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It was one of those summer Sundays we have in this part of Wisconsin, the kind where your social calendar is crammed even though we never seem to have a lot going on. (I guess that’s to compensate for the other nine months where no one wants to hang out outside.) Anyways, I woke up late and ventured down to the southside Oktoberfest grounds where St. Elias Orthodox Church was holding its 30th annual Mediterranean Fest. I just missed the belly dancing show, but scores of bare-abbed women still sashayed around with bells on. Less I be too tempted, I could also shift my gaze to what seemed to be a religious iconography flea market, but I just came for the breakfast — lamb kabob, spanakopitta, rice, and some salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, feta and fresh basil, a mighty fine way to start the day. After buying a baklava and two Bulgarian tulumbics (if my notes are to be believed), I then headed up to West Salem for the final day of the La Crosse Interstate Fair. Although I hadn’t been to this fairgrounds in probably 15 years, this too was awesome. I can’t believe how many different kinds of goats are in this world. I saw a rabbit that looked like a cat, chickens with psychedelic plumage, and a pig that squealed unlike anything I’ve ever encountered on Earth. I even got to play on the big tractors! This was genuine fun, folks — I didn’t even care that the beer tent was closed or that I didn’t get my cheese curds. With about an hour of daylight left, I cruised down to Riverside Park in La Crosse for Jazz and Art in the Park. Greg Balfany was leading the Great River Big Band through a jumpy set on the band shell, while a guest trumpeter emceed and sang. At intermission I walked back to the art tent and was pleased to find my friends from the Green Bay Street Studio showing their wares.This wasn’t a crappy craft show with banal trinkets of the Midwest. This was innovative art, some of the finest stuff in La Crosse. And when find yourself in the small town doldrums, it’s nice to be surprised like that.
— Adam Bissen
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As a beautiful weekend is approaching us, it would only be right to spend every waking moment of it outside, enjoying the fine weather of a Wisconsin summer. This weekend, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will be hosting the AAUW Art Fair on the Green. Sponsored by the American Association of University Women, the AAUW has used this annual art show to bring in professional artists from around the country to show of their creations, as well as opening the floor to area high school and university students. There will be a variety of art styles on display, including photography, metalwork, batik, paintings, glass, jewelry and many other styles! There is a $3 admission for adults, and all proceeds go to sponsorships for high school and university students right here in La Crosse. — Ben Clark
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Things we loved about the Casino 1. Its location across from our office 2. The voluptuous babe etched in the mirror 3. A noticeable lack of bros 4. Tom napping in a booth 5. Booths! 6. iPod friendly 7. A variety of Czechoslovakian beers People named Walter 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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NAME AND AGE: Holly P., 24 BIRTHPLACE: LAX, WI CURRENT JOB: Personal assistant to the national sales manager at La Crosse Technology
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TELL US A JOKE Remember the time we got really drunk & I hung my ass out the window & you stuck your face out the window & everyone thought we were twins? haha
IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD IT BE? Everywhere for 2 weeks at a time
IF A GENIE GRANTED YOU THREE WISHES, WHAT WOULD YOU ASK FOR? To do this same life all over again
WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE? Make peace & good health in the world
FIRST CONCERT YOU WENT TO: It was 1995, something ROCKIN at the Warehouse.
WHAT IS YOUR BEVERAGE OF CHOICE? Tea
WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT? A big bottle of "Christmas"
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WHAT'S IN YOUR POCKETS RIGHT NOW? Bricks of money
WHAT BOOK ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING? Whatever bedtime story my son brings me
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF SECOND SUPPER? This part about me right now!
TELL US YOUR GUILTIEST PLEASURE: Being a mother
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Freshening up
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Rice is generally despised by the pantheon of beer snobs. Budweiser, in particular, is chided for fortifying its beer with the grain, but a number of macrobreweries employ rice as an adjunct to barley. This makes the beer lighter (which some consumers prefer) and also less expensive (which most businesspeople prefer), but it sacrifices taste in the name of volume. Or at least it usually does. Thankfully, we have Capital Brewery, an exemplar of microbrew quality and innovation. The Upper Midwest is the only place in the United States where wild rice, which is actually an aquatic grass, grows naturally. Unlike the commercial grade rice holding up your Busch Light, wild rice is earthy and flavorful and Capital’s pairing with a lager is particularly inspired. This is regional brewing at its finest. I’ve never heard of another brewer adding wild rice to its recipe, but after this batch hits the hype circuit I can see more imitators popping up around the country — and for damn good reason. The Wild Rice pours one of the most beautiful colors I’d ever seen in a pint glass. It’s El Dorado gold, clear but bright, and the eggshell head foams up richly but doesn’t last for more
than a minute. Candied pears sit on the front Appearance 9 of the nose, buttressed by white pepper, malts Aroma: 8 and a bit of wet straw, and the aroma of wild Taste: 9 rice is abundant. A heavy malt content also re- Mouthfeel: 7 veals its roots as a German lager, which makes Drinkability: 8 me imagine bottles of Capital Amber sprouting wild from some north- Total: 41 ern Wisconsin lake. It’s sweet and malty with a touch of honey, and while the medium body tastes cracker-y, the hops give it a nice dry finish. More than anything else, this is a crisp and flavorful beer with an earthiness you won’t get in a macrobrew. For a summer session beer, it’s hard to find anything more drinkable or tasty. So until it leaves my grocer’s shelves, I’m all over this like white on rice.
