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You've probably seen him playing chess on the Ped Mall, looking like a down-on-his-luck sea captain or a slightly elfish Hemingway. Maybe you've overheard or even sat privy to one of his discourses on social class structure. Either way, as much as you'd like to, you can't escape his words. In these troubled times, Iowa City writer Lizabeth Carpenter checks in with her old friend, the radical poet and human buUshit detector, Chuck Miller. Behind the door of every contented, happy
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now he neither sees nor hears others. But there is no man with a hammer. ... from Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov ne can't seriously shoot the breeze with radical poet, world traveler and adversarial citizen Chuck Miller without the subject of social classes and "the evils of capitalism" coming up. The events of Sept. 11 didn't exactly sideline the peren� nially bristled Iowa City fixture, either. "We can't do much worse to them than they've done to themselves," Chuck said of Afghanistan, the starved, war-ravaged, defi ant country that an NPR commentator has called "the sink of human misery." A war on that country, he said, would only amplify the evils of capitalism: "It would be the strongest, richest country picking on the weakest. That's what capitalism is." I caught up with Chuck downtown a few days after the tragedies, playing chess. History was in the making and it seemed impossible, if not unthinkable, to concen trate on anything else. It must be mentioned here that, according to one of his longtime friends, the first thing
IMF" if they don't give in to US strong-ann
But this is Chuck Miller's story
demands.
most of us will go under
An aside here about American power and human misery. Here in Iowa City, a wizened, angry man recently related to me B.F. Skinner's theory that when people have what they need, they will not rise up. This
man
served
three
years in
the
Chuck did after the events of that day was give blood for America's injured, the blue
Vietnam War and this October, with his
collar and bourgeois alike.
became homeless. Barely two weeks after
electricity shut off and lot rent unpaid, he
Mostly, however, he expresses no change of heart toward those in power. "What if bin
Sept. 11, a woman collecting cans from
Laden were in France and France wouldn't
Stadium had to duck several beers thrown
exlIadite him? Would we bomb France?" he asked. Rather, he said, it's the leaders of Pakistan and other poor countries who "are all CI"apping in their pants because they are worried they won't get their loan from the 4
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but some will struggle and survive
will live to raise their swords and strike then the powerful will weep crocodile tears for the slain ones, will speak so reasonably of the tragedy of bloodshed while sharpening their weapons, remind us that terrorism must be stamped out ruthlessly but we will only shake our heads shake our heads -the waste, the uselessness while at the same time thinking "i spit on your grave"
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trol...and you have to work one absurd job
watched
to
after the other for low pay and poor condiT
Kirkwood Community College classrooms
tions ... . Most societies have rich people
videotapes
of
his
visits
to try and get a handle on this enigmatic, by
and poor people and it's the same where
turns compassionate, by turns abrasive "pro·
the rich delIberately got their foot on the
letarian" (his word) poet. I was a student
necks of the poor and they don't take that
myself in several of his writing and litera·
foot off, and they talk a bunch of b.s. about improving things and changing things and
ture courses. My sense is that Chuck speaks out strongly or else he hardly speaks at alL "How about that for a nasty one?" Chuck
this and that But it's just bullshit." When down on his luck Chuck, for his
said with a laugh after he'd read the above
part, is able to locate resources, whether in
poem to a Kirkwood class. "It doesn't get
cash, work or unemployment che<;ks
much nastier than that!"
though a little luxury goes a long way. He
A student asked, "Can a poem change
has lived in his car, in rented houses, in
your life?" And I was struck by Chuck's
pact Viking sort of figure, of healthy gray
communes and unheated shacks, on farms,
reply: "The problem is, you change to some
beard and recently shorn gray·blonde hair.
with Eastern·bloc families, in prison, with
extent inside yourself, but the wo,rld around
You will know him especially by his boom·
girlfriends, and wherever in Iowa City's
you pretty much stays the same. So you
run
ing, expressive voice and animated eye·
landlord haven he could find housing that
into the world again in the same old way
brows. From what I remember, he was
didn't require a lease (evidently such places
and then what's left of that change inside of
querulous with the NCS scoring regimen
do exist).
yourself?-you're not sure if there's anything
protective. of students' points-but mostly
left. .. "
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outside
the
cubicle. Over
those
Now 62, Chuck Miller has authored 10
evenings, he began a romance with a co·
books of poetry, including How In The
worker, a local animal·rights activist, and
Moming and Northern Fields. His newest
when he dropped out of the NCS project,
book, Crossing the Kattegat, was published
which seemed inevitable, he continued to
last month by Mica Press of Madison, Wis.,
sit with her during our work breaks. Sadly,
with printing by Route 3 Press (which also
ironically, for a man whose own beliefs can
publishes the
seem uncompromising, her own activist
Wapsipinicon Almanac) of
Anamosa Chuck first came to Iowa City in the 1960s to attend the Writers' Workshop.
demands left little time for Chuck, and the romance fell apart. on a frozen morning you and your friends
Since that time he has left for greener pas·
stood at the gate of the park
tures . .. and returned. He has made devoted
where the brave hunters were to be allowed to
friends from among workers, writers, out· casts, chess players and the local intelli· gentsia. He has made decided enemies of some of those same people. He won two lawsuits against the University of Iowa, the first after the university fired him for his unconventional teaching practices; the sec·
shoot tame deer accusing them of murder
with the help of lawyer Leonard Spies after Timothy Leary won a similar case in the Supreme Court-Leary was charged under the same pot·possession law that Chuck served time for in 1969. I've known Chuck since 1995 when we both worked one of those NCS night shifts scoring grade·school essays. He is a com·
because it is harder that way plunging down the precipitous inclines struggling and beating up the hills
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run
in the new deep snow," Crossing the Kattegat
Growing up, Chuck identified less with the street than he does now. Born to school· teachers of lower middle class in a blue-col· lar region of southern Illinois, Chuck told me his parents faced absurd policies at work and likewise would enforce "weird, goofy rules" on him and his sister. His father was fired for exposing the school's hypocrisy against a black student. His mother taught at a time when schoolteachers weren't
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ond when he was denied a pay raise as a tutor. His criminal record was expunged
we run in the new deep snow .
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allowed to be married, so the family moved to a new district where she hid her marital status from administrators. Chuck took to math and science first His life had been so repressed in his hometown and with his parents, however, that at the
Kattegat, Mica Press, Madison, Wis., 2001
University of Illinois, "numbers and fol'lllU
The many times he has left Iowa City, he
las didn't make sense" in the way that words
says he has found life to be just as crazy and absurd elsewhere, and so Chuck Miller •
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would. (Words, in Chuck's poems, often embody thoughts freed from oppressive niceties, and
grammar
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Movement in Iowa City, and a homegrown
against the war-weren't generally visible
know.
seem
group called the Actualists, with their free
activists, and Chuck, too, remained on the
astounding. Still, it's no surprise that he
wheeling, grassroots approach to art. Poets
periphery. It was his classroom reforms that
And his powers of recall
flouted the Illinois system, made bad grades
published and self-published in a variety of
got him fired.
and was placed continually on probation.
local magazines-Gum, Suction, Search for
Poet Ann Struthers, an admirer and for
He graduated from there with a bachelor's
Tomorrow,
Toothpaste-and printed entire
mer classmate of Chuck's, told me of a
degree in philosophy.
books with newly established presses such
poetry workshop in which a student made
as Seamark and The Spirit That Moves Us.
a remark deprecating-as she remembers
Writers regularly amassed at Center East
it-hospital patients. It was Chuck who
(the Catholic student center) for readings,
spoke up: "That's bullshit!"
why always in the morning? because you must begin your life over again . each morning fumble for your shoes the leather thongs stiff and cold fumble with your fly make sure your prick doesn't get caught in the zipper by then the shadows are stealing up grey and clean the sun a later gamble
maverick UI faculty Ted Berrigan and
"A number of us were thinking that, but
Anselm Hollo brought anti-tradition prac
didn't say it," Struthers said. 'J\nd after
tices to the Writers' Workshop, and Dave
Chuck spoke, I thought, it's going to be OK.
