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Thanks to an extremely rare condition called "hyperthymesia," La Crosse radio anchor Brad Williams can recall in explicit detail nearly every day of his life. Brad and his uncanny memory are the subjects of the fascinating and hilarious documentary "Unforgettable," showing at The Pump House Regional Arts Center, 119 King St., at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 24 and 25. Brad's brother, filmmaker Eric Williams, documents Brad's cross-country trek, which includes interviews with Regis and Kelly, Jimmy Kimmel and Good Morning America; a trivia match with Jeopardy! all-star Ken Jennings; and a man-vs.machine race between the "Human Google" and the real Google. For more info, visit www.unforgettabledoc.com. Tickets are $9 in advance and $12 on the day-of, and are available at www. thepumphouse.org or by phone at (608) 785-1434. Director Eric Williams and star Brad Williams will be in attendance both nights to introduce the film and conduct post-screening Q&As.
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Support our local big band
The Great River Big Band, the area's only jazz repertory orchestra, will showcase Madison singer Gina Jorgenson when it performs at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 20, in Riverside Park, La Crosse. Jorgenson's selections include Natalie Cole’s “The Very Thought of You” and “Almost Like Being In Love.” The trombone section will be featured on Sy Zentner’s “On A Clear Day.” For swing era fans, the band is preparing “Polka Dots and Moonbeams” and “Tuxedo Junction” from the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Other selections include Bob Florence’s “Flight of Fancy” and Les Brown’s version of “Slaughter on 10th Avenue." The concert will move to Forest Hills Golf Course if it rains.
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A wine and beer tasting will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 24, at Riverside Center South, 332 Front St., to benefit Gundersen Lutheran's Norma J. Vinger Center for Breast Care. The event is sponsored by Festival Foods and includes a silent auction and door prizes. Tickets are $30 each or two for $50. They are available at Festival Foods locations and the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation. The event will be held in the Cargill Room.
Celebrate two decades of friendship
Busya Lugovier and fellow classical musicians will perform a concert celebrating 20 years of the friendship between the cities of La Crosse and Dubna, Russia at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 18, at the Pump House Regional Arts Center, 119 King St. The program will include works by composers such as Hayden, Rachmaninoff, Bruch, Bulachoff and Scott Joplin. For information, call (608) 785-1434 or visit www.thepumphouse.org.
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Help save The Warehouse
The Warehouse, a downtown La Crosse staple for nearly 20 years, is hosting fundraiser shows Thursday, June 24, and Friday, June 25, to raise money to maintain its cabaret license and pay property taxes. Owner Steve Harm said he has until June 29 to raise around $3,500, so this could be your last chance to help! "For 20 years I've been always thinking positive. That's the only thing that's kept us going," Harm said. "There's a lot of goodwill from the bands that are playing, and I think we'll find a way." The club is unique because it is open to all ages, has a no-alcohol policy and is open to a wide range of musical styles. Tickets for the six-band shows are $7 a night or $10 for both nights and are available in advance at Deaf Ear Records, VPX Clothing, or online at ticketweb.com.
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Editor's Note: While Second Supper focuses mostly on the musical acts headlining Freedom Fest, there are many other activities as part of the celebration honoring veterans and current members of the armed services The event — best described as a triumverate joining the Veterans Memorial Ride, Deke Slayton Airfest and Freedom Honor Flights under one moniker — includes a motorcycle rally and ride, airfest exhibits and air show performances, a performance by the Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps, music by The Remainders, Three Dog Night and REO Speedwagon, and fireworks helping welcome home some area World War II veterans returning from a Freedom Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., to visit "their" memorial. For a schedule of events, see the Freedom Fest advertisement on Page 2.
RememBeR theSe gUYS? REO Speedwagon
Formed in 1967 in Champaign, Ill., REO Speedwagon went from bars and regional outdoor fests in the 1970s to the top of the charts in the early '80s. REO built its reputation with high-energy rock exemplified by guitarist Gary Richrath and kickass live shows but ultimately cashed in commercially mostly with ballads penned by lead singer Kevin Cronin. The slide from rock to pop culminated in the late 1980s when drummer Alan Gratzer, one of the founding members with keyboardist Neal Doughty, and Richrath left the band. The band continued touring and recording but never was able to recapture the energy that had been a hallmark of its early years. REO remains a popular act with its Baby Boomer audience, however, and is looking forward to celebrating the 30th anniversary of Hi Infidelity, which was the best selling album of 1981 and spent 15 weeks atop the charts, next year. Some fans are speculating online that the estranged Richrath may even be involved in some way. Album sales: more than 40 million (3 gold albums, two platinum and three multiplatinum) Best selling album: Hi Infidelity (1980) Highest-charting album: Hi Infidelity — No. 1 (1980) Top 40 hits: 13 No. 1 Singles: 2 — "Keep on Loving You" (1980), "Can’t Fight This Feeling" (1984)
Three Dog Night
Unlike REO Speedwagon, Three Dog Night did not experience an identity crisis. Nearly from the time the group formed in 1968 — a time still dominated by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and other legendary rock bands — until 1975, it ruled pop music, but it also placed on the rock and country charts. During that time the band had 21 CONSECUTIVE Billboard Top 40 hits and 13 gold albums, including 12 straight. The band reunited in 1981 and has been touring regularly since 1986. The band started with three vocalists — Danny
Hutton, Chuck Negron and Cory Wells — and then added four backing musicians. The band covered songs written by some of the best songwriters in the business, including Randy Newman, Laura Nyro, Hoyt Axton, Elton John, Leo Sayer, Paul Williams and Harry Nilsson among others. The band shut down in 1976. It reunited in 1981, however, and like REO, remains a favorite wherever Boomers gather. Album sales: more than 50 million (13 gold albums, one platinum) Best selling album: Three Dog Night (1969) Highest-charting noncompilation album: Captured Live at the Forum — No. 6 (1969) and Seven Separate Fools — No. 6 (1972) Top 40 hits: 21 No. 1 singles: 3 — "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (1970), "Joy to the World" (1971), "Black & White" (1972)
Cronin and Michael Murphy when Cronin left the group for three years, but Cronin has long been the voice of REO. • Three Dog Night's original three singers were Danny Hutton, Cory Wells and Chuck Negron. Hutton and Wells remain with the group (along with original keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon and guitarist Michael Allsup). • Winner: Three Dog Night. None of these singers sounds exactly as he did in the day, but that can be said of most singers in their 50s and 60s. So, just by sheer numbers, two to one, Three Dog Night gets the nod, plus Cronin sometimes rambles much too long with his song introductions.
