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Easiest to grow houseplants 1. Philadendrum 2. Bamboo 3. Spider Plant 4. Cacti 5. Jade Plant 6. Ficus 7. Ghost Plant Ways to become a better writer, according to Stephen King 1. Get to the point 2. Write a draft. Then let it rest. 3. Cut down your text. 4. Be relatable and honest. 5. Don't care too much what others may think 6. Read a lot. 7. Write a lot.

Social Networking Second Supper’s back on the social networking bandwagon this week, with an all-new chain of townies to answer our deliciously revealing questions. Each week, the interviewee will know the person from the week before, and so it shall continue. You see? We really are all connected. If anyone knows Kevin Bacon, drop a line... NAME & AGE: Nick Wilhelmy, 25 BIRTHPLACE: Roanoke,Va. CURRENT JOB: Habitat for Humanity Restore (via Americorps) DREAM JOB: Philanthropist COVETED SUPERPOWER: To never need sleep DREAM VACATION: A week in London with unlimited funds BEST LOCAL RESTAURANT: Fast Wok FAVORITE BAR IN TOWN: Bodega CITY OR COUNTRY? City 3 MOVIES YOU’D TAKE ON A DESERTED ISLAND: A Clockwork Orange Blade Runner Final Cut Fight Club TELL US A JOKE: What’s orange and looks great on hippies? Fire. #1 PET PEEVE: Celebration of ignorance

3 BOOKS YOU’D TAKE TO PRISON: Japanese For Dummies Self-Defense For Dummies Piano For Dummies (If I’m going to be incarcerated, I might as well be productive...) 3 CDs YOU’D TAKE ON A ROAD TRIP: Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band Trout Mask Replica Autechre - Confield Scott Walker - The Drift (If I’m going to spend a long time with only three albums, they may as well be complex, difficult records that take many listens to wrap my head around.) IF YOU COULD PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT PERFECTLY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Piano WHAT’S IN YOUR POCKETS? iPod, cellphone, keys, wallet HOW DO YOU KNOW LAST WEEK’S INTERVIEWEE? I know Bri through Carly P.

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When Pigs Fly

WHAT: Tri-State Gun Show

Roller Coaster Is Heap Of Fun

WHEN: Friday through Sunday

Saturday, August 16, 1884 La Crosse Republican Leader.

WHERE: The Onalaska OmniCenter

A rumor that the roller coasting hill, at the corner of 5th and Adams streets, was ready for business, induced a Republican Leader reporter to take a streetcar and proceed to the site for the purpose of taking a slide. The roller coaster is immense, a new thing, a new sensation, and everybody in town will have to try it or admit that he is behind the times. It costs you nothing to go upon the platform but it is worth a dollar to see the thing work and you can get two rides for 5 cents. Cheap enough. Mr. Hahn, Jaekel, and Plomteaux are the gentlemen who have started it, and they have laid out a good deal of money in making the place comfortable, attractive, and perfectly safe. The track is 500 feet long and built in true circle. The car in which you sit is just like a streetcar seat, with four wheels under it and which can accommodate 10 people. It is started on a platform 24 feet above street level. The attendant gives you a little push and away you go, flying around the circle with your face toward the center. The car goes over three hills or “bumps” until it gets half way around the circle, when it is level with the ground and begins to ascend. Its momentum carries it up the grade to 20 feet, to within a short distance of the starting point. It takes 13 seconds to make the trip and it is a heap of fun, and the children are flocking around it like bees around a hive. The rails are of wood with iron strips set 14 icnches apart, and the outside rail is elevated to prevent the car from leaving the track in making the curves. The managers say that it is next to impossible to make the car leave the track. They will run four cars, starting the second just as soon as the first car stops, and so on. Two cars will sometimes be coupled together. A fine canopied landing has been arranged halfway up the hill along with plenty of promenade room on the next grade above. The trestlework is firm and strongly bolted together. The ground on which the hill has been built has been leased for three years, and the institution may be called permanent. The way to get there is to take a streetcar to 7th and Adams streets, and then walk two blocks to 5th Street. The place will be illuminated evenings with a circle of strong lamps.

Do you get off to the idea of a controlled combustion propelling a projectile at speeds upwards of 3,000 feet per second? Then come on down to the Tri-State Gun Show, being held at the Onalaska OmniCenter this Friday through Sunday. The Tri-State Gun Show is brought to you by those whacky hunters Bob and Rocco from “The Bob & Rocco Show." The event times are Friday 5 – 9 p.m., Saturday 9 – 5 p.m., and Sunday 9 – 3 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, and any lil’ gunslingers out there under the age of 12 get in FREE! So come on down to the Tri-State Gun Show, and have a blast!

Editor’s Note: This rollercoaster attraction in La Crosse did not survive past 1884, probably due to ﬁnancial difﬁculties. The site where it was located later became Hood Park, a city playground, as it remains today.

True Tales of La Crosse: Unusual Stories from Old Newspapers of La Crosse, Wisconsin Compiled and edited by Douglas Connell (La Crosse, Wis. : D. Connell), 1994.

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Onalaska's Big Choice

Referendum Time

By Adam Bissen

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adam.bissen@secondsupper.com The common perception of Onalaska is of a land of parking lots and shopping centers. Over the past two decades, this once sleepy suburb sprang into the region’s largest commercial district, with the Highway 16 and Interstate 90 corridors plumping out like a WalMart frankfurter. A lot of that expansion could have been due to chance, the fortunate confluence of rolling cornfields and cheap gasoline, but it undoubtedly gave the city a boom-town mentality as it entered the 21st century. Overseeing that growth over the past eight years was Onalaska’s first full-time mayor, Jim Bialecki. After two full terms, Bialecki will vacate the office next month, and the race to succeed him has fallen to two current city council members: Mike Giese and Bob Muth. Giese — a three-term council member, retired businessman and former college professor — speaks with the cadence of an academic and appears hyperaware of the smallest details affecting the city. Addressing gasoline prices that may soon top $4 per gallon, Giese says “We’ve really crossed the Rubicon.” He explains that Onalaska is oriented around Eisenhower-era concepts of Interstate travel and sprawling suburbs. Giese supports “in-fill” development and alternatives to automobile transportation and believes that these will need to be more than just environmentalists’ pet projects if Onalaska is to remain vibrant in the future. “Ten, 15 years ago I could have just gone out and hugged a tree and felt good about myself, but I can’t do that now. It’s a new economic reality,” Giese said. Muth, who has lived in Onalaska for 31 years and spent almost all of them with the city’s police force, is as jocular and Giese is cerebral. It’s hard not to like the guy, and Muth is as comfortable with the city’s American Legion-centered old guard as he is coaching high school softball. Unlike Giese, Muth doesn’t spit reams of statistics or get worked up over the smallest policy details — and he actually cites that as a strength. Muth says it’s the mayor’s job to be a “salesman” or “the face of Onalaska.” He says City Hall already has excellent employees, and he won’t be the kind of guy constantly peeking over their shoulders. “My management style is I’m a team play-

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er. I’m not an engineer. I’m not an accountant. I’m not going to be someone that’s going to question the experts that we hired to do the job,” Muth said. As for government experience, Giese gets the edge, having served on practically every city committee during his time on council He also cites his private-sector experience as the head of health care companies for instilling the beliefs of constant innovation. Muth, who has sat on city council for just one year, said he should be elected because he knows how to work within city government. He rose the ranks of the Onalaska Police Department to sergeant before quitting in the midst of recent department turbulence and taking a job as an investigator for the La Crosse County District Attorney. By spending nearly his whole career within government, Muth said he understands the mentality of civil servants and he’d work to keep City Hall functioning smoothly. When asked about Bialecki’s legacy, Giese complimented him for setting a good model as mayor and for ending “the old boys’ card club” that had run the city in the past. For the most part this is accurate, but Giese vows to run a “new administration” as mayor with new ideas and new personnel. He wants city meetings to be more accessible, the city Web site to be expanded and the city budget process to be more out in the open. He supports bicycle rights and a smoking ban and thinks the 21st century will require a new way of thinking. “More of the same is just not going to be effective in going forward,” Giese said. For Muth, Onalaska is a great place, a scenic place, a wonderful place to work, and he wants to keep it that way. As mayor, Muth said he would get out in the community and let city employees do their work. He would go to schools, to rotary clubs, to business associates, to pancake breakfasts and try to convince others of what he’s always felt so dearly: Onalaska is a pretty nice place to be. “I’m not one of those guys who says ‘I’m going to get elected because I’m going to change the world,’” Muth said. “I think that’s the wrong direction. I think we should keep working within the parameters we’ve got right now.” In an era of shades of grey politics, the Onalaska mayor’s race actually offers fairly stark choices: changes versus sameness in the land of Home Depot.

There will be two school district referenda on the ballot April 1. An Operating Referendum will allow the School District of La Crosse to exceed its annual budget by $4.17 million a year over the next five years. This is in accordance with a state law limiting the amount by which a district can increase its budget. The second Capital Referendum would grant the district an additional $35 million to cover myriad projects. Approximately $20 million would address “urgent” facility needs at 14 district buildings, largely covering heating and cooling system upgrades and additional security features. Also included in this referendum is $15 million for razing two North Side elementary schools, Franklin and Roosevelt, and building a consolidated elementary school on the Franklin site.

Capital referendum: BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of School District of La Crosse, La Crosse and Vernon Counties, Wisconsin, that there should be issued pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $35,000,000 for the public purpose of paying the cost of adding to, renovating and upgrading existing school facilities including HVAC, safety and security systems; closing and demolishing the Franklin Elementary School; closing the Roosevelt Elementary School; constructing and equipping a new replacement elementary school on the Franklin Elementary School site.

