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Clarinetist David Krakauer rides the vital new wave of klezmer, the Jewish celebratory music that was born in Eastern Europe and flowered in the New World.

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Being suchk yourtg publication, we're sti\l in the tllroes of trying to find our selves. That's why with this issue, instead of disappearing to traverse the Himalayas by yak, we're going month ly. We've been acting a lot and look ing mostly Hke a magazine so we thought we'd just come out as one. e! We'll now/ ••••• a comprehensive ' calendar and give you ,, phQ�os and other good� ,""', ' Basically, we want to in each be the of Pllblication you keep on your table or in your back'

read with interest Marlene J. Penin's col umn in the January 6 edition of the Gazette regarding the efforts of the University of Iowa's Laurie Oements to help rebuild the Serbian economy, particu larly the point about the newer union coali tions being independent of and not an adjunct of the political parties. If ollly the American labor movement, especially the leadership of the AFL-CIO, would look hard in the mirror and realize how much of an adjunct to the Democratic Party we have become.

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I'm continuously disappointed to attend a variety of union meetings and watch how many of us act as if the mark and measure of a union leader is how close they are to Democrat politicians and how much money they deliver to them. If unions bargained with employers as easily as we do with the Democrats, we wouldn't be making more than the mini mum wage. For American unions to become truly independent, and exert more leverage on the political system, the leadership of the AFL-CIO should start supporting the LABORPARTY, an independent alternative of our own, and workers who do not have a union where they work, as well as the unemployed, should join us. Please feel free to contact our local chair, Jim Walters, at 466-1134, or me, at 354-4834. Sincerely, Alan E. Achtner, Treasurer, Johnson County LABORPARTY

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ike a lot of Americans, I've been spending an hour a week watching the highly rated NBC political drama "The West Wing." Unlike many Americans, however, I am finding that it's becoming more of a guilty pleasure as time goes by. "The West Wing," as acknowledged by most media critics and the folks who hand out the Emmy, Golden Globe, Peabody and Humanitas awards every year, is excel lent television-well written, well directed and superlatively acted by such high-caliber veteran performers as Martin Sheen, Stockard Channin g and the incomparable John Spencer. It is also, politically speaking, so far out in cloud cuckoo land as to make me wonder just what effect if any it may be having on the political culture at large. Not to make light of anyone's problems, but given the mas sive disconnect between politics as depicted on "The West Wing" and politics as it really goes down inside the Beltway, last year's arrest of series creator and executive produc er Aaron Sorkin for possession of

Compared with the current political reality, lIThe West Wing" is a pleas antly hallucinatory liberal pipe dream. . President Josiah Bartlet, a former Democratic governor of New Hampshire, seems to be intended as JFK without the sleaze and patrician demeanor.

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psychedelic mush rooms and mariJuana comes as no s u r p rIs e . Compared with the curre nt politi cal reality, "The West Wing" is a pleasantly halluci natory liberal pipe dream. President •

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Josiah Bartlet (as played by Sheen, who once made a pretty fair career out of playing Kennedy brothers), a fonner Democratic governor of New Hampshire, seems to be intended as JFK without the sleaze and patrician demeanor. His White House is an idealized Camelot in which decent, intelligent and rather handsome young professionals make policy decisions guided by the spirit of public service and the principle of the greater good in a system seemingly untainted by money, cynicism or poll driven politics. In Bartlet's America, there is still a surplus, and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 lead not to war, but to an extended lecture on Middle Eastern history by the senior White House staff to a group of visiting high-school students. Given the conventions of television dram a, it isn't all that surprising that "The West Wing" sands the rough edges off political reality-crime, courtroom and medical dramas have been doing roughly the same thing in their respective fields for years. Nor is it surprising that, given conventional televi sion drama's dependence on audience sympathy for the char-

acters, we are given Sheen's Bartlet, Spencer's Leo McGarry and Allison Janney's wiseuacking secretary CJ rather than more realistic analogues of George W Bush, Karl Rove and Ari Fleischer. The difference in this case is that while the aver age citizen is involved with cops, courts and h0s pitals involuntarily and generally on an emergency basis, the involvement of said citizen in the politi cal process is, or ought to be, a vital element of the way the system works. And the system doesn't work anything like . . "The West Wing" says it does. The of Civics 101 and sincere philosophical that drives the story line of your typical "West

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Wing" episode is noble, admirab le and makes for compelling television. It is also about as far removed from the deal making, press spinning and campaign-contributor servicing that marks Washington politics as it is possible to be. Which brings us to the real problem-the Bartlet adminis tration gets far better ratings than the Bush With "The West W ing" a consistent top-10 ratings perf01Ill er, far more people are watching the fictionalized goings on at the Bartlet W hite House than are watching the real goings on at the Bush White House-that is to say, the news. While there is nothing wrong, and a lot that's right, with "The West Wmg" as escapist entertainm ent, the possibility that its sanitized depiction of an idealized political sys tem in the capable hands of sincere and sympa thetic public servants might be interpreted as something close to The Way Things Are could breed a dangerous sort of complacency in a country where a broken political system is rou tinely and cynically manipulated for personal

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and professional gain of the powerful few at the expense of the general public. We should not for one moment be made to feel one bit better about the mess we're in, -especially by a work of fiction, however well intentioned it may be. While the ideals espoused by "The West Wing" are indeed admira ble, and should certainl y play a more prominent role in our public life, it is to be hoped that seeing those ideals put into play each week on a television program doesn't somehow substi tute for the hard political work of putting them into play in the �eal world. No doubt inspired by NBC's success with "The West Wing," CBS and ABC have announced mid-season premieres for two new dramas set in the chambers of the Supreme Court. I'll be watching to see if either airs an episode wherein the court's Republican appointees collude to ensure the election of their party's presidential candidate against the popular will. I will not, however, be holding my breath. * •

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in quaint cafes, poured gallons of cham pagne for snooty private clubs. I served

sweet, old lady teetering out the door in a

tally killed in a horrible head-on collision in

crab cakes in Baltimore, Md., and catfiSh in

backwards wig and flowered raincoat, but at

Alabama the night before. I took the call, lis

Chattanooga, Tenn., and I'll tell you this, of

the Hamburg, a naughty waitress gets a

tened, put down the phone, began to shake

all the places I've waited tables, I've loved

stern talking-to and another chance. She

and cry-and then stayed to finish my shift.

the Hamburg best of all.

gets a figurative slap on one cheek and a

Why? Because I had a roomful of sympa

metaphoric kiss on the other.

thetic customers and coworkers, a huge net

The advantage to the Hamburg is that it

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oper.ates like a home. At the Hamburg, peo

Likewise, an awful patron who throws a

work of friends. I had more comfort in that

ple listen when I'm sad and then forgive me

.ttsbrnaw wrapper at a waitress will receive from

room than I could possibly have found out

when I'm tired. If I lose my temper justifi

her a forgiving chuckle, with a firm repri

side it So I wept into people's milkshakes all

ably, I can tell my customers where to

mand: "That's one of those things you think

day, and they drank them anyway, left me

shove it and just how hard. Not many

of doing, not one of those things you do!"

little notes of consolation.

