FREE Volume 9 Issue 149 February 5, 2009
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Words that are still kind of weird to say out loud 1. n00b 2. lolz 3. brb 4. Google 5. pwnd 6. wtf 7. fap Web sites that used to be better 1. Facebook.com 2.YouPorn.com 3. StuffWhitePeopleLike.com 4. Pandora.com 5. Pitchforkmedia.com 6. TheOnion.com 7. AskJeeves.com
Do this What: Martin Atkins' Tour Smart When: Sunday, February 8, 2009 Where: The Warehouse, 328 Pearl Cost: Free tickets, but reservation required Martin Atkins of the industrial mega-group Pigface is returning to the Warehouse this Sunday, but this time, he's not bringing his band. Instead, Atkins is putting on a presentation. Converting his recent how-to book, Tour Smart, into a working seminar, he will be discussing the ins and outs of the music business and touring. This will be an essential event for any musician who is looking beyond townie borders and wants to make a serious career of playing live music. Better still, the Warehouse is putting this event on absolutely free of charge — the only catch is that you must sign up and reserve your place at the show. Go to toursmartlacrosse.eventbrite.com and get your tickets for one of the most unique events to hit town this year. This is a must-see event for any musician, offered by a guy who has been playing longer than most of us have been alive, and delivered by a venue that cares enough about the message to pick up the tab. — Brett Emerson
Letter from the Editor It’s funny the way we talk about the Internet. It crept over us so quickly that we’ve had to wing terminology and co-opt metaphors just to begin to understand it. World Wide Web? The term sounds archaic these days, a sales pitch from an era when global communication seemed impossible and people required spider imagery just to fathom it. Even though our web metaphor lives on in the tongue-twisting “www,” today the concept of the Internet as a “World Wide Web” seems quaint.We’re more likely to talk about the “fabric of the Internet,” as if there would be no possible gaps in the information contained within. Most of our online idioms comes from programmer shorthand — think bugs, cookies, and mouse — or from science fiction novels. Neal Stephenson, in particular, popularized a cache of cyberlingo in the early 1990s, but perhaps the most notable for this issue is “avatar,” which our Sanskrit-speaking readers may translate as "passes or crosses down." In Hinduism, an avatar is a supreme being who presents himself on earth in human or other form. On message boards, an avatar is the visual image a user places next to his words as the virtual representation of himself. It is en empowering concept, creating your own identity, but as our society moves increasingly cyber, we’re starting to uncover the consequences of living so libertine. As usual, Chuck Klosterman explored this concept first, and probably better than anyone else, when he wrote an essay on Miley Cyrus for Esquire last August. In explaining her mysterious fame, Klosterman posited that teens have an innate understanding of Cyrus, the actress who essentially plays two characters on Disney’s Hannah Montana: the titular pop star and her real-life alter ego Miley Stewart. I haven’t seen the show myself, but I gathered that Cyrus acts out the discord between her “public” self and her “actual” self — which can be a daily dilemma for the MySpace- and Facebook-addicted amongst us. Second Supper Issue 149 is loosely structured around the concept of identity in the Cyber Age. Shuggypop Jackson peeps the digital duality of Gary Becker — Racine mayor by day, pederast by AIM — while Ben Clark illuminates the anonymous world of 4chan.org, the bizarre photo clearinghouse where we scooped many of the images for our cover. With typical aplomb, Maria Pint undertakes another ritual of the digital age: bitching about social networking sites while simultaneously updating scads of personal data. Having an online identity is no longer an oddity in America; it is our new reality. Yet it also seems inevitable: What could be more American than vainly padding your resume on a corporate-owned networking site that pair advertisers to users via self-provided marketing data? Welcome to Cyberlife. Take care of your avatar. — Adam Bissen
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Sometimes, the technology in my life really drives me nuts. There’s the obvious cell phone thing, where it dies in the middle of a conversation and you think, “Couldn’t you have just made it one minute longer?! You’re a pansy cell phone.” Then there’s the iPod/iTunes problems that arise; why oh why does iTunes not want me to put music on there that I illegally downloaded? It seems a little asinine to me. Ultimately, the biggest technology problems I have stem from my computer though. Don’t worry, I’m not going to complain about my Internet browser again; thanks to a little help from my friends (shout out to rentonmike) I got that all figured out. No no, the problems I have right now occur once I get online. That’s right, Facebook; let’s be honest, that’s all I use the Internet for. Facebook is really pushing my buttons these days and I don’t appreciate it one bit. I used to love you Facebook, now I just feel trapped in our relationship. I’m no longer satisfied with what we have together and I want out. That’s really something to consider though. Logically speaking, it would really be a great idea for me to get rid of my profile. In a year and a half I will apply for jobs and potential employers are just going to judge me based on my tagged photos and wall posts; please, pay no attention at all to my long list of qualifications. But do I get rid of my Facebook? Heck no! What if someone I went to middle school with has a baby all of a sudden? I would never know and that would be a crying shame. So I continue to digitally ruin my reputation and Facebook is laughing all the way to the bank now that they sold out. I think this is what you call an unhealthy addiction. And now Facebook is really crossing the line with all of these applications.You can “Speed Date” on Facebook, grow a “(Lil) Green Patch” of your own or “Send HOTNESS!” Send hotness, really? I legitimately laughed out loud (lol) when someone sent that one to me. I mean I get it, I’m hot and all, but there’s no need to send me more hotness on Facebook. What I hate most about all of these applications is that it just feeds into the egotistical nature of my generation. You can add a count-
down to some important event in your life that no one else cares about. Or you can mark on a map everywhere you’ve been in the world since we obviously are wicked jealous that you’ve been to Kentucky and Canada. Or you can just Super Poke people, because that’s not creepy or anything. What I find to be more annoying than the more flashy applications out there though, is when people write notes about themselves. Now this has been going on since the beginning of Facebook I’m sure, but the annoying level has just been turned up a notch.There is now a chain-note, if you will, circulating Facebook titled “25 Things” and it is absolutely ridiculous. The premise is to write twenty-five things about yourself that people may or may not know about you…and then you make people read it. I would rather call someone up and say, “Hey, I’m going to talk about me for ten minutes and you are going to listen and comment at the end with something witty and clever. Then I’m going to hang up.” Or I would rather write a weekly column in a local newspaper about my life and make people read it; ha ha, that option is not available to you common folk. The thing about the “25 Things” note though, is that you’re supposed to tag twentyfive of your friends and then they in turn have to create a list of their own and tag you back. I have been tagged a billion times (no, that’s not an approximation people) and have yet to create a list of my own. I feel a little guilty for never sending the back all these times, so let me just give you all a short list of things about me: 1. I hate numbered lists, but I love numbers. My favorite number is 890/891 (type it into a scientific calculator and you shall see why). 2. I’m wicked mean when I want to be, kind of like a hippopotamus. Bet you didn’t know that, did you? Hippos are crazy territorial and wicked mean; they kill people all the time. I still think they’re cute though. 3. I am full of random facts (like number 2 for example) that I like to spit out all the time, even when inappropriate. 4. I absolutely love it when people write to my Second Supper email account (maria.pint@ secondsupper.com) and tell me what they think of my column. Probably because I’m fairly egotistical myself; I blame this on Facebook and its evil applications. 5. I’m bored with this list already. See, wasn’t that boring for everyone to read just now?! Imagine if I would have legitimately typed out twenty-five things about myself, yikes. Consider yourselves very lucky, readers.