"Dr. Alphabet" Morice wrapped a city block
Pseudo-writers aren't going to
with a mile-long rhyming poem. Scholars
workshop."
converged
at
Donnelly's bar, and
an
"undeIglOund university" was established
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if you can get it going drive toward the world
only just functioning on the grey edge of night
-from "How In The Morning," How In The Morning: Poems 1962-1988, The Spirit That Moves Us Press, Iowa City, 1988 For two years in the late 1960s, while working toward a Ph.D. here, Chuck taught English classes to reticent undel1\lads. He had just served 19 months in Terre Haute federal penitentiary on a drug conviction. "I could see that students were alienated from the process," he told me. "They were afraid to say what they really thought. So I told them, you can say anything you want
Reading Chuck, listen ing to him, is like unplugging the TV, throwing a few things in a bag and thumbing back to your home town: the cracked roads, your disrespect ing people, the old sto ries and cruelties that have never been resolved.
as long as it's comprehensible and not just, you know-$s book is a piece of shit." •
Chuck implemented several refolIlls he had heard others were doing: optional atten dance, journal entries in lieu of academic papers, and something called "contract grading" in which, say, reading nine books
out of one or another student's pad-vow ing no credit and no tuition. Ultimately, there was the May
1970 bombing of
Cambodia, which resulted in anti-war pro testers closing the UI down. "Chuck wasn't alone, he was part of a
earned a student an A, seven books a B, and so on.
movement," explained his friend and fellow
remember how, in the late '70s, one of
orful character, one of the last members [of
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my own math instructors at Iowa State declared on the first day of class that he didn't believe in grades-everyone had an automatic A if they completed the assign ments. I don't think I worked any less hard, but my classmates and I, wakened out of
poet Ann Zerkel. "He was a strong and col the Actualists]; he stayed on when the rest of the group fragnlented." Always "very outspoken" in the classes they shared, Zerkel said, Chuck became a noted, even revered, figure about town, noted for his verve and talent if not for his
the usual rigamarole of competition, felt
activism. A poet in the Writers' Workshop
like we were getting away with something.
(according to one local historian, probably
It was a wonder and a sort of guilty
the last place refolIllS took hold), he was
release.)
older than most students and seemed to
'�I of a sudden," Chuck told me, "there was freedom of thought and freedom of speech. The students liked that. There must
have a "seriousness and a responsibility for writing, and values that set him apart," Zerkel told me, at a time when she herself •
have been a system of penalization in place
was still young to the issues.
for them all these years. Like fetters."
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the bourgeoisie don't like them they sit together on the edge of a raised flower bed quiet for a while then one will make a remark they all seem to understand
respond subtly
with some small gesture or word after a bit they lapse back into a silence
... no doubt they are waiting for Godot maybe these human scum are my sort of people for a moment in any case I am fond of them
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told a Kirkwood class, "Most
American writers that write this fiction, sort of
made-up
stuff .. . they
haven't
lived
through it, they're just sort of slopping along-oh yeah, this guy says that and this woman says that-it doesn't have that sense of authenticity. So that's why I don't like it." A lot of people in Iowa City know Chuck Miller, or know different sides of him One .
of his old friends, and a fellow chess player, Rick Webber, told me that Chuck is stub born, a stubborn chess player. "He refuses to read anything about opening theory," Rick said, which can offer players different ways to set up strategy. "It's not about win ning and losing with him but playing the ,
best he can. Chuck wants to learn it all on his own." When the middle falls out of his game, Chuck will fight back with fierce abandon. Rick told me this with a mixture of frustration and admiration. After I had finished writing this article, out of the blue, an acquaintance asked me if I knew Chuck Miller. This older gentleman has known Chuck for a long time as it turns out and told me how the Chuck he knows is usual ly angry, or sad, or brooding over some thing. He met Chuck years ago in life draw ing classes, where Chuck was a model. Most
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there's a blind man here in town
ing, he said, but not Chuck-he'd be walk
frequently you see him on street comers
ing around "hanging out there" and talking to "little old ladies" in the comer. I have to wonder if there was something confronta tional in that act, and yet it's kind of admirable too.
stumbling around
lost,
He sees the Students Against Sweatshops
unable to get his
bearings
for reproductive rights.
makes him ask absurd questions of people
Reading Chuck, listening to him, is like unplugging the TV, throwing a few things in a bag and thumbing back to your home town: the cracked roads, your disrespecting
into
their
privately
angry and confused demanding to know this or that
women's movement," Chuck replied to my
he's a big pain in the ass
questions. "But if you try to make it with an
but as you watch him
individual woman, that usually means trou
have never been resolved. You want to say
this is the kind of blind man you would be
resistance is truly political or hotly person
interested. "I
am
have always been sympathetic with the
it occurs to you that
the good fight. You're never quite sure if his
The mention of women's issues opened another topic in which I
held realms
people, the old stories and cruelties that to him, get over it. You want to say, keep up
their advisor, Carolyn Levine of
Muscatine, who was herself a '60s activist
his condition himself
old stuff." Though he has not involved him with
you know him slightly
thrusts
activities as hopeful, "a bit of a return to the self with that young group, he is familiar
or calling out obstreperously
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ass,
go for the
richest guy, dress like the elite, they are always falling into this or that pattern. They
al, and you wonder why that should matter at all. It is then disturbing and reassuring both, to know that a coal lit in the middle of the last century still bums hotly in the cool 21st. . The Actualist movement, Chuck told me, was "not anything so unusual really. The only difference in people was that in the 1960s people were full of effervescence, evolution and life. And now there is this entropic decline to a lower and lower ener gy leveL"
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His autobiographical poems touch on a large, uh, sex drive, naked
swims and
menage a trois. From his talk and his poems, I gather that one or another of his "old
girlfriends "-whether
in
Poland,
England, or on the East or West coasts have shut Chuck out, have changed or died.
said that as both a writer and a friend she
ty of anger for the poor and against oppres
"You can't live with him and you can't live
has "always looked up to " Chuck and that
sors, meannesses, common stupidity. "you
without him
he has been a help to her, a sympathetic lis
feel the hollowness of being excluded," he
tener in troubled times.
writes in the poem of the same title, "no
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is how one fonner patbier
tells it. It has helped my understanding to know that Chuck suffered humiliation when his youthful marriage to an lllinois woman (with whom he has a grown son) deteriorat ed to a rampantly faithless union. In Siberia last July for a Volksmarch, he tracked down an old Russian lover. The woman's mother, brother and husband had since died and it seemed to him she "had distanced herself and was living an aloof sort of life." W hen he wanted to introduce her to friends, she rebuffed him "Men," she .
had said, "always see women as some sort of appurtenance." Later, when he was hospitalized after a car wreck, "She wouldn't even take my bloody hand," he said. In fact, she pulled away. "If you
are
drawn to activist or rebellious
women," I suggested, "it may be that their rebellion eventually goes against you? Because you're male, you come to represent the oppressor, the male establishment."
Between free lunches at the Wesley House, books and conversation, poetry, lap swims, extended trav el, recent inheritance money, nights of ped mall chess he seems to have pieced togeth er his own community, a life of motion and heat, one that moves him and his writing. •
On the other hand, Chuck's attempts to
Chuck seemed aghast. "Fundamentally,
earn recognition from the raucous, blue-col
after all these years," he said, "women puz
lar writer Charles Bukowski, one of his
zle me."
influences, resulted in a perfunctory dis
finally your destitute sadness some lonely Siberian river flooding in spring without a name then we become like the rocks our speech changed into "only a glance in the sk¥,' -from "Albina," Northel7l Fields (Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, 1994) On a professional level, a few good women
have helped
advance Chuck's
career-Kay Arnert of Seamark Press who first
discovered
and
published
Struthers and the late writer
him,
Meridel
LeSueur who have both spoken highly of him and contributed book quotes. Zerkel 8
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missal. Of Chuck's poetry, Bukowski wrote back: "This doesn't do anything for me." "It's his right to speak his mind," Chuck said with a
grin.
"But then you saw which
way your bread was buttered." There was a . time, in the years that I've known him
,
when
Chuck
immersed
himself
in
Bukowski. He taught Bukowski classes at Kirkwood, researched his life and spoke as if some sort of mantle were being passed down. Writing group members talked of Chuck's "fuck-you" phase-jokingly, but not really. Chuck's
poetry
avoids
the
brutish
exbemes of Bukowski, though there is plen-
plans for you and the others/the unem ployed, the homeless, the starving/the land less-/eatmarked for destruction/-slowly you understand/you have to exist so the better off can be kept in line/ if they refuse to go along/they could end up like you! that fear must be instilled in them " Finally, Chuck has remarked that he was hOll"ified to watch Bukowski, on videotape, attempt to kick a woman friend. It's Meridel LeSueur who has influenced him probably more thlUl anyone except Kerouac and the Beats. Born in Murray, Iowa, in 1900, LeSueur wrote stories of brutal conditions that existed for miners, fatmers, young unwed mothers during the Depression. (Early on, she caught the atten tion of an editor at Scribners who suggest ed she try to write like Hemingway. "But fishin', fightin' and
fuckin' weren't my
major experiences," she replied.) She joined the Communist Party in 1924 and during the McCarthy era publishers shunned her. In the 1970s, she became a sort of resur rected Earth Mother. Chuck met her in 1983.