Here is the text of those referenda: Operating referendum: BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of School District of La Crosse, La Crosse and Vernon Counties, Wisconsin, that the revenues included in the School District budget beginning with the 2009-2010 school year and ending with the 2013-2014 school year be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $4,175,000 a year, for non-recurring purposes consisting of maintaining educational programs; maintaining District facilities; and replacing technology.

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In Contempt

By Adam Bissen

adam.bissen@secondsupper.com Due to circumstances of another job, I watch 75 minutes of television each weekday, and for the past two months I could count on seeing the same things each time:The Young and the Restless, the noon news and filthy campaign ads for Tuesday’s state Supreme Court election. You’ve likely seen them, too (the ads, I mean). They’ve got the same motif as all those other senate and congressional classics — the brazen assertions, personal attacks, echoing drum effects and small-print sources — and that alone gave me pause. On Tuesday we won’t be sending anyone to Madison to represent us for a short stint in the lawmaking trenches. We’ll be selecting a man to sit for ten years on the state Supreme Court, to consider legal arguments and interpret all our statutes. It’s a job that is supposed to be non-partisan and above the fray of dirty politics. And if you think it’s going to stay that way, I hereby declare you completely naïve. Of all the Supreme Court commercials I’ve seen in the past two months, approximately 90 percent of them were third-party “issue ads” that operate free from limitations governing individual candidate commercials. For one, they aired every flippin’ day! The two judicial candidates — Michael Gableman and Louis Butler — are likely wealthy men, but I’d hope they don’t have the time or inclination to campaign and raise enough money to buy air in all of Wisconsin’s major television markets. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, an established interest group, does. So do the clandestine individuals behind the Wisconsin Club for Growth and the Greater Wisconsin Committee. These groups are rife with corporate cash because they don’t explicitly campaign for candidates and can therefore take larger, less regulated donations. You’ll notice their catch at the end of every one of these issue ads, because they don’t say “vote for Candidate X.” Instead they will say all sorts of bad things about Candidate Y and then tell you to call him at this number on the screen. “The fact is, no one does that,” Joe Heim, a UW-La Crosse political science professor, told me this week when I called him at his office. “No one picks up the phone and calls up Judge Gableman or Justice Butler. It’s a sham to use that approach, frankly.” Using this strategy, the Wisconsin Club for Growth can ask viewers to call up Gableman and inquire why he bribed former governor Scott McCallum to give him a judge position 300 miles from his home. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce commands you to

Letter to the Editor phone Butler and ask him why he exonerates pedophiles, murderers, white-collar criminals and domestic abusers. But probably the most outrageous ad of this campaign season wasn’t even paid for by an outside party. Gableman’s own campaign ran a commercial saying Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler “worked to put criminals on the street.” It depicts a photo of Butler, who is black, next to a snapshot of convicted rapist Rueben Lee Mitchell, who is also black. It goes on to say “Butler found a loophole. Mitchell went on to molest another child,” and ends: “Can Wisconsin families feel safe with Louis Butler on the Supreme Court?” The ad doesn’t say Butler was a public defender at the time — not a judge — or that the appeal failed, or that the sexual assault occurred after Mitchell completed his stint in prison. The Wisconsin National Association for the Advancement of Colored Persons compared the ad to the infamous “Willie Horton” slot that helped George W. Bush defeat Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential race by linking him with a violent black criminal. It might not be surprising that someone would use racebaiting or legal misrepresentations to unseat a criminal judge, but that’s not exactly the issue here. The fact is the Wisconsin Supreme Court doesn’t sentence criminals, hear their cases or release them from prison. The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules on law, and those rulings affect business and politics, and that’s why this campaign got so stinking dirty. According to many political observers, this will be the election that gives the sevenperson Supreme Court its ideological bent. Butler, who was appointed by Democratic governor Jim Doyle, is considered a more liberal judge than Gableman, who was appointed by the Republican McCallum. The feeling is the new judge will be the swing vote on social issues, like homosexual rights or charter schools, as well as financial rulings such as caps on medical malpractice lawsuits or liability of lead paint manufacturers. “They’re not put in there to influence 300 decisions. They’re in there to influence two or three,” Heim explained. He added the last time he saw a Wisconsin Supreme Court race be so protracted and mudslinging was in 2007 when Annette Ziegler earned a seat on the bench. Before that Supreme Court campaigns had traditionally remained short and civil. As for why this campaign got so dirty, you just have to look at recent successes: “Swift Boat” is a verb for a reason. I don’t have any polling data, so just go ahead and ask every person in the room with you if they can name a single person on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. If they cannot do that, how would they be expected to provide a nuanced opinion on tort reform or plaintiff standing? They couldn’t; so one way to get them to the polls is scare the bejezus out of them with murders and rapists. With gossipy fervor they’d vote on issues that have absolutely no relevance to the election, and it’s all orchestrated to make businesspeople richer. If this stuff were only confined to The Young and the Restless, I’d call it good writing.

Editor’s note: Last August, in the first addition of this new format, Second Supper published a cover story about sign boards (a.k.a. commander boards) that were causing controversy in the Town of Campbell and were ordered to be removed. As a public forum, readers who would like to share comments on this or any other issue are advised to write editor@secondsupper.com.

Am I missing something? By Jeff Foellimi

A handful of Campbell citizens prompted by the board wanted to get rid of the private Commander Boards. This group along with the board felt the signs were degrading Campbell property values.The Commander Boards were on private property so whatever happened to citizens’ rights to “freedom of speech?” The Campbell board had the administrator draw up a new 17-page sign ordinance number 11.11. This was adopted by the Campbell board at an August 28, 2007 board meeting. The Campbell Administrator sent out letters to all owners of the commander boards that requested the signs be removed within 30 days or one could be fined up to $500 per day. The Campbell American Legion Post 417 has two commander boards that after four plus months have not been removed.When this was called to the attention of the Campbell administrator, he said, “He was too busy and I should contact the Campbell Police.” Later a Campbell board member checked out the commander boards at the American Legion and said they were frozen in the ice. The Legion would remove them when the weather got better. The old saying is what is good for the Goose is good for the Gander. I want to know how the Legion can leave their signs up all of this time without being fined. Citizens should not be the watchdog for the ordinances. This is the responsibility of the Campbell Administrator. Where is this Campbell group of citizens who wanted to rid the Island of the Commander Boards? The board with the assistance of the Campbell Administrator spent thousands of dollars to have this ordinance placed into law. The board took hours of board time discussing ways of getting rid of the commander boards on private property as well as others being used in Campbell. Is this another one of the Campbell Board’s hidden agendas, where if you are not part of the board’s elite you’re exempt?

The Town Administrator was asked if the Legion was a Business. His reply was no. Therefore they should comply with the new sign ordinance law or be fined, if their unauthorized signs are not removed promptly. It does not matter where the signs are placed on Legion property or private, as the sign itself is now illegal. I know the Legion is a great organization and promotes activities and events for our veterans and families.We feel badly that the Legion got caught up in this political arena. If they are supportive in our community they also need to abide by the laws of the Campbell community. The Campbell Administrator is basically in charge of all the ordinances. We found out that he does not have the authority to deal with this matter and the Campbell Board will make the final decisions. This gentleman was hired over a year ago and now the taxpayers are paying his salary of $58,195 per year. He also received about $20,000 more in fringe benefits. The Campbell Board has yet to complete a working agreement on his basic duties. Was our Town Board looking for a high paid office manager other than a town administrator? Other towns in our area have administrators who under normal conditions hold a great deal of authority where the Campbell administrator is tied to the board’s apron strings. The ground is no longer frozen and the snow is gone. The sings are still up and should now be removed. Sign owners should be reprimanded for their neglect to abide by the law. This will show others that disobeying laws can become very costly.

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The Cost of War "If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, then we're going to have a serious problem." — George W. Bush, Jan. 2001. By Briana Rupel

briana.rupel@secondsupper.com Before the invasion of Iraq, then White House economic adviser, Lawrence Lindsay, estimated the future cost of the war to total 100 to 200 billion dollars. Then he got fired, and the White House made their best attempt at an educated guess, this time naming the figure to be somewhere between $50 and $60 billion. Five years later, the total cost of the war is pushing $600 billion — ten times what the White House estimated. To make better sense of such an esoteric number, the National Priorities Project has calculated this figure to equal approximately $4,681 per household and $1,721 per person. Keep in mind, though, that this doesn't factor in interest costs, losses to the economy, or the cost of casualties. The current cost of the Iraq war comes in second behind World War II, the most expensive in U.S history. Though, the second World War was being paid for as it was being fought; funds were raised through the sale of war bonds. The Iraq war is the only conflict in U.S. history not actually being paid off as it occurs. Where Americans saw their taxes raised during the Vietnam era in order to pay for the war, we've instead seen tax cuts and an administration that loves to spend. Remember, too: That grotesque figure of $600 billion doesn't yet include interest. Don't be surprised if someday you find yourself sitting in a rocking chair, trying to explain to your grandchildren — and possibly, great-grandchildren — why they're paying for your generation's war.

Could your tax dollars be better spent? (that's a rhetorical question)

Taxpayers in La Crosse, Wisconsin have paid

$57.2 million

for the Iraq War thus far.

For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided: 36,866

People with Health Care

69,739

Homes with Renewable Electricity

1,280

Public Safety Officers

Music and Arts Teachers

943

8,501

4 New Elementary Schools OR 477

Affordable Housing Units

44,006 8,611 997

Hindsight's a bitch. Source: National Priorites Project

(Source: War Profiteers: Profits Over Patriotism in Iraq by:Robert L. Borosage, Eric Lotke and Robert Gerson of ourfuture.com)

Who's profi ting from the war? Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR): This Halliburton subsidiary was awarded -without competition, by the pentagon - a contract to fight oilwell fi res, which is worth as much as $7 billion over two years. KBR has been authorized to take profits of up to $490 million. Titan: The company's contract with the Army has been extended numerous times and is currently worth over $1 billion. Last year L-3 Communications bought Titan as part of its emergence as the largest corporate intelligence conglomerate in the world.