Size 13 adventure: part three
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brett.emerson@secondsupper.com Kwik Trip waited, two blocks away. The Leprechaun didn’t want to go inside, but the rest of us needed candy to dull the sting of what we had just witnessed. As CJ Slugger and the Snake wandered the store, I collected a pack of minty, minty gum. At the register, a white and yellow box of goodness caught my eye. Lemon Heads. Exquisite. “Why did you buy Lemon Heads?” Lep asked, back in the car. His tone was snotty, but a moment later his fingers were in the box, stealing my candy. Snake opened and shut his Valentine’s Day card as we drove to Coulee Golf Bowl. “I’m So Excited,” it stuttered. “I’m so, I’m so, I’m so…” The mechanism broke off after the 100th time. We ditched the card and played the joybuzzer itself, until that, too, broke. The bowling alley was clogged; our dreams of ten pound balls were dashed. Without a word or question, CJ pulled out from the lot and turned right, North. The CJ Slugger default plan had been put into action. We were going to a strip club. But we’d need money, and so we went to yet another Kwik Trip. CJ, of course, had saved up his singles, but the rest of us needed to use an ATM. It was broken. We had to buy something in store to get our Jacksons. Snake and Lep scrounged the candy aisle in search of the cheapest fare. I scanned with them, but wanted none of it, nor the overpriced cans of soup or bottles of vodka. A sideways whim instead steered me to aisle’s end, where I grabbed a cheap, detergent-tasting loaf of Kwik Trip bread. “Why the hell did you buy a loaf of bread?” Snake laughed as we hobbled along the ice and
back to the car. As we drove through Holmen, I said nothing, just continued to crush the bread between my hands. I don’t remember what obnoxious thing Lep said. It’s irrelevant; I was looking for any opportunity to strike.Turning around in the shotgun seat, I hurled my breadball, now hard as a baseball, into his chest.The thud knocked his breath away. Before he threw the breadball from the window, he whimpered. Trempealeau was a ghost town of icy shit as we crawled along the street. When the highway took a 90 degree right, the road lifted steeply upward. In the present conditions, climbing that hill was like climbing a mountain. It’s surprising that we made it up. We drove on and away, mocking orphans. After miles of slick darkness, the lights of Four Mile gleamed in the distance. CJ slowed the car, making ready to turn into its parking lot. The turn went wrong. Ice had finally caught up with us. The car lost all control and spun into the entrance’s snowbank.The impact furthered the spin, and for a second we rode the Gravitron. We stopped in the center of the driveway, half out, half in, 360 degrees well spent. A car was coming. I wondered if it was going to hit us, but it avoided us and drove away. “That was some Dukes of Hazzard shit!” I cheered with hindsight security. I’ve been to strip clubs, but not around here. The awkward dread that I would run into someone I knew, a former classmate turned lap dancer, kept me away. Four Mile was a new place for me.Within seconds I assessed it as an incidental strip club, a bar that just happened to have a corner full of naked dancing ladies. That incidental, however, was enough to jack the price of a screwdriver up to five bucks. CJ paid for the first round, and my three friends descended to the tip rail. Not me. The allure of pay-for-play nudity and illusory dry-humping has long since abandoned me, so I hugged the bar instead, huddled over my drink, avoiding eye contact. Every so often I would look over my friends, at their blank, cool expressions as some dame rubbed tits against face or draped hair along crotch in simulated blowjob.Watching these transactions was creepy. Eventually, the Snake had enough and joined me. As we smoked, a stripper drifted next to him and began the telemarketing. They talked of Christmas presents and Global Positioning Systems, the random chatter that inevitably leads to the same question: Do you want a dance? I stared into my drink, unwilling to be a customer. Of course, we’re all customers to someone. As I tried to ignore the salesmanship to my left and the Top 40 hip-hop everywhere else, my someone slid up behind me and tried to upsell. “Excuse me,” she said, soaked with an Eastern European accent, “I’m going up next. Would you care to make a donation?”
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Let me start this off by saying Second Supper is totally down with masturbation. While there are literally thousands of ways to get down with your bad self, I'm going to focus on one area in particular, cybersex. For those of you out there who haven't been keeping up with the technological ways of the world, let me give you a brief lesson. Basically, "cybering" involves two people exchanging sexually explicit messages to one another over the Internet. Chat rooms were once the main domain of this activity, but these days it seems to happen most commonly via instant messenger programs. Many couples regularly do it while at work, talking dirty to each other to kill the tedium and give them something to look forward to later. Many single people do it with people they meet on social networking or dating sites, in some cases the less they know about the other person, the better.This later allows for fantasies to be indulged. Cybering can be thought of as a form of role-playing where imagination and a suspension of disbelief come into play. That shy bookish person you see at the café who never makes eye contact with anybody just might be a first rate seducer via the virtual world. Cybering can be playful and flirty, or it can be raw and vulgar. Masturbation can take place, but it doesn't necessarily have to to qualify as cybersex. Web cams are sometimes incorporated, allowing people to watch one another. Often, similar to Kip and Lafawnda from Napoleon Dynamite, individuals can develop online boyfriends or girlfriends, where their relationship is based off of online chats, seldom meeting one another IRL (in real life). After that little rundown, I'm sure you, the reader, already have preconceived judgments in your heads. Some might think it is for sick perverts, others view it as pathetic and sad, while on the other side of the fence, many consider it hot and a safe way to let your dirty mind run wild. Then there are those in the middle, similar to a gay clergyman or Republican politician, who totally get off on it in private, but would never admit to doing it and are ashamed of it, thus publicly declaring it the former. I'm not here to sway opinions one way or the other, I'm just presenting the facts, and the facts are, millions of people cyber. Perhaps replacing the market that used to be filled by 1-900 numbers or Fabio novels, cybering — and to a lesser extent, its text message version (sexting) — is far more common that you most likely realize. Some of you may have heard about the recent incident involving the mayor of Racine, who got arrested Dateline: To Catch a Predator-style after cybering with an undercover agent who was posing as a 14-year-old girl. On his profile, listed under interests was the line "seducing all age females into being hot sluts." The several hour chat is readily available online in its entirety, and depending on your persuasion, it will either churn your stomach, or be comedic fodder to give you the lulz. Essentially, the former mayor set up a meeting at a Victoria Secret store in a Milwaukee mall where he would buy lingerie for the girl, and then they would go to a hotel room. Throughout the course of the chat, much of it small talk chatter, the former mayor frequently gets vulgar, the most sensationalistic lines being:
"u can cuddle in my lap anytime. especially if u wear a short lilgirl skirt"
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"i wish i was there to make u kinda sorta dripping. lick u till u cum" "what do you like best? being eaten? titties sucked? kissed? cuddled? fucked? tell me baby" "does it make u wet to chat like this with an older man?" While this is a prime example of seedy underbelly of the Internet, the one censors won't allow Chris Hansen to explicitly show, the one that has created a parental paranoia about their kids gong online, I personally find myself wondering what makes a guy like this tick.We live in a culture where celebrity jailbait in provocative poses such as Miley Cyrus and early Britney Spears have become commonplace to sell magazines,Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita about a man obsessed with a young girl is considered a classic, allegations against Michael Jackson's behavior with kids, and stories that seem to pop up constantly about teachers having sexual relations with a student, our society seems to be saturated with different levels of pedophilia. In Roman times, it was perfectly normal for a man to desire and pursue young boys and make them sex slaves, but we don't live in Roman times. I would like to assume that the majority of adults out there have been conditioned to not be attracted to youths, and even if they are, they know better than to actually pursue those thoughts. I'm too lazy right now to research what the laws are regarding these behaviors, but I assume they aren't too friendly to the violators. Why do these humans do this stuff again and again? What goes on inside their thought process that makes them enact these fantasies? Does modern technology and the advent of cybering allow more adults to indulge these fantasies about sexual relations with children who normally wouldn't do so? People who knew the former Racine mayor, those who went to church with him, socialized with him in town, were all stunned when the story broke of his arrest. They all said he was a decent guy who seemed harmless, with a wife and child, and never would have suspected the perversions that lurked in his head. In the efforts, sometimes overzealously so, to protect our children from behaviors that many would consider inappropriate, what can we learn from this? For teens, just becoming aware of and exploring their sexuality, is cybering with their peers a right of passage that many participate in, one that is free from pregnancy or disease and perhaps should even be encouraged by parents? Why is Shuggypop presenting so many questions about this topic? Recent reports showing how teens who have been told to wait until marriage to lose their virginity have been increasingly exploring oral and anal sex instead, a practice columnist Dan Savage has humorously called Saddlebacking, named after pastor Rick Warren's church. Perhaps it's time to stop being in denial of what our children are up to, and instead approach the topic informed and encourage open and honest conversation.
