-dinner You could separate these drinks into two categories: digestifs and after-dinner cocktails. Digestifs, as their name would imply, are meant to settle one’s stomach after a large meal. These are not usually cocktails, but rather brandies or liqueurs served in small amounts. Now that winter is right around the corner, a glass of cognac would make for a nice, warming

digestif. Armagnac, the oldest of the brandies, is a wonderful but costly digestif. Made in the Armagnac territories of Gascony, France, these bottles typically retail for hundreds of dollars. However, one may find nice nonvintages for approximately $50, such as the Haut-Armagnac Château de Neguebouc. Some other digestifs to consider include sherries (look for Manzanilla sherry, which is light and dry), ports (again, for those on a budget, try a nonvintage—I like Clocktower tawny port, which retails for approximately $10), madeira and calvados. Likewise, liqueurs such as Cointreau and Grand Marnier are nice served on the rocks or straight up. If sipping liqueur seems too stodgy, try a BMW. Mix one part Bailey’s Irish Cream, one part Malibu rum and one part whiskey in a cocktail shaker with ice, strain, and serve on the rocks. I hope you enjoy trying some of these libations, but always remember to use a designated driver and to drink responsibly. E-mail your comments and questions to AmandaKolling@readbuzz.com.

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Tall prairie grasses and a forest preserve tuck away the workshop of an Urbana business whose stress on aesthetics and craftsmanship draws in customers from the corners of the country. The Lincoln Bookbindery fashions unique, handcrafted bookbindings in a variety of customizable formats and quantities. The bindery is operated by Chris Hohn and Tedra Ashley-Wannemuehler.

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These books are glued rather than sewn, and I’ve never actually seen one.

What makes you stick with handcrafting books instead of switching to newer, more impersonal technology?

What are the most common types of binding you perform and for what kind of customers?

We specialize in doing small quantities of hardcover bindings. Until now there really hasn’t been a cost-effective new or high-tech way to make small quantities of hardcover books.Automated machinery is expensive to buy and set up for a particular size book. It will not pay for itself without running hundreds, if not thousands, of copies of the same book. I understand there are now online services that will make one-off hardbound books for a reasonable price.

Our staple is binding theses and dissertations. There is a growing business in binding small custom editions of self-published books. Personal computers have made it much easier for people to produce family histories and other personal projects for a limited distribution of one to 100 copies. We also make one-of-a-kind bindings for artists, collectors and special occasions. These often involve leather work, marbled paper, hand stitching and custom cover designs.

A man who asked us to bind together all of the letters he wrote while in a federal prison. An artist who has us turn his prints into accordion books.Art students who have asked us to make book covers out of such things as grocery sacks, rubber door mats and spandex. A priest whose thesis was part of a papal encyclical, two copies of which were bound for presentation to the Pope. Carl Sandburg’s daughter Margaret. What do you think it is about hand-sewn and traditionally-bound books that keep customers coming to you?

Although we do some hand-sewing, most of the books we make are actually sewn on a machine that is hand-fed. Overall, the books are largely hand-assembled. People come to us because what we do is rare and difficult to find. This is the only place in downstate Illinois where you can get a few copies of a thesis sewn and hardcover bound with a title gold stamped on the cover. Our modest little

informational Web site brings us customers from places like Orlando, Phoenix and San Diego who tell us they cannot locate this service in their area. What is the most enjoyable aspect of binding books in this precise and careful fashion?

It is simply more interesting to make anything well than to make it cheap and quick. The most enjoyable aspect of the business is the clientele.We get an interesting cross-section of society through this little shop, including by way of the Internet. We recently finished an order for an architect in Hawaii who was so happy to find us that he started sending us boxes of unique Hawaiian fruits and cookies. More often than not, our customers have already invested a lot of blood, sweat and tears in their project before they find us. We get great pleasure out of helping them bring closure to that project.