restaurants will keep a girl around after

Once, I answered the phone at work and

And it isn't just me. Maybe you remember

she's hurled a handful of pennies at a

discovered that an old friend had been bru-

Patty, who waited tables at the Hamburg for

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28 years before she fmally retired. Maybe

denim apron to work. No matter how I may

you remember the cake and balloons, the

disappoint my mother, the truth is that I

party, the day she left. Maybe you know

can laugh and dance and sing and cuss

Hamburg manager Steve Fugate, that guy in the shorts who's been making

the

Hamburg a special place since he was in his teens. You probably don't know that he raises the organic eggs for your omelets, that he helps most of us balance our check books, suffer through our terrible breakups. He's bailed people out of jail, loaned money when it's been truly needed, settled count less disputes. Probably you have

no idea that the

Hamburg has gotten kids into rehabilitation programs,

helped

dropouts

back

into

school. The Hamburg has tracked down the families of mentally ill customers who've wandered away from hospitals or taken too much medication. I won't even hazard a guess as to how many wallets have been returned,

cups

coffee

given

away,

batteries jumped, cabs called. I can't tell you how many chicken dinners have been

It isn't glamorous, but the diner is rich with amazing characters aU of you adorable schizophrenics, sloppy drug dealers, preach ers of the faith and youthful admirers bearing gift-wrapped mix tapes. We get to know who you've had breakfast with, unshaved and unwashed.

donated to local benefits by our gracious owner, who also provides us with health

here, and when I go home at the end of the day, I go home, tired feet and all. It isn't glamorous, but the diner is rich with

amazing

characters-all

you

adorable schizophrenics, sloppy drug deal ers, preachers of the faith and youthful admirers bearing gift-wrapped mix tapes. We get to know who you've had breakfast with, unshaved and unwashed. We can tell by the stamp on your hand where you were last night, and by the smell of the smoke in your shirt that you didn't make it home for a shower. In fact, we have names for all of you-our regulars. We remember what you do and say.

discuss

and

analyze

you.

Sometimes, if you deserve it, we despise you. Occasionally, we scrawl your ofthand comments on the bathroom walls at the bar next door, because you scare us. Recently, I tried to go away and leave

this ·place. I moved to New York City, got a •

swanky job on Madison Avenue and a nice

care and doubles as a professional clown

apartment on the Upper East Side. I bought

named Baballoon.

a Manhattan wardrobe and I learned how

Seriously, I've been working here for

to ride the subway, but at night, I dreamed

years, and every day I wake up and thank

about Iowa, about the Hamburg Inn *2. I

the. Sweet Lord Above that I wear an ugly

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service, refilled coffees, smiled pretty. But

warned you" and struck a funky Chuck

funniest) moments of all.

when he went to take them their ticket, he

Nords pose. The cheap frat boys thought it

laid it down in front of the burliest of burly

was funny at first, then they balled up their

boys and said, "You guys have been less

fists and advanced.

Kung Fu king of the diner The same table of frat boys had been plaguing Keith for weeks. Every, Sunday, . they'd come in for breakfast around 11 am, sit for hours, recover from all those Jell-O shooters, j

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leave without

tipping.

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Keith's

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dollars on this table when you leave, I'll

supertattooed

come out after you and kick your asses." (It

lurched through the door and folded his

should be known that Keith has a black

arms in front of him slowly. He muttered,

belt in Kung Fu.)

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said, "You know-the Dalai Lama, Chinese

Steve wandered out to see what all the fuss was about. He giggled to himself and then said

oppression, all that stuff."

to the frat boys, "W hat seems to be the trouble, gentlemen?" Everybody froze, everybody, that is, except Keith, who continued to flail his arms and make weird sounds. Then the leader of the frat pack said in a cracking, whiny voice, "Your waiter wants to kick my ass." Steve smiled really big. "Well then I guess you did something to piss him off." Silence followed. The frat boy handed Steve some

Keep the change

There are plenty of folks in the world with out money to spare, and when your menu offers oatmeal for $1.50 and free refills on acquaintance. Working at the Hamburg, I've

His posse followed. The rest of us filed

come to know a lot of tricks for cheap eat

back inside and the faces at the win

ing. I've watched men drink creamers all

dows all disappeared, The only thing arms

pie. He didn't get it. He never will, I guess.

coffee, you should expect to make their

money and slunk off without a word.

left in the street was Keith,

The guy didn't get it. He just wanted some

morning. I've served coffee cups of hot

still

water for hours on end. I can't tell you how

raised, watching the frat car drive off

many times I've answered question after

down the street. The bumper sticker

question, each beginning with "Does it cost extra if... "

read, Honk ifyou love hooters. Lee ... most days, he's

But you should know that those guys

pretty harmless

always tip what they can. It's very rare for

Lee lives in a special place where peo"

someone to sit all morning and leave noth

pIe take care of him. Somebody gets

ing extra, and I've never had anyone walk

him dressed, gives him his medication,

The author celebrates a recent birthday

helps him find his red corduroys, ties

at the Hamburg Inn.

his shoes. Then, I guess they let him out to play. So usually, he comes in to talk with us at the diner. Sometimes, he tells me how pretty I am while he stares at my crotch. Once, he had stolen some body else's pills. Most days, he's pretty harmless. One morning, he seemed distressed. When he got his mug of coffee, he decided to go out for a Pall Mall. I guess that he got outside and realized that he didn't have any matches, so he paced around under the awning and then came back inside. Jane was standing at the register, ring

There are plenty of folks in the world wi�hout money to spare, and when your menu offers oatmeal for $1.50 and free refills on 'coffee, you should expect to make their acquaintance.

out on a check. Last year around Christmas, we found a fellow slumped in a booth, asleep in his bowl of chili. We didn't know what to do with him, but it was terrible outside and we couldn't send him into the cold. Finally, he pulled Annie, another waitress, over and asked her to help, said that his name was Pete and that he hadn't slept in two days, that he couldn't keep his eyes open. Annie got the guy at the Salvation Army to say that he could come and sit on the sofa I don't know where Pete slept that night, but he came in the next day cleaned and rested. He was wearing striped overalls and a red undershirt and his white beard was combed out so that he looked eerily like

ing up a ticket. Lee asked Jane for a

Santa's thin brother. He sat down and start

light. She couldn't help him, so he asked another customer. The patron was slightly put off but politely explained that he had no fire. Lee became agitated and began to shake a little.

ed talking to another guy at the counter,

Finally, he hurled his coffee mug (hot coffee and all ) across the diner. The mug bounced

Then someone at Table Six motioned me

off the wall and broke, but somehow nobody got burned.

ordered coffee.

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buy Pete a good lunch and left before I

leave now." Lee stared at her. He leaned in and whispered, "No ...now, I'm going to have

could do anything, before Pete even knew.

to beat you ...like a heart."

