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INTROeditor’s noteThis Modern World • Tom TomorrowSh!ts and gigglesNews of the weird • Chuck ShephardThe Local Sniff • Seth FeinFirst things first • Michael Coulter

AROUND TOWNDeveloping an urban Champaign • Emily WahlheimLife in Hell • Matt Groeningq + a with Jeff Brandt

LISTEN, HEARGreen Street Records releases • compiled by Kyle GormanAmerican Minor returns • Elisabeth LimThe Hurly-Burly • Logan MooreSound Ground #60 • Todd J. HunterBright Eyes reviews • Gavin Paul Giovagnoli,Imran Siddiquee

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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENTTheatre in Hell • Patrick GalvinArtist Corner with Cindy WestfallConfessions of an Heiress review • Katie RichardsonTh(ink) • Keef KnightChicago theater • Jeff Nelson

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HYPER COLOR PANTS. IT’S THE FASHION OF THE FUTURE. J A N . 2 7 • F E B . 2 , 2 OO5

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To the Campus Community:

Tuesday, February 1, 2005 3:30pm - 5:00pmIllini Union A & B

More information at: www.cgs.uiuc.edu/about/Events/Globalr.html

Life changed significantly for many of our fellow Illini during the winter break. Some of our colleagues return to campus heartbroken at the loss of family and friends in a devastating Southeast Asian tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands and left more than a million people with nothing. People around the world have struggled to cope with the enormity of this disaster and to understand ways in which we might better prepare for future natural disasters.

As an institution which gathers great minds from around the world, and one which prides itself on its service to the world, the University of Illinois is well qualified to lead a search for the lessons to be found in this catastrophic natural disaster and the world’s response to it. I invite you to join your colleagues and neighbors in a forum on Tuesday, February 1st, to examine how the world can reduce the terrible consequences of future disasters.

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(AP) - Perhaps people can learnsome new tricks from old dogs inwarding off the mental decline thatcomes with aging.

Those tricks include good diet,exercise and plenty of mentalstimulation.

A study, in which old beagleslearn to win a shell game, suggeststhat aging humans might benefitfrom improved diets and habits too,because dogs and people experienceremarkably similar cognitivedeclines as they get older.Dogs evendevelop plaque deposits in theirbrains similar to the ones that caneventually lead to Alzheimer's dis-ease in humans.

In this experiment, researcherstaught old beagles to find treatsunder different colored boxes. Thedogs that ate an enriched diet, gotmore exercise and had the benefit oftoys and playmates were far morelikely to figure it out.

Some studies have suggested thatpeople can ward off or at least delaythe mental effects of aging by eatinga diet rich in antioxidants and othercompounds found in fruits and veg-etables. Other studies have foundthat exercise and mental stimulationmay also have a protective effect.

But the beagle study is unique inlooking at diet and behavior together.

"What I think is interesting aboutthis study and somewhat different isthe combination," said MollyWagster, a program director at theNational Institute on Aging. "Thecombination effect is better thaneither thing alone."

The study divided 48 beaglesbetween the ages of eight and 11into four groups. One group got atwice-weekly workout, a regularrotation of toys, lived in a kennelwith a roommate and "went toschool" to learn how to find hiddentreats.Another group ate a diet richin antioxidants, but enjoyed none ofthe lifestyle benefits of the firstgroup. A third group got both theantioxidant diet and the lifestylebenefits. And the last group got nospecial treatment.

The experiment is described inthe January issue of Neurobiology

of Aging. It involved researchersfrom the University of Toronto, theUniversity of California Irvine,the Hill's Pet Nutrition Scienceand Technology Center and theLovelace Respiratory ResearchInstitute.

After two years of living in theirdifferent groups, all of the dogs weretaught a trick that required them tofind a treat under either a black orwhite box. For each it was alwaysthe same color, and all 48 dogseventually learned that black (orwhite) meant a treat.

But that was just the old trick.The researchers then switched

boxes. If a dog had found its treatunder the white box before, themorsel was hidden under the blackone, and vice versa. Now the dogshad to figure out that they wereplaying the same game with thecolors reversed.

All 12 of the dogs in the groupwith an enriched diet and high-stimulation environment learnedthe new trick.

"We were surprised to see that,"said Elizabeth Head, one of eightcollaborators on the experiment.

From previous experience, shesaid, "we would have expected atleast two to three of them not to beable to do this."

The other three groups did notperform as well. Eight out of 12dogs that ate an enriched diet alonefigured it out, and eight out of 10 inthe high-stimulation group solvedthe puzzle.

In the group that got neither aspecial diet nor a stimulating envi-ronment, only two out of eight dogspicked up on the color reversal.

Though the experiment wassmall, said Head, a professor of neu-rology at the University ofCalifornia Irvine, "these results arerelatively striking."

And because the treatmentsbegan when the dogs were alreadymiddle-aged, the study suggests thatsimilar lifestyle change can improvethe cognitive abilities of humanseven when adopted fairly late in life.

"There's the indication that it'snever too late," said Wagster."Which I think is a very importantimplication."

DIET: Beagle study shows valueof diet, exercise and stimulationin forestalling mental decline

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THE AVIATOR 3.5 STARS

Leonardo DiCaprio & Alec BaldwinThe Aviator is a fantastic journey that cashes in on oneof the greatest casting jobs with a little help from asavvy director. Scorsese has a great film that willmaintain his legacy among Hollywood’s finest direc-tors. It won’t surprise anyone when it pulls in an Oscarnomination or two. (Andrew Crewell)

COACH CARTER

3.5 starsSamuel L. Jackson & AshantiIt is predictable, a tad cliche, and it relies on somefamiliar techniques seen over and over again insports films. But Coach Carter achieves exactlywhat it sets out to do. It is a magical story with asurprising and all too perfect ending. (David Just)

ELEKTRA

1.5 starsJennifer Garner & Terence StampOne of the worst things a film can do is cause theaudience to sit in the theater and realize how muchbetter the movie could have been while they arewatching it. This is precisely what Elektra does.(Randy Ma)

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.5 STARSAndy Lau & Takeshi KaneshiroThis is a ceaselessly thrilling story about the ways thatlove, sex and violence become wrapped into one and

that sometimes there is no more romantic act thansaving a life. And as the need for action stains the puri-ty of love, House of Flying Daggers cuts right throughyou. (Matt Pais)

IN GOOD COMPANY

3 starsTopher Grace & Scarlett JohanssonIn Good Company succeeds thanks to a solid, char-acter-driven concept and three wonderful lead per-formances. It’s not a movie that makes you standup and cheer, yet you can’t seem to get it out of yourhead or your heart. (Matt Pais)

WHITE NOISE 2stars

2 starsMichael Keaton & Chandra WestAs a result of the production values, White Noiseis better than the screenplay had any right to be.The factual background of EVP elevates the fear inthe story and the creepy tone does provide greatbuildup for the scares when they finally come.(Randy Ma)


I’M IN A GLASS BOX OF EMOTION! J A N . 2 7 • F E B . 2 , 2 OO5

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HIDE AND SEEKRobert DeNiro & Dakota FanningHollywood’s latest fixation is horror movies fea-turing disturbing little girls. Following in thisgrand tradition comes Hide and Seek, withDeNiro as a man whose life is thrown into hellwhen his wife has committed suicide and hisdaughter starts talking to a strange imaginaryfriend. (Andrew Vecelas)


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EDITOR’S NOTEPAUL WAGNER •

EDITOR IN CHIEF

I woke up Saturday, and itwas snowing. Hard.And it wascold and windy. Reallywindy. And it sucked. I’m not

trying to say that I don’t like snow. I knowwhat you’re thinking: who doesn’t likesnow? Trust me, there are people out therewho don’t like snow, and that boggles mymind. It sucked because I had to walk backto my apartment in the morning. And sixblocks isn’t even that far.

But as I braved the cold—OK, notbraved so much as survived—I decided thatit was an inside kinda day. I didn’t want towait in line at a bar, and I didn’t want towalk anywhere farther away than the park-ing garage underneath my building. And Idid go there. I brought some friends withme and made a life-changing purchase: X-box.Yes, I know, this makes me a giant nerd,but it was an inside kinda day and there’s nobetter way to spend inside days than withfriends eatin’ pizza and playing games.

So we played Halo 2 for a good part ofthe day or at least until the other people thatcame over told us to stop, and it was great.And to finish off the night we played CatchPhrase and knocked back some beer. All inall, it was a fantastic night. My clothes didn’tsmell like bar afterwards. We didn’t have toyell over the music to be heard … it was justan intimate gathering of friends around afun board game.And of course, we modifiedthe game to involve drinking and sex (eachclue had to have some kind of sexual storyattached to it), but it was still a night ofgames and friends, and it was awesome.

So I guess this editor’s note is to those ofyou who thinking that the only way to havea good time is to drink more than you canhandle and go to the bars or some randomfrat party. To you people I leave you withthis: as dorky as it sounds, get some friendstogether and play some board games onsome weekend night. You just may find agreat night waiting for you.

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The reason I'm writing to you is to discuss yourarticle about the Art East Annex at the University.Apparently, the art students are upset about thefumes, rodents and general overall conditions of thestudio work spaces available to them.There was alsomention of the engineering department and theirstate of the art facilities.

This is a wake-up call to all aspiring young artistsfrom one who has been at it for many years: Getused to it.When you graduate from college, unlessyou choose to teach, work in a museum or pursueany other art career other than your own work, thisis real life for 99 percent of you.

Read between the lines in your art history booksand realize that most famous artists didn't becomewealthy until they were comatose or dead. Theydidn't have fancy studios with state-of-the-art light-ing and proper ventilation.They lived, and still do,in cramped one room dumps in large cities, usuallyin dangerous neighborhoods, with one window andinhale the fumes of the city., i.e. city buses, garbagetrucks, industrial waste, etc ...This is a real life artist'slife. Also, how many art students smoke anyway?Many do. We're known to stay up all night, drinklots of coffee, liquor, eat junk food or not at all. It’sall part of our make up.

My point is this, if you don't think you can tol-erate the fumes and the crappy conditions at theswanky University now, get out now; get intosomething else like accounting or social workbecause you'll never make it as an artist.You'll never

survive if you're a whiner.Artists have to be tough,very tough and make do with what they have andbe very resourceful. Because you'll dig throughgarbage dumps for new ideas and supplies and evenfurniture for yourself and be excited with your newfound treasures, honest.Your mom and dad won'ttake you to Dick Blick and buy you the finest sup-plies.You'll have to beg, borrow and yes, the othersometimes to make do, but if it’s in your soul, you'llbe a shining star, a great artist and just maybe, havea funky little studio of your own someday!

Imagine the possibilities, the great fun you'llhave.You'll be able to invite your traditional friendsyou went to school with that chose to go into engi-neering and law to your studio/home in the bigcity. Of course you'll have to assure them that theywon't get mugged or maimed coming into the city.They'll think you're brave, bold, courageous, andwill be envious too. They'll talk about it amongstthemselves and all of your old friends wheneverthey get together, always. It will be a great adventurefor them to leave their boring, traditional, mundanesuburban bungalows to see your slice of life, hum-ble as it might be.They'll want to buy some of yourwork too; don't sell it too cheap, because they've gotmoney and your work IS very valuable. It will be anemotional investment too, for them. It’s a win-winsale for all.You'll make it if it’s in your heart andsoul, so please, don't sweat the fumes at this stage!,Some things really never do change, honest.

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SH!tS aNd GiggLEs

An in fo r med and op in ionated look a t th is week’s events

President Bush emphasized "free-dom" in his inauguration speechthis week. A portion of the speech

read, "We have a calling from beyond thestars to stand for freedom." Here wethought he was taking his cues fromCheney, apparently it's the crew of the star-ship Enterprise.

The inauguration included some ofthe most elaborate security meas-ures in the history of the ceremonyincluding the use of over 7,000 law

enforcement agents and the stationing ofanti-aircraft missiles near the Capitol.Protesters could be overheard saying,"They've got fucking missiles, shit manmaybe we should get out of here."

Peer Larson, 17, of Milwaukee,Wis., is suing to put an end tosummer homework after his sum-mer plans were spoiled by honors

pre-calculus homework. The case willenter exciting new terms into the legallexicon such as "kind of a drag" and"ruined my buzz."

The world's four biggest consumerelectronics companies, Sony,Panasonic, Samsung and Philips,have agreed to begin using a com-

mon method to protect against piracy andillegal copying of digital music and video.Plans to publicly cane individuals whowould dare make mix tapes from old vinylshave yet to be announced.

The Illinois unemployment rate fellto a three year low of 5.8 percentlast month, according to state offi-cials. Apparently people are having

trouble finding jobs because there just toodamn busy celebrating freedom.

A recent New Yorker profile of un-elected Iraqi interim PrimeMinister Ayad Allawi claims that hepersonally executed six Iraqi pris-

oners by shooting them to death a weekbefore he took office.Apparently Allawi hasbeen reading from "Martin Scorcese'sGuide to Establishing Democracy."

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L E A D S T O R YNonlethal war tactics suggested by an Air Forceresearch team in the 1990s were made public inDecember by the military watchdog organiza-tion Sunshine Project and included a recom-mendation to expose enemy troops to powerfulaphrodisiacs in order to distract them into lustfulhookups with each other (irrespective of gen-der). (The Pentagon said the idea was droppedalmost immediately, but the Sunshine Projectsaid it was discussed as recently as 2001.) Otherideas: giving the enemy severe halitosis (so theycould be detected within a civilian population),overrunning enemy positions with rats or wasps,and creating waves of fecal gas.

S C E N E S O F T H E S U R R E A L(1) In a December demonstration against theopening of a McDonald's in the Mediterraneantown of Sete, France, about 500 protesters, usinga homemade catapult, bombarded the restaurantwith fresh catches of the area's renowned delica-

cy, octopus. (2) NASA announced in October itwas retiring the KC-135 plane it had long beenusing to train astronauts for weightlessness inflight; an official told reporters that the air crewshad kept track of the amount of astronaut vomitcleaned up over the years and that the total wasat least 285 gallons.

T H I N N I N G T H E H E R DA 70-year-old woman was fatally struck by twocars as she, wielding a knife, chased her husbandinto the street during an argument (SpringfieldTownship, Pa., November). And a 43-year-oldpassenger was fatally injured, after he, sitting inthe back seat, began beating up the driver, caus-ing him to lose control and smash into a tree.(The driver survived.) (Newport News, Va.,November) And a 54-year-old man was killedafter a road rage duel with another driver whenhe got out of his car, lunged after the other carwhile it was moving, missed, and hit his head(Jacksonville, Fla.,August).

R E C U R R I N G T H E M E SLatest From the Class-Action Lawyers' MoneyTree: (1) The six lawyers who helped 83 Wal-Mart workers win about $2,500 each (for beingimproperly denied overtime pay) asked thePortland, Ore., judge in December for fees total-ing $2.57 million, about 12 times the clients'total winnings (citing the difficult work, Wal-Mart's contentiousness and the case's implica-tions beyond their 83 clients). (2) And whenphone company customers won $25 refunds in aSeptember class-action settlement withAmeritech in Madison County, Ill., lawyers got$1.9 million in legal fees; a local watchdog groupsaid (based on experience) only about 10 percentof eligible customers would bother to apply forrefunds, meaning that lawyers' fees would ulti-mately account for about 60 percent of theamount Ameritech pays out.

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Morgan Freeman’s voiceis soothing in the same way that hot chocolate iscomforting on a cold winter’s day.And just as theactor supplied the wistful, pained voice-over forThe Shawshank Redemption, Freeman’s smooth,leathery bass provides the weathered and wisenarration for Million Dollar Baby, a generally con-ventional movie about conventional charactersthat is dignified by a grade-A cast.

Clint Eastwood (who also directed) playsFrankie Dunn, a hard-as-nails gym ownerwho’s been working as a trainer ever sincehanging up his gloves years ago. Estrangedfrom his daughter and disconnected from thecontemporary big-bucks boxing world,Frankie is all about self-protection, a maximhe shares with his fighters and one that hasn’tescaped the eye of his assistant and oldestfriend, Scrap (Freeman). But Frankie’s close-minded, closed-off ways are tested when he’shired by Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), aspunky yet defiant greenhorn just dying to

get her fists in the ring.Based on short stories by

F.X.Toole and written by PaulHaggis, Million Dollar Babyalways feels familiar, though itis rarely predictable. From therugged old-timer, to the girlfrom the wrong side of thetracks just looking to followher one true love, the charac-ters appear carved from proto-types that are probably lessoften explored than they seem.But despite fierce, noble per-formances by Eastwood,Swank and Freeman, the film’s power isimmediately limited by the narrow construc-tions of its leads. Swank helps transformMaggie from an underprivileged, undersizedidealist to a driven dreamer worth rooting for,but her aw-shucks, welfare-saddled family justseems compulsory.

That’s why it’s such a triumph of actingand storytelling for Million Dollar Baby toremain so compelling and watchable for itsslightly over-long two hours and 12 minutesof run time. Even the scenes that you haveseen before (the boxer in training, the trainerrevising his old ways) are revitalized byEastwood’s old-school, rough-and-tumbledecorum. He gives Frankie a wounded, well-buried tenderness, and the actor slowly con-verts his gruff growl into a gentle whisperfull of vulnerability and understanding.

Eastwood traces outlines of religiousinquiry, past trauma and social inequality butnever truly dives into any of the deeper themesbubbling beneath Million Dollar Baby.Rather,hesticks mostly to the premise of the seasoned vet-eran and the wide-eyed newcomer who teacheach other new ways to embrace the sport thatoccupies both of their lives. It’s a shame themovie doesn’t go farther into the inner-work-ings of boxing, though, because it prevents anycommentary on the hazards of the sport fromreally landing.

It does take an unexpectedly dark twisttoward the end that should knock most view-ers back a few steps. Yet Million Dollar Babynever swings hard enough to send you reeling.It’s enough to win a judge’s decision, but it’sno knockout.

MILLIONDOLLAR BABY

MATT PAIS •LEAD REVIEWER

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Million DollarBaby alwaysfeels familiar,though it israrely pre-dictable.

In recent years, Hollywood’s futile grasp at“creativity” has spawned innumerableremakes, each less ingenious than the last.Calling Assault on Precinct 13—a remake of the1976 John Carpenter cult film—an ordinaryroller coaster ride does the film no justice. Amore accurate description would be a last-second free fall down a treacherous cliff.Thefilm offers a genuinely pleasant surprise in itsrelentless action and thrilling story.

The plot itself is relatively simplistic.During the imminent closure of a defunctDetroit precinct on a wintry New Year’s Eve,a motley crew of derelicts, burnouts andcriminals are temporarily delayed at Precinct13. A notorious mobster and cop killernamed Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishburne)is brought in with the group, much to thedismay of the demoted desk jockey, JakeRoenick (Ethan Hawke). After the NewYear’s countdown, the building is seized by apack of crooked cops determined to bringdown Bishop before he testifies againstthem. Completely cut off from the outsideworld with limited resources, the remainingpolice must join forces with the nefariouscriminals in an effort to survive the night.The nonstop blitzkrieg that follows trans-forms into an ultra-violent version of Nightof the Living Dead.

Both films pack high-voltage suspense inthe confined precinct, producing a claustro-phobic effect trapping the audience in thesame predicament as the heroes.The corrup-tion runs thick throughout Assault.The dan-ger seems more immediate in the remakethan it did in the original, where hordes ofanonymous gang members laid siege to theoverwhelmed police. It has a more terrifyingeffect on the audience when the bad guys arepeople we are supposed to trust. And a pro-fessionally trained band of corrupt copsarmed to the teeth and led by the unflinch-ingly malevolent Gabriel Byrne is enough toterrify anyone.

But the real treat of this film are the per-formances of Hawke and Fishburne. Hawkepours his heart and soul into each one of hisscenes. Roenick’s fall from grace and subse-quent pain killer addiction following abotched drug raid makes him a tragic charac-ter. However, his sheer intensity and moralcode allow him to gain hero status. Fishburneportrays Bishop as a calm and collected mad-man, evoking another classic villain, Dr.Hannibal Lector.The exchanges between thecharacters are sometimes comic but strictlybusiness. Roenick and Bishop’s unspokenrespect for one another acts as a symbioticrelationship whereupon the focal point istheir survival.

Assault succeeds where typical actionmovies fail. There are constant action set-pieces that keep the film moving at a hyper-kinetic pace and enough emotionallycharged characters to keep the audienceinterested. Aside from the far-fetched plotand a few poorly developed characters,Assault on Precinct 13 is an intense thrill ridethat shouldn’t be missed.

PAUL PRIKAZSKY • STAFF WRITER

ASSAULT ONPRECINCT 13 Assault on Precinct 13

“Full of violent language and graphicimages.”

Luke Consoer

Bloomingdale, Ill.

Greg Gartland

Lombard, Ill.

Robby Moore

Bloomingdale, Ill.

“Laurence Fishburne’s best moviesince Biker Boyz.”

“It was all right but unrealistic.”

