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HEADS SCRATCH THAT

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Leave the premade stuffing at the store.

EAT YOUR VEGGIES

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Common Ground hosts Thanksgiving tastings.

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Coulter explains why Paltrow has no place at the CMAs.

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Your guide to this week’s events around CU.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Are you up on the latest “haute happenings?” Emily Cleary talks Latino Fashion Week in Chicago, online right now!

MUSIC Don’t let family time cut back your music time. Find the perfect songs for you, Mom, Dad and the siblings with a Thanksgiving playlist, online Tuesday.

FOOD & DRINK By now, the dining hall food is getting pretty repetitive and your wallet can only take so much more take out. Start getting fancy with your resources! Emily tells how to make an interesting meal in her latest “Dining Hall Delicacies,” up Saturday. MOVIES & TV ‘Ello gov’na! Some bugger will be reviewing the latest ‘Arry Pottah movie. Cheeky wankers!

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BRAD THORP

Recently, I’ve been thinking more seriously about cover songs. Covers are something that can be done in a great way, but most of the time they turn out to be more of an embarrassment than any good. I never really know how to feel when a band does a cover. I understand it more when a band is first starting out, or even maybe on their first tour. This is a time of development, and, honestly, it is very probable that you don’t have enough songs to fill the set, so I am almost expecting those covers. I think the only other time this is acceptable is when you have truly established your band, your individual sound and musically competence. Some of the best covers come from musicians who are so aware of their instruments and their sounds that they are able to accept the original, build upon it and create something beautiful, something which touches on the form of the original but heads in a new direction. These standards are, of course, for legitimate bands. Explicit cover bands require their own set of standards, if you can call them that. I am always confused when a band sets out, tours and brands themselves as a cover band of another artist. These people are obviously talented, have musical ability and intelligence, but for one reason or another have chosen to live off the success of another artist. Why would you do that? Everyone has to start somewhere, and nobody can be looked down on for a humble beginning. I’m really not saying that. There is always leeway for musical maturation and evolution; I am just saddened by potentially great musicians who don’t push their creativity. I do think covers can be a great gateway. There are some great covers out there that I really love and am very impressed by. I always look forward to hearing new covers. They can give new life to some old favorites. Hearing great covers of old favorites is kind of like hearing these songs for the first time. Who doesn’t wish they could do that more often! Covering a song, to me, should not be just a regurgitation of the song, rather a melding of the song with the emotion it brings forth in the performer, and creating something new. This truly honors the original and its creator. Otherwise, I’m not sure much good comes from it.

SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS DREAMTALK by Ashley LeVela Urbana is home to the School of Metaphysics, housed in a seemingly ordinary two-story white house off Main Street. The school will be hosting a dream interpretation event Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Pam Blosser, director of the school, holds a myriad of titles including teacher, minister, counselor, writer and musician. Blosser graduated from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and sociology. For 10 years, she travelled around the world, living in Japan, Hong Kong and London. After returning to the United States, she began studying at the School of Metaphysics. The School of Metaphysics is a national not-forprofit educational institute with 15 centers located in the Midwest. Classes are taught in the evening, which focus on “how to hone your mind for greater success, well-being, happiness and peace of mind,” Blosser said. These ideas are taught through exercises of concentration, memory and meditation. “We have written lessons in the class that talk about different aspects of how to apply your mind for success [and] how to use your will effectively. Willpower is an essential part in being successful,” Blosser said. “These are sometimes things that trip us up — the ego, the will and the emotions. So, when we understand their purpose and use them effectively, it gives us that much more of an advantage.” While some might be hesitant with the term metaphysics, it really just involves looking at life from a different perspective, she said. “If everybody in Champaign-Urbana had the thought that they can make a difference in what they do and that they can control their life, the consciousness of our city would be drastically raised,” she said. BUZZ STAFF

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COVER DESIGN Joann Pierce EDITOR IN CHIEF Brad Thorp MANAGING EDITOR Claire Keating ART DIRECTOR Annaka Olsen COPY CHIEF Emily Siner PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Ramzi Dreessen IMAGE EDITOR Peggy Fioretti PHOTOGRAPHERS Justin Maatubang, Jaci Wandell DESIGNERS Bridget Hapner, Adam Fabianski, Joann Pierce MUSIC EDITOR Dylan Sutcliff FOOD & DRINK EDITOR Jeanine Russell MOVIES & TV EDITOR Matt Carey ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Lauren Hise COMMUNITY EDITOR Nick Martin CU CALENDAR Elisia Phau COPY EDITORS Erin Dittmer SALES MANAGER Carolyn Gilbert MARKETING/DISTRIBUTION Brandi Willis PUBLISHER Mary Cory

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Peggy Fioretti Image Editor

Likes  Nice strangers: Who doesn’t like a nice stranger? The mean ones suck and don’t hold doors open for you and give you dirty looks and kidnap you. Nice strangers are the best. They leave you pennies and bless your sneezes.  Hobbit songs: There’s really nothing better than a singing hobbit. Their rhymes are so lovely and I want them to sing me to sleep for the rest of my life!  Babies and puppies: If you don’t like babies and puppies, then I don’t like you at all, really. There’s just something adorable about a little creature that only knows how to cry and isn’t potty trained. Plus, they’re cuter than you. Erin Dittmer Copy Editor

GRIPES Âť Training cats: Something I didn’t know — cats hate being told what to do. I’ve been squirting my cat, Goblin, with a water bottle whenever he jumps on the counter for the past few weeks. It’s super fun, but Goblin’s been super mad at me. Âť Airports: I’ve been cursed. The airplane gods have smote me again and again. Last spring break I missed five flights on my way back from Asheville, N.C. Here’s to hoping I get to Boston this week. Âť Trying to bring back “the Chiefâ€?: Socially ingrained racism is so 1861. You had the “Last Danceâ€? last year, guys. Stop whining for another. Jordan Ramos Assitant Food & Drink Editor

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Âť TV Guide Channel: I still live in the dorms, so I don’t have a beautiful “guideâ€? button on my remote. I have channel 19. The scrolling in general is slow, but since the beginning of the year, after one channel disappears, it will pause for four seconds. Another channel gone, another four seconds. It drives me crazy every Monday when I can’t remember what channel How I Met Your Mother is on, and by the time I’ve figured out it’s on channel four, I’ve missed crucial plot points. Âť No doppelganger: Never in my life have I been told I look like a celebrity. This one time, my grandma told my sister she looked like Jessica Alba. My sister and I kind of look alike. I guess that’s as good as I’m gonna get for now. Âť Stretching laundry out until I go home: This past weekend, I really needed to do laundry. On Monday, I realized I was going home this weekend, so the laundry could wait. On Tuesday, I expressed my concern of lack of clothing to my roommate when I opened my top drawer and only had a cut off T-shirt and a pair of my high school volleyball spandex with gum on the butt. She came over to take a look, realized it was her shirt, and took it back. In my top drawer, I now only have a pair of volleyball spandex with gum on the butt.

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The Quad. Thursday, Nov. 18. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.. Hosted by Habitat for Humanity. Free With the holiday season upon us, it’s tempting to get lost in our own wish lists. After all, it’s a sad fact that often times we get desensitized to the plight of our fellow man. This Thursday, UIUC Habitat for Humanity will be attempting to give students a glimpse of an impoverished life that’s hard to ignore. As part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, they’ll be showing an exhibit of what life is like without a home, right smack in the middle of the center of our own busy lives: the Quad. — Lauren Hise, Arts & Entertainment Editor

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18 ONE OF THE TOP GUITARISTS OF OUR TIME!

MONTE MONTGOMERY with THE DELTA KINGS

Jeff Helgesen Quintet

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19

DISMISS THE CHOSEN

Iron Post. 120 S. Race St., U.. Friday, Nov. 19. 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.

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You know that period of lull on Fridays when you are out of class but not ready to start drinking yet? Well, why not enjoy that time by listening to a badass trumpeter? I never really thought the trumpet was cool until I started listening to Miles Davis, then I realized that I would stick my tongue in a blender if it meant that I could learn how to play. I can dream, can’t I? — Matt Carey, Movies & TV Editor

with BY FIRE, TRASH CITY ROCKERS and LAST NIGHT’S DISASTER SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20

SPAWN OF DISCHORD with HIGH 5 HOMICIDE, LOW TWELVE and DEGRADE THE SIGNAL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27

with FLIGHTRISK THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2

Music Man Jr.