So I explained to Pete that someone had bought his lunch as a Christmas gift. Pete

Free Tibet A caravan of Hamburg folks had been to see Rage Against The Machine at the Tibetan

Freedom Concert, and Joe came back feeling highly committed to the cause. He felt so com mitted that he began using the slow periods before the lunch rush to scrawl "Free Tibet " across the bottom of every ticket in all the unused ticket books. For several weeks, every customer in the diner got a little bit of social action with their eggs and toast. . was

at the register ringing up tickets for departing customers when a mid-

dle-aged man and his son handed over their ticket and asked slowly, "What did we win?" Marie was confused. "For what?" The man said, "W hat did I win? Is this some kind of contest?" Marie still didn't understand. "What're you talking about, sir?" The man held out his ticket. "Is it some kind of dessert? A free dessert? Tibbit?" Marie looked at the ticket and found Joe's handwriting, Free Tibet! To her credit, she tried, �

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Jane turned to Lee and smiled. Gane is amazingly patient.) She said, "Lee, you'll have to

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ran

in and out of the Hamburg,

looking for his friend. He said, "You peo ple ...you people are all so good. I came in and got rest and a shower and food and you're ...you're actually talking to me." Pete ordered his lunch and paid with his lO-dollar bill. W hen I brought his change over, he pushed it back at me and said hugely, "Darling, keep the change." He came back later that day, holding out a gift for Annie, a basket full of bubble bath

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The duo's comics do have a dark psycho· logical edge. Their work conveys a mysterious world of squalor and honor where characters live by their own codes rather than social

Local comic creators ply their wares online

norms. The world itself is mostly corrupt.

comics are one of our oldest art forms, dating back to prehistoric pictorials. On the other hand, comics have kept pace with advances i n technology like radio, movies and television.

about them. This humor makes Thomas and Smith's work i ntelligently reflective i n both its writi ng and art. They don't create nihilisT tic fantasies or engage in Pollyanna scenar· ios. They present the i n ner thoughts of those

logical extension of that process.

readers. Smith said that the Internet has been a fans.

an Iowa City· based collective that creates

boon

comic books for the Web, about five years

Thomas pointed out that he and Smith's

ago. The group of half a dozen or so comic

recent

creators had a do·it·yourself attitude and

released o n the critically acclaimed unbound·

presumed they didn't need a publishing

comics.com site. Unboundcomics.com offers

co ntract or professional

distributorship.

downloadable, quality comics by a variety of

They just did it. While some candlelig ht·

creators. Because unboundcomics.com has a

press.com works have been published on

very small printi ng and distribution budget,

paper, they have all seen the light of day

the comics cost only about half of what they

on the Internet.

would i n a store.

for comic·book comic,

creators

Numbers,

and

has j ust

been

his. "It's a specific form I wanted to write

Numbers tells the story of crooks, cops, vigilantes and su perheroes who live in the netherworld town of Freedom City, Texas. "There is something u niversal about tradi·

for since I was little, " he said. "I wanted to

tional comic·book subjects such as super·

always be able to entertain the 9·year·old

heroes and villains, which can attract and

in me, even when deali ng with heavy top·

hold the i nterest of readers of all ages and

ics." Tho mas' creative partner of more than

backgrounds," Thomas said. He and Smith

seven years, artist Jeremy Smith, gave an

both

almost identical response. "I just always

graphic novel for even non·comic readers.

comic books might seem unusual, Thomas said this had always been a personal goal of

knew I had to draw comics," he said.

recommend

the

160·page

paperless

"When police are in the pictute, the fram·

For Thomas and Smith, the biggest dif·

ing is regular; a six·panel, angular, tradition·

ference between creati n� a comic book and

al page," Thomas said. "When there are bad

working i n their individual disciplines is

guys, the lines get shifty and irregular. When

that comic book·making is a collaborative art. Thomas starts

the characters Night Angel and Fearsome

the process by writi ng a narrative i n a screen play format. He

Shade appear, panels disappear completely

gives this to Smith, who ponders the story and starts to draw.

and

"There's an alchemy to the process," Thomas said. "I can't draw

up on the su btleties. He might not say that a man scratches his

Numbers there's a page where two homicide detectives have a memory about Fearsome and the two kinds of illustrations seem to be fig hti ng each other for the style of the page." While such formal tricks are i m press sive, a reader doesn't have to be conscious of them to enjoy their effects and be swept away by the action. Although Thomas and Smith would be mak· ing comics even if the Internet didn't exist, their candlelight.com and the un bound·

ear or straightens his tie, but it's there between the li nes," the

comics.com and wowcomics.com sites have

artist said. Smith mentioned a drawi ng of his that sums up their

expanded their readers hip beyond the local

relationship fai rly well. "Our comics are also available through

area. "Wowcomics.com comes out of Korea,"

the www.wowcomics.com site," Smith said. "There's a link to us

Thomas said. "They are translati ng our comic

there where I have a picture of Jo hn stretched out o n a recli n·

i nto different Asian languages. Comic books

ing couch i n a psychiatrist's office like a patient. And I'm sit·

are revered in several Asian countries, like

ting on a chair next to him like an analyst, although instead of

Japan. It just blows my mind to thi n k about

taki ng notes, I'm drawi ng on a pad."

somebody over there reading our comic." ;.

a straight line, but when a n artist turns my words i nto some thing, magic happens." Thomas praised Smith's talents: "Jeremy excels at the quiet things. I'll mention a setti ng where a person is just standing there. If you ask many artists, they don't get it. They'll draw a stiff i ndividual. Jeremy will have the person do something, smoke a cigarette, bend over and look at something. He makes it more natural. His contributions are usually brilliant and playful. And comics should be fun." Smith credited Thomas for the i nitial i nspiration. "John picks

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With instrumental inp ut from a diverse

charming i magery evokes a time when sci

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ence and soothsayi ng had not enti rely parted

Rjyan Kidwell (aka Cex) has made a name for

Laurie Haag (drums), Bi lly Valencia (electric

ways. The MCDs seem to be suggesting a kind

hi mself with his riotous live shows involving

bass), Anton Hatwich (acoustic bass) and

of murky spi rituality. So what is their augury?

sub-karaoke disco covers, partial nudity and

Blane Anderson (electric guitar), Shivers is

Whose entrails are they reading?

a charming, manic geekiness. But his live

an intoxicati ng breeze of song that blows

schtick o n ly underlines the ambition of this

clean and true.

lesse r-known,

local

The presskit reassures me that such influ

CD. His love of hip-hop is evident i n fits and

Joe Derderian

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mutated boom-bap beat. his i nstrumental numbers, which combine fractally detailed beats with moody synth washes. The danger of this sort of beat

ences have "crumbled away, " leavi ng the MCDs with a "vitality and style all their own ."

starts, with the occasional goofy skit and But the meat of the matter with Cex here is

I thi n k the answer here would be Nick Cave.

No easy task, not least of all because it's a

Love Is Here , Capitol Rife with chain-smoking melancholia and framed by stark i nstrumental melodies, the .......

rigid genre they're worki ng in. You know the type,

sort

combi nati o n

Lizard

King/Baudelaire, all dark eyeli ner and heavy jewelry (even thoug h ' these g uys don't really

poi ntillism is that it can degenerate i nto a

songs on

Starsailo r's striki ngly emotional

dress the part). They're abrasive, but mostly

dog's breakfast sp latter of noise with no

debut are most re miniscent of a Sunday

they're just drun ks, all stumbling and giddy

frame of reference for the listener. Kidwell

afternoon after-the-party cleanup that has

one moment, hung-over and crippled with

avOoids this with a wistful, elegiac sense of

arrived sooner than expected.

self-loathi ng the next.