Sending books to prisoners ANGELA LOIACONO • STAFF WRITER

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support with the people in the United States prison system, the UC Books to Prisoners program is collecting literature to send to prisons across Illinois, said Sarah Lazare, Books to Prisoners volunteer.The Books to Prisoners program strives to expand prison libraries and encourage literacy. A project of Urbana’s Independent Media Center, Books to Prisoners is trying to address some of the problems within the prison systems of the United States. “The program is founded on the basic principles that the prison industrial complex, as it exists in this country, is an unjust institution,” Lazare said. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, as of this September, 180,318 people were found in U.S. federal prisons—a statistic many volunteers find disheartening. Lazare and other program volunteers feel they can offer some help to these people. The Books to Prisoners program is working hard so that they may alleviate some of the problems people face behind bars, including poor living conditions. The program also is determined to let the incarcerated know that there are people outside the prison walls trying to provide support and establish communication with them. The program also accepts letters from prisoners. Such letters not only allow prisoners to request books, but also give volunteers the opportunity to write them a letter in return. In addition to letters, many prisoners send poetry and literature to the volunteers. Founder of the local Books to Prisoners, Adam Davis said,“When we send books to prisoners, we want them to know that they are not

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invisible, that we haven’t forgotten them. ... We want prisoner voices to be heard. That is why when we send packages, we encourage prisoners to send us their writings and art so that others won’t forget them.” Recently, the UC Books to Prisoners program has worked in conjunction with Spineless Books, an independent publishing house, to get the works of prisoners published.These pieces of literature allow people outside of prisons to gather a direct account of the reality that occurs within prison walls. Spineless Books is also in charge of physically sending the packages of books out to the prisons. With Books to Prisoners programs located throughout the United States, its impact continues to grow.Working in a collective manner, the volunteers have a horizontal power structure, said Lazare. About five core members are currently involved; however, more volunteers are welcome. Many of the current volunteers have a specific reason for participating in the program. While Lazare feels the social justice aspect draws her in, Davis said, “Some of us want to abolish prisons. Others simply want human rights to be respected everywhere, including prisons.” No matter their reasons, these volunteers have come together for a cause they believe in. The UC Books to Prisoners program is hosting a Pack-a-thon of books on Saturday, Nov. 13. At 3 p.m. at the Independent Media Center (218 W. Main St., Urbana), all are welcome to come and help package books to send out to prisons. For further information or to donate books or money call (217) 344-0300 or e-mail ucbtp@yahoo.com. I N T R O | A R O U N D T O W N | L I S T E N , H E A R | M A I N E V E N T | A R T S & E N T E R TA I N M E N T | W I N E & D I N E | T H E S I LV E R S C R E E N | C L A S S I F I E D S

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f we were to identify hip hop according to an age group, we would place it with the alienated Gen-Xers. The culture existed on New York City streets long before today’s generation of hip-hoppers was conceived. Born in the Bronx, hip hop is composed of four main elements: graffiti art, break dancing, MCing and DJing. Although stories surrounding the history of hip hop vary, DJing is the element that jump-started the culture. Before MCs began spitting verses on record, the DJ was cutting them up at block parties, giving the audience something new to dance to. Among pioneering DJs was Grandmaster Flash (real name Joseph Saddler), who created the mixing concept now known as “scratching.” Taking a break from overseeing construction of his new in-home recording studio, Grandmaster Flash spoke to Buzz about the history of hip hop, his contributions and the importance of being nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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hopes,” and showcase them to the world. His favorite DJ is one who is just as enigmatic to the public as his peers. “The unknown is the greatest,” he said, giving respect to the kids mixing it up in their bedrooms and basements. It has been a long time since Flash was himself a teen, playing with his father’s records, trying to carve his niche in music, and at lease a quarter of a century has passed since Grandmaster Flash, Cowboy, Kid Creole, Melle Mel, Scorpio and Raheim (better known as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five) released their first record. Their innovative styles and veteran status made them eligible to be nominated for induction into the renowned Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. If inducted, they would be the first hip-hop artists to be included on the list of all-time greatest musicians, and Grandmaster Flash would be the first DJ inductee. It would be a wonderful accomplishment, giving Flash claim to another of hip-hop’s milestones. After receiving word of the nomination from his agent, Flash began scouring the Internet for proof of the unbelievable news. Once reality set in, he knew what a triumph this was for hip hop. “Hip hop has always been the bastard for a long time, but we have come a long way. For hip hop to move into that circle is like, ‘Wow.’” He went on to note what the recognition says for him and his group members, who had reasonable success and no lavish videos to their credit. “We were trailblazers. A lot of trailblaz-

