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executive
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position now or in the future. Instead,
branches of the United States gov
the
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only
considered
addresses
able to express herself meaningfully for
situation,
specifying
1 5 years to actually appear. Instead, these
ly, with Congress in emergency session
her by name and giving a Federal court
subpoenas are aimed at establishing a ba
and the president rushing back from his
jurisdiction of her case alone. Families
sis for holding those whose actions might
Crawford, Texas, ranch to sign their ac
of other persistently vegetative patients
prevent such a theoretical appearance:
tions into law at a moment's notice.
are presumably advised to get their own
those, for example, who would follow the
lobbyists.
Florida court order
Given the number of incipient crises
legislation
. volved expects a woman who hasn't been
Schiavo's
in contempt of Con
facing the nation in matters of both foreign
In pursuit of this one instance of gov
gress. Given an abuse of subpoena power
and domestic policy, such a display of ur
ernmental micromanagement, however,
that in effect establishes a precedent for
gent activism would
the president and the Republican Con
Congressional kidnapping at whim, such
seem completely war
gressional leadership embarked on a bi
contempt is richly deserved.
ranted were it not for
zarre game of procedural anything-goes,
The actions taken by Congress in the
the fact that exactly
one that further belied any claim they
Schiavo case have been both radical and
none of those crises
may have plausibly made toward having
extreme. They have also been so in keep
were
by
made a principled stand on the issue. Sen
ing with government as practiced by the
their actions. Instead,
ate Majority Leader, probable 2008 presi
current regime as to seem like Congres
the full might of the
dential contender and practicing heart
sional business as usuaL Rule by excep-
addressed
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regime was brought to bear on the fate of a Florida resident who has become a much exploited poster child for what I now can only "life
think
of as the
fetishist
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those
for
The full might of the regime was brought to bear on the fate of a Florida resident who has become a much-exploited poster child for what I now can only think of as the "life fetishist community."
whom the presence of tion
that is, by procedural manipulation,
a heartbeat, or even the biochemical po
surgeon Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) certainly
tentialities of a frozen zygote, outweigh
didn't let mere professional ethics prevent
organized disinformation and political
all other considerations. Terry Schiavo,
him from criticizing Schiavo's neurolo
extortion
the Florida resident in question, has been
gists and his diagnosis of her condition, a
advantageous minorities has been the
in a persistent vegetative state since a
move roundly denounced by medical eth
dominant governing strategy in this coun
cardiac arrest nearly 1 5 years ago, and
icists who have pointed out that Dr. Frist's
try since the Republicans took the con
has lately been maintained in this state
counter-diagnosis was made both outside
gressional majority, if not before, and will
against the wishes of her legal guardians
his' area of expertise and in complete ab
continue to be so for as long as they get
and the strict orders of the jurisdictional
sence of examination of the patient or
away with it. That such cynical manipula
courts by politicians trying to establish
formal consultation with her physicians.
tions should occupy the limited resources
their "culture of life" credentials for the
Democratic strategist Jim Jordan put it far
of our government at a time when our
next election.
more bluntly: "quackery."
country faces mounting dangers strategi
for the benefit of politically
There is little to indicate any other
Nor, it would seem, were the bounds
motive on their part. One might expect
of simple good taste considered a barrier.
that a genuine concern for the sanctity of
They certainly played no part in the busi
Of course, if we were still capable of
life would result in legislation that would
ness of issuing Congressional subpoenas
national shame, the grotesque spectacle
at least attempt to address the issue in the
ordering Schiavo to testify before a House
of our national leadership exploiting a
general case, for the benefit not only of
committee.
sick woman for political gain might ac
Schiavo, but for those other Americans who might find themselves in a similar ,
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testimony
cally, economically and socially should be a cause for national shame.
would
tually rouse us to action. But fat chance
probably be every bit as insightful and in
of that. At press time, all indications were
formative as that of the average Bush cab
inet secretary, it is obvious that no one in-
that we'd be letting them get away with it for the foreseeable future. Iv
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the international community in town
and so did an important part of
was that the people in it developed net
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works of support and survival very effec
probably didn't know Ervin Lovetinsky
tively. We figured that someone in the
our
community.
Most
of
unless you were a personal friend or took
group would have figured out who was a
your car to his shop
good, honest car mechanic that charged
on Madison Avenue
a fair price. Sure enough, when Susan
to be
I
asked her class, a number of her students
don't think Erv ever
immediately said, "Take it to Erv's, by
appeared on "most
the university."
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repaired.
inf luential" lists in
talking
He was never voted
behind the QuikTrip (now Kum and Go)
Iowa
Person
gas station at Madison and Burlington,
of the Year. I doubt
Lovetinsky's Auto Repair. "Erv" was
he would have been
Erv Lovetinsky. So one day I drove
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in
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the Citation over and was greeted by
black-tie
Englert
an older, unshaven gentleman in a blue
Theatre Gala Grand
jumpsuit and baseball cap, wiping his
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event.
greasy hands on an equally greasy cloth.
But the Iowa Cityl
The embroidered name on his chest said "Erv." I told Erv my tale of woe and what
very significant and fundamental with
the previous mechanics had said. "Ah,"
the passing of Erv Lovetinsky. We lost a
Erv said, shaking his head and tossing
significant piece of the fabric of longev
the greasy rag aside, "they're just trying
ity, honesty, trust and neighborliness.
to scare you. I'll take a look." And so
I met Erv in the late 1980s. My wife
he did. If memory serves me correctly,
Susan and I had been married for only
it was something as simple as a sticky
a few years, and I was a UI graduate
brake caliper. I think my bill came to
student. . .in other words, we didn't have
something like twenty bucks, if that. Erv
much money. Relatedly, we owned an
now had another regular customer.
old, not entirely reliable Chevy Citation.
Some months later, when Susan and I
The car wasn't behaving very well. I for
moved to an apartment in Coralville, we
get the details now, but it had something
discovered to our delight that Erv lived
to do with noises and clunks in the front
about a half-block away in a modest
end. I had taken the car to a couple other
house on Sixth Street. We never became
places in town
and was
social intimates, but it was a special
treated to some dire horror stories about
delight to wave and say hi to him on
how the front end was about to fall apart,
weekend walks as he tended the f lowers
and if I didn't spend several hundred
in front of his house. These are the kinds
dollars soon, I would be starting a career
of ties, small but strongly knotted, that
as a splat on the highway. One mechanic
bind us to place.
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underside of my car on the lift, pulled
essence of community is founded in
down on something and announced,
social trust. While my relationship with
"See? Loose as a goose." On the one
Erv was in the realm of service and com
hand, I didn't want this dire diagnosis to
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we realized was home
finding a new
auto mechanic was a regular necessity.
I'm sure Erv was proud and happy to
We always looked for "someone like
pass along his shop to Gary. The letters
Erv." We never quite found anyone like
on the outer wall of the plain rectangular
him, someone i n whom we invested our
building say "Lovetinsky Harapat Auto.
complete trust. And when we would
Service." And you can still find the shop
dream of the community we had left
in the phone book under "L." Even today,
and loved, "Erv's" always bubbled to
with absolutely no disrespect to Gary, I'll
the surface as one reason we wished we
tell my wife that I need to take the van to
could return.
"Erv's." And that's what I write on our
Many scholars of place, even those working in the airy intellectual heights of
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calendar: "van
Erv's."
I was sad to see Erv's obituary in the
f o l l o w - t h e - p h e n o m e n o l o g y - of
newspaper last month, even though I
Heidegger, would probably find my feel
haven't seen him at all for many years.
ings about Erv and Iowa City entirely
Erv was 78. I learned that he and liis
We never quite found anyone like him, someone in whom we invested our complete trust. And when we would dream of the community we had left and loved, "Erv's" always bubbled to the surface as one reason we wished we could return. unsurprising.