Whether offering unblinking discourse on

If the MCDs are weaning themselves off the

What's common

the repercussions of last evening's im propri

withered teat of their aging aesthetic, o n ly

between his live hig h jinks and these tracks

eties ("Tie Up My Hands"), wallowi ng in

one track shows it. "364 Days" is a rollicki ng,

is Cex's desire to connect to his audience,

empty-hearted sadness ("She Just Wept"), or

darkly

and Oops succeeds handsomely.

giving thanks for those who make life worth

Spencer Moody sets the scene by declaring

while ("Good Souls"), Love Is Here is thick

the song an "open lette r to St. Nicolas," with

melody and a fine thread of funk that runs through

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Irene Rachel Schroeder and the Mad River Band

tangible depth. "Stand by my side," singer James Walsh

and inaugurates a hoarse, ranting, dipsoma

Shivers

intones on the song "Alcoholic," 'land the

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cynics

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voice

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our way."

Recalli ng

"It'll be 364

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see you

Unforgettable Fire-era U2 at its most i ntense,

again/And a thousand more tears." The cho

Starsai lor lays down an underlyi ng and ever

rus exhorts the Jolly Old Elf to "take off your

i ncreasi ng

g radua lly

boots/p our a drink/try not to cry/try not to

eclipses even their starkest lyrical senti

th i n k . " The feel is both doo-wop and Moulin

ments.

Rouge, all tawdry waltz and descending bass

hopefulness

that

While Love Is Here may not be fresh and

line, with an acoustic g uitar for swing and a

uncharted, it is genuine. Starsailor's obvious

weepy violi n refrai n . Whereas o n this EP's few

influences

and Jeff

remaining songs, the g uitars rip into each

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saws, "364 Days" exhibits unusual delicacy

from

old-timey

"While they wait, we can drink," sings Moody

and range.

River" ) to smoky blues ("$9 Dirty Marti ni") to

Verve

mid-tempo rockers ("Ti me On My Hands").

efforts, but instead undergird an album of

On the other hand, the song is emotionally

This stylistic wandering accompanies a lyrical

accomplished consistency and beauty. Only

and vocally less a departure than a distilla

self-assuredness that recognizes the role of

the most jaded i ndividuals will find Love Is

tion of the origi nal aesthetic to its purest,

past tribulations in the building of cu rrent,

Here objectionable, but we ought to forgive

most absurd essence. I can't take Mo ody seri

successful relationships. Lines like "I feel like

them

they're thinking with their heads, not

ously when he rants and raves about real love

I've gone and lost something I'd just barely

their hearts.

never overshadow the band's own

found" provide the album surprising depth

and loss Joe Derderian

The Murder City Devils

monies of "Sweet Misery" (male vocals cour of

partner/collaborator Joseph

Lee

Rebik) lend the song a distinct Nick Drake flavoring, while the soaring guitar solo (also courtesy Rebik) of "Riding" puts the listener o n the same Greyhound bus as the Allman

boring, plodding and joyless.

But as the

degenerate relative who arrives late, drinks

and sincerity. The female/male vocal har tesy

it just seems like histrionics. It's

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all the eggnog and then weeps into his cup I believe him i n that role, because he's final ly showing a sense of humor. So here's my advice for next time, kids: Try a little sprin kling of irony with that eggnog. Like nutmeg, you only need a dash to spice things up. Margaret Schwartz

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h row your Palm Pilots in the air," said a deadpan comput er-synthesized voice, "and wave them around like you j ust don't care." This pretty much sums up Her Space Holiday's Jan. 20 per

formance at the Green Room, which also included multicolored lights, dense clouds of smoke and a soon-to-be-married boy/girl team kicking out the jams on their laptops and keyboards, taki ng it to the next level by finding the perfect middle ground between space rock, synth pop and the obfuscati ng impulses of the Press-F4 electronica contingent. Unlike most laptop-wielding wieners, this dynamic duo has enough of a sense of humor to buoy and bring to the surface much of the warmth and human emotion that can often get trapped on a hard drive. (Interesti ngly, i n the li ner notes for their latest album, Manic Expressive, musical ringleader Marc Bianchi thanks a technician for "savi ng this record fro m the land of lost data." Apparently, the album literally was trapped on the hard drive and was almost a ghost in the machine.) Manic Depressive (Tiger Style) is a much different record than HSH's previous efforts. The brilliantly titled Harne is Where You Hang Yourself, from 2000, and their previous two-vol ume collection, Astronauts are SLeeping, veered far out i nto the drone zone, forgoing tight song structures for a looser ambient sound. Manic Depressive, on the other hand, is more .

song-oriented

i n the traditional sense. Traditional, that is, for the year 2002. Think of it

as folk music for the iMac age, laced with some uptight, herky-jerky 21st-century G4-Funk. Or you could just call it pop music, take your pick. Her Space Holiday i s touring with the similarly named

Ides of Space,

Mr. Fleck 6 time Grammy Award winner Mr. Meyer world reknown instrumentalist Program will include original works by Mr. Fleck and Mr. Meyer and classical selections, including pieces from Mr. Fleck's recent recording, "Perpetual Motion".

an Australian group that fits the more familiar indie-rock

mold on their debut album, There Are No New Clouds (Better Looking Records). With their hushed vocals, mid-tempo rhythms and loose but melodic song styli ngs, they're a pretty and pleasant amalga mation of the best of the '90s i ndie scene unpretentiously banging out beautiful, subdued songs like "Keep Writing" and "Switchboard" without much effort. Although the late Zapp & Roger frontman

Roger Troutman

wasn't from outer space

(u nlike fellow fun kster George Clinton and freaky jazz genius Sun Ra, who clai med he was from Saturn) , he sure sounded like it, especia lly back i n the early 1980s when his vocoder ized voice was heard surfing the airwaves of r&b stations throughout the nation was under his groove. The vocoder i ll-conceived Trans album

which

that "instrument" Neil Young used on his brilliantly

was Troutman's sonic signature, turning his voice into a syn

thesized sine wave that allowed him to kick some serious robot-fun k ass. And robot-fu n k ass he kicks o n the newly reissued The Many Facets of Roger (Rhi no), originally released i n 1981. This i s a n unbelievably great album from a ti me when black popular music was stuck i n the dead zone between 1970s P-Funk and early 1990s wet noodles like H -Town (no rela tion to O-Town ) . The Many Facets of Roger gets the party started with a min d-blowing 10mi nute version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," which drops a heavy funk bomb beneath Troutman's voice and ends with a body-rocking cover of "Superman," the 1960s garage-rock obscurity covered by R . E . M . o n Life's Rich Pageant. Another spacey album from another genre is

Felix da Housecat's Kittenz and Thee GLitz

(Emperor Norton), which takes robot-fu n k into a new age, drawing on the more fun and

funny thumpa-thumpa house-music strains of Basement Jaxx and Daft Punk, sprinkling it with a 1980s synth-pop noise crafted by Human League and others. "Silver Screen Shower Scene" is pure, repetitive, ass-shaking heaven, and the mini malist bass li ne that propels "Madame Hollywood" gets a boost fro m a spoken word/rap by vocalist Miss Kitten: "One day I'll become a great big starjYou know, like the Big Dipper/Maybe one day you can visit my cond%

n a big hill like o n 90120." Irony might be dead post-Sept. 1 1 , but at least

you can still dance to it. Catchy, kitschy and kooky, this is one dance album you should own for your home. Lastly, to round out our space-themed selections, I must close by reco m mendi ng

Sunshine Fix's

The

full-length debut. Age of the Sun (Emperor Norton) gives us a healthy

dose of intergalactic psychedelic pop from Olivia Tremor Control's Bill Doss, who never loses sight of the song, even when he surrounds himself and his band mem bers i n a dense

fog of surround-sound excess. "That Ole Sun" is the perfect example of this, with a dis jointed i ntro that threatens to spin out of the orbit of our solar system before the drums, bass and guitars coalesce into a tightly crafted pop song. The rest of the album maintains this tension, making it the best psych-pop record I've heard i n a long, long time. Tune in, turn on, rock out. ...