COMPILED BY SARAH KROHN

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ARE WE THERE YET?! (PG)Fri. 1:10 3:15 5:20 7:259:30 11:40Sat. 11:05 1:10 3:15 5:207:25 9:30 11:40Sun. Thu. 1:10 3:15 5:207:25 9:30PRECINCT 13 (R) Fri. 1:304:00 7:15 9:45 12:10Sat. 11:05 1:30 4:00 7:159:45 12:10Sun. Thu. 1:30 4:00 7:159:45COACH CARTER (PGñ 13)Fri. Thu. 1:10 4:00 7:009:50ELEKTRA (PGñ 13) Fri. &Sat. 1:20 3:30 7:10 9:2011:30Sun. Thu. 1:20 3:30 7:109:20NEVERLAND (PG) Fri. 1:103:20 5:30 7:40 10:00 12:10Sat. 11:00 1:10 3:20 5:307:40 10:00 12:10Sun. Thu. 1:10 3:20 5:307:40 10:00

IN GOOD COMPANY (PGñ 13)Fri. & Sat. 1:15 4:10 7:159:40 12:00Sun. Thu. 1:15 4:10 7:159:40MEET THE FOCKERS(PGñ 13)Fri. & Sat. 1:20 4:00 7:009:30 12:00Sun. Thu. 1:20 4:00 7:009:30NATIONAL TREASURE(PG)Fri. & Sun. Thu. 1:45 7:10Sat. 11:00 1:45 7:10OCEAN'S TWELVE(PGñ 13)Fri. Thu. 1:30 4:00 7:3010:00RACING STRIPES (PG)Fri. 1:00 3:15 5:30 7:4510:00 12:15Sat. 11:05 1:00 3:15 5:307:45 10:00 12:15Sun. Thu. 1:00 3:15 5:307:45 10:00THE AVIATOR (PGñ 13) Fri.& Sat. 1:00 4:30 7:50 11:30Sun. Thu. 1:00 4:30 7:50LIFE AQUATIC (R) Fri. &Sat. 4:30 9:50 12:15Sun. Thu. 4:30 9:50PHANTOM OFOPERA (PGñ 13) Fri. Thu.1:10 4:00 7:00 10:00WHITE NOISE (PGñ 13) Fri.1:00 3:10 5:20 7:30 9:4511:55Sat. 11:00 1:00 3:10 5:207:30 9:45 11:55Sun. Thu. 1:00 3:10 5:207:30 9:45

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ANDREW VECELAS • STAFF WRITER

The decision was neither easy nor widelypopular, but after a number of inmates hadbeen exonerated of their crimes and investiga-tions into the state’s judicial system turned upa number of repeated flaws, Ryan made whathe thought was the wisest choice.

This event, and the investigations that ledup to it, serve as the backdrop for the docu-mentary Deadline, which is being shown at aspecial event at 4:30 p.m. this Sunday atBoardman’s Art Theatre in Champaign.George Ryan and the filmmakers will be onhand to take questions from the audience afterthe screening.

Ryan’s decision came on the heels of aninvestigation by the Chicago Tribune thatfound repeated abuses of power that some-times led to wrongful convictions in casesinvolving capital punishment. Then, aNorthwestern University law class managed toexonerate 13 Death Row inmates of theircrimes—when only 12 people have been exe-cuted in the state since 1976. Ryan had to takeaction. He established special clemency hear-ings for every inmate on Death Row, whetherthey claimed innocence or not. Each case wasbrought before a panel, and attorneys and fam-ilies of convicts and victims alike arguedwhether the accused individual deserved tolive or die.

Politically charged documentaries haveoften been in the spotlight in the last year,especially Michael Moore’s skillfully craftedmuckraker, Fahrenheit 9/11. Like Moore’sfilms, Deadline is made with a specific goal inmind: to expose a series of judicial and moral

flaws created by thed e a t h p e n a l t y.Capital punishmentand Ryan’s morato-rium on the deathpenalty in Illinoisare both hotly con-tested issues, mean-ing that Deadline islikely to be a politi-cally divisive film becauseof its stance on those issues.

Part of what makes Ryan’s decision soremarkable is that politicians often are hes-itant to do anything about the deathpenalty, for fear of being seen as soft oncrime. Ryan himself came into office as atough-on-crime governor from a smalltown, and one of the most fascinating aspectsof the film is the moral argument that Ryanfaces on both sides before taking action. Eitherway, his decision was going to be unpopular.“Ijust got a call not long ago from someone whowas angry at the film because he said all thosemurderers were set free by the decision,” saysRachael E. Dietkus, who is organizing thescreening at Boardman’s. “Under the clemen-cy though, the sentences were commuted tolife in prison.The inmates weren’t pardoned oftheir crimes.”

Whereas Deadline and documentaries likeFahrenheit 9/11 are similar in their quest toexplore a contentious issue, Deadline at leastgives some screen time to the opposing pointof view. Scott Turow, the lawyer and novelistwho was appointed to Ryan’s clemency com-mittee, gives some insightful remarks on bothsides of the issue. He initially is in favor of thedeath penalty, saying that he felt more than

comfortable withexecuting cr imi-nals such as serialkiller John WayneGacy. But after thecommittee’s investi-gations,Turow voicesdoubts that a capitalpunishment systemcould ever be con-

structed that only punishes the people likeGacy and doesn’t risk ending the life of aninnocent person. The film does not reallydecide (though it certainly does have an opin-ion) whether capital punishment is just; how-ever, it does know that the system does notalways function justly.

Besides Turow, other people featured in thefilm seem to have their opinions changed bythe mere experience of dealing with the deathpenalty. Ryan himself admits to going from asmall town mentality of extracting just revengeon murderers to opposing the system hedescribes in the film as “racist, classist, arbitrary,unjust and riddled with inconsistencies.” Aformer warden of a Mississippi prison whoperformed executions for years comes outagainst the punishment in the film and saysthat many other wardens who have to dealwith the exper ience face-t o - f a c e are

often changed byit. “The film is edu-

cat i ona l ,” Dietkussays,“and you can say that

it leans one way. But mostpeople, when they get the

information on the issue, tendto lean the same way.”

Perhaps the most dramatic moments inDeadline come during the clemency hearings.Some of them reveal the unfortunate abusesof power that led to Ryan’s final decision,including one man who was beaten bypolice and dangled out a window by hishandcuffs, and another who was forced tosign a confession in English, when he spokeonly Spanish. Not all of the inmates arguefor their innocence, however, and one scenein the film involves a hearing for a convictthat freely admits to a horrific double mur-der.The details of the case are appalling, andRyan’s decision means that the killer willnot receive the death penalty that the vic-tim’s family feels they need for closure.Scenes like this test the moral strength ofDeadline’s argument, and, thankfully, the filmdoes not have a clear answer to the dilemma.

Deadline is a striking and powerful docu-mentary,one that might be able to change a fewminds on the issue of the death penalty. It’s anemotional critique of a difficult issue that hasboth moral and political implications, butunlike Moore’s more popular documentaries,Deadline doesn’t usually resort to mocking orthrowing cheap shots to make its point.Anyonewho has ever given serious thought to thesometimes fine line between vengeance andjustice should give it a look.

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“ In San Diego one man was more man then the rest.His name was Ron Burgundy.

buzz

It was two years ago this month that former Gov. GeorgeH. Ryan made his historic decision to grant blanketclemency to all 167 inmates on Death Row in Illinois,the first time in U.S. history that a governor hadgranted clemency to such a large group.

He had a voice that could make a wolverine purrand suits so fine they made Sinatra look like a hobo.

In other words, Ron Burgundy was the balls.”-Anchorman

b u z z w e e k l y • 5J A N . 2 7 • F E B . 2 , 2 OO5 EWW. I JUST BURPED AND IT TASTES LIKE PAUL’S FUNERAL...


MICHAEL COULTER •

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Waking up Sunday morn-ing was a bastard. It felt asthough there was an intense

swelling around my brain that caused it tobang against the side of my head if I movedin the least. My legs ached, my back wassore; I was coughing, dizzy. This is not anunfamiliar feeling for someone like me, butit's usually self-induced from a bout ofdrinking that drifts well into the nextday. But holy crap, I'd stayed in for twodays. This was something far worse thanany hangover.

I, of course, couldn't accept that I wasactually about to get sick, one of thosesicknesses where the doctor tells you it'snot going to get better for three or fourdays. Using a sick day from work whenyou're actually sick is sort of like using allof your prescribed painkillers when youneed them. It' s much more fun to wait anduse them for recreation rather than neces-sity. I was going to deny anything waswrong until the illness actually kicked in.

We had some doubles tennis scheduledfor that afternoon, so I figured what thehell, I'll still play. I had read somethingonce on WebMD that had said exercisedidn't hurt you if you had the flu andmight actually help fight the disease. Ofcourse, the last time I went on WebMD, Ithought I had leprosy since I had one ofthe symptoms so that site may do moreharm than good.

Regardless, I played some tennis and itwent pretty well. I felt like crap, but itmade me concentrate more on what I wasdoing and forced me to avoid any extrane-ous movement. Sadly, I might actually bemore functional in my daily life if I wassick all the time. When you're sick, youdon't screw around much.You know whatyou have to do, you do it and go the hellback to bed. I was in this productive mode.

After tennis, I laid on the couch, and Icould feel the malaise creeping up on me.Raising up to change the channel on theTV became an out-of-body experience,and I began to cough up separate life formsfrom my throat. I drank an orange sodabecause it seems healthier than a Coke, butlet's face it, it really isn't. After that, I wasexhausted beyond belief, so I went to bed.I really felt okay laying there for awhile, solong as I didn't move in the least.

The dog jumped up on the bed withme. I know they say canines can sensedanger and sadness and illness, but they

must be talking about dogs other thanmine. Instincts such as that seem to escapehim and in his mind, this seemed like aperfect time to rub a squeaky toy into myface. Still, it was sort of cute. I may haveeven laughed if it weren't for the immi-nent vomiting.

Eventually, I fell asleep for an hour or sountil the phone rang. It was my mom anddad taking full advantage of the "free call-ing weekends" offered by their cell phonecompany.As soon as I men-tioned I was ill, my fatherinsisted I hang up thephone, cover my entirebody with VicksVaporRub,put on thermal underwearand a stocking cap, and layin bed under five or sixblankets. His plan is alwaysto sweat out the virus, andhe feels nothing is quite as effective. Still,it's the same man who told me to "shake itoff" when I was hit in the neck with abaseball during Little League.

Mom got on the phone and told me todrink some 7 Up and have someone bringme some lime sherbet. Sure, ma, some-thing like that made it better when I wassix, but now...um, lime sherbet doesn'tsound all that bad though. She thenreminded me that my medicine cabinetwas packed full of medicine her and dadhad picked up in Mexico: codeine, peni-cillin, you name it. I was too tired and dis-tressed to explain to her that I actuallyhave health insurance and can have a qual-ified person tell me what drugs to take. Iinstead said I was going to get the sherbetbefore I felt worse. I didn't, but it enabledme to get off the phone.

I aimlessly wandered around the housefor a few minutes, disoriented and in pain.I always think about sickness in a nostalgicsort of way. I remember the times I got tostay home from school as a little kid,watching TV and having my mom kiss myass until I was better. Even now, I tend tolong for sickness, just to lay around andcatch up one some movies I haven't seen.Then, I actually get sick and it becomesapparent how much it really sucks. It's justmiserable.

I wrote this column and fell back intobed. The dog licked my face, snuggled upnext to me and fell asleep. Maybe he's real-izing that I'm sick, but I'm betting he's justtired. Either way, the joy of sickness neverreally comes to be. It sucks until it's over,and I only hope it's sooner than later.

Sickness seriously sucks...Almost as bad as alliteration

f i r s t t h i n g s f i r s t !"#$%&'

Michael Coulteris a videograph-er, comedianand can beheard on WPGU107.1 Thursdaysat 5 with Rickerworkin’ it.

SETH FEIN • CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The following is the sole opinion of the author.It does not represent BUZZ as a whole.

Dear Tod,What up, dawg? No response? That's

cool, I understand. The pressures of beingthe mayor of a town like this, especiallywith the upcoming election, must reallywear you down. I mean, with all the busi-nesses you have coming into town, youmust be on some kinda regimen, yes?

Well, I don't want to get to deep into itor anything, but now that you've had achance to think about our downtown,what the shit is up with the Philo RoadEast Urbana Business District? It looks likeit got hit by a tornado.Wait, it did get hitby a tornado. March of 1996, right?

When I was growing up, that was thespot to go to in my neighborhood. Myfriends and I would ride our bikes downMcHenry, turn north on Philo and wouldbe greeted by a booming IGA and a

Golden Goat where wecould recycle cans for4.3 cents a pound. Upfurther, there were manythings to do, includingtwo other groceriesstores to raid, a WhiteHen Pantry and a K-Mart. I could spend awhole day down there,hopping from store tostore (remember Upper

Deck Card Shop?), hanging out with myfriends, eating too much pizza at theGodfather's Buffet, bothering the employ-ees at Carnival Video ,and eating ice creamat Baskin Robbins. By the time we weredone stealing baseball cards from K-Mart,you could say that we had an all-out bash,in a nine-year-old’s eyes.

Now, County Market is the only gro-cery left standing. Great. Their producesection looks like it belongs in Sri Lanka.Where the Jewel was, is a storage spacethat looks like it rents to geriatrics andvagabonds. The Southgate Plaza, whereIGA once ruled, appears to have beentransplanted from Fallujah and is nowcollecting spiderwebs and mice as a wayto keep itself busy. The Payless Shoes isclosed, the Carnival Video is now aDollar Store, and most importantly, outlocal K-Mart succumbed to the impend-ing arrival of Wal-Mart, which I believe,you are championing?

Come on, Tod. What's the deal? Stone

Creek, where the richest of the rich inUrbana dwell, is just a stone's throw awayfrom there and those uppity bitches andtheir wino housewives are spending theirmoney in Champaign!

My brother and his wife bought ahome in the new 'Build Urbana' develop-ment down the road from there, east onFlorida. His question is simple:What is theMayor going to do about this? He's curi-ous. Not mad but curious. They figured,"Hey, with all these new houses, with allthese new people, there has got to beenough money coming through to makethis little business district work." But upuntil now, he has been wrong. And so,they travel, like everyone else, toChampaign for the majority of theirhousehold and recreational needs. Theseare the people that you should be tryingto appeal to, snoop!

Now, in regards to the Northside.Yeah,I know, the dreaded Northside. The deepstain on Urbana, yes? The Watergate toNixon. The Lewinsky to Clinton. Thebrain to Reagan. It's a problem.Dilapidated is the word that comes tomind without thinking. I know, I know. I've heard about Farm n' Fleet and accord-ing to the News-Gazette, O'BrienAutoPark is being renovated to open up ashopping district. Good job on that! Forreal! But what about the way thatCunningham Avenue looks. What does itlook like? It looks like Prostitution Row.Come on! Plant some trees, plant someflowers! Find the money. Reach into that'ol slush fund from the Police Station andspruce it up a bit. If it looks nice, thenpeople may want to start opening evenmore businesses on that road leading intoour downtown. Cunningham Avenuecould give Neil and Prospect a run fortheir money on the battle for exit on I-74!I know that there are things that you cando. My question is simple: What is it thatyou actually do? I am not saying you don'tdo things. But I am curious. Shoot me anemail and tell me what your daily scheduleis like. I mean, my taxes pay your salary,yes? Hit me up, and we can chat. At least,we can I, right?

Next week, I'll be wrapping it all upand hopefully, I will have turned your headfar enough to the left to start thinkingabout some of these things for real. Afterthat, I'll be sure to ask your opponentssome below belt questions as well.

Word.

Open letter to Mayor TodSatterthwaite of Urbana pt. 2

t h e l o c a l s n i f f (&%)*+&,-

Seth Fein is fromUrbana. Seriously,he doesn't want to

talk to ANYONE who honestly thinks thatIncubus rocks. Hecan be reached at

[email protected]

EMILY WAHLHEIM • STAFF WRITER

The vintage photographs lining thewalls in the lobby of the One Main developmentare a glimpse of downtown Champaign in asimpler time—back when the building at thecorner of Main and Neil Streets was a drugstore. Now, the vintage photographs are the onlythings giving the development an antique feel.The rest of the facility is home to residential,retail and office spaces that bring an urban feelto downtown Champaign.

The idea behind the One Main developmentbegan when Mike Kulas wanted a more creativespace for his software company,Volition, to workin. Kulas teamed up with friend and commercialreal estate developer Jon Sokolski and began towork out plans for a facility that could bringtogether retail, commercial and residential living.In March 2003, ground was broken on the OneMain development, which was formerly a munic-ipal parking lot. Less than two years later, thebuilding is almost completely full.

“It’s a very popular idea to combine retail,commercial and residences,” said Cynthia

Faullin, director ofdevelopment for theproject.“It is becom-ing the trend acrossthe nation.”

Currently, the buil-ding houses residentialspace on the fourthand fifth floors and

office spaces, including Volition, on the second andthird floors. The first floor is retail space, with T.Kelly Jewelers, Exileand Merry Ann’sdiner already open.Jim Gould’s and Ko-Kusion are set toopen in the spring.

Faullin hopes thatthe restaurants andretailers will attractmore attention todowntown Cham-paign. Before, shesa id , downtownChampaign waslacking the sophisti-cation that the facility brings.

“More and more, people are coming down-town,” she said. “Before, it was only campus thatcould provide the type of amenities we have. Now,people are looking to the downtown too.”

And, the upscale amenities, including aplaza with a large courtyard for out-door mingling in warmerweather do draw moresophisticated busi-ness. Timothy

Twedt, the owner of T. Kelly Jewelers, whichmoved into One Main in August, says One Main

is the perfect fit for his business.“I am one of the higher end

jewelers,” he said.“I fill a niche inthe community and being onOne Main fits in perfectly withmy niche. Look at the building, itis just beautiful”

Twedt also thinks the mix ofretail stores will benefit from eachother, with each bringing some-thing different to offer customers.

“Customers can go next storeand get a nice meal at the tworestaurants opening in the springand then, when they are full and

happy do some shopping. It’s a great mix foreveryone,” he said.

Faullin sees the One Main facility as an integralpart of downtown Champaign.The facility’s cen-tral location will help draw more people down-town helping other local businesses as well.

“One Main is a stepping stone in the reno-vation of downtown Champaign,” she said.

“The city population in Champaign ispretty sophisticated and I think peo-

ple expect that type of sophistica-tion. The One Main devel-

opment has that type ofsophistication.”

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I know what you’re thinking.You’re thinking, “Whatwater? Crystal Lake? Are you crazy?” I mean, being inlandlocked Illinois, eating seafood doesn’t seem likesuch a good idea.There are obvious freshness issues thathave to be addressed, and yet, I realize I’m being sillybecause there are these things called planes, and theycan bring seafood in from the coasts in tip-top shape.

In fact, Champaign-Urbana is blessed with twovery good seafood stores, Great American Seafood(1711 W. Kirby Ave., Champaign) and Trout 45 (2006S. Neil St., Champaign). Both offer a nice selection offresh fish and seafood, flown in on a regular basis.Great American Seafood also offers soups and pre-made foods (great for a quick dinner or for a dinnerparty), along with the usual assortment of seafoodsauces, crackers and such. The staff there is happy tohelp you select something appropriate, and they canprovide party trays with advance notice.

At Trout 45, a relative newcomer to Champaign, theselection is a bit more varied. Owner Nancy Hartmancarries a ton of hot sauces and salsas, fun kitchen acces-sories and a very nicely edited wine and beer selection,in addition to her fresh fish and seafood offerings.WhenI went, the processed filets in the case looked nice andplump, the rainbow trout in particular had a lovelysheen, and the scallops were moist and fresh.These arethe things you want to see when you buy fish! The fishshould smell fresh and not bleachy or fishy, and the fleshshould be firm and moist. If you’re buying a whole fish,look at the scales (they should be shiny and not flakedoff) and the eyes (they should be clear and protruding,not cloudy). If you start with good fish, most of thework is already done for you.

Once you select your fish or seafood, the staff canhelp you with tips on preparation. Fish come in somany different packages and can be prepared in somany different ways (seared, broiled, baked, steamed,fried, blackened, grilled, to name a few), it’s easy tobecome overwhelmed by the options. Hartman hasinstalled a demonstration kitchen, where she and herstaff show customers different ways of preparing theirproducts. Demonstrations are made every Wednesday,at 3 p.m. and at 6 p.m. For those of you leery ofpreparing fish at home, this is a great opportunity tolearn from a pro.

If you don’t want to make it yourself, however, thestaff there will prepare your fish for you for a minimalfee. In addition,Trout 45 will smoke your fish for you

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(you can pick it up the next day). Like Great AmericanSeafood, Trout 45 also offers party platters and pre-made foods, such as crab cakes and seafood salad.

Now if you can’t handle the thought of even seeinga fish unless it’s cooked and on a plate, then you needto head over to Kennedy’s (2560 S. Stone Creek Blvd.,Urbana), where they offer a different fish special everyday based on what’s freshest. At any given time, youmight see Atlantic salmon, red snapper, swordfish,Pacific white sea bass, or yellow fin tuna on the menu.

Kennedy’s is a wonderful spot for a nice dinner in ele-gant surroundings, but sometimes you just want some-thing good and on the double.Head over to the Seaboat(1114 N. Market St., Champaign), where they makeyummy fish sandwiches. (I mean, can you go wrong eat-ing fish from a place called the Seaboat? I think not!)Finish your meal off with a slice of their sweet potatopie, and now you’re speaking my language.

Amanda Kolling is always fishing for recipes and storyideas. E-mail her at [email protected].

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Chicago theatergoers have frequently foundJanuary a difficult travel month and a time of lim-ited offerings.While the weather is in the handsof forces beyond the scope of any journalist, therecent bounty of offerings on the Chicago theaterscene is reason to celebrate after the holidays.

The highly regarded Broadway in Chicagoseries is composed of pre-Broadway runs andnational tours of established Broadway hit musi-cals. Currently on the boards in Chicago is “AllShook Up”, the new Elvis musical, and“Spamalot,” the new stage version of the film“Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”

“All Shook Up,” in the tradition of “MommaMia” and “Movin’ Out,” takes established hit songsand writes a show around them. So far, audiencesseem to love this new genre of musical as “AllShook Up” is headed for the Big Apple.Watch formore in this musical category in future monthsthat may revive John Lennon,The Beach Boys andothers. Remaining performances will continue atthe Cadillac Palace Theater until Jan. 23.