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tional people, or the legal people, or the
the day before the election
lost her belief in the struggles of the com
respectable people. But what about my
after hearing that most of my friends were vot-
mon people, the beaten, the poor. He
experiences? What about all the people that
described to me how LeSueur pointed her
aren't conventional and aren't rich and
finger at him and commanded, "Never for
aren't legal? The weird people, see? Those
get who the enemy is!"
are the ones I like."
"I and my friends had tried to believe in
I am reminded of what poetry might
the people ... hoodwinked, conned, cheated,
accomplish, of what Chuck's poetry might
and beaten down," he wrote, "and yet
accomplish,
always coming back �omehow. ,., Yet in
Lobotomy,
most ways we hadn't managed to do it. ...
writer/punker Dee Dee Ramone: "[Punk]
Compared to her we were poor in courage,
gave everybody a chance to say something.
in joy, in empathy."
That's revolution."
You understand that Chuck does not quite
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my
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apt
phrase
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but you've got to have some sort of strategy however absurd or rear guard an action amidst these monstrous realities
class
position?"
Chuck
late on election night in the early hours
see himself as one of them-the beaten, the
responded to a student's question. "My class
poor. He's not quite slumming either.
position is, I hate the rich, fear the poor,
Between free lunches at the Wesley House,
and have contempt for the middle class."
books and conversation, poetry, lap swims,
His robust laugh, as it can do, lent a humor
extended travel, recent inheritance money,
ous twist to his words. "See, it tells you how
the people have been beaten again
nights of ped-mall chess-he seems to have
each class is going to give you trouble. The
tried to...rise up...make their small choice
pieced together his own community, a life
poor, if they give you trouble, they are
of motion and heat, one that moves him
going to attack you in the streets. The rich
and his writing. "An ability to articulate with
are going to exploit you throughout this
compassion," is how a writers group mem
whole system of business and money and
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ber described Chuck's mastery of language.
government and laws-they've got control
the student pharmacist gives me my free pre
of everything. The middle class, they just go
"If you go away and you say, huh, this
scription
do your bidding, we'll kiss your ass too, if
thinking of the vague anxiety in the women's
you ask us."
and imagine all the people lying up in their rooms drinking too much, getting high, listening to their children cry where
next
their
and a great sadness comes over me
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count for something but...could not dark times ...many will suffer
guy actually said some weird stuff about some things I've actually lived through," Chuck said, "then maybe it won't be so bad."
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sweating, trying to fuck, oozing
wondering
i hear that Bush has won ...
along with the rich-they say oh yes, we'll
and I go out into the sultry night faces
still half asleep
whatever
is
corning from
would like to vote for Nader, she says tells me he will be speaking here today in our town but she fears that if Gore is beaten
Chuck
Bush would take things back to the dark ages
-from "Free Clinic," Northem Fields "I want them to see [my poetry] as differ ent from all the other stuff they have to read," Chuck told a class, "because when 1 went through most of that stuff it seemed so dead, so fOlmal, so stiff, so unrelated to life, so much elitist. You know-oh, the rich peo ple have these experiences, or the conven-
and as she says "ruin all our lives"
Wbat: Reads from his flew book of poetry.
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Lindsey's
Jack
1962
translation
of
Aristophanes'
Myrrhine expresses her disapproval of the epony
I attended the Oct. 4 rehearsal of the
mous character's plan to stop the war between Athens and
Dreamwell production, one of the first com
Lysistrata,
Sparta by sayi ng, "0 please give me the fire instead." In X.J. Kennedy's 1999 translation of
Ly$'lstrata DreamweU
pr«tuction
translated
comedy 10�. Gilbert City. Oct" 12-lJ, . 19-20, 26-27, Spm.
libidos in order to save their country.
Lysistrata,
Myrrhine puts
plete run-throughs on the stage i n the base ment of the Un itarian Universalist Church,
a slig htly sharper point on the matter: ''I'd sooner walk through
which the company calls home.
fire than give up fucki ng ."
Jamie L. Ewing and his cast were working
Dreamwell Theatre presents the world premiere of Ken nedy's
without a set, largely without costumes and
translation on Oct. 12. Ken nedy, who is allowi ng Dreamwell to
without a com plete grasp of all the lines.
produce the show sans a royalty fee, will be on hand for the Oct.
Still, it was ap parent that Ken nedy's transla
26 performance and will participate in the "Two Cents Nig ht"
tion,
discussion after the show. His bawdy translation of the classic . G reek comedy should spark a lively con versation.
Seussian iambic pentameter, is a clear-eyed
Kennedy is an award-winning writer of poetry for both children
with
its
mix
of blank verse and
take on the original text, an update that accepts
and
amplifies the
Academy of American Poets for his first book,
cal message to deliver back i n 412 B.C., but
a Staircase,
Nude Descending
in 1961; the Los Angeles Book Award for poetry; the
even granti ng that, it is clear that
Lysistrata
Aiken -Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry given by the
is at bottom a sex (or lack-of-sex) fa rce. The
University of the South and The Sewanee Review; as well as
jokes are obvious, unrefined and, if deliv
Guggenheim and National Arts Council fellowships. Last year, he
ered skillfully, fun ny. It was, of course, too early to tell how well
was awarded the National Council of Teachers of English Year 2000 Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry. He is also a for
the Dreamwell cast would handle the mate
mer editor of the
rial. Indeed, the fu n niest moments of the
Paris Review.
Despite Myrrhine's reservations, a sex stri ke is exactly what
night were delivered by Chas Haworth, who
Lysistrata has in mind. Her daring plan is to capitalize on the
plays
fact that men return from the front anxious to take their wives
walked on stage just in time to deliver her
to bed. Confident the men will do anything
including make
aforementioned line with a wry, in nocent
to enjoy relations with their wives, Lysistrata turns sex
smile. Later in the even ing during the break
into the tool for ending the conflict that th reatens to tear
between acts, she struggled to memorize
G reece apart and render it easy pickings for any invading enemy.
the lines for her second-act encounter with
The
Dan
women and
occupy the duplicitous
Acropolis
and
leadership,
under
Lysistrata's
overcome their own
Myrrhi ne.
Late for rehearsal,
she
Fairchild, who plays Myrrhine's sex
starved husband. Brow furrowed in concen-
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crude
humor. Aristophanes may have had a politi
inspired
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tration, she fought to place lines like "I'll slide my slip off' and "I'll slip my undies off' in the correct order. On stage, Haworth and Fairchild struggled a bit with the more phys ical aspects of the scene but demonstrated a knack for its linguistic humor. Other promising performances were turned in by Kristy Hartsgrove as Lysistrata, and the two leaders of the chorus of old men and •
women,
Josh
SalOn
Hartsg rove seemed
and
Vicki
poised
Krajewski.
to be a firm
anchor for the production with her under stated delivery and abi lity to use silence and facial expressions to nurse additional humor out of a scene. SalOn and Kraj ewski lead a six-actor chorus charged with filling in story line gaps while engaged i n their own elderly battle of the sexes. Again, physical aspects of their roles were in need of some smooth ing out, · but their characterizations were strong and likely to get stronger as opening night approaches. Much of the play's humor has been high lighted by the strong di rection of Ewing who, like all other Dreamwell directors, has had to make do with a limited and awkward space. Though the set was not yet built, it was clear that Ewing intended to get the most out of the space available, jockeyi ng a fairly large cast about with skillful blocking. Also, Ewing delivers an inspired take on tlje
machina
deus
ex
motif that regular attendees of
Dreamwell
performances will
particularly
appreciate.
,
Ewing's decision to stage Kennedy's trans lation of
Lysistrata
stemmed from his desire
to prove that a G reek comedy could fit into Dreamwell's com mitment to produce edgy, challenging work. He discovered Kennedy's
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translation
while
thumbing
through anthologies of Greek plays and knew he had found a version of Aristophanes' play that fit well with Dreamwell's philosophy. \ Kennedy's brazen approach to the text and Dreamwell's willi ng ness to push the envelope should result i n another quality production from the company. *
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here i s this large level of weirdness and i nter-
for The Faint provided .
