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Chicago finds their sweet home on the road Classic rockers roll into La Crosse for Freedom Fest [P. 3]
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WHat iS SometHing You Want to do Before You die: Be a mom
WHat iS Your BiggeSt Pet PeeVe? I have many. There’s the ol’ grammar thing but that’s not very unique. I hate when people let their sweatshirt strings hang at different lengths. WHat iS Your BeVerage of CHoiCe? Pepsi CeLeBritY CruSH: Currently Chris Hemsworth (as Thor) WHat BooK are You CurrentLY reading? Just finished "The Fault in Our Stars" for the third time
name and age: Mandi Janikowski , 21 (soon to be 22, thank you very much)
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Chicago and Daughtry with The Remainders
WHere Were You Born? Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park, Minn. I’m not sure which floor.
Current JoB: UW-L Writing Center tutor dream JoB: Young Adult book editor (writer?) LaSt tHing You googLed: “Birds.” I know it’s weird, but I read somewhere on reddit that if you google “birds” or bird things a lot, it will change your ads on Facebook to birds and I was curious to see if it would work. (It didn’t … but maybe I didn’t do enough searches. I started feeling creepy after searching “bird beaks” and “bird wings” so I gave up.)
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teLL uS a JoKe: I hate this joke, but it’s the most recent one I’ve heard. Knock knock. Who’s there? To. To who? To whom. (I know, it sucks.) teLL uS Your guiLtieSt PLeaSure: "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" on the Food Network (which I may or may not be currently watching) if a genie granted You one WiSH, WHat WouLd You aSK for? Well I sort of think it would be cool to be able to fly.
WHat one PerSon aLiVe or dead WouLd You Want to HaVe dinner WitH? Jennifer Lawrence (I think we could be friends.)
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The Top Chicago songs 1. “25 or 6 To 4” 2. “If You Leave Me Now” 3. “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” 4. “Hard to Say I'm Sorry” 5. “Old Days” 6. “Make Me Smile” 7. “Saturday in the Park”
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"Chicago" songs 1. “Sweet Home Chicago” — Robert Johnson 2. "My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)" — Frank Sinatra 3. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" — ZZ Top 4. "Chicago at Night" — Spoon 5. "The Night Chicago Died" — Paper Lace 6. “Via Chicago” —Wilco 7. "Chicago" — Sufjan Steven
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Road warriors
Lee Loughnane has been with Chicago since the beginning
By Kevin Sommerfeld Special to Second Supper
Chicago has been playing for more than 45 years now and has never broken up. They’re still doing their thing, making hits, playing for the people, and loving it. Bill Clinton once called Chicago one of the most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era. They’re No. 13 on Billboard’s list of top 100 musicians. You know them even if you think you don’t know them, that’s how big they are. And they’re going to be playing here in La Crosse during Freedom Fest on June 15. Recently I had the honor of speaking with Lee Loughnane, who has been the band’s trumpet player since the beginning and shows no sign of stopping anytime soon. SS: I’ll start you off with a broad question: How’s Chicago doing nowadays? LL: We’re doing great. We’re still doing about a hundred shows a year. And whatever show that we do will encompass our entire career from first album up to present day. We’ve also put together a web platform that started in March 2010, and we’ve built that up to where we’re pretty much a one stop shop. We sell memorabilia, we have memberships, we have premium access which is a subscription to come behind the scenes and watch little videos of us backstage and various other places. There are also soundboard recordings on the website. We did a CD of 15 of our biggest hits and recorded them to try and make them sound like the originals, and we surprised ourselves with how good that came out. We also have a documentary out of our 2011 world tour. So we’re quite busy. And we’re coming to see you guys on the 15th of June, and boy will I be on stage. SS: You’ll be playing at Freedom Fest, an event held in honor of those who have served or are serving our country. What is the significance of Chicago playing this event? LL: It’s always great to give something back to people who are ensuring our freedom, whether we’re at peace or at war. I mean, these guys put their butts on the line every day for us, and a lot of people have lost their lives protecting us. So this is a wonderful event for us. Thanks for inviting. SS: You also generously support other charitable causes. After so many years in the industry, do you feel musicians have a larger role in society other than just to entertain? LL: That’s generally up to the conscious of each individual and each group, but, yes, we have always felt that it is important to give back, and I think, individually, each guy in the band gives over and above what we do as a group. So we kind of keep those things on a personal basis, but as far as the band
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goes, we take out a dollar of each ticket and give fifty cents to the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation and another fifty cents to Hannah & Friends. That happens all year round. Every show we play, we give to those charities. We’ve also been supporting the American Cancer Society for the past four years. We’ve had auctions in every city that we’ve played in the last four years, and the highest bidder gets seats in the front rows, then they come backstage to talk with us for a while. We shoot some pictures, do some autographs, and then they come up with us onstage and sing “If You Leave Me Now”. So it’s a lot of fun. Each of these people have been affected by cancer in some way. Either they’ve had it, or someone that they know has had it. SS: That’s great. Now I’m going to turn to talking about the music industry in general. What major changes have you seen since the early days of Chicago? LL: Well, obviously the computer has come on board, and when we first started, we recorded our first album on an 8-track machine, so that was the best stuff there was. And then it graduated to 16-tracks and 24-tracks and 48-tracks, from analog to digital. Everything’s been moving. We just stay up on things, try out new things and play music. We’ve been doing it for 46 years, and to do what I did when I was 20 years old is pretty cool. SS: What direction are you taking your music in nowadays? LL: When we write songs, we don’t have a definite idea of what it’s going to be. There’s just some chords that come in that sound halfway decent, then we start building upon that. Then we have a lyrical idea and we start building on that. But there’s really no specific direction. The direction doesn’t come really until the song is written and then presented to the guys, and they put their impressions and expertise into it. The song sort of evolves then, naturally. SS: Do you focus more on trying to attract new listeners, or on giving longtime fans more of what they want, or do you try to do both?
