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OUCH THAT HURT JUST CAUSE ITS TURKEY TIME STOP EATING MY LEG. | NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 3, 2003 buzz

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Atmosphere at the Canopy (page 12) FILM & TV

Are you an Average Joe? (page 18)

Native Americans in Film

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editor’snote

n this edition of Buzz, my fellow editor, Marissa Monson, describes a commonly feared situation among women: the trying on of clothes. Specifically, the trying on of jeans. Marissa’s article is a lighthearted retelling of this grim scenario, and delves into some of the social factors that have contributed to what, in its purest form, can be described as a fear of one’s body’s shape, size and form. I have been encouraged to reveal one key fact with this week’s readers, and I have chosen to share another. 1) I, too, am a size 8, and I proudly wear that size now, even in the wake of a fruitless battle with my weight in high school. 2) I, too, have been conditioned to be afraid of certain situations. My particular brand of fear is different from Marissa’s in that it involves being comfortable in my body but still petrified of the opposite sex. Especially members of the opposite sex that I am attracted to. Being somewhat of a boyish bookworm all through junior high and high school (I even read Good Omens three times!), I didn’t have a boyfriend until the age of 18. Three years and three heartbreaks later, an irrational belief that then could be chalked up as “shyness due to lack of experience during early adulthood” is now coupled with a severe fear of emotional hurt. The result of this phobia is me standing in front of some guy too petrified to even compliment him on his shoes and looking frantically around for the nearest exit.

It’s like there is a salad drizzled with salmonella and I’ve got a severe taste aversion. I hope no past or potential suitors take my inability to speak with them too personally, and in order to clarify future scenarios, I’m going to start wearing a sign that says: It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s just that something inside me has calloused over. My heart is no longer an unguarded thing; it is now something you must break into. So keep talking! Eventually I’ll open up! (Forced smile courtesy of predefined social conventions of our time.) Before anyone decides to come at my chest cavity with a crow bar, understand that I am well aware of the logical inequities that are present in the above belief. First off, no guy is going to be overly encouraged to proceed in his pursuit of me upon learning that I randomly get up and leave (without even saying goodbye) in the middle of a flirtatious discourse. Second off, my little problem is hardly up there with nuclear war, human extinction, or even opening a McDonald’s in Iraq. Sadly enough, though, macro-philosophical dilemmas are not the issues that most people regularly think about. What we put value in is the circumstances that we are empirically exposed to on a daily basis. Double sadly, Marissa and I both live in a culture that daily bombards us with stereotypes that encourage us to dislike ourselves physically. While I understand that some people may view what we both have “exposed” in Buzz as trite, I think that those same people need to take her article as well as my editorial for what it is: a common occurrence, that even if you cannot directly relate to, describes what it is like to be made afraid of something that you should love. —Katie Richardson, Arts Editor

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Mee-gan? Why do you insist on Mee-gan? Sounds awfully dumb to me. Jacob - Hey little guy want to go get coffee?? Dearest Luma, From the other side of the world, I love you with all my heart and all my soul. Be mine forever.... Ragib Happy 39th birthday pops. yeah 39 ;-) -love, meaghan

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Sara- wanna take a bath sometime? Mertz- you rock the casbah. thanks for the ride, maybe sometime i can give you a ride, all night long. Erin- Is there any way you can touch me as delecately as you touch that keyboard?

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Jake and Keith- If you’re ever in the area, holla. Tabitha- You really should wear red more. You look awesome in it (but you always look great...) even though you stood me up. Jacob- thanks for helping out this week, maybe sometime i can give you a hand, or hand job. Ann- I want you even more than I wanted Thanksgiving break.

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Katie- Damn that ass looks good. Adam- thanks for coming down during break, maybe i can go down for you sometime.

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

Ann- Can i see your Ditts? Jadav- You really are a special person. Marissa- Can i get in those jeans with ya?

Editor in chief Tom Rybarczyk Art Director Meaghan Dee Copy Chief Erin Green Arts Katie Richardson Music Brian Mertz Entertainment Jason Cantone Calendar Marissa Monson Assistant Music Editor Jacob Dittmer Calendar Coordinators Lauren Smith, Cassie Conner, Erin Scottberg Photography Adam Young, Nik Gallicchio, Brian Mertz Copy Editors Elizabeth Zeman, Suzanne Sitrick Designers Meaghan Dee, Jason Cantone, Marissa Monson Production Manager Theon Smith Editorial Adviser Elliot Kolkovich Sales Manager Lindsey Benton Marketing/Distribution Melissa Schleicher, Maria Erickson Publisher Mary Cory

Chris K.- you’re pro-chief but i’m pro-you anyway.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Jen- Damn that beginners luck.... and maybe a little skill. But you sure look good winning.

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Kate- You are the swedish fish. wooaooo the swedish fish.

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other chris- you have too many letters in your name, but you’re alright anyhow. Dugan- Have a good thanksgiving - enjoy the stuffing, cause i got something you could fill if you wanna. Lauren- I wanna McDo you. Gunji- Enjoy this break, you definately deserve it. And watch out for Adam, apparently he really wants a good grade. JJ and JG- Next time you head out to Murphy’s give me a heads up, I’d really like to be there. SWEET “DIRTY” TALKS ARE FREE. To submit your message go to www.readbuzz.com and click on the Sweet Talk link. Leave out last names and phone numbers because we (and probably you!) could get in big fat trouble for printing them. We reserve the right to edit your messages.

Coulter’s Column “And Another Thing” will return next week.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Three decades ago, outmoded concepts of God seemed ready for retirement. No thoughtful person could buy into the fossilized delusion that the Divine Intelligence resembled a stern, prudish old man inclined to favor some groups of human beings over others. Since then, however, we have regressed. Literalist interpretations of the Bible and Koran have temporarily restored the supremacy of the Antiquated Cartoon Deity. More than ever, it's crucial that we overthrow that fake, Aries. Luckily, you're in a favorable phase to do your part in the noble work. I exhort you to dissolve obsolete images of God that stifle your relationship with the Real Thing. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In her book Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg tells aspiring wordsmiths to "Write from your obsessions.They're going to run your life anyway, so why not harness them?" That's good advice if you're an artist in any medium. The consuming fetishes and raging fantasies that threaten to drive you crazy can be converted into excellent raw material for your creative urges. But what if you're not a novelist or painter or musician or actor? How can you turn your obsessions into assets? Be alert for answers to this question. Cosmic forces are conspiring to bring you crisp new insights. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): As your mating season gets into full swing, I suggest you browse through a book called Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation, by evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson. our mind may be blown wide open as you learn how experimental some animals are in their approach to sex. You'll read, for example, about dolphins that try to copulate with turtles and seals, orangutans that masturbate with sex toys made of leaves and twigs, female chimpanzees that average ten trysts a day with numerous lovers, homosexual romps among manatees, and female seahorses that impregnate their male partners. I'm hoping that by expanding your definition of what's "natural," you'll lose any shame you might still have about your own harmless though exotic erotic tastes. CANCER (June 21-July 22): This horoscope has been scientifically formulated to raise your spontaneity levels and condition you to thrive on the unexpected. Do not attempt to use logic to understand it. Like a Zen koan, it is meant to give your nonrational mind a workout, thereby preparing you for what cannot be prepared for. Here goes. Find meaning in runaway shopping carts and flaming marshmallows. Seek silk and cashmere interventions in the midst of a secret test. Drum up feral breakfast conundrums with wicked, lickable angels. Welcome violins and snakes at the heart of the cool mistake. Scribble treasure maps on naked promises. Search for messages from the future in the warm glow of yesterday's shock. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You're the best antidote for all the uno-

riginal thinking that's going on around you. There may be other people who have the power to overthrow the numbing status quo, but only you have the charm to do it in a graceful way that doesn't offend everyone and damage future collaborative efforts. So be a cheerful rebel, Leo. Unleash your iconoclastic fervor with the intention of making life more fun and interesting, not more annoyingly complicated. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "Time porn" is defined by www.wordspy.com as "TV shows and other media that portray characters having excessive amounts of spare time, a thing we covet but cannot have." "Seinfeld" and "Friends" are especially obscene examples of this phenomenon.I'm hoping,Virgo, that in the coming weeks you will renounce any attraction you might have to this perverse form of vicarious enjoyment. Instead, fight and claw to procure for yourself the real thing: an abundance of free, unscheduled hours when you can sit around doing nothing in particular. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The National Center for Atmospheric Research reports that the average cloud is the same weight as a hundred elephants. I suggest you use this fact as a metaphorical touchstone in the coming week. Are there any situations in your life that seem insubstantial but that are in fact quite massive? Can you think of any influence you regard as ethereal or feathery that might ultimately have the impact of a ton of bricks? This is the week you should check to see if outer appearances match up with what's inside. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): So you decided to leave your comfort zone. You dared to scare yourself for a good cause. Having researched all the options, you found the skydiving school with the best safety record. Later, fully trained, you felt reasonably confident as you went up in the plane and hurled yourself out the door into the emptiness. Hallelujah! Your parachute opened successfully. Your descent was smooth. Alas, at the last minute a strong wind blew you away from your target and your chute got snagged on a tree. Now you're safe and sound, but stranded high above the ground. What's next? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The good news, say scientists at Sweden's University of Uppsala, is that global warming will never melt the ice caps or create endless summers in Toronto. That's because -- here comes the bad news -- oil and gas supplies will run out far sooner than expected. There's not enough of the stuff left on the planet for humans to create a dangerous excess of carbon dioxide. The scientists believe oil reserves are 80 percent smaller than generally predicted, and will peak in 2010. Let this possible scenario serve as a stimulus for meditations about your long-term future, Sagittarius. What sources of energy, money, and love that you now depend on may be gone in 15

years? What can you do to begin cultivating replacements? Visualize the life you'd like to be living in 2018, and start planting seeds you'll harvest then. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "The abyss has its own rewards." ncient Greek myth attributed this motto to Hecate, goddess of the crossroads and queen of the night. Can you imagine what those rewards might be, Capricorn? To prepare you for your adventure in the coming weeks, I suggest you brainstorm about them now. While you won't be descending all the way to the yawning pit at the bottom of the abyss, you will spend time in the middle and upper levels. Believe it or not, this will be a good thing. It'll bring fantastic opportunities to shed delusions, expose and heal repressed emotions, and free yourself from bondage. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In times past no one was allowed to study the Qabalah until age 40, after having raised a family and gathered a wealth of life experience. The mystical doctrines were thought to be at best useless and at worst dangerous to younger seekers.The rule has now been waived, however. At this critical juncture in humanity's evolution, we need all the wise folk we can get, even at the risk of unhinging those who aren't ripe enough to apply the esoteric truths with integrity. I mention this, Aquarius, because the understandings you'll be exposed to in coming weeks would qualify you to study Qabalah no matter what your age.You'll be offered chances to dramatically expedite your maturation. If you've been emotionally stunted or deprived of learning adventures in any way, now's the time to fix that. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): What seems like bad luck is not always caused by the whims of fate. Sometimes it's the result of dumb decisions and their consequences. Take the "Curse of the Bambino." It has supposedly prevented baseball's Boston Red Sox from winning the World Series since they got rid of future Hall of Famer Babe Ruth in 1920. But the real reason for Boston's enduring mediocrity is less occult: the racism of its owners. After Jackie Robinson finally integrated the game in 1949, they lagged far behind in signing black players. Not until the 1990s did the Red Sox fully catch up with other teams. Let this be a goad to your meditations, Pisces. Think about parts of your life that have seemingly suffered from bad luck. Identify the past events that are the true cause, and devise a forceful plan to dissolve the karma. HOMEWORK: Rob Brezsny's Free Will ✍ ☎ What gifts do you want for Astrology beautyandtruth Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Yule, and the winter solstice? Write to Buddha Claus at www.freewillastrology.com.

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4 BR 2 bath. Need 1 or 2 roommates for spring. 3rd & Chalmers. $360/mo. Negotiable. Dave, 3444094. dkruchte@uiuc.edu Need 3rd roommate for Healey Gardens apt. for Spring. Fully furnished, D/W, digital cable, cable modem, W/D. Price negotiable. 847-5307666. Spring Semester. 3 BR/2ba. 309 E. Healey. Rent negotiable. Utilities included. 309-467-3120. Spring/ Summer 04. Spacious furnished 1 Bdr apartment with parking. Some utilities paid, cheap rent, negotiable. 217-390-1045 Spring/ Summer. Huge 2 bedroom, furnished, free parking, on campus, new kitchen, low utilities, we’ll cover reconnection fees, low rent. (217)384-8032.

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4 BR, 2 bath house. Newly renovated, all hardwood floors, double garage. 5 min. walk from campus. $1,200/mo. Available Jan 2004, not August 2004. 344-3252.

ROOMS Efficiency rooms on campus $250-$310, all utilities paid. 3676626

ROOMMATES Christian Men’s House. Internationals, temporaries welcome. DSL, laundry, TV. $250/mo. 344-5100

How do you see the relationship between the University and the city? I think it has gotten much better than it has historically been. Chancellor Michael Aiken has made great strides in improving the relationship between the university and community. We have continued with Chancellor Cantor at level that didn’t exist 20 or 30 years ago.

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What is your favorite thing about C-U? I really like the Mid-Western common sense values. I think the community has the resources of a big city and access to truly world-class cities like Chicago. It just the ideal situation it’s not too small of a town and yet, when we want the resources that can only be found in a world-class city they are accessible in a reasonable amount of time. We are small enough to avoid most of the problems of larger of metropolitan areas and big enough to avoid some of the problems small towns.

City Council member Tom Bruno has been a community member since 1972. The 49-yearold lives with his three children and wife Beth. Originally, a Westmont, Ill., native, he attended the University in 1972 and graduated with a law degree. He works as an attorney in Urbana at Thomas A. Bruno and Associates.

What is the last movie you saw and what was your opinion of it? I saw Witness on a DVD a couple weeks ago and I enjoyed it. I don’t get out to theater as often as many people do. Arnold Schwarzenegger is now the governor of California. Your opinion on the situation? Tragic. I think he views it as a novelty or a

publicity stunt. Having a recall process is the exact opposite of term limits. The reason I say that is, in states that now have a recall process, a governor will always be looking over his shoulder and will never be able to make courageous decision and will always have to pander to the voters because he may be removed at a moments notice. In order to get the best results from the leader of any organization, the leader needs to know what they should be doing what’s and what’s in the best interest of the organization, not necessarily what’s politically popular at the moment. What did you do last night? I went to annual lasagna party where good friends have been getting together at a friend’s house for more than 20 years, sharing good food, good wine together. Do you see any clear differences between Champaign and Urbana? Oh yes. I think that’s the beauty of our community, that it is diverse. Because people are aware of some of the differences between Champaign-Urbana, persons can select a community they want to live in a community based on those political values. The attitudes of folks who live in Urbana are often different than the folks who live in Champaign. I guess that’s why they make varieties, such as Chocolate, Strawberry and Vanilla.