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such thinkers,
the
wife built the house on Sixth Street in
everyday, the quotidian, the "place-bal
Coralville, where Susan and I
let" of living one's daily life is what place
often say "hi" to him as we passed, in
is all about. Feeling at home in Iowa
1949 when they were first married. They
City, then, is just as much, if not more,
lived there for the rest of Erv's life. Very,
about taking my car to Erv's for an oil
very few people can make that wonder
change as it is about attending a literary
ful claim today, especially in a transient
reading at Prairie Lights, attending an
community like ours.
would
orchestra concert at Hancher Auditorium
Erv's obituary says he was "a good
or enjoying the fresh beauty of a prairie
and kind man, who appreciated the
spring day.
quality of life, his family, customers
Susan and I, now with a larger fam
and friends." Very simple but very true
ily, moved back to Iowa City i n 1999.
words, and very significant. You won't
By then, Erv had retired. I was delight
find Erv or Lovetinsky Auto splashed
ed, though, to discover that "Erv's," in
across
its essence, still existed. One of Erv's
Corridor"
mechanics when we lived here in the late
groups, the Chamber of Commerce or
1980s was Gary Harapat. By the time
the Convention and Tourism Bureau.
we moved back, Gary had graduated to
In the hand-wringing debates about the
owner.
supposed "brain drain" and how to keep
brochures
from
economic
"Technology development
Gary Harapat is as much a great
young Iowans in the state, you won't
mechanic, honest trader and sterling
find one mention of Erv Lovetinsky or
community member as Erv Lovetinsky.
his legacy. But, really, it is the kindness,
It seems Erv taught him well. When
honesty, fairness and neighborliness of
our aging van started making a strange
Erv and those like him that are the
engine noise, Gary doggedly tracked it
bedrock of place and the ties that keep
down to a minor malfunctioning valve
us grounded in and devoted to our com
rather than assuming the worst possible
munity. We should all remember Erv for
engine disaster. When I walk by the shop
being a great exemplar of what's special
on Madison Street and Gary is tinker
about Iowa City and Coralville.
ing under the hood of a car in his lot, he
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"And God said, L et us make man in o ur image, after o ur liken ess; and let them hav e do min ion over the fish of the sea, and over thefowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over ev ery creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. -Genesis 1 :24-26 "
pringtime brings us that special sensation of rebirth, with the belief that we can start again, that what was dark and fearful can be made light and loving. There can be no clearer sym
the Suquamish people: "This we know:
brethren, ye have done it unto me."
the earth does not belong to man, man
Taken together, the words of Old and
belongs to the earth." Seattle continues:
New testaments, as well as those of Chief
"All things are connected like the blood
Seattle, draw a picture of a world where
that unites us all. Man did not weave
humans are not ruthless dictators of the
"Dominion" means more than just the power to do as you please, to run roughshod over the planet pillaging and plundering. It involves respecting, tending, caring and sustaining. It involves stewardship.
bol of optimism and faith than the act of
the web of life; he is merely a strand in
planet but attentive gardeners, nurturing
planting a seed. As farmers and garden
it. Whatever he does to the web, he does
it. "Dominion" means more than just the
ers across the northern hemisphere ready
to himself." Starts to sound a lot like
power to do as you please, to run rough
their fields and plots for planting, they
Matthew 25, doesn't it? "As ye have done
shod over the planet pillaging and plun
are resolute in their conviction that their
it unto one of
least
dering. It involves respecting, tending,
my
caring and sustaining. It involves stew
fond expectations
of
these
the
of spring will reap
ardship. This is why it is antithetical for
solid
sustenance
the "Christian right" to stand against the
when autumn re
"environmental left." In the beginning,
turns.
God created a garden.
That faith is not
Farmers, who care for the quality of
there
their product and the quality of their fami
is ample precedent
lies' lives, care for the soil. Agribusiness
that when one is a
workers, who care for their job security
good
and the bottom line, douse the soil with
unfounded;
steward
of the land,
poisons that pollute not just their land,
harvest
but the land, water and air of the whole
be
world. Falrners believe themselves
b ou n t i f u l .
stewards of the land, working in har
If
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mony with the structures and the di
not a good
versity nature provides. Agribusiness
steward, as
workers believe themselves distant
America
corporate executives that know bet
learned in
ter than nature how to produce the
the 1 930s,
food the world needs.
the will
one
one
will
harvest
a
dustbowl.
When Wendell Berry said, "eating is an agricultural act," he illuminated the connections, between the plant
What happens, though, when we
and the plate, between the fatm and
step back and look at a broader land
the family, between the harvest and
scape, not just a garden or a fann or a
the hearth. Eating is not merely con-
single growing season, but many farms
suming, it is the vital link in the food
over many seasons? The process is slower,
chain that makes us who we are. When
but the gains and losses are proportional.
we plant a seed in the springtime, we are
Consider what at first appears to be
praying for our families to be happier,
a conflict, a conflict between the "do
healthier and stronger when the harsh re
minion" offered over all the earth in the
alities of winter circle around again.
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Genesis quotation above and the equally ancient ideas set forth by Chief Seattle of
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- - he last night at Dolls on Feb. 26 was much tamer than I ex pected. Of course they broke some rules, as most people do on their last day of work. Some steal the stapler or spit in their boss' coffee. The exotic dancers at Dolls, Inc. pulled other women onto stage, stripped them down to their G-strings and simulated sex acts. Non-stripper after non-stripper mounted the stage and got stripped. Some people have all the
fun,
especially all the men in the room,
wide-eyed and smiling, hooting and hollering. Male customers, of course, always outnumber the female ones at places like Dolls. I went up near the stage and sat near Gypsy Dolgos, a supporter of sex workers and co-owner of Ruby's Pearl. Ruby's was a feminist sex shop in Iowa City before it closed March 26, exactly one month after Dolls. The owners said they just weren't making enough to keep the place open. Dolgos believes stripping can be an act of compassion, giving lonely people a way to feel sexual affection from women. A stripper was making her rounds onstage, giving "dollar dances" to the
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question: Is sex in Iowa City going out of business?
men and few women sitting at its edge. The strippers try to bill these as previews to private dances, which cost more. The really acrobatic dancers can flip and contort themselves, landing their knees near a man's ears and their crotch inches from his face, bouncing their pelvis up and down. For this service, he gives her a dollar. The stripper will then move to the man in the next occupied chair. At Dolls, the dancers could touch their customers, but not vice versa. So, this next man might find his face becoming the meat in a tit-sandwich. He gives her a dollar. And then the next man. She might breathe heavily in his ear and make him forget about his wife and kids. A dollar. He could have bought a Coke with that. When the stripper on this night gets to Dolgos, I watch as she stoically stands to receive her service. She lets the stripper press her breasts to her cheek, and then she hands her five dollars. I'm next. Before she even starts, I shake my hands and yell, "I don't want titties in my face!" She can't hear me over the Metallica and says, "It's OK, I won't pull you up on stage!"
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This assurance is not enough. I'll go to
agrees with the idea that strip clubs are "live
strip clubs because I want to be the nice
pornography."
alternative, the supportive feminist that
"Fundamentally,
their
purpose, ideology
respects exotic dancers for their skill. I
and economics are the same," she said. "The
don't need their service.
construction of sexualities in contemporary
I shove my bill toward her, anxious that
American society is geared toward the voy
a boob might graze my cheek. The males
euristic, to the objectification of women for
are certainly gawking, and if her soft sur
the purposes of male arousal, and to framing
face nears mine, this will certainly thrust
sex as not a natural human tendency but as a
me into an immediate girl-on-girl fantasy,
commodity and taboo."
exploiting my feminine image for a plea
Porn certainly is a taboo in Coralville and
sure that I don't own. It's a mental objecti
Iowa City, one that restricts adult entertain
fication that I object to.
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John Yapp, associate planner for the Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission, at tributes the grouping to the nature of adult
last
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entertainment and the cultural reaction from
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the larger community. The Iowa City City Code spells out the details of buffering the "negative aspects" of these zones from residential areas. Noise,
exo
fumes and porn must keep their distance.
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Contemporary
community
standards
judge what is obscene and what is tasteful. The controversy surrounding Dolls' lawsuit against Coralville has prompted some to charge that communities are trying to eradi cate sex businesses. The city of Coralville recently bought out .
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She finally gets the point as I keep waving
merly the Iowa Child Project). The plan is to build a fake rainforest and real conven
my hands.
tion center.
"How about a high five?" she says.
Yes!
Dolls Inc., the only strip club in the Iowa City/Coralville area, lived on this land for almost nine years before the purchase and
Sex as commodity, taboo and life Stripping and cosmetic sales are probably
its final night in business Feb. 26.
the only two jobs where women make more
Wayne Grell, owner of the club, contend
money than men. The strippers at Dolls were
ed in several newspapers that the city of
independent contractors. In a way, such a job
Coralville rezoned land that he had bought
allows them to be their own boss. While the
in order to suppress the strippers' right of
professional constraints and club rules give
free expression.
them a certain amount of control, they still
The Iowa City and Coralville zoning
have to answer to the airbrushed fantasies of
maps show areas zoned for future adult en
their customers.
tertainment in the south. Yapp said the land
A stripper friend of mine used to let me hang out with her while she got ready for work. She
there is flatter and can accommodate other needs of this zoning type.
would bathe, shave her aImpit and pubic hair
He added, however, that although the
and apply lotion to her fake-baked skin and
city allows the businesses in these zones,
make-up to her face. Her hair was dyed blond
those who own the land might refuse to
and her nails were press-on. She spent hun
sell land to these types of businesses.
dreds of dollars on image maintenance
mon
ey that she can write off. She constructed her image each night like this before she went to "the grind."
