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Letter from your obsessed editor There’s been quite the bustle around the manse this week as friend after friend popped in, giddier than I had seen them in years. There’s a new feeling in the air — well, not actually a new feeling, but one recalling an older time, a happier time, the trough of 1990s abundance. Many of my friends have been fed up with the choices handed to us lately, but with this fresh hope in the air we look forward to better times. Of course it’s not someone so simple as Barack Obama who makes us giddy, nor is it the economy that has bummed us out. We just got word of the final piece of the Brahphacy. Phish will return in 2009… bro! In some people’s eyes — not necessarily my own — Phish is the greatest band that ever played music. Sure that was an easier sell back in the halcyon ‘90s when you could see 200 shows a year and buy gas at eighty-phour cents per gallon, but the thrill of Phish tour wasn’t the feasibility of the lifestyle. No, the appeal of Phish came from enjoying music so completely and manically — in direct opposition to mainstream approval — that the very act of being fan justified everything else. This seemingly random and obsessive aside provides a nice opportunity for me to introduce Issue 135. For the most part, the stories in this newspaper are about musicians and fans. These folks don’t follow the popular styles, but they follow where their hearts take them: be it screaming over a basement kegger, breaking down a crowd with beats, thumbing through flea market LPs or finding Jah in a woozy dub line or freedom in a bar band encore. And if anyone out there can find Phish tickets for the March 6-8 run at the Hampton Coliseum, please email adam.bissen@secondsupper.com.
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Second Supper’s finally on the social networking bandwagon, with a whole chain of townies to answer our deliciously revealing questions. Each week, the interviewee will name someone they're connected to, who will become the next person interviewed, and so it shall continue.You see? We really are all connected.
Styles of music we wish we heard more often
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CURRENT JOB: I work food miracles for John's Bar, and I'm a body piercer at Tatu Royale in Winona. DREAM JOB: Porn star ('cuz I'm built like a Thermos) COVETED SUPERPOWER: Flight (with the ability to drop bombs) DREAM VACATION: La Crescent FAVORITE LOCAL RESTAURANT: Ralph's Restaurant in John's Bar FAVORITE BAR IN TOWN: The one I'm standing in with a drink in my hand. 3 MOVIES YOU’D TAKE ON A DESERTED ISLAND: Die Hard Box Set 3 BOOKS YOU’D TAKE TO PRISON: Any Vonnegut, any Bukowski, any Palahniuk CITY OR COUNTRY? I'm a little bit country, I'm a little bit rock and roll. TELL US A JOKE: What's the difference between a picture
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of Jesus and Jesus? It only takes one nail to hang a picture of Jesus.
1. “Man in the Mirror” (Michael Jackson) 2. “Electric Avenue” (Eddie Grant) 3. “Life’s Been Good” (Joe Walsh) 4. “I Want You to Want Me” (Cheap Trick) 5. “Ain't Too Proud to Beg” (The Temptations) 6. “Landslide” (Fleetwood Mac) 7. “Burning for You” (Blue Oyster Cult)
1. Dixieland 2. Dancehall 3. Zydeco 4. Afrobeat 5. Bossa Nova 6. Klezmer 7. Mambo Bands that aren’t as cool as everyone thinks 1.Van Halen 2. Green Day 3. Journey 4. Beastie Boys 5. Daft Punk 6. Umphrey’s McGee 7. U2
3 CDs YOU’D TAKE ON A ROAD TRIP: I hate music. Give me comedy: any Mitch Hedberg, Bill Hicks or George Carlin. IF YOU COULD PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT PERFECTLY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? The bone saw WHAT IS IN YOUR POCKETS RIGHT NOW? Camel Lights, 18 cent money clip holding money and business cards, part of a hooker, cell phone containing events leading up to partial hooker HOW DO YOU KNOW EMILY? I've been sloppy in the bars with her ad nauseum.
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I am a 35-year-old woman stuck in a college girl’s body! I feel as if this situation couldn’t get any better. Hell, it could be the reverse, and no one likes that middle-aged woman who thinks she’s still a teenager. That just always leads to poor fashion choices and even poorer lifestyle choices. Not this chick, you can call me Mama Maria! I’ve always known that I’m a little bit more mature than the average person my age, but I never noticed it this much before. This past weekend, I made a little trip to my good friend’s hometown for their fall festival (much like Dozinky Days if anyone has been avidly reading College Sucks…) and shit got crazy. That is, for everyone else involved besides me. We went with my friend’s parents to a small gathering at one of their neighbors on Friday night when we got into town. I was excited to eat homemade food but apparently everyone else was excited to drink themselves silly. As I was chowin’ down on fresh-from-theoven enchiladas, my friends and adults around me alike were slurping down margaritas. The odd thing about these margaritas though, is that they weren’t yellow; they looked to be exactly the color of straight tequila oddly enough. There was no more homemade salsa left by the time I was finished eating but I don’t think anyone noticed. In fact, I don’t think anyone there noticed much that night, and they definitely couldn’t walk any straight lines. Around midnight or so, my friend’s dad got the great idea to go to the only bar in town because he really needed to drink more apparently. Mama Maria was drafted to sober cab (good choice if you ask me) and I hauled a Suburban load of drunks to town. They busted into that bar like a gang bang and I just sat in the corner and watched it all unfold. Like any good small town in the Midwest, there are the townies that spend their entire lives within a ten mile radius of their birthplace.
On Friday night, I think every single townie was present in that little bar and even some from the neighboring communities. I have never felt so pretty in my life, and I’m not even saying that to be mean this time. There’s got to be some inbreeding going on out there that’s making people look like they got beaten by the ugly stick a few times over. I even felt bad for this one lady who seemed to be about 36. Again, I think some inter-family relations caused her face to be an unfortunate shape, and her hair had some bad color in it making her look like the cowardly lion. It was bad enough that she was wearing a spinning playboy belt buckle and that she had no rhythm when she danced, but when she opened her mouth to laugh, no front teeth. Yikes, like I said, I’m not even being mean when I say that Friday night was a confidence booster for me. What really made me feel mature this weekend though was when we were woken up on Saturday. My friend’s mom forgot that she had to work at eleven and still had to somehow retrieve her youngest daughter from the high school at eleven. No one in the house was sober enough yet at 10 a.m. except for Mama Maria. I gladly offered to go get her because that’s what us 35-year-olds do, we help out wherever we can. The funny thing is that I had never met my friend’s little sister before, but I wasn’t scared. I rolled up in the Suburban and started honking the horn just to embarrass her because she was standing amongst her cross country teammates after all, and I just can’t pass that opportunity up. Once she realized she didn’t know who was driving though, she was forced to put on a “nice face” and then proceeded to answer all of my dumb questions like “how was practice?” “What are you learning in school these days?” and “Any cute boys you have a crush on?” She probably hated me, but I’m OK with that. See when you’re mature like me, you don’t care what 15-year-olds think of you. On Saturday night I was taxi cab again for the drunks at 2 a.m., but this time was extra funny. My friend’s mom had had a little too much at the bar that night and tried to get in the passenger door of the Suburban very unsuccessfully. She would get one butt cheek on the seat and then fall in the crevasse between the open door and the vehicle.Then she would just hang there for a while as the rest of us were laughing hysterically at her. In hindsight I feel a little bad for not helping her in the car, but I really wanted to see how many tries it would take her. Total count: 5. As we headed back to La Crosse on Sunday, I felt my newfound maturity slipping away sadly. I had to return to classes and homework and eating nothing but ramen all the time. I’ve decided however, that I am going to embrace my youth while I still have it; after all, I have my whole life to be a soccer mom driving an oversized SUV. I’m going to take my time being young and dumb, so excuse me while I go not do my homework for a few more hours.
Saving Cinderella? This team, we had a special thing going on this year. I think it extends beyond CC in terms of trying to keep this group together if we can.” Will he be wearing the New York Yankee pinstripes next season? Hold the phone, true believer. It is anticipated that Sabathia would command a $140 to $150 million multi-year contract out on the open market. It is possible the Brewers could swing a deal of this caliber. But this would probably mean that Ben Sheets, also a free agent, would be headed for splitsville. The team would also have to increase its annual payroll of roughly $90 million up a few notches. Expensive contract options for Mike Cameron and Eric Gagne would also have to be seriously considered if this were to work. (Note to the Brewers: Get far, far away from Gagne. The man is past his prime.) The negative end of this is that salary increases also seem to be in order for Prince Fielder, J.J. Hardy and Ricky Weeks, and all of these factors seem to point to a deconstruction of this popular Cinderella team. If that wasn’t bad enough, the team has a manager issue to sort out. Interim manager Dale Sveum has not been announced as the team’s coach for next season. Sveum certainly has the team’s endorsement. “Dale stepped up big for our team,” said Hardy. “With him, everyone on the tem gets together real well. I don’t know how they are going to do this, but we need them to keep both the players and the staff together next year.” Sveum would most likely not drain the team’s already strained coffers either, so this economical choice might be in the team’s best interest. He is largely unproven though, and the team might prefer to go with a higher profile coaching choice. A possible scenario would be losing both Sabathia and Sheets in order to free up space for other pending contracts. If this happens, the team will need to locate some veteran pitching real fast to calm fans of the team. The offense, which struggled mightily in September and October, also needs to be addressed. How this will play out is certainly a mystery to most Brewers fans. To close, I’d like to eat a little humble pie. Many people (myself included) called out Brewers Nation as a bunch of bandwagon fans. In all honesty, who wants to watch a losing team like the Brewers had been in year’s past? Whether it is baseball, football, badminton or cricket, this rings true in every sport. If it took 20 years of futility to build a solid base, then we all should be happy that things have improved. No doubt that this state has been and always will be a football heaven, the fact remains that baseball is now on the average fan’s cheese radar. This cannot be interpreted as a bad thing, no matter what hardcore baseball markets think about our fanhood. The off-season will certainly keep everybody’s attention. The division is wide open, with no dominate mainstay. The future is wide open, so keep your chin up.