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D rive-By Truckers bring their Southern honor and redneck pride to Iowa City for Valentine's Day, opening for Denton, Texas based bad boys Slobberbone. Drive-By Truckers latest, self released album, Southern Rock Opera, rolls together tales of growing up Southern white boy post-Civil Rights-era and the for gotten majesty of arena rock

all based not-50-loosely around

the mythology of Southern Rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd. Those who'd smirk haven't yet witnessed DBT's i ntensely raucous live shows, and those who have witnessed them in action should just come back for more. The Truckers will be i n full, three-guitar configuration,

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Southern: ob noxiously fun ny, genuinely smart, and

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badass. 509 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 354-4350. Joe Derderian

ART Burling Library Print and Drawing College campus

and Steven Feb. 16.

Study

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Grinnell

Iraqi Art: Graphic Works, through March 5.

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art 410 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 366-7503

Corrie Pollack: Boundary Work, abstract paintings by this UI alum, through Feb. 9, Iowa Gallery, clos ing reception Feb. 7, 5-7pm • Diane Naylor: Layers of Consdousness, collages by this Fairfield artist, through Feb. 9, Iowa Gallery • From Paper to Stone: Grant Wood Drawings and Lithographs, a selection of Wood's lithographs from the museum's permanent collecti on along with preliminary draw ings borrowed from private collections, Feb. 13Aug. 25. (See Words for more events) 1 103 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, 364-1580 Colors of Consdence: Iowa Artists in the Spirit of Carita, work by Iowa-born artist/activist Sister Corita Kent (1918-86) and seven contemporary artists, most all Iowa residents concerned with similar social and political issues: David Dunlap, Jane Gilmor, Doug Hanson, Louise Kames, Will Mentor, Mark Todd and Tilly Woodward, through March 3 • 40-Something Things That Changed the World, installation by Iowa artist and theorist Patrick Muller, through March 3 .

Faulconer Gallery Grinnell College, 1 108 Park St., Grinnell, 641269-4660 Iraqi Art and Literature Around the World, through March 15.

Hudson River Gallery & Fume Co. 538 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 3 58-8488

Iowa City artists John Coyne (bronze sculpture)

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Iowa Artisans Gallery 1 1 7 E. College St., Iowa City, 35 1-8686 The Artist as Printmaker: Etchings by Joseph Winkelman, etchings and other original prints by Joseph Winkelman, who was raised i n Keokuk, Iowa, and has built a career as a printmaker in Oxford, England, over the last 30 years, through Feb. 25.

Iowa Children's Museum Coral Ridge Mall, Coralville Once Upon a Dog, through April 14, exhibit with interactive components for children and their fam ilies designed to bring William Wegma n's photos of Weimaraner dogs to life, in conjunction with exhibit at UI Museum of Art. (See Words for relat ed events)

Kirkwood Community College Iowa Hall Gallery, 6301 Kirkwood Blvd. SW, Cedar Rapids, 398-4956

Alan Weinstein: 1 0 Yea�, also featuring furniture designs by John Schwartzkopf, through Feb. 1 7 • 16th Annual High School Art Workshop, works of art from various area high schools, Feb. 22, Third Floor Atri um, Fine Arts Bldg.

Lorenz Boot Shop 1 3 2 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, 339-1053

Safe as Houses, new works on paper by Philip Kirk; Mystery of the Lost Chorus, archival digital prints by Michael Kehoe; through February.

Mt. Mercy College Janalyn Hanson White Gallery, 1 3 3 0 Elmhurst Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids, 363-8213

New Paintings by Matthew Kluber, thraugh Feb. 7 , reception, Feb.1, 5-7pm.

Mythos 9 S. Linn St., Iowa City. 337-3760

Ethnographic art, antiquities and museum copies; specializing i n African, Mayan Indian from Guatemala and Asian, ongoing.

Northside Books 203 N. Linn St., Iowa City, 466-9330

Central, Transforming, photography by Iowa native & UI senior Thea Dickman, Feb. 17-March, opening reception for artist and Humanaires (who play at 2pm) begins at 3pm.

Paul Engle Center 1600 Fourth Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 364-1 580 The Dubuque Portrait Project, 20 portraits created by Pella artist Tilly Woodward in response to racist i ncidents that took place in Dubuque in 1992, through March 3 .

Red Avocado 5 2 1 East Washington St., Iowa City, 35 1-6088 Weathered, locally wood-fired ceramics.

Senior Center 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 356-5220

Work by Iowa City artists John Birkbeck and Joseph D. Giglierano, through Feb. 24, Old Post Office Gallery i n Assembly Room.

Studiolo 415 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 341-8344

Straight Pepper Diet, abstract paintings by Iowa City's Dan Coffey, through February.

UI Hospitals and Clinics Project Art of UIHC, Iowa City, 353-64 1 7

A World of Thanks, collection of decorated flour sacks used to give food to Belgium during WWI and given to Herbert Hoover i n thanks for his relief work, through February, Boyd West Tower Gallery • Mixed media paintings by Moheyeldi n Elzian, through February, Boyd East Tower Gallery • Thesis prints from the UI School of Art and Art History Print Department, through February, i n Dentistry, Fifth Floor Pomerantz Family Pavilion • Watercolor

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UI Museum of Art 150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 335-1727

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Dr. Science's Museum of Science, through March 1 • My New Found World Through Digital Eye, by Ava Su i n Special Arts Gallery, through Feb. 1 6 .

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love songs from Broadway titled "Valentine's Day-To You With Love," presented by Musick's Feast to help relieve world hu nger, Feb. 16, 8pm, 430-4165 for tickets. ,

Faculty Piano Trio Beethoven Cycle, Concert I, Annette-Barbara Vogel, violin; Anthony Arnone, cello; and Uriel Tsachor, piano, Feb 1, 8pm .• Electronic Music Studios, Feb. 5, 8pm • The Mala String Quartet, works for string quartet and �oice, with mezzo-soprano Katherine Eberle and bantone Stephen Swanson, Feb. 8, 8pm • Iowa Brass Qui ntet, Feb. 9, 3 p m • Faculty Piano Trio Beethoven Cycle, Concert II, Feb. 9, 8pm •. Center for New Music, Feb. 10, 8pm • Honor Cholf, Feb. 1 1, 7pm • University Symphony Orchestra, Feb. 13, 8pm • "Hearts Afire," Mark Weiger, oboe, a �d Ksenia Nosikova, piano, Feb. 14, 8pm • Martin Jean, organ, Feb. 15, 8pm • Symphony Band, Feb. 16 8pm · Honor Band, Feb. 17, 2:30pm • Honors Stri ng Orchestra, Feb. 17, 8pm • Faculty Piano Trio Beethoven Cycle, Concert III, Feb. 22, 8pm • Percussi on Ensemble, Feb. 23, 3pm • Chamber Orchestra, Feb. 24, 3pm • Composers Workshop, Feb. 24, 8pm • University and Concert Bands, Feb. 27, 8pm.