By Ben Clark
benjamin.clark@secondsupper.com We are Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. This is the credo that thousands of users of the Web site www.4chan. org visit everyday. 4chan, at first, seems pretty innocuous for a site that has gained notoriety by being labeled from news sources as a breeding ground for cyber-terrorists (one Fox news special went as far as to call 4chan users “hackers on steroids” and described the site as an “Internet hate machine”). Bill O’Reilly called the page a “leftist site” that provides child pornography to sick individuals, and demanded that the owner of the site be arrested after it became apparent that it was users from 4chan who hacked into Sarah Palin’s email and posted images. Shortly thereafter, O’Reilly’s own Web site was hacked by the terrible legions of Anonymous. Why? Simple. They did it for the lulz (laughs)! What type of site can possibly bring all this havoc to the wild west of the Internet? 4chan is the largest English-language image board on the Internet with one of the most basic set ups imaginable. Nobody has to register or create an account to post, and everything remains, you guessed it, anonymous. At any given moment, there are upwards of 25,000 individual users on the variety of image boards on the site, creating over two million individual posts and uploading over nine gigs of content. These users come from all over the world; misfits it would appear that all band together and form one of the largest collective forces seen on the 'net. And they all center on one board in particular, and it is simply titled “Random,” or as it is known to its many users, /b/. The image board for random is exactly what it sounds like. People are unable to start a new thread without first posting a picture, and my oh my, the things that get posted. Pictures of Internet fads (lolcats started at 4chan, as did the Rick Roll and a large number of other memes), pornography, car accidents, botched suicides, and other large amounts of Photoshopped images. There is no filter system in place, and moderators are (supposedly) monitoring the site at all times to ensure that nothing illegal pops up (read: child pornography) in the images.The weirdest thing about the board is, despite the fact that there is no order to the Web site (threads will disappear in minutes, with new ones constantly popping up), the image board spawned an entire sub-culture out of, well, nothing. Everybody that posts on the site is admittedly only there “for the lulz” and when these users decide to target somebody
or take down a Web site, the whole board will get into it the attack. Not for any sense of doing right or showing the world that they are indeed a force to be reckoned with, but instead that it might be good for a laugh or two. Anonymous is starting to gain more attention worldwide, mostly due to its international protests of Scientology. This summer, people all over the world had the opportunity to see a bunch of teenagers wearing Guy Fawkes masks and holding up signs that read “All hail Lord Xenu!” and “Can I has Cheezburga?” outside of Scientology temples. All of these protests occurred under the reasoning that Scientology was a cult that ruined people’s lives and should be stopped, but this was simply an afterthought. The protests served as nothing more than ample opportunity for thousands of bored youngsters to go out and act out their favorite Internet fads in real life. Events like this are not the only thing that has helped 4chan hit the mainstream. On October 28, 2006, the Department of Homeland Security warned NFL of a potential terrorism threat against stadiums in several large cities. The origin of the threat? A 21-year-old grocery store clerk from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin! Jake Brahm posted the threat as a joke on 4chan’s Random board, and it was subsequently picked up by the FBI. He is now currently serving a six month prison term. The most fascinating aspect of the online identity of Anonymous is how structured the identity has become. If one were to go to /b/ without prior knowledge of what to expect, it would appear to be living up to its name; chaotic and full of disorder. However, if one looks deeper, you begin to see the same inside jokes appear, old and new Internet fads constantly being posted. Anonymous isn’t so much an identity as it is a completely new sub-culture, created and existing solely on the Internet. It has its own language, its own rituals and habits, and its own belief system; all of this residing completely on the Internet without any connections to world outside. 4chan, in my opinion, would be any sociologist’s day dream — an entire society made up of people coming from different cultures, but ultimately, forming one complete community, and all without ever leaving their apartment. And there you have it. What appears to be simply on the surface to be an opportunity for people to try to shock, entertain or disgust people is in reality indicative of human’s natural ability to bring order to chaos. It seems that we as a species demand order and structure within our lives, and watching the interactions on /b/ is no different. So until the next “raid” that the board decides to unite against…always keep an eyeful watch behind you while you are surfing the Web. We are Anonymous. We are legion.We do not forgive.We do not forget.
Tell us about your online self
Frank I describe myself as I am, I don’t lie... But I have to say "Wickidy Wack."
Ryan Ottinger 6 foot 2 inches tall, 250 pounds. Enjoys long walks on the beach, especially in January.
Ashley Rickey Creative, artistic. I like art, so that’s what it’s all about.And music. It’s all about music, if that makes sense?
Katie Henderson I’m not really on the Internet. I had a MySpace and Facebook, and there was too much drama.
Jason Wild Um, I would have to say awesome. Yeah, for sure awesome.
Andrew Hager My Internet persona, is named Andrew. He is exactly like me, only digital.