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By Nick Koegl
nick.koegl@secondsupper.com Following a 3-1 National League Divisional series loss, the Milwaukee Brewers first foray into the postseason in over 20 years ended last week in front of a stadium full of rabid, Thunder Stick-smashing fans. And what a year it was. This season was the stuff of legends: Huge winning (and losing) streaks, managerial firings, dominant pitching, costly injuries and enough wiener races to satisfy even the hungriest Milwaukee fan. The Brewers started off strong, jumping out to a quick division lead, for over 10 games. This would not last, as the now playoff-swept Chicago Cubs can claim the honor of the division title after handily dispatching all division opponents. The Brewers then sunk into a deep losing streak, culminating in the unprecedented firing of Ned Yost after squandering a 5-½ game wild card cushion halfway through August. The team persevered like true champions, and bulldozed into the playoffs after winning six of seven of the team’s final games. Philadelphia proved to be too much for the Brewers to handle, and our hopes were squandered. The leaves us fans to the present day, once again watching the playoffs from the outside. Unfortunately, many questions now plague the team as they head into the off-season. Some of these may be resolved in the Brewers' favor, but some could go the exact opposite. The most pressing issue seems to be the status of star pitcher CC Sabathia. It is pretty safe to assume that everybody knew that CC was a stretch run rental. In a league where money talks, many assume it is a forgone conclusion that Sabathia will end up in a big market next season.This is certainly not the preference for Brewers president and CEO Mark Attansio: “Oh, sure, how could you not want him back? But, you know, I honestly want everyone back.
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The Collector
By Shuggypop Jackson
shuggypop.jackson@secondsupper.com I'm going to let you all into an obsessive hobby of mine that probably borders on being unhealthy. While some of you might collect things such as baseball cards, comic books or your empty alcohol bottles, I nerd out by collecting records, those archaic music-containing vinyl disks that existed before iPods and mp3s. For whatever reason, my earliest childhood memories are music-based, be it riding around in the backseat of my parent's car singing along with the smooth sounds of the AM gold yacht rock songs from the radio or watching my favorite childhood TV shows, such as the coked-out decadence of Solid Gold or the original SNL. On the weekends, my dad would play his records on the stereo, the tripped-out classic rock bands from the '60s that scared the little version of me, but I dug into as a teenager. Something about listening to music mesmerized me as a child in unusual ways. I even recall getting a Village People record along with some Star Wars figures and matchbox cars for my fourth birthday, my very first record. I remember a day when my mom walked me to Kindergarten and told me that when I got home later that day, there was going to be a surprise. That surprise ended up being cable TV. Within weeks of the cable man stopping by, a new channel made its debut called MTV, and I was hooked from the beginning. Twentyfour-hour-a-day music videos alternated with our Atari as my babysitter. I knew all the songs and would bounce around to my favorite new wave and hair metal hits that were in heavy rotation. I also loved this Friday night program called Night Flight on another channel that showed concerts and offbeat music videos and films that was obviously geared more towards stoned college kids. That show was later hosted by Elvira and Gilbert Godfried and became a pale comparison to the show that once blew my tiny little mind. Around this time, I started
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subscribing to numerous Columbia House accounts where they'd send you 12 albums for a penny, and I loaded up on these MTV favorites. I never did buy anything else from them after I'd get the freebies. I wonder how they ever made any money? In 1985, my dad lost his job, and more importantly to me at the time, they cancelled the cable, cutting me off from my MTV fix. We moved off to a more urban environment where I started hanging around with the juvenile skate punks in my neighborhood that were several years older than me. Through them, I was introduced to punk music such as Black Flag and Dead Kennedys and was turned onto RUN-DMC. My bedroom became covered with posters of my favorite bands and I started reading music zines such as Maximumrocknroll and Trouser Press. I would save up my lunch money to make a weekly trek down to the local record shop to buy the latest underground sensation I'd recently heard about that the Lollapalooza and homogenized grunge explosion soon brought to the mainstream under the banner of "alternative." As middle school angst set in, I found myself comforted by the newly found college radio station on the bottom of the FM dial when I wasn't out being a shithead riding around on my BMX bike or skateboard. I also knew an older guy who was into short wave radio who would record John Peel's radio show on the BBC and would hook me up with cassette recordings of his program. To this day, if I were to be granted one wish, it would be to inherit John Peel's legendary record collection. Pretty nerdy, huh? In high school, with the addition of getting money from having a job and the mobility of having a car, two things came about to transform me from just a fan into a serious collector. The first was attending Grateful Dead concerts and becoming introduced to the tape traders who swapped their concert performances. The other was hanging around a group of DJs who spun at rave parties and were constantly on the hunt for rare vinyl 12 inch remixes who taught me how to beat match and operate the turntables. I became obsessed with the quest of collecting both and added them to my beloved collection. Moving off to college, both those scenes kind of reached their apex and died for me, being left behind as transformative memories of my youth. Jerry Garcia's death didn't lead me off to jambands like Phish, nor did I keep the Jerry flame burning like many of my Deadhead friends. Instead I amped up my crate digging and took advantage of the record shops in larger towns with more musical diversity which allowed me to go deep into the realms of rare sounds from numerous genres across the board. I started DJing around town with a few fellow record-obsessed friends. Our weekends became booked, which fueled our crate-digging obsession, constantly needing to one up ourselves with the latest find to spin
for the next party. I got a weekly slot on a freeform radio station that I held down for years and eventually became the station manager in charge of hiring other DJs based on their musical tastes. Snobby elitism to the max. The free music started rolling in with that job by the truckload, which didn't help with my addiction, and my setlists were sent into Wire magazine, which is the only music mag I consider worth reading these days. By this time, my collection had reached what many would consider obscene, somewhere in the neighborhood of 15,000 these days. When people would see it, they would be somewhat overwhelmed and inevitably ask when I had time to listen to it all. My response was that it's not that I do listen to it all, but the option is there if I ever wanted to. Or perhaps I'm just insane. Around this time, CD burners and mp3s came along, which took over and made music completely disposable. Free downloads and the like allowed everybody access to massive collections without much of a dent to the wallet.This just made myself and the record collectors I knew become even more elitist in their hobby and turn their nose down at the perceived inferior sound quality of digital music. The rise of the Internet allowed record collectors easy access to network with one another and was a technology that became embraced. Soon I was connecting with fellow
music geek hipsters around the world turning each other on to various gems. It took on a language that separated the posers from the inner circle of music snobbery.Through this, I got hooked up with VICE magazine sifting through piles of promos of up-and-coming bands in order to help them find the next big thing that would break, and started writing reviews for a music Web site called tinymixtapes.com, which along with several other sites has become what the music zines of my skateboard-addled youth once were, a way to turn the masses on to new under the radar music and long forgotten rare gems. I have a hard time getting through the day without spending some time hunched over my turntables and mixer, sifting through my library, dropping one bomb after another on my eardrums. It's my drug of choice. I miss playing for crowds, as La Crosse doesn't offer much in the way for DJs to play out for the bar-hopping masses. But hey, if there are enough of you reading this out there who are interested, send me an email and lets make some good dance parties happen somewhere. Same goes for any other music geeks out there who just want sit around and play each other our music or trade mixtapes. Show me what you've got, La Crosse!
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adam.bissen@secondsupper.com Alex Lavender has been spinning electronic music for eight years. As a nearly lifelong La Crosse resident, that means he’s seen the city’s dance scene undergo….well, not all that much really. We don’t do raves here. Not too many people are willing to stick their necks out to throw a party and, hell, plenty of people don’t even like to dance. But the times might be achanging on the electronica front. Lavender (who spins under the name DJ Al X) and a few of his DJ friends recently formed B3 Productions, a La Crosse-based organization dedicated to spreading electronic music in the area. Their first party, All Funked Up, will be held Oct. 25 at the Concordia Ballroom. It’s an 18and-over costume party (21+ to drink) that costs $8 at the door and $5 with two items of canned food. Most of the acts on the bill are local B3 DJs, but Minneapolis’ K Funk will close the show. We phoned up Lavender this week to get the scoop. Second Supper: I’ve been around the city for a couple years now and I haven’t really seen a whole lot of events like this where DJs are spinning electronic music. How would you define the dance scene in La Crosse? Alex Lavender: Well, in the Midwest it’s really quiet. Once you get in a bigger city it’s different, obviously, but in La Crosse it’s quiet. It seems like people are purposely blocking it out of their minds like they don’t want to accept it. There’s not really a lot of people in this area that seem to enjoy it, but now it seems like people are accepting it more. It’s in commercials and on TV. It’s been huge on the East Coast and the West Coast for a long time now, and now the Midwest is catching on. SS: So All Funked up will be the first party that you’re throwing under this production group. What have other parties in La Crosse been like? AL: Umm, pretty quiet, honestly. There’s hasn’t really been anything huge in this area. A couple months ago there was a party at the same venue, maybe had 100, 200 people turn out. That was during summer when there wasn’t a lot of college kids in town, so it couldn’t have gotten that big. Through out the years there’s been small parties. They don’t really get huge, because there’s not a lot of people that are into the scene.