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Centennial High School. Saturday, Nov. 20. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.. $7 When I was in eighth grade in middle school, our drama department put on a production of Music Man Jr.; and while I wasn’t in it myself, I was Yorkville High School’s most feared critic. The year before I wrote such as scathing review of Cinderella Jr. that the show directors literally turned back time to instead do Robin Hood Jr., which was delightful. Regardless, in an attempt to please my critical eye, for our production of Music Man Jr. the directors called in a ringer to play Harold Hill, George Clooney. So we’ll see if Centennial High School with live up to Mr. Clooney’s talents, I just want to warn them that I’ll be there, and I’ll be expecting quite the performance. — Dylan Sutcliff, Music Editor

with THE HUE and VAN GHOST FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3

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Unitarian Universalist Movement of Urbana-Champaign. Fellowship Hall. 309 W. Green St., U.. Saturday, Nov. 20.. 7 p.m.. $5 suggested donation. 18+ This is a charity event that encourages storytelling. It’s a great way to get ready for Thanksgiving. Just help someone out. I mean, hell, I should too right? I will. I promise. No jokes. Go out to a charity event. Make someone’s life easier before a holiday. For God’s sake, babies, you gotta be kind! — Nick Martin, Community Editor

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A TRIBUTE TO AC/DC SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11

MINUS THE BEAR with TIM KASHER (OF CURSIVE) and NEW IDEA SOCIETY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31

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$3 REAL LONG ISLAND ICED TEAS DOORS OPEN AT 8:00PM ONLY $5 COVER!

$10 FOR A DOMESTIC PITCHER AND LARGE PIZZA WITH $5 REFILLS December 5

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ith so much planning and buying and preparing, it’s easy to forget that Thanksgiving is also a celebration of harvest and growing food. Central Illinois is rich with local farms that can help provide this traditional sense of sharing good food, and Triple S Farm in Stewardson, Ill., is one that provides organic meats. Triple S Farm’s motto is “We Grow Taste,” and the way they do this by raising entirely organic livestock fed only grains. Stan Scott Schutte and his family have been farming for 30 years, and in the organic farming business for the past 12. According to Schutte, business was a little slow before they changed over to organic, so they wanted a fresh idea to make their farming more marketable. Switching to organic seemed like a great way to better their community while staying in business. Schutte said that since Triple S Farm is a local business, the local economy highly profits from such a marketable resource as well as the health of the community as a whole. “Organic farming is good for the environment, good for local economics, and socially,” he said. Triple S Farm believes that conventional farming has been extremely harmful to the environment over the years because of the drugs and chemicals used to grow the grain that the animals eat. Its animals are now completely free range in certified organic pastures. Unlike conventional livestock, they are also completely drug free. As the business is family owned, Triple S Farm has grown close to their faithful customers. “I’m most proud of my loyal customers; without them I wouldn’t be in business,” Schutte said. Many customers are families that have been with Triple S Farm and the Schutte family for so long that they have developed a strong personal relationship with the staff. The customers form a tight bond through the common interest of healthy eating. The Triple S Farm’s business is different from other farms around them, Schutte said, because they make an effort to maintain their personal bonds with customers as well as locally producing a unique product. Triple S Farm is not currently producing vegetables since it’s not the growing season. For now, it focuses entirely on raising natural and healthy livestock in order to produce the best quality meat, Schutte said. It sells a wide variety of pork, beef and poultry to many different

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It’s a b-e-a-u-tiful day in the neighborhood!

How it’s made

Thanksgiving stand-bys

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Try these stuffing and cranberry sauce recipes instead of the pre-packaged kind this Thanksgiving. by Samantha Bakall This Thanksgiving, don’t reach for instant or quick-cook foods just because they are easy. Homemade favorites like stuffing and cranberry sauce are pretty simple to make, taste better than their instant counterparts and not take a huge amount of time. Stuffing is a classic side dish of Thanksgiving and other holiday meals. Many are accustomed to the stove top instant stuffing mixes that are prevalent during the cold months of the year. This recipe for homemade pomegranate cornbread stuffing from Martha Stewart is a great way to bring new fall and winter flavors to the table. Another classic that is enjoyed with turkey, stuffing or anything else on the dining room table, is cranberry sauce. This is commonly sold in a can, ready to be thrown into a pan and heated up. That method is simple and easy, but homemade cranberry sauce can be made in under 15 minutes. It is only requires three ingredients and is significantly tastier than canned cranberry sauce.

Cranberry Sauce Ingredients » 1 cup white sugar » 1 cup orange juice » 1 12 ounce package fresh cranberries Directions In a medium saucepan over medium heat, dissolve the sugar in the orange juice. Stir in the cranberries, and cook until they start to pop (about 10 minutes). Remove from heat, and transfer to a bowl. Cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools.

Pomegranate Cornbread Stuffing Ingredients, Serves 12 » 1 pound prepared cornbread, cut into 1-inch cubes » 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, plus more for baking dish » 2 tablespoons olive oil » 1 cup chopped dried apricots » 1 cup raisins » 1 cup chopped celery » 1/2 cup sliced green onion » 1 cup pomegranate seeds (If pomegranate seeds aren’t available, dried cranberries are a great substitute.) » 1/2 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley » 1 large egg, lightly beaten » 2 to 3 cups homemade or store-bought lowsodium chicken broth Directions Arrange bread in a single layer on a baking sheet, and let stand, uncovered, at room temperature overnight. (Alternatively, bake bread in a 300-degree oven until dry but not browned, about 15 minutes). Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter and set aside. Heat oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add apricots, raisins, celery, and onion; cook stirring, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Place cornbread in a large bowl. Add apricot mixture, pomegranate seeds, parsley, melted butter, egg and 2 cups broth; mix until well combined. If mixture seems too dry, add a little more broth until desired consistency is reached. To cook stuffing in a turkey: Loosely stuff into a turkey, and roast until center of stuffing registers 165 degrees on an instant-read thermometer. Spoon remaining stuffing into a buttered 9-by-13-inch baking dish, cover with parchment paper, then foil, and bake for 25 minutes. Uncover and bake until golden brown 10 to 15 minutes more. To bake all of the stuffing outside a turkey: Bake as directed above. buzz

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by Jo SangEr and Ross Wantland

Nymphs, Satyrs and Sex Fiends Fun with hypersexuality “Am I a nymphomaniac?” This is a question that we hear from people — often women — who are concerned that they are too sexual. How sexual is too sexual? How much sex is too much? These questions assume some kind of division between perfectly healthy sexual desires/behaviors and obscenely perverse behaviors. For “Doin’ It Well,” the truth probably lies somewhere between. Why Worry?

We receive messages from family, television, religion, school, and, of course, friends and partners that tell us about “normal” sexual behaviors. Men and women get some very different messages around this; the stud/slut dichotomy — men are studs for sleeping with the same number of people that gets women called sluts — places a pressure upon women to be sexually in control (i.e., mostly virginal) all the time. If we tell our friends how many people we have slept with and they gasp, we may begin to wonder if there is something wrong with us. Family and religion often tell all genders that sexuality is only useful when it leads to reproduction (during heterosexual marriage!), which leaves LGBT folks in a position where their desires and actions are always seen as deviant. So it’s normal to worry, especially when we get messages that it isn’t okay to feel or be sexual. Nymphomania!

Like those naughty nymphs and satyrs of Greek lore, nymphomania – and its masculine form satyriasis – suggests that these folks have sex more than some random amount, and it causes problems. Nymphomania as a term has fallen out of use medically, but still captivates our imagination otherwise. When a woman gets called a nympho(maniac) today, it’s the equivalent to “slut.” The assumptions: she has more sex than she should, with more people than she should, in ways that she shouldn’t, perhaps with people or in places she shouldn’t. Nymphomania and satyriasis have been replaced medically by the term hypersexuality, referring to an excessive sex drive and/or a desire to engage in sexual activities at a rate higher than that accepted by society or culture. Although not a psychological diagnosis itself, hypersexuality is listed as a symptom of other disorders, such as bipolar disorder; hypersexual behavior and preoccupation may be part of other manic behaviors. Addicted to Sex?

Hypersexuality often is linked to the idea of “sex addiction” or “sexual compulsion” — that someone may be preoccupied with sex so much that they ignore their social, work and family lives to pursue sexual behavior. This is the crux of addiction — they get in the way. (Note: there is disagreement out there whether sex addiction is really a condition, although 12-step groups have been formed around the idea.) For some folks, this hypersexuality can mean cheating in long-term relationships, compulsive

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masturbation, sex with prostitutes and other kinds of anonymous sex, exhibitionism, voyeurism and the like. The actual sex act may be just one component in a larger ritual leading up to (and following) the sex act. For some folks, the sexual behavior may be ways of coping with feelings of self-loathing, pain and loneliness. Who Are You Calling Abnormal?