Aegis Defense Services: In Iraq, Aegis is under contract to provide security support services to the Project and Contracting Office (PCO), responsible for managing the reconstruction program. The contract is worth $293 million over three years. Observers project the industry will be a $200 billion per year business by 2010. Lockheed Martin: The world's #1 military contractor has seen its stock double in value since 2001.

Nour USA Ltd.: Nour has received $400 million in Iraq contracts, including an $80 million contract to provide oil pipeline security.

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Production of oil and electricity are still below pre-war levels. Schools, hospitals, cars, and food are less available than before the war. Iraqi unemployment rate exceeds 50 percent, while basic as well as professional jobs are contracted out to foreign businesses.

General Dynamics: The U.S. army awarded General Dynamics a $166 million contract to produce Hydra-70 rockets. The company's profi ts have also tripled since 9/11.

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Is it working?

Bechtel: This construction and engineering giant out of San Francisco received one of the largest no-bid contracts - worth $2.4 billion - to help coordinate and rebuild a large part of Iraq's infrastructure.

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$20 billion has been spent thus far on the reconstruction of Iraq.

Chevron Corp.: 2007 was Chevron's most profitable year in its 130-year history; the company took in $18 billion solely in profit According to Forbes, CEO David O'Reilly personally took in $8.8 million in total compensation in 2006 alone. Over the last five years, he's received almost $40 million. ExxonMobil: ExxonMobil has accumulated about $7 billion in unearned profit, which is related directly and only to market conditions resulting from the Iraq war. (Sources: The Nation, AlterNet)

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“the Many vs. the Few”

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90,000 dead Iraqis and 4,000 dead Americans. Let’s take back our country and end this madness. March 27, 2008

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Asian Horror Movies

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can't ignore the headless body, which always hops up and gets into a fight! 4. Humans have yang: energy; the undead are yin-heavy. Since human men have more yang energy than human women, they are a prime target for the seductive powers of female ghost. Whether the ghost's motives are noble or duplicitous, this kind of love never ever works out. As a Taoist priest put it in The Glow Swallow, "There's no love between man and ghost, Sonny". 5. Born under a bad sign? Stars crossed in your horoscope? Sorcerers and Taoist priests shrug their shoulders; they can predict your fate, but can't change it. Even if you started out as the hero of the film, if the geomancer says trouble ahead, you better stock up on incense and Hell Bank Notes, because you are done for.

By Tim Bavlnka

tim.bavlnka@secondsupper.com It was the remake of Japanese film Ringu that marked the beginning of a specific trend in the American film industry: the Asian horror remake. In quick succession, remakes have flowed into theaters: The Grudge, Dark Water, The Ring 2, The Grudge 2, Pulse and, most recently, Shutter. In order to compete with the American film market that is sent overseas (included remakes of original Asian films that were popular a few years previous…), Asian directors must consistently up the ante of their own films, in order to outshine the “glamour” and “quality” of Hollywood. Before The Ring, the slasher film was the only genre of horror you would see in theaters. So, instead of trying to outdo the visceral gore of American film makers, Asian horror has gone in a direction of the more psychological and symbolic persuasion. This trend of remakes has shown no signs of stopping, and because of this, American audiences may become confused or unable to follow a plot when expecting a knife to slice someone in half, allowing their insides to spill out of their torso. When watching Asian horror, you will recognize some interesting differences from other forms of horror. Here is list of what you should expect is Asian horror. 1. Fierce ghost and vampires can be subdued by affixing Taoist charms – writing in red ink on yellow paper – to their foreheads. But the temptation to play with these immobilized ghoulies (push them, insult them, etc) is completely irresistible and completely unadvised... 2. ...Because if taunted or belittled a subdued ghoul, the chances that the charmed paper will come off – restoring the monster's lethality – are 100 percent. 3. Witches' heads just won't stay on. If they're not getting accidentally chopped off in battle, they're purposely being shucked with a necktoss. In either case, witch opponents get preoccupied with the disembodied heads, which fly around howling and trying to bite. But you also

6. When the exorcist asks for sticky rice, he damn well means sticky rice. Sticky rice is the active ingredient in poltergeist poultices. Regular rice is a spurious (and dangerous) substitute, often sneaked into the rice bag by the dishonest salesman because it's cheaper. The consequences can be dire. 7. The Chinese word for the number four sounds like the word for "death." So don't count on finding any room number four in a Honk Kong hospitals or dining at a restaurant called the Four Seasons! On the other hands, the number eight is considered quite lucky, and you'll spot it everywhere, from billboards to personalized license plates. 8. If your pet fish die, expect trouble. 9. Ghoul Knowledge: a) Ghouls can't see humans, but they can spot them by smelling their breath. If you hold your breath, you are invisible to a vampire. But he will put his blue face about an inch from your nose and sniff furiously! b) The undead hope (or glide) only in straight lines along the floor. This is why Chinese Temple often have a threshold you must step over, or why pawnshops have a screen directly in front of the entrance. Many a terrified humans has received a reprieve when the vampire chasing them simply couldn't hop a log or high curb. c) Chinese child-vampires are children first, and vampires second. Human children recognize this, befriend them, and shield them from meddling adults. 10. No monster is ever really finally dead until it explodes.

Tim is taking a sabbatical to work on his academic understanding of comic books for a while. We will miss his cynicism and arcane knowledge dearly.

By Maria Pint

maria.pint@secondsupper.com As spring break landed on Holy Week and ended on Easter Sunday this year, I was hoping my friends and I could make it more of a party and have a true spring break. Alas, I spent my week in church. Being the good little Catholic schoolgirl that I was raised to be, I felt sort of obliged to attend with my parents, though I don’t know why now. In all, over the past week I think I spent over eight hours in the big old church on the hill in my hometown and only five with my friends from high school. It was sweet. Granted, not everyone was in town this week, and some of my friends were trippin’ on Vicodin (she got her wisdom teeth yanked) and unable to partake in fun times and festivities, but come on! It’s a little ridiculous that I’ve seen my priest more often than my friends this week. Plus it’s really weird since I have an odd sort of relationship with my priest; no, not THAT kind of odd relationship, get your mind out of the gutter. See Father Anderson (that’s not his actual name, I just feel like less of a sinner insulting a priest if I don’t use his real name) is still pretty new in our parish and yet V-Dawg is practically his best friend already. Now V-Dawg isn’t a Bible beater or anything, he just happens to be really involved in the church in a cool sort of way, or at least I like to think so. That way I don’t have to be the daughter of the church freak which is better for my rep. What’s awkward is that Father Anderson and I were never really introduced yet we’ve spoken many times. So now I feel like I can’t call him by name because he doesn’t know my name, and now it’s too late to introduce myself. But this is all just foolish because everyone knows the priest's name, and he knows I know this. I also have a sneaking suspicion that he actually knows my name but just refuses to use it just to piss me off. This really becomes a problem too because we happen to talk to Father Anderson quite often as a family. He and V-Dawg can sit in the back of church forever talking just about the readings in mass that Sunday. See V-Dawg has this thing about the weekly liturgical readings; he really hates when people doing them

ÕÕ mumble, or speak quietly, or too fast. It drives him absolutely up the wall. Personally, I think he’s just being a church snob because when he does the readings, watch the fuck out! The man puts more emotion into a letter from the Corinthians than I really think is necessary or possible at times, but it does get people’s attention.The problem is he thinks everyone should do the same and we have some wicked old lectors in our church who are set in their monotone ways. This odd obsession of his was dictating their conversation last week on Palm Sunday when all of a sudden, shit hit the fan. Father Anderson asked V-Dawg if he could do half of the readings in the Easter Vigil and of course he accepted, but then out of nowhere he said, “Well Father, the Genesis reading is really long and sort of hard for one person to do so why doesn’t Maria read it with me?” I for real thought he was kidding, but then Father said, “Sure, your daughter can read with you, that would be nice.” Damn it! Use my name at least Father Anderson! In the longest freaking mass of the liturgical year (it was around two and a half hours this year) I had to get up and read with my father in front of the entire congregation. This may sound like no big deal, but you don’t understand my church; every single person that reads in mass has their AARP card. For the record, I’m 19! I just know that everyone was sitting out there waiting for me to screw up. Screw them though, I killed it. I got a rockin’ new Easter outfit so I looked good walking up to the podium. Then when we got to the even numbered days which was my part (you know,

“On the second day, God said, ‘Let there be a dome in the sky,’ blah blah blah”) I was loud and clear and read slowly enough that the grandma’s in back could catch every word. Bam! Then V-Dawg got to shine all on his own. He read Exodus next and I’m pretty sure he would have won a Tony had there been a critic there. That reading is all about Moses and the Israelites and how he parted the Red Sea and whatnot; basically the perfect reading for VDawg to do. He had different voices for Moses and God and had great sweeping hand gestures for when Moses parted the Red Sea and was basically yelling into the microphone at one point; it was awesome. I think I even heard one woman start to cry it was so beautiful. You know, writing this all down makes me think maybe we ARE that family of church freaks; or at least V-Dawg and I are, I hate to rope my Mom into this one. Hmm, I don’t like the sound of this; I should get a tattoo to make me more edgy and less churchy.

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Q&A With Jeffrey Bahr of Porcupine SS: How do you see Porcupine as a part of all of it, or of the overall music "scene" of La Crosse? JB: Is there a scene in La Crosse? I don't know. I think there are pockets of scenes...I don't really know if we fit into any of that stuff. We're definitely not a jamband. We're not a metal band. We're not country. We're not classic rock; I mean, I don't think we're that old yet. At the same time, I think we might take little bits and pieces out of all of those things. I wouldn't necessarily say we're experimental. We kind of have our own scene, hopefully. SS: Where has Porcupine performed so far?