“Spamalot”— at the Shubert Theater until Jan.23 — manages to skew everything from its won-derful source film to every other genre ofBroadway musical. Director Mike Nichols neverlets the action or the laughs lag, and the songs ofEric Idle and John Du Prez are wonderful. Even

diehards who know every line of the film are infor a few surprises.The only sour note is the earlyclosing of these shows and the demand that saysthey must open on Broadway Feb. 14—so if youare traveling farther, you can bet these shows willbe around for a while.

Not traveling so far? Watch for Cathy Rigby in“Peter Pan” (Feb. 1-13) and Christina Applegatein “Sweet Charity” (Feb. 24—Mar. 13). TheBroadway in Chicago series can be reached at:312-902-1400 or www.broadwayinchicago.com.

This year’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize win-ner is the true story of one Charlotte vonMahlsdorf, a transvestite and homosexual, whosurvived both Nazism and Communism tobecome one of Germany’s great historic preser-vationists. This is a story of Doug Wright’s bril-liant play,“I Am My Own Wife.” Jefferson Mays’Tony Award performance, in which he performsover 40 characters, in addition to Charlotte, is asamazing as this extraordinary story.

Chicago’s Goodman Theater always gives agoodly share of theatrical riches every season, buthere we have a downright masterpiece with itsoriginal New York cast.You have until Feb. 20 tocatch this one and I urge you to do so.You canreach the Goodman at 170 N. Dearborn and con-tact them at: 312-443-3800 or www.good-mantheatre.org.

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Jeff Brandt, manager and co-owner of Exile onMain Street, is 29-years-old and has been liv-ing in the community for 25 years. Exile, “theone stop pop-culture stop,” recently opened inthe One Main complex.

What made youdecide to open Exileon Main Street?

For some strangereason, I’m justone of thosepeople who lovesworking in retail.I have a greatdeal of exper-ience now atthis point in

my life, and I waslucky enough to have this business

opportunity arise.Running a small business isreally what I’ve always wanted to do, and Icouldn’t be luckier with the group ofinvestors I found and with the type of storeI’m actually able to run.

What products and services are offered atExile on Main Street?

We offer a wide variety of items at Exileon Main Street.We carry new and used CDs,DVDs, video games (PS2, Xbox, PC as wellas classic old system games), vinyl, magazines,candy, soda etc. We also do PC repair andupgrades here in the store at prices wellbelow what many big chains charge.Drop offyour PC, tell us your problem, and we’ll seewhat we can do for you. In addition, we haveseveral old-school arcade games in the storefree to play. At the moment they are TimePilot and 1943:The Battle of Midway.You canalso try many games on PS2, Xbox,Gamecube and PC before you buy them,right in the back of our store.We also have alocal music section that gets bigger everyweek. If you are a local artist and want us to

carry your CD, we are happy to take justabout anything on consignment.There areplans to start rental of DVDs and videogames as well in the upcoming month.

Why did you choose downtown Champaignfor the location of your store?

There are a lot of reasons whydowntown seemed like the best fit forExile.The first and most obvious one beingit isn’t North Prospect. Much of the reasonwas simply because of my love fordowntown Champaign specifically. Eversince I was a kid running around the oldRobeson department store, I’ve really likedcoming downtown. It just has a different feelthan the rest of Champaign. I really like thesmall local business feel of this area.There arelots of great shops (Lix, G-Mart Comics,Basket Case, Circles), bars for everypersonality (Mike and Molly’s, the Blind Pig,Bentley’s, Barfly, Guido’s) and great food(Radio Maria, the Esquire, the Great Impasta,Merry Ann’s, Ferren’s).

When did you first become interested in thevideo game, music and movie industry?

I’m not sure I can pinpoint it specificallybut certainly longer than my memory goesback. I probably had 200 Atari 2600 gameswhen I was growing up and spent thousandsof my parents’ quarters in the local arcades.Asfor music, I remember spending my ownallowance for an LP version of Queen’sGreatest Hits when I was about six. I’d have tosay going to theaters when I was young hada huge effect on me too. There’s nothingquite like seeing a great movie on the bigscreen when you are just a kid.

Your slogan is "the one stop pop-cultureshop.” What market do you hope Exile onMain Street attracts?

We hope that just about anyone feelscomfortable in our store.We certainly cater tothose who really, really get into the various

media we carry, but that doesn’t meansomeone just passing by shouldn’t feel just aswelcome. Basically though, we are lookingfor those customers who still love to shop ina small business that is willing to go aboveand beyond what every big corporatecompetitor can in terms of eclectic selectionand customer service. Not everybody likes toshop at small business killers like Wal-Mart. Icertainly don’t and won’t shop there.At Exile,we just want to sell you things you’ll not onlylike, but you’ll feel the need to come backand tell us about it.

What do you think will be the Exile on MainStreet’s most popular feature?

It’s really hard to say at this point sinceeverything seems to be selling pretty well sofar. Our customers are quite obsessive aboutthe things they buy from us, whether it’svideo games, movies or music. There is anoverall feeling though that we are starting tofill a void that’s been downtown sincePeriscope closed. I can’t tell you how manytimes I’ve already heard people tell me hownice it is to come downtown and buy musicagain. There really are fewer and fewerlocally-owned businesses that sell music,especially now that Record Service closed.It’s sad that a town this size, with such a greatuniversity, can’t keep a music-only store inbusiness anymore.Sign of the times I suppose.

What do you do for fun in your spare time?Not surprisingly I mostly like to listen to

music, watch movies (especially old B&Wfilms at the moment) and play video games.This is of course only when Illinois isn’tplaying. I probably spend entirely too muchtime watching Illinois basketball, football,Cubs and Bears games. I must admit I alsolike to frequent all the downtown local pubsand eateries. I would love to tell you I read aswell, but I probably have Champaign’s largesthalf-finished book collection.

Do you have a favorite video game?I’m not sure I have enough space to name

my all-time favorites so I’ll stick with what Iprobably played for most of 2004. KatamariDamacy, Tiger Woods 2005,The Atari Anthology(a collection of 85 old-school Atari arcadeand 2600 games), Grand Theft Auto: SanAndreas, Halo 2, and Call of Duty: Finest Hour.It was a very good year for video games ingeneral with lots of high quality titles to fitanyone’s tastes.

Any recommendations for buyers?Volition, Inc., located right here in

downtown Champaign, just released ThePunisher, which is based on the popularMarvel Comics character. It is a very violentgame and not for the faint of heart, but veryentertaining. There have been quite a fewgreat games released in the last month or soalso: Resident Evil 4, Mercenaries and Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic II are just a few.Asfar as music and movies go there are severalbig new releases this week actually. Newalbums from the Chemical Brothers, twoalbums by Bright Eyes, …And You WillKnow Us By the Trail of Dead (yes that’stheir name) come out on Tuesday in additionto a documentary everyone must see tobelieve, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.

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Cindy Westfall is a Champaign artist with a passion for the icons ofdreams and for humanity’s relationship to the world around her—especially subconsciously.An impressive selection of her acrylic worksis currently on display at Café Kopi in downtown Champaign. Herpieces weave the natural world together with personal mythology andiconic imagery with beautiful results, and though the natural world isher primary inspiration, which viewers will notice at first glance, herexploration centers more around the unseen and “inner landscapes”of the individual.

How do you go about depicting a subject when you sit down to doa piece of work?

I usually begin by painting the base background color anddoing a rough-in of the basic shapes. I sometimes do a sketchthat shows the basic lines and composition that I want, but Inever work from finished initial studies. In the case of drawings,I do a rough sketch first, although I occasionally just set pencilto page and let the image come forth fully formed. I work frombasic forms and colors down to fine detail, always striving tokeep the finished picture refined but not fussy, a balancebetween abstraction and detail. I don’t usually work fromphotographs, either, but from memory of observation of textureand form.

What themes do you most enjoy exploring in your work?Of course, my favorite themes are drawn from the natural

world. I like to depict the dream side of things—that which liesbehind the mundane. I have always been drawn to the idea thatwhat we can see of the day-to-day world might not be thewhole story, that there is an unseen or magical side to things. Itis this juxtaposition or overlay of the material and magical thatI try to bring out in my work.

What are your favorite media to create with and why?I can’t say I have just one favorite medium, as I regularly work

in several. My paintings are in acrylic, which I believe is oftenlooked upon as an “amateurish” medium, but I find it perfectlyworkable. The prints I am showing are among my firstexploration of that medium, which I found very satisfying andwould like to explore further if I get the chance in the future. Ialso have a background in metalsmithing, and in my professionallife I am a jeweler. I work at Robert’s, a store in downtown

Champaign that specializes in custom and one-of-a-kindjewelry. I get to use my creative energy in my day-to-day work,which is wonderful. I think it is all too rare for creative peopleto get to channel their creativity as much as they would like,especially in the “nine-to-five” workday world.

Where do you look to draw inspiration?I have many sources of inspiration, woods and trees especially.

I love Allerton Park, and I like to be in the woods no matter thetime of year. Dreams and other artifacts of my inner landscapeare also important in my work. My images tend to be stylizedor iconic, the way things often are in dreams. I believe thateveryone has their own inner mythos or set of personal symbolsbut that not everyone recognizes this within themselves. I findit similar to the way that individuals may come into contact,however small, with the natural world every day and pay noattention to it other than as a convenient background.With theimagery in my work, I try to give the viewer a glimpse of the“enchanted,” dreamlike side of nature, the kind of things that wesee every day but might otherwise not notice.

How have you seen yourself evolve as an artist? And how wouldyou like to see your work evolve in the future?

With my two-dimensional work, I see myself evolving towarda slightly looser style. My work has always been in the vein of“magical realism,” and it will continue to be so, but I must fightthe habit of obsessing over every detail and making things toofussy. I would like to do more work with intaglio printing in thefuture if I have the opportunity. I have several themes or ideasthat I want to explore, some based on myth and folklore, someon deeper exploration of personal symbolism. I basically plan onnot slowing down, not letting myself atrophy. I feel that in thepast several years my creative flow has been quite good, and Iwould like to keep that going.


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Confessions of anHeiress: A Tongue-in-chic Peek behind thePose By Paris HiltonKATIE RICHARDSON • STAFF WRITER

For many the sentence, “Most of the supermodels are small(chested), except for a few, who probably won’t age well,” is hard-ly a profound realization; except for a few, who are most likelyblond heiresses who’ve made their name on, well, the fact thattheir a blond heiress.

What is Paris Hilton’s talent exactly? Some say she is an‘actress,’ but aside from a few guest appearances on the O.C. andSex in the City, her only long-running gig has been her three sea-son stint on FOX’s reality TV show, The Simple Life. If we arecalling reality TV stars actors now, then Puck’s work on The RealWorld San Francisco was the most outstanding performance tocome out of shows that are based on the premise that the partic-ipants are not performing.

As for displaying other possible talents, Hilton certainly is nota writer. A few chapters are aptly titled,“”How to be an Heiress,”“I’m with Paris,” as well as “My best accessories.” The contentsare mostly picture based, with several sidebars that list ways inwhich young, hip, rich, tan females can further emulate Paris’“unique” sense of style; such as, “My all-time favorite parties,”which details, well, Paris’ favorite parties.

The sentence structure in these chapters is poor, ideas areunclear and there are even a few questionable spellings, but thebook does not pretend to be anything but a superficial exploitationof the woman who has taken exploitation to the level of becom-ing a post-modern phenomenon. Paris is famous because she goesto events, because she has her photo taken everywhere, and she ispretty. Essentially, she is the result of a culture that has been sub-merged in the fame of everyone from local heroes to movie starsto presidents so much so that it can no longer decipher who“deserves” to be famous and who is simply hanging out.

The book pretends to be nothing but a glossy collage detail-ing Paris’ rise to such fame, and it accomplishes that quite well.Everything you want to know about Paris is right there, andadmittedly, she does make some very good natured small shots atherself. She, or her publicist, seems to at least realize that such abook should not take its subject too seriously. The bottom line:if you find Paris to be a cute, harmless, modern celebrity then“Confessions”might make for a nice easy read, but if she alreadymakes you ill, then stay away. buzz

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Green St. Records, the only student-run record label in the Big Ten, hasannounced the bands appearing on thisyear’s compilation album, titled Playlisted.As in the past, each of the 13 bands willrecord a track at Champaign’s Pogo Studioswith producer Mark Rubel, but this yearthings are bigger. Each band will receiveeight hours of studio time, twice as muchas last year, and the label will distribute anadditional thousand copies of the upcom-ing compilation. Following is a short pro-file of what to expect from Playlisted.

[ THE ELANORS ]

Noah M.S. Harris, Adriel Harris andJoshua Lucas are known as The Elanors.Their debut, A Year to Demonstrate, is avail-able directly from Champaign label IsidoreRecords. The Elanors share personal,reflective, heartfelt music with lyrics thattouch upon the many aspects of living, lov-ing and knowing in ways that truly engagethe listener.

[ BULLET CALLED LIFE ]

Bullet Called Life brings a refreshingvariety of sound to the local music scene.This rock and roll band brings back old-school guitar solo classic rock.The four metin high school in their hometown of OakLawn, forming The Wheel, which laterevolved into Bullet Called Life. Inspirationsfor their style came from bands such as LedZeppelin, Black Sabbath, the RollingStones and Pink Floyd, which can be heardin their newly released EP (available at bul-letcalledlife.com).

[ ELSINORE ]

Elsinore blends acoustic guitar and four-part harmony to create a sound theydescribe as acoustic folk/rock/alt-country.Led by Ryan Groff on guitar and vocals,their influences range from bluegrass torock and Latin, earning comparisons toCrosby Stills & Nash. Originally a softeracoustic trio, the group has expanded into aquintet featuring congas, piano and addi-tional vocals and is beginning to blend inelectric guitar at live shows.

Elsinore has been named house band at

Champaign’s White Horse Inn, and thegroup will release their six-song EP on Jan.29 at Jackson Ave. Coffee in Charleston.

[ SHIPWRECK ]

Shipwreck’s effect-laden sound leadssome to compare this shoe-gazer group toRadiohead or Interpol, but the four friendshave trouble finding words for their spaceysound. Originally from small Illinois towns,the group has lived and worked inChampaign for years and are kept here bymusic and friends. “Champaign is anencouraging place to play,” says vocalistHarman Jordan.

Shipwreck has plans for a ten-trackalbum due out in April. Jordan describes thealbum as a collection of “hypnotic spells andcharged dark lullabies.”

Shipwreck will record “Alias,” one oftheir first collectively written songs,for GSR’s Playlisted, which Jordan callst he i r mos t mus i c a l l y comp lex andenergetic tunes.

[ THE ENDING ]

Tempo, rhythm, beat, pulse.These wordsdescribe the fundamentals of music, sincethese concepts “are relevant to all aspects”ofa song, explains Louie Golden, lead singerof The Ending. Throughout the year thatthe band has been together, they have beenable to combine the skills they each pickedup through participating in their universitydrum-line.The end result: highly percussiverock music with a metal edge.After touringthis past summer, the band has been work-ing on their new album, which should bereleased in March.

[ THE LIFELINE ]

The Lifeline is a unique band made up oftwo friends from New York.This guitar andviolin duo wrote several songs together andmade their first concert debut in LongIsland, N.Y., during the summer of 2003.

In 2004, the band independently releasedtheir first EP to critical acclaim (and radioairplay) in upstate New York. After acquir-ing an astounding new rhythm section, theduo was given the opportunity to recordtheir latest group of songs in their entirety,producing the album Where There is Life,There is Hope…. The Lifeline put theirmusical style somewhere in a complicated

mix of A.F.I. and Pink Floyd but deliveredwith their distinct violin melodies andedgy vocals.

[ DJ FARSHEED HAMIDI-TOOSI ]

His hypnotic grooves on DJ Spinnerty’strack on Emergence made Farsheed a localfavorite.This year’s track will prove to be astep up in DJ work and will please all loversof hip hop.

[ OMNISCIENT PRESENCE ]

Omniscient Presence, a conscious hip-hop group, is made up of two membersfrom the Chicagoland area. Edward Mosesand Victor Carreon get their name from aline in the Company Flow song“Patriotism.” Moses describes the music heproduces as lyrically complicated andslightly arrogant, while demonstratingstrong pride in craftsmanship. Primarymusical influences include Company Flow,Aesop Rock, Binary Star and several localMCs. According to band member Moses,“hip hop is something you live”.

[ TRIPLE WHIP ]

Lacing unpredictable funk, indie rockand hip hop laced with a jazzy edge,Triple Whip creates texture out of mini-malism. Bass-riffs, clean and sparse guitar,and Santanu Rahman’s eclectic vocals,which draw from various genres of film,lead to Triple Whip’s branding as“Cinema Art Rock.” The group’s debutfull-length, Slapshot (Innocent Words),was recorded by Matt Talbott (Hum)with help from Rick Valentin (PosterChildren).The band has played as part ofthe Asians in Rock tour and GrrrlFest,appeared on local TV and radio, andplayed with The Unicorns andSalaryman.

[ SINCERELY CALVIN ]

Sincerely Calvin is a pop-rock band witha punk-ish groove. During the past twoyears, they’ve become a favorite for houseparties, striking up a dedicated following.After taking a short break last semester tostudy abroad, the band is back this year withnew songs and a new attitude.The group isled by vocalist Jack McCabe (also of Irishgroup Spiral Seisiun).

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Theatre in Hell and Hotel

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University of Illinois student theatre group, The PennyDreadful Players, kicks off their spring semester season this week-end with a two-play program showcasing what the group doesbest—provides a stage and resources to ambitious students withextracurricular theatrical projects. Room 112 in Greg Hall will actas backdrop for the double feature,which includes Eugene O’Neill’sone-act Hughie and David Mamet’s comedy Bobby Gould in Hell.

Hughie is a two-man show put together by PDP board mem-bers Dan McArdle and Ryan Hurth, who are acting, directingand producing the 3 a.m. hotel tale of a gambler and a nightclerk pondering the life of the last clerk to work the desk—thedeceased title character Hughie. The two have been rehearsingfor the last month, since submitting their show and getting itapproved by the theatre troupe’s board.

“I had seen a Goodman production of it last year.And I knewwe had sort of a throw-away space in January,” says McArdle.PDP usually gets at least one large campus space per month.Since their January space fell so early in the semester, pairing thetwo shorter plays made practical sense due to time and produc-tion demands.

Hughie was first staged on Broadway in 1964 and starred leg-end Jason Robards. Recent revivals have been seen over the lastdecade featuring Al Pacino and the Goodman Theatre’s produc-tion with Brian Dennehy.

The set will be fairly sparse, but indicative of the bleak andshabby atmosphere.“Sort of the dank 1928 hotel, long desk, keybox in back and a couple of chairs, a pitcher of water and a bot-tle of whiskey up on the desk,” McArdle explains.

Rounding out the bill will be the significantly more light-hearted comedy Bobby Gould in Hell.The show takes a differenttone than the Mamet dramas many are familiar with, such asGlengary Glenross and Oleanna. University of Illinois actingsophomore Partick Galvin is directing the show, an absurdexploration of the technicalities of Hell, which he also submit-ted to PDP.

“It’s my favorite play,” says Galvin. “I’ve read it a milliontimes, and every time I read it, it just got better to me.”

Looking for a means to produce the show, Galvin answeredPDP’s semesterly email calling for directors and writers to sub-mit their proposals for the upcoming season. Since students donot have to be members of the troupe to submit projects, thetroupe operates as a great resource to students like Galvin, whowould like to have support for their visions.

“We met with him and really liked the idea,” Hurth says.“And Rachael, our managing director, really wanted to see theshow done, so we decided to do it.”

The director’s plans for the show are simple.“It’s a fairly min-imal set. Just everyday stuff. And the acting is fairly minimalitself.The acting’s simple. It’s supposed to be as real as possible inthese comedic circumstances where you’ve got these peoplewith these huge wants, and they’re just doing whatever they can

to get it. But Bobby isn’t really doing everything he can. He’s alittle insane.”

McArdle nods that these shows are not typical partners onewould see on stage.“It’s not so much that they couple each otherwell,”he states,“but they offer a good amount of contrast and vari-ety to give someone who might not enjoy one of them as muchcertainly something else.”And variety is what PDP strives for.

“The Penny Dreadful Players, established in 1992, is quite afine organization on this campus,” McArdle says. “We’re work-ing on building full seasons.This is a nice opportunity for us tonot only showcase some our in-house acting talent with ourboard members, but to be able to perform such well-establishedworks by well-known authors such as David Mamet and EugeneO’Neill; whereas our main focus is always going to be for stu-dent writers.” Student-written plays are probably what PDPprides itself most on, and their current season—set to be final-ized at the end of January—may include as many as three orig-inal productions.

“I heard about this great student-written show called Beneaththe Trees,” he smiles.“Then, we have the very well-known Deathof a Salesman going up March 10, 11 and 12.We likely have someother student-written shows in the works.”

Hughie and Bobby Gould in Hell will be performed together Jan. 28and 29 in room 112 of Greg Hall.Tickets will be $5 at the door.

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A R I E S (March 21-April 19)

It'll be a bumper car kind of week, Aries. As long as you stick to thedesignated course, you can expect lots of thuds, jolts, and caromsthat won't hurt a bit. In fact, most of them will actually be fun evenas they knock some sense into you. That's why you have cosmic per-mission to raise your normal quotas of raucous laughter, boisteroushorseplay, and madcap adventures. For extra credit, sprinkle wackyaccents and silly voices into your conversations.

