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Volume 9 Issue 162 May 7, 2009

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Letter from the Editor It’s a tough business, this journalism thing.There are only so many eyes and only so many advertisers — especially when you’re so old fashioned as to print it on newspaper! But we journalists are a pretty navel-gazing and belly-aching lot, so by now you’ve probably all heard the rumbles of despair rolling through the industry. You can see it in the New York Times (which lost $75 million last quarter), and you can see it in Second Supper (which is printed on thinner paper stock), and you can see it in the La Crosse Tribune (don’t even get me started), but while the money pool may be shrinking, the spark that drove us all into this business remains. I just wish more newspapers did. This latest column of journalistic woe is inspired by The Tapestry, that homespun Iowa magazine that was the first I ever saw attempt to speak for the Driftless Zone (or the Coulee Region or the Tri-State Area or the Upper Mississippi River Valley, or — just settle on a name, people!). Anyways, The Tapestry has recently gone on “hiatus,” or so writes Julie Berg-Raymond, the former editor who was kind enough to respond to my email. “It's not so much because of ‘the economy’ or because of any particular concerns about the imminent demise of print publication, so much as it's just because I'm tired,” she writes. Berg-Raymond had largely been running The Tapestry by herself — directing all the content and selling all the ads — while simultaneously writing for another small-town newspaper. It’s a familiar story but also a sad one: another hard-working person who couldn’t sustain the dream. Second Supper is now in its fifth year of publication, and it’s hard to imagine it ever functioning like a typical profit-seeking corporation. I give infinite thanks to my writers, photographers, and graphic designers who work hard every week — mostly just for the satisfaction of seeing this paper come out and into the hands of their neighbors. We juggle a lot of jobs and make a lot of sacrifices to get this in print, and that’s why you can’t put a price on non-corporate news. It could be a pride thing or an ego thing, but I like to think of it as taking ownership of our community. Meanwhile, Berg-Raymond says she’ll come back when the time is right, when her magazine’s debts are paid off and she has a sales team backing her up. “It's KILLING me that I don't have a venue to write about the Julia Belle Swain's farewell to the river — and about the fact that Joe and Vicki Price are looking to move from Lansing, after 23 years — and about the Shrine church, which I've been wanting to write about and photograph for years... etc. You know how it is.” I think I do.

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Pretty much my entire life I’ve been seriously concerned that my mom loved my brother more than me, for reasons that exist entirely in my head. Jacob is two years my senior, and as such, has spent more time with her than I have because he existed before me. Critical inferiority complexes have been part of my personality for quite some time, but I’m mostly over it now. My mother has spent my whole life telling me that she loves us both the same, and I think I should just believe her already. I still wonder, though, exactly how that works. I’m not sure I understand how you can love two or more kids exactly the same, so I talked to parents who have more than one little monster to get an idea. Personally, I’d be fairly terrified to have another child for many, many reasons, but one of them is definitely that I’d be afraid that I’d love my first one the most. Not only have I already had lots of time with him, but I’ve been through all the shocking parenthood transformations with him. On top of that situation, he also went through some super scary health issues when he was really little, so I have this turbo protective instinct with him. I just love him so completely that it’s hard to imagine having the capacity to love another person this much…thus my incomplete understanding of how people have more than one kid. Everyone that I’ve talked to says the same thing: you love all your kids the same, even though they’re different, even though some of them have been around longer than others, even though one of them may drive you a little bit crazier than another…you just love them the same, effortlessly. My friend and coworker Karen is the mother of two kids: Justin, who recently passed away at age 27 and Lindsay, 24. She said that even though her kids were completely different, the love factor was automatic. My argument about having had Justin for three years before Lindsay was ever around simply didn’t hold up. The bit about having gone through it once with the first kid preparing for the second didn’t hold up either: “They were so different that it was like being a new parent all over again,” Karen shared. “But they were best friends.” Awwww….there’s a reason, I guess, that it might be easier for parents of a couple of runts to handle it — it would be awfully cute to see them take care of each other. And as my own mother describes it, it’s such an amazing experience that she doesn’t understand who wouldn’t want to do it again. She said,“You guys are the best parts of me — to have two people who are part of you who are better than you… it’s amazing.” As we were discussing this over coffee, Linda, another friend, jumped it with a more specific contrast than one kid versus a few kids: the gender matters. She is in a state of constant shock because she raised one, quiet daughter