What is one thing you would still like to accomplish in your life? I want to see my three children enjoy happiness and success however they measure it. Where is the most exotic place you have travled? Cuba. I went for a week in April 2001 with my son and some high school students and drove across the island in a rented car. I wanted to make sure I saw Cuba before it changes. Do you have any favorite spots in the area? I like Radio Maria. I like the atmosphere and the unusual foods. What achievement are you most proud of in life so far? Being happily married for 27 years, to Beth Bruno. Where do you see the city of Champaign in 10 years? I think we can be a cultural capital for the region. What are the biggest changes you would like to see to Champaign? I liked to see us install a high-speed fixed guide way transit system. Where do you want to be in 10 years? Right here.

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1108 S. LINCOLN, U Aug 2004 rental. Older classic building close to Jimmy John’s on Lincoln Avenue. Upper apts. have hardwood floors. Laundry in building. Efficiencies have carpet and are furnished with rents from $325 to $360/mo. Unfurnished 1 bedrooms from $560/mo. Unfurnished 2 bedrooms from $695/mo. 7 days a week showings. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC 356-1873 www.barr-re.com 205 E. Stoughton, C. 3 bedroom apartment available immediately. Large living room, private patio, close to engineering campus. $580/mo. 217-649-0761 www.TheElectrumGroup.com

609 W. MAIN, U Renting Aug 2004. Quiet building in nice Urbana neighborhood. 2 bedroom Townhouses Furnished $590/mo, Unfurnished $570/mo. 2 bedroom apts Furnished $525/mo. 1 bedroom apts. Furnished $470/mo. Parking optional, Central A/C, Carpet, laundry facilities. Gas Heat. Daily showings, 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC 356-1873 AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY! Furnished 1 Bedroom located in secure building at 408 E. Stoughton, with all utilities included. Call Roland Realty for a showing today at 3281226 Boutique style apartments and lofts. Ones, twos, threes, and houses. On or near campus. Available now. December 15, 2003 and for August 2004. Rents starting at $349/mo. for 2 bedroom apartment. 841-4549

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Avail Aug 2004. Attractive modern loft apts. Dishwasher disposal, window a/c, ceiling fans, patio/ balconies, carpet, laundry, parking, 2nd floor skylights. Rents from $350/mo. $50/month to furnish. Apts. shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

Washer/dryer, AC, balcony, dishwasher, intercom, ethernet, contemporary furnishings, microwave. 605 E. Clark St., C. www.mhmproperties.com 337-8852 1005 S. SECOND, C Efficiencies and four bedroom penthouse Fall 2004. Secured building. Private parking. Laundry on site, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 105 E. John 2 bedroom furnished, great location. Includes parking. ugroup96.com 352-3182

CAMPUS APARTMENTS Furnished 1006 S. 3RD, C. Aug 2004. Location, location. One, two, three bedrooms for fall. Covered parking & laundry, furnished & patios, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

1006 W. STOUGHTON, U. Very close to Engineering campus. Avail for Aug 2004. Masonry construction. 2 bedrooms from $620/mo. Window A/C, Carpet, Parking $25/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

1007 S. FIRST, C. Aug 2004. Good location near First and Gregory. Quiet building. Attractive well-maintained. 2 bedroom apts from $625/mo. 1 bedroom from $425/mo. Window A/C, Carpet, Laundry facilities. Parking included. Apts shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC 356-1873 www.barr-re.com 101 E. Daniel, C.

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2 bedroom and bi-level 4 bedroom, two bath. Imported furnishings, balconies, skylights, cathedral ceilings, washer/ dryer in each apt. Security underground parking. Aug. 2004 www.mhmproperties.com 337-8852

101 N. BUSEY & 102 N. LINCOLN, U. August 2004. Excellent location near Green & Lincoln. 2 bedroom apts from $500/mo. Window A/C, Laundry. Parking avail at $30/mo. Apartments shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com 101 S. Busey, U. 1 bedroom apartment with

PAID UTILITIES! Living room, eat-in kitchen, porch, parking, laundry facilities, air conditioning, furnished. August 2004. www.mhmproperties.com 337-8852

102 N. Gregory, U Avail now. 2 bedroom close to Illini Union. Parking, laundry. Rent starts at $475/mo. Shown daily. Barr Real Estate, Inc 356-1873 www.barr-re.com 102 S. Lincoln Horizon Apts.

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August ‘04. New 2, 4 bedroom luxury furnished apartments.Sundeck, Balconies, Skylights, 2 Full Baths, Cathedral Ceilings, Ceiling Fan, Laundry on each floor. Assigned parking. Sound proofing. Utility discount, security system. www.mhmproperties.com 337-8852

103 E. DANIEL, C Showing for Aug 2004. Beautiful building. Great location close to Frat park. Efficiencies from $370/mo. Central A/C, Storage units, Laundry. Parking avail at $50/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com 106 DANIEL, C. For August 2004. 1, 2, 3, and 4 bedroom apartments, ethernet available. Some townhouses. Location, location. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

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Studio apts avail Aug 2004. Carpet, electric heat, wall a/c units, off street parking avail, laundry on site. Rents from $320/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com 1107 S. 4TH AND GREGORY, C. For August 2004. 3, 4, 5 bedroom townhouse apartments. Best location. Completely furnished. Laundry, parking garage, elevator. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

1107 S. EUCLID, C Aug 2004 rental. First rate location near Armory, IMPE, and Snack Bar. 1 bedroom apts. Window A/C, Gas Heat, laundry. Parking $35/mo. Rents start at $395/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com 111 E. CHALMERS, C. August 2004. Four bedroom townhouse and one bedrooms. Furniture, skylights, off-street parking, laundry. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 2, 3, 4 bedroom luxury apartment

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808 S. Oak, Champaign Imported furnishings, sound proofing, A/C, 2 balconies, burglar alarms, laundry. Utility discount. Parking. Aug 2004. www.mhmproperties.com 337-8852

201 N. LINCOLN, U August 2004 rental. 1 and 2 bedroom apts close to campus with parking, ceiling fans in some units, laundry, carpet/tile floors. Shown 7 days a week. 1 bdrm $390/mo, 2 bdrms from $500/mo. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC 356-1873 www.barr-re.com 202 E. White, C 2 BR, $600 3 BR, $700 Large furnished apts. Some have fireplace, dishwashers, and/ or balconies. Parking is included. On-site laundry. Heritage Property Management 351-1803 www.hpmapts.com 203 S. Sixth. C. For August 2004. Large 2, 3, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Balconies, laundry, covered parking. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 207- 211 JOHN Prime Campus Location 2-3-4 Bedrooms Phone 352-3182 THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 3 & 4 bedroom luxury apartments 205 S. Sixth St.

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311 E. WHITE, C. Avail for Aug 2004. Large furnished efficiencies close to Beckman Center. Rent starts at $325/mo. Parking avail at $30/mo. Window A/C, carpet. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

404 W. HIGH, U Renting for Aug 2004. Huge 2 bedroom apts. Completely remodeled. Washer/Dryer in each unit. Parking available. Quiet Urbana neighborhood. Rents start at $695/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com 411 Healey, C. Best Location Fall 2004 Spacious 3-4 bedroom apts. Fully furnished, microwave & dishwasher. Off-street parking. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 502 E. University, C.

Security Building 1 and 2 bedroom apartments, large rooms, AC, furnished, parking, quiet building. Aug. 04 369-0237. www.zhengrentals.com 506 E. Stoughton, C For August 2004. Extra large efficiency apartments. Security building entry, complete furniture, laundry, off-street parking, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Champaign. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 509 BASH COURT, C. Fall 2004 Great 3 and 5 bedrooms, near 6th and Green. Fully furnished, microwaves and dishwashers. Off-street parking. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 509 E. White, C. Aug. 2004. Large 1 bedrooms. Security entry, balconies, patios. Furnished. Laundry, off-street parking, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

509 W. MAIN, U. Quiet Urbana location very close to campus avail for Aug 2004. 1 BR apts. Rents start at $390/mo. Carpet, laundry facilities, window A/C, storage, parking avail at $25/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE 356-1873 www.barr-re.com 604 E. White, C. Security Entrance For Fall 2004, Large 1 & 2 bedroom furnished, balconies, patios, laundry, off-street parking, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroups96.com 605 S. Fifth, C. Fall 2004 5th and Green location Outdoor activity area. 1, 2, & 3 bedrooms available. Garage off-street parking. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, Champaign. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

702 W. WESTERN, U. Aug 2004. 1 bedrooms with window a/c, carpet/tile floors, boiler heat, laundry on site. Parking avail. Rents start from $380 to $495/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

Aug 2004 rental. 3 bedroom apts. Near Lincoln Ave. and Engineering Campus. Fenced-in yard. Balconies/ patios. Microwaves, carpet, central A/C, disposal, dishwasher, parking $25/mo. Rents start at $615/mo. Shown daily 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

706 S. FIRST, C Excellent Value for Aug 2004. Half block south of Green on First Street. Large apts in security building. 2 bedrooms from $480/mo. Window A/C, Carpet, Hot water heat. Parking at $30/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

706 S. LOCUST, C. Aug 2004 rentals. One block west of First Street, close to campus in quiet neighborhood. Window A/C, Gas heat, Carpet, Covered Parking available, Laundry facilities. Efficiency $300/mo, 1 bedrooms $395/mo and 2 bedrooms $610/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

802 W. GREEN, U. Aug 2004 rental. One block from Lincoln Ave. Great architecture and design - not a box apt. Large units with central A/C, carpet, patios/balconies, laundry. Off-street parking at $45/mo. 2 bedrooms from $595/mo. Efficiency $355/mo. Showings 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

805 S. LINCOLN, U. Aug 2004. Great location. Attractive apts. Carpet, Ceiling fans, A.C. Efficiencies from $500 /mo, 1 bedrooms from $545/mo. 7 days a week showing. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

805 S. Locust, C. 2 & 4 bedroom luxury furnished apartments. Contemporary furnishings, bi-level, laundry, AC, large rooms, microwave, dishwasher, parking. Aug. 2004. www.mhmproperties.com 337-8852

903 W. NEVADA, U Quality rooming house. Near Jimmy John’s on Lincoln Ave. Rooms avail for Aug. 2004. Rents from $260/mo to $330/mo. Laundry facilities, Common kitchen. Showing 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

JOHN & LOCUST, C Showing for Aug 2004. Quiet neighborhood. One block west of First Street and close to campus. Huge one bedroom apts, very bright. Window A/C, Carpet, Gas Heat. Parking $20/mo. Rents start at $350/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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BAD SANTA (R) Fri. & Sat. 12:50 3:00 5:00 7:00 9:00 11:00 Sun. - Thu. 12:50 3:00 5:00 7:00 9:00

SCHOOL OF ROCK (PG–13) Fri. & Sat. 1:00 3:10 5:30 7:40 9:50 12:00 Sun. - Thu. 1:00 3:10 5:30 7:40 9:50

BROTHER BEAR (G) Fri. - Thu. 1:00 3:00 5:00 7:00 CAT IN THE HAT (PG) Fri. & CHEAPER BY DOZEN (PG) Fri. Sat. 1:00 1:15 1:30 3:00 3:15 3:30 5:00 5:15 5:30 7:00 7:30 & Sat. 7:15 9:00 9:30 11:30 12:05 ELF (PG) Fri. & Sat. 1:00 1:30 Sun. - Thu. 1:00 1:15 1:30 3:00 3:00 3:30 5:00 5:30 7:00 7:30 3:15 3:30 5:00 5:15 5:30 7:00 7:30 9:00 9:30 9:00 9:30 11:00 11:30 Sun. - Thu. 1:00 1:30 3:00 3:30 5:00 5:30 7:00 7:30 9:00 9:30 HAUNTED MANSION (PG) Fri. & Sat. 1:15 3:15 5:15 7:15 9:15 GOTHIKA (R) Fri. & Sat. 1:00 11:15 3:05 5:10 7:15 9:20 11:25 Sun. - Thu. 1:15 3:15 5:15 7:15 Sun. - Thu. 1:00 3:05 5:10 7:15 9:15 9:20 THE HUMAN STAIN (R) Fri. & Sat. 12:45 3:00 5:15 7:30 9:45 12:00 LOVE ACTUALLY (R) Fri. & Sun. - Thu. 12:45 3:00 5:15 7:30 Sat. 12:45 4:00 7:00 9:40 12:15 9:45 Sun. - Thu. 12:45 4:00 7:00 9:40

LOONEY TUNES (PG) Fri. Thu. 1:10 3:10 5:10

MASTER & COMMANDER (PG–13) Fri. 12:45 1:15 3:45 4:15 6:45 9:30 10:00 12:10 Sat. 12:45 1:15 3:45 4:15 6:45 7:15 9:30 10:00 12:10 Sun. - Thu. 12:45 1:15 3:45 4:15 6:45 7:15 9:30 10:00 Sat. 12:45 1:15 3:45 4:15 6:45 9:30 10:00 12:10

◆ MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (R) Fri. & Sat. 1:15 4:30 7:00 7:30 9:35 10:05 12:10 Sun. 1:15 4:30 7:00 7:30 9:35 10:05 Mon. - Thu. 1:15 4:30 7:00 7:30 9:35 10:05 ◆ THE MISSING (R) Fri. & Sat.

1:20 4:00 7:05 9:40 12:05 Sun. - Thu. 1:20 4:00 7:05 9:40 MYSTIC RIVER (R) Fri. & Sat. 9:00 11:30 TIMELINE (PG–13) Fri. & Sat. Sun. - Thu. 9:00 1:00 4:45 7:15 9:40 12:00 SCARY MOVIE 3 (PG–13) Fri. Sun. - Thu. 1:00 4:45 7:15 9:40 & Sat. 7:15 9:15 11:15 Sun. - Thu. 7:15 9:15 Showtimes for 11/28 thru 12/4

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BROTHER BEAR ★★ JOAQUIN PHOENIX AND PHIL COLLINS While American animators still have a long way to go to achieve the sheer grandeur and exhilarating imagination of foreign animation, such as in last year’s Spirited Away, Brother Bear shows they do have their moments. It’s just unfortunate that their visuals have to be spoiled by rudimentary plots, discardable characters and downright ugly music. (John Loos) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

CAT IN THE HAT ★ MIKE MYERS AND ALEC BALDWIN With many offensive jokes meant for adults and few witty remarks for kids, The Cat in the Hat barely even tries to satisfy its target audience and should only repel their parents. It is a foul film I do not recommend, and I would not, could not, sit through it again. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

ELF ★★★ WILL FERRELL AND JAMES CAAN The film itself really makes no attempts to hide its basic premise as a Christmas movie.There’s Santa, perfectly played by Ed Asner.There’s the head elf, portrayed by Bob Newhart.There’s the grumpy, anti-Christmas guy, James Caan. (Dan Maloney) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

GOTHIKA

HALLE BERRY AND ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Halle Berry looks unattractive and Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t do drugs. If that’s not totally crazy enough, Berry also plays a psychiatrist who becomes a client. (Jason Cantone) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

THE HUMAN STAIN

ANTHONY HOPKINS AND NICOLE KIDMAN Anthony Hopkins has a deep, dark secret that unravels his life and leads him to wild sex with Nicole Kidman after she does a sexy striptease. If that’s what happens when life becomes unravelled, sign me up! (Jason Cantone) Now showing at Beverly

LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION ★★ JENNA ELFMAN AND STEVE MARTIN On paper, Looney Tunes: Back in Action has all the pieces in place to equal Who Framed Roger Rabbit. But on the screen, the film is occasionally entertaining, and, in terms of laughs, doesn’t even equal Space Jam. Hard to believe, but for the first time in memory, the Looney Tunes gang will likely bore adults and children alike. (Andrew Vecelas) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy.