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Yemen This week, I reviewed a most unusual coffee — Yemen’s Mokha Mattari from Coulee Region Coffee Roasters. First, let’s talk about where this unique coffee comes from. Yemeni coffees are usually classified as North African, although Yemen is technically located on the Arabian Peninsula just below Saudi Arabia. Coffee has been produced there since the 6th century; it was the first coffee cultivator after Ethiopia, the birthplace of the bean. These coffees are seriously unique for endless reasons, but a big one is that they do business old school: a network of middlemen deal with exporters, and the local buyers get the entire dried cherry that has been stored in underground caverns. The price of Yemeni coffee is extremely high because the land area that can be cultivated for coffee is small and the crop is in high demand, mostly from intense Saudi competition. Yemen can boast of some of the highest grown coffee in the world; their crops are grown on terraces as high as 8,000 feet. As far as organics go, you won’t find any certified, but it actually is organic by tradition. Yemeni coffee farmers don’t deal with regulatory agencies or grading the beans; they just use a natural, dry-process that keeps it simple.
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The cherries dry in the sun and the skins are removed by hand with millstones. Interesting side-note: the skins, which are usually discarded, are recycled to create a tea called Gishr. Neato. How does this most prized and distinctive coffee taste? It’s a wild cup that is predominantly earthy. Yemeni coffees are incredibly complex, and it seems people either love it or hate it — to some tasters, it’s too unusual or bitter to be adored, but others get hooked and want nothing but Yemen forever. One possible problem with these coffees is that they’re finicky beans to roast, moving quickly from the first crack to the second, which means that the roaster has to pay close attention. This is also a bean that needs adequate resting time after roasting. This brew is spicy — clove and cinnamon — and intense with a bright acidity and subtle fruit flavors and sweetness. Earthy and smokey, this cup has a lot of character. Personally, I find I like it best blended with something a little more low key, like a Brazil or even Ethiopia. It’s a coffee that, whether you’re a lover or a hater, you should certainly give it a try.
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To me as a young girl, motherhood always seemed like a secret club, a cult of women who were inducted with mysterious rituals and who upheld some sinister mommy oath of which I knew nothing. I didn’t really expect to enter into this strange society or to understand its ways, and I really still don’t. Maybe it doesn’t really exist, but I know for a fact that motherhood is nothing like what I thought it would be. From the very beginning, becoming a mother wasn’t the way I imagined it. Maybe the confusion of my complicated labor, the intense fear at my son’s possible problematic health, was the reason for the inexplicable emotions I felt when I first saw him. It’s so hard to explain…it wasn’t like I immediately acknowledged a rush of bondedness — that felt sort of taken for granted, since he, you know, lived in me for eight months. I don’t know how you can be more bonded than that — we were practically welded together until the midwife snipped that cord. I felt predominately curious, excited, interested. (And to be perfectly honest, I was really, really hungry! One of the first things I did was order a turkey sandwich…hey, 11 hours is a long time.) Besides the baffling feelings I had for my new son, I was also pretty blown away about what my body had just done. There’s this unexpected disconnect between being pregnant and suddenly (it seems), you’re not anymore and there it is — there’s the thing you’ve been waiting for for months. I remember looking down at my belly and just being kind of shocked. I’ve never been so proud of myself, never felt so capable. Honestly if you can do that — 11 hours of that with not so much as a Tylenol — hell, if you can get though it at all, under any circumstances — you feel like a super badass warrior. (But that part was expected.) But in weird relationship to the feeling of capability was an unignorable, intense feeling of powerlessness. When you have a kid, that’s it. He’s yours to take care of, and until the teenage rebellion years, it’s up to you to protect him. But when it turns out your kid’s health is in danger and they have to take him away to the Newborn Intensive Care Unit for an unspecified amount of time, it makes you feel like you’re totally out of control, because you are. I mean, we’re never really in control of what’s going on, but when it becomes that obvious, that blatantly concrete, it’s a struggle to know how to deal with that. For me, just being in the building made me feel a little better, and I was in and out of the NICU every couple of hours. I had imagined being able to just pick him up and hold him whenever I wanted, but when your tiny little preemie has an IV and god knows how many cords hooked up to him that
freak out and beep like an out of control car alarm every time you bump them, it’s a little more complicated than that. And the powerlessness over my own body was unpredicted as well. Without getting into anything too detailed, it should be sufficient to say that a post-partum woman’s body does some wacky stuff. One of the only things I could do to help my son get healthy was to breastfeed him, which I had planned on anyway, but with the state of things, it seemed even more urgent. But lactation isn’t instant, and waiting for my milk “to come in” was agonizing. I was astounded when it did come in, with a vengeance — be careful what you wish for, I guess. But back to that mysterious mommy club: naturally, my concept of a mother is based on my own mother, and I just assumed that once I had a kid, I would instantly get the mommy credentials; maybe I would receive some kind of mommy manual that would prepare me for all these unexpected adventures, problems, and confusions. Once inducted into the club, I would automatically have unlimited patience, be completely selfless, and have a magic wand that grants any and all wishes. I’m still waiting for most of that, although it seems that one particular mommy superpower is working to full capacity at this point — I have convinced my son that mommy kisses make owies feel better. He fell down this morning and hurt his hand; after I kissed it, he made gave me a big smile and his little eyes crinkled up, and he chirped, “All better.” Awww. But thus far, that seems to be my one and only mom power. I’ve always associated “mom” with “she who knows all,” but I’m still calling my mother at least once a day to ask her how to make hard boiled eggs correctly or whether or not I should be concerned after changing a diaper that clearly contained undigested granola (yeah, I can’t really eat the stuff anymore). The fact that I don’t feel like I’m “in the club” yet (what more do I have to do?!) only makes its mystery greater. There’s so much that isn’t how I imagined it at all; maybe each person’s experience is just too varied, not only from other people’s experience, but variable in one’s own. Everything seems to change moment to moment, or even more confusing, to contain a wealth of perceptions and emotions simultaneously. Maybe it’s this strange melting pot of experience that makes it so damn tiring, but then again, that’s probably why it’s so rich. I guess I can conclude that an actual mommy cult doesn’t really exist; the mysteries are up to each woman to experience and figure out, or not.