Owning your desire No one's claiming a bunch of blue haired church ladies closed down Ruby's
Dr. Gigi Durham, a UI associate professor who studies media and the politics of the body,
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Pearl. But one wonders if the increasingly
"There's no place to go where people accept
conservative climate in our country con
their extreme fetishes," she said, "and no place
tributed something to the market for dil
to find a good harness." Once a man entered Ruby's and confided
dos and butt plugs going a little soft. When Ruby's Pearl first opened in
a problem to Gypsy Dolgos: He couldn't get
2001, I was the ripe and buxom age of20,
hard. He had had cancer and lost the ability.
burgeoning on adulthood. The shop wel
Dolgos said his biggest concern was that he
comed sexual curiosity; sex was no taboo.
couldn't give his partner the kind of pleasure
My first interaction with the Ruby's staff
she wanted and deserved. Dolgos fitted him with the proper gear
came during my crusade to inseminate lan
a
that would allow him to
guage with euphemisms for female mas
dildo and harness
turbation. I was annoyed that men could
sexually please the woman he loved. When he
choke their chicken, spank their monkey
returned to pick up the harness he'd ordered, he
or stroke their pole, while women could do
told her the dildo was incredibly successful. Over the Internet, people can still find items
little more than play with themselves. We came up with a list of almost 50
like the ones Ruby's sold. But it's just not the
phrases. Yes, now women could rub their
same as being there to buy in person, in the
nub, dig in their garden or play their clitar.
flesh.
Although Ruby's was always a type of
No one will show you how to strap on a
sex shop, its mission spanned a spectrum of
harness. You'll have to Google extra hard to
services that allowed more sexual freedom
find the truth about phthalates. No one will
than afforded by places like Dolls
give you that face-to-face acceptance.
for
"When you go into a space, instead of
both men and women.
clicking on the Internet, you are in effect owning your desire," said Laura Crossley, who's co-owned and managed Ruby's since it opened.
one in ec, e in
Swift shares the same enlightened notion about walking into a sex shop, grabbing the porn of her choice, paying for it and walk ing out. "When you look someone in the eye and say, in effect, 'this is a part of my sexual self that I want validated,' well, to me that's a form of communion with humanity," she said. "I feel like my sexuality is mine to de sign." Sex positive, pussy positive, prick posi -.' '.' -. ;
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which gives sex advice to adult victims of
enough and took the time to connect with
child abuse, and "cuntsignment" items from
themselves sexually, they wouldn't have
local artists. They hosted art shows and read
so many hang-ups."
Ruby's sold educational books like
Survivo r s Guide to Sex
ings of erotic poetry.
Even I have my hang-ups.
And of course, there was "The Garden of
I write erotic poetry. I was convinced at
Eden." This curtain-enclosed area housed dil
one point that the law might think my po
dos and vibrators, butt plugs and anal beads
ems were prurient and obscene. I had to go
items that sold out first during Ruby's going
through Stuart Smallian affirmations.
out of business sale. Jayne Swift, a graduate student in the VI Women's Studies department, sees the closing of Ruby's as a real loss for the community.
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Show.
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Iowa City's Chait Galleries Downtown, 2 1 8 E. Washington St., is hosting this event to discuss sexuality and challenge taboo. Gallery owner Benjamin Chait said, "Shaking things up a bit by pushing the edges of local convention simply height ens the individual's recognition of their relationship to their community by exam ining their beliefs, values, opinions, etc, as well as those of others." The gallery plans music, art, perfor mance, edibles and beverages. Servers will serve in the painted buff. The show runs April 1 4- 16. Ca11 338-4442 for more information.
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TrustafarianlRasta-Aryan bands on US
"Waterloo," though they really shine on
not all of them grim.
college campuses. And I won't even start
original songs like "Hej Ho Let's Go" and
One of the most unexpected nov
with "The Sign," that lilting track by Ace
their genetically rewired mash-up "Super
of Base, who can charitably be character
Shock Trooper," which finds common
ized as Sweden's greatest reggae band . . .
ground between ABBA's "Super Trooper"
elties wrought by globalization
with the
aid of the Internet and the quick-and-easy has been
distribution of MP3 music files
the exportation of the Ramones and the I
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den
and the Ramones' "Gimme Gimme Shock
home of ABBA, which, in the late-
Treatment." My rock critic super-powers
reinterpretation of these
1970s, rivaled Volvo as the country's most
fail me when trying to describe the result
punk legends in strangely
lucrative economic export
ing sensory overload.
mutated ways.
GABBA, a self-proclaimed "Discopunk
A dub reggae version
Kembrew Mcleod
While we're on the subject of Swe
let's return to
sensation." The band's home page
It's a strange world out there, and I
(www.
haven't even gotten to Banana Gang:
of "Now I Wanna Sniff
gabba.co.uk) states they were "created by
yes,
Some Glue" from Greece?
Stig Honda, the eccentric Japanese Pro
band from the former Soviet Union (ap
Check.
fessor at the Osaka Rock and Roll High
parently, as I discovered a couple years
cover of "53rd and 3rd"
School. In search of the
for pop
ago, ska is huge in the Balkans). Although
from
Check
perfection, he accidentally fused the raw
ska and punk have been fused many times
that, too. A skanky version
energy of New York punk music and the
before (Operation Ivy, Rancid, etc.), it's a
of "Somebody Put Some
pretty melodies and harmonies of Scan
bit different to hear a ska-punk band with
thing In My Drink" by a
dinavian pop, and GABBA was bjorn."
a Russian accent singing a lesser 1980s
Russian ska band? I never
Their revved-up version of "Knowing
Ramones song: "Somebody Put Some
thought that was possi
Me, Knowing You," ABBA's most touch
thing in My Drink."
ble, but, yes, check. How
ing breakup song, is, quite simply, bril
Another curiosity from the form er Sovi
about
mixed-gender
liant. Or deranged. Or just stupid. Actu
et empire is Ramon Da Silva, a Hungarian
group from Britain that re
ally, all of the above. The same is true of
Pet Shop Boys-influenced outfit obsessed
An
electro-pop
Hungary?
a
formula
interprets ABBA songs in
the style of the Ramones? They're called, of course, GABBA. Added together, these examples com prise a new sub-genre of world music, Ra mones World Music. Although you can't buy most of these songs in stores, they're but one mouse click away from hours of slack-jawed, head-scratching bliss. Musical cross-pollination, of course, long preceded the Internet. To name but one
of
many examples . . .in
the mid-
1960s, James Brown famously stamped his unique style on African-derived mu sic, helping give birth to
funk .
By the late
1960s, Nigerian pop star Fela Kuti took that JB style and reinterpreted it to launch his own Afro-funk music into the uni verse. It eventually found its way back to the United States
and to Paul Simon.
To cite a much less inspiring case, Bob Marley exported Jamaican reggae, mak ing possible Eric Clapton's version of "I Shot the Sheriff" and inspiring a million •
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Banana
Gang
that
ska-inflected
with the Ramones who, as legend has it,
But
for
every
genre-busting
band,
recorded an album titled Ace ofBass with
there's a more traditional, straightfor
Spades Leave Home. Their masterpiece
ward Ramones-loving outfit that upholds
is an electronically percolating version of
the punk pioneers' tradition of 1-2-3-4
"53rd & 3rd"
a curious track that cel
buzzsaw rock. At the top of my list are
ebrates male prostitutes. Oddly enough,
Germany's Melones, Russia's Kabzone,
the song works in its new context, new
Belgium's The Dirty Scums and Argenti
genre.
na's Bullet Treatment.
International electro-pop Ramones re
Despite my descent into (and eventual
interpretations are more common than
acceptance of) intercontinental Ramones
you'd think. (Now there's a sentence!) I
mania, the one track I still can't wrap my
recently found a synapse-frying French
head around is the Greek group Mika
group called No Bluff Sound, who cover,
(featuring Jah Paul II), which rewired
appropriately enough, "Psycho Therapy";
my soft, mushy brain with their electron
however, the best of the rest is Peru's Da
ica-fied space-reggae cover of "I Wanna
Lama, who sing the synth-pop-tastic "Ik
Sniff Some Glue." Picture dub reggae
Sloeg Haar Half Dood," better known as
madman Lee "Scratch" Perry producing
"Beat on the Brat."
the Ramones (rather than the similarly
Another notable version of "53rd &
crazy Phil Spector), and your imagination
3rd" was recorded by Pri-V. In three min
won't even come close to replicating the
utes and 10 seconds, this Russian group
real thing
manages to fuse wimpy 1990s indie rock
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one brain aneurism. Gimme gimme shock
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chael Hardy) takes up the challenge, and
where he drops in Pink-Floyd-esque di
with simple but immaculately constructed
gressions to avoid going over the line into
songs, largely succeeds.
Huey Lewis obviousness.
The opener "White Trash Rain" estab
Recorded in Berlin with German musi
lishes the template. The verse bubbles
cians, the deft, transparent production by
along with chiming guitars,
followed
Berliner Guy Sternberg only enhances the
by a left tum in the chorus and Beatles
songs. He has a knack for making each
esque harmonies in the bridge. "Dead
instrument in the mix stand out clearly.
Weight" borrows a few chords from the
The vocals are bedded perfectly with the
Allman Brothers' "Melissa," and some of
other instruments, not so loud that they're
that band's '70s mellowness. The lyrics,
in front of everything else, yet still clear
though, are bleak and poisonous, delivered
and intelligible. It's a big-studio, wide
in the sweetest voice possible: " . . . I was
screen sound.
your dead weight...1 know you're happy as can be, that little asterisk is me."