Who had more drama?
• REO Speedwagon's drama has focused largely on Cronin, who some fans blame for destroying a rock band with sappy power ballads. His first stint with the band lasted only one album (T.W.O.) due to missed rehearsals and "creative differences." The final break with Richrath has been blamed on conflicting egos, differences over the band's direction, battles with addiction, greed, envy, lust, et al., as well the ubiquitous creative differences. • Three Dog Night's fall from pop heaven was blamed on drugs and burn out. Negron gets much of the attention, not only because he sang lead on some of the band's biggest hits but also because of the band's drug and sex exploits chronicled in his book, "Three Dog Nightmare." (He claims for example, that his member split during sex with a groupie.) Despite being clean and sober since 1991, Negron's bid to rejoin the band was rejected and he has soldiered on with a solo career. • Winner: None. It's a tie. Both bands let success and its accompanying temptations overshadow the music.
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Battle oF the BandS Who has the better name?
• REO Speedwagon was named after a flatbed truck and fire engine manufactured by the REO (Ransom Eli Olds) Motor Car Company. • Three Dog Night was named after cold Australian nights, which indigenous Australians measured by how many dingos they would sleep with; especially cold nights were three-dog nights. • Winner: REO Speedwagon. Although the band lost much of its Speed when Richrath left, Three Dog Night should be hyphenated, and when's the last time you voted for a band with a hypen in its name?
Who has the better vocals?
• REO Speedwagon went through two lead singers, Terry Luttrell for one album before
1. Where did REO play the final show of its Hi Infidelity tour? 2. Where did the band stay while recording its first album? 3. What was special about REO's 1981 concert in Denver's McNichols Arena? 4. Which Steven Spielberg movie featured the REO song "Wherever You're Going"? 5. What No. 1 song by REO was featured in the South Park episode "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy"? Answers: 1. Milwaukee County Stadium (sold out); 2. 157 Riverside Avenue, Westport, Conn.; 3. It was the first live concert broadcast by MTV.; 4. "Goonies"; 5. "Can't Fight This Feeling"
did YoU know? It did not receive the level of attention of John and Yoko's pose, but Three Dog Night also did a naked album cover. The original cover for It Ain't Easy, released in 1970, featured band members without their clothes, though strategic parts were covered. However, retailers objected and the albums were pulled and replaced with more socially acceptable artwork.
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Trance dance facilitator guides participants on journey within themselves
Q. One of the keys to achieving the trance state, according to some, is the breathing. Can you explain the type of breathwork used and why it is so important? A. This is the Breath of Fire. It consists of two inhalations through the nose and an exhalation through the mouth. The nose is the only orifice in the human body that has direct connection to the brain. When breathing in this conscious way, you increase oxygen and energy directly to the brain, which, through movement, enhances the sense of euphoria through the secretion of endorphins in the brain.
Q. After dancing for about an hour, facilitators ask the participants to lie on the floor. What happens during this stage? PHOTO BY MARY CATANESE
Denise Keenan will lead a Tribal Trance Dance program in La Crosse on Saturday.
A. We use lots of drumming rhythms because the body recognizes that sound instinctively. It is the beating of our heart. The brain will eventually stop listening to it, trust that it is there, and let go so that you can reach a trance state. We decided to do a progression of music — in a series of dances — from different indigenous civilizations, starting with the birthplace of man, in Africa, then following the flow of humanity as it moved around the world. Q. After their breathing exercises, participants don blindfolds before beginning to dance. Why? A. The bandanna or blindfold removes the ego's participation and anxiety because people don't worry about how they look. Your eyes come right out of your brain, so this also removes 90 percent of your perception of reality. People are encouraged to trust their bodies, letting their equilibrium be guided by their body sense, rather then their external vision. In the darkness, the pineal gland is blocked and one is free to dance from their heart. Going into the darkness and inviting Spirit (or Divine Essence) in has been a component of healing ceremonies for thousands of years. Q. Dancers move to the rhythms but all move in their own way. Is there a right or wrong way to trance dance?
