VOLUME 9, NO. 193 | DECEMBER 31, 2009
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WHAT BOOK ARE YOU CURRENTLY READINg? "Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff again, but this time along with A.A. Milne's "Complete Tales & Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh." That silly bear has way more insight than most give him credit for.
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FIRST CONCERT YOU WENT TO: Everclear at Bogart's in Cincinnati years ago, back when they were good. ... Unless you count the Grateful Dead concerts my mom toted me along for when I was a kid.
TELL US YOUR gUILTIEST PLEASURE: I generally prefer my pleasure without any guilt but I'd have to say lip balm, can't live without it but I'm pretty sure it just perpetuates the problem it claims to heal.
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CURRENT JOB: Consultant and contractor DREAM JOB: See above. LAST THINg YOU gOOgLED: Duress — compulsion by threat or force, coercion IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD IT BE? Hawaii has always pulled at me, still U.S. but so diverse. WHAT IS SOMETHINg YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE? I'd like to globe trot, see more of the world's nature, people and culture. CELEBRITY CRUSH: Mike Rowe! (Anyone have a dirty job that would give him an excuse to visit the area?!) WHAT IS YOUR BEVERAgE OF CHOICE? Chai tea or beer, but never at the same time.
IF A gENIE gRANTED YOU ONE WISH, WHAT WOULD YOU ASK FOR? For everyone to uncover what gives them pain and then refuse, under any circumstances whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anyone else. ... to treat all others, wherever and whoever they may be, as though they were as important as themselves. WHAT'S THE LAST THINg YOU BOUgHT? A scrumptious salad at Huck Finns — highly recommended! WHAT'S IN YOUR POCKET RIgHT NOW?: Just my drivers license and $20, oh and that damned lip balm WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF SECOND SUPPER? It's all fun to page through. I get a kick out of the covers sometimes. HOW DO YOU KNOW STACEY (SN NOMINATOR)? She was a wench on a ship I captained, several lifetimes ago.
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L'Editor Dear Reader: "Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way." This was the genesis story fi rst explained 12 years ago by Frank Costanza, the hotheaded Seinfeld character memorably played by Jerry Stiller. Readers of a certain age and disposition will recall the scene vividly. “What happened to the doll?” asked Kramer. "It was destroyed,” Frank replied. “But out of that a new holiday was born: a Festivus for the rest of us!" In this end-of-the-year time of shortened deadlines and mass consumption, the alt-holiday Festivus holds a special appeal, especially for us at Second Supper. This is our third annual Festivus issue, and like the ones that preceded it our staff greeting card smiles at you from the cover. We don’t always look so ridiculous or rally around an aluminum pole, but if you felt like we felt last week, you’d want to let off some steam, too. That’s what we’ve always done in our fi nal issue of the year, and it may be the longest-running tradition we have. We also recap the year in music, while Brett Emerson and Nick Cabreza take a longer view. “That must have been some doll,” surmised Kramer hearing the story of Festivus, a tradition that has continued to grow. “She was.”
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Editor's note: This marks the final "To Do" list of 2010, so we focused exclusively on New Year's Eve. Also, please note that Second Supper is taking the next week o. Our next edition will be published Thursday, Jan. 14.
The Top Terms for this decade 1. The Aughts 2. Uh-Ohs 3. "Era of Terror" 4. The 2ks 5. The Naughties 6. Zeros 7. The Two-Thousands Things we hope to hear less of in 2010 1. Brett Favre 2. Twitter 3. Tiger Woods' harem 4. Insurance industry lobbyists 5. Kanye West 6. Michael Bay 7. Sarah Palin
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FIRST THINGS FIRST
Fireworks end year with a bang It would be remiss for any list of things to do in La Crosse on New Year's Eve to exclude the beautiful Skyrockers Fireworks. The displays, sent skyward from atop Grandad's Bluff, have entertained residents and visitors alike since 1929, making it the longest running community sponsored fireworks display in the U.S. There are two shows: 6 p.m. and midnight Thursday, Dec. 31. For information, call (608) 792-0763 or send an e-mail to dbeach@centurytel.net.
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Stadium provides great view If you want to enjoy the fireworks and share the shock and awe with friends and neighbors, perhaps the best gathering spot is Roger Harring Stadium in the Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex on the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus. The "Get to the Vet" New Year's Eve celebration there Thursday, Dec. 31 benefits UW-L athletic programs. Refreshments such as hot chocolate, hot cider, sandwiches, pop, chili, chips, etc. will be available for purchase. Tickets go on sale at 4 p.m. and are available day of
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show only in the Veterans Hall of Honor at the entrance level to the stadium. There is separate general admission for each show. General admission ticket prices start at $3 for adults, $2 for children (4-15) and $10 maximum price for families. Children 3 and younger get in free. Indoor suites are available, but tickets prices are higher and suites must be reserved and paid for in advance. For information, call (608) 7858153. Oh, one more reason to Get to the Vet: heated restrooms. Drag show benefits LGBT center There will be fireworks of another kind happening downtown at Players, 300 4th St., where the beautiful queens and gorgeous kings of the Illusions drag show will perform at 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, to help kick start your New Year's Eve celebration. Proceeds benefit the LGBT Resource Center for the Seven Rivers Region. Cost is $7; $10 gets you a drink, too. You can reserve seats via e-mail at illusionsreservations@yahoo. com. For information, contact Rosanne St. Sauver at (608) 784-0452 or r.st.sauver@7riverslgbt.org.