LOVE ACTUALLY ★★★ HUGH GRANT AND EMMA THOMPSON The film’s delicate blend of outrageous comedic scenes, which also prove that Brits can perform slapstick and dry humor equally, mix well with heartwarming confessions from each of the characters. Needless to say, keep a lookout for a wonderful dance sequence with Grant’s character. A holiday romantic classic for people of all generations. (Janelle Greenwood) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

MASTER AND COMMANDER ★★★★ RUSSELL CROWE AND PAUL BETTANY Weir buffs will get a kick out of watching this film and remembering The Truman Show. While Truman’s aquatic-oriented scenes introduced the director’s ability to craft stimulating scenes of sea-swept peril, Master and Commander achieves a far higher degree of oceanic fanfare. It’s a glorious tale of adventure on the high seas sure to put wind in any landlubber’s sails. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy.

THE MATRIX: REVOLUTIONS ★★ KEANU REEVES AND LAURENCE FISHBURNE In the utterly disappointing The Matrix: Revolutions, the Wachowskis simultaneously step away from that which made the previous films worthwhile and indulge in the elements that made them hollow. Gone are the eye-popping action sequences of high-tech originality and legitimate conceptions of a machine-oriented future spun out of control. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy.

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

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

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

SHATTERED GLASS ★★★ HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN AND CHLOE SEVIGNY The true story of a young journalist caught plagiarizing. If only he wrote an apology about how it was all an accident about citing things. That seems to work. (Jason Cantone) Opening at Beverly

TUPAC: RESURRECTION ★★★ NARRATED BY TUPAC SHAKUR It is Shakur’s demigod status that shines through in the film— the same status that made the original creator of “thug life” the greatest rapper ever before being killed at the young age of 25. (Andrew Crewell) Now showing at Savoy.

OPENING THIS WEEKEND BAD SANTA

BILLY BOB THORNTON AND BERNIE MAC Michael Eisner is mad that Miramax is releasing a film about an alcoholic, sexaholic angry Santa. What I’m mad about is that Eisner knew this movie was being made two months after I did. Way to be on top of things. (Jason Cantone) Opening at Beverly and Savoy

THE HAUNTED MANSION

EDDIE MURPHY AND JENNIFER TILLY Ever since he started making kid comedies, Eddie Murphy has become sweeter than sugar candy. To scare parents in this haunted film, he should jump into some of his raunchy, language-laden monologues from the 1980s. (Jason Cantone) Opening at Beverly and Savoy

THE MISSING

TOMMY LEE JONES AND CATE BLANCHETT A girl goes missing and people must find her. (Jason Cantone) Opening at Beverly and Savoy

THE SINGING DETECTIVE

ROBERT DOWNEY JR. AND KATIE HOLMES A crime novelist stuck in bed imagines his life as one of his stories.With Mel Gibson, Robin Wright Penn and recent Oscar winner Adrien Brody in the supporting cast, this film should provide some stellar acting. (Jason Cantone) Opening at Boardman’s

TIMELINE

PAUL WALKER AND FRANCES O’CONNOR Last year’s The Core was a miserable flop given its action-filled sequences and potential for blockbuster status. With even less backing and pre-release hype, this film should bring about questions of the genre’s sustainability. (Jason Cantone) Opening at Beverly and Savoy

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om Hanks rarely makes a mistake. With a film hit list that spans decades (and makes up for a slow beginning of cheesy comedy), he lives and breathes Oscar. So when he and wife Rita Wilson turned a small off-Broadway play into the megahit My Big Fat Greek Wedding, his loyal fans probably weren’t surprised that he had an eye for independent film smashes as well as Oscar-worthy performances. However, producing the absurdly horrendous television show My Big Fat Greek Life is probably one of the worst things he’s ever done. The secret to a successful comedy can be summed up in one word: comedy. Now, that sounds utterly simple, but My Big Fat Greek Life lacks anything funny, and this new DVD set would probably be better off as punishment for America’s worst criminals than a nice holiday gift for your family. For those who actually enjoyed this humorless atrocity posing as a comedy, all seven episodes of the now cancelled show can be viewed over and over again on this DVD set. Every once in awhile a show comes along that viewers don’t respond to in mass numbers (Nothing Sacred and Family Guy come to mind) and the shows gets cancelled. This isn’t one of those shows. Millions of people watched the premiere and then quickly realized that sticking a red hot poker in their eyes would be less torture than viewing another episode, so the show’s ratings quickly diminished into television oblivion. On the DVD, viewers can watch each episode in English, Greek or Portugese. Maybe if viewers watch the show in a foreign language, it will at least be slightly amusing. Highly doubtful though, considering this is probably the worst show to come out in the past 10 years. Poor Tom Hanks. At least people will quickly forget he was a part of this.

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Jeans shopping is never a pleasure trip for me. It’s as necessary as a grocery store excursion at the threat of a looming snowstorm. I weigh less than the average American woman, and I can always find my size, but the idea of pouring my womanly assets into an unworn, stiff set of denim legs is terrifying. Most of the time, I enjoy the shape of my figure. Except when I am confined to the square black cubicle with nothing to look at but the reflection of my imperfections. Levis Strauss, a young 24-year-old dry goods salesman from New York, designed the original pair for men during the 19th century California gold rush. He invented them for ease and comfort, two things I have never been able to associate with a pair of jeans. Strauss’ tailor perfected the idea by adding rivets to the pockets where men typically ripped the seams. Fashion has come so far, yet Strauss and his successors have not evolved their rivet placement. Women’s jeans continue to rip in the same area no matter what catchy style we purchase, above the back pockets and on the upper inseam. Straight leg, slim fit, hip-hugger, low rise, fit and flare, loose fit, carpenter, cargo, boot-cut, relaxed fit, retro, boy-cut, A-cut, the sexy, the boyfriend, the curve—all clever monikers for confining pants. I shuffle through the endless row of jeans. I move with speed and consistency. The lingering saleswoman looks over my shoulder like a hawk as I choose my selection. I pick two styles, but will take six pairs—I bring the hopeful size, the real size and the

slightly larger size. This method sidesteps the embarrassing exchange between the saleswoman and myself as she politely asks me to yell my size over the cubicle door. In the tiny fitting room with a mirror and a coat hook on the wall, I stare at my physique with disapproval. Pulling the jeans over my healthy thighs and hips, I slither and struggle. I suck, tuck and hold my stomach in as I hoist the zipper up and secure the button at the top. If the jeans fit, great; if they are a little bit tight, I’ll take them. I’m a size 8 two years in a row. During jeans shopping, I pledge this year will be the one I will lose the extra 15 pounds I have been storing in my thighs and middle for the past five years. I was a chubby kid. My father has large thighs and a soft stomach, an unlucky turn of events that prompted these particular genes to land in my pool. My mother, on the other hand, weighs a mere 98 pounds, my older brother barely 140. In my backyard, I would designate one day a week as “exercise day.” After school, I sacrificed my usual snack of cheese sandwich and Pop-Tart. I got to work right away on laps around my backyard, situps, push-ups and chin-ups on my jungle gym trapeze bar, in hopes that the rigorous workout would dispose of the chubby ring around my waist.

As adolescence took hold, my figure flourished. The ring around my waist slowly bumped up, revealing a full chest, and my hips expanded outward creating an hourglass shape. But, any post-chubby adult would confess that one rarely builds self-esteem to its fullest after being an overweight child. The image I see in the mirror will always be a little bit reality and a little bit of the girl in the backyard doing calisthenics. My reflection grows more distorted as the pile of rejects on the floor grows above my knees. I sit in the dressing room feeling despondent. I no longer see the unnatural looking models adorning the windows of every major department store as appalling and ridiculous. I envy the way their hipbones and collarbones protrude abnormally. I no longer find my womanly hips and thighs sexy. They disgust me. The lonely feeling of adolescence timidity floods back. I hold back tears, gather my things and leave the mall empty-handed and defeated. Other days, when I have ventured to the mall and found the unexpected perfect pair of jeans, I can forget all about bad days.

I treat myself to a food court indulgence and leave the mall with a swing in my hips. I am OK. On this particular trip, though, no luck. I buy a pair of jeans I have stuffed myself into unnaturally. I purchase them and hope they will inspire weight loss. I currently have eight pairs of inspiration hanging in my closet. The new jeans are no exception. They hug my thighs with no relief. On the average, I wear jeans for five days before I wash them. After a week, they start to feel comfortable. The waist of the jeans stretches to fit my waist. I easily stuff my buoyant little belly into the waist that now rests comfortably on my hips. The butt of the jeans sags off my own rear end. I feel skinny and as I walk, I swing my hips in an untamed manner. After I wash the jeans they feel snug, but the continuous wear starts to loosen the threads and the denim forms to my body. This feeling never lasts long. Inevitably, the inseam will begin to fray, and I will revisit the black cubicle at the mall. But for now, I am OK. buzz

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A man succeeds in the world of opera BY CONNIE HSU | STAFF WRITER

icholas Di Virgilio had a promising career in opera before his breathing became irregular and he lost the power of his voice. Now, instead of performing onstage, he brings the art of opera to elementary and high school students. Di Virgilio is a voice professor at the University of Illinois and the creator of Youth Opera Preparation and Education (YOPE). YOPE is a program designed to introduce opera to elementary and high school students, consisting of performances by students from the University and a question and answer session afterwards. For 13 years, students in the program have experienced famous operas such as La Boheme, Carmen and The Barber of Seville and contemporary operas as well. “One of YOPE’s goals is to clarify the often stereotyped or negative image of opera that youngsters receive in our culture,” Di Virgilio said. Educating young students about opera and other musical art forms is important to Di Virgilio because his interest in opera came unexpectedly. As a quarterback for his high school football team, Di Virgilio was never interested in singing. Then, he met a girl. “She was beautiful, with blond hair and blue eyes,” he said. “She was a soprano. I used to take her to her opera workshops and wait outside in the car. I lived in Buffalo, (N.Y.), and the winters there are terrible, so sometimes I got cold, and they’d let me in. One of my first opera performances was unspoken. They needed me to hold a spear.” Di Virgilio gradually became a regular at these workshops; he even began taking voice lessons with the pretty girl. His interest in opera grew, and, encouraged by his voice teacher and those who ran the opera workshops, he went on to the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., to major in opera. “There were very few men who wanted to sing,” he chuckled. “There is always an overabundance of women, but there needs to be some men too. (My voice teachers and mentors) saw that I had not only promise and talent, but that I could also physically look the part of many of the roles.” After graduating, he went to New York City to pursue a career in singing. “I struggled. You know, actors and singers are always going to New York, and you hear about how they live a Bohemian lifestyle. That’s how I was,” he said. “I lived on the Upper West Side before it was nice. It looked like the real West Side Story.” For four years, Di Virgilio worked at a men’s clothing store in Greenwich Village while moonlighting as a singer in nightclubs and churches. He began auditioning for smaller

parts in community opera houses before getting his big break in 1963. “I auditioned for a nationally televised performance at Tanglewood, Mass. I sang the North American premiere of Benjamin Britten’s ‘War Requiem.’ It was also my first national debut,” he said excitedly. “Opera house managers, directors, singers from all over the country were either there or watching it to television.” Later that evening, without an audition, he was hired for two productions. “It was luck. In this business, there’s talent and then there’s luck. You got to have both,” he said pensively. “I was lucky that day. They were looking for an unknown tenor, someone young. The other singers were up-and-coming or well-known. But they were looking for someone like me.” After Tanglewood, Di Virgilio’s career took off. He began performing at prestigious opera houses, including leading performances with the New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, and made his European debut at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels. He was in the prime of his career when he noticed he could not take in breaths while he sang. He was diagnosed with lingual tonsilitus, a protrusion of the tonsil that causes the windpipe to close whenever the voicebox is strained. “Back in those days, there was no laser surgery. I couldn’t get it taken out, because the scar tissue would ruin my voice,” he said agitated. “The only way it could heal was if I stopped talking and singing for a year.” With the knowledge of his condition, opera houses and productions began rescinding their offers.

“Word spreads fast within the opera community,” he said. To support his family, he accepted a position at the University of Illinois in 1976 and has been teaching ever since. He plans to retire in the spring. “It’s still a sore spot for me,” he said, looking down. “I missed my opportunity.” Although he lost his opportunity for a career onstage,

Di Virgilio is intent on instilling the same love for opera in young children to give them an opportunity to enjoy the art and understand the technique of Bel Canto, or beautiful singing. “I want to make them aware of what the human voice can do,” he said. This year, YOPE will be held three to four times at schools all over the state. YOPE is scheduled to appear at Holy Cross in Champaign on Nov. 17. Since its inception, over 50,000 children have been in YOPE. buzz

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Native Americans through a racist lens

A Thanksgiving lesson of how Hollywood transformed a culture’s image BY JASON CANTONE | ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

n Thanksgiving, everyone thinks they know about Native American culture. Native Americans have long, dark hair that’s usually braided, they live in teepees and are too primitive to use technology, so they communicate through smoke signals and putting their ears to the ground to hear if people or herds of wild buffalo are coming. And when they’re not walking around topless, Native American women either fight off cowboys or serve cheap drinks at casinos near reservations. American moviegoers have been inundated with these racist images for so long that it can be difficult to separate truth from fiction. The history of the media has done very little to stop these racist attitudes and beliefs. In 1910, James Young Deer, a Winnebago Indian, directed White Fawn’s Devotion, an early Western without “cowboys and Indians” rivalries or wagon train attacks in the middle of a prairie. It is a melodramatic tale of a Native American woman who kills herself after her white husband leaves her. In 1928, Chickasaw Edwin Carewe completed a critically acclaimed film called Ramona. However, despite both of their successes, neither director was allowed to direct films in the 1930s. In fact, for the next 70 years, no Native American went behind the camera. Many were transferred over to help make the classic Westerns of the era where Native Americans were portrayed as war mongers out to attack Western settlers. After initial success, the image of a more human Native American slowly evaporated, leaving white actors to don face paint to portray Native Americans. This tendency to redden-up white faces to play this culture reached its pinnacle in 1939 when Cherokee actor Victor Daniels (also known as Chief Thunder Cloud) was asked to portray Geronimo in a silent film. Being Cherokee, Daniels stated that he was very surprised when filmmakers required him to wear makeup so he could look “more Native American” to fit into the look Americans were getting used to through whites who used red face makeup. Daniels responded with a now famous quote, “We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts.” Director Arthur Penn brought the face of real Native American culture back into American lives with his 1970 film Little Big Man, which featured Squamish leader Chief Dan George as the first Native American leading man in a major film since the 1930s.