A. This is an opportunity to share your experiences, if you choose, and to join together in a sense of community. Since this can be such a deep and personal experience, sometimes you do not feel like talking, and if so, you are free to simply sit in the circle. I always end with a guided meditation and ask for healing for Gaia. About the facilitator Denise Keenan owned and operated Keenan Wellness Center in La Crosse from 1993 to 2005, when she moved the business to Milwaukee. Her sister, Louise, runs the Heart Song Wellness Center in La Crosse. Keenan is a certified hypnotherapist, a licensed massage therapist and a Miracle of the Breath facilitator. She is trained in yoga and martial arts, trance dance and other movement techniques, as well as a wide variety of holistic therapies.
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A. Trance dance is a journey of movement and meditation and is a beautifully personal experience. Some people definitely experience visions and find themselves feeling as though they are deeply connected to Mother Earth and Father Sky, identifying with and moving as, a particular animal, or spiraling into the Milky Way. Re-enactments of past life experiences may occur. Throughout the dance, you may receive images and guidance, and sometimes experience emotions and deep healing.
Q. At the end, the dancers gather in a circle to “integrate” what they have experienced. What does this mean?
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A. Intention is a vital element of any nonordinary journey. It is not the same as "wanting." It simply implies readiness for change. Setting an intention is part of the conscious preparation to let go of the ordinary and invite Spirit to enter into the dance with you, and to direct your dance. At the beginning of the trance dance, participants prepare the physical bodies, clear their minds of conflict and create specific intentions.
Q. Do people really see "visions," or what do most experience?
A. At the end of the dance, we play a low, rumbling "Om" sound and as participants lie on the floor, they are given the opportunity to integrate the grounded state of sacred Presence. We encourage people to lie face down, with their heart and third eye chakras facing the earth, and this can be a time of deep dreaming.
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Q. Before the dance begins, participants are encouraged to formulate a personal intention or focus as a starting point for their explorations. Can you explain?
when you open to allow this energy to move through you, you may find yourself moving in ways that you've never moved before. This is one of the healing aspects of the dance. Your body knows how to move to adjust to physical challenges and to reclaim and rebalance your mind. When you come out of the dance, more of your higher sense is intact, and less of your ego, giving you more freedom, creativity and spontaneity. Each dance is unique. The dancers are free to sit down or lie down or stand motionless at any time during the dance, and we will make sure that they are undisturbed by the other dancers.
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We met former La Crosse resident Denise Keenan as she was preparing to facilitate a Tribal Trance Dance workshop at the Marian Center in Milwaukee last weekend. Seven women, ages 20 to 50s, sat in a circle as Keenan prepared them for their spiritual journey. The sweet aroma of incense hung lightly in the air of the darkened room. As instructed, they had come dressed in comfortable, loose clothes that would not limit their movements. Shoes were left at the door. The mood was set. Soon the music, the drums, the dance would begin. Trance dance is perhaps best described as “moving meditation.” Tracing its roots to our earliest ancestors and the shaman of indigenous tribes, trance dance uses percussion rhythms, music, breathwork, dance and sensory deprivation (blindfolds) to help participants access their inner vision or “trance” state. Participants, according to Keenan and other facilitators, often report they return from this “vision quest” with unique spiritual, mental, physical and emotional insights and greater wisdom how to apply their insights to their daily lives. Keenan this week brings her Tribal Trance Dance to Three Rivers Waldorf School, 901 Caledonia St., La Crosse, with a 6:30 p.m. session Saturday, June 19 featuring African music. Registration is $20. Information is available by contacting Denise at Dance@TheTribalDance.com or at (414) 774-2168, or by visiting thetribaldance.com. We asked Keenan about the elements of trance dance and some of the misconceptions.
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father and child, and Tyler plays the supporting role with abashed restraint. Similarly, Affleck is a great fit to play a self-centered prick made good, and Jersey Girl features some of his best acting since, well, Chasing Amy. Kevin Smith, quit apologizing!
