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Editorial Staff Editor-in-Chief: Adam Bissen

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Contributors Jacob Bielanski Adam Bissen Erich Boldt Nicholas Cabreza Benjamin Clark Andrew Colston Ashly Conrad Brett Emerson

Emily Faeth Shuggypop Jackson Maria Pint Radar Briana Rupel Kelly Sampson Rick Serdynski Noah Singer

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Table of Contents The Real Spending Spree: Taking a look at Obama's big money wish list

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Football Sunday

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Black Friday '08: A Consumerist holiday in a recession

page 8 A mall employee's whack Black Friday

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Second Supper's very own guide to shopping locally pages 10-12 La Crosse holiday shopping map

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Road trippin' in Westby

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3 12-ounce Domestic Taps $2.00 $1.00 Vodka Drinks $1.00 12 0z Taps

Irish band Seneca rocks The Warehouse

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DTB, Spotted Cow, Honey Weiss

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Cover design: Mike Keith Cover model: Briana Rupel Holiday map design: Mike Keith

December 11, 2008

Social Networking

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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.

NAME: Joey P. Kay, 47

Bad Santa moves

BIRTHPLACE: River Falls, Wis.

1. Bogarting the cookies 2. Perpetuating gender stereotypes against Mrs. Claus.

3. Overworking reindeer 4. Giving coal — just to mess with people 5. Cherry cheeks come with brandy breath 6. Outsourcing elf labor to Filipino sweatshop 7. Perpetuating false idolatry in our holiest of seasons

CURRENT JOB: Owner of Simply Living DREAM JOB: Master of the Universe COVETED SUPERPOWER: Never Grow Old Like Peter Pan DREAM VACATION: Kaui, Hawai'i FAVORITE LOCAL RESTAURANT: Kate's on State FAVORITE BAR IN TOWN: Bodega 3 MOVIES YOU’D TAKE ON A DESERTED ISLAND: Dark Knight, Complete Seasons of The Wire and Deadwood CITY OR COUNTRY? City 3 BOOKS YOU’D TAKE TO PRISON: How to Make a Shiv for Idiots, How to Make Bathtub Gin for Idiots, The Complete Works of Penthouse Letters

Childhood gifts that would still be cool to receive 1. Puppy 2, Bike 3. Rockem Sockem Robots 4. Sled 5. Twister 6. Telescope 7. Underwear and socks

Game shows 1. Magazine subscription 2. Pound of coffee and a mug 3. Short story collection 4. Fine beer 5. Handmade scarf 6. Massage gift certificate 7. Tickets to a play

TELL US A JOKE: I really don't do jokes, I do stories.

3 CDs YOU’D TAKE ON A ROAD TRIP: Bloody Tourist by 10cc; Making Movies by Dire Straits; Foiled by Blue October IF YOU COULD PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT PERFECTLY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Harmonica WHAT IS IN YOUR POCKETS RIGHT NOW? An empty wallet HOW DO YOU KNOW ALLISON? We travel in the same circle.

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Second Supper vol. 8, issue 143

Letter from the Editor

Do this

Shopping for gifts shouldn’t seem like an assignment, yet too often this time of year we hit the stores with furled brows and a sense of obligation. It’s not enough to face the advertising blitz — those wholesome Sears’ commercials and the cherubs in Gap sweaters — now we receive shopping orders from the government as our economy sinks to levels my generation has never seen.We feel some kind of call of duty to fix this mess, but when our only commandment is Spend More Money, the notion of holiday cheer is flattened past the point of being quaint.

But gift giving, in its purest sense, ought to be fulfilling at all stages. In the end we see the wide-eyed joy of loved ones tearing open colorful paper, but we often forget the manufacturers and merchants whose lives are improved just because we went Christmas shopping.That connection is easily lost when you buy from box stores who import from Indonesia, but when your bookstore clerk knows your name and you drink coffee with the woman who knit your sister’s scarf, then the act of gift giving actually seems like a circle of love.

That’s the premise behind buying local. An economist will tell you that it builds communities by localizing the creation of wealth, but I like to think communities are built when friends meet on sidewalks and artisans thrive by doing what they love.

And here at Second Supper, living local is a point of pride. We exist in this community and write what we know. Our advertisers — the people who allow us to print every week — come from the same place, and together we hope to make the Coulee Region a more enriching home.

So put down those focus-grouped, tradition-mocking, guilttripping seasonal circulars for a moment, and join us in this celebration of shopping. Read about special stores in our area, the kind you’ve always been curious about but drove past on your way to the mall. Peek at the lives of local sales clerks, how they wake up at ungodly hours and work stressful shifts, all in the name of saving their business for one more year. Then learn your butcher’s name and buy your neighbor’s painting, and perhaps shopping won’t seem like such a chore. — Adam Bissen

WHAT: "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" by William Shakespeare, presented by the UW-L Department of Theatre Arts WHEN: Dec. 11-13 at 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 14 at 2 p.m.

WHERE: UW-L's Toland Theatre, Center of the Arts on the corner of 16th and Vine COST: $12 for the general public; $10 for non-UW-L students, senior citizens and children; and $4 for UW-L students with a valid student ID.

It's a story we've heard so many times before: Father wants to marry his daughter off to the well-to-do suitor he has chosen.

Suitor is a douche. Daddy insists. Daughter retreats to privacy in devastation... she's madly in love with someone else! The starcrossed lovers plan an escape and all goes according to plan. Until they fall asleep in the forest, and one lovebird gets mistakenly drugged and wakes up in love with someone else. This is where things get juicy. And we're not talking The Bachelor-juicy, or Sex and the City-juicy, but the kind that only one man could pull off: Shakespeare. Welcome to A Midsummer Night's Dream, where love makes people do truly crazy things. Like whip up a potion to make your estranged wife swoon over a creature of the woods.

Like two men dueling to the death over a woman. Like kissing a donkey. Will our heroes reclaim their true love after all of the back-stabbing, chick-fighting, partner-swapping, and ass-kissing?

Or will they wake up to realize it was all just a dream? You'll have to make it to Toland Theatre this weekend to find out! — Briana Rupel

December 11, 2008

Too cool for school

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By Maria Pint

maria.pint@secondsupper.com There are certain things that just go along with being a college kid: Ramen, binge drinking, bad roommates, etc. You get the picture, college is just one of those times when aspects of your life are not exactly all that they could be; your morals for example. Another thing that just reeks of the magical college years is finals. Oh, how I hate finals and everything that goes along with them.

My loathing stems from obvious reasons: Who really wants to be tested on an entire semesters worth of notes? The research is in folks, standardized testing does not truly assess learning. In my opinion, instead of a final test, students should all just choose a final project to do for each of their classes that reflects what they have really learned throughout the semester.

For example, in one of my math classes I would choose to build a 5-foot-tall paper-mâché symbol of infinity using my class notes. I think it would effectively demonstrate that I have learned nothing in the class but how to kill large amounts of time and waste excessive amounts of notebook paper. And I would give myself an “A” too, so creative and honest.

Not that I really have a problem with tests, I’m just lazy. It’s common to hear people complaining that they don’t test well around this time of year, and I understand, but that’s just not me. I actually test very well (not to toot my own horn, but beep beep) because I memorize pretty easily and spit the facts back out.

Am I using my critical thinking skills in the process? Heck no! But it gets the grade and our backwards education system in America is satisfied with that and so should I be. The paper-mâché infinity symbol is sounding pretty good now, isn’t it?

That’s perhaps the biggest problem that I have with finals: I know I can do it; I just have to find the motivation to put forth the effort to

do so. Oh, how I hate effort, almost as much as I hate finals.

The library is just so frustrating around this time of year too. I’m used to spending a lot of time in Murphy Library because basically, I’m a big nerd. I kill time in between classes there and yes, I do homework there throughout the semester and not just during finals.

It’s awesome though because I’ve practically got the place to myself.

So when half of the campus invades the library during the weeks leading up to finals, I get a little offended. People doing group projects just do not know how to speak quietly. And let me make just one general threat to all UW-L students: if you are working alone, there is no need for you to be in a group study! Some people just have no library etiquette.

This is where my little problem with effort really kicks my butt; I can only really get things done in the library because of my lack of motivation at home, yet the library really pisses me off during finals. What a conundrum.

This past weekend, I even got up early on Sunday to get to work on countless assignments that had been piling up. I wasn’t really getting much done at my apartment so I decided to head to the library. It doesn’t open until noon on Sundays so I grabbed a quick bite to eat and was walking out of my door by 11:55 a.m.

All I really wanted was to go up to the second floor and sit at the table I always sit at.

It’s in an obscure corner of Murphy and that’s the way I like it. I walked in only a few minutes past 12 and it looked like a ghost town in there; rare for this season. I merrily climbed the stairs and wound my way around the second floor stacks of books to get to my little table only to find some girl already sitting there. The injustice!

I stared at her for probably a good minute because I was just so shocked that the only other person in the library just happened to want to piss me off by stealing my table. Honestly, what are the chances?

I huffed off to a different corner of the library but it just wasn’t the same. I was looking out of a window that faced north and I was used to the scenery facing south; I just couldn’t concentrate. Apparently, during finals you have to line up outside Murphy before it opens to get your choice of table. Freaking ridiculous.

Finals are just so not my thing though.

That’s why I’ve decided not to stress over them this semester; I’m already over the fact that I won’t do very well. I figure, if I set my expectations low I’ll only be pleasantly surprised if I get anything over a “C” on any of my finals.

This new mentality I’ve developed is either because I’ve learned to relax a little bit and not take life too seriously, or I’ve just gotten lazier over the past few years. Seeing as how I’ve never really been a “glass half full” type of person, I’m going to let you do the math on this one.

Spending spree

By Adam Bissen

adam.bissen@secondsupper.com Barack Obama is making his list, checking with economic advisors, and moving forward on a once-in-a-generation opportunity for an incoming president. Through national addresses and Beltway chatter, Obama is unveiling a massive public spending program to reverse the nation’s economic woes and — unlike every other pie-eyed politician that comes to Washington — Congress and the rest of America seem eager to support it. Deficits be damned, conventional wisdom goes.

With markets crashing and an unemployment rate creeping towards 10 percent, Americans are clamoring for decisive action, and they want it ASAP. “Obama Pledges Public Works on a Vast Scale,” a New York Times headline screamed on Sunday. Suddenly the president-elect looks like FDR proposing New Deal II, Mao Zedong concocting a 5-year plan or Dwight Eisenhower draining the treasury to construct his pet Interstates.