who grew up to have four rambunctious boys — Linda is totally overwhelmed at the multileveled contrast. An example will serve us well here: Linda and her daughter, Shelby were relaxing on the patio one afternoon while three of the four terrors played in the yard. The young-uns were up to no good, however, and launched Grandma Linda’s gardening gloves onto the roof. A step ladder was utilized by Grandson Luke, eight-years-old, to retrieve the gloves, but before anyone knew it, little Will of merely five years, followed suit and was galloping at full speed down the steeply-sloped roof. To everyone’s horror, it appeared that Will was heading straight into a very serious lesson about gravity. Screaming ensued, but luckily, Will had it under control and safely removed himself from his insane roof-running desire. Deep breaths were had by all, and the relaxing picked up where it left off. Until Will and sixyear-old Hank snuck into the shed and got their crazed-child paws on the long, sharp, gruesome tree trimming device! They practiced their landscaping skills pretty intensely, removing as many branches on Grandma’s trees as possible before their mischief was discovered. After another round of heart attacks for Grandma and Mom, the children were scolded, naturally. In need of another rush, young Hank thieved the car keys from his mother and pushed the button for the car alarm….repeatedly. The little whippersnapper kept darting away from his pursuers, and was not apprehended for several minutes.While these types of situations are frequent occurrences around the four boys, Linda remarks that amidst all the noise and action, there isn’t as much drama as when her daughter was growing up. From my own experience, I would probably agree that I was a touch more dramatic than my brother growing up, but who knows if that’s a reasonable generalization to make or not? It makes you wonder why people hope to have one gender over the other. I had wanted a girl at first, but I was and still am pretty relieved that I had a boy instead. I can only imagine the hell I put my mother through when I went through that whole black-eyeliner, pissed off at the world, rebellion phase. It would be pretty disappointing though, to have your heart set on one and get the other. My friend Coreen has quite the story in that respect — the woman just wanted to have a gaggle of little girls, and she ended up with four boys. Each time, she had a lovely girl’s name picked out, but each time, a son was had. She does admit, however, that it probably was easier to raise four boys than it would have been with girls. She also had interesting spacing of the kids — the first three were all five years apart, but the fourth one came just a year and a half later. And apparently, the transition to three and four kids is actually easier than the transition to two. When you just have one, it’s baffling to think about having another one because it already takes so much time and energy, but you adjust. “After you have two,” says Coreen, “you could have six, eight, ten — it wouldn’t matter. After two, you’ve got it down.”

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Troll Trippin' to Mount Horeb By Jacob Bielanski jacob.bielanski@secondsupper.com Mount Horeb is actually a road trip inside of a road trip. I don’t think anyone outside of Madison comes straight to this town of just over 6,600. This is not to denigrate the town’s lure; this Englishman who gave this town a name must have thought pretty highly of it, naming after one of the suspected mountains whereupon God handed the Ten Commandments to Moses. And there’s plenty of street parking, too. In stark contrast to the ancient Hebrew references, our purpose for seeking out Mt. Horeb is of a more sinful nature — beer. One of the vendors at the Between the Bluffs Beer Fest was an award-winning Mt. Horeb establishment that called itself “The Grumpy Troll.” Apparently this brew pub’s plethora of awarddecorated beers barely travels outside of the walls of the restaurant, much less 130-miles north to La Crosse. Seems like a good set up for a road trip. Walking into town, one sees trolls everywhere; trolls are sold in cute gift shops and every single business seems to carry the word “troll” in its name. Later research would reveal that Mt. Horeb stands as the troll capital of the world. I’m left wondering what criterion determines this title — is their a neighborhood of actual trolls that inhabit the city? Is it the volume of troll figurines bought, sold and repaired within the city limits greater than that of other cities? Or is it simply the capital of over-usage of the word “troll”? I suspect the latter, as even their local computer store calls themselves “Troll Bytes” (note: real troll bites can be pretty nasty). Wikipedia does, in fact, identify Mount Horeb, Wisconsin as the “The Troll Capital,” due to “…statues of trolls [adorning] the downtown business district.” Of course, Wikipedia also noted under the same heading that “Benjamin James Nipper was recently determined to be a troll when Dominic Hampton made 12 shots in a row in beer pong!” (http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll#Trolls_in_America) A link to Mr. Nipper’s Facebook profile was referenced in support of this troll fact. At least troll-themed businesses can be called “cute.” Dick’s Quality Meats — in downtown Mt. Horeb — seemed unnecessarily named, since it didn’t look like they specialized in meat products and I’m fairly certain the owner’s formal name is “Richard.” “Richard’s Troll Grocery Store,” though not nearly as funny, would seem to fit more aptly with the theme of the troll capital of the world; shame on you, Dick. Penis. It was by pure chance that we stumbled upon one of the most incredible features of Mt. Horeb — the utterly troll-free “Mustard Museum” seemed too cheesy to pass up. With walls and ceiling painted mustard yellow, the building housed something of a “mustard archive” as well as a mustard super-store. The owner — a curious man with thick glasses and a face reminiscent of a troll’s — asked us if how we came across here. “Many end up here after losing a bet,” he says with a big smile, almost beaming with pride at what an oddity he maintains. We were utterly enchanted with the mustard. Like some kind of bright-yellow Napa Valley, we found ourselves at a tasting counter in back, eating dozens of different types of