This idea that someone’s sexual behaviors are out of control is also interesting. Who gets to define that? For behaviors that are about only one person’s well-being (like masturbation), we believe it is up to the individual to determine whether their sex drive is “too much.” In conversations with people who believe they may be hypersexual (or “nymphos”) it’s important to tease apart where these messages are coming from. Is this about messages that my sexuality is inherently shameful or bad (and therefore most of my sexual desires are shameful/bad), or is this about the impact upon myself and/or others? Hypersexuality Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry

If you know you have a high sex drive (in relation to those around you), this doesn’t excuse behaviors that harm yourself or others. We still have a responsibility to manage our behaviors, whether that means cheating or sexually pressuring your partner, in ways that are healthy and respectful. As humans, we are complex creatures. We have the ability to engage in sex for reasons beyond procreation. It isn’t about pheromones, though that can’t hurt. But instead we may have a broad set of reasons for being sexual with ourselves and others – joy, connection, release, stress, anger, pain, to feel wanted. We have to learn how to be “self-reflexive” – to pay attention to our behaviors and thoughts without punishing ourselves or rushing to denial. Some people find Sex Addict Anonymous groups to be helpful. Other people find therapy, especially with a certified sex therapist, to be a useful place to build understanding of their drives and behaviors. Naughty Nymphos or Normal Needs?

Many times when we worry about being “nymphos,” we are actually struggling to normalize our sexual desires and attractions. We are sexual beings, and we may express that sexuality in a variety of ways. Before we accept labels of “deviance,” we have to first know who we are and figure that out. Not an easy task, but coming to understand our sexuality as part of ourselves, rather than outside of ourselves, is a huge part of becoming a sex positive adult. And we think that’s pretty sexy. Check out next week as we offer some tips for parents. Got a question? E-mail “Doin’ It Well” at buzzdoinitwell@ yahoo.com.

Meet my mocs: moc one and moc two. They do not match — not good for a shoe.

the217.com   NOVEMBER 18 - 24, 2010

A pretty good interview of varying insight No turkey Dave Eggers talks with buzz about his U of I memories, Zeitoun and his many writing projects for me! by Nick Martin and Joe Lewis

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ave Eggers used to work for the Daily Illini. Now, he is one of the leading voices in contemporary fiction. His memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize and added a breath of fresh air to the way post-modernists use metafiction. His literary magazine/publishing house, McSweeney’s, highlights fresh voices in all mediums of writing. His outreach writing center project, 826 Valencia, helps inner-city students write and learn better; it is established in cities across America, including Chicago. He’s also written screenplays, novels, short stories, flash fiction (for the non-English major reader, that’s a REALLY short story) and even children’s books. In sum: the dude is pretty prolific. Keep in mind, he went to the same school you do. (Unless you’re not a U of I student, which is fine. Just ignore that last sentence.) So, you don’t need to be from New York or L.A.: It’s entirely possible for someone who lives in the Midwest to add their voice to the literary landscape. » buzz: You were an Illini Media alumnus. What department did you work for? Any special Illini Media memories? Dave Eggers: I started out my freshman year as a photographer, shooting during the day and developing in an actual darkroom at night. It was a pretty great gig, actually. One of my jobs was to go to Illini basketball games — this was the year we went to the Final Four — and sit under the basket and get dunk shots. I don’t know if I ever got anything published, but it was a nice place to watch the games. From there I did illustrations for the op-ed page for a while, then I went into feature writing, record reviews, art reviews. My junior year I edited the section called Directory (that’s what buzz used to be called) and my senior year I edited the monthly magazine, InPrint, that featured long form journalism. I think I did just about every job at the DI, short of ad sales. » buzz: Did you live in Champaign or Urbana? Where did you hang out? DE: The DI was at First Street and Green at that time and I lived about four blocks away on First Street. I slept at the DI a lot, too, in the old Illio offices. They never knew that, though. Not until now, at least. » buzz: On Zeitoun: I noticed you were able to ask a lot of intimate, personal questions, like on page 40 when Kathy describes her weight troubles. How long did it take to develop relationships with this sort of confiding to develop? DE: It was different for the two of them. Kathy is very quick to warm up to people — she’s very talkative and unguarded. So with Kathy, the relationship was almost immediately very open. She’s also a great storyteller with an incredible eye for detail, so she really made the book possible. With Zeitoun, it took a little longer for that same rapport to develop. But after we had shared a number of meals together it felt very familial, very trusting. Pretty early on he

started telling me things he hadn’t even told Kathy. This happens a lot when someone decides to tell their story: they tend to open up and go into far greater detail to the reporter than anyone else. But it takes time. Many of the most crucial parts of the book came out of times we just spent driving around together, rather than in formal interviews. » buzz: When did you decide to incorporate the extended Zeitoun family (Kathy, as well as Zeitoun’s family in Syria) into the book? It worked nicely thematically. How did you realize that you wanted to extend the story? DE: The very first time I met the Zeitouns, we spent most of the time talking about Abdulrahman’s life in Syria. Even in that first meeting it was obvious his upbringing and extended family would play a large role in the story. And then when I went to Syria and Spain, the role of his family grew even more. I was able to see the effect of Abdulrahman’s disappearance on his brothers and sisters and cousDave Eggers, left, author of Zuitoun and Daily Illini alumnus, visits Illini Media for a Q & ins, and see their side of it. It A discussion. Photo by Joanna Mirowska was important to be able to show the impact of this kind of injustice on not DE: We just opened a new center in Washington, just the man victimized but on all those who D.C., and that’s been pretty incredible to see grow care about him. from an idea, a few years ago, to a thriving center » buzz: Without spoiling the end, the book de- with a pretty great storefront. So we have eight tails American government officials in an embar- centers now, and I’m not entirely sure how many rassing and controversial light. Have you person- more we’ll add. There are a lot of centers based ally received any feedback about this from any on our model that are popping up, in places like government officials? Alabama and London and Dublin, and that’s good DE: There’s been no official response, and I to see. They don’t have to be affiliated with us didn’t expect anything like that. There’s no directly to do the same kind of work. chance of any official representing New Or- » buzz: After writing two movies, do you feel faleans or FEMA of commenting or apologizing mous? Do people recognize you on the street anywithout risking liability. Then again, it’s hard to more frequently? find any officials associated with the response DE: Very few people know much about the people to Katrina that felt like they did a good job, or who write movies. I don’t think I knew what the who deny their many failures and missteps. word screenwriter meant until I was in my midEven Bush, in his new autobiography, admits twenties. So no, it hasn’t changed anything. The that the response was deeply flawed. guy at the video store once thought he’d heard my » buzz: It seems lately you’ve been writing a lot name somewhere, but he couldn’t place it. That’s of non-fiction books, yet your prose style is still as close as I’ve come. very lyrical. How did you progress from fiction to » buzz: What’s your next project? DE: The Voice of Witness series has been really non-fiction? DE: I spent my twenties writing almost exclusively active this fall — we have two books coming out non-fiction: features, travel writing, criticism, op- very soon: one called Hope Deferred: Narratives eds. I was probably about thirty before I got serious of Zimbabwe Lives, and one called Nowhere To Be about fiction. These last few books are really just Home: Narratives from Survivors of Burma’s Military going back into my journalistic training. Regime. Otherwise, I’m working very slowly on a » buzz: How is 826 Valencia project going? Any novel and enjoying the freedom that comes with writing fiction. new updates or features?

Third annual Very Veggie Thanksgiving Sampler

by Jessica Bourque For vegetarians and vegans, Thanksgiving proves to be somewhat of a challenge. While many dishes like mashed potatoes, green beans and stuffing are all veggie friendly, there is still one daunting question to be answered: What could possibly replace a succulent turkey and delicious turkey gravy? Actually, a lot of things, said Jacqueline Hannah, joint general manager of the Common Ground Food Co-op. “Mostly people’s perception is the main challenge at Thanksgiving, that vegetarian cooking and being a vegetarian is difficult and it’s not really at all,” said Hannah. Hannah and others at Common Ground are putting together the third annual Very Veggie Thanksgiving Sampling, a free event meant to provide some vegetarian friendly Thanksgiving recipes. This year’s event is taking things one step further and serving an all-vegan Thanksgiving spread. Vegans, unlike vegetarians, do not eat any animal by-products. The meal they have planned will include all the essentials: garlic and herb mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce and vegan gravy; however, for the main dish, a “celebration loaf” will be served in place of turkey. But Hannah said there is another option. “We’ve come up with one solution that a lot of people use, which is a stuffed acorn squash,” said Hannah. The event will take place on Nov. 20 from 1 to 2 p.m., just in time for turkey, or celebration loaf, day. But if you want to get your fair share of samples, be sure to get there early. Around 100 people show up each year, said Hannah, and there is always a crowd outside. “We usually have about a dozen or so people crowded out front before it even begins,” she said. buzz