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Richie Heller presents a super-party featunng DJ Julio Bishop, Brian G, DJ Red Eyes a �d La �ce Sheldon, Feb. 1 • Burn Disco Burn, Boy Wlth Stlck, Feb. 2 • Dan Potthast, Feb. 3 • Red Giant, Burnout, Attention, Feb. 4 • Bible of the DeviL Bloodcow, Cannibal Horse, Feb. 5 • Imagi nary Posse, The Blackouts, Tractor Kings, Feb. 6 • Mike & Amy Finders, The Mayflies, The Trollies, Feb. ? • Dave Moore with Dustin Busch and Anton HatwlCh, Dave Olson and the One-Timers, Feb. 8 . Sean-Na-Na, Feb. 11 • Crooked Country, Feb. 13 • Tack Fu, Feb. 1 5 • DJ Alert, Feb. 16 • The Kelly Pardekooper Band and Brother Trucker, Feb. 22 • The Letter E, Feb. 27 • Slaughter and the Dogs, Feb. 28.

The Green Room 509 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 354-4350 Blues Jam Mondays, Latin Night Tuesdays Filli ng Space, Gen. Ed., Catfish Haven, Feb. 1 • Dirty M F & the Smoking Se:tion, Nick� l Bag .0 . Funk Feb. 2 • Singer/songwnter Nlght wlth DaVld Olso � , Feb. 6 • Headfirst, Three Times Bain, Feb. 7

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The Mill 1 20 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, 3 5 1-9529 Friends of Old Time Music acoustic jam session Tuesdoys, 9pm; Open Mic, Mondays, 8pm; all shows . 9pm unless otherwise noted UI Jazz Ensemble, Feb. 2 • Bob and Kristi Black, Feb. 3 , 7pm • Dave Zollo, Feb. 8 • Dave Olson, Feb. 9 • Brenda Weiler, Feb. 10, 7pm • Ben Schmidt, Feb. 14 • Dennis McMurrin, Feb. 15 • "Sweethearts Serenade": Mike & Amy Finders, Al & Aleta Murphy, Annie & Stacey Savage, Feb. 16 • Greg Brown, Feb. 17, 7pm • Mad River Band, Feb. 2 1 • Tom Jessen & Andy Parrott, Feb. 22 • The Instigators, Feb. 23 • The Trollies, Feb. 28.

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The Union Bar 121 E. College St., Iowa City, 339-7713 Robert Randolf and The Family Band, Feb. 19, 9pm • Nashville Pussy, Reverend Horton Heat, Split Lip Rayfield, Feb. 27 • Jay Farrar of Son Volt, Anders Parker of Varnalin, Feb. 28, 8pm.

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tries by Chef Mickey's Catering Shoppe, Feb. 9, 8pm • Tails fram Africa, three animal stories from Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria, Feb. 18-19, lOam & 12:30pm.

Panel discussion about the play showing at Hancher, Feb. 19, 7pm.

Grimm Tales, The Children's Theatre Company, Feb. 2, 2 & 7pm • Shaolin Warriors, Feb. 21-22, 8pm • Capenhagen, Michael Frayn's thriller of i nternation al i ntrigue, Feb. 26-27, 8pm.

Performances Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays (except Sept. 28, na perfarmance) and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm The Memary af Water, three sisters reunite for their mother's funeral in a snowbound seaside village in England, funny and edgy play by Shelagh Stephenson, through Feb. 17 • Emily Dickinsan & I: The Jaurney af a Partrayal, one-woman play by and starri ng Edie Campbell, Feb. 28-March 3.

Theatre Cedar Rapids 102 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, 366-8591 Shaws Thurs. At 7:30pm, Fri. & Sat. at 8pm, Sun. at 2:30pm Scatland Road, by Jeffrey Hatcher, in 1991 a young woman dressed i n 19th-century clothi ng is found floati ng on a n iceberg i n the North Atlantic, when rescued, she speaks only one word: Titanic, Feb. 110 • Misery, based on the Stephen King book about a novelist who awakens from a car crash to find hi mself in the care of his "Number-One Fan," Feb. 22-March 3 .

No Shame Theater, original skit drama and comedy, every Friday, 11pm, Theater B • Breathing Between the Lines, multi-media production i nvolving the poetry of Marvin Bell, the Iowa City-based Travelers Dance Company and the performance company Habeus Corpus, Feb. 7-9, 8pm, Theatre B • Undergraduate short play festival, Feb. 14-16, 8pm; Feb. 17, 3pm, Theatre B, tickets available at door one hour before each performance • The Seagull, by Anton Chekhov, Feb. 21-24, 28, March 1-3, 8pm except Sundays (3pm), E.C. Mabie Theatre.

Brenda Hillman, poetry reading, and Samantha Lan Chang, fiction reading, Feb. 26, 8pm.

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All 8pm (unless otherwise noted) Writer chef Anthony Bourdain reads from his new book, A Caak's Tour, Feb. 1 • Ernest Hebert reads from her novel, The Old American, Feb. 4 • UI Fiction Workshop grad Katie Hanson reads from her collection of short stories, Narraw Beams, Feb. 7 • Le Anne Howe, graduate of Grinnell College, former Iowa City resident and member of the Choctaw Nation, reads from her first novel, Shell Shaker, Feb. 8 • Neg Mezlekia's reads from his new novel, The God Who Begat a Jackal, Feb. 9, 6pm, followed by a pay-as-you-go African meal at Adagio • University of Minnesota professor Madelon Spreng nether reads from Crying at the Mavies: A Film Memoir, Feb. 1 1 • Manil Suri reads from Death of Vishnu, Feb. 12 • A pair of thriller writers, John Sandford and Chuck Logan, will read from their latest works, Feb. 15 • Ruth Irene Garrett reads from h e r book, Crassing Over: One Woman's Exodus from Amish Life, which explores life growing up in the Amish community near Kalona, Feb. 18 • Mike Maguson reads from his new memoir, Lummax. Feb. 20.

Literary Reading Series, Spoon River: the Land of Lincaln, Feb. 1, 2-3pm • "The History and Contribution of African Americans to Baseball in America, with Special Attention to Iowa," with Pamela Nosek, research curator for the African American Heritage Foundation, Feb. 8, 2-3pm • "Iowa's African American History: From Statehood to Present," Joseph McGill Jr., director of the African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa, Feb. 13, 2-3pm • "China: The Ancient Silk Road," travelogue with Gerry Solomons, Feb. 15, 2-3:30pm • "Favorite African American Poems Selected by Philip G. Hubbard," Adrien Wing and Janie Yates, Feb. 27, 2-3pm.

Ruby's Pearl 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 248-003 2 Women Writing Erotica Workshop, Feb. 11, runs through April 1, call for more i nfo or email connor gal@hotmail.com, course limited to eight womyn.