mustard while discussing their various qualities. The chocolate-merlot mustard was a little too unique, but the South Carolina “Murder Mustard” hit the spot. The French make a stoneground cognac mustard that was almost worth the $22 price tag.The black truffle mustard was similarly high priced, as it had recently taken “best of show” at World Wide Mustard Competition of the Napa Valley Mustard Festival. Yes, there is huge mustard tasting done annually, which attracts over 300 entries from seven different countries. (Author’s note: I couldn’t make this up if I wanted to — this article is, quite honestly, writing itself.) The irony with which we entered the Mt. Horeb Mustard museum turned itself into $25 worth of mustards and a “Poupon U” magnet. When we finally reached the grumpy troll, we were pleasantly surprised, but not blown away.The owner/brewmaster has crafted a nice restaurant around a damn incredible selection of beers. The entrees, including my Cajun blue cheese burger, were nothing you couldn’t find at any flair-adorned establishment, but the beer was definitely worth the journey.The establishment offers a selection of over ten brews on tap, ranging from the award-winning “Maggie” Imperial IPA (about 7.0 percent Alcohol by Volume…watch out), to a curious jalapeno ale called “slow eddy” (it tastes about as good as you would expect jalapenos in beer to taste… that is, not very). As we slurped away on $1 samples of beer, we overheard two gentlemen inquiring as to which beer — out of such an eclectic selection — would best suit their tastes. After a while, one of the men grew concerned and asked what “regular” beers were on tap. “We only have Miller Lite™,” the waitress said, “but it if were up to our up brewmaster, we wouldn’t even have that.” By the time we’d gained enough sobriety for the 20-mile drive back to our hotel room, I had fallen in love with Mount Horeb. Frankly, I think the city even had a crush on me (though it may have been the beer). Our laptops picked up WiFi in the park, the largest bar in town spat upon the names of industrial breweries, and the mustard — oh lord, the mustard! But even as I write this, forces are at work to destroy heaven. The Grumpy Troll seems to have plans to begin distributing their beers and the Mustard Museum is going to take up new residence in Middleton at the end of summer. Soon, the only thing that will make coming to this place worthwhile is the troll statues, and Dick’s nefarious meat services. Frankly, I’m more interested in whether or not Dominic is going to break his 12-consecutive-hit beer pong record.

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Get Bent Our scribe checks out La Crosse's yoga instructors I’m sure just about everybody these days has heard of yoga and has had some sort of media exposure to it.Whether your thoughts of it are of a '60s counterculture hippie bending themselves into a pretzel in devotion to a mystical guru while the aroma of nag champa hangs in the air mixing with the exotic sounds of a sitar recording, or of a modern day celebrity such as Madonna or Jennifer Aniston announcing on Oprah that their toned bodies are the result of their daily yoga routine, yoga has entered the American lexicon. But what is yoga, and more importantly, why should you consider making it a part of your life? The roots of yoga can be found in an ancient text that dates way back known as the Yoga Sutras written by a guy named Patanjali from India. In it, he lays out the yoga philosophy consisting of the eight limbs (ashtanga) of Raja Yoga, which are the steps to be taken to reach liberation (moksha), which is the ultimate goal of yoga, and enter the blissful state of samadhi where a person is absorbed into the One.What all that means, well, you would have to ask a serious scholar, but for now just know it is tied in with the Hindu religion.What we most commonly think of as yoga today is one of the ashtangas, that of asanas, or a discipline of the body. In other words, bending your body into all those poses. If you want to know the other seven ashtangas, get a book about it, because it is too broad a topic for this article. Asana in the Yoga Sutras originally meant a seated position for meditation, until along came Yogi Swatmarama in the 15th century who dropped Hatha Yoga on the world. In Hatha Yoga, asanas became the poses now known in popular usage. The purpose of all these poses is to purify the body, which leads to a purification of the mind and vital energy, or your

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spirit. Detractors derided yoga as some spiritual cult that puts people into a zombie trance when it first made waves in America in the '60s, in part popularized by the Beatles and their fascination with India. Some of that thought might still carry over today, while not as extreme, but lumping yoga in with an “organic” lifestyle, things like vegetarianism and natural products. How did yoga make the jump from an alternative lifestyle accessory to being offered at every suburban gym out there for mainstream soccer moms who wear lipstick to be taken in between getting their hair done and a Starbucks latte? Even in its watered down version taught by instructors who often don’t have a clue what they are doing, yoga helps relieve

others I converse with throughout the day, and at times, myself included. Could it be the yoga practice that made all of these women so calm and in the now? While each one I talked to had their own approach and personal connection with yoga, the similarities between what they talked with me about far outweighed their differencess When I asked around about yoga in La Crosse, a name that always came up was Chris Saudek, who is considered to be the first person to offer yoga classes in town. She founded the Yoga Place in 1988, which is currently located at 444 Main Street, Suite 204 and formerly taught continuing education yoga classes at UW-La Crosse starting in 1981. Chris began her yoga practice in 1978 while a grad student

stress and can provide a great workout that is less wear and tear on yourself than many other forms of exercise if having a nice ass is your main concern. In our modern society, who among us couldn’t benefit from some stress relief that doesn’t come in a bottle or pill form? I made the rounds of a few of the yoga instructors in the La Crosse area, just to get a better feel for what is offered out there. The first thing I noticed with all of the instructors I met with was how warm and friendly they all were. Each one of them graciously took time out to sit down with me and have a conversation they were completely focused on and present for, differing from the scattered thoughts running amok common among many