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The ArtS Review Bizarro Masterpiece Theatre Medium: Film Jersey Girl (2004) Director: Kevin Smith Stars: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin Writer: Kevin Smith This film gets a lot of hate by people who claim that this is Kevin Smith’s lowest moment as a filmmaker. Criticism of this movie largely rests on its (mostly) familyfriendly nature, the argument being that Smith, by making a film that wasn’t flooded with comic book references, explicit dialogue, and inside jokes, had lost his way. I’m not buying it. Number one: blind brand loyalty is shit. This applies equally to creator and consumer. In the same way that I don’t immediately flip out at the mention of an upcoming Kevin Smith film, his artistic scope should not be limited by the expectations of his already established fanbase. I don’t want to know exactly what to expect from anyone, and as such I appreciate that Smith made a largely straightforward film about the perils of single fatherhood. He gets a lot of crap for Jersey Girl, and he seems to have internalized all that in order to placate the snobs, but he shouldn’t. In pursuing new horizons, not lighting up the sky is no failure. What I like most about this film is George Carlin, who is a big beam of light in every scene in which he appears. Carlin plays Ben Affleck’s dad, a bright eyed old crank who welcomes his newly-widowed son back home. The old man serves as the guiding force for Affleck’s Ollie, not taking crap from his son and forcing him to take responsibility for his daughter. If the role had been filled by anyone but the chronically enraged yet bemused Carlin, the effect wouldn’t have been as great. The other part of the film that bears mention is its finale, in which Affleck’s daughter performs a musical number at the school talent show. While the rest of her classmates put on repetitive renditions of “Memory” from Cats, young Gertie busts out some Sweeney Todd. Carlin and a few of his bruiser buddies serve as the child’s backup singers, and Gramps gets his throat cut by the demon barber. It’s a moment of silly absurdity that is all the more notable because it also contains the emotional payoff of the entire film. Yes, Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler once again hook up on screen, but their pairing here isn’t a fraction as vile as the Animal Crackers scene in Armageddon. The romance in this film is secondary to the bond between
The Screening Room Medium: Film Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) Director: Banksy Documentary How's this for ironic: eccentric Frenchborn Los Angeleno Thierry Guetta embarks on a mission to make a documentary about graffiti art, but in the end it's renowned British street artist Banksy who makes a documentary about him. The result is Exit Through the Gift Shop, a rousing and enlightening film that's both an immersive introduction to some of the world's moststunning street art (for a few examples, look no further than Banksy's Wikipedia page), and a lamentation on its evolving role in the commercialized art world and the consequences thereof. The chance to glimpse some of the most brilliant pieces of street art is itself worth the price of admission, especially considering so many of them have been washed away or painted over. Exit also has a compelling narrative arc, one that cuts beneath graffiti's oft-debated status as art and analyzes the effects of the medium's burgeoning — and in some ways plateauing — popularity. Used-clothing store owner Guetta's obsession with his video camera borders on the creepy — he films everyone and everything he sees without abandon. Eager to make a documentary about something, anything, he stumbles upon a subject when he learns that his cousin is actually a French graffiti artist who goes by the alias Space Invader. Invader introduces Guetta to an array of guerrilla artists, and Guetta films the artists in action and likewise documents their finished products. Though Guetta amasses hundreds of thousands of hours of footage, he can't seem to locate the elusive Banksy, one of the most reknowned, prolific and secretive street artists in the world. When Guetta actually does meet Banksy, there's a subtle shift in tone that turns the jovial, informative documentary into something more cynical and thoughtprovoking. Exit becomes less panoramic when Banksy suggests that Guetta, before the outside observer and admirer of art, become an artist himself. The film finds a cohesive theme worth exploring — the commodification, simplification and overall bastardization of street art. Despite a wandering thesis, Exit pays loving tribute to the medium in the most honest and entertaining way possible, capturing the exhileration of creating graffiti art and the passion and dedication of those who create it, and — more importantly — calling out those who would (and in ways already have) exploit it. — Nick Cabreza
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The Majak Mixtape By Jonathan Majak jonathan.majak@secondsupper.com Here at the mixtape, we like to think we are able to honor history, namely the mixtapes that helped give this column its moniker. Oh the glorious mixtape, where artists not fully in bloom lay down tracks before the fame, the questionable collaborations, the requisite attempts of a movie career. For the most part, mixtapes are most artists at their most pure, the most un-messed around with. So this week we’d like to highlight some mixtapes of artists who may have broken into the mainstream but made some of their best work on the down low in what we’re calling the “Mixtape Mixtape.” If you had told me wheelchair Jimmy from Degrassi would be considered a viable and even vital part of the rap community, I would’ve laughed in your face but here we are, with Drake’s debut album "Thank Me Later" dropping. It’s a solid, reaching-forgreatness album, but Drake would be hardpressed to top the quality of his mixtape "So Far Gone." A bragging mix of uptempo