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Closing the show will be two of the openers from
doesn't really get spotlighted too much since
last spring's Kid606 show: Object and Books of the
there i s not a lot of money i n promoting that kind of
Bi ble. Carryi ng on the synthesizer mode from the
thi ng . " Matt Seeman is slapping bar codes onto Fear
Blue set, Object will throw a modified Speak & Spell
records i n the back of the Record Collector while talking
toy into the mix. "He got this Speak & Spell and gut
about the idea behind the upcoming Audio Report 1.0
ted it, then rewired it with a sequencer," Seeman
show at Gabe's. The evening will consist of five distinct,
explai ns. "He transformed it from being a toy that
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you'd use for sound generation to making it an actu
with a visual display. Seeman continues, "Worki ng here,
al instrument." •
A warped children's toy is a tough act to follow,
I talk to enough people, and know enough people, that are doi ng stuff that is out of the norm ." Though he has
but the fi nal act, Books of the Bible, has earned the
co-promoted many a show i n Iowa City, this i s Seeman's
top slot as well as a certain level of noto riety for its
first solo effort, meaning that he had sole discretion o n
stage antics. The group i s reportedly a side project
whom to gather. The result i s a sound experience that
of one or more mem bers of Making Hey ! , but nobody
not even he can truly explain.
will say for sure. "The second time that Books of the
"You could say experimental, yeah, that would be the
Bible performed, he did this snake-oil salesman rou everybody that
[headliner]
best thi ng. I don't want to pigeonhole anybody. When I
tine where
booked all the acts, I told them that they had free rei n
Kid606 had n't showed u p and that he was the new
to do w hatever they wanted. Basically, I wanteo people
headlin er,
that were on the crazy side."
recalls. As the headliner this time around, Books of
he told
so a
bunch ' of people
left," Seeman
Audio Report 1.0 i s about i m provisati o n . Imagine the
the Bible has been given an open door to do any
hig hlight of every show yo u've ever atte nded. I n hip
thing they'd like. This doesn't seem to concern
hop, it's the freestyle session at the end. I n jazz, it's the
Seeman too much, thoug h : "I've found that anyti me
variations. For rock, it's the extra encore with a flying
that you do something really weird i n this town that
V guitar solo. Conceive of a show where that is all you
there's a whole segment of the population that
get, free from the com mon "it doesn't live up to the
comes out that aren't really represented i n live
record" mantra. Audio Report 1.0 offers the rare chance
shows."
to hear music that you've never heard before . and may
,
And if audience members haven't had their senses completely overloaded, Green Can Productions, a
never hear agai n . Starti ng with the debuting Flacid Tri p, pigeonholing
local video studio, will provide loops and vigeo
five
orchestrati ons to visually sew these multiform acts
turntables and one laptop for what i s likely to be a lay
together. Mass-media manipulators Recom will sup. ply their own visual aids.
becomes inconceivable. The group works
with
ering of free jazz into noise rock, turning both shape. less genres into a larger sound collage.
Audio Report 1.0 will be, if nothing more, a breath
While Flacid Trip is first on the tick et, there i s no opener; every group will have the same amount of time. Seeman says, "I hate that at shows where the opener gets three songs and the headliner gets all the time they want. I'm looking to give each
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Possum
Sac.
Having
opened numerous local shows, they could end up turning i n anything from a straight-rock set to performance art. "They're musicians, but th ey're artists first," Seeman says of the band. "So they'll definitely have a stage presence." Next u p is Blue o n : : Blue Eyes, a side project from the
isation. Rare are the chances for a n entire audience
front man of The Vida Blue, Matt Davis. Most likely ref
to be genuinely surprised by an arti st's performance;
erenci ng early-'90s industrial, Davis' keyboard work will
Audio Report 1.0 offers at least that possibility. "
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Productions, one of Sweden's most
ends with solo instrumental tracks,
i m portant bands i n recent memory.
Krush spends the remainder display
UCP made no small i m pact over here,
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either: They got Steve Albini to pro
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duce them and garnered fans like the
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when this album was first released i n
duction to Company Flow on "Vision
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of Art." On "Sonic Traveler," Krush
Subsequent efforts
this
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sound a lot
emili ako drums, hitti ng quicker and
of Union
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gives
Zen
a totally new
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cleaner than
But
the band's
N'Dea Davenport, Sunja Lee and Zap
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Mama contribute three R&B tracks,
extended homage to the Fab Four.
each of which Krush supplies with
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Extended ReveLation, release,
third
is
CD's
pretty much second
" Psychomantum
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As on
Krush teams u p
Meiso.
Extended Revelation (A Wamer MIWc : 'n!l.?j1dl1,\
year's
•
of
X2000,"
any drum
is
Ch ant
sound like they're ripping anybody
Though the rhymes are spit i n all
off. They're just cheerfully, unapolo
Japa nese, the yearning of the vocals
the
music
they
Besides the decidedly psychedelic bit well
Extended ReveLation of millennial •
goes for a
mawkishness
as
addition to the "X2000"
in
Tenacious D
Epic Records
Recently, metal-guitar god
favor of acoustic Renaissance music. Not since Spinal Ta p's
MiLo
hole but filled many others too. Now prepare to have your asses blown out by Tenacious D. Amalgamating
his
DJ
Zeppelin) on their self-titled debut, the abnormal acoustic duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass (AKA "JB and KG") choose to rock out with full band
teaches Zen and listeners get the
tled
mrvana.
for the Psychic Weaklings of the Western Civilization. That's because
Your Socks," "Do uble Tea m") and new songs, including a James Taylor-style strummer titled "Fuck Her Gently." This celebratory orgy of Moogs and prog-rock
would
unleash
apocalyptic
chaos
with the rolling over of the clock. We now know that we've got a lot more to
concern
ourselves
with,
enough to make the alarmists of the past sound like oracles. But
ReveLation
Extended
is a great, little trip into
escapism, Britpop style.
Margaret Schwartz
@DJ Krush
deconstructed jazz,
the throes of songwriting (not really) and "Inward Singing" has J B hitti ng on how "nonstop rocking" i s made possible by singing during inhalation
Chris Wiersema
as well as exhalation.
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Joe Derderian The Good Times
Universal
Opening (and closing) with one of the surest house-party staples since
,
the Beastie Boys' "Fight For Your Right," and replete with far too many pot-smokin',
beer-dri n ki n',
booty
chasin' and old-school hip-hop refer
,
ences to list, this sophomore effort guarantees Afroman at least 15 min The spi rits of Run-DMC and Shock
DJ who hip-hop,
has R&B
a
"One Note Song" captures the duo i n
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over
late-'80s
machines
(even
synths
and
featu ri ng
drum human
and D&B without destroying them?
beatbox on "Tumbleweed"). Sincere
Krush. The Japanese hip-hop produc
gospel ("Hush") mixes readily with
er offers an entire album of new
locker-room lyricism ("She Won't Let
material that sounds si multaneously
Me."). Consisting mai n ly of loose and
boundary-pushing and retrospective.
swi n gin'
Now the seventh jewel i n the crown
assure enough cheesiness for all,
of arguably the most flexi ble hip-hop
Good Times
DJ ever,
sounds on the outside
more than a spot on Dr. Demento. A
like a redux of Krush's ' � 5 release,
mixed bag of "love, peace and afro-
Zen
offers
G ( Digital Underground) run playfully
What do you call a
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also
utes of fame.
Zen
Sony/Red Ink
riff-ery
glimpse into the D's creative process:
in 1998 the most we had to worry about was whether our computers
arrangements o n both time
tested D classics ("Explosivo," "Rock
Krush
song title, the entire album is subti-
pretentious
to art-rock (Yes) to cock-rock (Led
exposes the genius
collaborators.
every
rock movement from prog-rock (ELP)
of Krush separately and when unified with
has such a hole been burned in
next band has not only plugged that
ing of a music box, breaks any lan
Zen
Intravenus de
our collective musical loincloth. This
( reverbing like a monk chanting i n a
guage barrier.
Ritchie
Blackmore abandoned hard rock in
cave), paired with the minimal cli nk
love best. feel,
@Tenacious D
(A
Tribute)," featuring BOSS THE Me.
playing
Joe Derderian
machine.
For all that, TSOOL never really
getica lly
life too seriously.
but not nearly as
"Candle
you're taking
The Good Times,
street-corner j a m s
that
The
is nevertheless worthy of
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A group I'd never expect was up for a musical
but you can't really blame them
ass-kicking (especially this late in their career) i s
(Sunlight
who are back from the dead with
conclusions.