Many critics believe Native Americans can thank the Vietnam War for the re-emergence of equality on film. Glorified American figures such as General Custer began to lose their patriotic allure and people better comprehended the atrocities that transpired against Native Americans, just as how atrocities befell the Indochinese. But despite films such as Little Big Man and Soldier Blue (which focuses on a Cheyenne massacre of a cavalry group), the unconscionable actions against Native Americans weren’t seen as societal ills of the time. Instead, they were blamed on individual figureheads such as Custer. These embodiments of evil were countered with Native American-friendly characters such as Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man. Of course, the most famous Native Americanthemed film is Kevin Costner’s award-winning Dances with Wolves. Through these European actors in Native American-themed films, American filmmakers tried to put a face to the concept that Native American culture can be embraced by outsiders and that although the past cannot be rewritten, changes in the present can be made to make a more harmonious future, no matter how cheesy that sounds. In 1998, a profound event aimed to set back all of Hollywood’s inaccurate portrayals of Native American culture: Smoke Signals, the first release of a major film directed by a Native American, debuted in the United States. Although it was met with only lukewarm critical and commercial response (it made less than $7 million despite semiwide release), it was an important achievement. Sure, a film directed by a Native American was a big deal culturally for this underrepresent-

ed culture, but this film gave the Native American community more than just a rising director who could make a difference in years to come. Smoke Signals came from the mind (and short stories) of Native

American Sherman Alexie, and almost the entire cast has Native American heritage. In the film, Native Americans don’t wear headdresses and they aren’t fighting Indians or smoking pipes in order to help Europeans see into the future. Instead, it is a realistic tale of a young nerd (yes—Native Americans can be nerds too) who goes on a road trip to get the cremated remains of the man who saved his life. Native Americans don’t fall into Hollywood’s stereotypes. Although the film embraces that they share a different culture than most Americans, it portrays Native Americans and European Americans as both equally human, with strengths, faults and human emotions that were relegated to grunts and warlike emotions in earlier American films mentioned previously. But where is Native American film going from there? On Dec. 4-7, the 12th Annual Native American Film and Video Festival will take place in New York City. Films personally submitted and selected from Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, Arctic Russia and the United States will all aim to portray Native American culture in the most realistic way possible. Of course, 12 years of film festivals cannot eradicate centuries of racism against the Native American culture, but with more exposure to realistic portrayals and less reliance on stereotypes, the line between Native American films and Hollywood films might actually begin to blur. buzz

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A MINUTE WITH STAN HOOPER ★★ DAS EXPERIMENT | MORITZ BELIBTREU

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n 1971, Philip Zimbardo revealed a haunting side to man when he concluded one of the most controversial psychological experiments in recent history. He placed a group in a prison environment, allowing half to act as guards and half as prisoners. The experiment was terminated after only a few days because of an apocalyptic revelation: the desire of man to control overwhelms the basic decorousness of the human soul. The German film Das Experiment, allegedly based on this experiment, presents that conflict in a frightening brutality that shocks the audience not only in it’s bluntness but also in the calmness in which the atmosphere is presented. Das Experiment, an intense dramatic piece, tells the story of 20 men who volunteered for a prison experiment. One of the prisoners, an undercover reporter played by Moritz Leibtrau (Run Lola Run), continually pushes the guards to confrontation. As with any film, there are the stereotypical characters (the rebel, the sadist, the weakling, the angry one, etc.), but these allow an uninformed audience to connect to the characters on a much deeper level, allowing the audience to experience the callousness as much as the prisoners in the cells. In an environment reminiscent of the concentration camps of the Holocaust, the prisoners and guards are defined by the uniforms they wear. The guards, brandishing night sticks and polished matching suits, walk up and down the rows of cages in a mocking manner. One prisoner, not called by name but by his number, 77, is forced to stand with his mouth ducttaped. Director Oliver Hirschbiegel lets the action and emotion rise and fall, never truly allowing the audience to settle into the knowledge that the story being laid out is a work of fiction, reminding one of Lord of the Flies and A Clockwork Orange. As the movie pushes forward, famous cinematic quotes come to mind: Luke’s speech in Cool Hand Luke, Jack Nicholson bouncing off the walls in One Flew Over a Cuckoo’s Nest, Al Pacino in The Devil’s Advocate. Each calls to mind the tendencies of human rebellion, insanity and evil. However, the film might be better compared to a famous Abraham Lincoln quote, “If you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

hrough much of the ‘90s, Norm Macdonald made a name for himself doing the Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live, his deadpan delivery a perfect match for the mock newscast. One of the only consistent bright spots for a number of unremarkable years on the show, Macdonald’s talents were apparently not appreciated by the NBC executives who fired him a few years ago. Although his trademark dry demeanor is intact in A Minute with Stan Hooper, a new sitcom airing Wednesdays on Fox, the show itself is full of wasted talent and missed opportunities. The show revolves around TV news commentator Stan Hooper (Macdonald) who moves out to rural Wisconsin with his wife (Penelope Ann Miller) in order to be closer to the Middle America he loves to champion every week. The premise is standard fish-outof-water sitcom material, with a good helping of oddball supporting characters around to give Hooper a dose of culture shock. There’s the two quirky owners of the local diner who

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AVERAGE JOE ★★

BY ANDREW CREWELL | STAFF WRITER

verage Joe was supposed to be the next Bachelorette. At least that’s what the girl on the show thought. When the bus pulled up to drop off her future love interests, however, she was in for a surprise. Instead of the usual dating show cast of Mr. Universe contestants and out-of-work underwear models, when this bus unloaded, it looked like a Physics 114 lecture just let out, and out walked her “Average Joes.” In a beautiful, secluded resort, 16 lusting men vie for the willing heart of one gorgeous woman while all living together. Week by week the more goofy fellows get sent packing, while the presentable ones stick around. And eventually one gets the girl, or at least doesn’t get the heave-ho until the cameras are turned off. Melana Scantlin is the shocked female lead. Humorously enough, a survivor of another reality show, Meet My Folks, she brings the complete package to the table. Twenty-five years old, Scantlin is a former Miss Teen Missouri and cheerleader for the Kansas City Chiefs, as well as a generally good-spirited person. The problem is she has to put up with this cast of goons ogling her.

incredibly have never heard a customer say, “I’ll take it to go” before. In addition, the town’s two young lovebirds live in the Hoopers’ luxurious house with them, along with a stonefaced butler (so much for living as one of the common folk). The unbelievable setup handicaps the show to begin with, but then again, some of the better shows on television have an even looser connection to reality (think Scrubs). In the most recent episode, Hooper decides to be the first person to run in an election against the town’s mayor in years. In the process he finds out that the town’s selfdescribed big cheese (Fred Willard in the show’s best performance) essentially controls the town and its government. Yet Hooper is mostly concerned through the ordeal with his campaign slogan and his promise to buy the town a new bandstand. The show has a bad habit of building a potentially funny situation and then failing to follow up on it. The scripts don’t show a whole lot of effort in building big laughs. Sure, there’s a good chuckle once in awhile, but the show doesn’t string them together often enough to be entertaining for long. The rest of the cast makes a good effort, but can only do so much with the lackluster writing. Some of them come off as more annoying than eccentric, but some of the blame must be due to the inane dialogue provided. They deliver their lines with a lot of energy, but the scenes go nowhere and even the studio audience barely manages a laugh. Macdonald himself is probably miscast, or at least misused. He gets a laugh here and there but is sadly restrained out

The guys range from 5 feet 2 inches tall and anorexic to 6 feet 8 inches tall and 360 pounds. Most sport some vicious body hair, and some even look like their parents intentionally raised them for the circus. Despite physical deformity and general creepiness, most of these guys have something in common: They are goodhearted and just want one shot at a pretty girl they normally wouldn’t have a chance with. The scheme is the same, but the action is new. The program promises twists and turns that blow other reality contenders out of the water. Moreover, these geeks and dweebs are funny to watch. Through no fault of their own they completely lack what the public has come to expect as far as athletic ability, etiquette and normal social convention. Some would say reality shows have become so fantastical and otherworldly that they are barely reality. Average Joe makes the transition back to what every Joe Schmoe sitting on his couch wants to see: people like himself on TV making such imbeciles of themselves that there is no reason not to feel better about himself. Average Joe is funny, completely unrehearsed and a great change of pace. At six episodes long it won’t overstay its welcome, and maybe, just maybe, will prove that the guy can get the girl and provide some social commentary on materialism and declining moral values in America. But not too much; after all, this would never happen with Brad Pitt and 16 oddball girls who missed the Barbie culture.

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Faculty Art On Display at Krannert Art BY BRIAN WARMOTH | STAFF WRITER

he School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois has one of the oldest annual exhibitions of faculty work in the country, and this year’s is certainly testament to the wide array of talents and fields of study that the school encompasses. The exhibit, now on display in the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavillion through Jan. 4, contains

A MINUTE WITH STAN HOOPER | NORM MACDONALD of the show’s need for him to play straight man to the other characters. Macdonald shines the best when he plays crass jerks, as he did on his former ABC sitcom Norm; the role of Hooper is too kindhearted and well-meaning to play to his strengths easily. A Minute with Stan Hooper is not an altogether horrible show—just a painfully mediocre one. It takes one of the finer comic actors on television, surrounds him with a capable supporting cast and yet falls short in providing any worthwhile entertainment. A good amount of effort is evident on the screen, but a key piece of the puzzle is missing. If the quality of the scripts doesn’t improve soon, the show will probably be axed before season’s end. As it stands now, Stan Hooper is not worth more than a minute of anyone’s time.

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AVERAGE JOE | MELANA SCANTLIN AND SUITORS Reality television isn’t just a fad and reality shows won’t be going away any time soon. The viewers have responded with ratings and there isn’t a single night where some sort of realitybased series doesn’t air on a major network. Even more astoundingly, in January 2004, Reality Central, a network devoted to 24/7 reality shows, will launch in America. However, the novelty of reality has passed. The masses are no longer entertained simply by airing idiots squabbling over pointless rewards. Shows that can boast love, lasting relationships and quirky twists now rule the ratings. With this in mind, NBC has now thrown their best effort into the mix, and Average Joe is the hopeless but entertaining result.

The Human Stain ★★★★

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BY ELIZABETH ZEMAN | STAFF WRITER

f you don’t already know the name Philip Roth, learn it fast. One of the most prolific literary writers of our time, Roth has won many major awards including the Pulitzer Prize and two National Book Awards. Time magazine declared him America’s Best Novelist in 2001, and his 2000 novel The Human Stain, recipient of Roth’s second Pen/Faulkner Award, has recently been adapted into a Hollywood film. The Human Stain is an amazing critique of American culture, politics, class and sexuality. Its story is shocking, funny and touching at all the right moments. The aging writer Nathan Zuckerman, Roth’s alter-ego, narrates the novel as he tries to write the biography of Coleman Silk, a widowed Jewish man and former classics professor at a small liberal arts college. Silk must retire when

explorations through various mediums from metal and glass to film and photography, as well as works on canvas, all by current faculty. Weekly talks by featured faculty members are also set for Wednesdays—not including school holidays—during the exhibit’s run. The first speaker, Conrad Bakker, discusses through his work the notion of value in terms of push/pull theory. His paintings are based on photographs of chairs by designer Roy Eames and will be auctioned off one at a time every day over eBay for the first 30 days of the exhibition. The goal of the exercise is to present the works as they are “pushed out of a museum and pulled into the world through (the) economics of online auctions,” according to Bakker’s posted description of the display. His work poses another issue common throughout many of his colleagues’ pieces as well: the value of objects as a function of their relationships to other objects. Barbara F. Kendrick’s piece, “Everywhere I’ve Slept,” for instance, lays out a timeline of images collaged of postcards and state maps made out of hair and wax paper. The postcards have all been altered with their hotels cropped out, illustrating only the surroundings of the places she’s been instead of the places themselves. “Disk,” the featured glasswork sample by Holly Wolf, juxtaposes notions of shapes and physical properties of glass and light to create a piece that is truly a creation of the environment it is displayed in. Accompanying the glass sculpture is a photo titled “Glass and Light,” which freezes one image of the glasslight relationship she studies. Ki-Chol Nam presents two works entitled

“Form Exploration,” setting up rows of similar objects next to each other and examining the variations of physical shape in objects of common function. Here, images of toasters, and in the other case clocks, give value to objects in relation to similar manifestations of themselves. Still “Life with Dogs,” an arrangement of photographs on gelatin sliver print by Brad Hudson, gives a looks at the lives of dogs in a seasonal composition. The pieces all give focus to the activity and nonactivity of dogs in various settings. Kevin Hamilton, the featured speaker for the Dec. 3 talk, utilizes film in his “New Models of Time: Ourobouros.” His work is an animated drawing of a scale-covered body perpetually moving across the projector screen. The diversity of media used throughout the many examples of faculty work comprise a broad sampling of both subject matter and technical skill on the parts of the artists. As a whole, the exhibition functions as an inspiring glance into the creative aptitude of the University’s instructors. buzz

colleagues label him a racist following a misunderstanding of his use of the word “spooks.” Aided by Viagra, Silk is having an affair with the 34-year-old Faunia Farley. He’s 71. Faunia, an illiterate cleaning woman, is haunted by her troubled past, mostly in the form of a crazed ex-husband who stalks her and Silk, all while suffering dangerous Vietnam flashbacks and accusing Faunia of having killed their two children. And that’s just the beginning. Zuckerman, sometimes serving more as a detective than as a writer, uncovers a secret Silk has been hiding for 50 years—a secret that might seem too far-fetched to believe if Roth didn’t present it so convincingly. This secret fuels most of the novel and leads the reader through a series of flashbacks of Silk’s life. As its complex story unfolds slowly and

deliberately, the novel exposes and challenges the hypocrisy of America, of politics, of society and of academia. The nutty professor Delphine Roux, the ringleader of Silk’s betrayers, emerges as the main example of academic hypocrisy. Zuckerman describes this splendid villain-like figure as brimming with “intellectual self-importance.” Silk’s affair with Faunia, set in the late 1990s, is deftly interwoven with humorous discussions and ruminations on the topical ClintonLewinsky scandal. Amongst these larger cultural issues it soon becomes clear that this is a novel as much about America’s past and present as it is a portrait of one man’s remarkable life. Faunia and Silk are fascinating and complex, and even the novel’s minor characters

For more information on the exhibition, contact the Krannert Art Museum at (217) 333-1860.