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Connected
By Nate Willer
foreign correspondent Have you ever thought about what your life would be like without Facebook, MySpace, Skype, MSN Messenger or any other Web pages? If you’re like most of my generation you can live quite comfortably without a TV — anywhere in the world — but if you strip us of our precious Internet we’re totally disconnected. The term "The Internet" is often used to describe what is actually the World Wide Web. The Internet is defined as a global system of interconnected computer networks that exchange data by packet switching using the standardized Internet Protocol Suit or TCP/IP.What that means is that the Internet is nothing more than a bunch of independent computer networks that share information using a common language. The World Wide Web is something entirely different. The Web is merely a series of connected hypertext documents and Webbased programs. Without the Internet there would be no Web, but without the Web there would certainly be an Internet, but it would not be the monster we know and covet. And what do we love most about the Web? Is it the access we have to virtually all known information? Or is it the ability we have to chat with anyone from anywhere at anytime? Or is it the availability of streaming and downloadable media? Or is it the fact that no matter how far away our friends may be we can always send them an e-mail or instant message to renew that friendship which might otherwise be totally lost? For me, the Second Supper’s foreign correspondent who has been living on the other side of the world for over two years, it’s all of these things. For me, and most of my friends living abroad, the Web is our lifeline to the world. If given the choice to have either cable, Internet access or a cell phone, I would without hesitation chose the Internet. I spent my first year abroad without a TV, let alone cable access.This didn’t stop me from keeping up with the happenings on my two favorite TV shows, Lost and Desperate Housewives. With bit torrent sites like demonoid.com where you can find and download any TV show imaginable mere minutes after the initial airing of the program, and streaming sites like surfthechannel.com where,
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that we all had to avoid using the Web for the day. With the Web it’s not "what can I find?" it’s "what can’t I find?" The Web is chalk full of information, about anything and everyone. With Web sites like Facebook and MySpace, you can stay in constant contact with old and new friends. These sites used to strictly be in English but with the increasing European and Asian population with Internet and Web access these sites have been translated into countless languages and allow its users to connect with people from around the world. Facebook and MySpace aren’t limited to teens and twentysomethings, but even Baby Boomers are Web networking. My mom just created a Facebook account and I have several aunts who are frequent users. Without these sites my time abroad would be a totally different trip. While these sites allow you to send messages, play games, and monitor your friend’s comings and goings (with stalker-like efficiency) they are seriously lacking in instant communication. However a quick Google search will show you to countless messenger programs like, Skype, MSN messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, A.I.M. and the all Korean NateOn messenger (a personal favorite of mine). These programs allow you to instantly converse. These chat programs have been around, in some form, since the inception of the Web. As I write this I think back to my first encounter with the Internet and the Web, which consisted mostly of cruising AOL’s teen chat rooms. This statement would be slightly pervish if I first encountered the Internet at the age of 25; however, I was 13 when my family first ‘logged’ on. These were the days of pay by the hour for connectivity. I still remember the ridiculous sounds the modem made when it attempted to connect to the Internet. The Internet had been around for a while back then, but the Web was still in its infancy and more importantly the
if you’re cramped for hard drive space you can stream your favorite shows with ease. Sites like these nearly make owning a TV a thing of the past. Why pay 30 dollars a month for cable when you can pay 30 dollars for the Internet and have access to so, so much more? The downloading and streaming of media isn’t limited to TV shows alone. As most of you know, and probably watched, the Super Bowl was on last Sunday. Now if you watched the telecast I’m sure you heard the announcers tell you that the Super Bowl was broadcast live in some 100 countries around the globe. What they failed to mention was that when it’s 7 p.m. in La Crosse it’s 9 a.m. in Seoul and 7 a.m. in Bangkok. So when they say it’s being broadcast, that is true but they don’t tell you how many people are actually watching it… I mean lets be honest, how many Thai people give two shits about the Super Bowl, especially at 7 a.m. when they could be sleeping or laying in the sun and enjoying the paradise they call home? There are some folks living or traveling abroad who can’t wait to catch the game and do shake themselves out of bed at the crack of dawn to watch and listen to the foreign announcers hoot and holler about the game and who knows what else. But for the rest of us, who’ve got better things to do at 7 a.m. on a Monday morning, we stream or downloaded it for viewing at a more convenient time. And you’d be amazed at how quickly it’s up for download or stream. Yesterday (Monday in South Korea) I met some friends for lunch, and by the time dinner had rolled around and ireless most domestic Super Bowl viewers Free W et! were passed out or arrested, we had Intern downloaded a copy of the game and ordered pizza and beer (Nearly all ig Ten B NFL, pizza restaurants here will deliver rk! Netwo beer) and we were ready to enjoy the game on our terms. Granted we all had to avoid the Web for most of the day to avoid seeing the score so the game would still hold its appeal. Sporting events are surprisingly unexciting when you already know the outcome. The hardest part wasn’t waiting to watch the game. It was the fact
content available on the Web was still being established. It wasn’t until people were given high-speed access to the Web that things really got interesting. Back then everyone was totally limited by the speed of their connection. There is no way anyone would be able to download the entire three-hour broadcast of the Super Bowl if they were connected using an old 36k modem. That would take roughly four days to download the entire thing. And streaming was totally out of the question. The most you could hope to stream back that was AOL’s signature "You’ve Got Mail" file. When I think about how much the Internet and Web have evolved in the last 15 years, I can’t help but wonder how much more can it evolve? As of today the Web is almost completely unregulated. Some Web sites do restrict the content allowed on their site, but if something is inappropriate for one site it’s probably more than appropriate for another.While there is no shortage of what’s available on the Web, and these days where we view the Web (i.e. the iPhone), what is missing from the Web, and the Internet is physical contact with something other than yourself or your computer. The computer gurus have yet to figure out how to physically send something through the Internet. So until that happens I’ll settle for e-mailing my family, while downloading last week’s Desperate Housewives episode, while chatting with Adam about this article, while streaming some kickin’ new tunes by Tobacco (if you don’t know them, check them out), while reading the news, while playing online games with someone in Malaysia, while Web ‘caming with a new friend in Poland, while updating my Facebook page (really just stalking you), and a slew of other things that should probably only be done alone, with your computer.