advantage of that. LL: Both. I mean, we just try to play music. That is the basic thing we have started from the beginning and that’s still what we do today. We just play, and hopefully everyone will like it, and if it turns out, our audience digs it a hell of a lot. In the beginning we only had a couple of hits. When we recorded the first album we had 12 songs, and when we played shows, those were the only songs we knew, so we would play the entire first album. “Beginnings,” “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is,” “I’m a Man,” they were all on that first album, and we tried releasing them to what was AM radio at the time, and they wouldn’t play them because they said that we didn’t have a hit, so it was a kind of catch-22. You know, how are we supposed to have a hit if we don’t get played? But we came out with the second album, and Jimmy Pankow had written a piece called “Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon,” and AM radio expressed interest in portions of the ballet, so the first movement of the ballet is “Make Me Smile,” and then it rephrases again at the end. So we took those two pieces out of the ballet, put them together, and that became our first single. So there we had our first hit and we had a foot in the door. Then we re-released the first album, and those songs also became hits. So the significance of the first album was that initially it was underground and very cool, and then when we went back and re-released those songs and they became hits, the same music was looked at as if we had sold out. So we went, wait a minute, there’s something a little haywire here; it’s the same music, we haven’t changed it up. Then we realized: it’s just music. People have their opinions on music and always will, but as long as we get a chance to do it, I’m happy. SS: Your music has always embodied a wide range of musical forms and genres. Now, with the internet and new technologies that allow almost anybody to make/release music, there’s a huge variety of music out there, especially in the independent scene. What are some aspects you find exciting about the state of music today? LL: Well, we have become one of the groups in the independent scene because we don’t have a record label supporting us anymore. We’re making a record right now that will be released through the website, and songs are being recorded. We bought the equipment and carry it around on the road, so no matter where we are, we can record. We as well as everyone else in the business know, because of the downturn in the economy, MP3s, file sharing, what they’re calling “stealing the music,” with all of those things occurring, it has completely disrupted the entire music industry, and all of the record labels are trying to figure out what to do next. So we’re taking the bull by the horns, running with it, and we now own everything that we produce. Obviously all of our stuff that we already did with a record company is owned by them. Warner Bros. owns our catalog, but anything new that we do is ours, and we will take full
SS: You have been touring ever since you started. Do you think touring has become more important now that music is so easily accessed otherwise? LL: I think touring has always had a major value, especially for us. It’s important to take our product and present it to people. That’s one of the biggest benefits of what we do. SS: Obviously you must enjoy it since you’ve been doing it for over 40 years now. What are the enjoyable aspects of touring? LL: The actual playing of the music. Traveling across the country, which used to be a lot of fun, is much less fun now that you walk into an airport and you’re guilty until proven innocent. And being away from my family is definitely very tough. The only way to actually play music for people is to be in front of them, and they’re not home, they’re everywhere but home. So the easy part is what it’s always been: I love playing music, I love practicing, all of the aspects of putting the songs together, recording, then playing live. It’s just great. SS: How do the old days of touring compare to now? LL: Wait, you mean while we were being young and stupid? Well, first of all we lived, because I used to do a few things that would have affected my life in a major way, and then I stopped. Booze and drugs were definitely things that I had to stop doing. I still had to play music, and when you stop doing those things, you start thinking, well I don’t know if I’m going to have the same caliber or drive or whatever, and I figured out that I might just not need them. I do have those drives and I need to do it with a clearer head. SS: What’s one of the best memories you have of being in the band this whole time? LL: We played for 500,000 people in Philadelphia to commemorate our independence in 1976. So that was a very interesting gig with all the excitement there with all those people. There were speakers everywhere. Just people whispering was a loud noise, and once we started playing, we really had to pull ourselves back because there was just this enormous feeling. It was really cool to play for the 200th anniversary of our country. SS: What do you see Chicago doing in 10 years? LL: Ten years? I’m not sure. Next year we’re definitely going to be working, and if our manager has anything to do with it, he will keep us working as long as we can stand on our feet, as long as we want to keep working. We will keep our website, chicagotheband. com, whether we’re working or not, and we have every intention of continuing for a long time with the help of our fans. We’re going to keep on doing it.