T A U R U S (April 20-May 20)

For two years running, Little Yellow Jacket has been voted Bull of theYear by the rodeo circuit's top bull riders. During a five-year career,the 1,750-pound beast has bucked off 85 percent of his riders in anaverage of 2.8 seconds. No one has stayed on for longer than 8 sec-onds. I've selected him to be your power animal in the comingweeks, Taurus. You have a mandate to avoid being rounded up,roped, or ridden by anyone, even if you have to snort and foam atthe mouth as Little Yellow Jacket does during his performances. "Hehas the kind of heart, desire, and athletic ability that true champi-ons in any walk of life possess," says his owner. All you need to suc-ceed at your assignment are the first two of those qualities.

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"Boobs: I wish I had them. Not enough to buy them, though." So tes-tified skinny actress Lara Flynn Boyle in the Globe, rejecting the ideaof getting silicone implants. Take your inspiration from her clarity inthe coming week, Leo. Identify one of your half-assed desires--avague wish that chronically floats around the back of your mind--andrenounce it forever. If necessary, have a no-nonsense conversationwith yourself in which you discuss all the reasons why the satisfac-tion of that longing is not at all crucial to your happiness or well-being, and why, therefore, you will never again indulge in a seriousfantasy about it.

V I R G O (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Michigan is a major importer of trash, accepting more than five mil-lion tons per year in return for big payments. A landfill in the smalltown of Rockwood alone takes in a thousand tons of New Jersey'sdemolition debris every day. I know it might be tempting for you toget all Rockwood-like in the coming days, Virgo; you may imagine youcan reap some long-lasting benefits from getting dumped on. But Isay unto you: It ain't worth it. Whatever you think you can gain ismeager compared to what you could lose.

L I B R A (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Science writer David Bodanis says there are always so many frag-ments of spider legs floating in the air that you are constantly inhal-ing them wherever you go. I encourage you to think of this now andthen in the coming week, Libra. Whenever you do, engage in the fol-lowing meditation: Imagine that you are bolstering your power to

weave metaphorical webs; fantasize that every day in every way youare building a silky network designed to help you get what you want;visualize yourself as being light and strong, like a spider.

S C O R P I O (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

The world's highest bridge recently opened for traffic in France. TheMillau Viaduct soars over the Tarn River, reducing the driving dis-tance between Paris and Barcelona by 60 miles. I hope to see acomparable innovation in your future, Scorpio. You need a monu-mental short cut that will let you cross safely and conveniently overa yawning abyss. Don't try to create it all by yourself. Enlist the helpof the most soulful bridge-builders you can find.

S A G I T T A R I U S (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Movie actress Kate Winslet is your role model this week, Sagittarius.In her 17 movies, she has played a staggeringly wide variety of char-acters, from an innocent romantic in Sense and Sensibility, to aspontaneity-loving free spirit in Eternal Sunshine of the SpotlessMind, to a street-wise sewer rat for an upcoming claymation come-dy called Flushed Away. Come to think of it, those are three of themany personas you might consider adapting in the coming days.Like Winslet, you should avoid typecasting as you keep yourself high-ly entertained in a dazzling array of colorful milieus.

C A P R I C O R N (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

"Believing" in God is like "believing" in the taste of a peach withoutever having tasted an actual peach. But what if I told you that youcould actually commune with the Divine Wow through up-close, per-sonal encounters that are as vivid and palpable as eating a peach?It's a distinct possibility for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn. Thebest way to increase your chances of having this heart-to-heart inti-macy with Supreme Magic is, first, to want it very badly, and second,to unleash generous expressions of love as often as possible.

A Q U A R I U S (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Emily, Madison, and Kaitlyn were among the most popular names fornew baby girls last year, whereas Jacob, Ryan, and Nicholas weretop choices for boys. Thevoiceofreason.com website notes that onthe other hand, Condescensia, Crumpet, and Bucket were some ofthe least popular girl names, and Beelzebub, Humpty, and Scratchwere the least favorite for boys. I hope you will ignore both extremes,Aquarius, as you select an additional new nickname or tag for your-self in the coming days. While the astrological omens suggest it's agood time to expand your self-concept, it's a bad time to be overlyinfluenced either by the trends or by knee-jerk rebellions against the trends.

P I S C E S (Feb. 19-March 20)

The Weekly World News reports that hell has a special pain-free sec-tion for masochists. The evidence comes from an S & M aficionadowho traveled to this anomalous part of the nether realm during anear death experience. "There was no beating, no torture, no pok-ing with blazing pitchforks--not even a decent smack in the face,"testified Melissa Surkovsky. While I am definitely not predicting youwill visit this place, Pisces, I must warn you that you may soon havea semi-comparable experience here on earth. As much as you mightbe tempted, you simply won't be able to indulge in any of your ownmasochistic tendencies. You may even have to endure somethinglike what Surkovsky did: "I was taken to a well-lit chamber andplaced in a comfortable reclining chair, then waited on hand and footby demons who were so polite, it was annoying."

Homework: Which actor or actress would be the best choice to play you in afilm about your life? Testify at http://www.freewillastrology.com.

1.2.BRIGHT EYES

BRIGHT EYES

J A N . 2 7 • F E B . 2 , 2 OO5 BRIGHT EYES: BIGGER THAN JESUS? b u z z w e e k l y • 13


VSB A T T L E O F T H E A L B U M S

• • • C D R E V I E W S • • • Bright EyesDigital Ash in a Digital UrnSaddle Creek

BY IMRAN SIDDIQUEE

For the casual listener, it would be far tooeasy to label Conor Oberst and Bright Eyes asdepressing. For all his desolation, his music indi-cates that he’s a guy on the verge of being happy.Unlike Elliott Smith, who almost always seemedready to breakdown, Oberst has continuallysought salvation.Whether through music, love orlife, his goal is to be lifted.

With Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, Obersttackles his most morbid topic to date,death, andcomes away with one of the most beautifulrecords he’s ever created. He mixes in lines like“to the deepest part/of the human heart/the fearof death expands” with hopeful lines like “wewill soon be born again” all in the same song, andit works because everything is backed by a gor-geous new sound.

With the help of multi-instrumentalist/pro-ducer Mike Mogis, Nick Zinner (Yeah YeahYeahs) and Jimmy Tamborello (Postal Service,Dntel), Bright Eyes concocts a magical andmelodic sound that draws from the increasinglymainstream electronic movement along withspacey garage-rock.

Having one of the great lyricists of our gen-eration backed by music that is almost as eye-catching as his words is something all Bright Eyesfans have been waiting for.While this may not be

his masterpiece or even in his arena (I’m WideAwake, It’s Morning might fit that description), thesongs here gel quite nicely and produce some ofhis best work yet.

The previously quoted “Arc of Time” is ameditation on death and the hope that religionprovides, as well as a philosophical look at the ideaof cloning or digitally re-creating ourselves(hence the title of the album).Lyrically Oberst hascontinued to improve, and on “Take It Easy (LoveNothing)” (the first single from the record), hereaches a lyrical and musical peak.As Tamborelloprograms pretty little bells and whistles with aminiature guitar riff, the song soars over lines like“if you stay too long in my memory/I will trapyou in a song tied to a melody/And I’ll keep youthere so you can’t bother me.”

The album moves into “Hit the Switch,”which is a classic Bright Eyes visionary song. Hedescribes the beauty he sees in a girl quite dis-turbingly,“Each morning she wakes with a dreamto describe/Something lovely that bloomed inher beautiful mind. I say ‘I’ll trade you one, fortwo nightmares of mine/I have some where Idie/I have some where we all die.’”

All his musings on life end with the finaltrack,“Easy/Lucky/Free” which is among BrightEyes’ greatest tracks. He punctuates a tuneful bal-lad about the way in which death affects theworld with the line “Don’t you weep (don’t youweep for them)/There is nothing as lucky, as easy,or free.”

Death becomes yet another way in which we canbe “lifted.” See - I told you it wasn’t all depressing.

Bright EyesI’m Wide Awake, It’s MorningSaddle Creek

BY GAVIN PAUL GIOVAGNOLI

Twenty-four-year-old Omaha songster ConorOberst seems to never lay down his guitar.Since his debut at the unadulterated age of 13,he’s been self-proprietarily quivering his wayup the indie-rock charts, providing fans withover 15 bodies of work. His last full-lengthalbum, Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep YourEar to the Ground (2002), dubbed him as “rock’sboy genius” and solidified a position as one ofthe guiding poetic voices of our generation.Shortly after Lifted, he re-released his first fivealbums with five bonus tracks in a seven-LPbox set and collaborated with a fellowNebraska heavy-hearted group Neva Dinovaon a six-track EP. There hasn’t been more thana year to confide without the vocal tempertantrums of Mr. Oberst and his ever-growingtraveling musical army.

Now in 2005, keeping it real on SaddleCreek records, Conor has gone into overdrivewith the double release of two new full-lengthalbums, Digital Ash In A Digital Urn, and I’mWide Awake, It’s Morning. The former, moreexperimentally studio produced, contrasts the

traditional alt-country twang of the latter for adynamic saturation of new material.

I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning, purely contin-ues the Bright Eyes stylistic, vindicated, suffer-ing lyrics and Midwest folksy melodies of thepast. As if distilled, the record reveals a tamedversion of that quaky angst, producing intense-ly tight and focused melodic fits. Harmonies arelight-hearted and uplifting on the tails of freshquizzical poems as one of the album’s most inti-mate country ballads reminisces, “I’m a singlecell on a serpent’s tongue, there is a muddy fieldwhere a garden was, and I’m glad you got away,but I’m still stuck out here, my clothes are soak-ing wet from your brother’s tears.” He seems tobe in his finest element on this record.And withguest appearances from Jim James of MyMorning Jacket and the country sweetheartEmmylou Harris, the album glows with talent.

From the opening track Oberst sits us down,orating a one-on-one narration of two characterscasually talking to each other in the midst of acrashing plane. Setting up a storybook presence, therest of the album grasps your ears with an infectiousverse. Even if the acoustics don’t please your soul,the poetry will draw you right back in, proving itsdurability. Bright Eyes aficionados will emphatical-ly embrace the album, but even if you’re notattuned to Oberst’s delicate instability you’ll findsatisfaction in his hushed, yet wild sincerity.

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Rose Bowl Pub, 8:30pm-12:30am, freeAnimal Tales [C-U Symphony Orchestra]Foellinger Great Hall, 3pm, $6-$11

DJDJ Wesjile [hip hop]Barfly, 10pm, freeDJ Bozak [80's rewind]Boltini, 10pm, free

Lecture, Discussions,MeetingsSunday Zen MeditationPrairie Zen Center9am-noon, free

Theater“Bobby Gould Goes to Hell” & “Hughie”[one act double feature]Gregory Hall Theater, 8pm, $5

January 31Live MusicJazz Jam with ParaDocsThe Iron Post, 7-10pmAlter Bridge, Silvertide,SubmersedThe Canopy Club, 7:30pm,$20 advance/$23 doorQuadremedyTommy G's, 10pm, free

DJDJ Delayney [hip hop, sou]Barfly, 10pm, freeDJ Resonate[hip hop, R&B, lounge]Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, freeHouse Music NightNargile, 10pm, freeDJ Bozak[hip hop and soulful beats]Boltini, 10pm, free

Lecture, Discussions,MeetingsOther-Wordly and This-WordlyPiety and the Islamic Revival[lecture by Francis Robinson,Prof.of History of SouthAsia, Royal Holloway,University of London]3rd Floor, Levis Faculty Center,4pm, free

February 1

Live MusicFinal Drive, Omnipresent,Jaded Kayne, AlchymistThe Canopy Club [main stage], 7-11pm, $5Open Jam/Open Mic hosted byMike Armintrout The Canopy Club [acousticstage], 9pm, $5Adam Wolfe's Acoustic Nightwith Jess Greenlee Tommy G's, 10pm, freeCrystal River

Rose Bowl Pub, 9:00pm-1:00am, freeOpen StageEspresso Royale on Goodwin& Oregon8pm, free

DJDJ Sophisto [house]Barfly, 10pm, freeDJ PBR [Wilco, BluesExplosion, Shins etc.]Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, freeDJ Lil Big BassBoltini, 10:30pm, free

Karaoke"G" Force Karaoke Neil St. Pub, 8pm-12am, freeLiquid Courage KaraokeGeo's Chill and Grill9pm, free

Lecture, Discussions,MeetingsGlobal FundamentalismHumanities Lecture Hall, IPRH,UIUC, 3-5pm, FreeWYSE Regional HS AcademicChallengeParkland College, rm D244,9am-2pmWorld Response to TsunamiDisaster ForumIllini Union Rooms A & B,3:30pm, FreeProgress Toward Global FoodSecurity: UN DevelopmentGoals for the Millennium[lecture by Catherine Bertini,Under-Secretary General forManagement, UN] Knight Auditorium, SpurlockMuseum, 4pm, free

FitnessBelly Dance for FitnessThe Fitness CenterChampaign, 8pm, $7-$9

February 2

Live MusicThe Jazz Mandolin Project The Canopy Club, 9pm, $10advance/$12 doorGreen Mountain Grass [bluegrass]The Iron Post, 9pmKilborn Alley Tommy G's, 10pm, freeApollo Project, GreenMountain Grass [jam]Nargile, TBA, freeEd O'Hara and Friends Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm-1am,free

DJChef Ra [roots, reggae]Barfly, 10pm, freeDJ Limbs[hip hop, soul, dance]Boltini, 10:30pm, free

DancingTango DancingCowboy Monkey, 7:30pm, freeSalsa DancingCowboy Monkey, 10pm, $2

KaraokeLiquid Courage Karaoke Geovanti's, 10pm-2am, free

Lecture, Discussions,MeetingsWYSE Regional HS AcademicChallengeParkland College, rm D244,

9am-2pm

KidsAround the WorldWednesdays [crafts and games fromaround the world for families]Spurlock Museum, 9:30am-12pm, $1 donation

14INTRO | AROUND TOWN | LISTEN, HEAR | MAIN EVENT | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | WINE & DINE | THE SILVER SCREEN | CLASSIF IEDS • s o u n d s f r o m t h e s c e n e • INTRO | AROUND TOWN | LISTEN, HEAR | MAIN EVENT | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | WINE & DINE | THE SILVER SCREEN | CLASSIF IEDS

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The D.A.I.S.Y Age may have ended 10 years ago,but beautiful beats and positive flow are alive andwell in Chicago. Treologic, a group who mixes liveinstruments, soul music, a DJ, and a party vibe tocreate an uplifting experience, will be appearing atCowboy Monkey in Champaign this Saturday.Cover is $5. Local favorites Lorenzo Goetz open. Theband guarantees euphoria after every show.

-Kyle Gorman

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January 27

Live MusicU of I Big BandThe Iron Post, 7-10pmLarry Gates [acoustic]Aroma, 8pm, freeKayla BrownBoltini, 8-10pm, freeGroovatron, Beat KitchenThe Canopy Club, 9pm, $4The Ike Reilly Assassinationand RakesCourtyard Cafe, 9pm, $4 stu-dents/$5 non

Plain White T's, TheReputation Cowboy Monkey, 9pm, $7Jim BeanTommy G's, 9pm, freeCalebRose Bowl Pub, 9pm-1am, freeUI Symphony OrchestraFoellinger Great Hall, 7:30pm,$2-$6An Evening with Edgar Meyerand Christ ThileTryon Theater 7:30pm, $23-$33

DJDJ J-Phlip [house]Barfly, 10pm, freeBack To School PartyThe Highdive, 10pm, $5

DJ Bozak[hip hop & soulful beats]Boltini, 10:30pm, free

DancingUIUC Swing SocietyMcKinley Foundation9:30pm-midnight, free

FitnessBelly Dance for FitnessThe Fitness Center Champaign,8pm, $7-$9Belly Dance for FitnessGold’s Gym, Champaign,7:30pm, $7-$9

Wine TastingKrannert UncorkedKrannert Art Center Lobby,5pm, free

January 28

Live MusicChambana [jazz]Cowboy Monkey, 5pm, $2Jeff Helgesen QuintetThe Iron Post, 5-7pmThe Prairie DogsTommy G's, 5-7pm, freeOpen Mic Night: Jim Reed,Children of the Corn Crib[jazz, blues]Wake the Dead Cafe, 6pm,freeSplit Lip Rayfield, jigGsaw

[bluegrass, punk]The Highdive, 7:30pm, $5Brain Housing GroupNargile, 8pm-2am, $15WPGU 107.1 Presents:American Minor, The GreedyLoves, Adam Wolfe, Jess GreenleeThe Canopy Club, 9pm, $5IPAN [steel drum calypso]The Iron Post, 9pmChambana [jazz]Cowboy Monkey, 5-7pm, $2The Beauty Shop, Emotional RecClub, The Coke DaresCowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5Reverend Peyton's Big DamnBand, The Reverend RobertFriends & Co., 10pm, $38-up [rock covers]Tommy G's, 10pmElsinoreWhite Horse Inn, 10pm, freeCountry ConnectionRose Bowl Tavern, 9pm-1am,freePacifica Quartet [Schubert & Ligeti]Foellinger Great Hall, 7:30pm,$10-$18

DJDJ Bozak [hip hop, downtempo]Barfly, 10pm, freeDJ Lil Big BassBoltini, 10pm, freeDJ Tim Williams [hip hop, house,top 40 dance]The Highdive, 10pm, $5

DancingTango LessonVerde Gallery, 7-9pm, $5


January 29

Live MusicFotomanaThe Iron Post, 6-9pmOpen Mic Night: Children of theCorn Crib [jazz, blues] Wake the Dead Cafe, 6pm, freeEpitaph for an Enemy, TheDifference, MadeMcKinley Foundation, 7pm, $4Grass Roots RevivalPage for All Ages, 7pm, freeCU Punk Showcase[The Insolents, The Tards, LesIncroyables, System Rejects,

Useless Hero, Placenta Garden,Substance Abuse, Alleyway Sex]Red Herring, 7pm, $5Spitalfield, Divide by Zero,Blame Twilight, Faultlines Courtyard Cafe, 8pm, $5X-KrusThe Canopy Club, 9pm, $5Blues DeaconsTommy G's, 9pm, $3Treologic, Lorenzo Goetz [hip hop, rock]Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5The Pink Spiders, SadaharuFriends & Co., 10pm, $2Hot Club d'UrbanaThe Iron Post, 10pmJuilliard String Quartet[chamber music]Foellinger Great Hall, 7:30pm,$19-$35Afterglow [jazz from JoelSmirnoff of Juilliard StringQuartet and local musicians]Krannert Art Center Lobby,10pm, free

DJDJ Resonate [hip hop]Barfly, 10pm, freeDJ Limbs [hip hop, soul, dance]Boltini, 10pm, freeDJ Bozak[old school, retro, hip hop]Nargile, 10pm, freeDJ Tim Williams[hip hop, house, top 40 dance]The Highdive, 10pm, $5

DancingMardi Gras Party [music by theNoisy Gators, cajun food andbeer will be served]Verde Gallery, 8pm lesson/9pm dance, $5

Karaoke"G" Force KaraokeSappy's on Devenshire, 9pm-12am, free

January 30

Live MusicRicky Baldwin Fund-raiser withThe Noisy Gators The Iron Post, 6-9pmSunday Mass: Jaded Kayne,Lidlifter, Heavy Handed[hard rock & metal]Tommy G's, 9pm, freeSick Day, QuadremedyThe Iron Post, 10pmCivilianNargile, 10pmCrystal River

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Rose Bowl Pub, 8:30pm-12:30am, freeAnimal Tales [C-U Symphony Orchestra]Foellinger Great Hall, 3pm, $6-$11

DJDJ Wesjile [hip hop]Barfly, 10pm, freeDJ Bozak [80's rewind]Boltini, 10pm, free

Lecture, Discussions,MeetingsSunday Zen MeditationPrairie Zen Center9am-noon, free


January 31Live MusicJazz Jam with ParaDocsThe Iron Post, 7-10pmAlter Bridge, Silvertide,SubmersedThe Canopy Club, 7:30pm,$20 advance/$23 doorQuadremedyTommy G's, 10pm, free

DJDJ Delayney [hip hop, sou]Barfly, 10pm, freeDJ Resonate[hip hop, R&B, lounge]Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, freeHouse Music NightNargile, 10pm, freeDJ Bozak[hip hop and soulful beats]Boltini, 10pm, free

Lecture, Discussions,MeetingsOther-Wordly and This-WordlyPiety and the Islamic Revival[lecture by Francis Robinson,Prof.of History of SouthAsia, Royal Holloway,University of London]3rd Floor, Levis Faculty Center,4pm, free

February 1

Live MusicFinal Drive, Omnipresent,Jaded Kayne, AlchymistThe Canopy Club [main stage], 7-11pm, $5Open Jam/Open Mic hosted byMike Armintrout The Canopy Club [acousticstage], 9pm, $5Adam Wolfe's Acoustic Nightwith Jess Greenlee Tommy G's, 10pm, freeCrystal River

Rose Bowl Pub, 9:00pm-1:00am, freeOpen StageEspresso Royale on Goodwin& Oregon8pm, free

DJDJ Sophisto [house]Barfly, 10pm, freeDJ PBR [Wilco, BluesExplosion, Shins etc.]Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, freeDJ Lil Big BassBoltini, 10:30pm, free

Karaoke"G" Force Karaoke Neil St. Pub, 8pm-12am, freeLiquid Courage KaraokeGeo's Chill and Grill9pm, free

Lecture, Discussions,MeetingsGlobal FundamentalismHumanities Lecture Hall, IPRH,UIUC, 3-5pm, FreeWYSE Regional HS AcademicChallengeParkland College, rm D244,9am-2pmWorld Response to TsunamiDisaster ForumIllini Union Rooms A & B,3:30pm, FreeProgress Toward Global FoodSecurity: UN DevelopmentGoals for the Millennium[lecture by Catherine Bertini,Under-Secretary General forManagement, UN] Knight Auditorium, SpurlockMuseum, 4pm, free

FitnessBelly Dance for FitnessThe Fitness CenterChampaign, 8pm, $7-$9

February 2

Live MusicThe Jazz Mandolin Project The Canopy Club, 9pm, $10advance/$12 doorGreen Mountain Grass [bluegrass]The Iron Post, 9pmKilborn Alley Tommy G's, 10pm, freeApollo Project, GreenMountain Grass [jam]Nargile, TBA, freeEd O'Hara and Friends Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm-1am,free

DJChef Ra [roots, reggae]Barfly, 10pm, freeDJ Limbs[hip hop, soul, dance]Boltini, 10:30pm, free

DancingTango DancingCowboy Monkey, 7:30pm, freeSalsa DancingCowboy Monkey, 10pm, $2

KaraokeLiquid Courage Karaoke Geovanti's, 10pm-2am, free

Lecture, Discussions,MeetingsWYSE Regional HS AcademicChallengeParkland College, rm D244,

9am-2pm

KidsAround the WorldWednesdays [crafts and games fromaround the world for families]Spurlock Museum, 9:30am-12pm, $1 donation

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INTRO | AROUND TOWN | LISTEN, HEAR | MAIN EVENT | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | WINE & DINE | THE SILVER SCREEN | CLASSIF IEDS • s o u n d s f r o m t h e s c e n e • INTRO | AROUND TOWN | LISTEN, HEAR | MAIN EVENT | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | WINE & DINE | THE SILVER SCREEN | CLASSIF IEDS

15

The D.A.I.S.Y Age may have ended 10 years ago,but beautiful beats and positive flow are alive andwell in Chicago. Treologic, a group who mixes liveinstruments, soul music, a DJ, and a party vibe tocreate an uplifting experience, will be appearing atCowboy Monkey in Champaign this Saturday.Cover is $5. Local favorites Lorenzo Goetz open. Theband guarantees euphoria after every show.