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Rotary Lights go dark for another year New Year's Eve also is your last opportunity to see the 2009 Rotary Lights show at Riverside Park. The park opens at 5 p.m. and closes at 1 a.m. More than 2.6 million lights brighten the park in myriad displays. Check it out. Admission is free, but you are asked to donate cash and/or food as you exit. Proceeds benefit local charities.
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Top 7 Films of the Decade By Nick Cabreza nicholas.cabreza@secondsupper.com
7. Monster (2003, Patty Jenkins) Patty Jenkins’ “Monster” is a humanizing response to the media’s portrayal of Aileen Wournos as a convicted killer first and a human second. “Monster” also uses Wuornos’ crimes as an entry point into a critique of a flawed, hegemonic society. It doesn’t hope to exonerate her, but Jenkins and star Charlize Theron succeed so well in capturing defeat and desperation onscreen that Wuorno’s evil reputation buckles under the tragedy. 6. Hotel Rwanda (2004, Terry George) The story of Paul Rusesabagina, who saved over 1,200 lives during the Rwandan Genocide, could not have been told any better. Like any good drama, “Hotel Rwanda” establishes an early connection between its characters and the audience; and like any good thriller, it puts its characters’ lives in constant danger. It’s a captivating one-two punch, as harrowing as it is inspirational. 5. There Will Be Blood (2007, P.T. Anderson) “WALL-E” gets a lot of credit for its astonishing wordless opening scenes, but “There Will Be Blood” did it better, fully-realizing the essence of anti-hero Daniel Plainview without the use of dialog. Daniel Day Lewis’ scowling Plainview thirsts for power and money by way of oil, and the ensuing epic chronicling the decomposition of his soul makes him the most iconic, ruthless film tycoon since Charles Foster Kane. 4. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003, Quentin Tarantino) Both volumes of “Kill Bill”, Quentin Tarantino’s ode to cinematic violence across cultures, should count as one epic movie (they tell the same story after all). Regardless, the blaxploitation/anime/samurai-heavy “Vol. 1” beats “Vol. 2” in the sheer cinematic fun department. Together with “Vol. 2,” “Kill Bill” may ultimately prove to be Tarantino‘s masterpiece. 3. City of God (2002, Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund) Martin Scorsese’s crime-genre hiatus left audiences scrambling to fill the void normally occupied by gangsters and lowlifes. Enter “City of God”. The film, about ruthless Rio de Janeiro street thugs, drew initial comparisons to “Goodfellas” for both its portrayal of gangsters starting at young ages and its swift, brutal acts of violence. As such, it further compares to “Goodfellas” in that it’s easily the best crime film of its decade. 2. Lost in Translation (2003, Sofia Coppola) Bill Murray’s ascending reputation as a dramatic actor reached a zenith with “Lost in Translation,” but the film’s strongest point is Sofia Coppola’s Oscar®-winning script, which explores how we respond to the isolation and confusion that accompany life’s crossroads. Enchanting in every way, “Lost in Translation” romanticizes brief encounters, asserting that deep connections and lasting memories are just one missed opportunity away. 1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, Ang Lee) For the late Gene Siskel it was “Saturday Night Fever;” for director Robert Rodriguez it was “Escape from New York.” For me it was “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” Ang Lee’s epic martial-arts romance and the movie that first opened for me the doors of cinema‘s potential. Two engrossing parallel love stories; fight scenes without peer; a haunting Yo-Yo Ma score; themes encompassing regret and lost time, rebellion from societal impositions and honor — these are among the qualities that make this the best film of the decade. The truth is this: without “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” I wouldn’t be making this list.
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Best Books of the Aughts By Brett Emerson brett.emerson@secondsupper.com
7. George Carlin w/ Tony Hendra — Last Words Alongside Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up, George Carlin’s Last Will and Testament ranks atop the comedian’s book genre. It’s a field overpopulated with rehashed jokes — and his earlier books are no exception to this tendency — but Carlin’s glaring and honest account of himself glorifies the man behind the comedian, and by association, the comedian which the man became. 6. Nick Harkaway — The Gone-Away World The pink felt cover should have given it away — The Gone-Away World is the most joyous blindsiding I’ve come across this decade. Even through the book’s monster bits, existential spinouts, and anti-corporate, anti-militaristic drama, Harkaway writes with so much vitality that it’s overwhelming. And on the gleeful end of the spectrum, there are ninja mimes.
4. J.K. Rowling — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire No one moment that J.K. Rowling has ever written before or since — and very little, if anything, written by anyone else this decade — has been as important or as wrenching as the death of Cedric Diggory. This is the moment in Harry Potter when everything changed, the end of the “Harry flightfully dicks over Lord Voldemort and prances away scot-free” books, and the point where Rowling went from great to astonishing. 3. Andy Schoepp — The Martial Arts Murders I say this without a shred of irony or reservation: I have NEVER had as much fun reading an author as I have reading Andy Schoepp. And I’m not alone. When this, Schoepp’s first book, hit the scene in 2007, it consumed my entire store like a virus. If you weren’t one of the awed idiots hanging on Schoepp’s every word, you wanted to punch out the people who did. I love this man. 2. Neil Gaiman — American Gods American Gods is, flat-out, the best work of fiction I’ve read all decade. Perhaps ever. As the ex-con protagonist gets caught within an inevitable war between the old gods and the new gods of Internet and television, the stage is set for an epic to end all epics. Furthermore, the majority of the story is set in the Midwest, including a surrealist scene at the House on the Rock. Neat. La Crosse got a single sentence, and yes, I marked out. 1. Stephen King — On Writing Most of us can point to at least one cultural artifact that has changed our lives. This is mine. Stephen King and I hadn’t crossed paths much before I picked up his autobiography/writer’s seminar, but his mark was on me ever since. This is the book that provoked me into becoming a writer, not just someone who writes. This is the book which led me to this paper, and all the bizarre glory which followed and is yet to come. I owe a debt to very few things as I owe to On Writing.