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Morning Glory is totally predictable. If you’ve seen Working Girl, you’ve basically seen Morning Glory. That being said, if predictable is done well, then it can transcend into delightful, which is exactly what this little gem starring Rachel McAdams does. Becky Fuller (McAdams) is a go-getter with an excellent work ethic. The only problem is that she lacks a distinguished education and cannot seem to ever live up to her nearly impossible standards. She slaves over a morning news show in New Jersey, dreaming of working at The Today Show one day. Her dreams are abruptly shattered when she is unexpectedly fired on the same day she is anticipating a promotion. In a scramble, she moves to New York and takes a job at the lowest-rated morning news show on any major television network. The job has horrible hours, even worse pay and two vile anchors (Diane Keaton and Modern Family’s Ty Burrell). Becky gets "5:: off to an impressive start, firing Burrell’s charac4(523$!9 ter and then hiring distinguished, award-winning ./6%-"%2 newsmanCORP NOTE KEEP THIS SAME SIZE ALWAYS Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford), who, as one character describes to Becky, is “the third worst person in the world.� The rest of the film 8 follows Becky as she struggles to get the show’s TH PAGE ratings up and achieve her dream of being a successful television news producer while dealing with a host of hardships along the way. The pedigree of Morning Glory is stellar. Every member of the cast brings their A-game, and boy, is the cast a dream: McAdams, Ford and Keaton are joined by Jeff Goldblum and Patrick Wilson, to name a few. The film is also from the pen of Aline

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Brosh McKenna, who wrote the fantastic The Devil Wears Prada, and is directed by Roger Michell, the man behind 1999’s charming rom com Notting Hill. Oh, and J. J. Abrams (Star Trek, Lost) is one of the film’s producers. All of these impressive people bring everything they can to a totally been-there, done-that story, and the end result is a supremely sweet, charming hour-and-forty minutes at the movies. McAdams deserves most of the credit here. She carries the movie on her shoulders and comes off a true star. Her exuberance and likability are off the charts, making Becky someone the audience can really root for. Ford is also great as Pomeroy, a grumbling, miserable man who may need Becky even more than she needs him. As the narrative carries on, it becomes more and more evident that Morning Glory is not trying anything new. Of course, Becky has a romantic interest (Wilson), and their relationship is put to the test when she can’t get work off of her mind. Also, Keaton and Ford’s characters (not shockingly) hate each other, resulting in some hilarious tongue lashings. While both of these narrative elements are exactly what one would expect from a romantic workplace comedy, they are done well and presented to audiences in a way that is familiar but not offensive. Yes, you’ve seen movies like Morning Glory before, but sometimes predictable movies can serve not as a brain stimulation but a stimulation for the heart, evoking nostalgia and feelings of comfort. This is precisely what Morning Glory does: it gives audiences nothing new, but it’s charming and cute and very easy to enjoy.

Southland Tales (2006)

by Jennifer Lavine

Although Southland Tales doesn’t have the kitsch that director Richard Kelly’s previous film, Donnie Darko, has, it does contain intrinsic value as a spectacle too big for the big screen. Some may find the plot too much to follow — when you’re taking on a story of biblical proportions and trying to make a statement, it can be too much to encompass in one two-hour film — and I would agree that if you’re watching this movie for a gripping story line you may find it lacking. However, the director incorporates some epic details. Take Justin Timberlake’s role as a war-torn soldier recently back from Iraq: his character’s background isn’t so much important as is the spectacle it creates, especially when he’s drunkenly dancing to a Killers song (look this up on Youtube. It

will leave you in a trance). Even “The Rock� Dwayne Johnson will leave you mesmerized. His clueless persona makes this version of the Messiah seem as helpless to his fate as we are to his bad acting. He also has some great one-liners including the phrase: “I’m a pimp, and pimps don’t commit suicide.� It seems so contradictory to the heavy subject matter of the film, but if you learn not to take any of it too seriously you can laugh it off and just enjoy the visual fireworks. Southland Tales delivers exactly what it promises in the first few minutes of the movie: “This is how the world ends — not in a whimper but in a bang.� There are lots of bangs, and with so many quirky concepts, everyone can find something enjoyable in this film.

Who would’ve thought a movie about stuffy journalists in Washington, D.C., could be so tense and engaging? This classic true story about two Washington Post reporters investigating the Watergate scandal features incredible lead performances by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. As Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the duo manages to keep the intricate story from getting too confusing. By the end of the movie, even their shorthand way of conversing with one another is understandable to the audience. There’s a reason why this movie is referenced all the time in current pop culture: it’s terrific. The Insider (1999)

I’m an unabashed Michael Mann fan. Heat is one of my favorite movies. I can even find merit in his lesser works like Miami Vice and Ali, but The Insider is a genuinely fascinating film. Russell Crowe stars as Jeffrey Wigand, a recently fired tobacco executive who agrees to help 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) do a piece about newfound dangers in cigarettes. Wigand becomes paranoid when he believes his former employers are trying to hunt him down because of the story. Also, this movie has an unbelievable performance by Christopher Plummer, who portrays Mike Wallace precisely. Network (1976)

Watching this movie 34 years after its release, you will be surprised at how uncannily prophetic this satire is. When longtime news anchor Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is told he is going to be fired due to sagging ratings, he announces that he is going to kill himself on the air. He rants and raves about how much life sucks, and his ratings soar. Thus, the network executives begin finding any and all shows that are outrageous, such as a show about terrorists. I like to think that this movie is akin to being a fly on the wall at the Fox network.

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by Dylan Sutcliff » buzz: How long have you guys been together and how did you get started? Ryan McCoy: We started playing around spring of 2009. The four of us grew up in Champaign and knew each other in high school. We sort of connected musically through going to the same local shows and playing in various bands. I used to play guitar in a punk/ska band called Alleyway Sex, Mikael and Sam used to both play in a hardcore band called Outcast to Society, and Chris sings for We Must Dismantle All This!. Being involved in that same scene made it easy for us to connect. We formed at a time shortly after our former bands had stopped playing and we were all just looking for something new, so we came together as a result of that. » buzz: Which type of venue do you like to play most (house, bar, club) and why? RM: It really depends on the atmosphere of each of those places and what reasons the people in attendance are there for, but in my opinion I’d say our style and sound thrives in a house show environment. I prefer to play more intimate settings, and houses just offer a level of connection to the band that most of the time you cant find at a bar. That being said, we love playing Mike ‘n Molly’s, and I have seen some of my favorite shows at bars, so I’m not discrediting any of the bars in town for hosting great shows. » buzz: How do you like being a band in CU? Is the community, musical or otherwise, any different from other places you’ve been/played? RM: I grew up here and I’ve been going to shows here since I was 13, so to me this is home and it is where I feel comfortable playing

in bands and meeting new bands. CU is unique because you have the University, which brings in people from all over the region, so you always have that new crowd coming out which keeps things interesting. Beyond that, there is a pretty eclectic group of local musicians here that are dedicated to the community and have been for years. It’s sort of that whole “everybody knows everybody” thing that you can’t really escape in a small town, but in terms of music it can be a good thing. I enjoy being able to get our band involved with bands of all different styles, and it’s much easier to do that in a place like CU than it is in a bigger city. » buzz: How would you describe your sound? Is it drawn from anything in particular? RM: We draw our sound from a variety of influences, but to make things easy I usually just tell people we’re a pop-punk band. Each of us listen to pretty different stuff, though, which I think helps give a better idea of what our sound is like. I have always been heavy into ‘90s era skate punk like Lagwagon, but I also love melodic Chicago punk bands like Alkaline Trio and the Lawrence Arms. Sam is big on old school rock ‘n’ roll like the Stones and the newer era garage punk stuff like The Black Lips. Mikael has a pretty vast taste in everything, but I’d say his style of playing is pretty well represented by classic rock bands like T. Rex. Chris listens to a lot of punk and metal. He loves bands like the Refused and Converge. So basically if you can imagine what a group of guys trying to make songs with those styles blended, that’s us — although you’re probably better off just coming to a show than listening to me try to describe it in words.

Chris Wahlfeldt and Mikael Brackett of The Fresh Kills performing at Red Star Liquors in Urbana. Photo by Justin Maatubang

» buzz: What’s in the future for The Fresh Kills? RM: Well, we are going to continue to play shows around town for the remainder of the school year and try to do a tour outside of Illinois in the early summer. We have plans to record a split with our friends in Horrible Things this winter. After that we are going to go back to Milwaukee and record our next full length with our friend Shane Hochstetler in the spring. He did our first record and we are really excited to do our next one with him. After that, it’s pretty much wherever the road takes us.