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UI Museum of Art 150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 335-1727 Mezzo-soprano Katherine Eberle and pianist Rose Chancler present a lecture/recital of songs by women composers, Feb. 1, 7:30pm • UI graduate student John Fryer presents images and stories from his travelogue project, Temporama, Feb. 7, 7:30pm • Readings of 10-minute plays written by UI undergrads on the subject of "fear, " Feb. 8, 7:30pm • From the Outside In: Photographs of Buildings, Gallery Tour with Kathleen Edwards, Feb. 14, 4pm • UI Writers' Workshop readings, Feb. 15, 7:30pm • "If Dogs Are Man's Best Friend, Why Are So Many Homeless?", lecture by Mi�ha Goodman, director of the Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center, Feb. 17, 2pm; "Going to the Dogs," slide lecture by Barbara Jedda McNab, executive director of The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog, St. Louis, Feb. 24, 2pm.

Uptown Bill's small Mall 401 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 339-0401 Lecture on Brain Injury, Dr. VerDuyn, Waterloo, Feb. 4, 5pm • Osmosis Poetry Association, i nformal reading & open mic, Feb. 8, 7-9pm • Parkview Coffeehouse & open mic, Feb. 9, 7-9pm • Lecture on Vocational Rehabilitation, Doug Bayton, Feb. 11, 4pm.

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West High School 2901 Melrose Ave., Iowa City Southwest District Comprehensive Plan Workshop, Feb 5, 6:30-9:30pm. •

Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre 319 N. Calhoun St., West Liberty, 627-2487 Basic Bunraku, a workshop for adults, learn how to make puppets from plastic bags, taught by Lynne Jennings of San Diego, Feb. 23-24, 9:30am5:30pm.

Mercer Park/Scanlon Gymnasium Facility 2701 Bradford Dr., Iowa City, 356-5100 Personal Protection Workshop, Feb. 2, 1-4pm, Procter and Gamble Rm, register in person, by mail or by fax at the Iowa City Recreation Division office, 220 S. Gilbert St., or the Mercer/Scanlon facility.

New Pioneer Co-op & Bakehouse City Center Square, Hwy. 6 West, Coralville, 358-5513, call Theresa at 338-9441 to register (unless otherwise noted) "Celebrate the Chi nese New Year with Traditi onal Dishes," with Kathy Lu, Feb. 12, 6pm • "Liz Cooks Mushrooms," with chef and author Elizabeth Clark (of Cooking with Liz Culinary School i n Keokuk), Feb. 20, 6pm • "Intro to Beer Appreciation," with Master Brewer Eric Nielsen, Feb. 21, 6pm • "H omemade Earth-Friendly Products for the Family," with Laura Sch mitt of the Sleeping Bean, Feb. 25, 6pm.

c Ruby's Pearl 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 248-00 3 2 Stitch 'n' Bitch, bring your sewing, knitting or what ever and bitch or gab, every Wednesday, 6-7pm.

N IC 'Public Library 123 Linn St., Iowa City, 356-5200 Frosty Fun Fest, family festival including story time, puppet show and carnival games, Feb. 2, 10:30am-lpm, • Fifth Annual Iowa City Spell, adults compete, Feb. 5, 7pm, call Barbara at 3565200 ext. 1 5 1 for more i nformation.

Ruby's Pearl 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 248-00 3 2 First Year Anniversary Celebration, "Carryi ng a dia logue on breasts!" Risa Ta nania's opening art recepti on, Feb. 1, 7 -9pm video showing 8pm • : Blood Cycle Care Info SesslOn, Feb. 7, 7 -9pm • Sex Toy Workshop 101, Feb. 12, 7-9pm • The art of breast, cervical and vaginal self-exams at the Emma Goldman Clinic, a two-hour education festi val, Feb. 13, contact Jodie to register, 337-2 1 1 1 .

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Feb. 1-15: . Coping with the demands of authority figures, balancing the books and maintaining peace of mind has been a real chore in recent months. Right now, however, you are enjoyi ng the affection and praise of higher-ups, and financial developments are bringing a renewed sense of freedom and possibility. This is stirring ideas of greater involvement in community affairs and expanding your horizons generally. Resources are still tight though. U ntil they ease a bit more, examine opportunities carefully and pace yourself. Feb. 16-28: You have been feeli ng more outgo ing, warm and generous toward your neighbors and colleagues, and they are beginning to respond. Your efforts to create a more varied and active life are starti ng to bring results, also. However, you will have to adjust your plans and expectations to suit your budget, and to work around tensions i n the environment. Impatience or impulsiveness are (ikely to cost both money and aggravation. The adjustments needed will only be a matter of tactics, not direction .

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Feb. 1-15: Events have tempted and teased you with glimmers of possibility, but only glimmers of possibility. Right now, though, things really appear to be opening up. Stu bborn, long-stand ing obstacles show signs of giving way in the near future. A combination of circumstances, events and coincidence are all lining up in your favor. Renewed and improved partnerships, trav el, study, adventure, the possibility of increased income are all coming together i n one, alluring package of possibilities, and it is realistically within your grasp. Feb. 16-28: The people in charge are all but champing at the bit with enthusiasm for ideas and projects that really don't square with your desires or expectations. Friends and partners are also mig hty impatient with your work situation.

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A decision is called for, but confusion reigns. You would be wise to play for more time. Actions taken now might seem im pulsive in retrospect. However, delays will put you on sounder footing. The general trend of events is strongly in your favor.

tions are taking place. These will help ensure suc cessful transitions at work and in your long-term financial arrangements. You will, however, experi ence many changes in friendship and partnership areas. Not all of your friends can or will make the transition with you, though many will.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Feb. 1-15:

LIBRA (Sept 23-0ct 22) Feb. 1-15:

'-" You continue to benefit from circum stances beyond your control and from resources you did not create. Indeed, it is hard to believe how good your luck is and how generous your benefactors have been. Is it all too good to be true? Adopt a "so far, so good" attitude. The work situation still keeps threatening to get out of hand. You might wish you had more control over it. Friendship beckons from afar. You could also find romance i n an educational setting.

There is plenty of excite ment and enthusiasm i n your life right now. However, many of the events, ideas and opportunities at issue might not turn out well for Librans in the long term. They might, for example, call for spending money that doesn't exist. Still, there is much to be gained by joining i n . Just be slow to commit resources, and keep your options open. The plan that will get you where you want to go won't emerge for awhile.

Feb. 16-28: Everyone is hatching grand schemes, assuming that you will go along, and you want to go along. Privately, though, you are having misgivings and publicly you can't help showing a little an noyance at all the pressure. Everybody is a little too eager to dismiss the risks, even when they are big, obvious risks. Everyone, including yourself, should eventually move forward and should do so with confidence, but not before a little reality check. You might just have to pro vide it.

Feb. 16-28: Decision time has arrived. Negotiations with creative partners and long distance associates are bearing fruit. A move or travel of some kind looks extremely likely. You can make it work, but you might be asking your boss and your work associates to make big sac rifices on your behalf. Eventually, you will have to find some new line of work in order to take full advantage of these exciti ng and promising opportunities. Right now, however, finances should not be your chief concern.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Feb. 1-15: The

SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 21) Feb. 1-15:

stars still say "no, not quite yet" to your fondest hopes. However, just about everyone i n your life friends, partners, spouse, work associ ates-are doing things that seem designed to give you hope and confidence in the future. They are bursting with ideas for new and genuinely exciting projects. Their affection for you is not in doubt either. The generosity of influential people will warm your heart too, providing what is need ed to restore and maintain peace of mind.