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5. Joe Hill — 20th Century Ghosts Hill may have leapt onto the American scene with Heart Shaped Box, his furious rock and roll ghost story, but it’s his earlier collection of short stories which guarantee a career of greatness. From the sad alienation of an inflatable child to a romance born on the set of Dawn of the Dead, he tells tales of the weird with a sensitivity and vision that defies convention. Yet when “The Cape” comes to its sudden end, it’s clear that Hill isn’t above the shocking.
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Top 15 Albums of 2009 Reviewed by our staff, organized alphabetically Avett Brothers — I and Love and You
The Avett Brothers built a cult following on earnest lyricism and a down-in-the-holler live show, so their major label debut does come off as surprisingly shimmering. Rick Rubin has that effect on records. But when the harmonies are as molasses-sweet and the imagery so stoic, you can excuse the shameless pleas for popularity. — Adam Bissen
James Blackshaw — The Glass Bead Game
This 12-string guitar virtuoso from London keeps the fl ame of folk guitar stalwarts such as John Fahey and Leo Kottke alive for a new generation. The sublime compositions got under my skin in a big way, with the opening track getting my nod for the most beautiful piece of music of the year. There is a cello, violin, harmonium and droning female vocals to keep his stellar guitar work from becoming too lonely. Hot damn, this is some seriously pretty music. — Shuggypop Jackson
Neko Case — Middle Cyclone
Alt-country’s leading chanteuse has quietly moved away from her whisky-soaked and heartbroken roots to something more substantial: a visionary songwriter with swirling pop production. Interesting that her latest album evokes orca whales and crickets, but never has ecology sounded so sexy. — Adam Bissen
Dirty Projectors — Bitte Orca
Shimmering melodies and harmonies that could remind a person of the heyday of '60s pop, except it's been ornated with skronky blasts of weirdness, the occasional string section and some of the freshest beatboxing to ever come out of Yale. And if that isn't enough, one of the songs has been compaired to A-Ha's "Take On Me" in numerous reviews (though I don't really hear it...) — Shuggypop Jackson
Flaming Lips — Embroyonic
These Oklahoma oddballs have steadily been rolling along for over 25 years and continue being on the cutting edge of sonic delights. There's more musical infl uences and references here than I can list, but the end result is another tripped out gem from the deranged mind of Wayne Coyne. More experimental and acid-fried than they have been in years, and to me, that's a good thing. — Shuggypop Jackson
Franz Ferdinand — Tonight
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Sure, this band’s reputation as sneering art-twits is sometimes deserved (especially on their previous album), but at least they’re back in top form. The swagger that made Franz Ferdinand famous blasts through in songs like “No You Girls” and “Bite Hard,” yet doesn’t limit the group from experimenting on tracks like psychadelic “Send Him Away” and electro “Lucid Dreams.” Tonight is the high end of hipsterdom. — Brett Emerson
Major Lazer — Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do
Major Lazer is the efforts of electronica producers Diplo and Switch who are best known for giving MIA and Santigold their beats, as well as past explorations of B'more club bangers and Brazilian baile funk. On this release, they go after the Jamaican dancehall sound, recruiting some of the current vocal stars of the reggae genre. The results are a mashup of cultures that hits hard. For those of you who think all reggae sounds the same, let Major Lazer change your mind. — Shuggypop Jackson
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Megafaun — Gather, Form and Fly
When Eau Claire native Justin Vernon, better known these days as Bon Iver, left behind the band he'd been playing with to go solo, the rest of the guys redubbed themselves Megafaun. Using their newfound indie superstar connections, these North Carolinians dropped a rustic slice of Appalachian sing-a-long campfi re ditties complete with banjo and rural fi nger picking, but keep it current with splashes of that New Weird America fl avor. — Shuggypop Jackson
Mount Eerie — Wind's Poem
Throw one of the most ambitious of indie rock songsmiths in a blender with a David Lynch soundtrack and ambient black metal infl uences and you'll get this wild ride awesomeness. Epic songs attempting to capture the emotions of the wind. Who comes up with ideas like that? Phil mothereffi ng Elverum, that's who. — Shuggypop Jackson
Muse — The Resistance
Pretentious ambition covers this album like bloody bandages, yet as usual Muse takes what ought to be intolerable and makes it listenable. Its opening track is a bouncy call to arms and its fi nal salvo is a three-part symphony, and the spaces in between pledge loyalty to no form but the epic. Music needs more of this level of aspiration.