The real surprise, after repeated listens, is that while Foolhardy sounds almost
I don't mean to make Foolhardy sound
studied in its pursuit of a radio-ready,
Making fresh, accessible, poppy rock
so derivative; what Hardy does is a bit like
commercial sound, it maintains a certain
music these days is a slippery business.
what a hip-hop producer accomplishes with
plain-faced,
But it's still a tempting undertaking for
a sampler: pulls bits and pieces out of the
given the bleakness of the lyrics. What
many mUSICIans.
musical ether that feel right, and stitches
Cheryl Crow, or Counting Crows or Blink
The challenge in Foolhardy's new CD
them together into something that makes a
182 are trying to simulate, Foolhardy is
is to sound individual, while at the same
new whole. The music has a surface sheen
doing for real.
time sounding enough like everything
of polite conventionality, but something
else so as to be accessible and familiar.
dark and sad roils underneath.
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even
On this eponymous debut, Foolhardy
Hardy's not afraid to make unexpected
(basically former Pompeii V member Mi-
left turns, as on "The Cruelest Month,"
Foolhardy, join ed by a lin eup of v eter an Iowa City musician s, will perfo rm at a CD-release party April 8 at the Mill. Kent Williams
son by the protagonist or observer. The
know how much the mariner will delight
tunes take the listener on a time-shifting,
in slowly torturing his enemy. The other
stream-of-consciousness expedition into
band members include Ezra Holbrook
the imagination, peopled by infant mon
on drums, Nate Query on accordion and
archs, suicidal lovers, vengeful sailors,
Chris Funk on theremin and pedal steel
military wives and boy ghosts. As with
guitar.
The Decemberists
classic picaresque tales, the art and pur
The Decemberists recorded the album
pose lie not with the narrative's resolution
in a former Baptist church in Portland,
but in the trip itself.
Ore., with producer Chris Walla (guitar
If it sounds like the Decemberists are
ist/keyboardist of Death Cab for Cutie).
getting all literary on you; never fear.
The vocals and instrumentation resonate
While the literary merits of the disc are
and give the sound a spatial sensibility.
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One can hear the silence between the
lin Meloy's words here function as lyrics,
notes, whether it is a plucked guitar or
not lyric poetry. The songs are sung and
Meloy taking a purposeful sigh between
played, not recited, and the instrumental
a verse and chorus. Meloy sounds like a
In literature, the term picaresque re
parts are essential in setting the mood, de
combination of the lead vocalists from
fers to a type of novel in which a likeable
lineating character and moving the story
the '80s' greatest alternative bands
rogue goes on a long journey, meets col
forward. For example, the deep rumble
of the lonely ache of R.E.M.'s Michael
orful people and shamelessly engages in
of drums underneath a strummed guitar
Stipe's murmuring atop the articulate de
a series of dubious escapades. The most
opens "From My Own True Love (Lost
sire of The Smith's Morrissey. The North
famous examples would be Miguel Cer
at Sea)" and immediately lets the listener
western American Meloy even sings with
vantes'
Don Quixo te and Mark Twain's The Adv en tures of Huckleberry Finn. While The Decemberists' Picaresque
know something dark and foreboding has
a bit of a Victorian British accent.
Picaresque Kill Rock Stars
a bit
happened. Jenny Conlee's jaunty, slightly
Meloy and his mates give the songs a
off-kilter accordion introduction to "The
staged musical reading. They even dress
lacks a central character, the songs them
Mariner's Revenge Song" suggests the
up in different character costumes on the
selves are largely told in the first per�
happy insanity of the sailor/narrator, and
CD cover to match the protagonists of
when the tar finds himself in the belly of
some of the more intriguing personalities
a whale alone with his nemesis, you just
here, such as the ghost on "Eli, The Barrow
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The effect is one of musical theater.
As mentioned, the lyri cs have a distinct
literary quality. Meloy is primarily a sto ryteller. These songs tell tales and deftly employ the standard techniques of fore I
old-fashioned words such as "palanquin," "quailed" and "consumptive wretch" to set the scenes just right. He even makes
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review by Nial le Woods
Th e Mo to rcycle Dia
serves as comic relief, even as it implies
has been taught to use, but in his view,
Gael Garcia Bernal co-stars as a
to us offhandedly that Che is not blind to
the people are moving. They are alive. He
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna,
the power of the press, a quiet hint at Gue
knows the personalities behind the expres
nearly finished with his medical degree
vara's future. Granado snaps the second
sions, and the personalities haunt him.
but deciding to take a recreational road
photo which is never shown
trip through South America with his bio
style as Guevara stands in a doorway of
awareness and concern, but it is Salles
chemist friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo
the ancient stone city, while saying (mild
who clinches the arc, choosing to end the
de la Serna). During the journey, these
dramatic irony), "This is for posterity."
film with a montage of these black-and
two friends see example after example
A more didactic film might have omitted
white
n Walter Salles'
ries,
'tourist
Rivera builds on Guevara's increasing .
un-photographs,
which
,
rather
,
than proselytizing about poverty or act ing as a cheesy retrospective look at the journey
give viewers the illusion of
having a chance to know Che not by see ing him, necessarily through the lens of someone's interpretation of history, but by seeing with him through his own mental camera's lens. The only nods to the factuality of this story are some scattered facts and quota tions, a few seconds of Alberto Granada himself at the end of the film, some photo of injustice and poverty. Granado decides
the first photo and showed the second, to
graphs shown with the credits (including
to continue his medical career, but "Che"
deemphasize Guevara's flaws and remind
the real photographs of Guevara and Gra
Guevara, transfonned, begins to consider
the viewer that this is a True Story, respec
nado from that newspaper and of Guevara
political change through revolution.
tively; but this is not a propaganda piece.
at Chichen Itza), and the incredible faith
What could have been a paean to a hero
We don't have to think about who Ernesto
fulness of the camera to the actual route
or a biographical critique, in the hands
will become. We get to think about who he
taken by Guevara and Granado (perhaps
of Salles and the deservedly Academy
is and what he thinks of himself, and how
the most rigorously accurate scenic pho
Award-winning screenwriter Jose Rivera,
he comes to think of what he sees.
tography in recent film).
becomes an accessible and even sympa
Beginning a little more than halfway
Far more important is the narrative.
thetic story about two young guys con
into the journey, Guevara begins to rei
Bernal and de la Serna, both of whom get
fronting the problems and possibilities of
magine the scenes of poverty he has wit
almost too much soulful-gaze time on the
life. A sprinkling of modest and funny mo
nessed as something close to photographs.
screen, breathe vitality into the film with
ments
Ernesto's boorishness on a dance
At first, the images from Guevara's imag
wonderfully complex performances. Ri
floor, a near-Keystone-Kops moment in
inings, presented to the film viewer full
vera composes a folk song of a screenplay,
accidents,
screen, seem like something from an eth
complete with verse-like episodes and
lighten the tale, allowing viewers to see the
nographic magazine; they are in black and
the occasional wry or thought-provoking
men as equals, to each other and to us, even
white, they focus on human faces against
line. And Salles leaves us with the faintly
as the characters of a famous revolutionary
backgrounds of poor fields or humble
disturbing notion that we, too, have been
and a less famous (but no less important)
constructions, and they are (almost) still
taught to see the troubles of the world
medical leader are being forged.
images, lagging motionless for a few sec
as inert photographs
Salles' choices with regard to illustrat
onds before the movie camera. Increas
inspiring notion that we are at liberty to
ing the evolution of a revolutionary are
ingly, though, the images become more
reimagine how and what we see, and to
relatively subtle; the most effective device
obviously in motion. A horse moves in the
allow ourselves to be affected.
he uses (perhaps self-reflexively) is the
background. A person shifts from foot to
idea of the camera. There are two explicit
foot. A pair of sorrowful eyes blinks.
Chile,
various
motorcycle
but also with the
The DVD, released this February, is
uses of photography during the story: a
It is as though Guevara had been ex
plain in presentation and a little weak on
snapshot that Guevara gets into a local
posed to the idea of looking at poverty
special features, though it does feature an
newspaper to try and smooth the pair's fi
before
he surely must have been, as a
unusual and satisfying variety of language
nancial difficulties with a little fame, and
medical student
a snapshot Granado takes of Guevara at
photographic, sociological descriptions of
Chichen Itza in Peru. The first gets the men
poverty, while poignant and honest, treat
into more trouble than it resolves, and so
people as vistas and do not offer solutions
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to their troubles. Guevara sees the people
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options--subtitles
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Bronzeville to Harlem, sculpture by Preston Jackson,
U I Hospitals and Clinics
207 E. Washington, Iowa City
Project Art of UIHC, Iowa City, 3 53--6417
Day of the Dead and Mexican Tattoos: Original Prints
Functional
by Charles Barth, through April 17; black and white photography by Conrad Marvin, April 22-May 29.
through April 19, Main Lobby, First Floor John Colloton
Iowa State Bank & Trust
ceramic
pottery
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Painted silk scarves by Jan Gipple, April 23-July 25, Main Lobby Gallery Space, First Floor Roy Carver Pavilion • Aging in America: The Years Ahead, Pavilion
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Heroes
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218 E. Washington St., Iowa City,
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150 Roman
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Interventionist Collage: From Dada to the Present,
132 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, 339-1053
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
objects-sculpture,
Mt. Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, 363-1323
Lorenz Boot Shop
to collage as an art form, cultural phenomenon and modern lifestyle, through April 23.