in Racine, Wis., and would drive to Chicago twice a week where her instructor taught. In 1980, she traveled to India to study yoga with B.K.S. Iyengar who has written several books including Light on Yoga which is considered by many to be the Bible on the topic. She has been to India 15 times total over the years to train for months at a time. Iyengar yoga, a form of hatha yoga, has become one of the most popular versions out there, with a strong focus on correct alignment and adjustments of our bodies that have gotten off track. While visiting Yoga Place, I was impressed with the variety of props, all of which her husband builds and sells, to help people get into the poses who would have a hard time doing so otherwise, do to a lack of strength, flexibility, or injury. While there, I also met a couple of Chris’s students who are also yoga instructors themselves, Carol Ann Kemen who teaches both at the Yoga Place and in Viroqua, and Marybeth Gallant who teaches in Docorah at Luther College. I also sat down with two other students who have been coming to Chris’s classes for around 20 years, Mary O’Sullivan and Francie Ball, who gave me my favorite personal validations about how yoga is a part of their lives: “I can’t live without yoga. I’m 57 and I think one of the reasons I can move is because of it. It’s more than that, yoga is a spiritual and emotional process. It isn’t exercise, it’s a way of life.” I left the Yoga Place feeling impressed with the sense of com-

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munity that existed. There was a closeness and concern for one another, genuine compassion and friendship. Perhaps all side effects of the yoga pursuit? Another instructor I sat down with was Tammy Zee who has a studio on the corner Fifth and Cass and also took over teaching yoga at UW-L 14 years ago when Chris stepped down to focus her energies on the Yoga Place. Tammy has a background in the fitness industry, with 25 years teaching aerobics, kickboxing and pilates as well as yoga, and a masters in exercise sports science. When she was asked to take over the yoga class at UW-L, she had no experience in it and became self-taught via video tapes. Since then she has gone on to study with many others, and has certified many of the teachers you will find around La Crosse teaching at places like the YMCA. Where Chris focuses strictly on Iyengar yoga, Tammy offers hatha yoga, ashtanga power yoga (which is the version Madonna does and will give you the biggest workout if that’s what you are looking for), and yogalates which comibines elements of yoga and pilates, as well as offering prenatal yoga for pregnant women. When I asked Tammy how yoga has changed her life, her response was “I’m calmer, have more patience, I sleep better and am more giving and compassionate.” Part of this compassion has shown itself in her offering yoga classes with the La Crosse County Health Department for the past year offering yoga to people suffering with debilitating ailments. The final person I talked to is the only person whose class I have gone to a few times previous to this article. Katie Penrod has been doing yoga for 8 years, instructing for five and is an example of the next generation of yoga instructors in town. Currently she offers a drop-in class at the Root Note Café on Mondays on a pay-what-you-can status available to people of all skill levels and body types, with more classes to be available this summer when she gets a breather from her graduate studies. Katie describes her class as Gentle Hatha Yoga, with a focus on taking it easy and relaxing while being aware of your breath while in the poses. Katie is working on incorporating yoga as part of the curriculum of school children, an alternative form of recreation that leaves out the competition found in sports. All of the women I met with have a passion for yoga that comes through while talking to them and all have classes a person would benefit from. Deciding which instructor to take a class with comes down to what works best for you. All will increase your strength and flexibility, will help relieve stress and promote an inner calmness, and overall help maintain physical, psychological, and metal health. Yoga just may be a panacea for many of the illnesses of modern society.

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Magical May Day at the Root Note By Bob Treu

Contributing editor Some issues back we wondered (collectively) if an arts cafe could stir up downtown, especially one which calls itself a Tea Haus, and where the only coffee is espresso. Well, I think we have an answer.Yes it can. The Thursday night open mike at the Root Note is attracting more musicians each week, and the Tuesday jazz night looks as if it might be equally successful. Then there was Rob Mini doing joyous action painting in the front window of the place. Obviously there is no lack of local talent. And now, for the entire month of May, the place will have a different look, due to the hospitality of the Root Note people and the talent of two women. RoZ and Diane Armani bonded as friends long ago, and, as it turns out, their talents compliment each other quite nicely. They call their show Magical May Day Art Show and Party and it is all about dreams. Both kinds.The kind that comes upon you in a deep sleep, and the kind that leads you to hope for a better future.

RoZ is a self-taught decorator who works with great flair and whose motto seems to be WHIM. Her art is mostly inspired by the green causes she supports and the carless life she shares with her partner Obbie. She loves finding stuff that no one wants and turning it into something beautiful. One of her colorful plaques presents a poem, too long to quote here, but which reminds us that no behavior that wrecks nature can be called civilized. She gives us a bare, graceful tree swathed in blue (looked like cotton candy to me, but I didn’t taste it) and hung with decorative shells. My favorite, however, were the two stuffed horses sitting at a small table in the window. Somehow the mare expressed complete admiration for her equine companion, while he remained slightly aloof in his sophisticated way. Unfortunately they had to be led away by the end of the show’s opening day. Perhaps their behavior got worse, or perhaps Root Note simply needed the table. Diane Armani began as a poet and somewhere along the line discovered words took her only part of the way. She needed color and form to get it said, so she started painting. Lately, under the influence of design magazines like Australian Vogue Living, she has started to decorate domestic things. A number of her decorated lamps are set about the Tea Haus to illuminate and accent the art. Also she decorated and painted an interesting array of travel gear, suitcases of different sizes and even a steamer trunk. They added something to the dream theme by suggesting inner travel, privileged glimpses into a secret world. Unfortunately they had to be withdrawn after the opening day as well.