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COMMUNITY
Dining Out Kabob House 1505 S. Losey Blvd. La Crosse, Wisconsin By Marcel Dunn Special to Second Supper Over a year ago, Taste of India opened to generally great reviews and even better word-of-mouth. Now with Kabob House, La Crosse has yet another quality Indian (and Pakistani) restaurant. Located in the Village Shopping Center (in the former site of JavaVino), the Kabob House is in a prime location for the weekend shopping crowd and the internationally curious. Inside is a rather spacious dining room of four- to eight-person tables that surround a half-circle bar. The walls are a colorful collaboration of purple, blue, red and orange lightly adorned with artwork. Most notable was the atmosphere. The staff was welcoming and helpful, happy to explain the dishes to anyone not familiar with the style of cooking. Due to an oversight of assumption, I found myself in the midst of the Kabob House’s lunch buffet. Though initially hesi-
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tant because of a troubled past with buffets, I was delighted by the variety of samples offered by the chefs. Located along the long bar in the middle of the dining room, the buffet offered salad, fresh vegetables, appetizers, rice, soups, naan and sauces, and a sampling of eastern stalwarts such as chicken korma, lamb curry and beef kabob. Their buffet is a fantastic example of how to offer small portions of the flavors offered in the full menu to anyone who might be afraid of ordering a big meal at dinner. In fact, I fully recommend the buffet for those who are even seasoned veterans of the international restaurant scene. It was that good. Through two plates, I tried the mild and creamy chicken korma, a subtle, spicy lamb curry, the Pakistani ground beef kabob, a delicious take on green chicken that avoided going heavy on the mint and cilantro, and a very spicy chili chicken. Each dish went well with the rice or naan, and a small bite of custard worked well as a palette cleanser to keep all those flavors from running together. Not every dish put out for the buffet is offered on the full menu, which makes the buffet an even more interesting opportunity to try something outside their advertised repertoire. But make no mistake, the menu itself is verbose and offers something for everybody. I certainly plan on making repeat appearances to try it out. La Crosse is experiencing a bit of small food renaissance in these past few years that I have been all too happy to actively participate in. The Kabob House is yet another fantastic feather in our foodie cap and those that appreciate trying new things should set out for lunch or dinner, fully confident in the wonderful experience that awaits.
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Music Directory FEATURED SHOWS
Saturday, June 1st Myrick Hixon Eco Park – Three Rivers Dulcimer Fest • All Day
Riverside Park – Balfany Quartet • 11:30 a.m.
Freight House – Michael Patrick & Alden Hedges • 6 p.m.
Riverside Park – La Crosse Concert Band • 7:30 p.m.
Warehouse – We Paint The Sky, At War With Giants, A Sound in Sight, An Empire Once Nothing
Thursday, June 20th Dels – Andy Hughes
Waterfront Tavern – Dan Sebranek • 8 p.m. Piggy’s – The Pumps • 8 p.m. Popcorn Tavern – Evergreen Grass Band • 10 p.m.
tel. 784.5798 www.pfc.coop open daily 7 am–10 pm
all are welcome
Saturday, June 22nd Freight House – Adam Palm • 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 24th Dels – Adam Palm Wednesday, June 26th Dels – Bandsaw Brothers
Monday, June 3rd Dels – Dave O'Mally
Riverside Park – Coulee Region Steele Drums • 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, June 5th Dels – DJ Moses
Riverside Park – La Crosse Concert Band • 7:30 p.m.
Riverside Park – La Crosse Concert Band • 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 27th Dels – Derek Ramnarace
Thursday, June 6th Dels – Derek and Sam
Friday, June 28th Freight House – La Barge • 7 p.m.
Warehouse – Narrow Hearts, Of Glaciers, Lasting Impression, Truth Inside Silence, Benevolence
Saturday, June 29th Winona University – Dixieland Fest • 12 p.m.
Friday, June 7th Trempealeau Hotel – Vocal Point • 6:30 p.m.
Monday, June 10th Dels – Rick Weeth Wednesday, June 12th Dels – Kokopelians
315 Fifth Ave. So. La Crosse, WI
Friday, June 21st Cameron Park – Prairie Smoke • 5:15 p.m.
Sunday, June 2nd Leo and Leona’s – John Fischer Benefit (10 live bands) • 1 p.m.
Saturday, June 8th Freight House – Ultra Sonic Duo • 7:30 p.m.
eat fresh! eat local! go co-op!
Wednesday, June 19th Dels – Terrapin Shells
Trempealeau Hotel – Blues Bash • 2 p.m.-2 a.m. ($20)
Freight House – Ultra Sonic Duo • 7 p.m.