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Cover story
Down on its Luck
The decor is old-school and the beer list supurb, so why is there no service at our favorite bar? By Shuggypop Jackson
shuggypop.jackson@secondsupper.com Casino, the bar located at 304 Pearl St., hasn’t been open in weeks, and without even a sign on the door as a clue, patrons of the bar have been left wondering what is going on. Come along while I investigate the who/what/when/ where/why of this downtown mystery with full journalistic integrity. I started off going to Stephanie Schultz who has worked there the past year and a half. According to Stephanie, the fire marshal and health department came through to make their regular inspections. Now anybody who has ever been to this establishment knows it’s a little rough around the edges. It’s dark, the décor is a throwback to another era, and wear and tear is obvious everywhere you look. The fire marshal issued a few requirements. The basement, which is overflowing with junk, needed to be emptied out. The two apartments upstairs — which are currently unoccupied and overflowing with old newspapers, rotting banana peels, and the clutter of a pack rat who doesn’t throw anything away — also needed to be cleaned out. The stairs in the back of the building are rotted and need to
be torn down. Stephanie informed me that she had been putting in overtime to make a dent in these tasks, as well as hiring contractor Rick Deckert for the more skilled work, and the fire marshal was happy with the progress enough to pass the inspection, which, as far as Stephanie was aware, meant he wasn’t going to issue a citation. Doug Schaeffer and Ron Berg with the health department also had some requirements. Casino lacks an ice machine, so they are required to get the ice from an approved source. Employees had been carrying a 5 gallon bucket to Jimmy Johns a few doors down to load up on ice, and this doesn’t fly. Also, the automatic sinks in the bathroom need to stay on for at least 15 seconds, but are set to only run for about 5 currently. And there are some tiles missing from the floor, leaving exposed subflooring, which needed to be fixed. Ron Berg also was satisfied with the work and let Casino pass Go. The same wasn’t the case with the building inspector. The building inspector, whose first name is Terry, said there are some repairs that need to be made for Casino to be allowed to reopen.
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The Casino sign on the front of the building is made from black glass and parts of it have fallen off. This needs to be secured so nobody gets a clunk on the head from debris falling on them while walking past. There are some electrical problems too. Faulty wiring prevents half of the ceiling lights from working, and an outlet in the back of the bar shoots sparks. It is presumed that Casino will remain closed until the needed repairs are performed. I made a half-assed attempt to contact Terry to confirm these claims, as well as get his last name, but never got a hold of him, so I will just have to take Stephanie’s word that the above statements are accurate. A question you might be asking yourself is why did the owner allow his business to become so run down? Its location right in the heart of downtown should make it a cash cow for the bar-hopping masses that swarm La Crosse. Well, this is where the story gets intriguing. Don Padesky has owned Casino since 1976, when he purchased the establishment with a few others who have dropped out over the years, leaving him the sole proprietor. Previous to that, the Don had worked at Casino since 1966, and it’s a safe bet to say he has seen it all. A former marine who served in World War II and a devoted member of his church, The Don is an OG hustla. Currently The Don is 85 years old and lives in an assisted living apartment, unable to physically make it down to his tavern due to several health problems. Yet, he still has his mind on his money and runs his business from home, regularly making
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calls to the bar at night to check in with how things are going. Former employee Colleen Berrier informed me that a few of The Don’s close friends have suggested he sell the business, but he sees no reason why that would be worthwhile. I personally have called The Don and asked if he was interested in selling, which was shot down without a hesitation. Assuming all the repairs get done, there is another snag in reopening. Stephanie and another bartender Staci Root, the two main servers, both quit when the doors closed, leaving only two very part time employees who aren’t looking for extra hours, still working for Casino. One would think that in this current economy, finding new help wouldn’t be a problem, but according to Stephanie, The Don isn’t able to do the interviews, instead relying on current employers to find help. According to all three former employees I talked to, finding help isn’t easy; nobody they know seems to want the work. The reason all three former employees I talked to said they quit had to do with the extra work The Don had them do for him. Aside from having to bring the money to his house everyday and put it in his hand, these women were frequently expected to run rather demanding personal errands for The Don, prepare his snacks, and do some light nursing such as rubbing Icy Hot on his back and trimming his fingernails. They all made similar comments about his character, which to me translated into The Don doesn’t take any sass from some lippy dames. The amount of catty gossip these girls revealed to me leave the impression that The Don is certainly a colorful character, but I’ll leave that sort of drama for Perez Hilton. Second Supper is a classy operation that doesn’t go there. Personally, I have to give it up to The Don. He seems determined to be a playa till the end and keep his pimp hand strong. Well played, sir. As for when Casino reopens, the latest I heard was “It’ll reopen… soon.”