When the greatest sin is stasis, no plan sounds too ambitious. Obama could have the funding and political clout to construct hybrid car factories in Detroit, modern bridges in Minneapolis and fields of wind turbines across Montana. He could also institute national broadband Internet program or an orderly system of medical records that improves every American’s access to health care. He might even be able to swindle a second Atlantis, assuming job creation figures are sufficiently robust.

Oh, what a time to be a tax and spend liberal.

In his two years on the campaign trail, Obama did what all politicians do: make promises. When he first began earning attention as a leftist outsider, Obama made an alternative energy economy a crux of his platform, namechecking switchgrass as his biofuel of choice.

Later, as an establishment juggernaut, he proposed a middle-class tax cut and “greening” the American auto industry. The tax cut pitch helped Obama cruise to a dominating electoral victory, and with the economy in need of an infusion of cash, that legislation will likely be among of the first enacted by the new Congress.

An auto industry bailout also seems likely to be passed this session, possibly this week, but an examination of that testy topic reveals the

pitfalls that may b l o c k Obama’s p a t h .

Desperate times may call for desperate m e a sures, but politics, it seems, will always be local.

Despite Obama’s ascendancy as the FIB-in-chief, America’s power corridors still run along the coasts. That’s one reason why the West is served by a network of hydroelectric dams, and a $700 billion Wall Street bailout passed with seemingly little debate.

In contrast, the domestic auto industry, which is centered in Rust Belt states, has few powerful champions in Congress, and Americans seem (justifiably) offended by its gas-guzzling production lines. Thus, the “Big Three” have struggled in two separate pitches before Congress, and despite employing thousands of people in what was once America’s premier industry, the likely $15 billion bailout is less than half the sum auto execs asked for, and about 2 percent of the total given to Wall Street.

Other programs, though, will likely be more popular. In a national address Saturday broadcast on radio and YouTube, Obama laid out more details of his economic recovery program. He called for schools to be modernized, national infrastructure to be upgraded, and federal buildings retrofit to be more energy efficient. To stimulate technological and administrative industries, Obama also pushed to streamline medical records and expand online access. “It is unacceptable that the United States ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption,” he said. “Here in the country that invented the Internet, every child should have the chance to get online.”

According to Obama, his evolving economic recovery program would save or create 2.5 million jobs, and federal money will trickle down to states with a “use it or lose it” clause: Spend money immediately or the government will revoke funding. With a final price tag expected between $400 million and $700 million, one can imagine local leaders making their lists.

Picture it now: paved bike trails linking every city in the Coulee Region, sparkling elementary schools across the North Side, start-up grants filling old factories with new industries, or a high-speed rail with a hub in La Crosse. It’s a county planner’s dream but a fiscal conservative’s nightmare. And if all goes according to plan it will make Americans happy, investors confident, and businesses like LHI more wealthy. Nobody knows what gifts will be unwrapped when Obama takes office January 20, but ‘tis the season for dreaming of sugar plums.

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Thurs. 12/11: LAX All-Stars Fri. 12/12: George and Tim acoustic Trio Sat. 12/13:Bottom of the Barrel String Band Sun. 12/14: Popcorn Tavern Christmas Party Mon. 12/15:Shawn’s Open Jam with Up and Coming Tues. 12/16:Paulie Wed. 12/17:Brownie’s Open Jam Thurs. 12/18: Teague Alexy Fri. 12/19: LAX All-Stars Sat. 12/20: Moon Boot Posse Sun. 12/21:Eric and Al Mon. 12/22:Shawn’s Open Jam with Up and Coming Tues. 12/23:Paulie Wed. 12/24: CLOSED Thurs. 12/25: New Grass Revue Fri. 12/26: TBA Sat. 12/27:Mitgee Evers reunion show Sun. 12/28:Som’n Jazz Mon. 12/29:Shawn’s Open Jam with Up and Coming Tues. 12/30:Paulie Wed. 12/31:Burnt Brownies

December 11, 2008

By Ben Clark

benjamin.clark@secondsupper.com Last week, the National Bureau of Economic Research announced that the country is officially in a recession and has been since December of last year. Even with the lauded Black Friday, retail businesses around the country are gearing up for what is predicted to be the worst holiday shopping season in the last 15 years. With so many Americans feeling the size of their wallets beginning to shrink, many retailers are gearing up for the worst. To get an idea of just how bad this is for businesses, one needs to look at the history and significance of Black Friday.

Black Friday refers to the day after Thanksgiving and is designated as the start of the holiday shopping season. It is also the turning point for many retail stores, in which the day’s shoppers will turn them from the red (loss) to the black (profit).That’s right, folks: Most stores are constantly operating in the red and don’t actually begin to turn a profit until Black Friday’s festivities have come to a close. Stores usually cater to wide groups of customers by offering numerous bargain items and discounts, and the widespread response usually brings a large amount of media coverage.

Each year, media cover Black Friday as an official holiday, sending out reporters to the lines forming in front of the doors to stores, reporting on these “shopping fanatics” who are out to get the best deals available. As a result, there is an extra drive in people to participate in the Black Friday shopping experience. And at times this results in injuries and sometimes fatalities from the mobs of people who gather at the doors and literally trample their fellow man in their wake to get their hands on a flat screen TV marked down 50 percent. But, sadly, this is the attitude that we need to look at if we want to understand how consumerism operates under a recession.

The heightened media attention on Black Friday only heightens the attitude of consumerism in this country, especially in the holidays.

Just this year alone, we witnessed the death of a Wal-Mart employee trampled to death by rushing shoppers who broke the glass of the doors minutes before the store opened at five in the morning. Two men shot and killed each other in a Toys R’ Us in California. And as these stories hit the media, no one was really surprised. “Oh, it’s Black Friday. Events like

this are commonplace.They were probably just after that awesome price for those Sony HD Holycrapthisisawesome Flatscreen TV.” We, as a country, have this ingrained idea that the holidays are only worth as much as we charge to our credit cards. Family, goodwill towards men: let it be damned. It’s all about how much we buy for each other.

So as a country whose entire economy is based on the idea of buying unnecessary products for exuberant amounts of money, what do we experience when we hit a recession? Thus far, retailers have noticed a sharp decrease in sales and customer attendance. Even at my place of employment, a certain large-scale bookstore, we received memos from our CEO warning us of the piss-poor shopping season ahead of us for thr year. Simply put, people do not have the means to keep buying unnecessary gifts and exuberant presents, and our whole economy is based off people doing just this.

To give you an idea of how this recession is affecting some of the better known retail stores, here’s a brief list of businesses that will be closing individual stores across the country for this holiday season: Sharper Image is closing all stores, KB Toys is closing 365 stores, Talbots is closing all stores, Footlocker is at 140, Starbucks is at 600. And believe me; the list just goes on and on.

As an employee of a retail store, I have a heavily vested interest in the shopping habits of Americans, mostly because my own job will depend on whether or not a majority of people buy the next book off Oprah’s Book Club list. The media each year choose to report on the employees that make this holiday shopping season possible — almost reluctant to inform the public of the long hours, incredibly rude customers, and overall hassle of the shopping season. And as the shopping season continues to look grimmer for retailers, employees of retail stores begin to feel the same pinch as the CEOs, being told to increase sales no matter what, or else we may not have a place to return to work tomorrow. With only two weeks of shopping days left, only time will tell how the number of suffering retail stores will fare through the holiday season. Perhaps consumer confidence will increase enough to pull some of the bigger retailers out of the red, but as of now, the future of a lot of stores isn’t looking too bright. Happy holidays!

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Bleary Friday

By Kelly Sampson

kelly.sampson@secondsupper.com So, we’ve all heard the horror stories about Black Friday, people lining outside the doors of various businesses to get a chance to be the first one in when the door opens. But does any one ever think about the poor people stuck working in those stores? There is a lot hard work to get ready for the mad rush that is Black Friday. So, please, let me enlighten you.

“Beep beep beep.” That’s my alarm going off at one o’clock in the morning, the day after I just got back from being at my parents' house an hour and a half away for Thanksgiving. It was hard enough trying to drive home, having had all that great turkey laced with sleepy time, but once I got home I was so wigged out about having to get up early that I could not get to sleep. So, now running on probably a cumulative 2 hours of sleep, I get dressed, brush my teeth, think about make-up, and decide that I’m too tired to even try that, I walk out my door and into the cold. First off, yeah the traffic wasn’t as bad as I anticipated, but still, it was ridiculous for 3 a.m. Finally I manage to get to the mall; I did indeed find a parking space, yeah (little victory dance in my car)!

So here I am in the mall and it’s time to open the store (I did a time lapse, deal with it). Before I go any further, I would like to tell you all about the stress that went into getting the store ready for this very moment. Come back with me to three days prior in La Crosse. ~Swoosh~ (that’s my sound for time travel)

My boss just had a baby, well, his wife had the baby, but I’m pretty sure he helped a little.

He’s a newlywed, less then a year into it. It’s the day before Thanksgiving and he’s at the store, cleaning, tweaking, organizing, inventorying and making sure that we all know what to do. He gave us all Thanksgiving off. What a guy! So when we all realized that the store wasn’t ready for Black Friday, guess who got stuck getting it ready? That’s right, not me.

Yup, he was in the store from 10 a.m. the day before Thanksgiving until 2 p.m. the day after (that’s BT, in case you didn’t know) He left for an hour on Thanksgiving to go home and have turkey with his wife and new child. I felt awful, I wanted to be there to help lessen the load, but I didn’t want to work on Thanksgiving. Are you crazy, who would do that? Oh yeah, never mind, moving on. So now back to the future ~swish~ (what a ride, I feel light headed.)

It’s time to unlock the gate to the store. I

could see people walking around the mall. It's 4:30 in the a.m., and I can see people looking in the windows of all the stores, “Window Shopping.” I never knew that was a real thing, blew my mind.

Now my gates are open and I can hear crickets, if you catch my drift.

It was a slow start!

All the build up to the day of Black Friday, and I had no customers.

That lasted a whole 10 minutes. Then the first wave came. In the first hour I made $200. When I say “I made” I mean the store. If I make $200 in one hour, well, we can all fill in out own joke here.The funny thing is, I didn’t even have to try and sell anything.

The people that came in, came to spend money apparently. I mean, who is going to drag themselves out of bed at the butt crack of dawn and not lay down some serious dough, I mean, come on. The rest of the day kind of blended out into a big, tired headache, but at least all the customers got what they wanted. I wish I could say that I was able to go to bed after that, but then I just had to go to my other job. Joy!