tunes and slow burning songs, "So Far Gone" found Drake at his cocky best before he was swallowed up by the hype. Another person trying to manage the hype is Drake’s fellow Young Money label mate Nicki Minaj. Pretty much appearing everywhere from tracks on Christina Aguilera’s album to Ludacris to Mariah Carey, Minaj is the alleged savior of the pretty dormant branch of hip-hop that is female rap. An unholy marriage of Busta Rhymes, Lil Kim and ODB in terms of delivery and image, Minaj’s mixtape "Beam Me Up Scotty" is stacked with materialistic raps that work mainly because of Minaj’s personable delivery. While Minaj is still searching for a hit for her upcoming new album (single “Massive Attack” wasn’t one and second single "Your Love" is more Annie Lennox sample than rapping), "Beam Me Up Scotty" points to Minaj being a star in her own right. A surprising edition to this hip-hop heavy list is Liz Phair. If you’ve ever wanted to experience an artist at their most awesomely raw, look no further than Liz Phair’s "Girlysound." Less a mixtape and more dry run of her whole career, "Girlysound" had tunes that would end up on each of her subsequent major label albums, sometimes worse for wear. Extremely rare and never officially put out, "Girlysound" shows Liz Phair in all of her monotone glory in the proper unadorned environment. Buy: The Black Keys’ new album "Brothers" YouTube: Breakbot’s video “Baby I’m Yours”
Medium: Album Stimulus: How to Destroy Angels Band: Nine Inch Nails Anno: 2010 For good and ill, the new project of Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor sounds a lot like his old project, with a female singer. While there are far worse foundations to build from than the electronic wizardry of Nine Inch Nails, this collaboration between Reznor, his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, and longtime cohort Atticus Ross doesn’t appear to have grown a distinct identity yet. On the other hand, the selftitled EP from How to Destroy Angels is a rumbling and snarling piece of work that will hook longtime Reznor fans. The main difference between the two musical entities hinges upon Maandig, who made her name as a co-vocalist for the cheerfully spacey electro-rock band West Indian Girl. While the difference in tones between that band and this one is severe and Maandig is stepping out from a chorus into a solo vocalist role, she makes the transition well, even if she remains a bit soft-spoken. The six tracks that comprise this release are different shades of the same gloom, all having easy comparisons to tracks within the
Nine Inch Nails catalogue. “The Space in Between” opens with a crawling soundtrack piece filled with buzzing low end string synths. “Parasite” builds up speed with the low end chugging into bursts of keyboards and explosions of distorted guitar. The best track on the EP is a menacing dance groove titled “Fur Lined,” in which Maandig lays on static-shredded pop vocals that run parallel to robotic drums and bass. Following this is “BBB,” a militant track that would have been at home on NIN’s Year Zero, and “The Believers,” which echoes earlier Nine Inch Nails tinged with jungle elements. The closing track, “A Drowning,” finishes everything off with the usual picturesque sense of sadness and despair. The sum total is an excellent introduction that leaves many things unfinished. Reznor’s music tends to be at its most compelling when it gets outside of his usual comfort zone. By placing himself in a presumably more democratic group than he had been used to while existing as the entirety of Nine Inch Nails, How to Destroy Angels has acquired the potential to break past its current typecasting. If he lets go a little bit more, and if Maandig steps up just as much, it could become something drastically exciting. — Brett Emerson
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music directory // June 18 to June 24 fridaY,
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Minneapolis
JB'sSpeakeasy // 717 Rose St. The Brent Brown Band (Jerry Garcia Band tribute) • 10 p.m.
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ween // JUNE 26 Roy Wilkins Auditorium • $26.50
Nighthawks Tap // 401 S. Third St. The Levitating Train Committee Band (rock/blues) •10 p.m.
Santana & Steve Winwood // JUNE 30 Xcel Energy Center • $23.50 - $260 tool // JULY 1 Xcel Energy Center • $ $37.50 - $57.50
north side oasis // 620 Gillette St. Geared Under (rock) • 9:30 p.m.
DEVO // JULY 3 Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater • $55-$100
Pearl Street Brewery // 1401 St. Andrew St.
Shawn Wooden (troubadour) • 5 p.m. piggy's blues lounge // 501 Front St. S. Dust Bowl Blues Band (blues) • 8 p.m. Popcorn Tavern // 308 S. Fourth St. The Mark Joseph Project (jam rock) • 10 p.m.
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Deep Sea Summit (pictured) is a Winona-based electronic rock band with a propensity for trancing out. The group, which blends computer effects with live instrumentation, is building a strong following across the Mississippi, but it's been a while since they've performed in La Crosse. Fans of Lotus, the New Deal, Sound Tribe Sector 9 and other like-minded groups would be wise to come down to the Popcorn Tavern on Saturday for a late-night dance party. La Crosse's own Hyphon opens the show with a set of indie hip-hop, including at least one live collaboration with DSS. The show begins at 10 p.m. with a $5 cover. Expect a lot of Winona fans to make the trip, but don't let them show you up on the dance floor!
The Hold Steady, The Whigs // JULY 3-4 Cabooze • $28 Levon Helm Band, John Haitt // JULY 6 Minnesota Zoo Ampitheatre • $55-$67.50
The bodega // 122 4th St. The Journeymen (Brian Murphy fundraiser) • 9 p.m.
The Arterial // 1003 S. 16th St. river jack's //1835 Rose St. Pump House // 119 King St. La Crosse-Dubna Friendship Assn. 20 Travis Oppelt and Quenten Brown Latin Vibe (steel pan trio) • 2 p.m. (acoustic) • 9 p.m. year celebration (classical) • 7:30 p.m. viterbo fine arts center // 929 Jackson St. The Joint // 324 Jay St. La Crosse Concert Band (Concert Hall The Joint // 324 Jay St. Adam Palm & Joe Gantzer (Palm Sunsher bears // 329 Goddard St. Spectacular IV) • 7:30 p.m. The Fabulous Baloney Skins (Island UC3 (Mahlim, Powers, Cheech) • 10 p.m. day) • 4 p.m. Days party) • 8 p.m. The Joint // 324 Jay St. Kin Pickin' (jam grass) • 10 p.m.
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The Warehouse // 324 Pearl St. mondaY, Four Letter Lie, Lower Definition, I Am Abomination, Life on Repeat, BePopcorn Tavern // 308 S. Fourth St. fore We Fall (pop punk) • 7 p.m. Shawn's Open jam • 10 p.m.
The Warehouse // 324 Pearl St. Ari Herstad, Will Hutchinson (pop- the waterfront tavern // 328 Front St. New Jazz Infidels (jazz)• 8 p.m. rock) • 7 p.m. the waterfront tavern // 328 Front St. New Jazz Infidels (jazz)• 8 p.m.