By Emily Faeth

emily.faeth@secondsupper.com SS: First of all, I'm curious about where the name Porcupine comes from. JB: Hmm...well...that's a good question. I guess it doesn't necessarily come from anywhere. Well, no, that's not true; I guess it does come from somewhere. One of Casey's favorite bands... you put me on the spot. It's the name of a song from one of Casey's favorite bands. NOTE: We later clarified that the song was "Porcupine" by Echo and the Bunnymen. SS: I listened to the tracks on your band's MySpace, and a lot of the tracks reminded me of one of my favorite bands, the Pixies. What other bands influence you, and where do you find your inspiration? JB: Everything around us. Each other, too, I think. We've known each other for maybe three and a half, maybe four years, Casey and I.And at first it was like a mutual, back-and-forth type discussion between us at the guitar shop where he works.We had a lot in common in a lot of ways, especially musically. [We listen to] a lot of indie stuff, like Shiner from Kansas City – they're not around anymore – and Life and Times, stuff like that. We've got a lot of pretty weird influences. There's this band called 18th Dye, they're one of Dave's favorites. SS: That seems to be a common thread with a lot of indie bands: there are so many different and great bands, and the sounds are so diverse, but it's difficult to pinpoint a specific source of inspiration or even identify specific genres. JB: It's very difficult. It's like there's a sea of bands everywhere, and you've really got to be something special to get noticed. It's tough. SS: So how would you personally describe Porcupine's sound? JB: Well, I would say we are definitely a pop band, but we're very noisy – and I mean loud. Energetic. Definitely sincere, though. When people see us play, I think they can see that it's

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coming from our hearts, you know, it's not fake, and we're not trying to portray any certain image. We just do what we do. But it goes even further beyond that.

JB: Most of the time we play out of town. We did recently play a gig here in La Crosse, and we're playing again this weekend [at Bluffland Bloom and Brew]. But we usually try to get out of town; it seems like people are a little more receptive because there are a lot of different

things going on in other towns. We've played with some pretty amazing bands: All The Way Rider and the 757s from Minneapolis,Wake Up Bedhead from Winona, the Beat Strings from Cedar Falls. This Saturday we're playing with First Communion Afterparty from the Cities; I think they're pretty popular up there. I'm not sure who else is on the bill for that night. I think it will be a pretty diverse selection as far as the lineup goes. Check out Porcupine this Saturday, 5 p.m., at Bluffland Bloom and Brew. For only $5, you'll get the Pine, plus First Communion Afterparty, Brass Lamp, T.U.G.G. and Michelle Lynn. Located at 119 S. 4th Street, it's a short distance to travel for a long night of fantastic music.

SS: I used to go to Space Bike shows when I was younger. Can you tell me about that connection with Porcupine? JB: Casey and Dave were both in Space Bike, so this is kind of like Space Bike version 12 or so. So Casey is sort of the main idea guy in this project, and Dave and I certainly put our own stamp on it. A lot of people tell us we sound a lot like Space Bike did, but then others say we're nothing like them. But I guess that's a good thing. Casey was also in another band after Space Bike called Dream 13, and before I moved here from the Cities I was in a band called Remover. But Dave, I think, kind of took a hiatus from music after Space Bike. He got married, had some babies--he's a family man. But Casey and I started talking about this band in about 2005. We tried out a lot of bass players, but we couldn't really find anyone who fit. We ended up just kind of twisting Dave's arm because we knew he was an experienced player and Casey has known him forever. SS: Having been a part of music in La Crosse for several years, have you seen any changes or evolutions in the type of music that's popular here, or the types of crowds checking out the local music scene? JB: Yeah, it definitely goes in cycles. Since I first moved here, which was back in '97 – the other guys have lived here pretty much their whole lives – I've seen all sorts of things come and go. For awhile there, back when Space Bike was happening, the big thing was kind of that whole post-Nirvana, indie-rock-turned-corporate thing, but then that sort of went back underground again...but yeah, things have changed a lot. Of course there are the things that have always been popular and always will be popular: classic rock, country. But I've also seen that circular thing with the metal bands and definitely right now the jambands, but that may be drawing to a close.

By Been Jammin' Clark

benjamin.clark@secondsupper.com Presidential candidate John McCain announced earlier this week that he was shocked and appalled by the “smattering of filth and smut on the TV screen," as he described at a press conference at Shady Pines Resting Home. Reportedly, McCain was playing a game of bingo with his fellow residents when an episode of South Park was switched on the communal TV in the rec room. “You should have seen the look on his face when that pudgy boy started talking,” exclaimed Ray Darrows, a resident of Shady Pines for the last five years. “The words I heard…I haven’t heard such salty language since I was a sailor aboard the good ol’ Wisconsin. When John turned up his hearing aid to hear better, he began to grimace uncontrollably and started yelling that he would be writing one pretty heated letter to the editor of the Tribune.” During the press conference, McCain stated that television was to blame for “… at least 70 percent of the problems that the youth of today will have in the future.” He continued: “The television of today is the root of all evil in the world. Kids today with their…ROCK music and their revealing clothes…I’m seeing more of young women on the TV than I saw of my own wife during our wedding night! And people wonder why the country seems to be sliding backwards. I blame this…Eric Cartman and his ilk for the ills of this country.” McCain then hopped on a tandem bike with his wife, rode down to the general store for some penny candy and retired back to their room in Shady Pines where they slept peacefully and soundly in their separate beds.

Religious Mounument Fervor Strikes Seven Rivers Region By Brett Emerson

brett.emerson@secondsupper.com In response to the recent controversy in Holmen regarding the religious nature of its Star Hill display, a number of area communities are drawing up plans for alternative religious displays. “We’re trying to make a statement here,” explained Mike Smith, a practicing Coon Valley Buddhist who is part of this coordinated, multi-faith initiative. “Religious expression of all kind has a place in society. We want to show solidarity with Star Hill by displaying the symbols of our own faiths alongside.” Among the proposed displays include: Smith’s own Om emblem in Coon Valley, a 50-foot-tall Lord Shiva to be placed in the center of Viroqua, a neon Zoroaster illuminated in Sparta and a mysterious statue proposed by a Cashton man, depicting a man manually copulating with a horse. Kasey Willinger, in a terse phone interview, defended his vision for Cashton. “It’s, uh, Greek mythology or something, like the Minotaur,” he said, before hanging up. The most shocking of these displays, however, will come from La Crosse itself, where the “Winged Skateboarder” statue which stands outside City Hall is due to be replaced with a gigantic statue of Brett Favre, complete with massive angelic wings, halo and flaming sword. Project planner Karen Whitford explained the unusual selection. “You know, with his retirement, a lot of people have been left with a big hole in their heart. Hopefully, this statue can help people bounce back and regain their faith.” Construction on the statue is set to begin immediately, and for some people, immediately is too late. “I’m going to sleep out here until that statue is done,” said John Blaine, a lifelong Packer fan. “I’ve got my Sports Illustrated tribute issue, the Sportsman of the Year issue, Deanna Favre’s book and a case of Old Style. I’m good to go.”

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kelly.morrison@secondsupper.com I first met Duane Teschler on the corner of 16th and Cass streets on a freezing cold February day. There he was, just one lone man, wearing a hat that said "Impeach Cheney" and camo pants, and holding a bright blue sign that read "WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER." I was driving home from work when I saw him, pulled my car over, grabbed my camera, and ran towards him over the ice and snow, looking like an idiot I'm sure. I guess I expected Mr. Teschler to act the way most people do when a camera is present, guarded and hesitant. But not Duane, he is a fountain of information, ready and willing to discuss America's political issues any time, anywhere with fierce determinism, and a strongheld belief that America can and will once again belong to the people. I talked to him at length about the war in Iraq, and what I found was a man deeply hurt by the way the American people are manipulated, misused and mislead. He talks about the young men and women returning from Iraq, an estimated 50 to 85 percent of them trying to cope with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, with little to no resources to help them readjust to civilian life. "They come back limbless and mindless" he says. He believes our rights are being stripped and trampled upon. "We are losing our right to due process, elections are being bought and paid for, they've taken away habeas corpus, our phones lines are tapped... I vow to protect the Constitution, not follow blindly." While he stands on the corner, he alternates his stance so oncoming traffic can always see his sign. A surprisingly generous amount of people honk and give the peace sign, some he said have less than pleasant ways of expressing their opinion. "Yeah one guy drove through the Fransican Skemp parking lot with his middle finger held out the window the whole time." Even so he says it's worth doing, finding an overall positive response from the community. Besides doing this, he is a member of Interfaith Peace and Justice Coalition and Veterans For Peace, as well as a volunteer at the Salvation Army. As for advice, he says "Keep on writing letters to the editor, make your demands known. Get involved in your community." Duane also sang me a few lines of a John Prine song called "Sam Stone," and it went like this: Sam Stone came home to his wife and family After serving in the conflict overseas And the time that he served had shattered all his nerve And left a little shrapnel in his knee But the morphine eased the pain And the grass grew round his brain And gave him all the confidence he lacked With a purple heart and a monkey on his back