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The Second Supper Guide Treasures on Main 722 Main Street

In Downtown La Crosse, quaint shops line the streets like dinner plates along a table at a holiday feast. If perusing the core of the city for gifts is your main course, then let me introduce you to a warm and tasty aperitif: Treasures on Main.

Located right on one of the main thoroughfares into downtown, the consignment shop is hard to miss. Upon entering, you'll be greeted by the smell of freshly brewed complementary coffee and — if you're lucky — Toby, one of the resident cats, purring as he rubs up against your leg. Along with selling antiques, the shop is an outlet for the Tabby Town USA shelter, based out of Westby, which rescues cats and puts them up for adoption.Toby curled up against my shoulder as Joanne Kjoma, the store's owner, explained the swift, yet thorough adoption process. Though I was almost persuaded to walk right out the door and bring my new friend back to my apartment, I wasn't here for a cat. Joanne led me through her store, which was a lot like following your favorite aunt through your grandmother's attic stashed with goodies. I spied an old juice carafe and remarked with surprise how my mom had the exact same item when I was growing up.

"A lot of people come through, and that's what they do," she said excitedly, "they reminisce." We climbed the creaky stairs, lined with potted plants from a professional grower in Hokah, and explored some more. The nooks are filled with everything imaginable: vintage estate jewelry, antique toys, and full sets of colorful dishes, to name very few. I even flipped through an old Enquirer magazine from 1974.

Grandma Mona would be proud. As I purchased a gift for a friend, Joanne told me about a woman who had recently come into her shop for the first time. "She said, 'I gotta bring my boyfriend in here! He would love it!'" Joanne recalled, adding, "It doesn't matter how old you are, or what gender you are...there's something in this store for everyone." —Briana Rupel

Pleasures

405 Third Street South Well, well, well, what have we got here?

Pleasures is a "Lover's Boutique" where the mature adult can get a whole plethora of goodies for those intimate moments.

Need some scented body oils? They got it. Need some nipple clamps? Check.

Need a 12" rubber dick? Yes indeed. And of course, they've got the bread and butter of such "adult" shops: porn, porn, and more porn. With vintage Playboy magazines tastefully decorating the walls and a Jenna Jamison shelf in the video section labeled as "Jenna's Rack," Pleasures has a cleaner atmosphere than your average person probably associates with such stores, based on the seedier days of adult bookshops.

Personally, I assumed the Internet would have killed off the market of buying pornos, especially given the price of these things. How wrong I am though, as there are a few gentlemen perusing the shelves as I explore, with half of the store's business coming off of DVD sales. Pleasures also carries glass pipes, salvia, and various pills that run the gamut from Spanish fly to staying hard longer to giving your brain a little extra zing. The largest percentage of floor space is given to lingerie and sexy costumes for women, and a few banana hammocks for the fellas. There is a limited selection of bondage gear, such as spanking devices and strap-ons, as well as erotic board games. The standard adult toys, such as vibrators and lubes exist in a wide variety, as well as the novelty gifts like blow up dolls and a variety of bachelorette party favors. So if you aren't sure what to get Grandma for the holidays, maybe some anal beads from Pleasures will fit the bill. —Shuggypop Jackson

Second Supper vol. 8, issue 143

The Bead Shoppe

1008 19th Street South This year for Christmas, I wanted to think outside the box. I didn’t want to wait in the lines at the big stores to spend my hardearned money on overpriced, cheaply made boxed piles of scraps. I wanted to save money. I want to give a gift from the heart.When I think about it, I think I want to make my own presents this year. I had heard about this place called The Bead Shoppe where you can go and buy the materials you need to make your own custom jewelry, so I thought I’d check it out.

It was really cool. The walls were lined with a rainbow of colored beads, glass, stone, wood, and crystal. There was even a setup in the corner where kids can go and make a necklace for their mom or Grandma. As soon as I walked in the door I was greeted with a very jovial “Hello.” (I felt warm and fuzzy inside.) The ladies working helped me to pick out a bunch of beads that I liked, and they told me that I could use their tools to make my jewelry there, or I could take it home. I said that I’d rather do it there, in case I need them to fix my mistake. That was a good choice; they did need to rescue me from the treacherous memory wire at one point, but I wasn’t using the wire. It came out of nowhere!

In the end, I managed to make a very nice pair of earrings that in total cost me three dollars. And If I didn’t know I made them, I would have thought they came from a store at the Mall.

I’m not sure who will get the "Made by Kelly" earrings, but they have every bit of my love in them. (And a little blood; the wire is wicked!) —Kelly Sampson

Holmen Meat Locker 412 North Main Street

Upon hearing I was about to visit the Holmen Meat Locker to write a review for this newspaper, a coworker jerked up from his desk and turned to me wide-eyed: “Bring me back a wide array of meats and cheeses!” I must admit I was a little taken aback by his enthusiasm, but upon procurement of an open-ended shopping list and — *ahem* — his credit card, I realized this trip was about to get a lot more interesting.

I pulled the Jeep up in front of the shop on Main Street, and as I strode in the store I could actually feel the grin pinching my cheeks.

To compare me to a kid in a candy shop would just be cliché, but I don’t know of a more apt metaphor — a Viking in Britannia perhaps?

First up, I had to scurry past the enchanting wall of microbrews (pair beer with your meats; not vice versa), and took in the two gleaming butchers cabinets:Wow, are those steaks cut fat! It wasn’t my money, so I picked up two giant T-bones — ten bucks a piece — and four pork chops, all of which were carved on site. More than a few people put in orders for the famed beef jerky, so I finished the meat run with a half-pound each of the original flavor and the spicy.

Next up: cheeses.The 8-year-old Wisconsin sharp cheddar would probably be a good one, and of course a rind of Colby would be enhanced by ground summer sausage.

There were plenty of other flavored cheeses, but I passed on the blueberry and fudge-cheddar to grab a wedge of asiago brine.

Finally I could give my full attention to a microbrew section that is, square foot per square foot, the most compete beer aisle in the Coulee Region. A beer snob’s dream, it has selections from all over the country, so I opted to grab labels I’d never seen before, such as the Sand Creek IPA I picked up only because it said “Brewed Behind the Cheddar Curtain.” Then I grabbed a six-pack of the Rogue Brewery’s Santa’s Reserve and headed to check out. Only then did I notice a craft kitch and a separate wine section, but the Viking in me had no interest in raiding that. —Adam Bissen

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to Local Shopping this Holiday 2Fifteen

Pawn America

Before entering 2Fifteen clothing store on State Road, I held my breath. When the odd-shaped building was home to Flashback, the tiny shop was a total claustrophobia-inducer, with piles and racks of used clothing allowing virtually no room for movement. Upon opening the door to the recently-opened 2Fifteen, however, I was pleasantly surprised. Rather than mounds of disorganized merchandise, I was greeted by an orderly array of clothing. The store features all new clothing, and hip-hop styles reign supreme. The jackets, jeans, hoodies, and tops are quite reasonably priced, with items starting under $10 and many specially priced items throughout the store. My personal favorites were the super-cute Kellogg's cereal hoodies, covered with nostalgic renditions of Tony the Tiger and the Sugar Smacks Frog. The store is open Tuesday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. until 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11:30 a.m. until 9 p.m., and Sundays from noon until 5, though a friendly staff person let me know that 2Fifteen is sometimes open Mondays, as well. Obama fans, take note: 2Fifteen also features Obama-related paraphernalia, including some pretty spectacular hoodies. So check out 2Fifteen for some great deals on gifts for the fashion-conscious on your holiday shopping list.

—Emily Faeth

Do you ever have the stress of still needing to get presents for people and just not having the money to do it? I know I did. I was in my apartment looking around at all the stuff I have, thinking, “I don’t use my N64, why don’t I give it to my nephew for Christmas?”

Then I thought: he’s not going to want that.

So I’m still in my apartment, still don’t have money for a present for my nephew, and I still have an N64 that I don’t use, so now what? That’s when it hit me. Pawn America!

Yeah! I can sell my N64 and get money to go buy something for my nephew that he will like.Yeah, I like that idea. So off I went to the good old PA.

When I got there it was really nice inside. I didn’t wait in line very long at all and I got $10 for the gaming system that I had. I was set. Well, money-wise; I still didn’t have a gift for my darling little boy child of my brother. Shoot, now what? Hang on, what is this — DVDs, guitars, tools, jewelry? I could get something here for little Timmy. I looked around and I must have looked like I needed help, because a very knowledgeable sales girl came to help me. Kristen told me that all the DVDs were only $3, and the CDs were a dollar apiece, and the whole store was having a sale of 35 percent off. I hugged her. It was awkward, but she went with it. She helped me pick out some kids DVDs that Timmy would like. And while I was there I got my brother a guitar and a new (used) drill for my dad and a digital camera for my mom. That’s four people off my list. Now there's just the rest of the family to go. —Kelly Sampson

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1233 Caledonia Street When I was a little girl, I used to watch the old-time movies where a husband gets the wife and kids a large box with a bow on it. No one can even venture a guess at what could be in the box. Then the box moves! Every one looks at it and magically it falls apart and out pops a small puppy. Every one is happy and dances around with the dog. Good times. I wanted to give such a great gift to my second cousin twice removed, so I went to Olde Town Pets on the North Side. He didn’t have any dogs, but Matt does have a lot of birds, fish, and lizards. So I thought a nice skink would be a great gift. Matt set me up with a cool tank to put the little guy in. He had some wood chips to go in the tank and he took the time to tell me all the habits of the skink — what it eats, when it sleeps, and even how often I should clean the tank. He did warn me against putting the skink in a small box with a bow, though. I hope that cousin Maynard likes his new skink! —Kelly Sampson

River City Hobbies 504 Cass Street

This nigh-downtown edifice has served for years as La Crosse’s most consistent enabler of gleeful geekdom. Even though chain stores have jumped on the comics and D&D bandwagon, River City Hobbies remains a unique fixture in town. There is no other place where one can score comics, cards of all kinds (including some rather weird lines), toys, and just about any role playing game you’d care to play. And while trade paperback collections have become the standard of business in comics, River City has stayed old-school, selling individual issues of thousands of titles. Readers can pick up the stories as they come out and know what happens before their trade-waiting friends. The horde of cardboard boxes in the front of the store spans a vast swath over the history of comics, and the true collector items are in a glass display for easy acquisition. Should one be of the trade paperback bent, River City has those, too — including a decent collection of Batman arcs and the entire collection of the amazing Preacher series. Should the gift recipient be of the d20 inclination, River City not only sells role-playing games but devotes a great deal of its floor space to hosting games. No more lost attempts at pulling disinterested friends into Magic or D&D!