But for this writer, the paintings are the most exciting part. Diane has a done a number of shows, including an opening at Jules’ coffee house years ago. Her work has gotten richer and more complex, and while it has its roots in abstract expressionism, it is not cool, like Kandinsky, but more driven, like Pollock. At times it is almost representational. Her work has plenty of energy and some of that energy is clearly sexual, but always with a discipline that takes the viewer along to some insight. She paints quickly, using whatever kitchen implement is hanging loose at the moment, when the brush can’t get it. Some of her titles are suggestive: Dream at First Light; From Mud and Darkness, Light; Tribal Memory; Moonlight Dance. She told me music and dance are an important source for her work, that the paintings contain tones and cadences if you know how to see them. When she started decorating things, she began to think of herself as a layerist (a term she taught me), but that amazing ability to make the viewer see depth in a flat surface is also an important quality in her painting. Both women described their work as earthy. Okay, but when a tree is swaddled in blue and hung with shells, it loses some of its earthiness and becomes elegant. If you look closely at one of Diane’s gorgeously bejeweled bowls, you will see she has embedded tiny twigs on its surface. Earthiness transformed

photos by El Jefe into elegance. I was worried that the Root Note would not have the proper lighting, but I have seen the show several times, at different hours, and it always works. True, the subdued lighting at night makes the whole experience different, and a few works don’t get seen properly, but there is indeed a kind of magic about it. Perfect for spring, a Magical May Day.

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of. They played in nontraditional venues, and an underground railroad of these places sprung up across the country for them to play at including flophouses for them to crash. When on the road, they were forced to travel econo, piling all their gear and themselves in a beat up old van to drive themselves to their next gig. They depended on college radio and zines for exposure, and released albums of labels like Dischord, Alternative Tentacles, and SST. A list of some of the bands who put out records on SST include Black Flag, Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, Meat Puppets, Bad Brains, Dinosaur Jr., Descendents, and Soundgarden. Perhaps not household names, these bands laid the foundation for the underground explosion that took place when Kurt Cobain became an MTV sensation and Lolapalooza became a traveling freak show coming to a town near you. SST went through some accounting problems and court cases in the late '80s, pretty much spelling it’s demise, but for several years, it rewrote the book on how things are done in the music world that’s been reverberating ever since. — Shuggypop Jackson

Similarity need not always be a sin, or a sign of unoriginality. Further evidence: the random and subtle intrusion of Vienna Teng’s fourth album into my ears during a night of work, suddenly emerging from the usual overplayed shuffle of diva wails and singer-songwriter pap. The spiraling pianos of “Antebellum” churned up ripples of orchestral strings and the roll of a snare drum, while a familiar voice bearing wounds in its creases and folds arced overhead, as bright as Aurora Borealis. I stopped in my tracks, craning my head skyward to the speakers, not yet sure that I was really hearing what I was hearing. The first thought to register: I didn’t know that Tori Amos had made a new album.The second: this was the most gorgeous and stunning song that Amos had released in a decade. I was wrong, as it turned out. While Tori Amos is in fact releasing an album this month (titled Abnormally Attracted to Sin), this wasn’t it. Still, the comparison between the two artists isn’t merely inevitable — it’s uncanny. Vienna Teng’s voice is often an exact match of Tori Amos’, and the fluctuating styles that form Inland Territory’s structure — though a few shades lighter in tone — can find common ground within the Amos discography. “Grandmother Song” is a front porch stomp-andclap mixing a fiddle with vocals that howl of a

Medium: Album Stimulus: Vienna Teng — Inland Territory Anno: 2009 woman’s power. “Kansas” is a soft-spoken organ piece that uses its space to build power toward the chorus, even though the deployment of drums a third of the way through barely changes the amount of force expended. This organ sound comes in a faster paced variant in “White Light,” which brings to bear subtext of guitar and synthesizers alongside more insistent beat and vocals. The brass oompa that accompanies the piano of “In another Life” directs the song into a somewhat vaudeville consideration of double-helix preincarnation. “Stray Italian Greyhound” is a glittering, exploding piano pop song, whereas “St. Stephen’s Cross” stands as its ballad sibling, closing the album as it alternates between wistful and softly grandiose. But despite the easy similarities, it would be crassly unjust to dismiss this work as a mere replication of the Amos formula. Though the core of both features a girl and a piano, Vienna Teng tends to avoid excursions into rock and keeps the supporting players of a more orchestral bent. And even when the sounds do overlap, it’s not vacantly derivative, but honestsounding, bearing a power all its own. Regardless of likeness, this is one of the most awe-inspiring new albums I’ve heard this year.