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sparkle and shine at their moments to do so. Only Faunia’s ex-husband, Les, borders on trite at times, but that seems such a minor issue in comparison to the rest of the novel. This is not lightweight reading, but its rewards are great. The prose is dense, philosophic and sometimes ultra-literary, mirroring both narrator and protagonist. Roth’s language and style are breathtaking, and he boldly and candidly meets potentially touchy subjects head-on. The Human Stain’s brand of boldness is not that of his earlier sex-obsessed Portnoy’s Complaint. Roth no longer seems as interested in the shock value of sex; his 2000 novel is instead a tragedy focusing on truth, hatred and human nature. Sexuality is only one part. The Human Stain concludes a trilogy of Zuckerman novels, including The American Pastoral and I Married a Communist. It’s one of Roth’s (and modern-day America’s) best, and it demonstrates well Roth’s extraordinary literary talent. As a writer for The Chicago Tribune put it, “In American literature today, there’s Philip Roth, and then there’s everybody else.” For most writers, a book as brilliant as The Human Stain would be the masterpiece of a lifetime. For Roth, it’s one of several.

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110 in the Shade Thornton Wilder

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t is sadly fitting that a play about a town in desperate need of rain endured such stormy weather throughout its production. After casting troubles including the sudden death of original cast member Cary Bassani, it’s amazing that Director Jim Dobbs and his cast were able to open 110 in the Shade at Urbana’s Station Theatre on time. The musical, based on N. Richard Nash’s The Rainmaker, opened Nov. 13 and runs until Dec. 6. It depicts a small farming community in the middle of a serious drought and a woman named Lizzie Curry attempting to cope with a different type of drought as she fears she will never marry. There are some delightful moments, though the play remains, like the town it portrays, a bit dry. Its pace is sluggish at times, and its script lacks the vivacity of a musical like My Fair Lady (performed last season at the Station Theatre). When a con man named Billy Starbuck (David Barkley), claiming to possess the ability to make rain, sweeps through the town, he unsettles the order of things and provides the skeptical Lizzie with hope, but he never completely triggers that moment of transformation the play needs. On the night this reviewer attended the show, Nov. 20, understudy Megan James performed the taxing part of Lizzie in place of Abby Burgett. James had a genuine sweetness about her that suited the role well. She did a commendable job delivering her spoken lines, though she had some difficulty sustaining her voice through all the musical numbers. The play confines Lizzie and its other women to the domestic realm. The women’s stories and songs usually involve preparing food, washing dishes or finding a husband. According to Lizzie’s father (Mike Murphy), a woman needs a husband and any husband will do, even a con man. Lizzie’s song “Raunchy” cleverly resists stereotypes and expectations of women, but this moment passes as she then tries unsuccessfully to embody these stereotypes herself. Another great musical moment features the witty opening song in which Noah Curry (Ryan Mulvaney) declares “I don’t get indigestion” when Lizzie comes home. Also, two talented singers lend their voices to the concluding sing-off between Lizzie’s suitors Starbuck and Sheriff File (Dave Tomlinson). The ensemble’s size, though, is too great for the small Station stage. As a result, they have little room to move, making the production less energetic than it might have been. The pleasurable exception is a post-intermission dance sequence that makes waltzing, a ballet performance and tap dancing at a country picnic seem completely natural. Some of the younger cast members also emerge as bright spots. The comic Jimmy Curry (Tyler Stein) and Snookie Updegraff (Katelyn Burgett) sparkle and shine. Stein eases into his appropriate goofiness and touching gentleness without being overly sentimental. The charming Updegraff is rarely on stage, but when she is, her presence is refreshing. Mulvaney also does a fine job as the unlikable brother. This is a difficult play to pull off in a small space and the production does have some trouble with that, but there are certainly enough witty moments and great live music to make for an entertaining time.

Roehn Koester BY NIK GALLICCHIO | STAFF WRITER

rtist Roehn Koester has been a native of ChampaignUrbana for 15 years now and is a former student of the University of Illinois. He works with objects he finds on walks around town and manipulates the every day and ordinary into something beautiful. This is his art. He is something of a magician. His incredibly colorful pictures at the Aroma Cafe show tiny pieces of the world on a grand scale. From enlarged snapshots of a butterfly wing to a collage of gorgeous Middle Eastern stamps, his work seems to capture endless details of the world that often go unnoticed. What would you like to say about your art? What I want to get across is that there’s value in clutter, if you look at it correctly. I’d like to believe that the piece of debris at the bottom of the steps is just as interesting architecturally as what’s at the top. There was a lecture by Richard Feynman called “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom,” and he predicted what would happen in today’s society with intensive study with nanotechnology—this science concerned with the “very small.” The questions that arise from studying the very small often tend to be the same questions that come from studying the very large. What inspires you? I really do feel like nothing’s more worthwhile than trying to find a deeper sense of (the) interconnectedness of things.

My photos are just stages of me trying to find this. Some say it’s God, or cosmic forces, but it’s definitely something greater. Paying attention to everything around me as art has made me a better listener of the world. Furthermore, the local artists inspire me, like Sandra Ahten. She and the other artists around here are some of the most interesting people you could ever meet—they do what they love and somehow support themselves with it. They’re a real inspiration. What’s interesting about the “Postage” piece? It’s a collage of all different pieces of Middle Eastern stamps. Sometimes landscapes are caught on these, sometimes just designs. The interesting thing is that upon a close inspection, you can see the quality of the paper fiber and relate it to that country’s economic conditions. Sometimes the picture becomes really grainy when you inspect it closely. Just from little details like this, you can tell a lot about where it came from and imagine what it might be like there. Which piece is your favorite? Well, they all are, but I enjoy “Upward Downward I.” Here, I worked with objects like glass, rocks, water. The collage is made up of all these circular pictures of things, and some say they look like planets. It’s funny how when you look at something small, really closely, that it reminds you of something big. I think beauty lies in the impermanence of grand landscapes. We all know that even huge buildings are transient. We can try to look to the very, very small for some sort of permanence, but the irony is that the only thing consistent about them is that they’re constantly evolving.

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THE CAT IN THE HAT ★ BY MATT PAIS | LEAD REVIEWER

f to the new Seuss film you’re planning to go, there are a few things that first you should know. The adaptation of the beloved kids’ book is labored, unfunny and not worth a look. Despite all the hype and high-style production, it’s a failed effort, worthy of compunction. But the saddest thing about The Cat in the Hat, is that, even for kids, it isn’t all that. What could possibly inspire filmmakers to convert the creative work of Dr. Seuss, possibly the most delightfully unadaptable children’s stories of all time, into such unsatisfying, garbled rubbish? It would seem the fate of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a snide reworking of the Seuss classic directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey, would have adequately shown that

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SHATTERED GLASS ★★★

BY JASON CANTONE | ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

lagiarism is a very serious topic and it is handled expertly by the Tom Cruise-produced film, Shattered Glass. When a well-known writer, such as The New Republic’s Stephen Glass, falsifies half of his stories by making up people, places and events, it unravels the magazine considered “the in-flight magazine of Air Force One” and opens them up to rightful criticism from an online competitor. Of course, plagiarism isn’t just a phenomenon that occurs at the top level. Although the film takes pains in showing how extensive the fact-checking process was at The New Republic, it proves that this could happen anywhere, whether at a national or community level. Glass starts with a bang, amazing his editors with brilliant stories filled with suspense and intrigue. Young Republicans bored at their convention ascend the stairs to private suites where they booze with their buddies and hire an overweight prostitute just so they can ridicule her. While the young Republicans chug liquor, Glass sits in the bathroom frantically

even some of Hollywood’s biggest talent can’t capture the Seuss-ian magic onscreen. But, alas, Imagine Entertainment was not discouraged. Granted, Seuss’ work is rife with vivid characters and family-friendly inspirational messages. The problem is that The Cat in the Hat isn’t particularly strong on either of them, setting director Bo Welch’s film version at a disadvantage from the start. The book teems with appalling irresponsibility and a half-hearted resolution that promotes hiding information from one’s parents as long as everything can be cleaned up before they get home. In reality, the story is one of Seuss’ thinnest, flimsiest fantasies, forcing former Seinfeld writers Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer to create new characters and scenarios to spice up this 82minute exercise in set design. When their mom (Kelly Preston) is called back to work, Conrad (Spencer Breslin) and Sally (Dakota Fanning) are left alone in the house, save for narcoleptic babysitter Mrs. Kwan (Amy Hill of TV’s All American Girl). Mom is hosting a party that night, and seconds after she orders the kids not to make a mess, there appears a 6-foot tall, talking, hat-wearing Cat (Mike Myers) to cause havoc throughout the house and neighborhood. Not surprisingly, The Cat in the Hat doesn’t ask much of its actors, particularly Alec Baldwin, a sheer caricature as the creepy guy next door who thinks Sally’s mom has got it goin’ on. All of the Cat’s antics basically require

writing notes about everything he sees, from the liquor brands to the acne on the overweight prostitute. If that story isn’t good enough, what about a young hacker so expensive to stop that a successful technology company hires him as a consultant and provides him with all of the money and pornographic magazines he could ever dream of? But there’s a major problem: all of these stories never happened. The convention center Glass says he visited on a Sunday night closes on weekends; the restaurant where he had a late Sunday dinner with the hacker and his agent closes at 3 p.m. Hayden Christiansen, known best as young Darth Vader in the awful Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, gets another chance to prove his acting ability after George Lucas deconstructed him from being a good actor into a piece of Star Wars scenery, as he previously did to Ewan McGregor and Samuel L. Jackson. His performance in Life As A House oozed with sentimentality but Shattered Glass will finally cement his image as a legitimate actor. Shattered Glass joins All The President’s Men and The Insider as an essential journalism film to tell not only a tale of ethics, but also a story of morality and trying to get by in a very competitive world. This tale of journalistic immorality gives America a new set of unlikely heroes: editors. The late Michael Kelly, played smartly by comic veteran Hank Azaria, embodies ethics and morality and does the unspeakable: he stands up for his writers and loses his job in order to make the newsroom as

Breslin and Fanning to either gape with wideeyed dismay or grin with childlike wonder. But the real disappointment here is Myers, playing the Cat as some demented mixed breed of Austin Powers, Coffee Talk’s Linda Richman and the Cowardly Lion. The film relies solely on Myers for comic relief, but the Cat offers far more annoyance than amusement. In the book, the Cat is a limber loose-cannon, a free spirit so un-self-consciously reckless that the kids can’t help but indulge him, despite their better instincts. He’s not much of a sympathetic character—the Cat is actually as much of a villain as he is hero— but he’s such a freewheeling, cool Uncle-type mischief-maker that it’s a journey to find out what kind of trouble he’ll stir up next. Unfortunately, the movie strips the Cat of his gleeful tomfoolery and presents him as a bothersome, sarcastic irritation that is neither funny nor entertaining. The Cat in the Hat exists in a made-up world in which every street, outfit and doorknob is a wondrous spectacle of Technicolor imagination. This environment comes to vibrant life in the hands of Welch, a first-time director with more than two dozen credits as production designer and art director on films such as Men in Black, Batman Returns and The Color Purple. Every moment of The Cat in the Hat drips with the colorful melee of a melted gobstopper, but that isn’t to say that the vivid design ever really seeps into the film itself. Rather, it serves as a

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THE CAT IN THE HAT | MIKE MYERS stark contrast to the slow, uninvolving story of two bratty kids causing trouble and never actually having much fun doing it. Of course, The Cat in the Hat is guaranteed to generate an unbelievable amount of revenue for Universal Studios, Burger King, Toys R Us and every godforsaken chain looking to cash in on a film that’s less movie than marketing. But with many offensive jokes meant for adults and few witty remarks for kids, The Cat in the Hat barely even tries to satisfy its target audience and should only repel their parents. It is a foul film I do not recommend, and I would not, could not, sit through it again.

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SHATTERED GLASS | HAYDEN CHRISTIANSEN positive of an environment as possible. However, those not in a journalistic mindset might find Shattered Glass teetering on the edge of boring. Glass is manipulative, but not in the Hannibal Lecter way in which you enjoy his evil deeds. He’s just a bad journalist who cannot cover his lies. The film also neglects any analysis of Glass’ personal life and motivations for what he did. But then, the film would falter if it sensationalized a tale on the evils of sensationalism.

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THE HUMAN STAIN Anthony Hopkins plays professor Coleman Silk, whose life becomes unravelled when he makes a remark in class that’s seen as racist.

STEP INTO LIQUID A surfer documentary that goes closer to the action than any surfer documentary before. Now showing at Boardman’s Art Theatre.

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Gallery Virtu Cooperative – Original works by the nine artist-owners: jewelry, pottery, paintings, collages, hats, handbags and other textiles, sculptures and journals. The Gallery also offers workshops. 220 W Washington St, Monticello. 762-7790. Thurs 12-4pm, Fri 12-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm. www.galleryvirtu.org Hill Street Gallery Inc. – Oil and watercolor paintings, hand painted T-shirts, handmade jewelry. 703 W Hill, Champaign. Sat 12-5pm or by appointment during the week. 359-0675. International Galleries – Works from local artists including quilts by Nancy Summers, oil paintings by Deborah Lightfield and “Forgotten Dreams,” paintings & photographs by Jim Golaszewski on display through Dec 2. Lincoln Square Mall. Mon-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12-5pm. 328-2254. Larry Kanfer Gallery – University of Illinois images by photographic artist Larry Kanfer. Unique diploma frames and other UI gifts. Sepia Champaign-Urbana Collection also on display. Available now: 2004 Prairiescapes and University of Illinois calendars. 2503 S Neil, Champaign. Free and Open to the Public. Mon-Sat 10am-5:30pm. 3982000. www.kanfer.com LaPayne Photography – Specializes in panoramic photography up to 6 feet long of different subjects including sporting events, city skylines, national parks and University of Illinois scenes. 816 Dennison Dr, Champaign. Mon-Fri 9am-4pm and by appointment. 356-8994. Old Vic Art Gallery – Fine and original art, hand signed limited edition prints, works by local artists, art restoration, custom framing, and periodic shows by local artists. 11 E University, Champaign. Mon-Thu 11am-5:30pm, Sat 11am-4:30pm. 355-8338.