On
"Working
The Pernice Brothers'
Girls
mag nificent new album,
The Damned,
their new album
Grave Disorder
(Nitro). Having
up-tem p o
not cared about this band of cam py, vam py gui
bass/drum/guitar/piano wall of sound and the catchiest, loveliest
tar-strum ming g houls for over 1 5 years, I was
of melodies, all the while singing about "contemplati ng suicide
caught
with a graduate degree." Even the album's title,
The WorLd Won't
power of the lead track, "Democracy?," which
(Ash mont Records), is dubiously optimistic at best. (Talk about
sounds like it could have been lifted straight from
he
End
glides
over
swirling
stri ngs,
an
off guard
by the
blast-fro m -the-past
Machine Gun Etiquette .
setti ng your expectati ons low. How about
their 1979 punk classic,
Hurt That Much? Or WouLd?) Pernice's pet
Now down to two key mem bers, Dave Vanian on
Puncture Wounds Don't The Gonorrhea Burns Less Than I Thought It •
trick is to deftly ma rry introspective lyrics
vocals and Captain Sensible on guitars, these two
with a joyous melodic sound, and the album contains so many mar
aging, brittle Brits somehow resurrect the g lory
velous moments that it's i m possible to com pletely catalog: the
days and let the good times roll. This 13 -song
i nterweaving, polyvocal "Baaaaah-ba-ba-ba-bah" harmonies that
volley takes its cue from their 1977-1982 period
burst from nowhere two minutes into "7:30"; the perfect bridge i n
of goofy, gothed-out slam jams; so if you're a fa n,
"Our Time Has Passed" that erupts after the second soaring, stri ng
ya gotta get it, ya got-got ta get it.
laden chorus; the chiming neo- Byrds guitar that launches into flight the gorgeous, sing-songy "She Heightened Everything." The Pernice Bros. will shower us with their mellanjolly brand of pop when they stop by Gabe's Oct. 23. And they'll be supported by
Speaki n g
of
pun k-rock
nostalgia,
Manic
Hispanic
have made the year's best novelty
songs
the
record, where they "translate" well-known punk in
same
way the
self-proclaimed
Mexican Elvis, El Vez, reworks the King's tunes for his audience of Lati nos (and white, ironic hip sters). On
The Recline of Mexican Civilization
(BYO), The Clash's "White Man In Hammersmith Palais"
becomes
Rancid's Cholo";
"Brown
"Ruby Soho" and
is
X's "White
Man
in
reworked Girl"
O.c.
Jail";
as
"Rudy
becomes,
you
guessed it, "Brown Girl."
A band that got even better after it ditched th e
1-2-3-4 pulse of punk was Joy Division (though, even ea rly songs like "Warsaw" are unique enough
"'0 o OJ ...I V
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to still sound special today). Available overseas, and now domestically, their four-CD box set,
and SouL
Heart
(Rhino), carefully spells out why they
were one of the greatest bands to release a mere
\
two studio albums. So how does one make a four CD set (crammed with 70-plus mi nutes of goodies
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each) from just two LPs? I mean, could you i mag ine a Bli nd Melon box set? Well, when your archive
\
Joe Pernice
is overflowing with stellar unreleased songs, live tracks and assorted singles, you can get away with it. One can hear the blueprint of what became New
•
,
Order, a group that rose from Joy Division's ashes, opening act The
Kingsbury Manx,
in whose low-key, Velvety album,
(Overcoat), also treads the darker, murky waters of pop (though in a more drone-y, hypnotic way).
Let You Down
A day before, also at Gabe's,
Ming
+
FS
will cold roc k all you
Bahamadia,
Heart and SouL,
which is more a moving memo
rial than anything else. The upbeat ending to this story is contained i n the living, breathing docu- . ment that i s album since
Get Ready (Reprise), New Order's first 1 993's Republic. Here's another group
a bad
I've ignored for nearly 1 5 years, so it's inspiring to
mama jama whose heavyweight rep outweighs the lightness of her
hear them reach a new and different peak, push
catalog (which consists only of 19 96's
Kol/age and last year's EP, The Human Condition (OM),
ing the guitars to the fore i n a way they haven't
i s laced with retro-futuristic sounds and herky-jerky pool break
us all pray for no Blind Melon box sets or any more
party people, as will the Philly-born-and-bred
BB Queen).
Ming + FS's recent release,
done since their early, post-Joy Division days. Let •
beats that work equally well in the space-age bachelor pad and the
releases by the truly awful post-Melon "super-
sticky, rank and s kanky dance floor of Ga be's. It's one of the best
group" U nified Theory, who play melodramatic art
albums released recently by the trusty, rusty OM label, i n part
rock (with a capital AOR) in a Meatloaf-meets
because the instructions found on the back cover
Jane's Addiction kind of way. Please, God. Oh,
Electroni c/Ass Kicking Beats!"
don't lie.
"File Under:
God, please. * Little Village
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Robison
First Aven ue Club . Oct. 1 7 , 9:30pm
There must be something in the water down there in Texas
or maybe it's the beer
that produces
so many celebrated, multi-talented musicians. Like Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, Townes Van Zandt, Jim mie Dale Gilmore, Robert Earl Keen and ma ny, many others, Lone Star homeboy Ch arlie Robison writes, sings and plays top-notch Tex-Mex, honky ton k and cou ntry blues with a nasty twa ng and a sense of humor. Robison is on the verge of becoming as big a country star as his wife Emily of the Dixie Chicks. His version of the rollicking N RB Q classic "I Want You Bad" made it into the cou ntry top 30, and the latest single, "Right Man for the Job," fro m his new album
Step Right Up,
promises to be an
even bigger hit. While Robison may be on the threshold of success, he's not your typical TNN hat act. His style of cou ntry music rocks a bit too hard and his lyrics are a bit too smart
or maybe
too smart-ass. He's not above cheap wordplay ("Well, we kissed on the boxes of liquorland she reached down and grabbed her some Dickel") or letti ng go with a wicked guitar solo (such as his blistering playi ng on the cut "Desperate Times"). This Texas troubadour enjoys a reputation for being a great live performer. Catch him while he's still playing small venues. 1550 S. First Avenue, Iowa City, 337-5527.
Steve Horowitz
Akar Architecture and Design 4 S. li nn St., Iowa City, 3 5 1 - 1 2 2 7 Dynamic Duo; works by husband and wife Chuck Hindes and Nancy Fi nk; H i ndes, a UI ceramics pro fessor, shows wood-fired ceramics; Fink shows botanical watercolors; through Novem ber.
Art at the Chamber IC Area Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 3 2 5 E. Washington St., Iowa City Work by Truc Deegan and Nancy Fink.
The Art Mission 1 1 4 S. linn St., Iowa City Burning Bush, mixed-media Robinette Moss.
works
by
Barbara
Arts Iowa City 1 2 9 E. Washington St., Iowa City, 33 7-7447 Occupying the Layers of the Italian Landscape, pho tographs of Rome by Robert Fox; Map Series, large figurative paintings by IS U facu lty member Katherine Hannigan.
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art 410 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 366-7503
An American Anthem: 300 Years of Painting from The Butler Institute of American Art, through Nov. 18 • Recent Acquisitions 2000-2001, featuring wrought-iron gates designed by Grant Wood, Oct. 1 3 - Dec. 9, Iowa Gallery. (See Words and Film/Video for more events)
Design Ranch Store
13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 248-0032 Girly porno comics by local artist Colleen Coover, through October.
Iowa Artisans Gallery
Senior Center
1 1 7 E. College St., Iowa City, 3 5 1 -8686 William Nowysz: Travel Journal in Watercolor, through Nov. 9.
28 S. linn St., Iowa City, 3 56-5220 quiltz and dollz by patti z, Patti Zwick, through Dec. 2 .
Iowa State Bank and Trust
Studiolo
102 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, 356-5 800 Contemporary Quilts, work by 1 1 quitters with local connections: Kathyl Jogerst, Kathy Mueller, Jo Betts, Be rta Kallaus, Mary A n n Kelly, Joan Maxwell, Sugar Mark, Priscilla Wright, Connie Fund, Sue Evans and Trish Koza.
4 1 5 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 341-8344 Lori Roderick: Body Language, whimsical ceramic story-telli ng figures; Constructed Paintings, i ntri cately patterned abstractions by Mary Hark; through Nov. 10.
Lorenz Boot Shop
812 South Summit St., Iowa City, 358-9627 Hair-do Monoprints, recent work by Iowa City print maker Wanda Ewing, Oct. 1 3 - 2 1 , opening recep tion, Oct. 1 3 , 7-9pm.
1 3 2 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, 3 3 9-1053 Safe as Houses, new works on paper by Philip Kirk; Mystery of the Lost Chorus, archival digital prints by Michael Kehoe; through February.
M.C. Ginsberg Objects of Art 110 E. Washington St., Iowa City, 3 5 1-1 700 Life as a Collaboration: A Marriage of the Arts for 28 Years, joint exhibition by sculptor Nancy Lovendahl and jewelry designer and goldsmith Scott Keati ng, through Nov. 2 .
Mendala Community Art Gallery Downtown Oxford Photographs and collages by Dan Eldon, photo journalist who was killed on the job i n Somalia. See events.