— Brett Emerson Pearl Jam — Backspacer
After taking a few years off, Pearl Jam ripped into 2009 with their best album since Vitalogy. The album is all over the place. Some of the tracks like "The Fixer," "Gonna See My Friend" and "Got Some" feel very punky. Yet the song "Just Breathe" opens with a Jimmy Page-esque acoustic guitar rifs. The song then swells to its peak with the help of a string quartet. Backspacer is Pearl Jam doing what it does best, making quality music for any occasion. — Nate Willer
Raekwon — Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
In an era of of-the-moment rap stars, the hip-hop album of the year comes from a veteran who proudly looks to an earlier era — namely 1995, the year Raekwon dropped his game-changing Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. The sequel is just as detail-rich and soulful, the trademark sound of the Wu-Tang Clan. — Adam Bissen
Rammstein — Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da
— Brett Emerson Sufjan Stevens — The BQE
Sufjan Stevens (a.k.a. a freaking musical genius) takes his music to the next level by orchestrating a brilliant album fi lled with winding woodwinds, fl uttering strings and booming trumpets that twist, fl urry, spin and ring embodying the constant whirlwind of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The brooding yet sweet dynamic of this album leads you through effervescent melodies, monotonous echos and soft piano ripples, making the most sane person feel slightly bipolar. — Anna Soldner
Vienna Teng — Inland Territory
Vienna Teng is the newest amazing girl to slap iron on a piano. At times sounding like Tori Amos yet never enough to be considered a mere clone, she moves through the shifting entirety of Inland Territory with nothing less than grace — and its best (see “Antebellum”) is absolutely heart-stopping. This is my favorite album of the year.
— Brett Emerson
Even though “Pussy” contains the dumbest lyrics Till Lindemann has ever written, Rammstein’s newest album is one of the best things to come out of metal this year. It has the brass to switch between juggernaut marches, minimalist guitars and Depeche Mode struts as though the idea was not only natural but redundant. Yet what’s equally amazing is the quality that didn’t make the fi nal cut; if you buy this album, get the Deluxe Edition. Now, when will the greatest live band I’ve ever seen come back to America?
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music directory // December 29 to January 9 tUESDAY,
December 29
mondaY,
Popcorn Tavern // 308 4th St S Shawn's Open Jam • 10 p.m.
Popcorn Tavern // 308 4th St. S Paulie • 10 p.m.
Del's Bar // 229 3rd St.
The Joint // 324 Jay St.
Open jam with Cheech and Chubba • 10 p.m
SOMA'S Open Jam • 9 p.m
Northside Oasis // 620 Gillette St. Abbey Lane's Open Mic • 7 p.m.
wednesday,
tuesdaY,
December 30
Popcorn Tavern // 308 S. 4th St. Mitch's Open Jam • 10 p.m. Fish's Bar & Grill // 1452 Caledonia St. Joe Cody & Rick Weeth • 7 p.m.
Nighthawks Tap // 401 S. Third St. Howard Luedtke and Max • 10 p.m..
wednesday, New Year's Eve is a time for ceremonial endings and fresh beginnings, and no December 31 concert in the La Crosse area will encapture that more than Buried Face Down. The hardcore/indie/metal band has been together for five years — an eternity in this town — but their Thursday night show at the Warehouse will be their last with drummer Colin Foster. But the band isn't breaking up. In fact, they will be distributing a new CD at the show. Joining them for a mammoth evening of rock and roll are Aspenlane, Upon Extinction and Yukon Rudy. That's a whole lot of music for just $7 bucks. And although the doors open at 6:30 p.m., the concert will be over by 11, which means you can ring in the new year at one of the dozens of other concerts listed below. It will be BFD's last show in the La Crosse area for a while, though, so make some memories of this six-piece while you still can.
The Starlite Lounge // 222 Pearl St. Kies & Kompanie • 9 p.m.
Red Pines Bar & Grill // W7305 Hwy. Z Don Harvey • 8 p.m.
the warehouse // 328 Pearl St.
Ardie's // 400 Lang Dr. The Fabulous Baloney Skins • 9 p.m
dewey's // 621 St. Paul St. Bitz and Pieces • 8 p.m.
The Disabled, Hyphon, Terminated TV • 8 p.m
January 1
Billy's Lantern //W4516 Hwy 14 S. The Stoney Ridge Band • 9 p.m.
fridaY,
Popcorn Tavern // 308 S. 4th St. Burnt Brownies • 10 p.m.
Trempealeau Hotel // 150 Main St. FurLow Riders • 9:30 p.m
Neuie's North star / 1732 George St The Fabulous Baloney Skins • 5 p.m.
Nighthawks Tap // 401 S. Third St. The Bad Axe River Band • 10 p.m.
maggie's (Onalaska) // 205 Main St. Jimmy and Connie • 10 p.m.
thursday,
December 31
the waterfront tavern // 328 Front St. howie's // 1128 La Crosse St. Dave Marck/Greg Balfany Waterfront All Star Pat Watters Band • 9 p.m. Quartet • 8 p.m. River Jack's // 1835 Rose St. The Joint // 324 Jay St. Rode Hard and Put Up Wet • 8:30 p.m. The Smokin' Bandits • 10 p.m. Radisson Center // 200 Harborview Pl. fox hollow // N3287 Hwy. OA The Remainders • 8 p.m. Flashback • 8:30 p.m Nell's City Grill // 1111 S. Third St. Karl Friedline • 6 p.m. Northside Oasis // 620 Gillette St. SOMA and Tendrill • 10 p.m
January 5
Popcorn Tavern // 308 4th St S Paulie (last Tuesday show) • 10 p.m.
Del's Bar // 229 3rd St.