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sundaY,
June 20
bandshell // Riverside Park Great River Big Band (jazz) • 7 p.m.
tuesdaY,
June 22
Popcorn Tavern // 308 S. Fourth St. Fayme and Casey (acoustic) • 10 p.m.
wednesdaY,
June 23
boot hill pub // 1501 St. Andrew St. Mark & Janette Hanson (folk/jazz/ blues) • 7 p.m.
concordia ballroom // 1129 La Crosse St. Orange Blossom Special (classic country, old-time) • 1 p.m.
Del’s Bar // 229 Third St. Adam Palm (open jam)• 10 p.m.
piggy's blues lounge // 501 Front St. S. Dust Bowl Blues Band (blues) • 8 p.m.
French slough // 1311 La Crescent St. Kin Pickin’ (jam grass) •Noon
Nighthawks Tap // 401 S. Third St. Welcome H.O.G. Rally (open jam) • 10 p.m.
Popcorn Tavern // 308 S. Fourth St. Deep Sea Summit, Hyphon (trancerock, hip-hop) • 10 p.m.
Popcorn Tavern // 308 S. Fourth St. The Sunday Blend (fusion) • 10 p.m.
recovery room // 901 7th St. S. Kin Pickin’ (open jam) • 10 p.m.
thursday,
June 24
Del’s Bar // 229 Third St. Doug Otto & the Getaways (open jam)• 10 p.m. Freight House // 107 Vine St. Muddy Flats & the Hepcats (blues on the patio) • 6 p.m. Nighthawks Tap // 401 S. Third St. Dave Orr's Damn Jam (open jam) • 10 p.m. Southside comm. center // 1300 S. 6th St. Stardust Therese Roellich and Greg Bergh (standards) • 7 p.m. The Starlite Lounge // 222 Pearl St. Kies and Kompanie (jazz) • 5 p.m. The Warehouse // 324 Pearl St. Before We Fall, Idle Ecstatic, Kjome, New Fable February, Miss August, Radiator (Warehouse fundraiser) • 6 p.m.
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The Beer Review Pig’s Eye Pilsner Pig's Eye Brewing Company La Crosse, Wisconsin This week’s installment of Canned Beer Month introduces the most local — and cheap! — beverage that I ever remember reviewing for this newspaper. It comes from the Pig's Eye Brewing Company, which isn’t on the radar of most beer aficionados (even those in La Crosse), though it’s produced at the City Brewery just a couple of blocks from my apartment. I’m often surprised to learn the malted beverages that are brewed down in that place. For years, Pig’s Eye was produced by the Minnesota Brewing Company, but when that business went belly-up in 2002, two former employees (Phil Gagne and
Jeff Crawford) purchased the rights to the line and opened as an “alternating proprietor” with City. In essence, they function as a “brewery within a brewery” — renting City’s production, bottling and packaging lines — which is a typical arrangement at the City Brewery, but it’s not the only reason I can give the Pig’s Eye a mild endorsement. Icy cold and slugged from a can, this isn’t an all-bad beer. And at $6.50 for a 12 pack, you definitely get your money’s worth! I saw on the Internet that Pig’s Eye used to have a vicious pirate logo, so it’s a little disappointing to see the black-and-
white canoeing scene printed on the can, but you don’t buy this beer for its looks. (And you shouldn’t pour it into a glass, either, because it’s practically see-through.) The aroma is fairly clean with notes of damp hay, but none of the freaky adjuncts you’ll often find with beers at this price. The taste is also pretty OK if — and this is a big “if” — you drink it while it’s still cold. When I sipped my first one a little too slowly I was worried the Pig’s Eye would stay in my refrigerator until I moved out. The Pilsner hits the tongue with a watery body and immediately begins fizzing due to the car-
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bonation. It has a bready malt profile and an all-around sweetness. The hops aren’t especially noticeable, but they help at the finish and Appearance: 3 somehow contribute to this Starburst-af- Aroma: 5 tertaste-esque flavor that I got on my first Taste: 5 sip. At just 4.5 percent alcohol, this is a Mouthfeel: 4 fairly drinkable beer Drinkability: 5 — but don’t please take that as an endorsement. At best Total: 22 I could recommend sharing a case with 11 of your friends, perhaps after a morning of panhandling. — Adam Bissen
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TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
ARENA
Midwest Poker League 7 p.m.
Closed
Wyld Wednesday: $2 Jumbo UV, mixers $1.50 Coronas
Ladies' Night, $5 Long Island pitchers
$1 Cherry Bombs, $1 Keystone Light silos
$1 Cherry Bombs, $1 Keystone Light silos
BODEGA BREW PUB
$2 BBQ Pork Sliders
2-Fers, Buy any regularly priced food item and get one of equal or lesser value for free
$2.50 Coors vs. Keystone pitchers. All specials 9 p.m. to close
AUC2D: $5, domestic taps, rail mix- 10-cent wings, $1 Miller High Life ers, Long Islands. All specials 9 p.m. bottles, $1.50 rail mixers; $2.50 call to close drinks. All specials 9 p.m. to close.
107 3rd St. S. 782-1883 122 4th St. 782-0677
BROTHERS
Closed
306 Pearl St. 784-0522
FEATURES
Free beer 5:30-6:30; Free wings 7:30- Taco buffet 11-2; 8:30, Free bowling after 9 $1 Pabst bottles and $1 bowling after 9
W3923 State Highway 16 786-9000
HOWIE’S
Fish Tacos: 1 / $2.50, 2 / $5.00, 3 / $6.50. AUC2D: $5, domestic taps, rail mixers and Long Islands. Wristband Night: $2.50 SoCo & Jack. All specials 9 p.m. to close.