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culpture, drawings, audio and paintings ... all with his own two hands. Rod Northcutt will be presenting his exhibit “A Natural History of Fabricationâ€? at the Parkland College Art Gallery through February 2011. The opening reception is this Thursday, Nov. 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. In the works on display, Northcutt’s love of nature is apparent, as is his skill. In the days leading up to his eighth solo show in his 15 years as an artist and his first in the Champaign area, buzz asked Northcutt about his latest exhibit. Âť buzz: Where did your love of nature come from? Rod Northcutt: I have an appreciation for it first and foremost because I’m around it every day. However, also I grew up in southwest Texas in a somewhat rural community, and I spent a lot of my time outside and even became a Boy Scout, so a lot of it comes from my experiences in nature. I’m an outdoorsy kind of guy, and when you’re outdoors a lot, you pay attention to the details around you as an artist. Âť buzz: How would you describe your exhibit? RN: If I could put it into short form, essentially I am a writer. I make up stories. I read a lot of history, a lot of philosophy and books on nature and fiction. Then I put this all together, all this information together, and combine usually animals with sociology or philosophy or anthropology or some sort of study of the sciences or humanities. So like these stories, I come up with relics that support them. What I work to do is make

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up lies and then make up relics that support the lies and put them all together in a natural history museum setting so that people can look at this and perhaps it rides the line between what they consider truth and reality.  buzz: How did you come up with the title for this exhibit? RN: It totally goes along with my idea. ... I’m a maker. Making things requires a great deal of specificity and skill. And so, when I look at nature, I notice the animals that make things with a great deal of specificity and skill. The woodworkers in the animal world would be the beavers and the woodpeckers and the termites. They’re amazing with it, so much better than what we can think to do. The ceramic workers in the natural world are the potter wasps and the barn swallows. They’re out there working with the same materials as we’re working with, so I’ve got some sort of allegiance with them, and I try to honor them by featuring them as the characters in a lot of my work. So the natu-

ral history of fabrication would suggest that instead of a kind of cultural history specification that you’d see in a natural history museum, which focuses in antique tools, which humans used, I’m focusing much more in on the tools that the animals have used.  buzz: What would say is your favorite work in the exhibit? RN: I’ve got a lot of favorites. There’s an audio loop where I’ve recorded sounds of beavers, termites and woodpeckers, and I’ve also recorded the sound of myself working. And because I work primarily without any electricity — I try to use traditional hand tools — I’m taking all these recordings and putting them together almost like an ethnographical record. It’s going to be playing during the exhibit to set the tone for a lot of the exhibits.  buzz: What do you want people to experience when seeing your exhibit? RN: I’d like for people to be able to sit for long enough to appreciate a good story.

Take a New Spin with an Old Dance The Urbana Country Dancers help keep the tradition alive by Ellen Guirl The Urbana Contra Dancers have been around since the 1980s, holding dances and teaching others how to dance contra. The dancers are taking a part of the country’s past and making it accessible to the general public. This is especially true for their dances, which are held every first and third Friday of each month. They are designed to introduce new members and keep the faithful entertained. “We always have live music, admission is fairly inexpensive and our dances are open to anyone,� said Jonathan Sivier. �No experience, partners or costumes are needed.� Beth Hanson, a UIUC student and member of the Urbana Contra Dancers, has been attending their dances for most of her life. “It’s a great social atmosphere,� said Hanson. “It doesn’t matter your age or anything, and the dances themselves are so social that you pretty much meet every person dancing.� Contra dance can be defined in two different ways. The first is a more traditional American dance with couples forming two long lines, derived from English country dances of the 1600s and 1700s, Sivier said. Contra is also a more general 10

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up of an electric fiddle and electric acoustic guitar, has also provided music for the dancers in the past. The bands normally include fiddle, banjo, guitar, bass and other stringed instruments. The main focus may be on the dances, but the music is a very important part of the event itself. Fortunately for beginners, contra is not that hard to learn. Everyone is taught the steps before each dance, and a caller states the next step during the dance. In addition, the group Used with permission from Terrence McNally and the Creative Commons holds a family dance before most dances, term for an event with various dances including designed to allow younger participants a chance contra, square dances, circles, waltzes and even the to do a simpler dance and to teach steps to the bepolka. To keep the bodies moving, all contra dances ginners. All the events are created with families in are staged to live music provided by a band. mind, and since members are of all ages, the dance “Our bands come from Champaign-Urbana, environment remains very diverse. The dances are Charleston, Bloomington-Normal, Chicago, St. about having a good time, meeting new people and Louis, Indiana, Cincinnati, and even New Eng- remembering the dances from our past. land,� said Dan Lewart, president of the Urbana Join the Urbana Country Dancers at their next Contra Dancers. event Friday, Nov. 19, from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Phillips The group has recently used a band called Ban- Recreation Center in Urbana, with a new dancer jar, made up of two UIUC students, Claire Johnson orientation at 7:30 p.m. For more information on the and Ben Leddy. Perpetual e-Motion, a band made group or upcoming events visit urbana-contra.org.

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THURSDAY 18 live music Jazz in the Courtyard Illini Union, U, 12pm Thursdays at 12:20 Concert Series: Music for Flute Beckman Institute, U, 12:20pm Billy Galt and Jeff Kerr AnSun, C, 7pm TwoYou Duo The Clark Bar, C, 7pm U of I Jazz Combos (Stephens/Gray) Iron Post, U, 7pm Monte Montgomery Canopy Club, U, 7pm, $15 Doors open at 6pm Candy Foster and The Shades of Blue Emerald City Lounge, C, 8pm, $5 The Private Thoughts Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, $5

dj Milk and Cookies at Klub Kam’s Kam’s, C, 8pm Here Come the Regulars Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm DJ Luniks Firehaus, C, 10pm, $5 Stitches at The Clark Bar The Clark Bar, C, 10pm Open Deck Night Radio Maria, C, 10pm Ritmo Thursdays V. Picasso, U, 10pm DJ and Dancing Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm

CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm

movies Global Lens: Ordinary People University YMCA, C, 5:30pm

stage Cirque du So Lean Armory Free Theatre, C, 7pm Music Man Jr. Centennial High School, C, 7pm, $7

holidays Holiday Toy Drive Illini Union, U, 9am Festival of Trees Girls Night Out Preview Party I-Hotel & Conference Center, C, 6pm, $10

art opening A Natural History of Fabrication: Recent Works by Rod Northcutt — Artist Reception Parkland Art Gallery, C, 6pm made in china_d[F] 5.0 Reception Indi Go Artist Co-op, C, 6pm

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Prospects for Peace in the Middle East UI Steel Band Law Building, C, 12pm Krannert Center for the How Latin Americans Performing Arts, U, Conceptualize Democ7:30pm, $4-$10 racy A Chorus Line International Studies BuildAssembly Hall, C, 7:30pm, ing, C, 12pm $10-$49 A Natural History of Fabrication: Recent Works by karaoke Rod Northcutt — Artist DJ Bange Lecture Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, Parkland Art Gallery, C, 8:30pm 1:15pm CG Productions Presents: Developing and SustainRockStar Karaoke ing Effective Working Fireside Bar and Grill, C, Relationships with 9pm Tribes Liquid Courage Karaoke Levis Faculty Center/VisiMemphis on Main, C, 9pm tor’s Center, U, 6pm

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N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life, C, 2pm, $2-$4 Friends of the Urbana Free Library Fall Book Sale Urbana Free Library, U, 5pm