AL: I think that this party in particular is really cool because it has such community. It’s not just getting a bunch of DJs together, having a good time, getting a bunch of people in the same place jamming out. It’s also putting back in the community, trying to change people’s minds about the scene. I think that this scene in particular has kind of a bad rap just for all of the bad media coverage in the early 2000s. It just kind of presoaked people’s minds for certain things about the drug scene and everything, for instance. But this party hopefully will kind of change people’s minds because it’s not all about drugs. It’s about music. It’s about community. It’s about having a good time. SS: Why did you pick the Concordia Ballroom? AL: No reason in particular. It’s just a good location. It’s a huge space. It’s got a good capacity. It’s just perfect for what we’re trying to do. SS: When’s the music going on? AL: We’re kicking it off earlier in the day. We’ll probably be there setting up all day, but we’re going to be opening the doors at four o’clock, maybe a little earlier, go throughout the night, and then see what happens from there. SS: How late is it going to go? AL: It’s going to go ‘til around 12, and I’m sure there’ll be some after-hours for people that want to keep going. SS: So there’s going to be a costume contest with this? AL: No, there’s not really going to be a contest at all with this. People who have really creative costumes will be able to get in for free. SS: What kind of music will be spun that night? AL: It’s mainly all house music, a lot of different varieties.There’s going to be some funkier stuff. There’s going to be some big club-sounding stuff. There’s going to be some really high-energy stuff. It’s pretty much all across the board. SS: What are you most looking forward to? AL: Honestly, I really enjoy watching K Funk. She really gets the crowd going. She’s got a high-energy set. It’s a big room, big party sound. She’s really talented. She’s been doing this for a long time — like eight, nine years. She’s always a favorite of mine. For more information see www.myspace.com/ bumptyboomboom.
October 9, 2008
Metal without Limits
By Sarah Morgan
sarah.morgan@secondsupper.com I hesitantly sat down with the fellows from War Without Roses after their October 1 show at JB's Speakeasy. I say hesitantly because I've always stayed in the relative safety of acoustic "singer/songwriters," bluegrass and the like. I tend to steer clear of bands that look like they're about to cause mayhem. War Without Roses fits that bill slightly. The lead singer, Kevin Sullivan, was screaming into
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the mic with his shirt off as I walked in and didn't take a break the entire set. The guitarists and bassist — Jimmy Calkins, John Byrne and John "Big Dirty/'Lil Punkin" Brown — dutifully thrashed their heads in time with the music. Mike, the now ex-drummer, was moving his sticks so violently, I couldn't really make them out in the gloom. Needless to say, mild little me found it menacing indeed. Sitting down with the band was a complete 180, though. They agreed to come outside to talk with me because the next band was causing just a much raucous noise, but they were all smiles and jokes despite the cold. (Author's note — sorry, but a vast majority of their jests are not suitable for print.) First off, I needed to know what they call the music they play. I'd call it heavy metal but it turns out… I would be wrong. They actually had to work through it as a band right there on the spot, throwing out a few ideas before coming to the conclusion — experimental hardcore. Just to give some point of reference to those as clueless as me, WWR say that the bands Norma Jean, August Burns Red, Wells Jericho and The Chariot influence them. Why experimental hardcore, you ask? There's no simple answer, according to WWR. For one, a few of them grew up listening to similar styles. One of the Johns said, "It's the best music EVER!" Calkins added that he just likes playing music that sounds like "rock n' roll just made superman/cowboy love to death metal." Sounds like a good enough reason as any other!
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brett.emerson@secondsupper.com The hour around the patio table began as it ended, with a story about damage and cars. During a show night in La Crosse, a woman loaded on swears and hatred accosted the fair lads of Killdozer. As Michael Gerald, the band’s caustic mouthman told it, their second guitarist was forced to take drastic action. Through this conversation, Killdozer members past and present drifted in and out, and at last I met Paul Zagoras, the author of this repercussion. Zagoras, who looks like Joe Mantegna’s “Airheads” stunt double, attempted to be diplomatic in his telling. “As I remember it, there was quite an upset woman, coming down the street yelling at everyone. She started slapping people, including Michael. I got a little upset, and said something to the effect of, ‘Shut up, go home, and get on the Stairmaster.’ She was ready to take my advice but decided to turn around and try to slap me. And then we got the hell out of there.” Zagora’s version was incomplete, and Michael, as I’d find, would have no story halfway told. “You didn’t do anything to her?” he needled his bandmate. “I avoided her attack,” Zagora continued, without any visible resignation, “and negotiated her head into the back wheel well of our spare tire.” This was a good idea. The name Killdozer was, to me, a familiar one with an unknown quantity, a band I knew of, whose music I had never heard. When the boss man asked me if I wanted to interview one of the bands playing at the Forward Music Festival in Madison, Killdozer came highly recommended as the band to talk to. But the deci-
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sion wasn’t certain. After digging through the lineup I came to a Killdozer tribute Web page and discovered the swinging, nipplebelted majesty that was “Ed Gein,” one of the band’s earliest songs. It whipped my ass with that nipple belt. And that was it — I was a Killdozer fan. Throughout the '80s and '90s Killdozer became notorious for the improbable mix of loud, hulking rock with Gerald’s sardonic, snidely hilarious growlings about groin attacks, accidental suicide and politeness in the face of bad customer service. Alone, this would be enough, but Gerald, guitarist Bill Hobson and drummer Dan Hobson complimented this with an armada of improbable covers, violated with the band’s signature panache which left no nostalgia safe. Few musicians, if any, have equaled its comedic wit. This virtue radiated through our entire discussion, which quickly lost any pretense of music journalism and instead became a piñata scramble for Killdozer lore, as Michael Gerald and the Hobson brothers gave me the grand tour. The obvious question to ask such a band is:Why the fuck are most bands profoundly unfunny? “A lot of bands don’t think the purpose of a band is to be funny,” Michael offered. “But there are those bands who intend to be funny and are just annoying.” “I don’t know if we ever meant to be funny, though,” Bill added. “You’ve always been like that, Mike.” “I’ve always been a class clown; it’s why I’m alive today. It always got me out of scrapes. Although once, it was a switchblade knife that got us all out of a scrape…” Dan explained how Michael and his growling sarcasm ended up behind the microphone. “Before we were in Killdozer we were a band called Texas Spurs, based in Minneapolis. Billy was the singer for most of the songs, but then Mike came up with a song about a boy raised by rabbits, and we realized that Michael had some vocal talent. I don’t remember what it was called…” “It might have been called ‘A Boy Raised by Rabbits!” Michael answered. Cult notoriety soon came, and Killdozer spent the Reagan decade as underground heroes. But during the '90s, the band’s original members slipped away, with Bill leaving first, followed by Dan and finally Michael in ’96. Michael became a tax lawyer in California. Bill now works in the movie business as a grip, a disclosure which brought out requisite celebrity dick jokes. In explaining Dan’s life after Killdozer, Michael would later blurt out, “Dan is a nurse… a male nurse!” After an enthusiastic digression through the topic of 14year-old girls, it came to light that all three are married and in various combinations of fatherhood and pet ownership. Bill blamed the crash of the stock market for Killdozer’s reunion. The reconvergence came
two years ago at the 25th anniversary celebration of Touch and Go Records. All three members agreed that there was no grand reasoning behind the return; they just came back for the hell of it. “We’re not on a tour so much as we’re going out to play some shows on the weekends,” Michael explained. “We figured, why don’t we do them all at the same time, instead of once every two years?” When asked if there were plans for a new Killdozer album, the gentlemen unveiled their scheme for a rock opera. “Well, why wouldn’t ya?” Bill asked. Though plot details weren’t forthcoming, Michael did name two characters — Jack El Dorado and Dick Sackwrinkle. The general idea of band reunions came up, mid-life crises and 50 being the new 25 (though I became 12). “It’s almost easier to be reunited,” Dan said. Bill, however, wasn’t so sure, citing the dead members of the Who as evidence. This led into analysis of continuing dead member bands such as the Doors and Queen, Brian May’s bastard Ph D. and particle accelerator amp, and DOA frontman Joey Shithead’s fading ability to piss lengthwise over a van. “Now, Bill only has three hairs,” Michael explained one of Killdozer’s critical changes. “He has no eyebrows, or eyelashes, or nut hairs. And one thing I’m kind of envious about, there’s no hair in his ears.” Dan’s follicular state was the opposite. “The boys in the band don’t like my new hairstyle,” he said, pathos welling as he pointed to the beautiful curls atop his head. I protested, stating that his hair was child-star lovely, which seemed to make him feel better. “See?” he said to his hecklers, “this dude likes my hair!” “Does this mean that we have to erase the interview and tell him to fuck off?” Michael asked, but soon offered the olive branch. “If your wife and children aren’t embarrassed to be seen with you, with your hair like that, who are we to say?” “They are,” Dan said. “Do you wanna ask one of the doctors I work with anything?” the male nurse asked me. “Like a medical or health question?” Scrambling for questions I had long since expended, I asked him for a sweet medical story. “I’m actually a nurse. Nursing is against medicine.We treat the whole patient.” “I just read yesterday that Fidel Castro had sex with 20,000 different women!” Michael told the table. Dan had floated away, and stood a few feet away in the crowd while we discussed this display of Sexual Socialism. “I think if he weren’t married, Dan would have had sex with 20,000 Madisonian women. Unfortunately for those women, he’s taken, and he’s committed to that woman. That’s the great sorrow of 20,000 women of Madison.” After I compared the mental picture of Dan Hobson’s sexual rampage to a majestic eagle, the conversation, as could be expected, turned to former Attorney Generals. “Bill! That’s a song we should do tonight!” Michael said. “’When Eagles Soar.’” “Can’t place it.” Bill answered. “It’s the John Ashcroft song that he sang!” My suspicions — following my mortification — arose, and I asked, “Do you actually know the song in its entirety, or are you just going to drape a sash over Bill’s tits?”