ers don’t get recognized,” he finished. He also hopes that the nomination is incentive for hip-hop organizations to look back to the days of Kool Herc and others in order to educate younger fans about those who paved the way for contemporary artists. So how does the man credited with revolutionizing one of the most successful forms of music spend his time these days? “As we speak, I am in my house waiting for the final wiring for a recording studio,” Flash said of the four-year project awaiting completion. He also has plans to launch his record label, Adrenaline City Entertainment, and from 6 p.m. - 12 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday nights, listeners can tune into Sirius Satellite Radio to hear his radio show. As if this wasn’t enough to keep him busy, business with Microsoft founder Bill Gates is also in the works. Flash was unable to disclose details, but assured Buzz that the project is “huge.” But when it comes to music, Grandmaster Flash is always looking for something fresh. “I played rock, jazz, blues ... as long as it was funky,” he said reflecting on his block party days. Getting into remixing is on his To Do list because “it’s like DJing.”When he needs to know what’s hot, he visits clubs incognito to see what people are vibing to.This passion for new music is what keeps his heart pumping. “It brings out the kid in me.” buzz Grandmaster Flash will play at the Highdive on Wednesday with DJ Resonate, DJ Bozak, DJ Delaney and DJ Vamp. The show starts at 9 p.m. and tickets are $5. s o u n d s

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GRANDMASTER FLASH Mel and DJ Hollywood, whose contributions were made before the video era. Flash made sure to acknowledge the man responsible for the establishment. “Kool Herc should be a part of your curriculum,” he said of the DJ who started hip hop. Grandmaster Flash is careful not to blame the youth for their ignorance of hiphop’s forefathers, citing again the absence of video—arguably the lifeblood of today’s rap stars’ careers. “We don’t get forgotten,” he said of his generation. “You’ve just never heard of us.” Another fact that may go over the heads of hip-hop’s youngest followers is that it began with the DJ—not the MC. According to Grandmaster Flash, MCing followed DJing and break dancing to become the third element of hip hop. Today, individuals think of the DJ as someone who simply plays Billboard’s top hits at parties, but Flash notes the DJ’s pivotal role in music. Though he acknowledges that DJing became a lost art at one time, he said that it is re-emerging as an influential force in today’s music scene. “For record companies, it’s a form of promoting artists. DJs have a large role because artists rely on them for the club,” he said in reference to a DJ’s potential to break a hit song. But at the same time, he laments that out of the many DJs around today,“It’s unfortunate that there’s only a handful that have reached prominence.” Flash supports and appreciates all his colleagues, taking pride in the fact that “they all took my concept, mix inventions, my dreams and my

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When many people think about hip hop, they think in terms of popular artists like the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, whose music videos and deaths helped catapult them to icon status. However, there is a long line of individuals who came before them who are unknown to new-schoolers. “So many great artists missed the video age.When it became a tool instead of a luxury, a lot of artists missed it,” said Grandmaster Flash regarding his peers. “Only two from the era got through— Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa.” He named others like DJ Breakout, Melle

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In the last 15 years or so, Dean Wareham has officially established himself as one of the indiealternative pantheon’s more striking musicians. During his tenure as singer and guitarist for Galaxie 500, he virtually invented the dream pop’s trademarked Velvet Underground-meetsAM-radio style, exerting an influence that can be heard in bands as disparate as My Bloody Valentine and Low. It was this style—part cloudy day, part ray of sunshine—that he would begin to hone and perfect in 1991 with the inauguration of Luna, a band with whom he would eventually sign to a major label, leave a major label and release eight records (including this year’s excellent Rendezvous). After 12 years of fuzzy melodies and Lou Reed-style speaksinging, though,Wareham has decided to put his well-loved band to rest.