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Jeff Helgesen Quintet Iron Post, U, 5pm Andy Moreillon Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 5pm mind/body/spirit Happy Hour at Main literary Open Yoga Practice Street Book Club Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Memphis on Main, C, 6pm Rantoul Public Library, 5:30am, $8 Sam Gingher Rantoul, 2pm Core Yoga V. Picasso, U, 6:30pm VOICE Reading Series Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Live Jazz Krannert Art Museum 12pm, $12 Jim Gould Restaurant, C, and Kinkead Pavilion, C, Hot Yoga 7pm 7:30pm Evolve Fitness Club, C, Gold Motel featuring 12pm, $10 Greta of Hush Sound and social issues Yoga for Wellness members of This is Me A Day Without a Home BKS Iyengar Yoga InstiSmiling The Quad, U, 9am tute of C-U, U, 2:30pm, Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 7pm $14 Groove Avenue volunteer Continuing Asana/Intro- Huber’s West End Store, UC Books to Prisoners duction to Pranayama C, 8pm Work Session BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute Dismiss The Chosen Urbana-Champaign Inof C-U, U, 5:15pm, $14 Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $5 dependent Media Center, Prerequisite: Introduction Doors open at 8pm U, 2pm to Asana GTO and The Glasspaks Ashtanga Yoga Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, kids & families Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 9pm Preschool Story Time 5:30pm, $12 The Impalas Rantoul Public Library, Experienced Beginner Bentley’s Pub, C, 9pm Rantoul, 10am BKS Iyengar Yoga InstiThe Abuse, Endless Baby Time tute of C-U, U, 5:45pm, Pages and An Evening Douglass Branch Library, C, $14 With Your Mother 10:30am Prerequisite: Introduction Red Herring Coffeehouse, Lunch on the Lawn to Asana U, 9pm Rantoul Public Library, Yin Yoga Doors open at 8:30pm Rantoul, 12:15pm Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Kilborn Alley Blues Band Sensational Science! 7pm, $12 Memphis on Main, C, Main Library, U, 3pm Get Fit and Flexible at the 9:30pm, $5 ARTfusion Yoga Institute Douglass Branch Library, BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute dj C, 4pm of C-U, U, 7:30pm, $14 DJ and Dancing Illinois Family Reading Soma Ultralounge, C, Miscellaneous Night 10pm Urbana Free Library, U, 7pm Tour of Japan House DJ Tommy Williams Japan House, U, 2pm, 4pm Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 seniors Yarn ‘n Yak DJ Mella D Continuing Asana for Rantoul Public Library, Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm Seniors Rantoul, 7pm DJ Delayney BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute Highdive, C, 10pm classes & workshops Grown KidZ Funk of C-U, U, 8:30am, $14 Prerequisite: Asana for Workout in the Water Radio Maria, C, 10pm Seniors Campus Recreation Center Cal Emmerich East — CRCE, U, 8:30am, Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm community $60-$70 dance music IMC Shows Group Meet- Kosher Cooking Club ing: Community Booking Chabad Center for Jewish Urbana Country Dancers Collective Life, C, 3pm Contra Dance Urbana-Champaign InRestorative Circles Phillips Recreation Center, dependent Media Center, Presentation and Practice U, 8pm, $4-$5 U, 7pm Group New dancer orientation at Champaign Public Library, 7:30pm fundraisers C, 6:30pm Salsa Night Challah for Hunger Sale Beginner Tango V. Picasso, U, 9pm The Hillel Foundation aî Phillips Recreation Center, Salsa Night The Margie K. and Louis U, 8pm, $35-$45 The Clark Bar, C, 9pm

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CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm SuperStar Karaoke AnSun, C, 9pm DJ Bange Karaoke Phoenix, C, 9pm

Dance for Parkinson’s Disease Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 10am

SATURDAY 20 live music

Live Jazz Jim Gould Restaurant, C, Holiday Toy Drive 7pm Illini Union, U, 9am Painkillers Festival of Trees Iron Post, U, 6pm I-Hotel & Conference Cen- Wes Howard ter, C, 9am, $3-$5 V. Picasso, U, 6:30pm New Twang City museum exhibit Huber’s West End Store, Fall Prairie Skies C, 8pm William M. Staerkel Plan- Withershins, Cheaper etarium, C, 7pm Hits and Vaudevileins Violent Universe Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 9pm, $5 William M. Staerkel Plan- Neoga Blacksmith etarium, C, 8pm Phoenix, C, 9pm, $5 Jim Hewitt and The Three lectures Chord Circus Agriculture and Higher Cowboy Monkey, C, 9pm, Education in Argentina $5 International Studies Build- Mindfold ing, C, 12pm Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $6 The Delta Kings recreation Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, Public Skate 9pm Ice Arena, C, 7:30pm, $2 Outbound Drive Memphis on Main, C, literary 9:30pm, $5 Zionist Food for Thought dj The Hillel Foundation — The Margie K. and Louis DJ and Dancing N. Cohen Center for Jewish Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm Life, C, 1pm Request Night DJ Boomerang, U, 8pm kids & families Mainstream on Main Tales for Twos Street Douglass Branch Library, C, V. Picasso, U, 9pm 10:30am In the Mix Yoga for Teens Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute DJ Luniks of C-U, U, 4:30pm, $6 Highdive, C, 10pm DJ Mertz lgbt Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Friday Films: Southern Firehaus Saturdays Comfort Firehaus, C, 10pm Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and dance music Transgender Resources, U, 2pm Salsa Night with DJ Dr. J Radio Maria, C, 10pm

holidays

fundraisers

Friends of the Urbana Free Library Fall Book Sale Urbana Free Library, U, 9am

mind/body/spirit Yoga Classes Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 12pm

concert Feeding Your Body and Soul Unitarian Universalist Movement of UrbanaChampaign, U, 7pm, $5 Arcadia Chamber Players Fall Concert 2010 First Mennonite Church, U, 7pm, $5-$10

CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm Karaoke with DJ Hollywood It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm

open mic Event Popular presents: Saturday Nite Mic The Clark Bar, C, 9pm, $5

stage Music Man Jr. Centennial High School, C, 1pm, $7

holidays Holiday Toy Drive Illini Union, U, 9am Festival of Trees I-Hotel & Conference Center, C, 9am, $3-$5 Holiday Market Lincoln Square Mall, U, 8am Very Veggie Thanksgiving Sampling Common Ground Food Coop, U, 1pm How To Steam Your Turkey: A Steampunk Thanksgiving The Clark Bar, C, 6pm

museum exhibit Violent Universe William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 8pm Santa’s Secret Star William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 7pm

recreation Public Skate Ice Arena, C, 1:30pm, $2

game-playing Team Trivia Urbana Free Library, U, 3pm

volunteer UC Books to Prisoners Work Session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm

kids & families Kids Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 10:30am, $14 Kids Arts and Crafts Playshop Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 11:15am, $101

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ArtsFusion/Music and Motion Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 11:30am, $53 Fairytale Ballet Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12:15pm, $72 DIY Weekend Wizard Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, C, 1pm

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Continuing Asana/Introduction to Pranayama BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of C-U, U, 3:45pm, $14 Prerequisite: Introduction to Asana Yoga Fundamentals Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 Hatha Flow Yoga with fundraisers dance music Grace Giorgio Friends of the Urbana Free Showtune Sunday Amara Yoga & Arts, U, classes & workshops 4pm, $12 Library Fall Book Sale Emerald City Lounge, C, Urbana Free Library, U, 9am 4pm Salsa Dance Lessons: Hatha Yoga Beginners Amara Yoga & Arts, U, mind/body/spirit stage Capoeira Academy, C, 5:30pm, $12 Experienced Beginner Open Stage at Red Her6pm, $5 Introduction to Asana BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute ring Salsa Dance Lessons: BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of C-U, U, 9:45am, $14 Red Herring Coffeehouse, Intermediate/Advanced of C-U, U, 6pm, $14 Prerequisite: Introduction U, 7:30pm Capoeira Academy, C, Yoga to Asana Drag Show 7:30pm, $5 St. Andrew’s Lutheran Yoga Fundamentals Chester Street, C, 10pm, $4 Church and Campus CenAmara Yoga & Arts, U, Monday 22 ter, C, 7pm holidays 9am, $12 Restorative Yoga live music Psychic and Health Fair Holiday Toy Drive Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Beads N Botanicals, U, Illini Union, U, 9am One Dollar Wild Mondays 7pm, $12 10am, $20 Festival of Trees Canopy Club, U, 9pm Prana Flow Yoga Healthy Living and What I-Hotel & Conference CenLiving Yoga Center, U, dj is Nutrition Response ter, C, 11am, $3-$5 7:15pm, $15 Testing Seminar ‘80s Night with DJ Mingram recreation classes & workshops Energy Healing Systems, Highdive, C, 10pm Inc., C, 10am Public Skate Poetry Workshop karaoke Improve Your Balance Ice Arena, C, 1:30pm, $2 Red Herring Coffeehouse, and Posture at the Yoga Freestyle CG Productions Presents: U, 7:30pm Institute Ice Arena, C, 4:20pm, $3 RockStar Karaoke Bring 10 copies of your BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 10pm poem. game-playing of C-U, U, 11:30 am, $14 stage Collective Meditation Big Dave’s Trivia Night Tuesday 23 Ananda Liina Yoga & Med- Cowboy Monkey, C, 7pm Abe Froman Project live music itation Center, U, 5pm Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 9pm social issues Candlelight Yoga with Andy Moreillon sporting event Luna Pierson AWARE Meeting Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 7pm Amara Yoga & Arts, U, McKinley Presbyterian Fighting Illini Women’s Larry Larson solo on the 6pm, $12 Church and Foundation, C, Basketball Game Baldwin Piano 5:15pm Assembly Hall, C, 11am Iron Post, U, 5pm classes & workshops Lunch Box holidays Paranormal Research 101 kids & families Iron Post, U, 8pm Champaign Public Library, The Gift of the Silk Worm Holiday Toy Drive Corn Desert Ramblers C, 1pm Part II Illini Union, U, 9am Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, RSVP at http://www.arEarly American Museum, 9pm game-playing cparanormal.org Mahomet, 1pm The Piano Man Drawing Basics Madden Night Football Canopy Club, U, 9pm fundraisers Shared Space: An Artist It’ll Do 2, C, 6pm dance music Co-op , U, 1pm, $20 Friends of the Urbana Duplicate Bridge Game Half Persian Bracelet Free Library Fall Book Ginger Creek Shops, C, 8th Grade Dance Shared Space: An Artist Sale 7pm Joe’s Brewery, C, 11pm Co-op , U, 1pm, $25 Urbana Free Library, U, Bingo Night 1pm Memphis on Main, C, 8pm karaoke Sunday 21 Prairie Crossroads Blues CG Productions Presents: kids & families Society Benefit RockStar Karaoke live music Memphis on Main, C, 1pm O Baby! Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm Maria and Co. Main Library, U, 9:45am CG Productions Presents: mind/body/spirit Luna, C, 12pm Family Reading Night RockStar Karaoke UFLLive! Presents: The Hatha Flow Yoga with Champaign Public Library, The Corner Tavern, MontiDuke of Uke and His Maggie Taylor C, 6pm cello, 8pm Novelty Orchestra Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Dragon Karaoke fundraisers Urbana Free Library, U, 2pm 4pm, $12 The Clark Bar, C, 9pm The Duke of Uke and His Prenatal Yoga Friends of the Urbana Free Liquid Courage Karaoke Novelty Orchestra Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Library Fall Book Sale Boltini Lounge, C, Urbana Free Library, U, 2pm 5:30pm, $12 Urbana Free Library, U, 9am 9:30pm 12