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Twin Fin advertises itself as a wine born of California sun and sand, rather than vineyards and countryside. So, if you wanted to create a "cool" bottle of wine, you couldn’t design a bottle any better. It’s designed to look perfectly at home sitting on top of a red ‘60s Corvette Stingray (its natural habitat, I know), or to attract attention from passers-by while picnicking in Central Park. What makes it even better, is that the Shiraz within is actually quite good. It contains a very smooth taste but a strong enough punch to remind you it’s there. Twin Fin is to wine (Shiraz in particular) what iPods are to electronics: cool, clean, functional, and won’t cause you any trouble (unless you drink two bottles). Its look and taste draws your attention like a 50’’ LCD TV, so you can’t not be interested. The dark tannins and strong berry flavors in this wine make this one of the few wines that you’d want to have with BBQ Ribs or a 5-star meal. You’ll notice that I haven’t explained or described the flavor with many specifics. The important thing is, you won’t be disappointed. Although there are some better Shirazes, none of them will make you feel as good about yourself as drinking this wine. You could say that it’s the menthols of wines, although it may be an acquired taste, you’re still going to look edgy regardless of the flavor. So, as summer approaches, take your time, relax, and go pop open a bottle of this wine in the bright La Crosse sun. As you’re doing so, imagine yourself at any California beach (instead of Pettibone) and know that you are cooler than everyone else drinking whatever mixture of malt, barley, and hops that fits into a can cooler. — Geoff Johnson

Lazy Mutt Farmhouse Ale Minhas Craft Brewery Monroe, Wisconsin I have heard rumors that in other parts of the country six-packs of beer are advertised as to be shared between two — or even three! — human beings. Living in Wisconsin, I can’t vouch for these ads’ existence, for marketers know better that to undersell our propensity for alcohol consumption. Wise to that, the Minhaus Craft Brewery — proud makers of Mountain Creek, Huber Bock and Rhinelander Original — recently stepped forward with a bold advancement for its new Lazy Mutt Farmhouse Ale. Not only is the economy brewery attempting one of the proudest, most specialized styles of Belgian ales, it is also serving it in (drumroll please) eight-packs! Unfortunately they sell you about seven too many. It pours a hazy yellow color with a thin head and a surprisingly fizzy body. The aroma is probably the weakest part of the beer: heavy with corn, and is that cabbage I smell? In the Ratings: Belgian tradition, farmhouse (a.k.a. saison) ales are complex drinks made in winter, consumed in summer and containing whatever in5 of 10 gredients the brewer had around the shop. Minhas appeared to have plenty of grains that weren’t wheat, but the Lazy Mutt gets a surprising 7 of 10 amount of distance out of whatever’s in there. The beer is sweeter 6 of 10 than expected, but the taste doesn’t turn until after the swallow. It’s not too zesty, which is kind of a letdown, but if you’ve never had a 7 of 10 saison before you could appreciate the swirling flavors. The aftertaste is cloying, and the beer is highly drinkable, but this review must come 5 of 10 with a proviso: Drink this beer only when it’s cold. Like some kind of saison Cinderella, it turns back into Mountain Creek if it sits warm in Total: a glass for too long. Still, if you’re shopping for your next barn dance, you could do worse than $8 for an eight-pack. 30 of 50 - Adam Bissen

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Film Reviews

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Director: Michael Haneke Cast: Naomi Watts,Tim Roth, Michael Pitt Writer: Michael Haneke, based on his 1997 film of the same name

By Nicholas Cabreza

nicholas.cabreza@secondsupper.com Foreign film remakes aren't necessary. Usually, because of extraneous tweaking, remakes turn out awful (The Vanishing). Sometimes they become huge hits, but American audiences conveniently forget that they're remakes to begin with (The Departed). Foreign remakes work best when allowed, with minimal tweaking, to stand on their own as important, but without American filmmakers hoarding all the credit. Case in point: Funny Games, a shot-forshot remake of Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke's own German-language version, a film commonly denounced as a tasteless effrontery of brutal violence. You can't enjoy it the way you would most "traditional" movies because, at face value, Funny Games amounts to two hours spent watching vagrants torture a family of three. It's as unique a cinematic experience you'll get this year, but walking into Funny Games unprepared for the violence you're about to witness might have you walking out just as quickly. Besides the language, the only substantial difference between this and the 1997 original is the cast. Naomi Watts and Tim Roth play Anne and George, parents of young Georgie (Devon Gearhart). They arrive at their summer lake house when two polite strangers, Paul (Michael Pitt) and Peter (Brady Corbet), come knocking. The strangers owe their mannerisms to Alex and his Droogs in A Clockwork Orange—Paul even wields a golf club like a cane—and Haneke replicates with scary precision that film's frightening, malicious tone. With clothes spotlessly white and speech cordial and refined, Paul and Peter possess a demeanor unbefitting two sociopaths. Within minutes they break the phone, off the family dog and immobilize George by breaking his knee. They round up the sobbing family in the living room and pass the time by playing sadistic "games." Fact: implied violence can be more disturbing than explicit violence, and a movie's overall theme can be far more terrifying than the parts that comprise it. Funny Games actually shows little on-screen violence—it occurs in the background or just outside the lens' range—and yet, despite its lack of visual violence, Funny Games still manages to disturb. But that's the goal: return violence to its inherently evil state by making a small amount of on-screen violence seem horrifying, a rebuttal of sorts to Hollywood films that make infinite

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FAST! amounts of violence seem entertaining. Haneke may have tailored Funny Games to the liking of film theorists and students. His avant-garde camera placement eschews traditional cinematic parameters, making for a unique approach to experiencing a visual narrative. Haneke gradually eases the audience into his style. For the first five minutes we watch the family car driving on the freeway while the disembodied voices of Anne and George guess the composers of the symphonies to which they're listening. Once we see inside the car, a cacophony of thrash metal juxtaposes the family's peaceful ride. Later, while the family unpacks, the camera stays focused on the contents of the open refrigerator. At one point we watch Paul make a sandwich in the kitchen as a multitude of screams, topped off with a shotgun blast, rages in the living room. Two other events have left critics polarized: Paul's sparse breaking of the fourth wall, and a his pausing and rewinding the actual movie so he can go back and correct a mistake. Only Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salò left me feeling as disturbed and depressed as I was when I walked out of Funny Games—and I mean that as a compliment—this coming from someone who watches a lot of Japanese shock cinema. An unwillingness to look beyond Funny Games' initial layer of sickening violence—and many won't want to—yields only tasteless torture-porn bereft of any redeeming qualities. Though uncompromisingly harsh to watch, Funny Games demands discussion, if just to quell the nauseous whirlpool your mind has been through. Its realism makes it more brutal to endure than a Saw or Hostel movie; no doubt Haneke remade his intense "thriller" to allow you, the American audience—an audience that gladly piles into theaters to see the latest Saw sequel—to challenge yourselves to make it through the entire film. Like its predecessor, Funny Games invites whole new crowds of film-goers to shift nervously in their seats.

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The stereotype of Bauhaus is all frilly ascots and vampire worship, something that the band certainly played up to in their '80s heyday. Fortunately, their first (and final) album in 15 years leaves the camp act out. It’s not to say that Peter Murphy now sings like Tiny Tim or that the music behind him reeks of sunshine and puppies. The gloom hangs heavy as ever, but it’s a more authentic breed. Most of the tracks are upbeat, bass-anchored rock songs. They flirt with punk, but don’t go home with it. Only the final two songs, “The Dog’s a Vapour” and “Zikir," contain any significant notes of cryptkeeper stereotype. Really, Go Away White strikes me as reminiscent of Bowie’s best and brightest croon work of the '70s. This comparison would be considered a dismissive fault if the style didn’t suit Bauhaus perfectly. Though it won’t erase the band’s historic typecasting as Bela Lugosi caricatures (and what could?), this farewell will likely stand as one of the year’s best rock albums, and should earn the group the respect of any who listen. — Brett Emerson

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The initial image which strikes me in describing British Sea Power is of a more commercial stripe of Modest Mouse, abandoning staccato stomps and the yelps and squeals of Isaac Brock in favor of more Britpop sensibilities (surprise, surprise). From this first impression, however, it quickly becomes obvious that this band is more ambitious than playing a mere hedge act. There’s a big, rounded ascension in the guitar echoes, an arena sound which suffuses the poppy songs with expectations of a live audience that never arrives. It’s the type of high-minded rock which often comes out arrogant and malformed, but British Sea Power manages to keep their collective heads down and focused on the job at hand. More often than not, it is the music which leads the vocals, and in fact there are many long stretches where lyrics remain completely absent. The sum of this is an album which is remarkably self-contained, even when you’re trying to figure out just who they sound like at the moment. — Brett Emerson

Our Last Night – The Ghosts among Us The fact that this band is signed to Epitaph Records is telling. Our Last Night sounds like the same Double Dragon Forest Stage hardcore that bands like Thursday and At the Drive-In were doing a decade ago, combined with the teeny crybaby angst which has led such bands into crybaby Fall Out Boy territory since. In such respect, this debut album could have been far more annoying, though that’s not exactly a glowing commendation.The Ghosts among Us certainly doesn’t contain anything innovative. In all truth, one track is largely interchangeable with another, especially where Trevor Wentworth’s howling vocals are concerned. This is the type of album a thirteen year old would make after getting grounded for a month. Appropriately, I can’t think of anybody older than thirteen who would pick it up and be amazed. — Brett Emerson

The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia The Sub Pop Alumni Society is proud to present Saturnalia, the debut release from Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan’s dynamic duo the Gutter Twins. Independently majoring in moody, grunge rock for Sub Pop at some point in the last 15-plus years, these jukebox jocks and longtime friends have finally combined their efforts and are even managing to land the blessings of both critics and fans alike. Both Twins are career collaborators, each having lent their craft to a lengthy list of 4-star performers over the years and the duo have been working a long and hard on getting the Gutters off the street and into your living room. Saturnalia, named after the Roman festival where slaves and masters reversed roles in the name of a good time, comes across heavy on both the spiritual and the sadistic. Themes of loss and redemption mingle dangerously close to corrupted egos and sultry threats of (supposedly harmless) lechery throughout the record; while pounding drums and angry distortion conversely consort with effective acoustic blues arrangements and mellow keys. This is not new territory for either fellow necessarily, but the dual narration, in its abrasive and rusty moans and hollers, successfully unfurls 12 diatribes in unique fashion. Lanegan eerily conjures Mark Sandman on “Seven Stories Underground” and Dulli belts out a multitude of parables and observations, most wickedly on the soulful closer “Front Street.” Perhaps most interesting, Saturnalia leads the listener to wonder if these two rock giants are recalling or predicting their fall from grace? Either way, damnation or redemption, the result will be of their own doing. — Andrew Colston