Cheeba with Pete • 10 p.m
January 4
saturdaY,
Popcorn Tavern // 308 S. 4th St. Dave Orr and the Providers • 10 p.m. the root note // 114 4th St. N. Enable Mind • 8:30 p.m. Ardie's // 400 Lang Dr. The Fabulous Baloney Skins • 8 p.m.
Onalaska Am. Legion // 731 Sand Lake Rd.
Happy's Garage Band • 8 p.m. the warehouse // 328 Pearl St.
Buried Face Down, Aspenlane, Upon Extinction, Yukon Rudy • 6:30 p.m.
January 2
sundaY,
January 3
Popcorn Tavern // 308 S. 4th St. Sunday Blend • 10 p.m.
January 6
Popcorn Tavern // 308 S. 4th St. Mitch's Open Jam • 10 p.m. Del's Bar // 229 3rd St.
Adam Palm • 10 p.m
January 7
Thursday,
Popcorn Tavern // 308 S. 4th St. New Grass Review • 10 p.m. Del's Bar // 229 3rd St.
Evergreen Grass Band• 10 p.m
fridaY,
January 8
Popcorn Tavern // 308 S. 4th St. Evergreen Grass Band • 10 p.m. Pearl Street Brewery // 1401 St Andrew St.
Guitar Logic • 5 p.m. the root note // 114 4th St. N. Songwriter’s Showcase • 7p.m. Nighthawks Tap // 401 S. Third St. Dr. Lee and the Terminally Chill • 10 p.m.
saturdaY,
January 9
Popcorn Tavern // 308 S. 4th St. Sterus (Paulie's Going Away Party) • 10 p.m. Freight house // 107 Vine St. Costello and Hipps • 8 p.m.
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BARREL INN $2.25 for mini pitcher CHUCK'S All day everyday: $1 Doctor, $2 Silos $3 pitchers, $1.75 rails EAgLE’S NEST Open to close: $2 U “Call” it HOWIE’S Happy hour 4 to 9 p.m.; 9 p.m. to close: Night Before Class - $3 pitchers of the beast IRISH HILLS Happy Hour 4 to 7 p.m. daily JB’S SPEAKEASY $1.75 domestic bottles PETTIBONE BOAT CLUB $1 off fried chicken PLAYERS Price by Dice RINgSIDE closed SCHMIDTY’S $6.95 lunch buffet $9.95 breakfast buffet 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. SLOOPY'S ALMA MATER $11 buckets of beers (pregame-close), taco specials during game THE JOINT $2 domestics and rails, 4 to 8 p.m., Shots of Doctor $1 all day, everyday THE HELM All day (everyday!) specials $1.25 Old Style Light, $1.50 LAX Lager/ Light, $1 shots of Dr. THE LIBRARY Sunday Fun Day - Wristband Night TOP SHOTS $5 Pitchers/$2 bottles of Miller products (11-4pm) $2 Corona Bottles, $2 Kilo Kai Mixers , $3 Bloodys (7-1AM) TRAIN STATION BBQ Ask for great eats WHO'S ON THIRD Happy Hour until 10 p.m. $1.50 domestic taps, $2 rails from 10 to close
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BARREL INN Buck burgers BROTHERS $2.50 Blatz vs. Old Style pitchers BODEgA $2 BBQ Pork Sliders CHUCK’S Monday-Friday: Happy Hour 2 to 6 p.m., 50 cents off everything but the daily special Guys’ Nite Out: $1.50 silos EAgLE’S NEST 7 p.m. to close: $1.50 domestic pints, $1.50 rails HOWIE’S 9 p.m. to close: $3.50 domestic pitchers JB’S SPEAKEASY $1.75 domestic bottles PETTIBONE BOAT CLUB Kids eat free with adult PLAYERS Happy Hour all night long, two-for-one RINgSIDE Closed SCHMIDTY’S BBQ sandwich SLOOPY'S ALMA MATER $2 can beer (2-6 p.m.) $11 buckets of beers (6-close) SPORTS NUT Buck Burgers THE CAVALIER Martini Ladies’ Night, James Martini: vodka, triple sec, orange juice THE JOINT $2 domestics and rails, 4 to 8 p.m., Shots of Doctor $1 TOP SHOTS $1.75 Miller/Bud Light Taps, $2.25 MIcro/Craft Taps, $2.50 Cherry Bombs (7-1AM)
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BARREL INN Bucket Night, six beers for $9 BROTHERS Wristband night BODEgA 2-Fers, Buy any regularly priced food item and get one of equal or lesser value for free CHUCK’S 50-cent taps domestic, $3 pitchers COCONUT JOE’S $2 Tuesdays, including $2 bottles, import taps, beer pong, apps, single shot-mixers, featured shots, 50-cent taps EAgLE’S NEST 7 p.m. to close: $1.50 domestic pints, $1.50 rails HOWIE’S 9 p.m. to close: $1 rails, $2.50 pitchers, beer pong IRISH HILLS $2 domestic cans JB’S SPEAKEASY $1.75 domestic bottles PETTIBONE BOAT CLUB 2 for 1 burger night PLAYERS Karaoke @ 10 p.m., 2-4-1 Happy Hour 5 to 10 p.m., all you can drink rail mixers @ 10 p.m. RINgSIDE Open 4-9 SCHMIDTY’S Tacos SLOOPY'S ALMA MATER $2 can beer (2-6 p.m.) 12" pizza: $8.99 up to 5 toppings (4-close) SPORTS NUT Tacos $1.25 THE JOINT $2 domestics and rails, 4 to 8 p.m., Shots of Doctor $1 THE LIBRARY $1 domestic taps and rails, one-half price Tequila TOP SHOTS $1.75 Rails, $1.50 Domestic Taps, $3.50 Jager Bombs (7-1AM) TRAIN STATION BBQ 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., extra side with sandwich; 4 to 9 p.m., $1 off rib dinner WHO'S ON THIRD Wristband night, includes rails and domestic taps, 8 p.m.-1 a.m. $3 call doubles, $2 Bud products
wednesday