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he University of Illinois School of Music’s opera program will be presenting Don Giovanni at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts this weekend, Nov. 11-14. Sung in the original Italian (with English supertitles), the production has every appearance of living up to the high artistic standards that this opera demands. The opera, set in 17th century Seville, revolves around the dissipated lifestyle of the roguish antihero from which the work takes its name, a charismatic and lascivious aristocrat who refuses to reform and ultimately pays the price for his needleless moral compass. Mozart and da Ponte’s version of the Don Juan legend also incorporates another popular tale from the time, The Stone Guest. Here, it is the statue of the Commendatore, who was killed at the outset of the opera in a duel with Don Giovanni (following his attempt to seduce and rape the Commendatore’s daughter, Donna Anna, who swears revenge on her father’s killer, and who declares that she will not marry her fiance, Don Ottavio, until she has achieved it), who signals Don Giovanni’s ultimate downfall. Much of the comic relief is provided by Don Giovanni’s servant, Leporello, who is often called upon to help distract people (for example, the justifiably angry, jilted

Donna Elvira, whom Don Giovanni attempts to pick up without realizing that he already has, and who has been traveling in order to track him down) while Don Giovanni himself makes an escape. The delightfully whimsical scenery for the present production—with its sweeping swirls of purple, black and white that integrate the set into one main entity, and imaginative, and some rather graphic, sculpted set pieces—complements the alternately playful, sensuous and fantastic elements of the opera. Scenic designer Aaron Benson commented that since the opera itself is so dynamic, the directors were looking for an equally dynamic set.“I had to change my set design (from the original plans) to reflect what happens during the opera and to imbue it with Don Giovanni’s sexuality,” Benson remarked. “The whole stage is his bedroom.” Likewise, the period costumes, designed by Andrea M. Gross, inspired by her research on Goya’s earlier paintings, are employed to highlight and reinforce aspects of the characters’ personalities, from the conservatively attired Don Ottavio and his vengeance-bent fiancee Donna Anna, to the flirtatious Zerlina and the passionate, but inhibited Donna Elvira. About the latter, Gross said that “Elvira and Giovanni are actually the best match for each other; it’s really a shame that they don’t end up togeth-

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er at the end. She has a lot of fire that she represses, and I tried to make that come through in her costume.” Of course, the unbilled star of the opera is the music itself; Mozart built into the veneer of his spirited musical setting a remarkable amount of dramatic tension and vibrant emotional impact. The opera’s conductor, Eduardo Diazmuñoz, said that his main aim in preparing the musical component of the show was to be as loyal as possible to Mozart’s delicately nuanced and psychologically compelling musical setting. “It is very challenging, because Mozart sounds easy, but is not. He is one of the most difficult composers to be loyal to, because he is pristine, but tragic.” Diazmuñoz also reflected on the irrepressibly Mozartian decision to end the opera on a light note, rather than with the absolute gravity of the scene in which the main character is literally dragged down to hell. He remarked that if it had been another composer’s opera, “When Don Giovanni goes to hell, that would have been the end of it; the rake was punished, forget about it. Right after that, everybody is muted. But then Mozart ... turns it into a jolly ending ... after all that tragedy, he has this smile at the very end.” Diazmuñoz later added that “only Mozart could put fire and water together like that.” “(Don Giovanni) has all the elements that an opera requires for it to be a great opera,” Diazmuñoz

Buzz: Are you ready for the final tour? DW:Yes, I’m ready. We played a show in New Jersey this weekend and we’ve been to Japan, as well, took a little trip over there. I’m looking forward to it. I was kind of nervous—I think we all were—after making the announcement that it was going to be the last tour. It comes with a certain pressure. It’s a strange experience; you’re up there onstage and playing the songs is just slightly different now. But it’s good. It makes it more poignant. I feel like it makes me put more of myself into each performance, knowing that it’s the last time in each city. Buzz: So there’s a certain sense of finality to it? DW:Yeah. It’s not like it’s, ‘Oh, here we are again, here are these songs again.’ Buzz: Well, then there’s the obvious question: Why are you guys ‘debanding,’ as you put it? DW: There’s many different reasons, but

observed. “You have passion, you have love, lust, revenge, hatred, sweetness, sourness, delight, tragedy, humor—sometimes nasty humor, sometimes very subtle—you have jealousy, sorrow, and so on, so that you have a complete opera.” Stage director Jacque Trussel has helped to enhance the rich musical content with equally effective action onstage. Although the rather explicit sexual content and depictions of violence in the opera generally exclude it from being considered “wholesome fun for the whole family,” Don Giovanni is entirely deserving of its reputation as one of—if not the— greatest operas ever written. This opera has enough dramatic intrigue to keep one on one’s toes, without taking itself so seriously that it forgets to brighten even the darkest scenes with comic relief, and just about anybody who attends one of these upcoming performances should be in for a treat. buzz Don Giovanni is playing at Krannert Center’s Tryon Festival Theatre Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 1113 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 14 at 3 p.m. Tickets are available through the Krannert Center Web site, http://www.kcpa.uiuc.edu/tickets, by telephone (1-800-KCPATIX or 217333-6280), fax (217-244-SHOW), e-mail (kran-tix@uiuc.edu), or in person at the Krannert Center ticket office (open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily).