Villa to Grave: Roman Art and Life,
150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 335-1727
Arrigo, through April 7.
International Collage Research & Production Team, Base l ,
Janalyn Hanson White Gallery Cinematic
Jefferson Bldg., 129 E. Washington St.
UI Museum of Art
Kevin McBeth, April 7 , tour at 6pm and concert 78pm.
Carver Hawkeye Arena SCOPE Productions, Iowa City, 335-3395
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Brooks & Dunn, country duo, with guest Gary Allan, May 1, 7pm.
May 8 ; orientation session free and open to public, April 5, 5:15-6:30pm.
30 16th Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, 362-8500
Photographs by Alexander Hammid and Jan Lukas,
Clapp Recital Hall
Design Ranch
works by these two significant figures of 20th century
UI campus, Iowa City, 335-1160
Czechoslovak photography and film, through May 1 • Uprka Selections, series of more than two dozen framed
The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten, U I Martha
bookplates by Joza Uprka depicting q uintessential prints of pilgrims i n kroje, Czech and Slovak folk
Lawrence String Quartet, April 7 , 8pm
701 E. Davenport St., Iowa City, 354-2623
Get Real, classic modern furniture by Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Isamu Noguchi and Alvar Aalto , through April 1 7 . (See Words l isting for more)
Faulconer Gallery Grinnell College, U08 Park St., Grinnell, 641-2694660
Bobbie McKibben-Drawn
West,
works
by
Grinnell
College professor of art Bobbie McKibben, April 8-June 5 ; opening reception April 8, 5-6 :30pm.
The H istory Center 615 1st Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 362-1501
Christian
Tiemeyer: A
Quarter of a
Century with
the Cedar Rapids Symphony, traces the historY of conductor Christian Tiemeyer's years with the CR Symphony,
through May 8 tor
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Lebanese
Us:
dress, through April 17
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Bohemian Garnets: Exquisite
Artistry from the National Museum in Prague, through September. (See Words listing for more)
Ellen Tye Opera Theater, April 1, 2 & 3, 8pm Choir, April 8 , 8pm April 9, 8pm 3pm
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University
Women's Chorale and Camerata,
Iowa Chamber Music Coalition, April 10,
Center for New Music, April 10, 8pm
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Kenneth
Tse, saxophone; Benjamin Coelho, bassoon, and Uriel Tsachor, piano, April 11, 8pm • Iowa Brass Quintet,
Riverside Theatre
April 13, 8pm
213 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 338-7672
Sugawa, piano, April 14, 8pm
Work by Claire Joseph, Iowa City artist; sculptural and
8pm
painting media, particularly relating to gender issues
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and politics-with humor, through April 29.
April 2 2 , 8pm
Salon Studios
April 23, 8pm • Volkan Orhon, bass; Ksenia Nosikova, piano, April 24, 3pm • Maia Quartet, April 26, 8pm •
420 FIrst Ave., Coralville, 3 58-0064
Landscapes and portraits by Ruth Muir; florals by Lila Rohrer; both through April. •
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Nobuya Sugawa, saxophone; Minako •
Kantorei, April 15,
Piano Festival with Jason Sifford, April 18, 8pm
Scratch and Bang: Music for Strings and Percussion, •
Johnson County Landmark jazz band,
U niversity and Concert Band, April 27, 8pm • Rachel Joselson, soprano; Uriel Tsachor, piano, April 29, 8pm • Jazz Repertory Ensemble, April 30, 8pm Chamber Orchestra, May 1, 3pm,
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Redbird, featuring Kris
Delmhorst, Peter Mulvey and Jeffrey Foucault, April 12 • Tom Russell with Andrew Hardin, April 15 • Choying Drolma and Steve Tibbetts with Marc Anderson, April
Ie International Doc Fest Iowa City • April 1.4-1.7
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Fiamma Fumana, April 17
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Tanglefoot. concert
and broadcast on Live from Studio One, April 18 • Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwal i , Sufi devotional singing from
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Pakistan, April 19 • Vance Gilbert, April 24 • Fred Eaglesmith & the Flathead Noodlers, April 27 • Karen
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An international film festival right here in Iowa City? Last year's festival garnered worldwide
Savoca with Pete Heitzman, April 29
. attention as filmmakers George Stoney and Vanalyne Green, together with Ie native Jim Haverkamp, juried a competition of 34 short
(less than 30 m i n . ) documentaries. These In
Englert Theatre 221 E. Washington St.,
Tad Davis
April 14, 8pm
. by Paul Hill; Haverkamp's Siamdance-winning
April 16, 8pm
Monster Road and a variety of pieces from
baritone, •
with
Steven The Del McCoury Band,
New Horizons Band, April 24, 3pm.
Faith United Methodist Church 1000 30th St. NE, Cedar Rapids
around the world. A shorter version of the fes tival went on to tour six Iowa cities.
Ferron and Tret Fure, double CD-release concert, April 22, 8pm.
This year's jurors inClude Academy Award nominee Sam Green ( The Weather Under
ground) and Guggenheim recipient Rebecca Baron ( How Little We Know of Our Neigh bours). The festival lineup includes such treats as Lights in the Delta, about what hap
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Swing Into Spring, Old Gold Singers,
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Iowa City
IC native Steven Jepson, Swedish, piano, April 9, 8pm
cluded festival winner Myth of Father, directed
In Uniform; Ashley
R. Maynor
pens when gambling casinos descend on the
Gabe's 330 E. Washington St.,
Iowa City, 354 4788
Early show: The Rocket Summer, Brandston, Cartel, Umbrellas; Late show: hip-hop with Unyted Natyonz; April 1 • Kita, Burnout, April 3 • Early show: Zao, Sinai Beach, Leven, Goodbye Anabelle Lee; Late show: The Leah Quenelle All-Stars featuring H appy, Liberty Leg,
poorest county in the US, and Fala tu - Lives
April 4 • Gift of Gab, Lateef the Truth Speaker, Guilty By Association, Rebel's Advocate, Plus Tax, April 5 •
of Rhyme, which follows three amateur Brazil ian rappers.
Brothers Past, April 6
Films will be screened at the Bljou and Tippie Aud., Papajohn Business Bldg. www. icdocs. org for more info.
Primetime
Heroes,
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The Dog & Everything, The
Ticonderoga,
Catchstone,
April
7 • Pelican, Sicbay, Zombi, Holy Smokes, April 8 • The Album Leaf, Black Mountain, Marah-Mar, Roots of
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Born to Live Life, Andy Roche
Nlalle Woods
Brian Joseph, April 10
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Orchis, April 9
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Japan's DMBQ, The Forty-Fives, The
Tanks, April 10
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Bane, Silent Drive, With Honor, Ignite
the Will, April 11
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Early show: Dillinger Four, Toys
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That Kill, Chinese Telephones; Late: Burnout, Damn
River, April 6
The Gods; April 15
Melissa Rose Zeimer, Jeffrey Morgan, April 10 • The Diplomats of Solid Sound CD-release dinner show,
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Diplomats of Solid Sound CD
release show, April 16 • Early show: mewithoutyou, Working Concert, Dusty Brown; Late: Meth and Goats. Gasoline Fight, The Prids; April 17 • Fluffgirls Burlesque Roadshow, April 20
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The Perceptionists
April 12 . 7-9pm •
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Myshkin's Ruby Warblers, April 14
Half Fast, April 16
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James Apollo, April 1 7 , Spm
featuring Mr. Lif, Akrobatik & DJ Fakts One, April 21
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The Appleseed Cast, Zuz, Chin U p Chin Up, April 22
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Stuart Davis. April 29
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Willy Porter, April 30.
Paramount Theatre 123 Third Ave. sE, Cedar
The G reen Room
CR Symphony Pops Concert, "Film Scores to High Scores," April 9 , Spm; April 10, 2:30pm, 366-S203 for
BJ Jagger and the Jagoffs, Bottomfeeder, April 1 Burbridge and the Peacemakers, April 2
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Oteil
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Reggae DJ,
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Rapids, 363·1888
Fab Five Showchoir Extravaganza,
April 5 • Franky Malloon, Porchbuilder, Martian Waters, April 7 • Pomeroy, April S • Finger Print Records hip.
April 25 & 26, 7pm • Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ Concert, guest Dave Wickerham, May 1, 2pm, 364-
hop show CD release, April 9
6300 for tickets.
Miracles of God, April 12 April 14
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Cool-Zey, Bottomfeeder,
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Shanti Groove, The Gglitch, Liquid Soul, Jensen Connection, April 15 •
April 16
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Melissa Ferrick. April 19
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Euforquestra,
Public Property, April 20 • Storytyme, Goldbricker, April 22 • Mr. Blotto, April 23 • Unyted Natyonz. April 29.