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By Adam Bissen When the fairgrounds of Salem turn to dust A menagerie of beasts doth invade. As a city slicker, how can I trust My cuddly dinner won’t go on parade? That afternoon I ate a lamb kabob When I passed on vegetarian fare. Then I walked the barn as it was my job And encountered two little lambs in there. With their innocent snouts and almond eyes Carnivore’s dilemma conquered me quick. Because I couldn’t help but realize I devoured their family off a stick. Now ravaged with guilt, lambs still haunt my sleep. I wish I could dream of electric sheep!
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Restaurant Review
A lonely lunch at Yoko's
By Kara Furr kara.furr@secondsupper.com OK, I’m going to have to be totally honest here. I’m used to good sushi. While the Irish aren’t exactly known for their Japanese food, Dublin restaurants at least have access to some very fresh fish. When I heard that La Crosse had a Japanese restaurant that served both sushi and hibachi, I was a bit concerned about the possible quality of sushi in our little town so far away from an ocean. I had heard very mixed reviews from people that had tried the restaurant, so the only thing to do was to try it for myself. So, armed with some curiosity, a fellow willing guinea pig, and some Pepto-Bismol, I made my way down to Yoko’s House at 200 Main St., ready for anything. Walk into most restaurants in La Crosse at 1 pm on a sunny summer Sunday and you’re bound to find some bored wait staff, and Yoko’s was no exception — my friend and I were the
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only two there. I’m sure that on a busy evening with the hibachi grills going and the booze flowing the flashing lights and bouncy Asian pop music would add to the atmosphere, but on this quiet day they were strikingly out of place. My friend, who “just can’t do the whole raw fish thing,” was a sushi newbie who at one point during the meal provided some muchneeded entertainment by flinging one of her chopsticks halfway across the room in the attempt to pick up a pot sticker. She was to be my hibachi guinea pig, but that went downhill fast. We went in with the assumption that we would be able to try both the sushi and the hibachi, but since at times my mind can be quite similar to a sieve, I had forgotten the advice of my editor, which I’ll pass along to you fine people: Make sure you have enough people, because they will only open a grill table for two or more people eating hibachi, even if you’re the only two customers in the place. We got over our disappointment quickly after looking at the menu, as I personally remain entirely unconvinced that the experience of watching someone cook your food (which most of us experienced on a regular basis for 18 years anyway) would make up for the prices, which start at around $15 and run to well over $30. The décor of Yoko’s is a mix of east and west that is very telling of the restaurant as a whole: kimonos and a disco ball, Japanese paint-
ings sharing the same space as renaissance-style portraits. The entrance opens on the small bar area, and the hibachi part of the restaurant is on the main floor. The walls in this part of the restaurant are covered in hundreds of multicolored origami cranes. If you are just eating sushi, you’re quickly shuttled off to the top floor, past the sushi station, which shows off an absolutely wonderful display of the sushi ingredients — crab, tuna, salmon, shrimp, scallops, and tons of fresh vegetables. It’s eye-catching and incredibly appealing, and if you chose the right table, you could probably watch the chef make your food. However, a table by the windows also affords a very nice view of Main Street. At the time I was in the restaurant there only seemed to be three people working, a hostess, the chef, and one young waitress. The waitress was very friendly, but had us traipsing across the restaurant to several different tables as we dealt with the hibachi saga. Once we had finally ordered, our food came in a reasonable amount of time, but I can’t vouch for what the wait would be on a busy night. My misgivings about the quality of the sushi had begun to dissipate as soon as I saw the ingredients on display (what in-house advertising!) and by the time our food arrived, I was more than ready for it. Our seaweed salad arrived first, it was delicious — the perfect accompaniment to sushi. I had, after much debate,
decided on the classic spicy tuna roll, and my lunch companion, having been disappointed in hibachi, sportingly had sushi instead, going for two veggie options, the Futomaki (assorted vegetables and cooked egg) and the veggie roll (avocado, cucumber, and shitake mushroom). Of course we also had to sample the potstickers, which were huge and wonderfully flavored. As I was looking over the menu I was determined to try one of their ice creams (green tea and mango) for dessert, but by the time we made it through all that food, I couldn’t even think about having anything else. Either sushi is deceptively filling, or I overdid it on the potstickers. All said, I’m definitely glad that I tried Yoko’s. The experience was a mixed one, though I do have to attribute some of the negative aspects to an extremely empty house. The food we had was good and very reasonable, as none of our sushi came in at more than $5 a roll. Do keep in mind the negative experiences some people have reported with Yokos’ sushi if you decide to venture in, but either I’m not nearly as picky as I thought I was, or I got lucky with some good fresh ingredients. The option of a Japanese restaurant is a bit of a relief in this sea of Chinese take-outs, and Yoko’s is absolutely worth a try at least once. Only, if I might make one more suggestion, if you’re going on a Sunday afternoon, take a big group.