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CyberTrippin’: +44° 0’ 11.00’’, -91° 2’ 10.00’’
By Jacob Bielanski
jacob.bielanski@secondsupper.com It’s often said that the value of any trip is found not at its destination, but in the journey itself. Following a path to GPS coordinate +44° 0’ 11.00’’, -91° 2’ 10.00,’’ I’m now standing on a place earmarked by the National Register of Historic Places, staring across a shining, snow crusted valley. The process of getting here is half the enjoyment, as I take a moment to ponder my stance on this rocky escarpment. There is no one here, no signs denoting its importance, and no clear direction to this place — which is what makes it fantastic. I scramble down quickly because, in addition to taking in a beautiful view, I’m also trespassing. Four hours prior to this moment, this piece was shaping up to be a polite walk through Galesville, Wis. As I perused their comprehensive 19-page brochure entitle “Historic Galesville: Your Tour by Foot and Bike or Car” (www.galesvillewi.com/walkingtour.pdf), taking notes and preparing for the humor that oozes from a 19-page brochure (starting with the title), my wife chimed in, “Can the trip go through West Salem? We need to stop at the bank.” My daughter gurgled her agreement. A quick check of Google maps showed that there was no convenient way to get to La Crosse from Melrose — by way of Galesville and West Salem — without doing significant backtracking; maybe another time, Galesville. With precious little time for a deadline, I dragged the Google map down the line that would take us straight to our bank, noting the cities along the way. Highway 108 is a nice drive, but not necessarily peppered with population clusters conducive to a lazy travel writer. Burr Oak, Stevenstown...Mindoro! I’d once gotten a recommendation to eat at the Top Dawg and now had my story. This is the point where I reveal a little trick. Going to the Google search box, I typed in “Mindoro, wi wiki”. Wikipedia, for those just new to this decade, is a user-edited, online encyclopedia of anything that’s worth writing about. Cities — even the smallest ones — generally have an entry at least documenting their location, census statistics and other vital data. I do this, because sometimes I get lucky and there’s real information. In this instance I was greeted by five pristine sentences, spread out over three headings. Mindoro is an unincorporated community in La Crosse County. It is home to
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a posthumous medal of honor recipient of the Korean War, Stanley R. Christianson. The Mindoro cut — the deepest hand-hewn road in the nation — is located nearby.There was also one more little tidbit. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Mindoro,_Wisconsin) “Any of ya’ll ever heard of the Bell Coullee Rock Shelter?” the bartender at Top Dawg asked of some of the other patrons. Top Dawg was a fantastic choice for lunch, with the absolute best burgers I’d ever consumed. This “Pub and Grub” offers 108 different hamburger combinations (“Ahh, because of highway 108” My wife said), with hand-formed beef patties that taste as if the cow met its death only hours prior (not an appetizing image for some — incredibly appetizing for others). I took a chance on the Reuben burger, a 1/3 pound of beef with sauerkraut. It was heavenly. Filled with locals — some taking a lunch break with others manning the gaming machines — this place is sure to become a regular stop for me. The bartender seemed like a no-bullshit kind of guy, so I venture to ask him about this entry in Wikipedia. “Naw. I know of the Bell Coulee Church but…naw, never heard of that,” the he shrugged. No one had heard of this location that, according to Wikipedia, is 1/5 of what makes it a town. I left a good tip — food for two with a beer only came $14, making 15 percent seem like an insult. Wikipedia is a strange beast. The idea that an encyclopedia, edited by whoever feels qualified, could yield any useful information is a widely contested one. As Don Wyatt, the History Depatment Chair at Middlebury College said, “Even though Wikipedia may have some value, particularly from the value of leading students to citable sources, it is not itself an appropriate source for citation.” However, sometimes you don’t need perfect information to find what you’re looking for; if you’re not even sure what you’re looking for, Wikipedia is an even better fit. The article on Mindoro linked to a Wikipedia entry on the Bell Coulee Shelter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Coulee_Shelter). To quote: “Bell Coulee Shelter is a prehistoric rock shelter for an ancient people, located in Mindoro Wisconsin, in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.” Thanks guys. It looks like I’m going to write a piece on Top Dawg, and a hand-carved hole in the hill south of Mindoro. You lucky
readers, you. Before giving up, however, I reviewed the external links provided about the Bell Coulee Shelter. While the articles gave some insight into man-made rock shelters, cave art, and other ancient sites of western Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota, it gave little indication as to where in Mindoro the Bell Coulee Shelter could be found. The last link — one I was almost happy to ignore — was placed by Wikipedia themselves, “This article about a property in Wisconsin on the National Register of Historic Place is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.” I clicked the link that said “property in Wisconsin on the National Register of Historic Places.” Bingo. A list of all the counties in Wisconsin greeted me. Clicking on the “La Crosse” link, I was presented with every registered place and its address. Those places without a postal address, were denoted with coordinates. Those coordinates, when typed into Google maps, can show you exactly where something is located. Despite regularly commuting between Melrose and La Crosse, I’ve never had a reason to deviate down County Highway DE — I doubt many people have. Today, however, technology had given me a purpose, a destination that fell so far off the beaten path that it didn’t even have a name. Somehow this nefarious
beast called “the Internet” had transformed my day from a benign walkthrough of a quiet town, to a mad dash up a rocky escarpment. If I could find something so unique, so unspoiled, in just a 15 mile radius, imagine what can be found elsewhere. Charles Kuralt once said, “Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country, from coast to coast, without seeing anything.” I suspect he said this in light of the fact that our journeys had become so destination-based. While one could finger the Interstate as the culprit in this hate crime against road trips, I think any road — from County Highwy 108 to Interstate 90 — become a funnel when we fail to deviate. My recommendation — in addition to stopping at the Top Dawg off Highway 108 in Mindoro — is to find a good reason to deviate. Screw up the itinerary, throw a monkey wrench into the plans and find a destination — whether stupid or not — that takes you off your predetermined path. More often than not, the fun time is the spontaneous one and — except for the occasional indecent exposure citation — spontaneity doesn’t cost anything. As a final note to the owner of the property upon which the Bell Coulee Shelter rests, I offer my apologies for my brief trespass. Furthermore, I assure you that I stayed true to the school of “Take only pictures, leave only footprints.” I would like to explore this rock formation again and find a sustainable, non-damaging way for others to explore this treasure. If you read this, please email me at Jacob.Bielanski@ secondsupper.com.
February 5, 2008
How do you like Toby Keith now?!