Hancher UI campus, 335-1160
Jau vocalist
Nnenna
Frelon,
April
9,
Spm
UI
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Sanctuary 405 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 351-5692
hoolperformingarts.com), Sundays, 2-4pm 7pm unless otherwise indicated April Fools' Open Mic, April 1, Spm punkabilly. April 2 • Gilded Bats, April 9
April 23
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370 First Avenue, Cedar Rapids, 398-5211
Music at 9:30pm Kevin Gordon, April 1
Harper Hall
UI Faculty Jau Jam. April 7 Dave Moore, April 9 • Northern Iowa Jazz Lieder • Ensemble, April 23 • Benchwarmers, April 30.
Arthur Weisburg, bassoon. April 1, 6:30pm • David Bellugi, recorder; Peter Kairoff, harpsichord, April
Siren Club
6. Spm • Mary Horozanicki. violin, April 20, Spm • Illinois State University Faculty Brass Quintet, April 21,
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124 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, 248-2840
3, 2pm
Charles Castleman, violin; Rene Lecuona, piano, April 5, Spm • Summit Chamber Players, April •
5:30pm
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Anthony Arnone, cello; Iowa C ity Chamber
Orchestra, April 23, Spm
Colorado bluegrass quartet Yonder Mountain String Band, April 2S, 7pm.
Ernie Peniston, April S. 9pm-1am • Elsie Parker, "The Poor People of Paris," April 9 • Mike Bader with Flat
Yacht Club
Cat, April 15, 9pm-lam • Janiva Magniss Band, April 16, 9pm-12am • Kelley Hunt, April 22, 9pm-12am •
Tom Nothnagle, Apri l 1
Brian Joseph, April 15
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Brenda Weiler, April 22. (See Words and l i stings for more)
Martini's 127 E. College St.,
McMurrin Trio, April 15
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LKBT DJs, April 16
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The
Bruner/Johnson Trio. April 23
Soul Patrol DJs, April 29 April 30.
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The Saul Lubaroff Quartet,
E.
Stars Guitars
2'" .& 4'h Wednesdays Burlington Street Bluegrass Band, tpm • All music 9pm unless noted otherwise Catfish Keith, April 2 • The Decemberists, Okkervil •
No Rules Open Mic, Sundays; Hip-Hop Tuesdays; Jam Band Jam, Wednesdays, Public Property, April 1, 9pm
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Night, 10pm
Dennis McMurrin & The
Demolition Band, April 2. 9pm ' Steepwater Band, •
Euforquestra, April S,
Jensen Connection, Alma Hovey Hayride, Shelter
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Town & Country Center, 3639 First Ave. sE, Cedar
Belt, April 9 , 9pm • Midnight to Twelve, April 10, 6pm • Jake Dilley Band, THOS, April 14, 9pm • Mer, Scottie
Rapids, 868-362-1881
Long, Catch Stone, April 15, 9pm April 16. 9pm 9pm
Trinity Episcopal Church 320 E. College St., Iowa City, 335-1603 David Bellugi, recorder; Ivan Battison, accordion, April 4, 7:30pm.
Gary Nassif, singer, April 1 5
School,
choir
11:30am
of
elementary
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Heritage Christian
students,
Know Boundaries. The Crest, April 21,
Joe Price, April 2 2 , 9pm
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One Love Sounds •
Shame Train CD
release party, The Humbugs, April 29, 9pm
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Brother
Trucker, Patrick Brickell Band, April 30, 9pm.
Dance
UI Hospitals and Clinics
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Goodyear Pimps,
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Reggae Jam session, April 23, 9pm
Colloton Atrium, noon (unless noted otherwise) Big John and H i s Guitar, si nger/songwriter, April S
Open Mike Mondays, 8pm
UI Saxophone Ensemble,
13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 337·6464
9pm
Project Art of UIHC, Iowa City, 353-6417
Burlington St., Iowa City, 351·9529
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Stark Machete, April 7 , 9pm
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The 120
Gary Gibson Group, April 30, 9pm-1am
Iowa City, 351-5536
Soul Power DJ, April 1 • Diplomats, April 2 • Soul Patrol DJs, April S • Blues Instigators, April 9 • Dennis •
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Acoustic jam session every Friday night, 7-9pm.
Shows at 9pm
Girl DJs, April 22
Kevin BF Burt and the Instigators, April 23. 9pm-1am • Chicago Blues with Larry McCray, April 29, 9pm-lam
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Theater
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U. S. Cellular Center
UI campus, Iowa City, 335-3395
WSU/'s "Iowa Talks Live from the Java House, " Fridays, lOam
All shows
Bree Nettle Clime-White, April 30.
April 29, Spm.
341-0012
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Shoeless, • The Unsung Forum (songwriters' workshop). April 14 • Bill's Benefit Birthday Bash. April 16, 12-10pm • Brace for Blast,
Lazy Boy and the Recliners, April 1. 9pm-lam • Saul Lubaroff recording second album, April 2 , Spm-12am •
The Java House 211 E_ Washington St.,
Irish Slow Session,
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UI campus, Iowa City
9pm-12am
IMU Ballroom
401 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 339-0401
Voxman Music Bldg.
Thursday Nights, Jacqueline Krain and The Ringers,
Symphony Band, April 20, Spm.
Uptown Bill's Small Mall
Lonestar. Judd Hughes, April 9 , Spm.
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Aswah Greggori and the Enforcers, Blue Island Tribe,
IC pianist Dan Knight and Iowa gUitarist Don Blew, April 1, 5pm.
Celtic jam (for more info contact Tara Dutcher, tara@sc
tickets ' CR Symphony Children's Discovery Concert, April 16. 9:30am & 11am, 366-S203 for tickets • Barbary Coast Dixieland Band, April 17, 2pm, 3636254 for tickets
150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 335-1727
Mud River Open Mic, Fridays, 8pm
Early show: Atmosphere. Grey Skul, P. O. D . , April 26 • Blueprint, Illogic. Greenhouse Effect, April 2S • KRUI TV's Battle of The Bands, April 29.
509 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 3544350
UI Museum of Art
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Barclay Martin. April 20 • Big Band Jau N ight, April 21 • Brenda Weiler, April 22 • J i m Carstenson, April 26,
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Blues Jam Mondays
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22,
Strigendo Medicosum, medical student string ensembie, April 26, 12:30pm. •
CSPS 1103 Third St.
sE,
Cedar Rapids, 364-1580
Latin dance classes, Saturdays, 3:30-5:30pm, 36421SS
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Cristina Moura in Like an Idiot, contemporary
dance performance from Brazi l , April 21, 22 & 23. Spm.
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Riverside Theatre
Brucemore
UI campus, 335-1160
213 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 338-7672
2160 Linden Drive SE, Cedar Rapids, 362-7375
Cookin ', Korean martial arts/drumming/dance set in
Thursdays, 7pm; Fridays & Saturdays, 8pm; Sundays, 2pm (unless noted otherwise)
The View from Backstairs, tour of the Brucemore home
a restaurant kitchen, April 15, 7 : 30pm.
Big
Love,
Charles
Mee's
vaudevi lle/tragicomedy
as seen from the servants' point of view 1907-1937, Saturdays in April at 9:30am.
Paramount Theatre
update of Aeschylus' Suppliant Women, presented as
123 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 363-1888
part of Riverside's ongoing partnership with Cornell
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Dance of Iowa Recitals, April 30, lpm & 6pm
College; through April 10.
410 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 368-7503
Space/Place Theatre
Senior Center
It Tastes Yelfow, fund-raising event i n which Tim & Janice Charles, Tim & Jill Gustin, Melanie O ' Donnell,
North Hall, UI campus, Iowa City
28 S. Linn St., Iowa City
Afro/Cuban Drum and Dance Ensemble, UI Dance
Tango Variations and the Iowa Waltz, self-reflexive dance-drama about the coll aboration of an Argentine woman and an Iowa man on the production of a film
and Roger & Bonnie Schmidt prepare a meal inspired by art, April 2 , call 366-7503 ext. 207 for reservations
documentary, April 22, 2pm.
Icons, artist Maryam Gosling demonstrates how Roman and Christian art influenced each other, April 9, lpm
Swing a Club: Facing Cancer, St. Olaf Dance Department, April 9, 8pm •
Department, April 1-2, 8pm
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Diego Carrasco/Marina Fukushima Thesis Concert, April 14, 15 & 16, 8pm.
Auditions/Opportu nities Riverside Theatre
Theatre Cedar Rapids 102 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, 366-8592
7:30pm Thurs.- Sat and 2:30pm Sun. (unless noted otherwise)
•
From Portraits to
The Pressures of Empire; The Gracchi Brothers, DVD
lecture series by Professor Garret G . Fagan, April 16, lpm • The Battle That Stopped Rome, professor Peter S . Wells lectures on Roman history in celebration of the founding of Rome, April 2 1 , 7pm • The Intersection of Art and Math, presentations by fourth grade gifted
213 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 338-7672
UI Theatres
and talented students from Prairie Heights Elementary,
Theatre Bldg., U I campus, Iowa City, 335-1160
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, E.C. Mabie Theatre, April 7-9, 14-16, 8pm; April 10 & 1 7 ,
Theater/Performance
"Art Sandwiched In," gallery lecture/walk with CRMA
director Terry Pitts, April 6, 12pm
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Steel Magnolias, April 1-10, also April 5, 7:30pm.