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the basic reason is:‘That’s what bands do.’ It’s part of the equation. You start a band and then it ends at some point. I mean, the ‘band’ is a relatively new invention. It’s only been around since the ‘60s. Most people who keep doing it very long are making millions of dollars. And then it’s something more than a band, it’s a corporation. Like Metallica, they can’t break that up. It’s worth too much money. How can you break up a thing when they’re giving you $20 million for your next record? Buzz: When did you decide it was time to pack things up? DW: I think it was in the back of my mind before we did this record. I’ve thought about it before; again, when you’re in a relationship this long, there are times that you feel like walking out of it, just like people who are married go through their ups and downs. And my life has changed a lot. I had a kid, so that makes it different.When you’re in your 20s, you’re completely free to pick up and go wherever and it doesn’t matter if you don’t make a cent. If you tour around and come home with $5, it’s OK. But stuff becomes a little more difficult when you have responsibilities in your life. Buzz: But you’re going to continue making music. DW:Yeah, I’m going to continue making music, just tour less, probably. And just not do it in a band format. It becomes difficult to organize your life around a committee of four people. And, again, it would be one thing if that was all you had to do and you were making a ton of money off that.Then it would be relatively easy. But being in a band has its good points, too. It’s undeniable.

I’m Not Your Astronaut Buzz: As far as future projects, I know you recorded a duet record with (Luna bassist) Britta Phillips. Do you have

plans to do another one? Or plans for the future in general? DW: The next thing I’ll do after we finish touring, which won’t be until February, will be starting to write songs for another record with Britta. What else should I do? Work on my golf game, I guess. I was improving at the end of the summer; I finally got the hang of it. (Laughs) I’m doing some soundtrack work, too. I’ll be available; people, they can call me up and I’ll sing the ‘ba ba ba!’ in the back of their records. Maybe there will be a record with Sonic Boom from Spacemen 3—we’ve been talking about it. And I shall write my memoirs. They gave Bill Clinton $10 million.What do you think they’ll give me? Buzz: (Laughs) I’ve noticed, with this record and all of your records, critics have tended to say that you have a really consistent sound—strong, but consistent. When you’re looking back on the band, how do you feel? DW: I think we’ve had ups and downs. I guess none of the records are horrible. I would say that with the first record we did, Lunapark, we weren’t really a band yet, and you can feel that, even though there’s some good songs on there. I like Bewitched, and I think we really hit our stride with Penthouse. Pup Tent is a really cool sounding record, but I don’t think the songs are that great. Days of Our Nights, I haven’t really listened to in a while. That’s not one of my favorites. But the last two, Rendezvous and Romantica, I’m rather fond of. Buzz: I know that you’re making a documentary of the last tour. DW: Yes, we are, we’re making a film. Matthew Buzzell—he made a documentary about a jazz singer named Little Jimmy Scott—he’s a friend of the band. He’s always around, prodding us. It’s kind of like that MTV TV show. The Real World? Because there’s no action, there’s nothing going on. He’s just trying to get me to be a dick to people. He’s like, ‘Go yell at that taxi driver.’ I’m like,‘No, I’m not going to go yell at him.’ He’s trying to build the story that I am a mean person. I can be mean and grumpy, I guess. Buzz: Why are you putting it together? Do you just need that final document to look back upon? DW: If we don’t, nobody will. The live shows will disappear forever unless you make some attempts to document them. And this friend of ours is a good filmmaker. It’s not quite a ‘documentary,’ it’s going to have some other strange, dreamlike things. We’re supposedly going to script some stuff, though we haven’t yet. But we snap at each other in the van. There’s stuff that’s happened. It could all come out. buzz Luna will play the Highdive on Tuesday with Palomar. The show starts at 9 p.m. and tickets are $15.