Mythos
3 3 5 S. Wnton St.� Iowa City, 3 54-2 6 2 3 Mountains & Diamonds: Paintings & Sculptures by Hu Hung-shu, H u Hung-shu is professor of design at the UI; Lighting by Flos & Modern Italian Furniture by Zanotta, Studio 168.
9 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 3 3 7-3760 Ethnographic art, a ntiquities and museum copies; specializing i n African, Mayan Indian fro m G uatemala and Asian , ongoing.
The Frame Station Gallery
Red Avocado 521 East
1 100 Fifth Street, City Center Square, Iowa City, 351.6898 Paintings by Australian Aboriginal artists Oct. 13Nov. 13. ,
Hudson River Gallery & i'
16
Hittle
Vii/age
Frame
Co.
Ruby's Pearl
538 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 3 58-8488 Catherine Jones-Davies, figu rative and landscape oil paintings; James Casper, wood-fired ceramic tiles; through Nov. 9.
Weathered,
RSVP
St.. Iowa City, 3 51-6088 wood-fired ceramics.
114 E. Washi ngton St. .. Work by Sabzi, paintings resonating from Eastern and Westem p hilosophies.
Summit Street Gallery
T. Spoons Old Capitol Town Center, Iowa City Drawings by Mary Moye-Rowley and Steve Ford, lithographs by Suzanne Bowen Aunan, and digital art by Vaughn Meadows.
UI Hospitals and Clinics Project Art of UIHC, Iowa City, 353-6417 Joel Peck, intaglio prints, through Nov. 1, Boyd Tower West Lobby • Dennis Swanson, photocol lage, through October, Boyd Tower East Lobby.
UI Museum of Art
.
150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 335-1727 Frederick Brown: Jazz Paintings, 1 2 paintings of renowned jazz a rtists, through Dec. 1 6 • Permanent collection exhibitions, ongoing • Temporary permanent collection exhibits: Drunk: A Video Installation by Gillian Wearing, featuring "I Love You," a 60-minute single-channel video, shown Th ursdays, 4 p m , and S un days , 1pm, through Nov. 4; Jules Kirschenbaum: The Last Paintings, thro u g h Oct. 28; Invention in Lithography, th rou g h Nov. 11. (See Words for lec tures)
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Calendar listings are free, on a space-available basis. Mail PO Box 736, Iowa City, Iowa 52 244 or e-mail little-vi llage@usa.net
Cabaret
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Hancher . Oct. 26-28
The Roundabout Theatre's new staging of this decadent musical classic was
•
proclaimed by veteran New York critic Clive Barnes as "the best musical on Broa dway." Skulked along by some of the seediest and best-known songs i n theater
history
including
the
title
song,
Belongs to Me," "Mein Herr" and "Money"
"Willkommen,"
Cabaret
"Tomorrow
f
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tells the story of a n
Englishwoman's romance with a n American writer, set against the back ground of Germany at the dawn of the Third Reich. The musical i s based on
,
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the observations of British writer Christopher Isherwood, who lived in Berlin from 192 9 to 1932 and wrote a collection of stories based on his experiences. Playwright John Druten took one of Isherwood's stories, "Sa lly Bowles," and adapted it for the theatrical stage as I Am
,
a Camera. That play
was produced on B roadway in 1952, starri ng Julie Harris. The team of John Kander and Fred Ebb was engaged by Harold Prince to develop a musical version of the play, givi ng birth to
Cabaret,
and later the hit film starring
Joel G rey and Liza Minelli. Spm Friday, Oct. 26; 2pm and Spm Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 2 7 and 2S. UI campus, Iowa City, 335-1 160.
Fourth
Old Brick
•
ual Harvest Symposium
Oct. 18, 7-9pm; Oct. 20, 1-5pm
The Harvest Symposiums are the brai nchild of North Liberty regionalist writer and publisher Steve Semken. This year's event sprawls over two days a n d offers hungry lovers of the local and the wild the opportunity to come together and feast. Thursday, Oct. lS, Paul Gruchow, author of
Grass Roots
and
The Necessity of Empty Space,
will
deliver the keynote Harvest lecture. There will also be a local photography discussion with Howard Vrankin of West Branch. Saturday, Oct. 20, the symposium explores the native prairie landscape through art, poetry and dance. Former U I English professor Robert Sayre will speak on prairie restoration at 1pm; Joni Kinsey speaks on prairie art at 2pm; Mary Swander gives a poetry reading at 3pm a n d the Black Eagle Child
Dance Troupe performs at 4pm. 26 E. Market St., Iowa
City,
33S-786S.
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Clapp Recital Hall . University of Iowa campus, Iowa City, 335-1160 Maia Quartet, Oct. 1 2 , 8pm • st. PauL Sunday Morning: Live with the Iowa Woodwind Qui ntet, Oct. 14, 3 pm • Chamber Orchestra, Oct. 14, 8pm • An nette-Barbara VogeL, vioLin, and Ayako Tsuruta, piano, Oct. 1 5 , 8pm • OctOB OEfest: Mark Weiger, oboe, and Shari Rhoads, piano, Oct. 19, 8pm • OctOBOEfest: Maia String Qua rtet with David Weiss, ALLen VogeL and Mark Weiger, oboes, Oct. 20, 8pm • OctOBOEfest: Cham ber Orchestra with David Weiss, An nette-Barbara VogeL and Mark Weiger, oboes, Oct. 2 1 , 3pm • Juhanni Lagerspetz, piano, Oct. 2 1 , 8pm • Piano FestivaL MastercLass: Juhani Lagerspetz, piano, Oct. 2 2 , 1 0am-1pm • La Fosse Baroque Ensem bLe, Oct. 24, 8pm • Kantorei, Oct. 2 6 , 8pm • Iowa Woodwind Qui ntet, Oct. 2 7 , 8pm • University Choir, Oct. 28, 3pm • Patrick Jones, saxophone, with Laura Loewen, piano, Oct. 2 9 , 8pm • Piano FestivaL MastercLass: VaLery KuLesh ov, piano, Oct. 29, 9am-12pm • Symphony Band and Chamber Wind Ensem bLe, Oct. 3 1 , 8pm.
CSPS 11 03 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, 3 64-4384 Austin songwriter MichaeL Fracasso, Oct. 14 • Freedy Johnston, Oct. 16 • Honky-tonk hero Ray WyLie Hu bbard, Oct. 1 9 • Iowa songwriters John Smith and Dave Moore, Oct. 20 • UiLLeann piper Paddy Keenan, Oct. 2 1 • Sonia of Disappear Fear, Oct. 24 • Canadian troubadour Garnet Rogers, Oct. 30 • Mexican singer LiLa Downs, Nov. 1 .
The Deadwood 6 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, 3 5 1-941 7 KeLLy Pardekooper Band, Oct. 20.
First Avenue Club 1 5 50 S. First Ave nue, Iowa City, 337-5527 CharLie Robison, Oct. 17, 9:30pm.
Gabe's 330 E. Washington St., Iowa City, 354-4788 AngLe, with BabeL Section, Oct. 1 2 • Red Meat, with Will Whitmore and BLueziLLion, Oct. 1 3 • Recom: Audio Research Report, Oct. 1 6 • Freedy Johnston, with the KeLLy Pardekooper Band, Oct. 17 • Beef WeLLi ngton, with Poison ControL Center and Shaking Tree, Oct. 18 • Ron CarroL. OJ ALert and others, Oct. 19 • Murder City Devils, with Botch and American SteeL, Oct. 20 • TotaL Chaos, Oct. 2 1 • Ming and FS, Oct. 2 2 • Pernice Bros., The Kingsbury Manx, Oct. 23 • Andrew Bi rd's BowL of Fire, Oct. 24 • Jude, Michelle Branch, Oct. 2 5 • The Bent Scepters Reunion Show, Oct. 26 • rotation with Terrence Parker, Oct. 2 7 • GLasspack, Oct. 28 • Captured by Robots, Oct. 2 9 • Josh Martinez of Anticon, Oct. 30.
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The Green Room 509 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 3 54-4350 Blues Jam Mondays, Latin Nigh t Tuesdays Dave Olson Band with Sam Knutson and Shame Train and Ben Schmidt, Oct. 12 • The .Greyhounds with Dr. Z's Experiment, Oct. 1 3 • Amor BeLhorn Duo, Oct. 1 7 • Robert WaLter's 20th Congress, with The DipLomats and Hop on John ny, Oct. 1 8 • David ZoLLo and the Body ELectric with B rother Trucker, Oct. 19 • Kevin B.F. Burt & The Instigators, Oct. 20 CLean Living, Oct. 24 • • J upiter Coyote with Skunk River Bandits with The TroLLies, Oct. 2 5 • Giant with Protostar and NickeL-Bag-O-Funk, Oct. 26 • Orquesta de Jazz Y Salsa ALto Maiz, Oct. 27 • Patrick Shannon with Hector Bonet, Oct. 3 0 • Psycho-Somatic with Racecar Radar and Burn Disco
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Sanctuary
Hancher Auditorium
405 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 35 1-5692 Mark G ratama Quartet, Oct. 13 • Saul Luba roff Trio, Oct. 19-20 • Brian Harman and Steve Grismore, Oct. 26 • Tornadoes, Oct. 2 7 .