Auditions for Prosperity, a new play by Chicago playwright Keith Huff, April 12, by appointment only.
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April 23, lpm • Marius and Sulfa; The Royal Rule of Sulfa, DVD lecture series by Professor Garret G. Fagan, April 30, lpm.
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3pm.
Conference on White Privilege
Arts a la Carte
U.S. Cellular Center
20 E Market St, Iowa City, 354-1526
370 First Avenue, Cedar Rapids, 398-5211
"Women Activists: Their Fight Against White Privilege,
Tango Variations and the Iowa Waltz, self-reflexive
Sesame Street Live's Out of This World, April 5 , 7pm;
White Supremacy, and Oppression." Anti-racism activists
dance-drama about the collaboration of an Argentine woman and an Iowa man on the production of a film
April 6, 10:30am & 7pm.
and thinkers, including Dr. Peggy Mcintosh, who is
& 10pm, receptions following performances; May 1, 2pm. documentary, April
30,
7pm
Central College campus, Pella, April 27-30
credited with popularizing the term "white privilege" i n
Comedy
her 1989 article " Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack." For more info: www.whiteprivilegeconference .com.
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Iowa City Community Theatre
The Mill
CSPS
Exhibition Hall, Johnson Co. Fairgrounds, Iowa City,
120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, 351-9529
1103 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, 364-1580
338-0443
Comics in Action, im prov, April 19, 9pm.
Noble Pen Writers' Group, April 7 , 7pm
Fri. & Sat. 8pm; Sun. 2:30pm The Secret Garden, by Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, based on the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, April
Words
The Java House
African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center
211 E. Washington St., 341-0012
55 12th Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids
lOam Live excerpts from Tennessee Williams'
The Glass
Menagerie performed by the cast of the U I Theatre
Reading by
Iowa poet Marvin Bell, sponsored by Noble Pen, April 10, 2pm.
15-17, 22-24, 29-30, May 1.
WSU/ 's "Iowa Talks Live from the Java House, " Fridays,
•
Heroes of Parlor Town, Brent Eric Watkins presents oral history and piano performance tracing
Design Ranch 701 E. Davenport St., Iowa City, 354-2623
Furniture designer Eames Demetrios reads from The Eames Primer, April 1, 5:30pm. •
The
transformation in American popular music by African American composers 1900-1925, April 2, 6pm •
Faulconer Gallery Grinnell College, 1108 Park St., Grinnell, 641-2694660
Reading by author Pete Fromm, April 25, 8pm.
Bryan Moore discuss Williams' life and work, April
African-American Spirituals lecture and concert with Kevin McBeth, April 7 , tour at 6pm and concert 7-
1
8pm
The Green Room
production,
d irector Alan
MacVey and
dramaturge
Eulenspiegel Puppets celebrate their 30-year
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anniversary, early childhood development products presented by Melissa Blum, April 29.
Paramount Theatre 123 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 363-1888
You 've Earned It, Don't Lose It, Suze Orman, April 20, 7pm
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Fiddler on the Roof, April 21, 7 : 30pm.
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Professor Vershawn Ashanti Young discusses
Harlem Renaissance poet Helene Johnson and dramatist Willis Richardson and performs from their works, April 14, 12-1pm • Iowa Writers' Workshop instructor and
author Marilynne
Robinson on
Underground Railroad in Iowa, April 21, 7pm • Poet Tyari Witherspoon reads from his book of poetry and songs, Stand, April 30, 2pm.
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Poetry Slam, April 6 & 27, 9pm.
The H istory Center 615 FIrst Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, 362-1501
" U p to Appomatox," Bill Thomas performs the role of Private Ralph Tripp, remembering the Civil War as
experienced by Iowa soldiers, April 19, 12-lpm • Trolley Tour of Mosque and Hindu Center, with historian
Sanctuary
Collage and Found Footage Film Series
Mark H unter, April 24, 2-4:30pm.
405 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 351-5692
UI campus, Iowa City
Prairie Lights Reading with Marya Hornbacher ( The
Venom and Eternity, Isidore Isou, presented by Dennis Hanlon, April 21, 7pm, Shambaugh Aud,
Center of Winter) , Edward Schwarzschild (Responsible
The Java House
Men), Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, ( The Effects of
211 E. Washington St., 341-0012
WSUI 's "Iowa Talks Live from the Java House, ' Fridays, lOam. Live excerpts from Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie performed by the cast of the UI Theatre production,
director Alan MacVey and dramaturge Bryan Moore discuss Williams' life and work, April 1 • Rennie Davis of the Chicago 7 discusses his "call for •
,
Life), Matthew Carnahan ( Serpent Girn, April 6, 8pm.
1103 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, 364-1580
Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences "3A Distant Shore," reading by author and Columbia
IC I nternational Documentary Festival
University professor Caryl Phillips, April 4 , 5-6:30pm.
Iowa City, April 14-17
Rm. 1505.
Bijou and Tippie Aud., Papajohn Business Bldg. icdocs.org for more info .
Shambaugh Aud.
Puppets celebrate their 30-year anniversary, early childhood development products presented by Melissa
Jonathan Franzen, fiction reading, April 8, 8pm.
120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, 351-9529
Tal k Art Cabaret, U I Workshop readings, second and fourth Wednesday every month, 1Opm.
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 30 16th Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, 362-8500
Guided curator tour of Bohemian Garnets, April 2 & 14, 2pm
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"A Community Learns" series focusing on
history, museology,
immigration, ethnicity,
artistry,
architecture and more, all 6:30-9pm: April 7 , guest speakers Jan Stoffer and Mark Hunter; April 21, NCSML staff; April 28, Dr. Jitka Sonkova; call to register.
otherwise)
live
on
WSUI (unless
noted
otherwise) Author Francine Prose reads from her new book, Changed Man, April 4 • Poet Dean Young reads, April 5, no radio . Sanctuary reading, April 6, see listing . Reza Asian reads from his new book on Islam, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, April 7
124 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, 248-2840
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Iowa Writers' Workshop Open Mic, April 17, 8pm-
410 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 366-7503
12am.
Roman Scavenger H u nt, children's activity, April 2,
UI Art Bldg. UI campus, Iowa City
Mardi Not For"Gras "tten, fund-raising event with French Creole and Cajun fare, April 16, call 3667503 ext. 207 for reservations · Salsa y Salsa, fund
Rm. £109 James Sienna, lecture on his work, April 11, 8pm
raising event with tequilas, Mexican tapas and salsa dancing, April 30, 7pm.
lpm
Jodi Picoult, fiction reading, Buchanan Aud., Pappajohn Business Bldg., April 11 • Michelle Herman,
7pm •
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Lecture, Philip Horvitz, speaker, April 13, 8pm
Martina Lopez, lecture on her work, April 14, 7pm
Clapp Recital Hall
25, 8:15pm.
UI campus, Iowa City, 335-1160
Monster Design Studio
Family tour with Lisa Becker, April 3, 2pm • The Face of Difference: Gender, Race and the Politics of
716 Oakland Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids, 365-1844
Representation, April 7 , 7pm
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Abigail
Solomon-Godeau,
speaker,
Museum tours, April 10, 17 & 24,
2pm.
Orah Mark and biographer Linda Ben-Zvi, April 18, Mystery
writer Elizabeth George, April 20, Shambaugh Aud., Main Library . Poet Sandra Miller, April 21
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Thomas
Wolf and Patricia Bryan, nonfiction reading, April 22 Poet Carolynne Wright, April 25
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Poet Jim McKean,
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T. C. Boyle and John Irving reading, April 22, 4pm.
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wearing seat belts and suffered m i nor inju
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wasn't wearing his seatbelt and was eject
Record Chronicle, the victims said that they were on their way to Baton Rouge,
Star reported that Kieper had recently writ
La . , because they needed money and had
ten a column for his college newspaper
read on the Internet that a medical school there would pay $100 , 000 for testicles. •
gori lla Koko sued the San Francisco Goril l a Foundation, claiming that it fired them for refusing to show Koko their breasts. The
An agency that serves the poor in Fostoria, Ohio, called police after thieves broke in through a back door and stole a safe. The safe was em pty, according to Susan Simpkins, di rector of the Fostoria Bureau of Concern, who explained that the agency had been intending to throw it out, but it was too big to move . " It is really qu ite comical , " she said. " It was very heavy, and they did us a favor by taking it. "
Kong
foundation
president
Francine
Patterson of seeking to have the women bond with the gori lla by performing " bi zarre sexual acts with Koko. " The foundation maintains that Koko un derstands a sign language vocabulary of more than 1 , 000 words.