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Isra-Ed The Hillel Foundation — The Margie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life, C, 11:30am M and M: Midrash and Meal The Hillel Foundation — The Margie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life, C, 5:30pm

open mic This Iz US Tuesday The Stop, U, 9pm, $5 Open Mic Tuesdays Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm

Wesley-United Methodist Church & Wesley Foundation, U, 7pm

community

movies

Cafe Ivrit Espresso Royale, U, 8pm

Global Lens: Gods Parkland College, C, 6:30pm

mind/body/spirit

holidays Holiday Toy Drive Illini Union, U, 9am

art opening Swann Art Show and Construction Project Anouncement Reception Indi Go Artist Co-op, C, 6pm

game-playing T-N-T Tuesday Night Trivia with Cara and Tanino Boltini Lounge, C, 7pm

literary Sci-fi/Fantasy Book Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 4pm

volunteer UC Books to Prisoners Work Session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 7pm

kids & families Tuesday Twos Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am, 10:15am, 10:45am Walk-in Storytime and Creative Play Class Act, C, 2pm, $2 Wave Club Readers Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 4pm Goodnight Storyshop Champaign Public Library, C, 6:30pm

seniors

Open Yoga Practice Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30am, $8 Hot Yoga Evolve Fitness Club, C, 12pm, $10 Ashtanga Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7pm, $12 Experienced Beginner BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of C-U, U, 7:30pm, $14 Prerequisite: Introduction to Asana Hatha Flow Yoga with Maggie Taylor Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 Awakening Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 9am, $12 Advanced Asana/ Pranayama BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of C-U, U, 5:15pm, $14 Prerequisite: Continuing Asana Slow Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30pm, $12 Introduction to Meditation Ananda Liina Yoga & Meditation Center, U, 7:30pm

classes & workshops Workout in the Water Campus Recreation Center East — CRCE, U, 8:30am, $60-$70 Adult Pottery Class Boneyard Pottery, C, 9am, 6:30pm, $25 Call 355-5610 to register Art for Daily Sacred Ritual Shared Space: An Artist Co-op , U, 2pm, $30 Real Computing Help Douglass Branch Library, C, 6pm

Continuing Asana for Seniors BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of C-U, U, 8:30am, $14 Prerequisite: Asana for Seniors Wednesday 24 Asana for Seniors BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute live music of C-U, U, 10:30am, $14 Donnie Heitler: Solo Piano lgbt Great Impasta, U, 6pm Rainbow Coffeehouse Christopher Beyt Etc. Coffee House, U, 6pm V. Picasso, U, 6:30pm eQuality Champaign-Ur- Live Irish Music bana meeting Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm

Dave Cooper, Joni Dreyer and Brad Hendricks Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 7:30pm The Sugar Prophets Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 8pm Trailer Park Moses Memphis on Main, C, 9pm, $3 Caleb Cook Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 10pm

volunteer

dj

community

DJ Tommy Williams Chester Street, C, 9pm, $2 Old School Night Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm Wild West Wednesday It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm Rockstar DJ Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 10pm I Love The ‘90s with DJ Mingram Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm

Girls’ Night Chabad Center for Jewish Life, C, 8pm

Community Connections and Outreach Group Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 6pm

kids & families Storyshop Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am, 10:30am Wrestling Fan Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 4pm

mind/body/spirit

holidays

Open Yoga Practice Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30am, $8 Core Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 Yoga Fundamentals Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 4pm, $12 Astanga Yoga Living Yoga Center, U, 9am, $15 Asana for Women BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of C-U, U, 9:15am, $14 Wellness Wednesday Activities and Recreation Center — ARC, C, 5:15pm Yoga Class Every Wednesday Ananda Liina Yoga & Meditation Center, U, 5:30pm Hatha Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:45pm, $12 Candlelight Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7pm, $12 Asana for Plus Size BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of C-U, U, 7:15pm, $14

Holiday Toy Drive Illini Union, U, 9am

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dance music Tango Dancing Cowboy Monkey, C, 8pm Salsa Dancing Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm

karaoke SuperStar Karaoke AnSun, C, 9pm

open mic Writ ‘n Rhymed Poetry Open Mic Nights Women’s Resources Center, C, 8pm

stage Stand Up and Black Out Comedy Memphis on Main, C, 8pm

recreation Public Skate Ice Arena, C, 7:30pm, $2

game-playing Pokemon Fan Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 5:30pm Euchre Tournament Po’ Boys, U, 7pm, $5 CU64 Chess Club McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation, C, 7pm Bingo Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 9:30pm

Wednesday Orthodox Minyan and Breakfast The Hillel Foundation — The Margie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life, C, 7:30am

classes & workshops Rhythm and Raag Music Classes Asian American Cultural Center, U, 4pm Improv Workout Class Act, C, 6:30pm, $10 Makerspace Urbana Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 7pm

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES

(March 21-April 19)

“You don’t want to be the best of the best,” said Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia. “You just want to be the only one who does what you do.” That’s always good advice, but it will be especially apt for you during the next few weeks. You’re entering a phase when competing with other people will get you nowhere fast. What will get you somewhere fast is nurturing your unique talents and proclivities. Do you know exactly what they are? If you’re even a little fuzzy, make it your quest to get very clear.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20)

What is the “soul,” anyway? Is it a ghostly blob of magic stuff within us that keeps us connected to the world of dreams and the divine realms? Is it an amorphous metaphor for the secret source of our spiritual power? Is it a myth that people entertain because they desperately want to believe there’s more to them than just their physical bodies? Here’s what I think: The soul is a perspective that pushes us to go deeper and see further and live wilder. It’s what drives our imagination to flesh out our raw experience, transforming that chaotic stuff into rich storylines that animate our love of life. With the gently propulsive force of the soul, we probe beyond the surface level of things, working to find the hidden meaning and truer feeling. I’m bringing this up, Taurus, because it is Celebrate the Soul Week for you.

LIBRA

November 18-24 (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

“Nothing changes until it’s changed in everyone’s memories,” said poet Alice Notley. I urge you to keep that in mind as you move forward, Gemini. In recent weeks, you have helped untie a knot that once seemed impossibly tangled, and you deserve kudos for that. But your job isn’t done yet. Your next task is to work on loosening the snarls and smoothing the kinks that still linger in the imaginations of everyone involved.

(May 21-June 20)

CANCER

(June 21-July 22)

CAPRICORN

(July 23-Aug. 22)

Lots of toddlers in Indonesia smoke cigarettes, not just the chain-smoking two-year-old in the famous Youtube video (tinyurl.com/SmokerKid). But don’t you dare let your inner child get started on a similar habit any time soon, Leo. Make sure that sweet young thing is exposed to only the very best influences; feed him or her only the healthiest food, air, water, sounds, sights, images, and stories. The innocent, curious, wide-eyed part of you is entering a phase when rapid growth is going to happen, one way or another. It’s your job to guarantee that the growth goes in the right direction.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

“We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly,” wrote Anais Nin. “We are mature in one realm, childish in another.” In you, Virgo, the discrepancies have been especially apparent lately. For example, your brainy insightfulness has been on a hot streak, while your gut wisdom has not. But I suspect this situation to shift in the coming weeks. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that your emotional intelligence is set to thrive. It will be fine if you concentrate on that phenomenon with all your heart, even if it means investing a little less energy in being an analytical whiz.