“I like tits!” Michael cheered. “What about marble tits?” “That’s a good question; I can’t answer that. I’m gonna have to reconsider my opinion.” This line of thought streamed into Michael’s adventures sleeping in the state capital. “During the radical '80s, we took it over to protest the fact that the state had money invested in Apartheid. But it quickly turned into an exercise in bullshit and I got the hell out of there. I was in there with my friend Tom, our sleeping bags, and we had a bottle of vodka and a cribbage board. We were the most prepared people for a long and boring couple of days. I just remember an old lady, a retired state worker saying, ‘Why do you want to interfere with my pension?’” “Would it help your interview if I pulled my penis out?” he asked, but changed the subject when I agreed that it would. Instead, Michael told tales of odd jobs: repossessing televisions and losing them in the projects, mopping porno booths and eating pizza with hookers, and quitting a job by calling in and saying that he was in jail. Before leaving the table, we agreed that PCP rampages make for the best episodes of COPS. Coming full circle, the interview ended with vehicles and damage. Bill stayed for a while longer, talked about driving a school bus to pick up his future bandmates from high school, and finished things with a story of Michael driving off the icy Minneapolis freeway. “Why are all these people driving slow?” the singer had asked, before they flew into the ditch. “This song is about child molesters!” Michael Gerald announced, for the second time in the evening. I’m not sure who else cheered. Killdozer hit the Madison crowd like a smart-mouthed, instrument abusing brick. The crowd went nuts as the band tore through tunes like “Pants and Shirt” and “King of Sex,” as well as unfurling their repertoire of sludged-up covers. “This is a song we had to pay Neil Diamond $465 for,” Michael warned, before they went into the Jewish Elvis’ “I Am, I Said.” During one song, a mongoloid crept onto the stage and hijacked Gerald’s microphone, gesturing into the crowd while speaking in tongues before creeping away. But nobody could ruin this stellar performance from a band whose sonic power and humor are as vital today as ever. When the band finished up its encore set, Gerald looked into the audience and summed everything up, in signature style. “We’re Killdozer, you’re not, fuck off.” It was wonderful.
October 9, 2008
Reggae Up-Rising
By Andrew Folden
andrew.rastanation@gmail.com Editor's note: The author, a former La Crosse resident, is Second Supper's West Coast Rastafarian correspondent. While possibly enviable or of questionable legality, all opinions expressed in this piece are his own. With all of the tragic issues that mankind must endure in these perilous times I give thanks for the opportunity to travel to the great Nyabinghi in the redwoods once again. If Rasta were a political party then Reggae Rising would be its national convention. With ire sounds, Natty Dreadlocks, a lazy river, perfect weather and plenty of the high grade, this festival is a true breath of life. All of the people at Reggae are on different levels and different journeys through life yet for that moment in time are all together through the love of the Most High and the music that is created to lift him up on high. From the second that you arrive, you enter into a mystical Rasta dimension, one of positivity and love. The captivity of this world can brainwash you and corrupt you to a point beyond salvation if one is not careful and so it is important to escape for a time. One long weekend of good can erase a whole world of bad. For someone who lives their lives as a Rastafarian, this is the largest gathering of bredren and sistren all year. The people make the production and tis the people who bring the positive energy to the once desolate ranch. As many continue to go every year, we bring our children, and then they become well-equipped to face this world. The children are our only future so they must be
firmly rooted in conscious livity. In order to do big things a Rasta must network and this festival is the perfect place for that. From trading knowledge or numbers, to making plans much of it starts here. Of course, a great number of people come for the Ganja. Humboldt County is well known for its "grass roots campaigning" and so not only is there always a variety of flavors and the price is always unbeatable so a great number stock up while here. The Eel River is so nice and cool during the day when that hot California summer sun is beaming down on you; this attracts many people, as they hardly leave their floats all weekend. This festival represents the West Coast's ability to produce big things.You have your expectations, and it delivers. Music is the primary vehicle for the development and sustainability of the Rastafarian movement. The musical talent is what draws many in attendance here each year as Reggae Rising has consistently delivered some of the most sensational acts around. This festival in particular has been a favorite for the artists to perform at for years and has been home to some of their best live performances. There was so many absolutely amazing sets of music over the weekend that I will jump right in. I have also included a description of what I was smoking on during the fest, just to paint the entire picture. Friday I got the OG Kush. Fluffy, with a limecrisp smell to it; the guy who kicked it down to me told his girl, "he'll be stoked," and I was. Music-wise, Beres Hammonds and Tanya Sthephens both laid it down and set a nice mood for the weekend. I still have "Putting Up a Resistance," stuck in my head and can see Beres Hammond doing a one two step on the stage right in front of me, it was straight out of a dream. Tanya Stephens did a super dope remix of "It's A Pity," mixed with Wayne Marshall's "The Right Herb" both of which songs use the same music. It is typical for many different reggae artists to lay down lyrics to the same music which is unique to this genre; so it was nice to see Tanya Stephens embrace this tradition the way that she did. The only group the whole weekend that I wasn't feeling at all was UB40. While UB40 may have once been great and definitely did their part in bringing the Caribbean sound to the rest of the world, I think that they are now better left confined in the lyrics of a Phish song and not on stage milking their fame for all that it is worth. For the rest of us Friday night was a great time to sleep and get well rested in order to receive what was to come. Saturday we spent a good part of the afternoon cooling off in the river where there were hundreds of beautiful people gathered listening to the newest cuts that the Selecta's threw on the turntable. By noon I had acquired a nice sampling of the Purple Urple, with a robust mouth-watering flavor, that is a favorite for Bay area smokers. I also got some Train Wreck, which was covered with crystals and had quite a nice citrus smell to I,; as well as some Pink Lady. At this point, with the addition of some organic ganja treats, I was squared away in the herb department.
Saturday was full of absolutely phenomenal music. There will never be anything like it again, at least not until next year. Sly and Robbie were part of the house band for three separate acts, The Reggae Angels, Junior Reid and The Black Uhuru.This drum and bass duo is beyond my comprehension. Sly and Robbie have either written, produced or played on over 20,000 songs and have been doing this Reggae thing since the beginning of time. How anyone can have that much music their head is supernatural. The evening was ruled by the Bobo, beginning with Junior Reid. I had seen him before in a small venue in Bellingham,Wash., but to move an audience of 10,000 people is completely different. He "be hotter now, but he be hot long time. This is not a secret to keep in ah your mind." Some people have to work hard to build and maintain a persona and then others have it naturally in their blood to do what they do, this is Junior Reid.With a slew of number 1 hits and recent cameos with Alicia Keys, The Game and collaborations with the Wu Tang, this Bobo Rasta has been able to spread the message of Rastafari to so many who otherwise would have never considered thought of Reggae as more than just Bob Marley. For me the best part of his set was Rasta Government, a song that speaks of what would happen if Rasta ran things. "Paint the White House, ah Red, Gold and Green, send a message to a Europe to the Pope and the Queen." The "One Blood" remix was impressive as well; when Reid rapped the Game's part of the song along with sang his. He did this again singing both parts in his duet with Alicia Keys titled
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in between acts I met this dreadie from San Francisco and he hooked me up with the best herb that I have had all year, the G4. With a smooth sweet taste and a citrus smell, this was the strand I needed to take me to the next level. Reggae Rising understands the importance of having a member of the Marley family represent each year as do the Marley’s. "It's a family affair. It's a family ting. We are always here."-Julian Marley. As the only member of his family there this year, Julian Marley held it down. With a healthy mixture of his father’s music and his own he brings a wonderful new sound to the scene. Because the Marley brothers all play Bob Marley's music and in doing so keep him alive, I asked Julian about the importance of his dad's music in our life. "Our father's music is God music. God word. If you listen to an interview of our father, him say he choose to write special songs because his mind can think of a million things, but him no bother with that, him just go to the special songs that might take a bit longer to write. So that kind of music, when you put in your mind is inspiration.” Evening was drawing near and it was now time for the artist that has been in the most rotation on my iIPod for a time. Gentleman, the fast flowing sensation from Germany, is respected by almost all fellow artists and brings a message of fire. The place was packed for his performance. His vocal range is extreme and he didn't miss a note. I was ever so pleased to hear "Dangerzone" and "Superior." Gentleman says that Rasta is universal and that... "It's beyond places, it’s beyond Germany. It’s beyond the United States. Its mother earth and we all have a purpose. We all live on the same planet and it is so small." Don Carlos was the final act and full of spectacular music. This old school Ras could run circles around any of the new comers to the scene. His raw energy and intellect proves that he is a master of this thing called reggae. "Laser Beam" was one of my favorite songs of the whole weekend. "Pass me the laser beam, so I can wipe out the wicked man clean." SICK! To end his show you could never guess who's coming back to dinner? That’s right, an encore appearance of the Black Uhuru. What a way to close a wonderful weekend of camping and music with family and friends then to have them finish it. The whole way home I had all new music to listen to. I stock up on the newest releases and mixes while I am at Reggae because it is easier to find the good stuff there. Lion heart Sounds released two of my favorite new mixes this year one called "Hold Your Own" and the other is "The Time Is Now", hosted by Messenjah Selah. Big Ups to Ryan I for the "Blessed Coast Vol.4 Mix tape" nice. The ride back was relaxing, we stopped at the giant Paul Bunyan and Babe statue in the redwoods and did the tourist thing there with our son Nesta. We stopped in Eugene for some exceptional Thai cuisine. Then within days of being home I was off to the Northwest World Reggae Festival to do it all over again.