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I'm Jonesin' for a crossword “Take a Bow” -- four known for it. By Matt Jones Across 1 Explorer, for example 4 “Wake up and give me some food!” 8 Test for jrs. 12 Action star Jackie 14 Have a cow? 15 Country’s McEntire 16 “Horrors!” 17 She was the Little Mermaid 18 It’s right in your atlas 19 Former “Crossfire” host known for wearing a bow tie 22 “___ Take a Bow” (Smiths song) 23 “Let’s keep moving ahead!” 26 Pioneering sex researcher who frequently wore bow ties 30 Univ. 33 Teacher’s ominous note in red pen 34 Begonia bit 35 It was “The American Tribal Love Rock Musical” 37 Working joe 39 Title given to Madonna and Aretha Franklin 40 Extra 42 Jewelry house Van ___ & Arpels 44 Former closing pitcher Robb 45 Movie/TV character who always wears a red bow tie 48 Phrase meaning “and others” 49 Black Sea port 53 German architect with a penchant for

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8 Like used cars 9 He played Samwise in “The Lord of the Rings” 10 Stomach muscles 11 Ink work 13 Wireless company named after a Finnish town 14 Wine pourers 20 Letter-shaped building wings 21 Sound at the barbershop 24 Plunder 25 Blanchett role (sort of) in a 2007 movie 27 Throw up 28 Novelist Zola 29 Postpone 30 Dodecagon, e.g. 31 Space ___ (ditz) 32 Retreats 36 Actress Gena of “A Woman Under Answers to Issue 108's "12:11"

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Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle game where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, speed and mood of each ride depends on the song that you choose. For fans of Guitar Hero or REZ, this will be a gem in your collection.

Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper Diablo Cody In circumstance typical of any self-important pop culture caterwauler, I was compelled to Candy Girl owing in large part to Diablo Cody’s Academy Award-winning banter from Juno. I had seen the book before, noted its rather cheerful take on the world of stripping, and promptly ignored it. And now I come crawling back. If you’ve seen Juno, you could rightly assume the tone of this book – smart mouthed without becoming cynical or ironic, earnest without lapsing into caricature. Though there is plenty of substance and weight lurking within, it’s no shame to concede that style is Cody’s prime breadwinner. When she tells of being lured to frothy Minnesota by promises of Beach Boys collectibles, or the whimsical way she takes up stripping to escape her Fight Club corporate asphyxia, an almost joyous use of language is at play. Even the way she describes ducking the strip club suits (dubbed “mustaches”) in a desperate attempt to take a shit comes off as elegant. As I read through, a question entered my head. Would this type of story have even gotten off the ground, had its author been a down and out scabby with a literary lead foot? Despite the various positions one can take on the social effects of the recent Sex Culture™, it’s a pretty safe bet that strippers barely rate above prisoners in the public esteem.They’re all VD ridden sluts who pump out children of dubious parentage like a pelvic gumball machine. Fuck em. Ask yourself, what’s the first thing that you think when a violent criminal or sex offender gets tossed in the clink? I guarantee that a front runner will be some variation of “Good luck getting raped by Bubba!” It’s not an unfortunate occurrence; it’s EXPECTED.We demand hot steamy gang rape tales from our nation’s penal (uh huh huh) system! Prisons have become romance novels for the legalistic, and this prominent sense of justice betrays what sick fucks we can be. (For a chilling toss-off, check out Fish by T.J. Parsell, a chronicle of his own experience as a prison sex slave.) In light of this, what chance does a poor, defenseless stripper have? Cody herself readily admits that her enlightened year at Pole U. wasn’t at all typical. She shares many stories from the sleazy underworld, and to be fair, most of what she relates isn’t far from expected. Strippers fuck the DJs. The suits take all the money and snort it. Fat guys in Zubaz fiddle like Nero with a fistful of Andrew Jackson. So no, Candy Girl wouldn’t have made it had Diablo Cody not been at the helm. But it’s a good thing it did, because Diablo Cody is the balls. — Brett Emerson

Because our climate is so trying, a man is no longer expected to stand bareheaded when talking to a woman. He should remove his hat when they start to talk and then, if they begin a conversation, put his hat on again. It is best, if possible, to remove the right glove before shaking hands with a lady. Still, if a man can't get the glove off at once, it is not necessary to say, "Pardon my glove."

bar & grill

Bibliophile

DVD, Video, Clothing, Novelties, Gifts, Lingerie, Tobacco Shop

Downtown Book & Video 72 E Third St. 507-453-9031

Intimate Treasures 310 4th St. Downtown 608-782-3287

Downtown Book & Video 220 SW First Ave 507-252-1997

Of course, the girl who wants to show her best beau that she's really domestic at heart may invite him to dinner. The first time this is attempted however, I'd suggest making it a dinner party of four. Gentleman - Bridges, John. How to be a Gentleman. Rutledge Hill Press for Brookes Brothers. 1998 Ladies - Ames, Elinor. Book of Modern Etiquette. P.J. Collier & Sons Corporation. 1940

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Happenings Art galleries BLUFFLAND BLOOM & BREW 119 S. 4th St., La Crosse (608) 782-BREW Monthly Culture Shock show, featuring live art as well as drawings, paintings, photography, and prints by local artists. HEIDER CENTER FOR THE ARTS 405 East Hamlin Street West Salem, WI 608-786-1220 x 4 http://www.wsalem.k12.wi.us/ Heider.html PUMP HOUSE REGIONAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS Open noon-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and noon-4 p.m. Saturday. No admission charge, donations accepted. Features exhibits of local artists and performances. 119 King St., La Crosse 608-785-1434 www.thepumphouse.org. SATORI ARTS Unique hand crafted jewelry, Mississippi River pearls, ancient Chinese artifacts, Custom-made jewelry, original art works, and a variety of unique gifts. 201 Pearl Street, La Crosse 608-785-2779 STORY PEOPLE www.storypeople.com 110 Winnebago St, Decorah, IA 563-382-8060 UW-L ART GALLERY The gallery displays works by students, faculty, regional and nationally-known artists in all areas of art. The gallery is on the first floor of the Center for the Arts located at the corner of 16th and Pine on the UW-L campus. VISIONS OF LIGHT Stained Glass 129 4th St S, La Crosse 608-793-1032

Theaters, cont. LA CROSSE COMMUNITY THEATRE www.lacrossecommunitytheatre.org 118 5th Ave N La Crosse, WI 608-784-9292

COMMONWEAL THEATRE www.commonwealtheatre.org/ 208 Parkway Avenue North, Lanesboro, MN 55949 800-657-7025

VITERBO UNIVERSITY

Women’s Softball: Fri. March 28 Grand View College @ Des Moines 2 p.m.

Men’s Baseball:

Sports UW-L

Women’s Softball: Tues. April 1 UW-Platteville @ home 3 p.m.

Women’s and Men’s Track: Fri. April 18 Phil Esten Challenge @ home 1 p.m.

Women’s Tennis: Tues. April 15 Luther College @ home 3:30 p.m.

Men’s Tennis: Sun. March 30 St. Cloud @ home 11 a.m.

Men’s Baseball: Sat. April 5 UW-Platteville @ home Noon WINONA STATE

Women’s Softball: Fri. March 28 UW-Parkside @ home 10 a.m.

Sat. March 29 William Penn University @ home 1 p.m. Sun. March 30 William Penn University @ home 1 p.m.

performances LA CROSSE COMMUNITY THEATRE: What: The Sound of Music. Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Date: April 25-27, May 1-4, and 8-10 at 7:30 p.m. May 11 at 1:00 p.m. Where: La Crosse Community Theatre WINONA THEATRE: What: Medea Date: April 3-5 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Winona State University Performing Arts Center (main stage)

Art Exhibits ABSTRACT PRINTS AND VARIOUS WORKS

ongoing

Thurs, March 27 UM-Duluth @ home TBA

LUTHER COLLEGE

“WHO IS A CITIZEN? WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP?”

Fri, March 28 Wartburg @ home 3 p.m.

Women’s Softball: Sun, March 30 UW-Eau Claire @ home 2 p.m.

Art Exhibits, cont. SENSORY OVERLOAD: LIGHT, MOTION, SOUND, AND THE OPTICAL IN ART SINCE 1945

ongoing Milwaukee Art Museum 414-224-3200 European and American art, including Stanley Landsman’s Infinity Chamber, which has not been on view for nearly twenty years. Also featured is Erwin Redl’s Matrix, a 25 x 50 foot LED installation.

Upcoming Events SHELTER DANCE REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE

March 27 - March 28 UW-La Crosse Toland Theatre (608) 785-6701 7:30 p.m. Modern dance theatre from the nationally renowned Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre Company. Professional dance in La Crosse for two nights only! LA CROSSE AREA HOME AND BUILDERS SHOW

March 28 - March 30

By James (La Crosse) 608-785-2637 Prints by Dr. Seuss; works by Dali, Chagall, Ouida Touchon, the latest by 21st century talent, and more.

Men’s Baseball:

Theaters

Sports, cont.