BARREL INN $6 all you can drink taps and rails, 8 to midnight BROTHERS 10-cent wings, $1 Miller High Life bottles, $1.50 rail mixers CHUCK’S $2 Pearl Street Brewery beers COCONUT JOE’S $1.25 for 1 pound of wings, $1 PBR/PBR Light bottles, $1.50 Rolling Rock, $2 jumbo rail mixers, $2.25 Bud Lights, $1 shot of the week EAgLE’S NEST 7 p.m. to close: $1.50 domestic pints, $2 craft pints, $1.50 rails HOWIE’S $5 all you can drink JB’S SPEAKEASY Happy Hour 5 to 7 p.m. LEgEND’S $1 shot of the week, $4 domestic pitchers, $1.25 1 pound of wings PETTIBONE BOAT CLUB $6.99 AUCE pasta PLAYERS Karaoke @ 10 p.m., 2-4-1 Happy Hour 5 to 10 p.m., $1 Pabst cans, Dr. shots @ 10 p.m. RINgSIDE $6.50 double cheeseburger SCHMIDTY’S Chili dogs SLOOPY'S ALMA MATER Wings, Wings, Wings... $2 off 14: pizza, $2 can beer (2-6 p.m.) SPORTS NUT 15-cent wings
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Review
December 31, 2009 // 9
Black Beer Stout Hite Brewery Company Seoul, South Korea
In the beer drinking world, there are imports — Heineken, Guinness, Corona, Fosters — and there are imports. The Hite Brewery Company from Yeongdeungpo-gu, South Korea (a district in southwest Seoul) would belong in the italicized category. Full credit for this review must go to my good bro Nate Willer, who recently returned to La Crosse after three years of teaching in South Korea. Ever mindful of my palette, he smuggled three native brews home for me, which was no small favor considering the weight restrictions air travelers are subject to these days. Nate tells me Hite is the most popular brewery in South Korea, but the Black Beer Stout is its worst-performing brand. Apparently Koreans prefer their beers light and guzzled in mass quantities, so this Guinnessaping brew is a little harder to fi nd. How exotic, then, to drink it! This is an Asian lager channeling a British ale selected by an American for its idiosyncratic properties. It’s like no beer I’ve ever sampled, and hopefully I’ll never taste anything like it again. Black Beer Stout is one of the darkesttinted lagers I’ve ever seen, but it’s a translucent brown when held to the light with a tan head that last for about fi ve seconds. After that it fades into a rush of carbonation
bubbles so it mostly resembles Coca-Cola. Appearance: 4 The aroma is malty but sour with almost Aroma: 3 no hop presence. It smells mass-produced Taste: 2 in a way I’ve never experienced — oddly Mouthfeel: 4 harsh and a foreboding precedent for gut Drinkability: 3 rot. By now I knew not to judge Black Beer Stout by the standards Total: 16 of its western brethren, but I was still surprised by the watery fi rst sip. There may be a hint of burnt coffee or a puckering hop at the edge of the tongue. Otherwise it’s a pretty none-dimensional beer. I can’t read the label to discern its alcohol content or anything else, but this stout is pretty light — even by Coors Light standards. That doesn’t mean it has good drinkability, and if this is Nate’s favorite Korean beer, I’m starting to wonder how he ever made it through the past three years. Oh yeah, soju. — Adam Bissen
CONSUMPTION
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THE CAVALIER $1.50 taps 6 to 8 p.m. THE JOINT $2 domestics and rails, 4 to 8 p.m., Shots of Doctor $1 THE LIBRARY Karaoke, $2 double rails & all bottles TOP SHOTS
$2 domestic bottles, $2.50 Skyy/Absolut mixers, $2 Dr. shots (7-1am)
TRAIN STATION BBQ Special varies WHO'S ON THIRD Ladies' Night: $2 top shelf, $1 Pink Tacos Everyone: $2.50 bombs, $2 taps, $3 Jack/Captain doubles
Thursday
BARREL INN 25-cent wings, $1 shots of Doctor BROTHERS Wristband night, $1 shots with wristband $2.50 SoCo and Jack CHUCK’S Ladies’ Nite Out: $1.50 rail mixers, $2.50 X bombs COCONUT JOE’S Happy Hour 7 to 9 p.m.: $2 for all single shot mixers and all beers. Wristband Night: $5 college I.D., $9 general public EAGLE’S NEST 7 p.m. to close: $1.50 domestic pints, $2 craft pints, $1.50 rails HOWIE’S 9 p.m. to close: $1.25 rails, $1.75 bottles/cans IRISH HILLS $14.95 steak and golf JB’S SPEAKEASY Happy Hour 5 to 7 p.m. THE CAVALIER All Mojitos $5 THE JOINT $2 domestics and rails, 4 to 8 p.m., Shots of Doctor $1 LEGEND’S After comedy: Pint Night - $1 pints of rail mixers and domestic taps, $2 pints of call mixers and import taps, $3 pints of top-shelf mixers PLAYERS 2-4-1 Happy Hour 5 to 10 p.m., $2 Captain mixers, $1.75 domestic beer, $1.50 rails, $1 Pabst cans @ 10 p.m. RALPH’S Southwest chicken pita $5 RINGSIDE Southwest chicken pita SCHMIDTY’S Tacos SLOOPY'S ALMA MATER Ladies night, 2 for 1 drinks (6-close), $2 can beer (2-6 p.m.) SPORTS NUT $8.99 12-ounce T-bone THE HELM $1 Vodka Drinks, $1.00 12 oz Dom. Taps, $1.25 12 oz prem. Taps, $3 Orange Bombs THE LIBRARY $1 kamikaze and red headed sluts TOP SHOTS 5 Domestic Bottles for $10, $5 Micro/Import Bottles $11.50, $7 Micro/Craft Pitchers (7-1AM) TRAIN STATION BBQ