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can't remember who he is. He wades casually from sexaholics anonymous meetings to the colonial theme park where he works, to the nursing home where his mother stays and then to restaurants, where he intentionally chokes on food, prompting a patron to rescue him, feel sorry for him, and (hopefully) send money later on down the line. The previous sentence describes essentially all of Choke's settings, and following Victor from one to the next and back around again makes for quite the roundabout journey of identity discovery. Like Victor, Choke wanes. Credit this to the drabness of the script, and also to the one-dimensionality of the characters. Hidden amongst the boring characters and repetitive settings are small pockets of sardonic humor. But with the lack of characterization Choke tends to fatigue more than it entertains. Somewhere in the translation from page to screen, Victor Mancini became flat, his character lost depth, and the story became tasteless—the narrative glue that held it all together in the novel here is sorely missed. Consequently, laughing at the folly of a character like Victor Mancini has never been such a chore.
The rides are down; the Brewers lost; porters are creeping into liquor stores: Oktoberfest is officially over. For some people this couldn’t come soon enough, and others will no doubt smile at the memories. Me, I’m somewhere in the middle camp, yet I’m more than willing to retire reviewing this lager. To be honest, the Oktoberfest is not one of my favorite beers, but before I avoid the style, possibly for a year, I had to throw a final pitch out for a Wisconsin classic. The Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest is the least showy of all the Marzens I’ve sampled this month, yet it also sticks closest to the traditional style. Sure, it could be a little overloved by Wisconsinites and not as Appearance: 6 exciting as you remembered but, Aroma: 7 hey, what could be more Oktoberfest Taste: 5 than that? From the iniMouthfeel: 6 tial pour, a drinker views the disciDrinkability: 8 plined adequacy that defines most L e i n e n k u e g e l ’s Total: 32 products. The head foams up richly
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Album Lookbook – I Fear You, My Darkness Veteran Minneapolis music scenesters Grant Cutler and Maggie Morrison have joined forces and unveiled a collection of dreamy and emotional electronic ballads under simply, Lookbook.Their debut EP I Fear You, My Darkness is reminiscent of some of the quality synth epics of the 1980s, or perhaps more so, that era’s noir movie scores (think Til Tuesday meets BladeRunner). Never at risk of sounding too nostalgic, or catchy for that matter, the duo score points with a bare-bones production that hangs on every word of Morrison’s luscious vocals while Cutler’s fuzzy hums and soft beats turn the album’s few corners effortlessly. Traversing the six songs and roughly 36 minutes like a straight stretch of misty backroads, ambient effects lurk around one another as each track simmers on warm keyboards; allowing Morrison to take a slow-burn course to climax. The defiant opener “Steal the Night” could have placed perfectly in The Terminator, where Reese and Sarah Connor hook up, and the introspective “My Darkness” ruminates with a heavy heart. Rather than gunning to capitalize on mainstream imitation, Lookbook take an eloquent approach to expressing where desire attempts to defy failure.This is as bright as dark gets. Gorgeous and lilting. — Andrew Colston
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tribute to Footloose before plummeting down a hill for two minutes. O f course, a super hot lady becomes i nvo l ve d in the struggle, one who is eerily supportive of Rod’s ambitions. She also knows who would win in a fight between a taco and a grilled cheese sandwich, and she can hit a person so he craps himself! This dame is a keeper. Unfortunately, she’s dating a sports car douchebag, and Rod is too boyish and awkward to step up to the plate. All things lead to Rod’s most Evel Knievely stunt ever, a motorcycle jump over 15 buses, followed by a smashmouth brawl between stepfather and son. The Fonz would weep with joy at this spectacle, though neither sharks nor Cunninghams were involved. Evel Knievel might not be so pleased, but he was kind of a jerk. — Brett Emerson
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Continuum Books Continuum’s highly regarded “33 1/3” series continues dissecting culturally relevant albums with Bob Gendron’s take on the Afghan Whigs’ Gentlemen. The brutally explicit 1993 major label debut took Cincinnati’s Whigs, purveyors of a hybrid, alt-rock sound incorporating heavy R&B and soul influences, and placed them on the national map — albeit briefly. Popular music’s landscape (and business thereof) had forever changed with the recent emergence of the Alternative sound, and the Whigs were primed to cash in at a seemingly perfect time. But what happened next, according to Gendron, were a series of questionable maneuvers by record labels, a balk by broadcast media unwilling to promote a conduit of such abrasive emotion and, on a few bristling occasions, some missteps by the band itself. Starting in the middle of the story and replaying events through a flashback, Gendron presents his case for Gentlemen — as journalist and fan — with cinematic flair, explaining how the album proceeds as an eleven act play depicting the death of a relationship and the purgatory that follows. The story is of frontman Greg Dulli’s real-life descent into the dark, libido-driven role of betrayed artist and moody
Alpha male, scored with ripping guitars and crashing drums as the soundtrack. Gendron’s writing is certainly a celebration of the band (and Dulli), though he works well counterpoising the sympathetic band interviews with fair representation of the exasperated label reps. Along with a penetrating breakdown of the album itself, the author plants a larger, culturally expansive seed of how the Whigs and their inherent conflict came to be. Gendron offers with smart historical reference how the band’s unique grasp of rock was culled from the racially volatile, geographical oddity that is Cincinnati; and proposes the potential of a lingering industry prejudice associated with a white band playing historically black music. Conversely, Gendron’s parting message pardons both the band and the business, saying no one single entity or factor was solely to blame for Gentlemen’s failure to launch. Perhaps while at no point had the Afghan Whigs ever inaccurately portrayed who they were or what they were setting out to do, the radio and record industries simply had no idea what to do with them and Gentlemen fell into obscurity. — Andrew Colston
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ongoing events SOCRATES CAFE
Every Monday Acoustic Cafe Winona, Minn. 8 p.m. Philosophical discussion group YOGA
Every Tuesday Bluffland Bloom & Brew La Crosse approx. 7 p.m. All ages, skill levels welcome Donations gladly accepted
ongoing events FIGURE DRAWING
Every Wednesday GREEN BAY ST. STUDIO La Crosse 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., cost is $4 POETRY READING
Every Sunday Bluffland Bloom & Brew La Crosse Begins at dusk Open mic reading, come to read or just to watch. Free and open to all ages. WINONA AREA PEACEMAKERS VIGIL
Every Thursday Central Park Winona, Minn. 4:30 p.m. COMMUNITY HARVEST
Every Sunday Sobieski Park Winona, Minn. 2 p.m. Free food and talent
upcoming events HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LA CROSSE DAY
October 11 608-784-1234 Come celebrate the history of La Crosse! Live entertainment, guided walking tours, art & craft demos, trolley & carriage rides, face painting & other kids activities and great food. Hospitality...a La Crosse Tradition. NORSKEDALEN CIVIL WAR HERITAGE WEEKEND
October 11 - 12 Norskedalen Heritage & Nature Center Coon Valley, Wis. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 608-452-3424 www.norskedalen.org Experience the lives of the Civil War soldiers; live skirmish each day; living history demonstrations both days. LA CROSSE HMONG NEW YEAR NYOB ZOO XYOO TSHIAB
October 11 - 12
upcoming events FRANK CALIENDO COMEDIAN AND IMPRESSIONIST
October 9 La Crosse Center 8 p.m. Admission: $39.75 Known for "dead on" impressions of famous actors (like Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Robert DeNiro), politicians (George W. Bush, Bill Clinton) and broadcasters (John Madden, David Letterman, Jay Leno, and Jim Rome), Frank, a 7 year veteran of television sketch comedy (MadTV, Hype) will soon be in La Crosse! On the Stage, Frank's high energy act is a blend of observations, impressions, characters and anecdotal stories that build to a frenetic pace. 608-789-4950 to buy tickets, or visit www.ticketmaster.com STATE BANK FINANCIAL GREAT ANNUAL CHILI COOK-OFF
October 11 South Side Oktoberfest grounds 608-791-4533 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. $5 admission includes all the chili you care to eat. Children age 12 and under get in FREE. New cooks welcome! Bake sale, music, kids games and more. Benefit for D.A.R.E., G.R.E.A.T., and Habitat for humanity.