“Down the Middle”--big words all over.

I recently discovered a blues-gospel artist named Famous L. Renfro, who is also known as “The Flying Sweet Angel of Joy.” His soaring, gritty music had a medicinal effect. It seemed to say to me, “You have the power to change your life in the exact way you want to change your life.” Your assignment, Scorpio, is to find a new source of music or art or literature or film that has a similar effect on you: a flying sweet angel of joy that inspires you to do what has been hard for you to do. According to my reading of the astrological omens, such an influence is within your reach right now.

GEMINI

LEO

by Matt Jones

In the old Looney Tunes cartoons, Wile E. Coyote is constantly chasing after the Road Runner, a long-legged bird that prefers running to flying. Presumably, Coyote would eat the Road Runner if he ever caught him, but he never does; the bird’s too fast and smart. In one recurring motif, the Road Runner dashes into the entrance of a cave that’s cut into a wall of sheer rock. When Coyote tries to follow him, he smashes into the rock, and it’s revealed that the cave entrance is just a very realistic painting. I suspect that you’re going to have the Road Runner’s power in the coming week: an ability to find and use doors that are inaccessible to other people.

Your old self is the fuel you will use to burn your old self to the ground. This bonfire will liberate your new self, which has been trapped in a gnarly snarl deep inside your old self. It’s only at first that you’ll feel freaked out by the flames. Very quickly a sense of relief and release will predominate. Then, as the new you makes its way to freedom, escaping its cramped quarters and flexing its vital force, you will be blessed with a foreshadowing of your future. The intoxication that follows will bring you clarity and peace of mind.

In the 1925 silent film The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin plays a prospector during the Alaska Gold Rush. After a series of adventures, he finds himself stuck in a remote cabin on Thanksgiving Day with a ruffian named Big Jim. They’re out of food, so Charlie gets resourceful, boiling his right shoe in a big pot and serving it up steaming hot. What the audience doesn’t know is that the movie prop is made of sweet licorice, not leather. So while it may seem that dinner is a hardship, the actors actually had no trouble polishing off their meal. I see a similar scenario in your near future, Cancerian: something like eating a “shoe” that’s made of candy.

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“Do we love Heaven more than God?” asks poet Paula Cisewski in her book Ghost Fargo. I think that’s the kind of cryptic question you Capricorns would benefit from mulling over in the coming weeks. Your mind needs to get its customary categories shaken up and rearranged . . . needs its habitual grooves broken up and diverted . . . needs its easy certainties flushed and abandoned. Can you think of any other queries that will help you accomplish this noble work? Let me offer a few to get you started: 1. Do we love love itself more than we love the people we say we love? 2. Do we fear failure so much that we interfere with our cultivation of success? 3. Do we obsess on our longing to such a degree that we miss opportunities to satisfy our longing?

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

The Sanskrit word buddhi refers to the part of us that adores the truth. It’s good at distinguishing between what’s real and what’s false, and is passionately attracted to liberation. Although it may go into long periods of dormancy in some of us, buddhi never falls asleep completely. It’s always ready to jump into action if we call on it. According to my reading of the astrological omens, Aquarius, the buddhi aspect of your psyche will be extra special big strong and bright in the coming week. In my opinion, that’s better than winning the lottery.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)

I like how snowboarder Graham Watanabe described his experiences at last February’s Winter Olympics. He wasn’t content with making a generic comment like “It was awesome!” or “No words could describe how great it was!” Instead he got florid and specific: “Try to imagine Pegasus mating with a unicorn and the creature that they birth. I somehow tame it and ride it into the sky in the clouds and sunshine and rainbows. That’s what it feels like.” As you break through your previous limits in the coming weeks, Pisces, I’d love to hear you summon some bursts of articulate jubilation akin to Watanbe’s.

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37 Gyro meat 38 “Now ___ me...” 39 Start of a famous soliloquy 40 “Jackass 3D” actor Chris 42 Baseball card number 43 Malibu maker 46 Mercedes-Benz ___ AMG 47 Mata ___ 48 Seize and carry away 51 ___ in “queen” 52 Perched upon 53 Visited a restaurant 54 Prefix before brow 55 Hand over land 56 Fishing nets 57 Wake and UVA’s gp. 58 Broadway singer/actress Linda 59 Some NFL players 60 Prefix meaning “ten”: var.

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by MICHAEL COULTER

Coulter complains: country Gwyneth and the CMAs Writing a column is a weird thing. Usually the biggest dilemma is coming up with a topic and then finding enough ridiculous crap to say about it. Every so often, though, I stumble across a subject where I experience overload. I have so much stuff to talk about that I don’t know where to begin, let alone focus on one particular aspect of the issue. This is one of those oversaturated weeks. Obviously Gwyneth Paltrow and country music should have nothing in common. The fact that they do have something in common is sadly enough for fifty or sixty columns.

good movie no matter who played that role. Hell, Betty White could have pretended to be Brad Pitt’s wife in that and it still would have been completely watchable. It’s the same way in Royal Tennenbaums. Gwyneth seemed fine in that movie but it was really the movie and not particularly her. Once again, Betty White could have pulled it off just as capably. In fact, she might actually have been a far more interesting choice. I can’t quite explain why I dislike Gwyneth Paltrow so much, but I can only assume it’s because she seems to think she’s very special. She’s so special, in fact, that she’s not going to stop performing until the rest of the world finally accepts her specialness. I gotta tell you though, I’m not biting on her being special. Here’s a tip, if you want to make me like you more, don’t Obviously Gwyneth Paltrow and marry anyone from Coldplay. Also, don’t a website and a bunch of videos that country music should have nothing have do nothing but talk about how special you in common. The fact that they do are. Lastly, don’t make country music suck harder than it already does. have something in common is sadly any Country music didn’t always suck. I grew up on it, and I’ll admit there was a time enough for fifty or sixty columns. when I pretended to hate it, but the hatred Just to get the background out of the way, here’s wasn’t real and just never stuck. Country music the deal. Mrs. Paltrow is currently starring in seemed like a part of me whether I wanted it to some dipshit movie where she plays the role of a be or not. Those were the old days though when country music singer. It’s like me being in a movie guys like Merle Haggard and George Jones ruled where I portray a quiet, sophisticated man who the country music charts. They drank hard, played loves a good game of backgammon. I think they hard, and generally acted like a bunch of drunken call it “casting against type” in Hollywood. Any- hillbillies. It was pretty great. They would not have way, since Gwen is out promoting her latest piece been kissing anyone’s ass back in the day, esof poop, she got to sing a little song at the Country pecially Gwyneth Paltrow’s. Those old country Music Awards last week. music guys were the real deal. I didn’t really listen to the words of the song Somewhere along the line they got off track. but I can only assume they were something like, Garth Brooks and a bunch of other pretend coun“Ooh, ooh, look at me. Everybody look at me. try and western people got little cowboy outfits I’m very multi-talented. I can sing with a twang and spiffy hats and put a steel guitar behind a Def in my voice. Give me a freaking Oscar for this Leppard soundtrack and claimed it was also counalready.” It was one hell of a performance. If try music. They ruined it for everyone. It’s fine, Johnny Cash weren’t already dead, he would make whatever kind of music you want, but don’t be after hearing that. crap in my mouth and tell me it’s pumpkin pie. I’ll admit I didn’t actually watch the show, but I So now, country music is just not about anyread about it and saw some video from the show. thing anymore. It’s the same old tired garbage In fact, I think I watched the video twice. It was like we get from any other entertainment genre. They one of those football highlights where the quar- want everybody to like them and they want to be terback gets his leg snapped and you can see the special, too. They’ll let anyone join their club if it bone pop out of his skin. You almost feel like you makes them seem more mainstream. They’ll let have to watch it again, even though it disgusts you Gwyneth Paltrow come on their big show and sing beyond all reason. It was just terrible and creepy a song just like they do. and people were acting like she was splitting a Well, let me tell you, country music, the popufreaking atom with her voice. lar chick at school is only gonna like you until she I shouldn’t really care. Country music sucks doesn’t need you anymore. She doesn’t love country these days and it has for quite a while. Gwyneth music. She just loves herself and her amazing ability Paltrow also sucks, but there is not really a quali- to mimic any sound she hears. She just wants to be fier on that. She has always sort of sucked. special. Country music just wants to be special, too. I didn’t mind her so much in the beginning. She The thing is, wanting to be special is about the worst was okay in Seven, but that would have been a way to actually become that way.

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