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Friday
BARREL INN $4.50 domestic pitchers BROTHERS $2 domestic beer, taps, & rails (5-8 p.m.) BODEGA Fish Tacos: 1 / $2.50, 2 / $5.00, 3 / $6.50. CHUCK’S After-Class $3 Pitchers, $1.75 Rails COCONUT JOE’S Happy Hour 7 to 9 p.m.: $2 for all single-shot mixers and all beers, $2.50 jumbo Captain Morgan mixers, $2.50 jumbo Bacardi mixers (all flavors), $3 Jagerbombs EAGLE’S NEST 3 to 9 p.m.: two-for-one domestic bottles and rail drinks HOWIE’S 9 p.m. to close: $2 Captain mixers, $2 bottles/cans, $3 Jager bombs JB’S SPEAKEASY Happy Hour 5 to 7 p.m. LEGEND’S $3 jumbo Svedka mixers, $2.50 Corona bottles, $2.50 Cuervo shots PLAYERS 2-4-1 Happy Hour 3 to 9 p.m. RINGSIDE $5 chicken salad on rye w/ lettuve, tomato and onion SCHMIDTY’S Fish sandwich SLOOPY'S ALMA MATER Friday Fish, $2 can beer (2-6 p.m.) THE JOINT $2 domestics and rails, 4 to 8 p.m., Shots of Doctor $1 THE LIBRARY $2 taps and mixers (5-9 p.m.) TOP SHOTS $2.00 Captain Mixers, $2.00 Long Island Mixers, $3.00 Effen Vodka Mixers (7-1AM) TRAIN STATION BBQ 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Chicken on fire $7.95; 4 to 9 p.m., Bones and briskets $13.95 WHO'S ON THIRD $1 off Three Olives, $2 domestic taps
Saturday
BARREL INN $10 pitcher and pizza BROTHERS 2 for 1 bloody marys, screwdrivers, domestic taps CHUCK’S 12 to 3 p.m.: Buy one, get one domestic beer; Holmen Meat Locker jerky raffle COCONUT JOE’S Happy Hour 7 to 9 p.m.: $2 for all single-shot mixers and all beers, $2.50 jumbo Captain Morgan mixers, $2.50 jumbo Bacardi mixers (all flavors), $3 Jagerbombs EAGLE’S NEST Open to close: $2 U “Call” it HOWIE’S 9 p.m. to close: $2 Bacardi mixers, $2 domestic pints, $1.50 shots blackberry brandy JB’S SPEAKEASY Happy Hour 5 to 7 p.m. THE JOINT $2 domestics and rails, 4 to 8 p.m., Shots of Doctor $1 LEGEND’S $3 jumbo Svedka mixers, $2 Jonestown shots PLAYERS 2-4-1 Happy Hour 3 to 8 p.m. RINGSIDE $1 off wild wings, $1 off philly steak and cheese SLOOPY'S ALMA MATER $11 buckets for college football, 2 for 1 pints/pitches w/ student ID over 21 SPORTS NUT 15-cent wings THE LIBRARY 2 for 1 bloody marys, screwdrivers, domestic taps TOP SHOTS $5 Miller/Bud Light Pitchers, $2.25 Leinies Bottles (7-1AM) TRAIN STATION BBQ One-half chicken three bones $12.95
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"Best of the Decade, Pt.3" This week: 2004-05 By Matt Jones Across 1 Merriam-Webster Online's #1 word of 2004 5 Take to the stage 8 Former nightclub entertainer Lola 14 Hitchcock's first Technicolor film 15 Gift adornment 16 Paint store option 17 So cute it hurts 19 Go over 20 Poll response 21 Richard Roeper's #1 pick in his Best Movies of 2004 list 23 It can measure anywhere from 20 to 50 ml 25 ___ chi 26 Eastern sch. with a Buffalo campus 27 Salad oil pourers 29 "How disgusting" 31 Holy men: abbr. 32 Disaster relief org. 33 Get into an account 36 TV moment that made Wired's Best Tech Moments of 2005 list 42 Beekeeper's offerings 43 It's NSFW material (unless your store sells it) 44 Nightmarish street 47 "That can't be!" Internet abbr. 48 Petting zoo noises 50 Give the impression 52 "...___ and buts were candy and nuts..." 54 1151, in Rome 55 Dogpile.com's #1
most searched celebrity of 2005 58 Tooth polish variety 61 Person with conviction? 62 Win over with flattery 64 One who makes people happy 65 Drinker's police blemish 66 Charge option 67 Powerhouse 68 Summer in la cite 69 Blender magazine's #1 song (by Usher and Ludacris) on the 100 Best Songs of 2004
Answers to Issue 192's
"Best of the Decade, pt. 2"
Down 1 Donkey noise 2 Mining deposit 3 They play dead really well 4 It was once divided into East and West: abbr. 5 Heads of monasteries 6 Young bucker? 7 Twitter dispatch 8 Lou who played the Incredible Hulk 9 From the top 10 Volcanic outputs 11 90%, perhaps 12 Is unobliged to 13 Forever and ever 18 "...___ time in the old town tonight" 22 Comedy offering 24 Late Ledger 27 Grp. for the Montreal Alouettes 28 ___ Speedwagon 30 Move like a bunny 33 Tennis star Graf 34 Like winter roads, maybe 35 Katmandu's land 37 "___ was I supposed to know that?" 38 Not-so-noble protagonist 39 "Eh, I don't mind"
40 Major time period 41 Kind of fingerprint 44 Spotted 45 In a meager way 46 Broadway belter Ethel 48 Low-budget flick 49 Face spots 51 Mazda model 53 Trombone part, mostly 56 Broccoli bit 57 Letter-shaped fastener used in woodworking 59 Lanchester of "Bride of Frankenstein" 60 Remini of "The King of Queens" 63 Creeping plant ©2009 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 #0434.