PAINTING, POTTERY, PHOTOS, JEWELRY

ongoing Edland Art Gallery (La Crosse) 608-785-2787

SERVEWARE; JEWELRY; HAND-WROUGHT IRON, ALUMINUM, AND PEWTER PIECES

ongoing State Street Gallery (La Crosse) 608-782-0101

“STARRY, STARRY NIGHT”

March 29 only, at 5:30 p.m. Pump House (La Crosse) Riverfront, a non-profit organization serving more than 1,900 area individuals who have a cognitive disability or mental illness, has created a new event combining aspiring artists with disabilities and established local artists. The event will feature a raffle, live music including the Riverfront Singers, hors d’oeuvres from Traditions, and wine from The Wine Guyz. Reservations are $35 each or $60 for two and may be ordered by contacting the Riverfront Foundation at 608-784-9450.

ongoing Frederick R. Weisman Museum (University of Minnesota) The first in a year-long series of exhibitions and programs examining the role of art and artists in a democracy. Featuring 30 paintings, photographs, and prints from various artists.

“A WEAVER’S JOURNEY”

through April 28 Pump House (La Crosse) Phyllis Scarbrough showcases some of the finest handmade baskets around. She has woven over 3,000 baskets, covering over 300 styles.

La Crosse Center Arena and North Hall Friday – 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday – 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday – Noon to 5 p.m. Admission: $5.00 for adults free for children This event is cash or check only. BOWL FOR KIDS’ SAKE

March 28 - March 30 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Coulee Region Fundraiser (608) 782-2227 DO SOMETHING SIMPLY SUPER! Put together a team of five or sponsor a bowler and be part of Bowl for Kids` Sake 2008. Bowling opportunities at various times and locations on March 28, March 29, April 3, April 5 and April 6. PERT’ NEAR SANDSTONE

April 4 Steyer Opera House Hotel Winneshiek (Decorah, IA) Doors: 8:00 p.m. Show: 8:30 p.m. Admission: $7.00 Presale tickets available at Hotel Winneshiek front desk March 3rd, or by emailing benji@theinspiredmedia.com Pert’ Near Sandstone play a harddriving acoustic music in the oldtime vein, but with a fresh sense and new-time urban grit. They approach the American stringband tradtion with reverence, infusing their own ideas and character to deliver a sound and style uniquely their own.

MOON BOOT POSSE SHOW

April 12 Coalition Skate Park (La Crosse)

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What to Watch for...

SPRING FLEA MARKET

April 13 La Crosse Center South Hall 608-797-6647 Admission: $2.50 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Western Wisconsin’s largest flea market! CHILDREN’S MUSEUM DROP AND SHOP

April 18 5:30-8:00 p.m. Children’s Museum (La Crosse) (608) 784-2652 Admission: $7 per child. Includes snack. Drop your 3-12 year olds at the Museum while you shop and dine. They will play at the Museum under the supervision of Museum staff and volunteers. BETWEEN THE BLUFFS BEER AND CHEESE FESTIVAL

April 19 City Brewery Hospitality Center 608-785-4820 Sampling of various beers made throughout the state of Wisconsin. Approximately 20-25 breweries present. 3 RIVERS ROCKFEST

April 26 La Crosse Center South Hall 6:00 p.m. (doors open at 5:00 p.m.) Admission: $11.50 Local bands Burnt Brownies, Cheech, Derek Ramnarace w/Soapbox Project will perform. FUN RUN FOR EVERYONE

April 27 UW-L stadium (rain site is Mitchell Hall Fieldhouse) Check-in/registration from 9:30-10:00 a.m. All persons with and without disabilities, any age are free to attend. (The major focus of the event is for all persons to participate in a community-wide physical activity). 1.5 miles through UW-L’s campus (fun activities and stations along the course by FSM club). Refreshments and the Big “E” inflatables following the event Entry Fee: Includes registration and t-shirt (t-shirts available only for pre-registration which is by April 10, 2008) $10 per person/$20 for family of 3/$15 for family of 2/$25 for family of 4 Pre-registration is highly encouraged by Wed., April 10, 2008 Please assist us also by trying to earn pledges and you can receive a free pedometer if you earn $50 or more! If you have any further questions, need more information, want to register, or just want to donate money to support the program, please contact Sadi Sabatino at Sabatino. sadi@students.uwlax.edu or call 507-227-1626.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE [ Area LA CROSSE All Star Lanes 4735 Mormon Coulee

Alpine Inn W5715 Bliss rd.

Sunday

Monday

3 games for $5 starts at 8 p.m.

bucket special

Bud Night 6 - CL: $1.75 bottles $5 pitchers

Alumni

620 Gillette st.

Barrel Inn 2005 West ave.

2 for 1 cans & bottles during Packer games

Beef & Etc.

1203 La Crosse st.

Big Al’s

115 S 3rd st.

Brothers 306 Pearl st.

Chuck’s

1101 La Crosse st.

Fiesta Mexicana 5200 Mormon Coulee

Fox Hollow

N3287 County OA

Cosmic Bowl & Karaoke starts at 9 p.m.

Cosmic Bowl starts at 9 p.m.

6 - CL $2.50 Sparks

3 p.m. - midnight 25 cent hot wings $1 shots of Dr.

meatball sandwich meal: $6.15 2 dogs meal: $ 5.25

Italian beef meal: $6.15 Chicago chili dog: $3.45

grilled chicken sandwich meal: $5.29 Polish sausage meal: $3.99

hamburger meal: $3.69 cheeseburger meal: $3.89

$1.25 make your own tacos, $4.75 taco salad $2.25 margaritas, $2 off large taco pizza

$2.25 burgers, $2.60 cheeseburgers, $2 off large pizza, $1 fries with any pizza

soup or salad bar FREE with entree or sandwich until 3 p.m. ($3.95 by itself)

closed

HAPPY HOUR 3 PM - 8 PM

Thirsty Tuesday

3-7 happy hour

$2 Silos

$6.00 AUCD

$2.50 Blatz vs. Old Style pitchers

10 cent wings (9 - CL) $1 High Life bottles $1.50 rail mixers $2 Guinness pints

Wristband Night

$5.50 $5.00 batterfried cod, all you can eat fries, beans, & garlic wings bread $4.50 domestic pitchers barrel parties at cost pepper & egg sandwich meal: $4.50, fish sandwich meal: $4.99, Italian sausage meal: $6.15

Italian beef meal: $6.15 2 Chicago dog meal: $3.45

$6.75 shrimp dinner

$1.50 bloody marys 11 a.m. - 4 p.m

$3.00 Captain mixers/ mojitos $2 Cherry Bombs $1 Bazooka Joes

HAPPY HOUR 4 - 7

Martini Madness $2 off all martinis

closed

$1 Dr. shots $3 Jager Bombs

2 for 1 taps

7 - CL $1 domestic 12 oz $2 Stoli mixers

7 - CL Tequila’s chips & salsa, $2 Coronas, $2.50 Mike’s, Mike-arita

7 - midnight Ladies: 2 for 1 Guys: $1.50 Coors and Kul Light bottles

7 - midnight $1 rail mixers $2 Bacardi mixers

7 - midnight $2 Malibu madness $2 pineapple upsidedown cake

$3.00 Domestic Pitchers, $2.00 Shots of Cuervo, Rumpleminz, Goldschlager

Mexican Monday $2.00 Corona, Corona Light, Cuervo

$3.00 Bacardi mixers/ mojitos $2 Cherry Bombs $1 Bazooka Joes

50 cent taps 4 - 7 (increases 50 cents per hour) $1 rails

All day, everyday: $1.00 Shots of Doctor, $2.00 Cherry Bombs, $1.75 Silos of Busch Light/Coors $.50 domestic taps, $1 microbrews, $3 domestic pitchers, $6 microbrew pitchers

$3.00 Petron Shots

$2 Tuesdays, including $2 bottles, import taps, beer pong, apps, single shot mixers, featured shots, and 50 cent taps

$1.25 per pound wings (8-CL) $1 shot of the week, $1 PBR, rails, $1.50 Rolling Rock, $2 Miller lite

$2.00 Cruzan Rum Mixers, $2.50 Jameson Shots, $3.00 Mixers

$2.00 Captain Mixers

Wristband Night

$1 Kul Light cans

Topless Tuesday

Ladies Night buy one, get one free wear a bikini, drink free

Karaoke $1 shot specials

live DJ $1 shot specials

chicken & veggie fajitas for two

football night domestic beer: $1.50 Mexican beer: $2.00

chicken primavera

shrimp burrito

chili verde

Ask server for details

Build your own Bloody Mary 16oz Mug - $4.00

Homemade Pizza & PItcher of Beer $9.00

1908 Campbell rd.

$1.25 BURGERS

Bucket of Domestic Cans 5 for $9.00

25 Cent Wings

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HAPPY HOUR 3 - 8

beer pong 6 p.m. $8.95 16 oz steak

free wings 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

HAPPY HOUR 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.

$8.95 16 oz. steak $8.95 1/2 lb. fish platter

Buy one gyro get one half price

free baklava, ice cream or sundae with meal

$1.25 domestic taps buy one burger get one half price

buy one appetizer get one half price

GREEK ALL DAY appetizer half price with meal

HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY 3 -7 and 9 - 11

Bloody Mary specials 10 - 2

JB’s Speakeasy

Karaoke

HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY 3 - 6

HAPPY HOUR 6 AM - 9 AM

$5.99 gyro fries & soda

$2.00 Malibu, $2.50 Jaeger, $3.00 Jaeger Bombs

$2 Bacardi flavor mixers $2 jumbo Captain mixers

$4 full pint Irish Car Bomb

Gracie’s

717 Rose st.

Import night starts at 7 p.m.

3 games for $5 starts at 7 p.m.

bucket night 6 for $9

1904 Campbell rd.

127 Marina dr.

Buck Night starts at 6 p.m.

1/4 barrel giveaway 8-11 $1 burgers

Goal Post

Huck Finn’s

Saturday

$5.00 all you can eat wings

223 Pearl st.

411 3rd st.

Friday

$5.00 BBQ ribs & fries

Coconut Joe’s Dan’s Place

Thursday

$1.00 softshell tacos

meat or marinara spaghetti: $3.45 Italian sausage: $4.95

114 5th ave.