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lawsuit by Nancy Alperin and Kendra Keller accused
police
reported
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two
C h inese men, ages 26 and 2 7 , were ship
tiffs to perform such acts, regularly and consistently, and on at least one occasion, outdoors where others could see . "
ping stolen goods to the mainland when
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police saw them and gave chase. The
th i rd woman, Iris Rivera, filed her own suit,
suspects were arrested when their ,boat broke down. Police offi cial Anson Lo said
accusing Patte rson of repeatedly pr s ur ' her to expose her breasts, inSisting ing
that the contraband was a shi pment of
that Koko was signing "she wants to see
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going 96 mph outside Alexandri a, Ontari ,
The mu nicipal counc i l of Lindau, Germany,
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car, this time travelin g in the other d i rec
tion at 91 mph. Although the driver looked
the same , Legere said that an identifica tion check showed she was the twin sister of the fi rst driver.
Jaywalkers in the P h i l i ppines risk having wet rags dropped on their heads as pun ishment after more than 20 trucks hit the streets of Manila eq u i pped with blan ket size white rags and water containers to
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voted unanimously to remove Adolf Hitler's name from the Bavarian town's list of hon ored citizens, 7 2 years after the Nazi dicta tor rose to power. The c ity became aware that Hitler was still on the list while creat ing a plaque recogn izing its distinguished citizens.
curb jaywalking,
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Devel opment Autho rity Chairman Bayani Fe rnando insisted that he would turn to paintballs from war games against jaywalk ers. " Paintball could easily stain clothes and would be very effective to teach un disciplined pedestri ans a good lesso n , " he said.
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Kinky As They Come A 25-year-old man told police i n Savannah , Ga . , that he was sexually assaulted by two women he spotted outside his mobile home w h i l e drinking and using cocaine and invited to join h i m . H e explained that he could remember l ittle from that point until he awoke to find a metal object protruding from h i s rear end. Police Sgt. M i ke Wilson said doctors at Memorial Health Un iversity Medical Center surgically removed what they identified as "one half of a pai r of food tongs " and turned it ove r to police. Cover Up The c ity council i n V i l l a hermosa, Mexico, voted to ban indoor nudity, warning that offenders face up to 36 hours in jail or a fine of $121. " We are talking about zero tolerance . . .for a lack of moral ity, "
said
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Party,
which governs the Tabasco state capita l . V i l l ahermosa is noted for its sweltering and
humid ity,
and
citizens
tradi
of ventilation,
including open windows.
" Because we walk past the windows, you see a lot of things , " Pulido said, indicating she was confident that citizens who catch a gli m pse of offenders would report them to police
even though the law also threat
ens jail for peeping Tom s .
Scie ntists reported that the power out
Police in Dario, Nicaragua, reported that
do. "
wrote. " I belong to this grou p . "
Squeegees from Outer Space
Way to Go
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tionally have houses that provide plenty
Constable Chris Legere pulled over a car and issued a ticket to the 18-year-old dnv
matter what the government does , "
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individual l i berties. "There seems to be who simply do not wish to buckle u p no
Two women who helped care fo r the famous
Curses, Foiled Again
attacking seat-belt laws as intrusions on a d i e-hard group of non-wearers out there
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solar
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of the
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Opportun ity rover probing the su rface of Mars had dropped to 500 watt-hours per day because they were being clogged by the heavy Martian dirt. NASA rover team leader J i m Erickson said that the panels' output soared close to their maxim u m 900 watt-hours per day after an unexplained phenomenon regu larly cleaned l ayers of the dust. The second rover, Mars Spirit, . which operates on a d ifferent part of the pl anet, hasn't beeh cleaned, however, and its clogged panels have had their power output drop to 400 watt-hours a day. Compiled from the nation 's press by Roland Sweet. Submit clippings, Citing source and date, to POB 8130, Alexandria VA 22306.
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- You want change and you're ready to lead the charge, But you will need i nformed allies ready to make sacrifices and take risks, The troops will i n i tially be behind you but eventually will want to slow the pace, mend fences and build a consensus, That's good, But you will need to maintain forward momentu m , While you are w i l l i ng to do what's necessary, enthusiasm is no substitute for cold cas h , Don't be discour aged or i m patient, Events will t i p your way, TAURUS - Your role i n matters will be come increasingly im portant as April progresses, I ndeed, your influence will reach a high point as you are called upon re peatedly to channel raw, unru ly, mixed motives into cooperative discussion and negotiation, I n most cases, expectations and confidence will rapidly outrun budgets, People will have to i nvest their time and energy to buil d needed capital. Strive to ensure that your own moti vations are clear and clearly understood by others , Relations with auth ority figu'res of all kinds could be confused and strained, Think hard before you speak or act, GEMINI - If you are feeling fei sty, even a l ittle irritable, that's to be expected. Impatience could get you i n hot water, though, especially if you push others into pre mature or irresponsible actio n . You are right to seek a better life for everyone. The stars ex pect that of you these days, However, people need material resou rces to succeed, not just inspiration and drive. Later, your power to mo tivate others will lessen as they become more inclined to think, discuss and seek consensus and cooperation. Tact, timing and thorough ness are key this month. CANCER - Your boat will rock twice as ard as everyone else's, but Canceri ans have good sea legs. Ir reversible, irresistible changes i n just about all the key areas of your life w i l l push i m portant deci sions forward . Events will remove some op tions, elimi n ate some obstacles and force you ahead. Events are also pointing you in a very particular d i recti o n . Careful financial plan n i ng in the past could save your bacon now. Take the harmonious route. Don't buck authority. Don't buck the inevitable. Some thi ngs are unavoidable. A brighter future i s closer than you think. LEO - Your concern about the direction of events is valid and your i n sights could save everyone a lot of trouble. However, not everyone will see it your way. Progress will remain hard. Be subtle, but stick to your gun s . A steady, deliberate approach will work best. You will also have to sh ift from combative to concili atory as April progres ses. You could also encounter drama and intrigue where you can least afford it. Hang on to what you know is valuable. Let go of th ings that wei you down and hold you back. VIRGO - The emphasis remains on . work and professional matters. Some issues will be easy to deal with, some not. If you ignore the difficult issues, or finesse them, you will miss the full benefit of April ' s aspects. Paying attention to the hard stuff will also help you avoid undue haste, harsh words and impulsive actio n s . You might also have to confront rising expenses on a static income. Fortunately, u nforeseen events wi I I remove some stubborn obstacles and elirni nate false or unrealistic options, reducing risk and bri ng ing your goals Sign ificantly closer. •
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LIBRA - You face a m i x of opportunities
and challenges that don't quite add u p to rapid progress. Yo ur luck will hold , however, as a new cycle of wealth creation i s beginning. Finances will ease and confidence will be high and well founded. Your influence i s also on the rise. Vac i llation, doubt or hesitation could have more serious ramifications than you'd imagine. Fortun ately, events will soon begin to whittle down the poss ibil ities, sim pli fying the decision-making process. Partner(s) see th ings more clearly at th is time, SCORPIO - You m ight feel i n charge as April opens, but be careful about using any of your authority. The situ ation i s unstable with a h igh probability of misfires, no matter how careful you are. The odds favor a foul-up all month and more so as the days pass. As April ends, your influence lessens and static i ncreases dramatical ly. ' People are torn betwee n risky and divisive ac tion and a slower, consensus-based approac h . Any undue pressure you exert could backfire. Intuition will serve you better than conscious . analysis thi s time out. SAGIITARIUS - As April opens, you ' l l feel like you ' re pushing that proverbial rock u p the proverbial h i l l , or l i ke the irresistible force that smacks head on into the prove rbial immovable object. But your natural enthusiasm will come back. While obstacles and opponents won't just melt away, you will be able to inspire and un ify those who are searching for solutions. Apri l's tough aspects hit you at a comparatively harmless angle. Al though your path won't be clear, your choices will be helpfully well defined. Avoid intrigue. Don't be manipulated. Dodge power plays. CAPRICORN - You must balance many considerations and satisfy many peo ple if your plan i s to succeed. Careful planning is requ i red to develop a goal and a strategy that will satisfy those affected . Once a plan is formulated, leave the hard sell to others. You r role will be to unify those who must accept the proposal if it i s to proceed . Be prepared for unexpected events. The situa tion is extremely changeable. Adjust tactics as needed. Pl anetary influences promise eventu al success. Financial i ntrigue is l i kely. Attend to shifting dynamics in family relationships. AQUARIUS - You will continue to be startled by what people do and how some overreact to your in put. But a strong stimulus is needed to j u m p-start your agenda and keep it moving. You will doubtless be rel ieved when the emphasis s h ifts toward forming teams to do the 'work. Things might go from a rolling boil to a simmer but friction will ease and momentum will remain strong. Your work wifh others will change the direction of events. Sidestep pricier options. Avoid in trigue and power plays. Manipulators are hard at work. PISCES - Prickly and feisty, Pisceans will get even more so because they are having a tough time getting their way. Things will begin to resolve themselves by month's end and Pisceans will slowly chill out, a little. However, the resolution will involve decisive, irreversible financial choices, some voluntary, some not. The options that remain will be the soundest ones . Don't cling to the options that fade. Some things are no longer up to you. You will get something that works if you are patient and don't balk at reasonable compromise(s),
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