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“Nevertheless: That’s Our Guarantee!” – Solo exhibit focusing on graphic design by local artist John Havlik on display through Dec 12. Show will display works demonstrating Havlik’s ability to visually respond to a wide range of artistic presentations and a series of pieces created to demonstrate the range of products a graphic designer is involved with. With tongue-in-cheek humor, Havlik provides an insider’s look at the graphic designprofession. Visit www.nevertheless-guaranteed.com for a peek at this exhibit. 115 E University, Champaign. Mon-Fri 10am-3pm and Mon-Thu evenings 6-8pm, Sat 12-2pm. 351-2485. Handicapped accessible and open and free to the public. “IUB Photo Competition” – The Illini Union Art Gallery presents color and black and white photography from UIUC students. On display through Dec 2. 1401 W Green, Urbana. Open Every day 7am-10pm. The Middle Room Gallery – Digital prints and mixed media from UIUC graphic design student Jessica Mullen on display through Nov. 218 W Main St, Urbana. http://www.gallery.ucimc.org/ “E-Motion2: Our Reality as Seen and Unseen” – A unique dance/technology installation in which programmer Ben Schaeffer, choreographer Luc Vanier, and composer

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“The only place I dared to share it was in small group,” confided Jim Wood. A quiet man who stands 6 feet tall with a shaven head and long, scruffy goatee, Wood had been working on an unfinished worship song for over a year. “I felt as though there was more to be added, but didn’t have anything definite,” said Wood, worship pastor for Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Urbana. While attending a retreat in Colorado last year, Wood decided to share his song with other worship leaders and songwriters who critically evaluated his work and offered feedback, suggestions and encouragement. Most agreed the song had promise, but wasn’t finished yet. During a personal time of worship following the retreat, the melody and lyrics for the chorus seemed to flow out of him, recalled Wood, of the worship song that eventually became “Simple Token.” Chosen from over 600 new worship songs originating from within Vineyard churches all over the United States, “Simple Token” was released this month on DWELL, a CD featuring 14 new songs of worship recorded live by Vineyard Music USA (VMUSA) at the Cincinnati Vineyard. The CD also comes bundled with a DVD that includes the live worship concert, small group worship sets with onscreen lyrics, instructional tutorials for all the songs, and worship leader interviews with insights on

“Faculty Art Exhibition” – Features the newest work by current faculty in the School of Art and Design. This exhibition, a major event in the Urbana-Champaign art community, is one of the oldest, continuously-running faculty exhibitions in the country. Recent works of painting, sculpture, installation art, photography, glass, graphic design and other media will be on display through Jan 4. Four faculty members will give talks about their work at noon on the following Wednesdays: Dec 3, Kevin Hamilton; Dec 10, Melissa Pokorny; Dec 17, Gerald Guthrie. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm. 333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3

Hamlet Q1: The First Quarto 1603 – A shorter, actionpacked version of Shakespeare’s play performed with nontraditional gender casting by the University of Illinois New Revels Players. Performances will be held Sat, Dec 6 at 3pm and 7pm and Sun, Dec 7 at 3pm at the McKinley Foundations Westminster Hall, 809 S Fifth St, Champaign, Ill. Tickets are $5 at the door. For reservations, e-mail tllyons@uiuc.edu or call (217) 384-5462.

“Ethereal Organics” – Photographs from Jim Hultquist on display at Cafe Aroma. Hultquist:“A project in the study of light interacting with natural forms.” 118 N Neil, Champaign. Open 7 days a week, 7am-midnight. For information contact Amanda Bickle. 356-3200. art4aroma@yahoo.com

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“Whistler and Japonisme: Selections from the Permanent Collection” – Marking the 100th anniversary of James McNeill Whistler’s death, this exhibition highlights his works on paper and examines the influence that Japanese woodcuts had on his artistic technique. On display at the Krannert Art Museum through March 28, 2004. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm. 333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3

Verde Gallery & Verdant News and Coffee – Magazines, newspapers, coffee, beverages and fine pastries along with the Verde Fine Art Gallery. 17 E Taylor St, Champaign. Cafe hours: Mon-Sat 7am-10 pm; Gallery Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-10pm. 366-3204. www.verdantsystems.com/Verde.htm

The Celebration Company at the Station Theatre presents 110 Degrees in the Shade. 110 Degrees in the Shade is a musical with score by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt of The Fantastiks fame. It is based on the hit play The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash, who also wrote the book for this show. All rights to this show are administered by TamsWhitmark Music Library, Inc. The Celebration Company production of 110 in the Shade at the Station Theatre will be directed by Jim Dobbs and Music directed by Debra Myers Dobbs. Show dates will be from: Wed, Nov 26, CLOSED Thanksgiving Day (Nov 27). Fri, Nov 28 through Sun, Nov 30.Wed, Dec 3 through Sat, Dec 6. All shows are at 8pm. Call (217) 384-4000 for reservations. Ticket prices: Wed 2 for $10, Thu $10, Fri $12, Sat $12, Sun $10 Parkland Theatre presents its 13th annual student show, Out of Order by Ray Cooney. This British farce takes place one fateful night in a London hotel, as a Conservative Government Member of Parliament attempts to have an affair with a secretary of the Opposition. Filled with an odd assortment of characters including a conniving waiter, a suspicious hotel manager, an alert private detective, an angry wife, a furious husband, a bungling secretary, an unconscious nurse and a dead body, nothing is going to go as planned. Performances are Dec 3, 4, 5, 6 at 8pm and Dec 6 and 7 at 3pm. General admission tickets are $8 for adults; student and senior tickets are $5. Call (217) 3512528 for tickets and information or e-mail theatre@parkland.edu. Amasong Winter Concert – “Come Dance and Sing” – Featured music of Ireland, Wales, Canada, Byzantine Chant. Music by historical women, composers and much more. – McKinley Presbyterian Church, 509 S 5th St, Champaign, Dec 6 at 8pm, Dec 7 at 3pm

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“Anna Pottery: Plagiarism as Art” – Reintroduces Illinois to its greatest potters, the brothers Cornwall and Wallace Kirkpatrick, and their Anna Pottery (1859-96). The exhibition focuses on the brothers’ large-scale incised works that obsessively reproduce texts from quirky yet mundane sources like telephone books and corporate reports. Ahead of its time, the Kirkpatricks’ work is a forerunner to the outsider art and pop art of today. Anna Pottery: Plagiarism as Art is on view through Jan 4.

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Steeple Gallery – Vintage botanical and bird prints, antiques, framed limited edition prints. 102 E Lafayette St, Monticello. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm. 762-2924. www.steeplegallery.com

Ziemer Gallery – Original paintings and limited edition prints by Larry Ziemer. Pottery, weavings, wood turning and glass works by other artists. Gallery visitors are welcome to sit, relax, listen to the music and just enjoy being surrounded by art. 210 W Washington, Monticello. Tue 10am-8pm, Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm. 762-9786. www.ziemergallery.com

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MIND BODY SPIRIT Sunday Zen Meditation Meeting – Prairie Zen Center, 515 S Prospect, Champaign, NW corner Prospect & Green, enter through door from parking area. Introduction to Zen Sitting, 10am; Full Schedule: Service at 9 followed by sitting, Dharma Talk at 11 followed by tea until about 12 noon. Can arrive at any of above times, open to all, no experience needed, no cost. For info call 355-8835 or www.prairiezen.org Clear Sky Zen Group – Meets on Thursday evenings in the Geneva Room of the McKinley Foundation. Newcomers to meditation and people of all traditions and faiths are welcome – McKinley Foundation, 809 S Fifth St, 6:25-9pm Prairie Sangha for Mindfullness Meditation – Monday evenings from 7:30-9pm and monthly retreats on Sunday. Theravadan (Vipassana) and Tibetan (Vjrayana & Dzogchen) meditation practice. Meets in Urbana. More information call or email Tom at 356-7413 or shayir@soltec.net. www.prairiesangha.org Formerly-Fat Persons’ Support Group – Free social meeting every Saturday at 2pm at Aroma Cafe, 118 N Neil St, C. For more information contact Jessica Watson at 353-4934. Simplicity Discussion Group – Dec 4, 7pm, we’ll discuss the book Inner Peace for Busy People by Joan Borysenko. Borders Bookstore, 802 Town Center Blvd, Champaign (217) 351-9011. Life Map Workshop – A life map is a collection of visual images, a method of connecting with your intuition, a tool for visualizing your dreams or goals. Come explore life mapping—approaches, uses, and the opportunity to create your own life map. 9:15am-1:00pm on Sat, Dec 6 at McKinley Foundation, C. $45. To register or for information, contact Jo Pauly, MSW, Whole Life Coach at (217) 337-7823 or jopauly@prairienet.org

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worship and worship leading. Casey Corum, production director for VMUSA, explains how songs like “Simple Token” are chosen for VMUSA recordings. “Essentially, there are close to 600 Vineyard churches in the USA and it’s from within these churches we discover the songs that end up on VMUSA projects,” said Corum who produced DWELL and embarked on a twoyear song search that would collect and present the best new worship songs “from the church, for the church.” Worship retreats, like the one Wood attended in Colorado, are one way Corum and others equip and encourage worship leaders and songwriters from within the church body. “We share how we do stuff, how we pick songs, how we organize our ministries,” said Wood of retreats like the one held in Colorado, and a Midwest retreat Wood and other regional worship pastors offered last month. Wood adds that building community is a big part of the retreats—hanging out with, getting to know and encouraging one another. Equipping and encouraging worship leaders is a big part of what Vineyard is all about. According to DWELL’s CD cover, “By imparting the heart and activity of worship

through music, events and resources, we encourage people everywhere to pursue a deeper relationship with God.” As a nonprofit, church-based worship ministry, VMUSA reinvests all their income back into the development of worship in the church as well as planting new churches and helping the poor. According to both Corum and Wood, VMUSA is one of the only major Christian worship labels that is nonprofit. At the local level, any royalties or residuals Wood receives from the sale or distribution of “Simple Token” through the DWELL project will go directly to the church, supporting a variety of local Vineyard ministries. Prior to becoming a full-time pastor, Wood taught orchestra at the Urbana Middle and High Schools while serving as part-time worship pastor at Vineyard. “In high school I wanted to be a rock star, primarily, and pursued that,” said Wood as he grinned and reflected on his past musical aspirations. “As a guitar player, I was into real hard rock and heavy metal music. Eddie Van Halen was a big influence.” Wood, a self-taught guitar player since seventh grade, got away from rock ‘n’ roll once he began teaching orchestra and felt as

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Jim Wood (left, on bass) performs worship music with other musicians on Sunday, Nov. 23 at Vineyard church in Urbana.

though all the time he spent throughout junior and senior high school focusing on his edgy guitar passion and honing his skills was not being utilized. Shortly after Wood and his family began attending Vineyard in 1996, he thought perhaps God might be willing to use his musical talents and experiences for worship ministry. Wood and his wife, DeDe, have four children. “When we started coming (to Vineyard), that was when I realized this was what I wanted to do. This is what I felt like I was created to do and prepared to do throughout high school,” said Wood of his youth and music education background. “I felt like a lot of that really prepared me for what I’m doing now.” Nowadays Wood teaches Worship Guitar School 101, intermediate worship guitar classes and worship leader training—free of charge—to folks in the church who want to grow and lead in worship ministry. Several small group and ministry worship leaders have resulted from Wood’s guitar schools since he began offering them back in 1999. “The worship guitar class Jim taught at church was my first guitar lesson,” said Paige Luebchow, who attended one of the first guitar school workshops. Luebchow said the experience encouraged her to consider leading small group with her guitar, instead of with CDs as she had previously done. Luebchow now regularly leads adult worship for Saturday evening and Sunday morning church services. “We are so blessed to have him as our worship pastor. He’s a great musician and teacher, so he can take what he knows and pass it on to us,” said Luebchow. One of the most important things Wood tries to pass along to any worship leader or worshipper at Vineyard is that worship is about more than just songs. It’s about laying down your life, opening your heart and submitting it to God’s will and purposes. “‘Simple Token’ was the result of my desire to express my worship completely to God. To express my submission and love for who He is and what He does,” said Wood of the song he dared to share, and prayed it would reflect the hearts of others on the same path. buzz

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THE BEATLES Let it Be…Naked Capitol/Apple

★★★ BY JACOB DITTMER So much controversy and tales of “what could have been” encapsulate the Beatles' posthumous final album, Let it Be, that it was about time for a release of “how it was supposed to be.” Well, this release doesn’t really do that. Instead it offers a version of Let it Be that many intended it to be before Phil Spector got his hands on it. Now it’s time for a brief history lesson of how this album came about. The Beatles, before recording Abbey Road, decided to make an album, Get Back, featuring a more stripped rock sound without the heavy production aspects of the preceding Beatles albums. A documentary was scheduled to compliment the release of this album, but in the process of recording hours of tape and music, the band bickered and came to its utter end the following year. Phil Spector took the vision of Get Back and from it came what we know as Let it Be. Spector’s influence is noticed mostly on the tracks “Long and Winding Road” and “Across the Universe,” with his addition of an orchestra and elaborate string arrangements. Let it Be, at times, has that feel of sitting in on a band’s recording session, because this album includes jokes and silly voices between tracks. On Let it Be…Naked, you will find none of that. The most noticeable differences are the track arrangement with “Get Back”leading off as the first track and “Let it Be” as the closing track.“The Long and Winding Road,” does sound better on this album with just Paul and his piano offering a simplified version. Similarly, with “Across the Universe,” a simpler and subtler non-Spectorized version gives us John, his guitar and little else. Aside from the cool album cover, a point of interest for Beatles fanatics is the bonus disc entitled Fly on the Wall. On this disc a window into the Get Back sessions illustrates the slow decay of the greatest band of all time. The joking conversations, band mates’ chatting about their direction for the record and snippets of jams are just a few of the things found on this 20 minute bonus disc. Some may be bored to death with these hard to understand Englishman, but the diehards will be excited to hear early versions of songs found on Lennon and Harrison’s solo albums. The CD’s booklet contains translations of these Get Back sessions for those who find them difficult to understand. Much like George Lucas’ rerelease efforts, this CD doesn’t offer much more than slightly different versions and a slicker, remastered sound. Oh, but the tracks are in a different order. So it isn’t Get Back in it’s full intended glory, but more of a Let it Be redux. Definitely nothing to run to the store screaming for a copy of, but avid Beatles fans will be pleased with the bonus material and “Across the Universe” does sound much better.

SHERYL CROW Very Best of Sheryl Crow A&M

★★ BY KATIE RICHARDSON The jacket to The Very Best of Sheryl Crow describes the 17 track musical compilation as “depicting a portrait of the artist as a young woman.”For an artist whose career has only offered up four albums to date, Sheryl Crow shouldn’t have a lot to contribute to that portrait. However, she’s already had a live album, and now it’s time for the greatest hits. Whether

this is indicative of an imminent departure from the country/rock/blues mix of music that we’ve come to appreciate from this “deeper” pop icon, or simply a way to get her back in the groove after the disappointing sales of C’mon C’mon is open to speculation. Certainly, the fact that her first and biggest hit to date, “All I Wanna Do,” is the first track on this compilation serves as a reminder of a time when Crow was constantly on the radio. It’s a tidy little encapsulation of what she does best— classic guitar rock mixed with raw, bluesy lyrics. There are other examples of this littered throughout the album, from the energetic “Soak Up the Sun” to the snappy “My Favorite Mistake” and the “almost” (and this is about as deep as Crow goes) philosophically enticing burn of “If It Makes You Happy.” The most touching tunes on this CD, though, are the ballads, which display the singer’s ability at conjuring up heartwrenching, engaging lyrics. “Strong Enough,” Crow’s early 1990’s mantra for the strong woman needing a strong man so she doesn’t have to be strong anymore, is vocally engaging, albeit a little ideologically confusing. Similarly, the slightly less famous “sad song,” “I Still Believe,” makes for some good listening but doesn’t offer any remarkable musical or lyrical breakthroughs: “Not everything is going to be the way you think it ought to be / Seems like every time I try to make it right it all comes down on me / Please say honestly, you won’t give up on me / I shall believe.” She is slightly rescued by the up-tempo tracks, even if they may have lost their appeal because we were all dancing to them at the eighth-grade sock hop. The new track, a cover of “The First Cut Is The Deepest” is basically a recycled version of “Soak up the Sun,” sans the powerful vocals. However, there is not a trace of the melodramatic voice from Rod Stewart’s pathetic earlier version (thank god). It is, however, begging to be placed over the opening montage of a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson. It seems that although this portrait makes for some good listening, it doesn’t reveal anything you didn’t already know about the singer. Just remember what was on the radio by her from the years 1994-2000 and you can pretty much put the pieces of it together yourself.