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December 31, 2009 // 11
THE LAST WORD
Y Marks the Spot By Brett Emerson brett.emerson@secondsupper.com It was a strange year. It also wasn’t a very productive one, it seems, for anyone. The easy evidence came this past month, as shoppers vanished from stores that hang their entire business plans around Jesusfest. In my post-Halloween, pre-holiday rage, I had asked what would happen if they threw a Nativity and nobody came. I suppose we found out. Christmas wasn’t necessarily more Christlike this year, but it was certainly less commercial. And while my anti-corporate side mwahahas at what is obviously a plummet into a society free from our moneyed-up masters (right!), the other sides of me are going to be scrambling to pay the rent. With an inevitable crash in hours at work and the paper not resuming regular issues for a few weeks, I’m going to have a lot of time on my hands in January. The question, and the worry, is whether I’ll fi ll those great big voids with creativity, to get started
on all the great projects that are boiling in my head. 2009 wasn’t my favorite year for a lot of different reasons, but primarily because I wrote next to nothing outside of Second Supper work. When I came into this paper over two years ago, my purpose in writing for it was to supplement everything else that was coming out of me, to reinforce the habit of being productive and awesome. More often than not, that was what happened. I’ll always remember the majority of 2008 as the Second Supper’s golden age, when a handful of us formed the core of the paper and wrote most of the content ourselves. Looking back, I see issues where I wrote seven separate articles, yet still had time to write beyond the paper’s assignments. The paper has almost always been like that, but early 2008 marked the beginning of us hitting our stride. Personally, I saw only good things ahead. But at the end of the year, for various reasons, I started to fade. In the year that followed, I’ve written next to nothing outside of Second Supper work. The most creative moments came in cobbling together articles at deadline, and every other period of time when I’d normally write my own work was wasted in what I can best describe as obsessive, willed distraction. In essence, I was looking for reasons to not be awesome. The villain was the luxury of entertainment, the entertainment of luxury. I was consumed with consuming, and having things was destroying me. I need to have nothing, so I’ve begun
to abandon everything. In the meantime, the paper that had served as supplemental structure had become my lifeboat — and really, I’m not sure I would have written anything at all if I didn’t have this gig. Which would have been a shame, as even in my depressive states of nothing I’ve managed to meet some amazing people through the job and undergo amazing adventures this year (see: Seneca, Freezepop, basement shows and haunted speakeasies). Nonetheless, I’ve needed to fi x some things, and when I pulled it together this was surprisingly easy to do. I became a lot happier coming out of 2009 than I was going into it. Yet something was still not quite right. I hadn’t found that fi rst step that would begin the next thousand miles. I tried digging up the old inspirations that got me started in the fi rst place. Earlier in this issue I wrote about how Stephen King’s On Writing changed my life. Well, I went back and read through it again, hoping that it would have the same effect as the fi rst time. It sort of worked, but it wasn’t the same revelation. Nothing ever is. Not long after, I found myself digging through my old Second Supper writings, which I have archived but never really read. For whatever reason, I decided to look through my collection of what has always been my favorite part of writing for the Supper, the Y Marks the Spot column you now hold in your hands (or robot claws). And the tales of robot racism, social outrage, parental alienation and shoebox violation that poured out did what no outside greatness
could provide any longer. I have become my own inspiration. I’m proud of what I’ve done. I want to do more. Since the snowy halcyon days when the paper’s main contributors could fi t on a single couch, I’ve wondered what would happen to it if and when those core players drifted away. This coming year, we will fi nd out. For my part, La Crosse has exceeded my wildest expectations during the four years of my return, but I see its shelf life running out for me. So I’m moving onward, and hopefully upward. By summer, I won’t be here. I hope that a new core arises in the Second Supper, creating new golden ages. But I’m going to say what all of us should say about ourselves. Who could ever replace me?
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Saturday
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