UI campus, Iowa City, 335-1 160 American mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade with the UI Symphony Orchestra, Oct. 1 7 , 8pm.
Terrapin Coffee Brewery
Harper Hall Voxman Music Bldg, UI campus, 3 3 5-1436 OctOBOEfest, Oct. 2 0 : Master class by Allen Vogel, 9:30 am; College Oboe Com petition winners' recital, 2pm; David Weiss, oboe, English horn and musical saw; Alpha Hackett Walker, oboe and piano, 3 : 30pm • OctOBO Efest, Oct. 2 1 : Master class by Allen Vogel, 9:30am.
IMU Wheelroom UI campus, Iowa City Jack Johnson, Oct 26. ,
Literary Walk/Tower Place Dedication Downtown Iowa City, Oct. 13, 1-6:30pm UI Pan American Steel Drum Band, 2 : 30-3:30pm • Lazy Boys & the Recliners & Greg Brown, 4:306 : 3 0pm.
Lou Henri's ,
630 Iowa Ave., Iowa City, 35 1-3637 Dustin Busch, acoustic guitar & vocals, Oct. 12 • WAM ! ! ! Womanifesta 2001, Oct. 1 3 • David Huckfelt, acoustic guitar, Oct. 19 • Pieta Brown, folk/blues, Oct. 20 • Dave Zollo, Zolloistic keys/vocals, Oct. 2 5 • Mad River Duo, Oct. 26 • Ben Schmidt, acoustic guitar & vocals, Oct. 2 7 .
The Marketplace 511 P St, South Amana, 622-3750, aU 7:30-11:30pm Jean Blum, Oct. 13 • Open Mike Night, Oct. 18 • B illy Lee Ja ney, Oct. 1 9 • Shoe Money, Oct. 20 • CA. Waller, Oct. 26 • Mike and Amy Finders, Oct. 2 7 .
The MiU 1 20 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, 35 1-9529 The Blue Band, Oct. 1 2 • Kelly Pardekoope'r Band, Oct. 13 • Tom Feldman, Oct. 18 • Ben Sch midt, Oct. 19 • Big Wooden Radio, Oct. 20 • Calle Sur, Oct. 21 • Open Mike, Oct 2 2 • David Zollo and the Body Electric, Oct. 26 • Joe Price, Oct· 27 • Open Mike, Oct. 29.
North side Books 203 N . Linn St., Iowa City,. 466-9330, Sunday Live !, all 2-3pm David H uckfelt, floppy-hat blues, Oct. 14 • Martha Eckey, classical piano variety, Oct. 21 • Nica's Dream, with special guests Andrew Knapp (trom bone) and Marie Von Behren (vocal), jazz, Oct. 28.
Paramount Theatre
Coralville, 3 41-6647 Mike & Amy Finders, Oct. 2 5 , 8pm.
Third Street Live ! 1 204 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, 365-6141 Gavity Crush, CD-release show with Leven and Joe Bonamasso, Oct. 1 2 • Benefit for the Victims and their Families of the Sept. 11th Tragedy, with Party Mix Specialists, Bohemian Soul Tribe, Skin Kandy and Greener, Oct. 14, 3pm • Party Mix Specialists, Oct. 20 • Fallen Roadies with the Stumblebums, Oct. 25 • Halloween party with Skin Kandy, Oct. 2 7 .
U I Museum of Art
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150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 335-1727 Preview of OctO BO Efest, Oct. 1 2 , 7 : 3 0pm • Ingenuity on Percussion, Oct. 19, 7 :30pm . Iowa Brass Qui ntet, Oct. 26, 7:30pm.
The Union Bar Iowa City, 3 1 9-339-77 1 3 Charlie' Hunter, Keller Williams, Oct. 1 7 ' . Culture featuri ng Joseph Hill, Oct. 1 8
Uptown BiU's small Mall 401 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 339-0401 Alberto and Maria Valdivieso, Oct. 19, 8-12pm Jazz group, Oct. 2 5 , lOpm-lam.
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US Cellular Center 370 First Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, 363-1888 of a Down, Rammstei n , Slipknot, System Mudvayne, No One, American Head Charge, Oct. 14 • Tool, with Tricky, Oct. 20, 7 : 30pm • Indoor . Marching Band Classic, Oct. 2 9 , 7pm.
DANe Hancher Auditorium U I campus, Iowa City, 33 5-1 160 The Houston Ballet, Firebird, Oct. 12-13, 8pm.
Paramount Theatre 123 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 363-1888 Tap Dogs, November 1 , 7:30pm.
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10 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 339-7757 Lysistrata, new translation of Aristophanes' classic comedy by award-wi nning poet X. J . Kennedy, Oct. 1 2 - 1 3 , 19-20, 26-27, 8pm.
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Rock's Roadhouse 1701 Hwy. 1 S, Iowa City, 358- 15 14 Patrick Hazell, Oct. 20, 8pm.
Sal's Music Emporium 624 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, 338-7462 Dave Olson and the One-Timers, Oct. 1 3 , 6pm Irene and the Mad River Band, Oct. 20, 6pm Black Milk, Oct. 27, 6pm.
CSPS 1 103 Third St SE, Cedar Rapids, 364-4384 Portrait of a Sissy, David De Bliek, Honolulu, Oct. 1 1 - 1 3 , 8pm
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Paramount Theatre 123 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 363-1888 Footloose, Oct. 23-24, 7 : 30pm
Riverside Theatre 213 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 338-7672 Performances Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays (except Sept. 28, no performance) and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm Walking the Wire: Monologues at Riverside, Oct. 12-14.
UI Theatre UI campus, Iowa City, 3 3 5-1160 o Pioneers!, musical adaptation of the Willa Cather classic of late 1 9 th-century life on the prairie, by UI Playwrights Workshop alumna Darrah Cloud, with music by Kim D. Sherman; through Oct. 2 1 , 8pm, except Sundays, 3pm • Translated, by Iowa Playwrights Workshop student Joseph Ferron Hiatt, Oct. 18-2 1 , 8pm (Oct. 2 1 3pm), Theatre B • Agamemnon by Aeschylus and Electra by Euripides, Nov. 1, 7:30 & 9pm, David Thayer Theatre.
EDV The Mill 1 20 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, 3 5 1 -9529 I.e. Improvs, i mprovisational comedy, Oct. 25.
WOR Becker Communication Studies Bldg. Rm. 101, UI campus Rae Armantrout, poetry reading, Oct. 26, 8pm.
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art 410 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 3 6 6-7503 "Collecting as an Act of Personal Generosity and Civic Virtue," lecture by John Neff, executive direc tor, Reynolds House, Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, N.e., Oct. 2 5, 5 : 30-6:30pm.
3 2 1 Chemistry Bldg. UI campus Mary Jo Bang, poetry reading, Oct. 1 9 , 8pm. •
IC Public Library 1 23 Linn St., Iowa City, 3 5 6-5200 Oct. 1 6 : ICPL librarians discuss banned books, 2001 Carol Spaziani I ntellectual Freedom Festival event, live on The Library Channel (local access channel 10), 1 2 p m , Meeting Room A • Oct. 17: Panel featuring community members discussing issues related to the ICCSD Equity Statement and its i m pact on the National Boy Scouts of America policy banning gays in the scouts, 7pm, Meeting Room A.
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Iowa City, 3 3 5-0128 "Peaceful Poet i n the Middle of the South and North Korea Conflict: Man-sik Lee, Oct. 15, 1 2 p m .
Mendala Community Art Gallery Downtown Oxford Photographs and collages by Dan Eldon, photo journalist who was ki lled on the job in Somalia, IWP writers Viet Huu Tran from Vietnam, Sitok Srengenge from Indonesia, Rehman Rashid from Malaysia, and Victor Aladji from Togo will partici pate, also scree ning of a CNN documentary made by Eldon's sister, readings by Jennifer New from her biography of Eldon and a question-and-answer sessio n , Oct. 20, 12-5pm.
The Mill 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, 351-9529 Talk/Art/Cabaret, performance art, readings, etc., Oct. 1 7 , 24.