— Brett Emerson

Reviews: Your Guide to Consumption X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) Director: Gavin Hood Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston Writers: David Benioff and Skip Woods "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," has met pretty harsh reception from both critics and fanboys alike, and while I've heard it called a lot of things — from messy and boring to corny and even sacrilegious — I think everyone is actually accusing it simply of being too ambitious. Here you have a jumbled story rife with interesting themes, each of which shows tremendous promise from time to time, but none of which is explored too deeply. In most cases, action is a superhero movie's best friend, but bear in mind Logan (Hugh Jackman) isn't a superhero yet, and most of "Wolverine's" action just gets in the way. Because "Wolverine" doesn't know what to focus on, all the action scenes, the swarm of character cameos, and the plethora of undeveloped plot angles feel crammed together, resulting in a hastily-assembled, disjointed mindless action romp. That's not to say that all the loud noises and explosions aren't cool.The final fight scene might actually be the best in the X-Men series. But shelving a coherent story for the sake of pointless action is a sure-fire way to make audiences lose interest, especially since we expect more from comic adaptations in the wake of "The Dark Knight" and "Iron Man." We also like it when a movie titled "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," actually focuses on Wolverine, and doesn't cram in and subsequently butcher

the big screen debuts of fan-favorite characters by relegating them to bit parts. Among others, the cameo-bound Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) feels especially out of place cast as the final villain after being such a noncharacter. It's nuances like these that suggest the screenwriters know how to develop neither character nor theme, a shame for us since we're force-fed characters, for whom we feel nothing, doing battle over issues far too underdeveloped. And that's unfortunate, because for a while it appears "Wolverine," might actually be a scathing study of a man wrestling with animal-like instincts; or of a bloody, vengeancefueled sibling rivalry; or of the ethics of mutant-experimentation within the military-industrial complex. But then the film devolves into a zombified grunt-fest — good if you're a male under age 17, bad if you're not. If you really want an example of how the script feels thrown together like a term paper the night before the deadline, then consider how Logan eventually loses his memory, a prime indicator of laziness and/or a lack of creativity. In different hands, "Wolverine," might have been great. Maybe it's good enough to be called an entertaining mess, but it's a mess nonetheless.

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Review Hola, eses! Happy Cinco de Mayo! I’m here at la oficina, tipping back some cervezas, and you know I’m drinking in solidarity with my sureno amigos. It’s Mexican beer night. Ole! OK…. now that I’ve got that out of my system, I want to drop some real knowledge on ya’ll — the best beer you can find at a Mexican restaurant. If you’re like me (and hopefully you’re not), this has always been an issue. When out in public, no self-respecting beer snob would be caught quaffing some fruity daiquiri or margarita, yet when the alternatives are swill like Corona, Dos Equis, Modelo, or Tecate, a man gets tempted to hop on the tequila train. But, no, spicy food ought to be paired with beer, and I think I’ve found the brew I’m going to order at Mexican restaurants until the day I die. A special gracias has to go out to Bob Treu, friend of the Supper who recommended me Bohemia and said he basically lived off it while in Monterrey. I’ve since ordered Bohemia at every Mexican joint in La Crosse, and — wouldn’t you know it? — our largest grocery stores carry it as well. Normally when I review a beer I pour it into a pint glass and sip it without additives, but my first Bohemia came with a lime slice in the

bottle, so that seems like the proper way for it to be consumed. I can’t get Appearance: 6 a good look at the brew for the brown bottle, Aroma: 6 but since it’s got a gold foil label and a classically Taste: 7 racist American Indian logo, I’ll give it fair marks Mouthfeel: 8 for appearance. Even without the lime wedge, Drinkability: 9 the aroma is light with a nice backing of grassy hops. The taste also Total: 36 comes on light, but not in a wimpy sort of way. Naming the beer Bohemia is a bit of a misnomer — this is actually a Vienna-style lager — but the spicy hops and carbonation are still impressive, especially for a macrobrew, and Miller, among others, would do well to imitate its bread-y malts.The finish is clean and the mouthfeel is smooth, and it might even be creamy if not for a lime. That, though, is a lesson for another day — Seis de Mayo, perhaps. — Adam Bissen

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ratio of foam to milk, just the right viscosity… it must be glorious. It also helps, I’m told, to have a pitcher with a pointy spout instead of a rounded one. The artist then begins pouring, perhaps right into the center of the cup. About halfway up, when observers fear it’s too late to make art, the magic begins.The pitcher is shifted, the barista’s wrist is flicking away, and a spectacle of art appears in the cup. Other methods might be considered cheating (just a little), but still result in some amazing work. Etching involves using something pointy, perhaps the end of the thermometer, to draw with the foam and the crèma from the espresso. I’ve even seen baristas squirt a little chocolate sauce on top of the foam and etch some crazy designs with that. One of the best coffee guides out there recommends that when first starting out with latte art, one should be more lazy and less rigid — to just let that pitcher of milk swing back and forth freely, to let the milk decide its rate of oscillation. I’ll admit it — I’m not badass enough to create good latte art, not yet anyway. I’ll keep trying and keep you posted.