'--" There is progress on the family front. There is progress on the financial front. There is progress i n relationship areas. There is progress in your creative and spiritual lives. There is prog ress in your private life. Trouble is, not all this progress is proceeding along mutually har monious lines, so to speak. Adjustments will continue to be necessary and changes will have to be made as new information becomes avail able. Still, this progress is real and you can build on it.

Feb. 16-28: Opportu nities, tem ptations and inducements abound and your friends are eager to move ahead. But for every inducement, you have a doubt. You can't tell whether everyone is being visionary or foolhardy. Things will shortly clear up quite a bit. Events will block all roads leading backwards, knock a little sense into everybody and clear the road ahead, all at once. The road ahead won't be entirely cleared, but there will be no need to go back the way you came.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sept 22) Feb. 1-15: You have come to the end of a time that has seen some of the most difficult challenges of your life. An array of major new initiatives will now put you on more secure ground. These will i nclude a financial initiative related to your fam ily or home, a dramatic change in your work sit uation and a restoration of warmth and affection in relationships. These changes will im prove your community standing and take you closer to the fulfillment of your dreams. Feb. 16-28: It took a real long time to get free of the past, but it won't take that long to connect up with your future. Right now, high-level, high energy initiatives and efficient, secure transac-

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Feb. 16-28: The conflict between what you want to do, what others want you to do and what you can do is pretty intense. Creative and romantic impulses i nspire unlimited commitments. Family issues require endless amounts of time and ener gy. But there is only one you, there are only 24 hours in the day, and you don't have a license to print money. The stars suggest the possi bility of a compromise that everyone can live with, at least for the time being.

SAGmARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21) Feb. 1--../ 15: Irresistible forces are making com

plicated but positive changes in your life, changes that you might not have made on your own. They won't leave anything in your life untouched, but your creative life and your affec tionate relationships will be especially strongly affected. You won't want to reverse these changes, but they will raise important questions, especially long-term financial questions, and leave you to work out the answers. A disap pointed household member will feel compelled to make important financial concessions.

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Feb. 16-28: Your creative and romantic Life is taking you quickLy and happiLy in a new direc tion. A ,way forward is finally and definiteLy em ergi ng. It might, however, require some tough taLk on oLd issues and, in some cases at Least, a parting of the ways. It is, however, a direction that some current associates and some family members cannot or wiLL not go. The stars suggest a friendLy but finaL settLement. There certainLy is no way back the way you came.

Strange but True!

CAPRICORN ( Dec 22-Jan 19) Feb. 1 - 1 5 : You will have to make some domestic and financiaL changes that might raise eyebrows, but they are necessary to your peace of mind. They will have the desired effect. For the rest, deepen reLations with existing associates and make overtures to potentiaL new partners. Launch new financiaL and job-reLated initiatives. Discussions reLated to finances and work will prove far reaching and fruitful. There wiLL be good feeLings aLL around. ALL in aLL, an active and productive coupLe of weeks. Feb. 16-28: There will be some rapid, satisfacto ry progress on matters reLated to Livi ng and financiaL arrangements. However, many other im portant issues are still pending and progress in these areas will require adjustments. Your new attitudes, your new lifestyLe and the demands of your new associates make certain once important reLationships "unworkabLe." The stars don't fore teLL a nasty break. Quite the contrary. But things do have to change between you and certain peo pLe, and they will. Negotiations shouLd ease the transition .

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18) Feb. 1 - 1 5 : PeopLe and events beyond your controL stiLL have too much Leverage over your situation. Also, there are still too many obstacles to your pLans and ideas. However, the pLanets are sLowLy but sureLy changing that. In the reaLm of feeL ings and ideas, Aquarians ruLe the day. Warmth and ins piration are s.u ffusing your Life and peo pLe are espousing your cause with genuine enthusiasm. This will eventuaLLy have the desired effect. Pressure must be appLied consistently, especiaLLy over the next few months. Feb. 16-28: More than most, Aquarians strive to change the worLd in accordance with their ideals and hopes. So, more often than most, Aquarians come up against Life's many obstacles. However, events are about 'to shift things in favor of Aquarian desires. The oLd obstacles will remain, but there wiLL be big cracks in them and paths wiLL have opened up around them. Take care to keep friends on board. Don't spend too much too fast, and financiaL issues will resoLve themseLves.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar�h 20) Feb. 1 - 1 � : Your boss, or other peopLe who must be obeyed, are experiencing an overwheLming enthusiasm for some new goal. This is rubbing you the wrong way. It is also annoying friends and pLaymates. It is stirring up a Lot of potentiaL troubLe in financiaL areas too. The good news is that if you start sharing the weaLth of warm and positive feeLings that you are experiencing these days, you can keep authority figures happy, strengthen bonds with friends and make more mo ney. "'---'-"

Feb. 16-28: Is this going to be a straightaway or an obstacle course? It will be a LittLe of both, actuaLLy, but it is the qui ckest way to get where you want to go. There are some reminders of where you've been that you did n't want to be and SOijle reminders of where you were that you did want to be. MostLy, though, this road Leads safeLy past a Lot of oLd obstacles and pitfaLls into a better, brighter future for Pisces.

Curses, Foiled Again Marsha Reid, 19, was accused of steaLing $900 worth of clothing from a Miami department store but managed to sLip away from security guards. She was abLe to eLude them untiL she decided to hide by jumping into a parked car. The car beLonged to two off-duty poLice offi cers.

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Best-Laid Plans Richardo GonzaLez, 53, of Fort LauderdaLe, FLa ., figured the best way to protect himseLf against muggers was to carry four homemade grenades with him. In Decem ber, he was waLking aLong when one of the grenades expLoded in his bag. According to a witness, a second grenade expLoded in GonzaLez's hand, and he staggered to the dilapidated van he Lives in. PoLice took him to the hospitaL, then to the Broward Cou nty JaiL, where he was charged with bomb-making.

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Mary PaLmieri, 44, of EnfieLd, Conn., Let two pagan friends try to reLieve her pain from a hiataL hernia by conducti ng a Wiccan ceremony. It invoLved writi ng down PaLmieri's probLems, then burning the piece of paper with a candLe so ,her troubLes wouLd go away. Instead, the candLe set fire to an upstairs bedroom and burned down the house. PaLmieri insisted that she is through with Wiccan rituals. "From now lon," she said, "I will go to my pastor." ItaLian auth orities reported that Andreas PLack, 23, and his cousin Christian KLeo n, 29, concoct ed a billion-Lira ($460,000) insurance scam where KLeon cut open PLack's Leg with a chain saw. To make it Look Like a crime, KLeon then fled the scene and threw the chain saw into a nearby river. PLack was adept at first aid, so the pair beLieved he wouLd be abLe to stop the bLeeding before calling for heLp. But the cut was too deep, auth orities said, and his voice was so distorted by pain that when he called for an ambuLance, operators couLdn't understand where he was, and he bLed to death. KLeon was charged with murder.

Nobel Peace Prize Candidate Prime Minister Hun Sen reasserted his anti-vice crackdown by threatening Cambodia's rogue karaoke bars with a new weapon. "If we know of any karaoke parLor still open," Hun Sen instruct ed a miLitary commander during a speech on state radio, "go to close it immediateLy and take tanks to knock it down."

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Bob BowLing, 32, of Willard, Ky., accidentally shot hi mseLf in the thigh, according to Kentucky State PoLice, while practici ng his quick draw on ' a snowman.

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