Veterans' Memorial Park West Salem, Wis. 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. www.lacrossehmaa.org Join in the Hmong New Year celebration with traditional ball tossing, food & clothing booths, sports tournaments, and much more! Night event Saturday at the La Crosse Center, 6 p.m. - midnight, with the Ywj Pheej band and special guest Mab Sua Lis, "the most popular and best singer from Laos." GHOULIES IN THE COULEES HAUNTED HALLOWEEN HIKE
October 20 and 30 Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center 5:30 to 9 p.m. each night Join us for a ½ mile hike through the woods and cornfields, past hundreds of carved jack-o-lanterns, where you will encounter frightening happenings along the way! Also enjoy treats and cider at the homestead afterwards. There will be many haunted buildings to explore! Hikes until 7 will be less scary for kids and the faint of heart, but hikes after 7 will be SUPER horrifying! Reservations required, please call Norskedalen at (608) 452-3424 $6 per person until October 15th. If you are reserving after the 15th, it will be $7 per person. Visit www.norskedalen.org for more information
camping GOOSE ISLAND 3 mi. south of La Crosse on Hwy 35 W6488 County Road GI Stoddard, WI 608-788-7018 Open until October 30 VETERANS MEMORIAL 9 mi. east of La Crosse on Hwy 16 N4668 County Road VP West Salem, WI 608 786-4011 Open until October 15 WHISPERING PINES 15 minutes north of La Crosse, on Hwy 53 925 Dana Ln. Holmen, WI 608-526-2152 NESHONOC LAKESIDE CAMP RESORT N5334 Neshonoc Rd. West Salem, WI 608-786-1792 PETTIBONE PARK RESORT 333 Park Plaza Dr. La Crosse, WI 608-782-5858 GREAT RIVER BLUFFS STATE PARK 43605 Kipp Drive Winona, MN 507-643-6849 BEAVER CREEK VALLEY 15954 County 1 Caledonia, MN 507-724-2107 JOHN A. LATSCH PARK From Winona go approximately 12 miles northwest on U.S. Highway 61. (507-643-6849
art exhibits SIGNING STATEMENT: MODERN DRAWING
through October 11
performances HARVEY
Commonweal Theatre 208 Parkway Avenue North Lanesboro, MN 800-657-7025 www.commonwealtheatre.org Dreams and dreamers figure prominently in this 1940s comedy. Running from May 31-October 25. SOMETHING'S AFOOT
La Crosse Community Theatre October 24-26, 30-November 2, and 6-8 2008 at 7:30 p.m., November 9, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Musical spoof about the detective genre, based mostly on works by Agatha Christie, involves a group of people invited to the estate of Lord Dudley Rancour. When the host is found dead, all race to discover whodunit. Chaos ensues as one after another the guests are killed. A comical journey with a surprise twist at the end.
farmers' markets CAMERON PARK Every Friday, May - October 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. Downtown La Crosse Fresh produce, pasture-raised buffalo and beef, honey, maple syrup, plants, artists, handmade jewelry, paintings, beeswax candles, live performances and more! BRIDGEVIEW PLAZA Every Wednesday, June - Oct. 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Bridgeview Plaza parking lot Northside of La Crosse LA CROSSE COUNTY Every Saturday, June - Oct. 6 a.m. - 1 p.m. County parking lot Downtown La Crosse
Pump House (La Crosse) collaborative exhibition of work by local up-and-coming artists Matt Duckett, Jennifer L Bushman, and Erich Boldt.
CROSSING MEADOWS Every Sunday, June - Oct. 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Festival Foods parking lot Onalaska
"THE BACKWATERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI"
WINONA Every Saturday, 7:30 a.m. - noon Every Wednesday, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. May - October Downtown Winona Fresh produce, plants, eggs, chicken, turkey, beef, elk & buffalo meat, bakery. jams, pickles, honey, decorative gourds, wreaths & Indian corn. Our herbalists bring salves, teas, & catnip.
October 16 - November 8 Sui Conrad combines photogravure manipulation and different intaglio techniques to represent the imagery of the lakes and sloughs of the river. It also includes navigational charts referencing the areas that the imagery was taken from.
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Metal, from page 10
Future Sons by Noah Singer
Calkins tells me that there's basically no scene at all locally for this type of music, "which is pretty shitty." But even though the turnout isn't the greatest, they still enjoy their shows because the people that are there sure as hell want to be there: friends, fans, what have you. It's a given that everyone at their shows is ready and rarin' to have a good time. Usually, said shows are at the Warehouse. Every member of WWR has graced the Warehouse stage countless times, both in WWR and in various past bands they played in. They all agree that the Warehouse provides a good start for beginning bands. At every Warehouse show they play at, there's always new faces in the crowd (possible new fans?), plus there's always the opportunity to open for and network with national acts. They have no problem playing at the Warehouse, but warn that it's easy for the Warehouse to suck bands into playing only there. WWR luckily never fell into this trap; I've seen them at JB's (now), and also out in Romance,Wis., for the Culture Shock Festival. They've also played at Jellystone, rando' bars in Tomah and Sparta and then of course house parties of various friends. All in all, I've come to find that yeah, metal and its little offspring sub-genres do sound a little frightening‌ that's their job. It shouldn't make the people who enjoy them and play them intimidating though. On WWR's MySpace, this snippet conveys the mindset of not only hardcore bands, but every good musician I've ever met: "We strive off of each other's energy. We don't so much as try to out do each other, but try to bring the best out in one another." Enough said.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE [ Area food & drink specials ] LA CROSSE All Star Lanes 4735 4735 Mormon Mormon Coulee Coulee
Alpine AlumniInn W5715 Bliss st. rd. 620 Gillette
Alumni Beef & Etc.
620 st. st. 1203Gillette La Crosse
Sunday
Monday
33 games games for for $5 $5 starts at 8 starts at 8 p.m. p.m.
33 games games for for $5 $5 starts at 8 starts at 8 p.m. p.m.
$7 four cans special 8 bucket p.m. - close beer pong
5-8 p.m. 16oz Sirloin $7, Blue Cheese Stuffed Sirloin $8, Jack Daniels Tips $8, 22oz T Bone $9.75, $1 shots doc and cherry doc 8 p.m. - close
Italian beef w/dog Beer Pong $7.00 meal: $6.69 4 Cans 8-close Pizza Puff meal: $4.49
16oz top sirloin $7 22oz tbone meatball sandwich 9.75 sutffed sirloin 8 meal: $6.69 jack daniels tips 8 $1 shots of Doctor, cherry doctor 2 Chicago dogs- 8-cl meal: Happy hour 4-6 $1.75 cans, $2 $5.89 mix drinks
Bud Night 6 - CL: $1.75 bottles $5 pitchers
Barrel Inn Brothers
2 for 1 cans & bottles during closed Packer games
1/4 barrel $2.50 giveaway Blatz vs. Old Style 8-11 $1 burgers pitchers
Beef & Etc. Bruisers
$1 off apps Happy Hour All Day
meatball Kids Eatsandwich Free With meal: $6.15 Adult 2$3.00 dogs meal: 5.25 Long $Islands
2005 Westst. ave. 306 Pearl
1203 La Crosse st. 620 Cass st.
Big TheAl’s Cavalier 115 3rdave. st. 114 S5th
Brothers Chances R 306 417 Pearl Jay st.st.
The Cavalier Chapter II 114 5th ave. 417 Jay st.
CheapShots CheapShots 318 Pearl st. 318 Pearl st.
Chuck’s Chuck’s 1101 La Crosse st.
1101 La Crosse st.
Coconut Coconut Joe’s Joe’s 223 Pearl st. 223 Pearl st.
Dan’s Place Dan’s Place 411 3rd st. 411 3rd st.
Fiesta Mexicana 5200 5200 Mormon Mormon Coulee Coulee
Fox Hollow
N3287 N3287 County County OA OA
Goal Post Gracie’s 1904 Campbell rd.
free pitcher of beer or soda with large pizza
12 - 7: closed 2-4-1 rails $2.50 beers
$1 shots Polish & Dr. on Packer TDs
7 - CL - CL & salsa, Tequila’s7chips Tequila’s chips & salsa, $2 Coronas, $2.50 $2 Coronas, $2.50 Mike’s, Mike-arita Mike’s, Mike-arita
$3.00 Domestic Pitchers, $3.00 Pitchers, $2.00Domestic Shots of Cuervo, $2.00 ShotsGoldschlager of Cuervo, Rumpleminz, Rumpleminz, Goldschlager
Mexican Monday Mexican Monday $2.00 Corona, $2.00 Corona, Corona Light, Cuervo Corona Light, Cuervo
closed closed
Import Import night night starts starts at at 77 p.m. p.m.
Cosmic Cosmic Bowl Bowl & & Karaoke starts Karaoke starts at at 99 p.m. p.m.
Cosmic Cosmic Bowl Bowl starts starts at at 99 p.m. p.m.