River City Hobbies has long been La Crosse’s neat little secret, a pleasure paradise for kids and collectors of all ages.The selection is large enough that the gift you buy here won’t be one your target already owns, and one that will be enjoyed. —Brett Emerson

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Antique Center

110 Third Street South For some, stepping into downtown La Crosse's Antique Center may be a bit daunting. After all, they boast three expansive floors filled to the brim with merchandise from 45 area dealers. But if you're like me and love things with a lot of history and character, then you might react like a 4-year-old clutching a pail and shovel running toward the sandbox: ready to spend hours digging for treasure. Unlike your childhood years, however, the treasure you uncover won't be a product of your imagination.

It's hard to describe what the store has to offer because they really do have almost everything.

What they're adamant about not carrying, though, is anything that can be found for sale in a retail store now. "(The items) are supposed to be collectible," explained Ann, an employee as well as a dealer herself, "you can't find them anywhere else." Now we're talking. Wandering through the booths, you'll find everything from old vinyl to sets of unique buttons, to shelves of those Little Golden Books your parents read you as a kid. Another employee told me that sometimes coin vendors will bring in Roman coins dating back to — are you ready? — the year 400.

Though they don't possess a huge selection of vintage clothing, the basement has men's blazers, a few women's dresses, and frilly hats tucked away. What I really drooled over on this visit was a sculpted set of drinking vessels made of dark ruby Depression Glass. Sitting stoutly on the shelf, they reminded me of my grandma's emerald glasses of the same style that I used to drink milk out of (though if the ruby glasses were mine, I think an ode to Grandma with a hefty vodka gimlet would be in order).

Last year, I bought the bulk of my Christmas gifts at the Antique Center, of which my favorite find was a late-'50s Brownie (Kodak's first handheld camera) for my photographer friend — and beloved Second Supper alum! — Kelly. What I originally thought was going to be solely a decorative gift turned out to be much more; a few months ago she called to tell me that she had found film for the (still-working!) camera and was roaming around Chicago taking photographs that had an artistic hazy effect due only to the camera's age. That's the beauty of shopping for antiques:You never know what kind of treasure you'll dig up. —Briana Rupel

December 11, 2008

The LED Store

123 Fourth Street South I don't know how many times I have walked past the LED Store while downtown and thought to myself: How can a store like this make enough sales to stay in business? When I think of LEDs, I think about lights for bicycles and light bulbs for niche purposes. What I didn't think about until I went into this shop was the possibilities of selling lighting to entire office buildings or retailing to contractors who are building new subdivisions. For those not in the know, LED stands for light-emitting-diode.Without getting into the nerd talk of how these work, the one thing you should know is that these are bright lights that last about 50 times longer than your standard bulb. While the initial upfront cost for these lights may not be friendly in the face of the current economy, when you think of the savings in the long run, it might not be a bad idea to go the route of these buggers.

There are some environmental factors involved in LEDs as well, such as not containing mercury like fluorescents do, and they produce more light on a lower wattage, thus consume less energy and are about four times more efficient than regular bulbs. They also don't generate the heat of standard bulbs that make them too hot to touch. I for one have sizzled my little fingers on a hot bulb more than I'd like to. You can get these lights in different wavelength colors as well, such as ultraviolet, infrared, white and the full spectrum of the rainbow. Depending on your needs, this wavelength thing can be big news, something most of us probably don't even consider. For example, I personally own a LED full spectrum sunlamp to help me get through the winter blues I tend to struggle with from lack of sunshine. While the store itself is pretty bare bones and somewhat cave-like, the product it contains inside is something worth investigating. La Crosse uses LED lighting in its traffic signals and has looked into putting them in the municipal parking garages. I'm willing to bet some closet gardeners have found a use for these things as well. —Shuggypop Jackson

Marineland Dive Center 412 Oak Forest Drive

Marineland Dive Center, located off Highway 157 in Onalaska, is a hidden jewel when shopping for the aquatic aficionado this Christmas. Marineland offers a variety of aquarium equipment, from the novice freshwater setup to the experienced saltwater tank.

This shop has a great selection of filtration systems, tanks, gravel, lights, and many very happy fish to choose from. Live plants and many exotic species of fish are waiting to turn a corner of your room into something amazing. A great way to beat the winter blues, a sustainable aquarium will give you joy every time you turn on the light and feed those hungry little fish.

Marineland also sells scuba gear including tanks, gauges, and wetsuits. For those looking to try before you buy, renting a wetsuit is a great way to enjoy early spring kayaking or swimming. Ask the staff any aquatic question you may have and they will point you in the right direction. Fish, wetsuits, oh yeah, did I mention hamsters? Stop in at Marineland this Christmas and see all they have to offer. —Matt Wolf

The Sweet Shop

1113 Caledonia Street So it is very rare that I walk into a business while representing our fine paper and receive more than a "What's that?" — even as you, the loyal reader, know that we are an interesting and awesome part of La Crosse. Some people even say "so is this like for the Tribune?" Ha, no. Well, when I sauntered into The Sweet Shop on Caledonia Street I was expecting this sort of response. I was to find more surprises than just the awesome welcome that Bill Espe showed me when he said he excitedly awaits our publication every week.

Bill, it seems, has worked at the business since almost its inception. He still dresses in the professional service attire, and it is obvious this is a person focused upon his craft.

The Sweet Shop is a chance to actually interact with a very real history. As you enter you are thrown back in time, which is evident in the original 1921 booths chock full of holiday shipments. The family operation churns out some of the most delicious handmade candy, and customers place mail orders by the hundreds.The best part about this store is not its delicious hand-dipped chocolates or its mouthwatering ice cream concoctions. It is the time warp you step into when you are at The Sweet Shop. This place is too wholesome for 2008. I really felt like I was in American Graffiti.

With Original Copper Kettles hanging on the wall across from a candy hook, I chatted with employee Chad Johnson, who I realized I knew from high school. Chad told me about how the last repair guy to come to the Sweet Shop and work on the candy mixer (a Hobart for you in the know) said that the machine predated his manual, which was dated back to 1921. In that moment it hit me. This was not a time warp or a simple candy shop, but a passage of a true craft from one generation to the next. —Blake AulerMurphy

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The Uff-Da Factor: Westby, Wisconsin

By Jacob Bielanski

jacob.bielanski@secondsupper.com Westby,Wisconsin seems like the living stereotype of the Badger State. This would make it an appropriate place to go to find a Christmas gift that exuded the very essence of Wisconsin.

Who knows, maybe we’ll also find a rollicking good time.

The first thing that strikes me about Westby is the scant amount of bars. This may seem like a strange assessment, but we have to remember that Melrose, Wis., — at a population just over 500 — has three bars in the village (probably a handful more in a 5-mile radius).

Burr Oak is unincorporated and still manages to support two drinking establishments. Westby, with a population of over 2,000, has two — maybe. The one on Main Street was simply

labeled “Food and Drink,” with only a cartoonish martini glass to indicate the potential for alcohol.

Digging deeper provides a clue to this dearth of pubs — an abundance of Lutheran churches.

Not that there’s anything wrong with Lutheranism, but when you have multiple churches of the same denomination serving a small population you can be rest assured that this is the local version of a social club; the relationship of churches-tobars seems to be an inverse one. The last time I saw anything similar was on St. Helena’s Island in South Carolina, where a single, one-mile stretch of road yielded five Baptists churches; this same 63 square mile island yielded only one visible bar.

This wouldn’t be a problem were we not talking about the descendants of Norwegians, the mighty Norsemen. Founded by Civil War veteran Ole T. Westby — yes, that was his real name — this town should be the epitome of horn-helmeted, bearded marauders with a thirst for alcohol exceeded only by their thirst for blood. Yet standing in downtown Westby, the only sense of bloodthirst I witnessed was

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I’ll forgive them, though — with a child in tow, I’m not exactly looking to party until the break of dawn.

A sandwich lunch at the Ole and Lena’s Kaffee Haus (again, a living stereotype) provides plenty of warmth, both from the libations and the company. Delicious deli sandwiches are complemented by a full coffee bar, Norwegian cookie recipes and an ice cream selection provided by the Madison-based Chocolate Shoppe.

The setting seems just as warm in the recently re-opened Borgen’s café, just down the street.Traditional Norwegian fare meets downhome cooking. Or so I’ve heard.

With traditional Norwegian cuisine consisting mostly of weak coffee, near-sugarless butter cookies and poison-soaked fish, it’s not the food we’ve gone out of the way for — it’s the shopping. Between the Uff-Da Mart (Ugh) and Dregne’s Gifts, we should be able to locate a Christmas gift that scream “Look at me, I’m from Wisconsin!” to our out-of-town recipients.

Dregne’s has an absolute love affair with the Norwegians. I’ve never met a prideful Norwegian, but if one exists, they would likely come here for their “May the Norse Be With You” or “Lutefisk: If it doesn’t kill you, it’ll make you stronger” T-Shirts. Having a wife of 25 percent Norwegian descent, I was tempted by the “L’il Norwegian” baby onesie, but snapped to my senses before spending any money. Though impractical, the replica Danish sword was tempting (marked down to only $355). Without enough Norwegian in my blood to find anything at Dregne’s worth the cost, I was inclined to hold out until we made our way to the UffDa Mart.

The most surprising thing about the UffDa Mart is its inherent lack of, well, “Uff-Da.” In spite of the store’s Norwegian namesake, the store fails to go out of its way to be cheesy.

The goods ranged from full dining room sets to drill bits — and not one of them was inscribed with “Borta Bra Men Hemma Bast” or “Manga Takk”.

Dejected at the limited options for gifts and fun, we set off to find a good park. Though many great State and County parks are within a short driving distance, I was interested in the in-town “Davidson Park.” Beautiful exposed rock formations made for a better playground than the brightly-colored twist slides. A fun little time for the family, but not rip-roaringly crazy.

For all the playful ribbing, I highly recommend Westby to everyone. At 26 miles outside of La Crosse, it’s hardly more than a few dollars in gas. For this money you get to see something that is — and I hate to use this word — “authentic.” This authenticity is not found in the gift shops, the bars, or even the churches; it's in the people. They take pride in their abundant, if weak, coffee. They take pride in their heritage, but not to the point of those trashy

Irish who are willing to don their heritage upon any drunk who wears green. Their main store doesn’t even cater to outsiders; the Uff-Da Mart was a simple place with all of the nonperishable provisions a local might need.