By Shuggypop Jackson
shuggypop.jackson@secondsupper.com Oh dang, Toby Keith came and rocked the house down with his hell raising honky tonk! One of the biggest musical performers out there was here, in our town, to play a show, for us! And there was even pyrotechnics blowing up all over the stage! And you missed it? What, were you hippies at the Popcorn listening to Shoeless Revolution again for the 30th time instead? Or were you getting your jam on with Moon Boot Posse and The Smokin' Bandits at the Joint? Really hippies, while you were doing the saaaaaame shit as always, there was a motherfucking ICON in La Crosse! I'm assuming lots of fans were bummed, as tickets for the show sold out in 15 minutes despite the $60 price tag. Take that, recession! In the post-Red State/ Blue State era, Toby Keith is no longer lumped together with Wal-Mart, Fox News, NASCAR, and Bible thumpers as dyed-in-the-wool Red State identifiers who supported Bush and love 'merica. No way, Toby Keith is now the country singer for all of us. Let me help bridge that gap for you, hippies. Did you know Toby Keith has never supported the War in Iraq (though he is a hardcore troop supporter) and is in favor of setting a time limit for troop withdrawl? I bet you thought he was a polar opposite to your tree-hugging peace vibe, hippies (most likely because of that Angry American song that came out in 2002). He's even a registered Democrat. Seriously. Who knew? You know who was stoked for the Toby Keith concert? Well, it sure wasn't me. I don't have "A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action," "I Wanna Talk About Me," or "As Good As I Once Was" on my iPod. Yeah, I don't really get my smooth on in that style. But my mom does, and she was pumped! She even dragged my dad along with her. Sure, I'd like to think they came to La Crosse to visit me, and the concert tickets they just happened to have were a coincidence, but who am I fooling, I've got nothing on Toby Keith! You know what was the last concert my mom went to? Bob Dylan at the
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La Crosse Center in November, probably the same concert you went to, hippies. And according to my mom, whose credentials are giving birth to a professional music journalist and all around elitist snob (yours truly), Toby Keith was way more exciting than the Bob Dylan concert. She could understand what Toby Keith was saying and could even sing along since all of his songs get played on the radio station she listens to in the morning. She didn't recognize many songs at the Dylan concert. Toby Keith is a first rate showman, as if the previously mentioned pyrotechnics didn't clue you in on this yet. But, seeing as how I didn't go to the concert, and after the show my mom only talked about the wild drunk girl dancing in front of her, not about the stage presence of Toby Keith, I've got nothing. Instead, I'm going to tell you about the time I met Toby Keith. Several years ago, I had a weekend job working at the football stadium of the University I went to. Before the games, I stood at the ticket booth of an entrance hardly anybody used, and then once the game started, I had to go stand on the field in front of the cheerleaders to make sure nobody from the stands attacked them. It was while at the ticket booth that this rather large dude dressed in Oklahoma Sooner gear came up. Seeing as how this was at the University of Oregon, we didn't get too many fans of the other team coming through. By his size, I simply assumed he was a former Sooner player. He was very friendly towards me, which differed from the typical drunk meatheads I had to deal with. Once the game started, I went inside, took my position in front of the cheerleaders, and watched Adrian Peterson run wild on Oregon's defense. However, thanks to a blown call by a referee at the end of the game, Oregon won, and the loss was what kept Oklahoma out of the title game that year. Later that night at home, while watching the game on the replay that they show for the fans who apparently didn't get enough of it the first time, they kept flashing the camera to that big dude in the Sooner gear who kept yelling out "A.D. All Day Baby!" after Peterson made a big play. That big dude was, of course, Toby Keith. For the record, back then I had no idea who Toby Keith was or why the camera was so in love with him. The look of sheer disappointment the camera caught on his face when the game ended was a moment of infamy for the next few weeks around the Oregon campus. Poor dude. So, seeing as how he was such a friendly guy towards me before a football game (as well as how he got stoned with Willie Nelson on Willie's tour bus) my review, as confirmed by my mom, is that the Toby Keith concert was the best thing to happen to La Crosse since Obama showed up in the streets. Too bad all you hippies weren't there to see it.
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Reviews: Your Guide to Consumption Java Robust Porter Smuttynose Brewing Company Costa Rican Portsmouth, New Hampshire Bean Juice Coffee Roasters
It’s a rare day in publishing that an American media outlet ignores the East Coast. Plane crashes in the Hudson River with 100 percent survival rate — national tragedy. New York Yankees manager writes book — on every news show. Sure, it might be more fair if an Interstate collapse in Minnesota or endemic joblessness in Michigan received equal coverage, but who wants to hog all the bad news? We already hog the best beer. But while this column proudly presents its selections with a Midwest-centric focus, we will sip from the mugs of our coastal brethren if their beer gets to us — it’s just that our distributors usually err on the side of West Coast beers with an inferiority complex. The Smuttynose Brewing Company, though, is an eastern favorite and a perennial contender for America’s best craft brewery. You can’t find much of their product in La Crosse — and after quaffing this delicious Robust Porter, you’ll lament at what a shame that is. The beer pours a luscious mahogany color with a foamy oatmeal head, one of the most appealing I’ve seen in a while. The aroma is earthy but not overpowering, with a rush of espresso beans and foggy notes of cream and
dark fruits complimenting the roasted Appearance: 10 malts. For a porter, this beer is surpris- Aroma: 7 ingly refreshing. A cold liquid slides Taste: 9 down the throat like condensation on a Mouthfeel: 7 glass, and the flavor creeps from the Drinkability: 9 middle of the tongue outward, rising from hidden hops. This is Total: 42 definitely a porter with an American twist, but the acridity and grapefruit juice flavors pair surprisingly well with this dark smoky beer. And it’s crazy drinkable! The final flourish comes with that kick of hops, at first quenching like an American ale and then turning dry in the traditional British fashion, and the aftertaste goes on and on. Here I sit, having just finished the final bottle of my six-pack (acquired at Festival Foods), while the finish stays perpetually tasty, reminding me of the nearly flawless beverage I had just consumed.Well done, East Side. I may have to refill again soon. Respek! — Adam Bissen
Director: Darren Aronofsky Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood Writer: Robert Siegel
I can't decide who gives the better performance in a movie this year, Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, or Mickey Rourke as Randy "The Ram" Robinson. Maybe Rourke, partially because this is his "comeback" role, partially because The Ram is a fictional character. Rourke couldn't research Ram's life the way Penn could Milk's; Rourke built Ram from scratch, had to play him from the heart. Many a comment has been made on how Ram's descent into mediocrity mirrors Rourke's, but The Wrestler pretty much guarantees Rourke won't be considered mediocre anymore. Few Hollywood actors are tough enough to play this kind of role. The wrestling scenes — there aren't many of them, despite the title — require immense physicality. It's mostly Rourke in the ring on the receiving end of punches and body slams (though I can't imagine he actually took part in the film's gruesome "Hardcore Match"). The juxtaposition of Ram's in-ring
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about to be immersed in a very full and intense cup. This brew is brilliantly balanced, with a bold, earthy robustness at one end and a tangy, bright acidity at the other, an acidity that is wellbalanced enough to be quite pleasant and non-offensive. A pinch of melon and brown sugar sweetness, a dash of citrus brightness, and a whiff of raw almonds delivers a cup that is, above all, clean. As the cup cools, the sweetness blossoms like a pineapple flower. The clean taste of this coffee lacks the noise that is inherent in other beans. It lets you — no, it makes you — focus on the experience in your mouth.The best part of this coffee is the finish. This one finishes surprisingly strong, like the cross-country runner who can still sprint out the end, despite running a fast race all along. A lively finish, one that doesn’t dissipate, that refuses to give up — that is this coffee’s prime bragging point. — Amber Miller
Gettin' Shuggy with it
Film The Wrestler (2009)