UGLY DUCKLING Taste The Secret Emperor Norton

★★★ BY BRIAN MERTZ If you think the only good hip-hop party music is Little Jon and the Eastside Boyz’s “Get Low” then go back to watching MTV. You wouldn’t get this album anyway, especially the parts where it mocks you.

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But if you are a true fan of hip hop, one who knows that there is more to partying than ice on a chain and 26-inch rims, then listen up. Ugly Duckling is back with their third album. It is more experimental than their second album, Journey To Anywhere, but the hyper-intelligent lyrics and head-bobbing old-skool lyrics are still the driving force. Ugly Duckling are three white guys from California that have opened for everyone from Jurassic 5 to Basement Jaxx. They not only pay respect to the early sounds of groups like Tribe and De La Soul, but keep pushing those sounds forward. While MCs Andy Cooper and Dizzy Dustin exchange verses, Young Einstein (one of the most underappreciated DJs and producers in hip hop) drops beats, breaks and scratches that you can really only hear in hip-hop documentaries nowadays. If the sounds of the Shady-Aftermath or Neptunes camps are starting to bore you, these retro beats will be quite refreshing for you. But that doesn’t mean that all of UD’s songs are stuck in the “we like to party, they like to party” rhyme scheme. In the song “Dumb it Down,” Ugly Duckling laments that the only way to get ahead in the music world today is to take lyrical content down a few IQ points. Just before the chorus of “duh, duh, duh”Andy Cooper rhymes,“Keep the customers coming around. / If you’re smart you better start dumbing it down. / Don’t say anything too profound / dumb it down.” And just to deflate the MCs who get big by killing people in their rhymes, Ugly Duckling offers the song “Potty Mouth” with the great line,“Try a preposition, pronoun or an adverb / because you haven’t said a thing except a bad word.” At a real MC battle between Tony Yayo and Dizzy Dustin, bet on Dizzy nine times out of 10. Other intelligent gems include the hilarious first track called “Opening Act” where Ugly Duckling expose the life of a touring opening band. It is the perfect way to open their album. For some odd reason though, the boys of UD decided to make the rest of Taste the Secret a concept album revolving around a fast food restaurant that sells meat shakes.Yes, that means shakes made out of different types of meat. While other off-the-wall topics have worked for Ugly Duckling (look for their old song “Pickup Lines”) this reoccurring meat theme just feels pointless. The fact that three songs and numerous skits revolve around this fictitious franchise drags the album down as a whole. Great hip-hop tracks like “La Revolucion,”“Turn it Up” and “Rio De Janeiro” make this album worth picking up. Taste The Secret is a hit or miss affair. When UD is on, there is no stopping them. And when they’re off, it is easy to shut them off. One of these days people are going to catch onto the Ugly Duckling idea. Unfortunately Taste the Secret isn’t going to be the album that gets them there. It is just a little too pointlessly odd to move the Little Jon and G-Unit fans of the world. Until then, the cooler parties will continue to rock to the sounds of this wacky, intelligent and downright fun trio.

1.“Tomorrow Never Knows” Revolver

When Revolver was released the Beatles were changing. The drug culture had penetrated the group’s songwriting and soon we found an entirely new band. But before we had Sgt. Pepper’s unique psychedelic sound, “Tomorrow Never Knows” introduced us to what psychedelic music was. “Turn off your mind, relax and float on downstream” are the first lyrics on this closing track and it sums up what a good drug experience was like and what psychedelic music sounded like.

2.“All you Need is Love” Magical Mystery Tour

In 1967, the Beatles were selected to perform for the first ever live global television link that would be broadcast to 26 countries. To mark the occasion, the band decided to perform a simple song that could be easily understood.“All you Need is Love” is a call for universal love and is a perfect example of the Lennon song of change. In an interview Lennon was asked if “Give Peace a Chance” was a song of propaganda. He replied,“Sure, so was ‘All you Need is Love.’ I am a revolutionary artist. My art is dedicated to change.”

CHARTS PARASOL RECORDS TOP 8 SELLERS 1. Moonbabies - The Orange Billboard (A Hidden Agenda Record) 2. Belle & Sebastian - Step into My Office Baby (Rought Trade Records) 3. Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts Of The Great Highway (Jetset Records) 4. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop) 5. Pedro The Lion - The First Noel (Suicide Squeeze Records) 6. The Flaming Lips - Ego Trippin at the Gates of Hell (EP) (Warner Brothers) 7. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Grooom Records - France) 8. Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place (Temporary Residence Records)

RECORD SERVICE TOP 8 SELLERS 1. Blink 182 - Blink 182 (Geffen Records) 2. The Beatles - Let It Be . . . Naked (Capitol) 3. Britney Spears - In The Zone (Jive) 4. Outkast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below (La Face) 5. The Flaming Lips - Ego Trippin at the Gates of Hell (EP) (Warner Brothers) 6. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell Pt. 1 (EP) (Lost Highway) 7. Azure Ray - Hold On Love (Saddle Creek) 8. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)

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3.“Here Comes the Sun” Abbey Road

By 1969 The Beatles were experiencing turmoil from the ongoing negotiations of how the band was to be managed. With John and Yoko facing off against Paul’s chosen management, George Harrison needed a break. He found solace at his friend Eric Clapton’s house and one morning while walking through his garden wrote the song that is “Here Comes the Sun.” A song of warmth and love that finds an odd place on Abbey Road’s heavy sound,“Here Comes the Sun” sums up what was great about The Beatles, diversity in music.

4.“Paperback Writer” 1962-66

Revolver was a major step away from the pop, love song sound of the early Beatles. But before completely abandoning the catchy guitar hooks and harmonized choruses, Paul churned out “Paperback Writer.”The song was the first single released by The Beatles that wasn’t about love. Even more memorable is the heavy bass sounded that starts off the track and rumbles throughout the rest of the song. It is pop, but pop that is starting to think. And that in itself is a big step forward for all of music.

5.“Hey Jude” 1967-70

A simple song written by Paul for John’s son Julian eventually became one of The Beatles and McCartney’s biggest anthems. Paul intended his words to be a way for Julian to cope with the dissolution of John’s marriage to Cynthia Powell. The ending chorus rolls on and on but never manages to become boring.“Hey Jude” was also the most successful Beatles’ single ever. Not only was it number one on charts around the world, but it also sold over 5 million copies of the single before the end of 1967.

Ted Wolf’s top five 1. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except for Me and My Monkey 2. I Should've Known Better 3. I've Got a Feeling 4. Here Comes The Sun 5. A Day In The Life

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Fat City Saloon 505 S Chestnut, Champaign, 356.7100 The Great Impasta 114 W Church, Champaign, 359.7377 G.T.’s Western Bowl Francis Dr, Champaign, 359.1678 The Highdive 51 Main, Champaign, 359.4444 Huber’s 1312 W Church, Champaign, 352.0606 Illinois Disciples Foundation 610 E Springfield, Champaign, 352.8721 Independent Media Center 218 W Main St, Urbana, 344.8820 The Iron Post 120 S Race, Urbana, 337.7678

1001 S Wright, Champaign, 344.0721 Verde/Verdant 17 E Taylor St, Champaign, 366.3204 Virginia Theatre 203 W Park Ave, Champaign, 356.9053 White Horse Inn 112 1/2 E Green, Champaign, 352.5945 Zorba’s 627 E Green, Champaign

Joe’s Brewery 706 S Fifth, Champaign, 384.1790 Kam’s 618 E Daniel, Champaign, 328.1605 Krannert Art Museum 500 E Peabody, Champaign, 333.1861 Krannert Center for Performing Arts 500 S Goodwin, Urbana, Tickets: 333.6280, 800/KCPATIX La Casa Cultural Latina 1203 W Nevada, Urbana, 333.4950 Lava 1906 W Bradley, Champaign, 352.8714 Legends Bar & Grill 522 E Green, Champaign, 355.7674 Les’s Lounge 403 N Coler, Urbana, 328.4000 Lincoln Castle 209 S Broadway, Urbana, 344.7720 Malibu Bay Lounge North Route 45, Urbana, 328.7415 Mike & Molly’s 105 N Market, Champaign, 355.1236 Mulligan’s 604 N Cunningham, Urbana, 367.5888 Murphy’s 604 E Green, Champaign, 352.7275 Neil Street Pub 1505 N Neil, Champaign, 359.1601 Boardman’s Art Theater 126 W Church, Champaign, 351.0068 The Office 214 W Main, Urbana, 344.7608 Parkland College 2400 W Bradley, Champaign, 351.2528 Phoenix 215 S Neil, Champaign, 355.7866 Pia’s of Rantoul Route 136 E, Rantoul, 893.8244 Pink House Routes 49 & 150, Ogden, 582.9997 The Rainbow Coffeehouse 1203 W Green, Urbana, 766.9500 Red Herring/Channing-Murray Foundation 1209 W Oregon, Urbana, 344.1176 Rose Bowl Tavern 106 N Race, Urbana, 367.7031 Springer Cultural Center 301 N Randolph, Champaign, 355.1406 Spurlock Museum 600 S Gregory, Urbana, 333.2360 The Station Theatre 223 N. Broadway, Urbana, 384-4000 Strawberry Fields Cafe 306 W Springfield, Urbana, 328.1655 Ten Thousand Villages 105 N Walnut, Champaign, 352.8938 TK Wendl’s 1901 S Highcross Rd, Urbana, 255.5328 Tommy G’s 123 S. Mattis Ave, Country Fair Shopping Center, 359.2177 Tonic 619 S Wright, Champaign, 356.6768 Two Main 2 Main, Champaign, 359.3148 University YMCA

11/28 Bollweevils @ Metro, all ages 11/28 Buzzcocks @ Double Door 11/28 Tortoise @ Abbey Pub 11/29 Rocket from the Tombs @ Abbey Pub 11/29 Asylum Street Pranksters @ Schubas 11/30 Something Corporate @ House of Blues

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DECEMBER 12/2 Living Colour @ Park West 12/5 Donna The Buffalo @ Martyr’s 12/5 They Might Be Giants @ Vic, all ages 12/6 Autumn Defense @ Schubas 12/6 Rufus Wainwright @ Vic, all ages 12/6 Blank Theory @ Metro 12/7 Hey Mercedes @ Metro 12/8 Fun Lovin’ Criminals @ Double Door 12/9 Wayne Wonder @ House of Blues 12/11 Kurtis Blow, Rob Base @ Double Door 12/12 Coheed & Cambria @ House of Blues 12/12 Aquabats @ Metro, all ages 12/12 Atmosphere, Mr. Dibbs, Others @ Abbey Pub, 18 & over 12/12 Neko Case @ Old Town School of Music 12/13 Ryan Adams @ Riviera 12/13 Wyclef John, Baby Bash @ House of Blues 12/13 Death in June @ Empty Bottle 12/19 Beyonce, Bow Wow @ United Center 12/19 Dwele, Slum Village @ Metro 12/19 Los Straitjackets @ Abbey Pub 12/31 Aretha Franklin @ Chicago Theater 12/31 Flaming Lips, White Stripes @ Aragon Ballroom 12/31 Guster @ House of Blues

CHICAGOVENUES House of Blues 329 N Dearborn, Chicago, 312.923.2000 The Bottom Lounge 3206 N Wilton, Chicago Congress Theatre 2135 N Milwaukee, 312.923.2000 Vic Theatre 3145 N Sheffield, Chicago, 773.472.0449 Metro 3730 N Clark St, Chicago, 773.549.0203 Elbo Room 2871 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago Park West 322 W Armitage, Chicago, 773.929.1322 Riviera Theatre 4746 N Racine at Lawerence, Chicago Allstate Arena 6920 N Mannheim Rd, Rosemont, 847.635.6601 Arie Crown Theatre 2300 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, 312.791.6000 UIC Pavilion 1150 W Harrison, Chicago, 312.413.5700 Schubas 3159 N Southport, Chicago, 773.525.2508 Martyrs

3855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, 773.288.4545 Aragon 1106 W Lawerence, Chicago, 773.561.9500 Abbey Pub 3420 W Grace, Chicago, 773.478.4408 Fireside Bowl 2646 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, 773.486.2700 Schubert Theatre 22 W Monroe, Chicago, 312.977.1700

ART NOTICES Portraits – Award winning portrait artist Sandra Ahten is currently accepting commissions for portraits for holiday giving. Portraits are priced at an affordable range and professional exchange or barter may be accepted. For examples of work and a quote, contact Sandra Ahten at (217) 367-6345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com Creation Art Studio Art Classes for Children and Adults – All classes offer technical instruction and the exploration of materials through expressive, spontaneous art and experimentation. Independent studies of personal interests and ideas, dreams, etc. are expressed and developed through collage and assemblage art and through drawing, painting, sculpture and ceramics. Children meet Mon-Thu 3:30-5pm. Adolescents meet Fri 4-5:30pm. Adults meet Wed @ 10am and Sat 1-3pm. Open to beginners and advanced students. Adult Open Studio meets Tue night 7:00 to 9:00. Drop-ins welcome. Come with a friend. Call to make special arrangements for a group. For more information contact Jeannine Bestoso at 344 6955. CPDU’s offered. Studio is located in east Urbana at 1102 E Washington St. www.creationartstudios.com Join Artists and Workshops at Gallery Virtu – Gallery Virtu, an artist-owned cooperative, now invite applications from area artists. The Gallery also offers workshops for adults, teens and children in knitting, embroidery, photography, jewelry making, printmaking, papermaking, bookbinding and ribbon flowers. Gallery Virtu offers original works by the members including: jewelry, pottery, collages, sculptures, journals, hats, handbags and other textiles. For more information please call 762-7790, visit our web site at www.galleryvirtu.org, e-mail workshops@galleryvirtu.org or visit the gallery. Regular hours: Thu 12-4pm, Fri 12-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm. 220 W Washington St in Monticello. Art Classes at High Cross Studio – All classes are held at High Cross Studio in Urbana. 1101 N High Cross Road. Email or call for reservations and details. (217) 367-6345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com. “Portrait Paintings with Oils” – This course will provide instruction in painting portraits from photographs. Paint a portrait of your loved one or yourself. Mon-Fri daytime class and weekend workshop offered. “Collage for the Soul” – Students will learn a variety of collage techniques, including photo and photocopy transfer, papermaking and manipulation, and frontage, while exploring a particular subject, such as a place, a memory, an experience or a relationship. No art-making experience necessary. “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” – For adults who have always wanted to learn to draw, but felt as if they lacked talent or confidence. Other Classes:“Making Monoprints,”“Art With Intention” (Open Studio). For information on these visit http://www.spiritofsandra.com and click on “classes,” then e-mail or call for reservations.