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he genre of the pop-culture concert film has an interesting history. It initially emerged in the late 1960s, with such early festival documentaries as Woodstock and Monterey Pop, and became a genre in its own right in the 1970s (for example, Led Zeppelin’s Song Remains the Same, despite its lengthy forays into the band members’ fantasy scenes, is comprised primarily of concert footage), and has really taken off in popularity since the advent of the DVD system, with its higher-fidelity audio-reproductive capabilities. The most intriguing element of the concert film is surely that of a social document, and it almost becomes, in its way, a sort of quasi-time travel. Although one cannot experience many of these events firsthand, one can at least witness them and get a feel for what they were like at the time they were recorded.

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With this frame of mind, then, consider that with guitar icon Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Live at Montreux two-DVD set, one can witness, almost firsthand, one of those “What the hell?!” moments in music: a young SRV playing a burning set, only to get a chorus mainly consisting of boos from an unresponsive audience after each number. Of course, this performance on the Blues Night of the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival would be the shot in the arm of Vaughan’s career; David Bowie was impressed enough with the performance to secure Vaughan as guitarist on his Let’s Dance, and Jackson Browne provided the group with free-ofcharge studio time to record their first album. As for the music, the first disc especially stands out as a particularly good show (despite the boorish audience).The subtle texture shifts and imaginative manipulations of harmonic vocabulary are imaginative and exciting, and the nascent stage presence of the group is fascinating to watch.The incredible amount of energy put forth in the performance comes across very vividly, keying up the viewer just from watching the people on stage playing their guts out. The group is very good at building up excitement and audience anticipation without overkill, and Vaughan’s solos—especially in the earlier 1982 show—evince a particularly tasteful sense of climactic buildup and repose. His style, even at this early date, is already highly refined. Admittedly, the visuals leave something to be desired; they are not particularly high-quality, but considering that the films are themselves 22 and 19 years old, this is hardly surprising. And considering the fact that in 1982, Stevie Ray Vaughan was a relatively unknown artist, we are, perhaps, lucky that a film was shot of his first Montreux performance at all. Concert film recordings do provide certain benefits, as well, particularly when it comes to actually being able to see some of the stage tricks (for example, Vaughan plays with the guitar behind his back during one song, and sounds great). Of course, the interpolation of the occasional camera shot of some hippy-looking character or other in the audience gyrating almost to the beat of the band’s searing set is a welcome—albeit cliched—visual to any concert film. Fans of electric blues and fans of concert films will not be disappointed in this DVD, but those not yet acclimated to the genre of concert film probably ought to steer clear of it, opting instead for the two-CD recording of these performances.

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With Futures, Jimmy Eat World have found their way out of a tight spot in dazzling style.What do you do when you’ve already proven yourself to be equally masterful at creating dreamy, introspective emo (1999’s Clarity) and stripped-down, hyper-melodic pop rock (2001’s Bleed American)? Well, you could attempt to find some middle ground by trying to write an album that unites both styles. The trouble is, unless you are extremely gifted (or lucky) you’ll end up with a record full of watered down pop and half-realized ambitions of grandeur. Lucky for us, Jimmy Eat World not only possesses the required talent to almost completely avoid this pitfall, but also the sense to hire a producer (Gil Norton of Pixies/Foo Fighters fame) experienced in balancing artistic integrity with commercial success. When Futures hits its mark, which happens to be most of the time, the results are sublime. Tracks “Kill” and “Polaris” are album standouts and pure Jimmy Eat World gold. On these songs

and others, we see Clarity-esque layers of strings, keyboards and guitar effects coexist with hard-edged, sing-along choruses. Lyrically, the subject matter here is darker than before, but still as heartstring-tugging as ever. Frontman Jim Adkins once again manages to wear his heart on his sleeve and remain inspirational—the sincerity evident in his voice never allows us to cringe or pity. For style purists, Futures also contains tracks that would feel at home on previous Jimmy Eat World releases. Bouncy pop can be found on the title track and guitar-heavy rock on the first single “Pain.” The guitar fuzz and feedback of that song never completely dies, but seeps into the next—the harrowing piano ballad “Drugs or Me”—and continues to ripple away as an undercurrent for the duration, like a stifled scream. Considering the critical acclaim of their previous releases and hype surrounding this one, it is difficult to talk about the merits of Futures in isolation (and there are a lot of them). But whether or not this album is actually as good as their last is not really the point. Jimmy Eat World have risen to the formidable challenge of moving their sound logically forward and, in being successful, have once again justified their title of guiding lights in indie rock.