This week we’re back to Central America to the fine coffee-growing country of Costa Rica. Having traveled to Costa Rica some years ago and indulging myself in cup after cup of the blackest coffee accompanied by endless plates of sun-warmed pineapple, I was — dare I say — skeptical when I saw that Bean Juice Coffee Roasters and Espresso Bar had started to roast that country’s exceptional beans. Naturally, I was nervous that Costa Rican coffee in Wisconsin’s February couldn’t hold a candle to the delicacy of that coffee in its place of origin. Oh, how wrong I was. But first, a prelude to this gem of a bean: Costa Rican coffees are grown at high altitude in volcanic soil.The weather is reasonably rainy, and the bean itself is rather dense as far as beans go. This coffee, like Guatemala’s, is classified as strictly hard bean, which means, if you will remember, that it is a member of the coffee elite. What does all of this translate to for the drinker of such exquisiteness? Let’s start with the color — this brew is so dark and black that you may forget there’s a cup under it. There is no translucency to this beautiful coffee, which is definitely a good thing in my book. And now to the nose — the aroma is complex and intriguing, a siren call to your taste buds, which, by the time you smell it, are
HHHH dominance with the figurative beating he takes from the outside world creates a tragicallysympathetic character, one who unaffectedly earns our respect.Though he can't pay the rent on his trailer, his estranged daughter (Wood) hates him, and he fruitlessly longs for a stripper named named Cassidy (Tomei), Ram was once the most popular wrestler in the world. We don't know how he fell from grace, not that it matters why or how; what matters is his current struggle to be the responsible, selfless person he never was. Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) has made arguably, alongside Milk, the year's most inspirational film. Though Ram's current situation is a sad predicament, you never feel sorry for him. His life may be pitiful, with despair and regret lingering at every turn, but the film doesn't evoke cheap pity from the audience. The Wrestler doesn't overdose on melodrama, and it provides its characters no easy way out. It might give audience members a degree of satisfaction, but none that makes you feel wholesome or relieved. And despite not receiving a Best Picture Oscar nomination, The Wrestler — sorry, Batman — is the year's best movie.— Nick Cabreza
Oh hi, right now I am listening to music on the Web site muxtapes.com. Muxtape was started last March by a guy who was a DJ at a radio station I used to work at. The Web site allowed users to create playlists, similar to what a free form radio DJ does, from their private stock of mp3s and then anybody who goes on the site can stream them. The site, extremely minimalist in nature, was intended as a way to turn others on to music, similar to what mix tapes were in the '80s and what mix CDs have been recently, without all the annoying spamming found on other sites. Part file sharing, part social networking among music obsessives, and part webcasting, the site took off via word of mouth, with 8,685 users registered in the first day and 97,748 in its first month. Publications such as Wired magazine took note and the hype surrounding the site was exciting. Enter the lawyers from the record labels, who agreed that the potential for this site was amazing, but of course, royalties needed to be collected. In August, the site was disabled, with a message saying things needed
to be worked out with the RIAA and it would be back eventually in a slightly tweaked version. In September, the creator of Muxtape published on the site a lengthy description of the backroom dealings that were going on, in what is a fascinating look at how the record labels are taking on the recent trends in downloading and file sharing that are causing their profits to plummet. On January 27, the site relaunched its new version. Muxtapes now is a site where individual bands can create profiles to post their mp3s, similar to MySpace without the Rupert Murdoch overlording and annoying "wanna chat" cam whores. Eventually, users can then create playlists off of these songs. The relaunch is starting in a trial version with 12 handpicked bands including Of Montreal, Girl Talk, Dan Deacon and Amanda Palmer from the Dresden Dolls. Within the upcoming weeks, the site will be allowing other bands to sign up and create profiles too. Take that, MySpace Tom! — Shuggypop Jackson
February 5, 2008
Future Sons by Noah Singer
Size 13, continued Figuring that it would be easier to pay for my solitude, I shrugged and grabbed my wallet. Without really looking at the bill, I pulled out a five and turned around. The woman was dyed blonde, middle aged, with a mole on the side of her nose. She smiled at me, opening her frilly top so I could slip in the cash, perchance to grope a tit. I kept the cash between us and touched nothing else. “Is it still bad out?” she asked. “Uh-huh,” I muttered. “It was shit when I drove here at 3:30,” she said, pronouncing shit like it was ghost’s clothes covered in cigarette smoke. “My SUV almost went off the road.” As I ignored her plight she thanked me for my donation and took the stage to European electronica. Snake and I began a discussion of Tim Burton brand loyalty. And that was that, until later, when CJ left the rail and disappeared. My European darling returned as Snake was in the bathroom. “Your friend told me to give one of you a dance,” she said. “I choose you because you tip so nice.” I looked to the bathroom. “Can you give it to him, instead?” She seemed disappointed, but nodded. When Snake came out, I pointed at him. “You’re up,” I said. As the woman led him away, Snake apologized to her for having wet hands, having just washed them. After my three friends rejoined me at the bar, she lounged on the other side. CJ became her focus, and they showed each other pictures of their children. There may have been a C-section scar displayed. At this point, I looked off at the rail and noticed a stripper violently thrusting her ass into the face of someone I used to work with. Awkward. On the road home we mused about the townie scumbags we used to know, from one-nuts to crippleraping child pornographers. Lep declared our middle-aged Eurobabe the finest girl of the night, which surprised nobody. CJ Slugger expressed pride in spending $60 to fuck with the Snake. I sat in the back, staring out at the ice. We drove past my Technicolor vomit and dropped Snake off first, then Lep. When CJ and I came to my point of departure, I hopped out of the car without saying a word. There was no sadness, no longing for the adventures of youth. Tonight, we fucked this town up. We’ll do it again.
Second Supper vol. 9, issue 149
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I'm Jonesin' for a Crossword "Verse for Wear"— hey, at least it fits. By Matt Jones Across 1 Boot camp reply 6 They may be itchy in sweaters 10 ___ Matto 14 See 3-down 15 Sandwich for dessert 16 Wrinkle remover 17 Adjust a stopped clock 18 Grub 19 Cock on the roof 20 Line 1 of an outerwear message 23 ___ Domingo 24 Nacho topper, slangily 25 Promiscuous 28 Middle of the road? 32 Amount to get sprung 36 Rioter's take 38 "___ sera" ("Good evening," in Sicily) 39 Line 2 of the message 42 Nothing 43 Band that hit YouTube with the treadmill-choreographed video 44 When repeated, a "Seinfeld" catchphrase
45 It shares space with the "!" 47 Cole slaw, e.g. 49 Actress Michelle of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" 51 Inedible orange 55 Line 3 of the message 61 "Tom Sawyer" band
62 Water-borne virus, briefly 63 Chess game record 64 He sang about Alice 65 Roundish 66 Smart guy? 67 ___ du jour (restaurant's daily dish) 68 Move like Slimer
69 Swallow pads Down 1 Cliff Clavin's pal 2 Follows the law 3 With 14-across, a First Kid 4 "___, seriously?" 5 Flightless bird 6 Hot dog filler substitute
7 Get one's ducks in ___ 8 Physicist Ohm 9 Its intake may be lowered in some diets 10 Voting, for some 11 Neighbor of Pakistan 12 Head shop purchase 13 Big wad in exchange for a C-note 21 Australian animal that sleeps about 2/3 of the day 22 Billy Blanks's workout system 26 All alone 27 They get broken when scrambled 29 Caucus state 30 Run ___ (use the personals, say) 31 Org. that sets launch dates 32 Old TV clown 33 Parallel (to) 34 Suffix with flex 35 Direct hit without aiming
37 Company that makes Bed Head hair products 40 Chicago public transportation, familiarly 41 "Waiting for ___" 46 Chocolaty drink brand 48 Susie of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" 50 Egg, in Ecuador 52 Poke ___ in (undermine, as an argument) 53 Donates 54 Straight up 55 Drainpipe section 56 "Yawn in technicolor", so to speak 57 Actress Fisher of "Wedding Crashers" 58 Geeky, hyper type 59 Where Bill met Hillary 60 Chiding sounds
Answers to Issue 148's "Just Add Vodka"
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Maze Efflux by Erich Boldt
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February 5, 2008
COMMUNITY SERVICE [ Area food & drink specials ] LA CROSSE All Star Lanes Arena 4735 Mormon Coulee 109 3rd st.
Sunday
Monday
ALLfor NEW! 3 games $5 starts at 8 p.m. we
3 games for $5 starts are at 8 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 $2.00 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.