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Monday, June 17th Dels – Dave Armstrong
Riverside Park – Bill Miller • 11:30 a.m. Riverside Park – La Crosse Concert Band • 7:30 p.m.
Freight House – La Barge • 7:30 p.m.
WEEKLY GIGS
Saturday La Crosse Queen Riverboat – The Journeymen • 6 p.m. Sunday La Crosse Queen Riverboat – The Journeymen • 6 p.m. Popcorn – Innocuous Voodoo (funk) • 10 p.m. Monday Popcorn – Grant’s Open Jam • 10 p.m. Del’s – Cheech’s Open Jam • 10 p.m. Tuesday Jade Café – Open Mic Night • 7 p.m
Thursday, June 13th Dels – Dustin Rosa
Popcorn – Paulie • 10:00 p.m.
Freight House – Dan Sebranek • 6:30 p.m.
Root Note – 3rd Relation Jazz • 8:00 p.m.
Friday, June 14th Freight House – Kevin Hall • 7 p.m.
Thursday Starlight – Kies & Kompanie (jazz) • 5 p.m. Root Note – Open Mic • 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 15th Freight House – Kevin Hall • 6 p.m.
Popcorn – Dave Orr’s Blues jam • 10 p.m.
Warehouse – One Year Later, The Paramedic, Animalist, Opportunist, Senseless Beauty
Friday La Crosse Queen Riverboat – The Journeymen • 6 p.m.
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June
The Month in Preview Various Days TIME FOR BASEBALL
music | entertainment | summer time fine arts | father’s day | wine | theater baseball | riverside park | biking
market, softball, comedy, a milking contest, dancing, a car & bike show, a skateboard & bike exhibition, amongst other events
@ Copeland Park
and things. And of course on Sunday at
Baseball is the de facto national sport
12:30 is the huge parade. For the complete
of America and has been since the late
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schedule, go to spartabutterfest.com.
1800’s. And almost everybody knows that, like flowers, blue skies, and lawnmowers, it’s an integral part of summer. But even with the nice weather, sadly most baseball games are viewed on an LCD screen. This is probably due to ticket prices, crowds,
June 12, 19, 26 MUSIC FOR LUNCH @ Riverside Park
massive stadiums, and the inability to travel
Noon Tunes in Riverside Park is such a
to games. Here in La Crosse live baseball
nice event. It’s free for everyone, the music
is just a stone’s throw away. The Loggers
is always excellent, and that lonely stage
season starts in June, and they have plenty
in the park actually gets some use. Noon
of home games during the month. Tickets
Tunes starts in June and ends in September,
range from $5 to $27 per single game.
but as far as June is concerned, there are
Visit lacrosseloggers.com for a detailed
three Wednesday lunch breaks that you will
schedule.
have access to live music. Bill Miller will
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play on the 12th, the Balfany Quartet on the
June 6 - 9 BETTER BELIEVE IT’S BUTTERFEST
19th, and the Coulee Region Steele Drums
music from big-time bands Daughtry and
on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon and will
on the 26th. Each session lasts from 11:30
Chicago. This is the sixth year of Freedom
bring Last Call, The Eric Tessmer Band,
to 1:30, so it might be worthwhile to take
Fest, which since 2008 has raised over
and Foghat to the stage. There will be bike
an extended break from work if possible.
$400,000 for veterans causes. Gates
building showcases, vendor displays, and
@ Memorial Park, Sparta
And if you don’t have to work, just come
open at 3 p.m. and the celebration goes
rides as well. Tickets are $18 at the gate for
This year marks the 29th annual Butterfest
down and enjoy.
until late night. The 451st Army Band will
a two day pass, $10 for a single day pass.
start things off with a host of patriotic tunes.
Hey, that’s a pretty good deal!
in Sparta, and, as always, there will be plenty of things to do during the fest’s four days. Now, just because it’s called Butterfest doesn’t mean it’s all about butter. There won’t be butter statues or kiddie pools full of
Sat., June 15 FREEDOM FEST!
The Remainders, a local favorite, will also be there performing hits from the 70’s and 80’s. And the fest wouldn’t be complete without the tribute to our nation’s fallen
June 22 & 23 GREAT RACE PIT STOP
@ UWL Veterans Memorial Field
heroes. General admission tickets are $45
fried butter sticks). There will, however, be
Show your appreciation for the people
before the fest, $55 at the gate. There are
@ Riverside Park
a carnival, tons of food, arts & crafts, flea
who serve our country while rocking out to
also lawn seats for $65, VIP for $145, and
You know what would be cool? If there was
melted butter (though there might be deep
front-row VIP for $195. For more info go to freedomfestlacrosse.com.