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The newest collection of Stephen King’s short stories is a mixed bag of pigment and tone. All of the 13 tales in Just after Sunset bear some often supernatural blend of the author’s penchant for terror, but these fears are largely introverted, wistful.The only true, vulgar monster in this story is the subject of “The Cat from Hell,” an old fright story that was featured in Tales from the Darkside: the Movie ages ago, finally making it into book form after decades. Yet in the main, the few axe-wielders in this book are flawed, vulnerable people with a tendency toward wealth and psycho eccentricity. In the remaining stories, Death is more a supporting character than a fight or flight force of Boo. “The Things They Left Behind” is the most obvious of these, a tale which follows a man who escaped the World Trade Center attacks as he becomes haunted by the artifacts of his less fortunate office mates. Similarly, “The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates” is the account of a woman receiving phone calls from her dead husband, who had just died in a plane crash, and “Willa” is a yarn about ghosts who aren’t quite aware of their ethereal status. When the New York skyline in “Graduation Afternoon” explodes in nuclear hellfire, the catastrophe seems like an afterthought against the white balance of a townie girl’s fear of the future.
Medium: Literature Stimulus: Stephen King — Just After Sunset Anno: 2008
The stories that rely more heavily upon the weird and bizarre are as gripping as ever.An excruciating account of a girl escaping a killer’s mercy unfolds in “The Gingerbread Girl,” replete with a terrifying sense of time, distance, and suspense. “N.” draws parallels with “Pet Sematary,” as its psychologist protagonist contracts a virus of obsession and finds evil out in the forest, only holding it back with the power of nigh-autism. King saves the most horrifying and grotesque story of the collection for last. In “A Very Tight Place,” a well-to-do Gulf rat finds himself lured to the middle of nowhere, quickly discovering the peace overtures from his nemesis to be murderous lies. At gunpoint, the madman stuffs the protagonist in a port-opotty and kicks the structure over on its door, trapping the man inside a flood of festering piss and shit.What follows is one of the most retchinducing stories I’ve ever encountered. It’s a gleeful counterpoint to a book that largely explores horror of a more mature kind. Gore fiends will skip to the festering bits and ignore the rest, but those who seek a deeper skin crawl will get a lot of mileage from Just after Sunset
— Brett Emerson
Rudo Y Cursi (2009) Director: Carlos Cuarón Cast: Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Guillermo Francella Writer: Carlos Cuarón
This is exactly what I needed: a movie that's fun and/or funny at every turn, a movie with characters as ridiculous as the situations in which they find themselves, a movie about soccer players that thankfully focuses more on their tomfoolery off the field than the game itself. Instantly reminiscent of the seminal Mexican film Y tu mamá también (2001), Rudo Y Cursi stars Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal as two competitive futbol player brothers discovered by a talent scout whose car breaks down in their small Mexican town. As in Y tu mamá, Luna and Bernal do a whole lot of bickering. It's a formula that could have instantly gotten tiring had writer-director Carlos Cuarón chosen not to skirt seriousness in such a wry, scatterbrained fashion, so instead of feeling redundant and annoying, Rudo Y Cursi feels equal parts fresh and energetic. The film seems like an odd opportunity for Luna and Bernal to reunite, considering Y tu mamá's serious dramatic sensibility, but it's actually this breaking-free of the mold forged by their previous roles that makes the movie exciting. At the same time, Rudo Y Cursi isn't too silly that it can't be taken seriously as a case of extraordinary film-making. The situations in
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which Beto (Luna), nicknamed Rudo, and Tato (Bernal), nicknamed Cursi, find themselves require our sympathy for and understanding of their characters. They're not stooges simply there for our amusement; their struggles are complex and engrossing, and the manner in which their crazy rags-to-riches story is handled isn't too much of a flailing roller coaster as not to be enjoyable. Luna finds himself in deep with a loan shark, in addition to discovering the wonders of coke addiction, and Bernal is caught up with a high-maintenance supermodel/TV personality who has him spending money left and right. All this while the two become huge names in Mexican futbol, Luna as a goalkeeper and Bernal as a forward. Do you think the film might eventually lead to a climactic brother vs. brother showdown in the big game? Of course it will, but the journey's craziness and characters' eccentricities make every aspect of the movie funny as all get out. The thing about Rudo Y Cursi is this: you don't actually want to guess what's going to happen in the end; the journey itself is so much fun.