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Open the jewel case for Jesus Elephant to find just that: a pachyderm with a halo, or more specifically, a cartoon pachyderm with a cartoon halo. The merry pranksters of Lorenzo Goetz maintain this same angelic appearance amid original material such as “Flagrante Delicto (3some).” The challenge for a Lorenzo Goetz album is to stand on its own, even if no studio recording can compare to the bacchanalian revelry that makes Lorenzo Goetz such a popular concert draw. Nor can a single song epitomize the pudding of pop, hip hop, Brit and stoner rock, and mariachi that more or less is Lorenzo Goetz, although “Muy Macho” and “Flagrante Delicto (3some)” come close. Two sides of the same coin, the

former is coy and buoyant and signals that this album means business, while the latter is a sultry slow-burner that conjures images of some Gypsy tea parlor an hour inland from the Mediterranean. The rest of Jesus Elephant leans more toward standard pop. Most fun is “Several Days Away,” an ebullient number new to the live set and prime single material despite colorful language.“Jesus Elephant,” the title track and lead single, sounds like a one-off collaboration between The Flaming Lips and Grandaddy, except that Larry Gates has a stronger voice than Jason Lytle.The one misfire is “Buddah,” a hip-hop track so overshadowed by guest talent that any musical link to Lorenzo Goetz is unrecognizable until the three-minute mark. Jesus Elephant is a good album, fuller and overall more focused than what preceded it. If only it better reflected the chemistry and spontaneity of Lorenzo Goetz, it would defy easy categorization as local or regional music. Even so, it is a welcome menu or tour manual for the next trip.

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“Bill Traylor, William Edmondson and the Modernist Impulse” [The lives and work of Bill Traylor and William Edmondson, both figures in American and AfricanAmerican art history, share fascinating parallels despite a 20-year age gap and the fact that they never met.] Krannert Art Museum Second Sunday Gallery Tour Nov 14 at 1pm. Through Jan 2. Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am8pm, Sun 2-5pm. Suggested Donation: $3

14th Annual Great Cover Up is over, and here is a roll call for the portion last week, part one of two. Joseph Donhowe of Emotional Rec Club began as Frank Sinatra and received an ovation for his gin-soaked rendition of “My Way.” Sick Day stood out second with a prodigious Pearl Jam set that consisted of nonsingles: “Rearviewmirror,”“Porch,”“State of Love and Trust” and “Go.” Who knew all these years that Jeff Ament was impersonating Rory Grennan? Nadafinga saluted ‘80s excess with a spunky sendup of Bon Jovi. G. Lee and Jet Blonde covered The Police but dressed as Joan Jett and The Blackhearts so as not to spoil the surprise; it worked! Lorenzo Goetz resurrected the mid-’90s stoner spirit of Cypress Hill, and headliner Temple of Low Men concluded with a percussion-perfect Rage Against the Machine set that triggered a rabid mosh pit; frontman Brandon T.Washington likened the experience to church. More recap next time. Tonight at Cowboy Monkey, Lorenzo Goetz reunite with Temple of Low Men, as well as The Swell, to celebrate the release of their second full-length album, Jesus Elephant.As if to dispel any notion that this is a religious album, Lorenzo Goetz advertised this show with a mind-blowing “WEFT Sessions” appearance that climaxed with a cover of Beck’s “Sissyneck” involving, among other things, a leather belt. Scary, sexy stuff. Show time tonight is 10 p.m., and cover is $5.