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7-CL: chicken $1.50 domestic primavera pints, $1.50 rails

7-CL: shrimp $1.50 domestic pints, burrito $2 craft pints, $1.50 rails

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

$9.00

N5292 Hwy 35 rd. 1904 Campbell $5.99 $5.99 gyro gyro fries fries & & soda soda

1908 Campbell rd.

Huck Finn’s Howie's

127 dr. st. 1128Marina La Crosse

9-clNBC Mary night. (Night Bloody Before Class) $3 pitchspecials ers of the beast - 2 4-9 p.m. Happy10 Hour

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

108 3rd st

price pitchers DTB

Arterial

$1.50 U call domestics and rails

1003 16th st 16

(increases 50 cents per hour) $1 rails

9-cl$3.50 Domestic pitchers $1.75 domestic bottles

Free Wings

$2.50 JUMBO CAPTAIN AND FLAVORED FLAVORED BACARDI MIXERS BACARDI MIXERS $3.00 JAGER BOMBS $3.00 JAGER BOMBS

live live DJ DJ $1 shot $1 shot specials specials

7-CL: chili $1.50 domestic pints, verde $2 craft pints, $1.50 rails

Ask 2server 3-9: for 1 for details domestic bottles and rail drinks

Fish

Euchre, 7 p.m.

HAPPY Fry HOUR 3 - 8

HAPPY HOUR 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.

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

EVERYDAY 3 -7 9-cl and$1.25 9 - 11 rails, $5 AUCD

OPEN-CL $2 U "Call" it

$8.95 16 oz. steak $8.95 1/2 lb. fish platter

Prime Rib

GREEK GREEK ALL ALL DAY DAY buy buy one one appetizer appetizer appetizer half price appetizer half price get get one one half half price 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 HOUR 5 - 7

All day (everyday!) $1.75 domesticspecials $1.25 Old Style Light bottles

Check our ad for specials

$1.50 LAX Lager/Light $1 shots of Dr.

$2 Domestic Bottles and Cans

$1.75 bottles/cans

Karaoke Karaoke

Ask server for details

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

HAPPY HOUR 9-cl- $1 rails, $2.50 pitchers, Beer Pong

12-3: Buy one get Jaeger, one $2.00 Malibu, $2.50 domestic $3.00 Jaeger beer Bombs Holmen Meat Locker Jerky Raffle

Happy Hour 7 - 9. $2 for$2.50 all single shot mixers and all beers. JUMBO CAPTAIN AND

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

happy hour 1 -6 M - F $1 Most Pints, $2 Absolut Mixers

After ClassMixers $3 $2.00 Captain Pitchers $1.75 Rails

HAPPY HOURshrimp EVERYDAY 3 - 6 chili chicken burrito verde primavera $1.25 Bucket of Domestic 25 Cent Wings BURGERS Cans 5 for $9.00 HAPPY HOUR 6 AM - 9 AM

Gracie’s Gracie’s 1908 Campbell rd.

$6.75 shrimp dinner 50 cent taps 4 - 7

Italian beef meal: $6.15 2 Chicago dog meal: $3.00 Bacardi mixers/ $3.45 mojitos Great drinks! $2 Cherry Bombs $1.50 $1 Bazooka Joes bloody marys 11 a.m. - 4 p.m

Happy Hour 12 - 7

$2.00 Cruzan Rum Mixers, $2.50 Ladies'Jameson Nite outShots, 1.50 $3.00 Raill Mixers mixers/ $2.50 X bombs

$3.00 Patron Shots $2 Pearl Street Brewery beers

Fiesta Eagle'sMexicana Nest

Lakeview Goal Post

$2 Cherry Bombs $1 Bazooka Joes

77 -- midnight midnight $2 $2 Malibu Malibu madness madness $2 $2 pineapple pineapple upsidedown upsidedown cake cake

77 -- midnight midnight $1 $1 rail rail mixers mixers $2 $2 Bacardi Bacardi mixers mixers

Ladies Ladies Night Night buy buy one, one, get get one one free free wear wear aa bikini, bikini, drink drink free free

N3287 County OA

pepper & egg sandwich meal: $4.50, fish sandwich meal: $4.99, ItalianCaptain sausage meal: $3.00 mixers/ mojitos $6.15 Great drinks!

All day, everyday: $1.00 Shots of Doctor, $2.00 Cherry Bombs, $1.75 Silos of Busch Light/Coors All day Everyday: $1 Doctor $2 Silos. M-F: Happy Hour 2-6 $.50 off everything but the daily special

closed closed

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

batterfried cod, fries, Italian beef meal: pepper & egg sandwich beans, and garlic bread $6.69 meal: $5.50$5.00 2 Chicago dog meal: Italian sausage meal: $6.69 $4.50$5.89

Topless Topless Tuesday Tuesday

5200 1914 Mormon CampbellCoulee rd.

Cosmic Bowl $1 cherry bombs starts at 9 p.m. $1Keystone silos

AUCE wings $5.00 free crazy bingo hamburger or cheeseburger buy one cherry meal: bomb $3.89 get one for $1 Italian Beef w/dog meal: 3 p.m.$7.89 - midnight

$1 $1 Kul Kul Light Light cans cans

411 3rd st.