Most importantly, Westby stands as an example of a future that we need to believe in — the co-operative. As Wall Street investment firms continue to buy up farms, old traditions and sustainable practices become the collateral damage in the race to turn a profit from acreage. The only reasonable defense to this disastrous trend is the farmer’s cooperative, of which Westby has many.These cooperatives work together by sharing resources and owning the processing plants (such as Westby Creamery); by doing so, they’re able to invest in sustainable initiatives, keep ownership of individual farm with the farmers, and turn enough of a profit to stave off money hungry investors (why do you think all those farm subsidy checks ended up w/ Manhattan addresses?).

We need to take a trip down to Westby in order to remind ourselves that in an age of endless terrorist threats, dissolving ice glaciers, economic recessions, and rising tuition costs, that there’s always room for a cup of coffee.

That’s not a gift we can easily wrap in paper and tie a bow around. It’s a gift we can only experience in person, when the roaring fires/radiators complement the bitter winds of winter.

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December 11, 2008

From Ireland, with love

By Brett Emerson

brett.emerson@secondsupper.com There’s a tendency toward a sense of novelty when music audiences come in contact with performers who aren’t from their homelands.

The veneer of broadened horizons tends to show up when foreign acts come to town and draw attention that might not otherwise be forthcoming had the performers been neighbors with the crowd. This xenophilia often serves as a double-edged sword in that a fixation on a musician’s point of origin can trivialize and patronize the music which emerges, yet there is something to be said for any publicity at all, even the quick and easy.

In the States, any promotion which concerns the rock band Seneca will inevitably display the word “Ireland” in a prominent location.

On the Warehouse posters which advertised the band’s show on this past Saturday, the message was loud and clear: “Seneca, from Ireland.”

A recent piece on the band goes further and mentions leprechauns and Lucky Charms.

Yeah.

Yes, Seneca is a band with Ireland firmly in the soles of its members’ feet, but the constant touting of the group’s Irish roots is more than a little unnecessary. Regardless of where the

band hails from, Seneca is much, much more than a case of foreign novelty; it is a cadre of musicians whose talent and ambition ties down to no simplistic generalizations. In fact, were one unaware of Seneca’s homeland, the largest clue to give away the game is within the faint lilt in frontman Rob Hope’s vocals. From time to time, his words draw parallels to the Decemberists’ Colin Meloy, who appropriately enough hails from Montana.

Hope has a firm grasp on the foreign fixation which follows the band throughout their American tour. “Being on tour in America, hopefully it’s an advantage being from abroad.

The most important thing is getting people in the door for the first time as opposed to not hearing you at all, so I suppose that we don’t really mind people saying we’re from Ireland.

However, we are just a band like anyone else; doesn’t mean we’re better or worse than anyone else. It just means that we’re from a different county.”

Unfortunately, coming from another country has its problems in a nation where immigration is a hot-button issue. Due to a problem with their visas not coming through in time, Seneca was forced to cancel 25 shows on their American tour. Though everything was ironed out, and the band intends to make up for lost

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time next year, Seneca’s ills are indicative of the problems a foreign band faces in America, and the isolationism which sometimes creeps up upon our music as a result.

“It’s very hard for foreign bands to come play in America,” Hope explained. “Maybe there’s not a huge amount of cross-pollenization, except for huge bands from Europe. In Europe you have acts from different countries coming through all the time. Europe is a huge market; it has more people. A lot of Irish bands go to Germany. Germany is the big place of the moment, 85 million people and they love music, all kinds of music.”

Yet despite the lure of playing closer to one’s backyard, Hope said that Seneca always had its eye on crossing the Atlantic. “Ireland is so small; it’s only three and a half hours across. It’s a tiny country, really, so there’s not a huge market for building a career out of music. At least in America we can hopefully build a fan base and keep going. It’s definitely better from an overall career perspective to play over here.”

In its quest for that career, Seneca released its first album this year, titled Sweeter than

Bourbon. Plans are in the works for another disc to come out in the next. In describing the tone of Bourbon’s tracks, Hope made it clear that there was no overreaching style that glues the whole together. “On our album, there are a lot of different styles. That might be the result of us coming from a bunch of different musical backgrounds, but also, we’re conscious that we want to keep things fresh as opposed to playing the same thing over and over. Lyrically, there are many different themes, not one particular

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The Killers – Day & Age Once again, the Vegas showboys have strutted into the studio and crafted a story of Duran Duran imagination. After a hit-or-miss foray into Bruce Springsteen posturing on their sophomore album, Sam’s Town, The Killers seem to have pulled ranks into a safer position that melds together their twin penchants for straightforward pop and desert rock epics. Unfortunately, Day & Age doesn’t have the chops of either Sam’s Town or their magnificently heavy pop debut, Hot Fuss. This album, compared to the band’s past recordings, has a feeling of weightlessness, perhaps one of autopilot, Killers-by-numbers. Oh, the numbers still add up; lead track, “Human,” is a beautifully wistful farewell song that sees vocalist Brandon Flowers soaring over oscillating synth loops.

Human is arguably the year’s most perfect pop song, yet even here, the largest fault of Day & Age rears its head — that the lyrics on this album are quite vacant. Any song that features its protagonist “on my knees, looking for the answer” — even an answer to a question asked

by Hunter S. Thompson — is leaping headlong into trite territory. If you’re going to look for anything while on your knees, odds are it’s going to be a contact lens, not an answer.

The lyrical Novocain is at its peak in the cowboy disco-by-Roxy Music track, “Joy Ride,” in which the chorus sounds exactly like a commercial for a casino. (When your chips are down, when your highs are low, Kenny Rogers invites you to come to San Diego’s beautiful

Barona Casino and… JOY RIDE!) In Joy Ride’s spinning, pretty breakdown, Flowers busts out the clichéd couplet, “There’s something in the distance/a glorious existence,” before spiraling into some ‘80sstyle staccato Oh’s and then back again into the casino commercial.

The distressing thing about this album is that "Human" and "Joy Ride," lyrical failings and all, are the best tracks on Day & Age. The remaining eight songs are in the main pedestrian, bland, and thus forgettable. “Losing Touch” opens the album with Springsteen bang and “Good Night, Travel Well” closes with enough Cure-like desperation to stick, but most of what falls between doesn’t grab the imagination. Even the use of harps and steel drums in “I Can’t Stay” can’t save the tune from flopping into elevator music.

This effort is certainly not on par with what The Killers have shown themselves capable of, and nothing here is as bad as the band’s horrendous school song, “Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll.” But Day & Age is far from vital and ages from necessary. — Brett Emerson

Gettin' Shuggy with it Oh hi, right now I'm listening to a compilation put together by a monthly music magazine out of London called Wire that I have been a devotee of since 2000. Wire focuses on music that is underground and experimental, usually of the cerebral variety, from genres as diverse as post-rock, freak folk, hip-hop, progressive metal, modern classical, free improvisation, avant garde and various forms of electronic music from IDM to dub to illbient. What the Criterion Collection is to movies, Wire is to music: highbrow, pretentious, and far too artistic and intellectual for the masses, but a Godsend to those who occasionally like to stretch the boundaries of their mind. Since much of the music covered in Wire flies way under the radar, a large percentage of its overflowing pages are chalked full of performers one has most likely never heard of.Thus,Wire frequently compiles tracks from these folks to give away in CD format to subscribers of the magazine to turn its readers on to these heady gems. Of the 19 tracks contained on this compilation, there aren't any performers I am familiar with, off of albums from

obscure labels, only a couple of which I am aware of, and this coming from a guy who previously worked a job for several years that had me dealing with independent label promoters on a daily basis.

The following are the first five tracks to give an example of what is on this compilation. Zavoloka's composition channels the ancient and folk cultures of her native Ukraine through digital filters; the bassist and drummer duo Crackle from London fill the cracks between dub, electronica, future-past global sounds and free jazz imaginings; Formication produce an organic soundscape that is a crackling electrical storm of an affair recorded in the Lake District of the Helvellyn mountains; Paavoharju is a collective from Savonlinna, Finland whose music is the outcome of long, intense studies of art and literature, dreams, religious despair and contemplating life in dark, abandoned places; and oRSo creates a hypnotic mix of tenor banjos, soft organs, muted brass and calm harmonies. This is the soundtrack of the hidden corners of your psyche.

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ALT New Glarus Brewing Company New Glarus, Wisconsin As I look out my window, I see snow falling like a sheet cake. We’re about three inches in now, and by morning the weathermen say we’ll be digging out ten. This moment — there’s one every winter — elicits a particularized response from Wisconsinites. There’s the enchanting sight, and also the realization we’ll be white and frozen for the next five months. But fret not — kind folks are looking after you, and Dan Carey, head brewmaster for the New Glarus Brewing Company, is among them. Just when we need it most, Carey unveils the ALT — a masterfully crafted German-style amber that pairs complex flavors, smooth drinkability, and a 9 percent ABV punch to form one of the best session beers I’ve ever had. It’s as if Carey said: “Here, Wisconsin, I know Appearance: 9 you’re cold. I know your traditions. Take Aroma: 10 this.”

The ALT, which Taste: 8 debuted in November, is a traditional Mouthfeel: 10 German altbier. “Alt” is actually the GerDrinkability: 9 man word for “old,” although the unusual combination of ale Total: 46 yeast fermented at

lager temperatures gives it an alternative, hybrid flavor. The ALT pours a cloudy butterscotch-amber with a frothy head that never seems to fade.

Holding it to the nose, I detect strong notes of apple over caramelized malts, but there’s also hints of oak and maple that evoked a forest in spring. Enchanting. The ALT enters the mouth effortlessly, gliding like a milkshake down the throat and warming the cheeks like eggnog. It’s sweet — cookie dough sweet at times — but there’s also a creamy body and a toasted finish that made me think of zucchini bread. But Carey doesn’t go crazy on the sweets, as a perfect nip of bitter on the tongue gives the ALT a crisp, highly drinkable finish. Given the taste, it’s hard to believe this one of the most highalcohol beers you can find in a six-pack, and at only $7.50 you’d be hard-pressed to find any American beer to match the quality.Traditional, rich, warming, and drinkable — ALT is a beer made for Wisconsin winters. Good thing, too, since New Glarus only brewed 600 barrels of it, and you can only get it within our snowy borders. — Adam Bissen

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Shipwrecked (1990)

Chop Shop (2007)

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Director: Ramin Bahrani Cast: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Carlos Zapata Writers: Ramin Bahrani and Bahareh Azimi

and hustlers. On one level, the story focuses on Alejandro's relationship with his sister Isamar (Isamar Gonzales) and who actually watches out for and provides for whom. But the real dynamic exists between the siblings and their environment, and their misconceptions about others' willingness to help them, steal from them, or a combination of the two. Chop Shop offers a very simplistic presentation of a process — coming-of-age in the street — extremely difficult and diffuse by nature.