$3 3 Olives mixers, $3 Mojitos, $2 $3 Bacardi mixers, $3 Mojitos, $2 Cherry Bombs, $1 Bazooka Joe's; Cherry bombs, $1 Bazooka Joe's. FAC: $3 domestic pitchers, micro/ All specials 9 p.m. to close. import taps, anything that pours. 4-9 p.m.
All you care to eat pizza buffet, 11-2
All you care to eat fish fry 4-10; unlimited Glow-N-Bowl $9.99
Prime rib dinner 4-10; unlimited Glow-N-Bowl $9.99 9 p.m. to close: $2 Bacardi mixers, $2 domestic pints, $1.50 shots blackberry brandy
1125 La Crosse St. 784-7400
Happy hour 4 to 9 p.m.; 9 p.m. to 9 p.m. to close: $3.50 domestic 9 p.m. to close: $1 rails, $2.50 pitch- $5 all you can drink close: Night Before Class - $3 pitch- pitchers ers, beer pong ers of the beast
9 p.m. to close: $1.25 rails, $1.75 bottles/cans
9 p.m. to close: $2 Captain mixers, $2 bottles/cans, $3 Jager bombs
IMPULSE
Closed
Closed
Karaoke 9 p.m.-Close; Happy Hour daily 5-8
Wine & martini night; Happy Hour daily 5-8
18+ night (1st and 3rd Thursday of each month); Happy Hour daily 5-8
$25 open bar package, 11 p.m. to Happy Hour daily 5-8 close: domestic/import beer, rail, call drinks, martinis; Happy Hour daily 5-8
JB’S SPEAKEASY
$1.75 domestic bottles
SIN Night
$1.75 domestic bottles
Happy Hour 5 to 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 5 to 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 5 to 7 p.m.
$1.79 burger (after 8 p.m.) Breakfast 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Hat Night: Buy 1 drink, get 1 free w/ Rail drinks $2 (4:30 to close); Buckets of beer $10, Boston Bobby's Margaritas $4 (Straw, rasp, mango, hat (4:30 to close); $1.50 chili dogs After 8 p.m. specials: $5 skewer of drummies 10 for $2 (4:30 to close), peach and reg); After 8 p.m. specials: (after 8 p.m.) shrimp,l $1.79 burger, $1.50 chili dogs $1.79 burger (after 8 p.m.) $5 skewer of shrimp, $1.79 burger
214 Main St. 782-6010
Happy Hour 5 to 7 p.m.
717 Rose St. 796-1161
SCHMIDTY’S 3119 State Road 788-5110
SLOOPY'S ALMA MATER 163 Copeland Ave. 785-0245
SPORTS NUT
$2 can beer (2-6 p.m.) $11 buckets of beers (6-close)
$2 can beer (2-6 p.m.) 12" pizza: $8.99 up to 5 toppings (4-close)
Wings, Wings, Wings... $2 off 14: Ladies night, 2 for 1 drinks (6-close), pizza, $2 can beer (2-6 p.m.) $2 can beer (2-6 p.m.)
Buck Burgers
Tacos $1.25
15-cent wings
Breakfast 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday Fish, $2 can beer (2-6)
$8.99 12-ounce T-bone
2 for 1 pints/pitches w/ student ID over 21 15-cent wings
801 Rose St. 784-1811
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Sunday Fun Day - Wristband Night
Half price tequilla, $1 domestic taps Karaoke, $2 Double rails and all Beer Pong Tourney and and rails bottles; $3 Double call drinks wristband night
123 3rd St. 784-8020
TOP SHOTS
$3 Bacardi mixers, $3 Jumbo Long Island Iced Teas
$3 Jumbo Long Island Iced Teas, $3 3 Olives mixers $5 Miller/Bud Light Pitchers, $2.25 Leinies Bottles (7-1AM)
137 4th St. 782-6622
$5 Pitchers/$2 bottles of Miller $1.75 Miller/Bud Light Taps, $2.25 $1.75 Rails, $1.50 Domestic Taps, $2 domestic bottles, $2.50 Skyy/ products (11-4pm) MIcro/Craft Taps, $2.50 Cherry Bombs $3.50 Jager Bombs Absolut mixers, $2 Dr. shots $2 Corona Bottles, $2 Kilo Kai Mixers (7-1AM) (7-1AM) (7-1am) , $3 Bloodys (7-1AM)
5 Domestic Bottles for $10, $5 $2 Captain Mixers, $2. Long Island Micro/Import Bottles $11.50, $7 Mixers, $3 Effen Vodka Mixers (7Micro/Craft Pitchers (7-1AM) 1AM)
TRAIN STATION BBQ
Ask for great eats
11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Barn burner $7.95; 4 to 9 p.m., Hobo dinner (serves two) $30.95
WHO'S ON THIRD
Happy Hour until 10 p.m. $1.50 domestic taps, $2 rails from 10 to close
601 St. Andrew St. 781-0005 126 3rd St. N. 782-9467
$1 taps of PBR, $1 rails
11 a.m. to 3 p.m., extra side with sandwich; 4 to 9 p.m., $1 off rib dinner
Special varies
11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Chicken on fire One-half chicken three bones $7.95; 4 to 9 p.m., Bones and bris- $12.95 kets $13.95
$3 call doubles, $2 Bud products
Ladies' Night: $2 top shelf, $1 Pink $8.50 Fish Bowls, $2 Miller products $1 off Three Olives, $2 domestic taps Tacos Everyone: $2.50 bombs, $2 taps, $3 Jack/Captain doubles
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THE LAST WORD
The ADviCe GODDeSS By Amy Alkon amy.alkon@secondsupper.com Serial monotony
My husband of 18 years woke me up one morning to inform me that he told this woman in the class he’s taking that he’s happily married and isn’t looking to cross any lines. Feeling uneasy, I peeked at his text messaging and call history. They’d been texting for hours before his declaration to me, and text all day, every day. (He texts her upon reaching his office, and before he goes to bed at night.) Meanwhile, he had me stop calling him during work because it didn’t leave us enough to talk about at dinner. He claims they’re just friends but refused to cut back on their texting, despite how it’s upsetting me. He keeps saying he can’t have friends because of me, and thinks there’s nothing wrong with texting her all day. — Distressed When you aren’t guilty, you don’t wake your wife to confess your guiltlessness —