a race across the country, but with fancy old cars. Well, that actually takes place every year. And this year the route is from
June 21 & 22 HIGH PERFORMANCE CELEBRATION @ Southside Oktoberfest Grounds
St. Paul, MN to Mobile, AL. So that means the first stop for the cars is Riverside Park in La Crosse. The cars (which are souped up vintage cars from the 20’s 30’s 40’s etc.) will be parked by the river waiting for
S&S Cycle, maker of high performance
your adoration. But they won’t be there for
motorcycle parts (one of the manufacturing
too long (they have a race to get on with,
facilities is right here in La Crosse), is having
after all), but should be there from around 5
a celebration since they’ve been around for
p.m. till 8 p.m. Then they leave for good at
55 years. The two day celebration starts
8:30 a.m. the next morning. Don’t miss the
on Friday at 4 p.m. and runs till midnight
chance to see these rare beauties. It’s free!
and will feature the music of New Black 7 and the Outlaws. The celebrating continues
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DIVERSIONS
The Beer Review
"The quiet people" They still make an impression By Matt Jones
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Canoe Paddler Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin By Adam Bissen adam.bissen@secondsupper.com
ACROSS 1 Cup in some coffeehouses 6 Bounce back 10 Superficial, as speech 14 Clear jelly 15 A little depressed 16 Letter from Iceland? 17 Quiet person with a Scottish accent? 19 Me, myself ___ 20 A gazillion years, seemingly 21 Friendly lead-in 22 Began to eat 23 Quit the chess game 26 Indigo and such 28 Hit hard, as with a ball 29 Dish the insults 31 Decrease 33 For face value 36 Designer Cassini 39 Boo-boo 40 Quiet person who oversees new family additions? 43 Sommelier's stat
44 Birth certificate info 45 "Green ___" 46 Ventura County city 48 Supposedly insane Roman ruler 50 34-down craft 51 1952 Winter Olympics site 54 Secret place? 58 Dilate 60 Abbr. near a 0 62 Ottoman title 63 Month of the Jewish calendar 64 Quiet person who moderates debates? 67 Film spool 68 Peel, as an apple 69 "Real Housewives of..." airer 70 This, in Spain 71 Tiny marchers 72 Pump parts DOWN 1 Electric-dart firer 2 "... who lived in ___" 3 Covers 4 Male customer, to a
clerk 5 "The Name of the Rose" author 6 Dwindles 7 Did part of writing a crossword 8 "Time's a-wastin'!" 9 Poetic contraction 10 Color in Cologne 11 Inflation driver? 12 Site with the slogan "Film. Biz. Fans." 13 Samadhi concept 18 Longtime Georgia senator Sam 22 UK mil. award 24 Liqueur from the Basque country 25 Pink, in a nursery 27 Round breakfast brand 30 Painter of "The Naked Maja" 32 Business bubble that burst 33 "Carry on, then" 34 Its pilot episode introduced The Smoking
Man 35 It may involve sitting side-by-side on a bench 37 On the ___ (running away) 38 ___ Prairie, Minn. 41 Wraps up 42 Henry VIII's last wife Catherine ___ 47 "Parks and Recreation" character Swanson 49 Make 52 "Mean Girls" actress 53 Dizzying pix 55 Of Benedict or Francis 56 "OK, so what's the answer?" 57 Some Value Menu dishes 59 Marie Claire competitor 61 Female flockmates 64 Detox place 65 Conan's current home 66 Elemento numero 79 ©2013 Jonesin' Crosswords
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It’s after Memorial Day, and in some parts of the country that may mean it’s gin and tonic season, yachting season or OK-to-wearwhite season, but here in western Wisconsin, it’s camping season. Thus I found myself last weekend in the lush Kickapoo Valley Reserve, searing trout, hunting morels and sampling the hottest canned beers of the season. A good camping beer requires that special je ne sais quoi, a combination of quaffability and refreshment that must be as appropriate in the afternoon sunshine as around a campfire accompanying charred meats. Luckily, I found just such a beer at Kwik Trip on my way out of town, brand new, canned and reasonably priced: Leinenkugel’s Canoe Paddler. According to the can, this is a “Kolschstyle with Rye,” which led me to approach the beer with trepid optimism. Kolsch ales are some of my favorite summer beers, and I’ve always been a big supporter of rye. I was cautious, though, because both Kolsch and rye styles are especially trendy in the craft beer world, and Leinie’s is somewhat notorious for jumping on hot styles with an inferior product. Plus, Kolsch beers and ryes are rarely combined, and it seemed unlikely that this Miller-owned macrobrewery would push the limits of innovation. When I returned to the land of electricity and ceilings, I concluded Leine’s didn’t nail the Kolsch-meet-rye style (if
I Like to Watch Continued from Page 7 be possible at her age unless – gulp – she’s an alien. Tom thinks that Anne is just having a breakdown, and that the baby will be fine. You hope he’s right, but you can’t get his earlier comment out of your head: “I think we can count on something happening, don’t you?” Copper Sunday, June 23, 9 p.m. (BBC America) The second-season premiere takes us back to rough-and-tumble New York City in the Civil War era. “Home sweet bloody home,” in the words of one roguish inhabitant. Indeed, almost all the inhabitants are rogues of one sort of another, whether upper or lower class, natives or immigrants. This week, a mustachioed scoundrel has wreaked horrible violence on a madam who’s muscling in on his prostitution business. It’s up to our hero, Irish cop and Civil War veteran Kevin Corcoran (Tom WestonJones), to hunt down the villain and bring him to justice. Or at least a close approximation of justice, given the Wild West setting. Yes, this is the frontier version of New York City, with rowdy saloons and trigger-