-Kyle Gorman

b u z z p i c k

!"#$%$&'()*+),$-.$/)0$12#/

January 27

Live MusicU of I Big BandThe Iron Post, 7-10pmLarry Gates [acoustic]Aroma, 8pm, freeKayla BrownBoltini, 8-10pm, freeGroovatron, Beat KitchenThe Canopy Club, 9pm, $4The Ike Reilly Assassinationand RakesCourtyard Cafe, 9pm, $4 stu-dents/$5 non

Plain White T's, TheReputation Cowboy Monkey, 9pm, $7Jim BeanTommy G's, 9pm, freeCalebRose Bowl Pub, 9pm-1am, freeUI Symphony OrchestraFoellinger Great Hall, 7:30pm,$2-$6An Evening with Edgar Meyerand Christ ThileTryon Theater 7:30pm, $23-$33

DJDJ J-Phlip [house]Barfly, 10pm, freeBack To School PartyThe Highdive, 10pm, $5

DJ Bozak[hip hop & soulful beats]Boltini, 10:30pm, free

DancingUIUC Swing SocietyMcKinley Foundation9:30pm-midnight, free

FitnessBelly Dance for FitnessThe Fitness Center Champaign,8pm, $7-$9Belly Dance for FitnessGold’s Gym, Champaign,7:30pm, $7-$9

Wine TastingKrannert UncorkedKrannert Art Center Lobby,5pm, free

January 28

Live MusicChambana [jazz]Cowboy Monkey, 5pm, $2Jeff Helgesen QuintetThe Iron Post, 5-7pmThe Prairie DogsTommy G's, 5-7pm, freeOpen Mic Night: Jim Reed,Children of the Corn Crib[jazz, blues]Wake the Dead Cafe, 6pm,freeSplit Lip Rayfield, jigGsaw

[bluegrass, punk]The Highdive, 7:30pm, $5Brain Housing GroupNargile, 8pm-2am, $15WPGU 107.1 Presents:American Minor, The GreedyLoves, Adam Wolfe, Jess GreenleeThe Canopy Club, 9pm, $5IPAN [steel drum calypso]The Iron Post, 9pmChambana [jazz]Cowboy Monkey, 5-7pm, $2The Beauty Shop, Emotional RecClub, The Coke DaresCowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5Reverend Peyton's Big DamnBand, The Reverend RobertFriends & Co., 10pm, $38-up [rock covers]Tommy G's, 10pmElsinoreWhite Horse Inn, 10pm, freeCountry ConnectionRose Bowl Tavern, 9pm-1am,freePacifica Quartet [Schubert & Ligeti]Foellinger Great Hall, 7:30pm,$10-$18

DJDJ Bozak [hip hop, downtempo]Barfly, 10pm, freeDJ Lil Big BassBoltini, 10pm, freeDJ Tim Williams [hip hop, house,top 40 dance]The Highdive, 10pm, $5

DancingTango LessonVerde Gallery, 7-9pm, $5


January 29

Live MusicFotomanaThe Iron Post, 6-9pmOpen Mic Night: Children of theCorn Crib [jazz, blues] Wake the Dead Cafe, 6pm, freeEpitaph for an Enemy, TheDifference, MadeMcKinley Foundation, 7pm, $4Grass Roots RevivalPage for All Ages, 7pm, freeCU Punk Showcase[The Insolents, The Tards, LesIncroyables, System Rejects,

Useless Hero, Placenta Garden,Substance Abuse, Alleyway Sex]Red Herring, 7pm, $5Spitalfield, Divide by Zero,Blame Twilight, Faultlines Courtyard Cafe, 8pm, $5X-KrusThe Canopy Club, 9pm, $5Blues DeaconsTommy G's, 9pm, $3Treologic, Lorenzo Goetz [hip hop, rock]Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5The Pink Spiders, SadaharuFriends & Co., 10pm, $2Hot Club d'UrbanaThe Iron Post, 10pmJuilliard String Quartet[chamber music]Foellinger Great Hall, 7:30pm,$19-$35Afterglow [jazz from JoelSmirnoff of Juilliard StringQuartet and local musicians]Krannert Art Center Lobby,10pm, free

DJDJ Resonate [hip hop]Barfly, 10pm, freeDJ Limbs [hip hop, soul, dance]Boltini, 10pm, freeDJ Bozak[old school, retro, hip hop]Nargile, 10pm, freeDJ Tim Williams[hip hop, house, top 40 dance]The Highdive, 10pm, $5

DancingMardi Gras Party [music by theNoisy Gators, cajun food andbeer will be served]Verde Gallery, 8pm lesson/9pm dance, $5

Karaoke"G" Force KaraokeSappy's on Devenshire, 9pm-12am, free

January 30

Live MusicRicky Baldwin Fund-raiser withThe Noisy Gators The Iron Post, 6-9pmSunday Mass: Jaded Kayne,Lidlifter, Heavy Handed[hard rock & metal]Tommy G's, 9pm, freeSick Day, QuadremedyThe Iron Post, 10pmCivilianNargile, 10pmCrystal River

!"#$%&'( )$*&'( %'!#$&'( %#+&'(

,-+&'(

!#.%'&'(

/.&+.%&'(If music be the food of love,

Shakespeare, Twelfth Nightplay on.

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A R I E S (March 21-April 19)

It'll be a bumper car kind of week, Aries. As long as you stick to thedesignated course, you can expect lots of thuds, jolts, and caromsthat won't hurt a bit. In fact, most of them will actually be fun evenas they knock some sense into you. That's why you have cosmic per-mission to raise your normal quotas of raucous laughter, boisteroushorseplay, and madcap adventures. For extra credit, sprinkle wackyaccents and silly voices into your conversations.

T A U R U S (April 20-May 20)

For two years running, Little Yellow Jacket has been voted Bull of theYear by the rodeo circuit's top bull riders. During a five-year career,the 1,750-pound beast has bucked off 85 percent of his riders in anaverage of 2.8 seconds. No one has stayed on for longer than 8 sec-onds. I've selected him to be your power animal in the comingweeks, Taurus. You have a mandate to avoid being rounded up,roped, or ridden by anyone, even if you have to snort and foam atthe mouth as Little Yellow Jacket does during his performances. "Hehas the kind of heart, desire, and athletic ability that true champi-ons in any walk of life possess," says his owner. All you need to suc-ceed at your assignment are the first two of those qualities.

G E M I N I (May 21-June 20)

Before the controversial comic Bill Hicks died, Jack Boulware askedhim what he thought was funny. "The best kind of comedy to me iswhen you make people laugh at things they've never laughed at,"said Hicks, according to Boulware's piece in the San FranciscoChronicle. That thought should be your inspiration in the comingweeks, Gemini. I don't care how you do it, but you've got to crack upabout subjects that you have always taken very seriously. You mightwant to rent DVDs of comedians who are famous for their taboo-busting rants. Surf the Web hunting down jokes about your sacredcows. Sneak up on yourself and tickle your own ribs while in thethroes of a fantasy about what you're scared of.

C A N C E R (June 21-July 22)

Global warming makes me sad. I'm opposed to it, and I wish wehumans would take more drastic measures to minimize our role init. But I also have to admit that part of me enjoys some of its con-sequences. The growing season is getting longer: I can eat the firstgreen beans from my garden before the first day of spring. Theweather is more consistently finer: My wintertime bike trips to thetop of the mountain rarely freeze my eyelashes, as they once did.Sometimes I can even stroll on the beach in shorts in January. Yourassignment in the coming week, Cancerian, is to do what I've done:Find something redemptive about an aspect of our rapidly changingworld that normally makes you crazy.

L E O (July 23-Aug. 22)

"Boobs: I wish I had them. Not enough to buy them, though." So tes-tified skinny actress Lara Flynn Boyle in the Globe, rejecting the ideaof getting silicone implants. Take your inspiration from her clarity inthe coming week, Leo. Identify one of your half-assed desires--avague wish that chronically floats around the back of your mind--andrenounce it forever. If necessary, have a no-nonsense conversationwith yourself in which you discuss all the reasons why the satisfac-tion of that longing is not at all crucial to your happiness or well-being, and why, therefore, you will never again indulge in a seriousfantasy about it.

V I R G O (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Michigan is a major importer of trash, accepting more than five mil-lion tons per year in return for big payments. A landfill in the smalltown of Rockwood alone takes in a thousand tons of New Jersey'sdemolition debris every day. I know it might be tempting for you toget all Rockwood-like in the coming days, Virgo; you may imagine youcan reap some long-lasting benefits from getting dumped on. But Isay unto you: It ain't worth it. Whatever you think you can gain ismeager compared to what you could lose.

L I B R A (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Science writer David Bodanis says there are always so many frag-ments of spider legs floating in the air that you are constantly inhal-ing them wherever you go. I encourage you to think of this now andthen in the coming week, Libra. Whenever you do, engage in the fol-lowing meditation: Imagine that you are bolstering your power to

weave metaphorical webs; fantasize that every day in every way youare building a silky network designed to help you get what you want;visualize yourself as being light and strong, like a spider.

S C O R P I O (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

The world's highest bridge recently opened for traffic in France. TheMillau Viaduct soars over the Tarn River, reducing the driving dis-tance between Paris and Barcelona by 60 miles. I hope to see acomparable innovation in your future, Scorpio. You need a monu-mental short cut that will let you cross safely and conveniently overa yawning abyss. Don't try to create it all by yourself. Enlist the helpof the most soulful bridge-builders you can find.

S A G I T T A R I U S (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Movie actress Kate Winslet is your role model this week, Sagittarius.In her 17 movies, she has played a staggeringly wide variety of char-acters, from an innocent romantic in Sense and Sensibility, to aspontaneity-loving free spirit in Eternal Sunshine of the SpotlessMind, to a street-wise sewer rat for an upcoming claymation come-dy called Flushed Away. Come to think of it, those are three of themany personas you might consider adapting in the coming days.Like Winslet, you should avoid typecasting as you keep yourself high-ly entertained in a dazzling array of colorful milieus.

C A P R I C O R N (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

"Believing" in God is like "believing" in the taste of a peach withoutever having tasted an actual peach. But what if I told you that youcould actually commune with the Divine Wow through up-close, per-sonal encounters that are as vivid and palpable as eating a peach?It's a distinct possibility for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn. Thebest way to increase your chances of having this heart-to-heart inti-macy with Supreme Magic is, first, to want it very badly, and second,to unleash generous expressions of love as often as possible.

A Q U A R I U S (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Emily, Madison, and Kaitlyn were among the most popular names fornew baby girls last year, whereas Jacob, Ryan, and Nicholas weretop choices for boys. Thevoiceofreason.com website notes that onthe other hand, Condescensia, Crumpet, and Bucket were some ofthe least popular girl names, and Beelzebub, Humpty, and Scratchwere the least favorite for boys. I hope you will ignore both extremes,Aquarius, as you select an additional new nickname or tag for your-self in the coming days. While the astrological omens suggest it's agood time to expand your self-concept, it's a bad time to be overlyinfluenced either by the trends or by knee-jerk rebellions against the trends.

P I S C E S (Feb. 19-March 20)

The Weekly World News reports that hell has a special pain-free sec-tion for masochists. The evidence comes from an S & M aficionadowho traveled to this anomalous part of the nether realm during anear death experience. "There was no beating, no torture, no pok-ing with blazing pitchforks--not even a decent smack in the face,"testified Melissa Surkovsky. While I am definitely not predicting youwill visit this place, Pisces, I must warn you that you may soon havea semi-comparable experience here on earth. As much as you mightbe tempted, you simply won't be able to indulge in any of your ownmasochistic tendencies. You may even have to endure somethinglike what Surkovsky did: "I was taken to a well-lit chamber andplaced in a comfortable reclining chair, then waited on hand and footby demons who were so polite, it was annoying."

Homework: Which actor or actress would be the best choice to play you in afilm about your life? Testify at http://www.freewillastrology.com.

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• • • C D R E V I E W S • • • Bright EyesDigital Ash in a Digital UrnSaddle Creek

BY IMRAN SIDDIQUEE

For the casual listener, it would be far tooeasy to label Conor Oberst and Bright Eyes asdepressing. For all his desolation, his music indi-cates that he’s a guy on the verge of being happy.Unlike Elliott Smith, who almost always seemedready to breakdown, Oberst has continuallysought salvation.Whether through music, love orlife, his goal is to be lifted.

With Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, Obersttackles his most morbid topic to date,death, andcomes away with one of the most beautifulrecords he’s ever created. He mixes in lines like“to the deepest part/of the human heart/the fearof death expands” with hopeful lines like “wewill soon be born again” all in the same song, andit works because everything is backed by a gor-geous new sound.

With the help of multi-instrumentalist/pro-ducer Mike Mogis, Nick Zinner (Yeah YeahYeahs) and Jimmy Tamborello (Postal Service,Dntel), Bright Eyes concocts a magical andmelodic sound that draws from the increasinglymainstream electronic movement along withspacey garage-rock.

Having one of the great lyricists of our gen-eration backed by music that is almost as eye-catching as his words is something all Bright Eyesfans have been waiting for.While this may not be

his masterpiece or even in his arena (I’m WideAwake, It’s Morning might fit that description), thesongs here gel quite nicely and produce some ofhis best work yet.

The previously quoted “Arc of Time” is ameditation on death and the hope that religionprovides, as well as a philosophical look at the ideaof cloning or digitally re-creating ourselves(hence the title of the album).Lyrically Oberst hascontinued to improve, and on “Take It Easy (LoveNothing)” (the first single from the record), hereaches a lyrical and musical peak.As Tamborelloprograms pretty little bells and whistles with aminiature guitar riff, the song soars over lines like“if you stay too long in my memory/I will trapyou in a song tied to a melody/And I’ll keep youthere so you can’t bother me.”

The album moves into “Hit the Switch,”which is a classic Bright Eyes visionary song. Hedescribes the beauty he sees in a girl quite dis-turbingly,“Each morning she wakes with a dreamto describe/Something lovely that bloomed inher beautiful mind. I say ‘I’ll trade you one, fortwo nightmares of mine/I have some where Idie/I have some where we all die.’”

All his musings on life end with the finaltrack,“Easy/Lucky/Free” which is among BrightEyes’ greatest tracks. He punctuates a tuneful bal-lad about the way in which death affects theworld with the line “Don’t you weep (don’t youweep for them)/There is nothing as lucky, as easy,or free.”

Death becomes yet another way in which we canbe “lifted.” See - I told you it wasn’t all depressing.

Bright EyesI’m Wide Awake, It’s MorningSaddle Creek

BY GAVIN PAUL GIOVAGNOLI

Twenty-four-year-old Omaha songster ConorOberst seems to never lay down his guitar.Since his debut at the unadulterated age of 13,he’s been self-proprietarily quivering his wayup the indie-rock charts, providing fans withover 15 bodies of work. His last full-lengthalbum, Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep YourEar to the Ground (2002), dubbed him as “rock’sboy genius” and solidified a position as one ofthe guiding poetic voices of our generation.Shortly after Lifted, he re-released his first fivealbums with five bonus tracks in a seven-LPbox set and collaborated with a fellowNebraska heavy-hearted group Neva Dinovaon a six-track EP. There hasn’t been more thana year to confide without the vocal tempertantrums of Mr. Oberst and his ever-growingtraveling musical army.

Now in 2005, keeping it real on SaddleCreek records, Conor has gone into overdrivewith the double release of two new full-lengthalbums, Digital Ash In A Digital Urn, and I’mWide Awake, It’s Morning. The former, moreexperimentally studio produced, contrasts the

traditional alt-country twang of the latter for adynamic saturation of new material.

I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning, purely contin-ues the Bright Eyes stylistic, vindicated, suffer-ing lyrics and Midwest folksy melodies of thepast. As if distilled, the record reveals a tamedversion of that quaky angst, producing intense-ly tight and focused melodic fits. Harmonies arelight-hearted and uplifting on the tails of freshquizzical poems as one of the album’s most inti-mate country ballads reminisces, “I’m a singlecell on a serpent’s tongue, there is a muddy fieldwhere a garden was, and I’m glad you got away,but I’m still stuck out here, my clothes are soak-ing wet from your brother’s tears.” He seems tobe in his finest element on this record.And withguest appearances from Jim James of MyMorning Jacket and the country sweetheartEmmylou Harris, the album glows with talent.

From the opening track Oberst sits us down,orating a one-on-one narration of two characterscasually talking to each other in the midst of acrashing plane. Setting up a storybook presence, therest of the album grasps your ears with an infectiousverse. Even if the acoustics don’t please your soul,the poetry will draw you right back in, proving itsdurability. Bright Eyes aficionados will emphatical-ly embrace the album, but even if you’re notattuned to Oberst’s delicate instability you’ll findsatisfaction in his hushed, yet wild sincerity.

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Indie-rock trio Triple Whipagain needs a drummer.Wunderkind Josh Birky (ex-

Solips) replaced Brett Sanderson last summerand merrily remade every song into a high-speed chase. His exit is untimely, yet for anunimpeachable reason: school. He still willrecord with Triple Whip for the secondannual Green St. Records compilation,Playlisted; his last show with Triple Whip isFeb. 11 at Nargile, with The Beauty Shopand The Living Blue. Besides BrettSanderson (now drummer for The BeautyShop) and Josh Birky, Triple Whip has hadthree guest drummers: Jonathan Sarmiento,Luke Hensleigh and Scott Kimble.

Electro-industrial quartet i:scintilla hasrecorded “Starman” for a David Bowietribute album due this spring. In addition,the i:scintilla music video for “CapsellaBursa Pastoris” [Toxin Mix] became avail-able Jan. 10 at iscintilla.com in Quicktimeformat, and Positron! Records in Chicagonow offers debut album The Approach.i:scintilla will perform with ShipwreckFeb. 4 at Nargile and solo Mar. 14 onWEFT Sessions.

Every Thursday at 8 p.m., Arôma pres-ents a free, usually acoustic, all-ages concert,and Larry Gates is the artist tonight. He andhis eponymous rock group Lorenzo Goetzthen play Saturday at Cowboy Monkeywith Treologic. Show time is 10 p.m., andcover is $5. Lorenzo Goetz has a new song,“Slumber Jaw,” an advance single off theInnocent Words Records compilation MoreWays than Three due Mar. 1. The releaseshow on Feb. 26 will be smoke-free andfeature Lorenzo Goetz,Terminus Victor andCameron McGill.

Tomorrow marks the convergence ofthree major shows. Cowboy Monkey bun-dles The Beauty Shop and Emotional RecClub with The Coke Dares, a Bloomington(Indiana) “supergroup power trio” withdual membership in Magnolia ElectricCompany. Show time is 10 p.m., and coveris $5.The Canopy Club and WPGU host a

homecoming for American Minor with co-headliner The Greedy Loves and openersAdam Wolfe and Jesse Greenlee. Showtimeis 9 p.m., and cover is $5 for those who donot win tickets. Last, Nargile hosts thealbum release party for The Brain HousingGroup with Ron Cooper. Show time is 8p.m., and although cover is $15, it includesthe new album and food from Jackson’sRibs-N-Tips Restaurant & Lounge.

Folk-rock quartet Elsinore resumed itsresidency Jan. 21 at White Horse Inn andthus performs for patrons every Friday thissemester from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Therescheduled release party for the six-songEP, Harmonic Implosion, is Saturday atJackson Ave. Coffee in Charleston. This isanother free, all-ages concert, and HarmonicImplosion will go on sale for $10. It wasrecorded last autumn with studio engineerBryan Chesi.