It's a process that mistakenly comes off as boring. Alejandro's life isn't a particularly exciting one, and with a run-time of 84 minutes, the film doesn't give him much time to grow; rather, it succeeds in leaving you satisfied knowing that he will. Chop Shop's simplicity is one of both its strong points and its drawbacks, a characteristic probably conceived intentionally. By portraying the complexity of life in such simple terms, Chop Shop risks losing its message on anyone but indie-savvy film-fest-goers. Take a closer look—there's more to Chop Shop, and it's main character, than initially meets the eye.

— Nick Cabreza

Directed by: Nils Gaup Starring: Stian Smestad, Gabriel Byrne, Trond Peter Stamso Munch Written by: Nils Gaup

the title implies, and a Home Alone battle of island wits commences between boy and mutton chop sporting pirate.

But in reality, Haakon’s a bit of a schmuck.

The real hero in Shipwrecked is a manly scion of the Aesir named Jens! This manly blond sailor stands at the forefront of nautical history, worldly enough to fend off hookers yet kindhearted enough to keep an eye out for his young shipmate. Jens is such a hard fuck that when Haakon discovers a butter-faced stowaway, and raging lust clouds the boy’s better judgment, Jens mans up and takes the rap. For his trouble, he almost got whipped to shit by a cat o’ nine tails, before Haakon’s conscience spurred him to come clean. It was a damnfool move; Jens could have taken a flogging without blinking.

So great is Jens’ influence over his young mate that upon their temporary separation, only a giant gorilla can fill the void in Haakon’s life. But fear not, for Jens soon makes a triumphant return, sporting a flowing blond mullet and wearing a leather skirt. And it is here that the shit gets real.

Jens is a seafaring legend on par with Odysseus, Sinbad, the Argonauts, and Popeye. His exploits shall be sung by faithful Norsemen, and the ocean’s followers, for all time.

— Brett Emerson

Thorfuckers, unite! This Scandinavian work of magnificence is a testament to the glories of the Norse people. Shipwrecked, known to the motherland as Haakon Haakonsen, was appropriated by Disney and released in the States.

The Homeric acting which accompanies this Robinson Crusoe-like tale of pirates and desert islands is delightful.

In theory, the movie’s hero is the titular Haakon Haakonsen, a Nordic scamp who signs up for a life at sea. He begins the story in snowy 19th century Norway, wearing a Steve Zissou red beanie and getting pushed around by a beady-eyed creep. The creep’s old man is a Walter Peck lookalike who holds the Haakonsen family in his pocket. In true Goonies fashion, Haakon goes on an adventure to save his home. Here, the quest leads him into an exciting profession as a Ship’s Boy. After a period of slightly erotic hazing by the crew, Haakon trades in his Zissou beanie for a more dignified sailor’s cap. Everything seems to be going well for the ship’s boy, when a pirate bastard, impersonating an officer of the British Navy, comes aboard and wreaks havoc. Things go wrong, as

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I'm generally against children in movies. When they're not getting themselves and others into trouble, children in movies usually spend a lot of time crying, whining, looking dumbfounded, getting kidnapped, talking to ghosts, or any other conceivable annoying activity. Chop Shop's preteen main character, Alejandro (Alejandro Polanco), may not be smarter or more educated than your average movie child, but at least he's driven; at least he's a well-rounded character capable of learning from his mistakes and adapting to the world around him.

Confused, angry, and short-sighted, orphan Alejandro shares a closet-sized bedroom with his sister above the garage where he works.

Chop Shop is first and foremost a story about setting, about Alejandro's surrounding environment and its inhabitants. He lives and works in a part of town visually comparable to a junkyard, and he regularly comes into contact with car thieves, prostitutes, johns, gang members,

Bibliophile Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur with Brendan Hay – Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit? (2008) Subject: Steve McQueen, The Great Escape. A man who is by many accounts the 20th Century’s greatest badass. In 1963, McQueen and his motorbike skills were recruited by Hollywood to reenact the real-life escape of Allied POWs from Stalag Luft III, a German camp used during World War II. McQueen’s American character rides around, looking cool at all times while his British compatriots get smithereened around him. By all accounts, The Great Escape is a fine movie, but there’s one glaring problem with the story — nobody who took part in said Great Escape was American. Steve McQueen had served as an American stand-in to bring in the audience.

The same feeling comes through with this book. Sirs Lowe and McArthur created the “Is It Just Me…” series in Britain, where it comes in two volumes. Perhaps to jive up the trans-Atlantic jump to an American audience, Daily Show writer Brendan Hay was brought in, presumably to stamp out all the colours and labours and references to soccer as football.

Thus, this anthology of rants is something of a mishmash of tones, with the best of Lowe’s and McArthur’s British volumes pressed against Hay’s New World rants. Many times this results in the experience of reading two separate books at once; it takes but a quick mental process to discern from which side of the ocean most of these articles hail.

Nonetheless, this is a fine series of rants, akin to Bill Maher’s encyclopedic collection

of New Rules. These authors run through the alphabet, pulling out whatever cultural aberrations that come to mind and savaging them.

“Alt-country” asks if hip-hop is the real alternative to country, and describes Ryan Adams’ pissy reaction to a request that he play Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ’69.” “Bling” bemoans hiphop’s descent from revolution to Stockholm Syndrome, summing up the fall as such: “Once it took a nation of millions to hold them back.

Now it takes a nation of millions to hold their coats.” The merchandise cult of Che Guevara gets the boot, as do the Cultures of Praise, Keeping Up with the Joneses-style Screwing, and iPods. A pair of articles describes the inanity of people comparing themselves to Nelson Mandela, and comparing others (and, rarely, themselves as well) to Hitler.

Mostly, the indignance herein is focused on social idiosyncrasy, but two articles stand out as having real weight. In “Dubai,” the authors contrast the city’s record-setting standards of luxury with the all but slave labor exploited to create this paradise. “Chinese Communist Party, the” is a surreal dissection of that nation’s march into madness. This is the book’s longest entry, and unlike anything else presented.

As with McQueen’s epic, the addition of an American to the work takes little away from it. Though the tones fluctuate, this book is consistently surly and snotty, and great fun to read.

— Brett Emerson

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Virginia is an eight-year-old girl wondering if Santa Claus is real, who writes a letter to the editor of the New York Sun in 1897. Based on real events, the play is narrated by the editor of the Sun and puts the wonder back into Christmas from the views of a child and adult, A Christmas Carol

Commonweal Theatre Lanesboro, Minn. through December 22, 7:30 p.m. No performances on Tuesdays or Wednesdays.

The Commonweal’s imaginative take on this classic brings to life the characters, sights, and sounds of Scrooge’s world, and his ultimate choice to liberate himself from a terrible fate. Rediscover the spirit of the season, share the joys of kinship, and celebrate with us!

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December 12 West Salem Elementary School 475 N. Mark St. West Salem, WI 3:30-6:00 p.m.

FREE Celebrate the release of The Critter Kids, created by 734 West Salem elementary students and hip-hop artists from Minneapolis.

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December 13 Pump House, La Crosse 608-785-1434 www.thepumphouse.org Legg incorporates virtually every genre on his guitar in a virtuosic instrumental style with effects. $15 for members, $18 for non-members.

MYRICK HIXON ECOPARK'S BIRD SEED SALE

December 13 2702 Quarry Road, La Crosse 608-784-0303 www.mhecopark.org 9:00 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Watch for the BIRDS along Hwy 16! Bird seed, unique feeders, feeding accessories, and shirts.

COOKING CLASS AT THE PEOPLE'S FOOD CO-OP

December 16 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

A Taste of Tunisia with Arlene Vrlec, Located in Northern Africa, Tunisia has a rich and varied cuisine. We’ll learn more about the cultural influences on Tunisian cooking as we prepare Coriander Chicken with Couscous, Fish in Tomato Sauce, Slata Tunisia (mixed salad), and Harissa, a commonly used spice paste.

Come enjoy these dishes and more!

LA CROSSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — HAPPY HOLIDAYS

December 19 - 20 Viterbo University Fine Arts Center www.lacrossesymphony.org 608-783-2121 7:30 p.m. $35/$19

WINE GUYZ CHAMPAGNE & CHOCOLATE EXTRAVAGANZA!

December 20 Wine Guyz 122 King Street, La Crosse 608-782-9463 www.wineguyz.com Noon-4:00 p.m. $10 gets you samples of 6-8 champagnes paired with great gourmet chocolates- and don't forget our decadent chocolate fountain!

THE BETHLEHEM EVENT

December 20 - 21 English Lutheran Church 1509 King Street, La Crosse 608-784-9335 www.englishlutheran.org Noon-5:00 p.m.

Visit a recreation of the city of David at the time Christ was born.

Free admission. Free will offering accepted.

HAY RIDES AT THE ROTARY LIGHTS

December 23 Riverside Park Downtown La Crosse www,rotarylights.org ECUMENICAL SERVICE AT THE ROTARY LIGHTS December 24 Riverside Park DowntownLa Crosse Phone:608-784-9993 www.rotarylights.org 5:30 p.m.

Service will take place in the Lights Castle in the park.

BI-STATE WRESTLING CLASSIC

December 29 - 30 La Crosse Center Doors open to the public at 9:00 a.m.

Visit www.lacrossecenter.com for a complete, detailed schedule and price listing, or contact Steve Eggerichs 608-792-2628.

SKYROCKERS NEW YEARS EVE FIREWORKS DISPLAY December 31 608-792-0763 www.skyrockers.org From atop Grandads Bluff since 1929, this is the longest running community sponsored fireworks display in the U.S. Show times are 6 pm and Midnight.

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Seneca, cont.

Future Sons by Noah Singer

theme t h a t r u n s through t h e whole lot, not on this album anyway.

Maybe it will be d i f f e rent next time.”