that were even possible), but they did make a damn fine camping beer. Purchase: 12-pack of Canoe Paddler from Kwik Trip, $12.19 Style: Kolsch ale Strength: 5 percent ABV Packaging: The gold can is painted with a charming scene of canoeists on a blue-green river beneath a blue-grey sky flanked by tall grass, willows, and one soaring sea bird. Appearance: I haven’t looked at this beer, as it seems sacrilegious to pour a canoeing beer into a glass, but I would be shocked if this were not an extremely pale yellow. Aroma: Beyond the light foundation of aluminum, I smell a full malt body of toasted biscuits topped by some faintly grassy hops. Taste: The Canoe Paddler first hits with a flush of sweet cereal — a hallmark of macrolager — but that sweetness fades quickly and the quirks of the style rise on the palette. There are notes of pepper and lemon and a surprising kick of rye near the finish. The hops are minimal, but it’s pretty true to the Kolsch style. Mouthfeel: This is slightly over carbonated, but I’m willing to give this canned beer a pass. Otherwise it’s very light and refreshing and in line with other bottled Kolsches. Drinkability: This is extremely drinkable, which is what you look for in a Kolsch, and certainly in a canoeing beer. Ratings: BeerAdvocate gives this a 73 while RateBeer scores it a 15 overall and a 5 for the style, but that’s probably due to a small sample size. I certainly wouldn’t mind drinking more of this, as that would be a sign of a summer done right.
happy lawmen. Copper does a great job of evoking its setting, from the dank interiors to the dirty streets. This is a town where life is cheap, cops are corrupt, and sex is anything but sacred. It’s a horrible place to be – though certainly a fascinating place to visit for an hour a week.
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The Art Rumba Review Joseph Schwarte | "Functional Sculpture" Studio Gallery 1311 1311 Market St., La Crosse, Wisconsin By Andrew Chulyk Special to Second Supper Early cave dwellers prided themselves on keeping their homes clean, well-organized and ready for any surprise guests. Rock and log seating, all the rage, came only in natural colors and, if worn out or broken, could be hurled at something or burned for heat. Not a pleasant scenario, but considering our evolutionary path has led us to ready-to-assemble department store furniture, which can be also hurled or burned for heat, how far have we really come up the home furnishings ladder? Well, thank the powerful and wealthy, whose demand for stylish comfort over these thousands of years has brought into existence ... The Furniture Maker. Whether it's made from stone, metal, wood or plastics, we all have a need for furniture. We sit on it, eat on it, write on it, lay on it, store things in it, put things on it, paint it and move it around. And so, we tend to pay more attention to functionality than aesthetics. The job of the furniture maker is to balance both function and design, to create an object of purpose that is visually satisfying. Enter Joseph “Joe” Schwarte, furniture designer, builder and artisan. Every furniture maker that I’ve known has their own uniquely recognizable style, and so does Joe. To fashion, shape and mold the ingredients of one’s life to make that style is the real art. Joe didn’t start out to be a furniture designer. As a youth growing up in Chicago, he worked in small grocery stores arranging products and building store displays for the owners. He joined the armed services. When done, he returned to Chicago. He wanted to be an architect but wound up as a go-fer in an art studio (a good thing) and with thanks to the G.I.Bill went to art school. But, fatherhood at age 20 left him no choice but to enter the work force to support his son. There
he became a pipefitter and learned to work with metal. He created small-scale sculptures from what materials were at hand (another good thing) and with the help of a friend who owned a metal fabrication company was able to take his small mock-ups and turn them into full-scale sculpture. Eventually, he would wind up in the construction field remodeling homes, which led to cabinet work, which ultimately led him to furniture making. When you first see Joe’s work you notice the brevity of form. With simple clean lines, the pieces appear to be composed of more space than mass. A favorite of mine is a “stand at” writing desk. When I noted its aerodynamic wing-like form, he laughed, “I’ve always loved airplanes. Thanks for seeing that quality.” His chairs, with names such as Natis, Reed and Harper also display an “in flight” style that looks like they’re gliding through space. His narrow Antelope table barely touches the ground with its tapering delicate legs. Maple, ash, cherry and walnut woods are carefully matched to their function within the overall design. It is a difficult challenge that the furniture maker faces, and Joe pulls it off with great success. His side table Seven, constructed of steel, glass and wood, was selected in 2005 for the International Contemporary Furnishings Show in New York City. In 2012 he was selected for a solo show at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield. Although a native of Chicago, Joe has resided in Gays Mills for the past 19 years. There he has developed a community of supporters and followers of his work. With loggers and sawyers providing him unique pieces of wood for his designs, he continues to create functional sculpture for his Chicago clientele. Joe Schwarte has mastered his style. An opening reception will be held from 6-9 p.m. June 8. Studio Gallery 1311, 1311 Market St., La Crosse, is open weekends and by appointment. For information, call 608-799-1184 or visit www. sg1311.blogspot.com.