Pop quintet Green Light Go issued theirfour-song, self-titled EP with pomp andcircumstance Friday at Nargile. Anyonewho missed out has another chance whenGreen Light Go opens for Bottle of JustusFeb. 4 at Cowboy Monkey. Showtime is 10p.m., and cover is $5. An East Peoria showwill follow Feb. 18.

With no apparent relation to the lunarcycle, a combined 12 punk bands will playtwo shows in Urbana in the week ahead.Saturday at 7 p.m., Red HerringVegetarian Restaurant hosts The Insolents,The Tards, Les Incroyables, SystemRejects, Useless Hero, Placenta Garden,Substance Abuse and Alleyway Sex. Thereis no age requirement, and cover is $5.Next Thursday at 10 p.m., The CanopyClub presents Johnny Fallout and theRadiation, Boots and Bracelets, XXXSmut, The Insolents again, and TheSupermen; cover is $4.

Correction: Phyllis is not an Ohio band,as reported last time, but an Indiana band,from Indianapolis. In August 2004, theyissued a self-titled, ten-track album.

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Beck's new album,Guero, will see thelight of day M a r .2 9 v i a DGC.First single, "E-Pro," will hitradio sometimenext month. Thealbum features pro-du c t i o n by t h eDust Brothers.

Feb. 22 will see the release of M.Ward'slatest album for merge, Transistor Radio.This will be followed by a brief tourincluding a Feb. 25 date at Schuba'sTavern in Chicago.

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[ I:SCINTILLA ]

i:scintilla is a quartet truly made for theelectronic age. Influenced primarily by thelikes of Garbage and Evanescence, the bandcraftily fuses vocals, grinding guitar andthrobbing bass to create a slice of electro-industrial space-rock over sequenced drumsand effects.

The group’s sound is immersed inelectronic ambience and the dystopiaimag ined by the lyr ics of Br i t tanyBindwell. Already an established liveact on the Champaign-Urbana musicscene, i:scintilla recently released theirdebut full-length LP, The Approach, onC h i c a g o - b a s e d i n d u s t r i a l l a b e lPositron! Records.

[ MISSING THE POINT ]

Missing The Point is a pop-rock bandhailing from Champaign-Urbana.The firsttask of the group was to create a namethat represented each member of theband; after much contemplation, the word“miss” was formed from their names andthey decided that Missing The Point wasthe best inclusion of that word.The bandmarked the release of their first self-titledalbum on Mar. 16, 2002 and have sinceproduced several other albums and havebeen touring for a few years. Influencesfor their music include selections fromreggae/breakdown as well as pop bandssuch as 311, Blink 182, Lucky BoysConfusion, and Plain White T’s.

[ AMBITIOUS PIE PARTY ]

Formed from the ashes of Synesthesia,whoappeared on last year’s compilation,AmbitiousPie Party channels their own groovy vibe tomake big, danceable music.

Playlisted will be released free of charge to stu-dents on Apr. 23. Pay attention for upcomingshows featuring Green St. bands. More infor-mation about the label and the artists can befound at www.greenstrecords.com

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brand of West Virginia-bred alt-country toThe Canopy Club tomorrow night, beforethey’re off to mix and master their debut

CD, which they’ve just spentthree months working on inthe City of Angels.The showbegins at 9 p.m. and also fea-tures other heavy-hitters inthe form of The GreedyLoves, Adam Wolfe and JessGreenlee.

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Green St. Records, the only student-run record label in the Big Ten, hasannounced the bands appearing on thisyear’s compilation album, titled Playlisted.As in the past, each of the 13 bands willrecord a track at Champaign’s Pogo Studioswith producer Mark Rubel, but this yearthings are bigger. Each band will receiveeight hours of studio time, twice as muchas last year, and the label will distribute anadditional thousand copies of the upcom-ing compilation. Following is a short pro-file of what to expect from Playlisted.

[ THE ELANORS ]

Noah M.S. Harris, Adriel Harris andJoshua Lucas are known as The Elanors.Their debut, A Year to Demonstrate, is avail-able directly from Champaign label IsidoreRecords. The Elanors share personal,reflective, heartfelt music with lyrics thattouch upon the many aspects of living, lov-ing and knowing in ways that truly engagethe listener.

[ BULLET CALLED LIFE ]

Bullet Called Life brings a refreshingvariety of sound to the local music scene.This rock and roll band brings back old-school guitar solo classic rock.The four metin high school in their hometown of OakLawn, forming The Wheel, which laterevolved into Bullet Called Life. Inspirationsfor their style came from bands such as LedZeppelin, Black Sabbath, the RollingStones and Pink Floyd, which can be heardin their newly released EP (available at bul-letcalledlife.com).

[ ELSINORE ]

Elsinore blends acoustic guitar and four-part harmony to create a sound theydescribe as acoustic folk/rock/alt-country.Led by Ryan Groff on guitar and vocals,their influences range from bluegrass torock and Latin, earning comparisons toCrosby Stills & Nash. Originally a softeracoustic trio, the group has expanded into aquintet featuring congas, piano and addi-tional vocals and is beginning to blend inelectric guitar at live shows.

Elsinore has been named house band at

Champaign’s White Horse Inn, and thegroup will release their six-song EP on Jan.29 at Jackson Ave. Coffee in Charleston.

[ SHIPWRECK ]

Shipwreck’s effect-laden sound leadssome to compare this shoe-gazer group toRadiohead or Interpol, but the four friendshave trouble finding words for their spaceysound. Originally from small Illinois towns,the group has lived and worked inChampaign for years and are kept here bymusic and friends. “Champaign is anencouraging place to play,” says vocalistHarman Jordan.

Shipwreck has plans for a ten-trackalbum due out in April. Jordan describes thealbum as a collection of “hypnotic spells andcharged dark lullabies.”

Shipwreck will record “Alias,” one oftheir first collectively written songs,for GSR’s Playlisted, which Jordan callst he i r mos t mus i c a l l y comp lex andenergetic tunes.

[ THE ENDING ]

Tempo, rhythm, beat, pulse.These wordsdescribe the fundamentals of music, sincethese concepts “are relevant to all aspects”ofa song, explains Louie Golden, lead singerof The Ending. Throughout the year thatthe band has been together, they have beenable to combine the skills they each pickedup through participating in their universitydrum-line.The end result: highly percussiverock music with a metal edge.After touringthis past summer, the band has been work-ing on their new album, which should bereleased in March.

[ THE LIFELINE ]

The Lifeline is a unique band made up oftwo friends from New York.This guitar andviolin duo wrote several songs together andmade their first concert debut in LongIsland, N.Y., during the summer of 2003.

In 2004, the band independently releasedtheir first EP to critical acclaim (and radioairplay) in upstate New York. After acquir-ing an astounding new rhythm section, theduo was given the opportunity to recordtheir latest group of songs in their entirety,producing the album Where There is Life,There is Hope…. The Lifeline put theirmusical style somewhere in a complicated

mix of A.F.I. and Pink Floyd but deliveredwith their distinct violin melodies andedgy vocals.

[ DJ FARSHEED HAMIDI-TOOSI ]

His hypnotic grooves on DJ Spinnerty’strack on Emergence made Farsheed a localfavorite.This year’s track will prove to be astep up in DJ work and will please all loversof hip hop.

[ OMNISCIENT PRESENCE ]

Omniscient Presence, a conscious hip-hop group, is made up of two membersfrom the Chicagoland area. Edward Mosesand Victor Carreon get their name from aline in the Company Flow song“Patriotism.” Moses describes the music heproduces as lyrically complicated andslightly arrogant, while demonstratingstrong pride in craftsmanship. Primarymusical influences include Company Flow,Aesop Rock, Binary Star and several localMCs. According to band member Moses,“hip hop is something you live”.

[ TRIPLE WHIP ]

Lacing unpredictable funk, indie rockand hip hop laced with a jazzy edge,Triple Whip creates texture out of mini-malism. Bass-riffs, clean and sparse guitar,and Santanu Rahman’s eclectic vocals,which draw from various genres of film,lead to Triple Whip’s branding as“Cinema Art Rock.” The group’s debutfull-length, Slapshot (Innocent Words),was recorded by Matt Talbott (Hum)with help from Rick Valentin (PosterChildren).The band has played as part ofthe Asians in Rock tour and GrrrlFest,appeared on local TV and radio, andplayed with The Unicorns andSalaryman.

[ SINCERELY CALVIN ]

Sincerely Calvin is a pop-rock band witha punk-ish groove. During the past twoyears, they’ve become a favorite for houseparties, striking up a dedicated following.After taking a short break last semester tostudy abroad, the band is back this year withnew songs and a new attitude.The group isled by vocalist Jack McCabe (also of Irishgroup Spiral Seisiun).

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“It’s supposed to be as real as possiblein these comedic circumstances where you’vegot these people with these huge wants, andthey’re just doing whatever they canto get it. But Bobby isn’t really doing every-thing he can. He’s a little insane.”

Patrick Galvin, director

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BRIAN WARMOTH • ARTS EDITOR

University of Illinois student theatre group, The PennyDreadful Players, kicks off their spring semester season this week-end with a two-play program showcasing what the group doesbest—provides a stage and resources to ambitious students withextracurricular theatrical projects. Room 112 in Greg Hall will actas backdrop for the double feature,which includes Eugene O’Neill’sone-act Hughie and David Mamet’s comedy Bobby Gould in Hell.

Hughie is a two-man show put together by PDP board mem-bers Dan McArdle and Ryan Hurth, who are acting, directingand producing the 3 a.m. hotel tale of a gambler and a nightclerk pondering the life of the last clerk to work the desk—thedeceased title character Hughie. The two have been rehearsingfor the last month, since submitting their show and getting itapproved by the theatre troupe’s board.

“I had seen a Goodman production of it last year.And I knewwe had sort of a throw-away space in January,” says McArdle.PDP usually gets at least one large campus space per month.Since their January space fell so early in the semester, pairing thetwo shorter plays made practical sense due to time and produc-tion demands.

Hughie was first staged on Broadway in 1964 and starred leg-end Jason Robards. Recent revivals have been seen over the lastdecade featuring Al Pacino and the Goodman Theatre’s produc-tion with Brian Dennehy.

The set will be fairly sparse, but indicative of the bleak andshabby atmosphere.“Sort of the dank 1928 hotel, long desk, keybox in back and a couple of chairs, a pitcher of water and a bot-tle of whiskey up on the desk,” McArdle explains.

Rounding out the bill will be the significantly more light-hearted comedy Bobby Gould in Hell.The show takes a differenttone than the Mamet dramas many are familiar with, such asGlengary Glenross and Oleanna. University of Illinois actingsophomore Partick Galvin is directing the show, an absurdexploration of the technicalities of Hell, which he also submit-ted to PDP.

“It’s my favorite play,” says Galvin. “I’ve read it a milliontimes, and every time I read it, it just got better to me.”

Looking for a means to produce the show, Galvin answeredPDP’s semesterly email calling for directors and writers to sub-mit their proposals for the upcoming season. Since students donot have to be members of the troupe to submit projects, thetroupe operates as a great resource to students like Galvin, whowould like to have support for their visions.

“We met with him and really liked the idea,” Hurth says.“And Rachael, our managing director, really wanted to see theshow done, so we decided to do it.”

The director’s plans for the show are simple.“It’s a fairly min-imal set. Just everyday stuff. And the acting is fairly minimalitself.The acting’s simple. It’s supposed to be as real as possible inthese comedic circumstances where you’ve got these peoplewith these huge wants, and they’re just doing whatever they can

to get it. But Bobby isn’t really doing everything he can. He’s alittle insane.”

McArdle nods that these shows are not typical partners onewould see on stage.“It’s not so much that they couple each otherwell,”he states,“but they offer a good amount of contrast and vari-ety to give someone who might not enjoy one of them as muchcertainly something else.”And variety is what PDP strives for.

“The Penny Dreadful Players, established in 1992, is quite afine organization on this campus,” McArdle says. “We’re work-ing on building full seasons.This is a nice opportunity for us tonot only showcase some our in-house acting talent with ourboard members, but to be able to perform such well-establishedworks by well-known authors such as David Mamet and EugeneO’Neill; whereas our main focus is always going to be for stu-dent writers.” Student-written plays are probably what PDPprides itself most on, and their current season—set to be final-ized at the end of January—may include as many as three orig-inal productions.

“I heard about this great student-written show called Beneaththe Trees,” he smiles.“Then, we have the very well-known Deathof a Salesman going up March 10, 11 and 12.We likely have someother student-written shows in the works.”

Hughie and Bobby Gould in Hell will be performed together Jan. 28and 29 in room 112 of Greg Hall.Tickets will be $5 at the door.

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Cindy Westfall is a Champaign artist with a passion for the icons ofdreams and for humanity’s relationship to the world around her—especially subconsciously.An impressive selection of her acrylic worksis currently on display at Café Kopi in downtown Champaign. Herpieces weave the natural world together with personal mythology andiconic imagery with beautiful results, and though the natural world isher primary inspiration, which viewers will notice at first glance, herexploration centers more around the unseen and “inner landscapes”of the individual.

How do you go about depicting a subject when you sit down to doa piece of work?

I usually begin by painting the base background color anddoing a rough-in of the basic shapes. I sometimes do a sketchthat shows the basic lines and composition that I want, but Inever work from finished initial studies. In the case of drawings,I do a rough sketch first, although I occasionally just set pencilto page and let the image come forth fully formed. I work frombasic forms and colors down to fine detail, always striving tokeep the finished picture refined but not fussy, a balancebetween abstraction and detail. I don’t usually work fromphotographs, either, but from memory of observation of textureand form.

What themes do you most enjoy exploring in your work?Of course, my favorite themes are drawn from the natural

world. I like to depict the dream side of things—that which liesbehind the mundane. I have always been drawn to the idea thatwhat we can see of the day-to-day world might not be thewhole story, that there is an unseen or magical side to things. Itis this juxtaposition or overlay of the material and magical thatI try to bring out in my work.

What are your favorite media to create with and why?I can’t say I have just one favorite medium, as I regularly work

in several. My paintings are in acrylic, which I believe is oftenlooked upon as an “amateurish” medium, but I find it perfectlyworkable. The prints I am showing are among my firstexploration of that medium, which I found very satisfying andwould like to explore further if I get the chance in the future. Ialso have a background in metalsmithing, and in my professionallife I am a jeweler. I work at Robert’s, a store in downtown

Champaign that specializes in custom and one-of-a-kindjewelry. I get to use my creative energy in my day-to-day work,which is wonderful. I think it is all too rare for creative peopleto get to channel their creativity as much as they would like,especially in the “nine-to-five” workday world.

Where do you look to draw inspiration?I have many sources of inspiration, woods and trees especially.

I love Allerton Park, and I like to be in the woods no matter thetime of year. Dreams and other artifacts of my inner landscapeare also important in my work. My images tend to be stylizedor iconic, the way things often are in dreams. I believe thateveryone has their own inner mythos or set of personal symbolsbut that not everyone recognizes this within themselves. I findit similar to the way that individuals may come into contact,however small, with the natural world every day and pay noattention to it other than as a convenient background.With theimagery in my work, I try to give the viewer a glimpse of the“enchanted,” dreamlike side of nature, the kind of things that wesee every day but might otherwise not notice.

How have you seen yourself evolve as an artist? And how wouldyou like to see your work evolve in the future?

With my two-dimensional work, I see myself evolving towarda slightly looser style. My work has always been in the vein of“magical realism,” and it will continue to be so, but I must fightthe habit of obsessing over every detail and making things toofussy. I would like to do more work with intaglio printing in thefuture if I have the opportunity. I have several themes or ideasthat I want to explore, some based on myth and folklore, someon deeper exploration of personal symbolism. I basically plan onnot slowing down, not letting myself atrophy. I feel that in thepast several years my creative flow has been quite good, and Iwould like to keep that going.


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Confessions of anHeiress: A Tongue-in-chic Peek behind thePose By Paris HiltonKATIE RICHARDSON • STAFF WRITER

For many the sentence, “Most of the supermodels are small(chested), except for a few, who probably won’t age well,” is hard-ly a profound realization; except for a few, who are most likelyblond heiresses who’ve made their name on, well, the fact thattheir a blond heiress.

What is Paris Hilton’s talent exactly? Some say she is an‘actress,’ but aside from a few guest appearances on the O.C. andSex in the City, her only long-running gig has been her three sea-son stint on FOX’s reality TV show, The Simple Life. If we arecalling reality TV stars actors now, then Puck’s work on The RealWorld San Francisco was the most outstanding performance tocome out of shows that are based on the premise that the partic-ipants are not performing.

As for displaying other possible talents, Hilton certainly is nota writer. A few chapters are aptly titled,“”How to be an Heiress,”“I’m with Paris,” as well as “My best accessories.” The contentsare mostly picture based, with several sidebars that list ways inwhich young, hip, rich, tan females can further emulate Paris’“unique” sense of style; such as, “My all-time favorite parties,”which details, well, Paris’ favorite parties.

The sentence structure in these chapters is poor, ideas areunclear and there are even a few questionable spellings, but thebook does not pretend to be anything but a superficial exploitationof the woman who has taken exploitation to the level of becom-ing a post-modern phenomenon. Paris is famous because she goesto events, because she has her photo taken everywhere, and she ispretty. Essentially, she is the result of a culture that has been sub-merged in the fame of everyone from local heroes to movie starsto presidents so much so that it can no longer decipher who“deserves” to be famous and who is simply hanging out.

The book pretends to be nothing but a glossy collage detail-ing Paris’ rise to such fame, and it accomplishes that quite well.Everything you want to know about Paris is right there, andadmittedly, she does make some very good natured small shots atherself. She, or her publicist, seems to at least realize that such abook should not take its subject too seriously. The bottom line:if you find Paris to be a cute, harmless, modern celebrity then“Confessions”might make for a nice easy read, but if she alreadymakes you ill, then stay away. buzz

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Chicago theatergoers have frequently foundJanuary a difficult travel month and a time of lim-ited offerings.While the weather is in the handsof forces beyond the scope of any journalist, therecent bounty of offerings on the Chicago theaterscene is reason to celebrate after the holidays.

The highly regarded Broadway in Chicagoseries is composed of pre-Broadway runs andnational tours of established Broadway hit musi-cals. Currently on the boards in Chicago is “AllShook Up”, the new Elvis musical, and“Spamalot,” the new stage version of the film“Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”

“All Shook Up,” in the tradition of “MommaMia” and “Movin’ Out,” takes established hit songsand writes a show around them. So far, audiencesseem to love this new genre of musical as “AllShook Up” is headed for the Big Apple.Watch formore in this musical category in future monthsthat may revive John Lennon,The Beach Boys andothers. Remaining performances will continue atthe Cadillac Palace Theater until Jan. 23.

“Spamalot”— at the Shubert Theater until Jan.23 — manages to skew everything from its won-derful source film to every other genre ofBroadway musical. Director Mike Nichols neverlets the action or the laughs lag, and the songs ofEric Idle and John Du Prez are wonderful. Even

diehards who know every line of the film are infor a few surprises.The only sour note is the earlyclosing of these shows and the demand that saysthey must open on Broadway Feb. 14—so if youare traveling farther, you can bet these shows willbe around for a while.

Not traveling so far? Watch for Cathy Rigby in“Peter Pan” (Feb. 1-13) and Christina Applegatein “Sweet Charity” (Feb. 24—Mar. 13). TheBroadway in Chicago series can be reached at:312-902-1400 or www.broadwayinchicago.com.

This year’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize win-ner is the true story of one Charlotte vonMahlsdorf, a transvestite and homosexual, whosurvived both Nazism and Communism tobecome one of Germany’s great historic preser-vationists. This is a story of Doug Wright’s bril-liant play,“I Am My Own Wife.” Jefferson Mays’Tony Award performance, in which he performsover 40 characters, in addition to Charlotte, is asamazing as this extraordinary story.

Chicago’s Goodman Theater always gives agoodly share of theatrical riches every season, buthere we have a downright masterpiece with itsoriginal New York cast.You have until Feb. 20 tocatch this one and I urge you to do so.You canreach the Goodman at 170 N. Dearborn and con-tact them at: 312-443-3800 or www.good-mantheatre.org.

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For some strangereason, I’m justone of thosepeople who lovesworking in retail.I have a greatdeal of exper-ience now atthis point in

my life, and I waslucky enough to have this business

opportunity arise.Running a small business isreally what I’ve always wanted to do, and Icouldn’t be luckier with the group ofinvestors I found and with the type of storeI’m actually able to run.

What products and services are offered atExile on Main Street?

We offer a wide variety of items at Exileon Main Street.We carry new and used CDs,DVDs, video games (PS2, Xbox, PC as wellas classic old system games), vinyl, magazines,candy, soda etc. We also do PC repair andupgrades here in the store at prices wellbelow what many big chains charge.Drop offyour PC, tell us your problem, and we’ll seewhat we can do for you. In addition, we haveseveral old-school arcade games in the storefree to play. At the moment they are TimePilot and 1943:The Battle of Midway.You canalso try many games on PS2, Xbox,Gamecube and PC before you buy them,right in the back of our store.We also have alocal music section that gets bigger everyweek. If you are a local artist and want us to

carry your CD, we are happy to take justabout anything on consignment.There areplans to start rental of DVDs and videogames as well in the upcoming month.

Why did you choose downtown Champaignfor the location of your store?

There are a lot of reasons whydowntown seemed like the best fit forExile.The first and most obvious one beingit isn’t North Prospect. Much of the reasonwas simply because of my love fordowntown Champaign specifically. Eversince I was a kid running around the oldRobeson department store, I’ve really likedcoming downtown. It just has a different feelthan the rest of Champaign. I really like thesmall local business feel of this area.There arelots of great shops (Lix, G-Mart Comics,Basket Case, Circles), bars for everypersonality (Mike and Molly’s, the Blind Pig,Bentley’s, Barfly, Guido’s) and great food(Radio Maria, the Esquire, the Great Impasta,Merry Ann’s, Ferren’s).