11 a.m. - 9 p.m. hard or soft shell tacos $1
5-8 p.m. BBQ coun6 - CL try style ribs $5, $2.50 Sparks euchre tourney 7:30
11 a.m. - 9 p.m. AUCE Wings $5, Bingo $2 Silos BOGO $1 cherry bombs
5-83-7 p.m. fishhappy dinnerhour $5.25
2-8 p.m. AUCE wings $5
grilled chicken sand$5 wichbbq meal:ribs $5.29and fries Polish sausage meal:
hamburger AUCE wings or $5.00 cheeseburger free crazy bingomeal: $3.89 buy one cherry bomb Italian Beef w/dog get one$7.89 for $1 meal:
pepper & egg sandwich batterfried cod, fries, meal: $5.00 beans, and garlic bread Italian sausage meal: $5.50 $6.69
Italian beef meal: $6.69 2 Chicago dog meal: $5.89
Italian beef meal: $1 softshell tacos $6.69 $1 shots of doctor, Chicagodoctor chili dog: cherry $3.89
closed closed $1 $1 Kul Light Kul Light cans cans
chicken chicken & & veggie veggie fajitas fajitas for for two two
football football night night domestic domestic beer: beer: $1.50 $1.50 Mexican Mexican beer: beer: $2.00 $2.00
Build Build your your own own Bloody Bloody Mary Mary 16oz 16oz Mug Mug -- $4.00 $4.00
Homemade Homemade Pizza Pizza & & PItcher PItcher of of Beer Beer $9.00 $9.00
Huck Finn’s Jai's Bar 127 Marina dr.
Bloody Mary specials $3 bloodys $1 10 priced-to-move -2 bottles
JB’s Speakeasy $1.75 domestic bottles
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3 p.m. - midnight 3 - 8 p.m. 1/2 off anything that pours $6.00 bucket night $1.50 U-Call-Its 10 cent wings (9 - CL) 25 cent hot wings 6 for $9 Stat $1.25AUCD High Life bottles Fantasy Football Wristband $1 shots ofNight Dr. $1.50 rail mixers party! Italian beef meal:
Mexi-Night - $1 $6.15 Soft Shell Tacos Chicago chili dog: $2.50 $3.45 Margaritas
3- CL: 2 Beers, 1 topping pizza Thirsty $11 Tuesday
grilled chicken sandwich2-4-1 meal:Burgers $5.29 Kul Light Pitchers Polish sausage meal: $3.99 $3.00
hamburger meal: $3.69Rib Nite cheeseburger meal: Beer Pong @10 p.m. $3.89
$2.25 burgers, $2.60 cheeseburgers, 6- 8 $2 off large pizza, fries $1.50$1 taps with any pizza
soup or salad bar FREEAllwith entree Mojitos $5or sandwich until 3 p.m. ($3.95 by itself)
HAPPY HOUR 3 PM - 8 PM 7- CL:
10 cent wings (9 - CL) Ladies' Night $1 High Life bottles $1.25 beers & rails $1.50 rail mixers $2 Guinness pints
HAPPY HOUR 4 - 7 Men's Night closed $1 Polish/Dr. shots $1.50 domestics
random cheap shots $1 Dr. shots during karaoke, $3 pudding Jager shots, Bombs $1 shots Polish & Dr.
7 - midnight 7 - midnight Ladies: 2 for 1 Ladies: 2 for 1 Guys: $1.50 Coors Guys: $1.50 Coors and Kul Light bottles and Kul Light bottles
7 - midnight 7 -rail midnight $1 mixers $1 rail $2 Bacardimixers mixers $2 Bacardi mixers
$.50 domestic $1 microbrews, $3taps, domestic microbrews, $3 domestic pitchers, $6 microbrew pitchers, $6 microbrew pitchers pitchers
$3.00 Patron Shots $3.00 Patron Shots
7- CL: Guys' Night Wristband $1.25 Night beers & rails
$4.50 domestic pitchers barrel parties at cost
$3 Three Olives mixers/ mojitos $3 Three Olives mixers/ mojitos $2 Cherry bombs $2 Cherry bombs $1 Bazooka Joes $1 Bazooka Joes
pepper & egg sandwich meal: $4.50, fish Fish Fry sandwich meal: $4.99, Italian sausage meal: $6.15
Italian beef meal: $6.15 $3 bloodys 2 Chicago dog meal: 'til noon $3.45
$6.75 Great drinks! shrimp dinner
$1.50 Great drinks! bloody marys 11 a.m. - 4 p.m
$3.00 Captain 10 - mixers/ CL: mojitos $1.50 rails $2 Cherry Bombs $1 Bazooka Joes 50 cent taps 4 - 7 (increases cents per Live DJ50calling random hour) dollar shots $1 rails
random cheap shots during karaoke, 2 for 1 Ladies' Night $1.50 domestics taps $1 shots Polish & Dr. $2 Cherry bombs
7 - midnight 7 - midnight $2 Malibu madness $2 $2 Malibu madness pineapple $2 pineapple upsidedown cake upsidedown cake
$5.99 gyro fries & soda $5.99 gyro fries & soda
$2 Tuesdays, including $2 Tuesdays, including $2 bottles, import taps, $2 bottles, import taps, beer pong, apps, single beer pong, apps, single shot mixers, featured shot mixers, featured shots, and 50 cent taps shots, and 50 cent taps
$2.00 Cruzan Rum Mixers, $2.00 Jameson Cruzan Rum Mixers, $2.50 Shots, $3.00 $2.50 Jameson Shots, $3.00 Mixers Mixers
WING NIGHT-$1.25/LB WING NIGHT-$1.25/LB BUFFALO, SMOKEY BBQ, PLAIN BUFFALO, SMOKEY BBQ,LIGHT PLAIN $1.00 PABST AND PABST $1.00 PABST AND PABST ROCK LIGHT BOTTLES$1.50 ROLLING BOTTLES$1.50 ROLLING ROCK BOTTLES BOTTLES $2.25 BUD LIGHTS $1.00 SHOT $2.25 BUD LIGHTS $1.00 SHOT OF THE WEEK OF THE WEEK
Topless Topless Tuesday Tuesday
Ladies Night Ladies buy one, getNight one free buy one, get drink one free wear a bikini, free wear a bikini, drink free
chicken chicken primavera primavera
shrimp shrimp burrito burrito
$3.00 Happy Bacardi Hour mixers/ mojitos 12 - 7 $2 Cherry 50 centsBombs off most $1 Bazooka Joes items
Live DJ calling random dollar shots
Happy Hour 12 - 7
All day, everyday: $1.00 Shots of Doctor, $2.00 Cherry Bombs, $1.75 Silos of Busch Light/Coors All day, everyday: $1.00taps, Shots $.50 domestic $1 of Doctor, $2.00 Cherry Bombs, $1.75 Silos of Busch Light/Coors
$4 $4 full pint Irish full pint Irish Car Bomb Car Bomb
Football Sunday 11-7 happy hour, free food, $1.50 bloody, 1/2 price pitchers DTB
717 Rose st.
$3 pitchers
7 - CL 7 - CL 12 oz $1 domestic $1$2domestic 12 oz Stoli mixers $2 Stoli mixers
Gracie’s TheCampbell Helmrd. 1908 168 Rose st.
Martini Madness $1.25 domestics $2 off all martinis
Saturday
33 games games for for $5 $5 starts at 7 starts at 7 p.m. p.m.
$1.25 make your own meat or marinara tacos, $4.75 taco salad Martini Ladies' Night 6 - 8 p.m. spaghetti: $3.45 James Martini: vodka, triple $2.25 margaritas, $2 $1.50 rails/domestics Italian sausage: $4.95 sec, orange juice off large taco pizza 7- CL: Margarita $2.50 Monday Blatz $2.50 vs. Old Style pitchers (rocks only)
Friday
Buck Buck Night Night starts starts at at 66 p.m. p.m.
Happy Hour 6 a.m. - 12 p.m. everyday
1908 Campbell rd.
108 3rd st
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
$2.00 Captain Mixers $2.00 Captain Mixers
Wristband Wristband Night Night $5 COLLEGE I.D. $5 COLLEGE I.D. $9 general public $9 general public
$2.00 Malibu, $2.50 Jaeger, $2.00 Malibu, $2.50 Jaeger, $3.00 Jaeger Bombs $3.00 Jaeger Bombs
$2.50 $2.50 JUMBO JUMBO CAPTAIN CAPTAIN AND AND FLAVORED BACARDI FLAVORED BACARDI MIXERS MIXERS $3.00 $3.00 JAGER JAGER BOMBS BOMBS
Karaoke Karaoke $1 shot specials $1 shot specials
live DJ live DJ $1 shot specials $1 shot specials
chili chili verde verde
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HAPPY HAPPY HOUR HOUR EVERYDAY EVERYDAY 33 -- 66
$1.25 $1.25 BURGERS BURGERS
Bucket Bucket of of Domestic Domestic Cans Cans 55 for for $9.00 $9.00
HAPPY HOUR 6 AM - 9 AM Buy one gyro free baklava, ice beer pong 6 p.m. free wings 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. get one cream or sundae $8.95 16 oz steak half price with meal Buy one gyro free baklava, ice All day (everyday!) specials get one $1.25 Old Style Light cream or sundae half priceLager/Light with meal $1.50 LAX $1 shots of Dr.
25 25 Cent Cent Wings Wings $1.25 domestic taps HAPPY HOUR 3 - 8 GREEK ALL DAY buy one $8.95 16 appetizer oz. steak HAPPY buy oneHOUR burger appetizer half price get one half $8.95 1/2 lb. fish price platter 5 p.m. 10 p.m. get one- half price with meal $1.25 domestic taps GREEK ALL DAY Thirsty Thursday 2-CL buy one appetizer one burger 3buy 12 oz. dom. taps $2 appetizer half price get one half price vodka drinks get$1one half price with meal $1 12 oz taps
HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY 3 -7 and 9 - 11 Happy Hour 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. everyday. $1.50 rails & domestics $2 Guinness all day
Ladies' night 7-CL buy one, get one rails and dom. bottles
$1.75 domestic bottles
$1.75 domestic bottles
50 cents off all drinks 7-CL
$2 Boddington's English Pub Ale ALL DAY
HAPPY HOUR 5 - 7
$2 Irish Car Bombs (go out the Irish way) 7-CL
All your fav drinks at low prices
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday & drink specials ] COMMUNITY SERVICE [ Area food
LA CROSSE JB’s Speakeasy 717 Rose st.