318 Pearl st.

Tuesday Wednesday

16 oz top sirloin $6.75 22 oz t-bone $9.75 blue cheese stuffed sirloin $7.75 Jack Daniels sirloin tips $7

free pitcher of beer or soda with large pizza

The Cavalier CheapShots

food & drink specials ]

$2 off all pitchers

6 domestic bottles for $10

HAPPY HOUR 3 - 6 24

COMMUNITY SERVICE [ Area LA CROSSE The Joint 324 Jay st.

Sunday $1.50 PBR $1 shots of Dr.

Monday

Tuesday Wednesday

HAPPY HOUR 6 AM - 9 AM

$2 SVEDKA mixers & Miller Lite bottles

223 Pearl st.

123 3rd st.

come in and find out ... you’ll be glad you did

Loons

hamburger $1.25 cheeseburger $150

1128 La Crosse st.

Nutbush

3264 George st.

Ringside 223 Pearl st.

Schmidty’s 3119 State rd.

Shooter’s 120 S 3rd st.

closed

25 wings: $5 bucket of beer: $12 during Packers games

closed

Pizza & pitcher

closed

breakfast buffet $9.95 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

$1 cans Hamm’s

Thursday

KARAOKE $1.25 domestic pints $2 double rails $3 double calls $2 ALL bottles

$1 taps $1 rails bacon cheeseburger, fries, mug of beer: $4.50 drummies, fries, mug of beer: $5

chicken filet, fries, pop: $4.75 chicken filet, fries, beer: $5 mushroom/swiss, fries, pop: $4.25, mushroom/swiss, fries, beer: $4.50

jumbo pints (9-CL) $1 rails, domestic taps $2 calls, import/micro taps $3 top shelf mixers

Wristband Night

$5.00 for 25 wings

AUCE fish fry DJ 9 - CL

BUCK WED burger, hot dog or brat

HAPPY HOUR 4 PM - 7 PM $2 mixers, taps, bottles $1 off all burgers/ Hoop Day: make a basket, buy one sandwich/burger sandwiches, meal’s on us. Z93 Comget one half price bottomless fries edy Night @ 8 p.m

$1 cans PBR

$1 cans Busch Light

$1 cans Old Style

HAPPY HOUR 10 AM - 12, 4 PM - 6 PM $2 Spotted Cow & DT Brown pints

Bucket Night 5 for $9

Top Shots

Fiesta Night 7 - 12 $2 tequila shots $2.50 margaritas

$1.50 PBR bottles $1.50 Dr. shots after 7 p.m.

$1.25 Lite taps all day $1.50 rails 10 - 1

$1.75 domestic bottles 7 - 12

5 domestic bottles for $10, $2 Bacardi mixers, $1.50 rail vodka mixers 10 -1

$1 Point special bottles

$2.50 pints Bass & Guinness

$1.75 domestic bottles

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday Wednesday

$2 Rolling Rocks $2 domestic beer

8 - CL $1.50 rails $1.75 Bud cans

$1 shots of Dr. $2.50 Polish

$1 domestic taps $3 Jager Bombs

$2 u-call-it (except top shelf)

Family pack: 10 tacos & 4 sodas for $14.99

burritos on the go: buy a big one and get a free soda

Speedy tacos $1.50

gyro, chips, soda $5.99

3 chicken fry taquitos $3.99

Sunday

Monday

LA CRESCENT

Crescent Inn 444 Chestnut st.

Speedy Taco 301 Kistler dr.

WINONA Betty Jo Byoloski’s

66 Center st.

Brothers 129 W 3rd st.

Godfather’s 30 Walnut st. 25

$2.25 Pearl st. pints $1.50 PBR bottles

Tuesday Wednesday

$1 cans Miller High Life Light $1 Dr. shots $3 16 oz Captain mixers

$2 Long Islands, PBR bottles, Captain mixers

closed

half price appetizers, Import Club Night: discounts on all micros & imports $1 martinis $2 mojitos $3 margaritas & Michelob Golden pitchers

family buffet 5 -8 kids under 10 pay .45 cents per year of age

all-u-can-eat spaghetti all day $5.45 25 cent hot wings 4 - 10

tenderloin tips, shrooms, fries or potato, salad, roll $9.95 50 cents off top shelf liquor

HAPPY HOUR 3 PM - 8 PM 10 cent wings, $3 filled 2 for 1 mug ($1 tap refills, $2 anything rail refills) $1 High Life 9 p.m. - close bottles/kamikaze shots

any jumbo, large, or large 1 topping pizza medium pizza up to 5 $9.99 toppings: $11.99 (get 2nd large for $5)

$1 cans PBR $1 Dr. shots $3 16 oz Captain mixers

$2.75 deluxe Bloodys ‘til 7, $4.50 lite pitchers 7 - 12

$1.75 rails $1 PBR mugs

Thursday

Friday

free pitcher of pop or domestic beer with large pizza discounts on all domestic beer $1 O-Bombs/ Bazooka Joes, Wristband Night

Saturday $2.50 Captain $2.50 Jager Bombs & Polish

Fiesta burrito $6.99

Nachos Supreme $5.49

Friday

Saturday

HAPPY HOUR 3:15 - 6:15 2 for 1 burgers $1 off Bloodys & Screwdrivers

$2 happy hour all day long!

LUNCH BUFFET $6.45

$2 Bacardi mixers

317 Pearl st.

AUCE all day $9.99 walleye/perch/catfish, mashed potatoes/fries coleslaw/salad

$1.25 pints during Badgers games DJ 9 - CL

LUNCH SPECIALS CHANGE DAILY

$4 domestic pitchers

Yesterdays

$3 Captain mixers $3 Bacardi Mixers $3 jumbo Long Islands $3 jumbo Long Islands fish sandwich, fries, mug of beer: $5 fish sandwich, fries, pop: $4.75

happy hour all day Packer games: $1.50 Coors Light Silver, $1 Dr. shots, free brats

137 S 4th st.

$5 double vodka energy drink $2 shots of Goldschlager

cheeseburger, fries, pop: $4 cheeseburger, fries, beer: $4.25 Philly or Reuben, fries, pop: $5.75, Philly or Reuben, fries, beer: $6

HAPPY HOUR 3 - 6

$1 tacos, Ladies Night 2 for 1, 9 - CL

Saturday $1.50 PBR $1 shots of Dr.

Tailgators 1019 S 10th st.

Friday

$1.50 PBR $2 Love Stories $5 Wu Tang Teas $1 shots of the DOC!

Legend’s The Library

Õ food & drink specials ]

all day: all-u-can-eat fish $8.95 lunch: fish sandwich & fries $5.45 $2.50 Captain Mixers $1.00 Root Beer Barrels $6.00 “Buck-its” (6 beers for $6.00)

Prime Rib specials, one child eats free with one adult entree 4 - 10: house wines $2.50 $2.50 Bacardi Mixers $5.00 Fishbowls $1.00 O-bombs & Bazooka Joes

March 27, 2008

Entertainment Directory 3/27-4/2 La Crosse, cont. Just A Roadie Away...

La Crosse Thursday, March 27 Dan’s Place Live DJ

Sunday, March 30

The Recovery Room Live DJ Nutbush Live DJ

9:00 9:00 10:00

Popcorn Tavern Chinese Fingertrap (Operation Adaption Pre-party) 10:00

Popcorn Tavern The New Blend

10:00

All Star Lanes Karaoke

Monday, March 31 George St. Pub Adam Palm’s Open Jam Popcorn Tavern Shawn’s Open Jam

9:00 10:00

My Second Home Karaoke Bodega Adam Palm & Joe Gantzer Player’s Live DJ Nutbush Live DJ Popcorn Tavern Sol Spectre The Joint Moon Boot Posse

Tuesday, April 1 9:00 9:00

Nutbush Live DJ Popcorn Tavern Paulie

10:00

Nada Surf, What Made Milwaukee Famous

First Avenue

Thurs, 4/3

The Black Keys

First Avenue

Fri, 4/11

Caribou

Triple Rock Social Club

Sat, 4/12

Hot Chip

First Avenue

Fri, 4/18

Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy

First Avenue

Sun, 4/20

Headlights Evangelicals

High Noon Saloon

Wed, 4/2

Madison population

10:00

387,970

223,389

10:00

Wednesday, April 2

Blue Man Group

Kohl Center

Wed, 4/23

10:00

Loon’s Comedy Night

Tegan & Sara

Barrymore Theatre

Tues, 5/6

8:30

The Avett Brothers

High Noon Saloon

Fri, 5/9

Library Karaoke

9:00

Fat Maw Rooney

The Waterfront Bar & Grill

Sat, 3/29

The Breakfast

The Waterfront Bar & Grill

Tues, 4/1

Sol Spectre

The Waterfront Bar & Grill

Thurs, 4/10

Pert’ Near Sandstone

The Waterfront Bar & Grill

Sun, 4/20

Explosions in the Sky

Pabst Theater

Sun, 3/30

Ludo

The Rave

Sun, 3/30

Ellis Paul

Shank Hall

Thurs, 4/3

Etta James

Northern Lights Theater

Wed, 4/20

Van Halen

Bradley Center

Mon, 4/7

10:00 10:00 10:00

Saturday, March 29 All Star Lanes Karaoke

Minneapolis population

Friday, March 28

Players Live DJ

Menomonie population

Coconut’s Live DJ

10:00

Longhorn Karaoke

10:00

Player’s Karaoke

10:00

Popcorn Tavern Brownie’s Open Jam

10:00

14,937

9:00 10:00

Nutbush Live DJ

10:00

Popcorn Tavern Smokin Bandits

10:00

The Joint Moon Boot Posse 10:00 Second Supper vol. 8, issue 109

Milwaukee population

The Joint Wu-Tang Wednesday

10:00

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