When did you first become interested in thevideo game, music and movie industry?

I’m not sure I can pinpoint it specificallybut certainly longer than my memory goesback. I probably had 200 Atari 2600 gameswhen I was growing up and spent thousandsof my parents’ quarters in the local arcades.Asfor music, I remember spending my ownallowance for an LP version of Queen’sGreatest Hits when I was about six. I’d have tosay going to theaters when I was young hada huge effect on me too. There’s nothingquite like seeing a great movie on the bigscreen when you are just a kid.

Your slogan is "the one stop pop-cultureshop.” What market do you hope Exile onMain Street attracts?

We hope that just about anyone feelscomfortable in our store.We certainly cater tothose who really, really get into the various

media we carry, but that doesn’t meansomeone just passing by shouldn’t feel just aswelcome. Basically though, we are lookingfor those customers who still love to shop ina small business that is willing to go aboveand beyond what every big corporatecompetitor can in terms of eclectic selectionand customer service. Not everybody likes toshop at small business killers like Wal-Mart. Icertainly don’t and won’t shop there.At Exile,we just want to sell you things you’ll not onlylike, but you’ll feel the need to come backand tell us about it.

What do you think will be the Exile on MainStreet’s most popular feature?

It’s really hard to say at this point sinceeverything seems to be selling pretty well sofar. Our customers are quite obsessive aboutthe things they buy from us, whether it’svideo games, movies or music. There is anoverall feeling though that we are starting tofill a void that’s been downtown sincePeriscope closed. I can’t tell you how manytimes I’ve already heard people tell me hownice it is to come downtown and buy musicagain. There really are fewer and fewerlocally-owned businesses that sell music,especially now that Record Service closed.It’s sad that a town this size, with such a greatuniversity, can’t keep a music-only store inbusiness anymore.Sign of the times I suppose.

What do you do for fun in your spare time?Not surprisingly I mostly like to listen to

music, watch movies (especially old B&Wfilms at the moment) and play video games.This is of course only when Illinois isn’tplaying. I probably spend entirely too muchtime watching Illinois basketball, football,Cubs and Bears games. I must admit I alsolike to frequent all the downtown local pubsand eateries. I would love to tell you I read aswell, but I probably have Champaign’s largesthalf-finished book collection.

Do you have a favorite video game?I’m not sure I have enough space to name

my all-time favorites so I’ll stick with what Iprobably played for most of 2004. KatamariDamacy, Tiger Woods 2005,The Atari Anthology(a collection of 85 old-school Atari arcadeand 2600 games), Grand Theft Auto: SanAndreas, Halo 2, and Call of Duty: Finest Hour.It was a very good year for video games ingeneral with lots of high quality titles to fitanyone’s tastes.

Any recommendations for buyers?Volition, Inc., located right here in

downtown Champaign, just released ThePunisher, which is based on the popularMarvel Comics character. It is a very violentgame and not for the faint of heart, but veryentertaining. There have been quite a fewgreat games released in the last month or soalso: Resident Evil 4, Mercenaries and Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic II are just a few.Asfar as music and movies go there are severalbig new releases this week actually. Newalbums from the Chemical Brothers, twoalbums by Bright Eyes, …And You WillKnow Us By the Trail of Dead (yes that’stheir name) come out on Tuesday in additionto a documentary everyone must see tobelieve, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.

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The vintage photographs lining thewalls in the lobby of the One Main developmentare a glimpse of downtown Champaign in asimpler time—back when the building at thecorner of Main and Neil Streets was a drugstore. Now, the vintage photographs are the onlythings giving the development an antique feel.The rest of the facility is home to residential,retail and office spaces that bring an urban feelto downtown Champaign.

The idea behind the One Main developmentbegan when Mike Kulas wanted a more creativespace for his software company,Volition, to workin. Kulas teamed up with friend and commercialreal estate developer Jon Sokolski and began towork out plans for a facility that could bringtogether retail, commercial and residential living.In March 2003, ground was broken on the OneMain development, which was formerly a munic-ipal parking lot. Less than two years later, thebuilding is almost completely full.

“It’s a very popular idea to combine retail,commercial and residences,” said Cynthia

Faullin, director ofdevelopment for theproject.“It is becom-ing the trend acrossthe nation.”

Currently, the buil-ding houses residentialspace on the fourthand fifth floors and

office spaces, including Volition, on the second andthird floors. The first floor is retail space, with T.Kelly Jewelers, Exileand Merry Ann’sdiner already open.Jim Gould’s and Ko-Kusion are set toopen in the spring.

Faullin hopes thatthe restaurants andretailers will attractmore attention todowntown Cham-paign. Before, shesa id , downtownChampaign waslacking the sophisti-cation that the facility brings.

“More and more, people are coming down-town,” she said. “Before, it was only campus thatcould provide the type of amenities we have. Now,people are looking to the downtown too.”

And, the upscale amenities, including aplaza with a large courtyard for out-door mingling in warmerweather do draw moresophisticated busi-ness. Timothy

Twedt, the owner of T. Kelly Jewelers, whichmoved into One Main in August, says One Main

is the perfect fit for his business.“I am one of the higher end

jewelers,” he said.“I fill a niche inthe community and being onOne Main fits in perfectly withmy niche. Look at the building, itis just beautiful”

Twedt also thinks the mix ofretail stores will benefit from eachother, with each bringing some-thing different to offer customers.

“Customers can go next storeand get a nice meal at the tworestaurants opening in the springand then, when they are full and

happy do some shopping. It’s a great mix foreveryone,” he said.

Faullin sees the One Main facility as an integralpart of downtown Champaign.The facility’s cen-tral location will help draw more people down-town helping other local businesses as well.

“One Main is a stepping stone in the reno-vation of downtown Champaign,” she said.

“The city population in Champaign ispretty sophisticated and I think peo-

ple expect that type of sophistica-tion. The One Main devel-

opment has that type ofsophistication.”

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I know what you’re thinking.You’re thinking, “Whatwater? Crystal Lake? Are you crazy?” I mean, being inlandlocked Illinois, eating seafood doesn’t seem likesuch a good idea.There are obvious freshness issues thathave to be addressed, and yet, I realize I’m being sillybecause there are these things called planes, and theycan bring seafood in from the coasts in tip-top shape.

In fact, Champaign-Urbana is blessed with twovery good seafood stores, Great American Seafood(1711 W. Kirby Ave., Champaign) and Trout 45 (2006S. Neil St., Champaign). Both offer a nice selection offresh fish and seafood, flown in on a regular basis.Great American Seafood also offers soups and pre-made foods (great for a quick dinner or for a dinnerparty), along with the usual assortment of seafoodsauces, crackers and such. The staff there is happy tohelp you select something appropriate, and they canprovide party trays with advance notice.

At Trout 45, a relative newcomer to Champaign, theselection is a bit more varied. Owner Nancy Hartmancarries a ton of hot sauces and salsas, fun kitchen acces-sories and a very nicely edited wine and beer selection,in addition to her fresh fish and seafood offerings.WhenI went, the processed filets in the case looked nice andplump, the rainbow trout in particular had a lovelysheen, and the scallops were moist and fresh.These arethe things you want to see when you buy fish! The fishshould smell fresh and not bleachy or fishy, and the fleshshould be firm and moist. If you’re buying a whole fish,look at the scales (they should be shiny and not flakedoff) and the eyes (they should be clear and protruding,not cloudy). If you start with good fish, most of thework is already done for you.

Once you select your fish or seafood, the staff canhelp you with tips on preparation. Fish come in somany different packages and can be prepared in somany different ways (seared, broiled, baked, steamed,fried, blackened, grilled, to name a few), it’s easy tobecome overwhelmed by the options. Hartman hasinstalled a demonstration kitchen, where she and herstaff show customers different ways of preparing theirproducts. Demonstrations are made every Wednesday,at 3 p.m. and at 6 p.m. For those of you leery ofpreparing fish at home, this is a great opportunity tolearn from a pro.

If you don’t want to make it yourself, however, thestaff there will prepare your fish for you for a minimalfee. In addition,Trout 45 will smoke your fish for you

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(you can pick it up the next day). Like Great AmericanSeafood, Trout 45 also offers party platters and pre-made foods, such as crab cakes and seafood salad.

Now if you can’t handle the thought of even seeinga fish unless it’s cooked and on a plate, then you needto head over to Kennedy’s (2560 S. Stone Creek Blvd.,Urbana), where they offer a different fish special everyday based on what’s freshest. At any given time, youmight see Atlantic salmon, red snapper, swordfish,Pacific white sea bass, or yellow fin tuna on the menu.

Kennedy’s is a wonderful spot for a nice dinner in ele-gant surroundings, but sometimes you just want some-thing good and on the double.Head over to the Seaboat(1114 N. Market St., Champaign), where they makeyummy fish sandwiches. (I mean, can you go wrong eat-ing fish from a place called the Seaboat? I think not!)Finish your meal off with a slice of their sweet potatopie, and now you’re speaking my language.

Amanda Kolling is always fishing for recipes and storyideas. E-mail her at [email protected].

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The decision was neither easy nor widelypopular, but after a number of inmates hadbeen exonerated of their crimes and investiga-tions into the state’s judicial system turned upa number of repeated flaws, Ryan made whathe thought was the wisest choice.

This event, and the investigations that ledup to it, serve as the backdrop for the docu-mentary Deadline, which is being shown at aspecial event at 4:30 p.m. this Sunday atBoardman’s Art Theatre in Champaign.George Ryan and the filmmakers will be onhand to take questions from the audience afterthe screening.

Ryan’s decision came on the heels of aninvestigation by the Chicago Tribune thatfound repeated abuses of power that some-times led to wrongful convictions in casesinvolving capital punishment. Then, aNorthwestern University law class managed toexonerate 13 Death Row inmates of theircrimes—when only 12 people have been exe-cuted in the state since 1976. Ryan had to takeaction. He established special clemency hear-ings for every inmate on Death Row, whetherthey claimed innocence or not. Each case wasbrought before a panel, and attorneys and fam-ilies of convicts and victims alike arguedwhether the accused individual deserved tolive or die.

Politically charged documentaries haveoften been in the spotlight in the last year,especially Michael Moore’s skillfully craftedmuckraker, Fahrenheit 9/11. Like Moore’sfilms, Deadline is made with a specific goal inmind: to expose a series of judicial and moral

flaws created by thed e a t h p e n a l t y.Capital punishmentand Ryan’s morato-rium on the deathpenalty in Illinoisare both hotly con-tested issues, mean-ing that Deadline islikely to be a politi-cally divisive film becauseof its stance on those issues.

Part of what makes Ryan’s decision soremarkable is that politicians often are hes-itant to do anything about the deathpenalty, for fear of being seen as soft oncrime. Ryan himself came into office as atough-on-crime governor from a smalltown, and one of the most fascinating aspectsof the film is the moral argument that Ryanfaces on both sides before taking action. Eitherway, his decision was going to be unpopular.“Ijust got a call not long ago from someone whowas angry at the film because he said all thosemurderers were set free by the decision,” saysRachael E. Dietkus, who is organizing thescreening at Boardman’s. “Under the clemen-cy though, the sentences were commuted tolife in prison.The inmates weren’t pardoned oftheir crimes.”

Whereas Deadline and documentaries likeFahrenheit 9/11 are similar in their quest toexplore a contentious issue, Deadline at leastgives some screen time to the opposing pointof view. Scott Turow, the lawyer and novelistwho was appointed to Ryan’s clemency com-mittee, gives some insightful remarks on bothsides of the issue. He initially is in favor of thedeath penalty, saying that he felt more than

comfortable withexecuting cr imi-nals such as serialkiller John WayneGacy. But after thecommittee’s investi-gations,Turow voicesdoubts that a capitalpunishment systemcould ever be con-

structed that only punishes the people likeGacy and doesn’t risk ending the life of aninnocent person. The film does not reallydecide (though it certainly does have an opin-ion) whether capital punishment is just; how-ever, it does know that the system does notalways function justly.

Besides Turow, other people featured in thefilm seem to have their opinions changed bythe mere experience of dealing with the deathpenalty. Ryan himself admits to going from asmall town mentality of extracting just revengeon murderers to opposing the system hedescribes in the film as “racist, classist, arbitrary,unjust and riddled with inconsistencies.” Aformer warden of a Mississippi prison whoperformed executions for years comes outagainst the punishment in the film and saysthat many other wardens who have to dealwith the exper ience face-t o - f a c e are

often changed byit. “The film is edu-

cat i ona l ,” Dietkussays,“and you can say that

it leans one way. But mostpeople, when they get the

information on the issue, tendto lean the same way.”

Perhaps the most dramatic moments inDeadline come during the clemency hearings.Some of them reveal the unfortunate abusesof power that led to Ryan’s final decision,including one man who was beaten bypolice and dangled out a window by hishandcuffs, and another who was forced tosign a confession in English, when he spokeonly Spanish. Not all of the inmates arguefor their innocence, however, and one scenein the film involves a hearing for a convictthat freely admits to a horrific double mur-der.The details of the case are appalling, andRyan’s decision means that the killer willnot receive the death penalty that the vic-tim’s family feels they need for closure.Scenes like this test the moral strength ofDeadline’s argument, and, thankfully, the filmdoes not have a clear answer to the dilemma.

Deadline is a striking and powerful docu-mentary,one that might be able to change a fewminds on the issue of the death penalty. It’s anemotional critique of a difficult issue that hasboth moral and political implications, butunlike Moore’s more popular documentaries,Deadline doesn’t usually resort to mocking orthrowing cheap shots to make its point.Anyonewho has ever given serious thought to thesometimes fine line between vengeance andjustice should give it a look.

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It was two years ago this month that former Gov. GeorgeH. Ryan made his historic decision to grant blanketclemency to all 167 inmates on Death Row in Illinois,the first time in U.S. history that a governor hadgranted clemency to such a large group.

He had a voice that could make a wolverine purrand suits so fine they made Sinatra look like a hobo.

In other words, Ron Burgundy was the balls.”-Anchorman

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MICHAEL COULTER •

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Waking up Sunday morn-ing was a bastard. It felt asthough there was an intense

swelling around my brain that caused it tobang against the side of my head if I movedin the least. My legs ached, my back wassore; I was coughing, dizzy. This is not anunfamiliar feeling for someone like me, butit's usually self-induced from a bout ofdrinking that drifts well into the nextday. But holy crap, I'd stayed in for twodays. This was something far worse thanany hangover.

I, of course, couldn't accept that I wasactually about to get sick, one of thosesicknesses where the doctor tells you it'snot going to get better for three or fourdays. Using a sick day from work whenyou're actually sick is sort of like using allof your prescribed painkillers when youneed them. It' s much more fun to wait anduse them for recreation rather than neces-sity. I was going to deny anything waswrong until the illness actually kicked in.

We had some doubles tennis scheduledfor that afternoon, so I figured what thehell, I'll still play. I had read somethingonce on WebMD that had said exercisedidn't hurt you if you had the flu andmight actually help fight the disease. Ofcourse, the last time I went on WebMD, Ithought I had leprosy since I had one ofthe symptoms so that site may do moreharm than good.

Regardless, I played some tennis and itwent pretty well. I felt like crap, but itmade me concentrate more on what I wasdoing and forced me to avoid any extrane-ous movement. Sadly, I might actually bemore functional in my daily life if I wassick all the time. When you're sick, youdon't screw around much.You know whatyou have to do, you do it and go the hellback to bed. I was in this productive mode.

After tennis, I laid on the couch, and Icould feel the malaise creeping up on me.Raising up to change the channel on theTV became an out-of-body experience,and I began to cough up separate life formsfrom my throat. I drank an orange sodabecause it seems healthier than a Coke, butlet's face it, it really isn't. After that, I wasexhausted beyond belief, so I went to bed.I really felt okay laying there for awhile, solong as I didn't move in the least.

The dog jumped up on the bed withme. I know they say canines can sensedanger and sadness and illness, but they

must be talking about dogs other thanmine. Instincts such as that seem to escapehim and in his mind, this seemed like aperfect time to rub a squeaky toy into myface. Still, it was sort of cute. I may haveeven laughed if it weren't for the immi-nent vomiting.

Eventually, I fell asleep for an hour or sountil the phone rang. It was my mom anddad taking full advantage of the "free call-ing weekends" offered by their cell phonecompany.As soon as I men-tioned I was ill, my fatherinsisted I hang up thephone, cover my entirebody with VicksVaporRub,put on thermal underwearand a stocking cap, and layin bed under five or sixblankets. His plan is alwaysto sweat out the virus, andhe feels nothing is quite as effective. Still,it's the same man who told me to "shake itoff" when I was hit in the neck with abaseball during Little League.

Mom got on the phone and told me todrink some 7 Up and have someone bringme some lime sherbet. Sure, ma, some-thing like that made it better when I wassix, but now...um, lime sherbet doesn'tsound all that bad though. She thenreminded me that my medicine cabinetwas packed full of medicine her and dadhad picked up in Mexico: codeine, peni-cillin, you name it. I was too tired and dis-tressed to explain to her that I actuallyhave health insurance and can have a qual-ified person tell me what drugs to take. Iinstead said I was going to get the sherbetbefore I felt worse. I didn't, but it enabledme to get off the phone.

I aimlessly wandered around the housefor a few minutes, disoriented and in pain.I always think about sickness in a nostalgicsort of way. I remember the times I got tostay home from school as a little kid,watching TV and having my mom kiss myass until I was better. Even now, I tend tolong for sickness, just to lay around andcatch up one some movies I haven't seen.Then, I actually get sick and it becomesapparent how much it really sucks. It's justmiserable.

I wrote this column and fell back intobed. The dog licked my face, snuggled upnext to me and fell asleep. Maybe he's real-izing that I'm sick, but I'm betting he's justtired. Either way, the joy of sickness neverreally comes to be. It sucks until it's over,and I only hope it's sooner than later.

Sickness seriously sucks...Almost as bad as alliteration

f i r s t t h i n g s f i r s t !"#$%&'

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SETH FEIN • CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The following is the sole opinion of the author.It does not represent BUZZ as a whole.

Dear Tod,What up, dawg? No response? That's

cool, I understand. The pressures of beingthe mayor of a town like this, especiallywith the upcoming election, must reallywear you down. I mean, with all the busi-nesses you have coming into town, youmust be on some kinda regimen, yes?

Well, I don't want to get to deep into itor anything, but now that you've had achance to think about our downtown,what the shit is up with the Philo RoadEast Urbana Business District? It looks likeit got hit by a tornado.Wait, it did get hitby a tornado. March of 1996, right?

When I was growing up, that was thespot to go to in my neighborhood. Myfriends and I would ride our bikes downMcHenry, turn north on Philo and wouldbe greeted by a booming IGA and a

Golden Goat where wecould recycle cans for4.3 cents a pound. Upfurther, there were manythings to do, includingtwo other groceriesstores to raid, a WhiteHen Pantry and a K-Mart. I could spend awhole day down there,hopping from store tostore (remember Upper

Deck Card Shop?), hanging out with myfriends, eating too much pizza at theGodfather's Buffet, bothering the employ-ees at Carnival Video ,and eating ice creamat Baskin Robbins. By the time we weredone stealing baseball cards from K-Mart,you could say that we had an all-out bash,in a nine-year-old’s eyes.

Now, County Market is the only gro-cery left standing. Great. Their producesection looks like it belongs in Sri Lanka.Where the Jewel was, is a storage spacethat looks like it rents to geriatrics andvagabonds. The Southgate Plaza, whereIGA once ruled, appears to have beentransplanted from Fallujah and is nowcollecting spiderwebs and mice as a wayto keep itself busy. The Payless Shoes isclosed, the Carnival Video is now aDollar Store, and most importantly, outlocal K-Mart succumbed to the impend-ing arrival of Wal-Mart, which I believe,you are championing?

Come on, Tod. What's the deal? Stone

Creek, where the richest of the rich inUrbana dwell, is just a stone's throw awayfrom there and those uppity bitches andtheir wino housewives are spending theirmoney in Champaign!

My brother and his wife bought ahome in the new 'Build Urbana' develop-ment down the road from there, east onFlorida. His question is simple:What is theMayor going to do about this? He's curi-ous. Not mad but curious. They figured,"Hey, with all these new houses, with allthese new people, there has got to beenough money coming through to makethis little business district work." But upuntil now, he has been wrong. And so,they travel, like everyone else, toChampaign for the majority of theirhousehold and recreational needs. Theseare the people that you should be tryingto appeal to, snoop!

Now, in regards to the Northside.Yeah,I know, the dreaded Northside. The deepstain on Urbana, yes? The Watergate toNixon. The Lewinsky to Clinton. Thebrain to Reagan. It's a problem.Dilapidated is the word that comes tomind without thinking. I know, I know. I've heard about Farm n' Fleet and accord-ing to the News-Gazette, O'BrienAutoPark is being renovated to open up ashopping district. Good job on that! Forreal! But what about the way thatCunningham Avenue looks. What does itlook like? It looks like Prostitution Row.Come on! Plant some trees, plant someflowers! Find the money. Reach into that'ol slush fund from the Police Station andspruce it up a bit. If it looks nice, thenpeople may want to start opening evenmore businesses on that road leading intoour downtown. Cunningham Avenuecould give Neil and Prospect a run fortheir money on the battle for exit on I-74!I know that there are things that you cando. My question is simple: What is it thatyou actually do? I am not saying you don'tdo things. But I am curious. Shoot me anemail and tell me what your daily scheduleis like. I mean, my taxes pay your salary,yes? Hit me up, and we can chat. At least,we can I, right?