The Joint 324 Jay st.
Legend’s
$1.75 domestic bottles
123 3rd st.
Loons
1128 La Crosse st.
$1.75 domestic bottles
HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY 4 - 8, $2 domestic beer and rail drinks ALL DAY, EVERYDAY $1 shots of Dr.
closed
223 Pearl st.
The Library
$1.75 domestic bottles
come in and find out ... you’ll be glad you did 9-cl- NBC night. (Night Before Class) $3 pitchers of the beast Happy Hour 4-9 p.m.
closed
closed 9-cl$3.50 Domestic pitchers
HAPPY HOUR 5 - 7
$1.00 off all Irish shots $2.50 pints of Guinness $3.00 imperial pints
$2 Love Stories $5 Wu Tang Teas $1 shots of the DOC!
closed $1 taps $1 rails 1/2 price Tequila
9-cl- $1 rails, $2.50 pitchers, Beer Pong
WING NIGHT $2 SVEDKA MIXERS $2.50 JACK MIXERS $2.25 BUD LIGHTS $2 SHOTS OF ALL DOCTOR FLAVORS
AFTER COMEDY: PINT NIGHT $1 PINTS OF RAILS MIXERS AND DOMESTIC TAPS $2 PINTS OF CALL MIXERS AND IMPORT TAPS $3 PINTS OF TOP SHELF MIXERS
KARAOKE $2 double rails, $3 double calls, $2 ALL bottles
Wristband Night and Beer Pong Tourney
9-cl $2 pitchers miller lite til midnight. After midnight $2 ucall its
9-cl $1.25 rails, $1.75 bottles/cans
$2 SHOTS OF GOLDSCHLAGER $5 DOUBLE VODKA ENERGY DRINK
$3 Bacardi mixers $3 jumbo Long Islands
$3 Three Olives mixers $3 jumbo Long Islands
9-cl -$2 captain mixers, 9-cl $2 bacardi mixers, $2 bottles/cans, $3 jager $2 domestic pints, $1.50 shots blackberry brandy bombs
HAPPY HOUR 3 - 6
Nutbush
3264 George st.
Players
Price by Dice
214 Main St
Ralph's
In John's Bar 109 3rd st. N
Ringside 223 Pearl st.
Schmidty’s
Chef specials daily Mighty Meatball sub $6
open 11 - 6
3119 State rd.
breakfast buffet $9.95 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Shooter’s
$1 Shot Night
120 S 3rd st.
Sports Nut 801 Rose st.
Tailgators 1019 S 10th st.
Top Shots 137 S 4th st.
Yesterdays 317 Pearl st.
LA CRESCENT
Crescent Inn 444 Chestnut st.
WINONA Brothers 129 W 3rd st.
Godfather’s 30 Walnut st. 21
2 for 1 Happy Hour ALL NIGHT LONG
happy hour all day
open 4-9
Karaoke @ 10 p.m. 2-4-1 Happy Hour 5 - 10 AUCD Rail mixers @ 10 p.m.
Karaoke @ 10 p.m. 2-4-1 Happy Hour 5 - 10 $1 Pabst cans, Dr. shots @ 10 p.m.
chicken parmesan sub $6
Italian sandwich w/banana peppers and parmesan &6
open 11 - 6
double $6.50
2-4-1 Happy Hour 3 - 9 Best Damned DJ'S @ 10 p.m.
2-4-1 Happy Hour 3 - 8 Best Damned DJ'S @ 10 p.m.
Chicken salad on rye w/ lettuce, tomato, onion $5 $6.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR LUNCH, $7.99 FISH SANDWICH FOR DINNER, $9.99 ALL YOU CAN EAT FISH FRY ALL DAY
happy hour all day long! $1.00 OFF WILD WINGS, $1.00 PHILLY STEAK AND CHEESE.
LUNCH BUFFET $6.45 LUNCH SPECIALS CHANGE DAILY Ask Nicely See What Happens
Tie Tuesday Great Prices For Sharp Dressers
Buck Burgers
Tacos $1.25
$4 domestic pitchers
$1 Rails, $1.50 Pint Taps, $3 Long Island Pints 15 cent wings
$2.50 Bacardi Mixers, $3 Long Island Pints 12 oz. T-Bone $8.99
HAPPY HOUR 10 AM - 12, 4 PM - 6 PM $2 Bacardi mixers
$2 Spotted Cow & DT Brown pints
$1.50 Bud/Miller Lite/ PBR taps all day $1.75 rails 10 - 1
$2 domestic bottles 7 - 12, $2.50 Skyy/ Absolute mixers 10-1 $2 Dr. drinks
$1 Point special bottles
$2.50 pints Bass & Guinness
$1.75 domestic bottles
$2.25 Pearl st. pints $1.50 PBR bottles
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
$2 Rolling Rocks $2 domestic beer
8 - CL $1.50 rails $1.75 Bud cans
$1 shots of Dr. $2.50 Polish
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
closed
Southwest chicken pita $5
HAPPY HOUR 4 PM - 7 PM cheeseburger HOOP DAY!! MAKE YOUR SHOT AND YOUR ENTRÉE IS FREE!
$1.75 light taps and Dr. shots
Fiesta Night 7 - 12 $2 tequila shots $2.50 margaritas
2-4-1 Happy Hour 5 - 10 $2 Capt. mixers $1.75 domestic beer, $1.50 Rails, $1 Pabst cans @ 10 p.m.
$1 domestic taps $3 Jager Bombs
Bucket Night 5 for $9 5 domestic bottles for $10, $2 Bacardi mixers, $1.50 rail vodka mixers 10 -1
2 for 1 anything 9 p.m. - close Fantasy Football stat party!
family buffet 5 -8 kids under 10 pay .45 cents per year of age
any jumbo, large, or large 1 topping pizza medium pizza up to 5 $9.99 toppings: $11.99 (get 2nd large for $5)
10 cent wings, $3 filled mug ($1 tap refills, $2 rail refills) $1 High Life bottles/kamikaze shots
15 cent wings
$1 Dr. shots $3 16 oz Captain mixers
$1 Dr. shots $3 16 oz Captain mixers
$2 Long Islands, PBR bottles, Captain mixers
$2.75 deluxe Bloodys ‘til 7, $5 lite pitchers 7 - 12
$1.75 rails $1 PBR mugs
Thursday
Friday
Saturday $2.50 Captain $2.50 Jager Bombs & Polish
$2 u-call-it (except top shelf)
Thursday
3 - 8pm 1.00 off anything that Pours
$1 martinis $2 mojitos $3 margaritas & Michelob Golden pitchers
Fish Fry $6.95
$2.50 Bacardi Mixers, $3 Long Island Pints
$1 O-Bombs/ Bazooka Joes, Wristband Night
Friday
Saturday
$2.50 Three Olives Vodkas $2 Cherry & Jäger Bombs
$2.50 Bacardi Drinks $2 Cherry & Jäger Bombs
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Entertainment Directory 10/9 - 10/15
Thursday, October 9
Kreekside 5 Adam Palm
7:00
/6 Ringside Comedy Night
8:00
Dan’s Place Live DJ
9:00
10:00
Popcorn Tavern TBA
10:00
Nighthawks Dave Orr's Damn Jam
10:00
9:00
Friday, October 10 Player’s Live DJ
10:00
Nutbush Live DJ
10:00
Popcorn Tavern Irie Sol
10:00
The Joint Smokin' Bandits, Hyentyte Nighthawks Scratchpad w/ J.R. Rockstar
10:00
10:00
Saturday, October 11
Players Live DJ Nutbush Live DJ
Popcorn Tavern The New Blend
10:00
Madison
Monday, October 13
population
The Recovery Room Live DJ Nutbush Live DJ
Popcorn Tavern Burnt Brownies
Just A Roadie Away...
Sunday, October 12
4
George St. Pub Adam Palm’s Open Jam Popcorn Tavern Shawn's open jam w/ Up & Coming
9:00
10:00
Tuesday, October 14 Nutbush Live DJ
10:00
Popcorn Tavern Paulie
10:00
Alumni Open Jam
10:00
Loon’s Comedy Night
8:30
Library Karaoke
9:00
Nighthawks Irene Keenan Jr.
9:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
Longhorn Karaoke
10:00
10:00
Player’s Karaoke
10:00
Popcorn Tavern Dave’s Open Jam
10:00
The Joint Wu-Tang Wednesday
10:00
Nighthawks Avey Brothers Band 10:00 Second Supper vol. 8, issue 135
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Roster McCabe
The Annex
Fri., 10/10
Broken Social Scene Land of Talk
Wisconsin Union Theater
Sat., 10/11
Steez
The Annex
Sat., 10/11
Nick Lowe
Barrymore Theatre
Sun., 10/12
Cross Canadian Ragweed Majestic Theatre
Mon., 10/13
Woven
Tues., 10/14
The Frequency
Wednesday, October 15
Coconut’s Live DJ
The Joint Smokin' Bandits, Vince Herman and Friends 10:00
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