— Nick Cabreza
Oh hi, right now I am listening to records from John Zorn’s 50th birthday celebration that took place in 2003, and to celebrate, all that month Zorn performed live at the Tonic in New York City with various musicians he had collaborated with over the years. These performances were released in 12 volumes, each showcasing a different aspect of Zorn’s music. As to who John Zorn is, it’s sort of hard to describe. He plays an alto saxophone, but plays it unlike anything you’ve ever heard. His music could best be described as Frank Zappa meeting a David Lynch soundtrack in the midst of a delirious hallucination. His music loosely fits into the free improvisation scene, which is an offshoot of the avant garde jazz scene and modern classical composition, which originated in London in the late '60s with musicians like guitarist Derek Bailey and the group AMM. Zorn made a name for himself as part of the Downtown loft scene, which is a loose collective of musicians in New York that seek to push the boundaries of music, in whatever form they choose to take. One of the founders of this scene was Yoko Ono before she ever met John Lennon and includes composers such as LaMonte Young, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and Morton Feldman, but those cats are most likely too highbrow for almost anybody who reads this. Others who are loosely tied into the Downtown loft scene include Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground, and Medeski, Martin & Wood, who are probably more recognizable names. Anyways, back to Zorn. The first thing you need to know about him is he puts out a shitload of albums, appearing on over 400 re-
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cordings as a composer or performer so far. Have fun trying to keep up with him. His releases all vary too, from film soundtracks inspired by the likes of Spillane, Godard, Morricone, and Carl Stalling — who composed for the Looney Toons — to modern jazz musicians such as his influences Ornette Coleman, Anthony Braxton, Charles Mingus and all the other heavy hitters of jazz who stretched the boundaries, to his radical Klezmer (traditional Jewish music) band Masada, to his hardcore punk band Naked City which features musicians such as Bill Frisell, Fred Frith,Yamatsuka Eye from the band Boredoms and Mike Patton, to his grindcore meets freejazz band Painkiller with Bill Laswell and Drummer Mick Harris from the band Napalm Death. If that list of names goes over your head, just know they all are some noisy sonic experimentalists. And that only scratches the surface of what Zorn is involved in, I could just as easily talk about his music for Japanese bar bands to his compositions for chamber orchestras. The man refuses to be pigeonholed. His birthday celebration did its best to touch on all the various facets of his recording career, each volume in the series representing a different part. This is adventurous music that will probably put off more of you than not. He also runs an experimental record label called Tzadik Records that puts out a lot of his music as well as other folks who are searching for a sound. For those of you curious enough to check this guy out, I suggest starting by looking up “John Zorn documentary” on YouTube, and take it from there.
— Shuggypop Jackson
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Second Supper vol. 9, issue 172
I'm Jonesin' for a Crossword "Additive Properties"--you're giving me a headache.
Answers to Issue 171's
By Matt Jones
"Yes We Can"
Across 1 Fine 10 Outlines 15 Dan the Automator's instrument 16 Anticipate 17 Takes part in 18 Harvey Wallbanger ingredient 19 Like some car air fresheners 20 Does some clerical work 22 Actress Shaye of "There's Something About Mary" 23 Leaning typeface: abbr. 24 Airline in "Catch Me If You Can" 25 Cracker brand named after a hotel 26 Noise 27 Herbert of the "Pink Panther" series 28 "Old MacDonald" noise 30 Effect on the community 34 It was big news in 1999
July 23, 2009
49 Dorm leaders, for short 50 First place mentioned in the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" 51 "That's ___ Took" (Gram Parsons song) 52 "Only Time ___" (Loretta Lynn song) 54 Japanese place for couples 56 Available for rent 57 Way, way too big for one's britches 58 "My stars!" 59 Beams up
37 Toy that originally used a 100-watt light bulb 39 Game within walls 42 It's like finishing
H.S. 43 Baby ___ (girl involved in the first heart transplant from a baboon)
44 "That feels good," to a tabby 45 Online birthday greeting 48 Parks it
Down 1 Aptly titled 1996 Tom Arnold dud, with "The" 2 Military stockpile 3 Military stockpile 4 Get ready to be knighted 5 Macy Gray's first hit 6 Bitch and moan 7 Cable network unlikely to air repeats of "The Sopranos"
8 Liquid portion of fat 9 "Signs" band 10 Restrooms, in Britain 11 "Sands of ___ Jima" (John Wayne movie) 12 Part of a fill-in-theblanks game 13 Mister Khrushchev 14 Sestina section 21 Raised to hold back water 24 Buffing tool 25 Pi, e.g. 27 Actor Lorenzo 29 Covered with spots 31 "Chances are, 'cause ___ a silly grin..." 32 Orioles' org. 33 Small rocks in a walkway 35 Lens accessory for photographers 36 Most muscly 38 Gets cozy 39 Drink for which "lymon" was coined 40 Cleveland's home 41 Octopus in a Dis-
ney film 46 Lamp base, in French (from the French for "ass") 47 Overhead 48 "Hobo Humpin' ___ Babe" ('90s hit for Whale) 50 Court figs. 51 "Just ___, skip..." 53 Roulette bet 55 Before, in poetry
Š2009 Jonesin' Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com) For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill to your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Reference puzzle #0424.
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Italian beef w/dog meal: $6.69 closed Pizza Puff meal: free pitcher of beer $4.49 or soda with large pizza
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1101 1101 La La Crosse Crosse st. st.
Coconut Joe’s 223 Pearl st.
3 games Bud Nightfor6 $5 - CL:
starts atTaps 8 p.m. bottles $1$1.75 Domestic $2$5 Craft Import Taps pitchers $2.50 Vodka Mixers $1 Shot Menu $7 22oz tbone 16oz top sirloin 9.75 sutffed sirloin 8 jack daniels tips 8 $1 shots of Doctor, cherry doctor - 8-cl Happy hour 4-6 $1.75 cans, $2 mix drinks
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chicken & veggie OPEN-CL fajitas $2 U "Call" it for two
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chicken & veggie fajitasown Build your 5200 Mormon for Mary two Bloody N3287 County Coulee OA 16oz Mug - $4.00
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1908 1128 Campbell La Crosserd. st.