And while it’s easy to play the I Like Everything card and yet stick to a staid party line, Seneca’s performance at the Warehouse put muscle to their philosophy. Opening with stomp-dance and hard basslines in “The Outside,” Seneca moved through a chameleonic set that merged upbeats with downbeats, softness with tension. It was a set that had the brass to morph from the smooth bank robbery theme running through “Good for What Ails You” into the Death Cab-pretty acoustic song, “Marks.” Throughout, Daragh O’Loughlin’s grinning, rampaging drums merged into Yvonne Conaty’s spinning undertones, Brendan O’Gorman’s crystalline lead strings, and Rob Hope’s front-andcenter anchor to create works of tremendous orchestration that were as different from each other as they were to the moon. After the ghostly blues of “Clarity” brought the show to a close, Seneca had more than proved its ability to span oceans of song without spreading its gravity and wonderment thin. No song was vestigial, no member’s contribution was unimportant or repetitive. The spectrum-running creed was adhered to, and it paid off big.

You will be hearing more from this band. Seneca will return to America in February, visas intact and a proper tour underway. See that you’re there.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE [ Area food & drink specials ] LA CROSSE All Star Lanes 4735 4735 Mormon Mormon Coulee Coulee

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.

Alpine AlumniInn

$7 four cans special 8 bucket p.m. - close beer pong

Alumni House Animal 620 Gillette st.

Beer Pong $7.00 4 Cans 8-close $1.00 Domestic Silos

W5715 Bliss st. rd.

620 Gillette

110 3rd st.

Barrel Inn Beef & ave.

Etc. 2005 West

1203 La Crosse st.

Beef & Etc. Barrel Innst.

1203 La Crosse 2005 West ave.

Big Al’s Brothers 115 S 3rd st.

306 Pearl st.

Brothers Bruisers 306 Pearl st.

620 Cass st.

$2.50 Jack Daniel Mixers $2.00 Goldschlager

2 for 1 cans &

Italian beef w/dog bottles meal: $6.69during Packer games Pizza Puff meal: $4.49

2.25 for mini pitcher

free pitcher of beer or soda with large closed pizza

CheapShots Chuck’s 318 Pearl st.

1101 La Crosse st.

Chuck’s Joe’s Coconut 1101Pearl La Crosse st.

223 st.

16oz top sirloin $7 22oz tbone 9.75 sutffed sirloin 8 jack daniels tipsTaps 8 $1 shots of $1 Domestic Doctor, cherry doctor - 8-cl $2 Craft Import Taps Happy $1.75 cans, $2 $2.50 hour Vodka4-6Mixers mix drinks

$1 Shot Menu

1/4 barrel meatball sandwich giveaway meal: $6.69 8-11 $1 burgers 2 Chicago dogs meal:

during Monday night football

meat or marinara spaghetti: $3.45 $2.50 Italian sausage: $4.95 Blatz vs. Old Style pitchers

$1 off apps closed Happy Hour All Day 20 wings and 5 miller lites for $15

Kids Eat$2.50 Free With Blatz vs. Old Style Adult pitchers $3.00 Long Islands Martini Ladies' Night Martini Madness James Martini: vodka, triple $2 off all martinis

114 5th ave.

417 Jay st.

Bud Night 6 - CL: $1.75 bottles $5 pitchers

$5.89 meatball sandwich Burgers 2 for 1 bottles and cans meal:Buck $6.15 1/4 Barrel during the game 2 dogs meal:giveaway $ 5.25

The The Cavalier Cavalier 114 5th ave.

CheapShots Chances R 318 Pearl st.

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

sec, orange juice

712- CL - 7: $1 domestic 12 oz 2-4-1 rails $2 Stoli mixers

$2.50 beers 7 - CL

$3.00 Domestic Pitchers, $1 domestic 12 oz $2.00 Shots of Cuervo, $2 StoliGoldschlager mixers Rumpleminz,

closed $3 Pitchers 1.75 Rails

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 33 games games for for $5 $5 starts at 7 starts at 7 p.m. p.m.

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

$1 softshell tacos Happy Hour 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. M-FAUCE wings $5.00 $5 bbq ribs and free crazy bingo $1 Domestic Silos fries buySee one $2.50 Premium Silos ourcherry Ad for allbomb of $2.50 Three Olive Mixers the for great$1 deals get one

$2.50 Select imports/craft $1 shots of doctor, Beers cherry doctor $2.50 Top shelf Mixers $2 Mich Golden bottles

$2. Goldschlager

3 p.m. - midnight

grilled$6.00 chicken sandwich meal: $5.29 AUCD

Italian beefnight meal: bucket $6.69 6 for $9 Chicago chili dog: $3.89 beef meal: Italian $6.15 Bucket Night beers Chicago chili6dog: $3.45 for $9

hamburger or 25 cent hot wings cheeseburger meal: $3.89 $1 shots of Dr. Italian Beef w/dog hamburger meal: $7.89meal: $3.69 cheeseburger meal: 25 cent wings Dollar $3.89 shots of Doctor

Polish sausage meal: $4.49 chicken sandgrilled wich meal: $5.29 Polish AUCDsausage Taps andmeal: Rails $3.99 8-1 $6

soup or salad bar $1.25 make your own $2.25 burgers, $2.60 FREE with entree or 3 - 8cheeseburgers, p.m. 1/2 off anything that pours tacos, $4.75 taco salad $2 off $1.50 U-Call-Its $2 10 cent wings - CL) sandwich untilBuster 3 p.m. $2.25 margaritas, large pizza, $1(9fries $3.50 Price $1.25 High Life bottles Football ($3.95 by itself) offFantasy large taco pizzaStat with any pizza Wristband & Wristband $1.50 rail mixers

party!

night

HAPPY HOUR 3 PM - 8 PM

Thirsty - $1 Mexi-Night Tuesday Soft Shell Tacos $2.50 Margaritas

10 cent wings (9 - CL) $12-4-1 High Life bottles Burgers $1.50 rail Pitchers mixers Kul Light $5 $2 Guinness pints

Wristband Rib Nite Night Beer Pong @10 p.m.

Wii Night

$1 Dr. 6- shots 8 $3 $1.50 Jager Bombs taps

6closed - 8 p.m. $1.50 rails/domestics

7 - midnight 7 - CL 7- CL: 3- CL: Ladies: 2 for 1 Tequila’s chips & salsa, Margarita Monday 2 Beers, 1 topping pizza Guys: $1.50 Coors $2 Coronas, $2.50 $2.50 $11 and Kul Light bottles Mike’s, Mike-arita (rocks only)

$1.25 beers & rails

$.50 Ladies: domestic2taps, for$11 microbrews, $3 domestic Guys: $1.50 Coors pitchers, $6 microbrew and Kul Light bottles pitchers

$2 Malibu $2.00 Cruzan madness Rum Mixers, $2.50$2 Jameson Shots, $3.00 pineapple Mixers

$1 rail mixers $3.00 Patron Shots $2 Bacardi mixers

FiestaHollow Mexicana Fox 5200 Mormon Coulee

chicken & veggie fajitasown Build your for Mary two Bloody 16oz Mug - $4.00

football night domestic beer:Pizza $1.50 Homemade Mexican beer: $2.00 & PItcher of Beer

HAPPY HOURshrimp EVERYDAY 3 - 6 chili chicken burrito verde primavera $1.25 Bucket of Domestic 25 Cent Wings BURGERS Cans 5 for $9.00

Build your own Bloody Mary 16oz Mug - $4.00

Homemade Pizza & PItcher of Beer $9.00 $5.99 $5.99 gyro gyro fries fries & & soda soda

1908 Campbell rd.

Huck Finn’s Howie's

127 dr. st.

1128Marina La Crosse

9-clNBC Mary night. (Night Bloody Before Class) $3 pitchspecials ers of the beast - 2 4-9 p.m.

Happy10 Hour

Football Sunday $1.75 domestic JB’s Speakeasy 11-7 happy hour, free The Helm bottles 717 Rose st. food, $1.50 bloody, 1/2

108 3rd st price pitchers DTB Second Supper vol. 8, issue 143

$1 Bazooka Joes

$3.00 Captain mixers/ mojitos Fish Fry $2 Cherry Bombs $1 Bazooka Joes

$1 Bazooka Joes

$3.00 Bacardi mixers/ mojitos $3 bloodys $2 Cherry Bombs $1 Bazooka 'til Joes noon

50 cent taps 4 - 7 (increases 50 cents per Great drinks! hour) $1 rails

10 - CL: $1.50 rails Hour 12 - 7

$2.00 Captain Mixers

Great drinks!

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Happy Hour 12 - 7 cents off most items

$2.00 Malibu, $2.50 Jaeger, $3.00 Jaeger Bombs

upsidedown cake

chicken Topless primavera Tuesday

Gracie’s Gracie’s 1908 Campbell rd.

$1.50 $6.75 bloody marys $3 Three Olivesdinner mixers/ mojitos $3 Bacardi mixers/ mojitos shrimp 11 a.m. - 4 p.m $2 Cherry bombs $2 Cherry bombs

WING NIGHT-$1.25/LB $2 Tuesdays, including Wristband All day Everyday: $1 Doctor $2 Silos. M-F: Happy HourBBQ, 2-6PLAIN $.50 off everything but the daily special$2.50 JUMBO CAPTAIN AND BUFFALO, SMOKEY buy one get one Domestic $2 bottles, import taps, $1.00 PABST AND PABST LIGHT Night After Class $3 beerMIXERS ('til 6 p.m.)

Ladies' Nite out 1.50 Raill $.50 pong, taps Domestic 3.00 BOTTLES$1.50 ROLLING ROCK RING TOSS NIGHT beer apps, single FLAVORED BACARDI Guys'closed Nite out 1.50 silos $5 COLLEGE I.D. Pitchers $1.75 Rails Holmen Meat Locker Jerky BOTTLES mixers/ $2.50 X bombs pitchers shot mixers, featured 3 Rings for $1 $2.25 BUD LIGHTS $1.00 SHOT $3.00 JAGER BOMBS Raffle $9 general public shots, and 50 cent taps OF THENIGHT-$1.25/LB WEEK WING $2 Tuesdays, including BUFFALO, SMOKEY BBQ, PLAIN Happy Hour 7 - 9. $2 for all single shot mixers and all beers. $1 Ladies Night $2 bottles, import taps, $1.00 PABST AND PABST LIGHT Topless Karaoke live DJ Wristband Night buy one, get one free $2.50 JUMBO CAPTAIN AND Karaoke FLAVORED Kul Light BOTTLES$1.50 ROLLING ROCK closed beer pong, apps, single Tuesday $1 shot specials $1 shot specials BOTTLES $5 COLLEGE I.D. BACARDI MIXERS wear a bikini, drink free shot mixers, featured cans $2.25 BUD LIGHTS $1.00 SHOT $9 general public $3.00 JAGER BOMBS shots, and 50 cent taps OF THE WEEK

football $1 night domestic Kul beer: Light $1.50 Mexicancans beer: $2.00

N3287 County rd.