Next week, I'll be wrapping it all upand hopefully, I will have turned your headfar enough to the left to start thinkingabout some of these things for real. Afterthat, I'll be sure to ask your opponentssome below belt questions as well.

Word.

Open letter to Mayor TodSatterthwaite of Urbana pt. 2

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Seth Fein is fromUrbana. Seriously,he doesn't want to

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SH!tS aNd GiggLEs

An in fo r med and op in ionated look a t th is week’s events

President Bush emphasized "free-dom" in his inauguration speechthis week. A portion of the speech

read, "We have a calling from beyond thestars to stand for freedom." Here wethought he was taking his cues fromCheney, apparently it's the crew of the star-ship Enterprise.

The inauguration included some ofthe most elaborate security meas-ures in the history of the ceremonyincluding the use of over 7,000 law

enforcement agents and the stationing ofanti-aircraft missiles near the Capitol.Protesters could be overheard saying,"They've got fucking missiles, shit manmaybe we should get out of here."

Peer Larson, 17, of Milwaukee,Wis., is suing to put an end tosummer homework after his sum-mer plans were spoiled by honors

pre-calculus homework. The case willenter exciting new terms into the legallexicon such as "kind of a drag" and"ruined my buzz."

The world's four biggest consumerelectronics companies, Sony,Panasonic, Samsung and Philips,have agreed to begin using a com-

mon method to protect against piracy andillegal copying of digital music and video.Plans to publicly cane individuals whowould dare make mix tapes from old vinylshave yet to be announced.

The Illinois unemployment rate fellto a three year low of 5.8 percentlast month, according to state offi-cials. Apparently people are having

trouble finding jobs because there just toodamn busy celebrating freedom.

A recent New Yorker profile of un-elected Iraqi interim PrimeMinister Ayad Allawi claims that hepersonally executed six Iraqi pris-

oners by shooting them to death a weekbefore he took office.Apparently Allawi hasbeen reading from "Martin Scorcese'sGuide to Establishing Democracy."

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L E A D S T O R YNonlethal war tactics suggested by an Air Forceresearch team in the 1990s were made public inDecember by the military watchdog organiza-tion Sunshine Project and included a recom-mendation to expose enemy troops to powerfulaphrodisiacs in order to distract them into lustfulhookups with each other (irrespective of gen-der). (The Pentagon said the idea was droppedalmost immediately, but the Sunshine Projectsaid it was discussed as recently as 2001.) Otherideas: giving the enemy severe halitosis (so theycould be detected within a civilian population),overrunning enemy positions with rats or wasps,and creating waves of fecal gas.

S C E N E S O F T H E S U R R E A L(1) In a December demonstration against theopening of a McDonald's in the Mediterraneantown of Sete, France, about 500 protesters, usinga homemade catapult, bombarded the restaurantwith fresh catches of the area's renowned delica-

cy, octopus. (2) NASA announced in October itwas retiring the KC-135 plane it had long beenusing to train astronauts for weightlessness inflight; an official told reporters that the air crewshad kept track of the amount of astronaut vomitcleaned up over the years and that the total wasat least 285 gallons.

T H I N N I N G T H E H E R DA 70-year-old woman was fatally struck by twocars as she, wielding a knife, chased her husbandinto the street during an argument (SpringfieldTownship, Pa., November). And a 43-year-oldpassenger was fatally injured, after he, sitting inthe back seat, began beating up the driver, caus-ing him to lose control and smash into a tree.(The driver survived.) (Newport News, Va.,November) And a 54-year-old man was killedafter a road rage duel with another driver whenhe got out of his car, lunged after the other carwhile it was moving, missed, and hit his head(Jacksonville, Fla.,August).

R E C U R R I N G T H E M E SLatest From the Class-Action Lawyers' MoneyTree: (1) The six lawyers who helped 83 Wal-Mart workers win about $2,500 each (for beingimproperly denied overtime pay) asked thePortland, Ore., judge in December for fees total-ing $2.57 million, about 12 times the clients'total winnings (citing the difficult work, Wal-Mart's contentiousness and the case's implica-tions beyond their 83 clients). (2) And whenphone company customers won $25 refunds in aSeptember class-action settlement withAmeritech in Madison County, Ill., lawyers got$1.9 million in legal fees; a local watchdog groupsaid (based on experience) only about 10 percentof eligible customers would bother to apply forrefunds, meaning that lawyers' fees would ulti-mately account for about 60 percent of theamount Ameritech pays out.

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Morgan Freeman’s voiceis soothing in the same way that hot chocolate iscomforting on a cold winter’s day.And just as theactor supplied the wistful, pained voice-over forThe Shawshank Redemption, Freeman’s smooth,leathery bass provides the weathered and wisenarration for Million Dollar Baby, a generally con-ventional movie about conventional charactersthat is dignified by a grade-A cast.

Clint Eastwood (who also directed) playsFrankie Dunn, a hard-as-nails gym ownerwho’s been working as a trainer ever sincehanging up his gloves years ago. Estrangedfrom his daughter and disconnected from thecontemporary big-bucks boxing world,Frankie is all about self-protection, a maximhe shares with his fighters and one that hasn’tescaped the eye of his assistant and oldestfriend, Scrap (Freeman). But Frankie’s close-minded, closed-off ways are tested when he’shired by Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), aspunky yet defiant greenhorn just dying to

get her fists in the ring.Based on short stories by

F.X.Toole and written by PaulHaggis, Million Dollar Babyalways feels familiar, though itis rarely predictable. From therugged old-timer, to the girlfrom the wrong side of thetracks just looking to followher one true love, the charac-ters appear carved from proto-types that are probably lessoften explored than they seem.But despite fierce, noble per-formances by Eastwood,Swank and Freeman, the film’s power isimmediately limited by the narrow construc-tions of its leads. Swank helps transformMaggie from an underprivileged, undersizedidealist to a driven dreamer worth rooting for,but her aw-shucks, welfare-saddled family justseems compulsory.

That’s why it’s such a triumph of actingand storytelling for Million Dollar Baby toremain so compelling and watchable for itsslightly over-long two hours and 12 minutesof run time. Even the scenes that you haveseen before (the boxer in training, the trainerrevising his old ways) are revitalized byEastwood’s old-school, rough-and-tumbledecorum. He gives Frankie a wounded, well-buried tenderness, and the actor slowly con-verts his gruff growl into a gentle whisperfull of vulnerability and understanding.

Eastwood traces outlines of religiousinquiry, past trauma and social inequality butnever truly dives into any of the deeper themesbubbling beneath Million Dollar Baby.Rather,hesticks mostly to the premise of the seasoned vet-eran and the wide-eyed newcomer who teacheach other new ways to embrace the sport thatoccupies both of their lives. It’s a shame themovie doesn’t go farther into the inner-work-ings of boxing, though, because it prevents anycommentary on the hazards of the sport fromreally landing.

It does take an unexpectedly dark twisttoward the end that should knock most view-ers back a few steps. Yet Million Dollar Babynever swings hard enough to send you reeling.It’s enough to win a judge’s decision, but it’sno knockout.

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In recent years, Hollywood’s futile grasp at“creativity” has spawned innumerableremakes, each less ingenious than the last.Calling Assault on Precinct 13—a remake of the1976 John Carpenter cult film—an ordinaryroller coaster ride does the film no justice. Amore accurate description would be a last-second free fall down a treacherous cliff.Thefilm offers a genuinely pleasant surprise in itsrelentless action and thrilling story.

The plot itself is relatively simplistic.During the imminent closure of a defunctDetroit precinct on a wintry New Year’s Eve,a motley crew of derelicts, burnouts andcriminals are temporarily delayed at Precinct13. A notorious mobster and cop killernamed Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishburne)is brought in with the group, much to thedismay of the demoted desk jockey, JakeRoenick (Ethan Hawke). After the NewYear’s countdown, the building is seized by apack of crooked cops determined to bringdown Bishop before he testifies againstthem. Completely cut off from the outsideworld with limited resources, the remainingpolice must join forces with the nefariouscriminals in an effort to survive the night.The nonstop blitzkrieg that follows trans-forms into an ultra-violent version of Nightof the Living Dead.

Both films pack high-voltage suspense inthe confined precinct, producing a claustro-phobic effect trapping the audience in thesame predicament as the heroes.The corrup-tion runs thick throughout Assault.The dan-ger seems more immediate in the remakethan it did in the original, where hordes ofanonymous gang members laid siege to theoverwhelmed police. It has a more terrifyingeffect on the audience when the bad guys arepeople we are supposed to trust. And a pro-fessionally trained band of corrupt copsarmed to the teeth and led by the unflinch-ingly malevolent Gabriel Byrne is enough toterrify anyone.

But the real treat of this film are the per-formances of Hawke and Fishburne. Hawkepours his heart and soul into each one of hisscenes. Roenick’s fall from grace and subse-quent pain killer addiction following abotched drug raid makes him a tragic charac-ter. However, his sheer intensity and moralcode allow him to gain hero status. Fishburneportrays Bishop as a calm and collected mad-man, evoking another classic villain, Dr.Hannibal Lector.The exchanges between thecharacters are sometimes comic but strictlybusiness. Roenick and Bishop’s unspokenrespect for one another acts as a symbioticrelationship whereupon the focal point istheir survival.

Assault succeeds where typical actionmovies fail. There are constant action set-pieces that keep the film moving at a hyper-kinetic pace and enough emotionallycharged characters to keep the audienceinterested. Aside from the far-fetched plotand a few poorly developed characters,Assault on Precinct 13 is an intense thrill ridethat shouldn’t be missed.

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ALONE IN THE DARK (R)Fri. 1:00 3:00 5:00 7:009:10 11:20Sat. 11:00 1:00 3:00 5:007:00 9:10 11:20Sun. Thu. 1:00 3:00 5:007:00 9:10HIDE AND SEEK (NR) Fri.1:10 3:20 5:30 7:40 10:0012:10Sat. 11:00 1:10 3:20 5:307:40 10:00 12:10Sun. Thu. 1:10 3:20 5:307:40 10:00MILLION DOLLARBABY (PGñ 13) Fri. & Sat.1:00 4:00 7:00 9:50 12:30Sun. Thu. 1:00 4:00 7:009:50SIDEWAYS (R) Fri. & Sat.1:20 4:00 7:00 9:40 12:15Sun. Thu. 1:20 4:00 7:009:40

ARE WE THERE YET?! (PG)Fri. 1:10 3:15 5:20 7:259:30 11:40Sat. 11:05 1:10 3:15 5:207:25 9:30 11:40Sun. Thu. 1:10 3:15 5:207:25 9:30PRECINCT 13 (R) Fri. 1:304:00 7:15 9:45 12:10Sat. 11:05 1:30 4:00 7:159:45 12:10Sun. Thu. 1:30 4:00 7:159:45COACH CARTER (PGñ 13)Fri. Thu. 1:10 4:00 7:009:50ELEKTRA (PGñ 13) Fri. &Sat. 1:20 3:30 7:10 9:2011:30Sun. Thu. 1:20 3:30 7:109:20NEVERLAND (PG) Fri. 1:103:20 5:30 7:40 10:00 12:10Sat. 11:00 1:10 3:20 5:307:40 10:00 12:10Sun. Thu. 1:10 3:20 5:307:40 10:00

IN GOOD COMPANY (PGñ 13)Fri. & Sat. 1:15 4:10 7:159:40 12:00Sun. Thu. 1:15 4:10 7:159:40MEET THE FOCKERS(PGñ 13)Fri. & Sat. 1:20 4:00 7:009:30 12:00Sun. Thu. 1:20 4:00 7:009:30NATIONAL TREASURE(PG)Fri. & Sun. Thu. 1:45 7:10Sat. 11:00 1:45 7:10OCEAN'S TWELVE(PGñ 13)Fri. Thu. 1:30 4:00 7:3010:00RACING STRIPES (PG)Fri. 1:00 3:15 5:30 7:4510:00 12:15Sat. 11:05 1:00 3:15 5:307:45 10:00 12:15Sun. Thu. 1:00 3:15 5:307:45 10:00THE AVIATOR (PGñ 13) Fri.& Sat. 1:00 4:30 7:50 11:30Sun. Thu. 1:00 4:30 7:50LIFE AQUATIC (R) Fri. &Sat. 4:30 9:50 12:15Sun. Thu. 4:30 9:50PHANTOM OFOPERA (PGñ 13) Fri. Thu.1:10 4:00 7:00 10:00WHITE NOISE (PGñ 13) Fri.1:00 3:10 5:20 7:30 9:4511:55Sat. 11:00 1:00 3:10 5:207:30 9:45 11:55Sun. Thu. 1:00 3:10 5:207:30 9:45

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Leonardo DiCaprio & Alec BaldwinThe Aviator is a fantastic journey that cashes in on oneof the greatest casting jobs with a little help from asavvy director. Scorsese has a great film that willmaintain his legacy among Hollywood’s finest direc-tors. It won’t surprise anyone when it pulls in an Oscarnomination or two. (Andrew Crewell)

COACH CARTER

3.5 starsSamuel L. Jackson & AshantiIt is predictable, a tad cliche, and it relies on somefamiliar techniques seen over and over again insports films. But Coach Carter achieves exactlywhat it sets out to do. It is a magical story with asurprising and all too perfect ending. (David Just)

ELEKTRA

1.5 starsJennifer Garner & Terence StampOne of the worst things a film can do is cause theaudience to sit in the theater and realize how muchbetter the movie could have been while they arewatching it. This is precisely what Elektra does.(Randy Ma)

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that sometimes there is no more romantic act thansaving a life. And as the need for action stains the puri-ty of love, House of Flying Daggers cuts right throughyou. (Matt Pais)

IN GOOD COMPANY

3 starsTopher Grace & Scarlett JohanssonIn Good Company succeeds thanks to a solid, char-acter-driven concept and three wonderful lead per-formances. It’s not a movie that makes you standup and cheer, yet you can’t seem to get it out of yourhead or your heart. (Matt Pais)

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2 starsMichael Keaton & Chandra WestAs a result of the production values, White Noiseis better than the screenplay had any right to be.The factual background of EVP elevates the fear inthe story and the creepy tone does provide greatbuildup for the scares when they finally come.(Randy Ma)


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I woke up Saturday, and itwas snowing. Hard.And it wascold and windy. Reallywindy. And it sucked. I’m not

trying to say that I don’t like snow. I knowwhat you’re thinking: who doesn’t likesnow? Trust me, there are people out therewho don’t like snow, and that boggles mymind. It sucked because I had to walk backto my apartment in the morning. And sixblocks isn’t even that far.

But as I braved the cold—OK, notbraved so much as survived—I decided thatit was an inside kinda day. I didn’t want towait in line at a bar, and I didn’t want towalk anywhere farther away than the park-ing garage underneath my building. And Idid go there. I brought some friends withme and made a life-changing purchase: X-box.Yes, I know, this makes me a giant nerd,but it was an inside kinda day and there’s nobetter way to spend inside days than withfriends eatin’ pizza and playing games.

So we played Halo 2 for a good part ofthe day or at least until the other people thatcame over told us to stop, and it was great.And to finish off the night we played CatchPhrase and knocked back some beer. All inall, it was a fantastic night. My clothes didn’tsmell like bar afterwards. We didn’t have toyell over the music to be heard … it was justan intimate gathering of friends around afun board game.And of course, we modifiedthe game to involve drinking and sex (eachclue had to have some kind of sexual storyattached to it), but it was still a night ofgames and friends, and it was awesome.

So I guess this editor’s note is to those ofyou who thinking that the only way to havea good time is to drink more than you canhandle and go to the bars or some randomfrat party. To you people I leave you withthis: as dorky as it sounds, get some friendstogether and play some board games onsome weekend night. You just may find agreat night waiting for you.

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This is a wake-up call to all aspiring young artistsfrom one who has been at it for many years: Getused to it.When you graduate from college, unlessyou choose to teach, work in a museum or pursueany other art career other than your own work, thisis real life for 99 percent of you.

Read between the lines in your art history booksand realize that most famous artists didn't becomewealthy until they were comatose or dead. Theydidn't have fancy studios with state-of-the-art light-ing and proper ventilation.They lived, and still do,in cramped one room dumps in large cities, usuallyin dangerous neighborhoods, with one window andinhale the fumes of the city., i.e. city buses, garbagetrucks, industrial waste, etc ...This is a real life artist'slife. Also, how many art students smoke anyway?Many do. We're known to stay up all night, drinklots of coffee, liquor, eat junk food or not at all. It’sall part of our make up.

My point is this, if you don't think you can tol-erate the fumes and the crappy conditions at theswanky University now, get out now; get intosomething else like accounting or social workbecause you'll never make it as an artist.You'll never

survive if you're a whiner.Artists have to be tough,very tough and make do with what they have andbe very resourceful. Because you'll dig throughgarbage dumps for new ideas and supplies and evenfurniture for yourself and be excited with your newfound treasures, honest.Your mom and dad won'ttake you to Dick Blick and buy you the finest sup-plies.You'll have to beg, borrow and yes, the othersometimes to make do, but if it’s in your soul, you'llbe a shining star, a great artist and just maybe, havea funky little studio of your own someday!

Imagine the possibilities, the great fun you'llhave.You'll be able to invite your traditional friendsyou went to school with that chose to go into engi-neering and law to your studio/home in the bigcity. Of course you'll have to assure them that theywon't get mugged or maimed coming into the city.They'll think you're brave, bold, courageous, andwill be envious too. They'll talk about it amongstthemselves and all of your old friends wheneverthey get together, always. It will be a great adventurefor them to leave their boring, traditional, mundanesuburban bungalows to see your slice of life, hum-ble as it might be.They'll want to buy some of yourwork too; don't sell it too cheap, because they've gotmoney and your work IS very valuable. It will be anemotional investment too, for them. It’s a win-winsale for all.You'll make it if it’s in your heart andsoul, so please, don't sweat the fumes at this stage!,Some things really never do change, honest.

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As an institution which gathers great minds from around the world, and one which prides itself on its service to the world, the University of Illinois is well qualified to lead a search for the lessons to be found in this catastrophic natural disaster and the world’s response to it. I invite you to join your colleagues and neighbors in a forum on Tuesday, February 1st, to examine how the world can reduce the terrible consequences of future disasters.

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MATT CRENSON • AP NATIONAL WRITER

(AP) - Perhaps people can learnsome new tricks from old dogs inwarding off the mental decline thatcomes with aging.

Those tricks include good diet,exercise and plenty of mentalstimulation.

A study, in which old beagleslearn to win a shell game, suggeststhat aging humans might benefitfrom improved diets and habits too,because dogs and people experienceremarkably similar cognitivedeclines as they get older.Dogs evendevelop plaque deposits in theirbrains similar to the ones that caneventually lead to Alzheimer's dis-ease in humans.

In this experiment, researcherstaught old beagles to find treatsunder different colored boxes. Thedogs that ate an enriched diet, gotmore exercise and had the benefit oftoys and playmates were far morelikely to figure it out.

Some studies have suggested thatpeople can ward off or at least delaythe mental effects of aging by eatinga diet rich in antioxidants and othercompounds found in fruits and veg-etables. Other studies have foundthat exercise and mental stimulationmay also have a protective effect.

But the beagle study is unique inlooking at diet and behavior together.

"What I think is interesting aboutthis study and somewhat different isthe combination," said MollyWagster, a program director at theNational Institute on Aging. "Thecombination effect is better thaneither thing alone."

The study divided 48 beaglesbetween the ages of eight and 11into four groups. One group got atwice-weekly workout, a regularrotation of toys, lived in a kennelwith a roommate and "went toschool" to learn how to find hiddentreats.Another group ate a diet richin antioxidants, but enjoyed none ofthe lifestyle benefits of the firstgroup. A third group got both theantioxidant diet and the lifestylebenefits. And the last group got nospecial treatment.

The experiment is described inthe January issue of Neurobiology

of Aging. It involved researchersfrom the University of Toronto, theUniversity of California Irvine,the Hill's Pet Nutrition Scienceand Technology Center and theLovelace Respiratory ResearchInstitute.

After two years of living in theirdifferent groups, all of the dogs weretaught a trick that required them tofind a treat under either a black orwhite box. For each it was alwaysthe same color, and all 48 dogseventually learned that black (orwhite) meant a treat.

But that was just the old trick.The researchers then switched

boxes. If a dog had found its treatunder the white box before, themorsel was hidden under the blackone, and vice versa. Now the dogshad to figure out that they wereplaying the same game with thecolors reversed.

All 12 of the dogs in the groupwith an enriched diet and high-stimulation environment learnedthe new trick.

"We were surprised to see that,"said Elizabeth Head, one of eightcollaborators on the experiment.

From previous experience, shesaid, "we would have expected atleast two to three of them not to beable to do this."

The other three groups did notperform as well. Eight out of 12dogs that ate an enriched diet alonefigured it out, and eight out of 10 inthe high-stimulation group solvedthe puzzle.

In the group that got neither aspecial diet nor a stimulating envi-ronment, only two out of eight dogspicked up on the color reversal.

Though the experiment wassmall, said Head, a professor of neu-rology at the University ofCalifornia Irvine, "these results arerelatively striking."

And because the treatmentsbegan when the dogs were alreadymiddle-aged, the study suggests thatsimilar lifestyle change can improvethe cognitive abilities of humanseven when adopted fairly late in life.

"There's the indication that it'snever too late," said Wagster."Which I think is a very importantimplication."

DIET: Beagle study shows valueof diet, exercise and stimulationin forestalling mental decline

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