Huck Finn’s The Helm 127 108 Marina 3rd st dr.
$9.00 $5.99 gyro fries & soda
1904 1908 Campbell Campbell rd. rd. 9-cl- NBC night. (Night Before Class) $3 pitchers of the beast Happy Hour 4-9 p.m.
9-cl- $5.99 gyro $3.50 Domestic fries pitchers & soda
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JB’s Speakeasy 717 Rose st. 12
$1.75 domestic bottles
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Italian beef meal: $6.15 2 Chicago meal: Italian beefdog meal: $3.00 Bacardi mixers/ $3.45 $6.69 mojitos $2 Cherry Bombs 2 Chicago dog $1.50 $1 Bazooka Joes $5.89
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12-3: Buy one get Jaeger, one $2.00 Malibu, $2.50 domestic $3.00 Jaeger beer Bombs Holmen Meat Locker Jerky Raffle
Wristband Happy Hour 7 - 9. $2 for all single shot mixers and all AND beers. $2.50 JUMBO CAPTAIN NightNight $2.50 JUMBO Captain Morgan mixers Wristband FLAVORED BACARDI MIXERS $5$5COLLEGE I.D. $2.50 JUMBO Bacardi Mixers (all flavors) COLLEGE I.D. $3.00 JAGER BOMBS $3 Jagerbombs general public $9$9general public Karaoke Karaoke $1 shot $1 shot specials specials
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HAPPY specials HOUR All day (everyday!) $1.25 Old Style Light $1.50 LAX Lager/Light $1 shots of Dr.
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$1 cherry bombs $1Keystone silos
pepper & egg sandwich meal: $4.50, fish sandwich meal: $4.99, pepper & egg sandwich ItalianCaptain sausage meal: $3.00 mixers/ mojitos meal: $6.15$5.00 $2 Cherry Bombs meal: Italian sausage $1 Bazooka Joes $6.69
$2.00 Cruzan Rum Mixers, $2.50 Ladies'Jameson Nite outShots, 1.50 $3.00 Raill Mixers mixers/ $2.50 X bombs
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beans, and bread $5.50
Cosmic Bowl starts at 9Mixers p.m. $2.50 X-Rated $2 Captain Mixers $2 Premium Grain Belt $2 Snake Bites
shrimp dinner
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411 3rd st.
Karaoke starts at $2.50 Bomb Shots happy hour $2.50 Ketel One Mixers 9 p.m. $2 Retro Beers "Your Dad's Beer"
$4.50 domestic pitchers barrel parties at cost $4.50 domestic pitchers Pitcher and Pizza $10
HAPPY HOUR 4 - 7 closed
$4 $4 full full pint pint Irish Irish Car Car Bomb Bomb
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Cosmic Bowl & 3-7
$5 bbq ribs and fries AUCE wings $5.00
bucket night 6 for $9
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Import night $2 Silos starts at 7 p.m. Stop in for Value Menu too big to list here
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Karaoke Karaoke OPEN-CL $2 U "Call" it
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$1.25 domestic taps HAPPY HOUR 3 - 8 GREEK ALL DAY buy one $8.95 16 appetizer oz. steak buy oneHOUR burger HAPPY get one half price appetizer half price 5 p.m. 10 p.m. get one- half price $8.95 1/2 lb. fish platter with meal 9-cl $2 bacardi $1.25 domestic taps 9-cl -$2 captain mixers, GREEK ALLmixers, DAY 9-cl $1.25 rails, buy one appetizer $2 domestic pints, $1.50 $2 bottles/cans, $3 jager appetizer buy one burger half price $1.75 bottles/cans bombs get one half price shots blackberry brandy get one half price with meal
EVERYDAY 3 -7 and 9 - 11 $1 Vodka Drinks $1.00 12 oz Dom.Taps $1.25 12oz prem. Taps $3 Orange Bombs
HAPPY HOUR 5 - 7 Steak and golf $14.95
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Area food food & & drink drink specials specials ] COMMUNITY SERVICE [Area LA CROSSE
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$1.00 SHOT OF THE WEEK $4 DOMESTIC PITCHERS 1 LB WINGS = $1.25
Sunday Fun Day ~ Wristband Night
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$1 Domestic Taps & Rails 1/2 price Tequila
$2 Double Rails & All Bottles
223 Pearl st.
123 3rd st.
Pettibone Boat Club 600 S Pettibone dr.
Players
$1 off fried chicken
Kids eat free with adult
Price by Dice
2 for 1 Happy Hour ALL NIGHT LONG
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Ralph's
In John's Bar 109 3rd st. N
Ringside 223 Pearl st.
Schmidty’s 3119 State rd.
Chef specials daily Mighty Meatball sub $6
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breakfast buffet $9.95 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
BBQ Sandwich
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
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Top Shots 137 S 4th st.
Yesterdays 317 Pearl st.
LA CRESCENT
Crescent Inn 444 Chestnut st.
WINONA Godfather’s 30 Walnut st.
July 23, 2009
Wristband Night & Beer Pong Tourney BBQ Night $1 off 2-4-1 Happy Hour 5 - 10 $2 Capt. mixers $1.75 domestic beer, $1.50 Rails, $1 Pabst cans @ 10 p.m.