OA 1904 Campbell

$4.50

beers & rails 7 -$1.00 midnight 7 - midnight 7 - CL All day, everyday: Shots of Doctor, $2.00 Cherry Bombs, $1.75 Silos of Busch Light/Coors 7 - midnight Happy

Tequila’s chips & salsa, Mexican Monday $2.00 Corona, $2 Coronas, $2.50 Corona Light, Cuervo Mike’s, Mike-arita

$2.50 X-Rated Mixers $2 Captain Mixers $2 Premium Grain Belt $2 Snake Bites

pepper & egg sandwich Italian beef meal: domestic pitchers $6.69 meal: $5.00 barrel parties2 Chicago at cost dog meal: Italian sausage meal: pepper & egg sandwich $5.89 $6.69 Italian beef meal: meal: $4.50, fish $6.15 sandwich meal: $4.99, 2 Chicago dog meal: $4.50 domestic pitchers Pitcher and Pizza $10 Italian sausage meal: $3.45 $6.15

7 - midnight 7- CL: $2 Malibu madness Guys' Night $2 pineapple $1.25 upsidedown cake

7 - midnight 7- CL: $1 rail mixers Ladies' Night $2 Bacardi mixers

chicken$4 & veggie full fajitas pint Irish for Bomb two Car

Fox Hollow Goal Post

Dad's Beer"

for 1 $5 All 2Mojitos taps

Fiesta Dan’s Mexicana Place

N3287 County OA

batterfried cod, fries, $2.50 Bomb Shots beans, and garlic bread $2.50 Ketel One Mixers $5.50 $2 Retro Beers "Your

HAPPY HOUR 4 - 7

$4 full pint Irish closed Car Bomb

5200 Mormon Coulee 411 3rd st.

Saturday

Buck Buck Night Night starts starts at at 66 p.m. p.m.

Coconut Joe’s Dan’s Place 223 3rd Pearlst.st.

411

Friday

$9.00

9-cl$3.50 Domestic pitchers $1.75 domestic bottles

shrimp Ladies Night buy one, get one free burrito wear a bikini, drink free

chili Karaoke verde $1 shot specials

Asklive server DJ for details $1 shot specials Ask server for details

HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY 3 - 6

HAPPY HOUR 6 AM - 9 AM

$1.25 beer pong 6 p.m. $8.95 16 oz steak BURGERS

free wings 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Bucket of Domestic Cans 5 for $9.00

25 CentHOUR Wings HAPPY

Buy Buy one one gyro gyro get get one one half half price price

free free baklava, baklava, ice ice cream cream or or sundae sundae with with meal meal

$1.25 $1.25 domestic domestic taps taps buy buy one one burger burger get get one one half half price price

HAPPY HOUR 9-cl- $1 rails, $2.50 pitchers, Beer Pong All day (everyday!) $1.75 domesticspecials $1.25 Old Style Light bottles $1.50 LAX Lager/Light $1 shots of Dr.

$5 AUCD

HAPPY HOUR 3 - 8 $8.95 16 oz. steak $8.95 1/2 lb. fish platter

5 p.m. - 10 p.m.

EVERYDAY 3 -7 9-cl and$1.25 9 - 11 rails, $1.75 bottles/cans

Karaoke

GREEK GREEK ALL ALL DAY DAY buy buy one one appetizer appetizer appetizer half price appetizer half price get one half price get one half price with meal with meal 9-cl -$2 captain mixers, $2 bottles/cans, $3 jager bombs

9-cl $2 bacardi mixers, $2 domestic pints, $1.50 shots blackberry brandy

HAPPY HOUR2-CL 5-7 Thirsty Thursday 3 12 oz. dom. taps $2 $1 vodka drinks $1 12 oz taps

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday & drink specials ] COMMUNITY SERVICE [ Area food

LA CROSSE Jai's Bar 168 Rose st.

JB’s Speakeasy 717 Rose st.

The Joint 324 Jay st.

Legend’s

Happy Hour 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. everyday. $1.50 rails & domestics

$3 bloodys $1 priced-to-move bottles

$1.75 domestic bottles

$1.75 domestic bottles

1/2 off Pearl Street pitchers during Packer game

4 - 8 p.m.

Bacardi $3 doubles/pints

closed

223 Pearl st.

The Library 123 3rd st.

$2 Guinness all day

come in and find out ... you’ll be glad you did

closed closed

Nutbush

Ladies' night 7-CL buy one, get one rails and dom. bottles

$1.75 domestic bottles

$2 Boddington's English Pub Ale ALL DAY

50 cents off all drinks 7-CL

$1.00 off all Irish shots $2.50 pints of Guinness $3.00 imperial pints

every day $1 shots of Doc

$1 taps $1 rails 1/2 price Tequila

All your fav drinks at low prices

HAPPY HOUR 5 - 7

4 - 8 p.m. domestic bottles/rails $1.75

closed

$2 Irish Car Bombs (go out the Irish way) 7-CL

4 - 8 p.m. domestic bottles/rails $1.75

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

5 - 7 p.m.

2-4-1 happy hour

great drinks!

$2 SHOTS OF GOLDSCHLAGER $5 DOUBLE VODKA ENERGY DRINK $3 Bacardi mixers $3 jumbo Long Islands

$3 Three Olives mixers $3 jumbo Long Islands

HAPPY HOUR 3 - 6

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 $2 Screwdrivers and $2 Domestic Bottles w/NFL Sun. Ticket

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.

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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 4-9

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

$1 Dr. shots $3 16 oz Captain mixers

$2 Long Islands, PBR bottles, Captain mixers

15 cent wings

$1 Dr. shots $3 16 oz Captain mixers

$2.75 deluxe Bloodys ‘til 7, $5 lite pitchers 7 - 12

$1.75 rails $1 PBR mugs

Thursday

Friday

Thursday $1 O-Bombs/ Bazooka Joes, Wristband Night

Saturday $2.50 Captain $2.50 Jager Bombs & Polish

$2 u-call-it (except top shelf)

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

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 12/11 - 12/17

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Just A Roadie Away...

Thursday, December 11

December 13, continued

Kreekside Irene Keenan Jr.

7:00

Players Live DJ

10:00

Bluffland All ages Open Mic

8:00

Popcorn Tavern Bottom of the Barrel String Band

10:00

8:00

Coconut Joe's Live DJ

10:00

Pert' Near Sandstone

Draught Haus

Thur., 12/11

9:00

The Recovery Room Live DJ

Legend's Live DJ

10:00

Justin Bell & Lazy Susan

Acoustic Cafe

Fri., 12/12

9:00

Bus Boys

Ed's (no-name) Bar

Fri., 12/12

Maudlin, Wake Up Bedhead, White Light Riot, Good Luck & Godspeed

Draught Haus

Fri., 12/12

MoonDawg

Jefferson's Riverside Center Fri., 12/12

Chief Bender's Burden

Blue Heron/Book Shelf

Sat., 12/13

August the First

Winona Arts Center

Sat., 12/13

Ringside Comedy Night Dan’s Place Live DJ

Players '80s Night w/ Shuggypop Jackson

10:00

Popcorn Tavern LAX All-stars

10:00

Sunday, December 14

Nutbush Live DJ

10:00

Nighthawks Dave Orr's open jam

10:00

Coconut Joe's Live DJ

10:00

Popcorn Tavern Christmas Party! Free beer and food, open jam 10:00

27,069

Monday, December 15 George St. Pub Adam Palm’s Open Jam Popcorn Tavern Shawn's open jam

Friday, December 12

Winona population

9:00 10:00

Totally 80’s Party SPONSERED BY:

Players Live DJ

10:00

Howie's The Pat Waters Band

9:00

Tuesday, December 16 Nutbush Live DJ

10:00

Popcorn Tavern George and Tim acoustic Trio

10:00

Popcorn Tavern Paulie

10:00

Coconut Joe's Live DJ

10:00

Alumni Brownie's Open Jam

10:00

Legend's Live DJ

10:00

JB's Speakeasy For Blood, Orwell, Impaler

10:00

Wednesday, December 17 Howie’s Comedy Night

8:30

Saturday, December 13

Library Karaoke

9:00

The Warehouse Iron Thrones (xEverest), Orwell, Battlehero, Miss August (xAsthmatic Mass)

Nighthawks Irene Keenan Jr.

9:00

6:00

Howie's Delta Routine

Coconut’s Live DJ

10:00

9:30

Players Karaoke

10:00

JB's Speakeasy Maudlin with White Light Riot, Popcorn Tavern and Wake up Young 10:00 Brownie's open jam Second Supper vol. 8, issue 143

10:00

THURSDAYs DJ'S SPINNING 80’S MUSIC New Wave, Punk, Hip Hop, Electro Funk

Awards for Best 80's Outfits

Drink Specials 21+ No Cover @ Players

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Downtown La crosse, above fayzes - 782-6622

Good People, Good Drinks, Good Times

How does Al Gore's household keep Christmas politically correct?

On Christmas morning, they give the presents TO the tree.

$2.00 - 1 Player, $3.00 - 2 Players 50 cents Off Drinks, $1 Off Pitchers

$1.75 - Light Taps $1.75 DR. Shots

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$1.50 Bud/Miller Lite $2.00 Domestics 7-12pm & PBR Taps $2.50

$1.75

Skyy/Abs. Mixers 10-1AM

$2.00 Dr. Drinks

$2.75 Deluxe Bloody Marys â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til 7:00 PM $5.00 Light Pitchers 7:00PM - Midnight December 11, 2008

La Crosseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Largest Sports Bar

Pick The Pros Every Sunday With Miller Lite @ Ringside $5.00 Miller Buckets, $2.25 Bottles and Taps, $6.00 Pitchers

223 Pearl St - Downtown La Crosse/782-9192

! s y a d s e u T 2 $ W/ $.50 Taps $2 Appetizer Menu Wing NIght Wednesdays

Wing Of The Month

Honey BBQ $1 PBR/PBR Light

Saturday December 13th $2.50 $3 Jager Bombs

Jumbo Flavored Bacardi Captain Morgan Mixers

CHECK OUT ALL OUR SPECIALS IN COMMUNITY SERVICE

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