ART EXHIBITS AND GALLERIES Aroma Cafe – “Micrograms: Photos and Collage” by Rohn Koester on display through Dec 14.118 N Neil. Open 7 days a week, 7am-midnight. 356-3200. Boneyard Pottery – Ceramic Art by Michael Schwegmann and more. 403 Water St, Champaign. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm. 355-5610. Broken Oak Gallery – Local and national artists. Original art including photography, watercolors, pottery, oil paintings, colored pencil, woodturning and more. Refreshments served by the garden all day Saturday. 1865 N 1225 E Rd, White Heath. Thu-Sat 10am-4pm. 762-4907. Cafe Kopi – Paintings from local artist Heidi Kellner on display through November. 109 N Walnut, Champaign. MonThu 7am-11pm, Fri-Sat 7am-12pm, Sun 11am-8pm. 3594266. Cinema Galley – Local and regional artists including many University of Illinois and Parkland College faculty members. Currently on display through Dec 24:“Dennis Rowan: New Works on Paper and Artist’s Books.” 120 W Main, Urbana. Holiday Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-7pm. Sun 15pm. 367-3711. Creation Art Studios – Current display features paintings and drawings by Shoshanna Bauer, Audrey Martin and Jennifer Martin, Jeannine Bestoso and an evolving display of recent student works in ceramics, paintings and drawings. For information, contact Jeannine Bestoso. 1102 E Washington St, Urbana. Mon-Fri 3-5:30pm, Sat 1-4pm and scheduled studio sessions. 344-6955. www.creationartstudios.com Country in the City – Antiques, Architectural, Gardening, Home Accessories. Custom designing available. 1104 E Washington St, Urbana. Thu-Sat 10am-5pm 367-2367. Framer’s Market – Frame Designers since 1981. Ongoing work from local artists on display. 807 W Springfield Ave., Champaign. Tue-Fri 9:30am-5:30pm, Sat 10am-4pm. 3517020. Furniture Lounge – Collection of fine art photographic images by local artisan Glenn Harriger on display Nov 24Dec 24. Also specializing in mid-century modern furniture from the 1920s-1980s, retro, Danish modern, lighting, vintage stereo equipment and vinyl records. 9 E University, Champaign. 352-5150. Sun-Mon 12-4:30pm, Wed-Sat 11am-5:30pm. Glass FX – New and Antique Stained Glass Windows, Lamps, and unique glass gifts. Gallery is free and open to the public. Interested in learning the art of Stained Glass? Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Stained Glass Classes offered. 202 S First St, Champaign. Mon-Thu 10am-5:30pm, Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 9am-4pm. 359-0048. www.glassfx.com. Griggs Street Potters – Handmade functional and decorative pottery. 305 W Grigg St, Urbana. Mon-Fri 11am-4pm, or call for appointment. 344-8546.

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Crystal River Band â&#x20AC;&#x201C; southern/classic/80's rock and country â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tommy Gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10-2 AM

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UI Jazz Band III â&#x20AC;&#x201C; An enjoyable evening of big band music performed by students of the U of I Division of Jazz â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $2-5

DJ Hipster Sophisto â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Barfly, 9pm, free DJ Resonate â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mike â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n Mollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10pm, $1 DJ Tim Williams â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Highdive, 10:30pm, $5 2ON2OUT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free DJ Naughty Boy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewery DJ Stiffler â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lava, 9pm

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Open Mic Night hosted by Mike Ingram â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $2 Finga Lickinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Canopy CLub, 10pm, free Kilborn Alley â&#x20AC;&#x201C; blues â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 9pm-1am

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Flowers Jam â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Iron Post, 9pm, TBA The Blues Jam hosted by Kilborn Alley â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Canopy Club, 10pm, $2

DJ Chef Ra Reggae - Barfly, 9pm, free DJ Joel Spencer - Mike â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n Mollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10pm, $1 D-Lo & Spinnerty â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Highdive, 10pm, $2

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Fresh Face Guest DJ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Barfly, 9pm, free Blends By Otter â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free

SPOKEN WORD Open Mic: Poetry/Spoken Word hosted by Illusion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Canopy Club, 7pm, $2

Turtle Island String Quartet: Solstice Celebration â&#x20AC;&#x201C; blends classical style with creative improvisation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $15-32 UI Percussion Ensemble â&#x20AC;&#x201C; This program features exciting compositions from the cutting edge of live percussion music â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $2-5

Local rocker G. Lee plays solo Friday at Borders Books & Music, 8pm

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WednesdayNov26

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Lorenzo Goetz, Mike Ingram â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Iron Post, 10pm, $3 Finga Lickinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Canopy Club, 10pm, free Open Mic Night hosted by Brandon T. Washington â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $2 Kilborn Alley â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tommy Gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 9pm-1am

Electric Wood â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Iron Post, 3pm, TBA G. Lee â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Borders, 8pm, free Kristen McCartney Benefit: Members of Candy Foster Band, Kilborn Alley â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Iron Post, 8pm, $5 Dropsixx, Nonthought, Sinckwhole, Victims of Chaos â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Canopy Club, 9pm, $5 Jammin' Jimmy Bean and Tom Grassman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; acoustic /classic rock â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tommy Gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 5-7pm The Brat Pack â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 80's dance/party band â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tommy Gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 102am

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DJ Bozak â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Barfly, 9pm, free DJ Tim Williams â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Highdive, 10:30pm, $5 DJ Sko-Diddy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free DJ Mertz â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewery, 10 pm

Verde Hootenanny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Verdant News & Coffee, 7pm, free Open Mic Night â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Espresso Royale Cafe, 7:30pm, free Open Mic/Open Jam hosted by Openingbands.com â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Canopy Club, 10pm, $2 Sevenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Travel Tour featuring Atmosphere â&#x20AC;&#x201C; featuring Mr. Dibbs, Mircranots, Brother Ali, DeeJayBird, & Odd Jobs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Canopy Club, $14 Evanescence, Seether â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Assembly Hall, 7:30pm, all ages Adam Wolf's acoustic night â&#x20AC;&#x201C; classic and new rock Tommy Gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 9-1am

DJ DJ Joel Spencer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mike â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n Mollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10pm, $1 Chef Ra â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Reggae, Barfly, 9pm, free DJ Forrest â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lava, 9pm

ThursdayNov27 LIVE MUSIC

Lamonte Parsons Jazz Trio â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Senators Pub, 8pm, TBA

DJ DJ In the Red Room with DJ J-Phlip â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Barfly, 9pm, free â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Highdive, 9pm, $5 DJ Orby - Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewery, 10 pm DJ Eddie Gunns â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free

SaturdayNov29 LIVE MUSIC Ill Nino, Lividity, Alchymist, Low 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Canopy Club, 8pm, $10 No Secret Band â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Iron Post, 8:30pm, TBA Black Magic Johnson â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Embassy Tavern, TBA, free

LIVE MUSIC Triple Whip, Black Spiders â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $3

2ON2OUT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Barfly, 9pm, free DJ Betty Rocker â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mike â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n Mollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10pm, free

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DJ Drew Patterson â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free Seduction DJ Resonate â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Barfly, 9pm, free Preston Wright & Jim Creason â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mike â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n Mollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10pm, $1 NOX: Goth and Industrial DJs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Highdive, 10pm, $2

C-UVENUES Assembly Hall First & Florida, Champaign, 333.5000 American Legion Post 24 705 W Bloomington Rd, Champaign, 356.5144 American Legion Post 71 107 N Broadway, Urbana, 367.3121 Barfly 120 N Neil, Champaign,352.9756 Barnes and Noble 51 E Marketview, Champaign, 355.2045 Boltini Lounge 211 N Neil, Champaign, 378.8001 Borders Books & Music 802 W Town Ctr, Champaign, 351.9011 The Brass Rail 15 E University, Champaign, 352.7512 Canopy Club (The Garden Grill) 708 S Goodwin, Urbana, 367.3140 C.O. Daniels 608 E Daniel, Champaign, 337.7411 Cosmopolitan Club 307 E John, Champaign, 367.3079 Courtyard Cafe Illini Union, 1401 W Green, Urbana, 333.4666 Cowboy Monkey 6 Taylor St, Champaign, 398.2688 Clybourne 706 S Sixth, Champaign, 383.1008 Curtis Orchard 3902 S Duncan Rd, Champaign, 359.5565 D.R. Diggers 604 S Country Fair Dr, Champaign, 356.0888 Embassy Tavern & Grill 114 S Race, Urbana, 384.9526 Esquire Lounge 106 N Walnut, Champaign, 398.5858 Fallonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ice House 703 N Prospect, Champaign, 398.5760

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The strange phenomenon of the indiscriminate music lover MENDOZA MUSIC LINE BY LIZ MOZZOCCO | STAFF WRITER

here are a few rare people in this world whose musical tastes are totally indiscriminate. A couple of weeks ago I was on a field trip (apparently Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not too old for those things), riding in a van with a few of my classmates, when I was lucky enough to see one of these people in person. The radio was on, which was uninteresting in itself, until I noticed that one of my fellow passengers was really digging the new No Doubt single. I can understand that; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s catchy. But then came an ancient Barenaked Ladies song, and this guy knew all the words. After that, Christina Aguilera reared her monstrous, pierced head, and he was STILL rocking out. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter what dial we were tuned to. All the other people in the van were concentrating on not falling asleep and drooling on the person next to them, but he just kept bopping his head to whatever music Clear Channel deemed fit for the airwaves. I just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wrap my brain around it. Although I would consider this personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taste to

be questionable at best, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deny that I envied his innocent enjoyment of anything that passed through his ear canal. You rarely meet someone whose love of sound extends to even the shittiest of shit music. Criticize all you like, but there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a whole lot of people who love music enough to really love it all. The strange phenomenon of the indiscriminate music lover stuck in my head. Ever since the release of Justin Timberlakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solo album, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been trying to torture everyone around me by proclaiming my undeniable love for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rock Your Body.â&#x20AC;? If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stopped reading (or breathing) yet, maybe youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll allow me to explain. Although I am endlessly amused with the look of disgust on my friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faces when I openly admit to liking a pop music disaster like J. Timberlake, I really do listen to his new music (excepting that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Lovinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Itâ&#x20AC;? crap that became a McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advertising atrocity; my inner anti-corporate whore isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that forgiving). Even the most pretentious listener has some guilty pleasure. The thing is, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve decided that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to feel guilty anymore. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m tired of hearing indie rockers drop names, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sick of music fans tearing apart records that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve probably never even listened to for more than a minute and a half, and I never want to hear the term â&#x20AC;&#x153;selloutâ&#x20AC;? again in my life.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in music outside of the mainstream, chances are that, besides being a huge dork, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re open-minded and curious. But sometimes I think that some of us forget about the initial openness that drew us in, and decide that our knowledge of the underground justifies our disdain for everyone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music choices. My view is conflicted, of courseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;God knows that I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resist ripping on Creed, like every other mentally stable human beingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a difference between lighthearted nu metal jokes and useless, mean-spirited, unfounded pretentious bullshit. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a thin line, but I do think it exists. Take, for example, the indiscriminate music lover that I witnessed. I personally think he has an uncanny ability to stomach some horrendous music, but I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help admiring his unaffectedness. Maybe I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like all the things that he does, but I would never think that he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deserve my respect for being passionate about music. Rock pretentiousness is dumb. It can be a lot of fun if you get the jokes, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still dumb, not to mention a waste of brain cells that I could otherwise be killing with beer. Not only do I like beer, I like rocking out to Justin Timberlake in my room. Admitting that is more embarrassing for me than my hair in the picture attached to this column, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proba-

bly destroying whatever respect I previously accumulated from Buzz readers by saying it. But the fact is, sometimes you have to dance, and sometimes indie rock is just fucking boring. As much as I love Death Cab for Cutie, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t inspire ass-shaking. Bright Eyes is dear to my heart, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also too goddamn serious. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably love Bob Dylan for the rest of my life, but sometimes I just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like listening to songs that have that many words in them. I suppose the trick is to just do whatever the fuck you want to, and let everyone else do the same. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard, especially when there is so much in the mainstream music world to resent, but some small steps can be taken towards acceptance. In a personal attempt at self-improvement, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been trying to keep my mouth shut about Dashboard Confessional. I can admit that they have their merits, in spite of all the hype and the 15-year-old suburban fans and their short, greasy, over-ogled leader. I am well aware that one of my favorite bands (ahem ... Bright Eyes) has received the same criticism. So you love Dashboard Confessional? Okay, I can handle that, and probably even respect it. Whatever makes your emo heart glad. buzz

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he Canopy Club starts off December by bringing yet another group to C-U just before they break big (can anyone say Jet in an iPod commercial?). Minneapolis underground hip hop group Atmosphere will take the stage at the Canopy on December 2. Atmosphere are already seeing airplay on M2 for their single “Trying To Find A Balance” from the new album Seven Travels. The Atmosphere sound has been classified as indie hip hop and even hip hop for nerds, but those classifications mask the power and intensity that Atmosphere’s MC Slug brings to a show when he grabs a mic. Joining Atmosphere on tour is the illustrious Mr. Dibbs from 1200 Hobos on the turntables. Tickets are $14.

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The Singing Detective R, Starring Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright Penn, Adrien Brody, & Mel Gibson Runs 109 minutes Daily at 5:15 p.m., 7:30p.m., and 9:45p.m. Matinees Sat/Sun at 3:00 p.m. Official site w/trailer: http://www.paramountclassics.com/ singingdetective/ starts Wednesday, Dec. 17.

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isplaying fascinating new musical standards for the 21st century, the Turtle Island String Quartet blends classical style with their unqiue ability at creative improvisation. The Quertet's newest program is a phenomenally appealing celebration of light holiday music. This prgram features songs from Chunakah celebrations, India's Dewali, and Old English carols. The music is multicultural as well as multi expressional. Wednesday, December 3 at 7:30pm Foellinger Great Hall

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| RHV: FOUR NICKELBACK SONGS JUST WASNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T ENOUGH

The strange phenomenon of the indiscriminate music lover MENDOZA MUSIC LINE BY LIZ MOZZOCCO | STAFF WRITER

Liz Mozzocco is a senior at the University of Illinois. She is also an on-air personality at WPGU, 107.1 The Planet.

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THE BEATLES Let it Be…Naked Capitol/Apple

SHERYL CROW Very Best of Sheryl Crow A&M

UGLY DUCKLING Taste The Secret Emperor Norton

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4.“Paperback Writer” 1962-66

5.“Hey Jude” 1967-70

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Local pastor’s worship song selected for national worship compilation

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110 in the Shade Thornton Wilder

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THE HUMAN STAIN Anthony Hopkins plays professor Coleman Silk, whose life becomes unravelled when he makes a remark in class that’s seen as racist.

STEP INTO LIQUID A surfer documentary that goes closer to the action than any surfer documentary before. Now showing at Boardman’s Art Theatre.

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Native Americans through a racist lens

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