The Rumba Beat Ongoing and upcoming art events in the Coulee Region Hi All! Art Rumba here wading my way through the coulees looking for Art in all the DRY places. Lanesboro Arts Center, 103 Parkway Ave. N., Lanesboro. (www.lanesboroarts. org) The Arts Center presents “Rural Americans,” a juried exhibition of 22 artists exploring concepts about rural America. June 8 to Aug. 11. Opening reception 6-8 p.m. June 8. Studio Gallery 1311, 1311 Market St., La Crosse. "Functional Sculpture – Custom Furniture" by Joseph Schwarte. It’s not often that one gets to see unique work like Schwarte’s outside of the bigger cities. Opening reception is 6-9 p.m. June 8. Winona Public Library, 151 W. Fifth St., Winona. Ten Years Late(r), abstract paintings by Patrick Grace. Opening reception 5 p.m. June 6.
Red Horse Gallery, 116 S. Main St., Fountain City. New paintings by Jamie Harper. Opening reception 7-9 p.m. June 7. State Street Gallery, 1804 State St., La Crosse. If you like an intimate gallery to explore your artistic tastes or are looking for that “special” gift, stop in and experience a wide range of local regional and national art. The Pump House Regional Arts Center, 119 King St., La Crosse. (www.the pumphouse.org) The Space Between Order and Chaos, new paintings by Christine Alfrey. And don’t forget to check out the Gallery Viva in Viroqua and the Wine Guyz, Grounded and the Root Note in downtown La Crosse for more local art talent and shows. Enjoy the art, support the artists and RUMBA ON!
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I Like to Watch By Dean Robbins Special to Second Supper Social conservatives will not be happy with ABC Family’s new series The Fosters (Monday, June 3, 8 p.m.), which lays down a challenge to the Ozzie and Harriet paradigm. The rest of us will appreciate it as a reflection of modern-day reality, featuring characters familiar from our own lives. Lena (Sherri Saum) and Stef (Teri Polo) are a loving lesbian couple raising two adopted Latino children and a son from Stef’s previous heterosexual marriage. Callie (Maia Mitchell), a foster child, comes into the picture with a chip on her shoulder, threatening family harmony. Stef has her doubts about taking in yet another kid: “We’re definitely not the Brady Bunch,” she mutters. They aren’t – but then again, they sort of are. Like the Bradys, they’re a wholesome family who love each other despite the conflicts inherent in their blended arrangement. I’m delighted to see a series aimed at young viewers that puts a positive spin on same-sex marriage and kids who don’t fit the conventional mold, including a cross-dressing boy. With The Fosters, ABC Family proves worthy of its name. In the Flesh Thursday-Saturday, June 6-8, 9 p.m. (BBC America) This British miniseries takes its place with the greatest zombie movies of all time. Like 1968’s Night of the Living Dead, the granddaddy of the genre, it’s both a grossout horror story and a grim satire. In this case, the object of satire is England’s bumbling public health bureaucracy. In the Flesh plunges us into a world where zombies have risen and, through a government initiative, been “cured” by drugs. The approved term for them now is “partially dead syndrome sufferers.” We meet Kieren (Luke Newberry), an unfortunate young man with colorless eyes and ghastly white skin, as he’s treated with hundreds of others in a public facility. He’s given group therapy, heavy makeup and colored contact lenses, then sent back home with his understandably edgy parents. But angry residents of Kieren’s hometown – including his zombie-fighting sister -- don’t believe in the government’s liberal policy of “assimilation.” They’re determined to make Kieren’s life a living hell…though “living” might be stretching it. The miniseries is at once funny, scary and poignant. The poignancy comes courtesy of Kieren, a misfit whose guilt and anxiety are vividly rendered. Yes, he’s “partially dead,” but he’s also one of the most human
Graceland Thursday, June 6, 9 p.m. (USA) A buttoned-down, eager-beaver FBI agent named Mike (Aaron Tveit) moves into a beachfront house in Southern California. Dubbed “Graceland,” this isn’t just any beachfront house, even though the gorgeous coed residents do normal things like surf and walk around half-naked. Graceland is a place where undercover agents from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency, and Immigration Customs Enforcement live together. As a straight arrow, Mike has to learn to fit into the house’s laid-back vibe or get hazed mercilessly. He also has to prove himself in tense undercover operations, which require him to lie convincingly under pressure. Graceland is a houseful of liars – and you can imagine how complicated things get on a daily basis. USA’s new series stylishly evokes its setting. You can almost smell the sea breeze as the residents of Graceland lounge picturesquely on the sand. This is an appealing group of characters, whether kidding each other about daily chores or navigating the tricky moral boundaries of undercover work. I’m going to loosen my tie, kick off my shoes and make myself comfortable in Graceland over the next couple of months. Falling Skies Sunday, June 16, 8 p.m. (TNT) In season three, the humans stand strong against the extraterrestrial monsters who’ve overrun the Earth. The ragtag band of freedom fighters have organized themselves into the New United States of America, with former history scholar Tom (Noah Wyle) as president. This week, the humans wait tensely for an invasion that, as Tom suggests to a comrade, is almost certain to occur. “In the last two years I’ve been kidnapped, tortured, shot, implanted with an eye worm and contaminated by a nuclear reactor,” he says. “I think we can count on something happening, don’t you?” In the meantime, Tom’s newborn baby is acting suspiciously, at least according to his partner, Anne (Moon Bloodgood). The baby is standing up and talking, and that wouldn’t