Southwest chicken pita $5
HAPPY HOUR 4 PM - 7 PM cheeseburger HOOP DAY!! MAKE YOUR SHOT AND YOUR ENTRÉE IS FREE!
$3.00 JUMBO Svedka Mixers $2.50 Corona bottles $2.50 Cuervo shots
$2 Jonestown shots
$3 Bacardi Mixers & Jumbo Long Islands
$3 Three Olives Mixers & Jumbo Long Islands
Pettibone Fish Fry
Prime Rib
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 $6.95
Buck Burgers
801 Rose st.
601 St. Andrew st.
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
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Fish Sandwich
12 oz. T-Bone $8.99
Fish Fry $6.95
All day (everyday!) specials $3 Double Captain & Cokes $2 Double rails $1 Cans of beer
Sports Nut
Train Station BBQ
double $6.50
Tacos
120 S 3rd st.
1019 S 10th st.
$6.99 AUCE Pasta
2 for 1 Burger Night
Shooter’s
Tailgators
Saturday
Shots of Doctor $1 all day, everyday
324 Jay st.
The Library
Friday
$2 domestics and rails, 4-8
The Joint Legend’s
Thursday
happy hour all day
$4 domestic pitchers
Tacos $1.25
15 cent wings
HAPPY HOUR 10 AM - 12, 4 PM - 6 PM $2 Bacardi mixers
$2 Spotted Cow & DT Brown pints
Bucket Night 5 for $9
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11-3: Extra side with sandwich 4-9: $1 off rib dinner
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$1.75 light taps and Dr. shots
$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
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$2 Rolling Rocks $2 domestic beer
8 - CL $1.50 rails $1.75 Bud cans
$1 shots of Dr. $2.50 Polish
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Fiesta Night 7 - 12 $2 tequila shots $2.50 margaritas
family buffet 5 -8 kids under 10 pay .45 cents per year of age
$1 domestic taps $3 Jager Bombs
5 domestic bottles for $10, $2 Bacardi mixers, $1.50 rail vodka mixers 10 -1
$1 Dr. shots $3 16 oz Captain mixers 11-3 $7.95 Chicken on fire 4-9: Bones & briskets $13.95
$2 Long Islands, PBR bottles, Captain mixers
15 cent wings
$1 Dr. shots $3 16 oz Captain mixers 1/2 Chicken 3 bones $12.95
$2.75 deluxe Bloodys ‘til 7, $5 lite pitchers 7 - 12
$1.75 rails $1 PBR mugs
Thursday
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$2.50 Captain $2.50 Jager Bombs & Polish
$2 u-call-it (except top shelf)
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Saturday
Friday
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any jumbo, large, or large 1 topping pizza medium pizza up to 5 $9.99 toppings: $11.99 (get 2nd large for $5)
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Cruz-In Adam Palm
Starlite Lounge Price-Graham-MacDonald Trio 8:00
7:00
Nighthawks The King Everything Classic Rock and Blues Revue
The Root Note Open Mic Night
7:00
Popcorn Tavern Defcon 5
10:00
Nighthawks Dave Orr's Damn Jam
Maple Grove Country Club Pinsetters 7:00
10:00
Sunday, July 26
Starlite Lounge Kies & Kompanie Howie's Karaoke Del's Bar Matthew Haeffel North Side Oasis Open jam with Dead Set
Popcorn Tavern Sweet Grass
10:00
5:00
Popcorn Tavern Eric & Al
8:00
Ike's Jabber Jaws Palm Sunday Jam with Adam
8:00
10:00
The Bodega Lynn Biddick and Terry Nirva
4:00
Alpine Inn Pat McCurdy
3:00
7:00
10:00
Popcorn Tavern Shawn's Jammy Jam
Neuie’s Northstar Seven Ravens Band
George Street Pub Adam Palm's Summer Jam
9:00
The Warehouse This Building, Gun Barrel City, Goodnight Sunrise, The Real You Stanwood Charlie 6:30
Houghton’s John and Mike Caucutt
8:00
Howie's Karaoke
Popcorn Tavern Paulie
8:00 10:00 7:00
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The Joint Open Jam The Root Note Jazz Night
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Pajamas Encouraged
10:00 8:00 10:00
Saturday, July 25
Nighthawk's Hamilton Loomis
9:00
8:30 Wednesday, July 29
JB's Speakeasy The Bad Apples
10:00
Popcorn Tavern Mitch's Open Jam
The Joint Zetus Deamos
10:00
Riverside Park Bandshell La Crosse Concert Band 7:30
10:00
7:30
Del's Bar Rich Wooten
10:00
10:00
Baus Haus Cheech Hall
7:00
PAT McCurdy
8:00
7:00
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Madison's Freshest Bluegrass Band
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North Side Oasis Cheech Hall
Popcorn Tavern Burnt Brownies
Friday July 24
8:00
Maple Grove Country Club Pinsetters 7:00
The Root Note The New X Art Ensemble
Defcon 5 Monday
10:00
Howies Karaoke
Boot Hill Pub Mark and Janette Hanson
Thursday July 23
10:00
JB's Speakeasy Paragraphs and The Songs For 9:00
The Joint Geared Under
Live Music Every Night
Monday, July 27
Friday, July 24
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