Coconut Joe’s Dan’s Place 223 3rd Pearlst.st. 411
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
Buck Night starts at 6 p.m. under
3 games for $5 starts at 7 p.m. construction
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
Import Ladies drink night free Rails and Domestic starts at 7Light p.m.Tap Beer 9-11pm on the Dance Floor 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. AUCE Wings $5, Bingo $2 Silos BOGO $1 cherry bombs
$1 softshell tacos Happy Hour 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. M-FAUCE wings $5.00 $5 bbq ribs and free crazy bingo $2 Domestic Silos fries buy bomb $2.50 Premium Silos Stopone in forcherry Value Menu too $2.50 Three Olive Mixers big to here get one forlist$1
$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 meat or marinara FREE with entree or 3 8 p.m. 1/2 off anything that pours tacos, $4.75 taco salad cheeseburgers, $2 off spaghetti: $3.45 $2.50 Blatz vs. Old Style $1.50 U-Call-Its $2 10 cent wings - CL) sandwich until 3 p.m. $5 beer, wells, & long islands. $2.25 margaritas, large pizza, $1(9fries Italian sausage: $4.95 pitchers, Gaming Generations $1.25 High Life bottles $1 shots with ($3.95 by itself) off large taco pizza with any pizza game night @ 9 p.m. wristband. $2.50 Jack mixers or HAPPY HOUR 3 PM - 8Soco PM& lime
$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 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 $1 dom. taps, Dr. $4 imports, shots, $2 rails, full pint Irish Bud, $3 calls mixers, all apps, $4 Bomb top shelf Car
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) Tequila’s chips & salsa, Mexican Monday $2.00 Corona, $2 Coronas, $2.50 Corona Light, Cuervo Mike’s, Mike-arita
$.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
Gracie’s Gracie’s 1908 Campbell rd.
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. 9, issue 149
$2.50 X-Rated Mixers $2 Captain Mixers $2 Premium Grain Belt $2 Snake Bites
$4.50
$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 $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!
50
Happy Hour 12 - 7 cents off most items
$2.00 Malibu, $2.50 Jaeger, $3.00 Jaeger Bombs
upsidedown cake
chicken Topless primavera Tuesday
N3287 County rd. OA 1904 Campbell
2-8 p.m. AUCE wings $5
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
Fox Hollow Goal Post
5-83-7 p.m. fishhappy dinnerhour $5.25
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
chicken$4 & veggie full fajitas pint Irish for Bomb two Car
N3287 County OA
Cosmic $1 cherryBowl bombs starts at 9 p.m. until midnight
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
$1.25 beers & rails
Cosmic & $1 cherryBowl bombs Karaoke starts at until 9 p.m. midnight
Dad's Beer"
for 1 $5 All 2Mojitos taps
7 - midnight 7- CL: $1 rail mixers Ladies' Night $2 Bacardi mixers
Saturday
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
Fiesta Dan’s Mexicana Place 5200 Mormon Coulee 411 3rd st.
Friday
$1.50 rail mixers
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
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
$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
Opening at 4 p.m. for the game. $5 Pitchers of Coors Light
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 CLOSED
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. 17
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 Bacardi mixers
$2 Spotted Cow & DT Brown pints $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
M3= $1 martinis, $2 mojitos, $3 margaritas $2 domestic pitchers
family buffet 5 -8 kids under 10 pay .45 cents per year of age
$2.50 Bacardi Mixers, $3 Long Island Pints 12 oz. T-Bone $8.99
HAPPY HOUR 10 AM - 12, 4 PM - 6 PM $1.50 Bud/Miller Lite/ PBR taps all day $1.75 rails 10 - 1
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
10 cent wings, $3 filled mug ($1 tap refills, $2 rail refills) $1 High Life bottles/kamikaze shots
15 cent wings
$1 Dr. shots $3 16 oz Captain mixers
$2 Long Islands, PBR bottles, Captain mixers
$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
Saturday $2.50 Captain $2.50 Jager Bombs & Polish
$2 u-call-it (except top shelf)
Thursday
3 - 8pm 1.00 off anything that Pours
2 for 1 anything 9 p.m. - close
Fish Fry $6.95
$2.50 Bacardi Mixers, $3 Long Island Pints
$1 O-Bombs/Bazooka Joes, Wristband Night, $2.50 SoCo or Jack mixers
Friday
Saturday
$2.50 Three Olives mixers $1 Cherry & Jäger Bombs wristband night 'til 12 a.m.
$2.50 Bacardi mixers $1 Cherry & Jäger Bombs wristband night 'til 12 a.m.
any jumbo, large, or large 1 topping pizza medium pizza up to 5 $9.99 toppings: $11.99 (get 2nd large for $5)
February 5, 2008
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Entertainment Directory 2/5 - 2/11
Thursday, February 5
February 7, continued
Del’s Bar The Dharma Bums
The Joint TUGG with Jon Wayne and the Pain Cavalier Lounge Bumpity Boom Boom
Cartwright Center Ross Copperman Northside Oasis Caleb and Joe and the People They Know Popcorn Tavern Paulie The Starlite Lounge Kies and Kompanie Nighthawks Dave Orr's open jam The Alpine Inn Pat McCurdy The Warehouse Ari Herstand with Heller Mason
10:00 7:00
Just A Roadie Away... 10:00
10:00
population
8:00 10:00 5:00 10:00
Sunday, February 8 Popcorn Tavern Som'n Jazz
10:00
10:00
10:00
Tuesday, February 10
Popcorn Tavern JBs Moon Boot Posse Moon Boot Posse, Sowbelly with Two Many Banjos 10:00 Bitchhog, Great Shark Hunt 10:00 The Joint Northside Oasis Brownie's Open Jam 10:00 Stoney Ridge Band 8:30 Wednesday, February 11 Popcorn Tavern The Dharma Bums 10:00 Howie’s Pump House 8:30 Earthbound 7:30 Comedy Night Del’s Bar Peaberry’s Paulie 10:00 Bill Miller with Gregg "Cheech" Hall 7:00 Nighthawks Irene Keenan Jr. 9:00 The Waterfront Larry Price Trio 8:00 Recovery Room Kin Pickin open jam 10:00 The Waterfront Crazy Orrsky’s Freaky Coconut’s Friday open jam 10:00 Live DJ 10:00 Players Saturday, February 7 Karaoke 10:00 Freight House Muddy Flats and the Hepcats 8:00 10:00
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Manfort
Ed's Bar
Orangutan with Tim Johnson
Ed's Bar
Fri., 2/6
Draught Haus
Fri., 2/6
Ed's Bar
Sat., 2/7
Enchanted Ape
Draught Haus
Sat., 2/7
Patchouli
Acoustic Café
Sat., 2/7
Bill Brown
Red Tail Community Center
Sat., 2/7
Irie Sol
Monday, February 9
Popcorn Tavern 9:00 Shawn's Open Jam Houghton’s Hootenanny 6:30 wiith Mike Caucutt
Friday, February 6
Popcorn Tavern Sonny Chiba
Winona
10:00
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Thurs., 2/5
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