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Two downtown shows serve as appetizers for the Jesus Elephant release party. Also at Cowboy Monkey, Michael “Guido” Esteves of Sick Day hosts “A Benefit for Washington School.” Adam Wolfe and Mike Ingram play to raise money for new piano strings and tuning for these schoolchildren. Show time is 5 p.m., and the suggested donation is $3. Across the street,Aroma Cafe is home to live music every Thursday (except Thanksgiving) at 8 p.m., and in the spotlight this week are Darrin Drda and David Tcheng. Arrive early, if last week’s jampacked “Chicks with Picks” is any indication. Then, Sunday, back at Cowboy Monkey, Darrin Drda’s Theory of Everything presents a rare afternoon show at 2 p.m. This is a fund-raiser for AWARE and Independent Media Center and aims at catharsis for those glum from recent events. Darrin Drda’s Theory of Everything are at work on a second album, a peppery project on course to have at least 15 songs. Saturday offers showgoers an attractive variety of options. At 8 p.m., “Corkscrew After Dark” presents Ryan Groff of Elsinore. This is a smoke-free, free-admission folk-rock show at Corkscrew Wine Emporium. At 10 p.m., “Afterglow” presents bossa nova and samba combo Desafinado at Krannert Center, also for free. At the same time downtown, Terminus Victor performs with 3 Piece Xtra Crispy and Broadzilla, billed as “Detroit’s all-female hard-rock-metalpunk trio.”This show is at Mike ‘n Molly’s and cover is $4. The band i:scintilla often make headlines here, but the two acts that opened for i:scintilla at Mike ‘n Molly’s last Saturday are overdue for press of their own. Not unlike The Chemicals, Decals are a fine band to emerge midway through this year, yet remain under the radar.A youthful trio from Sullivan with a strong following, Decals played their first show May 15 and just cut a demo tape for promotional consideration. Think indie instrumental, although there are vocals. Also on the bill was Sounddrifter, a band from Chicago that mesmerized the entire room with original material, then closed with a request for “Nights in White Satin,” The Moody Blues’ 1968 single that took four years to become a smash hit. i:scintilla then ended the night by breaking things.

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Live Music Roger Clair Cowboy Monkey 5pm, $2 Fotamana CD Release Party The Iron Post 5-7pm, TBA Jim Bean Tommy G's 5-7pm, free Pocket Big Band The Highdive 5:30pm, $3 GWAR, Dying Fetus, All That Remains The Canopy Club 9pm, $15 in advance, $18 day of show The Dog and Everything Courtyard Cafe 9pm, $4 public, $2 UIUC students Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, $1 Elsinore White Horse Inn 9:30p, free Whiskey Daredevils, The Bird Dogs Cowboy Monkey 10pm, $5 Blue Mark and The Groove Dukes The Iron Post 10pm, TBA

Treologic, Contraband [hip hop] Nargile 10pm, $5 The Barflyz Tommy G's 10pm, $2 DJ Kayla Brown Boltini 8-10pm, free DJ Bozak [hip hop, downtempo] Barfly 10pm, free DJ Vamp, DJ Tim Williams [hip hop, house, top 40 dance] The Highdive 10pm, $5 DJ Lil Big Bass Boltini 10:30pm, free

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JQ and The Tone Road Ramblers The Iron Post 5-8pm, TBA Barb Ryman Pages For All Ages 7pm, free Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra Krannert Center 7:30pm, $22-$32 Elsinore Corkscrew Wine Emporium 8pm, free The Noisy Gators Hubers 8pm, donations

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Live Music Paul Musser Sextet The Iron Post 8-11pm, TBA Pat McGee Band The Canopy Club 9pm, $6 in advance Headlights, The Lift, Colossal Courtyard Cafe 9pm, $4 public, $2 UIUC students Hard Pour Korn Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, free Grandmaster Flash, TBA The Highdive 9pm, $15 Salsa with DJ Bris [salsa, mambo, bachata] Cowboy Monkey 9:30pm, free Open Mic/Open Jam hosted by Crazy Johnny and The SaloonA-Tix [classic rock & blues] Tommy G's 10pm, free Premo Records Presents Freestyle Battle & Open Mic Night [live hip hop & dancing] Tonic 10pm, $4

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If the name Palomar sounds familiar, it may be because they toured through Champaign-Urbana for the first time just a month and a half ago. The four-member group is now gaining some larger exposer by touring with fellow New Yorkers Luna for the month of November.

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After 13 years as a band, Luna have released their final album and are going on their final tour. Rendezvous, their seventh and final album, was released on Oct. 26 on Jetset Records. Pitchfork describes the album as “an intimate, close-listening affair, stuffed with hushed, rewarding melodies, subtly lulling backing vocals from bassist Britta Phillips, and the occasional surprising textural ripple.”

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