complete with the details of what you aren’t guilty of: “I just want to let you know, Honey, I didn’t murder five people, three of them women, and bury their bodies five yards from the chestnut tree.” Marriage used to play out on the Wal-Mart model: the idea that one person would meet your every need from altar to gravestone. Couples these days seem to understand that this is ridiculous, and have friendships outside the relationship. But, there are friendships and then … well, let’s just say there are two kinds of people who text as much as your husband and this woman: 14-year-old girls and people with the hots for each other. He might swear it’s platonic, but can you see him goodnight texting some hairy buddy of his? “Yo, Frank, tuck me in?” Marital tenure has been in the news thanks to the Gores rounding out their 40th anniversary by announcing their divorce. People are calling this sad/tragic/horrible. But, is it? OK, they promised to be together forever, but the reality is, things end. People use each other up and grow apart. It takes guts to admit it’s over, especially in light of all the “stay together no matter what” propaganda, like calling an ended marriage a “failed relationship.” (Why is it a failure if you had a bunch of good years together?) As I’ve written before, for couples who don’t have kids, or whose kids are grown, a marriage license should be more like a driver’s license: up for renewal every five years. Spouses would be less likely to slob up,
get mean, and cut off sex, and they’d have to ask themselves the question you two should: “Do we want what we have, or do we just have what we have?” Marriage is supposed to be a partnership, not a partnership with an option on a harem. Still, you don’t get to tell another adult what to do, just what you refuse to stick around for. But, unless you make it clear that you’re willing to walk, you may as well tack a rider on your marriage contract allowing unlimited extramarital texts. If you believe you two have more to share than collective boredom, try firing up his empathy. Ask how he’d feel if some guy called you on your home phone every five minutes during dinner, and one last time at bedtime: “Hey, man, mind putting your wife on the line so I can sing her to sleep?” At the very least, it’ll make for some compelling dinner conversation to break up all the chewing, and it’s probably your best shot at getting him to consider changing his calling plan to one that leads to fewer dropped wives.
one who doesn’t get that “You look beautiful” is a compliment and that what he wrote is basically “Hey, sex parts!” The moment a guy shows interest in you, decide whether you have any interest in him, and shut him down right away if you don’t. Whatever you do, don’t create boyfriend fiction you’ll have to maintain. Assess this guy and the group dynamic, and either ignore his e-mails or respond with something like “I’m telling myself you were drinking when you wrote that, and we’re both going to forget you ever sent it.” That might sound mean, but it’s actually the benevolent response: letting him know that he can’t just haul off with “You looked delicious today” unless he’s already getting it on with a girl or he bumped into her when she was dressed as a giant chocolate croissant.
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A nice-enough guy who’s part of a group of friends I hang with sent me some “You looked delicious today” and “What a great butt you have”-type e-mails. I felt flattered, then got a case of the ickies. Should I ask a trusted male friend (also in our group) to lie and say I have a boyfriend? — Skeeved Chances are, the guy’s just a doofus —
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SUNDAY
$5 Pitchers $2 Bottles of Miller Products (11-4 pm) $2 Corona Bottles $2 Kilo Kai Mixers $3 Bloody’s (7-1am)
MONDAY TUESDAY
$1.75 - Miller/Bud Taps $2.25 Micro/Craft Taps $2.50 Cherry Bombs (7-1am)
$1.75 Rails $1.50 Domestic Taps $3.50 Jager Bombs (7-1am)
$2.00 - 1 Player, $3.00 - 2 Players 50 Cents Off Drinks, $1 Off Pitchers
WEDNESDAY $2 Domestic Bottles $2.50 Skyy/Absolute Mixers $2 Dr. Shots (7-1am)
THURSDAY FRIDAY 5 Domestic Bottles 4 $10 $5 Micro/Import Bottles $11.50, $7 Micro/Craft Pitchers (7-1am)
$5 Miller Lite/Bud Light Pitchers
SATURDAY $2.25 Leinies Bottles (7-1am)
$2 Captain Mixers $2 Long Islands $3 Effen Vodka Mixers (7-1am)
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