Cosmic Bowl & $1 cherry bombs Karaoke starts at $1Keystone silos 9 p.m.

$5 bbq ribs and grilled chicken sandfries wich meal: $5.29 Polish sausage meal: $4.49

$4 $4 full full pint pint Irish Irish Car Car Bomb Bomb

Dan’s Place

Saturday

$2.50happy Bomb Shots hour $2.50 Ketel One Mixers $2 Retro Beers "Your Dad's Beer"

Stop in for Value Menu too big to list here

$6.00 AUCD

bucket night 6 for $9

Friday

3-7

$2 Silos

shots of Doctor hamburger meal: 8-Midnight grilled chicken$6 sand$3.69 wich meal: $5.29 HAPPY HOUR 3 PM - 8 cheeseburger PM meal: Polish sausage meal: 10 cent wings (9 - CL) $3.89 $3.99 Martini$2.50 Ladies' Night Wristband $1 High Life 6- 8bottles All Mojitos $5 Blatz vs. Old Styletriple James Martini: vodka, $1.50burgers, rail mixers$2.60 soup orNight salad bar $1.25Tuesday make your own $2.25 meatsec, orpitchers marinara orange juice $1.50 taps $2 Guinness pints FREE with entree or tacos, $4.75 taco salad cheeseburgers, $2 off spaghetti: $3.45 large pizza, $1 fries4 - 7 sandwich until 3 p.m. HOUR Italian sausage: $4.95 $2.25 margaritas, $2 HAPPY $14.95 Steak ($3.95 by itself) off large taco pizza with $1 anyDr. pizza Martini Madness shots 2 for 1 and Golf All week, 3-6: closed $2 off all martinis $3 Jager Bombs taps (begins May 7) $2 domestic cans

meatball sandwich meal: $6.15 2 dogs meal: $ 5.25

77 -- CL CL $1 $1 domestic domestic 12 12 oz oz $2 $2 Stoli Stoli mixers mixers

closed closed

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

$2 U Call it imports $3 Crown Mixers

$5 All Pitchers

$2 Corona/Corona Light, $4 Patron

$2 Stoli Mixers, $1 DR Shots

Second Supper vol. 9, issue 162

Area food food & & drink drink specials specials ] COMMUNITY SERVICE [Area LA CROSSE JB’s Speakeasy 717 Rose st.

The Joint 324 Jay st.

Legend’s

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday Wednesday

$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.

closed

Nutbush

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

HAPPY HOUR 5 - 7 $1.00 off all Irish shots $2.50 pints of Guinness $3.00 imperial pints

$2 domestics and rails, 4-8

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

closed

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

5 - 7 p.m. 2-4-1 happy hour

great drinks!

$2 SHOTS OF GOLDSCHLAGER $5 DOUBLE VODKA ENERGY DRINK

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 3119 State rd.

2 for 1 Happy Hour ALL NIGHT LONG

Chef specials daily Mighty Meatball sub $6

CLOSED

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

open 4-9

Buck Burgers

Sports Nut 801 Rose st.

Train Station BBQ 601 St. Andrew st.

Top Shots 137 S 4th st.

Yesterdays 317 Pearl st.

LA CRESCENT

Crescent Inn 444 Chestnut st.

WINONA Godfather’s 30 Walnut st.

May 7, 2009

HAPPY HOUR 4 PM - 7 PM cheeseburger HOOP DAY!! MAKE YOUR SHOT AND YOUR ENTRÉE IS FREE!

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.

Chili Dogs

Tacos

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

120 S 3rd st.

1019 S 10th st.

Southwest chicken pita $5

2-4-1 Happy Hour 3 - 9 Best Damned DJ'S @ 10 p.m.

LUNCH BUFFET $6.95 Tacos

Shooter’s

Tailgators

double $6.50

2-4-1 Happy Hour 5 - 10 $2 Capt. mixers $1.75 domestic beer, $1.50 Rails, $1 Pabst cans @ 10 p.m.

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

closed

11-3: Extra side with sandwich 4-9: $1 off rib dinner

Special varies

11-3: Barn burner $7.95 4-9: Hobo dinner (serves 2) $30.95

$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

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

ask for great eats

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

Friday

$2.50 Captain $2.50 Jager Bombs & Polish

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

Thursday

Saturday

Friday

Saturday

any jumbo, large, or large 1 topping pizza medium pizza up to 5 $9.99 toppings: $11.99 (get 2nd large for $5)

Entertainment Directory 5/7 - 5/13

Thursday, May 7 Del’s Bar Acoustic SuperDeece The Root Note Open Mic Night Popcorn Tavern TBA Nighthawks Dave Orr's Damn Jam

10:00 7:00 10:00 10:00 5:00

Howie's Karaoke

8:00

Alpine Inn Swing Crew

7:00 7:30

Friday, May 8 Popcorn Tavern LAX All-Stars

Train Station BBQ Muddy Flats and the Hepcats

7:00

The Warehouse Punk's Going to the Dogs

5:30

Howie's The El Caminos

9:00

Nighthawk's The Crawlers Cheech

5:00 10:00

The Root Note Proto Melei and The Poppyseeds