Prairie Lights 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City (unless otherwise noted ) , 3 3 7-2681, all 8pm ( u n less otherwise noted) Intern ational Writing Program/Writers' Workshop reading, fiction writers Victor Aladji, Togo, and Andrey S. Bychkov, Russia, with poet Nathan Hoks, Oct. 14, 5pm • Jael Silliman, UI assistant profes sor of Womens Studies reads from her family mem oir, Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames, Oct. 15 • Rebecca Wee reads from her new collection of poetry, Uncertain Grace, Oct. 1 6 • Chuck Miller, reads from his new book of poems, Crossing the Kattegat, Oct. 1 7 • Leigh Bienen reads her collec tion of short stories, The Left-Handed Marriage, Oct. 18 • UI Writers' Workshop grad Brady Udall reads from his new novel, The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, Oct. 1 9 • Ben Rice, Great B ritain, and Antonia Logue, Ireland, IWP fiction reading, Oct. 20, 6pm • Mark Salzman reads from his new novel, Lying Awake, Oct. 2 2 • David Hamilton, UI profes sor of English and editor of The Iowa Review, reads from Deep River, his tribute to the farm in Missouri on which he g rew up, Oct. 2 3 • Italian translator Lawrence Venuti reads fro m his translation of Iginio Tarchetti's fiction and talks about the prob lems of translation, Oct. 24 • Poet Kathy Whitcomb reads from Saints of South Dakota and Other Poems, Oct. 2 5 • Will Self reads from his new novel, How the Dead Liv, Oct. 26 • Medi Loekito, Indonesia, and Dariusz Sosnicki, Poland, IWP read ing, Oct. 28, 5 p m • Eric Ambler reads from his spy novel, Kingdom of Shadows, Oct. 2 9 • UI Poetry Workshop grad Alex Chee reads from his fi rst novel, Edinburgh, Oct. 30 • Rebecca Wolff, poet and edi tor of Fence Magazine, reads from her new collec tion, Manderley, Nov. 1 .
Old Brick 26 E. Market St., Iowa City "Call of the Wild," Fourth Harvest Symposium,
keynote lecture by Paul Gruchow, author of Grass Roots and The Necessity of Empty Space, local pho tography discussion with Howard Vrankin of West Branch, Oct. 18, 7-9pm • "Prairie Roots," Fourth Harvest Symposium, exploring Iowa's native prai rie, Oct. 20, 1-5pm.
Senior Center 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 3 56-5220 "Les50ns from the Light: The Near-Death Experience," presenters Loni Parrott and Thomas Gates, Oct. 15, 10:�Oam-1 2 : 3 0pm • "The H istory and Legends of Halloween ," presenter Alvin Schroeder, Oct. 25, lO-llam.
Shambaugh Auditorium Main Library, UI campus, 33 5-0128 Annual Paul Engle Reading: W.S. Merwin, poetry reading, Oct. 1 2 , 8pm.
UI Iowa City, 33 5-0128 "Lost and Found: The Art of Translation," second annual International Writing Program Festival, publi c readings, lectures and panel discussions by illustrious translators from around the world, Oct. 12- 14, Iowa Memorial Union, UI campus, for more info: http://www. uiowa.edu/-i wp.
UI Museum of Art 150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 335-1727 "Flying Cafe Europa," readings, film and discus sion, Oct. 18, 7pm • "William Hogarth and the Topography of Decay," Pamela Tri mpe, speaker, Oct. 2 5, 7:30pm.
Voxman Music Bldg UI campus, 3 3 5-1436 Theory Musicology Colloqu i u m , Karl and Braunschweig, speaker, Oct. 19, 1 : 30 p.m., Rm 1 0 2 7 • "Verdi's Political Message," Pierluigi Petro belli, speaker, Oct. 2 2 , 7 : 30pm, Harper Hall.
Human Rights Awards Breakfast IMU, Second Floor Ballroom, UI campus, Iowa City, Oct. 25, 7:30pm Keynote speaker, Dr. Phillip Hu bbard.
Literary Walk/Tower Place Dedication Downtown Iowa City, Oct. 13, 1-6:30pm Tower Place open house, 1-3pm • Clock Tower Tea Party with Miss Spider, 1':30-2pm, Cottage Bakery & Cafe • Tower Place & Clock Dedication, 2 - 2 : 30pm • Chi ldren's activities, 2-5:30pm • Readings by Author's Featured on Literary Walk, 2-4pm, Prairie Lights • Live music, including UI Pan American Steel Drum Band, 2:30-3:30pm • Iowa Avenue Literary Walk Dedication, 4-4:30pm • Live music: Lazy Boys & the Recliners & Greg Brown, 4:306:30pm • Authors Reception, 5:30pm, Biology
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City of Iowa City Civic Center, 410 E. Washington St., Iowa City (unless noted otherwise), 356-5236 Oct. 16: Special Council Work Session, smoking in restaurants, 6 : 30-8:30pm, H arvat Hall • Oct. 22: Special Council Work Session, 6:30pm, Harvat Hall • Oct. 2 3 , Special Council Formal Meeti n g , 7pm, Harvat Hall.
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Bijou Iowa Memorial Union, UI campus, Iowa City, 335-3041 Chopper, Australian flick compared to Reservoir Dogs, 7pm Ocl 12, 14, 16; 9pm Ocl 13, lS, 1 7 • Everybody Fomous, Oscar-nominated Be lgium film about a fac tory worker who dreams of becoming a songwriter, 7pm Ocl 13, lS, 17; 9pm Oct. 12, 14, 1 6 . Memento, lauded thriller by writer-director Christopher Nolan, Spm Del 18-19, 2 1 ; 7pm Del 22-24; 7:30pm Oct. 20; 9pm Oct. 22-24; 9:30pm Oct. 18-21 • Nico and Dani, Spanish film about two teen-age boys who discover love and sex, Spm Ocl 20; 7:30pm Del 18-19, 21 • Himalaya, French movie by Eric Valli about the lives of people whose ancient traditions survive in the modern world, 7pm Oct. 2S-31; 9:30pm Del 2S-31 • Rocky Horror Picture Show, 12am, Oct. 26-27.
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Great Escapes C arLes Ma neri Jr. of Cicero, N.Y., was arrested o a feLony charge but escaped custody ' at his arraignm ent by answering to the name of anoth er i n mate who was being arraigned for vioLati ng an open-container Law. A few minutes Later, the ba' iff caLLed Maneri's name. When no one answered, sheriffs deputies reaLized what had happened. Sheriffs department spokesperson Jo n D'Eredita said investigators were unsure how Maneri was abLe to make the switch since he i s 37. 5 -feet-5, 150 pounds and' white, and the other prisoner is 16, 5-feet-8, 124 pounds and black. Th ree prisoners escaped from a French jail i n Corsica when officiaLs received a fake fax order ing their reLease. Written on officiaL stationery, the fax was signed by the magistrate who was i nvestigating the men. Prison officiaLs said they were so sure the fax was reaL that they never thought to check the number where it originat ed or contact the judge to confirm his order. Seventeen i nmates escaped from a Brazilian prison i n Sao PauLo state by threatening a guard with a homemade cardboard gun. GLobo News teLevision reported the cardboard came from the prison's arts and crafts workshop.
Life in the Past Lane A Con necticut car rentaL agency began charging its customers who exceed the speed Limit, using i nformation obtained by monitoring the vehi cles' gLobaL positioning system . The practice by New Haven-based Acme-Rent-A-Car came to Light after a customer who rented a minivan questioned a $450 charge and was toLd the rentaL agreement warned that he wouLd have to pay $ 1 50 each time he drove over the speed Limit. The man notified state authorities, who Lodged a compLaint against Acme seeking to stop the practice as deceptive.
Britain's MI5 spy agency disclosed that i n the 1970s it devised a pLan to train gerbils to catch foreign spies. The rodents were to be stationed at ai rports to smeLL passers-by. Whenever they detected a surge of adrenaLine i n someone's sweat, indicating the person was nervous and thus a LikeLy suspect, the rodents were supposed to press a Lever to aLert authorities. The pLan was dropped, the London Telegraph reported, after the agency discovered the gerbils couLdn't dis tinguish between espionage agents and peopLe who were just nervous because they were flying.
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Putting the Ban in Taliban MuLLah Mohammed Omar, the Leader of Afghanistan's TaLiban militia, issued a ban on Lip stick, chess boards, playing cards, satellite dishes, musicaL instruments, cassette tapes, computers, videos, teLevision sets, fiLms, fiLm-making equip ment, billiard tabLes and anything that depicts a Living thing, human or animal. The decree, which will be enforced by the TaLiban's reLigious poLice, stipulates that "the prevention of eviL and the promotion of virtue is the main and important task of the IsLamic Emirate of Afgha nistan."
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