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The Advice Goddess By Amy Alkon amy.alkon@secondsupper.com Ennui go! My girlfriend and I love each other, but we feel we’re becoming numb to hearing it from each other. We’ve been together three years, so I assume that time is what’s put a damper on the “three little words.” I suggested that when we are about to say “I love you,” we come up with something more personal and meaningful. This, sadly, was difficult and lasted about a day. Now we’re back to expressing affection the rote way. Yes, we could have a bigger problem, but beneath this is a bigger worry -- that the relationship will get old, too. --Same-Old, Same-Old The pressure to be original in love can be pretty trying. Imagine Shakespeare tentatively mumbling to a woman “Shall
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THE LAST WORD I compare thee to a summer’s day?” and hearing back, “Ugh, Will…for the third time this week?” Likewise, the fi rst time you heard “I love you” from your girlfriend, you probably thought, “Wow, she loves me! Hot damn!” But once a relationship gets going, sometimes “I love you!” wells up from the bottom of the heart and sometimes from the need to say something a little more feelgood than “Gotta get you off the phone so I can clean up this cat vomit.” Sometimes, one partner is needy and says it constantly so they can hear it back constantly. (If not for somebody being there in their life to respond, they’d be standing for days on end yelling it into the Grand Canyon.) So, yes, it’s probably time for a little rationing of “I love you” if it’s become shorthand for everything short of “pass the salt.” But there’s actually research by Dr. Sara Algoe and others showing that expressions of appreciation seem to keep a relationship alive, keeping partners from taking each other for granted and feeling taken for granted. This doesn’t necessarily require blithering on in detail about your partner’s great qualities, especially not when you both know what you’re really saying with a laughing “I love you!” is “You are simply the greatest for coming over and resting your boobs on my head while I’m stuck writing these boring reports.”
Of course, one of the best ways to make “I love you” more meaningful is by showing it -- ideally, at least once a day -- just by thinking about what would make each other happier and less stressed and doing it. This could involve small kindnesses like getting up to refi ll your girlfriend’s drink when you’re eating dinner or somewhat bigger (and ickier) kindnesses like telling her to stay put while you clean up after her puking cat. Any guy can go through the romantic motions -- say “I love you” on Valentine’s Day with $50 worth of chocolate truffl es and a suspiciously funerary fl ower arrangement -- but it takes a truly loving guy to say it on a random Tuesday with a rag full of cat vomit. Getting over the frump Is there a nice way to tell your girlfriend that you really don’t like what she wears to come hang out with your friends? My girlfriend can look so cute in certain outfits, but whenever we’re seeing my friends, it seems she dresses more conservatively, and often, she really looks kind of frumpy. I’m not looking for her to look like a stripper. I just want her to look as good as she does when she’s out with her friends or we’re out together. --Holding Back A woman can go a little too far in trying to avoid crossing the border from sexy to slutty -- all the way over to “sturdy
Amish woman about to churn butter.” Chances are, your girlfriend thinks she’s protecting you -- keeping you from looking bad in the eyes of your friends or from worrying that she’s covertly shopping for your replacement. Unfortunately, women don’t always understand the workings of competition between men. Basically, it’s good to get the girl. It’s even better if your guy friends and any passing male strangers hate you a little for it. To get your girlfriend to dress a little more “Mad Men” than Ma from “Little House on the Prairie,” pose a question to her with a compliment folded in: “Hey, can I ask you something? You dress so cute when it’s just us hanging out. It seems like you feel the need to dress more conservatively when we’re out with my friends.” Explain that she really doesn’t have to do that, and add, “I just want everyone to see how gorgeous you are.” The compliment will rise to the top, and she should get the message: You aren’t asking her to to wear something that will have drunks trying to slip dollar bills in her bra, just something more in keeping with a night likelier to end in a game of poker than a plague of prairie locusts. (c) 2013, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon at AdviceAmy@ aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com).
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